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Show ORIGIN OF MODERN CARTOON. DESECRATED CRAVE OF MILTON. Diabolical Act of Drunken Men Committed a Century Ago. In 1841. In was 1SU tho Punch of Tho birth Thero aro probably many, even beginning of the modern caricature, among tho subscribers to Mlltona although these cartoons, vnov no fa- ilatue, who will ho surprised to learn mous, did not start until 1813. Punch, that tho body of tho great poet whs it is alleged, did far more than merely once on view- - at a charge of threepence to change the terminology of carica& head within a few yards from the ture; he revolutionized Us spirit; he rite chosen for this splendid tribute to made It possible for Gladstone to say his memory. of It that "in his early days when an It was in 1790, after a carousal, that artist was engaged to produce political two overseers and a carpenter catersatires be nearly always descended to ed the Church of St. Giles, Cripple-gatwhere Milton lay hurled, and, having discovered tho leaden coffin which contained his body, cut open Its top with a mallet and chisel. "When they disturbed tho shroud," Neve says, when telling tho story of the ghoulish Fountain condeed, "the ribs fell. fessed that ho pulled hard at the teeth, which resisted until someone hi them with a stone. Fountain secure all the fine teeth In the upper jaw, an generously gave one to one of his accomplices. Altogether the scoundrel stole a rib bone, ten teeth and severa handfuls of hair; ard, to crown the diabolical business, the female gravedigger afterward exhibited the body to any one willing to pay threepence began with the Publication of Punch CJXi Invention I electricity Kills Insects. The Klektrotechnlscho Zeitschrlft (Berlin) announces that it has received from M. IhuzeJewBkl tho description of an apparatus for the destruction of Insect, of their larvae, and of caterpillars, the apparatus having recently been presented to the Odessa Technical society. Under a wagon drawn by horses or run by on alcohol motor there Is placed a small dynamo. This dynamo Is moved by a system of fearing placed on the axle of tho vehicle, the dynamo being connected with an Induction coll in front of which is placed a Wchnelt interrupter. Tho negative pole of tho Induction coll Is connected with the Iron framework of the vehicle, that Is connected with & series of metallic brooms placed behind and under tho wagon. These brooms may bo moved In a vertical direction, and as they give forth a largo shower of sparks, any Insect within the range of tho fcroom is destroyed. The wagon should follow Immediately behind the plow, as the latter, by opening the earth, brings to light Insects and larvae. Feeder for Stock. One of the disagreeable tasks In relation to the care of horses, cows or other cattlo Is the necessity of arising early and supplying them with feed. This Is especially true with milk dealers, bakers and many others who are Compelled to get up an hour or two before serving their route In order to feed their horses. This Is also the Case on Sundays with all drivers of teams. Automatic time stock feeders ere not new to the trades, by any means, but few are as simple as the one shown In tho Illustration. This Is so constructed that the feed may be e, for the spectacle. "GENERAL FEVRIER' TUffNtO TRAITOR Fron Punch gross personal caricature, and somethe humortimes indecency." ous press showed a total absence of vulgarity and a fairer treatment, which made this department of warfare always pleasing. The history of Punch is practically the story of cartooning in modern England. Punch is to England what La Caricature Is to France, and something more, for it has the flavor at least of authority. The death of the Czar Nicholas, who had boasted of his Generals January and February being the officers be most depended upon, which occurred in February, 1835; called forth one of Punchs historical cartoons, entitled "General Fevrier Turned Traitor." As a matter of fact, but not of history, the Czar committed suicide, and his death was not due to pneumonia, as was then stated. To-da- y I Wemana Sensational Act Excites P rlslans to Wonder. Novel sensational feats on auto-car- t r.nd bicycles, In looping and clro-lincircles and jumping gaps in tracks upside down or right side up, are still forthcoming, and thero Is always someone ready to Invent a new and specially thrilling flight The latest recruit to the daring hand of performers, prepared, for a consideration to run the risk of breaking their necks, Is .Mad a mo Maurlcia de Tiers, who Is known as the the , In Paris. The cf the g Auto-Bolid- e Auto-Meteo- r Folles-Bergere- Westminster Fire Steels of Our Grandfathers. The housewife who presses a button and lights tho house with electricity or furnishes the heat for cooking on an electric range will look with Interest upon this picture of fire lady's meteoric flight Is made on an 3 steels of the fifteenth century, whereshaped track an S with the middle with the folk of that time secured part wanting. She starts from the top and descends, her car gripping the rails and holding to them, the latter part of her descent on this upper half of the S being made bead downward; ar.a In this position she is projected across the gap to the lower half of the S. upon which she lands and completes the course in safety. Tho entire