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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-19

Mr. Evarts though he must nave allowed the picture 10
be sent did not himself think it good likeness Dut'
once sent in no member oil the Hanging Committee had
right to reject it for it, want OF resemblance Iher
business is with pictures pctures-they are not eae
upon 10 take sides on question Of like not like! Be
sides il this element be allowed 10 enter into ludg-
ment where shall stop why n likeness to the
subject be necessary adult the so-caed Portrait OF MI
Parc Godwin Why admit the sO-called Portrait oil MT
Walt Whitman Why admit the so-caled PORTRAIT OF
Mr. SoughtOnl Here three men OF individuality ana
force each OF them starding for something vital III INC
community And To be told that these pictures
10 which In the catalogue their are attached are
admitted because they good portraits When without
knowing the originals personally we know RON the
work they have Done tie part they play IN the world
that il is not possible these be good portraits be
sides we wanted TO Mr. Maynards portrait oil inc
Secretary not because it portrait but because u
was said be a characteristic piece OF painting anu INC
"l77G" is not particularly characteristics IL Is rather
commonplace and conventional If We had been a.
ld 70 see il We should have expected ~ good piece
NJ paintn and we should let the likeness CO. In the
case of the three heads just alluded TO We get neither
portrature nor painting. The portraits are presumably
bad the painting Of them i ndubitabJ BAD
It would he easy enough 90 on and enlarge the pub
lie catalogue by grievances against the hanging COM
tnittce. | might speak OF the placing Mr. DuNcnecEs
portrait OF Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner-eVdehtly a
troa petur-high up in where one cannot see
IT, however willing; while Mr. Pages unfinished o.
hardly begun Portrait of Lady, Is placed on the Inc
where cannot help seeing 1t, however un"Ill!hs'
Then i'm the North Room, Mr.. Miets important portrait
Of Mr. Charles r. Adams r il hung high out OF reach
while his portrait OF Mark Twain is hung in such close
proximity 10 SIR. Lows fine study "Ee'erie' That II Is
put completely out Of countenancc Mr.. Julian "eF 5
best picture study OF an Old Peasant NO 5@S Il hus
where cannot Dee seem It's proper place Is III Tue Sou'
Room where one can get well away from H. thins I'M
possible in The West Room for 80 large q picture. Ar
Chases important work is hung where no picture
ought over TO be hum, and where have III VAN Gu
deayorcd to gel sight OF II and in the scupurtroom
there il hudd.c OF fesze busts about ieslLe statue
that shows most helpless condition Of mind on the part
of the committee There really credabie reason 70
he given for such treatment Of accepted WORK. NO one
Of these scuPor that would not have preferred 10 nave
his work rejected TO having It put where II Is
Mr.. Wyatt Eaton Mr.. Low, Mr. Duyeneck' ana
Mr. Ward are the ouy ones among the new
men who have been well treated by inc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-19

will only be done when public opinion has already
condemned it ; which will net be just yet. i have
seen bull-ight, and the most horrible part OF it
was the keen enjoyment of the people OF every class
in pure cruelty. It's passion, and the same pas
sion shows itself on the mutilated cOrpses which
strew Spanish battlefield.
Interest in the war brings harvest to the news
papers. Their circulation jumps mp at once. The
Standard which, spite of its politics, is really an eX
ceent newspaper, publishes an accountants GER
tifcate showing a daily average for last week of
III, 400 copies printed. That is probably an in
crease of $4,000 or more over the usual circulation.
"Uncle Tom " Henson has sailed for home with, IT
is said, tie comfortable sun of $4,000 in his
pocket. There is now room for the next object of
sympathy. John Bulls purse is a long one, and the
number of American beggars seems to increase
rather than diminish. CIV. s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-19

