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Year: 1878

NEW APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICITY.
TWO MACHINES BY WHICH A LARGE AMOUNT of


LABOR Is SAVED


The need of some cheap and convenient
motive power for light work has long been evident
For running light machinery-sewng machines' sctoi
saws small presses, etc-maDy inventions nave oeeh
devised which have been successful in some respects
Inventive genius long turned It's attention 10 cree
r,icty AS q cheap and powerful agent But the great
dc ulty has been to convert cheapy 'ne
current OF electricity into the power that VIII dVe the
wheels OF the machine 10 which 1t is applied BrooR
yn inventor after years OF experiment to secure tiS
end has constructed electric engine The machinery
necessary TO run an ordinary sewing machine needie
through any thickness OF cloth is contained in hoX
pic SQUARE and inches deeu. n sulhl
battery furnishes the electricity and may be a. any
distance from the machine the distance goVe[ns ' 10
size OF the wire connecting the two Inc expense
small the battery Is the only constant expense ana
THIS costs only few cents day while IN use. ihe
starting are entirely under the control Of the operator
beng governed by switch on the cl0th-piate' lIs
successful working has been shown III public


An invention OF very different sort, but which de-
an inventor OF this city. silk culture has been re-
tarGed very much by the labor involved ~ unWhaing
the gluten which holds together the silk threads IN the
outer covering of the cocoon they are wound on upon
liable 10 break This work involves close attention on
the part of the person supern,enong IL fSiuS % noU f
four cOcOOns usually run out on one reel 10 Orm
single thread one woman could not 40 more llau m a
interested IN the silk trade that machinery could he
made delicate enough to automatically wSch ihs Woik
The attention Of the inventor was drawn 10 inns
neTeced bs appcaon OF the electric current TO this
work. BY running the strands carefully balanced
breaks the wire drops INTO mCrculy ana
closes circuit which electric stop in the reel
The work thus stayed until The strand ~ shccd thd
the circuit broken In this way the electrelty WactS
the strands anu the attendant mas OnY 10 notce the
reels and start them when they stop In the Old way
not than six pounds Of six could be wound 10
week by this invention II Is claimed that forty pOhuus
will he secured in the time The promoters OF ths
Invention hope by greatly the SILK industry
in this country Owing to the cost OF labor cOc00ns are
NOT this country TO great extent Iey are
raised ere-noue better is claimed can be found else
where-and exported for reelng, and then much OF the
raw silk imported for manufacturing. large amount
will be saved If the cOcOOns be cheGpy wound OF
here Particularly the SOUTH where the mulberry Is
common is believed that the culture OF silk may rlya
that of cotton.
Year: 1878

Samuel B. Wells, member of the Police
Force for over years, died at ST. Vncenrs Hos
ptal Tuesday morning, after an illness Of only few
hours. Although he never above the rank Of
patrolman, his career policeman was remarkable.
He came to this city in 1852 from Connecticut. where
he had been q Methodist preacher The reasons which
caused him to give up the ministry and JOIN the Police
Force never known, as he always preserved the
atrictest Teticenoe regarding his private affairs t
would seem, however, that his motives unselnsh
and that the great aim OF his life 10 10 good. He
tall and slender, withipeasant features and grave
methOdical manners His conduct toward women ana
children marked by pOliteness and gentleness,
while he was feared by ruh6ans In these and other
respects he was model policeman. His first service
tue First Precinct, and during nearly his whole
term Of service his posts 10 the lower wards aud
among the worst streets In the city. he was thus
thrown In contact with the most degraded classes.


It is said that occasions Wells would stop
aud deliver TepTOOfs mingled with good advice 10 the
wretched persons whom he saw iDduging In drunken
ness idleness Many children called him Pop "
Wells while others he known the Missionary
Policeman" He lived altogether In the staton-housc
and seldom known 70 visit places OF amusement.
He was saving IN his habits but he often lent money to
needy policemen. 1t said that he had wife living
on farm YOnkers, and that he had saved several
Thousand dollars from his salary HIS last patrol duty
was performed in the Fourteenth Precinct. He sit
ting In the station-house at o'clock on Monday even
lug and complained OF sudden attack OF headache.
He was taken to the hospital, but died IN few hours
congestion of the brain After ls death none OF
his numerous acquaintance could give any lnIOIDa-
ton regarding his relatives and Superintendent Wang
teeRraphed to Yonkers to have inquiries made for his
widow He about sixty years old at the time OF his
Year: 1878

