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mm mm GDI? mmEM Horned Horce. A CURIOUS hormd h r enll'd the nu In a native of Pmth Africa. The! mi la a ruxclo. It r ally seems to he a cross between th norse, i"o viven ny a trench woman, ner iri- and the deer. It his Mie head nnd horn u"iphs In this line are equal to the moat of cow, the tall. mane and withers of exquisite productions In the rt. Uie horte and the' lees of a deer. Alto- Mme. de Rudder in collaboration with gether the gnu ia one of the most singular her hu.et.nnd. who U a well known sculptor, creature on earth. eahlbHed her first work In 1S94 at the Ex- The gnu lnhaol:i the hilly districts of position Cercle pour Art. This was In he South Africa. roaming all over the country form of a panel called 'The Ragle and the In vast herds As far as travellers have Swan.1 H was exhibited at Vienna, when yet penetrated It Is found, and it Is for- M attracted much attention and was pur tunate that It Is so, for the flesh of the rhaaed by A connoisseur who Is will gnu forms excellent food. They are, how known amateur. Her next pretentious var, extremely wild, and, being very work was a screen decorated with "The quick In their movtiient. are ditticult to, Fa-tes." n this work she created a new shoot. Upon th first alarm tha whole . method called re-embroidery. The back herd scamper away In single file, follow-'ground of the figures of the Fates was Ing a leader. When seen from a distance ijmposed of ancient silks, and as some they look like a troop ogYhorses. !' the piece were covered with holes Their speed Is very great, but when first made by niohs, she added supplementary disturbed they do not exert It. but kick outiornmenta motives embroidered on cloth their heels and begin butting at anything 'to coneear the defects. The result of this that comes In their way, exhibiting thej'orceit expedient was the discovery of re greatest fury.- Unless hard pressed they, embroidery. seldom show fight, but when brought toj When this screen wa. exhibited In Brus k. h.v min .i.f.n.i themselves desoe- "els it attracted the admiration of tha eot.lv Th.v iiirt f.ii-ttanl uDon their en- smr with great fury, and unless he mains cool and collected ha probably wlll;the sot escape. Curious Bookplate. WIIMni Uuek-fiel- i rICTORIAL. book plates have a ateadlly I llncreaslng vogue, and naturally la the Hdeslgnlng of them aesthetic fancy has a wide play. They Indicate how we are rapidly leaving the paat behind and dropping the formal design of our grand fathers. Samuel Pepy had two designs considered gem In their day, but grown Into dignified oomroonplacenea to-day. 0org Washington's design was formal, as eae would expect. In the one of the Kaiser is not only reflected some of the personality of th remarkable man, but fmucb. of aooeatry, as must be with a man who, while making for a wide future, nev ertheless cherishes muon of th past. e e e e Origin of Tcol.cap. aLL th world ha agreed to call a sheet of paper thirteen by sixteen inches foolscap. This I. used a. a standard else all th world over, of ficially and commercially. The paper de rived Its name In a curious manner. After the execution ot Charles I., Cromwell and his staff. In organizing the Commonwealth, mad all possible efforts to remove every thing; which had anything to do with the old monarohy. The paper ln offMil use up to that time had, as a watermark, ttu king's crown, and when Cromwell was asked what he should put ln the place of thl. crown, to .how hi. overwhelming dislike for everything concerning royalty he dlreoted a fool', cap to be put ln place of th erown. This waa don, ana, when Charles IL ascended the throne of England it wa. at first forgotten to replace the cap by some thing else, and then, too late, the king was afraid to do anything to recall things dan gerous to touch, and so It waa neglected and the fool', oap may beaeen a. a water mark on yearly all oltlclai paper.. Diminutlvs Sheep. "uiSi'ss-,,, zri 0 : ' 1 : XT- . i .. , I. ...t ..owoiwB.aiaMawaawaajsawSeteae TUS tare sheep who photograph is I printed oa this page ar believed to b th smsOlest sheep la ' the world. Tb7 ar perfeoUy formed and pro portioned la very war, and their wool, what hr 1 of It. la i the finest quality. To sheep bring In a eonalderabla lnoome to their owner, not from th quantity of woos narrastM from them, but from the zee sswiJi pay to see them. They have WMoly xnlbltd. . Th woman who possesses th Ions est head t hair in th world Is said to be Mer- Codes Lopes, a Mexican. Her height ' A. wa. anil whan aha .n.. .. K- w. i. w M. . i. a . . ., . .i mm- mwii. im wie iniuna luur ivvi eigoi iBohes. The hair Is so thick that she can ooapietaly hid herself ln It. She has It at very frequently, as It grows so quickly, enabling- her t sell larg tresses to hair dealer. vry month. Sue Is the wife ot a poor sheep herder. e e e e - - In India about two millions of th na tives o bow read English. "-, e MANUSCRIPT OP I N the great eoUaoiioa of manuscripts of I famous novels ta ths British Museum I there are few mors taxareaung than mat of CaarkXl ureal s - w jayr.- i ne first page, which Is reproduced herewith, wnich opens the story. Is a type of the whole. The curious cramped handwriting iXME SSS1.Z. CMAItn TH IT --.jtr''i;,i.uiv;ij i..''viajt:Lw .-1 i. iw... -.ww .r wu. k'.-c , xi. vis. LrtV.jr",! B -iLr:jteii-' j'jL'.1' -"--..r-i.:r;j,' la y-- j Artistic Embroidery. "T"HB I ery. I for difficult art of deocatlve umbroM- which hat been so little cultivated many years, lias at Inst heen re- Mayor, who gave Mme. de Rudder a Com- r-mlsslon to decorate the Marriage Hall of Hotel de Vllle. About the same time she waa commissioned to embroider six large allegorical panels for the wall, of the notei JtTovlnclal In Ohert. These panels are ramarkabl not only for their decora- tlve beauty, but for their charming convpo- altlon. The worlemanaliln Is varied and accomplishes a wonderful effect. The artist's next Important commission ns from the Congo Free State for eight detoratlve panels to adorn the wall, of the Congo section at th Brussels Exposition. These panel, are now In the museum of Terveuren. where they show to great ad vantage. They are pur applique, except me features, wnicn are tor me niusi pariitxactly embroidered; They represent the triumph of clvlllzat'on over barbarism. Tbe triumph of Mme. de Rudder', ex pression of her chosen art la in her latest work four large panels representing the four seasons. They axe exceedingly beau tiful, not only ln conception and composi tion, but in the perfection of detail and management of the medium ln which the Ideas ar expressed. Pnrhape th mostiflnnrv. ahowed beautiful of the four Is "Winter," and a coi:i ijuuii w.ii kivb oimuc iuca iri iviuiv. , - t . . . ,i . . i i il :ZV,; L . Z, tI .v...-. - . old people are sitting by the fire. A bit of blight coloring Is lent to the picture by a bunch of chrysanthemums in a vase. A child, symbolloal of coming life. 1. offering a branch of mistletoe to the grandmother, and nearby an old man Is slumbering, typifying the life that Is ebbing away. Throug-h the window can be seen fields white with snow, rendered In tones of naturalness of atmosphere and perspective. The whole is ln direct oontrast ta the ful ness and richness of life shown ln the picture representing "Summer." Thoucrh there I. a group of artist, who have mastered thl. difficult art. Mm, d Rudder easily stands at their head as a leader ot thl. peoullar craft. ILL ASSORTED SOME) phases of animal training are most tedious, and It Is only by the ap plication of Insistent patlenae that carefully calculated results are ob tained. The marvellous performance of a company of trained seals, now In Amerloa, Is the most striking example actually at hand. They appear to be al most human ln their Intelligence, and one Juggles ulte as well as some men per formers. Of course, all this action Is whol ly foreign to the nature of these am phibians. But, then, all trick training makes animals do things most opposed to their