Show 3 f AV 1 I k of L k na climbing the aps aw ar at I 1 r X w ank p 9 r xa 4 01 1 7 P of 4 travelers who byh find delight in mountain climbing gt got ahelf fill of f t tha hat rather ahr dangerous Jn ru port in the th pennine alp alps our illustration hw shows a part party negotiating a precipitous alifi in those itallia mountains munt aln the photograph being ln taken at one n of those rit leal when a 41 ml step ti or r a failing allan boulder means almost certain disaster PROPOSALS IN THE ALPS in remote 11 ballets and vil 1 lages lag in the bernese ober land there still exist ancient and pretty customs or of proposing marriage by the language of at cower flowers 1 it a maid accept A fauquet of edel wel from A man she he at tho the earne name alm time accept accepts him as her fiance glance the lda idea being that the man MAP has h risked bla his life tc obtain the this flower glowers for the woman be he love L another nother ok method which allota in the canton of glarus ie Is for fie cia a to aa a flowerpot flower pot contal containing allig A ingle roce rose and a note on the win window dow till of the this girl a room when she be if is absent from home and walt wait perhaps laya laye for a reply if 11 the maid take takes the roae rose the young mart boldly eaten enters tha the bouse house to arrange matten matter with ner vier parent parents but it the rose in allowed to fade away tho the proposal li Is rejected without a bingle word having baring been ex chanced changed between the couple bora sota amt time a a fickle girl girt will kp keep a young man waiting a day or two for an la aa na ivor TYPICAL WELL IN PERSIA water Is I 1 a prec loul commodity coic odley la in moet most part parts of persia 1 and the well wells usually are protected by a dame of 0 caad send and mud like the ote ibea in the illustration the women carry the water from the wella wells la in jugi jugs borne OB on their head heads WHAT SOME PEOPLES EAT after all food 1 is purely a matter of taste tho kaumo dell dellaha in roice in tallow then the chlupsa consider tn eider that alligator alligators mice and ra rale le form most ex cellest Cel leat jt foodstuffs A c certain r tala tribe of indian indians la in california thrive upon ant ants 1 on the continent butterflies butterf ll are rOmett mes eaten the this enjoy goldfish and in japan a good dial dl of nh fish ia Is eaten raw the south american Americ av ludI andla AAs go breting for caterpillars kill hem them b by r crushing their head heads aad and then pack them carefully CAte tUlly in fa until required for table ue use sime of the natives of australia Auit ralla lire live lit upon a the eede seeds of different species of they also eat certain roots and aad bulb bulbs and the gum obtained from artt abott another aar australian delicacy dell cAcy ie is the flesh of nake snake and a favorite jash called tai Is I 1 composed compo eed of t a buet i SCARE elves BM D MAN HAIR i scared 00 0 o badly it in an n encounter with a catamount that his pate bald tor for ean Is BOW colt beginning to sprout new now hirsute adornment is I 1 the export mca of B S it Gra graham barn a planter UT tag tas near sitar murfreesboro ark S 4 AUSTRIAN BUREAU bureaucrat GRAT B BUSY no urn sum li Is too insignificant to ea cape the attention of the austrian ba raj crat in the welner weiner there AP appeared Pearel A long official notice from the his ourt of justice calling upon the legitimate representatives of the late count frani who ho died on november 14 18 1 to withdraw a deposit from the tra treasury sury of the civil court of justice which had lain isla there for more than 30 years biti in th the period of ono one six weeks abd three day days the euln in question loa is one ong heller holler one oze tenth of a penny ve ny FOOTPRINT IS HIS NEMESIS nil 1118 1 footprint on the dusty corer of it albl sect sent william IlAr greA to the texas state penitentiary for tor two ream he ile robbed the etore store of W W pruitt of roanoke lat last march mr pruitt discovered the footprint which with the shoe of liar ilar graves who had bought a now pair at the pruitt tore store BREAKS SAME LEG 7 TIMES robeart foul foulka ke Is in the receiving hospital at los lot angelea angeles with hie his right lee fractured la in to place places foelke Fo ilke who ta Is forty year years old has sustained fractures frac tarel of the same leg sit alx lx tinie before lie eald bald his hi leg bad been la in splints