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NEWS ITEMS.
What In Doing In thr> Old World ntid (he f]
New. T
The Harding paper company's mill at Frank- 01
lin, Ohio, the second paper factory in the world. "
in point of size, was destroyed by lire. One
hundred hands were thrown out of employment, pi
* 1 -? a'? > i?i .,i tl
Jj088 oeiween two ;um imee muiuitu wvu^um .
dollars The bark Evorott Gray, which nailed 'r
from Portland. Me., for Gloucester, England,
is supposed to have been lost at sea with all on ?'
board John MeC'all, the murderer of " Wild w
Rill," was hanged at Yankton, Dakota. He behaved
coolly, and seemed to think he deserved ^
his fate Intelli; c<- from Yokahnma is |j
to the effect that tho fuiuiuv in Corea continues,
and appeals for aid have been made to Japan. ?*
Tho New York College of Physicians and "
Surgeons graduated 118 students ...... Joseph J?
Eneas, a fruit dealer of New York, residing in "
Brooklyn, where he was prominent as a church- ,l<
man, has lied the country, leaving behind numerous
debts, forged notes and mortgages
The Electric Medical College of New York ,v
granted diplomas to nineteen graduating cc
M. D.'k? *ix of them being women Tho m
public debt statement for February shows the n<
total outstanding debt to be $2,222,'>12,789.53 ; w
coin in treasury, fJO,263,771.44; decrease of
debt (luring month, ?2,070,4211.06. ^
Tho Oregon farmers are elated over a flatter- in
ing crop prospect The United States troops
have been withdrawn from the support of se
tho Packard government in New Orleans, and to
will hereafter be used only in case of failure of in
the State authorities to protect life and property. Pi
The second ship load of immigrants for
New South Wales left New York on the third in
inst. There were 150 men, women and ehil- th
dren .Tool T. Hart, an American sculptor til
of prominence, died in Florence, Italy th
Weldon, the would-be assassin of Gov. Packard tii
in New Orleans, lias been released on So,000 m
hail Leonard Howard alias Edward Thomas, Ui
was hanged in the Auburn (N. Y.) State prison bj
for the murder of a fellow prisoner two years tri
ago. Owing to some miscalculation the neck af
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was 1101 nroKen, aim uie kuiuv man unu w win
suffocation Julius Levy, of Memphis, cu
Tcnii.j after a few weeks' marriage quarreled m
with his wife over some pro(>erty, and ended an
the difficulty by shooting her fatally threo times th
and Mowing out his own brains Koclier A- ce
Baker's sawmill at Huntinpton, Ind., was com- ot
plctely demolished by the explosion of the of
oiler. One man was killed and several severe- lej
ly injured. of
The assistant secretary of the treasury has vc
issued the forty-tirst call for the redemption of 111
fivc-twentv bonds of 1805, Mav and November. m
The call is for $10,000,000, of which ?7,000,000 yc
are cou{>on and $3,000,000 registered bonds. J'1
The principal and interest will be paid at the c''
treasury on and after the third day of June en
next, and the interest will cense on that date.
.... .The remains of the Fenian, Col. John
O'Mahonev, after being exposed to the gaze of W1
his former adherents in the prinei]>al towns of au
Ireland, were consigned to the grave in Dub- th
lin. The funeral procession was composed of ^
fully one hundred thousand people ...... Since
tho installation of Gen. Diaz as president of
Mexico, ex-Chief Justice Iglesias has given tip ';C
the contest os hopeless. lie will immediately H*1
sail from this country for Mexico Frank
M. Baker, convicted of bigamy on three dif- arl
ferent counts in Rochester, N. Y.. was sentenced ex!
to fivo years at hard labor on each count 001
The schooner Margaret and Lucy, Cr.pt. Y\'icks, "lJ
went ashore near Barnegat, and was a total ;
wreck. The eight men on board all perished.
The Patapsco guano company's works in ret
Baltimore, Md., were destroyed by tire. Loss, 'J1$100,000
Lejrgatt, Hudson and Butler's *'">
extensive tobacco factory in St. Louis was 1
burned. Loss, ?00,000. " ?n
dr.
\ lioirnrl i-nimrr null fJolihf.rtttf'K* Walked
into the rapids at Niagara and was swept over tin
the fall. Nothing is known as to his identity... j-,e
Frederick and Charles Greene, aged seventeen 0r
and thirteen years, respectively, sons of J. C. ?h
Greene, of Hopkinton, 15. I.," were drowned di,
while sailing A lire was started in tho pa
Bateman House, Kansas City, Pa., by some one pa
throwing a cigar stump among waste papers. ;
The means of escape from the upper stories tin
were early cut off, and Mrs. Bateman end her He
four daughters were burned to death, as was eit
a guest named N. Brown. Mr. Bateman rushed (gj
into the flames and rescued a son. but both were be
cruelly burned?the son subsequently dying. uc.
A number of the boarders were injured by p0
jumping from the windows The five-story sh
iron building in St. Louis, occupied by Simon ail
<fc Gregory, as a wholesale drygoods store, and Vo
by Claflin, Allen it Co., wholesalers of boots j
and slices, was completely destroyed by lire, it
with a total loss ef nearly ?500,000.* One man je
peri-lied Lu the flames..A low, rakish-look- elc
ing schooner of sixty tons, manned by pirates, 0f
is reported cruising in the West Indian seas, vc
The Japanese government has recently tie
gained several victories over the insurgents. m(
The Mexican general, Cortina, hasbeen found J11
guilty of kidnapping, and it is generally believeil
that the customary sentence of shooting ?n
will be enforced The three large iron-front,
fireproof (so considered) buildings on Bond
street. New York, occupied entirely by jewelers
and silversmiths, prominent among whom were J*
tlic (iorham manufacturing company, and Rob- Inr
bins Appleton, the representatives of the
American watch company, were completely de- *'li
stroycu by a lire winch originated m tlie base- y
mcnt of one of the odiliccs and spread with ll'1
great rapidity, notwithstanding the skillful ?*
efforts of the entire tiro department. The y
heavy safes ?u each tloor, containing valuable ~e
stock, crashed into the cellar, and thus all tlie _ '
lloors were carried away, which caused the walls ??;
to col lapse a lid completed the destruction. Tlie 10
losses aggregated nearly a million dollars, on I)a:
which there was an insurance of perhaps two
thirds An explosion at tiie powder mill of , .
Laflin A* Band at Cressona, Pa.. did nn im- J11'
"mease amount of damage to the-buildings, f*1'
The Count of Chambord, in a speech to a j* ,
deputation from Marseilles, said he still held *
good his claim to the crown of Franco, aud was l)c'
resolved to do Lis duty when the time arrived J'J'
for direct personal action Dr. Gurdon
Buck, the eminent surgeon, died in No>t York
city, aged seventy years Lieut.-Gen. Sheri- k'?r
dau has gone West to arrange for a soring campaign
against the Indians Twigg, the j?ri
proprietor of the j>ool rooms in Boston, de- '5?
camped with $7,000, which bad been stacked on ,
the Prcsiden'ial contest John Q. Hoyt,
a prominent New York railroad speculator, has 0 ,
failed. His liabilities are put at ?1,625,000 and '
his assets at S'4o3,000 Joe Cobiuii, the
New York pugilist, was found guilty of assault *LV
with intent to kill, and was sentencod to ten ,
years' hard labor in the penitentiary. Coburn
was partially intoxicated at the time of his assault
upon his v.-ould-be victim, a policeman.
