MINING CEDAR LOGS
A. Unique Industry in New Jersey
Swamps.
Tree9 Burled for Centuries Found
In Fine Condition.
The mining of cedas ha boon an in
dustry in the swamps nenr Deoniaville,
N. J., for three quarters of a century.
It is the most unique mining in the
world.
When one spanks of mining cedar
tho impression usunlly is that petri
fied cednr is meant It is nothing of
the sort Ages and ages ago a forest
of cedar trees waved its multitudinous
branches in the breezes about Cape
May. They were superb monurchs of
of the forest, many of them, and they
met their death in some violent mau
ner. Thoy fell prostrate, porhaps
through the agency of some terrific
storm, and perhaps through somo
tremendous earthquake.
Tossibly the tumult of tho in-rushing
waves wns snflioieut to overturn tho
gigantic trees by the force of tho
waves find by the undermining of their
roots, but they may have been done to
deathjin a more gradual way by the de
struction of their life at the roots by
salt water. Down they all went, bow
ever, into tho soft muck in which their
roots were imbedded, sinking deeper
by reason of their weight, until the
mold of centuries of leaves closed
over them.
The resurrection tima began away
back in the year 1812, when some
prosaic South Jerseymen, delving tho
earth, hit upon a cedar log and
hauled it out to the light of day. To
the surprise of every one it was found
to be in a flno state ot preservation.
It had boen successfully protected
from decay by the peculiar qualities
of the soil about, one of the strange
accidents of nature which net scien
tists agape every now and then. It
did not take long for tho natives to
reason that there might bo more logs
of the same sort in tho vicinity. So
they went about plunging an iron
rod into the soil. When the iron rod
struck something hard, and after they
Lad satiftod themselves that the sub
stance was wood and not stone, they
attacked the earth with their shovels
and soon had another laid bare. Fran
tically the same process is pursued to
this duy, and thousands of feet of
excellent timber have beon procured
ainoe the mining of cedar began.
Tho trees often lie over one another,
and sometimos in heaps, as the dead
men lay on some of the battlofields of
tho Civil War. The miner usually
Lai little tronblo in "striking wood."
One or two little jabs into the soft
oil oftentimes nufliees to locate a log.
When the prod strikes tho log tho
miner chips ofl a piece with the sharp
points of the tool, which brings the
splinters to the surface when drawn'
out of the muck.
By the appoarance of this chip the
experienced miner can at once tell
whether the log is sonnd or rotten.
It it is sonnd, ho at onoe falls to work
to prod np and down ita length, until
be has determined how long it is.
This ascertained, be goes at the min
ing. He works a saw similar to those
used in cutting ice, down into the
earth, sevors the tree near the roots,
and also at tbo top. The log is then
ready to be raised. A ditch is dug
down to tbe log, the trunk is loosened
by the cant books, and it rises with
tbe water to the surface of tbe ditch.
A very odd thing happens to the logs
when they rise to the surface they
invariably turn bottom side up in the
water. To haul the log off to the mill
is then a very simple matter.
Tbe venerable trees are white oedur,
and as tbe saw eats its way into them
an odor many times intensified over
that of the red colur of today rises to
tbe nostrils. In oolor tbe wood is of
delicato flesh tint. Btruuge as it may
seem, not a aiugle log, it is said, has
ever been found that was waterlogged.
Tbe earthen shield about thcin perfect
ly proteots tlium from the dampness of
tbe swamp, in tbe very midst of which
they are. So far there seems to be no
means of tolling bow deep down into
the earth this oedur mine goes. Al
though the mine has been worked for
.eighty-odd yours, the first layer Las
not yet been entirely removed. That
there are tuoro beneath tho first layer
is oertuiu.
Tho old logs make an excellent
building material, nud there are tubs,
pails, casks nud oven shingles in South
Jersey winch were made from tbe
wood seventy years ago ju a fine state
of presorvuUo'u.; What it 'is' in the
soil about the logs which bus preserved
them so perfectly no .one scorns to
kuow. C'rlobo-Democrat
New York has tlio greatest number
of inhabited dwelling. 803.093.
