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Year: 1876

The following sensible remarks on clean
liness of domestic animals are from the
New FORK World:


1t is a fact that no domestic animal is
unclean from choice. Naturally they have
an aversion to uncleanliness. and if their
movements are noted it Will be found that
they invariably choose clean dry places to
lie upon If stock are unclean, it is owing
to no fault of theirs, but entirely to the
neglect and carelessness of its owners, or
the persons having charge of them. In
this country too little attention is paid By
farmers i'll general to the cleanliness of
their stock, the general excuse being that
to attempt to keep animals clean is Of very
little use, besides taking up too much time
In England the case is different; there,
particular attention is paid to the cleani-
ness OF stock and their surroundings; and
it is really a pleasure to visit the stables
and barnyards in that country and note
the careful attention paid to their cleanli-
ness and healthfulness. How often it is
the case iii this country that on visiting a
farmers BARNARD his cows will be seen
standing about with their tlanks, bags and
tails all covered with fresh dung. Is it
any wonder, then, that the boy S on farm,
who generally have most of the bacn
work to do, or a large share OF it, get
sick and tired of being obliged to rouse
up at an early hour in the morning to milk
a lot OF COWS in such II condition ? The
day has gone by for q farmer to follow in
the footsteps OF his t0retathers, in many
respects II they saw lit. or did not know
any better, than to erect low. damp and
unhealthy stables, there is no necessity Of
his following their example. This is an
age OF Improvement, and improved and
well constructed stables are as much Of a
necessity as our improved dwellings are.
over the old-f4shioned farm houses erected
over fifty wears ago.
Year: 1876

Although the camel has the most beautiful
eyes of all quadrupeds, it boasts of ugly teeth
and vile temper. Two unsuspecting keepers
at the London Crystal Palace lately found this
out when dromedary suddenly attacked them,
and tore the ankle Joint of one out of its socket,
SO that the foot had to be amputated.
Year: 1876

the storm came up, chased after Il lovely young
lady two blocks and half to shield her from
the fury of the elements, and then when she ac-
cepted his courteousy protfered aid and he
opened the spreading parachute above her
madenly head, her eyes stood out on her
cheeks rs She read her fathers name painted
in two-inch letters on the alpaca. And he
he was so mortified that he tried to die half
dozen times while he was walking home with
her, and made up his mind that he would drown
the next time before he would grab up an UNI
brella in the post office without looking at it,
Year: 1876

Cows are not early risers Unless dis
turbed they will lie on cold morning till
the day gets well started; appreciating
the cheap warmth Of comfortable bed
as much as the farmer himself The horse
is quite different. and bestirs himself no.
body knows when 1t is not often that we
catch him mapping unless he is very tired.
lie would look out every once in while
in tue night, if he could, to see how the
weather goes. Last night, for the first
time this winter, gave Ringbone the
liberty of his box with an open east win
dow twice as large as horse collar. Ris-
ing at daybreak-for a wonder-I found
the horse with his head out of that Win
dow, winking at the pleasant view, one
might think, and calculating the chances
of an early spring OF grass like an old hay
specuIator Hartford Courant.
Year: 1876

IT Is not that men prefer Governor
TILDEN for President on personal
grounds; it is, that they know that he has
the qualities necessary for the work which
needs 10 be done, and that the public are
fully aware "f it, and have given him
their confidence.
Year: 1876

WEprint on the inside pages OF this
issue of the REGISTER an admirable sketch
If the life and public career OF SAMUEL
J. TrLDEN, the next President of the
United States. Ii will be read with in.
Year: 1876

The people hsve grown weary with
the stale platt,tudes of empty platforms.
They ask for deeds-not WORDS tor
bread-not stone. The Democracy OF
the nation present Governor TILDEs as
the most effective response possible to
make to the reasonable request
Year: 1876

The Ratification meeting IN front of
the Court House, last night was one OF
the finest political meetings ever held in
this city. The crowd completely blocked
up Chsplne street, and extended out
along that street as far each way a. the
voice of the speakers could be heard.


