| Show O locomotive made of apples 60 ala al A an A T A Z at a recent fruit tow show in the far west the most admired exhibit wa nas a locomotive almost full size made entirely of california apple VAST HERDS OF TURTLES concerning the great turtles of 0 the went esit indian ocean a traveler ay ays abe chelonian chel onlan or green turtle chelone rny daa la Is an animal of con Id erable economic importance to the A atoll toll for it avil still occurs in the vast horda which are so often described by barly 0 o abera in the triples there appear to be two distinct groups one resident and small in numbers the oth er migratory and visiting the atoll to breed in numbers impossible to es s inmate the latter arrives to in and from then to april the sea seems alive with turtles the females I 1 seek eek the bow email small sand bea clies and the then ascend them ith the rising tide pushing puebla themselves laboriously above high tide mark holes are then dup dug in the sand by mans means of the tore fore flippers dippers un III 11 a one 1 obtained and the egg eggs lj li number are bur led the turtle return returns to sea immediately lr after 40 days the eggs batch al at most simultaneously and the young turtles dig their way up out of the and sand and go down to the sea in a long procession in the course of which they offer nn an easy i 1 rey to their en emica emits the frigate birds and herons once in the sea sharks and other large fish eat them ond find only tea ten per por cent reach maturity rebuilding THE CAMPANILE A the great tak task of rebuilding the fa ta campanile of venice Is hearing nearing completion and before long the beau alful structure which collapsed eone some eo ne time ago again be ready to receive the of tourists lour lets the restoration of the bogetta ol 01 sanso vine line nt at the base of the campani e also iso Is progressing well ell under ibe the dl di t tion of a noted archaeologist and archi archileen leet BIGGEST BOY the parade of giants of the re festival stival of ampire held at the crystal palace london as one of the events of the coro corol aaion loo season brought together maudr nt the tallest men la to the british empire awtry them were wany youths of abu abnormal ormal height the tall FBI est one w only a little more than SO 20 years old yet he stands 7 feet 3 inches hh high in bis his stocking liel feel ills name Is frederick kempeter Kem piter pater and he mas as found employed as a basket mak er in the garden carden city for doy boys wood ford essex ills strength Is said to be enormous GIRL KICKS LIGHTNING an ali extraordinary incident occurred at t paterson Pater soB N F J in the course of a thunderstorm tie tte principal actor being the 14 year frold fr old daughter of rey J II 11 Ito elzer who vouches for the truth of fie tte story the assertion Is that a ball of fire after birung the t church leaped into the parsonage kitchen where the as children had taken refuge with their aunt aa ali the ball pitted passed her cr louise units kicked it a and nd it broke into small sparks and did aid no dar danabe age oot not even overt toLo alse SUED fon FOR STEALING CORPSE A strange case occurred at john johns town toun pa recently aa to a result of a it dispute between two to undertakers con the burial of 0 the body of john dvorchik one of the undertaker undertakers john gaydos and half halt a doyen friends friend a entered the room in which stephen brady the rival funeral mang manager ger bad had laid out the body in a casket and knelt about it as if in prayer when they arose they grabbed the casket and carried out the corpse before the mourn u bro could inter later fere iho gaydos brigade calmly car ried the casket to the gaydon establishment lish ment transferred the body to an othar casket and sent the corty one to the brady place relatives of vor then went before a magistrate and sued gaydos for larceny of the dead man BIRDS ROB OHIO FARMERS margaretta township ohio fam tam fa ta m ers were out with gun guns tor for a pair of thieving blackbirds tho the other day fred blair saw one of the tho two leaving his dwelling through a window with bis his razor in ita its mouth the birds it seems inhabit a big elm tree in a flod fit id near the outskirts of the village of deemes teemes A search re covered plunder in a crotch averal federal feet above the ground there were numerous i of thread several thimbles pins necllis lles harpine hat pins pine small articles of wearing apparel collar buttons a pair of and two case knives the blackbirds saw the posse of farmers coming and by doag ing