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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

New York is fast becoming policc-rlddcn
city. and strangers have good reason to express
their establishment At the extraordinary severity
OF the sentences Of our petty courts for paltry
offences. RuBrSo. the blind Italian. was arrest
ed. kept in prison for some time. tried convict
ed. fined $50 and his children forciby taken
from him. and all for the crime 81 playing "a
conccrtna in the streets and receiving pennies
from the charitable! Is there any proportion
between tho extent Of his misdecd and the
amount Of his punishment? The cruelty to the
children SO far seems 10 be WITH the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty. which keeps them
from their parents when they desire to return
10 them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10
The new Board Of Directors Of the recon-
structed Erie Railway Company yesterday
adopted the following:

R,.lsi. That this board unders to the Hon Hrou J
and energetic administration OF the props riy and nfurs
d th' trt Railway Company, both rs President and Re-
CptNtr
That extend to him the emphatic assurance m our
entire respect ami confidence and Ne denuunce asutty
false. malicious. and detamatory the various loose,
vague and neral charges OF msmauHgcmcnt and mis-
conduct that have be-. brought against him In the course
ton, and ia various newspapers pubhshedi IN london
These resolutions are very proper, though
they were hardly necessary 10 Justify the action
and character Of Mr.. JEwETT. 1t is well under
stood that the proceedings against him. to
which they refer. were merely a part Of a sys-
tematic attack upon the great property which the
courts had intrusted TO his care: and that rs the
attack has been foilcd, the Vaccinations against
him will be- abandoned by their authors and
promoters, especially as the Grand Jury yester-
day threw out their accusations and refused 10
entertain them Mr.. JEwETr is one of our
ahlest, most upright and most valuable cti-
zeus. His administration OF the Erie Railway
deserves all the commentator these resolu-
tions hostow and while he has been prosecuted
hy JAMES McIIENRy and his associates because
he would not yield 10 their schemes. he has only
gained in the estimation Of all intelligent and
right thinking people,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

Tho Governor may not get chance to
veto the ALvoRD Appointment bill until after
the Legislatures adjournment The Senate
had slightly modified 1t. and the sending of it
back To the Assembly was necessary. Then. on
that body's refusal to concur. conference COM
mittces were appointed. the amendments were
agreed TO. and the bill was returned to Mr..
ALvoRp. by him TO be reported TO the Assembly
for concurrence. ALvoED can take his time for
reporting the swindle and he probably will do
50. All this Is only the carrying out Of the Re-
publican policy OF delay. with view TO passing
this unfair bill or no bill at all.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

JAY GoULD's Tribune lamcnts tho decline
OF religious faith in the United States. The
lamentablo decline. however, ia in religious
practice. and It Is striklngly exhibited in the
prctonces Of pious frauds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10
The People DcInnnd II.

TI1W ~ T0ff7 9Nl E7fIFIINh
Tho Florida frauds are to be investigated be-
cause the people demand It aui will not he denied Tie
movement has not originated with or been engineered by
politicians but sprang into existence contrary to their
wishes and has become Irresistible against their oppos
tuu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

HAYES has sgniied his purpose t. be ut
Gettysburg on Decoration Day. Tho contrast
between ABRAHAM LINCOLN at Gettysburg and
RUTHERFORD Il. HAYES must be a leading
thought Of tho day. e. Look on this picture
81,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

According to Lieut. CHARLES T. Roe Of
Fort Custer who has lust arrived in Bismarck.
Dakota the surrender ~ SITTING Bulls war
riors has already begun. This fact shows that
the Sioux chief il in earnest In his desire for
peace, ana removes all pretence for the main
tcnanrc ~ a largo military force 10 watch the
hostile Sioux. REDUCE THE ARMY To TEN THOU
SAND MEN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10
Political Advice.

