To save neckties from the wear and tear of pinholes, a scarfpin has been patented that clips on the edge of a tie.
In the interest of cleanliness, an Iowa inventor has patented a wire frame to hold a milk pail up from the ground.
A Frenchman has invented a machine for dealing cards that is said to make misdeals impossible.
A microthermometer has been invented that is so delicate that it is capable of registering sea-water temperature changes to one-thousandth of a degree. The instrument is intended to enable ship’s officers to detect their approach to icebergs.
A novel wrench that will hold a nut of almost any size is made of a single piece of steel, the handle being split so that the jaws are sprung together as a strain is applied.
Snake Poison Fails to Cure.
Rattlesnake venom as a cure for epilepsy proved a failure in official tests conducted by the State of Kansas. A report filed in Chicago by Doctor M. L. Perry, superintendent of the State Hospital for Epileptics, at Parsons, notes the effect of the venom on six patients at the institution who received the treatment for two months.
“In two cases there were more attacks than before; another was unchanged, and one patient’s condition grew so alarming that the treatment was discontinued in two weeks,” the report says.
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