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Georgetown Malls. , HE NAILS for Ge tewn until further Notice. will be tnpde up forwarded every Monday and Friday morning at nine o'clock. 'I‘HO8' OWEN. Postmaster General. May I. ll”.

comutssantsr. DRAPT8 at sight on t|ie_Couimiaeariet Chest at Halifax. will gel iven Ill exchange for British ' ' , at er. Coins, or Mellcnlfinsti at‘! Lulgom D. A. C. G- Coteiniuarist. I’. [-3. Island. 22d Nov_., 1858.

Religious Tract 8oclety’s Pu lioatlons.

HE public are respectfully inforiiied, that the pub- lications of the Imden Religions Tract Society

are now sold for cash at the book store of Mr» 0- llasasrd. The stock has been mach enlarged by recent iirtpenatione. asd many works of the best lieb diviiies‘ will be found on their _shelvea—-‘lbs Pareat Society has also entrusted this Coiiiiiiittee with six Libraries to sold at half price to Sunday Schools. These libraries riaipbertng from 80 to l00_0 mlmnee, can thus be purchased for £25 cy. As it will materially advance Il‘lO.IlIlQl’¢lIl of religion amongst our scattered population to have grants of books towards the funiiation of libraries and the establishment of Sunday Schools. 0090014" "I I

go nu; it is earnestly ho ed_th_at ‘hristiau

friends will help as with the r en ripuons. A_l‘ew

poe ‘subscribed now, would enable the Committee as

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Mr. I-leobasd, tbedepue ‘ any contributions. hewevu sniall—-and will keep an

scooant of the same. By order JOHN ORLEBAR.

the H and congregation worshiping in the Baptist Church, in Charlottetown, urpoee holdings BAZAAR in the Tarn rance Ha I on Thursday the 29th. December, to si in raising Funds for the erection of a Town and Porrlt to the said Chapel. Contributions in donations or work. will be thank- fally received by eitbsrof the iindereigneil Com- mittee

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PATENT OI-‘I-‘ICE REPORTS

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These elaborate reports from the Patent Ofiice are gratifying indexes of the general inventive industry of the country. Coni- missioner Hodges’ present one is full of valuable and interesting information. There were 2639 applications received for patents during the year, and lllfil patents issued. An application is rarely disposed of without being examined at least twice, and some- times six times. Probably those I020

atoms have cost 7000 examinations. This is the largest number ever granted, in one year, except during the first year of General Taylor's administration, when Commission- er Ewbank issued I076. Extensive ad- ditions have been made to the Patent Oflice buildings, and there is still a want of space. rofessor enwick’s examiner's report explains the principle of the Celebrated I-Iobbs’ lock. Its “ unpickability”depends upon a secondary or false set of tumblers, which prevent the instruments used in pick- ing from reaching the real ones. More- over, the lock is powder proof, and may be loaded through the keyhole sud fired off until the burglar is tired of his fruitless work, or fears that the report ofhis ex- plosions will bring to view his experiments more witnesses than he desires.

Doors and shutters have also been patented that cannot be broken through with either pick or sledge-hammer. The burglar’s “ occupation‘e gone.”

The caloric ship is described and com- mended at some length, but the report admits that “its and is not yet fully at- tained.

A harpoon is described which makes the whale killhimself. The more he pulls the line, the deeper goes the harpoon.

An ice-making machine has been pa- tented, which goes by a steam engine. In an experimental trial, it froze several bottles ofslierry, and produced blocks _of ice ofthe size ofa cubic foot, when the thermometer was standing stall degrees. It is calculated that for every ten of coal put into the furnace. it will make it ton of

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From Dr. Gale’s examiner’s report we gather some idea of the value of patents.

who had -—de agl'ght.-'~-,.. . inc... iii straw cutters, took a model of his machine through the VVestern States, and alter a tour ofeight months, returned with $40,000. Another had a machine to thresh and clean grain, which in fifteen months he sold for $60,000. A third obtained a. patent for printers’ ink, refused $50,000. These are ordinary cases; while such inventions as the telegraph, the planting machine, and the India rubber patents, are worth millions each.

Twenty-seven harvesters, fillecn ploughs, twenty-six seed-planters, eight threshing machines, ten corn-liullers, and three horse- rakes, have been patented during the year, in addition to those now in use.

