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RANKING AND FINANCIAL.
AT THE WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE

wall street New York.
Stock their the auOtaoue
a. they come out the indicator and posted on
THE BLAChBOARD
COMMISSION l.lG ON ,, SHARES AND OVER
Margin per cent Orders bv mail may DO nj diree
to this Exchange and executed ~ por instructions
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cHAnIr1Es Avn CORRECTION,

Tho Department 81 Charities and Correction,
which spends about 81 2uu.UuO per annum. |
am satisfied is conducted with as small an an
nual expenditure rs ID compatible with common
decency and ordinary humanity. The main-
trnancr of paupers in our institutions ~ An
average cost Of eleven on twelve cents per diem
L. certainly not eXtravagunt
Many OF the buildings nre now oVercrOwded.
and during the next few years largely increased
accommodations will be Indispensable Dur
ing the past year the Commissioners have had
an average Of 10 800 inmates in the buildings
under their charge; they have supplied coal TO
l5.il6 families among the ont door poor. dis
trIhuting 1884 tons of coal. and have donated
go 900 To 100 adult blind persons.
The Bureau of Medical and Surgical Relief
has extended aid In the way Of medicines med
zeal and surgical advice. and treatment 10 ~. 1872
persons during the year, at cost of 81 500.
The reports Of tn" department show that the
cost per dion for each inmate OF fhc different
Institutions IN as follows:
t.risArp rrR earn. 1877 coNrArrp VIM sANr
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I't,Ss
rsirtTn
fsTisArrp cosT ~ SAW
,xsprcrons OF WEIGHTS AND MrAsuRrs

My predecessor ia office. Mayor Havemcyer.
appol ntcd four inspectors Of weights and meas
urss who entered upon their duties in the year
1873 The supreme Court. In the month Of
January last decided that huttwo persons could
be legally appointed rs such inspectors. The
result Of this rivalry between contesting in
spcctors has subjected the business community
to much annoyance nnl imposition. which to
some extent continues. and numerous iitiga-
tons arising out II these contests are still in
progress. would respectfully suggest that the
Legislature be called upon u abolish the ON 80
ot Inspector of Weights and Measures and
transfer the necessary functions 81 the offlce Ia
the Police Board or some other department Of
the city Government.
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The opening OF Harlem river to navigation
Is u matter which In my judgment should have
your earnest and prompt attention. ! feel as
sured TINT memorial to Congress from your
srondcd To fRvorably in the adoption OF sseh
measures of legislation rs would result IN the
early opening Of this river 70 the USES q com,
Government would save the cXpcnsr to the city.
give many lahorers employment and add large
ly 70 the general welfare Of our metropolis. |
viii Join heartily with YOU Ia any measure you
may. in yuur wisdom, adopt TO secure result
60 A .-irtllN
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Vse Ollillo's TNstross' God liver on, viii
Limo eud Mild Cherry. sod BY druggists Depot,
BoNtry .-idr.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

uisiArugs AtnAN., 1--WE NV
Sun rises .... 7 - Sun go Moon -tft.., g
VArYP-tris
Sandy Hook. 10 81 Gov l>ani II sv'Heu1t.f".. u
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Rev are OF Preparation, which have

