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New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

The respite of Dolan, convicted as the muir
derer of Mr.. Noe, occasions surprise. The new
evidence submitted in this case will scarcely
diminish the general belief that the right man
was convicted especially as no other is under
suspicion, and the Diamond jim" story
bears marks of nnprohability.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

II we are to have Methodist campaign" statis-
ties will be in order. The Rev. B. l. Ives nomi-
mated by the Republicans in this State as a tre-
mendous Methodist, in the hope of getting " tre-
mendous Methodist vote. Mr.. Ives ran 1900
votes behind Gen. Merritt, LOO votes behind Tins
ley, l 300 behind Cornell, 5000 behind Danforth.
$3.50 behind Seward. and 4,100 behind Spinner.
Has Mt somebody been slandering tho Methodist
Church
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
Dnsiness Notitcs.

HUSBANDS CALCINED MAGSEsIA is free from
unpleasant rOughuess 10 the touch or palate IN o
third the dose il relieves Sex Headscne
Sour stomach and other diseases M the stomach
and bowels Medal ami four First Premium
Silver Medals awarded IL the best In the MARKET For sse
bY Druggists and Country StOrekeepers
SENSIBLE, SOUND, AND SAFz-Ihe LO" haue
Cash Plan In Life Insurance OF the TRAVBlERS
Use Brummell's Celebrated Cough Drops.
The genuine have II. H." each drop 40 Grand'st
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

The Amerique was missing just little while be-
fore Tweed was. This suggestion Is offered gratul'
tously to the police.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

The early introduction of two bills into Con-
gross for reducing the postage on printed
matter gives hope that this measure of relief
will not be long delayed. The blunder that
was made in fixing the higher rate is admitted !;
it is more important now to correct the mis-
take than to spend time in debate over the
responsibility for it.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

People who think there is nothing in the
Third Term movement will find some profit
able reading in the interviews with Bishop
Simpson and other Methodist clergymen,
printed in another column. If these inter-
views are at all correct, they certainly seem
to indicate Third Term sentiments of some
vigor in that quarter.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

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New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

If all thcologans were as capable OF seeing both
sides Of question President Potter Of Union Col
lege we should have less reason to mourn over tho
foes which have often mustered the Doctors Of
the Church in hot warfare against the very ad-
vancos OF science, to which their successor, have
presently been compelled to yield The controversy
on the relation Of the evolution theory to Christian
belief has called forth few simple and just To-
marks than those in the letter from DIR. Potter.
which we printed yesterday. While not him
self convert to Darwinian doctrines he clearly
sees and shows that they not Incompatible
with Christian faith. The evidence which is
adduced in their favor. he thinks. is not sufh-
cient but their strength is to be tested by scien
tfc, not theological weapons. That the men OF
science who have accepted theories Of eyo-
luton are sincere Of purpose in their search Tor
truth is fact too often overlooked in these contro-
yersies; President Potter confirms it from his per-
sonal acquaintance. They are, however, unduy
sensitive to attack There is no need for bitterness
on either side. Science and religion meet in a COM
mon duty: to prove all things, and hold fast that
which is good.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
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New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

Mr. Prentice Milford, once editor of The Orerldpd
Monthly, and one of the capable literary men whom
California has given to the East Is trying IN this
city an experiment of some bodness. He is deliver
ing series of tcncent Sunday evening lectures on
topics drawn from his observations abroad, which.
without any pretense of religious teaching convey
as much suggestion as possible regarding all that
relates to human culture Mr. rockingham has
approved these Sunday Talks from the pulpit. and
several of his leading parlshioners are among Mr.
Mulford's firmest supporters. The only misrepre-
sentatIon which Mr.. Mulford's friends fear is that
these may be considered merely entertaining
lectures. whereas all of them have some definite and
commendable purpose AS to the day which Mr.
Mulford has chosen there will be considerable diff
ference of opinion but as to the quality of his
utterances The subject for next Sunday evening
at Trenor's new hall, is 1.-The Underlying Causes OF
Intemperance," and the endeavor will be to show
that oyerwork, lack of pure air. sunshine, water
proper food, exercise, and recreation are largely
responsible for this evil.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

