Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1917 — New Things Under the Sun. [ARTICLE]

New Things Under the Sun.

Bales of cement-covered straw have been used by a Colorado farmer to build a six-room house. A new manhole guard for street work can be folded very compactly for carrying when not in use. An Englishman has built a tugboat that is driven by an aerial propellerfor use on shallow streams. Steam from a small portable boiler is fed through hose to a new device for removing paper from walls. A Germau is the inventor of a combined cane and umbrella which also can be unfolded to form a camp, stool. To remove the cocoons of certain Insects from trees a loop of wire at the end of a pole has been patented. A Paris theater has a reversible floor, one side being intemled for dancing and the other holding the seats; Piano stools that are adjustable to several angles as well as heights have been patented by a Chicago inventor. Toothed blocks for carrying pieces of ice for which' a patent has been issued are said to have advantages over tongs. For cleaning tobacco pipes a bulbuperated syringe has been invented, the end of the tube fitting tightly over the stem. A new lock for automobiles will se r cure robes or baggage on a rail or can l>e used to fasten the steering gear against being moved. Electrical apparatus that warns miners of roof movements in mines in time for them to escape has been invented by an Australian. For men who have much writing tc de out-of-doors a desk tiiat can bt suspended from the shoulders by harness has been invented, i A new egg boiler for breakfast tables is operated by an alcohol lamp which holds only enough fuel to cook its contents for a predetermined time.