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keeping his own books, and caring for his personal invest- 

 ments. The last entry in his books was made by him on April 

 29, 1897 — the day before his death. 



Death came suddenly. The afternoon previous Mr. Clapp had 

 been driving with a friend for three hours and returned home 

 seemingly as well as usual. Before retiring he wrote two im- 

 portant lettsrs. He was stricken in his sleep in the early morn- 

 ing, and his life went out without apparent suffering or regain- 

 ing consciousness at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same 

 day. It has been said of him that if Mr. Clapp's will power had 

 not been dormant at this time, he would have made a powerful 

 struggle for his recovery and he would have won. 



Mr. Clapp was elected a director of the Atlas National Bank 

 (Boston) in 1S74, and was active in that position until his 



death. He was regarded by his associate directors as one of 

 the soundest judges of rubber mercantile paper in New Eng- 

 land. During the three months previous to his death, he passed 

 upon upwards of $700,000 of paper, without a dollar's loss to 

 the bank. He was a trustee and an active worker in the inter- 

 est of Forest Hills Cemetery, for more than a quarter of a 

 century. He took a very deep interest in the Commercial 

 Club of Boston, of which he was the treasurer for eighteen 

 years, until ill health obliged him to relinquish the duties of 

 the office. There was nothing which gave him more pleasure 

 than the reunions of this club. He was at one time a director 

 of the Home Savings Bank, For several years he was the gen- 

 eral agent of the National Rubber Co. (Bristol, Rhode Island) 

 and was interested in many other companies and institution. 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



T 



HOT WATER BOTTLE. 



' lAMA COMBINED WATER BOTTLE AND SYRINGE. 



HE illustrations herewith will convey a better idea than 

 a lengthy description could do, without their aid, of a 

 patented novelty bearing the well known " Alpha " 

 brand. In the first place, the " lama " hot water bottle 

 has an advantage over the customary form 

 of bottle in that with a given quantity of 

 hot water a greater heating or radiating 

 surface is presented ; besides, this shape 

 adapts itself readily to any part of the body. 

 There is an extra combination attachment, 

 by means of which the " lama " is converted 

 into a fountain syringe. After the bottle 

 has been filled, and the small neck C (see 

 cut of stopper below) is turned down to 

 meet the collar D, a free flow is permitted 

 through the neck. A fountain syringe tube can then be slipped 



over the neck C, and the 

 bottle suspended by the 

 loop B, as illustrated. 

 The bottle can also be 

 inflated through the 

 valve neck C, to form a 

 complete air cushion, 

 affording restful comfort 

 when placed on a chair 

 or seat. To make a foot 

 warmer of this bottle, 

 the loop B is adapted to 

 slip over the lugs A. 

 fastening the two ends 

 of the bottle together. 

 The " lama " becomes a 

 baby food wanner when 

 filled with hot water 

 and folded by placing 

 the loop B on the lugs A. The water will re- 

 main hot for hours, and 

 the nursing bottle can 

 I .-<:^Hi'^ /s^9\ be placed between the 



folds. The last cut rep- 

 resents the "lama" 

 water bottle stopper, 

 when the tubing con- 

 nection C is screwed up- 



FOOT WARMER. BABY FOOD WARMER. ward tO itS fullest CX- 



FOUNTAIN SYRINGE 



Fig. I. 



tent. This device is fully protected by patents, including the 



patents pending on the 

 water bottle stopper. 

 -A-. /J'-f-ST^-K [Parker, Stearns & Sut- 



ton, New York.] 



THE GEER SYRINGE. 



This cut represents a 

 glass syringe, but as it 

 illustrates the device to 

 be described here, it is 

 submitted as showing 

 WATER BOTTLE STOPPER. the form of Construction 



of a syringe intended to be made of hard rubber. The " Geer " 

 syringe provides a handle of novel construction, in connection 

 with an ordinary syringe, which enables the operator to use it 

 with one hand, leaving the other hand entirely free. The 

 ability to operate this syringe with the same hand that holds it 

 in position, makes the device desirable in that it will be pos- 

 sible for personal applications to be made 

 in many cases, without assistance. It will 

 also prove of value in the practice ol sur- 

 geons and physicians, as there is no such 

 tension on the nerves of the fingers in its 

 use, as occurs in the use of syringes with 

 three rings at the end of the piston rod. 

 The claim on which a patent has been 

 granted in the United States reads : " In 

 a hand syringe, the combination of a cyl- 

 inder, a piston, and an operating rod 

 which is bent upon itself to form a smooth 

 and rigid arm terminating in a handle, 

 which, in its extreme positions, is located 

 within reach of the fingers of the hand 

 which holds the cylinder, thus permitting 

 one hand to hold and operate the syringe, 

 substantially as shown and described." 

 Patents have been obtained also in the 

 leading European countries. The India 

 Rubber World has been shown letters 

 signed by several eminent members of the medical profession 

 in New York, commending the principle of construction of 

 this syringe. The patentee is L. M. Geer, No. 603 East One 

 Hundred and Thirty-ninth street. New York. 



THE "standard" NON-COLLAPSIBLE NIPPLE. 

 A GREAT variety of devices have been put on the market 

 from time to time by which ordinary nipples are rendered non 



