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HONOR FRENCH LIFE SAVERS.
Statue Erected by Government of
France at Calais.
The French seafaring folic are n
hardy lot ] , ns are nil men who go
down to the IWIIn ships , anti the
sturdy courage of these who lvo ] hy
the great waters has not only ] been
chanted In song and woven In story ,
hilt 1110 government , which Is deep ! } '
pproclnUvo ot nil efforts ot human
benefit or safeguard , has given these
bravo mon 1\ lasting ] token ot honor
that those nt house anti from afar may
see , und , seeing , appreciate the quality ,
tr ot the heroeR. 'l'hls picture shows
the statue or the life savers at Calais ] ,
and the sculptor ] who shaped It
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a brought to his work nn effective sym-
IInthy and udmlrntlon-Nuw York ]
HumId.
Blind Angler and Organist.
A resident or the Potteries , who
has been spending his holidays In
East Anglia , has been fishing In the
company at nn expert angler who Is
absolutely ] hllm ]
"It ] IH , " says this Stnffordshlro
angler ] . "shnlll marvelous ] how this
blind I man can find his way along the
waterside , select his swims , adjust
his tackle , put 1bnlt on the hook ,
cast out , and toll when ho has the
slightest nlbhe ] "
'rho blind angler Is also nn nccom'
1)IIHhed musician , and has charge of
the organ ; at the parish church.-Lon.
don Chronlce. ]
Eskimo Masks.
1'hlhotnns have the most preten-
tious antI grotesque masks , which are
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used In their religious ceremonies , and
the custom even extends to the far
islands ] ot the South soas. From these
tropical waters to the white wastes
or the frozen north IR a. tar cry , yet
there Is a. similarity : between the
masks or the Malay tribes and those
or the Eskimos ] which seems to link
those faraway ICoples. Herewith Is
given , the picture or nn Eskimo mask , I
front and rear. It Is fairly ] indicative I
or the artistic feeling In these odd
people , and , while primitive , has In It
something or n. higher Ilromlse.
Pebble Bears Likeness of Savior.
A limestone pebble ] , bearing 1\ striking -
Ing image ot the taco at Christ , which
was picked Ull at Obornmmorgau In
September , 1880 , the day after mho decennial -
connlal performance at the "Passion
Play" ] , Is the remarkable possession of
Mrs. Eugenia Jones Bacon or Atlanta ,
n leorgia .
The likeness can only ] bo seen when
, . the light falls upon the stone tram n
certain direction. The countenance
Is perfect In every detail ns portrayed
by the great masters , and the closed
eyes with the palll ! color at the stone
give tlo ) taco a sad expression. The
nostrils arc thin and across the brow
Bro the deep furrows at worry and
anguish.
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Puzzled by Freight Charges.
A New IInmll8111ro mall la trying 10
solve problem which he says Is the
least promising proposition that he
hums ever IIndul'talwn. Ho sent n large .
sugar barrel ] Cull of apples ] to his son .
In Florida , paying nlnet.ulght cents , I
the Cull freight charge. A few days
later ] ho received n box oC oranges
from his IJOII , on which houclrell \ to
pay the freight , and WitS obliged to
pay $1.80 , the freight charges.
Marriage Arch.
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The marriage arch Is an important
and conspicuous feature of n Negrlto
wedding At one stage of the 'elaborate
ceremony the bridegroom Is expected
to seize his dusky bride and carry her
III his arms up dlmcult bamboo ladder -
del' to a high platform surmounted by
wickets of bamboo.
Killed Fox With Ax.
Edward O. Funk killed a fine Cox
with an nx one dar recently at IIlns-
dale , N. 11. 1\11' o'rlnl was passing
through some woods carrying his ax
In his ( hand. Suddenly ho saw some-
thing move In 'tho brush , and thinking
It was probably ! rabbit , ho hurled his
ax at It. To his surprise out jumped
two largo foxes , one or which was so
crippled as to bo easily capturel1.
The Man In the Sun.
This remarkable object Is a photograph -
graph ot 1\ group of sun SlOts taken
No\ la by French astronomer. OC
course , the photograph la not of the
entire sun , but of a very limited part
of Its surface , just enough to include
the group.
Some idea or the size or the sun
spots Is given by the astronomer The
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darter or the spots that forms the
mouth could take In two bodies the
size at the earth , as It was 16,250 miles
across.
Here's a Real Funny Bear.
An oddity In bears was killed In
Mifflin township , Pa" , where William
Se11lnger and Charles Babcock ] shot
one that bad red hair and small plnl
e'es.
