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Year: 1879

There has been occasion TO remark OF late
that the Democrat who seemed to be better
than his party was not usually Democrat to
be counted on. Senator Bayard was supposed
to be the one exception which proved this
rule and now alas! Mr.. Bayard himself has
stopped to 60 under the rule, and there is no
exception. After opposing in the February
caucus the proposition to enact the political
legislation now urged by the Democrats
and opposing it on the ground that 1t
would be termed revolutionary; after re-
iterating many times since then his de-
termination to resist all legislation not
gcrnane to the Appropriation bills, the
Senator who should be without fear loses
courage aud deliberately accepts the reproach
of surrender. He has discovered some
vague connection between the amendments to
the Army bill and the appropriation for the
support of the Army, and So he Will doubtless
discover other vague connections between the
other laws proposed and the appropriation
bills to which they viii be fOrciby attached.
Nh. Bayards symptoms Of independence are
delusiye, rs might have been expected, ana
he relapSes INTO his former condition as an OBJ
viously ncumble Democrat
Year: 1879

OUTSIDE papers have it that Arizona county elections are taking tone from the Mormon settlements and that the elections are run on Mormon and Gen. tile tickets. This is untrue. There was talk of a Gentle and Mormon contest in the late Apache County election, but the Mormons made nu contest whatever; and in not one of the other six counties has there ever been so much as a hint of running either Gentle or Mormon ticket.
Year: 1879

in o small area by the ordnance surveys.
The selection of director for this great
work Is therefore the first step toward maxi
ing it a'success. Among the candidates for
this important Office is Mr.. Clarence King.
one OF the most distinguished Of our scien-
tifc men, and gentleman eminently quali-
fed by his attainments and experience for
the direction Of our national surveys. The
selection OF MIR. King would give unquali-
fed satisfaction to all who appreciate the
nature OF the duties to be performed by the
director of the national surveys and who
recognize the necessity of lifting the Office
above the level of political Influences.
Special scientific fitness should be the only
test applied to candidates. and as MIR. King
possesses this in pre-eminent degree he
should be appointed director without hesi-
tation or delay.
Year: 1879

The banquet given last night by Mr..
Cyrus w. Field in commemoration of the
twenty-ffth anniversary of the formation of
a company for laying the first Atlantic cable
was an event of no ordinary interest. The
liberality of the entertainment, the distin-
guished character Of the guests, the
"reminiscences which filed the rooms
of one of the most important enter
prises that ever enlisted the sympa-
thies or tested the genius and the energy of
man, united to render the evening o
memorable one to all who partook of Mr..
Fields hospitality. But there was some
thing more than this in the celebration.
Among the company were four out Of the
five gentlemen who first pledged their
names for the execution of work which,
from the grandeur and overshadowing
importance of the results promised in
case of its success, seemed almost hopeless
of accomplishment Through struggles
the severity Of which can scarcely be
imagined. and through discouragements such
as no one can now conceive. these five cap
italists persevered until the glorious end
wns reached and the two continents were
practically drawn into Immediate prox-
unity by the first Atlantic cable. The
great changes. the revolution, we
may say, which followed the linking
together Of Europe and America in
instantaneous telegraphic communication.
formed the topic Of the many eloquent
speeches made last night, and need not be
repeated here. The example Of tho men
now living among us, to whose hopefulness,
confidence, wonderful energy and untir-
ing perseverance, we are indebted for
ocean telegraphy. is certainly practical
encouragement to all who enlist in the
cause of science. and should spur them on
to action in enterprises which promise to
benefit the world, no mntter how insur-
mountable may appear the obstacles in
their path.
Year: 1879

A bill under the title of "An act to provide
for excavating, tunneliing and bridging for
transportation purposes. within villages
and cities OF the State" has been introduced
in the Assembly by DR.. Isaac /. Hayes. re-
ported favorably by the Committee on
Affairs of Cities. and will probably be con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole this week.
Although, in accordance with the constitu-
tionnl amendments, the bill is made general
in its provisions, its main object is said to
be to establish an underground railway ter
minus in the lower part of this city as m
adjunct to the proposed tunnel under the
Hudson River.


