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SOME NEW
'A BELT SHIFTER. J"
Speed of - Machine - Chanfed by
, ' Lever in Convenient Reach.
" Bvry - meohanlo ll cjolntrt with
th dlfflcoltjr of ahlftlne an evertiMd
lt from on part of th pullar to tba
other to ehanv tba apd of tha ma-
Milni. oanaraJly tna only niaana af
forded la a lona pole, and avan If tha
meehanlo ba daztaroua, a half doaan at-
tampta ara requlrad bafora tha belt ta
edjuatad on tha propar part of tha
pullay. To do awajr with tbla antl-
qoatad mathod an -Ohio Inrantor baa da
vlaad tha bait ahlfter ahown In tha ac
eompanytnv illuatratlon. To ehanca
tha apaad of - tha nachlna It la only
naeaaaary to op rata a lavar. Attaohad
to tha wall ta a brackat to which la eon
naotad an upper and, lower arm, both
balne: pivoted to the bracket. At tha
top of each arm ta a etrep whleh en
lrclea tha belt. Normally the belt la
SHIFTS THE BELT. , .
. adjuated to the center atep of tha
pulley, and by throwing tha ltrer.up-
. wardB the belt la forced to the- next
apeed. At alt time tha .belt tnovaa
freely wflhln tha atrap. ,
C . INGENIOUS TARGET
A Novel Apparatus for Promoting
. Accurate Shootin of Animals. V ,
Khootlne la a aport tha't la thoroughly
enjoyed by Ita loyal aupportera. Shoot
ing at4argte ta alwaya mora or leaa
ilangeroua, tha trend being to eubatltuta
live Mrda wherever poailble. Thla la
not only ooatly, 4ut unnecaaaaiily erual.
S it I - t ... FKANCIvS . BAKER : - J?0 tfc YftsiEY WILSON OUJMaiJ v 1 ' - - III - i
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AND USEFUL
To raduoa both th eoat and, thamalty
a New Tork man baa derived a very In
gtnloua target apparatua aubatltutlng
rata for blrda. An Illuatratlon or tba
apparatua la ahown her. Upon tha lower
UXV TAROET.
bos arrangement la an vpnght frame.
elliptical In ahapa. A algaag or wlndrng
trapk'la connected to tha aldea and enda
In a email boa at th top. Rata or mlea
are placed In tha trap box and whan
liberated travel ip -the Incline, where
they ' afford a good ' target for tha
abooUr. If tha moua la fortunate
enough to reach th box at th top ha la
aafe at leaat for. a while.
Tha inventor apedlnea that th gun be
loaded preferably" with a harmleea
uilaetl aoft pe for tnatanca whleh
111 not eerlouely injur tha rodent.
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THE, LATEST IN THEATRES.
Abundance of Exits Leading to Broad
. Steps in the tpen Air. -
"The Iroquola theatre dleaater tn CM
oago draw attention to th Inadequate
faollltle generally afforded la large
theatrea and playhouaea for th exit of
thoae attending th performance. ; Th4
Iroquola waa a modern, up-to-date atruo
tura. equipped with every known derlo
to prevent fir and th Inevitable panto
following, but upon investigation It waa
ahown that , th exlta war lnaufflolent
to accommodate th publlo under nor
mal eondltlona, with nothing to raaerve
for emergencies. ' Theatrea oonatruotad
along the line of tha on shown In th
Illuatratlon ara really what ara wanted.
In caaa of fire J.ooo or MOO people
would find no difficulty In raoh!ng th
strU instead ei havlnc eoUU Itirtln;,
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INVENTIONS
to narrow winding fireproof tow
where tha fall of one person endangara
tha Uvea of hundreds they open onto
wider - stairs or - steps - which deecend
dlraotly t th street. Each step la
wider than th one next above to corra
apond with tha Increased number of
exlta. This Is not a freak Idea, al-
A FUTURE THEATRE.
though It may seem to be at first glance.
It Is a practical solution of th problem
of affording mesne of emptying a large
theatre of all its patrons In a few
minutes. ' , .
UP-TO-OATE-SWING.
