The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-01-14

also.
'But hush! hark!"
A deep sound strikes the ear like a
rising knell.
"Me-Ow-Ow!"
Judges Clark and Thomas were
wide awake and sitting holt upright
in an instant,
Again the startling cry:
"Ye-Ow-owr'
''There's a id cat!'' whispered
Clark"
'tScatt youv' hissed Thomas.
Cat paid no attention to these dem
onstrations, but gave vent 10 another
yowl.
"Oh, Lordr' cried Clark, 'I can't
stand this. Where is she, Thomas@'
''On your side of the room, some
where" replied Thomas.
'tNO, she's on your side" said
Clark.
"Ye-ow-Ow-Owr"
''There, / told you she was on
your side" they both exclaimed in a
breath.
And still the ''yOw" went on.
The idea now entered the heads of
both the lawyers, that, by the eXer-
else of little strategy the might be
enabled to execute q certain flank
movement on the cat, and totally de-
moralize him. Practically, each de-
termined to "file a motion to quash"
the cats attachment for their bed
room. z--kz 81 Z
Each kept his plan to himself, and
in the dark, unable to see each other,
prepared for action.
Strange as it may appear it is new
ertheless true, that the same plan sug-
gested itself to both. In words the
plan would be about as follows: s5sr
The yOwlef is evidently looking and
calling for another cat with whom he
has made an appointment. l will inn
ifate a cat, and this cat will think
tother cats around. This cat will
come towards me, and when he shall
have arrived within reaclI, L IL blaze
ayaywifll Anything Z can get hold
of, and knock the mew-sick out of
him.
So each of the pOrtly Judges, noise
lessly as cream comes to the surface of
milk. hoisted himself onto his hands
and knees, and, hippopotamus-fash-
ion, advanced to the neutral ground
occupying the central portion ofCthe
room.
Arrived there, Judge Clark selected
a boot-jack, and Judge Thomas a
heavy cOwhide boot, from the heap,
and settled themselves down to the
work.
Clark frightened his grip ON the boot
jack, and throwing up his head gave
vent to a prolonged and unearthly
1,oT Of gaf
ed credit upon ten of the largest kind
of cats.
"Aha," thought Thomas, who was
not six feet away, he's immediately
close around. Now Plf mveigle himp'
and he gave the regular dark night
call of feminine cat.
Each of the Judges now advanced
a little closer, and Clark produced a
Questioning "O-Owm
Thomas answered by a reassuTiHg
''purr-owl spurr-owI'S and they adj
yanced little more.
They were now within easy reach,
and each imagining the cat had but
moment to live, whaled away, the
one with his boot, the other with his
bOOt-iack. ~ s.A -
The boot took Clark square in the
mouth, demOlishing his teeth; and
his bOOt-jack came down on Thomas
bald head just as he was i'll the midst
of a triumphant "Ye-OWw rs
When lights were brought the cat
had disappeared, but the causes of the
catastrophe were in opposite corners
of the room, with heels in the air,
swearing SEeYtrFlii Z y f1l ie.TS9 S9yrrs.sk%ak g5gTIE
Explosive.
NitrO-Glycerine, the new explosive,
will soon come into very general use
for blasting rock and blowing up for
tifications, as well as for the manu-
facture of tOrpedOes and other infer
nal machines. This substitute was
discovered i'm 1916, by French chem
list named SabierO, but was utilized by
Alfred Mabel, a Swedish engineer,
twelve years later. NitrO-glycerine
is a combination of glycerine (the
sweet principle of animal fat and nj.
tric and sulphuric acids. The process
of manufacture is very simple. Take,
for instance, one pound of glycerine |
and ten pounds of the acids and place |
them in proper vessel. The sulphu- |
ric' acid operating on the rest of the |
mass, extracts ali aqueous matter,
while the nitre sinks to the bottom of
the vessel, with the glycerine, whose
density carries it there at once. The
result is an oleaginOus substance not |
unlike castor oil in color, but rather |
more thick, which on being wash
ed and thoroughly cleansed from |
such particles of sulphuric acid as
oil iC. fro
crime. This substance eXplOdes in all 4
and unlike gunpOwder, |
operates particularly against the OBJ
jet offering the greatest resistance, so |
that it has been found to drive down |
instead of bursting upward, in some
cases 6 fIfflelndled with care, thiseX-
plOsive oil is not dangerous. 1t eXplO-
dies instantly upon ignition and with 1
a power thirteen times greater than |
gunpOwder. A gentleman who is in /
Ierested in the application of this new |
explosive has kept a statistical table |
of accidents by gunpowder, railroads. |
kerosene and nitroglycerine,o occurring |
in this country. In 1868, 1,160 per- |
SONS Were accidentally killed by gun !
powder, and seven by nitro-glycerine. |
have been made to see if |
could not be made
available as the explosive power for
shells, but little Success has been at
has been found that the |
heat and eoncussioH- -eaGsc the sensi- |
tive oil to explode before the shell |
leaves the mouth of the cannon. Ex-
periments were tried with cushioned |
shells-those containing, some soft |
substance between the nitro-glycerine |
and the iron, but this also failed.