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This la the Puerto del Sol, or Gate of the Sun, the big square In the cen
ter of Madrid where Joie Canalejas, the premier of Spain, was assassinated
In front of the ministry of the Interior. This Is the busiest spot In the city.
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' One of the most extraordinary rail
way bridges In tho world is that which
spans tho Nam-Tl chasm In China. Ow
ing to tho shupo of tho chasm It waa
Impossible to build piers to support
tjho dcuIkj bo tunnels piercing the
wofra were first constructed nnd the
bridge supports woro built in two
parts and lowered to meet In tho mid
dle, thero to bo Joined finally. This
was tho only point nt which It waa
posslblo to bridge tho chasm
ANCIENT VESSEL IS FOUND
1 he discovery of an ancient ship em
bedded lu tho Thames mud nt Wool
vlch has been made by Loo W. T.
Vincent, president of tho Woolwich
Antiquarian society. It Is his conclu
sion that It Is probably the Harry
Graco a Dleu, tho first linn of battle
bhip of tho Hrittsh navy built by Hen
ry VIII., which met her fnto In the
neighborhood of tho placo of discov
ery owing to the cnrolosmieBB of tho
mariners in 1553.
Tho vessel was built at tho Uoyal
Dockyard, Woolwich, In 1512, am) It
was on board of her that King Henry
crossed to tho Field of tho Cloth of
Uold. From tho slzo and construc
tion of tho ship It Is bolioved that
cho was a largo man-of-war, and the
Itosltlon In which sbo lies lends to
tho conclusion that sbo must have run
ushoro in an ancient dock or creek, as
bho lies on an oven keel twenty feet
below tho surfaco of tho wharf, In
wbtch an excavation was being made
when the vessel was discovered.
FINDS $4,000 IN MATTRESS
Tho finding of a small fortune In an
old mattress that he was about to
burn, was tho experience of William
Schultz of Rochester, Minn. Tho
mattress had been In tho family's
possession for years, and somo tliuo
aeo was relegated to tho scrap pile.
JMr. Schultze decided to burn the mat
jtietp and was about to apply the
match when he felt a small, hard roll,
which be pulled out. It proved to be
ia roll of greenbacks, amounting to
114.000. Mr. Schultxe la unable to ex
iVlaJn the pretence of the mone.
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A horso played tng, tho horso being
"It," with a southbound pnsBenger
Irnlit on tho Wilmington &. Columbia
division or tho Philadelphia & Head
ing railway In tho neighborhood of
Glonhnll, Pa. Tho train was delayed
nearly an hour and the Kchedulu of
tho division was badly upset as a re
sult. Tho nnlmnl first ran on tho tracks
and waited for tho train to approach,
then ran n inllo In front of tho loco
motive nnd waited again. This was
ropentpd Eoveral times. After a run
of th roo miles tho horso loft tho rail
road nt a crossing.
SETTER WEARS SPECTACLES
Minnesota Funny, n thoroughbred
Kiigllsh setter, owned by Troy Cnn
troll of Lead Hill, Ark., wears spec
tacfos. She was fitted with "specs"
by an oculist, who found that she wns
suffering from nBtlgmntlsm. For yenrs
Funny hns been known ns the best
hunting dog tn northwest Arkansas
Tho dog's "specs" nro held In place by
straps and appear very much like gog
gles. Tho lenses are protected from
dnmngo by protruding rims of metal.
The Intelligent dog seems to under
stand their benefit and "hunts" llko
an old timer now.
MAN AND WIFE FIGHT QUEL
An extraordinary duel between a
man and wlfo armed with hatchets' is
reported from Volosca, Austria. The
polr, nnmed Pllevltch, locked them
bclves In their kitchen. Tho woman
severely wounded her husband In tho
head. Ho chopped off his wife's arm
and finally shattered her skull, klllluR
her. Crawling to a window ho tola
pnssorsby what had happened and
then died.
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Monuments like those here pictured, erected by the Servian peasants to
their relatives who have fallen In war are to be found all over Ssrvla, bolnn
put up near the eoldler'a home or near the spot where he died. They art
painted In vivid reds and blues and each beara a crude basrellef of the sol
dier. Above the man'e head la an Inscription giving hit name and sometimes
a few details of how he mat hie death.
