The Republican journal., 1881-06-16
Editorial Notes,

the prospectus of the International Cotton EXPO,
sition, to be held in Atlanta Georgia this year
opening Oct Jth and continuing until Dec 3lst
The Director General of the Exposition Il. l. Kim
| ball, is a Maine man. Hay is King in this section
but we wish our friends of the domain of King
Cotton every success in their undertaking.
| The Baltimore Sun recently eommemorated the
beginning of its forty-ifth volume by publishing
an interesting history of the paper from the date
of its first issue Ii shows that the course Of the
Sun has been throughout enterprising and consis-
| tent. As now it makes liberal use of the telegraph
telephone and all the modern appliances for the
collection OF news, so in the days anterior to these
inventions it resorted to pony and pigeon express
| ses. During the Mexican war il specially distin-
| guished itself in procuring early news and with
| out entering into details it may be said that no
paper IN the country has gone to greater expense
or shown greater enterprise judiciously directed
than has the Sun during its forty four years of ex
istence. Editoriay the Sun is now and has ALWAYS
been conservative in tone. 1t is a peoples paper,
and shines for all"
New Workers must be fond of cabbage and caul-
lowers Joseph Harris. of Moreton Farm. Roch-
ester, n. Y, suggests the following as a good
assortment for family use 80 Early Paris Cauli
flower plants, % Erfurts Earliest Dwarf 20 Large
Lenormand, % Walchren % Wlnningstadt Cab
bage, 100 Harris Shortstem Drumhead 100 Premi-
um Flat Dutch, % Stone Mason. 80 Drumhoad
Savory, p Red Picking Mr. Harris saws This
is not one more than any one who has plenty of
land should set out for his own family use. Sup.
pose you should have to give some of your friends
few caulifowers few heads of cabbage
What is the good of living in the country il you
cannot have an ample abundance of fruit flowers
and vegetables Of all kinds n Mr. Harris has cab
bage plants by the millions, of all the varieties
which he will supply on most reasonable terms
Send for circular
The Chicago Inter Ocean is a strong Conklng
paper but it takes stock in the ISLANDERS against
Secretary Blaine, In late number it says In
uendoeS and wild assertions are going the rounds
OF the press to the effect that very soon the inyes
tigation will show that Secretary Blame will be
involved IN the star route scandal Those high
toned retormers who are always ready to believe
evil OF successful people and those members of the
independent press who have made their own char
acters by studiousIy blackening those Of our public
men, are already beginning to snvel and whisper
over the anticipated downfall OF Mr.. Blaine, The
wish is undouht idly in their cases father to the an
tlelpation The Inter Ocean shares in 10 such
feeling or beliefs We may frequently disagree
with him, both as to his methods and his objects
but that Mr. Blaine will ever be found among the
swindlers and detrauders Of the government we do
not beheve IS among the possibilities That he
may have friends and admirers who are in that
ring OF thieves we think quite likely. but that he
will take any extraordinary measures to screen
them from punishment we do not believe Mr.
Blaine is man of great brain power and force of
character He would have been leader in any
country and in any age. He has more warm per
sonal friends than any man in America"
At special meeting Of the trustees of the Per
kins Institution and Massachusetts School for the
Bhnd IN March, committee appointed to
solicit contributions to fund OF $4,000 for the
purpose Of printing books with raised letters. 4
public meeting has since been held in fremont
Temple, and about one fourth of the proposed fund
has been raised The committee have now issued
a pamphlet giving an account Of this movement
and making an appeal tor further subscriptions
The income from an endowment OF s. .000 would
enable the institution to issue ten OF twelve books
every year and to place sets of them in the leading
Libraries of New England for free use thus render
ing embossed publications assesslble to the blind
as works IN common print are to those who can
see There ought to be no difficulty in raising the
required sum. Mr.. Auagpos director of the Per
kins Institution says in his appeal to the public
tba \a, L'prl 4
to open to her sightesS children those sources OF
intellectual pleasure and solace which are freely
enjoyed by their more fortunate fellow creatures
history. tradition, anteCedent circumstances, and
the never failing liberal spirit manifested IN every
phlIanthroplc movement, all lead US to trust the
cause OF the blind to the feeling hearts and gen
erous hands OF the good men and women OF our
community confidently and leave no room for
Skeptca doubt as to It's ultimate success.
The American Ship thinks that from present III
dIcatious wooden shipbuiIIcrs must resort to ma
chinery for building not only the frames but the
knees OF vessels. For more than quarter of a
century, ii says, our Navy Department have given
rules OF the most rigid character for receiving
ship knees into the navy yards. For example
the length of arm for a 6nch white-oak knee
ranged from 3 feet to 3 feet Il inches measured
from the centre of body, while, for l-inch knee
the arm must be from feet 3 to } feet & inches
measured from the centre of the body, Limb
knees in all eases have the preference BY six per
cent. in price The black sap so largely developed
OF root knees is Objectionable Oh account of liza
bitles to rust the fastening and the tiscolorinc
Of paint Root knees the stronger and best gram
as general thing, and their arms are longer but
they are more outsquare aud have larger throats
than IS desirable This is particularly true Of
southern grown timber
The American Ship further says that no sufficient
reason has ever been shown why the body Of a
knee should be longer than its arm except where
body OF hanging knee The hackmatack knees,
used both for lodging and bosom, as well as hang
ing knees are too short. The crowdng OF all the
fastening OF q short armed knee into the space of
}! feet is an absurdity which no mechanic will at
tempt to defend. In Canada the builders and own
ers favor IRON knees, but soft timber and hard iron
do not make good bed-tellows The bolt holes
must be larger than the bolt else the bolt Will be
throttled and II smaller than the hole the strain
is upon the head and whatever play the bolt has
in the hole through the knee is sure to be on one
side, giving the knee latitude to see-saw around
the bolts and bed itself into the soft wood Bent
knees are the best if the work is properly done and
the proper timber selected In conclusion tine
Ship says
The Government would act wisely If 1t would set
up wood bending machinery as well as iron ship
building machinery at Annapolis, and thus enable
the aspirants to the houors of naval construction
to learn practically of what kind and quality OF
materials naval vessels are built before asking for
a commission naval constructors Our Eastern
builders would do well to look into this matter
and see how they can improve their art else the
iron workers will SO reduce the cost of their me.
tallc toatations that the owners and builders OF
wooden vessels may be driven to the wall Shall
there be convention of shipowners and builders
held IN Maine in October What say the gentle
men of the Shipbullding Association recently
formed What does the Belfast Journal say in re
gard to it Speak out, Mr. Editor, now is the time