For the New York Coach-maker's Magazine. SCALE DRAFTING, AS APPLICABLE TO CARRIAGES. BY JOSEPH IRVING, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONN. (Continued from page 139.) LESSON FOURTH. In the finishing process, I have to remark, that the wheels and top points are the parts to be inked; in starring the spokes in the centre of the wheels, as shown in the drawing (which, I think, makes a neat, light finish for light work), you can take your compass-pencil, and make a circle, the size of the star, for a guide, to have all your points an equal distance from the hub. In shading the top, and all such, a little practice, with judgment, will suffice to perfect you, after a little instruction. Commence shading very light just above the joint-props, and as the roof, or curve, recedes, shade deeper. In shading the festoons, and squabs in trimming, let the fullness be light, and shade deeper where gathered, tufted, etc. All rockers, and parts of the body that are sunk below the face of the panel, require shading, or, in other words, tinting. INVENTIONS APPERTAINING TO COACH-MAKING AT HOME. AMERICAN PATENTED INVENTIONS. November 9. BLACKSMITH'S TUYERE.-Harvey S. Berry, of Rutland, Vt. I claim a tuyere, revolving in a wind box, supplied with wind in any ordinary way, with apertures through it, so arranged as to bring more or less of them, at pleasure, to bear upon the fire, and thereby diminish the fire, and circumscribe the space affected by the blast, or enlarge the space and increase the fire. Nov. 23. DEVICES FOR CLAMPING AND FEEDING THE BOLT IN FELLY-SAWING MACHINES.-Derwin E. Butler, of Chesterfield, Ohio I claim, first, the bed, G, arranged with the rods, D L, : arms, E, E, E", E", connected by the bar, H, and the spring, H, for the purpose of readily operating the bolt, L, for feeding and removing the same from the saws, as described. Second. The jaw, I, formed on the bend bar, K, attached to the bed, G, and spring J, so that the jaw may be operated to grasp the bolt, and the bolt relieved therefrom by the movement of the bed, G, substantially as set forth. MACHINE FOR SPLITTING LEATHER.Henry E. Chapman, of Albany, N. Y.: I claim the arrangement of the dished circular knife, C, the series of split springs, G, G, G, G, and the sliding bed, D, in their relation to each other, as described. BLACKSMITH'S TUYERE.-Benjamin E. Dixon, of Marshall, Mich. : I do not claim the mode of protecting a tuyere by the introduction of water, for that has long been known and used. But having my improvement, and shown its applicability to water tuyeres, I claim the mode of regulating the length of the discharging orifice in a water tuyere, by means of the oblong tapered wind chamber, A, with grooves, or other equivalent device in its casing, in combination with one or more of the tapered plugs, P P, rods, R R, and the detachable cover, D, to be used for the purposes and in the manner substantially as described and set forth. Nov. 30. ARRANGEMENT OF CUTTERS FOR TURNING HUBS.George Cooper, of Berlin, Wis. :-I claim the arrangement in the same machine of the adjustable preparatory and main cutter stocks, D E, furnished with suitable cutters, in combination with any ordinary turning lathe or revolving centering shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. MACHINE FOR CUTTING CURVILINEAR SURFACES ON ANGULAR PIECES OF WOOD-George Muller, of Sacramento, Cal.: I claim a convex plane bit, with edges beveling inward toward the centre, for cutting smooth chamfers, of any shape, on the edges of railing for express wagons, or on other pieces of wood, and the stand or rest connected therewith in the same machine, by means of jaws movable in the frame; the rest or stand may be secured in any desired angle toward the plane to obtain a chamfer of any desired depth and bevel, and also of different shapes. TRAVELING IN THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES-THE ARABA.-A late traveler gives us a little insight into the state of "the art" in a certain part of Europe, which will doubtless interest our readers. Hear him: "On Monday I began preparations for continuing my journey to Shumla. It had been raining for nearly ten days, and the roads were very muddy, so that a journey of but eighteen post hours required nearly three days. The travel and transportation of goods in this province are performed mostly in arabas. Araba' is a general term, implying any kind of a vehicle. There is a variety of styles, but the best of them are low, rude wagons, without seats or springs, and generally without any iron tires to their wheels. The heavy ones are drawn by buffaloes or oxen, and the lighter ones by horses, hitched frequently four abreast, like the Wallachian diligence. After considerable search I engaged a large black covered wagon, or araba, with five very indifferent-looking little horses, to convey myself and wife, with our trunks and bedding, to Shumla, for four hundred piastres, about $16, and our goods we left to be forwarded. By advice of the British Consul we were furnished with an armed man from the pasha, who accompanied us as a guard." WATERS.