A CAVEAT. 
MATT INCOMBUSTIBLE. 
Sonie facts relative to the Spheroidal state of Bodies 
— Trial by Fire—Man hicombustible: Jiy 1’. N. 
Boutigny. IJeported to Academic de Science. 
“ Urox my rettini liome,” says M. Bou- 
a w . “DokS, or does not, a Caveat give any Sovi^ facts relative to the Spheroidal state of Bodies 
—rr- -r— ^rrrr.-—J=:=r gort of protCCtion aftcr one year? If A — Trial by Fire—Man hicombustible: By 1’. N. 
PATENT BIGHTS. —NEW CORN - SHELLER. should enter a Caveat for an invention, but I^outigny. Reported to Academic de Science. 
■ " should find himself unprepared to attend to “ Urox my return home,” says M. Bou- 
Friknd Mooue : — Although there are would the Patent Office grant B a patent tigBJ» “ I did not fail to impure of the tvork- 
many failures in getting up labor-saving for the same thing, if he should apply two men what would happen if the finger were 
machinery, and many that arc inadequate yeai'S after A put in hij^ Caveat? I am immersed in theincandesent ma.ss of melted 
when completed, for the purposes intended, that A w^ould be entitled to a notice iron? Most of them laughed in my ffice. 
j v,i ^ ^1 • I 11 during the first year, but w'ould he not be But that did not discourage me. After a 
ercaie ou e.ss\ci} man} oeci e } use a patent at any time, and would i while, being at the forge of Maguey, near 
*ii] in\’-nr»firino Art-^riTi^v imnmvomnnfc i . .1 1 i 1 T__ f _i!,.. 1- .. _ \ _ _ 
liimoroiis aiib IniuBing’ 
derwent the trial uninjured, unbelievers, ^-—■' ... 
constrained by the prodigy, would profess IF YOU WOULD AVOID BROILS LEARN TO FRY. 
conversion to the faith. It wius done, and domestic drama- 
the scientific imposter witnessed the rapid /,< three acts and a half, short metre — being the"kind 
:ul inventions. Among the improvements others be prevented?” Lure, I repeated my question to a workman, 
of this kind is a corn-shcllcr, propelled by The above are a few queries of a corres- who replied that ‘ nothing was more sim- 
vrater or home power. I do not remember pondent, who adds, “the public want some pic;’ and to prove it, he instantly passed 
the inventor’s name. The machine may be light on this point of the Patent Law's.”— his fingers into the incandescent column of 
-Cn-.v, n, The Law should be rendered more plain; ore which was just then issuing from a Wil- 
unvenbyaoneortwohorsopowc. andean after the tat ycai-from the iiliag of a kinaon. Another workman A stood by, 
be readily loaded into a wagon liy two men, g^veat, the Patent Office must issue a pat- performed the same experiment with equal 
and in Avork, it is not behind any thing of e^t to another person for the same thing, if impunity. Emboldened by Avhat 1 saw', I 
the kind that I liuve seen. applied for. No defence against granting a did the same.” 
