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Show STRANGE AND CURIOUS THINGS THAT ARE ENCOUNTERED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF WORL - ef c 3 OLD GLORY ... OF BUTTERFLIES AND BUSS. T il An n txl. j I J TABLE. of illanioiid rbaped and triangular piece of wood i ci.ierly arranged In auch a way on aclua perepoclh. to that Hint tl.crc the appear In lie of rained b.ock. Kn.-l- i and Siam Territory of the I'niou lu the varieties of wood uted The on iv n.,d uwd in iia cunalructiou waa a jarkku.fr. - e hi fore tbe driving wheel nf the auiomoliile. turn the power on and off and even alter the machine with oonalderahle accuracy. Needier tit aay the trainer armuipanicp them lu Wild llout and tiger have been lucceaa-fulltrained of late to perform the dutica of a chauffeur Id a London niunlc hall. A tbe recult of an luimeuae amount of i raining tbe apimalt bare learned to take their m at tbnr automobile .!. iiw, Tin- trip. 1 !? AI accompanying Nations Biggest Business jiix..'-- The United Plate haa T5.W1I poal office and tbe maea of mall mailer wbb-- i.aae through them would require .11 1 ralua, each a mile long, traveling and tlmea around the equator, to deliver It at Ita dcatlnatluna. Ita weight would be more than ueveu hundred million pound a. If an averand forty-liv- e age could be made, every man, woman and child lu tba Vailed Ktataa would receive .. aM, alxly-on- WORK. i.a l ' 'v; ' ' ; - The ordinary howllaer nr a(egignn weigh! 2..VKI pound and la (I fel t 10 lurhra long. 4- - JAPANESE TAHOOER Ilmira tkw tbowa auch a party engaged la thla timrt. CHURCH. A PORTABLE v- e recently ly an Inventive geuiua of Uoekv.i'.r, Ciinu. In the reilire la a u.umier' i iuiii:i, with i iery polnl ohailed. one of I lie- - liai ill"-- ! prol.lcnia in Die making of a lahle Icing I lie matching of I hi- - dlffi-rer(hud' of wood, tunable of the iMiupaea an iumcair dc;g;i horae-bai-k- Ulite grrci bertlea; tbe atrlpea and buck; Mad of butterflies , was wade a turn rears ago by a Mr. year old, and paoa, trbo la aerenty-flv- elaborate table. eontiug of S.4:S0rp-aralphu-iof coed, baa Iwcu coiiM railed s altera-tluae- tbe data vaid Tains forever." u of W ? .nd tht REMARKABLE CHAUFFEURS. who' collected and mourned every aped-meblmtelf. It wsa aaid at the time that the arrangement could never be made to give tbe effect U doea of a martur dag but he kiicreedcd in gelling It after tetcral .' IK. UamMtou aleo haa another rate ,' repreaentlug George Waihiugtou nu after the iulul t in the While Uouae. Two, tKr-aeygfellmca four Blea an mounted on a pin, the effect being a aolld i body tit ecloTt. Old Glory U Ou-abeetle. It ta In a of buttcrflle twenVj-eigh- t about twcaty-four.b- j aBa It nade up of 12,800 Imtjcr-;7i- i 10,014 beetle. all captured In and lad Newark. V- - J. Th coid. rua rprodaotU AS ANIMALS WILD . " lettern. e thlrly-ou- newtiapera e or perlotliralu and fonrteen package, and every alxtb peraou would receive a regla-tere- d . letter. Juat aatiiie the.' gate xrP the. Brooklyn hrtieh of very fine point. and HiIkIU dipped bite ffaty Tari kanga a cloth algo.' painted la Into, the paliit aud forced very gently cutl-elthe akin,' leering the paint under the big letteta, Japaueae Tattooer." 1 ibo- time required to The tatiooer last work on me braid back TW'cniyhour .eLch a dragon that covert .a msn'a bath, of a tailor, palling on the flnlehlug touche a at little U done s tlme-- an hour' a ef waaderfn: dragon that apra wla over the god it verb each day. VwF UI e man paya not piak fletb from neck to wwlat, from ahouldcr .a more elaborately taka than tJO. to ahoulder. It la done In all the flaring mlora In nrhleh Orientate delight; .wilt wrought dragon the ebarge Ik $40, and there which the price aaked fe f 100 7e of Are; action of bine and yellow and ere- dealgua for men, flen-- red daw and atrlpea of black Mtd.flWII. h aioug the body,-Wita at tail r band, .tbe tgttoner wotka gome Spaulah flahermen it Agulla found the Irocy bandied needie back and forth, aeorpiilcnt flab lirthelr retch. Cutting It alng the thumb and forcflnger of bla left . open HW found tweuiy odd letter It bad hand foe a brace. Tbe needle ie like a ayra.lowcd Natural Harp. Herewilh la a pbotogranh of what la rlaimed to he the only "natural barp" In tbe world. It I of blrrb and waa cut near Ion-lla, by a woudehopper. A. 1. Fieher bad It wade Into perfect luatruiueut A lr c, Uli-h.