THOMAS BLANCHAKD.
The Inventor ol Mtrhlnra for Turning
Irregular Forma,
A brief biography of Thomiui Blancli
ard, the inventor of the mechanical com
bination foi turning; irregular forma,
who died at Boston in 1865, lias just
boon issued. The writer, Asa 11. Waters,
says that although the name of Thomas
Blanchard is not so popularly known as
many others who have achieved fame
from single inventions, the writer boldly
asserts that "it may be questioned
whether another inventor can bo named
in this country or In Europe* daring the
last century, who has produced so many
different labor-saving machines, applica
ble to such a great variety of uses and
which have contributed so largely to the
common necessities, comforts and econ
omies of life. This language may seem
extravagant, but it must be rememliercd
that not an armory exists in this coun
try or in England where guns are made
—hardly a human being that wears lioots
or shoes—scarcely a vessel that sails upon
the ocean—not a school where slates are
used—not a carpet laid down, but that
owes tribute to the genius of Thomas
Blanchard for producing articles cheaper
and lietter. 'I he same may be said of
carriage wheels, plows, shovels and
various articles of furniture, latterly,
his machines have been applied to carv
ing, to architectural designs and even to
statuary—much to the surprise of artists.
Indped, there seems to lie no limit to the
uses made of Blanehard's inventions, and
it is impossible at present to enumerate
them. One can hardly go into a tool
shop, a machine shop, or a workshop of
any kind, wood or iron, where motive
power is used, in which he will not find
more or less of Blanehard's mechanical
motions.
Blanchard was a native of Sutton.
Mass., and was born June 24, 17*8. His
father, Samuel, was a farmer, and lived
on a poor, remote strip of land, where
there was absolutely nothing to suggest
a mechanical motion. While on the
farm Thomas gave little if any promise
of the latent powers within him. There
was nothing in his surroundings to ex
cite them. He was misplaced; schools'
were remote and he seldom attended,
for he was afflicted with a perverse im
pediment of speech, so that the boys
called him " Stammering Tom." At the
age of eighteen he was engaged by his
elder brother, Stephen, to assist him in
Ills tack mill, which he had just started
in West Millbury. Young Thomas'duty
was to head the tacks in a vice, witli a
hand hammer, one by one. Once in a
mechanic shophis dormant genius began
to wake up. Ere he had spent many
months heading taeks, one by one. In
had desigued, constructed and put in
operation a machine which would eut
and head them at one motion twice as
fast as the ticking of a watch, and better
finished than those made by hand. So
perfect was it in design and construc
tion it was continued in use more than
twenty years. It is said to he still m
existence, and experts who have seen it
say no essential improvement has ever
heen made upon if. The reputation of
the boy's success in his brother's tack
factory led Mr. A-n Waters, who had in
the same town of Millbury an armory,
where lie manufactured arms for t)i->
government, to send for the building in
ventor, and there young Blanchard. at
almost a glance at the old processes for
shaping gun-barrels, suggested an im
provement by which the irregular butt of
the barrel could be turned by machinery,
and afterward produced a machine for
turning out the gun-stock. The germ of
the stocking machine lay in that calm
motion, and it was then and there, as be
afterward said, that the idea of his
world-renowned machine fur turning ir
regular forms first flashed through Ids
mind, although it required some months
to elaborate and bring it out. Blanch
ard was afterward called to the Spring
field armory, whore Ids machines were
introduced and adopted by the govern
ment. His machine for produeing ir
regular forms was applied to a vast num
ber of special purpoes. I'M like many
other inventions, this was really the dis
covery of a new prineiple in mcehanics.
whereby the machine is made the obedi
ent, faithful servant of man, to work out
his designs after any given model, be it
round or square, crooked or straight,
however irregular, and made to repro
duce the original shape cxactlv. every
time. This perfect uniformity of Blaneh
ard's worn suggested the idea of having
all the parts of the guns made at the ar
mories perfectly uniform, so as to be in
terchangeable. Hitherto they had heen
fitted separately, like Swiss watches
and carefully lettered or numbered.
This is the method in ail our workshops,
even to the bolts of a carriage or a com
mon bedstead, and woe to him who mis
placed one. It was Blanchard who firt
rendered possible the accomplishment of
the desired result with respect to arms,
and to him the writer gives the credit of
the origin of the "uniformity system"
which lias revolutionized mechanic pro
cesses in all our workshops; perfected
and greatly cheapened mcchanie pro
ducts, and driven from use the old sys
tem ol numbering.
