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The New York herald., 1879-11-22

The report of the Princeton scientific ex-
pedition to Utah and Colorado, noticed in
these columns on the 10th inst, will be
useful in awakening fresh interest in the
physical geography of the great plateau on
which the Rocky Mountains are built. One
OF its climatologic peculiarities, as illus
trated by the report of the Princeton ex-
plorers, in the profusion of forests and the
display OF flowers and grasses above the
limit of the tree growth. even at attitudes ten
thousand feet above sea level, is worthy of
special study. This remarkable vegetation,
extending almost to the mountain tops, is
apparently traceable to the influence of the
mountains in condensing the vapor borne
by the great belt of westerly winds from
the Pacific Ocean. But there is another in.
fuence which they exert on these winds
which has been seldom if ever appreciated
by the students of our plateau climates.
Were there no special comparative infiu-
ence exerted by our great mountain
range, its lofty submits, arresting the
vapbr laden winds from the Pacific
and condensing their vapor on grand
SCALE would make the adjacent plateaus in
tolerably cold. But within fow years OBJ
servations in mountainous districts have
revealed powerful climatic agency in the
heat-evolving process that goes on during
that Of condensation. When air is driven
against the mountain side and lifted to
great heights. its volume expanding, its
temperature Is lowered but in the conse-
quent condensation it's vapor gives out
great amount of heat which warns up the
surrounding atmosphere In the formation
of one pound OF water from aqueous vapor,
laboratory experiments show, heat is given
out sufficient to melt five pounds Of cast
iron. When south winds drive the warm,
moist air of the Mediterranean northward
over the Alps it is cooled in its mountain
ascent-for an ascent of ten thousand feet,
according to Helmholtz, over thirty de-
grees-while on the contrary in its descent
to the plains it is felt as an almost in
supportably dry, hot FUhn wind.
Intense chilling OF the air, with heavy con-
densation and the consequent evolution OF
heat and the distribution of the latter over
the higher portions of the intermediate pla-
teaus. seem to be the necessary results OF the
resistance offered by the mountain walls to
the passage Of the moist Pacific winds. The
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

The excitement of the preceding two days
was kept up yesterday until an hour or two
past noon, when a calmer feeling set in.
During the last business hour prices began
to recover, and confidence revived with
reviving prices. The hope seems to be gen.
eral that the stock market will be stronger
and steadier to-day.
The brokers have very generally kept out
of the recent speculation, acting merely as
agents for their customers. The small mis-
hap to Mr.. Livermore is an exception which
proves the rule. There have been no seri-
GUS failures and will be none. The losers
by the sudden tumble in prices are princi-
pally outsiders who were deluded
by the "boom" into risking money
which they could i'll afford to
stake. Buying on margins, they were
required by the brokers to increase their
margins when prices began to leap down.
ward, and those Of them who could not fur
nish more money have been wiped out"
Experience, Poor Richard used to say,
keeps dear school, but fools will learn in
no other. We trust we may now repeat
with more effect the warming we have so
constantly been giving to people OF small
means, to keep out of the street.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

culations rather than on the spirit OF
prophecy; on the right Interpretation OF
nature and not on Urim and Thummim.
They turn on the study of aerial cur
rents. and especially on that particu-
lar aerial current which has been
called sthe Gulf Stream of the air"
The great storm bearing aerial currents,
such as that which countless observations
show moves from America to Northwestern
Europe, as Redfeld remarked, 'are not
transient and fortuitous," but, originated
by the sun, are as perpetual as his radia-
tion. The vast horizontal band of south
west wind lin which American storms are
imbedded and in which they are borne
toward Europe) in its transit over the At
lantic feels the effect of two barometric
areas-one of "high PRESSURE" central at
the Azores, and the other of slow pressure"
central just southwest of Iceland. line
drawn from Florida toward the Farce ISL
ands would, therefore, represent the mean
axis of deep aerial groove, in which North
Atlantic storms generally travel, but in spe-
cial cases the depression of course DIVORCES
more or less to the northward or eastward.
Our study in storm warnings is mainly to
ascertain the elements of that possible
yariatiOu.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22
Executions by Electricity.