The speakers were limited to five min
utes each, but they all filled their allotted
time remarkably well. A report Of the
affair will be found on our local page.
Year: 1876

things if the Re iblican administration
should be continued III power? TnHy
have selected two men. Now let M say
to you, gentlemen, that two swallows do
not make summer. (Applsu e., The
party remains the same; it is corrupt in is
tendencies; and it is due to this party
and to the well intended acts of our MEN,
bers of Congress that the exposure OF
these individuals have been given 10 the
world. Reform was not o"ly commenced
in New York, but it was continued in
Congress; and while we. are per-
fectly willing to give sll the credit
to Governor Tildon that he de-
serves in that respect, let us turn our
eyes to the House OF Representatives and
say, "Well done, thou good and faithful
servants. you have rendered 8 noble
work to the party and the country, and
they will give you that reward in their
respect and admiration for your course
that you deserve" Mr.. Chairman, l
will not continue my remarks any longer,
but let me say before concluding, that we
appeal to the members of the Conven-
tion to bury their differences OF opinion;
bury their hate and their disappoint-
ments, and bury everything that their
minds entertained upon this subject. Let
them 90 home to their districts and to
their people, and say to them, those who
differed with the gentlemen who made
the nominations: They were not our
nominations; we preferred other men;
We were beaten; other gentlemen were
chosen; why should we continue to find
fault? Should we not then turn in and
do everything that We can, as it Is our
duty to do, for these caadidstes2 If this
be done, Mr.. President, there can be no
question about the result, and the
old Democratic party who founded this
government, who made the people Whist
they are, will once more be elevated TO
power. The flag which you have carried
in many fight will once more float in
triumph above your heads, (cheers), and
you will have that self-assurance that
you have an honest government and
honest administration, and that the peo
pie will be once more happy and con
tented. cloud applause.)


A delegate insisted on finishing the
call OF the roll, which proceeded amid
confusion.
Year: 1876

The Commercial (Rcp.) says that his
nomination means simply that the mem.
sers of the Convention had impressed on
them the idea that the party had better
chance Tor success by taking up the cry
of reform than in any other way. The
nomination Is the result OF judicious or
ganizstion aRd hard work.
Year: 1876

but, too, our highest safety aS individuals
and as members Of society lies in virtu-
ous occupation. Hence the most emf
ncnt writer's on social science have long
been persuaded that it is the first duty Of
society to throw around orphans such in
Gnenccs as will lead them into habits Of
industry and not leave them to drift
aimlessly into current Of idlcncss and
crime,
Year: 1876

Let the Murderers be Hunted Down and Brought to Jus

 tice.

 On Wednesday evening, the 25th ult., a most foul crime was committed in our county, and once more the name of Pope coun- ty will be corrected with stories of blood and violence. In last weeks paper we said nothing of this crime, because our informa- tion was so meager and unrelia- ble that we did not wish to give an erroneous version of the de- plorablc affair. And as we had been informed by reliable citi- zen from the upper end of our county that a company of the best men of that section would visit the scene of the dreadful deed and institute a thorough in vestigation, the result of which would be furnished us for publi- cation, we deemed it best to wait for their report. We now under stand that no such investigation has been had, and as we have had no account of the affair as full and correct as the following which we find in the Independent Arkansian, we copy below the statement of the Arkansian's cor respondent, "T. J. C." The crime is a horrible one and no stone should be left unturncd to ferret out the authors of the devilish deed. Such outlaws and barba rians as they should be allowed to find no resting place in our county or state. The damage which one such character can and will bring upon our name is greater than can be counter balanced by all that ten good men can do. Not being inform ed what steps our officials have taken in this matter we are not prepared to censure them with tie fact that nothing so far as the public know, has been done to arraign sthe guilty parties. This much, however, we do say, and that is this: suspicion points strongly to a desperado by the name of Hughes, who, with few associates of like character, are generally believed to be the gull ty parties; and if our sheriff, his deputies. and the constable of that township have not taken steps and measures to secure these suspected parties, they have been guilty of & most fragrant neglect of duty, neglect for which there is no excuse. We think, also, that the citizens of that community are guilty of great indifference in this matter. Every law abiding man in that section should feel it his duty to aid, demand and HAVE an inves- tigation of this matter, and purge their community of the foul i'm putation of harboring, counte- nancing, or even allowing such hSSDSl laooCo u iCuuaiu III tilcli settlement. Who can tell us if this matter has been brought to the knowledge of the Governor? This should be done at once if it has not already been attended to. The following is as full an ac- count of the deed as we have heard:

