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cliques.

"ITyEAsY rests the head that wears a
crown" is an adage that ought to be appL-
cable to Emperor Alexander of Russia
and it is the stranger that he should be
SINGLED cut above all others, for through
him the oppressed ssrfs have been liberia
tod and until the advent of the Nlhlilsts
the country governed with less rigor than
MANY other of the European Nations. Tho
New York Eran.tncr, under the title OF an
" Assassin-proof Emperor" thus speaks
Of the efforts that have been made to take
his life:
Ths Gar of Russia is an exceedingly
difficult mark to hit. 1t Is now ABOUT
6ftaan wears since systematic attempts were
made to empty the Russian throne. Inc
Tmnnrial Emanclpator refused the demand
of the Moscow nobility for representative
form of government, and almost lmmedl-
ately his path was surrounded by political
thugs. He would have been killed In 1866
but for the timely Intervention OF a pea.
SAINT. The following year Pole dogged
him to the Paris Exposition with the pur-
pose of assassinating him, but failed. Not
long ago young Nlhillst gained an audi
ence at the palace in St. Pstersburgh, but
found the Emparers person charmed
against his weapon. The most elaborate
and well-laid plans seem futile. A powder
mine is buried under railroad track lead
ing into Moscow, and few minutes after
Alexander passed over it the royal baggage
is blown into the air. A dynamite mine Is
buried in the celebrated Winter Palace
which Nicholas built, and an unusual delay
in the dinner hour happens so that while
the dinner is badly damaged the Emperor
goes unharmed.
This last attempt was made only last
week, killing ten soldiers, and wounding
five times as many more. 1t is said that
after the Imperial nerves were quisted,
another dinner was prepared and eaten
right by the side Of the gap in the dining
hall floor. These successive ahortive plots
lead maBv to believe that this Nihilists are
only playing a game of bluff" not in
tending 10 take the life of their sovereign
Last weeks performance, however, does
not look that way. The mine exploded
demolished the rooms of four stories,
counting the cellar, so that the recently
published threat to blow up the palace was
evidently mado in earnest. All the svi-
dence goes to shew that the conspirators
are to be found among the immediate at
tQcics of the Car, and that they are urged
on by the nobility, which is more Of an
ornamental than useful institution in
that country. A. any rate, ameng the
peasants and common people the spirit Of
loyalty is very strong. 1t is q singular cir
cumstance that Alexander, the only Russian
Emperor who has shown any disposition to
put the nation in full sympathy with civil
cation, should be the object Of vindietivs
hatred from the party of progress, which
ought to be lending him its cordial sup
port.
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Fresh Canned Tomatoes ,at Cords 10

