The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-25

and perfected a machine for boring through the earth, and this model is still terror, nightmare, for certain exam iners in the office. Still another had Q scheme for signalling and talking co the grand illumination by means of fireworks simultaneously all over the globe. A man from California, who believed 1t not im- possible tos visit Mars, submitted a model of wooden man with wings, in shape and movement like those of bird. The wings are strapped on to the shoulders by band that goes over his chest and comes out under his arms. There is a tall, also. like birds, and the wings and tail are controlled by the inward
 movement of the arms, and are har- number of other freak models, or mod els of freak flying machines. Prof Lang ley has not yet made application for his "buzzard," and, since the War Depart for the Professors experiment in aerial navigation. 1t may be several years be-
 fore his application is filed.
 An inventive genius. evidently impress ed with the necessity of getting down to l business in the early hours of the morn- ing. patented bed which he guaranteed capable of wooing the sleeper all through the night, but when time came to get up l hurl the sleeper merciiessly on the floor. l The model of the bed looks like whole-
 some motherly bed. full of gentieness and repose, but it Is not, and bucks
 Ike bronco at the proper time.
 Should one not be exactly ready to
 take the last long sleep, a man from New York has patented buried alive cof- | f1n,'s so arranged that the whilom dead man can get out or call assistance. The | model shows an ordinary burial box, at I the head end of which Is a square open elongated box or trough large enough to permit man to crawl through. This | trough Is set on end the lower end over | the face and chest of the alleged dead
 more over the top of the grave. A wood- I en stick or arm Is nailed to one side of I the upper or outer end. upon which a l bell is hung. To this bell Is attached Q cord, which runs down the trough and Is I tied to the mans hand In the coffin. In case nf his waking up-if he Is not thor oughly dead-a slight movement will sui
 S' the e rssa s ths s Rs ont sRd the sexton can l Perhaps far more practical model is | that of hand sewing machine, designed | for sewing on patches to worn and torn garments. It looks like pair of large
 scissors and is worked up and down like
 the blades of shears Could the machine
 prove practical, patient and overtaxed
 mothers could have their small boys
 march up in regular order and have the
 patch put on while you wait" But the
 small boy, as we'll as the small girl, 10
 abundantly looked after by the freak in- |
 els sof patents issued for their benefit
 and amusement, toys, of course, taking the lead Here is the doll baby that
 sucks a bottle; the doll which says.
 inside machinery, which enables 1t to
 walk around the room, and hundreds of
 similar dolls. Almost everything which
 man has been able to do, men have made | toys to repeat almost perfectly.
 A man who really wanted to benefit
 mankind patented a sheet iron cat
 feline which works by clockwork, and 1 emit which would awake an entire neigh l borhood The cats claws are of steel.
 and when the animal is wound up and placed on a roof 1t is ready to deal death blows to every midnight proving cat in
 seven blocks. Still another man was given patent on pastoboard cat cov-
 cred with phosphorus. so that it shines In the dark and is used for frightening off rats and mice. There are luminous
 match-boxes and luminous ghosts to
 scare away robbers, these latter to be used in burial grounds and cemeteries
 where ghouls are in the habit of visiting. There is an umbrella which can be changed into a pipe, and an innocent
 looking walking cane has a glass inside
 which will hold one-half pint of whisky. recommended by the inventor as most convenient and useful article for use in prohibition States"
 Just now. when the suburban citizen Is getting ready to plant his garden, 1t might be well for him to investigate tho
 patent "chicken hobbler," device to be attached to a chickens leg and which
 will sorce it to move onward if an nt-
 tempt to scratch is made, and will make the most persistent old hen walk right
 out of garden. There is also a patent medicine here for forcing non-layinE
 hens to produce eggs. This is a ready
 made nest with three false-not faulty eggs placed in 1t. and the inventor says that hen with the least ambition would not refuse to lay after she had a look at the tempting nest.
 The short preacher or the long preach CT will find a pulpit made for just "his sfze," it being arranged so that by press
 Ing button 1t can be moved to any height desired. In the same row of mod els is lovers gate which will swing
 both ways and which can be raised or lowered to suit the size of the lovers St. Cecelia has had many remarkable iml-
 tators. judging from the models of mus- cal instruments. violin with a horn attachment is Q fair sample, the horn
 being at the neck of the instrument. There Is a combination instrument rep resenting almost an entire brass band. violin-maker has a patent on violin made entirely Of hardened glue, and be-
 neves that he has solved the question
 of tone-producing violins.
 The wisdom and foollshness of mans intellect can be well studied by an ex-
 animation of the models In the Patent Office.