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Show ICOPYUCUT, IMM. BY TUB 9)00 ktW V'! Kr'UAI.l COMP i ON A BED OF NAILS. DEVOTEE Shah Pigeon Snooting. 1VH Interest la now In E:iIand In cm tne hot mineral api fir the reaaon that f J j Where Radium Is Found. j AN O.d London Biidge Relic. GOLD TABLE SERVICE OF THE KING. In i. iiMiufuted .uvui.t Iruiu! .1 ..y ., Hoa. K. J, Strutt. wu o' they contain radium in i i:ng m the it.iyteia.i, .hie e. tithe. uni : i.,i ti .1 1. quail-- ; Ur. Bmitt'e opinion to t' the radium, - br.iut up: discovered in these dP"-- Wu'ri Ji J tl':al Its ,by the rush uf hot ot large' ipreacnce points to the .quantitive of radium at .1 fi.ii depth be-- j Tin specimen low the earth's surfa me wli.uh shown In the centre of t..e us tue natural areompnnlee this story ,,, tin angle firm lion of the depo.r iof a alone pillar. In one ef th,. i.ufte overflow tanks at the epri.j-- , iiu corner of gggft c5o&5! MB favorite pleasure of the Shah of. la plceon ah'xiiii.g. lie h:is ahui , thousands of birds during hisj reign. A snapshot was txtu-- of the Bliah while shoollng during his visit to! England which allows tle inon.iivli in sn i unusually unconscious p ise. Hr Is sur- -' rounded by the royal suite, lie Is shoot1 fakir and holy men of India do I York boarding b mpe bed; but the wnnder- - ing at birds whieh hare been I1 berated at ful part of It la that any man shuuld short range, his favorite method. (real many apparently marvellous! . not menliunlng thought trana-- 1 Yet it us a ain't on i and1 thi In levitation several other an eoaisey fereuce, particular devolve but one of the moat atnk-u- f yuisUug acl pleasure. The mills do not'plerco Ui Sensation of Is the way In which! flesh, for he la wofully thin and touch, uf manlfeatathme ant devotee mortify the Ijnh, which but mill it la ahopt-tho- . aiuet unooenfort-- t egcavallug a mound of the:! eousldered meiw dross. The able resting place imaginable, barring builders In Ohio W. K. . picture show a Hindoo devo- the top uf a farmhouse kitcheq stove: The1 so as to leave rut a geologist, wus burled110 P lying on a bed of aplkee near the shrine devotee seems to have a most agreeable ut KalL This specimen alive, lie Buuh says he first suffered 'he formation undisturbed a restinr time, and the crowd that watches hint is CakuiUm, India. ef In about sixteen Inches height, pain in s dull sort of way from pres- ylaue la hardly leu agreeable than a Kern 110 lorn a study than ha Is himself. sure. Boon, however, he became Insvn- -' The objects on the tight represent the ooeeeeoe In slnliirlii form, Bilneral Bme deposit to lble puin, though still able to tliink. of the In- in the corm-ln-n Ills thoughts wore not of his cotidi When Monarchs The Atos'.les Graves. Sick. Pipes, while on the extreme tlon at all, except to wonder If lie would lf,rtr of i MFEROR WILLIAM of Germany T may be interacting to know where all be able to breathe when token out. He u-- w Is a glass tube n. , 1,ld 1"1 01 tCTi, th form nsdou of saye a that remains of the Apostles He burled c?ull uot muvai h wa is an excellent patient, are clnlmed a aleeplng the sleep French writer, and bla only fault 8een ls of the Just in Hume, namely, Bt. Peter, !but though he feH he wus lot he was su- la that whenever his physician him he Insists on airing the supetv Ht. Philip, St. James the Less, Bt. Jude, premely Indifferent to the fact Misnomers. He never lost consciousness and when he gcW knowledge of medidno which lie has Bt. Bartholomew, HL liethbis and Bt ctjulred through reading a few popular Bimon. The dust of three lies in' the king- wo dug out and tint men curried him RUBBELB enrpets are m"d at Kiddom of Kaples Ht. Matthew, at Balermo; away he saw a bird on a branch mid heard verks on the subject. carderminster and Kidderminster Ht. Andrew, at Anutlfl, and St. Thomoa, at It sing. A it flow off he famii-he waa King Edward VII. in an admirable p while Irish are made at Hmx-el- s. pets to Bt. Ortons. him tells doctor tlis James on Whatever was burled Greater one the It after and flying perching twig tint tew la a dish entirely unknown to the lit Spain, There is a dispute as to t'n after another, us it '1 it. Tim sky seemed