The end of the handle is Velie made a report of his explorations along the coast of tightened in the eye of the head by wedges. A small metallic bar, the Florida, in search of natural and archteological curiosities. edges of which are beveled off, fits into a dovetailed groove formed across . . .. the forward slide of the head and across the end of the handle. The bar On thIs trIP, he was accompamed by hIs brother, M r. A . E. is made of such a length that its ends may be fiush with the sides

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... the Ve1ie, of Aurora, and Dr. Hammond, of Geneseo, Ill. The head, and of such a thickness that its outer surface may be fiush with the expedition was rich in results, and the Doctor brought home forward side of said hoad. Through the center of the bar is formed a with him a very large collection of valuable specimens for hole to receive a screw, which is screwed into the end of the handle, and th f th d H· t b . f the head of which is countersunk into the bar. ers. The arrangement consists in the explosion dome, with itA main slide hoisting it. The invention further consists in so constructing the base of James K . Johnston, St. Louis, Mo.�The fastener consists of 11 toothed valve, igniting apparatus, and appendages for regulating the speed of the the hoisting apparatus that a platform maybe detachably connected thereplate having a hinged extension to which a bell alarm and sliding trigger engine and admitting the escape of the gases of combustion, of the siphon I with. are attached in such manner that the latter will trip the alarm in case the pipe for the liquid piston, with a paddle chamber and valves at the lower J IMPROVED BOX FASTENER. door is forced open. The advantages of the device are compactness, parpart, in connection with mechanism for transmitting motion, and of a Jerome C. Millard, Pultneyville, N. Y.-This deviceis applicable to vari-, tability, simplicity, and cheapness of construction, and the faCility with liquid reservoir. QUS uses, but is intended particularly as a faStening for physicians' hand I which it can be applied to and removed from a door.