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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-05
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT.



THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.
The United States Assistant Treasurer to-day paid
S42l 900 gold for interest and $4,000 for Ave.
twentes redeemed. The silver payments to-day here
were $1s 400 under 500 limit and SOS 500 Washing
drafts making the grand total paid out here since
April 90 S4sl SEQ Revenue receipts to-day 800 900;
customs receipts, 100000; bank notes received,
$500, 600
GOVERNMENT BoxDa
Government bonds closed steady al the following
quotations limited States currency sxes 1891 l2sA
do sixes 1881. registered, 1919 1919; do do do.
coupon. 1921 l22s; do do, 1855, registered. Hay
q ll4K; do. do. do, coupon. ll4s max; do do,
do, new, registered, llsX ll9s; do. do, do do.
coupon, llSH llo; do do, 1857 registered, AL a
l2lx; do. do, do, coupon, III l2i+; do do, 1868,
registered, l22,5 I2S; do do, do, coupon, l22a
123; do do, tenforties, registered ll7I l1Sh do
do, do, coupon, l1sx llsA do. nvcs 1881, regis
tered, ll77s . l17k; do do, do, coupon, ll73S
1l7k
RAILROAD BONDS.
Railroads bonds are quiet and firm, prices whore
changed higher; tho greatest advance in Ohio
and Mississippi seconds cent; Ohio and Hissis-
sipp consolidated sinking fund.- X per cent and Chi
cago and Northwest consolidated coupon gold bonds, u
per Northwestern consolidated gold coupons ad-
vanced to s2K; Ohio and Mississippi consolidated sold
~
69E Fort Wayne Hrsts brought 1lck; Union Pacific
hrsts 105 land grants 100s and Morris and Essex
ond 1101S. In the late afternoon bonds were duh;
Michigan Central declined to- l00x Union Pa
cnc Hrsts brought los, sinking funds o., and North
western consolidated gold coupons o. The following
were the closing quotations for Pacific Railroad bonds:
Union Pacific nrsis l045s 1861 do. land grants,
1907, to lO0ss do sinking funds, 9la to ok; Central
Pacincs, 1868 to l07.
State bonds were duh and steady, with sales confined
to Tennessee skies; old at 49, at 407s. District Of
Columbia 3 05s steady at FOX.
THE FOREIGN MARKET
The London sdviccs report the market for securities
strong and higher for consos and steady for United
States bonds The Bank OF England directors made
change in the ratio or discount which remains at per
cent Tho usual closing prices not at hand.
The Tines financial article this morning says
sAtantic and Great Western and second mortgage
bonds and Illinois shares have improved y per cent
Eric shares weaker" scheme by tho
Turkish government for tho conversion OF its debt Is
reported II is proposed to issue fi25 600 600 OF
stock covering the consolidated and floating debts
The new bonds will bear interest at per cent for the
first Ave years, and pcr cent afterward II Is re-
ported that Russia the Berlin Conference of Powers
will propose to make Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkish
vassal States
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.
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New Orleans As; Mobile. s4l savannah, ao?; Charles
ton. 176 Wilmington, ~; Norfolk 432 New York. ITO :
Boston 2oI fhiladepha. 20 Total 1851. This day last
week. $3.50. This day last 2t Total since sep
tember l. 3a37.ti1 bates night Gotten freights
closed a ioilo~s:-ro svre by steam Me- compressed -
Hamburg. ny steam nc. To Bremen. ~
steam As. compressed 10 Liverpool. &c. BY steam; By
SAL. t5.d, ..,.
GistO bushels; meal S25 bills and ~ sacks oats
1920 bushels: ~ $50 do rye, 10 No do barley.
TO- 400 do barley malt. .l5f Flour quiet.
for shipping city make which wanted for
the West Indies and South American ports The sales
were about 1000 bbls including state. Western and
southern at the annexed quotations including also about
sold the Of about $40 bills Corn steady
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Tho following firms have made assignments for thu
benefit of their creditors:-
Mordecai Levy, importer Of wines and liquors. Of
No. sos West Fifty second street
wurster Kempe, cabinet manufacturers, OF No ITO
Hester street
George w. Carpenter wholesale grocer, Of Reads
street.
Henry NJ Silverman, wholesale halter Of Broadway,
held yesterday before Register Fitch OF No 3s5 Broad.
way the composition Of thrtythree cents on tho dollar,
which had been previously accepted was confirmed
The first composition meeting OF the creditors oil
Joseph Burr which TO have been held yesterday
before Register Allen. of No 1852 Broadway, was post.
poned until
William Etunger, furs. No. 81 Mercer street, has
been adudecd bankrupt by Register Dayton ON Tho pc
ttion Of seven OF hls creditors HIS liabilities amount
10 over $4,000 and he offered compromise AZ hfiy
cents on the dollar The first meeting OF creditors u
called for May ~, at No. 322 broadway.
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HOPE FOR THE BOY HINES.
Nxw York, May .. 1874

