The Newtown bee., 1906-11-16
The OUTLOOK.

The OUTLOOK.
The A new machine has
Svimmlsg besn invented to do for
Machine. man in water what the
motor cycle does for him on land. 1t is
the aquatic propeller by which man
u carried through the water and kept
from drowning. The machine is in .
waterproof casing and ID . gasoline
motor which drives little turbine
wheel. The machine ID strapped to .
mans back and there is q projecting
seat for the person to sit on. He op-
crates 1t BY two rods, one Of which
regulates the gasoline and the Other
the spark after the manner of auto
mobiles. The use Of such machine.
would b 10 helping . swimmer to Z,
out to save life and they would also b
Of value In shipwreckA TIA man can
strap . box on TO his back and get to
shore from : sinking ship, some Of the
perils Of the deep viii be avoided. Th'
only trouble about the new idea I.
that some venturesome individual will
be trying to take solitary trip acros>
the Atlantic with nothing better than
propeller for company.
New 1t will be remembered
Football that with the close OF
Beules. the football season
last year there was much discussion
over the fact Of the number Of deaths
and Of accidents during the season. As
result OF the agitation new rules were
adopted for the game to relieve it Of
IL most deadly features. These rules
were made with the object of putting
On end to roughness and brutality, to
give more open play and to enable the
spectators and the judges to $50 that
every man played fair and that there
was no Aussing nor dirty work. One
half Of the football season has passed
and the new rules have been fairly
tried. They certainly seem to be .
success. Only two deaths have result
cd from football in the East and they
we're among some New Jersey school
boys, who lost their lives in open play
where there wasnot the best observ.
ance Of rules. In the large colleges
there has been no serious accidents
worthy Of note. It ID to be hoped that
the new rules win be effective and
that the football authorities will en-
force the penalties up to the limit. It
ID very small comfort to father and
mother to be told that their boy was
Kicked todeath ON . football field.
Boys are too hard to raise and worth
too much to be put out of the world
In that foolish way. Enforce the rules
and make better ones
Coscrets Thomas A. Edison,
Houses the wizard of cleo
tricity, 10 thinking along other lines
besides that of electrical inventions.
One Of his latest schemes is to make
q change in house building and instead
Of using brick and stone and wood to
cast the house out Of concrete. Already
We see that our railroads are building
. their bridges, culverts and retaining
walls Of concrete, and they look very
substantial and are no doubt made
more shapely than by the old methods.
1t is proposed to cast the cement house
with pipes of cement for water and
gao, with cement mantles, fireplaces
and chimneys. Edison places the cost
Of q set of moulds for such q house al
S25, 600 and after the moulds are con
structed they can be used over sne
over again. 1t would take only foul
days for the cement to be mixed ant
poured and set after the mould hat
been set up. It would be quick wa,
to build a cottage and the house woul'
be very largely fire-proof. Whethe
some contractor will try the plan re
mains to be seen. II coloring matte
could be mixed with the concrete VI
should have houses all the colors o
the rainbow.
Wireless The value of wire
Telsgraphy less telegraphy OF
st Sea. the ocean is bein
demonstrated with marked success IL
these days. Recently q large freigh
steamer became disabled in the Gul
Of Mexico. 1t was equipped with tn
proper appliances and began to SEM
out wireless. messages In ell directions
I'VE are disabled and need help" CIV
ing also the location Of the ship. Verl
soon word came back from . distan,