Smyrna times., 1865-12-20

WOODEN TOOTIIPICKS. Perhaps in all tn,
arts there is no other machine that mutiplie,
the product OF labor to "a greater extent than
the simple little mae thne recently invented fo
making wooden touthpcks, and splints fen
| Tightening lamps, IOr matches, for baskets. an,
Tor some forty other purposes. 4 block q
wool Is placed Ill ths machine and the Spiint,
/ pour out III n,tant stream, or cataract, Ike
| the pouring of corn rom half bushel.
| ! his machine Is a. simple as it is clfcctual,
/ It being nothing more than an ordinary lathe
/ for turning wood, with little addition. The
trunk ot Il whitcwOod tree is sawed into block,
OF i length equal to the length of the tooth
picks Or Spllnts and is ccntcred in tha lathe.
The turning tool is a long stiff chiscl entend
lng the whole length Of the block or more, sci
vcrtlcay with its edge on 4 level with the cen
tres, and fitted to slide back and forth horizon
tally, and to be fed forward by a worm which
Is turned by the machine. Upon the opposite
side of the block is Il roller of the same length
! Us the block with Il series Of blades secured to
Its surface, the space between the blades being
equal to the width of the splints.. For lampligh-
ters the blades are set PARALLEL to each other,
but TOR toOthpicks they are set at small an
gle, so as to cut the picks off the proper taper,
the narrow ends alternating with the broad,
and thus using up all the wood.
The block is first turned smooth off by the
straight blade, and then the cutter with the ra-
dial blades is brought forward against the Op-
posite side, and thrown into gear, when it feeds
forward as the wood is cut away. The radial
blades cut shallow gashes into the block to a
depth just equal to the thickness ofthe splints,
and then as the block revOlves the splints are
shaved of by straight chisel. One machine
VIII make 70, 900 splnts u minute.
FAST YOUNG LADIEs.-Th divorce court
has shown US the social end Of several fast
young ladies' They begin their career by be-
ing very jolly, rollicking girls, amusing enough,
no doubt, as long rs they are young and irres-
pOnsibe but their brothers come home from
college, aud they emulate their swagger and
their slang. They effect u taste for unwoman-
ly things, and soon acquire q real love of ex-
cltelnent, unknown to respectable ladies years
ago. | have heard of girls smoking cigarettes
and carrying betting books The surroundings
of all this sort Of thing need no comment. If
the girl marries a sensible man, he will at once
put an end to everything Of the kind if he is
u fool, he permits it-and reapS the consequen-
ees.
" As the husband is, the wife is thou art ma
ted with q clown,
And the grossness of his nature Will have
weight to drag thee down"
But the misery does not end in the nine
days scandal the real sufferers, at least the
only sufferers worthy Of pity, are the children |
who, in latter life, blush to hear their mothers
name, and, if daughters, they themselves new |
or quite escape the shadow Of the family dis |
grace. a~
Ma said the pride of the family, who had |
seen some seven summers, tDo you know why |
our tom eat rs. like p0etY Ma didn't
why, exclaimed the precious pet, 'doesn' he
go out moonlight nights to invoke the news 2 !
"A giant ia Sweden measures feet S inches
In height. He belongs to the family OF those !
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