How Ants Put t'p Preserve.
No matter bow orderly and syste
matic the housekeeper, whon pre
serves are to be made great excite
ment prevails in the kitchen. There
is a scouring of brass kettles, a wash
ing of bowles, and all bands are set to
work peeling the fruit, or taking out
the stones if it has stones with a
quill, weighing, and stirring, and
skimming the pot, and finally dipping
tbe steaming luscious fruit out tender
ly, placing it in the Jar, labeling these,
and carrying them into a dark cup
board. The tiny, insignificant ant, to whom
Solomon referred us to learn wisdom,
makes no such ado over her winter
stores.
She is very much cleverer than a
human being, for she simply walks
quietly into tho granary, touches the
great heaps of seedi and grains, that
the diligent workers have put away,
with their quivering antennae, and
tho deed is accomplished. What this
queer little creature has done is this:
she his put a drop of formic acid, as
it is called, upon each of the grains,
which arrests the process of germina
tion, ami consequently the food in
those underground pantries may keep
for years without sprouting. It is the
same substance which the busy little
bee introduces into its honey, drop
ping a tiny bit of this poison into the
honeycomb from tho end of its sting.
The famous naturalist Moggridge
repeatedly observed that when tho
ants were prevented from reaching
thoir grannaries the seeds began to
sprout, and that this also happened
when they abandoned their nests. It
was inferred that these insects pos
sessed the means of suspending the
action without destroying the vitality
of the grain, and the principle of life
bidden in the sand ; and now it has
been proved that this strange power
lies in tbe formio acid just mentioned.
A German scion ist went so far as to
suggest in 1877 the use ef it for pre
serving fruit for human households.
One naturalist relates that a kind of
Indian ant collects large stores of
grass and seeds, and aftor a severe
storm brings out tin eutire stock
within tbe grannarios to dry it for it
seems the excessive moisture destroys
the preservative power of this acid.
Another tribe of ants which lays up
immense quantities of wheat and oats,
is so small that eight or ten individu
als are required to carry a single
grain. They move in separate rows,
over rough and smooth ground, up
and down steps, often travelling hun
dreds of yards to place their booty in
the co mm i) n storehouse, where it is
preserved according to the means de
scribed. Atlanta Constitution.
An Emperor's Curious Hobby.
The German Emperor, whoso bob
bios take various directions connected
with engineering marine, locomotive
and military possosses a splendid
working model of a railway, with en
gines, cars, points, signals and sta
tions. This be works ostensibly for
the amusement of bis children -in
reality, for the pleasure and recrea
tion it affords to himself. The de
signing and working of small steam or
oil launches is another of tbe German
Emperor's favorite pastimes. Of these
he possesses a large number. He baa
recently given an order to famous
Thames builder for a little electrio
launch, which, when finished, will be
as prettily furnished and speedy
little oraft as floats. In tha palaoa at
Berlin tbe whole floor space of one
great room is frequently the arena for
the make-believe manoeuvres of whole
troops of toy soldiers, with niimio
cannon, artillery, ammunition wagons,
touta, fortressea and all the pomp and
panoply of modern warfare. Tit-Bits,
Hot Water for a Cold.
"During dangerous weather of this
sort," said the old doctor, "the most
careful persons are apt to catch a cold
in thoir chests that will extend swift
ly to tbe lungs if not attended to. It
usually makes it presenoe known by
a oonstrioted sensation just under the
breastbone, where tbe flesh is tbe
thinnest When a person experiences
this fceliug be oan rest assured that
be can procure almost instant relief
by drinkiug a cup of water as hot as
be can bear to take in the mouth and
swallow. There is no better medicine
in tlie world to arrest the progress of
a cold than hot w ater, and, besides
its effect upon the stomach and the
system generally, it is beneficial in the
highest degree. And in sore throat
the remedy- will be fouud almost a
specific "Washington Star.
f jlM Her Best. (
Mamma I hope you behaved like a
littlo ludy wbdo Mrs. Hightone w.is
trying to eiitcrtuin you?
