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Year: 1871

The complete success of tn machin


cry employed to drill the Mont Gems
Tunnel has strongly attracted the at
tention of engineers and mechanics to
the subject of compressed air engines
and already it Is proposed in this
country to try the experiment of adopt
ing it on large scale. The Ment Gents
machine for cutting and boring the rock,
was mounted on car wheels, and, as
the work progressed, was moved along
the railway track laid in the bottom OF
the tunnel. The power which operated
it was supplied in the form of com
pressed air, which was sent in through
long tubes The water power of a
mountain stream outside the tunnel
worked the powerful air pumps by
which the air was compressed, and, this
being carried in pipes to the boring
machine far inside the tunnel, at once
set that machine in motion ard sap
piled fresh, pure atmosphere for the
wor',men. In precisely the same way
it j. proposed to utilize the wasted
water power in many large American
towns. Take, as an example, the city
of Rochester, New York, whose water
power is abundant and constant in all
seasons. There it is proposed to erect
water wheels which will run night and
day throughout the year, forcing the
air into a large loaded magazine
like a gasometer. From this a
system of strong underground pipes are
to be laid to the various manufactures
throughout the city where steam is now
used The first cost of the apparatus
would be, of course, considerable, but,
once erected, power could be furnished
to almost any extent at no higher ex-
pense than that required to keep the
water wheels and pumps in order In
prlncople, the plan is similar to that of
our own water works, in which one en-
gine pumps water for the houses and
workshops of the entire city, and it is
altficnlt to see any good reason why it
should not be equally successful A
writer in the New York Post asserts
that the experiment is certain to be
tried in the spring at Rochester, and if
that should prove successful an attempt
Will be made to harness the enormous
water power of Niagara for the benefit
of Buffalo. Should the plan succeed
it will have an important effect on the
value of mill sites. Manufactures
could be built upon much more cheap
and convenient sites than is now
possible when all establishments which
use water power must be built upon the
bank Of the stream which supplies it,
no matter what may be the cost of such
location. The other advantages to
be gained by the new system are
many and impOrtant What is known
as one "horse power" costing, in the
form of steam, $3.50 per annum, will
then be furnished at an average ex-
pense of S12 year, the damage of sud
den and disastrous explosions viii be
forever ended, the machinery of manu-
factories greatly simplifed, and the
heat, smoke and noise incident to steam
machinery, avoided. With the success
of the Mont Cenis machine as a basis,
there is certainly enough plausibility
in the new plan to command wide in
terest in the result of the experiment at
Rochester
Year: 1871

We hope no harm has befallen the young
Grand Duke Alexis. We shall be glad TO see
him safe in our harbor, and subjected to the
cruel kindness of our committeeman His fam
lily have always been civil to the United
States, and the embassy of Capt. g. V. Fox,
in 1885, was certainly treated with the great
est courtesy and consideration The reception
by the Court was surpassed in heartiness and
sincerity by that of the common people
When Admiral Farragut subsequently visited
Russia, he was also received with great dig
tfnctiOn, though, of course, with no such ex-
traordinary hOnors as those WHICH had been
paid to the representatives of the nation. For
these reasons, it is altogether proper that the
EmperOr's son shall be made kindly welcome.


But great nation standing on its head is
not an impressive or edifying spectacle Still
worse is it to represent our country In that
attitude when the fact is that profound in
difference as to the advent of the youthful
Romanoff prevails throughout our borders,
and the only places where any anxiety is felt
as to his arrival are the Committee-roOms
haunted by the gentlemen In blue ribbons, and
the newspaper offices where reporters are strug-
Cling to make copy. Day after day the world
ia told that an intense and devouring interest
in this trivial matter is felt throughout the
country. The illustrated papers are full of
degrading witticisms and caricatures, represent
ing the entire feminine population of the con-
tinent as palpitating with unwomanly eager
ness to see this rather uninteresting young
gentleman This is all as false as it is vul-
gar. There has been some little harmless dis
play of vanity on the part of the eminent
citizens of the Committee; but such is the
nature of Committeeman. There is more
squabbling for tickets among people who have
no right to them than is agreeable. But
among people in society there is no emotion,
no struggling or elbowing, and only the most
languId interest felt in the whole affair.


