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BY HUGH WILSON, ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY; NOVEMBER 21, 1883 NO. 21. VOLUME XXVIII. |jl
CONSTANCY.
iie said :
Andleanod as ho spuko <>n the pasture l>ars.
That ho vowed l?v the heavensli'.uo?
By tue silvery Moon and the shining stars?j
Toewr prove leal and true. I
'Men change, 'tis {nie," ho ?aid, ' hut oh!
Believe me. my own dear luve,
Affection liko mine, as time will shows
Has a strength that no power can move.
SHE SAID:
?? . . . . i r
"i>o rear or do.'ors. oeioveu, mm: i.
For loop in this h< art of mine
Ib a lo>*o that will never dim or die,
But will last for aye?like thine !'*
Ho gave her a ri?? and a fond caress,
While her tears like n torrent fell;
As with falt'ring w.>rds ami in sore distress,
He bade her a loii? farewell.
But the ninn in the moon, who had often
viewed ,
Such tender ft oiks, T ween,
Winked knowingly then, as the lovers stood |
Beneath, in the silver sheen.
* * >s * * #
i wo summers wi; n o.cssnin aim uuii hitu
gone.
Two winters -.villi fr. st and snow ;
^nd n^iiin, the man in the mo<>n looked
down
Dn the whirling v.v.rld below.
^ And what did lie see Why, the loVer had (
won
A widow with wea'tli galore,
While the maiden lu i wedded, that very,
morn.
The clerk of a dry g^ods store.
Quoth the ma:i in the mo m : "It's exactly
now
As it was wli n the world liepan ;
No weaker thin;; than a wonmn's vow,
Excepting the vows of a man.''
JLUVOM UU fai'vn IHV- luuti m liie
nicon
Such cynical views of life
That this is th- io:isoii lie lives alono
And never l:a.> taken a wife
BROTHER AM) SISTER.
""What is you- name?"
* Clip.**
"Kather appropriate, I .f^ncy," ol>
6crvcd Jack ( r;:nfi (ywiitr the dwarf- !
ish figure of llu? lad bffore him. "AYhoj
do you belong to:*'.
"xonmiv."
"Well where on earth did you come;
- from?''
" Clipper
Cranford indulged in a hearty lnuirh. j
"You want to know if you can stay |
here, eh? Yes. you may, hut I warn you 1:
that you won't get rither fat or rich very j
soon unless vou l-.uvc better luck than the ;
rest of us."
<;Can Clipper conic too?" inquired the i
boy, with an upward glance of his sharp <
black eyes. ! I
" " Who in the name of all the gods is |
Clipper? Your dog, <-h?'' 11
"2^0, she hain't a dog, she's a gal, my ;
sister.''
" A\'l iorp Oi/? nnw?M I <
"Down b~ the gully washin' licr feet j
'cause thev hurt."
"How old is she?"
''Don't know; l-ii-y.-r'n me. though." j1
"Concise and explicit." remarked ( ran- j j
ford, with an amused smile. " You had I
better run along and bring her up to camp. j;
It is growing dark and vou mav get i
lost." ^ " * | <
" Clipper never gets lost, she can go ! >
anywhere," he asserted in a tone which :
bespoke the utmost contldncee in his f
Bister. i i
Cranford watched the boy as lie . I
bounded nimbly down the hillside.
" Hi-ch-hi-eh-hi.'" he sang at the top of (
his voice. A musical " llo-eh-ho-ch ho*' :
resounded through the hills and the next l
moment a slim girl darted forward, ?
_ caught Clip in her arms, kissed him and ]
then gave him a sharp slap on the cheek. I
"Ye hateful little to'icl, I thought ye
was lost," she said by way of explaining 1
the dual reception she had given him.
u Where ye bin?" I
Clij) rubbed his face and muttered <
resentfully:
" Up there, found a camp, the man | 1
wants ye to coine too." j1
"Oh, ( lip!she cried, not heeding j ]
his answer. "I was scared?I thought j ]
they'd caught ye?I wish ye wouldn't'
run off like tint." The exclamations j<
were uttered in a breathless soil of way, ! '
and she placed her aims protect ingly i ]
around him. A very pretty picture she j
made as slur stood there. The golden i I
red rays of the setting san glimmering I
athwart the live oak boughs, threw I'
fantastic shadows over her gypsy-like face. I i
Her scant costume, consisting of a brown !
petticoat and sack, and a gay colored ,
Mexican shawl draped Spanish fashion : 1
around her head and shoulders, gave her j i
a quaintly picturesque air. Jack ('ran- }:
ford, who had strolled leisurely after the j ]
boy, appeared in view on a declivity a 11
couple of yards above them. Catching a 1
glimpse of him she started back a few '
steps, then lifted her d:irk, imlf-terrilicd :
eyes to his face.
"It's only the miner,' whispered Clip, [
in an assuring tone. ! i
IJand in hand theyadvaneedta^vithin
? ?a- distance froniwJjK^lie sfrfllT. *
Just thcfi il TuTii appeared oji ;
the other side of the camp clearing. |
The girl's sharp eyes discovered them, i
and in an instant she was at Cranford's (
side, grasping his arm
"Don't let them touch him!"' she cried,
her dusky face growing almost white. j <
"Nobody shall harm either of you,"
said Cranford, laying his hand on her!
shoulder. . j
"Hello, Jack!" called out one of the j
party, "who arc your visitors?"
"Clipper and I "lip. of Clipper Onp," '
he responded. Then to the girl, " Vou j
needn't be afraid; they all belong to our
camp."
"You were afraid of me, eh?" queried |
the P'-.wcomer, I>ick Emory, "what '
dreadful crime have you been pcrpetrat-1
ingP
"I didn't do nothing lmd." she re]>lied )
with a touch of childish dignity, "but
he," indicating lier brother, "stole, lie!
hain't/got no one but me to look after I
him, and they were going to put him in :
the refuge, so we run away."
'Poor little creatures." said Dick, his
r pleasant-toned voice full of tender pity, j
"So you thought we were ogres sent to !
capture you."
Meantime the other miners had gath- j
ered around the children, for the girl ;
was a'child in years, although a hard ex
perionce hud left little of the child nature .
m "her. *
nTm not scared now,'' she iinnounccd.
glancing toward the group of rough men. |
" If ye'II let us stay I'll work for ye.
Can cook an'wash, can't I, Clip?''
The youngster screwed <ip one eye and i
nodded his head in an impish sort of j
way, which caused the mincia to laugh I
heartily, and they all expressed ? desire
to keep them for awhile at least. I-ater
on they learned that the children Verc
orphans. They never saw their f&her,
but had been told that he hva died before
Clip was born. Soi\y three years
before their mother, win;, on her death-1
Kn/t Viarl fii'irm'i] tllf'j-i-l tfi t;ike ('.in! of i
liUM -w... -her
brother, who-Ahl! proved the tornicrit j
of her lifp, out whom, nevertheless, she j
low** passionately.
' I tried to make him good." she asserted,
with a pathetic sigh, " but he'd '
steal every chance he'd get.''
Her real name, she told Dick Emory, j
was Carrita, and her brother's Ignatio,
bnt (hey were called Clip and Clipper,
because they were born in Clipper Cap.
Dick Emory was young and handsome,
even in his rough miner's dress. There
was something c.mtagious about the j
? :_ii. a?i -Hr./I lilc iltirlr-hlun eves
IHlI tll Hint. IV1VM ... _
and spread itself over his frank, boyish
face. His courtesy and good-nature
rendered him a general favorite with his
companions: consequently they were not i
surprised when Clipper exhibited a i
i. marked preference for his sx-iety. She
I* seemed to anticipate his slightest wish,
and whenever he rewarded her with a
smile a crimson flush would steal into
her brown checks and her beautiful dark
eyes would glow with pleasure. The
girl was so young and childish i n many
ways that noonedreamed she was capable
of loving. And she, herself, was too
simple and ignorant to comprehend
the meaning of the joy ^us pres-j
boforp? n??v^ i nat was enough. Past sor- !
*W\\.> wore forgotten: she was satisfied? ,
infinitely s>?\\}*.h the present, ami never .
gave a thought t > the future. Did Km(?ry
know, was lie conscious of the love '
he had inspired in the breast of this
ehild-wonian { No; the sentiment was
shrouded in such exquisite purity that j
even hr> wsi* not aware of its existence.
All womanhood was sacred to him, even
this embryo woman, who was touching i
his life with her love, and he lleatcd her ,
with a deferential tenderness, not for the ,
pu!|?so oi' winning her regard, but be- '
Jin nruihl tint /1a nt)i(*r\viflp<
alas! for the peace of poor, ignorant
little Clipper! Kvcry touch of his hand, i
' very soft inflection of his voice-, drew |
the meshes closer around he'.'.
After tho children had lieen in the
en??p several months the rainy season set I
in. and with it a low fever, which at- :
tacked even th" mn5t robust miner. It i
was Clipper proved herself a minis- I
lering angel. She refined to sleep, or i
even rest, when she fancied any of the
sick men required her care. Emory had
a slight attack. I>ut recovered in a I
few days. "When all thought the disease i
had spent itself the faithful young [
nurse was stricken down, but 111 her ,
case it assumed a far more serious form: ?
the rcm< dies that had proved belielicial !
to the others kiiv hoi- iio relief. F'xally,
a |il>yJri;in w as summoned from the nearest
town. l>ut his skill was of 110 avail.
One evening Kmory was fitting near
the camp-bed upon whicli the girl was
tossing restlessly.
' I'oor little clipper?'' I10 murmured, 1
tenderly stroking the dark hair hack j
from her burning forehead. "You must )
try to get well, for 1 want to take you to :
Frisco next week. I nm going to tell '
you a secret," he went on, hoping to in- I
tcrest her. A slight movement of her J
head indicated her desire t<? hear it. J
' You see, when I came up here, about
two years ago, I left one of the sweetest i
little girls in the universe in San Fran- I
o'wn Kli? nrmnised to be HIV wil'C ?S !
soon ?s?" j
A low moan broke from llic fever- !
parched lips.
