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Year: 1877

How To DO 1t and How Not To DO 1t.


The proprietor Of Barren Island, re-
sponsible man, makes certain statements in
the HERALD to-day in relation to the dis
posal of the city garbage, which may afford
some light to the Mayor and to the Commits
sioners of Accounts should they be in
structed to make an examination OF the
financial matters of the Police Board. The
Police Commissioners have insisted that
they are unable to clean the streets be-
cause it is impossible to dispose of the city
garbage. Mr.. Swift shows ~ that some
months ago responsible contractor Of
fered to make contract with the Commis-
sioners to clean the streets thoroughly and
dispose Of the garbage entirely for fifty
thousand dollars month or ten thou
and dollars a month less than it costs
the Commissioners to iinperfectly clean
them and not get rid Of the garbage such
contract to be terminable from month
to month if the work should not be prop
erly performed. lo) That he has himself
offered to take all the garbage from New
York at his own expense and dispose of it
in an unobjectionable manner for one thou
sand dollars year for ten years. (3( That
he is willing, ut his own expense, to take
from the city and dump on his own sunken
lands three thousand scow loads of city
dirt, running the scows, dumping them and
returning them to the city to be retilled, at
his own charge and with his own labor.
But he says ~ that no attention was paid
to the contractors offer. (2) That his own
proposition to remove oil the garbage and
dispose Of it for the trifing sum of one
thousand dollars year was treated in the
same manner. (3) That Commissioner
Nichols has avoided him whenever he has
called at headquarters on the subject OF the
loads for his sunken lands.


These statements. if correct, tend to show
that the Police Commissioners are not
anxious to save the public money or to
relieve themselves OF the difficulty under
which they profess to labor in regard to the
disposal Of the city garbage. But Mr. Swift
makes one other statement which demands
explanation or investigation. He hears
''that the Police Department is paying
twenty-one dollars n scow-load for the
privilege of dumping at Pamrapo." This is
on the sunken lands Of the New Jersey Gen.
tral Railroad, where filling is SO much
wanted that the company has heretofore
gladly taken the city dirt there at it's own
expense, as Mr. Swift stands ready to take
it now. Is it conceivable that the Police
Commissioners are paying twenty-one dol
lars or twenty-one cents load for the
privilege of dumping stuff which any owner
of sunken lots would be glad to take at his
own expense, and for which many would be
willing to pay?
Year: 1877

menaces of rebellion, is still as unsatisfac-
tory as ever it was when they were not
engaged in actual outrage and pillage.


Under the latter circumstances the settlers
on the frontier may know that they must
defend themselves and their possessions to
desperation but under false appearance
of peace and good will they may be sur
prised at any moment in their fancied
security by an outbreak such as that of the
Nez PercGs last summer In very striking
letter from Montana the feeling of the Ban
nocks and Shoshones toward the whites
is described as threatening deplorable
war, which may equal in Importance
that which was waged by the Sioux
during 1876 Its cause is series OF
grievances such as the later records OF the
Interior Department have been burdened
with only too frequently. The families last
winter suffered almost the horrors of starva-
ton through the shameful default of the
government in furnishing rations which by
treaty were promised to them. Under such
misfortune they behaved with admirable
fortitudo ; but few Of the more reckless
and depraved Of the warriors of the Ban
mock tribe. doubtless goaded on by sense
of the general wrong, have since then mur-
dered and robbed three white men, one OF
whom was an officer of the law.
Year: 1877