Bonson's Capsnr Porous Plaster Is the hes
h.-tfr
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WAYS matter " interest Tho last report ofthe
CON pirocr shows that the dep, of tho city is AZ
follows;
CooJnp,,e Srt,,er, II t,,Ng MT Dec a. 1870 Dec
~ 1877
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TIE Appropriation far salaries IN the ne arimeni oi
DE- NHfoU'fy .'.ows an apparent irrr 49, tn - 'ft
til- f RNftau u Prgu.ts hal boon tfi' e. that te
faItArlf lu i-7t viii lny ron 81 slnpb
D., t...U. tro I-1I ii. bureau for the Collect
9 .ltf'. Wa. irnn"er. al from the Deus 'Htrf u
ID. -t. fHt inaiee bapartn'rt li'y.1', g.
faN DO cr.7 ID commissions Un rs-@..incuf'i hif sa
FtfNet lNf4.f i.sIf
- ,-'..,- ,u .e Del artncnt OF Public Park, !.
' NN DOB % i.N f.H Jos nil purposes mat are puin
foW wHa..n .rllu salaries Hni eNucnscs M tiHt de
lHfrtm t-r sis na.' f.oW the proceeds ot bonds
. Ago. HfIlt.Y.. o. tIr Ponce Department shown Don
W. abe Ifr fI0 tllI. in tiui deg artm' tAclu
y '.|-c N i. q. r.tu a. ~tr,rt Cleaning.
At exp nsr. u Dee utIartni. M Of Docks @re pa 7
n'e lr.'1', i.nl-. and not from annual app o-
lnan'n, lAis,d ll Pas
Below is q com pNritve statement ~ 0pnrO-
ftltlons mad- if tfo Rontl of Estimate and
ALrfrunu4rrt i0r tIr. cty departments an ]
onlfs ior siial4l l-1s which Will also show
h'ous raH." f.H.nl'. p Of the total eXprndi-
Mr,'s NJ the city Gny .rumcui;
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mayor ELY'S BIG MESSAGE.
.,,,ry0v or rnE cry COrERN.hNT
tND IT'S BRtNtHES.

.,,,r,n OF the Ncw Hoard OF sidermen
"'p ,,o, the CTS Dcht Rolled ~ Under '"e
49,, ring Figure. thrt May Wen Singer
VI" ,.n,,crs Hrtrcuohmcnt Begun.
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Suslrrrss Not,tcs.

tuslness Notltes.
Uduipho Woiie's
sCHIEDAI ScfSiPPS
Endorsed by the Msii,d Faculty
Take a wine slass three sIncs iay
BEWARE OF CoUNrrRFrrrs AND tSlrArIoNs
The Best Kennedy tor ChiIdrrn ,-hIic Teeth
Nj. N'fSl4 .iN'- 'ifng
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boic snu, tor calatrh, Is supple and sure -, lido
The Peruvian Syrup is n permanent tonic,
Al. QhOhc sumuants afford only temporary reliei-Ads
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Tho total cost lOr zach yo0r covors th0 ontlre
cXppuer ol the Bureau Of Lamps and Gas. aud
IN 'ludrs the gus. lighting. Nc., ~ wri ~ tir
fitting up and maintenance uf tho public lamps,
while the average cost per lump covers ih" gas
pcnsc Tor 1877 is much loss than any of The pre-
Ninus years. notw.t standing the Increase in the
number ui lamps. the lighting of Rvcrd,dr, and
the erection ot lamps on public piers. and the
uurchaec un.l fitting NJ " phoiomctrical appa-
rius in 1877. By thu awards Of contracts MA {"
10y the Gus Commission IA December last, for
lighting In" city for the four months ending
April 30. 1873. a saving ~ about sG7 OOO Will he
effected over TIE CORES pondlns period of 1871.
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For 1878 the est mate Of the amount TO be
raised by tax is ST SO ,M7l2 10 viii n must
l-adiird. Tor def 'uncirs in product u tax, an
au amt not * ,prding three per cont. 10 pro-
yided 10y Nv With this addition the rate viii
not .xr.rl j5 per cent If based on the valua-
INNS II A1I
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SctENcE+
DANGER IN VINEGAR.