so 0 o long that be wai visa passed the greater part of his hi lle life on crutches cru MOVING STONE OF TANDIL one morning every true Argen was shocked by the new news of 0 the fall of la cledra Move diza da do candll the moring moving otone ot of dandil no one know knows bow many centuries this huge rock which the argentine argentines proudly proclaimed ai as one of the saven dan won den ders odthe of the world bad stood among the granite bills of perfectly poised on its it narrow falcoum less luan than eight laches inches square the dandil quarries are situated about miles south of buenos alree alres and every summer tourists have been to make the pilgrimage from the capital to view the national phenomenon and curve their namee names on if its ancient sidel Ot anding la in a tain petition position it chilk could cause the great tone stone to rock up and down dow n fully four inches Vial Vl altora tors never tired of tb th awing under it as a it swung upward upwards pieces of 0 glass and email small atone stones which would be rushed to powder on the downward way sway tradition has it that the tyrant a nam nans nami i of ill I 1 omen tn in argentine history malory in a savage mood some 30 20 year ago tried to dislodge the ifor ing stone using 40 yoke of oxen to accomplish hie his purpose whether the etory story li Is true or not the old sentinel continued to maintain his hi watch over the surrounding fertile plains apparently undisturbed by cither either the friend lines or the hoti hostility lity of mankind the element ats were foiled in their aelem warfare though once a bolt of light ning ripped off a piece weighing about three tons what nhat finally caused the downfall of the giant boulder bowlder Is a mystery many man Y and varied were the theories advanced by the groups around the cafe tables and the fall of the tone stone became the basis of many a heated ar cament AH all the papers contained eu ea logics of the fallen monr mont ch and the whole cation nation mourned the passing of this famous feature of argentine seen cry ery OLD INIGO JONES WINDMILL at chesterton la in warwickshire Warwick shire england stands this remarkable old windmill handsome enough to deserre preservation it was designed by the famous architect inigo jones in is 1822 12 and ie in substantially built of stone the superstructure supported on six semicircular arches ALLOWS BRIDE TO CHEW GUM GUIA As simon allue and rose nicholas of milton pa were aPply applying Iniz for a mar barriale riale license at st the recorders of flee iline warned the girl that when he married her she would have to stop chewing gum sho she grew grow angry and escorting hine into the corridor of the court house gave him a sound lecture whereupon they fe returned turned to the recorders office ulna stating he be would marry her even it if she e owed tobacco raft mg on the river isar 0 V A tl 0 o 1 X i ty it tr rafting ratting ta become a novel pleasure with ith the tho population populate Pop as a well ae 46 the visitors to the bavarian capita capital the th raft a which are by no mean peel atly built for or p enger but are of th the simplest Imp kind usually tart start ir from orn th ti village of f in the liar leaf which I 1 ie I 1 an old renowned rafting piles it Is 1 reached by train from munich vanich in a bout t two hour hours it take takes the raft aln in akitt of the rapid current of the lar isar river about six or govera yen hour hours t to get 01 f from fm m toots to munich which ic Is due to the anany w winding fri dIngs and turning ge of the the alre for the thea 0 trip trips I 1 is very mo moderate detate and as a the raff raft are r usually owned crowded with people there ther 0 are no modern for the peu engen rs who have hav to stand or eit sit on an rough h boarde boards but nevertheless never thele good humor boid merriment preys prevail each raft hit has it its restaurant which wan moans several keg kegs of beer some baket bask etya of bread broad butter sausages radishes radle hes and the like there 1 la alo an or cheera on board of ach each raft comp competed of two or three muel musi clann clarin playing the fiddle td ille claril clari mt and accordion ane valley of taa lur isar river ie Is renowned for ita its natural and ahr there Is I 1 indeed 91 better way to view the beauties be autlee 1 of I the iry ith the chain of the bavarian alp aipe 0 in a the th b ac k 2 fouad th uw to t ask ke part in one of thee rafting tripe |