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Year: 1875

A new discovery has been made in
mechanical science which already has
attracted no small degree of interest
among mechanical men, and which,
from its peculiar importance, bids fair
to command the attention of the general
public.


Every one, from the engineer who
guides the locomotive to the lady whose
knowledge of machinery is confined to
the manipulation of her sewing ma
chine, understands that oil Is considered
necessary to the smooth working Of met
al surfaces which come together.


The amount of oil consumed for lu-
bricating purposes reaches an enormous
aggregate, while its use requires con-
stant care and labor


When the damage done by its contact
with goods in process of manufacture.
the danger of FIRE resulting from its
presence, its filth and discomfort are
considered, every one can appreciate the
importance of an invention which en-
tirely obviates the necessity of the use
of oil.


The material TO which the name
''metaline" has been given is intended
to effect this end. 1t is a solid. compos-
ed of metallic alloys, first reduced to
fine powder, then compressed into solid
plugs, which are inserted in one of the
rubbing surfaces. When once applied
it seems to require no renewal, care or
attention, and the machinery thereafter
needs no oil.


We have watched the process of this
invention with interest, and few weeks
ago had the metaline applied to one of
the large loose pulleys in the new press
room of the Evening Post. The result
is so successful that we are having it
applied to other portions of the machin-
cry. We are told that two of the ele-
vators in the new post Office are to be
fitted with it, and that a number of
large manufacturers, noticeably A. T.
Stewart & Co., have adopted il for all
their work.


Some of our readers may remember
that this invention was the cause of
disagreement between the American In
stitute and Professor Chandler last win
ter, which led to his resignation from
its board of direc ton.


Metaline appears to us to be an inven-
tion of great importance, especially to
the Fire Underwriters, in view of the
destruction of the Aldine Press Build
| ing by spontaneous combustion, result
ing, as it is supposed. from the use of
oil and waste. The fearful disaster in
the Fall River mill last year, with its
great loss of life, arose from heated
journal; and every day brings the ac-


ount of mills and factories destroyed
1y fire from these or kindred causes,
which it seems would be ebviated if oil
could be dispensed with in running
their machinery.-[N. Y. Evening Post.
Year: 1875

For the moment, again, the storm had passed. Inc
friend whom God had sent him in his extremity had with his
hand again up that about to burst on he headS
and on our heads and again there partial concerning
this crime But az have said before 1t could not last long
Deeper and deeper he being involved in difficulty His
extrcation difficulty involved him in still greater
Temporarily preventing publication Of this letter induced
inquiry concerning its publication on the part OF his
friends and members OF his congregation So 1t goes on
tsep by STEP one difficulty coming up after another and as fast


one device is resorted to- another becomes requisite until the
difficulties at last accumulate that power on earth can
prevent the storm The hand that for four had held the
gathering Storm tied up last fell pOweress by the side OF his
friend and the And when the storm came all the
fury Of the gale attempted to be turned upon the head OF


this friend who long period had stayed oil the
day of reckoning
Year: 1875

hOUooh - LO'c'


ED. SPIRIT: We have had about
twenty days of wet weather and in that
time there has been more rain fell than
1 ever knew in the same length of time.
The run became almost frightful, sweep
ing off logs and rails and every thing
that was loose along the low bottoms
The boiler belonging to Bottenfeld' $
saw mill was carried off. 1t was sta
.tioned on Trail Run about fourth of a
mile above the mouth and it was carried
about half mile below Eckelberrv S
mill !; Isaac should procure an anchor


Your statement concerning the mem
bers of the Barker family is correct l
will say in addition to it, that some of
them do not make habit of drinking
at all, but are moral, upright men.
| learn that Sarah, wife Of Jacob
Henthorn, died this morning. She was
on visit to her sisters and was taken
with cramp and died suddenly.


A little son of Isaac Stine's fell off of
a board about three feet distant from
the ground and CT clushed mis- elbow joint
bad "; fears were entertained that he
would loose the use of his arm, but Dr.
Daily has been attending him and thinks
it will be all right.


