India rubber world . land and Germany. The ball—hollow and made of celluloid—is the most important factor in the game. It is propelled byracquets, the same as in tennis, and the game is played in-doors, over a table. The newspapers here have now begun togive so much attention to the game that the American publicdoubtless will soon become acquainted with it. THE XANDER TANK FILLER. The device illustrated here is intended for filling the watertanks of steam vehicles from convenient troughs or streamsalong the road. About eight feet or more of rubber hose may. be used, which can be coiled when no
India rubber world . land and Germany. The ball—hollow and made of celluloid—is the most important factor in the game. It is propelled byracquets, the same as in tennis, and the game is played in-doors, over a table. The newspapers here have now begun togive so much attention to the game that the American publicdoubtless will soon become acquainted with it. THE XANDER TANK FILLER. The device illustrated here is intended for filling the watertanks of steam vehicles from convenient troughs or streamsalong the road. About eight feet or more of rubber hose may. be used, which can be coiled when not in use and carried inany convenient place, or on top of the tank. To fill the tankby means of this device, the operator has simply to throw thestrainer end of the hose into the water, and open a valve underthe seat, when the water is drawn up by the vacuum created bythe steam, filling the tank in a few minutes. It is not neces-sary for the operator to leave his seat. It is a much more con-venient means than the use of a bucket. [The Xander Ma-chine and Supply Co., Limited, Reading, Pennsylvania.] THE BLACK v wearing of rubber heels now having become so wide-spread, a new article has been put upon the market, with the designation printed above. Themanufacturers,holding that thereis as much difference betweenvarious makes of rubber heels asthere is between shoes, pointout three particulars in regardto which they claim is with regard to the dura-bility of the compound used inthis heel; another is that theheel, owing to the cha
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