The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1896, Page 25

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1896. 7 B c @My or Sclfil!‘!fi R AND E— ATURE__ ARTC i and the trap is sprung by a time catch. | The body of anew toy cow is formed of | either wood or metal, and is an exact rep- | resentation of an ordinary Jersey as she {stands while being milked. A’ suitable | tank is arranged within the body and can be filled with milk from thie outside. This | tank is provided with suitable nipples, | which are operated in exactly the same | manner as in muking the real every-day article.” This movement of milking the | Jersey also transmits motion to her piy- { oted jaws. and it thusappears that she is | chewing her cud while being milked.— | Chicago Times-Herald. : To Make Sugar Float. t| ' i {)ust ason the steam enzines, There will e an electric air pump, and it is claimed that it will be possidle tostop a train in perhaps half the space of time that 1s now re?uired. will be tested on the Turtle Creek branch of the Pennsylvania Raiiroad. The power will be taken from an overhead trolley or from the wheell underground system. ‘Lhe new locomotive costs §10,000. A Spark-Stopper. A device dssigned to prevent the escape n about two weeks the new machine | hing- | i8 built on the order of a treadmill. al much resembles the wheel of a squirrel’s | % { cage. The dogs are chained within this 1at would puzzle the | wheel, and in their endeavor to run for- being to operate | ward lurn! the wheel, at least so the in- | 5 So | ventor explains. § 2 jes dx’m: x::\en:fo;b::: | People who now tolerate mice or rats in i ¢ | the house certainly must be blind to the es on which a patent was is- | fact that a luminous cat, which costs little an electrical oven. Itis | tosecure and nothing to keep, has been lic box-like structure | invented and can be placed in any dark th wires, asbestos being | GOrner or nook to scare away such pests. veen th o firap | This cat is struck or stamped from sheet cen the oven and the first | 1ota| or other like material. are receive nd some ntly is 3 Dekween itk It is painted | 4 and between the successive | oyer with phosphorus, so that it shines in | vers of wires. The whole is surrounded | the dark like a cat of flame. a protecting casing, The new aerial railway consists of a cable a suitable opening | Get some Jumps of sugar and dip “them for just a moment into a weak collodion solution, such as photographers use. Then expose them to the air fora few days so that all the ether in the mixture will evaporate, leaving only the thin envelope of collodion behind. Now give your friends at table some Jumps of this sugar for their iced tea. They will drop them into the cups and to their consternation the lumps will rise to the surface in a few moments, refusing to be coaxed down again with taps of the teaspoons. The secret is that the real 'sugar is melted and only the envelope of collodion ~a 7oy ELerrmIC oven THAT CAn BE | ATILNED A BATCH OF AN AERI4L. AL way QUEER INVENTIONS RECENTLY PATENTED. on of articles of tor claims that if a turkey e of food were placed 1n ctric current turned he turkey would cook from tward. other words, the ce within the body d -gradually out- d bro The | given is that the oven is ith electric coils that the lines etic fields_all con- the center, thereby so disturbing al eonditions as to generate heat | woint. The beat is also generated resistance of the wire to the age of the electric current, | Of a newly patented combination plow | cannon the inventors say: *This | v is constructed in the usual manner e ine and formed into a canmnon. ht ordnance its capac jectile of one to Itz utility in the twofold it; is unquestionable, especially used in border localities. As a ns of defense in repelling surprises rmishing attacks on those enzaged ations 1t is u led, and | nediately brought action | iimes of In al feature of ¢ : rear wheel. rage, the inventor claim ntrically—tbat is, with a the center of the wheel. The consequence of this peculiar construction 1s that the | rider rises and falls as he rides, witha sweeping, ghiding motion sim to the ocean’s swell. If he tires of the long, steady swell he can get a short choppy sea by increasing his speed. “There is also a dog bicycle, which, in construction, is slightly larger than usual. The rider's seat is placed over the rear wheel. The front wheelis of suffic; size to accommodate two good-sized dogs and | | chinery. His legs are operate | ventor, is the ideal method of generating | | chain carry: ! anchored at each end and extending, say, | remaing, which filled the interstices of the from Philadelphia to New York. A bal- | lumps. Being much lighter than was the loon, fully charged with gas, is provided | sugar this “ghost’’ of the lump floats on with rolier or grooved wheel pendent | therefrom by suitable ropes or rods. This roller or wheel is adapted to fit upon and roll along the under side of the cable as| the balloon passes forward by the action of the wind or propelling devices. People may expect, in the futire, upon entering a friend’s parlor and taking a seat, to be greeted with the strains of some popular opera. At least, this