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Year: 1876

Now that the revision of the tariff. in which every
producer and consumer in the country would be in-
terested is under discussion in Congress. knowledge
of the practical operations of the present law is of
importance. TO understand the trade of the United
States with foreign countries, to know what we i'm
port and whence We get it, what send out OF this
country and with which nations our commerce is
most intimate and important arc all fundamental
necessities TO an intelligent Judgment either of the
separate items OF the general whole of the Tariff
bill. In TIE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1876 all these
facts are given with clearness, simplicity. and con-
venence-a manual so handy and cheap that it suf
fers by mere lack of pretension. Let any voter or
student ever own a copy and he is certain to be-
come an annual purchaser till almanacs are, to him,
M mo
Year: 1876

ANY cellar can be made perfectly dry if
cemented before any wood work is put I'D
IN IL TO interfere with proper application
Oh the cement. Clements are of different


strength; the Rosendale, and other simi-


lar kinds, must not have more sand than
cement to be applied within 80 minutes.
or it will ''set," and be much injured by
working it over again. Cellars that are
merely damp, with a little water after
heavy rains. can be made dry with a coat
OF element an inch thick The walls NAV
require thin coat foot or two from the
ground.-But when the pressure of water
is great and it rises foot or more high at
time, such cellar may be made perfectly
dry as follows: Obtain cobble stones
ABOUT The size OF a goose egg, some larger
and some smaller. Be sure that you have
fresh cement, and have two or three men
at the job, one all the time mixing ce-
ment, so that it can be used within 80
minutes after being mixed.-Spread a
layer upon the ground about an inch thick,
then quickly set the stone close together,
sinking them down with cement, which
must be quite soft, nearly to the ground
and after you have laid course across
your cellar as wide as you can reach with
your arm. put the finishing coat upon the
stones covering all and so go on till the
whole is cemented. 1t would do very
well to wait till the whole cellar bottom is
laid in stones before the upper coat is ap-
piled; but in that case the finishing coat
might not adhere so strongly to the under
one. Some men place the stones directly
| upon the ground and fill in by turning on
very thin cement called "grout. This
does very we'll if you do it when no heavy
rains occur for month or two, and when
the grout has time to harden But the
great difficulty is in cementing the outside
step-way into your cellar. Unless it have
an outside door, so as 10 keep the frost
out of the passage-way. no cement will
stand through the winter season. Freez-
ing before the cement is dry will dry de-
story it in all cases; and also after it be
dry, if it be wet by pressure of water
against it through brick or stone wall.
Year: 1876

A great sensation is in store for this
quiet little town. A marriage is on
the tapis. A laborer is about to be
welded to one Of our wealthiest young
ladies. Secret: This man buys his
clothing at the great Important, under
the Lafayette hotel. Do thou like
wise
Year: 1876

Railroad, was killed, last night. this side
of St. Louis He was braking, and it is
supposed that the wheel on the brake
cane off and threw him down between
the cars The remains will be brought
here to-day.
Year: 1876

CURIOUS FACTS CONCERNING BRAIN
INJURIEs.-Delieate as the organization
of the brain must be, it is surprising to
read of the hard knocks it can bear, not
only without injury, but even to its ad-
vantage. One man who lost his brain,
through suppuration Of the skull, pre-
served his intellectual faculties to the
day of his death; and the brains of sol
diers have been known to carry bullets
without apparent inconvenience, and to
undergo operation for the extraction of
the foreign bodies without loss of power.
A physician, who was afflicted with an
abnormal cerebral growth which pressed
upou the cavities of the brain, so as
to paralyze one side of the body,
and render him speechless, retained
possession of his reasoning and calculat-
ing powers until be died. One of three
brothers, all idiots, after receiving a Sc
we're injury on the head, gained his
senses, and lived to be clever barrister
A stable boy of dull capacity, and sub
iect to fits, had his wits sharpened by
the kick of horse, which necessitated
the abstraction of a portion of his brain I;
and Pope Clement VI. owed the improve
ment of his memory to slight cOncus-
sion of the brain. On the other hand, it
is fact that the brains Of persons with
thoroughly disordered minds as rule
present no abnormal condition after
death, which is not to be wondered at
when it is found that symptoms of dis
ordered brain are often produced by =
very slight alteration in the constitution
of blood.
Year: 1876

