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Indianapolis Locomotive (Newspaper) - February 20, 1858, Indianapolis, IndianaA elder a a Harkness. Vol. I in. Quot the chariots shall rage in the streets they shall seem like torches they shall in like the lightning ,n,4 Fri Teie and Polis ind. Saturday february 20, 1858. No. 1. Tub l o c o Mutik is printed and to busted every Batty Day by elder amp Harkness at their Book and Jet to printing mar Diao sir a Indiana poll ind. Of Poallo la Poat office. Tar mrs on Dollar year. Tue old a Quot urals for lift month i Copie in a a a Ait Dmn Toron i Lutnen a Itil year for inn Dollar. Futi a a Vic i ii no not tir will 1-8 a a Solil pal.1 for. Ami a i Spur will a a Ron Llumi i Arlha Linio paid for a i plan. Unload �?��7 nor Ron re Ltd a All mall and Ooi icily and Geribon can know Tuel Elmr la oni when tin to a Lack an la Arkind on Hinl paper and lbs Calwa Kailio la al paper on on a to a asst re Pilot la Nuzio Wool. Mil or Mittino our Qun re. lo., a for i wook.0.so a a a for a a a re imm tuu. For i Roe Moo. Al in for in it month re Ron year. To a it a for nun your lib of Junni a a malt mule no is stir drone a Muht. Cut and to a cell Hollo double it Aboo al a. , re a add Dan a a a Roc a a a or later Rill at 4�/trr�>t a Fullar Arar to a. Distinct vision improved per Scopio glasses. I Tekke i.kj�ki4h oro a nil id it Inry to Mirror i Irwi. U his a pc Rdv Ufa silly the so tub. Ali in turf Tutte purity oud 1ra$rrt to 4 material cd i a a a Fofiu the Inoel Lent la lao. The a re a a Oil end inn Wutti to to Ltd Eye. They Lrein it lib a Imd improve Llic Adji Kiml to Tulon win Wir Osad Joil Smool by Law o tract Licul of Altman. weit we a Lillig tip a ii och by Laid Kaiim i in it id inn u. Maker plenum in a Olurin bit Banka to ibo a diet and al Genll men of Ila Udac a and vice Nelly Ihrer very Liberal patronage. And Tuii Bopst to moot the twine Confidence he lint engaged Unco to commo aced die practice of bit Iro Nulon in Ilia Napuda. Ari Hinl the a us fran Ono to a full tel into ted on Platina Gold or Kollver. Particular Atwi Tieti Given to regulating cleaning and of Trad i Tig Teeth. It bar Given when required. All work warranted and Clergen office a it Fory plot Char 6t Woolley a bloc no i Kaal washing at reel. Oct. 5f4-tf r. R. Hill. O. . J. V. Nut i a rail in no a ornamental Nursey. her of la Lilly boil Nihon or Ery on i Woll known Nury try or inn forum Ray occupied by Aaron Aldredge a few to Daedal of the corporation Lino . We have on hand a general Aee orment of Mill Trena it Raroh Varic Tley be Are beat adapted to our a Oil and Cairn non. The tree Aro of Uit very boat Maluy. Alan a very flue a lock of oru Amenula 8hr�bl��r f. Elj to Are now Ruady la Uli till order promptly. A Fri a Hill Goldsmith n�o., nov7 7-lf Indiana ii ind. W of Len Yais is of the Best Quality. in . Indiana por , wholesale and retail. At w Dos. Ovi Bor 34, li47. / important to Young men \ f p Yolk wish to acc Stirk a ? k9c0wt-Vi Kilgen Flook lire Ping in All 1u lira Rhea Altero ii \ v Ihu. N is c , at where Eadi at Udilla drilled at Uio Dak step by Nten Nelll a a in Mcdanul the Etil Lre Mut neuf an act unt Atifa Ditlea and in fully qualified fur taking charge of any set of Book. Jln a Tho by Ealing s Chiou bad commenced. If you we i to comply the a coir Rae thu Winter Yon a would enter anon. How a circular Conul Nung full Parr Tilora. Addrena Ilia Pron al pal mtl7-Ly pc. Hayek a and Leitoi of la ind. Jour Micro. Re a loft. Loi la a a boo Titek inst Range agents. N. Qutb Langton and Meridian he a Over thin Kloro a it i it an a 101 in in Diana. Hartford Issue Knack co.,of in njord Cost. Sett a Aeu 74 is Tea France co. Of sew York. Sou Amu pts ass i i Torii la Lii Mirauce l�?To., of Hartford c�nm., null a he 30v, 140 m Farmer a Union Tonnu Mattco co., of Allien peon., sell a a Asta ii3t,13fw City for to inti ratico co. Of la Artford Conn. Sell a a us a Elf set 49 sew King mid life Inaura re co., of inn Luis Man., sell Amu. 1.07 a cd a Ltd ii charter Oak lha Inaura re co., of Dart Ford Conn., july 4, 57 by sell a Oto 4tr.7ck 29 w. inc. S. Act noun. I k s t in i to t it n in f. M o it k m keys a Seybold Wool Julo and a civil Deattra lit italian and american Marble Meridian it oppo alte the Post Ollre Lud. Sun Hock of in redo a a Elac Tud with great Caro and b a up rior in Moat of a Tock Auy whore. To oho Wuh to Pii Eliare Choice kit la Are invited to Hylt Nar work. T a Dora to any extent and for any kind required will to f it shod on Alint notice. All work Xci null in Ihu boat of work Monahon. And of the Moat