Fresh Canned Tomatoes, lat Cords no
sillier habit than that Of treating
does not exist among civilized bengs.
Fine York State Apples, at Gordons.
Decoration day is the next legal holiday,
and after that the 'glorious Fourth.
Go to Gordon's for the best Cigars and
Tobacco.
Green tea is a good brain stimulamt, but
better stimulant is Reccssi.tea
CLoslNG out Winter Hosiery. below COST.
at Collins ~ Sayins.
Young people say that the game Of l5 is
inferior III interest only to the game Of two.
Mason Cough Syrup cures incipcnt coli
sumption.
correspondent wants to know how long
bees live. About the same ;s short bees.
we suppose.
For SALE, CHEAP-Ons second hand
Champion Reaper, two Farm Mills, one
sweep and one power; one Hay Pres.
GEO. W. d :. TAYLOR
You can cure Frosted Feet, Rhpuna,i,,p.
Stiffness Of Joints, Cuts. Bru.ses, Burns &C..
with Roberts Embrocation'. Buy bolts
aud try il. Only @5ct, per botli-.
i littl~ mucilage viii keep those Aa,rfI.
/ hams out a your eyes until they get gro,y!,
cut long enough TO be Goa, fortHLiv d.s,,n~,.,i
( Of.
ba! cough j. worrying to- any onr. y.bv
not relieve it with Lottlc of Mason. ca
hr"''d Cough NyrN. F'r.:d"by all druggist.
/ The mild Winter hs, been a blessing "a
the p@or. The CONSUMPTION of fuel ia.
h"eh E.ore moderate lh!s season than iu,
many years past.
/ COLLINS < %ANIN Laycaa Elo.a,, ....o
"i Hamburg Eiging and Lace
/ Cowsili'a make three article. Of ...ne,,l
observation-disclosures Stair. Pow Varui.b
and Leather Oh. Sold by Jas. = !!otieckor
NayIna, DEL, and all druggists.
Fer " good slice Of liam, 90 to Gordon
The mistaken ihi!anthfoI,jsts who advise
every GoGF t@ get married aro a!ders ;,n,:
"""toIs 81 higaluy. Ia the United Starea
'h"'" ar" only 9,3 wo!nen to evslv I00u
mrn.
Siass Syrup Of Tar, Wild Cherry and
Hoarhound j. pleasant 10 the TASTE and ,a.
most reliable remedy for Coughs and ca.d..
Give It trial. Price. - and 5U.t. t.er
bottle.
People who have black haired cooks wiz.
very fair complexion. may he interested il.
knowing that led har can he made black
"} frequently boiling it in coffee.
Great Reduction in Hosiery. at con-. /.
! H;tVln ;, cor. Commerce and Murkc; S..
Coughs and Colds are often overlooked.
a Continuance for any length Of tine couee-
lr.ItatIon of the Lungs or somr Chronic
Throat disease. Sincs Syrup Of Tar. Wiid
Cherry and Hoalhound are an ei,rc,iial
cough remedy.
spring took advantage Of leap yoar. and
in-tead Of having Winter liugelin-, in he,
lap both became one at very early staco
OF the proceedings.
We are glad to hear that our druggist are
now selling Mason Cough Syrup. Inc bc-1
cheapest and most efficient remedy in ,hcV.rll
SHEEwDHEss AND ArLIrY.-Hon Bitter,
so freely advertised in I'll tho papers.
secular and religious, are haviu. a Iar.e
sale and are supplantinc all otues mndi
clHts. There is no denying the virtues al
OF the Hop plant, and tho proprietsrs Of
these BrtterS nave Shown great shrew,iness
and ability il compounding Bitters.
who's" virtues are SO palpable to every one.
observation Eguniut,' and (Er1},. ri.
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The Chinese Question, which is now up,
permost at least on the Pacific Coast, is
thus treated by the Philadelphia Record:
1t would undoubtedly have been far
better for California if John Chinasaaa had
never set foot upon her shores. He is
pagan, and very iHveterats and vile one.
In nearly every respect the Chinese are
aliens to US, and to our usages, ideas and in
sttutlOns. Scarcely any points of contact
In sympatkles, aims, motives or traditions
exist between them and u.s. They consti
tute an incORgruous and disturbing element
in our American community, and tho in.
Huence OF their presence amongst us is un-
wholesome. 1t is all very fine to say that
the United States should welcome all
comers from all lands and gladly admit
them to an equal participation in the bens.
hts we ourselves enjoy. There are limits,
however, beyond which this good
doctrine of fraternity cannot be safely car.
RED. In one sense of the word, all men
have Joint origin and common destiny.
But nature and history have affixed wide
differences between the various races Of
mankind that We should hesitate to disrs-
gard. The Mongolan is about as far re.
moved as can well be conceived in all his
traits and qualities, physical, mental and
moral, from the type to which we belong.
his civilization, if it may be called such,
ms manAsrs, his ethics, his habits OF
thougnt and nearly everything about him
are altogether foreign TO those of our
OrancA OF the human family. Unlike
most other heather races, the Chimes,
cannot apparently be brought into onr
modes OF belief and action. The converts
from amONrCf fIapo 10
lew scores. 30 far as their methods OF
thinking and ours are concerned there
seems to be no common ground.
'"e 'fo' rrtue Of which the Chi
nesp t.. .aI Stoto. -
served SO loag as they remain in force. but
II Is mlHfortuRs that the treaties ever OK
hted. Here on the eastern slope of the
continent the evil which has resulted from
thSm Is aa yet hardly felt. On the Pacific
coast, however, it has become an intolera
Ole grievance. II is needless to enumerate
tAe particular facts which make the Chi
Aese IN California most pestilent and dis
coroaRt element of the body politic
Aearneylsm, with its continual monaco ia
IA" anu srdsr, reprehensible as it is and
aOahUonsd as Is It's great apostle, is a legiti
mate outgro"th of the antagonism to thi.
degraded race, which has grown TO 40 vast
Preportionswithin the last few years. The
argument OF the Sand Lots is perhaps moi
very logical when measured by the strict
rules OF dialects, but it is that Of men O
tne same blood and lineage as ourselves
wne see the bread snatehed day after da,
oy the almond-sysd aliens from the MOUTH
VI their wives and babes. A great deal ha
' SSen said about protection TO American
!sDor; There is need for such protection
~ Saliiornla against a competition whicl
ls !. lar mere ruinOus than the "pauper labo
OF Europe" ever was or ever can be. Tn
treaty with China sheuld DO abrogated, @
A. least so modified as to turn back the It'd
eI immigration the mischievous results G
mhleh have no adequate compensation i
any commercial advantages arising from il
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The Daily Ncrs, the new morning daily
,bot succoeds the Morning Herald Of Will
mington came to hand on Monday 1t Is
n bright, newsy, prudent newspaper, giving
evidence of an ambition to excel, and If 1t
leans an as we'll as it has commenced, as it
doubtless will, must prove credit to Will
mingtsn journalism. John H. Emerson of
tbs Denton Union and II. c. Conrad, ESQ.,,
of Wilmington are the editors and pub
fishers. 1t is Republican ia politics but
announces itself independent of parties and
cliOuaS
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.Sm1Y2'RU, DeI.,

