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Show STRANGE AND CURIOUS THINGS THAT ARE ENCOUNTERED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF WORLD . DOG VETERAN. TEAR SEIF TEAR BIG IN IDE KIEL FOR FRENCH OSTRICHES. MACHINE MOTHER CANAL ISFSati An ostrich mag ba hwig beeaMag lata the werld. but when be at last arrives ha In else foe length af time sprat bg Intermited pemens in awaiting hla ocarina-mast ba humlHaanc o aa untvM fall ef lk wild spirit of the old Wo of hU nnera-teto realise later In hla career that bU war tftma. He panned TMi lot to hot engagements during the throsfti Transvaal trouble, bnl earn through It all unscathed. HI nan Is Jack and b la tlia meant of thaTlnit Scots Guard. It waa at liraage Borer ta'Novemher. 1MW, that he MUsted," and ha atrred throughout the war. Hit eourig and fidelity hare been reward ed br a medal and iln ban. which are won bn Mi collar. Mia bars rich represent a hard flght Belmont. Hoddrr Hirer. Johannesburg. Diamond Mill and Belfast It Is told that Jack was CjoI Are. When the troops retarned home iast gear he wag made mnrh of hr persona who admire any sort of a hero. mml Ingeaultg, even though she ei cedes a Ibtln ll takas forty dags to baarh one uf tbeao bl( agga, aad tha maetdao mandril when be eon templates hla more tupldlg hatched broiler eenelan of the (Makes ein le mag And soon comfort In the reflect km that bo lot lemuntii fowl. Drlet-foutel- The original wateh carried by Charles I. has fouod Ha war recently to 1hlladelpMa. The faUHins tiaieplm-- was rarrled bg well himself for gears. It la at present tha proper! y of Wllfres Powell, the British is at Philadelphia. The royal watch, which atl'.l ticks after a career of H8S gears, was made In 1M0 far King Charles I. bg the mral watchmaker of lost time. It la of I he oldest pattern, havlag (men made entirely by bead aad coating la Its The rase day a good round sum of mnaey. beautiful la ef ao'ld silver ornamented, ll la mads Tbe work. euter cast pierced flllgree uf rapper, with a handsome lealhsr-coverellver studded. An Oid Mirror. ShtoglrL .Poems By The Late Pops. Watch Of Charles I. ldIt I Hers la a glaaa which apparentlg can ha need either aa a mirror or window.' It resembles a mirror because it has the onk nary silvered aurface, get It la unlike a mirror tiecauae It la transparent. On the back of the tranapareat or traaalueeat plato la a coating, which conainta of a slivering material, amyl acetate, gas cotton sad fusel oil. This coating la also transparent of tmnslnrent, and ny meana of It tha plate la made reflective. .Thin tha Every sort of girl" la popular these dags, and thr flesh and blood autogirl has been eiuerlf followed bg thr mechanical motoglrl, which apparentlg caa do almost angthlag m soda, flhe baa made a bat enjoy conquest of Enrope, and erergsne whs hu com within her ape!) bows to hrraa qseei of her tins. 8ha walks and runs in a rarg lifelike winner. And the talks I the wouldn't be asp port - turner mother la an Incubator. Tha eaperl-mea- t of awheel rally hatch! ag three birds, sritleh furalah eipenriva pinmaa for my lady's bat, baa been tried at Wet. napld penults would be enormoua, but naturi la this rase wwut ba mreriMirried bg mast ... , Lao XITI. rompeard two tntla poems iw ceitlg, aad arat them t a German CatbolW Journal, la whlrb they will appear at an tally date. Before seeding thru, however, ba read thaw ts tw eirdlaeli whom ba coaaallsoa literary matter, and, t bln attaadaatn at the Vatican, n very Hrrly dlaeasalan took pine an thin In regard to IAo merits of th undent MiA On of tb rerdinala malalaiurd that Virgil aralled all the other Latin writers; tlir other spoke la favor of Ovid, bat las XIII. said that he preferred Horae to all other poets aad that th aider b grew tba better b ly ' Ukedblm. I. Label Language. a While yen aro abroad tbl' sammef sladg lb position of tb label afllxed t your trawling bags aa you go from one hotel t nether, and yen will gain some lutriwatlng facia coaerrnlag gear ebararteriitlct, ai viewed bg foralga hotel servant. writers la moat ef lb European hostel rtc work wlthonl rreolrlug wsgrs, and are, thrroforr, dependrat npw "tips" for Ibrli livelihood. flu It la much to thrir advanlaga t bar prerton kaowladg of Ik characle Parc of tbe Americas squadron which visited Germany not leug ago wart through the canal frum Kiel, that art 111 da I waterway which will a tend through time to