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THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIJf, TEXAS.
HOW THE SCHOOL FUND IS
DEPLETED.
Again the permanent school fund is
being depreciated by the runious in
vestment in bonds at a great discount.
It has been announced in our depart
ment notes that the stite treasurer
has bought $10,000 of frontier bonds
at 1.22, and that $1,000,00 J is to be in
vested in high premium securities
The transaction of last year, whereby
the school fund was made to lose
8450,000 by such investment, was
sufficiently condemned by the people
of the state to lead officers, especially
regarding the public funded interests,
to enter into no more such transac
tions; but instead of popular protest
being regarded, again the governor
and treasu?e engage in a similar
financial transaction. It will be re
membered that one of the declara
tions against the Roberts ad
ministration by Judge Ireland,
when he became a candidate,
was because $1,414,000 in cash had
been used to invest in $1,000,000
worth of state bonds. Denunciation of
this transaction was one of the heavy
arguments of the gubernatorial candi
date; but to be governor is a very dif
ferent thing from being aspirant. If
there be not in such a course the
It must ue mainpernor, auu in&.iu&
either proposition as true, the condi
tion is pittiabie. Last year the school
fund was deprived of nearly a half
million dollars, and now the process, it
is announced, is to be repeated. In
1882 and in 1883, then, the school fund
is to be diminished by nearly one mil
lion dollars. At this rate it will take
but eighty years, at tie outside, to
take away from the children of
Texas the last vestige of the
grandest inheritance ever left for
the education of the young people
""of any country on the glohj?.
What is the use of a boasted school
land reservation, if so fast as the lands
are sold the money derived there
from is to be invested so as to reduce
every thousand dollars to a little more
than five hundred dollars? Thegub
ernatorial candidate, as stated,
made an issue on this very
noint: but the candidate.
changed into the chief executive
officer, does that very thing which by
his condemnation he pledged the peo
ple should not be done during his ad
ministration. Probably he has been
over-persuaded by the state custodian
of public funds, who may desire his
act of 1882 to have the endorsement
of two Democratic governors. Should
Democratic officers go on in this man-
. .target Davis being
dead, the rule of Democracy vnay be
made short in Texas. But the uglieat
feature of this transaction, now mqder
course of execution, as is announced,
is that in a very few days the peopl
are to vote upon a proposition,
amendatory of the state constitution,
authorizing the investment of
the permanent school fund in
theaeT
other securities than
which are bought through ruinjftis in
roads thereupon. Thi- state treas
urer made his -defense inthe last
capvuss as to the transaction by
by nearly a half million dollars, by
figuring that between the purchase
of bonds and the interest, running
through a great many years, the state
had been saved money. In answer
to this argument it may be asserted,
that no one knows how low state and
federal securities may fall in the next
fifteen or twenty years, or before
these bonds become due. But it is
not a question affecting the state
proper. The constitution has given
the permanent school fund a sepa
rate and distinct existence from
state revenue. "The one is for
the children o Texas; the other for
the people of Texas in their political
capacity as a governing body. The
one is a "sacred fund," so-called by
candidates at least, provided by the
fathers, in their wisdom, to cieate a
perpetual fund, upon which every
boy and girl in Texas may draw for
his or her education ; the other the
annual contributions from individual
property, to be used in maintaining
the state government and its neces
sary machinery. One has nothing to
do with the other, has no dependence
upon the other, incurs no indebtedness
to the other, and yet the school fund
is made to contribute to the liquida
tion of debt incurred in maintaining
state government. The constitu
tion provides the manner of
investing the school fund
but nowhere in that document is it
provided that state officers, entrusted
with its care, shall recklessly squan
der it, at any given time, in the pur
chase of high-priced securities. Es
pecially is this present determination
to spend another million dollars in
such securities wrong, even offensive
to the people of Texas, when these
very people are asked to vote on the
14th of August on a proposition
whereby it is contemplated that this
ruinous waste of the school fund
shall be avoided. .
OYER PROD.UCTIO.V
A question intimately .connected
with tariff taxation is owr produc
tion. Our so-called ''infant indus
tries" are producing more than they
can dispose of. The Xew York Her
ald treats this subject understand
ing! y and ably. It says:
It must be obvious that the policy
ot alternately running mills on their
fullest capacity and shutting them
'down is at best a spasmodic and un
aatifactory method of carrying on
industrial operations. The high
(profits made during a prosperous pe
riod are swallowed up in the reaction
that follows,. and serious loss is laid
upon both manufacturers and work
men. The closing of mills means
millions of capital lying -idle, costly
and valuable plant deteriorating and
thousands of workers thrown out of
employment. What the consumers
jrain through the low prices will not
JSegin to make up for the losses entail
ed, and the aggregate wealth of the
country, so far from being increased,
lis wasted by such a process.
What, then, is the rtniedy? Ob
viously the opening of new markets
for the surplus, which cannot be con
sumed here. Almost at our doors
exist' markets which only our own
iolly and stcnidity have prevented
us from monopolizing; and, already
large, they stand prepared to take our
surplus cotton, woolen and glass
manufactures, our iron and steel, raw
and wrought, our leather and paper.
A possible market of $250,OU0,000
exists in South America, but at
present we occupy only one-tenth of
it. The West Indies import more
than $115,000,000, but they take onlj
$31,000,000 from this country. Canada
-obtains only on-third of what she
wants from us, and the same propor-
tion holds In Mexico and the Central
American states. On this continent,
then, in the aggregate lies open to us
a market for our manufacturers of at
least $500,000,000. In no instance,
save perhaps that of Canada,
are any of the nations included
in this survey manufacturing
nations, and therefore they would
not compete with our domestic indus
tries. They will take our manufac
tured products if only we will take
from them their raw materials. This
our tariff forbids. We refuse the
cheap raw materials which would
enable us, through low cost of pro
duction, to monopolize these markets,
and we make no attempt to secure
that extension of the sale of our com
modities which would enable our
manufacturers to run to their fullest
capacity the year round. AVas ever
a commercial policy more narrow or
suicidal ? .
Of course the effect of over produc
tion is the stoppage of factories and
shops and mills. Wages are reduced
or cut off, and financial distress over
takes vast bodies of woaking people,
while the most serious social disturb
ances result therefrom. But. it is
the intimate connection between
the tariff and production to which
The Statesman especially calls at
tention. It is stated aad conclusively
demo strated that the. Republican
high protective taxation on raw ma
terials deprives American manufac
turers of markets worth $500,000,000
annually. These markets of right
belong to them, and were it not for
outrageous protection they would be
commanded by the manufacturers of
this country, and over production
would be uuite an impossibility.
The New York Sun says Jay
Gould is now the most determined
adversary of the striking operators
lie told the Evening Post reporter:
"We do not proDose to recognize any
'committee of the brotherhood, and if
the employes of the company persist
in their present action they will not
get a cent. They have already made
fools of themselves, and they will re
alize it I efore long." He said the
same in substance to the Advertiser
reporter. To the Graphic fce said
"The operators are a hot-headed lot
of fools, who did not look ahead and
see the consequences of their rash
ness, and they will be made to suffer.''
Cyrus W. Field and other directors of
the Western Union are not less em
phatic in their expressions.
