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Show - pemi N- c STRANGE AND CURIOUS THINGS THAT ARE ENCOUNTERED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF livyvVVvvrornAAnrvtrLfVWtAAn-itAiWirvvvyvvyi- afc"" ' j"riri,'fir''''' ,,AA irmyMMnhirhJBhri'ii I CATS OSD DIKING KETB09. ? :;' Predicts Tides. Needles Point In the accompanying picture la abowa a curious luavLIue which was ivustructcd for Although England Is genevwlly supposed to bo a very fiat cooutry, thvrv In considers!'! mountalu climbing, and that of a perilous nature, to be found wltbln the bouudarlrsct tue Island. The rugged peaks of which Napes Neck furms a point art suBriently strep and rugged to lest the skill of the must daring inounlaiuecr. Tha photograph print d herewith shows tlio very peak of the Need e, wlih longest Beard. The proud poaaessor of the longest beard la the world for a long rlmr waa believed to be a Frenchman named Louis Conion. Ili beard, which was never cut. measured a trifle less than fifteen fwt lu Tbe aide whiskers, which were allowed to grow unhindered. were more than three feet long. The hair was perfectly whltt. Its owner being au r'J mat. while curiously euougb the V- jifci:4&vy'ii - Doable Tree. tkla p Kea? Wayassvllle, markable tree. It la a aymmetrtral eoale Arc feet apar aah bine two of tree. crace at the ground and fifteen feet above Jomlu;. to form a perfect trunk, which eatenda height of aoma seventy feet. Eaeb tre la from flfteea to e'ghteen feet In clrcnm-ferenc- e, and each trunk, aa well aa the bole, la perfectly norma!. Nor doea the fork ahow any algua of flattening, ridge or one-alde-d eoa'.rareuce. Judging from three facta, the niton murt have taken place when the treea were aipllage. Forcibly thla la a "natural graft." or an Indian may have need the eapilnga aa a pat of hla wigwam anpport and tied them ae tightly aa to produce the nnloa. The blue aah la a tree of alow growth, and, consider-la- g see mi to antedate the die of thla one, the ne of the Indian government and la now regularly used for automat leal(y calculating the I Ides for the Indian ports and for lMilh the Atlantic and Pacific roast a of Caned. Ileerntly, no parts of the mechanism had become worn. Ii so overhauled and then tent to tbe National Physical La bora-lorat Kew, England, where it Is henceforth to he kept. The principle of ttlli tide Indicator la the evonictrle construction known aa harmonic motion, the machine, hr an Ingenious arrangement of pulleyaaud cylinders, worklug out the result of Ihe various tidal constituents and tracing on the drum a tide curve, from which tbe tide table Is roaatrncted. The prediction of ayi-sr'tldro con In this way be run off In about four hours, hul great In manipulating skill and care are rro-jlrethe apparatus. Tbe Indian tide tablet are all compiled from calculations msde by tbla machine, which la the only Instrument in used for navigaEurope that la reffulaily ' At Llaudaft Cathedral, near Cardiff, there ppeared on the damp atone on the west dr of the cathedral a atrlklng Image of iiean Vaughn. The ftean. who waa lu charge of the cathedral, had died only a few week liefure. and there were many n bo dl! not hesitate to attribute rbe appearance of i lila iikeaeaa to U supernatural agencies. certainly waa a more lbtereetlng aoiutlon of a the myatery than the true one peculiar ataln on tbe walls caused by dampness. The top of hla bend waa pcrfeetly bald. Roadside Cherry Trees. Cherry trees are commonly planted along the aides of the roads lu Germany aud other parts of the Continent. Any passerby may freely eat of the fruit, except tnat aliout whlrh tbe owner baa hound w lp of straw. token of reservation, and tbit Intimation universally respected In mauy pans of New Kng'sud apple trees are planted for the good of tbs public la the same way. And among tbe vineyards acattered along tbe thorea of the little Jakra In Central New York the fruit on the outside rows of vlneo belongs os ainrbtn the passerby as If he bed planted and primed the entire vineyard from the date pf Its beIn is sulborltlcs had It obliterated bemuse no many pernons coming to ace It tramp.ed upon the grtven In the vicinity. UinMa A banker. whd is a of Mendelssohn, has Just paid Ibc record prlco of fAMMOfor a fltradivariui violoncello. A Londod 'paper gives away tbe secret that Irishwomen s native shew. a are wholly , made in Feotland. , NIGHT lelmon trapi are forbidden by law In a Near Colfsx, Wash., stands a peculiar and Interesting freak of ootnro a rock balanced on end like aa egg and weighing many tons. feet high, ten foci in dlame- It la tweniy-fir- Twenty years ago Ihe nnnnal product Ion In Ihe Lulled Stereo sms T.0U0.0U0 of It did not