Nxw York, May 2. 1870
To the EpIToR or rHE HERALps--
number Of phanthropic citizens are DESTROYS Of
obtaining the address Of tho mother Of tho unfortunate
child Thomas Hines. who sent TO the Pcnitcntiary
for one year for stealing ten cent stamp from man
named Frank ). Hastings. Tho apparent injustice VI
tho sentence has excited great deal OF sympathy and
. humber Of influential cisizcns desire TO have The
matter Investigated Can you obtain the addressy
JCSTlCE
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ADVANCE AND DKcLINK.
The following the changes in closing prices com
pared with those OF yesterday

ADVANCE AND DKcLiNR.
The following the changes in closing prices CON-
pared with those OF yesterday
DrcIrsE-New York Central, TX; Delaware ana
Lackawanna, 2; Erie, Aarlom, "; Lake shore, lk
Michigan Central, 2x; Northwest common 4 do.
preferred, l. New Jersey Central. IL; Ohio ana Mis-
sissppi. y; Pacific Mail, u Producers Petroleum.
Rock Island, X; y, Paul. =; DO S preferred, z; .
Telegraph, c., c. anu l. c., c.. c. c. and l., Hannibal
and 81 Joseph common and preferred, illinois Central
Missouri Pacific, QUICKSILVER, Wabash, Union Pacific,
Western Union and gold
INVESTMENT SHARES
Norris and Essex sold at lo4 l04ls 104; c., C., C.
ma at 4s AZ; Rock Island at 10tz; Illinois Gen.
lral, o6X; Cleveland and Pttsburg guaranteed, o.;
New York Central. hoy liox allls alll,s llok
s11oH; New Jersey Central, VI 90 % 95x e6ss
Adams Express. 109 United states, 7oh 7ok;
American, 81; Delaware and Hudson Canal ll3 ail2h;
Harlem, 1917; Delaware and Lackswanna, 1854 los
a1ostS 1864 1867 Producers Petroleum Company,
Ill
noSRy MARKET
Money rates are not unlike those OF ycsterday-to
wit az and per cent when accompanied by good
stock coa.cras Primo paper 10 quoted in the dis
count market at from to per cent The following
are the rates OF exchange on New York :-Savannah,
selling, 5-l6; buying. 4 a y premium. Cincinnati
arm, 70 100 premium Chicago, 90 premium. New
Orleans comcrcnl, 3l6; bank, H. ST. Louis, 100 pre-
MUM. Sterling exchange quiet and nrm Prime
asking rates, 4ssH and 4e0k, selling rates, ASS a
lsss and 4sex a4oo. Reichmarks, s5sz s5k and
S. . COX. Cables 7o. 10 Prime Paris, 5.lsa and
AK
Gold opened At ll25s declined 70 112k and later r.
covered il2, closing at the latter nguro The
yv,pg rates were az, 2 and per cent
OPERATIONS OF GOLD EXCHANGE RANK
Gold balances. $3.50, 705
Currency balances. 0S5, $50
Gross cicaranccs. ~, 0vo
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THE LAKE sHoRx RRroRT-A CORRECTION
In noticing the pecuares OF the Lake Shore report
yesterday Inadvertently stated that except BY
large reduction in its foatng debt" dividend could
have been paid out Of last years business The phrase
should have been 'noaing assets" which amount to
81, 1884, 212
In this connection we publish the following note
from SIR. II. B. Lockwood which explains ITSELF
Among the assets OF tho Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern Railway Company. published for the fiscal
year ending December 81 1875 appears the following
item :-"Bills receivable, Lockwood. $500 0O0 That
the company Aforesaid hold any notes other evil
denccs OF Indebtedness against the late nrm Lock-
wood Co., any Of its members Is absolutely false
Bv a release dated about year ago signed by Aug
Schel vice President and subsequently delivered TO
subscriber the members OF the late firm were dis
charged from all claims OF the Lake Shore Railway
