St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-04-19
the world, costing $5,OoO,OoO, be-
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gan operations last week.
While experimenting with an ordi'
nary lawn sprinkler, Charles Y. Pol
lock Of Des Moines found that ball
placed loosely in a bell-shaped nozzle,
without anything to hold it in posi-
ton, would resist all pressure, and
by breaking up the solid stream,
create wide and powerful sheet or
spray of water. The discovery has
been utilized in nozzles for fire fight
ing, for protection of factories, etc.,
and for lawn sprinkling. 1t is pro-
posed to erect standpipes 100 feet
apart, having these appliances built
on a large scale, in all railway
freight yards and lumber yards, thus
enabling a complete deluge to be
brought down over a large area by
a man working at a distance. This
device is now on exhibition in New
York City
Duluth is trying to boom its own
real estate market again. 1t was in
Duluth that spring OF red lemonade
and a three-ioot vein of peanut
candy was guaranteed with all
really desirable lots.
Seven years more and Boston will
have a hospital to be proud OF, or
rather the funds to build one will
then be available. Eighteen years
ago Peter B. Brigham, a native of
Vermont long resident in Boston,
died, bequeathing 81, 100000, the
principal and interest, at the end of
% years, to be used in erecting and
maintaining a free public hospital in
Boston, and so judiciously and Sc.
curely has this fund been invested by
his executor, Robert Goldman, that
it now amounts to nearly $2,500,-
900, and no doubt will be So, 000,-
900 seven years hence. Ii will be
called the Brigham free public hos
pital,"
In the total paid yearly out of the
United States Treasury for pensions,
the state of Ohio stands first with a
pension roll slast year of $14, $780,
600 Then comes Pennsylvania with
S13, 100000, New York with $12,.
100000, Indiana with $10,S0O,O0O,
Illinois (larger in population than
lndiana) with $10,200,00O, Mis-
souri, with $7,600,000, and Michigan
with $7,200,000. Massachusetts
has smaller pension roll than Kan
sas. At the breaking out of the civil
war the population OF Massachusetts
was 100000, and that of Kansas
10000. Massachusetts furnished
$4,000 soldiers; Kansas furnished
10000.
A number Of men in Chicago, hay
ing been asked by an intervie wer a
year or two ago, what they would
do if a million dollars were given
them, Professor Swing replied, that
he would give it to the Humane So
ciety for the Protection of Children
and Animals. In his will, which was
probated few days ago, it was
found that his only bequest, outside
his immediate relatives, was that of
$4,000 to the Chicago Humane
Society. His exquisite kindness of
heart burned deeply with pity
toward every helpless sufferer, human
or animal. He was profoundly SEN
stive to the sacredness of life.
A simple and effective method of
repeling train robbers by discharg
ing jets of steam upon the attacking
party has recently been patented by
William H. Reeve, an old tugboat-
man of New York. The inventor has
enlarged upon the plan long followed
by railroad companies of attaching
a steam jet to locomotives to scare
COWS and other animals from the
track. The patent provides for run
ming steam pipes along the boiler,
one on either side form the cab for
ward. The ends of the pipes are sup
piled with small nozzles so formed
that jets of steam may be projected
them a distance OF so or 60
feet