The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-14

always increases; but the increase in the re-
turn fof October Is Is remarkable, the total
being over G30,0D0,O0O, the highest ever
renehed. In the middle Of May. 1866, when
the bank reserve was under half million
the notes In circulation only reached a total
Of e2G, 100000. The large extra requirements
of Scotland have no doubt. been the main
cause Of the present expansion. In 1857,
when the bank reserve Of notes declined TO
about G1 ,0O0,0 900, owing to the municipal diff
cuties experienced in that year. the bank
notes In circulation barely reached Il total Of
e21 100000. The Times thinks the maximum
requirements of the country have now been
reached. and notes and gold will begin to flow
back from the provinces to the bank.
The registrar general of London, In ono OF
his weekly reports, gives the population Of
the great commercial cities Of the world hay
ing over 25O,O0O Inhabitants, as follows First
comes London, with it's 3,577, ,304 people. next
Is Paris, with its 1883 New York, with It's
/ Oe4 52a, and its close neighbor or partner,
Brooklyn. with $40 439. and then Berlin with
t0toG2O inhabitants. Philadelphia has It's
lib; Vienna, 727,271; St. Petersburg,
GC9,71; Bombay, GA, ,4o5; Glasgow, 5cG,94o,
Liverpool. 32,G8l Manchester, with SaIford,
$50. .7G5 people. All these are above tho hall
million Then comes Naples, with its 457, 4o7,
Calcutta, with 42o, ,535; Madras, 307, ,552: Ham
burg the State 4D6 104 birmingham, 3S3, TT,
baltimore. 355,Oo0: Buda- Pesth, BIS, $50; Dub
lin, 3t4 ,GGG: Leeds 3O4 ,o4S: Amsterdam, 3O2,
2GG; Sheffield, 289,53 Rome, 2S2214, and
Bresnu, with 100000 population. He seems
to omit the great Chinese and Japanese cities,
AN ARIsToCRATIC GROCERY. .-- The last
sensation on Fifth Avenue is q new
grocery store right in the most aristocratic
portion Of the avenue. 1t Is within q stones
throw Of the residence Of the Astors and Mrs
A. r. Stewart. This grocery store Is the finest
store in the world. The walls are hung with
tapestry. surrounded by fluted ebony panels,
The cases, In which are bottled truf1les. m,tsh-
rooms, chOW-chow and pnte de fol prns, are
| made Of ebony with heveled cut-glass doors.
The floors are made OF wood mosaic, oarpeted
with Turkish rugs; and in the centre Of the
store Is a beautiful fountain filled with gold
fish. surrounded by palms and ferns. This
new grocery has been fitted up by Il
former superintendent Of the French line Of
steamers. He proposes to sell Philadelphia
butter for Is cents per pound. Here will he
found irish bacon at 20 cents per pound, cured
in Cincinnati. and Westphala hams cured In
Ohio aud shipped to Westphaia and back. It
will certainly be as Barnum would say, the
highest priced grocery on earth. And still
there are people who have made fortunes in
California aud the West, and who have once
lived on bacon smoked in a flour barrel In
their own wood sheds. who will buy their gro
reries here. It is hard work to spend from
Avenue people have to spend it, SO this gld
ed grocery will be hailed with pleasure N.
Y. Letter.
AMERICAN SAILING VEssEIs.-I is curious
to notice that the rig Of American sailing YES
sells IS slowly but surely undergoing. q trans
formation. Formerly We had delightful
variety Of crafts; thore were ships. barks,
bnrkeutnas. briggs, brgantines, schooners and
sIoops. with certain special diversties in each,
but now several OF these classllcatIons are
without representatives. When ful-rigged
brig Is seen In our harhor one knows instantly
that she is n foreign oraft for no shrewd Yam
kee ship-owner would now think for q moment
Of sacrificing his money In this manner.
When the tonnage Is the same 1t usually re-
uures three more men TO handle brig-rggee
vessel then 1t would to manage her II rlggeft
as q schooner: while the first cost In sails,
rope and spars would be much larger In the
former than the latter case. Consequently the
tendency has been, on all coasting voyages, to
substitute the schooner for the brig though in
some instances. where exposure to long and
severe storms Is feared, and, therefore, whore
on the fCretnast the safer brig rig might be Of
service. q compromise Is made, so that the
saving In the number Of the crew is reduced
to one man. For coasting voyages the
schooner rig ls also superse(lfng that of the
bark, md even of the ship. Vessels Of 100
and 1900 tons are now rugged as three 1uasted
schooners, when before the war it was rare to
SEQ o craft Of over 300 tons with fore and nft
sails. Even for foreign voyages the same dis
position is showing itself. and the well known
ship rig Is giving place TO that Of the bark.
The explanation Of this Is that fore and aft
sails, BIS they are handled from the deck In
stead Of the yards, are much easie: to man
ago in ordinary weather, and are far less OK
pnnsive than square sails, and beside this. the
mzzen- nasts Of three nasted vessels or tho
main mast Of two-masted crafts are compare
lively unimportant aids, If very stormy
weather Is TO be encountered 1t is essential TO
have q suuare-rgged foremast in large ves-
sci: but the mast fllrthest aft is merely al
auxiliary, and any rig which s cheap and
servicnabIe can bo safely used upon it. Now
York Times.
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