| Show NEV AND CURiOUS INVENTIONS I I > 7 > v Combination Hun tingGarment l This Invention 1 lien forits object toP to-P rOhle a Vomblnatiori garment which will take the place of the ordinary I hunting coatand1 esf < and may also be used as storm coat or a hammock The outer portion of the coat Is provided pro-vided with sleeves and a storm collar and the under half is somewhat similar I to a vest being capable of separation from the outer portion at the top which allows It to fall downward to I protect tho lower limbs In case of a I storm The inner and outer ends of the garment are provided with slits or eyelets for the insertion of strapS or cords for suspending the extended coat 1 1 I I 11 r Coat Vest StormCoat and Hammock after the I manner of an ordinary I hammock ham-mock and tho hunter will apprecciate this portion of the outfit as it enables him to add another comfort to lila equipment without increasing Its bulk to a noticeable degree It will also be i noticed that the warmth of the garment gar-ment can be considerably Increased by buttoning up the outer half after the vest portion has been fastened the buttons but-tons and buttonholes being arranged to that end The Inventor Is Joseph Con ley of Mound City 7tfo Single Tree Hammock The novelty of the hammock shown in the picture consists In its ability to keep on the shady side of the tree at I a Swings i ttera113Around fj the Tree r all hours of the day and it also has I the advantage of being adapted for use on a single tre on the side of a i house where only jOne support is avail i 1 I II able Of course It will notcurve from I end to end like the ordinary hammock l I but it has a swinging motion of itsown I and It cari be made quite as comfortable comfor-table for resting aa those now In use The attachment to the Ucc la I made by a ball and socket joint and the two hooks with the suspending cables the Joint allowing the hammock to swing laterally substantially the same plane By providing duplicate heads I for suspending the hammock It can be 1 I moved around the tree into another position po-sition as the day advances thus always I al-ways keeping under the shady side of tim tree and when not In use It ro sup s-up flat for storage in small compass The inventor Is Malachl D > Huff of Carthage IllS I Ill-S I Safety Jewel Tray As numcr us thefts of finger rings from the exhibition trays are reported I from time to time It has occurred to William Locb of Providence R I to design tho tray shown In the Illustration Illustra-tion as a means of preventing this class of robbery It isa difficult matter mat-ter for the clerk to watch several trays at a time whon showing the rings and as he might leave the counter for a moment to obtain another tray there would be opportunity for the supposed customer to lift a ring or two from the tray unnoticed The tray differs slightly slight-ly from those now In use having a sild Ing frame set In the bottom with fingers fin-gers crossing each ring slot at right angles to lock the rings In place In operation I If the person who Is show I Lock Tray for Finger Rings Ing the rings wishes to take one out by simply moving the slide a little more than the width of one of the openings the ring can be removed and the slide Immediately pushed in again making everything secure When the slide is in a closed position the projecting project-ing ends lie flush with the surface and are hardly noticeable and a secret spring lock may also be used to advantage ad-vantage to make the slides more secure se-cure Indoor Baseball Game Since the people of this country arc said to be baseball crazy perhaps they will be Interested In this new game of indoor baseball which resembles the national game about as closely as > possible pos-sible A board of any desired size is provided and on this is marked the diamond and other lines as shown together to-gether wjth Indicators for the stations of the several players It will also be noticed that at the home plate Is located lo-cated a rubber band stretched between two posts and a pair of curved spring arms these lng used to drive the ball I across the field for a fly or foul or if I the ball lodges between the arms It Is I a strike and If at the third strike the ball remains in this position It Is said to be caught by the catcher and tho batter is out HIt should chance to I bound outside without crossing I the line the batter has a run to first Propelling I Pro-pelling the ball or batters disk Iso I-so many lines counts for a corresponding I correspond-ing number of bases and thus home runs can be made To put out a player I play-er making the round of the bases It is i I necessary to strike him with tho bal thrown by an opponent and as the board is of considerable size this Is a difficult matter In mogt Instances Th ba this differ rules oernitlg game to t 1f these applying from sllghll > napped outdoor game the bail being I I I I Diamond and Amusement Players for Home I r with the fingers and players may become I be-come expert by practice Bert C Brown of Avoea NYISth < inventor I StairLift for Passengers J I The moving stairways In the large department I de-partment stores have ceased to be a wonder to the shoppers and have proved themselves a great convenience and necessity being always ready to carry passengers without the necessity of waiting for a return trip us In the case of tho ordinary elevator fcqv comes James 31 Dodge of Philadelphia Philadel-phia with an Improvement on the original orig-inal moving stairway with Sis i low treads the new arrangement taking the form of stairs which are made to rise on the endless chain conveyer I These stairs afford a firm foothold on which the passengers can stand until they reach the upper level l A glance at the picture will show the plan onl which the apparatus works the treads forming automatically at the bottom of I I Endless Stairway for Store Use the lift by causing the supporting ito i-to pass Into alternate upper and lower slots or guldeways thus bending the conveyer out of straight line to form the treads and risers OC course the moving handrail Is also provided to aid the passengers in maintaining their balance Kindergarten Typewriter Many aids for the kindergartens are already in common use in schools for I tho smaller children and now the typewriter type-writer Is to be added making It possible pos-sible to spell the name of any object and aid the children in learning the alphabet Below Is shown a picture of the machine designed for this purpose by Newman Marshman of New York city a portion of the typewriter being cutaway to show the key mechanism The type faces are formed on separate blocks inserted hlthe face of a circular cir-cular band which iotated l by the loft hand to bring the letter desired opposite oppo-site the striking hammer the latter being be-ing connected with the key by the hor izonta1 rod The circular projections tOn cither side of the hammer contain Inking rollers and as the type faces are revolved to bring the dealred one in i front of the striker it is inked by w one of the rollers The paper Is Inserted i i In-serted In a sliding carriage in conjunction r con-junction with the hammer when It Irj I desired to write a word or sentence and byassociating la picture with thu letter l the child so learns to rccog > I f 4 Writing Machine for the Children nlze the latter at sight If it is desired de-sired to vary th6 pictures the printing disk can bo removed and another inserted in-serted In its place Tho machine Is also capable of use for writing business busi-ness letters and has cheapness and simplicity to recommend it Ck riul diaImt t Rapid LetterCopying Machine While the copying of letters by 031st means of the dampened sheets and bl1 c handpress Is comparatively rapid operation lfiw op-eration and allows copies of letters to J 31 be filed away In book form for future 1 reference yet the machine illustrated t e jp > J1 1 UUI 11J 11 utile I itt < I llls I Lobs I porn I fr rf1ti It Ht I ii a IJc c ills Usss I = tl far oJ = r fill fruh = h L 1 = I n Continuous Strip of Copying Paper i IH herewith has advantages over the former for-mer method both in speed and In the convenience for preservation tho 111 cppy in connection with the loiter to which it replies The copying paper Is i In the form of continuous rolf which r Is loosely mounted on a spindle Inside the cabinet where Is also located a Y tray of water through which the sheet 7 passes on its way to the pressure roll I I ers A crank is used to turn the rollers and the original letter Is slipped between be-tween the two pressure rolls where is m comes in contact with the dampened sheet and leaves its copy the letter passing out at th opposite side of the rollers and the copy ribbon falling through a slot Into the bottom pf tho cabinet In filing the copy away the endless sheet is taken up and clipped to separate the letters which arc then placed with tho letter to which the original or-iginal is the reply the two being filed together and making It unnecessary to I look In both the letter file and copying book when Information is desired |
