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Year: 1872

not be avoided by a iudicious use of the
brake. At Mount Jefferson we were hauled
up another plane, two thousand and seventy
feet long, and four hundred and sixty-two
feet high and one mile from It's top we ran
into Summit Hill.


Then we ran down into Panther Creek
Valley, and traversed the whole course of
the Switchback Road, returning late in
the evening, and whizzing down the nine
miles between Summit Hill and Mauch Chunk
in nineteen minutes.


But to begin at the beginning :-"The
Switchback" is not a switchback at all, in
the technical sense of the word, and has not
been for years. Originally, there were sew
eral switchbacks along the "Gravity Rail
road, which is the proper name for the line
under consideration, and they were operated
thus: the cars running smoothly on down
grade, would reach point where they sud-
denly found themselves going up hill at such
rate that they were quickly compelled TO
stop. Then the attraction of gravitaton,
constantly drawing them down the hill.
would cause them to reverse their direction
and run back but when they again reached
the place where the grade changed, switch.
worked by spring, threw them on another
track, and they continued their journey down
The mountain in direction contrary TO that
III winch lleY Iau been running before they
came to the switchback. The next interrup-
lion would send them in the original direc-
lion; and in this zigzag fashion they accom-
plished their descent into Panther Creek Val
ley. Later and better varying has changed
the switchbacks into curves, and the descent
from the Summit Hill to the mines is made
without interruption; hut the name, which
was at first local and applied to particular
point, gradually spread until ii included the
entire road.


This is next to the oldest road in the Uni
ted States. It's only predecessor was road
three miles long connected with the Quincy
stone quarries in Massachusetts. That was
built in the fall of lS2G--this went in opera
lion in May, 1927.


At first the road extended only from SUM
nit to Mauch Chunk There was NJ return
track, and consequently no planes the empty
cars biting hauled back to the mines by gangs
of mules, which, in turn, was transported to
Mauch hunk IN cars designed expressly for
their use-a ride which they learned to value
so much that M amount OF persuasion could
induce them 10 make the journey ON foot.
Subsequent y the Panther Crt tek mi es ere
opened, the Swilchback proper made to
reach them, and planes built to assist grayi-
tation in transporting the cars
Year: 1872

ters rose in their might Every dam was
broken, every restraint swept away, and
from White Haven to Mauch Chunk the
stream ran free once more. The memory of
that fearful day is still fresh in the minds of
the dwellers In the valley, and the bed of the
torrent Is still strewn with the wrecks that
went down before its wrath. The Lehigh
Company, who had planned and constructed
this magnificent system of slackwater navi-
cation, looked on in silent dismay, saw the
labor of years vanish in a moment, shook
their heads d-proceeded to build rail
road. After th 1t days experience they felt
as il they could never trust the river again.


Soon after leaving Bethlehem the noun
tains approach the bed of the stream, and at
the Gap fling themselves directly in its path,
leaving 1t no resource but 10 go through
them which ii has accordingly done, cleav-
ing the mountain from summit to base in its
efforts to escape.


But II is not until the vicinity of Mauch
Chunk Is reached that the peculiar features
of the Lehigh Valley appear in perfection.
From here nOrthward it is little better than a
canon enclosed between high mountain-walls,
at whose bases the narrow stream tumbles
and foams, its waters now displaying the
rich amber hue which they have distilled
from the roots and plants in the swamps
around their source, now white from their
hang directly overhead, and threaten to fall
at any moment upon the trains which con-
stantly roll beneath here and there n minia-
Year: 1872

MATCH CHUNK FROM THE MorNTAIN-RoAD.


The special train was waiting when we ar
rived. 1t consisted of one flat car, half the
size of billiard-table, with seats for ten and
no tor. A pretty little affair, what there was
of it, but it scarcely came up to our expec-
tations of a special train


This is the superintendent car lie has
loaned it to us as special favor The COW
cred cars will not suit our purpose as well as
this


Then we took heart again, and got on
board, but the Artist looked suspiciously at
the track before us, and asked questions
enough to fill the Shorter Catechlsm.


"Whats that ?"