THE " TIMES is published every Wednesday after
noon bv ROBERT D. HoFFECXER, Editor and Pro
prietor at Smyrna Delaware.
rFRNIS- -srBscR1PTIoN-One year $500 in advance, OF
s25Oif not paid till the end of the year. No paper
discontinued until all arrears are paid-only at the
option of the Publisher.
.nVEPTIsEMENTS will be inserted at the rate OF
Seven Gents line for the frstinseron; subsequent
insertions Three Aliborald discount
made to quarterly semi-annual and yearly adveI'i-
sers
oBITI-ARY NOTICES will be charged two cents per
line.
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GRAIN. &c.
PER RI~rIFT
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
MARRIAGES.

ENNiH-DULIN.-Att the NJ. Z. parsonage. on the 2nl
inst smyrna, by Rev. 7. II. Haynes. George L
Ennis and Miss Mary \. balm. all Of Kent Co bel
PAlIEE~ON-AECHER-I Poughkeep>le " Y
February u, lNNn, by Rev. Chas. K. North Charlp.
N.PatterSun. formerly of this town and Miss Annie
:. Archer. of Milford. Del
T!iTTENBACK-IIINSON the 10th OF Febr,ar,.
hy Rev. q. T. HurloCk, Joseph j. Trittcnhoci, ;!
New York. and Miss Addie B. uinSon, OF ms t0,yn
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DEATHS.

TM4JMrSoN-Near smyrna. On the eth ult, Joseph
Thompson aged IS years
CnLL!NS.-In this town, on the 10Th ult Leonard \
Collins. aged 81 years.
JOHN>ON.-On the 2Sth ult near BlacLbir1 Iob,,
Johnson. aged 60 years
SLENENsON.-In Philadelphia February 18th. lSsl
l"nney stevenson formerly of this town in his 5Oth
year. "
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An the Maine elections Monday the Re-
Panheans carried Portland and Skowhegan
AGAINST strehg Fusion majorities last year,
an aho also Lewiston, Gardiner, Bath and Saco.
lhe democrats carried Ellsworth. Rock
isnd, Gerham, KsRnebunk, Kennebec and
rrrysourg all gave Republican maiorities.
osandisn gives a Democratic majority.
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rill

