Sterling Gazette from Sterling, Illinois • Page 2

II fc I'M IT our ifsinif tMiprs the gi cry of end srn 1'endlcton, join Jn it' Alii! A iicatd, piyclaiinipg how each On At.ilv Hresd ihittfr oar flair, llmv rst'i'li! Muml sli, mi! lir iliKt enticing ll'-iil lnjjh wiirrtl Unndfil! Mv i'olicr" in utir In vupport to liglii, A only our IJi.nh I.OVH that wore ihe Un'on blue, And hv your mlor MTfil Jde liullci and YOU Muiiiil for iccunriliktion. 4inT tin hut iour aiit. rjiilicnls luroe mid lln! Irmiil iln; Inild 'I ii.it r.iiliis lor tho itrcjid und Cutter! The century has been too fruitful of iciontifio aehievouieiili to'leave'any room (01- ignorant or A century go, it was deemed at least quite a murk nt'bouud if not, indeed, lino to sneer at nnd diacredit the improvements men of Kcniua and rc.soarcii r-ut'iiehted from ihe fullness of their own kiHiAledfje. Tho great up nnd revival which mind of mankind received from tin? American War of IndejKiiulence nrul tin- I'lciich Uevolution, prepared it for tho tinal in'cfptftiico of many good old tricJhs tliwl had livfti in and a host of ncnv ones just discovered, or for the tirnt time pnirtindly applied by tho rough reformurs of the epocli. 8tUl, however, the old tleapy l.ubit.-* of thought were not to ho gftt fid of at niu'e, mid even Napoleon himsclt', a most wattnotadvuncudouough.

t'rauklin had Uiscovcred tho pacii- lauH of flertricity in his time, to accept I'ulton's tteamtliip project wliich would have him to Bucoessfully invado England fri Poulogue, und thereby to bucuuiu llio iini'Ur of tho world. However, altared times required changed, idciis. Tho growth of tho great democracy in this exartet! new mefhanic.nl itppliances tw open up with sufii- t'flpiuily, a receptacle tor wonderful, Widening commerce nnd ex Ending rlvi'iixHtioti tilled tor uwiftermeans mid in every of tho gloho. and tho last fifty ytaw bava brought uhout strange, nay, even laudable dis- fomiilures of tho mock comter- vativca who dismiss with pureiug of tho h(-h tir wavo of tbe hand, any and every H-ientiiio discovery that tlteir own liiurow powers of coiuprehtnBioit. J'oor very authority, the necewaty of swallowing the lir: that should t-ucceed in sailing uvroM, the North Atlaatic," from the obvi- of -tlie performance, but miuiy a bage wise as ho, hus be en mulcted troki both reputation und inoiu-y fur having staked them against the of Jjiiro bwu tnuwphanUy accompliuh- ed.

Yet, although we live in the days of tho ttsnf-Atlantic the Mt. CenU Tuiintl, the Grand Suez Canal, the Plan- gtary I'hotograpJi aad lha Needle (Jun, not to mentiou a hundred other achievements of high iaterett, completed or oo their way to perfeotion, there are still of block of-unbeHeteM, who ebrug lit-ir t-houlders and bold ap their haudt with a skckly unite overtprtadtog thehr faces, at though io pity fcr weaknetM) of ihobe who ready to admit that what has beta by heiuan sutce uligkt warrant; of may hereafter be attdioed. la delieate- lv humorously by Dickens, ty will survive so long, we pj-fHUine, ami go hand in Upon no topic of itudy, per- hdj)a, witof tuU'd lv and bju4iJy brought to ihaa open ihti of wrlal feud in no tither cueaecUou more rub- isb worl4 titan in attwnpt- ittg ftffuiattii agitipst theory tlaf wur bf also HA tmvtmMd by amu, cmnttnta sad of our and the our Ukea, hfat tbo giiea in diviued. I nj 1 fin tn tJiM girf-n In" the ss (in! IWM of wfxjil fn Rod lii-i'l iiy lifil'sncfl it Riiil Huttt-rt'il nhnut tho nir. i to it Mihtlc with which prfri'Siy to init tlsnt this lint toy balloon in tho of ft (Sore or pigeon filled with gas or rinuke whirh did no more than and dcficend, with the appearance of fly'ng from j'lftco to hut nt the timp, thnft.

