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Year: 1879

The advantages Of good lining metal
for 'ournal boxes and bearings have been
Gle rlv illustrated in the case OF the ship
GIencagie, one Of the tea clippers taking
part in the annual race from China so
London.


Last year this vessel lost the race by
about one day and half, and this was
attributed to the bad working of her bear
ings, which were this year reiitted and
lined with Parsons white brass and the
crank pin brasses were replaced by man
ganese bronze.


The result of this alteration, we learn
from a London paper, was that three
more revolutions per minute were got out
Of the engine. The bearings ran without
the slightest signs of heating, and the
speed Of the vessel was so increased
that she made the passage in rather under
two days less than she did last year, beat
ing her former successful competitor by
about one day.


Assuming the other vessels speed to be
about the same this year as last the actual
gain i'll the speed Of the GIeneagle in the
whole run from China, resulting from the
manganese bronze and the white brass.
amounted TO about two and half DAYS;
the passage from Woosung to London,
including detention at Singapore and the
Suez Canal, having been accomplished in
thirty-eight days two hours, said to be
the quickest passage on record. On ex-
animation in London the bearings were
found to be in the most perfect order, and
SO little worn that the vessel has been
started on another outward voyage.
Year: 1879

Miss Nellie ThurstOn made a balloon
ascension from Oneida, New York, the
other day, and after a journey OF sixty
miles, landed safely at Burlington Flats,
Otsego county, making the distance in
forty minutes. She took with her hum
ming pigeon from the Oneida communi-
ty, and when she reached an altitude of
three miles undertook to release it. Miss
Tnurston opened the cage, but the bird
would not fly. She then put it on the
edge of the basket and it Immediately
jumped down to the bottom and nestled
by her in a manner which seemed to say:
''Please protect me-


Miss Thurston said she felt sorry for
the pretty little bird, and dreaded to
throw it out, but thought she would try it
again and see if it would not 90 willing
ly; so she sat it on the edge of the basket
again, when it Immediately alighted on
her shoulders. She then took it in her
hand, gave it a gentle toss but instead of
starting for the world below, it sailed
around the balloon several times and
alighted again in the basket She took it
again in her hand, pctted it, and with
words of sympathy and assurance she
gave it a kiss, saying, "Birdie, you will
get home all right" ard the pigeon, as if
comprehending the words of Kindness and
assurance, flew from her hand and was
soon lost sight of. 1t did not, however,
reach Its home until the next day.
Year: 1879

4 writer in Sunday Afternoon says
"When all the rich men have set up sta--
ucS everywhere in honor Of the industri-
Gus, | mean to beg enough money to per
suade some clever artist to execute q.
statue OF r1Ie lDuStrlouS man TO be set up
in the market place. 1t makes me laugh
and cry by turns to go into one of our
money streets and see thlc anxious men
and boys hurrylng up and down. One
would think that business and hurry We're
partners, but they are really enemies to
each other. The most successful men of
business are the least hurried. What
would not men give, il they could get rid
OF this perpetual hurry and drive, this
gallOping to the end Of g journey only to
mount fresh steed and galIop on the
next stage, the clatter Of the horses hoots
an accompaniment to all their thoughts
There is certainly something ignominious
in the confession which people are CON
stantly making, that they have no time to
do this or that ncedful thing, and that
they shall breathe more freely If they can
once clear their desk, or finish ths Job, or
wipe out this obligation. One comes to
feel that Time has been borrowed FROM
and that ones notes are perpetually ma
turing, while one makes a vain effort to
cancel them by giving fresh notes. We
turn round in a helpless sort of fashion
and beTate the age we live in with its
WhiZZing locomotives and its clicking tel
egraphs, as if the punctuality of railway
trains and the instantaneousness of dcS-
patches were not the very friends and
servants Of honest leisure"
Year: 1879

We have on repeeted occasions suggest
cd the growing Of chestnuts upon soils
where but little else viii grow, as a means
OF profit, both in fruit and wood. The
chestnut is rapid in its growth, and viii in
from eight to ten years begin to bear a
crop Of nuts from seed. The seed, how
ever, should be planted as soon us the
fruit is ripe and before it becomes dry,
and should be planted where the tree is de-
sired to stand. Chestnut will thrive al
most anywhere, and would be especially
valuable where timber is scarce and rough
land abounds to appropriate to the pur-
pose. A good selection Of the American
chestnut is the best. Our nuts are much
superior to the Spanish, French, or Italian,
though not nearly so large, and even gratis
can be set with ease and certainty of
the pear. There is always market demand
for the nuts greater than the supply, or
any supply likely TO be furnished.


