The Southern Mechanic from Charlotte, North Carolina • Page 1

zir-r "TT-- i lumkIL 4 CIIAJILOTTE, N. 1876.. V'Tl Numbkb H. I 1 L. UluJ! 1 attention in this article, there another I The India Rubber Tree afEWW.1T IT.

Rltlnn la tha Worlil. oedland props. 'Snow-Shoe Thompson" is the de- i i lof peculiar force in America, which! Kfe'fterfrfs cwntinuallv controilirla The Imtia-rubbef tree fs fourid fi scriptive name of a sturdy man who. rUen binSa u. to labor while live! If w.

Mrts of Mexico, Central and Sout! taring carnea we untiea Duties man the notion thnt a poor young man cannot rise; If we look over the list of rich over the mountain -passes of the 8tena America, ana in the tiut Indies, an. one of the noblest and most nictu men. we find that nearly all of thera begin life worth little or nothing. To any resque of all the trees of the tn Assam, beyond the Ganges, it i of life look BcroM the water hm 'bat Sand can coral barness. The old men are the great SiKran agreement upon Par and Cabinet Yet Swhich.

whn (craniate, th1 mn1.do n' ho1 7 STwA ng like thia "Hap- tfJe ou.1 of ln. Europe a in TnUu the harmonious Amenca when he relinquishes business. successful action of a man'. Viund in inexhauntible alAiuknce. Ii through the storms and snow-driftr of, twenty winters, is now thinking of retiring from the His real name is John A.

Thompson, and he waa born in Norway in 1827. He was a boy of ten years when he came to this country with his father, who is either solitary or in two or threo-fold roups is large and timbraeeotis and person familiar with the millionaires of tie United States, a score of examples will occur. On the Other-hand, the eons of rich men, who began life with4he capital which so many poor young men eovet, freifuently die beggars. It would prolnbly not be going too far to.sny that a large majority, of such moneyed indi- nay be distinguished from other treo at a distance of several miles hv the settled in Illinois. In 1851 young Thompson, went to California, where striking beauty of its dense and lofty ne nrst uvea at flacerville as a miner.

du! to bK wealth artd hi. lim higher the happiness. only I "fAiv nraiA" wmm 10 count himself out" of active pnr- OTtaSo fSSSSd wSS; Himself out of the wo'rld. Biremiiiiui" A man ouiof wgrk udeai man.even if he Mthepoeaeworof milliona. The ine mam irunic ol one of thr Issam trees measured seventy-four feet Early in the winter of 18S6 he heard in the area" covered by its expanded branches, had a cir- AnionztbeTHew crops of thia generation maybe mentioned the forest trees for shade, protection, and use.

The folly of denuding the earth of ita best protection is shown in the recent flood which have desolated tne -naked aides of the Appenines and Pyrenees. Had the old forest growth been protected, instead of being swept off by the improvident people, it would have served to equalize the temperature, regulate the humidity, and store up in the vast reservoirs beneath ita roots water for Use in time of need. Forests tend to prevent both great floods and great droughts. American farmers are now learning to plant trees, not only to temper the extremes of heat and cold and serve for wind-belts, aa on the western prairies, but as a marketable commodity. The favorite trees for planting aeem to be the ash, black-walnut, elm, sugar maple and Cottonwood.

Ten ceres of ash, twelve years old, are worth $6,000, or $50 an acre, while the trimmings pay for planting and cultivation. Ten acres of black ash planted for hoop-poles, four feet apart, will net $0,300 in seven years. An acre of honey locust fifteen Years old ia worth 11 000. Kim nn lumierence of six hundred and ten of the great difficulties experienced in carrying the mails over the mountains. Remembering the snow-shoe used in bis native country, the idea occurred to him that they might be utilised in the mail service.

