The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-24
,nted the first post Of this kind last


In the engineering world an igniter for
explosive engines rs patented py J. n''i w.
Mueller. OF Decatur Ill., MS wiz ,,
used in connection with lne qN I'm
ENGINES that are 90 be sent 20 lhc NIVii-
dixie for ripping holes I'm dOupliul 7pil'
When "a claim yields nothing Al'Cl
should have become productive the uY ma
mite will be open TO ,ear open the SOIL l"I
An apparatus for generating constant
electric currents will I'm the opinion ol Il
patent expert Doe one OF me pest Nun
dixie inventions patented. IL ls py nag.
y Hlack of New Haven. Conn. ana Ut
can be used TO thaw the ice ana even !"
chon holes I'm 10 if necessary. IL ls "a soIl
of perpotual-motiOn machine. oil I"l-
ioual class and Will be taken out s""" W.
the gold fields. ,i,,, -,
The different companies are rushing 20
Alaska with their telegraph. tnelf zee
phone ana their transit propositions hu'
none more ambitious than thc coinl'H!
that proposes To take gas TO Alaska ail.
place 10 I'm The darkest spots I'D thc Eol.
dclde An apD lratus for producing acely
lcue gas at q low rate was Just palelleu
nv Charles H. Bechcrcl. of France, WHO
combines NJ with gas receiver. q water
reservoir and am other apparatus lot ,'I"-
duclng gas. IL light can be obtained Hi
the klondikc in sufficient quantities.. ahu
chcap enough. there can bee Work done Aii
no., .ne -.IC aust without Snip
ping an 10 the States and leaving the
minor at the mercy of dealers here
Separating machines VIII rc SIN %.
Quantities 10 the Klondike. Hut one ina'
is built Co rival ali others was lctth'p
invented hv OrVille Morse of Jackson.
Mich This separator can Doe put 20 a.
variety of uses and can Dee ured Nltlou'
, either LIGHT or caNy material
Tho trouble o. transportation is what
worries miners after certain amount OF
gold has been collected. foI lhtSt tici
rs "a safe made that folds When not III
usc IL is OF heavy material bullet proof
INT n can be folded and carried in
Gladstone bag. The safe is dark ana IN
ccnspicuous. but when filled with the duS'
40 opens out and becomes large sun
stautal article of furniture. IN VIA
shane ID lis corded up or wired into hand
ling form and taken along Ike ID trunk.
Being OF a patented material i roma. JUS
light the only weight bein6 'he duat iI-
side of 10. The most prcttnlloN3 on '"''.
safes is the work OF j. H. hIeuzis'I' "'
I'M fbc way of food great deal is being
done boo the way by inventive minds. inc
Klondile pellets are no doubt the mos,
remarkable of ALL in THESE you l!l"
the actual substance required lot susie
nance. a pellet an inch square means
three loavcs of bread. You can break lt
up and swallow loaf al a timc. A uHl
round pellet means an American pc
"A peculiar looking pellet stands Tor EA-
glsh roast beef. and another means so
many pounds turkey. Though these
seem ridiculous. 10 is claimed by many
scientists of good rcpute ana OF some
/ note. that YOU actually get the strens N
: that is contained I'm these articles or
food by dissolVing the pellets IN the
mouth They say the satisfied feeling
! comes later and that man. feeling hun-
/ gry and eating more than certain num-
I Der of these, will suffer from an over
loaded stomach. Al all events they are
patenting these pellets and sending them
I 10 the Klondiko at marvellous rate.
New fishing nets are being made also.
| A lead line-controller Tor lishlns-neJs was
patented by Thomas Lindsay, OF Capltola.
cal. a few days ago. and other hshnet
devices have been filed by Edward Guer-
| ney, OF the state of Washington, ana
1 William G.. Smith. OF Maine
\ wonderful electric cart for the imme-
diatc use OF miners is the work Of Chas.
Crawford OF Seattle Wash. 10 consists
of a cart with wheels that Will run over
| the ice with lightning speed. These wheels
have spokes on them and the cart IS
automobile Ia a. way Dtlns run bl
electricity
These carts viii be used for transport
ing men and ore in the cold months when
shedding Is difficult and other transpOrta-
sivc though and the company building
them run some risk of getting them
there before the cold season, now SO near,
! Is upon them.
a valuable thing IS oullet-proot coat
that Is also wind-prOOf Desperadoes
abound In the Klondike, as they did In
| California in 40. and a man must look
well 20 himself or he will lose the mate
| rial ne has struggled so hard TO get The
I bullet proof coat Is not Indian proof nor
IS II proof against mob. but Il Is the
! coat that dehos the chance bullet and
| that protects the prospector after day s
| work II is the coat that keeps him safe
! from the erazed gold hunter who sees