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Year: 1876




The well-tried experiment of employ,
ing Chinese labor in shoe manufacturing
at North Adams, Massachusetts,, has
finally failed. 1t was begun in
good faith, and by gentleman who
had confidence in its success and is a
philanthrophist as well as a business
man. Mr.. Sampson has done all he
could do to prepare the way for general
introduction of Chinese labor. But
though he finds no fault with them, and
says they are industrious, frugal, and
sober, he does not propose to increase the
number of Chinese employees in his es-
tablishment, but is quite willing to en-
gage American laborers to fill the vacan-
cies that occur. No other manufacturer
has introduced Chinese labor, and all the
real good their employment has done is
to break the dietation of the Crispin or
ganization. In fact the employment of
Chinese labor was due in the first place
tothe cupidity of employers who wanted
to break down the labor unions and get
work on their own terms. But in San
Francisco it has been found that the
Chinese no sooner master the details of
a manufacturing business than they take
possession of it.


The cigar manufacturers made great
hit when they engaged Chinese work
men; but no sooner had they fairly
learned the business than they absorbed
the whole of it and crowded the white
out. They present an
element of competition it is very diff
cult for our people to cope successfully
with, and all attempts to Amerieanize
them have thus far proved abortive.
Their characters are formed. They are
not plastic like the negro, but rigid and
unprogressiye. They belong to an OLD
race, and their type of civilization has
been fixed for centuries. The main diff
fculty we have to encounter in dealing
with them is the total absence of those
elements which enable one race to adjust
itself to the standards of another people
and the circumstances of nation like
ours. A thousand years of trading and
training would undoubtedly have a
marked effect on Chinese habits and
but the average American can
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Year: 1876

A NY party having purchased within the
N past two months pair of gold spceta-
cles from strange person will please make
the fact known at Bush's jewelry store or at
this office. The spectacles in question were
lost or stolen on the 18th of April, and II the
purchaser will return them he will be exon
Grated from any blame and have his pur-
chase money refunded to him. tunN-3t
Year: 1876

7b the Editor NJ The Tribune.


CHICAGO, July 2o.-Will you allow me space
in your columns to remind the South Park
authorities of what is regarded BY many as 4
dangerous point on the boulevard, of which the
authorities must be awarc4 I refer to the
clurnp Of cvcrgreens south OF tue pond, on the
1eft-hand side as you turn easterly from the
boulevard up to the front OF the Retreat House.
These evergreens completely shut of the view
Of persons to each other approaching At the
same time in opposite directions: There
is continual danger of collision at
this point, anu even il parties
are not driving faster than regulation pace,
they stand a right smart chance Of being knock
ed galley west. What can the Superintendent
be SO busy ct, that this trap IS not removed? 1
have seen some very narrow escapes at this
point.


There is an ugly obstruction in the centre Of
the boulevard between Thirty fifth and Thirty
seventh streets. The iron frame Of sewer
man-trap projects about inches above the road
way, and is dangerous thing fora bnggy-whecl
to strike against saw the wheel Of a gentle
mans wagon knocked all to splithereens 1t this
point only short time since. The iron frame
should be lowered, or the roadway filled up
around it. Whose business is it: Go Slow.
Year: 1876

Speaking of the Minnesota bank rob- bers, local paper says: It may look ridiculous for 8 thousand men to hunt down six outlaws, one or two of whom are wounded; but the woods afford splendid opportunity for ambuscade. The people of the section where the robbers have been discovered are ignor- ant, superstitious Bohemians, who could readily be made the obedient tools of the outlaws, who scruple at nothing. Every foot of the ground must be gone over, and there will be shooting done before the robbers are captured. The course of the desperadoes in the main has been due southwest, following the belt of timber which is unbroken from Northfeld to the State line, and every. where dense, they have once doubled on their track. and in the flight of fifty hours or more had not proceeded more than thirty-five miles from Northfeld. tho place where the robbery was com mitted, when last seen.
Year: 1876

