Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

The Blinky: avid eases Scientific! Press: ’ 103! Mechanient. Tne “ Disesnactsa Tve."—'This uaetal California inventiva, wltich wo described at len th in our issue of the 2d of last December, 1 ie exciting a wouderful degree of Interest at the East, and the inv entor, accurding to the New Y ok cormapoudent of tho Ata, is the recip ent of marked attention frou the mercantile commauity . api tle newspaper ‘fraternity, of that . city. The prospects see 1 good for ,on exten, sive sale of what is spl i by, ey exghdy who, has seen the model, ns tho best ‘thing yet got. . ten dp for the: soving of human fife in cases ol, lisaster hy sua. Whe’ inventor, Mr. Brown, 1 in connection with his assignee Mr, Level, has applied for letters patent at Londén and Paris. . He hag also obtained from the Secretary of the Treasury permission to exhibit ‘the admirable, qualities of the apparatus on hoard of one of the government steamers in the harbor pf New York, similar to ‘the experiments made in this, harbor, ‘The trial was expectall to attract n. , hig crowd. Mr. L, will probably make ‘8 ¢oUtract at Newark, for the construction of oft sufficient number of tho Disengaging fiyes” to meet the heavy demand which its soon to he proved Bucceas will create. The American, patent for thie invention wus “secured through . tho , Mixixa, ,ANO Scagytir 1c, Puess ‘Pakawr . , ‘Acener. Taox Suir, ‘Bunpixe iN “HNguann, is ‘heing enrried on to on enormous extent. The ton: nage amount of that class of shipping conatrncteil at, the different dock yards . of Great, Britain during the year 1865, is, estima cd ot . 5OD,QU0 ‘tons ; A the number ‘of, vessels con, structed numbering ahout 450, The ‘su qui ority , of iron (over wood for ship luilding, 18. now ‘pretiy well ‘established th ‘gnd the’ time cannot be far distant when. almost’ the eutire of both the wovernment band piereantile warine of Great Britdin will consist of iron-built ships. The scarcity ofvtimbyr; and the abundance: of coal und iron in that country, renders iron skipei more, econontical there thao io the United States ; where, so faras’ tlie development. of: our coal aud irun interests nre ' concerned, ths: reJative ‘couditidnd of wood:nnd: troo ‘aro ife. ! versed.) bl t ai nal a 44 Ay Heavy on THe ier. cea —The late terrible; Wwac-was heavy on the-southern . railroads. Every possible, expedient was resorted .to., hy] attr troops to cffectually destroy, fox use, the, rails upoit the roads which ;were torn: mp. Transportation: beyond the reach of the enemy: Wis impracti¢ably, and anyimere tearing-up of; the ,xails)and, road; bed) was, soon ,repairad. Hence huze honfres were ‘made upon,which, the ruils were piled to heat jand jtwist them in: such, a,manoer thet.they,,could , not.be, again made sprvicenble,’ natil token, to.a rolling, mill.: Sven to the presenfn. day,.it'.is, said that, the, quantity of rails,go destroyed and still lymg by the side of the tracks, ig. immense on, the: roads that were most frequently visited by the Natidual'troops.' Alony tlie’ Weldéa, (NC) . ) railroad, thousniids tay fel Hered ‘Gbak idts: right . ‘nugles, aud many ‘cohipletely’ coited’. ! around the’ trees . ‘Let us hope that tne'seca.’ sion for such 2 wholesale destruction “or prope ty’ tu oC cur nn : miyseinelly +7 f st¢pern a : in out ndiv the ‘patents reeeatly : i) Tus pington 13 a Rotary Rock Boring thachine} ‘whieh: consists of: a’drill Composed ots purhber": ‘of svolloped cutting wheels, Whieh re ariungéd’ i’ ,a edi mou hed, on axles passing. through said wheels . at right nugles, and 1 ius such a “nanner. that by. giving to the ‘bead.a rapid. Totary imotion, the wheels’ will cut into ‘thy: ground ’or/rock and produte'n clear hole! The dirt ‘or dusts: raised! by tlie uction of a' spiral fahge, secured to the Outside of the drill rod, ruided by convebiently; arranged Iricticn rollers. '!A stredm of watep: ismade to pass coutinually to: the’ bottom’ of: the hole through the drill rod, which ‘ts made . hollow for that purposs. Much of the dirt is thus, removed. ‘I‘he machine can. be npplied to . temporary says : the . } ‘A Suip.or THR &eeonp Cextery.