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r OZ)2 QlEEK J A J AJV2) CVROV. Picture of Venus Found ! i at Pompeii. Whiles cxcnvntlng In n house nl I'otn poll tho workmen irccntly found a Vitrvufiutt'ii J IMCTl'KB OF VF.Nl'3. beautiful palntliiK, to which the title VcniiH lit Her Toilette" has been given liy Italian connoisseurs who have made a rare fit I examination of It They uy that It certainly rppiespnts the (loddesH of l.ovo urruylug hcrBelf In the morning, nml that nround hr are her attendants and female slave. This painting Is a fresco, and the house In which It was found belonged formerly to Marcus Lucretius Frontu, who during his life wuh evidently one msas rm in- muia iironiiuuni men in roiu pnll. In tho hniiHo nto six large rooms, all of which were ulahorntely ftirnlsh ed and. decorated. HohIiIi'h this fresco another one quite equal to It In beauty nml representing tho punishment of Neoptolcmits was also found. Near thorn wero discovered several minor nlntlngs, as well iih other rellcn of '.msldornble value. At a little dis tance were unearthed tho skeletons of six meh, and, as ono of then held tightly n largo vase filled with pieces of money, tho assumption Is that thoy wore burglars, who had taken advan tage, of the consternation In the city to rush Into this wealthy man's Iioiihu, anil who hud themselves boon over taken by the destroying (Ire before they could escape. There Is hnrdly any country In winch mom nnttiral curiosities nro t.i be found than In our neighbor, Mexi co. Ono reason Is because vegetation there Is very luxuriant, nml thero nro a cuitioi's Hitmen:, wldo stretches of land on whlih grass, tthrulm and trees nio allowed to glow unchecked A person traveling trough such a region frequently conies across some freak of nature which it would bo dlfllcult, If not Im possible, to find elsewhere. Such a curiosity is tho bridge of living vines, which Is shown In the MOUNTAIN MAY TOPPLE. lMik f ilurii llniigo IIiik llren Diiiicrr miNt) rnilormtudrd. Apropos of tho recent Alpine disas ters In Switzerland. It Is worth noting that tho mountain called the Uocher de la ClusuttP lr. likely to topple over Into tho busy valley of Travers at any moment. The alley of Travels lion: In the Jura mountains, and through It runs tho Juru-Slmplon railway. Down Its narrow gurgo also rushes the Ulr le Keiiho. a smull stream In winter, but ' swollen torrent when tho warm sum mer sun3hlnu melts tho mountain J.110W8. Tho vnlloy Is Just about wldo vuoilgh for tho river and tho rallro.nl in somo places, nml In otheis It opens out so that small cities lie In tho em brace of tho bills nml Mrn-jgle up their MdeH Hero and tiiero aro hotels much patronized by tourists, and many schools for girls aro scattered through the valley. Into this alloy may fall at uny tlmo n great mass of tho moun tain, cstlmnted to amount to 13.500,000 cubic feet of rock. Close to tho foot of the mountain lie tho quaint little cities of Nolrngue. Lo Fucll (Tusette nml Glmmp ilu Moulin, which will be bwlod demi.ivlien tho mountain falls, and It is oniyiVqiicMlon of tlmo for It to doso. KxiitTrts who have examined tho moiin" tain dccln.ro that it cannot remuln much longer In tho present "stuto of linsiU'blo' equilibrium.' Preclsoly when the "mountain will fall tho scientists . ,wn,nll to say. Dry weather will tend to retard tho catnstropho, wot weather will hasten lr.- When tho land slides doec-take plaof.Hot only-will the vnlley be filled with tho debris., and much valuable property bo destroyed and iirotably lives lost but tho River I : This IJrldns Is of !; ' Growing Vines. nccompnnylng plclnrc It '.5 In a (Una)1 wood, and around It on all sides arc shrubs of various kinds. Tho vines, which nre thick ami HtroiiK, form 11 natural roadway over a stream nml nre no firmly secured on either Hide that a passenger may avail htm self of tlirm without rUk. It hns. of course, taken time to produce a bridge of thin kind, lint unlike other bridges, tills one liiHtead of growing weaker every year grows stronger, for tho Iiioh nie alive and their strength and teiuicll Ineiease nH thoy grow New species of plants from the Congo lire rapidly becoming popular In Ditropc AinoiiR them not one Is more ml in I red than tho calamus, which Is n species of palm that glows In the Ogoue region. It Is notable for tho fact that In a wild state It remains n low shrub for several years, then sud denly develops and, attaching Itself to 11 tree near It, climbs quickly to Its summit. Its wood Is In much demand In the Congo, long straight canes, which are used for various purposes, being fashioned from It. Another popular