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A KEYLESS LOCK

AKEYLESS lock, recently placed upon the market, resembles in appearance almost any other door lock in a general way, having a handsome door plate and knob, but at the right side and a little below the knob is a series of four small levers. These operate in various combinations known only to those who are permitted free access to the house, and can be changed to a different combination when necessity demands. The lock can be adjusted so that it will lock on closing or by turning the small button underneath the knob. It is opened by pulling upward one or more times on one or more of the levers at the side. So simple is its operation that a child too small to unlock a door by means of a key can readily gain admittance with the keyless lock. This keyless mechanism can be attached to any standard lock so that the purchase of an entire new lock is not

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A KEYLESS LOCK THAT IS OPERATED AFTER THE MANNER OF A SAFE COMBINATION.

necessary in order to have the advantages of the keyless lock. A keyless padlock is also manufactured with 38,005 different

combinations.

These are days when more brains than ever must be used if burglars are to carry on their profession profitably.

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REMARKABLE DAM BEING BUILT ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER AT MARBLE FALLS,

TEXAS.

The flow of water through the concrete chambers will be regulated automatically by means of steel gates.

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The ill-starred Moissant in his course around the Statue of Liberty. The goddess seemed almost to be holding her

torch for the purpose of lighting the path to this too-daring aviator.

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SCULPTURED GLASS.

Beautiful work done in artificial crystal that resembles cameos.

SCULPTURED GLASS

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AWONDERFUL example of the glassmakers' art is that depicted in the accompanying photograph. It is a piece of sculptured glass in the form of a beautiful plaque. It has the appearance, too, of a delightful cameo. effect is produced by fusing a thin layer of opaque white glass on a thick layer of dark brown glass. The design is carved upon the white surface, and the various depths of the carving allow the dark background to tint the white glass to different shades, exactly as in a real cameo. Naturally, the work has to be done by a skilled artist by hand and it occupies a great deal of time. The plaque shown took eighteen months from start to finish and is valued at several hundred dollars.

A HUGE CLOCK

HALF-WAY up the 700-foot white tower of the Metropolitan Building, New York City, at the 26th story, are the four dials of the most remarkable timepiece in the world. The dials are 26 feet 6 inches in diameter, with Arabic numerals 4 feet high and 60 circular minute-marks each 10 inches in diameter. The clock and its no less remarkable auxiliaries, the chimes at the 46th story and the flashing lantern at the tip-top of the tower, constitute a stupendous advertisement. The time can be read from

WHERE WHEELS GROW LARGE. Mighty oxcart used for hauling bulky articles in India.

a long distance, by day or by night, on the dials, and every quarter-hour between sunrise and sunset the chimes peal out in strong, harmonious tones. From sunset to sunrise powerful flashes of red and white light, streaming from the tower tip and visible on clear nights for fifteen miles, announce the hour.

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UST to show how expeditiously a labor of love can be performed, at church was built in Long Beach, California, recently by more than one hundred men and women in the remarkable time of six hours and forty minutes. This did not include the foundation which has been laid several days in advance in order to allow the mortar to set; but it did include everything else. The building was done by volunteer labor, sixty members of the local carpenter's union and sixty business men working together in harmony and at top speed. They were assisted by the women of the congregation who not only furnished a

AN ISLAND THAT FLOATS. Extraordinary formation of lands on water's surface at Lake Sadawga, Vermont.

PEDDLING PULQUE.

Wagon that conveys intoxicating liquor about the streets of Mexican cities.

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good meal for the laborers at noon but also got out and mixed mortar and nailed shingles like professional builders,

Work began promptly at eight o'clock on the morning of Labor Day, Sept. 5th, and the work was so well systematized that there was no confusion. The pastor was as industrious as any, clad in overalls and valiantly wielding a hammer, and some of the most prominent women in the church did not scorn to roll up their sleeves and hoe in the mortar bed or risk pounding their thumbs while assisting the shinglers. Other ladies, who were not needed in preparing the lunch, carried bricks to the masons who were building the chimney, and finally when at 3:40 the last nail was driven the women washed all the windows and cleaned out the building so that it was ready for a service that same evening. Every detail was complete, even to the locks on the doors.

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FLOATING ISLAND

IN Whitingham, Vermont, on a small body of water known as Lake Sadawga, one can see the unusual phenomenon of seventy-five acres of unattached soil locally famed as "The Floating Island." This island consists of a vast nexus of roots of reeds and trees which are overspread by a thin layer of earth. Quantities of moss, flags, cat-tails and other vegetation which favors moist localities, are found in great profusion. The trees are mostly beeches and firs, some of which are of great age, but they grow to a height of only about twentyfive feet, and at that point the growth is arrested, probably on account of interference with their nutrition. Fishermen cut holes through the soil and fish through them just as one fishes through the ice in winter.

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DESTRUCTIVE PANTHER

THE panther shown in the accompany

ing illustration had a a record of slaughtering three yearling colts, one three-year old horse, one two-year old mule and a number of calves and sheep upon the ranch of A. B. Collins, near Uvalde, Texas, during the period of six days immediately preceding the final hunt which ended in its death. It was chased for eighteen hours by a pack of hounds and a party of cowboys, led by Mr. Collins, who shot the animal when it was brought to bay by the dogs. The panther weighed 246 pounds and measured seven feet four inches from the root of its tail to the tip of its nose. Panthers, wolves and coyotes are very destructive to the live stock interests of the ranch territory of Texas and other parts of the country. It is estimated that in Texas alone these animal pests destroy annually cattle to the value of more than $500,000.

PLACE TO EAT LOBSTERS PROBABLY the most unique and least

known of all the summer establishments at Newport, R. I., is the red frame. structure, startling in its simplicity, which is of more than ordinary interest, however, as it is the lobster eating bungalow of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. When here the great financier makes it his business to lead the "simple life," and to enjoy the delicious fresh crustaceans especially trapped for him in the near by ocean. These are served broiled in old southern style. The bungalow is picturesquely located on the rocky bluffs a short distance from Bateman Point, on the famous Ocean Drive. It has wide porches commanding an extensive panorama of the Atlantic. Mr. Morgan's onestory structure stands in marked contrast to the other magnificent mansions.

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