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Show THE Student of British Museum covers ft in Egypt. UP-TO-DA- SPLITDORF TE HAT Dis- HAVEJ31GGEST FAMILY,.; Figure Fourteen Feet High of Alabaster, Dug From Between the Colossi In Water-LoggePlain of Old Memphis The Dickey family, of Canaan. last fall established d Cairo. Egypt; Another sphinx, weighing ninety tons, and carved from a single block of alabaster, has been unearthed at a point between the world-fame'Colossi, on the waterlogged plains of Memphis, in Egypt. For hundreds of years it has lain in a recumbent position buried beneath the Funds on the road to Sakkarch. .Toto view, and day it is next year it is to be raised to a vertical position above the water-line- . This newly found sphinx was betrayed in its hiding place by Its tail, which Mr. Mackay; one of the students of the Ilritish School In Egypt, discovered about a year ago. This year, when the water on the plain subsided, the complete figure was excavated, and ,was found to measure some fourteen feet in height and twenty-sifeet in length. Alabaster being a rack foreign to the neighborhood, the new sphinx ranks as the largest that has ever been transported. The figure bears no Inscription, but is considered by Prof. Flinders Petrie, the director of the British School in Egypt, to have been carved about 1300 B. C. Many other remarkable discoveries, taking the mind back as far as 5500 B. C,, and from lifting the veil of centuries Egypt's romantic story, have also been made by the same school, and, with the exception of a red granite group of RamescS II and the god Ptah, which will be sct direct to the Ny Carlsberg Museum at Copenhagen, and a few other details, are now on exhibition at University College, Gower street.. They include many objects quite new to Egyptologists. Among these are coffins made of basket work, reeds or withes, sandal trays, an axe handle, in which the grip is composed of delicately knotted string, a pot of nnburnt Incense for a of 4000 B. C., and numerous pieces of timber,. showing by their d e A I'X'Pf'i f'. , 4 'V "'',7 .V'' x e of ' f " ii ' If jp , v. rXoSK--- Jf 'c Jk v V v 'iT - v Thq graves of the early Egyptians were always well provided with such necessaries as were thought essential for the spirit of the departed when it again materialized. Consequently, the relics from Tarkhan Include headrests (some of them carved , out. of trees trained specially Into peculiar shapes), sandals, large jars of food, and various vessels of gypsum and alabastar. Some cf the vases bear the name of Mena, the earliest known Egyptian king. They are considered by some experts to be a tribute corresponding to the modern floral wreath. Evidence is also provided of the lack of historical sentiment in the Roman occupants of Egypt by numerous examples of Inscribed Egyptian tablets that have been used as hearth stones, door lintels, and mill stones. There is also ample evidence of the belief that sacrilege among the tombs was more common In the earlier periods of Egyptian history than in later periods. HAS MARRIED 4,000 COUPLES Tennessee Minister Bui'ds Hotel pecially for Eloping Couples. t a , ., e, .. '' v;-- y ' ' . .. The fault with most of the hats is the unbecoming front. This has, been overcome by splitting the front brim and lapping. One plume is the sole adornment. NEED SPECIAL CARE FURNISHING WATER JARS OF SICILY OF CHINTZ ROOM complaint? If It Is you have failed to learn the Host important of all facts in the care of ferns, which is that too frequent watering is not good for these delicate plants. The Boston variety, or short, curly kind, is generally considered difficult to keep in a thriving condi-tionyet one woman finds the task comparatively easy. This housewife, who takes a peculiar joy in all the beauty pertaining to a home, declares the fern should be kept in. front of a window, where it receives th morning sun. It must fctand on a soft surface, sand in a jardiniere much larger than the fern pot being one of the best arrangements. This allows it to get plenty of air, an essential point In Its care. Do not water the fern more often than every other day. Now and then It is best to wait three or four days, as a good dryout is most advisable. Take the fern into the laundry or basement and give it a good bath once or twice a month. Never let the temperature average more than 70 in the room where the fern is kept, a cooler atmosphere being better. Keep the plants free from dry or dead leaves. If possible, place the fern in a shady place in the yard for its summer outing, pacWng earth well around the pot, a treatment which Increases its growth. CHARM OF THE WIDE COLLAR There is a pleasing homeliness about a chintz room w'hich gives it a subtle attraction. Most women at this time of year are attacked with a laudable desire to redress their rooms so that the time of summer and the singing birds is suggested and winters sunless cold forgotten. The most obvious way to achieve the redressing is to choose a suitable chintz and tor order loose covers for all the