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Year: 1873

It is propelled by a single horse.
We sGw sticks as large as a mans
leg cut through twenty-five, or thirty
times after the belt had been thrown of
the saw machine, the saw doing this work
by sheer momentum, Considerable work
can be done with the threSher, the cider
mill and the saw and cutting machines by
the power of q Singleman. One man can
thresh 90 10 70 bushels Of grain per day,


While the several machines attached
are marVelB Of ingenuity and completeness
in themselves, The most remarkable thing
about the affair Is the motive power,
This Is obtained by three wheels which
run by friction, not cogs. A small one Is
in the centre, and the two large ones being
tightly geared by q belt, their motion Ia
communicated to the smAll wheel. which
receives power from each. 1t Is not easy
TO explain on paper just how this Is DONE
but the following description by the
Lehigh HaRey NSlrS may help the reader
to an understanding otlt: b..


"Centfipetal power, as the name I'm.
plies, 10 power absolutely tending TO the
centre, and, as Mark Twain would say, the
machine Ais the bill. The ordinary trans
mission Of power from a fly wheel TO
smaller one Is accompanied, las every one
knows who has the slightest knowledge
Of the application Of poWerO by resisting
friction, and when great velocity is re-
QuIred the "band" must be drawn tightly,
and this resistance Is increased. In this
machine there are two large band.Wheels
and the axle Of one works In stationary
box, while the axle Of the other works in
q movable box. 1.-THE broad belt beplRced
round these two wheels and drawn tightly
Zone OF the axles, be It remembered, being
In movable box) It Is evident that they
will be brought up close together. So
they would be and come In contact, but q
small wheel between them prevents II,
Instead OF coming into contact they rest
each against this small wheel. Now then
for the power. Being turned by crank,
nAnQl6 Ut ny SnMLlnB VI nOLso nhCulueJ
these two large band wheels press tightly
against the small wheel between them,
and turn It, one wheel helping on the one
side Snd the other on the other. Take
pencil and roll It swiftly between your
hands and you have the principle exactly.
Here then that which Is ordinarily resist.
Ing friction. Is utilized and becomes mo.
tive power"


Messrs.l lSMITH & Co. are not proposing
to sell patent rights. They wish to or
ganize a company here for the manufac'
ture of their machines, believing this
place to have advantages for both manu-.
iacture and sale. They bring their ma
chimes here and Get them up and invite our
people TO come and see what they will do.
Many Of our citizens have visited them
and have seen the machines In operation;
and all who have done 30 have been high
" pleased and are unanimous in pronoun.
cling the machine q wonderful triumph Of
mechanical skill and power.
Year: 1873

We hear OF party Of nine Oakland
fisherman who recently made q raid or
the flnny tribe In the Black Fork Of
Cheat We do not know how long they
were ont, but they caught twenty'siG
hundred trout. THIS was simply hog
gIsh. At that rate the trout In the Black
Fork will soon be exterminated.
Year: 1873

But instead of reading the note
Mr.. Charlton looked at it with an ex-
preston of utter astonisbment. Per
plexiiy, disnay and anger fitted by
turns across his face, which was
finally overspread by violent red
flush. He turned TO Fanny furiouslv.


WAS this done on purpose to en-
trap me, Miss Burns -


NO, SIR


The astonishment of all knew no
bounds now. The scene was mex
plicable to all except the two chief
actors in it.


What does this blank riece Of
paper mean"


An audible litter suddenly arose,
like the first pattering of summer
shower The true state of the case
began to dawn upon our minds.


Fanny was using all her energies
in cndeavoring to obtain sober and
respectful air toward her questioner.
"He didn't answer nv note" she
said, "and so was going to hand him
that piece of paper and pencil to
; to-as-a-sort of hint ~
The litter now swelIed into a roar;
in an instant every boy and girl in the
school-room laughed uncontrollably.
Fanny buried her face in her hand
kerchief. and also laughed violently,
but silently. Peals and cheers arose,
and it was simply impossible to pur-
sue further serious treatment of the
subject


Mr.. Charlton himself was obliged
to smile, in the midst of his wrath
and discontinue. He handed the
paper back 10 Fanny, and said few
words to her which none of US could
hear in the uproar, and she, bowing,
went her seat.


