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1'IIREE dollars per annum in advance,
ATHENS, GA. AUGUST 11, 1871
■NO. 50—NEW SERIES. VOL. 4. NO. 42
Miscellaneous
Industrial Miscellany\
Sawing' and Seasoning Timber.
The Iron Giant, or Hyde’s Steam Wagon,
I FLOUR & FEED STORE
AVENUE,
(opposite newton house.)
WH. HENRY HULL,
| UY S . A. ATKINSON,
r three dollars per annum,
STRICTLY IS ADVANCE.
Broad si, over J. H. Huggins.
BVTKS OP MjVTRTIMNfl. '
W *>1 b» Inserted at Ono Pot lar and
it CtM ptr Square of IS llo«, for tbs first, and
Miy-lrt Cent*for sash snbsoquenl Insertinn,
rM r Urns underone month. Fora fonder period
wnimti trill he mafia. .
Business Directory. -
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OUN F.YS AT t,ANV,
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D. G. CANDLER,
. TTOP.NEY AT LAW,
L Honiir. Sinu County. Oa. Will practice
he e-rjsllsi of Banka, Jackson, Hall, Haber-
a^and Franklin. .
n tSTIX i^ RIIIEM,
1 TTORNEY AT LAW,
V and Notary Public, Athens, Oa. Will |>ra -
, n too Western circuit; iritl give particular
caiioo to the collection of claim*, and will net nr
• t f ,r the pur.diase and sale of teal estate and
me, on wiid lands. lanlotl
,, utcUtt*. c. w. SEWKI4.,
hltV.UON & SKID El |„
iTT'ORNEYS AT LAW,
l Hartwell, Hart County, Gems'.*.
itFt.han A; Ill.Vro.N,
V TTOllNEYS AT LAW,
|\_ Jetferson, Jaclreon eou-t'y, G*.
f SA >1 CEL i*. I ll U HMOMN
i T T O it N E Y A T L A W ,
Aiiitot, im. iMS.'s on lirtuJ sireel, over
I,.- t iii'« vlor*. *Vill z vc special attention
tis.Mlii Ilitikr iDli'T- Alu, to ihn collection of
u m e iirustcJ it) his care.
\E.YLERS IN HARDWARE,
' Iron -vrel, Nalls Cirrlage M iteriul, Mining
•fttfch * . Vaii-hAiUi., Ail mu.
K. VAN ESTES,
T T O ft V E Y A T L A W
L H»mcr, ll.iuk* County, (id.
Cattery*
AND MANUFACTURER’S AGENTS FOR
SILVER PLATED WARE,
(GLASS TOP.)
w. UAKiir.ir, | M*
Vi? 1 •"it*!r J J
lkirrett, Little & Co.,
•ORK-P A CT Ik it ta S,
ShdbyviUe, lain.-
500 Kpi?s Nails.
>LI) DOMINION AND ROME
manufacture, for sale at
CHILDS, MCKER?OX6 CO’S.
BM-1
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5 fruit
JARS
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Fireside Miscellany.
Sowiug Seeds.
—
We are sowing, daily sowing,
Countless seeds of good and ill,
Scattered on the lovely lowland,
Cast upon the windy hill ;
Seeds that sink in rich brown furrows,
Soft with heaven’s gracious rains ;*
Seeds that rest upon the surface
Of the dry, unyielding plain.
Seeds that fall amid the stillness
Of the lowly mountain glen;
Seeds cast out in iilentplaces,
Trodden under foot of men; yj
Seeds by idle hearts forgotten,
Flung at random on the air;
Seeds by faithful souls remembered,
Sow in tears and love and prayer.
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Seeds that lie unchanged, unquiokened,
Lifeless on the teeming mould,
Seeds that live and grow and flourish
When the sower’s hand is cold;
By a whisper sow we blessings,
By a breath we scatter strife ;
In our words and looks and actions
Lie the seeds of death and life.
Thou who knowest all our weakness,
Leave us not to sow alone!
Bid Thine aiigtl guard the furrows
Where the precious grain is sown,
Till the fields are crowned with glory,
Filled with yellow ripened ears—
Filled with fruit of life eternal
From the seeds wc sowed in tears.
Check the forward thoughts and passions,
Stay the hasty, heedless hands,
Lest the germs of sin and sorrow
Mar our fair and pleasant lands.
