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Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
GENIUS SHINES IN PATENTS
Wierd and Wonderful Mechanisms
o. KID by Uncle Sam.
SOME OF THE FREAK DEVICES
Patented Articles, Though Seriously
Designed, Contribute Mite 90
the Gaiety Of Man
kiad.

The United states patent office has nov
granted nearly 100000 patenta. A large
percentage of these are undoubtedly valid
under the law Not nearly so many, how
ever. are commercially valuable. Some
few. which may or may not be valid in
law, appear so iunpraetlea that they may
be termed freaks
In 1854 patent was granted for a tape
worm trap. consisting OF an oblong box,
three-fourths OF an inch long and one
fourth Of an inch IN diameter. and having
rounded ends and an opening in It's side,
Inside tho box is a spring-pressed part
having o serrated edge a bait, that Is, food
FOR the worm, is placed In the trap. A
string Is attached TO the trap, After fast
Ing long enough to make the worm hungry
the patient swallows the trap. The worm
puts lie head into the trap through the
side opening and attacks the bait. move
ment OF which releases the spring pressed
part Of the box 20 that the worm Is
caught. The patient then pulls the trap
and tAe worm out OF his great within.
The writer, however. has found no authen-
tieated record Of a successful removal by
means Of this trap.
Claim ] Of a patent granted TO a SIR,
Converse reads as follows; AS an article
OF uAanuiactulo ulss heill-coohc1t pAtteo
prune. substantially as described" II that
10 valid. housewives must not let the fire
80 out under the pot OF stewing prunes, mol
let q single priine while In a semi-cooked
condition lose both its PIT and Juice else
they will be liable FOR damages Tor infringe
ment OF this patent
Possible InfrinEementa.
The attention OF housewives should slsc
be called 10 a patent taken out by one
Carr. No more can they make the "tarr
over" or little pie, our grandmothers used
to make for us. for Mr Carr has oiaiu
for forming dough into disks or blanks
impressing the same with transverse
grooves and then folding the Impressed
blanks along the lines OF the grooves
while Il was IN force lne farmers o.
the country who utilized any STRAY corn
cob as 4 eurryeomb or Tor other polishing
purposes were patent iafgingers. for th
reason that in 1891 Mr.. A. r, Good receivo,
patent for a polishing cone consisting o
q corncob.
u took two men ana hen 10 reduce &
practiee an invention the object OF whicl
ia 70 provide a registering counter 10
rsoording the total pumbsr Of eEEs laid b.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13

al OF US were never seen IN the markets
OF 1870 Boys and girls OF that day only
heard about them from travellers or read Of
them in books
Kitchen Facilities.
Dinners were cooked in fireplaces There
were no ranges. There we're no gas stoves;
no oil stoves no coal stoves; no cook
stoves OF any kind. Housewives had no
baking powder no yeast cakes, no self
raising flour, no graduated sugar, no
flavoring extracts, no ground spices, no
soda, no pOtted meats, no catsup. no pre-
pared breakfast foods, no soda crackers,
no macaroni ALI the coffee had to be
roasted and ground at home. Housekeep-
ers then had very few Of the convenlences
that they have today. They had no run
ming water In the house or stationary wash
tubs or clothes wringers or washing ma
chimes or wire clothes lines. Neither had
they refItgerators or ice cream freezers or
egg heaters or waffle irons or meat grind
ers or carpet sweepers or ammonia or
borax or gasoline or moth balls or fly
paper or fly screens. And they had no
matches, and they had no electric lights
or gas light, and no kerosene.
There we're no sewing machines in 1910
All clothes were made by hand There
~ -NNf Aie9o lAihs9 VI any hlnui
not even shoes or hats. Nearly every
family spun its own wool and flax and
made It's own thread and yarn and cloth
The clothes for the boys ana girls and the
men and women were made at home So
also were the carpets. the candles, the
soap the mattresses, and the chairs and
tables. There were no furniture factories;
no ready-mRde desks or bookcases or bed
steads or anything else. such things g.
we're not made at home were made tc
order by tho shoemaker or the halter OIL
the tailor or the cabinet maker. Clothing
stores. shoe stores, hat stores, furniture
stores were unheard Of
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13

The young and brilliant editorial guide
was showing the party of antiquariRns
through the older portions OF the city OF
Peoria.
THE streets running parallel with the
river" he said, "are named Washington,
Adams, jefferson and 80 on, you see. We
named them in honor OF the presidents OF
the United States"
81 see" responded one Of the antiquaT-
fans; and what's the name OF the street
We are passing now2'
Perry"
You seem to have run out Of presidents
George when you got TO THIS one
'fYe-es," said George; I'VE had not only
used up all the presidents, but we seem TO
have made a bad guess on the next one ~
Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
No BriEht sayiner.

