"You’ve got nerve," the intruder said, "so I won’t shoot you. But you should have got the gun before you jumped me."
Then he disappeared with the gun and a pocketbook containing fourteen dollars.
Hen Cares for Little Pigs.
Because a hen, the property of Earl Peck, of Sandersbury, Pa., is not allowed to set on eggs, she has undertaken to mother two little pigs the farmer brought home a few days ago. It’s a cute sight to see the hen strutting around with her adopted ones.
The "Sneeze Wood" Tree.
In South Africa there is the "sneeze-wood" tree, which is so called because one cannot cut it with a saw without sneezing, as the fine dust has exactly the effect of snuff. No insect or worm will touch it; it is very bitter to the taste, and, when placed in water, it sinks.
Interesting New Inventions.
A typewriter that can be operated by the feet has been invented by a German. It is for the benefit of those who have lost one or both arms in the war.
For testing X-ray apparatus, skeleton hands, made of paper and being about as opaque as real hands, have been invented.
Because some London streets are too narrow for motor omnibuses to be turned around, vehicles are being tried with controlling apparatus at each end.