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The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25
The Pose of . Moose's Head.

Ihave just returned from the head
waters of the Penobscot, where ]
fished for four seasons. | wish to call
attention TO what / have concluded,
from personal observation, is q monu.
mental blunder on the part of illus
traitors. and especially of taxidermists,
in the position given to the head OF
the moose. Last year and this year
| saw seven moose standing quietly in
the open, and took especial pains in
each instance to note the position OF
the head. Instead of thrusting it for
ward, as is invariably shown. neither
of these moose held it's head in any
such position. Five of the seven were
bulls, one of these q patriarch. All OF
their heads were erect; not SO erect as
a deer's, but far from the horizontal
position usually SHOWN. After the
moose gets in motion he does thrust
his head forward in the manner and
attitude shown. but he does not do SO
when standing. The same may be said
of the caribou. 1t il manifestly absurd
to mount the head of any animal in
any other position than that of rest,
and taxidermists would do well 10
take notice of the fact and govern
themselves accordingly.-Forest and
Stream.
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25
Cake for Exerybody.

A proficient cook has an eye to vari-
!. ETY. and suitability. Even in the mat
ter of cake she is careful to-suit all
tastes. Thus:
For farmers-hoe-cake, fruit-cakc
and seed-cake.
For pugilists and carpenters-pound-
cake
For reporters-spice-cak and jum-
bles-
For messenger boys-ginger snaps.
For politicians-election-c and
plum-cake.
For idlers and ne'er-do- wells-loaf-
cake and fritters.
For tramps-sponge-ca
For greedy children-stomach ache.
Youths Companion
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25
QUA zrRiAlA

~ nDver conquer 81 trials
b Naging unf. n We yield.
4nelf menace Or froun cannot dfag N down:
Submitting II winning the field
Ihay are only the scouts Who are testing
The echeming OF man. and his might:
They are only the ghosts of invincihle hcsts
Who conquer In every neht-
But they never assail the purpose
And grace Of . duty done:
While worry and fret are always met
With victory. easily won
We newer conquer our trials
By nghttng: be steadfast. and wait:
For the soul thai is grand. by q highes com.
mand
Triumphs over all time. and all fate.
-Emma p. Seahury. In Chautauquan
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25
Oddities Of War.

Contrary to general opinion, the m
provement in firearms has not in
creased the murderous results of bat
ties. The battles which have been
fought in the South American wars
since 1890 show that only one out OF
each seventy-pine men engaged was
killed. In the Franco-German war OF
1s70-7l one in each fifty-three met
death, while W the Crimean war one in
each thirty-five of the effective force
was left dead on the field. In our great
civil war one out of every sixty-fve
men was killed. and one in each ter
wounded. In Napoleon's early war.
one out of each twenty-cight wa.
killed and every fourth man wornded
and in the early British conflicts a,
high an average as one death to eacf
nineteen enraped is reported
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25

The children in North Atchisop
neighborhood arranged to give me.
nagerie recently and one procured a
trained rat, and another trained cat
and another trained dog The trained
cat was buried in the morning. with the
trained rat inside it and the trained
dog was being chased.
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25

Coal is not forming. the natural
growth of wood is quite insufficient to
supply the demand for fuel and the
coal mines will be eventually emPtiei.
Scientists say electricity will tale its
place
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25

-.Hullo.- said Jones in the tele-
phone; give me BillSius Bros What
number please?a asked the telephone
.irl. 'soh, I'm not particular said
Jones. very kindly: any of them viii
answer. Adams Freeman.
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25
One Comfort.

