Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Wonders OF the Patent 0iIice-The Gen.
ius OF Crauks and Practical
Men.
The Cattle Disease Bill-its Utility il
Divested Of Red Tape.
Telephone Talk-The Invention Of an OLD
San Antonio Iriest.
,eclal corresponaence of the enzet,e.

"'i'h y Pi'SifNHlNt !Ta''liUI tnlUKinE
Is seen as dist nelly In the pst-it uiflce
's II Is heard III the senate and house
aud in the newspapers. One visiting
Washington, should not fail, alter
leaving the Gave OF the Winds. ~
above which rises in splendid majesty
the great d me of American p.triotic
thought, Ia measure the astounding
progress of the cuuntry's practical
thinking in The patent ,tfice | go
there occasionally simply for the pur-
poseNof studying mechanical develop
ments of sanity and then OF insanity
the difference between dreamers and
enthusiasts, and those whose discov-
cries and inventions give confessed i'm,
petus To human progress, having the
liked impress of their genius upon the
fortunes and conduct of our race. /
find that wla'ever is most needed
in practical every day life Is
otten.st sought to be supplied
There came n demand for bal
lot-boxes which cunning could
not fiji with tissue or false ballots, aud
The want is perfectly supplied and a
bill is pending contemplating the use
OF such ballot boxes everywhere in the
United States in the November cleo
TONS OF 1854. This ballot box counts
the ballots automatically a. the voting
progresses and there can be no mis-
take as to votes polled | am afraid
that this ballot box will be eschewed
in New York City and mayhsp IL
Shuth Carolina; but every honest law
giver viii urge the universal adoption
of the fraud-proof ballot box.
STEAMBOATS, AND SHIPS.
A nj t..I
sort of grandiather's clock to stand in
the engine room or cabin of u steamer
or ship and tell on its dial plate the
depth OF water in the hold II does {,
work automatically and with perfect
precision. 1t doesn't go to sleep or get
drunk like other watchmen, two oi
whom are commonly employed on
ev, r, vessel To report every hour the
of the water in the vessels.
hold. The only wonder is that such "A |
clock was not made with |
the first ship that went out to sea.
If Soah's logbook ever be discovered |
among the stones on Mt. Ararat | am |
very sure that 1t will he found to con-
tain annotations from the face OF u
"grandiathe clock When the
water rises above four inches in II ves-
sci. hold the "clock,n iings Il bell, and
If above u foot, IL rings bells In the |
captains office and In the pilot house.
The government board of naral super
visors have approved this grand
fathers clock, and Mr.. Secretary
Chandler viii order 1t 10 be used on
every ship Ina the navy. Since II SUP
plants two watchmen costing 81 $40
per annum and lasts always, the
government might well afford To pay
~ 600 for each "clock,n but the cost
will be $500.
HA1 OH AND LANIIAM.
These 40 gentlemen have been dis |
cusslng in the house scheme of legis-
lation involving questions of great in-
terest tor the readers of the GAZETTE
Mr.. Hatcher's bill proposes to provide
for the eXtirpation Of diseases among
domesticated animals. The proposed
Is one of the most important,
as Texas may be affected by IL, now
considered by congress. The magni-
Jude of sums of money involved MAJ
be appreciated when IL Is stated that
In 1882 the whole number of oxen,
mich cows and other cattle IN
The United States was 33,3OB,335,
IF the total value of 1868 1879 LOO
The annual losses of cattle from DIS
,ase was estimated at ten per cent
~! ne n n'Ssas lol N.Y. Sen.s u'ii"unu W
700 VOo,ooV nnhu"iy' hc nui.i We, W.
'nc'e uea'rIS nus S, 20, MI, ,ioiii ., 80 ~
o'V, W is''oo III 100 ne hS0eoay
OF ,ne uis'oV'ly VI e'Ii"us VI eui ti
'a,.ie uisepses ahu vi "ii's'ins $500
'iasues, Jus.'iies any Le"s ,' ~
'enoi'ure IN tnis ueii III uy we so'e,nn
henl: ~ 10 c"p!esseu NY ai". ,no
iiost ihN'i anu my s,1Iiou9 VI a. e"eu'o
.lseases Is s.eau''y insa'i"s u
Iicts hitnei'o eA .i'i, 80
u raVases, anu "nio '" III,
we ,enaOie opJectInhs ~ sne D
Vhich j ipciose, l.rse VIZ Nc e
q ny the proposi'iol7 Vi MT i-"'
l', M, ,.,,a ,,oa ,or,, u,is
=, ne hppi 'n.,o' asne' ~
III shouIu pe so'eu pan ~" e.np'o,
mere is no heeu lor a isTsn corp, vi !
Jerks ana managers, No no" uo'
lission 10 heeueu. uo .unn app,v
tial.a ana the ihsesu a.'ons p,shu q
ho'iu pe sl.au'@s.y uuo Z
ne uepartnhei. VI nei,uu''u,.. 80
erls OF the veler,ha,y coips naso
laue many saiuanio u,sev,e ,,,I'. liz
ausrs. o,igih a.u na'uao y, ua9 T M
'ses ano ~ W 'he io s'i,.v. aoJ !
ave ieineu nv W oa 'u'1 fer 1 q
ule sp,eh, 1 J ,ni,b , .Ianro.,, n,.,,
po now " ue", M pI;u
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