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Year: 1876

Among the strange productions of Cape May are the cedar mines-swamps of dark, miry stuff, in which are buried immense trees of the white cedar. These consist of enormous trees buried to depth of from six to ten feet. The logs lie one across another, and there is abundant evidence that they are the growth of different successive forests. Indeed, in these very swamps forests of the very same trees are now growing. The miners become very skillful at their work. An iron rod is thrust into the soft mud, over which often the water lies. In striking 8 buried tree the workman will by several sound ings at last tell how 1t lies, which is it's root end, and how thick it is. He then manages to get g chip of the tree and by it's smell determines at once whether it is worth the labor of mining that is, the workman will tell unerringly whether the tree be windfall or breakdown. If breakdown, it was so because it was decayed when standing if windfal, the tree fell while sound, and has been preserved ever since by the antiseptic nature of the peat marsh in which it was buried. The soft earth is then removed. This makes pit in the swamp. Into this the water soon flows and fills it up. This is rather an advantage. The saw is now introduced. and at regular intervals cut Is made through the tree, when the log floats to the surface. It is curious thata log of sound tree will be sure to turn over when it floats up, the lower sides thus becoming uppermost. Trees in this way are sometimes ob- tained which will yield 10000 shingles, worth $2O per thousand thus one tree will yield $2OO.

 The age of such tree, as the season rings have been counted, has been made out to be from ten to twelve hundred years and even more. A layer of such trees is found covered by another layer, and these again by another, and even a third, while living trees may still be growing over all. It is evident, indeed, that New J rsey has experienced what the geologists call " oscillations" Cape May contains abundant evidence of hay ing been lifted outof modern sea. The recent oyster and clam are found in natural beds, just as they died in the ocean, but now in positions many feet higher than the contiguous oyster bed ; while buried trees exist at depths lower than the beds of living molusks.
Year: 1876

It may interest our readers to know how meats are kept fresh for the Eng

 fish market during voyage across the Atlantic. The process is protected by letters patent on both sides of the ocean, and the proprietors have shown 8 desire to have the public generally acquainted with it. A traveller who crossed the At lantic last winter in the steamer on which the first experiment was made, writes as follows New York business man, in terested in the company and intrusted

 with the management of this first ven- ture, was one of the passengers. He not only made no trade secret of the enterprise he was engaged in, but took those of his fellow passengers who seemed interested in the subject (myself among them) to the part of the steamer where the refrigerator was placed, open ing the door and explaining every point in principle and practical working as clearly as possible. The principle is ex- tremely simple, and it involves no chemical process or application of any kind. To keep fresh meat sound and sweet during the ten or twelve days needed to cross the ocean it is necessary merely to keep it dry and cool, without freezing it. This was the entire problem before the inventor, and he has solved it by purely mechanical means. The meat being in one part of the refrigerator and the ice in another, fan, worked day and night by a small engine, keeps constant stream of air passing over the meat and the ice alternately. This is the whole process, and there is no "secret back of it. Of course the air from the ice keeps the meat cool, but not as low as the freezing point. If in passing through the meat chamber the air takes up the slightest moisture this is necessarily con- densed into water as soon as it reaches the ice again, and it flows away in run ways at the bottom of the ice chamber when collected in sufficient quantity.
Year: 1876

At Lagrange, Ky, John Finnegan, an engineer on the Short Line railroad, met with terrible death. Finnegan was on freight train when an axle broke and precipitated the engine and cars down slight embankment. Finne- gan was by some means caught fast by the machinery and held so that his com, panions could not release him. Two streams of hot water poured upon his face and body from broken boiler. No relief could be extended to the sufferer, and after the most horrible agony he be- came unconscious and soon died. The skin from the face and body peeled of before his own eyes. When physician from Louisville arrived the sufferer was dying, with his tongue almost dropping off from the effects of the hot water which had forced itself into his mouth.
Year: 1876

When man and woman have attained
their complete development, they weigh
almost exactly 20 times as much as at
their birth, while their stature is about
three and one.fourth times greater.
Year: 1876

In the fall ofl861 my son, Sidney G.


