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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-21
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

During the past week the agents OF Mr.. Bergh's
society nave been kept unusually busy. John
MCGOWAN was arrested for driving very lame
horse before Third avenue car; Bernard Pu.scher
ior working a horse With sores under the harness
before stage; Patrick Burns arrested and
fenced for thirty days for maciousy dashing out
the brains OF q cat the Sidewalk; Patrick
Carroll an employe OF Dickers Riding School,
was arrested Tor torturing and tormentng q
horse with . fractured leg. by compelling the
animal TO run at . rapid pace behind another
horse, which ne rode at gallop; CARROTS excuse
was that he had 10 catch boat. Andrew Boyle
arrested Tor abandoning old horse the street:
Charles Zgman FOR working a horse with sores
under the harness; Arthur Kirk was fined s15 for
a similar offence; John Lawl0r SIS for working
an old horse unfit for work w. T. Hanson and a
driver, A. Kinney, So and SO respectively, for
working morse with a s3Te eleven inches long.
under saddle; Thomas Dempsey, $40 for a similar
offence; W. b Ostrander, So, for driving horse
with q bad quittOr on tne foot, william Kelly.
ala Butt RELY, arrested Tor Deg hgating; Will
liam Thomas, JACOB Hill, $25 each, for Abandoning
n horse VITA broken leg. Al one O'Clock on sun
MS officers overnauled a NUMBER Of teams on the
1hrd Avenue Railroad The cars were crowded
with drunken rOugns and girls returning from the
picnics, aud the poor horses we're greatly over
loaded. 1oree teams were taken OF ana sent
back 10 the depot. one horse was in terriOle
sores and gals under the collar. Tue traiilc was
blocked until after three O'Clock, much to the DIS
gust Or the passengers who made Tue night hid-
eous by their yeliS cur5lnR and swearing. The
company was compelled TO send down Otner ADD
sOunder teams before the ofncers raised the block
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-21
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY JUNE 81 l875.-TRPLE SHEET.

the Denver and ITO Grande Railroad, and situated
on the north bank and at the mouth OF the grand
canyon or the Arkansas. This canyon presents
some or the finest natural scenery IN TINS part Of
the Territory. The town has u population OF
nearly thousand and contains the noted iron,
soda and warm springs which by analysis nave
been said 10 be the best in the country. The warm
springs reacn = temperature OF from 9s degrees to
lO2 degrees in the reservoirs Selcc ing pleasant
spot across the river the party encamped there
Tor the night aud IN tue morning recey ed farther
supplies last until we should arrive at one Of
the surveys supply camps, on the Mancos River.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-21
YACHTING NOTES.

The cape May Regatta, on the 18th and 18th OF
Juy, promises 70 be one Of the most interesting
aquatic events OF the season. The N.Y.Y.C. have
accepted the invitation OF the Cape May Regatta
Committee, and Will sail down in squadron, leav-
Ina the Horseshoe on the afternoon or Saturday,
July 10. As there Is TO be two days racing. with
handsome prizes for schooners aud sloops open to
yachts belonging to recognized yacht clubs alarge
Meet viii PROBABLY compete. The NY.Y.C. viii
probably be represented BY the schooner Alarm,
Commodore KingsIand. N.YYC.; schooner Mo-
hawk wee Commodore Garner, N.Y.YC.;
schooner Restless. Rear Commodore Kane, MY,
YC.; schooner Palmer, Mr.. Rutherfurd Stuyye-
SAINT, NY.YC.; schooner Madeleine, Commodore
Dickerson, Bye; schooner Triton, Commodore
Tbayer AT.C.; schooner Iaer, Mr.. S. j. Colgate,
NY.Yc.; schooner ARIEL, Commodore swan,
s.Y.C; schooner Genet, Mr. w. IL. Lang
ley, ny. ana Bye; schooner Peerless,
ex-Commodore Maxwell, Ago. schooner Eva,
General r. Burd Crub0, h.Y.YC.; sloop Vision,
Mr. Alexandra, N.Y.Y.C; sloop Addle YoornIs,
Mr.. O. Roosevelt s.Y.O.; sl0op yindex. Mr.. Robert
Centre. Mig; sooo Act'vA DIR. Hurst
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-21
EMIGRATION STATISTICS.

