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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-23
THE
TORPEDO PATENT SIM,
Roberts VS.. Nicholas Ce,.]l
THE

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Ths following b The decision rendx.s,, j
McKennan, at May Tenn Of the Circuit c.'1 "
above case: 'a
in the Circuit Court Of tho United s.a,os !,
the Western District of Pennsylvania ~
Roberts vs.. Nicholas Geser.-No. Nv. .
lS7S-In Equity
November "a. 1877. Bill filed and .,,.
sued.
Subpoena and notice Of app location ia, ,..r
ary Injunction served. feI
December 1s, 1879. Motion for nro.,r,,..-
junction heard, and the Court being dul, ,s,t..,
the premises; the injunction awarded as -
and decree fileu.
JanuVy II, 1873. Injunction issued. md =.
29th day of January indictment served ,o,.'.
and by copy.
May q, 1873. Rule Issued for de,end.n, IN :,
cause why attachment should not issue for co,,, !
IN violating Injunction and duly served
June I'd, 1878. Rule for attachment in M. ]
came on to be heard, and after argumsn, Of ,o,'
pro and con, the Court being full nd ;i,ed :, }
premises, the Rule is made absolute, and n,
tence Of the Cont Is, that the said defenas, ~
olas Geyer, be imprioeened in tho common ir
Allegheny County for and during the term A
days, and that ho psy the costs of tbi, ,,,.
ing.
June I'd, 1873. Commi,ent issued.
The injunction in this case wss fol- infrlrrr
Of the Roberts patent Of No .--tcalled the n, :
ent), for increasing she productivsuess Of oH :,
The act of infringement for which the i.,rt1
was committed for coptanpt, Consisted IN Il.
Alexandra Har:ar in exploding ton.dos, !,
wells being the came act Of infringement, 70, vi
Hamsr wus also committed In he case No a ?
vember Term, 1866, ~ before stated.
The Court McKennsn, }, after dellye,rc \
opinion In the Hamar esse, preceded to ssr.1
NichGas Geyer for coAtenrt, and delivered II,
owing oral opinion:
In the case Of Nicholas Gcyer CHARGED vi, !
same ofienss, I am sru-ely satisSed that ,be,
finid present, in the Beais veil at least A, /,
inhmatsd TO the coSWssI IN ne eo.yss Of N, Il
msn., the presence Of Jtssd in The wsl!, wtstsr
stred or not, is an infringement Of the patent, q,
Ore dch Of the injanesios ofM. Court
hr Roberts. by bis patent uses as one Of Ii, \
cipal elements Of his invention fluid tanpirr. }
wherever there Ia Auid sufficient in a well,
time of the explosion Of torpedo, to optu,
tamping. whether It gets there naturally Or i.
there artiAeially, his patent 1. infringed. tn:
clearly the case In regard 10 the Bosls we'll
But Mr. Geyer aeeins to have been mi.ld
Lamar, who tod him that he merely wsn,s
make an experiment and do not think, hi,
ing the first time, that he ousht 10 be very se,1
punished.
lie also is adJudged guilty Of contempt and st
ed to pay the coats OF this proceeding and unds1
an imprisonment In the county jail for ten dsyi
hope this will be the Ia 1t of these cases; tsca1
II the matter comes to our notice aCiaA vesil
constrsined to impose such punishment ss will h
to make the decree Of tho Court efeciual.
June l1-l1
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-23
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treating lung di sease with cough SYRUP balsams
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ADVERTISE IN tbe RsooRD.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
Effect of Bathing.

Drs. Jamin and De Laures, in an ac-
count of some experiments made by
them upon the loss of weight expert
enced by the human body in a bath, re-
mark that, under ordinary conditions, o
man of good constitution will consume
about 1000 grams of food in the course
of day, of which 1900 grams are ex-
creted, while the remaining $500 grams
are consumed in the course of twenty
four hours, either by the lungs or by
the skin, being loss of about 100
grams per hour. This loss, however, is
not uniform, as it amounts to about 125
grams after dinner, diminishing until
the following morning, when it is only
so grams between six and seven o'clock,
and increasing again after breakfast. In
exercising under hot sun it sometimes
amounts to as much as $40 grams per
hour.
When the body is immersed in bath
there is certain temperature at which
the weight is maintained unchanged;
this, however, increasing when the tenn
perature is lowered, and diminishing
very rapidly as the water becomes more
and more heated Before taking the
|
bath 80 grams may be lost by respira-
ton, and 60 by perspiration; but dur
ing the hour after it the conditions are
different: much less loss will take
place, and sometimes none at all; in
deed, occasionally there may be aslight
increase of weight. AS, however, the
quantity of water eXhaled can not be
less than before taking the bath-and,
indeed, should be greater, in conse-
-quence of the humidity of the epider-
mis-the diminution or loss of weight,
it is thought, cannot but be the result
of single cause, namely, diminution
in the amount of carbonic acid expired
But these conclusions are not to be con-
sidered as established, and further in
vestigations are to be made by the gen
tlemen named.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
German Infantry Tactics.