 MR. EDITOR oR:--Our county is considerably excited over the at F tempted murdering of four Meth odist Preachers, who were on their return home, from Melville conference, on Wednesday even ing last, at Douglas Store, Pilot Rock Township, Pope county, A ,.iy
Year: 1876

In one direction our engineers are Just
ready to blow away tho rocks which impede
communication between the city and the
metropolitan Mediterranean sea-an whose
shores on both sides will some day TEEN
with the life of cities or glitter with
the white walls of splendid villas. In
another direction they stretch the cables
across the East River that are to con-
meet us with the dry land which lies
between rs and Rockaway Beach, and
at still another side of the city prepara-
tions are almost completed to run trains
through the latest tunnel that pierces the
stubborn mountain range which bars the
way to New Jersey. Despite financial
calamities, stagnation In trade, discourage
ments Of every sort, these three great works
OF public interest havo been kept in prog
ress, and while two approach completion
at the same moment the third has reached
q stage Mt which We are able to see daylight
through all obstacles to its construction
Works like these, which have the common
purpose Of facilitating travel and traffic to
and from the city. are stages in our history,
and we shall one of these days, as we reflect
upon their importance, wonder how we got
on 30 long without them. 1t is always
tho case in tho history of great projects that
they are first secuted at as the notions of
dreamers, then opposed by the niggardly
for their ruinous cost, then completed to
every ones satisfaction, and then the world
at large complacently wonders why enter
prising fellows did not get at them ages
earlier. Perhaps this is not an inopportune
moment for an inquiry MS to what has be-
come of two other great projects. In what
condition of vitality is the proposition for
the bridge of which the middle pier
is to rest on Blackwell's Island, and
what has become of that one for the
tunnel under the Hudson River? Gen.
eral Newton s tunnel under Hallett's Point
will naturally pique curiosity as to the FEAST
bility Of the extension of work of this
nature at the proper depth under river
such as lies between us and the ends Of the
great RAILROAD lines to the West and since
engineers in Europe have declared it prac-
ticable to cut tunnel under the sea, and
thus connect France and England, tunnel
under the Hudson might by comparison be
deemed mere childs play.
Year: 1876

MIR. LUcIus ROBINSON is another Of those
gentlemen who do not desire, ask or expect
nomination for public Office, but who hold
it their duty to obey the will of the public.
He was serenaded by his fellow citizens at
Albany last night and expressed himself to
that effect, so that all doubts of his accept
ance, if any doubts there were, are removed.
The political issue Mr. Robinson defines to-
be reform in the national government, but
in this brief speech he says nothing of the
South, which it is clear now will have muoh
to do with the canvass.
Year: 1876

and not political services and influence the chief test
In determining appointments and to give suoortinaes
which Is enjoyed by officers OF the army and navy.
The Introduction OF this reform will be attended with
some difficulties But IN revising our State constu-
tion II this object Is kept constantly in view there


e TO doubt that II can bo successfully accom-
piished.


In his next Message, 1871, he again refer
red to the subject and once more earnestly
urged its Importance on the Legislature. In
1872, in speech, he again urged it, and in
year in his letter Of acceptance, saying in
conc!usion:-


Tho system Is a bad It destroys tho In
dependence OF the separate departments OF the gov
ornmcnt, and It degrades the civil service IL ought
to be abolished General Grant has again and
again explicitly recommended reform. majority
Of Congress has been unable TO agree upon
any important measure Doubtless the bills which
have been introduced contain Objectionable features
But the work should be begun. Let the best obtain
ahc bill be passed, and experience will show what
amendments required l would support either
Senator Trumbus bill or M Jenckes bill II noth hing
better proposed. We ought 10 have reform at
the system OF appointments to tho civil service,
thorough, radical and complete.


