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LION ROCK, A CURIOSITY IN NAT UKAL STATUARY.
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I Goods Consigned to Tristan da Cunhe.
l Stolen. Smile and Self-Help.
HE curl .uy case In which an espiorer l; iARLsri,.ini, hum..,..
I nn. cureo!? in wmun , -
, charged with m8approprlaUn pNn ure and knew a thing or io. In "
:,.... . Trioi.n , Cunha vput It on record that a man may smile
Artificial Eyes.
"J 8 early an ;Vm 15. C. artificial ryes were
A made hy the PtLsis of Home and
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xypt. who practised as phvslclan
-I ..a"Jb villain, lie might have , nuik, ,., . ' ' . . . ' '
!.Trt,.eal,hy" Jr.. hum theory ';' flesh tinted linen, two and a quarter by
a B-roiiD ol mree ,r " " . ,, a i lutrit-r uirnt'S, i ip u;ii fnie or a
r,n f h,n .n mit.. distant from',:" to represent th human
i.;.'. U v. """i . .o. elled . V""y ineui.. i..-.r M eyelids was
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to Bt. Helena theae Islands, which had
iirlnas to mind one of the most
clud-d an! Isolated spots on the globe.
Tristan d. Cunha
desolate Islnn'ls In
eye
I'KtnultlK.l litmn
u n staiea, psycntogicai reasons hid roaie.i on the other side with some ad
RmlUnr Is hnflnlal hirh nmv eas.lv be hfeK-a i.h.t.nn. .... ..i ...
'been discovered In 1MW by the Portuguese. ) comprehended by the toy mind. In the hole and press, d' down In br'ef the arti
and, were uninhabited, were en first place it accelerates the circulation. fiVial eye was worn outside the socket and
session of by the English, which piacea nnd SQ adg nd,Bei,Uon- The same has' though a clumsy sui'stlt ute, was probably
there some troops as a further precaution been neard whllltins. But It will cer-(appreciated by ;he Homan and Kstvptlans.
j for the guarding of all possible means o'j talnly be easier and pleasanter to smile1 In the ruins of l'ompell. destroyed In 79
escape of the fallen Emperor. The pr-than to whistle at the conclusion of a sat- B C. an eye of this description was dls-
jcautlon seemed absurd, and was expen-i jifactory dlnr.r in th second place it t e- 00 vred.
1 sive, and accordingly the troops were evea tiie tram by quickening the move-' Not until the sixteenth century do we
withdrawn. A Scotchman, his wire ana ment 0f the blood through the ve.ns andihear of eyes at all like those of to-day
two others craved permission to seme m vessels. Finally, even an artificial sm.le
'Tristan, one of the three Islands with, produces a considerable Increase of vital
Isome natural resources. The permission activity, because it heightens nervous
! was accorded, and the settlement was stimulation. With all these rewards for
named New Edinburgh. From theae, jovblity, it seems strange that the streets
settlers, to whom were added some sallora are not full of people roaring With
from sailing ships and some immigrants: laughter.
r-HK Isles of Bermuda are formed ofitropJc twilight one might easily conclude Music Before Carpets.
I coral and along the coast and in some that he was guzing upon the crouching i . . .
of its bays the action of the waves has 'form of soma great bcat. Even viewed There appears to be a crowing flemand
e . , . . . ' . .... ... ... In H.vlnn for nllinna fltlrl tnllRlfVll ln!ril-
iauioneii eurioiu xnnpes irnm tne close at nana it is still a strange freak or '- , "- " ' ""
porous rock, frequently fantastic, (llstor:ed nature
ngures, but now an.i then one with some
from ('line Colony, the present population
which numbers sixty people, living under
a patriarchal form of government, l.as
sprung. They have sheep, cows nd
geese, and good crops of potatoes. They
know little of the outside world and care
less about It. Each year a Hritlsh ship
i or war visus irisian u.i iiiiiiu
mails. This Is the only ilxei means oi
communication with the world outside of
this small community, although visits
from sailing vessels are of occasional oc
currence. The- Inhabitants are said to be
of a somewhat low order of Intelligences
the result of the Intermarriage of near
relatives, and several proposals have been
made to deport the children to the Cape
for education and to bring In new In
habitants Into the dwindling colony.
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semblance to familiar living
striking
tilings.