Father, help each weak endeavor,
Make each faithful effort blest.
Till thine harvest shall be garnered,
And wc enter into rest.
Wm. A. Tnhmulge,
MST OKKItK, fOl.. ft 1 M l', ATllt.N
riu V.’.,tchn, Cluck*. J*«rr*Irjr, Sil?cr-pla«td
"41 InMrumetiii, S|j««)taclei, (iuna,
.*:oK tvjuipmviiU, Ac.. Ac.
A Nrlc^t Stuck of American anti !m-
pt-riH Watches, Double (Suns with
40 inch barrel, excellent for long
rj <;/<*. Pistols of all kinds.
Penetration of bull 6%
inches into wood.
» desire to ptcuse all, will sell thFabove good
at very reasonable prices.
R.E PAIRING.
:cS*s, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns anil Pistols,
I'ily summed to in a satisfactory manner.—
iO'l%etr for yourselves. a]»r4
THE ATHENS
and Machine Works,
.NUKACTURERS OK
To Merchants.
W« will duplicate any .Vein Kart assortment of
Crockery, Cutlrry or Glau- lTar«.
We bare assorted Crates of BEST
C. C. WARE.
of our own importation, packed to our order, and
exactly suited to the wants of Country Merchants,
containing no liigh*prlced dishes or tureens, or
other hard stock, but just such Goods as those in
constant cash demand.
We sell tliess (‘rates for not cash, f.»r SS0 00, and
guarantee entire satUtaction to every purchaser.
Will send list on application.
Mysteries of the Feminine Toilet.
Or.ANTVILLE, QA., APRIL 7, 1S71.
Sinn. .VcErlit .fc Co—Atlanta, Ga :
Wc bare Jus. marked »be Crockery, Ac. We are
pleased with the bill. Allow us to congratulate
you on securing such a Good Packer. Scarcely a
piece broken. Fill Ibt order fi r Cutlery at lowest
pliers. Truly Tours,
<1AURETT A ZELLARS.
June 21,.ly.
EU.V FAN MILLS,
the ne plus ultra
clcanaii.
r, J« iH.RnntTKo
Btiieman Horse Powers,
L -, * W va £lfS 1 ASD J,
Ity. strength and •pesd. Iio
oMr,, e rhrosb'ir. from a hand-wheel,
FUlTOSt,
-,:e4r«i hors**-powf»r,«n long frame, with
■ Drives thresh-m from a land wheel,
I ‘"’■-ph luuibHug-iol and gearing.
THE BILL ARP. .
tj*J"?’ , sm«n» upon tba I/mist lllo llorsc-rower.
| 'thtihrcber t-y tmubllng-rod.and with pttl-
f *t'<« the Oiii to proper speed. This power is
“-«ltsU»f»r«rhe,
fix cel Threshers,
f >r the field or house, to run by
*.t« i- iwor, or Iroui gio-gcar.n/, same as
tori' <./ those Ma.-hines kept constantly
sitaTS?" ” >uin -
MILLS. I'OTTOX PRESSES,
and .1HU Gearing, and Ma-
i^. f’ ? n«n/, (tc.,«tc.
' 'tal see, or address
>■ MCKERSON, Agt.
SAVE YOURCOTTQN SEED.
It Is More Valuable than Corn.
Shaw’s Cotton Seed Huller,
K { RUBBING OFF THE HULL
of cotton seed, which is now almost valueU6a
except a* manure, gives the planter
l. Ill I.LKD Kft.fc.lt* iu whole kernels, clean u
wheat and worth almost almost as much.
2. COTTON hKKD MLAL, more valuable than
corn as a feed for stock.
X THK lit 1.1 X. which contain all the mineral
parts of the seed for manure.
SHAW’S HULLER
Is the Only Practicable Plantation Huller,
IT II AS TAKEN THRFIRST PREMIUM
AT NEW ORLEANS,
COLUMBUS,
AND HOUSTON
STATE FAIRS.
P/ice $200 complete.
TI:o Company also manufacture six sizes of Grist
Mills, for hand or pawn -mi, ranging in price from
$12 so to $175 and In capacity from % to 20 bushels
per hour.
These mills are very strong and durable, require
liut little power to run them, are aclfioharpenlng,
and hare taken tho first premium at moat of the
State Fairs over many competitors. They also man-
ufiiciure two tlsesof Bone Mill*, price foband $200.
