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. - v. . ? ?? OOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO | first ]H[ailels of 8 | $reat Inventions, f ?0000000000 0000000000000$ That vast mausoleum of -wrecked hopes and blighted ambitions, the model department of the United States Patent Office in Washington, is illuminated here and there with the original models of the very great inventions. In one of the cabinets is to be seen ~^y 'FIRST WASHBOARD-FIRST PAIR Morse's original model of the telegraph Instrument, fashioned by his own hands. The model is very crudely' made, but it inspires reverence in the visitor, and even a certain sort of awe, when he pauses to think of what the telegraph has done for the advanee ment of the world, and what a slow universe this would be if we did not have telegraphic communication with our fellow beings the world over. In another cabinet, inspiring the in MODEL OF THE FIBST TYPEWBITEB. same sort of reverence, and bringing thoughts of the days when every bit of sewing in the world was done by hand, is Elias Howe's model of the sewing machine. The visitor unconsciously repeats to himself the words of the song of the shirt, "Stitch, Stitch, Stitch," and thinks of the agony of that stitching in the days of Hpod, >>??-? u tpoc oil /Iatiq hr hnnfl 7ucu lb nao uu uvu\. ElJas Howe's first sewing machine Is almost as crude as Morse's telegraph rounder, but in both cases the model operated exactly as described in the specifications, and the patents were accordingly granted. Not a whit less interesting is the model of the first typewriter, the invention of R. T. P. Allen, a Kentuck(an. It is still more roughly made than the models of the telegraph and sew HOWE'8 SEWING MACHINE. ing machine, but it proved to be quite as important an invention. The first pair of peg shoes is another Interesting Invention exhibited in the model room. The patent on peg shoes was ijranted to S. B. Hitchcock and J. Bement on July 30, 1811. Thea there is the first washboard.1 It is as fresh-looting to-day as when It wa3 first placed in the cabinet, and show j not a particle of corrosion, although the name of the inventor was S. Rust, and it was Rust himself who made the mcdel. The patent is dated February 9, 183S. The first arc electric light was made by Collier and FIRST ELECTRIC ARC LIGHT AN Baker, and patented by them May 18, 1858. The first Incandescent lamp was the invention of Gardiner and Blossom, to whom a patent was granted t i " * \ SC. . I June 29, 1S58. Both the arc and the incandescent lights, it will be noticed, were invented in the same year. Nothing could be more different than the incandescent lamp of 1858, and that of to-day. When you happen to be in Washington go over to the Patent Office and cnonri n few hnnr? lookintr around the K-rv..v* ?- -V .. ? O model room. You will find your pains well rewarded?New York Mail .and Express. Electrocutes the Rodents. The electric mouse trap is the latest r>T^r? cnnro MADQFfi \fnnF.T, X JCiVJT k; novelty to aid in exterminating the pests which infest dwellings and other buildings, and the inventor intends that it shall be the cause of many a shocking death. There is no complicated mechanism about the trap; in fact, it is so simple that the wary rodent is not at all likely to regard the device with suspicion. Everything is in plain sight, and the animal is not compelled to insert its head in a noose or to enter a cage in order xo reach the bait In this case tlie tempting morsel is suspended within easy reach, but the instant the electrical current is completed by the rodent itself death ensues without the bait being disturbed. The trap consists of two metallic plates connected by wires to an electric light circuit, the plates being insulated by a plate of non-conducting material placed between. The bait holder is suspended from a supporting arch secured to the outer plate. There are numerous small animals which may be captured in this way, and the i ^ A VERY SHOCKING AFFAIR. inventor also intends it for use in destroying roaches and bugs of various sorts. The electrocution is accomplished by the passage of the current from one plate to the other through the body of the rodent or insect. The inventor of this ingenious device is C. M. Shafer. The Three-Meal Habit." Our three-meal habit is a fearful tax on our working capacity; it trebles the temptation to over-eating; our champions stagger