- Odd Cemetery of Elephants. Major Powell ration, of the Northumberland Fuaillrra, w ho baa juat returned to Eng-'ikuafter travelling for auroral uionllia alory Ibmngb Africa, tella a remark abln bone about a cemetery In whicli tbe ouly are tboae of elcpbtnta. The cemalcry, be aaya, la at tba foot of a chain of niounlalua Id I'gauda, and Ilia ruine them for a elephant have evidently long tlum aa noun a they felt that death waa approaching them. In no other way, the Major polnia oni. can we account for of the fuel that hundred of akelelnu . The native a u are to be found then-know well that the lordly animal are In the haldt of aeleetlng thla quiet apot a ! wrbeiieTer they their la at replug place. want Ivory they are confltleiii that they eau get It by tenrchlug the ale-h- a a I CHURCH. noticed an article regnrdlng balancing an egg on Itn end. In wblcb you alaie that t la neret-anrto boll the egg In an upright pmdtlun. Tbl la a mletake fur any frvah egg ran, without being boiled, be bnlauci-- on cUbiT end by uny oue.poMeaitlng Mtenue and a alrady band. "In ordiv to nave time, the egg klionlil be plared for a abort time on tbe end upon which It la deal red to balance II, o an te allow the yolk te nettle; then both of tlia peraou making tba experiment thould lit reefed on the edge of the table and the egg ahould lie taken between thn three Anger aud tbumbi of both hand! and elowlg turned around until the renter of. gravity la found. Thin experiment may at II rat require a little time, but after a little prurtJee It will be found very eaay to do. It wonld be well to try It flret on the tablecloth and then on the bottom of a plate. It I conceded, of ronrae. that the prra-en- t century la far more advanred than that of rolnmbna, ao It la only to lie expected that different Idea ahould have been funned, even aa to the lialauelng of cggi." J. If. the old type la avoided and the original eared. The cillflcc bna all the hennly. eymmetry and apimrent aialdllty of thn onlluary eiylc church. It In feet In length and width. flfiy-flv- Grows in (he Balancing an Egg. B., New York, wrlte:-- "I y ' k. An Engllabuan bat Invented a road for bicycle ridlug, wblcb combine, wltbln tba narrow llmlu of a abort track, tke character of every aurface eucouuiareil in a long ride. A ring la nuiatrnrtrd. in tour aerllona, with surface nf wood, asphalt, granite cnln-- and macadam alternating. ITie flrat letmini lx tbe e Icmeulary art of balancing, alecrlng, mounting and dlamnuutlug ran lie learned on tbe broad anrfai-- I bat eoiivtliuica Ilia remainder of ibe floor. Tbe novice can next ncqulrn the experblirn nereiwary to tackU the riding eonilllloiia of in onlluary road by merely traveralug tbe elrrular track. Tb couirlvance ta known ai tbe Zubcllae track. W Mne new imrka or open epnoea wore added lo London' lungaiu liibl. WINDMILL A decided novelty hi church cnnalrucllnn haa been erected recently near New York. The atrnctnre la complete in every way. and yet may lw packed up and removed to another fleld and creeled again for abont $T.V In thla tray tbe total loan of a building of Bicycle-Trac- (Ms. 