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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
EGYPT AND THE NILE.

According to Mr. John Fowler, for seven
wears Consulting Engineer TO the Egyptian
Government the Nile IN an average odd Sc"I
conyeys no less than 100 600, 600 900 tons OF
water, and 100000 tons of silica, alumlna,
line and other fertilHng soils down 10 the
Mediterranean. The river begins TO rise ABOUT
the middle of June, at which time the uischdlSe
averages about 800 tons Oh water per socohu'
and attains in September n height OF IRON ~
feet Il 2S feet ard q discharge OF IRON GOOO
TO 10000 tons per second. Inc cuiuNdleu
lands in the provinces OF Lower Egypt nave an
area of 5000, 900 acres and TO irrgate tins
effectually at least 100000 tons OF water
Der day would be required, an amount some
what exceeding the whole Of the Low Nile DIS
charge. At present the irrigation canals are
totally inadequate to convey tins qrantlty, ana
imperfect irrigation and consequent loss OF
crops are the result. In many instances a
couple of men labor for a hundred avs IN wafer
ing by shadOof "a single acre OF ground, all OF
which amount of labor might be dispensed with
II the barIage OF the Nile were c0npleted' ana
a few other works carried out, the whole OF
which would be paid Tor handsomely by
slight water tate per acre. MI Fowler does
not think that the resources Oi Egypt nave
been fully developed, magnificent as they even
now are, having reference to the size oil the
country.
Except for the work of man. Lower Egypt
for four months in the year would be simply the
bed of a river and for the remaining months
mud bank Long before the historic period,
however the Mic had been embarked, and
canals. such as the Bahr-Jusoi, had been
formed the first,to keep the foods of the land,
except in desired quantities; and the second,
to run off the inundatlOn waters as soon as the
fertiizing matters in suspension bad been de-
posted on the lands. Should the inhabitants
of Egypt neglect at any time to maintain the
works OF their ancestors, successive HOOus
would quickly destroy tine embellishments ana
wash The light material into tie canals. Thus
the whole surface of the country would again
be levelled, and the land Of Egypt would re-
vert to its primitive condition of being
rivers bed for One-third of the year and prob
ably maaricus swamp for thS remainder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
IN HARBOR.

Let me dream o. beloved, If dream
That have passed the whrlpOols and tn storm /;
That my poor bark may yet float m some stream
Where waves are musical and breezes warm.
Nv journey has been stormy, cold and rough
Nights have been dark and starless--Oh, 80 long:
IemptatIons' waves ran hign-ah, twas enough
When ! was weakest then was Cod most strong
Let me belieye-if only in a dream
That | am safe IN harbOr here Tonight;
Whl. overhead my floating pennons CLEAN
And iluttcr in tie sunsets glowing light.
so would float and rock and dream to-day,
Where mightler ships have lain 80 oft secure:
l shall not wreck now, nor be cast away.
My anchor lies here, 1t Is strong and sure.
And do not speak to me one uttered word.
thought of care or du;y's stern demand;
Only the music of the ocean stirred
The waves that whisper on the lonely sand.
see the ships, with snowy sails unfurlcd,
Float CAV Is out into the open sea;
But, oh. tor rest TO bound my little world,
Its past, Its present, all hupe To be.
Forgetting yesterday, tomorrow, all;
Asking for nothing but uDbT0ken resti
Too tired to note If clouds and shadows fall.
Or star- umned skies light up the west
Faith sweetly whispers, shall reach the goal,
Perchance belatcd and with broken mast
That the firm purpose of an earnest sOnl
VIII meet It's compensation al the last.
If on calm seas or stormy waves ride
know the Hand that guides my bark full well;
The voice that whisper, DER Deaths fearful tide,
That holds our shallOp DER It's heayiug swell
SO let me float IN lent rest to-day.
In tho blest harbor of unJTOken trust.
A. when, ere long, above me lips will say
Most softly, Ashes to ashes dust to dustV
III. M. COOKE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE THE TIDESf

