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entific society. But, it said the idea of perpetu
nj motion was quite IN accordance with natural
laws. the planetary world furnishing visibl
| illustration of it. I'VE believe it quite posi-
BILE" continues the article in question, "to EN-
ploy natural agencies, like galvanism or cleo
iricity, and possibly gravitatlon, to produce
continued motion, overcoming the lighiesi
possible friction, Dut not 10 lurhlsh any useiul
power"
In support of this position the Jourinl o.
C0nmerce asserted that many years ago a ma
chine, moved by gravitation, was deposited by
the inventor in its office for examination; that
it was kept until the editor was satisfied that il
was not a humbug, and that as other people
some of whom were Swans believed that il
was a humbug the inventor was arrested and
his machine was split up in open court, when
its genuincness was fully demonstrated
4 reporter called on Mr.. David NJ. Stone
the editor of the JOUrHdI Of C0rtmerce, for fur.
thcr particulars Of this remarkable story, and
Mr.. Stone willingly supplied them so far as he
could.
at was nearly thirty years ago said Mr.
Stone cor TO be more exact was in 1852, l think,
that the inventor came to the Office of the Jour-
nal of Commerce and inquired for the editor.
Mr. IIalack was then nominally editor-in-
chief. but he referred the old man to me after
exchanging a few pleasant remarks with HIM.
The old mamie was, | believe, nearly eighty
years old-told me that he had "A perpetual-mo-
ton machine, and said he supposed that |
didn't believe in any such thing. told him
didn't but talked with him courtcously, as
| would 10 any one that | saw to be sincere. IT
man tells me a thing that believe impossi-
bic, l think to myself that 1t IS possible don't
know everything and | listen to him. So
listened and looked while he showed and eX,
planned to me his machine
What was it like" asked the reporter.
ut was a wooden cylinder about inches IN
diameter and IS inches long, with steel wire
running through it, on which it revolved as an
axis. Projecting from this cylinder at right
angle to it, or nearly so, were four or six arms
i think six. These arms were hollow and
were about like this, though am not much of
draughtsman."
And Mr.. Stone drew a FIGURE like this:
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st. Nicholas.

"Whcrc money is Made" is the most pro,
fusely illustrated article in the May number
and tells all about the government mint at
Philadelphia Another interesting illustrated
article is about school children in Paris; and
The Story of Mayday, by Olive Thornc, intro
duces some more pictures to illustrate curious
May-day customs in many parts of the world
The Petcrkins rc-appear, this time in the
perplexites of moving. Among the stories,
How Mandy went rowing with the Capn, a
graphic story Of fisher-folk life on the Hudson,
and Old Soup, about wise old elephant of
India, and Sam, about funny darkcy boy,
arc especially attractive.
The whole number is full of diversion, and
Will be great rctreshmcnt to the young folks
in the middle of their long school term.
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Scribner's,


In the opening paper, Merry Days with
Bow and Culver" Mr.. Maurice Thompson
whose paper on archery in this magazine q
wear ago excited 50 much interest, includes
with much other interesting matter, an account
Of unique shooting match between Gen Lew
Walacc's rife team and Mr. Thompson's arch
crs, in which the bow came off victorious.
THE New York Post Office" another il
Illustrated article, by Edward Eggleston, will b,
read with more than ordinary pleasure. 1t no
only details all the minute machinery of tho
most elaborate establishment of its kind in the
world but cnivens the dull recital by pleasant
anecdotes and sallics Of humor. For example:
The swarm of applicants for places in the
Office are tested by examinations also, but these
look more to their general intelligence. | was
permitted to see some of the very original an.
sWcrs ON the examination papers. One qucs-
ton, Nv hat has been your clerical cXpcricnCcY'
is tavcritablc poas 0SiHorum to the applicants,
and many are the donkcys who are lost here
Most Of them take clerical IN lis ecclesiastical
SENSE. One man answers that his clerical cX-
pcricnCc has been "CatholiC,' and so through
all the denominations. One man responds by
saying, "llavc taught in Il Sunday school An
other man has not had any occasion to deal
with Clcrgymen, Tor in answering the question
as to his clerical experience he breaks out,
"Well, | was never sick II day in my life
There are others who give the term "A wider
sense. One answers "CompOstOr;" another,
Working as porter IN Il store" while Il third
hits it exactly when he says, Making horse
collars
Margaret b. Wright, under the title of 30.
hcmian days, gives glimpscs of the light and
shade of artist life in Paris William 'riletson
writes Of transporting dogs, with some fine
cuts Of St BcrnardS, York terriers, Dandy
DinmotS, Nc. Camping out at Ruddcr Grange
is a droll sketch of camp life by Frank r.
stockton; and DIR. Brewer treats on the curIos
ties of Bud Architecture.
Among the shorter stories is onc--An I'm
possible Story-by Bayard Taylor, also Lissy,
by Margaret II. Eckcrson, and Little Rose, by
H. II.
In Topics of the Time" DR. Holland dis
'uSSes Recent Financial Legislation, The De
eat of the Turk, and The Talk about Rctrbu-
ion The Old Cabinet, Home and Society, |
}ric-a.Brac &c, keep up their end ably, as
Usual.
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international Review

