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Year: 1872

The Dead Sea, being without an
outlet, evaporation is the only escape
Of the water pouring into it by the
river Jordon and some other streams.
Each brings into it that extraordinary
reservoir, which is depression in the
earth's crust thirteen hundred feet be-
low the water level of the Mediter-
ranern, an immense mass of materials
which must at last fill it up, when the
Jordan will then run on beyond and
find an outlet to the sea, if the world
remains in its present physical form
long enough. The Jordan watts down
ninety cubic yards of water every Sec
end. Each day is carries in six and
a half bushels of salt, liberated from
rocks on its passage, in each ninety
cubic yards, therefore that dreadfully
salt, bitter reservoir has nearly reach
ed the point of saturation. When no
more salt can be dissolved, then it will
accumulate on the irregular bottom
till it reaches quite near the present
surface. It's future will have quite as
much interest for coming ages as its
past history. t.fr-.-
Year: 1872

ing up behind. Should try and wait
for the coming team, or should l try
and gain the next house. just be-
yond was the brow of the hill, and at
its foot was farm house. / struck
my horse with the whip, and as he
leaped from under the blow, the ruff
fan caught the reins with one hand
and grasped my throat with the other,
the pistol falling on the footboard as
he did so.


As soon as he had given my cravat
a twist or two that stopped my breath,
he let 60 of the reins and made a
grasp for my pocket-book, thinking no
doubt, to seize it, and leap from the
wagon and make for the woods. And
this he might have done but for an
accident, for he was perfect Hercules
in comparison with me.


When my assailant let 60 the reine,
| had sense enough to catch one of
them-the near remand gave it
smart pull, which movement brought
the horse so suddenly to the left that
the wagon overturned, and we split
out into muddy ditch-I upon top
of the robber. 1t the course of nv
struggle, my cravat gave way, and
was for moment free; but the burly
rascal caught my leg, and had brought
me to the earth, when the team that
had followed us drove up, and I rec
ognized Sumner Burnham and his son
two of the best detective officers in
the State. Il


My friend had not thought of the
approaching wagon; but he saw it now,
and when he observed it had stopped,
he would have leapcd away; but it
was my turn to try the leg game, and
| caught him by the ankle and tripped
him up; and before he could regain
his feet, Otho was upon him, and very
shortly aftcrward old Sumner himself,
with his two hundred and eighty
pounds Of compact, leviathan corpor-
osity, laid his huge hand upon the
villains shoulder.


"Well, we'll, my boy" said Burn
ham, when he looked into my hero's
face, "I'm afraid I've interrupted an
other of your games. What were you
up to here ?" AS he spoke he snap
ped pair of handouts upon my war
worn veterans wrists.


The latter gave one moro look into
the ruddy face of the Cyelopeat Off
Ger, and then subsided.


l told my story in very few words,
after which Mr.. Barnham informed
me that my hero was notorious rogue.
He had never been to the war, but had
enlisted four times, and jumped big
bounty each time. He had also rob
bed a sutler at Augusta, and done
various other wicked things. A tele-
gram had been sent from Portland to
Norway, informing Mr.. Barnham the
rascal was OH the outward bound train.


"The telegram did not reach me-"
said Burnahm, "until after the train
had left South Paris. telegraphed
to Bryant's Pond and to Bethel, and
was thinking to wait for the next
freight train, when Durham, tho bag
gage master, told me of the man who
had ridden off with you. When he
described him l knew you had my
man, so had only to find your track
in order to be sure of his"


/ will only add that my wagon was
not seriously damaged, and while the
officers turned back with the bounty
jumping, sutlerrobbing hero, drove
on, and delivered the money-packago
safely to its owner; and furthermore,
that from that day to this l have made
it rule never to allow q stranger a
seat by my side upon my express wag-
ON.
Year: 1872

Under the snow, under the snow,
Flowers Of summer are lying We know;
Roses and violets withered and sere,
Crushed into earth in the solitude drsar;
Under the snow, under the snow,
Sleeping in death the blossoms are low.
Under the snow, under the snow,
Beautiful forms slumbering so low
Eyes that have thrilled us, faces most sweet.
Lips whose dear smiling never shall meet;
Under the snow, under the snow,
Loved ones in death are silent We know.
Up from the snow. up from the snow,
Flowers Of srrirg in their beauty shall grow;
Up from its grave shall the violet rise,
Gazing in beauty to amethyst skies;
Under the snow. under the snow,
All the brown violets are living we know.
Up from the snow up from the snow,
When the bright angels their trumpets shall blow
Those that we laid in the earth cold and drear,
They shall arise from their sepulchres selr;
Up far from death and from earth and from snow,
Up to Gods palace the dear ones will go.
Year: 1872

