Show INDUS IDU MD M i DEVICE TO GENERATE STEAM texas man invents apparatus that can easily be attached to ardi nary kitchen range A steam generating device that can be attached to an ordinary kitchen range has been invented by a texas man the generator runs through the back of the stove and la is supplied with water from a reservoir at the ends or of front A burner la Is connected with the generator and the reservoir has a con ductor which connects with the gen aerator and has a nozzle with a dis charge orifice that extends inside by this means air is forced through the c C steam generator generator to the burner of course the amount of steam generated in this way will not give as much beat as a furnace but it will heat a few rooms or keep a small house comfortable and is especially convenient tor for those days of spring and fall when the fur nace fire has been allowed to go out CIGAR BOXES OF CARDBOARD such an excellent imitation of spanish cedar that they readily pass for the real thing there are now made cigar boxes of cardboard in such exact imitation of spanish cedar boxes that they might anywhere be taken tor for the real thing three layers of a cardboard special ly made tor for the purpose are pressed together to produce a board of precise ly the right thickness and then upon the outer side there Is printed from an engraved plate and with correct coloring a photographic reproduction ot of a sheet of actual spanish cedar this reproduction showing taj the grain of the wood with all its variations and even the tiny little knots if there are any the bottom and the sides tor for a card board box are cut out all in one piece so that they require neither nailing nor sewing the end pieces cut out separately are wire st ached in by ma chine and then the cover is put on being hinged with the usual piece of muslin these cardboard boxes made I 1 in lm citation of cedar are finished in reg manner paper lined and with the usual paper flap to cover the cig MS ars the outer edges are paper bound in the usual fashion in its finished bbate the box contains one nail the nail always found at the center of the front edge of the cigar box to hold the cover down these boxes sell for about 30 per cent less than boxes made of wood FOLDING BOX FOR MECHANICS strong and well braced device for carrying tools of any kind in i vented by easterner the scientific american I 1 in n describe lag illg a folding box tor for the use of car pe penters and other mechanics indented by J C gordon of new london N H says mr gordon s invention relates to improved folding boxes and it has for its object the provision of a strong and a well braced box which may be used by carpenters and other mechas tes cs for carrying tools the box b being ang folding box so constructed that it may be conven featly packed in a small space the handle held securely to the end mem bers assists in bracing the box the accompanying engraving allu illustrates strates a perspective view of the invention |