The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-16

About the year 1926. (says letter of
Colmar) poor journeyman turner, Of
the name Of Muhle, badly shod, and
with a wallet ON his back, entered the
village in which stood the machine
factory of M. We'll & Boutron, and ap-
Eplied for work. His ragged exterior
did not speak much i'm his favor, and
M. Well, to whom he had applied, re-
fused to engage him. The workman
sorrowfully turned on his way. All of
sudden he was recalled by the voice
of the owner of the mandatory.
"Stop; what sort Of hat is that you
wear?n Na- fnli 20 ''''r
IA wooden hat?" "a wooden hat {?
Let me look at it closer. Where did
you buy it?' ~ made it myself, SIR"
"And how did you make il 2" "Oh,
on the turning-lathe % "But your hat
is oval, and the things made on the
lathe are round" "Yes, that is true"
answered the workman, "but in spite
of that I made the hat. displaced
the centre, and then turned it as /
pleased. required hat which would
answer the purpose of an umbrella,
and as had no money to buy one, /
was obliged to make this for myself"
The poor workman had instinctively
discovered the method of eccentric
turning, which was to prove of so
much importance in modern mechan-
cs. Mr.. We'll perceived with the keen
sightedness of clever manufacturer
the immense importance of the dis
cOvery. He retained the man with
the wooden hat, and found him not
merely skillful workman, but a
genius, that only wanted opportunity
and small degree of culture for its
development. The workman Muhle
soon obtained share in the profits of
the business, and become later on,
under the name of Moulin, the pro-
pr;etor of il. He died short time
since possessed of large fortune.
What to Do In Case Of SunstrOke.
For the information of some who pro-
We publish again the following:
With tho mercury at 100 degrees In
the shade, and beyond all thermOme-
ter measurements in the sun, cases OF
sunstroke may be looked Tor, and 1t
may well to know what to do and what
not tO do. AS heat is the cause of the
trouble, common sense points to the
abstraction of the heat In come way as
a mode of cure. Whatever is to be
doEe too, must be done quickly. Clin-
ical as well as experimental observa-
tons enforce this doctrine. There
should be no waiting for the doctor.
The remedy is SO simple, the death SO
imminent, that the good Samaritan
passing by should save his brother.
The good Samaritan must, however,
have a cool head to be useful. Not
every man " ho falls unconscious on a
hot day has sunstroKe. There is, for
tunately, one criterion so easy of appli-
cation that any one can use it. Go at
once to the fallen man, open his shirt
bosom, and lay the hand upon his
chest; if the skin be cool, you may
rest assured that, whatever may be the
trouble, it is not sunstroke. II, on the
contrary, the skin be burning hot, the
cause is certainly sunstroke, and no
tire should be lost. The patient must
be carried to the nearest pump or by
drant, stripped to his waist, and buck
etful after bucketful of water dashed
over him, until consciousness returns
or the intense heat of the surface de-
cidedly abates. By this time physi-
elan will have come, and can take the
case, and meanwhile a life may have
been saved.