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Show V WW w . i i I I III . i , - - - r j i ' , . ' (MwMwMm Lock for tho Milk Jar. Who could blamo a hungry man for romovlng a bottle of milk and a loaf of bread from a front doorstep early In tho morning to satisfy his wants, especially whon tho food and drink wero so temptingly placed In his way? In tho Judgment of many, the householder house-holder Is equally to blamo with tho man who purloined tho goods for allowing al-lowing them to stand within his oach. If tho purchaser of tho milk Means for Preventing Theft does not feel disposed to glvo it away, then tho better plan would bo to placo it under lock and koy until such a timo as tho first ono up in tho houso could take It in from tho doorstop. door-stop. This is just what is intended shall bo done, with the aid of tho locking dovlco wo have hero presented, present-ed, tho inventor's idea being that tho bottlo shall bo securely attached to tho door, In such a manner that it cau bo easily removed by tho person Insldo the house, but cannot bo taken by a passerby. The lock consists of two slotted plates for opposlto faces of the door, with a spring hook be-tweon be-tweon tho plates. Whon tho loop formed at tho end of tho balo on tho bottlo Is inserted in tho outer plato the hook rises and thon falls into tho opening, whero it remains, securely locking tho bottlo until tho householder household-er lifts tho hook from tho insldo, removes re-moves tho balo from tho slotted plato and carries tho bottlo of milk Into tho house. Tho luventor Is Johu C. Botts, of this city. FrenchmanDlBcovopirNowMotliJ "Gormnn'papcrs" report tho discovery by Edward Mollard, a Frenchman, of a now motal, called "selium." It is stated that tho dlscoveror claims that selium costs about ono-twelfth as much as aluminum, and Is lighter and stronger. It does not rust, nnd is, therefore, sultablo for uso In shipbuilding, shipbuild-ing, for tho mnnufacturo or pipo3 and for railroad construction. On account of Its cheapness and as it is capablo. of a flno polish, resembling nickel It would bo deslrnblo for tho mnnufacturo mnnufac-turo of cooking utensils. Its hardness is said to bo almost equal to that of iron, while its power of resistance is greater than Iron, but less than that of steel. Tho melting point Is 1G00 degree de-gree Centlgrado, and while it contracts con-tracts somewhat in tho molten stato, it is not impossiblo to uso this wonderful won-derful metal in molding. Our consul genoral at Frankfort, Germany, says In a report on tho subject that It will bo woll to await moro doflnlto information in-formation concerning its properties. Shovel and Ash Sifter. Probably never beforo In tho his. tory of this country was so much coal saved by sifting tho ashes taken from cook stoves and furnaces as last winter, win-ter, during tho groat anthraclto coal strike, when it was not always possible possi-ble to obtain fuel oven If provided with plonty of money to pay tho high prices asked for what llttlo of tho coal was to be had. Tho coal slovo never beforo was In such enormous domand, and many families Invested a dollar or moro in this artlclo to savo sovoral tlmos that amount In coal to bo ro- Confines the Dust Inside the Box. burnod. If tho losson in housohold economy thus brought homo should continuo to bo taken advantago of during tho coming winter season thero should bo a good fluid for tbo combination combi-nation slftor and iihovel hero illustrated, illus-trated, which it would bo posslblo to uso in cleaning out tho opon grato in tho library without raising any per-coptlblo per-coptlblo dust, returning tho good coal to the fire- nnd disposing of tho sifted ashes in e recoptaclo to bo carried out later. This shovel has n sifting grato, dividing it into two compartments, with nn ash drawer forming ono compartment com-partment nnd tho grato drawor nn-othor nn-othor compartmont, noithor of the drawers having roar end pieces. Tho ashes aro taken up with tho empty shovel, and tho grato and ash compartment com-partment nro then inserted, with tho ash drawer uppermost. Upon reversing revers-ing tho shovel tho ashes aro dropped on the grato, and ns tho front is en- ) tirely closed tho shaking necessary to If separate tho aBhcs from tho coal can- not fill tho room with dust. Upon j' withdrawing tho two drawers tho ty nshes can bo retained In tho lower ""HT one, if desired, nnd tho good coal thrown back Into tho grate. I Tho inventor is C. F. Belknnp, of l Philadelphia, Pa. ! Revolving Plant Cultivator. I Wero tho question put to tho farm- J cr as to which portion of his work t ho had tho grcatost aversion for, tho reply would probably bo, "Keeping young vegetable growths froo from j weeds." When tho plants have attained at-tained a larger slzo thoy can be noglectod somewhat, and thero Is llttlo llt-tlo danger of tho weeds choking -them, but early In tho season each plant must bo carefully wooded several sev-eral times or a good crop of weeds and a poor crop of vegetables will bo tho result What backachlng worh this Is can Veil bo imagined, provided , " It is done by hnnd, but if tho imjlyC"' ment shown in tho plcturo should lib usod for this purposo It scorns as though it would bo relieved of tho greater portion of its tedium. It enables en-ables a man to maintain an upright position whilo at labor, instead oi ..lf'v" stooping over each plant, and should certainly do tho work much better and with greater speed than would vi bo posslblo with tho hoe. Tho Im- -i plomcnt consists of a central shaft, ending in a rotary weeding rako at tho lower end, and geared to tho . ,-t-- crank shaft at tho top. This shaft 19 mounted In a frame, arranged to support sup-port tho rakb at Just tho proper-height proper-height to enter tho earth, stirring It,-, up and removing tho weeds all around TVS ' " ouj.,- II wmatSmB I Aril I WBWk i if, innf vMTOu ' kW'M J r ' An Improvement Over the Hoe. tho growing plant. Tho Implement la- . ( light enough to bo easily carried by tho farmer, and ono or two turns with, tho crank after tho supporting legs- ( havo been disposed on opposite sldos j of tho shrub will do tho work. i Seth I. Titus, of Vlllarldgo,-111., Is tho Inventor. - ' Artificial Gutta Percha. A w.oll-known European export I quoted ns saying that ho has examlnod somo of the results obtained by the- -J Gorman postofllco with submarluo and - -- "' lnnd cabloB insulatod with tho now 1 gutta percha substitute, manufactured , I under tho "Gontzsch" patents, and I theso results aro stated to fully boar 1 out tho claims of tho Inventor, It la I worth noting that this official roport confirms tho favorablo properties of tho new gutta percha as regards Its high insulation resistance nnd Its lw inductive capacity. Tho latter is considerably con-siderably lower than that of tho natural nat-ural product. The lmportnnco of this fact will bo better understood whon It Is romomborcd that tho speed of submarlno tolographlc transmission varies about Inversely to tho capacity "- w of tho cable. Tho over Increasing demand de-mand and shrinking supply of tho natural nat-ural product mako tho substltuto well worth considering, nsldo from tho question of botter results. Artificial Birds. Birds aro to bo worn moro than over In millinery, but tho bird lovers ' noed not dospnlr, for thoso trimming birds nro mado In Paris and novor m sang a song. Tho stuffed birds, In m fact, aro bolng eliminated from milll- nory for what might bo tormed nat- ural causes. Thoy havo como to bo m rcgardod as tastolcss by French milll- M nors, as thoy cannot bo hnndlod with I at all tho samo easo and offoct as tho ,8 mado bird can. Tho wings of tho m tutted bird aro stiff, thoso of the B mado bird aro pllablo and easily hent B to follow a crown or bond around a V hat rim. Tho feathers of common 'I birds killed for food or because thor 'M aro nuisances aro usod to make these n birds. fl I |
