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Year: 1876

To the thoughtful, the moral conss-
quences of tension and hurry are very
saddening; to the physician their re-
suits are matter of profound concern;
their grave evils come under his daily
observation. No evolution of force
can take place with undue rapidity
without damage to the machine in
which the transformation is effected.
Express railway stock has much
shorter term of use than that reserved
for slower traffic. The law is univer-
sal that intensity and duratiO of ac-
tion are inversely proportioned. 1t is
therefore no matter Of surprise to find
that the human nervous system is no
exception to the law. The higher sal
ubriety of rural over urban life is not
entirely matter Of fresh air and ex-.
ercise. Rural life involves leisure and
pause in work, which are very essen
tial to the maintenance Of the nervous
system in a state of due nutrition.
Unremitting spasm soon ceases alto
gether. The tension Of life produces
weakness at the very place where
strength is most needed. The dam
age done to the health of the most val
liable part Of the community, the best
trained thinkers, most useful workers,
is incalculable. Work and worry,
though not proportional, are closely
connected, and an excess of the former
soon entails an increase in the latter
beyond the limits which the nervous
system can bear with impunity, es.
pecially under the conditions under
which the work has to be done. The
machinery and organizing the work of
a community had to be rigid and in.
flexible, and in the strain involved in
bringing a changing organism into
harmony with machine, the former
must invariably suffer. = London Ian
Get.
Year: 1876

Jennie June thinks knowledge of
cooking is what the poor need most.
We don't like to dispute with lady,
but it seems to US something to cook
might be fully as necessary, though We
NAV Se wrong.
Year: 1876

The following curious facts are not
generally known:


If a tallow candle be placed in a
gun and shot at a door it will go
through without sustaining injury !;
and if musket ball be shot into the
water, it will not only rebound but be
fattened. If fred through pane Of
glass twill make a hole the size of
the ball without cracking the glass if
the glass be suspended by thread it
will make no difference, and the thread
will not even vibrate. Cork, if sunk
two hundred feet under vater, will not
raise on account of the pressure of the
water. In the Artic regions, when
the thermometer is below zero, persons
can converse more than a mile distant
from each other~


A substitute for gunpowder has been
invented in England, in the shape OF
paper impregnated with chemical
combination of chlorate Of potash, nj
trate of potash, prussiate of potash,
and chrOmate of potash, coupled with
little charcoal and tinder. The
paper is rolled around these latter in
the desired sizes for cartridges. The
advantages offered are that no danger
of explosion exists except from actual
contact with fire; the interior of the
arm is not soiled, less smoke and less
rebound are made than with gunpow-
der, and less damage takes place from
humidity. Very satisfactory trials
have been made of the new material
| A Sunday School teacher was giving
a lesson in Ruth. She wanted to bring
out the kindness of Boaz iE command,
ing the Ieapers to drop large handfuli
of wheat. "Now, children" che said
"Boaz did another nice thing fol
Ruth; can you tell me what it was ?
married herI" said one Of the boys


1t is calculated that with the sam'
expenditure of effort horse can g
1872 miles on granite. 191 miles OF
lasphalt, and 415 miles on wood.
Year: 1876

it to the courts to step inside and hold


who could be rightfully detained and


who should be set at large. This would,
to some extent, substitute the judicial
for the legislative department OF the
Government. The courts enforce the
legislative will when ascertained, if
within constitutional grant of power.


Within its legitimate sphere Congress
is supreme and beyond the control of
the courts, but if it steps outside Of
its constitutional limitations and at
tempts that which is beyond its reach,
the courts are authorized to, and when
called upon in due course of legal pro-
ceedings, must annul its encroachments
upon the reserved power of the States
and the people. To limit this statute in
the manner now asked for would be to
make new law. not to enforce an old
one. This is no part of our duty: we
must therefore decide that Congress has
not as yet provided by Inappropriate legis-
latiOn for the punishment of the offense
charged in the indictment, and that the
Circuit Court properly sustained the
demurrers and gave judgment for the
defendants.