do lie does without a aiurmur. than usniil uud every- Irish. Tin young Queen of Holland, on tbe whereabouts of Bt. John the Evangelist. of a different cnl-ioriginally meant Tlie word "slave a good St. Mark end Bt. Luke are buried In thing seemed mors beautiful than ever "noble." eHsc hard, givaa her physk-lanbeing In thi" first jdaca "Slav, former tlie Hie at Venice. lie to oca to at at and hate affected latter Italy, for bars w:is before; ah though trouhla, ini Slavonic nice. Bt. Paul's remains also tears by these sights he could neither move otic of tha f them oom near her, even for th pur-p- Padua. The Turks never delight in tha luxury nor utter a word. thought tu b Interred in Italy. at feeling her pulse. of the Turkish bath, wnlln wax Is not a Of all rulers, however, the Tear and the constituent of sealing wax and ctlgul to Hulun are the most difficult to treat when heepguL tier ire HL Th Tsar la extremely e:isl-it- y j ROBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND. Baffin's Bay is not s bay, snd neither titsod baa an instinctive dread of even mouse nor slirovemouse is s mouse at all. tie stoat her mi ess remedy, and the Sultan Kid gloves are made of sheep nr lamb suapiciouB and la constantly afraid liniy vc r a r v ' Skin, while rice potirt is tint made of rice Hat some one 1s going t poison him. He i! or say part of th rice plant, and German if ' f' iues not even trust tats own physician, nnd silver Is not sliver at all, nor Is It of Oct to employs a chemist to analyse any , t '& ,, . r r '.' man origin. I to him. wiiclM which prescribed for tof e ' i a I 'jr1v ' , et? l $ Lead in Gaatito Is la great part devoted Automobile Fort. to the production of. wheat, and during yielding and her lest times laborers, reapsm, go to Cnslile from Galicia. ' moat elaborate wnPW-- a'lu:h-to.recUnaaeL-tu- burial w necum-yanyl- tUgh ' Are E ss. 'f. . in as ON w - fi Centenarian Irish Poet. ;KW men are . s C'e v- better known throughout .... f piece are unusually large and art of aolid metal. In addltlun to their great connects Hlaliop'a Fastis with th Shrews- ut , wihsl struct-Ilia In used lirwy are rendered bury and lutrlnsla worth the original lino there is a lady ure. Tlie London Brldga of tlM slaleanth very valuable by theplates elalaimie earvlngel stall, tu master. Bhe is not new to the nicer, tury. as all th world know, was cover them. Considered meraly asiflee, but haa tilled It for many years, of wood, with tall row of buildings lining both sides tlirougliout Its entire length.) wian the pictutweuu old structure wa The Deepest (Jtmented Ttoith Blood. j UK miners In the vertical Kvd Jacket' PVRORAUI.Y few people who remember abaft of the Calumet and Heels copper 11 Jxlnglng tho words of tlio familar oil lamdon Bridge la Vailing mitt bar ri cently stopped sinking at gnnie, Howu. know that th verse dates a depth of t.M feet, us this is th r- -. j and la supposed to great this for company antiquity, qnlred depth necessary deilvod from the days of heathea to reach tlie limit of It underground terrl-l- 1 In the world's history of mining this pemtltlon. It baa been customary far carls tlie greatest depth miners bav aver at- tain Piisn nations to eetaent th foundations of new bridges with tha bodice or tained. Bored wells have been carried to a the blood at young rliildren, and there le a sell books th Queen of gpaln was greater depth, but tlie Bed Jacket shaft tradition tlmt London Bridge Itself bod wearing sa bar crown the valuable la the largest and beat constructed mining this foundation. possession which now often grace the! shaft In Ilia world. He Inside dimensions When the Honghiey Bridge, at Calcutta, head of the book canvaaaor's daughter, or 14 feet by 14 feet, divided Into six waa being constructed tin natives bad a When Queen Isabella was exiled she ear-- ! compartment and timbered throughout fear that somotidng of the kind was to be rled with her most of her Jewels One of with pine. The shaft was started lu the enacted tlie re. They Imagined that tha these waa a crown set with aom of th fill of DM. Tho new iliaft rock house, River Ganges, which they always regard a person, would only consent to bo finest diamonds, emeralds, rubles