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9 Inventions and Appliances Health and Sanitation HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SEOTTOtf TREH PULLS OWN STUMP. REMOVING big tree is ft diffl colt job ftnd polling tba stamp by ordinary mctm is harder. A system- by which the tree ii made to pull ita own atump as it falls to the ground has recently been patented and is shown above. After the trunk of the tree has been nearly severed with the ax, a connection is mado at the line of cut and another connection of chain and briers, as shown, the braces being fastened both to the butt and trunk. When the tree falls the braces and chain act as a powerful lever and the weight of the descending trunk is sufficient to pull the stump from the ground. - WASHSTAND COLLAPSES. THIS washstand is, as might be supposed, the invention of a plum ber. The arrangement is simple nd it can be placed on nearly any ordinary wall where water is avail Able. The basin is supported on a I. kinged bracket, and when it is mi sol j against the wall it covers the faucet. The drain connection is automatically made and broken with tho raising and lowering of tho basin. With a little Ingenuity the basin may bo sunk into the wall, so that when it is out of we it it also oat of sight. DAYLIGHT SPECTACLES. HE. IVES, a widoly known doctor a and scientist, has invented some spectacles which annihilate dark ' boss and make the wearer see in light similar to that given by the sun. For years screens have been employed in Some industries in front of electric r gas lignts, the filtered rays being .virtually tho tarn as daylight, but much of tho light is lost by this method. Dr. Ives uses colored glasses, which screen off the unwanted rays o that the eye appears to lee only In daylight. The Canadian government has pur chased a largo number of tho best rams In the country and has employed agents to eare for them, and loan tho rams to farmer associations throughout the country. Thcio agonts will, during the wool season, prepare in ft marketable ondition the clip of the mutual asso ciations of sheep raisers, and when not otherwise busy will leeturo and demon trato the finer uoint in wool growing. NEW INVENTIONS. FEED BRISTOL, a telephone line man of Des Plalnes, 111., has in vented an electrical apparatus that will register in tho box offiee of a theater all the scats that are sold and occupied by means of miniature lights on toe board In front of the ticket seller. Tbe apparatus is so arranged that as soon as a person sits down in ft seat light on tbe board in the box office is switched on. Tbus tbe ticket seller knows instantly what seats are still available to customers as they como to tbe window. A barber in Dcnison, la., has in vented a pair of ball bearing barber shears, which promise to revolutionize the scissors industry. They aro said to be far superior to tbe old sort of shears, will work much easier, cut bet ter and will never wear out. In a new type school desk both the seat and tho desk in front of it are mounted on a single pedestal an- both aro adjustable for height on tbe same principle as a barber's chair. An alarm clock, operated by elec tricity, will ring its boll one or more times a day, only once per day or only on designated days, according to the way it is "sot" by its owner. To enable a person to find a key hole in the dark or under any condi tion, tbcro bas been patented a raised ring, easily located, and so shaped that it guides a key into the opening. A lather making machine for barber shops that operates with a small mo tor and keeps lather ready for use ail tho time is the invention of Hugo CotUcbalk, a barber of Lewistown, r. A complete camping outfit, contain ing a tent and other equipment, whieh packs into a box that can be earried behind a wagon seat or on an auto mobile running board, has been in vented. For sprinkling elothes a Pennsyl vania woman has invented a device to be attached to ft kitchen sink fau cet by rubber tubing. Willram II. Thomas, 93 years old, of Los Angeles, Cal., has just obtained patent right upon a new lock, "the champion," which he says defies tbe skill of any lock picker. A solid rubber tire has been invent ed to be placed over an automobile tiro that has been punctured this do ing service until repairs can be made. To avoid fire danger in places where gasoliuo must be used, an in ventor bas patented a swinging brack et to bold a tank outside a window, yet bring it within reach when need ed. Shears with one blade saw-edged and tho other knife-edged, have been in vented to enable an inexperienced per son to carve poultry neatly. An Illinois man has patented clamps to bold paint brushes on tbe ends of poles at any angle, to save painters the need of ladders. A new air rifle of high power is equipped with a safety devico to pre vent tho trigger being pulled until its user wishes to do so. Folding rods, with wheels at their lower ends, havo been patented to help bear the burden of hand baggage- PROTECTS AUTO TIKES. ACLEVEK schemo to prolong the life of automobile tires has re cently been invented. This little wheel is mounted on tho running gear in such a manner that no matter what tho sizo of the auto wheel the smaller ono may bo adjusted to move over tho! gTound directly in front of it This will either brash aside or piek up any fragment or artielo which is like ly to damage the more sensitive tire which supports the weight of the ear. I TUBERCULOSIS. TUB ENORMOUS number of per sons who die of taberenlosis is hardly appreciated except when the bold statistics stand in front of one. x From Kentucky eomcs tbe re port from the'State Board of Health for three years preeeeding January 1, 1914, which shows that one out of every three deaths oecnring in that stato daring those years was from tuberculosis. This is certainly an awful record, and appears to be out of proportion with the rest of tbe conn try. Tbe report of tbe Census Offiee of the number of deaths in a regis tration area for 1909 shows that about ono-tenth were from tnbereulosis, and that this disease led all others in the number of its victims. Sir William Osier, professor of medi cine at Oxford University, recently told his London audience that 90 per cent of those present possessed a small focus or area of tuberculosis. Such a statement would, of course, have to be taken with some explanation. In vestigations have shown in a multi tude of cases that where a person died in apparently perfect health-, so far as his lungs arc concerned, ,evi dence existed that at some time there had been tuberculous areas, but they had healed because of improved health j conditions, and had had no permanent I effect upon the health. These ew j donees