The bill rs drawn is very liberal one
and would. IL passed in it's present shape,
authorize the construction and operation of
q steam railroad, either ON the surface or
underneath any OF the streets of New York.
While the title is ''for excavating, tunnel
ling and bridging" the body of the bill
really provides for surface steam rail-
roads in any city of the State. One
feature of the bill appears to be open to
constitutional objection. The amendments
Of 1874 declare that no law shall authorize
the construction or operation of q street
railroad except on two precedent condi-
tions-namely, tho consent of the owners
Of one-half in value of the property on the
line and tho consent of the local authori-
ties having the control Of the streets.
way is provided for getting rid
of the consent of the property owners by
the determination Of q commission ap-
pointed by the Supreme Court that such a
railroad ought to be built but no provision
is made for dispensing with the consent OF
the municipal authoritios. Tho bill in
question seeks to dispense with the consent
of the city authorities in the same manner
Ms tho constitution lays down for getting
rid of the opposition of private property
owners. The bill obviously needs amend
ment in this particular. All such Iegisla-
tion should be very carefully guarded. for,
while everybody will favor any measure
calculated to promote the commercial pros
perity of the metropolis, few persons will
be willing to put IL in the power of q COM
mission to. run steam railroads on and
under any of the public streets and avenues
Of New York with or without The consent
OF tho commonalty and tho property
owners.
Year: 1879

The bill now before the Legislature for.
bidding ''level crossings" Of the IL" roads
at Chatham square or elsewhere. except
where the roads are owned and operated by
one company, deserves special considera-
tion; but we do not desire to see any legis-
lation that will have the effect of closing
routes against one company in the interest
OF another. What should be done by the
Legislature is to compel the two IL"
companies to adopt the safety plan
proposed by the HxnALD, or one
equally as effective in securing safety.
by preventing any crossings of oppo-
sition roads. The struggle between the
companies is for the trafic from the
vicinity OF City Hall and lower Broadway.
and it is not unlikely that the powers
OF the Legislature may be invoked by "the
road in possession" to exclude the rival line.
This must be guarded against as much
as possible without permitting any COM
promise that would mean level crossing
ut Chatham square or at any other point


The suggestion offered in the HEaArD that
the Il" roads pool their receipts, ,aouth of
Chatham square is q very fair ono, because
it enables both roads to derive profit from
source to which they have equal rights
A ''dog in the manger" policy will prove in
the end very improbable one for the New
York Il" company if it seeks by such a
means to grasp traffic which it is now not
able to accommodate. We say, on the other
hand, to the Metropolitan IL" company
that the suspension Of building the Second
avenue line, because it is not allowed to
cross the New York IL" at Chatham square
and use the section southward to Beaver
street junction in common, would be a
blunder disastrous to its interests. Let tho
Metropolitan IL" find new route to the
Battery-say 'ncross lots" and via South
street, on which it will catch much Of the
Brooklyn traffic, The case is one in which
twoprivate corporations ore squabbling over
o right which they both derive from the
people, and in which quarrel they strive
by pressure on public convenience or en-
dangering public safety to force settlement
of interest only to themselves.
Year: 1879

There are several reasons why the people
of New York should feel grateful to the gen.
tleman who rendered SO warm reception
on East Eighty-sixth street on last Sunday
evening. In the first place, if he had not
shot one Of the thieves dead the probability
is that all would have escaped, and there is
but little likelihood that any OF them would
have been discovered and arrested by the
police. In the next place. the story will
serve to convince housekeepers who are
favored with similar visits that it only re-
quires little common manhood to
protect their lives and property from
such rufians. When Mr.. Richards
laid one of the robbers dead at his
feet by we'll directed shot from his
revolver the others were so demoralized
that one ran away and the other begged for
his life in piteous accents. A thief is always
. coward, and when he meets with firm re-
sistancc invariably flies 6r succumbs. II
the example set by Mr.. Richards should be
generally followed we should have fewer
cases of burglary and of robberies by
sneak thieves. It is always better
TO use revolver on q housebreaker than to
summon the police In this case little
coolness and self.possession proved bet
ter protection to the family than whole
platoon Of patrolmen, and was moro effec-
tive than q criminal court in bringing the
offenders speedily to justice. Our citizens
will do we'll to remember that it is always
better to shoot burglar than to capture
him. 1t saves trouble and avoids all tho
uncertainties and procrastinations of the
Law
Year: 1879

The Director OF the National Surveys.


