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Jefferson News & Farmer.
Vol. 3.
THE
NEWS & FARMER.
BY
„RO-RE%T S• B-RO? V HE It S,
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AT
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11. L. GAMBLE, Jlt~
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
LOUISVILLE GEORGIA.
Jan. 16,1873. ly.
J. G. Cain. J. H. Polbill
CAIN & POLHILIi,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
iLOUISYILL, GA.
May 5, 1871. 1 r y-
K. W. Carswell. * W. F. Denny.
CarswSil & Esnny
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L< yUISVILLE,.... - . .GEORGIA-,
WILE practice in all the Counties in the
Middle Circuit. Also Burlie la Augus
ta Circuit. All business entrusted to then
care will meet with prompt attention. .
Nov. 3,27 ly
W- 11, WATKINS, T
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ftoufstoflle, <Sa.
VVil .practice in the middle Circuit. Special
attention given to the Collection of CLAIMS.
JiS. R.T. XLT.ES, ; WM; A. TOMPKINS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
WEIGHTSVILLE, GA.
All business entrusted to their care wil
meet with prompt attention. '
Particular attention .given to the collection
of claims, „
July 3,187 L ________
~~~M, E, E. PARSONS,
Offers his services to the people ofWasaing
-ton and Jefferson counties.
' Can be Consulted at the residence of Mrs.
l*r. Miller, in Louisville, on the first week in
aeh month; Will serve at their homes if pre
err.ed. Work promised to.give satisfacUon.
January 23, 1873 l 7
piasrrisT.
Office. at Waynesboro Burke Cos., Ga.
Families either in Louisville qr the country,
can secure his services by leaving their, calls
at the 'store of Hopkins _ & Litt'e, News £
Farmer office, or address him at his office.
Refers to J. C. Little.
Feb-27. 1873. om.
MEDICAL.
DR. J. U, SMITH,late of Sandersville Ga.,
offerslhis Professional services to theciti
eens of Louisville, and Jefferson county. An
experience of nearly forty years to the profes
sion should entitle him to Public Confidence.
Special attention paid to Obstetrios and diseases
of women and children. Office at residence,
Louisville.
Louiavil e June 20,1871. &tf
&.t?. WSSIMt, B-l.
jpiAi’sii'i.tJr j.ru suituMsojr,
GEORGIA.
SUCCESSFULLY taeat* diseases of Lungs
and Throat, diseases of the Eye, Nose and
Ear, and all forms of Dropsy; diseases of the
Heart* Kidneys,Bhkdderw«W Stri-tore, secret
dimsew, long standing ulcers ; removes bem.
orrheidal Tumors withaut ueln; makes a *p«-
r ality ofdtoeaserpecdliAV to females. Medi
rnlerseftt*® any point on Railroad by Express.
, corrfesp3,««denee confidential.
J "D ■«»:., ”
mußbcctart?;
I AR. W. W. BATTEY, bat located at
&*saasa&reaa
in the DetoMMMsiw‘ ■i-fo.-*# dlMuSwTbtiwol
Maoob, rhoo 1873 -
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Louisville, Jefferson Count}, Ga., Thursday, October 9th, 1873.
BOWDEN COLLEGE.
Thl? Institution, now rapidly growing
popular favor, was founded in 1856 and char
tered in i857, fer the purpose of placing a Col
legiate Education within thereach of the in
dustrious Farmer and Mechanic, as well as
those more highly favored. To this end. allex
penses of dr - >, style of living, tuition, and
board, have been reduced to the lowest practi
cable rates- All superfluities and luxuries are
discouraged, and a .. 'lug man is estimated by
his ability, appltcat.ju and moral character,
rather than the out and cost of his Coat. With
a course f anrdyf inferior to none, and a stan
dard’ of s- lOlarship not below the highest, we ,
offer ai- l ocal ion to the struggling youth of,
the Country at less than HALF the COST at
otbei L'ol'cges of thesame grade.