natural disposition. On., for ex ample, would think that this cat and mouse were stuffed, lifeless figures, so un usual Is the combination. Under ordinary cirum.tanos th cat would bav at once Favorite Dishes. M urlUo said that no man could eat coarse food and hav (he soul of an artist, His own diet was generally very plain. Verne enjoyed a soup mad of "drip ping" and onions. WtCh thl and a pteoe of black bread be was quit content. BoUngbrok declared that the most agreeefcl food he had ever eaten was a slice of boar's bead served at a college dinner. Tintoretto Mked baked cheese, plentifully sprinkled with salt and pepper, nor did he ever seem to .utter trom mis preparanim Tha Duke of Marlborough a4a beef. He said on one occasion: "No soldier can l . .. .1 A An Ii mf MknA nghl unless ue yrttij " -- beer." Oliver Goldsmith enjoyed veal pie. He sau that with veal pi and whiskey In -very line's houi a rebellion was Unpusl- w,wx I ble John the BvangeUst, aooording to tradi tion, was so abstemious tnat a nanoiui oi barley waa ail the food he needed for a day. Burke enjoyed English beef and Irish porter. He eaid England and Ireland could always come together oa such a platform. Mendelssohn never cared much for the ulexaura. of the table. He said be could Uve for a week on a sausaeT and a loaf ot I bread. A FAMOUS NOVEL. writing expert, bellev that th writing has been Influenced by an Immense amount of study In Latin. The Queen of 81am ha. the .tnallest fot of any titled person la Lu wrU. She A STEAMSHIP S - t - ... . , "'.' " -rHE wreck or stranding of a steamer wn not neutrssuiiij mimy areai turn of weather, stormy seas, high winds or dense fogs. Sometime, a steamer run. aground in broad dnyllght Here I. a snap shot of the Carolina, passenger boat ply- e e e e-e-e Elephants and Dreg. T.FPHANTfl am fond rtt tflnerv and delight to see themselves decked out I with gorgeous trappings. The native1 princes of India are very particular , .w-i. -i .. win sive fabulous aunts T for an animal that give laiOUlOUS Sums lor an imillil " meets the somewhat fanciful stanuaros tney nave erecieo. . . . Llirjrnhoide'rd wllh aold that two ' eVJ Lerm,v .hie to lTA them The ele- nhnnrwhlch usmIIv led the .ta'te proces- pnant wnicn usuaiiy tea ine , d up to that time nat Dlace. In squeaks and kicks of pleasure that gen Aral attention w a aLLiavkcu - . . .w !... nrocesnlon . , .k. of ,was joriu--, " - the gold ciotne oeing nrni in . took his accuatoniea pic ' .ma lna h?" thwrA.dei:.d,BefraXgd o'f perhaps that was being defrauded of f,", promotion, was with great dlfflculty restrained from attacking the Reader of the parade. The strangest military body in the world s a band of cavalry at Saint de Moor . nrovlnce on the east coast of Africa, wMch Is under the rule of the French Gov ernor General of Madagascar. These sol diers go about their military operations on oxen. The animals are lean creatures, and It Is said they mov with surprising ra pidity. PLAYMATES. wym' arses! ya,;fttKfWmM pounced upon the mouse; hut under ordin ary circumstances It must be remembered that the mouse would not have th temerity to com so near. Both bav been so well trained as to meet in a compan ionship which both seem to enjoy. On one occasion the cat savagely defended : her unusual companion from the assault of another oat. who looked upon the plump mouse as legitimate firty. r.luce.1 on one which ha i'BK(""60 " ' . h u v I n o dAUAliinul ha flnila that tlA reftllV ,,lnl' 'vi mill ina form finVA rimnnl . : ..i I - Am ..ll An tf a anoorai- ' a LIUK'-i ' i- . . . - - , , . vu. irmru n ua r. 1. i, mnt little' Harvey, who discovered the circulation or a case like a watch or a clr- but all we 1.9 l I I- J ' - W l.1ni.J I n , .nn V 11 1 II I IIH'RHI I T 1 B .1 t. ,. . - . I ...... ... ...I ..... t ....'fine. rf a .lni.1.. n.rfurm.r who follows r, ,a 7 .' w-a-iutumu ruinc naiiwajr i a must semers " " " -- ln the Northwest Territory who wish toral'1 ut the collection Is reproduced her. make a Journey ln order to get married