The question is one of real interest in
every section where scrub land is abund-
ant and timber scarce; or wherever there
is such land, rs means Of profit with ref
erence only to the fruit.
Year: 1879

4 German has just discovered a process
which he has patented, and by which he
claims to be able to preserve coffee in all
its perfection, and at the same time to
render it more portable and unalterable
for a length of time. To effect his object
he subjects the freshly-roasted and ground
coffee to pressure of from forty to sew
enty atmospheres (thirty-three pounds to
the square inch each) in suitable cast
iron molds. The coffee is thus made into
cakes, and comes into the market in a
form resembling chocolate, divided like
the latter by lines, to facilitate breaking
into pieces of suitable size for use. The
interior surface of the mold is highly pol
ished, by which means the outer crust of
the compressed coffee is made sufficiently
smooth and hard to prevent the tendency
of the ethereal oil Of the berry to escape
from the interior of the cakes. The vol
ume of the coffee thus prepared is re-
duced to less than one-third Of that of the
original. The inventor claims that the
operation does not in the least affect the
good qualities Of the article, and that it
can be packed and transported in tin-foil,
or otherwise, preserving its aroma indet-
initely.
Year: 1879

A recent writer gives the following SEN
sible suggestions on this subject:


Each person in room should be sup
piled with 5000 cubic feet OF air per hour;
and this should be done, where possible,
without creating percepuble draft, Tor
the nervous irIiation induced by drafts Is
liable to produce internal intlammauons.
The temperature of the sick room should
be kept at a uniform height, the best av-
erage being from 90 TO 40 degrees Fab,
except for infants or very old people, who
require a temperature from 75 10 so deg.
Fab; and for these it is especially import
ant to guard against changes, and to keep
it as uniform as possible. All cases of
fever require a temperature lower than
the average, as from 80 TO 90 degrees T.,
TO assist III reducing the high temperature
OF the body; but when the fever subsidies,
and there is much debility remaining, the
temperature should be raised somewhat
above the average.


As patient can bear a greater degree
of cold when in bed than when out OF it,
convalescents from severe disease, tevers
especially, should have the temperature
OF their rooms higher than that maintain
ed during the height of the attack. Dis
eases of the air passages, as Group and
diptheria, require high temperature go
degrees to So degrees FahrenheiO and
moist atmosphere. The best method for
heating the sick room is by the open CRATE
fire. The sick room should not be dark
ened by blinds, except where there is
disease Of the eyes, with photophobia, or
when the patient is very restless and can
not sleep; then strong light must be ex-
cluded. Otherwise the sunlight should be
allowed to enter and act chemically by
decomp posing the noxious gases, and thus
purify the air. OF course it is not advis-
able to place the patient under strong
uncomfortable glare Of sunlight, nor in
summer to allow the suns rays to shine
into theroom and raise the temperature too
high Artificial light has no useful effect
but does harm by burning up oxygen.
Year: 1879

If the complaints we hear about labor
mean TO convey the idea that labor is to
be got rid of, then we may be certain that
they will prove Of no effect. For work is
the common lot of man. We are happier
when we are employed, and especially
when employed upon worthy objects and
ends. To produce, to wiring support out
of the closed hand Of Nature, is the con-
dition Of existence itself 1t may seem
hard, but it is through discipline that we
should never choose for ourselves, that
we gain strength and confidence and
power. This dissatisfaction with labor is
no good symptom. The problem for So
ciety to solve is, how much labor should
be submitted to, and when leisure shall
begin. Saving is the objective point Of
labor. We work, consciously and uncon-
sciously, in order to gain time, that we
may put it to still higher uses. The
workingman who keeps that in view will
always know why he has to be indust-
| rious.


Men can subsist themselves in general
on much less than they do. With the
| enlargement and elevation Of the thought
| comes an improvement in the desires.
We care less for the qualification of the
senses, and think more of the liberty of
the higher portion Of the being. Labor
is for use only. In the first place, be-
fore we have got our bearings in life and
really understand what it is all about it
keeps us out Of the thousand forms of
mischief engendered by idleness. After
industry has confirmed our habits and
got US into shape for usefulness, we begin
to cast about to see how it can be applied
to the broadest and highest aims Work
has thus led us 10 reflection. 1t is then
that its sanitary juices begin to tell on
the health and growth of the being. The
farmer at the plow ard the mechanic. al
the bench is yet to see how work done bv
his hands is a minister to the noblest
evolution of all the faculties of his ma
ture.
Year: 1879

The Frltz wheat is the best variety now
in the market, and if properly farmed,
Will yield on an average equal to any
wheat in the country, says the American
Miller. Many farmers claim 40 bushels
per acre this season. 1t has a stiff straw.
and does not lose any grain in handling,
and when 1t IS cut Will lie compact and
take up less barn room than any other
variety OF wheat. 1t will weigh 81 lbs.
per bushel if clean; it always sells readily
for the highest price, and the flour manu-
featured from it has no superior. The
farmers have it in their power to have the
best wheat in the country, and always
find ready sale; and why will they per
sist in spreading worthless variety that
will not benefit them in the least. Farm
eCs, take warning.
Year: 1879

