The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-16
RALEIGH n c., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1850.

an hour the fire bricks were as clean a be
fore the fire was lighted twas hotter than
any coal fire, and could be controlled at will
BY admitting more or less oil and water. As
TO Its cooking capacity the capacity the
oven was heated sufficiently IN i've minutes
to begin cooking piece of beef weighing
twenty FIVE pounds, which was thoroughly
roasted IN one hour and fifteen minutes.
Chickens were broiled In FIVE minutes aud
porter house steak was done to turn in
FIVE minutes. The instant the stoves work
was done out went the fire, and there II was.
ready at any moment, and with no ashes or
CRATES to clean out
The cost of this wonderful fire Is about
twenty-one cents a week for stove Ia the
work Of an ordinary family, no fuel or kind
ling of any kind being required except the
naphtha and water Besides cooking the
dinner at a nominal cost, Dr. Holland makes
Illuminating gas the finest quality by intro
ducing separate stream of naphtha into
shird retort fastened to the main one. The
heat of t ne fire volatizes the naphtha into
gas which is carried to a gas receiver, and
may be burned without any purifying or
washing The fire costs nothing, and three
gallons of naphtha makes about one thous-
and feet of gas, at a cost, therefore, OF nine
cents. The possible danger of explosion
from naphtha may prevent the immediate
introduction OF the retort into private fimi-
lies where Ignorant servants might hnd too
many ways of eXterminatlng themselves with
it, But in all places where steam is requlr
ed-in mills and factories, and especially III
the South where coal is scarce-thls new
fuel promises to work a revolution.
A TYRANT ON PRINCIPLE.-Th Gar
Nicholas was tyrant on principle. From
his infancy he gave evidence of an arbitra
ry character which sought to domineer A
writer who knew him tells several incidents
which exhibit the man aud the ruler. I'm
one Of the books be used as child, his
tory of Russia by Karamsine, on one Of the
pages, in his own hand writing, was writ
ten the following sentence: The Gar IVAN,
surnamed the Terrible, was a stern but just
man, as man should be who is called to
govern nation. ,"
1t is related that one evening two years
after the Emperor's death, one Of bis gen
erals, an aide e-de-camp. looking up to his
picture, suddenly broke off an animated
COW ersation in which he was engaged, and
as quickly leaving bis place, turned the
picture toward the wall. During life,
said the officer Il so feared the original
that even now that terrible picture. with its
staring eyes, annoys and frets me.
n OllSH uODitulHU, lIHIC IeOiHnio odH-
gusko, sentenced for high treason to serve
ell his life as a private soldier, was ordered
to Join his regiment, then fighting near
Mount Caucasus. The emperor wrote under
his sentence, LET him proceed on foot"
One day the emperor, in company with
the empress, was conducting review at
Krasnoe Seo A courier, bearing auto
graph letters from the king of Prussia
rides into camp.
Hating before the empress, he delivers
his letter, then thrusting his hand into his
'saddlebag aDd searching for a moment
turns pale as death. The letter for the en-
peror was missing. Riding back over the
road by which he came he seeks in vain for
the lost dispatch.
'What is that animal doing!" said
Nicholas to one Of his aides.
II know not, sire"
Then find out and bring an answer.
T! G aide returned, conveying the report
that letter from the king of Prussia to his
majesty bad been lost
go, said Nicholas, conduct that man
to Siberia do him no harm, but never let
his face be seen in Europe"
The aide and his wretched prisoner were
obliged to start on the instant. After eight
months the officer returned, and was pro
NOTED for his service. Such instances in
the life of Nicholas were not of an unusual
occurrence.