NEW PATENTS.
An ingenious Yankee has invented a pro cess whereby wars are to be rendered impossible. It consists of a number of powerful dynamoes capable of hurling thunderbolts a distance of a mile. By this means any army taking the field is doomed to instant annihilation. Under these circumstances the troops will naturally refuse to obey orders I'here is only one hitch about the contrivance : these lightning machines do not work in wet weather. Another Yankee has patented a cat made of cardboard, with eyes that are made to glow in the dark \v, means of phosphorus. You place one o
hese cats in thegarret or the cellar, and
cry presence scares away the mice
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2479, 3 May 1909, Page 3
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116NEW PATENTS. Dunstan Times, Issue 2479, 3 May 1909, Page 3
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