Show u barvels cAR VELS ef f THE TIM EARTH KI F CURIOUS ODD cand interesting OBJECTS cand PLACES I 1 I 1 inest est in all AU india 4 j G 15 A Z 0 J ak A N at the he Meen archI temple tempt at madura india Is conceded to be the IN inest am or steeple in that country and Is I 1 visited by many american tourists every year it tower to a great height and Is mot most elaborately carved from base to apex with countI countice figures of religious symbolism COLLAR FOR CATTLE THIEF A N when IL cattle thief Is baug caught bc la in hawn a luas long woodda framework ie Is axed fixed round bis neck which securely effectively AMY attempt to run away la in wood by clutching against tho trem many minor offenses fence of in slam are pun fahed with the nana band hands and foot feet are loosely fastened fait ened to a bamboo framework and be he I 1 is then thrashed on an the ta ban back ith sith a rat tan tat rod rol ro L murderers SJur deren about to b bo be bigades abo aim have their necks fastened to a handle bundle of bamboos bam booe BEARDED LADYS UDYS ROMANCE jalim mi grace graft gilbert a celebrated cele ciet rated bearil bearded lady rot got married to i 1 rimer named calrin abe sweet beart ot her lit r youth at south bend I 1 ind nd th the bridegroom who la is clean vai was dressed in a lone long over iett when he ap pared with ah his hi bride before the desk of the judge who ho was to marry 1 abom and ad that emela sak unnaturally got them mixed au ana aked the boarded lady all the ques 1114 4 hleb have been ad to the leea man mam TASMANIA TO SEND APPLES at A a oi 01 the australian allan falt grower lute tats at hobart tasmania Tate unla it was decided to ti arrange for a cf of between 94 and IK 1 cases of appl ppl to av 91 tell 1611 TRAGEDY OF A BIG DRINK prince a pen nobleman sacrificed his life ft pt MOSCOW the other week la in an attempt to via win a strange range wager count I 1 ai a wealthy landowner made a bet with him that be would not drink a calton of liquor at a draught the prince a reward it be accomplished the feat wa was to be the title deeds of IL tat 1 able estate the prince ate nothing all diy daiy wah the exception except loa of a alt salt herrlie herri ng and in the evening er ening in tho the presence of the count and four witnesses he raised A is gallon jar to his lips ind drank i steadily itea atea dlly dily uroil he bs act set it down empty the title deed deeds of at the estate were handed to him but ardly had he received them when he be sunk to the ground ano dej died in lit a few tow moment HUNTING WITH A STEER farmer farmers in a number ot of counties ly lir ing on both sides of 0 the river 1 in the central portion ot of call torola fornia are frequently much ha harassed during the winter by the depredation ot of countless flocks ot of wild ece geese that swarm over the broad grain field fields ant and destroy the young sprouting grain stalks so serious are these annuli invasions that many of the farm farms have employees who regularly batro r the fields nelds and do nothing elee else but keep the feathered peta pests on the wing one of the most novel blind blinds of 01 talker stalkers ever used in that section of 01 and other for the purpose of destroy ing the geese la is that of an ingenious Ingen lou farmer of colusa calusa who live lives on tbt the bank of the sacramento he lie employ 1 a big red steer trained to talk stalk geese the teer steer walk walks round a flock of geese la in an ever eyer decreasing circle his hi mas mis ter armed with a repeating shotgun walking beside him but on the fur ther ida side from the flock cock the geest geese hare have become used to seeing feeing animagi grazing near hut thit they pay no atten tion to them so that the farmer Is en abbed to get got within shotgun distance dis and pour a broadside broa dalde into the flock while it Is I 1 feeding on the ground and aul two more shots before the birds art are out of range when they rise ROQUEFORT AND ITS CHEESE the village of roquefort efort france bab only inhabitants but its indus try Is probably the oldest in the world it was mentioned by 2 DOC ears ago the cheese Is ripened in natural stone grottos artificially widened and prepared which grot toe tos are forber agitated by a moist wind from the rock belo roquefort cheese was mas highly esteemed in ancient rome and has been export cj ed for centuries at the end of at the seventeenth century pounds per ear were made in the year G pounds were made and sold nowadays the villate earns IC francs per year by supplying world with cheese WHERE THREE NATIONS the rulers illers of three nations could meet by the stones shown in the ac companying says popular mechanics and bold hold a conference each ruler standing on bis his own terri orr the stone tone on the left marks IN th limit of germany and the one on tho th right tight Is on oil neutral ground the stone la in front vt ut the center Is in holland and the one at the back of the center Is la 14 Bel belgium glum A starting from fr m the stone marked neutral territory r y could visit three nations by taking only a few steps juju ju ju mountain in the niger southern nigeria which haa has been a british protectorate for year has ha mado made rapid progress pro fire in development but the th eleven ven contend with the and th the h still ty of the various till h have ave t to 0 tribe tribes inhabit the country both cf 0 the these element elements are ro fostered by that known as a th as silent onea whose headquarters a secret federation a are ar on an the tique juju ju ju maunu n on ain n isla A in the nicer niger river cheur rab A |