"What is it. dear? Are von in pain?" \
lie questioned in a gentle, almost woman- !
ly voice. "I have tired you with my j
nonsensical talk. There." bunding over ;
)-? a mother might over asiekehild, "let i
me bathe your head awliile. I will keep
very quiet and perhaps you can sleep."
l,Ni>. tell me all about it," she pleaded,
laying her hot hand in his. "I like to
hear ye talkin'."
"There isn't much to tell," he re'
- - << ^ I
srtned, anxious to please ncr, except i
that I love her better than any one in the |
whole world and hope to make her my ;
wile next week."
"Hetter'n me?" she questioned, in a t
strange, surprised voice. Her dark eyes i
were looking out yearningly from he- j
n.cath th<'ir heavy lids, and Emory grew 1
; in! arrassi d under the searching gaze.
' My? my love for you is?something
ililferent? li'ce a father's for a child?a j
!>rother's for sister's." he stammered.
"An' ye like her hetter'n me?hetter'n j
me?" she repeated the words in a far
sway voice. Then with a sudden move
lie threw her anus around his neck,
lrew his fare down and kissed it, saying:
" I like you hetter'n Clip?hetter'n the
whole world."
"You are making her talk too much.
1'mory. you remember the doctor said J
he must be kept quiet."
Tt ? 1??L- wlin ennlco. The I
It ??.-> V . ,
rounder man arose.
' Yes.*' lie assented, huskily, "she j
annot hear agitation. Perhaps you can :
>oothe lier to sleep." |,
lie turned away and the next moment j
tvas striding up the mountain as if hop- :
ng to escape the torture that tilled his
leart.
"Good God, is it possible that that !
iluld has learned to carc for me," he !
tsked himself. "And have I done aught
:o win her love. No, God knows I never
1 reamed of such a thing. I looked upon
tier as n child ?a guileless child to whom
lie sentiment of love was unknown."
Dave Poole was the lirst man he met
ulifn lie ret is rued to eamo an liour later.
' How is Clipper?" he asked, glad |
I hat it was ion dark for the man to ob- I
serve his imitated air.
' On the liume stretch. I reckon, poor ;
little gal! She's lieen asking fnr you."
lie re| onded. Mowing hi< nose vigorously,
lioping thereby to keep the tears from j
liis eyes.
Kraory stepped softly into the tent j
where she lay. Death was dealing gently
ivith her?aye, even more gently than j
life had. A drawn look about the mouth j
was the only visible trace of his presence.
Seeing her lips move, he drew near.
*- L 1 * ?* -- ' b ' bill iidt/irA Tl'O !
duty mi*?uui uii uiu uiii ? ?un,iv ??v, ;
went one day?to git flowers. It is I
uiglier heaven up there/' was what she I
said.
The <lay that she was laid to rest on j
ihi! hill that was nearest heaven the !
miners gathered around the grave and
ciii;' "The Sweet Bv and By" for j
her mpm-m. It was the only sacred j
song they knew, and they sang it with i
Fervor as if each hoped to meet poor I
little Clipper again " on that beautiful j
diorc."
Clip rather enjoyed the excitement, [
probably for the reason that he did not |i
comprehend his loss. The miners spoke !
more gently to him. The best of ever}-- |
fTrtn- in the way of food was given him,
;uid taking it all together he had a very .
good time.
In the years which followed, Emory |
tried, lor ( Uppers saKe, to mane an |
honest man of her brother, but, as the j
poor child expressed it, "he'd steal every
chance he and at last reports Clip
was servii; gratuitously, the State of
Californi:^
.Modern Courtship Scene.
"And you really love me dearly?" he
asked, as lie coiled his arm about her
wasp-like system. 4,And you'll always
l 5V
1U\ U 11IU Ml*
44 Always, Frederick; ever so."
"And von pledge me to sew but?"
t4 Sir!""
u You pledge me to so beautify my !
life that it will always be as happy as
now?"'
44 With my last breath, Frederick."
44 And, darling, you will mend my
stoc?"
44 Your what, sir?"
44 You will mend my stock of knowledge
and draw me upward and onward
to a better existence
41 It will be the pride of my love so to
do, Frederick; 1 will sacrifice all for your
complete happiness."
' - .t ? I
""I KHOW I!i;u, swvtlm-iii i. nut ou|i- I
Iiose in the fullness of time some acci- j
dent should happen to?to?say the
trou?"
" You forget yourself, sir. To the
what!"
' To the trousseau: would it defer the
hour that makes you mine?"'
"Never, Frederick. I am yours, mind !
and heart, ami naught can se]>arate us."
"And you will care forme ever, my
soul, and I for you, for though I may
never have a shir?"
"Enough! J.eave me forever."
"But listen. Though I may never
have a shirking disposition, 1 shall some
times, pernaps. m mu mih^ic <,i Jllt,
forget the plain duty?"
' All. I'll remind you of it. Frederick,
in tender actions, ami make the duties of
existence so pleasant of performance that
to avoid them will he pain."
And so on. That's modern courtship.
Lots of abstract swash, but a manifest
disinclination tc contemplate such conveniences
as buttons, socks, trousers and
shirts.?Chicnyo Tribune.
A Domesticated Eagle.
"A workman," says El li'i, "who
l?.,c nrimiif/i/1 ffrt-lin l; .|,.l ml V llV Ill's
"UO ?*V?JUHVM ? vv.t..... "V
fortune in the hunting field as well as for
his success in training wild birds and
animals, had succeeded in domesticaling
an eagle so far that the bird would come
down from the greatest height in answer
to a simple sign or a slight whistle. The
eagle Hew about with the pigeons,
causing no little consternation among
them at first. It used to fly long
distances, but came back two or three
times a day to take its food out of the
hands of its master. After a few days,
however, a flock of cables was seen in the
neighborhood, and their domesticated
fellow disappeared with his friends,
never to return."
The newest imported sealskin sacks
are lined throughout with fur, thus
making them doubly warm.
'
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Liming Ulrndoivn.
Liming meadows or old pasture land.'
with, say thirty bushels to the acre, say?
the Orange, Qninty luinnrv, has nil I'fTeel
Upon the condition of the crop of gras;
that few fnrhicrS would helievti WiHinul
jrivinjf it a trial. In faet> wfc do not
know limv the same amount Of, nionej
can be expended upon land, with thfc&ihi*
profit. It is ndt *>niv certain but lasting.
We liavc known farmers to pasture meadows
fifty years withon\ being turned uj
by the simple ajiplicatinn of lime Hncc
in six br ten yca^. These pasture.'
which hrb regarded as permanent and
mostly abound in clay molds, after being
grazed down thoroughly, are restored
knCe-deep in from five to six weeks. Wc
do not hesitate to say that nowhere haf
lime a more marked elTect and can lie
used with better results than in the renovation
of old pastures.
Vilnl'ly off Seeds,
It is well known among gardeners and
seedsmen that while some kinds of seeds
Ix-tain their vitality for many years.
others soon lose it eveh wheii kept undef
ivlint urC supposed to be the most favorable
conditions. As a rule, seeds toiltaining
considerable oil, like the sunflower
and mustard, retain their vegetative
powers much longer than the dry and
farinaceous kinds. The thick shells of
some seeds mi<rht be considered ns it protection
against loss of vitality, but we
do not find that the larger nuts can be
kept for any considerable length of time,
or seldom more than one year, while
some of the smaller seeds, with an apparent
thin covering, like the pea and
bean, will vegetate when a dozen years
old if kept under anything like favorable
conditions. Onion seed will seldom
vegetate after the second year, while
turnip seed will remain sound for half a
dozen years, and if kept in a cool room
for twice that length of time. Perhaps
the best possible conditions under which
to keep most vegetable seeds is in a cold,
dry atmosphere. There is, however,
much to be learned in regard to preserving
the vitality of seeds, and the man
who undertakes to investigate all the
phenomena in regard to the vitality of
seeds has a large and interesting field
before him.?New York- Sun.
lTIanure nnd irinniirinfo
Every season the inquiry is made,
What manure is most suitable for the
garden? I prefer good stable manure
that has been turned once or twice to
any otlur, and if some bone-dust has
been mixed with it in turning, so much
the better. If good ashes can be obtained,
so much the better, as a handful
or so, applied to the hill or spread along
the row and worked into .'lie soil when
hoeing, will prove of great benefit to the
crop. Commercial fertilizers are much
praised by some, but my experience witn
them has been rather variable. In wet
seasons, on good ground, they produce
very satisfactory results; but in the
event of severe drought the result is
quite variable.
If your grapevines, pear or app'e trees
show a lack of vigor, give them a good
dressing of well-rotted manure and work
it under with the hoc or fork. I)o not
spread it in a small circle around the
stem of the plant, but at a considerable
distance beyond. No manure can be
much better for this purpose than that
from a well-decayed compost heap, and
do not forget your currants, gooseberries
and raspberries at the same time.
. The asparagus bed will also be considerably
benefited by an application of this
compost, or, if this is not at hand, scrapings
of rich, earth from the barnyard or
from where a manure heap has stood will
?.?11 Jf cw.o/l r\n fr/im +l,,v>n
iiua^u ua ? til, iX r?JflV?IY4 V/<> 1IVUI % 141 vv
to four inclics (or more) in depth.?ltural
New Yorker.
Bnirjr Cdwk.
