Evening journal., 1896-07-23

IL IA our Cuty to kcop cOOl--not only our
duty Go ourselves, but to our neighbors
and the community I'm general--nccording
TO recent revelations made by sanitary cli-
matologists Disease germs within our
bodies are believed by them 20 develop
much more extensively in the heat of SUM
mcr than in the GOODNESS Of winter This Is
FOR the reason that most disease germs arc
vegetables and hot weather Is most favor
able 70 vegetable life And there Is this
consideration Of still great Importance
the human animal is found 60 be more
criminal and more liable 60 insanity dur
ing hot than during cold weather.
Valuable lessons in the art Of keeping
cool may be learned from the specinca-
tions OF resent patents granted By the gov
ernment TO hundreds Of inventors, ingon-
ious and otherwise, who have struggled
with the problem for commercial purposes.
A western inventor recently patented
scheme by which be claims ho can artin-
cially cool a whcls community at Little er-
| ponse. At certain intervals he would ereot
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, Tho
bombs contain liquened carbonic acid gas,
which, when liberated by the explosive,
win instantly eyaporate and severely chill
the surrounding atmosphere.
A Canadian inventor patents a unique
| system by which air passes through q con-
servatory or hotbcd OF flowers before being
cooled and circulated through the house
BY this means the dir Is not only cooled
but purified and scented with tho sweet
odor of violets, hyacinths lilies OF the val
ley OF what not
Another inventor, claiming 20 have
solved the hot wave problem, would con-
struct large gas envelope shaped like the
section of an orange Along the lower
edge runs q thick pipc OF aluminium pcrfo-
rated like the rear spout of'a street sprn-
kler To this is connected hose of light
rubber or other material, which may ho
screwed TO a fire plug or spigot AT tho
ends of the gascnvelopcs are cables fasten-
ed TO carriages at either side, containing
pulley attachments In dry weather this
contrivancc may be sent nloft against tho
wind II there be any, being controlled by
the vehicles below. It 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 a scheme by
which coolncss and sanitation might bo
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 a trough
to be cleanly drained by sewers at the ter
mination of a slope at each side. This sys
tenn of flushing Jets being turned on M
certain times oach day, It IS claimed
would cool tho entire city as well a.
cleanse the streets.
For smaller and cheaper devices patent
are even moro plentiful An enterprisinl
Buckeye inycntor recently patented "a con
trivance by which any person suffering
. from the heat may convert himself into
: living fountain of cold crystal water tn
contriyanco consists of a loosely ilttingco
lar of rubber and q largc basin or dish Soy
eral feet in diameter The collar its owe
the neck and shoulders. It contains man
peffOratOns on the under side. TO kec
cool by its means the wearcr sits In % chai
, placed in the middle OF the basin connect
a hose 60 the collar and enjoys the contin
! uous passage of slowly flowing curren
of any temperature over his limbs an,
body. The same may beused as a Shove
, bath FOR cleansing as well rs cooling pur
poses.
II you are n chronic sufferer from TN
heat, besides supplying yourself with SOM
, of the ingenious dcvicos mentioned yol
: should purchase u mattress and pillows, "a
recently pstontcd-madc uf a light water
proof matcriul-to bc fllcd with ice water
This might bo comfortably combined wit
"a device patented by "a Jacksonville invent
or, who would inclosc your hcdstead I'm
conicsl sack OF mosquito netting, this IN
closure terminating IA : metallic cylinde
9 at the top Inside thc cylinder rcyolyes nj
. electric fan arranged TO suck the air direct
" up, sending ii ont at the tOp. Iou ar
thus loft 20 sweet rcpoEc in GOODNESS with
out either a draft against the body o
= the sitting atmosphsrs usually produces
> by mosquito netting should this not sui
fec you might cmIloy yac unique contri'
aRce designed by a patentec who calls mi
invention "a tanning cover An ordins
ry sheet is placed over the urual bsdclothc
and is mounted upon q wire frame, on
end OF which is hinged to the footboar
and the other TO q light motor by simpl
touching a switch nt your side you ma
cause the cover to shake up and down q
a lively pace. causing refreshing brcez
and terrifying all denizens Of the nigl
which seek TO disturb your slumhers.
While sitting upon your lawn in Oh
evening you may enjoy the invention Of
Minneapolis citizen who utilizes tho wat,
power in an ordinary garden hosc to tur
n rotary fan at q high speed. Tho fan
mounted upon metallic pedestal and ma
bo turned to create n current in any desire
direction
While riding upon your wheel You ma
further enjoy the breeze from small IN
revolving ina n guard Of network betwec
the handle bars A friction wheel beneat
rubs against the tire of your front whec
While driving in your carriage you ma
enjoy a similar adaptation to your wheel
In fact, you cannot get outside the real
Of automatic fans If you are in the coul
try, where no electricity is 20 hc had, yc
be may enjoy the comforts Of a combinatio
10 rocking chair and rotary fan, or You ma
Z. wear a newfangled hat, recently patcnto'
as having In the top fan wheel to be actl
o. nted by clocllworls. Washington Star.