In this age of steam and lightning, noth- patent can be set up for a caveat, when an- The fact inque.stion ivas no longer doubt¬ 
ing will succeed but Avhat is really smart .— other is not entitled by law to a notice of ]\j Boutigny hesitated to commu- 
This is the character of this machine. It months. Our Patent Laws, however nicatc it to the Academy until he should 
mnti iviiL wifoi- nr fnnr defective m drawing dear lines of be prepared to support it by the adduction 
.qmic. tine, men ith watch poiiu or four aistmction between the time ivhen an invcn- of various other exiierimcnts. These ex- 
with hor.se power to tend it—shelling at the tor forfeits all title to receive a patent Ac- periments he thus describes: »I cut or di¬ 
rate of a bu.shel a minute or 50 or 60 busli- cording to the present laiv, the Caveat vided w'ith one hand a spout of melted ore 
tis an hour, and doing it right—leaving the should cover a period of two years instead fjyg or six centimeters (about tivo inches) 
cobs clean. I knoio w'hat I say, for I have specifically provided in Sec. Jn diameter, as it issued .from the furnace; 
bnlnofl tPiifl vhalla'r Ti mio-hf in bn hi 1 ^ 42 , that a machine may jj^od plunged the other into a vessel filled 
helped tend tin s/tcl/cr It ought to be in before applying for .yiththe fncandescfiit liquid, which it was 
eveiy neighborhood wdiere Iherc is much a patent, without invalidating the inventor’s really frightful to behold I shuddered in¬ 
corn raised. right Any person can, at any time, con- voluntarily. But both hands issued victori- 
lliis machine may lie seen by calling on test the right of a patentee to priority of in- Qug from the tnal; and now, if any thing 
Liend Ricuardsox, Machine.st, Buffalo st, | ''Cation by a bill in Equity. Sec. 16 , appears surprising to me, it is that .similar 
iust west of the livcr. Bexj. Fish, of this ^^^^ 836 . If a person hl^ a Caveat, and experiments are not of ever}' day occur- 
+4 r f • 14 \ 1 fi ollows it to expire (one year), and anothei rence. Certainly it will be asked what pre- 
c.ty, Olow out to disiwsc of rigdits,) has the secures a patent afterwards for the same in- caution should be taken to guaranty the 
title lor the use of tlus machine in several vention, the only remedy is to apply for a band from the burnino- fluid ? I answer 
counties of this State and Pennsylvania. I patent, wlien he will be rejected, provision- none! Fear not. Perform the exneriment 
acceptfmee of his creed. 
CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE. 
Geological Chaxges of'our ow'n Time. 
— Lyell, Danvin and others, have lately 
collected and poiverfully applied a cuiious 
class of facts, to show the slow mid contin¬ 
uous upheaving or depression of large tracks 
of land, in different parts of the ivorld, in 
effect of subterranean changes going on un¬ 
derneath. The phenomenon belongs to our 
own time, as w'ell as to anterior ages in the 
history of the globe. In Sweden, for in- 
tance, a line traverses the southern part of 
that kingdom from the Baltic to the Catte- 
gat, to the north of which, even as far as 
the North Cape of Europe, there is evi¬ 
dence, scarcely disputable in kind, that the 
land is gTadually rising at the average of 
nearly four feet in a century; w'hile to the 
south of this axial line, tliere are similar 
proofs of a sIoav subsidance of surface in 
relation to the adjacent seas. Thi.s, and va- 
of metre used by most gas companies. 
This longing after beauty, 
'This sighing after curls. 
This chasing after fashion. 
Wherever fashion whirls. 
And all that sort of thing. 
. May do for those who like thorn— 
For those devoid of taste. 
For those who barter diamonds off 
For diamonds made of p.oste. 
And other blockheads; 
But to a wife who truly loves, 
Who’d be what she appears, 
Who’d spread'a sunshine round the man 
'That keeps away her tears, 
And brings her ’taters homo— 
We’d whisper softly in her ear. 
We’d grave it on lier heart, 
That knowing well to fry a steak, 
^ Beats sentiment and art 
" A darn’d sight. 
INDIANA ELOaUENCE. 
The following is a fair set off for the ar¬ 
ticle in No. 3 , entitled Badger Oratory. 
“At the recent presentation of a flag from 
rioxis otlior examples of may be termed ^ T"?’ f 
every neighborhood ivliere Ihcrc is much 
corn raised. 
secular changes of elevation, particularly 
in South America, amidst tlic great coral 
foundations of the Indian mid Pacific oceans, 
have led the eminent geologists just named 
presiune he would cheerfully dispose of his He then must request the 6ommis- _ _ _ _ 
int(.;re.st at n cheap rate. sioner of Patents to “ declare an interfer- ^ot too rapidly, into the molten mass. 
