Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-01-12

Zkz the Patent Office an APP
plication for a patent for
81 Il perpetual motion, for
RE7%i there is abroad through
M >IIf,s the land an unfounded
w ~ ~rumor that the Govern
ETLLI ment has offered $1,000
y" 900 for the discovery OF
such n device. No contradiction corr
reefs the impression any more than 1t
does tho equally preposterous deluslon
that somebody has offered to pay 500
for 100000 postage stamps. When
each new claim for perpetual motion
arrives Commissioner Hall merely
writes back: Please file working
model and your application will be con-
sidered." THIS always puts stop to
it, for the model never works.
Application was made some time age
from Kentucky for patent for tying
n weight of specific gravity to cows
tail to keep her from switching it when
you are milking her"
An applicant for gas patent pro,
poses to make gas by heating ar red
hot"
\ funny patent. for which there i.
not an extensive sale, Is spiral spring,
for mules feet to elevate the Sn mails
eight inches from the ground. This !.
for use only in war, and enables a how.
itzar to b. fired from mules back
without breaking his leg by the recoil.
1t is sad to fill null with astonisl.
ment and to make him seasick.
Another patent, actually granted
somewhat analogous to this, is for stills
for horse. They are adjustable, and
can be fastened on two legs of a horse
on the same side. $50 as to piow with
the animal on n side hill" The opinion
of the horse regarding the value of this
invention is not on file.
The agricultural contrivanceS ara
very numerous, and some of them are 81
ingenious as to suggest that the inventor
must have sat in the warm corner OF
the fireplace and thought about them
all winter. One farmer has utilized q
horses step by fastening corn-planteI
to each of his fore feet, so that in drl,!
ing him across the field h will puncli
the seed into the ground and cover j.
at every step all day, for his boots are
filled with corn.
4 patent exists for mounting house
on wheels SO that it may BE- turned
around on circular track, the bencf
being that every part of the residence
is thus alternately brought to the from
gate, and the sun. viii Ii is nOtoriouSly
limited to q semi circuit, is made to
shine into every window i'll spite OF the
laws of the solar system.
There is patent for putting spring
under house to keep an earthquake
from tumbling it down by the in
vent II OF the howitZ r-resist.ng mule.
There is II patent for sinking a steam
boiler 50 deep into the earth that the
great heat would gcncrnte $, am fol
use o. the surface, thus avoiding cX-
plosions and saving fuel. 1t is the
opinion of some biologists that suiii'
cient heat for this would be obtained al
Il depth OF aboIt three miles.
Worthy of notice here is the scheme
for supplying cities with milk. The
inventor proposes to lay complete
system OF pipes, fill them with wat t,
keep them pure and cool, and let il
milk at the end
An Application was male for paten
short corner, but it is yet hung UP ii
/ the Patent Office on account of doubt,
of its utility. The inventor sud he haC
noticed that a dog, in turning corner
rapidly, always projected his tai in al
opposite direction, striving thus t.
overcome his momentum. This claim
ant claims palm-leaf fan 50 tie | to 4
! dogs tail that it will operate vertically
and thus enable him more readily tC
| alter his course
\ curious patent has b en- granted "tc
enable trains to avoid coils ons." Il
provides that one train shall be sur-
piled with a prolonged inclined COW
catch in front and rear, so that til,
other train, appearing unexpectedly
instead of tiles .oping will run right NJ
ON the top of it and over on the leve
track at the other end. The inventor
is now cudgeling his brain to decide
which train shall be the climber anC
which the clumb.
| Ano her curious patent is a stupon
dous swing, to be elevated abov. the
railroad depot, containing such passen
! gers as desire to take the next express
train which does not stop. When tn,
train is lighted the swing is oscillatcd
and when it goes laundering under
meath the swing moves gently i'll til,
direction the tr in is going and quietly
spills the passengers into the cars
This invention has not bean tried.
\ new foot-wlrmcr that attracts som,
attention in showcase is forBed rub
Der tube that runs down over the ches
and down tha pan.al) BON legs and int,
the boots. The method of conveying
caloric to the lower CXtremitics is tn,
reverse of complicated. The weare
simply blows into the top of the tube.