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INVENTION
STOPPER FOR WATER BOTTLE
Ring Attached to Bottom Preventc It
From Being Lost—No Obstacle
to Filling Bag.
Water bottle stoppers, like collar
buttons, have a mania for getting
lost, and without a stopper the bot
tle is about as much use as it would
be without water. It took the com
bined intellects of a New York man
and a New Jersey man to invent some
thing that would keep the stopper
where it belonged and the result is
shown here. Attached to the bottom
of the stopper by a chain several
inches long is a ring that is just too
long to pass through the neck of the
Water Bottle Stopper.
bottle. How the ring got there is an
other chapter, unless it may be as
sumed that the bottle was built around
it. The chain is long enough to per
mit the stopper being taken entirely
out of the neck of the flask and of
course the ring presents no obstacle
either to the Alling or emptying of
the receptacle. This may be a little
thing, but it is big enough to save
many people the price of a new wa
ter bottle, which is what the loss of
the old stopper means.
WHAT INVENTION HAS DONE
Among Other Things In Manufacture
of Agricultural Implements Much
Manual Labor Is Saved.
In leather manufacture modern
methods have reduced the necessary
number of workers from five to fifty
per cent.
A carpet measuring and brushing
machine with one operator will do the
work of fifteen men by the old meth
ods.
In the manufacture of flour modern
improvements save 75 per cent, of the
manual labor that once was neces
sary.
In making tin cans one man and a
boy, with modern appliances, can do
the work of ten workers by the old
process.
One boy, by machinery, in turning
wood work and materials for musical
instruments, performs the work of
twenty-five men by the old methods.
In the manufacture of boots and
shoes the work of 500 operatives is
now done by 100, a displacement of
wage earners of 80 per cent, by aid of
machinery.
In the cotton mills the manual la
bor has been reduced about fifty per
cent. Now one weaver manages from
two to ten looms, where one loom
was formerly tended by one worker.
In the manufacture of brick im
proved devices save one-tenth of the
labor, and in the manufacturing of
fire brick 40 per cent, of the manual
labor is displaced.
In the manufacture of agricultural
implements 600 operatives, with ma
chinery, including eighteen classes of
wage earners, do the work of 2,145
wage earners without machinery, dis
placing 1,545 workers.
LATEST IN FLYING MACHINES
South Dakota Man Invents Apparatus
With Plurality of Wings, to
Propel and Raise It.
In describing a flying machine, in
vented by M. M. Renster of Gettys-
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Flying Machine.
burg, S. D., the Scientific American
says:
An object of this inventor is to pro
vide a flying machine with a plural
ity of wings adapted to be swung
through the air, to simultaneously
raise and propel the machine. A
still further object is to provide a
machine with propelling means, and
with mechanism for driving the same,
the mechanism having an auxiliary
driving connection whereby an acci
dental breakage may happen with
out destroying the flight of the aero
plane. The machine is shown here
with in a front end view in elevation.
Prehistoric Cave.
In German East Africa has been
discovered a huge cave in a chalk
mountain, containing prehistoric re
mains and antiquities of great value.
REAL ORIGIN OF THE PEARL
Most of Them Due to Parasites That
Live In Oyster’s Shell—Poetic
Fancy Shattered.
(By DR. HUGH M. SMITH, tn the Na
tional Geographic Magazine.)
For many centuries, even until com
paratively recent times, it was the
common belief that pearls were drops
of dew that gained entrance into the
shell of an oyster, and were there
transformed into lustrous gems. Arab
and Indian divers still believe that at
certain seasons oysters come to the
surface and suck in the rain-drops
that later -become pearls. Science,
however, has rudely shattered this
poetic fancy, and discovered the real
origin to be a worm.
We know that almost any foreign
body—a grain of sand, a bit of mud
or shell, a piece of ragweed or a small
animal —may by its irritation cause
the mollusk to cover it with nacre
and make it the nucleus of a pearl;
but the largest part of the annual
pearl crop of the world is due to para
sites, that normally pass a part of
their life-cycle within the shell of the
pearl-oyster.
Minute spherical larvae of marine
worms known as cestodes become em
bedded in the soft tissues, as many
as forty having been found In on 80
Ceylon oyster. As the result of irri
tation, the oyster forms a protecting
sac about the Intruder, and then If the
larva dies, its body is gradually con
verted Into carbonate of lime, and the
pearly mass proceeds to grow with
the shell.