In his lecture on demOnoogy Mr.. Conway
has brought together much that is quaint and
amusing, along with goody share of what
has been gathered by recent research In the
fields of antiquity. Some of his conclusions
are rather startling, and will not readily find
general acceptance. Among these are the the
ories that devils and demons are creatures OF
the Imagination, and that they were construct
ed out of mems inner consciousness ut later
date, for the most part than the gods of
mythology.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

Anything which Matthew Arnold writes is
eagerly read in Great Britain and secures the
attention of thoughtful people in this country.
His Last remarkable production, "God and the
"Bible," described in our London letter,
assails daringly the basis OF Christian faith,
and indicates the latest form of antagOnism
with which it is menaced. MIR. Arnold is likely
TO receive patient hearing in this country of
toleraioa and religious freedom. He appears
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

In proposing to transfer to Congress the care
of the American subscription for the statue of
Liberty, the Union League Club naturally
seeks relief from a heavy responsibility. That
a national character will thus be conferred on
the work, is good reason, as far as 1t goes
But the personal enthusiasm which might push
forward the matter if in the hands of few
eminent citizens, is likely to be wanting when
it falls into the routine work of Government
agency.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11
Arm'2lork Daily Grihn,1r.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1875.

FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

It appears that the Russian and German
Chancellors have agreed to settlement OF the
troubles arising from the Bosnian revolt. This
course was foreshadowed in our London letter,
on another page. a curious incident therein
related illustrates how personal considerations
may sway State policy; the Emperor Alexan-
der being unwilling to oppose the interests OF
England, which favor peace, because his
daughter, the Duchess of Edinburgh, is 50
happy there.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-11-12
The Little People of the Sea.

The latest investigations into deep-sea
life show that the vast area lying be-
meath the ocean is covered with a simple
animal life, boundless in extent and inf
mite in variety. Under conditions too
the humblest sea-weed, these creatures
live, and multiply, and die. Far beyond
the reach of light, in a glacial tempera-
ture and under enormous pressure, exists
this wonderful fauna. AS we strip the
mystery of vitality, of garment after gar
ment, as its conditions become fewer and
its mode of existence less complex, the
wonder, instead of becoming less, con-
stantly grows upon the mind. The hui
man intellect longs to find a commensu-
rate physical cause for the effect which
We call life. When, as i'll the higher or
ganic beings, the conditions are many
and the processes are complicated, the
phenomenon of vitality does not seem so
puzzling; antecedent seems to bear
some sort of proportion to consequent.
The mind rarely troubles itself to make
nice distinctions between complicated
machinery and motive power. A liberal
display of wheel-work is adequate to ac-
count for results without any reference
to the initial force. But as we contem.
plate the life of the protozoa, which
reign supreme in the oceans depths, we
see the awful and mysterious problem
presented in its simplest terms forms OF
existence which are formless, organisms
possessing no organs, life contradicting
the very definitions of life and yet per.
forming all its essential functions. The
conditions, complex and multitudinous,
under which we live, ere here reduced tC
two or three the elements, many and
bewildering, winch enter into the ordi
nary statement of the problem, are here
eliminated, and yet we are forced to re
cogIize the same vital principle giving
functional activity to a mass of structure
less Jelly which animates the highest or
ganic beings.
When we see this formless life govern
ed by laws, each in itself as memorable
as that which guides the rolling planets
and all in their various combinations al
flexile as those which control our hui
man existence, we feel the sense of awe
which whisper from the unseen world
might send thrilling through our nerves
We are standing face to face with life
stripped of It's familiar conditions. L
looks us in the eyes as the disembodied
ghost of the life now so familiar to us
s. y. Herrick;; Scribner for NoUenaber
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The Song of the Shirt.