"Look into me eyes, me darling, and
tell me you are mine," sang a smooth
faced STRIPPING beneath the cottage win
dow one dewy eve in June. She looked
into his eyes seven years later, about the
time he was TO wed another girl, and
vowed to be his unless her damaged af-
fcetions were poulticcd up with thick
swadding of greenbacks. How constant
is woman! First in love, last in peace,
and always ready for breach Of promise
suit.
Year: 1879

Their acquaintance began auspiciously.
lOveliness excited the admiration of all who
knew her, and it is not strange that after
few meetings the aurora of love irradiated
his skies, and he wandered in blissful
dream of happiness. His wooing progressed
favorably, and might have terminated sue
cessfully, had be not told his love in voice
which sent o shudder through her frame,
and produced feeling of revusion fatal to
his hopes. He should not have appeared in
the refined presence of his lady love when
laboriDg under the disadvantage of bad
cold, when he could have rid himself of it
so easily by the use of Coussens' Compound
Honey of Tar, never failing remedy for
coughs. colds and all diseases of the throat
and lungs. Price SO cents. For sale by NJ,
w. Wright. /
Year: 1879

We would respectfully state that
we have just had our saw mill over
hauled and thoroughly repaired by
]. B. Green and John Wilkerson,
experienced workmen, and we are
now prepared to furnish lumber of
all kinds, on short notice and atlow
rates for cash. All in need of lumber
will find it to their interest to give
US call. We would also recommend
Messrs. Green and Wilkerson to
those having machinery to repair,
as competent to perform all such
work in the best manner.


Resp'y, Z O. HENRY & Sons.
Year: 1879

cannot see with my small human sight,
why God should lead this way or that for
me;
/ only know he saith, "Child, follow me-"


But can trust.
l know not why my path should be at
times
So straitly hedged, so strangely barred be-
fore;
i only know God could keep wide the door,


But can trust.
l often wonder, as with trembling hand
cast the seed along the furrowed ground,
If rpened fruit for God will there be found,


But / can trust.
cannot know why suddenly the storm
Should rage so fercely round me in its
wrath;
But this know, God watches all my path,


And l can trust.
may not draw aside the mystic veil
That hides the unknown future from my
sight;
Nor know if for me waits the dark or light


But can trust.
have no power to look across the tide,
To know, while here, the land across the
river !;
But this know, I shall be Gods forever


So can trust.
Year: 1879

Settted.-ss


Washington Special May 49,


The report of the Senate Judiciary com
mittee respecting the legality of army pro-
motion above the rank of captain, will come
up In executive session soon. It may be re-
membered that the bill creating the
Burnside commission contained q pro.
vision prohibiting all such promotions until
the report of that commission should be act
ed upon by Congress. As the forty-fourth
Congress, which was expected to pass the
reorganization scheme, failed to do so, it has
been held that this failure was equivalent
action in the meaning contemplated in the
bill, and, under this view of the case, the
President has sent in number of names to
the Senate for promotion. The committee
is of the opinion that all such promotions
are illegal and void. The committees argu-
ment is that the Congress of the United States
is continuing body, and that such general
terms as that made use of in the bill under
consideration could not be interpreted to ap-
ply to any one session of Congress. The
membership of the two bodies changes from
time to time, but Congress never expires. 1t
y common thing to suspend certain speci-
nd provisions of law until further leeisla-
ton has been had, and this term has never
-ssn interpreted as limiting the legislation
any single tohgglEs.Ra t haggE particular session, or to
that the failure to act is not action, and 99asla
some affirmative action either in adopting or
rejecting the report of the commission is
necessary in order to put an end to the limi-
tation referred to. If the President and the
Senate were to adopt and act upon differ
ent view of the question, and subsequently
the courts should pass upon the matter, end
less confusion might ensue, and much injus-
tice might be done to officers who received
their promotions under the mistaken inter-
pretation of the law. The committee hold
that the only safe and proper rule for the in
depreciation of any particular law is to
gather its meaning from the language rather
than from what may be said or thought of
the opinions of its trainers. The opinion of
the committee, therefore, is that no promo
tions above the rank of captain can lawfully
be made until the restriction is repealed or
the Burnside commission report is acted up
on by Congress.
Year: 1879

Progress of the Harvest In the States.


