The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-04-12

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tin, to which for various purposes, zinc and
sometimes other metals are added as in case of
bells and the like. The discovery was made at
a very early day that a mixture of 80 per cent
of copper and &c per cent of zinc, both metals
being comparatively soft, made a composition
almost as hard as steel, and axes and other cut
ting tools Were thus produced. Imitation
bronzes are of two kinds One is composed of
iron or lead, or some cheap metal, and bronzed
over on the surface the other is wood or paper
or iron, painted to initiate bronze
-PRoPELLING STREET CARS RY ELEc-
TRIcITY.-A few days ago street car was pro-
PEELED by electricity in England, for the first
time, at the works of the North Mountain Tram
ways Company, Leytenstone Under the seats
OF the car Faure accumulators were placed, and
they were connec ted with electro motors. which
rotated the wheels of the cars by means of pin
IONS The weight of the accumulators-thirty
hundred weight-was decided election, al
though hive horse power was obtainable for
i've hours A grating sound of the pnions was
another defect which it is said can be easily cor
rected. 1t is asserted also that cars can be pro-
PEELED in this way at one half the cost of horses.
1t is not always good thing to be
so boysh as to dare" ministers in the hope
that they will finch. 1t is reported that ia
wealthy gentleman in Forest City, Iowa, being
somewhat sceptical as to the amount of labor
"AANAA WOulu De Wiling 10 90, OuereQ
to pay such clergymen would saw wood for
him one dollar per hour for their services He
was quite astonlshed when nearly all the min
listers IN town came marching forward with saw
and buck to accept his terms Some of them
have been working right along four to six hours
per day, Sunday excepted, ever since and their
grit will probably last as long as the sceptic's
wood"
INCREASING POWER OF ENGINES.
hn o1y- IL
steam engines is very notable The Centennial
engine IN Philadelphia was 800 horse. power
One OF 1000 horse power is connected with the
water-works of the city of Providence. On
several of the steamships sailing between this
country and Europe the engines have reached
5000 horse power, and it is said the mail steam
ers OF the Cunard line will develop engines of
lO,OO0 horse power, nor need that be the ulti-
mate limit.
-WELL-PREsERvED WooD.-Some old
wooden wheels were discovered some wears ago
In the mines OF Portugal, supposed to have been
once used by the Romans for hydraulic purposes
The wheels were eight in number, the spokes
and telloes of pine, and the axle and Its support
OF oak. They are supposed to exceed 1,45O
years OF age yet the wood was in perfect state
OF preservation, having been thoroughly i'm
mersed In water charged with salts of copper
and iron. A similar instance occurred in San
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covered in disused copper mine How long
1t had been there Is uncertain, but it was com.
pletely preserved, owing to its having absorbed
| considerable quantities of iron and copper The
preserving quality of these minerals for the i'm
pregnation of wood is well illustrated in the
mines OF Hallien, IN Austria, the timber used
being the same which was originally introduced
anterior to the Christian era, and which is even
now IN perfect condition.
In
o., there are 400 negro children. The teachers
are all white-the principal is a man all the
other teachers are women, many of them ladies
| OF great refinement, themselves once mistresses
| OF slaves, whom necessity has compelled to seek
employment. They are working in good faith,
and with an Infinite patience, and they un-
doubtedly make the best teachers for the blacks.
From their intimate knowledge of them they
know best how to deal with them.
Chicago takes the lead in the Sab
bath dissertation. In Boston there is, indeed.
| evening concert the miserable lie of sacred {"
| Comets may blow and viols scream and drum
heads bang without the sacred" baptism. But
we believe that as yet Richard does not walk
the boards nor the Highlander fling in any of
our theatres on the Lords day But the metro.
polls of the north west does not longer wait. 1t
has opened the theatre on the Sabbath and pre-.
"A New EMPIRE.-Already. it NAV
be said IN view of the rapid settlement of the
British Possessions on our north, that nation
is being born in day Living on the main
line OF travel between the Territory of Manitoba
and the older settled portions of the world. we
are becoming accustomed to the onward rush of
new populations across our borders Train
after train sweeps laundering by bearing to
their wild, new homes, ceaseless caravan of
Immigrants numbering upwards of thousand
souls each day
The railroad officials report hundred cars
loaded with immigrants now on the way and
already IN sight" While from across the seas
their agents flash back the news that $1,000
families from the British Isles alone have al
ready engaged passage on ocean steamers in
their haste to reach this longed for land In
all the countries of Northern Europe informa-
ton is freely and even zealously impaired and
fresh interest constantly awakened in regard to
the wonderful resources of these vast interior
plains.
The present objective centre of this region.
and the geographical centre of the continent as
well, is the city of Winnipeg. of marvellous
growth and prospects. Ten years ago an in.
significant trading post, it now spreads over an
area OF nearly thirty square miles. It's resident
population has already reached 25,00O. while
the transient element now there will swell the
aggregate to $4,000 souls. There can be little
doubt, moreover, that the present population
will be fairly doubled before the close of the
year'-Cor. ". Y. Evangelist.
The Prince of Wales last month oave