The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-30

After having recited the preliminary prayer,
the preacher opened the paper, and 10! it was
blank-not word was written upon it. What
was to be done? Heinrich deliberately exam
ined the white sheet, and after short pause,
held it up before the congregation, saying
His ma jesty has furnished the text for my
sermon, but you may perceive that nothing
whatever is written upon this sheet of paper.
"Out of nothing God created the world" l
shall therefore take the creation for the subject
of my discourse this morning"
In accordance with this decision, the preach
er went through the whole of the first chapter
in Genesis in a mastery way, his style being
forcible and clear, and his fuency of language
remarkable. His audience, accustomed to the
kings eccentricities, were far more astonished
at the dexterity with which the preacher had
extricated himselffrom the difficulty than at the
dilemma in with he had been placed At last
the sermon was ended, the congregation dis
missed, Heinrich found himsefin the sacristy,
receiving the congratulations of several digni-
taries of the church, who all prophesied for him
brilliant future.
Heinrich ventured to express his amazement
at the singular proceeding of the king, but was
told that, he could only have arrived recently
from the provinces, if he did not know that
such vagaries were quite common to his majes-
ty. In the midst of the conversation, mes
senger arrived to conduct him to the royal
presence. Being totally unaware what i'm
preston his sermon might have made upon the
king, the cousin seeker rather dreaded the ap-
preaching audience. But Heinrich had scarce
ly crossed the treshhold of the kings ROOM
when his majesty jumped up, and thrust a roll
Of paper into the young mans hand, exclaim-
ing, "Hurrah, sir!-puff away!-take this for
the light you gave mep'
Then throwing himself back in the chair he
laughed heartily at the young preachers look
of surprise and confusion. The latter scarcely
knew what reply to make, or what to do; but
just as he had got as far as "7our majesty
the king interrupted him, saying, "Make no
fine speeches; go home quietly, and examine
the contents of the paper. You came to Ber-
lin to seek cousin; you have found one, who,
if you 60 on steadily, will not neglect YOU"
1t is hardly necessary to add that the roll OF
paper contained good appointments at the uni
versity of Berlin, and made Heinrich Meyer
one of the royal preachers.
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THE HEAT REcLA1MER-If it were stated
that an invention had been made, as simple in
its construction as it is wonderful in its results,
by which seventy five per cent. of the fuel now
consumed by steam engine furnaces will be saw
ed, and by which the smoke will be entirely
consumed-by which an Atlantic steamer may
leave its American port and arrive in Liverpool
without the wasting of one drop of water from
its boilers, and consequently without the addi-
ton of single drop; were it stated that an At
lantic steamer which now takes about nine hun
dred tons of coal for its ocean trip, will by this
invention need only about two hundred tons,
and that the substitution of freight for coal
would yield nearly fifteen thousand dollars o
additional profit for each trip; it stated, as
that a saving of ten per cent. of the fuel con
sumed would save each of the large steam nav
igation companies in England and the United
States at least two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars per annum; were these statements Civ
en- forth as simple yet substantial facts, the,
might be received with smile of incredulity
We nevertheless venture to assert that all thai
is here stated, and more, will be fully and speed
lily accomplished.
The invention to which we refer is called the
"Heat Reclaimer," and its name explains its
functions. To the millions who have watched
the locomotive and the tall chimneys putting
their untold wealth into the air. in the shape Of
steam, heat and carbon-tens of thousands
have doubtless thought that this enormous
waste might be prevented. Calvin Fletcher is
the happy genius who has shown us how to do it.
The utility of this invention will, we think,
be apparent even to those who are not familiar
with the mechanical details Of the steam engine
ifthey reflect on the following simple plan Fuel
being supplied to the furnaces, the water in the
boiler becomes heated and steam is generated
A portion of this steam then passes into the cyl
inder, where, having exerted its enormous pow
er, it is condensed by means of cold water, (in
most stationary engines, or thrown offinto the
air, as is the case with most locomotives
Note then, that at this juncture, the water which
formed the steam, the steam itself and the heat
contained in the steam, are completely wasted.
Mr.. Fletcher's "Heat Retainer" being con-
nected with the escape steam pipe, avoids all
this waste by returning the condensed steam
now hot water-to the boiler, while the heated
air is returned, or rather supplied to the furnace
to the entire exclusion of the outward air. By
this contrivance the steam engine operates in a
perfect circle. Before there was break, and
this break was the cause of the waste of steam,
he at and smoke with which all are familiar.
With reserve as rare as it is commendable,
Mr.. Fletcher is having hisinvention thoroughly
tested and perfected, before he intends bring
ing it perfectly under the notice of the indus
trial world. Ithas been in operation more than
twelve months at the works of A. B. Latta, well
known as the inventor and builder of steam fire
engines, and the result is as before stated. A
patent has been secured to the inventor for this
country, as we'll as for Great Britain.
GREAT CATrLE.--We copy the following
from late number of the Albany IN. Y. }
Knickerbocker: Some of the finest cattle we
ever saw were brought to this city last satur-
day on the Central railroad. There were thirty
four head, with an average weight Of two thou
sand four hundred pounds. They sold for ten
cents pound live weight, which is eqnal to
S24o each. They were grown by P F. Har-
ris, of Champagne, Illinois, who has one hun
dred head of the same weight still to bring to
market. Mr.. Harris is one of the largest stock
farmers in the world His farm contains four