Alfred Iter *hot and killed his brother at po
Barnston, Canada. The fratricide was arrested, on
President Hayes expressed bis belief that an
an extra session of Congress will be called ]
about Juno Matilda Heron, the once famous tin
actress, died in New York, aged forty-six years. th<
She leaves a daughter, Bijou, who is rapidly be- frc
coming a popular favorite Joseph L. Lewis. Pri
for many years a merchant in New York city, mc
died recently, aud not having any near rela- ue,
tives, ho left his entire fortune of $1,0 0,000 pri
to the United States to cancel that amount of 2
the debt The losses by the great lire sus
among the jewelers in Bond street, New York, pa;
will foot up nearly $2,000,000. There will be cot
considerable salvage on account of the masses for
of gold and silver to be found in the ruins na;
T. I*. Beads, secretary of the California Stock na;
Exchange, has disappeared with $17,000 in '.I
stocks and the books and papers of the institu- for
tion The noted Sionx chief, Sitting Bull,
* ' I w;u JVV MW JU lit
America, having iu Lis possess onone thousand
horses and mules captured from the United
States forces Tho Lake Shore railway company
is settling with the Ashtabula victims, -i
where possible. 11. H. Clark of Westfield, ,
Mass., liari just received SI,500in settlement of i
his claims, and the sum of 55,100 was paid to mj,
. tho widow of one of tho killed Five busi- (>
ness houses in Donovan, 111., were destroyed
by fire Andrew McKinney, who was cod- ? '
nected with John Q. Ilovt, in railway matters i
in New York city, is a "bankrupt. Liabilities CJ
over a million dollars and assets of only a tritle +]..
over threo hundred thousand dollars. " jjj(
UNITED STATES CONGRESS. oi
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Scnntc. tui
Objection having been made in joint conven- La
tion to receiving the vote of one of the Wisconsin
electors, Mr. Cameron (liep.), of Wis- mi
consin, moved that the vote of Daniel W. sci
Downs be counted. This was adopted with- t'b
out debate or roll call, three or four Democratic
senators voting "No." of
Mr. Kelly (Dem.), of Oregon, presented the da
credentialsof.L. F. Grovcr, elected United.States pr
senator from the State of Oregon for six years cii
from March 4, 1S77. Head and placed on file, w;
An amendment to the appropriation bill f"
giving .?71,48C.62 to pay rent to the assignees pi'
of the Dominican government forSamona bar- ?'f
bor was agreed to by 81 yeas and 7 nays. be
In the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
Appropriation bill the House undertook to re- th
dnce -a very large number of salaries which re
were fixed by the compromise act,of last year. cl<
The Senate restored these salaries, and the th
House conferees agreed thereto. In a very few cl:
cases salaries had been reduced slightly. to
Mr. Saulsburv (Dem.), of Delaware, moved W
that the Senate "recede from its amendments in
regard to the subsidies for carrying foreign M
mails. Agreed to?yeas, 29 ; nays, 11. in
The substitute or tne army committee was
agreed to?yeas, 32; nays, 23"; a strict party sa
vote. The bill was then passed. It appropri- Ci
ateo ?21,992,000 for tho arin^-. hi
The consideration of the Finance bill was "lit
postponed until next December. re
The Naval bill, substantially that of last lo
year, was agreed upon. te
Mr. Logan (Rep.), of Illinois, callcd up the w
House bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers rn
who served in the iate war for the Union. J'y tli
a -vote of 31.to 25, action on the bill was indefl- b(
nitelv postponed. in
The House bill grautng a pension to the ri;
widow of the late Gen. Francis P. Blair was it,
passed. fc
The Senate then adjourned and the session d<
closed. tu
House.
Tho IIouso had a most stormy session on the
ucstion of the objectional Vermont elector,
he Democratic majority was divided on many
f tho votes, a sufficient number voting with
ic ltepublicans to carry the different motions
iade|or defeat them as was desired. A hard
;ht was made to pass a resolution demanding
mt Mr. Hewitt's Vermont package bo opened
' i.j?t !,?
i joint convention, mo oujett ncuib ^ ftv<;
tate referred to the Electoral commission, and
ivc Mr. Field an opportunity to offer his quo
arrantn bill.
The disputed elector case in the Stale of
erniont held the boards from ten a. m.
trough a continuous session of twelve and
iree-quarter hours, and at ten minutes before
even o'clock the Speaker said he had given
te House nil possible license under a liberal
instruction of parliamentary ru es. The only
ling in order was to notify the Senate and go
} with the count.
Wisconsin having been objected to in joint
invention, the amendment offered by Mr.CasL-ll,
of Wisconsin, that the vote of Downs be
muted, was rejected at 3:50 a. m.?yeas, 7'J ;
tvs, 13G. The original proposition that it be
>t counted was then agreed to bv the Itouso
itliout division.
A number of resolutions to discharge Messrs.
ells, Anderson, Casenave and Kenner, mylars
of the Louisiana returning board, who aro
custody of the House, were negatived.
Mr. Fie'd (Dem.), of New York, from the
lect committee on privileges, reported a bill
provide an effectual remedy for a wrongful
trusion into the oflico of President and Yice esident.
The bill was read as follows:
It provides that when anv person intrudes
to or without due election holds or exercises
e oflico of President or Vice-President, his
le to the olli<*> and the title of any claimant
ereto may be tried and determined by an ac
>11 111 IUC lUlllire OI </uv (run UIU". j.11u iuivii
:iy be brought in any circuit court of the
lilted States, and shall be tried by a jury, or
the court, if a jury trial be waived. The
ial is to be commenced within ninety days
ler the service of the summons. The court
all inquire whether electoral votes were
st by the persons duly appointed in the
aimer directed by the State Legislature,
id shall receivo evidence tending to show
o forgery, falsehood or invalidity ol' any
rtiticates of any governor, canvasser or
her officer. The court is to reject the votes
all persona ineligible at the time of their alijed
appointment or incapacitated at the time
casting their votes, and the court must instigate
any other fact necessary to a judgent
of the rights of the parties, and judg-'
L'lit is to be rendered w ithin ten days after the
rdict of the jury. If the defendant be addged
not entitled to the office he shall be extded
from it, and if the claimant be adjudged
titled to it, he shall immediately enter on
e duties of the office. Appeal may Ikj taken
the supreme court of tne United States
thin ten days of the notice of the judgment,
d the judgment shall not bo executed until
e decision of the appeal. And if tho supreme
nrt be not in session wlien that appeal is
ken, it shall be immediately convened by the
ief justice. Execution of the judgment may
enforced by a proper writ issued to any maral
of the United States.
Mr. Field proposed to explain the bill and to
;ue in support of its constitutionality and its
(r diencv. Tho bill, he argued, would bring
nciliation for the present and safety for the
hire.
I'lie bill was rejected?yeas 66, nays 90.
Mr. Tucker (l5em.). of Virginia, offered a
solution directing the sergeant-at-anns to
charge all persons now in his custody,
lopted.
Dn motion of Mr. Holman (Dcm.), of India,
tho Senate amendments to the Civil Suny
bill were non-concurred in.
Mr. Itice (Dem.), of Ohio, moved to suspend
a rules and pass the bill providing that all
anions granted on account of death, wounds
disability, that have been or may be granted,
all take effect from the date of death or of
(charge from service, and that basis shall be
id. The motion was agreed to, and the bill
s.-ed by a viva voce vote.
Mr. Knott (Dem.), of Kentucky, chairman of
a select committee on the privileges or the
)iisc, reported a preamble and resolution reing
that it was not disputed that 184 votes
iving the names of the several States) had
en legally and constitutionally cast for Sam1
J. Tilden ; that the evidence taken and rerted
to the IIouso in pursuanco of its order
owed conclusively that in Florida and Louisia
the duly appointed electors had cast their
tes for Tilden ; and therefore resolving that
is the duty of tins-House to declare, and that
does solemnly declare, that Samnel J. Tilti,
of the State of New York, received 15)6
ictoral votes for the office of President
the United States, all of which votes
re cast," and lists thereof si'/ned, certi(1,
and transmitted to the scat of govern:nt,
directed to the president of the Senate,
conformity with the Constitution and la ws of
2 United States, by electors legally eligible
d qualified as such, each of whom had been
lv appointed an elector in the manner directby
the Legislature of the State, and for
lich lie cyst his vote ; and that said Samuel
Tilden, having thus received the votes of a
ijority of all the votes of electors appointed,
s thereby duly elected President of the United
ites of America for tho term of four years
lumencing on the fourth of March, 1877 ; and
rtlier declaring that Thomas A. Hendricks,
Indiana, having received the same number
electoral votes for the office of Yice-Presint,
it is the opinion of the Houso that lie was
ly elected Vice-President for tho term of four
irs commencing on the fourth of March,
17. The resolution was adopted by a strict
rty vote?137 to 88.
VIr. Field (Dem.), of New York, from the
lect committee on privileges, reported a resoion
declaring, after a long preamble, that in
^ counting of the electoral votes of any State
is the right and duty of Congress and o?
is House to inquire whether any votes purrting
to come from a State have been cast
persons duly appointed by that State, and for
'.t purpose to receive evidence of tho forgery,
isenood or invalidity of any certificate of any
vernor or canvassers. Adopted.
L'Ik; Senate amendments to the Army Approbation
bill were noa-concurred in, and a con ence
committee?Messrs. Atkins (Tenn.),
ills (VoA and Foster (Ohio)?appointed.
I'lio report of the committee on the Postice
Appropriation bill was agreed to.