This makes it unnecessary to answer
any of the other questions certified.
Since the law which gives the presiding
judge the casting vote in cases of divi-
sion. and authorizes judgment in
accordance with his opinion (Revised
Statutes, section $500, ii we find that
the judgment as rendered is correct, we
need not do more than affirm. If, how
ever, we reverse, all questions certified
which may be considered in the final
Of the case according to
the opinion we express should be an
swered. The judgment OF the Circuit
Court is affirmed.


Dissenting Mr.. Justice Hunt.


Mr.. Justice Clifford dissented from
the opinion, but concurred in the
Judgment.
Year: 1876

much to blame II they were to give us a
few kicks, and send us across now, for it
must be confessed that we are mighty
dirty set Of malicious dead beats, or we
wouldn't write so about a people ut
whose hands. we have never received
anything but kindness.
Year: 1876

In another column will be found . card
signed by number of the gentlemen a.
luded to by the correspondent of the st.
Louis Republican in his stuff purporting to
come from Captain Hopkins, Of the Creole.
The signers deny the truth Of every state
ment made in the yarn. But the utter
fslsehood Of the story about the soundings
taken was found yesterday by visit to the
Engineer department in this city. where
the identical charts used on the expedition
were found, and these charts were com
pared with the other charts used by the
United States coast survey of the same
date, and found correct. A reference to an
old survey made by the British navy in
1903 shows almost the same depth of water
found seventy years later by the 'lubberly
cuss" of the Gre ole.
Year: 1876

SSc0A0 SOAO - Ooes0A 0sA00se


A great deal Of Misrepresentation has
arisen in relation to the dummy engines in
tended to be run on the new road to the
lake end. Tho company do not intend to
use these engines except between the lake
end and the Half Way House. They will be
90 constructed that they will closely re-
semble some of the cars now used by the
company, and will not interfere at all with
any of the present uses of this delightful
drive. In opening up this new outlet for
our people who wish to enjoy . pleasant
ride and the invigorsting breeses of the
lake shore. the company have made an i'm
provement which must be Of great benefit
to our city, and will be particularly crate.
full to that class, which it is to be regretted
is large one, of our people who can not
take any other than cheap and limited OK.
cursisns for health and pleasure. In their
eHsrts the company deserve every encour-
sgement, and the minds Of the people
should at once be disabueed Of any preju-
dice sgainst the dummy engines, which
have proved 90 useful wherever tried.
Year: 1876

The Government Appropriation for the


Jetsies.


Captain ]. B. Eads has written letter
to the Secretary of the Treasury, in which
he states that the rapid prosecution Of the
work on the jetties at South Pass and the
results already secured warrant him in be-
lievinE that depth of twenty feet of water
will be secured at an early day, and thirty
feet will be, in all probability, secured be-
fore or soon after the adjournment Of Con-
gress. He, therefore, suggests the propriety
of urging upon Congress the importance Of
appropriating sufficient sum Of money to
meet the requirement Of the act of Congress
upon the securing of the required depth CT
water in the pass.


In this connection it may be we'll to state
that the action of Congress in this matter
will depend upon the official surveys of
General Comstock, of the engineer corps
Of the army. General Comstock made .
survey of the pass some six weeks ago, and
his report is daily expected from Washing
tom
Year: 1876

he kicked her in the abdomen She pregnant m the
time Her husband had often struck her. He was not
under the influence OF liquor when he kicked her, When
lie struck her it for drinking. The husband
held await the result Of the Injuries. IL IL not
probable that the woman viii die
Year: 1876

Mr.. Casper Usinger, living in the Wes.
tern part of New York, owned large dog
part blood hound and part terrier
About six weeks ago Mr.. Usinger was taken
sick and died. During his sickness the dog
showed great uneasiness, he often walked
from the bed to the door as if to make its
master understand that it wished to have
him accompany it out doors. After the
death of Mr.. Usinger, the dog insisted on
staying in the room in which he was lying :
as soon as the funeral procession left the
house the dog ranup stairs, looking through
all the rooms as ifin search of some one but
being unable to find the object of his
search, he showed great signs of distress,
often whining and acting as if some one was
going to whip him. A lady who happened
to be near watched the dog very closely, be-
cause she thought that the dog acted very
queer. After little while she saw him
going towards the railroad. She followed
him to see what he was going to do, but
only got there in time to see the poor brute
lay himself on the track and be cut In two
by Westward bound express train. 1t is
supposed by every one In that vicinity that
the dogs affections we're so great to its mas
ter that it could not survive his death and
therefore willfully terminated its existence
BY committing suicide.
Year: 1876

