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Year: 1875

The finest and s0ftest wool is always
found on the shoulders of a sheep.
But not one person in ten thousand is
aware of this fact. Let us watch an
expert when he is about to pass judg


ment on a sheep concerning the value
of the animal for producing wool, and
1t will be seen he always looks at the
wool on the shoulders first. A wr..ry
Of extensive experience i'll rearing fine
wooled sheep and in handling wool,
communicated the following -Ugges
ton for selecting a good wooied sheep:


Always assuming he wool 10 be
inspected is rc..iy inc a.gi we first
examine he shoulders at tne par.
where the fines aGd best WOO, Is usn-
ally found. This We take as stand
ard and compare it with the wool
from the ribs, the thigh, the rump and
the shoulder parts, and the nearer the
wool from the various portions of the
animal approaches the standard the
better. First we Scrutinize the fine
ness, and if the result is satisfactory
We pronounce the fleece in respect of
tineness very even Next we inquire
into the length of the staples, and if
we find that the wool on the ribs,
thigh and back approximate reason
ably in length 10 that of our standard,
we again declare the sheep, as regards
length of sample, true and even. We
next desire to satisfy ourselves of the
density of the fleece, and if We do
this by closing the hand upon a por-
ton of the rump, and of the Ioin
wool, the fleece at these points being
usually the thinneSt faulty, and if
again gives satisfaction, we signify
the fact by designating the wool even
as respects density. Now to summar-
ize these separate examinations If
you find the fleece of nearly equal
tirmness from the shoulder to the
thigh, of nearly equal length, shoulder,
rib, thigh and back, and density on
shoulder and across the loins, you may
conclude that You have perfect sheep
for producing valuable wool. Select
ing shee? for valuable feeders is quite
another thing. TRADE Journal.
Year: 1875

The little Hartford girl who gave utter
snce to the following idea was pulling her
mind with a problem that has bothered the
world for ages. She was reproved for some
childish act and seating herself on the floor
at her mothers feet reflected for long time
and then looking up said ma! Why is it
that naughty things are so nice ?''
Year: 1875

The press and the people are unit,
ing IN \ general and vigorous raid
against extrayagant dressing at school
exhibitions. Poor parents who have
children at school will bless teachers
and school officers who will DISCOURAGE
their expensive folly.
Year: 1875

We do not believe that the President will
attempt any frhe interference In the South except
far consider 1t necessary to save the interests
OF his very troublesome relatives and friends Boston
Herald (Ind)


All the circumstances are favorable for a
political revolution IC rests with Democrats
themselves whether that revolution shall D3 accelerated
and assured arrested at the outset and Its
nation Indefinitely postponed.-(5t. Louis Republican
NndD


1t is apparent to every intelligent person
that there considerable element OF tue Republican
party which fayors the third principle, ana equally
apparent that Gen. Grant would be very badly beaten
II he could receive and would accept remonina


on President Grant may we'll DO considered out of
the race.-[Albany Express (Rep.)


Speaker Blame made q very graceful and
impressive speech leaving the cDair. brilliant
man, an extremely cautious ana prudent man. and q
Of extraordinary force and power he would stand
higher than no does In the estimation the peO
pie II he had boldly taken tho lead of better ele
Republicans IN the contests Of the last session
--[St Louis Democrat (RepD


We firmly believe that il is very much to
be regretted that the Force bill prepared
early day Of the sesson that there wound nave
time consider t with that doiberatou which the end
in view deserved and to modify 1t as To remove
tectionabe provisions FROM It, aud 10 render IL practical
bio la regard TO Its enforcement oIery ossonttal
ticaar.-lSyraouse Journal (RePl
Year: 1875

hood ia less 80 because twelve men declare IL
to be truth, or because a judge, greauy
against his will, receives it as technically truen
or because the clerk Of the court also recoras
it az such. When jurors sworn to return
verdict i'm accordance with the evidence COM
NIT perjury by giving verdict directly con
trary to the evidence, we see no necessity LOT
two falsehoOds, since one will answer the pur-
pose. We think therefore that these Cailtor-
MIA jurors acted properly in refusing 10 sane,
ton any suggestion of an insanity which did
not exist at all. Jurors are under no oDilga
ton to give reason for their yerdicts dlnei-
ent from the reason which really determined
them; and if they didn't believe the murderer
crazy they did right in refusing to say so' ana
we hail their refusal az some evidence Oh Sc
curing honesty in capital trials.


