The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-08-29
CHE Remorrat- s.,
0 N CURIOrS PirEyyx
An Iron Cat That Squeals and ~,
Machines for Making Hens H. A'A

A correspondent of tho y
York World tells of some a.. Ne
patents which have been rr,n'.
the cranky, if not crazy in H,"i,F
OF The country, among which
some lunny ones indeed. al
An Illuminated cat far G;.,,
ing rats and mice was na,en rSule1
1854. Another patent ca %'en'el
funny, but Of finer utl,Ivv q'alI
sheet iron cat, which Is o,,.l y
by clock work, and has = "Pbe eI1lP
inside 10 furnish the breath I ~
with. 1t is provided WIKI no. 10Y
claws and teeth, and woe h" us
the daring midnight Thomas V fa
dares to tackle it. You winJ i' 'aa
and place it on yonr back . i
and set ii bowling. all tba 'r s'1
in The neiehb0rhood soon VU'
49, al" us polSohel claws XII
every one That is struck by lbsn,
The inventions for smokers o ,@n
many that a division of the n,f.'
Office has been given up 10 p I%sn,
There are umbrellas that can i
turned into. pres, and pipes inI'
canes, and there are some inr ~,
tlons for cutting off The end. :
cigars. A lovers gate is 4 c,,,
that swings both ways, and can NJ
raised or lowered to suit the size I
the lovers. An adjustable pnIm'
on somewhat the same princluIe
al.o patented. AmongIhe cnri0n,
things is a patent machine rI
forcing hens to lay eggs, and lber1
are numerous ones for The preyen1
ton of their eating their own eo"I
or breaking them. Many of IN
patent hens neSls have five or sin
eggs glued TO their bottom,
ana the innocent hen drops he'd
egg on a trap which lets il sldd
into a box beneath the iran
then springs back and the nest
for Il second laying. lherJ
is one branch of the patent OtRcd
known as that OF cow.lail holders
There are patents for holding
horses tails as we'll as cows tails
The most curious among Them
however, is The patent of a Yankee
who has invented an adjustable
false tail for horses. A western
man has patented a shield to pre-
vent a horse from being cut BY
wire fences, and This consists Of a
sort of armor IF padded colRm OF
Gather, which is strapped ABOUND
he neck, breast and front legs Of
he horse. Another way of pre.
renting horses from hurting them
on these fences is found nd
he electrical division. The wires
re charged with electricity, and
When the horse goes against them
lie gels a shock which drives him
Jack. In the same division there
5 an electric cOnlrivauce for pre-
horses from cribbing. The
hanger is charged with electricity,
nd The moment a horse attempts
. crib he gels "A shock, Them
here is Il chicken hobtler, consist,
~ of a spring attached TO a hens
pg, Which, II the hen attempts I'd
cralrh, will move her onwTl,
nj will, in iacI, walk her right out
f the garden. The patents lo
lake women beautiful are numer-
Us. There are face powders by
he hundreds, and bust improves
the core. The nose inproyer
one al The most curious Of these
razy patents. Ii has made, il is
lid, a fortune for its inventor, and
consists OF a metal shell formed
Two parts, which are CONNECTED
Y a hinge. The shape of il inside
that of a perfect nose, aqualine,
oman or Grecian, as may be pre-
rred, and il does all its vOik at
ght, The patent states that Tho
use should be first well balhed IN
arm water, and then creased with
i've oil until il is thoroughly SOIL
led. Alter this The imprOver IS
be attached, and the person u.s.
g it is 10 90 to bed and sleep nn'
morning. AT first il is said that
e operation is somewhat painful
It this wears off in a few nights,
ID The soft cartilage Of the nose
on begins 10 assume The form Of
e beautiful shape improver. Az
e end of eight weeks The ex-
rimenter has a brand new nose,
iich remains with her (if a WO'
ln) until she gels tirtd Of i,
zen she buys a different style Oh
proven and comes out IN a new
Sc quite different from the la'
2, but still beauliful-perhaPS.
~bOOljacks form angslel
'ge class OF patents. One OF ihess
insists of an iron affair, maue
the shape of a pistol, which eau
carried IN the hip pocket 70
wv upon a robber rpOn occasion
4 brighten him off. There is als9
,alent pockelbOok with a pls'ol
idle it. When The robber ashs
|, owner for his money or ~
!, The latter draws out his P9cA'
,ook, presents il TO The rooOe',
while he reaches for 1t shoo.s
D on the spot. THIS is a hlntl@
velers in the western s'as0
ches, which are subject 10 J"
by road agents"