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How a Boy Delivers Packages with 

 His Own Bicycle-Trailer 



A BICYCLE-TRAILER of effective 

 design has been built by a Battle 

 Creek boy to expedite his work. With 

 the trailer he finds it easy to transport 

 bundles and boxes and to finish his task 

 in much less time than if he attempted 

 to haul the bundles on a small express 



Popular Science Monthly 



The inventors of automobile appliances are now giving 



much attention to trailers. This boy invented his own 



trailer for carrying packages with his bicycle 



wagon, such as that commonly employed. 



The trailer is simple in construction. 

 A two-wheeled platform is fastened to 

 the bicycle by means of a curved rod, 

 which follows the contour of the rear 

 wheel and which is bolted to the saddle 

 fittings. 



The metal rod obviates any possibility 

 of a rear-end collision, while the pulling 

 power of the bicycle is not impaired. 

 The trailer does not impose an unusual 

 burden on the rider, especially when the 

 wheels of the trailer are kept well oiled. 



A Pocket Safe 



CONVERT a pocket flashlight into 

 a purse by simi:)ly taking out the 

 battery 



Why the Automobile "Goes Dead " 



It frequently happens that an automo- 

 bile, particularly the Ford car, will stop 

 suddenly and all attempts to "make it 

 go" will prove ineffective. Battery and 

 all other parts of the ignition, the mag- 



neto and spark-plugs, seem to be in good 

 condition and yet the car will not 

 "spark." In this case the fault probably 

 Hes in the contact-Inrushes of the mag- 

 neto. A small particle of dirt, getting 

 under the contact-brush, will effectively 

 stop the car. Examining the brushes in 

 such a case will save much unnecessary 

 work, and a trip to the garage. 



The Refreshment Tree 



AT Mount Lowe, Califor- 

 nia, the thirsty visitor 

 has only to turn on a faucet 

 projecting from a large tree 

 near the hotel and water be- 

 gins to flow. No waterpipes 

 are to be seen and ciu'iosity 

 is aroused at once. 



As a matter of fact, the 

 lower part of the tree is hol- 

 low, and the pipes were run 

 along underground between 

 the roots and up through the 

 hollow part to a knot hole, 

 where a faucet was attached. 

 Around the faucet the hole 

 was plugged up with cement 

 which looks like the tree it- 

 self. Drinking is popular 



haps because the visitors think 



tree of knowledge. 



here, per 

 it is the 



To passers-by the tree is an inexhaustible 



supply of water. But the source of water 



is a pipe ingeniously concealed within the 



trunk of the tree 