We must accept the jury system with all ltS
defects Human infirmity OF Judgment hardly
permits anything better; and II III criminai
cases Jurors please to acquit the notorlousiy
guilty, while We criticise their conduct we
cannot dispute their authority. IL we are 10
retain this system of trial, we must expect 10
have our sense of justice sometimes PAIN
fully shocked but if indefensible verdiets are
inevitable, they may best be left to their own
real merits, such as they are. without any at
tempt to cloak or dissemble them by substan-
tial falsehOOd.
Year: 1875

Assemblyman Thomas Cooper Campbell
seems to be of opinion that the debt of New
York City needs 10 be increased. lie has in
troduced a bill at Albany providing for the
issue of SS75,OOO more bonds to raise money
to be expended on Museum of Natural His
tory, and the further orDamentation Of the
Central Park The TRIBUNE protests against
the proposed measure, and all other measures
for increasing the amount of the municipal
Indebtedness.


The interest on the bonds of the city, lcav-
ing out of the account the securities held by
the Sinking Fund, constitutes a permanent
and irreducible annual charge on the tax-pay-
ers, over and above all ordinary expenses. Of
nearly nine million dollars year. This per-
petual annual tax increases with tho growth
of the principal Of the debt. In addition to
paying the interest the city has TO meet all Its
Year: 1875

othcr expenses, and II 10 10 DO observed that
tho purposes for which bonds arc ins,ed nro
seldom of nature % diminiah tho ordinary
expenses of governing tho city Wa have no
objection 10 u Musenm of Natural History. but
tho erection ut such building will not mako
tho cost OF government penny losn than IL
Ia. but will add sovefa thousand dollars to
tho annual taxes fos all indefinite number OF
yeafs to come,


II Ia thought by peisons whose opinions arc
entitled t0 confederation that no great addl-
ton can be made 20 tho yearly taxation OF
th,s city without serious risk of injury TO its
commercial prosperity. In this opinion we
fally agree. But IL Is easy to demonstrate
mathemntically that by adding every year six
or seven hundred thousand dollars to our in
tcrest account, as we have been doing for the
last three years, we leave ourselves no choice
between insolvency and increased taxation
Experience shows that under this sort OF
iinanciering taxes do increase. The current
ordinary expenses of tho city must grow
as population increases. The police force
must be maintained, the streets lighted,
swept, and kept in repair, the criminal
destitute and unfortunate classes provided for,
the schools sustained, and justice administered,
and all these things must be done at cost
which has never been known to go backward.
At the same time the fund out of which so
many heavy payments must be made is pro-
vided by the trade and commerce Of the city,
which the city is liable to lose If another pnie
should be able to offer equal or superior ad-
vantages. just now the trade and commerce
of the city, and consequently the income OF
its inhabitants, cannot be said to be flourish
ing, and those in authority ought to be very
cautious about making additional levies on
the private revenue of the citizen, out OF
which, or out of his capital, all taxes are
paid.


We observe that the export trade OF Boston
for the first two months of the current year
] is the largest on record for long term OF
years. That of New York is less than for the
same period in either of the two preceding
years. Would it not be well to stop and re-
cOnnOiter before authorizing further progress
in the accumulation of debt 7 Perhaps we are
taxed too much already. At any rate it is a
point worth investigating whether little
self-denial in the matter of parks, drives, &c
| would not be Salutary.
Year: 1875

When man commits murder, moved
thereto BIZ wrongs for which human justice
affords him no adequate redress; when he
kills to use the cOmmOnest illustration, the
debaucher of his wife or his daughter, and
the soft-hear.ed jury, though he be as sane as
anybody in the courtroom, brings him in
"Not guilty, by reason of insanity the sat
isfaction which sympathizing observers feel at
his escape is little diminished by the fraud
ulent nature of the finding. A case in Cali
fornia affords an illustration. Muybridge was
indicted for the murder Of Larkyns, who had
misled Mrs. Muybridge. At first the jury
stood five for conviction and seven for acquit-
tai. A second ballot on the same day gave
the same result. Finally all the jurors agreed
that the prisoner was justified in killing Lar
kyus, but differed as to the form of the YER
dict, the majority c0ntending for simple
"Not guilty." the others holding for Not
"guilty ON account of insanity The
majority at last carried their point,
and verdict of "Not guilty" alono was
agreed upon. Now, whether the prisoner was
guilty or not, we are free to say that We
like the moral courage of calling a spade a
spade. If these jurors thought Muybridge
justified in Staying the violatOr of his honor
and the destroyer of his domestic happiness,
We are glad to find them frank at least in


