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Show hings Quaint and urious Gathered Here and There t- - - friend of 'j - ai- Marvelous Feat Recently Performed Attend by Freight Engine. Lamps. Lighthouse A marvelous feat is said to have once a year the lighthouse ops in the Hudson off Stony been performed some years ago by a ashore a man with freight engine, and It will probably j sends he is met by a woman who, be a long time before such a thing a oldest lighthouse keeper In happens again. As the locomotive was rounding a is pretty near it. She la In the line, it was seen by the bend for and Rose years fifty ny trimmed the lamps of two driver that the swinging bridge over a canal was open, and a clear gap of : Stony Point and kept them n, itotBt S- - " 0thJt & 180tpH' crtj ot : ', tint areloSi: 4 the, coils by which oceau cables could bo transformed into telephone lines was announced, many apparently thought that talking across the Atlantic would soon become an accomplished fact. But the questions of cost and technical difficulties seem to have stood in the way. Now, however, it is reported that Berlin capitalists who have acquired rights in the Invention intend to push its application between points on the shores of the Mediterranean, the Baltic and the North seas. Direct between telephonic communication Berlin and London, and Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm by the aid of this system is regarded as feasible. ey Rose Faithfully eati iat LEAP OF A LOCOMOTIVE. 8AIL0R8. I ,3 crfa;. to ho tder t,' is C HAS BEEN CHILDRENS y. Splendid Record Made by Mrs. E. C. Pickcrt of St. Louis. Mrs. E. C. IlcKert of St. Ixiuls has had charge, during fifteen years, of V' t; si 110,501 children. "With this record, j, ehe retires from the position of matron of the South Side Day nursery in St. Louis. An interesting fact is it ther Stony Point's Two Lighthouses. lug lk tlve feet lay before the locofcairg every night as regularly as twenty-eigh- t t liI10, motive. There was no time to stop '.sun while the river was open. J. up ttr , noae recently rounded out her the engine, which was traveling at ioIutei?l!t year of life in the govern-leaabout miles an hour, and the a, h illt,e cottage high up on Stony only thing for the men on the footny prtL has plate to do was to Jump. The driver During that time Bhe e trad I, tje lights, but for only forty- and the stoker jumped and were sU. as the official light keeper. killed. The locomotive also Jumped, en Pa is- she did the work for her and, strange to say, landed safely, o was appointed keeper in though much battered and disabled, Is, ier tt( the government put up on the other side. vhat a s;i tower to warn river crafts To this day no satisfactory explafc,rl and while at work on Its nation has ever been offered to aca count for the long Jump of the locomo' Chsiitnirtion Mr. Rose ruptured ig SuKi vessel, which caused his death tive, and It can only be said. In partial er that v ijs afterward, explanation, that the engine's momenent bj(r. Rose was appointed to be her tum must have been so great that It ved itbai,,ls successor, but In reality she had, to a certain extent, overcome to tbef (outinued the work that she had its own tremendous weight and the It SRierlyj done and, unless appear- - natural laws of gravitation, and made it for the moment a free agent hat did, until the speed was slackened, n she disapproves of whipping. When It is considered that none of the children in Mrs. PickerL her care had passed the age of six years, and that the majority ranged in age from three weeks to four years, the prodigious task that Mrs. Plckert accomplished can be readily appreciated. Still a young woman she doe not look a day over 40 Mrs. Plckert relinquishes her arduous duties to confine her attention to the proud development of her only aon now a bright young man of 19 year. All of the thousands of children that Mrs. Plckert cared for ns only a woman and a mother can, were housed from time to time in the building at 1621 South Tenth street, the commodl ous home of the South Side Day nursery. The object of the nursery was and is to care for the small children of mothers who are forced to earn a livelihood for themselves and children, and also for the children of widowers. fifty-nin- e i a-- hus-an- - d , dur-an- d It literally fly through space. How otherwise could it without the least support, have passed throuh such a great space? BURIAL ed for fciatlve. must not be supposed that living Point makes Mrs. Roses life I She has a pretty little cot- asturs surrounded by flower beds, with .1 rnj a garden and all the other tr. comforts to be found in a drouth mountainous place, the uorth of the cottage, hut a ', your ver, if away on slightly higher It will and, stands the larger lighthouse two. white and solid, on the hill lot os he " A eighth of a mile away, ris j, each s. For I from the edge of the water, is r, 8ot fther tower containing