In trial before the Mayor of Okalona. Miss,
few days since, the question as to whether
wife could sleep with her head upon her, hus,
band 3 arm all night without paralyzing it SUIT
fciently to wake him up and cause him to with
draw his arm from under her head, " wassprung


1t proved too hard for the young attorneys who
were conducting the trial. and an old physician
was called in to decide the question, and ne ,e
said, "She might, and then again she mightnt.'
Year: 1872

4 Senator Bayard moved to adjourn, but
/ yielded % Senator Cole, who moved to
lay the bin aside and take up the def
cheney bill


Senator Bayard renewed his motion TO
adjourn. LOst-twelve to two.
Senator Bayard said he regarded this
as a measure fraught with mischief. and
insisted that the Senators opposed To il
ought to have, at least, an opportunity
TO discuss ie fully before il should pass.


Senator Anthony said he took Il for
granted that the minority wished to dis
euss the bill in good faith, and not
merely for the purpose Of delay.


Senator Bayard said that the minority
had given no indication that they We're
acting merely for delay.


Senator Anthony admitted this, and
said 1t was due the minority to state that
they We're not in the habit of offering
faetlous dilatOry opposition to measures
which The majority wished to pass, and
in view Of this fact he proposed an
agreement 10 first take up and pass the
remaining appropriation bills, with the
understanding that this bill should come
up next.


On motion of Senator Cameron the
Senate adjourned.
Year: 1872

Tho details Of the California earth
quake, writes correspondent, seem to
have little variation. They are all sick
ening and horrifying. | wish l had
never talked with one OF these "eye-
witnesses" Ayoung husband had been
sitting ut his hreside with his wife. He
intended to depart in the morning for
this city, and the two were making the
most Of the last time they would be
together for several months the candle
had burned out and they were both
seated close to the open fireplace, the
wife holding in her arms child OF few
months. After the shock. the husband
was found lying on his face dead, beam
across his neck which, in falling, had
nearly severed his head from the trunk ;
and the mother was so 'rightfully burned
by the Gsebrands that she could not
have lived many minutes, aud the infant
was discovered lifeless nearly rod dis
tant. A family OF seven persons on the
outskirts Of Visalia who were sound
asleep, were sunk, some two or three
feet below the surface Of the earth. All
were rescued, however, alive, except u
baby which was burned to death by
coming in contact with q stove. A moth
er was nursing sick child, girl OF IA
or 10, who had been taken the day be-
fore with chills and fever. After the
shock neither could be found, the ruins
of the house itself even being swallowed
up in the enormous fissure which had
been made made in the earth. This tis-
sure ran across the ground of farmer,
who, feeling some presentiment OF dis
aster, in what folm he knew not, wont
ont about one o'clock to see his stock.
An unruly colt had broken loose from
his teiher, and the owner was chasing
him about the lot when the shock came.
The colt disappeared, but the farmer
has first-class drain across his forty
acre farm. These incidents Of the ca
tastrophe are but few examples of
many others. Had the district been
densely populated they would have been
multiplied by hundreds. As it is there
are enough OF them. To hear those
who witnessed them relate their expe-
riences is like reading n romance, bnt
they are facts, and such facts are rarely
met with. The rumors of volcanic erup-
ton have proved groundless, ell of
them. The people throughout the dis
tiict so violently convuised have most OF
them relatives or intimate acquaintances
here, and the desolation that has visited
the country is indicated by the grief
stamped on many faces when any ques-
ton in relation to the subject is asked
them or any allusion made to the SUBJ
iecL
Year: 1872




The law furnishing dealers in impure kero-
sene and other burnng-huids long since fell
into such general disuse that the vile COM
pounds, sold openly in all parts of the city,
caused, per month, on an average, score and
half of fires and dozen deaths. The extent
and nature Of the danger were exposed; two
or three hundred dealers were posted by name
in THE TRIBUNE, and demand was made for
the suppression of the traffic. This, we are
told, is practically insured. Most of the small
dealers have been fined and compelled to take
out licenses. Only few of the larger ped
dlers resist, and these are manufacturers of
patented but notoriously impure oils which
careful persons will not use. 1t will take only
little time and vigorous prosecution Of the
Fire Commissioners TO drive these from the
trade in fame to better pursuits.


