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Reptiles in Captivity.
From the CenturJ


The most striking single feature of the
reptile house interior In the New York Zoo
is the alligator pool, which is another new
departure in the keeping of saurians. The
pool is thirty-five by nine feet, and con-
tains four feet of water, heated to 90 de-
grees Fahrenheit. On the further side of
the pool are spacious gravel banks, beyond
which rises dense maze of palms Spanish
bayonets and other tropical plants, repre-
senting a living jungle Leaning over the
pool is a tree, resembling a live oak over
grown with tillandsias, orchids and Spanish
moss from Florida. A flood of light streams
down upon the pool and its banks, the wa
ter is warmed by concealed pipes, and the
six alligatorS are so contented that they
have long since ceased to be vicious Be
ing properly warmed, they feed freely
grow rapidly and are always ready for a
meal. The largest specimen, called "Jum-
bo." now twelve feet six inches in length,
has added six inches to himself since he
was placed in the pool last November.
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WHALE IN HIS BACK YARD.
Memorial of the Great tpheaval at
Los Angeles a Million Years Ago.

Los Angeles Million Tears ago.
From the New York Sun.
1t is not every one who can point with
pride to a whale eighty feet long in his
back yard. This privilege belongs to an
East Los Angeles man. Some time ago
while walking over his property he noticed
a peculiar white streak which had weather.
ed out. 1t looked like chalk or as If white
wash had been sprinkled along the ground
and had soaked in. The owner of the land
began to investigate the matter with pick
and shovel. To his amaZement he found
that the streak was made by enormous
bones, which, one by one, were dug out
They We're huge round masses each lift
for two men. The bones were In regular
lines and were traced for eighty feet. Ihey
were not identified until a scientific man
came along one day, and, after inspecting
them, informed the owner that they We're
the vertebrae of a whale.
This is the sixth or seventh whale dis
covered in the corporate limits of Los An
geles, and there are doubtless many others
still unearthed as it is evident that at
some time a large school of whales was
trapped on the California coast. Los An
geleS is about seventeen miles from the
ocean and 600 feet above high-water mark;
and from the top of the hills it can readily
be seen how the cutaceans were entrapped.
Perhaps million years ago, more or less,
the Pacific flowed over the present site OF
the town. Here countless whales must
have gathered and paraded up and down
the coast. as they do today. They wander
ed far inland, in all probability over the
present Mojave and Arizona deserts Final
ly, without warning, one of the greatest
cataclysms in the history of the world
came. The entire coast was lifted into the
air; mountains assumed shape. and the
dripping, kelp-lined rocks. reeking with the
life of the sea, were lifted with titanic
force. The great inland bays and estuarieS
became dry land in an instant. Myriads of
animals huge wales and fishes of all kinds
became lodged in the mud banks, where
they are found today. monuments of the
great upheavel which saw the formation of
the coast range of the Pacific.
From Tia Juana to Santa Barbara there
are evidences which tell the same story.
Now on the slopes of mountains, high above
the water, is the old beach, with its shells,
bones and sharks teeth: and everywhere
whalebones have been found, showing that
scores OF these We're trapped in the great
upheaval. In the San Luis range a great
whale skeleton was found in relief several
years ago. In excavating tunnel in the
very heart of Los Angeles another whale
sas discovered away beneath the houses.
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The Best Part.
From Puck.

From Puck.
Farmer Manufacturers one good
thing about golf, anyhow.
Farmer Dunk skeptically).-Huh, What's
that?
Farmer Hornbeak.-Ye don't have to play
it If we don't want to.
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The Gamer.
From Life.

A Gamer. exceedingly canny.
One morning remarked to his granny,
"a Gamer can can
Anything that he can,
But q Gamer can't can Q can, can her
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hold also shows Il delightful bit OF flower
painting-a bowl of Easter lilies.
The Landscapes.
Among the landscape painters Mr..
Holmes, Mr.. MOser and Mir. Everett War
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ner are most largely represented. though
the last mentioned can no longer be mum
bered among local artists.
Mr.. w. II. Holmes is the president Of the
Water Color ClUb. and one Of the foremost
in the ranks Of Washington painters
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He Knew Better.

