Cat Has Gold Tooth. Here is a handsome young Maltese cat which boasts of a gold tooth. She is the pet and, although Dalnty—-that is the name to which she responds when summoned to the milk sancer—is only six or seven months old, she is probably the only Kitten in America with a mouth so ornamented. Hence she is duly proud of her unique and distinguished position in aristocratic cat circles, and is fond of exposing her gold tooth for the ad- miration of human beholders. Several weeks ago Dainty’s master noticed that one of her incisors was not as strong as. it should be for the mastication of fish and other delicacies highly esteemed by feline epicures, so he resolved upon the gold tooth. Accordingly, Dainty was eleyated to that throne of misery commonly known as the dentist's chair, carefully secured to prevent her good teeth and better claws from inter- fering with the work-in hand or the dentist's cuticle, and within an hour or sc, lo! there was Dainty with a swordlike incisor of the purest gold. Dainty took kindly to the new tooth im- mediately and purred her gratitude, Indeed. she was quite set up about it, and went among the doctor's assistants and servants soliciting their attention. Now she is a reg- ular show features of the establishment. Every time a victim—beg pardon, patient— enters Dainty makes for him or her, yawns widely and ostentatiously reveals the glit- tering tooth. Dainty is remarkable for many other things. She is extraordinarily intelligent and has been taught a score or more of tricks, which she performs readily when requested. She can make a standing jump of six feet ten inches and pass through a small hoop. She can also leap from the floor to her mas- ter's shoulder, but after the performance of this feat Dainty insists that the doctor shall brush her soft coat with a whiskbroom. ¥ Every morning she is served with an egg, medium boiled. This she eats from an ordi- nary egg cup, using her paw to convey the contents to her mouth. Should the cook | prove so remiss as to boil the egg a trifle hard, presto! away go cup, egg and all, angrily flung about by the indignant puss who will then quarrel and scrateh until an 5 of the proper consistency is set before "A Trumpet Violin. Remarkably extraordinary is a musical {ustrument which has just been invented. It can best be described as a violin which has a trumpet in place of the ordinary sound- ing board. This trumpet is made of alumi- aum and is firmly secured to the violin. The vibrations of the strings are produced by means of a diaphragm, which is connected with the trumpet. Miss Ethel Lynd played on this instrument ir London recently and attracted much at- tention, mot only from professional musi- elans, but also from members of the Royal Institute. The latter examined the instru- ment carefully and were highly pleased with the sounds which it produced. The music of a trumpet differs widely from that of a violin, yet it is said that when the iwo are played together, as they virtually ape eon this instrument, most melodious sounds are the result. Boomerang For Boys. Nevel ameng toys is a boomerang, amd the principle on which It 1s constructed is highly ingemious. . Three or more vanes, which are so formed that they can be readily grasped by the hand, radiate from a common center, and in order that they may cleave the air while they are rotating they are beveled on one side. Purthermore, with the object of increas- fag their impetus the rear edges of the vanes are thicker than those in front. At the ends of the vanes are weights, which are of greater specific gravity than the material of which the vanes are made. A boy, it is claimed, can soon learn to be- way an expert marksman with this toy. as on which it possesses is that it admirably illustrates the manner in which its prototype, the deadly boomerang, should be handled and thrown—a subject about which Huropean and American boys know very little. © Point. Lobos, nine miles from the historical old town bf Monterey, Cal., has an interest- ing relic in a whale's skeleton ashore. It was caught by a company of Japanese whalers and divers who have a whaling sta- tion and abalone cannery there. This whale, when caught, measured 80 feet in length. The bones were stripped of blubber and buried In the ground to bleach. WHALE’S 1 | | Alter several months they were dug out and a’ frame was erected, upon which the bones were placed, and each joint was wired. In the top of the mouth can be seen: the part which is used for whalebone. proper is cut up in thin pleces and used for, book ‘backs, ndvelties. Whales are no longer caught in this ¥icln - ’, 4 The bone match safes and others SKELETON ~ STRANDED. ® ity on account of other oils taxing the place’ of. whale oil, and whalebone is becoming very scarce. The bone cut in thin slices Is «porous. . It Js considered that Japanese men are among the best needleworkers In the world, Iher only equals being the women of Rus- sia. ; <x» WILD DUCKS THAT ARE TAME w= With the object in view of protecting the wild birds which inhabit Lake Wort | during the winter months, Mayor Whilldin, of Palm Beach, Fla., has succeeded in hav- ing the Florida Legislature enact a law making it a criminal offense to shoot or in any way molest any wild bird in the wa- ters of Lake Worth within one mile of Palm Beach. This law has been strictly enforced during the last season, and as a result the wild Northern ducks which make their annua! pilgrimages to this sunny clime, and which heretofore have kept well out of range of the sportsman’s gun, are now quite as tame as the domestic duck, and can be seen any day iu large numbers feeding In the vicinity of the docks. It is a common occurrence for the tourists | to feed these birds from their hands while out for a morning or afternoon sail, and quite often have the ducks found a resting place in the boat and become members of the sail- ing party. # CAN? ESCAPE FRON HIS