Show after a year ij is it a yr year or ao 10 ol riu shaft tee we A er not ix t together lov toy since freni from my ride you turi away to seek sak waris alien otar above too tar far for 11 f elay la Is it a year or yeston tAy Is it a yar or yesterday since I 1 waa wa call tl upon in to beer A grief no balm efti e er r aay A woe that none apoy voe ir or a since you have uni punished shed my may oh say Is it a year ur or bissit I 1 it ft a year or ty since ince laughter laught rr diel i alf 1 upon my lips at 1 1 11 1 I became too md d to pray to 1 0 all my stars in and nd home a L paled 20 0 o gruy gray Is it U a year or yesterday Is I 1 it a imir par or A year yearl cries L 11 a year nut but pain with baill I 1 lips erica cries nay I 1 too nerce fierce the loo freh fresh the tear too pre lent seema the souls dismay in I 1 it a year or ye berday ausle at M blest in the century how the chinese save the sun it is strange that most ot of the na eions pay no attention to the suns sung troubles in china it Is far other wise the celestials cannot eee see the creat great light that rules the day suffer without making a splendid effort to rescue it when a total eclipse takes place the chinese officials gather at peking and arrange a solemn scheme of salvation they meet at the hall of rites and there they throw them selves on the broun I 1 and burn in cense and beat drums and gongs partly with a view to implore divine aid for the sun and partly in order to frighten away the evil spirits that are tormenting the luminary that this grand ceremony la Is a sorry farce does not seem to occur to their minds but it shows how childish the chinese are in spite of their ancient civi civilize liza alon and vast knowledge A samoan skyscraper samoa claims the original sky scraper although it concedes con cedea that new york builds them somewhat higher the government buildings ot of samoa are of of at the type shown our illustration giving the buttra construction the framework and the fibrous government house tutuila root allow for hurricanes which are supposed eur sur posed to pass through leaving tho the structure intact this particular structure la Is in tutuila domain under control of the united states 04 ferna that walk most ferns are confirmed travelers new fern grows from the under ground roots some distance away from tho old plant the average observer scarcely notices this but there la Is a native fern that steps 0 at so lively a pace its odd habit haa has long fur dished one of the unceasing enter tain ments of the woods the walking fern often carpets lodges and tops of shaded rocks the blender slender tufted leaf fronds are singularly la ta appearance they squirm about and walk alk by declining their taper tips to the soil and taking root there and growing in time clusters of new leaf fronds spring from such rooted tooted lips dy by and by some of cheso too bite the earth and taking root start still other coi onlea onles which in turn will continue the progress again and again naturally with the lapse of time the connection between the older tufts and the younger becomes broken yet one sometimes finds series of hue or torn linked together representing as many steps la in the pretty ramble correct presentiment A berne tradesman sent bis his eon son to for a holiday recently to visit some friend friends two days after his departure the father told his wafe that he had a presentiment that their eon con had met with an a evident adent he lie immediately left for geneva and arrived in time to see a doctor at tempting to restore animation to the boy who had been nearly drowned as the result of a boating accident he ile has now COM compactor recovered the cu loue lous part of the affair Is that the time of the accident coincided exactly with ith the moment at which the father though many miles away aay had the presentiment three horned giraffe old as is the laying saying that there is 1 nothing new under tinder the sun it U does no hold good in remote africa sir harry johnston Johne tun the special corn com mission of the uganda country recently returned to london and has b bought aught with ith him numbers of rew row animals never before known to exist tt one of at the remarkable creatures crea turee dis covered Is a three horned giraffe aside from tho thoi extra horn born this type of giraffe diners differs from tae the o kinary by having greater heat and a difference in coloring large black spots instead of the customary cuu omary brown and chestnut adorn the ekin skin A herd berd of these creatures was vas came upon by sir Itar harrys rys caravan he lie reported them to be extremely tame and on account of their additional horn and other un usual peculiarities the game regula attore of the country were broken and several erk i A male and a female specimen have town n mounted and pre preen sentil td to ibe the bondon zoological society and the british museum queer freak of nature A curious heik of 0 nature has been discovered recently at elih wycombe bucks A quantity of canadian birch timber arrived at one of tho the chair fac torata s these and in tie tle fenter center ot of one piece thirty six inches in thickness there waa vas found a young birch tree two tso and a half halt inches in diameter which had escaped the saw it had enjoyed an independent growth and it in 1 supposed that years ago a seed fell into a hollow part of the old tree and developed into a sapling which forced its way up through the trunk of its parent the hollow was completely tilled filled for a distance of several yards this curiosity la Is to be preserved mystery of dolmens dollens Dol mens huge rocks each resting on two smaller rocks arc are found in parts of europe they are called dolmens and are supposed to be tombs of hirmes though they may have been used as altars hottest spot on earth it Is not easy to gay which place bears the palm for the greatest heat beat nor does this seem to be an honor which towns are eager to claim one who knows however hoever say that bis kra in algeria it not the hottest point on the face of the globe I 1 Is certainly among the hottest spots puts though it Is situated 34 degrees north of the equator the aurea aures hills shelter it from the he old told t north winds while it lies ties at the mercy of the flery blasts from the sahara desert ita its average summer temperature ten la is 18 degrees h gher than blat of al at geria but after sunset it rapidly grows cold save when hen the sirocco or hot wind blows bhough in july the tha thermometer ha recorded de greis grecs in januar it t has recorded 15 degrees below fr freeing etIng point there are tio personally peno nally conducted tours to Bi Bl skara peculiar and fatal accident the kerry ireland coroner has held an inquest at kenmare kenmark on a young man who was shot st dad d nd la in extraordinary circum st ices lie ila w is walking aloag along the foot V in the village it age street a ca on 02 the guns of two sportsmen wore were lying passed him the sportsmen having left the car As tho the vehicle passed the wheel next the fOO footway flipped slipped into a bole and the jolt fired one of the guns which was loaded the contents of the exploded cartridge lodged in the young mans bead head and he fell dead accidental death was the verdict cost co the life of a hone horse to say his own life silas snyder a farmer residing near meyersdale Mey ersdale pa a day or two ago agn sacrificed hia his horse to a big she bear and two half grown cubs whick had attacked him snyder was searching for gome some lost hogs when ic in passing through one of the dense t parta parts of the mountain hia his hore reared as tha the three bears growling ferociously appeared before him in the dense growth the horse could not escape eo so snyder slipped to the groaned gro md and fled later laer a party of huntera hunters found the horse here he fell the flesh torn from the bones la in shred shreds by the bears famous sleigh 0 1 11 I 1 VA V J f 1 this in which peter the great traveled journia Journ ra s of thousands of miles la Is preserved la in a museum at moscow an optical illusion box tunnel in england Is nol not only perfectly straight but the railway track Is perfectly flat also when yoc yot approach the yawning mouth of the tunnel all Is I 1 blick and dismal looking but immediately you enter the dark dork portal you ae the other aud of the tun nel net some three miles away and so near does it appear that you can apparently patently ly emerge at the other end in a few steps hut but as you proceed the other othor end gradually dee dea and hy by the time you are half bait way through it la Is quite email small the illusion la Is very curious matrimony Is a desperate dee risk with no surety whether tho the investment will double up all right or prove a failure even a philosopher may lose bis his temper even a phrenologist may get i his bumps OWL ar |