He construdted a pair ten feet long 'and four inches in to purch twenfiv, k- raight over him and hi. twonty-flve year. memory- 0ne jhy a nch and ul2Xh dnuWerJ, Toward EuroP lhftn eet The height of the central tree vaw one hundred feet. It has been home ia that he has the countenance of nan of lewnre they conttantly i i i wtimated that there are over forty-three thousand such tree in one diV trict, within an area of thirty miles by a class of respectable men and women tiuuau either tan out-right or gradually (at up the capital with ifhich they commenced their career. And the reason is plain.

Brought up inexpensive habits, they spend entirely to much. Educated with high notions of personal importance, they will not, as they phrase it, stoop to hard work. Is it astonishing, therefore, that they art passed in the race of life by others with loss capital originally, but more energy, thrift, and industry For these virtues, after all, are worth more than money. They make money, in fact. Nay, after it is made, they Jonnble the possessor to keep it, which most rich width, and in January, 1856, made his A 'Zre leianrTiTwon a igni.

grows on the slopes of ie man may be respectable in Europe nm inn over me mountains irom Placerville to Carson Valley, a distance 4 sDon; liut it ia always a dis- without work. Alter a certain fashion, WH iiountaina, irom the valleys up to nn levation of twcnUttwo thousand foet. 1SS Zi rr he can be so here: but. after all. the Hie raw seeds are Tioisonous to man I A of 'hahiu "to tab" 'ceased to be active in nd quadruped, but macaws eat theni fcul; either to health or to life.

Li u. i a of ninety miles, carrying the mail-bags strapped to his back, and gliding with his long Norwegian snow-shoes over snow-drifts from ten to fifty feet deep. He continued the business successfully. The weight of the bags was usually sixty or eighty pounds, and often more. Three days to go on account of up- ma tney are usea as luut lor tnh Long boiling deprives them of their mn who mheriU wealth may begin ence, and goes for nothing, except a mrnr through Uirewoore years wKc with 0 t0 to loison.

men pronounce to be more difficult tlan the The young man who A large proportion of the outintitv ntwitnout any very aeunue oniecv. if rubber or eaoiitchouc, furnished to I. nl. t.nnuAi Mini annot I commerce, conies from Hriir.il. 1 In v.u-..Uu.-..;....,,,on.

anve at semetlnne. ao Ions as the ui travel ana iwo aays to return was the time usually occupied. He seldom saw a human being on his route, as nrooess ot munering tho linee is -very ti manazo to pass away ins tune .,.,1 -II KJIb It simple. The tree is tanned in the or vpkj tlnnlc or rest this silln or thn narrow lip. I bfgins life with a resolution always to made equally profitable.

It is to 4e hiy by part of his income is sure, even borne in mind, also, that our pine withoutextrnordinary ability, gradually forests are being rapidly exhausted. to acquire a sufficiency, especially as They are vigorously trying to renew babits of economy, which the resolution themselves, but the vandal axeman ia a renders necessary, will make that a mortal foe, and he is mowing dowm the sompetence for him which would be heaviest woods of Maine, Pennsylvania, quite insufficient for an. extravagant New York, Michigan and Minnesota. morning, anil during the day a gill of iiesMMry to health that the pow- whcr tlie will be too docn for there was not a single house which he passed on long trip. He never wore an overcoat, and carried no nuiil is received in a clay cup placed at "iu dreams, and the waiting will open into earn incision in the trunk, llus when i innmte leisure.T-scriono-1 Monthly.

full is turned into a jar, and is ready at blankets, and his food was so prepared that he could eat it as be traveled. rf ma cnniH wl luhc in uiu nice fldnftindofviUlity will have iunk Protection for Whttt At night he camped wherever darkness overtook him. sleeping on hem. iw HUH wh wuim im wiiMivu- IVhan ntnr ar.nrnaihAi n-a urn lock boughs, with the mail-bags for iucn am. upon Careful to iupply ourselves with adUi 'xtm tliit ileeo cannot restore m.i,;, Bn; pillows, and keeping warm by means 1 1 xauimr iwiiiiil nnu'UUi utiimtiv pen, ana not before, lie snoum mali with additional protection.

