Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-05-15
HOUSEHOLD INVENTIONS.
Some Ingenious DEVICES for Mistress and
Maid.


People are lSeen-witted in these days.
Active brains are working night and
day, thinking what can be done to sup
ply public needs. No sooner is h de-
mand made known, no matter from
what humble source, than some in
ventor is quick to catch the idea and
puzzle out something to fill the want.
The cry for "fresh air" has resulted.in
cunning little ventilators for pillows,
Whereby pure air may circulate
through the feathers. They are small,
metal, thimble-lile contrivances, with
wire netting in their sunken centers,
and can be inserted atintervals along
the seam at either end of the pillow.
They are sewn in securely, and the
edges are smoothed and rounded so as
not to wear the .pillow-case, which, Of
course, should be removed every day
or two, so as to allow free circulation
of air.
A invention described as ''bottle
locker" seems to be an effective check
to any weakness on the part OF buffers
and maids. Whisky, brandy, port, all
liquors and wines, in fact, may be
locked fast in their individual bottles,
in sideboards or on pantry shelf, SO
as to defy the fingers of the meddle-
some. OF niclkel-plate, they are the
depth of cork in length, and fit Sc
curely over the mouth of the bottle.
These novel devices, each supplied
with its own quick-turning key, insure
security to the distrustful, and tanta-
lizing, touch-me-not defiance to the in
trusive. II am here, but not for you,"
the locked bottle says, and the maid
and butler think that this is an I'M
grateful world. If the cook may not
draw on the wine closet, however, she
has distinct advantages in these pro-
gressive days over her predecessors.
To seed raisins used to be a sticky,
tedious undertaking, from which even
the most indefatigable of workers
shrank with distaste. The faster one
worked, the more her fingers were
clogged and poorer the results. Now
adays clever little machines are
screwed to the edge of table and then
filled with handful of raisins After
few revolutions of the crank the rails
ms come out free from the adhesive
seeds. The genius who came to the
rescue of so many long-suffering cake
bakers and pudding-boilers should
have monument erected to his mem
DRY. For those who do not wish to
buy these nickel-plate seeders there
are strong but plain little tin ones, at a
nominal price, worked with much more
trouble, but with saving of time and
patience, all the same, as compared
with hand seeding.
An olive corer, which may also be
used for taking the seeds out of dates
is counted among this seasons novel
ties. This corer has sharp little tooth
that clutches the olive, and, quicker
than flash, removes the stone from it
In shape it reminds one of an intricate
nut-cracker, and recalls as well Ger
tain kind of button-hole scissors. Tht
olive corer is handsome and by nc
means inexpensive, but is worth much
to the housewife and her maids.
There is no danger any more of skin
ming ones fingers in the economical
endeavor to CRATE nutmeg down t.
the last extremity, for the, improved
graters are now arranged so that the,
both hold and CRATE the nutme g.-To
ledo Blade.