a red bea I and a fiK horn. Both lights tyoor tTU a11 night and every night ailun, Ice gets 80 thick that even f ed, for I fiver crafts that bucy through When it Pi b ice have to tie up for the 11, this kr. 1 being Wls- - acre the one- - pome. soil-arm- ! one i middle fd the y this NSW S is J by Cleveland Man. believed that a gu:i peifected way. rletle her of y you right, one of d win-- r con- - 0 the :annot ice i of al-- 3 Mil- ting a y rely Use feed, 3 it only a 3. N. iVcCloan 'of Cleveland, has which and been inspected by high officials of the liu ludlng army, Miles and Gen. the ordnance ' board, will prove a terribly destructive weapon. The rifle of the ordinary size will shoot from 1,000 to 1,500 bullets a minute with an accurate range of be- 0 lio and three miles, while the gun of the ordinary field type lot) projectiles a with accuracy at a range of t live miles. Given a gun of with absolutely no recoil i In be mounted and fired from as wheels with Tlage those used for a bicycle, the Jis features of the Invention Understood. brtrldges are fed Into the gun whoel magazine, which turns ' Cl) discharge. Each magazine nty-lhpartridges, and when J empty It may be removed f ' md replaced by one that Is full seriously Interrupting the ac tor be gun. MURDER Only a boy. alth his wild, strange ways, With his Idle hours and his busy days; With his queer remarks and his odd replies, Sometimes foolish and sometimes wise, Often billllant for one hts else As a meteor hurled From the planet world. Only a boy, wlm will be a man, If Nature go, s on his nrat great plan; If water or fire, or some fatal snare, Comqdre not lo rob us of thla our heir Our blessing, our rest, our care, Our torment, our Joy, "Only a boy! Last Weeks Puzzle. Below we give the solution to the "Twelve Rings Puzzle which appeared on this page last week. The problem was to divide the square (Fig. 1) Into four equal parts of similar i. r. a. shape, so that each part may contain three of the rings. Fig. 2 clearly ahowa the way out of the difficulty. An Experiment in Air Pressure. This article is not an advertise ment of a cement warranted to mend cblnaware and glassware stronger than it was before, although the picture looks like it No cement or glue of any kind Is used in the experiment, and yet the plate and the wineglass, In the one rase, and the plate and the bottle in the other, arc stuck togeth er pretty much as if some material of that kind were the means employed. The adhesive force is nothing more nor ls8 than the pressure of the atmosphere; precisely the same force that enables a boy to lift a brick or a stone by means of his leathery "sucker. Let us take the plate and the wineglass first. Suspend the glass from the ceiling or friui a chandelier by means of a string tied around its stem. Have ready an ordinary china plate, over the inner surface of which you have rubbed a little butter or lard. Now light a piece of paper and let prog Knos ra. iera i d but-- i from sed to J and that when abao-- , i milk Without a Country. J ?t- )r can or by ut Id is an-I- n is so- or- le f er- as j - Henry Marmaduke, a aon of n Jpov- - Marmaduke of Missouri, man without a country. He 'i hi United State citizenship ' hart In a recent revolution In America, which failed, so now ' t a citizen of any land. He la esa In SL Louis, , ' niece of Beechar an Actreaa. Isabel Beecher Albert, a grand-Henry Ward Beecher, baa Just r appearance on the lecture 1 sUn ! " " An Arsanal of Arma Uad The recent Mafia murder In New aroused anew Interest Sicilian secret of the oldest one Is Mafia order. The In the world, organizations aecret with the and was started In gorsrn-mon- t. th Italian purpose of fighting of the society Headquarters a vilbut aearcely Palermo, at are branch. a without la Island lage on the In this country nearly every large city and for has a hram h of he order, was Its cenOrleans New many years ter In the United State. did not reOriginally the society sort to violent means, but gradually their the members sought to gain and la mnnner possible, In any ends frerecent times murder has been orvleloua of this result quent as the that member. ganization. The fart York city ha In this much-dreade- SU-ll- by Mafia Murderara. are bound together by of the the strongest oaths and fear of bring lug down the soeletys wrath makes the task of ferreting out and punish Ing the erlmes attributable to the order almost Impossible, A decade ago New Orleans was the scene of many violent disturbance because of the Mafia, and the trouble finally culminated in the murder of Chit of Police Hennessey in 18D1 Sixteen men were arrested and charged with the crime, but the Jury failed to renvlct any of them. This so enraged the people that a mob secured eleven of the men whose guilt Mafia seemed Indisputable and aummarlly lynched them. This action caused serious diplomatic altercation with tue Italian government, but since that time New Orleans