of small farmers from the North and Northwest
and there are indications of a much larger lniin1
this year. The immigrants for tho most part prefer
the Northern portion of the state, where the son IL
adapted TO general farming. Land cleared, ready
for the pow, can be bought IN large or small tracts
at very low prices and OH long credit and imml-
grants. without the TO purchase, can rent on
favorable terms. In the great mineral belt oil the
State there begins to be activity ana there arc
prospects of early Investment of capital tlat VIII
develop the iron interest on large scale. Gov
Houston's picture of the condition OF Alabama Is a
bright one, save for the shadows OF the general
business depression affecting the whole country
An opinion exists among many Republicans ut the
North that the white mans governments" estab-
lished in the South hostile to the free school sys-
TEN pat in operation by the Republicans, or ut least
10 much of il az provides for the equal educaloii
of the blacks. | am convinced that this IL an error
1t certainly is ~ far as this State IL concerned
There is good deal of opposition to free schools
but it does not proceed from the intelligent anu III
uental classes, and il has not affected the poicy o
the State Government. Interest III education II
more general and the schools are more numerous
and better sustained than they were under the so
called Radical administration. The school fund Is
apport0nod with scrupulous exactness for the bene
Gt Of the two races. Ii ought to be increased by
local taxation, but the counties decline to take any
steps in this direction. In the cities ana
large towns municipal action provides funds
for maintaining graded schools for about
eight months in the year. To show now
fairly the colored people treated in these places
| will refer to Selma and Montgomery, in each oil
which the two races are about equally divided III
numbers In Selma there were enrolled, at the date
of the last report 40 white pupils and 40 colored
ones. In Montgomery the average attendance was
3Gi in the white schools, and 37S in the colored
schools. From n visit to the cOlorcd schools III
Selma can certify to their excellent condition. In
the country the white schools are generally snpe-
rior, owing to the difficulty everywhere experienced
in procuring good teachers fOr the coored children
The stupid and absurd prejudice against white men
and women teaching The negroes still continues ana
trustees are often obliged to employ colored men
who have themselves scarcely mastered the rudl-
monts of education Country schools are Kept up
as a Iulc, only three OF four months in the year.
l.. V.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-19
TIE DELAWARE AND HUDSON SUIT DISMISSED.

The suit OF Henry K. Anderson against the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company called yoscr-
day in supreme Court, Special Term. before Judge Van
Brunt Edward +. Brown appearing FOR the plaintiff
said tlat hi client lived at Bergen Point y j. and as
ne had failed to communicate with him FOR two weeks he
asked an adjournment
Mt Cho1tc objected, and Judge Van Bruat SAID that ~
on the second call the plaintiff had answered that he WIS
ready he must hold him To his NOrG. On the hrot ctl
counsel might perhaps lhu,ter, hut n ON the second
call they answered ready tcy must be- ready or suffer
he ucnllty. he therefore dismissed the complaint
MI Choatc asked an extra allowance on the value OF
The property Of the company Of which recover Was
asked i'm the Judge Van Bruut said ne could ma
10 such basis in actions demanding equitable rele only
lie would often have been glad To grant ao" aucc, buS
was unable 10 fiud on What 10 calculate them.
This rs the ease ia hich order TO show cause why
receive shOu not hc appointed was grantrl hl J'uSo
Dl.ohuc but revoked as soon as IL luiuu4t as
brought TO his attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-19
CORNELL UNIVERSITY NOTES.
JUNIOR FxHIBITION-THE wOoDFOaD ORATiONs-
PREACHERS AT The SAGE CHAPEL

JUNIOR EXHIBITION-THE wOoDFo3D ORATiONs-
PREACHERS AT TIE SAGE CHAPEL
ITHACA, n. Y, May 17.-JuniOr Exhibition
has again been celebrated, and with the usual doubtful
result Juniors loud praise of its success, and
sophomores declare that, if it failure, 1t not
due to lack of energy their part The literary portion
Of the programme was as follows d. w. Cady spoke
the subject cf Alexander the Great; :" A. G. Wakecy
read an essay on "TAe Place Of Keats Modern Po-
ery;" Watson Weed delivered Grafton Greek
and Clnstian;' Eugene Cary read the history; W.
T. Pickett pronounced Grafton Three Great
Landmark, Of Political Progress in American History"
Charles N. Reyford read essay " The Russian In
C0gautiaOple and Joseph Ness closed the exercises
with an Grafton on Tie Catholic Church Benefit to
CiyIzaton"
The University preachers for the remainder OF the
Spring Term Who VIII ohciatc AT the sage Chapel
The Rev Dr. Joseph T. Duryca Prcsby tetiau, of New
York, MAY & the Rev William g Walker d. D. Ensco-
IaliaI NcW-Jcrscy. May 20; the R.v. DR.. Mark Hop
kns, ex-Presidcut OF Williams College. May 27 Prof.
b. " Cocker, Methodist ~ Michigan University, june
3 and the Rev James Freeman Clarke, u. D., Unitarian,
OF Buston, viii preach the Baccalaureae sermon on
June Il.
Prof Bayard Taylor will begin his course OF lectures
on d" Eirly German Literature" next Monday evening.
Prot Corson WIN sell on Saturday Tor England Tie pro-
poses to spend month 10 London, where be viii be the
guest oi Dl iu.cIy tho -uakcsl crcau wutcr The
malUdcI OF hs tHlcr months visit Will be spent Paris
and other par. OF franc.
Tie annual competition in oratory for the Wooiiord
Prize medal yalrd nt 90 was he'd May TO- The fol
Towing the programme % speakers and subjects: II.
W. Foster. The Moral Typo Constituting the Ideal in
pn,rcnt AEes;" &. %. Vaudeville, The Funeral
specchg. OF BrUus and Antony To- Shakespeare" G. :.
cobb The Mo,!rm in Europc;' ". j.. Lucas, Tie sun
Never sets 3" George ". Gct, The FJncr. Speeches
OF Biutu. aud Antony 30 SAaEcslctlc and j. G. ~ ste
ycnson TIC Sell Cputrul Of tlr American People" The
couuittce Judges, Ir1s Saucklotd, Cor.Ou, Crane,
Flagg, Hcwc:t, Oliver, and Peck. unanimously awarded
Tue rrzc to George ". Gi.tt The successful GRAFTON
rll be repeated a~ usual d' Comm urriI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-19
A R1,rrIANs FATAL WORK.