Car Travels BacS and Fourth on'aftt
Inclined Track. 1
Managers of amuaemant parks com
plain of a- dearth -of new Ideas. Tha
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PEBKY DATE. MAUPIN
. . those entered in the contesL,
which closes June 80: .
publlo Is continually clamoring for
aomathlng out of th ordinary, and man
agers ar. alwaya on the lookout for
new amuaemant devicea to satlafy tha
deman.Land Incidentally to gather In
the atray nennlea. Tha old atandbre.
the merry-go-round and' th swing, ar
Intended for children,' but to adapt the
awing for th older rolka a Maaaaehv
aetta man h.as changed It to th form
ahown in tha Illuatratlon. The ear, aue
pended upon a swinging arm. travela
back and forth en Inclined tracka. Tha
latter can. be extended quite a dtatanoe,
without danger of Injuring the paaaen
gera In th car., as tha supported frame
prevents ths car from leaving the
tracka. A aim pie cog arrangement oper
ates u swing.
BUCKING MULE.
One That Kicks Viciously gnd
, Throws Its Rider.
Few things causa more atnuaament to
children than . toys - with action thoee
that will perform exactly t ltk their
namesakes. A California man recently
patented a toy of this olaaa a balking
mule. In Ha natural appearance It la
very quiet, but can b mad to vtclouely
kick and buck whenever It Is moved
along. It la mounted on a baae. toothed
wheels being placed at the aldea to hold
It In position during tha bunking per
formance. Tha for leg of th animal
ar secured rigidly to th baae and. tha
body pivoted to th for lege. A cord
la connected to the head, runs through
' REARS aAXD KICKS.
a stapl on th baa and ooatinuss to a
oatch at th aid, f o make the animal
appear lifelike th eyea are attached to
a elide and when th cord ta allghtly
jerked th mule throw back hla earl
and shows the whites of hla ere. A
atronger pell make him lift hla . hind
1SjS aA kloJai fix OOttAsotlAaT th. hlnl
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legs with ths for lags ths mule Is made
to kick, tha jerk on the cord pulling hi
bead forward. To ad to th amuae
ment a toy rider la mounted on the anl
mal and the beast jerked ao violently as
to throw th rider. i"
PRAYERBOOK AND PURSE.
Should Prove Popular With Ladles
for Holding Chureh Contributions.
A hymnal, prayerbook or . rellaLoua
manual, fitted with a puree tn wnluh
money for the contribution can be car
ried la shown In the accompanying illus
tration. It ahould prove popular with
th ladles who have been aecuatomed to
carry their contrlbutlona tn their glove,
with th danger of loalng th money and
th Inconvenience of reaching It when
-4-J50JI TKB CHURClttJaOER.
"wanted. A young mis of Idaho ts re
sponsible for th invention, im purse
Is large enough to hold a number of
ooin without Increasing th bulk of th
book or detracting from its appearance.
A pocket Is formed tn th cover of the
book and covered by a flap.- Folding
side plecea connect th flap with the
covey of th book, to prevent the money
from falling out when th pure Is
opened. Secured to th . oovar of th
book 1 a loop or strap, under which the
tongue or in puree j sippau. . mi.y
is artlatlcillv dealgned and serves as
aa ornament' without detracting from
the appearance of th bookv , :
J aTeweVoy for Harvard.
The Boatoa Newsboys Protective
union, a local of th American Federa
tion of Labor, has voted to send ens of
Its member to Harvard university In
the fall. The union aome time ago
started a scholarship fund. hoping to
raise 15,000. The fund now amounts to
$1,600, which yields an Income of 1100.
Prealdent Eliot, an honorary member
of the union, urged th body not to wait
until tha fund la complete., offering ,to
accept th Income of th preaent amount
until - It la larger. Tha beneficiary of
the fund will be selected br competitive
aamlnaUoa. ,
1803. -
FACTS ABOUT
IN AMERICA
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HORSE" racing waa Introduced 'In
America by Engliah cavailera
some time early In the
eighteenth' century.
The Engliah cavailera Imported race
horses of Barbery. 'Arabian and Turklab
breed for tha aport In America.
The firat American races were run at
mil heats. r - . -
The.flrat pennant rao eoura; waa tha
Tork courae, laid out in' Charleatori;
South Carolina, about 1749.
As far aa known, no monay prises
were ever offered during th period' of
the old York courae. the reward of
th winner being usually a, silver bowl.
tankard, a goia waicn or a aaaaie
end brldl.
