Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-26
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Machine for Mining Coal.

issue of January 22nd, but since
that time, by Mr.. Chew's invitation, we
made a critical inspection of the ma
chine, and must say that 1t looks entire
" practicable. The Improvement con-
sists in so arranging the cutters that as
they pass through the clay, shale or
coal, the refuse dirt, will be conveyed into
a box, which will carry it around until 1t
reaches a point farthest from the work,
where, by the action of a piston, it will
be pushed cut and form a little ridge be-
tween the circular cutter and the frame
of the machine, thereby avoiding the
wedging process that would have OBJ
tanned with the old apparatus, and saw
ing a very large percentage of power.
Before this examination we were some
what skeptical in regard to one or two
points. First, we thought the machine
so cumbersome that it could only be
worked in thick coal veins. This we
find is not the case, as the machine Will
be only some twenty inches high, and
six feet long; and its inventor even
claims that it will be better in thin veins
than in thick ones for reasons which are
easily explained to practical miners.
Second, the cutting part, acting on the
principle of a circular saw, with the teeth
in the shape of knives three inches wide,
and propelled by a movable mechanism,
It, Az ~oe.cforoo of fhn /
extremity would be SO great that 1t
would crowd the machine off its track or
force the track out of position. We are
thoroughly convinced that these ebiec-
tions will not hold good. To try the
power of the machine as represented IN
a model only a few inches long, we
placed our hand firmly on the counter
and resisted with all our strength the
advance of the machine with a small
piece of wood, and the inventor with two
fingers lightly applied to the crank,
which he was using for power, pushed
our hand gradually back, and the Knives
entirely unadapted to cutting, being
mere brass, gradually cut the end off the
stick. The gentleman claims that he
will have power to spare, and that he
can develop enough power on his cut
tiers to go through rock, not to speak OF
clay or shale. Sir Joshua Reynolds says.
s.inventien is little more than a new
combination of those images which have
been previously gathered and deposited
in the memory; nothing can com of
nothing he who has laid up no materials
can produce no combinations" While
in MIR. Chew's machine there is not a
single new principle of mechanics, still
his combination of known principles
must lave cost him many sleepless
nights of study, and many a long days
serious reflection before he developed it
to its present perfect state. We honor a
man who patiently labors from day to
day to earn a livelihood for himself and
the dear ones dependent upon him; and
we sincerely respect and esteem the man
who out of the labor of his brain evolves
an idea which takes from human muscles
the hardest part of the yea and strain
necessary to accomplish a task.
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Winslow did not use tobacco in any
form. Such revelations are demoral-
izing. and tend to shake ones faith in
virtue.
The Lowell Courier says: Young
Napoleon has a mustache. 1t will be a
good time before he will be able to show
an imperial.
The editor of the Courier-Journal pro-
nounces as hopeless the full-grown
young man who calls his mother
and his father paw.
James Hamill is dead. He was a
gentleman and a sculler.-[E1. Such
jokes are wherry bad. Give oar, give
oar.-[Norristown Herald.
Wabash College forbids gambling
among the students, and the boys want
to know how they can ever be appointed
Minister to England without q knowl-
edge of poker.
Mrs. Paran Stevens house in Fifth
avenue, New York, will COST when
completed, about s2,O OO, 900. The NAL
achite maHtels in the drawing-room will
come to $4,000.
Suppose 1 should locate myself on
this claim?" said a stranger to a company
Of Nevada miners. ssWell, the chances
are" enc of the miners grimly replied,
''thst you would soon find yourself dis
located !"
A Christmas sermon from the Roches-
ter Democrat: ''Some of the people are
so engaged regarding the religion of
the future that a hundred persons might
starve to death on their door steps and
they wouldn't know anything about it.
Farmers living along the streams in
Washington county suffered very serious
losses by the recent flood. Many fences
were swept away, and in some fields,
says the Independent, the soil was almost
wholly washed off.
The Chicago Tribune says: Judge
Chester II. Krum, one of the Babcock
counsel, was Mayor of Alton during the
Lovejoy riots. He was famous at the
time fer having begun a speech to the
bowling fanatics before him with the
address: "Gentlemen of the mob"
A correspondent at Florence gessips
entertainingly about Salvini, who has
lately returned there after his triumph
abroad. The great tragedian leads a
simple, transformations life in Florence,
where he lives honored and respected
by all. In his comfortable villa, bull
after his own plans, very much in the
English style, he is to be found with hi.
fair young wife-a very picture of do
mestic home life. He is studying now,w will
grave and earnest interest, the role Of
"Macbeth," which he proposes to make
his cheUal de bataille next season ir
England.
DEATH OF HENRY CARTER-AGE LOG
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