A Sun correspondent describes the icehouses in which beef is shipped to Europe. The beefhouse was found just opposite the main hatchway, or what is called the steerage or ortop deck. This house was seventy-three feet six inches by twelve feet six inches in size, and extended from deck to deck. The floor is covered with zinc, and the iron side of the steamer is boarded over so as to form accompaniment. The wood- work is covered with thick material which, when the door is closed, makes it perfectly air tight. In the center there is trough some two feet wide, which flows the waste water from the !, ice. Large quantities of rock salt are mixed with the ice to make it harder and more lasting. At the corner there is small pump, which is used for pumping cold air into the meathouse through the icehouse, and by this means the meat can be kept at an unwavering temperature. It is not intended to freeze the meat, but merely to chill it so that it may retain it's natural color and flavor. The meathouse occupies space of twenty-iv by thirty five feet, and is lined with rows of hooks on which to hang the meat. The compart- ment is perfectly airtight, like that of the icehouse. Gold air is transmitted through the icehouse by means of 8 number of iron pipes, and this completes the method of shipment. The icehouses, however, differ in sizes, according to the steamer, but that of the one visited holds about four hundred tons' weight of ice and salt, and the meathouse some two hundred carcasses of dressed meat, only the fore and hind quarters being shipped.

 The meat shipped is of the very best quality, and the average weight of the beeves is from thirteen to fourteen hun dred. These beeves would sell here for about ten cents per pound dressed To this was to be added the expense of fcartage and shipment to the English market, the regular prise of shipment being twenty-six shillings and six pence. The meat is always killed on Thursdays, either at the slaughter houses up town or at the abattoir in Jersey City. When some half dozen beasts are killed they are placed in icehouses similar to those on the steamers and there allowed to cool off until conveyed the next night to the different steamers for transportation.
Year: 1876

Old Daniel Boone strayed in upon Q lot of men shooting at 8 mark, and rather sneered at their work. They did not know him, but challenged him for the best two shots in three. Daniel blazed away off hand (there were neither rests nor telescopic sights in those days), and put ball exactly in the center of the powder spot. He fired again, and the boys set up 8 laugh, for he did not even hit the tree. Then he took more de- liberate sight, and now they fairly shouted-missed the tree again. Then Daniel called them up to the tree, and asked one of them to cut out his first bullet. It was done, and there were all three atop of each other in the one hole made by the first. And then the boys stopped laughing.
Year: 1876

The following Is an extract from one of the lectures of J. J. Talbott, who died lately at Elkhart, Ind, from the ef- fects of drunken debauch

 But now the struggle is over, I can survey the field and measure the losses. l had position high and holy. The de- mon tore from around me the robes of my sacred office and sent me forth churchless and Goddess, very hissing and byword among men. Afterward I had business large and lucrative, and my voice in all large courts was heard plead ing for justice, mercy and the right. But the dust gathered. on my open books, and no footfall crossed the threshold of the drunkard's office. I had moneys ample for all necessities, but they took wings and went to feed the coffers of the devils which possessed me. I had home adorned with all that wealth and the most exquisite taste could suggest. The devil crossed it's threshold and the light faded from it's chambers; the fire went out on the holiest of altars, and leading me through it's portals, de- spair walked forth with her, and sorrow and anguish fingered within. I had children, beautiful, to me at least, as 8 dream of the morning, and they had so entwined themselves around their fla ther's heart that no matter where it might wander, ever it came back to them on the bright wings of fathers undy- ing love. His destroyer took their hands in his and led them away. had wife whose charms of mind and person were such that to see her was to remember, and to know her was to love. For thirteen years we walked the rugged path of life together, rejo cing in its sunshine and sorrowing ill it's shade. This internal monster couldn't spare me even this. had 8 mother who for long, long years had not left her chair, vic- tim of suffering and disease, and her choicest delight was in reflection that the lesson which she had taught at her knee had taken root in the heart of her youngest born, and that he was useful to his fellows and an honor to her who bore him. But the thunderbolt reached even there, aud there it did it's most cruel work. Other days may cure all but this. An me; never word of reproach from her lips; only 8 tender caress; only shadow of great and unspoken grief gathering over the dear old face; only 8 trembling hand laid more lovingly on my head; only closer clinging to the cross; only piteous appeal to Heaven if her cup at last were not full. And while her loy raved in his wild delirium two thousand miles away, the pitying angels pushed the golden gates ajar and the mother of the drunkard entered in to rest.

