The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-07
FL0GGING THE BRAIN.
DIR. BRUNTON MAKES IT WORK
BY GETTING BLOOD INTO 1T.

FROM me Pirfs6ur0 Dispatch.
A singular discovery has been made by
DR.. Lauder Brunton. By an accident be
found out the secret OF how 70 have ideas al
will. One night, after long days work
he was called upon to write an article He
sat down with pen, ink and paper, and
as has very often happened before under
similar conditions, not single idea came
into his head. He then began to reason
and to attempt to find Why the brain which
was apparently the same as it was the day
before, when it worked normally, should
refuse to respond to the dictates of the will.
He arrived at the conclusion that the day
/ before he was not tired, and that therefore
| the circulation was brisker Continuing
his cogitations he traced the connection be-
| tween cerebral circulation aud mental ao-
| ttyity, and concluded that if the blood
! would not come to the brain the next best
| thing would be to bring the brain down TO
| the blood. And this he did. The happy
! thought Of laying his bead fiat on the table
suddenly flashed across the seat Of the late
| inactivity, and at once his ideas began to
| flow and his pen ran swiftly across the
| paper. The work progressed so well that
| DR.. Brunton thought he might as we'll sit
| up. But it would not do. The moment he
raised his head his mind reverted to blank
ness, so he had to put down his head again
| upon the table and finished the article in
| that position.
| PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENTS.
Among the latest fancies in photography
| is the cane camera, which consists OF
| walking stick with eb0nlzed handle, in
| which the camera is surrounded by a wide
| silver band and accompanied by all neces-
ssry apparat IS for making photographs.
1he handle is fitted inside with a neat metal
| drop shutter which connects with a spring
| and pin underu heath, and is operated noise
lessly with one finger. Even smaller than
this is the pocket book camera, which
makes picture Of about l q inches square,
| and when not in use folds up in an ordinary
lsdy's purse about inches long, 20 inches
| wide and 4 inch thick. The lens Is an ex
cellent quick-Working medium, aud it may
be used either with plates or cut films Be-
| sides, its special characteristic, the purse is
supplied with sections for con-
tanning silver, postage stamps,
and cards. The photo-chromoscope is
| compact and simple apparatus for trans
forming photographs made transparent
| into realistic pictures. These are rendered
| perfect IN detuil, in perspective, In light and
| shade and In general tintS, and susceptible
Of variety Of natural and pleasing changes
of effects, giving to the photograph a life
| and reality that have LoS hitherto been at
l
nish artists aud students with valuable
aid to not only copying photographs on any
| enlarged scale, but studying the various
| combinations Of light, shade and color. 1t
| will further enable amateur photographers
| to exhibit their pictures to the greatest ad-
| vantage and will be a source Of great enter
tainment. The apparatus is easily put up
and operated, aud when not in use it is
closed up In a neat portable box.
NEW METHOD OF WASHING.
A new method of washing is being ex-
tensively adopted in Germany and Belgium
| One of its special advantages is that it coun-
teracts the i'll effects of soda, which Is much
| used in Europe upon linen. Two pounds of
soda are dissolved in three gallons, and to
| this is added a tesspoonful of turpentine
and three of liquid ammonia. When the
mixture has been well stirred the linen is
stepped in it for two or three hours. Dur
| ing the operation the vessel is closed as
tightly as possible, aud afterwards the
| clothes are washed out and rinsed in the
usual manner. The soap aud water may
be used again with the addition of half a
teaspoonful of turpentine and tablespoon
| ruI OF ammonia. The process is said to save
time, labor and fuel. AS there is no neces-
sitY for rubbing, the linen scarcely suffers,
| and Its cleanliness and color are perfect
| The ammonia evaporates Immediately, and
the smell of the turpentlRe is said TO disap-
pear entirely during the drying of the
clothes. Paraftine has long been used in
this country for a similar purpose.
A NEW SHOE PoLTsHER.
The absent-minded citizen, who taking
his morning "shine" has had his attention
distracted from the perusal of the daily
newspaper by the necessity of holding his
foot square Oh the block which receives it,
and wishing for some invention that would
relieve him OF the trouble, will be cheered to
know that such an invention has at last
been evolved from the fertile brain of the
American inventor. This machine consists
of a strong platform, with a supporter for
the PERSONS BODY while in the center OF the
frame are two openings into which the shoes
are received. After the feet are in place
| shields are applied, surrounding the upper
part OF the shoe and preventing the black
ing from getting on to this part Of the foot
| gear. Four brushes are arranged to work
on the side Of the foot and the heel and toe
| and these are set in motion by steam power
| First the shoes are brushed clean then the
backing taken from movable boxes by an
automatic device, is applied, ana the final
polishing follows.
GASOLINE STEAM CARRIAGE.
A new gasoline steam carriage presents
many points of advantage. The weight is
only 200 pounds, and the working expense
| of the conveyance is l cent per mile Its
| ordinary speed is said to be fifteen miles an
hour, and it will ascend grades with COM
| parative ease. The water tank is sufficient
for ten or fifteen mile run. while the gaso-
line tank is equal to the requirements of a
| 4ONmile trip. A canopy top extends over
the vehicle, 80 that it has the appearance of
an ordinary surrey. The fire regulation is
automatic, so that more or less gasoline is
admitted to the burners according to the
grade Of the road, and when the vehicle is
stopped the gasoline is cut off, so as to keep
down the steam TO a certain point. The
steering leaver is adjusted so that any one
can control the steering, while the throttle
and reverse lever are by the operators seat.
Two passengers are carried, and by an in
genious contrivance, all Inconvenience from
smoke is avoided.
A TYPEWRITER CARRIAGE ARREsTER.
new typewriter carriage arrester is in
tended to obviate the inconvenience and
| great loss Of time experienced by opera tors
on the typewriter in consequence of the ne-
cessity on all keyboard machines of oper-
ating the space bar mum or of times, OF
Of lifting the dogs free of the spacing rack
| by hand and guiding the paper to the given
place whenever it is desired to bring the
| paper carriage to particular point.s Per-
feet and instant control Of the movement Of