The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-14
HR. SHAW,S NOZZLE.
I Grcat ana Bcnedoe,t I,.rentio,,.

Without presuming TO depreciate other
peoples nozzels, it is safe to say that Nh
Shaw's nozzle is one Of remarkable value.
That 1t satisfactorily fulflls its chief
purpose is among the least of its merits,
and it is only when we perceive the
varied and numerous uses to which it
can be put that its true worth can be
appreciated. Among the glaring faults
OF steam may be mentioned its refusal TO
escape in a quiet and orderly way.
When a locomotive or 8 steamboat boiler
begins to liberate or blow off" its
steam the noise thereby produced Is
deafening. Moreover, it is in the highest
degree adapted to produce a thirst for
blood, accompanied by floods Of pro-
family, among those who are tormented
by its shrek and roar. Many a Connec-
ticut deacon of previously unsullied
ehafscter hassbccEs knowa, while 9isem-
barking from a Sound steamboat, and
trying to ask a policeman the way to the
Bible House, to fercely "goldarn " the
escaping steam, which rendered his
questions inaudible. Many a meek
matron who, while occupying a rear
room at the Delavan House, has been
awakened at + a. N. by the roar of
brace of locomotives in the act ef
" blowing of" has burst into maddened
tears, aud boxed the children's ears as
one who wish d that mankind had but a
single ear that she might box it with
coal shovel Every profound thinker
mas ucticed that the dicline of morality
in this country has kept pace with the
incIease of the steam-boilers. That the
strain upon the mind and body caused
by the noise of escaping steam has
weakened both the nerves and the
morals Of the public no reasonable
mar can doubt. Mr. Shaw has
invented what he calls a noz
zle which, when attached to an
e.cape-pipe will enable steam to escape
without any noise whatever. OF the
precise nature of the nozzle we are not
informed. Mr. Shaw says that it con-
tain- helix-which perhaps it does
and also a quantity of wires, and leaves
Us 10 Inier 'ii@O 'ne escaping steam Is 80
i'"ci ul7'-'.'i ''iI'1 o. D1ooiil'II Gu '''iIs ''i
"i1A the wires ana Ihe neIlN IhaV II mas
not strength enough le& to roar with.
ne details Oh lhe lhVent'oh are now
ever OIL no conSe4 uehce 10 'ne PuolIc'
ID loilS ''a MI '7lla" > Ho|%'e VIII put d
stop 10 the nuisance OF noisy escape
pipes we can accept " glaolY
without Iurther investigation. IL may
not have occurred to Mr.. shaw,
but 1t viii promptly occur TO every per
son who Is in the habit OF travelling IN
sleeping cars, that If Mr.. Shaw's nozzle
can be applied to escape-piPes, 1t can also
be applied to the human nose. 1t was
undoubtedly the intention OF the nven-
tor OF sleeping cars TO construct a car IN
night with comparative comfort. Fhis
invention has, however, been hitherto
made failure by the Infamous conduct
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The nozzei may also be used to render
certain domestic ahlhais ehouraole'