Mount Pisgah Plane, two thousand three
hundred and twenty-five feet long You are
now two hundred and fifteen feet above the
river, and the river here is five hundred and
twenty feet above tide-water; and when you
get to the top Of the plane you will be six
hundred and sixty-four feet higher still That
iron band hauls up the empty cars on their
way back TO the Mines 1t is attached to a
'safety-truck, which is down in that hole
at the foot of the plane It goes down
Year: 1872

there, so that the car can
pass over and get in front of
it. There it goes now. You
see 1t pushes ten or a dozen
cars before it up the plane


The wire rope which il drags
after it runs over a drum
wheel at the foot of the
plane-there it is, that un-
easy thing which is ALWAYS
trying TO haul a cart-load Of
old iron up the hill, and nev-
er succeeding-and the other
end of the rope pulls down
the safety-truck on the other
track. You see that long
arm which projects from the
side of the safety-truck and
counts the teeth of that iron
thingumbOb between { b e
tracks with such monoto-
nous regularity d? That'sthe
safety part of the arrange
ment. 1t is expected to hold
the train right there in case
the bands happen to break.
oh, bless you, yes? They


break every now and then.
Never broke yet with a pas
senger-train, though - W c
don't load 'em heavy enough
but if they did the ratchet
would hold the cars till the
bands were spliced again.
This is the last season for
Year: 1872

DoN'T Do Ir, BoYs.-rhe story Is
told Of an old farmer who loved mis-
chief, and did not love neighboring
deacon. With u gang Of roguish boys
in the neighborhood he was on most
friendly terms, though he took good
care never to encourage them In their
youthful pranks. But he thoroughly
understood them, and they knew him.
One evening he met them just starting
out on lark, and addressing them In
stern tones, he said: Boys, | tell
you not to put the deacon's wagon on
the roof Of his barn Tonight" And
then, a. II an afterthouSht, Just as
they were moving Off In the direction
OF the deacon's residence, he cried out:
" Be good boys, and here's n quarter
for YOU" The next morning the dea-
con had to call upon his nelgh6ors to
assist in getting his wagon to terra
arp.a, but no one could say the farmer
advised the mischief the boys had
done.
Year: 1872

PuILADEIPHIA has one Of the most
valuable local societies Of which we
have any knowledge. It Is called the
Fuel Savings Society, and Its design Is
to encourage poor people to put BY a
portion Of their earnings In the mild
weather for the purpose of buying coal
for tho Winter. The society receives
on deposit small sums Of money from
poor persons. the aggregate Of which
will secure fuel to more than its full
value, coal and wood being procured
for the depositors at about dollar less
per ton than the standard price. The
principal object of the society Is to
encourage poor people to save their
money aud secure the mean, Of COM
fort In Winter, and the discount re-
ferred to Is the inducement to lay up
their money. Over 800 persons were
depositors last year, a gain Of 700 from
the year before. ~. r..r
Year: 1872

NOTES BY THE WAY-HOPE OF RECRUITS FROM


THE CoLORED MEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA


THE PLUNDERERs OF THE SoUTH-THE KU-


KLUX CASES TO BE MADE PART OF THE


MACHINERY OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE


ADMINIsTRATION-GRoWT OF GREELEY


SENTIMENT.


rFRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUHg.l


NORFOLK, VA, June 21.-Coming down the
Chesapeake Bay, yesterday, I met on the steamer
South Carolinan who said he edited newspaper in
town In the upcountry" and also practced law COM
bination of professions not uncommon In the South
After declaring himself for Greeley he surprised me by
saying that there ray Of hope that South Carolina
could be carried against Grant and delivered from the
Carpebaggers who have plundered here at their pleas
ure since reconstruction went into effect asked how
this could be possible in the face OF the 10000 negro ma
,oty and the perfect organization OF the blacks In oath
bound leagues He replied that the hopes Of relief came
from the blacks themselves. Many intelligent coored
men = in Charleston had openly rebelled against
the rule OF the state-house Ring, had deter
mined 10 break loose from Scott, Parker, Moses
and the rest OF the corruptonsts, and had made move
TO secure an honest State Government. They had
asked Judge Willard Of the Supreme Court to be their
candidate for Governor and be had accepted in strong