This much to tho credit of the Fire Com
missioners Now let us see what the Health
Board can do in the direction of reform. We
have exposed how danger turks in the Lamp
Must we also be forced, before relief can be
had, to tell the Health Officers who are to
guard this city during the coming season
against Disease where that Demon hides 7
There is law which authorizes the Inspectors
Oh the Healtn DOaru 10 seiZe anu Cohhscdte
any impure food wherever found exposed for
sale. The law may be forgotten; it certainly
is in disuse--absOlutely We venture to say,
from Investigations properly made by compe-
tent and regular authority-by a man
whose verdict no butcher in New-York will
question as partial prejudiced or ignorant
that on nine out of every ten of the stands
where meat is exposed for sale foul food is
daily dispensed in immense quantities; and
that no united, organized, or individual efforts
are made to prevent the traffic by any official
of this city. The investigation which has al
ready established this to our satisfaction is
not yet concluded. When it is we shall pub
lish the result, name the dealers who violate
the law and then call upon the Health Board,
if it hopes to retain Office, to correct an evil
which threatens the welfare of the whole city
Year: 1872

while ago. That dead coin might have been
exchanged for bonds when they were far
cheaper or the premium on gold much higher
than at present If its obstinate retention in
the Treasury has not been fearful mistake,
then we cannot reason.


All the pretexts we have heard set forth for
this misery clinging to Gold seem but an in
suit TO the public understanding This Gold
does not help increase the value or price OF the
Greenbacks, because none of it can be used to
redeem or pay them. As to steadying the Money
Market the experience of "Black Friday
proves Ten Millions abundant for that pur-
pose. How much longer, then, must this noun
tain of gold lie like nightmare On the breast
of the country7
Year: 1872

The clergy of Boston no less remarkable fo1
good taste than for charity and humility. Tho
Rev. Mr.. Fulton, who has long been noted fol
the gentleness and delicacy of his language, has
been amusing himself by pulpit abuse of William
Ellery Claiming, man whose character was a.
strong and pure as his labors and desires were un
selfish. Mr. Fulton has no sort of admiration for
man like this--he could find nothing more amiabla
to say of him than that spent his life in carcatur
ing Christianity" One is not much surprised to read
that, on the same Sunday another clergyman Of the
same city characterized Mr. Fulton as the Rip Van
Wrinkle of the Boston pulpit. declaring that that
worthy's speech Is but articulate snoring" Tha
only wonder in all this is that clerical Furiosos OF
this kind expect reverence and credence from
respectable and thoughtful people. 1t so happens
that these are not the days of John Knox.
Year: 1872

The State Department authorizes the contra
diction of the rumOr by which London was
excited and elated yesterday, to the effect that
the United States had withdrawn their claim
for indirect damages. We have never cOnsid-
cred for moment the possibility of any such
action. There are acts which no nation can
perform and retain its self-respect; there are
attitudes which admit of no retreat. 1t is not
within the range of possibilities that the pDes-
ent Administration could withdraw these claims
and remain in Office But, although the Case
is to be maintained as it stands, the indications
increase that the friends of the Administration
desire to load the responsibility for
it upon other shoulders. The Presi-
dents mouth-piece here recently accused
Mr.. Sumner of having in some occult
way bewitched the innocent Department of
State into writing an indefensble document.
Other faithful friends tried to drive Mr.. Ban
croft Davis into the desert with the Alabama
business on his back. And now we have q
member of the Cabinet who says it was q
foolish Case, but Mr.. Seward was responsible
for it. Why not charge Demosthenes at once
of employing his leisure hours in the ghOstly
bedevilment OF the ingenious statesmen of
Washington The Administration is certainly
unfortunate in its champions.
Year: 1872