Before the present political crisis
Republicans were never known to
fawn upon their enemies but they
have at last been reduced to the
commission of that meanHess, as all
men must who begin by the per-
petration of crimes. The sudden
affection which they have conceived
for the people of the South is some,
thing wonderful, and they exhibit
it with a gushing exnberance that
would do creGit to Judas. Their
hearts have become so soft as cnrds
from the milk of the goats of
Basham, ard their speech as sweet
as the honey of Engaddi. Their
admiration for Lamar's eloquenco
is like that of British tutt hurter
for lords wit. Their sollcitnde
for the good opinion of Hampton
is as assiduous AS that of spcnd~
thrift for the favor of rich relative.
Their loud profession of delight in
the success of Ben Hill is Ike the
ostentatious fiattery of a bully pay
ing tribute to the prowress of man
who has beaten him. Their sudden
charity for unrepentant rebels and
Confederate brigadiers is thing
so contemplate in its origin and SO
whimsical in its effect as to be be-
vond all comparison. They are full
of schemes for the prosperity of the
South they denounce the misrnfo
under which it has suffered as hear
tily as if they had heard of it tor
the first time since the election, and
they make as many promises OF
eternal friendship rs drunken
sailor to lamp post or a Vassar
graduate to her weeping class.
mates. They are actually maudlin
in their demonstrations OF affection.
Mr.. Foster stands up III Congress
and stretches out his hands to the
South hailing her people ns conn
trymcn and brothers and bcseech-
ing them 10 come to the bosom CT
Hayes. a few weeks ago they
were murderers, assassins, rebels,
hulldozers and barditti, bnt now
thev are the elect of the new Ad-
ministration, and the carpet baggers
and negroes for whose sake they
were oppressed and outlawed are
declared to be poor and worthless
creatures, incapable of exercising
political authority and unworthy OF
political trust. The chorus of aGu'
lation was strnck up SO suddenly
that some of the party organs in
the country failed to catch tho tune
at once.
Year: 1877

THE correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press says the Federal officers will be
changed in that city. That the new ap-
pointmepts by the President will shortly
be made known. We thought it hardly
likely that the appointees of Mr.. Grant,
who delighted in whiskey, would suit Mr.
Hayes who does not imbibe except at en-.
tertainments to conform to fashion and
usuage. Does not this open up chance
for some of our poor Republicans who
have been longing for official support for
a long time? We think it does. Some
of them ought to apply at once-as the
saying is "strike while the iron is hot >
There is reasonable chandsrfor both
white and black; certainly after Fred
Douglass gets so good a thing in the Dis
trict, the Delaware negroes might be
thought entitled to something more than
Grant gave them.
Year: 1877

LET HIM BE DIssNIssED.-We think
Mr.. Hayes should not allow any one Of
the men who were sent to New Orleans
by Grant to examine and report upon the
returns of the Louisiana election remain
in his Cabinet. We, therefore, copy with
pleasure the follow ing from the editorial
columns Of the Press. We hope the cry
will be needed and Sherman removed
The Press says:


And now comes a cry for the removal
of John Sherman, present Secretary of
the Treasury, rather from a suspicion of
his financial policy than because there is
any real knowledge of it. Mr.. Sherman
has strong convictions, but if there is any
marked element in his character it is his
conservatism.


John Sherman is one of the most obdu-
rate Radicals in the country, and to
serve party and make money for his ring
colleagues would run the government to
ruin.
Year: 1877

BANKING OvERDoNE.-The banking
business, like every other in this country,
seems to have been pushed to point
greatly in excess of the needs of trade.
These institutions are therefore being
rapidly wound up. We have before us a
list naming twenty national banks in
Pennsylvania and forty-one in the State
of New York that are in process of clos,
ing business.
Year: 1877

One hundred and fifty vessels were in
the harbor of Pensacola, Fla, at one
time last week. They were from all
quarters of the globe, and loaded with
lumber: The timber interest of Florida
promises to be an increasing source of
revenue of tina State.
Year: 1877

A special meeting of the Board Of Health
was held last evening to receive the report
Of the inspection Of the western division Of
the city, as per Instructions given to him al
the last regular meeting of the Board. go


The Inspector made q report that in &C.
cordance with his instructions he made q
careful inspection of the Brandywine and
found that the recommendations of the
Board, to the mill owners and others bccu>
'pying the banks of the stream relative to
the preservation of the purity of the water
supply, had been fully complied with. After
the transaction of business of no public mo-
ment the Board adjourned. u..
Year: 1877

