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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
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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.
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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.
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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.