The telephone is to be made use of by the
Department OF Docks hereafter in submarine diving.
In dredging for the foundations OF piers the Department
has found IT necessary employ divers to examine the
bed Of the river and there been felt for
means OF communication between the divers and the
men on the dredges. Charles w. Raymond, one OF the
engineers of the Department began some experiments
with the telephone recently and his work has led 10 the
adoption OF submarine telephones by the Department
EdsoDs duplex Telephone Is used battery, connected
with iDstrument is placed the dredge, and iDsu


lated wires TO a second telephone iu the helmet Of
diver. This thot diver apply
either his mouth his 10 the speaking by
ing his head. Thus he with while
work on the bottom OF the Tins application Of
the telephone IL s thought will not Oniy extend the
sale OF the instrument but will prove most important
aid tO submarine diving
Year: 1878

President Babcock. of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, at meeting Of the hoard Of directors
Yesterday reported the result OF his conference with the
managers OF the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rail-
roads on the que OF renewing the contracts for
rying passengers and freight He said that an agree
uenI was finally made, satisfactory TO all concerned.
Tbe report adopted and the contract will he signed
for one year The meeting held with closed doors,
and the directors declined 10 state the basis OF the con
tract as the Union Pacific managers had not given per.
mission TO make IL public. They said however, that the
contract vas favorable 10 the Pacific Mall than
the one which has recently expired.
Year: 1878

1t is said of the late Kit Burns Of


New York that, as professional rat
catcher, he. was the first in America.
1t Is farther alleged by those who pro-
fess uneqaivocal knowledge of the mat
ter, that the deceased Kit had amassed
much money in pursuit of his unique


vocation. He Cnce made S5OC ont of
one single job in the rat-catching line.
One OF the first restaurants on Broad
way had been so badly infested by rats
that the quantity of provisions con-
sumed or destroyed night and day was
incredibly large. The finest mousers
were procured, but they made no inroad
upon the army of rodents. In fact,
cat after cat became demoraliZed, while
the rats grew bolder, and frequently
put them to fight. Alone in the res
taurant one night, Kit surveyed the
situation, and declared it to be des-
perate one. The following night he set
ms huge cage close to an advantageous
aperture. A small, dim lamp on the
shelf above him was the only light in
the place. He lay above the great cage
with the string of the main trap in his
hand. His object was to catch the
skiing" rat, and then the work was
easy. They all follow the king. Rat
after rat came to the cage, nibbled the
bait, and ran back to the hole. There
seemed to have been a perfect under
standing about the matter before his
majesty yentured forth. When he did,
Kit knew him, for the king rat is an
enormous, shaggy specimen, with great
bristle5 growing out Of his body-and
down snapped the trap. Now the rest
were guideless, and wholly at the mercy
of the rat catcher. Kit then fastened
the king so as to secure his presence in
the cage, and when the trap was again
raised scores upon scores of rats filed
the cage. 1t could hold no more; but
when the subjects found themselves
captured they fell upon the king and
nearly tore him to pices. After that
Kit easily secured the rest of the var
mints. and was paid $500.
Year: 1878

It's only the calm waters that reflect
heaven in their breast.


In being angry we punish ourselves.


Avarice is the chastisement of the
rich.


The only way to have friend is to be
one.


Men are never so ridiculous by the
qualities they possess rs by those they
affect to possess.


Men are like words; when not proper
ly placed, they lose their value.


Let no one descend so low as to con-
slider money to be the chief good.


Health is the foundation upon which
all happiness is built.


Conversation is the ventilation of the
mind.
Humility makes all other graces ami
able.


Fortune and the sun make insects
shine.


Forbear to judge, for we are all sim
ners.


Everything we add to our knowledge
adds to our usefulness.


Those who raise envy will easily incur
censure.
Year: 1878

Answer him softly. You cannot know
In the depths below
How sharp was the struggled the fight ht


made
Ere the price he paid,
And yielded his soul to the tempter':


power


In hasty hour.
Answer him softly; for it may be
Like the sturdy tree,
Which tested in many a storm, its
strength


To be rent at length
He struggled full oft, and resisted we'll
Though at last he fell.
Answer him softly, lest you be tried
On your weaker side,
And fall, as before you, SO many have


done,


Who in thought had won;
Fall, too, ere temptation had spent Its


force


In Its subtle course.
Answer him softly; for none can tell,
When the storm clouds swell,
Whose barque shall weather the tempest


or whose


Its venture shall lose.
Speak gently; the weakest may stand


the gale,


The stoutest may fail.