 And thus stand clergyman with out cure; 8 barrister without brief or business; father without child; 8 husband without wife; son without @ parent; man with scarcely friend; a soul without hope-all swallowed up in the maelstrom of drink.
Year: 1876

Victories won by Americans in various sports which have been practiced longer and more carefully among other nations very naturally lead one to speculate on the causes lying back of such success, and an exchange says it is on account of climate and nerves. At Philadelphia tlAre was conspicuous example of what American nerves can do when put to the test. The American crews were cooler and more self-possessed at the starts, and in many instances fought the races through in what looked like ner- vous strength alone, in some cases beat ing better drilled opponents, in others coming close on their heels. The slow stroke, which in short race is very try ing to the nerves, was pulled more con- sistently by the home rowers than the foreigners. A boatman finds nothing more difficult than to persuade himself that quicker and more violent stroke is not going to effect greater speed in shell racing. Another surprising sight was the good. stern race some of the American crews could row. Of the for eigners, on the other hand, the chances were that if they got far in the rear they lost heart.

 Even more noticeable than in rowing has been the triumph of nerve in rife matches. It is that which won the Irish match last year, and that which drove the American team on the SC cond day of the late international contest at Creed moor to show themselves not disheart- ened by their inferior score of the first day, but only spurred on to winning in spite of everything. The Scotchmen, who were leaders at the close of the first day, could not stand the strain on their nerves. The responsibility of losing in the face of England and all her colonies was enough to make any mans hand tremble, and if rifieman's hand trem- ble, it is all up with the score. The Australians also, who frcm the prac- tice scores appeared to be the coming team, became demoralized, while the Irishmen improved as the match went on. With the Americans, however, there was a steady improvement from beginning to finish, as if danger and excitement steadicd their bands. The man who made the worst score on the first day, and began his second day badly the one who appeared the most frig ht- ened in the American team-saved him. self toward the last by great run of fives, one after the other. Probably this unenviable marksman had an attack of what hunters call buck fever.
Year: 1876

Greenwood cemetery, in Brooklyn, N. Y, just now is very beautiful. A few trees show the tints of autumn on their foliage, but for the most part every thing is green yet, and in many of the lots there is fine show of gerani.ms, petunias, and other brilliant colored flowers, and in not few there is good fall show of perpetual roses. One ob- ject of interest is the grave of MT. Greeley, which has at last been marked by suitable monument, although the work is not quite completed. The mon- ument is a massive square column, probably of the granite of his native State, with a blow sculptured on one side and pen and sheet of paper on the opposite. The two chief faces of the monument are not yet completed, the place for the inscriptions being still unchiseled. The monument is on the top of fine knoll, and is surrounded by a circular fence of hewn stone. Every thing is plain and substantial. but in good taste. The visitor wishing to see the grave should on entering the gate of the cemetery turn to the right and fol low Landscape avenue till he reaches Oak avenue. A few yards down that avenue, on the right side, will be found MT. Greeley's grave and monument.
Year: 1876

A few nights ago, says the San An tonic Herald, Q married couple were at tackled by a dog. Of course the lady screamed and tried to run, but her male protector, quick as thought, caught her by the shoulders, and held her firmly between the infuriated animal and his person, while he whispered in a hoarse voice, to encourage her: "Dont you dare letg of me, darling. I'll stand by you even if ho does bite. Keep cool now" etc.

 Never losing his presence of mind for an instant, the daring man baffied every attempt of the fierce brute to hang him. self by his teeth to the seat of his nearly new pants, by irterposing his helpless companion.

 The owner of the animal interfered, and as the couple moved off in triumph he was heard to rebuke the lady he had just saved, almost from the jaws of death. by saying: elf you had only let that dog bite you, Matildy, I might have sued the city for BIO, 900 damages. But you never did have much sense."

