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The New York herald., 1879-03-18
SCENE IN THE GERMAN REIcHsTAG.
BERLIN, March IL, 1870


The Rechstag to-day discussed report
explanatory of the action of the government
in instituting the petty state of siege in Berlin
Herr Lcbknccht, socialist, strongly ccnsured tho
measure, which he pronounced wholly un-
justified. Ho declared that his party was q
party ofreform, not of revolution. lie defended
the of the Socialist deputies in not rising
from their seats when cheers were given for the
Emperor. Tho President of the Rcicbstag,
amid cheers. remarked that this conduct
offended the moral sense of the Chamber.
Herr Lieblnccht continued :--"If Republic is
established in Germany" lie was unable to
finish the sentence in consequence of the up
roar which the words provoked. The President
threatened to deprive him Of his right Of speech.
Count won Eulcnburg explained that the gov
ernmcnt's reason for proclaiming the state Of
siege was that Berlin was in great danger he
cn,isc IL was the home of the Socialist agitation.
Referring to what he termed the assassination
and murder epidemic he said investigation
showed that the Instruments Of crime were pre-
pared in Berlin and East Prussia. lie said
That Prince bismarck and even the Emperor had
lately received good many letters threatening
them with assassination. Internal machines had
been actually discovered in Berlin and East
Prussia, although II was true that tho East Prvis-
sian machine was only constructed to secure to
the inventor an inforncr's fees. The Rcichstag
Cook formal cognizancc of the report concern
Ing the state OF siege
fhc Doiiy Ncscs' correspondent Mt Berlin
says:--''A the close of Herr Licbknccht's
speech the President Of the Reichstag threatened
The New York herald., 1879-03-18

COUGH, COLD OR HOARSENESS INSTANTLY
relieved by the of BRowNs BnoNcALs TROcmEs 25c
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
Visit to a Pin Factory.

A correspondent Of the New York
Erening Post thus describes the myste-
ries of pin-making:
The pin machine is one OF the closest
approaches that mechanics have made
to the dexteritt of the human hand. A
small machine, about the height and
size of lady's sewing machine, only
stronger, stands before you. On the
back a LIGHT belt descends from the long
shaft at the ceiling, that drives all the
machines, ranged in rows on the floor.
On the left side of our machine hangs
on a PEG a small reel of wire, that has
been Strengthened by running though a
compound system Of small rollers. This
wire descends, and the end of it enters
the machine. 1t pulls it in and bites it
off by inches, incessantly, 14O bites to a
minute. Just as it seizes each bite, a
little hammer, with q cOncave face, hits
the end of the wire three taps, and cup
sets - it to a head, while it grips it in a
countersunk hole between its teeth.
With an outward thrust of its tongue,
it then lays the pin sideways in little
GROOVE across the rim of a small wheel
that slowly revolves just under its nose.
By the external pressure Of a stationary
hoop, these pins roll in their places, as
they are carried under two series Of
small files, three in each. These files
GROW finer toward the end Of the series.
They lie at a slight inclination on the
points of the pins, and by a series Of
cams, levers, and springs, are made to
play "like lightning Thus the pins
are pointed and dropped in a little
shower into a box.
Twenty-eight pounds of pins is a days
work for one Of these jerking little au-
donations. Forty machines on this floor
make $50 pounds of pins daily. These
are then polished. Two very intelligent
machines reject every crooked pin, even
the slightest irregUllarity being detected.
Another atdlGaton asserts half dozen
lengths in as many different boxes, all
at once and unerringly, when careless
operator has mixed the contents of box
es from various machines. Lastly, a
perfect genius of machine hangs the
pin by the head, in an inclined platform,
through as many "slots" as there are
pins in a row on the papers. These
slots converge into the exact space,
spanning the length of a row. Under
them runs the strip of pin-paper. A
hand-like part of the machine catches
one pin from each of the slots as it falls,
and by one movement sticks them all
through two corrugated ridges in the
paper, from which they are to be picked
by taper fingers in bOudOirs, and all
sorts of human fingers in all sorts Of hui
man circumstances. Thus you have its
genesis:
Tall and slender, straight and thin,
Pretty little useful pin.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13