Boston TTQyeler
Year: 1878




Whatever on the farm does not rise 10
a certain dignity in the estimation of the
farmer, is usually sadly neglected, if not
otherwise abused. While every farm has
its orchard, on great many it is con-
sidered of very little account, being used
only for supplying the home wants. We
have heard farmers go SO far as to say
that it was cheaper to buy fruit than to
raise it. This opinion, however, does not
find general favor, we are happy to say ;
but while it is usually thought desirable
to have an orchard, it is frequently the
last thing cared for, if it is ever cared
for. We have seen trees in cultivated or
chards shamefully abused, and that it was
permitted by the owner could not be ac-
counted for, for if tree is worth plant
ing, it would seem that the ownsr would
realize that it was worth preserving. Not
only does the owner himself sometimes
show an astonishing disregard of the in.
terests of the apple trees by plowing
through the roots, and breaking the tree
with the whiffietrees, but he looks COM
placently on while the hired man does
the same thing. Sometimes man will
be careless Of his own, so far as his own
conduct is concerned, but when anoth-
er does what he does, he is aroused to
see the nature of his own misdeanor, as
well as the one who is doing likewise,
and demonstrate. But some farmer ap-
pear to be utterly Indifferent as to who
abuses the trees of the orchard, or how
tits done. They will suffer the pruning
to be done not alone in a slovenly way,
but in an injurious way. The man is
sent into the tree with rough, heavy
boots, and he rubs off the bark at every
step, and does more damage than any
respectable pruning would compensate
for; but the pruning is often not respec
table. 1t is simply butchering. If the
limbs get of, however, the owner seems
satisfied.


Then, perhaps, some beautiful looking
apple attracts his eye, or the eye of some
one else, and he hurls a club among the
branches or suffers some one else to do
it. One would be led to suppose that he.
thought the tree the rock of Gibraltar,
Itlis no wonder that tree treated in any
such manner fails to give its owner salts
faction.


A tree is endowed with life, and the
machinery of life. 1t has a circulation
lungs and skin, ard these are suscepti-
BILE of injury, and when injured must de-
crease the vitality of the tree, as the Vi
tality of the'human body is decreased by
disease. While the farmer in many in
stances no doubt thinks that our pomol-
ogists are extravagant in their ideas of
needs of the orchard in the time they
devote to it, it is not true, and very
much benefit might be derived by all of
US if we would strive to initiate them.
There are difficulties in growing an or
chard which are often rdiscouraging.
The varieties selected are often unfit for
the locality, and other things come up
to dishearten, but it will pay to deal
with them all, and by patience and per-
severance to have good orchard on the
farm and to take good care of it when it
is grown as well as while it is growing.
Year: 1878

In the steppes of Russia it is lot rare
TO see a two-year-old colt rush singly to
attack a band of four or five wolves,
kill one or two of them, lame the rest.
and spread the terror of his name
throughout the country. The wild
horse strikes with his fore feet, like the
stag, and not with his hind legs as is
popularity believed. He draws himself
up to his full height against his enemy,
and pounds him beneath his murder
Gus pestles; then seizes him between
the shoulders with his formidable in
clsers, and tosses him to his mares, to
make sport for themselves and their
offspring.-Ihs Russian Steppes-
Year: 1878

If YOU love me, tell me not,


Let me read it in your thought;
Let me feel it in the way


That you FAY me yea and nay.
Let me see it in your eye


When you greet or pass me by;
Let me hear it in the tone


Meant for me and me alone.
If you love me, there will be
Something only shall see;
Meet or miss, stay or go,


If you love me, | shall know.
Something in your tone Will tell,
Dear, l love you, love you well"
Something in your eyes will shine
Fairer than they look in mine.
In your mein some touch of grace,
Some swift smile upon your face
While you speak not, will betray
What your lips could scarcely say.
In your speech some silver word,
Tuning into sweet accord
All your bIuntness will reveal
Unaware the love you feel.
If you love me, then, l pray,
Tell me not, but, day by day,
Let love silent on me rise,
Like the sun in summer skies.
Year: 1878

