The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-04-08

OUR g B4LTTIORE LETTER.
BALTIMORE. March 81. 1871.

BALTIMORE, Marcn 81, 1914.
To the Editor of the SIorristowu Gazette:
BUSINESS REvIvNG.
p There was a decided improvements
in the jobbing trade the past week.
and business generally, is beginning
te exhibit some indication of reviv-
ing activity. which is attributable in
some degree to the action Of Con-
gress in fixing the legal tender cir
culation at four hundred million dol
lars. The people now have some
thing on which to base calculations,
and though many leading fnanciers
prognosticate over trading, specula-
ton, and in the end another financial
crash, more disastrous than the last;
still, there is a sense Of present re-
lief, and security, and business will
move on more smoothly than for
some months past. t...r......~ .
The foreign trade Of this city is
increasing with a rapidity that is un-
known except to those who have
paid special attention to the subject.
DPoRTATIoNs.
The increase in importations into
this port for the months of January
and February Of the present year,
was thirty-three per cent. more than
in corresponding months last year,
and expectations exhibit a still larg-
er increase. During one day of the
past week, there arrived at this port
from foreign countries, thirty-six
vessels, and departed during the
same period, forty-three.
THE WEATHER AND, PUBLIC Parks.
There were several fine promenade
days during the past week, and the
ladies was not slow to avail them
selves of the opportunity t. exhibit
their handsome dresses and pretty
bonnets on the more fashionable
thoroughfares. ~
The advent of spring-like weather,
has aroused the superintendents Of
the many public parks, for which
this city is noted, to prepare them
for the reception of visitors. and
they have gone to work with energy
to make them a fit resort for the
thousands who will visit them during
the spring and summer months. The
expense of keeping and adorning
these parks is betrayed by tax of
one cent on each passenger who
rides on our street cars, and the city
passenger railway companies think
ing it oppressive on them, first pc
titioned the City Council for a repeal
Of the tax, and failing there. then
went before the State Legislature,
where they also failed. Pa
CRY SCHOOLS.
Our Public Schools have for years
been the pride of the city. There
were in operation last year 123, at
tended by 4O,183 pupils and employ
ing 624 teachers. The amount ex-
i pended for school purposes was
! S540.487 67-100 by the city, and for
the entire State $1.352.7l7 77-100.
A pretty fair showing for little Mary
land, and yet a much larger amount
will be expended the present year.
ASTRONOMICAL LECTURES.
/ The distinguished English astrou.
omer, Professor Proctor's four lee
tnres. at the Masonic Temple, on
s'Wonders of the Star Depths" !"
comets and Meteors." 1.-The Sun
Family of Planets" and 'The Moon"
were too scientific for a promiscuous
; assemblage. but for the intelligent
audience who attended them, were
instructive, entertaining and impress
sive. BY means Of q powerful OK
hydrogen stereoptieon, Socehi's star
types were brought before the au-
dience and explained. and it is o
strange thought that iron exists in
the atmosphere Of a star millions Of
miles away, which an astronomer
can tell as certainly as If lie could
! bring a portion Of 1t into his study,
and examine it at his leisure. q.
"Howdy. Aunt Maria" said a
! Georgia lady to an old colorcd NO
! man. :" amt Ser ant, missis, :
!. loftily replied the aged female, and