The number for May and June contains a
dozen of solid articles, which would take up
too much space even remotely to indicate their
character and contents, so that the best we can
do is simply to name them:
Science and Theology, Ancient and Modern
Jas. Anthony Froude; The New King OF
Italy and the New Pope-Prof. Angelo dc
Gubernatis; War-Ray Palmer; L. S. Provi
sional Court of Louisiana-Chas. A. Peabody
Reason and Sentimental. G.. Peddcr; The
Bible--Philp Schatf Learned Women of Bo.
logna-Lyman Abbott; The Moral Problem
Mark Hopkins; The Future of the Erie Canal
John Il. Jervis; Elements of National
Wcalth-David A. Wells; Contemporary Liter.
aturc.
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chronological journal.

The May number opens with sketch, with
portrait, of the life of Townsend Harris the
well known L. S. consul general to Japan
through whose diplomatic skill and Influence
mainly the friendly social and commercial re
latons which now obtain between the |. S
and Japan were brought about.
The engrossing story of Light in Dark
Places " has reached its 25th chapter, and is
apparently vcrging to its close. As other val
liable contributions to the May number the
following are named:
The Story of Human Nature; An Amateurs
Rules of Physiognomy; A Cluster of Simple
Flowers; The Little Foxes that Spoil the
Vines; A Home Mission; Pope Leo XIII
with portraiD; The Uses Of Salt; Notes in
Science and Agriculture, &c.
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Summers Work tells of recent phllanthropic
effort; and A Typographical Crime, and Rus
sian Tea Party, are pleasant reading. The ed
itor, whose special department is a decided
feature of the magazine, treats of Parnassus on
Tap, John Jaspers Judgment, &c, in style
both sensible and vivacious.
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What does transatlantic mean, mamma ~
"Across the Atlantic, child. Hold your tongue.
and ask no more questions" Then does
transparent mean a cross mamma.' HAS
to forfeit her slate and stand in the corner -
Fas.
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May Magazines.
Harper's,

i The best constructed and most attractive ar
ticle in the May Harper's is the deliberately
illustrated paper with which it opens, entitled
" Coast Rambles in Essex" by S. A. Drake, in
which, in his most charming style, the writer
gives us the romances and humor of Lynn,
Swamscot and Nahant. The mention of Lynn
brings up associations of shoe leather and
us with both. The Lynn shoemaker is no com
mon man While Salmon p. Chase was Lin.
coins finance minister he visited Lynn, and
Expressing a wish to become better acqualnt
/ ed with an industry which contributed so
largely to the resources of tie national Treas
ury was Immediately gratitied. On entering
the work-room of one of the large manufacto
rics where regiment of male and female OPP
eratives we're busy with their tasks, he was ac-
costed by a workman, who proceeded to dellv-
er, on behalf of his fellows, an address of wei
come, which, for felicity OF expression, elc-
gance of dictlon, and general fitness for the
exgency of the moment, surprised the distln-
guishcd guest Turning to those who stood
near him. the Secretary exclaimed, THAT man
workman! He ought to be in congress"
Nor was Mol Pitcher mere vulgar fortune
teller. Her life seemed rather to mark the line
which divides old and new superstition than
any decay of that inextinguishable craving to
pry into futurity which has distinguished the
human family IN all ages One of New Eng
lands native poets regretfully exclams:
Even She our own weird heroine.
Sole Pythoness of ancient Lynn,
Sleeps calmly where the living laid her;
Aud the wide realm OF sorcery,
Hath found no gray and skilled invader.
The Song Birds Of the West" is contrbu-
ted by Robert Rdgeway our great ornitho-
logical authority, and is exquisitcy illustrated
by Gibson and Beard The third paper of the
series of "Old Flemish Masters" is about Ru-
bens, and contains some beautiful engravings
after his most celebrated pictures. The En-
peror Williams summer palaces are described
IN an illustrated paper, entitled along the
Havel," by Arthur Venner who in the course
OF his article narrates an interesting adventure
of Carl Schurz younger days. The Hon. f.
H. Morse contributes n brief but important
paper on the English civil service, with spe
cal reference to its consular and diplomatic
branch The Easy Chair" opens with an
able article on Daniel Webster and follows
with some very interesting gllmpscs of the old
Walton House, in connection with which It'll
quantity describes Flemish Interior in the
publishing house over the way. ltintroduces
us again to IA Sassatras club discussion, and
concludes with notice of the "Tcndcr Rccol
lcctIons of Irene acgillicuddy.' The other
Editorial Departments are as entertaining and
instructive as usual.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-12-20
THE GRAM PRODUCT