&CO LIFE SKETCHES. SCENE SECOND. In our last number, Master Billy Brazen's countenance wore an air of assurance and security which his uncomfortable position, as here depicted, did not seem to warrant. His fallen condition ought to serve as a proper warning to every fast young man to take heed how he carries himself. Poor fellow! We fear that the injury done to his seat of honor will be irremediable; and that the damage to his nether garment will, in repairing, exceed that of our friend Marcy's, on a certain occasion, some years ago. Here we have a perfect picture of what recklessness is sure to bring a youth to in the end, and it besides will serve "to point a moral" as well as "to adorn a tale." Stop! whoa! whoa! 66 some AN editor out west, whose pet kitten, the "solace and delight of two little children," had been killed by unprincipled wretch," thus gives vent to his feelings: "We pour the bitterest curses upon the marauder. May his face be constantly scratched by angry felines; may the cats of the neighborhood celebrate their nocturnal orgies under his window for ever and ever; should he ever 'keep house,' may 'that cat again' smash every bit of crockery and glass in the household, and when he eats sausages, may he always find a cat's claw or a bunch of suspiciouslooking fur in the last piece of the last sausage. May he be scratched by cats, eat cats, dream of cats, and be disturbed by cats in secula seculorum. A MAN in Kentucky killed a cow, a few days since, in whose stomach were found a large brass ring, a hair-pin, and a quantity of hooks and eyes. If there had also been a hoop, we might reasonably suppose that "Brindle" had swallowed the milkmaid. It is anounced, for the benefit of those persons who did not get a sight of the comet, that it will again appear before the public, for a few nights only, in the Autumn of 2147. "WHY don't you wheel that barrow of coals, Ned?" said a learned miner to one of his sons. "It is not a very hard job; there is an inclined plane to relieve you." "Ah," replied Ned, who had more relish for wit than work, "the plane may be inclined, but hang me if I am." "WHAT did you give for that horse, neighbor?" "My note." "Well, that was cheap enough." A CITIZEN down East was dubbed "the little rascal." A friend once volunteered to ask him why he was called the "little rascal!" "To distinguish me from my neighbors," said he, "who are all great rascals !" MRS. PARTINGTON said she was once son-struck, but she has no fear of it occurring again, as she gave Ike what will do him for the rest of his life for it. MRS. JENKINS complained, in the evening, that the turkey she had eaten at Thanksgiving did not set well. "Probably," said Jenkins, "it was not a hen turkey." He got a glass of water in his face. THE oldest piece of furniture is the multiplication table. It was constructed more than two thousand years ago, and is yet as good as new. "I know I am a perfect bear in my manners," said a fine young farmer to his sweetheart. "No, indeed, you are not, John; you have never hugged me yet. You are more sheep than bear." A COUNTRYMAN was dragging a calf by a rope in a cruel manner. An Irishman asked him if that was the way "he thrated a fellow craythur?" A GENTLEMAN calling on a sailor on a rainy evening, complained that his shoes, which were thin, had admitted the water. "I am surprised, sir," said the other, "that your shoes should be leaky, when you had both pumps agoing." CINGEMAKONS MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE LITERARY, SOCIAL AND MECHANICAL INTERESTS OF THE CRAFT. Vol. I. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1859. Miscellaneous Literature. For the New York Coach-maker's Magazine. EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF A TRAMPING JOUR. BY JAMES SCOTT. ON BOARD STEAMER BELLE (bound for New Orleans), Eight o'clock, A. M., Sept. 5, 1858. It is with feelings akin to those one might experience while contemplating the awful duty of writing his "Last Will and Testament," previous to committing suicide, that I sit down to make this entry in my diary. It may be the last. Who knows? These boat-men have as little regard for human life as Sylvanus Cobb, jr., displays in the battle scenes of his New York Ledger romances. I venture the assertion, boldly, that they are among the most liberal patrons which Col. Colt possesses; perhaps it is because it is found convenient, in order to preserve their equilibrium, to carry one of his revolvers on the right side, to balance the bowie-knife invariably "toted" on the left; but the subject is too grave for discussion here. Would that I could discuss it elsewhere. What am I to do? How extricate myself from this dreadful dilemma? My name