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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. - lift conn. a. s. f.uwin*. imwrix conn r corb, ERYrtN a etmn, OUN F.YS AT t,ANV, V,.. Lii-ur^.a. Gflu-o ill vl.c liouproc R 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 - -M 5 fruit JARS r\r CL 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. •a 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 it. S UVt * " Ct WOrk ° f 'Ifieat,., 1 1 l '' J! '*ti|iatlon, colic, ! f hv’-h"/, " lh '' r . ,>nw '' 1 «'">»- ■“"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.