I claim the construction and use of a circingle strap, as described, with the sheaves, A A A A, and their attachments to said circingle, and the slipping straps, B B B B, and rope, C, when arranged substantially as described for the purpose specified. Also, the combination of the above parts, A A, etc., B B, etc, and C, with any harness, arranged substantially as described for the purpose designed. 71,915.--JOURNAL BOX.--Wm. Sherburne, Charlestown, Mass. I claim, 1st, The bolt, E, constructed as and for the purposes above described. 2d, The bolt, E, in combination with the jaw, m, and oil box, B, substantially and for the purpose above specified. 71,916.--HORSE AND CATTLE POKE.--Nelson Sylvester, Weymouth, Ohio. I claim, 1st, The head, B, cross bar, E, in combination with the springs, F, and spikes, a, for the purpose and in the manner substantially as set forth. 2d, The cross bar, E, as arranged in relation to the yoke, C, and in combination with the poke, A, in the manner as and for the purpose specified. 71,917.--CORN PLANTER.--Frank J. Smiley, Marshall, Mich. I claim, 1st, In combination with a wheeled machine for planting corn or other seed at regular intervals, a "perambulator," substantially as described, when hung concentrically to a revolving seed cylinder, C, and operated in connection therewith, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein in specified. 2d, When operated in connectin with a revolving seed cylinder, the arrangement and combination of the dropping tubes, t, and their attachments with the tappet pins, T, and receiving basins, K, for dropping and conveying the seed to the furrowers, substantially as set forth. 3d, The pendant gage-bars, h, in combination with the gage plates, g, substantially as and for the purpose described. 71,918.--WHIP RACK.--Charles A. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. I claim a whip rack composed of metal or other inelastic material, and furnished with a series of divisions or apartments, with a hinged tongue or flap in each, and suitable openings in each apartment for the insertion and retention of a whip, substantially as described. 71,919.--METHOD OF HARDENING AND BLEACHING ARTICLES MADE OF SOAPSTONE, TALC, ETC.--Henry Julius Smith, Boston, Mass., assignor to Joseph C. Wightman, Newtonville, N. Y. I claim, 1st, The heating in a closed vessel, and in contact with carbon, the above described substances, or articles formed therefrom, for the purpose of hardening and toughening the same, substantially as above described. 2d, The removal, either before or after the hardening process, of impurities producing discoloration, by the action of a bath of melted chloride or sodium, or other chemical compound operating in like manner. 71,920.--HANDLE FOR TEA AND COFFEE POTS.--Enos E. Stow, Plantsville, Ct.