Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-04-06


FIRE ENGINE-NEw INvENTIoN.-A Mr..
Farnam, of Cincinnati has invented a greatly
improved Fire Engine. 1t ison the novel prin-
ciple Of working horizontally, the operatives
being seated in the body of the engine. Those
who have handled, in times of fire, Engines on
the ordinary principle, know what an exhaust
ing process il is to work them with spirit, even
for twenty minutes, In the present descrip-
ton of Engine, the men exert themselves as if
rowing boat, the motion of the body and the
muscles employed being precisely the same
Eubonk, in his celebrated work on Hydraulics,
appears to have referred to this very kind of
Engine as desideratum, in saying :'when a
mans strength is applied as in the act of row.
ing, the effect is nearly one hundred and fifty
per cent. more than in moving pump lever.
This Is sufficient to induce efforts TO supercede
the present mode of working the pumps ofe
gines."
In these engines the fremen sit with one or
both feet braced up nearly level with the seat.
In this position man of ordinary strength can
raise weight of one hundred and fifty pounds,
thirty inches, and keep that weight passing
up and down that distance as many times a
minute the usual number of strokes of an
engine.
As 1t has been ascertained that fremen work
ing on side engines do not apply on an aver
age over thirty pounds, and on an engine with
long levers working across the ends. about fif-
ty pounds, the advantage this engine possesses
over its predecessors is manifest.
On recent trial, twenty men forced water
up Race street, Cincinnati, on an ascent of
thirtyfve feet, distance of six hundred and
fifty feet, and threw it from the nozzle at the
end of the hose further distance of one
hundred and twenty feet.
Another great advantage these engines pos
sess, is their being, one-half to two-thirds
lighter in weight than those already in use, a
difference which enables the first two or three
who reach the engine house to start off to fire
at once, as well as lessons the labor of drag
gina the apparatus the whole distance.
THE CHANGES IN LrE.-A friend called up
on us a day or two since, and was not little
annoyed at what he described as an insult that
he had just received. He said that he had
passed down Chestnut street, and had met an
individual with whom, some years before, he
was on terms of close Intimacy; and, on bow
ing to him in polite and friendly way, the
other took no notice of him whatever. ''And
this, he added, sis the second time within a
week that the same discourtesy, not to say in
dignity, has been practised." We made some
inquiries, and ascertained that while our friend
had, through misfortune and the failure of 9TH
ers, been getting behind hand in business, pos
itlon and pecuniary resources, his old acquian-
lance had been among the favored sons of for
tune, and had grown quite rich. And here
was the true secret of his unworthy conduct
He is of that class of men, who, when in power
are tyrants, and when seeking power are syco-
plants and parasites. Our friend had been
able in early life to assist and advantage, and
then the other lavished every species of cour-
tesy and attention. He lauded complimented
and fattered. But circumstances having chang
ed, the one having gone down. and the other up
in the scale of worldly importance, the hollow
time-server at once abandoned his old friend,
turned from him coldly when he met him, and
at last passed him without speaking. What a
base worshipper of the things of this world !!
What paltry and unworthy spirit! And yet
similar cases are constantly occurring.
| Look through society and watch the changes
of fortune. Select out the proud, the naughty,
!. the insoent among the sons of men-the indi-
Viduals who seem TO think that they are made of
better material than the masses, are entitled to
) higher privileges, greater immunities The
chances are ten to one that, in the vast majority
S Of cases, they will be found among the mere
: mushrooms of the hour-that large and heart
less class who regard gold as their god, and
pride as the incense to be offered to the idol.
1t too often happens that the greatest of ty.
rants are among those who. at the beginning of
HE, were not only humble, but powerless and
poor. They cannot appreciate prosperity.
They cannot look back with true philosophy.
Ihey cannot see in the multitude around them
human beings like themselves. many posses
sing more virtues, and all struggling in sPi-
rlt quite as disinterested Like the unworthy
individual to whose case allusion is made in
;, 'he Preceding paragraph, pride has hardened
y tAelr hearts and maddened their minds; and
mus 'aey mock themselves with the deluslon
'hat Indicates superiority TO play base and
ttr1r7f taf
unera'eiu part towards the companions OF
= their early years-the playm of their child
= looa aud the associates of their purer but hum
: bier days
death OF JOHN JACOB AsToR.--John Jacob
Astor' the wealthiest man in America, died in
IL Inc city Of New York on Friday last. 1t is
3 salo that sestate is literally beyond calcula-
.lon' enormous; for it is impossible to give true
o IDEAS OF Inc value ofhi muItifarious resources.
i rory millions Of dollars would scarcely cover