Herschell Colyar, of Visalia, Cal., is the inventor of a new fly killer that is guaranteed to get the best of them. The “killer” is a small apparatus composed of a number of wires. It can be hung any place and connected with the “juice,” and when Mr. Fly touches any of said wires, he quickly falls dead. A barber shop is fitted up with one of them, and it seems to be doing remarkable work. It is said that some of the largest companies in the country have been working on such an apparatus for years, and finally had declared that such an outfit could not be made. Colyar has been working on his invention for about three years. Head Clerk’s Ear Is His Own Cash Register. Women carry their loose change in their stockings, children put their money in their mouths, but Norris Bethel, head clerk for Florin Brother, of Fall River Mills, Cal., makes a cash register of his ears. When he is selling goods and is in a hurry for a nickel or a dime to make change, he reaches to one ear or the other and finds the needed coin. Or, if he received a small coin, and is at some distance from the cash register, he puts it into one of his ears until he has use for it or until he is close to the cash register and can relieve himself. The system is considered unique, and it is Bethel’s exclusively. Apple-sizing Machine Invented in Oregon. Asa B. and Frank W. Cutler, brothers, who operate one of the largest fruit ranches in Oregon, have invented and are completing the construction of an apple-sizing machine that works by means of weighing mechanisms. The two young men, graduates in the mechanical-engineering department of the University of Illinois, have been experimenting for several years with grading and sizing machines, and during the past two years have put to practical test graders that made the choice of apples according to the dimensions of the fruit. “However,” says Frank W. Cutler, “this method proved inaccurate, on account of the different shapes of the fruit. The new method will insure a standard pack, something that has been long sought by fruit districts.” The new grader is so accurate that it will grade into different bins apples, the weights of which differ only a tenth of an ounce. The local inventors have improved on the receiving bins that are placed at the side of the graders. Their new bin tips itself toward the packer as it fills automatically, the end resting nearest the packer resting on springs. How to Fireproof Clothes.