Show AND holder for typewriters the introduction of the typewriter created a revolution in the writing of letters doing away with the tedious process of writing and in with stenography has made abo an of the correspondence of the business man an easy matter tor him much of the speed that otherwise could be obtained Is lost in tran lat in the stenographic notes when there s no suitable stand or place to 1 old the notes in the illustration will be found a useful copyholder tor type writers and others which can be at cached to a desk and adjusted to suit to any position the individual s needs the base plate of the support Is screwed or clamped to the desk or table the vertical stan dard being journ aled to the support so that it will revolve and can be ad austed in any position attached to the vertical standard Is a lazy tongs structure on the other extremity of which Is the plate the lat ter being set at any angle desired by these attachments the plate can be placed at either side of the operator or to throw the same out of the way when not in use on ac count of the construction the plate can be ada isiel nw ardly or outwardly from the verti cal standard at the will of the orera tor to secure the perfect a in the visional plane of the operator by the use of this device the notes or matter to be copied can be placed so as 10 be continually in view of the operator without moving the head david M sells of st louis mo Is the patentee emergency case many a life has been lost because nobody who possessed cipot knowledge to apply in an emer gency was present to give advice A has invented an emer gency case an illustration of which Is shown here to be used in just such instances when a physician cannot be had at once and drastic measures are necessary it Is designed to be used in case of accidents sudden illness collapse poisoning heat prostration etc and Is made up of a box to con tain articles for treatment such as surgical dressings bandages and in et this box Is provided with a sliding lid and cover the latter be ing hinged to the sliding lid inside the cover Is a book of instructions when in use the case Is opened thus admitting access to the book which contains brief and simple but sufficient instructions tor rendering emergency treatment the case is also opened by moving back the lid when the re for cases of emergency quiren surgical dressings and remedies are within reach and they can be used in accordance with the instruct eions or directions contained in the book until a physician or other person arrives the articles can be nicely stored in the box and prevented from being exposed to the atmosphere being kept in a sterile and cleanly con dialon A handle is also attached to the box so that it can be conveniently carried and when not in use hung on the wall desk or other proper place the patentee is john bernard isor ris of philadelphia pa furling sails by machinery the principle of the common roller window curtain has been adapted to the handling the sails of vessels by a retired sea captain who has invented a system by which the sails can be raised or reefed from the deck with out the use of steam power cally the device consists of a set of winches placed at the toot of each mast whereby a single man by turning a crank can furl unfurl or reef a sheet in one minute these winched are so arranged as to take up their own slack by reversing cogs the sails themselves working on sleeves ling the yards by slipping a brake the sheets are allowed to unfurl them selves by a system ot counterbalance counter balanc ing weights with one seaman work ing at the cranks the yards can be braced eased away or hauled around before the wind in a few minutes and the sails can be held at any desired an gle to the wind moving pictures in subway the taking of moving pic tures of a train in the new york sub way was the occasion of a recent novel experiment in illumination which resulted successfully seventy two mercury vapor lamps were ar ranged on a freight car in nine banks with a reflector back of each the camera was placed on another car on a parallel track and on a third track was the train whose progress was to be photographed the pictures were taken for an official of the transit company and not intended for public exhibition serum for hay fever A berum for hay fever Is used by phys slam the inland of Heli goland |