An English journal publishes the
following summary of an imperial de-
cree making important notifications in
the tactics of the German infantry;
Hepceforth, unless in exceptional
cases, the German infantry will mostly
always be formed in diminishing order.
Infantry captains will be mounted on
horseback, as it is evident they would
not be able to pass over the ground oc-
cupied by their companies with sufici-
ent swiftness on foot The first rank
(or third of the company being thrown
out as skirmishers, the second will be
similarly ranged at distance of two
hundred PAGES (schritte) behind ready
to fill up the blanks that may be made
in front. The rest of the company will
be two hundred metres further back.
BY this arrangement it is calculated
that the destructive effects of modern
proiectiles will be greatly diminished.
The rapidity of fire possible in the case
of soldiers ranged in diminishing order
four or five metres distance from each
other will enable them to produce
greater results than if they were acting
in compact bodies. The new Mause1
rife, with which the German troops are
to be armed, is said to be weapon OF
extremely destructive powers, capable
of beingi red twenty-six times permin-
ute, and marking with great accuracyat
distance of 1,600 metres.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
Horrors Of the Steerage.

During the trial of ship captain in
New York on the charge of cruelty to
his passengers, August May stated that
he was a passenger on board the Argo-
naut. For the last five weeks of the
voyage the passengers had not been
supplied with water ; the passengers
We're driven to the necessity of catching
the rain-water, which they kept in bot
ties the coffee was very salt and bitter !;
said the Captain assaulted several of
the passengers knew Taposkie, the
man who was lost overheard most of
the men were obliged to work on the
deck, and some in the kitchen ; on the
deck the passengers were forced to
work as sailors they did not object,
thinking in consequence that they
would get more to eat, but this hope
was not realized ; several times the wit
ness and his companions complained of
being hungry and asked for food from
the officers, but they were beaten and
knocked about the deck and did not get
any. Henry House had seen the Cap
tain on many occasions under the in
fuenee of liquor John Schroeder tes-
titled to having seen Taposkie-whose
wife and child were wash
ed from the deck, and at the time he
was engaged hauling at rope. Mary
Anne Taposkie, who had child in her
arms, said her husband had been car
ried off by wave on Friday six weeks,
while working on the deck /; he was
forced to work at the pumps after her
husband had been drowned the Captain
sent for her and asked her whers he
was the only way she knew of what
happened was through the sailors at
the time she was so overcome as not to
remember all the circumstances the
Captain did not say anything when he
was told of her husbands having been
drowned two weeks after the accident
the Captain sent woman to her stating
that he wanted to see her, but he did
not offer.any coincidence ; her husband
was compelled to hoist the sails and
work at the pumps never got enough
to eat, and the coffee given in the morn
ings was almost water; pure water was
preferred to tea got very little water
and many time it was refused wher
asked for; there was no doctor OF
board she did not get any extra food
for her child got no money from the
Captain after her husband was drown
ed she did not get enough Rourishmen'
for her child, and it cried continually
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
A Singular Case.