Last evening most daring piece of rob-
berry was done. A man named George Nc
Alpin, a butcher from Philadelphia, had a
diamond pin valued at $3.50 stolen from his
neck-tie while on the $50 train. The train
had stopped and he had just procured a
ticket for New Castle, when three men
came in " here he was seated and said they
had lost something, and while NcAlvin
was stCoping his diamond pin was stolen,
and the three men quickly disappeared and
have not been seen since.
Year: 1877

The work on the Cool Spring Reservoir
has been much retarded by the late rain
Yesterday no men were at work except a
few In draining the water from the north
basin. The pudding has been finished ex-
cepting the middle embankment, that sepe>
rates the north and south basins, which
will be completed as soon as the weather
will permit, meanwhile the laying of the
bricks will be commenced.
Year: 1877

1t is rumored upon the streets that the
"Every Evening and Commercial Will be
changed very soon to penny paper, drop
plug the name of ''Commsrcial' and
'aking their old name again. It is also
rumored that they will remove from their
present quarters at Fifth and Market streets,


and return to their old place, next to the
City Hall. D@. "
Year: 1877

We have just purchased another large
Job Lot of Boots and Shoes which we now of.
fer to the public at prices never before
Manufacturers samples you can rely upon
getting the best goods at prices beiOw the
manufacturer's cost.


There never before was such bargains of.
fered Inn this city and those who come esrli-
est will secure the best. DO not delay. but
come at once and realize what bargains we
are Offering you.


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Year: 1877

We can cheerfully give credit TO our worthy
Mayor, George Ummuthun. for the able man.
ner in which he preserved the peace and
good order of our city yesterday. He was,
from an early hour until the close OF the
polls, attending to his duties, and we can
safely say there WAS never "A more peaceable
election in Leavenworth.
Year: 1877

A FATHER can make no better investment
than 10 buy one Of the cheap IS or SO presses
and printing outfits offered by the New York
Courier Company, in another column. The
presses are guaranteed TO do first-ciass work.


and they Will prove to be both useful and-in-


structiSe. WIZ
Year: 1877

India Rubber Bands for Trees.-A
New Haven company is making a new
thing to protect trees from, worms.
The invention is a rubber band with q
single bristling row Of brass pins set
very close to each other, like the teeth
of q comb, in the middle of tho strip,
and worms cannot crawl above it.
While this device might answer for
crawling worms, it would be of no use
as q protection against flying insects.
Year: 1877

Many horses have the very unpleas.
ant habit of striking the toes of the


hind shoes against those ON the fore
feet. Most horsemen will agree that
it is a fault attached to some of the
best as we'll as the worst of horses. It
moro frequently occurs with young
horses, and they often click on the
turf or soft ground, and not on the
road. It arises from too great activi.
ty or length of stride of the hind legs !;
the fore-feet are unable to get out of
the way in time; therefore, anything
that detains them, such as soft or
heavy soil, must assist the habit. The
principal point to be remedied is the
intolerable noise from which the evil
derives the name .'clicking;'' and this
is often affected by making the hind
shoes square at the toes, and leaving
the toe of the crust somewhat project
ing over the shoe, by which plan the
crust receives tho blow instead of the
shoe, and does not make any noise.
1t sometimes happens that, from the
repetition of these blows, the crust is
worn so thin at the toe as to produce
or threaten lameness. in which case
the plan of shoeing mentioned must be
desisted from, and we must put up
with~the nOise, ito avoid the greater
evil. When a asquare-toed shoe fails
in preventing clicking, it will happen
sometimes that shoe pointed at the
toe will succeed; which, no doubt,
arises from the circumstance that the
shoe, having so small surface to
come in contact with, fails to strike
the fore shoe and goes within, or by
the side Of it. ~.--..a s..g F.,
Year: 1877

Noticing an article i'll one Of your
late numbers on fowl affection I ven
ture to send you an instance that came
under my observation.


l once set some goose eggs under a
hen, which in time resulted in four
goslings. AS usual in such cases, Bid
dy didn't seem quite pleased or satis-
fed with their strange ways, but
showed no real annoyance, until her
earlier bedtime came, and they re-
fused to follow her to the coop, run
ming about to pick grass or sitting
down in cunning obstinacy. After en-
during such conduct for just four
weeks, her forbearance gave way and
one night she left them and went back
to. her old companions on the hen
roost. Next morning I found her by
the coop, where had put them, watt
ing for them to be let out to resume
her care through the day. This was
kept up until she weancd them late in
the summer.