fir w. Thompson in recent a. which he
.ome difficulty III explaining the tlues' ,%n Garth
So6ned as the motions OF wafer w There
AZ 70 the attraction of sun ana moo1I' oa aItn.
nuD ,Iaces where lunar tides VanlsNeu "a, ~
oatber and where there was ohiy .in soIar
mi once in the solar day, or WV n.o4er rose
dav. There we've places Whcl0 5 -" ,',t according
and fell according TO the sun, "iu "' Yore ,nodi.
10 SnS lhT Tol causes i'm the theory OF tues
.vu -! tbcre was also a solar annual uuo' nn
I'm n solar semi-annual uue 1 nU
"engh view of the theory OF the tlue ecnoi',
force was that the moon attiaS'Vu wv ,1o,,, mn
tbe Garth toward herself, and heapeu 'hein u
or tbis side of the earth. That was not So II
wonld be 40 if the earth and the moon Toi ,3
stnck ON the two ends OF strong oar ahu w
at rest in space but there was no su0h lis"
bar. ell toward tbe earth ?
According IN Newton's theory, the moon -
ol,rovs dining SO. Newton compared 'ho t1i
of the moon with the tall OF sl ono 49,, 'v ~
earth's surface. Why did 1t nor come u"Nm
Could it be always laliIns a." II was al.
downq That seemed impossible III was az
Iyovs falling but it had a motion perpeholcul3l
20 The direction i'm which it was falling, ana Tue
result of continual falling was SIMPLY cnange
Of direction of it's motion. nat was SIMPLY
Tho dvnomicl theory of centrifugal 1olce' II
o stone were thrown horizontally 1t descended
in narahola the stone falling away from the
limo in which it was thrown; so IL Was WIN lhe
moon Ii 5 seen always 10 oe IalInS Honl
tbe nrescnt direction and from the turther
aIterped line. and so it might be always tallin &
and never coming down. The parts OF the moon 40 10,
nearest TO the earth were falling most rapidly,
fhe parts further from the earth least rapluly'
zach preserved constant distance, or very
nearly constant distance, from the common
centre of gravity of the two. The earth eX-
perenced according to its mass force depend
ing on the average distance. The result clearly
was then "A tendency toward the moon ana
from rbe moon, and thus, in a necessarily I'M
perfect manner, he had explained how 1t was
that the waters were not heaped mp on the SIDE
next the moon, but were drawn up toward the
moon, and fell away from the moon, SO as TO
tend to form an oval figure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
THE RIVFR-DRTFT HUNTER.

w BOYD Dawkins, in his paper before the
British Scientific Association at southampton,
thus summarizes his views on the Rlvcr-dIlit
man: The identity of the implements of the
River.duft hunter proves that he was IN the
same rude state OF civilization, If It can be
called civilization in the Old and New Worlds
when the hands of the geological clock pointed
TO the same hour. II Is not little strange that
his mode OF life should have been the same IN
the forests to the north and south of the
Mediterranean, in Palestine, in the tropical
forests Of India, and on the western shores Of
the Atlantic. The hunter of the reindeer in
the valley of the Delaware was to all intents
and purJ OseS the same sort OF savage as the
hunter Of the reindeer on the BANKS of the
Wiley or of the SOlcnt. 1t does not, however,
follow that this identity of inn lcments implies
that the same race of men were spread over tins
vast tract 1t points rather 10 prlmeval con-
uitiOn of saVageTy from which mankind has
emerged i'm the long ages which separate it
from our own time.
1t MAY further be inferred from his vide
spread range, that the Rlyer-dIllt man (assun-
ing that mankind sprang from one centre
must have inhabited the earth for a long time,
aud that his dispersal took place before the
glacial sUbmergence and the lowering Of the
temperature in Northern Europe Asia and
America. il is not reasonable to suppose that
the Straits Of BehTng would have offered a
free passage, either to the Rlyer-drltt man from
Asia OF America, or to American animals from
America to Europe, or vice versa, while there
was vast barrier of ice OF of sea, OF of both,
In the high northern attitudes. Mr. Dawkins
was inclined, therefore, to view the River-drft
man as having invaded Europe in pre-gacial
tunes along with the other living species which
then appeared.
In all probability the birthplace Of man was
in a warm if not tropical region OF Asia, in d"
garden Of Eden and from this the Riyer-duft
Hunter found his way into those regions where
his implements occur. In India he was a
member of a trOpiCal fauua. and hls diSfribu
ton in Europe and along the shores of the
Mediterranean proves HIM to have belonged
either to the temperate or the southern fauna III
those regions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17

