The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-21

955.
BOSTON, January 2O.-Cotton firm
middlipg 16Z@l7; net receipts III
bales; gross 1874; sales 800; stock 8 1000.
PHILADELPHIA, January 2O.-Cotton
matchmaking 165z; low middline
1914; strict good Ordinary Is; net re-
ceipts 80 bales; gross l76.
SAvANSAII. January 20:-CoL!on firm
er-middling 1551; net receipts $3.50
bales; exports coastwise ISL bales; sales
l,O58; stock 1l3. .S72.
a STEAM JACKAss A man living ncar
Nashville, Washington County, H., has
roccntl y invented an apparatus to take
tho place of whistles for railroad sig
nails, steamboats,. firc-alnrms, factory
calls, and the like. He calls it the
"telophon," but the popular name is the
"steam jackass." Tho inventor is n
stock farmer, nnd has devoted much OF
his time to raising mules, whose habts
nnd anatomy ho appears to have studied
carelnlly. Ou his farm, thero was
mule OF more than ordinary vocal
power. whose voice could be heard a
distance Of four miles in every direc
tlon, Whcn he once got warmed up to
his work. The owner computed that if
he could set in motion all the air in u
circle of eight miles in diameter, or
twenty-five miles in circumference, or
an area of fifty square miles. or $1,000
acres, hundred-horso-power jackass
could. nlI other things being equnl,
rival my other noise yet discovered. Ho
established the fact that tho power of
au ordinary ass is about oue-twclfth of
an Indicated steam power. a steam en-
gine of 1000 horse power would, there.
lore, be equal to the power Of II, 600
asses. Wherefore, if Quo ass can fiil II
circle eight miles in diameter, $4,000
jackasses or one ,000-horso power lack
ass would fill circle of %, 600 miles in
diameter. The inventor thought nil
this over carefully, arriving at the de-
duction that if he could take natures
vocal apparatus aud apply it TO greater
power, he could produce a larger and
more satisfactory volume of SOUND.
Filled with this Idea, he put the mule to
denth. and carefully severed the head
from the body. He then injected solu-
tions OF chloride OF Zinc aud arsenic
into tho veins and arteries of The head
nnd neck. to prevent decay Of the Qcsil.
India rubber was dissolved in sulphuric
ether, aud the solution forced through
the trachea, or wind-pipe, and through
tho larry nX, or throat. The ether cyapo-
rated, leaving q film Of rubber on the
membranes, and the injection ard eva
poration were continued until the rub
Cor hlm was found of sufficient thick
ness. These organs we're then Subjcctcd
TO a vapor OF sulphur heated to 300 de-
greesi by which process The rui,bcr was
vulcan!zed, It's elasticity increased, nnl
tue membranes rendered impcryiuus to
steam. These preparations completed,
short pleoo OF rubbcr hose was at.
tacheu to the winL-pipa and conn. ctci
with steam boiler
1t was moment of agony 10 tho in
ventor us he placed the AS, head in tho
hands OF an assistant. and slowly pulled
the valve opeI--a moment OF thrillnr
interest. as the steam was turned on,
1t passed into tho wind-pipr, eSpclling
the air and producing n Sigh, followed
ny groaD, II snort, Il chucklc, thaa q
violent coughing and sneezing AS Il
tult head OF steam was turncd on, the
most fenrfnl noise, the most frightful
Sutfaw, tho most yociferous bray tln.
ever nssaIled mortal cars, were produced.
The lips contracted, disclosing a terrible
array of teeth; the features developed n
Satanic grin; tho jaws raised and fell as
the steam crowded the passages an.l the
ears participated in the general move
ment, giving to the head Of the ass IN
animated an excited appearance. The
man who was holding the head gnzed
upon 1t moment with diluted eyes,
color!ess cheeks, knocking knees and
protrndlng tongue; then, suddenly
losing oil interest in the performance,
he emigrated. AS for tho inventor, his
success exceeded his most sanguine an
ticipstions. For an instant, he contcm-
plated tho head, his countenance work
ing with every manifestation of intense
delight; then he. too, started, probably
TO learn tho greatest distance to which
that !olce would penetrate. leaving it
still in operation, with all steam on.
The head bad not got fully warmed up
to its work, and that bray went hurliug
thrOu0h the nnivOraa II ,pos m, oo,un