But they did not forsake her and
whenever they met her, she was greet
ed with every manifestation of de.
light, and was always welcome to eat
with them while all the other hens
who dared to intrude were driven
away with malicious bites, and then
they would surround her and with tri.
umphant cackle give her to under.
stand that she only was the honored
guest.


This continued for months when one
day she was found dead under the
roost, and to get her outI of the way
was thrown into an adjoining lot. Sew.
eral days after, hearing an unusual
commotion among the goslings, VIC
went to them to learn the cause. They
had just found her and were evidently
trying to got her to recognize them.
She was then put out of their sight or
reach, as we pitied their disappointed
devotion, and so ends this fact of fowl
memory and affection.
Year: 1877

the case of Winslow, the Boston torger and


that Great Britain having refused to surrender


him under the terms Of the treaty this govern


ment declared that treaty to he no longer in


force. Tho consequence ofthe backing down


will be IN amendment of the treaty enlarging
the list Of crimes for which extradition may be
had. 80
Year: 1877

should have a genuine, a hearty love
for the animals under his control, pro-
viding wholesome, nutritious f6od,
pure water and pure air-everything
Of this kind in abundance,;ss keeping
the animals properly sheltered from
storms feeding always With great
regularity paying the most marked
attention to the manner and time of
milking, and withal, preserving uni.
form kindness and gentfeness of treat
ment throughout every Operation-a
gentleness extended even to the tones
of the voice. Generally speakingwtbe
cow will do her best that is loyed1 the
best and petted the most by those who
have her in charge. 1fyou wish a COW
to do her best, you must cultivate her
acquaintance intimately, aid be un-
sparing in little acts of kindness.
Year: 1877

NEW YORK, June 81.
A special from Pottsville says an at
tempt to fire the town was made at two
o'clock this morning, but was discovered
in time to prevent damage


THE HANGING AT MAUcU cHuNR
Year: 1877

In travelling up this river every one is surprised to see the num- Der of cattle along its banks. All look sleek and thrifty, affording little excuse for poor beef in our markets. This latter however so rarely occurs as to provoke much angry comment whenever it does happen our people are not used to it. During the summer inn mense areas are overhoWed by the river. On the subsistence of the waters grass springs up in great valiety and grows luxu- riently. Mesquite beans are pre- duced in great abundance, out and on these cattle accumulate a store of fat that carries them through the winter months. Good browse is afforded through out the year by willows and other young gNwths along the river. Cattle thrive on all these. It is a matter of mucn surprise. that the Indians so rarely kill stock. For this honesty the river Indians are entitled to more credit than they generally receive. The Apache Mohaves used to come in Ccca- sionally and kill cattlo. Some years ago Bill Roods caught one in the act and hung him to a cot tOnWOod tree near the Yuma ranch. His body hung there for months, and proved a salutary warning to the thieving tribe. Since then cattle on the Colorado have been comparatively safe.
Year: 1877

dry and white. Except i'll color, it resemb bles the eight rowed Ca nada corn of the eastern States. Its gIOwth and early maturity, during the hot summer months, are truly remarkable. In sixty days, from the time of planting, this corn is ripe and ready for harvest. Their musk melons diff fer from ours in being of inferior flavor. large and much more fieshy, These and pumpkins are cut in long strips. taken spirally from the fruit, and hung up in the sun to dry for winter use. They have still an ample supply of these luxurieJ left over from last year; as we said, they are now eating their new wheat; from sale of wood to steambOatS and from proceeds of their labor for the whites. they have plenty of money; so take it altogether, they are independent of reserva- tions and can laugh at Uncle Saru's broken promises in the matter of rationS.
Year: 1877