and on presenting th return coupon and a marriage certificate a man Is entitled to free transportation for tils brkle. -e-e-e - Tha Natural Bridges of Utah. ONE of the great natural curiosities of the United States la the Natural Bridge In, Virginia, which till recently haS StOOd If! a .ctB.a hu faal K!.. I. th wondrlnd of Utah ther bav been fount three bridges ot similar character Which are more remark. hi. in .ua.w Thor r t the head of the White Canyon . oui uaa county, out being many miles from the nearsat railroad and In a region where th water supply 1. scarce In the early months they have been Inaccessible. oorup, a cattleman of thai Md obtained a distant view of th bridge In IS, and ha been anxious aver i on. to get nearer to them. Some years later he and a mining engineer named Long started t reach them, entering the Whlt Canyon on th Colorado River. They ascended the canyon for several miles, passing numerous ancient curr dwellings, and were finally re warded by their first sight of one ot the great bridges. Unfortunately, they I uu Kiiuuug instrument with them with which t make measurements, but Long cam somewhere near their correot dimension by mean of roush Mumi.. tlon. Th first of these bridges was nam. th. Caroline, in honor ot Scoruo's wife it measures 208 feet from buttress to buttress across the base of the canyon. It la 107 feet irvm me suriace si in water to the cen tre of th aroh. and over th arch ih. at Its highest point th solid mass of sand stone rise. i- (est runner, to the level of the floor or the bridge. Passing over this one would be S-'2 feet from the bed of the stream. The roadway la 117 feet w:de pro viding ample room tor th passage of an army In columns. , Three and a half miles further up the tunon in came o mo second bridge whose height Is more than twice, and Its span mree timti, trim or the famo US overspan the Capitol at Washington and .... iifi.n. feet .o kn... I?11. n(i nt very light sandstone and covered with green and orange lichens, which add a beautiful note ot color to th sight. This spaa was named Augusta, for Mr. Lens's wife. The third bridge Is some twelve miles further on. Ibis was called the Little ...;.n!aT.nC Lutll It seemed .n comparison with' h"ht f 211 ' Bridge, ior so the other two and the roadway is llttl more than It feet wide. It hi calculated that England loses over eighteen hundred acne yearly through the Bridie of Virginia. This hri.i. " -aT.T.ilths olden text doosji nave n-wtureu ine ui- LANDED HIGH AND DRY WITHOUT HARM. sssz 4 r - . .v r- - Ing on the Saguenay River, a tributary of mo oi. umutja, n: imww. to all reports, the weather was fair, yet the boat," In charge of a pilot, went far up on to the beach. No lives were lost, no one was injured, but whll It only took Ave e - Dream and Illness. I T Is seriously advanced by an English doctor that dreams may foretell sickness, The theory Is that wnen a man f Areaminir his mind is more sensiuro , thsn In nis wu ill nours, ior mo reason that hi. actual surroundings are mt.nt nn. eijgwgiiig aiijr ui n ......v. i Thus It happens that wnen some uinri u. i .v- ...k. rines not feel It ln Its earliest stages, although the ac-ly tlve mind ln a sleeping body does feel it. The sleeper dreams. let us say. that ne , Buffering some complaint of the leg. and two or three days later, the disease, In which a v.ea stnnir him ln his left ! u inign, on plae where a couple of day. ! '"" appeared an ugly ulcer. The ulcer must have been develoD na of course, at . V. . . 