The record-union., 1891-01-23

making up a purse and sending Mr.
Raalte draft for S625, with the under
standing that he keep quiet until after
the next Presidential election. That
would not be the proper thing at all. The
brain that could gestate such an idea has
no breadth of tact for finance. Jake is
only a blind" in this little demand of
his. There is between eight and ten
billion of Confederate bonds, genuine and
counterfeit, the latter predominating,
scattered all over Europe.
i once encountered a wad of them in
Cairo, Egypt mot Cairo, Illinois), that
would easily paper the Assembly Cham
Der at Sacramento, ceiling and all.
No, the time has arrived when we've
got to lnaugurate some genuine North
American fearful example'' business. /
suggest as the most feasible plan to meet
this threatening disaster that the great
southern leaders, those who may be re-
lied upon as having the utter annihilation
OF the Republican party sincerely at
heart, call meeting either in South Car
ollna or Mississippi and then select some
OF the more patriotic gentlemen con-
nected with the Ku Klux, sabre clubs,
or white leagues, and send them to
Europe to assassinate those foreign po-
litical incendiaries.
They are certainly as inimical to the
success of their party in the North as the
coiored men are III the South. Ample
funds could be raised for that purpose
among the Democratic candidates Of the
North just before any election to pay their
expenses over.
vailing Southern methods OF this country
would render the enterprise quite mex
| penSiye, inasmuch as return tickets are
obviously unnecessary.
A POSSIBLE USEFUL INVENTION.
One can never pass through the cata-
| combs OF the Patent Office, making even
! curSory examination OF it's multitudinouS
designs, without remarking the absence
of complexity in the construction of
! many of the most useful patents.
| Every visitor seems to say, or feel,
GLOW simple; why didn't I think of that
| myself" but they go on through life with
out thinking Of it, all the same, waiting
| for some other fellow to think. There
are thousands of patents granted, but
| their usefulness never seems to extend
| beyond the immediate mental radius of
the self-satisficd inventor. Most Of them
are conspicuous for novel fertility and
practical sterility.
A few days ago my attention was called
| to very modest invention Just issued,
called an ''Ore Pulverizer.'' If there is
anything in the world wholly uninterest-
| ing to look at, which will attract the eye
/ OF Pacific Coaster who was ever In
! terested in mining-evcn of the Pine
street variety-it is a thing of this kind.
On the other hand, if there is much
needed Improvement in our present
methods % reducing ores, which has be-
come heart-broken from neglect, and
rusty from demonstrated impracticabil-
| ity, it is that same ''OTe Pulvcrizer."
it VIII doubtless prove valuable inform
alton to our foundrymcn ut least to read
my investigation OF the machine. 1t may
offer Il field by which they can utilize
some Of the Old pyramids in their back
yards which are only useful TO them now
in holding down some OF those old, re-
jected, latest Improvement 'Ore Pulver-
izers.'
The one 1 refer to is exceedingly simple
and plain of construction, and looks as
though it was practical. The plant would
occupy an Oblong space not more than
twenty by thirty feet. It consists of q
large, revolving cylinder, divided into
two compartments, each containing d
! huge, caSt-iron ball. The cylinders re-
volve by machinery, and the balls revolve
inside their respective compartments,
crushing the ore il the first; thence it
goes TO the second and is pulverized fine
it then escapes out Of spout at the OPP
| poSite end.
It looks like dlmb-belI with a feeding
spout at one end at the center, and dis
charge spout at the other end revolving
on top of two tread wheels.
1t has not yet seen service enough to be
I placed on the retired list, but if it should
prove after examination and test to be the
l thing needed, the economy of housing
cost of machine, saving of power and
augmented output would very soon re-
tire the oidfashioned stamps.
I notice it is published in the ''Patent
Office Official Gazette" of December 30
1890, numbered rs, ,929, and the inventor
resides within the classic shades of Butte
City, Mont. It is sad commentary on
California inventive genius when we have
to look to that obscure locality to teach us
one Of the simplest branches of the min
ing industries after so many long years
of experience of its absolute necessity.
By sending % cents to the Commits
sioner of Patents & copy of the whole
thing can be mailed to your address, foi
it is public property-to look at-when
the patent is granted. Patent attorneys
in Washington and presume elsewhere
have coupon tickets, which cost them
only 10 cents, that will answer the same
purpose. Ifany one can recall Il friendly
patent attorney in their locality they can
curtail Uncle Sans revenue Is cents by
getting q coupon from him.
From my nasty examination of the
affairs L think it worth while for oul
mining men to look into it.
RICHARD LAMBERT.