ing between meals. candies sweetmeats, pastry
preserves, etc. produce pimples and blotches
HAMBURG CREAM.-Stir together the rnd and
Juice of two large lemons and one cup OF sugar add
the we-beaten yoks Of eight eggs put all III tin
pai ard set in pot of boiling water f you have NO
double boiler STIR for three minutes take from the
fire, add the wel-beaten whites OF the eggs, ana
when cold In custard- glasses.
JHLMCE.-One-half n teaspO0ninl OF cuTant.
lemon or cranberry jelly put into goblet; beat
well with two tablespu Onfus Of water. MI mp WIN
ice-water, and you have a refreshing drink fore
fever patient.
BARLEY WATERFALL two ounces Of pearl barley
to half pint of boiling wafer; let simmer for i've
minutes, DRAIN and add two quarts OF boiling
water add two of sliced Fl rs and two ounces
of stoned rasins boil until reduced 10 "A quart
STRAIN for drink. This Is very nutritious for an ill.,
yaltd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
sIIvERING A LARGE REFLECTOR.

The mirror of the Leverrer telescope, more
than one metre in diameter, has been sllyered
anew, says Nature, 10y process enpIoyeu LOT
The first time with great success A kind OF
circular wall in gutta-percha and plaster was
built. so that kind of trough was made with
the concave mirror forming the bottom. rms
space was filed up by the silvering solution,
fine Foucault process The trouble of turning
over the glass, which weighs 600 kilogrammes,
was thus saved. This success is all the more to
he appreciated that the sllvering must take
place every two or three years. The curvature
of the mirror not being quite perfect, II Will
be used mostly for spectrum analysis OF the
light omanating from planets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17

to month, the only fluid they get being the
iuices of the fruits which they eat But pleas
ant drinks, like tea coffee, etc, may be taken
iukewarm for a long time with little apparent
With nlenty of milk and allowed to stand until
nearly cool. good test is to apply the little
finger TO the drink, and if it be not hot to 1t,
then it may safely be taken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17

A jOlly-lo0king German was quietly walk
ing down The street when he approached by man
who said Halo Joe What you doing here :" The
Ola man looked and said " But | not here az ali -
Not here, said the man what do You mean by that ~
:" VEIL now, you SEQ my name Is not joe and 90 how
could DO mere = You must mean some other man."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17

oysters in the Shell.


SweetbreIds with Tomato Sauce
Roast Turkey garnished with ried oysters. Celery
Cranberry Sauce. Sweet Potatoes. Green Corn.
Tomatoes.
Prairie Chicken. Currant Jolly.
shrimp salad.
Cheese. Crackers
Frozen Peaches. Lady Cake.
Grapes Pears Apples
Coiee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17

A clergyman down East was officiating at
funeral and in the or his remarks spoke ~ his
own gIlcf Us he was near relative al the deceased la
describing this relationship further he said The
c0rpse's brothers wife was my wfc's own sibtor."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17

dangerous condition. The parish Is only go
acres in extent and all the land except the
glebe is owned by Noncontormist, while the
population numbers only twenty-0ne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17

A country rector writes to The London Stand
ard IN the following PLAIN terms on the dwell
ipgs of agricultural labOIers: " How can a man
be expected to bring up his family with any
sense of modcsy when he, ms wife, ana sons
and daughters have to live and sleep IN TWO
roomsP II is sickcnirg to hear the piouS horror
with which some wcll-tO-do people speak OF the
immortality of the poor, OF wlich they themselves
10y their thoughtleSsncs, or mcanneSs' are me real
causes 4 landlord who allows men with fam
iIiceto have no better home than these two
roomed cottages is the first cauae 0i every case "i
immortality which arises in that family And
The PnU Nan Go-ctt, thus senslby comments
on the matter: f. 1t not pity PLAN speaking
like this is not oitcncr heard, aud heard Tom
the pulpit instead of merely read in thc news
paper The Bishop of Manchester denounced
these scandals to a Royal Commission nearly
twenty years ago; but how little has been
done Query. would 1t not have mcnued
matters if occasionally, instead of the lessons
for the day, the urai clergy bad been ordered
10 Ie.d extracts from DR.. Frasers report
The English Bishop of st. Daylds recently
reopencd the parish church OF LlandaWke' q
Norman building of great antiquity when
Tor years has been III most Iulnoue ana
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-18
Adopted unanimously.