I nRVN7n ATAunvTT enco, and allow evidence to be submitted to jf ^be experiment is made timidly, and irith 
prove priority of invention. I'he Caveat t.Ao oTi^at ramditv vou 'niav overcome the 
Roche tiicr, Lst 7 no.,JlStk, 1850 . _ benefit The Commissioner will repulsive force whicli exists m incandescent 
LIST OF PATENTS ajipoint a day for the hearing of evidence, bodies, and thus establish contact with the 
and make his decision on the facts of the Tn flint ense the ^km wmihl hidnhl 
ISSUED 1JR.O.M THE UNITED .STATES EXTENT DEUCE, e i-i »Kin. in Illrtl CaSL IIIC SKin OUlU IIIGUDI- 
For the meek ending-Ja,mam IPSO samc. If Cither of tlic purties urc GLspleas- tably remain there, and in a condition not 
Trt wir m R Rt(i°R I. r' f * r ed, an appeal can be taken to the Chief Jus- difficult to conceive. Thecxperimentsuc- 
ticeoflhoDktrictof Oo nmbia Interfer- eeeds particularly ivcll when the skin is 
22, IH.'iO. ^1*8 applications are decided only upon evi- nioist The involuntary terror which one 
To Jlerman Camp, Dunkirk, N. Y., for Can- dcnce—the first inventor has the right by e.xperiences in presence of these masses of 
die-.MonId Apparatus. Patented Jan. 2 ' 2 , 1850 . law to the patent, but by the Strict coiistruc- fire, almost always puts the whole body in 
To David Eberly, Stra.sburg, Pa., for Improve- tion of law, no patent of a machine w'ould ^bat condition of moisture essential to siic- 
cess. The following I have found to be the 
To Matthew Fidpr 'Man>.fieid Ohio for im. yeai’S, hcfore application wos made for a pa- best preparation for the experiment I rub 
provement in Bedstead Fusteuings. Patented Jan. Jcnt The secret ive of a machine, caniiot my hands with soap, SO as to give them a 
22, ] 850. be offered in evidence to establish prior polished surlucc. Then at the moment of 
To Daniel Iloafs, Milton, Pa., for Improve- right Any judicial Court, how'cvcr, has making the experiment, I plunge the hand 
on ^ Shelters. Patented Jan. the power to annul a patent—to declare it into a cold solution of sal ammoniac satur- 
patent, wlien he will be rejected, movision- none! Fear not Perform the experiment 
ally. He then must request the Commis- -yy.j^b confidence. Pass the hand rapidly. 
to regard such slow progressive cluinges ils democracy w'ith its head and ears 
the probable cause of many or most of those ^ geese, but the whole world is on fire 
great aspects of the earth’s surface, which locofocoism, which is eight and a half 
by others have been attributed to paroxys- Per cent worse than Millerism. In Franee, 
mal actions of subterranean forces, sudden 'Hicrc the very bricks of the human side- 
and violent in kind. ''"cre down-trodden and herring-boned 
_ ^ _ by the cunning of whigery, they now glory 
Cast Irox Furxiture.— Our exchange iu being free! France! glorious France! 
Lorenzo Mabbett. 
Rochester, l.s< mo., 25th, 1850. 
LIST OF PATENTS 
ISSUED IRO.M THE UNITED .STATES I'ATENT DEUCE, 
For the week ending January 22, 1850, 
provemciu lu Irusses tor Hernia, l ateated Jan 
22, 18,50. 
To Herman Camp, Dunkirk, N. Y., for Can 
die-.Mould Apparatus. Patented Jan. 22, 1850. 
papers are continually bringing to our no¬ 
tice some new article of furniture, or imple¬ 
ment used in husbandry, or in the arts. 
w'liere celestial soups are distilled from dis¬ 
carded boot-soles, and the epigtistrum is tit¬ 
ivated by the fragrancy of frogs stuffed 
tufl. Patented Jan. 22, 1850. 
To Matthew Elder. Mansfield, Ohio, for Im¬ 
provement in Bedstead Fusteuings. Patented Jan. 
22, 1850. 
To Daniel Moafs, Milton, Pa., for Improve- 
niout ill the concave Corn Shelters. Patented Jan. 
22, 1850. 
To William W. Jlubhard, Boston, Mass., for 
Improvement in the Gridiron Slide-valve. Pat¬ 
ented Jan. 22, 1850. 
