The morning times., 1895-08-18

acting compressors, each one of which is / 4
inches in diameter by 2s inches stroke
This refrigerating machine is provided
with a Crankshaft of 8 inches in diameter,
to which an overhanging flywheel is at
tached, the fly-wheel being 2 feet in diam
eter and weighing about IA 600 pounds
The total weight OF the entire machine is
nearly 120 600 pounds
WOULD FLOAT A SHIP.
1t must be an admittedly self-eyident
fact that the supply of excellent beer fur
| nished to residents of this city by the
/ home breweries should satisfy the most
eXacting and esiable those so disposed to
eXemplify the injunction and rejoice
with them that do rejoice" The local
! product alone would form an enormous
| lake capable of floating the largest war
| ships, and If arranged to feed q series of
| fountains might become a very popular
| feature of street ornamentatiOn
! Time and space would not suffice and
| the brevity Of life would not permit a re-
| cital of all the pleasantries and anecdotes
! connected with the aking, selling and
! drinking of beer. The jokes on the we'll
| fed horses and rotund drivers have eX-
! ceeded in number the several mi lion
| humorous references to mothers-in-Iaw
Beer i'll some form, whether made from
! roots, leather or pine cones, has been
| handed down in ever-improviug condition
since the ante-diuyian period, until the
climax of perfection has been attained
! by the brewers of Washington.
The can no W beeasily understood why
| the ancient Grecians found it necessary
IA.
! assigned him than TO guard and protect
! those who preferred viewing the sun
| through the bottom of a glass And the
| great respect shown by the Gods who bivou-
| acked upon the top of high Olympus to
! Bacchus is easily explained in the light of
! modern research.
| The historian artist nd sculptor have all
! contributed TO enhancing and perpetuating
| the celebrity Of beer. Even the poet has
! occasionally untiedhis muse and let it roam
| through the enpyrean regions, giving vent
| to rythmic eulogies on the popular beverage.
| A young gentleman of this city in a moment
| OF inspired enthusiasm, after sampling
! the ruby beer made by the Washington
| Brewery Company, expressed his senti-
meDts in the following lines, which are
now for the first time given to the public.
RUBY BEER.
Sone rubfes with the claret hue,
So dainty, rich, and rare,
Are only for a favored few,
Who roll in wealth, to wear
Were gems like these at any time
| BY hum ble men possessed,
Detectives might suspect crime,
And hasten TO arrest.
But when 1t cores to ruby beer,
A liquid joy is found,
Where present troubles disappear,
In foamiug glasses drowned
| Drink this fer1reuted happiness,
| And cherish the belief
That you the teeming earth possess,
| AS sovereign-in-chief
After viewing with admiration and re.
| spect $4,000 barrels of beer iu the cold
storage cellars OF the home breweries, The
Times reporter, as he attempted to unlock
| theside of brick house with a button hook,
broke into song and thus apostrophized the
fluid to which so many bow down:
| Oh, beer, thou sweet, iusidjous thing
| That makes life one perennial spring,
1 drink thy health, for woeor veal,
And wait thy softening touch to feel.
I would not give this happy state
| ForalI the world calls fair and great;
Tonight I smile, tomorrow ache,
| And all because OF thy dear sake.
Then let lis tap another keg,
Aud lay the groundwork OF a jag;
For rich aud poor, the strong and halH
Find super-comfort in old malt.