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���Using a Suction Pump to Clear a Clogged Drain

THE head-pump of an ordi- nary tin garden- sprayer may be used effectively for freeing a waste pipe from obstruc- tion. Being unable to empty the bath tub, even by run- ning wires down the drain, one ex- perimenter prepared to bail it out, antici- pating afterward a plumber's bill of $2 or $3. For bailing, he had, besides a basin, a tin suction pump detached from the reservoir usually included in the hand-sprayer.

Taking up this pump, it occurred to him to try its effect over the vent of the tub. Pressing down the piston, he was astonished at the resistance, and on taking two or three strokes, found that the water was rapidly lowering in the tub. The suction pump, pressed down upon the drain, had given an op- portunity for exciting its not inconsid- erable force and, as a result, had dis- lodged the obstruction without further difficulty. — E. R. Chadbourn.

A Door Retainer

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��(J T wishing the horizon- tal top door of an ice-box or cabinet to fall clear back vhen opened, the device here shown may be used. From 1/16" steel or brass, fashion a piece as in the illustra- tion. The angle of the sides is equal to 180° minus the angle at which the door is to stand. The hole in the piece is equal to the diameter of the pin of the hinge on the door. Take the pin out of the hinge and file one of the pin-holders off, to allow the device just made to fit on the pin and in the inner portion of the hinge. Re-assemble the hinge and screw it on the door. When the door is opened this device will hold it up at the desired angle. — Noble Landis.

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��A Garbage and Paper Burner

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��TORY gar- bage and paper incinerator can be made from a cylin- der of galvanized iron \A" in diam- eter and 28" in height. A cylinder of this sort can be made at the local tinsmith's for about seventy-five cents. In iise, it is placed on an iron grate and the refuse ignited by placing it on a pile of dry paper in the bottom. — C. L. Vestal.

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��Concealing the Spare Silver

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���their home, a family provided a storage place for the "company" silver, which holds the entire supply when the family leaves home in the summer. In the clothes closet of an upstairs bedroom is a shirt- waist box on casters. This seems nat- ural and attracts no attention. Beneath it is the hiding place in the floor. A sec- tion of flooring is hinged and below is a box for the silver. — Avis G. Vestal.

A Flow^er-Pot Hanger

WITH the com- ing of winter, it becomes neces- sary to bring in, the flowers. The handy device shown can be made by any blacksmith. It consists of a frame for holding the flower-pot and a wall bracket for hold- ing the frame. Both are made from I/4" round iron, fashioned to the illustrated shape and welded together. The size of the iron hoop that encircles the pot is determined by the diameter of the pot just below the top flange. The size of the bracket is determined by the weight of the pot and its size. Good judgment only is needed to make either of these parts.— Noble Landis.

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