"Its's fifty thousand! He is dead and
has willed you all his money. Pretty
GOOD interest for 90 pounds for year,
eh? But my client was always eccen-
tric. There's Il string of names down
in his will for 10 shillingS each, because,
as he states, they wouldn't lend him as
much as that when he asked for ia a
lot of cousins, you know-and it's all
left YOU as the only one who responded
genially to his call. | say, sir, with
another overpowering shake OF the hand
81 congratulate you, with all my
hearth
And the autumn-tide Of Moses Hay,
woods life is passed in the sunshine OF
wealth and prosperity, and Alice has
her hot-houSes, her aviary and her
books.
"Father," she says, softly, with her
cheek against his wrinkled hand, "you
were right, after all, and | was wrong,
Kindness is sure to find its reward. y
London MdgdziRe.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
Talking by Machinery.

A speaking machine has been made
by NJ. Faber, a Frenchman. M. Gariel
writes of it in the Journal de Physique
that it consists essentially Of three parts
"a blowing arrangement, an apparatus
for producing sound, and an articulat-
inc apparatus. The first sends a cur
rent of air through the larynx. This
latter is an iron reed, the length of
which can be varied within certain linn
its, so as to change the pitch of the
sound. on. Gariel thinks system of
membranOus reeds would have been bet
ter) The articulating apparatus COM
prises part for producing vowels, and
another for cOnsOnants. The former
operates by the passage of air through
apertures of various forms in di-
aphragms, which are successfully placed
in the passage of the air current by
levers worked with keys; a special cav
ity, which can be connected with the
other, produces nasal sounds; the COM
munication is effected at will by means
of a special lever The consonants are
given by pieces whose action is very
similar to those of the lip, the teeth, and
the tongue. A special drum produces
the R sound. All these pieces and or
gans are put in motion by IA keys, which
are ingeniously arranged so as to cause
to act, with suitable intensity and in
proper order, the organs meant to pro-
duce syllable. Fourteen keys are suf-
ficient, because with the hell of acceSso-
ry keys one can vary the character of
conSonants from strong to weak, etc.
The speaking of the machine is necessa-
rilv monotOnous, and not perfect; GER
tain sounds produce better effect than
others; still, in general, one can COM
prehend the words and phrases pro-
nounced. The machine is interesting,
as showing distinctly the mechanism Of
fonation, which has been thus repro
duced artificially, and therefore obeys
absolutely the laws of acoustics.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
WHERE SHALL THE BABTS DIM
PIE Be?

Over the cradle the mother hung,
Softly grooming a slumbcr.song;
And these were the simple words she sung
All the evening long;
" Cheek or chin, or ltnuCkle or knee,
Where shall the babys dimple be:
Whcrc shall the angels finger rest
When he comes down to the baby ncSt'
Where shall the angels touch remain
When he awakcns my babe agaln"
Still as she bent and sung so low
Amurmur into her music broke,
And she paused to hear, Tor she couId puI
know
The baby's angel spoke.
"Checl or chin, or knuckle or knee,
Where shall the babys dimple be;
Where shall my finger fall and rest
When | come down to the baby's nest:
Where shall my fingers touch remain
When ] awaken your babe again.
Silent the mother sat and dwelt
Long in the sweet delay OF choice;
And then by her baby's side she knclt,
And sang with pleasant voice:
"Not on the limb, o angel dear
For the charm with it's youth Will disappear )
Not on the cheek shall the dimple be,
For the harboring smile will fade and flee;
But touch thou the chin with an impress
deep, u,
And nv baby the angels seal shall keep"
Saturday Magazine.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
The Origin OF Machlne'll'

