The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-05-15

NV YoRK. Nav II. ISIS.

NEW YORK, May III, 1878.
AMERICAN HORSES ToR TIRE WAR
The steamer Wisconsin, Tuesday,
took out one of the finest lots OF
horses ever got together for speed,
strength and general excellence, and
IL is the opinion Of shrewd dealers
that these animals are designed for
the English csrslrv. With the pros
pect Of war q brisk trade in shipping
horses has sprung up. and steamers
are having houses built on deck Tor
carrying them, all except the Cunard
line which objects 10 them as taking
ND too much deck room. IL Is
thought the English Government is
thus supplying its army with hoe
American horses, whose qualities
now rank with the best 10 the world,
because they are sent out constantly
iu small lots, whereas, private specu-
lation would send out large ship
men al intervals. The stable
houses are built for four animals
each. q steamer thus carrying twenty
FIVE horses each voyage.
II COACHING CLUB
VIII not carry out The ambitions pro
gramme assigned il, Of all driving
their coaches down 10 Philadelphia
together. Perhaps motives ct eeono-
my have something to do with this
a. il would take 400 horses TO furnish
RELAYS for the twelve borse drive
A. il Is. for the enc coach going. 4O
horses will be seot ahead 10 stations
along The route, aud the precaulion Is
taken. which every driver 10 the
world should follow. Of carrying all
The tools, chains. bolts, ETC.. needed
10 case Of accident.
POLITICAL.
The World exults 10 It's victory
over Conkling, whom it declares 1t
has killed forever. If bis charges
are false. a. a matter OF course, and
if they are trae, still more, because
knowing Of the fraud, be kept silence
about il so long. Which is plausible,
but there is q well founded prejudice
among the prudent, against fOoling
round the heels Of a mule too soon
after death.
non. JOHN MORRIssEY
Is dead, 10 earnest, and the papers
are finding out such numbers of his
virtues, that il is melancholy to think
we never understood what a Roman
we had among us, till be was gone.
He had some stirling qualities, among
them, the great grace Of being true
to his friends, a virtue daily growing
rare, aud for this alone, the world
could almost afford to canonize him.
He wac a husband TO be trusted, and
bis fatberly pride was the strongest
passion Of q strong nature. AT
cards and politics be had no more
than the regulation tricks, and when
dishonesty and trickery lie fold on
fold 10 men, like the coats Of an on
ion, it is something TO deal with a
man who only cheats no more than
Is expected. With Tweed and Nor.
rissey ends the race of openhanded
prodigal Democratic leaders. THESE
mel were always profuse to their fol
lowers, while John Kelley keeps
Tammany ranks 10 close order, and
looks after accounts as closely as q
clerk Of the works.
THE RUSSIAN CRUISER.
The Russian naval officers had an
eye TO business, when they were
making their holidays here. any lime
the last five years, for the Cimbria
with her coo privates and 40 officers
took her station of the very best
harbor on the Atlantic coast, and
only $50 miles from the track Of the
English steamers, should it become
policy to harass them. If, as the
latest English dictated advices are, il
would be useless for a Russian yes.
sci 10 NEEDLE with English vessels in
American trade, why is the British
Consul 10 uneasy as to go down 10
Southwest Harbor, Maine, to watch
the CImbris ! This smart new sailer
of the Hamburg and Bremen Line,
after u~nlading on her last voyage,
went to a Baltic port aud took on
board a large Russian naval force,
sailed the unused route by The north
Of Scotland, and now lies near Ellis.
worth, Maine, to the great encour
agement Of long shore marketmen,
and the interest of the entire coast
and country. Seven large steam.
ships, stsunch and brisk, are reported
sold to Russia, who prudently avails
herself Of the right any foreign pow.
er has TO fit out vessels in American
ports, so long as war is not actually
declared. 1t is singular how warm.
ly the sympathies of Americans in
this country are with Russia, whose
iiberality asd good faith contrasts
unfavorably with English close.
mes and domineering.
AsEAsONABLE TOPIC.
The weather is oppressive for the
first of May, and to add to discom
fort the price Of ice threatens TO 20
up, out Of sight. Ice st 70 cents in
spring bids fair 10 be the deares'
item Of housekeeping by midsummer.
But before the evil grows intolerable
there is promise Of a device which
will outwit the ice dealers, and ena
BILE US to spend our summer ia ordi
nary househsld comfort. An iuven
don preparing for the public per
forms the work Of a refrigerator
with a saving OF four-ffths the ic,
commonly used, cooling after keep
ing meat and food TO entire satisfac
ton, in large or small quantities. /
is so simple any family can use it a
less cost thar a common refrigerator
to say nothing of the cost Of ic,
saved, aud will answer oil purpose,
for ships and hotels, in any country
Further particulars will be given 10
another letter, but the prospect o
evading a monopoly and ~efectinl
such q saving and adding such
comfort in every family is too en-
c~suraging not to be disseminated.
TILE FIENArFn ROAD