"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. A recently invented pneumatic boxing glove is intended to protect both user and opponent from harm. His Case Puzzles Doctors. W. H. Hilton, living near Crane, Mo., lost his voice two years ago from the effects of a severe case of whooping cough. The singular feature of Mr. Hilton’s affliction is that he can speak audibly to dumb animals on his farm in as clear a voice as he ever could, but can only whisper when he attempts to speak to persons. Mr. Hilton’s health is excellent, and his strange affliction has puzzled physicians from many parts of the State. He is sixty-five years old. Electrically Groomed Horses. Vacuum cleaners, which have the usefulness of curry-combs, with the additional advantage of suction to draw into a receptacle the dust, scale, and dandruff removed from the animal’s coat, have been adopted for grooming the horses of New York City’s park department. The cleaner is driven by an electric motor, and is so light as to be easily carried from place to place. For greater convenience, however, they are mounted on hand trucks. It has been found that besides doing the work in a much more thorough and sanitary manner than is possible with the ordinary currycomb, the cleaners are far more rapid. The men, using the vacuum cleaner, can care for several times the number of horses they formerly could curry in the old way. Michigan Farmer is Rival of Burbank. Hen Stratton, the Luther Burbank of Benzie County, Mich., is conducting a series of interesting experiments with his chewing-gum tree.