Popular Science Monllilji 



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Slip knot through flat loop in wire. Pass cord again through loop and around ends. Bring it 

 around and over other loop. Then the final lap and you simply slip it into the clip to hold it 



A Package Handle That Saves 

 Your Time and Cord 



A COMBINED package carrier and 

 tier invented by Friedrich 0. Vonto- 

 bel, a Swiss resident of New York, prom- 

 ises to be of considerable interest. 



The pictures clearly illustrate the con- 

 struction of the device and its applica- 

 tion. At one end there is a fiat loop of 

 wire in the same direction as the handle, 

 at the other end a flat loop at right angles 

 to the direction of the handle with another 

 bend at right angles to it near the middle 

 of the loop. 



This device saves time and cord. Be- 

 fore the tying is begun a knot has to be 

 made in the end of the cord used for 

 tying. No other knots are required. 



The New Dandelion Ex- 

 tractor. You Can Work It 

 Without Stooping 



ANEW device for pulling 

 dandelions has been in- 

 vented by Hans C. Johnson, of 

 Fort Bragg, California. It has 

 a curved scoop for penetrating 

 the earth adjacent to the plant. 

 Pivotally attached to the shank 

 of the scoop and opposed to it is 

 a small toothed digger, which, 

 when it is swung to closed 

 position, impales or binds the 

 plant against the scoop so that 

 it can be readily extracted from 

 the earth. This digger is linked 

 to a slidable rod contained with- 

 in the main stem of the imple- 

 ment. Two handles are pro- 

 vided, one for the main stem 

 and one for the slidable rod. 



Without stoop- 

 ing, it is possible 

 to "spot" every 

 weed and up- 

 root it with this 

 new extractor 



When the two are grasped and closed to- 

 gether the rod is pulled upward, causing 

 the digger to swing toward the scoop to en- 

 gage the plant. It will be observed that the 

 person using this device does not have to 

 stoop to conquer. Incidentally it is a 

 fine weapon for attacking weeds on the 

 lawn. 



Fasting Is Not What It's Cracked 

 Up to Be, Experiments Show 



IT is impossible to stop eating and not 

 feel the pangs of hunger. If you have 

 been led to believe differently by the 

 stories of men who have undergone fasting 

 tests listen to the words of Professor Carl- 

 son of the University of Chicago. He 

 found as a result of observation on man 

 during prolonged intentional starvation, 

 that the view that hunger 

 mechanism fails early does not 

 hold as a general rule. The 

 professional faster, he points 

 out, may ignore the pangs of 

 hunger in a spirit of bravado. 



Indian fakirs who have been 

 practising the trick of fasting 

 until the normal cravings of the 

 body have submitted to will- 

 power, are 

 said to be 

 able to go 

 without food 

 for incredible 

 periods of 

 time. But 

 probably 

 ANGLt-LtvER FORK the real 

 truth of the 



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 fORK-OPtRATING ROD 



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matter is 

 known only 

 to them. 