Agents wanted in every town and rounty.
For ctrenters or Sill information address
THE DIAMOND SILL MAMMliRINfl CO.,
CISC/SSA TI.OIIIO-
The other day, says a recent writer,
I heard of an incident which shows that
even men of society do not understand
all the mysteries of the feminine toi
let. A gentleman, who devotes
large part of his time to the society of
ladies, and who believes himself a eon*
noisseur in all that pertains to them,
was much annoyed by observing that
a fair friend of his, favorably known
for her style of elegant dressing,
would insist, when the weather would
allow it, upon wearing an old shawl
devoid of any claltn’s to bcaiity'or good
taste.
The gallant endured this for a long
while. He walked up Broadway and
Fifth avenue, and rode in the park
with his friend, and often looked at
the odious shawl iu a way that he
thought would convince her ot its un
fitness for so elegant a woman as her
self.
She did not take the hint, however,
but continued to display it on every
possible occasion. He lost patience at
last, and said to her one day:
" May I be permitted to inquire why
you will wear that miserable shawl all
the time ? It ruins your dress. You
look so exquisitely otherwise that I
cannot comprehend why you will de
form yourself with such a faded rag as
that It has nothing in the world to
recommend it; and I believe if you
were to throw it off in the street no
body would pick it up.”
The bright eyes opened with surprise,
and a strange expression fell across the
pretty face.
“ You are jesting, are you not?” the
lady asked. "You do not really dis-
like my shawl, do you?"
" I never was more serious in my
life. I thoroughly detest this thing
which you call a shawl.”
" Well, then, I’ll inform you that
this is a Camel’s hairshrwl; and,
though I think it in very bad taste to
apeak of prices, it eost 83,000 at Stew
art’s, and is one of the finest ever
brought to this country.”
The young man was astounded; but
his taste was correct.
Many persons find that the lunches
they catch at railroad stations, or which
they carry with them in their hags or
baskets, give them headaches, and
serve as very poor substitutes for warm
dinners at home. It is probably be
cause they are made up so largely of
cake or pastry. The food is too con
centrated, has not enough waste matter
and fluid about it, and so produces
constipation, which is a sure cause of a
dull headaudgeneral discomfort. The
vegetables and soups wc eat with our
dinners at home, are valuable for their
waste matter as well as for thaLr nutri
ment. With" our lunches, we mica
these, but fruit is still better for those
whose stomachs are healthy enough to
eat it uncooked, and fruit we can al
most always have with us. For a sub
stantial lunch to take from home, espe
cially for oue who is taking active ex
ercise, cold chicken is good, or cold
meat cut in slices. These laid between
buttered slices of bread, make very
nice sandwiches. Thin biscuit is usu
ally more acceptable than bread, and
if cut open, spread with currant jelly,
and put together again, is very nice.
The less of cake, and the plainer that
little, the better for the traveller’s com
fort. Fresh soda crackers and fresh
apples make an excellent light lunch ;
but the fine flour crackers are so con
centrated, that it is best for all who
can do so to eat the accompanying ap
ples without peeling them. A simple
lunch of this kind, which you can buy
as you hasten through the streets to
the depot, is far better than the little
sweet caskes and pastry abominations
sold at stands near the depot. I doubt
if women, who know how such things
are made, are often caught buying
them. Figs or raisins go well with
crackers, but fresh, juicy fruit is pre
ferable when you can get it.
A Female Nimrod.
I 1 ' U u na * Mae,line Kindly.
P'-. in Wagih. ttiiWHjsli
'«att*r of tliesya-
t lie ay
*"*' * mB!n, *r*ne as
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'Ifieat,., 1 1 l '' J! '*ti|iatlon, colic,
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■“"iil.r ’—ifi , n J* i Pl l CotlK.lUing
•■*(<« n-uicdr in lur V u " porxatUe.
•*.! iKGh?/.. 1 ." *“ c <»** To that
11 IrriUtrt
ui4, /T*"; ow«PJX, l £ " orW,,
' ALL DRUGGISTS.
CAROLINA
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
QF 1EMPHIS, IF NX. *
Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President.
• ASSETS. l\y. 1st. 1871, $1,028,703 •$
A \ NT A 1.1NTOBF. oier $00,000 OO
AN.NTAL DIVIDEND, Jane 1,1870,40 per cent.
