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Year: 1875

The elaborate statement of Controller Green
in relation to the municipal expenditures ana
indebtedness, and the unadjusted claims
against the city. has been published IN me
Ciu Record, and is there accompanied with
the detailed tables which we found too v0ll-
minous for insertion in our columns. Citizens
and taxpayers who do not shrink from the
Iaborious duty of examining the long lists and
descriptions of the self-styled creditors OF the
city, will find that the magnitude and import
ance of the unadjusted indebtedness have
been greatly exaggerated. III the City Treas
ury is to be as faithfully and intrepidiy
guarded in the future as 1t has been in the
past, very little money will over be paid on
the unsettled claims which have come down
from the Tweed regime.


1t also appears that Mr.. Green's resistance
TO the exorbtant demands of contractors and
others has saved the city far more than 1t has
cost for legal expenses and interest. A dis
honest claim should be resisted. whether or
not resistance costs more than the amount OF
the unjust demand. The affairs of the city
should not be conducted on the principle OF
compromising and compounding with thieves
after the fashion which has latterly become
too prevalent In the DusihesS "oIiu'


The Controller is now in full accord with
The TRIBUNE as to the necessity of stopping
the wholesale bond-selling business if the fu-
ture solvency of New-YOrk is to be secured.
We must either tax more and borrow less or
vigorously retrench, unless we are prepared to
sacrifice our honor by becoming bankrupt Mt
no distant day. NeighbOring cities are already
stealing away our commerce, while taxed as
we are, we still borrow One-fOurth OF the
money we annually expend. An honest fear
less, statesmanlike administration of the
finances of New-YOrk City has become an i'm
peratiye necessity. Such an administration
requires the concurrence of many minds, and
if all those who are intrusted with a greater
or less responsibility i'll the government OF
the city were actuated by the same motives
AS the Controller we should have little cause
for anxiety as to the future
Year: 1875

Advertisers ,riU please bring in their Jdrors
before HALEPAST FIVE O'CLOCK in the
evening We cannot undertake TO classify those
received after that hour. The greatly Increasing
demand upon our Press room cOmpels us TO send
the various Pages Of TIE TRIBUNE TO press at
an earlier hour than heretofore, and thus makes
the ADORE requirement necessary.
Year: 1875

The action of Gen. Grant on the Civil
Rights bill, just sent to him, will be awaited
with a curious interest. A year ago it was
perfectly understood that be would have
vetoed the bill if it had come to him. Since
then, one or two of the features on which
Senator Sumner most strongly insisted have
been taken out of it. Possibly this may make
some change in tho Presidents views. I'm
friendly critics will insist that another cir
'cumstance may work a greater change. Then
there seemed prospect for the organization
of q third term party among the Southern
whites. Now nobody hopes for such a party
anywhere at the South save among the blacks.
The whites were almost unanimously opposed
to the Civil Rights bill. The blacks are of
course almost unanimously in its favor. What
is Gen. Grant going to do about itP
Year: 1875

We supplement our account of the passage
of the Force bill through the House on Satur-
day last by a report of two noteworthy
speeches delivered against it on Friday night
by prominent Republicans, Gen. Joseph X.
Hawley of Connecticut and George Willard Of
Michigan. Nobody has hitherto questioned
the entire party loyalty of these men. Gen.
Hawley, indeed, goes so far as to make need
less profession of faith in the bitterly parti-
san report of the minority of the Louisiana
Committee. But neither of them fails to see
the monstrOus recklessness and folly of tine
effort to control the Presidential election in
1876 by the passage of this bill in the last
hours in which an indignant people have left
to the party of the Administration the power
to pass anything.
Year: 1875

The result Of the Pacific Mail investigation
il pihiully inadequate, but there is at least
the comfort Of knowing that the question, in
some form or other, must get before the next
House, which we hope will have less reason to
follow vigorously every clue which does not
lead toward the bribing of Congressmen. The
important facts established and admitted are
the expenditure of nearly n million dollars to
secure the subsidy, the tracing Of the greater
part OF il into the hands of either members or
officers Of the House, and the utter inability
20 get from them any account of what they
did with il. On these points the abstract else
where published seems 10 show that the re-
port is fair and candid