Every morning some newspaper, devoured
with o desire to say something upon the
event of the day, tells the people of New
York what they are to do, and what the Grand
Duke will think of them if they do MT do it.
Does it ever enter into the Gveried souls
of these toadies to reflect that the peo-
pie of New-York will do nothing at
all about the matter, and that it is a matter
of no consequence whatever what the Grand
Duke thinks of them Our own self-respect
is the only thing to consider in this connec-
ton, and that must inevitably suffer from this
foolish cackle.
Year: 1871

The Board of Health yesterday took such
action relative to the sanitary condition OF the
city as is now possible. Among other things,
it was decided that on and after Dec. 10 no
cellars shall be used as human habitations.
The date, though fixed at a too remote period
to permit the new rule to be of any use "a
preventive against the plague which now
threatens us, is probably as near as clrcum-
stances will permit; the poor people who in
habit these dens must have time to look about
for other quarters The Sanitary Committee
referring more directly to the arrival Of the
cholera, reported that the duty of collecting
refuse and garbage is irregularly performed
and, as everybody knows, the city is widely
polluted with filth accumulated by this cause.
The recommendations of this Committee
which were adopted-are all very good; and,
now, can we depend upon the Department of
Public Works to carry out these suggestions
and save the city from pestilenceH
Year: 1871

tpeak out boldly, and tell the whole truth.
Our own columns arc open; and Gen. Barlow
and Mr.. Peckham are ON the Judiciary Committee
of the Bar Association. Send the facts TO u.s.


aud put these gentlemen on the track Of more


The risk of professional annoyance is now
much less than 10 was six months ago. The
publication of the bench ought to be one of
the chief aims ut present of the NewYork
bar, and If We push the fight with little
courage and energy we shall certainly succeed.
Give us free exposures, and o healthy senti-
ment among lawyers and laity here; and let
us have Committee of Investigation on the
first day the Legislature neets-since it is the
Legislature and not the Attorney General that
must initiate proceedings for impeachment -
aud we shall not only abolish the Gratzes, but
we shall abolish the judges who have made
them. 1t is not for honest lawyers to tremble
now ; it is the unjust judges who are in danger.
Year: 1871

"The Confessions of Ku-Klux Rattle
snake" would be an attractive title for dime
novel, and the material is easily accessible
just now in the records of the Office of the
Post Commander at Yorkville, South Caro-
lima. This post is one of the centers of the
great fields of Ku-Klux operations in that
region, and THE TRIBUNE correspondent who
has heretofore furnished us with much curious
information concerning the operations of this
organization, gives in his letter, published else
where, a number of new facts relative to the
sayings and doings of the men who joined
the Klans for reasons best told in their own
peculiar vernacular.
Year: 1871

"


General Creswell's order forblddng tho
usual OF any addresses by the etercarrters
on the ground that solicitation Of presents Is not only
inmical to personal serespeot but an injury to the
public service meets rough handling the press 1t s
generally thought to be contraventon OF equal rights
to keep the poor carrier out Of his NewYears gft while
officials far higher IN rank are ready to absorb any
imaginable number and bulk Of donations every day in
the year"


THE TRIBUNE submits that this business
of justifying one wrong by another has already
been carried too far. If Officials higher in
frank" do wrong, let them be rebuked and
set right, but do not make one abuse excuse
another. 1t is the business of the Government
to pay its employees fairly it is the duty OF
those who use the mails to pay the legal
postage. There, obligation ceases; there,
spOnging ought not to begin.
Year: 1871

We favor no lf-and-haf Boards, and agree
that the majority should rule. Complete Rep
resentation provides effectively for this. What
we ask is. not that the minority should rule,
but that it should be heard. In our present
Common Council, it has no voice; in that
which is to be inaugurated next January, it is
likely to have nome In at least two Boards
of Aldermen within our remembrance, a mi
nority of two-ffths of our voters had but one
representative, who might propose, indeed but
with no one to second his motions, they fell
dead on the instant. Our councils were never
utterly base and venal while they were made
up in unequal portions of two adverse parties
Will not The Sun reconsider
Year: 1871