From Smart Set.
Mollie-"You have nothing to look for
ward to-"
Chollie-"Yes, I have. 7 have wealthy
aunt who believes in Christian Science"
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Raggles-"Wot yer dom. Weary. wild de
tellerscope?'
Weary-"Lookin' fer work.
Raggles-"Lookin' fer work! W'ot fer?'
Weary-"So's / kin avoid it. l wuz jest
sizin' up de houses round here ter see eff
can't strike wun dat keeps gaserline-can
instid Nv a wood pile"
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Tried Il on the DOG.

A French barber has invented a
lotion for the human head that not
only preserves the scalp, but makes
hair grow in bald spots. A doubling
citizen quiz2ed him on the subject.
You say it is new; you have not
tried it; how do you know it will
work?" "Ah. / am not so SLOW" was
the reply. have re knowledge Eat
in AmeriqI inventor like re di-
rector OF lefupora and re drama hrst
try heem on ze dog, If 70 dog like,
he try heem on re man. 1 have try
my lotion on ze dog with re what you
call mango. He make effort to eat
heemself on re back and on re ear till
all hees hair depart and re scalp ees
much affect. In three applicasheeonh
re sore depart and re hair grow. Re
physeeologee of re brute ees re same
like re ph%yseeologee of re human.
VOLTA" do you mean to tell me that
you have cured a dog of the mango
with this STUFF" 'Mainzh? What eet
is?" What you call 'monzhay. Ali
Oou! Yesl Vraiment! A grand Ian
guage. Re dog he eat; he have re
'mainzh; it ees manger tout VII. Eth,
monsieur ?"-New York Press.
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A breathing exercise, which is said
to work wonders in the way of filling
up the neck, hOllows in the cheeks, ex-
banding contracted chests and curing
many of the minor ills which flesh is
heir to is taken thus: Stand out Of
doors in the sunshine or by an open
window, hold the chest up and inhale
through the lose as long as possible.
Exhale equally slowly. Fifteen min
utes of this exercise twice a day will
effect a great improvement in health
and appearance. The exercise is as
good for men as for women and is
sometimes recommended by drill SER
geants to young volunteers and others
by way of increasing their chest meas
urement to the requisite number Of
inches.
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AZTEC
Unearthed After Being Buried Centuries

Unearthed After Being Buried Centuries
Ago,
The work that is being carried on in
the Gale de las Escalerillas for the
laying of the sewer mains has led to
important archaeological discoveries,
for, as is well known, that street, as
well as the present cathedral, formed
part Of the site of the great temple of
Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war,
says the Mexican Herald.
The latest discoveries seem to be
the most important Of all. Foremost
among them are two figures of the god
Ehecatl (god of air., the companion
Of Quetzacoatl. One of these figures
is painted red, yellow and black, and
in spite Of the dampness Of the ground
where it has lain for centuries, the
colors have remained fresh and vivid.
These idols are adorned with disks Of
gold, which are polished and engraved
in q remarkable manner The disks
ar about twenty centimeters in dia-
meter and the gold plate is of fair
thickness. Other objects found at the
same time were four ear ornaments
Of gold, a gold jewel case belonging
to the god Of air, beads, amulets Of
green stone, axes of slick, small idols
Of stone, lances Of sharp stones, a
curious mask of pyrite of iron, knives
Of large dimensions, a mask of diorite.
censers Of e%arthenware painted in col
ors and many other figures of stone
and cement, the latter being always
po~lychromatic.
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NAYY's FASTEST BOAT
THE KENTUCKY BREAKs ALL
OCEAN RECORDS.
Her Recent rnst Trip from New York
20 Gibrnitar mas Awakened the
Attention Of tho world 70 Our Soon
to-Be Peerless Navy.
washington Letter.

