The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-10-23

PETRoLgUa As FuEL.--Nature Ia con.
! atantly drawing from her storeshouss in the
bowels Of the earth, wberawjth to replenish
the waste on its surface. No.soon is one
material exhausted than another Is sup.
Piled. Tho discovery of Petroleum says an
exchange, Is the great event Of the day.
1t is entering rapidly into the supply Of
many of the most important domestic m
mechanical, wants; Already the riv'
gas for cheapness and brilliancy Of
aud substitute for animal and vegs
oils as lubricator, II begins to take
place Of wood and coal % q fuel.
We see from the Memphis Avalanche that
company has been formed In that city to
test its application TO the uses Of steam
boats. The boat to whioh.t 10 to be ap-
piled Is thus described by the Avalanche {,
1t will be says that paper side wheel
boat Of not lees than fifty horse power.
Tho lower deck will contain the boilers.
engines, kitchen, workshops and berths for
! the deck hands. In the, forepart, the place
formerly occupied by wood and coal, will
be dining.room Of suitable size. The up.
per deck will contain saloon, aeries of
state rooms, and sitting room for the Ia.
dies, NeaS the wheel house will 10 the
tapks, from which the reservoirs Of tho
boilers will DO supplied with petroleum
These tanks will be surrounded -T::i water
supplied from the spray Of the wheel, 80 as
TO keep them always cool. The officers
cabin will be on the hurricane decks sur.
mounted by the pilot house. The whole
boat will be lighted with gas supplied by
pipes frem y areservoir on the upper deck.
The dining-room will be heated by petro-
lenm stoves, the state-room has it's own re-
gulator, while not stove will be on tho
main deck. The cooking will likewise be-
done by petroleum. The main reservoir will
be under lock and key, 90 that none but
the proper persons can haVe' access to il.
There will be no smoke stacks, and the boil.
er vill bs fully one.third smaller than
| those Of ~ smaller power Of the ordinary
kind. Altogether there will be gain Of mt
least one-third Of .space available for
freight and other pusposes. while the CON-
parative lightness Of the fuel, and the con
segment lig:.t draught. Of the boat. will en-
able IL 70 pass over shallow places which
other boat. of the same power Ind capacity
will hardly venture 70 pass.
MANUFACTURES. 1t be kept before
the people that the way to save fifteen dol.
lars on every hve hundred pounds Of cotton,
Is to manufacture cotton where II 10 grown !;
and to manufacture cotton in South Carroll
| na Is to quadruple It's value to the State.
| As the Charleston Ncws in ono Of its able
| articles justly observes, the cotton mill has
been the means of building up the largest
fortunes IN the. world. Old EnglAnd and
New England owe much Of their. great
| wealth TO this cause, and what may not
South Carolipa--what may not Columbia
with her magnificent water power do in fol-
! lowing tn same pusuit. Georgia and Ala.
bama ere pushing forward In tho good work.
The Augusta, (Ga.) factory has just declar.
ed It's third quarterly dividend ofbie per
cent. Let us not bebehind hand There Is
is grand opening hore for capitalists, and
he who comes frst will enjoy the lions
share. Our public spirited citizen Colonel
l.. d. Childn. has already led Of in the
good work. Tho Ssluda factory has been
rebuilt and viii bs in running order 10 less
than two mouths with the best machinery
that can be imR.rted. A large number Of
handa will thus be employed, end from
four to Ave bales. Of cotton per day be work
| ed into the finest yarn. Will mop others
follow.--South Cdroliniadn.
TuE HUMAN. BopY.---THe proper
tions Of the human figure are strictly
mathematical. The whole figure is
six times the length of the foot:
Whether tho form be slender or plump
tie. rule holds good any deviation
from it is departure from tho high
est beauty In proportion. The Greeks
made all their statues according to
this rule. Theface from the highest
point Of the forehead, where the hair
begins, to the chin, is one-tsnth the
whole stature!. The hand,, from the
wrist to the middle finger, is the same.
From the top ofthe chest to the high
est point in tho forehead is a seventh.
If the length of the face;, from the
roots of the hairto the chin, be divid-
ed into three parts, the first division
determines the place where the eye
Brows meet, and the second the place
of the nostrils. The height, from the
feet to the top of the head is the same
as the distance from tho extremity of
tide fingers'when' tho arms are extend
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