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Horned Horse.

7TCURGOUs horned horse called the
Agnu IL a native Of South Africa. Ihe
I Ngnu Is a puzzle. II RI ally seems TO be
a cross between the morse. the COW
and the deer II has the head and horhs
OF COW, the tail name and withers OIL
The horse and the legs Of deer. Alto-
gether the gnu Is one Of the most singular
creatures on earth.
The gnu inhaDiss the h!lly districts OF
South Africa. roaming all over the country
in vast herds As far as travellers nave
yet penetrated It Is found. and II Is TOT
tunate that It Is so. for the flesh OF the
gnu forms excellent food They are now
ever extremely wild. and, being very
quick in their movements, are difficult 70
shoot Upon the first alarm the whoie
herd scamper away in single fle, follow
ing a leader. When seen from a distance
they look like a troop oGhorses.
Their speed Is very great, but when first
disturbed they do not exert It. but kick out
their heels and begin buttlng at anything
that comes in their way, exhibiting the
greatest fury. Unless hard pressed they
seldom show fight. but when brought to
bay they will defend themselves despe-
rateiy. They dart forward upon their en-
envy with great fury, and unless he re-
mains cool and collected he probably VIII
not escape
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Artiatin Embroidery.
THE dlficuIt art OF decorative embroid-
cry, which has been so little cultivated

THE difficult art OF decorative embroid
cry, which has been so little cultivated
for many years, has at last been re-
vived by French woman. Her tri-
umphs In this line are equal to the most
exquisite productions In the past.
Nine de Rudder in collaboration with
her husband, who Is a well known sculptor.
eAh!bhed her first work in 1894 at the Elk
position Cercle pour Art. This was in the
FORM OF panel called THE Eagle and the
swan" 1t was exhibited at Vienna, where
u attracted much attention and was pur-
chased by a connoisseur who ls well
known amateur Her next pretentious
work was a screen decorated with The
rates In this work she created a new
method called re-embroidery. The back
ground Of the figures of the Fates was
composed of ancient silks. and as some
of the pieces were covered with holes
made by moths. she added supplementary
ornaments motives embroidered on, cloth
TO conceal the defects. The result OF this
forced expedient was the discovery OF re-
embroidery
When this screen was exhibited in Brus-
sells 1t attracted the admiration OF the
Mayor, who gave Nine. de Rudder com
mission to decorate the Marriage Hail OF
the Hotel de Vile About the same time
she was commissioned to embroider six
large allegorical panels for the walls Of the
Hotel Provincial in Client. These panels
are remarkable not only for their decora-
tive beauty. but for their charming compo-
sftlon. The workmanship Is varied and
accompllshes a wonderful effect.
The artists next important commission
was from the Congo Free State for eight
decorative panels to adorn the walls of the
Congo section at the Brussels Exposition.
These panels are now in the museum oil
Terveuren, where they show to great ad-
vantage. They are pure applique. except
the features, which are for the most pari
embroidered. They represent the triumph
Of civilization over barbarism.
The triumph Of Nine. de Rudder's ex-
preston OF her chosen art is in her latest
work-four large panels representing the
four seasons They are exceedingly beau
tiful, not only In conception and compost
management of the medium in which this
ideas are expressed. Perhaps the mosi
beautiful Of the four is Winter" and a
description will give some idea of Nine
de Rudder's art She has chosen an in.
terror scene to illustrate the subject. Two
old people are sitting by the fire. A bit OF
bright coloring u lent to the picture by
bunch of chrysanthemums in a vase A
child, symbohcal of coming life, is offerins
a branch of mistletoe to the grandmother
and near sby an old man Is slumberlng
typifying the life that Is ebbing away
Through the window can be seen fieldi
white with snow, rendered in tones o
naturalness Of atmosphere and perspective
/ The whole Is in direct contrast to the full
ness and richness of life shown In th'
picture representing Summer"
/ Though there is a group Of artists whit
have mastered this difficult art, Nine. d
Rudder easily stands at their head as
Header Of this peculiar craft.
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Baby Transportntinn.