—In the 1 course ol digging atryncl for military purposes, daning the Jate Danish war, the workmen came upon dozzy soil, und at a depth of five feet, discovered the reumins of 0 very ancient ship imbedded in the bog. ‘Ila gite ds now some . J distance fram the sea (at Wester Sntrap, in. } Sandewitt Bay) ;, but at the tine, when it was oo the deserted it Was uo doubt ro Yap" It is df oak, bot in so very defective 4 ‘ heach. . condition, ttat it had to he strengthened with / iron bands before it could be removed to Fens: ‘harg, wherp,it jnuy now beseen. ‘The Keel is pent upwards at hoth ends, after the fas ion of n modern gondola, rising ton hight of nine j feet, ten inches. in, the” ‘hows, and. ten fet eleven inches, ot the stern., ‘The total length ig eeventyuine feet ten ‘inches, y, a width o eleven feet ten inches in the waist, by d hight of four feet'two inched.’ Thero nppears’ tb! have'been ‘oo deck, but.several lockers were found, some of which contained honys of anials. Besidys this were discovered o oumber of Spents, ‘hows, orrows, baoitle-axd’; woodcit clubs, knives, ete.,} ‘but, what was more im-' portnnt, some coins were found, which. gave the dote of the time when this ship, flouted, not only onthe Baltic, hut perhaps to the, dis, tant shores of Britain. ‘Ihe colds are Roman, ‘and ol the second éentnry, A. O:; und there . ’ jwere also bracelets, rings, and, yther ornaments, . hesides cooking uteusils, ete. All, these arti. . ‘cles are now 10 the: Archaeolozicn ‘Museum at Copenhagen, but the’ship itself the Danes'were unable to get away’ before’ thoy hid to “give plage to pbs advancing Austrians,—London Legin Me wei ‘in et of ils 6, TRAVEL ers to Workser2 Al cot We have always pions iii) ‘our, workmeo might imitate, one ractic where German ase with, Meats Pen . attaining his majority the ‘German’ operative! is’ ‘obliged t to’ travel through: certain ' parts:of ‘the country. andleara the different. processes and \mgtliods of practicing his art, before he gan ‘settle down and, follow lis calling” on his own ‘acédunt. ‘Iho ‘tendeney’ of thig role whieh ig] e imperative)'is to impréve and enlarge the! ideas . b of the mechanic. : Working id ohe town. cons! tipnally, the; artisan becomes familia with, the . ‘methods there practiced, and whether good or, bad, he’is acquainted . with ‘these only. Hels japt to'hécotne'a ‘nw of one ideal dnd t think . ‘hot thé-tnéchdnical.wotld is bounded by: the; Jinnits-of his own, factory. Ib is, nyncessary to remind. the thinking reader, that such, a. course . . is directly, opposed, to progress. . ‘PS becomes: iotdughly Tribuéd with a'setise ‘ofimportanee: to. travel'as'a, means oft idevelop. , ingand educating, the., mechanic, one, has only. § {to observe the different, modes ol, soing, Me ‘same ieee’ of, work ‘practiced in dil Sra, . Iplitees 21 Por ihstance? one ‘man has ‘A’ bed plate:to' plane; be mughs it off4 takes‘half sb dozen, cuts.iphgre-one would sullice,iand dallies, he the work, jyhen ap energetic business-like . . going at it would have dove the aip? . . ‘tie in pale tbs timer Nev todls, dW uses ifor. old tools) ew processes, mater ‘als and de‘signgiare only found by. travelling abaut among; ‘mechanics, and, gutting. cyuainted with, what jis. trangpiring i in the te of art outside of the sphérd in'whiell off individual nay dwell, . Sf ees hd op thn 1 “1 . }“Maonestum ror‘War' VessensIt is now recommended that ' vessels. of: war; should be: built of magnesium, which is byt littie heavier, than‘ heart of oak, ani Mf strong and’ tenacious ag steel. It is estimated thut the oceail itsell’. contains 160,000 .eubic miles. of magnesium, a quantity which would cover the entire surface, ‘of thé vlobe, hoth'sea bndl land, to a ‘thiekwess. . of mére than eight feel: 7b ‘bbtaining. salt feour seawater, the’ residuum. ag, largely inagoesiun. . ‘The ‘burning, ofja magnesium ship at sea weuld . ibe a magni ficent sight, a fire at which the Stars . eld in theit ‘uniniaginéd “distances” might swarm themseélves.'. 14" nr . td ati J Fates ‘A nPowe Proerieri——The London Mechan-) 13! Mugazime.spys that a vessel is now building, or, the Huglish, Admirality by ihe Thanies Trou Work’ and Shiphyifding’ Company, whieh i is, rétharkublé-as'Huving Buen desighed Gus pla 'expectud jo-aupersede alt otbenteteam: vetseld. . jscrew orpaddle,, by.proving the. practicahitity., of, pr opelling vessels by sucking in a column or “Yope" of water, ‘by @ tar nieht throigh a ship's: hottonr and“ ig again out of the slup through hen cideell » Heig'. ) feared, that, whatever. results may, be, obtained, ithe will be rendered unipportant, by the, ex-.)’ 