Small Daughter Yoy'tn. I put my
'.rind over my mouth every time 3
yuwued. Good News,
10K FAR. AXD GAtlUEX.
now much dm fodder.
Tbe quantity of dry fodder given
to a cow may be fifteen to twenty
pounds daily. It depends on what
other feed is given, as if part ot tbe
foed is ensilage, or roots, or much
grain is given, less hay will be needed.
But if hay and grain alone are used,
the feed may be ten pounds of each, or
two-thirds of bay and one-third meal,
It is best to have tbe grain ground as
finely as possible, and the food is best
digested when the hay is cut into chaff
and wcttod and the meal is mixed with
it The food is then better masticat
ed ; and this first digestive prooess,
when best done, aids the other diges
tive organs to do their work. New
York Times.
NOSTRILS OF TUB HORSE.
The large, open nostrils of the
Arabian horse is a sign of endurance,
as the horse cannot aerate bis lungs
through his month like a dog and
other animals. lie can only breathe
throrgU bis nose. The soft palate
forms a complete partition between
the mouth and throat, and can only
be elevated or allow tbe passage of
food or water backward by compres
sion such as that which occurs in
swallowing.
The passage of air through the
mouth is entirely prevented by tho
soft palate. By plugging a horse's
nose he may be readily suffocated. It
is because breathing can only be per
formed through the nasal organs that
spacious, open nostrils are considered
not only beautiful, but necessary, for
they allow at times ot unusual exer
tion for tho free passage of largo vol
umes or air into the over-tasked lungB
during respiration. New York World.
FOWLS EATING) FEATHERS.
All female animals at times ore pos
sessed by a craving for some kind of
feed which it may be well believed
they need at such times. As hons
produce a large quantity ot eggs in
which there are sulphur, nitrogenous
matters, and other substances which,
of course, are needed to make np tbe
comploto bodies of the young chicken?,
all these must be supplied in the food,
and grain alone will not furnish this
supply. When, therefore, the hens
are called upon to yield the eggs de
manded, and they are stinted in the
needful materials, these are drawn
from tho system until this is ex
hausted, and then the natural instinct i
ot the animal impel it to get what is
wanted from the easiest source. And
this is from the feathers of ber com
panions, which she pulls out without
regard to appearances. The simple
remedy is to supply the need in some
form of food. This is easiest done by
giving chopped cabbage, rape seed,
mustard seed, turnip seod and green
rape ; all of which contain from two to
twenty parts ot sulphur in a thousand.
If this is done regularly, this mis
obievous habit will never bo con
tracted. HOW TO BA.I8R PBODUCTIVl VINES.
A rich sandy loam is the kind ot
soil best adapted to raising vines. But
most any soil whioh is suitable for
general farming can be made to grow
good crops of melons, cnoumbers,
squashes and pumpkins. In fact,
there is really no excuse for farmers to
be without these fine fruits of the
garden. Especially are melons in
their season greatly relished by every
one and they are also very profitable
crop to raise.
Tbe ground should be plowed deep,
and be worked until it is perfectly
mellow, and then if we want to raise
large and luscious fruit fertilize in tbe
hill with barnyard manure, cow or
hen manure being the best for this
purpose.
Last summer I experimented quite
extensively with my viues. I tried a
few viues both of melons and squashes,
whore the manure was spread on the
soil as is ordinarily done for oorn or
potatoes. I also fertilized in the bill
with borse, oow and ben manure.
While the excessive drouth checked
the growth of every plant, yet it was a
valuable thing so far as testing
nietlTods of culture and tbe value of
various fertilizers are ooncerned. Thu
vines that were planted where the
manure was plowed under bore but
little fruit and that of inferior quality.
