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MOOKE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: A N AGRICULTURAL AN D FAMILY JOURNAL. 
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SASCOPHAGUS, 
At the State Fair at Syracuse, in Sept., 
1849, Messrs. Fisk & Raymond of New 
York, exhibited several of their Metallic 
Cases for the burial of the dead, which at¬ 
tracted great attention, and met with the 
most decided approbation of all to whom 
their merits were explained. The engrav¬ 
ing at the head of this article represents a 
top view of the Sarcophagus, and the an¬ 
nexed figure a side view. 
They are in construction, a cast metallic 
shell, of thin proportions—screwed together 
' by ilanges, and having a plate glass at the 
head, Avhich is again covered by a metallic 
cap. 
Their shape is peculiar—very chaste and 
becoming — carved in the antique taste of 
those ages Avhen mountains were excavated 
and pyramids raised to the remembrance of 
the honored or beloved dead. 
They must be preferred by all persons of 
taste, before the unsightly forms, and care¬ 
less, perishable structures m our last tene¬ 
ments now in use. 
One of their great advantages is, the long- 
period which the body can be preserved, for 
removal from distant countries; or their pres¬ 
ervation, awaiting the arrival of remote 
friends. 
If made hermetically tight, and enclosed 
in spirits, there is no period beyond Avhich 
bodies would not remain as perfect and intact 
as when encased; and in this simple enclos- 
CIRCULAR. 
U. S. Patknt Office, Feb. 19, 1850. 
Messrs. Editors You are particularly 
requested to call attention to the following 
rules touching applications for patents, which 
have been adopted by this office, to take 
effect on and after May 1st, 1860. 
Owing to the great increase of business 
in tills office, and in order to prevent all 
possibility of mistake as to the fact whether 
an appheation is complete, it has become 
necessary to put an end to the practice of 
receiArng cases in detached portions at la- 
rious times. It is now often the case that 
the fee is paid at one time, the papers foi- 
warded at another, the drawing at a third, 
and the model delivered at still a different 
period. Long intervals are often suffeied 
to elapse between each state of the proce¬ 
dure, and it is necessary at each step to 
search the books of the office to asceitain 
what the party has done before. 
In the multitude of appheations, this state 
of things leads to .the expenditure of much 
time, and in case of similarity of names of 
parties, or of the character of inventions, is 
liable to be a cause of error. I have, there¬ 
fore, deemed it necessary to adopt the fol¬ 
lowing rule, which will be enforced on and 
after May 1st, 1850: 
All the papers and the fee in each appli¬ 
cation must be filed in this office at the 
same time, whether they be delivered by 
the applicant, or his agent,-or forwarded by 
mail, and in those cases where the party or 
his agent is in this city, then the model must 
be delivered at the same time. If the party 
or his agent is not on the spot, the model 
can be forwarded at their convenience. 
This office cannot refuse to receive such 
papers and fees as may be forwarded to it 
at different intervals, but parties who persist 
in such a course are Avarned that this office 
will hereafter not acknoAvledge the receipt 
of the same, nor hold itself responsible for 
any eirors that may arrise from such irreg¬ 
ular proceedings. 
Until these requirements are faithfully 
and minutely fulfilled, according to the 
above instructions given, no case can receive 
the attention of the office. 
I am, respectfully, 
Tiios. Eavbank, 
Commissioner of Patents. 
We learn from the Baltimore American 
that the Messrs. Mathewson, of that city, 
have recently introdflced a new patent can¬ 
dle making machine from England, Avhi^ 
is said to be simple and ingenious in its 
construction, and promises to be of much 
utility. 
It consists of a number of moulds, hold¬ 
ing eighteen each, which are furnished 
with a bobbin to each mould, holding Avick 
for OA'er one hundred candles on each 
bobbin. 