II the Democrats hope TO cope with the
Republicans, they must toe the mark every
time. They should understand that they
are contending with the best disciplined
party this country ever saw. Whatever the
party may have lost by an abandonment Of
principle is fully made up. in II popular
sense. by audacity and unscrupulousness.
II the Democrats expect to conquer such a
foe. they must not yield, on any occasion or
under any preteXt, n single foot Of dchat-
able ground. The daring frauds Of the last
Presidential election. and the temporary
success which followed in their train, ought
to teach them this lesson; n should, In n
narrower field Of operations, the repeated
swndlo7 of the Republicans OF New York
concerning an apportonmcnt Of the State.
In Congress and other legislative bodies
all Democrats should vote every time they
come in conflict with their opponents. and
be careful TO vote right Whom they prove
by such acts that they are thoroughly dis
cplincd, they will win the respect Of many
Republicans and make the rest OF the party
afraid TO encounter them.
Democrats must toe the mark every time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

4 few weeks ago HENRY - Moss, prom
inent merchant Of Louisville. Ky. was discov-
cred 10 be guilty " extensive forgerics. During
Il business career in Louisville Of over twenty
years his reputation had been without stain.
and his habits. as far as known, blameless. The
shock caused 10y detection was too much for his
reason. He became insane and on last Satur-
day Jury adiulged him to be lunatc. On
Monday he died.
How different tho conscience Of this man
from that Of RUrHERFoBD b. HAYES, Detected
in completely in the preparation Of the greatest
crime of the century. the Fraudulent President
continues % retain the seat and ENJOY the
salary and cmoumcnts belonging to another.
and his only apparent anxiety is not ~ lose the
stolen income % $4,000 year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

lli' HOUSE h'Ehll wv AhA ~ NdlhlllN ubbNl
tho Eight Hour law and passing resolution TO
tho effect that the de Glcto heads Of Executive
Departments and their subordinates had better
stop violating it. Mr.. $. s. Cox Of this State
smoke Of the claims Of labor. and Gen. BANKS
thought il shocking that Government should
set workingmen tho example 81 law brcakin
and Gen. BvrLEn wanted the law supplemented
by penalties.
Next cnmo n skirmish over tho Railroad
Frnight Entn Yin in tha courso of which Mr.
Rr,n,v thrnotnno1 IN hlook tho wov ~ othor
husirnsa in tbo morning hour t,d.onitolv ~
,ho Nm ,roro NJ, r,o,I, n sn.oioI orinr f,r n
nxo1 dov on1 tho snootor suc,oeto1 that ,ha,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

NORMAN WIZARD, the champion gun burst
err. and the crony Of SEcoR RoBEsoN. again
turns up at Washington asking for Congress
sona relief. and seeking for Government
subsidy for gigantic steamship company.
with a capital OF from five to twenty millions.
WIZARD may need relief, but no one with any
scnsc would put up 1--WE millions or five cents to
heIp along any project he engineered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

1t will be wcI for Capt BApENHUsEN and
his ships company not to place too much con-
ndence in their construction Of international
law. The Captains idea that British cruisers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10


Capt. Hunt Of Neponsct, the American
agent Of tho Russian Government whom
Herald Ambassador Interviewed ON Tuesday
may really be "a hardy fisherman and a trained
seaman" but he does not seem TO have imbibcd
the salutary principle of not discussing n thing
which he does not know anything about Here
Is what he says OF the present condition Of
Ireland:
"Ilcf Russia some time ago with Few trusted friends
and agents and went to Ireland where spent some
pc OF Ireland and n iact may s,y here that found
rnm,n ~ s,@y fd Wh'TS WSy Ts t. De io" ~,
time has come when good blow can be struck NJ their
TON IA. begun d i,kc prccaunoniy measures and Las
their places largely with ll-hiandoia
As n matter OF fact what Capt. HUNT calls
Irish regiments " are in no way more Irish
than the lIghlanders who are Scotch only in
name and costume. Their rank and file are
mainly composed Of Irshmen some of the
regiments. like MACKEN2IE's, for instance. hav-
ing been entirely recruited in Belfast. Even
the Coldstream Guards are chiefly composed of
chicken stoalors," which means Dublin ruff
fans. SO that the change above alluded to,
whatever be its meaning. certainly docs not
mean that England proposes TO keep Ireland IN
subIcction by means of Scotch regiments.
According to the Cincinnati C0HmcrciaL
ions 'CoNNoR WAS not forced out Of the OHIO
Legislature because he had hecn Il convict i'm a
stat = prison but because he told a lie about it,
No man il allowcd to remain in that Legislature
after telling n lie, except he is n leading mem
her Of the Republican party. Having been a
Stato's prison inmate does not dlsauuliiy; bat a
lib does.
1t will be wcll for Capt BApENHUsEN and
his ships company not to place too much con-
ildence in their construction Of International
law. TAo CAntnln,s idea thAl Brllish erulsers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