up proved order and at to. Xio Nunion to to Ritva monks uni Brit Tulc Tnp. 31 uni Ion. A.c., constantly on hand or full hard to order. S. B. Persona wanting ant thing in oar line will find u to their later Ert to give Una cell before purchasing Heine Subt a a pin to p. Of maj try by i. J. Vul Iris a �., k w e l e 11 8. You. Huir. Itoi we. Of thax Kovl Kuk past favors a mph Ira a la a i leave to Lii Oriu Ulit pm Lille Hal they Are us on Ullh Belr usual full no Ortin Iii of every think in he Way of Wal Rev new cry so Lvi we or a. We wih i Liat Lurler that a in not keen tie pfc cd. Bocci wat rho. An i jewelry Popien up for Murllon tales bal will tin Rauler to toll Foo. a Turlo. Low a can in archly ii halt i Eltea Hore in Llie Weil. Our . Warr Nuol Mina to Coin our i Talstra bound to and keep Ihu Quot 1�?o.i All our Eoo a. a hot a a repro a it to he for Dir Thor proof rail and examine Forvour Elre. We he Leto he la to o a a at a in ploy a hrs goo your Wii Iche. I Cen Waue. In hot importation per Shi pay Soru Dand Quot and a pm Uati a Sun voc am. Store. A Rte a in la flu Iron a tone dining Ware us a �t>0� Tea do j0 to Levi do do d a cd bakery a. A scene in a jury room. I one Hod tin extreme Felicity of leaving my Imri Ness to genre non a a the i phad in All manner of was for Rock Aie but o to effect. I could not Wear that a wits deaf por Blind nor yet non con Xuy but did Tell them that i Lead already of need an opinion. They naked me if my opinion would no tent to in it a receiving the testimony in Good Latch and rendering a verdict according to it i replied that of course i should weigh Leto evidence carefully Ami to governed by in i was then info nod that i a would do. To Ltd Case to he tried was one of arson then a capital offence and the prisoner at the liar was a Young Man named Charles Ainold whom i had known front toy humid a red who Wasna Lurall one of Leto finest youth of the town where he Resit cd. Iio Bod a widowed Mother who flu elided a ton Itiat fur support an a his Circle of friends was Large Ami Choice. 1 was morally certain that he dial not commit to Ltd crime and hence i am Surv Thom who were Friendly to him got Moon the panel and had me retained. The Trio Roin Meriet d and we to care men took our seats in the jury Box. I had a very act with me Only there a one Man whom i did t like to see there. Titis Man was Moulton Warron. Lie wan a dark fared Sui Ater looking fellow at least to ule. I knew that Young am told had one fault lie had recently been Aihini Etheil to drink and Hail been known to Bouses. It was one of Liose houses total Hall been burned for setting fire to Lii Ali he had been apprehended. Now i had Olton tried to to nude Charier Amboll front the course lie was pursuing. He had Revien Tedla Nuti Atul note total he would Reform and a repeatedly he broken away. I had often talked to him of his poor Mother until he had wept like a Elt ild hut the effect was not lasting. Hum to a Power of temptation More effective Ilian any influence i could Wield. He would fall away into this evil companionship and for n while his manhood was gone. One or two abandoned women had gained great Power Over him and a Ion them in wasted in cult of his substance. And i knew that this very Titan who was now Niton the jury this Moulton Warrens was the one who had done store than All others to Lead the poor youth away. It was Warren who had drank with him Ami who Lin d led him away to those More abominable haunts of sin Auto Killuion. Why was he to just the jury ? i could Only account for it no Iii the get soul that Charley still supposed him to be his Friend. To Ltd Sisir scorched insect was still ignorant of the Fin me that scorched hint. He really believed that Moulton Warren was his Friend. The trial commenced. To Ltd indictment Sot Forth that Charles am Rohl had,1 with malice and with All sorts of wicked mid felonious intents Sot fire to a certain dwelling House thereby endangering human life. This dwelling of i have already in tint de was a sink of iniquity where the abandoned of both sexes were wont to congregate and were the Youthful prisoner had spent much of his Lima. Quot Tho evidence for the prosecution came on and i was startled one after another gave in their Titi nov some of them very reluctantly and 1 was frightened when i saw How plainly it Hall jointed Tullie prisoner a Tho guilty party. Several credible witnesses swore that they had heard him threaten to bum the House Down and others bail heard him say repeatedly that he wished it was burned Down i then a june several what essays three of Utu prominent