Show beautiful african turtle one of the most beautiful turtle in the world Is found in africa and a few fine specimens were recently captured there and taken to europe that they will thrive in a brange country Is by no means certain though a ew naturalists natura lists who baa pent some months tn german east africa and who have carefully studied these turtles are confident that they will quickly become acclimatized the beauty of these torpid and rather ungainly animals Is in the shell which covers and protects almost the entire body unlike that of the ordinary tunic which Is slogum barly lacking in richness and variety of color thle shell attract the eye at bocc ty the beautiful gold and brown stripes which run down it and by the little clusters of crimson which are found here and there A novel device Is beane tried for automatically mati cally stopping train A double dial Is attached to one of the driving wheels this register the number of atlea another part of the dial Is fitted with a series of stops arranged to coincide exactly with the distance of each from the preceding oneas th train runs into the station zone the stop acts on a throttle valve nd pulls P the the limits the inventor adds that it will be useful in case of carelessness on the part of the driver or it ha be aleca |