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Popular Science Monthly

N imitation hand has been devised by a California merchant to warn traffic that his automobile is about to make an off-side turn. It is attached to one of the rods supporting the top. On the rear of the top side of the hand is an eye, to which a string is attached. Whenever the driver wishes to turn a left-hand corner he pulls the string and the hand goes up.

This device costs less than ten cents and obviates the danger of losing control of the steering wheel. The arm is painted black and the hand white.

worker of Long Beach, Calif., has discovered a new use for sea shells. The accompanying illustration shows an interesting specimen of his work. It is a garden ornament constructed of solid concrete, decorated with small mussel shells. The shells, arranged in rows and squares, are imbedded in the concrete with the inside of the delicately colored shell exposed. The structure is intended to enclose a bed of flowers, and vines will be trained over the top. The same design may also be employed to surround a garden fountain.

It was composed of the following parts: One barrel, two lengths of stove pipe, one soap box, tin cans and some odds and ends of lumber. While it is not capable of tearing across the prairies at the speed of a mile a minute, you must be a small boy or a little sister to imagine its possibilities. Straw smudge provides the indispensable smoke.