Struggling Poet (gloomily)-All my
verses have been sent back.
Wife-Well, | wouldn't worry, dear.
They pay so little when they accept
them that it does not matter much.'-
n. Y. Weekly.
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25

Something long desired has at length
been achieved by distiller in Lexing-
ton. Ky. 1t is whisky without odor.
Now man may indulge in dram or
two without making his breath the
strongest thing about him.
The Van Buren press., 1894-08-25

The first oil well in America was
discovered on small mountain farm
II Wayne county, Ky, in the year is.a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
TIE OLD DREDGE.

ners Between these two extremes there is me
shorter and still more dangerous route OF l'o mics
through Nantucket Sound and around Pollock ZIP
i,ht shin involving deal Of careful navigation TO
steer clear of sanlbars that change their location
every year. without reference to what the coast
survey charts say about them
According to the averages or the fydrograpnlc
Office for the open months. the prevailing WINDS
ora southwest which would be IDEAL for vessels
hound eastward through the canal but as every
coastw!se skipper knows, there Is always more
than enough "eastery weather summer and winter
70 make Il question Of considerable doubt as 10 no"
long # will take to round the cape. wina that ID
favorable for half the fleet Is adverse 10 the o'her
half let the PHOTOGRAPHERS figure never so Closely
hut the unalterable fact remains that. given the
canal a skipper may elect whether he viii take MS
chances on a short and safe voyage or on one tnat
IL twice or thrice as long and ten times as danger
Gus.
OF course there is another side to the canal ques-
ton The Old Colony Railroad naturally had t'
own Views In the matter, both In connection Win
the interrutdion of its cape traffic by the canal ana
bec,us. presumably more direct service b. boat
between New-Yorh and Boston would somewhat
seriously interfere with its established lines Ihere
ar. on file in the State House at Boston PEE
tltions and counter-pett!OnS for ana against
the canal On the hand the navigation
OF Buzzlrd's Bay according to the evidence
Of score OF master mariners Is shown t.
ba dangerous In the extreme: on the other, Ike
number, more less certify that 1t is as safe as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

reason that It runs pretty broad. shallow ana Oh an
ecual depth ard upon white sand. He showed me
ale, three hills on which the four towns kept
uar1ers before which was such an isthin"s "i
a,ou, three miles and barren plan that scarce any
thing might pass unseen. Monument llarbor san
to be very good"
ceuaI was af,erwarl and for many wears chie'
Justice in the highest court OF the province anu al
though FOR n time mislel by the strange ana terri
BILE decisions OF wtchcr1ft, his was without qieS-
ton one OF the leading intellccts OF the peflou'
Such is the earliest authentic reference 70 a SIM
ple engineering scheme that ought 70 nave "'e"
realized I'm Colonial days. obvious Is ia n"c'SF
and so easy comparatively. are the conditions OF l''
execution Perhaps there Is no portion OF me coast
~ tho United states familiar - the aF"raH"
sch,ol,oy than Cape Cod the pleasant authoritative
sound OF the name Itself Is enough to fix II IN the
memory and when once seen on the map the '''''
curved arm reaching with doubled elbow lar
int, the Atlanilc-it seems To- fix itsef iH1''l"S
un,n IN. childish memory. Looking az such may
o -,ici,larlv II the be cuipr"i or "thcr"H'
rendered easily disiineulshahle from the and one
cannot help noting how close together come Ut"
waters Of Buzzard's Bay and It's greater neighp'r
CANA cod Ray over tho divide between these
two COASTS Of Massachusetts the PeGuois hai ht'e
more than a mile portage their canoes "heh
making calls friendly otherwise, upon th"Ir
neirh,,ors. the Narragansetis. one may be- pretty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
THE CAPE COD CANAL.
1T HAS BEEN TALKED OF SINCE THE
TINE OF THE PILGRIMS.

NEED OF A CHANNEL ACROSS CAPE COP ISThM'9
-DFFERENT ROUTES AVAILABLE
PLANS OF THE NEW COMPANY.
Charles II was King; William of Orange WAS i'Sht-
Ing the French In Flanders Christopher Wren was
JUS: beginning -. Pauls Cathedral. and the ieebe
little colonies along the American coast were oh'y
Just recovering from the terror Of King Phlip
war. That is say. il was the year Cf grace 4o''
when two men rode along the trail leading west
ward from Sandwich Uarbor-not old Sandwich Oh
Kent, but its younger namesake Of Massachusetts
Colony one OF them. Mr.. Thomas Smith. was IL
member of the General Court: the other, Mi Sahuei
Sewa a tutor In Harvard College. then Lately
founded 1t was the 26th day OF October oid sty.e)
ana under that date young Sewali wrote IN hi'
diary: "Mr Smith OF Sandwich rode with me ana
showed me the place which some had Thought ID
cut for TO make "A passage from the South Sea 10
the North. He said 1t YVES about mile ana hal'
between the utmost flowing Of the two seas. In Her
ring River and Scusset. the land being very low
ana level Herring River exceeding pleasant 10y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

