The evening times., 1896-04-02
QUEER IOElS PATENTED
Inventors Novel Schemes Now
Protected by Uncle Sam.
HORN GUARDS FOR CATTLE
II Ia Claimed That Means Has Been
Found to Prevent Bovine From But
ting-NOt Necessary To Rise From
bed to Kindle the Kitchen Fire.
How Leaky Ships May Float.

Among the budget of patents granted
This week, there were, as usual, many OF
| The eccentric or queer class, although
| ma jority of them are OF mere or less I'LL
portance and merit. OF the former class
Joseph Straw's "OX or Cow Horn Guard"
stands foremost. This inventor, whose
home is in Seward, ILL.,, has discovered how
| TO cure or take away the butting and gOr-
| ing propensitics of cattle, and he proceed
| ed TO have his diccoyery protected by
Uncle Sam.
HIS COWS.
Straw's cows, If he has any, are 10 doubt
wearing their ingenious owners horn
guard. and when frsky bullock at
.empts 10 impale Il brother OF sister boz
zine, or any other object, upon his crumplt-i
horn, the slightest contact inci,ientil Al to
such an attempt will cause Il little cap, fit
ting over the tip Of his bushp's horn,
20 he depressed. The motion will DE COM
municated TO the bovine's upper Jaw, the
upper lip being Gosici above the nose by
a small but strong chain running to the
aoru-rap. when the beast realizes the
condition of affairs and gets his lip back
into place, the inventor says, he VIII be
cured OF lis desire To trausfiX objects on
| his horns.
d. Forrest f. CoUrvol-ier, hailing from
Pine Bluff, Ark, intends that suffering
North Americans viii, by paying bin a
royalty, be relieved OF an obnoxious dGty
imposed upon many husbands and wives in
| the early morning. He has invented "A novel
fire lighter Courvoisier arrangcs the
kndlinG wood and coal in his range or
II, t,ar he iS In m
clock over the stove for any hour he desires.
All the time set, instead rr changing, hang
ing, car-splitting noise from the time
piece, there is a slight click and n flash
in the stove. The kiudIins lgnites and in a
iffy a roaring flame dances up the CHM
ncy. The inventor rises an hour later in
4 warm house.
7. X. Cherry of Buckhannon. w Va. is
responsible for the 'modesty screen" for
lady cyclers. His device is to hide the
dainty ankles and feet OF the rider OF a
lady's bike from the scrutiny OF the
public, and he accomplishes this by rig
ging silk curtain about the lower part
Of Il bicycle from the seat to the handle bars
To REMOVE SNOW AND ICE
Charles F. Springfels, native of Buff
salo, y. Y, wou!i rain get ria Of the fallen
snow q nj ice OF the surface or the streets
during the winter months by the Use OF his
ice and snow mclter," a furnacc-likc af-
fair, mounted on runners, and designed to
reduce the ice or snow In lis vicinity by
drafts Of heated air and steam, while u
span OF horses carries it whirling over
The snow infected thOroughfares.
Frederick kindt Saratoga, y. Y,
patcntcc. has novel aud ingenious ap-
paratus for raising sunken boats and pre-
renting wrecked or leaking ships from
sinking at sea. His idea is 10 carry sew
eral hundred inflatabIe bags packed In a
ships hold or cabin.
In ca So OF a leak, or even II the vessels
entire bottom should he STAYED in. these
bags are to be fastened to the hull, and
by exploding cartridges made for the pur-
pose, in the bags the chemicals contained in
hem viii be mingled and evolve Il lisat
gas. These will fill and initiate the en-
velopes, which, acting as life rrcservers,
will, he claims, keep the vessel afloat in-
definitely.