avOwing an opinion which, OF course, upon
the other hand we esteem fearfully erroneous.
We do not think that the most outrageous
personal wrong justifies the murder of the
wrong doer. We deny, and all clear-headed,
right thinking persons will join with US in
denying, the right of private vengeance. No
apparent necessity, no social inconvenience,
however pressing, no extraordinary instance
of peculiar guilt, no difficulty in obtaining
regular convictions, no evidence of beastly
and almost total depravity, shall extOrt from
us the admission that what is called Lynch
Law is desirable as a precedent or in practice.
Neither are we prepared to approve verdicts
of "Not guilty." arrived at through the emo
tons without regard to plain and unquestion-
able evidence. We do not think that false
Year: 1875

Hampshire, always a closely contested
State gives pause at the present election to
the gentlemen who supposed that the Repub-
lican party was destroyed because the Admin
istration had become unpopular Eliminate
Grantsm from the contest and the party rises
at once. Democrats who have sup


posed that their organization was certain
to ride uninterrupted into power on the wave
that was sweeping over Grant, will see in this
mornings returns reason for the most careful
revision of their calculations, mOdcra-
ton of their hopes, resolution to put
their best foot foremost, and anxiety to
court all possible allies Republi-
cans will see the same, and those independent
citizens who are resolved no longer to be
bound by the ties of blind PARTISAN


ship may perceive in the situation which
New Hampshire reveals their OppOrtu-
nIty for good service to the country.
The dispatches received last night indicate
that the greater part of the doubtful vote was
given to the Republican ticket, and that the
State has therefore gone Republican. Person
c. Cheney, the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor is reported elected by small ma
iority Oh the popular vote, and the choice of
a large majority of Republicans TO the Legis-
lature places his success beyond doubt if the
election devolves upon that body. The result
of the vote for congressman is involved in a
good deal of uncertainty, with probabilities
i'll favor of the election of two Republicans,
and possibility that the entire delegation Is
Republican. The Democrats, however, claim
the election of one if not two of their candi-
dates. The vote was generally heavy. and
thnre MeIe considerable ReDublican gains.
Year: 1875

The business men of New-YOrk, with gem
tlemen like William E. Dodge and Moses
Taylor at their head united last night in pay
ing generous tribute to Mr.. S. B. Chittenden,
on the occasion of his retiring from business,
after career of third OF CEN
tury as Wholesale merchant IN this
city. AS graceful farewell to an
old business comrade, the demonstration
would scarcely call for public remark. But
there are two features i'll Mr.. Chittenden's s
career-the two which in the course of his
little speech Mr.. Phelps sgnallzed-which
make this honor to him public concern. AT
a time when black lists were framed for the
purpose of preventing New-YOrl merchants
from expressing their opinions on the subject
of slavery for fear of losing Southern custom,
Mr.. Chittendcn was prompt to announce that
his goods were for sale but not bis principles.
That struggle for the rights of the negro
ended, another came on for the rights of the
former masters, and in this though his hair
is now silvcred, MIR. ChitteDden during the
late session of Congress was as active and as
enthusiastic as he was in his days OF youthful
| zeal for the slave.
Year: 1875

The jury of inquest as to the causes of the
late fatal disaster in ST. Andrews Church re-
tired yesterday with a mass of testimony
which ought to enable them to render ver-
dict as intelligent and plain-spOken as was the
charge given them by the Coroner at the close
of the investigation. People generally will
agree with Coroner EickhOff that no "white-
washing verdict will meet the demands of
Justice in this case. 1t will not do to make
Divine Providence irresponsible for the
equitable negligence and incapacity of men,
Year: 1875