Lion Rock Is one of these. The resem
blance Is the more striking when It, Is
viewed from a distance, and In the soft.
nients. Many or those or American manu
facture are popular with Mexican people,
and Ani'T'can tnanuf ictnrers or pianos
Hefore chrysanthemums are exhibited at and musical Instruments of superior quail
In-
An Auto Skate.
1 1 1 m ii I in ill I irmw linn ill
t at Is worn Inside tile socket. A French
surgeon, one Ambrolse Tare Invented three
artificial eyes. One consisted of an oval
plate covered with sort leather, on which
an eye was painted. It was attached to
the head by a strong steel band. It could
have been neither sightly nor comfortable.
Tlie second device and the first known in
history to be worn Inside the socket con
sisted of a hollow globe of gold deftly
enamelled. The third eye devised by this
ingenious gentleman was a shell pattern
eye. much like those in use to-day, .except
that it was of gold and enamel.
l'ar'e Inventions were followed by eyes
of painted porcelain, and colored pearl
white, which hecanie very popular. They
were succeeded by eyes of glass, which
soon took the place of all others and com
mand popular favor to this day.
(Jlass eyes were Invented about the year
l.'7a and were crude productions of Infer
ior workmanship, the Iris and pupil being
hand palnteil n a rar from lifelike man
ner. Shakespeare mentions glass eyes in
King Lear, where the King advises the
blinded traitor Ulnueester to "(let thee
glass eyes, and seem to see."
Our Trade in a Nutshell.
A WRESTLING MATCH IN THE SNOW.
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ornTLES3 the most remarkable these men met In a wrestling match on
w restling match w hich has ever taken ; the snow IwforV the hotel practically
place Is illustrated by the accompany- i stripped. The match was carried on for
!ng photograph. A short time ago two gome time under these extraordinary con
wrestlers nf lurvil rptinl ii t lull mnl In n aitu.t.u T lr.r,i la r. a 1 r 1 ... W' ...!. ifAattiot
"TT NOVEL form of the automobile ls; In 1S70 the ITnlted States ent wares of all hotel in the Alps, the season incidentally I and their absolute lack of protection
1 Biiuwn in iiie aocuinpni. . ... uiu"- Kinds to Kurope worth fli.oon.ooo. Those oeing miuwlnttr. As the result of a wager neither man suffered from the exposure.
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the
tlon. The ito skate, wnion consists , v-,h imUrin n-,u .t.:u.
of a eomplfcle auto small enough to lU ooo. Sou(n A.11(.rl. t w.(Kl0,onO; Asia. ll!-
the foot, is believed to have a great future.
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Marco Polos famous Journey througn
Eaatern China.
The silt is made by the evaporation or
sea water. The water Is pumped Into the
evaporating basins by wind power and
evaporated by the heat of the sun. Ex
tending many miles each way from Tong
ka the coast Is nearly level and only a few
Inches or feet above high tide. On this tlat
coast are the salt wufks. The evaporating
basins are made on the Hats and have
much the appearance of Innumerable ten
nis courts of great size. They are sep
arated from each other by small ridges of
mud about eight Inches high. The bottoms
of the basins are made level and hard
rolled with a stone roller. The basins are
rilled to a depth of three Inches with sea
water, which is evaporated by the heat of
the sun In from one to three days, leaving
a coating of salt on the bottom. This Is
carefully scraped Into a pile, 'and after re
rolllng the bottom more water Is pumped
In.
These basins are located about two feet
above thle level and In groups, so as to be
served by a central pump. The flats are
cut in all directions by small canals, giv
ing each group water connection with the
main salt vards st the railway station or
the river. The salt, as fast as It Is made.
Is shovelled into small boats, which are
panted through the canals to the main
yards where It Is thrown into great heaps
and covered with mats, waiting to be sold
and packed for the Tientsin market.
Compliment Paid J. O. Brown by Old
Fisherman.
A NEW WIND SHIEXD FOR BOB SLEDS.
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This tiny motor can be built to attain a
speed of almost any numner of miles an
hour and yet Is light enough to enable the
Pressing: Beans.
lono.noo; Oeeanica. $I.i,im). and Africa,
OUU.Ooo.