There was a decided gain whore borse
manure was used on the bill But the
growth was most marked where the
bill was fertilized with oow of ., ben
manure, tbe ben manure being most
potont of all. Where tho latter
wai nst'd I raised flue, large tquashes,
and melons which weighed thirty-five
pounds. Hen manure should be com
posted, otherwise it will be so strong
as to ruiu tho seed. It si ould be suvud
I in boxes or barrels under shelter nutil
time for using, if not so cared for it
will be ot littlo value as a fertilizer.
. When vines are fairly well matured
and the fruit has begun to sot take a
sharp knife or a pair of shears and cut
off the ends of the vines. Do not fear
to do this, even to the extent of out.
ting off considerable Inferior fruit at
tho ends of tbe vines, for the sap
that goes to nourish so much vine can
be more profitably used by the grow
ing fruit Farm, Field and Fireside.
WATKRCRBSS CTLTUBK,
The cultivated cresses are larger and
superior in flavor to those grown wild,
and the market for the improved sort
is good. Wherever there is a good
swamp with a fresh water brook flow
ing through it on the farm, water
cresses should be cultivated as a side
crop, and if the markets are near by
quite a little income cau be made from
tho crop. Tho method of culture is
simple, although it requires consider
able initial labor to start tho beds,
Tbe swamp should first be cleared
of the trees and bushes as much as
possible, and then be cut up into
ditches running parallel to each other
and at right angles. Each ditch should
be about four foot wide and two feet
doep. A space between tho ditches
should be left on either side large
enough for a man to pass along to
gather the crop. Cross ditches should
intersect these parallel ones about
every twenty feet All of tha ditches
should start from tho head of the
brook, and the fall in thorn should be
vory slight, so that tho water will flow
away very slowly. If one end of tho
swamp is much lower than another tho
depth of tho ditches should vary Just
enough so that tbo water will bo kept
distributed evenly through thoui.
Everything dodends upon having
the water under control. If the
swamp is low on one side tbo mud
from the ditches should be thrown up
to form an embankment At the low
est point a dam should bo constructed
to lot off the water when needed. In
tbo spring and fall tho water will col
lect too rapidly, and it will be nec
essary to drain off considerable ot tbo
surplus, and a good dam will then
fully pay for itself.
When tho ditches are all ready the
cresses should bo planted in the bot
tom of them by securing cuttings from
old beds, Tho cuttings can often be
taken from tbe wild cresses in some
neighboring swamp. They will im
prove in flavor and quality undor thoir
new conditions. Thoy can also be
raised from seeds, and the soeds are
thrown broadcast into the ditches. The
cuttings are pushed into the muddy
bottom about a foot apart each way.
They will in a season spread all over
tho bottom and form a completo mass
of groan. In tho winter and early
spring the pluuts are harvested for the
market. In doing this, care must be
taken not to dostroy the plants, but
simply to cut off the edible part and
leave tho roots growing. The har
vester should take a bunch in tho loft
hand, and them with a aharp knife cut
off the stalks about four inobes down.
The plants should not ba pulled. The
cresses are pooked usually in half-peck
baskets, which in turn are packed in
crates. In winter these baskets acme
times sell as high as $1 apieoe. This
is tbe most profitable time to gather
the cresses for market Boston Culti
vator. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Ventilation is desirable, but see to
it that your horses do not get too much
of it
A good roadster means more now
than formerly, both as regards stylo
and speed.
Horse breeders are now finding a
market for first class stock in tbe Eu
ropean markets.
It has been suggosted that all lands
that are allowed to grow up in weeds,
which send their seeds far and wide,
should be should bo heavily taxed.
Crude petroleum is an exoellent lin
iment tor outs, bruisei, and sores on
animals, and a bottle ot it should al
ways ba within reach in the stable.
Tbe hogs that have not yet boon
slaughtered will prove expensive dur
ing this oold month, as it requires too
u.ucb oorn to keep them supplied with
warmth.
Farmers' meetings in winter have
done much to improve agriculture
wherever tbey are held. The members
discuss subjects of importance in agri
culture and stock growing, and fre
quently excellent lectures are deliv
ered by eminent scientists.
