Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-05
Columbus Letter.
Especial Corr. Of the Journal.l
CoLUMBUs, Jan. 2Sth, 1880.

4 UCiS A1Aoi1 CIV fAeO OA>tS
before Wednesday, and discussion
over pending bills occupied q greal
portion of the time. Hartshorn's Bill
providing that papers with the larges
circulation have the sheriff advertis
ing, is one of the many bills intro
duced. The daily papers furnish yol
the doings in detail, and it would b'
useless to use the columns OF thu
JOURNAL for repetition. Last Fri
day and Saturday nights Adah Rich
mond led the guileless Legislators
up to the footlights. and they were
highly delighted with the gaudy
display of hosiery. The members
all the way from Wyandot from
Knox and from Scioto and other
counties were there, taking in the
front seats.
The weather still continues warm,
much to the disgust of coal opera.
tors, who find the supply of fuel
in the market over-abundant. The
business is as dull as it well can
be, and the stock of coal on hand
unusually large, There is little
demand, indeed SO little that it
amounts TO nothing more chan q
feeble inquiry. The coal market
just now is very soggy; without the
usual aid at this season from Jack
Frost in bettering the condition.
Columbus is without a doubt a
great coal shipping point, and one
thing is certain that almost any
change we may have will be to the
advantage of those in the coal
trade, whether it comes from a de-
mand superinduced by cold weather
making more coal necessary for
domestic purposes, or by steady
increasing demand arising from the
more active business starting into
life all over the country.
In the capital city there is every
indication that nearly all the busi-
ness pursuits that have started into
renewed life within the last half year
will continue; and we can find 20 one,
intelligent in business pursuits, capa-
BILE of covering the outlook Of the
current year of 1880, who does not
set it down as one of great prosper
ity.
Real estate dealers are telling
some wonderful stories as to the
rapid appreciation of property in
Columbus, in consequence Of the
general revival of business, but, as
these stories in many instances are
coupled with the most confident
predictions of an advance in rents
after April next, they are exposed
to the suspicion that they are not as
disinterested as they might be.
The political waters for the mo-
ment are unusually calm. The feel
ing evinced by the Democrats in
our city is that the Republicans
have out-generaled them in the
Maine mix. By the way, that re-
minds me of Blaine meeting held
a few evenings ago, about which 80
much has been said in the dailles.
The meeting was very quietly kept
affair, and one reporter only was
lucky enough to get in. A gentle
man who is posted in politics, speak
ing of the matter said 'you can look
for Blaine meetings springing up
all over the State, from now on"
HATCHING CHICKENS BY STEAM.
Doubtless many of your readers
who attended the State Fair last
noticed the following
sign on a little building near the
center of the grounds. reading thus:
"The Glass Hen. Chickens hatched
by steam" For the benefit of the
readers who did not have an oppor-
tunity to witness this novel and in
teresting exhibition, l visited gen
tlema1 who resides a few miles out
of the city, and has Matching
machine in successful operation.
The incubator consists outwardly
of an oblong box, which may be
made of any desirable size. Inside
it is divided into three stories or
sections, horizontally. These are so
arranged or fitted that the upper
or lower ones are filed with warm
water, while in the middle there is
space for the insertion Of sliding
wooden racks on which the eggs
are placed in rows. In the upper
section the warm water is retained
by rubber blanket tackled by the
edge to the upper part of the box.
When the racks containing the eggs
are placed in position the warm
blanket fits down upon them, and
imparts heat in the same manner as
the breast Of the hen, while below
the air is considerably cooler, as is
the case of a nest on the ground.
The water is kept at an even temper
ature of little over 100 degrees
Fair. by means of pipe carrying
hot air from the stove near by. The
draft of the fire is regulated by
means of an automatic valve. This
arrangement is indeed curiosity.
Tie heat is brought into the box by
running through the water chamber
in a pipe forming three sides of a
square. The water being turned on,
the regulator is placed in it. This
consists of a small glass tube at
each end of which is a glass globe,
into one of which is placed quanti-
ty of sulphuric ether, into the other
an equal quantity of mercury. The
glass instrument is put into a frame
balanced on fulcrum; from one end
of the frame wire extends to sim
pie mechanical contrivance that turns
the damper on or off in the stove
pipe. The water is in and the
damper closed. The current Of heat
passes through the elbows and warns
the water, the sulphuric ether be-
coming warm, drops, the mercury