In lisil the amounts
ik. . .. . . ,,,i.i U .,. iv have a very tair u iimiiiiiiuj "i
frillo.1 h snecinl'st. t A.i.W them mmr creasing their business in Mexico. The
to the best advantage. ; Mexicans are a musical people, and. as
a rule, the so-ealie.i cneap instrument j" ... ..i ; V' OO'j.OiK); North America. iir..W.u.si
are not greatly in nemanu. it is b com- i uiuiuuu.iibi i i, v. ... 'America
,..r. ihinir there to nhd a nign graue. ly una wun surprisingly nnionn
The treasures of the various Russian pano iina several high class musical In
Primitive Salt Making. ' Jchurches are of fabulous value. St. Isaac's gtruments In a Mexican home where there
VNY tons of Impure salt lire mule auieurai. in m. i-eieimmrg. n aaiu to ar, no carpets on the Poor anil iie. w
each year at different points on thejave cost 113 copper roor is furniture of the house is or me in r-
oast of North China, extending from "iiu " taincurmi oinai yainu.
Tongku to Shanhalkuan and .Nieu- 01 i,,,- a.,,e m uif nn gruy u.uej ,
Chwang The methods employed are the In diamonds from a cloud of beaten gold. The Mexican lapdog Is the smallest mem
same in each place and the same have under which are solid silver doors twenty iter 0f the dog family. .
been In use certainly from the time or ieei uign. ' j
A fine rain and a strong sun are neces-
Europe Jl .UH.-'aary for the formation of white rainbows.
Southi phenomenon isiue to tne optical pr;u
$,"!. (mn.iii)O; - Asia I.in.iMJ.W clple known as interference. If the drops
Oeeanica. tM.OOn.nno; Africa. r-'t.wm.OiV. or water be very Small the interrerence
In other words. Europe took 7 per cent "r U1 rays causes such a complete oei
nf our ennrt In INTO nml 72 ner ,.nt in lapping of the colors that the bow apiieais
Value of Dead Leaves.
OIIEAT part of the suburban popu
lation of Nantes Is engaged in garden
ing, and especially In the cultivation
of early vegetables. For many vests
use has been made nf th ,1.:.,i Ipv
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oil and bean cake. Even In New
chwang. which has been a treaty port for
approximately half a century, the crushing
of beans with heavy atone rollers drawn
by mules and donkeys continues In some
of the bean mills. In such primitive insti
tutions the oil Is pressed out of the pulp
by luind, wedges driven by huge beetles
being used.
Steam Is becoming quite popular In cook
ing the beans after they are crushed and
In the mills that are. equipped with steel
steam rollers for crushing the beans the
steam Is used to do the looking, but hand
screw pressing machinery still obtains.
Indeed, it Is customary for bean mill men
to discourage the use of hydraulic presses
orf the theory that the pressure can only
be applied by hand, that lt must be ap
plied gradually, and that' a trial of for-
eigimachinery In this part of the manu
factory of bean cake caused, a few years
ago, heavy loss to the enterprising Euro
peans who attempted It, and resulted in
theyUP to date contrivances being dis
carded. At any rate, in order to render the bean
pulp of the greatest value for fertilizer,
all nf the nil must not be extracted, and It
Is claimed that to know just when to re
move the pressure requires great skill and
watchfulness.
19m: North America took 13 per cent !n lKTo Wine, me various prismam.- "", '-,wiiicn tail from the trees in the autumn.
rUE chief product of Manciurla, Deans, .nd lg pef-cent in lli4. As a matter of fact lst?1' of ," ln thrown out separately as ttnd wh(ln ,uch C()n bg 0,)t.llneJ Dv tne
Is still treated In a primitive manner, in tne thirty-four years under consideration ' ln tllp ordinary lirism, are thrown one on Hman fllrmerg Ul,y are ,,a(,erly g;lt,ered
by iSany of the manufacturers of bean trua ...it;, all narts of the world ev-ltop of the other, nnd the light is cast by and employed n. fHrtm 9n rt r frrt nnvor rir-
cept Europe and Sauth America, Increased tne ,m 011 rt aheet of rain. I his result tain plants during the Coldest winter
in percentage. I' still more noticeable where a fog takes months. Frequently these leaves are first
u.e jsea as bedding for cattle and horses, and
me compost thus obtained Is considered
much richer than that of ordinary straw.
A writer In the Phare de la I.olre shows.
n a table Just published, the relative fer
tilizing value of certain klndi of leaves,
imost of w hich are rich In nitrogenous con
tents and consequently good as fertilizer.