BOWDON COLLEGE
Js'lh. .: of uu Pc ideal laction, nor Religious
spot. N-> Mudn.t nor Citizen is proscribed for
polir : --Tigi jus opinions. We inculcate
tiie Christ .s Rc-i’giou, not dogmas; patriotism
not ’-.itlfes. " «•»
LiC- t'VitON COLLEGE
Is frt from t! • uio.si fatal temptation to-young
men, the total f spirituous liquors. Thein
cui poraiion laws rhid it under a heavy pen
alty; and the Mayoi and Council have full
poweis to suppress disorder, remove nuisance,
and to promote the general good over a teri
tory ot two miles iu length and one and a half
miles in width. Ve iuvite all Citizens in search
of a localiou remarkable for good health, pure
Water, godß society, wholesome laws, educa
tional facilities, amlNO WHISKRV, to settle
among us.
BOWDON COLLEGE
Affords superior advantages to the honest Yeo
manry ol’Georgia. Observation proves that
grt-at men spring from the rural districts,
'There, true genius grows in its native forests,
inicorrupwd by ttio cunning and craft, the
'greed apiLluxury of Cjly life It is to this
class of students that our Institution is pecu
liarly adapted, whde its simplicity, common
sense, and good taste, can but correct many
evils of a more artificial life.
Classes in BOOK-KEEPING are organized
for the benefit of those who d'-sire to prepare
for business; and in Arithmetic, English
Grammar and Geography, for those not fully
prepared to enter upon the College Course.
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hi- tea -her will be published iu the Cata
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Fall Term opens on Third Thursday in Au
gusr.
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uary.
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e Sunday in July.
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- Georgia School Debt of 1871.
A Circular from Commissioner Crr :
Full Information About It
of General Interest.
Atlanta, Ga,, Sept. 23, IS?I.
Editors oj the Constitution :—A
copy of the enclosed circular, with
the blanks properly filled, hasju-t
been sent to each ol the County’
School Commissioners and County
.Treasurers of the different counties
of the Stale. Many cit zens, who
will not have the opportunity ol
seeing the c reular, are interested in
the inf trmaiion which it contains;
Will you please publish for'their
benefit:
Gustav us J. Orr,
State School Commisc.o ier.
Department of Education, )
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 13, 1573, }
Dear Sir: I hereby notify you
that I have just completed the ap
portionment of another iu-ta ! l(nent
of the fund, derived from the tax
ievied under “An act to provide for
the payment of the debt due to
teachers and school officers who did
service under ihe public school la \
•in the year 1871,” approved August
19. 1872, The amount just appor
tioned is $76,000. Titis covers the
entire sum re dized from the tux
mentioned, from the lime of the ap
portionment in December last up lo
ihe 10th instant, Th o pro rata of
your country is S
- has been some delay in
making the appointment. The law
fixes no definite time, but, after con
sultilion with the Governor, I pub
lished in my, pamphlet of instruc
tions,, issued iu March las * that the
apportionment would be m ide about
the first of July, When that time
arrived, the Comptroller General
and the Treasurer were each called
upon for a stalemenl of the amount
of this special fund collected up to
datg. Owing to heavy official labors
in those offices at th it time, the
statements were a little delayed.
When recieved they disclosed the
fact that there ha I been paid into
the treasury of the regular school
fund, derived from all sources, bc'-
• ween the 4th oI November, 1871,
i>.d ihe 19ih day of Augu.-t, 1572,
the date ol the passage of ihe act
referred to in the. hist part of this
circular, only about $97,000, By
reference to the first section of the
act of A-ugust, 19 b 1572, it wili lie
seen that this special school fun I
was raised to replace in the trea:. ■
ary nit se.hool futul3 which had been
Jrawu out and used (or oilier ilian
school purposes” between the dates
just mentioned. One bun I red thou
sand dollars of the lund real zed had
already been apportioned ; and the
question arose in the mind of the
Governor as to whether any amount
which might be realized from the
tax in excess of what was sufficient
to replace in the treasury the funds
mentioned, was appropriated’ by
the act. This question he very
properly referred to the Attorney,
asking for a w’ritten opinion. Tin
absence of the Attorney General at
the time, and protracted sickness
after his return, added to the delay
The oyiuioi) when received, was to
the effect that the entire fund raised
by the tax is appropriated by the
act to the payment of the debt of
1871. After.the opmion of the At
torney Gen-’ral was received, a little
lutther delay was occasioned by the
temporary absence of the Treasurer.
This statement, I trust, will prove
satisfacory to all reasonable men
among the nu nerous correspondents
who have written to me, making in
quiries concerning the causes of the
delay. The delay will not be a
source of much regret to ihe claim
an son the fund when they learn
that there has been added lo the
imount of that fund, by collections
since the. Ist of July, about $29,000.