entered the Federal army, leaving behind
him two farorite dogs, both Of whom great
N lamented his absence. He was soon
captured by the enemy and held a prison
er until the spring Of 1862, when be was
exchanged, and on returning to his com
mand came past the old homestead in the
country, in Bollinger county, Missouri
Both the dogs happened to be about 800
yards from the house, barking up tree at
a squirrel. After some time, however, the
smaller one became tired and came to the
house, the large one remaining at the tree.
The little fellow came bounding into the
room where his young master, who had
been so long absent was sitting, and re
cognized him, and of course had quite a
taking on over him. The pleasure Of once
more meeting his kind master was too
great to be enjoyed alone; 50 he quickly
turned his course III the direction Of his
companion in the woods, and ia full speed
made his way to the tree, and communi-
Gated to the large dog the fact Of his young
masters arrival home when, IN an instant,
both the dogs were making for the house
with all their might, the larger one, who
had remained at the tree, taking the lead,
and not Stacking his speed until he bound
ed into the room where Sidney was. The
strange part OF this story consists in the
fact that the small dog not only communi-
Gated to the large one the fact that Sidney
ha d come home, but in some way told him
the Identical room in which he would find
him, as he ran round the house and IN at
the very door where Sidney was sitting,
without ever halting or even turning his
head towards several other doors which he
had to pass in making the circuit.
Year: 1876

A boy on Cape God had done something
which his mother thought deserved punish
ment She furnished herself with stick,
and went in pursuit Of the offender.


The boy, seeing his mother coming, and
knowing what he had to expect, took to
his heels, his mother il lull chase.


The boy was as thin as rat and might
be said to Be running, il seaman's Ian
guage, under bare poles, right before the
wind; while his mother was Dutch built,
broad sterned, and under cloud Of can
vas, and accordingly was oyerhauling the
chase very fast, VIXEN a young friend of
the boy stood looking On, and seeing how
the chase was likely to terminate, called
out to his young friend, IL true nautical
style:


"Try her On : wind, Bill-try her On :
vindl" which good advice struck the boy
1t once, when lie lufed up sharp, and the
woman went dead TO leeWsrd like . logl
Year: 1876

TnB DT01dsWUT1 glitter,
AS it hangs in the ancient hall;
Busted and blunt grows the keen-edged blade
That once SO gallant q champion made
Aa it CLEANED from the castle wall.
The jewel loses its luEtre
As it lies in it's velvet nest,
Till dull and dim iB the good red gold
That showed such royal light of old
As it flashed from beauty's breast
The blue eye loses its power
AS age comes creeping on;
The fair form stoops from its stately grace,
The roses fly from the care-worn face,
The charm from the trembling tone.
The color fades from the canvass,
The magic from ringing rhyme.
Now, is there joy in this world Of ours
Riches or glories, OF hopes or flowers,
But dies at the touch Of time?
Yes. Love, in his pure serenity,
Can the pitiless spell defy


For tears cannot drown, nor absence dim,
And death himself may not eohquer him,
For true love never can die.
Year: 1876

great joy the most delicious grapes, from
which he made the first wine, and gave i
to men to drink. But behold miracle
When men first drank Of it, they first sang
ike birds; next, after drinking little
more, they became vigorous and gallant
like lions; but when they drank more still
they began to behave like asses.
Year: 1876




There is one significant circumstance con-
nected with the mention Of A1r. B1AHE's
name as candidate before the Cincinnati
Convention which may now be noted with
propriety. 1t is fact that, while Mr. BLAINE
at the first, and up to the time his reputation
was tarnishod with unbecoming stock trans
actions while Speaker Of the House, was re-
garded with favor by large number of citi-
zens in the Western and New England States,
his name has always been received in sullen
silence by the great mass OF German voters.
4 few German politicians identified with the
machine have declared for him, as they
would for anybody else in the interest Of the
machine but there has been no expression
from the mass Of German voters which
could be construed as indicating even con-
fdence, and certainly not enthusiasm, in
BLAINE IS Presidential candidate. As it is
no longer likely that Mr.. BLAINE viii be
prominent candidate before the Cincinnati
Convention, this may be stated now without
prejudice to him, but as one Of many circum-
stances which tend to convince thinking Re-
publicans that it will be possible to find
much stronger candidate than BLAINE would
have been, even if be had not placed him
self in so unfortunate position in regard to
his railroRd-stock operations.
Year: 1876

| you. While you are taking your seat at the only
vacant table, towards o'clock, the keen-cJed


lady who presides at the counter will have men


tally valued you and fixed the total OF your dinner


BILL If Jon observe that you paid but half or two
thirds Of the price for the same meal week ago.


you will be told, in Of those neat logical cpl


grams which French people apply to every circum-


stance in life, TINT the cost of living is increasing
daily. There is nothing for It but to pay.