letter in favor OF Reform The white people, the editor
said were watching this movement with great interest
and II IL promised 10 draw of any considerable portion
OF the coored they intended TO support IT, 10 was
not good policy he said, for them 10 give 1t much en-
couragement at the outset, because the negroes
were still so diTrustful that many OF them, however
well disposed toward they might be- would refuse to
oin in any political undertaking in which their old mas
ers were bearing active part IL the Willard move
ment made break in the coored vote and drew of some
thousands from the carpetbaggers' ticket, the white
people would throw their entire vote upon IT, without
taking any part In the until the day OF the cleo
ton In this way they might make 1t win. He
confessed that he was not very sangulne
OF the result but there was chahce
in the movement to deliver the state from the
plunderers and IL the only chance. Judge willard
il probably the only Republican n the State VINO mas
character for ability and honesty that nts him 70 lead
crusade against the band OF robbers now conrohg tne
State Government His hands are entrey cean oi lne


,v work that has gone on at Columbia for four years
mast The Judge is a New-York lawyer VINO, after
leaving the army presded one Of the sehImtarV
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes. Drop
sv IncOntinence of Urine Brights disease. Albuminu
ria and in cases where there Brick dust deposits
the water is thick. cloudy mixed with substances like
the white Of an egg threads like white silk or there
is morbid dark bilious appearance. and white Bone
dust deposits and where there is pricking burning
sensa on and pain in the small of the back and along
Ian Resovent aided by the application Of RadHsys
Ready Relief to the spine and small Of the back and
the bowels regulated with one or two Of Railways
Regulating Pills per day will soon make eomRiete
cure In few days the patient will be enabled TO hold
Urine will be restored 10 its natural clear and amber
or sherry color.
Year: 1872

Since the Council prohibited the keeping OF
hogs within the city limits housekeepers have
been greatly troubled to get rid Of the slops" aud
garbage" Of the kitchen. During the cold wealth
er much of this deposited Ill ash barrels, gut
ters, and on the streets. The services Of the poor
men who kept hogs and of evenings carried away
the slops and garbage never were so highly ap-
preciated as during the last month Nulsanees
have been found existing all over the city IRON
this cause, rendered W worse from the neglect to
properly clean she streets and alleys in which the
hogs used to perform the duty Of scavengers
Last evening the Council very properly passed an
ordinance providing for the employment of carts
to call for and take away the slops and garbage
three times week during the summer, and house,
holders will be relieved Of nuisances that were
sure to accumulate especially where 1t was most
necessary that the greatest should be observed
to secure cleanliness
Year: 1872

The Grant newspapers attribute, with great
satisfaction, sentence to Horace Greeley to the
effect that General Grant never was beaten and
never would be, Mr.. Greeley never uttered the
idea He wrote History of the Rebellion, where
IN he showed that Grant was beaten in the trst
battle he ever fought-the battle Of Belmont
The President's friend. General Logan. attributed
his chieftan's discontinue on the occasion to the
fact that he was not sober enough to know what
he was doing
Year: 1872

SCOTT COUorY FAR.-We earn from the
Gazette OF this morning that the Scott
County Fair is likely to prove failure. Al
late hour yesterday afternoon FIVE COWS
and small number of other stock entries
had been made. The art hall, agricultural
implement department, and other sections
were rather spare, though they may fill up,


The managers will be likely to find that
they have made big blunder in raising the
price Of admission from Is to so cents. The
people in the country do not take to the
change kindly and the present indications are
decidedly unfavOrNbls to the success of the
Fair.


The prospects for tho success Of tire Iowa
State Fair at Cedar Rapids next week are
very hGiieriDg.
Year: 1872

Contains more Of the pure Honduras sarss
psrills than any other preparation extant, which
is chemically combined with the extract of yell
low Dosk and the extract of Wild Cherry, thus
making the remedy more thoroughly efficient
than any other SarsAparilla before the public.
At the same tims it is perfectly free from all
mineral poisons, which cannot be said of any
other Sarsap&rilla compound.


