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Compressed Air as a Motor.

A great amount of attention has been
given by practical scientists to the avail
ability of compressed air as motive
power: The examination has led TO the
conclusion based, not upon speculation
and theory merely, but upon the rest of
practical experience that it possesses all
the advantages and few of the defects
of steam. While it i more economical
than steam, it promises to be more man.
ageable and far less liable TO those ter
rible tragedies resulting from explo-
siveness.
One of the great difficulties which
long barred the way and prevented util-
ization of compressed air as n motive
power was due to the imperfect ma
chinery used in its application. A
great loss was incurred by friction, and
through compression. This loss
amounted, in most cases, TO from sixty
five to seventy-five per cent. of the
whole power of the compressing engine,
and, in many cases, reached as high as
ninety per cent. The problem, there
fore. which was presented to the invent
or for solution was, first, to contrive a
ct mpressor which should remove the
excessive heat by providing for its alb
closing surfaces, and be capable of alb
sorbing all Questionable heat, with suf-
ficient rapidity to allow any desirable
speed in the movement of the compress
ing piston and, secondly, TO overcome
the difficulty resulting from the forma-
tion of ice caused by the precipitation
of the moisture of the air, and its effect
in clogging the pipes and passages, and
exhaust ports of the engine. Both
these seemingly and, for a time, insur-
mountable difficulties, and numerous
others of less moment, have been over
come by the patient skill and ingenuity
of American inventors, and n machine
has been constructed, known rs the
Rand and WarinB Compressor, which
seems to combine every requirement OF
safety, economy, adaptability to various
uses, and facility of control.
The perfection of an engine by which
comDressed air can be utilized as mo-
tor. accessible mt all times, and in any
and all situations, is a matter Of direct
interest to the entire industrial interest
of this country, and, indeed, of all
countries. The power which they make
available has this great tadvantago-that
il can be directed to any point from n
remote distance, and through the most
devious channels. 1t may be sent along
great areas, supplying its force to many
scorces of shops or factories. at widely
distant points. 1t is therefore peculiar.
Iy adapted for working in tunnels, adits,
coal mines, and other out-of- 1.-THE way
places, as well as for supplying power
to mechanical districts of our country
where the operatives live widely apart,
and are disabled from congregating il
factories, In coal mines, and for other
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why Aunt sallie Never Married.

Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell us
why you never got married. You re-
member you said once that when you
were girl you were engaged to min
lister, and promised us you would tell
us about it some time. Now, aunt,
please tell us.
"Well, you see, when I was about
seventeen years old was living in
Utica, in the State of New York.
Though [ say it myself, was quite
good-looking girl then, and had several
beauX. The one that took my fancy
was a young minister, a very promising
young man, and remarkably pious and
steady. He thought good deal of me
and 1 kind of took fancy to him, and
things went on until we were engaged.
One evening he came to me, and put
his arms around me, and kind of hug
ged me, when [ got excited and some
frustrated. It was long time ago, and
[ don't know but what / might have
hugged back little. I was like any
other girl, and pretty soon pretended
to be mad about it. You must know
the house where I lived was on one of
the back streets of the town. There
were glass doors in the parlor, which
opened over the street. These. doors
were drawn to. I stepped back a little
from him, and when he came up close I
pushed him back again. / pushed him
harder than [ intended to- and don't
you think, girls, the poor fellow lost
his balance, and fell through one of the
doors into the street"
ooh, Aunty Was he killed %
"No; he fell head first, and as he
was going caught him by the legs of
his trousers. I held on for minute
and tried to pull him back, but his sus-
penders gave way, and the poor young
man fell clear out of his pantaloons into
a parcel of ladies and gentlemen along
the street"
"Oh, Aunty Aunty Lordy r'
There, that's right /; squall and gig
gle as much as you want to. Girls that
can't hear little thing like that with
out tearing around the room and he-he-
ing in such way don't know enough to
come in when it rains. A nice time the
man that marries one of you will have,
won't he. Catch me telling you any
thing again"
But, Aunt Sallie, what became of
him? Did you ever see him again q"
"No; the moment he touched the
ground he got up and left that place in
terrible hurry. [ tell you it was
sight to be remembered. How that
man did run He went out West, and
I believe he is preaching ont in Illinois.
But he never married. He was very
modest, and [ suppose he was SO badly
frightened that time that he never dared
trust himself near q woman again.
That, girls, is the reason why I never
married. felt very bad about it for
long time-for he was a real good man,
and I've often thought to myself that
we should have been very happy if his
suspeDders hadn't given way.
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Ocean Pathways.

