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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

The accident on the Prospect Park and
Coney Island Railroad, by which five men
lost their lives and others were severely in
jured, was due, not to any unforeseen or I'M
avoidable mishap, but to the felonious act
of some malicious persons, aided by gross
misconduct on the part of the railroad au-
thorities. A gravel train, after making one
up trip, was on its return thrown from the
track by some distractions which had been
designedly and maliciously placed on the
rails ut crossing. The railroad people
state that the spot where the accident oc-
Cured is carefully watched and guarded
during the hours of passenger travel ; but
when tho last passenger train has passed
the watch is Withdrawn. If it il necessary
to guard the crossing while passenger trains
arc passing it certainly must be necessary
to guard it while gravel train, carrying q
and sixteen laborers is on the road,
unless the Prospect Park and Coney
Island Railroad managers believe that
the lives and limbs of their own en-
ployes and common laborers are OF
no account. II the same precautions said
to be adopted during the hours of passenger
travel ON the road had been taken while the
gravel train was making its trips the acct
dent certainly could not have occurred. 1t
is alleged that tho police are on the track of
the persons who put the fatal distractions
on the road, and it is to be hoped that the
guilty parties may be discovered and prop
erly punished. At the same time the
railroad authorities, who have shown such
q criminal disregard for the safety Of la
borers and employees of the road. should
not be suffered to escape. They are as
much bound to protect their gravel trains
as the passenger trains, and in this case
they stand seii-convicted of having neglected
that important duty.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

1t is to be regretted that the weather yes
terday was so uniavorablc to the enjoyment
OF the military parade. Nevertheless the
rain storm had one good result, since it
served to test the loyalty and enthusiasm
of the people and to prove how much they
honor the day devoted to the memory Of The
brave men whose lives were laid down for
the preservation of the Republic. In spite
OF the weather the parade was ono OF tho
grandest and most successful ever witnessed
in New York, and the streets were as closely
packed with carriages and rs densely
crowded with spectators as they could
have been if the sunshine of the preceding
days had cast its pleasant warmth over tho
scene. Every building on the line of march
presented its full quota OF gazcrs, and
the clouded skies did not deter
the ladies who filed the windows
from appearing in oil the glories of
the spring costumes. Tho sight from the
nont of IN nster to the end OF the ronte was
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31
How Doctors Disagree with other
People.

Susan Dickie's sanity has been pretty
we'll inquired into and discussed in the
courts, in the councils Of doctors and in the
newspapers, and with judgments perhaps
about fairly divided between the opinion
that she is person Of the most rational and
equiiably ordered intellect and that she is
a person as mad as March hare. In the
view OF the great world OF doctors she is in
sane, and there is only q committee Of doc
tors holding the contrary opinion. In the
view of tho courts and the lawyers and Of
the public out of which jurymen arc made
she is sane, and diabolical conspiracy OF
cruel relatives and keepers of asylums Is
responsible for oil her troubles. 1t happens
occasionally to q man or woman to
be REGARDED as OF once both tall
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31
The Transit Revolution.

Apparently the present generation OF
New Workers is destined to see the conduc-
tor of horse car wait at the corners and
scan the streets at either side with field
glass in search of passengers, and even
touch his hat politely as one enters the car.
It may be that the companies will supply
rose buds and heliotrope for the buttonho1e
of every passenger who pays one full fare.
To that part Of the community that has
been proud Of the privilege Of hanging on
by strap that has refused to have seat
for fare, and repudiated Indignantly the
proposition to prevent the freezing OF its
feet, the courtesies that the companies will
proffer, the comforts they will provide to
attract passengers when they are scarce.
and the politeness and civility of the con.
ductors, may appear to be SO many intoler
able hardships but all other parts of the
community will endure them with equa-
nimity. The change from the use of the
street cars to that Of the elevated railroads
will be grent one-greater than the
change that ruined all the old omni.
bus lines, and greater than the earlier
change by which the omnibus lines ruined
the queer old, square, two-wheeled cabs
with the doors behind. But there will all
ways be great deal of travel on the sur
face of the earth enough to give fair
share to well conducted horse car COM
panies. and even more than that if the ele-
waited companies are not wise in the matter
of fares. For the reduced traffic they will
have the horse car companies are making
provision in good time with their one horse
cars, which, for their lightness, their fair
rate of speed and the little likelihood that
they will be overcrowded, bid fair to ba
pleasant and popular conveyances.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