An old man, a carpenter by trade, named
lame, Riley, was employed By Remscn & Wainwright in
nxng up" ar0lad the Sea Side House, at R0okaSay in
PREPARATION for tie summer business About two weeks
igo in the evening, after every had left the house
executing Riley, Thomas sutton, iuian, who resides IN
the neIghhOThOOd, visited the house anu beat Riley
severely that necessary 10 send him 10 the hos
pital at Bushwck sutton arrested the charge OF
assault and battery, ana convicted but sentence was
suspended and he was permitted 10 his own recog
nizance Yesterday Riley died and have been
taken 10 secure the sutton, pending deter
mlnatiOn as 10 the cause OF death.
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Wife (who has become an amateur painter)-
"what do you think OF this sketch, dearf Husband
Well tue drawing Of II involved breach Of the
ond commandment for u not the likeness Of any thing
That in heaven above III the earth beneath, IN
the waters under tho garth"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-19
MOTT 4 WIDOW AErER AL

Henry L. Cary says, in an affidavit fled yes
tcray in the Superior Court Special Term that Emma
e. Cary induced him 10 marry her in August 1879, by
renrcscnting that sIe the widow of Roswell h.
strectcr Auerward they quarrcled ana articles Of sep
ptiou between them were signed August IT, 1870, hr
ain he.ylng her % WIDOW. Under this agreement be
gay, he, three notes Tor 900 Caci-Onc OF which he
"a m al aud t0 Tie ote.i oi which hc has good de
f,..eiud $500 note not yet maturrd. He Then di-
covered that Roswell Is. -tr'e,cr st living, and
thrreorr thc nn: was without considerations He asked
linn Mr. Caly u rtrtlaucd .I0ln parting with this note
SIre sanford yesterday Iautel All Injunction pending
the suit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-19

The following sign, is said to be attached to
the iyoeuIn Iilli, IN IJLde ~ bos,ou W. bio"hns'
clothes cleaned Gnd repaired Ia the rear"
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GOOD dinner and making Mr. Dolph an acaiemlclih
ART FOR ARTS SAKE NOT CULTIVATED.
Nothing done By the present rulers Of the INSTITUTION
70 encourage talent but every thing Is done TO discourage
IT, The Academy, in the first place by its ineihciency
its want Of any vital interest in Art for Arts sake
drives all the young men away to Europe for instruction.
sympathy, and encouragement, and then, when they
come back makes them sorry for their coming, by the
worse than Indifference, by the positive hostility Wild
which they are treated The insulting charge Is brought
against them in that they do not paint the
avn pictres ami that when they do they Stll owe what
over merit these have the subtle influences OF their
masters studios No honorable man would bring such
charge unless he prepared to sustain IT. at the
same time those who bring Il the dilemma that
they must admit the in order 10 make it worth
while 10 bring the charge. Did never occur to these
snalminded that no one ever laid any such charge
nj their oSn doors Their pictures have as little IneIli
rs possible but doubts that they are All theif
own.
The Academy is working on wrong principle through
out II l. not an academy for the fostering Of art. IL
il come 10 De an establishment for the sale OF pictures
and the competition il longer between artists a. 10
who shall paint the best pictures, but between mer-
chants a, To who shall get the best stall IN the market
The early days OF the Academy we're better than the
resent in This respect The founders OF the institution
and those now past miGde life who followed theIn
paiuted pictures that could only please. 1t is
,rue. an unlearned and simple hearted society," but
they painted in good faith aud were artists IA spirit as
SINCERELY as they knew how to be. They would not In
those DAYS have relshed the tcketng every picture.
with its price, the catalogue; the making OF the cata
Io,ue itself sort OF dygoOls sample card he samples
however i'm this instance too often representing the
goods; the keeping salesman in the gallery and the
ostcntaIous marking every picture with card inscribed
sold" the moment purchaser has been secured Fancy
such things done in the French Salonl But oven here
in our Academy, frankly Phiistne as II Is, such pro-
ceedngs show IA fatal declensOn.
Exhibitions OF pictures not without their adyan-
tages they always in danger Of becoming moro
and more mercantile In their character and of yielding
more and TO the temptation Ia be popular Instead
Of finding IN Academy haTbor OF refuge against
the rising tide mercenary spirit in Art; the DISPOSE
tion 10 Judge pictures by the money they bring and to
value artists according to the Incomes they roll up to
side with the Macaulays OF this world, who think
good" means good TO eat" and that Art ought 10 be
encouraged on the OF s eouih kens!ngtons and
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-10
Fertilizing Influence of Snow.