is registered as a first-class passenger on a steam-boat! I have partaken liberally of the sumptuous fare spread upon her table, and am even now the unhappy occupant of one of her state-rooms! Nor is that all! I have, with head erect and hands in my breeches pockets, strutted through her cabin with as much outward nonchalance as if I were master of thousands, when, in fact, I positively have not one solitary dollar in my possession. Yes! I positively appear calm enough outwardly, but within all is misery. I flatter myself that I possess some nerve; "brass," however, or, more properly speaking, down-right impudence, I am deficient in. Nothing short of arriving within a fraction of actual starvation would induce me to beg for bread, and I entertain a horror of soliciting pecuniary assistance, yet, here I am, without money, in a position which renders me liable, at any moment, to be called on to pay the sum of fifteen dollars, or else yes! or else; what? I dare not conjecture. Thoughts of being ignominiously shoved ashore-jeers of No. 9. passengers-scouted as an impostor-pistoled or knifed by indignant clerk-"booted" by angry captain-ducked by deck-hands-and prophetic visions of divers other calamities drive me frantic. What, in the name of all that is wretched, is to be done! Oh! for one idea-one expedient, invested with a ray of hope, to assist me in extricating myself, honorably, from this terrible scrape. Alas! there is no chance save one. I will tell the captain the story of the strange mishaps that befell me in MHow I was driven, ay! positively driven, by an unfortunate combination of circumstances, to seek shelter on board his boat; how, in my eagerness to fly from the mysterious influence the demoniacal workings of some malignant emissary of fate-I forgot that I was short of the funds. necessary to pay my fare. I will appeal to his humanity, and, if I fail, my watch shall be offered as collateral security for the amount due him. True, my manner of speaking is by no means impressive; natural eloquence is not one of my gifts; and I may fail for lack of "gab." A thought strikes me. Here in my diary will I write the history of my trials-the story of my wrongs. He shall read it, and, if his heart is not of adamant, he will pity me and forgive the rash step I have taken. Here it is: As the steamer on which I took passage at Louisville, for M, neared the latter city, my spirits became buoyant, and the listless ennui engendered by four days of boating vanished. I am a carriage-maker by occupation, and as there are several factories there I anticipated little trouble in securing employment. The bow of the boat grated on the levee, the gang-plank was shoved on shore, and was instantly crowded with those leaving and fresh detachments coming on board. Slipping a quarter to the porter, I pointed to my baggage, which he shouldered and followed me as I left the boat. It required some display of activity and resolution to penetrate the dense crowd which thronged the plank, and I was considerably shocked to see that, in the hurry and confusion, the lady passengers failed to receive that attention to their safety which the proverbial gallantry of American gentlemen so seldom neglects to render them, and, while noticing this remission in others, I determined to set them an example of good breeding. "Allow me to assist you!" said I, politely, to a frightened fair one who, I thought, was in imminent danger of being precipitated into the river. She eagerly extended her hand to accept the proffered aid-her fingers were within an inch of mine, when the corner of a trunk, on the shoulder of a negro, struck me on the back of the head; I lost my balance and down I fell--spread-eagle fashioninto the dirty, muddy river. Stunned, bewildered and boiling with rage, I arose to the surface and floundered ashore. Now, I do not pretend to say that my descent into and ascent out of the water were executed in a manner to excite either awe or solemnity, but, what that crowd of heartless men, women and niggers could see in the accident to laugh at, is beyond my comprehension. I believe that I told them so in language not particularly choice, but the only effect produced was, to increase the loudness and duration of their stupid "guffaws." So, securing a hack, I jumped in and left them in disgust. On alighting at the hotel I soon had good reason to wish I had never seen the luckless vehicle, for, the driver coolly demanded five dollars extra for the damage sustained by the cushions from my dripping garments. I refused point blank-he threatened to resort to law-I waxed warm and used strong language-he retorted in the same strain, and talked of "busting" my head-a crowd collected, and, as I do hate to be gazed at, I was, at last, compelled to "cash up" to his outrageous demand. As one's opinion of a place is immediately based on the treatment one receives at the hands of its people, it