Nature lork. But, so long as a man has nd onmmnn eniii.tai'hiii tn rfnthi. tr In mai iinim work. must I A of a blazing fire. There was an oven-shaped cave on the route, in which ha aipt as oftaat ma pnaailil, wiita Mas ing fire at the entrance.

Thompson seemed preof against cold land exposure, having never had either feet or ay it. It will become a source of 1 Th. uu. (.. u.a fit! till harassing discontent The ui tllat and fainter grain and till not know what to do with a nMj til; ind when he has reached such during the Winter in rigorous climes.

ita that, he is unconsciously dig angers froxen, nor has he ever suffered any special inconvenience from his long period of camping out in severe winter nights. A few years ago, comparatively, our tillable Iand4were surrounded by forests iptrs for himself, and fashioning coffin. Life needs a steady wKtnt. fnvniahoH V. n.lcwl rrit ant cm regular habitt of an(i tach thing as wheat freoiinr out to run In ui iloen.

A German scientific journal contains ii neeus a sieaay. wu hunrrl nr. Rut thn nf latins aim a trend toward some' protection being needed did not enter in aimless life can never be our fathers' brains. To them the forest the following receipt for sharpening, edge tools: "It has long been known that the simplest method of sharpening a razor is to put it for half an hour in i i i i.j sr. for a long oeriod.

healthy, rick widow to a gentleman, still was the great obstacle to agriculture, and its speedy removal was the first I I I 1 Tl .1 bejororhis needs: "Don't object to be accomplished. Thisdcmo- waier wmun naa uevn luuwuua twentieth of its weight of muriatic. or. I. ILMtl 1L Th nn1.tli.LM i i .1 ken ai --r I iiiinn nu coniinueu until me rawiuK 01 besrt were "If my husband had sulphuric acid, then lightly wipe it off, Winter grain has become a very preca 'Wied, he would be alive to-day," rious business, and we are learning by im thought was doubtless bitter experience Uiat foresU were tise-I (mttr shock can hardly be- a.i r.

ana alter a lew nonrs set on a none. The acid supplies the place of a whet stone by corroding the whole surface evenly, so that nothing further than a smooth polish is necessary. The pro "as been active than fuc) anj protection to wild animals. 'l when, hay- neficial influence of a belt of pursuus, ne nnos timber ia at once apparent to all who urns and unused vitality hanir-1 a cess never injures gooa oiaaes, wane badly hardened ones are generally im rJ? Jb A farmer of our acquaintance has a lite is Uius thrown into r.unr.i.i ii.i.inl with HilrV proved by it, attnougn tne cause oi improvement remains unexplained." ikmarto. The cause of this improve srstttled a sluggish pool, foresta on the north and west, and it Mfini to dia.

.1 a kin I I i ment is simply Mat Uioae particles which are softer contain less carbon, are most attacked by the acids, and thus removed by them; while the harder particles the more perfect steel is u.n IIIH1, ui UUIU.U IDHRU Willi UlllCI I.VIV.B ntnotable examples of business locality. The same thing has been VS throOffh a lnnv liCn with nn. I nnlttl in nunilrMla nf other instances. 'health and capacities to the Even hedge-rows of osage orange, or i-Aiior. Who haa iiut nuud whit willow, or locust have cnamrea I aidaabtedlv prolonged his iife the character of fields, so that with richer in carbon, wnicn causes it to resist the action of the acid better, and they remain.

For the same reason, old rusty tools, when oleaned and sharpened, are always better than when new. warv- aunranra lAhiuiimM eiiltnm ernn oi Klicaiirom 'od. ubt that he lived longer them has become a matter of rcasona- i r- itif pjiw lor nia coounuea ble expectation whenever is rctuirt-u. ii as bad seUled back upon the These timber bells or hedge rows pre-awifts of umiriwt r.lih anH I ft, winHa from sweenina over with THE MORGAN ENGINE. "mss that was so thoroughly full force and drifting off the snow, "led by his lar n.A..;nn.