Six new saw mills, seven shingle-split- tors, and twenty new planing machines, have been patented within the year.

Seven new machines that spin, twenty that weave, and seven that saw, are also described.

Examiner Lane's report describes various new electric inventions, mon these is an electrical whaling apparatus, by which the whale is literally “ shocked to death.” Another is an electromagnetic alarm, which rings bells and displays signals in case of fire or burglars. Another is an electric clock, which wakes you up, tells you what time it is, and lights ti. latnp for you at any hour you please.

There is a sound gatberer,” a sort of huge ear-trumpet, to be placed in front ofa locomotive, bringing to the en ineer’s car all the noises ahead, perfectly distinct, not- withstanding the rattle ofthe t.-sin.

' here is an invention that picks up pins from a confused heap, turns them all round with their heads up, and sticks them in papers, in regulars rows. Another goes through the whole process of cigar-making, taking in tobacco leaves and turning out the perfect article.

One machine cuts cheese ; another scours knives and furlts ; another blacks boots ; and another rocks the cradle ; and seven or eight take in washing and ironing.

There is a parlour chair patented, that

cannot be tipped back on two legs, and a railway chair that can be tipped back into any position, without any legs at all. Another patent is for a machine--that oountathe passengers in an onmibus, and takes their (area. Whena very fat man gets in, it counts two and charges double. here are a variety of - uiis.petented that load themselves’; a li line that adjusts its own belt ; and »s rat-trap that

throws atraythe rat, and then heirs and sets itself, and stands in the corner for snot er. ', . There is a machine also by wbic 's, man ‘prints instead of writing his llioug s. It iaplayed on like epiano. Aed speak‘

of places, it is estimated that nine tliousa

are made every year in the United States gitlng coastast employment to one thousand

nine hundred hands, and coasting over two millions of dollars.

One class of inventions, we are led to see, meets with deserved repro ation. Whatever may be said ofothers, the ex-

aminers ofthe Patent Ofiice are not likely

to exaggerate, either from ignorance or design. This is their oflicial judgment respecting “ burning fluids :"

“ There is yet much to be accomplished in perfecting artificial light ,' and it is to be regretted that the inventors should be so generally satisfied with attempts on their part to render the use of dangerous ma- terials populsr, rather than occupy them- selves with the search after something that could be used to supply this went, without endangering the safet ofall who participate in its consumption. he desire to render the use of-highly combustible fluids less dangerous than they can be when burned in lamps of the ordinary construction, has given rise to a few improvements, for which patents have been ranted. Thus ar, however, nothing ‘has been presented which can render these compounds entirely safe ; while the frequent and dreadful accidents almost daily recorded from their general use, should prompt the public to the utmost care, if not to banish from all dwellings, as moveable lights, and especially when burned in lamps of fragile materials.”— Albany Journal.

CARPETS.

The Home Journal thus speculates about carpets. In the Crystal Palace, there are specimens ofa new article, which, it is said, will supersede them. We copy a part of the Home Journal’: remarks on the subject;

Carpets are going out. Tiles, floors of oak, painted floors and floors inlaid, are coming in. Accustomed as we are to the use ofcarpets, it is yet a fact, that in no countries but America and England, are carpets in general use. The advantages ofcarpets are two in number: first, they are the cheapest mode of having a showy floor; secondly, they save it world of scrub- bing. They are, in fact, a description of sham, being designed to conceal bad car- pentery, pine ‘~ " s.nd—dirt. The Ethi- bition cont ‘I, of most of the ‘__ _y__._____ , W, . -’..~ carpet-.=_ and ladies will do well to consider them. Among others, we observed a very striking floor, made ofblack walnut and hickory-—squnres ofone bordered by stripes of the other; Minton St Co"s “ cncaustic tiles” are Exhi- bited in great variety. And they certainly make the finest floors imuginable—-(as one who passes the Prescott House, and glances down the entrance, can see.) These tiles are the most formidable rival carpets have had to encounter. They are not only beautiful in the extreme, but combined the additional advantages of being particularly agreeable to the trade, not very expensive, cverlastingly durable, and as easily kept clean as it marble mantle-piece.

