Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-19

when liberated will evaporate and severely
chill the surrounding atmosphere.
a Canadian inventor patents a unique sys-
TEN, by which air passes through a conser-
vatory before being cooled and circulated.
By this means ii is not only purified by
the natural processes of the plants, but
scented with ~violets, hyacinths or what not.
y Nashville citizen, in substitution for
pavement sprinkling, would resort to a
scheme by which GOODNESS and sanitation
might be jointly accomplished. He would
line the streets on either side with large
pipes, just under the curb. 1t short inter
walls these would contain spouts. flowing
spreading streams upon the concrete streets.
This system of flushing jets being turned on
at certain ines each day, it is claimed,
would cool the entire city, as well as clense
the streets.
An enterprising Buckeye inventor recently
patented a contrivance by which any person
suffering from the heat may convert himself
into a living fountain of cold, crystal water.
The contrivance consists of a loosely fitting
collar of rubber and a large basin or dish
several feet in diameter. The collar fits
ever the neck and shoulders. 1t contains
many perforations on the under side. The
wearer sits in a chair in the middle of the
basin, connects a hose to the collar, and en-
joys the continuous, slowly flowing current
OF any temperature over his limbs and body.
For a shower bath proper the most tempt
ing design in modern specifications is a
cylindrical frame of pipes, covered with a
curtain OF waterproof material. The user
steps in the center of the frame, draws the
curtain, turns a faucet and receives against
his body the delightful spray Of a thousand
little water jets, protruding from every pipe
in the frame-up, down. diagonaIly and on
all sides. The effect is really a cold vapor
bath.
AN ICE WATER BED.
If you are a chronic sufferer from heat,
besides supplying yourself with some of the
devices mpDtinDpn ynu chpnII
purchase a mattress and pillows, as recently
p~atented-made of light waterproof material
TO be hlled with ice water. This might
be comfortably combined with a device nat
ented by a Jacksonville inventor, who would
enclose your bedstead in a conical sack of
netting, this enclosure terminating
In a metallic cylinder at the top. Inside
the cylinder r~evolves an electric fan, ar
to draw the air directly up, sending
1t out at the top. You are thus left to sweet
repose In a GOODNESS without either draft
the body or the sitting atmosphere
usually produced by mosquito netting.
Should this not suffice you might employ
the unique contriyance designed by a paten-
tee, who calls his invention a tanning
An ord nary sheet is plaCei over the
usual bed clothes and is mounted upon a
wire frame, one end of which is hinged to
the footboard and the other to the shaft of a
light motor. BY simply touching a switch
at your side you may cause the cover to
snake up ana down at a lively pace, causing
refreshing breeze and terrifying all deni-
zens OF the night which seek to disturb your
While sitting upon your lawn in the even
ing you may enjoy the invention of a Mime
apolis citizen, who utilizos the water power
In an ordinary garden hose to turn a rotary
fan at a high speed. The fan is mounted
a metallic pedestal, and may be turned
to create a current in any direction. While
riding upon your wheel you may further
enjoy the breeze from a small fan revolving
In a 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 a similar
adaptation to your wheels. In fact, you can
not get outside the realm of automatic fans
If you are in the country, where no cleo
.ricity is to be had, you may enjoy the com
forts of a combination rocking chair and
rotary fan, or may wear a new tangled hat.
recently patented, having in the top a fan
wheel, to be actuated by clock work.