Show MUIR its love for Mee hantes and rome some of III II 11 queer inventions twenty years ago says a writer in tho the Ocono conomon cono moc wis came to the wisconsin university a W queer 11 er ge genius named john muir aluir he was of scotch parentage studious industrious inclined to have but few companions yet social was a lover of quiet fun and long rambles in the country and like many others who have had fiad their w way ay to make cooked his own meals in his room in all these things he was not singular nilar liis his remarkable trait w was its i his love ov of practical mechanics mcc hanica and invention he ile seemed to need few tools an ax saw aw jackknife jack knife and a gimlet were his chief wea weapons while almost any thing ser served affons as a center about w which ich several of his most interested machines clustered this was in the form ofa scythe and hun ginan in an old burr oak grub where F father a ahr time rime is supposed to have bave left it the scythe was split lengthwise and in the opening thus formed was a train of wheels constituting sti the works the motor was a heavy stone concealed under the roots and moss from which the clock rose on the table the year month day hour minute and second were indicated by index arrows on the i arious paper dials the pendulum was also an arrow with a lica heavy vy copper po point int his study acs desk was provided with a spring trap door under which moved a rack in which his books were set up separately on their backs back S he ile or arranged ranged his study hours for each lea lesson n and connected tho the machinery of his desk to the clock eo so that at tile ap appointed anted moment menttie the trapdoor opened t dropped I ro ped the book into its rack moved the tr trap under it il plis his bed was a machine utterly d destructive to tho the little more sleep of the sluggard it was hung on a pivot and supported at r such ull a height that when turned up it stood bearz nearly perpendicular foot down the foot bot waa held by a lever beside the bed was the on which the fluid lamp then in in use was wa placed at night to this bed the clock was connected aed and then set for rising in the morning tile machine took off er struck a match lighted the lamp and then withdrew tho the lever letting the bed down and bringing the occupant down on his feet I have known him to satisfy the curiosity of visitors by putting them into L the bed wrong end to and so bringing them out head down in the summer time he connected his bed to the cast window by a I linen thread A sun glass was eo so adjusted as to burn off this thread when the sun came to the right position I roomed opposite to liim him and he arranged signals by which I was often called in to ace see a bit of fun in particular with his 10 lo loafer af er chair this was a wooden chair with its bottom split A apparently parent ly to cure this split an azard awkward chunk was nailed over it near the front this caused the sitter to spread his knees As soon as the supposed loafer but real victim leaned back he pressed a concealed spring which fired an old pistol directly under the seat seal alib wonderful leaps of the vacti victim m were worth seeing ing nor did john forget the tho it ladica hd who sometimes came to see his machines out of a raisin a huge vicious I looking kin black spider was made which was so suspended as to drop before the fair visitor when she was well seated in his best chair it was delicious to hear bear them scream it only remains to say eny that john has bas the r reputation of I knowing mowing more of the yosemite valley and the nevada mountains than any other living man the official returns from all but thirteen counties in pennsylvania and these thirteen estimated give bailey rep for state treasurer a plurality of over noble dem tho the haytian chamber chambers voted to reward president solomon for the satisfactory administration by giving him in 11 cash city or county estate according to his choice cli oice and a medal of honor with the inscription the sixteenth legislature to the illustrious lust rious patriot general solomon 11 president resident of hayti from hie his grateful country ex minister christiancy yesterday testified in hia his own behalf a f he al a never knew giro and was not aware giro had testified flea in the case until a month after the deposition was taken he ile was perfectly familiar with the handwriting of his wife wire after examining carefully the letters submitted christiancy said he be was confident all of them had bad been written by lire mrs christiancy |