The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-25
Me7D Toys at
Patent Office.

Christmas ard many OF which are lacae
10 figure in the market prior TO the COM
ing holidays. Applications for patents n
this class are pouring in every day. espe-
cially at this season OF the year.
The Old as we'll as the young can derive
pleasure from round ball win seif-coz1-
tainei equipment which automatically rolls
for several minutes without stopping.
giancing OF and starting ia a new di-ec-
ton on striking the surface Of the room
or other obstruction. A chicken which ar-
pears TO automatically hatch itself from
an egg is another OF this years novelties
An artificial egg is made with a broken
end. the pieces OF sfei. being held down
by a SOFT Of cement which comes with the
toy The nest holding the egg IL heated
over lamp or before a stove. until the
cement naeits. when the head and neck of
a chick suddenly pops out. Ike a jack-in-
the-box.
Among many new marveis In mechanical
toys is a doll who blows soap bubbles She
Is seated in front Of little house and
holds a vessel OF soap and water in her
lap When little hand wheel at the side
of the toy is slowly turned a bellows in
side is inflated. the dolls head drops as IL
10 look at the liquid. and her hand, grasp
ing a minute pipe. descends until a pipe
is dipped gently IN the vessel She then
raises her arm until the pipe touches her
lips. when the bellows slowly discharges
its air through a tube leading from behind
the figure. through her arm and into the
pipe. This discharge gradually initiates
the bubble previously seoopei up by the
pipe. The bellows after whila give a
t;nai puff. which sends the bubble out In
TO space. and at the same time the doll
turns her head II TO look after H. Not
unlike this is male doll. who similarly
smokes a pipe and emits rings of smoke
from his mouth. Jonah and the Whale
Is an electrical toy. showing considerable
genius Both Jonah and his partner In
scriptural history are duplicated IN tin,
both being hollow and air-tight, so as TO
float with proper poise upon the surface Of
a large vessel OF water, such as Il bath
tub. Immediately over Jonah's digestive
system is small steel magnet while an
other Of greater power Is located inside
the yawning jaws of the whale. The two
figures are floated. facing each other. and
gradually meet. until the whale repeats his
little gobbling feat. as horribly and fero-
clously as Scripture depicts.
A doll who walks down an inclined board
on snowshoss is a timely toy for winter
as we'll as another who holds sled up
before him ana walks on level surface un-
til coming to n sudden slant when he
iunges forward. and coasts down head
foremost the sled gliding upon Invisible
rollers. clown who losses ball from
one hand 10 the othe-, over his head.
would be another acceptable article for
Christmas holiday. as would also monkey
which walks for q while on his hind legs.
and suddenly falls down on all fours and
keeps up the exercise with uniform vigor
A very funny looking doll, who turns a
hip-fioF, over a post every time hutton Is
pressed would also make lots OF ulerri-
ment for Christmas day. while another.
who jumps rope. turned by little crank
and who never misses a turn is calc1iiat-
ed 10 strike envy IN the hearts OF our
little friends of the feminine persuasion.
mechanical bird which flies gracefully
along q tightly drawn cord and nops his
wings the while Ia an invention equally
new. A Porto Rican cockfght and Cor
hett-Sharkey prizefght are other novelties
Of this category, also a huge doll with
reeds and pipes arranged inside TO initiate
the human voice In song when fed with
air through rubber tube.
An automaton who. when wound up
gracefully rows toy boat is also the sub
ject OF patent Of recent date. One trlfie
earlier is for no less than steam man
This individual Is an intricate piece OF ma
chinery. His legs are actuated by compii-
Gated levers, cranks and steam cylinders
and when hitched TO a cart he has every
APPEARANCE OF an ordinary man as re
ported in an upright position by the shafts
OF the coach. The smoke and steam from
compact engine in his stomach ard
chest Issue from a pipe held In his mouth.
giving the appearance that he is enjoying
a quiet smoke while dragging his burden
through the street. The levers cranks ard
other essential parts are hidden by cloth
ing which gives more iife-like effect so
long It does not catch fire and embar-
rass thu wearcr by causing an unexpected
exposure. THIS patent reminds the writer
Of a steam horse invented the other day
ard whose devissr claims that 1t can run
at speed Of mile n minute.
A hobby horse which waes Its ears and
another equine OF this breed. made 1elf-
propeling by novel device. are other
late creations The very latest thing in
bicycles is a ch!lds silky with pedals the
latter. when revoivet, giving life 10 a
mechanical pony whose body and legs
arc fairly stuffed with levers. wheels and
cranks Though the driver furnishes all oe
She motive power. the pony trots along
with natural strides, tus, as though he
were "A real article
An oddly in kites Is built In The form q.
a large ship with sails all unfurlea. and
which rocks to arid fro upon the waves Of
the atmosphere as gracefully and natural
" az though b3oyed mp By the bilIows OF
the sea
The war has been potent IN the fnSpira-
ton OF rev IDEAS In games and puzzles
Tho sinking OF the Merrimac the battle OF
Manila and the raising OF 'ola Glory in
t'uta being rehearsesi in three Of the
former class Sliced war heroes are pa
triotic successors OF the old sliced animals
Contentious between the gold and silver
parties are petpetaatet in sort OF haza-
tale game in which candidates represent
81 BY rolling balls. pass cat OF cofupart-
ments representing silver and ecld conven~
tons, move past certain obstacles ana
gain access to model OF the White
House.
A mechanical ca1d-shuffler Is something
very unique. The cards are introduced
through a narrow top to the interior shuf-
fling mech anis-n papers where ihey- are
frst divided into groups b. guides. and
finally SaGffed Win vengeance before
being deposited into a Compartment helow
And last. b,4t hy no means least q very
simple bar useful tnveHtion-t.ae ~ thogo
which ny It's simplicity inspires rs 10 won
Der WHY on earth i' tas never been pat
entei hefare~-a deck OF uniformly per
sn~ateef yfa~tng cards eff~n as can not