We have been shown some very handsome Opals found near the Colorado river in the vicinity of the Picacho. Before being ground their appearance is SO rough and chalky, as to convey no idea of their value or beauty. Those shown us had been cut on 8 con- mon grindstone just enough to admit light to their interior, and to give promise of what their beauty might be, when treated by the lapidary. Yuma County has all the indications of rich opal bearing ground. which are con- frmed by the stones occasionally found.
Year: 1877

Fifty or sixty years ago Il was the
custom for gentlemen wishing SER
wants to visit emigrant ships as soon
as they arrived in port. Selecting
the man or woman who pleased
them, they would pay his or her
passage money, or about seventy or
eighty dollars, TO the captain, agree
ing to give the servant dlothing and
board, and at the end of three yeaus'
service, twenty or thirty dollars.


One day gentleman, man Of
fortune, residing i'm Philadelphia,
went ON board the emigrant ship 10
hire girl or purchase her time,n
as it was then called. He selected
one, and was shown her father. The
old man was anxious TO 90 with his
daughter, and after some persuasiOns
the gentleman purchased his time.
"Well, now," said the old man,
"there's my old wife, take her also"
There was something so attractive
in the old woman that the gentle
man bought her time.


Going together To the res eister's Of
flee to complete the bargain, the
gentleman was surprised to find that
the name which the emigrants gave
was spelled and pronounced like his
own. Inquiries ended i'm discover
lug that he had bought the time of
his father and mother.


When six years old, a SON Of the
old folks had been taken to America
by gentleman, and they had lost
all knowledge of him; indeed they
had almost forgotten they had son
i'm America. They recollected, how
ever, that their boy had n figure of
cucumber on one Of his shoulders.
The newly found son was stripped
in the Office and TO the delight of
the aged couple, there was the birth
mark.
Year: 1877

FIVE-THOUsAND-D salaries
for five months light service, and
mileage and pOstage-stamps thrown
in, are not picked up every day.
There is no Southern member who
will hazard his place for the novelty
of a new departure in giving his
vote to q Hayes Republican. If no
more powerful reason restrains him,
the thought of a possible rumpus at
home, which may deposit his head
i'm the sawdust basket at the next
election, certainly will. / do not
believe there is a single Congress
man elected upon the Democratic
ticket who will vote otherwise than
straight Democratic at the Oraaniza-
tion of the House. The result will,
of course, be a strictly Democratic
organization from theSpeakerdown
As to the Speakership, my observa.
tiOns along the highway incline me
to the belief that sam. Randall 4
the man who will get Redfelcl
to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Year: 1877

We havo b,en shown letter from
Asscmblyman Moore in which he says
he thinks the Bullion Compromise bill
will pass the Assembly, anl TINT IT will
receive the support of our representa-
two GliswOli. II this shall turn ont To
be trucr then our only hope will he in
tho veto Of tho Governor. mud we have
not tho slightest doubt but TINT n veto
will be intcrposed md the State will be
saved from tho roproach OF being entire
ly under tho control Of tho foreign cor
porntions.
Year: 1877

=
1 saw lily where it grew,
Calmly looking up
While the sun was drinking dew
From her snowy cup.


Though no word


There heard,
Yet the fragrance seemed to say.
Here is sweet content to-day.
saw bird upon her nest
Where she waited long
In the hope of being blest
With her fledgling's song.


Through the night


And the light,
While the shadows came and went,
Still she waited in content.
saw mothers loving heart
Filled with tender JOY.
While her life could life impart
To her baby boy;


For his sake


She could take
Bitter draughts nor e'er complain,
Still content to suffer pain.
saw an old man tottering down
Into nights cold gloom,
Where lite leaves its crumbling crown
On a mouldering tomb,


But his eye


Looked on high,
While his trembling lips moved Flow.
81 am ready now to 60"
When the soul, in proper mood,
Seeks to do His will
Who was ever doing good
And is doing still,


Then His love,


From above,
To our hearts in mercy sent,
Will forever bring content.