At the commencement the first mould 
is threaded by hand. It is then placed on 
a railroad and brought under a cistern from 
which it is filled Avith talloAv; it is then 
shoved along to a carriage, which, when it 
has received its load, is conveyed by rail 
outside to an open shed in the yard, Avhere 
it is alloAved to cool. When that operation 
is completed it still continues its circuit ^ on 
the railroad, until it arrives at the machine, 
upon AV'hich it is placed and a stroke of a 
lever ejects the Avhole eighteen candles, at 
the same time threading the moulds for a 
fresh charge ; a reA'oh’ing saAV knife cuts off 
the wicks as fast as the hand can move it 
across the machine, the ends of the Avicks 
are seized by pinchers, which grip each of 
them as a person Avould Avith the finger 
and thumb; it is again placed on the rail 
and continues its course to undergo the 
same operation. On their way over the 
rail they are interrupted by a person avIio 
remoA'es the pinchers and trims the butt 
ends of the candle.— Far. and Mechanic. 
THE WIFE’S INFLUENCE. 
LIST OF PATENTS 
ISSUED FKOM THE UMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE, 
For ihe week ending Febmary 23, 1850. 
To J. L. Allen, of Syracuse, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in elevating and lowering canlage 
lops- 
To FI S. Clark, of Suffolk county. Mass., for 
adjustable rollers for window curtains. 
To T. G. Clinton, G. H. Knight, and E. H. 
Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for impro\rement in 
lids for boiler holes of Cooking Stoves. 
To S. Goddard & H. Warfield, of Truxton,N. 
Y., for improvement in raising and lowering car¬ 
riage tops. 
To U. Hochstrasser,of Philadelphia, for improve¬ 
ment in locking portable safes to the floor. 
To E. M. Pomeroy, of Wallingford, Conn., for 
improved process of varnishing buttons. 
To P. M. Purdy, of liaysville, Ohio, for im¬ 
provement in Portable Fences. 
To A. II. McGriff, (Administrator of Joseph 
, u 1. i I Pollock, deceased,) of Richmond, Ind., for im- 
urc, by excluding the tur, they may be kept | pj.oveiYient in hulling clover seed, 
in vaults for many years, without the least l To H. N. Rider, of Adams, Mass., for improved 
. method of kneading dough, 
offensive odor. | To O. Ramsdell. of W, 
Another advantage is, the security they 
guarantee against the desceration of the 
grave. Their extra weight — the impossi¬ 
bility of removing the screAvs, from their pe¬ 
culiar construction, and the danger incurred 
from the noise in breaking, Avould in all cases 
deter the attempt. 
The whole article is covered with a vitre¬ 
ous glazing, rendering it imperishable from 
moisture, the gases, or acids. Colored and 
bronzed with great propriety, having a plate 
for the name, it is an article that will com¬ 
mend itself to all those Avhose feelings and 
sensibilities reach beyond the arrangement 
of the last green sod, that seals forever from 
sight the beloved dead. 
Of Avhat inestimable value these cases 
Avould have been, in the far off land of gold, 
where have perished many endeared mem¬ 
bers of the best families of our country.— 
How easily and conveniently they could 
have been returned to rest with the bones 
of their fathers, instead of being inhumed 
Avithout coffin or shroud, in the wild pam- 
; pas of an inhospitable and remote land. 
! In the course of the coming season the 
; cases Avill be exhibited in this city. Messrs. 
; Fisk cfe Raymond’s office is 401 Broad- 
) Avay — depot 209 Water st., New York. 
Artificial Mahogany.— The folloAving 
method of giving any species of Avood, of 
close grain, the appearance of mahogany 
in texture, density, and polish, is said to be 
practiced in France, Avith such success that 
the best judges are incapable of distinguish¬ 
ing betAveen the imitation and the mahoga¬ 
ny. The surface is first planed smooth, and 
the Avood is then rubbed Avith a solution of 
nitrous acid. One ounce of dragon’s blood 
is dissolved in nearly a pint of spirits of 
Avine; this and one third of an ounce of 
carbonate of soda, are then to be mixed to¬ 
gether, and liltered, and the liquid, in this 
thin state, is to be laid on Avith a soft brush. 