'So fur a I known, the hlghrat elevation at which flowera aiv found growing la 17,-- a fed ulwve the a level. ITie homely lllt'.e plant wUlHi iia tbe .UiatluclIon nf being the loftleat grower In tbe world la found on tbe upper elnpea of tbe Himalayan Mountain, near the line of perpetual allow. The aenaon during which vegetal lou may appear above the aurface In thla region moLthi In lengl b. la lea than umalcal expert accounta for lie exceptionally iwrcl and pure tone by the fact that there are no jolnia In tbe frame aud the vibration haa a complete circuit. tar fore-arm- a BINES ON Of tha maty eurloua animal whuae home la Central America not one la wore Infbreat-la- g than the alert, wide-awak- e Utile creature Mwn at the ant eater. It la found In iwampy region, aud tbe one abown In the accompanying picture wa recently ah.'pped ta the Zoological Uarden In London. It la bur feet In length, and ita tongue can be protruded to a length of eighteen Inehea fmm tubular mauth at the end of the muaaie. the animal Urea on'autu. It la obvioim "Jf Ita V tongue la of inch Ubatsal dimes- - ANTS. It If were equipped wltl an ordinary would have to apcnfta tongue the eht eater np-a aulfldent number long time lir picking It to hunger, but. thansa featlufy of ante to and to 'It long tongue, which It can Itdart f to with the apeed of lightning. la cam bled to do the work with greet Within a year more than two thnnaand chilled workmen hner left the French silk Buubah pnd Torcclng for the feotiurita-nt'ltltedTHnte. . Iona. ccH-rii- ' f OLD, PARRS TOMBSTONE Ax f w a':j yt n m. j&w&i&oFifta-- r Pletnreaquely altualnl on a blah bilinear London it an ancient mill, aereral ranturlea old. which haa long eervial aa n chureli. Tbe Interior of the mill bae been conrertcd Into perfect little chapel. The Walla ace artia-tlrall- y decorated with flgurea of aalnla and STEEPLE Wanted, A library. Many persona laughed bewrllly when tbry read the following xdvertlaineut In a recent Inane nf a German newapaper: "Wanted-So- me French hooka, which a read and which will young girl nmy af-llit Into a email Imokcaae. The height of each bonk man not exceed ten Inches. The price In of no Importance provided all the bonk have hnndaomc cover aud are of tbe Mine iliac. OF POTS The no tire women nf the neat enaat nf Africa carry heavy liurdena on their head with apparent raac. Even children Noon attain a rerlalu aklll In balancing varloua aouth tranaept of Wealmlniler Abbey, where the atone reproduced here fltly cuanucmo-rat- e him. Aeeordlng to nod legend be ran u footrace long after be bad pawed bla hundredth year with all the agility of a yonng man. and according to another he tbrrahed com for m-- v era bnnra dally (n bla one hundred and thirtieth year. In the aecompaiirii'X plctnr la ahown the tombatnne of the fimoue eentenariin. Tbomaa. commonly known aa "Uld Iarr," concernliig whom m many curioun atorlee are told. He la said t bare been born In the in pariah of Allmrlinry. near Shrewabury. the year 14SH, and lo have died at land Amn-del'-a honge. off the Ktrend. In London, ItlXi, at the age of IM He waa bniiel HAILSTONES BIGGER lu In the objopl. 1ho photograph reproduced herewith, taken by Mr. C. E. Smith, a mlaalonary, Ilia altar furnlahed with candle ami vaara. A full choral aervleC. with choir. In belli le-r- o (very giinday. The mill, which now bear tbe name of Chapel of St. Croce. 1 rapahle of acatlug angel. lietweeu twenty and thirty peraou. ON HER HEAD. who ha lived eighicen year In that counter, liowa a woman amL ber daughter carry Ing c pula In till manner. The woman atreple-llkburden aud apparently brink gait would linllcate lhat hc bad much of tlic ability uf a Juggler, auch aa one area In raude hr vllle. EGGS. THAN Bi Halixlonee aa big an In n' ggi I nve :.uq eeoued to bo an exrenlre figure of They hare aumetimea h- en nearly a large aa oring- -. nud tbcp -- liown birc-wlt- b are fair cpecluiena. They fc.l ! Du -- i i . and buque. Iowa, on 1rUHy. June I1, ii-rr.i giil In il Mim t.rfroin two to five lu.hi. hour afti-- the fH. ibi r2rai'..!! l or the :ik" nf louiliirljon ccvcrjl her.' lime at till1 cac weie il' , il i ij: ami in the ame focu-- . Ibe photograph are i i j by S. IbKit. The loiigeei telephone' wire epnn In lh" le to pole. im-nin- g world I 3.2'iU fppt from the ISutqiichiuiia Klvcr at I.ainsa-ter- , Ia. i |