it proves how far tho that tho Charles Mntgiildfr, in inoitrn tiun 1 1 awerlcd to ho is (rvli discovery, wns known thousands of yenrn The most ohnritablo itiorb is, thnt tlie Inter were but little rented in clfltsic Thoir for hrtving aiicii early predecessors that the ancients, after nil, only niado of their hnlloonn when they had them. Mr. Magma, in dome cntoitnining in tho iln Ihtrf of pnrn, that "it in the tona and of genius, givo to tliU attempt at, aerostation I'oniiB and BppCHrnnco of life invested with sort of marvi'loiu and dramatio interest." llencf.s tho ingenuity thai tho llying dove, was exercised in applying tho secrst fluid it contained to other which were introduced upou tho st.ige It in quite evident thnt same ideas wcro familiar to the Orientals at a very early period, and iii wriio of thuir iiiort fenciiiit and legends, we find not only very graphic description of tho balloon, but even of tho cur studied to it. Ia tho "Thousand and One Diiyn," In tho llothnnd llTith and In the "Thousand and Gnu Nights," oeo tho night, the latter familiar to every child in the land who can raid, tho details lire very Accurately given, and even if they were not taken from something ao- tunlly known, they show that the ityhtcm of travel through the air, hnd been, at Aa early in the: Christian era tho tHli. century, there was full belief iu France and other parts of Bor- coming from a couutry cfllod Migo- nia, travemd tbe of the sky in serial cnra, and there ere written declarations extant to the effect that euch were seen about that" tbno in the vicinity of Lyoue.

Leonardo do Vinci, if we aro to believe one of hia was (juito as successful in the art of llying in the other arts that ho HO gloriously cultifSfed Wu might, if it were necessary, oite pagea pages of of clua-ic in the later day, and medical writers wild adopt the Latin tongue as the intermediary for their to show thut tho scheme of navigation has, iu each and ago, had cuUiusiastio nud belit-verd. Our puiposu hero not at all to present the history of; thu idea, for volumes iu our are already tilled with the theme. Sutlico it to indicate, that tho notion partakes of tho highest antiquity, and has been persistently cherished uutil our own time, when it at last promiaUH tho moil perfect realization. In Uartholwy Laurent, a Brazilian monk, claimed to have discovered a means ot navigating the air more swiftly and conveniently than any method known to travel on land or water. The Maga- xine of 17t(J, utates all his Maltu lirun, tho great geographer, speaica of Jos.

Galierius, a Dominican friar, as having really the principle of aToslation in hin work, entitled "The Nature of Formation Hail, "published at A in 1755, and afterwards in 1757, under tho most appropriate name of Tlie Art of Navigating the Air," iu whish ho solved the problem of tilling a vessel wijji a Hold lighter than tbo atinwSphere. misfortune was that the worthy father had no higher ambition than to suggest it as a physical aud georoftkrioal Unolaf who caiae later and to Montgolfler, endaavored to pot an jwial eonveyenae that guided through tlie air. Ia order to do tbU be ballocn in of a flab, la- tendivi; the tail tu hcUa aod Baa to tha wronant hhowlf, sitting In centre, afaould apply BMH live jpowwr. Thu with such raver, that it waa. takes up in atWr dftys, but, apgMrtnlljr, aay reaait.

or more about U. bwi ot pian, may fbuad ia aa octavo pabllihed at Loodon ID 1787, and Tboogbu on the Iinprovecocnl of 1 iMiiJ, it not oar object fco- day to fee tbe liisteriaaa of Tba minor details of hs progreea until withia a tew buck aae scattered through oar Uter 6nd Qumerous cot, dtsvoUU fitwfftitjy to has within tbese paratively yoart Uutt wade aad to of blit i 4 a- 5 -t IT r- 5 1 V.r.*.--, K'M; t'HIfltr-'v vflf! i Vv jilt vr-i. trewrmlosia. 'F-M-bfriin i thflo, IfCTairs" chief aim, uhioh the of riMiig to I great or niching through tlie nt- minor ft, (nil whether the height attained one tho'i- or fivft thiHieftnd frc-t, or ppvpil twenty mites or two hundred, provided light, eiwy and durable a conreynnre rwilt directed at will. If aJJ other derate gould be occured along with thin grand munb Uiu letter; but, at the the must important practical re qtilretnent WSH the ability to guide the mnn iu detiaiiets of elemental other would, every one Jclt.