To John Pawijng, Morgantown, Pa., for Im¬ 
proved Tuyere, l^atentcd Jan. 22, 1850. 
wliicli is now made of cast iron. Hat racks, garlic, is now a free republic! [Mr. G. 
an indispensable requisite for the halls of ^nned himself] Germany feels the shock 
genteel residences, have been, until lately, ^ bottom of her bect-yats; and the cry 
constructed entirely of wood; elegant ones freedom, rousing the coiled-up sausauges 
are now made of cast iron. Wood has of Bologna, encompasses Italy with the link-s 
heretofore been the only material used in of liberty! The dinner-bell of tyranny has 
the construction of bedstQads; elegant ones, the opprc-ssora to their last meal!— 
and cheap ones too, are now made of cast Henceforth and forever our ancestors snatch- 
U'on. Fence posts and the connecting rails fbe burning brand of regeneration from 
are cast almost or quite as cheap as they fbe hands of timid posterity, and planted it 
can be split from the tree; and sheet iron ^©cp in the bowels of the future ! Let it 
will make the slats for a picket fence!— _ 
Good cast iron bedsteads are furnished in 7 ®^- "^ 1 ^® sirocco of a 
our eastern cities for $15 to $20 eack . monied desolation sheds its crocodile tears 
__ over the infuriated instincts of toothless 
Diamond Pencil.— A common, three- wretchedness throughout all England, and 
sided file, broken off, and two sides being tbe cry among her thirsty and mildewed 
whetted without any evolutions of heat, will millions is for “ Gin! gin! and no work.” — 
frequently, and indeed always, if it is of j'This is the ^watchword, that, even whifo I 
good temper, cut glass as w'cll as most dia- i speak to you, rings in the ears of Queen 
monds. I have before me an old file whiclVl cau-ses her to falter in her 
I prepared in five minutes so that it aiisweis iruitfiU career. The despot of Prussia turns 
extremely well. A pane of glass may also Pru^ian-blue at his fate, and Austria gapes 
be cut in warm water with a pair of shears, m dismay at the howl that tells of the ap- 
without much danger. Take a file and preaching knife that is raised to wrench her 
crack the edge of the glass slightly, and ^.part at the hinges. 
heat an iron the size of one’s finger, red And is there no room for reform in free 
hot, and the crack may be made to follow America ? Can all do as they like ? li^ay 
the iron. This is the same principle that some of us do nothing ? Have we any lib- 
cracks glasses placed in hot water, to the erty of conscience ? Eellow-citizcns! I hope 
void, in whole or in part— Sci. Am. 
rKPEOVED MAITBASS. 
The Pliiladelphia Ledger says that Mr. 
To Meiritt F. I’otier, Charlemont, Mass., for J^bll Y, McElcvcC, of that cit}, lias ini Cllt 
ated with sulphurous acid, or simply into 
water containing sal ammoniac, or if you 
have not the latter substance convenient, 
dip the hand merely in cold water.” 
M. Boutigrr - tlien gives the following phi- 
.IiTiprovoDicnt inl'ortabte.Furnacef.. PP-tented Jan. cd a Spiral Spring Mattrass, made of springs losopluc e.\-nlan <i..iur. ot riiis phenomenon: j prepared in five minutes so t 
22, i8.>». ' similar to those used in our best sofa bot- “It is to my mind a positively establi^ied e.xtremelv well A pane of j 
To James Radley and Joliii W. Hunter, Now toms,• mid wliich, with a thin covering of fact that the h;ind and metal do not come -.varni water with a" 
hair, givra to the wlio!^ wlKii complcd, all m contact with each other. Ifthcrebono much danger, Tai 
To,I,m F.stilc, Soml,t,u,y, Co,..,., for I.n- ‘ “ cta.c,tj-of the ordinary mattrass and contact, heating can only take place by eracli the edge of the glass 
frovoriieut iii ca:?cs for Daguerreotype Pictures.— tL&-softuess of a fcatlici bed, Tlicie aic means of radiation. This IS enoimous, it iron the size of one 
Patented Jau. 22 . 1850 . ‘ uscd in its construction, about fifty wire must be admitted; but in our experiment crack may be m 
To Georeo Welsh, Wa.shington, D. C., for springs, flaring at the bottom, ivhicli are set no account need be taken of radiation, for, fhpV,.ov, This is the same 
at regular distances apa,^ and in such num- in fact, it is miliiiied by reflection. I think ei-acks glasses placed in hot 
To .Sic,,l,o„ White, Manchester, E„sla,.d, for I’™ f ^ '“TS I have long since proved that water m ^ of housewives. 