5 ve “cost ‘of thert . roduiction. bye etsy 4) in A AWarek'Lreveri-The Sadcranento Bee ays that Wilcdx’s Water Lifter, a'steami' pump’ Without! ‘engine, piston or’ plunge’, i8 Ori OK" ibibition' ab No!’ 17 Front’ street! Sherdmente, TIhetween'T atid J! whieh "is woithy'8f: pub’ attention’ ad a mechanical wonddér! Wei dé! scribed a maching,'possessitig similar powers, jin ‘Our isane of three iveeks’ since. fi, ma-. ot shat A Cuanée vor Ixvextors.—In Paris horeeshoes must oot be roughed, because that wears ont the macadamized puvtog so geuernl on the great thoroughfnres of thut city; bat it tells fearfully on horses: Paris would reward the inventor wlto would contrivo o shog whieh, without having picking projections, would yet have bite enough to keep from ‘slipping. Intervening strips of swol might, by the quicker wearlug dowa of the softer iron, kecp up the required edge, ond not he, too costly; all i “The Parest Laws —Persons interested . in, patents for inventions, nvd who have beéa led to believs thut it Is intended -to-obtein throtigh Ovngread.o very.ossential. modificntion ot the puteut Jaws, are authoritatively informed that no niaterial change't ta such laws will be osked . for’ during tlie present’ session. Only o few or ing patents ~ ibe eta _ ie .Gra, =e te Chelsea, ,Maga., the ine ventor of a macliine for ‘making shoes which. drives the’ shoe tliread like’ pegs, a good imita-, tion of pegged work, has sold his” interest for’ . $200,000, and ig toweéeivo''a /péercentnge ‘on every pair pf boots made by tbis sg } » Leen was THE First Rat, Rou. ED. te Me. S, Laberidge, of Aldermisley ion Works, lAmberzate, says, inthe ‘Afiniiy'Joulnurs Ihe . f first rail ever made was at the Bedlingtou Tron’ ‘Works, Northumberland, and from thege worksa staff of men were sent to, ,Penydarrop ‘es teach the Welshimen to make rails. % 1 gtd Loas"or Lap Suectino._Not'less than, 800! 1003 “6f ‘Ibnd "Were recently obtained iH one year, tlié resalt of the dust which aeciimulated ah pivdal J within that time in thé lone fldes "of a lead’ smelting” furnace’ in. the north'of Hogtand! ee wow ihe) 18): ul ne ; E teint ogab (poeigersans oF farrier —A. correspondPac the Healdshurg Standard says : This btifil sheet ‘of’ water 18 the great feature of Lake county; take’ this‘away; and the vallty . would lose its greatest charm.'It is about. forty niles in length, fo ten to fourteen miles in width, and is fed by numerous creeks. . that pat down’ frodi te mduntaine ‘on eve ety side.” Tt has an outlet through Cuche éreek into the’ Sacramento river: ‘Sotid people think. thot it has other gutlets down under the. surface, that comimunieate with the ocean, as it,is scarcely ever known to . rise during the heavy rains, aod . Cache’ creek'id tery'little affected!” Thé shores are.generally.clean, tho: ‘margin formiog along thajlow , foot hills. It ig seldom: disturbed hy . rongh winds, making , navigation pleasant, and both for pleasure nnd “profit. At one iplice ‘nar’ thie lower éid}and ahdbt two miles ig ilingshot, water, one of which boile and bupbles to the hight of, ten feet ; they are a wonderful’ “Guriosity, and your correspondent . Viewed themifrdm .a respectinl. distince,‘Hot caring tog go. near. where the water, was, . in euch ‘cominotion The place; is, held in superstitious diéad’ hy weu who run small ‘crafts on the lake, . ’ ‘}and'it isian dea prevalent with’ them that’ these sspri gs are botling: up-from the crater’ of ‘an old yolcaog which “has. eunk.,. beneath the]; surface, and. that it is liable, to burst. forth in, terrible fury at any time, ‘There is also a story) 'helievéd by mahy of the “ oldest'iuhabit.” ants,” that the lake 'is'inbabited by @ monster ! aaregular moo-eater;,and it js said to have . ; been seen by several persons, who describe jf, as “ some like a fish, with a god deal of stake —predtieyed,” and big enough ‘to ‘swallow a] man without“blinking; I ‘could’ngt ‘ascertain tliatiit hod ‘ever swallowed, anybody. 4 he ait rte Tse Opnir SupeRinTeDENcy —We reeret to learn, ‘say the Viryitia’ Evlierprise, that ‘Captaio Willian Bladding, ’ President of: Ihe Ophir Company; nod: whd:has forithe post year. 99 ably and, faithfally guperin jended, the loca). imanay repent, of, the ming, is: about to’ leave lViteinid’ City to resit ‘aént-of the: <cowpany‘if'San * Frantisdd.