It will be remembered that, in the
pamphlet published in March, I
expressed the opmion that there
would be realized by the Ist of Julv
from this special fax, from $80J)00
to 100,000. That opinion was
based übon an official estimate made
by the Comptroller General. The
taxes came in much more slowly
than was anticipated, so that the
amount collected upjo the 10 inst.
is but an approximation to the
mailer of the amounts staled in the
pamphlet. >
I am frequently asked by oorres-t
.louden! 3 why the Governor does
not sell ihe bonds provided for in the
aof of August 19.1872, A word of
reply will be necessary to satisfy
iissja
are seven per cent, bonds, and are
subject to boffi fnd c unty
taxes. Wen Who Hyq MiUVU 10 ia ’
* I ,3* nrynA
vest can and > s-) much better with it, |
ihat W would be impossible to induce
them to purchase these bonds, ex«,
cepi-atvery low rates; and the
statute requires the sale to be “at
rates not injurious to the credit of
ihe State.”
Oiher bonds have been selling
readily. These bonds however,
are eight per cent bonds, and are
noa-taxable, and the act which au
thorizes lluir sale binds the Legisla
ture to raise a large sum by taxation
annually, to*pay the interest and
furnish a sinking fund tor ihe ulti
ma’e extinguishment of the princi
pal. It is hoped that this statement
will also prove siti-ficiory.
The county Iheasurer is made
the custodial of this special school
lund by the law under which ii was
raised. He van draw, however,
only to the amount of the existing,
ascertained school debt of hiscouu
iy. wi,h an addition just sufficient to
pay lisi own commissions. Any
imoum over what may be. necesst
ry to pay the debt of a county wi l
by law, “remain in the treasury to
the credit of said county for the fu
■ ure school work,” and can be
draw’ll by ihe proper custodian of
the regular school fund whenever
the condition sei forth in section 23
of the general school law is com
plied with.
The County School "Commission
er of the counties have failed, up to
ties time, lo make an enumeration of
the school popilation, according to
ihe school law in. force in 1571.
The law euuctc that ibejnro. rata of
a county, in a c-s • like thi--, * shall
remain in the tieasory to the credit
of the county to b> drawn upon and
ired for the benefit of the people of
the county, under the public school
law.” The proper custodian of the
regular school fund can .also draw
in ibis ease, both ihe former appor
tioned, jrro la'a, as well as ihat just
appoi tinned, for ihe support of pub
lic schools, whenever the condition
in sec id on 2$ of the general school
iaw, above re let red to, has been
complied with.
Tn a few of the counties no soln
and bt has b en reported. Ifno.douiJL
exists iu these couplies, ilie proper
cust idi m of ihe regular school fund
can draw ihe pro rata of iff.-county
for i he support of schools whenever
ihe Board of Education has com
plied with the condition of the gen
era! school law referred to tiro two
precee and in g paragraph s,
The proper custodian of the reg
nl ir school fund, mentioned several
times in the foregoing, is ihe Coun
ty School Commissioner, in the
counties u ider tire genera! law ; and
jhe County Treasurer, in those un
der the sp ‘cial law.
Wnen tha appointment was made
in December last I give the two
following rules for disbursing the
fund :
1. Ehoh County School Commis
sioner will be entitled to receive,
Torn tne county’s pro rata, an a
monnt which shall b ar the same
ratio to the entire pro rata that his
claim bears to the entire school debi
of the county.
2. The remainders must be ap
pointed among the sub-districts in
(n the proportion of ihe number ot
children in each between the ages
of six and twenty-one years, and
ni"Si then be paid out to lawful
claimants in proportion to amounts
>1 the several claims.
The first of the above ru’es has
beeu affirmed by the Siaie Board,
and will be obseived in the dis
burse nent of the fund just appor
turned.