THE little Lapp infant Is Graded in a
shoe-his mothers. This is a dig af-
fair covered with skin lind stuned
with soft moss. This can be hung on
a tree or covered with snow, while, mamma
goes to church or any place where babies
are not invited.
The baby Of India rides In a basket
which hangs from its mothers head, or
from her hip, or in a hammock In some
parts the baby's nose Is adorned with a
nose ring. and In others Its face Is wrapped
In veil, like its mothers.
The Chinese baby Is tied to the back OF
an older child
The Monaghan infant travels about In
a bag slung on a camers back.
In some countries the mothers lay their
babies where a stream OF water falls on
their heads. This Is to make them tough.
which IL does, unless the babies die as a
result OF this treatment. Another mother
covers her baby's head with paste, while
the Tartar baby is covered with butter,
The Turkish baby Is sailed, while
worse fate falls to the lot Of the newly
born child in Bulgaria. Its mother puts
a hot omelette on the little ones head
to make It solid and protect II from sun
stroke Its mother thinks she knows
better shout some things than II does, so
II has to submit. which It does with q
very bad grace indeed.
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Favorite Dishes.

Murillo said that no man could eat coarse
food and have the soul OF an artist. His
own diet was generally very plain.
vsrnSt enjoyed a soup made OF drip
ping and onions. With this and . piece
of black bread he was quite content.
Bolingbroks declared that the most
agreeable food he had ever eaten was .
slice Of bOaFs head served at college
dinner.
Tintoretto liked baked cheese. plenufully
sprinkled with salt and pepper, nor did ne
ever seem TO suffer from tins preparation
The Duke OF Marlborough ate beef. He
said on one occaslon:-''No soldier can
hght unless he is properly fed on beef and
beer"
oliver Goldsmith enjoyed veal pie. he
said that with veal pie and Whiskey IN
every mans house q rebellion was umposSi-
BILE.
John the Evangelist. according to tradi-
ton. was so abstemious that handful OF
barley was all the food he needed for
day.
Burke enjoyed English beef and Irish
porter. He said England and Ireland could
always come together on such platform.
Mendelssohn never cared much for the
pleasures OF the table. He said he could
live for a week on a sausage and a loaf OF
bread.
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FOR some years a certain class Of
performers has attracted spectators
by swallowing an assorted collection
OF hardware, despite all the laws OF
digestion. In one OF the hospitals of Lon
don collection has been made of the
varied articles extracted from the intes-
tines OF a single performer who follows
the profession before mentioned. A photo
graph of the collection is reproduced here
with.
There was a time when conhscated to-
bacco was burned in peculiar bulging
kiln at the London docks, which was called
the Queens Pipe" But since 1892 this
smugglers' property has Been put to bet
ter use. There is a good deal of 1t. Nearly
40 900 pounds have been taken In the last
Ave years. OF this 1900 pounds were sent
to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
and Edinburgh for fumigating plants and
making tobacco wash; $500 pounds were
given to the criminal lunatics at Broad
moor. $500 pounds of cigars were sold by
auction. 1880 pounds OF stalks, which were
useless. were burned; $500 pounds weight
was lost through drying, and the remain
der Of the tobacco Is still In hand await
ing disposalf
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A CuTiouR Group.
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- ONE phases Of animal training are
;most tedious. and 1t is only by the APP
Opllcation of inslstent patience that
carefully calculated results are OBJ
talned. The marvellous performance Of.
company Of trained seals. now in
America, is the most striking example
actually at hand. They appear to be al
most human In their intelligence, and one
juggles quite as we'll as some men per-
formers. or course, all this action is Who'll
ly foreign to the nature of these am
phlbiAns. But, then, all trick training
makes animals do things most opposed to
their natural disposition One, for ex-
ample, would think that this cat and
mouse were stuffed. lifeless figures, so un-
usual Is the combination. Under ordinary
circumstances the cat would have at once
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THE three sheep whose photograph Is
printed on this page are believed to
] De the smallest sheep in the world
They are perfectly formed and pro-
portioned In every way, and their WOOL
what th0rS y OF II, u Of the finest quality
Ths sheep bring In q considerable Income
TO thetr owner, not from the quantity Of
wool harvested from them. but from the
fees people pay to see them. They have
been widely exhibited
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The woman who possesses the long est
had OF hair in the world 10 said to be Mer-
eodes Lopez a Mexican. Her height is
I'VE feet, and when she stands erect her
hair trails on the ground four feet eight
inches. The hair Is so thick that she can
completely hide herself in IT, She has Il
cut vsFy frequently, as It grows so quickly,
enabling her to sell large tresses to hair
dealers every month. She Is the wife of q
poor sheep herder.
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In india about two millions OF the ma.
lives can now read English.
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n lost visitors to Monaco give little
~ thought to the concrete seat Of power
] of the kingdom, for the fascination Of
chance is many times more potent
than the desire to study regal form.
of the thrones of Europe will
show that Of Monaco as striking in its Inn
pressve simplicity and beauty. The land
ruled from this seat " not
vast, but, in sentimental area. 1t Is as
large as the world.
In Paris company has contracted with
the municipal authorities for all the foliage
to be derived from the trees OF the pub
lie squares, gardens, streets and woods
within the limits of the city. These leaves
are to be compressed under high pressure
and will then be converted into a fuel
which, 1t Is claimed, will have a far greater
calorihc capacity than coal or any other
fuel known.
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The money spent in Germany on drink
is three times the cost OF the army and
navy together and more than seven times
the cost OF their primary education. Its
amount is almost equal to that of the
German national debt, so that the German
people by leaving of drink for a year and
a month could pay of the whole debt.
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The establishment of British troops in
South Africa Is about twenty thousand Of
all ranks. The annual cost Of the force,
including allowance for the erection of
barracks, &C., Is about $4,000, 900.
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Original Machine Gun.
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Elephants and Dress.