Do all you can to obtain that Railroad
and we will all take ride. S.
Year: 1875

! This forenoon, at livery stable, neat
the Erie depot, the pole had been taken
out of wagon and stood on some box
es leaning against the wall. Some one
disturbed if, when it came down with a
crash, and the small end, after making a
sweep of twenty feet, landed square on
the woolly pate OF an old darkey. who
was summing himself on the sidewalk
1t did not more than half wake him up,
and, yawning, he muttered to gentle.
man standing. near him, ibid you speak
to me, sab p just how hard that ne
gro's head is will never be known, for
there is nothing in existence that would
make any impression on it, unless it
might be Lake Erie pile-driver
Year: 1875

BY MRS. NJ. A. KIDDER.
Cheer up, dear old hearts;
You seem lonely to day,
With no stir in the house,
And the children away.
Some sleep in the valley
Some roam the world wide
While the last left your hearthstone
This morning, bride.
Cheer up, for there comes not
An hour, dark or fair,
Not an evening or morning,
Or season of prayer,
But your dear ones recall you,
Forgetting you, never,)
In response to the love


That has followed them ever.
Cheer up, for the seed


You have sown by the way
In the hearts of your children
Bears sweet fruit to-day;
For the lsssons they learned
In their youth, by Gods grace,
Old Time with his finger


Can never efface.
Cheer up, dear old couple,
Still green be your hearts
With the freshness of love
That a good life imparts.
You are heavens annointed,
For sorrowing and reaping,
You have done your whole duty;
God have you in keeping.
Year: 1875

When Cass avenue husband went
home the other night and handed his
wife gold locket she reached her arms
around him and exclaimed:


"Oh! you dear old pippin! there was
never another man like you!"


Next day he went home and found
her getting ready to 60 on an excursion
and he put his foot down and told he
to remain at home. She threw her bon
net on the floor, kicked over chair, ,ant
remarked:


"Mother always said I'd marry th'
meanest man in Michigan"
Year: 1875

Keep it from fTivolity. There is 30 much
call for the wise use of God given speech,
that it is great pity aud great evil when
its high powers are made empty and vain.
Frivolous speech will react on character.
One who habituaily uses lightness in con
versation will tend to become empty in
character, incapable of those deeper mo-
tives and boiler aspirations that mark the
good man.


Keep it from unkindness. Words are
sometimes wounds. Not very deep wounds
always, and yet they irritate. Speech ls
unkind sometimes when there is no unklnd-
ness in the heart so much the worse that
needless wounds are inflicted 30 much
the worse that unintentional pain is caused.
How many heartaches, how much bitter
ness, how many arrangements, how much
deep and utter misery, has unkipd speech
caused.


Keep il from falsehood. 1t is so easy to
give false cooring, or to make state
ment SO that it may convey meaniug
different from the truth, while yet there ls
an appearance of truth, that we need to be
on our guard. Truth is an essential in the
dealings Of man with man. Without it,
society goes down. There are very many
who would shrink from telling lie, yet
30 fer them selves to make such inaccurate or
exaggerated or one sided statements, that
they really come under the condemnation
of those whose "lyipg lips are an abomina-
ton to the Lord"


Keep it from slander. The good repu-
tatiou of others should be dear to us. 1t
is cause of sorrow to the whole cemmunity
when a mans good name is aspersed. Sins
should not be suffered to go unrebuked,
but it should be in accordance with the
Scripture method "Go and tell him his
fault betwixt thee and him alone" And it
should be borne in mind that what is too
often considered as merely harmless gossip,
runs dangerously near, if it does not pass,
the confines of slander. A reputation is
too sacred to be made play thing of, even
if the intent be not malicious.
Year: 1875

General D. II. Hill in the Southern Hcme.I


We were favored last week by call
from our old classmatc and comrade in
arms, General James Longstreet He is
in bad health, and his long whiskers,
that we're once so black, are now frosted
all over He 10 stopped and bowed, and
looks haggard and careworn. There is
little to recall the confident soldier of
Lees army, who never dreamed of disas.
ter, and still less to recall the tall,
straight youth, almost feminine in beau
ty, who led so many charges in the
Mexican war He was then our most
intimate friend in that army, and no one
has mourned ever his mistaken course
since the war more sincerely y tina we
have done. But the south had no truer
champion than be in the days that tried
mems souls. 1t i'll becomes men who
we're bombproofs then to cast stone at
him now. Lee, Johnston and Jackson
were not more devoted to our Confed-
crate cause than was General James
Longstreet. The iSnputations upon his
loyalty to the south are simply ridicu-
lous. As he is no longer in Grants en-
ploy. We feel it but right to testify what
we know assurcdly of his honor and
truth.
Year: 1875