Judging of tbe value of an animal
by its weight will not enablo tbe owuer
to loam if tbe animal affords a profit
It is tbe cost ot an animal that gives
tho value, A small animal may give
a l'irgor profit than one that is heavier
because its oost is proportionately
much !es
PEARLS OF THOl'UHT.
Justice to ono is mercy to thou
sands. It is pitiful to see the ponaltles
which folly has to pay.
Haste makes waste maybe. Yet
somehow you seldom see an ex-hustler
In an almshouse.
He that at the plow doth thrive is
the man who's best at getting others
to do all the work.
Wo attract hearts by tho qualities
we display J we retain thorn by the
qualities we possess.
Thoso who have achieved tho great
est renown were those most loyal to
singleness of purpose.
The man who borrows large sums
from a defaulting treasurer is often as
guilty as the treasurer.
Tbe avorage talker in love with bis
own voice is tbe victim of uufortuuate,
but natural, imposition.
A serious and costly troublo with
many people is their inability to separ
ate sport from gambling.
A shining light in society is a very
poor light to depend upon when dark
ness comes and storms blow.
There are those who presume to
despise work but work has produced
all tbe wonders of the world.
Women frequently do moro to in
jure thoir characters from mere bra
vado than from evil instincts.
Tho older a man is when be gets
married the sooner be commences tak
ing bis lunch at noon downtown.
A clear conscienco can rest easy on
a bed of granite, whilo an evil one
would be uueasy on one of swans
down. He that thinks himself the happiest
man, really is so J but ho that thinks
himself the wisest, is genorally tho
greatest fool.
Whon poverty enters at tho door,
love may fly out of the chimney, but
he doosu't always remain, contented,
in Fifth avenue palaces.
There is no computing tbo number
of times we have served as a link in
tho chain of tho iuevitablo in tbe
lives of thoso whose paths wo have
crossed.
Western nig-Uame Preserves.
Most wild animals are much more
locul in their habits than we imagine ;
that is, they beconie'attached to some
especial small range of country, to
which they confine themselves at cer
tain seasons of the year. We see the
samo thing in our domestic stock on
the rauge. A buucb of horses will
live for months in somo littlo set ot
ravines, feoding over tho same ground
day in and clay out, until some change
in the weather loads thorn to movo to
another locality. The same is true of
range cattle, though thoy wander more
than horses. Though allj species ol
our Western wild game wholly change
their range in spring and autumn,
yet, after they have settled down on
their summer or winter ranges, the
area that they cover in their daily
wanderings is not extensive. At cer
tain hours ot the day they go to water ;
at a particular timo tbey will be found
lying down, usually in tho same place,
or feeding in the same neighborhood.
The hunter established in one looality,
who is fairly observant, who baa time
to familiarize himself with a particular
range of country and ita wild inhab
itants, and who doea not wantonly
disturb them, will learn aftor a time
just where to look for small groups of
the various species. On a horse ranch,
where, in the past, I have spent much
time, I came to know exactly whero to
go if I wished to find two or three
littlo companies of mule-deer or ol
antelope, and at last believed that I
conld recognize tbo different indivi
duals of tbe various groups. In the
same way I know certain valleys,
plateaus, or ridges whero I can bo
sure of finding a little bunch of mountain-sheep,
known to be the samo by
the number and ages of its members.
I bavo watched for several successive
days the same family of white goats
feeding on the mountain-sides above
my camps, and can go to certain rough
slopes of slide rook and precipice
where these auimals are always to be
fouud. That elk and moose have
essentially the same habit I have no
doubt, although I have not been able
to verify my belief by observation in
the case of theso species. The caribou
is said to bo more ot a wanderer.
'' In tha National Fark there are be
lieved to be now about 200 bttflulo,
15,000 to 20,000 elk, 600 antelope, and
an unknown number of moose, deer,
mouulniu-shoep, and bears. But there
is no reason why thera should not bo
many other such breoiling-oeutros,
whore big gumo should bu preserved
and very groatly iucrouso. Harper's
Weekly.