be- undertaken save in III" way OF needed fortliica
tons 50 the canal dropped out OF sight unth at''r
National independence was achieved. ana IL was
not seriously revived until near the close OF the
century, on May Il. 1901. the town of sandwich
consented To a canal within It's then boundaries
across the isthmus OF the cape and the necessary
articles Of incorporation were drawn up but undS
were not forthcoming and again canal interests
lapsed into obscurity
:, tho century passed on into its teens and the
young Republic into It's twentles. when the second
VIZ with Great Britain emphasized the need OF "A
short cut close in shore Tor seagoing craft plying
b.tw.cn the. busy s.apor;s Of New-York. Salem and
Boston.
Rut peace came again with It's period Of Indifferent
prosperity the privateers that had harried Brtish
though in 1918 Israel ThorndIke and others, petit
,r, and were as usual favorably listened TO. moth
,,o, came, OF IT, and it was not until 1860 that Gov
ernor (afterward General Nathaniel i. Banks re-
vlvcd the project and the United States Govern
mont WAS SO far Interested that a survey was
orl.rcI Coast Survey Chart No. 30i2 was the re-
sult. showing with nearly absolute accuracy the
best route for a ship canal across the isthmus hut
with cruel persistency war again imminent ana
the following year saw half the country spending
a million dollars a day TO save itself from being eN-
Terminated bv the folly of the other half Again
was the embryonic canal suffered to sleep In It's
r.n,i. vale between the wooded hills Of Shawme.
The four years OF civil war were hardly done
when great engineering enterprises began to attract
cauit.l and the Cape God Canal once more stirred
in its sleep But Il seemed fated To miscarry
through personal jealouslcs and stupid misnanage-
ment Again and again have legislatures conceded
liberal franchises: again AMI again have companies
been ORGANIZED stock certificates Issued and alleged
responsible persons pledged 10 prompt action; again
and again have surveyors gone over the route and
driven their stakes where other stakes mad been
driven before them.
In lSs, "A huge drelger was set to work. and In
spite Of grave mechanical defects In i's construc-
| ton something more than mile OF canal was
actually excavated. Again few years later con-
siderable force Of Italians put u WORK digging
| b. hand along new route winch II was supposed
boz sessed certain advantages over the Oh mile
| of canal and few detached sand heaps are all
| that now mark these undertakings. The mighty
| timber framework of the drelge stu towers aort
| i'm the edge OF the fens. leaning far over like n
| Tower OF Pisa and destined some time to go to
| pieces before AN easterly gale The sea has filed
| In the once deep excavation, so that now skin
| can pass into the canal only at hish tide But the
| typographical features OF the isthmus remain I'M
changed and are "a inviting now as they have ever
been to the engineer and the capitalist.
| A glance ut the map shows better than can any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

