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Show ' V ,f Vi t c i in t . . i I L - i ! 1 i ? t , i j DRUM CAPTURED AT BUNKER BILL. historical roll oh at Ik moat vsluible l a drum that sounded h a I'niied Uutea Baltic of Buuker Hill and saw service encounters Ju tha b hbc of tko I greatest HOW the prop.rty of the bMlutlon. It UkiTd A. Plernc Poet, Grand Artur of the Mass. lshllr, of Nek Bedford, B h a anare drum, of British make, much character of drum tok.ir fkao the sameoror to thia country by ur It wa brought Engliab redcoat. He was killed at 3 iposc MONKEY AND CHILDREN NEW GERMAN FIRE -FIGHTING DEVICE PLAYMATES. Buuker HQ!, and tke drum fell into the banda of the Continentals. lirael Smith, the the graudslre of Leri binllb, who prcsc-uteilnim to the poet, wai the drummer to the farnoua Rhode laland conipuuy that atuod the a charge at Buuker Hill. Later, when the drew lota over the drum, youuc Smith became lto possessor. Many a luaiy cLarge I,evl Smith beat on the drum during; tout ntvgf'e that followed. Then la 1M1 young Israel Smith marched away with the old drum slung over hla ahouldor. Aa elaborate dr Ice haa been lutrojuct-f- i among ihe firemen of several German cities to the mra to enter liunilng buildings or past through fire nr smoke without s. rionv Inconvenience. The new equipment consists of a suit not unlike that worn by divers. The entire fare aad hud are completely covered by an air rglu helmet, connected with a hose, whl.-reach. to the outer air. The hose Is supplied with a cur ..j i rent of fresh air, which Iv pumped f.nrj some po'ut of safety. A eloni nqie is also atlaetivd to the tlrcuiiu' waist In be uaid la case of accldcut. York baa two huurind and fifty lomdisi mure tlura five hundred Bill New York's hoiels will hold nearly as uuny people as lamdon o greater number. N.-- hotel. i i i ' i t A tame and well trained monkey I said to be oue of tbe uioat interesting playmate Aa might lie expected, they art, Imaginable. up to all aorta of trlcka and display au Ingenuity which no mere child cuu Jiupa to Imitate. BCG Emanuel Paetych, of Prague, wnarreeully Mi leu at night by a watch dog to Ma nelgrhlHjr, Maurice H'cltierl. anil straight-wa- y hr began au!t and demanded a large sum as damages. When lbu ease came up lu court, the drfrutlanl'u attorney said that he intended to summon thu dog aa a witness, hts object bring to proTetbat he was not ! wicked animal and tbat la biting the plaintiff at bight he bad only done hla duly at a watch dog, Tbe dog was then Introduced, A A A Presenting the Keys. Four Homed Ram. fcae enrlnut old feudal custom stilt i England. and among them M the one d presenting to the rilling sovereign the TV of any city whii.-he may happen to ddt. Thua a hen King Edward visited Hliborgh recently one of the Aral aeti of lord Pruvoet wai to hand him the keya d the dry. Urge and meselve keya they are, aa tha lUuatrathm shows, and the ueeaipanylng ng would have-beenaewhetantiplnased 1 hid been required to keep them long Rim witb four horn am noth common alghl, aud consequently when eome were exhibited In Loudon recently they attracted much atteutlun, . Thfa.i ruriou animal are ahown In tbe accompanying picture. They were Imported from Egypt, together with some eamela and gaieties, and for never! day crowd of v 11 tor watched them for hour. Eicept that they have more than tbe usual eomple-meof horna they do not differ much from ordinary ram. They are, however, some- - to PROVED A X. Hauolanx, wbo waa formerly French Minister of Foreign Affair. Iv generally regarded aa one of tbe most distinguished men In Europe, yet that his name la by no menu familiar to the rising generation the following Incident clearly shows: , . At a recent exaininr.tion which, was held for the purpose of filling vacancies among Ihft school teueben In France forty-fou- r candidate, all of whom were store than sixteen years of age, were instructed to The Vnlted Hiatea now has three ell lea of more than a million Inhabitant, but the fuurtb, fit. I .ouls, haa about UuO.OOO. WITNESS. GOOD ever, look not the sllghleat notice of hla departnsp. and when Ibe Judge called him he trolled up to him and gav him a paw. and thru went to iy hla rrapevta to several other persona In the room. Hla rnndnet at fhla moment waa so good that be waa loudly applauded, and the Judge promptly rendered a verdict lo the effect that be had and only bllten the plaintiff la that conieqocntly no damages could ba allowed. aud Herr Denk. a veterinary surgeon, who had lorn summoned aa aa riivri, showed I o tin sutlsfacllou of every, o:.r In court that lie wai a nipsl good temp-- il animal. Hu leased him In ev cry poke'bie way. Inil the dog remained root, and filially gut rid of hla turmeinor by hiding under a lieucli. At this point the plaint JIT a attorney maintained that the only reason why the dug was so docile wan because hla master waa present, whereupon the Judes asked Herr Wclnert to lcare tha rooip. The dog, how DIFFICULT . 