The combination Of all the national sur
voys under the direction of one competent
and responsible head will place an impor-
tant work on footing which it has long
needed. While independent undertakings,
such as those of Wheeler, Hayden and
Powell, as we'll as those of tho Coast Survey
and the Land Office, gnvo scope for individ-
ual skill of the highest order, it was at the
expense of a unity of purpose which should
be the essential feature Of q great system Of
surveys. Besides, it led to an unnecessary
duplication of some parts of the work,
differences in the results attained, and
the creation of doubt in the public
mind As to whether some or any Of
the different and differing surveys were
correct. Now 1t is determined that
all our national surveys shall be in charge
of q director who will apply the abundant
means to be placed at his disposal to secur-
ing for the United States, on magnificent
scale. what the British have accomplished
Year: 1879

1t is to be hoped that Governor Robinson
faction in this city which is aiming to get
the Offices held by Judge Loew and Mr..
Gumbleton vacated in order that this fac
ton may control their patronage. It would
not conduce to economy, it would not pro-
mote any public interest. to punish these
gentlemen, who have merely followed the
precedents set by their predecessors, and
who have taken only the customary fees
established by usage for whole generation.
The rates charged by the present incumbents
have been alike tolerated and countenanced
by both political parties. When General
Halpine-the popular "Miles OReilly"-
was Register the charges were not different,
and after his death General Patrick Jones,
his successor, took the same foes under o
stipulation that he would pay over the in
come of the Office to General Halpine's
widow. The fees were precisely the same
then as they have been since. It would be
harsh and unjust to punish the present
incumbents for following the rule which
they found established by long usage on
their accession to Office The fit thing to
be done is for the Legislature to prescribe
reasonable salary Tor the Register and
County Clerk, and require all the fees to be
paid into the city treasury. This would
cut up the whole evil by the roots,
without injustice to officers who have merely
followed the usage OF their predecessors
who took the same fees without complaint
or censure. If the Governor removes these
officers under present circumstances, and
at the instance of q faction whose only
motive is to get control of their places, his
action will be strongly condemned by pub
lie sentiment. There would be no fairness
in making scapegoat of men who are no
more blamabls than was General Halpine
or General Patrick Jones, or other prede-
cessors who continued the scale of fees
equitable thing is to stop the abuse, but
overlook what has been done with tho sanc-
tion Of long usage.


Why has this practice been SO long con-
nived at, not by one political party, but by
both? It is because it is the tendency of
our politics to hvor tho growth Of patron.
age and increase the value Of the prizes to
be scrambled for in our party contests
Both parties desire offices that can be
heavily assessed for electioneering funds.
When the fees of an Office amount to fifty
or seventy-6ve thousand dollars year the
political fnctions which control the nomina-
tioRs for such an Office are enabled to tax
the candidates heavily. The established fee
system in the Registers Office and County
Clerks Office has been SO long tolerated be-
cause political parties have an interest in
preserving such "plscers." II is unquestion-
ably gross abuse to fleece the public for
such purposes Hthere Is any sincerity in
the present demand for reform in these Of
foes it should be manifested in simply cor
recting the abuse. and not in ousting one
set OF officers in order to transfer the same
patronage to another set.
Year: 1879

THE MEETING of the Police Mutual Aid As
Bociation yesterday was almost turbulent
enough to justify the interference of their
brethren of the club The investigation which
has been ordered into tho management Of the
society ought to be as thorough as possible.
Year: 1879

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Thc stock market
yesterday less active and irregular. Gov
ernment bonds were firm, States lower and rail
roads strong. Money on call was easy ut a
3ls per cent and closing ut A per cent after
ruling as high as per cent.
Year: 1879