Mr.. Park Benjamin, we'll known scien-
tifc expert in applied mechanics, contrib
utes an exceedingly interesting essay on
electricity to-day to the HERALD's research
for the best substitute for the process of
hanging criminals. He dissents from Pro-
fessor Diapers opinion, which we printed
yesterday, that it would be found very diff
cult to put electricity into practical opera
ton for the purpose. On the contrary,
Mr.. Benjamin believes. a simple apparatus
could be devised SO compact that it would
occupy no more space than an ordinary
travelling trunk, capable of discharging an
electric spark potent enough 'to kill SIM
ultaneously more men than have ever
been hanged in company in this coun-
try" with entire safety to the operating
sheriff At the Stevens Institute, in Hobo
ken, there is an electric coil which yields
sparks twenty-one inches long that pene-
trate glass blocks three inches thick, and
the Royal Polytechnic Institution, in Lon
don, possesses one of even greater potency
The awe-inspiring influence of such mys-
terious mode OF capital punishment he con-
siders one of its important recommends
tions, whereas hanging produces on the
public no emotions superior to disgust. He
might have added also that it would save
the bodies Of the criminals from deface-
ment-a consideration much insisted upon
by Professor Darling yesterday in his recon-
mendation of inficting death by the fumes
of carbonic acid
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

fierce wintry winds and low temperatures
OF Colorado are well known, but the Signal
Service reports give Denver, at an elevation
OF over five thousand feet above the sea, a
higher mean annual temperature than Bos-
ton, within hundred and fifty feet of sea
level The investigation of these climatic
agencies over the great plains which slope
from the Rocky Mountains toward the Mis-
sissippi will open a new chapter in the
physical geography of the globe and furnish
reliable information as to the climates of
the Far West.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

THE WEArHER.-The storm centre that passed
over this district on Thursday advanced into
the ocean and is now moving northeastward,
parallel with the Atlantic coast. The gradients
on its western margin are very steep, causing
heavy gales from the Northwest to prevail over
the Middle Atlantic and New England States
The barometer is highest over the South Attain
tic States. 1t is high but falling slowly in the
Northwest. and disturbance Is evidently NOV
lug over Dakota. Snow fell in the lake
regions and the northern portion Of the New
England States Elsewhere the weather was
clear. The temperature fell decidedly through.
t-ss az alsSricIs except the Northwest, where
it rose slightly. The winds have been generally
iresh except in the Middle Atlantic and New
England States, where they were high. The
storm that struck the British coasts on the night
of the 10Th continues with unabated fury. The
weather i'm New York and its vicinity to-day will
be cold and fair. Tomorrow it will be warmer
and clear.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

Victor Hugo never heard of Emerson.
J. u. Lippincott Co. publishing . new and
cheap edition of Thackeray.
Roberts Bros. are publishing q third edition Of
Edwin Arnold's Light Of ASIA
The revision Of the singhalese version Of the Bible
is stated to be now nearly completed.
Professor Hodgson. of England, 10 understood to
be busy with his long promised edition Of Samuel
Bailey's collected works.
The "Merry go Round" Is the title of now childs
book by II. w. Raymond; Camp and Cabin is by
the same author and both are announced by Fords.
Howard Hurlbert
M.pAbbe Alliances has brought out at Marseilles
.Ia Vic de e-Douceline. Fondatrice dcs Dc
quines de Msrseille,' written in Provencal III the
thirteenth century, and now frst published. with
French translation.
Mr.. Robert Gifcn writer on financial subjects
has in the English prcss volume entitled Essays
I'm Finance" which will deal with such subjects
"Ths Cost of tho Franco-aerman War;" "The De-
preciaton OF Gold since 1s4s. "The Liquidations of
1s7s.z6," .'Foreign Competition" "Taxes on Land"
and ..Thc Reduction Of the National Debt
Lonefeiiow's poem in the December Hd,per's ''The
IRON Pen" has q sound of being written to order.
The frst stanza--
thought this pen would arise
From g,,l.,, ,hs eassS, .ua.,. where !, les
Ny thanks and my surprise,
leaves q sort OF "Pnaforo" impression. Ono rather
expects to have It read on.
My thanks and my surprise
You can see by the expression OF my eyes
Some idea of the capacity Of the British Museum
Library may be gained from tho statement that IL
contains three miles of booksheves eight feet high.
and taking them all at tho ordinary svo. size there
are twentyhv miles of shelves. The dome Of the
reading room Is the second largest In tho world the
diameter of that of the 2arthenon. Rome. exceeding
1t by only two feet while st. Peters, being only l39
feet. is less by foot. We have here an instance
of the value ofron while the piers of the British
Museum dome occupy 200 feet those Of the Par.
thenon Ali lat feet Of area.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks suffered
further decline, ranging from 2 to Is points
from the opening prices Great excitement
prevailed until the last hour, when recovery
lset in which brought the general list at the close
within an average of points below the first
quotations. Money ruled at z per cent, with
occasional transactions at that rate and 81 per
day commission" Governments were quiet
State securities dull and railway bonds heavy
in sympathy with their corresponding stocks.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22
neland,s Asrarian Question.