We Give the inspectors who are said to be
engaged in the work OF trying TO count out
six of the regularly elected Aldermen In order
that Tammany may still have . remnant 20 DO
It service, fair notice that they are emOarking
on dangerous business. The times are not
favorable for such frauds, nor tOr the men
who attempt them. The correct returns tor
Aldermen have been carefully watched and
whoever attempts fraud in the Ofnciaf count
may reckon on instant exposure ana tne
spAsdisst pOssible puniShnenk. Hands on the
rekurnSl ~ g-.s.
Year: 1871

Newfoundland still coyly repels the advances
made to her, and has once more voted against
entering that singularly artificial confederation
the New Dominion. This is not surprising;
Newfoundland has nothing Whatever in COM
mon with the inland provinces, and can very
uroperly take warning by the example Of Nova
Scotia, maritime province seduced into the
union by bribed Legislature, and now discOn-
tented with her position. Annexation to the
United States may not be highly thought of
in Newfoundland confederation certainly is
NOT
Year: 1871

1t is so easy to send men about the city
exacting fines for not removing snow that
never fell, sign-bOsrds that are safe and non
obstructive to vision or travel, that it is
wonder that this business has not been more
extensively prosecuted by the Tammany har-
pies. Our reporters have unearthed few of
these frauds, and it appears that this fruitful
field has not been neglected.
Year: 1871

The Sun resists what Is called Minority Rep
resentatiOn thus heedlessly:


"It to to embody faacy and to tend to cor
ruption. We had minority representation In our old
Board Of Supervisors, half of whose members were
elected by the majority and the other haif by the MI
nority This Board built the Court House, and In
itiated that system of public robbery Of which Tweed
Connolly, Ingerso Garyey and Watson, were the great
e1emplars We fear that similar result would follow
upon the adoption Of DR.. Greeleys plan Of cumulative
voting The best system, after all, to let the majority
rule and hold them responsble for what they do Let
LA stick to that"
Year: 1871

Lack Of Political Enthusiasm Comp parntIve
Indifference OF Both fartics-Eeeling Among
the COnlxIng and Fent0n Faclions-rrcsi-
dent White and the syracuse Convention
Idens Of the Democracy--The County Good
for n Fair Republican Majority Success Of
the Republican senator and Asse bi man.


ITHACA Tompkins County, Oct 26 1871.


Comparatively speaking there Is very little politi-
cal enthusiasm just now IN Tompsins county. Both
parties appear TO be rather indifferent tnan other
wise over the approaching election. There are no
questions OF either local or general interest calcu-
lated TO call out the full electoral strength OF either
side. The Indifference OF the democrats Is owing
chiefly TO the fact that they have no hope Of
electng any OF their candidates for local 0nlces,
ana they do not seem TO appreciate practical i'm
portance to their party or making any special effort
on this occasion to swell the popular vote for the
general State ticket


AS the State gave over 80, 900 majority for Holman
last year the democrats In the rural districts consider
0regone conclusion that the State Will give de-
cded democratic majority TINS year. They depend
upon the city OF New York to more than counter
balance the republican majorties In the country.
While they admit that the Tammany troubles may
operate TO some extent In reducing the democratic
majority In the city they have idea that the vote
Will fall so far short TO turn the tide IN favor OF
the republicans. In fact, they feel quite content
: - 70 The general result and Whatever ex-
Year: 1871

A writer in the Turf, Field and Farm
has been experimenting for some years
in the manufacture of compost manures,
with a success far beyond my expecta-
tions. The following is the naodus
Operdndt:


A pit is dug Immediately in the rear
of the barn and stable, measuring five
feet in depth, twenty four feet in length,
and fifteen feet in width. This pit has
flooring and sides of brick, which is
cemented with concrete of cement, to
prevent loss by drainage. Into it is
first thrown a thin layer of unslaked
lime, three or four inches deep. This
forms an excellent foundation for your
future compost. All the bones which,
for the past year, have been collected
about the farm and thrown into heap,
are dumped in this pit and distributed
over the surface of the lime.