The meditative beings who dwelt in caves ana
ancient romances are rivaled by modern New
Yorker Fulton County holds charming mystery
in the person Of an elderly gentleman who leads the
lifo of hermit in secluded little red farmhouse.
and whose name the common world is not permitted
to know He is the possessor Of an immense fortune.
widower, and poet. No mortal eye ever beholda
him save by accident-in which case he is the very
flower of courtesy. His days pass in reading. writ
ing poetry, and carrying on correspondence with
Longfellow, Whittier, Tennyson, Bryant, Emerson.
and Carlyle who regard him with profoundest rev
erence. His culture and his genius are said to bs
astonishing distinguished editor who has lately
visited him declares that he will be talked of in the
future as we now talk of Milton and Shakespeare.
His present labor is the writing OF an epic poem'
Which, it is affirmed, will take at least fifty yeart
to complete All this is very nice and interesting
except the epic poem. We suggest that even senti.
mental mystery like the Hermit of the Little Red
Farmhouse might find something better to do.
Year: 1872

There will be q meeting at Cooper Institute
on Friday evening next, of Republicans who
mean to be represented in tho Cincinnati Con-
vention-the first of the canvass. We are as
sured from Washington that Senators IRUM-
BULL and ScHURz will attend and address the
people assembled. 1t is quite probable that
those who have of late been industIiously cir
culatng report that Senator FENroN does
not favor the Cincinnati movement will hear
from him on this occasion. We cannot com
fort them with the assurance that they will be
as much delighted as instructed by his demon
stration.
Year: 1872

The action of the Assembly last evening
foreshadows prompt, decisive action on the
Reformed Charter, which is very likely to be
in the Governors hands before the close Of
this week If those interested will evince that
spirit of Difference and conciliation which has
hitherto been conspicuous by its absence" +"
we shall soon have fair Charter.
Year: 1872

We print this morning a summary of the
charges in the CardOzo case The substance
Of the evidence will soon follow, and will, we
are assured, sustain the accusations of the
Bar Association.
Year: 1872

This day is the fourth or fifth successfully
appointed by our State Senate for action on
the case of Gen. James Wood, accused of cor
ruption. We trust there will be no further
postponement Action may, decision is
urgently demanded by every consideration of
justice and expediency. If Gen. Wood is in
nocent, the Senate treats him cruelty in hold
ing him where he is pointed out to every Wis
itor as the man charged by committee OF
that body with corruption. If be is guilty, the
Senate disgraces itself by keeping him in his
seat We have no feeling in the premises.
We should not know the man if we were to
meet him on Broadway. Believing him guilty,
we have spoken and acted accordingly. What
does the Senate believe of him7
Year: 1872

A very curious case arose
the other day respecting 'heri-
otage.' Few people probably
are aware of the meaning Of
meaning of this term. But it
seems that when copyhold
changes hands the best live
beast Of which the tenant 'dies
possessed, or even the best
good of any kind may pass to
the lord Of the manor as his
'heriot.' In the case lately in
question a poor farmer met his
death by accident, and the To-
cal agent Of the Marquis of
Camben came upon the son
and successor and selected the
best of the only four COWS on
the copyhold as his 'heriot.' =
This IS a very hard case, altho'
the agent is quite justifable,
he is merely acting for his EN-.
ployer, who is (legally) an 'in-
fant.' But, the simplicity of
the copyhold has its drawbacks
as we'll as its undoubted ad-
vantages. When it is publicly
known that a copyholder's
'gest good can be taken from
his family on his death, I fancy
the simplicity of the tenure
will not appear quite so at
tractive. By all means let
this ancient usage lapse into
one of those customs which
shall be more honored in the
breach than in the observance


In the present case, the poor
farmers family have lost their
best cow, which now, under
the euphonious. title of 'heriot,'
grazes in the meadow of the
lord of the manor. We are
sadly in want of a new land
act, and the English law Of
tenure wants revision and sim
plification. Whether we shall
ever attain to this is a aquestion
which time alone can solve.
Year: 1872

To vote for General Grant
is to endorse bayonets at the
the polls and thieves in the
Treasury, military despotism
at the South, and ring robbers
at the North, scandals in our
home affairs and shame in our
foreign policy. In no conceiv,
able juncture of circumstances
can any Democrat whose De-
mocracy is a conviction, and
not a cloak, consent to this
thing.
Year: 1872

es for the truth of the report
that a dog belonging to a
young lady in that city was
afflicted with smallpox. His
mistress died of the disease,
which was soon after develop
ed in the dog, which running
at large for several days, is
supposed to have done much
in spreading the disease.
Year: 1872

Tue County Legislature has hai special
session at Dodgeyilie this week the meeting
was to consider the proposition otcertain bond
holders to sell the county their claims for 30
per cent OF their face