under the weight of a physiological handicap; one-half the functional energy of the system is diverted by the exigencies of digestion. No other hygienic mistake has done so much to make us a generation of dyspeptics as the custom of afterdinner work. Its victims, moreover, incur the risk of contracting that form of moral dyspepsia called pessimism. It tends to rob the working day of its reward?F. L. Oswald, M. D., in Success. The Clergyman'* Error. An English clergyman was addressing a congregation of fishermen, and in order to appeal the more to his hearers he introduced a number of nautical smiles. He pictured a captain navigating his craft through a dangerous passage, surrounaea wiid rocks and currents, and he described the voyage in detail. At last he reached his climax, when it seemed inevitable that the ship should be lost "And what shall we do now?" he made his captain cry. "Bless your soul, guvnor!" replied a voice at the back. "That captain o' yours can't do nothin'. He's sailin' his shij 1 starn forniost." D FIRST INCANDESCENT LIGHT. New Zealand sent Great Britain 1,487,197 hundredweight of mutton, J valued at $15,000,000 in the course ol last year. " t n ^ . - MOST~famous^OF"^ 7 England's Crown Jewel, Goes From Factory Fnr? Will Be Worn by nace to City Hall. The Koh-i-noor, one reproduce the picture : ^ was elected Alderman. He is Mayor elected on the Demo^ lD that city In the last Mr. Mulvlhill was so contme koh-i-noor in its casions by Queen Victoi^^B^H^HH^^HV/ < Y \ conspicuous again at \ The King is understood jpg|j& \ ' to be-placed In \\ V crown that is being Bp - w. -^fy\ Alexandra. The Koh-i-noi^^^^^^^^^^^^B gjjlgfc . v y\ usually kept among the '.'. d at the tower, was discover^^H^^^^^^^^H ?|:; '2. ^ I in the celebrated mines ^ SPF^V, i^mvWft) ! about the middle of the , tury. It passed through j several Indian princes, ' sented to Queen Victoria Dhuleep Singh, the last ^SgBSM/ of the Puiijaub. The va ^8 famous gem has been e^ The Koh-i-noor had a X|i before reached the late >^oJ ^ the the ' fv -?!$Yfs~* . 1849 it was up to . t'? a the sy to John (afterward for dinner the waistcoat was thrown on on^?' a Of Windmill. Board Henry Lawrence very probrother the advisability ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hnstruction, bnt many forwarding the Koh-i-noor made with varyVictoria. John Lawrence l^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bautify these very useten that the diamond had power him; then suddenly from the Scientific quitted the Board with bow nature and home^ his manservant jaMB^ seen a small box which in his waistcoat pocket. the man replied, "I found it one your drawers." J here," said Lawrence. Th<^ produced it. "Now," said j? j "open it and see what it ^x The old native obeyed, and ffijffif JWgi&SiEt moving the folds of linen, tyLJJ o|is-T.^M^ o^n^yanc^ t"X mill, whicfc was Duilt Dy J. ti. uenster. \ of Moline, 111., is of peculiar constrv\f |^B tlon, "there being no gear wheels no: X crank, the power being transmitted b; an involute wheel which is a part c: \i the steel wheel to which the fans are { W attached. The surface of the invoiurfJ 1 is perfectly smooth, as Is :iso that o: // * the wheel attached to the'pitman cavI rier, the one rolling upon the other. I 1 The mast is of tubing, the pitman / J being carried down Inside. The wires 'J ? f for throwing the mill out of gear are f A attached to a thimble on the outside / ' of the mast. From this it will be seen / I that the trees are not needed for act/ > ual support. f I A number of these -mills have been J attached to trees and have been giving 1 excellent results. It is also possible to one op the stone colla^ carry the mills around on a wagon and of very hard, greenish colored] 8^one* se^ to work at any part of a They are all more or less ornai en^e^ field. by a knot, or Shoulder, on eltj?er tb? British Nayal Wedding Caatom. right or left side, which is ^overed- gy an 0j(j CU8tom which obtains in with strange figures cut into tie hard the Navy the marriage of an officer is stone. I signalized by the hoisting of a wreath At the present writing ant^?Pol?