An anecdote, which Mark Lemon loved
to tell, related to the period when Tom
Hood became n contributor to Punch.
Looking over his letters one morning,
he opened an envelope inclosing poem
which the writer said had been rejected
by three contemporaries. If not thought
available for Punch, he begged the edi-
tor, whom he knew but slightly, to con-
sign it to the waste-paper basket, as the
author was "sick at the sight of it."
The poem was signed "Tom Hood, and
the lines were entitled "The Song of the
Shirt" The work was altogether differ
ent from anything that had ever appeared
in Punch, and was considered so much
out of keeping with the spirit of the pc
riodical that at the weekly meeting its
publication was opposed by several
members of the staff. Mark Lemon was
so firmly impressed, not only with the
beauty of the work, but with it's suita-
bility for the paper, that he stood by his
first decision and published it. BY
letter written by Tom Hood to Mark
Lemon, which we have for the moment
mislaid, it appears that the question OF
illustrating the poem was entertained
and discussed. The lines, however, We're
published without illustration, except
that humorous border of grotesque fig
ures which made up "Punch's Process
sion on Dec. 16, 1913. "The Song OF
the Shirt trebled the sale of the paper
and created profound sensation
throughout Great Britain.
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Why anu When Lamps Explode.

All explosions of coal-oil lamps are
caused by the vapor or gas that collects
in the space above the oil. When full
of oil, of course lamp contains no gas,
but Immediately on lighting the lamps,
consumption of oil begins, soon leaving
n space for gas, which commences to
form as the lamp warns up, and, after
burning short time, sufficient gas will
accumulate to form an explosion. The
gas in lamp will explode only when
ignited. In this respect it is like gun
powder. Cheap or inferior oil is always
the most dangerous.
The flame is communicated to the gas
in the following manner /: The wick
tube in all lamp burners is made larger
than the wick which is to pass through
it. 1t would not do to have the wick
work tightly in the burner; on the con-
trary, it is essential that it move up and
down with perfect ease. In this way
it is unavoidable that space i'll the tube
is left along the sides of the wick suffi-
cient for the flame from the burner to
pass down into the lamp and explode
the gas.
Many things may occur to cause the
flame to pass down the wick and explode
the lamp.
l. A lamp may be standing on table
or mantel, and slight puff of air from
the open window, or the sudden open
ing of door, cause an explosion.
2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
from table or mantel and instantly ex-
plode.
3. A lamp is taken into an entry where
there is draft, or out of doors, and an
explosion ensues.
4. A lighted lamp is taken up flight
of stairs, OF is raised quickly to place it
on the mantel, resulting in an explosion.
In all these cases the mischief is done by
the air movement-either by suddenly
checking the draft, or forcing air down
the chimney against the flame.
5. Blowing down the chimney to ex-
tinguish the light is frequent cause of
explosion.
6. Lamp explosions have been caused
by using a chimney broken off Mt the top,
or one that has piece broken out,
whereby the draft is variable and the
flame unsteady.
7. Sometimes thoughtless person
puts small-sized wick in a larger burner,
thus leaving considerable space along
the edges of the wick.
s. An old burner, with its air-drafts
clogged up, which rightfully should be
thrown away, is sometimes continued in
use, and the final result is an explosion.
-Scientifc american.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-11-12
Lama Never Dies.

The death of the Buddhist Pope or
Lama of Thibet has recently been an
nounced in the city of Lassa. The Lama
is the incarnate deity OF the Buddhists,
the earthly shell in whom is the spirit
and essence of Buddha, and is the spirit
ual r,ilerof 400, 200, 900 of human beings.
The Lama is seated in state on rich cush-
ions on the top of nm altar, before which
the adoring Buddhists humbly bow. His
touch makes clean the soul of the believ-
er and washes away all sin. He dispen-
ses little consecrated balls to his worship
pers. The Chinese Mandarins of high
rank, with a strong military force, are on
duty in Lassa, and a representative of
the Chinese Emperor is the civil govern
or of the city. The Chinese govern
ment determines the choice of each sue
cessive Buddhist Pope and when the
Lama dies, or Buddha passes from one
earthly tabernacle to another, his death
is not announced until several months
have passed, and the new Lama has al.
ready been the head of the Buddhists for
some time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-11-12