If the larva lives, it may pass into
the body of the strong-jawed trig
ger-fishes which prey on the pearl
oysters, there undergoing further de
velopment. Ultimately it reaches the
body of the great rays which in turn
eat the trigger-fishes. In the rays the
worms attain full development, and
produce larvae that are cast into the
sea and find lodgment in the pearl
oysters. Thus the cycle is begun once
more.
We may literally accept the saying
of a celebrated French Investigator,
that “the most beautiful pearl is in
reality only the brilliant sarcophagus
of a worm.”
TO PREVENT WATER COOLING
Device for Keeping Water in Auto
mobile Radiator From Freezing
During Severe Weather.
A simple device intended to pre
vent the cooling water of an automo-
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Radiator Water-Heater.
bile-engine radiator from freezing
when the car is in an unheated pri
vate garage during the cold winter
months, has been placed on the mar
ket by a Philadelphia concern, says
the Popular Mechanics. The device
consists of a small gas heater, and
an inlet and outlet water pipe con
nected, respectively, with the drain
cock and filling cap of the car’s radia
tor. The heat generated by the gas
burner sets up an automatic circula
tion of the water through the radia
tor and cooling system of the engine,
thus keeping it above the freezing
point.
NOTES OF A .
SCIENCE M
I INVENTION^
A pocket typewriter has been in
vented. It is not much larger than a
watch. «
In Iceland a bread is made by
beating the flesh of dried codfish to
a powder.
The per capita consumption of pota
toes in this country at the last cen
sus was four bushels.
Moving pictures of animals form
targets in an English rifle gallery, the
shots being automatically recorded.
A patent has been granted for a
parachute specially designed to help
a person escape from a burning build
ing. .
A tablet weighing four ounces com
prises an entire meal in the United
States army’s newest emergency ra
tion.
We are not eating more, but there
are more of us eating, which ac
counts for the increased demand for
food products.
An Ohio inventor’s flying machine
is propelled by wings driven up and
down by shafts connected to its en
gine.
The Argentine government plans to
place one of the most powerful tele
scopes in the world in its National
observatory.
In this country 14,000 patents
have been issued covering the manu
facture of shoes and leather goods,
and about hall; of them are now in
force.
In the congested area of a town a
common fly can harbor from 800.000
to 500.000,000 bacteria, while In the
suburbs it carries only upward of
20.000.
That animals have been distributed
over the world by the oscillation o’
Its axis, which has changed the cli
mate of various lands, is a theory
advanced by a German scientist.
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TROUBLE IN DINING ROOM
Little Mlxup Between Ladies Accepted
Philosophically by the Torpid
ville Landlord.
"At one time yesterday it looked
like we was going to have a little
trouble here in the dining room, but ii
didn’t come to nothin’ much,” related
the landlord of the Torpidville tavern
“Maxine and Sylphie, the young ladies
that are waitin’ table, got to squab
blin’ about a p’int of etiquette, or the
merits of their respective fellers, 01
something that-a-way, as ladles is
everlastin’ly doin’, and Sylphie, I reck
on it was, told Maxine, or mebby Max
ine told Sylphie—anyhow, one told ths
other that she wasn’t no better thar
she ort to be. And Maxine, 01
Sylphie, whichever it was, got sortei
fussy about it and answered that sh(
was too, and she didn’t care who knev
it! And then they kind o’ tied' in or
each other and went ’round and ’rount
as it were, and it took ’em quite i
while after it was over to wash th<
ketchup and broken glass out of theii
coffers, as they call their hair. Bu
that’s all it amounted to, and there’i
no use in firin’ ’em, for ladies will b<
ladies and there ain't no help for it.’
—Kansas City Sun.
INFORMATION WANTED.
He—You say that all you want is
a good home and a good husband. I
can surely furnish you a good home
She —But can you furnish me a
good husband?
One Fisherman’s Idea.
First Angler—Look, this fish was
almost caught before; see the broken
hook in its mouth.
Second Angler—lt should have hail
sense enough to steer clear of hooks
after that.
First Angler—Oh, come, you can't
expect a fish to exhibit more sense
than a human being.
Not to Be Caught.
Farmer (on one side of the hedge
to boy on the other side) —Now, then
my lad, didn't I tell you not to let me
catch you here again?
Boy (preparing to run) —All right
don’t make a fuss. You ain't caught
me yet!—Weekly Telegraph.
Gloomy Outlook.
"It’s going to be a hard winter.”
“How can you tell?”