Blanchard realised but little pecu
niarily on Ills patents, for they were so
pirated upon that lie had to spend many
thousands of dollars in defending Ids
rights in the courts. He succeeded in
getting an ex sion of bis patent for
prodtn ing irregular forms, but at the
end of the extension he had made prac
tically nothing on it. and began to think
of trying for a second extension; but
such a thing was unprecedented, and
Blanchard, knowing tlint groat opposi
tion would be made to another renewal,
thought he would resort to a little stratn
ftim. He fitted up amaehine for turning
Mists from marble blocks, took it to
Washington, obtained plaster easts of
the heads of Webster, (Bay. Calhoun
and others, and exhibited the busts In
the rotunda of the Capitol. The mem
bers were quite astonished when tliey
found that tliPse busts were wrought
out by n machine, and that they were
more exactly like Uie originals than any
human band could make them. It pro
duced a great sensation. They all sup
posed it a new invention. Blanchard
said, "No; not a new invention, but a
new application of nn old one of mine
rom which I never realized much, and I
want the patent renewed." A reset bit ion
was introduced in the Senate by Web
ster to renew it for a term of years, and
it was rushed through without delay.
When the news was first proclaimed
from Springfield of a machine which
turned gunstocks, mechanics came float
ing from near and far to see it. Among
those attracted were two member* of
the British Parliament, then traveling in
this country. When tliey returned to
England tliey reported the wonderful
invention of Blanchard, by which the
Americans were getting greatly in ad
vance cf them in gun manufaetu'e, and
moved a resolution for the purchase of
similar machines. A true John Bull
member then arose and ridiculed them
unmercifully for being so badly sold and
played upon by the cunning Ynnkees,
"The vciy idea of turning a gunstoek Is
absurd on the face of it, as all must
know who ever saw one." Finding the
resolution would fail the two mem hers
withdrew it and moved for a committee
to go to the United States armory und
report upon the facts. Tho committee
came over, examined tlie workings of
the midline, returned and rffjHirtod the
| facts to be as at first stated. 'I he doubt
j ing Thomas rose and said the Americans
ought have got up something to work
: their soft woods, pine and poplar, but it
would never stand the test of "our
tough English oak and hickory." Upon
this, doubting Thomas himself was
chosen a committee to go over and ex
amine. He was not to be imposed U|w>n ;
he would expose this humbug. Soleot
i ing three rough stocks of the hardest,
toughest timber lie could find, lie went
to the Springfield armory incognito,
brought Ins stocks to the stocking-room,
and inquired of the overseer if lie could
grant fiim the favor of turning tliem.
' Certainly, sir, take a sent." Without
nuiking the least alteration of the ma
chine, the overseer run the stocks
through in a few minutes, and then went
on with his work as though nothing
unusual had happened. The English
man examined Uie stocks, found tliey
were turned all the 1 letter for being of
hard wood, and be was completely
dumbfounded. After musing awhile,
be frankly confessed who be was, why
lie nunc, and bis thorough conviction of
the utility of the machine. Before he
left the city he gave an order in behalf
of the British government for this mid
the accompanying machines, some si x or
eight, which amounted to some forty
thousand dollars. The machines were
built at Chieopce, shipped to England,
and have been in use there from that
day to this.
The fullest Tiling (tut iu lllgli Idle,
The recent discovery made by the edi
tor of the Cincinnati VYmcs that every
man lias a delightful summer resort on
the roof of his house has cast a gloom
along tlie entire seashore. "1 have al
ways held," said the editor of the 7'imr.i
to a reporter, "that anybody who has a
roof to cover him can pass Ju's time there
more pleasantly than in the heated
rooms below. I trust I am no mere
theorist, and if you will conic with me I
will show you the practicability of this
thing."
The leporter accompanied the n.itor
to the latter's boarding-house, over the
door of which was the legend. "Koyal
meals ten cents," and followed him up a
ladder to the roof. " This roof is not as
flat as it should be," observed the editor,
" but it will serve to illustrate my idea;
and crawlingon his hands and km • s be
was soon safely astride the comb. "Just
is tpisy as riding a gentle horse," snid
he, taking bold of the shingles in front of
him to make his sent more secure. •• In
the first place," oiwerved the editor, "I
would rc<-ommend that roofs that are
too steep should be planed down to tlie
proper level. This, you see, will o|>on
tip an entirely new field of industry to
out idle millions." The editor shook the
kinks out of a leg on either slope of the
roof, and continued with delightful en
thusiasm :
" Please observe the magnificent view
one has from this point. And Uie gentle
breeze! How it fan's one's fevered brow
and invigorates Ids whole being!"
" It's a little too warm, isn't it?" sug
gested the reporter, as lie noticed that
the shingles were about ready to take
fire.
" A trifle warn, perhaps,"said the •-*!-
itor, "but I would remedy that—so,"
and up went ids umbrella "How's
that, young fellow? Could anything he
simpler? I reckon not. I would pro
vide each member of the family with nn
Umbrella, and have one or two in reserve
for company. That would not only in
sure you sgainst sun. but against rain
and bail as well. Simplest thing in the
world, you see."