of vixens who raw him lurking about the premises on the night of the fire. With regard to the provocation on the prisoner a part for such a deed it was proved titon his own admission that lie had been ill treated there and that he bad sworn to have revenge and Furt Liermore it was proved that he had been heard to say that his salvation of soul and hotly de tended upon the destruction of that House. Next came Mure testimony stronger still. The fire had been set in a Baek basement room where slav in and other stud for kindling were kept. Entrance Hail been gained through a Hack window which had been partly placed open with a Stout knife. This basement Wall vat of Brick and beneath the Sash was found the Blade of a knife which Ltd been broken off trying to raise the Sash. The Blade was recognised As belonging to Tho prisoners knife. A maker of rut lord had inn do a knife to order for Ainold Only a month previous and lie knew the Blade at once and swore to it but this was not All. To Ltd fire Ltd been evidently set first to the shavings which Lay upon the Stone floor but piled up against a wooden partition. Titis floor was dump Aud some of the outer shaving even were not wholly burned up. But just at the Edge where the fire commenced Lay a piece of pastor rolled it it Anil about Liaf burned and from the manner in which it Lay it was very evident that the fire had been set with it. This piece of rolled paper had been ignited he a match a number of which were scattered around Anil of soon us it was on fire it Hod ii Cen Laid upon the floor with the burning end just in the shavings. Of course these shavings were in a Blaze instantly but the Jinn or Torch being upon the Damp stones had not burned wholly up. This paper was found to lie s part of a letter belonging to Tho prisoner a letter which lie had received from a Friend of his and a Friend of mine Only n week before i that Friend had to come Forward and swear that piece of charred paper was apart of a letter he had written to the prisoner this Friend s name was Stephen Grout. Lie was a Young merchant Anil the letter Lent been written for tin Pur Jose of inducing Ainold to Reform. Stephen tried hard to avoid testifying for he knew As did others that Tho fire Mast have been set with that identical taper but he was Summo cd and lie could not deny he own Chir Graphy. The ease looked Dirk. Many witnesses were willing to testify to the prisoners Good qualities but no one could swear that he was not dissipated and degraded. That House had been to him indeed a Region infernal. Its destruction cried out for his bodily file and its existence Hod Long been eating away his soul. I Lead before Becu sure of til innocence hut now i to till Only shake my head and nity him 1 finally he was allowed to speak for himself. He sail he was innocent of the crime imputed to him. Us said that he had threatened to Burn that House Down a that he had said about All that had Lieen sworn to. And furthermore lie was around the House on the night of the fins lie was not ten rods off when the flames Buna Forth and he was one of the finite to give the alarm. Lie Hud uttered one cry of fire when to _ 1 i Ward the Ere and i new on old woman sink Back into the army of a male companion. It a. I poor Mother. Her heart was Well nigh broken. Yet i no that All this had hut Little effect i sni the Mas of Spectator. The prisoners course of dissipation his Many tii rents against the House and the very fact of his having been and abased there were heavy against him. The counsel for the prisoner made i speech which was Laboured and Bailie a of Olin a enough Lionti. Mate that if his dict was Aremd to the Wjk part Ofa i. i a. L. Rio h a Nade of Tenn hair and Lmh thread and hence through Bis Frame. Lint he we a Able to Trace oat clearly and logically Thi terrible result from the course of life the ill fated Man had Nursa cd in shuddered m be remembered Bow for he had gone in the same course himself and lie a Able to see the Only Taofo path for any Yout i. Tiie world of crinoline. Etymology of t1ir t kit 14. The Bouse More than once he must Ivo been intoxicated. In Short i plea Hod better been left out. The Chi Dunco he could not shake and to Dhall he Ronal to a App it a Erid Etire some of it most Adwird an i ridiculous. 