'NAME pp i The throe are excellent friend and quarrel lew, U It and, than most rblldreu. The acrompanylng photograph thowa a German very happy trio, conelstlng of children and a monkey. The monkey, which I the constant unusually large, has playinnle of the Hide girls for several year. TO - ch by M. Bino-ti.u- a copy frwtfi dictation a aud ties algu it wilrlil name: Au for envy tank, apparently, the speech was read aloud by thru different persona and ample time wa allowed for (he work. Great, thereinto, wav tile surprise of the examiners wheupthey found that only ten of tbe candidate bad spoiled the name llanotaux correcOy. The others had din- -' covered ntiietecn dlfferevl ways of spelling II. Two had spelled it !lanuleau,3Hun- - qf Freak Stone House. I It Is safe to My that then is BO more substantial summer house la tha world than an a titled Englishman made fur himself t Ltertiyahlre. It la carved, or, rather, dug ant of the solid rock. A bug triangular bowlder 19 fret In height was selected for the purpoee. The hot use complete cons In la of a large room, which la entered by a spacious doorway, whlla light lh obtained from I Automatic Insurance. SPEL 1 Hanotau. 1 Anntaa, 8 Aaolot, 1 Annul of, S Anotaui, 1 Anoto, 1 Anaulot, I Auuolan, Anolaud, S Hakitol, 1 Alotaux, 1 Ilalctot, 1 Amoteanx. 1 A met a u. 1 Faloco, linnctau and 1 Culotot, Two of the sensibly declined to display their Ignorance by guessing at the name aud left ilia space on tbe paper blank and a third one simply wrote the Initial letter A." and made no attempt lo write tbe rest of tbe ntot, name. In the aeenmpanylng pMnre la shown a novel machine by means of which ard-de- nt Inauranco polldrw ana lined auto- matically, Tho machine, which defies fnnd, looks Ilk a clurk. When tint appllcaut droia hla roll Into the slot ba pulls forward a handle, when out drops a pencil, already sharpened, aud an opening ia dlacluotHl through which tho signature Is made. Then the client pushes liark the handle end elniultaueously flip pace elnae and an luRuraac pulley la Issued through another luL . I no lee than lx windows, also rut through the walla. The summer hone la raid to b always cool and comfortable, evea la tha A betteat weather. mm as kkb poeenn. Fortunately, bower irpeeillly yellered of tbe burden, fo tbit the frunafer of th "ln'iita he merely formal and tl "xl return then to the I mvoat au anoa aasafekeeping the etramu ratauilon mm If Aft If 1 1 Ilk Kfi . 'ongnage to V uatUtldan who baaaccording made a atn eoaiparatlTe wealth of langiu "111 fnorn,on vocat "two German come wort: then Italian, withnexl7 with 80.000: Tnrklah, with S Spanish, with 20,000. . TOWER A lt f lAft vo&duiM. n,,t miliar objects are often made unieroBDliabta by merely changing point of view. Every one has stood the tfH.i or a church tower, for Ineiance, looked directly upward ; but tha pho- JjJ w ht more fierce and fnuder of liberty tbn their European and American cousins. It I aald that lever! oilier rama of tbli specie are lo be Imported Into Europe and that an attempt will he midetodomeKlleate them. That they will thrive In any temcertain, but on perate c'lmate I ennalih-rcthl point no our ran apeak with authority until several teal have been made. In order to prevent the extinction of the chxmoia in tbe Swiss Alp, a law baa been pawed In Grioone, HwUterlond, prohibiting the ihootlng of chamola In tha mountalna A real chamois akin la now worth $50. GAZING. t . . tngrapb taken from tbe mom point of slew appear distorted paat recognition. A little study Of the picture presented herewith jrlli aoon euh one to trace the familiar lines of tha windows and arches aa they dbnverge with exaggeyted perspective. . The largest stone sluluu In Ibe world I probably that of Buddha, which waa carved It waa long ago by the faithful of libs cut from solid rock, and waa the labor of SUICIDE Four and a half gallons of spirit! can be made from a bushel of corn. Long Haired Horse. rase I Ihe more remarkable, there ha long been a popnlar notion that no human being could by mere will power atop the action of the lungs for mors than one or two minute. For this reason It ba attracted much attention, and a French writer, commenting on It. says: To persons of good taito who are weary of life thl method of committing suicide will certainly commend itself, one reason being because the body la not' disfigured .be act u thereby, and another be committed In any place and at any time. It is true that sensitive or nervoui e person a will never be aide- - to kill In thia