Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-05-24


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pump makes $50 stroke. 10 The minnee.
each stroke driving : .tream into ~
body of uaarr. This . III thar :
shout His woederful device. o. ru<s-
day. 81 iepeant expesseaenes uere mo1e
Win ~ ~ Itun&9 u1lnehe1 . ~ fux
boat Alpha. AID made ten knots m
hcsr. There 3 6ol sPPIe astern.
and no prerequisite iisplscemeat Of the
waies. except the little made hy. The
cutting 81 the bow. She uas Backed
and turned with perfect ease. TO baeh
the beot 10 stresm II ariyeu through
the bow nos13es and the craft obeys On
the instant. fthe boat we're 70 spring
. leak. the pamp would simply draw
its supply fro0 the bold and 20 o. with
its work. u IL claimed that . vessel
provided With this appliance could moi
s..k under oee.nary ieakages Aremark-
aole feature O The C1Idweu contrivance
e!so ssseE Ic accomPlish this the aos-
1es Wo!eeo eisereeaeiy from side 10
ssoe, using the streams . levers, on
- ssecsPse OF the 90. There - YET
another use to which this device can
oe aPpi'ed; In case Of IRE on board OF
ABOUT the docks line OF hose 10 at-
tached to the pump, and in Q second
mere Is floating steam engine which
could At least holdits own with anything
on wheels. The inventor claims that his
device can be probably applied 10 any
vessel, although il is mainly intended
Tor canal service, where the. demand Is
for . cheap propeller that will not wash
the banks. Mr.. Caldwell declares that
both the first and after cost Of his inven-
tion will be far less than that Of any
thing now in use. The entire driving
apparatus is below. and no part Of il
could be carried away by accident or
design. The whole thing is SO simple
that there Is not much to get out d
der and nothing that could no. easily be
repaired.
SINGULAR EscApEs.-A very excjt.
ing incident occurred not long since at
The village Of Soudan, in France. In
Of the weathercock. Al the
top OF the church steeple getting rusty,
and no longer turning as Il should do,
i was determined to take il down. A
nan clambered up the steple. but lust
before he could reach the weathercock
feet, then rebounded on 10 the roof Of
The church, and rolling thence was pre-
cipitated to the ground. He was not
much burt, but being much shaken M by
his fall. he was replaced by man called
Chevalier. In about half an hour Che
Waller made the most gallant efforts to
haul himself up by means Of rome: but
1t hast his hand. slipped, and he fell
His foot fortunately caught in
the rope, and there he remained 100 feet
from the ground, with his head down,
beating the air with his arms, struggling
10 recover himself, and swayed back
ward and forw ard by a high wind. Pierre
Pean now stepped forth and volunteered
to mount to the rescue of the uofortu.
nate Chevalier: but. after doing his hes,
for three-ouarters of an bour. Pierre had
to descend. His place was taken bv Mo-
rean, who climbing up higher than Che
Waller. slipped rope round his body.
and cutting that which held his foot.
freed him from the fearful position in
which he remained for three hours.
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Do-It is an old superstition that the
retina al the human eye, after death,
bears picture Of what il last looked
on. Prof. Kuhne has reported TO The
Berlin Academy the result Of expert
ments showing, a he believes, that the
has = slight basi. Of Act
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