The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
YOU MAY KEEP COOL.
MANY DEVICES PATENTED TO EN-
ABLE you TO DO so.
Schemes For Cooling whole Towns-Msny
Substitutes To Take the Place Of Rain.
Modern Genius Hard At Work For the
Benefit of Sufferers From Heat.

IL Is our duty to keep cool-not only oul
| duty 90 ourselves, but 10 our neighbour
and the community In general-aocordin
| 10 recent revelations made by sanitary eli
| matologists Disease germs within oui
bodies are believed by them 10 develop
much more extensively in the heat OF sum.
mer than in the coolrrss of winter. This IL
| for the reason that most disease germs ART
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 10 be more
criminal and more liable 10 insanity dur
ing hot than during cold weather
Valuable lessons in the art of keeping
cool may be learned from the specifioa-
tons Of recent patents granted by the gov
eminent 10 hundreds OF inventors, ingen-
ious and otherwise who have struggled
with the problem for commercial purposes.
western inventor recently patented a
scheme by which he claims he can artifi-
cially cool a 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,
bombs contain liquefied 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 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
odor of violets, hyacinths, 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 u thick pipe Of aluminium perfo-
rated like the rear spout OF street sprin-
kler. To this is connected hose OF light
rubber or other material, which may he
screwed 70 a fire plug or spigot At the
ends of the gas envelopes are cables fasten-
cd 10 carriages at either side containing
pulley attachments. In dry weather this
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
n 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 a trough,
10 be cleanly drained by sewers at the ter
of "a slope ut each side. This sys-
.em OF flushing jets being turned on at |
certain times each day, IL is claimed. |
would cool the entire city as well as |
cleanse the streets.
For smaller and cheaper devices patents
ire even more plentiful An enterprising |
buckeye inventor recently patented con- |
rivance by which any person suffering /
rom the heat may convert himself into a /
living fountain of cold crystal water. The /
'ontrivance consists OF loosely fitting col |
ar OF rubber and large basin or dish sew
raj feet in diameter. The collar fits over
he neck and shoulders 1t contains many
on the under side To keep
DOL by its means the wearer sits in chair
llaced in the middle of the BASIN connects
hose 70 the collar and enjoys the contin-
lous passage of slowly flowing current
4 any temperature over his limbs and |
'ody. The same may he used as "A shower |
'ath for cleansing as well as cooling pur-
'oses
If you are "A chronic sufferer from the
eat, besides supplying yourself with some
I the ingenious devices mentioned, YOU |
hould purchase IA mattress and pillows as |
gently patented-made of light water.
roof material-to he filled with ice water.
his might be comfortably combined with
device patented by Jacksonville invent
r, who would inclose your bedstead in
)nical sack of mosquito netting, this in
osurc terminating in metallic cylinder |
the top. Inside the cylinder revolves an |
ectric fan arranged to suck the air direct |
up, sending II out at the top. You are
nus left to sweet repose in a GOODNESS with ID
lt either draft against the body or
ne sitting atmosphere usually produced
y mosquito netting Should this not suf-
ce, you might employ the unique contriv-
nee designed by patentee who calls his
lvention tanning cover" An ordina-
sheet is placed over the usual bedclothes |
nd is mounted upon wire frame, one |
I'd of which is hinged to the footboard
nd the other To light motor BY simply
uching switch at your side you may |
use the cover 10 shake up and down at
lively pace causing refreshing breeze
ld terrifying all denizens Of the night |
hich seek to disturb your slumbers.
While sitting upon your lawn in the
'ening you may enjoy the invention Of a
inneapolis citizen who utilities the water
'wer in an ordinary garden hose to turn
rotary fan at IA high speed The fan Is
ounted upon a metallic pedestal and may
} turned TO create current in any desired
rection
While riding upon your wheel you may
rther enjoy the breeze from small fan |
in guard of network between
e handle bars. A friction wheel beneath
lbs against the tire Of your front wheel.
lille driving in your carriage you may
Joy a similar adaptation to your wheels.
In fact, you cannot get outside the realm
automatic fans. II you are in the coun-
y, where no electricity is to be had, you |
ny enjoy the comforts N combination
cking chair and rotary fan, or you may
EAR newfangled hat recently patented,
wing in the top a fan wheel to be actu.
ed by clockwork. -Washington Star.
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