"A comforting consolation is brought to
the heart of the hen n-pccked husband, by the
decision of jury in Justice Alexander's
court, on Tuesday last. The command of
wives be obedient to your husbands" has
come to be rendered :" husbands be obedient
to your wives" and the poor husbands had to
submit quietly to the authority and orders of
their wives. There has been a change, and
man is to be emancipated from the scrvle
state with which the moose OF matrimony has
hitherto enyirened him. Man Is to be the
"head Of the wife" and she must submit to
his authority, or take tirst-class whipping,
The Jury, composed OF negroes, In the above
mentioned court have decided that a man has
right to give his wife "gcnteel dressing
down." without laying himself liable to the
strong arm of the law. What consoling,
cheering, comforting invigoratlhg and exhll-
aratinX thought that no law can come be-
tween man and wife to prevent the former
from administering an occasional good whip
ping to his wife, when he deems it necessary
and prudent. From this time, on nice little
switch will be nearly as indispensable In the
management of the wife as the children. and
will be a valuable weapon in the hands OF the
husband to al in the goyernance and con-
troll of bis wife, Lay on boys
Year: 1875

EE Give boy a market-bas Of
groceries TO carry home and he will
swing it across his spine, bend half way
to the ground and groan with agony, but
give him that weight Of base ball bats
and he will skip along as merry as po-
tato bug in ten acre lot.
Year: 1875

Cultivate singing in the family. Begin
when the child Is not yet three years old.
The songs and hymns your childhood sang,
bring them all back to your memory and
teach them TO your little ones; mix them
altogether, to meet the similar moods rs in
after life they come over Us so mysteriously
sometimes. Many a time and oft, in the
very whirl Of business, in the sunshine and
gavety of Fifth avenue and amid the splen-
dor of the drive in Central Park, some little
thing wakes up the memories of early youth
the old mill the cool spring; the shady
tree hy the little esohoo-house-and the next
instant we almost see again the ruddy
cheeks, the smiling faces, and the merry eyes
Of school-mates, some gray-headed now, most
" lie mouldering in the grave And anon,
" the song my mother sang springs unbid-
den to the lips and soothes and sweetens all
these memories.


At other times, amid the crushing mis-
haps of business, merry ditty of the olden
time pops up its little head, breaks in
upon the ugly train Of thought, throws
the mind into another channel; light breaks
from behind the cloud In the sky, and a new
courage is given 10 rs. The honest man
goes singing TO his work and when the days
labor is done, his tools laid aside aud he is
on his way home, where wife aud child, and
tidy table and CHEEKY fireside await him
he cannot help but whistle or sing. The
burglar never sings Moody silence, moi
merry song Weighs down the dishonest
/ tradesman, the perhdious clerk the uniaith
| full servant, the perjured partner.
Year: 1875

INWARD PEAcE.--Many say they have no
peace nor rest, but SO many crosses and trials,
Affections and sorrows, that they know not
how they shall ever get through them. Now
he who in truth will perceive and take note,
perceiveth clearly that true peace and rest
lie not in outward things; for if it were so,
the evil spirit also would have peace when
things 60 according TO his will, which is no.
wise the case. Therefore we must consider
and see what is that peace which Christ left
to his disciples when he said :" My peace
leave with you, my peace | give unto you"
Christ meant that inward peace which can
break through all assaults and crosses of OPP
preston, suffering misery, humiliation and
what more there may be of the like, so that
man may be joyful and patient therein !
and what was bitter to him before shall be-
come sweet, and his heart shall remain un-
moved under all changes and at all times.
Year: 1875