The arrests in Ireland have already pro-
duced their first effect, in causing great ex-
element throughout that country and among
the Irish people in English cities Thus
they will prove feeler as to the depth and
meaning of the anti-rent agitation. If there
is any rebellious fire under all the rhetor-
ical smoke the British government wants to
know it. The moving of troops may be
taken, too, as the governments intimation
that it is prepared to deal with turbulence.
while the arrests will develop the plan, if
any, Of resistance" to eviction, so vaguely
limited at by the anti-rent agitators. The
Sligo outrage reported yesterday gives,
however, dark tinge to the aspect of af-
fairs. If those who are able to pay their
rents are to be intimdated wherever the
anti-rent agitation is active the Irish land
question will be quickly relegated to it's
traditional settlement by the edge of the
sword. This is to be regretted In no
country of Europe is the land held under
such unwholesome conditions as in Ireland;
IN no. country OF Europe is the tiller OF the
soil so much the slave of the land owner.
To seek redressal of the iniquitous land
laws it is necessary that the questiA be
presented to England, to the civil
lied world, uncomplicated with stories
OF wanton outrage, which, however
isolated, can be made to. do great
service in the mouths of the interested
classes who live upon the money extorted
from misery. Because few men are put
in prison the cause they represent will not
be discredited in the eyes Of the world,
much less in country which has a regular
crop of popular martyrs" repetition,
however, of the Sligo outrage, if its motive
has been as alleged, will put different
face on the matter.
We have Earl Beaconsfeld's authority
for the statement that actual distress may
be expected in many parts of Ireland
during the winter. In those parts, then,
the oppressive laws will tell their own tale,
pointing the necessity Of a reform
which it is obvious the present
government has no intention of
proposing. It would prefer to deal with
the emergency as purely abnormal one
rather than as the accentuated manifesta-
ton of unsound economic condition. It
would meet it only by wholesale repression
of uttered discomfort and partial relief of
actual hunger. 1t is, therefore, the difficult
task Of those who aspire to lead the Irish
people to convince England that this plan
is not craftsmanship that broad reform
is necessary instead Of a course of action Of
no higher intellectually than constable
and poorhouse master might devise be-
tween them. It remains to be seen whether
such leaders are among those who have been
| speaking of late in the name of Ireland.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

PRESIDENT SALoMoS, of Hayti, must have
been proud man when he took the oath of
office after an exile of twenty years. The
whirigig of time did indeed bring him his re-
vcngc. Driven away as a public enemy, but
finally invited back by his countrymen to re.
store order and prosperity on the island, is in
deed % wonderful change for any man.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

GRAIN spEcULAToRs will no doubt be morti-
fed to find that the rumors of a canal blockade
by ice arc wholly unfounded. AS there is every
probability that all of the boats now OIL the way
will be able to get through, we may look for an
easier market and increased shipments within
the next few days.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22
Il r / p E SH e q T .
NEW YORK. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 90, 1879.