They have decided that the sec
ond is based upon a wrong con
struction of the law, and have ex
pressed the opinion ihat the fund
ought not to have been apoortioned
among the sub-districis, but should
have been paid out on the claims of
all the teachers of the county in
proportion to the several amounts of
their respective claims. In order to
force the construction of the Slate
Board, I instruct as follows :
When the fund reaches the coun
ty, add the present pro rata to that
apportioned last Decen ber. Set
aside the county Treasurer’s com
missions on the who'e sum and the
proportionate part due the county
Commissioner. Calculate each
teacher’s proportionate part of the
residue and pay him out of the pres
ent ?pportioument the remainder to
which he is entitled according to
the cathnate made as above. It will
be rente nbered that this mode of
disbursement applied ’r»n!y to this
special School fund. The fules giv
en for ihe dii, burse neWt es the regu
lar school fund ot this year, in the
circular *df the 25th of July, are
based ,q#po the achooL- layr, and
m ist be observed in paying eat that
fund.
i t tr»i ii > ■***%(;
C>uuly Treasurers and others
w’ho may be entitled to receive the
whole or any portion of this fund,
according-to the instructions above,
can dr&w the same cither in pers >n,
or by an attorney in fact. In either
case, they must produce a certifi
cate, under seal, from the Orduary
or Clerk of the Superior Court that
they hold the office they claim, to
hold, and have given the bond re
quired by law.
The necessary and reasonable ex
pens of conveying the fund lo thy
county may be paid outot the fund
itself.
The State. sonrd of Education
has decided that Couniy Treasurers
are entitled to only 2 1-2 per cent,
for both receiving and paying oul
tile fund—and not 2 1-2 per ceqt.
for receiving and thh same for pay
ing out. In the circular of the 25th
of July, the following sentence oc
curred : “It in made the duty of ihe
S ato School ‘Commissioner to see
ihat the p oper actions, provi
ded by law, aud brought agniust a,ll.
officers and agents of the system
who are liable to the same-for nris
ap’plicaiion of the school fund, o
other cause; and while he hopes
that necessiiy will be laid upon him
to discharge ibis duty, he berth;
gives notice that he will faithfully
perform it. should occasion ari e.’
I now repeat and reuiliiin th
same.
I lake this occasion to say to the
County School Commissioners th it
in the bl ink headed “Consolidation
of ihe Reports of Brivate Elementa
ry Schools’’ I neglected to provide
columns for separating lire ehildr- n
of the white and colored rices. 1
hereby instruct the Commi-siohers
to separate ihe races py filling up
with two horizontal lines across the
blank- the whites in one die blacks
In the other, wiih the letter W pla
ced at the beginning of i life second.
GUSTAVUS J.ORR,
Suite Sell -ol Commissioner.
A Female Life Preseiver.
A pair of picnicers of San Fran
cisco had a thrilling experience the
day. There was a large pic
f.foc. It was over, and the company
were waiting lor the train at a sti
lion near a.treble bridge. It was
some miuules till train time, and a
young couple thought they « cold
lake a walk on the bridge to enjoy
the delights of love-making togeth
er with the sensation of looking
down into the depths of the *ulf be
neaih them. They had made their
way fifty yards ove. the chasm
train came shooting
around a short bend in their faces.
A (Jeep cut had hid the train till it
was almost upon them. It was an
awful situation, and the lady com
prehended it at once, and did not
lose her presence of mind, as eveni3
proved. ‘They could not possibly
get off the bridge before the train
would overtake teen. The engin
eer Whistled down brakes, but it
was evidently imposaible to stop tbe
heavy train before it would be upon
them. It was within a few yard*,
and the crowd of picnicers stood bu
a hundred yards off petrified with
horror. There seemed to be no est
cape whateve for the luckless coup
le. Their mingled bodies would
evidently be dashed into the chasm.
The lady oiled to her companion to
drop, and suddenly dropped her
self. Boih dropped just in time,
and they hung suspended to a
sleeper under the bridge while the
long train passed over them. Thus
they clung with their hands until
s ime gentlemen of the company
went on the-bridge and rescued them
from their perilous situation. They
were unharmed, exoept torn cloth
ing and a scratch or two, and they
saved their lives by a scratch. It
was the principal event of a very
pleasant occasion, and was so thril
ling that some of the young ladies
who saw (he danger closed their
eyes and fainted. The man bad
better secure that woman as a life
preserver.
Barnum Looking Heavenward.
A Balloon For Europe in the Spring:
A Fire Balloon With 8,000 Gal~
ons of Oil.
Showman Barnum starts for Eu
rope this morning in the steamer
Scotia, He had a talk at the Astor
House yesterday with Prof. Wis<
about, balloons.
“1 am going to have a transatlantic
balloon voyage attempted in the
Soring,” said Mr. Barnum to the Pro
fessor, "andd ißtkintyoi so tell me
exa itly wbat « leav
ing the cost out of thtt'tltSestion.”
