The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-07-14
which are fastened to the edge OF

which are fastened to the edge OF
the boat by g ball and socket Joint,
and united together by q short con-
Meeting rod. Instead of sitting
with your face toward the stern OF
the boat, as you row, you LOOK in
the direction in which you are NOV
ing, but cannot "feather" your oars.
Having compound levers, the exer-
ton of rowing is greatly lessened,
so that mere child can row almost
as rapidly with this apparatus as q
man with the usual oars.
One of the most interesting ex-
hibits in this Hall is machine for
sticking pins, The pins are placed
in an inclined trough, or hopper,
which is kept constantly shaking.
so that the pins will keep constant
ly falling out, one or two at time,
into an inclined V shaped trough.
In the bottom of this trough is q
fine slot, through which the pins
fall till they catch by their heads,
and are thus held in vertical po-
sition as they slide down toward
the bottom: of the trough. Just as
each one reaches the lower end of
the trough, an endless belt, having
uotches in its outer edge, comes
along, and taking pin in each
notch, moves them forward in one
continuous row. AS the pins be-
gin to reach certain point they
are gradually raised from q vertical
to horizontal position, and just as
they come opposite to rapidly re-
ciprocating little bar, they are
pushed through the two creases of
the paper. The paper is fed out in
one continuous ribbon, and is m ade
to pass over the grooved surface of
wheel, into which grooves the pa
per is pressed so as to form the
creases. A child five years old
can do all that is necessary about
this machine which sticks 800 pins
in a minute.
In the Shoe and Leather Depart
ment are found boots, shoes, har-
ness, trunks, hides, and the machi-
merry for working leather, and for
making boots and shoes. The boots
and shoes are very good, but do
not compare very favorably with the
French exhibit in the Main Hall, so
far as elegance is concerned. With
the exception of single set of
buggy harness, the harness does not
display much fancy or taste. One
set of carriage harness Is marked
at $4,000, but is very heavy, and In
spite of the amount of fancy work
expended upon it, looks cumbrous
enough to require separate horse
to carry it alone. The engine which
runs the machinery in the women's
Pavilion has lady for an engineer,
who says that it is easier to run an
engine than to attend to q baby.
This lady has gone through the US
ual course of study and received
her diploma, aud appears to UNDER
stand her business very thoroughly.
In this building is printed the Wo-
mems Journal, the setting of the
type, the running of the press, and
every thing else being done by wo-
men. The amount of embroidery,
crochet work, lace, flowers, articles
of dress, and elaborate uothings
that go to make up a woman's idea
of paradise, is quite large. Queen
Victoria sends some 81 etchinge,
and a napkin woven by herself, an
embroidered bed cover by two of
her daughters, a piece of embroi-
derry by the Crown Princes of Ger
many, and two embroidered cur
tains by Marchieness of Lorne.
Some of the paintings are very
creditable, and far superior to ma
ny in Memorial Hall. Among the
wood carvings. nearly all of which
are good, is bedstead which has q
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peoples, as typical of sleep, while
the foot is covered over with full
blown morning glories, typical of
awakening. This bed is the work
of two sisters, 16 and II years old,
and occupied them for full six
months. Price $500.
Visitors at the Centennial can
take home some very pretty sow
enirs- Ia Machinery Hall is a stand
for the sale of glass ware, where
each one buying an article can have
their name or monogram cut
upon it free of charge. In the |
ground are bazars for the sale of ar
ticles made from wood from the
Mt. of Olive, carvings, and fancy
articles of ali kinds, many of which
are very pretty.