, 1877-07-29
MIR. SHAW'S NOZZLE.

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Without presuming to depreciate other peo-
ple's nozzlcs, it is safe to say that Mr.. ShaE,s
nozzle Is one Of remarkable value. That 1t sat-
isfactorly fullls its chief purpose is among thu
least Of its merits, and it is only when we per
ccige the varied and numerous USES to which it
can be put thas its true worth can be appreciat-
! cd. Among the glarinc faults ct steam NAV
be mentioned its refusal to escape IL quiet and
boat boiler begins to liberate or II blow oil !,
its steam the noise thereby produced Is deaf
cning. Moreover, it is in the highest desfre
adapted to produce a thirst for blood, accom-
panied BY floods OF profanity, among those whc
are tormented By its shrek and eoar. MANY
Connecticut deacon Of previously unsu!Iiei
character has been Known, while disemtark;no
from Sound steamboat, and trying to ask
policeman the way to the BibIe-House. to fierce
"goldarn u the escaping, steam, which rer-
dercd his questions inaudiblc. Many meek
matron who, while occupying rear room at the
Dclayan House, has beea awakened ut I a. m.
bv the roar Of a brace OF locomotives in the art
Of blowing OFF, has burst into maldtned
wished that mankind had but a single car that
she might boz it with acoal-shoyel. Every pro-
found thinker has noticed that the decline ~
morality in this country has kept pace with the
increase of steam-boilcrs That the strain unon
the mind and body caused by the noise OF es-
Gaping steam has weakened both the nerves and
the n1oralsof the public no reasonable man can
doubt
MIR. Shaw has invented what he calls noz11e
which, when attached to an escape -pipe will en-
able steam to escape without aHy noise what
ever. Of the precise nature OF the nozzle We
are not Informed. Alr. Shaw says that it con-
tains helix-which perla % It doas-and also a
quantity OF wires, and leaves Us TO infer that tba
escaping steam is so much disheartened By be-
coming entangled with the wires and the hcIir
that it has not strength enough left to roar with.
The details OF the invention are, however, Of no
consequence to the public So long a. Mt.
Shaw's nozzle will put stop to the nuisance of
noisy escape-pipes, We can accept it gladlywith
1t may not have occurred to Mr.. Shaw, but It
will promptly occur to every person who is in
the habit Of travelling in sleeping-ca1s, that II
Alr. shaw's nozzle can be applied to escape
pipes, it can also be applied to the human noss4
It was undoubtedly the intention Of the in
ventor of s1ceping~cars to construct a car IN
which traveller could lie awake nlt night with
comparative comfort. This invention has, how
ever, been hitherto made failure By the in
famous conduct Of shameless snorers, who de-
liberately 60 to sleep in sleeping-ears and snore
as 1t there was no future world. 1t is difficult
to dsbeliege that these snorers constitute an
gang of miscreants. Upon what other
hypothesis than that OF concerted action can We
explain the fact that they always travel in
bands OF three or more, including tenor
baritone, aud bass snorera Their snoring also
bears tue marks Of careful rehearsal. They do
not snore in the rude, artless way Of the simple
African ooot-black' but they execute concerted
chamber music evidently written By musicians
OF the Wngnerian school, 4 gang Of these I'M
.peakable villains has been known to snore,
without the slightest interrnission, from New
lork to Buffalo; and although the unhappy
listeners have hoped and prayed that the snorers
would perish OF strangulation, they hare wick-
.6ly lived on while honest travellers have died
II rage and exhaustion
Were afr. Shaws nozzle to be firmly attached
% the nose of every man who is suspected Of
.Hnr rf1rr c1o