Joseph elliott, the first y
machinery in the manufacl~d, l !
pens, was originally a u maker ,ersi, y
and other " steel toys WORSE
in a garret in a Birmingham IA h.
At this time he was engagVu Es h
woman in his own rank in :.1 na
two brothers were workings ID h
same style as himself, on .nr n
pens. elliott thought he Gg1 y
the processes employed, anu M N
cretiy in his garret until he br' 5r
press and other appliances, y y, /
could make twenty times AZ t5'o Dy
in a day, and better pens, els,,i.. is'' !
sible under the old methOas, 'no,
ready sale for them, anu Il fV n.
mand outgrew his power ,tbaI u
At this juncture his Swee.IRrr .Ro,
to his proposal that ,Y they5 y5rsas 'D
and work together, little i alsp1 dntp5
ultimate issue of Their u eIh h
after years Mr.. elliott usiS s;S ms
on the very morning oi -s ~ IN
began and finished a grG'Ji Soior, NJ
sold them for f7 As, Oei"
church.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
KINDNESS AND IT'S REWARD.

Alice sat in front of the little table,
washing the breakfast dishes, a bright
haired girl, with large, wistful blue eyes,
whom you would never suspect to be a
cripple until you saw that she was seated
on a wheeled chair by means of which
she propelled herself back and forth.
Yet, although she herself was the only
servant of the establishment, the floor
was daintily clean, the windows shone
like sheeted diamonds and the curtains
were white and neatly darned. For lit
tie Alice, at 18, was born hOusekeGper,
and took as much delight in the details
of her homely, domestic life as if she
had been a child playing with a dolls
house instead of Moses Haywood's
crippled daughter.
"Itis puzzling sometimes, said Alice,
wrinkling her pretty brown brows over
the housekeeper's book; "because
there's only just 50 much money and the
expenses have got to be met; and if you
Get the least little bit in debt, there it is,
hanging around your neck like mill
stone to the end of the year. But, then,
again, if there weren't any difficulties in
this style of housekeeping, where would
be the creditP"
And then Alice would shake her
bright brown braids, bite the end of her
pencil and begin again with the trouble
some array of figures.
But upon this particular day the color
burned more feverishly than ever in her
cheek; the teacups clinked nervously
together as she rinsed them.
But Moses Haywood, white-haired,
prematurely old man, sat over his
"Classical Dictionary" at the other
end of the room and only smiled quietly.
"Fifty pounds" said Alice. "It's
a deal Of money, father, dear, and
you've been years saving it up
"You are right, my DEAR said the
schoolmaster, calmly, cit is deal of
money. But what is money worth if we
can't use it to help our fellow creatures
with?n
"And I dare say he's ever so much
richer than you, father" pursued Alice.
"He is my wife's cousin, Alice" said
the old man, "and he is in sore need.
Be Ecomforted, my child, it is only a
oan."
"Only a loan!" repeated indignant
Alice. "Father, you'll never see it
again. People are always borrowing,
and nobody ever thinks of repaying
money"
"Gently, daughter Alice, gently"
chided the old man. "lt is best to be
charitable to all men in thought as well
as in deed. 1t is true that | had antici-
pated laying this f5Opounds out in few
books for myself, a new dress for you,
arlr carpet fof' oiiisif stttt sitting reom but
never mind. We shall do very well as
we are, and if Mr.. Watkins really needs
money"
81 don't believe he needs it half as
much as we do burst in Alice.
And she wheeled her chair across the
room to give the hnnet his fresh seed
and water, while Haywood, folding up
the 50-pound note which had been the
bone OF contention, placed it in an en-
velope and walked quietly away.
"It's too bad of father" thought
Alice, left alone by herself. 81 do be-
ieve he would give the coat off his back
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
BORROWING TROUBLE.