A SENSIBLE writer, signing her
self"Hattie," says in the Cincinnati
Enquirer ..at Ha.
l ''For the benefit of those who do
not know how to cure the Group,
will send a never-faiiiugr remedy.
have always doctored my own chill.
dren " hen they have the Group, and
i have had over thirty cases, and /
have never lost one. Immediately
after the first symptoms take the
child on your lap aud wrap ii in a
warm blanket, putting it snugly
around the sufferer, Then have a
warm fire built, and sit as close to
it as possible. Next give a double
dose of castOr-oil, put then about
a quart of strong vinegar in a coffee
pot aud make it boiling hot. Now
open the lid, and let the little pa
tient inhale the steam. This will
soon give relief. Indeed they will
grab for it after they have tried it.
/ have cured membranous Group in
this way when everything else had
failed. But no time should be lost
i'm commencing, and as soon as the
child is moist with sweat, and wants
to sleep, put it in bed" s,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-18
putt,nn Awnr TooLs.

THE wearing out of farm imple-
ments Is, as arule, due more to neg
lect than to use. If tools can be
well taken care OF, it will pay 10
buy those made of the best steel,
and flushed In the best manner
but in common hands, and with
common care, such are of little adj
vantage. Iron and steel parts
should be cleaned with dry sand
and cob, or scraped with n piece
of soft iron, washed and oiled IL nee
cessary, and In a day or two cleaned
off with the cOrn-cob, and dry sand.
Finally paint the iron pant with
rosin and beeswax, in the proper
ion of four of rosin, to one OF wax,
smelted together and applied hot.
This Is good for the irou or steel
parts Of every sort OF tool. Wood
work should be painted with good,
boiled, linseed oil, white lead and
turpentine, eolored of any desired
tint; red is probably the best color,
Keep the cattle away until the paint
is dry and hard, or they will lick,
with death as tho result. If ID Is
not desired to paint on hand tools,
the boiled oil with turpentine and
"liquid drier," does just as well.
Many prefer to saturate the wood
work OF farm Implements with
crude petroleum. This can be used
with color, but Is applied by itself,
SO long as any Is absorbed by the
pores ofthe wood.-A0rtcuttttrfst. "
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-18
Latanaas q tha lutun,n e.n.t..

The progress OF the season, judged
by the extension OF the frost belt
southwark, is remarkably slow. In
October OF last year "killing frosts"
visited New England as early as
the 9th Of the month, causing great
destruction of the crops, and on the
9Th extended to Virginia, North
and South Carolina and Tennessee,
with very disastrous effects 10 to-
bacco and fruit crops. During the
present month, except In the north
west, no killing frosts have been
reported, and those which have
occurred fell mostly after the 10th
inst, north and west OF the Ohio
valley. The only very severe frosts
80 far reported this month have
been those of the 18th inst, In Wis
consin, unless we 90 further north
and into the western plateau re-
giOns. The exceptional immunity
which the tobacco and cotton grow.
ers have enjoyed from frosts this
fall will no doubt enable them, as
1t will farmers generally, to make
the most OF the growing season and
considerably enlarge their crop
profits. The lateness OF the present
seasons frostS Is already as note
worthy as was that OF the autumn
of 1877, when the Signal Service re-
ported that no frost occurred during
October at Lynchburg; few IL any
killing frosts in this State or Ohio,
and in some parts OF New England
the color OF autumn foliage was late
in turning. This was a very late
autumn and was followed by
mild winter; whereas the fall OF
1876 carried its killing frosts, with
ice, as far south as Georgia and
Alabama by October 18th, and
the tobacco crops In Vir-
ginia still earlier In the same
aud was followed by a cold
The first frosts OF October,
1878, in the cotton States were re-
ported by the Signai Service as
early as the 18th, and the ensuing
winter was generally severe. In
1875, 1879 and 1880, the mean date
at which autumnal frosts injurious
TO vegetation reached the cotton "a
and tobacco districts OF the South
was october 10. IL will be seen from
these data, therefore, that the coun-
try has so far escaped this fall from
The usual severe visitations of frost
IN the central, eastern and southern ID
sections. Although delay of these
Sisitatioils Is not always followed
by a mild winter and early heavy
Iutumnal frosts do not always IN !
licate cold winter, the period of
heir first occurrence Is rightly held
% be significant and of some pre-
lictive value. Judging by this test,
We may hope to escape winter OF
intense rigor. ...# +. .i He.I Ygl.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-18
Alive IN Her ShroUd.


