The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-12-13
VOL. XXIII---NO. II.
+" Chalk Your Eohin..,

business was not remarkably extensive hut
I suddenly he made Tremendous start aud
soon disianced all his rivals lie grew
! immensely rich, a. we all know, bat We do
! not all know tbs lucky accident to which
he was indebted FOR his enormous wealth.
ia the early days of cotton~spinning
macLcery great deal o. trouble used 10
/ be caused by iIianents of cotton adAe..uL
| to the bOobins, or tape, which then form.
! ed portions OF looms Shsse U.auieats ac-
cumula.ing soon clogged the wheels and
other parts Of the machinery, and rendered
!, necessary tcat they should be cleared,
which involved frequent storpages and
much loss OF time.
The great desideratum was 10 find out
. some plan oi preventing this cIogiug by
. the cotton. amp Sir Robert, on Mr.. Peel, as
he wa. thea, spent vast sumo in cxperi-
uleuts. He employed son.e of the ab,est
niachIniSts IN the kingdom-amony them
James v Natt--who suggested yario.is cor
rectlon-, but spite ol AL they could do, the
inconvenience ercmaiaed-thec cotton would
adhere to the boUbiDs, and the evil ap-
peared to be insurmouDtabic
OF course these delays seriously affected
the wages OF the Operatives, who. on Satur-
days, generally came short in proportion
to the stoppages during the previous days.
II Was noticed, however. that one m,u
always drew his iull ray-h!s worh..was
always .ccorap!!- Lcd-'n tsct his ioomihad
10 stop, while every other in the factory
was IDLE. AIR. Peel was informed Of this,
and knew tnero Inust DC u secret some
where. 1t was important that it should be
discovered j. possible.
The man was WATCHED, but all to no
purpose; his fellow workmen tried to
pump him, but they couldn't at last
M +. sent .or the inGu into Ia. private office
lie va, rough Lancanshiie man-un-
able 10 read or wlite-!ittle better than a
mere animal lie entered the presence
pulling his foreloci,, aDd sAuiIi.ng On the
ground with his great clumsy wooden saoe,.
Dies, sald Mr.. Peel, Ferguson, the
overlooher, tells me thai YOUR JoLJius are
always cledn-I, that 30 =
' iIe's Mast be
ell, DICK, how % you manage it
have yoG any objection. to let Lae kuowH p
Why, Master PHI, t b. &. so4rt o sa~
cret iolHe, ye sec. and il d told Z otherd
know i-IJch IS o., replied Dick, with a
cunning s..u.
80. coulsc, Dick, III give you some
thing i you!i tell me-~ud it you can
max" all the looms In the factory work as
smoothly yours
Every Que them, Master PHI
'''lf' 'A6b e!4s1at SIhc You -N.sl4lO
your price Dick, < let me have oul secret
Dick grlnu-d, scratched aud shook his
great head, and shuiii-d .or e few minutes,
wni.e Nj Peel t"AioU>iy awaited hs re
ply The cotton lord thought lis servant
would probably ask hundred pounds or
% which he would most wil'i=-ly have
e,ven him. Presently Dick said
" " ell. Master l!!l, Il io4 you about il
if vol Il eve r7e--a qIarf - beer day As
long e. ! all. n tie Al.l.s-!ou J.! save that
Ier.
.tr Pei rather thought he should ana
quickly agreed 70 the n!s.
Yol shall have it, Dick, and half
gallon every SUNDAY into the bar-a.n"
We'll, then, sad Dick, iirs. .ookin.
cautiously around to see that 80 one was
near" this II be, putting his lip. close
to Mr. Prels ear, he whispered, Chalk
your bobbius "
HAT indee,! was the great secret Dick
had beenin the habit OF tugt.ve!y chalkIng
his Lobbins, which simple .0ntriyauce had
iiectually prevented tin aIL of
the cotton. As the Gahbius were white
the ci * - !lad escaped detection.
Ir Peel was a sa-acious mgI, aud saw
through the affair At g.auce He at
once patented the inveu.iOn-hli chalk
in-' rlacAinern contIIved. and -oon took
tie lead lm the cotton spinning depart
ment. ] ais was the foundation Of his
lliacoiy fortune. It ; our right to add
that h peasionel oti Dick handsomely
Wonder, Of The Atmosphere.
The atmosphere rises above u with its
cathedral dome "rching toward heaven, of
waich It Is the most perfect synonym and
symbol 1t floats around Us like that
grand Object which the Apostle Paul saw
III his vision, " a sea Of glass like unto
crystal SO massive il il that when it
heglus 10 stir il tosses aJCut great ships
like playtLirgS, and sweep, city and forest
like snow fakes, to destruction, before It
inG Yet it Is 30 noble that We have lived
years in 1t before we .an be persuaded
that it exists at all. and ,he great bulk of
man hiud never realize the truth that they
are buried in an ocean of air. Its weight
Is 20 enormous that iron shvers before it
Ike glass yet a soap ball sails through u
" tn impunity, and the tiuicst insect
waves it aside with lis WING IL ministers
l.vishly 10 all our SENSES. We touch it
not bat It touches US. Its warm south
wind brings back the color to the pale
face of the invalid; its cool west winds re-
fresh the tvvered brow and makes the
blood mantle to our checks; even its
north blasts brace into new yigor the
hardened children Of cur rugged climate.
The eye Is indebted to 1t for all the mag.
nIticcEce OF sunrise, the iDl! brightness of
me- ,.a,, the ,has:laci radiencs of the
morning sun. But for it the rainbow
would want its 81 triumphal arch, anG the
winds would not send the tieecy messen-
ges on errands around the heavens the
cold ether ether would net she'd snow
feathers on the earth, nor would drops of
dew gather on the beautiful flowers The
kindly rain would never fall. nor hail
storm nor fog Diversity the face of the
sky; our naked globe would turn its tam
ned and unshadowed forehead 10 the sun,
and ohe dreary moaotonois blaze of light
and heat dazzle and burn up all things.
Were there no atmosphere the evening
sun would in II moment set, aud without
warning plunge The earth in dark ness
Bul the ai. keeps in her hand shield of
her rays, and let's them slip but slowly
through her fingers so that the shadows
Of evening arc gathered by degrees. and
the flowers hay. time to bow their heads
and each creature space Ia find place of
rest and TO nestle TO reposs. In the morn
lnG the sarnsh sun woui3 - one bound
burst from the bosom of light and blaze
above the horizon but the air watchps for
his coming, and sends first bat one little
Fay to announce his approach, and then
another, and then handful: and SC
gently draws aside the curtain OF night,
and slowly lets the light fall on the f.co OF
the sleeping earth, till her eve nds open.
and like Inai. she goes forth to lsbor until
evening
NoNAy.-lt is seldom,that Juiius Csesag
Hannif II says angling worthe quoting; but
the following is not bad:
''Dey may Rail against woman as much
ne fey Ike, dey can't set me up against