Wells got an idea the other dav, and,
calling his children around him, he said.
Now, my babes, 1 want to ask you a
question, to sec how smart YOU are. for (
want you to grow up smart business men.
PROFOUND, old gent" said the eldest.
That's disrespectful,' said Wells "bui
here's the question: What is the greatest
grain elevator in the country
His babes scratched their heads, eX
amned their toes, and finally guy u up. %
why, yeast. you blockheads YOU.
Humph. it's queer / can't have smart
young uns Ike other peopleE'-Iisrper r
Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13

a hen or other fowl the device to be at
tached directly to the fowl and to be worn
indefinitely" Claim No. is as follows
In an indicating device the combination
OF a register, said means adapted to be set
in operation by an egg issuing from the
fowl, operating means for said register and
means FOR attaching the device to the body
OF a fowl"
man named Sparks has patented a
device for preventing hens from setting,
comprising a hood or binder TO keep the
hen from seeing to the right or left OF
upward. The inventor states that hen
viii never fly where 1t cannot first look.
The device thus keeps the hen from flying
into tho nest for setting purposes. shan
ahan has patented an electric holding
device designated to break up or reduce
to minimum the practice OF egg picking
so prevalent among domestic fowls.
Among other patents OF interest 20 farm
ers may be mentioned that OF r. j.
Devires for teaching milking' His inven-
ton comprises a receptacle shaped ike
the udder and teats OF a COW. Tho pend
ant teats are soft and compressible. so
as TO initiate the yielding nature OF a
natural teat.
II is feared that this ingenious invention
2
the city maiden who asplres to become a
proficient country milkmaid. When she
/ first tackles the real thing. and the COW
puts one foot In the milk pail and the
other one In her lap and It's tail in her
Z face the would-be milkmaid will. 1t is
thought be firmly convinced that the
/ United states patent system IL far inferior
/ 70 that OF Germany
/ Preserving the Dead.
Joseph Karwowsld seeks to outdo the
ancient Egyptians and proposes 20 pre-
serve the dead by First surrounding the
corpse with a coating OF sodium slicate
/ (water glass;, and then surrounding the
same With an outer coating OF molten
glass" You can preserve the entire figure
OF your departed friend or enemy, or his
head only. The fuil-length preserve"
could be utilized as a lawn statue while
the bodiless head could be placed ON the
mantle IN the stead OF a jar OF ashes, or
could be used as a heavyweight paper
weight or as a door stop
In 1891 George Washington Henry Sc
cured a patent Tor Completed blackboards,
made al faetoEy OF other place, and set
up where required
In 1874 r. T. NeWhery asplred TO rival
OF forestall the pipeline system OF the
Standard OH company By patenting an APP
paratus for supplying cities with milk
HIS scheme involves u pipe line from tins
place OF milk supply TO the city 20 be sup
piled. The pipe Is kept fun Of water wher
not in use Tor Transmitting milk Wher
a Is desired 10 deliver milk a signal q
sent from the supply station TO the receiv-
ing station. and then the milk Is pumped
into the ripe line against the water WheT
the system begins 10 run milk instead OF
water, u Is collected al the City end No
means are provided for preventing the cih
collector from taking water st both endi
o. the milk supply.
George HITS has patented . process o
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13