* of flowers, with silken streamers, on gists have discovered the pufP?ae or the vessel to which he belongs, says use of everything manufact|"'e(i by V "\ prehistoric man with the excejP^01^?' \ \.4 these strange Porto Rican "cffHars." \ \ "Getting Into a Scrape?'" \S V This popular phrase, involV^nS ^ use of an English word, in a sFnse ok ferent from its proper mean<ino' j188 yk aajT jft fnnsidernhlv nuzzled Enelis41 Mexico One,^ more ingeniotaj^ljfcSkj^e ot^" is played upon downsjHfl^^E on ^e I f i seashore, -where manyH^^^Jurr0T^unfortunate player bri^^^^^B^0Ile of thoco cr?r?inoc nrnl i<a ^6* I^YlvV moved. Special rules ^^^^^^ore^to ! be made for tbe player^^^^B?Pe-" tbe London Graphic. For the first This would seem SjMHf11?51516 time since the new royal yacht Vicsource for an otherwisaBB^H'nillte^ torla and Albert was commissioned the ligible expression.?ye^gB|^B'tme8, custom has just been carried out on nfflU tbat vesse* in h?nor marriage Does Not preiUct a of Lieutenant Mansell, her First LieuI do not predict a hoB|^W?e~~ tenant, to Miss Louisa Richards, the from it?but a humaDMH^P a' daughter of a naval captain. At night not very far away, wh?HHB work the wreath was brilliantly illuminated will be done by the wlth the electric light. that nature supplies. 'flfflHSFlol)ile will be the servant, an^^^^^^Fe Traits of the Mikado, companion in sport an?^^^^Bon The Mikado of Japan is a man ot U ?M<] T-T? In man. It "will not De luucij euerg,.) auu cuumuuic. juic io grounds, however, thatlHj^R1 sub* fond of outdoor sports, and has warmstitute the motor for 1RH> but? ly encouraged the introduction of footwhen the more efflcientBH^^P8 su* ball Into Japan. He is a hunter and perseded the horse we tbBHHb our" fisherman of no mean reputation and selves for our humaneD^^^BH a. Is a good shot with a rifle. His devogreat many things becal^^S^nnot tion to lawn tennis is marked, and he well do anything else, aP* is clever as a wielder of the racket. plaud ourselves for our D0" bility.?Henri Fournier.^^B^B568' The city of Portland, Me., has in its ?KH streets thirty thousand shade trees, A lucid explanation IsI^HE coId Borne of which were planted more than cides with our views. Valf a eentury azo. 1 Probably Spawning; Beds. A New Hampshire man has been watching "builders" among the finny tribe. He says that they selected a cove near his cottage and built their homes. He tells how their nests were MmhIoi- In fnvm onfl hllllt thf? Size Of "_ii V. U1U1 AAA XV* UJ _ . . a bushel basket They were hollowed | out in the center like a saucer, and were kept In pei"feet shape and beautifully clean by a swift, fanlike motion of the tail of the fish, held in a perpendicular position. The man from the Granite State probably saw spawning beds. Foxes Protect Sheep. According to the statements of the majority of the game wardens under the supervision of the American Ornithologists' Union, the summer boarder "who is out for sport, and will shoot anything in sight," Is the greatest menace to the various forms of bird life. An amusing exception, however, to the general cheerful indorsement by the natives of the protective policy of the society is brought to light by the report of Charles Holt, keeper of the Nash Island lighthouse. On Cone Island, a breeding place for herring gulls, within his official territory, there have been numbered this year only 900 gulls, as against 800 last year. The unnaturally small increase he attributes not to the occasional visitor, but to an entirely different cause. The resident proprietors of the island are four women ? a mother and three daughters, who own a large flock of 6heep. Claiming that the birds destroy a large portion of the grass, they bought a few months ago four foxes, which they allowed to roam at will through the fields. The foxes have carried out the desires of their mistresses by creating widespread devastation among the eggs and the young of the unfortunate gulls. The friends of the birds are, however, patiently biding their time. They think that a?* Hi mi* rinnht tho fnTes will destrov the young lambs in the spring, and thus defeat the purpose for -which they were imported.?New York Commercial Advertiser. He Lacked Appreciation. She was young and nicely dressed and fairly pretty. The car was full when she entered it, and most of the sitters were women. The girl looked up and down the long lines of raglane and flaring hats, and then planted herself directly In front of a youngish man who sat near the stove. She stared down at him in a superbly scornful manner, but he was an old bird and evidently didn't mind. Then her scornful stare changed to one of deep indignation, and this in turn melted into a look of pained surprise. But the