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Taxes in Cuba.

. 6
A letter from Havana, dated the oath
ult., says: son the 20th inst. the Ha-
Fana official Government paper, La
Gdceta, published a statement showing
the yearly production of rural and city
property, of the Industry, commerce,
professions and arts on the whole is
land. This statement Statistics being
thus far unknown upon this island) has
been compiled in order to serve as a
basis for the taxes. of 80 per cent, to be
levied on all branches enumerated
is TO say, on the profits realized. 4 These
profits are fixed by the Government in a
most arbitrary manner, for a merchant
has not TO show by his books or swear
to how much profit he is realizing, but
the Government orders him to pay five
times the amount of municipal tax he is
paving, taking this to be so per cent. of
his profits realized. Thus, a CONNER
cial house, paying tax Of 5000 yearly,
(Which must be very small business
house, indeed, } would have TO pay ST.
600 gold of Government bonds, no mat
ter whether it had any profits or
none at all. The following is a
compiled statement as published: Num-
Der of buildings and lots in cities, o.
$50; sugar plantations, 1,19l; coffee
plantations, 1872; farms for raising cat
tie exclusively, 3,172; tobacco fields,
4, 511; small farms, 1904; commercial
houses, importers, 491; cigar manu-
factories, 161; sother industries, 1884;
various classes of establishments, 1863.
The yearly production of city property
is calculated at, net, S13,173, 1860, fur
nishing for the 80 per cent. Government
tax, S4,o41, 940.99 The yearly produc-
ton of rural property is calculated at,
net $40, 1873, 5S1.47; furnishing for the
so per cent. tax, 1856, o74.44 Profits
of industry and commerce calculated at
S16,073, 32741; furnishing for the 30
per cent. tax, 81, S21, 99S.22. Profits of
profession and arts, s1,514,79S.93,o fur
nishing3 1894 ,439.67. - The whole
amount, therefore, expected to be raised
by the Government through the 80 per
cent. tax on the Island of Cuba is cal
culated at S17, 113, 1882.
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some candles and a tin of sardines, but
noAyater. On Sunday i was blowing a
galefrom the southeast One man went
crazy with thirst, and drowned himself.
I'VE gotta candle to eat, and our thirst
was fearful On Monday it wassstill
.blowing-a gale from the southeast, with
rain. but the. sea was breaking so that
we could not getit fresh. On Tuesday
1T was .stiIlcblowings a gale from the
southeast. AT daylight, Saw this schoon-
er, the Annie Todd, and waved apair
Of drawers, which she saw,sbut it blew
too hard for her 70 assist us, so she hove
to and waited tili the gale lulled and
then beat back. After trying five times,
I caught a line and was hauled on board.
he.ether man went crazy when Che
schooner was lyingsto to- get us, and
drowned himself.
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A Word of Warming to Countcrfei,cr.l

The widespread fame of Hostettcr's Stom-
ach Bitters causes a necessity on our part to
remind, from time to time, whom it NAV con-
cern, OF the fact that initiating said article is
4 punishable otfense, aud wenOw give this
word Of caution, that VIC viii most assurcdly
have all those persons engaged in re-lilling
our secondhand bottles, selling by the gallon
or barrel, or in any manner whatsoever palm
ing off on the public spurious article pur-
porting to be our preparation, punished to
the fun extent Of the law. We never fail 10
co1vict, MS the New Orleans and St. Louis
Court Records fully affirm. Penalty for
countcrfeiting, or dealing in counterfeit
trademark goods, as set forth in a law re-
ccatly passed by gress-" Fine not eX-
ceeding S1,010, or Imprisonment not more
than two years, or both such fine and i'm
prisonmentp a
NOTICE TO DEALERS AND Purchasers
Hostetter's Bitters are TlereT, under any cir
eun,std71ceS, sold IN bulk, BUT ALWAYS IN BOT
TIES, with finely engraved U. S. internal
Revenue Especial proprietary Stamp cover
ing the cork of each bottle, fastened 10 both
sides OF the neck of same. All Bi,ters pur-
porting TO be Hostetter's, without this
stamp, are counterfeit.
HoSTETTER d SMITH.
TIfyto1,,.ob H. 1877
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Our Daughters.

