Show 0 cradle of king henry V A 4 A 11 14 t J A 4 A 0 among the thousand thousands of interesting object objects placed in the recently established london history museum in kensington palace Is I 1 the cradle of king henry V it hai hat carved endi ends and two carved bird birds on top of the supporting up porting pot posts but it would be considered very crude and uncomfortable by a modern baby of high degree PAGAN CHIEF OF fan VI J 0 14 V ir 4 44 I 1 k for a long time dais the pagan kingdom of dukart la x sacoto nigeria has been known to civilization but even the conquering fulani topped stopped abort short of subduing it aa As bents such a re aco urd ord the chief of ID Is literally I 1 great man with an imposing figure in the tho accompanying portrait he be Is I 1 carrying the of at office allies the em blem of his allegiance to great grit brit ain aln and wears sandals adorned with ostrich feathera feathers ENGLAND HAS TIMUR RUBY it has just become known that the famous timur ruby known in the day days of the mogul empire pire as a the tribute of the world I 1 ie Is now among the crown jewels some expert experts bad sul supposed posed it was lost the fern rem Is to a royal match to the Kohl Kohin noor dia din mond the mountain of light which haa has boon in the british regalia since isto the timur ruby Is the largest in ex istance weighing in its pres present nt shape a trifle over carats it Is to uncut but polls bel the first account of this ruby Is in 1398 1308 when the ameer Tini timar tir known in europe as camerl ane plundered the indian city of delhi and seized a great stock of princely gems tamerlane bequeathed the timur ruby 0 ko o bis his son and successor mir shah who passed it down in turn to his big son mirza mims blugh beg the ruby fell into the hand hands of at a persian king at the downfall of the tartar empire in 1612 the atone was presented by shah abbas I 1 greatest of the kings of persia to the mogul emperor jehangir at that time it bad engraved on it the names of tamerlane and his son on and shah abba abbas the emptier ablit crated them and engraved on the ruby the names of himself and his father akbar the croat nur jehan joban fa favorite wife of beban tir lir told him be ouight not to have scraped on off taraez lanes name to which the persian monarch replied this jewel wil w 11 more certainty certainly hand lown my name to posterity posit erity than thitu any or ritten history the house a of f timur nay fall but a long ions as fare Is ling thia this gem will be his shah jehan later put big name on to ruby ard set the stone in the amous peacock throne there it re mined until nadir shah in lla ila and sacked delhi in 1739 lie car i kd off the timur ruby and 25 ther gems when the nadir was as a i ted in n 1747 4 the roby ruby descended abroad shah who tun funded ded the king iota 0 afghanistan ills son currea 1 dered tiered it ai as veil well as the Kohl noor dia mond to maharaja ranjit singh and the english got the two jewels when they annexed the punjab in 1840 the Kohl noor wan was cent sent direct to queen Q victoria the T timur mur ruby aft er having been for some time in possession of the eat east india company la Is aid said aleo also to have been tent sent to the queen but it got into the private royal collection and haa has been lost to public notice ever since ite its history wa was collected by king george on his in dian than coronation tour population OF THE WORLD the total population ot at the orld Is now estimated at this Is based upon the most recent cen buses which all civilized countries count rlee now take with a careful estimate ot of the number of inhabitants of 0 uncivilized lands the proportion of at the 8 leti leis known for I 1 1038 of at these the ratio being 1000 1 males mates to 90 females tho the ratio varies consid drably lu in different place places in europe there are 1000 1 men to 1027 1 women in africa 1000 1 men to 10 1 05 5 women a america Alre rica 1 1000 men to women la in alia asia 1000 1 mn nn n to women in australia 1000 I 1 men to women the highest proportion of women Is found in uganda where thero there are 1467 to every 1000 men the lowest proportion la Is in alaska and the malay states where there are in the former and in the latter women to eiery 1000 men CURING THE BEST CAVIAR the finest caviar Is the pro pre pared from the roe of the white slur geon little lees less fine Is the prepared from the sterll ster listed ted sturgeon both are put up at astrakhan RUB rua sla sta according to united states con sul john II 11 grout stationed at odes sa the roe Is I 1 rubbed through a sieve with care not to break the grain it falls into brine where it remains for three or four hour hours after which it ie is packed in racks and nd allowed to drain thia this Is I 1 the only preparation giren given to the best beat caviar the cheaper varieties are more strongly salted caviar la Is digested with ease and Is one of the finest forms of nourishment espe dally for the sick RUBBER MOE OF SEAWEED A substitute for hard bard rubber gutta percha and leather haa has just been put on the market in Fri england gland under the name ot at it li Is prepared from seaweed the properties of 0 the new discovery are laid said to be that it Is a non inflammable proof again against beat cold oil and weather meather its it insult don resistance increases with immer slon mon in water ater it ie in unaffected by dl lu lute t e sulphuric hurle add acid which makes it valuable ablo for ue use in n storage itoi battery jare jars and separator separators it ie Is well adopted for motor getts switch baird panels switch handles han dlce abeam and gae gas pac packing kings a d to replace leath er in bel belting tings NO ALMANAC FOR CHINESE the chinese public in the lower part of at the cation nation Is I 1 in a predicament ihle year owing to the lack ot of their usual almanac which aich telli tells them what day days aie ate lucky what are unlucky and which give them similar items of useful information lach year hundred hundreds of thousands of books are tire sald and the publishers got them realy ready as usual this thi year they put on new eavers covers with proper dates and kept the inside just as its it t was as before as they their were ere accustomed cus tomed tn in do dd for many year years back then the new government stepped in and strictly prohibited their bale sale the public now haa has no means of insuring itself perpetual good luck PRINCE AS A CAFE RUNNER 1 14 pl many royal personages today are skilled in some form of handi handiwork and not a few of them could earn their living ving prince frederick charlea charles of a cousin of the emperor Is a goell goo blacksmith his hi brother prince friderick sigis mund haa has learned the joiners trade the carmn prince of roumania Hou Roun mania iania Is ai nn accomplished cabinet maker the kinf ot at bulgaria has learned to be an driver and princess marle marf louise of wig holstein Hol Is in a skilled worker in rut but prince koolery On ibero son of the late prince of africa actually found it necessary to earn hie bin living and not having any trade he went to paris and became chasseur for a pop ular restaurant in the hols bola de do bou logne ROCK IS THE HOME OF BATS RATS phillips rock situated near valley springe springs llano county texa Is a limestone formation and rise ab pt ly out of a level plain to a height of about SO 80 feet it covers an area ot of several acres the serried sides aides show allow the effects is of centuries of exposure to the element elements the projecting layers of the stone afford a meauli of climbing to the top of the elevation the top la to a level surface and it Is a favorite resort far for picnic parti pard s its side sides are penetrated by wide caverns which ara are be homes of countless counties bata bat LONG TRIPS FOR DUCKS new Z adland aland dealers recently ship hipped several consignment consignments of frozen ducks to bondon with good results they sold for bout 76 75 cent cents each and when ready for the table are aid said to have averaged up to the anglish prod roman ar found in pompeii A 0 4 r i it 11 wet 7 is it 1 4 1 4 recent in pompeii have revealed a number of houses in tot ti street of abundance and arid a wak wire a hop shop or bar the latter haa has the castor customary cut tomary nary counter with hole holes for the term terra botu wine win jan and a railed raised niece of masonry holding a copper boiler with cover mad made to close hermetically which rest above a square hoi hole for the fire various wine jar jars team an against the waif wall on the counter are copper coin and a email small box of bone contin contains and nd silver coin coins |