come into use The moon was the best
light a town could have at night.
OF course, there we're no arships
automobiles OF motorcycles in 1910. Neither
we're there any bycicles, nor any trolley
cars, and there weren't even any railroads.
The locomotive had not yet been invented,
and the steamboat was being tried for the
first time as an experiment
Modes az Travel.
All travel was done on horseback or by
stage coach, and those who crossed the
ocean did il as Columbus did-in sailing
vessel 1t was three days journey from
Philadelphia 10 Washington Now you can
make the trip In three hours. II took
nearly week for a letter 90 go from
New York to Boston--as long q time as il
now requires to send letter to San Fran
cisco or to London, and the cost was six
times as great There were no postage
stamps. The person who received q letter
paid for IL In cash according TO the dis
lance II had come. And there we're no
envelopes and no letter boxes Letters were
simply folded and the corners held to-
gether with sealing wax, and the address
was written on the outside of the letter.
As there were no railroads news Travelled
only as fast as a horse could run or a
ship could sail. There were no wires to
carry messages. for there was no teie-
graph and there was no telephone. Conse-
quently there were not many newspapers,
and such as there we're did not have much
news to print Most OF them were issued
only once a week. and such news OF the
world as they contained was from several
days to six months old. All printing was
done By hand on wooden presses.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13

The paper was made from rags. All the
writing was done with quill pens-the
bony end Of feather plucked from a
goose There we're no steel pens, no gold
pens, no fountain pens, no manufactured
lead pencils, no biotters. no typewriters.
Pictures in books OF persons or places were
all made from sketches drawn by hand and
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
DIFFERENT in The OLD DAYS
A Picture of Thanksgiving Day One
Hundred Years Ago.
WHAT WILL IT BE IN 2O1Ol
More Changes I'm the Last Century
Than in Any One Thousand
Years That Have Gone
Before.

A hundred years back may seem a
long while ago. but when you remember
that there are men living today whose
fathers say General Washington, a century
does not seem 80 long time after all.
And up to the time OF Washington 100
years did not mean very much 10 the hui
man race. The world moved very slowly.
When Washington died. In 1923 people
we're using the same sort OF appliances
and doing the same things IN the same
way they did in 1899 and even in 1899. In
former years, II man could have re-
turned 10 earth At the end OF 100 years,
he would not have been very much sur
prised az any OF the changes that had
taken place during his absence But #
Washington or Franklin, who died less
than a century ago, were to come back to
earth now. he would not know where he
was. The world has changed more IN
the last 100 years than in any thousand
years that have gone before.
To get some idea Of the wonderful
changes that have taken place let as go
back TO Thanksgiving day In 1910 and note
how many, many things our great,grand-
parents did not have which We have to-
day, It will not only astonlsh US. but
il will also make us realize how much we
have 20 be thankful for
Limited Observance.
In the first place. there WAS no Thanks
giving day in 1910. except IN New England
II was only a little over forty years age
that the people all over the United States
began 70 celebrate the day. Before that
n one did not live I'm Boston or very close
10 Il he probably would never have eaten
a Thanksgiving dinner. hut even those
who we're fortunate enough 20 live in New
England did not have anything like the
variety Of good things for dinner that We
have today. OF course, they had turkey
and pumpkin pie and onions ana cranberry
sauce and potatoes; but they did not have
tomatoes or corn or peas or string beans
OF beets or asparagus or any of the other
canned vegetables that We arc accustomed
70 eating during the winter months. Their,
we're no canned goods Of any kind. Thar'
were no tin cans. Neither we're there ans
cars 10 bring fresh fruits and vegetables
like strawberries ana tomatoes and let
tuce-from the south and from California
IN TACT. there were then nc such piacei
I In the United states as Florida and Texnl
ana California. They were all Of then
waste lands They belonged 20 England
and france AMI Mexico.
Oranges. bananas, pineapDles. gTaD'
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13

In 1910 nobody wore rubbers That was
because there were no rubbers. There were
no rubber goods OF any kind-overshoes,
waterprOOfs, raincoats, rubber balls.s pencil
erasers hot water bAEs, or anything OF
that sort There was no garden hose; no
fire hose. There were no water mains;
there we're no fire engines. When a house
caught fire, men pat Il out II they could,
By throwing buckets OF water on the flames
Fireplaoes were the only means OF keep
ing house warm. There were no fur
naoes: no coal stoves. Here and there
wealthy family owned a wood burning
stove, but that was q rare luxury Steam
heating and hot water heating were I'M
dreamed Of So, also. were kitchen ranges
ana hot water boilers. There were no bath
tubs; there was no plumbing, and the towns
had no sewers And rot only had they no
sewers, but they also had no street cars
Even horse cars were unknown. All city
travel was done on foot OF b. means OF
horses and carriages Ana II any one
yentured out al night he carried his own
light with him-a lantern with a candle in
~; for there were no street lamps Flee
tricity and gas and GOAL oil had not yet
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
EDITORIALS
TO WOMEN
eY MRS. MAXWELL