Europe produces now ON an average
5000, OOO, 900 bushels of grain, of which
Russia produces one third, Germany and
France 52O,OO0,OOO bushels each, and
Austria 5O0,OO0,OOO The United States
produces l 900, 100000 bushels, or about
the same as Russia. In order to appre-
ciate the advantages of the United States,
the population should be taken into nc
count. This is, for the United States,
4O, OO0, 600 and therefore we produce forty
bushels per head; while Europe, with a
population of quite 3OO, OOO, 900, produces
only sixteen bushels per head; Russia
twenty-six bushels per head; and Great
Britain only four bushels per head. As
the average quantity of grain consumed
per head is fifteen bushels, We produce
nearly three times as much as we want,
Russia scarcely twice its wants, Europe
on an average all needed, but Great Brit
ain not much over one fourth. 1t will
be seen that the general production far
surpasses the consumption, but this ex-
cess is absorbed by breweries and distil-
leries all over the world, which, accord.
ing to the American Miller, from which
we collate the above statistics, do more
to keep the price of breadstuffs at high
figure than anything else.
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OCEAN FRIGHTs.

Trade all over the world is dull, and
ships are plentiful. The gross registry
of the ser going vessels of all nationali-
ties is fully twenty million tons, and
their dead weight carrying capacity at
least one-third more. OF this immense
feet no less than five and half million
tons consist of steamers, which, by rea-
son of speed, equal IN carrying capacity
the aggregate sailing tonnage. These
steamers can do the entire service per
formed by the combined mercantile ma
rine of Great Britain and the United
States thirty years ago. They have, in
the present condition of business, thrown
most of the sailing ships and their sea.
men out of employment. They carry
petroleum from the United States to Eng
land for IS cents per barrel, cotton, g
cents per pound; quartz from San Fran
cisco to England for 29 cents per bushel
Return freights from England to New
York are from $1.20 to $40 per ton
from Calcutta to New York, 81 per ton,
and from the Indian Archipelago to New
York, So per ton. Under these prices
the ocean carrying trade is very much
depressed and improbable.
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Among other utterances, when he at
tackled the Presidents message, the no
torious "Fernandy" Wood said ''he had
Ailed TO see any disposition in the south
70 avoid or to annul in any degree the re
cent constitutional amendments. He
failed to see any indication in the south,
IT any election, at any time, under any
circumstances, for series of years, of
an unWillingness TO live in entire amity
with the whole country in regard to the
lAws, or to obey the government" This
4 strictly in character. The same gen.
tlsman failed to see anything wrong in
airing at the Union flag on Fort Sumter,
OF In the secession which formed the
confederate states. Nay, he, as mayor Of
New York At the time, was reported to
have made efforts TO induce that city to
secede and Join the confederacyl To the
above piece Of effrohtery on the part Of
Nr. Wood, Mr.. Hale, of Maine, replied
appropriately rs follows: II would tell
the gentleman that on the great funda-
mental doctrine Of the protection Of the
citizen In all his rights, there Is no radi-
sAl nor conservative wing in the Repub
lican party, but there Is one party united
% . man on the proposition that the
American citizen--north, south and ev-
sryuhers-shall be protected in the en-
srcise Of hls constitutional rights.n
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The "West of England and South
Wales district bank" which failed last
week, owed ats depositors $17,5OO, 600
and stood run until it had only about
q $50, 900 on hand. 1t has AZ branches
many of them in Wales, which must al
20 fail, and there is n panic there in con
sequence. Its 1900 share holders ART
Liable to the full extent of their proper
~, and will be ruined. THE recent fall
IN the price of bank shares" in Great
Britain is now being discussed by the
papers there, and is computed to be 1913
per cent, about 10000, 900, from Octo
Der LIST to November 20. The business
depression there is reaching large pro
portion Of those who considered theil
wealth as secure
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Suppose signs were taxed, and that it
cost merchant four or five dollars a
month TO keep sign in front of his
store. When he got well stocked with
goods, and trade was dull, would it pay
him to take in his sign to save that four
or five dollars a month? If he kept a
peanut stand, that kind Of economy might
be wise; but if he expected to sell several
thousand dollars worth of goods year,
it seems to us that he had best keep his
sign up to let people know what he has
got to sell. An advertisement in a news
paper is sign scattered all over city and
country, getting into the houses every
day or week, being put before everybody's
eyes, and yet there are business men who
think it economy not to have their signs
up in the newspapers along with those
of their competitors. Brethren, think OF
these things.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-12-20

