Penrith, New South Wales. This iuvention provides a mechanisill by which the brakes will be applied and a whistle sounded automatically by a danger signal, the apparatus to be applied to any 10comoti ve, and connected with an air· pressure brake. A part of the invention consists of an adjustable or striking plate or bar to be placed on the side of the line, the contact of the apparatus with such plate causing the bral{es to be applied and a whistle to be sonnded. The striking plate is placed

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... e distance in advance of the ordinary signal, and is so connected as to always give the alarm and apply the brakes on a train approaching a signal set to indicate danger. providing improved means for operating the bilge forming devices. The bilge formers are held to re ciprocate on a main frame, and the drive shaft is formed with a gear which reciprocates a rack frame, normally held ont of operative connection, while lift. ing devices arranged to be operated by the passing stave are operated to throw the rack frame in mesh with the gear, in connection with means for carrying the stave. To cnt staves for harrels of nuiform lenll:th but differ ent diameters it is only necesoary to place between the guides formers having the proper bilge gauge. SAw.-Albert Smith, New York City. This invention consists of a spring-pressed guard fitted to slide alongside the saw blade, the rear end of the guard pressing against a coiled sprinl( in a tube in the handle of the saw. The improved implement is more especially designed for cutting keyholes in doors, etc., the operator taking hold of the guard to gnide the SIGN AL WHISTLE. -William M. saw. Smouse, Gettysburg, South Dakota. This is a simple form of locomotive whistle more especially designed �rlcultural. to automatically sound a signal on the approach of the engine to highway crossings or other places. A valve TURNING PLow.-Philip J. Ebersohl, connect$ the steam supply with a CYlinder containin g Centreville Station, Ill. This invention provides a a piston, or with a port leading to the whistle proper, quickly and easily applied plow attachment which will and crossing an apertured plate moving W Ith the pis to n. effectually serve to turn weeds, stubble, corn stalks, A dowuwardly extending rod carries a friction roller i etc., under the ground. It consists of a spring-pressed adapted to travel on a plate placed alongside t.he rail ' shaft adjustably attached to a face plate and carrying near crossings" whereby the whistle is automatically a turning fork whose lateral movement is regulated by operated, requiring no attentIOn from the engineer, a stop mechanism, a drag being connected with the while the sounds or bla&ts Can be varied for any de -fork. The attachment is readily adjnsted to any de sired signal. ' sired position, or it may be lifted from the ground and from close proximity to the mould board when neces SPARK ARRESTER.-John E. Zimmersary. man, Trinidad, Col. Within the smokestack, accord_ ing to this invention, are top and bottom cross bars which mpport a central vertical rod, around which is secured a spiral wire netting sheet, contacting at its outer marginal edge with the inner walls of the stack. All sparks and cinders passing upward are thus so in terrnpted in their movement, and kept so long 8. time in the smokestack, that they will be extingnished or broken up. Ralhvay Appllances. CA R AXL E BO x.-John Donnelly, Brockley, England. The axle box shell consists of a corrugated and embossed steel plate, bent to box-like form and welded at the abutting edges, while a cast iron liner or distance block is adapted at its under side to form the journal brass bearing, being hollow to serve a. a I(rease box if required, and having fianll:ed ends and sides fitting against the top of the box, with a central post also bearing against the top of the box directly beneath the carrying spring. The top of the shell on which the carrying spring bears is thus so sup ported as not to be exposed to any bending strain, a direct crushing .train only being transmitted through the metal. CAR CO U PLING .-Henry Gallager, Savannah, Ga. The drawhead of this coupler is formed with an inner longitudinally extending face containing a vertically disposed semicircular recess in which turns a half bolt connected with an arm and pin, a rod cOQnected with the arm reaching to one side of the car, and there beinl( means for locking the arm in place. The construction is simple and durable, and the coupling is effected automatically, it not being necessary for the trainmen to step between the cars. CAR COUPLING. -John H. Crumb, Burlingame, Kansas. Combined with a drawhead hav ing cavities for receIving an ordinary Imk and holes forthe link pino, and provided with a nib, is a spriug_ actuated hook to engage the nib on the coupling of an adjacent car, the hook having shoulders to engage the spring to hold the hook either open or closed. The coupling 18 automatic, and may be uncoupled from eit.her the top or side of the car, and may also be used a" an ordinary coupling, using a link, while provision is made for simultaneously clo Sing the air brake pipe with the uncoupling of the coupling. Mechanical. CRUSHING R 0 L L. -Daniel Brennan, Jr., Bayonne, N .