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THB accompanying photograph does hound, the work being so well done that M
not Illustrate a new breed of home. Is Impossible to detect where the two nega
but records a very remarkable trick j tlves have been Joined,
of the camera. The picture belongs to j
thnt general class of Illustrations known! Soup Is aold In Iondon restaurants at
as. the combination photograph, or one .prices much higher In proportion than
which Is formed by a combination of two:
or more original photographs, in this case
horse's head has been very cleverly
h.i.Il i in the body of an English grey-
Banks in Foreign Countries.
THK number of banks established by
different nations In their colonies and
foreign countries, furnished by Consul
Harris, of Chemnitx. Is as follows:
'"nntry. Bn. Brsncties.
f.ermsmr 1A
Holland' . 1 A
Vnn... IT 104
Kni-lund". 60 2.27
These banks form one of the most Im
portant means of extending foreign trade.
They Interest themselves In everything
pertaining to commerce and Industry.
They have been of Indispensable service to
the expansion of English trade all over the
world, and the Germans, quick to recog
nlie this fact, are beginning to extend, en
large and establish branches to the banks
which they already have In foreign coun
tries. Altogether German 1s nowadays spoken
by about seventy-five million people. Ger
man thus ranks third In number among
the four leading languages of Europe, the
first being English, the second Russian
and the fourth French. These figures do
not Include the Dutch language, for al
though Dutch, from a linguistic point of
new, represents the low Gorman branch
of the Franconlan dlaleot. It has devel
oped a liter ary language of Its own.
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THE best speclrports of English pottery
ir tti early part of t.'i last century
find high favor among collectors. Then
i.ie political feelltiM .if tne nat'on fonnrt
very ex-enslve expression In the designs of
pottery, especially drinking mugs.
Innumerable cartoons were baked and
gljxej In the rl.iy, and among them, of
t course, the portraiture of Wellington had
a conspicuous place. Here Is shown a
Staffordshire mug with a peculiar raised
portrait of the Conqueror of Waterloo. It
was made In 1M3. and because of the pe
culiarity of design, In relief, hi considered
unique.
Bricks from Sand.
'"REAT sand dunes extend for miles
I along the north coast of Bristol
VJciiannel Included In Glamorganshire.
Wales. These, In addition to being
utterly worthless for all purposes, are
also a menace to the narrow ' strip
of lowlands between them and the
hills. A company of business men,
with headquarters at Port Talbot, have
determined to put the sand to some use,
and If their works prove profitable an In
dustry will be built up on the dunes. The
plan Is to manufacture bricks from sand.
The experiment has proved a success on
the Continent, where the bricks are pro
duced In several colors and take a glase
satisfactorily. The Port Talbot plant will
have a minimum capacity of ten thousand
bricks a day. Some experts claim that
these bricks made of sand and lime will
be the building brink of the future In
the United Kingdom.
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QUAINT ROYAL TOYS.
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room In K.enngtan Fmlace. the
tblaoe of the late wueen Vtotorta.
case of old faisUmed soya la atni pf-
served. with wttioh the Queea s-nuead
herself when a child, in Xxi wban lbs
palace waa renovated a room mas set aside
(or thsm. To-dtiy children would regard
such toys, although they were royal pier
things, aa decidedly old fashioned. The
aaadara eteaUAa toys mark a sreat ad-
BREED OF HORSES.
other food, as a general rule. The reason Is
: supposed to e the small demand for It In
it hat city among patrons of public eating
houses.
A laborer 'breaking stone recently on the
roadside at Wanbonough, England, the site
of an old Roman camp, discovered a ling,
which he sold for a few shillings. Exports
now pronounce It to be of great Interest
and value. An lnacrrpUcm on It seems to
show that It was a betrothal ring belong-
"ling to Buecrled, King of the Mercians, who
married Ethelwltha, daughter of Ethel
wulf, King of Wensex, In the year 853.