On Tuesday afternoon last Mrs.
w. l.. Petit, wife of the teller of
the First National Bank of Ft.
Wayne, apparently died and the
undertaken took charge of her body.
Arrangements were making for the
funeral, and watchers sitting with
the supposed corpse. At 10 o'clock
at night a faint sound was heard
coming from the body. The watch
ers started to their feet with alarm,
stepped to her side, found her eyes
were wide open, while in voice
that was scarcely an audible whis-
per, she recognized them and asked
for her husband. For a moment
the attendants were speechless with
wonder at this resurrection of the
dead then, with the revulsion of
feeling, they almost screamed with
excitement. The husband came in
haste, and with joy unspeakab!e
clasped again his living wife in
his arms. The doctor was sent for
and he was as much astOnished as
the rest of the household at behold
ing living what In his exact medi-
cal science he had declared dead.
He administered the proper restOra-
tives and the patient rapidly recov-
cred and was declared at n late hour
to be in more hopeful condition
than ever.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-18
The Tennessee Conference on Temperance
% Rev. s. M. Cherry presented the
report of the Committee on Tenn

perdnce.
Your committee were in hearty and en-
tire harmony in regard to the enormity OF
the evils of intemperance and the best
methods TO employ in suppressing the
scOurge, and voted unanimously 10 fully In
dorse the wholesome chapter on Temper
ance adopted by our late General Confer
ence, especially the clause which requires
"all of our preachers and members TO alb
stain from the manufacture or sale of In
toxicating liquors 10 be used as beverage"
We also approve the sentiments OF the
President and twelve speakers at the Ecu
menical Methodist Conference, who uttered
such noble sentiments on "civil measures
to suppress intemperance, and the relation
of the Church 30 such movements" clearly
showing that Christian Legislators are bound
to help in putting down public nuisance
which will not be abated until the manu.
facture and sale of every kind of intoxica-
ting liquor as beverage are prohibited by
civil law. Not q dissenting Voice was raised
in City Road Chapel, from leading Metho-
dist ministers and laymen OF the globe
against the legal and moral right of civil
iegislation to extirpate the evils of intem-
perance by prohibition. Certainly, then,
Southern Methodists should not hesitate
to lead in this great moral movement that
is overspreading Europe and America, and
exert their influence 10 sustain all civil leg
islation to repress or suppress the traffic in
strong drink; therefore,
Resolved, That we heartily approve the
new chapter on Temperance In our Disci-
pline, and earnestly recommend to all of our
pastors the faithful enforcement OF this ex-
cellent law.
2. That we re-affirm the resolution adopt
ed at the last session of our Conference that
we are in full sympathy with the advanced
legislation Of our State In opposition to the
traffic In spiritnous liquors, and that our
legislative authorities be respectfully urged
to extend the benefit of the present laws
to all corporations of 5000 inhabitants or |
less. -a ..
8. That we approve and commend the |
for their efficient enforcement of the laws |
of our State for the suppression OF the sale |
and use of Intoxicating liquors and the pro-
lection of schools, and which has ALREADY |
great information in most of |
Che COMMITTEES Of our State. -s. O. Ell. i
3. That the thanks OF the Tennessee Con- |
fetence are due and are hereby rendered to |
Or. %. =. Fitzgerald for the frequent pungent |
and timely editorials OH the |
evils of the liquor traffic and the great dan |
gers ufdram drinking, which will help our |
preachers and people wonderfully In culti- 4
waiting and developing public sentiment |
until we gain our goai-total prohibition Of |
the liquor traffic.
Adopted unanimously. |
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-18
WE SHALL KNOW


When the mists have rolled in splendor
From the beauty of the nils,
And the sunshine, warm and tender,
Falls in kisses on the T1ils,
We may read loves shining letter
In tue rainbow Of the spray;
We shall know each other better
When the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known
Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning.,
When the mists have cleared away.
If We err in human blindness,
And forget that we are dust,
If we miss the law of kindness 4s.r -
When we struggle to be just,
Snowy wings Of peace shall cover .a1t.
All the pain that clouds our day,
When the weary watch is over 10
And the mists have cleared away,
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to walk alone
In the dawning of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away. s
When the silvery mists have veiled us
From the faces of our own,
Oft we deem their love has Jailed us, f'--
And we tread our path alone;
We Should see them near and truly,
We should trust them day by day,
Neither love nor blame undniy,
If the mistS are cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to walk alone
In the dawning of the morning,
When the miSts have cleared away.