ELEPHANTS are fond OF finery and
= delight to see themselves decked out
with gorgeous trappings. The native
= princes Of India are very particular in
choosing their state elephants, and VIII
give fabulous sums for an animal that
exactly meets the somewhat tanciful
standards they have erected. ,,-
For these they have made cloths OF SIN
so heavily embroidered with gold that Two
men are hardly able to lift them. The ele-
plant which usually led the state process
sion of a Rajah being i'll, the magnlncent
trappings were placed on one which hau
up to that time occupied only a subordl-
nate place The animal, delighted az us
finery. showed its glee by so many niue
suueaks and kicks of pleasure that gen
eral attention was attracted to H.
Not long after another state procession
was formed and the previous weareF OF
the gold cloths being restored to health
took his accustomed place and ,trapplnss'
when the now degraded beast, imaglns.
nerhaps that he was being defrauded %
HE promotion was with great dlthculty
restrained from attacking the leader OF the
parade.
The strangest military body In the worIu
is a band OF cavalry at Saint de moor
vav a province on the east coast Of Africa
which Is under the rule Of the French GOV
ernor General Of Madagascar. These SOL
dlers go about their military operations OF
oxen The animals are lean creatures. and
| 1t is said they move with surprising ra'
pidity.
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pounced upon the mouse; but under ordin-
airy circumstances it must be remembered
that the mouse would not have the
temerlty to come so near. Both have been
so we'll trained as to meet in a compan-
ionship which both seem to enjoy. On
one occasion the cat savagely defended
her unusual companion from the assault
of another cat, who looked upon the plump
mouse as legitimate prey.
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Matrimonial tickets are supplied by the
Canadian Pacific Railway to those settlers
In the Northwest Territory who wish TO
make journey In order to get married,
and on presenting the return coupon and
a marriage certificate a man is entitled to
free transportation for bis bride.
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posed to be an invention OF the last
twenty years. Herewith ia presented
a picture, however. of proposed ma
chine gun which was devised In the If
teenth century. The crudeness Of the pic
ture attests It's age. Although the ma
chine gun was very roughly portrayed n
this case. 1t is obvious that It here had Its
original conception.
In servia the dislike entertained to fair
hair is so acute that II extends even to
the white hair OF old age, No Servian
woman who respects herself would appear
in public with white hair, Nor does she
attempt TO conceal the fact that she dyes
Il periodically. The custom has come
down to her from time immemorial.
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TopiarY Gardens.