The same writer also let's us into Soma Of
the secrets of Partisan drinking and eating.
The fne-weather drink Of the prudent


Frenchman, in winter and spring, is Bor-


deaux brought up to soft temperature. On


cold, raw days he takes Burgundy; in sum-


mer, tisane de Champagne well iced, which


our apoplectio friends will be glad to know


is good for their complaint. In winter:ho


eats the darker-colored meats, with game and


truflles; in summer, young vegetables, shell


fish, chickens fed upon boiled wheat, and
ducklings; in extremely hot weather, moth
ing but lamb, and that cold.


The woes of the average Partisan arc
hardly more direful than those of the average
American. In our kitchens cooks have
way Of entertaining friends shat alarmingly
increases the monthly bills, and are addicted
to sending out parcels Of provisions to their
relatives in manner which is not calculated
to enliven the spirits Of housekeeper. Like
her Partisan sister, the American cook is apt to
light out just about dinner-time for brief
season Of personal enjoyment, and sometimes
to give warning and light out altogether.
Unlike her Partisan sister, the average Ameri-
can cook can't cook at all, and will consume
twice as much expense in displaying her in
competence as the Partisan cook does in
showing her skill and taste. The slipshod |
character Of the American cook, and the cor
careless character Of the Ameri- |
can menu, has driven many people into the |
hotels and restaurants. If the number of |
people in Chicago were known who take their
principal meal at noon in the downtown
restaurants it would be surprising. It adds
to the despair Of the situation that this meal
at the restaurant is apt to be good for moth
ing. The Saturday TRIBUNE has for several
weeks past shown how to do the cooking.
But where are the cooks to come from ?
How long will it be before all Chicago is
dining in the street like Paris?
Year: 1876

NAL nbbon for her tresses. We see only one
avenue Of escape for the poor devil. In a
moment of black despair he may throw him.
self into the Bosphorus and end his suffer-
ings, Or these dark-eyed gazelles of the harem
may arise in their wrath and pitch the author
Of their miseries overheard. If there ba my
man in Christendom deserving the pity Of
mankind, it is ApDu1~Az1z. II the sight of a
poor man struggling with adverse fate is
spectacle that e1cites the pity of the gods, it
is to be hoped the deites will find some re-
Lief for the late Sultan.
Year: 1876

Mr. BIANE's strongest friends pressed him
yesterday to rise in his place and make q
personal explanation, and have the captured
letters read in open session Of the House.
But he refused to do it, for reasons best
known to himself. However he may manage
to get out Of this trouble, it is perfect non
sense to talk now Of making him the Repub-
ican candidate for President The party
cannot afford to be placed On the defensive,
and go through the campaign explaining,
denying, and defending the wildcat railroad
stock speculations Of anybody. Mr. BLAINE
is smart enough to sec that be would be dis
sstrously beaten and his party probably
ruined
Year: 1876

The sentence of the convicted members
Of the Chicago Whisky Ring was yesterday
again deferred by Judge B1oDaErr of the
United States Court. The order Was made
On application of counsel for WApswoRTH
and Cu11KR7oN, who upon their own
t1ials desire to call Is their witnesses the par
ties convicted, of whose testimony they
asked they might not be deprived BY the
entering Of sentence on Wednesday next, as
had been fixed by the Court Meanwhile tho
parties convicted Will remain at large npon
hail
Year: 1876