Man puts his imagination into
his work, and makes the great
books and the great music and the
great pictures of the world.
Woman Is imaginative also, but
she has accomplished nothing in
the greatest art. She puts her
imagination into her love, and SO
appreciates what man does.
Then man takes his book, or his
music, or his picture as gift to
the woman, and makes his work
better and better, and finally dedi-
Gates his masterpiece ito my
WIFE"
But sometimes woman's magma
ton ends in the vanity of love, and
she thinks of herself alone.
When he brings his gift, she
! looks at the work and says, Isn't
| that pretty! What is it?"
Then something hurts the man,
but he takes up his brush again.
| and paints another picture and
| carries it to the woman.
Too often she remarks, That's
lovely, and when l get time III
look at it," And goes on sewing
lace to her frock.
But if the man is brave, he
paints once more, and brings his
gift. Too often the woman says,
What will it sell for?"
And at last the man Is discOur-
aged and mutters. whats the
use?" Or he takes his picture to
another woman.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
BY STUART 3. STONE

Mr.. Theophilus Orestes Houston
sat between the colonial pillars of
his front porach smoking a very
black and strong Havana and en-
joying to the fullest extent the
eventide of his fortieth birthday.
Mr.. Houston was interrupted by
his next door neighbor putting and
blowing his way up the stone steps
with a large, oblong, paperwrapped
bundle. Hoadley, gingerly holding
the package, advanced up the walk
and rested the bundle upon the
porch.
Hoadley grinned rather uneasily.
It's a present" he confided.
"A present." echoed both Mr..
and Mrs. Houston.
Yes, a present" reiterated Hoad-
ley, beginning to unwrap the ar
ticle. The action disclosed a large
1t was the portrait of solemn,
chop whiskered, crease proved
sage appearing man of middle age.
"Who in thunder is that?" de-
manded Mr.. Houston
q err - that is - hanged if |
know" answered Hoadley. Some
great celebrity, of CONSEQUENTLY
confederate general, the man that
invented the knitting needle, the
minister to Siam, an Episcopalian
bishop-something or other. 1t was
presented to Mrs. Hoadley; but,
knowing your taste for antique por-
traits, she wished you to have it.
must go now. Glad you like the
picture
"Oh - er-yes-many thanks,
stammered Houston.
After Hoadley had gotten out OF
earshot, Mr.. Hoadley began: What
in the -"
"Theo!' interrupted Mrs. Hous,
ton. Remember, you promised to
give up swearing. Anyhow, we can
give the horrid thing away"
"There's your Cousin Miranda, "
Houston suggested, hopefully.
That very night they carried the
picture to the home of Miss Miriam
da Adams. Miss Adams looked
doubtful pleasure and declared
that it must be one of the earlier
American philanthropists.
'i A week later Mrs. Houston said
to Mr.. Houston: 81 saw the por-
trait of that great scientist, or who
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
preme court justice"

