New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-13
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ScoNTRlvANcEs THAT SHOW WHAT
A GENIUS THE YANKEE IS.

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American invention has given birth
to no end Of freaks, which have Beer
embalmed at the patent. office Is order
I that they may no perish. Some 81 the
/. queerest Of them are devices for entrap.
ping beasts. bugs, fishes and even human
beings.
What, for example, could be funnie1
that the noticn Of using imi tation flow.
ers with poisoned honey to attract nox.
ious insects: The artificial blossoms.
each containing small quantity Of sng-
airy LIQUID properly prepared, are to be
fastened to twigs. Months Of destruct-
i've species sip the deadly nectar and
die. a more elaborate device of a SINH.
lar description is intended for the pro,
lection of apple trees. It is a tin can GOV.
cred as to its upper half with luminous
paint On the. outside Of the lower hall
apple blossoms are represented with the
same sort Of paint. Inside Of the recep.
tacle is a small quantity Of cider. The
can is to be hung on branch Of an ap.
pie tree at night Insects, attracted By
the pictured flowers, light upon the can.
The smell Of the cider induces them tc
enter through holes provided for that
purpose. They then drop down into the
cider and are drowned. vs. s
Yet it is not always easy to distin.
guish between crank idea and use.
full discovery. The poisoned counterfeits
Of flowers above described are said tc
work very well. Many years ago man
got patent for method Of killing
bugs on trees by inclosing the whole
tree in a sort of balloon Of. canvas, into
which an asphyxiating gas was to be
poured for the purpose of srffocating
the insects. Every body thought he was
a lunatic. But now that his patent has
run out the merits of the plan have
suddenly obtained appreciation, and its
adoption is alleged to have saved the
orange growing industry in California
Several kinds Of luminous bats for fish
have been patented. One Of these is a
minnow Of hollow glass coated on the
inside partly with solution Of gold OF
silver, and partly with luminous paint
The result is a very brilliant object in
the water, calculated to attract any pre-
dacious creature with fins. Another in
teresting continuance is for making frog
bait more seductive The jerking of the
line equipped with this device causes
the frogs legs to move as if he were
swimming. 3.
Contrivances for catching insects are
more numerous than any others. One Of
them is furnace for Strengthening po-
tato bugs. To begin with, deep and
wide furrow is to be plowed all. around
an infested field Through this trench
a smooth log is dragged to make the
surface hard and smooth. The bugs in
migrating to other grounds are unable
to scale the trench, and the furnace,
which is cylinder of iron filled with
fuel, is drawn along the furrow and
destroys them. Other odd devices are
CARTRIDGES intended to ha inserted in the
mouths of ant holes and to be fred.
thus communicating sitting yapors to
the subterranean chambers. also many
kinds of lamps for attracting and burn .
ing up the moths Of various worms in
cotton fields. There is a toy pistol for
insects, which sucks them in when he
trigger is pulled.
An ingenious westerner has invented
a trap for catching the hornf1y which
is such an enemy to cattle in some narts
of the country. Il consists most inanor-
family Of a great frame ia which brnsb
is attached in such a manner that when
the beasts walk through. eager as thev,
always are to scratch themselves. the
flies will be scraped from their bodies
by the branches Finally the frame i
closed mn nv means az doors ana tho
captured insects are DESTROYED. Nearly
everybody has heard Of the gold tame
worm tran which the natient swalloyvs
Bedding trans are of several var;ati ia :
all Of them being intended Is afford at.
tractiye hiding nlaces for these HOOD
suckers and to be burned or scalded onnt
afterward. -, 80
Much ingenuity has been expended