Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-01-18
PATENT REMINDERS.
SOME FUNNY THINos WHICH IN
vENToRs HAVE MADE.

venience u sleepy Aesds-Ose 90 Thwass
the Grave Robbes.
Psychologists assert that civilized hu-
man beings are growing more absent
minded. The average man Of intelli-
xence today il not alert, not 20 con.
scious Of his immediate environments,
As he was q century ago. He does more
thinking than he did then, and great
sr part Of his business in life IL left to
the purely mechanical brain functions
The inventors, always q step ahead OF
the requirements Of the times, are nj.
ready at work devising contrivances to
summon absent attention. One OF the
latest Of these IL bracelet that has an
alarm watch attached 10 it. The wearer,
having an engagement at certain hour,
| sets the watch, and when the time mr.
rives q little needle point pricks her
| arm and reminds her Of the duty.
At the patent Office large class OF
| inventions in comprised under the head
| Of ALARMS being machines by
which persons who otherwise would not
think are made to think. The average
| individual Is obliged, however unwill.
ingly, to get up at certain time in the
morning. To provide for this require
ment many ingenious persons have ap-
piled their talents to the production OF
contrivnnces for awakening people and
| compelling them to arise. There Is q
kind Of bedstead, for example. which
holds its mattress in frame that IL re-
tanned In the normal position by n catch.
At the proper hour the catch. operated
by a clockwork mechanism, loses it,
arip. and the mattress frame becomes
| vertical instead Of horizontal. throwing
sleepy head out upon the floor.
There In another sort Of bed which
lets the head Of the sleepy person drop
when getting up time arrives, one end
Of the mattress frame collapsing But
one Of the qneerest Of the patented
methods Of waking people up involves
| the employment Of tin pan and n
weight hung by cord. When the
hands OF clock reach certain point,
the weight Is released and falls upon
the pan, making direful racket An
other oddity is u frame from which are
suspended number OF corks During
the night it is lowered gradually by a
clockwork mechanism until at the
proper hour and minute the dangling
corks begin TO bob against the nose and
face Of the sleeper. OF course he wakes
up. The most obvious advantage OF
these sleep alarms Is that they render
anxiety ON the part Of the sleeper un.
necessary, 10 far as rising Is concerned.
He can snooze undisturbed by the neces
sity Of watching himself.
Hayseed visitors in the city will in.
sist ON blowing out the gas notwith-
standing all the newspaper jokes on the
subject. To provide against such acct.
dents, u citizen Of Ashland. Wis. has
invented little apparatus that is in
tended TO be attached TO every gas fix
ture in hotel. The breath Of person
who attempts to blow out the gas tilts
. delicately balanced electrode and
closes circuit, giving AL alarm in the
Office. Another kind Of alarm, patented
BY q Chicago man. notifies the house
holder Of escaping gas II you ART
afraid Of pickpockets, you can obtain
protection by wearing small machine
that makes q big disturbance in case
anybody tries to put his hand into your
pocket.
Even after death you may find alarms
o service II grave robber comes
along. q torpedo placed in the coffin for
that purpose will blow him to smither.
Gems Surprising that the disturbance
wakes you to life again. q clockwork
mechanism will start bell TO ringing,
while d red flag runs up TO the top OF
the tombstone, giving notice that q
prompt resurrection is desired. Speak.
ing Of waking up suggests mention Of
some odd coutrivances for doing neces-
sary things before getting out Of bed in
the morning. One Of these. patented by
o lazy Vermonter. enables one to turn
OH tho draft Of q stove or furnace and
then turn over for supplementary
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circuit, at the same time opening the
gas pipe. Immediately the gas Is ignit-
ed, and 1t burns until shut of by the
clockwork ut day break in the morning