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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1914)
1 HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Inventions and Appliances Health and Sanitation OUR HAND SHOESTRING. A SHOESTRING that can be laced with one hand and docs not need to bo tied has been brought out by an Ingenious French inventor. At the lower end this string has a small eyelet which permits the making of a loop through the first eyelet of the shoe. After lacing the shoe to the top and pulling it tight, the upper end is adjust ed to the right length by means of a diminutive buckle to which is attached a spring having a ring on the end. The string is fastened by slipping the ring over the topmost hook. HOMEMADE LOOSE-LEAF POCKET MEMORANDUM. THE little memorandum illustrated herewith is very hand- to carry in the eoat or vest pocket for taking notes, etc. Loose leaves may be sup plied with very little trouble It con- ni I Ml The Holder is Made of Heavy Manila Paper and Will Stand Considerable Wear. sista of a fold of paper, cnt as shown and pasted at the ends. The pocket thns formed will easily hold 2 dozen sheets and the slits eut on the outside will admit 8 she-ets. while the other is designed to oppose a definite and uniform resistance to the action of the muscles. In the first ma chine the flywheel is connected with a small dynamo, so that the user, while getting good exercise out of it, is at the same time storing up electrical energy in a storage battery, which can be used for lighting or other domestic purposes. This machine comes in two types, one having a battery of 12 volts and 12 am peres, and the other, designed for stronger persons, having a battery of 12 volts and 25 amperes. It takes about an hour to charge the battery, which is capable of operating small metallic filament lamps. By means of a dyna mometer connected to the second ma chine, the exact resistance that is ad visable in view of the condition of the muscles and slate of health of the user, may be determined, and this machine is to be used for graduated exercise under the instructions of a physWnn. This machine is also supplied with measuring instruments which record the rate of re volution of the pedals and give full data as to the amount of energy expended by the user. BRUSH FOR SOLDERING ACTD. A GOOD brush for applying acid to articles for soldering can bo made of a piece of small copper pipe for the brush. To make the brush part take a piece of cardboard about H in. wide, and wind several turns of No. 2,8 gunge copper wire around it then remove the coil, insert about j in. of it in the pipe, and flatten tho latter to hold the wire. Clip tho ends of the wire, and a brush will be Jiad that ordinary acids will not affect. If only a short pieco of pipe is available, it can be used as a ferrule and a handle made of wire or wood. SAFE HEATER FOR GARAGES. THE advent of cold weather brings with it grief for the owner of an auto who has not yet brought him self to see the economy of heating his garage. There has been put on tho mar ket recently a safety garage heater which is built on the principle of the miner's lamp, and cannot explode even when gasoline fumes are heavy in the garage. Either artificial or natural gas may be used in this heater, which is only 9 in. wide, 38 in. high and 40 in. long. It is mounted against the wall on brackets, warm air is discharged at the top and the sides do not get hot at all. An auto may be placed right next to it without danger of blistering. A pilot light which never goes out takes care of the heater, and all the garage owner has to do is to turn tho gas valve for more heat. It is economical in oper ation and affords protection from win ter troubles, such as frozen radiators and water jackets, gummy oil and start ing difficulties. STERILE COVER PROTECTS MILK PAIL. KEEPING tho milk pure and uncon taminat.'d from its source is the intent of the invention recently put on tho market and illustrated here with. It is a milk-pail cover of cloth, INKWELL AND PENHOLDER. AN EMPTY paste pot with a water well in the center makes an ex cellent inkwell and peuholder. Fill the exterior well A with cement or plaster of parish push the number of penholders to be held into the cement 4s mi - 17. with two funnel-shaped metal tips, equipped with small wire hoops to be hung from the fingers of either hand while milking. The cloth cover is clamped on the milk pail with wire clips and tube-like projections from the cover permit freo movement of thi hands while milking. NEW EXERCISING MACHINES. WO ingenious exercising machines, I both of which are operated after the manner of a bicycle and bring the same muscles into play, have ro cently been brought out in France. One of these combines exercise with utility, 1 i CLEANLINESS IN SICKROOM. NEVER leave food in the room, and in serving meals place small por tions on the tray. Do not discuss diet with tho patient. If frequently changed traycloths are not convenient, use crepe paper napkins. Cleanliness is an inviolable sickroom rule. Keep the bedding smoothed and the pillows turned without annoying the patient. There is a danger line between restful attention and over-solicitude. Fresh air" from all points of the compass is the ideal conditiou, and keep as close to that as circumstances permit. ' MAN'S FRIEND, THE DOG. THE brain of a dog is more like that of a man thfln that of any other animal, says Ir. S. K. Johnson, head of the New York Veterinary Col lege, and tho more he learns about dogs the more he says lie is