palm tree Is tho CONOO PLANTS podococcus ncaulls bun which grows In the Lower Congo region on the banks of the Kcruau-Ynz. U Is a dwarf anil quite nue. Its leaves are Mitt and while the tiee Is young tho 1 emnln unbroken, but as soon as the treo reaches Its full height fissures ap pear In them. One tieo was grown from seed In France and Is now at tracting so much attention that sev eral more seeds have been ordered from the Congo. Tho tree known as musanga Smlthll grows mainly on the western coast of the Congo, and Is one of the most use ful trees In that country. Its growth Is extremely rnpld and Its wood Is very light. Its leaves, too, nro qulto large, but. curiously enough, they do not furnish much simile, and for this lensnn the tree Is grown n good deal cm plantations of coffee nml cocoa where only a limited amount of shade Is ipqulred. Its wood Is much used by the natives for tho purpose of making rafts. M J Dyhowski, director of the Colonial Garden at Vlncennes, says that ho has seen specimens on a plantation nt Ga bon which wero eighty feet In height, though they'were only four years old. Tho leaves of trees that have attained such a height are eighty centimetres In diameter and aro very ornamental, being of n beautiful green on the upper side and of n brick red beneath. The musanga Is Indeed n most attractive tree, and one to which French horti culturists are now giving special at tention. l'lctts fandcrlfornis bonth (also known ns Ileus p.induratn) is another very ornamental tree. It nlso giows rapidly, attaining a height of four feet when only eight mouths old. Its leaves aro bright green, with red veins, and are of a goodly size. Euro pean gardeners say that they have no Reuse will bo Daily Mnll. choked up. London ling SttlmniltiM; llui' A dog swimming race was the fent 111 0 of a day's sport on the St. Charles river, nenr llostnu. a few dnyB ago, and, despite the fact that Tlghe, a fe rocious liullilog was urged on to vic tory by having n kitten ho was not fond of cats hold In front of him while ho swam. Ilruno, a smooth-coated collie, Is still tho champion swim mer among tho upper set of lloston ca nines. Vho race was over a course of lilOO yards for $.'0 a side, and Ilruno von by 12 3-f seconds. Much Inter est wns created by tho novel contest, and It wns witnessed by hundreds of persons from KurroIl'E bathhouse, noar Wost llostou bridge. Many bets wero made on tho race, with the bulldog as favorite. Tho "dope" on tho stronger animal teemed bail, however, and his followers lost heavily. Neither dog seemed to bo exhausted by tho swim, ami thero is now talk of another match between the same dogs for a mile for a big stake. AiiiIiIkuixk AmIuk) Two gentlemen had attended n tcm pornnco meeting, and, returning homo by a dark nnd nnrrow lane, had been thrown out of their conveyance. The Incident was reported In tho local pa per, nnd tho account closed with tho words: "Kortunutoly both men woro sober." Tfio editor received an angry letter from ono of tho gentlemen con cerned, "with 11 request for an apology. Ho was equal to tho occasion. "In our account of tho unfortuimto accident to MeKsrs. ," wrote. tho editor, "wo stated that fortunately, both men wero i QUEER NEW PLANTS ; FROM CONOO. trouble In growing this tree, since It MonrUheH In a hot houso and can safe ly he placed In tho open ground In summer This Rat Caught by 1 1 an Oyster. VWVWVWVWVb ItaU arc the quickest of creature and oysters the slowest It Is, there fore surprising to learn that an oyster recently eatiKht a rat TIiIh happened In the shop of a nshmoiiKei' The hit- TUB "OYSTBIl THAI'" ter who lives above his storewas awakened one night by an astonishing racket going on beneath him. He thought burglars were trying to break Into his store. When he cau tiously entered with a light he could sec nothing unusual. Tho noise now mixed with squealing was proceeding from a dark comer, Thero he found n rat frantically attempting to get down bis hole, but prevented from do ing so by a large oyster that had hold of his tall. The rat's tall had happened to enter between the shells of tho oyster as tho former was prowling about for food, and the shells Immediately closed and held him fast. Then his ratshlp Jump ed for Ills hole, dragging the oyster with him. An entirely now performance with en and billiard ball has been given 1) the famous billiard player, itobert do Ilremont. and has evoked a great deal of applausi from billiard enthu siasts Till: 'WILLIAM TELL." Mr Ilremont calls this trick the William Tell." Ho performs It on any ordinary billiard table, upon which a lighted candle has been placed. By