The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-07
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WHICH Is a gun as weH-a very handy
thing to have when Indians were around.
Another useful thing for border use is a
revolver to Ere big or little bullets, just as
may be REQUISITES CREST advantage when
lead is scarce and you do not desire to use
a large bullet 10 kin small man. Every
body who has lived IN the country has ex-
perienced the annoyance Of having his
garden destroyed by the scratching of hens.
Such will be delighted to know that de-
vice has been invented to prevent this
natural aptitude of hens, and at the same
time to insure that they provide for them
selves good living b Is called the "hen
persuader,s and IS simply piece of fork
shaped wire fastened ahosrt the hens ankle
with the prongs extending resrward This
prevents the fowl from scratching and
Also from going backward, for the prongs
stick In the ground when she tries to do
so. Consequently she finds more bugs
than she would if shs were to go over the
same ground over and over sgein-
Then there is a cradle which rocks the
baby to sleep by cloekwork and hacking
chair that works an automatic fan. Yhere
are also pieces of cloth woven ouU Of glass
spun remarkably fine, and '-hirea help
awakener" which dumps tina servant out
OF bed By clockwork at the Rr1pHr time in
the morning IL the shock OF the sudden
awakening should be fatal there a1s patent
collins in which to acca-d tbnn decent
burial One Of these intended Co prevent
burial alive, is big enough TO permit tine
intombed person upon FevTving below
ground to climb out OF his grave By neaus
of ladder left handy for Tat plBose
and communicating by ven5fEztar' hole
with the outside world. In czSe be should
not be strong enough TO rise ball is pro
vided and attached TO his WRIT to s1uEnon
assistance. Another coffin is SO arranged
that IL the corpse moves its head the lid
springs open.
The slot device for e1saring pennies,
nickeIs, quarters and dimes originated In
England, and was imported to this com
try by the ever enterprisin2 Erastus
Wiman, who it is said owns the American
rights OF the invention. The patent is an
extremely broad one, covering evary posi-
bic application Of the principle involved.
The automatic opera glass attachment in
theatres puts royalty in Mr. Wiman's
capacious pocket, just ss the weighing
machines, lung testers and so forth do.
OF ell the cranky inventors who have
contributed to the humorous portion of
the 10000 models in the patent Office Inu-
scum the officials OF that place have
awarded the palm to that one who sent in
an application for patent for his princi-
pie Of assisting the locosnotion Of dogs"
This astute investigator said in his appli-
cation that he had noticed that dog in
turning a corner rapidly always lost time
and expended a certain amount of energy
uselessly by being carried by his momen-
tum some distance out into the street be-
fore he could turn. In the interests of hui
mainly he had endeavored to find some
method of renedying this, and he now de-
sired to patent the device he had thought
out. This device as shown in an elabor-
ately prepared drawing, was nothing more
than an iron hook which was to be at
tached to each dogs tail, the purpose be-
ing to have the dog, when running at full
speed, to apply the hook to the corner Of
the building or tree he was turning and
thus swing himself round by the force of
his own momentum, which was otherwise
wasted. The inventor was sure that when
the dog got used to it it would save him
valuable time, and if cats were the object
of the dogs chase his invention might
prove great boon to humanity 1t is
needless to say he did not get his patent.
ROBERT GRAVES.