FRED W. MUTH APPLYING THE STINGING BEES TO THE RHEUMATIC PATIENT'S ARM IN THE PRESENCE OF PHYSICIANS, HOSPITAL INTERNES AND NURSES. lated with the formic acid of the bee stings, the patient is supposed to become immune to rheumatic attacks. SHARKS IN FRESH WATER A VERY curious zoological phenomenon is the presence of sharks of large size in Lake Nicaragua. It is a body of water completely landlocked, and the marvel was how they got there. The solution of the puzzle, however, seems to be simple enough. In ancient days, perhaps millions of years ago, Lake Nicaragua was an arm of the sea-or, at all events, was connected with the ocean by some sort of water passage. Mighty terrestrial upheavals, changing radically the formation of the strip of territory connecting North and South America, cut off the lake from the sea. Its salt water gradually became fresh. HORSE AGAINST MAN-AN APPARENTLY ONE-SIDED SPARRING MATCH. HORSE BOXES WITH A MAN THE Wintergarten of Berlin, Germany, is famous for all sorts of curiosities, in vaudeville, juggling, acrobatics, etc. Now one of the latest things on the boards is that of a horse which boxes with a man. This is a form of amusement which in all probability is just as hazardous for the man as it is difficult for the horse. The blow from a horse's hoof is not a thing to be carelessly or indifferently received; even though it is the fore-feet and not the powerful hind feet that are in action. Of course the animal has been trained in the manner and degree of force with which it shall strike; that, however, does not take into account accidents or sudden and unexpected streaks of viciousness in the equine. In these bouts the horse usually comes out the victor, the battle usually ending with the man on his back and his conqueror standing over him with gloved hoofs upon the chest of his fallen foe. Both horse and man seem to enjoy the contest and most certainly the spectators do. The spectacle of a human being and a beast of great strength trying out their powers against each other always has had a peculiar fascination for mankind. ON SEE-SAW IN AN AUTO NE of the most remarkable performances ever attempted with a motor car is shown in the illustration. The platform upon which the car stands is a teeter board, being balanced upon the large wooden horse in the center. The operator permits the car to seesaw by running it alternately backward and forward on the platform. This is done to demonstrate the unusually perfect control that is possible by the use of a new form of transmission that the manufacturers claim is a distinctive feature of their car. The forward or backward motion of a single lever accom AUTO SEE SAWS ON BALANCED PLATFORM TO DEMONSTRATE OPERATOR'S PERFECT CON REMAINS OF WHAT IS SAID TO BE THE LARGEST MASTODON EVER DISCOVERED. HUGE SKULL THAT AT FIRST WAS MISTAKEN FOR A ROCK. TO DEMONSTRATE MOTOR'S FREEDOM FROM Champion billiardist playing game while engine runs plishes this result without the use of brake or clutch. The performance described has been adopted by the builders of the car as one of the standard tests for each new machine, and it is said to have attracted much attention among automobile manufacturers, and large crowds have witnessed the demonstrations which have been given daily. LARGEST OF MASTODONS WHAT is supposed to be the largest WHAT mastodon skeleton ever discovered anywhere was unearthed a short time. ago on a farm in Clermont County, Ohio, by a crew of workmen excavating in an embankment near a creek. The big skull of the beast lay under twenty feet of sand and gravel and at first it was thought the huge skull was a giant rock but later developments proved it to be what is claimed as the largest piece of bone ever found anywhere. When it was finally taken out of the gravel and cleaned off it took several men to move it as it was found to weigh almost a ton. The tusks of the animal lay alongside but were only recovered in pieces. Other parts of the skeleton were there indicating that the huge beast evidently came down to the stream for water in his dying hour many ages ago and here breathed his last. The entire rich find was boxed up carefully and it will probably be shipped to the Smithsonian Institute for further preservation. PLAYS BILLIARDS WHILE AS a test for an easy running automobile engine the feat illustrated in this photograph is unique. A billiard table top was fastened to the tonneau of a car and then with the engine running at a high rate of speed a game of billiards was played under these unusual conditons. 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SELF-ACTING FIRE ALARMS IN order to protect a building against the danger of fire it is often found desirable to provide its various rooms with self-acting fire alarms, viz. with apparatus that as soon as the temperature rises above a given limit, will actuate an alarm bell advising the men on guard and thus allowing any incipient fire to be nipped in the bud. A remarkable advance over existing fire alarms of this kind is the one invented by Mr. L. T. Reichel, late chief electrician to the New Zealand Government, which is based on an entirely novel principle, that of thermo-electricity, an electric current being generated by the direct application of heat to certain metals. As there are no moving parts liable to get out of order, the alarm is as suitable for ships' holds as for warehouses and offices, while its neatness and NEW STYLE OF AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM. The indicator board, with the door open, is shown in the illustration. |