is made pos- sible by a recently patented invention for a musical chair. This chair has the ap- pearance of an ordinary one, ‘and to all in- tents and purposes is, except that under the seat is concealed a music box. The | seat proper is flexible, so that, when sat upon, it will be slightly depressed. This depression operates a catch and releases the drum of the music box. A steam man is an intricate top of the tea. The illusion to the eye is J)iece of ma- by suitable levers, cranks and steam cylinders, so that when hitched to a carriage he has every appearance of an ordinary man drawing a coach behind him. He is supported in an upright position by the shafts of a coach. A pipe protrudes from his mouth and the smoke and steam are discharged through s i the same, making it appear that he is en- | perfect, but if the spectral lump is taken joving a smoke while dragging his heavy | up between the fingers a siight pressure en along the street. The levers, | will destroy its form and leaves only a ks and other parts are, of course, gelatinous mass.—Popular Science News. 1 by saitable ciothing or livery. ey A cannon motor, to the mind of one in- | Floating a Sugar Lump. Constant* Bicycle Alarm. For bicycle riders who ride at night or This motor consists of an endless | on crowded streets a constant bell alarm g teeth and projections, the chain being supported on suitable wheels | for transmitting power. The power is de- rived from two cannons arranged on oppo- site sides of the machine and fired alter- nately against devices that enzage the projections on the chain, one cannon be- ing reloaded while the other is discharged. An automatic gallows is the subject of a recent patent. With this device no special person can be pointed out as the nian who sprung the trap sending the unfortunate convict to his death. The device is set power. ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR CONDUCTORS. Constant Bycicle Alarm. bas been devised. It fits on the hub o eitherwheel. The bells swing in sockets while revolving to insure greater noise. An Flectric Locomative. The Baldwin-Westinghouse electric lo- comotive, just completed, is the first one of the kind in the world, and, besides the fact that it is expected to makeseventy- five miles an hour, it has other claims to attention. - Not the least of these, says the New York World, is the revolution that it will doubtless create in the lives of locomotive engineers, and they belong to one of the most important classes of citizens in this country. Shielded behind the glass win. dows that frame them in, with no smoke, soot,grime or grease, there is no reason why the engineers of the future shoald not dress exactly as the president of the road does, unless a uniform be deemed desirable. : The new locomotive is thirty-eight feet long by nine feet wide. It is mounted on eight wheels, forty-two inclies in diameter. The wheels are of wronght iron, spoke- centered, with heavy steel tires. The ma- chine without the. motor weighs thirty ‘tons. The electric equipment will add thirty tons. A compartment eight feet square is all that will be required to operate the mech- anism, and the remaining space may be utilized in any way that is desired. The electric equnipment consists of four 250-horsepower moters geared so as.to regulate the speed. In appearance these motors are like those used on trolley-cars, but they are much larger. One man wil run them. He will be called the driver. He will view the track from a window di- rectlv in front and above a powerful searchlight. Air brakes will be operated | | | | | | | to the smokestack of sparks and sinders, while permitting the free passage of the products of combustion, is shown in the | adcompanying illustration. To the ex- haust-nozzle is fitted the lower end of a conical tube, whose upper end fits into the lower end of the smokestack, and in the sides of the tube are U-shaped slits, hav- ing tongues of metal, which are pressed inwardly, as shown in the small figure. The gaseous pertions of the products of combustion pass freely upward to the smokestack, while the solid portions, striking the tongues, are thrown back into the smokebox. An Automatic Vending Machine. A slot machine designed to afford un- sual facilities for vending a wide variety | of articles, particularly such as are com- monly supplied in elongated-sized pack- ages, is shown in the accompanying illus- | tration, and has been patented by Charles | W. Goldsmith of New York. Itisnow | being introduced in many places through- | out the city. As shown in the illustra- tion, the machine is arranged to deliver stamped envelopes and note paper of dif- ferent kinds, various samples of which are shown in the vertical glass-covered case at the rear, the top of *the machine casing being formed for use as adesk. The mer- chandise receptacle, as shown in the small view, is sustained centrally in the casing, and projections therefrom form bearings for rock shafts which operate frames to de- liver the goods, a single package at a time, the mechanism being set in operation by a iever, an arm of which projects into an onfice of the coinway. When the merchandise with which the machine is supplied has been exhausted a stop lever comes automatically into oper- ation to close the end of the coinway and prevent the insertion of additional coins. The machine, as manufactured, is easily operated, and does not seem liable to get ont of order. The merchandise to be de- livered, on the insertion of the proper coin, drops from the central receptacle through a guide, falling upon a chute, b; means of which itis passed out througt the delivery opening.