The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-07-01

Of Ohios His inaugural address was
every where regarded as magnificent
State paper. The New York Tribune
said it "was a very model of q public
document for compactness and brevi-
ty, devoted to q single idea; the ne
cessity for reducing taxes and enforce
ing the most rigid economy in all
matters of State expenditure Upon
this point the Governor said: sGa9
81 do not mean that vague and mere
verbal economy which public men are
so ready to profess with regard to
public expenditures-I mean that ear
nest and inexorable' economy which
prsclaims its existence by accom- plish-
ed facts.
"In the prodigality of the past you
will find abundant reason for frugali-
ty in the future"
His appointments, and all the other
acts of his Administration so far, give
general satisfaction, and are commend
ed by the people without distinction
Of party. His Inauguration was the
herald of new era-"the era of good
feeling" in Ohio. Colonel Forney, in
his Philadelphia Press, but states a
universally recognized truth when he
says: "Governor Allen, Of Ohio, is
winning golden opinions from all
parties by. the excellence of his adj
ministration of the affairs of the State"
The general and spontaneous upris-
ing of people to do honor to this illus
trions statesman is hopeful indica-
ton for the Republic, He is the sm-
bodiment and representative of purity
honesty and fidelity in public affairs
as in private life. The invitations
that daily pour in upon him from all
parts Of the country to, be. present at
public and private assemblages of the
people, to deliver addresses aud ora
tions before, them, are among the
grand naanifestationsof of his great pop
ularity and wherever he goes he is
enthusiastically, received with express
sions Of popular. homage, and ia at
tended by magnificent ovations.fg ..s
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HOW THEY r E4.. DROP k SHOT, 40.
A reporter of the Baltimore AmesI-
can thus describes one Of the many
processes of making shot in one of the
shot-towers of that city: One of the
-"secreasy of the amanufacture is the
mixing of the lead with, q certain pro-
portion of combination of mineral
substances called "temperp The tenn
persis fused with the lead,' and gives
the molten metal that consistency
which makes it Drop and without
which the leadlwould ba moulded by
the sieve, and would form little pencils
instead of round shot. When "BB'
shot, fer instance, are to be made, the
lead is poured into pan perforated
with holes corresponding to that size.
The little pellets come pouring down
in a continuous shower, and fall into
a tank filed with water OH the ground
floor. In their descent of two hum
dred feet they become perfect spheres.
firm and dense, and they are tolerably
cool when they strike the water. tal-
though the swift concussions mako the
tank fsam and bubble as'if the water
was boiling furiously. The shosmast
fall In the water, for if they would
sf rite anv firm snhctanca thavt woufl
be fiattened and knocked out of shape.
To get.the little pellets perfectly dry
after they have been in the "well," is
the most difficult and treublesom pro-
cess of the whole manufacture. An
elevator with small buckets (very
much like those used in -four mills)
carries the shot up as fast as they reach
the bottom of the we'll, and deposits
them in a box 60 feet aboye the first
aoor. The water drips from the
buckets as they go up, and not much
is poured into the receiver above, al
though it is intended to be sort of
dripping machine. From this receiv-
er the shot runs down spout into a
drying pan, which greatly resembles a
gigantic shoe, made of sheet iron. The
pan rests at an angle which permits
the wet shot to roll slowly down to
the chamber below, and the pellets be-
come perfectly dry as they pass over
the warm sheet-iron. 80 .iaaIs5ii..i-