The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-04-11

the category as the old wooden mould
board Of antiquity. But, if there had
been 20 Whitney, there would have been
no Pratt, with his rapid mapipulator as
withou; Robert Fulton with his slow,
awkward boat, there would have been
10 palace steamers, plowing river, lake,
and ocean. How littls do the busy rush
ing tbrong think of their obligations TO
the patient anxious pioneers of ant and
inventionl 1t is of interest to note here,
that FIRE destroyed the patent office
Dec. 20, 1886, when 1000 models were
burned; another similar disaster SepA
"a, 1877, destroyed 81 900 models on
which letters had been granted aud 27.-
900 models of applications pending.
The total of models lost foots up to 1871
600 Pnd there are now in the Office
las 500 models, occupying space of
63.5O8 sHperfcInl feet. a striking evil
dence of the activity of the American
brain.
Two large excursion parties from Bos-
ton, have at different times been here.
They left the Hub and prooeeded straight
TO st. Louis, where they chartered one OF
the Anchor Lines magnificent boats,
came down the father of waters to New
Orleans, stayed one week and lived ON
their boat Few people appreciate the
fact that such a magnificent hbe of
steamers as the Anchor Line now ply ON
the muddy Mississippi.
The States are vieing with each other
not only in the extent and mRgnifieence
of exhibit, but otherwise attracting pub.
lie attention to their respective merits.
Hon. Robert W. Furnas, of Nebraska,
commissioner for his State, not satisfied
with making Que OF the greatest exhibits
on the grounds, has called to his aid the
art preservative, aud in handsome lit
tie book portrays tho vast resources, ad-
vanta9es aud promises Of that great oom-
monwsalth. From his little book We
learn that since its FIRST settlement in
1856 the increase in population, as oom-
pared with neighboring States is IN the
ratio of 80 per cent she has a school
fund valued at sac, 600 600; she has near
ly 900 miles ofrailroad lines and nearly
600 miles of telegraph; she raised in
1884, Of corn 169, 900, 900, and of wheat
$4,000, goo bushels; and her live stock are
valued at over SIS 600, 600, and thous-
ands of intelligent and enterprising peo-
Pile are flocking to and finding rich and
cheap homes among genial and pro-
gressive people, with all the cia adyan-
taGes of our Older communities.
1t would not be fair to omit some men
ton, in this connection of the exhibits
of various kinds in the interest of the
house-keeper, for she has by no means
been forgotten by the inventor. There
are oburns very cheap, which reduce the
labor of butter making to a matter of q
lew minutes, not exceeding ten; parers
which take the "hide" off on apple. or
potato quicker than you can say Jack
Robinson, "and remove the core from the
former, leaving the apple whole for bak
ing; irons, which dress uD the washed
clothes without heating; cheap and
small refrigeraiors that can he used on
the table, rs well as larger ones; handy
little bath cabinets, which can be moved
into any room, and every house should
have one; there are lightning needle
threaders for blind people, or others, ana
thousand and one things TO lessen the
labor of house. keeping which every wo.
man would appreciate "a little outlay
now and then can double the convent.
ences and comforts of any bone. 1t is
very greatly to the credit Of this Exposi.
ton, that, while it falls bebiud some of
It's great predecessors in extent of orua.
mental exhibits, ii excels all of them in
every department Of utility simply being
unsurpassed in this respect.
The attendance now averages daily.
about ten thousand people, and the fine
weather, coupled with railroad rates re-
duced TO one cent milo, is filling the
buildings with crowds of people.