DAILY BATH OF
IT is Important that wild animals should ;
be carefully bathed and groomed In or-
der to keep them In good condition and
make them presentable for exhibition;
purposes. Herewith Is reproduced a photo-1
graph of a hippopotamus undergoing Its '
dally toilet. The bath consists of a very i
vigorous scrubbing administered with a
coarse brush, with plenty of soap and '
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Fighting the Mosquito.
The director of the Breslau hygienic
Institute has announced the results of
his mosquito war experiments. The
first object was to destroy egg bearing
females, which were found In large num
bers In Breslau cellars. Fumigation was
used, and the number falling on the papers
Dlncad on the floors often ran up to more
than 2.000 mosquitoes. For destroying the
Hrvae in pools of water fifty grains of
"larvlclde" was put into a cubic metre of
water and poured Into the pool. This kills
all the larvae within half an hour, but
does not harm frogs and fish. To destroy
the pupae Is another question which will
receive attention from now on. Breslau
seems to be the flrst city In Eurooe to
wage a systematic war sgalnst this plague.
and other German cities suffering from.
mosquitoes are preparing to imitate Ita
plans.
New Tork at present boasts a man o
whom the surgeons lave operated thirty
two times. But Milan, Italy, haa one who
haa been operated upon thirty-five times.
though he la only forty years old; while
Pembroke Dock. South Wales, belltrvea K
holds the record wltb a woman who has
undergone forty-eight surgloal operatlona
The clock at the entrance to Lord Elles
mere's estate at Worsley strikes thirteen
at 1 o'clock. This peculiarity U due to the
last Duke of Brldgawater. Noticing many
of bis workmen loitering around after the
neon hour one day he made Inquiries and
was told they had not heard the clock
strike one. So tie had t fixed so that it
wouid strike thirteen.
vancf over those old time playthings, and
X la only by such a comparison that the
obang la tore may be appreciated.
Ia New Tork recently In order to test aa
elephant's msntory ll a as commanded to
do trtcaa U had not rehearsed for twenty
lure ) aara The "t'"sl did not make a
Jig Tjlj
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Beet Sugar In England.
OR several years the feasibility or
manufacturing beet sugar In Engtmo
has been discussed, and experiments In
cultivating the beet have been mane.
It now seems Indubitable that sugar pro
duction Is actually to be undertaken, for
the site of the first English beet sugar fac
tory has been secured. It Is located at
Owaton Ferry. In Lincolnshire, on the
banks of the RJver Trent, which, being i
navigable, will give the enterprise a very
convenient means of transit.
The soli thereabouts Is said to be pecul
iarly well adapted to beet culture. On the
three thousand acres understood to be
available a correspondent of a local news
paper avers that 60,000 tons of sugar beets
can be raised, though this (twenty tons to
the acre) seems an extravagant estimate,
since In the most Important experiments
hitherto made In England the yield has av
eraged about sixteen tons. The Lincoln
shire tract, however. Is said to be marvel
lously fertile In root products.
It Is estimated that the yield of sn.onn
tons would bring the growers about $1S!0,
more than double the result from a sow
ing of wheat on the same soil. The n,ni
tons of beets, It Is further estimated, would
..i.l ft nnft tons nf mxittAT. whlch. wl'h
various by-products, would sell for about!
$440,ono. Deducting from this all expenses
of every character, a fixed dividend of
eight per cent on the shares of stock la
figured out, still leaving a substantial sum
to bs distributed among growers and em
ployes on the co-operative principle and a
further sum to go to the reserve fund.
The Victoria Cross was Instituted fifty
years ago last month, and In the half cen
tury Intervening only bM persons have re
ceived it. Of those, three were civilians
acting as soldiers In "the face of the en
emy." The other 517 winners of the greatly
prlxed trophy were soldiers or seamen of
the Imperial forces.
