The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-12-15
MARVELLOUS INVENTIONS.

compiled from the Patent Office Rcror, ::
The report explains the principle Of ,.
celebrated Hobbs lock. Its unpcka,.;li-
ty' depends upon Il secondary or falls. set
Of tumb!crs which touches the real on"s,-
Moreover, the lock is powder proof, AMI
may he !oalcl through the kryh,!, AMI
fired off till tho burglar is tired of his
: trult!c>s work, or fears that the explosion
will bring to view his experiments more
witnesses tii,n he DESIRES
! A llarp"on is described which makes
the whale kill himself Tire more h.. ru,l,
the line the deeper goes the harpopn.
An ice.makin@ machine has been patrn.
! ted which is w"rkrI bv steam cnwinr.. -
In IN experimental trial it fr"z, several
bottles Of sherry and produced blocks Of ,r
The size of cubic foot, when the t|,cr-
'"'n";cr WAS up to eighty degrees. i; j.
calculated that for every ton OF coal mi
into the furnace it will make Il ton of
ice.
| From Mr.. Examiner Dalc's report we
gather some i,lca of the value of pulcntS.
y man VIII" had ,n;rlo slight improve
m"nt III straw cutters took Il model of
his machine through the Western States.
an! after Il tour Of eight months, returned
with forty thousand du.!.ls. An other man
!ai mnchnc to tllres!l and clean grain.
which, in fifteen months, lie soil for siytv
Thousand dollars. Tlc,c arc ordinary cases.
, while such inventions as the telegram, the
planning nlac!'inr, AMI inla rubber patents
are wrrll, millions each.
| Examiner Lanes report Describes new
electrical inventions. Among these is IN
electrical Whaling apparatus, by which the
whale Is literally "shockcd to ,leath."-
Another is an electromagnetic alarm.
which rings bells and displays signals in
case OF fire and burglars. Another is an
electric clock, which wakes You up, tells
you what time it is, and lights lamp for
you ut any hour YOU please
There is "s"unl ga,hercr." Il sort Of
huge ear trumpet, to be p!lccl in front Of
io"omotivc, bringing to the engineers
ears all The noise ahead, perfectly distinct.
Notwithstanding the noise of the train.
There Is a" invention tha, picks up pins
from Il confused heap, turns them around
with their heads up, and then sticks them
III papers in e9ular rows.
Another goes through the whole process
o! cigar making, taking in leaves and turn
in" on. finished cicars.
one machine cuts chccs. another one
Sc"urs the knives and forks, anil another
rocks the cradle; aud seven or ciyht take
in washing and ironing.
There Isl parIor chair patented that can.
not be tipped back on two legs, and il
railway chaIr that can be tipped back in
any position without any legs ut all.
Another patent is for machine that
counts passengers in an omnibus and takes
'he'r fare. When very fat man gets in
II counts two and charges double.
lhere are variety Of guns patented
That load themselves; fshins-line thai
ADJUSTS its own bait, and a rat trap which
throws away the rat, and then bats itself
and stands in the corner for another.
There is a machine also by whicl, Il MAJ,
prints instead of wri.es his Thoughts.
1t is played like n piano forte. And
speaking of pianos, it is estimated that nine
thousand are made every year in the
United States, giving constant employment,
t" one thousand nine hundred persons, and
costing over two millions Of dollars.
| -
Fo/y ef Pride. Sidney Smith thus
discouiseth -" Take some Quiet. so},cr
moment of life, and add together the two
'ieas Of pride and man. Behold him, crea
ture OF span, stalking through infinite
space in all the grandeur of lilt!cpcss.-
pcrched on a speck cf the universe, every
wind OF heaven strikes into his blood the
c"lineSs OF death his soul floats from his
body like melody from the string. ...
Day and night, like dust on the wheel,
he is rolled along the heavens, through
labyrinth Of words, and all the Creations Of
air flaming above and beneath. /"
Is This a creature to make for himself a
crowasof glory, to deny, his own flesh, to
mock mock his own fellow--sprdng from the
dust tu!whicl' both will +eturn! Does the
proud man not :err?" Does he not esntrrr2
| Does, he not die ( When he re;isons :;~LL. - H..
not stopped by difitultiesa Wlre,r he
| aets' is he never .teDlp!sd by plc;,si,rc,??--
| WEe" he lives, is he free f'om pain -
Nhs" hs aaiss 9ep 5bye sseaps yvpal.b l.ba com"o"
ias ssNlols tie leEti!asss, &, s ts.a @an; Iu-
'"''ty should 'we'l,witb, ,fraijFs apl atone
forsig"orar'oeq etfnr, aid anpsrtsr,ion.
Moaesty ~; ;'iWsl5s5 woman Ys heAcbSrm Of