Eleven steamship lines use the same
path, with nearly the same degrees of
latitude and longitude, between the old
world and the new, and it, is seldom
that q steamer crossing the Atlantic is
not within few miles of another vessel
bound in the same or in a precisely OPP
posite direction. The number of crafts
plying this path is increasing almost
daily their proximity to one another is
consequently more marked, and that
collisions are not more FREQUENT is the
result of chance. From the masthead
of each steamer watch is supposed to
be kept, and dinfoggy weather the whistle
is sounded about every fifty seconds;
but when a vessel is rolling heavily it is
almost impossible to see the lights of
another steamship at nighttime, and,
except when off a dangerous coast, the
engines are continued at full speed. 1t
is strange therefore that so few disas-
ters like that in which the United
States mail steamer Arctic ran into an
other steamer, In October, 1851, and
went down, occur at the present time.
A code regulating the passages is be-
heved by some persons, however, to be
absolutely necessary. The interest In
the matter has been renewed from the
fact that company running four steam
ships q week between this. city, Boston
and Liverpool has adopted aplan known
as the &c lane route" proposed as long
ago as 1855, by Professor M. T. Maury.
This contemplates the designation of
one strip of ocean through which YES
sells bound east shall pass and another
for those bound west. 1t is claimed
that thereby not only will the liability
of collision between steamer and steam
er be lessened, but that new resource
will be afforded to those in distress on
the high seas. Fogs aud Gains often
occur together and ships moved by can
vas are not likely to run into one an
other, but they are placed in peril by
steamers. It is added that if the mas
ters knew the track of the steamships
they would keep carefully out of it, and
| that the more sailing vessels that will
agree to keep out of the lanes the more
| it will concern steamers to keep In
them.
The part of the ocean traversed by
the steamship lines in their voyages is
about $50 or 200 miles broad, and it is
proposed in the new plan to mark out a
| lane from this 15 or 25 miles broad,
which will at least reduce the present
risks. 1t is further claimed that the
lane to the west will be 80 miles shorter
than the route generally taken, and
some delays from q fog will be avoided,
as it passes 100 miles south of Cape
Race. Another advantage claimed for
the lane system is that one way it lies
along the northern edge of the Gulf
Stream, where there is an eddy setting
westward often at the rate of a knot an
hour. The close of the argument in
favor of the system is that the distance
from Cape Clear to Sandy Hook viii be
practically shortened 80 miles, and that,
while it prolongs the distance to Europe
rs miles, compensation will be found in
the greater security and the advantages
of the Gulf Stream and fewer fogs.-N.
Y. Tribune.
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THE HOLY NAME.

'Tis said when pious NIoslems walk abroad,
If on flle path they spy floating bit
k OF paper, reyerently they turn aside
And shun the scrap, nor set foot on it,
Lest haply thereupon the awful name
OF mighty Allah should by chance be writ,
We smile at the vain dread but blind and dali
The soul that only smiles, and cannot sec
thought OF perfect beauty folded in
The zealot's reverent fear in some free
And Haunting fiower-cap may be hived and held
One drop of precious honey for the bee.
Small wiad-blOwn things there are, which any day
Float by in air or our pathway lie,
Swift-winged moments speeding on their way
Brief opportunities, which we pass by
Needless and smiling, little subtle threads
OF infiuence-intimations soft and sly.
Carelessly we tread them down, as pressing on,
Our eager inconsiderate feet we set
On the Hnvalued treasures where they lie.
We are too blind to prize or to regret,
Too dull to recognize the mystic name
Craven upon them as on amulet.
All dears, let rs no longer do this thing,
And thus the sweeter life lose and let fall
But with anointed eyes and reverent feet
Pass ON our way. noting and priZing all,
Knowing that Gods great token-sign is set
Not on the large things only, but the small.
Susan Coolidge.
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underground work, it should be added,
the use of compressed air has been
found to present the great advantage Of
furnishing purer atmosphere instead
of deteriorating it.
Tt is impossible to see all the uses to
which this new motive power will be
applied. Doubtless, IL will be applied
to the propulsion Of street and railway
cars. as well as TO the transmission Of
mower to factories and mines. Doubt
less. also. there will be multiplied
forms of machinery adapting it to ev-
cry possible use for which force is
needed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-06