1 afterwards Learned that Moulton Warren engaged that lawyer for tie Youthful Priwner i tie Gri Hemment attorney Mode i plea. It was Plain straight Forward tui very conclusive. The judge finally gave his Elarge. He was fair and candid. He reviewed the evidence carefully and pointed out such Asl Ore heavily Imon the Case. He told to if there was a lingering doubt in our mind we must give the prisoner the Benefit of it. But 1 could plainly see that Liere was no doubt in Lis mind. A the jury were end Ureil to our roam by an officer and there locked up. A silence of some minutes in Mil. Moulton Warren was the first to speak Well he said. A 1 a Uppole tie re is no need of oor being hero a great while. Of coarse we All know Liat the to Rimmer no let Lingo set tire Firo of the a Wmk a t f lie re was Mui Jiing in Tiro in incr of dint Man is lie mid this which excited us a in Rumity 1 will not say it was suspicion then Only curiosity. He spoke with a forced Effort at Colin numb which i at Oner perceived. The More 1 looked it him the More i la it Caine strongly nervous and uneasy wondered Why he should lie no anti my to lie rid of the Case and line am Sill con Virtud. I knew that he had that evil House and dint he had Dune much towards tempting Charley to Ilisari Emithm. I knew he was in int House on the night of which die prisoner was robbed for Charley Luid told me of when i Imd visited him in his cull. I Hail Uicon asked Tho youth if lie was rare Warren was his Friend. Of he was sure of it. To should have hunted him upon i he night of his robbery Only they told him Warren had gone. By the by the Foreman proposed that we should each take up a piece of Pajich and write Down our opinion and then compare note. I went to my Juit which 1 had placed non a table with a number of others and took out a Sheet of paper. I Imd got half Way Back to the table when i found 1 had Mode a mistake. I Lial got part of a letter from another Man s hat. I a about to turn Hack when the name of Tho writer of the letter arrested my attention. I looked More closely and read a Stephen 6rant.�?T next i caught this sentence a and now dear Charles if not for your own yet for your mothers Sake let me Hope you will do la i started a though n slew had struck me. I held in my hand the other half of tie Sheet which had Lieen used to fire the burned House i i went to the tabla and found i Hail taken it from Warrens hat 1 i looked to see if i Imd la on observed and i had not. I put tie Patter i took Aud then took a piece from my own hat which was of the some pattern As the other and by it Side. I returned to the table and sat Down. Warren was by my Side lie Imd written his opinion and took a knife from his Jioe Kot to Cut it from tie Large Sheet. A let me take your knife for a moment if you please i said to him. Without hesitation he did so. I took it or was it tint amok til add was gone Aviter All tie Power 1 Ems seed i restrained my deep emotion and having Cut my paper i handed Bock the knife. Why should he have Liat knife about him i afterwards Learned. He had not worn those pantaloons before since tin my it of the fire and now he used the knife pro Labov without the least remembrance of the loss it had sustained during a very Peculiar piece of work to tie execution of which it was Mode subservient. We talked for some ten minutes and i found Liat eleven of the jury were Ixia and on rendering a verdict of a till a though most of them were in favor of recommending the prisoner to mercy. Moulton Warren decided. Me Imd no mercy it All presently i started up and pretended to be Cunt. I said i must go out a few moments 1 kicked at the door Anil the Deputy sheriff came. He heard my plea Aud let me out. As soon As we had gained a Safe distance i told him All. He was astonished. He. Went away and when he came Luck he brought the District attorney and the District judge and the sheriff. 1 told again what 1 Imd seen i assured them that 1 knew what i Hud Sisen that it was no Mere suspicion. 1 explained too Warrens manner in the jury room Anil his former connection with the prisoner and his known character. The officers went Awat Anil at tie end of ten minutes they returned with a Constable Udd cd to their null scr. And this Constable Hail a frenily written instrument in his hand. The sheriff had tue to out the hat to them As soon As we entered the room. The door of tie room won opened and 1 pointed them to the hat. The sheriff took it and asked whose it was. Warren leaped to his feel and seized it but he was held Back. Word was instantly sent to the judge blurt the jury could not agree. They wore Dise Lareed. And then Moulton Warren was searched. Tie knife was found ution him and his Belu Vior at once exposed his guilt. The presence of Liat letter was accounted for by him in a dozen Ditle Erent Way within an Lour. A now jury a As and Charles Ambold was