Popular Science MontJih/
Who Would Think That the Little Mole Is a Gormandizer?
THE little mole has recently been recommended for membership in the society of big eaters. It is so very voracious, even in captivity, that it will sometimes eat more than its own weight of earthworms in twenty-four hours. One little glutton, weighing four ounces, devoured seven and one-half pounds of worms in one month. When the diet changed to raw beef, mutton, chicken heads and rabbit liver, its appe- tite was unchanged. Cheese, when mixed with either worms or beef, was the most toothsome bit of all.
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���Wait for the Fire Net— It Will Come Up to Meet You
A PORTABLE fire net which may be raised to meet those who fall, or find it necessary to jump from windows of burning buildings to save their lives, has been invented by Allen Warw^ick Smith, of New York. It is the in- ventor's object to bring the net nearer, or adjacent to the upper stories of buildings, to instil confi- dence in those who fear to jump, and also to prevent the person falling from gaining sufficiently great momentum to crash through the net.
Should it be necessary to keep the net some dis- tance from the burning structure to at^oid contact with flames issuing from immediately below, an additional net or platform is fastened to the window upon which those who de- sire to reach the main net may walk or roll. The upright supports are mounted on combination castors, so that the net may be rolled along the sidewalk or held station- ary. All parts of the net are detachable and can be folded for transportation.
���In a fire, the portable net is rolled up close to the imperiled building so that the first platform is within easy jumping distance
��Cincinnati's effective warning to her populace : Be loyal or to the stock you will go
Reviving Ye Olden Tyme Stock in Cincinnati
A COMMITTEE of patriotic citizens of Cincinnati, who desired to im- press upon the minds of certain people that the old time method of punishment would be meted out to those found guilty of unpatriotic utterances or of conduct unbecoming an American citizen, placed this straight backed seat and stock in Government Square. A few hours' imprisonment in the stock would be am- ple punishment for any offender, said those who were responsible for the demonstration.
Plainly inscribed on the stock are the words, "This Is For Traitors." The young man in the picture consented to pose for the photograph to il- lustrate how uncomfort- able a real offender would appear in the stock. He is innocent of any wrong- doing himself. His legs are held securely in the wooden block, which is fastened to the framework with lock and key. No one has yet occupied the stock — and we hope it will remain untenanted.
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