A case having but few known paral-
lels in medical practice is just now puE-
zling the faculty in the vicinity of FL
mira, n. Y, and forming a subject for
universal comment. The circumstances
attending it are as follows:-
Nearly three years ago Mr.. r. A.
Hall, then a resident of Elmira, was
rendered unconscious by striking his
head against beam in his barn. He
speedily recovered and no serious con-
sequences resulted from the injury up
to within the past few days. Shortly
after the accident Mr.. Hall engaged in
the mercantile business in Scranton,
Pa, and removed thither with his fam
lily. One day last week he was obliged
to leave his store and go home, owing
to severe and peculiar pain in his
head. After reaching his residence he
was taken with violent spasms, which
continued at short intervals until ten
o'clock at night, when they left him,
and he sank into a quiet sleep, resting
well all night. Upon awaking in the
morning his actions were so singular
that it was long time before his friends
could explain the cause. 1t was finally
discovered that his memory, from the
date of the accident in Elmira, was en-
tirely gone. Everything that had oc-
CURED during the past three years, and
during that time many important events
had transpired in his life, was as blank
to him as if he had been in swoon for
all that time. He recognized his wife
and others he had known before the
accident, but two children that were born
during the past three years were entire
strangers to him. His oldest child,
five years old, he remembered only as
she was when but two. His mind seem
ed weak, and his friends. hoped that
with the return of his usual good health
his memory would be restored. In q
a day or two, however, both his mental
and physical vigor returned, but the
singular gap in his memory remained.
His partner in business, Mr.. Pratt, Mr..
Hall had known for years. Mr.. Pratt,
at the time of the injury to Mr.. Halls
head, was principal of school at Dan
vile, Pa, and Mr.. Hall remembers him
only as that. He entered the latter
room day or 80 after he was taken
sick, and Mr.. Hall was very much sur
prised to see him, and asked about his
school and friends in Danville. Mr..
Hall could hardly be brought to believe
his present position, buthe finally saw il
could not be otherwise. Every effort has
been made by his family, by bringing
up old associations, the death Of friends
and relatives and important events in
his life for the past three years, tc
awaken some sign of recollection of that
time, but in vain. He was greatly sur
prised to hear Chat he had been doing
business in Scranton for two years, an6
in drive through that city day Oh
two since he recognized none of the
business firms with whom he has hac
dealings during that time. He is nov
in this city, visiting old scenes ant
friends, in hopes that he may fix hi
mind on something which will lead i
back over the three years that are blanl
to him and result in entirely restoring
his memory.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
Can any Medicine do More I?

The art Of changing the base metals into gold has
not been discovered but the happy results ola dis
covery infinitely more important familiar to the
community, and have been so for the past twenty
years. Te exchange debility for vigor sickness for
health apathy for energy, gloom for cheerfulness,
is a much more desirable operation than to trans
mute lead into the root of all evil And thi it what
Hostetters Stomach Bitters accomplish and have
been accompls hing daily ever since their intro
duction Dyspepsia, biliousness, nervous affec-
tions constipation, intermittent fevers, rheuma-
tism, sick headache and general debility are no
longer the bug-bears that they were fifth Of cen
fury ago. The Bitters, taken as protective medi-
cine, prevent them, and taken as remedy cures
them, and the people know it. Hence their over
shadowing reputation and enormons sale. The
fame Of the great vegetable specific is ever on the
march, and at pace that no competitor can live.
1t is to-day the foremost medicine of its class in
the civilized world. Every now and then attempts
are made TO rival it, and ometime9 nostrum con-
cocted in the idle hope Of sharing its popularity,
has brief squirt ofapparent success. But it is all
illusion. One by one they sink like stones in the
sea, while the great tonic, whose celebrity has
been tho cause Of these blind ventures continues
to ride on the topmost wave OF public favor, pnap-
preached and pnapproachable,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15

THE SUCCESSFUL PHYsTCIAN.-Dr. j.
Walker is achieving an eminent distinc-
ton as q benefactor of his species. Some
stigmatize all patent medicines with the
odious epithet of quackery. But DIR.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BTTTERs
have the endorsement of the medical
profession. The editor can conscien-
tiously and cordially recommed the
medicine, because he knows he has
found great benefit from it's use. For
nearly twenty years he has suffered
from arrangement of the stomach. And
though the disease has become chronic,
he has already obtained great relief from
this remedy. A physician left at death
large volume, carefully sealed, ana sup
posed to contain fund Of medical
knowledge. On being opened, it was
found to contain only this simple adj
vice: "Keep your head cool, your feet
warm and your bowels Open" But
there is a whole volume in this maxim.
VINEGAR BIrTERs act as mild cathartic,
leaving the system in a healthy condi-
ten. r. H. Mcdonald, an experienced
druggist, associated with DR.. Walker,
is man of thorough integrity and
practical knowledge of the art of COM
pounding medicine. They have val
liable medicine, and they know how to
bring it to the knowledge of the public
by iudicious advertising. We are hap
Ply to give them our hearty endorse
ment, and bid them God-speed in re-
lieving the ills to which flesh is heir
Lockwood Ul7i0niSt, December 20, 1870.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
How They Live in Sweden.

