The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-10
EMPoRIA NEWS.
FRIDAY. NoVEMBER l0.1ls76.
Our Centennial Letter.

America are represented here, IL
this line and In the test of the en-
giues, the American engines prov
ed by far the most powerful and
perfect. At Vienna and Moscow
the English and American engines
competed, and 1t both places, the
American were awarded the prizes
and pronounced the best. Indeed,
SO fully is this superiority univer-
sally recognized, that Spain, France,
and other foreign countries now or
der their engines from this country
instead OF England, as they once
did. -iIt ~ -
Among the FIRE extingnishing de-
vices is q model Of Q house, over
the sides, roof, and through every
room or which, run perforated
pipes, which lead from q pipe that
is eOnBeeled with Q force pump.
Should the house catch on fire, by
operating the pump, the house can
be flooded from turret to fouuda-
ton stone, or ahonld an adjoining
house catch IRE, you can keep your
own roof and sides OF the house
constantly Wet,sso as to keep il
from catching also. This idea is
very old. but as it is one ofithose
Inventions which have never been
adopted to any extent, Il Is constant
'ly being reinvented in every part Of
the country, and every. big confia-
grafton sends about 25.applications
Into the Patent Office, at Washing
ton, for patent for it as 9 new i'm
Yention.
The exhibition OF glass ware, in
the Main Hall, ia very good SO far
as It Coca. The English and Aus
triAns have the finest ornamented
goblets and pitchers ever seen In
this country. So elaborate and
beautiful are the designs cut into
the glass, and 90 perfectly are they
flnished, that IL seems perfectly in
credible that they could have been
cut with small thin revolving wheels
with edges like the blade Of . knife.
In the English collection IL an or
binary sized goblet, on one side of
which is cut "St. George aud the
Dragon, which Is as perfect as q
fine steel engraving. This goblet
,is valued at such high price that
1t Is kept in q velvet case, and no
'one IL allowed to handle Il, In the
Austrian collection Is a glass pitch
er, of ordinary size, with equally
a. fine work on ii, that lie marked at
$500. America has some fine cut
glass, but 1t Is confined to plates,
bowls, apd-tabie articles. In the
AmHf3 Standardization is a fine large
glass foa6taiD, all of which above
the base and tank is formed of
glass. Around the edge of the res
ervolr r-tanky rare Ga glass flower
holders, and four glass lamp posts,
each one OF which has 10 burners.
In the center of the tank is a great
glass dome resting on three glass
pillars, and.in this dome is the glass
figure of q woman, who stands up
on glass globe. France sends two
glass plates that are % feet high, 10
feet wide and e inch thick, the lar
Gest ever imported, and which are
valued at $1,000 each. Belgium al
80 sends large amount of glass,
but It consists nearly altogether OF
great glass tubes, and two or three
looking glasses of immense size.
Inthe Canadian collection, among
the sewing machines, is q working
full sized sewing machine, bulli
from the description of Thos. Saints
application for patent in Englsnd
SO years before Howe's invention
In this machine, the needle has it,
eye In the lower end, and recipro
cates In the same position, while thu
work, which is clamped to q sliding
carriage, moves along under and
past 1t. When the carriage reaches
the end of It's travels, the work hal
to be taken of, moved along to 6
. new places be, reclamped, aud ther
the carriage screwed back to III
frat position to be sgain moved
forward by the turning Of the crank
This machine Is exhibited for the
purpose Of showing that the sew
ing machine is an English, not al
American invention. So far as ,
mere machine that would sew il
concerned, England is welcome tC
the claim, and none will dispute 1t
No one contends that Howe IL thu
frat who ever made : sewing ma
chine, but he IL the iIrst one who
ever made . practical machine; the
hrst who ever gave. TO the world
more than Q mere abandoned exper
iment, such as the Saint invention
proved to be.
In Agricultural Hall, and Just
Outbluo Vi lty OOtn AuleFlCS AnC
Canida exhibit gates which can be
opened and closed without the trou.
BILE CT the driver getting out OF the
wagon. The American gate il
made to open aud close by the strik.
Ing OF the .wheels against Iron
cranks, ,whIchsAre connected under.
ground .by iron rods with theagate,
and which rods caus3 the gate to
open and close The Canadian gate
10 pivotsd upon two pivoted sup
ports, are connected to long hand
levers that extend out beyond each
side OF the gate. Aperson driving
mp to the gate has but to give /
slight pull on one lever as he goes
up, and another on the one as b.
goes through, and the gate moves
backward out of the way and theI
closes after him. or these two. tbs
Canadian is not only the best anC
simplest, bnt in my opinion, tn,
best ever made. Itsoperation is 81
easy, it's constructions so light, anC
with noaparts to get ont of repair
It is q marvel of ingenuity aud com
mon sense.
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