The funny scene ended, and all were
studiou@ enough for the remainder of
that day, and indeed for many DAYS
thereafter.


well remember when we vent up
to the next grade" Mr.. Charlton
was talking to the teacher whose de-
partment we were about to enter.


Fanny stood near, and patting her
on the head be said:


This girl you will find, will always
have her lessons, but look out for her,
or she'll he too much for you. There's
danger behind those black ewes ~


If this were a STORY" Fanny
would of course be my wife now, but
as it is a simple reminiscence of real
life, it doesn't end that way Soon
after our entrance into the higher
grade Fanny discovered charms in
youth named Smith that far outshone
mine. This threw me into cynical
frame of mind, from which il took me
fully two weeks to recover. Then to
spite her ] went with another girl


Then came the breaking up of our
class. some tears and hearty hand
shaking. That was a dozen years
ago, and | believe Fanny is now the
wife of man out West Such is
Fife
Year: 1873

First, because girls Of a lower social


grade, trained from the beginning to


industrial pursuits have a much more


even chance. Secondly, because
that reformation Of opinion and Of
conduct which Is to give working


women an equal opportunity with


men. is to come from the richer class
es, and to begin its benefcent work
upon heiresses. Every servant girl
in New York dragged her calico
/ flOunce in the gutter till the ladies Of
flith Avenue put on short gowns,
and then cleanliness and economy
ireigned among the millions. 1t is


the women above the need Of work


who must work. if ever we are to


have a healthy public sentiment con-
cerning manual labor and trade for


women. If the daughters Of Dives


were known to be learning the tele-
graphy or bookkeeping, or the deco
rating Of china, or small fruit-growing,
or scroll-sawing, with 4 view Of posi-
Die future poverty, the daughters OF
Lazarus would think it not only dec
orous, but very good fun to learn
similar employments and practice
them Until that day, poor Lazarus,
on a pitiful salary, will scrimp his
narrow way TO death, his girls not
too heartless to help him, but only
too conventional and too incapable
If the wife Of Dives would qualify
herself to take charge Of a business
house, or superintend a manufactory,
then the wife of Lazarus. who has
abundant leisure, and whose nature
grows sour under poverty and inac-
tion, would eagerly strive after
some such employment, growing no.
bier therein
Year: 1873

10 the Union and American:


I have noticed with considerable interest
the recent articles appearing in your paper
with reference to the water supply of our
city. These productions are evidently from
parties conversant with the subject treated,
aud will we trust arouse the public mind
to the necessity of a supply of pure water
for our citizens. The srticle We use is
called by hat name, but is misnomer. In
my opinion, the ques ion is not one of
finance, but matter of life and death. 1t
affects alike men, women and children, and
should be regarded wholly as sanitary
measure. This opinion has been enter
tanned by ME for some time, and recently
greatly strengthened by exposing under
powerful microscope some water
drawn from one of our hydrants where
the family obtain their supply for cooking,
drinking, etc. 1t was a fair sample of what
cur citizens use daily. found it alive with
germs Of animal life, shiny, filthy and sick
eniDg in their character This is what we
ar constantly taking into our system to
perform the Office of clear sparkling water,
the beverage prepared Oy God himself for
an important part in mans physical organ
ism. 1t appears to me that every one de-
string health for themselves and their fami-
lies should at once demand a change. l am
not prepared to say where the vile article
we now have becomes impregnate1 with
its filth. Perhaps the reason is found in q
letter Of one Of your corresponds ts, that
the drainage from our cemeteries is
carried into the river above our waterworks
and thus finds its way into our reservoir.
Whether this is so or not is Indifferent. The
fact of its lmpurity exists, and this alone is
sufficient to require change. We find no
such germs as those mentioned in cistern
water subjected to like examination, and
in this connection we are reminded that
while Nashville was subjected to the
sc urge of cholera, Edgefeld escaped its
ravages. Whether hydrant or cistern water
affected the disease in any manner we will
not say, yet the great difference observed IN
cities adjacent occasions the belief that the
water used by them vas not altogether
without its influence. 1t may be suggested
that the water be filtered. Ver7 wIl; this
NAV answer for those with sufficient means
at their command to indulgei ia such Injuries,
but We mus remember large proportion
of our population are hard working mechan
les, unable to spare the means for this pur-
Sc from their scanty earnings. These are
the bone and sinew of our community, and
deserve the encouragement and protection
of the city, and no apparent discrimination
should be allowed, par iicul 4rly in the article
required by each aud every one. 1t is no
indueement, and certainly poor encourage
ment, to supoly them with water requiring
to be Uttered that it may be pslstsble, much
less healthy. Give us clear, pure water for
averv one. and its influence upon the heal b
of the city will be in 'aiculable. Once estab-
lish a char scter in this direction, ard there
need be no fear for Nashville as one of the
most attractive cities in the land.