According to this writer the following are
the contents of nitrogen of some of the
leaves -after their fall in autumn:
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Ill principles of the automobile have Is placed before the driver. The tapering
M en applied with success to the sled. 1 form of the shield reduces the wind pres-
he newest form of bobsled comprises sure and thereby accelerates the speed.
a very i-lender pair of runners of steel, t
The swifter b.ru is tii..er the vuiiuie,
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k"E summer whilst down at the sea-
hhore. said the veteran artist, 1 nan
'oeen painting an ou cnap wun
b.ishel of salt In his hat. nnd his two
sons who were cleaning fish on ice beach. 1
Gj?h! said the old fellow, 011 being told
mv name. I'd rather be that man than i
Julius Caesar.
with a body fitted to the front of the sleigh
to protect the occupant from the force of
the wind. The same principle is being
which Is said to be able to travel at the
rate of 50 miles an hour, or the EnglU.)
a. iI . d as in manv raclnir uuiomohlles. in kestrel, which can probably equal. If not
which a nie:.il wind shield conical In shape j ex ?eed, this speed.
Tomato Paste and Slot Machines.
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may not be generally known that Mal
ta produces a very superior article in the
line oi tomato paste. For this com
modity a peculiar fruit is required, und
the climate and soli of Malta seem to be
particularly adapted to rnis.ng It. Irately
qulte a large experimental order has been
) shipped to the I'nlted States, and It is
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expected that more w II shortly follow us
a result of tlie shipment.
(M.ilta is a great consumer of macaroni.
Lately, on account of pnctM prevailing for
the Italian article, more attention has
been given locally to Its manufacture. The
Starvation and Plenty.
HE annual rainfall in North China Is
most variable, both In quantity and
the luonlns In which It occurs, in the
best years there Is a good rainfall
durinic A.uril unil lav ami a heavier one
I between the middle of July and the middle
of September. In uxither of these periods
! is the ralnl"sUl excessive. Then comes a
year of floods, or more often a year of
drought. I'sually the drougnt extends over
comparatively small areas, but owing to
the lack of cheap transportation the people
in the drought ltra are dying of starva-
present product, w ftile ill insny case. not ' f'on. while u few hundred inilee way there
ag satisfactory as that from Italy, seems
to be improving, tlle only question seem
ing to be that "of securing the proper
wheat.
Is a surplus of crops. Tlie construction of
railways will alleviate l.iese conditions
but in view of tho present conditions all
the land possible Is irrigated, tills being
Wyant and the Art Student.
A GOOD story Is told of the lite A. H.
Wyant. A young man called upon M-.
Wyant at his studio and asked him to
give him some hssons In painting.
"What can you do?" asked the o!,i gentle
man. "Oh, I can finish a landscape flrt
rate, but I never know how to begin one."j
was
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cigarette, "1 think we can easily come tol
a bargain. 1 nnd that 1 can hi-gin
ture without any trouble, but I have no propped up to be nhotoirrabhed.
end of trouble In trying to finish It. Now, m il is remarkable :n many ways
it you 11 leacn me now to um-n my pic
tures I 11 teach you how to Lh g n yours."
And with that the old gentleman lib a
cloud of smoke and went back to his work.
VERIFICATION OF AN ELEPHANT STORY.
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e, but I never know how to begin one," ""VNK of the lai gesl
i the reply. "If that's so," remarked I l'i'iled. a! least ho fa
veteran artist, solemnly puffing at h.s; Vph oi,, graphic rtccrd
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An interesting and valuahl. tahl mtrht
i he established siiowlng the fertilizing value
jof the various leaves from American trees,
particularly when it Is considered that In
: the I'nlted States such leaves are easily
I obtainable by the farmers, who are gener
ally owners of some woodland where the
leaves might be gathered at will, which
Is not tlie case in Europe, where forests
,are generally either the property of the
State or of gome Individual park preserves
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Chase Quotes a Story.
SEA MOT 3 English surgeon was called
in to perform an operation on a very
.1 men nonieinan. it happened that one
stroke of tlie knife was all that was
, needed. Jj f,.e was a thousand guineas.
;The nobleman paid It under protest. "Vou
were not one minute doing It." he coin-
t'Ulllieil. "'Pilot's It'll..' Vlkltn.1 I liu Uii,-
largest elephants cveri picture short s hlui exactly a he app an d neon. "1 earned that fee verv easily Son-
ir as there is any In making an attack. pose next time you do It yourself."