and sip-- ! which will bi built of Iron and will ba phtrea in thi world. A few yean ago a! mads fireproof throughout, to the only port bridged on condition tlist each pier of tho this la deep bridge should he based on a layer of chilput Hpuntsh grandee, known aa Ute Prince fid of the work necessary dren's heads. Their fear that the British Braga, came to America. Hia aola fortune' shaft In commission, ss tha hoisting of th gorgeous crown whichichlnery, which consists of a pair of triple engineers would do this shows what their had belonged to hia grandaunt. Tha im- - expansion engines of I.ON horse power own practlN had been. perlal bauble was offered for isle and waa per pair and will hoist a load of ten tone In Blum a similar tiling used to ba dona bought by the Uoulde far tUk,-Oi- Lll.. sixty feet par second, wsa planned and put on erecting new city gates. Several ofIt ie bow worn by the Countess Csi in place while tha sinking of tbe shaft was ficer would lie In wall, and tbs first four or live persons who lUMgwned to enter going on, would be seised and killed or rather buried alivo under tho gate paste. Tills ancient p ramies has been frequently 7 URKISH COQUETS WITH CAMERA. proved not only In Asia, but In Europe, by the discovery of bonce snd skeletons under tha ruins of old bridges sad at tha corner tunes of new build Inge, . . Mld-Wal- built-whic- J..7 1 Sha't. su-tor-y. ed LADY A Terrified Crocodile. ! eeeeieee : ; ''. .. - ..wt . ' extraordinary adventure baa ' "ST. .. 'v J !' - T' if Ji:vU 1st y, ' ' 'S ' . ; V v e, v'. j : ; W BSfSw HI8 Is one ot the new automobile forts with which the German army Oughterard. Though he knows ho English and can neither read nor write, this notable old experimenting. It is clad In steel, and Is practically Invulnerable. It will run along any country road, like an automobile: In fact, it Is tlis first noriahle fort ever devised. One muy sc 111 Turkish lady to an axosliant type at a glance how It Is armored, and at either her sex lit the Bultana realm, so wlih a end It Is ss eomelli'esa is concerned, but she rapid Illustration shows th spot where Bdkl k fire gun provided which will Is far and far away from th Turkish landed, with a Chilian war ship at anchor. ous stream of small discharge a continu- ideal from tha fact that sha haa not only projectile. Tha Island la now the property of Clilll revealed her face to the oublle, but l.as and tha small fort in the foreground flu-allowed herself to be photographed. There tbe flag of that country. are points in Orients) ethlea that must be Troublesome Card. rigidly ibserved. The women of th Turk per cent of Although about forty-fiv- e are Jealously guarded, and It Is seldom the accompanying picture Is shown married couples celebrate their s'dver to an Infidel to be given a comrecently made a great vouohsafed wedding, only one couple In l.aa live to IN In card whichOn of s woman's faro. Much haa view plete alletho card tha Cyprus. celebrate their golden anniversary. of Turkish, Pec- look- bow told of tha Uaulr gorical figure to represented ing forward to the day when th Stamps By tbe Ton. Donna Auctioned. be- fallen two rycllute in Java. They ware running at high spoed by tha able of s river when one of them noticed In that distance wlutt he took to b the trunk of tree lying arrow tha road. But they drew near they saw one end of the supposed tree divide Into two equal parti, and then two rows of sharp, strong teeth berime visible. It eras a crocodile, which had chosen this spot for Its siesta. Tha leading cyclist at once Jumped off hie ms rhino and let It run on toward tha open mouthed monster. Th crocodile at ones closed hia mouth over th bicycle, but quickly opened It In eoneequene of en explosion. The pneumatic tire had burst, and thi eo terrified tha reptile that tha safety: of th tour Isle wee eeeiired. . ig' e Gal-wi- The weight of the average Bleed man la of the woman 12 pounds, U0 pounds, . ordi-nnr- man la a poet of considerable distinction to his native Gaelic, and his poems are ell known among the Irish peaking His memory is quits dear, and Peswntry, he tells how in his youth men need to look cross tlis aes for tha coming of Napoleon, and