Go home on the 18th, TO stay. That Is what
the Legislature decided. yesterday. 10 do, and
that is what the people hope it will do. The
session has been strung out 10 unnecessary
length. and the members have thus far failed
10 lcgislate upon the topics that vitality concern
the State. Tho foremost duty was to reappor
ton the Senate and Assembly districts. tho
Constitution requires. but the Republican ma
lorty has made n farce OF its legislation on this
subject Another important topic is that Of Civ
ing New York city an Excise law that will be
enforced. But the temperance element in Al
bany has defeated every effort thus far made to
change the existing law although it is openly
violated daily by six thousand liquor sellers
Nor has the Legislature given us n plan for
cleaning tho streets. by which those quarters Of
tho city that swarm with human beings shall re-
cove the same cleaning as those quarters which
contain the mansions Of the wealthy. II there
was a prospect Of wholesome legislation on
these topics the people could afford 10 ask the
lawmakers to stay and do it. But the expert
cnce Of four and a half months attasts that the
sooner the session is wound up the better.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

The Hon. CLARKsoN n. POTTER will per-
form an act Of duty by taking an early train to
Washington and lending all his efforts to secur-
ing fun and fair investigation of the HAYES
Frauds. The place for Democratic Congress
man ut this moment il in his seat at Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-10

The Aldermen will hesitate before they
rush into defiance OF judicial authority again.
Recorder HAcKETT is after them.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-15

gentlemen had "spat' over parliamen
tary rules, and for a timo delayed the
proceedings of the conference, but one
Of them was declared out of order by
the Chair, and the business proceeded
with after hearty laugh on both
sides-.just as Congressman and Leg
islators do frequently. AT this point
Mr.. Scofeld, of Huston, offered the
following;
Resoired, That the thanks of this Convention
be rendered to Mr.. John A. Gregory for the eff
cient manner in which he has discharged his du-
ties as County Superintendent during the past
six years, and that our appreciation Of him as an
officer be manifested by rising vote.
Gen. Patton and half a score of
other gentlemen throughout the room,
seconded the resolution, and the men,
bers of the Convention arose nearly
in body in response to it, and at the
same time there went up shout for
.Gregoryp p"Gregoryl T. when the gen
tleman arose and man appropriate man
ner thanked the Directors for the kind
ness received at their hand during his
official career. At the conclusion of
bis remarks, vociferous calls were
made for McQuown ! McQuown ! ! who
in answer appeared before the Con-
vention, and IN very happy manner
thanked the Directors for the honor
they had conferred. At this point con-
graduation became general, and the
Convention was as noisy for some
time as the Lower House of the Penn
sylvania Legislature, Order being re-
stored, the President and Secretaries
proceeded TO make ont the usual GER
tifcate to be forwarded to the School
Department at Harrisburg. On mo-
ton the Convention adjourned sine die.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-15