It Is now put in the largest bottles, and Is as-
knosledged to be the
Year: 1872

During the war of the rebellion, Il
number Of the newspapers published
the following private letter from Gen.
r. Z. Lee to his son. 1t is very in-
teresting, and although written many
years ago, will repay persual:


ARLINGTON HOUSE, April 5, 1852
My Dear Son: l am just in the act OF
leaving home for New Mexico. My
fine old regiment has been ordered to
that distant region, and / must hast
Ell to see that they are all properly
taken care Of. 1 have but little to add
in reply to your letters of March D,
p and %. Your letters breathe
spirit of frankness. They have given
myself and your mother great pleas
ure. You must study 10 be frank
with the world frankness is the child
of honesty ana courage. Say what
you mean 10 do on every occasion,
and take it for granted you mean TO
do right. Ii a friend asks a favor
you should grant it il it is reasonable;
il not, tell him plainly why you can
not; you will wrong him and you will
wrong yourself by eqGivOeatiOn OF
any kind. Never do a wrong thing
to make a friend or to keep one the
maa who requires you to do so Is
dearly purchased at a sacrifice. Dea.
kindly but firmly with your class
mates; YOU will find it the policy
that wears best. Above all do not ap-
pear to others what you e not. If
YOU have any fault to find with any
one tell him, not others, of what you
complain; there is no more dangerous
experiment than that of undertaking
to be one thing before a mans face
and another behind his back. We
should live, act, and say nothing To
the injury of any one. 1t Is not only
best as a matter of principle, but is
the path to peace and honor


In regard to duty, let me, in con-
elusiOn of this hasty letter, inform
you that nearly one hundred years
ago there was 4 day of remarkable
gloom and darkness, still known as
the dark day, day when the light of
the sun was slowly extinguished as if
by an eclipse. The Legislature of
Connecticut was in session, and rs its
members saw the unexpected and I'M
accountable darkness coming on,
they shared in the general awe and
terror. 1t was supposed by many that
the last day-the day of judgment
had come. Some one, in the con-
sternation Of the hour, moved an ad-
jOurnment. Then there arose an old
Puritan legislator, Davenport Stan
ford, who said that If the last day had
come, he desired to be found at his
place doing his duty, and therefore
moved that candles be brought 50
that the House could proceed with its
duty. There was quietness in that
mans mind-the quietness OF heaven
ly wisdom-an inhexible willingness
to obey present duty. Duty, them is
the sublimest word in our Language.
Do your duty in all things like the
old puritan. You cannot do more (;
you should never wish to do less.
Never let me and your mother wear
one gray hair for any lack of duty on
yeur part.


r. T.. LEE.


To G.. w. Curtis Lee.
Year: 1872

Let thy gold be east in the furnace
The RED gold. precious and bright:
Do not fear tor the hungry FIRE,


with IFS caverns of burning light,
And the gold shall return more nreciou..
:, free from every spot and stain;
For gold must he tried by fire.
AS heart must be tried by pain!
In the cruel fire Of sorrow.
Cast thy heart. do not faint or wall;
Let thy hand be firm and steady,


10 not let thy spirit quail.
But wait till the trial is over,
:, And take thy heart again;
For, as. gpld is tried by fire,


So heart must be tried BY pain!
shall know BY the eleam and the glitter
OF the golden chain you wear,
By your hearts calm strength In loving
of the fire you have had to bear;
Beat on. true heart, foreverl


SHINE bright. strong. golden chain,
And bless the cleansing fire.


Anu the furnace Of living painl
Year: 1872

TIE Choice OF THE PEorLE.-The com
plant that General Grant was re-nominated
through the influence of Office holders is utterly
unjusti6able He is the choice of nine-tenths
of the members Of the Rep ublican party, and
would have been renominated without the in
fiuence or support OF a single ofice-holder. We
do not believe that any President was ever more
highly esteemed by the great mass of the party
BY the merchants, farmers, mechanics and work.
ing men, because Of his merits, and disappoint-
ed oifce-seekers are the only persons in the Re-
publican ranks who complain of his administers
ton, We therefore believe that his reelection
Is just as certain as any coming event, and thai
the four succeeding years will prove highly ben
e6cial to the interests Of the country. He is
every inch man and a patriot, and his name
will be remembered for his services long after
those of his assailants have been forgotten and
blotted entirely from the memory of men, or ex-


st only because of the infamy attached to them.
Year: 1872

Improbable MISUNDERSTANDING street
yarns.