This process is to be repeated, and in a short 
interval aftei’Avard the AVOod possesses the 
external appearance of mahogany. When 
the polish diminishes in brilliancy, it may 
be restored by the use of a httle drawn lin¬ 
seed oil._ __ _ 
Neavly Constructed Oven.— Mr. John 
Case, of 33urlihgton, N. J., has in operation 
an oven, w'hich is said to be of a new con¬ 
struction — the fire being in a separate 
chamber, Avhile a valve in the chimney 
draAYS the smoXc, gas, &c., cntu-cly out of 
the OA'en before the bread is introduced, 
and the oven is kept constantly hot, by 
Avhich mode, bread, dinners, pies, or cakes 
can be baked at any hour Avhen they may 
be wanted. 
A w^OMAN has her husband’s fortune in 
her power, because she may, as she pleases 
conform to his circumstances. This is her 
first duty, and it ought to be her pride.— 
The passion for luxuiy or disply ought not 
for a moment to tempt her to deA-iate in the 
least from this line of conduct. She Avill 
find her OAvn respectability and the esteem 
of others in it. Any other course is Avretch- 
edness itself, and ineAutably leads to ruin. 
Nothing can be more miserable than the 
struggle to “ keep up appearances. If ^ it 
could succeed, it would cost more than its 
Avorth; as it never can, its failure involves 
the deepest mortification. Some of the sub- 
limest exhibitions of human Airtue have 
been made by Avomen, Avho have been pre¬ 
cipitated suddenly from Avealth and splen¬ 
dor to absolute Avant. 
Then a man’s fortunes, in a manner, are 
in the hands of his Avife, inasmuch as his 
OAvn power of exertion depends on her.— 
All his moral strength is inconceivably in¬ 
creased by her sympathy, her counsel, her 
aid. She can aid him immensely by re¬ 
lieving him of every household care which 
she is capable of taking upon herself. His 
OAvm employments are usually such as to 
require his Avhole time and his Avhole mind. 
A good Avife Avill never suffer her husband’s 
attention to be distracted by details to 
Avhich her own time and talents aie ade¬ 
quate. . 
If she be prompted by true affection and 
good sense, she Avill perceive Avhen his spir¬ 
its are borne doAvn and overAvhelmed. She 
of all human beings, can best minister to 
its needs. For the sick soul her nursing 
is quite as soveriegn as for corporeal ill. 
if it be Aveary, in her assiduity it finds re¬ 
pose and refreshment. If it be harrassed 
and Avorn to morbid irritability, let her gen¬ 
tle tones over it Avith a soothing more potent 
than the most exquisite music. If every 
enterprise be dead, and hope itself almost 
extinguished, her patience and fortitude 
haA'e a poAver to rekindle them in the heart, ® 
and he again goes forth to reneAV the en¬ 
counter Avith the toils and troubles of fife. 
recreations. 
Children require to be amused. They 
like to play and run about. This is both 
natural and proper, and tends to develope 
the physical powers in the natural way.- 
Girls generally love to dress and nurse dolls, 11 
and this propensity has a great power over ^ 
the affections, it cultivates and nourishes < 
them, (to a certain extent) besides implant- < 
ing habits of regularity and order. Boys, , 
on the other hand, admire all actiA e out¬ 
door sports, and these as far as they are safe, 
are good for them. Boys should be en¬ 
couraged to keep rabbits, pigeons, or other 
domestic animals, for the practice gives a 
practical knoAvledge of animal life wliich 
in after years often becomes very useful.— 
Also if couA'onient they should be alloAA'cd 
to cultivate a garden, and they will then gain 
a knowledge of the A’^egetable AA’^orld- also. 