Our reporter the other day stated that
the accident to the City of Bridgeton was
caused by the negligence of the bridge ten
der at Third street bridge. This is an error
as those who witnessed the occurrence
tqrow all the blame on the pilot of the
boat. Mr.. Bareford, the bridge-tender, is
one OF the most attentive and careful we
have ever had, and is very cautious in the
performance of his duty,
Year: 1876

This disease has been growing one
in this country, selecting for its subjects
many of our most delicious varieties,
and soon rendering the culture of an
affected variety Improbable. 1t fasten-
ed, many years since, on the old New
town Pippin one of the best, long keep.
ing varieties we ever grew, and render
ed its culture hazardous. It drove the
Fall Pippin, one Of our richest fall ap-
Piles, out of the markeE and it has affect
ed, in a greater or lesser degree, the
Swaar Spitzenberg, Fameuse, and other
apples of the highest quality.


1t is a skin disease, but when it attacks
an apple in its early growth, the black
spots are apt to crack and the fungus
follow the cracks into the core, and stop
the growth of the fruit or of the side
worst affected. When it appears after
the fruit is nearly grown, it does not
greatly damage it for immediate home
use, but if barreled for shipping, as soon
as the apples sweat, the fungus spots
commence decaying, and spread over
the fruit, coon rendering it worthless.


We have in our orchard quite mum.
ber of trees of the Fameuse, one of the
most delicious Of autumn apples, and
one of the worst affected by the fungus
But few years pass when they are fre'
enough from the disease to admit o
barreling, but as they find a pretty read.
home market we have retained them
This is one of the years when they ar
sound enough to admit of barreling, an,
it would be very interesting to know
what influences have contributed t.


keep off the fungus this year, but thi
as well as the cause of the disease


still wrapped in mystery and must b
classed with pear blight, mildew an
other diseases whose cause and cure
unknown.


We have written Of the fungus as a
fecting the apple, but it also affects tn
pear. 1t has nearly driven the Whit
Doyenne, once our most popular vsri'


ty out of cultivation, and haa seriousl
threatened Flemish Beauty and eve
Seckel. Verify We have much yet
learn about the diseases, and the inse
= enemies of frnits
Year: 1876

DR.. Beard states that from an analy-
sis of the lives Of thousand representa-
tive men IN all the great branches of the
human family, he made the discovery
that the golden decade was between for
ty and fifty; the brazen between twenty
and thirty; the iron between fifty and
sixty. The superiority of youth and
middle life over old age in original work
appears all the greater when we consid-
er the fact that all the positions of honor
and prestige-professors and public sta-
tions-are in the hand Of the old. Rep
utation, like money and position, is
mainly confined to the old. Men are
not widely known until long after they
have done the work that gives them
their fame. Portraits of great men are
delusions; statues are lies! They are
taken when men have become famous
which, on the average, is at least twenty
five years after they did the work which
gave them their fame. Original worl
requires enthusiasm. If all the origina
work done by men under forty five wer'
anDihilated, they would be reduced tt
barbarism. Men are at their best at tha
time when enthusiasm and experienc


are almost evenly balanced This per
iod, on the average. is from thirty sieh
I to forty. After this the law is that ex
, perience increases, but enthusiasm de


creases
Year: 1876

A terrible fight with a ferocious boar
comes from Davenport, Iowa. On Fri
day night last the beast mentioned wan
dered into the yard belonging to Mrs.
Burns. Her son, aged seven years, at
tempted to drive it out. when it turned
upon the boy, Knocked him down and
put its tusks into his face, arms and
legs, rolled him over and over and brnis-
ed him from head 10 foot. The mother,
hearing the screams of her child, rush
ed to his rescue-the boar at the same
time running of for short distance
and carried him inso the house and sent
for physician. Mrs. Burns, knowing
thai her other children would soon be
home. went again into the yard and made
another attempt to drive the beast
ava but soon rrtreat-A into :ha hou-e