There are more kinds of sO-called
vinegar in the market than brands of
family flour. The New Y ork Tribune
thus alludes to one of them: The
Board of Health of the District of
Columbia has condemned five car loads
Of vinegar sent there from Chicago,
on the ground that it is not a genuine
article, and is injurious to health.
An analysis of the so-called vinegar
has been made. 1t appears, according
to the report of the Board of Health,
that the vinegar contains 81 24-1OO
grains per gallon Of anhydrous sui
phuric acid. combined with lime to
form a sulphate of lime equivalent to
III 26-lOO grains of gypsum per gallon,
and besides that, 5 grains Of free sui
phuric acid per gallon. The Board
also report that this sample was taken
from an invoice Of more than 1000
barrels brought there to be sold as
vinegar, and that it is likely to find a
ready sale on account of it's low price.
The report concludes as follows:
''When we think that Oil of vitriol
(sulphuric acid) can be bought at five
cents per pound, and thata pound of
said acid would render barrel of
fluid as acid as the strongest vinegar,
the wonder will cease that it is sold
cheap. This, therefore, is a fraud up
on commerce, and dangerous SUBJ
stitute for vinegar The fraud and
danger are more general than the
great mass of people will readily be-
lieve. 1t is asserted that probably
one-half the vinegar sold at city gro
ceries is a rank poison, with eiter sui
phuric or other Objectionable acids
for its base, from which the acetic
principle is evolved, the same as in
the manufacture of aromatic vinegar
or the acetates used in calico printing.
Acetic acid is present in all vinegars.
although they seldom contain more
than hive per cent of the absolute
acid. Their color, flavor. and value
depend materially upon the ingredi-
ents from which they are made. In
England, honest vinegars are usually
made of malt; in France, of grapes: in
Germany, of grapes, beetroot. or po-
tatoes; in this country, of apples and
grapes.
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HABITS OE ANTS

The economy of the beehive,
wonderful as it is, yields in interest
to the marvellous social life among the
ants. Primitive society shows scarce
ly phase which has not it's prototype
among these tiny creatures. There
are nOmadic ants who gain their SUBJ
sistence by hunting; pastoral ants
who have great possessions in flOcks
and herds: warlike ants who seize
upon the richer domains of their
weaker neighbors, and live upon the
spoilS of battle; slOthful but valiant
ants, who enslave other tribes and
force them to labor in their behalf;
provident ants, who gather in and
harvest the native grain; agricultural
ants, who farm and house their
crops.
The fOraglng -Ecitons-llve
solely on insects or other prey-they
are in fact hunters, and are forced to
become wandering tribes; for when
one hunting-grOund is exhausted the
encampment breaks up, and with their
females and young they seek new
fields. They advance in mighty ar
mics, sometimes three or four yards
wide. and from two hundred to three
hundred yards long fairly blackening
the ground over which they travel
These moving columns are composed
OF workers of various size, ofiicered
at every two or three yards by larger
and lighter colored individuals, which
are seen to stop very often, or run
backward. delivering orders by cross
ing antedn9 with some Of the line
Bodies of scouts are sent out from the
main column. which peep under every
stone and fallen leaf, and into every
Granny. They flush the game-.o
change the figure-spiders, grasshop-
pers and cockroaches. In trying to
escape the foraging parties. the luck
less creatures are apt to throw them
selves into The very thick Of the dam
ger. If one OF them falls among the
main body of ants il is seized upon by
myrIads OF its tiny enemies, and ever
n grasshopper rarely escapes: in a
short time tits cut to pieces and pack
ed away III a temporary receptacle.
Wars among the ants have very much
the same cause as among men. 1t IS
piece of territory that is coveted.
and the stronger tribes 20 out in
force. vanquishes and elects the
weaker. or 1t is the possession of its
| fiocks and herds. which one colony
wishes TO wrest from the other: or in
the slave-making species colony re-
qnires new relay of servants TO re-
lieve it from all care.
| 1t is certainly very curious to find
, SYMPTOMS among ants of brain-troubles
suggestive of our own. Any serious
injury to the brain is usually followed
by commissions. In the frequent COM
bats. which one of the red ants-For-
aic0 rup0-has with other species,
these brain injuries are very common.
| for in their ..hand-to-hand' struggles
the main object of An ant is to brain
| its antagonist. One of these little
| creatures which has been 50 injured In
fight was closely watched. 1t re-
manned for time as if glued to the
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Hooks Practical Jokes.