Thinking people, says the Balti
more Herald, are beginning to attrib
ute the general dissatisfaction among
the working classes, as well as the re
cent simultaneous strikes, to the in
fluence of some central power. As
each succeeding corps of strikers, rep
resenting all classes of working peo
ple, boastfully announce their mem
bership in the Knights of Labor, it is
fair to presume that the center of dis
content might be unearthed in the vi
cinity of the leaders of that organi
zation. It has been demonstrated that a
tax of thirty cents on the hundred
dollars of valuation is enough to pay
the expenses of the government, run
high pressure style, and to pay for
scnwois, wnere economy is rracweea,
five y srxTDonths m each year. Why,
nen aro tne people asked to warrant
poses,, when there is enough sur
plus money now in the state vaults to
pay all the expenses of the state and
the schools for one year.
To change a constitution by means
of a special election should be pro
hibited. At the last election held to
vote on proposed constitutional
amendments, not more than one'
third of the voters of the state went
to the polls, and so it will be at the
August election. How absurd it is
to have one-third of the people de
cide questions that should be submit
ted only when the fullest popular ex
pression may be obtained.
Beyond much of a doubt Asiatic
cholera has made its, appearance at
London. It will be remembered that
ten days ago a case was reported there
on a ship which had come through
the Suez canal, and now the story is
repeated but denied. With constant
communication between England and
the infected districts, if it has not
already been brought to England, it
will soon be there, Tnen it is but a
step to America.
Enterprising Yankees, of Xew
England, have- been carrying on a
slave trade between the Southern
states and Cuba ever since the war.
The Xew Englanders imported Afri
cans into this country and sold them
to the Southern slave-owners; and
Xew Englanders were the first to ex
press hprror at the institution which
they had established and by which
they grew rich.
The ostrich farm near Costa, Los
Angeles county, Cal., is attracting
crowds of curious visitors. The ex.
periments thus far have been success
ful. The birds are in fine condition
and have already been plucked of - 700
worth of feathers. It is stated that
125 ostriches are soon to be shipped
from Buenos Ayres to Xew Orleans,
j. i a . i. . ...
to ue aistrioutea tnrougn me ooutn
ern states and territories.
The United States is now the larg
est holder of gold in the world. 1
has $198,000,000 in bank. The next
largest gold owner is the Bank of
France, whose latest report shows in
the vaults $193,375,000. So the United
States has. in excess of the Bank of
France gold to the amount of $4,625,
000. It happens at the same time
that our credit in the money markets
is higher than that of England.
Touching the order issued by the
acting president of the Western
Union that messages are to be taken
" subject to delay and to mailing en
route if necessary," it is questioned
whether the company has any right
to impose such a condition, and if it
can exempt itself from legal liability
by so doing.
It is suggested that the American
riflemen might now come home and
wage war against the English spar
rows. In the death of Montgomery Blair
another prominent figure in the politi
cal history is removed.
Gird up your loins for a fight on
the 14th of August against unneces
sary and oppressive tax Hion.
Tinkering with
dangerous thing.
constitutions is a
The sweet girl graduate who was
discoursing on the young man of the
period, thus summed him up: "If
drinking, gambling, base ball playing
and deriding religion could be washed
out. I think I coold say the young
men of the present day are just
splendid."
Tiie Arapahoes and Cheyennes ,
have lately leased the western portion
of the Indian Territory for grazing
purposes, and it is predicted the trans
action will revolutionize the entire
Indian question. The rental is nearly
$63,030, payable semi-annually i nat-
tle and money. The first payment
was made a few days ago at the
agency, every man, woman ana child
in the tribes named receiving five sil
ver dollars. In connection with this
lease the Indians have started in the
cattle business themselves, having
just taken the initial step. They have
some 800 head of cattle, cows and
heifers, with twenty-live blooded
bulls, on the range north of
the Cheyenne agency. The pasture
embraces the Clear creek and King
fisher valleys, which is claimed to be
one of the finest grazing regions of
the world. The United States gov
ernment will aid the Indians in their
enterprise, the Interior Department
having consented to invest as much
in cattle as the Indians themselves,
and turn them into the common herd.
For this purpose congress will at the
next session be asked to appropriate
$50,000 or $100,000. With the number
of cattle now in their possession, and
with the number to be contributed by
the government and the lessees of the
grazing lands, the Indians calculate
that at the end of ten years, when the
grass lease expires, their herd will be
worth $300,000. This will be
a practical solution of the
Indian question, so far as the Arapa
hoes and Cheyennes are concerned, as
it will make these tribes self-supporting.
The cattle now on the range are
in good condition. The herd is under
the management of an experienced
white man, the employes being prin
cipally Indians. The enterpiise is
warmly indorsed by Secretary Teller
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Price,
United States Agent Hunt, and oth
ers, all of whom unite in pronouncing
it a great strike in placing the tribes
kn a self-sustaining basis.
Now that Dorsey has broken the
ice, the dispocition is to crowd the
martyred President. A Washington
correspondent says:
When he came to Washington, a
few days before his inauguration, he
I was as cloudy about his cabinet as he
was a week atter his election. When
..e got here, those who were with him
will remember what a siege he had of
it. His promises, like notes falling
due on a day certain, were presented
to him for tulhllment trom all sides.
He seemed hardly to know what way
to turn. But there was one man whose
counsels he sought and upon whom he
seemed to lean, and that was Senator
Dorsey. Garfield received the plain
est kind of talk from him, and seem
ed to like it, and he often
protested that the could trust
Dorsey through and through. Two
days before he was inaugurated, Gar
field told Dorsey that he saw no open
ing for New York except the appoint
ment of Mr. James. He excused
himself by saying that other Xew
Yorkers whom he preferred had de
clined places in the cabinet, and he
could not accept Mr. Conkling's view
that Xew York ought to have the
chief place or none. He also said that
he had determined to appoint Mr.
MacVeaga-attornev-geoeiALv though
he deeply regretted that such appoint
ment would be displeasing to Dorsey.
As he expressed it, he would make
the appointment, and after he was in
augurated he would have time to
turn around and see what would be
best.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
English journals are speculating
over tne amount ot energy and pbys
ical forces which would be displayed
in case the plan of M. de Lesseps to
flood the Desert of Sahara was not
carried out. The flow of water would
probably be long enough to run all
the mills of Xew England for several
years.
Few monuments are better deserved
than the one proposed to be erected
by Mr. Corcoran to the memory of
Major Li inrant, the rench engineer
who laid out the City of Washington.
For two generations his plan was the
subject of endless ridicule and jeers,
but now that the city is growing up
to it, it is realized that Washington is
one of the best designed cities in the
world. The plan has been described
as "the city of Philadelphia griddled
across the city of Versailles." The
Capitol and tho Executive Mansion
are taken as central points from which
a series of broad avenues extending
to the outer circumference of the city.
Intersecting there avenues are streets
laid out at right angles. At the points
of intersection are irregularly shaped
plots which have been set apart as
public squares, and in which are the
various monuments and statues. A
generation which is beginning to per
ceive the success of Major L'Enfant
should honor his name.
The
Occidental Harmonic
tion.
Associa-
To the Editor of the Statesman.
The fifth annual session of this mu
sical association commenced the 12th,
13th and 14th inst., at Shady Grove
Church, Burnet county.