"The eldidri n might (all off. mightn't
they?"
" Not necessarily. That is. not unless
you wanted 'em to. My plan is to have
what might be called u family hitching
post set in the center of the roof, w.tli as
many chains attached to and radiating
therefrom as you have children. The
chains will lie just so long, and no longer.
You catch the idea? When a child is
secured at the end of a chain, it will lie
long enough—the chain will—to allow
the child to sit on tlie edge of the roof
and dangle its feet over, or look down on
the less fortunate children on the hot
streets Iwlow. Couldn't please tho littic
dears better."
" You would have your Imoks, papers*
gold fish, canary, etc. on the roof. I sup
pose?"
"Certainly. Make it as attractive ns
possible. No better place on the broad
universe to read and write than just
here," and the editor drew forth a bum li
of paper and pencil, and, quickly throw
ing up Ids knee for n writing desk, began
to scribble vigorously. " See how the
old thing works, young man," remarked
the editor, glancing up pleasantly from
his manuscript. "I am anting n
double-leaded editorial and writing it
with iess wear and tear of brain-tissue
than I would write a single-leaded arti
cle in my library or office."
Just then a lump of soot as big as n
brickbat came sailing along and Landed
upon the elegant no*" of the editor.
"Of course, there will he a few disad
vantages to overcome," snid he, knock
ing tlie soot off of Ills nose; "but tliey
cannot be met successfully until tliey
present themselves," and be glanced
down bis proboscis, which must have
looked to him like a stack of black eats.
"This little trouble of coal soot will lie
speedily overcome hy the adoption of
smoke-consumers or removing a short
distance in the country. Here you will
observe I have written seventeen pages
in less than as many minutes—a good
hour's job when shut up in a hot room
down stairs. Up here, above the rattle
of the town, where the air is bright and
clear as the eyes of tlie girl yoti love,
one's thoughts flow as free as a moun
tain stream. No sluggishness, no dead
eddies, no—"
Here a sudden breezs l lifted the edi
tor's umbrella and carried it over a
dozen blocks of bouses in tl e direction
[of Millereck bottom*. In an endeavor
Ito secure it, seventeen pages of the
double-leaded editorial were cauvht up
and distributer! by the four winds of
heaven. The editor secured Ids hat by
buttoning it on the inside of his cost,
and concluded:
"My scheme is not yet fully developed,
but this will serve to show you the drift
of tiling*. Saratoga Is nowhere." said
he, crawling carefully toward the lad
der, "and, as for Uoney Island, I
wouldn't have It mentioned on the snme
day—l wouldn't, by gracious!"— fNnrn'n
naiH Enquirer.
Words of Wisdom.
Feeling 1" no criterion of right or
wrong.
Adversity is the balance to weigh
IViteda.
To tiiiit Unit Uvea well every form of
life la good.
Choose those companions who admin
ister to your improvement.
It is more honorable to acknowledge
our faults than boast of our merits.
It's human nature to love to make
experiments at the expense of others.
You should consider your adversary
as absent when his senses are deported.
Those gifts are ever the most accepta
ble which the giver has made precious.
Truth is hid by great depths, and tin'
way to it does not nnpear to all the
world.
Conversational powers are susceptible
of great improvement by assiduous cul
tivation.
The friendships of youth are founded
on sentiment; the dissensions of age re
sult from opinion.
The lirst step to se.f-ktiowledge is
self-distrust. Nor can we attain to any
knowledge except by a like process.
Tears are to be looked at not as
proof of very deep <orrow, but as a
gracious relief to the killing intensity of
such grief.
The sun, that mantles the mountains
kissed by the clouds and the morning's
sun. and speck lists as the lily's inmost
leaf, is not more pure than a pure
woman.
Affections, like spring flowers, break
through the frozen ground at last, and
the heart which seeks but for another i
heart to make it happy will never seek
in vain.
Folly tain wears out her SIMM's. She
dances so fast we are all of us tired,
(■olden wires may annoy in as mu li as
steel bars if they ki-ep us le-hind prison
windows.
No man can stilt himself up, or seek
applause on friends in high places, or
loud praise. If lie belongs to the front
he will get there in time, and will remain
there when lie does arrive.
It is very jileasnnt to we some men
urn round, p!< .isant as a sudden rush
of warm air in winter or the (lash of
firelight in the chill dusk; they shed I
radianee on all around them.
Mountains never liake hands. Their
resit* may toueh.ttiey inay keep togetlier
some way up, hut at length they part
eeimpany and rise into individual, iso
lated peaks. So it is with great men.
The gentle mind is like a ealm and
peaceful stream that reflects < very ob
ject in its just proportion. The violent
spirit, like troubled wab r*. renders hack
images of things distorted and broken.