Cel. R. A. ALI-STON, Gen. State Ag’t.
Co). T. T. SMITH, Assistant SUM Ag’t.
June 23-3m
Berkshire Piss for Sale.
I N KENTUCKY WE HAVE
1 t riot i lie various breeds of hogs. Including lb*
White .i.esterand htsex, and regard the Berkshire
as superior. The Berkahirasunda unrivalled with
our bog breeders, and at our fain, as a fine hog. I
am prepared to furuish pigs to thoee wishing to or
der from me, at as reasonable rates as any one. i
can furnish thamby the single pig or the pair,
from the vary beat stock In the country, ranging
from thoa* almost pare, up to ths purest thorough
bred, with pedigree. I wt|l tqx and deliver s pur
of pig- st the railroad depot ready for shipment,
with thrirpedigree accompanying, showing atnek
n cur.ilctv, «l from $ SMO $20 a pair, according to
U.eirp'irllv : they will befhuu into 14 weak*old,
and wricb fr-nt So to UK) lb*, each; Address
dccj-ly Kiev. W. T. WOOD, Psrryv
J. B. U’CLESXET.
A TTORNEY AT LAW,
_X V CaruesvUle, Franklin county, Gs. Office
nierly occupied by J. F, Langston, Esq. i*2l
Inlaid' Picture Frames
PARLOR - ORNAMENTS.
r I ’’HE UNDERSIGNED has opened
l an evUbiishment in Athens forthe mnnufoc-
tor* of Picture Frames and Parlor Ornament*.
He D located on the corner of Clayton and Lamp*
, 'Awnssrjsssis^s^t
' solicited. C J. DI6BRUE.
Glass Pills.—A good old lady of
Bloomington, 111., who is rather feeble
and short-sighted, was the perpetrator
of a good practical joke upon herself.
She had procured a box of pills, and
deposited it along-side of another box
of equal sizo and appearance containing
some choice beads. Starting on a visit
to some friends in Ohio for her health,
she seized the supposed box of pills,
and, on the cars, faithfully took them
occording to directions, and expressed
herself as materially bettered by their
use. Arrived at her destination in
good spirits, she found a little grand
child ailing, and immediately brought
out her magic pills; they had done her
so much good, and could not foil to
help the little one. The child took
the pill—there being only two remain
ing—and, holding it up, exclaimed,
“ Why, grandma, this pill has a hole
in it!” An examination of the other
was made; word was sent bade to the
daughter at Bloomington, and an an
swer was returned that the box of pills
was still safe on the bureau. The
good old lady had taken a box of heeds
and imagined herself cured.
He who countenances obscenity by a
laugh, is himself obscene.
A letter from Bath County, Vir
ginia, furnishes this illustration of
practical woman’s rights: “ About
twenty miles from Healing Springs,
in the Alleghany Mountains, there
lives a most remarkable woman. Her
name is Morrison, but she is known all
through this couutry by her maiden
name of‘Miss Jennie Rucker.’ She is
about sixty years of age, has her hair
robbed like a man’s, wears a man’s hat
and rides a horse astride. Hunting is
her means of livelihood, and she kills
deer, bear and other game with the
skill of forty years’ experience.
Not long since she wounded a deer,
but before coming up with it, another
hunter—a man—had gotten to it and
commenced carving it up. The old
lady expostulated without avail, and
finally draw a bead on him with her
rifle to enforce her ‘ rights.’ The fel
low jumped behind a tree, but left
his heel exposed, at which vulnerable
spot the old lady fired and hit. She
got her deer. She has nine or ten chil
dren, and is said to treat all travelers
hospitably who stop at her cabin. She
uses tobacco, but never gets further in
swearing than * by zounds,’ which is
her favorite expression. If any woman
wants her rights let her flee to the
Alleghany Mountains.”
A Former Prixce of Wales.—
Thomas Jefferson thus describes the
Prince of Wales, afterward George
IV: "He has not a single clement
of mathematics, of natural or moral
philosophy, or of any other science on
earth, nor has the society he has kept
been such as to supply the void of ed
ucation. It has been that of the low
est, the most illiterate and profligate
persons of the kingdom, without choice
of rank or mind, and with whom the
subjects ofconversation are only horses,
drinking matches, bawdy houses, and
in terms the most vulgar. The young
nobility who begin by associating with
him, soon leave him, disgusted by the
insupportable profligacy of bis society;
and Mr. Fox. who has been supposed
his favorite, and not over nice in the
choice of company, would never keep
his company habitually. In fact, he
never associated with a man of sense.