is not surprising that I already entertained towards Mand the inhabitants thereof feelings far from favorable. I had been laughed at under circumstances that would have excited commiseration in the minds of a band of Poliwog Indians, and an insolent hack-driver had taken advantage of my misfortune to bully me out of my money, for, in reality, the trimmings of his old, worn-out coach sustained no damage, as they were thread-bare, and partly covered with slip-lining. It was only after much reasoning with myself, that I abandoned the idea of leaving again on the first downward boat; but, I thought it best to give the place a fair trial, so, donning a dry suit of clothes, I sallied forth in the search of a job. Making inquiry at my hotel, I ascertained the whereabouts of the various carriage shops, one of which I soon I entered the wood-shop and inquired for the foreman. He was pointed out to me, and I approached his bench, asking politely if he wished to employ a bodymaker. As he raised his eyes from his work, I thought, by their red and glassy appearance and the disagreeable odor of his breath, that he was partially intoxicated. Eying me sulkily for a few seconds, he growlingly replied: "Nary body-maker!" "Can you tell me," I continued, "if any of the shops in town need one?" "Don't know," he said, leaning on his bench; "what kind of bodies can you build? You look too young to know much about the business. Run-away 'prentice, I reckon, by your looks." "No, sir!" I answered, indignantly, "I am not a runaway apprentice, and I can build both light and standingtop work as well as the majority of men." The three hands who were engaged in the shop had stopped by this time, and were listening and regarding us lazily. "Oh!" resumed the "boss," winking at his men, “you can put up standing-top work, can you? Well, in that case, I can give you a job. I want a standing-top wheel-barrow built, do you think you can do it?" "Yes, I think I can," I said, bitterly, "and I will make a nice job of it, for I suppose you mean to use it yourself; as, judging from the skill displayed on that thing you are working on, trundling the wheel-barrow on the railroad. would suit your talents much better than body-making." A shout of laughter, from his "satellites," greeted this caustic retort, but the foreman, with a terrible oath, seized a heavy mallet and rushed at me furiously. I am opposed to fighting, whenever it can be avoided, so I made for the door with the speed of a locomotive. Just as I was making a flying leap over two trestles and the chopping block, the mallet whizzed past me and struck full in the stomach of an unfortunate darkey who happened to be entering at the moment. With a terrific howl he bent over like a half-shut jack-knife, when, as if to put the finishing stroke to the catastrophe, my leap unhappily terminated just between his shoulders; completing the bending operation-bringing his head in violent collision with the floor-extracting another howl louder and longer than the first, and sending me plowing head first through the dust and shavings. It was but the work of a moment to gain my legs and reach the street, down which I exhibited a very creditable specimen of fast pedestrianism, which was, however, interrupted in rather a summary manner by a couple of gents in blue coats and glazed caps, who march ed me back to the carriage shop, where I witnessed, with diabolical satisfaction, the arrest of the whole party, nigger and all. We were taken before the Recorder, tried for riot, and indiscriminately fined ten dollars apiece. There was even-handed justice for you! Riot indeed! what had I done that could, by the utmost stretch of gutta percha imagination, be called riotous? True, I had resented a gross, unmitigated insult; but is that a finable offense? I contend that in civilized communities it is not: on the contrary, it is a commendable exhibition of spirit. And then, to think that the miserable drunken brute, who was the real criminal, should be let off with a single fine; and that fine the same amount as mine, who was innocent of all offense. Oh! justice, hide thy blushing face in shame at such mockery. Oh! what bitterness was in my heartwhat dire yearnings for vengeance were mine, as I strode with rapid steps toward my hotel. My mind was fixed now -unalterably fixed. I would leave the accursed place where I had been insulted, swindled, and maltreated-not another hour would I remain-but how was it to be done? The hack-driver and his compeer the Recorder had reduced my cash in hand to two dollars and a half; yes! two paltry dollars and fifty cents was the extent of my pile. thought nearly crazed me. Then there was my hotel bill; but that couldn't be much, as I had only occupied a room long enough to change my clothing. I would go and settle that before it amounted to any more. Entering the office, I inquired the amount of my indebtedness. The "Two