TRIBuTE TO MorHER.--Children, look
in those eyes, listen to that dear voice, notice
the feeling of even single touch that is
bestowed upon you by that gentle hand
Make much of it while yet you have that
most precious of all gifts, loving mother.
Read the unfathomable love of those eyes (;
the kind anxiety Of that tone and look, how
ever slight your pain. In after life you may
have friends, fond, dear friends but never
will you have again the inexpressible love
and gentleness avished upon you which
none but mother bestows. Often do sigh
in my struggles with the dark, uncaring
world, for the sweet deep security | felt
when, of an evening, nesting in her bosom,
| listened to some quiet tale, suitable to my
age, read in her tender and untiring voice.
Never can | forget her sweet glances cast
upon me when | appeared asleep never her
kiss of peace at night. Years have passed
away since we laid her beside my father in
the old church-yard and still her voice
whispers from the grave, and her eyes
watch over me, as visit spots long since
hallowed 10 the memory OF my MOTHER
Lord Macdulay.
Year: 1875

An incident of story by Joaquin
Miller, in the Independent, is mar
riage ceremony as performed by a
Sierra Judge between miner and the
only woman in camp. 1t occurred in
a bar-room that was crowded with
miners. The Judge had sent to San
Francisco for a form of service, but it
had not arrived, and his consequent
embarrassment was so great as to en-
danger his reputation as the greatest
man in the diggings. Do you SOL
emnly swear ?' he began with
mighty effort, after an awkward pause
of hesitation. He held up his hanls
as he said this, and laboriously added,
ssTo love and honor and obey ?n 1t
was very painful. The little man
took down his lifted flagstaff to wipe
his little bald head, and he could not
get it up again, but stood there, still
and helpless. You could hear the men
breathe as they leaned and listened
with all their might to hear. At last
the Judge revived and began again, in
voice that was full of desperation:
"Do you solemnly swear to love and
protect, and honor and obey, till death
uO NOu pdItt 14ClC VIC NotOC
fell low, lower, and the Judge was
again floundering in the water. Then
his head went under utterly. Then he
rose, and Now 1 lay me down to
Sleep" rolled TREMENDOUSLY through the
silent room from the lips of the Judge.
Then again the head was under water;
then it rose up again, and there was
something like Twinkle, twinkle,
little star" Then the voice died again;
the head was under water. Then it
rose again, and the head went up high
in the air aud the voice was loud and
resolute, and the man rose on his tip
toes, and beginning with "When. in
the course of human events" he went
on in a deep and splendid tone with
the Declaration of Independence to
the very teeth of tyrannical King
George, and then, bringing his hand
down emphatically on the gaming ia
BILE that stood to his right, said, loud
and clear and resolute and authOrita-
lively, as he tilted forward on his toes:
$50 help you God, and l pronounce
YOU man and wife,"
Year: 1875

Our moral character in lite is formed by
its surroundings as the icicle is formed, drop
by drop. If the water is clean the icicle will
shine brightly in the sun full of prismatic
hues: but if the water is muddy it will look
foul and dead. just so our characters are
formed. If our lives are spent within the
elements of intellectual surroundings, our
thoughts will be pure and bright, and the
soul will sparkle with light and happiness;
but if nursed in ignorance and darkness, they
will become permanently imbued with foul
to society that We create for ourselves some
definite object or purpose-no matter whether
it be literary, scientific, artistic, social or
political, 80 that there is something that we
can look back upon in afteryears and remem-
Der with pride.
Year: 1875

Snow US the young man who carefully
studies a respectable daily newspaper, and
we will show you one above the ordinary
mark, and one who is likely to become a
leader of puolic sentiment in his neighbour
hood. 1t is true that newspapers publish
much nowadays that is prottless and obiec-
ti0nable. But the man who is ignorant of
the contents of the daily press is ignorant of
the world, and no one is qualified to teach the
people who does not understand their faults
a. well as their virtues. Chicago Inter- Ocean,
Year: 1875

The Americans are celebrated all over the
world for the admirable system with which
they do their work, whereby they save both
time and money. A gentleman in Lancaster,
who is said to have built two-story brick
house there in nineteen hours, intends to
build similar house, twenty-four by forty
feet, on the Centennial grounds next summer
and to do the work in eight hours. The cor
nice is to be of galvanized iron, and the con-
tractor for that part of the work is to be al
lowed half an hour in which to put it up, al
though he thinks he can do it in half the time.
philadelphia Ledger.
Year: 1875