He has not a single idea of justice,
morality, religion, or of the rights of
men, or any anxiety for tho opinion of
the world. He carries that indifference
for fame far that he probably would
not be hurt if he were to loose his
throne, provided he oould be assur
ed of having always meat, horses
and women.” -
Talks with Farmers.
i& f ' -
A few days since we met with a
Garofraxa man; he was a Scotchman,
and of course more advanced in agri
culture than the generality of Cana
dians. He had just been paving for
his land; and as I knew the progress
of the maD, I rather wondered at it
** How do you manage to get so
much money together these hard
times?” I said.
The answer was—" My cattle turned
out well,"
“ How many'did you fatten ?”
The reply was—" Six good ones.”
“ What hfct^ott for them?"
“ Oh, just turnips and grain.”
“ How many 1 acres of turnips?”
" Seven, and all were good.”
“ But seven acres were a good many
to house ?”
Ab, but I pitted mo6t of them,
and only took in my root-house full at
a time.”
“ What is the root-house made of ?”
“ Mine is made of logs, but most of
my neighbors have stone root-houses.”
" How many cattle do you generally
reckon an acre ofturnips will fatten?”
“Just about one, besides keeping all
the rest of my stock, and I have a
good many; but I do not feed all tur
nips; that would be too cold for them.
I give, besides, peas and oats. I feed
all the peas aud oats I grow to the cat
tle, and also all the hay, and that
gives me good manure; but with all,
it does not give me enough ?
“Do you grow wheat?”
" Yes, but not much ; a little fall
wheat and a little spring, but no more
than I can help, as it does not pay.”
“ Do you grow barley ?”
“ No; peas and oats pay better, as I
feed all to the cattle, and get the ma
nure ; if I grew barley, I should be
forced to sell it off the place, and then
the farm would suffer. 1
“How do you rnanrge about hoeing
and manureing?”
“ Well, I manure the fall previous,
and plough it in; then it is’ well rotten
in the ground next year when I sow
my turnips; and, • besides that, tLe
ground is so moist that I never have
any trouble in getting them up. If I
manured ■ ia thq
“ What do you consider a purchas
ed- beast ought to produce before you
sell him?”
1 Well, whatever we give for him,
we take care that he doubles it at least
before we sell him; if he won’t do that
the profit is not worth having.”
‘Doyou find that your farm gets
enough manure?" •>
“ Not so much as I could wish, but
we are very careful to get all we can.
We always have enough fora good
crop of roots, and some over."
‘Except, then, what wheat you
raise for your own use, and a little to
sel], everything the farntTUakes is con
sumed on it ?”
“ Yes; if it was not for that the land
would be getting poorer; as it is, the
whole place is getting better every
year."
A Great Day’s Work.
Make Home Attractive.—There
is one thing I would he glad to see
more parents understand, namely, that
when they spend money judiciously to
improve and adorn the house, and the
ground around it, they are in effect
paying their children a premium to
stay at home, as much as possible, to
enjoy it; but that when they spend
money unnecessarily in fine clothing
and jeweliy for their children, they are
paying them a premium to spend their
time away from home, that is, in those
places wbero they can attract the most
attention, and mokothe most display.
obliged to manure ,in the drill, and
then the ground is too light aud spon
gy, and dries up, and the young plant
either misses, or when it does come
up, withers away; whereas, when the
manure has been in the ground all the
winter, the whole of the soil feels it,
and the plants grow right away. I
sow the turnips in drills, of course. I
sow with the hand barrow, with two
rollers—oue before the seed and one
after it—so that the ground Is always
fine and well pressed down ; I make
the rows from thirty inches to three
feet apart, and I calculate to leave the
turnips at eighteen inches apart iu the
drills. I hoe them with the horse-hoe
between the rows, and then single
them with the hand hoc. If the sea
son is dry, the horse-hoe kills every
thing that is not in the row with two
hocings; but if it is wet, we have to
go over it again several times, as it is
required. Our horse-hoc widens as
necessary, and the knives overlap, so
that it makes clean work ; and as wc
can do with a horse from two to three
acres a day, we don’t spare the hoeing
when it is wanted.”
“ What about hand hoeing ?”
