The herald., 1896-08-27
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: YOU may KEEP COOL )
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1t Is our duty to keep cool-not only our
duty to ourselves, but to our neighbors
and the community In notwithstanding
to recent revelations made by sanitary cli-
matologists. Disease germs within our
bodies are believed by them to develop
much more extensively in the heat of sum-
mer than in the GOODNESS of winter. Thlsis
for the reason that most disease germs are
vegetables, and hot weather is most favor
able to vegetable life. And there Is this
consideration OF still great Importance
the human animal is found to be more
criminal and more liable to insanity dur
ing hot than during cold weather.
Valuable lessons in the art of keeping
cool may be learned from the specifica-
tions of recent patents granted by the gov
ernment to hundreds of inventors, ingen-
ious and otherwise who have struggled
with tho problem for commercial purposes.
A western inventor recently patented
scheme by which he claims he can artifl-
cially cool whole community at little ex-
pense. At certain intervals he would erect
skeleton towers-like windmill towers
each having an electric trolley wire run
/ ming from bottom to top. The wire trans
ports peculiarly made bombs to the top,
where they are exploded by electricity. The
bombs contain liquefed carbonic acid gas,
which, when liberated by the explosive,
will instantly evaporate and severely chill
the surrounding atmosphere.
A Canadian inventor patents a unique
system by which air passes through q con-
servatory or hotbed of flowers before being
cooled and circulated through the house.
BY this means the air Is not only cooled,
but purified and scented with the sweet
odorof violets, hyaoinths, lilies Of the val
ley or what not.
Another inventor, claiming to have
solved the hot wave problem, would con-
struct large gas envelope shaped like the
section of an orange. Along the lower
edge runs a thick pipe of aluminium perfo-
rated like the rear spout of a street sprin-
kler. To this is connected hose OF light
rubber or other material, which may be
screwed to fire plug or spigot. At the
ends Of the gas envelopes are cables fasten-
ed to carriages at either side, containing
pulley attachments. In Cry weather. this
contrivanoe may be sent aloft, against the
wind if there be any, being controlled by
the vehicles below. Ii can be directed over
the tops of high buildings and high trees.
A Nashville citizen would do away with
the popular custom OF playing the hose up
on the front pavement. In substitution
therefor he would resort to scheme by
which GOODNESS and sanitation might be
jointly accomplished. He would line the
streets Of our cities on either side with
large pipes, just under the curb. AT short
intervals these would contain spouts,
spreading streams upon the concrete street.
in front and converting it into trough.
to be cleanly drained by sewers at the ter
mination OF slope at each side. This sys-
tenn Of flushing jets being turned on at
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would cool the entire city as well as
cleanse the streets.
For smaller and cheaper GcTices patents
are even more plentiful An orterprising
Buckeye inventor recently patented q con-
trivance by which any person suffering
from the heat may convert himself into q
living fountain OF cold crystal water The
continuance consists OF loosely fitting col
lar Of rubber and large basin or dish se0r
eral feet in diameter. The collar fits over
the neck and shoulders. 1t contains many
perforations on the under side. To,keep
cool by its means the wcarer sits in a chair
placed in the middle of the basin, connects
hose to the collar and enjoys the contin-
uous passage Of slowly flowing current
| Of any temperature over his limbs and
body. The same may be used as a shower
bath for cleansing as we'll as cooling pur-
poses.
If you ara a chronic sufferer from the
heat, besides Supplying yourself with some
of tho ingenious devices mentioned, you
should purchase mattress and pillows, as
recently patented-made of light water
proof material-to be filled with ice water.
This might be comfortably combined with
device patented by "a Jacksonville invent
or, who would inclose your bedstead in q
'conical sack of mosquito netting, this in
closure terminating in q metallic cylinder
at the top. Inside the cylinder revolves all
electric fan arranged to suck the air direct
ly up, sending it out at the top. You are
thus left to sweet rcpose in GOODNESS with
out either a draft against the body or
the sitting atmosphere usually produced
by mosquito netting. Should this not suf-
! flee, you might employ the unique contriv-
ance designed by patentee who calls his
| invention tanning cover" An ordin;.-
| ry sheet is placed over the usual beGclothes
and is mounted upon wire frame, one
end of which is hinged to the footboari
and the other to a light motor. By simply
touching switch at your side you may
cause the cover to shake up and down at
a lively pace, causing refreshing breeze
and terrifying all denizens of tho night
which seek to disturb your slumbers.
| While sitting upon your lawn in the
evening you may enjoy the invention of
Minneapolis citizen who utilizes the water
power in an ordinary garden hose to turn
o rotary fan at u high speed. The fan is
mounted upon metallic pedestal and may
be turned to create a current in any desired
| direction.
While riding upon your wheel you may
further enjoy the breeze from small fan
revolving in guard of network between
the handle bars A friction wheel beneath
rubs against the tire of your front wheel.
While driving in your carriage you may
enjoy q similar adaptation to your wheels.
In fact, you cannot get outside tho realm
of automatic fans. If you are in the couu-
try, where no electricity is to be had, you
may enjoy the comforts of u combination
rocking chair and rotary fan, or you may
wear a newfangled hat, recently patented,
having in the top fan wheel to be actu-
ated by clockwork. Washington Star.