A ba style Of Divisions
among families.


Art and science have no enemies but
those who are ignorant


Friendship is q cadence Of divine
melody melting through the heart.


Grsvi.y 10 no more evidence Of wisdom
chan u paper collar 10 Of shirt.


Sympathy is said to be the golden ksy
which uolocks tho hearts Of s,hers.
Year: 1872

nnder chapter 900 OF the Laws Of 1860 were author
tied 20 fix the annual compensation OF the judges
aud clerks of the district courts, which they did
at s. 900, and the subsequent increase to $4,000
per annum OF the salary by the Common Council
who In this regard were granted the same powers
He refers to the act OF 1870 on the subject also
TO the fact that in October OF that year the Mayor
and Comptroller, pursuant TO this act, fixed the
salary OF the civil Jutices at $4,000 per annum. 1t
was evident that at that time they supposed this
TO be legal and Valid and he could see no reason to
suppose that 1t was not now legal and valid.
The act OF 1870 allowed the salary OF o
civil Justice to De fixed at rate not exceeding
that OF police justice, which was $4,000 per
mum. whether the salary paid to police Justices
was unlawful or otherwise was question with
which ne had nothing to do. 1t was clear that
under this act the Mayor aud Comptroller had the
right, acting upon. their discretion, to raise the
salary or civil justices up to- but not above that OF
police Justices As to the defence that there was no
money IN the treasury applicable to the plaintiff g
claim at the rate OF $4,000 per annum, ne entered
upon Q review OF the "two per cent act.n He held
that civil justices are not attached to any OF the
departments or the city, and that they are neither
onicers nor employees OF any OF the departments.
In conclusion he ordered Judgment for the full
amount claimed
Year: 1872

order to break the contract mp. The accused re-
luctantly admitted that he took


AN IMPRESSION OF A KEY
In sealing wax, which was furnished by Peterson,
who told me that a key was made.


Nelson said that he was charged with receiving
and purchasing leather which was said to have
been stolen from the Methodist Book Concern.
He appeared before the committee and gave q
satisfactory explanation of how he became pos
sessed OF It. and that the last he heard OF the
matter. He bought some tin from Mr.. Van Avery
below the market price for cash, but did not know


The register OF the United States Hotel was pro-
duced, and It was shown that Nelson entered fc-
ttlous names upon IL In the presence OF the clerk
put being intimate with the clerks, and OF them
having done the same when business was dull, that
circumstance was satisfactorily explained.


large number OF gentlemen IN the tin and iron
business were called and examined on the subject
Of character all Of whom testified to the good repu
tatiOn OF Abram Nelson.


The prosecution offered no rebutting testimony.
: Recorder Smith then proceeded to address the
court IN reference to the Indictment, claiming that
there were legal aws In It, and that If the defend
ant could be convicted or any offence 1t would be
OF petit larceny In stealing the umbrella.


Mr.. Smith had not concluded his argument at a
late hour In the afternoon. The case will be con-
cluded TO-DAY.
Year: 1872

The Defendant Nelson Under the Legal
TbumbscYew-Further Interesting De-
velopments-Th That Silk Umbrella and
Blotting Paper Conoealment-
How the Purchase Of All the


Russian Iron for Seven Years


Was Interfered With.
Year: 1872

The New England fishing delega.
tion at Washington has gone home
happy and contentcd with the CON-


Portable assurances of Secretary Fish,
Senator Sherman and other high func-
tionaries, that they shall still virtu.
ally continue to receive the extra tax
of half cent per pound on dry cod
fish and two cents per pound on mack
erel, even after the horrid treaty Of
Washington providing for the free
admission Of Canadian fish into our