The houses are warm, being built of
strong, thick walls, generally of brick,
with high stone foundations. They
are small, commonly of one story, and
meant for but one family. They are
not so very simple, but they are simply
furnished, there often being, especially
IN the northern part, where the dwell
hngs are frequently of logs, and COW
cred with turf or snow, no more than
one room in the house, and in that only
the coarsest homemade furniture. The
sleeping-room (there is rarely more than
one), is provided with ranges of beds in
tiers, one above the other, the women
generally sleeping below, and the men
above. You rarely see any carpet, but
the floors are sprinkled with a clean
white sand, which dries up moisture,
gives off no dust, and may easily be re-
moved. Sometimes the floors, as in
Germany, are painted, or of wood mo-
sale; though this luxury, except in
large mansions, is very rarely INDUCED
in. Occasionally the best rooms will
have little carpet, butnever more than
two strips, which cross each other in
the centre.
The land is generally good, and four
fifths of the people subsist by agricul'
ture. Great quantities of wheat, rye
and barley are raised, the stubble-felds
being now seen stretching out in every
direction. Much of this grain is ex.
ported to Germany and Great Britain
Large droves of cattle, sheep, geese and
ducks may also be seen in the fields
though the stock is far inferior to thai
of Denmark, where it is a real pleasure
to see the magnificent droves in theil
pastures. The cattle and poultry are
commonly kept in the same field, the
ducks and geese being around thepondI
while the sheep and COWS are scattered
through the meadows, a shepherd-bo.
commonly sleeping in some fence-cor
ner. In the evening these focks arr
all driven to the barnyard, where the,
present a lively scene for few hourI
after sunset. l spent little time a
the country residence of large land
owner in this neighborhood, where thu
noise of ducks and geese in his barn
yard was like perpetual horse-fddl,
| serenade.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
The Northern Seas.

Nothing can be more surprising and
beautiful than the singular clearness of
the waters of the northern seas. AS we
passed slowly over the surface, the bot
tom, which was here in general of white
sand, was clearly visible from twenty to
twenty-five fathoms. During the whole
course of the tour [ made, nothing APP
peared to me so extraordinary as the
immense recesses of the ocean, unruf-
fled by the slightest breeze, the gentle
splashing Of the oars scarcely disturb
ing it. Where the bottom was sandy,
the different kinds of esterise, echmi,
and even the smallest shells, appeared,
at the greatest depth, conspicuous to
the eye; and the water seemed, in some
measure, to have magnifying power,
by enlarging the objects like tele-
scope, and bringing them seemingly
nearer. Though moving on q level
surface, it seemed almost as if we were
ascending the height under us, and
when we passed over its summit, which
rose in appearance to within few feet
of our boat, and came again to the de-
scent, which on this side was suddenly
perpendicular, and overlooking watery
gulf, as we passed gently over the point
of it it seemed almost as if we had
thrown ourselves down the precipice-
the illusion, from the cearness of the
deep, producing sudden start.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
Three Dreadful Boiler Explosions.

1t is seldom we have such series Of
horrors at one time as is presented in
the papers in one day. At Pittsburg q
battery of four boilers exploded, in one
of the largest iron mills of the West,
causing the death of seven employees
and the wounding and burning of thir-
ty others. The force of this explosion
must have been terrific, destroying the
buildings, burying the unfortunate
workmen, and causing death and de-
struction on every hand. Eight hun
bred workmen were engaged in the
works at the time. At Conshohecken,
some thirteen miles from Philadelphia,
about one hundred men were engaged
in an extensive iron foundry, when the
main boiler burst, killing eight men
and manning and scalding thirteen in
addition, several of the latter not being
expected to recover. At Syracuse also
we have to record a casualty similar in
character to the two above mentioned,
though somewhat less severe. In each
case the victims were horribly mutila-
ted, being almost beyond Identification.
1t is stated that few moments before
the disasters the general indications of
the boiler attachments were that there
was no danger Of the catastrophes that
followed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15
A Level Head.

Sophron, wise teacher, did not al
low his grown up sons and daughters to
associate with those whose conduct was
not perfectly correct and proper. 'Dear
father" said his gentle Eulalie to him
one day when he forbade her going in
company with her brother to see the
light minded Lucinda, "you must take
us to be very childish if you think she
can do us any harm~ But the father
quietly took an extinguished coal from
the fireplace and reached it to his
daughter cit does not burn" said he
take it, child" Eulalie did do, and
behold her delicate hand and pure white
dress were soiled at once. Zone can
not be too careful in touching coal, -
said she impatiently. Certainly" re-
piled her father. You see, my child,
that coal blackens even when it does
not burn; SO does the society of the i'm
moral. p-RebG11.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-15

A SOUTHERN TRP.-President Grant
informed delegation of Georgians that
after the business of Congress was over
he should, in company with the mem
bers OF his Cabinet, make an extended
Southern tour, proceeding to New Or
leans via Richmond, Raleigh, Colum-
bia, Charleston, Savannah, Montgome-
ry and Mobile. From New Orleans he
would probably proceed North as far as
Memphis, cross over to Chattanooga,
and was undecided as yet whether he
would return to Washington via Knox
vile or Nashville and Louisville.