I I. iKa hrt rvprincr a eron can Wonderful inventions will be made known to the world in this Centennial year. We fancy they will mostly turn upon devices for saving time and annihilating space. For example, we are in person. It is really what we save, more Aa this source of supply fails some other must be opened, and It looks as wloubledly have died years ago.

have. wsVssderbilt. now more than But the limber ia rone and hedge- once to poured over any pattern in clay, the form nf which it takes, ns successive layers are thus applied. It ')nn old. a nni.l, intna mmt Im uliinlrd and have time to formed that a Pennsylvania genius has -already invented an apparatus for tak if much or the building and lurnlture lumber of the next century would come from our artificial foresta.

from the tree purely- ui Vtn fontinued by use. grow before they ran help ns. Borne doer-any one suppose he other protection must be afforded if we fniifhis work were taken from desire to prevent Winter killing. The llinn whnt wn make, wnicn leans us lo fori line. Ii ho enlarges his expenses us 'fas', ni bis eiirnings increase must always be poor, no inaltcrv-what his abilities.

And content may bo had on comparatively little. It is not in luxurious living that men find real ing passengers on a inuo boh putting i them off without stopping the train at like milk, but whea urycu by the situ it is while within and a ycllowish-Vroon without. Its drying and hardening are hastened by exposure to tho smoke and heat of a fire, and it thus acquires its ordinary black color. Com sno nia care from Ins mind? only method applicable to an cases is Pon in a steady drift, and mulching with manure or straw. This "i now 10 manage vast kusl- tins been teslcu wun men invanauir way-stations.

The candidate ror a rtoe to Philadelphia waits upon a platform, like a mail-bag, to be taken in. As the car approaches, a machine working on. an elbow-like joint rVaches out suddenly, It wl.en he waa voune- excellent mulls, that there is no ques- Borne idea of the extent to which the extermination of the buffalo is going on at the prefient time may be learned from tho fact that the Wilcox Com pany, of Elk County Pennsylvania said to be the largest or the kind in the world and which is especially engaged In tannine buffalo skins, received in utter a time appsrenliv lion about its practical utility. The tower ns rrvaler ll.an It I fir. I ever anw trt ated ill tills catches the awaitmg traveler, ana neiore 'to Herlor among American way was one so situated that the snow plete drying uy the sun, requires several days- exposure; during Ibis lime the sulwtance is soft enough to receive impressions from a stick, and is thus ornamented with various designs.

The A Camfobma Game. A couple of gentlemen were playing a game of cards for a small sum in tho Bserac saloon tho otlicrovcning, says the Eureka Sen-Hurl, when Pete Cnnavan. who was sit AH IW.P. inflllfrn an firlnnmii. Iwnani-illinfflrfllll II1B I1IIHL UI 1.

fkliun- niinvlna 1 .1.: r. ii.A mnirf frai'A a mat nf the spring of 1875, 120,000 bull-buffalo hides. These were all taken within a he is aware of it, the conductor is holding bim by the collar and searching for his ticket By the tim the passenger has recovered his breath, he at fifty miles on his Journey, and the porter of the pssior car has dusted his elothes 'lnee; anil IikiIcs aner coarse, strawy manuro 10 ino mm Auu. .1 c.il T. ting by looking at the game, remarked that a few dnvs lieforo he had an ex few months previous to the time of nut wmea verses, and ihiscu pans lata in ine run.

nn natives collect it upon balls of clny in the forms of bottles and various fanciful figures, in which shape it is often exported. The elay mold, over which grand literary enterprises. 1 ter wnslk severe tine, and the result was Shipment, anu consuiuicu only auin traordinary run of luck, having won ilmt the mu ched nail prixliiced much and blacked his boots, ail ready for tne 'l wonder why such men portion 01 tne enure numoer ueairwyea nineteen straight games ol seven up. Exhibition. re- the best crop, although Die poorest ti.a mamirn and alraw not only "'nf when they might Uimmonev Slid llieir "How much were you playing fur? laurels; lunr I tst" 1 (' Li' inquired one of the players.