tha credit of Kalecr Wilhelm. It la an Imposing night AN sow claim that hare befallen Hr. Kruger, the former president of. tha TransVaal. during the last few gears rort la a large measure doc to a diamond, and here are tha reasons wbg they are of this opinion. Cbaka. a famous Enla chief, was tha Brat owner of this diamond, and after hla death by a osa sol nation It passed Into tba bands of tha assassin, who wan bla own brother. Boon afterward this brother was In turn aaaaaalnated hy another chief of the trllie, and In this way the precious atone changed band again. It was destined. however, not to remain long In tba hands of any Enin, for tbe records show that within a few year It bream tbc property of 11 chief, each af wham bald power for a short time and then waa killed by some ambitious rival. Tha atono wa neat Intrusted to a committee, composed of prominent Zulus, whose duty wag Is guard It against thieves. persona the mlsfortaaca which BnperotKIoua s Its traaaparaucg, glass, while retaining all the reflective proper tin of n mirror No notable Improvement baa been nude In mirrors for a lung time, end for this of reeeoa the now that n new method ; bran discovered la ntlng them baa Interest. on Uian paaslag a THIS LAMB WAS RAISED ON A BOTTLE Bay-rlufant, but they, were plenty of empty tha asking. light whisky bottle to be had for rubber arrsnge-mrn- t, t a faihir and mother. And he baa evarg Mrs. Bynder supplied the and tb bleating the city the milk, tight to da so, because ever since hla rral father and mother died In order to satisfy limb's life wii saved. the craving men have for food, Billy ban reThree times a day Hr. Bnyder rqlU comes raaniag mind material aid from Hr, Bnyder la the Bir.y ! Billy I" and the Iamb or the voice. farm of bottle of milk with which to keep If it Im within the sound the keeper Ilka dog. and Ms orphin saal Usually It follow content together. to be near him. No arema perfectly Then ii nothing In (he elty'i appropriabeing, except perhapt tbe tion which wonld the keeper to draw other human permit have aug attraction for children, ' hpoa the eommlmarg department for a keeper'a It, although It In given the freedom ef the halig'i bottle folly equipped for conducting goo, and Is made much of bg tka folk along food Into the Interior arracgrmriti of aa the walks. Billy the lamb coualdera Hr. William of the Central l'ark Koo, la tbe r, fair Meg af tbs waterway aad the rise and draught of tbe ahlpa that amp pn thraagk it. Tha Germaa Empire has MI cilia with pupils Ueaa betwoen 10,000 aad 100.000. Colors Of Flowers. DIAMOND! ILL-LU-CK 'I ( a girl If she didn't, bat she posaeieen thin e lieatlmable quality, which few women will hold her tongue the moment hiwhi h h lo desired. All In all. she le not a bad Mill mechanical miss, and she bears tbe fartwliy of her audiences with the ralm eqiiiiwlty of an actreea of long eiperlence, to nee a huge war ship pass slowly a leaf tha Canal, aad the photograph hero reprodnrod show tbe German flagship Kaiser Fried-ricwhich at the time bad Prince Hearg aboard, it la an add view,' aad gives ana n ' Ucaawhlle th Boar bad heard af this wonderful diamond, aad with tha abject af obtaining posses! on of It several of them marched late tea Enla country. A flrrre - battle followed, la which BOO Enina were killed, bat tba diamond was aared bg a Zula, wba hid It In a gaping which had been mi da by a ball a musket. Tha Boers, therefore, did not get It on that occasion, but soon afterward they did. for they captured th Zulu wbe hid bidden h. and aa President Kroger promptly set him at liberty he presented him with. tha diamond as a token of his irttitvdta Ha one knows whether ' Oona Paul" still has the diamond or ant. Whoever has It la the possessor of a beautiful and easily stone, for It weighs over HOP earata. FiWImo dnga bava been driven fortg-A- r miles over tbe Ice la flv hour. ,A picked team of then dona osca traveled six miles minutes. la twenty-righ- t it flame latercet lag statistics In regaN (he colors of flower were reewtlg compiled bg a Germaa ackutlSf. According t Mm, out of 1.000 sparlsa ef flower IM arc white. 