washington letter.
Uncle Sans big battleship Kentucky
Is now the pride Of the navy. She re-
Gently broke all long-distance records
for warships by steaming from New
York to Gibraltar in twelve days. It
was a 4.OOO-mile trip and the average
rate Of speed was fourteen knots an
hour. She left New York October 90.
A c%ablegram reached the navy yards
Nov. 2 bringing the news of her ar
rival at Gibraltar.
The navy yard officials were both
surprised and delighted to hear Of the
Kentucky's marvellous run, and they
Immediately cabled Capt. Chester their
congratulations.
When Admiral Dewey came home
from Manila a year ago he made the
trip from Gibraltar to New York in the
fast cruiser Olympia in nine days, ar
irving here two days ahead of his time.
Even this. the naval officers say, is
not SO remarkable a performance as
the Kentucky's trip has proved to be,
simply because the Olympia was built
for speed.
News OF The latest record-breaking
voyage was received by navy men with
expressions Of satisfaction.
The record of the Oregon on her
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OF CHINESE
= y . ORIGIN

1T is a curious thing" said a pro-
lessor Of the chronological department
of a western college the other night,
ito trace the origin of some Of our
gambling games. 1 was much sur
prised a few summers ago, while
tramping through the forests in the
northwest on a shooting and fishing
trip, to find the real home Of the shell
and pea-gams We STAYED a few days
with the Indians of the Sac and Fox
tribe, and were invited one evening
to enter a little game Of real cards.
Some of our party had scooped the
Indians of nearly all their ready
money in the white mans proverbial-
ly better play, when one Of the tribe
thought to redeem the honor of his
what he called the moccasin and ball
people by calling our attention to
what he called the moccasin and ball
game. It was a curious modification
of the old shell and pea game, and
was played by shuffling some baked
clay balls about the size of hickory
nuts under overturned m~occasins. The
natural clumsiness of the moccasins
made us inclined to bite at the game,
but really 1t resulted in the same dis
aGtrous results as with the neat 1t
tie shells in the land of the merry-go-
round and raeetracks. l was rather
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OCEANS FLOOR.
It II Being Covered by a Deposit Of
Sediment

It II Being Covered by a Deposit Of
Sediment
Scientists estimate that the floor OF
the ocean is being gradually covered
by a deposit Of sediment, but so slowly
is it forming that It amounts to but a
single inch in a thousand years. Scien-
lists are rather fond Of estimating all
manner of things which other folks
usually overlook. When they turned
their attention to the bottom of the
ocean they went into the subject most
thoroughly. For one item they took
the ships which have been wrecked
since ships we're first built. They
found that there were over thirty thou
sand of them in one much-traveled
part Of the ocean-so many, that were
they all a1oat, a boy or girl might
stand upon the deck Of any n vessel
and count the masts Of a dozen 9TH
ers. Then they %speculated upon the
lasting qualities of all these wrecks,
and decided that tens of thousands OF
years hence, when the present floor OF
the ocean will have risen and become
populated farms, the man who plows
the fields will find no remaining trace
of all this wreckage unless he turns up
an occasional object Of gold, silver or
glass. Wood, steel, iron and copper
will have disappeared altogether.
Should the great battleship Oregon
sink to the ocean bed a plowman Of
the future will find only coins, bits Of
jewelry and the bull's-eye lights that
go down with her. Man is leaving
only one permanent trace Of himself
D o the ocean floor, and that, strange
to say, is the deposit Of ashes and half
burned coal thrown from steamers.
Great quantities of this refuse are cast
over the sides of ships every year and
the scientists believe that heaps Of it
are forming in quiet spots and that
their brother scientists of the coming
ages will be able to do a little estimat-
ing on their own account regarding us
poor mortals Of the twentieth century.
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All along the Rockaway Beach di-
vision Of the Long Island railroad
there are misty legends of the Gold
en- Diva Train" hat scoots along in
the midnight darkness like a fierce
jack o. lantern. It consists Of an en-
CINE and two cars, and makes the run
to far Rockaway in twenty-five min
utes. One of the natives said to me
on Saturday afternoon: "Tn tell you,
Mr.. Tip, it is a sight these black
nights. Lillian pays $50 a night for
her train, and gives the conductor
and brakeman IS apiece for every run.
That makes $50 a trip. She dashes
out Of the theater as soO as her part
is over, rides In a cab to the ferry
and in ten minutes more is in her
private car, flying along Newtown
Creek. But what's that to her-$60 a
night to get home-when she's maxi
ing $500 a week." / did not feel in
cllned to make any corrections.-NeW
York Press.
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CONCEALED FIRE-ESCAPE.