Hunters declare It Is not a cinnamon -
man hear , and Ullit nothing like It
ever has been seen In that part of the
state.
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AT A TURCOMAN WEDDING.
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Peculiar Ceremonies Used to Unite
Two Loving Hearts.
Contrary to the practice or many
other Moslem countries , lie people ] oC
'furlccstan are ardent lovers before
marriage ; and the young people ] themselves .
selves Inform their parents when they
. have funned an nttnchment. Female . .
go , betwcens are then employed to arrange -
range the affair and discuss the mar- !
rlage portion. The question always Is ,
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how ninny times nine sheep , cows , i
camels , horses or ducats the father of
the bride Is to receive for her. The
price ranges from once to nlnu times
nine. The future bridegroom also has
to present n complete yet of ornn
meats to the bride , including ] eight
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rings , n tiara bracelet , earrings , nose-
rings and neck ] OI'I)1\1nonts At the
ceremony neither party appears In
person , hut both are represented by
witnesses After It Is over , the bride- '
groom appears } \ , but only approaches a
Cow steps from the brldo's door. After
much feasting , which Is provided hy
the groom , the bride leaves ] her
father's home for hat or the bride-
groom , In a procession protracted by a
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circuitous route-Peollle's Home -
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Hen Cares for Young Kittens.
CItizens of McKenzie , 'I'0I111. , are
amused at a strange display of affection
tlon displayed by an ordinary barnyard -
yard hon for a litter of newborn Ic\l. \
tens At the homo ] of Squire N. W.
Perkins the hen left ] her nest and on
return found four Idtten : Sue took
charge of the nest , ns though the kittens -
lens were not there , e'ldontlhnag. .
icing the kittens ] were eggs. Later on
\11' : Perkins was attracted to the
acetic by n terrific fight being waged
by the hen and the mother of time lilt-
tons The hen was holding posses-
11Ion of he 1 nest when Perkins interfered -
forod and restored the kittens to their
mothel'
Napoleon's Handwriting
Napoleon was one of the world's
greatest conquerors-o\'ery school
child mows ] that-hut as he ne\'er con-
quered the English so he never quite
mustered time language or \V011lng1on
It Is easy to conceive why he did nol
take to the study with that order and
energy which caused thrones to top- )
pie lie spent part of his time while
at SL Helena trying to master the
tongue , and these notes , written on
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playing cards during the time of time
studies , are now an interesting ox-
hlblt. They were Indeed his losing
cards , whose hand had held for years
only those that won-tho Icings ,
queens , not forgetting mho Imaves- !
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Four Grandchildren In a Day.
Mr. and Mrs .I . H. Williamson of . '
Federal ] street , Allegheny , were informed - r i
: formed on Jun. 1 that they were ,
grandparent ! , their daughter : , Mrs. J. "
1\1. \ Palmer ] , having given birth to a j ! I. ,
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boy.Soon
Soon they earned ] that another : .
dnughter , Mrs Thomas Hicks of TI'
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married the same night as her ] sister , ; "
had given birth to twin glrs. ]
Later In the lay another daughter ,
1\Irs. BllswOI'lh Strothors of Webster
avenue , sent a messenger to tell her
parents that she was the mother at r. :
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John Baclcman , a farmer living at t '
'I'h01'l1hurst , on the Pocono mountains ,
In Ponns'l\'anla. . killed four bears in "
five minutes with five shots from his "C ,
repeating shotgun find holds the recOrd - ,
ord of the season
lie was taking a party of hunters
through the woods when they came
upon bear tracks , those of mother
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and' cub Baclonan followed them
alone and went so quietly that upon '
going round n. large rock he came .
upon them. 'I'lley had ] been joined hy
two half-grown hears.
The animals saw llaclemnn as soon
as ho saw them lie knocked over the , .
mother hear with a load of buckshot
in the body and then Jellied one of the
half-growll ones which was running . '
awn } " . 'l'hen the second half-grown ana
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was slain and finally the cuh. The
mother hear was disabled ] , but not
dead , aunt ho killed hOI' ] with the fifth
shot.
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Railroad tracks Inspectors are begin-
jug to use this type t oC automobile In ' . :
looking over the roadbed
Has Potato Vine In Cellar.
When Charles H. Ballard of Oxford
put his potatoes tit the cellar last rail
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some or them got burled In the dirt.
Mr. Ballard recently went Into the
cellar to sort over the potatoes and
found some flourishing vines lie pull-
ell up some of them and found potatoes -
toes aR largo as n hen's egg Ho says
lie Ballai'll family are now eating new
potatoes and they say they are as
good as potatoes dug In the field ] In
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