In the course OF his address. on the occasion or
the annual visit OF inspection by the Irish Emil
grant Society Of the departments at wares Island,
on Saturday, Commissioner James LTncn, It's presi-
dent, gave some interesting statistics tie said
that since the establishment or the commission
BY the legislature IN 1s47 nearly $780, 900 or alien
emlgrants have entered the port or New York.
Jne amount Of money brought By them vas esti-
mated at SIS per heaa. anu the capital value OF
each person 10 the nation was SET down by sLats-
tics at 81 Us; 50 that the emlgrants wno Dad ar
rived here had contributed ~ the wealth Of the
country, IN actual money S3T4 900 900, and IN
money yalue, tne enormous sum Of S. sol, 800 900.
lie also pointed out the great benefits wnicn the
society mad conferred upon em,grants arriving
here. ana ire successful results Of los 0DeratCaa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-21
SUICIDE IN JERSEY CITY.

Yesterday afternoon man named Charles
Boice, residing on wavcrley avenue ID the Green
VILE district OF Jersey city, committed suicide by
cutting his throat with razor. DURING the past
two weeks ne exhibited unmlstakabe symptoms
OF mental arrangement the cause Of which his
friends could not i3tnOm. Captain Dickson, OF tao
FOurtn precinct was n0ttned, and he proceeded
10 Greenyllle. the man was alive laat evening.
but ne was not eXp ected 10 survive many hours
Boace ~ ABOUT tRlru-Ak IeAxs vi aye.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
The Potato Bug.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Lice Stock
Record says:
The following remedy for preventing
the ravages of the much dreaded potato
bug is not only a cheap and simple one,
but one which may be made very profit
able to the farmer; and if true Though
obtained from a source which / cannot
doubt) is discovery the value of which
can scarcely be estimated. Your cor
respondent, while on recent visit to
Woodford, heard two prominent farmers
Of that county discussing the subject.
They held that in planting Irish pota-
toes if every third row was left until the
danger from frost had passed, and then
planted in hemp, that no bugs, neither
the terrapin-shaped Colorado or that
species with long, striped backs, resem-
bling the Spanish fly, would disturb
vine in the patch. The gentlemen did
not profess to know or give any scientife
explanation Of the fact; but theirs was
that the bugs had such an antipathy to
the hemp or it's peculiar odor that they
would not live in its vicinity. They
were convinced of the fact from the ex-
perience of several of their neighbors
last year.
It is fact known to gardeners and
cold watermelon raiser" that tomato
plant set in a watermelon hill until the
sprouts begin to vine will efectually pre-
vent their being molested by bugs, and
if, on sufficient trial, it is proven that
hemp is as great protector to the potato
as it is thought by some to be, the dis
covery will indeed be boon, not only to
every agriculturist, but to the thousands
of poor whose principal vegetable is the
Irish potato
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
An Efficient Grassh0pper Trap.

YESTERDAY morning, says the Leaven-
worth Commercial, as we were strOlling
through South Leavenworth, our atten
ton was drawn to a novel way for dis
posing of the grasshopper question and
one which is apparently success. The
plan, or whatever it might be called, is
worked by Mr.. J. Rivard, aleading grape
raiser of this locality. He observes that
the grasshoppers Congregated along the
fences under the weeds and rubbish &C
cumulated there, from which place they
sally out to seek what they may devour,
and he has accordingly dug ditch all
along the inside Of his fence, about
eighteen inches wide by about twelve
inches deep, and placed about three
feet inside of the fence. In the bottom
of the ditch, at distance of twenty feet
apart, are placed boxes, whose top is on
a level with the bottom Of the ditch, and
each box is partly filled with strong lime
water. The grasshoppers, in travelling,
attempt TO cross the ditch, and, instead,
they fail into it. Mr. Rivard says that
where any succeed in crossing they
always turn and jump back into the
ditch when they find themselves alone.
When they are once in the ditch he
drives them into the boxes of lime water.
and they are instantly killed. Mr.. Riv
ard says he tried the same plan several
years ago, and he succeeded to such an
extent that no injury was done him by
the pests, while his adjoining neighbors,
who laughed at him, had everything de-
stroyed. This plan is simple and cheap,
and If successfully tried will aid in solv-
ing the much-vexed grasshopper ques-
| ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
Quick Reckoning.