The experiment of moving logs in
RATS from the lumber region of Michi-
gan across the lake to Chicago is to be
tried on large scale, this summer,
and, if successful, is expected to give a
great impetus to manufacturing,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-06

William Stokes, late ship boy on
the British scientific exploring ship
Challenger, who was killed by falling
block when off Porto Rico, was buried
in the deepest grave on record. His
body wrapped in a shotted hammock,
was dropped in water close upon four
miles deep.
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%. YES, Memphis is a ]

%, yes, Memphis is nice place to
live in,-that is, if you don't get stab
bed to the heart, as Mr.. Fitzpatrick
did, the other night, by man who was
an utter stranger TO him and who plung-
ed the knife into him without looking
to see who he was. Mr. Thomas was
the sanguinary stabber, md he was
"grouty" because he had be9n put out
of a gin-mill.
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The Railway Postal Service.


The Importance and value to the pub
lie of the railway postal service has not,
until quite recently, been understood.
A merchant in Ney York receives his
letters from Chicago, mailed in that
city only thirty hours before they are
put into his hands, quite as a matter of
course, without bothering his head
about thinking how this is accomplish
ed. But for the railway postal service,
it would be an utter impossibll1ty ;
and the same letter, which now requires
thirty hours only, would take perhaps
forty hours in transmission. Every
year, almost every month, adds to the
number of lines upon which railway
postal service is placed, and the corps
of clerks employed in this most import
ant branch of the postal service of the
country is rapidly augmenting.
In his last official report dated No
vember Is, 1922, the Postmaster-Gen-
eral says regarding the railway post
Office service
Railway post-offices continue to re-
ceive the special attention oee tbe De-
partment, and the improvement effect
ed during the past year has been most
gratifying. Since the Both of June,
1871, this branch of the service has
been largely extended Eight new
lines have been established, with an
aggregate length of 2,209 miles, The
daily service has been increased 1904
| miles, and the annual service 1924, ,310
miles, making necessary the appoint
ment of 1876 additional postal clerks OF
various grades.
From an interesting table appended
| to the report above quoted, it appears
| that the amount of railroad mail ser
wee, in successive years, from the COM
mencement of such servic e(the railway
mail service, be it remembered, not the
2oost-o6ice service) in 1886, to June 30,
| 1872, has increased at an average rate
| of l, 1863 miles per annum. The report
of the first year. 1886, shows the annu-
al transportation on railroad and steam
boat routes combined. The length Of
railroad routes was at first reported tc
! be 974 miles at the close of the yeal
ended June 80, 1887. The length ir
1872, as has already been stated, was
! 81. Oil miles-a an increase of sc, 937 miles
in thirty-fve years. The largest in
crease in length for any one year was
for 1872, being SOFT miles. The first
report of the annual cost of railroad
routes, uncombined with steamboat
routes, was $531, 752, on the 4th of No
vember, 1845. The cost in 1872, was
! sc, ,5O2, TIL showing an increase of s.,
97I. .019, in twenty-seven years, and al
| average increase of over -$221 14S pei
annum. The largest increare in cOst
for any one year was for 1872, being
! SIT, ,792, 2,-Scribner,
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Paris and Vienna.