The embarrassments of the ill-starred New
York aud 0swego Midland Railway have cul-
minated in q SUSPENSION OF traffic for the
present. The last train was run on Saturday.
Inability to pay the taxes on the property
and indiscriminate and excessive seizures
made by tax collectors have brought the road
60 this unfortunate pass. Much misery TO
many people is sure 10 follow, and ii seems
very unfortunate that some relief could not
have been given to the embarrassed line. the
Year: 1875

CITY CENTRAL CONSERVATIVE COMMITTEE
There will be meeting of this committee
at the Sheriff's office, No. Ills Main street,
this evening at O'Clock. All Conservative
candidates for the Senate and House of Dele
gates will be there.
Year: 1875

VA LADY in an established


w FANCY and MILLINERY BUSINESS de-
sires partner who has small capital A good
chance Is offered to one who will take Interest In
the business. Address MILLINERY"


au 25.lt+ care Dispatch.
Year: 1875

We are informed that the letter which
appeared in the Recorder two weeks ago,
signed BY Aleck Craig and announcing
himself as a candidate for the Convention.
is denounced BY certain Radicals as De-
mocratic trick. and there is some mention
made Of calling the Recorder to account for
it. Let them call. In the Recorder Office.
will be found the original letter, received
BY mail from Chapel Hill. We do not
know AleSk Craig. But he is 30 myth
He is known to many. Whether he wrote
the letter or not is another question. Ii
has all the marks Of authenticity. 1t was
inserted as IN advertisement accompanied
with request to forward bill


We are not surprised at the CONSERVATION
the letter created in the ranks. Aleck
''spOke right out in meetings lie did not
wait this time for the white leaders to tell
him what 70 DO. lie was tired Of waiting.
He had been fooled long enough, and be
let out very plaisly the genuine sentiment,
and expectations Of bis race before the pru.
dent caution Of his white eo-adjutors could
suppress them.


We thank Messrs Page and Craig for
their esndOr. The white people will know
exactly where they stand.
Year: 1875

Council Bluffs, Feb. 2O-A A dis
patch was received here last night
stating that the Second Comptroller
of the Treasury decided yesterday
that the bridge between Council
Bluffs and Omaha is a part of the
Union Pacific Railroad, and instruct
ed that government freight shall be
paid for pro rata per mile over it the
same as over any other portion of
the road.


Sioux City, Feb. 2O.-A letter has
been received by Charles Collins, ed
itor Of the Times, direct from the
Year: 1875

rrovocation for the act of the women
and they became 50 frenzied as to do
what, on reflection, they will regret.
The whole affair is the contamination
Of most disgyaceful scene all around.
The law aud lite officers gave remedy
which the ladies would have done
well to have made use OF.
Year: 1875

RS- NOTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTERING
THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT NIGHT.-The NKw YORK
HERALD has adopted Coston night signal for
board the HERALD yacht showing while burn
ing the coo red green red changing from the other
In succession and be several miles distant. Cap
tans Of vessels upon seeing this signal will oblige
pairing any marine they may have for the Ship News
Department fthe HERALD.


17Pesons desrous Of communicating with vessels arv
ing New York do BY addressing such vessels
of HERALD yacht pier No East River, New York
received from all parts Of the world and promptly de-
hvered Duplicates required
Year: 1875

A contributor to the Transactions of the
Highland Agricultural Society, Of Scot
land. thus discusses this troublesome dis
ease OF the sheep and gives his method OF
treatment:


1t is clearly ascertained by scientific men
that the scab in sheep, like the itch in the
human being, is connected with and pro-
pagated by certain minute insects belong
ing to the class of acari, which inhabit
pimples or pusules. But the question
naturally arises, how came it first into eN-
istence This problem is very difficult OF
solution, and puzzles the most eminent
PSYCHOLOGISTS. But. as | have already said,
have never known il to break out spon-
taneously among a flock OF sheep. properly
managed, during thirty years experience
as shepherd in pastoral districts. Nar-
Gus and conflicting opinions exist as to
what extent the disease is Infectious
Some affirm that it requires sheep to come
in contact with those diseased before it
can be communicated, while others main
tain that the disease is propagated by the
mere travelling on the read, such as a
public drove road from large markets or
fairs. |, however, do not think the disease
is so catching as the latter advocates affirm.
For example, | acted as shepherd for sin
teen wears. on various farms, where the
drove road from Ealkirk 10 the South
passes through the sheep pasture, and
every wear some OF the lots al sheep We're
more or less affected with srab. and dur
mo all that period not Il single sheep Of
which had charge caught that disease.


