Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-12-17

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ye that ye beat my people to pieces and
! grind the faces Of the poor2'
! THE building Of the Commercial Exchange
/ Association, in Philadelphia, erected on the
/ site Of the old Penn Mansion, was destroy
/ ed by fire on the 7th inst, from the fall Of
a large chandelier, and the escape and igni
/ tion Of great volume Of gas. The build
4 ing cost $250000. Many persons in the
building at the time the fire began narrowly
/ escaped death, some Of them by jumping
from q second story window
1 DIR. GEO. w. STONE, of Warren Centre
I Penn, writes to the Scientific Ameicaa
fayoring the idea that the Onondaga fossil
/ is, indeed, giant. He says As plaster
or gypsum is common in that region, petri-
factions in that locality would, of course,
4 paFtake Of the nature of gypsum. | have
never seen the stone giant above referred
/ TO-, but it would take more than / have yet
seen to convince me that 1t is not fossil
man.
/ In the Alabama Legislature on Tuesday
/ it became necessary to elect a President of
/ the Senate pro teBl The only negro in the
/ Senate named Royal, and of course a radi-
/ cal, courteously nominated the only white
1 democrat, whose name was Worthy Wor-
/ thy declined the nomination and voted for
| his dark complexioned friend, Royal This
was certainly a Royal and Worthy compro-
mise as we'll as a very interesting affair n
the Alabama Of to-day
( Mr. Joseph NJ. KAUFMAN. Glasgow
engineer, has invented an aerial steam ma
chine, which has been experimental with
/ very successfully. 1t moves with wings,
and is intended 10 rise into the air after
short race on terTa trina, drawing behind it
4 the tank carriage; it is to be 6f 100 horse
( hover, and is to weigh 5000 pounds com
4 plete. The tender is to carry ten hours
supply Of water; and with this tender and
three cars the machine is intended to make
ffty-siz miles per hour
OK The New Jersey Railroad a conductor
put passenger off the train for the want
4 Of twenty-five cents to pay his fare; and now
/ the company pays to the mans widow
killed by that expulsion-fve thousand
/ dollars. No doubt the conductor 5 severity
was forced BY the regulations of the com
pany There is probably some rule by
which in such cases the passengers fare, if
/ be were allowed to remain IN the cars,
| would be deducted from the conductor pay.
/ The company now finds how much that sort
OF severe economy costs.
MAKING PEGs.-A pecgiDg factory at
/ Wilton, Missouri IS doing large business,
making the ribbon machine pegs. IL Is
great curiosity to see the manufacture. A
white birch log, SIX feet long IS put into
lathe, and ten knives take of ribbons as the
/ log rapidly revolves, just as one would un-
I roll a ribbon. A few moments suffice to cut
a log into ribbons Each ribbon is thenrun
Ia I j l. Is u
I one side Of Jhe ribbon to a sharp edge. The
ribbons are wound ON reel, aud are then
( ready for use, after being dried.
SCRANTON, Dc I0.-Last evening,
about dusk, sad accident occurred to
| three children of Matthias Noll, residing on
! Washington avenue, who were playing in
! the cinders dumped from the rolling mill.
/ BY some means the little ones got into the
/ burning cinders, and before the arrival Of
( assistance one Of them was burned to DEATH
and the other two were badly burned about
/ the feet and legs. At every step of the
| children in trying to extricate themselves,
/ their little feet sank almost to the knees in
/ the burning embers.
Mr.. HILL, of New Jersey, has introdu-
ced a bill in Congress for the abolition Of
the franking privilege. The cost Of the
( franking swindle is S5, 600, 600 per anuum,
! and it will be augmented annually until it
( destroys the life of the postal service. 1t is
one ofthe most gigantic abuses in the c0un-
try, and may be termed with perfect propri
ETY. a huge swindle, Congress can be occu-
pied with no question Of more importance
to the interest of the public than this, and
we hope Mr.. Fill win earnestly urge bis bill
/ at every opportunity, and bring the mem
bels to the record, that the country may see
/ who are in favor of perpetuating this mon
strous national swindle.
A SAD LETTER. One of the saddest let
ters is that written by the mother Of Her
bert Field to Nanderpool, his supposed
murderer, at Manistee, Michigan. After
accusing and upbraiding him in the most
agonized manner, she asks: Did Herbert
speak my name, mother, after you struck
him the first blow2 Did he live many
minutes2 Was he alive when you threw
him into the water?' The effect of these
graphic questions upon the murderer mind
may only be emagined. But further the
desolate mother says: Don't you dare to
ever put on one OF his shirts you stole, or
use one(of his hem-stitched haudkerchiefs,
or anything that belongs to him.
ORIGIN OF THE OPERA-The opera
originated in Italy Thence it found its
way all over Europe, being first exclusively
performed for the amusement of royal
courts Cardinal Marsaran was its patron
and introduced it into France, and Handel
first put it on the English stage. 1t Is IN
oratorio, however, that Hande's fame viii
be handed down through the generations
Christopher Gluck, a Bohemian, born in
IVA, Is to be credited with having brought
opera to perfection. In 1862 he produced
"0rpheo" at Nieona, and ''Alceste" in
I776-both his own creations. He estab-
lished French opera in Paris, while Handel
did the same thing In England. Pieini was
Gluck's great opponent and st0uly upheld
Italian opera against Gluck S French pro-
ductions. The works Of Picini are forgotten,
but those Of Gluck still live.
THE recent examination and repair of the
tomb of King Henry VII. at Westminster
Abbey, has led to the discovery that the
oxidation of iron in buildings, even though
the metal be covered by masonry, is in
creased by the employment of copper bolts
TO secure the plates in position The slow
formation of oxide in this case had acted as
an irresistible wedge, irving the fabric
asunder, and threatening the entire over
throw of this noble monument The dan
gerous metal has now been replaced by
plates of copper; and the tomb has been re \
stored to its original beauty, but the lesson
as to the conduct Of iron when included in
masonry or In mortar, even under circum
stances presumably most favorable to the
exclusion Of air, is not one of which any
prudent architect, or engineer viii lose
sight
IT has recently been discovered that the
springs of chronometers and watches, which
are constructed of steel, are frequently mag
netic. Steel is at all times liable to become
magnetzed from causes beyond man S con-
troll. Watch makers are advised to test
their springs as to magnetism By placing
them near to a very small and truly-balaneed
mariner compass If the spring exhibits
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