The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-09-30
THE NEWS.

fact that gutta percha wnen Immersed III p0ihng
water contracts considerably In bulk, whilst India
rubber when immersed In boiling water expands,
and is very Tally increased In bulk. Gutta per
cha juice also is Of dark brown color, and CON
solidates IN a few moments after exuding from me
tree, when It becomes about as hard IS wood. In
dia rubber sap on the contrary Is perfectly white
and of about the consistency OF thick cream
when 1t coagulates 1t gives from four 10 six parts
water out of ten. Gutta percha first treated With
water, alcohol and ether, and then dissolved with
spirits OF tuPentine, and precipitated, yields ?
substance consistent with the common properties
gutta percha but India rubber, similarly treated
results in substance resembling In appearance
the gum arabic Gutts percha by distillation yields
67N per cent. of volatile matter; India rubber
by the same process yields sosz per cent.
A PosrR.- poung Jonathan took Il Into his
head one day to get wife He accordingly looked
about him, and very soon made such . selection O.
suited him, and was not long In striking bargain
and settling his prelimnaries He then applied to
clergyman to perform the ceremony. 9sss
" But are you prepared for, such an import
ant change in life r. said the reverend gentleman.
~ guess be- says Jonathan, !" for have got
my land just paid for, and own = good yoke 81
steers and cow" sssseta ia2ai wv 9ElhaGaat 4
"yery we'll said the holy man. with Q long
breath and sober face, g all these worldly things
may be very proper in their place, to be spre but
have you ever thought Of salvation 2" M IA
That was poser. "ISal Tation I" says iona
than, I" who in thunder is shsfleh sgs-ast
RIeHr OF surEaAe .EThe following Is too good
to be lost Il is often made subject of complaint
that ministers of the gospel participate in political
| matters An anecdote of a Mr.. Field, who lived
in Vermont several years ago, contains good re-
ply: g. MI, s..sl,,f ny. ss<.a IN a....3 s.ss y
As tho reverend gentleman went at time, to
deposit his vote, the officer who received it being
friend and parishioner but Of opposite politics re-
marked--Hs a3 .gi 5ts5 r88 EHaa1tG,%
"Iam sorry, Mr.. Field to see you here
"Whyin asked Mr.. Field. .sll b4saaf /.
Because said the officer, Christ said his
| kingdom was not of this world. "" ~ e
Has no one right to- vote" said Mr.. Field,
| unless he belongs to the kingdom Of Satan"
This at once letin ray of light TO the darken-
| ed chamber of the officers Uranium which he had
never thought of before.
A ROYAL HA1RDREssER Mr.. Isodore, the
Queens coifenr, who receives 81, 900 a year for
dressing her Majesty's hair twice a day, had gone
| to London in the morning, meaning to return To
Windsor in time for toilette but On arriving at the
station was just FIVE minutes too late and saw the
| train depart without him. His horror was great
as he knew bis want Of punctuality would deprive
| him of his place; 80 he was obliged to take q
| Importance of his business, put on extra steam,
| and whisked him the eighteen miles in eighteen
minutes for fl8.--Reikes's Journal a'aiag z Il
THE HoLLYHocK.--In Europe at the present
time the hollyhock seems TO be the favorte of the
florists for fancy and show flowers, having taken
| the place held by the dahlia a few years since
The varieties of the double hollyhock, in the com
binations Of color and form, seem almost endless
At all the leading florists exhibitions, liberal pre-
| mums are offered and awarded to hollyhocks Of
the different classes, and plants of named prize
varieties sell at high prices. aq =
The GREATEsr STEAM INVENTION YEr.-The
Baton Rouge Gazette, under the above heading,
has the following: &c. sse IA s, s,.,a.,i;.5 4
William st. Martin, of this city, has invented
an engine which can be constructed, boiler and
all, for about fifty dollars. The machine is 30
simple that we might with propriety say It is
merely an escape pipe, taking up no more room.
The steam is admitted into drum or cylinder, in
which the shaft works; from this power is applied
directly without further friction. The other day
we saw the perfected model of the engine pump
| ing water about twenty feet and throwing IL into
a reservoir at the brewery. This is the apparatus
wanted for getting in cheap manner one or two
horse power to drive small machinery Mr.. st.
Martin has made application for letters patent
| and when he gets them we think he has fair
prospect ahead to realize something from the
result Of his genius.
Facts WORTH RrMExBERINe.-We have exam
| ined the following Facts worth remembering
They are no,o ,oorth remembering, having been
corrected. A surveyors chain Is 4 poles, or SO
feet divided into 100 links, or 792 inches. A square
chain Is l6 square poles and ten square chains are
an acre.. Four roods are an acre, each containing
1910 square yards or 10, 500 feet or "a yards Is
inches on each side. A pole Is 8 IL yards each
way An acre is 4,s4o square yards, or 43,6eo
square feet, or 80 yards / foot 8 IL inches each
way. A square mile, or 1850 yards each way
is GAO acres; half mile, or $50 yards each way
is. 100 acres; quarter of a mile, or 40 yard,
each way, Is park or farm Of 40 acres, and Q
furlong, or 22o yards each way, Is 10 acres.
HUNTINGTON FAMLr.-The gathering at Nor
| witch, iConuy OF the members Of the Huntington
Rmly by name or blood, numbered 500, filing en-
tirely the body of the Up Town Church. The
Rev. L. b. Huntington, of Stamford, in his address
| on the occasion, traced the origin of the Hunting
/ ton name to a certain well known portion Of Eng
| land which was famous in olden time as hunting
ground. This huntingground was called from 1t.
use Huntington, and was noted for having giver
name TO several honorable families. OF one o
those families came Simon Huntington to Americ,
in 1888, but died before landing on the New Eng
land shore, leaving wife and four children. From
| these children descended most OF the presen,
Huntington family in the United States. ~,
The widow married Thomas Stoughon, OF Mas
sachusetts, and then moved to Windsor, in Con
necticut Among the exercises were hymn
written by Mrs. John w. James, of Boston, dangh
ter Of Riph Huntington, and "reminiscences b.
Mrs. Sgourney. ia
/" How shall / cut this mutton--saddlewise o
not p said gentleman at whose house Mr.. Hool
was dining. % lilN 10 hssAl p .gs
~ think you had better cut II 6ridlesiss,p re
piled Hook, because there might be chance q
our having biz 6st,ceen our testh.n 49, AZ.
ASoRRY MAs--They tell story about Yanks
tailor dupning man for the amount Of his bill
The man replied ,9t M. 100 ts
81 am sorry, very sorry indeed, that ! can
pay it." l.ur1 u
"well,n said the tailor, I" l took you for ma
that would be very sorry--but II yos are sorris
! than am, I'll quit" 800 l4'ai Hoi
VALUABLE PRopucTs. Vermont produces for
staples, viz: men, women, msplesugAr, and horsei
, SAKE says: l,.. e.aeFSe ,t'ss,i
Il The frst are stros z, the last are feet att
The second and third are exceedingy sweet Z
And allare uncomnonly hard 70 beat ~
DRrvIsa TANDEM. There was some sport
Manchester N n last week Richard Smit