Gaming, horse racing, or other sports of a 
A'icious character, should be discountenanc¬ 
ed for it is very important to rear_ children 
Avith a becoming horror of vice in all its 
seductive forms. No lesson Avill prove so 
effectual as the pointing out to youth the 
practical results of evil in the subsequent 
misery of its A'otaries. 
Children require companions as Avell as 
exercise, and parents should bo particular 
in noticing the kinds of associates their chil¬ 
dren choose, alAvays teaching them to look 
out for those Avith Avhom they may pluy 
without fear of being polluted by SAvearing 
or other bad habits, Avhich are contracted 
in early youth before their real extreme 
wickedness appears to their youthful minds. 
Dancing is a recreation, Avhich some parents 
disapproA'O of, fearing it may lead to im¬ 
proper habits. No one (I think) should 
reason against the use of anything Avhich 
is so subject to abuse. I am conATuced 
that dancing is a natural desire and it should, 
(like all other essentially proper wishes) be 
regulated, not suppressed. Dr. Channmg’s 
observations on this amusement are highly 
interesting; I, therefore, refer _my readers 
to his life and Avorks. Theatrical amuse¬ 
ments I consider, in their present state,Jko.- 
no encouragement. A theatre which 
ought to be the noblest of all piistimes, is 
now an accumulation of immoral influences. 
FEMALE IMPROVEMENT. 
Steel by Electricity.— Dr. Wall, of 
London, has discoAPered and patented a pro¬ 
cess for maufactunng steel and iron through 
the agency of electricity, which promises to 
cheapen immensely the cost of their pro¬ 
duction, and at the same time improve the 
quality of the metal. It has been tested at 
several of the leading iron funiaces of Ma¬ 
ryland and Virginia, with the most satisfac- 
toiy results. _ 
AN EXAMPLE FOR BOYS. 
To O. Rainsdelk of Westfield, Vt., (Assignor 
to J. B. Sawj’er, of Monson, Mass., and S. Saw- 
3 'er, of Templeton, Mass.,) for breast-plate for 
To R. Ramsay, of Wilmington, Pa., for im¬ 
provement in Bedstead Fastenings. 
To Isaiah Subers, of Philadelphia Co., Pa., for 
improvement in Fences. 
To C. A. Wakefield, of Essex Co., N. Y., for 
improvement in Seed Planting Barrows. 
To C. A. Wakefield, of Essex Co., N. Y., for 
improved Seed Plater. 
To H. YVood, of New York, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in burning ornamental figures upon 
wood. 
To J. G. Webster, of Middlesex Co., Mass., 
(Assignor to J. W. Robertson &. J. G. Webster, 
of Lowell, Mass.,) for improvement in measuring 
cloth on looms. 
ToR. H. Green, of Poultney, Vt., for improve¬ 
ment in Seraphines. 
DESIGNS. 
To J. H. Conklin, of Peekskill, N. Y., (Assign¬ 
or to S. B. Sexton & Co., of Baltimore, Md.,) for 
design for Stoves. 
To J. D. Green & G. Warren, of Troy, N. Y., 
for design for Stoves. 
The editor of the New Haven Register 
has seen a sample of pure linen damask 
woven in that city, by Mr. M. O’Connell, 
formerly of Dublin, and thinks it the first 
ever made in this country. 
Single Blade Propeller.— The Phila¬ 
delphia Ledger states that a Mr. Bond has 
been exhibiting at the Rotunda of the Ex¬ 
change, a new propeller, Avhich, by the use 
of tAvo cylinders, a motion similar to that of 
the blade of an oar in sculling is given to 
the propeller. The principle has been test¬ 
ed with this model, which Avas propelled at 
the rate of over foiu* miles an hour, and 
also Avith a boat tAventy-tAvo feet in length, 
Avhich AV}LS driven by a single engine of two 
and a half horsepoAver at the rate of nine 
miles an hour, and tOAved a largo canal boat, 
which Avas fifty times its tonnage. The 
small boat made the run from the city of 
Burlington in three hours and a quarter, 
Avith the consumption of only two bushels 
of coal. 