bitting a ball with his cue ball, he sends tho former over the flame, describing an arc. Tho holder or can dle Is not touched by the ball, but Its motion extinguishes tho light. .illtnlK, "f Cllllliitlnn. "I presume, you appreciate the ad vantages you derive from being assimi lated by a civilized country," said the Interviewer to tho Sultan of Liazoo Island. "Yes. Indeed," assented his majesty "Why, I got ?1,000 damnges because of Injuries sustained by swal lowing tho fnlso teeth of tho last mis sionary wo put In tho roynl con somme." Haiti more American. sober. It appears this has given great ofTonsp. We thprefore beg to withdraw It." Literary World. Iiikn 011 llm Diiilnr. An Irishman npplted to a well known locul surgeon tho other day for ex amination and diagnosis of bis caso Tho doctor inuclo a careful Investiga tion, and arrived at tho conclusion thnt tho man wns sufforlng from a cancer of tho htomnch and that It was not I capable of operation. Ho was unde cided whether or not to tell him his ' condition, when tho. Irishman asked. j "Do you know tho trouble docktcr?" I "l do," tho physician replied. "I fear you have cancor of tho stomach." "Is that so? And enn yo radio It?" "I'm afraid not." "Ha!" tho patient laughed, picked up his hat and went away. Ho thought ho had 11 good Joke on tho sur geon. rrli'iully Aililct'. Ho was a great bore, and was talk ing to a crowd about tho coming local election. Said ho: "Gibs Is a good man; ho Is capable, honest, fearless, and conscientious. He will mako .tho very kind of representative wo need. Ho onco saved my life from drowning," "Do you really want to seo Glbbs elected?" said a solemn-faced old ninn. "I do, Indeed. I'd give nnythlng to see him elected," answered tho bore "Then never let anybody know ho j saved your life," counseled the solemn- raced man. 1.01111011 Jit-tilts. Illrclm Not l'opulttr, Records nro nlmoit dnlly brokeu, but the sale and ueo of wheels steadily do-' cllnes. New York World. r " ' ' j""" t I Puts Out Candle with lj Billiard Hall. !; IT CURED A BAD HABIT. Th Hnmrt I'rarllrnt .Inker Hud the TalilMi Tarnril on lllm. "I never Indulge the practical Joko habit," said a gentleman who recently visited Now Orleans, "and I bavo n good reason for taking no sort of stock In such things. There was a time In my life when I was fond of playing pranks, and I have turned somo clover tricks along this line. Rut It has been soveral years slnco I mado my Inst ef fort It wns living In a small town up In Arkansas nnd nt the time was boarding with nn mint who wns oven fonder of tho practical Joke than I w-as. Along about Christmas tlmo a young man came out to tho town In which I lived to spend somo time with friends. He was a dudlsh sort of n fellow nnd wns Just nt thnt period of life when tho gold wntch nnd chnln he wore Impressed him as being the most Importnnt thing in the world. My mint wns quick to perceive his weakness. She hatched a plot. I was to slip Into bis bedroom and steal the watch and chnln nftcr he hud fallen nsleep. Tho night wns fixed, nml my friend retired about 10 o'clock. He al ways hung his vest, which contained his watch and chain nnd other valu ablps, on the bedpost at the head of tho bed. My aunt knew exactly where I could find It, ami about 10: SO I slipped stealthily Into the room, found tho vcat nnd began to rifle tho pock ets, My friend raised up quickly, ns ho rnn his hnnd under his pillow. Hang1 bang! bang! I wns shot I wns shot three times, with tho revol ver pressed nlmost ngalnst my breast I could feel the holes in my back where the bullets hail como out, and the blood wns trickling down my spinal column. My mint enmo rushing Into the room, 'My God!' I Bnld. 'Auntie, I'm shot!' She got the enmphor bottle. I told her the bullets hnd pnssed cleai through mo nnd hnd rolled down Into my shoes. They could stand It no longer, and. to my amazement, my mint nnd my friend broke out Into perfect spasms of laughter, and by degrees the real situation dawned up on me. My frlpnd hail expected mj visit. He hnd extrnctcd tho loud from three cartridges In the plbtol nt the suggestion of my aunt, and had turn ed the tables on me Since thnt Unit I have played no Jokes." ARTIST'S SUMMER HOME. On Top or an Ouk Tr- Till Mnr tl4. Ono could scarcely conceive a mote unique plan for enjoying these in tensely hot days thnn that adopted by artist D. Orrln Stclnberger, whose homo Is n fow miles north of Spring Held, Ohio. Perched In a hottso fifty feet from the ground, In a majestic oak, secluded from tho wor.d. except lng the lowing cows In the field, n mini whose pictures have demanded the attention of the