Is shown here- Mr. William M. C.'ias uuoted this st v
'ui. I lie inioi luuit emce in .wrica. .. to a sitter w no tunnirhr. h iharffM "i.i
pic-land after the killing the giant corpse wasi An elephant his so delicate a sense o (.p.. fo(, a ,,ortrait tllat tne arts
The anl- " t"ai wneu in a wim state it tak,. 0ly two Uays to paint.
and cspc- scent an en :ny at a uieiauce 01 one nu.it-,
i tally because of thu size of .is eirs. The, sand yards. I
ry
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An Ant's Strength.
The 'American slot machine has at last 1""e ln mu8t trude tt'"1 Primitive man-
EltE Is a house built entirely "f I chines, of
m m
UJ grains , of corn, it l conilele ln)K no ;.h-;(l Q . ods employed are much the "me In all
M every general detail. The corn se -1 prlnlillj niach. nes ought also to find -orth C hlna. and have apparently changed
lected for the building Is of red, white,, ".none during the last two thousand years.
and yellow, the colors being careiuny , . h stone cut pictures or two thousand year!
blended The house Is auout lour icei "M ;,,, gnow ttle people raising ana handling
InU'iit. It was built entirely by Miss1 In a London hospital a wave siren Is, the water In exactly the same manner as
H. 11 we'd, or l.ostant, 111., and has been used to test what sounds a deaf person 'the work Is done to-day. and also show
exhibited In in. my cities. Ibears. When once It Is discovered that a 'hat the form of the agricultural Imple-
rertaln note is not heard or only heard ln- meius nas not in any way changed.
distinctly a tuning fork of this note is se
'let'ted and an attempt Is made to stim-
invaded Malta. A year aao only a few
weighing machines were Imported. These'
have proved so satisfactory that others'
have been ordered and are now ln transit.
lone (lunching machine has been installed,'
land is meeting with good results financial-!
ly. Mac.ilnes delivering candy and choco
late woum prove acceptable. 1 iiese ma
ner.
There have been no Irrigation works coro.
structpd of 111V llnnort.itice nr uIza nnn
t hi. f'hlni',. dowrnuie'il bis rn uliura ii..t
lias taken not the slightest Interest ln
this most Important and vital economic
question. The primitive work which Is done
Is performed usually by small village coin-
course.
must be' adapted ,or -""It!es r individual farmers. The m.th-
Victim of Bad Example.
BI.EAR eyed specimen of humanity
lazily arose from a bench in C.:y
Hall Park and shuffled over to where
! another hobo, apparently one notch
higher In the social scale, was endeavoring
! to read a newspaper through a pair of
To Prevent Seasickness.
Cl'OHDIXU to Herman papers fo
aided by Consul Oeuetal Ciuenthe
Frankfort, Mr. otto Sehllck, of
Hamburg, h is invented an appl atice
which redjt-es the rolling of ship to a
minimum. lie calls it "schlffskrelsi 1"
(ship top). It Is stated that If It fills ex-' badly blacked optics.
pectatlons it wl:l prove of great impor- "Why, hello. Chicago Jim," he said,
tance, not only that seasickness would be "when did you hit d burg?"
done away with, but the effli ieiicy of war) The other looked up with a guilty start,
ships would be grentlv enhan 'eil. as tliej "Hello, Jack." he said. "Ten days on
hitting ability would be vastly Increased.; cattle car from Chi. Had to leave Just
iii-ii i nas niiiiu ein uaru. .Miotiiei cane
o' 'frenzied finance,' bo. llon't I look It?"
"Vn:i look as If you were fanned by
every bull In Chi."
"I was. h i, but the other yeggs done It,"
saiil Chicago Jim bitterly, "it was this
way: Takin' up up-to-date tricks. 1
started an insurance company fer us
Much Interest appears to be manifested in
tills invention ln shipbuilding circles.
Recently large experiments with this
"top" took place at the works of the Hamburg-American
line, in the harbor of Ham
burg, before a company of Interested par
ties, into the old torpedo boat Seeh.ier a
ship top had been built amidships. T.ils ! travellln' gents. He insurance company
top lias turbine paddles and is so con-1 was to guarantee us agin Jails an' watch
structed that It can make sitnullane ius!y ' dogs an' t' give each policy holder a line
rotating and pendulous motions. Uy tlie graft route through de country. All Ue
combined motion tlif rolling of the ship Isjbucs dug down in tneir kicks an oo corn-
to be averted. 1 he apparatus was s I In
motion by steam power, mak nx revo
lutions per minute, and the result is sa d
to have been such as te'Justlfy t lie belief
that it would accomplish what is cU.lm. d
fur it.
panv was a big success until
"What made em beat you up, Jim?'