acquitted. Shortly afterwards Warren was tried and it was plainly proved Liat he and set fire to the House and that the woman we it kept it was to have been burned up in it As lie Lead contrived to Ionek her into her room shortly after setting the fire. She had incurred his displeasure in various ways and this was his rat Cnoc. Not Only she hut two of her girl had suspected him from the first but Uliey dared not complain for fear he would not he convicted and would then be sure to murder them. The horde a villain confessed his guilt after he Lead been condemned and then it was that he told How he Liappa cd to be so cd Reese in regard to the paper and Tufe. It was lie who and robbed Ambold and noticed where the Buney must have originated and Tho when he took the old letter from his hot to use for a thought came to him if he was found there he might be Torch in setting the fire to did not notice what it was suspected of having set the fire of he run away. He also said that three night before tie conflagration he country in on rum Clr emf d in firm Jacoh line la 3r�. In. W6m a a a a pc it a stir Rel. House sign nud rant lbs. ,, for Faltum in a i in in kill of i we al Ltd re dec full Quot it 8080 Wuo intend to Bare is Linin. . M Ihu in freonj., Moo me. In , Joti ? a wort 01 lbs Charm Vor my Rad ,oml�?Tl1l> Riedell a jute on men mud in All raw. Oarr Anvid . M.r�-?,�"�?T r a Quot to baud Rev it ooh. Had been robbed in that House. His pockets Lead Lieen emptied of eve in tiling in them and i pocket Hook containing forty dollars in Money and sume valuable papers Luul been taken. He had gone there on the night of the fire to try and persuade them to give him Hai k Liis Money and Jap Crsp or it least to get Back what lie could. When he got there he saw a Man go in whom he did not wish to we so be Hod Hung around Wail lug for him to depart. Ii was around by the Back of the building once and that was the hour ire fore die fire broke out he knew nothing nothing. To clasped i Lis hands and with his tearless eyes raised towards heaven he called on god to wit Neia Liat he. Was innocent 1 i have told you Liat i knew him Well i him to Well that from that Rovou it i knew him Tobe innocent i knew his very soul i knew How free and open it was Alt in it a sinfully so 1 knew there was no Falar stood in Tow Story he told us. My boy is innocent my boy is innocent and even when that a partly burned half Linail been exhibited in court he Linail entirely forgotten that he Luul torn off the other half and put it Bock in his hat As he Mart have done. The letter Luul been found in am Bolius Jock it Book and he Hail Kewit it because in it the youth was warned against his influence. He confessed Towt to held a slight idea of calling the writer loan account when it slum old become convenient a with regard to the knife it was a i before stated. He took Liat also from Ai Buhl pocket and put it in his own Aud on the night of the fire he used it to pry no tie Sash and when no and broken it he put it Back in his pocket and forgot it. Thus was Charley saved and saved from More than an ignominious death Toa he was saved to be a Noble virtuous Man and his Mother once More took ample Delight and Joy in the love and tender care of bar Only child. Ylrey Charles Akhom knew that Moulton Warren had expiated i crime ii Hin the Gallows be a at Down and it ordered upon ids past life. Tie thought of i Ohl companion being Lian ged sent a strange thrill to \ c skirt Node of Toliaf material is now by common usage Tho name Given to Oil expansive skirt worn by women and aiming All Elsnes the desired degree of a Kaiui Ivenia a in now obtained he hoops and no matter How much Liei Are railed we tii Ink that nit tio read the facts and figures of the business of making lumped skirts will by ready to acknowledge that on attempt to drive them out with a Gray Gourm Iuit or a ii however Sharp its neb would lie Akin to an attempt to drive tie flies in aug int out of a Butcher s shop with the same weapon. First then we proclaim that tie re Are t Lull la san is of of hoofs what think you you who pretend to assert that the i Whin of wearing Hoovis is an ephemeral one that you can put Down of this one foot to begin with ? there is now in Oscr Numa in the City of new York one manufactory of Imo cd skirts Liat will use in the year 1858 Over Tiro hot Jet Miles of Hoo jut. If you intend to save the world from being overwhelmed encircled Girt about with steel a Nils or if you intend to save All the women from being encased in steel minor you must Quot up and at Mem again a or it will Mon ire too