The Detroit Free Press says that
several American officers are going
to join the Chinese army and show
the Celeslials that il is just as easy TO
stand up TO the line as it is TO run
away" That will be difficult TO do.
In battle il requires a great deal OF
physical courage TO stand,and quite as
much moral courage to run; physical
courage is not always to be had wbe n
most needed; but in moments CT ex-
treme danger, when shot and shell fly
thickest, fellow will sometimes
scrape up and squander upon himself
enough moral courage to supply the
whole army.-Courier>Journal.
Year: 1875

A long-drawn family difficulty was
eliminated in the District Court yes
terday by the granting of divorce in
the case of Johnston against Johnston.
The husband, it appears commenced
suit against his better half in 1873 to
secure a divorce on the grounds of de-
sertion. Half dozen lawyers tried
their hands at the case in turn, with
out securing the desired end. Mrs.
Johnston took the matter into her own
hands and brought a counter suit, al
leging extreme cruelty and all
sorts of meanuess = making him
out "a perfect BRUTE" as
the gentle DANES call it. Judge
Smith and Judge Griffin appeared as
attorneys for the plaintiff and dis
played very good engineering, mas
much as the client was awarded the
divorce, together with two-thirds of
the common property and $1,000 orig
inally belonging to her. During the
course of the trial, the defendant grew
very obstreperous and threatened all
sorts of vengeance against everybody
connected with it. Once he drew a
revolver on one of the attorneys on the
part of his wife; but he didn't kill
anything, and it all goes to prove that
"the gray mare is the better horse.n
Year: 1875

The recent seizure Of the Los Ange-
les distilleIy, or rather the unlawful
acts of the proprietors and managers OF
that establishment, works serious
injury to many farmers in this valley.
They sold their grape crop to the dis
tillery on credit, and by the Seizure
they lose every dollar. 1t was at first
supposed that the honest creditors of
the firm would be paid out of the pro-
ceeds of the stock SEIZED but on in
quiry of the Federal Supervisor We
find that the law makes no provision
for the payment of such debts, and the
only way in which these poor people
can recover their money is by special
act of Congress. There is so much red
tape wrapped around this process that
even were the task undertaken a quar-
ter of a century or SO will elapse before
the heirs to the estate on which those
grapes were grown will receive their
money.
Year: 1875

Z A correspondent who appears to
thoroughly understand the situation,
assures the HERALD that its articles
intended to apprise those of our
wealthy citizens who refuse to take
stock in the Los Angeles railroad,
and those who are secretly working
against the enterprise, of the great
danger that they will defeat the pur-
pose of those who by earnestly en-
deavoring to build the road, are doing
all that men can do to secure for this
part of the State great present and
prospective benefits, will fail in their
purpose; that the clogs to our purpose
are clogs by nature and inclination,
and that an opportunity to loan their


money at one and half per cent. is
the height of their ambition-the con-
dition of life which they regard as the
pinacle of human felicity. We are
not ignorant of this fact nor do we
expect these clogs will place their
names on the subscription list even
when convinced that their refusal to
do so will prevent the building of the
road. But we have another purpose
in calling the attention of these
wealthy gentlemen to the result like
ly to be produced by the system of
mastery inactivity" they are per-
suing. We desire to impress upon
their minds that though the road is
built the people will remember them
as Indifferent lookers-on who did
nothing in aid of the good work. We
wish them to know now that if the
Los Angeles and Independence road
is not built-the people will hold them
responsible for the failure. We call
for a show of hands in order that
when we have lost our trade and
thrown away the great opportunity
that now presents itself, the authors
of the calamity-it will be little less
than calamity-may be known and
appreciated in accordance as their
record shows them worthy.
Year: 1875

enough already to have liquidated the.
enormous debt of the Government If it
had been properly and honestly paid
over. We do not blame the revenue
officers, for so far as we know they
are gentlemen, and any of US would
take good fat place if it was offered
to us. But we charge the Admins
tration directly, with all the corrup-
ton and thieving that has been done
in the nation by officials from the
White House down to the Deputy
Tax Collector who forges tax receipts
by the dozen. An oppressive govern
ment makes every subject feel that
it is his enemy, and there is an mex
pressibIe something in human nature
that delights to take the advantage of
an enemy. The citizens of our sister
Republic have been trained under the
tyranny of an oppressed Government
so long that they glory in getting the
better of it when they can. We are
fast approaching the same moral
standard.