Never before in American history has
there been anion# the most tliiiikini^- men
engaged in the dairy and stock business
according to the lJurlington Jlmrlrt/r, so
earnest reaching out for a typical race of
cattle suited foi the dairy, and which at
the same time shall be well fitted for
beef production, as is witnessed at the
present time. All the races of cattle at
all suited for dairy purposes are brought
to the test, and probably no great length
of time will elapse until grand results in
this direction will be achieved. The
diminutive breeds common to the Channel
Islands, although proving to be of
superior merit for the single purpose of
me Duuer umrv, ujiii iiuvit uuuuihu
lar among the mass of our people for the
general purposes for which neat.stock is
kept. Amplitude of size for beefmaking
is one of the prime requisites in this
species of stock, ami the intelligent
farmer will be satisfied with no breed
or race that does not possess this requisite
merit. The llolstein nice is now
under trial as a dairy stock, and so far
has given general satisfaction. This race
attains to good size, yet as a rule is
better fitted for dairy purposes than for
beefmaking, lacking somewhat in the
compactness of form that is essential in
critical markets for this purpose. The
Holstcins have long been a standard
breed in a dairying country, and came to
us with a long ancestry, carefully bred
by a painstaking people for the single
purpose of the dairy. It will not be at
all surprising that this breed, crossed
with the beef-producing shorthorn, would
develop into the type of neat stock
for the double purpose of the di.l.*y and
beefmaking, and thus (ill an urgent need
now upon us. Time will solve the
question, and wc shall not have long to
wait.
Purifying Knncid flutter.
Rancid butter is an exceedingly undesirable
article for, generally speaking,
when once butter lias lost its sweet,
milky flavor and attained a rank, unpleasant
taste and odor there is little
hope for it. It is a much easier matter
to keep the butter sweet than to restore
it after it has become rancid. There arc
several methods by which it is claimed
that rancid butter may lie purified, but
tin's dries not mean that anv nrocess will
ever make rancid butter a really good
article again; it only means that it can
be brought back to a sufficiently improved
state to admit of its being consumed
where economy forbids throwing
it into the soap-grease jar.
Perhaps one of the best methods is one
that Professor Willard indorsed and a
number of practical buttcr-workc follow.
Melt the rancid butter in twice its
weight of boiling water and shake it well
occasionally when in the water. By this
process the acids producing the rancidity
are dissolved and partly volatilized; the
oil rises to the surface leaving the impurities
in the water. The butter, of course,
loses its consistence l>y this operation,
but that may be restored to it, to a
great extent, by pouring it, when melted,
into a large quantity of ice water.
A second process consists in melting
the butter in a clean vessel under a slow
and regular heat, and while it is melting
add two ounces of pulverized alum to
every five pounds of butter, the butter
being stirred gently while melting.
When thoroughly melted it is strained
through a fine strainer into clear, cold
water. The butter will rise to the surface,
more or less pure or transparent.
The alum coagulates the albumen, the
cascine and other foreign matter, all of
which are retained in the strainer. AVhen
the butter is sufHcientlv cool to be in
"i i .-.-I... 4..i? 1
good worKing orucr ]i i* uim-u uut mm
thoroughly worked, adding to each live
pounds of butter throe ounces of good
dairy salt and one ounce of pulverized
white sugar.
Another mode of treating rancid butter
is as follows: First agitate the butter
in hot water to extract the salt. After
standing awhile it soon separates from
the water, when it must be again agitated
with an equal volume of fresh hot
water and ii few ounces of fresh animal
charcoal to the pound 01 muter, inc
charcoal must l?c in coarse powder and
free from dirt. It is freed front charcoal
by straining through a fine cloth while
still hot from the water by the difference
in specific gravity. The butter when
cold is well worked with fresh milk, to
which a little sulphate of lime lias been
added, and then reworked and salted.
Household IfintK.
Oatmeal cookies combine many good
qualities, and will be relished by child
. rcn. Make them just like nil ordinary
conkv, using two-thirds oatmeal and onethird
wheat flour.
' Light kid gloves may he nicely cleaned
11 with a little fresh milk, white Castile or
t common snap, and a clean white cloth.
' j Huh n little soap, whetted with the milk,
I (?ii Die ntld upc a clean portion of
- the clotii each tinie;
Cold hbiletl rice left Over from dinner
' makes bxfcclient iidt paricakcs for next
I morning's breakfast whfcn mixed 1rith rt
! I little Hour; milk, one egg and a spoonful
1! bf sugar td form a rather still hatter.
! Then frv in a vbrv little hbt butter;
I j . IT the family is very small, itnd lar^c;
, j loaves of bread arc likely to beeomastalc
| before they can be eaten, it is a good
' plan to make two little loaves for one tin
, | They "will keep their shape all right, and
j will not run together or adhere any more
' i than rolls or biscuits do.
Apple custard pic should be baked
with an under crust only. The filling is
delicious if made of one pint of sweet
milk, one pint of smooth apple sauce,
.! well sweetened, three eggs; flavor with
j a little cinnamon. This will make two
i small sized pies or one very large one.
j A tiit'c dish for breakfast Is made by
in flilM cIlPOC
I WIIJIIJ4 IVUVlVllVlIin 4U IM1I1 UUV.VU ,
i stew them in wnter until they fire nearly
i done; then put a little luitter in a saucc
pan, and fry them till light brown;
' serve them on buttered toast, with
! mashed potatoes and raw tomatoes sliced
! thill.
A way to cook beefsteak, which makes
j it almost ns good as when broiled, is to
1! heat a spider red hot and put in the
j steak, after pounding it for a few
; moments. Turn quickly and often, and
j serve immediately when done, with a
J piece of butter on the top. No lard or
! fat should be put in the pan.
j Delicious oatmeal gruel may be made
I by stirring a cupful of oatmeal into a
howl of water, allowing it to stand for a
j few minutes until the coarsest particles
have fallen to the bottom, pouring oif
I t)w wdtnr ntirl rpnnntinrr the onerntioil
,,,v ""l * o -r--"
once or twice. The water should then
1)0 boiled, stirring it constantly until it is
sufficiently cooked.
i Potato eako is easy to make and very
nice. Take the mashed potatoes left
from dinner and remove all lumps; soften
with a little milk, one egg, a pinch of
salt, and a spoonful of sugar; mix in
enough sifted flour to make a dough, and
then make into a cake to fit a round
griddle, and about an inch or more thick.
Dust with flour only, and place on the
griddle over a rather slow fire; turn often,
and when half done cut in triangles from
the center. These cakes are to be eaten
hot with butter. Thev are very healthful,
as they contain no soda.
Barley soup is excellent if the stock is
sufficiently rich. To make it so cut
j three slices of lmeon and two pounds of
I *!%/? t\f i r? evr??ill nionno* Til if
I them in a saucepan or small kettle with
i a pint of water. Let this simmer for
i three quarters of an hour, then add one
i small onion, a carrot, two stalks of celery,
I a bouquet of herbs, half a teaspoonful of
! black pepper, a teaspoonful of salt, and
i two quarts of water. Let this boil for at
i least two hours, then take from the fire,
! and when cold remove the fat or scum
| from the top, strain the soup, nnd put on
; the fire, and add a pint of barley which
j has been washed and soaked in cold water
for three hours at least. There should
be a pint of the barley after it is soaked.
This is the proper proportion for two
quarts of soup.
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Qunrrying Marble.
In an article in Harper** Monthly?"A
Vacation in Vermont"?Herbert Tuttle
says of the marble quarries: The "West
lint land quarries are not, like those of
Dorset, in the side of a great mountain,
hut seem to form the bed of alow hill or
ridge rising very little above a level. The
excavations foilow, therefore, nearly
vertical lines directly into the earth; and
J the cuts themselves, which arc shaped to
j the seams of the stone, have at the surI
face an eastward inclination of about
j forty degrees, then of sixty, and again of
I twenty, until in some places they are alI
most perpendicular. The cuts are
j marked olf from fifty to seventy feet
j long, twelve to sixteen feet wide, and
about four feet deep, and are afterward
subdivided into desired or convenient
sizes. Some of this work, under ledges
and in close quarters, is still necessarily
done by hapd; but the substitution of
machinery for manual labor is nowhere
more strikingly illustrated than
in a Vermont marble quarry. Three
of the machines thus used may
be described. For the diamond borer or
drill the power is steam, and the work
is done by two drills terminating in
I diamond points about one foot apart
By going frequently over the course a
close line of holes is formed, not unlike
the perforated division between postage
stamps, and as the instrument works
with great rapidity, it makes a cut one
foot deep and seventy-five feet long in
one day. It can be adjusted to any
angle near the perpendicular, and is
used for upright drilling. Another
machine, the Ward well, for vertical
work, is a species of locomotive
on a track, along which it moves
backward and forward, and makes
complete cuts by means of systems of
chisels acting on the trip-hammer principle.
There are two of these, four or
fivn font nnnrf jinfT lioth sides of a lllock
are therefore cut at oncx*. The horizontal
eut is made by the Ingersoll drill. It is
11 small instrument hanging and movable
011 a fixed cylinder, and adjustable there
to an angle either above or below the
horizontal. The power is supplied in
the form of steam in rubber pipes. Beside
these three leading varieties there
are other machines, differing in slight
details, all of line for special kinds of
work, but difficult to describe in the
language of a layman.
The final rupture between a block and
its ancient bed is an interesting process.
Let us suppose the two cuts to be made,
one nearly -vertical, and the other, or
horizontal one, at right angles to it, and
both one or two feet deep. A series of
wedges is then inserted into the openings,
and :i man with a heavy hammer goes
along tapping them lightly one after
another. As they are driven in. the menlisten
sharply for the efTeet, the erack
gradually widens, the great mass of
stone begins to heave and swell under
the strain, the quick ear of the experts
detects the critical moment, and a simultaneous
blow on all 1hc wedges throws
the monster loose. Now and then, of
course, a failure is made, and a block
splits in two. But the judgment of the
workmen is singularly correct, and the
block is generally thrown out in its full
integrity.
Three Ways of Opening Oysters.
A Ww York restaurant keeper says:
There are three ways of opening oysters?cracking,
stabbing and sculling.