chairs and sofas, ottomans and cushions in the room. The favorite colorings this season give a range u. tulip shades, purple, rose red, a deep buff or scarlet. These have sometimes a black ground, as in the days of Louis Philippe. Huge soft cush-ionsquare or round in shape, are of down, cbvered with silk, and have no pendant flouncing. A successful room can be obtained with one of the cretonnes or chintzes in oriental patterns, and the furniture or bibelots In the Chinese taste, which is now so much to the fore, accord well with such designs. An excellent result is obtained if panels of the printed linen or chintz are placed on the wall instead of paper, and old prints show up well with such a back- ground. Old needlework is now reproduced j in glazed chintz, and fine Italian patterns glowing with subdued blues, reds and browns, with that clouded mauve only seen in Italian silks, and a bed of anemones gives a touch of distinction to any room. A single mauve cushion and one of black in soft silk are generally Introduced as a daring note. Pomegranates, picotees and peonies figure and the twisted stems form arabesques. MADE UP OF ODDS AND ENLS Very pretty Are the Candle Shades of Lace Designed in Ail Shapes and Colors. e im-rens- Nothing Is prettier for the ideal soft muslin than the big cape cojlar of lace, or that of wide square sailor shape. Our artist has portrayed a costume allowing the becoming square effect on the shoulder, which may be said to be after the style of Frans Hals in the National Gallery. It la carried out In chiffon and point lace. -- London (Eng.) Sketch. HELP THE CHOIR caroling an unusual to the organ and choir were used In the Venice Union church the other night as an aid to righteousness. The pastor, Rev. Fenwicke L Holmes, decided to surprise his flocb with the unique plan. . The congregation accordingly filed into a church brightened by the niel ody of a dozen pretty yellow birds, imported from Germany, their cages swinging at advantageous points high the worshipers. above the heads The canaries interrupted the sermon very little. But when the choii and the congregation arose to sing hymns, the feathered songsters burst Our illustration shows one of the great German dirigibles, the Schutte-Lanz- , forth into musical cadences which human praises undergoing repairs after an accident that demonstrated the technically greatly enhanced the successful construction of this particular machine. The picture reveals the of the Creator. complicated framework partly stripped of its envelope. USED FOR SHARPENING SPEAR FALLS INTO ANCIENT HOME While standing on top of one of many mounds near Magdalena, in the hilly County of Socorro, N. M., Ursu-lBorrego, a shepherd, sunk knee deep in the soft earth. He struggled to free himself and suddenly plunged on through the crust of ground, fell through space for 20 feet and landed on a stone floor. He had discovered one of the apartments of a communal dwelling believed to beventuries old. Borrego, aided by light, which came in at the opening he had made in falh. ing, explored the room, which contained several skeletons, charred red com and many pieces of pottery, samples of which he took with him to Magdalena as confirmation of his story. Such pottery has sold for $500 apiece whenever It has been found. The hole through which Borrego fell luckily was close to the wall of the prehistoric room, and after prowling about he was able to climb to the surface by gaining footholds in the stones. It is not known whether the room found by the shepherd is one of several subterranean dwellings or part of an old cliff house, over which the aborigines had built a mound. su,V o Thought Bestowed on Decoration Will v Be Well Repaid in Cheerful, Homelike Apartment. Bristol, Tenn. Rev. Alfred Harrison Burroughs of Bristol, now in his eightieth year, has married 4.000 years. couples In the last twenty-thre"I had no thought of making this a business, Bald the aged minister. "I was licensed to marry people many years ago, and when the first runaway couple sought me In 1SS9, I consented to marry them more ns a matter ol accommodation than anything else. Some of my friends were present and witnessed the marriage. They complimented mo and told me that 1 ought to make marrying a business. After that I did not decline to offer my services whenever a couple came my way. Month by month the Wetness grew until I sometimes married front three to six coupler a day. So rapidly did the minister's marthat lie built rying business a hotel designed especially to accommodate eloping couples. ' wt-ikl- f y, Es- New Wrinkle In Laundry, San Bernardo, Cal. When his laundry bill showed a charge for washing four greenbacks, George B, Rowan He looked gasflPd "fif'8srt5TifshTiirnt, through Ms laundry and found a pile of carefully Ironed and starched banknotes which bad come home with his washy They amounted to $60, which he remembered ' having failed to remove from his clothing before sending it to the laundry. ' s j. ,, 6000 years. B, C. f , .t1- - - Is your fern suffering from summer