Strong, skillftil men up' often the gen
tlest to the women and ehildrcn. It i* a
pretty sight to see them carrying little
bulbc- a- if they were no heavier than
little birds, and the habic* always *<> cm
to like the strong men best.
A great mind is like an elephant in the
am ii'tit line of battle—the fu st ally if
you <nn keep him in the ranks, fronting
the right way; but if he turns atKut lit
is tlie deadliest foe and treads hi" master
underneath his feet.
We smile at the ignorance of the sav
age who cut* down the tree in order to
reach the fruits; hut tin fact is that a
blunder of tbis description is made by
cvt ry person who is ever eager and im
patient in the pur-uit of pleasure.
On- bad better sail (Mildly in almost
any direction than drift without any di
rection at all. One bad better sail in the
lliadd ! stnrtil that ever troubled the sea '
of life than l'e on the sea and drift with
any chance wind that chooses to blow.
Happiness is a frail plnnt which sel
dom lives long on earth. It springs up
when it will; often in <|Uiet. shadv nooks
and corner*, hut seldom in cultivated
gardens. It often bloom* where one
would least expect it and then suddenly
and unexpectedly dies.
I/'t a face Im> hacked by blood and
mettle, let the soul lie harrowed by ex
perienOP and made mellow as a plowisl
belli by furrow* that have torn it up;
let it Im- made charitable by the sins of
others, by a sense id its own sins, and
you hnvQ a face that will wear as ninny
changes of expression as the wind and
weather.
Hajmond's l!lindncs.
John Mct 'ullough, John T. Raymond
and William 11. Crane have lieen mak
ing things lively around Fourteenth
street, in New York. Mr. Crane arrived
from Liverpool on Saturday. Met'ul
lough and K.avmond met him, and they
say the three found th em selves on Mon
day night in a little billiard-room n-ar
I'nion >iuare. They had taken in
Coney Island, and, returning on the
ears, Raymond especially distinguished
liimss'lf as a practical joker. They sat
in the billiard ball, weary and dusty.
Conversation (logged and Raymond fell
sound asleep. Then a diaLilical idea
entereil tin mind* of Met'uHough and
Crane. They would try a tirae-tleal joke
on John T. Upon one of the billiard
tables half a dozen halls were thrown ;
the gas was c leaving every
body and everything In darknetw. Crane
and Met 'tillough then tiegan to hang the
halls alxillt and shout the se-oro they
were piling up.
Rang! from Rilly.
"A tine shot!" shouted MrCullouglt.
"Twenty-one."
Bang! bang! onee more.
"Fine enrotn twenty-five!" yelled
Crane.
Bang! bang! bang' This thing went
on a few minutes, when Raymond was
heard to move.
" Where are you. Billy—John—eh?"
said he.
"John'sjust walking away with me,"
replied Crane.
Bang! again. " Thirty-five."
"But, Jolin—Billy—where are you?"
ejaculated Raymond, with agitation in
his voiec.
Another billiard hall made the eireuit
of the table. " Two more for me," said
Crane, and. turning to Raymond,
" Wliat's the matter with you? Why
don't you open your eyes?"
" But," from Raymond, becoming ner
vous, " I can't see you!
" Wash your ey-s," suggested MK'ui
lough.
Bang! again.
" You don't mean to say you're in this
billiard-room, John ?" asked Raymond, i
his voice laden with emotion.
"Of course we nn\ and playing bil
liards," returned the two jokers simul
t -ineoiisly.
"My Heavens!" shrieked John. Mr-
Cullough—Billy- I'm blind!"
McCullough says that the way in
which this exclamation was uttered con
vinces Idm that Raymond is the pathetic
actor he has long claimed to be.—rtitln
ilrlphin Timet.
A Reminiscence of Niagara.
I remember when I was hut a boy
that a man got into the rapids here,
i having been carried down in a boat,
which was broken to pieces. He hod the
r good fortune to he dashed on a rock, to
which he clung. It was at tlie height of
the season—August, if I recollect—and
lie clung there for fully thirty-six hours.
Lveryiiody streamed out of the hotels
and tlie village; the bunks of the river,
. particularly on tills side, were thronged
with pcopie anxious to do something to
j save him. Dozens of plans were sug
gested ; some attempted, but they all j
failed. Thousands of dollars were of
fered to anybody who would rescue him
The desperate situntion-of the man bad
been telegraphed over the country, and
every train brought crowds of passen
gers nit her to witness it with their own
eyes. He was encouraged by shouts
| from the banks, but whether fie could,
I understand anytliingsnld is doubtful.
\ The world is said to be sympathetic. !
It is, or appears to he. unsympathetic,
j because the object for which sympathy
is asked is abstract. When it 'is tangi
-1 hie, visible, all is ehangisl. There was
an exemplification. This poor wretch
could be seen. He was on ordinary, un- i
educated man: hut he was a man, and
the brotherhood arid sisterhood of the
race went out to him in pity and intense
eagerness to rescue him. Women of
fashion, bUim club men, selfish world
lings grew pale as tliey watched the un
happy wretch. s<i vivid was tli<-ir sym- ;
pathy.