221 yellow, 230 red. 144 Imm, T3 violet. M grace. U orange, d brown and I black. he saga that aalg one sped rat of every 10 baa sag perfowr. Among white flower II rat of every lw apraie bava perfume, among red flowers I, among groan A among yellow sag vloet, each f, among range and brown, each A aad among Mack flowers, none. At flnt glance tkeac flgnraa socm to bo comwho tahiw Ur trouble I plete. but uujouo add those which arc given la ngard t tba colon of flowers will And that tba total amount to WT aad sot t 1.000. Cocae-queat- lf It I aridrat that In avarg 1,000 spectea thera ara three which mast ba af soma eitraordlairg color, alar they ara neither white aor yaltaw cor red aor bias nor violet aw g rasa orange nac brows aw black. . . ar Tba rayal watch runs M bann wiib on Only raa band la need In designate th tlmr. There is a silver ball enclosed la the allvw ease, on which the hours ara struck. Thera I also aa alarm attachment. The wateh la four aad a half lache a la diameter aad aa inch aad a half thick. Cromwell kept th watch a a personal far gear. After tb Restoration It frll Into lb hands of Joseph Kipling, ef OrcrstoB Huoat, North Hama, England, nn ancestor of Badgsrd. Kipling. Joseph was aa of Hr. 1owrll, the present owner of tbc watch. winding. Nip-lin- r Thr Aults ef Turkey aad th Quran af th Netherlands ara tbe only tolnt abstainers among European sovereigns. London grata barn 4O.0UD tone of coal on a cold winter's dag. Tbe product of tbl In 400 tons pf aolphar. Only 4AH.M acera of Groat Brltiaa's acres af farm land ara farmed gAMAflOO bg tb awnars. SNAPSHOT OF A HOOKED AND LEAFING TARPON. af 11 patrons they era-- 1 wnlt open, la tha photograph bar produced tb bag wMei tba hotel porter la klrklng la labeled Eagles have beta aotieed flying at a bright af A U00 fast aad storks aad bnaaarda at 1000 feat. A lark will rls to th soma ' bright, aad to will crows. A a rale, however, bird do aat fly at a greater height than 1,000 feet. ts represent that thr owner I mesa and rafales la Up" servants, wbil tb portmaw-tea- i which h hu picked np tradariy do-ao- through Its laliel, which la pasted squarely, that It owner In liberal and eon Merit of tbra wh aarvw him wL OSTRICH FULLS SHALL DOG CARL Th Ml rich hu other nscs than to contribute to th maaafartara af picture hats, la some parm ef South Afrkia It renders valnaM scvvlrc u a beast of burden." Th attempt ha been mad la California to ksnicas It I" a raring aalky. When thoroughly broken It will draw such a whirl smoothly aad swiftly for mites at a time wlibrat bushing Its stride. i - Tba aecom panging reproduction lllmtratea aad authenticate probably as unique nnd difficult accomplishment In photography a that of which sag living object ever has bars the anhjrat. Hr. frank H. Frlsbmuth. lo whom tbe credit of inking both Ike flak and snapshot belongs, la a retired capitalist and lives s Riverton, on the Delaware. A true aad s aportaraia on both land and sea. hr is a famous hunter and angicv. wiih an s, luorc-nwrecord a a tarpon an enth-i!tl- c amateur phMugrapher. sn'-cunrolvcd thr a of slniulrd 'and iiac Slid aruusig capturing a tarpon u n vet-re- uneu-rallc- fl H-I- i ld-- wl-.- camera, which, after over twa yearn of eiTort and many fallarn, he flullg succeeded la doing. Tb watery sxpauaa crerloeird by Fort Hger waa the- - trek of hi remarkable double victory, and bis spoils a tarpon, six feat frar Inches la tengts. writhing hundred and fifty pounds, and f splendid snapshot of the game monster aa It burled Ha Irld-acc- ut body high lu air la the dcsp-- ni bat futile -- Ifurl to anep she line - rliown In the plriure. Inflnm idi-- of the -- trenuoii- diflU-uHIc- which r, Irhli volved I, the e . mnricsvd nf pal'-eamay he I. gathered a tua fart that be was rern- - ff time to band! pelled at am aad lb asmsfish with hla left rad aad reel aad play bis band only; ta watch with thr trained ye It rls. aad of aa expert wing allot for white further handicapped by the unstable motion of hlo boat, to hold hls;kodk firmly Ingripped between his knee sad to take stantaneous nnd airs rate advantage of the onaoeultp to focoa the aohject and eloa the slide. liHl RllgfOT- Ml UlUDT Ul1 ;ulim- - randiiiuns must b harmonl'iu-uaiursl. comblad. ai d su tf wotiM niii and feat is deaiiaen Mr. seem that to aland uurtreiied -r a long lm to come. A1; o im-r-w- f- It has remained far a loath African mer rhsnt, hawerer, to harness aa utrlch to high dogcart. Tha bird I eminently adapted for th purpose. Th shafts, which flt aadar It urine, are held high enough to modal tbc highest ear designed. Its strength la nfltelcnt for all which ha placed upon It. while its ' la saidmag to rival that of au automobile ao-ro- two-ator- g |