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Year: 1876

1t would be utterly impossible for a
Democratic member Of Council to give
satisfaction to conferee who is of differ
ent thought in political sentiment, ,and more
especially as we are approaching a city
election, in which the ingenuities of the
Republican party will be taxed to make a
respectable opposition to the Democracy
We cannot for an instant make anything
else out of the sudden spurt of attempted
reformatory ideas in Council on Thursday,
but an electioneering dodge for the Repub-
lican party. If all jobs Of work over fifty
dollars must be done by contract, it proves
nothing that requires such an emphasis Of
language and strengtl Of passion as to
withdraw from the committee. The value
Of Mr.. Candy as private citizen is recog.
nized, but that he should be so hasty, be.
cause he could not control the Street CouI-
mittee is a matter OF eurprise to many.


The position that Mr.. McMenamin was
placed in by this sudden attack, was dis.
advantage to him, lacking in Auency o.
speech; and we have not the least doubt
that he will be able to thoroughly explain
his conduct az Chaiaman of the Street
Committee. If the matter is sifted thor
oughly it will be found that the disturb
ance of Thursday night was occasioned fo1
political effect in the approaching city elec
ton. And if the search goes back fal
enough, we are Of impression, it will b.
found that under the "regime" of ole
Council, there were some hundred dolla1
Jobs not done bv contract.
Year: 1876

BLAINE has greatly improved and will
take the stump in his own State for Hayes
ane Wheeler. 1t to be hoped that Re
will use the right kind of argument and not
daunt the bloody shirt too wildly.
Year: 1876

Thursday ended the first three months
or just half the term Of the great 1nterna'
tional show. What the exhibition has &C.
complished, is salutary of its success. As
we are aware there are few errors in its
history, which we are glad to see expert
ence has corrected, that without which, the
exhibition might not have been SO prosper
GUS financially as it has,. One of these
errors was stated in these columns by a
correspondent net long since: that hous-
ands of dollars had been lost to to the great
show by not admitting children and ex-
cursions at reduced rates sooner. These
things have been oyersights, and errors
committed from lack Of experience, that
the. remedy could not have been applied to
too soon.


But even with the embarrassment
of such enervating influences as
these the great exhibition may
be termed a success. It's cash ad-
missions for three months at fifty cents a
head has footed up nearly two million per
sons, and during the short time Of twenty
five cent admissions there have been a
thousand and more of this class. The
management have regarded it more in
broad general way than by taking it in de-
tail and giving it thorough business con-
sideration.


The first month of the exhibition was
one that placed it before the throngs who
visited it in an incomplete state. This was
appreciated by the public, and evidenced
by the increase of visitors since May,
which was the opening month. That
month the admissions did not quite reach
four hundred thousand. In the next
month they were nearly seven hundred
thousand, while the next month that Of
July, they fell off few thousand, owing
to the excessive heat, but this month al
though not half exhausted they have
reached nearly two hundred thousand.


The show is now complete, and the
large numbers who remained away owing
to its incompletion are beginning to arrive,
and there is every reason to believe that
the last three months will be the most
prosperous of the exhibition.
Year: 1876

Sirs that we hear of; those from humber
stations we hear nothing Of, but give thanks
We are all born here free, equal and
alike, barring the slight difference that
money, political influence and plenty Of
fine clothes makes. ittt
Year: 1876

1AMDALL's oDoTI1ACY.


Mr.. Randalps obstinacy, ~ a member Of
of the Conference Committee on the execu.
utive, legislative and judicial appropria,
ton bill, is neither wise or Statesmanlike.
The Conference Committee has been tinker
| ing at this one bill since early in July,
and in it is the reduction of the Presi
dents salary and the members Of both
Houses of Congress. Four committees
have been appointed in this matter, and it
may very properly be regarded as one Of
the chief causes why this Congress has not
adjourned. Mr.. Randall is the only recall
citrant upor the committee, and it is there
fore attributable to him that these hot days
both Honses are in session.


Viewed in whatever lightit may be, this
attempt to reduce the Presidents salary
and that of the members is nothing more
than species Of demagoguery, taken ad-
vantage Of, in general retrenchment, for
political advertisement. The remarks Of
Mr.. Bayard upon the subject are very ap-
propriate, and we append them:


