Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-11-22
The NEWSPAPER PREss.-The fol.

The NEWSPAPER PRESS ne loi'
lowing is from speech delivered. by
Rev. James Aspinwoll, on education:
"Nor, while speaking of the school
masters, in whose hands the printing
press is such a powerful agent of in.
struc,ion. mus, we forget the newspa-
pers. Whether we regard them as the
guide or echo of popular opinion-and
in one sort they partake of both char.
acters-wc are lost in emazement and
admiration at the quantity and quality
of mind, and that OF the highest order.
now 10 be found in the columns Of the
daily, weekly and provincial press
From being mere chronicle Of pass
ing events, dry register of the dates
and facts, the newspaper has grown
into one Of the leading schoolmasters
of the day. Its articles amuse us with
their wit, and instruct US with their
wisdom. They exhibit the brilliancy
Of the classical scholar, and the close
reasoning of the logician. 1t is an en-
cyclopeadia in itself. 1t reviews all
books and treats of all sciences. II is
familiar with all geography, and at home
with all history. II is Gdipus, to read
the riddles which every political sphinx
may set before il. 1t dives into cabi.
net secrets and anticipates the purpo-
ses of statesmen. 1t has the hundred
eyes of the ever wakeful Argus, the
hundred hands and fifty heads of Bria.
reus. And, as omnipresen, as omnis.
cient, as ubiquitous as versatile, it is
here, there, and everywhere, from In.
dus to the Pc, from China to Peru, com.
passing the world with its correspon.
dents, and. with its expresses and cleo
trio telegraph, racing against time to
communicate the intelligence of man.
kind in every region of the earth. The
ancients counted up seven wonders Of
the world. If they had possessed 6
newspaper press, they would have bao
an eighth, more marvellous and gilmore
worth than all the rest together"
| AssAyINo METALs.--The assayine
is the most curious and scientific of al
the business in the mint. The melter.
take the gold dust, mel, it, and cas-, i
into bar. wheI. it is weighed accu
rately, and piece cut off for the as
sayer. He takes it, melts il with twic,
its weight of silver, and several time
its weight of lead 1t is melted in SINAI
cups made of bone ashes, which Absorb
all the lead; large part of the silver i
extracted by another process, and th'
sample is then rolled out to a thin shaw
ing, coiled up, and put in sort o
glass vial, called mattrass, with SOM
nitric acid. The mattresses are put il
furnace, and the acid is boiled som,
time, poured off, new supply put ii
and boiled again. This is done severa
times, ill the acid has extracted all tn
silver and other mineral substances
leaving the sample of pure gold. Th'
sample is then weighed, and by the diff
ference between the weight before as
saying and after, the true value is found
RI All The silver over and above FIVE pen
nyweights for each lot, is paid for b,
the mint at lis true value. TIE gol,
after i, has been assayed, is melted, re
fined, and being mixed with its du'
proportion Of alloy. is drawn into lon,
strips mot unlike an iron hoop for
cask,) the round pieces cut out with
sor, of punch, each piece weighed ant
brought to right size, and pu, into
stamping process, whence it come
forth a perfect coin.-Scientifc Am er