length of Madame do Tiers remarkable flight is ICC feet, tho gap is 32 feet, and the course Is run In 4,$ seconds, moments of greater anguish, says a Paris paper, "for the spectators than for tho courageous lady. The latter remains quite calm during her terrific flight, whch Is like a rapid vision of an automobile upside down In space, the necessary heat and light To the then a terrible shock, and then the deThe tires first crude pieces of metal of years scent to the stopping-point- . are It a and is how pneumatic mystery and years before the art of this period the resist the track. they Impact upon wras added taste in design and ornaMontreal Herald. Some of the steels mentation. showed a high degree of art, and toWorn by French Children. day are valued highly by. antiquaThe collection at best rians. present is in England, and comprises the make of several countries. Leaven of the Ancients. The yeast employed by the ancients in making bread was probably of the same kind as the Israelites of the days of the great Pharoah the oppressor used, calling it "leaven. This was what is known nowadays as a Allows the Feed to Fall. wild yeast, its germs or spores being automatically released at a predeter- afloat everywhere in the air. A bit mined moment by attachment to an of dough was preserved out of each alarm clock and fed into a trough or batch prepared for the ovens, and manger. when this was .added to the next Gift for Texas University. A chute, through which the food is dough the yeast contained in it quickmuseum of Baylor university The lo be passed, is shown in the illustra- ly spread through the whole, only a at Waco, Texas, has recently received tion, with a hinged door at right an- little being required to "leaven the a gift from the Rev. Z. C. Taylor, as gles to the inner wall thereof, the door whole lump. Bahia, Brazil, the complete skuII, tho being connected with an arm which blade bones, several vertebrae, and of wall the chute. A Marvelous Tunnel. projects through the of an Immense specimen ribs three This arm is fastened to a spring held The Swiam tunnel on the Transcaufin whale or rorqual, common the of to a pin in the outer wall of the chute casian railroad is located at an altiin South Atlantic. The the A bracket supports a clock upon the tude of nearly 4,000 feet and is two captured of skull is 15 the feet, width ether side of the chute, the clock hav- and a half miles in length. It hai. length 8 across the from the feet, top hight The an alarm attachment. key been completed in four years. The ing 5 of lower feet, jawlength is ground which winds the alarm apparatus averaee advance in twenty-fou- r hours 13 6 of bones ribs y2 feet feet, length connected to a spring pressed bolt was about eighteen feet. 4 5 4 of bladebone feet inches, length whieh Is mounted in the wall of the 4 width feet. of skull inches, Weight chute and designed to support the 4,000 Years Old. each of of the lower 2,884 pounds;, same door is when the weighthinged jawbones 545, of the bladebones, S5 ed down with food. As the clock runs pounds. down the cord withdraws the bolt, and when the proper time is reached the tfoor Is reieased and the food falls Shower Proof Hats. down to the manger. After the dcor An Austrian genius has made the is relieved of its weight the spring discovery that celluloid, prepared in will cause it to resume its normal poa special way, provides a material out rtion. This would also be very useful of which hats and tfie most delicate In large establishments. flowers can be made. These hats are The patentees are John R. Ray and This picture o Queen Semiramis not only beautiful in themselves and was taken from an Assyrian docu- cannot be told from those made of .William E. Sankey, of Salem, Mo. ment. Perhaps one should not ex- the usual material, but will stand a queen to live up to Ducks. even Improved Decoy pect the most severe shower and look even A decoy duck that will flap its wings reputation for beauty for 4,000 years. better after than before. They are end rise from the water has been put in extent Some to used Germany, esin On the market The decoy is mounted Boot. In Vienna. They would be Crippled Removing pecially On a rod which fits into a tube whereAndred J. Curtiss of Bristol, Conn., exceedingly popular In London during by the decoy may be anchored. The has been a cripple since last June. the rainy seasons, for many a charmdecoy. Is conrected with a cord to the Mr. Curtiss wears boots, and while ing bennet is ruined there by the perbore or wherever the hunter Is and .pulling one of them on he dislocated sistent ' drizzle, from which no umiirfaea 'the Utter pulls the bird moves. his hip joint brella can protect a woman. , RISKS LIFE IN DARING FEAT. Bare knees na these fantastic costumes are decreed by fashion and worn by the children in France. Cow Assists at a Wedding. A strange wedding celebration took place at Stohola, Pa., recently. Her- man Hipsman married Miss Christina Kulm. After the ceremony the couple went to the bridegrooms home, a stock farm, where all the neighborhood had congregated. The stock of beverages gave out and Hipsman brought one of his best Jersey cows into the kitchen. Each person who desired a drink had only to go to the cow. She was a good representative of her stock and did not go dry, although one man was kept busy doing the milking. |