most attractive, and but few OF the many
thousands who witnessed the grand parade
abandoned their posts until the first divl-
sion had repassed on their return march.
The review by the Governor and his stan
was happily over before the rain COM
menced, so that the executive party had the
satisfaction of seeing the New York regi-
ments to the best advantage. Adjutant
General Townsend, after the review, ex-
pressed his qualification at the fact that the
Seventh regiment does not, as in former
years, stand out prominently in advance OF
all others, but that some four or five regi-
ments con now compete with it in per-
lection Of marching and drill. This
does not deteriorate from the merit
and honors Of the splendid Seventh.
Indeed, it reflects new glories on that
crack regiment by proving that its example
has raised the standard of the entire divi-
sion, and made other regiments eager to at
tain tho high position the Seventh has SO
long occupied and is never likely to lose.
The decorations were made on scale OF
liberality never before displayed. The or
namentation of Lincoln's statue was in re-
atty work Of art, and it was great CEN
tire Of attraction to the spectators. The
butchers took especially in hand the deco
ration of the statue of Washington, in Union
square, and they certainly succeeded in
making n most beautiful display The
whole business of the day was admirably
arranged, and notwithstanding the draw
back of the weather the parade was alto.
nethcr the best ever witnessed in New York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31
Doc Ponies.

Surgery and fashion -onc or both OF these
constitute the grounds on which arc short
ened the tails of ponies and hunters alike.
Both are great forces, and what surgery
cannot do in tho way Of manipulating and
recreating animal creatures fashion certainly
can. Yet Mr. Bergh confronts and defies
. them both md dares their champions to the
combat in the courts and before the tri-
bunal of public opinion. Decidedly his
moral courage comes out more and more
sublimely as his detectives and peoples dis
charged stable men open to him new
depths in the practice Of cruelty. 1t
is common opinion in veterinary science
bad model, and no doubt she has, How
ridiculous is the giraffe, and what can be
more absurd than an elephant in an age
that has locomotives. But the general sur
gical objection to many animals is their
length, and tho consequent waste of force
in keeping up circulation. On account OF
this defect in animals the right-minded
veterinary surgeon when called in cases OF
emergency Immediately proceeds to shorten
his patient. Whether it is COW, dog or o
horse, he dives precipitately for the
end of its tail He commonly captures
from three inches to foot OF
that superfuity, and is happy Some
people have argued that this never does
the animals any good; but no veterinary
surgeon ever argued in that way, and no
other opinion can be admitted as of any
value in such case. It is with this great
feature Of surgery that Mr.. Bergh has inter-
fered in his crusade against docking, and
he might as we'll arrest people who admin
lister turpentine, aloes and other horrible
doses to their equine PETS for that is very
cruel too, and the homeopathic people are
sure that it does no good. But Mr.. Bergh,
in stirring up this mares nest of ponies
tails, has come to the relief of the public,
which is likely to have great satisfaction
in the reports Of this tail case when it is
tried,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

France celebrated yesterday in q charac-
tcristic way the memory of ono of her great
mon-ono Of the makers Of the great Revolu-
ton. voltaire did France more service than
any twenty generals, but did it by strictly
intellectual methods; by operation on tho
national mind; by exposure of the shams
pretences, villanies and expressions of the
system of organized wrong that those OK
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

ALTHOUGH the American Board of Foreign
Missions is represented i'll twcnty-six countries
whose population aggregates more than one
hundred millions, the missionary field is by no
means fully occupied. The demand for laborers
in the vineyard is still large, but there is no
money TO pay them. An appeal for additional
contributions is earnestly made.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