The session was one of much inter
est, harmonious and instructive.
This association was organized in
the town of Burnet in June, 1878, with
some fifty odd members, and with Rev.
J. A. Abey as its first president. We
have for officers as follows: presi
dent, vice-president, recording secre
tary, corresponding secretary and
treasurer, who are elected annually,
and who hold their office one year, or
until their successors are elected.
Litf
praise
Tne object of tbe association is to
tne standard ot music bv all
laudable means, believing that music
is essential and a branch of public
worship in our churches, then the ele
vation of the character, a more thor
ough knowledge of its principles and
culture among the massess of the
people is its highest aim.
Applicants to teach the science of
music are examined by a board of
competent musicians, and if found
competent a certificate is granted ac
cording to the proficency, a good
moral character being the first se
quent. The membership is now some
400, scattered over the folio Aing coun
ties: Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, and
Mason. The officers elected last ses
sion are: J. A. Abey, president, Lam-
Easaa, Tex.; J. H. Hill, vice-president,
.acy, Burnet county; J. D. Burleson,
recording secre ary. Smith wick's
Mills; I, J. M. Smith, corresponding
secretary, Burnet; A. Tobey, treas
urer. Lacy, Tex.
Yours very truly, J. M. Smith.
Burnet, Tex,, July 23, 1883.
Differential Fares.
Xew York, July 26. The joint
executive committee of trunk lines
to-day awarded differential fares on
first-class passenger business over the
new Baltimore and Ohio via the Xew
York Central or Erie and Grand
Trunk line, connecting at Xiagara.
The rate fixed was $18.50. Differen
tials were also fixed between Buffalo
and Chicago, and Cincinnati and St.
Louis, at the request of the Lake
Erie and Western road. Eegular dif
ferential fares westward from Buffalo
were awarded to this line after con
siderable opposition on the part of the
trunk lines. It was decided to estab
lish a rule that hejeafter second
class passengers be restricted to
smoking cars and not be afforded the
same facilities as first-class passen
gers. Direct From Factories.
The latest and most brilliant de
sign of linen jupe curtains, linen
able cloths, covers, towels, napkins,
laces and gloves at Max. Paul's.
je29-tf
OX THE ROAD.
Tilings Seen, Heard and Suggested
by a Hide through Texas.
C Regular CorresjHmilence.
ON THE I. & O. K. t
VARIOUS DATES. J
To say that railroad traveling in
summer is hot, dusty and disagreeable
and "just perfectly awful," as the
dear ladies say, and "
Iras the men all
say, would onlv be repeating what is
already known. But many things,
both interesting, instructive and val
uable, are observed by the reflecting
traveler. There's the drummer, who
is never satisfied with anything, per
son, place, train, country or even him
self. He advertises the fact that he
has never been accustomed to be
treated as if he amounted to any
thing, by continually growling at ev
erything with which he comes in con
tact. He shows that he never had
anything in his life, by repeat
edly remarking on how miserably
everything is managed around him.
He finds fault with everything at a
hotel or eating house and orders
waiters around with a loud voice, and
even insults the landlord, remarking
that he "generally pays for what he
gets and wants it brought to him" as
if people were not in the habit of pay
ing for what they got and even more,
too. And, I am glad to say, these
growling, f ussy.f ault-finding travelers
generally get the worst of everything
to be had; because, common sense and
decency would teach them that if any
thing goes amiss, it is their privilege
and duty to call attention to it, but in
the tone and manner of a gentlemen;
and, in nine case out of ten, they will
find landlords, waiters and railroad
men willing and anxious to rectify
any error or amend mismanagement,
if they courteously request it. This is
verified by the treatment accorded
the good natured traveler.
He is always jolly. If the train is
delayed he sets his fellow passengers
in a roar by humerous remarks con
cerning the matter. If the hotel fare
is not such as it should be at $2.50 and
$3 per day, he jocularly calls the man
ager's attention to the matter, and is
henceiorth treated like a lord. Should
the waiters prove careless, he never
curses them and tells of how they
would "fire" such waiters where he
came from ; no, but he winks at the
head waiter and slips a cigar into the
hands of the boy at his table, making
a facetious remark about his tortoise
disposition, and straightway that
waiter brings the good natured trav
eler the best in the house, and almost
breaks his neck doing it, too. The
good natured traveler is never "run
over;" he has a great deal to make
him swear and he does it, too, some
times, but it is all to himself. He
knows that to storm out at imposi
tions does not remedy an evil, while
itmakes him enemies and he and all
around are uncomfortable. So he
swears internally, presents a smil
ing face to the world, makes friends,
is welcomed everywhere, hotel land
lords carry in his valise themselves
and greet him loudly, he is always
w lcomed where he is known, and has
a crown of righteousness laid up for
his noble brow to glisten on his fore
head in the golden sheen of the bliss
ful hereafter, and is the very man you
never regret meeting. Xewspaper
men are generally good natured men.
They can't help it; their holy calling
and a desire for the fat things of life
make them so.
freight matters.
While in Austin a few day3 ago i
saw a lot of brown stone jugs, crocks,
etc., being brought in by the carload,
and ascertained that they came from
Wisconsin. Knowing that a brown
stoneware factory in Arkansas makes
as fine ware as any similar factory in
the world, I thought it strange that
we should buy from Wisconsin; but
did not understand the enigma. I
found out the reason to-day.- I met
on the train Mr. T. A. Harvey, of
Benton, Saline county, Ark., who is
one of a firm which manufactures
those jugs, etc., in that state. In con
versation with him I found lhat he
had to pay $80 per car from Benton,
Ark., to Taylor, Tex., on his goods,
while it only costs about $65 from
Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa and other
points, for a carload of the same
goods to Austin. Xow, of course,
the unthinking will cry out about the
vblood-sucklng railroad monopolies,"
"great swindles," etc. I am of the
opinion, after careful inquiry and ma
ture reflection, that the whole thing
is managed in strict accordance with
the rules and principles of modern
business equity. There are several
competing railway lines in the states
mentioned; while "there are none from
Arkansas to Texas just yet there
will be soon. Of course, this makes
a difference a very great difference.
These manufacturers get the benefit
of this competition to Texas.
the remedy
Seems plam enough to the sagacious
business man. A long pull is of little
more consequence to a railway that, a
short pull, hence, figures could be ob
tained on circuitous lines; then ask
for a ''cut under" from a more direct
line. It will take work and good
business men to do this, as railway
men are all wide awake; but it can be
done. It is done by our Xorthern
brethren, and it is high time that we
of the Souta were arousing ourselves
to more energetic measures of com
pelling recognition of our worth and
shrewdness for we have native
shrewdness, which commands the ad
miration of the world in all matters
except diplomatic operations. We
seem to have a kind of false aristo
cratic sensitiveness about going to a
company and urging them to show
us the same favors, or make the same
concessions to us which theygrant to
our driving neighbors of the Xorth
and East. I say, as a class, we of the
South do not do this; but are content
to cry loudly about "high freight
rates, unjust discriminations, etc." If
I may be pardoned the seeming pre
sumption in making the suggestion,
we will never induce railway men to
give us better freight rates by bitterly
bewailing the fact in wrathful com
plaints. We must" arise and show the
railway managers that it will be
mutually beneficial to give better
rates. Show them that by so doing
they will enable and energize us to
work up an ext ensive trade and en
large our industries, thus giving them
a larger freight traffic; that unless
they make these concessions we can
not do so. Put it to them
IN A BUSINESS WAT.