evacnate Boston that James Bowdoin one OF 'hc
fathers OF the young Commonwealth. after whom
a public square named in his native cry re-
ceive,l the following letter:
York, TO- ITO
Str: Congress having requested my attendance IN fa
l., hin was ~ that city when your et'er.ot the ll"
u,fin,o came Tits place This days post therefore ar
rs me the first opportunity u acknowledging the re
ceip, ~ T..
am hopcf,l that YOU applied To General ward ana
b,ro received all the that Mr. Macln couid
give In determining upon the praccabiy OF cutting
canal between R,rns,abe and Buzzards Bay ere TINS
4. the great demand have for engineers IN th's l
rarimeu, canada. etc. has Obliged me 10 o'''' '
,t,cht, hero - assist in that branch ~ business
thank YOU NOS, heartily Tor your Kind CONGRATULATIONS
IN the leuar,ire Of troops Boston aud am with very
great esteem. sir.
Your mos, otclient. humble servant.
'''' C. WASHINGTON.
Hon Jane, Howioin. Boston.
Mr. lanes Nachn, however. got leave or absence
somehow made his survey hat same year ana MS
estimates amounting TO i2liS IL. Sd. with 8he'c"
man ~ the PROPOSED route. were laid before the
Massachusetts General Court ard faVoraoy COM
,nenlel But II vas time for canal-pu'''b
Tho Colonial treasures were empty, or nearly 30
and Colonial resources were taxed 20 the utmost -
MACE armies I'm the field we'll enough e1uippeh anu
s,I,rceutlv disciplined face the veteran oi'ta""S
Of King George. New engineering works coii not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
FJGrRIyG TIE POPULATION.

A determined-looking man came strding INTO the
edoral-room. He held BIT OF phPerb hand - a sr
looking for the man who takes care oi '"e S''''S
r6o neore re- manpmiaior was at his desk and TIE
determined looking escorted thi'neI ny w
oftce-boy The took long LOOK az ,i.e ~! a
Is the population Of the city OF iiunslo: s,o,h,,c
The stqtiscian io9 I'd I hlm ~, mat " was
IN 1Ig gr%nteG the visitor exprcssIvely Then
he took anS,heT look los s at h inf I 81 Ra%ay
THAT is their reputation" answered the man at
e If Pt they put on, figures them figures Is likely to
be all straight and right
This seemed to be the dcterm!ned-ookng mans mans
f ng strange sounds. and then he shouted: Y9 ,a
fellows tina, make hgurcs Is al pas S1 OF 'ooS'
"Ho~ 50? Why because You are 2 Yo@ say n the
he millions You folks is always talkn ,, ABOUT u,
cSomn vo 5me i%" lay a" rht down like Of chick
man T made go go for for rifh, with you"
~ mean me that have in my hand the r e, -
Deope last year an want 70 know II mat ths SCI
Gon't prove that the population or l'uiIao - 4o
sol? Tha sny y Wea dni Is s &C. gnu
",,. my dear sir" started the s'atistician you
are aint laborin under nohn Of the sort broke
IN the MISUNDERSTANDING man i Sot the 'sSerS
mere s,, began the statis;cian again The deter
i'u'i, ooking man would not let him continue
i!mnnit Int ne he shouted ITS as plain as the
nose on yomr face. II the folks wasnt herr; tne
nos r,iiwav couldn't carry them, could IL lhat
sbe population OF this town, ana d9n y3m iofse
- iondon none of the resi- OF mem .ilht,s II
~ :, Three hundred and twenty-i thousand
W. make me tired Forty millions IS 'ne correc'
on an, Won want to get move on an let the
ilg ee,,1e know about IT, We are Twin In the me
propolls Of the world got ne iisecrs TO sn 10Y
ior ,e,o,Ic about g. an when It comes time nam
cot no objections TO their nah rny ''o"u'"e"' ''
M nd while the sastician was citchihs ms prea,n
~, r' determined looking man borrowed Few o'o
,'aners and disappeared
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