dollars," said the bewhiskered and bejeweled clerk, politely. I fairly staggered. The shock was positively stunning, and I nearly fainted. Was this a regular conspiracy_to rob me? Yes, yes, I thought, it is but too apparent. Recovering by an immense effort, I ventured to suggest the possibility of his being mistaken. I had only occupied the room half an hour, and had had no meals. "Can't help that, sir. When a gentleman registers his name, and engages a room, we charge, whether he eats or sleeps, until he departs. Your bill is in strict accordance with our rules." Frantically, I dashed my two-dollar bill on the counter, and, in a voice quivering with excitement, ordered my baggage to be brought down from my room. Rushing madly to the street, I yelled for the nearest hack-driver. My trunk was placed on the dicky-seat, and I sprang inside. "Drive to the Levee!" I thundered, "as if your life depended on it." "Quarter, sir, if you please," said the porter, through the window. This was too much. I was too far gone to speak, but I made a pass at him with my fist, which caused the withdrawal of his head as instantaneously as if a rattlesnake had made a dash at him. I will not attempt to describe my feelings during that ride. 'Tis enough that the strongest was a feverish desire to escape from my fiendish persecutors. On reaching the landing, I inquired for the first boat that would leave, and, penniless as I was, rushed on board, fearing no worse treatment than I had been subjected to- Thus far had I progressed with my sad narrative, when the door of my state-room opened, and -could I believe my eyes?-there stood an old and valued shopmate; one whom I had not seen for several years. He greeted me heartily, and I in turn was delighted to look once more on a friendly face. He had got on the boat at some town we had stopped at, while I was in my state-room writing-had seen my name on the passenger list, sought me in my berth, and was, as he warmly expressed it, "mighty glad to see me." My unhappy adventures were rehearsed to him, at which he actually laughed! No laughing matter, I thought. He was flush, he said, and would lend me fifty dollars, on my individual note. Tears rolled down my cheeks, as I wrung his hand, and the bell was rung for dinner. Nonne vides? præcipiti certamine campum Ar the present time, when there is a disposition shown among the descendants of ancient Greece for reviving the Olympian Games, it may not be unacceptable to a portion of our readers if, in the present article, we incidentally revert to that interesting subject. Hast thou beheld, when from the goal they start, The youthful charioteers, with heaving heart, Rush to the race; and, panting, scarcely bear The extremes of fev'rish hope and chilling fear Of all the games celebrated in ancient Greece during her palmiest days, none have excelled, or even approached in renown, those of the Olympian. They occupied the first place-instituted as they had been by Hercules, the first of heroes, in honor of Jupiter, the greatest of gods-in their pantheon. In these games, the chariot-races were the SITE OF THE ANCIENT CHARIOT-RACES. most distinguished, and, consequently, occupied the attention of the most noble and ambitious of the age. Among the Greeks nothing was considered comparable to a victory in these races, since it was looked upon as the perfection of human glory, and has been declared by a Roman poet to constitute the victor something more than human. They were no longer men, but gods. Palmaque nobilis The honor transmitted to this species of amusement undoubtedly was derived, in a great measure, from the ancient custom of fighting from chariots, as we have already shown in these pages, and from the fact, that none other than kings, distinguished heroes, and great men were allowed to contend in the chariot-races for victory and a crown of laurel. We are told that kings, in person, eagerly contended for these high honors, under the impression that the title of victor in these races was scarcely inferior to that of a conqueror in a battle, and that the victor's wreath, composed as it was of olive, pine, and parsley, would give additional dignity to the splendors of a throne. Pindar, one of the sweetest of Grecian poets, in one of his Odes, teaches us that Gelon and Hiero, kings of Syracuse, held this opinion, of which we find numerous other examples in classical authors. Cypselus, the usurper of the government of Corinth, maintained a stud of horses expressly for the chariot-races. His son Miltiades, on one occasion, won the prize at the chariot-race, which served to place his family in the highest respectability. Democratus, king of Lacedæmon, was renowned for the honor he had conferred on his native city by a victory, in one of these games, with Stoop to the reins, and lash with all their force: And now alow, and now aloft they fly, As borne through air, and seem to touch the sky. |