1 K . V. .1 1 . ,Wn- . Im mnn the time of the dream, but what the man - - consciousness could not perceive. the man with only an active mlnd-l. ... fflaTn " Uy notl dreamlng - easlly noticed. Curiosity of Digestion. r OR some years a certain class of performers has attracted spectators by swallowing an assorted collection "" O i of hardware, despite all the laws idlgoatlon. ln one ot the hospitals of Lon idun a collection has been made of the varied articles extracted from the Intes- fh .to I...fr.ra mentioned. A nhnto., wun. e-e-e e e There was a time when confiscated to- AUVIV W ilj. a. in o mi.ll I u 1 1 H . i incu I i k.ivi. a. no hnme.! in a. necullar l.ulijlns- kiln at the London docks, which was called th "Queen's Pipe." But since Uii this . .. . smugglers property nas Deen pui to oei- ter use. There is a good deal of It. Nearly , eO.goO pounds have been taken ln the last flv years. Of this la.OoO pounds wer sent to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh tor fumigating plants and making tobacco wash; S.800 pounds were given to the criminal lunatics at Broad- moor, J.W0 pounds of cigars were sold by auction, 7,800 pounds of stalk, which were useless-were burned; 1.8U0 pounds weight ... tn.t ihminrh Hrvinz iui th. remn.in.1 der of the tobacco U still In hand await-! Ing disposals A Curious Group. v.- " if' HI OW many of our readers can tell at first glanc wbat specie, or an. roan these areT They ao Ttot ooject to tae camera and mans a lair grouping. They are badgers; and let It be at once an nounced that It Is a fallacy to believe that one of the badger's forelegs Is shorter than the other, "to enable It to run up and down hill more quickly." That was a sort of natural history fairy tale that recent close l study ha entirely annihilated. Some of ... . I I . 1 w . U1.-1 -nlmaU wltB clo,ven, ftoor?-, an uudK served libel on a hard working, much abused object sees The unusual spectacle of a bridegroom appearing at the altar handcuffed has been seen at Monthey. an Italian village. The bridegroom, an Italian, waa undergoing a long sentence for burglary and recently pr"a"d upon the governor of the prison. fo whom h.M stated he had committed the nrim. for the sane ot nis nance, to allow him to marry. Two gendarmes In uniform acted as witnesses and guardians at the sam t'.ms. At th church door the young bride and bridegroom parted with heavy . r.7w.j t.. has a bad attack of rheumatism. BIKnl' lne Roman bulla was a clrcu- M. wpui r - P W hearts. . s t . seconds to run her ashore, almost a week was required to float her again. The value of the motor ear. at present In F.ngland . I75.UU0.O00. -- Th Papal Bull. -rr- PAPAT, bull may be an edict, a decree. lor a rescript, which contains an order or a decision to h nilhllflv flaclnt-ort it is onlv indit-OTtiv tha thm uM ttiipuea to ine document itself . It belongs properly to the seal, without1 It Is not the same ln tlie following case:- 'Which th i.i , ' , iTho 17th ct Vr.vemV.ne 1SW lhr was "c. nuum mn. ue recogntzeu. - im rareiy or goiu or ot wax. It was orlKlnallv of len.i cmi t. ..ui mm of that material. Iad waa used for! which measured nineteen and one-half eals In the time of the ancient Romans.'feet In length, hi. coloration being living nd Is still used for that purpose In Italyjand brilliant, his diameter enormou. and . The Italian name of this bit of lead Is his activity denoting the most flourishing noiia. it was In Latin bulla. Both the I - ... . . - ---- j w. imuiii amines, attached to a chain which wn!. 'lnd "evernl times round the neck, -""'-" 'nironi. so tnat the bulla ""' i nis ODiect was fre- charm against sickness , ,7 n "om.! which wnd8reade5ervenn mV K M"..J a llllie I'ttHH WlllCn CAtl T tl 1 11 Ul .iim. miciii 1 1 - 1 1 i , ,. . . ease. At a later time the bulla waa worn hv tha sons of freed men at Rome. It. use was a uiarn ot ranK and gentility. Hanging to a rafier In a shop at Bourne Lincolnshire, Is a leg of mutton fifty years old. It was bought from the present oc cupier's predecessor by a gentleman Who said he would call for It later on. He never did so, and there it hangs to-day It has so withered that it resemhl. shlUalag-h. FORDING A RIVER IN INDIA. Me 5 "SW 5 ? SFORD across an unbrldged river Is, of course, commonplace. The ford lllus i.rated In the photograph Is. however. sufficiently novel. The crossing in this is over a river In India which, al The Migration of Birds. pOR hundreds of year, the migration I of birds has been under close observa- tlon, but no theory has been offered . wnicn has' not had as many exceptions as agreements. If one accept the theory m. J 1 nd mat tne birds are In search of food and suitable regions for raising their young, ntia I. u.lll In I 1. .1 1. . . I ouu in lilt; uiirK us to lilt! wnion guides them over thousands of m ot land and ocean. Beyond the fact that " "" " r'l"'" nimiia 1 1 . 