manner, for, simple as It eema, the art of retaining one's breath nntll death come ran only be performed by ore wbo I either unusually phlegmatic or endowed with a very atroi.g will." bo-atu- them-selv- Sailors Life Span. may (laud or kneel during the service. MADE EASY. That It I possible to commit sulride by simply holding one's breath haa beam clearly proved by a despondent who recently killed himself la this very unusual manner. When he determined to die he closed hi month and nostrils and by mere force of will prevented hla lungs from doing their proper work. Thl .rtcatnhenl. Ihe bead years. Tl'. Hg"11' being slightly raised, a though reeling upon a pillow. A wide platform sArrouada the flatur, on ifblch several thouesnd people a horse hi been exhibited at one' of tho English horve shows which la believed to have tha longest man and tall of any bora In the world. Tho mane, wMrh waa rich lad thick, measnred tea fact eight inches la length. Tha tall wa early Against the signature Inside the maehlna la printed the exart dale aud tha tlma to the vary minute when the policy was Issued. If the Inanred meets with an accident within seven days ho applies to tha Insurance company for hla weekly allowance, tad If hla name la on taa ivglater retained by the machine tho policy la paid. This mw and very simple method of obtaining such polMev la be cam lug quit popular In Great Britain. Nearly 8.481 person bream insane la England and Wale last year a higher number than la any year slave record nav been kept. The Increase over tiw previous year was 3.351. .... On Catamount Ull', at Colraln, Mis., n monnment hit been ralvd to mark tbe site of the llrat flag raised over any achoolbooac In the L'nlted fitalri. The flag in question wit displayed In May. 1813, from a log sclioolhouae which atood on tha hill. it If one think of aallera aa being short lived we would probably give aa a cause of early death drowning, or. In tha matter of disease, rheumatism would ba the dlaeaa which would moat readily auggeet Itself to ouF thought. I v anther, liy on all tbat concern tha health of the tailor, says It I a fact that coneumptloa claims the largest lumber of victims from tha seafaring das, aud h attributes this, Dr. Colllngrldge. a great English ' s. t fact to the small portion of air allotted to eifh berth la the sleeping arrangements board ship. Th maximum spiv allowed cubic feet, while Dr. sailor la aeventy-twColllngrldge points out that, from a moderate sanitary point of view, ona hundred feet should be provided. t . MONUMENT TO THE TROPIC OF CANCER. The Xexlean National Railroad has free' i d a monument, with suitable Inscription, marking the point where tbe globe I crossed enrion by the Tropic of Cancer. This very pirtura shown tbe monument.. r It I of wood, feet king. twelve feet blgb and twe THIS CUCUMBER A CONTORTIONIST. uty-fou- ie feet long. Tbe hair wit peculiarly of: and glossy. seven While square dance represents only half a mil of walking nr moving, an average of waits take daacera ever three-quarter- s a mile. top there are two arms painting set two sonea. It la situated on dauett ground, a few mile south of Chtsrec. On lh the Tbe United Btatu now hut h Y: 3,346 n V'; IS ; r Head Hunters. . AFi .H A Mii -- w . v Ton might well think this tome tort of big cm farmlnft. of a wire fence, when It It If alongside grew the did not otherwise Inform bog captlun roncludud to try and ret through. It waa you. Tbre bare been many fresh rcte-tabi- c worknl more partly ueerssful. niid.ib-- bi'lng hM which have taken on various groIlian half way out. to turn Isi'-tesque forms, but lb! cucumber !r not a i nxaln. with the rrnlt yon her. The of jjii caoumli. r egglv to the llief Jrck bnxraveIv of any such n aunblaiu. Xtu. . ndci: It p progressive sort of thing hat. were then, sea in cgi ial,i, it must I W bicb ran np ag.nust tbe coi.dltiouv of mod- surely be a woman. .'I Bead hunter lo tha ms given to the aieaastne of the Solomon profeaslonal laland. The vocation of fha mn la to procure the haa da of those whom they are hired to murder or to sell the victim tor sacrificial parpoaca. Sometimes the enemies of a man offer large sum. to bo paid la tha native a bell money for tbe head, which will hr a proof of death, and the head hunter, with cold blooded and unscrupulous methods. lays hla plans. Frequently great caution I necessary. Tbe intending murderer will worm hlu way luio the friendship of his victim, and a lot.g period may eiapve before the opportunity will arrive for tbe futal wrote. It it sv thua often bnpiien that the murdered will have beea Etuugissseil by man' me whom he ba regard'd a H closest Kun-lthis anti nriKt loving of intimates. is Hie moat h'"ful of all prufevibm for the Hike t g'n. lth if k n |