"De boys caught rue speculator with del
Seal skins to the number of 3,iat were
shipped from Alaska last season.
A Famous Mug:.
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Ml English ale created a pottery and
factory for itself. It made an ip-
il to art that could not be dented
and so there have come to us the toby
company's funds at a crap game an' liqul-jand other mugs, perhaps more sightly but
d.itiu' a bond Issue at Casey s saloon, st arciiy less characteristic.
A Gliding Boat.
r'IK old pastlnio of "duck and drakes"
I 1 its to have suggested the lat st
I n, n city in navigation, the gliding boat.
The fiat stone which is thrown into the
water st suitable angle la seen to glide for
i short space over tlie surface w.thout lm
uii s.ou. And it apiwars that by giving a
boat a suitable form and speed It can be
in iJe to glide lu a similar way, thus avmU-
i: a nr. it deal of the friction involved !'i
p'.uuglung the water In the usual way. At.'
tempt nad been previously made along
tlw same lipe without any conspicuous
M iclical success. A Frenchman, howewr. I
ciainis to have solved the problem cf mak
ing a gliding boat. Ills vessel is twenty
f . el loti by ten feet wide, arid consists of
. t peclttl arrangement of planes. It Is very
i t 'it. the framework being of aluminum
too. 1 The motive power la furnished by
an ordinary automobile moUir of twelve
horse j.mer, and the boat carries two pr-
ins. Wnen ll starts the submerged planes
p'ough tlie water. As it goes on, however,
t icy quickly rise, arid soon the boat Is g!ld
. g on the surface, scarcely touching the
water. It attain a speed of tweiuy-nve
i;i:! s an hour, steers perfectly, and can be
s.opprd wun the greatest
When, as an Incident of their trip to
the frince and Princess of Wales
T is, of course, generally known that the 1 While walking along the banks of the
I an; has one of the strongest, if not quite I Utile Lehigh Klver, John Hteber. of Salts
t
tie strongest, body for its size in
Belgian courts have ui.heid the will w hich ' world. Here Is a novel way of testl
ulate the muscle and to arouse the nerve, i a man named Devle, who hanged himself " strength. The little ant posed before Industriously fishing for trout with their
If the tunlnir fork is not sufficient t'lr.ln Ar.tcnne, scratched on a piece of rusty; '"e symera in the remarkable feat of ho d-, nimble, sharp elaw.d paws. Bleber got hi
sound Is Increased by neans of a res- iron wun a nail. He left f tkl for the fire"1 " midair a small globe which weighel rule und shot them.
They investigated n.e with clubs and cob
ble stones
If two kernels we;re added to each rar
the bury, I'a., saw two enormous raccoons !of corn grown In Missouri lat year $.iKi.mii ! ! ternups some t
Ingiseated on the ice lu Iront of a big airhole would be added to the value of the Mis-j '"V. to J'"".1 r . ,le. v
onator.
! brigade at Aden "to have such
us was never seen before."
AN AIRSHIP PREPARING FOR FLIGHT.
carousal i more than five hundred times us mjch :i
j the ant Itself. To perform a similar feu.
a man would be obliged to' support a
weight of about forty tons.
e e e e
Wallows.
SKIPPERS who have been tnterviewinl
on the subject of the disaster which
happened to the Campania recently at
tribute It to the fact that the liner must
'have got Into what Is known In nautical
language as a "wallow." This, It appears.
,is caused by one big wave following an
other before a ihl; has time to recover
from the shock of the first. These "wal
llows ' are said to tie of sudden and unac
tcountuble occurrence, but fortunately they
are experienced very rareiy. one In
stance Is recalled ln which a vessel suf
fered so badly from this kind of visitation
I that she had to return to port in a i,.,iiv
battered condition, and the officers turning
up suddenly at home like apparitions to
the consternation of their families, in'an
other case an Atlantic liner was suddenly
"pooped." and It was estimated that a
voiuine or water about twenty feet thick
sourl corn crop. This statennnt was made
recently by Oeorge B. Ellis, secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture.
REMARKABLE SNOW SCULPTURE.
It seems strange that while the mellow
throated minstrel was singing or "browi.
October ale," no one. less Inclined to heady
beverages, sang tlie praises of amberlna
IdeT. Perhaps some one did. but vou'll
verses.