youngish man stood it all in a thoroughly hardened mannfer. so The look of surprise became a look of pitl^and presently the girl stooped a little and remarked: "I'm afraid you don t know "WJaoiam / He looked astonTs^ed, but managed to answer: "Your fear "favwell ground ed. May I ask who you aire?"The girl stiffened with con&tftoQJ pride. "I am one of this season's buds!" she said with a superb air of superiority. But even then she didn't get the seat. ?Cleveland Plalndealer. CnnnlDKbtut'i Changeable Peach Tree James Cunningham, a farmer In the vicinity of Pleasant Grove, has a peach tree on his place that puzzles the horticultural world. Last year the tree had several bushels of plum peaches; this year the tree had several bushels of free stone peaches. Last year is the first it has borne fruit of consequence. ?Nashville (Tenn.) Banner. Putnam Fadeless Dyes are fast to sunlight, washing and nabbing. Sold by all drag gists. In Newfoundland and Labrador cramps are said to be guarded agaifist bv carrying a cod's head or a bone from a haddock caught without touching the boat. I amsnre Piflo's Cure for Consumption gavel my life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Robei5b, Maple 8t., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17,1900. It is better to give than to receive what you don't want. B^ - ^IW II lal <U^ ~^(''t^fiffls*.#mS? XcO 'sKr '* -5^' for A ' When the Bod Was Not Spared. The change of thought and condl- ^ tlonB of mankind are no better illus- , trated than by the history of the rod. ] In an article on the morals of the j child, by Dr. Grace Peckham Murray, 1 there is mention made of a Suabian 1 schoolmaster who during his "fifty- i one years of superintendence of u ' large school had given 911,500 can- i lngs, 121,000 floggings, 209,000 cus- i todes, 136,000 tips with the ruler, 10,- < 200 boxes on the ear and 22,700 tasks by the heart.?The Delineator. The Lnxnry of Modern Railway Travel to Florida and tbe South. The gratitude of touria ta who appreciate luxury in railway-travel is due In no small measure to the Southern Railway System. Their line of operation is the great highway thatleads by Washington,D.C., to and through the Southern States. Year by year they have adopted every improvement that could add in any way to the oomfort of that army of visitore who make their home in the vast territory covered by its network of lines.> . An eiamnle of the superb trains operated by the cotapany is the "Southern's Palm Limited," whien runs between New York and 8t. Augustine every day, except Sunday, during the winter months. This magnificent train will be inaugurated January 14,1902, leaving New York 12.40 noon, the most luxurious in the world, runs through solid from New York to St. Augustine, excepting one drawing-room sleeping-car, which is detached at Blackville, S. C., and runs to Augusta, for the accommodation of travelers to this popular resort, and Aiken, S. C. The train is composed of Pullman composite, compartment cars, drawingroom sleeping-cars, library, observation and dining-cars. Two other last daily limited trains are operated, carrying through Pullman drawing-room sleeping-cars^to New York, Savannah, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charleston, Augusta, Asheville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans, affording excellent service to Florida, Mexico and the Pacific Coast. Dining-car service on all through trains. The popular route to Pinehurst, N. C., Pullman sleeping-car Washington, Pinehurst, Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. New York to Tnomasville, Ga., Pullman drawing-room sleeping-cars, every Thursday, commencing January 6. For further information call or address New York Offices, 271 and 1185 Broadway. Alex. S. Thweatt, E. P. A., 1185 Broadway, New York. Our own misfortunes are always the greatest. State of Ohio, City os Toledo, i Lucas County. j ' Fbank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.,doing business in the CityofToledo,Cousty and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pav the sum of one hundred dollabs for each and every case of catabbh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catabbh Cube. Fbanx J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my ..?'? , presence, this 6th day of December, j seal [ A. D., 1886. A. W. Qleason. ' --~r? ' Notary Public. 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