late for tin Laminen of manufacturing crinoline is ask expansive As the thing manufactured. Tue. In winning of mak1ku hoofed ski its. Listen there is a goal lesson in our Story of the Energy and perseverance of american i Hartt ctr Liat brings about great resulta. A some eight or ten year ago we remember a couple of Young dry goods clerks in one of the great Huz oars of Catharine Street and in canal Street when thu v might have been plodding yet but for lire fact that nature never designed them for such ii inti ller Tual Liu Sines. One of them a born an inventive Genius with a love of machinery and it was a great mistake of ids parents or guardians or whoever it wits Liat set him to measuring to Alieu. He should Tiave Boon Edu rated a Machilig Iii. But bred to dry Good we found the two Young men about half a it dozen years ago. In a Little store of their own. Estlar Lilied i Siori Liat they bad saved while their fellow corks were spending As fast As Titiev earned. Tie profits and plodding of but neos in this store were too slow. It required to machinery. So they looked about for unmet thing to manufacture arid they found n suggestion in the growing demand for crinoline. The real French article was too expensive ton Twenty and oven fifty dollars a single hair skirt was too much for a woman of Small Means and nil sorts of substitute were contrived Nomo tolerable and Rauie intolerable so intolerable that there Are now slowed away in lofts of this City Wagon loads of those great unwieldy corded bag Woven Cotton it Etti conts nil entirely unsaleable. At first our Incipit no heroes of the hoops employed a few sewing women to work corded Cotton Anil grass cloth into wearable forms and timidly a Post a their skirt for Salo in their own store greatly to the danger of offending some of their customers. Finally they ventured upon one sowing machine. Then they set a loom at work weaving Mir cloth using Cotton in place of or silk for in Rte to As to make their crinoline cheaper than it Coull he imported. This plan succeeded and More sewing girls and other machine and looms were started and Urey began to sell skirts he the dozen. It was a new and exp Muling Trade. Still there was a want. The article was too dear for the great maos of wearers and where great Coj Tansom was desired still required too great a weight of cloth. And so we come to the first . To fill this want the mechanical partner contrived the Skeleton skirt believed to lie the first symmetrically formed one expanded by a Serouj of hoops Ever Uuie in this City Ana that not six years ago. The first one Hung no in tie store excited laughter ridicule and Ger and declarations of customers that they would cease calling if a that tiling was not taken Down. But it was allot no use the hoop once started kept Roll ing. All sorts of materials have been used and nil sorts of contrivances to produce the expansion until the demand Lias finally become fixed upon steel hoops a not one but Many held in place by strip of Tatie. Forming the Skeleton skirt or inserted in Light Muslin scientifically Cut and into the True Shayte to give that Jaculin Rev symmetrical lorm so much admired by ladies and tii Cir admirers. A Small Quantity of real crinoline is still used and some other expensive Ciotla but the majority of women Are beginning to appreciate tie Skeleton or cheap Muslin skirt to sustain the hoop putting the Cordier materials Over them. The idea of a single wooden Hoot. Near the hem of tin skirt such is we used to see in the Early Days of Hoo a Dom or read of in the Days of Addison is exploded. Matt Tai Sov hoofs. Ratan when made Strong enough for the Large hoops is stiff and unmanageable and liable after Short use to snap off under hard pressure. It has i ecu greatly irn proved lately by impregnating it with a Guin my substance. Whalebone makes excellent Clastic yielding hoots hearing All sorts of hard usage in warm weather nut snaps Sciort in Winter. Gutta Jie Reha has been tried in various form but Dot be not prove successful. An excellent hoop Lias Lieen made of coiled trav wire Over a Cord hut it is entirely too expensive. Round wire of any in Fol Lias proved wort Milesa. Flat hands of brass have been used to a considerable extent but As Liras cannot be tempered except by cold rolling it soon loses its elasticity and plague tie wearer. Steel was looked upon it first with tie greatest degree of favor of any substance but then it was expensive. Yankee ingenuity Imd not vet been applied to making it Cliea. The first Flat steel hoops were made by flattening round steel wire. They