—Scientific Ameri- can. Electric Light for Conductors. An effort is being made to introduce on the railroads of this country an electric light for conductors or ticket takers. The light is fastened to the coat and is supplied with current by a battery carried in the in- side pocket. The scheme 1s being tried by the employes at the Vauxhall station of the London and Southwestern Railroad in London, and its success or failure there will probably determine its fate in this country. Its recommending features are its cleanliness and convenience. both hands free for the collection and punching of tickets. Veritable ‘““Jim the Penman.’’ Many stories of skill in imitative pen- manship are to!d, but the following, re- lated by an English authority, is pru%ably | the most wonderful authentic case ever recorded. In 1860 Robert Stewart, a famous master of penmanship, executed a tive-pound Bank | cf%ng!und note with such marvelous ac- curacy and reality that he was wayiaid in the streets one night and robbed of the note by a rufiian who had seen it in his | possession a few hours previously. Stew- | art, indignant at the treatment to which he had been subjected, gave chase to the thief, and with the assistance of the police | succeeded in recovering the sham note. At the subsequent Police Court proceed- | ings no one seemed to have the slightest | which was. handed round to the various persons engaged in the case. A few weeks later Stewart, who was a personal friend of the cashier of the local (Newcastle-on-Tyne) bank, took the note to him one morning and asked that it might be cashed. In return Ior it he re- ceived five sovereigns and left the bank. An hour or two afterward he paid a sec- ond visit to his friehd the cashier, and, i taking him on one side, confessed that the note was a forgery and refunded him the money. The cashier, whose surprise was creat, refused to believe the note was a counterfeit, and was not convinced until | Stewart had executed another one in his presence.—New York Mail and Express, Shed His Skin. John Allen, & farmer living in Lake | City, reports that some six weeks ago a | boy in his neighborbood about six years | of age stuck an oranee thorn into his hip, which inflamed until tbe boy was ter- | ribly fevered and swollen from head to foot. Finally the veculiar swelling sub- sided, however, and the boy recovered. But immediately bis skin began to flake off in strips and patches, until he had as completely shed his entire cuticle, from crown to head, as a snake at molt- ing time, including that over the palms of It leaves | spicion as to the genuineness of the note, | his hands and soles of his feet, which came off whole and resembles somewhat a cast- off shoe, and being quite as hard and thick. Itisa Ferfect cast of the feet, showing the lines of the skin, and it is about the con- } sistency and much of the appearance of | hard gine. But the boy has a complately new skin, and is doing well.—Florida Times-Union. { Crooked Railroading. 1 An engineer who formerly ran on the | Decorah division, known among the rail- | road boys as the “peavine” on account of its many curves, teils of a remarkable oc- currence that happened near Brainard, where the is said to be as as’ any to be found in A freight train was being fol- lowed close by the passenger, both being off time on account of a washout. A head- light was placed on the rear of the caboose | @s a warning to the passenger train which | followed. Suddenly the train came to a halt. The engine was reversed, and the engineer and fireman were seen to jump. The train was on a part of the road thag was so erooked that the engine had turned around, and, seeing the headlight on the rear end of the caboose, they thought they were going to have a head-end collision.— Mason City Daily Giobe-Gazette. A Ticket-Holder. George F. Kincaid, a mechanical engi- neer of this City, has invented something that wiil be very convenient for commut- ers. It is a ticket-holder.” By reference to Figure 1it will be seen that pressure on the wire A causes the lever B to force the clamp C, which holds the ticket, upward along the guide-rod D; and on releasing the wire A the spring in it will return the parts to their normal position. When the whole is incased in a neat morocco cover- ing the popping in and out of the ticket is, to say the least, very mystérious. Mr. Kincald expects before long to have the ) [ = FHE “ SURPRISE PATENT AP'LD FOR Case for Holding Commutation Tickets. holders ready for commuters here; he also has adopted the novel idea to a cigarette and match case. A Folding Desk.