Mr. Ellis (Dem.), of Louisiana, moved to
spend the rules and pass the bill appropriait
i'J 01 \') n"H) rr?r?nirmrr tVir? lnvcn nf tho
r> v,?. r> ?
ssissippi river. Defeated?yeas,73; navs. 115.
1'hc committee 011 rules reported the ainend:nt
to rule twenty-two, to be reported to the
>u.-e, which gives the clerk of tho House,
tiding the election of a speaker, tho same
wers that the speaker possesses in preserving
ler and deciding questions of order. Tho
lendment was adopted.'
Mr. Clynier (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, said
it, considering all the circumstancPs, it was
3 pail of wisdom for tho House to recede
m its action reducing tho srilary of the
ssident, and not* to insist. He made that
ition, and it was agreed to. So the Presint's
salary remains at $50,000, and tho Approation
bill* was passed.
ilr. House (Dem.). of Tennessee, moved to
ipend the rules and pass the Senate bill to
r Perez Dickinson of Tennessee ?38,000 for
ton used by Gen. Burnside's corps in the
tifioations around KnoxviUe. Tho yeas and
rs were ordered and resulted?yeas, 140 ;
rs, O'i. So tho bill was psssed.
L'he House soon after adjourned and the
ty-fourth session closed.
FORT Y-FIFTH CONG BESS.
Senate.
rice-President Wheeler in the chair.
U1 the new senators sworn in in their seats,
ilr. Wallace (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, subtted
a resolution that the credentials of L.
C. Lamar (Dem.)* senator elect from Missispi,
be taken from the table, and that he be
Sir. Blaine (Rep.), of Maine, Baid that his
sdentials were proper, and Mr. Lamar had
) same right to be sworn in that he (Sir.
iine) or any other senator had. Mr. Dawes
ep.), of Massachusetts, believes with Mr.
nine, but Mr. Morton (Bep.), of Indiana,
jected, observing that the Legislature which
:cted Mr. Lamar was not the proper Legislare
of the State. After some discussion Mr.
.mar was admitted to a seat by a vote of 57 to 1.
Mr. Blaine then introduced a resolution editing
Win. I'itt Kellogg, of Louisiana, to a
fit, saying that he believed Mr. Kellogg was
x-ted by the legal Legislature of the State
d that he represents the legal government
the State, lie said: " I do not see how toy?and
that is the main point I desire to
e sent?how any senator who voted in this
amber that the" electoral vote of Louis-ana
is legally and properly cast for Butherrd
J$. Hayes and yourself, Mr. President, is
nnitted to doubt thatS. B. Packard is o<iually
right the governor of that Stale. There may
some technicality ; there may be some keen
rni of logic, by which a man who had nearly a
ousand votes more than the electoral ticket
ceived. was not elected governor when the
?rinr!il ticket was chosen. The tribunal took
e question into consideration, and heard it
iboiately argued, and decided that the elecral
vote of Louisiana belonged to Hayes and
heeler."
A discussion arose between Mr. Blaine and
r. Thm-man (Dem.)> of Ohio, and Mr. Blaine,
concluding-his remarks, said:
" I know that there has been a great deal
id here and there in the corridors or the
ipitol, around and about, in by places and in
gh places, of late, that some arrangement
id been made by which Packard was not to be
cognized and upheld ; that he was to bo alwed
to slide by, and Nicliolls was to bo accepd
as governor of Louisiana. I want to know
bo had the authority to make any such arngement.
I wish to know if any senator on
lis floor will state in his place that any peraon
leaking for the administration that was comg
in or the one that was going out, had any
ght to make any such arrangements. I deny
, I deny it without being authorized to speak
ir the administration that now exists; but I
jny it on the simple, broad ground that it is
i impossibility that the administration of
President Hayes could do it. I deny it on the f
broad ground that Fresident Hayes possesses |j
I character, common sense, self-respect, patriotism,
all of which he has in high measure and
I in eminent degree. I deny it on all the grounds ?
j that can influence human action ; on all tho *
I grounds on which men can be held to personal
! and political and official responsibility. I deny
i it for him, and I shall feel myself grievously
i disappointed, wounded and humiliated, if my
! denial is not vindicated in the policy of the administration.
But whether it ne vindicated or
I whether it be not, I care not. It is not the
| duty of a senator to inquire what tho policy of
an administration may bo, but what it ought to _
be ; and i liope a iicpuuncun neuuiu nm j
i that on this point there nhall be no authority
! in this land large enough to compromise the
honor of the national administration, or the E
| good name of the great Republican party that
! called that administration into existence,"
| [Applause in tho galleries.]
I A message was received from President Hayes
j announcing the following as the selections
I made for liis cabinet:
i William M. Evarts, of New York, to be Sccrcj
tary of State.
{ John Sherman, of Ohio, to bo Secretary of
I the Treasury.
George W. McCrarv, of Iowa, to be Secretary
of War.
i ltichard 3L Thompson, of Indiana, to.be Soci o- j
j tary of the Navy.
Charles Devens, of Massachusetts, to bo
I Attorney-General.
j David M. Key, of Tennessee, to be Tostmas|
ter-General.
j Carl Schurz, of Missouri, to be Secretary of \v
| the Interior. o
The names were referred to committees for ?
consideration.
! The names of Mr. Kellogg, senator-elect from
- ' ^ ? r.fAfnp unnn
IjOlUSlUllA (OUJCCICU IUJ, llliu .ill. vuu,?,
i (or-ck'ct from Oregon (objected to), were re- i
j ferrcd to committee on privileges anil elections. (1
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A Sad Disaster. a
tl
j On Friday night, March 2, soon after
; eight o'clock, when tho sentry of Life jJ
: Saving Station No. 13, at Sqnan Beach, v
i N. J., William Miliar, by namo, lmil left j,
j the station house to patrol his beat along j
the beach, ho noticed about n quarter of f.
' a mile from the shore a dark object, )|
1 which ho at onco concluded was a vessel. j(
I Miller, seeing that tho vessel, if such it w
I was, was approaching too near shore, set n
oil' his hand signal to give notice of tho w
! proximity of danger. He recoived a re- ti
j ply sigual from the vessel, he says, and ti
| immediately started for tho station to "I
j muster the crew, which was on duty, if
prepared to lend a helping hand to the
I distressed mariners. Miller was obliged '
j to cover as much space as two miles be- c'
fore lie reached the house where tho Rt
: crew were in waiting, and by the time "
ho, with tho other life savers and the n
} necessary apparatus had returned to tho ai
i spot from where the signal had been fe
! seen, over an hour had beea consumed, in
On his return no vessel was visible C
' through the black night. Tho rain was hi
descending, the sky was full of angry ai
! clouds and the night was filled with ^
1 darkness. Eager eyes attempted to f'j
j penetrate the darkness in the direction ''
i where an unfortunate vessel was supj
posed to be, but no object was to be dis- J
I .1 4-1,? ^
] t'Clllt'U* X LSJUHVM.J Iuau cuiAjk/ iuvvi j^/i?M?vv?
on out of the clanger, thought the surf- ^
I men. At any rate they decided to await t|
! the break of morning before trying to tj,
! learn if a vessel had been stranded. w
j With the morning light came the |?
I revelation that a craft of some kind had |?
j run on the shore and there became a g,
I total wreck. From the beach where Mil!
ler had been on the watch a very small
| portion of the vessel's remains could be Vi
seen. Part of her bow, with the bow- s)
I spit still attached, and portions of lier *
I forward rigging and chains were firm in j|
j the sand; but the hull, which had parted n]
I just forward of the foremast, had been w
| torn away from the imbedded bow and (_
I had drifted, as was afterward fouud, scv- .,|
end miles to the northward of the scene to
of the stranding. At the time the c\
schooner?for such it id now believed to j>;
have been?was first seen by the patrol- b;
man Miller, only a double reeling wind in
from the southeast was blowing along se
Squan Beach coast, aud it is.not preba- rc
blc that such a wind could havo caused R<
the vessel to be thrown on to the shore, tli
Vessels of any kind are seldom or 111
never known to sail so close into shore as nJ
was this schooner when she was first S1
seen. The water in the vicinity of Squan 1"
Beach at the tide on which the schooner
struck was not over oight feet in depth T
I on the outer bar. A burgee mado fast 0
! to a piece of canvas was subsequently fi
i found near Squan inlet, ten miles north se
of the sceno of the wreck, which would
j seem to indicate that the schooner had a|
j hoisted it us a signal of distress some "
j time before she struck 011 Squan Beach, y
"What her cause of distress was will per- 1
haps never be known, as not one of the
lives 011 board were saved.