follow in doe pennon, When introdndng a public invention, tbiTO in nothing like familiarizing the public mind with it 'iho absurd well as the appalling aspects of tlm great novelty to wear an tbo eyes of tho multitude grow accuwtonml to them. Nothing can more formidable and ut tlie Paine tune more ludiciouH to the of promiscuous crowd, than thw locomotive onginu on mil- road. Some who havo never pvtn one loro look upon it with terror as a fiery mou- nter, and predict tho rnobl luarln! to any who plnco cunlidenco in it. Others, a Uiffvreut turn of mind, behold in it a huge sputtering tvu-kottlo on whet-Is whose excepting the mere capacityot prinkJing boiliug water and white hot steam, they utterly deride. Tlio Electric Telegraph is another Kuttject of iguorunt amazement, and there are of poo- pie who, to this day, withhold their countenance from it HA from an unholy thing, abjuring it as they do and all his works.

still living can distinctly remember tho tirat reception given to Fulton and hia steamboat. The jwor inveutor was not only proUQUuccd a umilujuii, but ino.it dangerous one, and tho authorities were vehemently called upon to place him in durance vile for the bui'ety of tho public. Oliver Evauu, tho promoter of our earliest railroadu, was uu ull sides scouted at as tktcented enthusiast, llut it uunecesaary to acciuuulatQ Iheiio tiuutliur uisjtory. In the cjiso of u-iial navi- ijulion, tho obe-Uscled of this kind thut cou- Iront tlio inventor seem to havo been hdajwd together, and there been no end to the unmeaning ridicule that awtailn it. But, liwlebjr htllo, owing to the Irexjueut ascon- biona publicly mode, and to the emyloyment of balloons for military observation, the are beginning to view the matter in more sensible light, and mere sneering is very rapidly giviug place to hooeat reasoning and practical experiment.

Our fciiiitio journals dUcUjjdUie subject carefully, und Uw daily papers frequently give us full accounts of the bi'ogrfeu made iu different' parts of the world nward tho solution of curious and important problem: Our Country, which is seldom behind uaud io auch investigation already claims through two or three of her ingenious sons, to hold the secret iu her grasp. As early as 1801, a patent was issued to Mortimer Nelson, ol York, for an Car, or Flying Machine, which was claimed to new all the requisites of strength, lightness, great speed, aud a capacity of being perfectly controlled and guided in any direction, or agaitub tbe current of tbo atmosphere, lovmunent specially -ttutburiistd, examined tbe tuodeJa, and ia a short time uader the atupicea of the War Department, a similar couitrucUoa a larga wale waa ooiuuieaced at Hoboken. engioe of tbU machine, which to be propelled by made of copper and with taoa ot Ita parU entirely hollow; 40 power, aad does not weigh over 500 Iba, Tilt material to used for fuel it ooai oil, tht adapted to tho pur. pww. A has for em- ing it with pwfcct stfety.

aad it can bo 1 ia quaaUUea to jouracyi. A cOU article ia a oomblaftUoa ut ospthft and air. rwtatlj made by Dr. Soloaioii at Amboy, and nooidad by prMd, proved, ooacluaively thai btdbooa of a oouatruc- tlwi. eoold and lowered at will, with pwfoot aad at rate of wllM hour.

Sinew Dr. higWy still fapvt ftw at oar A toaobiut Barim to Applied to in' I fs in of 1,000 SO att hour's per equate will 4 uf fi4, Hut difficulty pxplotstion tl.e I it. Hurgh or of I of eithvr singly or jiiintwl, will efnnd 1 of fire httndretl to inch, without piffns of wfnkru" 1 cither in tlw pipo or at tht joints. Hfro, then, nre elements of Htrength, Itghtnefs propnlnive fttrce rendy to rmr hnnd. Willi given, the rtMt of is easy, and the fn-hievn tha end Imve wt-li niyh I in Kew Yotk, t.iko ns mmlel OT, to Tv-p the ntrbnnic acid gnn I'our cnhii; fret of Intter yielding for ImH an Iwisr, woilh! weigh JiH) pimtHl.s A cylimkr to hohl it would count tnoro, the engine 100, the cur nnd tbo engineer J50, thfi Mrnotnro when oowpltt but 14) or I'OO pounds than one twelve fan on Ihe Perth Amboy was made to lift with It will bo that the projx-llern and fan mured by the engine.

