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What Toys Tech.

A child who gives away his toys and
loses them, Is likely to fail in after life.
A child who holds good grip upon his
own toys and breaks those Of his neigh.
Dor Is likely to be an eminently success-
iui man Toys bring out the rudiments
Of character, which are all through a
lifetime the same, underiie all change.
and a never be ~eradicated. although
they may be modified. The stoic com.
pares unhappy men 70 children who cry
1--WE will not play" and children who
are OF that humor will continue in IN
and choose sorrow beyond their sharel
As We begin the game with gay, tinseled
counters. We end it with counters that
are heavier and more hard to hold, but
perhaps OF little more worth. II Is uo-
cess. however. to clutch our toys tight.
ly. to value them above their dsserts. IN
play with cheerfulness. and not to bs
toO curious. Saturday Revtew.
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lDimdence Of Great Men.

II may comfort some Of our readers,
troubled with M excess Of mOdcsty, to
know that great men have been difident
In company and have broken down in
attempting 70 speak.
utter failure tho first time he attempted
u speak.
The great Pitt was exceedingly shy
In his private intercourse with mon.
Lord Camden WAS on terms of tho
greatest intimacy with him, and ono
day remarked. a. Pitt was ut the house:
my children havc heard 90 much
about you that they are very anxious
to have . glimpse Of the great man.
They arc now at dinner. Will you
oblige mo by going in with me q mo-
mentP"
10. pray don'tr said the orator In
great alarm. "What on earth would l
say Ia them"
''(iive them the pleasure Of seeing
you, 1t least" said his lordship, laugh.
ing. ~ he half lcd, half pushed him In.
to the room.
The Prime Minister Of England ap.
preached the little group. There ne
stood. looking alternately at the father
and the children. and twirling his hat
for . few minutes, without being able
10 utter n sentence.
When Daniel Webster was \ school
boy. he tells us: MANY u piece did I
commit to memory and rehearse ii over
and over again In my room. but when
the day came, when tho school collect
MI uk,~ $3.50, III n
saw all eyes turned upon my seat, I
could not raise myself from It,"
Cowpsr's friends purchased him u
place a. Clerk Of the House Of Lords,
where his duties only required him to
stand up and read parliamentary docu.
ments. The tho,ght Of standing up
before such an audience Was 10 terrible
to him that ~ the time drew on. he was
in An agony Of apprehension and tried
;" hang himself.
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III water from o convenient spring. al
,hoagh Il IA. far into the summer a,
the time. Thi. she did. and blushing
deeply ~ she recollscted that her shoes
and stockings ~-re up To III. house.
hsndci the cup to the judge. ~ho gal
lantly remarked ,hs,
"A .se-tsr draugb,.
Yum 0 fsifsr hand sss never qssned
Maud curte.ie,i and said that her
father considered her = pretty fair hand
In the bayfield,"
The Judge fingered ~ long A. he
could. talking sbou, the weather tn.
silver bill. the eastern question. chances
~ his reelection to the bench. etc. etc.
Ia all III which she simply replied. AYES.
air." ''te-h-," or something like that,
and when he couldn't mako any NOR.
excuse for lingering. b. rode away.
Maud looked after him and sighed -
she thought. The Judge Il just the
kind ~ = man I'd lik. to tie to. Dress
! reckon not! Id have . new gown
every day. and two IN Sunday. And
dad should wear store clothes, and
brother Sam should have . helmc, hat. y
How about the judge ~ he rode AWAY
WIZ NV Ull'I WIN ~ sbku' uhf'-t
Certainly he was. lie wanted to al.
joirn court anc die. and although a
litt. past the hcy-day NJ his youth, go
n having with Maud from that time out.
But his feelings Maud Grated when he
thought Of his sisters. who were society
ladies. and what they and the fashion
able world generally would have Ia say
about IL. So no kept on his way. and
be opened court that afternoon same ~
usual. only the lawyers smiled N they
caught him humming an old love song
Swinging in the lane
The Judge got elected to the bench
again, and then he vas elected for life
In another wayne married a wealthy
but cold-hcartcd lady who moved (cvery
spring. in the first circles. and who
only accepted him because she thought
IL would sound well to ,,e spoken of in
the society column III the newspaper,
~ "Mrs. Judge So-and.So." And some
times when the judge was taking n drink
| NJ old rye, all by himself In his study
he wished that Maud could step In will
"A little Of that meadow spring water "a
mix with IL.
Maud got married, too. She married
the hired mar In "a check shirt whom
the judge saw moving in another par
Of the field. True. she loved the judg,
more than she could any mower sh,
ever saw, aud would continue tn unit
time should he no mower. but ~ sh,
couldn't have him and was fearful tina
there would be no mower offers, VIII,
she clinchcd on to the hired man.
but Maud wasn't happy either. 70
she couldn't help thinking how differ
ont her life would have been rs Mrs
Judge. She thought 81 much on tn
subject that she came finally tn believ
that the Judge had really proposed 4
her. and she had refused him. An,
when she got into u row with her nus
band she would throw it up IA him. say
ing:
III I hadn't married you aud got stuck in hi
pen,
I'd been much better oY, for Imiohfa had pgS.
Which was the judges front name.
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NJ the rang, and Eussns Hartman, brother NJ
Constable Hartman, 81 Chi~agp.

