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Year: 1879

An invention has recently been
made in England which casts into
the shade all previous advances in
labor-saving machin cry, and bids fair,
for a time at least, to restore to
British manufactures that trade Of
which the American have been grad
ually depriving them during the last
few years. When, some weeks ago,
we read OF this invention in our
English exchanges, we could scarcely
credit it that the march of mproy e
nent could reach thus far. In u mill
near Lowmoor, in the vicinity of
Bradford, England, there is now
running machinery which is left As
hours without any person attending
to it, working the whole of that time,
and producing beautiful fabric
without any flaw in the goods or
mistake in the machine. This mill
is now running 1872 hours per week,
starting on Monday morning at half
past 5, aad running until Saturday
night at ~ o'clock, only stopping the
machinery during the day for clean
ing. During that time the fabulous
quantity of 100000 yard of fabric
can be produced, the machines also
working 4s hours without attention
or labor of any sort, and they are
then replenished with warps in the
incredibly short time of Is minutes,
one girl being all that is employed
to do this part of the work, and all
that being completed during the day
time. The machinery is thus left
working, and producing most beau
tiful fabric entirely by itself from
half-past in the evening until half
past the following morning; and
during the time it has been running
it has fully realized the expectations
of the inventor. The goods produced
by this new invention are improved
in appearance, and what was sold be-
fore at f2 IS cd. is now selling at 24s.
A visitor to the mills says: 1t was
very curious that on approaching the
buildings we could hear the rumble
of machinery, and yet every part of
the mills, with the exception of the
cashiers room, which was lighted by
a parafine lamp, was in total dark
ness. We could not detect single
inch of gas-piping, for none is re.
quired. The machines can work as
well in the dark as in the light be.
cause they do not require any human
attention.


With reference to the manufacture
of yarns it may be stated that one
girl, who is paid at the rate of l4s
per week, can produce fl, 900 worth
of these goods in six days In fact
the quantity does not i'll any way
form an item of labor.


There is no doubt that the inven
ton is great commercial success, az
it has been running now for more
than two months without hitch OF
failure. 1t is probable that the pr;n
ciple will be applicable to other de
partments of industry.
Year: 1879

The President vetoed the Judicial
appropriation bill for the reason that
it deprived the executive Of all power
to execute constitutional obligation.
1t was sent to the House on Monday.
The President signed the army ap-
propriation bill.
Year: 1879

w A story is told of two English
men who started from Denver, Col, for
a walk to the mountains, before break
fast, an apparently easy task, as the
mountains did not appear more than
mile or so away. After walking for an
hour without seeming to have made
any progress toward the desired goal,
one of them became discouraged, and
concluded to return for his breakfast
afterward, he took a carriage and went
in search of his friend, whom he found
on the bank of a small ditch, engaged
in removing his boots. His friend in
quired what he intended to doq He
replied, to wade the ditch. His friend
said there was no necessity for that, as
it was less than three feet across, and
he could easily jump it. "You can't
tell anything about it in this country"
responded the other; sit may be three
hundred feet across for aught l know"
His morning walk proved to extend
about fifteen miles before he reached
the foot hills
Year: 1879

u Kerosene will soften boots or
shoes that have been hardened by wa
ter, and will render them pliable as
new. Kerosene will make your tea
kettle as bright as new. Saturate
wooden rag and rub with it. 1t will
also remove stains from the clean var
nished furniture.
Year: 1879

W Heusekeepers should know that
a small piece of paper or linen, moisten-
ed with spirits of turpentine, and put
into bureau or wardrobe, for single
day, two or three times a year, is a
sufficient preservative against moths.
Year: 1879




The useless lie is an easy death.


Great hearts, like oceans, never con-
geal.


Judge no man until you have stood in
his place.


A straight line is the shortes. in NOR
ais as well as in mathematics


Real virtue consists in integrity OF
heart and loving your neighbpr as your
self.


Return equity and justice for evil done
to yon, and pay goodness by goodness.
Think not of faults committed in the
past when one has re ermed his conduct.