-' Byill ihik strict intégrity, courteous, andigentleman. y, ideportaient, Captain; Blanding, hag won the, esteem of all with whom he has ‘been bronght in'Woutact, add had provéd hinself!one of “the i] most enpable: huginegs) ioe Vee mites: th! ithe State, . Mr, James, K. Fair bos heen aps, pointed uperio ntendent in place, of Captain ‘Blanding. “The latter genitlentan has hdd lavge “. experieiite Both'in' California aod Nevida'in! . the direction of {mining twork.’.,,Thei explora: . tions are: pow being. vigorously.,. carried on, ini); tlle ointh or 559-foot level of the mine. Suceess . /9 to the a “Ophir, ‘the . pioneer mine of ‘Virgitia.’ UW. tale See Current Iv’ tHE Mines.on tHE Ue. Ber Cocomsra:—The followltig’ are the prices current in the. new minessup!the Columbia. river, at Big Bend, on the 20th of November : Bacon, $],50 # tb; Flour, $80 92 100 tb ; Sugar, $1, 50 92 Ib; Coffee; 41/50 tb; Tea, $3 ordinary rock drifling or well boring, 0! ching! is' known’ asla “ Stain" Syphon" Pump." {ig aie, See 4 tbs Beef, 6bt "fib: the minor polots'affecting the details’ of secor-' outoftom. the shoré, there are-séveral springs of, éthe duties. of Prési-’ qi lon every application for an ox! , MINING AND SOLENTIETO PRESS’ > ae PATENT AGENCY.” For the Pacific Coast. Orrics or rox, Mixixe axp Scixntirto Press~No, 505 Clay . dlreet, corngr of Sansome, San Fraaclaqo, » , l Information for Inventors! Inventors on this epost having. their oppliavtions for patents made oul through our Agency can sign their papers at ance, and thus . ‘gecure their rights at lenet three months sooner than by trusting the eame to dttant agencies, Htuated eA New Fork or Washtngton. UH ‘Tho est’ uestion’ “nat me itself to the Niiteal. or,, who des! ne to prgcuro a pateot, la: “Can Lobtain a. atent ‘A Boel ve es to thta question 1s only to bo had 8 a formal fur n patent to the Government einbracing a ny specication, model, duplicate, drawings, and the payinent of tho jirescribed official fees. Aside trom these ateps, all tre Inventor ean do la, to submit hiv plans to persons experlohced In the bualneasof obtalning atents, and soticlt thelr opinion and advice! If the partics . jonsulied are honorable men, the iventor may safely eon. nde is ideas e6-them, nnd they will inform him whether or + cot eave fa probably patentable. Those: whd have made Invent'ona nnd desire to conault with us respecting the same, are cordlully Invited jo do 30.” We shall be happy'to bce them In Roe at our office, of to” ‘advise them by mall, or through the Mixtxe ano Scrzntiric Yress. 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Inventors will ofttimes find it very Important te’ tnke ad-! vantage of the caveat syatem—the expense under the law belng com aratively small. ' To enablo us 1) epare cayent pi a sketch and deseript! necessary. oh , f Expense. of Applying for a Patent, Rejections, ete, Bnder the new law, the Govornment fee, on filing an a: plication for a hatent 1s fifteeti dollars 7 ‘and If the Patent GG Allowed, iweny, dollars padaltonal Is Iprequired, if reecledy the first fee of fifteen dollars 1s all is demanded, lish,.Freneh, Aystrlan, Prussian Span Ish, and inventore of, cvery nai ounlity,. may now obtain patents ti ‘the Miniteds States upon the same terms as our own Ate a we only require lon of the Invention; .ne model beg ! thr only discrimination made 4s against subjects of government that: dlscriminato against the inhabitants of the ited States, -To'the fotevolng offi¢lal feos mnst be’ addon he Attorney's & fees fore De preparlng tho varlons documents and drawings Our chargé for préparing'a case, presenting It to''the ! Oov ernment, and attending to all business connected «witb 1t,« unill a decision Is given, Isfrom $20 toS40. 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A Tanity ‘of having thelr patent casos prepared, couduct:i and prosecuted In the best manner, by experienced at. ar neue upon the most moderate’ terms.Inventora who! aye rejeaed cases, ronated efther by thernselyes or for lien by other agen: eaire to ascertain thei, pros-: Roane success by further. efforts, pre invited to avall themselvas of. onriunequalled facilities In‘secnring favorable ave sults. Wo have been auecessful In accuring Letters Patent iy Tainy: piises of sual, a, matter.) Our terms for auch cases are very moderate, * Fyeish . 