\ this i'nctu9e her ait,.a giT! sUtered
, s,e Yard. sna the boar rushed at her.
sud she fed. By this time the physi-
clan bad arrived aud attended to the
injured boy and vas ready 30 leave. As
ha sent ous OF the front door Mrs.
Burns made another effort to e1pel the
| brute I he doctor Eaw her after he was
seated in his buggy, and returned to as
sist her. lie went 10 stoning the boar,


which turned and rushed for him. The
doctor picked up ball club and made


up his mind to let the beast come, to
jump aside and to strike it across the


head as it passed. He struck the beast
as it confronted him, but the blow fell


upon its neck and shoulders, and failed


to halt it for second, and it seized his


left knee, threw him down and then


went at him with the fury of a madden


ed tiger. 1t put its tusk through his


left forearm, through the inner part Of


his right thigh, inflicted several light


wounds and tore his clothes to pieces


He was utterly powerless, so quick wal


the boar in its movement. When h'


attempted to rise it would dart at him


knock him down and "root" at him


with furious strength. The woman
looked on in terror. Finally, the docto
managed to gain his feet, seize the clul
again and give the boar terrible bloy
across the anout, at which it turned ant
walked off with squeal and q grun,
The doctor then FASTENED to his bugg
t and drove to his home, but before he al
rived there was suffering intensely. H
e summoned medical assistance, and hi
e wounds were attended to- The one in tn
= knee caused great pain, the tusk havin
. penetrated the bone The doctor wi
$ be unable to attend TO practice for Sc,
e eral days
Year: 1876

! noticed, in a recent number of the
Recorder, that one of your subscribers
gives lis manner of keeping up How of
sap, in trees girdled by rabbits, by graft
ing over the wound, &C. think / have
a discovery which may prove quite a
valuable improvement on the above
plan. Valuable, because simple, and
the remedy always at hand, and will re-
quire no expert to perform the surgical
like operation recommended above. In
the spring of 1874, before sap started,
rabbits gnawed the bark of of one OF
my dwarf Bartlett pears, standing in
my yard. The tree was so completely
denuded of bark all around, that
thought it "hopelessly done for" !
spaded a mound of fresh earth around
it several inches above the wound, and
left it in that condition 90 die-not
knowing any remedy that would pre-


serve it. But it came out fresh in the
spring with tha other trees, and kept
perfectly green all summer | did not
remove the dirt until the next fal when,
to my astonishmert. there was com
piete connection of bark-the wound
was healed, and il is now az healthy as
any tree have In the spring of 1875,
the rabbits girdled a young apple tree in
the same way, only more so,-taking
bark of for six inches or more all
around. I threw mound of earth
around it and left it as I did the pear
until last fall, when, on removing the
dirt, it had healed over and made new
bark. The bark, while forming, I no
ticed, rose up in bumps, like rough e1
crescences, about places on the hare
wood, and finally united and becam,
confuent or solid perfect bark. | an
going to experiment further, and test /


more fully, though there is no doub
about there instances, and particular,
the last, where they healed and formed
the new bark. l would like for som


one else to try it also, and give the re
suit of the experimentation should
stand the test Of experiment, and prov


what am sure it has proven with me


hope no one will get patent on 1T


they do, shall use my own dirt in ths


way, without paying any one for th


right to do SO, whenever occasion ma


require Cor. Fruit Recorder.
Year: 1876

A farmer in Eng land, suspectins one
of his dogs of sheep killing and worry
ing, recently gave him an emetic, the re-
suit of which was to bring up some
flesh, and sleeps ear corresponding tc
that Of one of the sheep whose ear had
been partly devoured. Should any
farmer desire to test suspected dog, he
has only to give him teaspoonful o.
salt and half the quantity of mustard
dissolved in warm water. For a perman
ent cure, amputate. his tail just .behind
| the ears.
Year: 1876

The Scientific Farmer says that tho
best way to prevent overheating Of COM
post is to pack the surface down solidly
by simply treading upon it with the
feet, (after pulverization) or, still better,
to spread little earth over the pile, Ia.
king care to pack it somewhat. Either
method tends to exclude air, and thus
prevents too rapid oxidation.
Year: 1876

