The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-03

conceivable hue. We noticed some of the
most magnificent beds Of scarlet ceramic.
ums we ever bcheld. In the labratory of
the institution we found our old friend DR..
w. L. Til6en, chemist 70 this department,
who hiodly showed us the beautiful opera
ton Of she de'ca.e specseroscope,, and
many other like instruments. In the me-
scum we made The acquaintance Of POI.
Glover, who has spenta lifetime in the
study of and in preparing bids, insects
and iruiis--in errsnging and clr ssify'ng
the same 1t is wonderful 10 see to what
system he has brought this department,
which will, psit progresses, be of incal-
cuable benefit'to the agricultural portion
Of the community. For instance If q
pe'son wishesto move TO Illinois, be goes
to Prof. Glover and he opens the M;,,erais,
cereots birds i.,.it or r;giiaoLe', specimens
of each grow In that state, even samples
Of the wood, will tell you what portion of
of he stale is best adapted 70 each, and so
on. And Unlike manner each state that
you may wish 10 inquire about. The
knowledge he gained is wonderful. We
wound up The day at the patent office.
Hero one can spend weeks, months and
years and then not see all. Tho upper
floor of this stupendeous grauito pile is
known es the "Modcl room.' II covers
over more .han an acre Of ground, aud
the models classed In glass cases fill all the
available space. If person wee dis.
posed 90 give FIVE minutes to each model
and wished 20 inspect al in the building
at the present time devoting 10 hours each
day, it would lake him Ii lie over three
years to finish the lis, and he would then
find that over 10000 had accu mulated
durng chat lime besides, as no..ne ON
last weeks list before me that up 10 and
including September 2e The Total number
Of patents issued was l19,Ltl. 226 were
issued last week alone, which is at the
rate of nearly 1000 per month. st
How many crushed hopes and wretched
fortunes are embraced in the history Of
these models, and likewise whs! avenues
of wealth and upbounded riches flow
from the same source. II takes but few
turns of forLunes.wheel sometimes to wait
one speedily to prosperity. -.
Whom we were visiting the 2enlten .iary
In Baltimore we saw little machine in
ope alton, sewing on the soles of shoes, at
the rate of Two shoes per minute or one ev-
cry 80 seconds. At one end of the ma
chine is Q self registering dial which
counted every stitch, also invented by
the same man. He has a isval.y of one
cent on every pair aud takes off the num-
Der himself as you would your gas metre.
A machine working 10 hours per day
turns out 600 pal $, which brings him an
income OF 5000 per day, multiply this
simply bv one hundred, and we suppose
there ere fully hat many in operation in
tho United STA ,es, ard there is an income
OF 5000 per day for you.
One of the most interesting relics we
saw in the pa ent Office was the identical
hand press on which franklin worked as a
journeymen in London in l725, one hun
dred ana 70. ;y-s,x years ago. Having no.
ticed a so,y going The rounds Of the pa
pe,s the pat week, that Mark Twain +"
had taken out a patent for a new suspender,
his inventive ingenrity being driven t. II
by recen ly Witnessing tho horrible condi-
ton of pair suspended " to Ho ace
Greeley's trowseis, we thongbt we would
Ascertain if such was reilly the case, and
on inquiry at the chief clerks oiice was
told by Capt. Cattle there thrt it WIS a
fact The patent was issued few days
since, andIthe model is out now being en-
graved, and in a few days will take its
place with Che oilers. 1t is called The lad.
Unstable srspenden." Rah Tor Mail.
We find That we shall not finish Wash
inglon Cas- line, but will endeavor 10 do
90 in our next. Till then,
Adios, a-~rs. j. ". T.. 7.