Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-07-16
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instruments for promoting their own am
bilious objects, and for the enactment of
laws which are beneficial to nobody but
the artfu few with whom they originate.
1t is as true Of the nechantile arts as of
any other profession, that knowledge is
power, and we earnestly recommend 10
the attention.of our friends among young
mechanics, the following excellent hint
copied from the Buffalo Journal:
Hints to Young Mechanics.-'Fhe first
object of mechanic, as it should bethat
of every one, is to become thoroughly &C.
quainted with his particular business or
calling. We are too apt to learn our trade
or profession in halves and hence being
compelled to live by halves-dic by inch
es.
Study and labor to excel your competi-
tors, and then you will not fail to command
the patronage of the most discerning and
liberal paymasters. There is a great va
riety of highly useful knowledge which
appertains to every branch of business
that may be acquired by a course of judi
cious reading. This knowledge, well dig.
ested and systematrzed, constitutes the
science ofevery occupation. Thus, if YOU
are carpenter, the science of architecture
should be studied with profound attention
if a ship builder, the science of navigation
and hydrostatics, and that combination Of
them which vii. give the largest capacity
to vessel with the least resistance from
the water, and the greatest safety in the
time of danger from The clements. Ifvou
are machinist or mill wright, the me-
chanic powers should be well understood !:
if the machinery is to be propelled by
steam or water. you. should study the sci.
ence Of hydraulics; aud should have a per-
feet knowledge Of the combination of heat
and water, both in its latent and active
state, understand how it happens that a
quart ofwatcr converted into steam, which,
by thermometer, is 10 hotter than boiling
water, yet will bring gallon Of water up
to the same temperature. If you are a
halter, dyer, painter, or tanner, there
is no study so useful as chemistry.
The fact was known quarter of a cen.
fury to chemists that gam shellac was in
soluble in water before any hatter used 10
make water proof hats. The whole art OIL
giving beautiful and durable colorS to diff
ferent bodies entirely depends upon the
chemical affinity Of such bodies for the
coloring material, and the affinity of this
) latter for the different coored rays oflight
We speak understanding!y when we say
that the tanners and the public in the Uni.
ted States, lose millions annually from the
! lack of scientific knowledge how best tc
; combine vegetable iannin with ANNA
gelatin, which is the chemical process O
, making leathcr-call it by what name vol
please.
t There is a vast amount of knowledg,
which is now completely useless that ough
r to be brought home to the understanding
. of every operative in this Republic. w
: love industry and respect all who practic,
] it. But labor without study is like bod,
without soul. Cultivate and enrich tin
E mind with all useful knowledge, and res
, assured that an intelligent understandin!
r will teach the hands how to earn dollar
when the ignorant only earn cents.
$ KEoKUcK.-From the Chicago Demo
5 crat of June 18th, we extract the follow
: ing:
Keokuck killed By young Black HaD:
Prom several Of the Pouawatomie indi
ans now in this city, who recently passe,
the Sac country, we learn the following
: particulars. During the absence of
I nephew of young Black Hawk, Keckuci
got his wife drunk and passed The nigh
? with her. Being thus detected, it fell t
Black Hawk, as the nearest relative, t
4 avenge his nephew's injury; which he too
9 the earliest occasion TO do, and stables
: Keokuck at the entrance Of his nephew
wigwam. Keokuck, it viii be remember
e ed, was always the friend of the whites AM
1 opposed the celebrated Black Hawk o
!. Sac war, and was promoted chief through
the fundamentally of the United State
Government. He was about so years c
age, and, at the time of his death, was thi
e side Of the Des MONIES river, about -
Y miles -four days journey, the Indians hav
2 it, west of the Mississippi. Young Blacl
r Hawk is now chief of the Sacs, and, at las
: news, was at the head of 1000 warrior
: marching for the Sioux country. lie ha
a lost none of his inveterate hostility to tn
r whites but the terror with which his lat
J. travel through the United States, with hi
e father and Prophet, inspired him, may kee
e him from any overt demonstrations of i
It although he sneers at the peaceable dispos
! ton of Keokuck, ana swears he will cor
d vince other nations of the invinciblity
/, his warriors. He sent word to the Siou
! that be had murdered the woman chief an
r was coming upon them with warriors NOR
: numerous than the trees of the forest. I
) whom the Sioux replied he would be mt
IS by warriors as numberless as The leave
5 upon those trees.
II Young Black Hawk is about thirty year
: of age. AID altogether the most handsonl
u indian in bis tribe. In passing to the Sou
l. country he crosses the Pottawatamie land
1t which viii be neutral ground, SO long |
e neither party infringes upon the rights ar
n regulations of the Pottawatom;es.
d A Tough Musquitoe Siory.--A CORE
: pondent of some Western paper writes
le tough yarn about man on Grand Rive
who, beng annoyed all but TO death
mosquitoes, crawled under an inverte
potash-kett.c TO get out of the way of Il
p tormentors. His first emotions of Joy 4
y his happy deliverance, and secure asylul
le were hardly over, when the musquito
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