Argue that it they now haul a car
into Texas on which the freight
charges are $65, to be divided between
two or three connecting lines, it we e
much better to take that same car
from a point on their own lines to an
other point on their lines at S4U or
$50, as they would get the whole of
their freight charges and hav only
the same haul to make as they do
now, taking a car from connecting
lines and tnen only receiving Hfdu or
$35 after the freight was pro rated on
the mileage schedule. Railway men
are alive to their own interests, and
will see a point very quickly when
mrtde in a business manner. If we
were to devote half the time in thus
trying to make railways see that we
meant business that we' now waste in
futile abuse, we would soon accom
plish our purpose. As a matter of
fact, again, freights are lower now
fthan ever; and are gradually regu
lating themselves, though the right
exercise of a little diplomacy would
hasten the freight millenium", as it
were. To some extent the great cry
against' " discriminations," "exorbi
tant charges," ''grinding monopolies,"
etc., are founded more on the pro
pensity of human nature to fa ultima
and an antipathy too see otheis
prosper than any real harm the rail
roads are doing the country.
crops and immigration.
Recent rains have fallen all along
the country adjacent to the Interna
tion and Texas and Pacific railways,
and good crops are assured. At and
around Rockdale, in Milam county, j
the crops are larger than ever known
before, and, of -course, people are
happy. Many new farms are being
opened up by new comeis, as we
Texans call immigrants, TJjs same
state of things exists all the way to
3iarsnau, Harrison county, whicn is
a line county between Texas and Lou
isiana. If any one thinks that
THE PINE LANDS ARE BEING CUT
AWAY,
he only has to ride a few miles off a
railroad to dispel all such fears. You
can ride along a sandy, hot, dusty
road thirty miles without seeing a
house, except some rude cabins, built
of unbarked saplings, erected by hun
ters or sojourners. And, in all that
region, there are no signs which indi
cate that the echoes of a white man's
footfall have ever broken the monot
onous sough of the talhstraight pines,
or that the ax of the woodman has
ever disturbed the "Chirp-will-to-wit-to"
of the whippoorwill. The un
broken pine forests seemed to me, as
I rode through them, along the mile
after mile of this almost endless
stretch, to be mourning over the des
olation that appears to have settled
on that region. Their sighing never
ceases; its requiem tone so impresses
you that your ears roar with it for
hours after you leave it. But, deso
late as it seems,
GREAT FORTUNES
are to be made soon from those very
pines. They await the mill man and
speculators are buying them up as
rapidly aj possible large tracts of
obscure pine lands selling for fifty
cents per acre; any of. them away
from railroads twenty to twenty-live
miles can be had for from one to two
dollars per acre. . Xo, the pine lands
of Texas are in no immediate danger
of giving out, still it would be wise
in the legislature to pass a law which
would discourage the destruction of
the numerous growth of young sap
lings which are covering that portion
of the country from which the timber
has already been cut. Its wanton des
truction is both unnecessary and bale
ful, and should be stopped. In all
this country new settlers are flocking
in and new mills opening up the for
ests and preparing the land for the
plow.
SCIENTIFIC A'OTES.
The Munich Academy of Art has
among its 468 students thirty-four
Americans.
Lime water, with a small quantity
of acetic acid, is said to make a good
ink-eraser.
Geology is said to be the most pop
ular department of science in Spain.
The mining exhibition at Madrid is
a great success.
Prof. C. F. Himes, of Carlisle, Pa.,
has experimentally demonstrated that
drops dimish in size as a bottle is
emptied.
The smell of fresh paint in a room
may be effectually gotton rid of by
placing therein a pail of water in
which" a few onions have been sliced.
Water used in wool-washing yields
4 per cent of a very dry potassium,
which can be recovered, as. M. Delat
tre has shown, at a considerable profit.
A glassmaking (jrm in Pittsburg,
Pa., have been manufacturing glass
textile fabrics during the last year.
The fabrics produced are pronounced
very beautiful and pliable.
Dr. Siemens calculates that the
present annual yield of all the coal
mines of the earth would suffice to
keep up the fire of the sun, and its
present, intensity of light and heat,
for about the forty-millionth part of a
second., '
According to the Scientific Califor
nian, an instantaneous remedy in cases
of poisoning consists of a heaping
teaspoonful of 'salt in and the same
quantity of ground mustard stirred
in a teacup, of warm or cold water
and swallowed instantly.
A writer in the Scientific Califor
nian suggests a safe method of drink
ing out of cups at fountains erected
for public use. It is to put the lower
lip inside of the cup and sip the water
instead of placing the edge of the cup
between the lips.
To remove fixed glass stoppers, tap
and then unscrew with this sort of a
wrench, made of a piece of strong
wood : Have the wood 3.5 inches long
and one inch in breadth and depth,
with apiece mortised out large enough
to admit the flat part of the glass
stopper.
A substitute ifor ln'dia 'rubber has
been invented by MM. Dankworth
and Landers, of St. Petersburg. It is
composed of a mixture of wood and
coal tar, linseed oil, ozokerit, sperma
ceti and sulphur, which are thorough
ly mixed and heated for a long time in
large vessels by means of superheated
steam.
At a meeting of the Linnean socie
ty, London, last month, Mr. G. Mur
ray exhibited specimens of dace killed
by the fungus disease (saprolegnia
fdrax), the result of inoculation. He
asserted that this was the first record
ed experimental proof of the possibil
ity that this disease could be commu
nicated to fishes.
Messrs. Elster and Geitel state that
the views of Hankel on the electrici
ty of flames, published in 1858, but
only recently come to their knowl
edge, have been confirmed by their
own experiments, which show that
galvanic elements may be formed of
heated glass and metals without the
introduction of a flame.
It is a mistake to -suppose that the
crumbling of brick is due solely to
variations of temperature. M. Pa
rive tr:ces the disintegration to a mi
croscopic organism. Atmospheric ac
tion will, of course, readily second
the destructive effects of the pioneer
penetrator of all but the most com
pact and well-burned bricks.
A contemporary maintains that the
persistent use of the microscope is
the only means whereby the necessity
for a change of yeast in brewing can
be ascertained, and that the examina
tion must be kept up from day to day.
As soon as the cells are seen to be
come elongated and lose their rotund
shape, there is something wrong.
At Xakskov, in the Danish island
of Laaland, the gas coaipany lights
the streets gratuitously, as a return
For the monopoly which enables it to
supply nearly all the houses with gas
for cooking, heating, and lighting,
for heating purposes the price is
ninety-one cents per thousand; but
for lighting the company charges
$1.20.
Within the last few years the de
velopment of the coal fields of As
turias has greatly advanced. In 1882
219,508 tons were raised, against 167,
586 in 1878. But the very near fu
ture, with the demands of railroads
and industrial establishments, will
soon make the product much greater
than the former figures eyen give any
idea of,
Mr. J. E. H. Gordon, not later than
three years ago, was a strong advo
cate, as he acknowledges himself, of
dynamo-electric machines occupying
a very small space and driven at a
high rate of speed. Xow, after a
costly series of experiments, he finds
that a large machine driven at a com
paratively slow rate gives incompara
bly the best result, and does not en
danger life by flying to pieces.