“By the size of the salary I'm get
ting.”
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Most of the so called theatrical stars
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POINTED WAY TO SALVATION
Preacher’s Advice Was All Right but
His Friend Also Had Something
Wise to Bay.
Senator Samuel A. Ettelson, speak
ing recently at a banquet, told the fol
lowing:
“A colored preacher stood up on a
Sunday and said, ‘My text this morn
ing, brothers and sisters, am "What
shall I do to be saved?” To me there
seems only one way to be saved, and
that am to quit this’ere extravagant
living. Back to the simple life, say I.
There am going to be no chance for
you to be saved so long as you keep
up this high living. If there Is any
thing that is going to kill our race it
is these'ere luxuries. Better go hun
gry and cold like the wolf. Go out
and face the rains and fight the
storms. Go wade like the crane. You
will grow rugged and you will grow
tough, but you’ll walk like a man
Yes, sir, that am de way to salvation,
that am de way to get saved.*
“Just then a tall colored man, ris
ing from his pew In the rear of the
church, interrupted the preacher,
shouting: ‘This am no way to be saved.
You just jump right through that back
window and run just as fast as your
legs will carry you, for the county
sheriff am here with a warrant for
your arrest for stealing them chickens
from Massa Martin's coop last Friday
night.’ ” —Chicago Tribune.
ECZEMA SPREAD OVER BODY
R. F. D. No. 1, Lewisburg, Ky.—" Fi
fteen years ago I was badly affected
with eczema upon my scalp first, then
it spread all over my body and con
tinued to grow worse for four years.
It began with a dry rash. After form
ing thick scales or scabs the irritation
forced me to scratch the scabs off and
the hair would come out with them.
Upon my face and body the sores
would get inflamed and they disfig
ured my face. It was worse where
my clothes irritated thdm. The erup
tion was a yellowish watery kind,
sometimes bloody. In warm weather
it was so bad I was not able to work
on account of the raw irritating sores
on my head and body.
“After trying various medicines
without relief I tried Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. After using four cakes
of Cuticura Soap and four boxes of
Cuticura Ointment and one bottle of
the Resolvent I was entirely sound
and well and have been for eleven
years.” (Signed) W. H. Williams,
Mar. 19, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card “Cuticura, Dept L, Boston.”
Adv.
Not Used to "High Life.”
An old farmer was in London visit
ing his son, who had got on in the
world, and who kept a large house,
servants, etc.
When the two sat down to dinner
the first night a manservant waited
upon them, and was most assiduous
in his attentions to the old' farmer.
After watching his antics for a bit the
guest exclaimed:
“What the mischief are ye dancin'
about like that for? Can ye not draw
in yer chair and sit down? I’m sure
there's enough here for the three of
us.” —London Mail.
Good Job.
“Now, Johnny,” said the teacher
after she had explained the meaning
of the word. “I wish you would write
a sentence containing defeat.”
After a struggle which lasted for
about twenty minutes Johnny an
nounced that he was ready to be
heard.
“Please read your composition,” the
teacher directed.
"When you git shoes dat's too tite,”
Johnny read, “it’s hard on de feet.”
Gender.
A woman teacher was explaining
gender to a grade of young children
as visitors entered. They begged her
to continue, as they would be de
lighted to hear the children's replies.
"Children,” she asked, “what is
‘girl,’ ‘woman,’ ‘man’?”
One little hand was so eager, she
appealed to the owner proudly.
“Well. Artie?”
"Gi^s is females, woman is a male
and Man’s a hum^^bean.” —Judge.
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Lost Trousers Playing Poker.
William Verne appeared in a Detroit
police coudt attired in a dress coat
and some underwear —he had bet the
trousers in a poker game the evening
before and lost His cash, his watch
and his diamonds preceded the trou
sers into the "bank.” The trousers
were of good quality, so William bet
several blue chips on them. But his
luck didn't turn and when he was
cleaned out again he broke up the
game by quitting. He begged the loan
of the trousers to go home in, but
the bank took no risks and declined.
So William started in dress coat and
underwear and was arrested.
For SUMMER HEADACHES
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no matter what causes them—whether
from the heat, sitting in draughts, fever
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Countryman's Notion.
Farmer (seeing a water cart for the
first time) —Dang me. Halbert, if
these Lunnon chaps ajn't smart! Just
laok what that feller's fixed up at the
back of 'is wagon to keep boys from
hangin’ on be’ind!" —London Sketch.
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