GENERAL SHERMAN, in his speech last even
ing, sharply lccturcd tho political non-com-
bataIts who are so bold in the forum and when
the storm comes jump down below and leave
others to do the fighting. II the General were
not great soldier he would be n great orator,
and his latest address fully sustains his repnta
ton in this II spcct.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

Mr.. PoTTERs Presidential committee is con-
dcmned as loudly in the West us in the East
and South. Mr.. George II. Pcndleton. it will
be seen from interview elsewhere printed
thinks it is the worst kind Of political blunder,
and has destroyed MIR. Tilden's chances Of d
nomination in $50.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

THE SENSATIONAL juvenile literature Of the
day is bringing up "a splendid crop Of young
highwaymen. One OF them appeared in the
hands OF the police yesterday. Although only
sixteen years of age he has already played the
bandit in Texas and on the Plains, and only a
few Sundays ago attempted to commit robbery
and murder in the upper portion of the island
The lesson ought not TO be lost upon parents
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

The STUDENTS Of the Yale Art School seem to
have been pretty industrious during the year.
At the annual exhibition yesterday the display
was quite crcdtablc
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

THE HERALD iciU be sent 10 Mc address of
persons going into The country during the Summer
at nc raie Of oac doHar per month, postage paid.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

The LATEST Southern outrage comes from
Washington Two hundred colorcd men Of that
city have determined to go to Brazil to work OH
u railway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

The ATLANTIC CLUB opened the yachting sea-
sen yesterday. When the signal to start was
given more than twenty vessels shook ont their
canvas, making very handsome appearance.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

The probabilities arc that The aceaUier IN NeU
York. aud its eiciaity toddy rM be cool aadc cloudy.
riM rains and high arinds. foilowcd by rar0.cr
and partly cloudy ciouay heather. Tomorrow
d4c conditions ,cW g,adaally change from. ca,Dl
and fair 70 threatening or rainy sceatter.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

MIR. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, the public will
regret to hear, was seriously hurt Wednesday nj
ternoon. Immediately after the unvciling Of the
Mazzini bust in Central Park, ut which ceremony
he made the address, he went to the residence
OF General Wilson, in straightforward street,
but unfortunately fell upon the steps as he was
entering the house. lie had suffered good deal
from exposure to the rays of the stun in the Park
and the tall is supposed to have heen caused by
syncopc arising from that cause. The physicians
report n slight conclusion of the brain. An i'm
provemcnt in his condition noticeable last
evening, and il is to be hoped he will be restored
TO his usual health in a few days.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

The FAILURE of national bank was the SEN
sation in Dallas, Texas, yesterday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

EIBLU'S GARDEN-OLIvER TwIsE
PARK TBEATRE-TnK LISGAKps.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE "A CELEBRATED CASE.
STANDARD ThEATRE-ouR NEw FRirz
BROADWAY THEATRE-RIcnAaD III.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRk-iiusPrY DuxrrY.
WALLACK'S THEATRE-DifL oMAcY.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE. THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
FIFTH AVENUE uALL-TuE PuoSoGGAPli.
GlLMORE'S GAIsDEN-TuoMAs' CoScARTs
NEW YORK AQUARIUM FISHES
BOWERY THEATRE- THROUGH FIRE
TIvoLI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
TONY PAsToR's-yARIrY
EGYPTIAN uALL-vAEiErY.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31
WITH SUPPLEM ENT,

NEW YORK, FRIDAY. MAY 81, 1878.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-31

