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AN AQUATIC DINNER.
Mr. Gennaro Fattorini, of Galleria Margherita, via Depretis, Rome, sends a most extraordinary photograph of a dinner taken in the water which took place on the River Tiber during the swimming contests which are held yearly in the ancient city. It appears that, notwithstanding the extraordinary difficulties under which the meal was "discussed," the swimmers enjoyed their food immensely, while the spectators were kept in roars of laughter at this novel spectacle.—Mr. Sbisà, of Rome, took the photograph.
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A LUCKY HORSE-SHOE
Mr. R. Spafford, of Bloomington, Ill., sends the following extract from the Bloomington for July 29th, 1901, also a photograph to illustrate same. The paragraph says: "A remarkable feat was performed by a horse in the 100 block on East Front Street. A team of horses belonging to a Mr. Buck, of Normal, was hitched in front of the building at No. 116. The flies worried the horses considerably, and one of them began to kick and kept it up until the shoe on one of its hind feet was sent with a crash into the large plate-glass window, breaking a small hole in it, and cracking it to the extent of 2ft. on either side of the small opening. One of the most curious things about the whole thing was that the horse-shoe stopped just where it struck, and is still clinging by one of the nails in it to the small break. Scores of people heard the crash, and the suspended horse-shoe has attracted the attention of a great many people." The "good luck" label was pasted on the glass by the owner of the shop, who did a roaring trade owing to this "lucky accident."
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"I send you the copy of a very old book that I possess. It is called 'A New Hierogliphical or Picture Bible." This edition was published in 1834 by Mahlon Day, of New York, but it was originally issued in Loudon, where it had already entered upon its tenth edition before being introduced into America. It contains 104 pages, illustrated by 400 wood engravings. Short passages from nearly every book of the Bible are illustrated, and, quoting the introduction to the work, 'such parts being preferred, for illustration and embellishment, as were either thought to contain the most momentous truths or the most interesting relations.'"—Mr. A. M. Kinnear, 1323, Liberty Street, Franklin, Penn.—We reproduce a specimen page taken from this interesting book, and anyone can easily make out its meaning without first referring to the explanation which is appended at the foot of every page.