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Bor be me ante the Ooverniuentfee, uamoaly, two ian wie in se goa will Beng noiled ot the’ of thei eptlon e Pat lee, wel OS+ fain for fe . i oe vi pga neti the personal Hee : { ay ego ae ay Whe. eas tke if Byeat, contp lle Hon, ie rate Ban ebe ow 4 by onréeno ndenice, sHony Sho atvent jon sts of, a new. a: artis le of mapuface te, Be aa eae Ostt Re SS anales sof er roof ghe mae 2 olen man. SEE ie feed Pander berurnished mf { ma he average time required to procure a “patent, when, the the; ase Is Once a our tt eney, 8 three tee ths ique tly wet thom through in d¢; mo,, bu er Ci aes : del KH part’ mi eaorsney perldd. ts so fe NICs C; ded to, four or 8, on, mare. e ake ae evil Bo olnt to Porward ad our onses ag Tapldiy ae [pages Patent ‘Otte Foes, and How "Payable." antl Nearly fill'tho fees payable'to the Pataiit Office are’ posi. ‘tively required by law to be paid In advange. 5 The Atenas Is the Governinent tariff of fees establahiedby lang, ED) wk We eGo TL DEE ion every lication for a design, for 8 yrs and 6 mo. $1 an On every L h for aldeslen, for séven years. ys’ ‘On every lon for a design, for fourteen year: ip oa every a UI ‘for'seventeon ye fy cat. ‘ 0 t ute gach or. ‘fa naling a a ee jon every jOn every Binllcniien for a re-issue. dttlonal patent erable one naion -. .Onthe grant of every exte On appeal tothe Coninisslonee rom Bxaminersin-chit ‘Ohevery mpheal to the Judges of Circuit Court, D. c. . 2 . 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The Blinky: avid eases Scientific! Press: ’ 103! Mechanient. Tne “ Disesnactsa Tve."—'This uaetal California inventiva, wltich wo described at len th in our issue of the 2d of last December, 1 ie exciting a wouderful degree of Interest at the East, and the inv entor, accurding to the New Y ok cormapoudent of tho Ata, is the recip ent of marked attention frou the mercantile commauity . api tle newspaper ‘fraternity, of that . city. The prospects see 1 good for ,on exten, sive sale of what is spl i by, ey exghdy who, has seen the model, ns tho best ‘thing yet got. . ten dp for the: soving of human fife in cases ol, lisaster hy sua. Whe’ inventor, Mr. Brown, 1 in connection with his assignee Mr, Level, has applied for letters patent at Londén and Paris. . He hag also obtained from the Secretary of the Treasury permission to exhibit ‘the admirable, qualities of the apparatus on hoard of one of the government steamers in the harbor pf New York, similar to ‘the experiments made in this, harbor, ‘The trial was expectall to attract n. , hig crowd. Mr. L, will probably make ‘8 ¢oUtract at Newark, for the construction of oft sufficient number of tho Disengaging fiyes” to meet the heavy demand which its soon to he proved Bucceas will create. The American, patent for thie invention wus “secured through . tho , Mixixa, ,ANO Scagytir 1c, Puess ‘Pakawr . , ‘Acener. Taox Suir, ‘Bunpixe iN “HNguann, is ‘heing enrried on to on enormous extent. The ton: nage amount of that class of shipping conatrncteil at, the different dock yards . of Great, Britain during the year 1865, is, estima cd ot . 5OD,QU0 ‘tons ; A the number ‘of, vessels con, structed numbering ahout 450, The ‘su qui ority , of iron (over wood for ship luilding, 18. now ‘pretiy well ‘established th ‘gnd the’ time cannot be far distant when. almost’ the eutire of both the wovernment band piereantile warine of Great Britdin will consist of iron-built ships. The scarcity ofvtimbyr; and the abundance: of coal und iron in that country, renders iron skipei more, econontical there thao io the United States ; where, so faras’ tlie development. of: our coal aud irun interests nre ' concerned, ths: reJative ‘couditidnd of wood:nnd: troo ‘aro ife. ! versed.) bl t ai nal a 44 Ay Heavy on THe ier. cea —The late terrible; Wwac-was heavy on the-southern . railroads. Every possible, expedient was resorted .to., hy] attr troops to cffectually destroy, fox use, the, rails upoit the roads which ;were torn: mp. Transportation: beyond the reach of the enemy: Wis impracti¢ably, and anyimere tearing-up of; the ,xails)and, road; bed) was, soon ,repairad. Hence huze honfres were ‘made upon,which, the ruils were piled to heat jand jtwist them in: such, a,manoer thet.they,,could , not.be, again made sprvicenble,’ natil token, to.a rolling, mill.: Sven to the presenfn. day,.it'.is, said that, the, quantity of rails,go destroyed and still lymg by the side of the tracks, ig. immense on, the: roads that were most frequently visited by the Natidual'troops.' Alony tlie’ Weldéa, (NC) . ) railroad, thousniids tay fel Hered ‘Gbak idts: right . ‘nugles, aud many ‘cohipletely’ coited’. ! around the’ trees . ‘Let us hope that tne'seca.’ sion for such 2 wholesale destruction “or prope ty’ tu oC