Have you ever been in an oyster saloon
and stood up to the counter and eaten'
raw oysters? Well, a cracker is a man
who opens oysters by laying them on the
block and breaking off the shell with his
knife first, after which to open the oyster
is easy work. It is the old-fashioned
style, but is gradually falling into disuse
for the reason that particles of the shell
and mud arc liable to fly into the face of
the customer or remain on the oyster
when opened. Stubbing an oyster is a
Koston style. It is gradually being introduced
all over, and must supersede
cricking ere long. To stab an oyster the
bivalve is held in the hand. The knife
is then run in until it catches the eye of
the oyster,and then the shell is dexterously
taken off. Some men lay-the oyster
on the block and stab them instead of
holding them in their hands, but the
principle is the same.
A Trick of the Trade.
William Petty was a most successful
fumbler but bv a oncer trick. As he sat
at the table with u pile of coin before
him there lay nt his hand a twenty-dollar
gold piece that was hollowed out and
contained a mirror. Hy holding this at an
angle of forty-five degrees behind a stack
of coin in front of the dealer he could
see every card held by his opponents,
lie was recently arrested at Portland,
Oregon, with three false pieces in his
possession.
The annual value of the poultry prod.
ucts of the United States is estimated
at $600,000,00'
THE ONE-EYED PASSENGER,
HIS FELLOW-TRAVELERS THOUGHT
HIM CHICKEN-H?ASTED.
Dnt IEc I'rovt-d tlic Hcvcrsc When
the IIo;kI apfcnln Cjiiiic?-A IVcnN
cru siiiuc-t'oacli ICyisoilc. '
! The Detroit Free J'rf** tells how a
| humfoer of passengers traveling in n
I tVesfprn sfiurp-roni'li wen* mistaken ill
one of their number, find how they found
out their mistake. The passengers were
discussing the probabilities of being utj
tacked by "road agents." By-and-hyc
! an army oflircr mentioned somethin?
about road agents, and directly the con!
versation became interesting. Coaches
; had been stopped at various points on
i the line within a week, and it was pretty
j generally believed that a bad gang had
! descended on the route and were .still
j ripe for business. The man with one eye
! had nothing to say. Once or twice lie
raised his head and that single eye blazed
in the darkness like a lone star, but not
a word escaped his mouth. The captain
had said what he would do in case the
coach was halted, and this brought out
the others. It was firmly decided to
fight. The passengers had money to
fight for and weapons to light with.
The man with one eye said nothing.
At such a time and under such circumstances
there could be but one interpretation
of surli conduct.
"A coward has no business traveling
this route,'' said the; captain in
a voice which every man could hear.
The stranger started up, and that eye
of his seemed to shower sparks of fire,
but, after a moment, he fell back again
without having replied.
If he wasn't, chicken-hearted, why
didn't lie show his colors ? If lie intended
to fight where were his weapons ?
He had no Winchester, and so far as any
one had seen as lie entered the coach he
was without revolvers. Everybody felt
contempt for a man who calculated to
hold up his hands at the order, and permit
himself to he quietly despoiled.
"Pop! pop! halt!"
The passengers were dozing as the salute
of the road agents reached their
ears. The conch was halted in a wav to
tumble cvcrybodv together, and legs and
bodies were still tangled up when a
voice at the door of the coach called
out:
"No nonsense now! You gentlemen
climb right down here and up with your
hands! The first man who kicks on me
will get a bullet through his head!"
We had agreed to fight. The captain
had agreed to lead us. Wc were listening
for his yell of defiance and the click
of his revolver when lie stepped down
and out as humbly as you please. The
sutler had been aching to chew up a
dozen road agents, and now lie was the
second man out. The surveyor had intimated
that he never passed over the
route without killing at least three highwaymen,
but this occasion was to be an
exception. In three minutes the five of
us were down and in line and hands up,
and the road agent had said:
"Straight matter of business! First
one who drops his hands won't ever
know what hurt him!"
Where was the man with one eye?
The robber appeared to believe tlmt we
were all out, and be was just approaching
the head of the line to begin his
work when a dark form dropped out of
the coach, and a revolver began to crack.
The robber went down at t lie first pop.
His partner was just coming around the
rear of the coach. lie was a game man.
He knew what had happened, but he
was coming to the rescue. Pop! pop!
pop! went the revolvers, their flashes
lighting up tlsc night until wo could see
the driver in his seat.
It didn't take twenty seconds. One of
the robbers lay dead in front of us?the
other under the coach, while the man
with one eye had a lock cut from his
head and the graze of a bullet across hi.->
cheek. Not one of us had moved a finger.
Wc were five fools in a row. There
was a painful lull after the last shot, and
it lasted a full minute before the stranger
turned to us and remarked in a quiet,
cutting manner:
"Gentlemen, ve can drop yer hands!"
We dropped. We undertook to thank
him, and we wanted to shake hands, and
I somebody suggested a shake-purse lor
I his benefit, but lie motioned us into the
I conch, banged the door after us, and
I climbed up to a seat beside the driver.
I His contempt for such a crowd could not
be measured.
Down In an Iron Mine.
While at Islipeming (Mich.), writes
a Boston llcrnld correspondent, I made
my first inspection of the inner workings
of the great iron mine. Descending shaft
"A" of the Barnum mine on an iron
cage, I was landed 4S5 feet below the
surface of the earth in the space of fortyfive
seconds. It was a quick trip downward
and a thrilling experience to a
novice. Stepping from the cage to the
floor of the mine one stands a few
I 1.r .,,,,1 inlriIIir wllilf! the
UiUiiiCii ir? i;uiii\ni- <?>..%
! eyes grow accustomed to the dense darkness
of the place. The head whirls for
sonu: moments, and it seems as though
the lights of a thousand stars were dancing
in u black sky which spread itself before,
behind, above and below, on every side,
i By-and-bye a candle is thrust into your
j hand, your head grows steady and your
eye is abie to make out indistinctly that
, the lights which you see are not stars
| in an inky firmament, but the more
prosaic, greasy little lamps attached
j to the hats of miners who are
j at work all around you, some drill|
ing with their power drills a series
I of packets which lead them fifty or 100
t feet directly up through the sides and
I roof. Others pursue a vein that takes
{ them directly to one side. Your ears are
almost deafened by the constant rushing,
poundinix, sawing noises made by the
great drills as they crash their way
' through rocks and iron ore. It is well
that you arc provided with rubber boots,
rubber coat and rubber hat ere you enter
the mine: waterspouts from everywhere
i ?from the walls on either side, from tlie
roof overhead and from the floor beneath.
The main corridor in the mine is about
500 feet in length, ten in width, and
j fifteen in height; smaller corridors or
i chambers lead from this in every direction.
On one side of the main corridor
runs an iron track for use bv the ore cart
! which comes rushing along, propelled by
I a tough little mule, at the most unexI
pccted moments. Winking and blinking,
I hardly knowing where you are, or what
j you are about, full of curiosity over what
i you see, feel and hear, glad you are down
i there, but sure you will feel happier when
1 #inpfi mure :tl>ove?vou stumble alontr
i between the rails of the little underground
track: tripping over huge
chunks of ere, anon planting one's foot
into a deep pool of water and then clinging
close to ihe cold, ragged iron-rock
wall, while the ore cart rushes by. At
j the end of the corridor you find a gang
of men with pick and shovel, breaking
j the ore last blasted into suitable size,
and loading it into the car. You watch
them, talk with them a little, and then
turn backward. You are convinced of
one thing-a miner's life may have its
attractions for some, ccrlain it is, however.
it is not what a newspaper man
I 1'II'II'IK fnr \V 11 I'll Villi :!!'(' 110 Oil Solid
ground again (you :irc in midair :i minute
and a half going there) you fed that
there is still some joy left in this life.
Then you examine the great Sturtevant
exhaust fan that pumps a constant current
of fresh air into every part of the
mine below, and divide your attention
between that and the huge Cornish pump,
which lifts all the water from the depths
below and sends it toan adjacent swamp.
Definition of a Knby.
It is composed of a bald head and a
pair of lungs. One of the lungs takes a
rest while the other runs llic shop. One
of them is always on deck all of the time.
Tiw. iv .| hinder man than his
mother, lie likes to walk around with
! his father at night. The father iloes
most of the walking ami makes remarks
of a cursory character.
The Mexican Central railway runs
through twenty-one cities with an aggregate
population of 8!N?,009, ami eight of
them aire state capitals. In these cities
are seven mints, whose annual coinage
is not l'.es than 000,000, and the
agricultural valuation of the twelve states
through which it. pnsses is something like
' *110,000,000.
FASHION NOTES.
Fleccc-lined stockings arc worn cxtcn1
sivcly.
! Many bows of ribbon trim children's
1 dresses.
Gauntlet gloves arc taking the place o
! mousrjuctaire.
" Sliin's shadow" is a new color. It is
I a limp, yellowish green.
| The princess is the fashionable cut
j for evening dresses this season.
j Velvet vests, ctifTs and collar make
I pretty additions to a cloth dress,
j Dresses of large blue and crimson plaid
I arc worn over crimson silk skirts.
White jet bonnets with duehessc lace
j strings arc pretty for evening wear,
j Dagger-shaped silver pins arc the most
| fashionable for fastening the plain linen
I collar.
Gainsboro' hats of velvet combining
two shades are very handsome and fashionable.
Dotted tulle veils of black, cream and
dove-color reach only to the bridge of
the nose.
Short, tight-fitting jackets, trimmed
with narrow fur bands, are worn by young
married ladies.
A pretty evening1 bonnet is made entirely
of gold beads, with large ones
dangling from the end.
Some of the equestrienne hats arc orj
namented in front by two large doves
with their bills meeting.
Quilted satin petticoats bordered with
fur are both warm and fashionable. The
favorite color is crimson.
A pretty dark brown dress seen recently
had panels of cream and dark brown
striped silk set in the front.
