The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-04 00:00:00

aer, on Samuel Fret-
ife of the

Ann Fretwell, of 8, Ellen:street

IA of last February de-
- treet, on go-

o was a carman to a Mr.

withers, c

irm to a hay-loft up a ladder, on gaining the last step over-
balanced himself and fell to the ground on his bead, in which
state be remained for two hours in an insensible condition.
During the time he was lying there several pets ms who had

him called to him, but received no answ
he deceased lay was an
)atly attached to the dc

Near
rich was most
d in a stable,

nd, hearing the dec

such a length of time

s hind legs burst the door open, and, on coming
d, caressed him in an affectionate manner, and
its mouth of a macintosh which deceased had
,d him to the manger, when the deceased caught

ng to its putting its head down,
) and walked home. He had a
1 up, but he still

on his head, which was h

ght concussion of the brain

lie died

blow. N

'ntil Death."

—ln Paisley,

the absence of demand for the usual manuf

of the

y of the makers have been turning their attenti

nd articles of

r some weeks past silk, sil
mnpieces and handkerchi
ad more of them could be

forward. During that time

d than the maker,:
reat number of the

many of them so success

one extensive

the work of those who have been long at these goods.
market stands, and with business in its usual state, we
ook forward for a pretty brisk run in a small way for
h or two to come ; bat, as it is. with trade in such a

depressed and hopeless condition, and from tartans being
almost exclusively a winter wear, the makers are afraid to
enter into the business to any great extent, or to commit
themselves by the extensive purchase of the raw material
necessary for that purpose, which, perhaps in two months
hence, would not be obtained for the finished goods.
The numbers on the Paisley relief fund, week
ending October 18 .. . • • • .. 6,538
Week ending October 25:
___ •

Dependents
Females ..
Dependents

2.710-3,608
1,355
1,536-2,891---6,492

—ltenfrewshire Refortner

go, a mechanical
-ha hole in a
was solved by pressing one of the projec-
_,e till it was reduced to half its former thickness ;
ption of its original size being afterwards effected

of mahogany rods passing throng

COMPRESSION OF WOOD
UZZIE

—A few year

piece of t

by steeping the wood in warm water. It was at that time
pointed out bow this principle of compression might be very
practically applied with advantage. Hammers, choppers,
and numerous other tools may have their wooden handles
thus immovably fixed, by making the hole or mortice in the
iron of a tapering form, compressing the end of the handle so
as to cause it to pass through the small entrance, and then
soaking the wood in water to re-expand it. The bars for
chairs and planks for flooring boards, might be united in a
firm manner by similar means. It is probably on this prin-
ciple that we must explain a method sometimes adopted of
splitting large masses of stone. For constructing mill stones,
a mass of stone is cut into the form of a cylinder, several feet
in height. Circular and horizontal indentions are then cut
in the surface, entirely around it, and at a distance proper to
produce the proper thicknesses for mill-stones. Wedges of
willow dried in an oven, are then driven into the indentations
by means of a mallet; and when they have been forced to a
proper depth, they are moistened or exposed to the humidity.
of the night air. On the following morning the pieces of
stone are found to be severed one from another ; or rather
the solid block is rent into parallel circular pieces. Now, in
this case it seems probable that the forcible driving of the
willow wedges compresses the wood of which they are formed ;
while the subsequent wetting restores them to their former_
thickness, and in so doing rends the stone.—Saturday
Magazine.