MECHANIC.
Year: 1873

G0i0 Comfort Tor EFk6nOky knO10DB.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-It is officially
denit that Il g Peace Commissioners or the
Interior Department furnished the Sioux
with breech leaders or other arms. Any
weapons they may have must have been
furnished by traders. The officials regret
that the friendship of the Pawnees for the
whites should excite the hostility of the
Sioux, but it is not thought the Govern
ment will interfere further than to keep the
peace among the tribes. The fact that the
army uses the Pawnees as scouts, It is
thought, may intensity the enmity Of the
Sioux.


Our superficial Education.


The Board OF Visitors to West Point have
submitted their report TO the Secretary of
War. They recommend that the course of
instruction should if possible be somewhat
enlarged by allowing some time to be given
to literary and historical studies and TO ex-
ercises in elocutior. Even purely militia
ry education cannot be said at the present
day to be complete which omits wholly
from its course of instruction history
and letters. The fact that SO many of the
last appointees failed in literary examina-
ton is at ribGted mainly to the want OF
thoroughness in the schools Of the country
with respect to their primary work. The
Academy owes it to itself and s influence
as National Inst tuition on the whole sys-
tenn of popular education, to render and
publish to the world this honest verd ct.
II our school boards and superintendents
and teachers in the North and in the South,
in the East and in the West will bat heed
the verdict and use due diligence to correct
this great defect, some abiding good may
come from the mortifying experience OF
this years examination.
Year: 1873

In 1884 about fourteen bales of cotton
were shipped from America to England, of
which eigGt bales were seized as improperly
entered, on the ground that so much cot
ton as this could not have been produced in
the United States, and this was more than
one hundred aud fifty years after the first
importation of cotton grown in the same
country. In g741 the first sample of Geor-
eia cotton was taken to England.
Year: 1873

Professor Cyrus Northrop, who is Col
lector of the port Of New Haven, as well as
professor of English literature in Yale Col
iege, is reported 50 about to assume the
third character of editor, in connection with
the Elm City Press.
Year: 1873



 And 'tis q kind of good deed to say well,

 And yet words are no deeds. .zs5Ezse e.

 Let us rather inaugarate an era of con duct and action and of persistent insist ence of official singleness and purity of every man connected with the Govern ment, high or low, as far as he can be fol- lowed The people will enforce the de- mand, and. if they cannot find a way open they will make one. Fortunate the Re- publican party, which is now responsible for the government of this country, if it shall appreciate the situation Felicitous the lot of the President if he shall make the order sound through every depart ment and over every head that sleeps up- on one of his cammissions Then he will be stronger than before.i So the people of Great Britain, after years of corruption under Walp0le, not so much his fault as the fault of his time, rallied in spirit of personal devotion in the hearts of Eng Iishmen and in the judgment of history has rested on the belief that he was above all his compeers of that age. .theFep- resentative Premier of honor and honesty in the public service May onr President win fame as stainless. z9E sid xof zogs

 | do not forget, gentlemen. that we have now to discharge the more immedi- ate home duty of selecting the executive ofRcers for the government of our own Commonwealth during the year to come.
Year: 1873

One Of the resolutions passed by the
Conservative state Convention in Virginia
is curious. 1t pledges the Conservative
party in that State TO cooperation with the
President in every measure of his Admin
istration which may be beneRcent In its
design and calculated to promote the well
fare of the people and to cultivate senti-
ments OF good will between the different
sections of the Union. The resolution
neglects TO say, however, whether the
seizure of the Government of Louisiana
by military force for the purpose of turn
ing 1t over to crew of plundering carpet
paggers and negroes headed by a brother
in-law is regarded by Nirginians Us a
benencent measure.