Basques are made high and short on
the hips and pointed in front. The back
is generally long and box-plaited.
Lace flounces about two inches dee])
are put upon the edge of small children's
winter cloaks, that come to the edge of
the dress.
Chinese slippers, with very pointed
nwl turned-up toes, are worn by ladies
for morning and evening. Bronze is the
favorite tint.
Jersey fonts, from the short jacket to
the long paletot, are worn more than any
other one kind. Many of the richest are
trimmed with fur.
Black lace scarfs are twisted about the
neck in a very fantastic fashion, one end
being thrown over the left shoulder,
where it is held by a gold pin.
Black dolmans of satin brocade and
lace have, sometimes, the entire back,
from the neck to the waist, covered with
long, cat-tail jet beads, that jingle at
every movement.
A very pretty evening dress, seen at a
recent wedding, was made of pale blue
and pink surah silk. The skirt was laid
in wide box-plaits over a plisse of blue
and one of pink silk. The box-plaits ,
were alternately pink and blue, and the
bodice was of blue, with a vest, cuffs '
and sash of pink. The effect was exceed- ;
inglvgood. j
SCIENTIFIC AM) INDLSTKIAL.
According to a writer in a foreign j
paper, nnimal oils are unsafe to use in
air compressors, as they take lire spontaneously
in compressed air, or, in other 1
words, they create an explosive gas.
A specimen of vegetable wool is on i
exhibition at Amsterdam. It comes
from Java. When it is freed from its
leathery covering and the seeds, through
a very simple process, it is worth between <
sixteen and seventeen cents a pound.
Haron Mueller asserts that palm trees I
reach their extreme southern limit in i
New Zealand, where a noble species
extends as far as forty-four degrees south (
latitude. The most southern American ,
members of the same tribe?Kentia j
sapida?ceases in La l'lata, in inntuae
thirty-four decrees. '
Germany has 500 mills for the manufacture
of wood pulp, and such a decree
of perfection has been reached in its
manufacture that even for the better ]
qualities of paper it is a complete
substitute for rugs. Wood pulp constitutes
seventy-tive per cent, of the paper j
stock used in that country.
The difficulty of dealing effectively ,
with leprosy in India is that it is hcrcdi- 3
tary, and it was not until late years that (
a rational system of treatment was ?
adopted with the lower order of natives.
Now the isolation which had been prac- ,
tieed with this terrible disease since the
days of Moses and proper hospital care f
may in a generation abate the evil.
Keccnt investigations at Ilochst-on-the- f
Main, where no fewer than liT'i persons A
are employed in the aniline color works,
go to prove that though aniline is ad- K
mittedlv poisonous, none of the men who j
became ill died, and those engaged for I
eighteen years in the magenta house, al- '
though reddened with dye even to the ]
inside of the mouth, suffered no serious 1
bad health. 1
" The best oualitv of charcoal," says '
the Engineer, " is made from oak, maple, <
hoech and chestnut. Wood will furnish, i
when properly charged, about twenty per '
cent, of coal. A bushel of coal from ]
pine weighs about twenty-nine pounds. |
A bushel of coal from hard wood weighs ]
thirty pounds. About 100 parts of oak (
make twenty-three of charcoal; the same j
(pmntitv of red pine 22.10, and of white ,
j pine twenty-three."
| S. H. Cancstrini has been experiment- j
[ ing upon the effects of decapitation upon
j insects. Butterflies were able to use i
I their wings eighteen days after they had i
j lost their heads. Crickets leaped on the
i third day after they had been beheaded,
I and the praying-mantis showed signs
| of life on the fourteenth day after the i
| head had been separated from the body. '
He gives still more singular observations,
j tending to show thatihe head in insects j
i cannot be subject to the same perpetual '
| strain as the head in mammals in ytiiding 1
I he motions of the body. j
English and American Women. ?
If the men of the English middle class >
j arc less hopeful and contented than were J
i their fathers in their day, so arc the (
women almost a*: helpless as their mothers
were before them. The question, "What!,;
shall we do with our girls?" is not disJ
cussed in the public prints, which devote
! so much space to the future of the boys. (
This silence can easily be interpreted. ]
' English girls of that class are expected
to enter domestic service if they are '
thrown upon their own resources, and ,
i even if they marry poor clerks or small >
tradesmen they have no other way of i
eking out their husband's scanty income j
| than l?v doing all the drudgery of the J
i household themselves. Now American
i women who are forced to support thcra'
selves occupy a superior position in this
rcspcct. Every year makes it easier for '
American women to earn their living in ,
| some way better than the common lot of <
| English women who are left dependent '
upon themselves?household service. J
i Every year there arc more occupations
to which they may have recourse. Their
' labor is better paid, they are more contented
with their work, and their future ,
is more secure.? J\/?r }*"/ / Tribune.
Washington Law Practice. f
i Law practice in Washington pays well i
to mm who luivc Imtii mi Congress and ,
! who have a latye aeipiaintanee joined to ^
I considerable leiral ability, .says a letter ,
j from the national capital. I5ol> Inijer- ,
soli makes xso.ono a year, ami the star t
| route trial must have netted him about l
$-10,000. Jerry Wilson was an Indiana
' coiiifressinan, and he came here on leav
! iiiif the House of Keprex ntatives to prac ,
! tire law. lie makes now from So0,000
a year and upward. .Iinli^e Slicllabar'jer 1
, was an Ohio member of Congress from ]
Keifer's distric t, and his fees are now ,
six <?r eiyiit iiim*^a?,?ni^rc,ssuj:iii ssaiary. i
Hi- lias lmill a niaiisi)>tt since lie came to <
I Washington ami has amassed wealth. 1
j "St|'.Iire -Meiriek made between $70,000 j
j ami **0,000 out of the star route trial, 1
and lie is worth a nice little fortune, j
I5ig lawyers here charge 1 ?i?j fees and get :
them. Koseoe Conkling tloes a business j
here running pretty far up into the thou- ,
sands yearly. Kx-Seeretary Hunt well,
of Massachusetts, has opened a lav office \
I in Washington, and I understand Sen- 1
j ator McDonald intends to come to Wash- |
ington in case lie does not get the prcsi- i
J dential nomination. /
^ ? /ia
THE" UNITED STATES " MINT/""
Report of Its Operations Daring the
Past Fiscal Year. !
X
. . ! o
The Gold and Silver Co;neJ--i>ugge:iions
of the Director.
Mr. K. M. J'urchard, th? director of the g
mint, lias submitted his annual report show- li
ins tho operations of tho mints and assay j ?
oil'cci during tho last lis -al year. | r
The receipts of gold bullion tell of from ! li
tin s j of the provious year owing to dlmin'sho 1 j c
cold imports, but the rep lp's of silver bullion | ^
for bars and coinage sM. litly increased. The n
total amount of gd 1 and silver received and c
operate I upon was $87,758, l.">4. of which
1+")..V>!) w :s gold ni d &is.<512,5!)5 was silver. b
Tho coinage of the year co sisted of !W,? b
VVJ.'St purrs,of tin Value of $tjrt,20),?0>. a
Tho number of pio es s'ruck Was greater by ii
about 11,5itO,(M) t than in any other fiscal y?ar a
since the organization of the mint buredili 1 h
T li!> tntjil rnitifi d, i\( milrl win fcJ5.8ttli.ll2r. V
Tho value of the nivr coinage was ?'28,8:55,- t t
4*0, of whi- h $'2K, 111,11!) was in standard |
silver dollars. The pro'its on the coinage of I Ji
standard dollar# during the year were $V j v
nnd on fractional silver $!>,1(<0. The 1
net silver profits for the last fivojears paid I
into tho treasury were $H:,8liO,310. li
Under the provisions of tho act of 1878, ?
requiring tlie coimge of S-2,()(*),IX)(( worth of w
silver bullion por month. $li5f,tt70,8!W have g
been c oined pnor to October 1,18S5, and that
amount, together with tho $81,000,00) of frac- ^
tional silver in tho country, making a grand v
tolal of $'?{5,000,000, is, in tho judgment of ?
the director of tin mint, in excess ot' the re- J?(
quircrnents for silver circulation. This, he
remarks, is apparent lr ?m the fact that ~
thero nro in tne vaulis of tho Treasury 89,(1'0,0'H)
standard silver dollars over and above
the i utstanding silver ceralicat.-s, and in ad- p
dition to nearly $^7,<>fH),U K) in fractional sil- *
ver coin?a total of 0,0 ;0,00t). He thinks
the question ajrain presents itse'f for the con- ?'
sideration of L gisiators whether the law directinz
the monthlv coinage of not less than
?2,<x o 0 K worth of silver bullion into stand- s*
ar.l dollars should not be mo liflei or repcale
I. At the beginning of the fi cal year
the mint had rn hand ? {.5,365,0'^ standard
do'lars: the coinage amounted to $38,111,119, p,
n*- aW-o v/ioi? rliaro woro ra_ A
Ui"i Ui/ mu- V.urr; \jl ;v?i ?'v.v ..v?? - ~ s:
m lining in the mints $4.'J,:504,5 K). ci
The director recommends that tho coinage w
of tho gold dollar ai:d of the three-cent st
nickel piece lie discontinued. Tho repeal of b
tho net authorizing the coinage of the trade ol
dollar is also recommended. A considerable 0i
number h id probably gone into circulation
prior to its demonetization in ISTti, and q
probably from five to seven millions are
now held in the country, mostly in the mining
and manufacturing" regions of Pennsylvanin,
and in tho vicinity of New York. *While
the United States has incurred no legal
liability, nevertheless, by th; act of the gov- n
crnment, these coin* were at first, put into J"
cii culation and given compulsory currency,
and manv remain in the hands of those who bi
can ill afford to sufier from the depreciation, pi
He says it would therefore seem to lj
bo only an act of justice to them
to permit these coins to bo sent to tc
the mints and exchanged for other silver e,
coins, into which they could be profitably re- U]
c lined. The director believes that no cause jjj
pxi-ts for the a-ipreheusion that a iarge num- ei
b -r of exported trade dollars would bo re- m
turned to this coun.ry: for those heat to tc
China have (on account oJ tho rgreate:* value
aisycej silver than as coin) b~en melted or N
tlisa^ eared in the int rior of that country. f;
The production of told for tho c irrent cal
enrlar year wi'l prob ibly lw ? 0 ',00) less than
in l*s~', and that of silver ;.t lecst $ .',0 xyMKJ cj
greater, which will make tho production #52,- P<
IXJ0,m:o gold and nettriy $1'.','O'.NHl silver. P<
The consumption of goli i:i the arts and
manufnc ures was fully equal to that in the T(
previous year, or about $12,00 \CKtO,* the tc
amount of silver thus u ed was about half a ai
million dollars le.-s thin la-t year, being $<>,- je
') 0,000. jii
l)irector Burchard etfimitos the tota! coin w
circulation of the United States July 1, lNii, tr
at ?7t?,(iO).(0?, of which &"$r,0!)0,00<) -nas
gold and $-?2s.()U),00 ) silver. The estimate of _
the circulation of United States c Jin October ?