Adrertisers are respectfully requested to hand
in their advertisements precious to eight o'clock
IN he ere,,i'ig to insure proper classification.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

TIE POLICE COMMISSIONERS do business in a
most remarkable manner They began yester-
day to investigate certain charges against their
Superintendent of Scows, but the accused
turned the tables his supcriors by putting
each member of the Board on his own defence.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

THE probabilities are that The Weader IN New
Yorh aud its eicnity to-day wiA be cold and
fair. I0-morr0,c ii ,ciH be scaspaer and clear.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

WOMAN was severely injured yesterday by
being compelled to leap from the window of q
burning building. Our Fire Commissioners
should take measures to provide some simple
contrivance to prevent such accidents. A sail
cloth would be better than nothing.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

In DELAWARE they are trying a twelve-year-
old boy for murder he having killed his play
mate with baseball bat. If convicted, will the
State not execute him
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

LOVERS OF GOOD RACING will be glad to
know that improvements are in progress al
y erome Park.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAREFUL how they order
other people to be arrested for theft, especially
by telegraph. respectable gentleman met
with such an experience on Long Island few
days ago and now looks for pecuniary damages.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

JACK FROST came to the rescue Of the Street
Cleaning Department and pedestrian exercise is
more possible in New York city.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

OUR DETECTIVES are still hunting for clews
in the river mystery, while the coroners believe
that the victim tied and murdered himself; yet
the taxpayers pay literally for such incompe-
tence.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

COLLISIONS IN OUR HARBOR are becoming
alarlningly frequent. These accidents are like
quarrels--somebody must be in the wrong con-
sequently punishment of the person at fault is
the only way to prevent their too frequent re-
pup
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

GOOD FOR THANKSGIVING TURKEYs-the pres
ent cold snap.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

The SEVENTH REGIMENT FAIR is proving the
success it deserves.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22

STREET FLoHsTs now sell their bouquets by
candlelight, even in the daytime.
The New York herald., 1879-11-22
ADJUSTMENTS TO-DAY AND EVENING.

PARK THEATRE-FRirz IRELAND. Matinee.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Matinee
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-FREScH FLATS Matinee. /.
THE ACADEMY-TmoNAs CoScERr-MARrA MATINEE
WALLACK'S THEATRE-OUR GIRLS. Matinee
NIBLO'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Matinee.
HAvERLY's THEATRE-THE OcroRooN Matinee
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-HAxLEr. Matinee.
STANDARD THEATRE-FArIsrzA Matinee.
DALT's THEATRE-wWEs. Matinee
THALIA THEATRE-DIE RAEUBEI Matinee
-LFNI's NEW YORK CIRCUs-Matnee.
BROADWAY OPERA HOUsE-PIsAFoRE. Matinee.
FIFTH AvENUE-sKLF CONQUEST. Matinee.
ABERLE's THEATRE-OLD SLEurH Matinee
TONY PASTORS THEATRE-vARIErY
CoMIQUE-MuLLIGAS GUARDS CHRISTMAS. Matinee
AMERICAN DIME observation-disclosures.
SAN FRANCISCO Observation-Disclosures
BTEINWAY HALL-ENILIE ScHAEFER's MATINEE.
STECK HALL-SoREE MUSICALE
CHICKERING HALL-DicKENs MORNINGS MATINEE
SEVENTH REGIMENT FAIR
The New York herald., 1879-11-22
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-10-27

UNcLEAN SOCIAL LIFE.-Is virtue
driven from the field /? Has vice won
There are hints of an existing condition
of affairs in this country. given in recent
revelations, which equal in immortality
the state of Rome in the later days of
the empire, or Paris before the fall of the
Bourbons. Yet the mass of people, we
contend, are decent, are God-fearing
the instinct of the American women is
to be modest and pure. Human nature
is no coarser or less reverent than in the
days of our grandfathers. Our literature
is purer than it was then. There are a
thousand avenues into which the human
mind can turn-science, art knowledge
of every kind-to divert it from gross
animal passions. Why do these passions.
then, dominate our social life, like the
seven devils who found the house swept
and garnished. and entered in to take
possession. We believe one reason to be
that the barriers are lowered in domestic
life to allow them to come in. Matters
are discussed in the presence of young
| girls which once matrens blushed to
mention. There is familiarity with
vice. an acceptance of it as matter oil
course. shown in our newspapers, in oul
ordinary talk, in our pulpits. which de.
bases the minds of the young. The very
air is poisoned in which our children
live. No legislation, no single reform
can touch this disease. any more than il
could cure malaria, which Stays its vic
Tins by the thousand. 1t is for eacl
family, each clergyman, each mother, t.
clean their own households. -Neao Yorl
Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-10-27
MAKING FAT.

