New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-25


ably never brought together than
that contributed by France to her
own Exposition of 1878. This may,
indeed, be regarded as the very first
opportunity France has enjoyed Of
showing to the rest of the world her
relative position in the race of in.
dustrial preferment. Neither in her
own exhibitions of 1855 and 1867
nor in the English Exhibitions Of
1851 and 1866 did she come largely
to the front in matters uetallurgi-
cal, and the enormous drain made
upon her recources by the war left
her in the background at the Exhi-
billions Of Vienna and Philadelphia.
But to-day she proves to the rest Of
the world that, in spite Of the gene
raj demoralisation and distur bance
OF industry caused by the misfor-
tunes that eliminated in Sedan, and
Notwithstanding the consequentloss
Of eleven of her principal ironworks
in Alsace and Lorraine, representing
the transference to the Zollverein Of
three ourths Of the iron production
of the old French department of the
Moselle, she has in this, as in all
other indications OF material pro.
gress, developed amazing recupera-
tive energy, and become formid-
able rival Of nations with longer
industrial pedigrees and more obvi-
Gus natural endowments
In the printing Department the
!, new composing machine works
J, wonders. The apparatus is not I'M
like a piano and is composed of a
series Of vertical tubes, placed side
/ by side; each tube is filled with one
kind Of letter. These tubes all con.
verge at the lower end, into one
: pipe, which abuts upon horizontal
5 trench. The compositor has before
3 him keyboard, upon the notes o.
which the letters of the alphabet are
: marked. When he strikes one Q:
: these notes the corresponding tube
, opens, and drops the letter indicated
! into the trench, where a specia
!, mechanism advances it to the place
d it is intended to occupy The types
$ then pass into the justifer, kind 0:
S movable metallic frame, Of a sizt
}, suitable to the line which is to b
/ printed. Each line, when compos
d ed, is lowered to give place to tn
: succeeding one. The superior rapid
II ity Of this method is evident. B,
e the usual mode a skilfuL composite
r can turn off 1900 letters in an hour
f. by this machine it is possible t
n make 100000 notes in the sam
# time; but, allowing for the fatigu
y to the fingers, it is no exaggeratio
h to put the average at 10000 ncte
le an hour. There is, Of course, tt
l. difficulty Of reading the manuscript
le which delays the rapidity Of Il
it work; but even if the machine mao
ar no more than 5000 notes, it wou
r, be a great saving Of time and labo
sh The operation Of replacing the lie
,ir tiers in their respective tubes in pc
ii formed by machine having an e
er actly reverse arrangement to the pr
en- ceding one. The composing al
n distributing machines which, und
n. the name Of Chambers, have no
w been brought to great perfectio
SIS are now in successful use in Il
he Office Of the London Times.
re A good story IS told Of a Washin
b. lngtonian who hired a conveyan
les during the recent strike Of CABIN
to and drivers. Upon the man sayil
gn ct is 100 saus an hour the hi
replied, s'All right, drive on