Many perseins sat up all night looking
across the seething, roaring waters at the
small dark figure still clinging to tin
rock The morning came; renewed
efTnrt.s were made, hut lln-v all tniss
j carried. The crowd hod increased: it
was immeniM' Everybody was excited.
Tears wen- in the woman's eyes; the
pallor gleaned through the rouge of
some of tln-ir checks. Can't something
be done? Must the poor tellow perish
belore our faces? Is there no way to
rescue him? Such questions were in
cessantly asked; but. alas! no reply
could Is- given.
The man hud g<M>d courage and great
strength. H-- clung tothe n k with the
desperation of a dying *oul. To lose
his liold was to he dashed over the eata
raet. Apparatus and contrivances
arrived from Buffalo. New experiment*
| and new failures. Hoare shouts still
■ rang across the rapids to hold on. to be
of goiMl heart. Tim- stoutest la-art that
ever throbbed could not gripe that
rock forever. It was wonderful how lie
leal endured. A fresh idea had come to
the minds of half a dozen mechanics.
They were tailoring to throw out a
hawser; every muscle was strained;
every eye was le-nt U|<on tla-ir work.
Suddenly the man slipped away. He
was exhausted; he thre., tiji his arms;
lie dashed townid the cataract. A low
groan a* front one breath quake-d
through the throng; the thousands
shivered with terror. A black object
tor a moment long<-r in the water*, and
tla-n disappeared forever. Tliere
was an agony of re-lie f No one moved ;
no one spoke for a while. All looked in
the direction wla-rc the figure had Is-e-n
swallowed up. It was th) nchutSMt
of terror; it was the chill of tragedy dis
tineii) wrought which froze every one
for the moment to the -jail.
Tla- old r-sident—if'- has lived la-re
forty years— says that <>n an average
als.ut six person* are carried over the
fills every year, and that four out of tie
six are wholly "i partly intoxicated and
lew tla irjiin-s by carelessness or r*-kl'**s
n<-ss in rowing above the rapids, going
beyond the line of danger. But for
liquor, not Dll'S'than two live*, he * iyx
j would Im 1 .osi innu i . Suvjarn Fill%
lslltr tr, th* .s / -e< u i/lobr-Drmocrnt.
A Shoemaker's Rich Strike.
A wi elding oecurr d recently in Chi
cago which r>*-al la strikingly some of the
incidents in the "Arabian Nights."
The Chicago 7Ym/j, s|M-aking f this
ceremony, says: It u* leiwun two
favorite-s of fortune- whose sudden re
moval from poverty to opulence lias few
nnralie-ls in fiction anel farfe'W r in real
life. Tic bridegroom is Mr. August
Ri*> lie, who was a y<-ar and a half ago
a peeor man. obtaining n tue-agre living
ley working at bis traele- as a shoemaker, j
lie was <>ne of tla pioneers of Iz-ndvillo
anl had tlie geeexl fortune lei "strike-it
rich." He vm UudhtxiTHW of the Lit
tle Pittsburg mine. He is ne>w the psrt
neT of Governor Talr and the owner
of fourteen or fifteen mine-, somes of
which are-among the Inset silve-r mine*
in the country. Among them ore the
Saxon. Nevada, Hard Ca*h. l'enfold.
Re-d Roge-rs axal Alaska. ID-is feert v-five
years. The bride was Miss Minnie
tungliulin. twenty-four ye ars old. Till
a f- IV WMkl ago she nppoftsd herself
by sewing In tla e-stabiishmcnt of (llauz
tt I'l-riolat. furriers. The i-ngagem.-nt
occurred a few wi* k ago. Mr. Risi lie
met Mis* lunghulin at (Uanz A IVrin
lat's and at eenee. The time of
the wedding was neit decided on. Inew
aver. till Monday, when it was deter
mined to liave It the following evening.
Tla- wedding occurred at tla residence of
Mr. and Mrs. f*. F. I'erlolal, No. 14 Park
avenue. The eernmonv was solemnireel
at 7.30 o'clock by the Rev. T. N. Meirri
son. Jr., of the Cliure ti of the Epiphany.
Mr. and Mrs. lunghulin. the parents of
the bride, anil Mr. and Mrs. IVriolat
! steeeid up with the bridal couple. The
bride was attimel in a pearl-colored silk
.ami hriM-ailed satin. <ut a lx prist -MM .
' with a long square train, trimmed with
orange blossoms. She wore dismnnd
soltairc ear-rings and diamond pin and
brae-clegs. After the ceremony a supper
of the most sumptuous obnrncter was
serve el. The bridal pair go to Ne-w York.