“In Great Britain,” says the inventor, “ upwards ofthree hundred ch.irclies have been either wholly or partially paved with these tiles; fifteen club-houses, banks, castles, and railway stations; ten training institutions, the cathedrals ofSt. Patrick, Wells, Ely, and Perth; four hundred men- sions and conservatories ofthe nobility and gentry! and five hundred halls and lobbies of private dwellings have also been paved. Amongst the tiniest and must elaborate specimens may be named the marine resi- dence of Her Majesty the Queen, at Osborn; the Duke of Sutlierlund’s mansion at Clifden near Maidenhead, Berks; the New Palace at Westminister and par- ticularly that part of it called the great octagon, which was a most difiicult work, successfully executed; and the Town Hall, Liverpool. The palace of the Sultan, at Constantinople, is laid with Minton 8t Co.’s Tiles.

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“ Already many thousand pounds’ worth have been shipped to the United States, and many churches and public buildings, (including the State Library at Alhany,) besides private dewellings and conser- vatories. have been paved with the tiles. The cathedral at Fredericktcn, New Bruns- wick; the churches of St. Mark and St. James the Less, Philadelphia; Dr. Alex- ander's and St. George's, New York; and Grace Church, Jersey city, are paved with them, or in part.” c are, therefore, justilied in saying, that carpets are one of the numerous present institutions, which the future will partly or entirely dispense with.

Novai.s asp Issiiti-rv.--The most a- hundant proof has been furnished ofliite years, that excessive novel-reading has pro- duced many cases ofinsanity. It is phyloso- phical that the education of fictitious senti- iuente at the expense of real fee|ing——that the undue excitement of the itnagination and ofthe passions, at the expense of the res- soning faculties and the exercise of real benevoleticp, should tend to insanity.

It has otlen been charged to religion, that it has made people crasy ~inearie, and melancholy. This is a baseless charge

'l‘rue religion never makes a man insane. Fanaticisni, superstition, error, lust, and passion, have produced insanity; but true oiewso/' God never did, and never can, pro- duce either mental or moral derangement. We are thoroughly persuaded, that the numerous works of fiction, with which the press is so prolific of late years, and which are sown broadcast over the -laud, have vitiritcd the taste, and corrupted the hearts, and ruined the peace of more individuals than any other one cause of evil known amongst us. It is heart-sickening to see how much precious time is spent over the vile ravings of hothouae feeling, that the novelists of our day pour out upon the read- ing community.

Rums.—A‘ writer in “Notes and Que- ries," gives the following account of the meaning ofthe wedding rin :

“ A ring whenever used by the Church, signifies,to use the words of liturgical writers, inlrgrilatem fidei, the perfection of fidelity. Its form, having no beginning and no end, is the emblem of eternity, constancy, integrity, fidelity, &.; so that the wedding-ring symbolizes the eternal or entire fidelity the wife pledges to her hus- band, and she wears the ring as the badge ofthis fidelity. Its ofiice, then, is to teach and perpetually remind her of the fidelity she owes to her husband, and swore to him at the marriage ceremony.”

Homrou L.tci'..—Silk is manufactured in Spitafields, London, not lace. The lace for the manufacture of which the village of Honiton, in Devoiishire, England, has long been famous, is supposed to have been first made in Saxony during the sixteenth century, whence it extended to Flanders and Fmnce. ln Brussels alone there were 100,000 females employed in lace making at the close of the last century. The art was introduced into England soon after its invention in Saxony, and it is singular that Honiton has produced the best kinds from that time down to the resent day. Hoiiitoii lace is distinguished by the beauty ofits devices, the neatness of finish, and excellence of workmanship; and these qualities, joined to its long established reputation, cause it to command at all times a high price.

Piuzszuvizm l<‘iiuns mp V nos?-'aar.ss.— Imagine yourself in my cellar; the first thing that attracts your attention is a large basket that holds fitteen bushels; a little further on is another that holds ten; these are filled with apples, Some may say, why do you prefer baskets to boxes? I will state my reasons, they give a chance for the air to circulate through the apples, which keeps them dry and healthy. On the east end of the cellar some boards are raised from the ground, on which is spread a lot of onions; and on another table, about two feet above, is spread :1 lot of onion seed, top onions. The next thing is a heap ofcarrots, piled up just as you cord up wood, the top ends on the outside. This gives a chance for the air to circulate througq the whole pile. I am persuaded that there are a great many vegetables lost by smothering, keeping