has been similarly fre from trouble with the Mafia, Rainy Day Marbles Is a pretty good game and can he played by two or as many as seven; oue for each black dot In the "ring." Cut our the picture, with the following directions, and place the whole thing on a sheet af stiff paper or cardlsiard. Each player takes a pin and after "first It Is decided who shull have shot" and In what order the rest of the players shall follow, the gam begins. The object of each player Is to reach one of the black dots, or "marbles." which Is then his property and counts one for him, but at the same time to keep any one of the players from reaching one. He can do this hy moving In front of another player In such a way that that player cannot move forward. In inch case, If a player can neither move forward nor to either side, he must go back little work, "University Oars, gav the results of an investigation regarding 255 who were then living out of 94 who had taken part in the boat races. And his returns seemed to show that oarsmen were rather benefited than injured by the discipline and at ruggle. It must he remembered that the preliminary sifting, of the torpids, the eights and the trials weeds out the weaklings at Oxford who could not stand the strain. And every rowing man knows that the trained man who tumbles hack In the boat after a hard fought race is as fit as ever within a minute. Pretty Dolls of Paper. The materials required are very few and simple. A few old fashion plates (these can, no doubt, be obtained from mother), some thin card-hoara little tissue and thick colored paper, a pair of sharp Bclssora and a bottle of gum or paste are all that are necessary before you start to work. First cut out the figures from the fashion plates as neatly as possible and If there is an arm or hand that falls at the side, cut around It up to the armhole of the dress, as shown by the dottded lines In the illustration, so that it Is separated from the body. It may also happen that the hair falls on the shoulders. This should also be cut round neatly. pressure. Rowing Is a Great Strain. . Every lad In the land grows enthusiastic when he sees or reads about a close contest between oarsmen for the mastery over each other and in wardty vows that when he grows to manhood he will show the world Teats of skill and strength that will awaken Hut he does not stop to admiration. consider at what cost the oarsmen of reaeh the perfeetlon necessary to Insure a triumph over their rivals. A medical paper discusses the health of the oarsmen" and comes to no very definite conclusion as to the effect of training and racing on the after life of the varsity star. Some years ago the late Prof. Morgan In his y THE COMMON RESORT OF THE MAFIA. 1 r Suspended by Air Pressure, that the atmospheric pressure outside Is greater than it la insido the glass and that pressure holds the two objects together. The object in greasing the surface of the plate is to make a tight joint between that and the glass, so that the outer air cannot get Inside the latter. For the second experiment expend a plate as shown in the picture and adjust the strings so that it will hang level. Get a bottle with a hoi lowed out bottom all wine bottles are made in that way and having rubbed grease around the rim of the bottom hold the latter over the spout of a boiling tea kettle for a moment. The hot steam will take the place of the air in the hollow, and if you now presa the bottle firmly against the under surface of the plate and hold It there for a moment or two you may take your hand away and the bottle will not fall off. This is merely an other illustration of atmospheric HOW TO PLAY RAINY DAY MARBLES. one-poun- an future r Destructive Weapon Invented ifcly ban-- f Given e. phy-drout- 1 OF CANINE ACTOR. Honorable Interment New York Cemetery. New and Useful. After playing on the stage before The buoy for swimming and use In the czar of Russia, the empresa of life saving, here illustrated. Is really China, the mikado of Japan and oth- a with conical tube of india-rubbe- r long ers less notable. Tyras, a great Dane which can be Inflated by the ends, In buried honors with dog, has been mouth in less than a minute, and Is New Yorks dog cemetery at Scars-dalHia body lay In a rosewood coffin, the head on a pillow of flowers, and w&a followed to the cemetery by nine automobiles, containing forty mourners. Tyras was 13 years old and belonged to an actor. He had appeared on the stage in nearly every country of the world. He had been twice around the globe, and at the time of death wore a beautiful collar given to hlin by Cecil Rhodes. Ten years ago Prince Charles of Denmark gave the dog to the actor, who impersonated "great men of the past and present." The actor always had the dog by his aide in his Impersonation of Bismarck, as Bisviarck for years was always accompanied by his relche-hund.The Serpentine Buoy. wound about the body as shown then While returning