The Portland daily press., 1898-02-22

is 'tpiped'' below ground with small
pipes From these pipes other perpendlc-
ular pipes rise to height OF Iorty leeG
There are ten perpendicular pipes TO each
acre, and every one carries at ios top d
couple of "cyclone nozzles. Ihese hoz
zles distribute in the air hne spray OF
water. when SO desired. When the tenn
perature In the orchard falls to freezing
point a thermometer in the watchman's
house automatically completes an electric
circuit and a loud alarm IS given. Inc
watohman, reused from his slum pers,
simply opens COCK In the water supply
nine. which passes through his house, and
Immediately afterwards all of the nozzles
heoin TO distribute their spray. The re-
suit is fog like mist, thrown upward
throughout the entire block of trees thus
protected. This mist soon fills the air to
a height of forty five feet, and any stir IN
the atmosphere simply drifts it about like
bank of fog. Thus the fruit is saved,
while that Of neighboring unprotected
orchards Is hopelesly frost bitten.
The fog-dispeller for ships above alluded
to Is perhaps surpassed in interest," by
patent vessel which runs on bail bear
inas. Fred Owen, of Washington, ID. T.,
is responsible for this invention. 1t is
Familiarity known that ships in passing
through the water are considerably re-
tarded by what is termed skin frlc-
tion" This is to be done away with by
the simple process of boring large mum,
Der of holes along tina sides of the vessel
below the water line. Through these
holes air is continually pumped, and,
emerging from the openings 1t forms
large bubbles. On the bubbles the ship
runs as upon ball bearings; all friction
is done away with, and the result is
great increase of speed.
With the advance of human knowledge
machinery is steadily taking the place OF
nj of "a jIlnEtrdClOn, l.
you please. a patented device of an au-
tomato restaurant. This kind OF restau-
rant is not designed to replace Delmonl-
co.'s, but Is meant to be serviceaDle LOT
people whose expenditure for what vulgar
persons call "grub" is limited by ext
gency of purse. The seats occupied by
customers are arranged on an endless
belt which slowly revolves. and thuS me
hungry people are carried steadily along
the front of counter wherein are dis
played the various edibles offered. Dur
ing the process they eat as fast as they
can, being obliged to make the most OF
their time, inasmuch as at the terinlna-
tion of given number of minutes they
are dropped off by the belt at the end or
the counter and tine meal comes to
sudden conclusion. This continuance is
designed to prevent impecunious persons
from getting more than their moneys
worth, but it gives an unfair advantage
to the expert gormandizer.
Even when men go a-huntlng IN the
wild woods nowadays they insist ON tax
ing with them all the comforts of oivili-
cation. This they are able to accomplish
by means of q so-called hunting wag-
on" and Of such vehicles there are sever
al types. The newest and best, however,
contains kitchen and bedroom, with
sink, hot and cold water, and facilities
for heating the interior by pipes from The
cooking stove. When halt is made tent
extensions are thrown out from the sides
of the vehicle, which is, to oil intents and
purposes, a peram bulating house. The
furniture of the hunting wagon is all OF
the convertible kinds, the tables being
transformed into beds, and the chairs In
to washstands and hatraoks.
II they are really up to date, the sports
men will take with them decoy cow, OF
the pattern recently patented by John
Sievers of Ames. Nebraska. This COW,
colIapsible when not in use, is designed
for the concealment of two men with
guns Hunter Number One inserts his
limbs into the front legs, and Hunter
Number Two does the same with the hind
legs. Several windows are built in the
shell of the artificial beast, SO that eth
er shooter can at moments notice |
throw open port hole and take pot
shot at whatever may be in sight. The
lead of the animal ia SO coDtrived as to
be lowered on hinge, enabling the man
in front to discharge his piece at tho
game. The inventor is careful to say
that he does not limit himself to the de-
sign of cow; an elephant or hippopot-
anus might be substituted.
Speaking of COWS, patent was granted
last week to Daniel Klein of Glen, Ne
braska, for a device whereby the milk
maid is relegeted to the status of back |
number. 1t makes practicable the milk
ing of whole stable full OF COWS by ma
chimes. When milking time arrives the
person in charge adjusts "A set of cups to
the udder of each cow, and starts vacu-
um pump that is connected by rubber
pipes with all of the sets of the cups.
The suction produced by the vacuum
causes the milk to flow, and it keeps on
flowing until an automatic alarm gives |
notice that the uddcr is empty. There is
a separate milk receptacle for each cow,
and each receptacle has its own indicator
to warn the attendant.
RENE BACHE.