We have a lad in our employment, A\dio, 
during the epidemic of the last summer, 
was. almost, at one moment, deprived of 
both his pai’ents by cholera. The father, in 
dying, left to his son, then about fifteen 
years of age, a small house, worth perhaps 
$400. This house he rents to a familyat 
a dollar a Aveek, seventy-five cents of Avhich 
is deducted for his board. He carries pa¬ 
pers for us and for an evening journal, re- 
ceiAung, from both, tAvo dollars a Aveek, 
wliich sum, Avith the tAVO shillings of rent, 
he regularly deposites in the Savings Bank 
each Saturday night. The amount which 
he received for carrier’s addresses, on New 
Year’s day, will clothe him very comforta¬ 
bly for the coming year, and he will soon 
be enabled to pay off a small arrear still 
due upon his house and lot, Avhich Avill 
leave the little property clear of incum¬ 
brance. , 
But the best of the story is, that the ht¬ 
tle felloAv is very fond of school, and though 
obliged to be up at his labors before day¬ 
light, is alAvays at his seat in the public 
school which he attends, at the ringing of 
the bell in the morning. In the afternoon 
he is obliged to leave at recess, in order to 
attend to his duties on the evening paper. 
Who shall say that this forlorn lad,_ thus 
left to his own guidance, may not rise to 
opulence and distinction, in spite of the 
many perils that surround him. ^Buffalo 
Courier. 
Mrs. Kirkland, in insisting upon the du¬ 
ty of females to improve their minds while 
young, asks the folloAving “ home question 
“ Who are the Avomen that sow dissen¬ 
sion in society—the tale bearers—the Aidiis- 
perers of scandal ? The really Avell inform¬ 
ed and accomplished?’ Those who enjoy 
the best books, love to read aloud to their 
friends, luxuriate in high toned poetry— 
covet the conversation of instructed people, 
and are able to bear a part in it themselv'es ? 
It is not necessary to ansAver this' question. 
It is undeniable, that even sincere piety en- 
countei'S a most formidable obstacle ^in the 
emptiness Avhich has led to a habit of gos¬ 
sip and detraction, Avhile an utter distaste 
to Avhatever is Ioav and false, protecte even 
the mere AVomen of the Avorld from this class 
of faults. On AA'hom does this life of care 
and trial fall soonest? On her avIio has 
made its every day frivolities her object, or 
on the student of nature, of character, of 
books, wdiose thoughts have something on 
Avhich to rest, little dependent on fortune, 
and not at all on fashion ? Who torments 
us by a petty, prying curiosity so much, as 
one Avhose rational curiosity has never been 
exercised upon objects of real interest?— 
Who that knoAvs how to A'alue books, Avill 
be likely to rim mad after dress and vulgar 
show.” 
Children are usually fascinated Avith thea- j 
tres or circuses; their drolleries amuse them; i 
but if kept as much as possible aAvay from ^ 
such places, they may in after years be rea- / 
soiled Avith and the true character of their i 
amusements can be explained. Music, cul- ^ 
tivated as a home amusement, has, of late ( 
years, abated the taste for theatricals, and ( 
the grosser vices have also been in a great J 
measure subdued by its influence. ' 
Books form an important engine of men- ■ 
tal recreation to many young people, and ; 
parents have a very serious and urgent duty 
to perform in the regulation of this taste. 
And last, though not least, is the love 
of the fine arts, among Avhich Ave include 
music, painting, and sculpture. These 
amusements will be found aA'ailable in no ^ 
small degree, as a means of juA^enile cul¬ 
ture. Education, on the Avhole, consists 
much in the subduing of the coarse animal 
emotions and the exaltations of the higher 
facidties and feelings. Young people should, 
therefore, be led into and encouraged in 
the admiration of the grand, the subUme, 
and the beautiful. With taste of this kind 
our youth may bo said to be fortified against - 
the allurements to evil in all its ramifica¬ 
tions.— Amerfoaa Courier. 
