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When the driver draws alongside the
cans, filled with garbage and rubbish by
the white wings, he swings the crane to
either side, as demanded, the swivel
being governed by a short bar operated
from the seat. The yoke is then lowered
and the hooks are attached to the iron
nubs of the cans. The can then is drawn
above the wagon and the hook of the second
cable is attached to the iron rim at
the bottom. A shift of gears allows the
driver to operate the second drum and
the can is quickly tipped, the rubbish
dropping into the wagon. The operation
goes on until all cans have been emptied.
TUBERCULOSIS AMONG
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
DECENT scientific investigation has
confirmed the theory that fruits and
vegetables are afflicted with tuberculosis.
T. J. Burrell, working upon the blight
of the pear and apple in 1879, was the
first to attribute a plant disease to bacterial
origin. His work has been confirmed
and his conclusions more fully
established by S. O. Swinton, a recent
investigator.
According to Mr. Swinton, the predisposing
conditions which contribute
toward the development of tuberculosis
in fruits and vegetables are similar to
those of the human body—insufficient
nourishment and exposure to extremes of
heat and cold. If fruits and vegetables
are not properly fertilized and watered
they are not nourished and suffer in consequence.
Tuberculosis manifests itself
particularly in fruits
and vegetables but every
part of the plant—root, stem,
leaf, flower, fruit, bark,
wood, veins—is subject to
the disease.
Although there is only a
slight resemblance between
the human body and a vegetable
or fruit, the latter may
be likened to the human
body. What the bones are
to the human body, the core and seeds
are to fruits and vegetables. The disease
attacks core and seeds. There is no
discharge, but the core is discolored and
spongy. The fruit is bitter; the vegetable
tasteless. Unless the general public
is aroused to plant protection this disease
will continue to spread and increase until
the value of the product is diminished or
totally destroyed.
LATH LIKE LIGHTNING
/~\LD-TIME lathers who prided themselves
on their speed in lathing a
house, will soon be able to double their
pace when the invention of a Westerner,
Mr. C. S. Boden of Palo Alto, California,
gets on the market. Inventors are always
striving to perfect new tools which increase
man's speed and efficiency, and
Mr. Boden has achieved both these
This Automatic Lathing Hammer Spits
Out Nails Like a Gun Spits Bullets
points in his automatic lathing and tack
hammers.
The automatic hammers spit out tacks
or nails, and drive them much as bullets
come from a gun. They are more efficient
than the human hand, and rarely if
ever drop or bend a nail or tack. The
nails are fed into the hammer on paper