Show ft off the ground the housekeeper who has trouble with sagging clotheslines will appreciate the merit 0 the clothes dryer re bently invented as shown herewith it has two great advantages over pre devices for this purpose in that it can be lowered within easy reach of the laundress when banging the clothes and is then raised far enough above the ground to lift the washing out of reach of the dirt it will be noticed that the uprights are jointed and pivoted near the base with a windlass mounted on a short post at one end to which a rope is attached by releasing the ratchet and unwind ing the rope a short distance the posts tilt downward by their own weight until the line is conveniently low tor hanging the wash the weight of the posts and keeping the line taut meanwhile or a coiled spring can be used to attach the opposite end of the dryer from the wind lass to its posts it Is not necessary to walk from one end of the line to the other in hanging the clothes aa pulleys are provided and arrangement may be made tor hanging as many lines as desired As soon as the wash Is on the line the windlass Is used to tighten the rope again lifting tha posts into a vertical position and maintaining the lines at their highest level A fruit cree sprayer the illustration shows an improved praying apparatus tor discharging liquids on the foliage of fruit hiees the machine being designed especially tor large orchards where time Is more valuable with the apparatus provid ed it is possible to drive a team be tween the rows of trees may bo sprayed at the same time there 13 also a storage tank for the alon ot pressure in order that it tree is discovered to be unusually in tested with insects the wagon may ba stopped long enough to treat them to an extra large dose of the destroyer the pipes are arranged in such a manner that a number of barrels ot the liquid may be carried at once emptying themselves automatically in rota alon without the opening or closing of any valves when the sprayer is once in motion thus a large quantity ot the liquid may be carried and dis charged with the least attention to de tall allowing the operator to devote his entire thought to the condition ot the trees the pump Is operated by gearing it directly to the hub of one 0 the wheels houtin in london nothing in recent municipal history on its social side has equaled in interest and significance the achieve ments and projects within the last dozen years of the london county council in building homes tor wage earners up to the beginning of this year buildings for the accommodation of 16 persons had with the exception of a minor traction then under construction been completed land had been acquired and plans were under way to accommodate 14 per ons and the purchase of land had been sanctioned for the erection of still others to accommodate persona device for dratwin Dr atvin naief the purpose of the invention shown below Is to provide means by which nails may be readily drawn from the material in which they are driven and especially to facilitate the with drapal of nails the heads ot which are set below the sur face of the wood when nails are driven with their heads flush with the wood an ardi nary claw hammer is useless and this invention k particularly to provide a device tor engaging the heads of nails so driven the nail grip coir wises two duplicate sections connected by an intermediate ly situated pivot and formed with acting jaws and shanks opposite the law an expansive spring presses the paws apart and tends to move the shanks together and a thumb screw serves to grip the jaws over the A dog s tall is something ot a wag tt |