cur nn : miyseinelly +7 f st¢pern a : in out ndiv the ‘patents reeeatly : i) Tus pington 13 a Rotary Rock Boring thachine} ‘whieh: consists of: a’drill Composed ots purhber": ‘of svolloped cutting wheels, Whieh re ariungéd’ i’ ,a edi mou hed, on axles passing. through said wheels . at right nugles, and 1 ius such a “nanner. that by. giving to the ‘bead.a rapid. Totary imotion, the wheels’ will cut into ‘thy: ground ’or/rock and produte'n clear hole! The dirt ‘or dusts: raised! by tlie uction of a' spiral fahge, secured to the Outside of the drill rod, ruided by convebiently; arranged Iricticn rollers. '!A stredm of watep: ismade to pass coutinually to: the’ bottom’ of: the hole through the drill rod, which ‘ts made . hollow for that purposs. Much of the dirt is thus, removed. ‘I‘he machine can. be npplied to . temporary says : the . } ‘A Suip.or THR &eeonp Cextery.—In the 1 course ol digging atryncl for military purposes, daning the Jate Danish war, the workmen came upon dozzy soil, und at a depth of five feet, discovered the reumins of 0 very ancient ship imbedded in the bog. ‘Ila gite ds now some . J distance fram the sea (at Wester Sntrap, in. } Sandewitt Bay) ;, but at the tine, when it was oo the deserted it Was uo doubt ro Yap" It is df oak, bot in so very defective 4 ‘ heach. . condition, ttat it had to he strengthened with / iron bands before it could be removed to Fens: ‘harg, wherp,it jnuy now beseen. ‘The Keel is pent upwards at hoth ends, after the fas ion of n modern gondola, rising ton hight of nine j feet, ten inches. in, the” ‘hows, and. ten fet eleven inches, ot the stern., ‘The total length ig eeventyuine feet ten ‘inches, y, a width o eleven feet ten inches in the waist, by d hight of four feet'two inched.’ Thero nppears’ tb! have'been ‘oo deck, but.several lockers were found, some of which contained honys of anials. Besidys this were discovered o oumber of Spents, ‘hows, orrows, baoitle-axd’; woodcit clubs, knives, ete.,} ‘but, what was more im-' portnnt, some coins were found, which. gave the dote of the time when this ship, flouted, not only onthe Baltic, hut perhaps to the, dis, tant shores of Britain. ‘Ihe colds are Roman, ‘and ol the second éentnry, A. O:; und there . ’ jwere also bracelets, rings, and, yther ornaments, . hesides cooking uteusils, ete. All, these arti. . ‘cles are now 10 the: Archaeolozicn ‘Museum at Copenhagen, but the’ship itself the Danes'were unable to get away’ before’ thoy hid to “give plage to pbs advancing Austrians,—London Legin Me wei ‘in et of ils 6, TRAVEL ers to Workser2 Al cot We have always pions iii) ‘our, workmeo might imitate, one ractic where German ase with, Meats Pen . attaining his majority the ‘German’ operative! is’ ‘obliged t to’ travel through: certain ' parts:of ‘the country. andleara the different. processes and \mgtliods of practicing his art, before he gan ‘settle down and, follow lis calling” on his own ‘acédunt. ‘Iho ‘tendeney’ of thig role whieh ig] e imperative)'is to impréve and enlarge the! ideas . b of the mechanic. : Working id ohe town. cons! tipnally, the; artisan becomes familia with, the . ‘methods there practiced, and whether good or, bad, he’is acquainted . with ‘these only. Hels japt to'hécotne'a ‘nw of one ideal dnd t think . ‘hot thé-tnéchdnical.wotld is bounded by: the; Jinnits-of his own, factory. Ib is, nyncessary to remind. the thinking reader, that such, a. course . . is directly, opposed, to progress. . ‘PS becomes: iotdughly Tribuéd with a'setise ‘ofimportanee: to. travel'as'a, means oft idevelop. , ingand educating, the., mechanic, one, has only. § {to observe the different, modes ol, soing, Me ‘same ieee’ of, work ‘practiced in dil Sra, . Iplitees 21 Por ihstance? one ‘man has ‘A’ bed plate:to' plane; be mughs it off4 takes‘half sb dozen, cuts.iphgre-one would sullice,iand dallies, he the work, jyhen ap energetic business-like . . going at it would have dove the aip? . . ‘tie in pale tbs timer Nev todls, dW uses ifor. old tools) ew processes, mater ‘als and de‘signgiare only found by. travelling abaut among; ‘mechanics, and, gutting. cyuainted with, what jis. trangpiring i in the te of art outside of the sphérd in'whiell off individual nay dwell, . Sf ees hd op thn 1 “1 . }“Maonestum ror‘War' VessensIt is now recommended that ' vessels. of: war; should be: built of magnesium, which is byt littie heavier, than‘ heart of oak, ani Mf strong and’ tenacious ag steel. It is estimated thut the oceail itsell’. contains 160,000 .eubic miles. of magnesium, a quantity which would cover the entire surface, ‘of thé vlobe, hoth'sea bndl land, to a ‘thiekwess. . of mére than eight feel: 7b ‘bbtaining. salt feour seawater, the’ residuum. ag, largely inagoesiun. . ‘The ‘burning, ofja magnesium ship at sea weuld . ibe a magni ficent sight, a fire at which the Stars . eld in theit ‘uniniaginéd “distances” might swarm themseélves.'