- A universal desk has been constructed by Louis Atzert in Kassel, Germany, Which is a very practi- cal, compact and solid stand. All its parts are light and strong and connected by metal thumb screws, thus combining rigid- ity with extreme light- weight. It folds into almost no space at all and since the table top may be fastened down at any angle it can be applied to a great many purposes. Thus it can be used as a desk, to stand upon a table as a book-holder when reading, as a music stand, as a drav- ing table, and without the crosspieces as a table'for bed-ridden The Desk Table Extended. invalids. An inkwell can belet in at the’ right hand corner Invented the Lucifer Match. London Daily News. Who invented the lucifer match? Sir Isaac Holden had the first idea of it in England and stated it at a lecture, but NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE TO RUN SEVENT -FIVE 25 match is due_to Charles Sauria, a fellow- student of M. Grevy ‘at the Lycees of Poligny and Dole. Sauria vainly tried to obtain 1500f to work his invention, which he communicated to M. olet, the pro- fessor of ‘chemistry ‘and natural phil- osophy at the Dole Lycee. Renaud often | saw Nicolet use at bis class lectures phos- phorous and sulphur to strike lights. He | gave Sauria credit for the invention. sion to Germany. He was instructed to see to what account chemistry had been turned in arts and manufacture. There his tour embraced the industrial cities of Aus- tria and Hungary. What, asks M. Renaud, | is more probable than that he should have spoken there of Sauria’s lucifer match? It may be that the three Austrians, Sauria and Sir 1saac Holden thoughtout the mat- ter independently of each other.—London | Daily News. As Polite as Usual, “Le Menestrel” tells an amusing story of the late General Sir Henry Ponsonby, who was for ‘many years Queen Victoria’s In | 1831 Nicolet was sent on a.scientific mis- | A VENDING APPARATUS. took out no patent, and thus lost|town offices, except that of official dog- a chance of finding a fortune. M. catcher, are filled by women. Mrs. Dr. Jean Renaud now says the lucifer Kinney is one of the leading physicians, Mrs. Ada Gregg is a preacher, and her urch—the Advent—is taken care of by a janitress, Mrs. Barnett. The restaur- ant of the town is conducted by Mrs. Crane and Miss Haines. The biggest store in the place is owned and kept by Mrs. Mary Schood. Mrs. | Nicholson is the Postmistress. Miss Clara Hotaling is a shoemaker, and a good one. May Percival is a furniture-maker. Miss Anna Pardnett makes harness. Mrs. Car- penter is a florist. Mrs. Child is a care riage painter. There are several women painters, weaversand brokers: The women have a secret society run on the endow- | ment plan. Thereisalsoa woman literary { club. The women control the saloons, and | the only things to drink are soda and pop.- | In a village near by there isa woman un- aertaker, who can attend to all of the de- tails of a funeral, even to driving the hearse.—Utica Qbserver. Louise Mich; Tame Rats. Mlle. Louise Michel calied attention, ] after a long period of imprisonment, to the | sociable and other qualities of rats. She private secretary. The general was noted | taught her three cats to live amicably for his politeness, and whenever an artist | with troops of rats that visited her at regu- performed at court, he always telegraphed | lar hours twice a day. The cats began by the following day to inquire after the per- former’s health. 1f a complete troupe per- formed at the castle the general employed a formula, always the same, which included the various members of the company. A short time ago Rogers Prat was sent to court to exhibit his trained geese before Queen Victoria’s grandchiidren. The.day following the ‘“‘artist” received the tra- ditional telegram from General Ponsonby, written in the following immutable terms; “Her Gracious Majesty wouid be delighted to know if the members of your troupe | are well and if they have had an agreeable journey. For my own part I beg you to convey to them the expression of m esteem.”” The geese were no doubt very much flattered. Women Really Run the Town. In Decatur, Mich., the population of which is 1500, the president of the village councif is Mrs. Alma Bage, and all of the ! attacking the rats and Kkilling one and | breaking the leg of another. Hle. Michel tended the injured rat and thus won the confidence of its feilows. One of their | virtues was respect for the aged, another was family feeling, another compassion | for unfortunate brethren. The governor of the prison used to send the broken | bread from his table for the prisoner’s | foor-footed visitors, and often came him- | self to witness the visits. A M. Armand | Leyritz has been bitten with Louise | Michel’s foniness for rats. He agrees | with her in thinking that there is no four- | footed creature more $usceptible of educa- ition. He has formed this opinion from personal observation.—London News. | | | | Most of the inhabitants of Haugesund, Norway, have never tasted intoxicants. 1t has a population of 6200, and for twenty- nine years not a drop of spirituous liquor has been sold there. REASON. The man or woman who buys an article to restore health should do so on the same plan that he or she would buy a watch for service, not for a toy. 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