reach the 10,000,000 mark lles. 1HUS. This year's rrop will bo mors until than 11,000,000 Iwles. Tha need was no! nerd a I prodregarded aa an Import ant-raurt two deeadeo agu, bnt now It la worth millions of dollars. many Cotton la the moot valnabla rrop that w grow, except corn. It will approximate fl.Vkl.ono, non In value thla year. Our exports of rot leu and Its products durlug tha last fiscal year were mure than 2S per cent, of ill our exported commodities. sV if t v $ ifl ' iVii gX C ;' i f i? Odd Stage Device. remarkably clever piece of alagq Illusion waa practiced In KngJaud. It enabled one person to Impersonate holt Fault aud Marguerite at th same tune The sketch reproduced herewith expislM the met hod at a glance. Marguerite, It w ill meek-aulsi- A Boat. ter at Ike wldesl part and only four feet it the base. It la of lava formation, mid has stood thorn for ages. It lo called "Martha Washington, or egg rock, and la pointed out with prtda by the people of Colfoa. Carved Orange. An orange would neom jo be the test material In tbe world with which no nrtlst might wnr. The accompanying lllodratlnn bows, however, something of the poaalbll-IleThe curiously separated halves with Indent Cooking School. ! T I H a, no of the twentieth century are Inclined la think of cooking aehoolc an belonging . vlaslvcy to our day and generation, 1 herO- It may bo newa to many people that as he area, alauds before a mirror slightly shaded. Tbe fiee of Faust la painted on the drapery at the hack of her bead, while th drapery lo ao arranged that In the rear It ippcan to cover the figure of Fonat-- 1 ago aa tne reign of Good Queen Ante a r. kid dee had a school of rooking In (jneen treet, Ckenpslde, and another In Holborn. Here la hla advertisement. The original 'a a good paper, with n neatly engraved bor-dr- r: To ail yonsg ladles: At Edward Elddre'i laitry school, at Little Lincoln's Ina Fle.ds, are tanglit all kinds of pastry and cookary. Hatch hollow-work- s and butter works, on Tharsdaya, Fridays and Saturdays, la tbe afternoon; and on the tome daya la the kerning, at hla school la Norris street, Ht. Ash, Haymsrkel, and at bis school at gi. Mirtln'g le Uraad, on Mondays, Tamdays and Wednesdays, la the afternoons. What botch boliow-wormay be non of the cooklag schools of to-da-y teems to kuow, tal they sound good. '9 Novel Bottle Trick. tall. By this meant tbe extraordinary res t. la obtained that no matter how bard the wind blows the boat does not list. The null can be put la any position for sailing with the wind from different point.' Tbe boat can be tacked or veered quickly. PICTURESQUE daylight-brillianc- CLAIMS months ago t man named Kara-pkhaving committed, a serious offense, was sentenced to a long term of Imprisonment In Germany. and since then the public beard nothing about blm until the other day, wben tbe news spread that be bad discovered a cure for rouenmpiiou which lie A GREAT DISCOVERY. hla Investlgarioaa In a properly equipped laboratory. With thio request the minister hss not yet seen fit to comply, Imt he hsa thought the matti r of so mark Importance that he haa Instructed a committee of scientists to go to Lnnebtirg aud mnko a thorough test of the alleged remedy. claimed waa Infallible. In a letter lo (he Minister of Ihe Interior Knrxpeakl gave a glowing account of the new remedy, slating that It had worked wonders on himself and others who era Imprisoned wi;h him at T.niicbnrg. and icqmned to he set at lllierty for a time In onlrr that he might continue l. raa WATER L FAD: DIKING -r There are T.UTZB honors aad ahopo In Great Britain. Of these oaly I Ifil.SM art private dwelling hoaaen of over flluo yearly rental. t CONVICT ABEEY. Tn the accompanying picture la shown a trick, which, though apparently Impossible,' la mlly very simple; Indeed, any one can perform It after a little practice. It consist in balancing a cork over a bottle la tbe man-nshown In the plntnro. Any ordinary corked bottle will serve for the purpose, and after It Is placed In position on the table a pin should lit inserted In the middle of the eral minutes they did hot movn. would M piace an almost bright enough fur a snapshot, hut tbey reof The some lime. aa quite exposure quire plctnre shows that tbs pert a tors on the bridge seem to have been spellbound watching tha "shoot tbe chutes, for through sev Tbla picture of Lnnt Park, coney Island. night shows that it la possible to take an outdoor picture even aa late as ten o'clock at night, Ihe hour when this was taken. One might think, though, that the tweuty-fon- r thousand and odd lights which give tha by fteveral IN TBE TIEER. I . cork. Then Into auother cork should be Inserted another pin, and the bladeo