• T. Tbis invention relates to rolls consieting of a center or Core and a removable shell which may be renewed when worn, the improvement providing for the accurate and secure fixinl( of the shell to the center without the necessity of boring the shell. The inventiOn embraces a novel manner of ar· ranging and securing the wedge blocks, a keeper a,sur ing the proper position of the shell longitudinally of the center, BOLTING REEL. -Cyrus Bolenbaugh and Ezra B. Wagner, Warsaw, Ind. A series of cylin drical agitator plates is fixed to turn on the main shaft, but without longitndinal movement, while a sepllrate and independent outer bolting cloth frame is supported at its ends from the shaft by springs, a re ciprocatir.g sleeve or collar on the shaft reCiprocating the bolting cloth trame agaIDst the action of its springs. The invention also embraces other novel features de signed to form a bolting reel of simple and durable construction which will efficiently lI:rade the material passing through it. BRICK CuTTING MACHINE. -Charles T. Fitch and Andrew Schantz, Perth Amboy, N. J. Levers are fnlcrnmed at the sides of a main table on which slides a feed table, there being a connection be_ tween the levers and the feed table, and a cutter Com. prising a head;' connected with the levers, while a shaft is journaled in the frame and wires are stretched be tween the head and the shaft. The cutters are actuated direclly from tbe levers, and the feed table indirectly. The blocks of clay as SOon as cut are antomatically ' pressed from the cutters and delivered to a table to be removed thence for drying. ' STAVE JOINTING MACHINE. -William SEED PLANTING MACHINE.-Robert B. Snell and Burton Smith, Monument, Kansas. A Com· bined disk harrow and >leed drill is, by this invention, provided with a novel form of feed rel(ulator aud de livery tube, the lateral being fiexible, longitudinally adjustable, lock-lapped, of sheet metal, formed of a single piece and COIled spirally, with edges folded toward each other in manner to form a lock. Com bined with the seed hopper also are parallel movable gaugp. strips III its bottom, having zigzag edges and a spring for holding the edges in contact. HARVESTING MACHINE.-William J. Randolph, Millersville, La. In this machine the cut ting mechanism and bindmg table are arranged in front of too main drive wheel, so that the grain need not be elevated to carry it to the binding table, and the drive wheel can be made large in diumeter and wide to readily pass over soft ground, the machine being es pecially adapted for harvesting rice, as well as grain of any description. The invention also covers other novel details and combinations of parts. MlscellaneoUl •• CARBURETOR. -William and James Falley, Lafayette, Ind. 1'he enrichment of natural gas by supplying it with sufficient hydrocarbon to render the gas fit f{)r illuminating purposes is the especial ob ject of this invention. Instead of the gas being di rected over a carbureting liquid, or through perforated absorbent partitions saturated witb snch liquid, a car bureting vessel is provided in which the gas enters at the .top of the casin!?, passes downward and then up through a perforated plate, through the body of the liquid hydrocarbon, to the outlet at the top. The hy drocarbon liqnid is by this process kept constantly ag. itated, facilitating tbe taking up of the good qualities of the liquid by the gas. GENERATOR.-William R. Macdonald, Allegheny, Pa. This invention provides a heater h!'v iug a fire box and water tubes and water compartments, a steam generator being arranged in the water heater and heated from the fire hox, while the pipes of an ammonia gas generator extend into and through the water tnbe compartments and steam generator to derive the necessary heat to produce the gas. This generator is designed to comfortably heat and cool and supply fresh air to apartments, the pipes and radiators nsed in winter for heating being employed in snmmer for re frigerating purposes. PILE PROTECTOR.-John W. Lowman, Vicksbnrg, Miss. Accordinl( to this invention the head or face of the pile is provided with a woven wire fac ing, which is incorporated with the impact face of the pile by the first blow of the hammer, the fibers of the pile retaining the faCing in place, and the latter pre venting the splitting of the head of the section. HOSE BRIDGE.-John H. Gloninger, Pittsburg, Pa. This invention provides a device for supporting a hose at an elevation, to provide a passage beneath for vehicles, street cars, pedestrIans, etc .. with out interfering with the fiowof water through the hose. The device has pivotally connected and vertically ad justable legs, with tackle, hoist block and cable,l(uide ropes beIDg attached to the leg., and clamps for engag_ ing the hose. The device can be quickly set np, and may be folded into compact form and small space for convenient transportation and storage. HOS E NOZZLE GUlDE.-James N. Brewster, Coney Island, N. Y. According to this in vention a ball having a throull:h bore to receive the nozzle is fitted in a suitable support or socket in the wall of a bnilding, or partition of a room, or the deck of a vessel, etc., to permit the insertion of a ho�e noz zle, so that the water may be directed to the Interior and the fire succeosfully attacked without the necessity ot the firemen entering the room or apartment, and the drauj(ht occasioned by opening doors will be avoided. The diameter of the ball is according to the thickne .. of the wall, and the BOcket and ball embody several novel features. MINE CAR.-Homer Durand, Stark ville, Col. This car has the bottom of its body extend· ed beyond the ends, the extension being cnt away at the center to form two projections adapted to engage and open a door in a mine shaft, as the car travels down the track ill the shaft. ,y. Wright, Cooperstown, Pa. This invention relates GUN S T 0 C K ATTACHMENT.-Ralph to a former patented,invention of the same inventor, TOWI18end, New York City, Tbis is a device to check the recoil of the gun, and consists of a band of yielding material surronnding the bntt, a rIgid stock plate being connected with the band at its onter margin, and ports of elastic material extending forward from the inner face of the stock plate, an air chamber being formed between the butt of th<: stock and the rear end of the device, and the chamber having outlets or vents throll2h the eighteen chapters are each to be considered a sepa rate primer. The last chapter, a sort of resume, is termed a primer of primers.