Next, all the ashes which have also
collected for year, and thrown under
a woodshed, prepared for the purpose,
are also dumped into the pit, over the
layer of bones. Over this is thrown all
the horse and cow droppings, the litter
from stable and COW sheds, and all the
refuse of the kitchen as they collect,
the lyes from the stable and cow shed
being regularly carried through cutters
to the pit. Occasionally the layers Of
lime, ashes, loose loan, ETC., are thrown
over the animal manure, and the same
process is continued from time to time,
until the pit is full.


A roof, constructed with moveable
wings covers the pit to admit the ac-
tion of the sun, ETC., and to guard
against heavy rains.


BY the following spring the bones
will have become decomposed, and
valuable compost ready for use. With
the aid of this compost, which I find
one Of the richest of fertilizers, beat
all my neighbors. on early vegetables
and fruits, and verify believe that with
frequent plowing il would dislnteg-
rate the tenacious Substance of clay
lands.
Year: 1871

Life insurance has become so general in
New York that It is rare to find a man of fam
ily, or one havil anybody dependent upon
him, who has not taken out a policy. The
following are few of the most prominent
merchants in New York who are insured for
amounts ranging from $50 900 to 1900 600:
Year: 1871

Quantity of Glover Seed to the Acre.


1. If clover seed is sowed with grain
the land should always remain nndis-
turbed for at least one year thereafter
for the purpose of allowing the clover
time to mature. 1t may be sown with
nearly all our cereals, such as rye, bar
ley, oats and wheat.


q We would not advise the sowing
of clover seed in the fall, and we believe
it is seldom if ever put in at that time.
Sow the seed among the winter wheat,
but early in spring, just as soon as the
ground thaws. Clover seed will find
its way deep enough into the soil with
out being covered with plow or harrow;
and whenever il is sown with oats, bar
ley or other spring grain, care should
be taken not to cover too deeply. The
seed may be scattered after the grain
is sown, and brush then passed over
the surface, although roller is prefer
able to anything else.


3. Ten to fifteen pounds of clover seed
is the usual quantity sown per acre.
but little too much 10 far better than
not quite enough.-Deitz's Farm Jour
nal


Alsike clover seed, being much
smaller than the ordinary varieties, a
less quantity is necessary.
Year: 1871

When an animal is found licking his
fellow, it is proof that uueasiness is
present in the stomach, and the licking
Of his neighbor is habit contracted by
instinct, with view of removing the


lnpleasantness. Unfortunately instinct
is not at all times sufficient to avoid
dangerous practices, and if we take for
granted that the stomach is at all times
fully charged with acrid matter, we
shall without hesitation find remedy.
Tt is only necessary to place within
their reach shallow troughs, in which is
kept supply of common chalk. If an
animal has superabundance of acrid
secretion, it will most certainly neu-
tralize the excess of acid. If an ami
NAL has not acid in excess, and par
takes of chalk, it will do no harm. 1t
is often too late to administer remedies
to young stock, and the placing of chalk
within their reach cannot be made too
early.
Year: 1871

"Send me u word to comfort me for
the death of my baby" writes broken
hearted mother to me.


My dear friend, | might tell you that
there are thousands of childless mothers
all over the land, who, like you, are
looking for comfort here and there, and
find none :. but that would not help you
! might tell you, too, that If you knew
all the sorrowful histories that have been
told me by tongue and pen, for many
years, You would have been glad that
your baby is gone where there is "no
more pain :" but TINT would not cause
gou to shed one tear the less, or keep you
from feeling that your sorrow was hard
er to bear than theirs. could tell you
that God is good even in this affection,
but your vision is SO dimmed that time
only can enable You to see it. 1t is be-
cause l know that nature must have
way, or you could not live and bear it,
that | can only say to You no~, l am so
sorry for you. / know Just how you go
about, listening for the little appealing
cry that you may nevermore hear !;
touching listless.y the little useless
clothes that you fashioned, with your
heart so full of love and hope. | too
have done all this. have lain with my
cheek close to the grass upon my baby's
grave, lest she should be lonely without
me, though | knew size was not there.
And yet | have tried to thank Him who
took her so early, that the storms of lie
which afterw lrds overlook me, did not
burst over her little head. So, as l say,
| shall not reason with You now, for
that were worse than useless. | only
reach out my woman's hand, and clasp
yours in sympathy, although we never
may meet in this world.


