New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-13

stanzas Of Kansas genius At the Marniton Bridge dis
aster he fell from the scaoding, sKyeight feet. and
IN spite OF broken bones lacerated limbs and bodily
ment had the nerve 20 turn and cry out Flag number
one Gods sake. boys and from destruction tho
express train that laundering around the curve ony
halfamIe away. He did not make system OF heroics
OF il it was plain prose himsomethng in the or
binary run OF business. The incident has been told be-
fore but Is worth repeating III Word where there
| more poetry than hei olsm.
| If the AdirOndacks on the earthquake SUM-
day did not skip like lambs, the exaggerated reports
have represented least the foundations Of those
mighty hills moved. The shock felt on the up-
per Saranac and at Elzabethtown at tho same instant
the great mountain seeming 10 offer no resistance
to the movement VerpaDck COvin, in letter to The
albany Argus describes very wildly the earths tremors
at Lake saranac. He awakened by low deep roar
as OF an approaching hurricane This was followed by
the trembling and oscillation OF the EARTH increasing in
rapidly aud broken by sudden Jars or shocks-yery
heavy, the whole building moving, windows and doora
jarring-and the windows especially at every shock
Many OF tho guests opened their room doors and
shouted; out into the halls. After a monen,
all quiet again. In the morning small bits OF plaster
were found the floors down stairs. very noticeable
lifting sensation As observed violent move.
ment seeming be up and down. Tie earthquake
lasted i've miu utes.
That earthquake has shaken the sense out
Of the community. Here is student Of the Institute Of
Technology Boston, dissccting Old pn-cushion. aud
Is al
Deckers Corners in Ulster County, who shoots himself
through the heart with rifle, after hiding in the leg OF
bis boot letter, in which he begs his mother 70 bury
him IN an old packngbOx, az cheap she hnd be-
cause funerals expensive, and old box IA good
enough for him anyway. Then there Is a bride groom In
Reading, Penn, who is taken sick his own wedding
and is corpse before he has been husband twelve
hours. Then there Is a man In Montana who has IN.
vented an electrical automaton dog with vucanized head
brass spine, sbectirOn ribs copper-toed feet cast.
Iron tall gutta-percha skin and interior where tie
wheels OF eishtday machine go round tho tune Of
two miles minute And theD thore Is a woman IN New
Dlg. " Y, who IL called 10 testify IN law suit who
can neither be c0dXcd nor inundated into opening
mouth. lis mad world, my masters!
The recently awakened interest IN the tx
poltation Of American manufactures on large SCALE
ana the Importance Of having the best Information which
can be obtained IN regard to the OF foreign markets.
has led the starting monthly papers here, de
voted entirely to the export trade. Both Of these jour
nails have Olympian ideas 10 the future OF the foreign
sale OF American goods and the probable effect OF
lively agitation Of the thcme Of foreign trade at this tme
in completely clearing the business sky in this country
of every cloud and putting money in eyerybodys pocket
Whether or not these ideas are fully justified, and
whether a magnificent commercial empire ia, IN the
language OF the prospectuses the manifest destiny" Of
this country subject which these two papers have
devoted themselves is at at any rate important
and the fullest information in regard to it is desirable.
Boaforrs Aiaercn Export Rere0 is the title Of one Of
them It gives It's attention chiefly the South Ameri
can markets and IN order bring before readers III that
latitude the advertisements Of Northern manufacturers
ami the good quality OF their wares, published ha in
spanish. The other paper - The AmericH MAJ did LT
port Journal and Is Intended Tor circulation enemy 10
tai, country. Botn can be made very useful 10 American
Interests