nation spends most of his time. It Is nn ideal spot lor his hotiso in the tree. The entrance to the nest Is through a long lane of willows. The treo-top house Is nuulo of boards with saplings bound across the side foi support and protection. There Is an elevnted step on the west side, whore Artist Stclnberger sits and paints and sketches at will. While thick foliage of the overhanging boughs form a pro tection from the rain, yot tho lays ol the sun penetrato even to a certain ex tent, nnd to keep this out n canvas has been stretched on the east side. There Is room on tho floor of the nest for b dozen people. To reach the house u block and tackle Is used for the more timid, who are seated In a swing and pulled up through a trap door. The trip up nffecth the nerves of some, e-sjio dally tho ladles. Artist Stclnborgei does not use this means of going tc his ne.st. He mounts a ladder made ol two small saplings and goes up the tree fiom limb to limb a rapldl) ns i squirrel. Ho built this homo In the. tree for the purpose of regaining his health going back to tlr&t principles. He drinks wnrm milk direct from tho cow and breathes tho pure air of tho coun try. Slnco HWng here, his health hai gradually lettuncd, and he Is now nl most well. "Old" and ".Modern" In Norway. Many of the farms about Nystuen, Norway, have been cultivated for n thousand years. Tho buildings on some of them nro 700 nnd 800 yenrs old. Any thing built within a century or two le considered modern. At Horgund. n fow miles west of Nystuen, Is a church thnt wns built In UCO or earlier. Tho antiquarians cannot determine tho ex act ditto, and it Is mentioned In tho of ficial records of tho diocese as far back as 1300. They nro carefully preserved for all tho Intervening years. Tho ttso of window glass was unknown In Nor way at the tlmo of its erection, and tho service probably consisted solely of tho mass, chanted by candlo light witllo the congregation knelt dovottt ly In tho dark have. Reside tho en trance nro two runic Inscriptions carved In tho logs in beautiful letter ing. Ono of them reads: "Thorer wroto these lines on St. Olnf's Fnlr." nnd tho other, "This church stands upon holy ground." ' Klertrle liners)- from Wind. Klectrlc energy from tho wind has been successfully obtained lm both Kugland. and Germany, lmt.lt Is In the luttor country that It has been nctually piit Into uso. M, G. "Couz, of Ham burg, usedn windmill wlth-n regulator which would .keep Ita. speed constant, nr matter what the speed of tho wind as,' and succeeded" to well that thero U a strong pru"lmblUtytha-t it will be used In small villages In Germany nnd supply electric light nnd power nt s low cost. FOE WOMEN AND HOME ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Ilotr In Train a lluilmixl "Some loi!j' Motlirr" Did It for You nod You Mutl llti It tor Horua lioilj'i Daughter. THAl.NIXl A llt'HIIANI). The man who has everything his Dwn way with women Is Invariably the man who In childhood was tnught con (Ideratlon for them. Sisters are good material to practice on, as then, oven if your well-trained paragon never , ilnds a mato worthy of him (n contin gency which I rear few mothers would weep over), somebody will bo tho gainer. "Good boys lovo tholr sisters," ss the old doggerel runs, but they nro rarely polite to them. All but tho best of them have two languages for girls one for other boys' sisters, ono which they perhaps consider to bo eulcaclous in training their own sisters for tho other boys' wives. They are frftnlly liable to mix the two up, or elso to gradually merge thorn Into ono lan guage always, nlnsl tho rough, "bossy," half-contemptuous ono used to the sisters rather than tho expensive end troublesome, ono of unaccustomed ourtesy to other girls. lliijm Without Hlitrra. Hut there nro boys who have no sis ters. For these, nnd even those who have and who may be nlco to them, there Is the danger of getting out of touch with the feminine world and life. Some mothers are so anxious that their boys shall be boys that It Is a caso of "too much boy." Respecting wom en, and, perhaps though nlmost too wild n hope showing politeness to ward them, they yet find themselves at 18 or 20 as far removed from any nbll Ity to understand tho thoughts, wishes, ways and temperaments of tho sex thoy aro likely to marry ns tho China man Is timiblo to understand tho Eng lishman. They mako tho men who say woman Is an enigma, to avoid tho trouble of solving her. They make nlso tho men whose wives cry nftcr thoy havo gono oft without remembering to hiss them goodby. That woman Is a creature who likes goodby and other kisses; that sho dosen't