That is to say, during his whole public
life. in Congress, as Governor and in cam
paign speeches Mr.. Hayes appears to have
this necessary reform. He does not come to
it on the spur of o popular occasion. Those
who wish for and see tho necessity Of re-
form of the civil service may, it would
seem, depend upon him to help them
Those who are opposed to 1t will not find it
easy to drive him from ground which he
appears long ago to have made his own. We
have stated the facts in Messrs Tilden's and
Hayes careers Every reader must draw his
own conclusions
Year: 1876




Every advance in engineering science
which enables us to surmount successfully
the obstacles placed by nature in the way OF
our material progress must be hailed as
among the triumphs of the age in which we
live. In the invention of gunpowder. nitro
glycerine and their kindred explosives we
have become possessed of almost invincible
agents for tho prosecution of great improve
ments in our roads, rivers and harbors. Not
only have these concentrations of enormous
force been successfully applied in the art Of
war, but we have also adopted them as the
chief agencies by the aid of which we accom-
P1ish great physical changes in features Of
country, reconstructing and altering them
to suit the requirements of our progressive
civilization. BY an improved system Of
mining the yield of treasure from the bow
els of the earth has been so far augmented
as to enable most nations possessed of min
eral resources to keep up the adequate sup
plies needed by increasing populations.
The vast quantities Of the baser metals that
now enter into every department of manu-
featuring industry are placed at our dispo-
sal by improvements in the art Of mining,
and by the same means we annually add to
our financial resources constantly increas-
ing quantities of gold and silver, which
metals are regarded by the civilized world
rs the standards of value for all other COM
modities. But we have progressed many
steps further toward the goal of
material prosperity by being enabled
to conquer the natural obstacles presented
by tho mountains that bar communication
between our cities and settlements, and tho
rivers that separate States, the rocks and
reefs that impair the navigation of channels
and harbors, and even the seas that divide
islands from continents. Projects that have
hitherto been regarded as chimerical are
now looked upon only from the standpoints
Of expediency and expense, SO that really
the powers of the tabled slaves of the lamp
and the magic ring begin to lose their mys-
terry and might beside the wonders
achieved by the agencies of the diamond
drill, the nitro-glycerine cartridge and the
electric spark. We present to the readers
of the HERALD, in to-day's issue, brief his
tOry VI tue pIOSIcSS "a tAo dIt VI luiuluS
and tunnelling under water, citing in the
course thereof some of the many remarkable
feats Of engineering that have been &C
complished within the past half century.
We also give full description of the
He'll Gate operations, illustrated by
suitable diagrams and sketches show
ing the details of the work. This
subject must prove an interesting one,
for we are on the eve of reaping immense
advantages in our own city by the success
ful application of new system of sub
aqueous excavation, which promises extra
ordinary results in the near future. The
commerce of New York is rapidly ex-
tending, and the removal of the obstruc-
tions at He'll Gate must give it an increased
impetus, which will be felt Immediately
after the consummation of that great under
taking
Year: 1876

SEWING MACHINE COMPANIES who sell
their goods upon system by which the
poor purchasers are often oppressed have
met with practical defeat in the compro-
mise made by one of their number with
Bridget Barry. Although Mrs. Barry had
paid all of the price of sewing machine
with the exception of ten dollars the Weed
Company took it from her. The suit before
Judge Sheridan was discontinued yester-
day. the company paying the value Of tho
machine to Mrs. Barry, besides the fees to
her counsel.
Year: 1876

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. break
occurred in New Jersey Central. The rest
of the stock market was irregular and fever
ish The transactions were large. Gold
opened at ITO 1-S and closed at no.
Money on call was supplied at l and IL
per cent Foreign exchange was steady.
Year: 1876