1 1. B n J..i..lil., . 1 1 . . n . I V"" " "u,w "l ,r, The greatest travellers of the migratory birds are the wjding birds, of which the golden plover may be taken as a type. Early In 'June these birds appear In the Arctlo Circle, in tha Uarren (Iron nils. It , . - - , ' possible that they may go hundreds of "'lies juriner norm man ims, iot h"ve been seen In latitude 81 degrees, .ii.-. tha Ina la nut fit Ihn irpiuinil thav r they s. Be-, y have, .-.- --- ... , "" "."I n.t., i 'c'""'"llmu" ":',"' uMry ponaeses some August. When they Journey rd ""'que specimens, clipped In th snap of "aor aim iiten on ine supp.y m rles which are then plentiful. By the time the first frost Is felt In New England these lril leave Nova Scotia on a Journey or miles across the ocean, touching the easterly c6ast of the West Indies. The shores of BuAith America are six hundred t"'1 'rom ther- but thf Plovers do not!a of ten break the Journty by stopping over in at the Antilles unless a storm drives them ln shore. In three or four weeks they appear Inj Southern Brazil, In Argentina, and even In! Patagonia. Here they remain from Sep-I tember till March, and though it Is the summer season there they never rest, and1 though they are surrounded by great stretches ot open country they always re turn to the north to raise their young. The Journey northward of these travel lers Is not over the same route, snd some point, of their Itinerary are still ln doubt. When they leave Argentina they are not seen along the Atluntlo coast ot South Amerloa, but they appear ln Texas In March. In April they are all over the Middle West and by May they reached Canada. June find, them one more ln the Arctic region. Though the course is not absolute they probably travel around an ellipse 1,000 miles one way and 1.000 miles the other. Another Interesting part of he subject of migrations of birds Is tha speed at which they travel. It ts-a strange fact that It in crease, as they go further north, ior in stance, the black poll warbler takes thirty days to travel l.OuO mile, from Louisiana to Minnesota, but it needs but fifteen days to cover the distance between Minnesota and Alaska. The average speed of the spe cie, which cross the United States is twenty-three miles a day. But from the northern boundaries of the United States onward the rate is much Increased. 75. 1C0 to 150 mile, a day being frequently cov ered, i The time required for a Journey round the earth by a man walking day and night without resting would be 428 days; an ex press train, 40 days; sound, at a medium i.mn.turt. 12A hours: a cannon ball, hours; light, a little more than 1-10 of oecnnd and electricity, passing over a copper wlte. a little under 1-10 of a second An average walking pace of a healthy man or woman Is said to b seventy-live Tha Faatina; of Bnakea. Baby Transportation. OP the, many curious eharacterlatlca of jir little Iiip Infant la cradled ta reptiles, none Is more remarkable I shoe his mother's. This Is a big f than tha ability to live for a great' I fair, covered with skin lnd stuffed period of time without taking anf with soft moss. This can he hung on nourtfshment. Among serpwnts In oa,ptlv-, a tr or covered with snow, while- mamma Ity Individuals are noticed which, although goes to church or any place where babtea lde by aide with those who accept food. 'are not Invited rents every sort or nourishment, inis state of affairs cannot be Indefinitely pro- ,longed, but death In many case does not ,occur unill after period which ln many 11 Z:Il an,.H. r . j . z.:::l.v it : ca ' "i ine 'urniin ui "''' " tory In Paris which did not eat for fifteen months and a rattlesnake which fasted for twenty-six months. M. Valllant cites tlve case or a pelophlle who la .till living f n . ..