about the same relation to tine genuine
article that silver drips made from old
rags does to genuine sugar syrup. Sci
entifically they may be proved to be clean
and wholesome, but our old-fashioned
preiudices, for which we make no apollo
gies, come in, causing us to prefer the
genuine article.
An ingenious chap in Ohio advertises
the Golden Butter Compound, warranted
to make patent butter so nearly like
real simon pure Goshen butter that an
expert cannot detect the difference. So
the world wags. Adulteration, humbug
and fraud have even reached our butter
and cheese. Well, let us call things by
their right names, and have laws making
it criminal offense to sell butter and
cheese, or anything else under false pre-
lenses. If people want patent tallow
cheese or patent butter, let them enjoy
it-but let us have this one privilege of
calling things by their right Names
Kansas Farmer.
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The Southern Pacific Railroad.

The press, politicians and business
men of the Southern States are getting
worked up to good deal of interest in
the speedy construction of their pro
posed railroad through Texas to the Pa
cifc coast, and their demand for govern
ment assistance to it threatens now to be
pressed with constantly increasing power
until, in some shape or other, it is grant
ed. The case is thus compactly and Wig
orously put by Mr.. Frank S. Bond, the
able Vice President of the road, into
whose hands the practical management
of the enterprise has been placed.
The question of Southern Pacific
road is very simple proposition. 1t is
simply whether twelve Southern States,
with population of IL 800, 900, and all
area of 1891 square miles, with 49,
602 miles of railroad in operation, rep
resenting capital account of 1923, 509,-
223, shall have direct CT injection with
Mexico and the Pacific ct as, and shall
be permitted to enjoy the advantages
that her natural position will insure to
her with such n connection and Il ia for
Southern Senators and members of the
next House to say whether or not the
advantages of the Texas and Pacific rail-
way line to the Pacific Ocean shall be
open to their constituents within the
next four years. They have only TO saw
they want it, and there are enough
Northern votes to give it them as an act
of simple justice to the South. But it
will never be forced upon them against
their wishes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-11-12
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

A LADY named Garrison created some
excitement at Jackson, the other night,
by going into saloon aud asking the
privilege of holding a prayer meeting.
A MAN named Geo. Savage, employed
at Barnard Il Bender's mill, Saginaw
City, was caught in the shaft and ter
ribly injured last Tuesday night. His
arm and both legs are fractured, and he
received serious internal injuries. His
recovery is doubtful.
DURING October thirtv-four convicts
arrived at the State Prison i'll Jackson,
nineteen were discharged, and two died.
The month of September closed with
7SS, and October closed with sol. Those
who died were J. ID. Anthony and James
Kamaille, the Sandwich Islander.
ARTICLES of association of the Michi-
gan State Grange have been filed i'll the
office of the Secretary of State. It's
officers consist of Presiding Master,
Secretary, and Treasurer, and it will
hold its annual meeting in December
this year Mt Lansing, when important
business will be transacted.
The extensive lumber firms of p. Glenn
~
Saylor, of East Saginaw, have made as
signments for the benefit of their credi-
tors. The liabilities are heavy, but no
statement has been made public. 1t is
believed that most of the creditors are
secured.
THE mill of Woods IL Co., at Port Aus
tin, was shut down on Saturday, Nov.
9th. Over ID, 10000 feet of lumber has
been cut the past season, and most of 1t
shipped by the barges Howard and
Sanilac to Cleveland. The company
have one camp in the woods, and expect
ed 90 start two more as soon as the mill
was shut down.
FREDERICK II. DENNAN, of Battle
Greek, is taking steps to contest the will
of his father. the late Henry b. Denman.
Frederick Denman is the only child and
was handsomely provided for, but q
bequest of many thousand dollars was
made for the benefit of the Public School
Library of Battle Greek, and now the
son thinks that his father was not sound
of mind.
N. b. BRADLEY & Co., of Bay City,
have sawed plank for the Centennial.
1t is sixteen feet in length, six inches il
thickness, and thirty-five and one-hall
inches in width. The plank was orig
inally thirty-seven and q half inches
wide, but on account of very slight
/ imperfection at one corner, two inches
were taken off the side the entire length
it being necessary to maintain the length
/ of sixteen feet.
THE State census of 1874 has jus
been published, and the following fig
ures have been distracted therefrom
Total population, 1884, OBJ; excess o
males, 60,337; centenarians, 8; blind
54S; deaf and dumb, 615; insane, LOSS
idiotic, 64S; deaths the preceding year
IA, $50. There are 103, Alb farms, which
average 90.05 acres each, employing
1864 persons, producing values: o
wheat, $23, 416, LAG; corn, so, 500, 400
potatoes, 81, 6S2, 1886; pork, 81, 1913
butter, S6,713,30S cheese, 1891, 1855
wool, S3,511, 179; fruit and vegetables
S3,3S6,S66. OF general industries, So
flour mills produced, i'll 1873, 2,612, OF
barrels of flour, valued at $50, 10, 067
and 1000 saw mills produced 1921, 40
1874 feet of lumber, valued at 339, $50
156. There are 100 mines, employin
10,361 persons, producing 80, $50, II
in minerals.
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OleOmargarine.

