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Year: 1870




The season Is now SO far advanced
that an approximate estimate may be
made of the results of the Summer har-
vests. The acreage of Winter wheat
throughout the country, as shown by
the Jane Report Of the Department of
Agriculture, is nearly five per cent less
than last year, while the quality of the
grain is better. The acreage Of Spring
wheat is probably not less thau it was
last year. Although very many farm
ers in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota
materially reduced the breadth sown as
compared with last year, yet, the in
crease of land brought under cultivation
brings the acreage in those States near
ly if not quite as large as in 1869. The
weather, taking the country as a whole,
has been quite favorable, although a
partial drouth occurred in Southern
New England, Western New York,
Michigan, aud portions of Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Iowa
which will doubtless lessen the yield
considerably. 1t is safe to calculate upon
rs fair returns, however, from the entire
breadth Of wheat sown, as were realized
last year from the acreage, which will
reduce the crop about one-ffth below
last year.


The advices from Europe are not alto
gather favorable for good crop. In
England, dry weather has somewhat
interfered with the growing wheat crop,
but recent favorable showers are report.
ed, which materially change the aspect.
II is quite certain that in France the
crop is short, as large orders from that
nation have recently been and are now
being filled in New York. This is an
indication that wheat will not be as low
in Europe after harvest rs it is now in
this country. Upon the whole, the
promise of better prices for this staple
is very good. ..... r.
Year: 1870

IowA.-A New Hampshire editor,
who has made an extended tour through
our State, writes of it;


We fully believe that Iowa is the
Garden State Of the West. BY position
it is the gate to the great Northwest
that stretches far above it; and laved by
the waters of the two great rivers that
Year: 1870

The following record WIN show The changes In the
temperature OF the weather for the past twentyour
hours in comparison with the corresponding day OF
last year. as indicated by the thermometer at
Hudnurs pharmacy, HERALD Building, corner OF
Year: 1870

Navigation on the Hudson still remains open with
prospect OF 30 continuing for time. Tonight
the steamer Connecticut OF the New York and Troy
Steamboat Company viii leave for Albany and Troy,
and win make regular trips Is long Us the river is
safe and navigable.
Year: 1870

WIRE RoPE.-Wire rope, wire cord
and wire clotheslines have been brought
into such general use that articles of this
Kind are no longer a curiosity. One of
our exchanges thinks that wire rope and
wire cord constitute one of the most de-
clded improvements on the ideas of our
grandfathers that are entitled to attention
In our enlightened age. The swapping Of
sash cord, which leaves a window a
heavy burden on all connected with it.
has ever been the dread of housekeepers
But the wire sash cord at once insures the
most nervous against such accidents. For
clothesline the wire rope must supercede
the old hempen arrangements, as il is not
only strong, but durable. Dumb walters
fnd in it reliable way of elevating them
selves, without fear of disconnection
Pictures in costlicst frames NAV bano
most favorably from silvered cords that
look like shining threads of lightest
gossamer. And speaking of gossamer re-
minds us that clothesline is manufactured
by the same company that makes the iron,
copper, and silvered sash cord. Even
lightning-rods are formed of copperwire
so plated as to be continuous, and there
fore not apt to puzzle the electric fluid
with single point in its free and easy
passage to the earth.
Year: 1870

IMPROVEMENT OF SEED WHEAr.-Hon.
George Geddes, in an article on the
Culture of Wheat" in recent num-
Der of the New York Tribune, gives the
following suggestions on the Improvement
of wheat seed The same remarks ap-
ply with equal force to other grain crops
ms well:


g am no believer in the turning of
wheat into chess or anything else but |
am believer in clean land and entirely
clean and sound seed, and thorough cult
vation; and believe that our wheat crops
might be greatly improved in quality and
increased in quantity by careful selection
of seed. Let a farmer first determine the
best variety for him to raise. At'or be-
fore the time of threshing, set some
sheayes on a floor, heads upward, and
then draw out the most perfect herds
those of the greatest length and the best
filled-until he has enough to SOW an acre
Put this selected seed on land in the best
condition in every respect weed the
wheat the next spring This acre should
give him thirty or more bushels of seed
for the next year. Out of this again draw
the best heads, and sow an acre and so
60 on for several years-the longer the
better-and by-and-by he will have some
seed wheat to sell that he may be willing
to bear his name, and he will be a public
benefactor."
Year: 1870