Postmaster JANE, is correct. The bust
ness men of New York do earnestly wish
fast mail service. There might be improve
ments in the plan, and new arrangements
with railroad companies may be desirable !;
but the system itself, having been proved a
public benefit, ought not to be abruptly
given up. There are people who oppose
fast mail trains, but their logic would lead
US to return to stage coaches.
Year: 1876

Advices from different points in the West
Indies inform us of the passage Of great
cyclone or hurricane which has caused con-
siderable damage and even loss of life. The
island of st. Thomas, eastward of Porto
Rico, is usually the first place affected by
these storms as they gyrate westward from
the equatorial zone in the Atlantic Ocean. It
is therefore to st. Thomas that we look for
the first indications of the movement of the
September hurricanes. The cyclone now
sweeping to the westward will probably
strike the Texas coasSand cause great dam
age at Galveston and Indianola. If, how
ever, it's centre attains the apex of the para
bolic curve Of its track eastward of that
longitude it will strike our Gulf coast
and ST. Marks, Fla, passing over the
Gulf and South Atlantic States toward Cape
Hatteras. In any event wide belt of space
will be affected by its influence. The west
ward track of the storm centre has been over
the group of islands of which st. Thomas
forms q part, thence southwark of Porto
Rico and St. Domingo, little north of
jamaica with it's northern quadrant en-
bracing Santiago de Cuba, thence over Cape
San Antonio at the western extremity of
Cuba, and into the Gulf of Mexico The
turning point will probably be between tho
ninetieth and one hundredth meridians of
west longitude, and the counter movement
as indicated above. The condition of the
weather in the Gulf has been very much
disturbed latterly-a fact to which we have
frequently called attention. 1t is to be
feared that much loss of life and shipping
will be caused by this terrible cyclone.


INCOME TAX has always been regarded with
disfavcr by peoples saddled with such
burden In England the least reduction
proposed in the Budget was hailed as most
was pretty sure to reap areward in any elec-
tions that followed. In this country, although
the exigencics of the government were known
to be great, the people never willingly
submitted to the imposition Of the income
tax, because it represented a levy for which
there was no visible benefit to those that
paid it. Although the fairest, perhaps, of
the direct taxes. it was more felt than any
other, and those who willingly submitted to
an increase in the customs tariff saw a grev-
ance in being compelled to pay directly to
the government what they unmurmuringly
paid to their grocer. We give on another
page some interesting details of the oper-
alton of this wars taxation on an already
heavily burdened people.
Year: 1876

THE ExHrBIrroS.- present on another
page a graphic letter describing a remark
ably fine collection of Russian paintings in
the art galleries. and the interest created by
these works among connoisseurs The AL
gerion bazaar also attracts considerable at
tention, while crowds Of visitors sur
round the highly ornamented speci-
men of an Indian tent on exhibi-
ton. Liberia. although generally. asso-
ciated with heat and suffering, is fully
represented by not the least interesting part
of the general display. But among the chief
objects to which special interest attaches
are the magnificent stained glass windows
for the new Catholic Cathedral Of New York.
These fine works of art are to become familiar
to us when they are fitted in the great
church. and will add much to its already
splendid Appearance.
Year: 1876

COMPTROLLER GREEN has received the nomi-
nation for Mayor from convention of Ger
man citizens. Like all other great men Mr..
Green said he did not particularly care for
the Office, yet ne would not refuse to obey
the will of the people The question of the
next Mayoralty is important and We hope to
see good candidates nominated by all par
ties. To have q Mayor inferior TO Mr..
Wickham would be u retrograde movement
which the city could not afford.
Year: 1876

TIE FARCE of arresting bartenders at Gill
mores Garden for selling lager beer on Sun
days has brought Inspector McDermott into
trouble. He reported that no liquor was
sold there on last Sunday, but it was shown
that the arrests did not stop the sale.
Another charge is that when he made the
raid on Aliens gambling house he committed
official burglary upon cigar store These
are trivial matters, but they prove that some
body has been inspecting the Inspector.
Year: 1876

A MILE in 2:22 is not bad for mustang at
a county fair, bat the ponies have to be
brisker than that in polo. 1t is not for speed
only but for agility that these little animals
are useful.