. 14" nr . td ati J Fates ‘A nPowe Proerieri——The London Mechan-) 13! Mugazime.spys that a vessel is now building, or, the Huglish, Admirality by ihe Thanies Trou Work’ and Shiphyifding’ Company, whieh i is, rétharkublé-as'Huving Buen desighed Gus pla 'expectud jo-aupersede alt otbenteteam: vetseld. . jscrew orpaddle,, by.proving the. practicahitity., of, pr opelling vessels by sucking in a column or “Yope" of water, ‘by @ tar nieht throigh a ship's: hottonr and“ ig again out of the slup through hen cideell » Heig'. ) feared, that, whatever. results may, be, obtained, ithe will be rendered unipportant, by the, ex-.)’ 5 ve “cost ‘of thert . roduiction. bye etsy 4) in A AWarek'Lreveri-The Sadcranento Bee ays that Wilcdx’s Water Lifter, a'steami' pump’ Without! ‘engine, piston or’ plunge’, i8 Ori OK" ibibition' ab No!’ 17 Front’ street! Sherdmente, TIhetween'T atid J! whieh "is woithy'8f: pub’ attention’ ad a mechanical wonddér! Wei dé! scribed a maching,'possessitig similar powers, jin ‘Our isane of three iveeks’ since. fi, ma-. ot shat A Cuanée vor Ixvextors.—In Paris horeeshoes must oot be roughed, because that wears ont the macadamized puvtog so geuernl on the great thoroughfnres of thut city; bat it tells fearfully on horses: Paris would reward the inventor wlto would contrivo o shog whieh, without having picking projections, would yet have bite enough to keep from ‘slipping. Intervening strips of swol might, by the quicker wearlug dowa of the softer iron, kecp up the required edge, ond not he, too costly; all i “The Parest Laws —Persons interested . in, patents for inventions, nvd who have beéa led to believs thut it Is intended -to-obtein throtigh Ovngread.o very.ossential. modificntion ot the puteut Jaws, are authoritatively informed that no niaterial change't ta such laws will be osked . for’ during tlie present’ session. Only o few or ing patents ~ ibe eta _ ie .Gra, =e te Chelsea, ,Maga., the ine ventor of a macliine for ‘making shoes which. drives the’ shoe tliread like’ pegs, a good imita-, tion of pegged work, has sold his” interest for’ . $200,000, and ig toweéeivo''a /péercentnge ‘on every pair pf boots made by tbis sg } » Leen was THE First Rat, Rou. ED. te Me. S, Laberidge, of Aldermisley ion Works, lAmberzate, says, inthe ‘Afiniiy'Joulnurs Ihe . f first rail ever made was at the Bedlingtou Tron’ ‘Works, Northumberland, and from thege worksa staff of men were sent to, ,Penydarrop ‘es teach the Welshimen to make rails. % 1 gtd Loas"or Lap Suectino._Not'less than, 800! 1003 “6f ‘Ibnd "Were recently obtained iH one year, tlié resalt of the dust which aeciimulated ah pivdal J within that time in thé lone fldes "of a lead’ smelting” furnace’ in. the north'of Hogtand! ee wow ihe) 18): ul ne ; E teint ogab

(poeigersans oF farrier —A. correspondPac the Healdshurg Standard says : This btifil sheet ‘of’ water 18 the great feature of Lake county; take’ this‘away; and the vallty . would lose its greatest charm.'It is about. forty niles in length, fo ten to fourteen miles in width, and is fed by numerous creeks. . that pat down’ frodi te mduntaine ‘on eve ety side.” Tt has an outlet through Cuche éreek into the’ Sacramento river: ‘Sotid people think. thot it has other gutlets down under the. surface, that comimunieate with the ocean, as it,is scarcely ever known to . rise during the heavy rains, aod . Cache’ creek'id tery'little affected!” Thé shores are.generally.clean, tho: ‘margin formiog along thajlow , foot hills. It ig seldom: disturbed hy . rongh winds, making , navigation pleasant, and both for pleasure nnd “profit. At one iplice ‘nar’ thie lower éid}and ahdbt two miles ig ilingshot, water, one of which boile and bupbles to the hight of, ten feet ; they are a wonderful’ “Guriosity, and your correspondent . Viewed themifrdm .a respectinl. distince,‘Hot caring tog go. near. where the water, was, . in euch ‘cominotion The place; is, held in superstitious diéad’ hy weu who run small ‘crafts on the lake, . ’ ‘}and'it isian dea prevalent with’ them that’ these sspri gs are botling: up-from the crater’ of ‘an old yolcaog which “has. eunk.,. beneath the]; surface, and. that it is liable, to burst. forth in, terrible fury at any time, ‘There is also a story) 'helievéd by mahy of the “ oldest'iuhabit.” ants,” that the lake 'is'inbabited by @ monster ! aaregular moo-eater;,and it js said to have . ; been seen by several persons, who describe jf, as “ some like a fish, with a god deal of stake —predtieyed,” and big enough ‘to ‘swallow a] man without“blinking; I ‘could’ngt ‘ascertain tliatiit hod ‘ever swallowed, anybody. 