I Cider, however, had Its potterv and here
Is shown a ckler mug, one of the finest
specimens in the I'nlted Kingdom, both as
to design and manufacture. It Is of white
and blue and was made nearly two hun
dred years ago.
ttctu t!irou.ii the K-hyber Pass ou Cecem- before
lvUOFl'iJSQR ALEXANDER BKI-L.lso that the alrshlo Industry is an .crentiM
I lho has conducted some reinai k able nslilutlon. giving employment to thou-l'"11 upo11 the ufler deck. Hooding many of
experiments in aerial flights, predicts ....i- n ,..,,, .,..., .. . . the rooms up to the ceiliu and penetrating
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experiments in aerial flights, predicts MXUtXa ot persons This
that airships will be a commercial fact ' '"' 1
ire Ihe close of the century. Tlie thing ,'"tlK d a" ba tt mad
1 C . .,' .' "v.' ..V.V" ' ' " ' '. , !'L C;
j y m. .'::?. U'c..-K-iv .'. t ; 1 V
'Cmnmnm suae i ' "p ' , 1 ' j 1 w 'sTrff ciT' W' Vi?3i'!fi27t!l
U, r 4 they were met on t.ielr return Journey veii cm to jiass sooner than ll,M "'B , Five thorsand dollars lnv I,.'
by the headmen of the border tr.tes who sanguine person anticipates If m-l 1 n" ' together made one of the largest V I h.iuJ lo th fn l Ii , i 8
undertake for a yesrly subsidy to kec'u the y- 1'igentilty and tireless experiment will tof airsnipi. The whole contrivance cost a I MmsIcIi Ar i, v v,,i '"stituie o.
r-ads la.io:a;e. accouipUsh It. fortune. H s de It h .s t j be housed In a . rtrL1L r i. Z , ' "X U;i"
ln Europe, especially France, ezperi- structure p-.ui: ba..; for suca majestic, r" """n " UireUor.
iinrn:rs are spendln.?ar:unes for the lda.ileuan:s. I
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Greatest Copper State.
MONTANA has left all competitors far
betiind In the race of copper prodii".
i inou. iiuruig mi tne liiltid States
j f iirni.-ilied 515 per lent of tne world s
suiM'ly of coiper. and during tlie calendar
year of l'joa Molilalia produce I :7u.4t(7 775
pounds, or more than -JO per eem of 1'he to
t il prodm tlon of the I'nlted stales.
I Unite is the chief copper producing ...,..
i Hon of the State, u is ostlniated that, .n
eluding lKi.1, liutte has produced tiiei' r d
nn tal to tlie extent of J:.m,uin,i. if fyr
mines of Unite were to suspend operation
i for a Single year tuere would 0e a famine
of the metal in tlie markets of the world.
Montana not only takes first i 1 ice in r.
ductlon, but also In the use of the mi st
modern machinery and the most advanced
methuds of mining. Splendid suriac.
plants for hoisting, stamping, smelting
and refining tne Immense quantities of ore
are In u.e. Tho itreat copper deposits aia
u i.,.-j rati I 1 ti Inuvli'inudkl . "
.. "--'""t una iur nio.-s
wonderful ach.eve.i.ents are iiredicted for
d' r t'ie future. 1
ric possiuiuuei i sculpture in snow.rstner, mo'ell.ng, was done In a roj
are greater man is commonly tm- climate than thit of New YorK ml h.i
nieiueo. a remarsauie arouu or inia airaiiv imi a i. ,.r , i. i ...
exireuieiy perisjiauie form or statuary , , V : nanus a
is siiown In the accompanying Illustration. steps are being ..,k to llt..e . ' rn '-'teau the brick of whlcj, Is u;d
The flocg of chicken. I. mad, entirely of Oui horse p'lwer of the Vict rU Kails '? h .elb?r",, pau''rl" ,"" it live,
snow, ss is the figure of the farmer, wife C dusti jaan o , 'arc u i. luk.a ffeC'1 vt lnU",W,t mbr,J".
wbJ f Iccd.ng thero. ' Xie caiv.ug, or,,nol to mar the s-eueryi
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quAnlliy cf wespons coofistated. . ' enei ought to be iwraniounu j sietary of state " ' J JaBBJB-B-B. a, .......J j U rt ported eaie. " UverpoolVoV" New gYrk- '""' ' J anu t-tiaiuuau nuu says utere wul ft