preme court justice"
After another week Mrs. HOus-
ton discovered the mysterious por-
trait at the Rev. Hamilton Weather
bees, and at the end of another
week at Squire Townsend's. After
that it successfully hung In the par
lors of Dr. Catesby Jones, old Miss
Poynter, Mrs. Bradlee-Hynes, Dea-
con Abner Holloway and pretty lit
tie Eta Gilmore, remaining from
one to six days at each place, no
one seemed to appreciate 1t prop
crly. Then the Houstons lost track
of it.
One evening, as Mr.. Houston
looked again upon the delectable
sights of gray-blue, smoke rings
Anderson Biggs, the carpenter, was
seen coming up the stone steps
carrying large, oblong. paper
wrapped bundle. Mr.. Houston in.
stinctively shuddered.
81 have here a present." began
Mr. Biggs.
yes, I know" interrupted Hous-
ton. ITS the chief justice, poet
laureate, major general, major
domo-or whatever it is. Awfully
obliged, Good night
AS the carpenter departed shame
facedly, the Houstons took up the
portrait and, without uttering a
word, crossed the low hedge into
Hoadley's place.
Here's this COMPOUNDED Wander.
ing Jew, Flying Dutchman will-o'-
the-wisp picture come back said
Mr. Houston.
"Thunderation!" growled Hoad-
ley. He stepped off the poarch and
gave the picture a terrific kick.
There was a iingling of glass and
the portrait fell out, face down
ward Houston and Hoadley read
in bold type across the back of the
paper:
Five hundred dollars reward
will be paid for the arrest of Adolf,
plus Sanderson, horse thief and
forger, whose likeness is shown on
the other side of this sheet"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
INDIGESTION, GAS, HEARTBURN
AND STOMACH HEADACHE GO!

Diapepsin Ia harmless and tastes
like candy, though each dose con-
tains power sufficient to digest and
prepare for assimilation into the
blood all the food you eat; besides,
it makes you go to the table with
healthy appetite; but what will
please you most is that you will
feel that your stomach and intes-
tines are clean ana fresh and you
will not need to resort to laxatives
or liver pills for biliousness or
constipation.
This city viii have many Dia.
pepsin cranks. as some people will
call them. but you will be cranky
about this splendid stomach prepa
ration, too, If you ever try a little
for indigestion or gastritis or any
other stomach misery.
Get some now, this minute. and
forever rid yourself of stomach
trouble and Indigestion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23

IF what you Just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like a lump. OF
lead, refusing to digest, or you
belch gas and eructate sour, undi-
gested food or have feeling OF
dizziness, heartburn, fullness,
nausea. bad taste in mouth and
stomach headache-this is indiGes-
ton.
A full case of Pape's Diapepsin
costs only so cents and will thor
oughly cure your out-of-order stom-
ach and leave sufficient about the
house in case some one else In the
family may suffer from stomach
trouble or Indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula plainly printed on these
5O-cent cases, then you will under
stand why dyspeptic trouble of all
kinds must go and why they usual
ly relieve sour, out-of-order stom-
achs or indigestion in five minutes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
FANCY DRESS PARTY AT
VA

Martha and George Washington
were well represented yesterday at
the party given by the members of
the Y. w. G.. A.
A delightful musical program,
dainty luncheon served late in the
evening and a general social time
constituted the amusement of this
popular organization.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
BIRTHDAY DINNER MONDAY.

In honor Of the birthday anniver-
sary of Mr. e. w. Evenson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Evenson entertained at a din
ner party Monday evening at their
home, sos Cleveland avenue.
At the table the appointments
were carried out with red carna-
lions and red hand-painted place
cards were used. Covers were laid
for DR.. and Mrs. John G.. Byrne,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson and the
host and hostess.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
PRETTY LUNCHEON AT M'LEAN
HOME

Very pretty but simple appoint
ments marked the 1 o'clock lunch
. fon given this afternoon by Mrs.
Charles A. Mclean at the Mclean
home, on Baldwin avenue.
The affair was very informal, and
only few intimate friends of the
hostess were present.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
Social GbentS iii 5pokat1e

The Press. Anyone wishing to in
sert such news should send it. sign
ed, to the society editor or tele-
phone it before 10 o'clock in the
morning.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
NORTHWESTERN ALUMNAE
TWILL BANQUET.

Invitations have been issued by
the members of the Northwestern
Alumnae association for a banquet
to be given by them next Monday
evening at the Hall of the Doges.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
WILL VISIT COAST CITIES.

MIR. Roger A. Simmonson of Chi
cago, who has been guest at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. ]. G. Byrne
for the past week, left last night
for visit at the coast cities be-
fore returning to his Illinois home.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-23
The Mysterious Portrait
EVENING Story for the F annily Circle

ever he is down at Judge I.atham's
today Evidently Cousin Miranda
did not appreciate our generosity"