Show j u = n = i I NEW AND PRACTICAL INYENTIONS Electric Water Heater In the accompanying picture we shown apparatus which will be found very an useful and convenient for heating water for which n for numerous purposes 1 patent has just been granted to Waldo F Follett of New Haven Conn The heater consists of a series of pipes con neotlnir inlet and outlet chambers the nctlnG with coOs of resistance pipes bdnff covered colr rst incased ance wire and the entire wnrmer which cement of cased In a Jacket tends to aid In heatlne the pipes With I the switch which accompanies the apparatus swich be turned Into the current con be paratus I wires surround ailor a portion of the ing or the 3 pipes to regulate thc 1Cat a Indicated Of ns the dial names on dicated by the name dial the apparatus can be made In I course all sizes and It Is intended to use the heater Glze connection not only with the hrter also stationary tank In residences but l for travelers With one of these heat traveler the trav p in a trunk erg stored away L l t f l utuLw ttti I i i i1 iui i ii I ff 4 R Sjr J Electric Current Replaces the Fire need never worry about not being provided pro-vided with hot water at the hotels as all that is necessary Is to attach a socket In place of one of the Incandescent Incandes-cent electric lights when a turn of the switch will run the current through the wires and heat the water contained iu the chambers Campfire Utensil Holder I It Is so easy to tip over the coffeepot qr I spill the contents of the other cooking utensils when placed on the ordinary or-dinary campfire that the utility of the device shown herewith will Immediately Immediate-ly l become apparent and as It also has cheapness and Binall bulk to recommend recom-mend it there Is little doubt that It will form a part of many a camping outfit the coming season The holder comprises 0 metal tube a length of gas pipe answering the purpose nicely and aperies of brackets with straight narrow nar-row shanks which can be Inserted In the oblong openings cut In the tube I 1 i I 1 7 a Coffee Pot and Kettle Support for this purpose The stake Is driven firmly Into the ground Jn the place selected se-lected for the fire and after tho brack et are once In place the wood can be laid up around the stake and the Ore lighted A sufficient number of slots IB provided to allow the placing oC b brackets so as to utilize nearly all of the heatnG surface presented by the blaze and after the cpoklng Is finished the food ca be moved to the upper brackets to keep l > warm until wanted The patent on this utensil has been granted Colo to Charles E Bond of Denver Automatic Fountain CoffeePot Below we Illustrate an Important improvement Im-provement on the French coffeepot In which the water has to be poured thropgh the ground coffee several times the grounds In the oldStyle pot being suspended In a cloth strainer and the witer allowedto filter through In this new pot the water Is automatically elevated trthe top of tHe Interior and falls In a continuous spray on the ground coffee This is accomplished by means of the central vertical tube which provided with n ftarlng disk at the bottom the latter having openings around the outer edge for the entrance of the water HIs a wellknown fact that the water boiling In a pot or kettle ket-tle can I bo made to force Itself through Improved French Coffee Cooker a vertical tube provided with a disk at the bottom and as openings are cut around the top of the tube the water falls directly on the wire gauze strainer secured toth tu6e Just below the per forations The pot can be filled with water to any desired point below the strainer and when the required quan tity 4of coffee grounds IB placed on the gauze s support and the po placed over the fire it will fre I wl automatically fllter the strength from tho grounds As soon as this has been accomplished tin grounds are allowed to drain for ashore a-shore time and the fountain and strainer strain-er are then lifted out boforo serving the coffee One advantage of this < vlpo Is that the slight Jarring of the strainer by the movement of the boll tl boi Ing water causes the grounds to read I Just themselves constantly thus pre I seating all sIdes to the hot water John I F Normlle of Philadelphia Pa Is the Inventory thlp utensil Keeps the Burglars Out WittfHhe tool used by burglars for thc purpose It Is a poSe simple matter to grip a key from the outSide of a door and throw the bolt over thus opening the door and it I the bey wr9 hut I out of the keyhole the burglar would insert In-sert one of his skeleton keys and accomplish I the same result To circum complish result crcum vent the burglar In this work Leopold Mullauer 1 of Chicago III has designed 1 iitll I KeyGuard and Keyhole Stop tho keyguard and keyhole closing