f wire cloth to enable it to resist heavy water
pressure, has been patented by Mr. B. P. Chatfield, of Aiken, S. C.

A basket having light sheet metal sides attached to a wooden bottom by
crimping the edges over a rib on the periphery of the bottom, has been
patented by Mr. Samuel Friend, of Decatur, Ill. The handle and lid may
be easily removed to permit of packing and storage.

An improved cross bar for fastening doors, patented by Mr. Richard
Condon, of La Salle, Ill., has a spring acted portion which engages a
socket on the door casing, and is retained in that position by a
spring catch.

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A NEW IRONING TABLE.

The accompanying engraving represents a convenient and inexpensive
table recently patented by Mr. Albert H. Hogins, of Morrisania, N. Y.
It is more especially designed for ironing, but it may be used for
other purposes when closed up. The top is made in two tapering
sections, A B. The section, B, is narrower than the other, and is
pivoted at its wider end to a bar, E, which slides into a socket
formed in the table. The table has five legs, one of which, D, is
attached to a sliding rail that supports the narrower end of the
movable part of the top. The table is provided with a drawer in one
end and with a tray, C, for containing blankets, etc.

[Illustration: HOGINS IMPROVED TABLE.]

The convenience and practicability of this table for general laundry
use, will be apparent without further explanation. The board, B, when
drawn out will be used for ironing skirts, shirts, and other garments
requiring a board of this character, and when the table is closed
together and fastened by the hooks, it may be used in ironing larger
articles. When closed it presents the appearance of an ordinary table
and may be used as such.

Further information may be obtained by addressing the inventor as
above.

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A NOVEL ENGINE REGULATOR.

The accompanying engraving represents two different styles of
regulator, invented by Mr. Stenberg, in which the effect of
centrifugal force is utilized. In a vessel, A, of parabolic shape is
placed a disk, C, which floats on glycerine contained by the vessel,
and is attached to the walls of the vessel by an annular membrane, so
that it may rise and fall in a vertical direction as the glycerine is
carried with more or less force toward the edge of the vessel by
centrifugal action. The inne