Show ram I 1 gen earlys signal station t na 0 I 1 4 w 1 1 PIP v Z 4 Z the tree hown shown in our illustration stands near washington D 0 C and an 1 historic during the civil var sr it was wa used as a signal agna station by genera general arly early when that confederate commander wae was invading the north ond nd late later it t was used by the sharpshooters of the th federal army the tree Is 1 sup posto to be many aundre I years old PLATINUM FROM RIVER BED 4 A I 1 11 t 14 01 40 Z 11 4 4 4 a 4 fi bell our illustration shows how russians tailing taking alluvial gravel containing platinum from the bid bed ot of a river in the ural mount atris russia supplies the greater part ot of the world worlds platinum ome some forty tons of the precious metal being obtained yearly by the dredger dredgers in the ural urals CZARS WARDROBE COSTLY the crar ot of russia li to the european sovereign love reign vh penile spends goit mot on his hi wardrobe the tailor wax mated makes hie his ordinary suits ay says the bet net annual profit from them Is and the army tailor who li Is responsible for the uniforms and ourt dress make MS a year ills majesty never mever putt puts on a suit more than three times and each one coite costs about 60 for silk bita hats the czar pay pays 25 29 and 10 a pair tor for glove gloves every year it to 1 elated stated bo ho hanei a able sable cape costing 2400 king decree george oo 00 the hand ii is one of the most economical of living monarch monarchs allowing himself only 20 a year to dress on this an I 1 Is pent spent annually by the kulier en on forma forms alone the german emperor however pay pays very little attention to ilia his civil wardrobe lie ile never pay more than 35 tor for ft a sulk alt which b be think thinks nothing of tearing wearing hirty time times the luxury in he al low lows himself to t in necktie with the king of spain th s article ot nt dree dress Is I 1 ellk silk harta in be he alway always hunts and of which he be buy buys many dozens every year at PO each the most frugal of all the crowned heade heads in the matter of clothing is the king of norway who spends pend no tore than man an ordin ordary arl well todo to do caien CHINESE SIGN BOARDS storekeepers gate poetic alane to their alees of business along klong the streets of pekin the travel or r may observe the following store of luck tbt store ot at Cele eUal TL no wao 1 felic ittes prolonged Prolong eJ mutton shop ol 01 morning twilight the tae ten virtues all complete completa and ll mowers rise 1 to the milky way it will be noted hat that the tle chinese may combine the coul foul of a poet with the pocket of a me merchant the honest pen storo store of LI lt implies that other pen stores are not honest A charcoal shop call calls itself tho the fountain of beauty and a place for the ale sale ot of coal In dulgen in the title ot of heavenly embroidery an oil and wine establishment la Is the neighborhood of 0 chief beauty I 1 the thrive righteous one would hardly expect from an opium shop HAS 20 MINUTES SUNSHINE there Is a busy town of BOO soo inhabitant inhabitants in colorado where the sun un shines but 20 20 minutes out of each 24 2 hours this town la Is river portal it ie in located in gunnison Gunn lson canyon and 1 Is the point from which the great qun oun bison hison tunnel v as run that the water waters of that river might be conducted to the deserts beona the mountain ranee range the gunnison Gunn lson canyon wae was steep bleep and precipitous and opposed great difficulties to the engineer engineers who ought sought to divert lie its water theeb engineer engineers cut a road in the boil 1 rk of the canyons can yone tide side and at the tte toot foot of that road planted a town this town waa was the headquarter headquarters tor for the spectacular engineering enterprise that they had in mind in the town lived the working forra which wa was driving the tunnel through the moun tain thi this town was wa perched upon the piece of ground at the foot toot of the greit cliff that wae was most nearly 1161 level fel even this thi spot however ot of fored an opportunity of placing the dwelling dwellings only in an irregular way and ono one above the other here in the mountain mountains has ha existed for tour four year years a busy little tillage village with all the elements ele menta of modem modern civilization brought with it into thi this leol atlon in the picture uncle sam sams public school appear appears as the highest in the light tight hand band background the strangest thing about this til vill lage la in the fact that it ha his but 20 minutes of sunshine every day dar thi this ij Is atle due to the precipitous walli walls that rl alea 8 0 on each side aide of the stream and shut out the ray rays of the sun un there Is to the brief period ot of 20 minutes bo be tween 1120 and 1140 when the sun un peeps over the th bluff on the one side ide of 0 the stream and before its ray rays have been cut off by the high cliffs on the other side this one short epan span of sunlight Is all that these people ople of the canyon get year in and year out artificial light bills run high here GREATEST JEWISH about one ona tenth of the entire jew ish race rac 0 in the world today resides in the united state states where they their form abort two per cent of the population more lir there nor than w wro to in the whole ot of palestine every aalt per son one meet meets on tho the street streets Is a hebrew in every country the jews are among the most orderly order lir dement of ane population MINE COAL UNDER SEA what Is perhaps tho the moat most ext noral nary coal mine in the world may be found on a tiny island la W ta tie e japan sea near nagasaki this inland ars just sufficient room upon its surface for the and the hoisting machinery ebi nery tue worl workings sings which are i very extensive reach out la in all directions ions lons under the sea truncheon Trum cheon in lieu of colors 4 4 t A 1 5 SIA 0 44 h A A 4 of all the rates that go to make inake up the british army in india none excel the Goor khas for loyalty and tr bravery avery they first enlisted in tha british rv ice lea in 1814 after being defeated and nd there are now three regiment regiments of them thorn the second Goor khae khas are ir especially atly proud of the honorary truncheon which they carry instead of colore colors it was v presen presented tod to them in 1803 1863 fry by queen victoria and Is carried on an parade by a and escorted by two color havil dare and two he truncheon li Is about six ix feet in length Is I 1 of bronte bronto and Is I 1 surmounted by a liver allver crowd supported up ported by three ahr arld bridler er idler lers in bronze on a ring of liver silver below the figure figures are r inscribed the werft main picquet hind hindmo house houte delhi 1857 1 belov thia this ring Is 1 a repress rits tion in bran boonsu of the th delhi DOM gate of the palace of the mogul moguls with two the Goor khas national weapon under it in silver 0 |