NJ the rang; and Eussss Hartman, brother NJ
Cgcstabie Hartman, ~ Chscago.
Adispatch from Litticson. West Va.
.sys that a. ssquess vss held there over the
d~sa bciies NJ The sifs and infant of 0~osvs
Wallace. aIIsA 0eosgs Bahss, and Mary Church,
Q niece 1foortesn year. ctd) N johe wsIlacs,
0~o~s-'s brother. nbsy kyund the hrdies ~
Mr. wsfia-s anak ss ehih In . fenoe conner
one mile from the residence, near Littis,on
Both we're horribly mutiisssd, their skulls
hrsng csush~d BY s~ns Mont isstrsrn~nt. They
then ven, IN ths seothes's hosas md found
The bpiy n Mary church lying upon the ncor.
with three gsshes In her fossbesh. The gth
had been outraged before her death. Strong
c,rumstsnsisi evidence vsAnss IN John Wal
lsce - the murderer and George Wallace - IN
srreesovy.
James Graham, aged twenty-scven,
unmarried. has been arrested On the charge OF
murdsrns John W. Armstrong, ., Camden.
n. J., On the ~ Of January, lest, and he con-
fcssrs the crime. lie vas an apprentice under
B~n. Hunter. nov In pr,soo on the charge.
There Ia great excitement In Camden and W
entity. The startling part ~ Grahsm's testi
| n,ony IL where he details how Hunter visited
| the hoasc IT the wounded man when he WAS ~
the potnt II death, end going N the bedside
| ~ Armstrong, during the absence 81 the lady
members NJ the family, pvcss~d tho Victims
head, and made the wounds bleed fresh again.
Graham says that thu plot IN murder Arm
strong vas carefully maturrd, and that he
agreed IN 10 the job tor o9D.
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Thus looked Emerson the other dav.
q n gave his lecture in the Old South.
A tall, slender figure. now q little bent
with years, his gray hair strxreliny
over q crown partially bald. his features
more sharply cut than ever, his manner
Nooy and tashful ~ that Of q maiden
entering society for the first time. his
eyes a. sharp on his audience a ever.
And hardly dimmed. His voice il now
80 broken, IL - said, that he cannot he
heard with distinctness BY more than
20 people. 1t was pleasant to hear h;s
daughter, sitting by Mr.. Alcotts side,
occasionally prompt her father 10 speat
louder. and to feel the sympathy OF the
great audience with her effort.
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That . remedy made OF sach common. simple
plant. - Hops, Buchu, Mandrake, Dandelicn,
BE-, should make 30 many and such marvellous
and wonderful cures a. Hop Bitten do, but
when old and young, rich and poor, Pastor and
Ing been cured by tAem, you must believe and
try them yourself, and doubt no longer. Bee
other columA.
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Twenty lmpNNte ThlnN.