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ARE PROUD OF BIG FAMILIES
Tlin Chlneso aro proud of large
families, und n largo family living to
gether under ono roof Is looked upon
an n proof of tho good temper and
correct course of life of Its members
and as a suro path to prosperity. A
largo family Vklilch Is able to llvo to
gether without dividing up tho prop
erty always receives much credit anil
Is highly respected. It Is ono of tho
hlKhoHt distinctions In China to havo
Wu Fu T'ung T'nng. or flvo genera
tlons, under ono roof, nlthough such
a distinction Is attained by very few.
According to a recent census, the
fnmlly of Mcng Yu Shlh, a widow of
tho vlllngo of Mnngtao, In tho terri
tory of Wel-hnl-wcl. haB tho distinction
of being tho largest In tho land. Her
family consists of sixty-six members
and, with ono servant, there aro sixty
seven mouths to bo fed dally. Mcng
Yu Shlji Is sixty-six years old. nnd
hns nltio sons and numerous grand
children and great grnndchlldrcn, nil
living under her roof. She has not
yet attained tho ambition of being tho
head of Wu Fu T'ung T'nng. hut tho
sl.o of her family has nlrrudy given
her tho honor nnd pleanuie of being
tho InrgcBt In China, oven If hho has
not llvo generations under ono roof
Thero nro many households with
moro than forty members, and almost
all old nnd distinguished families of
China havo at least twenty members.
Families of small fllzo, thrco or four,
nro considered rather bad, oven If they
nro rich and occupying high positions.
Slzo of family Is as valunblo In China
ns 6l7o of Htrong-box.
HIS NEPHEW'S STEPFATHER
Harry K. Hnrkncss of Altoonn has
bcrotno his nephew's stepfather. Hark
hubs, who Is fifty-three, nnd has been
a widower for two ycurs, married his
brother's widow, Mrs. Ellzaboth Hark
ness, fifty-three. At tho same time
that Mrs. Harkncss married, her son,
Gehring Horkness, married Maud C.
Walton. Suppose Gehring Hnrkncss
has children, what i elation will they
bo to their father's uncle and step
father? SHADOOF ON THE RIVER NILE
In theBo days of vast irrigation
works, tho shadoof of Egypt Is becom
ing less common than formerly. The
method Is very undent and very sim
ple A scries of trenches aro cut la
tho banks of the Nile, step fashion;
tho lowest itlls itself from tho river,
then by means of tho shadoof tho wa
ter Is ladled up into tho next ono by
hand, nnd so on until It la poured Into
tho Irrigation trench.
Tho counterpolso of tho shadoof Is a
mass of Nile mud.
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I his ih thu latest photograph of Josephus Daniels, editor of the Italelgh
(N. C.) News nnd Observer, who. It Is rumored, will bo a memb r o. Wood
row Wilson's cabinet. Ho was ono of tho most urdent pro-convention sup
porters of tho president-elect, and Is tho Democratic nutlounl committeeman
from North Carolina.
LArLToinjo
Scores Mysteriously Disappear
From Far Southwest.
In Country of Swift Changes Customs
Are Opposed to Asking Strangers
Personal Questions No Trace
Is Left Behind.
El Paso, Tex. Is there a "port of
missing mon?" That 1b a question to
bo answered as your fancy dictates,
says a writer. Hut that thero Is a
country from which men aro con
stantly "missing" allows of no con
tradiction. A section of this great
United States of America there Is
which literally swallows up human be
ings and loaves no Inkling of their
faten or their whereabouts. Such a
section and such places nro found
throughout tho great southwest from
western Texas to the Pacific coast
Not ono man or ono woman, but
scores of men and women, como, nro
seen and vanish lu this section of tho
states each year. To disappear from
off tho face of tho earth as completely
as If one had never existed Is not a
feat easy of accomplishment even In
tho great centers of population In the
eastern ntates. And in this country of
missing men It happens so frequently
that only a caso of extraordinary In
terest commnnds tho attention of the
natives. A grunt or a shrug of the
shoulders dismisses tho matter as
soon as It la mentioned. One must be
rich or one must bo Influential If one
would havo the arm of tho law
stretched forth In succor. Tho pen
alty of obscurity hero, as elsewhere,
Is Indifference. "Who cares?" who,
Indeed?
Hut Indlffercnco nlone Is not re
sponsible for the lack of Interest tn
so small a mattor as the mere disap
pearance of a man. No, thero Is that
In tho nttltudo of the avcrago native
of tho southwest which makes him
hesltato to show any Interest or con
cern In tho affairs of another man.