1_ -. X •_• _ 111_- .A*- Tfv f.MA rpniiimn wo.ioMit fn niif’. nnnn fno ihn anhovAina Rhifp. nnssAS.ciOR r.no rnmnrl^n- 
1 luprovcnient in preparing Illuminating Gases._ tllG rCfj^ullGd tO bc put lipon. tllO the spliClOldcll StiXte possesses the leniiirlCfl- 
I'atentcd Jan. 22, 1850. mattrass when ffnished. These springs are ble property of reflecting the calorific rays, 
To William B. Willte, near Charlc.?io\vn, Va., strongly secured in their places by cords, and that its temperature never reaches that 
Sood 1 tenters. I ateiited Jan. i „ onvornA ni. f.lio t,r>n>i.nrl hottfirr! with nf itta hAilino- nnint,’ wlionu.D it. follAwc 
1850 imeiueojan. and are covered at the top and bottom with of its boiling point; whence it follows 
'"'to Eli' K. Wisell, Warren, Ohio, for Improve- canvass of suitable strength, upon which is that the finger or the hand, being moist, 
inont in Chucks for Boring and Morticing Ma- spread a coating of curled hair, the whole cannot attain the temperature of 100®, the 
dimes. Patented Jan. 22, 1850. covered with ticking, resembling, when com- c.xporimeat not being of sufficiently long 
DrovLieuGnZif4hScChS. Painted Jan. made hair mattra,ss._ Thusis duration to permit thccomplete evaporation 
22, 1850 . lurnished, mainly ol iron, an article of do- of its moisture to be eflocted. Pei*sons 
covered with ticking, resembling, when com- c.xporiment not being of sufficiently long 
pleted, a well made hair mattrass. Thus is duration to permit the complete evaporation 
eat vexation of housewives. news from Pulaski will sweep the va- 
-. grant act and other black laws from Indi- 
Ixteresting Piece of Mechanism. —It ana— Tdo! Gentlemen, take this flag!— 
is interesting to observe the march of intel- fair hmids wrought it, and bold h;uids carri- 
lect and the progress of invention. We cd it! Cherish it in your heart of hearts 
were shown yesterday morning, by Dr. J. —and should I ever die, my proudest wish 
H. Lillie, a piece of mechanism from the would be, to be interred in the meanest 
Western Prairies that displays great skill puddle in Pulaski.’ 
22, 1850. furnished, mainly of iron, an article of do- of its moisture to be eflocted. Pei*sons 
'I'o A. D. Brown, Clinton, Ga., for Inipro\'e- meslic use, for which the softest materials familiar with the experiment of immei-- 
ni^it in the CMton Press. Patented Jan. 22,1850. }iave heretofore been deemed indispensable, sing in Yvatcr a body of incandescent sil- 
for ImpTvemeut orCooklSg’sto^e^”^ which, being besides much cheaper ver or platina will readily understand the 
Jau. 22, 1850. than the feather-beds and mattrass, is even mechanism of tins. In the first case 
--- lighter, more lasting, easier handled, and it is the water retiring from the metal 
NSW STEAM BOILER, from the fact of its being more open to the which then seems to be enclosed within a 
, air, is less likely to become compact or sod- cry.stal envelope; in the second case it is the 
Mr. R. E. Dibble, of Rochester, luLs in- a matter esteemed of gi-eat advantage liquid metal whicli retires from the moist 
v ented a nevy steam boiJcr whicli has con- health. It seems very com- hand. In the first place the metal is active 
sioerable claims upon tne attention of en- pig^e, finished off handsomely, and looks and the water passive; in the second, the 
. -1 /• .1 T -1 • It. like meeting with large fav'or, especially at moistened hand is active, and the fused 
riie outside oi the boiler is composed of bands of tlie women. metal is passiv'C. It is the same experiment 
and ingenuity in the construction and com- 
binafion of its v'arious parts. It is an Elec¬ 
trical Engine, made on a plan entirely new. 
