Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-02
NUMBER l3.
A Patent Scalp. .SnatoheH. :

io4i0e the other day, says Max Adeler
and after Introducing himself, he said
he would like to call my attention to ,
little invention of his, Grubb said that
he had been impressed with the fac,
ffhat, as boldness is becoming 80 genera
The time must come whenan Apache In.
dian, for instance, would be unable ia
9oalp three ont Of any five white meh
Nhom heshsprened tokill. tlbleae saans.
Ming was done in behalf of The rcd
m. Naturally, being Of ptilan-
Fthroplc turn, KGrubb examined the
subject t6 see If he could devise any
kind machine Nhiel gwouh &plaos
bald smm and .men with hair npon q
footing of equality, and enable the In
dian to obtain his right. : 81 After year,
Of patient investigation and tho1gl,t,
0rilbb succeeded, and lie had dropped
in to obtain my influence SO the Interior
Department could be induced to accept
the patent and drec0mme0d il. TO the In
dians., He called his invention "The
Patent Adiustabl1 fAtmo spheric Scalp
Snatcber, aa1d hi oGerad exclusive ter
ntory for agenta, The devise consists
of a disc Of thin leather about Six inches
in diameter. In the center is s.thole
through. which runs, . string. When
the Indian owner kills a man with d
bald head he merely vets the leather,
stamps it carefully down. upon. the sur
face of the scalp, slides his knife
around over the ears, gives The string i
jerk, and off comes the scalp as nicely
as if it had been adorned with hair; q
yard long. "The machine, in fsct,
said to- Grubb, "is simply @suoker'
cisely," hc replied II merely claim a
patent for the mode of application. I
want to make the red man happy. /
wish to bring joy to the wigwam Of the
Kickapoo and to make the heart Of the
Arapahoe glad" "Did it never seem
to you, Mr.. Grubb, that the bald head
ed white man in such situation needs
succor Just as badly as the Indian does?"
Then Grubb said that if I was going to
joke about:it Loswould 60 home. But
he stayed, and before he left ]. accepted
4 general agency. fol. this valuable in
vention. Persons wishing TO examine
it Gun apply tome, and f enyo de-
sires to test it's efficacy He can dc 80 by
bringing q bald headed corpse with
him. Experiments free of charge when
persons furnish their own cadavers. asfr
How Humning. Birds Fight:
If two birds foraging come together,
says writer in the Popular Science
Monthly, they usually hght one drives
the other away, and then goes on feed
ing as if nothing had happened Mr.,
Gosse says 80 IF two vervain humming-
birds are about the moringo free, one
nys off and suspends himself in the air .
few yards distant, the other presently
shoots off to him and then, without
touching each other, theymount upward
with strong, rushing wings, perhaps for
500 feet: They then separate, andeach
shoots diagonally toward the ground,
like ball from rifle, and, wheeling
round, Gomez mp to the blossoms again,
as If it had not moved away at all. The
figure Of the smaller ihummi1g-birds on
the Wing, their rapidity, their arrowv
course, and their whole manner OF night,
are entirely those Of IN insect; and one
who has watched the fight o. asElargo
beetle, or bee, will have assvesy good
idea Of one of these tropio gems, paint
ed against the, sky. Again he says !;
- once Witnessed 9 combat between
two mango humming- birds, which vas
prosecuted with much pertinacity, and
protracted to an unusual lengh. They.
chased each other through the labyrinth
of twigs and flowers till, an opportunity
occurring, the one would dart with fury
upon the other, and then, with 3 loud