Washington ami Baltimore, anil then re
turn byway ol this eitv to Denver,
where tliey will reside. Mr. Rische ha*
just paid #49,000 lor a furnished liouse' in
. Denver, to which lie will take' his bride.
Mr. Rise-lie's present to tlie bride <-on
sistexl of n watch and chain and Dia
j mond jewelry to tlie value of #7.00. and
100,000 in government hands. Some of
Hie linesl presents were sent by Mr.
Riselie's Itonver friends, and did not ar
rive in time for the wedding.
Some time ago tlie New York RrprtJm
gave an account of an attempt which was
mode to roh a hank. Tlie newspaper
got its information of the cashier of the
bank, who it seems implicated an inno
cent person. Tlie person sued and re- -
covered damages. Tlie Fjprrn has now
brought suit against tlie cashier for tlie ,
amount rf the damages which it was
compelled to pay. The result of this
suit will he looked for with inter
••st. If tlie principle he established thai
the person giving tlie information and
not tlie newspaper publishing tlie same
is responsible, people who are inter
viewed by reporters will doubtless be
mom careftil what statements they make '
for the press.— Rome .VitftaW.
FOR THV. FAIR HEX.
_____
Fashion ffulti,
Felt win be worn thin winter, In spite
of predict ions to the contrary.
Polonaises of allot silk are worn over
underskirts of muslin or gauze.
Black Hilk walking noiti have puffi-d
sashes of velvet or nitk brocade.
Bustle* of all lengths are shown, for
wearing with all kinds of e-ostumcs.
Some of tho new stilt" have the pocket
very near the lower of the skirt.
I lie lower skirt* o( autuinn iln w*
ure ahort both in front and at the hue k.
Wider ribbon* will be uaed thia win
ter than hive been in vogue thia Hum
mer.
The ovci-Hkirt and lower aklrt are
funtened together on nearly all the fall
dreaaca.
I he sunflower, in combination with
black velvet, !h uaed for chair hack* and
cushions.
I'laid silks will la- uaed to brighten the
dark contumes worn by young Indie*
thin winter.
Some of the new gauzes made for
milliner*' u>e have Ktiinll figure* in a
Htriped ground.
Shaving fringe will still la' worn in
the hill. I*acc will lie uarej on elr-**es
but not on outside wrap*.
\N hen the drew in looped up at the
nide by living pulled through a ribbon
the ntyle in the gooachcrd.
I'ieee nilk hemmed in a roll, and satin
arrange d in triple foldn, are to be us<-d
on aonie of the autumn bonnet*.
A bright broeatelle, with cashmere
stripe* ;md interwoven gold threads, in
one of the stuff* provided for trimming
winbr hats.
Large luiln and bonn<-ts for driving and
nmall ouch for walking in the rule, but
women wbo bave no carriage and have
1 10ught iarge bonnets defy tho law
Short full pnniern on each side of the
skirt are worn l.y young btdi<-s. Those
which begin in front, and are united by
a simple- hand, are preferred by older
women.
and figures are equally well
rcpri at<-d in the autumn importations
of -ilk-: the figures are small and sot in
orderly rows, and the stripe* are only
altout an inch wide".
fan-shaped brooches arc again in
fashion. They are very elaborate, being
enameled with (lower designs in bright
colors, and having turquoises and a
small mirror set in the sticks.
White buntings are worn by ladies of
all ages, the only difference fn the cos
tume* le-ing in the trimming, for which
old ladies use black velvet, and young
ones white or colored satin ribbon.
Some of the new bonnets are mm h
hollowed out at the back and bave large
rose* set in the ojri-ning In front tic ir
• fleet is much like tbat of the cottage
shape, and tic fa<. trimming is of roses.
Simple styles of hair-dressing should
be adopted f< r inouniing w ear and for
the -tr<--t. Klalsirale Mrm-tun* of ; uff
ai d curls are aimost invariably ace m
p.ilih-d ly sha .by gowns, and in'i ate
the jsiverty of tie- w.-ar. r
'waters ItliMsnS Ibslr Work
Farmers' wives g< n-1 a* iy have the „ity
and comrahbTation of ev< ry caw-loving
and < asc-taking wcman of any class of
society. Thanks: we don't a>k your
-y mi at by. we n<. d not have such w<*-ful
bat ' time*. Any woman by calculating
and using a gooei deal of tact Iliac very
often diminish licr work by half. Sm
eo< li ilay tiiat tilings are in order for the
getting of an easy break fast; if it istolx
potatoes, hare tlcm nicely pn-paicd I**-
forehand —meat and every such thing
that is possible—the table set. etc , have
a nice clear cover for it. and don't le
guilty of sweeping just the last tiling be
fore covering your table. So many po
-plo rook and eat in the same room; if
you wisli to do younelf gn-ot credit witli
your moi . do havetheni in a cool room.