“ We go over the rows twice; once
to cut out generally, and the second
time to single the plants. We always
calculate to cut close round, so as to
make the plant fall down. In the old
country we always made every turnip
plant tall over, one way or the other,
and thought they came on all the bet
ter.”
“ How do you harvest them ?”
“ We go along the rows with the hoe
and nick off all the green, then turn
them out with the plough, and so get
them oat of the ground.”
“ When you pit. them in the field,
how much earth do you put on them?”
“ Not more than four inches iu the
solid, and we never make the heaps
large; we are always afraid of heating
and rotting.”
“ Well, bnt the turnips must freeze
in winter.”
" They don’t freeze much, and if
they do they are better to freeze than
to heat. If they are cold for the cattle
the grain warms them
“ How do you manage the turnips
in the root-house ?”
“ We pile them so that there is a
good draught all , round and through
them, and take care to make the floor
of rails aud poles, so as to have a good
ventilation. Then we keep the house
well aired and open, except in the very
hardest weather, when we close it We
are always careful to keep the turnips
as dear from dirt as we can, so that
they never choke and heat in the heap
in the bouse.”
M Do you raise the cattle or buy
them?”. , ,
“ We raise all we can, and buy the
-^i n
rest.
On Sunday last the guageoftheOhio
and Mississippi railroad, 340 miles
in length, was changed throughout
during the day. Each rail was taken
up and moved seven inches towards
the middle of the track, making 680
miles raised and relaid. The St. Lou
is Republican of Saturday tells how it
was to be done, as follows:
To effect all this in one day, prepar
ations on the largest scale have been
made and nothing has beeu left un
done to facilitate the operation. The
two lines of inner spikes, marking the
narrow gauge have been driven the
entire length of the road. Tools, spikes
and all the materials required by the
workmen to-morrow have been distrib
uted by special trains to every point
where they cau possibly be needed.—
Even the places where the outside
spikes are to be driven in, have been
marked aud prepared beforehand by
boring holes in which to place the
points of the spikes, so that it will only
be necessery after shifting the rail, for
one man to place tho points of the
spikes in the holes and a man following
with a heavy hammer will drive them
home. The saving of time by this
simple arrangement is very material.
The guage sidings, curves, &c., have
been long since changed, and on many
of them narrow gauge cars have been
placed, ready for use the moment the
change of guage is completed. At
three shops belonging to- the company
—oue at Eust St. Louis, one at Vin
cennes and anotherat Cochrane—twen
ty-eight locomotives have been redu
ced to tlie narrow gauge, at an average
cost of $3,500 e*ch; fifty passenger
cars, including baggage, mail, express,
parlor, night and sleeping care, at an
average cost per car of 8150. Seven
hundred and fifty freight care, inclu
ding all classes, and 300 new care, with
outside car platforms, have been con
tracted for.
The following, from Lrfe’ls Illustrat
ed Mechanical Nines, is of such im
portance that we copy it verbatim:
Every builder and lumber-dealer
has observed that when the heart of a
tree is near the center of a hewed or
sawed beam, post or sill, the timber is
apt to crack badly from the heart out
ward while the process of seasoning is
going on. The decay of the timber is
immensely quickened by these cracks,
which admit water and harbor whole
8warmsofvermin. On theotherhand,
the timber will never crack while sessoo-
ing if the tree has been sawed through
the heart. It often happens that a
tree from which sills or plates for a
barn are to be made is of sufficient size
for two or even four pieces, if the logs
are sawed through the middle. It will
pay handsomely, unless the circum
stances are very unfavorable, the road
extremely rough, and the distance great,
to haul a log of such size to the saw
mill, where it can be sawed through
the heart into ttro or more pieces as
the case may be—thus not only saving
largely in amount of timber obtained
from the log, but greatly improving its
seasoning and working qualities.
“The difficulty of hauling and
sawing the log of unusual leugth may
be overcome by the exercise of a little
engineering skill. Supposing a long
stick of timber tw have been hewed one
foot square, it can readily her chained
under the axletree of a lumber wagon
by attaching a reach to both parts of
the wagon and lashing the free ends of
the reaches to the timber. The sawing
at the mill in the desired manner may
be easily accomplished, even though
the stick be twice the length of the
saw-mill carriage, by allowing one end
to project beyond the head block.”