Company In the language OF the release, from the
beginning OF tho world TO the present day." Respect
fully, LIE GRAND LOCKWOOD
MEMORANDA
The estimated earnings OF the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad Company during April were:-
1876. $500, 636 -
1870. Z19, $50 70
Increase. 1876. $27275 IS
Total earnings four months VIZ January, February,
March and April
1870. u, ~, so2 50
1870. lV04-0lS ~
Increase, 1875. Sl3l, 1913 %
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Nk" fVkks my = TT"
To THE EDrrov on rmE HxRALD:-
II tho facts stated the enclosed are correct troes
ring 10 a letter In the HERALD signed Knicksrbockes
asking fon subscription Tor the mother o. the boy
Thomas HInes. snail glad subscribe - toward
a subscription Tor mother OF tue lad aud 10 lcn4
my assistance In having him pardoncd out -
yours very tr1Iy, LLOlD AoINWALl~
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Tho Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company dircc-
tors met to-day and elected the following ofncers:
Thomas 7. Ecksrt President; W. }. syms First Vice
PRESIDENT Albert B. Chandler, Second Vice Presldsnt
and Secretary, and Alfred Nelson, Treasurer.
Washington despatch says:--Nembers Of the
Banking and Currency Committee say that so much
opposition has developed solf against the resolution
providing for the exchange Of SO 600 silver for
legal tenders that Is doubtful tho measure can be
adopted
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We quote .-Fair refining Ike; good do Re: Cuba.
grocery fair 70 choice &C. do centrifugal hhds and
boxes 6Jsc 7sc. Porto Rico. refining prime.
7c &C. do. grocery. fair 10 choice 81 SIZE; refnod
standard a. aeac OH A, 9Lc: crushed. lone. lU1.c
powdered. iossc luxe graduated lo,Ac lo<c cut
AaSr-Rsccpts-iis ,icrces 100 bills and 1s casks
The market quiet and nominal at i3c lie for prime
to choice.
TALLow-Iseceipts hhds tierce and 3o5 bills Tho
market dull nj sac. SIC. for prime. About 50OtU
lbs. sold At she. n 1l.lGc.
wnisgEy-Recepts-3c bbls whiskey and 80 bills
alcohol. The market quiet; so bbs sold ut u III.
generally held xt 81 IL.
FnKrGrs-soom per steam was strong with light offer
ings prompt shipment thus retarding liberal
ia grain Hour and provisions tor the British MARKETS
Grain tonnnue for charter lair request firm
Other kinds duh and unaltcrcd Tho engagements
To Liverpool per steam loo packages provisions. the
basis OF 3Os Tor bacon; 100 boxes cheese Sos Grain
sail. 90 bMes cotton reported M hd. To London,
per steam. l60U bushels grain ut sd. standard
and, Ly sail. 100 bills Hour Is. To liam
burg. per steam. 80 tierccs lard, ~ marks
The charters comprise 80 Italian bark. hence to Corfu
with 1000 xD cases refined petroleum At .9c Nor
wegian bark, from BALTIMORE TO the Baltic with 2no bbs
do ~ Is Cd the vessel reported IN last was 10 day
frmcd being Brtsh barkontine, from PhiiadelphA
Havre. 900 bbs crude nj 3s Iusd British bark. hence
Rotterdam with 3.IOO quarters grain ut u.s. British
brig Cork for ORDERS With 100 grain
Italian bark trumoied) hence 60 Cork for ORDERS
with 4so grain At 3s lutd British bark
Philadelphia Bristol with $500 quarters at U.s. 3D.
Norwegian bark from Baltimore Cork for orders with
$500 quarters Ut 81 thence with 5000 with
with 2a0u quarters grain for and
bark. thence direct Of Ire
land with uuO quarters ~ De- 3D.
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Delivered contract 100 bales For future delivery