Mr. Bayard, member Of the Confer
ence Committee, also spoke Of the efforts
Of the committee to agree upon the bill,
and said he had sought in the committee
to elevate all the questions Of difference to
the high plane of the good Of the country
without reference to party results. He
then spoke of the Preaident's salary, and
said he did not believe it should be re-
duced. The bill 10 reduce his salary had
passed both Houses of Congress, though he
voted in the negative, although it was vetoed
by the President in the exercise Of his
constitutional power, and with entire dis
|interestedness. He (Mr. Bayard) would
never consent by his vote to invade any
right or duty Of the President, and would
not permit the President to invade any
right or duty of his. Congress had no
right to put in this bill reducing his salary
upon an appropriation bill, and thus compel
him to veto bill to carry on the govern


nent or swallow a proposition already
vetoed by him. Congress had no right by
a species of moral duress to make the
President Lessen his constitutional preroga-
tives. If he were the President of the
United States and this bill came before
him under the same circumstances in
which the House proposed to send it 10 him
he would veto it. In regard to the pay Of
Senators and Representatives in Congress,
he held that this was representative
government of the people. 1t was in
tended that that representation should not
be affected by the poverty or riches Of the
man representing tlem. What would be
the result Of abolishing entirely the pay of
members of Congress? 1t would be a
shortsighted and absurd economy, which
experience would wipe away in less than
year. It's result would b. to bring two
classes into legislation-those who were
rich and those who were penniless to grow
rich on their Legislation, and either would
be hurtful to the country. 1t would be a
sad day for this country when men fit to
legislate upon the great questions presented
were prevented from coming to Congress
on account Of their poverty. 1t was the
duty Of the people to see that talent and
brains were not kept out Of their halls Of
legislation on account Of poverty.
Year: 1876

In the log pocket of the Boom Com
pany, about two miles above this village,
may be seen a sight which, to the prac-
tical man, is worth travelling many miles
to gaze upon. There are more than one
hundred million feet of saw logs piled
in one immense mass, an eighth of a
mile in width, ten to thirty feet in
depth, and three miles IN length. The
high water has kept crowding them
down until they are piled fifteen feet
high above the waters edge, and as much
below it in many places. They are
sticking up in every conceivable direc-
ton and shape, some of them on end.
with the lower part several feet above
the level of the water, and within few
feet of these you will step on the end of
another which, standing straight, !jnst
protrudes over the current. 1t seems as
if they had been piled together much
as the glaciers are formed, layer upon
la, er and log upon log, until they have
reached their present position. One can
imagine the tremendous force with which
this immense mass wonlh precipitate it,
self down the river if anything should
give way; but fortunately everything is
firm. Something of an idea of the value
of the mass may be formed when it is
known that the logs are worth an aver.
age of nearly dollar each.-[ Memo


minee Mich Herald.
Year: 1876

There is constant selling and buying
of farms going on from year 10 year in
our country. This recklessness on the
part of the farmer and his desire to
change present location for another
one hundreds Of miles off, is so frequent
ly witnessed in our day that We cease to
fathers, when a man was settled on
farm he commonly continued through
life,- and then left it for his son. In
times gone by the same farm was occu
pied by the grandfather and soon by the
son and grandson. Then the good old
homestead was revered and the occu-
pancy Of it was esteemed great privi-
lege. There was satisfaction felt b.
the successor that his predecessor wa
his relative, cultivated the same fields,
wandered by the same brooks, traversed
the same hills, and ate of the fruit OF
the same orchard. Then there was a
home feeling. home associations, and
horne attachments. Now the farmer
looks more to his pecuniary gains, and
when offered a large price for his land,
hesitates not to sell. He quits his
beautiful homs, his we'll cultivated
acres, emigrates to the Far West, and
commences life Of hardship that he
never dreamed of. II can be safely said
that, where one man succeeds in thi.
undertaking many fail. IF he could on
ly sell his new farm, how gladly would
he go back to the old home, now occu-
pied by strangers, and the enclosure con-
tanning the graves of his kindred going
to ruin. With the advent of spring
many will dispose of their farms and re-
move to a far off country, to undergo
privations and troubles incident upon
establishing home in a new country.
Our advice is to remain where you are.
If you are comfortably off, be con-
tent, to remain 30. Do not exchange a
certainty for an uncertainty, unless pow
erful reasons are brought to bear upon
you to seek a new settlement in q dis


tant region. Stick to the old farm, for
it has never failed Won in time OF need
IN. E. Homestead.
Year: 1876

A couple Of weeks ago the Duke Of
Portland was fined S5 by the Dron6eld
(Derbyshire) magistrates for allowing
a traction engine belonging to him to
travel along the turnpike road without
a man carrying red flag in front to sig
nal its approach. Mr.. Cripple, steward
to his Grace, said the. Duke. would be
very much dissatisfied with the decision
"a circumstance which the Bench in
formed hin they could not help.
Year: 1876

AS ] have never seen a method like
mine for cutting and curing hay men
toned in your most valuable journal, I
thought / wonld write il out, hoping
thereby to help some beginner in the
business.


As it il an established and admitted
fact that we must cut hay early, how
shall We best preserve it in its purity. is
the question. Now, those who are lucky
enough to have the "wherewith to pur-
chase hay-caps, tedders. &C., will tell us
that single day will cure it quite
enough to have it keep we'll. But what
shall others do who do not have these
helps?