how greatly he. was Impressed when th news of tfce Battle at Waterloo reached OBIKSON CRt'BOE'B Island recently has been visited by a photographer. The acena at Crusoe's immortal adventure appears very much as one would expect to And It. It Is hardly to state that the real Crusoe was a Scotch sailor named Alexander Selkirk or that the Island where he lived alone waa Juan Fernandes, off tha west coaet of South America. .Tho accompanying Fair Smugglers. YOUNG lady with an olAStlo conscience recently evaded tho duty on Ihcs In an Ingenious way. On her re- cr Fost WEATHER AMATEUR FROPHET. Frima stamps are not usually sold weight, a ton from the Island of waa recently, bought by a London firm dealing in. this com, modity. For a time British stamps with aa appropriate surcharge were in use there, but owing to change In the currency from pence to piastres these became onto late. Tha firm of Stanley Gibbons offered 1,000 for those left over. Thera were elx or' seven million stamps In the lot, and they weighed a ton. ay V'V Tho turn to New York from an extended tour on the Continent she brought with her a quantity of exquisite Maltese lace, one small strip of which was still unfinished. Having learned a few of th stitches, she boldly told th customs offto arise the Iscg, icials, who were that It was her own work, made during were the voyage. As tliey naturally sceptical ah picked up the needle, and by Hia health la still good, and ha may doing a few stitches demonstrated that " for another decade. any case, her lace waa American work, ami thus not ' s sympathetic English Inwriter, one liable to duty. opes that he will have better luck than Hot famous Countess of Cork, who Is surled st Ysughal. of whom it to said on The fur ot the new otter la tha moat valuable In the world. Though only four her tombstone that: feet long and at moat two feet wide, fM lived to the axe of a hundred and ten. man a died favo till from a Is sometimes given for a choice skin. trae then. CARDEN OF ns Th made c . Ireland than Colum .Wallace, the poet, shoee picture accompanies this story, and who haa attained the extraOrdl-Mr- y age of 107 years. , U was born at Qorumna, county y, on May t, I7M, and until three years' u, when he was forced to enter the he exercised his trade ae a mason. The Gaelic League then started a subscription for him and last summer ha was placed with a family in tit town of work-hous- by .he King of England. . . ' 7f table service In is said to be the set mad THEallworld sold which U used on stats TUB Art1' vl the paltry sum of EB a prti famous waa recently sold in liondon. True, the centuries died ago, and It was singer only her mummy that the purchaser outlined. A faint hieroglyphic inscription on th mummy showed that the singer had held a leading position In the Temple ot Ammon, where In old days the masterpieces ef Egyptian muilc were performed. once rOR auction Jff It to estimated that I27SAM to tbs difference per annum between running the twenty-fiv- e knot ehlp end running the twenty-tw- o knot ehlp. Biggest and Littles. ERE la where extremes meet, as marked almost aa th time honored comparison of the elephant and the mouse. The picture show th largest and tha smallest folk on the face ot the earth. Tha giant to Hugo the Great," whose height Is seven feet eight Inches. The Lilliputian are the Hovarta, brother and slater. They are more thin twenty years old and do not measure twanty- - WMm ' fs4' V x - t , . H W Macedonian Amazon. KILE th war to in progress In tha Fur East Macedonia is adding to th disquiet of Europe. The Macedonia ns are determined to eventually throw off tha Turkish yoke, and re fervid inland will be free from British control. As patriotism Is by n means dead In Cyprus. the British government, fearing further dlssfi action, prenpily suppressed th artistic but Inflammatory postal card. Under the convention signed at Constantinople in IK Great Britain engaged to Join the Bulls n of T urkey In drfenditig tin Asiatic possessions iig.iiust Russia, snd Ibe over Cyprus to Suitan In return liandi-the Hrlrish Great Britain, In June 12, 147. The was hoisted there flag to be (he cvrd Is said il on the posl picture work of s native