The export movement of grain from the
United States to Europe is now unusually
active From New York alone 1,18G, 900
bushels Of wheat were forwarded during the
past week Extraordinarily cheap freight
rates in the interior form powerful induce
ment to European buyers to take hold, but
they would not buy the grain if they did not
want it There is demand for large guam
titles Of breadstufs to meet current defcien-
cies This fact justifies the anticipation ex-
pressed in our issue Of April u, at time
when the bearish feeling was so rampant in
this country that even the farmers papers
found it difficult to preach courage to their
constituents.
Year: 1876

An old citizen Of Chicago, in writing to us
to commend the suggestion that immediate
steps be taken to arrest work on the new
courtHouse so long as it is under the con-
troll Of the present County Ring, says that
HOGAN. the " County Plumber, is now offer
ing to bet 800 to 81 that he will get the
plumbing contract in that building. The
sane correspondent also calls our attention
to the assertion that HOGAN had the contract
for plumbing the east wing of the old Court
House, and that, while the eontract price was
$4,000, he put in bill Of e1trns for S45, 600.
which was paid There is little doubt that
HooAs VIII get the contract, if the work poes
on under the present regime, and Just as
little doubt that he will again draw shout
seren times az much as he ought to have for
it Another reason for stopping the work.
Year: 1876

| it was the duty of the Council to order and


give notice of the special election.


4. That the refusal of the Common Council
to call q special election could not, as it


could not in the case of regular election,


deprive the people Of the right to hold such


election ut the ordinary and regularly ap-


pointed times and places, and that such cleo


ton for Mayor, having been held free Of all


suspicion of fraud, under ali the forms and


by the officers appointed to hold the "gen-
era1 election" On the same day and at the
same places, there was such substantial
compliance with the law that the Courts
will not interpose to defeat the expressions
Of the public will. In which case MIR. HoYsE
is Mayor de jure as well as de facto.


4. Oritmay hold that, though 8 vacancy did
exist, the charter invested the Council with
discretion to order such special election, and
that special elections, standing on a different
footing from general elections, could not be
valid in the absence Of the special call and no.
tice directed by law. 1nwhich case the vacancy
continues to exist, neither HOME nor CoLvN
being Mayor


6. That, the vacancy existing, the Council
may NOW call special election to fill the
same; or that vacancy occurred only at the
date Of the first regular election, which was
in April, 1876, and, there being less than one
year Of the term remaining, the Council may
fill such vacancy by the choice Of one Of its own
Until the Court actually renders
a decision, the reader may consider any one
Of these possible results Us tho most likely |
10 agree with that of the Court
Year: 1876

The Mayoralty contest will be settled to-
morrow by decision of the Circuit Court,
by which both Nessrs. HOME and GOWN
have agreed to abide. The opinion will be
rendered, it is understood, by Judge Nc
A111sTER, and by each side is claimed will
be in its favor.
Year: 1876

Chle1yo Tribune Of Saturday.


twill bear repetition to say that the
centre OF the political battle is removed
to New York. The loss Of Indiana to the
Republicans makes it not impossible, but
rather difficult, to figure out the election
Of Hayes and Wheeler without the assist
ance OF New York. They can be elected
without the assistance OF New York, but
it would not be safe to bet upon it.


The following States may be consider.
cd morally certain 10 cast their elector-
al votes for the Republican Presidential
nominees, and one Of them-Colorado-
Year: 1876

The marble was pure and whi'e


Though only a block at best
But the artist, with inward sight


Looked further than all the rest
And saw in the hard, rough stone,
The lovliest statue that sun shone on.
SO he set to work with care


And chisel.cd form of grace
\ figure divnely fair,


18th tender, beautiful face;
But the blows were hard and fast
That brought from the marble that work at las
So think that human lives


Must bear to Gods chisel keen,
If The spirit ycarns and strives


For the better life unseen.
For men are only blocks at best
Till the chiselllng brings out all the rest
Year: 1876

MISSING CHILL.-A missionary agent
addressed congregation in Missouri re-
Gently and took collection Among those
who came forward was poor colored wo-
man with her mite y of ten cents. "Can
YOU spare it," asked the agent: Yes,
was the reply, to day l can. Yesterday
l thought mus keep it to get medicine
but done miss my chill
Year: 1876

