Show the h worlds wa IV V elds wonders T T Is 1 af STRANGE THINGS FOUND VARIOUS I 1 PORTIONS OF THE EARTH 4 french rench r girl a balloonist Dallo oni st A 40 pt 1 7 4 liff 0 L 4 10 6 14 7 f ab nb ad A 1 q 7 C W the women of part paris are ir most enthusiastic over aeronautics and h hav v an n organization known as a stella the photograph how shows the youngest oun gest m men ber of the club mile paris fifteen years old about to make an alone in a balloon LORD OF FENS FOUGHT HERE v A i k JK mefi mM fi the little market town of tatter tatters ball near doston boston in lincolnshire can boast of many objects of historic in terest both in the town towa itself and in the surrounding neighborhood not the least interesting of these Is the picturesque old castle around which are oven many romantic stories of or tan days tue too castle was rebuilt in the fifteenth century by the lord high treasurer Cro cromwell and contains a magnificently carved fireplace an exact replica of which Is reproduced in the houses of par filament it suffered sut suf ferid considerably in the civil war about the time that CaIns gainsborough borough and lincoln fell into the hands ban of the royalists who ere routed by oliver cromwell the lord of the fens in 1613 tattershall Tatters shall ball can boast of a very fine park con kalning two roman camps to which many visitors are attracted BEES SWARM IN HER BONNE A singular circumstance occurred recently at al avon ato N Y mr baker was in her garden when suddenly she heard beard a buzzing la in the air and upon looking up saw a warm swarm of bees coming directly toward her sue stood still and the whole swarm swarin 1 alighted slighted on her son sun bonnet with due presence of mind mr mrs daker baker removed he the bonnet placed it on a stick took the bees to a hive and E ared them without assistance AN ENGINE GETS ARRESTED A sensational arrest has bas been made at Borde bordeaux aut france A short time ume ago several acres of forest were laid waste by a fierce fire enquiries the authorities to believe that the tb guilty party was u a locomotive ath emitted parks sparks on its way through etke be forest consequently the examining magistrate of bordeaux was instruct the diny arm ed with a warrant he went forth and aud read the warran la in front of the tile throbbing monitor and arrested it on a charge of arson lie then wheel culled cuffed it in other wards wn ds put the seals on it without any rice from tho prisoner tho the locomotive has cow now to trial before a jury of experts who hlll III decide whether the accused party A in proper working vor king order and whether or not it la Is guilty of a transgression of the regulations laid dan with regard to the working of railway engines ICE CHEAP IM IN PERSIA the fact that ice fee Is to plen plentiful titu and cheap burkes living persia more plea pleasant sunt than it would otherwise other wite be and the fart inet that it can be obtained at all ii Is indicative of the ingenuity of the people of the country the ground to 1 so porous that water per cobates quickly there are therefore few rivers or lakes from which ice can be obtained and it ie Is seldom eo so cold in any par of persia that ice of a thickness suitable tor for packing would form under the direct ray rays of the sun the persian persia obtain obtains his ice by making i hallow shallow pool real and building a high wall viall ahl which h will pro it from the eun tun A thin layo of ice fee will III form this bo he flood floods at night with water and so be he artes oo 00 adding inch to inch until be he can cut a block of con considerate e thickness MAKES ITS OWN WIG there Is to a mall small crab found upon the anglish coast that ie Is so afraid of his enemies that be he baa has found out or has perhaps been taught a cleve clevey way ay to bide hide himself the writer one saw one of these crabs which wa was kept as a pet and he was luck enough to visit him when he be was in to the very act of making bis his wig th the cra crab b first tore off A piece of green ribbon liko alk se teamed aNted with bis his pincer and put ole u end in bis his mouth this he be sucked and nibbled and moistened with some klud kind of glut that hardens under water and then ha pressed too sticky end upon his back uy by and by his arold back wai was covered with a regular green and waving wig so that as he crawled about he looked like a bunch of sea a weed in gentle motion we must suppose that he makes a vry sweet mouthful tor for a hungry nah und thai that bo he makes the wig to pre erve him from being gobbled up frau time to time the wig requires rep repairing aring of course FRECKLES ARE HIS PETS to indulge his unusual pastime oi of raising freckles dr harold gifford an omaha oculist has become a freckle farmer and transfers of skin with the he little brown spots from one part of his body to the kotlier freckles are his pets and he likes to graft them in fancy designs about his body he lie told the nebraska bledl ral ca association he bad had bean a expert bunting with ith them ince since 1901 and MCI with only A few freckles freck lea and bis his razor he could have a perfectly lovely time FAMILY TREASURE HUNT boino some people dont believe bellere in banks one of these was as james T burge of 0 sarf mo an inventory of whose whoso estate valued at 60 was filed the other day most bloat of the property Is in cash and notes and was found after much searching by members of the tho family secreted behind door doir jambs cambs inside secret table drw drawers ers and beneath false desk tops the gold which he had boarded for many years filled a water bucket QUEER MONUMENTS IN CHINA A near the famous tombs of the chinese emperors at nankin stand a number of most curious bonu ments they are in the he chapes ol 01 camels and elephants acl and are care fully protected from vandals by rail ings cace of K aser on corfu L W r 7 aff I 1 xi 4 i v vt A 1 11 I 1 on corfu the largest tk eit cf of the ionian islands in the mediterranean I 1 Is thi the magnificent Achil lelon palace owned by I 1 iberer william of germany 1 if stands en an the hill of Ga sturl five mile miles from the city of corfu and wa was bull built for empress mpr elizabeth of austria Au itria who wac was murdered in genoa it ie Is said ale the kalser finds this thi palace something om ething of a white elephant because of thi the great exgene of maintenance and realm rp lr itu t |