What desire that Others should not
do for me equally desire not to do for
them.
without the virtue OF humility one
can neither be honest in poverty Ior con.
tented in abundance.
The wealth of man ia the number of
things that he loves and blesses, that he
is loved and blessed ny.
Evil ia like night msre-the instant
you begin to strive with 1t, to bestir
yourself, it is already ended.
How great ones virtue is best appears
Dy Occaslon oi auNcreity ioI ocCasOns
do not make a man frail, but show what
he ia.


fyou have built castles in the air your
word need not be lost; that is where
they should be. Now put foundation
under them.


Yield not yourself servant unto cir
cumstsnces, but prove yourself their
master, then shall circumstances do SER
vice unto you.


When men first take an opinion and
then atterwsrd seek for reasons for it,
they must be contented with such as the
absurdity of it will allow.
Year: 1879

Flowers are profusely used in the waist
garnitures; flowers and leaves commence on
the left side of the belt, extending across the
basque in . diagonal manner. and reaching
the throat encircle 1t. The end of the fow-
cry border falls over the right shoulder.
Year: 1879

New York, Sept. 2.-All the journals
this morning and evening have edito-
rails upon the California election. The
Tribune points out the identity of the
greenback and the socialist theories,
and claims that both sprang from the
same root, and each aim at legislating
against recognized social laws and facts
demonstrated by human experience.


The Times in column and quarter
editorial shows the rise Of the labor
party in California out of the grasping
and indiscreet policy of capitalists and
corporations. Should the next presi-
Dental election be thrown into the
house. the political complexion of the
California delegation would become a
matter of deep concern. Hence the
Importance with which the California
election is regarded in the east.


The Commercial Bulletin attributes
the present state of social affairs to the
neglect of their duties as good citizens
by the intelligent and order-loving Cal
ifornians, and alleges that the wild the
ories of demagogue, apparently in the
ascendant there, are due to the course
of certain class, who have used their
power and privileges in such a manner
as to imply that they were not bound
to respect any interests but their own.
1t would be idle to deny that like causes
are not at work among ourselves to pro-
duce like effects.
Year: 1879

A young lady in Manchester, Eng"
who found it impossible to rise early
enough in the morning to be at her
music teachers in time to take her les
sons, accepted the proffered services OF
gentleman friend, who offered some
what novel suggestion to overcome the
difficulty. He proposed that she should
tie a string to her toe presumably the
great toe) at night when she went to
bed, and hang it (the string, not the
toe) out the window. When it was time
for her to get up he, on his way down
town. would stop under her window
and pull the string. This plan was put
into operation with the consent of the
lady's mother and the toephOne was
found to work admirably. Like the
course of true love, after time it
failed to run smooth. 1t was through
no fault of the lady that trouble arose.
Her toe was always bound with the
cord ready for the young man to ring
it from the other end. and her dreams
we're blissful scenes in which she was
led to Hymen's altar by string at
tached to the identical toe, while Cupids
innumerable, with toes by the hundred,
fitted through her vision, shooting
with golden arrows at toes suspended
by silken cords. Neither did the young
man prove recreant to his trust. He
took pleasure in performing his self
imposed duty, and each morning the
lady's dreams were disturbed by tug
at her toe. The trouble came from an
other quarter. The rector of the church
the young people attended heard of the
toephOne, and, holding it was an "act
of impropriety," refused the young man
the sacrament. The Bishop of Litch-
field has been appealed to, but he de-
clines to interfere, and the tOephonein in
ventor is still debarred the sacrament
and the young lady's toe is recovering
from its frequent dislocations, while
her music teacher daily scolds her for
being late.
Year: 1879

her young he d with its crown of holly
and went away, and Vivian Verschoyle
was left there alone under the mistle-
toe bough in the cloak room. Not long
alone, for presently The door was open
ed quietly, and when he turned, per-
haps expecting to see Enid again, he
came face TO face with the dashing young
officer, the cause of all this trouble-a
young man with skin as brown as Yer
schoyle's own, for he had but lately es-
capped from India's sun and had been
but two days on English ground.


