Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-28

as to priority of invention, where two per-
sons claim the same invention, "must be
final, and must be accepted as controlling
upon that question of fact in any subss-
quent suit between the same parties unless
the contrary 10 established by testimony
which In character and amount carries con-
victien."
TIE fire department at Berlin has q fire
engine the carriage of which is constructed
entirely out of pspisr mache. All the diff
ferent parts, the body. the wheels, etc.,
are finished in the best possible manner.
While the durability and powers of resist
ancs possessed by this mstsrisl are fully as
great as thoss of wood, the weight is of
course much less. The nghtness Of fire
engine is OF course . great advantage, and
It seems not unlikely that wooden carriages
will in q short time pass out of use alto
gether.
A triumph In engineering is reported
from the mountains of Peru, where twin
screw steamer of $40 tons, 40 feet long
and thirty feet wide, has been SUCCESSFULLY
launched on Lake Titacacs, the highest
navigable waters in the world, more than
$4,000 feet above the ses. This steamer,
which belongs to the Peruvian government,
and is to be used for freight and passenger
traffic, was built on the Clyde, then taken
apart in more than a thousand pieces and
shipped to Mollendo by sea. 1t was then
carried to Puno by railroad and transport
ed over the mountains on the backs of
llamas and mules, and put together by q
Scotch engineer.
A New Orleans paper tells 9 strange
story. A young woman of that city who
was about to become q mother suddenly
fell in a faint one evening while surround
ed by her family, and on recovering de-
clared that she had been stabbed. 1t was
hard to convince her that che had not, and
when the baby was born the child was
found to be marked on the places indicated
by the mother as the wounds she had i'm
agined. Later word was received from
New Zealand of the murder of the young
womsn's twin brother, and the date given
of the young mans death was that of the
night when his sister had felt the psng of
knife entering her own body, further in
quiry showing that he was stabbed just
where she thought she had been.
Special Officer George Lsbolt, of the
Reading railroads police force, tells an
interesting adventure that recently hap
pened to him. He was walking through a
deep wood one day when he was startled
by the appearance of a rough-lookipg fell
low, who presented a revolver at his head
and demanded all his valuables. "Well,"
said Labolt, call the money I've got is $35
and a watch my father gave me-" "Hand
all over" said the highwsyman. The off
Ger complied with as good grace as the
circumstances allowed. Then he said to
the highwayman: 81 work for farmer
near by who gave me that money to buy a
COW with. He won't believe I've been
robbed. Can't you shoot few holes
through my coat?' 'Yes," said the rob-
Der; "hold up your coat" and in jiffy
four holes were shot through 1t. Seeing
that there was still one bullet left in the
revolver, Labolt took off his hat and per-
suaded the fellow to fire a bullet through
the crown. Then he pulled his own
pistol and lodged the robber in the jail at
Carlisle, where he received ten years.
sentence.