King Edward III. of England was the
first of the sovereigns to authorise the use
'of the
woolsack" on whlcn trie la'to mgn
Chancellor sits, whloh Is a large bag or
wool, covered with a red cloth. He pointed
out that Its use might herp In the friendly
relations with Flanders, whose wool trade
at that trme England waa cultivating,
farther Butfbank, the California natural-
1st. has been overrun with visitors, taking
much valuable time from bis experlmerrte
and scientific, work, and he has had to call
a halt A circular has been Issued calling
attention to the annoyance to which be is
subjected almost dally and requesting the
discontinuance of visits by the public. In
1306 more than 6,000 visitors were received.
A HIPTOPOTAMU8.
water. Upward of an hour la consumed
every day In this process,
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Brazilian ants make little gardens In the
tree tops and sow them with pineapple
and other seeds. The gardens are found
of all sixes, from a single sprouting seed
surrounded by a little earth to a densely
overgrown ball as large aa a man's head.
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Origin of Sea Terms.
"THEHE Is hardly a language which has
I rot tieen called upon to provide at
least one of the curious sea terms
which are In constant use and whose
origin Is so little known. For instance,
the word "Admiral" Is not of English ori
gin, but Is from the Arabic "Emir el
Bagh," or Lord of the Sea. Captain comes
from the Latin caput, but mate Is from
Icelandic. Which nieona nAr,m.nUn ...
equal. Coxswain Is a word whose ariv.
tlon would never be guessed. The coxswain
was originally the man who pulled the
after oar in the oaptain's boat, which was
known as the cockboat. This In turn is
a corruption of the word coraole, a small
round boat used on the Wye and Uak
rivers, fio pn.io.. i - .. .
the Welsh.
Gommodop t jum - ... .
Its beginning. It Is staniuy the Italian
Uommandatore. meaning commander. No
p.raun as Lavy jonea ever existed,!
though We often hM, 1 v.w
hU
looker. Ons should speak of "Duffy Jonah's
Kcar," for that was the original. Duffy
Is tfts Wast Indian name for anbit or
lb'., KkM. . .
junan re i era, or course, to
the prophet.
Another curlmia mu nt - , . .,
. -. i.wi iu grwiusuy
corrupted out of Its original form is the
dog watch. It was originally the "dodge
watch." because It lasted only two hours
"'""w i tour ana tnus makes It possible
that the same men shall not be on duty
every day during the same hours.
Then there Is the "sheet anchor," the
name given to the largest anchor carried
by a vessel. It Is rliu ".Hn.. , ..
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and Is so called because of Its great weight
.t.'ii uittatia ii easy to snoot out In case
of emergency.
Instead of the terms "port" and
board" which are used nowadays
used to talk of "larboard" mn '
"star
they "star-
board." Starboard h nmhi..
'"ft it. cti. union
with stars, but Is really the Anglo-Saxon
' steor boaard" for "steer side." because In
old galleys which were steered by an oar
the oar waa fixed somewhat in v. iw
hand side of the stern, and the helmsman
nia ih innoarn portion in his right hand.
"Larboard'' was probably a corruption of
lower board, the larboard aide being con
aidered Inferior to the other.
The "Jury mast" has nothing common
With a lurv exoeot its derivation -w-.
same word "Jour." the French word mean
ing hour. The Jury mast Is ona which is
put up temporarily for a day juat as a
Jury In Ita legal term meant a tribunal
summoned for a short period only.
Rats, mice and squirrels
unoeaslngly
V"-" ..... ut oi pure mis
chief, aa people generally Imagine but be
cause they are fumed to. Animals of this
olaas. especially ras, have teeth which
oonUnue to grow aa long as the own.r
Uvea. This bring the case, the rodent Is
obliged to continue his gnawing so aa ,9
kaep hla teeth grounj off to a uruuto
length. Bwiaa railway companies have adopt )
measuring arrangement for half farea
Every one who asks for a half fare is to
D measurei. a measuring machine being
(tied near the ti. ket office. All . hll.lr.
under three feet one Inch la height will ka
passed aa half fare, but those above, what
ever their ages, are treated as adults.