Much nonsense is circulated in regard
to the rapid loss Of fertility of dairy
farms, by reason OF the carrying away of
the phosphates in the milk. Now 1000
pounds of milk contain about three to
four pounds of Rhosphates, of which
nearly the whole is phosphate of lime.
Of this less than half is phos phoric acid.
Five thousand pounds of milk, there
fore, contain but seven and one-half
pounds OF phosphoric acid, which may
be taken as the yearly consumption, in
this way, of each COW. As wheat bran
contains 20 per centum of phosphoric
acid, it needs only hat about $50 pounds
of bran be led tt each COW, yearly, to
replace the draught upon the soil. There
are few dairy COWS that are fed less than
this quantity of either bran or some food
equivalent to it, and it is pretty certain
that very little, if any, phosphoric acid
is really taken from the soil of dairy
farms. Ga the contrary, to say nothing
of the natural supply in the soil, which
slowly becomes soluble: there is good
reason to believe that every well-kep'
dairy farm becomes gradually richer il
phosphates every year.
Year: 1879

Fill a bin with corn meal, oat meal
and middlings, each fifty pounds, and
bran ten pounds; add and thoroughly
incorporate with the lot three ounces
bone meal and one ounce best Cayenne
pepper. Put pan of thick milk on the
stove until the whey is formed and it is
scalding hot; add meal to make stiff
batter, salt little, and bake in slow
oven four hours. If in setting nests you
fud clear eggs, add two or three of them
to the mixture before baking. If you
can afford it, add eggs any way. This
cake, wet with either milk or water, or
crumbled dry, is the most economical
feed that can be given-economical not
for price, but because it gives the birds
growth material in perfection and in q
shape that permits waste from neither
loss or fermentation. Enough can be
made at once to last q week. II sour
milk is not obtainab!e, make soup OF
8 few scraps of meat boiled to rags; add
potato parings, then add meal and bake
as before,
Year: 1879

That persons near to death exercise
faculties entirely phenomenal, and dis
play powers not possessed byl those in
health, is attested by large number of
remarkable occurrences. One such,
marked by peculiar features, and suthen-
ticated beyond question, transpired in
this city a few days ago. An elderly
lady, the mother of a gentleman well
known in politics and business in this
city, herself in low state o. health, who
now has her residence in the southwest
ern portion of the city, awoke from a
sleep last Monday afternoon and at once
broke out in fit of violent weeping,
which attracted the attention of all in
the house, who were at some pains to
soothe her and accertain the cause OF
her distress. When quisted she said
that her husband, long since dead, had
appeared to her in dream, and told her
that her daughter was dying. This in
cident was related to persons in another
part of the city durint the same day,
and before the person who told OF it had
any knowledge of what is recited here
after. That the mother, who knew that
her daughter had been for some time
sick, should be Impressed with the ides
that she was dying was not singular, al
that might easily have resulted from
apprehension, which had, no doubt, beer
7 entertained. The remarkable fact il


this: On the same day, as near as Cal
be ascertained, at the exact time whel
the mother was maniiesting distress o
mind, the daughter reused herself from
her bed of sickness, in house on Arbo
Hill, and said to her attendant: Why
how my mother is crying" and


moment later Don't you hear her cry :?


The nurse heard nothing, and wa
| obliged to say SO. although the sic


woman repeatedly asserted that he


mother was crying and endeavored t


convince the nurse that she heard hel


The younger lady died on Wednesda


and was buried On Saturday.
Year: 1879

Religion is the best armor in the
world, but the worst cloak.


To live without purpose is to lead
restless, unhappy life.


A faith in sympathy is the genius OF
the beart--more, the kernel of Christ's
religion.


Friendship in some people is cruelty,
like feeding a thirsty man with the
beaded foam in the wine cup.


There are inscriptions on all human
hearts, which are never to be seen, ex>
cept at low, dead tide


It is the rugged highway that calls
out ones strength, not the valley of
sensuous ease.


some people never have story to tell,
because of their quicksand patures, from
which every new wave washes out the
old impression. .