Suit for Interest.
Xew York, July 26. Henry San
ger, of this city, filed complaint to
day in the United States circuit court
against the Canada Southern railway
company for the recovery of $2240,
unpaid interest on certain bonds. The
charge alleges that on July 12, 1873,
the Michigan Midland and Canada
railroad company executed bonds
with coupons for interest falling due
at the expiration of every six months
ending January 5, 1874, until maturi
ty on bonds, and alleges that the presi
dent and secretary of the Canada,
Southern railroad executed and
guaranteed to pay the principal and
interest of these bonds. Defendant
alleges he presented these bonds to
the Michigan Midland and Canada
railroad, but they refused to pay the
interest, whereupon they were pre
sented to defendant, who also refused
In all their Danliing houses, the
Rothchilds hold four hundred millions
of our government bonds, or more
than one-fourth of our whole debt.
PERSON A Li
James M. Priest, justice of the su
preme court of Liberia, is dead. .
Gov. Butler has given $5000 to
Williams college for a gymnasium.
Queen Victoria is four feet eight
inches high. Prince Albert was fif
teen inches taller.
B. II. Bristow, ex-secretarv of the
treasury, will go to the White Moun
tains this week.
Gov. Butler says that verse writing
is one of " the most worthless exer
cises of the human mind."
Gen. Sherman is expected to join
his family about the 1st of August at
Bar Harbor, Mount Desert.
Cardinal Manning is seventy-three
years old, and'became a Roman Cath
olic when he was forty-three years
old.
John Kelly is said to be worth
$2,000,000. This is probably an exag
geration, but he is known to be very
rich.
Col. Killebrew. of Tennessee, has
gone to Mexico to work the Polk
mines. He savs they are worth $3,-
ooo.ouo.
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton are speaking
for American women before English
audiences
Gen. Sibley, a prominent figure in
the pioneer history of Minnesota, now
70 years of age, is reported to be dving
at St. Paul.
Remember that limestone localities
and dirty people are very fascinating
to Asiatic cholera when the same is
on its travels.
Xoah Brooks and Charles Francis
Adams, Jr., have been made corres
ponding members of the Maine His
torical society.
Samuel L. Clemens is slowly recov
ering from an attack of malarial
fever, caused by his last trip down the
Mississippi River.
Mr. James Otis' Fifth avenue resi
dence, in Xew York, was purchased
for $140,000 by Mr. Belmont as a wed
ding present for his son.
Osear Wilde describes the American
girl before his London audiences a
"a pretty oasis or unreasonableness in
a desert of common sense."
At a recent party in London the
Baroness Burdette-Coutts wore a
single diamond worth 8125,000 upon a
strip of plain black velvet around her
neck.
Gen. Grant, it is said, now uses
Mexican cigars altogether, and de
clares that they are fully eqnal in
quality to those which come from
Cuba.
Vassar college graduates are amus
ing themselves helping the family
cook,and the demand for dyspepsia
medicine is rapidly exceeding the
supply. .
Gen. Toombs, instead of "making
preparations to resume the practice of
law," as reported in a thousand news
papers, has all the legal business he
can attend to "without resuming."
When a young man David Davis
used to buy a piece of land every year
and now he is worth several millions,
mostly in real estate, having never
speculated or owned any stock except
some in a bank he helped to start at
home.
l'rof. T. Baehus. principal of Packer
Institute, and Miss Helen C. Iliscock.
a profesror in Vassar College, were
married at the residence of Frank
Iliscock, at Syracuse, on Monday
morning. Family friends only were
present. -
Bishop Wigger. of Xew ark, has or
dered that no Catholic picnic shall be
continued after dark nor fair continu
ed later than 10:30 p. m.: nor shall
any society, fair, picnic or excursion
be held without consent of the parish
priest.
Babu P. C. Mogoomdar, the fore
most preacher and writer of the Brah
rao Somaj, of India, is now lecturing
in England to large audiences. He
will spend the coming months of Sep
tember and October in this country,
lecturing and preaching.
The emperor of Russia was believed
to be safe at Moscow only when the
empress was at hi3 side. She went
everywhere with him, bowing and
smiling to the people as he was driven
unescorted through the streets, as if
she knew she was his safeguard.
Wilbur F. Storey, of the Chicago
Times, is said to be wrecked in mind
and body, and to control his paper
only in name. He has to be carried
to his office, where the word of his
wife reigns. She has made large re
ductions in the paper's expenses.
The story goes in London that
Patti's voice is giving way. She has
not sung on several occasions when
annouueed, and an apology had to be
made for her non-appearance at the
last Queen's concert, at Buckingham
Palace, for which she was engaged.
Gen. Ramon Leocadia Bonachea,
chief of the Cuban Xanguard, was at
one time one of the wealthiest men in
Cuba. lie fought nearly twelve years
in the war of the patriots. lie be
lieves that the people of Cuba are
ready to throw off the Spanish yoke.
Mr. John McCullough, the trage
dian, was in St. Louis, a few days ago,
and a specjal dispatch states he was
chilled by a sudden drenching while
fishing a week previous, and was so
prostrated that by the advice of his
physician he has canceled all his en
gagements tor next season.
The ex -Empress Eugenie is describ
ed by a writer who has lately seen her
as "a rather stately woman, in deep
black, not a bit or color anywhere,
about her eyes the twinkling ripples
that the years make, around her
mouth the deeper drawn lines of sor-
j row, a sallow face, hair with gray in
it."
The lightning was not satisfied
with striking .and killing Mi hael
Peets, of Albany, but stripped his
clothing off his back and lacerated
his flesh. lie was, bv the way, read
ing the Bible at the time, which fact
won't be mentioned by an revivalist
when they are trying to scare sinners
into repentance.
"Sam" Newell, an old miller oa
Rocky Fork, 'Ohio, says Foraker
wouldn't have been nominated for
governor if it had't been for him. He
wasn't at the convention, and took no
part in the preliminary canvassing;
but when "Ben." was fbur years old
and fell in the mill-race, he pulled
him out and saved his Hie.
Florence Marryat has a large scrap-
book filled with authors autographs
and specimens of their MSS. Her
father's copy was all written on paper
about the size ot "commercial note.
and averaged twenty-four words to
the line and eighty-three lines to the
page. A magnifying-glass is almost
npeded to read it.
Mr. Carroll D. Wright, the labor
statistician of Massachusetts, has just
returned from Europe, where he went
on two missions as an agent of the
foreign exhibition totpen in Boston
in September, and to gather statistics
in regard to the wages of the middle
and lower classes abroad, ior use in
his next report of the bureau of the
statistics of labor, . ,
James Pender, son of John Pender,
M. P. of England, and his wife will
sail to-day in the Servia. Mr. Pender
has just returned from the west,
where he has been . visiting ranches
owned by his father and some Lon
don friends. He says that kind of
property is in a prosperous condition.
He traveled with his wife over eight
Lhundred miles on horseback.
