Smyrna times., 1874-06-03

| in good order again. The pleased owner recon- a
mended him to her son, the Sultan, and he, alter
testing the capacity oil the Sultanas protege IN va.
rous ways, ultimately appointed him to the office
of Grand Master of Artillery, an appointment Hall
Pasha justified by inventing new cartridge, i'm
proving the armament Of the forces and completing
| the defenses Of the Dardanelles. Greater things
still expected of him; but accident
brought him to the 'front.' SO an accident brought his
career to abrupt close and deprived the Porte OF
| an able servant.
| Wallenstein the magnificent, the sef-absorbed
captain, who lost but one battle, might have
remained fool all his life had not his brain been
started into activity by his head trying conclusions
with the pavement. Mabillon was little better than
idiot until he fractured his skull descending
stone staircase without using his feet Foote, IT his
powers not developed by an accident, was en-
abled to turn his wit and mimic talent TO more |
profitable purpose through losing leg by falling |
from his horse when riding in the Duke OF Yorks
company that obtained him his Haymarket patent,
bringing him years of prosperity, prosperity that
might have Teen lifelong could he have seered
clear of offending revengeiul woman. BY much
slighter mishap than the breaking of limb the
stage lost good actor but the theatres loss was the
worlds gain. We have reason to be thankful that
| a cold in the head prevented Charles Dickens keep
ing his appointment with the COvet Garden mana
ger. and compelled him to postpone giving them
taste of his histrOHc quality till another season.
Then, says he, 81 made great splash in the Gal
lery; the Chronicle opened to me; had dstinc
ton in the little world of the newspaper, which
made like it; began to write; didn't want
money; had never thought Of the stage but as
means of getting it,; gradually lett of turning my
thoughts that way; and never resumed The idea.
See how near may have been TO another sort of
life See how near all may have been,
but for tina. cold, TO never knowing Pickwick. Old
Weller and the irrepressble Sam, Captain Cutie,
Dick SwiVeller NJ icawbeI, aud the host OF friends
whose names familiar IN our mouths as house
hold words To such trivial accident do they
owe their being just as the red.sknned heroes Of
| Fenmore Cooper would ne=er have been heard OF
but for their creators being wearled out Of all pa
tence by a dull novel; until, throwing It down in
disgust he exclaimed could do better than this
myselcr" and, setting to work did it. Thorwald-
would have gone back to Denmark a disap-
pointed man-perhaPs forsworn the sculptor's art
if a flaw in his passpor. had not obliged him, much
against his WILL stay twenty -four hours longer IN
Rome Before the twenty four hou-s had passed
away, Mr.. Hope had walked into the studio, adm
red the Jason, and commissioned the despairing
Dane to execute it in marble ThOrwaldsen's boxes
were unp cIed again; and from that time he never
knew VIII 1t was to be idle for want Of work to be
done.
The cracking Of a picture placed in the sunshine
set Van Eyck experimenting TO produce varnIsl
that would dry IN the shade; he found what h
sought. and found beside that by mixing it with hi
colors they acquired greater force and BRILL anc!
lon and required no subsequent vanishing; and $
Ky came about the discovery, or re-dscoVe9y, oi IN
by art of painting in OIL MezzotintO owed its inven
Of ton bv Prince Rupert TO the simple accident OF
de sentrys gun barrel being rusted by the dew enr
uld Schanward, a Nuremberg glass cutter. happened
mad let some aqua fOrtis fall upon bis sPectaces. an
Ife noticed the glass corrOded and soened wher
ard the aqua. .fortls had touched it. Taking the hint,
ant made liquid accordingly, drew some hgures uPO
ge a piece of glass, covered them with VarnlsD' an
ion applied his corroding fluid. cut away the gla
owe around his drawing, that when he removed u
OF varnish the figures appeared raised upon da
g., ground and etching upon glass was added to u
ce's ornamental arts.
uld Alos Senefelder playwright and actor' thinking
nan possible to etsh upon lieu of copper, pOsh
1im | a slab for the purpose. He disturbed by b
heat mother coming into his small laboratory with
eak quest that he would jOt down her list Of things
the the wash, as the woman was waiting to take I
and basket away. There being neither paper nor ii
his handy Senefelder scribbled the items his sto
of with hts etching preparation, that he might CO
of them at his leisure. Sometime afterwards. VIII
cam about to clean the stone, he thought he might
cket well what would be the effect Of biting the so
his with aauafortis aud in a few minutes the wr
red ing standing out in relief Taking upa pelt.b
the charged with printing ink, he linked the stone to
we're u few impressions upon paper, and he had nVe
,hIst ted thography. The Petball used by Senefelc
as was long indspensa BILE in a printing Office.
one opan printer in hurry to get with job, cot
und not find his ball, and linked the form with piece
and soft glue that had fallen out Of the glue pot W
was such excellent results that he thencetOrlh discard
ere glue TO keep II from harden'ng, MI upon Tue GO
ester POslon OF which printers rollers nave e'e' Si'
and been made. ,
!, 20 Three very different discoveries recorded
have resulted f:om the unintentional application
ecre- Intense neat Fhny auI'o"'es 'ho usSo'o'J
ner glass to some merchants travelling with nitre, W
ni0ht stopping the banks Of river TO take M
on loss for stones to rest their kettles up
Putting them upon pieces OF nllre, they Kino
ourt their hres the nte, dissolved oy the heat' mi
tuif he nd ast0ns
busy to see transparent mal'er moving oret Io
lch a "hich was ho'hing e'Se ou' e'SS:. S;
and year had for years experimental IN vain, hoping
lind deprive India rubber Of its susceptibility to the
find ton OF heat and cold ConVeIsng VIII" "enu
"a a. the subject he emphasized assertion by Hung
| a piece Of sulphured rubber across the room
ng,a lighted upon the and when he picked u
oer of few days afterwards he found the intense hea
ord,s which had been subjected had conferred upon
l. the India rubber Just the quality he had so long str
v;oo to inlpart TO il. According to sOme he STUN
what upon the discovery in a different manner, but at
r he rate yulcanized Indid rubber the creation
he did accident Limerick tobacconst looking doIei
10 try his poor neghbors cropping among the smoIde
q. and RUNS Of his burnLouL shop, noticed That sou
.sd them aer trying the contents Of certain CAMS
ch he carefully loaded their wastcOat pockets from u
he un He followed suit. and found the snuf had come
of the fiery ordeal very mach improved IN pung
.elf to and aroma. Like wise man he said nothing
vo a, took another place, up lot Of ovens, and b
- The long Black Yard snuff-Otherwise :" Irish B
TO an guafo was az '"o ios0 WIN ~ y >. - - " -
royal ton ana 10 'ew yea's va a;ned
lobbes owing 70 the aSc'ue' "o ~ -,
I;n lures OF earths would make the strongest cru'
= roo,o one day found he had made porcelain. lns,e
ned out transmaung me.as' % 'r no au AZ ~ ha h.d
coils Bottger 'lahs"u'ee "','e, T. -. On =
red his touched WIN ,sh"",;., into no,,e
&c ILL., den Ianso'neo oacsd !" bs window som
of The Cothsnus nAnaai ,.irh ,ghch he iaendeu TO
Sharp ,ha,mnmeIer: into this some aqua. regIa dr.
vas IN from broken phial standing just above u, ana
eryday bic . purple liquid converted into pea ca
e hap scarlet How this came 70 pass puzaeu ~
apart a little. but he aseenanea Una, n,o ano S,ams
nocked dissolved some ol Tue uh Vi 'uo ~'"''"