In less than quarter of an hour af-
terwards you might have seen Colonel
Verschoyle with a very different ex-
preston on his countenance hastily
searching the great drawing-room, his
handsome features glowing and a
bright color tinging his brown cheeks.
He was looking for Enid Vavasor, but
he could not find her among the merry
makers and dancers. Presently how
ever, he caught glimpse of something
white in the conservatory, amid the
orange trees, and he was there in a mo-
ment. He threw himself beside her on
the sofa, imploring forgiveness in tones
of earnest cntreaty, as though he al
most feared to be denied. But it was
very sweet young face that smiled up
at him, with large loving eyes as he
caught her to his heart, saying, ENID,
Enid, my darling, you should have told
me that he was your brother"
Year: 1879

1t was the most awful sight ! ever
witnessed. The head of the avalanche
was already at the spot where we had
made our last halt. The head alone
was preceded by thick cloud of snow
dust; the rest of the avalanche was
clear. Around me | heard the horrid
Kissing of the snow, and far before me
the laundering of the foremost part of
the avalanche. TO prevent myself
sinking again made use of my arms,
much in the same way as when swim
ming in sanding position. AT last l
noticed that was moving slower; then
/ saw the pieces of snow in front of me
stop at some yards distance; then the
snow straight before me stopped, and l
heard on large scale the same creak-
ing sound that is produced when
heavy cart passes over hard-frozen
snow in winter. / felt that | also had
stopped, and instantly threw up both
arms to protect my head In case /
sheuld again be covered up. had
stopped, but the snow behind me was
still in motion; its pressure on my
body was so strong that thought /
should be crushed to death. This tre-
mendous pressure lasted but short
time, and ceased as suddenly as it had
begun. | was then covered up with
snow coming from behind me. My
first impulse was to try and recover
my head, but this | could not do. The
avalanche had frozen by pressure the
moment it stopped, and ! was frozen
in. Whilst trying vainly to move my
arms, | suddenly became aware that
the hands as far as the wrists had the
faculty of motion. The conclusion was
easy; they must be above the snow. |
set to work as well as | could; it was
time, for | could not have held out
much longer. At last | saw faint
glimmer of light. The crust above my
head was getting thinner and it let a
little air pass, but could not reach it
any more with my hands; the idea
struck me that might pierce it with
my breath. After several efforts sue
ceeded in doing so, and felt suddenly a
rnsh of air towards my mouth; l saw
the sky again through little round
hole. A dead silence reigned around
me. l was so surprised to be still
alive, and so persuaded at the first mo-
ment that none of my fellow sufferers
had survived that did not even think
of shouting for them. | then made
vain efforts to eXtricate my arms, but
found it impossible; the most l could


do was to join the ends of my fingers,


but they could not reach the snow any


longer. After few minutes heard
man shouting. What relief 1t was to
know that l was not the sole survivor;
to know that perhaps he was not frozen
in and could come to my assistance! /
answer. The voice approached, but
seemed uncertain where to 20, and yet
1t was quite near. A sudden exclama.
tion Of surprise. Robot had seen my
hands. He cleared my head in an in
slant, and was about to try to cut me
Year: 1879

1t Is next to impossible to shake the
public faith in the value of the observa-
ton of the lower creation. We know
by experience that our barn-door fowls
will with infinite composure retire to
rest at ten O'Clock in the morning in
case of an eclipse, yet that knowledge
does not prevent the public from as
suming the possession by birds of
mysterious sources Of information on
the subject of weather which are sealed
to us. Dogs are supposed to have some
intuition which warns them of ap-
preaching death, and lnany heart has
been tortured by accepting as fore
warning of dissolution dogs CON-
plant against the moon for unreason-
able brightness. The fact is that ami
mails in general are far less wise than
we think, even in the matters that come
directly under their ken. Observations
of phenomena on the part of man
who, by noticing the influence of
changing condition upon various
objects, animate and inanimate, be-
comes weatherwise, are far more trust
worthy then that kind of feeling,
which, like pain iu an old wound,
warns birds or animals of the approach
Of wet. Although curious 1t is, indeed,
to see how far animals are from pos
sesing the kind of knowledge we are
most ready to assign them, that of
things they may eat with impunlty.
Quite recently Lord Lovelace under
went a serious loss in consequence of
a herd of cows eating some ewe-clip-
pings indiscreetly placed within their
reach. Cattle continually mistake the
kind of food that will suit them, es-
pecially when they are strange to the
district in which 1t grows. After
time they will find Its noxlous quail
ties, and are, 1t appears, able.to trans
init the knowledge to their descendants.
Year: 1879