Wen unevenly tempered and when made Light were liable to break. If Strong they were heavy and expensive. Stokl tutors How made. Something Mast be done. Here was a new want and who Over heard of a demand for any manufactured article Liat could not be filled by y Yankee ingenuity and cheapened by applying y Yankee machinery ? English Sheet steel Liat comes four and a half to eight feet Long in lands about eight inches wide was iou lit and Cut into rib wins or steam driven shears. It left the edges rough but these were worn off by passing the ribbons through Dies. The Strikis were however a till rough and it was too expensive to file them off. We shall see directly Bow cheaply All Liis smoothing and Jio Lishing is done but first the steel must be tend her de. This is a very important part of the manufacture and requires the utmost expert Ness and can. The ribbons Are taken from the Dies coiled into tight Small coils carefully heated Toan even heat Cherry red and then taken and plunged in Oil with the Lew of hut a moment of time Between the fire and Lith. They arc now of such a High temper that falling upon toe floor they would Fly like Glass. A a they Are As Brittle a said a Workman. A a is thin tills temper is drawn by dipping in Lead varying according to tie thickness of the steel from 580 leg. To 600 dug. Fahrenheit next comes the straightening Pix a a which is accomplished by passing the ribbon Between rollers that give a reversed pressure How the hoofs Are . See Bow smooth your hoofs Are. Look How they Are Mode so. And How cheaply. The ribbons Are put in a Long Cylinder say half full and with them perhaps a Bushel of broken gloss the fragment of your window which Gnu esteemed a worthier when it a broken and the Cylinder set revolving general or at night when there it no other work for tax water wheel to do and when opened it is found oust the Glam is All ground into Small smooth Cuba and the rough edges of the steel rounded and made smooth. One More process an tin ribbons Are ready tor the skirt Xianu la curves. They Are parked it tween Large heavy roller which set the temper and leave them straight so that they will always return to their place when heat. These ribbon Are now ready a it form into Irao Jis for the Plain Muslin or cloth skirts. For the a Cleton pattern they undergo another Procesa. They Are Takt u to another manuf Tetory and covered with Mlton thread braided Over the steel something similar to Bonnet wire. This i Stubli Shliom is fixed in this City tie steel works Are in Counce Picut whore aim Are manufactured sundry clasps Hooks arid slides All smoothly Pelt it lied by the Tum tiling ohm ratio ii. The eyelet arc made in France because thu a Reid uric a great Deal Oto Hood Lilor which Thi country cannot furnish to cheaply. Ali else is of american Mami Lelure. Tiik Jokat a kit Mano Factor y. Now let us look into the manufactory that it is a great one we shall stain Scot of Hoof cd skirt. Our two Young clerk. Aud Small shopkeepers have risen to a position in which they can Benefit tic nuke Lvcas Anil Delight All womankind while Ulicy an giving employment to n army of sewing girls und at least a Corporal s guard of men Anil boy. Indeed they now employ three Hump bad and fifty hands nearly the whole of them Bright intelligent american girl and widows who receive every monday about 8laud for the previous weeks work. To Ltd girl mostly work by the piece commencing at 8 o clock and working Nitro hours with half an hour at dinner Whit a they a Kook tin premise.-, and Thev make from 84 to 87 a week. In these room we Fine a to the continual Buzz of 180 sewing machines which with the hand sewing use up every Mont h 2,000 dozen Skrola of Cotton bread. These machines and this army of sewing women Are now manufacturing an average of 8,000 skirts a play varying fran 80 Cento to 86 apiece and comprising Inore than fifty Hiattt it uni the latest Imi it roved style la Ine a a the beaut Quot a a Skeleton Runde of thirteen and a half Yards of Inch Witlin tape and three Yards of narrow tape and some Stripe of Muslin and Quot Throe and a Liaf Yards of Corset bring with 51 Metal Eliepa slides Turies eyelets and books nil seven steel hoops measuring 54 feet in length covered with braid with three Bustle hoops of whalebone eight and a Liaf feet Long cloth covered the steel i loops being made to expand by slide to suit tie most expansive ideas and yet the whole fabric weighs hut 12 ounces Aud although it will keep its place it can be folded up Small enough to put in a carpet drag or hand Box without injury. As Lilis