This morning was thinking
OF all the work to do;
And while my thoughts were busy,
My hands were busy too.
peeled the ruddy apples,
For noon drew on apace,
And sauce must not be missing
From its accustomed place.
| thought of pears to pickle,
OF apples | should peel,
OF grapes for my preserving,
OF cans yet must seal,
OF peaches fit for picking,
Of corn that must be dried,
Of catsup to be simmered,
And sewing done beside,
Ten hundred rooms to tidy,
4 thousand beds to make,
With twenty jars Of cookies,
And loavcs of bread and cako,
With meals and sOiled dishes,
\ thousand times a year
Oh, what a dismal prospect,
MOnOtOnOus and drear!
Just then, amid the stiffness,
A little voice | heard,
As when a long stilled curtain
With memOry's breath is stirred;
And these the words of comfort,
so strangely brought to me:
e Sufficient when 'tis needed
Thy strength shall ever be-"
l saw twas purest folly,
For me or any one,
To sit within the cleaning
And think what must be done.
The work of next December,
Of April or of May,
I saw, when thinking calmly,
Need not be done to-day.
And so while strength is promised,
And love is ever given,
I'll try to make my fireside
Suggestive of yOn heaven.
-GuSsie Thomas, in Country Gentleman
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13

and with no little labor in ,,,.
sorting. At the harvest-t&r,. &
product, buyers arc usuarr
search of it, and the wise faS,,l 'I''
when the iron is hot. With r5 ~
perishable product as wool, sto. u,
sometimes be practiced with n,;
we have known a farmer ID P,y, y,
cents a pound for his wool L.
get 81, and afterward clad to "
80 cents. Such a result make,
ashamed of his bed-fellow ~
sleeps alone. Storage is aImo,.s "
accompanied with some loss /
merchants put it, " You CAM
a ton of coal where you baTs 1
one"
The most important factor IN ,
ing produce is a reputation for l
ing a good article and dealing =, ]
If a purchaser buys once and Y
he is not only apt to buy AGAIN
recommend the goods to of6,I
thus the sale makes the best sr
advertiSement.-AIer. Hyde, hgI
TIWcS.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
What Should be the Legal Sta,,I
Kerosene!

There are two widely prevaleui
in regard to the use of kerosene !
is that kerosene explosions ara 4
the result of carelesSness; n.
that the use of Kerosene is ne.
attended with more danger tha,,:
panieS the use of animal Or nj
oils; in other words, that itisimI
to make an Illuminating oil from
Ieum which will not be more |,
risky under ordinary hOusebdD
ditions. Both these errors are !;
popular ignorance with regard |,
nature and properties of the nrl
petroleum productsproperly dem J,
ed kerosene, and the conditions +
which low grade or adulteratedhrr :
explode. 4
Crude petroleum, from thecon :,
Of its composition, has been aph /
pared to a book; the products n
at successive temperatures BEL, :
leaves, each showing more Or l.. 3
nounced characteristics. Itsmn
tile parts are given off at tem
as low as the freezing point Of
At summer heat appears r !
which boils at 60 Fab; attemp
below 170o, gasoline is given d I
between that and 300o, the pn
called naphtha. The naphtha
at a temperature above 2SO' i
guiShed as benzine. All these
are without oily properties; are
at common temperatures; at
readily; and, when their vq
mixed with from seven to IiH
their volume of air they burn
explosion, even when not cOnfH
Between 300o and 1902 ken
distilled, a mixture of products
in character between benzine
heavy parat1ine oils, too thickH
lamps. According to PrOfeSG
ler, 100 parts of crude petrolem
by distillatiOn,1 i 1-2 parts Of g&
of refined naphtha, 4 of benzin
kerosene, IL ID of paratfine Qubl
oil, 2 Of parahine, and 10 Of coi
and loss. Benzine is worth ao
as much as kerosene; napht
parafine oil about one third &7
The temptation of rehnersotI
is to mix their oils with the isl
cheaper naphtha, then bring
product to the appearance Of
by an admiXtur6 of paratfne
lower in price than pure keros
is the naphtha, with its low
point, that causes all the miscI
The legal standard for ke
this and many other States Is
test; the United States standa1 N
In Michigan all oils are Forbid
flash at 1400 or below. ObToa
law is enforced in the last nan'
kerosene accidents are quite ID
there.
An effort is being made in
have the standard raised IRON
11Oo; some insist that it shOuI
as high as 1852. Professor 50 !:
President of the Board OF Heai-
city, asserts that the standala
should be adopted everywhere
case there would be an end Of
explosions, provided, Of cOuls5 y
law be rigidly enforced ~, sp
standard be so raised, the ac''.
the oil, he says, would not be
more than a cent or two d
Scientific american.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
.Sunerintendent Elliott

ton public schools, conati,o' tnn
hibitions as they are IVsr ,.sr
Quoted, and says tllal ,d pp
phernalia of rewards "'iu art+l;
ranks, per centages, smor. enos
checks and the rest are 'nJ ~"
hindrances to moral "
life -
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13