The inquiry comes to us, 9 Is it just
to put a mean and suspicious watch
upon our daughters?" This is a deli
cate question, and one which we hardly
care TO discuss. Still, journalism de
mands that the public shall not gowant-
ing in fair aud honest opinions. Look
inc, not at our own inner consciousness
of the matter, but at our experience of
life and history, we reply that good So
ciety demands that a girl or woman
shall be subjected neither to temptation
nor to suspicion. We have before us at
this moment several books; one in which
Mr.. Haweis, an English musical critic,
says that many musical people are OF
loose morals; and another, a biogra-
ply, which says that the girl who
comes to worship man as teach
er is likely to end in her worship
inc him as a man. We have the mem
ory of man, the popular married lead
err of musical union, whose nearest
friend once boosted that of the women
who belonged to his society not one,
married, would choose her husband be-
fore him, and not one, single, would ac-
cept a lover in preference to him; and
that his poor life was nearly paralyzed
by the efforts of his married pupils to be
Potiphar's wives. TO a bantering ques-
ton on the subject the professor of mu-
sic and morals replied, &c If the vimmen
will pc Sain' Shawns, shall | not be
Shosef' ?'' To our correspondents, of
whom we welcome many, we will say
that no society in the world is so good
as that of the best of the middle classes
of nglaid and, among them, it is the
rigid custom to keep girl within nur-
sery rules until she is about Is, and then
to let her 90 into company only with the
protection of a near relative or well
Enou-n friend
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(. The. Senator abroad.

The following anecdote of the late
Senator Nye is told by the Virginia City
(Nevada) Enterprise: He was tellingus
incidents of Il journey to Europe, from
which he had then just returned. Among
the rest, he said the Sultan of Turkey
ordered in his honor, as a Senator of
the United States, a grand review of the
army in Constantinople, and the Grand
Vizier mounted him upon a steed which
he described as magnificent. Said Nye:
''He was q pure Arabian He had
coat like velvet; he felt like a myriad of
steel springs beneath a man. his eye
was between a lion 5 and woman S, with
all the courage of the one and all the
human gentleness and beauty of the
other blended; he knew | was an
old man, and was as tender of
me as child. When 1 dis
mounted 7 could not refrain from ex-
pressing to the Grand Vizier my admit
ration for the Incompatible creature
He heard me through an interpreter,
and then, bowling low, begged me to ac
cept the horse as mark of the profound
regard which the Sultan entertained for
me. Ibid you accept him, Senator?'
we asked. A peculiar look came into
the Old mans eyes as he replied: Il
made rapid calculation and saw that |
had not enough money, and could send
to no place for money enough, to pay
for the freight on the animal to New
York. So Itook high ground; | bowed
low IN return TO the Grand Vizier, and
babe the interpreter explain to him that
while touched to the heart by this ape
probation and generosity of the Sultan,
it was, l was sorry to say, against the
laws of my country for a Senator of the
United States to accept, a present from
any foreign prince, potentate or
power" -. 90 sax ~,
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AGUE ToNIcl-Wilhoft's Tonic has estab-
lished itself as the real infallible Chill cure.
1t is universally admitted to be the only re-
liable and harmless Chill medicine now in use.
Its efficacy is confirmed by thousands Of GER
tificates Of the very bestpeople from all parts
of the country. It cures malaTiOIs diseases
of every type, from the shaking agues of the
lakes and valleys to the raging fevers of the
torrid zone. Tryit! 1t has never been known
to fail. G. R. F1NLAY IL Co., Proprietors,
New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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WE have sold Hatch's Universal Cough
Syrup forabout four years, and it has stead
liz gained in popularity from its first intro
ductiop. We keep all the cough remedies
considered Standard in this section.
The sale of the Universal has become greeter
than any. perhaps greater than all others
combined. We do not hesitate torecom-
mend IL. NICHOLS e LYLE,
Westbury, Cayuga Co., N. I.
Seld by A. A. Mellier, st. Louis, Mo.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

