Show 1 1 w daring act of steeplejack R aa 1 r I 1 9 k I 1 I 1 ofte 3 A 1 the attention of thousands of persons in city hall park new york re antly bently wa was attracted by a steeple jack lack and a mail small boy who were suspended from born the top of the highest flagpole on the city hall tower the boy la Is ed ward hughe hughes even seven year years old son on of samuel H hughes one of the best known in the country with the help of hi his father the youngster yo climbed the staff the top of which la Is feet above the ground where thi the two wo entertained the crowd with their acrobatic wor for almost an hour one of the feats that caused the crowd to gasp waa performed when hughes suspended lut head down grasped the boy by his hi hand hands and swung him free fron from the he pole polo TREE IN HR 10 WINDOW BOX 7 rt AN to dds MIMI alost pron persons love trees but few tow carry their love of them to their alices ot of aa as bat hat J 3 austera austern 1 I a dentist of kansas city in a window box on a ledge of bis his office lt ir the second story grow grows a hardy cottonwood tree eight feel feet bleb high mr austermell Auit Aus ernell ternell planted the sapling two year years ago go and his watering and care have given him a flower box that la Is unique not only do the leaea cast a cool hade shade over the window but their fresh greenness gre enneis bus has a quieting clevel effect on the dentist be finda 3 PURSE AND WINS BET recovery of lost the other day netted retted W P march a chicago coa con tractor like anoint in bets bet at at cantle city ab nb tj ho he lost till bit wallet other members of the chicago build dinst 1 exchange made up a pure purse of aa as a bet that be would never see ee hie his money gain again they figured they had bad a COO cog to I 1 chance on the boa bon esty of that number of visitors fisl tor at atlantic city march took the long tons chance and doubled his hi money the wallet was picked up by enbert II 11 clutch of Ph iladell hi a and returned SANITY RESTORED DY BY SHOCK on the testimony leilli nony of expert alien ests Is that flunk frank a patient la in the insane hospital at overbrook had been cured of insanity by the hock shock of a collision beten an automobile ind a ran van in which be he waa was being transferred the court of iclal sessions at kevark N J ordered felexie tse from custody tec teel ing developed symptoms of violent insanity while la in jail on a drunken ness sentence Ben tence and was ordered removed to the asylum while bo be wn was being transported the arlon ton wagon was run into by an automobile after the collision Te elling appeared per factly ane sane ts declared that the physical and psychic shock dear clear ed u hil brain they believe further that III be strung minded enough to resist the temptation to overindulge dulle in alcoholic drinks RIVAL TEACHERS HOLD FORT each insisting abe be ie to the regularly appointed te teacher nober miss bliss alice corn and kisr catherine kirby are holding bolting sway away lu in the same room at the school at frederick rederick lF colo each baa hat a desk the pupils hare have been apportioned ione d between the two miss atlas corn holdi holds a contract signed by two members of the school board and alea arby one signed by the member the arr arrangement argement will I 1 old until the court courts decilot which ie Is entitled to the salary SWORDFISH RAMS A DORY an exciting affair occurred near boston recently when a monster word sword fish rammed its it sword into a dory sent out from capt richard Noo nane dor cas breaking the lory dory to splinters and hurling into the cea sea two fishermen who ho were 0 rescued aed with great difficulty by three of their mates oft off block island just as they were sink sick ing in water probably a quarter mile deep captain noonan and another man plunged into the sea and rescued them all tour our were liable at any time to be rammed and killed by the mad ea monster with alth the seamen safety aboard t the he n fishing sh I 1 ng vessel the fight with the was as renewed the vie flab fish was weakened by the first illy iron thrust deep into its aldo side and one of the fishermen hermen fla put out in another dory and again speared the sab fish this time it succumbed and yielded to me rope which hauled it in INTERVIEW IN THE SEINE people rave been interviewed in tte the fit sangest way ways and in fr tha utin geat places the allman has been reached by the reporter of a persian paper he lie plunged into the seine after his hi victim and interviewed while swimming the reporters prey was jullette juliette cure a plucky little kirt girl of twelve who he swam against the champions champ fons lono of the world and finished fourth when it 11 wae was known th that at with an allowance ot of some 1500 yards the the little girl had plunged into the seine at the same time as the other charn champion started at ivry all eyes were turned toward jullette juliette cure A reporter could not help plunging it la after ler her as the reached the point royal ho lie swam up to her side there was no time to present a card juat just one word anything that she safe said then and slid a nd there would do lor for an tn in she was too busy striking out with her hands and feet the ro rr porter insisted surely you must feel tired be he said no was the curt reply im going to finish that wae WAZ all be he could obtain tor for bis his tro trouble ible but it was enough he ile had erred a point over bis his colleagues lk SOUTH SEA WAVES we all reme remember Eaber with what fr frequency in the old narratives tives of expert ances in the south seas reference reference to I 1 made to the heavy swells of the otean which impressed the navigators with the idea of their remoteness from land the great size of the set waves in high soi southern thern latitude i hns has been bee explained by the fact that south ol 01 the cape of good hope pod nd cape horn there Is s neither win aard nor leeward shore and ine preal lint wind I 1 tn u all t enal longitudes Is v thus wh when a west wind springs up it finds a long westerly swell the effect of a grevl ous wind still running the newborn wind increases the steepness ot of this swell and so forms majestic storm waves which sometimes attain a length of feet from crest to crest the average height attained by sea waves in feet Is about halt half the velocity of tho wind in miles an hour 1000 yead OLD JOURNAL vat 1 1 O 0 k F 4 I 1 AA a t bee M V IX 51 4 0 A the aching pao the official gazette of peking Is the oldest newspaper in the world it Is now colebut ing its thousandth year A copy of tact nimber n from be ibe brt first to the moil mott recent Is preserved with great care lu in the palace the aching pao has changed in form on several occa stone the photograph shows its it present appearance orade men of carm arthena fa av N R 41 at aw 1 r 4 41 k ilk an interesting Inter eating episode in the festivities connected lah the at t Car carmarthen marthen wile wales w waa all the appearance appear anc of the cornel men on aft the rive towy using a survival of the oldee form of water craft known coracle were in use ut in the time of the ancient bratone 2000 year years ago the bols b aro r rinds rade of sticks tick cut from the ah ash and beech frets tre and haat ha 1 I gresge weir of 25 pound th the framework li Is covered with a sheet ef of trang strong calv su with tar tat and pitch |