sales follows Yesterday, after two r. M.May.
bales ~ ~ 3lc. lup short notice ~ Dice june
2Uo at II 2s32c July. 100 I31se. 30 At 10 32c !;
August 40 1t lake 400 a - 932c septembsr, OJ AZ
rs Isle 100 81 13lxc October 20 at 10 lee. 200
IL s3lc November 100 ~ ~ is2e Total a.soo bslss
ZOO " si6c June, 800 2ssc 1880 ~ "a &c.,
isp a y Islee- July. 800 e. 10 ! ios SOD =.
y 7sasy s.aco 4 Is s'iss, SsS.nSs;. loo a
l3c.: December. 100 at ~ l5-idc. 300 AZ
IL 2a.s2r. Total ss.soo bales Grand total 24.5oo.
Ihe receipts the ports follows Galvsson 04s;
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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT 1-16c. LowER-rUTUREs
QUIET-FLoUB UNCHANGED-wHEAr DULL
AND HEAvY-CoRN FIRMzR-OATs STEADY
wHIsKEY FIRM PORK STEADY LARD
sTEADY-PETROLEUM INACTIvE-sPIRITs TUR-
pKNrINE fIRM-RosIN QuIET-oILs QUIET
FRErGHTs sTEADY-CoFTEE FIRM-sUGAR
FIRM.
THURSDAY, May 4-6P NJ
Business in the general merchandise markets was
light today and prices, though without decided
change, nuctuatcd considerably On Change o fair
business was done In -four at unchanged figures.
Wheat decidedly dull and decidedly heavy, though
sellers did not like to admit much, very little
done Corn less active but nrmer for all kinds.
Oats were steady. whiskey dull but nrm. Pork and
lard we're somewhat irregular, but closed steadily.
Frcights werc steady. Cotton lower for spot and
Quiet for futures Coffee firm. Naval stores-sprs
turpenne arm. Rosin quiet and nominal. Ola
were uuiet Petroleum inactive and nominal. Sugar
firm.
CorrKE.--Ths market for Braxils 6rm We
sales of bags Rio Nora i7c gold for fair and
s BALTIMORE 5000 do do David Owen tsod arrive.
but since arrived, private price. and. last evening"
1000 do Edward Johnston. price supposed to 10
l5sc gold Mid coffee quiet Messs Walt Creighton
Morrison report stock Of mild coffee in first hands fol-
ws:-Javs. grass mats 1925 singapore. do. do.
2o62; Ccyon io66s bags; Maracabio II 222 do. Lagu
ayra jamaica zoo do Porto Rico. $50 do
IL
Ma 72e do Total TT bags and $50 $50 Java
2062 mats Singapore. We have Messrs Wright A Co.'S
Telegram. dated Rio May 3. 1876. advising ssses since
2eth uL 1900 bags Shipments 1900 Stock At date.
ii2oon Average day rscsptS 400 bags Price.
$500 Market steady Exchange. 2dd. We quote
Ordinary eargoes. 1879. l5s4c.; fair d.. IKE.
. ITlsc.; good do. IKE. . isc; prime do. is,4c.
Is,c extreme range for lots i5izs 1e1sc; Santos fair
sss %s': rs a,s s,ss;Ss:
i aSs i 2:sayT. IN: ss'sa .%ss. u
iss iSc Nsess.sT iss: Sssiesn. lie Ike
Manila lie 1sc hngostura, lie is~ ssvsnilA lee
Corrox-The for SPOT easier and oations
were married. down iss fSs%rs. were qnss TIE closing
prices ssS.s %s A as 5ss'
sS 1919 sss Il, Z 1919 1919
August is,sS Is ssa august. IL ssas il SIC
Sssssl II srs Z a rs
Sss Is az S SSs....iis is s soss
lion. and on cotton IN store running IL quality not more
than hAs grade '00 S q sso | ss s,'ds
strict ordinary ~. ~ ,ssE ~
Low %sdiSs.s;:.:.. Il lie i fals iiis,s iiisIs
Good m'ddns.;:.... is lie is sic Is sic il sIs
SS,ssss s's %e' III: lis Zig Zig
10 %dns nd dfs srHr lSs
Spot sales follows
Today lat E.ssinq Ton,
Consumption. ..................... 32u 90 $40
Speculation. VI vi
Delivered on contract 100 bales For future delivery
~, bs,es a. u VI a,c ifs shor notice A. IL eic lime
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The following the Philadelphia stock quotations
At three O'Clock this day.

