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horse buses had been taken off London bus Horse Bases routes,_and it makes Dwindling one who knows his Loudon well feel no,: a little sad, for the sake of the erstwhile cheery bus-driver. He was never an insolent individual like the horse cabman; one thing, he was never concerned in financial matters, so there were no disputes between him and the travelling public. We remember him at his best, and feel grateful for his good humour and his wit. How odd it all is that London should even now still cling to its remaining horse buses, when for ktome years past every provincial town of any importance has discarded them in favour of mechanical traction. I reckon it will take another five years to clear them right off.
One of our Editorial staff has been disporting himself in Scot'and re
cently, and had occe Aepointed sion to call a taxi at Referee. one of the Edin burgh termini. Re was in a desperate hurry, but he had to wait .soire minutes the while his prospecth e driver and another taxiAbby settled a dispute by fisticuffs. This reminds me of an incident which happened to another friend of mine.
hich rather illustrates tile arr,,,ence displayed by the hansom (Ttbinan when he was in his zenith—he is a broken, poor-spirited, civil-tougued chap uow my friend stood on the curb and called out _Hansom! " Two drove up. 111., drivers ignored my friend's presence. but proceeded to argue volubly with each other as to whose fare " it was. After some vituperative moments a brilliant thought occurred to one. " Here! " he said, with inspiration. " why not arsk the pleading gen'elmau hisself The Cooper Steam Digger Co., Ltd., has sent illustrations of its patent steam digger in opration; this appears to me to rank a.s au agricultural motor, and I am asking our Editor to give a description of same, with some details which will be of eonsiderable interest to a large section of our readers. Diggin_g by Steam Power.
My hearty congratulations go to the Continental Tyre -and Rubber Co., Ltd , on the occasion of its Gold State-medal recognition by the for Kaiser. This worldContirtenfaLs. famed rubber company has received, from his Majesty the German Emperor, the gold state-medal " fiir gewerhliche Leietungen " (for industrial achievements). This medal was struck, by royal decree of the 22nd October, 1849. for the purpose of bestowing a token of public recognition upon Germans who might distinguish themselves by honourable achievements in their trade, or render particular service to any trade by useful inventions. scientific activity, or by other labours of public benefit. The obverse of the medal, which is pictured on this page. shows a portrait of his Majesty the King (Then reigning.—En.). surrounded by a floral ornamentation. The reverse represents, as sign of the prize presented by the genius of the Fatherland to merit, a Borussia. who, graced with sceptre
and crown, and floating along on the Prussian eagle swinging its wings, proffers the crown of honour to the recipient of the medal A comprehensive booklet has reached me, giving many details concerning the Rosie° acetylene generators, and it has the following new features, which are worthy of some attention :—First, as the head of water is lowered, through its being absorbed by the carbide, the overflow point within the generating chamber is also lowered. at proportional rate, by Ace6;km headlight Gmerators, the expansive power exerted by the swelling of the carbide. Therefore, in this eenerator, the head of water is always exerting a uniform pressure upon the gas. Second, the regulation of the flow of water is accomplished ens tirely by the pressure of the gas within the generating chamber ; when the pressure of the gas within the chamber falls below that which equals the head of water outside the chamber, more water flows in, and more gas is generated, until the balance is restored ; this is so automatic in its action that there is practically a constant withdrawal of gas and a constant flow of water, the inter-action neing precisely adapted to suit the number of burners in use at the time being.