The cure OF Scab lies in the destruction
OF the insect. bnt the important question
is, what is the best composition or infusion
for that purpose? The remedies that are
commonly applied are numerous, but the
most ctiectual, with the least danger of
niuling the ANIMAL that have eyeI seen
applied, is the common spirits OF tar; and,


if properly applied, will penetrate and de-
stroy the insect concealed in the pustules,
or buried beneath the skin. The quantity
applied may vary according to the condi-
tion and age Of the sheep, but for Hill, or
ordinary breeding stock, one bottle Of
spirits of tar, mixed with twelve times the
quantity OF water, is sufficient for twelve
sheep, or one common wine-glasS OF the
spirits of tar, mixed with twelve times the
amount Of water. is sufficient for one. II
mixing fora hundred, six gallons of water
with six pounds of common soda ought 10
be warmed TO the boiling pitch, then add
the spirits Of tai.
Year: 1875

In u report OF the Maine State Board OF
Agriculture, the late john Stanton Gould,
once president of the New York State
Agricultural Society, said


II have found great difference Of opin-
ION with regard TO feeding, and the amount
OF TODD necessary for keeping animals, and
| resolved to 90 to headquarters. spent
considerable time in New York, visiting
the horse railroad and the omnibus Stables
in that city and in Brooklyn, in order to
learn their experiences | found those IN
charge very courteous They opened their
books and give me every information de
sired To sum up the results, looking over
the record OF their experience for several
years, found that they had all settled
down, each company for Itself, as the re-
suit Of careful and repeated experiments,
the details of which ! was privileged TO
observe, upon one uniform rule for horse
railroad horses, and that was twelve
pounds Of hay and ten pounds of Indian
meal per day. In that way, a railroad
horse was kept up to his highest condition.
and they were enabled to do their work
more satisfactory than under any other
system that has been tried. Oats had
been repeatedly used rs an article OF toou,
and the cost was carefully compared with
that OF the Indian meal. 1t was found al
the time, that during the hot weather the
feeding Of this amount OF Indian meal
would be injurious; bat the result OF the
experience was. that Indian meal, on-the
whole, for a railroad or omnibus horse
was the true thing. But they have one
very curious practice, the reason OF which
am unable to tathom. which | ought to
state in connection with this rs possibly
bearing upon the subject under discussion.
They invariably water all their horses at
one O'Clock at night. They have an idea,
how true it is do not know, that water
ing their horses at night adds greatly to
their power Of di@esting iood and pre-
vents injurious consequences
Year: 1875

We heard great complaint of scarcity of
water in many parts oi the country dur
ing the winter We did not have the usu-
al fall rains. and the ground froze to an
unusual depth, SO that the winter rains re-
manned upon the surface in the shape of
ice, or ran into the streams Some springs
gave out, and the streams insome instan-
ces froze to the bottom Pipes that had
escaped injury for twenty years, We're iro-
zen solid, and many farmers have had to
carry water long distances for household
use, and for stock, The inconvenience
and expense will not be wholly lost if it
leads farmers to provide cisterns near the
mousse or barn, in which a large supply of
water may be stored for Just such emerg-
tilcles' stone, lime, and cement. are
cheaP enough IN most parts Of the country
ana Win theSe, any man OF average skill
can make a cistern that will store all the
water generally the rain wafer
from the roofs OF barns fsaved, will sun-
ply all the stock kept upon the farm. In
many cases, the cistern is most convenient
ly located in the bank Immediately back
OF the wall to the barn cellar, and the wa
ter can be drawn through a faucet at the
bottom into the trough for the cattle. In
other cases, the cistern could be made in
the yard, and the water be drawn by an
endless chain pump Those who have
suffered inconvenience through the past
winter, are Just at this time in good
frame OF mind to consider the advantages
of clstern. There is money in it for the
purse, and great deal of comfort for
both man and beast
Year: 1875