Topiary Gardens.
Ut Elvaston Castle, In Derbyshire. is
10 be seen the finest example Of a
Nloplary garden. A topiary garden is
shrubs clipped TO represent snirn1Is t ana
i hatuIe ana flowers. 1t is said to- tails a.
ieast three centuries to grow ana cifn ~
g. ~ ~ yeW tree into these fantastic shapes
cba,'I 'Vusn the nouveauX riches may pur-
tLee portraits of ancestors 10 hang In
. .neI, newly acquired mansion. the tonfary,
saIueh Is beyond them no naftar ar.
money may be offered. "h@'
90 tt ty ,i,ashlon came into vogue In the reIgn
Ii WlIilam and Mary, though II origin "a
during the reign of ElIzabefh Tbae ,,niIsa
oI tnat time had their gardens laid out
IA TINS curious but inartistic fashion ami
, ,ue rage continued till about 1852 Thar
.ahuscape gardening took its place and
Tbis % tne fantastic trees were uprooted
ms accounts for the rarity and value OF
me rev which are in existence to-day
Inc Earl of Rosebery possesses some
unique specimens. clipped in the shane ot
taDIe set, which comprises teapot. Guns
anu sAucers, eggs in cups and so on Riit
even these do not compare with tboss
possessed by the Earl of Harrington Of
ElVaston. Four men are EMPLOYED there
az salaries ranging from $40 to SIS weekly.
whose business II is to elm these traaSs'
Ihey demand constant attention, for from
week OF neglect they looked ragged. and
In month they are ruined The tree
sculptor must be highly sklful, for a few
awkward clips of the shears Will ruin a
beautiful specimen. An eve for cnntour
Is most necessary to the profession.
To meet the demand which the ambitious
rich have made upon them for these trees
English nurserymen have grown yew trees
I'm tubs cut I'm the shape OF various ami
mails, and these are sold at prices ranging
from $50 to $500 apiece But even at this
price they are but poor limitations OF the
trees growing at Elvaston.
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IN the great oollSOtion Of manuscripts of
famous novels IN the British Museum
there are few more interesting than that
Of ChArlOtts Bronts's -Jans Eyre" The
frat page. which u roprOduced herewith.
which opens the story. u a type OF the
whole. The curious crampsd handwriting
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The Natural Bridges of Utah.

The Natural Bridges of Utah.
~ NE OF the great natural curiosities of
ohe United States is the Natural
~ Bridge in Virginia, which till recently
mas stood In a,class by itself. But in
me Wohoerland of Utah there have been
Iouna three bridges of similar character
which are more remarkable in every way.
Ihey are at the head OF the White Canyon
IN san Juan county, but being many miles
from the nearest railroad and In a regiOn
where the water supply Is scarce In the
early months they have been inaccessible.
scorup, q catueman of thai rs9iOn.
obtained a distant view OF the bridEea In
1895. and has been anxious ever since 10
set nearer to them. Some years later he
and mining engineer named Long started
10 reach them, entering the White CANYON
on the Colorado River. They Assembled the
canyon for several miles, passing numerous
ancient cliff dwellings, and were finally re-
warded by their FIRST sight of one of
the great bridges. Unfortunately. they
had no scientific instruments with them
with which to make measurements. but
Long came somewhere near their correct
dimensions by means OF rough trianguia-
ton.
The hrst of these bridges was named the
Caroline. In honor OF Scorup's wife II
measures POS feet from buttress 70 buttregs
across the base OF the canyon. II Is iO7 feet
from the surface Of the water 10 thu can
tire OF the arch. and over the arch abovs
at It's highest point the solid mass OF sand
stone riseR i25 feet further. to the level on
the floor o. the bridge Passing over ms
one would be 22 feet from the bed Of the
stream. The roadway u 127 feet VIDE nro-
viding ample room for the passage OF an
army In columns.
! Three and half miles further m the
canyon they came to the second bridgs
whose height IL more than twice. ana its
span three times. that OF the Famous
Bridge OF Virginia. This bridge Womb
overspan the Capitol at Washington and
leave hfty-one feet to spare. IT is al
very light sandstone and covered win
green and orange lichens. which aad 4
beautiful note of color to the sight. This
span was named Augusta, for Mr.. Long,
wife.
The third bridge Is some twelve miles
further on. This was called the Iittle
Bridge. for 80 It seemed IN comparison win
the other two. 1t Is at a height OF al fsei
and the roadway Is little more than IS feet
wide.
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4 Tow many Of our readers can tell at
r. first glance what species OF animals
! these are7 They do not object to the
camera and make fair grouping.
They are badgers and let II be at once an
nounced that It is a fallacy to believe that
one OF the badgers forelegs is shorter than
the other. ito enable IL TO run up and down
hill more quickly" That was a sort Of
natural history fairy tale that recent close
study has entirely annihilated. Some OF
the olden text books have pictured the lit
tie animals with clOven hOofs, an unde-
served libel on a hard working much
abused object
The unusual spectacle OF a bridegroom
appearlnE at the altar handcuffed has been
seen at Monthey. an italian village. The
bridegroom, an italian, was undergoing a
lone sentence for burglary and recently
nrevai lied upon the governor OF the prison.
10 whom ne stated he had committed the
crime for the sake OF his fiancee. to allow
MIN 10 marry Two gendarmes In uniform
acted as witnesses ana guardians at the
same time. At the church door the young
bride and bridegroom parted with heavy
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The Migration of Birds.