For more than fifteen years, have
endeavored to begin to cut the clover as
soon a. it was in full bloom, but more
recently have come to the conclusion
that if the weather promises we'll, it ia
not best to wait for few blossoms to
come out. Cut il when the dew ia all
off, letting it lie one night; open next
day and improve all the sunshine. Now,
if fairly wilted, make the cocks larger.
and let them stand one or two days, and
if they are not dry enough SO as not to
sour in the NOW, you must open out
again: but if otherwise, let them stand,
only doing this-commence and cock
them over, letting them cure in the
cock rather than by the sun.


Persons using this kind of feed for
their cattle. will make as much butter
in December as in June, provided the
cows are in fresh milking condition.
Clear timothy, managed this way is worth
fifty per cent more than that which has
been cut and put into the barn and al.
lowed to become hot and burnt in the
NOW.


| have often seen hay that had all ash.
colored appearance, and very dusty, that
was not much better than bright straw
Do not fear shower if the hay is we'll
put up in good sized heaps, even if you
do not have them capped. You can cut
and put up in the way described. and b.
much better pleased with the result thar
by hurrying it into the barn. In short
cut it early. wilt it, dry itin heaps. rath
er than in the sun. ! have had, in some
seasons. weeks work in heaps before
putting any in the barn. But it mus
be remembered, changed them by cafe


fully changing the top to the bottom
keeping them in good shape. 1t require
little extra labor, some will say, bu


when one gets ton in, it is almost eqna


to ton OF Western corn meal.-[E. J


Buttolph in New England Farmer.
Year: 1876

and that is the act Of March 2, 1867, which gives the Secretary of the Treasury, through the Com missioner of Internal Revenue, exclusive control of all prosecu tioas under the internal revenue laws. Until this act is repealed the Attorney General has no more right to instruct District Attor- ne,s in regard to revenue cases than the Secretary of War has. But Grant has never yet beer stayed by law when he was bent on the execution of purpose. If his Attorney-General gives him the right sort of an opinion he don't care a fig for the law. This Attorney General Pierrepont has done, and on Friday, when it was quite evident that the Cabinet were 2 unit against him, Bristow quietly withdrew. He had made up his mind to stand upon his legal rights and fight the whiskey war out to the bitter end. He does not mean to resign. If the President means to get rid o1 him he must ask for his resigna- tion and then he will get it, with something else that will not be very acceptable.
Year: 1876

The advancement and develop ment of our agricultural interests is the safest and surest road to a solid prosperity. Just in propor- tion to the progress made by the real props and stays of our whole social and governmental fabrlc- the farmers-will be the growth and solid improvemunt of our country. All means and ends which tend to advance the science of agriculture and promote the welfare of the agricultural portion of our population should be en- couraged, fostered and studied The season of the year for putting in another crop is now at hand

 and we desire to call the attention thus early to the healthiul inhu

 cnce of agricultural faifs to DC held in the fall of the year, II order that our farmers may plan' and SOW with a view to making creditable display in the fall a' their fair. Pope county ought t' hold an agricultural fair this fall The good that would be accom-

 plished by awakening lively and friendly emulation would b' greater than might be supposed Now is the time to take the ma tory steps and we would earnestly urge the matter upon the atteh ton of our county and distric oranges. Now is the time to la' plans, and to agree upon, an make preparations to produce aI

 tirles for exhibition. And nov would be q good time to discus
Year: 1876

A bill has been reported to the Maine Legislature amending the election law there, so that the Governor and council shall be re- ouired to count all the votes in- tentionalIy cast for any person, although his name upon the bal lot is misspelled or written with only initials or with his Christian name or names Exchange.

 Such an arrangement is this, 1t seems to us, would be wise pro vision. It would not be difficult, it seems to us, to arrive at the true intention of the. voter where name was misspelled or a wrong initial given. There can be no just reason for denying candi- date every vote polled for him for the trivial cause that his name has been misspclled on the ballot

 A provision of this kind would no doubt go far toward getting rid of frequent contested election cases. We know how it was with our member of congress in lS!2- Hon. T. NJ. Gunter, how he was deprived of q portion of his vote on account of his name being misspelled.

 The provision strikes us as commendable and wholesome.
Year: 1876

cult Court to answer for permit ting the escape of prisoners.

 The New York Sun of the Sth gives q lengthy review of the Whisky Ring cases and the trouble in the Cabinet which has grown out of the treatment of the guilty parties connected there with. The Sun article is elabo. rate and convincing, and goes to show in no cnviable light the H. legal interference of the Attorney General to protect Babcock from the searching prosecution which Secretary Bristow's war upon the Ring, has brought upon him (Babcock). The position which Bristow occupies is isolated and alone, but honorable and true to honest government.
Year: 1876

Be it enacted by the General As

 sembly of Arkansas:

 Section l. The right to own and keep dogs of any kind within this state shall be deemed q priv ilege, and all persons keeping any dogs shall pay for the privilege of keeping the same, sum equal to one dollar per capita for each dog kept by him or any member of his family, or any ward for whom he is guardian, and may be paid in county warrants or scrip.