The Baptist missions in Sweden
haye swelled to 275 churches. A theo-
logical seminary in Stockholm, belong
ing to the denomination, has twenty-one
students.
, 1879-08-09
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

The Committee on Equalization did nothing
yesterday, but will hold 4 meeting today.
Tax-sales yesterday Included aye small lots In
Lemout. Sales iu tho sans town will 10 male
to1tsy.
Thc County Treasurer yesterday ra,d over to
tue city STE. QUO un account OF special asscss-
meuts, $14s, ,000 of the amount belDg IN scrip.
About two weeks ago young man named
A1olph titrschberK wandered into tho ArfnorY,
sud, 1t being found tlnt hs mental co1dllion
was such as 10 rrndsr 1t unsafe for him 10 bo At
largo, 10 was removed TO the County Jxtl for
1ate-keeping, 1t appeared ttlat he lad : brother
residing 10 New Mexlcu, uNd County Physician
Ilarrouu wrote to tnis gentleman, telling him
u Adoph's condition. Yesterday The brother
arrived III Chicago. aud, after conference with
llse authorities, decided to send tho unfortunate
man Aomu to hls relatives In Pfuxsl2.
TON eMITH
llas not been captured. although be has been
seen on Hubbard street, at tho Stock-Y -Yarls, Ia
Kalamazoo. Cbatle.ton, y. G., aud other places.
II Is believed TINT bis Fea! naIne IL Collins
Thomas Collins. THO HheriR IL locking for
h:m, out of The windows of .lu County NutId-
ing. and whep q deputy gets m execution to
serve un lndlann ayeuuu ur schiller street, NJ
thu caso nay be. he IL tnsts1ctsd ~ Keep sharp
, 1879-08-09
MAD DOGS,

ouTDHEAK or AN EPIDEMIC.
4 mnd.do0 SEASON Inns evidently sot In.
Yesterday afternoon Officer Il. c. Scott, Of the
West Twelfth strcet stution, was called unon to
shoot dog supposed to be mud, which had
bitten u number of children III tho vicinity
Of Nos. 200 to 30. West Polk street.
The dog WIS little cur, which
was owned by woman who diod somo six
months neo at No. 237 Polk street. 1t cont,n-
ued to hang nbout tic hctchborhood. and was
occasionally given bono or somc SCRAPS Ut
food by tic ucIellbors. "A few days ago It lad
litter Of pups, but thf, mlscilerous children
stole them nil. a. The slut was
furious at this, =: as what animal
would not be. For several days past, or ever
stneo the loss OF the last puppy, the dog has
made business Of atlapplng ut children, and
quite number havo been bit:cu or scratched
br. the creature. There seems to bo L
difficulty, howe yer, in''eetting tho names ot
10 late hour t',c fo'lox!ng onir had been ascer-
tanned: Neorgo Tvumbey, . years Of age, No.
100 West Polk street; Atartln Mctice, " years
ot age, No. ea7 on san1d street; Thomas Hunt,
S asS Il Ne m 't5ss ss;ca a sse ssss
The first three werc only slightly wounded,
but the latter !s said to have been severely man.
glei about the legs. Ise dog did not act IKE
MAD one. itor foam Mt }fe mouth hnd. aB there
is mt known 10 havo f9cn anv mad dogs In the
neighbort!ood, It. conldg dg,novcr havc bccn bitten
l,y onr. It Is also claimed by some that sluts
do not run Enad. t1,eaT, bitten md .po!soncl by
wa. raid i, suen u liz children q, wesa bttou
At3 o'clock YESTERDAY afternoon Ol!lccr r.. n.
Keatc, of the West Chicago Avanue Station
ahot and killed naad dog n: No. 1M Corncia
atrcet. The dor had hItten n l0-year.old boy
namcd Jacob I3urkhqrtsmcvcr In thc left arm,
,n,l als1 attacked Olllccr kcele. The little
fellow wos taken to iIn hume, No. 10S Cornell
street. where h!s wound wns eauterlzod by Dr..
Eumrtch, -; .pt
, 1879-08-09