Oleomargarine is an artificial butter
that is extensively used in Europe, and
much of it finds its way into the New
York market. The process of making it
was first discovered by French chemist
during the Franco-Prussian war and was
patented. The process is substantially
as follows
1t is made principally from fat taken
from beeves. This fat is put into cold
water, thoroughly washed, and the ami
nal heat taken from it After this it is
cut into fine pieces with knife and run
through perforated plate, which pull.
verizes it. The fat is then placed in the
rendering kettles and slowly heated until
the oil and stearine are separated from
the membranes. The oil and stearine
are drawn off into coolers, and when in
a proper consistency for pressing, put
into bags OF two or three pounds each.
These bags are then placed into power
full press-200 tons power-and the oil
is separated from the stearine, the latter
remaining in the bags. The oil with
one-third as much milk, is then churned
into butter, which is afterward worked,
salted and packed in the same manner
as the ordinary article. From every 100
pounds of fat, 60 pounds of oleomargarine
and 25 pounds of stearine are obtained.
There is now in operation in Brooklyn
a large factory that yields large amount
OF the oleomargarine that is sold at O
large profit, and is eaten by the hotel
guests as the genuine article. There is
also a large factory in Charlestown,
Mass, which turns out large quantity
OF this article and meets with a ready
sale.
! Oleomargarine butter and cheese hold
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hearty sympathy and support of the peo-
pie OF both nations. Thus far the French
seem to have taken the most interest
in the undertaking. 1t is time the Ameri-
cans should vie with them i'll securing its
success. The idea is TO have colossal
statue, representing Liberty enlightening
the world, elevated on little island in
the middle of New York harbor, over
looking the cities of New York, Brook
Ign, and Jersey City. The pedestal, dec
Grated with allegories illustrating the
history of the United States, will be
nearly rs feet high. The whole monu-
ment, from the soil to the summit of the
hand, will attain 200 feet. The first
model is ready and accepted. The work
is to be performed by the celebrated
sculptor, August Bartholdi.
Mrs. RENK, of New York city, has
realized how sharper than n serpent's
tooth it is to have thankless child. Two
OF her boys, aged respectively IL and 10
years, committeda burglary some months
ago and fled from home, since which
time nothing had been heard of them
until few nights ago, when they broke
into the house, pulled their pistols and
dirk knives and drove their brothers into
a room, where they locked them in. The
young scoundrels then seized their old
mother, and while one held her and
pointed a loaded pistol at her head, the
other robbed her of her pocket-book, a
gold watch, locket and chain. They
then threatened to kill her and their
brothers if they attempted to prevent
them from making their escape.
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THE PEANUT CRop.-The "gods Of
the gallery" will be glad to learn that
the new crop of peanuts will begin to
arrive in the course of week or ten
DAYS. Last year nearly 100000 bushels
of this plebeian nut were consumed In
the United States. Boston seems to have
hankering after the African growth of
peanuts, using about nine-tenths OF the
American imports of that country. And
this is the modem Athens Large guam
titles of peanut oil, sold under the Sc
ductive name of solve oil, also finds
its way to our market. Boston Globe.