 Sec. ?. Every person in this state subject to by law to pay tax es, shall at the time prescribed by law for listing personal prop erty give to the assessor of his respective county a sworn state ment of the number of all dogs kept by him or any member of his family, or by any ward for whom he is guardian.

 1 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the assessors of the several coun- ties of thls state to take list from each taxpayer of the number oi dogs kept by him or any person member of his family, for whom he is guardian, which list shall be included in and be q part of such personal property list, for which list the assessor shall re- ceive no further additional com pensation.

 Sec. f. The assessor shall keep a separate list to the number of dogs in each school district in their respective counties, and shall at the same tune he returns to the clerk list of polls and personal property; also return such list of dogs.

 Sec. ,. The clerk shall at the time he makes out the personal property tax books of county in addition to the taxes due by any tax pay upon personal or for poll tax, and the sum of one dollar for each dog owned by such taxpay- CT or member of his family or person for whom he is guardian.

 Sec. 6. The county collector shall at the time prescribed by law for the collection of the state and county revenue of this county collect the privilige tax charged on hs tax books against the own CT of dogs, and be responsible on his collectors bond for the same, and shall be entitled to the same fees as is now or may hereafter be prescribed by law for collect

 ing tax.

 See. s. The collector after he

 shall have collected the privilege

 tax provided by this act pay the f same to the county treasurer and

 take therefor duplicate receipts one ofNwhich he shall file in the clerks office, retaining the other f Said tax when collected and paid

 into the county treasury shall Dc , disbursed for general county pur 1 poses. See. s. For the purpose of en , forcing the collection of the priv l , lege tax herein provided, the county collectors shall distrail r and sell a sufficient amount O 5 personal property of any persol l refusing to pay his privilege tax , Sec. 9. The fees of all officers D who may be engaged in assessing !, collecting or disbursing said tax a shall be and remain the same al e fees allowed such officers for sim r liar services.

 Il Sec. 10 All laws and parts o f laws in conflict with this act ar d hereoy repealed, this act shal q take effect and be in force iron ;. and after the first day of Januar. n 1876.

 Approved December li, 1875.
Year: 1876

A New Orleans correspondent speaks favorably of the progress of the Miss. jetties. The work of placing mattresses is going on rapidly, and these are being made at the rate of five day, and aver age 120 month. The work is begnning to show the most i'm portant results; the depth of water to the bar has increased wonder. fully, and the river side crest of the bar has been cut away to a narrow limit. It is believed that the day is not far distant when there will be twenty four feet of water on the bar.
Year: 1876

This centennial year may be made memorable in the history of American journalism if all these nimble pens shall drop from their points none but sound ideas and honest convictions, and shall reso- lutely prick every bubble of pub lic and private fraud which floats before them We salute our brethren of the newspaper press.
Year: 1876

programme and to consider what premiums to offer. By put ting these things of until late in the fall half of the salutary effects of an agricultural fair are lost.

 We offer space in our columns for any suggestions from our friends on this subjecs, and urge that we shall have county fair in Pope county this fall.
Year: 1876

Hereafter no legal Advertise
ments will be inserted in the TIME-
unless payment is made when hand
cd IN. 1t requires money to carry
on our business and VIC are COM
pellcd to adopt the cash principle.
This rule will not be deviated from
in any case.
Year: 1876

We are taught by the Bible that it is
never too late to ask and receive the par
don Of the Almighty for sins committed
against His laws. This rule does not hold
good in all merely temporal affairs, though
it does in most. Mistakes can be corrected
and the damage done by inadvertence or
willfulness repaired. 1t is fortunate for
the one who commits crime, or makes
mistake, should the time not have passed
before he sees the error and attempts repa-
ration for the crime. This is the situation
in which the New York Herald finds ITSELF


A few months ago the NATIONAL REPUB-
LICAN declared that there was "a reign Of
assassination" in the South. Gen. Sheri-
dan, sent to Louisiana by the President,
declared that the leaders who inaugurated
this reign were "banditti," and should be
treated as such. The Herald then had
correspondents in the South who de-
nounced Sheridan for his proclamation,
and painted the men whom he denounced
as injured innocents, whose only desire
was good government, and all whose aspi'
rations were loyal and peaceful. This
correspondence, the NATIONAL REPUBLI-
CAN charged at the time, was written to
order, and did not state the facts, for
they were too apparent. But the work Of
the Herald and its engineers bore its legiti-
mate fruit. The result was the election Of
q Democratic House of Representatives