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The Versatility of a Pocket Comb 117
Safety Searchlights for Firemen 163
Thirteen Windmills Decorating One Pole 188
Concrete Drinking Fountain of Novel Design. ... 189 Protecting Flocks from Coyotes by Means of a Gas
Lamp "Gun" 190
"Don'ts" for Gasoline Users 193
The Sandwich Man cu an Ally of the Telephone 195
Is Ink Becoming Scarce? Not in Algeria 196
Mahogany Cigarette Mills that Pass the Cigarettes 196 It Is Impossible for You to Lose This Hand-Bag . . . 198 Consider the Cow. She Helps Make Buttons and
Shoe Polish 1 98
Saved by the Bullet Intended to Kill Him ... 198
Did the French Borrow This Idea from the Druids? 201
Many Good Things Are Made from Yeast 203
A Baby-Incubator Made Out of an Old Soap-Box 203
The Largest and the Smallest Watches 204
Directing Traffic from a Portable Platform 204
Eliminating the Waiter in the Restaurant 205
Filtering Rainwater Through Charcoal 206
Afraid of Fire? Then Carry a Pocket Fire-Elscape 207 How a Whale Fought a Submarine and Sank Her 207
How Much Do You See When You Look? 208
Making Heads for Hats 209
A Combined Show Case and Scales 212
Writing with a Fork 218
"A Plausible Lie" 224
Don't Throw a Horse. Make Him Lie Down 230
The Rubber Stamp Has Many Uses. Good and Bad 231 Even the Horses Must Have Drinking Cups .... 238
Here's a New Hat Style from Mexico! 238
How Germany Manages to Feed Her Millions . . . 239 The Ferris Wheel Turned into a Baby Carriage. . 239 The Elskimo Workbasket Is Worn About the Neck . 240 Are You Tired? Then Sit on Your Walking Stick 240 Keeping Hungry Rats and Rabbits Out of Sewers 242 A Caliper that Makes Extraordinary Measurements 244
Washing River Water for Power Plants 245
Discovering the Well Known Saw 248
The Most Nutriment in the Least Space 251
Help Protect Yourself 260
A Diving Helmet Made from a Boiler 262
The "Mouchoir Tetc" 263
A California Novelty in Street Signs 263
An Alligator Sewer-Cleaner 267
Shoot Him with Your Pen-Knife 272
Will We Dress in Paper Clothes? 273
How Much Does that Cloth Cost? 276
Could You Pass This Examination? 277
Use This and Your Shoe-Laces Will Never Be
Untied 304
Chin Chin, the EUephant, Gets Her Winter Shoes . . 326
Applied Mechanics in the Secret Service 346
A New Pipe Which Is Sanitary and Nicotine-Prooif 353 Conducting a Thriving Business from Hospital Beds 368
An Ocean of Green Silk 372
Making a Fortune Out of Tears 373
Hell Swazey Breaks Up the Dance 376
A Dancing Comedian for the Piano 383
The Mothering Instinct in Hens 383
Where Cows Wear Spectacles 383
Why Does the Heart Stop Beating at Death? 384
A Land Ride for Whales 384
Old Dobbin Wears Goggles 389
An Ant Can Carry Ten Times Its Own Weight . . . 392
Canine Aristocrats 392
A Cane with a Flashlight 393
Stripped of His Clothes by a Projecting Cutter . . . 396
A Special Shampoo Chair and Basin 400
Taking the "Kick" Out of a Revolver 405
In What Position Does a Rifle Bullet Return to
Earth? 412
Blind Boy Scouts ' 417
The Liberty Bell I. Sick and That U Why It
Cracked 420
Making It Possible for the Horse to Eat Com- fortably 422
Finding a New Use for the Back of a Chair 423
A Safety Box for Carrying Blasting Caps 426
A Snake-Bite Proof Material for Soldiers' Leggings 429 A Tobacco-Pouch and Purse Holder Combined. . 429
Are You a Good or Poor Penman? 430
A Pocket Revolver No Bigger Than a Watch 431
Strap Your Purse to Your 'Tbumb. No One Can
Steal It Then 437