device de-vice which we show in the accompanying accompany-ing picture The invention consists of n main bar together with n movable block and n thumbscrew for sliding the block on the bar The end of the bar intended for Insertion In the keyhole I Is provided with t shank long enough to extend through the door and close the outer face of the keyhole while a j shoulder surrounding the shank rests solidly against the face plate when the thumbscrew is tightened to draw the I block away from the door As the block Is inserted in the loop of the key the force exerted by the screw will pull the key against the Inside of the lock and effectually prevent any one turnIng turn-Ing it from the outside Light for the Copper William Otis Shepard of Camden N J has patented an appliance which he thinks will be of value to the policeman police-man In making his rounds at night 0 r I I Policemans Club With Lamp through dark alleys and hallways the device being a lamp for insertion in the end of the club with means for opening and closing the apparatus automatically tomatically The flame is i produced by either a torch or candle which Is mounted on a sliding disk inside tho hollow end of the club a coiled spring back of the disk forcing it outward as soon as a button Is pressed to release the automatic IpCk The sliding plate shown at the side is hollow and Is provided pro-vided with a matchholder an arrangement ar-rangement which draws the match head across a roughened plate at just the proper Instant to ignite It and light the wick of the candle or lamp a It Is presented at the opening in tho end of the club By using this form of lighter the fame can be Instantly In-stantly produced just at the desired moment for use which makes the devIce de-vice much more valuable than If the policeman had to strike the matqh and apply It to the wick himself and a comparatively strong wind or rain should not succeed in extinguishing the blaze or preventing the working of the automatic lighter The Inventor also makes mention of a wtlstlo Inserted In-serted Intho grip end of the club Automatic Hammopk Swingor Now dont think the girl in the Illustration tration Is lazy because she refuses to swing her own hammock for what Is the use of working while you arc try 4 II t I Canadian Device t Rock Hammock ng to rest specially whpn you can get a little machine to swing tho hammock I ham-mock for you Lewyn F Cutten of Eolssoyaln Canada has just obtained a patent for a motor which will swing the hammock without any effort on i the part of tho occupant occu-pant tltOi mechanism being wholly automatic in UH action The preferred form ot power used IrTihla machine is a colM spring Avhlchmuy be Wound up jth a key the complete motor being housed lu cosing which Is secured to the fiboY ground lo make It rigid and Is Jmke I provided with p Vevolving arm which furnishes the motion for swing ing the hammock As a dlreot connec tion with tho hanimock by means or a core vouia soon twist the latter a springcontrolled trip device is attached to tho outer end of the arm attaehe Iowa the cord to twist backward at intervals and prevent Kinking roput the device In operation it IB only neces sary to whid the spring and nee cord to the end of the arm when a gentle swaying of tlie hammock will be kept up almost Indefinitely wJ Handy Tin Cutter Nearly half the abor of doing1 i up packages IB fiomprlsed in i fhefwo acts of picking up the string by fts lobsa end and severing It after the eerlnf bundle Is tied and il lp i an Important matter o ted the end of the cord always In position and a cutting device handy These acuttnS These two objects are accomplished In the twin t holder and cutter which we Illustrate 1ustrat below which was recently patented by Raymond D Weakley ofSt Loii ls Mo There are very few parts to the appara tUB and It is not liable to Ret out of order as only the Rlngletoothcd wheel I nnd the springcontrolled sprIngcontroled post which carries the cutting blad are pos capable ot movement The cord li l threaded Uirouch the short horizontal tube by first comprcysins the poet to Its lowest limit and then allowing ri fo f 10WCL AS tho post IB geared to the Cls I gea re toothed whcfel the 1CerSI motion engages the cord t j and pulls It through the lube until It projects a short distance from the I opening When the post t Is lifted the wheels runs freely and the cord can be pulled out for winding around package pack-age but as coon as the post IB I depressed de-pressed It pulls the slack back Into the I I I I Improved CordHolding DevIce I casing and the knlfe at the lower end of the post then severs the twine when I the release of the post will again 1101 ject It as before I the bal of twine Is suspended overhead Il Is only neces sary to thread it through the tube 1 |