IT there is anything more poignant
than body agonizing for want of bread
IL is eOul which Is dying Oh munger loi
light.


a gentle person is like river flowing
calmly along while passionate man ii
like the sea, casting up nire and dir
continually.
Having home that is all preachin!
md no pleasure-all duty and no fun
is a dull old trade-mill which will driv
! the children away sooner or later.


The force, the mass of character
mind, heart or soul, that man can pu
into any work, is the most importar
| factor in that work.
Being sometimes asunder heighter
friendship. The greater cause OF th


frequent qusrrels between relatives


their h=ingsso much together.
Year: 1879

ings Of the tortured man approach the
bounds of insanity. Efforts are then
made to obtain confession by suhjecting
the sufferer to the agony endured by
TantaIus when in the midst Of the in
fernsl lake, whose waters he could not
touch. On all sides the thirst distracted
prisoner beholds water-water for which
he would sacrifice e'everything-but which
he cannot touch except on the condi'
ton of confession.
Year: 1879

The originator of this cruel device
relied upon the torments of thirst as
more powerful than any other corporal
suffering. The prisoner is for several
DAYS confined to an extremely salt diet,
withot rice or water. When two or
three days have passed, the craving for
water becomes incessaGt, and the suffer
Year: 1879




When nail or pin has been run into
the foot, instantly bind On a rind of salt
pork, and keep quiet till the wound is
well. Lockjaw is often caused by such
wounds if neglected.


FRENCH CAKE.


One cup and a half of butter, four
cups -four, three cups sugar, four eggs
always beat yolks and whites of eggs sep
arately, juice of half lemon and rind
of a whole one; just before putting in
the oven mix one teaspoonful of soda
and the lemon with one cup of sour
milk.


KISS PUDDING.


Scald one quart of milk and dissolve
six tablespoonfuls of corn starch in cold
milk; add the yolks of three eggs, and
stir into the scalding milk 9 put the
whole into dish and let it stand and
cool. Take the whites of the eggs, beat
with one cup of sugar, put Oh top, and
set in The oven to brown.


BURNS AND sCALDs.


Common baking soda-the bicarbon-
ate-hss been found to cure burns and
scalds, affording immediate relief when
it is promptly applied. For dry burn,
the soda should be made into paste with
water. For scald or wet burned sur-
face, the powdered soda (or borax will
do as wsll) should be busted on.


THE HAIR.


To thicken the hair and prevent it
from turning gray, pour boiling water
on quantity of sage leaves, and let
them remain sons time in the oven, OF
near stove; strain and apply to the
roots'of the hair daily. It any pomade
be needed, an equal mixture Of cocoa
nut and olive oils, with little perfume
is very eficacious.


PARsNR FRlTTERs.
First, having boiled them tender
mash smooth and fine, picking out any
woody bits. For three large parsnip
allow two eggs, one cup of rich milk
one tablespoon of butter, one teaspoon
of salt, three tablespoons of -four. -Bea
the eggs light, stir in the mashed par
ships, beating hard; then the butter ant
salt, next the milk, and lastly the -four
fry as fritters by dropping spoonful i
hot lard, or as griddle cakes.


RICH BBf WIN SOUP.


Take six pounds Of lean fresh beef Gu
from the bone, stick it over with lou
Year: 1879

It was very bad here last spring, and
7 will tell your readers how we cured it.
For every forty fowls we took piece of
assafotida the size of a hickory>nut,
broke it in small pieces and mixed it in
about pint of corn meal, wet it thor
ouehly with boiling water, and placed it
near the roosting place, SO that the chick
ems could eat OF it the first thing in the
morning. If they were not too near
dead to eat, cure was certain Letter
to Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1879

To prevent saddle"galls the saddle
should be lined with some smooth, hard
substance. Flannel or woolen cloth is
bad. A hard-fnished, smooth raw-hide
lining, similar to those of the military
saddles, is preferable. Then, if the sad
die is properly fitted to the horses back,
there will be no gals unless the horse
is very hardly used. Calls should be
washed with soap and water, and then
with a solution of three grains of cop
peras or blue vitriol to one tablespoon
full of water, which will harden the sur
face and help to restore the growth of the
skin. White hairs growing upon CALLED
spots cannot be prevented.