Bat one thing | know, that in the
other world your baby and mine will
know us-their mothers, else God We're
not God. BY the strong love that came
with them, this must be we could not
be 80 cruelty mocked if this were to be
the end.


Now, do not sit down and brood over
your grief, if you can help it. Do not
close your blinds and shut out the sun
shine. Let it warm you, though your
baby is cold. You would rather have
felt its little warm clasp even for that
brief time, than not to have known the
bliss of motherhood, would you not
Well, then, warm your poor heart with
that bit of comfort Nop there is lad
der reaching to Heaven, only seen by
you, only used by you. Heaven is not
now, to you, the misty land it used to
be. You see it clearly BY and by you
will hear its music, and one little voice
your mothers ear Il detect and none
who see the peace which iIflmines your
face will know rhersfme, save " Him
who doeth all things we'll" And so,
with my love, leave you.


FANNY FERN.
Year: 1871

The apples are ripe in tho orchard,


Tho work of the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands reddon


In the blood OF the dying sun,
At the cottage door the grandsiro


Sits, pale, in his easy-chair,
While gentle wind Of twilight


Plays with his silver hair.
A woman IL kneeing beside him


fair young head IN prest
[ n the first Wild passion Of sorrow,


Against his aged breast.
And far from over the distance


The taltering echoes come,
OF the flying blast OF trumpet


And the rafting roll OF drum.
Then the grandsire speaks in whisper,
The end no man can see;
But we give him 10 his country,


And wo give our prayers to Thee"
The violets star the meadows,


The rose-buds fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard
The plnk-whito blossoms pour.
Bat the grandsire's chair is empty,
The cottage is dark and still,
There's a nameess grave on the battlefield,
And n new one under the hill.
And palid, fearless woman


by the cold hearth sits, alone;
And the old clock in the corner
Ticks on with heavy drone
Year: 1871

Why the women of the Oneida Com
muuity wear the short dress, is thus ex-
planned by the Circuior:


The short dress belongs to us chiefly
because it is "A badge of freedom, of free
dom from the tyranny of fashion. 1t is
an assertion of the right to occupy the
heart and mind with higher things than
dress; of the right to listen to God. 1t
has cut us off from any part of the do
main of fashion, and made wide the
breach between us aud those who find
their life wholly in outward adornment
This is why the short dress is precious to
us. But though we are incorrigible so
far as the principle by which we hold the
short dress is concerned, and do not care
to argue about it, we can say one thing
in which its critics ought to find conso-
lation. The first deep motive of woman $
adornment, it is generally assumed, is to
attract the love aud admiration of man.
Every thoroughly candid woman, it is
said, will confess this, and it is surely
nothing to shame her who was "made
to be the glory of man. 1t is for the
love of man that woman, in following
the vagaries of fashion, sacrifices peace of
heart with mental improvement and
health and comfort and convenience.
But the women of the community do
not find it necessary to sacrifice these
things to gain the affections of the men.
They have the love of the men i'll the
short dress, an! much more Of it than
if they were disguised by fashion. There
is no dearth of magnetism between the
sexes in the community. II there were
we might give some attention to the
complaints of those who scold us for
not being more ornamental, e. more
fashionable. But how can we give heed
to so small thing, when our satisfaction
in our social life is already so ample
We have the prize toward which all or
namentation aims why, then, should we
cumber ourselves with the Inconvenience
of fashion WHAT'S the use
Year: 1871

An English convict at Chatham Yard
who once hated to work for remunera-
ton, and therefore had been compelled
to work without it, recently determined
to get ahead of the demon of labor once
and for all. So, while working near
tramway. he deliberately placed his hand
under a passing wagon laden with bricks,
and in an instant that hated hand was
severed from t,,e arm.
Year: 1871

chuckle over and read it aloud to
his lady friends within hearing, and mark
the piece and send tito those at q distance,
Whether my letter is read or not, / have
freed my mind and that Is one satisfaction
to--A SPRINGFIELD GIRL.