They will look, taste and lie better than
if tlev must be eaten in a room so warm
that it almost stifles one to enter, ( 'an
you not arrange it in someway? have
you not some hoards that will do nrst
elass to make a summer kitchen large
enough for your stove? You will surely
find some. If you cannot possibly do
le tt. r set vour table in the sitt ing-room ;
ye* area if it iiMwljifiniml fliltfyrir
llave at oarse piece of canvas to spr- i-l
over flic earja't before putting out the
table, and one can afford to sacrifice
•oin'tliing to secure comfort these days
wle n we get *■. weary tinder a tropie-'al
sun. We scMom cook anything for tea
—do all that in the mornfng—make tea
at noon, tui t have it i-old and a.Tange it
so as to have cold meat and even cold
v. getabiea. " Your men folks won't eat
i hn a meal?" Well, try it. Perhaps
ours have twen educated to it. but they
really prefer it. I really hope you have
screen*, for nothing is more annoying
than the tedious buzzing of flics, and now
much work they make. Mosquito net
ting costs hut rittle. though if one has
the wire scre<-n it will last long enough
to pay tlio difference. Early in the morn
ing efarkon all the windows and doors
except one sunny door; the flic* will soon
alight on tiiat serein and vou can brush
them out easily. You will find you can
get tlicm nearly all out, and it is sueji
tiresome work to tight flies the way some
do. If you can take the time to lie down,
if oniy for twenty minutes in the after
noon. it will be time well invested you
will find. Kdhr.r Hay, in Prairie
Fhrmcr.
bumbling st Monaco.
The work of ruin goes on at Monte
Carlo, Monaco, and yet the proprietors
flourish. Keiss, the director of the
gambling hell, cannot bear to see nny-
Ihmlv win. and takes no j ains to conceal
bis disgust when fortune is for a mo
ment against the bank. Hut all tilings
considered the bank does very nicely.
Lost year the t auk clenml 9,000.000
frnm s.
There hare been many distinguished
visitors to Monte Carlo of late. The
Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway,
a tall, ixiunti) -baiking youth; Prince
Amadou* of Savoy, ex-King of Spain,
who played with five hundred anil thou
sand frdhe notes, lost ali he had, bor
rowed 30,00(1 francs from the company
and lost hall of that before he left; Un
crown Prince of Austria: and Prince
Frederick Charles of Prussia have been
tlio roval frequenters nt the tables.
M me. Ratar.fi and Neilson. the actresses,
are among the well-known lady gam
blers. tinel a big fat woman from Cali
fornia wins enormously.
The Prince of Monaco is now one of
the company, and share* the profits of
the Widow Blanc. He Is consequently
a little nervous by the late crusade of
the Itidiop of Gibraltar, wbo embraces
the whole region in Ids diocese, against
the evils of Monte Carlo.
Power of the Press.
The agencies and influences that. xist
for the information and consequent ame
lioration of the human family are as nu
merous and varied an are the individual
characteristic* and wants of the race.
The reign of ignorance is yielding its
sway; matter is succumbing to mind;
the discoveries of one age are made
tributary to the In<omparol'" achieve
ment* of the succeeding age. Much has
Ix-e-n written on the power and u*e of
Steam and the electric telegraph, both of
which have la-en utilized for the most
valuable purpose* and employment* of
life, ytut great as bave been these dis
'oveiies, the press must be acknowl
edged as a power far transcr riding t b'-ni
in its adaptation to th<- unnumbered ne
cessities of mankind. Beside*, the ap
plication of science to the wants of the
world is principally indebted to the
dress for practical value and brilliant
success.
The public press may be justly regard
ed as the grand educator of the people,
the conservator of public morals,
the safety-valve of the nations, the
world's parliament. Without it the
orator's voice would he stifled, the
statesman's voice paralyzed, the poe-t's
swe-eftcst inspiration* lost, and ail those
influences affecting our mental constitu
tion wotqld fail iif their designed effect.
But it is in the sterner every-day r-ali
tics of a mercantile life in a country like
ours that the newspaper press is the
great necessity. Without it the busi
ness man would lc a mere wandering
star, or tossed about like the waves of a
restless sea: doubt and insi-eurity would
reign universal in the mercantile and
political world.
The multiplicity of mechanical inven
tion- which every year are presetted to
the public are Ineie-ht'-d to the press,
which give* them the publicity without
which they might remain in rompara
tiv< neglect. no also of ertiyowfllk
terpri-e. whether of manufacture, chem
istry. medicine, n* other scientific re
seareii—lessening the amount of physi
<si. ibor ami elevating the condition of
men- the pp s* -tan<is pre-< min< ut as*h<*
grand conservator ami wat hful guar
dian. I'nd'-r its influence R is almost
impo-iib'e tiiat anv seiieme whi<-ii lias
n f for its primary olyect can *u<<-<-< d.