NOBILITY. 
YY'hat in noble 1 'J’luit wliicli places 
Truth in its enfranchised will! 
Leaving steps — like angel traces ! 
'J'hat mankind may follow still! 
E’en though scorn’s malignant glances 
Provo him poorest of his clan, 
He’s the noble — who advances 
Freedom and the cause of man! 
The Bloom of Age.—A good Avoman 
never grows old. Years may pass over her 
head, but if benevolence and virtue dAvell 
in her heart, she is as cheerful as Avhen the 
spring of life first opened to her atcav.— 
When Ave look upon a good AVoman we 
ncA'er think of her age; she looks as charm¬ 
ing as Avhen the rose of youth bloomed on 
her cheek. That rose has not faded yet, 
it Avill never fade. In her family she is the 
life and delight. In her neighborhood she 
is the friend and benefactor. In the church; 
the devout Avorshipper and the exemplary 
Christian. Who does not respect and love 
the Avoman who has passed her days in acts 
of kindness and mercy; Avho has been the 
friend of man and God; whose Avhole life 
has been a scene of kindness and love a 
devotion to truth and religion ? We repeat, 
such a Avoman caimot gTOAv old. She will 
always be fresh and buoyant in spirits, and 
active in humble deeds of mercy and be¬ 
nevolence. If the young lady desiies to 
retain the bloom and beauty of youth, let 
her love truth and virtue; and to the close 
of life she will retain those feelings Avhich 
noAV make life appear a garden of SAveets, 
over fresh and ever noAv. 
Hoav TO Improa'^e the Heart.— NoA'er 
lose an opportunity of seeing anything beau¬ 
tiful. Beauty is God’s handwriting, a Avay- 
side sacrament. \\ elcomo it in every tair 
face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and 
thank Him for it, the fountain of all loveU- 
ness, and drink it in, simply and earnestly, 
with all your eyes. ’Tis a charmed draught, 
a cup of blessing. 
THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC. 
The Genius of sensitive men once came 
before Jupiter, andbesought, “Dirine Fath¬ 
er, gii'e thy poor children a better speech, 
for they haA’^e only xoords Avhen they Avish 
to say how they mourn, hoAv they rejoice, 
hoAV they love.” 
“Have I not giATn them tears,” smd Ju¬ 
piter, “ the tears of joy, and the tears of Avoe, 
and the sweetest tears of love ?” 
The Genius ansAvered, “ but tears speak 
not the heart out, Divine Father; gKe them 
a better language when they Avish to say 
hoAv they feel infinite longings — hoAV the 
morning star tAAunklcs behind them how 
the rose-aurora of youth gleams behind them 
— and how before them in old age the gold¬ 
en evening-cloud of a future life’s day hov¬ 
ers liigh and gloAving above the setting sun. 
Give them a new language for the heart, 
my Father.” • 
Then Jupiter heard in the sphere-melody 
of Avorlds, the muse of Sop approach, and 
he beckoned to her and said, “ Go doAvn to 
men and teach them thy language.” I hen 
the muse of Song came doira to us and 
taught us tones, and hoav the iiuman heart 
can speak.— From the German of J. P. F. 
Pitcher. ^ ^ _ 
Let grace and goodness be the principal 
loadstone of thy affections. For love Avhich 
hath ends, Avill hai'C an end; Avhereas, that 
which is founded on true virtue, Avill ahvays 
I continue. 
I Respect is to the person beloved, Aihat 
the chasing is to the gem; it shoAVs the a ai- 
ue se{ upon it. 
“We should be cautious,” says Cole¬ 
ridge, “ hoAV we indulge in the feefings of a 
virtuous indignation. It is the handsome 
brother of anger and hatred. 