A Sailor’s IJesciuption of Hunting.— 
Going to see iny father the other day, he 
NSW STEAM BOILER, 
differing, as we understand from any thing to take a voyiige a hunting with 
we have ever seen before. It is simple, and when the swabber had iigged the 
from what we could understand of the plan ^ ^^ey brought me one to stow myself 
upon which it works, we think it a useful board one that they told me was in 
- ■ ' . - such a right trim, she would go as fast on 
invention. So thinks the inventor 
Mr. R. E. Dibble, of Rochester, luLs in- matter esteemed o: 
vented a new steam boifcr which has con- health It 
siderable claims upon the attention of en- pig^e, finished off hands 
• 1 /• 1 1 -1 • If meeting with large f 
riie outside oj the boiler is composed of ^he bands of tlie women. 
sections or apartments for water, each com- _ 
municating- with the other by tubes, through ,, , „ 
which the water circulates. These sections Mecii^anic.s Cgi^^e ) 
are so constructed that the boiler can be ^ gentlehlen i 
taken to pieces for transportation or for re- open a scientific scaool 
pairs, and be readily joined together. apprentices, journeymen 
and he has taken means to secure letters ^*^7 as a laulksome cutter. 
patent. — JVat. Intelligencer. 
Wire Work Fire Proof Ceilings. 
got aloft, and clapped myself athwart ship, 
and made as mucli way as the best on’em 
—and to the windward of a grav'd pit, we 
reversed; and the two form but one. 
mun caung wiui uie ouier oy luoes, inrougn CoLUiiGE in Boston - It is one word, the hand, inserted in metal in a 
which the water circulates. I he.se sections •, gi^^e in doston. it is , , f t • • i x |f tIwx 
Qr/x cA tkat Ka Boid that two geiitleiTlen lu Bostou, proposc state oi lusion, isolates itseii. inc numiaity 
are so consti acted that the boilei can be scientific school for mechanics_ wliich covers it passing to the spheroidal 
taken to pieces for transportaUoii or for re- open a scie t c c* ooi or meclianics, _ reflects the radiant caloric and is not 
Tx.it'vc .-r.a Kn tAA-AiixAv apprciiticcs, jounicymen and masters,— in state, rciiecis me raaiani caioric, ana is not 
pairs, and be readily joined together. which a reo'ulav course of lec'Ui-es and les- heated sufficiently to boil It is true, thcre- 
The mtenor contains a large number of ^ legiua. couise oi lec.uiCo ana les j beo-innina that thi<; ev 
tub®, each forming a curve or angle, and ite periment, apparently m dangerous, is, in 
af the ton oHhrboiiervdfilfSo^^^^ establishmg an institution of high order, fact, almost absolutel}r without danger. I 
at the top of the boiler, vvlule the lovvei end instruction of mechanics ^ave often repeated it with lead, bronze, 
of each pipe opens into the water-box or excii^iyei} lor mq insti notion oi meclianics invariablv with the same success. 
reservoir surrounding the boiler and from “ “T“c:Sfte Tk-t Ste cole 5 ton ™ i XZ 
it taSroSff the tatetr of ke a grand ^position, and hope thautm made ice in a, lurnace heatedt whiteness, 
Sfafo s placed n the interior of g^(Jggggf^q„ The obiect is and have bathqd with impunity in a mass 
Am^rtan ~ a no^nSl^ of tt tneflt of moandeseeni metal; aifd thlt by virtue 
—:-. to Boston. The only difficulty lies in get- of the_ laws which govern matter in the 
Ship Timber Converting Machine. _ the mechanics to support it.— Sci. Am. spheroidal state. It results also from these 
Fire proof ceilings of wire work have been a hare at anchor, and so yve weighed 
succeifully applied, in place of lath, with bore away, and just as I had overtaken 
plaster imd stucco as usual, at the Chester ^^or, my horse came plump ashore upwi a 
Lunatic Asylum. The wires arc about ^ ^oek the back sta}' broke — she pitched 
inch apart, and the plaster forms an adhe- over the forecastle, came keel upwards, 
sive and serviceable mass, even on both unsliipped my shoulder, and hang me 
sides. The wire is japanned to prevent cor- f priv'ateeiing, again. 
