The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-01-28
EACH TlIE ERsRtAY,
sFHAEF~eARIsaaas e0AaAxoN
ROADS.

A train Of heavily laden coal wagons,
looking exactly like a luggage train,
was as observed coming steadily mp the
steep q Incline leading into Edinburgh! 2
It was one Of Mr.. r. W.Thonipsoii's l
patent road steamers with India ftt-is
rubber wheel tires having four hugo
loaded wagons initwo, the total weight
of theload was fortytons. From New-g
battle collieriesr eight miles from +Ed-o
inbargh, overia heavy hilly road within
rising gradients of one in nsixtceiE0F 0Fhe'I
hill from Bow Burnup to Minor street
is siboth long and steep, but the road
drew its train to the top with
the most perfect ease. Insthe,outsklRfs
of theacity, where the roads are macd
there; Mere many plaSeso
where brolsesh stones had jflst been
spread ON the, surface. Over .sharR,l
loose, stones the India rubber tires OF
the road steamer passed without erqlslIt-l
ing, OF in fact, disturbing them mllr in the
least. The toughest and sharpest bed
of broken stones sank gently into the
elastic cushion of India rubber, which
rose from the contact with the most
Jagged fragments of stone without any
trace or mark ofinjury;; The perfect
command which the conductors ofthe
train have over its movements enabled
them theemnllttfoa to control Botlf its gcoiffse and
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speed with tile utmost precision The d
lin? Of Streets through which it passed
are esaltWR ALWAYS the most crowded streets ,
in the city; but notwithstanding all
these obstacles, aggravated BY athei
streets being at some points under. )
repair, and closed for one half their
widtlEs s1fo difficulty was experiencsd
in steering clear of everg2iHipediment.1
This invention seems to remove all
obstacles to the use of steam on comSg
monTdads.-ScOtsm Otsmaa.gik Eao0 SKI
eggd b4.-44tltt III ~ 7ti-allA baR
aaiI HAVE NO TINE TO STUDY. .Aosizi4
TThe idea about the want of time is a.
mere phantom. Franklin found timeb
in the midstrfefqall his labers to dive
into the hiddelhEecssses of RhlosaphxF
and to explore the untrodden path Of 2
science, The great Frederick, with an
empire at his direction, in the esJmrliifd midst
of war, on. the eve, of battles which :,
were to decide the fate, of his q king s
dom, found time to Fevel in the charms ms Il
of philosophy and mtellectua! pleas pleas s :
ures. Bonapartc, with all Europe Ar AZ
his disposal, with kings in his IS ante afnrs5r
chamber begging, for vacant thr9enesYT
with thousands Of men, whose desti-s flst i;st
nies., were suspended on, the !. brittle !,
thread Of his arbitrary pleasures lfePf " bad
time to converse with books, C@saTy !,
when he had curbed the spirit of the
Roman Roman people, and was ,thronged
with itdhl visitors from the remotest King
tloam1rss,p la1rsp found time fol. intellectual cuI
tivationl. n Every man has time, # he
improves i1I,r ' il as IS we'll as he might, and
can reap three-fold reward. Let
mechAhics then make use ofthe hours
Of their disposal If they Want to obL
tain proper influence in soeietyy.. .
They are the iiife-bisod -ofthe comifnualo 20
nifty; they can, if'they please, R8ld iii =
their hands tiie destinies Of our repdubl 3
lie; they are numerous, respectable :
and l,bewerful; and they have only to
bei educated half as well as other prosd
fessions, to makelaws for the natidh: -
, on sa=---+- : 4.f4sse-----57slstt9d a3ssa
noftsly LIFE--wHATs IssIT?lte sao1iud
,rChangeiis the communicative of So
cietman The Merld isIIike niagiedalf-S
terri, orl the shifting osceneslpfia pano-o
rama. Ten. n.gearsi convert thap pepalas1
ton of sschoels into men and women,
the Young into fathers and .matrops,
make and mar, fortunes, and bury the /
last generation butone: Twenty years.
convert infants into lovers, fathers and
mothers, decide mems fortunes and
distinctions, convert active men into
crawling drivlers and bury all preced--. .
ing generations. Thirty years rise an
active generation ationlo from fro M noneGtity,
change fascinating beauties into bear: Z !,
able old women, convert lovers into !, !.
grandfathers, and bury the active gem
eration,i Qor reduce them to decfepi-
tude or imbecility. Forty years, alas r
change the face of society. Infants
are growing old, the bloom Of youth q
ana beauty has passed away, two ac-"
tive generations have been swept-from
the stage of life, names So cherished
are forgotten, unsuspected candidates
for fame have started from the e1-
haustless womb of nature fifty years,
why should any desire affections from :
maturity of fifty years 7, It is to behold
a world of which we Know nothing
and to which we are unknown, IT is !
to weep for the generations long gone
by-for lovers, for parents, Tor chill, !,
dren, for friends in the grave, It is to !
see everything turned upside down,
by the tickle hand OF. fortune, and the
absolute despotism of time. 1t is, in
word, 10 the Vanl0y' OF Il1et m
an the vanity of display. bsa) '9iidn,iaS'
sti ft7 IFT7fT7TTTT ---s'ssf7s7s -7Y1tTT77 giiaat
-SpNsHrNE,-7-There is far more sun
shine than cloud in the world, and lthesI
blue sky ostener bends lovingly down
than does the threatening of the black. ,
Nature grows flowers .everywhere,,
alike, in the -untrodden and qnseeAs
wilds,, and in the garden of the florist,
Our years of rhappiness-oraowha
should be spch-far outnumber those
of sorrow, and the heart beats respons7oi
es ofioy q thousand times where sitiI
beats to sadness once. IT. is we'll to 5
think of these things. The tendency y
of mankind is to take short, Imperfect. Il
false views ofits ,surropndings.ssWe
get everything, deserYe nothing,r and