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. 



