, whereby the
connection may be readily so adjusted that the brakes will not be set
in action as when required to back up the train.

FEED BAGS FOR HORSES.--W. A. Hough, South Butler, N. Y.--This
invention relates to a new and useful improvement in feed bags for
horses, and consists in making the bag self-supplying, by means of
one or more reservoirs, the discharge orifices of which reservoirs are
closed by a valve or valves.

TRUSS.--Adam Hinoult, Montgomery, N. Y.--This invention has for its
object to furnish an improved truss, which shall be so constructed as
to yield freely to the various movements of the body of the wearer,
while holding the rupture securely in place.

GOVERNOR FOR STEAM ENGINES.--Charles A. Conde, Indianapolis,
Ind.--This invention relates to a new method of regulating the
movement of the balls of a steam governor, with a view of adjusting
the same in proportion to the increased or diminished centrifugal
force.

CIRCULAR SAW GUARD.--G. W. Shipman, Ischua, N. Y.--This invention
relates to a new and useful improvement in means for protecting the
operator and others, near running circular saws, from injury, and it
consists in a movable guard, operated by means of the saw carriage, in
such a manner that, during the period of danger (when the saw is not
cutting), the guard covers the saw, and is thrown back from the saw
when the latter is in actual use.

CARPET-CLEANING MACHINE.--J. C. Craft, Baltimore, Md.--This invention
relates to a machine, through which a carpet may be passed, and so
beaten and brushed, during its passage, as to come out of the
machine thoroughly cleansed. The invention consists in the peculiar
construction and arrangement of beaters and brushes for effecting this
result.

COMBINED COTTON AND CORN PLANTER.--L. A. Perrault, Natchez,
Miss.--This invention relates to improvements in machinery for
planting seed, and consists in a combination, in one machine, of a
seed-dropping apparatus, adapted for corn, and another adapted for
cotton, in a manner to utilize one running gear for the two kinds of
seed, and thereby save the expense of separate gear for each.

LIME KILN.--T. A. Kirk, Kansas City, Mo.--This invention has for its
object to furnish an improved lime kiln, which shall be so constructed
as to enable the kiln to be worked from the front, in firing and in
drawing the lime and ashes, which will not allow cold or unburnt rock
to pass through, and which will consume its