This remarkable resolution is succeeded
by another, which explains the first IL
expresses the belief that the completion of
the James River and Kanawha Canal by
the national Government. would be an ad-
ditiOnal bond of union between the COM
munities whose products and commodities
would pass over the line of that work.
The authors of these resolutions are evil
IDENTIFY under the impression that il de-
pends upon President GRANT whether Con-
grcss shall vote forty or eighty millions OF
dollars for the proposed canal; and it wus
doubtless their intention to placatc him by
adopting the resolution first mentioned.


These worthy gentlemen are laboring
under II double delusion. In the first place
it does not rest with President GRANT to
say whether the James River canal shall
be carried through; and in the second
place, If it did all the conciiatory resolil-
tions the people might pass between now
and doomsday would not induce him TO
favor any scheme for the benefit of the
State IL they do not elect HUGHEs, the can
didntc he has provided for them-unless,
indeed. he should see very great amount
of money in the job for his favorites. In
that case ne would probably urge the as
sumption of the undertaking by Govern
ment ithout regard to anything which
the Virginia Conservatives should either
say or do.


The main work that the Virginia Conser-
vatives have before them is that of Sc
curing the right of self-government. and
they NAV hud that more difficult task
than they anticipate. They may be sure
that the Administration will use evory
means at its command, fair and unfair. TO
gain control of the State Government, and
If tat object is attained it will make very
little difference TO the people whether
they get the James River and Kanawha
Canal or not. Let them look at Louisiana
South Carolina, and Florida if they wish to
see what Virginia would be under the Ad-
ministntion Of GRANT Republicans. And
then let them leave of passing meaning
less resolutions and go TO work like men 10
carry the approaching elections, unless
they are willing to be reduced to a condi-
tion as pitiabe as that of their brethren in
those States which have felt the full effects
Of GRANTS policy.
Year: 1873

10 the Constitution was an unsettled moot
question" Now on that very triel, Mr..
NICHOLAS, one Of the counsel for the de-
fendant and at that time Attorney General
of Virginia, said: at seems to be admitted
on all hands that when the Legislature ex-
ercise n power not given them by the
Constitution, the judiciary will disregard
their acts"


Furthermore as our contemporary seems
so anxious to be hypercritical, we will re-
mind him that It was for attempting to
argue 10 the j,uD that the law was uncon-
stitutional that the counsel of CALLENDER
were stopped: their right 10 argue this to
the Court was freely accorded.


The World charges THE SUN with at
tempting to throw dust in the eyes OF its
readers. If the World means this literally
we assure the editor that such thing
would be quite impossible. Just consider
what, with circulation of over a hundred
and twenty thousand, the whole num-
Der OF our readers must be! To throw
dust in their eyes-evcn IL we used the
cheapest Coney Island sand-would cost a
mint of money. Besides, with what kind
of a machine could il he donel Oh, no
such II thing Is impossible. IL the World
uses the language metaphorically, 1t is
just as greatly mistaken. What we labor
to put before the eyes of our readers is the
very cream of the news Of the day and the
brightest thoughts that are aHoat. We
copy the very best things OF our negLbors.
We have long read the World, faithfully,
in the hope of finding something in that
worth copying. II came very near having
something the other day when II made up
its latest article on "The Law of Libel in
the Federal Courts " in good part by long
extract from The Sun, We dare say our
contemporary was compimented that
morning from the many am ong its readers
who had only time TO read this extract,
and that the opinion began TO grow that
the Worid was getting to he sound, con-
stitutional journal.
Year: 1873

The Union Square is the first Of our va
cation theatres to throw open its doors. The
manager is evidently Of opinion that the Nokes
family is attractive enough to make people defy
the heat and forget 1t. The regular season at
this theatre does not, however, commence until
the 20th OF September and a very efficient and
well-organzed company will then hold the stage
for the winter.