When the terms "Christian" and the
term gentleman" are associated together,
the term "Christian" is taken in its larg-
est, not in its smallest sense. 1t means
Christian in principle and sentiment; hu-
man in idea conception and feeling
When the old dramatist, Thomas Dek-
ker, called Jesus "the first true gentle
man that ever breathed," what did he
have in mind but this He thought of
the Jesus who spoke tender and kind
words to the woman in the street. whom
others despised; the man who sat at meat
with scorned publicans, and those whom
the aristocratic convention circle of his
time pronounced infdel and accursed !;
the man who, when he saw that the COM
mon prostitute needed not reproach but
a word of encouragement, spoke to her
the word of encouragement though he
did it in the presence of Pharisees, in a
Pharisees house as he sat at meat at
Pharisees table where he was a guest by
a Pharisee's invitation. The gentleman
whom Thomas Decker had in mind was
the man who went on his errand of mer-
cy, not to those of Judea but into the
wilderness, into the country of the Ger
gesenes, among idolators and Pagans !;
the man who gave the noblest statement
of his grandest ideas to woman, a Sa-
marltan woman, whom all his country
people would have detested and consid
cred it a shame to speak to at all the
man who, in all pure minds might stand
today as the personifcation of that large
and beautiful manhood which is of no
sect, no church, no religion, but Of man
kind. Such was the first true gentleman
that ever breathed, we'll might one say
so. How many like him have breathed
since how many like him are breathing
today2 How many of us dare to call
ourselves gentlemen after this majestic
type2 Not one.


But there is not the meanest of US all
who may not think of this as the perfec-
ton of gentlemanliness. There is not
one of US who may not hold the beauti
full conception before him. Happy he
who SO steadily keeps it in view and SO
steadfastly tries to realize it that the light
and beauty and glory of it he may possess
himself 70. B. rockingham on THE
American Gentleman"
Year: 1878

can article from General Grosvenor, in
reply to an editorial in last weeks Tele-
graph, will be found in one of the inside
columns of our present issue. The reply
is in excellent taste, and its spirit com
mendable; and had his Columbus speech
been wholly of like character, there
would have been no occasion for his writ
ing this letter. But unfortunately on
that occasion, in allusion to Blaine and
Conkling, he spoke of the 'sheeted deed
of the Cincinnati Convention. 'gibbering
and squeaking' in the Roman Streets
Now we confess that we have as little
liking for abuse of Blaine and Conkling
as for abuse of the President; and it's
our opinion that no judicious friend of
the Republican party will indulge in such
practices at this juncture. Not only
must this public abuse of prominent Re,
publicans be stopped, if we expect the
party to live, but Republicans must cease
to stand upon the street corners and de-
nounce Republicans with whom they
happen to disagree, as knaves and trait
ors. Now let General Grosvenor but act
upon the spirit of his communication, and
direct all his blows against the Demo
cratic party, and he will never hear of
the editor OF the Telegraph finding fault
with him. = Pomeroy Telegraph.
Year: 1878

The discovery has been made that the
world does not revolve with the same
motion that it did thousand years ago
but it still swings around fast enough to
satisfy the man with a heavy note coming
due
Year: 1878

This from the Danbury News is as ter
ribly awful as it is extremely ridiculous:
"Bayard Taylor sailed this week. When
he is taken sea-sick we advise people
who live near the shore to snatch what
they can and scoot for the mountains"
Year: 1878

Two hundred and fifty raw doctors
stepped across the threshold in Philadel-
phIa few days ago, and are now calmly
patiently, even cheeriully, waiting for the
first green apples to open business.
Year: 1878

Snook's boy heard him say the other
day that there was money in hens, and
he proceeded to investigate his father
poultry-yard He had gone through a
dozen fine specimens, when the old gen
tleman came upon him, and the boy now
wonders if there is any balm in Gilead.
Year: 1878

SILVER MINING IN THE LOWER LE.


vELs.-Those who have never personally
inspected the lower levels Of the Nevada


mines may obtain some idea Of the do.
| gree Of heat to be found therein by visit.
ing the Savage works at the change OF
shifts. The men-packed together as
close as they can stand on The stage--arc
popped up out Of the shaft all steamng
hot, for all the world like bunch Of as
paragus just lifted from the pot. They
make their appearance in cloud ofsteam
that pous up continuously from the
"depths proiouud," and are dimly seen
until they step forth upon the floor OF the
works.