the party did the same thing, although
there was not an insect in sight. All
marvelled greatly at this. A moment
later they noticed that the distant
mountains were disappearing behind
a cloud of mist. Mist in Colorado in
February? Surely there must be some
mistake. But there was no mistake,
because within ten minutes a gentle
wind began to blow, and the air be-
came filled with fine particles Of some
thing that scintillated like diamond
dust in the sunshine. Still the peo-
pie drove on until they came to a
cabin where a man signalled them to
stop. With his head tied up in 3
bundle Of muflers, he rushed out and
handed the driver a piece of paper on
which was written: Come into the
house quick, or this storm will kill
all OF you. Don't talk outside here"
OF course no time was lost in getting
under cover and putting the horses in
the stables. But they we're a little
late, for in less than an hour the
whole party was sick with violent
coughs and fever. Before the next
morning one of the women died with
all the symptoms of pneumonia. The
others were violently i'll of it, but
managed to pull through after long
sickness.
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JAMAICAN EXPERIENCE.
Ignorant Native Put Ice In Box with

Ignorant Native Put Ice in Box with
Dress.
For some years after my marriage 1
lived at Old Harbour, a small place
about twenty miles from Kingston.
One day, when a visit to my Kingston
dressmaker was a necessity. I ordered
a young negro to get upon the rumble
and drive me to the town. / paid my
visit to the d~ressmaker, and, receiving
my frock, a light summer thing, from
her, / placed it in the box beneath the
buggy seat and drove on to my sis
ter's, where I went to escape the heat
cd part of the day, giving my boy six
pence and bidding him see the sights
and return at four o'clock. He turned
up p%unctually with the grin still in
place, and in due time we reached Old
Harbour once more. When 1 went to
take out my crispy muslin / found to
my CONSERVATION it was a wet, sloppy
mass. No rain had fallen, and even
then 1 turned to the boy: Solo
mon. what in the world does this
mean? HoW"-but the look Of utter
helpless amazement on his face stop
ped me. "LOr', missis, 1t am queer,
but not so queer as what done happen
to me. Me bought a quattig Qhd)
wort Of dat pretty ting dey calls ice
to bring home an show ma sister, an
I put him in dar wild your dress to
keep him safe-an' now him gone for
true-an' how him get out / dunno
wild you sittin' on him all de time!"-
Harper's Magazine.
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Ezoiting Experiences Of tho Crew OF .
British Steamship.
The p. and o. steamer Egypt. which
arrived at Plymouth recently. had
among her passengers those OF the
crew of the British steamer Indra. who
were SO long missing after the
wreck Of their vessel at Cape Guarda-
fui. The Indra. bound from Java to
Philadelphia with $500 tons of sugar.
was wrecked on August 20. about 2s
miles from Cape Guardafui in fine
weather. The crew left in four boats,
but the captain and second officer
were soon picked up and the men con-
veyed to Alden. T~wenty-three days
later the remainder OF the crew arriv-
ed there after extraordinary expert
ences. Two days after leaving the
Indra they fell in with a somali dhow
which offered to conduct them to the
shore to find fresh water. One Of the
native crew understood something Of
the language and gathered that the
strangers intended making prisoners
Of the shipwrecked mariners and hold
AAn NAAAA wi AMAAa0AM vi hNALANh NMENN
into slavery. The Somalis had placed
an armed man in one of the boats. but
during the night he was thrown over
board and the towline was cut adrift.
Hosting sail, the two boats stood
away, but were soon followed in Dur-
suit by the Somalis. who were seen
preparing their blow-darts and stones.
The sailors smaller craft wassaban-
doned, its occupants being taken on
the sailing boat, which now had
thirty-nine people on board, with a
diminished supply Of water and food.
In the darkness the Indra's crew eff
fected their escape, but another eight
days elapsed before a friendly village
was reached on the Arabian coast.
Meanwhile the water supply was linn
tied to four tablespoonfuls a day,
whilst the last days there was
nothing to eat. The victims suffer-
ings we're ~frightful. Several steamers
we're seen but signals were not regard
ed. Day after day in the fierce sun
shine the Europeans, although longing
for water to moisten their cracked
lips, manfully kept up their spirits,
but the natives handed knives to one
another, and would have induced each
other to put an end to their troubles
but for the influence of the officers.
At last Barrali was reached, and dur
ing the twelve days spent ashore the
food was of the scantiest description,
though everything possible was done
for the comfort Of the men. On reach
ing Alden the unfortunate men we're
sent home.
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THE WHITE DEATH"
Remarkable Mist In the Rockies which
OFTEN Proves Fatal