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them from the air.—.Matne

MOUNTAINS IN THE MOON.

t is an acertnined fact that there are three r-lases oflunar mountains, The first consists ofisoluted, separate, distinct nioun- tnins of ll very curious character. The distinguisliing characteristic ofthese moun- lains is, they start up from a plain quite suddenly. On the earth it is well known that mountains generally go in ranges of groups; but we find these isolated lunar mountains standing up entirely apart", never having been connected with any range. The one named Pico is 9000 feet high. This mountain has the form of an immense sugar-loaf; and if our readers can imagine it fairly proportioned sugar-loaf, 9000 feet in height, and themselves situated above it so as to be able to look down upon its .pex_ they will have an approximate idea ofthe appearance of Pico. There are many other mountains of a similar description scattered over the moon's surface: and these mountains not only stand apart from each other, but what is still more remark- able, the plains on which they stand are but slightly distributed. How singular, then the influence that shot the mountain up feet, and yet scarcly disturbed the plain in the immediate neighbourhood. The second class of lunar elevations consists of mountain ranges. Now this is the prin- cipnl features of .he mountains on earth- This phenomenon is also found, in the moon, but there it is the exception; only two principal ranges are found, and there appears to have been originally one range. One is called the Appenines. It is so well seen, that, just as the line of light is pas- sing through the moon you will think it is, generally speiiki , ecrack in its surface; but a telescope o ordinary power will at once manifest it to bee range of mountains. The lunar Appeisities may be compared with the loltiest ran e of mountains upon earth. It is l8,0tll set hgigh, ii there is another rengestill higher ,0‘)-feet above

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its base. In this feature, then, the moon corresponds with the earth, but with this dill'erence—-what is the rule on earth is the exception‘ in the moon. ,

GAS roa Hsirtao AND Cooxiso.—We find by the New York Mirror the modus operandi by which heating and cooking by gas is to be accomplished. The gentleman who has succeeded in this matter is Mr. John Power, of Brooklyn. The Jllirror says, the gas pipe is tapped at any point, an Indian rubber tube is attached by meanr of an ingenious coupling, composed in pdrt of the same material, (for which Mr. Power has a patent,) through which the gas is conducted to a small iron plate-—not much larger than one's hand—this forms what may be called the stove. This plate is filled with perforations containing asbestos, which concentrates and diffuses allthe heat. The computation of the inventor goes to show that a small ofiice might be heated for the trifling sum of fifteen cents per day. Incredibly small as this appears, the Minor confidently thinks it will cover the whole expenses, thought it has not demonstrated this by actual experiment. Admitting, how- ever, that a much larger amount will come nearer the truth, the advantages of the in- vention are obvious. or lawyers’ and similar offices, where it is desirable to avoid the dust, dirt and trouble ofa coal fire, to say nothing of the expenses of keeping an attendant, it is peculiarly adapted. A man can enter his ofiice in the morning, turn on the gas, apply a match thereto, and the fire is instantly started, and by the time he gets comfortably settled down to his desk, the room will be warmed.

Ofits complete success in cooking, the Mirror speaks with a confidence, founded upon careful observation and repeathd experiments’ Colonel Fuller has eaten meats cooked by this new process, and can vouch for their fine flour; as for the expense, he speakes with mathematical precision, having carefully computed the cost with Mr. Power, the President ofthe Brooklyn Gas Company. To cook three pounds of mutton chops takes just ten minutes of time, and costs only one-tliird ofa cent, to boil a kettle, containing halfa gallon of water, _occupies exactly twelve‘ minutes, an con- sumes less than a cubic foot of gas. To get upn bnsaltfast of four uishcs, '—.i_, .' for meets, a second for coffee, a third for potatoes, &c., and a fourth for eggs, or whatever else you please, will cost only three cents, and can all be done within fifteen minutes. Fifty dishes can be cooked at the same time if desired. A ne large turkey was roasted at the Astor House the other day, by this process, and those princes of caterers, Messrs. oleman & Stetson, pronounced this mode of cooking the most complete and successful in its results that they had ever witnessed. The daysof stoves and cooking ranges are numbered. The use of gas is to form a part of our domestic economy; and the kitchen will become an attractive place.