Show yv W f 7 the orlus wonders tv onder fa STRANGE THINGS FOUND IN VARIOUS A PORTIONS OF THE EARTH ODD FACTS ABOUT DUST duat dust would not rot be possible tro tt it not for the tact fact that matter Is almost indefinitely divisible it has been em that an average puff of smoke from a cigarette contains cont alna about four our millions tull llona ot of particles clea ot of duet dust A sincle grain ot of indigo will give color to a R ton of water of course are says popular mechanics every drop of this water must contain an im 11 bense number of vl particles of indigo A few grain grains of it sub acance derived from coal tar will produce a R distinct 11 shining with a yellowish green light when wrongly illuminated in a hundred tone tons of viator ater to produce this result tho the must be divided into countless billions of particles every concel conceivable vaLle substance enters into the composition of duet dust in street strett dust may ix be found bits bit of iron a and rid steel from the tires ot of wagons wago nii horseshoes and the nalls of our own shoes bits of leather from harnes harness fragments of wood cotton ellk milk tone stone gold sliver clothing wool hair ant mat trial excreta various orea ores tin in paper clay sand enolds bacteria in fact everything under the sun GANDER LIKE MARYS LAMB iele pete the 23 25 year old gander that Is the pet of old kathleen at 1 W worth orth of Alonte lair N J hk marys alary a iamb lamb followed his mistress to school the othor other day lay and the presence of tho the bird at tho the educational tion afforded the pupils nn an interesting Inter eating nature study subject undetected ho he managed to escape and overtook his mistress on her way to 0 school after a few rapid lights flights kathleen hns has a record nt at tho school for good attendance but with the class hour only five minutes minute off and peto pete on her hands it looked nn aa if it she might have one black mark checked against her the alter alternative nativo was to ako take pete pole along and this tha tho girl did bho she explained the situation to her teacher and pete was invited nolde tho class room and before hgan nogan he WM was put through many of his talks ks the pupils would have been to have bad had pete romain for tho ehlaire morning session but his presence would hare have been de to 0 o study so the girl girt was excused until she took her pet home CROSSBOW CROSSBOW OF THE FILIPINO the arrow gun BOM bore photographed la Is used by certain savage tribe tribes in the interior of the philippines the vla chine chino will burl hurl bamboo arrows whose tips are painted with ith poison for sov say feral rl hundred yards many american soldiers have lost their lives from wounds reLe tved from these theme arrows chich are usually fired from arri ambush bush in n tree tops and branchle Ls largest of electric valves 1 boffl L r S it R tim NEW W YAW NO am WA IM ma IM V 47 A I 1 r 14 14 vt R a the biggett biggest electric valve ever built was constructed recently at india indian orchard mass it and two other others were decried to control the water thi that drives julve tho hydraulic turbine of cf hone horse power cachat the ra palla falls station of the ontario power company the valves are nine feet in I 1 diameter jl ameter and weigh 65 5 ton tons piece apiece each ie Is operated by an alternating cui cur rent electric motor three minute minutes being required to rale raise or lower the gate gates FREAKS OF ELECTRIC STORM during a recent torm storm which wept swept over lony australia flashes of lightning caused many startling acal dents A young girl little melville had a rather unpleasant experience the lightning truck struck a glar glass jet neck lice lace which she he had bad la in her band hands and aleo also dislodged the hairpins from her hilr she was stunned for or some time and uttered suffered considerably from shock A somewhat similar experience betel bete mir miss orace grace gemerd young lady went out of door doors with an in opened box of 0 matche matches in her hand the whole of the matches became ignited and tier her band hand wae was severely injured PICTURE ON A CRAB SHELL an ordinary crab thell shelf upon the in rido ride ot of which appeals the clean cut buit bust picture of woman Is a curiosity now on la in the rooms of the lih fish and banoo earo commission 0 1 new or leans the hell vas int sent to he the commission roli elon tr y oscar angelo game warden of tA lafourche fourche parish the bacu facu fee la is aid said 1 0 0 resemble painting paintings of queen afa io louise contort consort of napoleon I 1 1 bi biggest sest T krutik r unk in the world 0 rid 7 ac 4 th photograph her herewith produced depict deplete the largest trunk in the world en an exhibition in fargo a N D its it extraordinary dimensions dimini lorr may be b by a corp arlson with the man landing standing beard it thi this trunk chith illar 11 en on to to be ba ud used ai as ft a aside id camp Is I 1 it 14 to ft at long 16 ft fett hiah and lh ghram ram in width in making it there was ul used 1120 ft too of timber and boc 5 bolt balts a of canvas conw 20 bar of iron DO yarda rf t lining 64 pound pounds of f malm alia a id 10 gallons 11 of paint SAW NAPOLEON BONAPARTE A residing in a little french torn and still pi pl ing tug his bl trade ot of r ix Is pipere chamel charnel roy who Is believed to be the only man cow now living who pw napoleon bonaparte Bon sarto boy not only aw saw the great emperor but was once carried in his armi arms lie its Is one hundred and jour four year years old but hlll still quito quite hale and hearty needless Need leea to say hie bit favorite topic of conversation conven atlon ti Is napoleon beside whole whose portrait he be ie Is especially cep fond of kitting sitting in leisure time concerning meerschaum the valuable material from which meerschaum pipe pipes ar at made to con kinnally tin nally setting career scarcer and the large industry which hae has flourished dourt flourie abed hed in VI enna budapest nuremberg part parts and in the to in 0 of hubia ruhla ms endangered the manufacture ot of meerschaum meni chaum much more important than Is i generally supposed th the a town ut of ruhia ruhla alone hae has been exporting in round figure figures jants to the th value yalu ot of about annually the finest grade of meerschaum it 1 found near esitt Sebe tir lr la in anatolia ada minor in a hollow which in early day days wax was a lake take la in which the meer chum wae was precipitated ed Metr meerschaum is z s 2 round in other place places include leg jai thebes egypt the 1164 donnian alas mountain mountains in the abe neighborhood cl of aad and Nuen dorff if in I 1 moravia and in sections ct ce spain and twi |