There Is a land where the sunlight never
Fades from the sky through the endless


day;
Where loved ones meet by the peaceful river
And every tear shall be wiped away
Their voices Join in the blissful singing,
And their hapds DER the golden harpstrings


sweep;
And into the hours their glad fight winCing'
No shadow or darkness shall ever creep.
We know that land is full of gladness,
That soft and balmy is Its air,
They know 10 grief aud they know no SAD


ness,


Pint oh, do our dead remember there:
A, they wander through the gold-paved CITY,
As they stand beside the crystal stream'
IA tbev never think with a tender pity
OF those who have mingled mid mes short


dream?


Do they never think Of old-time greetings,
Or miss the clasp Of some vanished hand!
DO they never long for the happy meeting
with those they have loved in the weary


land?


We know lnelr neaTJs grow H0hOi "NN'Jt
Nor faint beneath a weight of care,
That night comes not, nor day grows dreary,
But oh! do our dead remember therey
Is itnaught to them that our bitter wailing
Rings out for the idols whose feet were


clay?
When a life is wrecked or heart is failing,
Do they pay no heed in that land Of dayS
Does the mother care for the child she cher


ished,


Or the child the mother beloved Of old
Or has the love Of lifetime perished
When they crossed the stream to the city Of


goldS
We know when they crossed Deaths stormy


river,


They dropped Lies burden of pain and


care,
That the "sting of death" is gone forever
But oh do our dead remember thersg
Year: 1876

WEBsTER's CLASSICS Webster
said of himself that he made the ancient
classics special study for ten years after
graduating from Harvard College; and
&c eminent jeremiah Smith said of him,
that when they travelled the law circuits
together, he observed that Webster al
ways had some ancient classic author
among his books Of law What a mistake.
The results, as shown in his after career,
lead us to ruminate on the great waste
Of precious time which mistaken Judge
ment led him to admit. If he were a
student to-day, in any county lawyers
office, he would be saved all that hercu-
lean labor, have the ancient classics
secuted out of his head as antiouated
folly, and be shone a much shorter way
to bread and butter if not to solid worth
and enduring fame. A distinguished
author has said: "The greatness Of Dam
iel Webster was more apparent in his
power to state fact to present truth,
than In any other characteristic of his
gigantic nature."-M. s. in the Interior.
Year: 1876

Nothing is more effected to keep out
cold than double windows the layer of
air between two panes of glass is good
non-conductor of heat, and can only
transmi. il from the inside outward by
convection, that is, by circulation OF
the enclosed air, which will descend
along the outer cold window pane and
ascend along the inner warm pane. The
radiated heat, which at temperature be-
low 1907 Fahrenheit, is very weak
through glass, is of course smaller still
through double glass then the incon-
venienee of glass becoming covered with
frost during cold weather is done away
with, if the enclosed air is dry. Some
time ago we communicated suggestion
made by some builder, to insert two
panes of glass, one on the outside and
one on the inside of the same frame,
having rabbets on both sides this may
do for economy, but is subject to the OBJ
lection that the inside cannot be cleaned
without taking the glass out, and the
fact is that in the course of time it will
IN some way or other get into such
condition as to need cleaning then,
when the glasses are so close together,
the protection against the outer cold is
less effected than if greater mass of
air is included. In very cold countries,
like Russia, Sweden or Canada, the need
of such protection is more felt than
with us; but even here it is often adopt
ed in exposed localities when the parties
can afford the luxury. Thus all the
houses on Brooklyn Hights enjoying the
magnificent view of New York harbor,
and those on Washington Hights, enjoy
ing the view ofthe Hudson River and the
palisades are fully exposed to the strong
and cold blasts of the northwest Win
ter winds, and are all provided at the
west and north sides with double win
dows, the absolute necessity of which
has become more and more evident for
the comfort of the inmates. Such a
double window may serve another pur-
pose, and be used as little greenhouse
when exposed to the sun, the solar heat
is stored up in them, and in France some
persons grow different plants and even
grapes in them in Winter Manatfactur-
er and Builder.
Year: 1876