erilst. who hates the British and who puip"cd In this way to keep alive thn spirit of patriotism among h countrymen. Worlds Largest Beech. Ian and Arabic women, but there protore tuva boon sung mainly by posts. Tha foot remains that as a type th Turkish women are fair to look upon when in Flushing, i I., to tua tree In tha world, so by Sir Joseph Hackar, director of JCaw Gardetu, London, Tho to of the drooping variety. Its Growing th freshness of youth robe them In In all finite charm, but they iooii, Ilk women of Oriental counlrtre. grow fleetly, the sad Indolence, of mainly through a llfuwon give plo to a bloom of early age wren rotundity. But neither old ige. nor sorrow, nor anguish, it Is sahl, eon dim tbs glair of tbs Turkish woman s eyas. Their Priva'e Engine. E hear of hundreds of persons of wealth who have their own private railway cars, but for a private In' dividual to us the railway company's rails for his own plraaur seems a moat unusual luxury. In Hunstanton, England, almost any pleasant Bunduy morn lng on may see this astonishing sight. A the perfect lit tie engine, about else of tha ordinary engine, la stationed yi v t ,f Th an tho nils getting up steam. engi-aesmokon tha front alts comfortably ' - V ing a cigarette and wearing kid gloves. A enoipanlun, fireman or what not, Is near. Boon an elderly, pleasant looking coupl appear, evidently th owner and bis wife, trail on tha ground ht tho Inand Beat themselves in th small uncovered brsixdui mans clreumfarenca of two hundred and compartment at tha back of th ("Bbte In a few eeeonda they are speeding sway, having an admiring though envious! slum mar in g grew bag crowd which always gathers to witness; Utraegh tbre yea of ot aes water. tha tint and gleam this departure. Tha great trunk to carved with initiate far it baa been a lover tryatlng place for Tha Hebrew population of London haa many generations. Two hundred people mure than doubled during the loot twenty ean ait within Its drooping shade, and It years. It to now estimated at between one haa become a perpetual shrine for tha hundred thousand and one hundred and wondilppara of trees and nature's twenty thousand, ona-flf- lh er - J? FAINTING-L1K- E HOLLAND PHOTOGRAPH. The Sultan's Guard. Is better guarded niler In K.imp" l Hamid, of Turkey. than Sultan A few rteve afttr the murder of Alexbe appointed ander. King of eight generals aa hlr fc!bodyguard durlrg trex surer to psy th night snd orderti them liberally fer 'heir service. The be. right generals go on duty In turn, two :r.g at the paiaie every' night, and one of that no man is their duties t to wl-ti.i-is nut known to be perfectly lo-il- . E::-flry Turkish U P p t:i a ( of the smaller towns of mie f houses. nwmetere combined fence about the instrument In thefore-.thcle.- s, fm'fhe sical instrument for fnrecaallng the, off eat on hia own account. Tho lllui l.',lr'n ocoompaaylng shows the gsuge " for years have been need for the rainfall. Th collection also tl'Jde a number ef barometer and for book. j 'r'ning It 41 X I ERE I a placid, restful (imeneuelther painting or photography can tell pietu-iwli- h ary degree of certainty. A a matter about Hollnnd, but G11 faet It Is a photograph taken on tho reaquenea which has a distinct sp-!- peal. The landscapes afford excel- plain near Zaandam, and sa for th ar- lent subject for th p'Unter, for iheyjrangrment of the cattle, light and tha ' It could not be mow artlstto quality of earth and ky which background. up arm s'ni'at'otrfthe rigors of have 0 far aa feature e It wrre the palneteklngwork of months In tue open. Th picture make them readily tranaferruble to cn-l- f CHimialgnlng mod- ... . . . m slim- - a r raid herewith la that r, f pairlulic tlx, This pictorial quality was never Iit a landscape pcltiter. The natural ln ,h th,n tn'ime.fl fnrthe the rn'the public i)0 A9 tho Hre rf in3,Va5 , punctually rr.rv'm'u.ung yt . , HiaJlmill'eaMUte umijn Ufa or tbe re-- man who took It waa either extremely lucky as to conditions or he poaseaxed tho - .. u, those precibwd la, soul and the oraft of a great artist. 7 tiiitni y of figliL ( guroiy.few outside of i u r.i .. vr1'-- . - . - ' er . , , jflnpK. .e. . AsVi. a a.ji'-- . - ,;.r ( |