The mortuary reports presented to the Board
of Health yesterday show that the prevailing
dampness and frequent changes OF the weather
during the first week of March told with dis
tressing result upon the death list. There was
large increase over the week Immediately
previous in the total number Of deaths, and
cases OF Pneumonia and Diphtheria seem to have
been especially numerous and fatal. AS here
tofore, it was clearly demonstrated that the
fatality in Diphtherla was greatest in those
neighborhoods in which the least attention is
paid to sanitary regulations and hygienic con-
ditions. Pneumonia, which has proved
unusually destructive of life during the pass
ing Winter, is to be made the subject OF
thorough investigation and report, the duty
dcvoving upon DR.. Francis Delafeld. The
only gratifying figures given in these reports
are those showing that the decrease in the
number of smallpox cases in the city is con-
siderable. although it is stated that this
disease has attacked the inmates of The public
institutions on Blackwell's Island
Year: 1875

New YORK, July 27.-A correspondent


at Geneva gives an account this morn


ing of the terrible storm which broke


over that city at midnight of Wednes-


day, the seventh instant. About eight


o'clock few heavy drops Of rain began


to fall, and at the same time the whole


circumference OF the horizon began to


be titfully illuminated by flashes of sheet


lightning, but there was no thunder.


Once only during the entire night was


there one terrific clap of thunder, and


that was when the storm was just over.


The lightning gradually increased in in


tensity, and became indeed actually and


without exaggeration continuous. The
entire atmosphere seemed to be an ele-


ment OF flames, and all this time there


was not the slightest movement OF air
in the streets. At about eleven o'clock,
small objects lying on the roofs of the
houses were caught uD and whirled
around as if by 8 cyclone; still there was
no movement Of the air in the streets.
AT midnight the tempest came, mainly
from thelJ uraIrange and from southwest,
travelling in that direction toward the
basin of Lake Lemon. As it neared the
lake it seemed to spread out into p fan
like form, with front sufficiently wide
to embrace the entire city. 1t did not
last much longer than ten minutes. At
the end Of it Geneva was wrecked Us no
army of besiegers could have wrecked
it in the same space Of time. The storm
came ia the shape Of au almost compact
mass of sheet of ice driven horizontally
before the tempest blast. In the first
instant every gas.lamp in the streets,
save here and there one spared by reason
of some protecting roof, was smashed to
atoms and eXtin9uished; but the City
was not in total darkness, for the masses
of 3Oagulated hail reflected blue light
Of lightning in a ghastly and OminOus
manner. Widows OF manufactures and
residences were forced from their fasten-
ings, besides having all the glass shiv-
cred, and bedrooms, aud staircases, and
saloons were thus thrown open to the
storm, and in q minute or two half filled
with masses OF ice far beyond the
immediate power OF the inhabi-


tants to remove, for the storm was
marked by the peculiarity that the hail
stOne5Iol Ice fragments ratneT, compact
ed themselves into a solid mass as soon
as they fell. On the slope of the left
bank Of the river Arno, in the suburbs
Of the city, the tiles of many OF the
houses were absolutely beaten to pow-
der; stout partitions of wooden plank
were pierced by holes, such IS might
have been made by musket ball. Three
persons were killed by the fall of farm
hnIIgp 10 1oHi iaf1 ioSt
city. Vast quantities of small birds ale
being picked up, killed by the storm,
and the bodies Of several foxes have
been found. Geneva is surrounded by
pleasure-gardens,v vineyards and market
gardens, and these have been destroyed
as though charge of cavalry had
passed over them, involving the ruin OF
the poor and industrious peasants, whose
all is now taken from them as effecUu-
ally as though it had been sunk to the
bottom of the sea.
Year: 1875

The fearful storm which visited and
nearly destroyed Geneva, Switzerland,
on the seventh instant, was only exceed
ed in destTuctiveness by the flood at
Toulouse. We publish a very full &C.
count by telegraph elsewhere. All good
people will sympsthize with the Swift
zers and hope that later accounts will
modify the picture so startlingly and
vividly drawn by the correspondent CT
our New York cotempOrary.
Year: 1875

By thy cold breast and serpent smile,
By thy unfathomed gulfs of guile,
By that most seeming -virtuOus eye,
By that shut-souls hypocrisy,
By the perfection of thine art
Which pass'd for human thine own heart,
By thy delight in others pain,
And by thy brotherhood of Cain,
L call upon thee and compel
Thyself to be thy proper nell.
Year: 1875

a very tall and shabby-lool<ing man, a
fellow that reminded you of vagrant
letter from font of forty-line paragon
extra condensed, stepped up to one of our
bars, last week, and, after heaving a glass
Of liquor into his long throat, blandly asked
the bartender if he could change a $40 bill
The gentleman informed him that he could
Well said tho tall one, with sigh of
satisfaction, "Tll go out and see if can
find one and he plunged out into the cold
world on his missiOn.-LO,dsrHc Commercial.
Year: 1875