. Mr. J. li. McCullagh, the editor of
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, is se
riously ill in that city. His illness is
believed to be due to the prostrating
effects of his labors at the editorial
desk for many years. He has built up
one of the most enterprising, influen
tial and prosperous journals in the
country, by untiring and intelligent
efforts, at the expense of his health.
It is feared that be cannot .recover.
' Giueseppe Verdi is probably one of
the richest mnsican composers in the
world. He is also one of the most
benevolent. The poor of Busseto
call nim blessed, for his gocd-filled
hand is ever open and ontstreached to
alleviate their sufferings. He is now
building and will fully furnish and
liberally endow a fine hosrtai for tht-si
poor of that town, whK'Ji will t..Kn lie
opened for use.
Dr. W. C. Palmer, who died at
Ocean Grove on Friday, claimed th;.t
tbe last fifty years of "his life were
passed, not only free from sin, but
also from the smallest inclination to
wro lg-doing. He was the foremost
advocate of the doctrine of perfect
holiness and traveled for four years
through Great Britain holding relig
ious services. Every summer for
eight years he has held revival meet
ings daily at Ocean Grove.
J. Moss, a Wisconsin cattle dealer,
registered at a hotel near the Chicago
stock yards. He blew out the gas.
The clerk and the landlord tri( d to
persuade the rural guest to open the
door and let them in, but he yelled
that he was no greenhorn and they
couldn't rob him. The wise traveler,
getting frightened, let himself out
the window with a bed clwthes rope
and camped in a field.
A romantic freak of the sultan of
Morocco, who is very rich, is lately
published. It is said that he has
large vaults built 100 feet under the
ground.surrounded by a wall fifty feet
thick, composed of alternate layers
of metal and stone. The approach
to these vaults is through a subter
ranean labyrinth, and is defended by
armed men, who, after entering the
seavice of the sultan, never see the
light of day again.
Gov. Blackburn, of Kentucky, has
accepted an invitation to be present
at the reunion of the survivors of
Gen. John II. Morgan's Confederate
command, and at his suggestion little
Julia Duke, Mrs. Blackburn's name
sake and portege and the daughter of
Gen. Basil Duke and niece of Gen.
John Morgan, is to be asked to recite
at the reunion "The Bivouac of the
Dead," for which she has displayed a
wonderful talent.
A Briton by birth and eduation. M.
Clemenceau possesses many of the
best characteristics of his race, includ
ing taciturnity, patience and energy.
He is a slight, wiry man, with ckise
cropped hair and a military mustache.
He walks with soldierly bearing,
dresses with faultless taste, and has
the general air of a martinet. His
oratory, though powerful and convinc
ing, is devoid of warmth, and he makes
no secret of his contempt for the im
aginativeness and "gush" of the South
ern orators. Once,af ter one of Gam
betta's most impassioned speeches,
Clemenceau was seen to wear a scorn
ful expression. "Why, you must ad
mit that it was a magnificent ora
tion," expostulated M. Xaquet. "It
was incomplete," replied Clemenceau,
drily; "M. Gambetta should have ac
companied himself on t he guitar."
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AXD
THDiGS.
There are 600 more women than
men in Butler county, Alabama.
The queen of Italy eats under the'
eye of a doctor, who- tells her what
not to e-it.
Immense quantities of tomatoes are
being shipped from Chattanooga,
some 600 boxes daily.
The dear girl who strikes her lover
with a feather fan will hit him w ith
a broom-stick in after life.
Xorthern men are buying up and
locating saw mills on the fine tim
bered lands of Monroe county, Ala
bama. A popular young woman of Geor
gia is contemplating a removal to
Texas, to engage herself as cook, at a
salary of $50 per month.
Dom Pedro, of Brazil, wears white
silk and white satin when he sits on
his throne, a necklace of immense
diamonds and emeralds, and a lace
cravat. A widower, with no spring
bonnets to buy can dress about as he
likes. . "
The Wilmington (X. C.) Review
comes to the front with the prize
spider. It says: "A spider hiis been
found in Bladen county half as large
as an ordinary teacup and strong
enough to draw a chicken a week old
into its den."
Anumber of citizens- of Oxford,
Miss., have engaged in the business
of buying and shipping cattle. The
cattle are shipped to Arkansas, Texas
and Missouri. he business seems
very profitable, and should encourage
stock-raisi g.
The Hon. George H. Pendleton,
though in no sense of the word a du
elist, is a splendid pistol-shot. He
can throw an empty champagne bot
tle into the air, whirling over and
over, and can shoot into the mouth
and knock the bottom out every time
without injuring the bottle other
wise. Mr. Pulitzer's success is said to be
largely due to his wife's talent, sym
pathy and pluck. The wife of Col.
McClure. of the Philadelphia Times,
is a large stockholder in the paper.
The Times-Democrat of Xew Orleans
is mainly owned by Mrs. Burke, while
Mrs. Nicholson is the controlling
spirit of Picayune.
Great excitement prevails in Rus
sell, Ark., over the discovery of a gold
mine a few mile3 west of that place,
which assays $10.23 in silver and
$11.03 in gold per ton. It is thought
the ore extends all along the divide
between Red and White rivtrs. It
crops out' at Saledo, Greenbrier and
near Buck Horn..
The Effect of Tobacco on Children.
Dr. G. Decaisne has submitted to
the Society of Public Medicine the re
sults of some interesting observations
concerning the effects due to the use
of tobacco among boys. Thirty-eight
youths were placed in his charge,
whose ages varied from nine to fif
teen, and who were ' in the habit of
smoking, though the abuse of tobacco
varied in each case. The effects, ot
course, also varied, but were emphat
ic with twenty-seven out of the thirty-eight
boys. With twenty-one pa
tients, there was a distinct disturb
ance of the circulation, bruit at the
carotids, palpitation of the heart, de
ficiencies of digestion, sluggishness of
the intellect, and a craving more
or less pronounced for alcoholic
stimulants. In thirteen in
stances there was an intermittent
pulse. Analysis of the blood showed
in eight cases a notable falling off in
the normal number of red corpuscles.
Twelve boys suffered frequently from
bleeding of the nose. . Ten com
plained of agitated sleep and constant
nightmare. Four boys had ulcerated
mouths, and one of the children be
came the victim of pulmonary
phthisis, a fact which Dr. Decaisne
attributed to the great deterioration
of the blood produced by prolonged
and excessive use of tobacco. As
these children were all more .or less
lymphatic, it was' not possible to
establish a comparison according
to temperament; but of . course
the younger the child the more mark
ed were the symptoms, and the better
fed children were the ones that suf
fered the least. Eight of the children
in question were aged from nine, to
twelve years. Eleven had smoked
for six months, eight for one year and
sixteen for more than two years.
Out of eleven boys who were induced
to quit smoking, six were completely
restored to normal health after six
months, while the others continued
to suffer slightly for a year. Treat
ment with iron and quinine e-ave no
satisfactory result, and it seems toler
ably evident that the most effective,
if not the only cure, is to at once for
swear the habit, which to children in
any case is undoubtedly pernicious,
The Value of a Mind.
New York, July 26. in a collision
some years ago between the Penn
sylvania railway company's ferry
boat and the Xew York transports
tion company's steamer, John IJ.Mar
tin rAfpi vtrl in iuripa mwinir insnnit.v.