Snow is often called the "poor mans
manure" and if it is true that it has any
manurial value, the farmers prospects for
the next season are certainly fattering
The body of snow upon the ground 10 all
the Northern and Middle States is very
great, and millions of acres of land are
covered by it, as with blanket of the
whitest wool. 1t is probable that seldom,
perhaps never, has so wide an area of our
country been covered as during the month
of January, 1877. The question whether
snow is capable of affording to lands any
of the elements Of fertility is one often
asked, and in reply it may be said that it
probably is. The atmosphere holds am-
monia and some other nitrogenous pro-
ducts, which are undoubtedly brought to
the soil by snowAakes, as well as by rain
drops. Experiments both here and abroad
would seem to prove the truth of this con-
clusion. Rains are not only valuable for
the moisture which they supply, but for
what they bring to US from the atmos-
phere. During thunderstorm nitric
acid is produced in considerable quapti-
ties, and, dissolved in the rain drops to a
high degree Of attenuation, its effects upon
soils are highly salutary.--,Jornal Of
Chemistry.
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OH 9aruter,
A Propagating Secret.

Under this head the London Gardeners
Chronicle says lit win be remembered
that month or two ago We alluded to an
alleged extraordinary secret for propagat-
ing trees and grating roses, whereby much
time could be saved, offered for small
sum by an Austrian nurseryman. This
gentleman has since communicated an
article on the subject to the Wiener Gar
teafreund. Briefly, his new method is as
follows Cuttings Of shrubs and trees are
taken off at the beginning Of July, from
in. to IL, long, according to the kind.
The leaves are removed from the lower
portion which is to enter the ground, but
those which will come above ground are
left. Beds are prepared for them in the
open air by thorough digging and leveling,
and afterwards applying a superficial layer,
about ? in. thick, Of rotten manure from
a spent hot-bed. The cuttings are stuck
in about 2 ill., apart and in somewhat
oblique direction. Each bed when filed
is surrounded with lath fence, so that
shade may be given when the sun is very
hot, and the cuttings are well watered
with rose spouted can. This completes
the operation. The only further care
necessary is a good sprinkling overhead
three or four times a day during the first
week, il the weather be very hot, and once
day afterwards In the course of FIVE
or six weeks, treated in the manner indi-
Gated, the cuttings Of most plants will
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Our INDIGENOUS FRUITs.-Why is not
more attention given to the preservation
and perfection Of the persimmon ? Il is
one Of our most palatable winter fruits,
and grows spontaneously. We pay large
ly for dried figs, but the persimmou, al
though quite as good, is neglected because
it grows in our own fields. The Service
and Cranberry are also natural or indigen-
Gus fruits which might be cultivated to
profit and much improved. The Service
ripens in May, in some parts of Maryland,
and is tho earliest Of all fruits, not except
ing Strawberries II has been transplant
ed from the forest to the orchard, and with
care, and proper mulehing with leaves aud
wood mould, may be greatly improved.
So also the high-bush Whor.Ieberry. Who
will make the experiment. There are
millions in lid Democratic Advocate.
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Periods Of Cessation.