REV. MURRAY AND THE OLD EIM-


The famous old elm On Boston common


was recently blown down by the heavy


gale one evening, and crowds of people
gathered about it for the purpose of se-
curing relics of the venerable tree. which


was guarded by policemen. The Tray
eler tells the following story concerning


the event: "About ten o'clock in the
evening, Rev. Mr.. Murray visited the
ruins, and catching the fever which
hlied the crowd for relics asked the
policeman what was proper for him to
take The city guardian, not appreciat-
ing the fine honesty of the interrogation.
or astonished out of his wits by it, amid
the general thieving going on, said, rath.
er sharply, You can take anything YOU
can carry off, which was equivalent to
a refusal, as the CLEANERS had made q
clean sweep of all the small boughs and
splinters. But the parson was not to be
foIled. so interpreting the policeman's
permission in its widest latitude. he laid
his hands upon a huge limb, some ten
feet long and nearly as many inches
thick, heayed it up out of the earth in.
to which 1t had been embedded by the
fall, and placing it on his shoulder as if
1t had been few pounds weight. made
a bee line for the Golden Rule office
leaving the worthy policeman gazing in
silent amazement at the unexpected re-
suit of his permission and the exhibi.
ton OF muscular strength. Some of the
Adirondackers, who have seen the rev.
erend gentleman backing in logs for
The camp fire, know about how he looked
Q this policeman as he went stalking
through the darkness with that huge
relic of the Old Elm on his shoulder .
Year: 1876

1t happened the other day on the Le-
high Valley Railroad The train had
just left Faston and the conductor was
making his first round, when he observ.
ed small white dog with bushy tail
and bright black eyes sitting costly on
the seat beside young lady so handsome
that it made his heart roll over like a
lop-sided pumpkin But duty was duty,
and he remarked in his most depreca-
tory manner:


I'm very sorry, madam, but it's
against the rules to have dogs in the
passenger cars"


oh my, is that so and she turned
up her two lovely eyes at him beseech-
ingly. What in the world will | do {?
! can't throw him away. He's Christ:
mas present from my aunt"


By no means, miss. Wen put him
in baggage car, and bell be just as
happy as robin in spring"
What put my nice white dog in a
nasty, stufy, dusty baggage car 2"


I'm awfully sorry, miss, do assure
you, but the rules of this company are
as inhexible as the laws of the Medes
and them other fellows, you know. He
shall have my overcoat to lie on, and
the brakeman shall give him grub and
water every time he opens his mouth"


! just think it's awful mean, so | do:
and | know somebody will steal it, SO
they will, = and she showed halfnofion
to cry that nearly broke the conductors
heart; but he was firm, and sang out to
the brakeman, who was playing a solo
on the stove


Here, Andy, take this dog over into
the baggage car, and tell 'em to take
just the best kind of care of him"


The young lady pouted, but the brake
man reached over and picked the canine
up as tenderly as though it was two
weeks old baby, but as he did so a
strange expression came over his face,
like wave of cramp collie, and he said
hastily to the conductor:


" Here, you just hold him minute
till l put this poker away" and he trot
ted out at the car door and held on to
the brake-wheel, shaking like a man
with ague


The conductor no sooner had his hands
on the dog than he looked around for a
hole to fall through.


"Wh-wh-why, this is a worsted dog"


Z" Yes, sir, said the little miss, de-
murely, didn't you know that?"