Prat Wisedescnbed theL Kind' of
balloon he would Itke.eedUHWH 1
“ ’ ,»yi {*• t «*i& -At as
num took notes. The aeronaut’s
dearest wishes would be saiisfi- and
with a silk balloon eighty feet in di
ameter. The material must be spe
cially woven of uniform warp and
woof, unjed, and weigh oi e pound to
every five square yard . The crown
of the balloon must bu protected wiih
an additional tiiickness of water
proof muslin, and 265,000 feet of
specially prepared gis provide’.
With these requirements met, he
would promise to start lor Europe
via the air-li e m June.
“But I suppo e you couldn't come
ac n the balloon !” jocosely ask
ed so - - Baruuuj.
“xi s,” rcpiteil’Piol. Wise; ah I
he was shout to explain how compli
cation of air cur.r-nts mi. it End
.him omeivhi re in South Airi-r-c i,
hut . s son checked hiru.
“You certainly don’t nfoarr,father,
that you could start from .London
and come back tie said.
The profcH-or, iu spile of his son's
evident svrprise, ■ vva- inclined to
argue that in coul Ido it. The lai
ier tnought it could be done only by
making a complete circuit of the
gi be, an) Barnum didn’t much
care how it was and ne if ii was only
done. Dr. Parasel, an aeronaut, pre
sented a plan for crossing the Atlan
tic in a hot air balloon. He would
lequif.: a large balloon liued with
paper and arrangements for burning
oil to k.p i l;e air in it continuously
boated. Sixty thousand feet of rar
fi and air would, he said, possess a
lifting power equal lo eighteen ilibu
smd pouuds. He would take along
eight thousand gallons-of oil, and
burn, it fast enough to keep the air
in the big heated to over two thou
smd degrees Fahrenheit. He would
force in cool air when ho wanted to
go down quickly add fire up to as
cend. He knew he could stay up
thirty days with the proposed supply
ol oil, and wasn’t afraid of the bal
loon catching fire from the intense
heat.
Mr Barnum listened to all the
suggestions, took the address of
anouauis in London and Paris, ex
amined samples of siik, covered a
sheet of foolscap with estimates and
figures, ams declared ihat he intend
ed to spare no Double or expense
ia making an experiment on a grand
s ale.
Ku-Elux Speech.
Edlow- Citizens, and Ladies in
Particular: I pear befo vou dis
evening fresh from de presence ot
my washerwoman, and de balance
of my family, to elucidate de sub
ject of all de funicalities, comicalE
ties and originalities.
Whar’s do good time coming ?
am it here ? am it dar.
My sweet geraniums, when de
Prince of Whales rnaried Lucreti'a
Borgia and de Radicals run off wid
all de Sunday school stamps, what
did Oliver Cromwell say? Why,
as he stood drinking a glass of bay
rum wid Baruum’s bearded women,
he said to himself—“dat’s what a
man said.”
Seco dly, in de third place in de
time of de wet weather, when it rain
ed thirty-seven days and twenty-four
nights in de longdrymonthofAugus,
when Noah took in de Ark, out of
de wet, de elephant, de little pig,
de cock-roaches and all de other
birds—now do you spose dit if he
had given de contract to build de
Ark >to Governor B— dat it
would have been finished? Os
course it wouldn’t. It would take
every cent de old man had lo pay de
commission and de taxes, because—
“dot’s what a man said.”
Fourteenth chapter eighty-ninth
section, mahogony drawers—my
nigh blushing seriousness ; *
Let us take the front seat in the
lobby and look down mid de halls
of Congress, and dar we will find
ebery ting a failure, from de rising
ob de moon even to de going down
of de cotton market. De stars dot
didn’t fell was a failure ; de buro is
a failure, because whar is de nigger
dat eber got one s
One eyed chapter, clause twenty
fourtb, special act of Rump Con
gress.; my beloved holly hawks,
wbat does de poic say on de subject
of a—of—so forth, and all dat sort
of tings. Why he says.
