| Show Accord according hig to official reports more than persons oran or an average of more than annually have been killed by snakes in india in the 25 years preceding 1911 in the same period more than cattle died as a result of snake bites some time ago a plot against the reigning ameer of afghanistan was discovered the conspirators were cp cap aured and nine oi of the ringleaders ring leaders were executed at kabul the afghanistan capital the condemned men were executed by being beine loaded into a cannon and blown out by a charge of ader marshall P wilder humorist enter 6 lipiner twiner and author autho of peaple I 1 have s sed with the sunny y side of the x g t street t etc died recently at st paul miep he was barn in geneva N AW V a 1859 after a meager education TWO s schools he began life as Z 9 later developed consider 9 a lillith lil lity as a humorist and enter iti 1 1 alft ll ft ate blake principal of a new school in order to off mr 1 impossible possible the influence fluence lu of mosey teaching of history in the obtained stained Ita ined a peace petition edition a half long and conta containing ning school children from 28 1 I petition bearing the 0 children is to be 1 aej n lie american peace so 51 from the war r 1 I europe rope T ayup a native of tur bitis il ago in new york mond 0 atad in life in turkey hjad f buaer th the U b been cen paid to her under the kwof turkey the estate is vested i in the t recently brought suit in fhe shenew 1 bew york courts to obtain it the th supreme court of that state has ruled ahai that the hiie sultan is entitled to the N libei life insurance ini urance scientists tw have long disputed as to wather wh ther I 1 insects have organs of smell similar to ia those of other creatures or br whether bethe they were able to smell by some other means dr N E mcindoo of the smithsonian institution washington I 1 D C has made careful experiments and has studied the subject painstakingly recently he has ha announced that the organs of smell are located on the legs and wings of 0 I 1 the I 1 various various insects he has examined mayor hurley of salem mass was charged with failure to enforce the liquor laws and at a special election held recently the first ot of its kind in new england he was recalled by the voters of that place M S 3 okeefe candidate of the better government association defeated him the political charter under which hurley had been elected stipulates that whenever the thae required number of citizens sign a ishall rd I 1 call petition the mayor must stand against some other candidate at a I 1 special election in the past month the reform court established by warden osborne at sing sing sine prison in new york and made up of prisoners elected by the inmates handled 34 cases all of which were minor offenses oBen ses in 18 cases charges haj had been preferred by guards and in the remainder prisoners had preferred ted charges against prisoners nine A cases were appealed to the supreme court consisting of the warden principal keeper and head bead of the prisoners prisoner organization in the corresponding month a year ago ol of tenses were reported to the officials I 1 FOR RENT A 4 room house on main street inquire of archie aichle dunn the distance from which vultures and eagles can capy their prey is almost there are separate operations in the manufacture manul ot 0 a watch that sells for a dollar Roina romanda Roman fa has a powerful array army well equipped and trained the approximate war strength is in china an oil well has hai been drilled to a depth of feet with the most primitive of native tools under normal conditions human beings perspire perspire about twice as much when sleep aileen as when awake A new mew jersey man has invented a machine which ach pitches balls wherever they are wanted anted and with varying speeds to give players batting practice chopped hair has been beeg successfully substituted for skin in skin grafting by a french surgeon due to the fact tact that hair cells can be transformed into skin cells the deb debris lilt left fro from ra coral after it has bee been made into articles ol of jewelry etc is crushed scented and sold as tooth powder at a high price price by indian perfumers perfumery ers in japan private individuals own only the surface of the land and its products all mineral deposits beneath the surface being the property of the government A curious means of communication is the drum drum language ol of a tribe tib e in in the congo cong 0 these th esc people by this al J m eins ena converser Conver sir conal de w t the adjutant or a bird of indu india of the stork species will swallow a hare or a cat at whole it stands five feet high and the expanse of its wings in nearly fifteen feet A marvelous flower grows on the isthmus of tehuantepec its chief is the habit of changing its color lot during the day in the morning it 1 is white when the sun is at its zenith it is red and it at night it is blue A micro thermometer omeler has been invented that is so delicate that it is capable of registering seawater sea water