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Show THE WORLD'S WONDERS. SoMXTniNO strange lately affeoUd tho Csh In Hong Kong waters. For many days they were In a state of itupor, and allowod themselves to be caught by hand, making no effort to escape. Duntno tho recent cyclone an old barn on the plantation of Mr. Johnson, near Quitman, Ala., was blown apart, but several hundred busbels ot field peas that wero upon the floor remained undisturbed. A sixTXBS-TCAn-OLD negro boy living near Milan, Tonn., was born with only ono eye, thcro being no traco of another. an-other. IllsbodyUcovcredwlthugrowUi of small hairs, rosombliug wool, giving him tho appsaranco of a brute animal. Tux city of Imnlan, in Grant llu charla. Is cut In tho nt lo of n mountain Thcro - '. - . 1 1 it -i moll cavos, tome ory lavtje, and twi statues, ono ninety tho othur twenty feet high, each bewu from u slngh utono. A iiuiiiisn of workman who wen drilling an artesian well nt Center vlllo, la., tupped a cubtcrrauean cavlt. at n depth of nearly six hundred fool that was completely filled with liv hatoof lb-1 --wi ornv sneclos am jLljl rMaTnsils Color!cr- Thcro exists a wldnspread and irre-pretslblo irre-pretslblo manln for mutilating tbo silver sil-ver nnd gold coins ot tho Vnltod States by turning them into lockets, charms, bowls for spoons nnd other article of ornament nnd personal adornment Happily, tho fashion of nttacblng them to b aoclets ns bungles has gono out. Tho demand for bangles a few years ngo brought into existence all over the countiy, as If by magic, gilt and gold pieces In Imitation of tbo gold dollar. Those found a ready Bale, and in some instances bocomo current nn genuine money. A vigorous cmsado against tho manufacturers induced them to alter their designs. Clusters ot oolns for papor weights and for the tops of candy boxci to mako them look as If they wero overflowing with money are always popular. Of tho latter the sect se-ct ot servlco captured and confiscated loreral thousand during tho last year. The counterfeiter has found a uo of his own for theso clusters. When caught la tho net ot making these false coins lie 1 provided with a number num-ber of clusters already put together. Ilo points to thorn as ovldonco that ho U simply engaged In making clusters of coins for ornamental pur pons. Washington Star. 1 ' ii. 1 in ii m . |