Ile obtained a verdict against both !
companies for $20,000.
The culture of" cinchona, from the
bark of which quinine is extracted
has recently entered upon an entirely
new phase. In lba the seed ot tne
finest and rarest quality of the cin
chona tree was introduced into Java,
and since that time the Dutch-have
developed its quinine prod' cing prop
erties with extraordinary skih. ! -
The Choir's Quarrel.
IBrooklyn Eaple.)
"I think you treated us very un
kindly in saying that we had a tight
in our choir," murmured the contral
to, taking- the chair the religious
editor placed for her and straighten
ing her hat. "You hurt the feelings
of everybody, and I don't see any good
of it." -
"BUt didn't you have a fight?" pro
tested the religious editor. "Didn't
the tenor s;iv tne soprano didn't know
any more alio at music than a loga
rithm does about the doctrine of in
fant baptism ?"
"I know that," con ceded the con
tralto. . "And he wa? right. She
don't. But she is a cross-grained old
maid and the sooner we yet rid of her
the better."
"And didn't the basso take the
soprano's side and hit the tenor on
the nose?" continued the religious
editor.
"I know he did," replied the con
tralto. "And he was all in the wrong.
That tenor - is perfectly lovely, and
the soprano got mad because he was
to sing a duet with me. But I don't
see why you wanted to pitch into
him. Why didn't you sav the soprano
had been flirting with the barvtone
for six months, in spite of his being a
married man? What did you want
to put it all on the tenor for V
"I didn't know anything about
that," retorted the religious editor.
"Somebody told me the tenor took
you to the church picnic and that all
the row grew out of the fact that the
soprano told his wife,"
"So she did, the meddling old maid.
It was none of her business. He
di in't take her, and he isn't likely to.
We never had any trouble in that
choir until she got to poking her nose
into everybody's busiuess. Say, I
wish you would come out and state
that the choir is perfectly harmoni
ous, and the paper w;is mistaken in
its report about the difficulty."
"Of course I will, if there is any
truth in it," responded the religious
editor. "Is the difficulty all over?"
" It will be as soon as the tenor gets
his hands on the organist. He has
been giving his mouth a holiday and
saying that the tenor wants to get the
soprano out so he can get another one
in who used to sing in the same
church up the country. As soon as
I heard of that I told his wife she had
better keep a lookout for her husband.
She told him about it aud he said
there wasn't a word of truth in it,
and now she. is keeping a watch on
him and he can't go home from choir
practice with me until it blows over.
I don't see, why a tenor's wife should
be so jealous of him,"
" So he's going to thump the organist-,
is he V" inquired the religious edi
tor. "If he can catch him before he gets
over his mad, he will. I wish you
.would say that all the differences in
tne choir have been settled, and that
the congregation are anxious to have
a new soprano. Will you do that tor
me i
"Certainly," smiled the religious
editor. "Didn't I hear something
auout the alto leaving the choir t
"Xo such luck as that," sighed the
contralto. "She s as much a fixture
as the contribution box. She and the
bald-headed basso are as thick as the
notes in a long run. but I have put
spoke in her wheel by telling his wife
that he held her hand all day when
we were practising the Easter music,
She won't bother me and the tenor
any more until she gets out of that
scrape. I wish you would criticise
that basso's voice. He can't sing any
more than a lobster, and when he puts
me out the leader looks hard at me
and says I will have to do better if
rm going to stay in the choir ! I'd
like to see him try to put me out
My husband would wring his neck
for him."
"So you're married, too. are you?
murmured the religious editor.
"Ul course 1 am, replied the con
tralto. "You needn't say anything
about that in your old paper, because
I never allude to my husband unless
he is around. Xow I want you to
write a nice article about us, and say
that ot all the church choirs in lirook
Ivn there w riot one so perfectly har
monious and devoted to its duties as
.ours. Willvou? That's a good man.'
And the religious editor hadn't the
heart to refuse her
How Ui2 Trade Dollar May be Turin
to Account Once More.
Sail Francisco Olironiule.
There were 35,959,31)0 trade dollars
coined in all. It is not known whether
they are all in the country now or not,
it au,uuo,(JU0 ot them are in existence
which is not over an estimate, there
are just $3,000,000 in the job w inch
has been put up in the East in rela
tion to them. The effec't of the pop
ular demonetization, which is now in
progress in- Xew York and Chicago,
is to reduce them to bullion value, or
90 cents. The greater part ot them
are now perhaps in the hands of spec
ulators and brokers at that figure,
Ihe brokers are only acting iorothe
parties in the background. To col
lect these dollars new at 90 cents, in
the hope of getting" congress to give
100-cent dollars lor them in exchange,
is perhaps too long a game. Congress
will not be in session for some months
yet. If there is any scheme on foot
to force such a proposition through
it could not be accomplished inside of
saven or eight months. The loss of
interest for that period would greatly
reduce the iu per cent that there is in
the project.
But there is a readier mode of tak
ing the "turn.? We know that there
ii a scarcity of Mexican dollars at
this p( rr. The explanation-is that
there is less to send us because of the
demand for the coin for railroad ope
rations in Mexico. That is a demand
that is likely to e-o on increasinsr. If
trade dollars secured at New York
and Chicago at 90 cents can be worked
off at par in Mexico, or used to make
up the deficiency that is likely to oc
cur in the China trade, 10 per cent, or
very nearly that amount, can be
realized right off. We are somewhat
familiar with these little games in
this city. The old residents will re
member the days when all sorts of
foreign coin circulated. The franc,
worth 20 cents, was taken for 25 cents
The rupee, worth 44 cents, - readily
passea ior oo cents. 1
Felix Argenti and others made
large sums by importing these coins
and circulating them on the par of
American coins. But when all the
supply was worked off, the financial
edict was issued that foreign coins
would no longer be received at the
banks except as bullion values. The
people made the loss, but could only
grin anu oear it. it was all right
on the face. The ; course of the
banks was conservative. But they
aia not rose anyining. Another case
ot com manipulation but of a differ
eni Kina, occurred 'about the same
time, in connection with a mint at
Ilermosillo. The Mexican oflicials,
apparently witnout Knowledge of the
iact, were repeiving large lots of bul
lion which contained a heavy percen
tage of gold. They continued to coin
their dollars all the same, which, how
ever, in consequence of the gold were
wortn i.ia. Parties in this city be
came cognizant of the fact. They
managed to get possession of nearly
$4,000,000 of the issue, and made the
difference by putting the coin in the
meiung pop.
It is tjuite evident that something
equally sharp is being done with the
trade dollar now. There is not much
doubt but that it was -originally ex
pelled from the city on a speculation.
It was gathered up here at 90 cents
and shinned East, where it was to
some extent passed at par. The ex
pense of transportation has, of course,
to come out of these operations. But
that could not exceed I per cent.
Cleansing Wash Leather.
A German optical journal recom
mends washing soiled polishing leath
er in a weak solution of soda and
warm water, then rubbing a good
deal of soap in the leather and letting
it soften for two hours. , It is after
wards thoroughly washed .until per
fectly clean and rinsed in a weak so
lution of warm water, soda and yel
low soap. It must not lie washed in
cleiJ water or it will become so hard
when dry that it cannot be used
again: tt is the small quantity of soap
remaining in the leather which pene
trates its smallest particles and
makes the leather as soft as silk.