temperature pera ture changes to one thousandth of 01 a degree the instrument is intended to enable ships officers to detect their approach to icebergs some medical authorities now regard the common potato as of value in the treatment of inflammation of the joint fluid gout lumbago rheumatism etc they favor its use raw as a bandage and in some cases advise hypodermic injections of it experts in wireless telegraphy are greatly pleased at the extreme range and power of 0 the government wireless station at arlington la in virginia I 1 the station is in constant communication with the station on the eiffel tower in paris it has also been able to communicate muni cate with san diego in california during daring the day time A few years ago all the immigrants rants in n this country were crowded together in city tenements there are still million of them in th the cities but they are going in great numbers to the th farms elarms when the federation of jewish farmers or 0 america which was organized organic ed only five years yeara ago recently held its annual meeting there were representatives from sixty three local associations in as many rural ties in eleven states parchment manuscripts nemly neaily eight hundred years old from which the int ink has faded from view have been read by a berlin scientist who photographed them with ultra violet rays russia is 20 times larger thin than france and germany put together 8 I 1 square miles and her population Is i supposed to number mote more than that ol of germany the railroad connecting chile and bolivia which crosses the andes 14 feet above sea level provides oxygen chambers in which passengers can get relief from the ratified air of the high altitude patrons of a philadelphia boardinghouse missed a number of pieces of jewelry recently and complained to the police earl fratz a 2 fellow boarder was wa arrested on suspicion but when his clothing was searched nothing was found As the prisoner was led from his cell the officers noted that he limped slightly and made him remove his shoes on each little toe they found a diamond ring miss lillian post fust and george lary lived near each other in new york and were childhood sweethearts the romance continued as they yew older until at last lary proposed sa marriage arriage miss pot post did not refuse the offer but ask him to wait then lary fell sick with typhoid fever ever the attack was not severe or dangerous but lary was somewhat uneasy if you will go through with a formal betrothal with me I 1 will feel much better belter and so will yop he said to miss post she admitted that he spoke truly s so n man arose from ahls e A ahw C hupf tt it 1 of a nearby minister where sherea a ce ceremony ri 1 which they thought tobe a formal be was lary recover ed from thi the illness and for 10 years the couple have lived near each other as neighbors recently the girl discovered that the ceremony supposed to have been merely a betrothal was in reality a marriage ceremony and that for 10 years sho she had been the legal wife of 0 lary strange to sly siy however the childish love had faded and died out of her life she applied to the court for an annulment which was granted without any opposition arom from lary who evidently hid bid also for forgotten gottert the love of hi his s youth the hindu members of the printing staff of the malaya times singapore annually perform the ceremony of pro pil vitiating lating ting the gods supposed ased to reside in the printing machinery on such occasions ca the composing and machinery rooms are converted into weird chambers of mystery dimly lighted bv candles ca P adles and oil lamps and heavily scented with incense and perfumes is each machine is garlanded and rice rice cakes any bananas are placed as offerings on the size and importance of the respective machines at the appointed time braziers of smoking camphor and d cocoanut coco anut oil are carried around and held before each machine the engine I 1 I 1 ine used for developing power loi for t the e machinery being given a special smoking more than people of india are said to regard with profound reverence a budihas Budd has tooth which is kept at kandy in ceylon this city was nothing more than a simple mountain village at the time the holy grinder was carried there in the century but now the temple where the tooth reputes is annually visited by thousands of pilgrims who bring valuable gifts of every kind annual contributions are sent by the kings of burma and slam siam for the support of the temple according to tradition the tooth was found some 2000 years ago in budihas Budd has ashes and for centuries it was wa the marriage dower going with certain favored princes it finally fell ell into the hands of the portuguese who in 1560 burned it when it was desired to effect an marriage it became necessary to provide a spurious tooth and what appears to be the molar of a wild wila boar or ape was ed for fh p occasions 01 b U 11 ua f a and it t plays y an important part t in n near 1 ly all state ceremonies ani processions professions process ions j |
