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Show VCaiaTtKorlTTsDoing As Seen by Popular Mechanics Magazine A Broom and Brash Holder for the Kitchen Porch Brooms and brushes are usually set up in a corner on the porch when not in use, bnt this causes the bristles or hairs to bend over permanently, which greatly impairs the usefulness of these ; articles. This can be prevented by 1 providing a brush and broom holder i of the kind shown in the drawing. This holder adds considerably to the neat appearance of the porch and provides an orderly arrangement so that any brush, broom or mop can instantly in-stantly be found when needed. The construction of this holder is clearly shown in the drawing. It is made of Making Use of tht Shark Formerly regarded as an undesirable undesir-able inhabitant of the deep, feared when alive and useless when dead, the shark lately has come into esteem in commercial circles. Oil from its liver is said to have, the same medicinal qualities as that from the cod. shark-fin shark-fin soup is appreciated by the Chinese and its eyes, after they have been boiled and treated, leave a hard residue resi-due which forms n sort of opalescent substance for making ornaments and jewelry. The outer skin is used for polishing hardwoods and ivory, while the inner layers are tanned into serviceable leather of different shades and qualities. quali-ties. It is practically waterproof and does not crack, and is being employed extensively in the manufacture of purses, traveling bags and belts. Auto Replaces Royal Coach for Maharajah in India Mounted, on a chassis that has a wheelbase of 17S inches, one of the world's most luxurious automobiles ' has been delivered to the Maharajah of Alwar. It is designed after the pattern pat-tern of the formal hcrsc-rlruwn landau lan-dau used by the ruler and takes its place as a state coach. The body seats four persons and is suspended cn C-springs, the lower extremities ex-tremities of which are continued to meet the underside of the carriage and thus prevent excessive swing or rolling roll-ing while giving complete isolation from road shocks and jars. There is said to be no sense of mechanical me-chanical propulsion, the feeling being be-ing more that of floating than of riding rid-ing on wheels. Fcur side lamps are lighted by electricity. Suggests Hxile Ten Miles Deep to Utilize Earth's Heat Utilization of the internal heat of the earth as a source of power is worth undertaking as an international scientific scien-tific enterprise, according to E. W. Rice, Jr., honorary chairman cf the board of directors of the General Electric company, at the meeting of the World Power conference in London. Lon-don. He suggested the boring of a great hole, ten or twelve miles deep, in seme convenient or suitable place to use this heat. The cost cf this experiment, he said, would be trivial compared with the v:: iuc of the possible information which' might be gained by the investigation inves-tigation into this unexplored region j the earth. -in. boards about 8 in. wide. The length should be about 3 ft. and the height about the same. A number of holes are drilled through the two shelves, those in the upper shelf being directly above those in the lower shelf, permitting the handles of brooms to be set up vertically. Hooks, driven into the edges of the shelves and sides, as indicated, hold the smaller brushes. rjNever put an inside patch in a slit tube where the slit is over 1 in. lomr because this will weaken the tub However, when the slit is tmaii. about. H in. long, an inside rm-'r cn be used. A slit, tube should t!w 'cut on the bins before v.,:wv. An eastern radio fan has made use of a 25-foot "man eater' in a novel way by utilizing its head as a loud speaker for his receiving set. ' (JXTrading in dog skins is an important import-ant business in Mongolia and Manchuria. |