is not the New England of puritanic times. Imagine such a garden in the straight-laced days that antedated the American Revolution. This new style of tree-clipping is, however, scarcely artistic. It would be well enough for a public pleasure park where an admission charge is made. The designer of this garden evidently had a somewhat warped sense of beauty. Still, despite all this, one must admit the effect is rather pleasing, and certainly unique. At any rate it THE TRUMPETER AUTOM- THE YOUNGEST MEXICAN Vincente Galban, only twelve years of age, is one of the front rank in the insurrecto forces. His father was killed in battle. so Master Vincente shouldered arms, and marched along. He is an exceptionally bright boy. has pleasing manners, and is a fine shot. One rather expects him to show a vain air, on account of the notice taken of him on all sides. and the shower of attention and compliments. but he is quite free from affectation. and should he not fall in battle will, no doubt, make his mark in life. He lives not far from the Texas POPULAR SCIENCE TRUMPETER AUTOMA- A FAMOUS automaton of the TELEPHONE FOR DEAF A DEAF mute of Lynn, Mass., has invented what he calls a "deaf mutes' telephone," to enable them to converse rapidly not only with each other but with those who possess their hearing and speech, without having to use the finger-sign language. The new phone represents the work of a man and his wife, both deaf mutes, assisted by their young son, who is almost blind. The phone comprises an electric keyboard. It has, like a typewriter, the universal system arrangement of letters. This keyboard is connected by wire with the electric signal board which is 485 the talking machine proper, consisting of thirty-six incandescent light globes, each painted on the end of the bulb with a large letter of the alphabet or one of the twelve numerals. The deaf mute who wishes to talk with another person presses the keys in order, spelling out the words as on a typewriter, his vis-a-vis reading off the letters as they flash up on the lamps. The keys come down on to points of contact in the same manner as do the printing typewriter telegraph machines, instead of striking by means of a lever bar as does a typewriter key. This does away with any false or lost motion and ensures with the second live specimen of gorilla ever to reach this country. A thousand miles, or so, was covered in going through the gorilla country, traversing Jungles and dense forests before the present specimen was located. It was obtained from a trader in the village of Ningo Sitka on the French Congo, some 150 miles inland. "Mille Ningo," is the name of this little extraordinary creature. She is two feet and a half high and two years old. When full grown she will probably reach five feet in height. A CONGO GORILLA IN CAPTIVITY. perfect contacts. The keyboard, however, can be operated as quickly by an expert as an ordinary typewriter, and the letters can be read as quickly as they can be flashed up. Thus persons familiar with an ordinary universal typewriter keyboard could readily operate the machine, and with a little practice become expert at it. The inventor has perfected his invention so that two machines may be installed in separate rooms, or in houses some distance apart and the conversation carried on-swiftly and silently with more speed than on the ordinary phone. CONGO GORILLA IN CAPTIVITY AFTER a nine teen hundred mile trip from Equatorial Africa Prof. Garner recently arrived in New York Special quarters, a whole large cage in the Primate House, is given up to her. She refuses to make friends with "Baldy," "Susie" or the other noted chimpanzees from Africa who are in adjoining apartments. No visitor at the Zoological Park has been considered such a treasure and carefully watched and fed as the little Simian lady from the Congo. The zoo chefs have prepared all the most tempting tropical dishes they know of to please the palate of Mille Ningo. Indigestion and lonesomeness seem to be the main trouble. Gorillas are rarely seen in captivity owing to two causes, their capture is difficult and dangerous, and they likewise cannot stand isola FOR SENDING PHOTOS BY WIRELESS. Professor Koern recently installed at Monte Carlo his apparatus for transmitting human likenesses from that famous resort to Paris. tion and close confinement as can the chimpanzees and orangs. The gorilla was first very prominently brought to the attention of Americans by the French explorer, Paul Du Chaillu. About 1855, under the auspices of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, he explored the interior of Africa, making many discoveries. N the left of the operator is a live frog. He is sitting very still. It is necessary that he should do so in order to serve as a model for the magnified frog which is being sculptured. It will be noticed that the magnified frog has his mouth wide open. Hence it is requisite, from time to time, to pry open the mouth of the real frog and see what it looks like inside. When the enlarged frog is finished, being duly painted NOT exactly stamping out the whole green and yellow, with suitable spots and auto but stamping out one half of the body at each stroke of the press is the latest method of a manufacturer. Automobile bodies have been made of metal for a number of years, but usually of plates representing only a small part of the body which attached to plates by was other rivets or screws COURTESY AM MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY, N. Y. BIGGEST OF ALL BULLFROGS. and the whole built over a wooden frame. As the demand for cars has increased, some more rapid method had to be devised and the great press shown in the illustration is the result of the cudgeling of the inventor's brains. The machine is so large that a special building had to be constructed to house it and it weighs 1,500 tons or 300,000 pounds-most certainly a ponderous apparatus. The base of the press on which are placed the dies for forming the bodies measures twelve feet in length by four feet in width and each die used weighs many tons. After the bodies are formed the two steel halves are welded together by electricity and so perfect is the work that the seam where the weld is made is hardly visible. Bodies for the highest priced cars are made in this manner and it not only en a white stomach, it will be remarkably realistic. The frog keeps his eye upon the sculptor. He takes life easily. He is not worrying evidently about the trials of the professional model. He is a "homey," tractable sort of a little creature, and seems to realize the importance of being as quiet and of giving as little trouble as possible. UNUSUAL TYPE OF BRIDGE. It spans the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge. The draw is of the trunnion type, is operated by electric ity, and requires only thirty seconds to open. The counterweight at the rear weighs 110 tons. |