VALUE OF A SPY IN BATTLE.
BUSH-WHACKING WARFARE.
Exploits ef a soldier Who Gained Infor
mation at Gettysburg.
At ths recent reunion of tha First, Tsnttt
and Twenty-ninth Mains Regimental associa
tions at Reunion Hall, Dr. H. N. Howard,
who was assistant surgeon ol tbe Ttnth
Halns Infantry, related tha following Inci
dent "On tbe second day of ths battle ot Oettys
burg, tha Twelftb corps was on the right ot
tbn Union Una. Tbe first division (General
Williams) occupied lbs extreme right at the
foot of Culp's Hill, wbere slight earth
work bad bean thrown up. In (he after
noon tba enemy appeared to bs massing on
our left General Meade ordered the First
division of the Twelfth corps over to the sup
port of the left. This left tbe Tenth Mains
occupying tbe extreme right ot tha Union
lines alone.
"Tbe enemy doubtless discovered ths move
ment, as, alter dark It wss found tbat they
were moving by the lft Hank down ths ra
vins back of Culp'a Hill. This was reported
to Oeneral Hlooura. He lost no time In In
forming Oenernl Meade, who ordered a
trusty scout to ba sent out nt once to ascer
tain ths faots. Captain Deardsley called for
a volunteer for the desperate service, the
night being black as Ink, Hoc ry Kallock threw
od bis cbevrjne, and in ths blosss of a priv
ate soldier announced blmsalf ready. Kal
lock wss First sergeant ot Company I), as
brave as bs was daring and etllclent. With
dread, as to tba result, Captain Ileardsley
sent him out Into the darkness. At midnight
tbs brave sergeant returned, and reported
tbat he bad penetrated tbe lines of theennmy,
who were then occupying the works but a
few bours before vacated by Oeneral Wil
liams' division.
"This was at ones reported to Oeneral
Mesde, who ordered Oeneral Williams to re
turn. Unker cover of tbedarkneutbe move
ment was noiselessly accomplished. Tbey
approached so near as to hear ths whispered
voices of ths enemy within tho IntrenoU
meuts, and there remained until tbe llrst light
of dawn discovered to tba enemy tbe Imme
diate vicinity of the Union forces. Then was
initiated the bloody assault upon Culp's
Hill, wbere, In Indiscriminate heaps, lay tbe
foes of either army. When tha sun went
down Old Olory waved In triumph over tbe
little earlbworks on tbe extrema right of our
lines, announcing tbe first victory gained la
the battle of Oettyaburg. Dttsburg Dispatch.
oniEtLiu to papkb coll a as.
CoL J. C. Itatbbone, ot Kansas In the late
war was in command of the old West Vlr
irlnla eleventh Union volunteers, wbleb was
kept on duty continuously In the mountain
sountry comprehended by Roane.WIrt, Jaok
lon and ltltcble counties, In tbe state, and It
as a hazardous, busb-wbacklng sort of war
fare tbat gave none a chance to make a re
cord, but It vros war Just ths same, and was
much mora risky tban fighting out In tba
open.
"Ws bunted rebels Just as we did rabbits
and squirrels, and tbey bunted us tbe same
way," said ba recently. "It was a war ot
assassination and rapine. Sometimes I bad
J,0uO men under my command, sad again tbey
would draw men away from ms to ad
jacent commands until I would have only
Una of my companies I lost permanently.
It was a tine, rugged body of men, eighty
dd strong, every man a marksman, and
most of them 'sang men and dear buntnrs.
tbey got farther aus lartber away, until tbo
got brigaded Anally wltb t lot of Jrseyman
and New Yorkers la Hberman'a army. Tney
were In tba Atlantlo campaign and tbe march
to tbe sea, and tbey saw Joe Jobnson band
aver bis sword. When tbe grand review
cam off at Washington In 1BU5 tbey war
there.
