Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

reason that most disease germs are rege;a-
| bles and hot weather Is most favorable to
vegetable life. And there is this consdera-
| ton of still greater importance-the human
| animal Is found to be more criminal and
| more liable to insanity during hot than
during cold weather.
| Valuable lessons in the art of keeping
| cool may be learned from the specifications
| of recent patents granted by the govern
ment to hundreds of inventors. ingenious
| and otherwise, who have struggled with
| the problem for commercial purposes.
A western inventor recently patented a
| 81 heme by which, he claims. he can ar
ufcial!y cool a whole community at little
expense. At certain intervals he would
erect skeleton towers-Iike windmill tow
ers-each having electric trolley wire
running from bottom to top. The wire
transports peculiarly made bombs to
shoot at the top. where they exploded
| by electricity. The bombs contain liquefed
carbonic acid gas. which. when liberated
| by the explosive. will instantly evaporate
and severely chill the surrounding atmos-
phere.
A Canadian inventor patents a unique
system by which air passes through con-
servatory or hot-bed of flowers before be-
| ing cooled and circulated through the
house BY this means the air is not only
|
| The valley or what not.
Some Ingenious Ideas.
Another inventor claiming to have solved
| The hot-wave problem. would construct a
large gas envelope shaped like the section
| of an orange. Along the lower edge runs
a thick pipe Of aluminium thickly per
forated like the rear spout Of a street
sprinkler. To this is connected a hose OF
| light rubber or other material. which may
be screwed to fire plug or spigot. At the
ends OF the gas envelope are cables fastened
| TO carriages at either side, containing pull
| ley attachments. In dry weather this con-
| trlVance may be sent aloft against the
| wind-if there be any-being controlled by
the vehicles below. 1t can be directed over
| the tops of high buildings and high trees.
Nashville citizen would do away with
! the popular Gust ON of playing the hose upon
| the front pavement. In substitution there
FOR he would resort TO a sc lemc by which
ccolness and sanitation might be jointly
accomplished. He would line the streets
| OF our Cites on either side Nth large pipes,
| just under the curb At short intervals
| these would contain spouts spreading
| streams upon the concrete street in front
ana converting 1t into u trough, TO be Clean
| ly drained by sewers at the termination Of
| a slope at each side. This system Of
| flushing Jets being turned on at certain
| times each day, it is claimed, would cool
| the entire city as well cleanse the
| streets.
For smaller and cheaper devices patents
are even more plentiful. An enteIpr:sing
| buckeye inventor recently patented a con-
| trivance by which any person suffering
| from the heat may convert himself into a
| living fountain of cold, crystal water The
| contr;vance consists of loo selJ lifting col
| lar Of rubber and a large basin or DISH
| several feet in diameter The collar fits
| over the neck and shoulders. 1t cont d ms
many perforations on the under SIDE. To
| keep cool by its means the wearer Sits in
| chair placed in the middle of the basin
| connects a hose to the collar and enjoys
| the continuous passage of a slowly flowing
] current Of any temperature over his limbs
and body. The same may be utilized as a
| shower bath for cleansing as we'll as cool
| ing purposes.
| The Delightful Spray.
But for a shower bath proper, the most
tempting design depicted in modern specifi-
cations Is cylindrical frame Of Pipes COW
| cred with a curtain of some WATERPROOF
material. The user steps in the center Of
| the frame. draws the lain, turns a fau-
| Get. and receives against mis- body the de-
| nghtful spray Of q thousand little water
| Jets protruding from every pipe in the
| frame-up. down. d!agonalIy and on all
sides. The effect is really a cold vapor
| bath.
| If you are a chronic sufferer from the
heat. besides supplying yourself with some
| OF the 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 Jacksonville in
| Ventor. who would inclose your bedstead in
| conical sack of mosquito netting this in
closure terminating in metallic cylinder
| at the top. Inside the cylinder revolves an
| electric fan arranged to suck the hir direct
| ly up. sending 1t out at The top. You are
| thus left to sweet repose in GOODNESS
without either a draft against the body or
| the sitting atmosphere usually produced by
mosquito netting. Should this not suffice
you might employ the unique contriyance
designed by a patentee who calls his in
vention tanning cover An ordinary
sheet is placed over the usual bedclothes
and Is mounted upon wire frame che end
Of which Is hinged to the foo.board and the
other to light motor. By simply touching
switch at your side you may cause the
cover to shake up and down at a lively
pace. causing a refreshing breeze and ter
rifying all denizens of the night which sc elk
to disturb your slumbers.
Lawn Fan.
While sitting upon your lawn IN the even
Ing you may enjoy the invention of a Min
neapolis citizen who utilities the water DOW
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