Before going East, as we will endeayor to ke,r
a stock equal to any house in the State, and be-
lieving we caff sell them Goods as low as the
same can be laid down from New City. I'D


aug6-6n
Year: 1870

The schools of Japan possess many
singularilies, especially those for
young girls of fourteen or fifteen
years Of age, dcnominated finishing
schools. In those establishments. all


masters pay for the privilege of teach


ing, instead of (as is the case with us)
being paid for their lessons. This
makes the instruction a labor Of love.
Then, again, TO certain extent, a
japanese young lady is allowed c5hs
siderable freedom as to the selection
Of her instructors she generally pre-
frs the best looking.


A lady principal Of one of our fin.
isbing establishments for young ladies
would not be Little surprised if she
could be suddenly transported to
Japan there to study the peculiarities
of Japanese customs


Instead of our closely pent school
rooms, with the girls sitting bolt up
right upon an educational stool, sho
would find the girls in delightful
garden, fragrant with tea aud flowers.
She would see u number Of little sum
warehouses, embowered in the midst
of those charming vegetable products
for which Japan is so justly celebrated,
brought to perfection 10y the most
exquisite horticulture She would
see bright eyed damsels, with cheeks
pink as roses, moving around with
graceful steps, each bearing a small
lacquer tray with tea and cakes She
would see these damscls, with Joyous
smile and modest mein, vending each
their way to summer-house. In
each of those summer houses she
would see a master or professor, either
waiting the return of one of the re-
freshment bearing damseIs, or else
sitting by the side of one who had
already come back japanese girlsre-
main in educational seuinaries of this
kind until marriage, and they make
excellent wives
Year: 1870

TIE STORM IN THE COUETY.-We have re-
ports that the storm on Friday afternoon in
dress's dire place, near the city: 4 gentleman
was caught, and put his horse id the stable
In which were two others. Three men had
also taken shelter there until the storm


should abate. They had been there but 4
few moments when 4 flash of lightning
struck MIR. Childress's horse and killed
him instantly. No damage wasIdone to the
Year: 1870

INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTs.-Thc
amount of internal reveulle tax collected
by Collector Burgess Saturday was S3S,
Gl4.74-more than was ever before collected
in single day in this district.
Year: 1870

IMPORTANT MEETING.-The City Central


Committee of the Conservative party will


meet at the Office of Thomas Branch & Co.
this morning at TO o'clock. 1t is very i'm
portant that every member Of the committee
should be present.
Year: 1870

final passage, by the wide-awake Washing
ton correspondents Of the Union, Bulletin
and Chronicle. And yet, the Alta has
apparently just discovered that such bill
was introduced and passed, ssd falsely and
stupidity asserts that it was put through on
the sly, and instances its passage as ga good
example of the mischief sometime wrought
by hasty legislation" But then we think
we have succeeded in showing that the
statements of that clumsy and blundering
journal do not amount to anything in the
way Of reliability aud truth, and certainly
there isvery little prospect that the au-
thor Of the luminous extract above quoted
will ever become famous on account OF his
superior knowledge. Of the geography Of
Northern California. -.
Year: 1870

We commend to Gov Holden his own card
concerning the garblng of the TOurgce letter,
printed elsewhere in our columns, with accom-
"panying documents Nothing could bc more
pitiablc than the position in which he is left.
After the wantOn charge against our
correspondent of breach of conf
dence, and the wantOn charge against
our prOof-readers of making the mistakes
which appeared in the copy he gave our cor
respondent, he is welcome to all the credit he
can get for his declaration that he knows
nothing about the garbling.