| ,,UN % "a AkklG a a
HAND-oRGAN men have only to turn
one way for Living go1fogl
THERE are two reasons why we don't
trust a man1ohe becaasewe don't know
him.. and the other because We, do
ALI the world is a stage, and the
most of the passengers are obliged to 90
on foot mp the hills, and to pry. the
wheels out of the mud. The stage is
generally stuck, in mud when it is not
going up hill. ..-,.. i,
ISfrEMPERANCE seems 10 be fearfully
on the increase. AT least, it is positive
fact that, since the first signs'of spring,
nearly every house in the West has had
an attack of the tree-mens. ss' 80
A MAN in Fryeburg, Me-, got 50 dis
gristed with his wife because she dis
charged a pretty servant girl in a fit of
jealousy, that he sent to Chicago for di-
Yorce papers. The wife got wind of his
game, and, in order to insure its entire
success, eloped with another man. The
laws of Maine win probably now be suf-
ficient TO the husbands purpose.
THE new Secretary of the Navy hay
ing been informed that there were buoys
belonging to his department in New
York Harbor, Immediately issued an
order. commanding them, to report to
their ships without delay Discipline
is discipline, says the old salt, 'if l
have to'skin every boy in the navy
Hawk-eye.
WHEN lengthy citizen shot into the
air as he walked along Woodward Ave
nue. yesterday, and then came down in
a heap on the flags, an old man stand
inc on the corner inquired - Didsyou
say 'Eureka?'J ''No, psir-not by a
blamed sight, sir!n shouted the victim
80 well, it's all the same 1you found it
just as much, / suppose" growled the
old man as he got into a store in a hur
ry.rFree Press w
An old ladyreeeived letter, and, sup
posing it to be from one of her absent
sons, she called on person to read it to
her. He accordingly began to read
.'Dear mother" then making a stop to
see what followed, as the writing was
rather bad, the old lady exclaimed,
'sOh, that's my poor Jerry; he always
suffered $500
TWELVE women from H. gia's school
To lance and probe and dose us
To bird our wounds our pulsesfeel,
And duly diagnose usl f' s1'-
Man gives them hearty Welcomes since
1t seems happy token,
49, That she shout mend his broken bones
Who oft his heart hath broken.
THEY were husband and wife, and as
they stood before the Guards Monument
in Waterloo Place, she asked, stWhat's
that figure on top?" "That's a god
dess, y he answered, "And whats god
dess?n GA woman who holds her
tongue, - he replied. She looked side
ways at him, and then began planning
how to make a peach pie with the stones
:, - So, tI,a bapafit of his SO1-a tooth
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Popular science.

les, think it WAS perfectly splendid
m cure feel aWfully wise, E.---
VITA my head fun of glaciers ard icebergs
or such ridiculous size; T0f ara
And the masses Of what-do- you cal. 1t?
The dirt that is ever so old, Tff ~ t.l
And came down on the ice TO New Jersey
II must have been horriBiy cold. l--s
The views. too, weren't they lovely:
Especially N mot Blanc and. the Alps
Though the last ones were perfectly n ghtful-
Those men with the clubs and the scalps
Wei. maybe they didn't have scalps-
They frightened me all the same;
And that animal-wasn't be horrid: 90
Thc-Nhat-did he-s say was his name?
o. rrfect'y dote upon seieneei "a
think its just Jolly good fan; ~.
Ana wish were going on your expe- -
Diupn, with knapsack and gun.
Mamma says I'm growing strong minded,
And should cut on my hair, and all that;
Though eye glasses would not become me,
And how could keep on my hat?
FffafN~t ffFFft FfFeffF
Heres the end Of our walk. Good night
You may call Wednesday night, Rob.
And we'll talk of the Glacial Epoch,
And the wonderful thingumabob.
-PriRoetOnidn.
80 =. - 1 f~Tr.. Erw.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY


MUTToN PIE.-Take 8 pounds of NUT
ton, cut in small pieces Gf you skin
mutton il loses the strong fiavor). put
it on the stove in cold water; when half
done put in a teacupful of rice. Pepper
and salt to taste Haycl water enough
for soup. Make nice biscuit crust, cut
in diamonds, and 20 minutes before dim
ner drop them around on the top of the
soup, and cover very closely; or steam
if YOU prefer. This, with dish of nice
potato salad and an apple pie, makes a
very good, though not a stylish dinner
VEAL SCALLoP.-Take some cold
roast veal, chop very fine, and season
with salt and pepper. Place layer of
this in the bottom of buttered pudding
dish. Next layer of powdered crack
ers. Wet the crackers with a little milk
and strew some bits of butter upon it;
put in alternate layers of veal and crack
er crumbs until the dish is fall, then wet
it well with gravy diluted with warm
water. Cover this with paste made of
the cracker, some milk and / or beat
en- eggs. Stick little pieces of butter in
it, invert tin pan over it, so as to keep
in the steam, and bake from 1-2 to ga
of an hour About 10 minutes before
serving it remove the pan and let it
brown.
BAKED FIsH.@When cleaning the fish
for baking do not cut off the head and
tail. For the stuffing, soak 1-2 pound of
bread crumbs in water; when the bread
is soft press out all the water Fry ?
tablespoOnfuls of minced onion in some
butter; add the bread, some chopped
parsley, tablespoonful of butter, and
pepper and salt. Let it cook moment;
take it off the fire and add beaten EGG.
Fill the fish with this stufing, and keep
it in place by winding a cord several
times around the fish. Lay several thin
slices of pork across the top of the fish;
sprinkle over water, pepper and salt
put some hot water into the pan; bake
in a hot oven, basting very often, When
done (the top should be nicely brown
ed) serve a sauce with it.
RICE PUDDING. Measure table
spoonfuls of rice with light hand and
do not heap them. Wash the rice twice
in warm water, letting it stand in the
water ID hour Then drain off the wa
ter, put the rice in large pudding-dish,
pour over it Il quart of milk, add Ia
blespoonfuls of white sugar, with butter
the size of a walnut, and a saltSpoOnful
of salt. Crate nutmeg over the top and
place in moderate oven. Now the ex-
cellence of this pudding depends upon
the baking. Hyour oven is right it will
take about 2 hours. After the first 1-2
hour open the door and stir the pud-
ding. Several times in the course of
baking a rich creamy brown crust comes
upon the surface and should be broken,
slowing the milk to cover it; when an
other crust will form. The pudding
should be quite thin when taken from
the oven. Let it get very cold by put
ting it on ice, if you have it. When cold
it should be of the consistency Of boiled
custard.
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81, a Lizard Story.