HAVE seen several times, in the past
few years, writes correspondent of the
Youths Companion, a plan for ready
multiplication by five, and I notice YOU
have the same in one of your late num-
bers. | also notice that there is no ex-
PLANTATION given of what is put forth as
somewhat curious fact. Many people
who have good deal of multiplying and
dividing to do are very anxioas to learn
expeditions methods of doing so. The
explanation of the process referred to
above is simply this: Five is one-half OF
ten. If you multiply by ten and divide
by two it is equivalent to dividing by
five.
There are many other "short cuts"
that may be used to advantage. If you
wish to divide any number by twenty
five you have simply to multiply by four
and point off the two right hand figures,
and the left of the point will be your
quotient, and the others will be the deci-
NAL fraction. Or multiply by four and
divide by 100, because twenty-five is
one-fourth of 100. For instance, divide
1925 by %; 1925 multiplied by 4 is 5000;
point Oft two figures and you have SO.
Or if you wish to know how many
yards of cloth at twelve and onehalf
cents per yard you can buy for a given
amount of money multiply by eight and
divide by 100, because twelve and one
half is one-eighth, of 100. Examples of
this sort might be multiplied, and would
be very useful for those who have occa-
sion to put figures together so that they
won't lie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13

yielded at the rate of 100 bushels, the
second 125 bushels, and the third 100
bushels (of earsl to the acre. Mr.. Rob
erts states, as the result of many expert
ments prior to these, at the Iowa Agri-
cultural College, that the heaviest crops
OF corn were made by growing three
stalks to hill, and that two stalks to
hill will produce more corn than five
stalks. If every stalk produces an ear,
and corn is planted three feet apart each
way, there will be nearly 100 bushels of
shelled grain per acre. To grow maxi
mum crops of corn, then, it is only neces-
sary to grow one ear upon a stalk, and
ears of such d size that hundred of
them will make a bushel of grain. In
view of this it is strange that, with so
prolific grain as corn, yield of 100
bushels per acre should be considered as
something almost impossible to be OBJ
american AgrGcuEturiSt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
How Butter Is Sometimes Tainted.

WINTER and spring butter is often very
much injured in flavor by allowing cows
to eat the litter from horse stables. Cows
are not unfrequently very fond Of this
litter, though it is impregnated with
liquid manure from the horses, and if al
lowed they eat it greedily; and the effect
is that their milk and butter will be
tainted with the taste of this kind of food,
in the same way that the flavor is injured
by eating turnips, but to more disagree
able degree. If litter is allowed to be
eaten, it should be only given to cattle
not in milk, and on no account should
mich COWS be allowed to consume other
than the sweetest and purest food. Very
nice butter makers are sometimes at
loss to account for stable taints in butter,
especially when extraordinary precau-
lions have been taken to have the milk
ing done in the most perfect manner, and
so on in all the processes of handling the
milk until the butter is packed for mar
ket. Still the butter has a dlsagreeable
faint, and the cause often comes from al
lowing the COWS, when turned out to
water and exercise, to feed about the
horse stable, where they consume all the
litter which. on account of its being
soaked with liquid manure, is cast out OF
the stable.-RaraE Neao Yorker.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
Mending Harness.

A STITCH in time" in the harness at
this season will probably save considera-
bly, more than the proverbial mine"
when the busy season commences. To
mend harness the first thing needed is
clamp for holding it. A very coed
clamp may be made Of stave of flour
barrel cut in two in the middle. A small
block with two sides beveled is fixed on
the top Of a larger block and the slaves
are screwed firmly to it. Screws are to be
preferred to nails, which would be liable
to split the slaves. The upper end OF
each stave is smoothed and beveled so
as to take an even and firm hold Of the
leather when it is slipped between them.
Fine copper wire is better material
with which to mend harness than thread.
and is p-uCh more convenient in use. A
roll of this wire should be kept on hand.
Rivets and burrS should be used for
splicing traces or heavy parts of the har-
ness. A few of these with a punch and
a light tack-hammer for clenching the
rivets should form part of the tools, and
a straight awl should be procured for
making holes in the leather when the
original holes have become filled I'D or
worn so as to be useless. A seat may
be made by fixing two EGGS to piece of
board about two feet long; the other end
will then rest upon the larger block when
it is il use. When not in use it may be
hung up on the wall of the Toulouse by
hole in the end. Such harness-mend-
ing apparatus, in lack of a more costly
:" kit'' Of tools, ought to be kept in every
farm workshop. A strap may be mended
in two or three minutes for one cent that
would cost ten cents at the harness
makers, and the loss Of time-American
A01lcMLt1LriSt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13