1"
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Surrival of tlic Fittest, m
Tiie Chicago Evening Journal says:
* * * This man was a scholar and jn
rn antiquarian?a student of nature and w
books; lie had been a man of wealth and a
position, but had lost the one and re- (j
uounced the other?had indeed bccomo CJ
a misanthrope, and retired with what m
means he had left, determined not to live In
when his property was <?hausted. The w
late Rev. Dr. Reynolds was a warm per- M
sonal friend of the recluse, and enjoyed
i relating his first meeting with him. The w
doctor was slowly passing his grounds, ^
when he observed a workman felling
some dead trees. Ho stopped to remark tv
to the supposed laborer, that the foliage t],
which remained was much improved by cc
the loss of the others. " Yes," rej^icd jj
the man in the blouse, still swinging his a,
ax, "it is a case of the survival of the C\
i fittest." l
" Why," said tho doctor, in surprise, p(
"has that phrase come down to you ?" w
"Yes," was the bitter reply, "but in di
my case it is n misapplication." . jo
The doctor saw his mistake and reco,7- hc
j nised in the man before him one to I>
I whom even his learning and judgment ai
could defer. al
Shortly after this mnu died; wilfully
abstaining from food and medicine, rcso- 0|
lutely determining to know the secrets |j.
of the beyond. At his funeral the Rev. 0i
Robert Collyer delivered this sentiment: oi
" There aro men who di? before they are ai
dead. They lose all interest in the world tl
and the world loses all interest in them? st
our friend was one of them." ol
tl
The New Dominion. J
A Victoria dispatch says that at a meet- a:
ing held in that city the following reso- C
j lution was passed unanimously: That a.f
; in deference to the hope and belief ex- Cl
j presed by Lord Carnarvon that actual ?.'
railway construction will be commenced 81
i by the Dominion government in British a]
I Columbia after the lapse of a single J?
summer, it is hereby resolved that a pe- (j
tition be presented to the Provincial
Legislature praying that it may bo
pleased to take such action this sossion (1(
as will make clcar to the Dominion gov- ,|
eminent that un^ss the actual construc- tl
i tioy of the Canadian Pacific railway be t|
j commenced on or before the first of Aui
4. 1 OTO ?
I gust', IO/O, JltXUiUlU^ IVJ Uiu V iUuiii >un
: Hctfclemcnt, this province will tisk permis- "
: sion from flic British government to tli?- y
| solve the connection with the Dominion j*
: of Canada. Tho meeting was the largest l1
and most enthusiastic ever held in Vie- ,
; toria. S
On the last division the government
had a majority of five in the house.
li
France. a
According to the Debuts, the census il(
' wliich lias jnst been taken bIiows that [j
j there are at present in France seventy- 0
! three towns with a population exceeding c;
j 20,000 inhabitants, 108 with a popnla- b
tion of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants, 309 h
I with a population of 5,000 to 10,000 in- tl
! habitants, 249 with a population of 4,000
{to 5,000 inhabitants, and 581 of 3,000 to.
I 4,000 inhabitants.
- i
l>
An American student of Latin being w
confined to his room by sickness, was p
called upon by a friend. " What, John," o
said the visitor, "sick, eh?" "Yes," t<
answered John, " sic tsum /" h
ft
ILARlfS "O.H.T." SPOOL COTTOK
low, and Where it is Made?The
Clark Thread Company?Largest
Works in the New WorldAcres
of Splendid Buildings?Forests
of Wonderful
Machinery.
Che Process of Manufacture.
town In the Cotton Fields---The
Employees' Societies ?-The
Clark Hose Company?A
Crand Relief SocietyEmployees'
Centennial
Excursion ?
The Renowned
Eureka Club
and Thistle
Band.
[ANY INTERESTING PARTICULARS.
[From the Eases County Press, Newark, N. J.]
At the foot of Clark street, in the Eighth
ard of the city of Newark, on the banks
f the Passaic, occupying several acres of
round, upon which are buildings,the floorlg
of which measures nearly eight acres,
re situated tue largest inreau wonts m mu
few World, employing about fifteen hunred
hands and paying out every two weeks
om sixteen to twenty thousand dollars in
ages, to be distributed by the employees
mong different classes and occupations in
ie city, and from fifteen to yrenty tliouind
per month to other parties here, who,
i various ways, are connected with this
ast establishment. Although having the
irgest pay roll of any employers in New
ersey, and contributing more to the welire
and prosperity of the city than all its
nancial institutions! combined, we hear
!sa in the newspapers of this world of
calth makers than of some second-class
loney lending shop on Broad street. It
ould be useless for any one to attempt to
ace to their source all the varied indus ies
which have entered into the production
[ Clark's " O.N.T." Spool Cotton, which
i sold bv every merchant dealing in dry
>ods, fancy good?, hosiery, notions, etc., in
ie United States, and contains two Injured
yards of that indispensable article,
rong, smooth and beautiful. It is made
p of
EARLY FORTY-TWO MILLION DOUBLINGS,
id yet is so fine as to be hardly visible a
w inches from the baked eye. The imiense
capital invested in The Clark Thread
ompanv's Works and the vast volume of
usiness, amounting to several millions per
mum, extending to every part of the
nitcd States, is one of the principal sources
: Newark's prosperity. What it is and the
essings which flow from it, are not realized
y one in a thousand of the people who
ivell within the sound of their tower bell,
otwithstanding the large amount of money
hich the establishment was to pour into
ic hands of every merchant and trader in
te city, as events have shown, - the first
ling which the City Fathers did when these
orks were l>eing erected was to tax the
ricks and material not yet shaped into
nildings. It was on a par with the intclli;nce
and appreciation of the
REAL SOURCES OF WEALTH,
mally exhibited by the avenge politician,
[ad it been some trust company or curbone
broker that asked exemption, it would
robably have been granted. Some idea of
ie value of these works to the community
iay be had by an illustration of a thing
hich might really happen at any time. The
lark Thread Company employ as stated,
bout fifteen hundred persons, paying out
i them sixteen to twenty thousand dollars
rerv two weeks. These hundreds of hands
iv out that money to the butcher, the
tker, the grocer, the clothier, the dry goods
erchant, and all who have anything to
II get a part of it in some way, either dictlv
or indirectly. From their hands it
jcs to, pay debts, meet obligations and fill
ie channels of trade with the circulating
cdium called money, and which is to busi?ss
what blood is to the human system,
ving it life, animation nnd power. Supjsc
to-night those works were
destroyed hy eire.
hev are fully insured. The Clark Thread
ompnnv receive their insurance in cash
'inn their underwriters. They sayto themlvcs
: " Business is dull, sales are unccrlin,
profits are small, the future is unknown,
nd our taxes arc heavy. The vast business
quires close attention and persistent energy,
'c will not take this money and rebuild
ic works, but adopt the plan pursued by
ost moneyed men, viz: go to Washington,
ly government bonds, bring them home,
;it tlicm in a tin box, pay no taxes, and sit
nvn to take our ease, eat, drink and be
erry, with no thought of care, supported
i luxury without risk by the interest on
lr bonds, paid by taxation of the producolncnno
" Can nnv m.in palcillnlo ihp
ide spread ruin which would follow such
calamity and course of action by The
lark Thread Company? It would i>e indculable.