 There are some men who are never sentimental, but mean business all the time, and he was one of them.
Year: 1876

Olive Logan, ip Rdrper's Magazine,

 says: Beyond all question, the most delightful time of the year at the sea- side, but not the most fashionable, is the autumn, when there comes upon the shining face of the sea soft haze,

 which is most agreeable to tho eye, and the air is full of balmy odors. To many people the sight of the sea with the sun light beating on it in the bright days of summer is painful and wearisome. "Oh, I can't bear that sea l" cried poet of my acquaintance, one day, as we stood on the bluff ; cit puts my eyes out. " On some hot days the great waters will lie almost rippleless, save for surfy dog day frothing at the mouth, all the long hours from morn till dewy eve, glittering like O furnished shield, and flashing in the eyes of the beholder until he is fain to fly. But in the mellow days of autumn this is not so. Though the ocean then grows smoother than even in the hottest of the dog days-though 1t will sometimes lie for days together like mirror which flashes back dazzling sunbeams, but absorbs them, and the eye is rested. Then the tapping waves woo the shore so gently and playfully that bathing therein is an Oriental lux ury not to be resisted. The atmosphere is so sweet and pure you ean almost taste it, and the waters, warmed by the long heats of summer, are as balmy as the air. When the tide is low, there lie exposed such long reaches of shallow bathing ground as the bathers of the midsummer would hardly believe possi- ble. On the some spot of shore where,

 in July, the surf buffetted strong men in it's giant arms as pigmies, and tossed them, painting with exhaustion, on the hot sands, now, in September, they might wade out half mile from shore before they would meet surf sufficient ly strong to knock them off their feet.

 But in September, when the surf bath ing was like this, there would be no more than three or four lonely bathers in the sea at the hour when formerly there were hundred. The writer re- mained at Long Branch last season until near October, and does not speak from hearsay. The hotels were utterly de- serted; COWS pastured on the lawns in front of them; the windows were nailed up with boards; the bathing huts were torn to pieces, and lay piled in heaps on the grassy bluff no carriages rolled up and down the avenue; no lovers strolled upon the sands; yet the days were sim ply heavenly, and passed by like dreams of fairyland. Long Branch was at it's loveliest, but the crowds were gone.

 Fashion is the jade who has wrought this grievous wrong upon our fellow
Year: 1876

I had beautiful garment,

 And I laid it by with care; I folded it close with lavender leaves

 In napkin fine and fair; "It is far too costly robe," I said,

 For one like me to wear" So never at morn or evening

 put my garment on; It lay by itself under clasp and key

 In the perfumed dusk alone, Its wonderful broidery hidden

 Till many day had gone. There were guests who came to my portal, There were friends who sat with me, And clad in soberest raiment

 bore them company; I knew that I owned beautiful robe, Though it's splendors none might see. There were poor who stood at my portal, There were orphaned sought my care gave them the tenderest pity,

 But had nothing besides to spare; had only the beautiful garment,

 And the raiment for daily wear. At last, on 8 feast-day's coming,

 thought in my dress to shine; would please myself with the luster Of it's shifting colors fine; would walk with pride in the marvel Of it's rarely rich design. So out from the dust bore it.

 The lavender fell away And fold on fold held it up :. To the searching light of day. Alas tho glory had perished

 While there in it's place it lay. Who seeks for the fadeless beauty

 Must seek for the use that seals To the grace of . constant blessing

 The beauty that use reveals, For into the folded robe alone

 The moth with it's blighting steals.
Year: 1876

New YORK, Nov % William NJ.
Tweed was landed this afternoon at
the foot of Grand street and North
river from a revenue cutter. He was
taken in carriage by the Sheriff,
Under Sheriff and Order of Arrest
CLERK Stacy to Ludlow Street Jail,
where he was admitted through the
gate, and not by the Office, as usual.
All be remarked on being admitted to
the cell by Warden Watson was: 81
thought [ would come aud see yon
a ain" No person was allowed to re
him tonight, and no one but the
watchman will be permitted to enter
the corridor. Experience of his escape
has made the officials of Ludlow Street
Jail very watchful He will be treated
precisely as other prisoners, and al
lowed no privileges his rooms are
much smaller than those previously
occupied, and are accessible only
through the Warden's apartments.