= OR hundreds of years the migration
OF birds has been under close obserVa-
ton, but no theory has been offered
Whlch has not had as many exceptions
as agreements. II one accept the theory
that the birds are in search Of food and
suitable regions for raising their young.
one Is still In the dark as to the power
which guides them over thousands of miles
OF land and ocean. Beyond the fact that
birds have an tntultive perception of d.
rection one can be sure of very little.
The greatest travellers OF the migratory
birds are the wading birds, of which the
golden plover may be taken as a type.
Early in June these birds appear in the
Arctic Circle. I'm the Barren Grounds. 1t
is possible that they may go hundreds Of
miles further north than this. for they
have been seen in latitude 81 degrees. Be
fore the ice is out OF the ground they have
made their rude nests. where they remain
til August, when they journey toward
Labrador and fatten on the supply of ber-
ries which are then plentiful. BY the time
the first frost is felt In New England these
birds leave Nova Scotia on a journey Of
800 miles across the ocean, touching the
easterly coast of the West Indies. The
shores of South America are six hundred
miles from there, but the plovers do not
often break the journey by stopping over
at the Antilles unless a storm drives them
In shore.
In three OF TOUR weeks lney appear IN
Southern Brazil, in Argentina. and even in
Patagonia. Here they remain from Sep.
TENDER till March, and though it Is the
summer season there they never rest. and
though they are surrounded by great
stretches of open country they always re-
turn to the north to raise their young.
The Journey nofthward of these travel
lers is not over the same route, and some
points of their itinerary are still in doubt.
When they leave Argentina they are not
seen along the Atlantic coast OF South
America. but they appear in Texas in
March. In April they are all over the
Middle West and by May they reached
Canada. June finds them once more in the
Arctic regions. Though the course Is not
absolute they probably travel around an
ellipse 5000 miles one way and 5000 miles
the other.
Another interesting part OF the subject
OF migrations OF birds Is the speed at which
they travel. 1t is'a strange fact that II in
ereases as they go further north. For In
stance, the black poll warbler takes thirty
DAYS to travel 1000 miles from louisiana
to Minnesota. but II needs but fifteen days
10 cover the distance between Minnesota
and Alaska. The average speed Of the spe-
cies which cross the United States Isl
tWenty-three miles a day. But from the
northern boundaries OF the United states
onward the rate Is much increased, 20. 100
to $50 miles a day being frequently COW
cred
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Dreams and illness.

dreams anu AAlhos7'
At ia seriously advanced by an English
doctor that dreams may foretell sickness.
The theory is that when man Is
dreaming his mind is more sensitive
than in his waking hours, for the simple
reason that his actual surroundings are
not engaging any of the minds attention.
Thus It happens that when some disease
has set in the man awake does not reel
Il in its earliest stages, although the &C
tive mind in a sleeping body does reel
II. The sleeper dreams, let us say, that
he Is suffering some complaint of the leg,
and two or three days later the disease
having developed, he finds that he really
has bad attack OF rheumatism.
Harvey, who discovered the circulation
of the blood, records having had dream
in which a bee stung him In his left
thigh, on a place where a couple of days
later appeared an ugly ulcer. The ulcer
must have been developing, of course, at
the time of the dream, but what the man
in full consciousness could not perceive,
the man with only an active mind-i. e.,
dreaming-easily noticed.
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4 N India the question of caste is taxi
L rather more seriously than anywhere
i else IN the world. 1t IS considered espe
eially vital that the public should not 50
much as look upon the features OF the
wife OF the ruler Of one of the provinces
The accompanying illustration shows what
are taken to guard against
such a sacrllege. The picture was taken
Whsn the wife Of one of the princes was
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writing experts believe that the writing
has been Influenced by an immense amount
Of study In Latin.
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The Queen of Slam has the smallest foot
OF any titled person IA the world She
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