Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1891 — A CARRIAGE BOUQUET-HOLDER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A CARRIAGE BOUQUET-HOLDER.

It Is a Great Convenience for Ladies on Their Way to Entertainmants. It has always been a great in«onvenience for ladies to have to carry their bouquets in their hands when sitting in a carriage on the way to ballsor evening parties. A patented arrangement of a carriage bouquet-holder entirely relieves them of this ordeal.

The holder, as shown in the illustration, is constructed to fasten in aamall socket, which is screwed to one of the front panels of the carriage. The slant of the holder throws the flowers forward, thus protecting them; from being crushed, and their fading is prevented by freeing them from contact with a hot hand. The holders are made in silver and electro-plate, combining usefulness with decorative effect.

A wonderful discovery has been attracting the attention of scientists. A beam of sunlight is made to pass through a prism, so as to produce the solar spectrum or rainbow. A disk, having slits'or opehin'gs cut in it, is made to revolve and the colored light of the rainbow is made to break through it and fall on silk, wool, or other material contained iu a glass vessel. As the colored light falls upon it sounds will be given by the different parts of the spectrum, and there will be silence in other parts. If the vessel contains red worsted and the green light flashes upon it loud sounds will be given. Only feeble sounds will be heard when the red and blue parts of the rainbow fall upon the vessel, and other colors make no sound at all. At a recent sal», an inch-square chip from Washington's coffin brought $2, and Ben Frankliu’s silver watch sold for $2,100.

CARRIAGE BOUQUET-HOLDER.