buckshot managed to make their escape they are now believed to have established a new now fence WHEN HIS LEG EXPLODED with a report that was heard haard for some di stanLi the right leg of henry nixon a farmer of blanchard Dian chard la ia went into cores scores of fiery pieces and disappeared in a cloud of smoke klion did not sustain any serious in juries but he was given a scare that threatened to bring on nervous the ile explosion occurred during the recent hot spell and aa as caused nixon asserts by the rays of the eun sun shining down the member nixon Is a farmer and Is the pos possessor seasor of ono one natural leg and one one tho the latter being fasten ed to the stump just above the knee MOUNTAIN AS MEMORIAL A mountain a As a memorial to gen valter walter harriman Harrl mau governor of 0 new hampshire from to 1 hns hits been given to the state by hi son inlew in lew joseph leeson of newton ilass the memorial to be known as the walter reservation includes a hill 1800 1900 feet high and an extensive tract of land round it the summit of the hill 11 h hie is a 60 mile view ol 01 white mountain tery and the slopes itie ai covered with picturesque timber growths and meadow meadows PREDICTS HIS OWN DEATH lemmon freeman aged 60 50 of Stahle Stallis town pa who died recently predicted evicted almost to a minute the hour of his death he lie was wag visited on a monday by hta his friend james thompson a wealthy vie althy retired farmer k treeman ree was buffering suffering slightly from the heat and he astounded thompson by directing him in witness hie his brief which he made in the presence of then he said old friend we have had good times timea together my aly end Is coming at 11 clock thursday night I 1 hall stall bo be dead tomorrow morning ou no 0 o to elmer miller the undertaker notify him I 1 chall be dead that evening tell him aleo also to see me in the morn ing for orders as to my casket and interment I 1 want oay the best thompson skeptical as to the bredle tion did as he be was ordered and the undertaker received his instructions on the thursday evening a few min utes before 11 freeman died from heart failure caterpillars STOP TRAIN macit caterpillars so thoroughly grea greased ed the track for a short southern pacific train near ti cloud cal the other day that thi engine came to a dead stop three timea times the engine was drawing only one coach up the heavy grade which leads to sisson when about A mile routh of mccloud the first bold up was mado matto by the caterpillars the engineer was forced TO turn on the sand to make the wheels grip the arpi immediately upon the sand betna shut off there wai was another stop thi was repeated so sc the man at the throttle had to keel the sand running until be he had passed the caterpillar aalt GOLD TOOTH FOR A HORSE 4 i black dess bess the mare that plays a leading part in the dramatic sketch ketch I 1 dick turpin a hide bids to york in eng land broke broko a front tooth while travel ing from sheffield to london it as replaced paced re by a gold one and the pho vho to raph shows the operation being performed with the assistance of a man with a pitchfork a new now and somewhat alarming weapon in thi the hands ot of a dentist DOG AVERTS A T TRAGEDY owing to he as sagacity of an irish terrier dog a tragedy was wait averted at southampton pa recently the dog belongs to mrs lira a visitor at one of the hotels during the he eight night she was aAsk awakened ened by the dog who led her to a room where a misa miss jones was sleeping there was a strong smell of gas in the room and au jones was as lying unconscious it was found that there was r leak in the gas as pipe out but for the dogs warning misa jones would in hit bit probability havo have been suffocated As it was bh she soon recovered VA VALUABLE WASH BASKET L thousands of sightseers in the ten district of san francisco wit messed an exciting chase one night recently when E ing a chinese member of the local opium ring drove a laundry wagon containing 8 worth of contraband drugs through crowded streets at breakneck in an attempt to elude united states customs who gave chase and fl bally captured the fu fugitive gitile in the wagon tins tine of opium were found under the ae I 1 wash in abo bottoms of the baket dallet men of ta N the th accompanying picture come comes from which di do 46 jt its if its tremendous name it Is only a mail small village in Kaffl Kaff irland rUnd it show th peculiar costume cot turne worn wom by the th men of ili Abak weta tribe in their ous ceremonies tha these men are dancer dancers |