ef two pan-- , knives, and after this i done the second pin should bo made to rest on the first pin In such a manner that the handle of one of tha knives will touch tha neck of the bottle nets tbe rim. If all tfalo be done rareful.'y thi knives will mslutalu a perfect balance. K A new Tlfle with which the lnited States, Army Is to be short 'y equipped Is said to' have aa efferilvr range of live miles, and to be tbe lightest rifle over devised. th lace work of kiu lie! wren hove all been cut from th same orange, and tbe effect waa pradnrrd by carving tba akin without separating the balres. SLAIN WHB AN AXE. TIGER L r- ' PICTURE. aur-fa- Chaada. Therefore, oalmon costs fiftesn eeais apiece la Canada, bnt only three ceata ovsr the bonier. Tbe Cotton Crop,. 11 tty-fou- prartlrul.y at right angles to the uiran of the soil, and, properly designing the null, the line of pull Is made to pans somewhat to Ibc lee tide of the boat, to that that aide la rather lifted than depressed by tha ecttlere in Ohio. Egg Rock. After many months' study a German specialist has discovered some curious facta about the human body. There are, ho says, 7.U0u,nii0 pores In the akin of grew op man. and hla blood vessels. If placed end to r of end, sou Id rslrnd for a distance kilometre. Moreover, he says llml tbe hair on the head of the average woman nT thirty were treated In the same manyear,a if It Wood Ihe ner refuels, would eatend for k distance of IU kilometers. Fo convinced Is he of the accuracy of these figures that ha offers to pay ILOOO to any one wbo ran prove that bo haa mads tba (lightest error. Thla atranga looking craft waa once yery consplcuoua at the Cowes regatta. Tbe tall Is of a type In which tbe pressure of the wind, although haring a driving anion. a in any ordlunry sail, haa no tendency whatever to Incline the bunt. Tbe wind pressure acta the white thaw streak graphic expert explain what baa baBed all mean? hi far this picture attempts at explanation by those who bars 1L seen Some Curious Statistics. graud-uephe- REMARLA31E A three climbers at ue aummlt trno have succeeded in rrachlug It. Tbe problem of ascending Its perpeudlenlar aides la obviously one of unusual difficulty. tion purposes. ... ginning. Indulge la such an electrical display i Incredible. The negative l perfect, Mowing no er.itehea or marks that would produce this extraordinary picture. Will anmo photo- to This photograph waa taken at night during n heavy thnndaralorm, which was by very vivid llghthlag. It shows, apparently, a flash of lightning loaning from the center of the ate light, and from the center of the gaa lamp alsu. Buck freak may be expected from ao are light, bnt fur an Innoeeut and harmless gas lamp Mysterious Image. Ohio,-stead- ii,ViviriH FREAK OF LIGHTAUG. CURIOUS Etrddoiu, of Lieliatioh, Ohio, la no photo graphic trick, lint pnssy's method of taking her aupprr certainly la aa curloua a gustatory tr ek aa haa erer been caught liy the camera. Its sapper this way every ilaf Mgi the cold weathrr art In, and. the pstleut cow, had not the least lda that It would figure in a freak picture. The which waa taken tv Heraehel F. The cat took v - FE at 1' ' fffwiofl and certnlr.iT rtovt 1,1 Ecgishd Is tint of l lov"r. It vas.l--ui- atrlv-r.- t jhsrki-- and ihr ! j - I 'bIf nry , - nr- rovers It carcfnl tended, kbe of the aobrj with It cove:- - i ivy which Lonh In of ipjioirJl tr. thlfcurrMl'u. It's ry Vtfinws hr. e liv!: !.: .i I') lv il:e There ere man? i1ii.tr la Home heat la rvry oppreMlve. rurt as for eslln; r h martyr n eol. If r.:i? cf tbe fivRM.v,. ThU fict lupri-capfIJrrif lor?ifi,r rsasr-t.tr- I C9jun. f ii j ,i IVirr , v(v,;.l rr tK a III ! i? n .i; s t e : ; tJ f:br, of . corvlItJijr uppmred mwi Mea. and of ir. ConftP'jneii'lV, on tha fcliovrlur to a Cif.nr and at bp cpaf nut lii liiv jn' tbe riifioinu h'i.i- - tfa- !' I In- ana k t r.vtr. lii : dr :! ucaU not Joi:g Mo re other tomans It was llhevlfre, ar:d the ppna!n limim maiij ppior: 11 hnnie or Ir iTialead til f!;pir Is.iei. toe-- the. In .be' river. Tbe ,e. .l v u'H of plvi-r it rn heran lo-i)- o tht i ihi'F i: i in uf This dead tig-r.- nine feet which laches from ItS'unMlu Itr tall. was a "mate - tu llte'l.f crier," li r.i of littn ryiamana. a village of rppi-- l:u mail, 'i by rdjsepi'i tiiuK'e flii- -. Af;c man em! a uoin.vi1 !' vva LOd h; a I. roller-.nsc: M: riI; wii.i. II a w.l ali.i.-v- l :nl t!:v,ar. ii'ls l , w . tbo ronrt photograph was iskr-- out-i- d Ilnus- two hours f: or the cvut. Thoro ! lie crea 1". order that tlie wis . g'ivtriiiii(-:riciai.t he viciuird. Ms - druj-.-v-- Til" I'!-:- ! t::rn:y S I !, i ha .r Tg.isa, Ifi.ili:. c, with l'2,4nu. prH.t.-iP"r- ; (l.d ieal -- 1 st,-- If ' |