At three O'Clock this day.
Bid Asked
City skies, old. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 04 104k
City skies, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10sk 1883.
United Companies OF New jersey. 135 1867
*Pennsylvania Railroad. ............. SEX 52l.
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. ~ AK
Lehigh Valley Railroad ............. SIX IS
Catawissa Railroad preferred. ...... 4Oa< az
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. ...... 1871 1872
Northern Central Railroad. .......... 81
Lehigh Navigation. .............. 46h
Lehigh Navigation Gold Loan. ....... 1857 103K
sEx dividend.
STOCKS.
The following table Of prices OF the prominent gold
and silver mining shares, received by telegraph from
San Francisco is furnished by Mr. William Ward
Drexel BudinC:-
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Stock (AsccrtaInodby actual

Stock (asccrtaincdby actual
count, including spccuin-
tion). May ]. 1876. -......
Receipts since May l.......
T0tniB..........ssssss.
Sales since May l.........
Stock this day. May 4.
1873. Observation-Disclosures.
Comparing with stock
MAY q. 1879.
Comparing with stock
May I. lS74.............,
Comparing with stock
HI...s - fAV(
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->tnined-tsoOd ordinary p
10 b &c. low mlddling. 10 ID
spot sales were - follows -
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

Useless trouble is called "Going to Ceylon
for grain Of turmeric."
There is no country where the proverbs
are founded more on local customs than in
Hindostan. "a great mans word is like
the elephants tusk mot to be concealed
or withdrawn, is a common Hindoo saying.
A false devotee they compare to I" tiger
in sacred grove" To vulgar, boastfuI
fellow, strutting about over dressed, some
ono is sure to cry, "a red mango in tho
apes paw and the ape cries Ram, RAM :"
words of delight; and lastly, to close our
specimens, when one man has gained an
object by hard laber and another tries to
gain the same without, the saying used is,
Zone man kills himself with pending the
rice and another fills his cheeks with it
smoking hot.-Lon{on GLoJe.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30
SMYRNA, AFTERNOON AUGUST 30 1876

Ginning "Home, Sweet Home" we must
go. Next time we shall visit Machinery
Hall and the Art Gallery, and as much
more as we have time for. More soon.
HERMONICUS
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

The Dalrymple farm at CasseItan,
Dakota Territory, numbers 10000 acres,
l,SOO of which We're sown to wheat this
season. Harvesting was done in week,
with the aid of 9 selfbindcrs, - men fol,
lowing each machine, and shocking the
wheat as fast as it was cut. The entire
cost of breaking, sowing, reaping, thresh-
ing, and marketing is estimated at 50 per
acre, and as the yield averages II bushels
per acre, the profit will reach $1,000.
Next year 5000 acres acres will be sown to
wheat. One hundred teams are employed
during the " breaking season, the ftlrrows
turned being six miles long. If Washing
ton thought farms were too large in his
day, what would he say now?
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30
Meat and Manure.

Let it be remembered that the manufac-
ture of beef is only profitable when it is
coupled with the production Of manure.
Both scientific and practical men are
agreed on this point, and hence the preser.
vation and perfect making of dung is a
matter of great importance. All good
buildings should be contriyed so that the
manure from the various animals accom-
modated may be we'll mixed. We have in
our thoughts a set of farm buildings,
designed with much display of scientific
knowledge in many respects but alas the
architect had overlooked this cardinal
point, and to this day the horse, pig, and
COW dung are all thrown into separate
heaps, there to suffer from dryness; or.
at best, to result i'll a badly-mixed or in
terior quality of dung. Stables and byres
should open into courts, over which the
litter from the horses and COWS should be
regularly spread every day. By this
means alone will good result be obtain.
cd.
The respective merits of boxes, byrcs
and fold yards for fattcning cattle in a
great measure depend upon the quality
OF dung they turn out. The box is econo-
mlcal IN the matter of straw, and will be
esteemed for this reason in suburban dis
tricts. 1t Is also favorable to the manu-
facture of good manure, as, being under
cover the litter is wetted by the droppings
OF the animal only. The byre is still more
economical Of straw but is not favorable TO
the manufacture Of good manure, owing to
the animals being tied up. Litter from
byrcs ought to be thrown out into courts
and trodden down with young stock.
Fold yards require much litter, as they are
always more or less open, and for this
reason preferred in rural districts, where
the value of straw is not yet felt.
Excellent manure may be manufactured
IL small troughed folds, with a considcra-
ble proportion of shedding. Cattle will do
we'll in any of these forms Of accommoda-
ton, but if tied up in byres, it will be
humane as well as profitable to have them
brushed and curry combed daily. 1t must
be remembered that animals thus confined
cannot lick or rub themselves, and that
they are deprived of the cooling effects OF
air and rain. The skin under these cir
cumstances becomes irritable; and espe-
cially where, as is often the case in byres,
dirt adheres to the animal, brushing and
cleansing the skin, and attention to the
state Of the feet, cannot be too strongly
enforced
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

