Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-10-17
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have spent the past week look
ing up the freaks Of the Patent Office
Side BY side with the greatest inven.
tons Of the age are classed the era.
slest offsprings OF the human brain.
The illuminated cat was granted a
patent IN 1884, and it is a cat Of
passeboard or tin for the purpose Of
frightening rats or mice. This cat is
70 be made in sitting posture, and
II is painted over with phosphorus SC
that it shines in the dark like cat Of
FIRE.
Another cat, equally funny, is the
patent sheet-iron cat which il worked
by clock-work, and which has . bel
lows inside OF il which swells up its
tail to the size OF the maddest felines
II properly set it will emit a noise
equal to tho widest of living mid.
night Thomases, and it has in add.
ton steel claws and teeth. YOU
wind it up and place it on your rool
and set it bowling. All the cats in
the neighborhood jump for it, and it.
poisoned claws kill every one il
strikes.
A luminous harness has been pat
snted, so that horse being driven a
night looks like sheet of chain
lightning, and you think Elijah.
chariot has como to earth again
There arc luminous match. boxes and
luminous ghosts to scare away grave
robbers.
The inventions for smokers are SC
many that division OF the Paten,
Office has to be given up to them
One OF the most curious of pipe in,
yentions is rest or brace by which
she weight Of the pipe is taken of
the teeth and rests on the chin.
Tho lovers gate consists Of gate
which will swing both ways, and
which can be raised and lowered tc
suit the size OF the lovers. On the
same principle is the adjustable pull.
pit, which will iit all kinds OF preach.
ers. The pulpit runs up and down
on pillar by a spring, and by press.
ing button tho preacher can raise il
to suit his height or lower it to suit
There is patent machine here for
forcing hens to lay eggs, and there
are numerous ones for the prevention
OF their eating their own sggs or
breaking them.
There is one branch Of the Patent
Office known as that Of the cow-tail
holders. There are patents for
horses tails, as we'll as cows tails
The most curious among them, how.
ever, is the patent OF Yankee who
has invested an adjustable false tail
for horses.
A western man has patented a
shield to prevent horses from being
cut by wire fences, and this consists
OF sort of armor of padded cotton
or leather, which is strapped around
the neck, breast aad front legs of the
horse.
The patents to make women beau
tiful are numerous. There are face
powders by tho hundreds and bust
improvers by the scores. The nose
improver is one OF the most curious
of the crazy patents. 1t has made,
it is said, fortune for it's inventor,
and it consists of metal shell formed
of two parts, which are connected by
hinge. The shape OF its inside is
that OF perfect nose, aquiline, Ro-
man or Grecian, as you prefer, and it
does all lis work at night. The pat.
ent states that the ne Sc should be
well bathed in warm water and then
CREASED with olive oil until it is
thoroughly softened. After this the
,mprover is TO be attached and the
person using it is To 60 to bed and
sleep until morning. AT first it is
said the operation is somewhat pain
hay but sbis wesTs of 10 few nights,