About the year 1929 the habitales of the
Jardin des Plantes could see from the
labyrinth Ct walks an old man prone
nadlng every day on the gallery which
overlooks the prison Of Sainte Pelagie.
This old man was Col Swan. The
surgeons required that this father of the
prison should be permitted to breathe a
purer air than the atmosphere he had
breathed SO long.
The Colonel availed himself gratefully
Of this privilege, but, as if he had been
warned by some secret presentiment, he
told the doctors that the brisk air of lib
erty would kill his body, accustomed to
the heavy atmosphere of the prison
Some months afterward the cannons
of the 9th Of July Numbered On the
28th the gates Of this commercial bastile
were opened.
All the prisoners went out. Col. Swan
became free, and the last hour of his
captivity was about to strike.
After the popular triumph he went to
press to his heart his old friend Lafayette,
and on the steps of the Hotel de Vile
was realized the prediction the prisoner
of Sainte Pel&gie had made of himself:
" The brisk air of liberty will kill my
body, SO long accustomed to the heavy
atmosphere Of the prison." and on the
next day the old soldier of Sainte Pc
lagie closed his eyes upon that soil
which had 50 long been inhospitable to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
The New Life Saving Medal.

THE Director of the Mint has selected
a design for the new life-saving medal
authorized by act of Congress to be pre-
sented to persons who display great per-
sonal heroism in the saving of human
life at sea. The medal is three inches in
diameter, and contains upon the diverse
side an categorical picture representing
the saving Of human life, the design
being that of a boat in an angry sea.
Three persons are shown in the boat,
one of whom is engaged in rowing.
Another, in q standing posture, is pict-
ured in the act of throwing a toW-line
to a distant object, while the third is as
sisting a person from the sea into the
boat. In the distance is representation
Of the wreck Of a large ship. This side
contains legend giving the title of the
medal and the date of the act of Con-
gress authorizing its issue. Upon the
reverse is a representation of History
inscribing heroic deeds upon a monu-
ment, which is surmOunted by the Ameri-
can eagle. This side also contains the
Of an anchor, sails, cord
age, ETC., and has the legend: " In testi-
mony of heroic deeds in saving life from
the perils of the sea-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13

rant of, the Importance of wood ashes as
vegetable stimulant and as the leading
constituent of plants. Even coal ashes
now thrown away as useless, have been
shown by experiment and ANALYSIS to
possess fair share of alkaline value
According to our observation, if the prac
tice of putting a mixture of wood and
coal ashes around the stems of fruit trees
and vines, particularly early in the
spring, were followed as a general rule
our crops Of apples, grapes, peaches, etc.,
would be greatly benefited in both quail.
ity and quantity, and the trees and vines
would last longer-Scientiic american.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13

The following, compiled from the re-
port of the Comptroller of State Of Texas,
shows the length of railroads within
the State and the estimated or assessed
value per mile: Galveston, Houston s.
Henderson, 80 miles, valued at $4,000 per
mile; Galveston, Harrisburg & San
Antonio, 100 25-100 miles, valued at $780,
900 per mile; Houston s. Texas Central,
sol 47-100 miles, valued at 81, $50 per
mile; Texas Pacific, 313 72-100 miles,
valued at $4,000 per mile; Texas & New
Orleans, 1O8 miles, valued at $1,000 per
mile; Houston s. Great Northern, 210
miles, valued at $4,000 per mile; Gulf,
West Texas & Pacific, 168 10 miles,
valued at $4,000 per mile; Rio Grande,
% miles, valued at 81, 800 per mile.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
AIkali For an Old Apple Tree.