Tic :i! ehiiig light whi' ll till' press
throw- upon any unworthy mcasure
will at once consign it to its merited
oblivion, and thus prevent an unsus
js ting public from becoming the dupes
of the unprincipled and dishonest. On
the other hand, every project, inven
tion, or principle of real m< rit will ever
n < iv< from a true press that attention
which it- claims deserve and lb* welfare
of the public demand. As the power of
the j, r e. U,r g<ei or evil is in< aleul
nbe . how important that its aims should
b- eharaiterir/fl by the Idgliest prinei
pl of honesty and unsullied integrity,
thus fulfilling its sublime mission. (IST
-1v 1 . in his striking way, said, " Great
is.louma ism. I-not ev< rywihie editor
a niler of the world, being a pursuader
of it. though self-elected, yet -aetioned
by the sale of hi* numbers." Tin's pas
sag' recognizes tli<- imt>ortant fact that
journalism is a distinct ami lofty profes
sion. ' X rei*ing an influence and power
over soi ictv that has nev<T yet l* <-n
m<a*ur<-d. Neither statesman, nor di
v ine, moves in a mor< extended spli'TC
than tiie journalist, or lias more demand
f>r t! e use of tlio noblest faculties of
issly and mind. Standing in immediate
eontft' t with tin public, be fiirnislies
the inU'ileetual aliment for the people;
i a.• nder of public opinion, and the
guardian of tue people's right.*.—Arte
York if' rcoHtile Journal.
A thnmplng Fl*h Slory-
K-timsteil by their game qualities and
tiie difficulty sometimes experienced in
safely landing them, the larger speci
men* of our mountain trout weigh like
a sturgeon. This fact is establishe-d
wh< never the trout, in a pool
with -uflie-icnt depth and spread of water
can bring t> lear in his native element
the full resisting f<>r<-e of his remarkably
strong and active tail. Illustrative <>f
this, a story is t ml of the experience of
two professional fislier* who recently
went <>ut from lie-Urns to the- Big BLack-
Ko, one a doe tOI enel thooth<T a ,awy<T.
In a very brief tim > they had a baske-t of
ls auii<-s for tlmir i ains. but thefa*<-ina
tion <>f the sport k< t th<-ni tossing their
!li< s into thee i<-.-ir w u< r* of the magnifi
e-nt strcTim. . Finally one man liooked
i " Ixiune-er." one on whieii lie had most
yearned to try his skill. The jks>l was
ejes-p and broad, ami, weirk an<i fin<*sse
as the doctor might, the trout lie-Id to
the water. The lawye-r. resting his com
panion, tri'd hi* strength ami tact, hut
with no better lu<-k. The trout seemed
quite master <-f tiie situation, nor could
lie towed or tue kereei out. Tile-cain
tt finally eulminatcel in a mo*t e-xc-iting
s<* ne. IJctenuined to secure- tho price,
anil lorgc-tting iie e-ould not swim, the
valiant doe-tor. throwing aside coat and
Iwtots, jumped into the depths of the
stream. It wa a rash act. and to save
him the lawyer was forced to plunge in
after him. A fair swimmer, h<- reached
Ids struggling companion, and holding
on to the pole and tackle- with one haneb
iilted with the other hi* companion's
bead above water. But the lawyer
found he could not bring hi* burden to
I shore, ami only hy ui>crhutnan effort
e-ould lie keep hitnscll and companion
fnm sinking. <>n the very point of
eirowning the trout < ame to the rescue,
straighten<*d out tiie line, and after a few
sportive pranks hauled the two men out
ofthepool to shallow water, (.rateful
for the wrviev thus ohligingly n-ndered,
the fish wa |>ermitted to disappear over
the riffle down stream. This story is
oan&rOMd by the testimony of treth the
gentlemen eonrcme-d anil hy the trout
itself, whie ii has since been *<*-n towing
the tackle up ami down the water* of
toe Blaekfoot.— Helena ( Montana) Har
old.
Hon to Tell that Egg* are Egg*.
A good egg will sink in water.
A boiled egg which is done will dry
qule-kly on the surface when taken from
Uie kettle.
The boiled egg* which adhere to the
shell are fresli laid.
After an egg has laiel a day or more
the shell comes off easily when boiled.
A fresh egg has a lime-like surface to
its shell.
Kggs which have been parked in lime
"ok stale and show the action of the
lime on the surface.
F.ggs packed in bran for a long time
smell ami taste musty.
With the aid of the hands or a piece
of paper rolled in ftinncl shape and held
toward the light, flic human eye can
look through an egg. shell and all.
If the egg is clear and golden in apper-ar
*n<-e when held to light, it ia good; if
dark am) spotted, it is bait.
The badness of an egg ran somethnea
be told by shaking It near the liolder's
ear.