llko you to rend or whistle when she Is talking to you (nor do other men); that she can bear being disagreed with when sho tells you sho knows bIic Is losing all her looks ("My poor girl!" Is a decidedly Infelicitous reply to mako), and that she doesn't llko her comments on poli tics and tho great world's other doings to bo treated like those of "nn lnfnnt crying for the light," even If they nro such nro things every mother owes It to her Impending or unlmpondlng daughter-in-law to teach her son. I The Mollirr'a Duty. She can 'do It by other means than throwing him Into the companionship of fascinating girls. If that ruUles her maternal anxiety. Closo companlon bhlp with her need not be apron strings. A woman without sons onco said to ono who has: "I don't want the scat In a street car of nny full grown man, tired out with his work, llut It exnsperates me beyond endur ance to seo strong boys ctill In school, boys able to stand or to sit on a bnrbed wlro fence nil day watching n ball game, complacently occupying scats while delicate women pitch nround hanging on straps. It is bad for tho boys, because they surely must know It Is bad for tho women. "How are they to know It?" asked her friend. CASINO GOWNS Tho gown on the left, designed by Dottcet, U of embroidered whlto muslin mado up over straw-colored silk, with n sheen llko mother-of-pearl. Tho long tunic, plaited to fit smoothly over the hips, Is of tho embroidered muslin and falls ovor n deep flounce of plain mus lin finished nt tho bottom -with wide tucks. . Tho fitted bodice is of embroidered muslin, with n wldo collar of the same falling ovor two plaited ruffles of tho plain muslin. The rhemlsetto. and full uudersleoves nro nlso -of tho plain mus lin. Tho wide draped girdle Is of soft taffotn of a deep strn? color, nnd Is flnl&heO- with '"fi (jnis la the back. A hat of black lace, ornamented with n blnck, white and yellow pnrndlso plume completes this costume. w ?'r -. 1 "Tholr mothers must surely have told them. Didn't you ovor toll yottrc bo?" "No," confessed tho other. "I never thought of It." Hut It Is safo to pre dict that she thought fit the noxt tlmo h3 lurched around In n car while a bach of henlthy half-grown boys com fortably cracked Jokes nnd peanuts In their seats. Nniue e')mprlon. Interesting, though Impossible, would be n comparison of tho differ ent little things (It Is always a little thing) which have led different women (, to begin thinking of the man they ended by mnrrylng. Ten to ono it was some little art of nlcencss nnd gentle ness whoso seeds wero sown while he still toddled and played "chu-chu enrs." Ono womnn confessed that Bhe was first attracted to her husband be cause he spoko of alt women ns "girl-.," Irrespective of age. A mother must havo been somowhero nt tho bottom of thnt hnblt. Ho who would offer npples sufficiently golden nnd bright to tempt the brenthless Atlanta of today from tho various goals of ambition to which sho Is hastening must hno hnd tho seeds planted long years before ho was old enough to caro for them. And womnn has always been most actively concerned with tho apple In dustry. Philadelphia Press. CI.O.K OK II LACK VKI.ltX ' gfiESv The wraps of the season arc fore shadowed In this lcimona aliapo of black velvet, lined throughout with whlto silk. Tho white, satin rovers and cuffB are strapped with black velvet ribbon nnd the collar is of chinchilla fur. IIIKIH I.IN1IN. The frock Is of tho natural linen color, nnd both tho front of tho waist rnd skirt nro cut In blocks over a band of red linen, and each block Is orna mented with n lit tle button covered with red linen. Tho rest of tho waist Is tucked nil round. Tho girdle Is of red silk. Le Costume Elegant Among sums paid recently by nn nc cldcnt Insurance company wero $23 to a person "stung by a wasp," and $319.28 In n case where "n woman stepped on foot" Indianapolis Nows FROM PARIS. Tho gown ott tho right shows tho daring of Paqtiln In tho capricious combination of volvct and linen. Tho bolero Is of ecru Irish guipure mado up over cardinal red volvet In n most effective wny. Around tho neck of tho bolero Is nu odd little collar, with bat toned straps of black .vclyct, which nlso faces tho turnover cuffiof gulpura on the elbow sleovo. ' R 4ta 'it? !H3- Tho bolero opens over h full front of -J whlto muslin, tucked .nil over by hand, whlqh. U ,drnwn In by n wldo- draped girdle of black volvet. Tho skirt Is of tho linen mado with groups of length wise tucks, or plaits, nnd trimmed nt tho botjojn wJth deep, points of tho guipure. Hat of cerlso chip, trlmmci. entirely with cerlso plumes. Ja Vodo Artistlque. " I