The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-28

coNTRivANcES THAT SHOW WHAT
A GENIUS THE YANKEE is.

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Tou Would Call Most Of the Inyentions ABB
surdities, and Yet They Are Useful-De-
vices For Poisoning Pests-Rattraps of
Many Kinds.
American invention has given birth
to no end of freaks, which have been
snnbalmed at the patent Office iii order
that they may not perish. Some ct the
queerest OF them are devices for entrap-
ping beasts, bugs. fishes and even human
beings.
What, Tor example, could be funnier
that the notion of using imitation aow-
ers with poisoned honey to attract nox.
ious insects? The artificial blossoms,
each containing a small quantity OF sug-
airy liquid properly prepared, are TO be
fastened to twigs. Months Of destract-
i've species sip the deadly nectar and
die. A more elaborate device of o SINH.
lar description is intended for the gro
tection of apple trees. It is q tin can coy
cred as to its upper half with luminous
paint On the outside of the lower half
apple blossoms arr represented with tho
same sort of paint. Inside of the recap.
taele is q small quantity of cider. Tle
can 10 to be hung IN a branch CT an up.
pie tree at night Insects, attracted by
the pictured flowers, light uponetlae can.
The smell Of the cider induces them to
enter through holes provided for that
purpose They then drop down into the
cider and are drowned
Vet ii is not always easy to distin-
guish between a crank idea and d use
full discovery The poisoned counterfeits
OF flowers above described are said to
work very we'll Many years ago d man
got q patent for. a method of killing
bugs ON trees by inclosing the whole
tree In Q sort of balloon OF canvas, into
which an asphyxiating gas was to be
poured for the purpose OF s~rffocating
the insects. Everybody thought he was
q lunatic. But now that his patent has
run out the merits Of the plan have
suddenly obtained appreciation, and its
adoption 10 alleged TO. have saved the
orange growing industry in California.
Several kinds of luminous bats for fish
nave been patented. One Of these is a
minnow of hollow glass coated On the
inside partly with a solution OF gold or
silver. and partly with luminous. paint.
The result Ii . very brilliant object i'm
the water, calculated to attract any pre-
dacious creature with Ans Another in
Eteresting continuance il for making frog
bait more seductive. The jerking ofthe
line equipped with this device causes
the frogsslegs to move as If he were
swimming.
C~entrivances fer catching insects are
more numerous than any others. One Of
them Ii Q furnace for s~laughtering 20
Isat0 bugs T01begin with, q deem and
Videfukrew isto beSpFowed all around
IN infested field Through this trench
= smooth log ID dragged TO make the
surface hard and smooth. The bugs In
migrating 90 other grounds are unable
to seal6 the trench, and the Furnaces.
which ID d cylinder OF iron filled wfth
fuBl, Id draw1a along the furrov and
destroys tseff %Other odd devices ars
cartridges intended lobe inserted I'm the
fnouthsAo6. ant holes ana to be Cred.
thus communicating sitting vapors 10
the su~bterratiean4 chambers, also many
sinds Of lanpsEw attracting and burn
ing up the moths Of various worms III
cotton fields. There Is toy pistol f0r
insects, which sucks them In when he |
ID puIled. Ass4st - 1879
An ingenious westerner has invented
. trap for catching the horniy which
.s such IN enemy to cattle In some parts
Of the country. It consists most impor~
family of d great frame to which brush
ID attached IN such q manner that when
the beasts walk through, seagersas thay
are to scratch themselves, the
flies viii be scraped from their bodies
b. the branches Finally the frame u
slosed mp by means Of doors, and the
captured Insects are destroyed. Nearly
Everybody has heard OF the gold tape
trap, whichth the patient swallows.
Bedbug traps are of,rseveEal vaxiati0s,
I'D OF them being intended TO afIcrdsak4
hiding places for these .bloodnh
suckers and to DO burned or scalded out
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Much ingenuity has been expanaed
n rattrapa Some of them are so elab-
rate that no full witted rodent would
u near them One requires Mr. Ratio
,Came In thEouEh q door, .wlich drops
,ehind and makes him i prisoner. Seer
a bright light above he ascendsa
light OF little steps and trots across q
plank tiiat Is 90 nicely adjusted as
balance that his weight tscauses1 at 90
and sshrow hifna into a. tsnh OIL
yatsr.s 4 Another e~ontrivance oonsisss &c
| lioubles chafnbersu One chnzaber hasa
glass end. through which mn Rat ssss
Or three dnieakiaaa rata shaving1aI
lice time uffh at bit of cheeseg Wishg
To- juin them, he rs1ns around the
,ox, gets into the other chamber and
q caught
There are = humber Of devices which
mirrors for the purpose or iur
the rat 81 diss fates He mounts on
oprCf aharref and sees d tDothsora6
,isce CT cheese AZ he approaches III h6
Sdholds another rodent-in reality hfs
,Hn redectionxina piscstG ID looking
yhass-@ccmizae fcr the cheese from tla0
sunosifa airnetjon. He makes d dasix exzl