The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-10
The Creditor,s SErategeIn.


Four creditors started from Boston
In the same train OF cars, for the pur-
pose of attaching the property OF 4
certain debtor in Flrmingt0n, in the
State. of Maine He owed each one
d separately, and they each one were
suspicious of the other, hut dared not
say word about IT, So they rode,
acquaintance, all talking upon every,
thing except that which they had
most at heart When they arrived at
the depot at Pennington, which was
three miles from where the debtor
did business, they found nothing to
put 'em over the road "=but a sol.
tary cab, toward which they all rush
ed. Three got in and refused admit
lance to the fourth, and the cab start
ed. The fourth ran after, and got up
outside with the driver. He asked
the driver if he wanted to sell
his horse. He replied that he
did not want to-that he was. not
worth more than fifteen dollars, but
he would not sell him for that. He
aske him if he would take one hun
dred dollars for him. Yes. said he.
The fourth man quickly paid over the
money. took the reins. and backed the
cab up to bank, slipped it from the
harness, and tipped 1t up so that the
door could not he opened. and jumped
upon the horses back and rode off
lickety-switch, while the insiders were
looking out OF the windows, feeling
like slnged cats. He rode to law
yer's and gotta writ made and served,
and his tiebt secure, an / got mick to
the ho'el just as the : insiders came
up putting anil blowing. The cabman
soon bought back his horse for fifty
dollars. The sole" men offered to
pay that sum if tie fortunate one!
who found properly sufi ;ient to pay
his own debt, would uot tell of it 10
Boston. 8'..- f'ta
Liquefaction Of CarbOnic Acid Gas.
In answer 20 the inquiry of sub
scriber, we give the following intor-
nation ON the subject of liquefcation
of carbonic acid gas. When carbonic
acid gas is compressed at the tempera-
ture of the freezing point. of water,
: with the power OF 40 atmospheric
that is, 600 pounds to the square inch
1T liquefes, 500 rints being corr
pressed to the volume of a single pint;
consequently, the space allowed for
the liquefied gas must be only one
500th part of the volume Of the gas
developed, and it takes exceedingly
strong vessels to hold it, a. its press
sure at our summer temperature is
double that amount, namely, loo
pounds for the square inch at 900
Fab, a tension far exceeding the re-
sistance of our strongest high-pres-
sure steam boilers.
The apparatus commonly used for
the liqnefaction of carbonic acid, con-
sists of two very strong close retorts,
made OF heavy copper, lined inside
with lead, and outside strengthened
with iron; one retort serves TO receive
che charge of bicarbonate f soda aud
sulphuric acid, the other to receive
the developing gas, by means of stop
cocks ana connecting tube this re-
tort being p aced in ice, condenses the
gas to its liquid state. 1t is a very
dangerous experiment when not made
with perfect apparatus. Hervey, in
Paris, was killed by the explosion OF
very strong iron :etOrt, OF which the
sides were more than an inch in thick
ness; it burst like bombshell. by the
pressure of the too rapidly devel, ping
gas. The enormous rate of condensa-
ton will not cause surprise, when we
consider tlat the condensation OF
steam iltO water is more than three
times az great; namely, to one l,7O0th
part of its volume. ~
The q iified carbonic ac- d gas is
lighter than water, ON which it floats
and which it freezes at once, when
brought into contact wi it; it shows
in the Lsost exalted degree the cooling