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Instead of climbing the flag 

 pole to repair it, one man lowers 

 it to the roof where it can 

 be painted with less danger 



Popular Science Monthly 



The Tender Chloroforming, Antiseptic 

 Bayonet— It Wounds and Heals 



HOW can we make the soldier fight 

 harder ? Can we do it by giving him 

 new implements of torture, new weapons to 

 increase bloodshed? "No," is the answer 

 of Alexander Foster Humphrey, of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., inventor of the gentle narcotic 

 hunting bullet and the polite antiseptic, 

 anaesthetic military bullet. 



"Relieve the conscience of the soldier," 

 advises Mr. Humphrey, "and he will fight 

 the harder. Let him know that while he 

 must cause a wound, he is also giving means 

 to relieve and heal that wound and he will 

 fight like a tiger." 



All of which whether true or not serves as 

 an introduction to Mr. Humphrey's most 

 recent and most astonishing invention, the 

 antiseptic, pain-deadening bayonet — a bay- 

 onet that carries in its blade a capsule con- 

 taining a mixture of antiseptics, anaesthetics 

 and gelatin. When the bayonet is plunged 

 into a soldier the heat of the body will melt 

 the capsule and release its healing contents, 

 the anaesthetic deadening the wounded 

 man's pain, the antiseptic preventing in- 

 fection, and the gelatin stopping the flow of 

 blood. We wonder if a Belgian soldier would 

 relish the stabbing of a German so tenderly. 



LVVire cablesto 

 flower rigging 



Flag Pole Repairing 



Minus the Usual 



Steeple-Jack 



SPECIALIZED pole 

 painters and steeple- 

 jacks may soon find them- 

 selves unnecessary adjuncts 

 to the business world, if the ingenious flag 

 raising and lowering device shown in the 

 accompanying illustration becomes popular. 

 It can be used on all flat roofs. Instead of 

 the men climbing the pole, the pole is 

 brought down to the men by means of a 

 system of gears, which can be operated by 

 one man. These gears are mounted on a 

 short hollow post which is fastened to the 

 building. They operate a drum which is 

 divided into two portions. Upon these 

 portions, the pole tackles wind up. 



The drum which winds up the cable 

 going to the top sheaves is larger than the 

 other, so that this cable will wind up faster 

 and keep its tension the same as the lower 

 cables, as the pole swings up on its hinging 

 pin. When fully raised, two stirrups hold 

 the flag pole securely against the shorter 

 anchoring post. 



The bayonet which heals the wounds it 

 makes. A groove in the end of the blade 

 holds an antiseptic, anaesthetic capsule 