There is a story told of Hook carrying
off splendid wooden Highlander from
before snuff shop, throwing a cloak
round it, and thrustlng it into cab. my
friend" he said, addressing the driver
who looked rather astonished at the fig.
ure, "a very respectable man, but little
| tipsy.' Not even the passers by in the
street were exempt from his cool impu-
dence. Observing man of most pompous
air strutting down the Strand, he stop
ped him with Il beg your pardon sir, bu,
/ may | ask If you are any one particular =
Then, without waiting for a reply he
walked off, leaving the stranger transfx-
ed with amazement. These. however. art
but poor specimens of his cffrontery
Strolling one day arm ina with Dan
lal Terry, the actor. up street in Soho
his nostrils were assailed by the most
savory odor. Looking down an area. he
saw the servants in the kitchen below
dressing up very fine dinner.
A party, no doubt" said Terry: Jolly
! dogs. what a feast. should like to make
one of them" III take a bet do re-
piled Hook. Call for me at ten" Leav-
I
knocked al the door. Believing him Il
be one OF the expected guests, the servant
conducted him 10 the drawing room, " here
number OF persons had already assem-
bled. Making himself perfectly at home
he had half-a-dozen people about him
laughing at his bons tsots, before the hos;
discovered that q stranger was present
Il beg your pardon sir, be said, address
ing the unlimited one. your name
i did not quite catch it; servants arr
/ incorrect Smith. sir. Smith re
piled the unbushing Theodore. don :,
. apologize. YOU are quite right. sir. ser
wants are great blockheads: remcmbe,
most remarkable instance of their mis-
taxes.
But, really. sir interrupted the hos
mildly, Il did no. anticipate the pleaurs
of Mr. Smith company to dinner Whom
! do you suppose you are addressing.- "Mr
Thompson. OF course" answered Hook
Ian old friend of my fathers I received
kind invitation from you Yesterday. OF
/ my arrival from Liverpool, to dine witt
+ you TODAY, family party. come in boots
you said" The host al once disclaimec
the name of Thompson. or an knowledg.
i OF the vivacious Smith Cool heavens
then have come TO the wrong house,
exclaimed the hoaxer. my dear sir. nov
can apologize. 50 awkward. too. and
+ have asked friend to call for me- Tbs
old gentlemen. probably thinking 80 witt,
a parsonage would make an excellent adj
disioa tn his party begged him to remain
With profusion Of apologies, Hook a
first pretended to decline-ultinat ely &C
cepsed- Everybody was delighted witt
him; all the evening be kept up constan
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calceolaria has little yellow blossom
three of which would lie upon shil-
ling. By careful selection, plants can
be produced of the most exquisite and
variegated hues, and of which a single
blossom would entirely cover and
hide from the view two shilling
piece. Here we have done for us in
the course of few generations what
nature by the aid Of her workers. the
bees. might possibly have accom-
plished in the course of ages. Indeed,
the possibilities Of Horticulture are so
infinite as to make it matter of regret
that it should, like cookery and cos
tune, have been allowed, for want of
that dignity which attaches itself to a
recognized science, to remain little
more than trade. If, for instance.
the same care were taken with the
cultivation of the water-lily that is
bestowed on the rose, what might not
be the result! Why should we not
grow water-lilies the size of soup
plates, with every leaf as mathemati-
cally perfect in dimensions and outline
as the leaves off prize dahlia! Why
should not magnolias blossom in our
AOO 1AOuOCO AOuA LSOs VI CNC11 CCll IluCS
larger than the present exquisite
white flower with it's tender flavor of
citron! The actual wants OF life come
before its pleasures, in spite of the
sheer of the Epicurean, who said that
if he only had the superfluities of this
world, he could do very we'll without
it's necessaries. Flowers are as much
a superfluity as are pictures, or
statuary, or Brussels lace, or medieval
furniture, or Japanese china. Beyond
all these things, however, they have
about them a bright, fresh, and whole
some influence of their own. If half
the money that is now wasted on mere
freaks of fashion were spent in sys-
tematic Horticulture, the earth at any
rate would be made more beautiful,
and reasonable and healthy Occupa-
ton would be fond for many idle
hands.
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THE GROWING HENS-A FABLE.
In Roosterland once-this was cycles ago
There arose certain Hens, who determined to
crow.
"These BOOSTERS too long," they repeated
with scorn,
''Have held a monopoly over the Dawn,
The Age has progressed, and we Hens; too,
have rights;
We can herald the Days quite as well as tn
Knights;
Well petition the Sun just to give us a
And he'll see who the loudest and promptest
can Crow ~
The Sun their petition accepted and said:
eff you think you can wake me on time, go
ahead
The Hens were all charmed, but the very
next day
The Egg business called their attention away.
And the sun, when he raised quite belated
and slow
Cried: "Whie hens have to cackle they
never can Crow !"
MORAL.
Let the ladies Tho seek for the ballot reflect
They re electors more potent than those who
elect.
They don't vote; but Just think of the ''rep-
resentation"
- the s'seX" who contribute the whole
population.
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Iaperzsst Fase
The Anti-AGon0p0list