In tho enst such questions ns "Where
are you from?" or "Are you In busi
ness hero?" nro common onough. And
such questions nro asked with no pur
pose or intent of prying Into another's
affairs. It Is a part of tho social cus
toms of tho "pollto" east to show
some Interest In another's woll-be!g.
Hut such personal. Intimate questions
nevor fall from tho lips of tho man
born or reared In- the great southwest.
Only a few days ago tho proprie
tress of ono of tho largest nnd finest
boarding houses In El Pnso furnished
muto but convincing evldenco of the
fact that men disappear all too ofton
In thoso parts. t Taking tho corre
spondent up to a spacious garret, she
pointed to a pllo of trunks and othor
effects and said:
"You boo all these trunks here?
Well, they belong to men nnd women
who havo como to my place, tnken
rooms and suddenly departed. Do I
never hear from them? Not tn a sin
gle Instnnco havo I received one line
from ono of them, or from any one
knowing them. All I know about
them, as a rule, la their last names.
I don't ask them anything about them
selves. I know what you are think
ing," she added. "You aro thinking
theso are the effects of 'board Jump
rs,' nut you are wrong. I make
'hem all pay from the day they get
heir rooms a week In advance. I'm
no used to keeping a boarding house
o be 'taken In' by men with empty
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trunks or trunks loaded with bricks
nnd the llko. If you will look you will
sco.thnt some of these trunks aro not
even locked. They nro full of clothes
moro or Icbs good. Sometimes ono
finds tho relatives of a person who
has disappeared by letters and some
times by cards and other things left
In tho trunks.
"This trunk hero," Bho said, point
ing out a rather now trunk, "belongs
to a young man who left hero only
about three weeks ago. The Lord
only knowB whero ho Is. I'vo not had
a line from anybody nbout him. I'm
holding tho trunk, but, of course,
some ono Is In tho room ho had. I
used to bother about such things, but
It happons so often that I havo about
got used to It."
Somo tlmo later a group of men
wero chatting together on this topic.
It scorned to bo a common enough oc
currence all throughout tho pouthwest.
Many reasons woro given for tho mys
terious disappearances, but none
seamed quite good enough to answer
satisfactorily tho big query, "What be
comes of tho scores of human beings
who disappear each year In the great
southwest?"
ANGRY BOY STARTS FIRE
Lad Ignites 8traw Under Mules and
Barn Is Burned Animals
Are Cremated.
Jamestown, N. D. Q. W. Wilson's
"hired man" would not let tho five-year-old
son of his employer, who lives
west of Montpeller, N. D lead the
mules to water, bo tho Ind piled straw
under the animals and set fire to the
straw. The flames not only cremated
tho mules but the barn. The mules
belonged to the "hired mnn," who bad
left for Iowa.
GIANT PIGS GIVEN MUSEUM
Hunter 8ends to New York Speci
mens He Captured In
Africa.
New York. Two specimens of the
giant forest pig, captured by Alfred
J. Klein near the Channa river In Af
rica, have been presented to tho Mu
seum of Natural History. They have
been mounted by F. Ulascbke.
Tho forest pig Ih exceeded in slzo
only by somo long extinct species
whoso fossil romalns are found In the
western states. It Is comparatively
unknown, partly on account of Ita
habits, which aro nocturnal. It thrives
In the grass of the African Junglo.
High up on tho slope of Mount Kcnla
at an elevation of about 0,000 feet,
Carl E. Akeley, the elephant hunter,
found traces of these pigs, their tracks
following tho elephant trails for long
distances.
The head of tho foreflt pig Is long,
with ugly upturned tusks. Ita legs
are slender, supporting a heavy,
stocky body. It la agllo and power
ful as it goes cavorting through the
brush of the Jungle.
For about 16 years It was suspected
that the forests of central Africa har
bored some giant specimen of the pig
family. In 1904 ono of these curi
ous anlmalB was captured by natu
ralist, and thus It becamo known to
science.
Aa a gift from D. O. Stapleton the
museum has received a number of
$250 FOR 3 LOST TOENAILS
New York Jury Adds Another Vatua
tlon to Long LlBt Recently Com
piled In Court.
Now York. A toennll that Is, i
New York lady's toenail Is worlt
$83.33 1-3, or thrco for $250, according
to tho New York courts.