A "Scooter." Coffee-Chewing Habit. I A BULL TRAINED TO HURL.
HE scooter Is a common sight on the
I gret stretches of Ice which lie on the
south shore of Ixmg Island In the win-
. "iris, ii consmin 01 a mm, ,
low. shell-like hndv snnnlled with steel
runners snd . .n ...u with . -ood i
breexe these scooters are capable of mak
ing amaslng speed. It Is clahned that they j
have travelled at the rate of a mile
i Plin
ute.
th Manchuria the rivers have long been
the great highways in summer and their
Icy surface Is much used for carting mer
chandlse In the winter. When the ground
Is frosen hard thera ara ether roads which
serve tolerably w-ll that are of little use
in spring and fall. Newohwang Is the prln
olpal port of Manchuria, and .his winter It
Is said that from fifteen hundred to two
thousand loaded carta tiave left that elty
every day, on the average.
A Curious Relic,
Ti
'HE sea frequently brings to light
curious mementos of past event, Just
as It holds in Its bosom many other
wnicn it never surrenders. At first
sight this object would puzzle the ordinary
mina to determine Just what It might have
been. It was recently washed out of a
crumbling cliff at Bouthwold, England.
It la a cannon, which must have seen
active service In Ita day. Compared with
modern ordnance. It shows how far the
world haa progressed In the science of
military slaughter. The best authorities
think It was one of the pieces of artillery
used In the great Sole Bay fight
Captain Joseph Burger, of St. Paul, be
lieves he reached the rank of captain
younger than any other man In America.
Me enlisted In 1861, when thirteen years
old. He was in the battle of Mill Spilngs,
one of the first decisive Union victories
In the war. He also fought at Corinth,
Chlckamauga, Missionary Ridge and Tul-
tanoma. in his second engagement, at
Dal ton, Ga, he lost his left arm, besides
receiving wounds In his right hand and
leg. He was promoted to a captaincy when
stationed at Fort Douglas In 1864, when
only sixteen.
An Insane Sculptor.
POETIC lice nee speaks of "the chil'
dren of the brain." That waa con
aldered a striking and expressive fig
ure, even though it did not deal with any
thing that had definite shape, so far as
man and beast were concerned. But here
we have what Is apparently a combina
tion of both man and beast. And what is
more. It Is the ohlld of a brain a dis
ordered one. It Is true, but nevertheless
brain teeming with vivid fancies.
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for this monstrosity also draw It. and. It
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.onsiderabl. talen, as an artlat. It I. a then at a rents of three cenn acre p. r
nulnun i conception of the musician. annum. rlBh w Purch '
whloh Inhabits his brain and playa wild two ceiUs an acra,
melodies, aunietinms moving Its poasttssor. . always been a moot point In Aus
to liidriiss and tears and again driving ' TT ,a tio.v an officer ought to salute
him Into the ailJesl frensles. brother officer when he has a lady on
The picture la one of the results of i J, - This delicate point, however, has
remarkable series of experiments made J..'n atttled by the Issue of an official
by alienists In Paris, and thus Is a con- "Trder In future, if the lady is tak-
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crete Illustration of a certain form of 7 arm of the officer, then hs can. I therefore, atrike less orien. out me iru-a twice.
dementia. No master of grotesques con-"1. .ul give the salute with his left.;in handling rattlers or any other kind of' -aaaaaaaa.
.cious'y formed evr excelled this poor " . a favorite ruatoin Is, the ofher ; venomous snake la not to startle them with jn the cspl'ii! f Belgium a rrlxe was
imanlac, who gave graphic exyreeaioo to!, ..iVni the lady under the arm, he has tu, quick movements. The young man hold- offered recently for the b. at patriotic mm;,
his "child of the brain, ?."ai. hlmaeiX and saiuU regularly 1 l"g the, baby snakes has made a aclentlflc tor the use of Belgian school children.
