On the French const there soon will
be a lighthouse equipped with a mon?
ster mouth and a compressed air de?
vice which will enable lt to shout in
tones of thunder to ships on the hori?
zon. Dr. Marage of Paris ls the In?
ventor. It will be an exact Imitation
of the human throat and mouth, with
an air pump for lungs. Teeth, lips,
jawbones and all are Imitated exact?
ly. With a month six feet from cor
ner to corner, it ls estimated that the
artificial voice of the lighthouse will
be understood from three to six miles
away, according to weather condl
tlons. Mouths of this size nre to bc
placed beneath the lens of the new
French lighthouse. As steamers come
over the horizon from Africa or Amer
lea anti nre sighted one of its mouths
will turn seaward and bellow "Hello!'
An Eloquent Sicilian.
Cavallere Grasso, one of the Siclllnr
actors now In landon, at a luncheor
given in his honor recently made fl
speech to his hosts, a part of whlct
has been translated ns follows: "Would
that I were a dove, Its wings lader
with diamonds, that I might scattei
them over you. Fain would I be youi
dawn, herald of a golden future. Fail
would I be your twilight haunted bj
happy memory. 1 would be your sun
to hold all lu my embrace, to melt flit
snows of your winter with the fire ol
my nit Into limpid streams, chiming a;
they flow. I would be the springtime
bringing to you fresh happiness anc
tenderness of love. I would be thi
FprhiK, the twilight, the dawn, the sun
the dove, all together?your Giovanni!'
The Popc'3 Joke.