1. Loud and bOisterous laughing.
2. Reading while others are talking.
3. Talking while others are reading.
4. Cutting finger nails in company.
5. Joking others in company.
q. Gazing rudely at strangers.
Z. Leaving a stranger without a seat.
3. Making yourself hero Of your own
story.
.. Reading aloud in company with
out being asked.
10. Splitting about the house. smok-
ing. or chewing.
II. Leaving church before worship
is closed.
~. Whispering or laughing in the
house Of God.
l3. A want Of respect and reverence
for seniors.
II. Correcting older persons than
yourself. especially parents.
ID. Receiving u present without an
expression Of gratitude.
Is. Not listening 10 what one is say.
ing In company.
IL. Commencing to eat as soon as
you get to the table.
II. Answering questions that have
been put to others.
-. Commencing talking before 9TH
ers have finished speaking.
10. Laughing at the mistakes Of 9th
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Honey. Caks.-One cup Of butter. two
oups OF money. four eggs well beaten.
one teasPoonfnl Of soda, flour enonUb
20 a II As stiff as can well be stirred
bake Mt once in a quick oven.
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Lam MgWs


Iu0 vDVorCV tSCvVsy w WV" s,"'
q Emsrs, n. T., barred Marh ri tosA,
oaoa
1hs Amsricsa Knife Compsnys'works.
u wssssSssy. Conn. burned March N icsA,
e>AeW
TIE Republican state Convention II
nAoAs IslasA ss~issssd The prssea, state 20.
cep ics ~ <aectson.
"A srsat nrs occurred In Phiiadriphia.
- Ne slxht Il Masrh %. The damage I.s~
'tiasAsA y sscss ei.cmvoo
Joseph n. Marks. ~. Louis. a south
en- eummlassca m~srchsn,, he's s~uspeadsd. ~iih
Ahntssss amounting 70 eiio,ooo.
Tks Danviile. HAslcton q Wilk.sbnrre
rersd hsa been soid under forcch~urr, and
vas bu1ghs ny ths bordholdsvs fr etD,on
The Tarrytown Bank. At T~arrytown.
\. e., ~ suspsaded, having received dep~!,s
- v ~ Close. Liabilities. eisa,oo, ss.sts,
<Aan
Thu House Committee ON Coinage.
wslgAts and Msesurs. havs ssvvsd W report
NsssA's ban pssishias dsfscep oi gold sad al
~ cStn.
James Roas Snowden. formerly state
Tvasursr n PeunsylvAnia, and Directot 81 tho
Uailsd Mates Minss, dlci ., Hulminv'iic. Pa,
llsrch ma.
On tho 90th OF March. J. ]. English,
~ prupdetcr II the Ocean House, - Ctsaeo-
league Island, Va, shot stephen Po,litt dead.
roliits eyed SONS money 10 EnRiisn and failed
topsyM.
Joseph SAvy. the ~defaulting ~ State
Trsasurvs Of Nov Jersey. who has nov spent
nearly three vears Ia the State prson. has bcen
pardoesd Out. Hh term would have expired
In MAY aelt.
61'he Bank Of Chcmung. ElmirA, N.
T., hes suspended. .Ths moun Of deposit~ 10
stated a. ossO,OOO, and the discounts and over
drafts n eS0,O0O. A scrious loss Ia dcpo~itors
10 anticipated.
Mrs. Lucy l.. Day, aged w. was muir
dercd o. Cicero. N. T., March 9sth, by her
daughter, . married woman, aged ~, who
stabbed her at the dinner table with . knife.
Tho quarrel resulted from IN old fcud.
A meeting Of the National Committee
Of the Dairy Fair was held u Utica, ", T.. on
March 2psh. Col. X, II. Litissy II Iowa, was
slectcd Secretary. II was decided N hold the
next fair n New York CITY. next autumn.
Al Foster. X. l., On The night Of March
both William Ida rstumsd hosss drunk and
bady beaA ~ Wits, who had also been drink.
ting. Aftsr her husband fell asleep Tho wits
A.~A . xa,s.kl~l Asss~llxxe sk<,A ma and kttsuI
him. sat"