-kn.. II ...Una an.l nvthon miiirt r,i ," .(. I months. He also report, th death of two,n rlnrttll Im .1 1 1 A I nllly. r.. m. 1 1 m Ihvu W DeloDhllea due to Imuiltlon nr. after three! years and th other after almost foUr years. Hut th most remarkable case 1. not of th length of time which the fast lasted, though thl. wa. two year, and a half, but for the lose of weight of the reptile that la, nearly two-third, of the original volume. According to experiment, on warm blooded animal, death occur. In dependently of every other cause when the subject has lost 40 to 50 per cent of the original weight. M. Pellegrln reached the same conclusion with reference to ring snakes, which, after being submitted to absolute fasting that Is, deprived not only of food but of water died on th average after a loss of SS per cent of the original weight. In the cases of those submitting to relative fasting that is, not deprived of water death occurred after a loaa of 40 per cent of the original weight, but the duration oi lire w lth them three time. sreri. - - - - - ------ laora in ine bobhk uuuh t ini inivrh reticulated nvthon of Janan. state of health. Furthermore, he manl- ngerously aggressivedlsposltlon. offered the moat diverse foods re obstinately refused. Sheep, r-iiii i. KFWfT. UULAB RIIU Wlll.1.511. - I 'J I ' 1 I- . - .1 , . 1. nhlAk.it. .., In i, a n.i . .i-,.. w. .tma these ln his colls he left them without touchng them. He contented himself with . k.fhin. tn hi basin, and this fact Is Important, a. death comes much ."ickW with the ophidian, .ubmitted to an - . ii ittj u 1 1 . ............ - absolute fast. The python continued to refuse food and began to decrease ln volume, the brilliant and glistening color present at first giving place to a dull, gray color, and at the commencement of 1902 he was surpris ingly thin, being nothing more than skin and bone. Completely apathetic and tn- offensive, he allowed himself to be handled with Impunity, and remained Inert rolled up In the corner of his cage. It was sought to feed him by placing eggs In his mouth, but It produced no results. Its death oc curred after a- fast of two years, five months and three days. though much too deep for ordinary horses or wagons. 1. readily traversed by ele phants. The picture shows upward of a score of elephant In the act of crossing at dangerous points. Topiary Gardens. . Y n -s. in Derbyshire. Is t 1 ,le nnest exanipla of a to be t topiary garden. A tnni.rv .. Ill.a . -"I J B.IUCII IB slitiii,. n j wJ.MJjeu or trees and " iVur.' . TnFHr1 to "Pent animals. fur. least th"'1 l,ower-- 1 ald to take at 'east three centuries to grow ami Jii . , composed of tree. .n. M?.MH"mon came Into vogue In the reln of "at 7Jrlf.B ?'IA bh. Thenoble. in it! ! Ime had tn,lr ardens laid out In i this curious but Inartistic fashion? and ti V" nt'nued till about 1S02. Then landscape aanlenino- ti, i.I VT... 1 11. . - . I I CI, many of the fantastic tree, were uprooted Thi, accounts for the rarity and value of the few which are ln exlstenc. to-day n. p.. . ""inct a tab.. set.whVchconrp7.se. Velplfcup and saucer, eggs In cups and so on. even these do not compare with those possessed by the Earl of Harrlng:on at fc-lvaston. Four men are empioyed there at salaries rsnglng from $10 to $X weekly whose business It Is to clip these tree.' iney oeniand. constant attention, for from w,.k of n,ge(.t they looked ragged . ninth thetf .re rin.j V .' . and -culptor must be highly skilful', for a few ree awkward cllns of the shear, win ...t- . beautiful specimen. An eye lur contour Is most nei enary to the profession. To meet the demand which the ambitious rich have mude upon them for Hies trees Kngllsli nurserymen have grown yew trees In tubs cut in the shape of various ani mals, and these are sold at prices ranging from f.'i0 to 85UO apiece. But even at this price they are but poor Imitations of the trees growing at Klvaaton. CURIOUS icASE OF N