of healing show what may be jdone if tbe matter be taken hold of at tbe early appearance of the disease. There is abundant evMence tbat tuber 1 culosis is curable, but it must be done by diet and by such treatment of tbe body as will put all the forces of nature at work for health. Here is where the doctors disagree. The drug doctors will treat such cases with what is called preventive medi cine, serums, antitoxins, etc., thus fill ing the body with material that must combine with elements already exist ing in the blood, or be repudiated and be eliminated through the Inngs, tbe kidneys and the bowels. In any event an extra load is placed upon an al ready weakened system. Tbe drug less healers go at the situation in an opposite manner. They place no load upon tho system. Their methods show that no tubercle ever is developed in the lunjrs until after an inflamed or catarrhal condition has been developed as a result of an interference with the supply of vital force passing from tho brain to the lungs. At the point where this interference exists is found the nerve ' pressure which is the ex citing cause of tuberculosis. In every ease of serious lung trouble this point i of interference will be found by any (person who knows' anything' about ! spinal diagnosis in the upper dorsal j region. This interference : with the ! nerve supply permits a cold to settle 1 at tho point of inflammation, which may bo succeeded by a catarrhal con dition, and then by the formation of tubercles, degeneration of the lung tissues and settled tuberculosis. The drugloss healer starts at the point of interference, and by relieving the situation there permtis the vital force to reach the diseased spot. Careful attention to the diet, promotion of tho general nerve condition of tho en tire body, improved circulation of the blood, proper breathing and suitable excrciso will effect a cure unless the disease has become too far advanced before the ease was presented. More cures will result from the dregless method of treatment than from any thing else that has been presented by the medical .profession. The number of agencies established in this country for fighting tubercu losis is evidence that the day of talk Has passed and the time for action has arrived. That tuberculosis, taken in its early stages, ean be eared has been a matter of common knowledge for many years, but until comparatively recent times tho sanatoria have been under private management, with lim ited facilities, and with terms to pa tients that have been practically pro hibitory to a very large proportion of tho people who have noeded treatment. I At the nresent timt it is renorted that there are over 2,500 agencies working against consumption, includ ing over 550 hospitals and sanataria, 410 dispensaries, 1,200 antitubercu losis associations ftnd 250 open-air schools ftnd fresh-air classes. Fresh air, nourishing food low in protein, and properly regulated exercise are the ehief curative agencies required. These ean be obtained almost anywhere, and if ft person have the opportunity to separate himself from the surround ings that make for illness rather than health, successful combat ean be waged against the disease. Tbe peo pie who need help the most are those who are compelled to toil almost uny eeasingly in surroundings that prevent the enjoyment of pure air. For these people ft month spent at a sanatorium, with a mind free from tbe corroding; sense of expense and loss of time from employment, will many times make a world of difference in their health. It is not always possible for work shops to be so constructed as to pro vide tbe proper amount of pure air, but if any laws are to be enacted for the medical regulation of too health of a community tbey should bo for the proper sanitation of workshop rather than a restriction of the in dividual rigt of choice as to too medical . agencies one may employ, and yet the latter has been a more promi nent feature of tbe medical legisla tion in the past than has anything else supposed to make for the health of the community or the state. The rea son for this is obvious. Selfishness can be covered up for a while but not forever. 1 i NATUROPATHS SAT: DISEASE is an effort of nature la remove poisonous or morbid mat? ter from the system, and tot re store normal conditions. Drugs taken into the stomach, ui , filthy animal matter injected into the blood, interfere with these healing pro ceases of nature, suppressing symptoms of disease, while never effecting a cure. ' ' The germ theory it a superstition. Germs are not the cause but an effect ot disease, just as maggots are not the cause of rotting meat. Many germi are not only harmless, but aro bene ficial and necessary. At any time you; may find in the throats of many peo ple who will never get thoso diseases, the germs of diphtheria, cholera, tu berculosis, and other so-called "infee tious" diseases. There is no such thing as "infeo tion" or "contagion," as generally understood. Skin diseases or bloo4 diseases may be passed from one per son to another by direct contact, where there is an abrasion of the skin. Therefore, all quarantine is useless an noyance. ' . ' -. t There are no superfluous organs. A' great majority of surgical operations performed nowadays are not only un necessary, but dangerous ' and ' harm- ful, and should be forbidden by law. There are rational means of aiding nature to purify the system and re store health. Among these are diet, fasting, active and passive exercise, hydrotherapy, tthe adjustment of the spine (osteopathy, chiropractic, etc), deep breathing of fresh air, sun and air baths, rest, sleep and mental sugs gestion. Next to air, food is the most vital of all subjects relating to the care of the body. Food is the material of which the body is formed. You can not make a good suit of clothes out of bad wool. As a man eateth so is he. Honey is as wholesome and nourish ing as concentrated refined cane sugar is unwholesome and lacking" in nourish ment I always advise my consultants to substitute honey for sugar. Honey is ft medieine as well as a food. Give it to the children in place of candy. Glucose is more harmful than sugar. There are important differences even in pure honey according to the condi tions nnder wbieh it is made, just as there is a groat difcrence in fruit, ac cording to the soil on which it is grown. Dark red honey is much the best, although the peoplo demand light yellow honey, just as tbey insist on light colored dried fruit, because they eat with their eyes and do not think. The cantaloupe crop around Grand view and Prosser, Wash., and in fact in the entire Yakima valley, is report ed as very good and a larger acreage than ever before has been planted.
