Motion pictures of insects in flight show that they regulate their speed by changing the inclination of their wings rather than by altering the rapidity of their motion. All telephone operators in Egypt are required to be able to speak English, French, Italian, Greek, and Arabic. The American mountain sheep are the greatest leapers in the world. Women study art with the aid of mirrors. Bright people look upon the bright side of life. The more you have, the more your fun will cost you. Auction sales originated in ancient Rome, and were introduced to enable soldiers to dispose of spoils of war. Military training is compulsory on all male citizens between the ages of twelve and twenty-five in New Zealand. Jailbirds Sing as They Saw Through Bars. John Wolfe, undersheriff of Wyandotte County, Kan., was seated in front of the Wyandotte County Jail the other night when he heard the oft repeated strains of “Throw Out the Life Line.” The prisoners were singing. Wolfe crept to a side window and listened. “Throw out the life line across the dark wave,” floated out to him, and between the words came a sharp sound, as of steel scraping against steel. Then there was a pause in the singing. The singers had come to the end of the song. “How are you getting on, Brody?” was the next sound. “All right, sing up, sing ‘Rock of Ages.’” “Rock of ages, cleft for me,” the chorus began. But before that hymn was finished, two deputies and Wolfe stepped into the cell occupied by Jess Brody. He is under fifteen years’ sentence for the murder of Nathan Gill. With him were Frank Dusenberry, awaiting his second trial, charged with the murder of Jennie James, and Herbert Davidson, held on a statutory charge. In the cell were found ten steel saws and two knives. A bar had been sawed through. Once out of the cell, only a window and its soft iron bars remained between the men and the jail yard. In the next cell was Fred Wing, charged with the murder of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Crist, his father and mother-in-law, and attempted murder of his wife. A knife was found in his cell. There were thirty-nine prisoners in the jail, two others charged with murder. Big Fish Causes Drowning. While attempting to land a big fish, Frank Waterbury, of Reading, Mich., was drowned in Turner Lake. He was in the same boat with his brother, and when he hooked the big one, both men stood in one end of the boat and tried to land the fish. The boat filled with water and sank. The brother swam ashore. Stolen Bird Returns Home. A neighbor of Paul Graham, of No. 3 Bradburn Street, Rochester, N. Y., saw a canary bird flitting about in a tree within a few doors from the Graham home. Members of the family were notified and the bird was at once identified. The bird’s cage was brought out and placed on a lawn near the house. The bird promptly flew to the ground and entered its cage.