Go to Skinner and Bros Drug Store
and examine their fine stock Wall Pap
per and Window Curtains, nearly one
Hundred different patterns of wall paper
on hand which they offer for CASH. 50
Year: 1876

ton and instability of party long unused to
the RESPONSIBILITIES of government WHICH has
unexpectedly attained power through the
errors of its adversaries, and not by any VIZ
tues of its own It's first session was III haru'y
ony sense q success. 1t reassemDes uhuer 'he
unusual embarrassment of having new
Sneaker TO elect and of having-we mean 10
sneak frankly-no conspicuously tit person tor
tbe nlace. Its first session was, by the confession
of its trusted leaders, an injury to the party
which elected it. 1t remains To DE seen
whether in the short three months that remain
IN il of existence it can redeem Itself by wise
and prudent behavior. We have SAD that
tbe gravity of the circumstances under which
il will meet calls among other things ior
sobriety of demeanor, for steadiness of con-
duct, and Temperance in discussion. we ue-
sire TO he understood by these terms to mean
not merely sObriety, steadiness, and temperance
in their general sense but in their narrower ana
more restricted meaning the sobriety and
steadiness that come from healthy, unstimulated
brains, from clear heads, and unfuddled IN
tellects. This is no discourse on total
abstinence, but a simple warning to the
dominant party in the present Congress to DC
careful whom it trusts, and in such Crisis
as it may be called upon to act, to be
certain that it keeps what the street calls level
"headedn We do not need to recall to any
one who witnessed them, or who heard OF
them from witnesses, the closing scenes
of the last Congress. All good citizens
will wish that Congress may not reassemDle
in the condition in which it adjourned;
indeed, that 1t may never repeat that
experience. 1t is, we arc aware, delicate
subject. The matter of personal habits IN the
respect of temperance has, whether wisely or
unwisely, been removed by a sort OF
common consent from the realm OF
political discussion. We raise no question
about it now. But we do say-and the I'M
portance of the subject impels us to it-that
the great need of the coming session OF Con-
gress is cool and temperate discussion ana
that the greatest danger now, rs it was IN the
turbulent period before the war, is of the pas
sion and heat, the unreasOn and irresponsible
ity. the reckessness and disorder that come
from the excessive use of stimulants. This
Congress of all others ought from simple
sense of duty to keep sober.
Year: 1876

Sunday and Monday gave New York City the
full violence of the tempest, though 1t began on
Saturday, and as yet shows few symptoms OF
departure. Three days is an unusual length for
n north east storm in this city, "a to 4S hours
being their usual average. This storm was
also remarkable in the fact that its great
development took place on the Atlantic
coast At the western stations where 1T
was first observed, the rainfall was exceed
ingly light. 1t is probably this fact which
led to the slender warning of its coming In the
Government reports. Yesterday morning, for
instance, the Signal Service prediction was
"posslby light rains, followed by clearing
"weather at the western stations"


Something of the violence of this storm is
indicated, quite curiously, in The TRIBUNE's
diagram showing the fiuctuatiOn of the barom-
eter. Yesterdays curve was singularly
crooked. As the necessities of space in the
diagram scarcely give room to show these
small, sudden changes, we may here mention
that between and p. IN. and again between
5 and p. m. yesterday the mercury suddenly
dipped down three-hundredths of an inch and
then rose again; the whole movement in each
case occupying less than an hour. We
need hardly say that such occurrences
are unusual; the violent commotion in
the air which they indicate will
probably be found coincident with the most
clustering periods of the day. AT all events,
upon our self-recording instrument, these con-
cussions have drawn their own picture.
Year: 1876

THE TRIBUNE ventured to assert on Saturday that
there was an impending need of some more charter
But now we are assured thatwe havecharter enough.
such as IL is Mr. Martins charter is not. however
the formal instrument engendered from the Legis-
Year: 1876

Russia, it appears, has not sought the aid OF
the Rothschds, but is resolved to rely on the
patriotism of her own people for the means to
carry on the impending war. This is the wiser
course. While the Rotlschilds could pay no
more than S4-the London price-the Russians
will no doubt readily subscribe at 81 the full
amount of the new $73,000,000 5 per cent
loan. In Turkey the Government relies mainly
on paper mOney-the only instance wherein it
sanctions freedom of the press.