3d, The employment of one or more burners under the retort or vessel, for the purpose of heating the same under the arrangement herein shown and described. 4th, The combination, with the carbureting vessel and intermediate heater, of a jacket under or around the sand carbureter, and a flue connecting the jacket with said heater, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth. 72,119.--LOOMS.--S. T. Thomas and J. H. Dolley, Guildford, N.H. We claim, in combination with the lever, g, arranged to operate as set forth, the incline, n, or its equivalent, for relieving the picker from the action of the spring, i, to permit free movement of the shuttle boxes, substantially as set forth. 72,120.--GATE.--John W. Thompson, Greenfield, Mass. I claim a gate, made of metallic tubing and connections, substantially as herein set forth and described. 72,121.--TAIL-PIECE FOR VIOLINS.--James Thoms, South Boston, Mass. I claim applying a winch to the tail-piece of a violin, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described. 72,122.--FOLDING BEDSTEAD AND CRIB.--R. S. Titcomb, Gloversville, N.Y. I claim, 1st, A folding bedstead or crib, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 2d, a rotating bedding-box, A, in combination with the head and foot-boards of a bedstead or crib, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 3d, Folding head and foot-boards, composed of the parts, F and C, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth. 4th, The swinging sides, A', in combination with the box, A, and the head and foot-boards, F C, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth. 72,123.--STEAM ENGINE.--J. F. Troxel, Bloomsville, Ohio. I claim, 1st, The construction of the oscillating valve, T, and arrangement of the openings, S P P', and R, substantially as shown and described. 2d, Also the arrangement of the piston rods, K and L, operating in one and the same end of the cylinder, substantially as shown and described. 72,124.--WARDROBE.--Nathan Turner, West Lynn, Mass. I claim a convertible wardrobe, closet, or bookcase, with swinging or folding sides, C, and swinging or folding top, A, and bottom, B, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. 72,125.--APPARATUS FOR DISTILLING OILS.--Herbert W.C. Tweddle, Pittsburg, Pa I claim, 1st, A trough or troughs, having perforations for the passage of the oil in small quantities and furnished with points near to such perforations, so as to cause the oil to pass therefrom in drops, or fine streams, or thin films or layers, over heated pipes or tubes placed thereunder, when used within a vacuum still, for the purposes substantially as described. 2d, In a vacuum still for distilling oil, the use of a series or coil of steam pipe, placed horizontally, one under another, as a series of evaporating surfaces, substantially as and for the purposes above set forth.