TEACHERS OR PHrsICIANS.-A child is
sick or ailng. The anxious parent sends
for the physician and the case is laid be
fore him. | chaliange the contradiction of
all parents who have employed physicians
to the statement that in nine cases out of
ten, nav, in ninety-nine cases out of one
hundred, the physicians will ut once rec
ommend that the child be withdrawn from
school, either permanently or temporarily
and this he does without anv knowledge
whatever Of the character of the school to
which the child goes, without any inquiry
as to the means of ventilation. the length
of recitation hours the number Of recesses,
the ability or wisdom Of the teacher. He
also does it without exact knowledge as 20
the habitual clothing, the amount of sleep.
the regularity and kind of food ofthe child
who is weak and sickly. Nor does he
know in how many private theatricals she
has taken part. how many hours she has set
before her piano. nor how few hours she
has spent in active exercise in in the sun
light and fresh air He does not ask how
many days in the cold of winter or the
damp of spring her careful mother has
sent her to school with her head and face
carefully protected while her feet were
clad in the most delicate Of stockings and
the thinnc>t of kid boots. Does he know of
the rich cake and pastry and the jars OF
sweet jelly which the kind mother provides
for lunch?


The teachers are willing to share the
responsibility for the health of the child
rcn contiled to their care for four or five
hours of the five days in the week with the
ftmly physician and with the parents.
They acknowledge their responsibility &;
but they are no longer willing to have the
whole burden of the sins of omission and
commission of both parents and physician
laid upon their shou.ders.--lnna G.
BrUckU.
Year: 1876

lust RECEIVED few Crates of Crockery which
- am Offering for CASH at so much Low Err
PRICE than has been sold here, that all who have
examined my STOCK AND PRICES are astonished.
Come and see at OF. WOODS.
Year: 1876

Mr.. H. r, STEVENS;


DEAR SRI will most cheerfully add my testimo-
ny to the great number you have already received
in favor OF your great and good medicine VEGE-
TIM E. for do not think enough can be said in its
praise for was troubled over 30 years with that
dreadful disease Catarrh, and had such bad cough
ing spells that 1t would seem as though could
me; and | do feel to thank God all the time that
there is so good medicine as VEGEEINE, and
also think 1t one of the best medicines for coughs
and weak sin king feelings the stomach. and ad-
wise everybody to take the YEGETINE. for can
assure them it is of the best medicines that ey-
er was Mrs L. GORE.


Mass.
Year: 1876

Are you in want Of ANY KIND of book9 School
Book. Blank Book, Novel. Singing Book. Bible,
Album. or ANY DESCRIPTION OF BOOK. go
to BABBlTT X HAYES. they keep good stock Of
all varieties, but if they do not happen TO have the
particular book you wish they have the best of fR-
cilities for procuring them quickly and cheaply.
Remember they keep EVERYTHING pertaining
to first class Drug and Book Store and would be
pleased to and serve their friends all times.


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Year: 1876

Ills reported that John Morrissey has
deposited s30O000o of pool money in
one Of the city trust companies. There
is probably as much more put into the
hands Of the other pool managers. It
woula not be cxuavagant to say that
there are $1,000 900 ia this city depend
inc upou tho results Of the elections in
the various States, ana this sum is IN
creased hourly by the conflicting stories
which come from the doubtful States. II
there should be no election or a dispute
as to who is President the people wto
have invested IN pools would be depriy.
ca OF their money for some time to come.
Some fine day large sums Of money win
suddenly disappear from some Of the
poolrooms aud then people will wonder
how keen sporting men were willing to
trust their property iI the hands Of gm.
bgrs, While they would not be satisif d
to place it in banking institution unless
it was known to be thoroughly solvent
We hear that some of this money is yer4
loosely kept. One night over 100000
were deposited ia the safe Of ono Of the
uptown hotels without receipt or other
guarantee than the honesty of hotei
clerk. These sporting people are not
business men, and have aot business hab-


lis. Il will be as much The fault Of the
betting public as Of the proprietors Of the
poohrooms fiat some time heavy losses
are incurred. An this public gambling
ought to be prevented by law. There Is
excitement enough about our elections
without having betting 80 organized that
it Is a temptation to everybody to "put
up" something on the result. As now
conducted pool gambling is even more
demoraIizng than lotteries.