Dar was an odd woman and wbat do,
you think,. . ,
She lived upon nothing but vittle
and drink
In de seventeenth plade, section
de forty thieves: tny Peruvian Ban
flowers, give your divided years my
attention, which a man enters de
holy bonds of padlock, wh’en' he
1 ads his gal to tne fftlfei*, tfcfos he
%ver think how sad’ll bd Hsfate be
fore ho isbridle triWrf
his queen of .CtMWaieff &
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should be alt le sullky, or de bri
dle couch u lii tie buggy, den whar’s
lie gwin to git li'B cup of collet i: de
morning 1 Why den he will have
to wagon the be-t way he can, lu -
cause when de woman gi's to wt
ing de feminine gender ofde mascu
line goose, dey are soon t > put <
blind bridie on de man and have <
own wav.
Spargnss de forty-third, s -x
sick, lobster clause; my iufm.ua
cinnamon drops when -Abrain.. .
Columbus broug't dis world e
lu re, and n-.v w ni l dat he has j
got up and | te t* .1, when he cam
sailing up. river
was the first q.irnsrion he axed r—-
Why my incipient dahlies as he
stood taking a drink of l .ger bar
with President Grant, the poet an
hoise t imer, he ask< and mulling what
he got for the last nigger lie sold.
My disgusted herors, lei us lo k
to de tax bill; dars gwiue to’ he a
tax put upon everything, and more
100. Free dollars an inch on de
gal’s hoops; ten cents on R d’s
melish, and dat’s about as much s
dey are worth. My bruddei ip no
ramusses, in de course of liu mm
events, it becomes useless to pu
tract dis subject any furder, tul
now I lay me down to sleep on a
1 idder.
Backwoods Gcnias.
An Oregon Boy anil the Great lav
lions by Which lie Intends to
Revolutionise, Steam Bower
and tlx Telegraph.
From the San Francisco Chronicle. :.J
A caveat was recently fill 'd in
the patent Office at Washington fora
new motive wower, which, in the
opinion of experienced engineers
and seiruiiGo gentlemen, will not o t
ly supplant .tlie present steam e-.-
gines, but largely increase the uses
to which machinery can be applied.
Strange to say, this invention is the
product of a boy but IS. years oi
age, who was barn and reared in the
backwoods of Oregon.
Frank C. Crouch is the t ame of
the young genius. His lather see
ded on a farm in Douglas county
over twenty yaars ago, and the only
educational advantages enjoyed by
the young man were those.aifo.d xi
by the country school. At a very
early age be demonstrated a won
derful ingenuity in the construed m
us wind mills and waterwheels. —
Natural philosdhy and chemistry
were his favorite studies, and not on
ly faithfully followed in school, hv;
fairly revekd in out of schoV
hours.
Up to four years ag > he had nyv "
seen a telcgrapfnd instrument. TJ p
on his return home he construe
and instrument, made a battery, ami
in a rude way could telegraph wdk
it. He came near losing liis lif if
this period, fiom the strength of
battery which he had const; net. 1
receiving a shock which laid him : ■
for a month. In this conn, ctioa
may be stated that this y oung m.i
has perfected a Bystem whereby
mess iges may be sent and rec<cive !
on board ot a train of cars, whether
standing still or moving at the rate
of fifty miles an hour. This system
render collisions impossible, an 1
greatly reduces the chances of acci
dents of all kinds. It has been test
ed on twelve miles of road, and
found to work like a charm.
Another of his inventions, front
which his friends and practical me .
chinists expect great results, is 'a.
self-regnlating water-feed to be ap
plied to boilers. The great majori
ty of explosions are caused by the
water-getting low through the care
lessness of engineers. By this ar
rangement the water in the boiler
will always be kept at a certain
height, rendering explosions impos
sible, requiring no attention from
the engineer, and dispensing with
steam guages.
Among all the inventions to
which this young man has applied
his attention, the one which he wav
most deßirous of bringing befbYe the
public Was his new steam engine.
The merit claimed for the new
engine is that by it steam i3 con
verted into a wonderfully expansive
gas, by being Super-heated in com
bination with air, thus giving to a
comparatively small engine’ great
power. By this arrangement the
main obstacle Which prevCrifhd '
the application of the 1
many purposes will be oy&Htoi&ei 1 {
and the steam Carriage fbr tsdnftritta'
roads made practical. A*r*a* sav
ing in/fiiSl; as Weft afe Wfeigift is W&o
se£u*d% *te#i«vWiti<ir W immg
r Cr iU*h &6i%r W?
combined, and tmFfengine of fbity
horse Wwfl»» W# 'WIF