The order went out the night bnfors that
every mn in tbs great army abould ba sup
plied with a psper oollar and a pair of wblts
cotton gloves for this last and grandest dress
parade of tba wan There were only twenty
two of tbe eighty odd left tbs others bad
fallen In action. Tbey were commanded by
their survlvlug second lieutenant. Tbs or
der for oollars and gloves went agaiust the
grain. It was said that the lieutenant was
;be only man that bad ever worn a boiled
iblrt. Llnsey-moolsey flannels and corduroy
and been their accuetomed body wear. They
rebelled to a man against tba paper collars
ind the woman's glove Unery. and tba sam
night about tbe blaokest time before tba day
-tbo little band broke camp and struok out
toward Kockvllle on tba way across tha
eountry to tbalr mountain homes In Clay,
Uosne and Kanawha counties.
Tba war was over, anyhow, they argued,
ind wby should tbey stay la camp and
.et a lot of fool generals make tbem ludl
irous by making them march with paper
tollars on? Tbey foraged as tbey went
tod for tba last time raided tba poor
jountry tbat bad beea so often ravaged by
tba man of Lea and Jackson, McClellea and
tleade, and Hooker and Burnelde. Tbts was
ts aeroio a progress as tba famed retreat ot
tba 10.000 In blatory, and tha little band got
boms safe and sound, and In tima to plant
torn. Wban tba Blair disability pension law
was pasted soma of Ibesa old veterans tried
to get pactions, and then tbey found out to
their astc atshment tbat tbey bad been brand
fd by tbe ll:le Jersey brigadier as deserters.
Wban 0 a rai Natbaa Ooff was In congrasa
ba tried to pass a bill setting tba men right
I never bsard bow it turned out. I bava
beea away from that couatry now located In
Kansas wltb my three sons.some sight years."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
TBI SBILOH CSLEUBATtoy.
Tba survivors of tbe bloody battle otShlloh
ex peat to celebrate Its tblrty-tblrd anniversary
at Pittsburg Landing, Teno., on April Stb,
6th and 7tb. Tba battle was fought on tba
two days last mentioned la Mi. Generals
Grant and Buell commanding tba Union
toroes, and Generals Albert Sidney Johnston
and Beauregard tha Confederates. Colonel
E. T. Lee, secretary of tba Sblloh Battle
field Association, has tbe names of over U,
0OU survivors wbo are asked to Joined In tba
reuulon. Tbe work ot marking tba positions
occupied by the tba respective commands
during the battle It Is expected will ba ac
complished at this reunion. Mauy of tba
surviving leaders will be present. Tbs asso
ciation wonts tba company and reufment of
Every living soldier wbo took past in the
attle. There were 114.838 men In this fight,
thousands ot whom bavs not beea placed on
tba roll. Oraud Array Journal,
Tin Plate Making.
A report from Jobn Jar ret t, secretary ot
Tin I'iate Manufacturers' Association of tba
United blutes shows there aro lu tbla country
completed aud in aourse of construction 34
tin plate worka. Tbe capaatty of these works
will exceed an aunnal production of 800,000
tons of finished product, and will lurulsb
employment to 11,000 to 13.000 bands. Tbs
capital Invested la about B8,&00,000 and tba
wages paid will be about 47,000,000 a year.
The mills already fully completed bava a
capacity of over 16,( 00 tons of finished pro
duct and employ 7,000 to 8,000 bands, with
au investment of $0,600,000.
Coxey Army Reunion.
Tba survivors of tbe Invudiug army tbat
maruhed to Washington under General Coxey
t year ago held a reuuion at Uouiliun, O.,
Monday infill. Carl Urowue lectured at
Inugtb aud luado the startling anuounoemeut
that when tha troopa ware lu tba heart of tba
raouutntua a oonspiracy was batoned for tba
capture ot tba newspaper correspondents and
i Iba execution of tboaa most offensive to tba
relnoaruatod reformers. Browne says that
I ba beid tba destroying hand and tha report
Irs ware permitted to livo.