~ = "A a. IA go a
We have always considered the popu-
lar mythical legend or delusion in re-
gard to the salamander being able to
90 through fire unscathed as one of the
most preposterous of mythical delu-
sions.s A gentleman of this city, how
ever, recently related to us 4 story in re-
gard to the lizards of Nevada, which
would seem to confirm the possibility of
their enduring intense heat for short
time, at least The black lizards of that
sage-brush State are very easily domes-
ticated, harmless, sociable, and intelli-
gent. This gentleman had several pet
lizards, one of which lived near a fur
mace where he burned retorts or molds
for silver bullion. This work required
avery hot fire, which he made open at
each end The lizard would sit on the
tree near by watching him. His dog
would frequently chase the lizard if it
yentured to the ground and compel it to
take to the tree again. Frequently,
however, the lizard, apparently for the
sport of the thing alone, would dash
down of the tree and induce the dog to
give it 4 sharp race, when it would run
right through the furnace, coming out Of
the other end Ike flash, unseathed,
while the dog, in his eagerness, would
be burnt at Che firebefore he could stop.
Thiswould be a daily occurrence, and
the lizard actually seemed to enjoy the
joke ON the dog.sa The time that the
lizard or salamandeE was in the fire was
very short, and it doubtless could not
have remained there very great length
of time, but the fact of its not fearing
the fire is sufficient to have given rise to
the idea Of the fire-proof salaman,ler.--
NarysrHle (Cdl) appeal. '
D 4 ~ - b" u.
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APosITIvE CURE FOR RHEUSlATIsM-Du-
rang's Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular
to Helphenstins & Bentley, Washington, DC.
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- pfr-t tu 81 FB1E
4" ANOTHER Dam Disaster" one OF
the Boston papers announced in display
type. And Moody hasabeen performing
in that CITY these six weeks. =
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]. LAYING for Him.

1t having. come to the ears OF the
United States officials at this point that
Bic English, the bootblack, had hand
full of lead nickels in his possession, the
boy was yesterday interviewed on the
subject. - i..pi
Eyes, I've got nineteen bad nickels
in my trousers pocket, > was his prompt
reply. x
s.And what are you doing with them?''
Holding right to 'em. You needn t
hinkryou'Fe got a case agin me, for you
haven't a - q tG
s.How did you get those bad pieces?''
y"Rich man, who shah be nameless
black his boots every morning-hands
me out a lead niekel-thinks he's got a
soft thing on me, but I'm layin' for
him. ss
"How?'' - ,.
"Why, he's got a daughter about my
ace. TN be thinking of marrying IN
two or three years more, and I'll shout
der a bag OF his nickels, walk into the
parlor and gently say: Mister man, l
love thy fair daughter and ! demand her
hand in marriage. Behold the proofs
of your vile perfidity, and come up to
the rack or go to the jugi' You Just
keep still and let him shower ont hi.
bogus coins. amt handsome, but I'm
a terror to plant i-Detr0I Free Press.
Mrs. JOHN HALL, of Greenville, ha:
g log cabin, quilt containing 6,i9g
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) The he Trees in Ears Spring.

which tells that day is righ;-,g- W
ike the first dear Kiss Of DC maideri,
30 absolute, though 70 Az
Like the joy divine Of the moiher
Before her child she SECS
80 faint, 90 'lear. and "a blessed
Are your misty tops, o trees
can feel the delicate pulse6
That stir in each restless feid ~
vi leaflets and punches II blossoms
thelife that never grows old--la 81 .-.r-
et waiS al, wait, though they WOO You
ihe tuu. me rain drops. the breeze;
Freak MT toe soon into verdure,
Onisty. Scsutiful treesI
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DURANG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY never fails
to cure rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
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RHEUMATISM cured at once by DR.. Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular to Hell
phenstine & Bentley, Washington, D. C.
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j. Zeilin Co.,