Iewkesbury it was universally believed
that the guilty had been punished and
the honor of the law fully indicated. II
was noticed on the trial that Sir PERCY
Haskell, a celebrated surgeon, gave it Is
his belief that David Marble had been
dispatched by one blow, whereas the
thieving fisherman had sworn to having
heard too deadened blows in the mill on
the eventful night. But the surgeons
evidence did not tend to help the accused
The miller had said that he broke in
the heading of cask with two blows. in
Marbles presence; but this explanation OF
the noise was not credited.
Shortly after the miller's execution his
family left Tewkesbury, and all traces OF
them b came lost. The mill was Stunned
by the superstitious. and another had to
be erected to keep the patronage athome
Although we have followed the miller
OF Tewkesbury to his death, the story OF
the crime does not end here.
Three years after the execution. the Earl
OF Sudbury's gamekeeper fired at poach-
er, and heard sharp CRY of pain. In the
darkness search for the theft proved una.
vailing, and the matter was dismissed
from the gamekeeper's mind.
Two days later a dead man was found
under shelving bank not far from the
scene of the shot. 1t was evideEt that he
had been dead for twelve hours. Nobody
recognized him, but the piece of paper
which had dropped from his hand told a
terrible story; it revealed a secret which
must have haunted its guilty possessol
like the ghost of the murdered dead
This document contained blOod-stains
and was written in a poor, ragged hand
as follows:
Il am Roswell Gordon, of Tewkesbury
dying from shot received by Sudbury
gamekeeper, and declare before God, and
with the judgment before me, that what
l am going to say is true. Three years
ago Calvin Tyler was executed for the
murder of David Marble. merchant. He
was innocent. I, Roswell Gorden, did the
deed. 1t was in this WISE 1 had kew
to the miller's back door, and used to get
my flour by theft. I saw Mr.. Marble and
the miller in the mil! on the GOTH The
miller paid him six hundred and ninety
pounds. The merchant went out the back
way; l followed and struck him once
with bludgeon. He fell down quite
dead. After the miller left the mill
carried the body into the cellar, and
buried it where had seen the miller put
his dead dog three nights before. The
dog took away and buried it near my
house. l poisoned the animal, for he
bothered me at the mill. got Mr.. Mar
bles money, and gambled it away in
London. This is true, tor l will soon
stand before my God, and can't die with
two murders on my soul. God have
mercy on my guilty soul.
Roswell Gordon.
Thus was the truth finally told; but the
innocent had suffered for the guilty.
Justice had finally overtaken the poach-
er. In the night, under the bank, be died
with the crimes of years on his soul, un-
shriven by priest, and, as we may believe,
unforgiven by his God.
1t was ordered that colors should be
waved over the milers grave in token of
his innocence.
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spot, resting on all six feet; it was fire.
quently taken with general tremb.
ling and occasionally lifted a foot. 1t
would now and then make few short,
hasty steps, as if moved by spring
but without any object. When irrita.
ted it made perfectly co-ordinated
defensive movements, but fell back
into a stupor when let alone. 1t
showed no normal impulses, not even
the elementary instincts of fear and
of self preservation. 1t was in fact
very strikingly like the pigeon from
which Flourens had taken the cerebral
hemispheres-a mere automaton'
Some workers, after brain injury
show an imbecile rage, throwing
themselves alike on friend or foe, and
striving to destroy them.-Scribner's
Monthly.
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MtT AND HUM0R+