TOMB By means of a novel tomb which he his just built Mr. John M. Pursel, of Williams- port, Pa., hopes to avert the dreaded- ca- lamity of being buried alive and left to such an awful fate. , . The structure occupies a prominent posi- tion fronting Grandview avenue and over- looking Grandview Cemetery, The front is a plece of solid stone masonry. The heads of the iron receptacles are of ‘cast steel and are fitted with combination locks. When a member of the Pursel fam- ily dies the body will be placed in one of the compartments. The coffin lid will not be screwed down, and one end will be open. Then the steel head will be bolted in place in such a manner that it can be removed from the outside only with the ‘ow So.y er rmm—— pe 3 7 dV Vie 0 7) \ “Eh / . Aik] | wf “NE } 7 Uw rd AL “zz 2 . tls Vz * greatest difficulty, but the head Is in two parts, one of which fits within the other. The inner plate is detachable from the inside. Should that tomb ever contain a living occupant he or she will simply have to reach out and turn a knob and the door of the ‘narrow house’’ will open and give freedom. 2 a’ i TIA 7 oF 2 — Could anyone looking at the pictures here reproduced, ever think that they were lit- erally made out of smoke? Yet they were, and several persons in Europe are DOW spending much of their time at work of this kind. The only materials necessary for such an artist are a lighted wax taper or candle, two or three delicate brushes and a plate made of porcelain, china or any similar sub- stance, the only indispensable condition be- ing that its surface must be level and uni- form. This plate should be carefully cleaned, as the least trace of grease or moisture would spoil the work. The first step is to cover the surface of the plate with black smoke by means of the lighted taper, and the picture is then made by removing the black from certain parts of the plate. This may be done with brushes or with the point of a penknife, or even with the tips of one’s fingers. If too much black happens to be taken away from any spot through a blunder, it can easily be re- placed by the lighted candle. As soon as the plcture is made the plate should be slightly warmed and over its sur- face should then be poured some transpar- ent varnish. In a few hours this varnish will be dry and the picture will be perma- nently preserved. Peg And Rope Puzzle. Several small blocks and a cord divided into a number of parts form the new puzzle which is shown in the accompanying picture. The blocks are arranged in equidistant parallel rows, and ‘the various parts of the cord correspond in number with the blocks, and are distant from them the length of a diagonal line of a rectangle which is formed by six or more of the blocks. Finally, in _the blocks are holes, and secured to the vari- ous parts of the cord are pins, which are designed for the purpose of remaining fast in the holes when they are in proper posi tion. The puzzle consists in so manipulating the various parts of the cord that each part will be brought in contact with its corre- sponding block. A novice may fancy that it is easy to fasten the pins in the holes, but a trial will soon convince him that it is quite a difficult undertaking. The Cliy of Tokio has 800 public baths, where some 300,000 persons bathe daily at a cost of about one cent each. Flowers Made By Frost During very cold weather King Frost never fails to leave proofs of his artistic skill on the windows of rooms which are not heated, and wonderfully delicate and chaste are the crystalline figures which are traced by him on the smooth panes of glass. A notable specimen of his work in this line is shown in the accompanying picture, which represents a portion of a frost-covered win- dow in a country house in Germany. The Germans call the fantastic designs which ap- pear on the windows in winter ‘‘ice flowers,” and those who saw the window shown in'the picture say that King Frost excelled himself on this occasion. So beautiful indeed was his work that an artist promptly made an exact copy .of it. The tiny crystals on the windew were ar- ranged symmetrically and in such a manner that they represented either a beugh with many offshoots or a mass of coral with branches In all directions, There are eight printing offices in Jerusa- leno. Hooks For Babies. It seems incredible that in the twentleth century women llving in a civilized coum- try should treat their infants in the man- ner in which they do im eertain districts in France. When they are obliged te leave their ias- fants alone for an hour or so they mever fail to place them out of harm’s way by hanging them either from the ceiling or from one of the walls of the room. They have a rope with a loop for this purpose, and all they have to do is to fasten the rope to the cradle or clothes of the child and then place the loop over a hook, whick is always fixed at a considerable distance from the ground. That infants in such a cramped position are not comfortable can readily be seen; indeed, it is said that many of these um- fortunate little creatures are seriously im- jured through such treatment. Happily this barbarous custom is not as much in vogue now as it was some years ago. Photographer’s Canopy. In the accompanying picture is shown & screen or canopy which is especially de- signed for photographers. It consists of a suitable frame, a light-excluding covering therefor, a curtain-supporting device which can be moved toward and from the end of the canopy over a person who is to be pho- tographed, movable curtains or screens on this device and means for moving the device to and fro on the canopy. It will readily be seen that in this way the light in any studio can be, so to speak. controlled. By moving the curtains in the requisite direction the photographer can at any time exclude the light, either wholly or partly, as may be desired. ° ol TT A ei
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