July, 1879.
THE WEST SHORE.
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THE UNITED STATES PATENT OEK1CE.
The patent office building occupio two blocks
of land, situated between Seventh and Ninth
nnd I' and (! streets, and is Vul feet long and
XII feet wide, and is 75 feet high, hi it arc
the offices of the Secretary of the I uterior, tho
Commiaaionar of Indian Attain, the Commis
aioner of the Ueneral Land Offio. and the Com
missioner of Patent. The original huildiug
waa of freeitone and granito in the Doric style.
Two wings of marble wero afterward added,
each of u Inch equaled the main edifice.
At the time of the Are in September, 1877,
the building contained nearly iii.UOO models,
arranged and claisilied for the convenience of
parties interested.
Tiik Would in Wax. Mr. (irnbe, a maker
of wax images iu Nuw York city, has constructed
what is claimed to be the largest globe of the
world, allowing the ranges of mountains and
other peculiarities of the surface of the earth, iu
rtliaf, now in existence. Its diameter is four
foot ami about one inch, the scale being one in
10,OUO,000. The range of even tho Himalayas
would not be visible upon this globe if the scale
wero adopted for tho elevations aa for the map,
A Ntw ltiiAii Uk-omotivk. - A new road
locomotive has lately been patented by Itichards
& Dale, .10 Taylor street, Spriuglleld, Mass., in
which the traction will lie secured by vertical
ban acting aa feet, dispensing entirely with
driving wheels. The motive power will be ap
plied directly to the maiu shaft by a cnuk-rud
and crauk, aa in ordinary engines. No new
principles being thus involved iu the use of the
steam, the machine is very simple and more
likely to be practicable. The frame of the
engine is horiaoutal with a two-wheeled track
at the rear eud, wlulo tho maiu shaft is 111 (unit,
in a horitoutal trausverse positiou. This shaft
bean four cranks in addition to those that drive
it. Upon each of them is a leg consisting of a
straight bar, provided at the lower end with a
suitable fool or shoe by which the traction is
obtained. There is also 1111 arrangement for
shortening the length of the step 111 ascending
grades or drawiug unusual loads, The machine
will work eipially well backward or forward,
and if a foot should happeii to cut a channel in
the ground without drawing the carriagu for
ward it can be turned in either direction to get
a fresh start. The engine may lie detached
CHAFF,
lr a man have a gnat many debts, an (hey
very much to hit credit?
A iiov of I'.', diuing at hit unole't, made such
agood dinner that his auntie observed, "Johnny,
you appear to est welt." "Yea," raplioil the
urchin, "I've lieen practicing eating all my Ufa."
A mm iu a Western newspaper euila aa
follows: "The captain swain nation. So did
the chambermaid she was insured for f l.a.OUl,
ami loaded with Iron."
ruiitvMiHAi'ion "Viiu look aoheri smile a
little." He smiles, and the photographer says,
' Not to much, sir; my instrument is tisi small to
encompass tho opening."
In Stanslead, Canada, a man told III ..ml
iackagt "warranted sun death to potato bugti
no risk of p.nvmiiig animate aa ilh Paris
green." The packegoa wen not to be upend
until time to use litem. Oua u. ton having
Hi , nielled one nnd fouud two Squan blocks
ol wood, nit one ol which was written; "Place
the bug on this block and pnae firmly with the
nther.'
Pi.KAaANr Ai.rsaNATlva, Stranger: "Hani
You ! We can't pate your 01 I" KuiUo:
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HCI I.DINii, WASHINGTON. I. c
..olaooor.llnKly th.rell.fi, made J..-. n- nCVr"" Z-
.T, C "! .Jn.! the .lacier., iceberg, could U mad. terviceabl. In our mining largi.. , It to h-. M.bU h. II lot. y. for II I
lers, icrlM-rgs
Plains and
continent, an yellow; the glac
mint floatinu cakes of ice white
mountain rang, an clearly ahown, and every
part of the world i. .xhibitod in its true char
acter. Iteil, black awl whiU line, crow th.
glob, to indicate th. iaothermal bells, the varia
tion, of th. magnetic needle, the date line
when ship, comet their toga by skipping from
Saturday to Monday, and "W ravm, and other
lad. of like character. Th. map haa been
corraotaxl in th. light of the latest dlscov.net
down to two months ago. Th. northern onest
of Siberia haa been much altered in th. allaaes
by the Nordonakjold .ipaditioo. th. shipt tall
ing in dtwp water over place, marked as V).i miles
inland, and being oompellad to go hundred, "f
miles around rjromontoriw, etc., which ara oc
coined on th. map. by bodia of water Th.
glob, is made of wood. Th. radwf is formed by
tu. Mr. Grab hat bean two yean in perfect
ing his glob, and ChUf Juttie Haly and olh.r
geograpb.n hr. lately bm giving attention
Th. aewtUal bridge over tit. Mitsonrl river,
at Olaagow, Mo , is the tineat bridge of lbs kind
... it.. -..,1,1 It la nearly .Vfi feet long, ao-l
vary ttrand tt warrants! to band d.wbU Won
vt. anger
enough
leaves
'nIs
TioiKt i early ei 1,
Th Uvef'tTaJ.,'
or not.
Oman tommua. Th OUmm subject
th greater part ol th.ir porcelain to but on
llring. tint drying th pieett tofnoieatly in th
air to prepare them for glaring, rliie plan they
an able to pursue, because the uatur of th
material is such that it resists th entrant of
water. Their glaa it much superior In nay in
use in th Krnin .ttria, bat it rin j
th most intense degree of heat for its fusion,
nnd ronanteratiU art i. ennii ntly required
for th managrinent tt In An, a wall as In '
a.. - J tkW, 1 1 ss 1 TlirsB era.
built in the most substantial manner, tu that laoo with armakwa acid ll, pint will tak
when th tire is at Its greatest bight th hand I ,Hlt 14 Troy grain of ana Id Th Using
may be applied to th onttul wllhesat any tar j tr1 joJ pnyntum absorb about
01 imroinH'
in. I published. Uiiis about I.MKI line.
pnlly nmg laie ui pour inwi ner sssr, mm mm
noist hav gMs to sm her at least thn nighu
a wk for a Whan be Lit, at 1 a. M.
Monday, h would to. tiring around bar fin
ger ... she would rsnsnbf where be lft tat,
and whisper in her ear, as he kltaeal her good
night, "To la continual, on Tnady arming
Pnassav m Um. A. UUmllier 1
inendt plunging th insects. In the frank tint,
into alcohol which haa a mlareUd by digs
II 0113 of it. own weight
Hi .mien rrrrnna. If those who Mack their j l.-n,. end dried lb speelnenta
.ma rtove. will grass them beton blacking, I m.ag- of mrtlst, iAr..or
they will And it prevents them from meting, j trmuo.nl dam not .fmt U
. . s
A .to a
piuah of brown mgar to th bucking
just Mora llllljlkM Tht ensimi It to sli. a
and H poirahe moch sassier and with half th
Wbn 4ksd in thK
are safe from the
., tt'i Tat.
tor f Ida, green
or red bmtta, if dried after making for VI toM
hoar. llrmtfTU aad orlhmfitr eaa b Ueatsd
la Um mm way; aim th a, nsuneis aad
tbrytalnlm of lamsl.
it will break.