' I with his ri1" Jjtidv of ail kinda of reptiles and is wKh- A Ftenohinan won IU
the habit of
g out, but as'
come to take Its
I'lae. rhis Is coffee chewing, whlc-h
Is a very bad thing for the health, for It
cre.Uos nervousness, makes the skin yel-l
low. bl.ickens the teeth and diminishes the
appetite.
The habit seems to have originated In the!
corree roasting establishments. When vis-1
ii of ,he"" P'"t" one sees nearly!
ail the men taking coffee grains from a!
Itt e pouch which is sewn on the front of
heir Jumpers. Every little while thev I
taKe a half dozen or more grains from It
n1 chew them with great relish. The;
women who work there are addicted to the
same habit.
A specialist of Philadelphia has made a'
"'1y of the coffee chewing habit and
says: 'It Is a habit easily contracted, for
the taste of the crisp, roasted berries Is
not unpleasant, and the exhilaration, the
stkmnlus, that the berries give Is quite as
marked a, th(,t which would be obtained
from a glass or two of beer, or from a
drink of whiskey. I
"It Is this exhilaration I am mnvliienl
that causes the habit to be formed, and
ITIBI m.lKes II n hard habit to hrk a
from. It should be hroken away from
effects are hloft.it, ii,,h.,.- .k
nijurious tnan those of tolwcco chewing,
1 n conp chewing habit wrecks the
nerves, it makes the skin saUow and it
aesiroys the appetite. I have had occa
sion to treat a number of mti for it. I
always advise such men to break off by
Imperceptible degrees to give three ori
iour months to the task. Some succeed.
and some do not. Men who work in coffee
pl.:its find It almost Impossible to suc
ceed"
Coffee experts seem to be the only em-
ployes connected with the coffee trade
who have not this habit, for If they did
their sense of taste would be dulled. The
P4T9IC1ANS claim that
tobacco chewing Is dylnn
Insl.llous a hahit has com
experts. by smell only or by taste onlv, vember 16 by prooucing lony-nin. '"
distinguish without the slightest difficulty and again November IS to December 16
or uncertainty between the Arabian, the with li) eggs. One thing the present corn
Javanese, the Guatemalan, the Costa petition shows Is the little help It Is to
Rk-an. the Bogotan and a dozen other
coffees. They could not do this If they'
were on free chewera.
Bt.t-. hM Z, thrwii - J-nir-t
ZnTlr TheriS nTher
oonsumer of coffee There were
make I7.80D.OW.000 cup. of the beverage.
The United States uses nearly one-third
iM ,u . k1
together. This excessive use of coffee Is
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reason for the Yankee s leanneas, sallow
ness and nervousness.
LOWX3VINQ AN EMERGENCY LIFEBOAT.
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T Is required by law that on every voy
age great steamships shall make an
actual teat of ttielr lifeboats to deter
mine if everything Is shipshape and
ready for Instant uee in case of emer
gency. The accompanying Illustration la
from a photograph taken at the Instant a
lifeboat was being lowered on one of the
Atlantic liners. The boat, as Is usual, was
The Possibilities of Beat.
WHEN the New Tork subway was
being built the cuttings often dls
ndiM beds of neat. The Irish I
workmen took great delight In carrying;
hr.me larire soda which thoy could bum In:
w-z yr tholr mother country. It makee
a dellgntful fire, for the aroma reminds; bers up the tree, assailed on all sides by
one of that given forth by the pines when blows, pushes and punches from the dow
the sun ehlnes hot upon them. It has a agers and it Is not until he haa broken
no irlfvln effect upon the air. through their fence and captured the bride
moss and
Peat is the deposit of wam.p
various bog plants and Is charged wun
. KltumAn Whpn In wUUB tv I
"wr. tour-flfth. tonal
ZL r.t uch heat as a ton of
eoai It haa been estimated that the peat,rate but commulcatlng apartments.