/ STATE OF DELAWARE COUNTY OF KENT. s.:
n. 7. WildS, Cashier of the above-named bank do
SOlcmnly swear that the above statements true 10 the
best of my knowledge and belief.
y. +. WILDS. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn To before me this 9TH div of
February, 1850.
,. sc. WILDS Notary Public
CORRECT-AttCSt:
f$%S $H5EI5 i. 5S$$5 }5HSS$S$$5fhokrn Directors.
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LIABILITIES

i !'''.''.'' S133 51Q &c
sE4TE IL pE \, DELAWARE, n COUNTY OF KENT ssI
soIarr NJ ~, Dell cashier of the ahovenamed hank do
Dest OF my knowledge and belief Is S'iue TO the
Snbsor;., W. NJ BELL. Casbier
March, 1880 " D0ioie me TINS 3rd day of
CoRRrcr- A,,os,. o. b. VoSHELL, Notary Public
D. j. CUMMINS
j25 jSES II 4 ESESaEEFFL S$SSajEFL Directors.
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EPoRT OF THE coNpITIoN
RESOURCES,

smyrna i'm the State of Delaware nj the rlase ~
ness, February DIST, 1850. VI ''S'
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RESOURCES.
0y~rrSnS 500 O5
- I
T. > BONDS TO secure circulation ,ao1n11 ~
Due from other National Banks''' 'STo0'9O 80 W
Real estate hIrn;t,iEs i a9 naiNerS...... 3i95.Sl
Current eN nersas o,, anu M nAlureS...... l9SSgl6
Bills of other isnSs N 'Nes PaIu''......... 7603l
SSIae!uonal Sc! currency Qncluding njckelsc Si s0
Iepal-tendcr nnss sou treasury eertihcates) 257O2
Redemption GnS with II 6 9l0lOO
'e''' Vi ula'lon)''''''''.,.......... 2,25OOO
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sherman X Co.. Marshall. Mich. want an
agent in this county At once AT a salary af SllG
per .mSnth and expenses paid. Fnr ta,, lar-
ticNIars NQdrc,s rs ahuNr
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3 lEP0o1RE. OE TIE CONDITION OF

NJ smyrna. in the state of Delaware. nj The rINIs
OF business February 2lst 1850
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Wanted

Fishermen ~" '"aNas preparations "a:
the Filing >sason ROW rear:.: hand. HOPE
their largest anticipation, viii be rca.zsl.
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"r ",,@.P ,Hngu, Ioas, rofias. g.:
" .. Z" I" Goldon tae Groccr, 'e'F' specs
Smyrna times., 1880-03-03

Secretary sherman, according to our
Washington dispatches, is keeping an eve
on his Ohio fences.
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Health i'm France.

The English press calls the attention
of the people to the falling of in the
sources of national wealth. 1t is start
ling, indeed, to see to what small indus
tries their attention is called, neglect of
which has already produced serious eff
fects. Nations, no more than individu-
ais, can persistently waste pennies with
impunity. The manufacture of Irish
poplin. for example, peculiar and
beautiful textile fabric which was made
exclusively in Ireland, has fallen off to
such degree that only 500 hands and
300 looms are not employed in making
it in the whole island. Mr.. Gladstone,
with that hard, practical sense which he
applies to everyday matters, lectured
the women of England sharply lately
for suffering the production of "minor
food supplies to fall into desuetude.
Women are no longer in England the
butter and cheese makers, the bee and
chicken raisers that they were a century
ago, In consequence the whole of the
coal which France imports from Eng
land is paid for in eggs, and American
and Danish butter and cheese are rapidly
gaining both the upper and lower levels
of the market. American butter, be-
cause of the quantity in which it is
thrown on the English markets, has
undersold the English, but the Danish
butter commands the highest prices.
Dairy work in Denmark is fine art.
No country, not even one as big and
rich as ours, can afford to neglect the
smaller industries, or to demoralize
them with negligence and fraud in
details,
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The Eclectic and the Liring Age copy
from an English Observation-Disclosures
we believe clever paper about
Literature as a Profession" The
author tells us there is woeful
lack of properly trained, practical
knowledge of how to write, among those
who aspire to make literature business !;
and he holds that any intelligent,
decently educated person can, by a
course of training, develop himself into
a successful writer. The assertion is
broader than everyday facts will c)ver,
and we are rather disposed to agree with
writer on the other side who believes
that successful journalists are born, not
made, and that to write acceptably re-
quifes a natural aptitude. He says !:
Some fond parents educate their sons
with the special view of making journal
lists of them, but it is rare that we hear
of these young men after few years.
Meanwhile, some youth horn among the
hills, having nothing more than a COM
mon-school education, and the knowl-
edge scraped up in a country printing
Office, will advance. to the front rank in
his profession. He has the journalistic
knack, and forces recognition because
he has it. He gets into good position,
not because he has wealthy parents to
influence the proprietors of leading
newspapers, but because he knows what
to write and how to write it. His ar
ticles go in because they supply a de-
mand, While perhaps the elaborate es-
says of man educated on two conti-
nents are cast in the waste basket.
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LO in a New Light.

