Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1911 — For the Children [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

For the Children

A Ship Photographed White She Was Sinking.

The Illustrations shown above are roproductions of the remarkable photographs taken of the three masted sailing ship Arden Craig as she was foundering off the Scilly Isles, which are situated twenty-five miles southwest of Land's End. the extreme southwesterly point of England, says Popular Mechanics. The first photograph was taken just after the deck became awash, the second ns she heeled over for the final plunge and the third a moment or two after she went down. Several hundred people watched the sinking from the shore. jf The Particolored Bear. The particolored bear tAelnropns melanoleucusi is so rare an animal that it deserves ntfore than passing notice. This particular specimen was acquired, by W. N. Fergusson, a missionary In Szetbuen. .from a Tibetan hunter. Its habitat is the dwarf bamboo and rhododendron forests which clothe the hills at an altitude of from 9,000 to 11,000 feet In this part of China. It is a vegetable feeder. The soles of the feet are hairy, and, though very bearlike in appearance. It has been named the great panda by Sir Ray Lankester, as the structure of the skull and skeleton shows tt to be closely related to the Himilayan panda or wah. It has never been obtained by a European sportsman and was originally discovered In 18(50 by Pere David In the mountains of east Tibet. The panda, a very handsomely cdlored little beast, is the only old world representative of the raccoon.

On the Cars. Here is something tbatv may amuse you some time when you are in the trolley car or elevated train and are beginning to feel tired. Compare the advertisements in the car with the people who are sitting beneath them. The contrast is often very funny. For instance, you may see an elderly gentleman below an advertisement for babies’ food, or a baby beneath a shaving soap advertisement, or a very bald person sitting unconsciously beneatb a hair tonic sign, or a tramp beneath a soap advertisement. It is fun, too, to read from one advertisement on to the next, as though they belonged together. You may read, for instance, that a certain breakfast food is excellent for the hair or that condensed soup frequently applied will make your garments look like new. A Queer African Town. The town of Abu Hamed is located where caravans quit the river Nile and begin their journey across the desert Merchants leave their merchandise there and load up again with goods that other merchants have left there for them. There is nothing unusual in this, the strange part being that no storehouses or depots are used for the protection of these goods, often of priceless value. The curious story about Abu Hamed is that goods left under the monument dedicated to St. Abu Hamed are safe. Here they remain In the sand beneath the monument for months or years. No one will molest them. They are considered to be under the protection of the saint himself. There has never been known an Instance of loss or theft of any goods. Tree City. X know a little city on a green and tunny hill. Where a hundred tiny families have homes. Its byways are uncrowded.'lts leafy lanea are still. And tbere’no noisy railroad over cornea The homes are high and airy. They hang and rock and sway Whichever way the summer breezes blow. they have no doors or windows, no roof to blow away. But leafy awnings shade the babes below. The fathers and the mothers all earn their daily bread And bring It to the little ones who cry. They do not ride or motor; they do hot walk; instead They choose the very latest mode—they fly. The happy little citizens who live so high and free They sing and sing and sing the whole day long. For the peaceful, quiet city is a green and .*lovely tree. And the dwellers there are birds, whose life Is song. Nichole