Tho Brewers and Groccrs' Bank. Of
New York, Will wind mp their aisAirs and ~
out Of busiuaa. Cauae-losa VI confidence Ny
customer, and $4,000 impairment II capital
ewing In part 10 the dcfalcation II = former
sAahier. (
Tho slAenasr Jas. w. Goff sunk In ths
Ohio rtvsr, tpur miiss abovc CUnnsltcu, Ky.
D NascA aaa.i ~ vas valued d eS,O0 and w
iasured foe oaAb00. Hhs had ninety pasacn
ssngers and . large amount Of freight. NJ
HIVES lost.
The Farmers Tobacco Wxrchous,
cad several factories burned ~ I~Hnville, Va.
March sd. Hail . million pounds Of lsai 70
bacco and 10000 pounds n manufactured "a
hacco wsrs aost. Total loss, eso,OoO; iasuI
snce, e6o>0oo.
Minnie Walton, who has several all
ssss, and who h reported 10 bs . notortou
thief, has been arrested In Bustoa. She rcbbe'
the Palmer House, In ChicHgo, Of eis,oo d
dia'aoada, jswslry, etc.. aud hsa bcsu Ia man
other heavy lobs. .lB
Trho dowostIc al .Iuhuo (tlaon n
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There Is hardly any Circumstance thu,
may no have been worse.
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- SS@ ~ WY
from hls works. TIE father committed suicide
Q few mo0euss later. businsss complications
led "a ~ murder. "a g,ev
A dispatch from BatslefOrd. the capt.
III a NE northwest territory, and iron Cy.
prsss Hun, says there II great sxctsu,ent over
Q reported combination By sitting Bull, the
B,AckfssA sioux and other Indiana 10 attack
the ssttsnsnts Ct epdng Comp, II d sAid "a
coasise a 100 lodges, and d daily growing
more formidable; end Cyprcss Hin 10 supposed
10 b The ostsctavs pcant. The ssttiers ara
moving swsy.
Captain Williams. of the 7th Infantry.
stationed q ~ DslknAp, learnA Inst the forces
under sitting Ball asgFegass. with what be has
assurances u receiving In tAe way u rein
forcsmsnts, nearly roo lighting men. The
talk among them IL that they win fight no
body, but II anyone crussss their path they
viii got Il just the ssme. The Indians srs
vel. suppiisd With ammunition and the situs-
tioa h regarded - critical, and decisivs meas
urss ere urged.
On the night Of March 10th, In Chi
caro-, Special Government Detective Agrell
va successful In arresting N expert gang Of
countsrfeitsrs who have been engaged In send
lng base coins out into the northwest. Their
whols apparatus and some OF The coinage wss
captured. The gang Ne Ill notorious experts.
1hoir names ne, Elvood J. Lee, alias Edward
Wright; Gsosts Hoolsr, formerly . policeman
= Chicago; George ouigy, the talented leader
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An Item of Consolation.
Terreboune Progress.

The sugar planters may congratu-
late themselves on the fact that, even
if sugar 10 cheap, and the prospects
are for a low price of sugar next win
ter, their supplies will also be much
cheaper than last year, that is if they
do not pay too much to their COM
mission merchants for advances. And
the laborers should content them
selves with this reflection, that flour
which once cost from 3 to 10 cents
per h., can now be bought for half
that sum /; meat that few years back
cost from Ia to Is cents per h., can
now be bought from 6 to cents per
lb. Shoes, boots, cloth and ready
made clothing are at much less than
half their former cost. So if they do
not get as high wages, they buy as
much or more with the wages they do
get, than in the flush times.
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LOST.

