Show I 1 I 1 AND AN JE HANDLE BRICKS WITH PALLET V general appearance of implement Is that of baggage truck invented by kansas man A pallet designed for a different way to handle bricks than has ha been in vogue in the past has been patented by a kansas man the general appear ance of the affair ia Is that ot of a bag gage truck but the metal edge that runs across the lower end ie Is so con strutted ted that a row of bricks can be arranged on it in a tilled linex esting on their edges and end to end the stack of bricks then can call be plied piled up on top of thee but at right angles to them the bottom row supporting the wholes whole 1 I 1 I 1 pallet for brick bricks stack by moving the whole stack bodily the bottom layer of arf bricks ks Is turned over BO that they rest on their lat flat sides sidles and support the rest in that vay way at the same time projecting tar far enough outside to hold another row filed up in this fashion the bricks cart an be trundled to any part of a build ing ng operation and dumped there PROGRESS IN FUEL th s country still lags far behind some of european countries especially germany considerable progress has been made in the development of 0 fuel bri in fn the united states during the last two years according to ed ward W parker in a statement just made public by the united states geological survey this country how err still lags far behind some of the european countries particularly ger many in this line of 0 industrial actie fly in the production of fuel bri in the united states was 13 short tons valued at an increase of nearly 55 per cent in quantity over 1908 in 1911 the pro amounted to short tons valued at the increase in two years amounting to 72 short tons or 52 2 per cent in quantity and to or 70 per cent in value in mr parker parkers a opinion more atten tion should be given to this industry as on it depends to a considerable degree the utilization of some grades of fuel which are now wasted or sold at less than the actual cost of prodie tion the reprehensible practice of shooting bituminous coal off the solid a practice notably prevalent in the fields of non coking boal 1 in the mississippi valley produces an inor nor binate proportion of slack which might be made into bri WORKED LIKE FOUNTAIN PEN no time lost with new pan pant t brush by dipping it into can does its work evenly most ingenious is the fountain paint brush patented by a new york tork man this device will not save time because it does not have to be contin bally dipped into a caa can ef oil paint but it will mill do its work mork much more evenly as it will always hait the same amount of paint on its bristles it is ery simple like most really inge nigul things tiro the head u and handle of the brush instead ot of being a soled soll piece of wood la Is allow met metal a I 1 form t fountain paint brush ing a paint reservoir A number of perforations lead to the bristles and through these the paint continually leaks keeping the brush always filled filed with paint and the same amount of paint or the brush can be made with a wooden handle and with a removable reservoir setting into the dwle of 0 it HOME VACUUM ICE german invention of particular inter est because of elimination of dangerous acids A german vacuum fee machine made in sizes adapted for use u in the home Is of interest because it does not involve the use of sulphuric or other dangerous acids it may be operated by hand or by a small electric motor the smallest type of machine producing from 4 to 6 pounds ot of ice at each operation the apparatus consists essentially of two communicating drums attached to a common shaft the smaller drum being provided with an outer casing having insulating walls malls the ice Is formed as a circular shell between the smaller drum and the outer casing with which this drum is provided the larger drum which la is hermetically sealed contains an absorbent liquid chloride or of zinc containing A small p proportion ro portion ot 0 water this liquid half fills the drum the remaining space being a vacuum and serves during the life of the machine in the operation of making the ice gas jets jet under the large drum are lighted and the druia drum slowly rotated the heat driving off a part of the wa ter in the absorbent liquid the water passing in the form of vapor into the smaller drum cherp it t Is s con dei sed by means meads of cold water which Is made to flow over this drum when the distillation of the liquid baa has pr proceeded sufficiently the flame Is extinguished the smaller drum is then covered with its annular casing and water Is poured in until the space between the drum and cover la Is filled A water jacket is then clamped over the larger drum and water is passed through it to cool the absorbent laiq uld the apparatus Is then again slowly rotated and as the absorbent liquid cools it causes evaporation and absorption of the distilled water la in the smaller drum thus the temperature of the smaller drum Is Js greatly lowered and the water ater between this drum and its casing Is frozen LATH LATHER ER RUBBER MADE HANDY obviates necessity of rubbing soap into skin with fingers while one Is shaving to obviate the necessity of robbing rubbing lather into the skin with the fingers when shaving a small attachment to fg 2 f lather rubber the shaving brush has been provided it consists of a rubber cap which Is to fitted over cover the handle of the brush the end face of the cap Is formed wl a series of concentric annular flanges which catch the lather and assist la fix rubbing it into the skin j 1411 E CAL IS glycerin Is a by product of the soap factory it takes 7 tona tons of coal to bring one of the modern liners across the atlantic two districts district in the philippines are yielding gold profitably and sad prospect ing Is in pro progress greas in several other localities cali cal ties ittes 11 calcimine brush invented lavent pd by an ohio man consist consists of a numb number r of thin brushes fastened side by eide side to a sin gle handle an Afir alabama bama man has invented ap para to be fastened to the back ot of a horse to hold its hoofs hoots in position tw for shoeing A locomotive that originally wai was built in 1847 has been reconstructed and given light work mork to do by an ang lish lisi railroad with nith a production of more than five fire and a half billion pounds the chilean nitrate fields established a i rew ew record last year the value of canned pineapple pine applen shipped from hawaii during the its i cal year of 1911 amounted to tac milliet dollars I 1 the success of the ete ste plebs car ar on the street rall railways was of new york ha hai led to the placing of an order for cars of this type the back support of a stepladder P patented by a texas roan man can be turn ed up to form an extension ladder ot the ordinary type A beating heating plate of the usual type a stand to hold bold food and a hood to cov cor er them form a new oven tor for use over a single gas stove burner to an actress Is attributed the recent invention of a capacious trunk which can be converted into a corn com bureau and dressing table A tda machine chine which thoroughly cleanses barrels an hour by wash ing them inside and out and rin rinsing sin them several times has ha been invented |