There resides in Wichita, Kansas. a
widow by the name of Mrs. A. ii.
Gibson. She is Of slight stature, and
very quiet and retiring, and with her
daughter carries on the profession of
milliner and mantua maker. During
the late visit of the Indians TO that
town, and as the sons of the forest
were In single file passing along the
streets, Cheyenne brave suddenly
broke ranks, and, rushing into the
store where Mrs. Gibson Is employed,
put his arms about Mrs. Gibson, patted
her with his hand and In broken En-.
glish gave expression to great JOY and
satisfaction. All the ladies In the store
were, of course, nearly frightened out
Of their wits, while the blanketed saw
age kept reiterating: "GoOd squaw!
Heap good squaw ~ The sequel is not
uninteresting. Previous to the great
Indian massacre of 1862, Mrs. Gibson,
then Mrs. Southworth, lived alone on
the Minnesota frontier. One day a
squaw came to her house and made her
understand that she wanted soup, after
obtaining which she carried 1t away to
the woods. For several days she came
regularly on the same errand. A few
days before the bloody massacre, In
which so many settlements were wiped
out, and in which so many men, wOm-
Ell and children were ruthlessly butch
cred, two or three Indians with two
squaws came TO Mrs. Gibson's and
asked for dinner. After the meal one
of them told her that they must bind
her in secrecy and that no harm could
befall her. OF course, she could only
submit, and as she was being carried
to her destination during the next day
saw the burning homes, fleeing settlers
and scenes that will never be effaced
from her memory. They kept strict
watch over her for two weeks, after
which two squaws took her to within
few miles Of fort, forty miles dis
tant, put her down in the road ami
told her when dark came to go in,
which she did. From the squaws she
learned the soup she had daily made
was for a sick chief, Monoway, who
recovered, and who had determined to
save her and hers. When she returned
to her home the next spring, after sew
eral months absence. she found every
thing Just as she had left it. Not
COW or even chicken was missing, but
everything had been cared for, fed and
protected during the long winter by
some Indians who had been detailed
for that purpose, and who Immediately
relinquished everything to her peace
full possession. Mrs. Gibson's visitor
was one of the party, and, in spite of
the time intervening, Immediately rec
ognized her, and expressed his salts
faction as related.
Year: 1879

out completely, when ! saw foot
above the snow, and SO near me that
could touch it with my arms, although
they were not quite free yet. at once
tried to move the foot; 1t was my poor
friends. A pang of agony shot through
me as ! saw that the foot did not move.
Poor BOissoult had lost sensation, and
was perhaps already dead. Robot did
his best; after some time he wished me
to help him, so he freed my arms lit
tie more, so that | could make use OF
them. | could do but little, for Robot
had torn the AK from my shoulder as
soon as he had cleared my head. l
generally carry an AK separate from
my alpenstock, the blade tied to the
belt and the handle attached to the left
shoulder. Before coming to me Robot
had helped Nance out of the snow; he
was lying nearly horizontally, and was
not much covered. Nance found Be
ward, who was upright in the snow,
but covered up to the head. After
about twenty minutes the two last
named guides came up. was at length
taken out; the snow had to be cut with
the AK down to my feet, before ] could
be pulled out. A few minutes after
one o'clock =. NJ. we came to my poor
friends face. | wished the body to be
taken out completely, but nothing
could induce the three guides TO work
any longer, from the moment they saw
that it was too late to save him. ac-
knowledge that they were nearly as In
capable of doing anything as | was.