respires much a Quiri labor it will be Prei Hubly sold at retail at about 98. The Price comparatively of this and of All their work is owing to the a rec too of the management Ami machinery for beside the 180 sewing machines Many of which have very ingenious attachments to facilitate particular branches of work 85 other labor saving machines Are employed for every sir pee to which Ingen Nily can a Lily machine Power it to take tin bread out of the operatives Mouths but the very reverse for it enables men to give them employment because by ingenious contrivances to facilitate labor the Cost of Tho manufactured articles is reduced so Liat the manufacturer can Giro employment to a Host of Perron and May Liberal wages awl vet sell so that All the world can buy. Do they ? let us see ? lir. It ant1ty of skiiit8 made. They make s,0 of skirts a day�?75,000 a month 960,000 a year. Tie panic stopped the in sine but now it is going again. We saw ii too the books yesterday one order for 3,450 dozen�?11.400 hoops skirts at one Sale. The materials to Fkd. Now let us look at tire materials used up every month. In the first place tie re is the Plain Muslin. Pm Rhode Island Cotton factory supplies of one particular kind of cloth 2,000 Pic Ces per month say 80,000 yanks. Of All other kinds Lxi it 70,000 Yards Are used. Half a million Yards of tags a Are also used up every month 225,000 Van is of Twenty strand jute Cord 10.000 Yards of hair cloth 2,000 dozen spools of Cotton 2,800,000 eyelets slides clasp tubes Hooks a. Milf-8 of hoofs. We stated Liat this single manufactory would us cup in the count of a year it the rate of tie present consumption 2,200 Miles of hoops a year. Let us see the of feet in a no mph. It is 700, 8 0 Lect of steel ribbon. 200,000 feet of round ratan. 100,000 feet of round Oit boiled Whak of me a million of feet. There Are 5,280 feet in n mile by which Divide tie million of feet and we have 188 in Iles and 736 feet for tie length of hoops used no every month in this great manufactory of hooped skirts which will give for the year within a fraction of 2,257f Miles of hoop. In four rears at the present rate of demand All the civilized portion of its surface bids fair to have All its female inhabitant enclosed in steel and then what will he the magnetic effect upon Earth and its male inhabitants but this is speculation while we i ave not yet done with facts. Persons employed. Beside the 350 hands employed in the principal shops there Are Olmut forty hands at the weaving and braiding Factor where the hair cloth is made and the steel Rhums covered for which an average of 8600 a week is paid out. At the steels works in Connecticut it is estimated Liat sixty hands find employment. The steel the eyelets the ratan the horse hair. Are imported. The other materials Are Domestic and the Success of the manufacture is crowding tie imported article out of Market. Effect of hoofs Cox raw material. Notwithstanding the increased and increasing use steel for the principal hoops might be supposed by the casual observer to put the use of ratan out of the question it Lias tie direct contrary effect because that material is not Only still used to a Large extent in cheap skirts for All tie. Hoops hot it forms a part of the Matin al of Tiea Iyall of the steel Bojied skirts and such is the increase of the manufacture that in the malaysian islands whence ratan is Lorg Civ a Maxi Rcd. That article Lias risen in value five or six times the amount it was formerly sold for. Indeed the manufacturers of whom we have been speaking anticipating its increased value have purchased and stored away a ship lond of ratan to lie worked up into other thousands of Miles of hoops. Bexf.fit8 or this new Industrial Branch. It is an indisputable fact that heavy skirts worn for the sob in Rajjo of giving form have ruined the health of thousands of women while with those new ones of six to sixteen ounces weight they Ean procure the same result that Many a woman Lias carried ten pounds to attain. Such an immense weight As women live often carried in warm Callior to give themselves a fashionable sex Jamsion would break Down a Strong Man. For this Ever weighting there is now no reasonable . These numerous steel Springs make no display of themselves being almost As pliable As crinoline and compared with the old quilted skirts they Are leather Light. Nothing but Cotton and flannel should be worn with Llu a. And now Liat steel is offered so cheap there is no excuse for any one to use the heavy health destroy

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