India the question 'of casts Is tak rather more seriously than anywlieit else In the world, it Is considered ese daily vital that the public should not so much ss look upon the features of the wife of the ruler of one ot the provinces The accompanying illustration show, whst precautiens are taken to guard agjlnrt such a sacrilege. Th picture was taken when th wUe wf ou vt the fringes was : iT thim Vw? L" ." '-U.tl, shape." ' i.. " " ""uveaux ricnes may tiur. U-s Portraits of ancestors to h-ni m I llieir new V imiiluJ m.i.. Vw Th. baby of ,n(n rJfg ,n a wTWch hangs from Its mother's head, or trom h)Sr h or ,n a .-.,,., ln p.rt, h. nwle a.h.rned with a ;P0 and In other. It. face 1. wrapped im a v". " it. motheT a. The Chinese ba-1 baby I. tied to the back o an older child. The Mongolian Infant travel, about In a bag .lung on a camel', back. In some countries the mother, lay their babies where a stream of water falls on their heads. This I. to make them tough. wnicn it does, unless the babies ale as a resun or tni. treatment. Anotner motner covers ner oaoy . head witn paste, wnwe the Tartar baby 1. covered with butter. The Turkish baby i. salted, while a worse fate falls to the lot of the newly born child In Bulgaria. Its mother put. a hot omelette on the little one', head to make It solid and protect It from sun stroke. It mother thinks she knows better gbout some things than It does, so It ha. to submit, which It doe. with a very bad grace Indeed. An Interesting Throne. r ?T,t r j MOST V though of the : OST visitors to Monaoo give little ght to the concrete seat of power kingdom, tor the fascination ef chance is many times more potent than the desire to study regal form. A comparison of the thrones ot Europe will show that of Monaco as striking In Its im pressive simplicity and beauty. The land metaphorically ruled from this seat Is not vast, but. In sentimental arsa. It I. as large as the world. eee In Paris a company has contracted with the municipal authorities for all tha foliage to be derived from the trees of the pub lic squares, gardens, streets and woods within ths limits of the city. These leaves are to be compressed under high pressure, and will then be converted Into a fuel which it Is claimed, will have a tar greater calorific capacity than coal or any other fuel known. e e e e The money spent In Germany on drink Is three times the cost of the army and navy together and more than seven times the cost of their primary education. It. amount I. almost equal to that of the German national debt, so that the German people by leaving off dnlnk for a year and a month could pay oft the whole debt. The establishment of British troops ln South Africa 1. about twenty thousand of all ranks. The annual cost of the force. Including allowance for the erection ot barracks, eta.. Is about $12,000,000. Original Machine Gun. ft L 'i ' l...-T" Tf HE machine 'gun Is generally sup posed to be an Invention ot the last wenty years. Herewith Is presented a picture, however, of a proposed ma chine gun which was devised In th fif teenth century. The crudeness of the pic ture attests Its age. Although the ma chine gun was very roughly portrayed n this case. It Is obvious that it here had Jt original conception. In Servia the dislike entertained to fair hair Is so acute thut It extends even to the white hair of old age. No Servian woman who respects herself would appear in public with white hair. Nor does she attempt to conceal the fact that she dyes It perlodlceJly. The custom has cjms down to her from lime Immemorial. - FJCOXUSIVFJJFJSS. - 1 i i'.i? 1 1 iking a carriage at a railroad station for er palace. Not only the carriage, but the ipprtiach wa. entirely enclo.ed by cloths. The poor law guardian, in Saxony have the rlgbt to appoint trustees to take eare of the property poasewed by any person ln danger of ruin from idleness, druiik.nae or eiuavef-iics. HI u a i ' sf 1 a at 3 W 1 la easily the) sasa thfessgtwsjc weacg ska est skssts sec asjsroaeblng ugw th evW ( ota a nuaubs. J