A few miles out from Providence, last
"Wednesday, IN old gentleman boarded an
outward bound train, and after satisfying
himself by numerous inquiries that he was
all right, sat down on the front seat and
began to read. He was evidently trying
to enact the experienced traveller, without
having had experience enough to support
his pretensions. That he was extremely
hard Of hearing, however, was more ap-
parent There was one of those nomadic
musical genuses aboard the train. who
soon took up his position Immediately be-
hind him and struggled through his pro-
gramme, from Zip Coon" to "Casta
Diva,n on Il violin none the more musical
for the morning fog, a performance, by
the way, OF which the old man was happi-
ly unconscious When he got through he
pulled off his populous-looking hat and
held it expectantly before Rustlcus, who,
failing to comprehend the situation, took
it, and looking it oyer carefully, returned
it with y negative stroke of his head The
boy modestly explained, but his eXplana-
tion, like his music, was wholly inaudible /;
so, when he again presented it, the old
gent said, mildly but firmly, "No, sonay,
it is not mine; ] left my every day hat at
home.' The boy skunk away, making
some casual remark in his native Lingo"
Providence Press
Year: 1875

In spring, or about the time apple trees
come into bloom, there are various kinds
of insects which make their appearance
in the orchard The cankrr worm, tent
worm and coding moth are well-known
destructive pests Some of these can be
readily destroyed by hand and an orchard
quickly cleaned. while others are more
formidable, requiring constant and per
Those named intest the leaves otsfrnit but
another class attack the wood and are
generally known as borcrs The two most
destructive of the apple tree borers are
the Larvae Of two distinct species of beetle.
The female of one deposits her eggs main
ly on the stems near the ground, while the
other drops them in the cracks Of the
rough bark on both stem and larger
branches Whtewashing the trees or
coating with soap will not only destroy
the eggs but the newly y-hatched grnbs. As
these beetles appear quite early in the sea
SON, it is best to apply prevenllves about
the same tlmc-say rs soon AS the trees
bloom and again a month or two later. In
addition to applying something to prevent
the depositing OF eggs, it is well to eX-
anime the trees frequently and DIG out
and destroy any borers which may have
tonnd a lodgment in the bark or wood.


Peach trees are also injured. by borers,
but of quite a different kind from those
which attack other fruits. The peach tree
borer is the larya OF u small smooth moth
which deposits her eggs on the stems
close down TO the ground. Wrapping the
base of the stems with tar paper, coating
with lime and similar materials are 1re-
quently employed as preventives with good
effect; but ii will be we'll to examine the
trees at least twice during the season in
addition. and wherever gum is found
issuing from the stem borers are likely to
be present. Rural New Yorker.
Year: 1875

CAUTION TO CROWS The Opinion tells
of a novel way practiced by Mr.. j. W.
Bliss of Bradford, Vt, to keep the crows
from his corn. A few days ago he found
quite flock busily engaged in twelve
acre lot belonging to him. He procured
couple of small spring traps, such as are
used in catching muskrats, and set them
some distance apart between the rows,
scattering along a few kernels Of corn
Not long after he heard.a hubbub and
cawing in the field loud enough to waken
the mythical Seven Sleepers, while the
fence and trees near by We're nearly black
with crows. lie didn't trouble them for a
couple OF hours, though they did him by
their continual noise; after which he re-
leased the two caught in the traps. Since
that time the crows have given that field
a wide birth, not having been seen in the
immediate vicinity. This way of getting
rid of crows seems much preferable to
shooting, rs no Northern bird does SO
much scavenger work as the crow
Year: 1875

When the stif1ened body goes down to
the tomb, sad, silent, remorseless, | feel
there is no death for the man. That clod
which yonder dust shall cover is not my
brother. The dust goes to its place man
10 his own: It's then feel my immortal
'ity. l look through the grave into heav-
en-. ask no miracle. no proof, no rea-
soning for me. ask no dust risen to
teach me Immortality am conscious of
eternal lite. Theodore Parker.
Year: 1875