T Z, 7
For SIZE By ALL DRUGGISTS.
Extract OF a letter from Hon Alexander III.
Stew % 5, dated March s. 1872: II occasionally
use, when my condition requiresft, DIR. Simmons
Liver Regulator, with good eject. 1t is mild and
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=
- LIVER DISEASE and Intli-
II gestion prev ali TO greater
Il exi ent than DrOhihy any
81 nTDRHFNTT0g Hother malaiy. and relic { is
IA = mi WiIMN Eal'~avs anNiOusiy sought af-
n hlluUlUID Eter. If TIE LivS Is Regnlat-
"a ~ ed in rs acti0r. health Is all
n t most invariably secured la
49, ~ al gestiOn orwant ofaction IN
the Livtr carsts Headache,
Constipation. Jaundic~ Pain IN the shoulders Cough
Dizziness, Sour stomach, bal taste in the mouth.
bilious attacks. paptati0n Of the heart depression
Of tDiriLs, the blues and hundred other fymp-
toms. 81 MONS LIVER REGULATOR Is TIE best
rem dy that has ever been discovered for thete all
meuts. u acts mildly, eaectuay, and, btiug sim-
pie vegetable compound, do no injury In any
quantities that II may be taken II Is harmless IN
every way; ii has been for forty years, and hundreds
Of the good and great from al par OF The country
viii v0uch for It's virtues, viz: Hon. Alexander III.
Stevens, of Georgia; Bishop Pierce ofGcorgia; JnO.
Gin Shorter, EN-Governor Of Alabama
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lanle and Painful Back. Twelve Days In
.-.. Haanifal
"ARE DOING WONDERS"

no,-olrnuc 7-shot S. 50, 70 kinds. Guns Rifles s.
RpVul 70 SOP Monster NJ Cat for Ct. stamp.
llU tutI UlDMKsTERN GUN WORKS. Chicago, Ill.
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In India, . an elephant going through
a little deor.'' or q through the eve of ..
needle, 2 is a pnoverbial phrase. The
Jews use it, also, in a like manner. A
more far-fetched and less probable in
terpretation is that, in the dialect Of
Galilee, the word for camel means also
the cable of a vessel Theeye of s.sew-
ing-needle could scarcely have been re-
ferred to BY the lord Jesus.-Dr. Me-
kenzie, IN philadelphia Saturday Night.
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Mrs. JOHN HALL, of Greenville, has
:. log cabin'' quilt containing SOP
pieces. - ! - rffFA
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Keeps CUSTOM Shirts.

Made to measure-NERY BEST, Tor -.
Samples Of material with full particulars and direc-
tons fer self measurement sent free TO any address,
GIRERT BROS, GEL Olive Street, st. LOUIS, Mo
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ri YOU will agree distribute circulars,
4 y will send you Chrome III GILT FRAME.
and i6-page, 68-conmn illustrated paper FREE for
IL 2 months Incloss 40 cents Ray postage Agents
Il wanted KENDELL q Co.. Bost0s Mass.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-06
The 7 legislature

Had no trouble in organizing yesterday.
The caucus OF Tuesday that nominated
Judge ALLEN, Of Shenandoah, for Speaker
of the House was "slipshod" affair that
was open to ventilation but its decision
being respected the Judge was almost unan-
imously elected by the House. Not ripple
occurred to delay the organization; and the
members had time enough after the session
to read and digest the Respondent and
sound message OF the Governor. r
Mr.. Speaker ALLEN is a son OF the late
Judge ALLEN, Of the Virginia Court OF APP
peals, than whom there never lived man
OF more true honor and more loyal devotion
to the Commonwealth and to the preserva-
ton Of her integrity and traditional fame.
Educated and inspired under the pupil
age of such father, the new Speaker
comes forward with high claims to public
respect and confidence. His birth and
breeding forbid the iCea that he can be a
party to any measure that may tend to I'M
pair the reputation Of the renowned Com
monwealth. Notwithstanding that the
Speaker is young in the public service, he
has served long, enough to make his con-
temporaries sufficiently acquainted with his
loyalty to the public honor to put to rest
any apprehension that might arise. II there
be any ultra-read iusters who are disposed
to infer an especial triumph in his election
we suspect that they. make very great mis-
fake