JEROME PARK cEs.-Notwiihs,anding the
unfavorablc weather the opening races Of the
spring meeting yesterday attracted an immense
number Of people to this popular course. The
gathering Of many thousands of ladies and
gentlemen under such circumstances was tho
best proof that could be given of the favor in
which jerome Park is held BY our citizens, and
ii the rain had not fallen almost continuously
from early morning there can be no doubt that
the attendance would have been the largest,
perhaps, ever witnessed at the track. Those
who brivcd the storm were not disappointed.
The contests, II viii DC seen by our report, were
excellent in every way. Tomorrow the second
days races will takc place, and II tho weather il
Gnc the attendance will undoubtedly be very
large and brilliant in fashionable point Of view.
The WEATnER.-Ihc high pressure Is now In
the lake region, aud extends eastward to the
East Atlantic coast. The low prcssurcs extend
along the Middle Atlantic coast and over the
region west OF the Mississippi, from Minnesota
toward Texas. Rains have fallen in the West.
ern, the Central Valley, the Middle and Eastern
States aud over the lower lakes. The temper
allure has risen along the zone of territory
from the Upper Mississippi Valley cast-
ward to the New England coast aud
OH the Cult coast In the intermediate
regions sharp fall of temperature was expo
ricnccd. The winds in the West and on the
Middle Atlantic coast have risen to brisk. In tho
latter district the development Of local distur-
bancc has been IN progress during the day.
THO weather in New York and It's vicinity to-
day will be cool and cloudy. with rains and high
winds, followed by warmer and partly cloudy or
cloudy weather. Tomorrow the conditions will
gradually change from and fair to threat
ening on rainy weather.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-24

lar more handy for loading and dumping
manure, soil, roots, ETC., than a wagon,
being more easy to load, and especially
to unload. A cart can be quickly loaded
and dumped, and only REQUIRES one good
horse to draw it. In England carts are
in constant use, being very popular in
the harvest-field. We are glad to see
that dumping wagons are employed on
many of our farms. This loading ma
nure from barn yard. and hauling it by
wagon a few hundred yards, to be I'M
loaded forkiul by forkful, is a waste of
time and labor, of both man and beast.
Rural World.
The signs of good working OK are
long head, broad and level between the
eyes, and the eyes full, keen and pleasant;
forward legs straight; toes straight for
ward; hoofs broad not peaked and the
distance short between the ankle and the
knee; these properties enable an OK to
travel on hard roads; if the animal turns
his toes out, the strain comes on the in
! side claw, and when travelling on hard
ground he will get lame at the Joint be-
tween the hoofs and the hair; full breast:
straight back; round ribs, projecting out
as wide as the hip bones; these are the
signs of strength and good constitution.
The best colors are brown, dark~red and
brindle. At years of age the steer be.
comes an OK, and, having completed his
Sth or 9th year, he should be fattened fol
the butcher.-MoOTe's Rural.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-24
Apple. OF Gold in Picture. of silver.

/" A word fifty spoken is like apples of gold
in pictures of silver" When the body be-
comes diseased, the mind is thereby neces-
sarily influenced. National wars, State dis
sensions, neighborhood brOils and family diff
ferences, are more frequently than otherwise
the result of diseased and disordered con-
situations. When the body is suffering, the
MUD, acting in sympathy, will become
irritated and perplexed. When the physical
system is in health, the mind pereeives things
in their true light, and the disposition assumes
a very different phase. Nothing more directly
tends to destroy the happy, cheerful dispO-
sitiOn of woman, and render her Peevish,
nervous, and fretfuI, than a constant endur-
ance of uterine disorders. The diseases
peculiar to woman take awsy the elasticity
and buoyancy of health and reduce her body
and mind to a mere wreck. Dr. Pierce's
FsvOrite Prescription is real pedceBaaker in
a family. No woman suffering from uterine
disorders can afford to be without this REM
edy. The FavOrite Prescription saves IN
necessary doctor bills, prevents divorces.
wards off suicides, brings back buoyant,
joyous fe elings, restores the woman to health,
and her family to happiness. 1t is sold by
all druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-24
Zachary TayIOr's Grave.