In the larger animals the periods vary
materially. Age appears to have some in
fuence, aud old animals usually so longer
than young ones. The popular notion that
males are carried longer in the womb than
females is not borne out by observations.
In the case of mares, the variation is great,
ranging from 800 to 4l9 days, with $40
days as about the average; but for conve-
nient reference we will give, in tabular
form, the shortest, longest, and average
periods, as based upon careful observation
for twenty-five years past. ltmay be here
observed that the shortest and longest pc
RODS mentioned are of very rare occur
renee.
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They tax dogs 10 Cecil county, and APP
ply the tax to pay for sheep killed by dogs.
Thirty-two farmers received awards in
February from the County Commissioners
to pay for the sheep which had been killed
by dogs. The lowest award was $3.50,
the highest sl24; the next highest 500.
The total was s776. There is some chance
for sheep husbaHdry in that county. The
law has been 10 force there for many years,
and the farmers would not DO without it.
IL there are net sufficient awards to absorb
the tax, i is applied to mending the roads
or 70 Che support Of the public schools. 4
Ed. Democratic Advocate.
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Every good groom knows that sound
oats and beans in due proportion, and at
least year old, are the very best food for
a galloping horse--the only food on which
It is possible to get the very best conditien
out OF race-horse or hunter. Italsohas
recently become known that horses do slow
work and get fat, indeed too fat, on maize,
Indian corn, which is frequently one,third
cheaper than the best oats. In the East,
horses are fed on barley, and it is popu-
lar idea with English officers who have
lived in Persia and Syria that the change
Of food from barley to oats often, when i'm
ported, produces blindness in Arab horses.
Now, although no men understand better
or so well how to get blood horses into
galloping condition as English grooms,
they do not, and few of their masters do,
know the reason why oats and beans are
the best food for putting muscular flesh on
a horse. The agricultural chemist steps
in here, makes the matter very plain, and
shows that if you want pace, Indian corn,
although nominally cheaper, is not cheap
at all. When we feed bullock, sheep,
or pig for sale, after it has passed the
store stage we want to make it fat as quick
ly and as cheaply as possible; but with a
horse for work the object is, give him
muscle-in common language, hard flesh.
There are times when it is profitable to
make horse fat, as, for instance, when
he is going up for sale, For this purpose
an addition Of about pound and half OF
oilcake to his ordinary food has good
effect. 1t is especially useful when horse
that has been closely clipped or singed is
in low condition, 1t helps on the change
to the new coat by making him fat, \
horse in low condition changes his coat
very slowly.
When from any cause there is difficulty
in getting a supply of the best oats, an cx.
cellent mixture may be made of crushed
maize and beans, in the proportion of two
thirds of maize and one Of beans, which
exactly afford the proportions Of flesh
forming and fat-fcyming food. Bran is {
very valuable food in a stable for reducing
the infammatory effect of oats and beans
Made into mashes it has cooling anC
laxative effect, but used in excess, espec
ially in dry state, it is apt to form ston!
secretions in the bowels Of the horse
Stones produced from the excessive use o
bran have been taken out Of horses ate
death weighing many pounds.-Londol
Lire Stock Journal
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TO ERR IS HUMAN,
FURNITURE AND STOVES

PUT failing to call before purchasing else,
- where and examining the Stock Of
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DENTAL NOTICE.

DR. GEO. S. F0UKE, Dentist, offers l..
IL services at his Office.
Westminster-eyery Monday, Tuesday and
Saturday.
Emmittsburg-Fourth Wednesday After.
noon till Thursday Afternoon.
Mechaniestown-Fourth Thursday After.
noon and Friday.
Rocky Ridge-First Wednesday Afternoon
Double Pipe Creek--First Thursday.
Middleburg-First Friday.
uniontown-Second Wednesday Afternoon.
Taneytown-Second Thursday Afternoon
and Friday.
Union Bridge-Third Wednesday Afternoon
and Thursday Forenoon.
New Windsor-Third Thursday Afternoon
and Friday Forenoon. feb 20
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BREEDINa FOR HEIFEa CALvEs.-

BREEDING FOR HELPER CALVES
Hon. John Merryman, of Baltimore
county, Md, in his Hereford Catalogue,
says After having had nineteen bull
calves out Of twenty-six dropped in 1862,
l called my friend Mr.. VIM. c. Wilson's
attention to the fact. He informed me
the practice upon the Island of jersey
was, when heifer calves were desired, to
have the COW served while her udder was
full, and Immediately before the hour Of
milking. | adopted the practice, and my
experience has been satisfactory, heavy
mixer proving the most certain to bring
heifer calf. :