All those people who earned
oncy to purchase what they wanted to
ly, would be added to the list of paupers
ho to-day clamor for work or bread,
jsery, want,
STARVATION AND CRIME
ould be the fruit of such a course. Hut
is is exactly what has been done throughit
the country, and explain? why one in
reive in Newark are to-day supported by
ic city. The productive capital of the
luntry, which employed our now idle milons,
has been put into government bonds,
id appalling destitution and want are on
ery hand, and increasing at a fearful rate,
abor is the source of all wealth and prosirity,
and there is no loss equal to that
hich follows enforced idlenes? of the proicing
classcs. There is no music so full of
y and peace and good will to men as the
ng of l.il> ir and the music of machinery,
etter far that all other songs lie hushed
id every note lie stilled, rather than those,
id to them we now introduce the reader.
ox THE DOCK
; The Clark Thread Company, which is
re hundred feet long, is a mountain of two
? * -- i - * - _ e i j 4
llircc tnousami 10:1s 01 com, urawii out
: bouts at the wharf by a donkey engine,
id the hales of cotton find their way from
ic name wharf to the brick house, for the
oragc of that precious material, one pound
i which will make one hundred miles of
tread, containing about forty-two million
jublings. The mind cannot grasp the
umerical fact. But four grades of cotton
re ordinarily used in the manufacture of
lark's "O.N.T." Spool Cotton, and known I
* "Sea Island Cotton." This comes prin- j
pally from South Carolina and is grown
ti the small islands along the coast. Con- j
derablc is raised on the peninsulas and |
round the bays and inlets, but it is not !
jual to that of the sea islands, which is
ic finest in the world. The first bag of i
lis sea island cotton of the crop of 1<S70 j
as purchased by the Clark Thread Com- !
any at fifty cents per pound. The island |
itton is not used in the manufacture of !
iread, being too short in the fiber. On )
icsc sea islands were the richest planters of
ic South in
THE OLD SLAYK DAW,
ifinv ni linvint' ns Inch ns slv linn
red slaves, and compared with whom the 1
:udul lords of Kngland were children in
ixurv, hospitality, and elegance. 15ut to- I
ay all is changed. Those vast estates are
nt up into small plantations, many of
lem owned by the negroes, who now call no
lan master. They bring in their season's J
roduct, sometimes on a mule and again in !
irgc quantities. .Brokers on the ground or
t the landings, buy and pay the negroes
>r their cotton, often dividing the money i
ccording to the labor performed in raising
ie crop. Some leise the land of the former !
wncrs, but the old state of things is " dun
lar'gone." This trade and trallic, it may
e fairly expected, will in a few years large7
increase the wealth and intelligence of
ie race in those localities. ^
THE .SEA ISLAND COTTON
rings treble the price of inland. An acre
ill produce in the neighborhood of three
undred and lifty pounds of seed cotton,
Inch when ginned weighs about seventy-live
ounds, or one to live. The negroes with- i
ut doubt will eventually grow ail the cot)ii.
as not one in five of the Northern men
ave thus far succeeded in their attempts.
i I I ?
Let the reader remember that we have not
looked at a single piece of machinery yet,
and then calculate the number of people
nnrl ilm nmniinf r\f wooltli tlioao tx'rvrlr a
employ and produce, before we reach the
factory. The sail, the mine, commerce and
manufactures, all find employment to supply
The Clark Thread Company's works,
and when they stop the cotton may bloom
and fall unplucked, the coal miner may
starve on a bed of black diamonds, thesails
on the rivers be spread to the breeze no
more, and ihe lathes in a hundred shops be
left to rust in silence. The manufacture of
Clark's " 0. N. T." Spool Cotton embraces
the islands of the sea and penetrates the
bowels of the earth, utilizing the treasures of
wealth on every hand, enriching and blessing
mankind at every step, from the womb
of ages to the spindles of Newark. We will
now examine into the immediate sources of
tiie power which drives the endless machinery
of this vast hive of industry, with its
sixty miles of belting and about seventy
miles of steam pipe for heating purposes.
WE ENTER THE ENGINE HOUSE,
itself large enough for an ordinary factory.
Here is a mighty production of human
brain anil brawn. In the presence ot this
monster, with its majestic tread, one feels
his own insignificance and frailty. This
vast piece of machinery, moving silently,
save the sharp click of the improved steam
cut-offs, is equal in power to the combined
draft of six hundred horses, and is two engines
in one, usually termed a double engine.
The fly-wheel, traveling at the rate
of forty-eight revolutions per minute and
carrying three huge belts on its surface,
each two feet wide, is seventy-eight feet in
circumference, twenty-five feet in diameter
and weighs thirty tons or sixty thousand
pounds. Th5 shaft is fourteen inches in
thickness, the double cylinders are twentysix
inches in diameter, with condensers,
and a stroke of five feet. They were built
by Corliss, in 187-i. One of the three belts
on the fly-wheel is one hundred and fifty
feet in length. But even this double monster
could not run the works. It has a big
twin brother, and together they travel every
day for ten hours 011 their endless journey,
and never get tired. They arc wonders of
power and elegant workmanship, worthy of
a visit from any one who wants to sec the
BIGGEST PAIR OF TWINS
in New Jersey. They arc supplied with
steam from nine immense tuoular boilers
and four large upright boilers, Corliss' plan.
They consume twenty-five tons of coal per
day, which will give some idea of the
amount of steam necessary to drive the immense
establishment. iJesides these there
are three ordinary sized engines, made by
Watts, Campbell & Co., of Newark, in different
parts of the works, making seven in
all, a grand total of nearly fourteen hundred
horse power. The young mountain of coal,
which looks enough to last the whole city a
year, is rebuilt by two hundred and fifty
"ton boat loads, at hrief intervals.
MANUFACTURING THE THREAD.
The cotton is brought in bales to the mix- '
ing rooms, when it is examined and placed
in bins, according to the different grades,
ready for the scutching machines, which
open and beat the material, cleaning it from
the dirt and sand it contains in the bale.
After going through the scutching machine, j
it conies out in the shape of a roll, like wall
paper, comparatively soft, white and clean. '
It is, however, really in a very rough state. ]
compared with the fineness and perfection \
that is to be reached. Several of these '
scutching machines are running continu- <
ally, and their sound is like the'roar of a :
lightning express train, as it whirls past j
the platform where you stand. The first j
scutcher is fed with thebaic cotton from (
a hopper which lets it through into knives t
set in large rollers, which revolve with Ire- ]
mendous force, and lightning speed, picking
the cotton into small pieces, and passing it .
by suction of air, onto other rollers, be
tween which it goes and comes out in the 1
shape (if a web or "lap" in large rolls.
Four of these rolls are then placed upon a '
machine like the first and run together
through the same process of .
TICKING A.VI) HEATING AND CLEANING,
when it comes out again in the same shape
as before, rolled to exactly the thickness*
which it is desired to make the "sliver"
from which the thread yarn is to he spun.
What a "sliver" is will be learned further
on. The machine is so delicately set that
it regulates the thickness of the web or lap
to within half an ounce, in a web of five
feet, weighing only twelve to eighteen
ounces. After being put through three
scutching machines in this way and coming
out with eight thicknesses of web or lap
similar to that produced by the first process,
it is ready for the carding machines.
This dcpnrtm.-nt is tilled with Carding Machines,
Drawing Frames, Lappers, and
Combing Machines, a perfect labyrinth of
belting, pulleys and machinery, the noise
of which is like the roar of many waters
mingled with the clatter of a thousand
wheels. One of the large rolls of web or
lap that came from the last scutching machine
is placed on a carding machine,
which takes and runs it
BETWEEN THE TEETH
of a large and small cylinder for the purpose
of drawing out the entajiglcd fibers
and laying them parallel or in thesameline
of direction and also to remove the small
pellicles or motes which may have escaped
the action of the scutching machine. After
being treated in this way, a comber or
dofler takes the web from the small cylinder,
which is now a delicate guaze; and it
is gaincreu up iiiKi jcishuu >iiiimi^ii ,i Mjiiiu <
hole, say half an inch in size, after which
it is coiled in a revolving can. The whole :
process is one of wonderful delicacy, the
material being so finely worked that a i
breath of air woidd break it. This card i
contains ninety thousand square teeth to a I
foot, or a total of four million one hundred
and eighty-six thousand. On the carding
machine is a little joker that works like I
Rome old man, raising the wire covered flats
from the teeth of the carder, which it cleans,
and throws oil* the particles of dirt and '
coarse cotton left on them. Six of the
TIN CAN.S CALLED CARD SLIVERS, I
in which the roll is wound are now taken <
to another machinc called a Drawing i
Frame and run together into one "sliver." i
These six arc so iiglit that when they are i
passed together thrjugh a hole and made i
one, they fall into another sliver and are i
then 110 larger than *0110 of the six from
which it was made, although they have not
yet been twisted at all. Fourteen of these 1
cans full of slivers are placed at the " Lap- ;
per" and run between two rollers, making a :
new web nine inches wide and half an inch 1
thick, which comes out like the original
roll lrom the sciucJung niacin no mai taicrs
the cotton from the bales, only that now it
ia soft and delicate as is possible to conceive,
weighing only one hundred and forty-five
grains to the yard, nine inches wide. It
now goes in rolls to a wonderful little m icliiiK',
a French invention, first introduced
in this country bv The Clark Thread Company.
It is a rt lined carding machine, the
product of which is as much superior in
fineness to the large carders just described
as the most elegant silk goods are to
THE COAltSEST COTTON CLOTH.
It is called the French combing machine
and is only used by the best thread makers,
as it is very expensive and while} it makes
the thread superior in quality, it adds
twenty per cent, to the cost of manufacture.