And now correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune comes back from a
years camping out with the Sioux In
dians, and tells us that the camp of Sit
ting Bull is the dwelling place of domestic
and aigh-toned virtues. He discovered
among what we haze always supposed
the most cruel and crafty of savages
tribes, can enthusiastic Fl 'elity to the
rules of hospitality" An Indians lodge
is the property of his guest. He feeds
that guest and gees. hungry himself.
They are, he says, cheerful, and given to
fun rather than fighting, and they show
"a rosy disposition to look upon the
bright side of existence, and a Bohemian
like inclination to regard disaster as a
joke" Indians, he says, are popular
with their tribe not because they are
brave, but because they are witty, and
he leaves us to infer that, perhaps the
crimson feathers, hitherto regarded as
the tally of scalps, are merely so many
badges Of unusually good jokes per
petrated. Jollitv in camp is commoner
than gravity. "In domestic life the
Teton is model. He will provide food
when he can, a. d when he can't will
set a brilliant example OF cheer full
ab tinence. There are no kinder hus-
bands in the world, and none more
delicate and courteous in their treatment
of their wives.
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moved, and after being removed the
burn should be covered with piece of
old linen on which has been rubbed
little mutton tallow or sweet oil.
ANGELS FooD.-One box gelatine in
two quarts of milk; put on the fire un-
til dissolved; then add twelve table
spoonfuls of sugar and yolks of six eggs,
well beaten; let it boil a few minutes; !;
favor with wire or vanilla; stir in the
whites of the eggs, beaten to stiff froth I;
put it in molds to COOL serve with
cream.
EXTRA FINE GINGER CAKE.-To one
quart molasses (New Orleans) take half
pound good butter, with one pint butter
milk, one and half tablespoonfuls of
soda or saleratus; stir the butter to q
cream; add in the molasses, then the
buttermilk; stir -four enough to roll it
out soft as can be handled; then put on
pans and bake in quick oven.
WIsP BROOM HoLDER-To make a
pretty wisp broom holder, cut two paste
board hearts ten inches long, eight across
the top; cut two wedge-shaped pieces
three inches long and one at the top, for
the sides. Cover with black lady's
cloth, and line with b'ue flannel. After
joining together, work around the edges
with gold coiored silk in button-hole
stitch. On the front work with gold
colored silk some pretty pattern in chain
stitch; in the center work your mono
gram. Hang with blue cord and tas-
Seis
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NOSE BLEED.-Roll a piece of soft
paper quite hard, and pack hard be-
tween the upper lip and gum, and
in a few minutes the bleeding will
stop.
A PRETTY lamp mat can be made by
crocheting a square or round mat the
size desired; then work chain very
loose of sixteen stitches and fasten into
each stitch around the edge; work five
of these chains into each stitch and you
will have puffy, fluffy mat.
HoARsENEss.-Bake lemon or sour
orange for twenty minutes in a moder-
ate oven, then open it at one end and
dig out the inside, and sweeten it with
sugar or molasses and eat. This will
cure hoarseness and remove pressure
from the lungs.
BURNs.-Wet saleratus and spread on
cloth, bind this around the burnt
part and in a few hours it will be nearly
we'll unless the burn is very deep, in
which case the saleratus should be re-
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rwo rucrrREs.