The case stands thus: Judge Tourgee wrote
that 400 or 500 houses had been broken open
by the Ku-Kux. Gov. Holden furnished our
correspondent q copy of this letter, in which
the figures were raised to 1000 or 5000, at a
time when the political benefit of this start
ling change would be immensely in his
favor, We printed it exactly according
to copy. Senator Abbott proves that it was
correct when he gave it to Gov. Holden. 1t
was garbled when Gov Holden gave it to us.
We leave him to make what further explana-
tions he may think needful at his leisure.
Year: 1870

BY constant depredations upon the shipping
in the harbOr and bOldness in Tesis iLa
officers when detected in the comm % u.
their crimes, our river thieves are 60 usllr
reminding us that they are an increash ? "a
to life and property. 1t is, therefore, p
what strange that we yet depend upon prh
tive means for thwarting these pirates, and IL
a port where property worth millions of dol
lars is constantly exposed have nothing better
than small boats propelled by hand for the
use of the harbOr police One of the Police
Commissioners recently stated that steam
launches could be provided at cost of $1,000
each, and maintained at trifing expense.
They should be obtained at once. The pirates
almost every night prove that they are better
oarsmen and have better boats than the police
The crimes in our harbOr have lately increased
so alarmingly that it is evident some decided
action must be taken, or the pirates vii b.
masters of the situation and at liberty ID rit
every vessel with impunity and shoot dow
every patrolman who from a pier bids them
come ashore and be bandCuffed or laes behind
them in a small boat which they easily out
strip. We have no fayOrite reform to urge in
this matter, but we must have reform, or We
may as we'll abolish tho harbor police as Q
useless expense.
Year: 1870

The Investment of Rome has been completed
by five divisions of the Italian Army under
Gen. Cadorna, but no attack had been made
down to the date of our latest dispatches. 1t
is intimated that there will be only show of
weak resistance made by the foreign legons
against the wishes and advice of the Pope.
The design is, doubtless, less to resist Italy
than to embarrass her by opposing the occu-
patton of the city, though it is difficult to un-
derstand how an attack forced upon Victor
Emanuel can damage his personal popularity.
OF render less sacred the cause of Italian
Unity.
Year: 1870

President Grant has expressed precisely the
opinion we should have expected from him
concerning the Graft Brown move
ment in Missouri He considers 1t
an effort to disorganize the Republican
party without cause, which no good Re-
publican who has the interests of the country
and of the party at heart can fail zealously to
combat. How any man processing Republicanism
can fail to take the same view is one of the
mysteries which only Revenue Reformcrs,
Tammany Republicans, and other political
nondcscripts can be expected to understand.
Year: 1870

the numerous birds Of prey who have Their
nests in Ann and Fulton-sts. and on Broad
way. The gambling fraternity are disposed W
look upon this conviction of an informer rs
triumph of their own particular vice over very
uncertain sort of virtue, and rejoice accord
ingly. A few sudden descents by the ponce
NAV teach them more wisdom
Year: 1870

uOW OFTEN IS THE HOUSEHOLD
Ill loaf buried with the household head, and
families that might have been comfortably
provided for, lott destitute by the want of a
proper foresight in its deceased protector?
Year: 1870

1t will no doubt be gratify-
ing toEsuch people as listened
to the Radical cry of Demo
cratic extravaganza and paid
particular attention to a lying
electioneering document which
charged the last Democratic
Legislature with all kinds of
looseness in appropriations and
extravaganza in the financial af-
fairs of the State, to know that
the Radicals with their major
ity, have increased the State
taxes 5 per cent. The tax for
State purposes last year, was
30 cents on 500. This year
there will be an increase Of 5
cents, making the total tax for
the State, 40 cents on $780,
We told the people at that
time that such charges against
the Democratic party were the
sophistical arguments of a pack
of rascals, bent on getting their
noses into official position and
their hands in the peoples pock.
ct for the purpose Of filching
their hard earnings. We are
neither a prophet, nor the SOD
of prophet yet it looks a
good deal like there has been a
verifcation in this instance
Bat pshaw, what is the use of
talking, the only thing we can
do is to walk up to the cap,
tain's Office and settle for the
folly of the people at the pro,
per intervals.
Year: 1870

It is positively asserted in
Washington on the authority
of Senators that Grant has..de-
clared that no man shall be put
in the vacant seats upon the
Bench of the Supreme Court
to unite with the dissenting
Judges in reversing the deci


sion in regrad to the legal ten
der act. And this is the way
that our highest judicial tribu-
nal is to be used as an engine
of further oppression and as
means of wholesale speculation
Year: 1870

so, where is the wrong that calm S4r
additional legislation? If it is not
so, the Convention should have
specified more definitely. tits hard
ly to be supposed that the Convention
met for mere bnnkum, just to make
show for the purpose Of inducing
more immigration.