Six of the rolls of webbing arc now passed
together through the combing machine lietween
two rollers, and combed by innumerable
steel teeth to the fineness of gossamer
ami the thinness of a spider's web. it*
passes 011, is gathered in one soft round
" sliver " again, goes through rollers once
more, when it is coiled into cans as before,
with a loss of twenty per cent, on the material
which composed the web when it was
put oil tiic rrencn mauium:. 11. im ? nature
ho line and soft that one cannot hut
wonder how it hears its own weight. After
the last process, six of the slivers are again 1
put through the drawing frame making one
sliver no larger than any of the six from
which it is drawn. Then six of these last
are put through the same process reducing 1
them in size six times, and adding that to
the length. This is repeated three times,
and each time they are coiled into cans.
The last sliver is t he same size and weight '
as when the process hegan, although doubled
four hundred and thirty-live thousand, four
hundred and lil'ty-six times. The last cans
are now taken to ,
tub rmsr si.rnuiNc;. frame,
from which cans they are passed through
/
m
rollers, then twisted lo about the size of a g
lead pencil, and wound on bobbins, all by c
the same machine. From this they go to I
the second slubbing trame, where one hundred
and two splintern on each riachine are
winding yarn from two hundred and four (
bobbinB, which came from the first slubber,
two threads being wound upon one spool.
The next or intermediate slubbing machine *
winds upon one hundred and seventy-six
spools, from three hundred and fifty-two g
bobbins, which came from the second slubber.
The next and last is called the roving J
machine, and fills two hundred and forty spools
which came' from four hundred and ?
eighty bobbins, from the intermediate slub
bing machine. By this repetition of doub- j
ling and twisting the yarn is fast becoming
strong and hard. "We now follow the yarn *
called " roving " to the self-acting " mule," .
which makes eight hundred and forty j
threads of yarn from sixteen hundred and ,
eighty bobbins. This wonderful machine, i
two of which are operated by one man,
draws out the yarn and twists it from six- "
teen hundred and eighty spools, when it
comes away, and on its return winds it on ,
eight hundred cops (spools) making the ,
last number of thread yarn. We now come
10 c
Tirr. TKTlEAn MILT,.
Ii3 ever saw. it mnKes a man uursty 10
look at it, and in absolutely free from any
particles of matter, by chemical tent. The
thread is blued on a big scale, which gives
that handsome tint so greatly admired by
the ladies. Then it is committed to the
tender mercies of the baby washer, which
:ire cruel, and kocs through it ten times.
The baby is built like an ordinary washing
machine, but each of the rollers weighs a
thousand pounds, and as the thread passes
through the water into the washer
THEY HOP AND JUMP
and pound with antics queer, but it does the
business thoroughly. Phis was formerly
done by the old fashioned pounder and barrel
which our grandmothers used to set us
at when we were boys, before going to school
in the morning. Then it is drawn through
the rinser, which is a simple and novel machine..
continually supplied with pure Arte>;.m
ufll water. The thread nausea over <a
roller into tlic water, cornea up again over
[mother roller, then down 'into the water,
and up and down, and out and in, and out f
and up over the reels into great boxes on }
wheels, from which it is put into a large ,
water extractor, a perforated hollow cylin- ,
der, revolving several thousands times per j
minute, and then it is transported to the dry- ,
ing room. In this way live hundred heads (
can be rinsed in four minutes which used |
to take an. hour and a half. After the ,
thread has come out of the drying room, (
COLORKD OR UNCOLORED, I
it goes to the warerooms, where it is counted 1
and put in packages to be given out prcpar- '
atory to being wound upon spools for the j 1
market. The thread having reached this ; 1
stage of perfection, has become very valua- ! 1
ble and is looked after with the greatest J'
care. Tickets direct it to its different de- !'
partments and denote its size, quality, etc. '
The inspection and testing of thread is one (
of the most important features in its pro- 1
duction, and it would surprise the lady who 1
sews day after day with Clark's "O. N. T." 1
Spool Cotton, to know by what patient and j 1
Constant cure the perfect smoothness and J J
regularity of the thread was secured. It is
now taken to the hank winding department {(
and wound upon large bobbins, when it is i {
ready for its last wind upon the spools, '
from whieh it is taken oy the consumers for 1
its thousand uses of necessity and utility, 1
from tying the rag on the hoy's whittled
and bloody linger, to the delicate cmbroid- '
cry of the wedding garment. t
THE 5POOLING DEPARTMENT.
The spooling room is a busy place, where ,
spools of thread of all sizes and colors by j.
tens of tlipusnnds are wound every day, two (
hundred yards on a spool. The self-acting ,
spooling machine is a marvelous piece of c
mechanism, iiic spools are piaccu in an .
iron gutter by tlie operator, when the ma- ,
chine picks them up, puts tliem on a sliaft , \
eight at a time, windsthe tlireail upon them 1
at the rate of three thousand revolutions 1
per minute, cuts a little slot in the edge of j J
the spool, catchcs thu thread in it, nips it j
oft', drop* the spools full of thread into
boxes below, picks up eight more empty I i
spools, places, winds anil drops them as be- |
fore, and never makes a mistake. The ma- 1
chine, which is used in this country only by I
The Clark Thread Company, was exhibited J
by them at the Centennial, and with their
magnificent case of goods, was one of the
which is a distinct and independent depart- ?
ment. The cotton yarn comes here, and
first goes to the cop winding machines,
where it is run from the cops, through delicate
balances, over soft felt ground, upon I
bobbins, two threads together upon one. 8
From the cop winding department, the bobbins
go to the slingii^g department, where
the two threads that were run together on
the spool, in the cop winding department,
are tw.stcd or spun in one thread. The
thread, as it is unwound, runs through
water, and rapidly over glass guides, and
the bobbin which receives it revolves fira
thousand times per minute twisting hundre*
of threads on each machine. After being
twisted two threads together, making one
hard thread, three of the latter are again
run together on a bobbin, the same as in
the first cop winding department. Three of
these are now twisted together, making six
strans, and
TIIE PROCESS OF TWISTING THEM
is exactly the same as the one last described.
It is known as the finishing twisting
department. "When the thread comes
from the finishing twisting department, it is
inspected with the greatest care, by skillful
persons, and put through several testa beforCpassing
the reeling department, to be
wound in skeins for the bleach house. The
machines in this department are very curious,
and daily turn out vast quantities of
thread, which is packed, and given a
through ticket to the bleach and dye houses.
Tliev measure oft' the thread into skeins of an
exact length and size, and when they
have reeled oft'just the right amount of yarn,
always stop, and unlike some kind of yarnere,
they never forget to tell the sanie?torv
without variations. Again after coming
from the reels.
THE THREAD 18 CAREFULLY INSPECTED,
the work employing several girls, who take
all the rough and imperfect thread from the
hanks. After this second inspection, we
lind it next in the bleach house. The
bleach and dye houses are among the most
interesting departments of this vast establishment,
although not the most agreeable.
The progress in washing machinery, that is
here exhibited, would make our grand
mothers think that the millenium had come. ^
The baby washer, as we call it, of this concern,
is rather a large child, whose place ?
and uses will appear later. After thctbread 1
is sent from the inspection department to the
bleach and dye houses, it is unpacked, count- T:
3d and put into Jarge tanks, immense loads "
it a time, and boiled by steam for several ^
liours, which takes out the dirt and
CLEANS IT PERFECTLY.
[t is then put through washings oft, and
preparations wonderful and curious. The
w.ater used, we judge, would have increased
the flood just about enough to have lifted f
Noah's ark from the snag on Mount Ararat,
some of the wash tubs are of stone, and all 11
ire on a scale equal in magnitude to any of }
:jol. Seller's schemes for making millions.
The loads of thread are put in and taken F
jut of boilers, rinsers, washers, dryers and' 0
iialf a dozen other processes by machinery. ?
Then after all this, it goes right back to {
those huge steam boilers, and the same J
tiling is done over again. The dry room is _
icated by seven thousand five hundred feet i'
jf steam pipe, and can be regulated to any .'
lesired temperature. After leaving the
eeling department, the thread that is to be .
olored goes to the dye house, and that '
ivhich is to remain white, to the bleach H
louse. In the dye house is the patent dyeing
machine, used only to dye black. It "
Iocs the work far better than by lnnd and "
is equal to the labor of more than a dozen 1
men.