rosion. Not only ceilings, one would think, ^ 
but thin partitions and walls in general, “Hallo !” ejaculated an ^pxious guardian 
might be vvired in place of lathed, and risk ^ lovely mece, as he entered the parlor, 
of lire thus greatly diminished by a process oo tLc sofa, in the arms of a 
neither patented ior costly.-,S'i Am. swam, vyho had just popped the question, 
_ _ _ _ and sealed it with a smack—“ What’s the 
T A r time of day, now?” “I should think it was 
Important Discovery.-A surgeon of Hm nnnl 
Gouingon has discoycred a complete anti- ,, „ 
dote to arsenic. It is peroxyde, or the red -i _ 
oxide of iron, twelv'e parts of which neu- “Miss, will you take my an 
tralize one of oxide of arsenic. Experi- “La, yes, and you too.” 
ments with this antidote have been tried unaro but tlip arm 
about half-past twelve,” was the cool reply; 
American. 
Ship Timber Converting Machine _ the mechanics to support it.— Sci. Am. spheroidal state. It results also from these 
Mr. Cochran, a native of New England, has ' -—--- . that a consffierable number of facts 
invented a macliine for preparing the irreg- Ventilating Bricks. —The generally deemed 
ulurly formed timber required in ship build- Builder says there lias been registered in ^7 oe true. Ancient pin¬ 
ing. It performs its w'ork so well, that it the Patent Office a brick so shaped that ^Gsophers probably much that we are 
promises to supercede hand labor altogeth- when two are placed end to end a circular ignorant of. ./V little more respect for 
er. In England it has received the approv'al space is left at the junction. This circular nnd a little less admiiation foi oui- 
of the Lords of the Admiralty, and is now space connecting from course to course, a would do us no haim. 
in successful operation in the Woolwich wall formed with them is, to a certain ex- The pretended miracle by which one of 
Dock Yard. The Swedish Government in- tent, hollow, and admits of currents of air the Eastern Magi, disciples of Zoroaster, is 
tend to introduce it at the naval station of through iteither heatedor otherwise. Each narrated to have gained thousands of con- 
Carlscrona. The Emperor Nicholas has also brick is nine inches square and three inches verts, is now of easy solution. He proposed 
approved it thick, the size of two common bricks. that twenty pounds of molten brass should 
“Miss, w'ill you take my arm?” 
“La, yes, and you too.” 
“Can’t spare but tlie arm, Miss,” hastily 
upon rahits and other animal with complete j^upliud the old bachelor. 
success. One advantige of it is that no “ Then,” said Miss, “ I can’t take it, as my 
injur7 can be done by too large a dose. In is to go the whole hog or none.” 
cases where too large quantities of arsenic --- 
have been taken, it has been found useful “Jeems, did you ever enjoy the ec 
first to encourage vomiting. bliss of courting ?” 
“Jeems, did you ever enjoy the ecstatic 
bliss of courting ?” 
“No, I can’t say as I ever did.’- 
“You didn’t? Then you’d better get a 
N. P. Willis, speaking of those who ‘<You didn’t? Then you’d better get a 
pride themselves on their ancestiy, says, flttle gal-aii-try!” 
that they arc like the reflection of stars in -- 
the water—they never would have been “It’s time to wind up f* the watchma- 
there but for their bright originals in heaven, ker said, when he could’nt pay his debts. 
democrats of Pula.ski, the orator of the oc¬ 
casion is repoi-ted to have made a speech, of 
w'hich the follow'ing is a part: 
Fellow-citizens: Not alone in our dis” 
