St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-10


observation-disclosures. $500"
The basement is occupied by
kitchen, in which are numerous pots,
kettles, cauldrons, retortS and other
Daraphernalia for the manufacture OF
the s'Balm." The lady of the house.
the inventor and sole manufacturer OF
the panacea, which is advertised in the
window, is lady siXty-one years old.
She is pleasant-looklng. stout and ln-
clined to be talkative. A black dress
conceals her well-developed form, whose
outlines are untrammeled by corset or
hustle. Over her head is a knitted
wooden cap, which comes down over her
neck and ears, and, beneath this, wavy
hair of a steel grey tint peeps as
IF trying to escape from confinement.
Her dark brilliant eyes flash from be-
hind big gold SpectacleS, and are shaded
by weii-shaped black eyebrows. A
large straight mouth with deeply curved
wrinkles at the corners, reveals. when
opened a set of small teeth, and heavy
Wrinkled chin gives an air OF tlrmneSS
to face which could not fail to strike
the observer as one Of considerable ln-
telligence. When she smiles the
wrinkles at the corners of her mouth
shape themselves into deep dimples,
giving her a very pleasant and good
natured appearance. Such is Mrs.
Binga to look at.
But it is in conversation that she re-
veals herself. She is a great inventor,
and, as she says, has invented more
things of use to man and beast than any
other woman. Some years ago the
humane society advertised reward OF
$1,000 for devices for feeding and sep
aratiug cattle in transit, for d life raft
to be propelled without steam, and for
oth of q similar N
81 did not set my brain to work on these
things.'' said Mrs. Binga; ''they just
came to me.
81 DREW UP PLANS
and specifications and sent my descrip-
tions in. The humane society made
Use of some of them, but | never re-
ceived cent for my trouble. Don nj.
Dickinson says that if | received my
rights would be granted a bigger pen
sion than any soldier, but l have been
swindled out of everything j! ever in
vented" Mrs. Binga says that she in
vented life raft which was operated
by windmill on deck, which acted
upon propeller wheel. She sent plans
of this to the humane society, and they
adopted them, but she was never re-
Warded.
Her device for feeding cattle on the
cars consists of compartments in the
upper part of the car, formed by the in
terSticeS between and arched roof on
the inside and fiat one On the outside.
These could be filled with grain which
could be let down tubes into their feed
ing troughs by means of valves operated
from the outside. For separating cat
tie. she suggests a trough of water,
all the cattle would run as soon as put
on board. When they all get into their
places, folding partitions, made of gal
SaniZed iron, could be lowered between
each beast.
Another device on which the invent
ress laws great stress is a car-cOupler.
This. so far as the reporter could learn,
only differs from those in use to-day in
the application of the chain when drawn
up or down raises or lowers the big
hook to meet the difference in the
height of the cars, and also in bell
being placed so that as soon as the cars
are coupled they ring it automatically,
''thus enabling" as Mrs. Blnga says.
1.-THE man to keep track of the number
of cars that are coupled. Another in
geniOuS scheme is her car carrying live
fish. She would have two tanks in the
car, one above the other. joined by two
hollow pillars, and a pump that would
keep the water continually circulating
between the two.
One day Mrs. Binga was crossing a
railway, when loose rail tripped her
up. She turned round, and looking at
it. said: 81 could nail you down so
that you could not spring loose" For
this purpose she invented the ''Sprague
nail,' which consists of two teeth which
bite the flange of the rail, fastened to
long pin with barbs upon it; this, she
claims, would never come up when once
hammered down; but she suggests no
method of getting the rail between the
Z teeth. None of these devices of hers
are patented, for the reason that it costs
too much money, and Mrs. Binga says
that other people have seen and used
the plans, and have derived all the ben
fit from them, and she has no recourse.
She gave the reporter number of ter
ribly complicated
PLANS WITH MINUTE DESCRIPTIONS
written in plain hand, very like that
of a schoolboy. 81 write plain" she
said, ''but L never had a copy set me
in my life."
The reporter asked what the "Balm
of Gilead'' was?
''Ah." she replied, her face beaming
with delight, ''t is the greatest medi-
cine in the world"
Yes" put in her daughter, who
entered at that moment. followed by a
number of children, ''she beats all the
doctors in the world: she saved my
baby's life two OF three times last
winter"
.'What is the Balm good for. Mrs.
Blnga?" asked the interrogation.
s'Good for.' she said. "bood for
eyerything Ii is the greatest blood
purifier in the world. 1t cures catarrh,
all kidney disease, bruises, sprains,
headache"
"Corns?n asked the reporter.
mo, sir! not corns, but consumption,
sore throat. rheumatism-oh every
thing. Why, do you know when was
down in Detroit. old DR.. -, poor old
soul, he's dead and gone now, but he
used to get my medicine by the jugful.
He wouldn't have anybody know he
used ii, so used to leave it in place
in his elevator and he used to come and
get it. And Col. R, too; his hull
family used it. | got $500 for curing
one man."
SIS ita secret receipt of your ownw
"Why, it's nothing but what God AL
mighty places right around in the
woods, right handy for everybody
.'How did you discover it?'
81 was left at the age of two weeks
IN the woods with an old Indian doc
tor, and was raised among the Indians.
l saw what things they used as med
icine. and remembered them. l used to
own good deal of property. owned
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