as well as drumhead cabbage, summer
and winter squashes, and many other
vegetables, most Of them as easy in
growth as the few on the limited cat
alogue which they now have. They
may add tho small fruits with little
trouble, and have two or three quarts
of delicious Strawberries on their ta-
bles daily for several weeks during the
early part of summer, followed with
an equal supply Of raspberries alter
wards. Their meagre crop of currants
might be changed TO abundance and
large size by care and cultivation.
Some are deferred from the necessa-
ry careand labor for securing the econo-
mical luxuries by the erroneous suppo-
sition that they require great labor and
much cost. They Judge from the fact
that their own gardens have either been
allowed 10 run to weeds, which have
either been pulled ont nth much fing-
er labor, or else These Weeds have re-
mained and have choked the crop. If
most Of the space occupied with the
fruits and vegetables were planted in
rows, 80 as to be cultivated by means
of horse, this would not cost more
than equal areas in their corn and po-
tato fields. If they made it as a rule to
pass the cultivator often enough to pre-
vent the weeds from ever reaching the
surface OF the soil, the expense would
be even less than that of some farm
crops as too often laboriously managed.
There is one important advantage
in free and regular supply of ripe
fruit from the garden, that is too often
quite overlooked--its beneficial effect
in preserving health We have known
families moving into new countries to
keep perfectly well so long as their sup.
ply OF even dried fruit lasted them, but
afterwards to be much afflicted with
sickness when il was gone. We have
known families in new countries who
took pains to secure an early and reg.
ular supply of small fruits and plenty
of vegetables, to maintain continued
good health, while their neighbors,
without such precaution, were more or
less troubled with malarial diseases
There is no question that men have
sometimes paid more for doctors bills,
to say nothing of other loss from sick
ness, than would have been sufficient
to cultivate good garden, and this is
not merely in new countries, but in
those long settled
lnaddition to the suggestions already
made on the best and most economical
cultivation of gardens, there is one re-
quisite which il may be well to allude
to before closing these remarks. This
is the Importance and value of copious
for nearly all vegetables. 1t
is hardly possible to apply too much,
in connection with thorough stirring
and pulverization. Plant ii thickly in
beds, with ordinary care, and you will
get stalks about tho size of writing
pencil. Plant it deep, three feet apart
each way, with plenty of manure, and
plow in every year copious supply of
well rotted manure, and you will be re-
warded with stalks about as large as q
hoe handle, and receive more from a
given area than from the crowded,
scantily manured bed Country Gen
iiemdn.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-15
NEW SERIES--V0L. 10, NO. 10

South American pest says Were il
not for one thing | could very readily
conceive Of many conditions more in
toerablo than life in Brazilian forest
This one pest keeps you ever on the
alert, and soon teaches you q whole
some regard for what it doubtless con.
siders as its rights. | refer to the ant,
who is ever on the belligorent and
ready on the instant TO defend any en-
croachment upon his territory. 1t
would be difficult to tell, however,
which is not bis territory in Brazil, for
he is everywhere and swarms over
everything, In color he is black, brown
and red, and in size he varies from that
of the eye of a cambric needle to an
inch in length. AT the risk Of being
regarded byperbolical will state
that there are bushels OF them. Some
build on trees nests as large as -four
barrels, with covered archways run
ming up the side of the trunk Of the
tree and the limbs to the nest. Woe
to the unfortunate who strikes this tree
blow with an axe. 1t just simply
rains ants, and as they are endowed
with both biting and singing capaci.
ties, they make it interesting for the in
dividual on whom they may chance to
alight. Other varieties of the ant build
mounds four and five feet in height,
while others content themselves by
plowing up a space of ground forty to
fifty feet in diameter Some of them
in their journcyings through the woods
clear for themselves path about six
inches in width, along which they pass
in two streams, one army carrying
small bits Of leaves, the other moving
in the opposite direction after fresh
supply. If any one is desirous OF in.
dulging in an interesting study y'let him
come down here and Investigate the
uprisings and the downsittings of these
ants.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-15
aCONFIDENOE."