II the promise to resume is hindrance
to resumption, why isn't the promise of re-
form hindrance to reformation. Singu.
larly, Tilden doesn't discuss this question
at all in his letter Of acceptance.-Nor,oich
Bulletin.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

The following story is told of Baron
Rothschild of Paris "On q very wet and
disagreeable day the Baron took Parisian
omnibus, on his way to the Bourse, or Ex.
change, near which the Nabob of Finance
alighted, and was going away without pay
ing. The driver stopped him and deman-
ded his fare. The Baron felt in his pocket,
but he had not a red cent of change.
The driver was very wroth. 'Well, what
did you get in for if you could not pay?
You must have known that you had no
money! Il am Baron R-r exclaimed
the great capitalist, 'and there is my card
The driver threw the card into the gutter.
Never heard of you before, said the
driver, and | don't want to hear of you
again. But want my fare-and | must
have it, The great banker was in haste.
have only an order for a Million he
said, give me change and he profered a
coupon for $4,000 francs. The conductor
stared, and the passengers set up horse
laugh. just then all agent dc Change
came by, and the Baron borrowed of him
the six sous. The driver was now seized
with a kind of remorseful respect, and
turning to the money king he said: 'If you
want ten francs, Sir, l don't mind lending
you them on my own account"
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

Four years ago if anybody thought of
Governor Hayes for the Presidency it was
hardly Gov. Hayes; yet four years ago he
said in a speech awe ought to have
reform of the system of appointments to
the civil service, thorough, radical, and
complete" This is precisely what Gov.
Hayes, being nominated for the Presiden.
cy, now says. And very good opinion it
is to stick to.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

A physician in the Isle of Wightshas
found the hcming pigeon to be of great
service to him in his country practice. At
every village through which he passes,
and when his last patient therein is seen,
he writes list of prescriptions for that
village, affixes it to the leg of homing
pigeon, and dispatches it to his house.
Says the physician in letter to country
paper: "By this means, either country
carrier is intercepted starting homeward
from our market town, and the medicine
delivered by him on that very evening, or
my chemist is enabled hour by hour to
see his work ahead of him, and forestall
his dispensing necessities"
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

The vigorous efforts made by certain
Democrats to prove that Gov. Tilden was
a Jealous war man in 1860 have recalled
President Lincoln's story of tho California
judge who produced Virginia witness to
prove that he had never been hostile to
the Union. The witness swore that the
Judge was as loyal as he was himself but
on being questioned could not recall an
instance in which he had exhibited any
loyalty. At last he was asked, DWELL,
when Fort Sumter was fired on, what did
he say? ?" Il disremember what the Judge
did say, but l know he felt just as did,"
" And pray, Sir, how did you feel?'
" Well, the fact is l always have felt that
the firing on Fort Sumter ,cas premature.
Smyrna times., 1876-08-30

THREE DOLLARS A DAY.-The two great
hotels, Congress Hall and Columbia, at
Cape May, have dropped prices to three
dollars a day, as in the days before the
war. At last tho hotels have found that
they arc subject to the operation of natural
laws. At Saratoga, the two most fashiona.
BILE houses, Congress Hall and Clarendon,
are down to the same fair figure. Cape
May will be open this year until October,
and the whole retinue of servants and
music will be supported.