Mr.. Palmer has proved himself a discerning,
enterprtsing, and able manager. a man OF excel
lent judgment and Of refined taste. There is no
doubt that the Union Square will be during the
coming season well-ordered theatre. and one
to which the public can always look with we'll
founded KpeCtatiOn of eniOYmenI.
Year: 1873

The grounds upon which VIC attribute this
beautiful production to Deacon Rich ard Smith
are a. clear IA they cogent. In the frat place
he is an Irshman, and every Irishman desires
first OF all to initiate the broken English OF G er-
many. Next he Ia very modest man. and al
though the poem Is original with the Gazette, It
Is publis he'd there unobtrusively, which would
never have been done had any of his wicked
partners been Its author. But the third ard
most conclusive reason Is that this poem ex-
presses nothing but goodness. IL is an amiable,
good-natured. sweet, arectlonate, and moral
poem. II is certain then that 1t cannot be the
work Of any of the wicked partners, and that
our Judgment in attributing It TO Deacon Rich
ard smith Is sound and inpregnabe.


We congratulate Deacon Richard Smith on
this successful appearance in the world Of poet
ical literature, and We congratulate the people
Of Cincinnati on possessing among their own
numbers poet who adds to the charms OF i'm
aginaton and the graces Of rhythm the better
and more enduring gift Of heart that is truly
good,
Year: 1873

Our readers know that we have always
admired Deacon Richard Smith Of Cincinnati,
the principal editor of the Gd7ctte. because he is
n truly good man. Now, however, we have dis
covered In him new claim 20 admiration We
nnd In his journal the following original and ad-
mirable specimen Of dialect poetry, which we
believe to be his for reasons which we are pre-
pared to maintain:
Year: 1873

The newsmen of London sometimes
practice fraud which Is not uncomm on among
newsboys In this city, thar Of crying some ex-
traordinary news at a late hour in the evening,
and selling their newspapers at an advanced
price In consequence Of the importance Of the
Information supposed TO he contained in them
when in fact the papers have no such news and
very likely are Of an old date. A young man
was brought before magistrate at Bow street
In London, recently, charged with obtaining
money by false pretences in this manner lie
was crying THE sudden death Of MIR. GLAD
sToNE-the last dying words OF Mr.. GLAD
STONE and the prosecutor in his anxiety to
learn what the last words Of the Premier were
paid threepence for a copy of the Globe, though
the ordinary price Of that journal is but one
penny, The magistrate declared that IL was
quite time that the practice OF selling papers by
fraudulent announcements in the open streets
should he stopped and committed the accused
to prison as public warning to such trans
grcssOrs.
Year: 1873

Loss of teeth is great misfortune, and
many good teeth are pulled because of
ague in the teeth and jaws, which might
be cured aud the teeth saved, by using
Renne's Magic Oil This article is good
to use when brushing and cleaning the
teeth, and keeps the gums healthy
Year: 1873

UPWARD OF Forty Thousand bottles OF
NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE were sold
from j an. lst to june Ist, which fact tells
its own story. 1t is so clean, and looks SO
nice that the ladies are all delighted with
it. See advertisement
Year: 1873

r. wish to call special attention to the adver-


snsnt in our paper offering for sale the well


pra WILSON Place at the Flat Rock Bridge
!. i, one Of the best upland farms in the COUNTY
b enough to the town to mako it very valuable.
i en-. desiring a cheap and healthy home will
l~.l to take look at this place. The owner
siue gone to California to reside this pnoc can


bad at a bargain. Apply to b J. BRowS,
Year: 1873

H.. : .
peculiar relation toward the people and
may fairly be compelled to do much
more than roads built entirely by pri-
vate capital. Reasonable" profits on
roads of the former class cannot be
measured by per centage on their cost,
because their cost was betrayed in a
great degree, if not entirely, out Of the
public fund. It cannot be measured
by the capital, because that is largely
fictitious. The limit of their right to
take toll must be fixed by general re-
view of all the circumstances of the
roads and the history Of their construc-
tion; and common sense will demand
that in coming to determination on
this point the share which the public
took in building them shall be fully
considered. :.