but Tint l,o left It In The shed ~ he bud no
oiher nlnce to keep It. ntnl ho wnnte! to know
what business tl,e policeman had moestng and
nossng around his property.
At rcRular convocaion Of York Chapter 14s,
Royal Arch Afasuna, of Chicago, Thursday, i
double c1nss OF canlIdntch received that lcQreo
nt tho hall corner Of Madison aud Kobey streets.
The exercises wore very entertaining to orettren
OF the "Msstic tic,h aatt enjoyed largely BY tho
many avtss co%Gtn!o1s IT, fE9 %a, neigh
Gcrs tat ilomoa yicd with caci, olhcr
In every fratcrnal attention to tlclf
visEtors that Gcnlino hospitality could suggest.
After protrscted rcqnEsite labors, the craft was
cvcninE,-lle "so}onrners" TO tl,c last filling
aeverai tah,cs. generously tlllcl With good
th!hrs, tt,c length OF the amnlo hanauct.Foos,.
Excellent i: 7. Wilkins, Of York CHATTER, as
!o~csi bv Theodore +. lurrcy, 7. II. r.. s''l the
@ Gn!:asa; ihe q ,os. b. i. u. W"Fia', 7. q. d:
Of Kentucky, md others ni tue elty. Among s,,
rrnrc, c. hia,rcr, Jaucs Wheeler, stalcon, slc-
Donald, Small, Stylea. Morgan. Lyman. llcn!-
street, Shaw, ETC., Worthy Recorder Hn9 I,
Gould belbg Kept busy al tic registry OF han0eS'
srLvANUs nA1tocE.
Another Of Chcagus oldest Residents, Syl-
vaGns lIao h 81 The argc @ f9Gsrgnaus c esst urn
chnnt in lint Inc in t!,e West, aicd lnst evening
nj q u'eIock. ut lia residence. No. ll51 Indiana
avenue, OF ttols colic, from whlefa he bad been
III n week, hut not seriously nntl1 lhursaay,
whc,, his attending physician, Dr.: Dyas. fonnd
him In dangerous condition, anu c1ernea ny
skill 10 the Utmost to save him., Mr. tlallock
rctnntnou conscious to ihc end. antl expired #tth
singular resignation and csmncss In the presence
al Ills wfo and family. The funeral will be
announced In io-rnorrow's InlnuSE; NJ.
WIS engaged In tho lumber trade, and, twenty
live years ago. came 10 Chicago md entered in
thc r,lbber.Goods business with bis bro,her.lu.
law, John u. ldcson, who was located under
Wuoed's Museum building. Al tic ting Of The
great i1ro Of 1871 tho hottsc was known as
iiallock, Wheeler i Co., at No. i43 Lako street,
md went down III the general rutn.. Mr.
ilallock was M active Businessman. and soon
rc-establtshcd bis trade, until It grew to large
tltmcussons, and now ranks With tho h!Ghest.
After tile great fire The Hrm beeame
Ilulloc1, Holmes Il Co.. a,ld continued 80 until
January last. when Il WIS changed to Hallock,
SALISBURY s. Cltuc, Mr. Holmes retiring. The
head Of this prosperous house became wcll
known as one of the most charitable men ln
Chicago. Lie was freq g1ycr TO auY good char-
rs, no matter OF what religious denonnatlon,
aiIi le solicitors for tho various institutions
will greatly miss him. lie was n man Of strlct
Integrity, generous, rooti-naturcd, anil eontent-
I'd. lie waB an attendant At thu First Presby.
tcrfsp Church. Mr. ua1lock was wealthy, md
tcayea business property On Fifth avcnue and
residence property 0n Michigan mud Indiana
avenues.