The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1906-11-16
The OUTLOOK.

The OUTLOOK.
The A new machine has
Swlmmlss been 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
is carried Though the water and kept
from drowning. The machine is in .
waterproof casing and 10 . gasoline
motor which drives . little turbine
wheel. The machine is strapped to
mans back and there is 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 machines
would be in helping swimmer to 9,
out to save life and they would also bt
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 Il
that some venturesome individual will
b trying to take . solitary trip across
the Atlantic with nothing better than
propeller for company.
-
New 1t will be remembered
Football that with the close OF
Rales. 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 che game to relieve 1t Of
IT. most deadly features. These rules
were made with the object of putting
a end to roughness and brutality, to
give moro open play and to enable the
spectators and the judges to see that
every man played fair and that there
was no slugging nor dirty work. One
half Of the football season has passed
and the new rules have been fairly
tried. They certainly seem to be a
success. Only two deaths have result.
cd from football in tho East and they
were among some New Jersey school
boys, who lost their lives In open play
where there was not the best observ.
ance Of rules. In the large colleges
there has been no serious accidents
worthy Of note. It II to be hoped that
the new rules will be effective and
that the football authorities will en-
foros the penalties up to the limit. 1t
ID very small comfort to q father and
mother to be told that their boy was
Kicked to death 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.
Et = go
Coscrsts Thomas A. Edison,
Houses the wizard of cleo
tricity, IL thinking along other lines
besides that of electrical inventions.
One Of his latest schemes is to make
. 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.
It u proposed to cast the cement house
with pipes Of cement for water and
gas, with cement NANTES, fireplaces
and chimneys. Edison places the cost
Of . set of moulds for such q house at
s26. 600 and after the moulds are con-
structed they can be used over and
over again. 1t would take only four
days for the cement to be mixed and
poured and set after the mould had
been set up. 1t would be quick way
to build cottage and the house would
be very largely fire-proof. Whether
some contractor will try the plan re.
mains to be seen. II coloring matter
could be mixed with the concrete We
should have houses all the colors OF
the rainbow.
Wireless The value of wire
Telegraphy less telegraphy on
At Sea. the ocean is being
demonstrated with marked success In
these days. Recently large freight
steamer became disabled In the Gulf
of Mexico. 1t was equipped with the
proper appliances and began to send
out wireless, messages in all directions:
I'VE are disabled and need help" CIV
ing also the location Of the ship. Very
soon word came back from . distant