1. iss-j, is $r>+4,oi2,?>?jy of gold und *$tt,3Jl,- u,
[)?'! silver. _j
The report 1 kew'se contains information _
I- 1 m
rejauve lO II1U IIIUUUkll.T 31X1UU>I/IV"> ajm UUI1II jn
einl u.Tairs of foreign countries. Tlio production
of gold in twenty countries is placed at o,?
^UW.Kilnnd of .-liver $H>!?,44<5,5S6t show- g
ing a de: rea.so from th<? previous year of $4,in
gold and an increase of $i>,00(),U0<)
in silver. The coinagc of twenty-four coun- JJ$
tries was $!?! ,'.HMi.i'S > gold and $1M7,}KI7,U53 T1
silver. The paper a id specie circulation is tr
?iveu for thirty-eight countries, of which the ai
pal er circulation n the gold 3U
circulation X) and the silver cirLulation
$2,712,221),000. en
?? at
ELECTION EOHOES. ?
bi
th
Lntc Figure** C< nrerning ll<c Rcccnt jj
Elc-ciii>n? in Various! (r
Elections were hel 1 in Connecticut, Alaryand.
Massachusetts, Minn s ta, Mississippi,
N'eb. a-ka, New Jersey, New York. Pennsylvania
and Virginia on the Hth. Marylandf m
Massachusetts, Minnesota and New Jersey re
'lecfe'l governors, and Nebraska, New York th
1 TT? 1 1
uiu rennsyivaiuu e:ecieu imnui nmwj umer.s.
Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts
klississipj i, New Jersey, New York and Vir ex
;inia elected members of tk? leeis'ature. The
lew legislature in Maryland will choose a er
'mid .State, Senator. Following are late he
inures, giving tha re>u.t of tho voting in the th
'arious States named: ;
In New Yorlr the Democratic State ticket, gt
xcepting J. H. Maynard, the candidate for th
evre'arv of state, was elected with a ma- pj,
ority of about J. B. Carr, the Re- th
mbiican candidate for secretary of state, je
vas re olecte 1 by a majority of about l*,tHK) th
igainst a majority in 1H"S1 of 13,1)2*2. In th
Sew York city, Maynard ran :.0,(xx> behind f0
is ticket. Maynard also ran belind
in other cities on account
if the opposition of the brewery interests. .
['he Fepub!i<ans carried both branches
the Legislature. In the Senate there
vill lie 1!) Republicans and 13 Democrats, ?
1 - t, 1,1: a vi in
11U1 111 mo ilOU-O iu;puiu;uiu9 auu >-*
Democrats. The Ja-?t senate was composed of |r
I* Democrat.* and 14 Republican-, and the?
a>ta s Miibly contuine I >5 Democrats and -M
Republicans. In New York city the Demo- .
rats elected their candidates for regis'er and
iudgis, and a majority of aldermen. Mayor
Low whs re elect* d in Brooklyn over Hen- St
Irix, Demotrat, by about 'J,(WO majority. B;
1 he constitutional amendment providing for v?
lie abolishment of contract labor in prisons
was carried by a large majority. re
In New Jersey Julge Abbett s majority U
tor govt rnor oVvi'Dixon, his Republican com- th
petitor. is i bout 7,000. The senate will stand p{
VI Republicans an 1 0 Democrats, and the as- la
iombly -ii Re|mblicans to :.'4 Democrats.
In Pennsylvania the Republican candidates a
for State treasurer and auditor-general were fo
;lected by about 21),(JO.) majority The Phil- i ^
idelph'a Republican < i'y ticket was success- \r
ful bv about the same majority. (,|
In Massachusetts Governor Rutler was de- fU
"eatccl for're-eli ction bv about lo.OK) majority. ,.t
? ? i
1 ii" io:ai voie was nu.-u n um iuhwko,
Kii.ia i); Hut lor, l.'O.t* 0: Almy (Prohibition) |sj
1,70 *. The llupulilii ans have a large majority
in the legislature. ?
*ln Maryland M. Lane was elected gov- , ?"
?rnor by ?b<iut 12,1 W majority, the remain- m
lor ?'f ill Democrat iv State ticko: also being
uctss'uI. The leg slatare is Democratic on
joint b illot. Baltimore elected a Democratic j!n
ity t'eket, with the exception of sheriff.
In \ irginia Senator Mahone and the Read- ni
uster ]>a> ty suffered defeat, the lxipular ma- ve
jority for tiie Democrats being about .'J0.U00.
I he Democrats regained both branches of the
egislalure.
In Minnesota Governor Hubbard was ro- pr
'cctetl. together with the rest of the Republican
Slate officers, by a reduced majority. ..
In Mississippi both branches of tho legis
aturc arc largely jjen.ocraur.
In t'oune tic-ut the Republicans e'.eeted
>Ieven senators and tlie JJennxrats one If
er.ator. I he State sena;., with the ar
lie senators holding over, wi J stand sixteen an
Republi cans t i eight I'enio< rats. The house
ivi 1 stand !.b mt 14* Republicans to ninety
Democrats. The State vote .-hows about t0
>,T'Mi Kepub'ican plurality.
in Nebraska, Reese, Republican candi- .
lutes for su; renie c.<urt justice has about
ira.'ority.
In South Takota the citizf ns voted upon ' )
uvi carried a ^reposition to present their t('
.^institution to Congress this winter and ask
ti?. ,,f southern half of Da- til
cola, which contains 250,000 j eop.'e, as a I all
State.
A FiiLIING E03F.
r'
IVos It men (rumitcil lo Death I:ndor fl
(lie W nlls of \Yi*co;iNinN Capitol.
of
A Madison (Wis.) dispatch says: The
ntire roof, with tlio iii*ido w.ilLs and
roil and s'one c iluinns, of tlio no.v Statecap
tol building fell at l.4i> r. M., killing four ^
wrkinen and injuring nin-teen others, three j
u whom will die. The cause of the accident is
'onii.'what uncertain, hut the most plausible ti<
.henry is that tie ht avy iron pillars sup- I ci;
orting the roof of the second story balcony j ki
auk into the plank on which they rested, Mi
litis pulling th .-ound wall outward, which j
n turn eaused the roof of tlie entire wing to
aw in. j
The north wins was complete I several [
weeks apt, and th" south wing was rapidly '
h nring < omplction. This afternoon, while j ?f
il? mt ti'rty nu n were at work oil the south J oi;
niiis the roof fell in with a greic crash, and
I e south wall wrs imn:edia*ely forced out, j \'<
i lowing the debris to fall through to the first th
loor. The noi e was deifening, and very |
?om a great crowd had gathered in the j >
inndsoine p::rk surromid:ng the building. , y
Wh.on the dust h id partly raise I, citizens be- i
;:m the work of tectie. Several bully I
nanglcd woiknien were piilied out, dying in !
nr
i f, w .-ccoiids. The oxc. lenient was si great t
that it was s line time liofnro relief was prop- j W(
rlv extended.
Tlio lire ?lo| ft"t inont turned out andren- | it
1 rod good assistance, and a cordon was es- to
al>!ished to keep t'le crowds b ic'%. Li
A roll c ill of tin workmen showed that
twelve were mining and four were lying t.j,
it r und dead. Eighteen or twenty were in'ured,
some very tadly. Jcy
NEWS OFTHE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States.
A farmkr living near Erie, Penn., wcretly
ilaced $ 10,0.)0 in his parlor stove that it might
? out of the reach of possible burglars. His
rife innocently lightel u Ore in the stove and
estroyed the money.
Arthur B. John.' on*, a prcminent lawyer
nd politic an of Utica, was found dead in
lis private office with a bullet wound in his
lenrt. Mr. Johnson was the uncle of Johnm
S. Lynch, 111? younj Utica lawyer who
lad bjf n killed a few ?Ia>8 previously at 15a\v?ii,
N. Y?by E. N. I'.ov.vlJ. Jt is vnnised I
hat l he tiu^cdv w rice 1 on Mr. . uson's I
Kind, v. h'ch Imd Ih? n s >mcwhat u: s.a ed of j ;
ate, find tint in n spusnud c aoerrauon no
ommittod snoidt*. Mr. Jo'.inson was a warm
crsonnl fr.'end of Pi orient Arthur and Hon.
loecoe CV nklinf, and f-?r three venrs was a <
innl.or < f the Nov York Republican State
onmitUe.