wild rose by the way-side hung.
Dew-glittering on the morning air,
A pure, scarce conscious perfume flung
locked, and found the 6ow'ret fair
So fair. sought with sudden zest
To wear its beauty on my breast.
The trembling petals at my touch
A sweeter, subtler fragrance shed;
'Tis strange Iloved that flower so much,
And-it was dead.
In that high mood when thought hath wings
And finds alone its speech in song,
| struck an old harp's slumbering strings,
And drew an idle hand along,
Nor deemed the careless chords had caught
The life note that my spirit sought,
Till suddenly on my startled ear,
Its dream-created accents woke,
AIack / bought the rapture dear
The string had broke.
| heard a wild bird on the shore
Singing wild song to the sea;
And bold the burden that it bore,
And sweeter than all else to me-
SO sweet, Gagged the bird to hear
His magic ministrelsy more near,
Untamed; the captive's swelling throat
In one sad song his whole soul cast;
Too well | knew his loveliest note
Had been his last.
And yet, while memory hath power
To court the hours too vainly spent,
The fragrance of that faded flower,
That harp's last dying music, blent
With the wild birds weird death song. will
Haunt every waking moment still,
Teaching my heart the bitter cost
OF all the eve of hope hath seen.
Of all that life hath won and lost
That might have been.
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MARKABUZ HARRIS.

At midnight, from his captured tent,
Making thousand miles ar hour,
The Turk, on a rapid transit bent,
Was flying from the Russian power.
1t seems he sped along the shore,
1t seems he ripped and howled and swore,
1t seems he paved along and tore
To reach his journeys end.
He cast his shoes, his feet were sore,
He thought he didn't have no more
A solitary friend.
1t appears that the Greeks entertained
pretty much the same opinion, because as
is duly set forth in the associated press dis
patches,
An hour passed on, the Turk awoke,
His blood was up at last
He woke to hear his sentry's shrek,
"To arms. They come! The Greek the
Greeki"
He woke, the Greeian nose to tweak,
He woke to slap the classic check,
To pound him till his arm was weak,
To make him feel most awful meek,
Back to his classic home to sneak
And make up his mind that the next
time he wanted to kick Turk he
would sit down and study on
it first for about week.
Burlington Hdtrkeye
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The Afterclap.
Lake Charles Echo,

We publish this week much inter-
esting matter relative to the log seiz-
ures by the general government.
Congress has at last walked up to the
necessity of arresting the wholesale
outrages on law and decency COM
mitted by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and his secret service subordi-
mates, in the name of the government, t,
upon its most loyal citizens. An Off
cial and thorough investigation is to
be made of the true inwardness of
this sudden and superserviceable zeal
on the part of Secretary Schurz and
his agents for the protection of the
public timber, and special agent Car
ter, and his trusty agent Gainey, will
now be allowed to rise and explain to
the national House of Representa-
tiyes what they know about constfuc-
tive seizures, arrests without war
rants or affidayits, elasticity of writs
of sequestration, and the powers of
timber agents and deputy marshals.
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An Early Campaign Blast.
RichIand Beacon.

There will be a Democratic State
Convention this summer, ostensibly
for the purpose of nominating can
didate for the Office of State Treasu-
rer but we have had hint already
that the friends of the proposed con-
stitutional amendments purpose get
ting control of the convention, and
Incorporating into the platform reso-
lutions recommending the adoption of
the amendments. Therefore, we give
the friends of the constitutional con
vention timely warning to be on the
qui CiuG when they come to select del
egates, and be sure that they choose
men who will favor the adoption OF
altogether different resolutions; reso-
lutions opposing these amendments
and favoring the calling of the con-
stitutional convention.
We also warn those who oppose the
wishes of large majority of the peo-
pie of this State, that, if they do get
control of the convention aud attempt
to gag these amendments down the
Democratic voters, they will fail in
their purpose, and that, perhaps, at
the expense of the defeat of the party !;
for, so far as the voters of this parish
are concerned, they will refuse to
obey any instructions. You may call
this a captions revolt against party
discipline and policy, or what you
will, but we utter positive truth
and mean just precisely what we
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The following, copied from an ex-
change, is little too rough for gen
eral application, but it contains a
suggestion that might be considered
with profit by those who are imper-
vious to tue advantages to be derived
from judicious employment of print
er's ink.
Shnn the business man that doesn't
advertise. He is closer than dog
tick he will pinch nickle until the
Goddess of Liberty faints; will sell
you sand for sugar, beans for coffee,
secondhand tea-grounds from hotel
slop-barrels for pure Young Hyson
tea; but go to the liberal advertiser
for honest goods, square dealings and
low prices.
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Words of Wisdom.
Claiborne Guardian