The last Resolution seems indeed
to hit nail on the head. So far as
our limited knowledge of the subject
goes, there is but one port at which
capitation taxes are levied on immi-
grants reaching this country, but
that one is New York City, where
they all come. And if there Is any
good and sufficient reason for per-
mitting this. tax any longer, we fail
to see II. TO be sure, the State lof
New York claims that it islevied gor
the reimbursing of expenses incurred
for and on account of the immigrants
themselves; but it would appear that
it gives too much room for rascalfy
and oppression; and the matter ought
to be managed in some other wv,
and by the National GovernmentI


Somehow or other, the more Ne
think of it, the less we feel inclired
to favor special efforts for the impr-
tation of immigrants. True, We have
land enough now; but there il a
future. Let our country be free to
all; let it be really the home for the
oppressed of all nations; let us give
fair treatment and kindly welcome
for all who choose to come ana settle
as citizens among us;-but will some
person have the kindness to explain
the necessities and good reasons why
we should make special efforts to
induce them to come:
Year: 1870

The manner in which the public is incon-
venienced by the quarrel between the Western
Union Telegraph Company and their employees
Causes people to begin to think favorably on
AR. washburn's bill for putting the entire tele-
srarb business under government control.
Year: 1870

"AIiss st. John has gone to her apart
ments, she will not listen to me. I
want you to manage to entice her into
the drawing room this evening, but that
cannot be done without some strategy.
Here is a small morphine powder, there
is no harm in it, put this in her coffee
and she viii be more tractable.U
Year: 1870

WE desire TO return our thanks TO our old
W customers and the public generally, for
the liberal share Of patronage extended to US
in the past, and hope TO merita continuation OF
the same by close attention 10 business and
offering CHEAP GOODS.


EICkARD s WELSHANS.
October Is, 1870 If
Year: 1870

The following paragraph, which we find
floating the rounds of the press, is particu-
larly applicable to considerable number
Of croakers in this vicinity, and We hope
they will clip it out and paste it in the
crown of their hats, and whenever they
feel inclined to grumble because some oc-
currence which they deem of importance
has not been chronicled, they will give a
careful perusal: .....


IF the people think that the publisher
of newspaper has nothing else to do ex-
cept to walk the streets and look for items
of news. or 90 from house to house and
inquire if there have been any marriages,
births or deaths, they are entirely unin.
formed regarding that class Of individuals
who cater to the public. However ener-
getic reporter may be, he will learn but
little of what is going on in any locality
unless he is Informed by others. It is i'm
possible to be in more than one place at
time. A newspaper man can do almost
anything, but he is not ubiquitous. We
are frequently asked why this marriage,
that birth or death was not published, or
why We neglected to mention that some.
body had commenced building house or
planting trees and We arc told that some
one is chajrined in consequence of fail.
ure to be noticed in the press. Probably
We had never heard Of the event, tho ap.
pearanee Of which in print was SO anxious
ly looked for IF our readers know Of any
occurrence Of interest to the public why
will they not inform us He will publish
marriges, births. and deaths with pleasure;
we do not mean that we are pleased to
hear of the latter-if we are informed Of
their occurrence, but to canvass the com.
muuity for such items it isnot the province
Of journalist. We are always pleased to


receive any local item of interest to the
reading public, and will take great pleasure
in reporting every passing event worthy Of
record, but to do 50 without some assistance
is simply beyond the limits of possibility. r
Year: 1870

neT Is it any wonder that the affairs Of
the Government and of all the States
which are controlled by the Radical party
are dishonesty and disastrously managed
when We take the fact into account that
said party is led by renegade Democrats
whose dishonesty and want Of integrity
forced them to take leave of the party
which proposes to act uprightly? In
nearly every Radical State, renegade Dem.
ocrats hold the most responsible Offices.
The same is true of the general Govern.
ment. 1t was only the merceuary and dis
honest Democrats who went over and staid
with the Republicans. When only such
men are given office by the Radical mana
gers can the people hope for honesty in
the discharge Of official duty?
Year: 1870

