Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-08-17
Gpmmnnifatiem.
Our Radlx Letter.
Matters at Philadelphia-Dignity
and ImpGdenee-The Largest
and Smallest Engines in the
WOrld-LOve and Lock
smiths.

Dignity and Impudence, a large
grave looking hound lying in the
door of his kennel with a wee mite
of a Scotch terrier, all hair aud
eyes, peeping out from his eide
Well, the same title might have
appropriately been placed over the
left centre Of Machinery Hall the
other day. About one corner
of the platform in which stands
the great Corliss engine swarmed
a crowd of eager spectators, stretch
ing their necks and peering over
each others shoulder for a glimpse
of the centre of attraction. just
what this was no one at the tirsG
glance could have told but closer
inspection revealed the motions of
a complete engine, SO tiny that a
magnllying glass was necessary to
observe It's operations fully and G.
ven to discern the different parts.
| To give some idea to mechanically
Iinclined readers | will give a few
dimensions OF this powerful ma
chine. In the frsS place its foun-
datiOn is a gold quarter of a dol
lar, which it only comfortably
covers. The materials of which
it is composed are gold, platinum
and steel. The stroke is one
twenty fourth of an inch aHd the
cutoff one sixty-fourth of an inch.
The weight of the engine proper
is three grains, and the whole ap-
paratus, seven grains. | did not
learn the rated capacity, but
should judge it to be not far from
three Ay'pOwer. ban spasf..a
The contrast between the two
engines thus placed in juxtaposi.
iion was too obvious and too rich
to escape the dullest bystauder,
and many we're the witticisms,
good and poor, which it elected.
There stood the great black iron
monster turning the ponderous ny
wheel thirty feet through with It's
massive ten-foot steel arms, doing
the work of a thousand horses
without the least apparent effort,
and there by its side its lstle EN-
bryo companion, clad in silver
and gold, SO slight that a fingers
pressure would crush it, but no
less a perfect steam engine than
its big prototype, whose every
motion it initiated with amuiug
fidelity. The infant machine is
not q part of the exhibition, but
was set in operation as a curiosity
by the visitor who owns it, ard
whc, after allowing the crowd to
feast their eyes for a few minutes
blew out the little spirit lamp
which ran the boiler and pocket
ed the whole affair.
They say that "Love laughs at
locksmiths," but it is my private
opinion that the Jail. breaking Gu
| pid would not find much to amuse
him in the display of the Yale Lock
Mfg Co, an exhibition both use
lul and ornamental in the highest
degree. Their laconic motto "Sc.
curity"--familar to ali your read
ers through its universal appear
auce on their characteristic little
fat keys which almost everybody
uses-tell the whole story OF their,
work in this department. Accu-
rate, durable and unpickable,
these locks afford the most per-
feet protection to property that
human ingenuity has been able TO
devise. The vault and safe locks
would have driven Hobbs or
Chobb to suicide. Not satisfied
with having given them the Ut
most strength and unapproacha-
bility of mechanism, the company
have introduced q contr;vance for
guarding the contents of these re.
ceptacles from friends as well as
from enemies. This contrivanee Is
their famous slime lock" which
absolutely forbids the opening Of
the door before a certain hour.
This arrangement, although cal
cuted to elicit much profanity
from would be dishonest clerks
and the gentlemanly cracksmen
who have been in the habit of per-
suading cashiers to ala them by
placing pistols at their heads, is
the most valuable protective in
ventiOn Of many years.
Another interesting feature Of
the companys display IS q POst
Office with toxes, windows, aud
all complete, lacking only clerks
and letters to go into active oper-
alton. No two Of its hundreds of
lock boxes and drawers can be
opened with the same key. The
putting up of such offices is one OF
their important specia!ties. Be-
eide all this the Yale Lock Co.
show magnificent specimens Of or
uamentaI bronze builders hard.
ware, their goods of this desorip-