In considering the growth of organ
isms, the action Of the aakalies is to be
looked upon as scarcely less important
than that of air and water Lime is the
great animal alkali, and potash the
vegetable one it's old name of vegeta.
bic kali expressed that fact, and all the
potash of commerce is well known to be
derived from wood ashes. The Impor-
lance of potash as manure has been
frequently overlooked by farmers, who
rarely know the large amount of this
material found IN grass, grain crops,
leaves, barn-yard manure, roots and
fruits. How potash acts in plants, in
conjunction with carbon and slick, to
form woody fiber, starch, sugar and oil,
is yet unknown to chemical observers,
but the fact of its action is beyond a
doubt.
Liebig long since pointed out that the
chief cause of barrenness is the waste of
potash carried off by rich crops, espe-
cially tobacco, with no replacement of
proper manure. How many millions of
pounds of potash have been sent to Eu
rope from the forests Of America, and in
the grain, tobacco and hemp! Luckily
one alkai may be replaced by another,
and we have received a considerable
quantity of soda from European sea-
weed and in the shape of salt. Latterly
nitrate of soda from natural deposits in
South America is brought to us at a cheap
price.
3. The point to which we now call atten-
ton is that our farmers and fruit growers
have ignored, or rather have been igno-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
Capt. BoytOn's LIfe-Saving Apparatus.

The attempt made by Capt. Boyton to
cross the English Channel, although at
tended by failure, is yet regarded as 9
signal triumph of the excellence Of his
apparatus. The distance between Dover
and Boulogne is twenty-five nautical
miles; and, with the strong tides and
currents which make the channel pas
sage the most disagreeable for its length
in the world, it is almost surprising that
the gallant American went as far as he
did. Three o'clock in the morning was
the hour fixed for the start, and for the
first two hours everything went well.
At nine the Captain stopped to rest and
refresh himself. This delay was fatal,
because he shortly after fell in with a
current which seriously retarded his
progress. The tide opposed him and
the force Of the wind had increased. At
six o'clock it was becoming dark, with
heavy sea on, and the French pilot de-
clined to take any further responsibility.
When Capt. Boyton left the water after
fifteen hours physical exertion and ex-
posure his pulse was calm and the tenn
pcrature of his body good. Had the
weather been more favorable the intrepid
mariner would doubtless have accom-
plished the feat. The English press are
unanimous in admitting the value Of
Capt. Boyton's invention That it will
eventually come into general use in
ships, at watering places, life-saving
stations and other points seems to be
an assured certainty.-CAicGgo Inter-
Oce02l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13
Thinning Corn.

PROF. ROBERTS, of the Cornell Uni
versity made some experiments Ii grow
ing corn upon the college farm last sea-
son, the results of which are valuable.
He planted three p1ats of three-six-
teenths of an acre each with corn, and
thinned the hills in one lot to three
stalks, another to four stalks to hill !;
the third was not thinned. The first plat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13

longer seems burnt-up world forsaken
and forgotten of it's Maker, but seems
chariot, with Christ standing beside the
traveller, and with the wheels rolling
across the open plain between time and
eternity.-Eatract from Recent Sermon
By Prof. Sa0&'ag, Of Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13

Philadelphia brags of having the most
clearly servant girls. They always hire
out with the understanding that the mis-
tress is to do the dirty work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-05-13

"A single pound of feathers is just as
heavy as pound of lead, but twenty-five
pounds of feathers in tick, in narrow
and crooked hallway, is about as heavy as
21S pounds of lead.-D0n6u1y Negs.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-10-11
steam boat sunk.

THE aEo. LAW GOES To THE BOTTOM IN CHESTER
RIVER.
The steamer Geo. Ld,c, of the Chester River
Steamboat Company plying between Baltimore
and Chestertown, sunk at Booker's wharf, on
Chester river. yesterday morning, about 80.
She was on her way to Baltimore, having left
Crumpton, the head of navigation on Chester riv-
or, at 80. The steamer WAS i'll the act of leav-
ing the wharf when the accident occurred. Her
piston rod broke, and the end was jammed
through the bottom of the vessel, through which
the water poured, and the steamer went
down in fifteen feet water to oherpromenade deck.
All the passengers were removed, and guam
tity of freight was landed on the wharf. An
other steamer sent out from Baltimore, yes-
terday, and the passengers reached that city this
morning.
The Geo. Lam is considered fast and good
steamer but she seems very unfortunate. Her
original name was the Minnie and she belonged
in New York. In 1864 she was purchased by Mr.
Il. Slaughter, the founder of the Chester River
Line, for $40, 600. The Lao has been twice
partially destroyed by fire. Only TWO weeks ago
she broke her piston at the mouth of the Pa
tapsco. Last year she was rebuilt from her keel
upwards, and was substantially new boat.