National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-04-17
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4 Boon to Journuiism-BoGRrd Patent
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From the Louisville Q. Courier JournAll
have invented machine for the purpose Of
reducing the number Of exchange nends now In
As many Of
verance, who continually drop into the room
where the exchanges Of a newspaper once are
asPt and wrestle with them under me pTste1hee
or the Waco Westlp Butluhdeter, or some other
sheet they offer TO swear they can't md at the
news stands. These persons, as u their presence
alone were not sufficiently narrowing, have
way OF sitting for At least half an hour at tlme
and mttling the papers In the exchange basket
In a manner evidently intended 70 eNaspeIat,, y,
| and confuse every one at work within range OF
the noise. They do worse. When one OF them
| Ia informed that the paper wanted Is not TO he
had he invariably saws "an o,l one M wI ap Jniss
| suspicion when he IL told that the paper he wants
has positively been carried out, These persons
| also make tedious and unnecessary eNplana-
tions, consuming much valuable time and wear
| ing out the patience. They know everything
that's dlsagreeable, and practice II perslstently.
An their faults, u written Of here, would make
The Invention to which refer Ia known as
"Bogafdus' Patent Irresistible Combination
Kicker, for the use Of Newspaper onices," and
Il IL IN every respect superior TO the buZz-saw
/ now In use In some Of the Western newspaper
| establishments. IL consists mainly Of, nrst, q
large, ,etrongly-constructed chair, In the bottom
| Of which are concealed numerous remarkable
/ springs OF extraordinary power; second, an I'm.
mcnse boot, made OF hard, unyieldlng rub
/ stance, and connected, bcncAtn the moor, VIII
/ the chair; third, q number Of strong rods and
things connecting the whole with the steam en-
gines Of the establishment The boot and chai
are also connected with powerful hook, whici
Ia concealed In the ceiling.
As the unsuspectlng exchange nend ap
proaches, he IA requested to he seated In TIT
chair, which Ia placed close to the basket i
which the exchanges are kept. Just as he set
ties in the seat aud reaches for an exchange
member OF the editorial stan suddenly Jerks
convenient knob; the powerful and wonderful
springs In the chair begin to toss the nend In
most extraordinary manner; portion OF tn
, noor slides away, and the immense boot swing
iuto view, making a kind Of crashing noise, a
though the building were falling. In fev
seconds more the remarkable springs. true I
their task, throw the astonished nend Into
, position which makes him face the door tn
J concealed hook then drops from the ceiling an
seixes him by the coat collar, and then the booi
, with the rapidity Of lightning, Is put where
will do the most good.
, When the boot has gone rapidly back and fort
for about half minute the machinery IL stopped
the shattered nend Is lowered TO q litter and cal
, ried out, and for six weeks he languishes unde
the impression that he has been assaulted fror
D behind by the tutelary demon OF the press, 0
some equally exasperated monster too hldeou
TO describe. lie never returns to the exchang
basket.
, The Patent Irresistible Kicker Is very effective
/, and has baan known TO shatter one 0t Or. iarI
inas ceieFated interviewing cushions at on
blow. anticipate great demand for u as 500
as its merits become known. The specification
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