the principles of building construction that were in vogue nearly VsVidT OV'AW ': i v f ' I Too Frequent Watering of This Sensitive Plant, for Instance, Is to Be Avoided. formation fifty-thre- CANARIES FERNS Coffin of Basket Work. rec- ord, they assert, for a big- family w hen there were born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickey their twenty-seconchild. Air. (and Mrs. Dickey live on a cross road ln Canaan with fifteen of children. Here thej their twenty-tw- o farm surrounded bj have a sixty-acrfence to keep the babies in safety without constant watching to see ii they ara going to get run over by passing teams. Nowhere else would it have been possible for a yourf couple unaided to bring up with the.t an I o wn hands such a large family supply them with all the necessities ol life. But Mr. Dickey, working on this farm and another one which he owns free and clear of debt, has been able a to do this and today doesnt ow-dollar to anybody. He says he and Mrs. Dickey were put here to be an example to the world of what other families should do. Mrs. Dickey is a young and looking woman of about forty-fivMr. Dickey is a happy, contented man - d half-expose- d Me.1, the worlds ':y - PiS - y-y- i 'VS 'y a ' uV-- 1 W fj-- s Visitors to Sicily view with great Interest and often purchase the jars carried by the sellers of water. These jars are made today of the same shape they originally had when Sicily was occupied by the Greeks and are graceful and convenient. GIANT LOBSTER v j . , "ft of Roman 'at Walls end, whose name, of course, marks the end of the great Roman wal One which stretched across Britain. object found was the stone seen in the photograph, showing how the R mans sharpened their spear heads The round hollow in the middle would contain water, in which the speat heads would be dipped before being rubbed on the cavities at the side Traces of the guard chamber of the eastern gateway were also found. MAINE IN The distinction of being the biggest lobster In Maine," if not in the entire country, falls to the mammoth crustacean owned by Deputy Mar..iul Frank Rutherford of Eastport, Me., which is the most easterly city on the Maine coast. The big lobster was captured by a Canadian boatman In the , Bay of Fundy and brought to East-portwith other shellfish, and it "as purchased by Rutherford, who had the meat extracted and the crustacean mounted on a board so that it could be exhibited. When caught it weighed about 26 pounds, and with the followLength of lobster ing dimensions: from end of tail to tit) of claws. Inches; length of tail, 2 11- Inches width of end of tall, S inches: length width of of large claw, 20 inches; largest claw, 7 inches; circumference of large claw, 14 Inches; length of the small claws (four on a side). lOtfe Inches; circumference of body In center, 17 inches: length of "thumb" on largest claw, 7 Indies; width of spread of both claws and body before mounting. 42 Inches. 1 ? An interesting discovery remains was recently made , rs-- ft ' - Very fetching are the new candle shades whose foundation is a finely plaited fiber, and that can be had in all colors. The straight narrow EmBILLIONS CF MATCHES USED pire shade is the favorite, though some of the designs spread sharply at the It has been estimated that for each bottom. of time the civilized nations The decoration is varied, some have minute world strike 3,000,000 matches. of the festoons of tiny ribbon flowers in soft This is said to be the average Tor tones, others have inserts of filmy of the 24 hours of the lace combined with the flowers, ami every minute Fifteen hundred billion Is the day. some have bands and frills of luce ltuuiher for tho entire year, and Iho'-beaded with narrow metal gimp. who live under the American A candle shade that looks well with persons with the consumption are all color schemes is made of crystal flagone-hal- f charged of this amount. Small and of beads, strung Into fanciful designs and ns It is, the match definished with bead fringe. The favorite Insignificant as much attention In the choice mands is pagoda shape, another is bell shape, of woods involved as any other forand some are square. These beads Only the choicest porare usually made up over white lining, est product. of the best trees are suitable. tions but are effective over a warm yellow, Sapwood and knotty or cross grained green of American Beauty tone. wood will not do. Instead of being a The girl who has odds and ends of the little match Is turned laco can put them to no better use out in mills where the are than to make a set of four candle bulky objects like doors, sash, shin-gleshades. Finish the top w ith a tiny sidings, posts and cordwood. The lace gimp, which may likewise conlinden, aspen, white cedar, popbines, ceal the seam If the lace must be ' lar, birch and willow are the most j pieced. suitable match Umbers. tz. 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The lean blue, while the columns are of marble, enriched with gold on the bullheads of the capital. Bland-Sutton- un-de- color-schem- e |