Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-26


PNEUMATIC System PRACrlc The
pneumatic dispatch system seems to be locked
upon in this country. by those who are not ia
miiiar with its workings abroad, as a fancifuI
invention which is not al all likely ever to
amount 10 any practical benefit. But it is far
from improbable that the system, before many
years, will be in operation in all parts Of the
country. Just as the telegraph now H. In Paris,
rs a servant to the telegraph. We find It stated
that q continuous series of iron tubes, slxty.fye
millimefres two and halfinehesl in diameter.
has been laid down from the Central telegraph
ONCE. IL the Rue de Grenelle St. German TO the
Hotel des Postes and back ag aiR to the Central
ONCE. This continuous line touches also to the
Cercle Imperial, in the Rue Boissy d'ADglais,
then at the Grand Hotel, the Bourse, Hotel du
Louvre, and the Hospital de la Charlie. The
dispatches are puI INTO cylinder fitting zoos
ly into the tube. but provided with a ieathern
DISC. which closes the vertical section OF the
tube completely. AT each station there is a
cistern Of water and reservoir OF compress.
ed ar; the water, supplied by the town pipes
serving to compress the air, while the latter
rushing into the transmission tube as soon as
communication with II Is opened, drives the
cylinder before it with wonderful speed
Each cylinder may contain as many as forty
dispatches, and new one is sent of every ten
minutes.-Nssoark Adeer
TEE GREASE TREK.-In the northern por-
ton of the vast and an cient kingdom OF China
large forests OF this vegetable lubricant exist
and flourish in all the exuberance Of native
~ildness- They are not, however, permitted
10 flourish to no purpose. but when arrived
n maturity are feIled and constitute the source
OF considerable local traffic. Not very long
ago his tree was imported in'o India, writes
the Grocer, and the experiment has proved
eminently successful In the Punjaub and
northwestern provinces generally l. grows as
rapidly and as vigorously as in its native soil.
and there are already thousands Of trees on
the Government plantations, Welding tons of
seed admirably adapted to q variety OF com.
nercial purposes. DIR. Jameson has prepared
hundred weights of grease from this particular
tree and has forwarded on trial a portion Of Ii
10 the Punlaub railway. 10 have its qualities
tested in practical manner lubricating
material for those parts of machinery con-
stant1y exposed 10 friction The grease thus
oeta med forms an excellent tallow, burning
with clear, brilliant. and, what is infinitely
more 70 the purpose, q white light, and at the
same time emitting not trace OF any unpleas.
ant edor, or Of the Ordinary disagreeable ac-
compartment combustion, viz. smoke.
a NEW METHOD OF PRESERVING vEss-
TABLE SUBSTANCES -Messrs Burgess & Son
Of London, have lately devised Il very iupe-
Nous modification of the process nov IN use
for the preservation OF vegetable substances
The vegetables are to he introduced into an
air-ught receiver, the air contained in which is
exhausted by means OF an ar.ppmp The e..
feet Of tins process is to occasion the discharge
from The vegetables OF a considerable quantity
Of wa.ery liquid, which is removed, aud the
vinegar added: the action of the pump is now
reversed, and pressure increased by pun ping
IN arr. The vegetables are thus made to fmbibe
a Ear larger quantity of vinegar than they
~onio Otherwise do, and in q much shorter
ume The substance 10 be preserved being
contained In wooden basket or cradle. and
me handles, cocks, or other metal work con.
Hecttd herewith consisting of platinum no
copper Or other metal can by any possibility
eonIamina:e the vegeta tiles.
tive hundred thousand cigars are made
at the Michigan State prison per month.
~There are 1.5o0 men a. work in the Phila.
cetpb IL hayward
Sksno blacklegs have been suppressed .,
Cnicago or driven ont the city Faro black
legs are more dim nit TO suppress.
A% John ID. Shivers, an old magistrate Of
lsie OF Wight county. Va, has been arrested
BY military authority, charged win assaul,ing
freedman "-3
s~Ths Reform movement in England has
Cared very general attention 10 the deplorabIe
wan: Of educational QuaIificatons among he
newly enfraDcnised classes.
- A temperance paper In Chicago speaks
q che OF "a fayortce lecturers as Hon. M. 3
WIZ nson, ex Senator and ex-tippler. This
j. ihN fnonor extraordinary. z
~ Bv he accidental discharge Ct gun, g.
yoL0E lacy named Mts> Geceiena Smith, was
instantly KILLED nsar Lords Factory, Cecil
county, on Monday $3.50 s,
- yo1ng lady wanr out with 3 rather
nnio Dean sieighiag Orc 0 ven IN z, com D cent-
y ftfnafstng % him thar she seldom ven, q
sIeighiGg tn. she got chape on her ms The
yoppg nan :ooS he hint aud chaoped