The Corrinrx Reporter, of June 10th,
1871, thus dilates upon tins new wonder,
which wo hope will not disappoint the
jgreat expectations it has excited:
Colonel Hyde’s grand triumph, the
steam wagon or road locomotive, was Kg
*11 around town to-day. At 11 o’clock
it started across the-track, bounding
over hedges and ditches, then up on tlie
north side, where it was guided over
toward the water-works to drink.
Several hundred gallons of Hiram’s *
tank sufficed to slake the moBsteris
thirst, and away it went again. We
have described this consolidation of
mule, horse and ox teams before, but
did not see its capering movements
until this morning. Why it appears
to swing around in the road at com
mand of the steering apparatus easier
than a man could turn a wheelbarrow
on a matched floor! This great engine
will draw its thirty or forty tons of
freight in trailed vans or wagons as
readily as it moves unloaded.
Mr. Hunscom, builder of the car>
acted as pilot to-day, and surely his
pride as a mechanic must have been
fully satisfied in the wonderful work of
the Overland Steamer. It is tlie king
of the road in every way. In twenty
feet it turns completely around, going
at its speed, stops with the touch of a
valve, and when desired to move on,
takes up its march with 8 step that or
dinary obstructions cannot retard. On
the next trip of the steamer, the steam
wagon Is to be taken across the lake by
Colonel Hyde, and there put to work
A Steam Type-Setter.
Ono invention,.however, did interest
me; it was a steam type composing
machine. A Mr. Mackie, of Warring
ton, had patented this affair, and it is
now used in several printing offices,
among fithern that of The Graphic, in
Loudon: The invention consists of
two machines. One of these is a
small one which bos a key-board like a
piano of fourteen keys-. The operator
sets before him the copy which is to be
put in type, and manipulates the keys,
whereupon there is involved from be
neath an interminable ‘strip of paper,
two inches wide, which is full of punc
tures. Each one of these punctures
corresponds with a letter of the written
copy. The whole manuscript having
thus been copied in punctures, the roll
of puuctured paper is set in a machine
that looks like an iron centre table*
The top of the centre table has all
around on its edge little boxes contain-
ing type. The top of the table then
revolves. The punctured paiicr runs
around, and when a certain type need
ed is reached, a little lever falls (by
reason of the opening allowed one
end of it by the hole in the paper,)
the other end touching and selecting
the letter that is needed- The type so
selected tails into place, and tlie row
of selected type pours in a continuous
stream out upon a regular composer’s
stick, which, as fast as it is filled, it
removed to the form. This may all
seem complex in the description, but it
seems wonderfully smooth and simple
when seen. A man engaged at the
perforator, and three boys to feed the
boxes with type and space oat the Hues,
Management of Horses.—Feed
liberally, work steadily, and clean
thoroughly, is my motto m the man
agement of horses. My great trouble
is to get the horses rubbed dry and
clean before leaving them for the
night. Where horses are worked six
days in the week, thorough grooming
is absolutely essential to their health.
The more highly they are fed the more
important it is to clean them. Most
men use the curry-comb too much,
and the whisk and brush too little. I
do not, myself, insist upon it, but be
lieve it would pay always to take the
whole harness from the horses when
put in the stables at noon, and rub
them dry, washing the shoulders with
cold water, afterwards thoroughly dry- “ up a newspaper cdumn as huge m
one of the Times in one hour which
ing them with a cloth. Every man
and team on the farm cost me at least
8750 a year; and I question if one
farmer iu a hundred duly appreciates
how much he loses from having poor
horses, and in not keeping them in
vigorous health, and in condition to do
a maximum days work.—American
Agriculturist.
In Greenville, Alabama, a “ profes
sor” had labored hard with the youth
of that people, and taught them to dote
on grammar according to Murray’s
system. During one of the lectures,
the sentence, “ Mary milks the cow”
was given out to be parsed. Each
word had been parsed save one, which
fell to Bob L , a sixteen year-old,
near the foot of the class, who com
menced thous: “ Cow is a noun, femi
nine gender, singu nr number, third
person, and stands for Mary.” “Stands
for Mary!” said the excited professor.