OF all European capitals, Vienna
most suggests Paris yet it is a resem-
blance of differences. The German
nature here has been so modified by
intercourse with the Scalvonic, that it
has acquired something of the ease,
gavetv and mercurial humor of the
Celtic French. On the other hand, 10
has lost, in the process, the finer kind OF
development which grows out of stabil-
ity of race and character. IL has miss
ed purity of language, leadership in lit
erature and art, and the wider attrac-
ton which follows these. It's lively
outdoor life, free and-easy contact OF
all classes, and Indifferent morals are
those of Paris; its courtesy toward
strangers is perhaps less graceful, but
more cordial but il has its own dialect,
which is even less German than that OF
Berlin. and the lack of quick, practical
sense among the people is hardly bal
anced by the cunning they have learned
from the Sclavic races. Here, in fact,
begins the Orient, with its delight in
physical life, its disregard of time, and
easy avoidance of serious duties. Only,
instead of its gravity and serenity,
which belong further east, we find IA
vivacity Of temperament, elsewhere un-
known in Germany. Even before 1913
Austria was the gayest and politest Of
despotisms. In the transition to con
stitutional government this feature OF
popular character has not been lost
but the society of Vienna, / am inform
ed, has rather deteriorntcd Of late years,
through the great increase of the merely
rich. To the born Viennese, however,
his native city is dearer than ever. He
finds no other atmosphere 80 warm and
congenial. He loves the broad, lazy
dialect. which contrasts with that OF
Berlin very much as the pronunciation
of Richmond contrasts with that OF Bos-
ton he loves his spacious Prater, as
fiat as the thiergarten, but far more
sunny and luxuriant; his cafes, with
the best bread in the world and tho
best coffee in Europe his near resorts
among the beautiful hill-shrts OF the
Alps and, most Of all, tho enjoyment
of a social life which may be conyen-
tional in its form, but is never Cold
BdYard TdyLOT.
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Seth Green's venture IN the waters
OF the Sacramento river has proved
successful. About two years ago Mr..
Green took 10000 young shad, just
emerging from the egg, 70 San Francis
co, and deposited them IN the upper
waters of the river. The San tranclsco
newspapers contain accounts OF the tirst
catch of those fish, which was made ~ IN
the Vallejo straits. The priIe OF s1O
of the California piscicultural society
for the first fish caught oil TINS specie,
was awarded 10 Baltimore Harry, u
fisherman in the employ Of San IRAN
cisco fishing firm,
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The Grandfather' S Uhair In the HONG.

IQe lJrauQIaJ0eI .OuhlA III buN AANAANs
When one has gone through the
struggles of early life, and the oombats
and by discipline. step by step, has ris-
en- to state of serenity toward the end
of life, is there anything more beauti-
full than that ripe, rich character OF the
matron or the patriarch? ? Ihey arc no
longer able TO work with the hand ana
vet, in all the world there are none that
work as they do. Yet, they are PIC
lures of divine beauty, and they stand
over against the eyes OF those who SEQ
themSchildren and neighbors-repre-
senting, in concrete form, the beauty
of virtue and the beauty of piety.
Therefore God often prolongs their
days and though they can add nothing
TO the worlds store, although they con-
sumo much and produce nothing ln tne
physical world, they are a treasure that
connat be estimated. They are tho Joy
of the household for no family IS well
equipped that has not the grandfather
and erandmother's chair, and the baby
| cradle-emblems of the top and bottom
of life. The latter represents sweetness
and innocency, and the former repre-,
sents the victory that has been. gained
over fear and the riponess that is char
| acterized by peace, and trust, and holy
10Y, and love.-H ". Becchcr.
A young German girl, who, since
her birth, has uncomplainingly borne
the name of Hammerschamp, brought
her burden across tho ocean, recently,
and laid IL dow at the feet of an old
sweetheart, Conrad Denker, who just
now is in the New York Tombs for
stealing. A thicf's sullied name was
preferable 60 her own, and she mhrriod
him right there in the Tombs, kissed
him, and faced about for Germany
again. Her husband wasn't quite ready
TO go, but will do 30 as soon as he gets
a vacation.
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LAwYERs.

A NJ. HUGHES.
~. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Columbia, Tennessee.
VIII attend all courts to be holden for Maury and
adjoining counties.
Office, Whitthorne Block. feb94-71
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A ITSCO1n. HENRY EDsA1z-
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-06