ALL COLORS OF THREAD
ire made, and the quantities of soaps, dye f
stuffs, and other material of the kind used, "
ure immense. Eighty thousand gallons of 1
ivater are consumed daily in the bleach e
liouse alone, and one of the Artesian wells 1
A The Clark Thread Company lias a capa- 11
;ity of one hundred and fitty thousand gal- 1
Ions per day. This is a remarkable#wel), c
uxteen feet deep and eight feet in diameter, c
jf which Professor Maynard, the New York ^
L'hemist, said it produced the purest water
p-eat attractions among the many wondere
if the exhibition. From the spooling de>artment,
the spooled thread is taken to
THE WAHZBOOM,
vhere the beautiful little label containing
he name, number, etc., of the thread, is put
in by girl?. The quickest of them will
>ut labels on the ends of nine or ten thouand
in a day, all of which have to be
noi.ntened by the tongue{ placed on the
pool, and then struck with the hand to
>aste it. Some of these girls wo:-k about as
minlr na Itnlilninr* A ffnr 1 nl/nt!nn? ilia
^uiv,rw uo ii^ui>iiiiig? ixuvi iu?
pools of thread are put into boxes of one
lozen each. They are then ready for packng.
About twenty-five thousand feet of
umber per month in cut at the mills, in
Michigan, to the various lengths required,
ind all that is done here is to put the boxes
ogether. A private wire runs from the workB
n Newark to the New York office, and the
ine is kept busy in sending orders and trannnitting
messages of the company. In the
ihort time we were there several large
>rders came in from different parts of the
:ountr7, ?nd among them were some
rom Maine, Texas, California, Wisconsin,
Dregon, etc. The Clark Thread Company
lends out annually vaat quantities of show
:ards, calendars, etc., some of which are
nagnificent specimens of the lithographic
md printer's art.
IS THW A FAIR COUNT?
The number of feet of draft which one
lound of cotton undergoes is one trillion,
even hundred and seventy-two billion,
hree hundred and twenty million, six hunIred
and thirty-five thousand, Bix hundred
eet, or stated in figures, 1,772,320,635,600, a
listancc of 335,477,5S2i miles. The fidowing
demonstrates the apparently inn-edible
statement: The web of cotton
rom which this immense length of thread
8 drawn is forty inches wide. .It goes to
lie carder, where it is drawn to 4x120,
iqual to 480 feet. Then the drawing frame
ncreases it to 480x0, equal to 2,880; the
apper 2,880x2|, equal to (5,480; the comber
Iraws it out to 6,480x26, equal to 168,180;
lien it goes to the first head drawing frame,
vlicre 168,480x6 etqual to 1,010,880.
THE SECOND DRAWING FRAME
nultiplies the hist length by six again
naking 1,010,880a 6 equal to 6,065,280,
vhich repeated on the third drawing frame
nakes a length of 6,065,280x6 equal to 30,191,
680 feet. Now comes the first Blubbing
rame where 36,391,680x5 is equal to 181,*58,400;
the second slubber 181,968,400x4 J
:qual to 818,812,800; the intermediate
lubber 181,958,400x6 equal to 4,6ft,870,100;
the finishing thread winding machine
nakes the total length of the thread 4,912,S76,80x6
equal to 29,477,2GO,SUO. Now it
;ocs on bobbflis to the "mill" where 29,I77,260,800x9j
gives us 272,664,662,400 feet.
l(Ve then multiply the last number of feet
vhich states the total length of one pound
if cotton drawn into thread, by the length
if the original web, which is six and a half
eet, and have the total as stated before
!72,664,662,400x(U feet making a grand
otal of 1,772,320,635,600 feet. The cotton,
vhen finished ae yarn, has been
loubled six million, nine hundred and
ixty-seven thousand, two hundred and
linety-six times (6,967,296), in passing
hrough the different processes. When the
am is made into six cord finished thread,
he above ifhmbcr of doublings have been
nultiplitd by six, making a total of 41,103,762
doublings. Now divide the total
Iraft, 1,772,327,632,600, by the total
loublings, and if the work is correct, we
l._1t 1 il._ 1? ?c
I1U1I Uiive U1C IUIH1 1JU1UUC1 U1 1VXI. UI VUIU
n a pound of cotton, which ifl 254,337 feet,
iut there has been 20 per cent, loss in the
nanufacture, which must be added, makng
a total of 305,254 feet of yarn for a
lound of cotton, or 120 hanks of 840 yards
aeh, enougli to reach from New York to
[Yenton, a distance of sixty miles.
IACHINK AM) CABINET SHOPS, BOX FACTORY
AND PRINTINO HOUSE.
The Clark Thread Company do all their
irinting and lithographing at the works
lere. Four printing presses are kept runling
all the time, and in the lithograph delartment
one sicam press and six or eight
land lithograph presses are continually erailoyed.
In both departments the practice
f the "art preservative " is in the highest
tyle. (^rders for the paper box department
n the one item of straw board are given as
ligli as eighty to one hundred tonsata time,
n the machine shop a large number of men
re employed in making now machinery and
:eeping i" repair the vast quantity in use
i I ii.?
II me various uuiiiiriiiii-iun ui me ?ou\p.
:hc cabinet factory turns out about two
lundred cabinets per day. The bobbins,
tc., used in the mill are made her?. ]n
act about all ihe Clark Thread Company
;o outside for is the raw material. They
aanufaeture all they use, except a few of
he more intricate or patented machines.
the clark hose company.
One ot tho best organized and equipped
ire companies in the city of .Newark is the
Clark Ilose Company,*' organized May
5th, I860. There are twenty memhe?
mployees of the factory, brave active ram,
rained by frequent practice to their duty,
nd proud of their company and outlit.
'heir equipment is aw follows: Two hose
arriagis with wrenches, bars and axes,
arrying seven hundred and fifty feet of
lose on reels and two pipes with extra nozles.
They also command nine hundred
eetof hose with pipes and nozzles in tweny-otic
diflereiit stations, in and around the
actory, one Cameron fire pump, one
iVorihington, one Watts & Campbell, and
me Blak.? pump, one hundred and scventyight
filled buckets in their proper places
hrougliout the works, sixteen hand pumps,
prinklers in all the rooms of the cotton
uill, the packing hotist*, the machine and
:arpenter sliop and the drying rooms. There
ire also sprinklers in the two top lloors of
he thread mill and in the warehouse, and
here are thirty-live fire plugs or hydrants
mi the premises. Kegular meetings arc held
>n the second Monday in each month, and
iractice is had every two weeks.,Examhiaion
of all valves, hydrants, pumps and
>ther equipments takes place on the first of
:ach month, and a minute report of the exlct
condition, position and effectiveness of
he fire service is made to The Ciark Thread
Company.
hie clark thread company relief
society.
One of the best and most beneficial organizations
which constitutes a part of the
tystem and care of the Clark Thread Company
for their employees, is the Kelief ?So;iety.
It was organized January 22d, 1870,
ilm iiiipiuiso df nrnvidinp a fund for the
relief of those who might, by accident or
tickness, be incapacitated from sustainir?
themselves. All the employees of the company
must be members of the society, and
;ach receives assistance when needed, from
:he fund according to the amount paid in,
which must be at least one cent per week,
jut no one is permitted to.pay in an amount
ivhieh would draw, in case of sickness,
nore than half their average weekly
ivages. Every cent paid in draws seventyive
cents per week. The Clark Thread
,'ompany contributes five dollars per week
:o the fund without cessation, but all others
:easc their contributions when the unexpended
balance in the treasury reaches fif:een
hundred dollars. When the fund is
educed to seven hundred dollars, payments
ire renewed. The payments into the treaslry
average about nine months in the year.
IVe hope that this humane and systematic
irganization may find many imitators
unong the manufacturers of Newark and
hroughout the country, who read this arti le.
The company pays interest at seven
er cent, on the money in the treasury, liesides
their live dollars per week into the
mid. Since its organization one thousand
hree hundred and ninety-seven members
lave been relieved, 2nd twenty-four Heaths
lave occurred in the society. The reason
hat the receipts for 1874 and 1 S7ti are less
han usual is because the fund had reached
lie maximum of $1,500, and payments
vere "topped. The following very intersting
table shows the amount received and
laid out from 1S7U to 1^70 inclusive:
/{rreii'l*.
H7U cl,742.31 *1,501.28
87 1 2,217.95 2,010.82
87 2 -....2,114.42 1,704.88
87 3 2,381.57 1,742.21
87 4 85G.60 1,595.5!) ;
87 5 1,541.01 1,624.75
" 77.04
87G 953.31 1,751.94 I
Total ,....$12,923.34 ill,930.52 !