A 15 istox dis; fttcli siys that the whaling
ark Louise, of New Hertford, Mass., has '
ce-i lost in the Arctic occan by striking ice, '
nd that :lx of her crew j> rished. Concernig
the wlia' n; secson In the Arctic <cean, |
Ncwlelfor.l leligram siys it his been a
nilure, as up to Oc o'er 21) on'y fifty-eight 1
'bfl'es had been taken by a feet of twenty?v>
vessels. i
Tie d.reF. Rakeolpij, ex-governor of
low Je:>ey and ex-United States Senator,
ho die 1 suddenly a few days ago at his '
on e in Morriitown. N. J., was born in New 1
IruiiMvick, N. J.. in IS-6. be .'an his political
fcn> a Drmrcratic member of the New Jer- (
;y n>sembly in 18U'*, served as State senator.
re a e'ected govern r in 1SW and United (
tatcs Senaior in 1374.
General Grant hns written a long letter ]
j General Fiti John Porter, of New Jersey, ,
.ho wns c< urt-n at tialed (luring the war,
ivins his reasons for his change of mind in
pgcrd to PorTor's cafo, and hojing that Con- 1
ress wiJl repair the injury done to a loyal j
(fleer. ,
A jr itT took p'aco between a party of
venty five arued c'tiiens, near Lincoln,
enn., a id a band cf r. bb?r? known as the
\W.cli J.'ouiiia'n gang.' About thirty <
lots were lire!, resulting in ti e wounding of j
vo of tie outlaws, ono of who-n was cap- f
ire'. A men ber of the c.teens' party wa?
lot in th? fa e. <
South and West. I
Traojc disturbances growing out of bittoi
olit'cal feel'iig occur:el at Taiville, Va.
l white 11 an and a negro quarrel-d; largo 1
rowds of both race; olectcd: many shots ]
ere inter hanged, and when order was ref
rid it v ai lound that several negroes had {
en kil cd or fafidlv w ounded, and a number
f whites had re.oive I wounds which in one 1
r two instances mfcht prove fata'.
Fire de.-troyed the business portion of Port \
rvetn Pnl nnd i>i(rlit, railroad cars loaded i
ith wheat, < ausing3a loss of $100,00:). '
Charles AVilson* shot an 1 killed Kitty .
lyde, an actress, at a Dcadwond (Dakota) 1
jeatre. nnd then shot liim-olf through the i
?a", inflicting a probably fatal wound,
ra'ousy was the cau'-e of tho act. t
By the fall of an elevator at tho capito 1
tiilding in Bismarck, Dakota, six men wore
recipititcd fifty feet, an 1 all probahjy fatalr
injured. " t
Sr-ivofield, Mo., has been visited by a (
>u. do which almost in the twinkling of an j
re demolished men* than one hundred houses,
nroofed or otherwise damaged manyothers,
illed about six peiso.is in the town and scv- 1
al in the surrounding country, and iujured
lany more, 'i he p.cuniary damage amounts
i more than ?-'f)0,000.
Fitch, tho defaulting cishier of the Second
ational bank of Warren, Ohio, has been
ntenccd to five \ears' imprisonment
Additional reports from the scene of tho '
clone at Sprii gfleld, Mo., say that eleven
arsons u:?l. mi'i sevurai uiurc v?ei e uui
:cted to recover. '
John L. Maiitin, a rr sklent of Luling, 1
Bxas. shot and Killed his wife, and then prended
she had c >ir.milted tuicile. He was
rested, and confessed the crime, alleging 1
alousy as the incentive. At ni?ht 10)
nskei' men toik Martin from the hoiue in i
hie h he was confined and hanged him to a 1
ee.
A threshing midline exp'oded on a farm 1
>ar Canal Dover, Ohio, fatally injuring <
rs. Geottge, the owner of the farm, and
irlly wounding two men. The si ics of the (
[joining house werj cru-sh^Hl in, fencts de- ,
(lished. and a large barn and its contents
clud'ng the thrcslu-r, twenty tons of bay, .
<l bushels of wheat, "<)() liushels of corn ai.d !
<i b ishels of oats, were co.i.-u:nei by the
e that followel.
A passenger train ran into a freight train '
i Lockport, Ohio, causing a tearful wreck.
ie engineer and llren.an of the ]>a'.cenger
ain were instantly killed, and the engineer 1
id fireman of the freight train fatal y in- *
red. i
A kohrtble double trage ly and suicide was
n<.M iiw niw ilnv ntii littlo farm-house ^
tout leu mi'es ex-t of Kansas City, Mo. A '
an named Henry Clay McGee. note1 for his j
id temper and ugly disposition, first ki led
s wife "and daughter with a shot trun and
en cominit;cd suicide bv taking morphine, a
cGee came to Missouri abr.ut three years ago c
om Kentucky, where he had just escaped c
nging for ki.ling a man. e
Washington; j
It is estimated by the United States om- *
issioner of pci.sions that $40,iH)0,()00 will bo ?
quired for the j)ayment of pensions during f
e next fiscal year.
Secretary Foi.ger has decided that ,
iwer see 's are not dutiable under tho prosion
for gnn'en seeds, and that they are J
einpt fi'om du'y. 11
The annual i ession of tho Universalist gen- f
al convention was field this year at ihe c
itional cap tal. delegates from all j arts of v
e country being in uttendance. t
Mr. Bt'rchalid director of the United
ates mint, in his annual report, states that t
- ?* ?t??o OsJ /'JUt 1^1
6 lOtlll CUlIUt^C 1U1 LUC J cai ??C*0 . g
ece-', wort'i ?W.'i00.*0 ). The earnings of fl
e various mints were ?5,21.1,W.), and the ex- ?
uses $1,?:>y285. The director urges that j
e eo'iiagc ol silver dollars be curtailed, nnd c
at the trr.de dollars be received in exchange c
r them. fl
Mr. Evans, commissioner of internal
venue, in his annual reports, states that the ^
tal receipts from all sou ices of internal
venue taxation for the fl cal year, were 1
44,5:^,">44, as compared with
1HS2. The total c?t of c o'ketion for the
:st fiscal \ ear was $">, 1 During tho l
cal yc ar ii^i violations of law were reported j
id +H> persons were arreted.
Repairs costing $'.2,(WO have been done j
the White House the past thirteen years. ^
Judge Otto, official reporter of the United
ates Supreme court, has resigned, and J. C. i
incroft Davis has bet n appointed to fl 1 the i
icancy. *
The annual report of the chief of the bu- j
au of equipment and recruiting of tlv* ]
nited Slates navy for the fiscal yiar show< j
lat seventy-four vessels have been wiiouyor
irtially equipped, at an expenditure for
bor of and lor material of
Hallett KilboURN has been awarded by
District of Olumbia jury $ro,(HH) daman's
r his imprisonment by the House of Heprentative-i
a few years a;?o as a contumacum
itnos. Lasc year a verdict of ?UH>,UUU was
itaintn!, a-il it was ?et aside. The j arty
ed was Tnompson, the ex-scrgeant-at-a-'ti s
the House, but, lie has reallv nothing a' *
?ke, as Congo s; will be called upon to snt:y
any verdict rendered.
Acconnixo to the report of the chief signal
leer, the numlwr of signal service stations fc
operation at the c!o>e of the year c
is or lis less than at the close of
e previous yi ar. The work of the serv o
,s Int-n done b/ ni.iet e i officers ami 5 K) < n- r
fd men. The indications of weather fur- <
shed to the press t'uring tin year wore fl
rifled in eighty-eight per cent, of the eas_\s. (
? a
Foreism; | S
A k.re in Glasgow. Scotland, destroyed '
ojH'rty valued at about $ I,.")<*>,00*
The int( rnation-il electric exhibition at t
ienna was closed by the Austrian crown j
ince in the pre-eiice of spectators. ?
Disttiuiances occur almost daily in Ire- t
ml. ('ontinue 1 rioting between Orangeim n $
id liationali ts took place in Londonderry, c
11 many persons were injured. A bailiff in
unity Gal way was shot dead. t
Afghanistan is reported tj be in a stateof e
mplcte anarahy.
Moody and fc-'ankey. the revivalists, are (
Ming large meetings in London. v
Ten i>er.-ons were killed and forty injured s
an explosion of benzine in a burning fae- li
ry at Ilouhaux, France. It
The Hritish sto .'iner iris has 1 e?n lost off
e Spanish 00:1st. (if a crew or unrcy-six j
I except one were drowned. China
is a tively pre- aring for war with :v
i'UCP.
Sixty-three miners were killed hv an ox- e
osion in a colliery at Actrington, England. 0
lore were 110 mine!sin the minfl at the time
the explosion. \
A serious revolt has broken out in Servia. t
A plot was discovered to tar and feather v
e lord mayor of Dublin.
Twj nty-koi r regiments and 3.0H) officers
ok j art in the recent uprising in Spain.
Two prominent residents of Chajultenec,
exico?Mr. Deghersst. of the Mexican Nnmnl
bank, nnd Mr. Oliver, a French mertant?fought
11 iluel, in which the tatter was
lied and the former badly wounded. A r
ght dispute was tlio cause of the duel. ir
fi
IMMINENT PEOPLE, .1
o
Moi.tke.?Count von Molko, th> greatest a
(Jernian genera's, lias just completed his,
jlity-fourtli l'irth lay. . s,'
M> >hkii L.?Senator Justin S. Morrill, of t1
nimnt. will he seventy-five years oC age at ''
e expiration of his term next year. o
Zi'ketokt?J. H. Zuketort, the champion si
ies< phr er of the world, arrived in rfew <>
ork a short time since from I/on Ion. ?
