Show the e r S wonders W n d 1 I Z ua rs A STRANGE THINGS FOUND IN VARIOUS v PORTIONS OF THE EARTH P the lutiner bell at lloyds i vr 1 P ltd at lloyd lloyds the famous insurance exchange in london whenever new news a received ec elved of an overdue chip ship or of the loss cf of a vessel the lutin bell Is rung run at its tolling ill all transitions trans alons cease until the caller has ma mae known the tr me rs sage the lutine a 32 gun frigate of the british navy was logt lost off brij or if of the entrances to the zuyder zee on the night of october 9 1799 with A argo cargo of coin and specie valued at since that time i of his this sum has been recovered the bulk of it in 1600 1800 recently the wreck was w located gain and it was decided to attempt to pump the sand from her in a search for gald arduous work has halt already resulted in the opinion that U the treasure will be rc tc CHURCH wead weathercock A KEY 7 MA t 4 1 I 1 I 1 lot 1 1 t IL 04 the weather vane of st peter peters church cornhill Corn hlll england one of the mot most curious of its kind as nut ma be seen by the photograph take takes the form of a key an obvious allusion to st 81 peters position ae as keeper of the gati of heaven the tane vane ie Is nine feet in height and Is so to heavy that i two men are necessary noce fiary to lift it STRANGE RAIN TREE OF PERU the rain tree ot of peru eru has the power of collecting the dampness in the at mo sphere and condensing it into r f continuous supply of rain the tree treo grows very large and ie 18 rich in to leaves the indiana call it pi pt 1 in the dry season whan hen with the rivers low be the power of condensation seems at the highest v alth the tree waier water falls from the craves and oozes from the trunk tae water spread around the tree in 1 copious part of it entering the eoll boll atia far Il klizing Ill zing it abr ground J la c BC sc as to regulate the course of the water it Is estimated that one of these tree will beld nine gallons of water dally daily tea ten thousand trees can be grown in an area of one kilometer square that 11 j 2256 feet each way and this plan tatton tation will produce dally daily liters of water allowing for and infiltration there Is at least I 1 liters or gallons of rain for dat dally distribution th v tree can be cul cultivated lf I 1 tea wilb little difficulty and i inel indifferent bierent as to toll it grows rapidly and Is ill atly dy rests tinS both extreme extremes of climate phonograph TO CALL COWS the phonograph through the in of a couple of boys in the neighborhood of monroe wig wis has bo como come a thing of usefulness as well as an amusement and ornamentation after the novelty had worn od off the boy boys in question had cast naldo tho the canned songs and funny tall s and gone hack back to checker checkers nut but they found that doing the chores seriously interfered with the game ono one of her ther rement thy they could talk into tho the records and have the talk come out just like it ment nent in so between moes each called into the in achino come boss como come boss then they put the phonograph out facing the pasture and turned it loose the cow came home DREAMER DETECTS A THIEF an odd thing happened recently at hampton conn where john brate u an elderly man dreamed that he saw a man taking money belonging to hl him from an envelope in which he be had placed it three days before on awakening lio he investigated found hir hi money gone and charged the theft to james brady who he said was the man he saw in his dream drady brady as arral arraigned griet before a justice on the charge and admitted taking the mon money ey waa was held for trial in the superior court BETRAYED BY A SUNBEAM A stow stowaway awny was nas discovered in a curious manner recently gus lang nn tin anglish laborer who ho wanted anted to seek his fortuno in america stole aboard the american liner st paul the day before she left southampton for or new lort and nd might have hae reached hh fits destination r abely bad bal not a it eun sun beam made his whereabouts plain to those on board lau bid in a he me eluded part of the ass alss dome over the liners wining salon in the eve ning and ill 11 went ment well ell but at break fast on the first morning out from pa port rt when hen daylight thone flione through the dome his fits figure could be seen dis ly a black over oer the th heads of the passengers at breakfast he lie was put ashore when nhen the st paul stopped at queenstown Queens town tor for the irish mall AN absentminded ABSENT MINDED GROOM john adams has at always ays been absent minded the othy oth day this weakness almost got hin into trouble lie ile went nent with nith ida lee 0 of kansas ty mo blo to kansas cit nan to be married by paul stuff acting probate judge ot of Wyandot tc county when judge fluff asked him if it ho he would take this woman to be our la lawfully fully wedded wife he was mas looking out of the win in dow and answer anser it if youve any doubts about it we will stop right here the bride said doll antlY adams protested that be he had not hesitated at all but hot had merely been thinking about something dec else the ceremony waa nas completed without fur ther bitch hitch SCOTCH FREAK OF NATURE A freak of nature was shown the I 1 other day in the shop of a chemist at mand Aberdeen shire by chance a turnip brew grew last frason u inside a lost horse noe boe completely filling it and even een bulging out above and below the hoe shoo ae it lay in the vie drill I 1 in its efforts to expand its Is inelastic bond doth both together weigh let between een six and even seven pounds WONDERFUL ARIZONA CACTUS travelers through the desert regions of arizona are often amazed by the gigantic shuara cactus which rear rears its many d form aloft from the sands ho far for as known wizard burbank has not yet tram trails formed this variety of cacus into a food product advertising moms clothes f 4 V r 0 aft gamim Va mIM q 4 04 jot V r merchant merchants of europe are not one whit behind tose t ose of america in novel advertising advert leing a ap nay be judged by this photograph j P h it howa shoes a miniature min murd sign lal board an am wheels drawn by elx six dachshunds dach and announcing the wre of 0 R defies in a ethl nj for dogs |