Th nrat American Jockey club was
th South -Carolln Jockey --duo-which
waa organised in 1791. and built tne
new Washington race courae at Charles
ton. - -- " ;
Tha Brat subscription piate race in
New Tork was run In n within a
atone' a throw of tha apotVhare the old
Aetor houae now sunda
Th locker club, wnicn ruies racing
la New Tork at tha preaent time. we
organised in the autumn of 1811., It
was Incorporated reoruaxy a,
Th founders of the jockey club were:
w. p Thomnaon. Perry Belmont, Jamee
B. Haggtn, William C. Whitney. James
R. Keen. F. ,K. Bturgts, Colonel a H.
Payne, John Hunter, tr. uioeon mm
A MOTOR BOAT
BEARINGS"
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(v a Staff Oorreepoedvnt.)
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th sanguln expectations, of ths
lnventot ar realised we ar soon
to witness revolution In . moter
boats. Instead of forcing their
way throurrh th watai, amid a emother
of spray, th , new type of craft will
klm lightly over th surface on a eue
eeaaton of air bubblea or globules that
may b likened to bail 'beartaga
The practicability of th tae is to b
put to th test In a boat Bow In courss
of eooatructlorr 'byvaundera, - a ' noted
motor-boat builder at Goring on the
upper Thatrea. In ahape, th boat Is a
mar box. aome U feet long by ight
feet -wide, the bottom sloping upwards
at th forward and forming -a acow-
ahapedow. She ts not pretty, but In
these bustling days It Is accounted no
sin to. sacrifice, beauiy to epeed. On
each side and amidships ar fixed three
atout keels, each about eight Inchee
deep. Between these, on each aide of
tha center keel, are seven other Ushter
plates of about halt th depth, making
17 In all. extending th full length of
t- touoa f ts boat, Eetweea tl
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HOUSE-RACING
Knapp.A. T. Casaatt-AnA-Jamsa Oal
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Th jockey clubs now under th au
pervlaion of th Jockey club are: . Th
Weatcheater Racing aaaoclavtlon, which
owns th Belmont track, th Largest
racing course In th world; th Coney
Inland- Jockey club, which owns th -Sheepahaad
Bay track; th Brooklyn
Jockey club, owning th Oraveaend
track; th Queens County Jockey club,
owning th Brighton Beach track; th
Metropolitan Jockey club, owning th
Jamaica track; the Saratoga, Racing
association end th Western Jockey
club,. In Waahlngton. IX C
'The present chairman of th board
of steward of th Jockey club la August
Belmont.
Th four great stakes of th New"
Tork racing aeaaon are: Th Suburban,
at Sheepahead Bay. distance 1 miles i
th Brooklyn handicap, at Oraveeend,
diatanc IM milee; th Brighton handi
cap, at Brighton Beach, dlatane 1H'
mllea, and th Futurity, at Bheepahead
Bay, distance S furlonga
E. R. Thomas Harmls holds th r
ord for th Suburban, running th dis
tance tn 1:01 in 1(04.
Irish tad, of th Westbury stables,
holds th Brooklyn handicap record. Th
record was mad In 1901. Time J:0l t-S.
Tha Brighton Beach record is held
by Captain B. B. Brown's Broomsttok. .
Tha record waa mad In 1904. Tim
t:0S 4-S.
Th Futurity record, mad by John
B. Madden' Yankee, in 1(0). baa server
been equaled. Time 1:08 1-9.
ON AIR BALL
fin or platee ar a number of bole
sloping af CThy ar connected with
air coippresaor driven by a motor en
gine. - - : . :- .. .
Th boat depends for propulsion? oa
ths reaction of th Jets of air from those
orifloes; of which there ar a . larg
number, atrlklng th water. At th
earn tlm th air is prevented by lb
fins from eacaplng ts th aide of th
boaC and thua. it la eialmed, 1 formed
a species of air bed, between the water
and th bottom of th boat, ever whleh
th oraft will gild with much greater
velocity than eouid be attained If foroed
through th water in th ordinary fash
ion by a propeller. It sound delight
fully slmpl in theory, but evea t tha
lay mind It Is obvious that ta sustain
th weight of th boat th air bad would
have to b at considerable preBaVie,..
which would mean the aheorptloa f e
larg amount of powtffV'But--th Inven
tor la no aovtc in dealing with mechs-w
leal problem, and ha Already brou t
out several Successful Invention. . e
declares that a mlei boat, o" t " '
llnea as the craft he I ho v '
Showed remarkable t r
sirs ted' the prad.-'
In a Xo'w whi t; i
on th Theme . ,
whether tt t r i
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