Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-12-08
Shooting Messages Underground

The use of tubes laid undergrou
for the transmission Of small d.
cells, letters, etc., from center poil
in large cities to the distant suburb
has Ueen applied to transmission
telegraph messages since the &c
ernment took possession OF the te
graph lines i'll England. The G
ormous population and extent
London make the transmission
telegraph messages by wire fro
the central office to the suburbs
matter Of complication, involyil
loss of time and increased expeus
For example, message arrivii
from the country at the centr
office for delivery in u hitchal
would, at one time, have been tran
mitted by wire to the sub-statit
at Charlng Cross, and sent OF
thence by a messenger. This sy
TEN occupied considerable time, en-
ployed large number of clerks an
instruments, involving the constru,
ton and maintenance of an intr
cate system of wires, and double
the risk of errors in transmissiolI
By the employment of the pneu
matte tube, the message, after bein
Transcribed at the central station
can be shot through the tube to tn
station nearest the abode of the perl
son to whom it IS addressed, ther,I
to be taken out, put into an envelI
ope, and dispatched by a messengeI
to its destination. Experiments re
Gently made on the working OF this
system prove that a velocity o.
about five hundred yards minute
can be obtained. A message from
Telegraph street to st. Martins Il
Grand, a distance of $50 yards, was
transmitted in one minute and fort,
seconds. Another was sent from
the same place to Temple Bar
2,o5S yards, in four minutes. II
these instances the tube was work
ed both by pressure and by vacuum
when worked by 4 vacuum alone The
time required is about one-thirt
more.
\ gentleman of a slightly irrita
bic temper, call out loudly tor som,
hot water from his bedroom, wa
unanswered. Selling 4 small
bureau, he showed it before him t,
the head of the stairs, and sent i
whirling, end over end, to the hal
below. The crash was loud enough
to bring out mother, daughter, an,
all the servants. The head of TIL,
family was seated at the head 0
the stairs, elbows on knees, chi,
resting on hands. "Oh, father
what is the matter?" asked tn
frightened daughter. "Mattcr!
said the old man, 'why, here l hav
been a-callin' and calm for vel
nigh on half an hour, and now "
te{e9rophea for yer, that's ALL"
SYMrToMs.-Slight pain in tn
side, the skin and eye assumes
thick yellow coat, digestion is i'm
paired, an unpleasant, sinking sen
sation at the pit Of the stomach i
experienced, the bowels are irregu
lar, the mind frettul, the memor,
weakened,s sometimes slight cough
coldness OF the hands and feet, some
times loss of appetite at others un
natural craving for food dizzines
Of the head, depressed spirits, feel
ing of uncertainty, Of having LEI
something undone, but can't tel
what it is. Take Simmons Live
Regulator, it will remove all un
pleasant feelings and make yo,
well.
Topeka, Kan, has a man entering
a claim in the Land Office there who
swears he has twenty-four children
and has given twenty-five of them !:
good common school education
That man has done his duty MOI
only to his country, but also to his
children.