.Vlv along the Hudson River, through j At a given signal, as soon as the
JIT L, V-imwI Rockland counties Is over are assembled the bride starts off th
two million cords, with a greater field in
In these countrlea
-'' . , ,, thel'verv possible impediment In his way,
In most parts of the co1,no.'t! tripping up his unwary feet, holding down
Carollnaa tnere w a f V .
peat which would make a cheap and tne
ScTalTuel for household use. It ha. many
gtod Qualities to recommend It baide. Its
heating property- It does not dry the air
coal doeV and It. antiseptic qualities
are as beneficial to weak lungs as the air
In the pine foresta. Charcoal is also a
valuable disinfectant, and It has been dem
onstrated the bacJllu. of cholera cannot
live where It Is used. The ashes are valu
able aa a fertiliser and also aa a remedy
against orchard peels. A peat bog Is a
veritable gold mine, for every Inch of it
can be made of value. The upper layers,
which are the least valuable as fuel, make
a most enduring and lasting street pave
ment when ground with asphalt. The
charcoal has five time the value of wood
charcoal for the highest uaes In manufac
ture and the arts.
The ' commercial value of peat has yet
to be decided. Those who aee a great
future for it answer tne oDjecimn oi .t.
critics that It la too expensive a process to
manufacture by saying that It Is done on
the Continent at sixiy cents . .-
Is one nrm in .. ,
thous.nda of tons weekly at an "Pjnsa
of 1175 a tn. inciuoing ruyn..
finished peat equ' coal for heating and
EaYmanv other advantages. It burns off
no sulphurous gises. Is almo-t amoaeiea.
doVrnot burnout grate, and boilers, and
very clean to handle. It argue, much
its favor that the Immaculate house
keeper, of Holland are willing to lay
Keeper" . . vu use it
msirs TOT I 1 1 1 a 1 1 i"i ' '
lakes up much less room and Is so clean to
handle.
t ri Jenkins, agent general for South
Australia staled In a lecture in I-ondon
inai sw- - j;h iimiralla ud to five
being offered in North Au" ,e
,.. airM, rent free for seven yatxs.
that suitable imu -
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Its H """""Kn.
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NG horses are common
but It has remained for a
cattleman to train a bull to
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The hurdles In question are more than two
teet in neigni ana ar Piccn t com pit. -
Uvely short Intervals
i n2 uuii a tiicviivm
Eggs by Competition.
TIBET have had In Sheffield a novel egg
laying competition at the I-ady War
wick's Ladles" Agricultural College.
The conclusions reached are that bte
does not govern so much as the laying
strain or ramiiies oi a "''" "'
vempea ens yi"" v,"
Bi'T Orpingtons lea rrom iiciooer to
birds to be wnat snow enmusm.te
beautifully maraea, ; ror as oi
lit Is the ordinary looking oompeiuors,
birds a show Judge would laugh at, that
have the biggest total of eggs to their
credit. In the winter laying competition
,wh . b, . . d d that
! l" 'V" Thf '.nmoThe? were
LV.rf.n?.v!t. nJ thfT. ma e narTn.s
wonderful layers and that Its male parents
also came of a frood laying strain
The Irish linen Industry Is booming as Vt
has not flourished In years, largely on the
expanding exports to the United States.
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swung clear of the ship's side and lowered
Into the water.
A bull entered a china shop at Ashby-de-
la-Zouche, England, the other day, took
walk around, surveyed the display with
apparent Interest andl departed without
having done more than twenty-nve cents
worth of damage.
Marriage Customs.
IT Is customary among the Lolos of West
ern China for the bride on the wedding
morning to perch herself on the highest
branch of a large tree, while the other
female members of her family cluster on
the lower limbs, armed with sticks. When
all are duly stationed the bridegroom clam
that he Is allowed to carry her off.
oimnar aimcunies assau the Driaegroom
sj rfiwiiamiaii auiur-, r iiu M I C III
the habit of celebrating their marriage.