all, +, ,orcs although Manuscussett has become
S,oso,, FIR short and the Shawme woods were SO
..fao >. alp, that they no longer exist sun the
,,rd ia common pasture. "cow rights are nahusn
do,rr from generation to generation. and every Gay
- .h, summer a town official In the person or
foot hov drives the common herd Of Elhe 10
81 ,r,,, tb.lr seaside grazing.
pa, tho Good people Of the bay co;ony di not Jet
~, ,,roi oueston drop ont of sight. In 1871 nav
,, o,lv recently disposed Of wi,chcraft, the Cen
o-,, Cour, appointed commission, Consisting OF
Lam otis william Bassett and Thomas smith, 10
.,o,, q MACE FOR a passage To be cut through the
,o,d in sandwich from Barns;able Bay to Manomet
pa, far vessels to pass through TO and from the
,.ec,or, ,ar,s of the country, it being Thought ny
many rersons 10 be very necessary for the preserva-
i, Of n,on and estates and that IT Will be prohta-
,Ia a,1 ueaf1i 10 the public"
rt,,ia Of inheritance transpired canal-wise during
~. conturv that followed. The financial resources
-, ~, ,,l,nl,s we're strained II the utmost In fight
l,, ,i,. Indians and the French, and In slowly en-
,chinr upon the wilderness Pollock Rip ana
Noror,ov shoals went on claiming their annual
~,hrte or coasng craft and fishermen. tine pioneers
~ that enormous traffic which continues 10 tAiS
d,v in nay n like tribute in larger proportion 80"
ord ,hcn some shlp-owner or mariner would revive
,n rroicct of a safe inland passage. but IL was
ma, until after the British had been forced u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

more description what the navigator gains ana
,,,a, IN the massage from the sheltered waters OK
Long Island Sound to within short days run OF
Eoston From Vineyard Sound Lightship where
practically the inside and outside sa!ins courses
separate careful mariners with Dig Ships OFTEN
stand out TO sea. steering about east-sou'he's'' III
they can clear Fishing Rip or at least 'ie nsn''I'p
=. >or,ucket Shoal-ab0ut 2iO miles of open sea
with a good chance of being caught In a FOG or
on lee shore. with dangerous swallows cio'e
aboard As Sontrasted with this canal route o,
ninety miles, largely in comparatively shel'ereu
waters ana almost always within snort run OF
safe anchorage certainly has attractions for SNIP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18

sur. that plymouth had not long been settled before
,,u.s e,audlsh and his scouts discovered That the
o,o ,ras almost an island. II Is of record NJ al
events that as early AZ 1921 the genera lay o' "e
land was known TO enterprisng hunters ana "S"''
mon and on April 2. 1851. authority was sfA""i ny
m. General Court that ten men OF SaueuS mo"
Ivn,, ..haye liberty t, view IA place t" SIT down
, ,a,.o a,nIclent lands for three score families
,,,., IN. conditions propounded TO them by the
rn,ornor and Mr.. Winslow." The ten men were
Edmund Freeman Henry frake' l'o'f'is ''N'''
r1w,rI Dillingham; William Wood '"hh 'id''''""'
ptohorI caldwell. william Amy Ih'maS i"lp"r
Nv, lr,, Krot, and the lands viewed by them
~, suhe.ouently sat down upon ihclui'' '"'
nocl, between Cape cod Bay on the eaS' anu 'u|-
n. ,,. nj, the west. a trie short or I'VE niles
. roach IN beach as the crow ilies Many "'
,hso names are still extant In that V'lh''E III me
,,rsons Of their descendants s"N'rh' W I'm ''''
,h -ecoonzed right to place esquire a''e' '''i
names or Mr." before Them r's"'' wiz" WV,
49,, 80, any means common in those early DAYS "'
"' ' r,o,o,t,l etauctte Mr. Freeman was inc
~, -, tho author Of "a History OF cape Co.,
oo,vod as the standard WORK o. i's c"9' anu
now quite valuable FOR us r'r'''
7, ia n pleasant land. this isthh'"s VI wv az
, ,rac, five miles wide from Day w '"'' "'"o Wv
,hor, line OF Barnstabe county Ihc'uu'S ''''s'
,,,o,,.uooded hills. island-stu'den bays "'e'
VI and salt marshes. lovely freSh-water
lever ie"' - tufted with bunch grass. and
IAN ,,cbes where seals sun themselves on 'he
limo rollers come racing III "hi'e-cr's'eu
from the North Atiah"''
.,c,, standards OF antiquity, the country
10y ,',,s ola Two and half centuries OF Anglo
coyon occupancy cannot but aVe It's mp upon ~o
-, nature The roans are sni'"'" III" io'
'ne "a ,r, we'll tended; some or them especially
''' . ,, and farm ways. are worn deep mo t"e
the WV" 90 that the foot passenger hnds NM
grhNe"' ,,tature valley with stone FENCES Wei
sen :" h,d on either side ana bushes archhs
above ns .,,v Along Cape Cod Bay are bare uplands
acrOSS .,v.rtv grass bends before the sea breeze
whe'e - hraothes deep draughts OF Tree AR. ana
"he'e ,,a owe may follow the me seini-crcuir
whence w ,ne cane seventy good statute miles from
| u,no:net 10 Race Io''~
,,, yo,ne sewan and his guide sat In their
W. On sagamore iiill on that october morning
S'''' am alive who had helped work the May
me" oar.,ss from Provincetown TO Plymouth Pos
| hover "a. smith himself remembered seeing Cap
| s'ps ,,sh and Mr. Thomas Price. commissioners
tam 80 coycrnment. when they confirmed the ac
| io' 90 sandwich town meeting In October lsS9
tlon ~ -, co, apart 'Shawme Neck. lying betwx
| Ih'' shavme and Manuscussett for a com
| inc ,hs wood thereon to be free TO all without
mon nr sno,l" This decree. in modified form, 1:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
ELECTRICITY As An AID TO GANb.ERS

