Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-04
SCIENCE INDUSTRY.
OBJECTS TO BENEFIT MAN AND IN
CREASE HIS JOY IN LIFE.
What the Inventor IL Doine-A Plan to
Photograph the Burglar as ne En-
tiers Your House.

Whist the Inventor IL Doine--A Plan TO
Photograph the Burglar as ne En-
tiers Your House.
Philadelphia Prcss.l
One Is now apt TO think that the world
has been pretty well ransacked for adver-
Using schemes, and that the supply Is liza
bic 10 run out. Experience proves, however,
that the mind of the inventor is practically
inexhaustible. and breaks out into peren-
NAL exhibitions Of its resources. One Of
these is the new toy-gun for posting adver-
tisements. The gun is used for shooting
advertising arrows into trees, fences, build
ings. or any inanimate objects. The arrow
is feathered with light cardboard of va
riOus colors. bearing in large type any de-
sired inscription. Two sections of the
cardboard and the resultant angles are en-
braced by q cross slit kerf. the rear of the
stick being wound with cord and the point
being sharpened to increase penetration.
The advertising darts can thus be pro-
jected out of ordinary reach, but Just high
enough not to escape the notice of the
passer-by.
DON'T EAT TOO MUCH.
The majority of people eat about third
too much. The average American really
dimes three times day, with his beefsteak
breakfast, chops for lunch, and roast beef
At his 6 O'clock dinner. And he does il at
his peril, for his habit Of overlooking, es-
pecially of eating so much meat. is one OF
the provoking causes of so many sud-
ture deaths. Three meals day of
hearty food is exhausting to all
the vital processes, and even the strong
est succumb finally to this "wasteful and
ridiculous excess" Americans are ma
ton of BRAIN workers, and cannot safely
indulge in high living. High thinking. or
constant use Of the brain IN any direction,
calls for plain but nourlshing diet. Brain
workers especially ought 10 live sparlngly,
Luxurious feeders require much exercise in
the open air and freedom from pressure on
the brain. For the aged. or even for those
above fifty, luxurious living and over-eating
arc especially dangerous. AS functional
activity lessons with increasing years, the
supply of food should be decreased ac-
cOrdingly. The hardest races live on the
simplest fare. FTugality in diet. e.,
minimum amount of the right quality
serves far more certainly to prolong life,
insure health and well-beiDg than rich
abundance and variety. which is accounta-
bic in large measure for the i'll health
and dissatisfaction of the present time.
BEET REFUSE PoR CATTLE.
An important fact in the beet-sugar in
dustry is that the refuse pulp makes n
valuable fodder for cattle. The tops are
also available tor the same use. This re-
fuse is stored in mounds, and will remain
in good condition for six months.
Wherever beet-sugar factories have been
established there has been an immense I'M
provement in the agriculture of the sur
rounding country. IL is found that al
though three tons of the pulp are equal III
nutriment value only to one ton OF the best
hay, yet when fed in connection with
course proyender 1t possesses value OF ITS
own in keeping animals in sleek, growthy
condition, and. strange 10 say, one not In
Dictated by its chemical ANALYSIS.
FIsHMG-BoD HOLDER.
A now ancient comic paper gives a pic
ture of "A country scene on the banks OF n
river. Stretched al full length on the
grass and enjoying the balmy warmth OF
the summers day. is dweller in cities
who has come ont of town for days fish
ing. The rod has been duly fixed IN the
bank and the sportsman Il casting ms
eve every now and again. from few
feet awav, on the gently-swsylng
line. Suddenly the float scuds away,
and with a look OF disgust, the
fisherman saws, just like my luck
I've no sooner lit my pipe aud got
comfortably settled than there IS bite"
For such fishermen as this the new fishing
rod holder will be q God-send, and indeed
il Is said TO have been invented by gen
teman who likes fishing and liberty IN
about equal proportions" 1t consists OF
very light. thin bars, supporting q triangle
which is hinged TO fold fiat. The base bar
has at its rear end butt bar. with eye
loops to receive the butts of the fish
lng-rodS. A securing-pin is passed through
the rear end of the base bar into the
ground and holds the contrlvance firmly
when the fish draws down the pole. The
braces hook in and are readily dlsengaged,
the whole thing folding compactly to,
Cether. The device weighs about a pound
or a little over and can be carried IN
small case. the hooks being inserted in slot
apertures and readily removable. Several
poles can thus be set ut once and variety
of inclinatOns secured, andif they are lett
for a moment there IL, ordinarily, no fear
Of their being dragged away by the fish.
GUARD FOR sTREET-RAILwAY CARS.
Thee adyentof the cable and electrician
into street railway traffic, with their higher
speed Of travel, hasnecessitated great care
being taken against accidents to the pub
lie. Among other things 1t has been found
that the guard hitherto employed does not
hang low enough TO prevent PROSTATE
person from being caught and dragged
over the pavement. An improved guard
has been invented which is suspended close
to the track by means Of vertical
arms depending from the car bot
tom. The point OF the guard has
n small junction wheel iournalled
SO as TO engage the road-bed or cable
track. The guard-frame is pressed down.
ward by bOw-strings bearing on each OF IT'S
inclined bars. Directly below each bar o.
the guards journalled roller which forms |
the bottom of the guard, and these rollers
coming down to within aninch OF the track
will not allow space for a person TO get be-
meath. Should q car run against pros;
trate person the acute inclination Will
brush him aside, the roller allowing OF IA
rotary motion, so that the subject OF the
accident is rolled of with the least chance
of being bruised. which would not be pos
slble in the guards formerly used.
TIE BURGLAR AT A DISCOUNT.
The burglar has fallen on evil days.
What between electricity, which turns
night into day and in other WAYS fulfils the
duty of q city full Of policemen, and pho
togTaphy, which disseminates the features
of the convict far and wide, the times
are not suspicious for the midnight thlef.
When these two of his natural enemies,
however. combine against him he may as
well retire from the profession" a clti-
zen of Toledo, o., 10 accredited with an
invention by which an instantaneous photo
Graph of an incoming burglar can be made
by the fash-hght camera that has been
previously set and focused toward the door
in such a way as TO take in the entire figure
of the intruder. The essential features OF
fhe device are a camera using the unlver-
sallv available dry-plate, and fiash-llght
Arrangement. in which sprovided mecnan-
ism 20 strike a match that ignites the flash
powder. simultaneously with the flash a
piyoted-sprng shutter is moved so as TO
cause an instant exposure on the sensi-
tive plato. and the work is done. AS the
burglar opens the door and steps on pre-
pared mat an instant electrical connection
Is made and q lively greeting rlngs out
treat as hastily as he pleases, but the
photo-fash light has been TOO quick for
him, and his image IS left behind for the
subsequent edifcation OF the members OF
the household and the study of the Police