Al ter the rinsing it is wrung out in a
coarse hand towel and dried quickly.
It is then pulled in every direction
and well brushed.after which i is soft
er and better than most wash leather
when first bought. If rough leather
is used to finish highly polished sur
faces it will often be observed that
the surface is scratched or injured.
This is caused y particles of dust
and even grains of hard rouge that
were left in the leather.' As soon as
they are removed with a clean brush
and rouge, a perfectly bright and
beautiful finish con be obtained.
Millions of Logs Banked Up Against
a Bridge.
Detroit, July 27. Xews of the
threatened calamity at Grand Rapids
and Grand Haven, spoken of yester-
dayrjias been very slow coming in.
Intelligence is just at hand that
strong hopwsare entertained that the
worst is over and that the dimensions
will be greatly less thaifwhat seemed
certain yesterday. The Lake Shore
Michigan Southern bridge, four miles-
below this city, towards Grand Haven,
up to noon to-dav stands firm, with.
60,000,000 feet of logs against it,
and 20,000,000 more strewn high
and dry on the banks between
this point and the point above the
city where the first bridge gave way
yesterday. It is confidently hoped
the Lake Shore bridge can hold out
against the enormous pressure. If so
the logs will be kept from passing
down the river, breaking the Grand
Haven booms and plowing Into Lake
Michigan. The losses at best are
heavy, but nothing approaching what
they would be had the last bridge been
carried off. Trade is greatly impeded,
but the railroads have already tele,
graphed for estimates for replacing
their bridges which went out vester-
day. All the new ones will be iron.
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Sustaining the Brethren.
Xew York, July 27. The joint
executive committee of passenger de
partments of the trunk lines met
again to-day in Commissioner Fink's
ollice. The claim made by the Lake
Erie and Western for money reim
bursement for losses sustained bv
that road in maintaining its rates
under the rule established at the
recent Chicago meeting, under penalty
of being excluded from participation
in through westbound business of the
trunk lines, thus being prevented
from meeting the reduced rates of
the various competitors who were not
I members of the pool, and didn't there-
tore come under the rule, and in con
sequence lost a large amount of busi
ness that it claimed legitimat ly be
longed to it, was finally decided after
a heated discussion, that the Lake
Erie and Western should file its claim
and that it should receive proper con
sideration. Complaints were made
against the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
aud Chicago, and the Xew York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio roads, that
they were cutting rates in violation
of the Chicago rule. The first named
road gave a satisfactory explanation
to the committee and the charge was
dismissed. The case of the latter is
still under consideration.
The Syracuse Boat Race.
Syracuse, X. Y., July 26. The
Hanlon-lIosmer-Lee race at Fulton
this afternoon was witnessed by near
ly 5000 persons. The course was
threM'ourths of a mile, rowed over
twice. There was very little betting,
it being conceded II anion was a sure
winner. Few even bets on t7ie result
between Hosmer and Lee. The
start was made at 56 seconds past 5 and
all took the water together. 11 anion
and Lee pulled 34 and Hosmer 36
strokes. The boats kept even the first
hidf mile, but I Ian Ion then drew
ahead, Hosmer a trifle t he best of Lee,
Hanlon turned the stake in 6
minutes, Hosmer 10 seconds later, and
Lee 5 seconds behind. Back to the
start Hanlon drew well to the front
of Hosmer and Lee, between whom
was tho finest struggle. From the
start Hanlon slowed upandthe others
gained on him. 'Hanlon turned the
starting point in 94'. Hosmer and
Lee turned together. ' Hanlon Hoon
stopped rowing and took a drink of
water from his hand.
A Costly Calamity,
Detroit, July 26. Tho calamity
threatened at Grand Rapids the last
two or three days, took ' placf this
morning. An immenso jam of logs,
extending up Grand River a mile, has
been lodged against the bridge of the
Detroit aiid Grand Haven rail
road, near the city, but it has been
hoped the bridge might resist the
tremendous pressure. However, it
succumbed this forenoon and went
down with a crash. The bridge of the
Grand Rapids, Indiana and Chicago
and West Michigan followed. Millions
of feet of logs have gone down the
river with the flow and ulmost cer
tainly will continue down, sweeping
everything before them and going
into Lake Michigan. If this be true
a large additional uumbei of logs will
be carried out at Grand Haven, as
well as the destruction of all the
bridges thVr'. The ultimate loss, it is
feared, will reach many hundred hou
sand dollars. The'daiiiagn is un'iirece
deuted in the extent. -
For and Ajrniiict.
Xew York, July 27. In the Su
perior Court Judge Ingram granted a
motion to vacate the order granted in
the suits of William Williams and
Rufus Hatch vs. the Western Union
telegraph company and others, for ttie
examination of Louis Fitzgerald,
president of the Mercantile- Tru t
company, in regard to the payment of
dividends by the company. The pro-
uuce exenange adopted resolutions to
notify the Western Union tlgraph
company if the service is not im
proved the exchange will withdraw
from its contracts, and also to confer
with other exchanges with a view to
building lines of their own.
Dress and Cloak Makers Strike.
Xew York. July 27.-The strike of
dress and cloak makers still continues
in the firm of Bohm Bros., and
Gruenfield gave in yesterday to the
strikers and about -twenty men and
thirty women- went to work to-day.
Weidldman and Tasskedv. two out
side contractors, also yielded to about
twenty eight, and girls went to work
in ' the former's place to-day, and
between thirty and-forty in the lat
ter's A lettft- has been received from
F. Gartick, another contractor, asking
nis employes to return to work at
their own terms. They will do so to
morrow. ' . -
Suing a Newspaper.
Xew York. July 27.- Judge Cre-
men, of the supreme court, to-day denied-a
motion-made by defendant to
strike out a portion of the complaint
brought py Capt. C. C. Duncan tore-
cover giuo.ouu; damages from the
Xew York Times, for publications re
garding him in that paper.
The police are searcf) irig fqr S. M.
Miiuger, of (Jhicago.a dry goods sales?
man, who has been missing from here
alKtt a month. "
Strjctly a Monopoly,
Xew Yn-Rir "fnlv 91 !ti ,iwiri,.t
atlorqey has begun suit against 16,0011
of the patrons of Boyd's private eU
ter express for recovery of a penalty
of $50 in each case for violation of the
L nited States postal laws. Another
suit has also been instituted against
Wm. Blaekham. proprietor of Bovd'n
post,' for penalties for infraction of
the law in carying on a letter express,
City Comptroller KeMgueu.
XEW YoRK.Tuly 27. Comptroller
Allen Campbell has resigned. Fail.
ing health and need of rent ur
signed as the cause. Recent dis-
losiires or defalcation in i hn flminm
department by a clerk now dead, and
newspaper art icles thereon, are said tp
have aggravated the comptroller and
recipitatcd the resignation.
Xo Choice Yet.
Concord, Xj II., July 27. There is
no result :in the ballot for 'United
States senator to-day. j Pike gained 1
over yesterday, Chandler lost 25, Tap;
pan 5 and Burns 2, n -- 1 :,. t- .
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