Show VV aty MARVELS E LS af f THE EARTH CURIOUS ODD cand rand r AND interesting OBJECTS tand 04 NT PLACES ES italian towns flower fete A 4 gr 44 41 1 4 IV ka f low vt ta C 41 ak VA V ilk one of f th the events vent that attract i man many visitors t to italy Is th the larate cr floral 1 festival of f genzano a town eighteen Ight ten mile miles from rem rome an n the applan baj oy picturesquely situated an n the th edg edge of f lake deml the people of f the th town carpet the streets with flowers that are set in handsom nand som and ingenious designs RIDDLE OF SOLVED according to prof george A nets iler of harvard un university hersity the ele el arents of the riddle of the be sphinx that compose a riddle no longer are as a follow identity identify A portrait bead head of ceph ren ten builder of the second pyramid joined to the crouching body of a lion symbolism Symbol lim the familiar idea common to both the egyptian and assy As rian civilizations of joining the bead of a great ruler to the body of the most dreaded of beasts to typify the protection of the great king gives his 2 46 2 Z key to the sphinx riddle I 1 the first pyra pyramid mild ot of egypt built by kin chirops 2 1 slon sion quarry from rom which the bull I 1 finx in material for th chop pyramid was wa taken 3 A faulty ledge of rock unsuitable tor for building purposes cr t C the mond alron pyramid arrild of agypt built by LY kinn successor to cheop slon stone quarry from ellch wt ich the th build inc ins materka for irr the zephren pyramid aa tan t ld of arlly faulty rock trimmon down 10 lo ft par portrait Arall of zephren and the th crouch ing in body of a lion people and the derror ith which he be strikes bis his enemies location A ladge of fa faulty alty rock unfit wr building purposes pui pose poses divided the quarry that supplied tone stone for the first pyramid fromi the airry hat was as rocked for the econe second ayra lid ila this pi ir cape or knob of faulty stone buting out bettea the quarries was as coo con averted by architects and into a colossal sphinx ath the he head bead of a portrait of cephres himself hiro relf time about 2850 0 or a thou bou and years earlier former au bad supposed to be the late date jf t the sphinx LAST OF THE ROOKERIES the gray a inn rookery bore here a pair f carali carr li rows have been nesting i tue the last rookery of any ift itt in london rooks still isit loo oa a considerable quantities but ey rest nowhere except at omy gray ft it in yet vat a lew tow years back there were everal several rookeries in the metropolitan area the temple garden gardens boasted of a 8 fair died sized colony and rooka rooks built 1 in kensington gardens until 1892 ac aa C cording C arding to a writer in the zoologist the kensington rookery extended at sit one time from lbs th broad walk to the serpentine and contained something like a hundred nests WHERE EGGS ARE CHEAP china swarms with hen hens and they aro are patient fready busy wonders just like fie vis chinese himself only a few years ago eggs were sold la in the open ports of the gangsto at four our 0 0 dye cash each dut nut you know a bucketful of that old copper cash was worth only a cent or so in 0 o our coin eggs at four and five cent cents cash apiece meant in united states money about ano cent cents a daiev higher prices now with the now new chinese coin but eggs are still abundant along the gangsto at four to live five and one halt cents a dozen lot of our money and even in shanghai at five to six and one half halt cents ik dozen SIGN SEEN MANY miles NN bat Is presumably the largest dign FI n in he the state of Nas hington was as recently constricted conson acted on the east bank of the columbia river lust just above the he own town of beverly it ad vert verti lies ses the location of new orchard orchards the new irrigation district being opened to settlement set sel lement from the win dowa dows of passing train trains it catches the eye of the traveler and may be to aas lly fly teen seen for a distance of everal several rolles miles the ign sign ie Is dearly nearly a quarter of a mile long the letters are 40 feet wide and feet high NOVEL CITY decoration the city of san francisco bag has a novel scheme on hand tor for the general brightening of city life Orna ornamental lamps gorgeous with real floral decorations kept green and fragrant per ll in flower boxes suspended sui midway between top and bottom of the lamp standards have to be erect ed on the main streets the flowers towers which will adorn adom the lamp standards ds w will III be watered and cared for by an automatic arrangement the mere press ng of a button being sufi klent to perform the deed A mechanical WONDER A berlin inventor has succeeded after years of toll in making an ar man who can walk nake n ake a all 11 amov movements cements speak sing laugh and anu whistle it is a lite size figure and so 10 natural an imitation as to be corn com deceptive a yard away oc cultus as an the figure Is named obeys words of command euch such as march and halt and he answers any question put to him it Is not an billu lion slon or a trick it Is a piece of pure mechanical work FIGHT FOR FAMILY SKELETON tie tle heirs of a family n named amed fleu rot living near Re miremont remont france are fighting a curious case over a skeleton tk eleton which has been for many years a treasure in the family the skeleton belonged to a lancer lancet of abnormal height who bold sold his body to tho the fleurot family on condition that his skeleton should be kept death the inheritance was vas divided some years ago and two to cousins are now lighting for tho possession of thi th lancers skeleton DISTRICT GODS OF the british has acquired from the london missionary society a remarkable collection of old poly ineshia idols brought over by the missionaries in the first half halt of last century among the most curt ous of these idols are the district goda gods from lit mangala angala in the lalands islands they are ar from four to five alv feet high and elaborately carved th stems are bound round with cord multiple cycle for in 10 lined U i A multiple cycle it is the peculiar vehicle in use at an english school for to the blind it to I 1 substantially built and Is designed to carry twelve rider riders of either sex ex and is 11 23 28 feet long lang of course the machine must be culled and an controlled by a person who is not blind he occupies oc cuple the second seat eat n nd likes utts the first pair of ef handlebars the unite units are coupled up so 0 o that they act ae I 1 in n wilson and the tn sharpest curve curves tn can be rounded with ease each unit Is I 1 a 4 powerful brake and when all these are applied y the can ho b stepped within a hort short distance |