It has by the (lovvrmnent N'oiv experitnant, that Ian making 100 rovolntions per minute, truvels through tho air feet at every revolution, feel per min- nto. or Irt per hour. Consequently, miles per hour. Andrews, Kebon, and tho other American inventora insist that 1,000 i evolutions can be obtainctX which would the antonbhtng speed of 18(1 miles per hour. Tho to which midi express could bo put for government, meroantilo and other ojwrations, even before coming into popnlar tis-e, arri too obrioiw to recapitulation.

jiVe only that tho conltdent predictioa (U'rt see jterfohwing public service within hriet may be hilly realized. Tho liritish Fnericfi a'rooauts express equnl certainty. Nadar, at 1'uriis announces lor Great Kxpot-iiion uf it ia claimed in England that vpynge 'has already been made, from Mftrd liipster to Brimelu, Antwerp, Uouwn anil Uek, In an'tirbl steam car, pefctous, with perfect ease and saJety, apjl.t^jat arc withheld until negotidtions the Government shall have However this may ban eome when inventors and and per- ttever'uigiy qainda to this great undertaking. Thejr open an entirely new era fr? cptnmsrce and A'irir 1 orii Mvreaniilo Journal, In In th Who Hist now tbry He tli-3 AHUKUSU ON the of Comtnissltm tro Had the following facts about llw proliu oa tea: "The original priqeof good tea ia eighteen cents per uoojid. This is the olf' price, llie Chinese' producer does jet this.

There ia the export duty, evied at the various etutions on tho way to jort, cxpeiidea of pflakiug, and the two or proUta accruing bofore the tea reaches the hands of the merchant. Adding bis profit, the price at a Chinese port of shipment ia, us staied, about eighteen cent? per pound for food tea. Staple grades )f black Oolong tea, are laid down in New York tit about thirty cents per pound, of U't6 say, Mn TbU nolurfes all telling eomtnltsions, freight, over tkls being profit." The Coifirobjion state that profits of the tea trade, leaving tho Itapcrter'u and reaching the oontomer, have that of profit paid bj tke not than jne-fourth 1 Tlires-fourtlis of to the jobber and the retaikfr. TO cart A few woekt ago let warn frow iSOtf fcp jaaa up and thf old jhwli a while bu eoinjMio- OB, anyther gent, remained fwd, trail Jet tW wl Thb id Hot salt Mead, to to Uw jifUBf QB the hie wife, ami ealQ "Will you so kiail as to watch that wocaaa white I iu otber but fiU." Ha 0ot bear tbf fitty a Aitt, aa4 lib wife ft ffn to ft rardi. Fovsru eaikd apoa if Tfeay Wlff lltat TMi tfM Mstrirtl tliu To lint who IIIO'JT raTen locks, they rnrf Ihut lur tho AMDK08IA tll.it i uu tho TMI tliBt To arouM the -mio ami wosM nor or rjrny that Itfag E.HTOIB8 CO PROPRIETORS, UL April 5, Mr.

D. Jt. HiciiiKs, Air tlmt when (lurcha-wl thelx.i- ot ItyttaUt thrft) Bjfo, Tery I sin hannr IMJJ that from use Hce been com its natural black, pwn its merim leslwl ninny tinifc, and hare no lipsilntion in nsuiring rnf friends ttiit it ix no Smnibnp, but that will thnt in cJaimw! tor it. I consider it ouptrior to anTlhinK kind il, m.rkcl, as hair drenittng keeping tlio ncalp clean, head tree fruoi mil Imir J. Q.

AIMHH. (T En. J. H. PATTERSON, III.

GEORGE HAGEY SON OULD rencectfulily inform theirnumeroiu patrons that they have a large new supply of JL.m ConsUstly OB hand.and price corrcspoodiog to tho titv'e MecbuuiaiD. Ateo, good assortmnnt of SHrer and 'ifiated IVare, giuw to the pebble stone. Watches, Cloekn and ed nod J. M. HAOEY would add, (bat the Jewelry is carried on exclusitely by him.

will therefore that tho varieties of Jewelry are of tbe first quality, and the soritnent I Thankful for pent favors, and solicit oontiu- uance of tW same. OEO. 11AOEY, J. U. HAOEY.

Keystone Block. Jone 13,1 PBS. 12 MS. A. 8.

MOBOAII OULD ASXOUNCg TO THE ot SteHiog and vicinity, thai bu purohsaed Miss O. WARffEft ber stock of M1LEJNBRY QOOU8, xttoattd wtlOSiraji fortivd ami well unrated MUINERY A FANCY GOODS ICCS 48 flail, Cap, Kit, Of Iba Ittteitt woat lio.bion.blo awj. iu ftwt, kept id a Mrs. JHUUUAN will tpve otx) to IHOEL1 aad before 4ns. A.

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