When was taken out Of the snow
the cord had TO be cut. We tried the
end going towards Bennen, but could
not move it; it went straight down and
showed us that there was the grave of
the bravest guide Valais ever had, and
ever will have.
Year: 1879

A novel but legitimate business dodge
is recorded from Richmond. Jobbinp
merchants of that city recently met to
take some action upon the turn of Upper
Virginia trade from Richmond to Balti-
more. The decision of the conference
was kept secret. Next day the most in
telligent statesmen in the large houses
were sent along the line of the Chesa
peake and Ohio and other roads, with In,
structions TO invite the country storekeep
ers to Richmond. The statesmen uset
their tongues cleverly and left FREE
round trip ticket with every dealer. Th.
country merchants took the run downItt
the State Capital the other day and soor
found themselves at banquet specially
prepared for them. They ate and drank
and felt so grateful that after the feas
every one ran around town buying large
bills.
Year: 1879




Washington, March 20.-The belief
that the session of congress will be
short is strengthened by the manner in
which the proposed compromise ON po-
litical legislation is received by both
parties. Senator Whyte, Maryland, is
understood to be the proposer 10 the
republicans of a scheme likely to be
adopted. This is to allow both the
United States supervisors and deputy
marshals to be continued, but provides
that no deputy marshal shall make an
arrest at election time unless on a
warrant issued by a United States COM
missioner on authority of some respec-
table citizen. The republicans can
safely agree to this, and also to the re-
peal of the jurors test oaths, and to the
provision Of the army bill forbidding
the presence of troops near the polls.
The democratic programme is to bring
in the two defeated appropriation bills
at once, and put whatever legislation
is adopted on then without waiting to
adopt any independent measures.
Year: 1879

secretary, replying to Bright, said that
only a telegraphic summary Of the new
Canadian tariff had been received, and
therefore he was unable to judge of its
effect, but he had telegraphed that the
government regrets the proposed in
crease in duties, which are already
high. He added that the right of the
government, in regard to the sanction
of the new tariff was not affected by
the instructions to Lord Lorne.
Year: 1879

Washington, March 20.-A novel
plan of procedure is tonight under dis
cussion by prominent democratic lead
ers. 1t is that both branches of con-
gress, after passing the appropriation
bills, with the political provisions in
cluded, shall suddenly adopt concur
rent resolution by the terms of which
they will take recess until the end of
next November, thus leaving with
President Hayes the appropriation
bills, to be signed or not, just as he
may or may not be willing to assume
an individual responsibility of allowing
the needs of the public service to re-
main unprovided for during the first
five months of the fiscal year. This
proposition is of course based upon the
fact that the president may constitu-
tionally approve the bills during any
interregnum in the sittings Of congress,
which has not been preceded by for
NAL adjournment of a session, and also
upon the assumption that the president
cannot convene congress during such
recess. This assumption is not appar-
emily well founded, and it is hardly
probable that the novel suggestion will
long attract attention.
Year: 1879

BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept. 2.-The local au-
thorites here have been trying to enforce
the laws and stop Sunday excursions. To
defeat them the excursion steamers have
been applying at the Post-olfice for the
mails on Sunday, although their contracts
are for six days in the week. For several
SUNDAYS the mails we're delivered to these
boats for transportation. Yesterday this
was stopped by the following letter from
Second Assistant Pos master General


"It is customary for this Department to
authorize more frequent service than is re-
quired of the contractor for carrying the
mail when he offers to perform it without
additional charge, but in the present case
it is we'll understood and admitted that the
sole reason that the contractor desires to
carry the Sunday mail to Talchester Beach
is that he may be thus enabled to violate
the law of the State of Maryland, which
forbids Sunday excursions, but can not in
terfere with carrying the United States
mails. This Department does not propose
to allow it's authority to be used in any
case as shield for violation of the loca
law"
Year: 1879

DAKER d BiLLMYER take pleasure in
- announcing TO their friends and the
public generally that they have just re-
turned from the city and are now opening
at the old stand. large and well selected
StCck of Foreign, Staple and Domestic