A Maine girl left her clothing in an open
boat and hid herself, and when her parents
were crying and saying if they only had
her back they would obey her slightest
wish, she appeared and said she wanted to
marry George.
Year: 1875

A couple of neighbors became so hostile
that they would not speak to each other
but one of them, having been converted at
camp meeting, Oh seeing his former
enemy, held out his hand, saying, How
dye do Kemp? l am humble enough TO
shake hands with dog"
Year: 1875

When young man stays so late at the
house of his inamorata that it is found
necessary to repaper the wall to get rid of
his shadow, it is about time for him to tokc
his trunk and washing there.
Year: 1875

An exchange thinks that Eve must have
been a very unhappy woman. There was
no other woman to pass her on the street
that she might look round and see how
that dress fitted in the back
Year: 1875

Give boy marl<et-baskct of groceries
TO carry homo and he will swing it across
his spine, bend half way to the ground and
groan with agony, but give him that weight
OF base ball bats and he will skip along as
merry as a potato bug in ten-acre lot.
Year: 1875

only answer to be made hitherto has been,
We are yet youns and 1t il best to wait for
ideas to develop and mature into the beat
designs. No citizen can ever walk around
the beautiful eminence without longing TO
see the grand opportunity improved for
illustrating the city and educating its peo-
pie by some work of sentiment and beauty.
There are other places suitable for military
monument such a. is now under conten-
plstion. Suffice to say, this matter is now
begun and is in good hands, as will soon
appear. But it Is we'll understood that sd-
vantage should be taken of favorable inn
pulse TO public sentiment. Such an impulse
was created last week. Now is the time
to increase its momentum instead Of
leaving its force to be spent without result.
Tomorrow the Sentinel will contain a
summary of TACT and information upon
this subject, setting forth in brief historic
descriptions of the chief monuments that
mark the events and eras of the world,
prepared by a committee that have al
ready made successful effort in this di-
rection. A subscription was started last
week and $4,000 have already been sub
scribed. We are persuaded that this
movement needs only to be properly
brought before our citizsns in order to in
sure its success.
Year: 1875

Now, that ex-lsw-ps partner Martindale
and brother-in-law Holloway own the
organ, we may expect some lively tunes.
A jig to the Southern "man and brother"
galop in the direction of the bloody shirt,
and a lancers' salute to the money lords of
the East will be in order.


Senator Morton is playing for the pres
idency, and must have an instrument that
will give forth no uncertain sound. A
broken key, an untimely pull upon the
stops, or the slightest pressure upon the
wrong treadle will destroy the harmony,
so he has taken the precaution to see that
the organ is put in complete order, and has
set up his old wpartner and his brother
in-law to furnish the music.


This instrument has now three banks of
keys, in the lowest one of which is a key
called Democracy" whose ivory has grown
yellow from age. Care is to be taken never
to touch that key, as its tone would create a
fearful discord in the present harmony. The
second bank contains an anti-negro suf-
Year: 1875

The Journal says that the Sentinel did uot
display flag, while the Journal building
blossomed from foundation to turret. This
is not true. The Sentinel displayed the
largest flag in the city, and had it waving
welcome to the soldiers-conspicuous even
from the Union Depot, two ho1rs before the
Journal had the sign of a flag in the breeze.
1t is true, the Sentinel did not happen to
secure supply of the cheap bunting, st the
rate of fifteen cents hundred, that the
Journal displayed, nor feel it necessary to
sit in the window shaking a sample to prove
its recognition of the soldiers.
Year: 1875

Tho Journal, under the new management.
is straddling the fence on tie currency
question. 1t has gold boot on one leg and
paper one on the other. II in favor of gold
currency and OF paper money. Itis in favor OF
greenbacks and blsckbacks. 1t is in favor oI
everything that will advance Senator Nor
toms aspirations for the presidency, and
opposed to everything that will initiate
against them. The manipulation of the or
gan strikes too many keys at once The
sounds are discordant. The bloody shirt is
his best hold and he should stick to the un-
der garment.