No, I'm most awful sorry to say. !
didn't know that" and he laid the
Christmas dog in the owners lap and
walked out on the platform, where he
stood half an hour in the cold, trying to
think of hymn tune to suit the worst
sold man on the Lebigh Valley road.
Year: 1876

Will you please insert this obituary
noticel" asked an old gentleman of
country editor. make bold to ask
because | know the deceased has good
many friends about here who'd be glad
TO hear Of his death"
Year: 1876

Words from the Wind.
Who is the foe of all virtue,
Who is the chieftain of crime?
Who blaekens the forehead of beauty
And eheateth the finger of time?
Who maketh the heart to be aged,
In the beautiful morning of youth?
Who is the herald of sorrow,
And who the assassin of TRUTH
And the wind Of the wild winter answered.
In a voice like clarion call
lis beast-lion. headed, demon
Whom men ehristen King Alcohol"
All. this is the foe of all virtue,
And this is the agent of death


ELLA WALKER
Year: 1876

One o. the handscmest churches in New
York ia covered by an one hundred
and eighty five thousand dollar mortgage.
The Lord will be very proud of that church
when the debts are paid. In the meantime
let the preacher preach against the sin OF
running in debt.
Year: 1876

"Ah, what pity! Tho fine ship
has gone 80 safely through 80 many
storms has been dashed upon rocks
ut last T. The old sailor drew his
hand across his eyes as he spoke, to
wipe away falling tear.


"Never mind, Jack !" said his more
cheerful companion, ~ would not
cry over n ship !"


"Ah, but when that ship has been
ones home, lad. sail the honest old
tar. how can one help crying


Very true. 1t is always sad TO
look upon q wreck but when it's
a home that's broken up the loss
touches tho heart.


! saw o young man in tho street
the other dry walking with unsteady
steps His face was flushed. his
eyes were dull and heavy, his hair
was in sad disorder. / paused to
look at him, aud nay heart was filled
with grief. All, what a wreck WAS
there 1t was not onlya home that
was broken mp. bnt it seemed likely
to involve the loss Of II soul.


Sam Wilson was u handsome high
spirited boy. l knew him well. He
had "a fine mind, q kind heart. His
frame was strong and his health
good. But he learned to taste that
drink which craass the brain then
he learned to love it Oh, tho boy
was running straight upon the rocks,
though ho did not know it. And
now in his early manhood, with
fair young wife wholoves him, with n
dear little babe OF whom he should
take tender care, he reels through
the streets common drunkard. All.
what a wreck


And many such there aro. We
meet with them every day. Is it not
u fearful thought Mind, soul.
health, peaoe--all lost in common
ruin And tor what For the sake
Of brief pleasure, soon to become II
vile habit, depraved taste.


Boys when any one tries TO tempt
you to touch that sparkling wine,
telling it is manly to take your glass
Of wine like gentlemen, think of
Samuel Wilson and let it alone. Do
not see how near the breakers you
can 60 aud not be dashed upon
them. Steer clear Of them altogeth-
or, aud you will be safe.
Year: 1876

The country never possessed &C
many beautiful marriageab.e young
women as it does at the present
time Aad why do we not have
moro marriages. Wo answer. be.
cause marriage for love is the excep-
ton not the rule. The young people
of this ago have gone fashion and
money mad. II the danly BUNK
clerk who pays one half Of his in
come for board and the other half for
clothes cannot improve his oondis
ton he will not marry The shop g,rl
who earns gcol wages aut oinnot
bs distinguished by her dress from
the banker daughter certainly will
not plunge into matrim my unless
she can better her condition in life.
II man is fortunate enough to
possess money, it matters not how
old or ugly he may be. hundreds of
Intelligent, handsome young women
can be found only too willing to be.
come his wife. Love is an after
consideration They marry to be
supported and dressed extrava..
gautly. How often do We hare the
remark Better to be an oil man =
darling than u poor mans slave. ''
Alas too many Of them are not
satisfied to be darlings. They will
persist in loving other men after
they are married.


II our young people do not
abandon this extravay ,nce OF dress
and greed for money, our country
will DO filed with old bachelors aud
old maids. We must have more
genuine courtships and marriages
to have prosperity and happiness
10 this world Too many marry for
money only TO be disappointed and
unhappy the rest ot their lives
<Naav <rgxa
Year: 1876

Mr.. Barnard Feldman. aged aboui


SS years living on Eastern avenue,


Baltimore. after several days Of mys


terious absence put in n temperance


and tells n most marvellous story


lie left his home recently for the


purpose Of visiting Highland, a sub


urban village, apparently in sound


mind and having with him about $40


in money. Not returning that night


his family became alarmed, and all


efforts to discover his whereabouts


were unavailing until he presented


himself at his house about 3 o'clock
on Su iday q few days later and re


lated u curious array Of experiences.