Hoadly.?'The health of Governor-elect
nadlv, uf Ohio, is not yet restored, and it i< J.
ob ible that he may go to Eurojx) for a few .
sek>*. ,s
Hahni'M.?P. T. Barnum the great show- 1
an, now in his sevi nty-tbird year, is sa d p
be negotiating lor the Alexandria palace, C]
>ndon. s|
Hyacinth.?PereHyacinth, the French ec- |(
esiastic, arrive I in New York recently and
incd his wife, who is an American lady, and
tUd, at Washington. 1
LATER NEWS. ||||
A tug-boat exploded her boiler and w J||
b'own to fragments in the Fast river, at
Hell Gate, New York city. Captain Earla yfl
ai:d his wife, and the cook were instantly
killed. Mate Edmund Lewis, of a schooner
which the tug-boat was towing, was strne'e
by a piece of the boiler and nearly beheaded, *
fa'ling dead on the deck, and Engineer Kelly, jjg
of iho til ,--bo it, was danger., ady injure !. r,"??0
Drni.vo a severe wind-storm at Buffalo, N.
Y., an unfinished four story wooden build- V;>?
lug was b'.own down, and of the twelve;'Vjsg
w orkmen employed on it at the time, four
werekiKel and nearly all the rest were mora '0M
or less seriously injured.
General TV. T. Shermait. who has just '
retired as head of the army, was iziven a
ception in New York by tho Grand Army of
the Repub'ic posts.
Henry Freshwater to shot at andkfllrt./,i2||
by a neighbor at Delaware, Ohio, and two -V^jS
da\s afterward his father, Reuben Freth-^v?
water, resilrnt of a near-by village, was In*' mam
stantly killed by a btroke of lightning.
At I.aurinburg, N. C., while a gathering -'ffy.
of colored people was in a pablic tall tha ;J0|
Boor suddenly gave way, followed by ti>?
nails tumblin-j down. After aU had been
extricated from the luina it was found that .
?ight persons wjre injured, two mortally. ^"^33
The President has appointed James T. -'-JS
Dubois, of Pennsylvania, United States con* ~'i&&
ml at Lcipsfe.
Postmaster-General Greshak is ba--*1gjM
lie vol 1o be considering the advisability of ??
recommending to Congress an increafe of the
weight allowance for sdngle rate letters frocn.
jne-half ounce t) one ounce.
Major-General Wright, chief of engfo.
?crF, in his annual report rays that our coast
,s defenceless against a modern naval attack, befm
rhe appropriations recommended for the, '.%
;oming fiscal year aggregate ?50,730,485. '
A brilliant proccsion a mi'e long, and a
ianiuet at which Premier Gladstone,
Fust'co Coleridge, a id other notablitiea wara
re* nt, wcrj the features of Lord Mayor JgSa
P.wler'it inauguration in London.
The four hundredth anniversary of Mar- -?l
in Luther's birth was celebrated in BerHa
)j a festival at the Berlin university. .
A mob attacked the Jewish resident! of - 'is
Salalocvoe, Hungary, and fired upon the po- ^
ice, who were called upon to quell the di* , $
urbance. The police returned the fire, kfll> ;
ng two of the rioters and wounding wrwi^
nore, and then made several arrests.
Three vessels went down during a gale off ircS
he coast of Nova Scotia and New.Bruo* j||?|
News comes from Pern to the effect thif
ifter the revolt of Montoneros in Arequip*,
Lionel Raygado opposed the mutineer^ T
tilling s:venty of them, including the mayofr
>f the city. General Canevaro was killed by
lis own troops.
MUSICAL AND J)RAMAIKL||
Miss Helen Hopekirk, an Engiisnpianvs a<3i
}f note, has come to America to give a serial
it concerts. V ?8 tygfS
Mrs. Langtry opened her second Aawir'gjjjm
?an season, at Rutland, Vt., in " The School
tor Scandal."
Nat Goodwin has bought the new comedy, ,'?aB
" Warranted," recently produced at the Baa* *'5<
ton Museum.
The word "Nocturne" was first ussd to de?.
note a musical composition by John Field, r2
who died in 1837. :;r-$ER
Mme. TrebelU, the greatest living coora'.to,
Fang recently at a Philharmonic COB* SB
?ort in Brooklyn.
Mr. William Warren, the Boston come*
lian, will pass most of the winter on Mr, - ^
loscph Jefferson's Louisiana plantation.
The American actress Lotta, is preparing . \r$
a play in the French language in one of tfa? "ijfg
Paris theatres during the coming winter. ;
Four hours and a half were consumed fat .;>?
;ho first representation of "A Sailor and his '\~a
La s" at Drury Lane Theatre, London.
Six dollars will be the average price for
mrquntte opera seats ia New York this wto? _ tVgJ
or. Patti is to have $5^000 a night, Nflaaon ^
>s,mnt, aim v.aui^xuimi ^i,vw.
Auoustin Daly has sued the proprietor*
>f the National theitre, of Chicago, for
51.400 damages cn account of the uoaathMV " jljSB
zed rroductioa of hisjplays of "Divorce" and
'Unaer the Gaslight.^
Mme. Jenny Lino still suffers much from - 'A
i neuralgic affection of her throat and* "fS
hest?the same which years ago q*ed to .
aise her an agonizing headache after "
very appearance on the stage.
The authorities of the "German Theatre
n Berlin, have forbidden actors to appear 29
>efore the curtain except at the concfasiqn VjS
if the last act, or to accept any bouquet -rjij
lung on the stage. They appeal to the pab* -. w
Ic to help them to carry out the reform. fS
Speaking of the singing of the quartet
' Honor and Glory," from Costa's " EU," at l~;\
he Birmiuernam festival some years tif
limself, Mme. Patti, Mme. Sainton-Dolby ~1t
ud Mr. Stanley, Sims lleeves says the perormanco
"must remain the most gknooe ?rfo|
ombinaf.ion of sound ever heard in the jjg
v-orlH. Never ajain will there be lour voice* cng
ojrether like tho e.
Miss Mary Anderson, the American sorcss,
after successfuly acting in London for '
ight weeks as Parthenia, made her appear.in
eas Pauline in the "Lady of Lyons." A -'f j
irilliant audience was present, including ^
Jrince and Princess of Wales, and she WMi'jMB
nthusiastically received, though the critics
jnbidor her methods slightly old-fashioned j
ind wanting in naturalness.
At home at Weimar, Liszt still world inlustriously.
He is usually at his deak at
; o'clocx in the morning and remains ja
here, busy with pen or pencil, until 7, i-jn
vheii he has breakfast. At 9 he takes a
!fcp, and at 11 is about again. At 1 Si
ie dines, and then takes an after-dinner napi ;?
U 4 he receives pupils and visitors, and
s engnged with them until late in the even
ng. Whist-playing is ms lavoriie iw
ion.
Mr. Abbey estimates the cost of each per* ..
[orwance at the Metropolitan Opera-house,'
V'ew York, at ?tf,500. In "Faust," on thw *--4J
ipening night, for example, Nilsson received.' !
"J,000, Campanini $1,000, Scalchi $500, Del . ;?
3uente $250, Novara $200, secondary singer*jtfOO,
orchesti a of ninety ?150, conductor iw
>50, chorus of eighty jfi-lO, ballet of fifty '.a
150, Cavalazzi, chief dancer, $100; supernu- 1
neraries, scene shifters, costumers, usher*,
idvertising, heat, gas, and a hundred small)
xpenses which no one not in the business ever
Ireams of, $1,000.
THE INTERNAL BEVEHTOE
fnc:? from the United Slate* CommM *
?.'oaer*a Annual Report*
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Evans - ^
ui#?mc hia nnnunl ronor hv referring to tbe "ffi
gIMM UW MMMUM. . - ? - T' . >na
onsolidation of certain collection districted
vhich, he says, has been-accomplished as diet-:
e i by the President in on executive order
ated January 25, lhS 5. This order involrw
. reduction of fort>threo collectors and
ollwtion districts, and will result in an
,r-tual saving to the government of about
;|?r>,000. The reduction of taxation made
iv the act of March 1SS3, the conuniftioncr
says, will ag >re;jati not lo? than $43,ixi.OOO
per annum. W h ie this is so. it is e?iniuted
that the increased revenue from dialled
spirits for the current year will so aug;ientreceipts
from that source as to make
he aggregate receipts for this year at least
1^0,1*10.1* 0. should there be" no further
hnnge in the internal revenue laws.
The total receipts from all sources of inernal
revenue taxation for the fiscal yaw -t
ruled Juno .'1 , lsS i, were ?144, W,!J44, at
ompared with ?w;,ior me jww
-H-j, ami for the year 1881. The
otai c.)st of c >116011011 for the jia^t fiscal year
i;ls $ *>. I l.i.r.M, and the total expenses or the
erv.'c? will be found on final aiju&tment to
o almut :i.lj jkt cent, in the amount colcted.
The collections from tobacco for the fiscal
ear from the several source* were 142,104, " >
l!>, or ?-V>7,7:?) less than fi r the preceding
ear. The re taction of tax rates made
ho ac" < f March 1, l-Ji!, will, on the basis of
ist year's business, cause a reduction of revnue
from tohncc >rluring the next fiscal year
if at least 8i*>,00
There were operated during the last fiscal ?
ear ">,!-!>distillcrieThe quantity of disilled
spirits in thr> United States, except
rhat may l?e in customs bonded warehouses,
? iwnhT I. iss3. was nearly ll'i.OC'O.OOOgal*
*
A Street Full of Millionaires.
No street in the world, perhaps, pos sses
more value to the square foot than
iftli avenue. New York, the abode of so
lany millionaires. The figures as taken
*om the tax-hooks of the current year
low that the city derives a revenue of
ver ?1,000,000 a vcar from this one
venue. between Eighth iinrl Eighty,'< 011(1
street. The total amount of the
gures printed is ?4!),440,000, it being
?rty per cent. less than the actual value
f the property. Taxable property is
ipposcd to be assessed at sixty per cent,
f its real value, at which rate the estii.-ition
of the tax department officials
lace the actual value of the property on
it'th avenue, not including that which
exempt from taxation, at $(?!),228,COO.
hese figures, however, only take in the
roperty from Washington Square to the
nd of Central Park; and in many induces
the records of portions of assessale
property could not be found on the
ix-books by the reporters.? Jfine York >
Vorld.