I'll let you know when l come
again, as the rheumatism said to the
leg.
prize, and who don't advertise it, is
as bad as the man who buys a ten
thousand dollar painting and then pre-
sents it to a blind asylum.
Diogenes being asked, ''The biting
of which beast is the most dangerous!'
wered. eff you mean wild beast,
tbs the slanderer; if tame ones the
| fatterer."
Horace Walpole tells story of the
Lord Mayor of London, in his time,
who, having heard that friend had
enquired if he died the first time or
the second.
Wasn't the small boy who thought
he could master both spelling and
reading by chewing up his primer
piece meal, little primer.chewer in
his conclusions!
Sunday-school teacher to pupil
"NOw my little man, can you explain
to us the cause of Adams fall?' Lit
tie man (emphatically): Eyes, sir;
cause he hadn't any ashes to throw
on the sidewalk.
That was triumphant appeal of the
Irish lover Of antiquity, who in ar
guing the superiority Of old over new
architecture, said, "Where will you
find any modern building that has
lasted 50 long as the ancient y
An Irish peasant being asked why
he permitted his pig to take up it's
quarters with his family, made an
answer Astounding with satirical
naivete: "Why not Doesn't the
place afford every convenience that a
pig can require =
An Irshman was brought before a
justice of the peace on a charge of va
grancy, and was thus questioned:
what trade are you!' .'Shure,
now, your honor, an I'm sailor
"You seafaring man. / question
whether you have ever been to sea in
your life" .'Shure, now, an does
your honor think come over from
Ireland in a wagin, -
Our Tommy showed up this morn
| ing with very bad eye. what is
the matter with your left optic, my
son. queried the affable and accom-
| plished cuss who wears our pencils i'm
the cause Of dashes. ..Oh it's only
been going through an operation at
the hands Of a knoculist, that's ALL
Thomas lodged in time to miss the
paste-pot of our fathers.
4 little fellow 5 or years old, who
| had been wearing undershirts much
too small for him was one day, after
having been washed. put into gar
ment as much too large for him as the
other had been too small. Our 6-year
I shrugged his shoulders, shook himself
walked around. and finally burst out
with: MA. do feel awful lonesome
/ in this shirt
| Many years ago. about the time that
/ the inhabitants Of the state Of Maine
began to stir up their everlasting
(1tonis) wrath against strong drink,
Col. Pishen kept the store and ran
ferry In that state. 4 law was passed
that no strong sperets' should be
sold OH Sunday. Late on Saturday
night Jim Pishen, a son of the colonel,
came into the store with a jug, and the
following colloguy ensued:
Jim--.Dad. want a quart er
rum
Col.--AWhat for 2"
Jiin--.To keep the Sabbath on
| Col.-...Dim. can't You keep on III
pint !"
jim. Yes. ] s'pose ! ken. but
can't keep it on a pint as il order be /
KEEP"
Jim got quart.
/