?. S,--Siuce the above was put in type We
have received the official report Of the action
OF the Board ut its session above noticed,
which report will be found in this paper. Tn.
doubtedly the Board has done the very best
thing possible under the circumstances aud
we are sanguino that the purchase of this
batch Of bond, at 50 cents, Will finally lead o
settlement of the entire lot on similar terms.
The people of Iowa County ought to feel
easier than for many years, and We are hope
tul that before the last installment on the
bonds IS paid we shall be actually richer, by
enhanced value OF property, than We are to
,iay
Year: 1872

ERRATuM Last week we thanked the pro-
prictor of the Mineral Point Book Store for
the profits on fine bill book 7. Lawrence,
OF the Post Office Book Store, is the one to
whom our thanks are due.
Year: 1872

TIE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISASTER SUMMED


UP BY NEw-YoRK MERCHANTs-sTATEMENT5 NT5


or BOOT AND SHOE, DRY GOODS, AND HARD


WARE DEhLERS-LEATHER AND WOOLEE


GOODS LIKELY TO RISE AND COTTON FABRICS


TO REMAIN FIRM-BOsTON MERCHANTS BUY


ING HEAVILY.


The trades which suffered most severely by
the fire In Boston the leather tho boot and shoe,
the WOOL the dry goods and the hardware lines, these
being centered n that part OF the city which was burned
The merchants in this city having business relations
with those in Boston who have been burned out have
received information which enables them to form ac-
conclusions 10 the effect of the fire upon bus-
ness and prices I'm the different branches OF trade
Influenced by n In order TO gather information the
subject from the most trustworthy sources TRIBUNE
reporters conversod yesterday, with some Of the largest
dealers In these classes OF goods.
Year: 1872

I heard man complaining, says Girls,
because his wife was recently taken with
the oil fever. She had piece of land of
her own in West Virginia where oil had
been found, and nothing to do but she
must organize company and go to
boring. She bored him to go for a long
time, but he wouldn't, so she went her
self.


l told the man he would be justified in
sueing for divorce.


"On what grounds" said the man.


Right there, on her oil grounds"


| mean what plea could | offerq"
THAT she has left your bed and
Year: 1872

"RUsTY" MAsoNs.-How many who
take up this Journal that will not apply
the caption of this article to themselves,
It is fact, and we sincerely regret that
it is SO, that not three in every ten MEM
bers admitted to all of the benefits and
privileges of a master Mason can work
themselves successfully through the first
three degrees. One grand fault has been
the haste manifested by some, If not
nearly all, of the lodges In the State to
advance candidates before they are even
familiar, not to say proficient, with the
work in either of the E. A. or F. C.
degrees. Let Masters of Lodges require
candidates to be more acquainted with
the work in these degrees, and the fra
ternity and lodges will be the gamers
thereby. How often do we hear members
say that they are so rusty" :" that they
could not pass an ordinary examination.
Let us have more study, more thorough
appreciation of the work; and where
chairs are to be filed there win be a
much larger and better class to select
from than has been the custom for the
past ten or twelve years. Make every
Master Mason perfect in his work, and
there viii be less hasty action ON mat
ters that demand more than passing
thought LOomis' Journal.
Year: 1872

BYBLos.-Byblos was an ancient city
of Phenicia, celebrated for the mystical
worship of Ad0nis, who was slain by a
wild boar. It was situated on river of
the same uame, whose waters, becoming
red at certain season of the year by the
admixture of the clay which is at it's
source, were said by the celebrants of
the mysteries of Adonis to be tinged
with the blood of that god. This city,
so distinguished for the celebration of
these mysteries, was the Gebal Of the
Hebrews the the birthplaee Of the Gible


at the building of King solomon's
Temple; and thus those who have adj
vanced the theory that Freemasonry is
the successor of the ancient mysteries,
think that they find in this identity of
Byblos and Gebal another point of con-
necti0n between these institutions.
Year: 1872

The Grand Lodge of Illinois says that
the rite of Masonic burial is the right of
every affiliated Master Mason in good


standing at the time of his death, without
regard to the cause of death, or condition
of the mind at the time of his death,
Year: 1872

FREEsTAsoNRY.-Thep position which
FreemasOnFy now occupies before the
world, it's general diffusion through all
ranks and grades of society, and the
commanding influence universally ac-
corded to it, invest it with an ability to
do good far beyond that which ordinarily
falls to the lot of human institutions.