As this is the season Of the year when
housekeepers usually engage in the task Of
cleansing. repairing, reftting and furnish
ing their houses, the following two receipts,
copied from the New York Sciestgfe
american, will be useful: a


TO SOFTEN PUTTY AND REMOVE PAINT.


To destroy paint on old doors, etc., and
to soften putty in window frames, so that
the glass may be taken out without break
ing or cutting, take l bl. of American
pearlash, 3 lbs. Of quick stone lime, slack
the lime in water, then add the pearlash,
and make the whole about the constance
of paint. Apply in to both sides Of the
glass, and let it remain for twelve hours,
when the putty will be so softened that
the glass may be taken ont of the frame
without being cut, and with the greatest
facility. To destroy paint, lay the above
over the whole body of the work which Is
required to be cleaned with an old brush
(as it will spoil new one), letit remain
for twelve or fourteen hours, when the
paint can be easily scraped of. This
recipe has been used by atradesman, a
painter and glazier by trade, foryears.


TO CLEAN PAINT. ''''@" "i


There is very simple method to clean
paint that has become dirty, and, il our
housewives should adopt it. it would save
them a great deal Of trouble. Provide .
plate with some Of the best whiting to be
had, and have ready some clean warm
waterand piece of flannel. which dip into
the water squeeze nearly dry; then take
as much whiting as will adhere to it. ap-
ply it to the painted surface, when . little
rubbing win instantly remove any dirt or
grease. After which wash the part we'll
with clean water, rubbing it dry with .
soft chamois. Paint thus cleaae3 leeks a
well as when first laid on, without any IN
jury to the most delicate ~colors. 1t is far
better than using soap, and does not re-
,quire more than halfthe time and labor.
Year: 1870

The world OF fashion having stood godfather over
the Jeromel Park races, and young America being
determined that this shall be the Derby. it Is not
strange that every one Is on the Qui Virs for the
meeting to-day and that the sporting element was in
ecstacies OF delight at all the prominent clubs hotels
and stables yesterday. Long before noon the roads
leading to Fordham will be thrOnged with carriages
and conveyances of every description, and, the
weather being fine, the display OF beauty and fashion,


will no doubt be something rarely, If ever before,
Witnessed on any similar occasion on this Continent.


There was an unusually large gathering last even
ing at the rooms Of the Jockey Club 92O Broadway,
and at kiiey's Broadway and Twenty-eighth street,
ut both Of which places pools were sold. The bid
ding was quite spirited, and on larger scale than
at any oil the late sales. The following are the
Year: 1870


riot broke out in valladoled yesterday In conse-
Quence Of q notification given by the city govern
ment Of the collection OF certain unpopular taxes.
The troops were called out and the disturbance
was quickly suppressed but not without some fight.
ing. Two citizens were killed and eight wounded,
and many arrests have been made.
Year: 1870

PARIS, June 8. 1870.
Several prisoners who were arrested during the
recent political excitement charged with completely
In the plot against the nation ana the life OF the
Emperor, were yesterday brought up for preliminary
examination in the Chamber OF Accusation OF the
High Court


The Court also investigated the papers found on
the persons OF some of the prisoners. Many these
Were adjudged to have no connection whatever with
the conspiracy. While some OF the prisoners were
held for trial. several were Internationally released
Year: 1870

Anti.Church Tax Agitation.


MADRID, June 3, 1870.
riot occurred in little village near here yester-
day on account Of the attempted collection OF the
tax for the maintenance OF the clergy. No blood
was shed and the disorder was quickly suppressed