4 he ait rte Tse Opnir SupeRinTeDENcy —We reeret to learn, ‘say the Viryitia’ Evlierprise, that ‘Captaio Willian Bladding, ’ President of: Ihe Ophir Company; nod: whd:has forithe post year. 99 ably and, faithfally guperin jended, the loca). imanay repent, of, the ming, is: about to’ leave lViteinid’ City to resit ‘aént-of the: <cowpany‘if'San * Frantisdd.-' Byill ihik strict intégrity, courteous, andigentleman. y, ideportaient, Captain; Blanding, hag won the, esteem of all with whom he has ‘been bronght in'Woutact, add had provéd hinself!one of “the i] most enpable: huginegs) ioe Vee mites: th! ithe State, . Mr, James, K. Fair bos heen aps, pointed uperio ntendent in place, of Captain ‘Blanding. “The latter genitlentan has hdd lavge “. experieiite Both'in' California aod Nevida'in! . the direction of {mining twork.’.,,Thei explora: . tions are: pow being. vigorously.,. carried on, ini); tlle ointh or 559-foot level of the mine. Suceess . /9 to the a “Ophir, ‘the . pioneer mine of ‘Virgitia.’ UW. tale See Current Iv’ tHE Mines.on tHE Ue. Ber Cocomsra:—The followltig’ are the prices current in the. new minessup!the Columbia. river, at Big Bend, on the 20th of November : Bacon, $],50 # tb; Flour, $80 92 100 tb ; Sugar, $1, 50 92 Ib; Coffee; 41/50 tb; Tea, $3 ordinary rock drifling or well boring, 0! ching! is' known’ asla “ Stain" Syphon" Pump." {ig aie, See 4 tbs Beef, 6bt "fib: the minor polots'affecting the details’ of secor-' outoftom. the shoré, there are-séveral springs of, éthe duties. of Prési-’ qi lon every application for an ox! , MINING AND SOLENTIETO PRESS’ > ae PATENT AGENCY.” For the Pacific Coast. Orrics or rox, Mixixe axp Scixntirto Press~No, 505 Clay . dlreet, corngr of Sansome, San Fraaclaqo, » , l Information for Inventors! Inventors on this epost having. their oppliavtions for patents made oul through our Agency can sign their papers at ance, and thus . ‘gecure their rights at lenet three months sooner than by trusting the eame to dttant agencies, Htuated eA New Fork or Washtngton. 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Bor be me ante the Ooverniuentfee, uamoaly, two ian wie in se goa will Beng noiled ot the’ of thei eptlon e Pat lee, wel OS+ fain for fe . i oe vi pga neti the personal Hee : { ay ego ae ay Whe. eas tke if Byeat, contp lle Hon, ie rate Ban ebe ow 4 by onréeno ndenice, sHony Sho atvent jon sts of, a new. a: artis le of mapuface te, Be aa eae Ostt Re SS anales sof er roof ghe mae 2 olen man. SEE ie feed Pander berurnished mf { ma he average time required to procure a “patent, when, the the; ase Is Once a our tt eney, 8 three tee ths ique tly wet thom through in d¢; mo,, bu er Ci aes : del KH part’ mi eaorsney perldd. ts so fe NICs C; ded to, four or 8, on, mare. e ake ae evil Bo olnt to Porward ad our onses ag Tapldiy ae [pages Patent ‘Otte Foes, and How "Payable." antl Nearly fill'tho fees payable'to the Pataiit Office are’ posi. ‘tively required by law to be paid In advange. 5 The Atenas Is the Governinent tariff of fees establahiedby lang, ED) wk We eGo TL DEE ion every lication for a design, for 8 yrs and 6 mo. $1 an On every L h for aldeslen, for séven years. ys’ ‘On every lon for a design, for fourteen year: ip oa every a UI ‘for'seventeon ye fy cat. ‘ 0 t ute gach or. ‘fa naling a a ee jon every jOn every Binllcniien for a re-issue. dttlonal patent erable one naion -. .Onthe grant of every exte On appeal tothe Coninisslonee rom Bxaminersin-chit ‘Ohevery mpheal to the Judges of Circuit Court, D. c. . 2 . We have hud auccesafw experoncé in conducting these appeals and our services are rendered on m derate terms. No B'—We shake out our own fortis for applleations, etc., and avouid respecttully Inform all parties thnt we have no printed blank forms for sale. i ' DEWEY & €O., Agente, sigh Mining and Scidittifa Prées Office, No, 605 Olny streot,.qor ner of Sansuine, Sau Francisco,