1t is admitted that many show cow
or sheep or hog is too fat to be most
profitable, either for the butcher or the
consumer. There is limit to the profit
able production of fat Is it not true
that the disposition to lay on fat is in
excess Of what is really desirable in the
case of several somewhat highly priced
breeds? The proportion of lean meat
has been reduced to a minimum, except
in the hams and shoulders, and greatly
decreased in these. For home use do
any of US prefer such pigs? If any have
doubts on this point let them examine
the carcass of we'll fattened hog, or
look at sides of bacon or even at ham
or shoulder. If opportunities offer let a
comparison be made of the carcasses of
model well bred pigs, always kept in
high condition, and those of common. or
grade pigs, which have had more length
of leg, and which have fed during part
of their lives on good grass or clover as
almost their sole food. and which have
never been without a fair amount Of
daily exercise. 1t is quite possible
the decision may be that while the one
set would give the greatest profit when
sold on the market, the other would b.
much more desirable for family eating
National Live Stock Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-10-27
S9rifnltnraI department.
UNDRESSING.

.
A correspondent says that he gets the
largest returns from his manure by top
dressing his land. The following is his
method: 1--WE apply our manure on our
grass lands; grow clover and timothy
with it to feed our stock, and sod to feed
our land In this way we get vegetable
material distributed through the soil
better than can be done in any other
way, and with no cost whatever, the cost
of applying the manure being much more
than balanced by the increase of feed.
This is the case with all our lands,
whether sandy or clay. We see the
effect A generation ago, our land was
badly exhausted by half century's
plOughing and cropping, with little or
no manure. Since then, through the
dairy, grass and clover have been intro
duced, and have formed the principal
crop in our mixed farming. which they
have advanced and sustained. till now
the land is better than ever before. 1t
is sod that has done it, and our best
farmers have the most of it. A thick
sod, which drainage and manure will
produce, changes our most obstinate
clays into valuable land, producing we'll
either grain or grass, and with less cx-
pense than can be done IN any other
way, There are negligent farmers who
let their manure run to waste, who have
have Indifferent success. 1t is not the
system, but the lack of enterprise that
is at fault. We have such here-they
are found everywhere. AS an Offset, we
have enterprising men who have an eye
for the advantages of the times, and who
profit by them. These show what the
system is capable of. They trust in
sod they make it as heavy as they can
the heavier the more they realize from
it in feed-and they are not afraid tc
turn down heavy sod" 1t is these
enterprising go-ahead fellows that make
farming pay. They do not spend theil
time in growing, but work intelligentlJ
and with an object in view.-Ternon
Pt9nGT. 3pu- t
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-10-27
FALL FLOWING.

The better the preparation of the
ground the better the crop. The high
average yield of the English farms is no
doubt largely due to the thorough prep
aration of the ground before seeding.
Our climate is superior to that of Eng
land for wheat growing; yet yield of
sixty-four bushels per acre is not at all
infrequent among good farmers there
where here forty bushels per acre is an
unusual yield. Two plowings, several
harrOwings and in many cases rolling or
crushing; and the excellent preparation
of the soil by previous root crop must
have much better effect upon the soil.
than one blowing. very poorly done be-
cause of the hardness and dryness of our
soil in mid summer. and very imperfect
narrowing. 1t might be we'll for us to
lay out more labor on our wheat crop,
and 50 prepare the ground better, and
raise our average from twelve to at least
twenty bushels per acre. The difference
in the amout of wheat at harvest would
pay for good deal of extra work in
blowing, etc. and yet leave profit be-
sides. the soil would not forget the gen.
erOus treatment in one year nor two
Farmers Magazine.