Imitating an Imitation 440
A Boy Starts the Hawaiian Pineapple Industry. 505
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Eye-Glasses for Divers and Mermaids 506
Making Buttons. Bric-a-Brac and Silk from Milk . . 507
If Your Fur Coat Is Dingy Steam It 510
Handprints in Concrete 516
A Curious Finger Print 517
Transplanting Wild Animals to Stock the Parks . . 517
Building a House to Protect a House 525
A Simple Elevator Guard ' 525
A Hospital Clock 529
A Fireman's Suit of Water 529
A Practical Pile Protector 538
Selling H<#se Meat in New York 539
Soap Curiosities 563
The Two-in-One Watering Trough 563
Making Clothing from Nettle Fiber 565
Was This Inspired by Prohibitionists? 565
A Kentucky Woman Rises to Great Heights . . . 567
Did You Ever See a Million Dollars in Gold? 568
Handling Live Rattlers 574
Defending the Home with a Mousetrap Gun 577
Spinning a Top by Means of a Spring 577
Why Does Oil Poured on the Waters Calm the Sea? 579
Moses Didn't Want to Be Shod 580
Marks of Age in Dressed Poultry 582
Saved by a Tin Filled with Soup Cubes 582
Changing a Pistol Into a Rifle 585
A New Safety Pocfcet-Book 586
Using Waste Tanbark in Making Coarse Paper . . 595
Fires Which Ejitinguished Themselves 597
An Alarm Clock for Awakening the Deaf 602
A Small Filter for Light Machine Oils .... 603
Getting Rid of White Ants 603
Drawing Uncle Sam 644
A Stencil-Cutter and Typewriter 673
What Is a Man? Break a Thousand Eggs and
You'll Have His Contents 676
A Switchboard Operator Finds Time to Embroider 677
Corrugated Wood Block for Street Paving 678
A Potato Necklace 681
An Indian "Corn Mill" 682
Pumping Air to a Diver Through a Bicycle Pump 685
Foolproofing the Automatic Pistol 688
Pheonix, Arizona, Finds a New Use for the "Water
Wagon" 688
A Cyclone in Perspective 693
Long-Handled Trowel 703
Fire Escape Chutes for Children 711
Women Whitewash London Curbs 717
The Wonderful Watch in Your Pocket 721
Saving a Man from a Burning Building with His
Own Coat 727
Blasting Holes with Dynamite 731
Sharing Your Flowers with Distant Friends 731
Safety First as Applied to the Hammerless Gun. . 732 A Steel Body with Arms and Legs for the Diver. . 732
Stock Power Sand Screens for Small Jobs 735
Combining the Sword and Pistol in One Weapon . 742
Fresh Air in a Manhole Through a Mask 746
This Machine Tells You How Much to Flat 747
A Collapsible Barrel . 748
Two Hats with but a Single Crown 749
New Uses for the Rubber Sponge 752
Blow Up the Earth? Not with Dynamite 754
A House Made of Fire Relics 760
Beach Patrol of the Coast Guard 807
Catching Flies by the Barrelful 828
Making Pearls to Order 829
Saving the Miners 830
Testing Refrigerators 849
A Glass Lighter Than Cork 856
A Substitute for a "No Spitting" Placard 858
Perching the American Eagle 859
Newspapers Wipe Out Forests 859
Some Lessons from Deep-Sea Elvers 864
A Spiny Cactus Fence 865
Energy Elxpended in Coughing 866
Deaf Mutes Can Feel Music 870
Attaching the Phonograph to the Telephone 871
Moving a Telephone Switchboard Without Inter- rupting the Service 887
What One Gallon of Gasoline Will Do 888
Why Do Rifle and Shotgun Barrels Burst?. . 889
Three Separate Plans for Making a Gun Think . . 890
The Money That Goes Up the Chimney 898
Candling Eggs in the Newest Way Without the
Aid of a Dark Room 910
Turn on the Faucet and the Sausages Are Filled .. 911 Saving a Drowning Person with a Boat Ladder ... 914
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