New York, August 1.-The crop cor
respondent of the Commercial Bulletin
heie reports that the harvest is pro-
crossing finely. Nebraska and Iowa are
about through. The wheat harvest in
Minnesota will be in full blast this
week. The weather in that state has
been very fine for week, and the work
of the chinch bugs and blight has been
arrested. The best advices we have
received have been from along the line
of the Northern Pacific railroad. In
that locality nothing has befallen the
crops, and there is every indication of a
full harvest from that region.
Year: 1879

On or about August 18th, expect to occupy the
Large Double Store now building for me in Denver,
at which time propose to consolidate my two Stores
reduce my Stock to the lowest possible point previous
to removal and to avoid paying transportation will
from this date offer my entire well selected stock
Year: 1879

The tower OF the courthouse at
GreensBurg, In d., is 40 feet in height.
One hundred and FIVE feet from the
ground is the water sheet of the tower,
and above that it is covered with dressed
stone, made to fl closely, in slsbs two
by five feet, iucluding an angle of about
thirty degrees from upright.


In the summer Of 1870. citizen OF
the place was examining the tower with
a glass, when he observed, springing
from the third crevice about the water
sheet on the east ide ofthe tower, 1l0
feet from the ground, little twig. But
little was thought OF 1t, and it was
scarcely discenable with the naked
eye. The next spring some interest
was exhibited to know lfthe miniature
tree IN its strange and exposed position
had survived the wintrY blasts. 1t had
survived, and when sun and spring
showers came on, put out its leaves
plentifully and grew luxuriantly all the
season. BY this time it was easily seen
with the eve, but as it could not be ap-
preached in any ordinary manner nearer
than from the roofs Of buildings on the
opposite side of the street, its speci


could not be ascerlained- The third
spring it put forth with renewed life,
viger and. size. Instead of dwindling
and dropping from the effects ofwlnter's
cold or summers heat and drought,
the atmosphere Of justice from below
seemed to cause it to flourish ex-
traordinarily. This season it was
decided to be silver maple, sprung, no
doubt, from a seed carried by a bird or
whirlwind, and lodged in that exalted
place. By this time the tree had be-
come famous. Accounts of it had ap-
peared in the papers, but the story was
lot generally believed.


But, nevertheless, the tree lived and
grew. 1t was there, and no mistake.
And so it has continued until this day.
Il is now more than twelve feet high,
and it is thought to be three inches in
diameter. The top is quite bushy, and
in the summer season the leaves are
numerous and luxurlant. Il can be
seen for many miles around, aud the
stranger approaching first sees the
tower aud then this phenomenon.


The rapid growth Of the tree is fore
ing the stones apart. This can readily
be seen with a glass. Ere long the
ambitious maple will have to be
brought lower or damage to the building
will follow. The sheriff has already had
several applications from expert clim-
bers TO take it down, but the people
not permit their tree to be removed yet.
An artist, representing a New York
illustrated paper, called to sketch the
curiosity, but the leaves were of, and
he postponed il until more favorable
time. Persons approaching the place
from Cincinnati get good view of it
by looking from the north windows as
they draw near Greensburg. Of course
it appears to much greater advantage
when in fullleaf, and at such time it
If indeed a strange curiosity.
Year: 1879

were indignant that they should show
no more feeling abo-t the matter than
they would express for q drowned rat.
We succeeded in obtaining a position
where We could observe the operations
and awaited the appearance OF the
body upon the surface with curiosity
and dread. when there Arose from the
water. all lIfeless aud dripping. sack
Of potatoes
Year: 1879

An old gentleman in Key West
took his sons watch to show him
how easily he could be robbed,
and then asked him the time. The
young man was distressed to find
that his watch had been stolen.
"Never mind" said his father, 81
took it to show how easily you
could have lost it; here it is" But
as he felt in his pocket to return it,,
he was surprised to find that some
thief, more adroit than himself,
had taken 1t.
Year: 1879

There are four hundred and
twenty female dentists in this
country and only five female law.
yers. A cynical bachelor says this
shows that the ladies can work the
mouth to much better advantage
than the brain.
Year: 1879

"No, thank you; I never waltz.
Ma says if any of the young men
want to hug me, they must do it
on the sly. She won't have them
mussing my dress up and leaving
finger-marks on my white waist,
as long as she does the washing and
has to support me-"
Year: 1879

If you wish to investigate the peculiarities of
an inGuriated Indigestion just indulge in the
luxury OF q Welsh rarebit before retiring. In
the course OF q couple of hours you will be
driving through Russian forest with pack Of
wolves at your heels, and your journey will end
BY n tumble over o precipice several thousand
feet high, with jutting crags here and there,
against every one Of which you hit in your
descent Nature teaches respect for her laws by
introducing Us to n vivid panorama Of that kind
every time we disobey.
Year: 1879

Mr.. TILDEN's intimate friends say that
while he shrinks from the burdens and cares
Of another campaign he will not allow him
self to be lightly set aside. Evidently he
means that the barrels shall be rolled one
side with him, and that would be a very
heavy as well as painful JOB