In large tents, divided into numerous sepa-
guests
rough
tne compartments, followed by her wooer,
while the women of the encampment throw
the curtains to prevent his passage and
applying willow and alder switches un
mercifully as he stoops to raise them. As
with the maiden on the treetop. the Korak
bride Is invariably captured, however
much the possibilities of escape may be in
her favor.
Of all the land frequenting fish the most
famous Is the climbing perch of India,
which not only walks out of the water,
but also mounts Into trees by means o'
sharp spines situated near Its head and
tail. It ha. a peculiar breathing appara
tus, whloh enables it to extract oxygen
from the water stored up within a small
chamber near lu gills, for use while on
land.
A FULL
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this,
whii-l
T Isn't often a man draws a hand like,
This Is a nest of baby rattlusnakra.
h are Just as poisonous aa full
axown ones. The Infants are perhaps a I
trifle less knowing than their elders, and,
an
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of Jumping is clearly illustrated in the ac-
company lug photograph.
. t ne snark nobis the record for lomi n a-
tance swimming. One of dies., creatures
nas been known to cover Si"J miles in three
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Ths Babies of Arabia.
T!
HE life of a baby In Arabia, especially
for the upper clasws. is nemllarlv
difficult. A royal baby's first t.iile't
there consists in winding a bandage
about Its body, after It has been carcfullv
bathed and perfumed.
If the child he a girl, on the seventh dav
after hor birth holes, usunlly six in num
ber, are pricked In her rs. and when she
is two months old heavy gold rings are at
tached to them, to be worn throughout her
Ifetlme, except during periods of mourn
ing for relatives. On the fortieth day the
baby's head Is shaved, and the disposal
of the hair la regarded as a very weightv
matter. It must not be burned or care
lessly thrown away, but burled, thrown
Into the sea or hidden away.
The fortieth day marks a turning point
In the child's life. Heretofore It has oniv
been seen by few; but now it may be seen
by anybody, and is regarded as falrlv
launched on the tide of existence. Several
charms are attached to Its body for protee.
tlon against the "evil eye." Everything
the child uses Is perfumed and covered at
night with Jeesamlne. and before It .'s used
fumigated with amber and mm and
sprinkled with attar of roses.
San Franclwco Is said to contain the
largest families In the world. It boasts of
naving mirxy-nine ramn:es earn hivl g
more than fourteen children and sixty
five families with more than eight children
each.
Bo strong are French peasant women
and so frugal, that one can bring home
from the forest In a single load, fagots
enough for a month since she ueee them
only to oook by, and moves about to kedb
herself warm.
A Waterspout PhotographeA
HILE waterspouts are comparatively
common In tropical seas, it is very
nusual for a ship to approach near
enough to them to obtain a a-ood
view ITvnn t h a .mflHual r , ....... ..........
spouts' are very dangerous. For a ship
to approach close enough for one to obtain
a photograph of a waterspout Is practically
an unneara of tning. Herewith Is repro
duced a ph itngraph, however, slightly re-
loucnea, wnich gives a very good Idea as
to the formation of these curious columns
of water.
Match Prices Advanced
Owing to the troubles in Russia, the
Austrian manufacturers of matches find rt
Impossible to procure the necessary quan
tities of Russian poplar wood with whloh
the so-called Swedish matches are made.
The largest Austrian match factories
have been obliged to reduce their produc
tion on this account. As, In addition to
this, the cost of other materials required
In the manufacture of matches has In
creased and the workmen demand higher
wages than formerly, all manufacturers
have made an Increase of $1.02 per l,0u0
sacks In the price of "Swedish" mutches.
On the banks of the Seine recently con
siderable surprise was caused by a peram
bulating motor for shearing dogs. The
engine is two and one-half horse power and
can shear six dotts an hour. There Is little
doubt that before long this means of clip
ping will be generally adopt!.
HAND.
out fear of them, although he realixes (Tie
necessity of caution, lie will go to any
kind of a snake hau.it and nick tha i-emua
up bare handed, and in cvmi v.r. ,.t
study hs has been bitten only once or
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