Salanco in treamirv Jan. 1, 1S77, .fflfti.Stt?.
tow Ct.ARK's "o. N. T." Sl'OOI. COTTON [
OlIKilNATKI).
I'ntil within a few years, the great dilfi-1
r
culty to be overcome in the introduction of
sewing machines, was the objections made
by manufacturers and operators to the then
popular threads. These complaints were
so loud and well founded that the sale of
sewing machines was greatly impeded on
account of the impossibility of obtaining a
thread adapted to their use. Mr. George A.
Clark, appreciating the difficulty, introduced
into the Ameiican njarket the now
famous Clark's " O. N. T." Spool Cotton, all
numbers being Six Cord, Jroin 8 to 100.
which met the demand, did awapr with all
complaints, and long since estamisnea us
reputation as tjie best thread in use for
sewing machines or hand sewing. To Mr.
George A. Clark belongs the credit of being
the first to supply those fine qualities
of Six Cord Spool Cotton with which his
name is associated. The thread is used and
recommende<Lby agents of the Singer,
Wheeler & Wilson, Grover & Baker; Domestic,
Howe, Florence, Weed, Wilson,
Blees, Remington, Secor,' Home, Lathrop
and other sewing machine companies; The
superior quality of Clark's "0. N. T."
Spool Cotton si>on sccured for it an immense
sale, but with til." great popularity of
the goods came ?L<o counterfeits which made .
it necessary for the manufacturers to adopt
a trademark for their own and the public's
nrntenfiAn nrts3 im^n rttrnntr rronillflA
vkvvuvuj uuu uv/u ?
ppool of their thread id the following:
ps
This trademark is familiar to every merchant
in the United States, and all who
have ever tried the genuine Clark's "0. N.
T." Spool Cotton, continue to use it.
EMPLOYEES AT THE CENTENNIAL.
A noticeable feature of The Clark Thread
Company has always been their thoughtful
and considerate attention to the welfare
and pleasure of their employees. The Cen-enmal
Exhibition afforded an opportunity
lor its practical illustration which should
not pass unnoticed in this article. Desiring
to.give all their operatives an opportunity
to witness the great Exhibition at
Philadelphia of what the nption had accomplished
during the first hundred years
of its existence in industry and art, the
company planned and carried to complete
bucccss "a monster excursion to Philadelphia,
which embraced their fifteen hundred
employees, with invited guests, members of
the press, and the Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Newark. Some
idea of its extent may be gained when it is
known that forty-five railroad coaches were
employed for th(5ir accommodation, arid
the cost for transportation, admission, en
tertainment, etc., exceeded six thousand
dollars. But this large sum is small compared
with the unalloyed pleasure which
was afforded the grand army of industrious
people who find employment at the Clark
Thread Company Works in Newark. The
Common Council passed and caused to be
beautifully engrossed and presented to the
Pnmnonv fi iwiMM rpflnliiflnna frnm vliinli
for luck of space we copy only the following
extract:
Reunited, That we vdtncfeed with great satisfaction
the kindness ana attention shown by the officers
of this Company to their fifteen hundred worklog
people and the evident good feeling that exists
between them; recognizing that when labor and
capital thus harmonize, p..jri^erity must ensue.
Renolved, That the location of the Clabk Thuead
Company In oar city, ruth their immense works,
and their army of operatives, has proved a vast
benefit, and that Newark is and should be, justly
proud of her manufactures on which her growth and
prosperity must ever depend, and that this municipality
should footer and encourage by every proper
means thnr establishment and success.
Resolutions of thanks to the Oompany wero also
passed by the employees.
THE EUREKA BOAT CLUB AND THISTLE
BAND.
The now fa mom crcw, which came so
near winning the prize against the world at
the Centennial International Rega ta last
August, is from The Clurk Thread Company's
Works principally. It has a list of
thirty-five activc and about forty honorary
members. It is the champion crew of the
Pa-siiic, and has beaten the celebrated Atlantic
crew, of New York. They won the
tirst heat on Monday, August 28th, 1S76, at
Philadelphia, beating tlic Uublin au<l Argonauta
crews. On the second day they
were l^eaten by the celebrated Beaverwyckg,
of Albany, by only six seconds, the Beaverwyckg
winning the championship of the
world on the last day, the Newark boys of
The Clark Thread Company coming very
close to the championship of the world.
The Thistle Band, one of the best in the
State is organized from the employees of In?
company and plays for all the many excursions
and festivals of the employees, besides
answering outside calls wlicu made. They
aceompanicd the Eurekas to Philadelphia,
and also the grand excursion of the employees
to the Centennial last year, and always
play at all the regattas in which the
Eurekas take part. *
THE NEW YORK HOUSE.
At No. 400 Broadway, corner .of Walker
street, New York, is the splendid marble
building of George A. Clark & Brother, the
selling agents of The Clark Thread Company.
The entire five stories of their magnificent
plac<; arc fitted up with every facility
possible for the prompt transaction of
their immense business
Life Insurance Politic*.
A bill wns.presented in the New York
State Senate regulating the forfeiture of
life insurance policies. It declares that
no life insurance company whose net
surplus as to policyholders shall be less
thim $i,000,000 shall have power to
declare forfeited any policy hereafter
issued by reason of non-payment of
annual premiums or interest or any portion
thereof, unless a notice in writing
stating the amount of premiums or interest
due and when due on such policy *
and the placo where said premium may
be paid 3hall have been sent by the company
to the party insured, at least thirty
days before the premium becomes due.
The English Colliers.
The condition of the colliers in England
is becoming daily more serious. In
almost all conl districts many men are
idle, and others are working on notice
to leave, while tlio wages of those who
1 - ! Tn flirt /VYIinfv
remam are uuuiy rcumuu. xa
of Durham alone between 10,000 and
11,000 are reported to be idle, nml the
secretary of tlioir union hns nnule an appenl
on their behalf.
The Markets.
MEW YOBK.
Beef Cattle?Nati to 09tf@ 10
Texas and Cherokee... 09 @ 09
Milch Cows..; 60 00 @7000
Hogs?Live .* Oi @ 06
Dretoed 07?*@ 07#
Sheep OSfiQ 00^
Lambs (6^@ 08
Cotton?Mddllng 13 @ 13
Flour?Western-Good to Choice.... 6 83 (?8 00
State?Good to Choice 5 90 @ 5 93
Wheat? Red Western . 1 50 @ 1 50
No. 2 Milwaukee 1 42 @ 1 42
Rye-Stato ? @ 01
Barley?State 60 @ 70
Barley Malt 1 20 @ 1 25
Oats?Mixed Western...,, 3i @ 62
Corn?Mixed Western 65 @ NJ
II.ly, per cwt 60 @ 70
Straw, per cwt 65 @ 75
Hops 7C's? 0 @17 ...,75's 06 @ 10
Pork?Mess. ......15 33 @15 f5
Lard?City Steam 113a@ 11V
Fish?Mackerel, No. 1, now IS 00 @19 CO
" No. 2, new 9 0J (?? 9 80
Dry Cod, per cwt. 4 75 @ 5 25
Herring, Sealed, per l?x 16 @ J8
Petroleum?Crude 10A|@10,!^ Refilled ltf
Wool?California Fleece 23 W 30
Texas " 2t @ 2!
Australian " 3.S @ 41
Butler?State 23 @ V4
Western?Clmice 20 @ 22
Western?Good to Prinze... 1* @ 17
Western?Firkiun 12 @ 15
| Cheese?State Factory 13 @ 13
State Skimmed 03 M 07
Western 10 @ J/5
j'Epgs?State and Pennsylvania 14 @ 15
| UUFFALO.
Flour 7 00 @10 00
, Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee 1 60 @ 1 ro
I Corn?Mixed 51 @ 51
! Oats 31 (d, 57
Rye ? ? (i) H
Barley 65 @ <5
Barley Malt lull @ 1 10
ritlLADKl.PHW.
Reef Cattle?Extra 06J,'@ 0?J?
Sheep
Horh? Dressed... OS.VtfH
Hour?Pennsylvania Extra 5 37 (i 6 00
Wheat?Red Wei tern 1 .10 (H> I 53
Rye 7."> (<? H)
Cora?Yellow UX? 53
Mixed ft'i <? 5H
Oats?Mixed 37 (4 37
Petroleum?Criulo 13'4'rtU Iceftued ....Ifl'.i
WATEHTOWN, MA--S.
I:?ef Cattle?roor to Choice n Ti iit? .',u
Sheep ^.10 (a ti .VI
Tj?n>h? 2 .'0 (it, K .10
kyTU Fil '