The term confidence man" is one Of
the most gleeiul pieces Of sarcasm that
modern slang has invented. A conf
dence man Is one who imposes upon his
fellow-man deception so shallow that
~ sSssf.ence 20 the mart Of the victim
sr.e r.e.s,-e-,et-a-s-.msA.s~s-~.N - ss.;ss.sc ...sc u
necessary to make II effective. A part
Of the suffering which he inflicts upon
his dupe is that he deprives him of con-
fidenco in human nature at the same
time that he deprives him of his ducats;
and he dcprives him also Of confidence
in his own sense. A party who has
been taken in by confidence man i'm.
modiately discovers that he has been
an ass-and that is never cheering
discovery. When man loses his mon
ey through an artful and well.contrived
fraud, and might deceive man Of Or
binary prudence, il is hard enough to
bear but when the confidence man
who has no credentials, no working
capital but the credulity OF his victim,
walks of with the loose cash entrusted
to his keeping, the anguish Of the loser
is better indeed. Such must be the
feelings OF the shareholders of the Fall
River cotton works which have been
so effectively disemboweled by Mr..
Chacc, and by Mr.. Halfway. They
had "the most unlimited confidence" in
Mr.. Chace. They let him have his
own way. The ordinary checks and
balances, which boards of directors may
keep to test and retest and again retest
the honesty and fidelity Of the compa-
ny officers, were not applied They had
so much confidence in Mr.. Chacc. At
last Mr. Chace fed from Fall River,
leaving the Union-mil corporation
mere shell, and the shareholders the
possessors OF pieces of printed paper.
Still confidence was not at once shnk-
en- in Mr.. Halfway. They did not
even Immediately examine Hathway's
accounts. They had such confidence
in him. But suddenly the Border City
mill was protested in bank on five notes
of $4,000, and then the whole thing
came out. 1t now appears that the
stockholders confded in Mr. Halfway
to the extent of some s942, ,99136. The
utmost that those shareholders now
hope for is, that the assets of the COM
pany will meet its liabilities. The
property is gone from them and their
heirs forever. Mr.. Chase and Mr.. HATH
way are "great financiers is the
term which IS applied to those who
steal q million of dollars, or a cotton
mill or a railroad And if the records
of great bankruptcies and frauds be
carefully examined two traits will be
found common TO them all. The chief
operator is always "great financier,"
and the shareholders always have "un.
limited confidence" Except where
these two conditions concur, great dis
asters like this do not happen.--Bdlti.
more Gdsette.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-15
BEA VERS IN COLORADO.

Mr.. Il. A. Barber connected with
Professor Hayden's survey of the Ter
ritories, in the year 1874, had an oppor-
tunity of examining, on the banks OF
the Grand river, IN northwestern Colo
RADIO, the work of colony of beavers.
lie was first apprised Of the vicinity of
the beavers by watching timber shoot
or clearing scooped out from a willow
brake to the water. Through this
slide Mr.. Barber passed into a grove of
slender willows forming q thicket.
About fifty feet from the river was a
circular clearing where the animals
had been at work. Here the trees
were larger, and many Of them had
been cut off obliquely within six inches
OF the ground-the logs had been
hauled away. Farther on large trees
had been felled, which were still lying
there, most Of them measuring six and
eight inches in diameter and one at
least fourteen inches. The wood had
been gnawed around the circumference,
a few inches from the base, the deepest
cutting having been done on the side
next the water so that the tree might
fall in that direction. 81 noticed"
writes Mr.. Barber, "that, wherever
there were trees which had been felled
some time past and fallen in the wrong
direction, the newer work had been
accomplished, without exception, in
systematic manner, all of the logs being
cut so as to fall toward the dam. As
passed | along the bank of the stream,
| observed about ten timber shoots
running parallel at right angles to the
course of the current, and separated
by about fifteen feet. The larger trees
had been cut near the water and above
the dam for the purpose Of floating
them down, TO save the labor OF drag.
ging from the interior. | picked up
several chunks of wood, six or eight
inches in diameter and about as much
in length, the ends being obliquely par
allel ; these had probably been prepared
to fill up chinks in the walls of the dam.
The trees had been, for the most part,
cut into sections averaging ten feet in
length and the branches and twigs had
been trimmed off as cleanly as q wood.
chopper could have done them. Along
the banks of the White river, some
weeks before, noticed several artif-
cal canals which had been dug ont in
the absence of natural side channels in
the river. Those were designed for
floating down logs. One canal was
four feet in width, seven feet in length,
and seven feet deep"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-15
THE cHlMPANzEES.
THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE PHILADELPHIA
GEOLOGICAL GARDEN.

Their already elegant collection Of
natural curiosities M the geological
Garden was Thursday afternoon added
10 bv the arrival of Two chimnanzecs
who ;mmcdia,eIv took mn tbc anarters
provided for them IN a house with A
nIate. glass front and n stove in the
rear 70 keen them warm They have
for some time been in the New York
Aouarium. waiting for suitable weather
10 he transported 10 their new and psr.
manent home Asa matter of course
thev will attract considerable attention
from visitors 10 tbe Garden their close
resemblance TO the human family
making them objects of special notice.
Tho ebimnanEee IA an inbabitant Of
Africa and esneciallv 10 tbo coasts of
Conco md ANGOLA where thew live in