impressed with the belief that we are just beginning In understand them. He even goes so far as to infer that the dogs may have souls. When one considers the remark able intelligence of the dog ftfe ques tion naturally arises as to why we should deny that they do havo a soul. He is the best friend a man can have, lie never finds fault with his master and will suffer all the privations of his male companion, and, no matter how badly treated, will welcome his master when the latter returns to his home. before it sets .moving them about occa sionally to prevent tho cement from sticking to them and to make the hole a littlo larger than the holder. The part B is for the ink. MANY MODERN FARM HOMES. WITH present day inventions it is quite possible and at compara tively small cost for the Farm Home to bo made completely modern. Many of tho up-to-date farmers are do ing this very thing. They aro installing a water pressure system, which fur nishes water under sufficient pressure to not only supply it to any part of the house or barn where needed, but to bo of inestimable service in caso of fire. Tho air tight tank in which the pres sure is stored can be placed anywhere about tho premises. A small gasoline engine to furnish the air pressure is all that is needed. Water can bo forced from the source of supply fresh and cool to any placo desired by this sys tem. It is easy to see what a revolu tion this moans to the farm home to be thus equipped with a bountiful supply of pure fresh water for any purpose audjiouse COTTONSEED AS A FOOD. ABOUT everything in the vegetable kingdom can be used as a food for man. One after another of the articles that have been deemed only fit for beasts of tho field is becoming recognized as fit also for man. Methods of preparation are being constantly de veloped whereby they are being trans formed, tho indigestible, elements being under sufficient pressure for sprinkling or whatever is desired. In addition to "installing a water service, many are putting in complete acetylene gas lighting systems, which can be used for both lighting and cook ing. Think of the farmer's wife with er gas range, and her home lighted as brighfcs day with these modern sys tems, winch can be installed at so small a cost as to be almost insignificant compared to the value and pleasure derived. The toilet room, the bath, the gas range, the gas lights, all as com plete as can bo found in any modern city home. i There is a concern in Portland that makes a business of doing this very thing, putting in water and gas light ing systems, also plumbing. They are prepared to go anywhere in the state to do this work, and a letter addressed to E. A. Twiss, Fourth and Jefferson streets, Portland, Ore., will bring full information concerning modernizing vour home. eliminated and the digestible retained. One of the latest of these is cottonseed, which government experts have demon strated can.be made palatable when mixed with eorn meal or wheat flonT. Thus prepared, the combination contains twice as much digestible protein as beef flank, three times as much as egga and twice as much as mutton,. Cottonseed meal is also very rich in fat, having twice the fuel value of egga and one-half more than beef "loin or mutton. It is thus an excellent meat substitute, as a pound of protein in cot tonseed form costs only 5 cents, while in steak form it costs 73 cents, and as eggs $1.00. The time will come when cottonseed compounds will be retailed in the grocery stores as much as some of the present breakfast foods, and per haps to a greater extent because of its greater food value. A CHEERFUL VISITOR. A CHEERFUL visitor is a blessing and a speedy flight of any visitor certainly adds brightness to the blessing. Ioctors usually sniff at much visiting, and I remember one wise, wou derful physician who fairly growled his "Keep out of the room" orders to all the family and kindly-disposed friends even during convalescence. Deodorize and disinfect the room liberally and plunge all bedding, room utensils, and patient's personal linen into boiling wa ter before washing. In giving baths, alcohol, toilet vine gars, salt, soda, or some favorite prep aration will be ngreeable in the bath water. Unless a patient insists avoid a night light in the room. Have one ready for immediate use and conven ient. Pure, not too cold, drinking wa ter is a patient's most constant refresh ment alwavs. WE. HAVE SPECIALIZED IN THIS WOBK FOR 12 YEARS GLASSES BY MAIL 12.00- The nam kind you pay others four and five dollars for. By our new method we raa make you the beat pair of reading glaaaei you have had. Send na your address and we will send you our complete outfit for testing tho eynt and measuring the fnee. They are simple, child can use them. Our (classes are of good quality, gold filled, warranted for tea yoars. After you have us od them for thirty days, if I hey are not satisfactory your money will be refunded. Write for -tfit today. Roger's Optical Institute. 134 KUHngs worth Avenue Portland, Oregon, BUSH & LANE Pianos Stand The Test HouM ,f 1irilnaUt of Time Bush k Lane Pianos art built to sustain the repu tation we hare spent years In establishing. This reputation for piano quality Include every detail of superiority tone iction durability, eto. We hack this claim with a guarantee as broad as it is binding. You MUST be satisfied. Some exceptional values In standard Pianos taken In trade for (100 and up. Bush & Lane Piano Co. Washington Street, Cor. of 12th. .'0: Portland, Oregon. MANUFACTURERS h v WHOLESALERS RETAILERS ..V of Originality
