WHERE THE CABLE LANDS

IN N the accompanying photograph is depicted the typical sign and cabin which is to be found around the English Coast at such places where submarine cables "come to land." Inside the cabin is contained the transmitter, etc., with spare supplies which can be drawn upon in time of necessity. The cabin shown here stands near Dover, England, and is the sea terminus of one of the Paris-London cables.

IN

A GRUESOME CHAMBER

N some of the churches and monasteries of Rome there are chambers decorated with human skulls and bones obtained by the monks from the catacombs. The latter are rightly regarded as one of the sights of the world. Although they do not extend beyond three miles from the city walls, the total length of the galleries is estimated to be about 600 miles, and the number of graves at some two million. The galleries are usually about eight feet high and from three to five feet wide, and the graves are niches cut in the walls. It was in the catacombs, too, that the early Christians held services and hid during the time of the persecution. To

moved, but in a number of religious institutions in Italy may be seen chambers full of these skulls of the early Christians as depicted in the accompanying photograph.

A FREAK, ONE-TINED FORK BICYCLE FROM FRANCE.

RESTORING HENRY CLAY
MONUMENT

THE historic monument to Henry Clay standing one hundred and thirty feet high over the tomb of the great Commoner at Lexington, Kentucky, is now undergoing its second restoration, after having been twice struck by lightning. When it was first shattered by the elements about two years ago, the Kentucky legislature appropriated $10,000 for its replacement or the execution of a new statue and this work had been completed only a few months, when lightning again selected the famous memorial for its target and tore a large section out of its side. Sculptor Charles J. Mulligan of Chicago has been again called to the work of restoring it, which it is expected will not necessitate such heroic efforts as did the first course of repairs.

When the appropriation was made for the repairing of the statue after its first stroke, the committee in charge was in doubt as to whether the historic memorial could be saved at all, and the committee was empowered to contract for a new statue if it was thought advisable. They accordingly instituted instituted a competition among sculptors and architects for suggestions. The plans of Mr. Mulligan met with the most favor.

NEW BOY WONDER

ABOY chess "phenom" is astonishing

the veteran players of Philadelphia. E. M. Edwards, the new wonder, is a thirteen-year-old schoolboy. He can be seen almost every day playing the cracks of the Mercantile Literary Chess Club, and compelling many of the best players of that ancient organization to admit defeat. Recently Edwards played a simultaneous game against six opponents at the Norristown Chess Club. He played, in all, eleven games, winning six, losing one and drawing four. Young Edwards has tried his skill unsuccessfully against Dr. Laskar, the world's champion. He recently played a game with Capablanca, the Cuban prodigy, and lost by a narrow margin. With years he should develop into one of the famous chess players of the world.

REPTILE A VICTIM OF RABBIT TRAP.

SNAKE CAUGHT IN TRAP

IT is seldom indeed that the wily snake

is caught in such a homely contrivance as a wire rabbit trap, but this fine specimen of a grass snake was recently caught in a Suffolk-England-field. It is interesting to notice too how completely his body has been enfolded in the trap, in fact his body is bent and caught twice between the teeth of the wires.

THE HAMMER-HEAD

NE of the oddest catches on record in southern California is the weird looking sea monster shown herewith, a variety of shark known as the hammerhead. It will be seen that its head is really shaped like a mallet with one eye at each end, a broad, shovel-like snout

as we have and the eccentric costume worn by this "son of rest" in Basutoland is one of the picturesque features of the village of Mesari. As he absolutely refuses to work the villagers feed him and clothe him in the strange assortment of rags and tatters shown in the photograph.

This is one of the fiercest members of the shark family, and its large size makes it a pretty ugly customer to handle, as it often attains to the length of twelve feet or so. This one was caught in Long Beach after a desperate struggle with the angler, who is and quite properlyvery proud of his catch.

BANISHING THE WHEEL

BARROW

AN invention which seems to do away

with the wheelbarrow, at least as far as the laying of brick pavement is concerned, is shown in the illustration. The device, which is known as a roller brick carrier, looks like a long steel ladder laid in an inclined position from the sidewalk to a point near the center of the street. What appears to be the rungs of the ladder are really steel rollers set very closely together and running on ball bearings, upon which the bricks are laid and allowed to run down to the street by gravity. To keep the bricks from running off the sides, the rollers are made with flanges at the ends. Among other advantageous features, the carrier delivers the bricks to the exact point where they are to be used, saving the two handlings which are required when the material is delivered with the wheelbarrow. Such an invention as this makes for speed, profit, and efficiency.