from Australia last It is nine feet long, but very thin, thus January with his master the dog be- being easily carried in the pocket, came blind as the ship crossed the has the advantage of not Impeding equator. Arriving in New- York he respiration, and has been recommend was taken to a dog hospital, where ed for use In the French swimming he died of Bright's disease. A large schools. granite monument wNl mark Tyras Great Britain Is this year providing last resting place. for the construction of three great vessels of 18,000 tons displacement, or Submarine Telephones. A year or so ago when Prof. Puplna 2,000 tons more than tPo large vesInvention of a system of Inductance sels congress Jias just authorized. Dog The Keeper's Cottage. deceive, she will remain in h of the light until lack of strength makes her retirement For a year or more. that hj Tit to norm FRIEND. It burn under the mouth of the glasa. The heat will dilate the air In the glass, and as the air cools a partial vacuum will he created. But before the air has had time to begin to cool, press the Inner surface of the plate against the rim of the glass gently but firmly, and when you have held It there a moment It will Only a boy. with his fearful tread. Who cammt lie driven, hut must be led; hang unsupiKU-ted- . The reason Is Who troubles the neighbors dogs und cats. And tears more clothes and spoils more hats. Loses more tops amt kites and bats, Than would sto k a slote Only a Boy. mt his fun. Only a buy with his The veriest mystery uniter the sun. As brimful of mischief ami wit nml glee As ever a human frame can be Anil as hard to manage an what? ah. me! "lla hard to tell, Yet we love him well. as shown by the dotted lines In the diagram, leaving just the width of the neck. When the whole figure has been cut out paste It on a piece of thin cardboard, and, wheu dry, cut around If it with a pair of sharp scissors. you desire (he doll to stand alone, cut a narrow strip of the pasteboard, turn down one end, glue It on the back of the waist and cut off the same length as the doll. Thus you will have a prop for the figuro. a Funny Game. game popular among the Tllnklla, a tribe of Indians In southern Alaska, Is called Ha goo. The children range themselves in two parallel lines. In the center of one line is a player who bolds aloft a pole with a brightly colored piece of doth floating from It. Then, from the opposite line advances a little girl who holds out her hand for the decorated stick, while all her companions make faces, say funny things and "cut capers" lo make her laugh. If she smiles, ever so lightly, she Is out of the game; but If she ran keep a solemn face she takes the stick and goes hack to her own line while one' of the opposing players moves across the open space and tries in turn to keep a straight face. This goes on until there remains only one player who has not arailod, and this one wins the game for the aide. Ha-go- o A Gams of Slypha. For active young folks the game of sylphs is the latest form of amusement. It Is In reality electric battleTho two playdore and ahuttlecock. ers hold a wand each, theBO wands navlng been electrified by friction. The shuttlecock Is represented by a butterfly made of collodion. Tb butterfly Is thrown Into the air, and one or other player approaches the tip of his wand to the sylph; tu electrified wands repel the butterfly, which skims away as the wand draws to the outside of the ring anu start near. In this way the butterfly Is sent again. flying hither and thither without being Each player can move one space to touched. A very good game, with propthe next circle In front or to the side er rules, is made from this Idea. of the space he occupies, but cannot move hnck. Stons Forest. When a player .reaches a black dot Tho regions of the Little Colorado or "marble" he leaves his pin In It to river In Arizona abound In wonderful show that It Is "out" of the ring, and vegetable petrifaction whole forests after that, every other "marble" h being. found in some places which ar captures counts him two, for he must hard as flint, but which look as if but go outside and start over again on recently stripped of their foliage. another line with a new pin. Borne of these stone trees are standing It Is generally the best pulley to just as natural as life, while others devote your early moves to blocking are piled across each other just like another player, and when this has the fallen monarchs of a real foresL brought you near to a marblo to make Geologists say that the trees were once t, sudden dash for It, covered to tho depth of 1,000 feet wlthi Each player may chixise any start- marl, which transformed them from ing point he wishes, and when all tho wood to solid rock. Thla marl, after "marbles" have been knocked out, the lapse of ages, washed out, leaving1 the player having the largest number some of the trees standing In an upto his credit wins the game. right position, t |