A maiden, In garden, dreaming
OF the fziry prince and hsicyon days;
Her head. With sunny trcsSss gleamlng.
A row Of sunfowers BY paling,
A wicket left upon the hitch,
summer house, With woodsine trailing,
And Ivy creeping Ger the thAfeh
A football ON the garden gravel,
A quiekening heart, . Whispered word;
A youth, burnt brown with foreign travel
Come back to claim hops deferred.
o happy. happy time Of loye's beginning.
Ere ever We ON gues that storms are near.
Sunlight gianctng, buds unfolding, thrnshes sing
ing.
Golden summer Of the soul and of the year!
A garrett In a city byvay,
A pale sad woman all alone;
A weary wanderer on hfe's highway,
Poor and forsaken and unknown.
What need to knit ths little stocking,
Or strive again for daily bresdf
why set an empty cradle roeking7
The nesting has forever nedl
" Yes, both are gone; pcrchance tits better"
She sighs at length. r'Tis better sop
Then bends 10 read n tattered letter,
Or turns TO watch the falling snow.
All. bitter, bitter time Of sorrows waking,
Ere even we can dream that hope is near,
snow Is falling, fowers fading. hearts break
Weary winter Of the soul and Of the year!
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The Gem of the Sierra Mountains.


4 Lake Tahoe is not appreciated by the
present generation as it should be, or as
it will be by the next, and the next.
The time is not far distant when rail-
road will encircle its shores, and it will
be studded with lovely summer resi-
dences, cottages, villas, and grand ho-
tells :; the resort in the summer of the
wealth, fashion, wit, and genius. of the
Pacific Coast, and rival in It's attractions
Geneva, Como, or Magiora. 1t is said
there are thirty-two streams coming
down from the snow into the lake 1.-THE
fishermen call them creeks), ranging in
dimensions from the tinny brook TO the
roarir g torrent, tumbling in cascades
into Emerald Bay. To the tired, weary
denizens of the plains of California
over-worked, and sick of the summer
heat, and dust, and smoke-nothing bet
ter in the way of recreation, enjoyment.
comfort, and health can be imagined
than ramble among the streams and
woods in this region on the perfect sum-
mer days one finds here in Juue, July,
and August. The spectacle of the full
moon rising acr.ss the lake, as seen from
Tahoe City; the beautiful snow-fower,
bursting out of the ground as the snow
melts, like a grand piece of crimson
waxwork; the tree feast, as Horace
Greeley called it; the myriads of trout
in lake and stream, and many other OBJ
jects, each and all of which are worth a
visit. The purity of the air and water
cannot be eXcelled. a.a,-l
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Machinery.

Prof. Kennedy, of London, delivered
lecture on ".The Babyhood of Machin-
Hery.n He considered the fire drill which
is still in use among savage races, as
probably the oldest implement in the
world. From this drill, used to pro-
duce fire BY friction, the boring drill
was simple development as strings
had only to be added. OF course, when
the properties of the metals were ascer-
tanned, iron or some other metals would
be substituted for the wooden or bone
bit. The bow-handIe band-lathe was
mere adaptation of the boring drill.
As civilization advapced, and the
manufacture of pottery passed from the
hands of the women to those Of the
men, mechanical ingenuity would be
called into pay to expedite the pro-
duction of household untensiis, and the
o tiers WHEEL the next oldest machine
would be broughtinto existence. The
lever was necessarily a'sc very an
cient appliance. The lecturer held that
the conversion of reciprocal, or-to-and.
fro, motion in rotary, or continuous cir
cular motion, was secured only in mod
ern times. Thibet and Egypt claim the
honor of being the first countries to
furnish examples of circular motion.
In the former country a water-wheel
was employed to turn prayer mill on
It's outer or convex side. But the
Egyptians had, at period equally re
mote, turned the water-wheel TO much.
better account in irrigating their fields.