The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-04-21

a DEALER in musical instruments. IN
one his advertisements, declares that
his drums, among other articles that he
has for sale, scan't be beat Will he
be kind enough to tell Us what they are
good for, then?
BIRDS NEST PUDDING Take six or
seven cooking apples, pare them, and
remove the cores without breaking the
apples. Place them in pie-dish; next,
wash thoroughly four heaped table
spoonfuls of sage; mix with sufficient
cold water to fill the dish containing
the apples, and bake in moderate
oven. Cherries, prunes, etc, may be
used instead of apples, or tapioca in
stead of sage; and, if well made, the
pudding is palatable, wholesome and
inexpensive.
A GOOD water-proofng for leather
may be made by using paraf6ne melted
with the requisite quantity of drying
oil, and casting it into suitable blocks
for subsequent use. This being soft
ened by heat, the leather of the manu-
featured articles, as shoes and harness,
are coated with it and placed near fire
or in warm place until the compost
ton has been absorbed, When leather
has been impregnated with the mixture
it is not only perfectly waterproof, but
it is also rendered softer and more
durable. Shoes retain all their firm.
ness and natural elasticity.
The FIRST WAToa.-At first the
watch was about the size of q dessert
plate. It had weights, and was used
as "a pocket clock" The earliest known
use of the modern name occurs in the
record of 1862, which mentions that
Edward vi. had zone larum or watch
of iron, the case being likewise Of iron
gilt, with two plummets of lead.' The
first watch may readily be supposed to
have been of rude execution. The first
great improvement-the substitution of
springs for weights-was in 1860. The
earliest springs were not coiled, but
only straight pieces of steel. EARLY
watches had only one hand, and, being
wound up twice day, they could not
be expected to keep the time nearer
than fifteen or twenty minutes in twelve
hours. The diais were of silver or
brass. The cases had no crystals, but
opened at the back and front, and were
four or five inches in diameter. Aplain
watch cost more than 81, 500, and after
one was ordered it took q year to make
it. -
TH2 first idea of the steam engine was
suggested by the Marquis of Worcester,
in his Century of Inventions" in 1868,
in describing an apparatus consisting Of
steam boilers, which worked alternately,
and of pipes conveying steam from them
to vessel in which its pressure oper-
ated to force water upward. Other ex-.
periments were made from time to time,
until in 17O5, Thomas Newcomer, John
Cawley, and Thomas Slavery patented
the first steam engine really deserving
the name. It consisted of cylinder
containing piston driven upward by
steam from separate boiler, and forced
downward by atmospheric pressure
when the steam below the piston was
removed by condensation. The engine
was used only for pumping, the pump
rod and piston-rods being attached to
opposite ends of beam, as in ordinary
engines. Various improvements were
made on this engine until 1853, when
James Watt, an instrument maker at the
University of Glasgow, in repairing a
model engine, began series of ini-
provements which finally rendered the
steam. engine universally applicable. In
1773 he began building the new en-.
CINE, adding other improvements from
year to year.