In his message to the legislature of
Kentucky, Governor McCrearY eays ::
" The grave that contains the Wondering
remains of Zachary Taylor, who was at
one time president of the United States
is situated in Jefferson county, in sight
of the tall spires of the metropolis of
Kentucky, and is unmarked by a monu-
ment. 1t is true that this man, who
spent his whole life in the service of his
country, who proved his patriotism on
nearly one hundred battlefields, and who
had the office of president bestowed upon
him for his valor, integ, ity and fidelity,
needs no monument to perpetuate the
blazOnTy of his deeds or the purity and
simplicity of his character. He has a
monument already in the hearts of his
countrymen that will endure forever.
Yet l believe that a nation is elevated
and given dignity and Importance at
home and abroad by its great and good
men VINO reveal its existence and give 1t
prominence, and monument should be
erected to his memory that will ever
stand with its mute eloquence to attest
to the world the honor, the reverence
and the esteem accorded 10 his valor and
his virtues by his countrymen. He was
brought to Kentucky by his parents
when only nine months old, and ever
afterward claimed his home in our COM
monwealth; yet his distinguished civic
and military service make him belong TO
the whole country. l therefore recon-
mend that his remains be removed by
Kentucky TO the state military lot in the
cemetery at Frankfort, and that a reso-
luton be adopted by the general assem-
ply calling upon the congress of the
United States to erect a monument over
his eraYe.'' ''OA
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-24
Hroad.Che.1ehmo-..

"Wind," says an cid bnrseman. 'eis the
grand secret of fast hoy Good lung,
will cover a multitude FAULTS; wbils3.
on the other hand, perfection of shape
and form are useless when the wind is
out. The chest, therefore. in all cases
should be large and capacious. In shape
it may vary somewhat, according to the
service to which the horse is to ba put
1t he is to be kept for slow work and
heavy drawing, the chest may be nearly
circular in form, because this shape is the
one for strength and bulk, to receive and
bear up against the pressure of the col
lar; while, at the same time, sufficient
room is secured for the expansion of the
lungs caused by slow and regular work
But If the chest is circular let it be at
the same time deep, or else the lungs
may be cramped. A horse with a shallow
chest is worthless For any purpose. The
rule, then, is this: For draueht horse
a circular but deep chest; but. as Won
p;ss through the different degrees of
speed, up to the racer and trotter. the
chest will increase in depth compared TO
its roundness, until, for the highest rate
OF speed, you have a chest as deep as a
grey hound, and at the same time not
lacking in breadth. Every breed :
should keep this rule in mind when So.
lecting his brood mares and stations. for
he may be sure that shallow chested par
ents VIII never beget deep-chested colts.'
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-24
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Cotton ia Ca.IrornIs,

Attempts have been made in different
portions of California to cultivate cotton,
but in most cases the results have been
unsatisfactory. Nevertheless, there are
still MANY who think this thing can be
made to pay, and consequently continue
70 give more or less attention to it. The
Stockton Independent tells of " Colonel
Strong, OF MERGED, a pioneer in the
industry, who raised forty thousand
pounds of ginned cotton from one hum
bred acres in the MERGED valley last
season, an average product of four hun
dred pounds to the acre, which is a much
larger yield than was obtained in the
most noted cott0n-growing districts of
the country. OF course, the colonel has
only planted cotton on what is considered
the choicest land, yet" adds the editor,
"he is satisfied that with water for
irrigation he could raise equally as large
a crop on much Of the uplands of the San
Joaquin valley. He thinks our arid and
warm summers particularly favorable
for the production of choice staple, and
is satisfied that cotton plants will mature
with less moisture than is required fol
wheat"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-24
HaIEDImes Wanted.

Why cannot the government order the
coinage of halt-dimes It is well knewn
that the nickels and other base metal
tokens which are base otherwise as well
as in their material and value, made for
tive-cent pieces, have no currency in Cal
ltornia, and yet we need coins of that
size. We want half-dimes we are will
ing to pay for them; they are required
LOT the convenience of business, and WHY
can we not have them? What interest
9r poiiey can congress or the treasury
coinage? They are at par With o6i4 'I and
that means they are worth more than
any other silver coin-that the demand
exceeds the supply.-AhG California.