Remarkable Mist in the Rockies which
often Proves Fatal
OF all the natural phenomena pc
culiar to the Rocky Mountain region
none Is o strange or terrible than
the mysterious storm known to the In
dams as the white death" Scientific
men have never yet had an opportun-
ity Of investigating Il, because It
ome at the nos unexpected times
and may keep away from a certain To-
cality for years. Well-read men who
have been through 1t say that It is
really a frozen fog. But where the
fog comes from is more than any n
can say. This phenomenon occurs
most frequently in the northern part
OF Colorado, in Wyoming and occa-
sionally In Montana. About two years
ago a party Of three women and two
men we're crossing North Park ia q
wagon In the month OF February.
The air was bitterly cold, but dry as
a bone and m%otionless. The sun shons
with almost startling brillianoy. As
the hve people drove along owe the
crisp snow they did not experience The
least cold. but really felt most CONF
Portable. and rather enjoyed the trip.
Mountain peaks fifty miles away could
be seen as distinctly az the pine trees
by the roadside. Suddenly d OF the
women put her hand up TO her face
and remarked that something had
otdug her. Then other members Of
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Mrs. Alec Tweedie Of London, Eng
land, has gained much fame as a
writer and traveller. but until now
America has been left out Of her itln-
erary. She has been travelling in this
country for several weeks, and intends
10 leave for Mexico in about ten days
for a six months stay to gather ma
terial for another such delightful book
Of travels as her former ~well-known
works, "A Girls Ride In Iceland" "A
Winter Jaunt to Norway" and
Through Finland in Carts" have
proved to be. Mrs. Tweedie is a dis
tinguished-looking woman. who owns
a pair Of handsome brown eyes, a
keen sense Of humor and a refreshing
enthusiasm In new experiences and
new people. and as a result Is a most
entertaining talker.
In London. where she has a beautiful
home, Mrs. Tweedie Is 4 famous club
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woman. Her energy is something awe
inspiring. Every morning from 9 till
l o'clock she is busy at her literary
work, and after hat the innumerable
engagements of society during the sea
son occupy her time. 1t has been said
that of untitled women she has pre-
sented mor girls at the English court
than any other person and her list Of
friends numbers about all the writer's,
artists, travellers, statesmen and distin-
guished people who live in or visit
London. Ample witness to this is
the famous |tablecloth she owns which
is about as well known in London as
its owner. The guests who have sat
at her dinner table have scrubbed
their names on it in pencil, have
sketched pictures and signed them,
have written bits Of verses, and these
pencil outlines she has covered with
embroidery tracings, the result being
decidedly novel in the line Of SOU
venirs.
Mrs. Tweedie has come to America
after a summer in Paris. where she
was an invited guest Of France and
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spoke before one Of the congresses on
agriculture in Great Britain-this sub
iect being one of the numerous hob
bies for which she snatches time. em-
broidery and painting being two more
that she pursues with success. She IS
such a versatile woman that she
crowds enough experiences, achieve
ments. amusements and good hard
work into year to supply a dozen
ordinary persons and such Is her vital
ity she seems to thrive on Il. AS a
charmingly representative English
woman she stands a type by herself.
An interesting bit Of news brought
by her is that Sarah Grand, the novel
list. one Of her intimate friends, is COM
ing to America soon on a lecturing
tour. English women writers seem
about to follow in the footsteps OF their
brother authors who have addressed
American audiences the last few years.