In days now happily gone by,
country merchants had what is called
a dead thing on the majority of their
customers. The balances that ran
over from one years end to another,
and the impoverished condition of
farmers, made them to a great extent
the slaves of the dealers. BY degrees
they have emaneipated themselves
from such slavery and nova days the
hard worked planter may feel some
hope of being allowed to buy for him
self without being forced to pay 70
and 100 per cent. profit. We .con
gratulate our country friends upon
this agreeable state of affairs aud
earnestly pray for speedy relief for
the few still left in the bonds of slav-
cry. We wish no man any harm. We
trust our enlightened merchants will
enjoy degree of prosperity commen
surate with their public spirit and
enterprise. We hope that they will
receive good living percentage, but
nothing so exorbitant as in the past.
We do not anticipate any patronage
from many of them, except perhaps
their subscriptions and probably an
occasional job. Their method of
business is such that they can 40
without advertising, and we presume
that our columns offer no advantages
to them. In the meantime We wish
them well, but must advise our read
ers to patronize only those whose
names appear in our columns.
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WOlnan's Plea.

On the eve of an election in the
town of Ware, Mass, the women of
the place published an eloquent ap-
peal to the voters to elect Aldermen
who would refuse to legalize the sale
of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage.
From this document we copy the fol-
lowing:
Let the thought of the pauperism,
misery and crime that always result
from dram drinking lead you to use
the power you have to suppress this
greatest of evils. Do not be deceived
by the sophistry that it will be sold
and the town treasury might as well
be replenished by the money paid for
licenses. Such money is the price of
blood. We speak in behalf of the
drinking men, whom we would win
from their cups to their families and
homes. We speak in behalf of our
brothers who have taken the pledge,
yet are not proof against these temp
tations. We speak in behalf of our
young men and boys, who are in dan
ger of being gathered into its fatal
tolls.
We can not vote. You are onr rep
resentatives at the ballot-box. We
beseech you to discharge faithfully
the trust committed to you, that our
homes may be safe from the curse of
Him who said, Woe unto him that
giveth his neighbor drink"
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The Good that Came Out of
Nazareth.
N. o. Picayune.


But, after all, the public will Judge
the Legislature by what it has done.
rather than by what it has left un-
done. After examining its work. as
far as we are now able to do so, there
would seem to be some reason for
Senator Whites eulogium on the re-
suits of this session. He showed that
retrenchment had been effected to a
very large amount, in every depart
ment of the Government. These may
be briefly reeapitulated thus: $4,000
in the Governors office; 1857 in
the Auditors Office; $4,000 in the
Treasurer's Office $4,000 in the At
torney Generals Office $4,000 in the
State department in the Land office
$4,000; in the judicial department.
$64, 900. The expenses of the Legis-
lature for 1877 were $200,000 less
than any year since reconstruction !;
the annual expenses in future will be
reduced $85, 900. A saving is effected
in the assessment and collection of
taxes of 100000 in the country, and
S35, 900 in the city; in the depart
ment of education there is a saving
of 500, 100; in the system of registra-
tion and election of $4,000; and
Senator White claims an annual
saving of 100000 in the expense of
printing.
By the legislation for the country
parishes retrenchment in parish ad-
ministration of S517 900 is assured,
and by legislation for the city saw
ing, according to the Senator's calcu-
lation, of 81 ,531 ,4I2.