“ How do you make that out ?” “ Be
et use,” answered the noble pupil, “ if
the oow didn’t stand for Mary, how
could Mary milk her V
Mr. Mackie maintains is equal to the
composition of eight men. It econo
mizes 50 per cent. of. outlay. The in
ventor has been ten years on it, and has
now certainly gained a success. When
our commercial houses have Babbidge’s
calculators instead of clerks, and our
newspapers offices have revolving centre
tables instead of compositors,' why
should not Mr. Carlyle’s dream of an
iron automatic Prime Minister be re
alized ? The Republicans of England
will .do the handsome thing by any
Yankee who will invent an automaton
Queen that can sign her name and not
have a large family. To return to Mr.
Mackie for a moment I may add that
his machine costs £500 andtheinventor
advertises that he is prepared, to under
take type setting for one year in any
house that purchases, at three pence
per thousand (whatever the size of the
type,) set in eighteen inch lines.
Mackie is the proprietor of the War
rington Guardian, the hugest paper in
England, equal to 112 columns of the
College Caltnrc—Need of Practical
Business Training.
We devote much of our space to tho
Commence uent exercises of the - Uni
versity. It was gratifying to observe;
in so many of the addresses, a promi
nent recognition of the importance of
industrial pursuits. The Trustees,-
the Faculty, the Alumni and the
students, are all animated by a com
mon desire to elevate labor and to en
courage those scientific departments off
culture which prepare men for tlie*
practical pursuits of life. The organi
zation of ind ustrial schools in connec
tion with the University is a most
timel)' and important movement. It
will enable students to pursue those*
especial studies necessary to fit them
for the pursuit they have selected.
If properly fostered by the Legi-la-
ture, this feature will he of incalculable-
good to the country.
It is a significant fact, shown by re
cent statistics, that the number of
students in attendance at the two hun
dred aud twenty-five mole colleges of
the country, is less, in proportion to
the population, than formerly. Thb*
is accounted for in the fact that most
of our institutions of learning hnve
failed* to appreciate the practical wants
of tihe'age, and have clung to the oPl
curriculum of the past, which gives
prominence to classical and metaphys
ical culture to the neglect of physical
science*.- Hence it is that we see so
many self-made men—graduates of
workshops, mills and foundries, rising
to useful eminence, while so many
college graduates, with heads 1 musty
with classic lore, sink into medioc
rity, or starve in obscurity.- The-
want of the age is an education that
will Sgxnfy labor—that WslU make*
good mechanics, engineers, farmers,
merchants, as well as lawyers, doctors
and clergymen; and wc hail the recent-
changes in the curriculum of the Uni
versity as the most important educa
tional step that has been made in thor
South in many years.—Farmer an<T
Artisan.
Times, and it certainly is set up very
Sweet Pickle!—To 7 pounds fruit nea ^.’ **. U * ^ h '“ “ achine >
take 4 pounds sugar, 1 pint vinegar. T 8 ™* 1 * beU * U ^~ 8 ™ aU P ,ca ’
cloves, allspice, cinnamon and ginger. nonpareil.-Cbunnnaft (W
Boil sugar, vinegar, and spieestogether,
and pour hot water over fruit. For
several mornings in succession strain
off the juice and save it. Scald and
pour over fruit again the last morning.
Then scald frnit and juice together,
arid place In » cool place.
Do Not Neglect the Young.
Grafts.—It should riot be forgotten
that grafts, which have been set this
spring, when they once fairly start to-
grow they mostly go ahead rapidly;
and becoming laden with leaves, ant)
the hold they have upon the stock hew
ing very slender, they frequently break
off. Birds will also light upon them,
and their added weight snaps them.
They, therefore, should be attended to,
and pruned, when they have shot
eight to ten inches by one-half.. They
usually make better branches by this
abscission, and in no event is there any
injury. Grafts set last spring should
also be examined, and where the war
has become loose and fallen away, or
where the split has widened, additional
wax should be supplied, otherwise the
water gaining entrance will either kill
or weaken them, giving them an un
sightly appearance, and at len-t stunt
ing them for perhaps years. Some
times they never recover front it
At a recent Sabbath schooi concert,
a little boy stood up to say his “ piece,”
and forgetting the words of the text,
hesitated a moment, then with all the
assurance posable said, “ Blessed are
the shoemakers."
It has been derided by medical au
thorities that “ if a man has a good
appetite, sleeps well, and feels buoy
ant in spirits’after biamonK he should
let his health alone, whether he is as
big as a hogshead or as thin as a” fence
rail” .
When you dispute with.'a; .Itc i«
very-certain to be.similarly employed.