The women in Ohio are takirg steps
to graduate as surgeons since the recent
admirable operation 10y one of their
number in emitting off the leg of her
drunken husband with a common
saw. Cleveland was the theater of
this philanthropic deed.
Year: 1875

The practice of buying on credit the
necessary articles of the household is
fatal to good economy. The house
keeper has always to pay dearer when
she does not pay cash. The tradesman
must have interest money, for a man
will never, in a business community, be
willing, and is seldom able if he were
willing, to foregO it. TO the ordinary
cash prices of the article he therefore
adds the interest which may accrue dur
ing the time that credit is allowed.
This, however, is not all. There must
be premium exacted by the dealer for
the risk he runs in trusting his goods to
that class of more or less dangerous Gus
toners who never pay ready money.
Even the most honestly disposed of
these are often unsafe debtors, for they
are generally such as are imprudent
enough to anticipate their incomes, and
to overrun them in expenditures. The
credit system, moreover, is a tempta
ton to unnecessary purchases. There
is a sort of check in the sight and touch
of the hard won money to the DISPOSE
ton to dispose of it lightly. On the
other hand there is something in the
facility of credit, removing as it does
the disagreeable necessity Of payment
to vague future, very seductive to the
buyer, who can crafty his love of pos
session with a momentary sense, at any
rate, that its qualification costs him
nothing. There is no such cheap and
cautious purchaser as cash.
Year: 1875

You have never really seen picture


of despair, and utter misery, and sore


distress and amazement, unless You


have seen man standing in the pres
ence of the wife of his bosom, and of
the other members of his family, and,
reaching into his pocket to hand her
letter that he had got out of the Post
office for her, bringing out of that inside
pocket 4 crumpled, rumpled, creased
envelope, once white, but now looking


as though it had associated with cigars
for many a long day, the very identical


letter which She had written to her


mother or dear, dear friend six weeks


ago and given her perfidiOus husband


mail. The very letter that he had sworn


a thousand times he had mailed, and
even related little joke that PoStmas-
ter Sunderland had got off about it, in
order to prove that he had handed it to
the Government in person. And there
it is in the unhappy husbands guilty
hand, and his wife'S eyes start from
their spheres as she gazeS upon the we'll
remembered, although cigar-stained,
address. She does not scOld-nOt she,
the angel She does not swear, rs her
husband would do in her case, and rs he
does in his own, mentally. She does
not get up and kick over the piano
stool and drown the caitiff in a torrent
of talk. She only looks at the letter and
then at the man, and says, "WellIn
And that man would rather be sworn at
for a straight month than have that


''well " dropped on him. 1t brushes


him like pile-driver. There are prob
ably about four thousand ways of say
inc well" but only a woman can say
it with the accent which belongs to it
under these circumstances. And the
wretched man starts to say about one
hundred and fifty things and doesn't
finish one of them. He feels that he has
given himself away, to be sure. He
would like the ground to open and swal-
low him up, but the ground appears to
enjoy the play too well to spoil it by
taking away one of the stars. No liv-
inc man has the nerve to 90 through
such a scene and keep his senses sulii-
ciently about him to recollect any thing
about it after that "wellln is shot at
him. But it is a matter of record that
the man mOpes about and cuts a cord
of kindling-woOd, and fixes that kitchen
shutter, and carries in all the house
plants and counts them to see how
many brackets will be needed in that
bay-windOw, and he puts up the hang
and sets the mOuse-trap,
and carries in stOve-wOOd enough to last
a month, and tries to talk gossip, and
says he'll have Daubs come around in
the morning and grain the front door,
and he tries to be rs good as he knows
how, and finally, declaring that he is
not sleepy, he sits up until after 9
o'clock, and breads going to bed worse
than the late Mr.. Rogers dreaded going
to the stake, and when he does 20, in
fear and trembling, he finds his deceiv-
ed wife's eyes open so wide and tight
that you couldn't shut them with mon
And here we drop the veil
over the dreadful scene.-BurliHgt0B
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