Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1882 — A Glance Through Bachelor Blase Eye-Glass. [ARTICLE]

A Glance Through Bachelor Blase EyeGlass.

“Ah, Geowge, been havin’ a nap on the sofa? Twy an’ wake up, me boy, an’ have a cigah.” “Well, I don’t cayahif I do, Chahley.” Yawn. “Deuced lonesome loafin’ ’roun’ th’ club aw th’ time—isn’t it, Chahley? W’ot’ll you have?” “I’ll have a—a —awh—well, a glahss of ’polinaris, I think, Geowge.” “Capital cigah, Get it you’self when abwoad?” “Naw—naw—not me own choice at all, Geowge; but some me Ijwothab, Wobbert, sent me from Cuba—something very rayah, I-assuah you.” Prolonged wbifi. “Very fine country— Cuba—Geowge. Evah thea?” “Ye-es, b’lieve I was—once—Chahley. Took a yacht-sail down theah with a pahty of vewy jolly fellahs fwom New Yawk one season. Found it doused dull though.” Yawh. “Pon me word, I don’t b’lieve I can keep awake, Chahley. Haven’t had a nap for bahs an houwah, Ido b’lieve. Wake me up by an’ by —will you, me boy? Ye-es, I thought you would. Good-by.” Engineering says that an old and comparatively little-known work by C. A. Tremtsuk, published at Bordeaux in 1842, gives some interesting particulars of the steamers plying about that time on the Gironde and the Garonne. One of these vessels, the Union, set to work in June, 1829, had a compound engine constructed by Hallette, of Arras. This engine had two inclined cylinders, the connecting rods taking hold of the same crankpin. The cylinders had a diameter of 15 and 15.8 inches, respectively, and the stroke in each instance was 26 inches. The engine was run at 80 revolutions a minute under a pressure of 66 pounds of steam. Another example of an early compound engine was that which in 1842 was in use in the steamer Le Corsaire Noire. It was built in 1837 by Fol. Sr., Bordeaux, and had three oscillating cylinders, two of them being 10.78 inches in diameter, with 89.4 inches stroke, and the third having a diameter of 21.27 inches with a stroke of 32 inches. The three cylinders acted on three different cranks. The two smaller cylinders received the steam from the boiler at a pressure of 74 pounds, and discharged it into an intermediate receiver, from which it passed to the large cylinder, and then to the condenser, An occurrence, which may be partially or wholly attributable to the rude shaking which Switzerland has recently undergone, is reported from Quarlen, in the canton of SL Gall. A short time ago the people in the neighborhood noticed signs of uneasiness about the Schnebelberg. The summit of the mountain appeared to be in a precarious position, and it was feared that it might slip down and overwhelm the Schnebelwald, an extensive wood in the valley below. In anticipation of a possible catastrophe, great efforts were made to cut down and carry away as many trees as possible, though the men engaged at the work wrought at the peril of their lives. When fortunately there was nobody in the wood, a deafening report, like the firing of heavy artillery,' resounded through the valley, and the mountain was hidden from view by a thick cloud of dust. When it dis-pei-scd, the Schnebelberg was seen to be shorter ‘by a few metres, and the beautiful wood in the Murgthal had disappeared beneath a huge avalanche of stones Jules Verne, the novelist, has made $250,000 from his writings. He is 61 years old, enjoys good health, and works as hard as if he hadn’t a cent laid up. A widower of 93 has just married a damsel of 65 at Champlain, Vt.