7w which may be osumaieu at nan million. Or. 3 thousand pounds of very heavy bullets were picked out partly imbedded in the skin or matted hair of this stuck of hides. Several of these the hotllea are lormeil, being I on up, Is extracted through the open neck. I siially it has brought to this country in Hat- enkes; but a method has been devised by which the liquid' is shipped Tha Indnxndenet Brio gives the i i.i iihii furnuli protection in 'themselves, out thev catch and hold the snow, prevent- pwior life.

Mr. htewsrt is curious statistic relative to the con ecnhinicnced at ft apiece, -sain Peter, -'and doubled the stakes each it fmni all ilrifl nu war. I he lenn- i in same path, and wisely sumption of wood in France. A large i. gifnie." Iimraniltywith us all is that tr quantity OI son wooa nsea lor wag in air ugn vessels ui uu ur Rinis, jusi as it comes from the tree.

ng ot'jci arc no less iiiipuriniii, our sulijert ia protection, we will not bullets were sent to the Smithsonian Institution, and will be exhibited at the Caiitoniiial diaulav illustrating the use nlL JtlO 1IV more than refer to it. her manure aa all the money put upr answered Peto, "it was all on the till in trajlc dollars; I never nlsv for iawbone." ing toys, ana to sjivw an iur magnitude of this trade it will be sufficient to take one article alone, child 1 "'m in imsmess look for ful product of the United Bute as n.i lu. riiriii.b'pil. atraw alone can MUrttl.l derived from the animal kingdom naod. A few inches of straw will he 'D II.KI-II III arntterrd all A now file should always bo used with a light pressure on tho work till the ncedlo-like points of (lie teeth arc worn awav.

After this, a heavier pressure "'How much did you take down after siilHclent. and It is ea.il and quickly i. i I.ioxosa This material is offered aa fn Tt ii? ebiilicd. Of course this method is not tho Inst gamer "Well. I don't exactly romemlicr, a new hlaatimT nowdor.

It is claimed to ren drum, of which in ran aione 200,000 are sold every month. The total number made annually in Franc ia estimated at 80,000.000, while a eon--, slderable quantity of wood must be eon-sumed to supply sticks. may be used Willi much less danger of practical in ui --i-i said Prtc Cnimvsn, "but it waa a right iniirt little sum." n.r for the small breadth sown by the have a little more Uian three times the force of common powder, and is offered breaking nit the teeth at their nasn. Many new file are violently diminished half their efficiency by a few carelt'M atrokes Mhen first applied to the work; at one third the price, in appearance, it raaoinliloa wood liber saturated with wik Myith his work Ohb furmtr. "1 should say it was," remarked Via friend, taking out his pencil and doing a little figuring in, arithmetical progression on his shirt cuff; "you raked It I very light, and, In a Inrae state, burns slowly.

In firing, a wwt to r-lilat ion "It wmn't av very luto-only a quarter "7 torlt. i. i 1 -4 lUrti von ait there "strand match" is used, ss the makers down exactly aouarai The rVtneeas Beatrice ha jiist refused the heart and fortune of a young American nobleman. He wrote all out oo a niece of paper and sent It to her, in these words; "1 luv' yu, as Goad Is ml witnaa." Ono of the moat striking ohjeels at the Centennial Exhibition will be a column of coal 100 feet in height, to lie claim that it will not explode by contact "Jerusalem exclaimed Poter. "I had no idea it was so much Gentlemen, Jl the hardest work and tell me that when yon came in, and lHkl at mv "olives of continued life watch-it was three o'clock." ell, wio wt htT.

cled three a quarter of twelve? with opq tire, and Willi diUKHtiy uy I transported to Philadelphia in sections friction or iercuaion. it's my treat." irom jonniwcv..