The applications OF electricity are constantly ana
rapidly increasing. and homes; inventors have been
no more active than the "blackleS fraternity IN
dey,sng apparatus for its employment. the latter
having the advantage of not being concerned IN
possible infringements worried by the eSactfons
and delays OF the Paten; Office. \ professional
gambler OF New-York gives the following descrtp-
ton of an electrical device which he employed with
profit in throwing dice:
The scheme" he says. was a battery con-
cealed under a table and connected by wires with
the top All | had to do was to press button
under the table with my knees and magnetic my
dice. | would bore out the spots and NIL the
cavities with steel filings, over which would
paste black putty. and the dice looked as natural
as any When wanted 70 win I'd press the
button throw the dice. and Of course my throw
would be SKIES Then Ia take my knee away from
the button and the other fellow would throw
whatever he lucky enough to throw but Ia
get his money s T.,
some way for the reception and carrying OF the
current but exactly how this was done the gambler
would not explain. remarklng NO. I'VE told yoI
about the general scheme of the plant, ana
won't give away all the Details
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18
TIE DiMiGES WE'RE LIGHT.
From The Washington Post


The wife of a prominent dentist In the city was
called 10 the door the other day to respond to the
appeal OF n tramp who wanted pecuniary assistance
For some temporary requirements. Being averse TO
giving aims She told him that 1t was against her
prnciples to give money for nothing. but that II
walk she would compe nsate him for his labor TO
the extent OF 10 cents. says The Grand Rapids
democrat The tramp promptly undertook the
contract and after about half hour OF good
work went TO the lady and received his payment
and went away apparently satisfied About Two
weeks afterward the same tramp called at the
same house and demanded brusauely to see. the
nj home on this occasion. and his wife was out; 50
he went 10 the door and asked what was wanted
Il want to the lady Of the house, said the
We'll she is out" replied the doctor but am
her husband: won't l do as well? What do You
want?" A.. -.
ago and | cleaned of your sidewalk and strained
my side so that haven't been able to do any work
since and want to know what you are going 70 90
about it?" 80 ,.,, .,.
What am I going to do about 1t" questioned
the doctor. taken aback by the mans enrontery;
what do you expect me 10 do about IL?
II want YOU TO give me something for what
have suffered by straining my side. and as this IS
matter for damages l want 10 settle II az once
The doctor slowly sized the man up as ne wa
delivering the last remark. ana then. taking
handful OF silver out OF his pocket. he Jingled Y
thoughtfully for minute as IL CALCULATING ana
said: - -
well how would Is cents strike your"
That's all right" burst out the tramp eagerly;
Gimme IT, Thanks" and he ambled of perfectly
satisfied leaving the doctor chucklng and much re-
leved at the settlement OF q prospective suit foe
damagea ''a