Tweed was visited by his son, Viii
liam NJ. Tweed, Jr., and an unknown
person. They remained two hours.
Tweed closed his door and refused TO
be seen. After supper he retired ana
was not visited again during the night.
The prison is throDged by reporters
and visitors. The reporters and visit
ors are SO mixed up that the Warden
has hard work noting who is who.


Tweed's delivery by the naval ofic-
ers was made in the presence of Dis
trict Attorney Phelps, United States
District Attorney Bliss and Sheriff
Common. He was taken off the Frank
lin In the lower bay by the tug Catal-
pa, and after the delivery was made.
Bliss and Phelps went on board the
Franklin, and left the Sheriff in full
charge of the prisoner.


Mr.. Phel ps says it was not decided
yet whether forgery suits would be
pressed against Tweed. However, an
order has been served on the Sheriff
calling for the rearrest of Tweed
should he procure bail in the civil
suits pending.


A gentleman who saw Tweed yes
terday. in answer to an inquiry said:
He is crushed and broken. He has
lost his old buoyant and defiant spirit
in fact he is suffering from pleurisy
now, and is actually i'll. He seemed
wearled and only anxious to know
about his old acquaintarces. He
seemed desolate and desirous of com-
panlonship more than anything else.
He is mere wreck of his former self
Why, his vest is third too large for
him, and his features are shrunken
and pinched. He is entirely in the
dark as to what to do. and even is
without legal advice. IT. needs medi
cal advice. more than anything else
now.
Year: 1876




The Pacific Mail Company's steam
er Grenada, for Panama, stopped off
the entrance to the harbor last even
ing, and sent boat in. She had taken
an invoice of brandy at San Pedro for
Keller's exhibit at Philadelphia, and
stopped here for clearance papers, we
are told.


We held some a0nversation yester-
day with gent emsn who had just
arrived from Lower California, pass
ing near the INDIAN Mexican camp in
the vicinity of Jacumbe pass. On APP
preaching the camp he was ordered to
halt and go around it, which he did,
coming into the road some distance
this side of the camp. He represents
the Indians and Mexieans as number
ing over one hundred, and he was en-
abled to observe that they were well
armed. They said they did not want
any difficulty, but wanted the man
gi ven up to them who shot the Indian
several days ago. i'm the early part of
the trouble. They said they were only
keeping the two herders as hostages
aud not as prisoners. They propose,
ii the man 10 given up, to turn him
over to the civil authorities at San
Rafael for trial, and say that it was to
capture this man that they took to
the war-path. Meanwhile they are
subsisting on the "enemy" as our in
formant saw great quantities of fresh
meat drying. The fndian-M Mexican
party are in strong position,and any
attempt to dislpdge them by force
would be very difficult.
Year: 1876

Last evening there was large at
tendance at Woods Opera House, and
we are glad to recognize the fact that
the management is receiving a proper
recognition. Col. Wood has given
chaste performances in which there has
not been uttered word or sentiment
that would shock or offend the finest
taste. The performance of last even
ing was the best that has been given
under our observation, and is a fair
exhibition of what the future will
be. Tonight is ladies' night and the
performance will be made attractive,
chaste and artistic in every particular.
Ladies with escort will be welcomed
and treated with courtesy.


In consequence of a broken wire
there were no telegraphic reports last
evening.
Year: 1876

but effective speeches. and then withdrew Where
upon Two Strike said:--


REASON HEsIrArIyC.
The reason We are afraid to touch the pen and are
silent before IL because have been deceived so
many times before II knew the words you tell us
were true We should be willing TO sign every day.
Then Spotted Tail addressed his people, saying-


sPorrEp TAIL AssESrs


lf our friends up above lreierrius 10 the Red Cloud
Agency have not signed the treaty would help them
In holding out bat friends mp there have signed
ask all good men who are trustworthy to come mp
and sign"


Half an hour later the necessary signatures were At
tached and the treaty made


The Indians here all want tho present military agent
removed and General Howard reinstated-