THE American Pathological Society,
which met in This city last year, will hold
three days meeting in Horticultural
Hall, Boston, next September, beginning
on the 10TH, being its twenty-ffth anniver-
sary. Our fruit growers should take such
action as will ensure proper exhibition Of
the many varieties Of fruits grown in Virgin
ia, which, ifnot equal to some kinds grown
in other states, will show that with proper
care and attention they can be improved,
and made equal, if not superior, to all
others, as Virginia has every advantage for
successful fruit growing. l f.s sloi
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ALTO
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
J. ted States, for the Eastern District of Yir-
ginia. H =
In the matter of George Brown, bankrupt
IN bankruptcy. ss1Elit EetHtuIdGr4 A4litst3 1 Z
At Richmond. Va, this 2lst day of May,
no WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN Szosa al
Please to take notice hereby, that petition
has been, to wit; on the 2lst day of May, 1873,
filed In said District Court by George Brown, OF
Gloucester county in, said district. who has
been heretofore duly declared bankrupt under act
of Congress entitled "An act to establish a uni
form system of bankruptcy throughout the Uni
ted States" approved March I'd, 1867, for a dis
charge and certificate thereof from all his debts
and other claims provable under said act, and
that the 10th day Of June, a. d. 1875 at 10
O'Clock a. M, before WV. Forbes, one of the
registers of said court m bankruptcy, at his
office, in Richmond in said district.
Is the time and place assigned for the hearing OF
the same; when and where you may attend.
and show cause. If any you have. why the
prayer ofthe said petition should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings sof the creditors OF the said
bankrupt Will be held at the same time and
place. W. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for the
my 2T--Tu2w = Sd Cong'l Dist. of Va.a
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A DISPATCH from Austin, Texas, an
nounces the adjournment of the legislature
after repeating ecay Republican measure Of
the last legislature. The Democrats having
more than a two-third majority, the Cow
ernor's veto was powerless to save even
the free schools. 80 much for Democratic
rule. at+ - o. b'sa7
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BANKRUPT NOTICES.

~
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
TIED STATES. for the Eastern District Of
Virginia.
In the matter Of Edward ID. Young, bank
rupt--in bankruptcy. m geas}{}. .,EE
At Richmond, Va, this :7th day Of May,
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :aoR nlGI
Please take notice, that a petition has been
presented to the Hon. John @. Underwood, Judge
of said District Court y in Bankruptcy, by
VIM. H. Allderdce, assignee of the estate Of said
bankrupt, to sell the real estate belonging to said
bankrupt, free from all liens and encumbrances
thereon. fffa sgsgaLgt ACA a gs5tFaNsi a q
This is to give notice to all persons interested,
that in the terms of said petition, an order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid. for all per-
sons who may be interested in said estate. to APP
pear before Register w. w. Forbes, at his Office
ia the said city of Richmond, on the 9th day Of
June, 1873, at 10 o'clock a. m, and show
cause, if any you have, why such order should
not be granted. - - ~
WIN. II. ALLDERDICE, 20
my 29--Th2w 4aGA ~ 6igl Assignee. /,
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THE transfer of the Paramount park
grounds, Philadelphia, will be formally
made to the centennial commission, as a
site for the centennial exposition buildings,
on the 4th of July next. 75tlo6 gsnae5 b
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SCHEDULE OF TRAINS.

& FSs"aH RlSI1AoND, N@HF
FREDERIGkBURGAH DPOTORIAC ROUTE,
-IgSf ftf trslt ~ 10. tf5f.A u l[k1egr4
RIoHaoSD, FRRD'Ba & PoToaAc X. R. Co,
OFFICE or GES'L TICKET 8 FL EIGHT AGENT, VI
ass RICHMOND, February II, 1873. -
UP DAY MAIL leaves Byrd-street station
p. M. RsaA4R : = ee9HasE 2 y
I UP NIGHT MAIL leaves Byrd-street Station;
$40 p. M. Except on Sundays.)
4 UP ACCOMMODATION leaves Broad street
Station, at 500 p. NJ Except on Sundays)
DOWN DAY MAIL, arrives at Byrd-street
Station, at 2 p. NJ ss8 H93EsaEl k-tJ4
( DOWN NIGHT MAIL, arrives at Byrd-strset
station at 4:40 A. M. Except on Mondays)
Z DOWN ACCOMMODATION TRAIN arrives
at Broad.street Station, at s:S7 A. N. Except on
Sundays.) sM
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Broad-street
Station on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and
FRIDAYS. at 6:45 A. NJ, connecting at Quantico
with the. Alexandria and fredericksburg rail
way. TellftY2rH YfqtSf4
Returning. arrive at Broad-street Station on
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATUR-
DAYS, at 4.40 p. M. l1sH &t&sMMH
I By order of the General Superintendent.
.sn q 6a'nEG Effe saiha J. b. GENTRY N.ul
I fe1S kGenl Ticket and Freight Agent. L