He said he had not proceeded far on
the road to Highlandtown when he
saw wagon, siles Of which were
closed like prison van. The wag-
on halted near him and a man Jump


ed out and remarked to him "there' y
u dead man in there, and that he
should look in tho vehicle, as he
might be able to identify the body AS
he attempted to do 30 ho was seized
by four men and thrust violently in"
to the wagon which was rapidly
driven of, and being closed on all
sides he was prevented from seeing
the road. About . O'Clock, rs he
supposes, tho wagon halted, and got
ting out he was taken throu yh a
dense woods and finally taken in u
cave. of which two desperate looking
men were III charge. A fire was
burning, and aftor robbing him of
his money they threw figgots from
tho fire in his faco, aud burned off
his beard and tho entire hair from
his head, following this by kicking
aud cutting him until he was almost
senseless. He passed the night with
out food or rest. AMI implorei his
cnptors to allow him to go home.
but their only response was to again
assault and beat him in tho cruel
manner. threatening at the same
time that, ii he did not cease his i'm
portunites, they would murder him
During his entire stay in the cave II
s'nall1piece of stale bread was his
only food, and the nervous prostra-
ton and physical suffering he en-
dnred where indiscribable: On Sat
urday morning some of the gang
brought ina girl about nineteen
years of age. -Four Of them soon
after left. leaving two with tho girl,
and. while they wero guarding her
in an other part Of the cave, no es.
capped He was suffering intense
agony from his injuries, fearful of
and did not know the road
ho was travelling until ho recognized
the dome OF Bayview Asylum on
Saturday night, finally reaching his
home at the hour stated His beard
and hair are entirely gone, his fce
and neck terrible blisterod, and his
physical strength so much exhausted
that be is unable to leave his bed
Feldman il man Of strictly temper-
ate habits, and his story is accepted
by oil who him know as entirely true
At present he il unable to give any
clue by which his abductors aud AS
sailluts can be secured
Year: 1876

A merchant in Philadelphia going
home elevated one night, staggered
against telegraph pole.


beg your pardon" said lie 81
hope no offence. It's rather dark
and the street is very narrow, you
sec


In few minutes he came in con.
tact with another polo.


Couldn't help il, sir" said he,
lifting his hat. | never saw such
crooked lanes as We have here in this
city


Again ho run afoul of pole, this
time with force that sent him back.
wari TO the ground.


"Looi here, neighbor, you needn' I
pusu u fellow down because he hap.
pens to touch you; the road is ms
much mine AS yours aud have NJ
much right here as you have, old
stick in the mud.
Ho picked himself mp ard made
another effort to reach home, but he
soon cAmo plump against another
pole.


"Shan't make any more apologies, .
said he "if you get into the middle
Of the street and stand in my way,
that your look out. not mine"
Proceeding ON his journey again.
and bee ,ming angry aud dizzy he
seemed to bo entanglcd in inextri.
cable labyrinth Of telegraph poles.
which led him to make general
speech.


Gentlemen you arc not doing
the fair thing You do not give
II man fair chance You run from
Que side of the street to the other,
right in my way"


Just then he met friend, and
taking him by tho hand ho said


There is u procession going along
this street, aud every man is drunk:
they have been running against me
all tho way from the club l knock
ed one Of the fellows down. aud
one of them knocked me down, aud
then lot Of them got around me.
and believe they woula have licked
me within IN inch OF my life if you
had not como to tho rescue. Lot
us go ont OF this street before the
procession comes back, for they are
all drunk.
Year: 1876

In the letter received yesterday by
Mr.. Omohundro from Buffalo Bill the
latter says: "There is going to be the
damnedest Indian war ever known, and
no man can say when it is going to
end. The Indians have thus far whip
ped every command they have met.
They have one village that numbers
10000 fighting men. They boast that
in mountainous country they can
whip all the whites that may come
against them, and many white man
will turn up his toes before they are
conquered. Iexpect to hear of yolun-
teers being raised o. -.. .P.,s