Washington telegraph., 1855-02-28
A Catalogue of Marvel..

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A Catalogue Of Marvels.
From the Report of the Patent Office,
the Washington Cotton Plant complies a
list of wonders. The report explains the
principles of the celebrated Hobbs lock
Its ''unpickability' depends upon seconda-
~ or false set of tumblers. which prevent
instruments used in picking from reaching
the real ones Moreover. the lock is DOW
der proof. and may be loaded through the
key-hole and fired off until the burglar is
tired of his fruitless work. OF fears that the
report Of his explosions will bring to view
bis experiment more witnesses than he de-
sires5 i, -. - --7 y at u els 1o
Doors and shutters have also been patent
ed, that cannot be broken through with Ell
ther pick or sledge hammer. The burglars
occupations gone" f.la q
A harpoon is described, which makes the
whale kill himself The more he pulls the
line, the deeper goes the harpoon. slbald
An ice making machine has been patent
ed which goes by a steam engine. In an
| experimental trial it froze several bottles of
! sherry. and produced blocks of ice of the
size of cubic foot. when the thermometer
was standing at 80 degrees. IL, is calcula-
ted that for every ton of coal put into the
furnace, it will make ton of ice = a
From DR.. Gayle'< examiners report. we
gather some idea of the value of paten,s-
A man who had made slight Improvement
in straw cutters. took model of his machine
through the Western States. and after tour
of eight months returned with forty thousand
dollars Another had machine to thrash
and clean grain. which. in fifteen months,
he sold for sixty Thousand dollars These
are ordinary cases. while such inventions as
the telegraph. the pIanirg machine. and
India rubber patents. are worth millions
each
Examiner Lanes report describes new
electrical inventions. Among these is an
electrical whaling apparatus by which the
whale is literally shocked to death" An
other is an electro magnetic alarm, which
rings bells and displays signals in case of
FIRE or burglars, Another is an electric
clock, which wakes you, tells you what time
it is, and lig gh;s lamp for you at any hour
You please. 81"
There is an invention called sound
gatherer'-a sort of huge ear-frumpet, to be
placed in front of locomotive. bring ny to
the engineers ear all the noise ahead per-
fectly distinct notwithstanding the rattle of
the train
There is an invention that picks up pins
from confused heap turns them all around
with their heads up and sticks them in pa
pers in regular rows. T.,
Another goes through the whole process
of cigar making taking in leaves and turn
ing out the pnre article. I
One machine cuts cheese another scours
knives and rocks the cradle and seven or
eight takes in washing and ironing. 50 80
There is parlor chair patented that can
not be tipped back on two legs and rail-
way chair. that can be tipped back in any
position without legs at all.
another Patent is Cor a machine that
counts the passengers in an omnibus. and
takes their fares. When very fat gentle
man gets IN, it counts two and charges dou-
ble
There are variety of guns patented.
that load themselves a fish line. that ad-
ju~ts It's bait ;; and rat trap. that throws
away the rat and then bats itself and STANDS
in the corner for another. -r.,..l.
The truths Of the Patent Office are stran-
ger than fiction. q, sg. - - Z
There is a machine. also by which man
prints instead Of writing his thoughts. 1t
is played like piano And. speaking of
pianos it is estimated, that nine thousand
are made every year in the United States.
giving constant employment to one thousand
nine hundred hands, and costing over two.
millions of dollars. r. ,,se 5s7slgsi7us sii.
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Its queer" said Mrs. Partington. care
fully f,lding the paper she had been read!
ing and raising her spcetacler off her nose.
Its Strange" said she. referring to the
statement that locomotive had been driven
off the track BY one of the switches. z"Who
would have thought" she unused. that one
of them big iron locofocos would have mind
ed such little thing as a switch ?" hiul,
But. aunt interposed Ike. who was
trimming limb of his Christmas tree with
the bright jack knife that he found suspend,
ed thereto. you know the locomotive has
tender behind" sitoE F-ouzZ Ss.E
ITO De sure. Isaac" responded the ven-
cradle dame "but one needu'f talk about
it. my son" ~. 90 1900 sl,
And she drew down her spectacles. and
resumed her reading. while Ike went to
switch the cat out Of the buttery. siai:
Have you feen the sign / have got for
my business said vender of the ardent,
Yes. every time ses your faes.