Mrs. Anna Elliott was tipped over
In a taxlcnb, lost a shoo, damaged a
stocking nnd was parted from three
toenails for tho term of her life on
this earth. So she Bticcl for $2,500
damages. Tho Jury expressed sym
pathy for the loss of the shoo und
stocking, but ruled them out of the
j count nnd cut down tho bill by 90
per rent.
As a result a list of "What's Worth
What" has been compiled from recent
court decision j. It runs: Toes, worn
nns' $4,480; mau's, three for $2,000;
arms, woman's, disfigured (pair),
$500; squeezed, $1,000; legs, man'e
(pair), $3S,000; scalp, woman's loat,
$4,200; ankles, woman's, $3,000 td
$20,000 each; fingers, man's, $18,000
for four; hands, man's right, $9,C60;
shoulders, woman's right, Injured,
$1,000; eyes, man's right, $1,284;
operas $750 npleco (manuscripts, not
matinees); fiances (male), $28,828
each; sermons, 98 cents, or 312 for
$300.
ELK LIKE HOMING PIGEONS'
Branded and Shipped 3C0 Miles arly
Last Sprlnq, They Go Back to
National Park.
Hozemnn, Mont. Sportsmen and
gamo wardens of Montnna nro con
vinced that tho elk from tho herds
In tho Yellow stono Nntlonal park pos
sess a limning Instinct equal to that of
the cnrrler pigeon.
i Eirly last fcprlng G-wno Warden Fer
I gut cm and his rangers trapped two
carloads of elk In thu mountains near
(hirdlncr and shipped them to Ham
ilton, Mont.. 300 miles away. They
were branded and turned looso In tho
Hell Gate reservo, ono of tho largest
national forests In the west.
During tho Inst few months ranch
men in the vicinity of Hamilton havo
noticed a dwindling of tho number of
Elk In tho Hell Gate forests. It has
Blnco developed, according to tho
state gamo wardens, that tho animals
have, been returning to their old
stamping ground lu tho Yellow
atono park.
CONVICT FOUR RUSS OFFICERS'
Policemen Beat a Peasant Almost to
Death and Are Sent to Jail for
Twenty-One Daya.
St Petersburg. At the trial of Po
lice Inspector Makaronka and three
policemen nt Vllna on tho charge of
inhuman brutality to ten arrested peas
ant It was proven that they had bound
their victim hand and foot with
chains, laid him on the ground,
Jumped on him, beat him about tho
head and finally flung him, half dead,
Into an underground cell. They were
let off with sentences of 21 days' Im
prisonment for the Inspector and
seven days each for tho policemen.
Radical papers aro contrasting this
leniency with tho punishment of a
month's Imprisonment recently passed
upon M. Garbiinoff, tho publisher, and
his friend, M. Uoulangcr, for the crlmo
of burying Mmo. Schmidt, a follower
of Tolstoy, according to her wishes, ,
without church ceremonial.
BURNS WOODWORK IN GALES
German Steamer Pennoll Is Forced to
Extremities To Provide
Fuel.
New York. Buffeted at sea by what
her captain declared was the worst
weather he had encountered, the Ger
man steamer Pennoll, bound from
Rotterdam to Philadelphia, la coaling
here. She had only a few pounds of
coal tn her bunkers when she anchor
ed off quarantine. The succession of
gules whllch she encountered held her
back and depleted her coal supply to
such an extent that she was forced
practically to strip herself of wood
work to keep the fires going.
vnluablo prehistoric objects In gold
and platinum from tho province of Es-"
meraldas, Ecuador and Colombia. The
collection Is on exhibition In the
South American gallery. The objects
In platinum nre of most Interest, as It
was not known that this metal waa
worked, except In this locality, by a
prehistoric raco of people.
UNDERWORLD AS EXAMPLE
Archbishop 8ays Young People of
Today Are Traveling the
Wrong Road.
New Orleans. Tho underworld baa
become tho exemplar of too many
young people who Bhould have for
their patron Mary Immaculate, de
clared Archbishop DIeak In a ser
mon at tho Jesuits' church recently,
In which he scored modem dancing
and social customs.
l'na spirit, he said, had resulted tn
Buch danceB as the "grizzly bear," tho
"iurkey trot," the "Gaby glide" and
tho "bunny hug "
"Has It come to this," asked the
archbishop, "that our beautiful so
loty our boasted civilization, nay,
even our Christianity, should be ban
ished to make room for the vile cor
ruption freighted with the miasma of
the underworld? I appeal to mothers
and fathers, for the love of God, to
set their faces against this outraga."