As the men land and separate, each
carries with him for half II minute his
little private cloud OF vapor. As this
passes off tho man is seen to be naked
from the waist up, his skin rs wet as
though he had just been lifted out Of II
pond Of water. The men bring up with
them besides tho steam-aa amount Of
heat that may be felt by the spectator
as they pass. All this is NJ the top OF the
shaft, where it is considered quite cool
what, then, must it be hundreds Of feet
below, where the men start from down
whore water stands at l57 degree Fahren-
heit? Down there no steam is seen-it is
too hot for it. 1t is only when the hot,
moist air, coming up from the lower re-
gions, strikes the cool air toward the top
OF the shaft, that it takes the form Of
steam.


Down there where the men come from
you must keep your hands Off the pump
column and the pipes, and if you pick up
an iron tool you will Mt once pu. it down
without being told to do so. Down there
they handle things with gloves on, or
wrap rags about the drills they are guild
ing and apparatus they are moving and
down there, too, you will learn to keep
your mouth shut after you have drawn Il
few mouthfuls Of hot air into your lungs.
Perspire 1t Is no name for it. You are
like IA sponge that is being squeezed.


You arc ready to believe that you have
100000 pore, to every square inch Of
surface, o. as many more as any authority
may mention, and that these pores are as
big as the cells OF a honeycomb. You go
for ice water, and it almost seems to hiss
as it passes down your throat-you keep
going for it, nrd thus in a short time, find
nut what becomes OF .he tons and tons Of
ice that are daily consumed in the mines.
Remain below among the miners for an
hour or two, and when you are finally
popped out at the top Of the shaft, all red
hot and steaming, among the other as
paragus sprouts, you will appreciate the
beauty, the light aud coolness Of tho up
per world,
Year: 1878

The electric fluid in the form Of
lightning oftentines proves itself a


very efficient wood-cutter, and it has


occurred to some ingenious gentle


men in India that artificial electricity


may be SO applied and controlled rs


to cut down trees good deal faster


than the clumsy ak or that American


notion the chain saw. The TIVE ends
of the copper wires of galvanic bat
terry are connected with platinum


wire, which, of course, instantly be-
comes red hot, and while in that state
it is gently .seesawed across the trunk
OF the tree to be felled. When ar
rangements were made for the expert
ment it turned out that the thickness
Of the thickest platinum wire that
could be got was only that Of crochet
cotton 1t was at once seen that such
wire would be consHmed before the
tree was half severed from its trunk.
However, the attempt was made.
The burning wire performed its task
very we'll as long as il tasted, but as
anticipated, the wire continually
broke, and ut length there was mol
wire left. There can be but little
doubt that with a stronger battery
and a thicker wire, the experiment
would have been entirely successful.
As it was, the tree was sawn one-fifth
through. 1t is calculated that under
proper conditions tree, which at
present takes two hours to fell, will
,ome to the grounl by this process in
fifteen minutes |, is almost needless
0 add that there is no waste of wood,
10 sawdust- English Journal.
Year: 1878




Yesterday afternoon charcoal
wagon drawn by four mules came to
a standstill on Union street, between
B and G. The driver lashed the ami
mails heartily and swore furiously, but
they could not pull the load more than
three or four feet at time. About
hundred persons were now collected,
and betting became quite lively as to
whether or not the teamster would
reach b street with his load. Odds
were laid against the team. Present
ly several men who had backed the
mules attempted to help them by
pushing the wagon from behind. The
other parties objected to this, and
there seemed fair prospect for fight.
Finally the teamster got two horses
and hitched them on to aid the mules.
Thereupon all bets were declared "of1."
He made B street amid choers.-T Vir-
ginia Chronicle.
Year: 1878

The WORLD is doing "a good deal for
the mining interests of Boise county,
and deserves to receive all the print
ing done for the business men. There
is not an issue that does not contain
something to attract attention from
from people outside of the Territory,
and is beneftting, in an indirect way.
every man among us. VIII we are
laboring for the interests of the busi-
ness Of the country, the BUSINESS men
should do their share by giving US
their work in the printing line, which
would give us facilities for doing still
more. We have refused to advertise
for outside parties when our business
men would be effected. and we should
receive the same consideration at their
hands. We do good work, and at
prices so low that none can Justly