The national bankrupt law has of l:.lc
given place TO the state insolvent and as
signment laws. The states and terrific
ries which have such laws embrace all
the New England states, Illinois, Mary
land, Michigan, North Carolina, Nebras-
ka, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylya-
mia, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Arlan-
sas, California, Dakota, Florida, Geor-
gia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri,
Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West
Virginia. In Delaware an arrested debt
or may procure discharge by surrend-
crIng all his property, under special reg
ulations. In the following states and
territories there is neither an insolvent
nor assignment law: Alabama, Colora-
do, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregan, Texas, Utah, Wyo-
ming and Washington
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-12-20
HOW A MILLION OF PEOPLE

English statistics now show what be-
comes of a million of people, if born at
the same time, in that country. 100000
die before reaching the age of five years
Sc, 900 more die during the next five
years. The deaths between ten and fit:
teen years of age are less than at any 9TH
er period of life, and are not given. From
fifteen 10 twenty the mortality increases
again, especially among women who
marry quite young, and between those
ages eight times as many males as fe-
males meet violent deaths. From twenty
to twenty five, nearly half the deaths are
from consumption. From twenty-five
to thirty, the death rate is quite large
again, with no special preponderance of
any disease. From thirty to forty-five,
consumption again takes the lead, and
as most of those who die have become
settled in their family and social rela-
tions the deaths occasion greater grief
and misfortune than at previous periods.
From forty-five to fifty-five great many
other strains on tho constitution bring
about other diseases than consumption,
and that disease is not so prominent as
from thirty to forty-five. At the age OF
fifty-five there is left of the million
421, IFS, or less than one-half From this
time on the causes of death can be more
readily ascertained. The number of
males and females is now equal, but
4, . 81 Il
than the women. From fifty-five to sixty
five, lung, heart and brain diseases are
very fatal, and suicides are more numer-
GUS than during other decades. The
deaths between sixty-five and seventy
five exceed those from fifty-five to sixty
five. The majority of those who become
grandparents have reached that dignity
by the age of sixty-seven. More men
die at the age of seventy-two than in any
other year. 161,124 people out of the
million attain the age of seventy-five
years. From seventy-five to eighty-five
the weather has a very evident influence
on health and deaths. At the age OF
eighty-five only 1896 are left alive, and
22O attain the age of hundred years
Of these most die in a very few years,
and not more than two or three live to
be 1O5 or more years old. This is the
history IN brief of q million of people
from birth to death in civilized lite
and in little over a century not one Of
all the million, not the strongest and
hna 1F
all, are left among the living.
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General Grant has accepted President
Hayes invitation to go to India as the
guest of the United States corvette Rich
mond, which will start from Marseilles
about Christmas and go through the Suez
canal. The General expects to make q
general tour through India, Ceylon, and
possibly Japan and Australia, and reach
San Francisco about next May. He will
then visit the principal portions of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Utah and Colorado, and
then start for his home at Long Branch,
which he will reach in June, when the
warm season and the political campaign
have opened. 1t looks as If there would
be q strong effort on the part Of his many
friends TO secure him the Republican
nomination for President in 1880. The
success of such an effort, however, can
not at present be safely predicted. That
he would make q very strong candidate
few papers or politicians dispute.
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REsUMPTION-SEC. SHERMAN'S RE
PORT.

The following summary of secretary
Sherman's report is clipped from the
New York Mercantile Journal, and con-
tains some interesting and important
figures. The Journal is a strong Green
back paper, but takes business view of
matters as they exist:
As was to be expected, the resumption
problem, and questions connected with
il, occupy a most prominent place. The
secretary states that the limit he had set
for the coin reserve with which he could
commence resumption was 40 per cent.
of the outstanding government notes.
This would require $13S, OOO, 600, but in
fact he says he has accumulated $141, :
SSS, 100 above all accrued liabilities, and
he evidently feels strong with this re-
serve, as well he may since our bonds
have so nearly all come home and for
eign exchanges are so largely and in
creasingly in our favor. He recounts in
considerable detail his arrangements for
conducting business under the new pro-
grSmme, but the most important sen.
tence is the following: THE secretary
deems it proper to state that the execu-
ton of the law as it now stands, he will
feel it to be his duty TO redeem all United
States notes presented on and after Jan.
uarY 1, next, at the Office of the assistant
treasurer of the United States in the
city Of New York, in sums of not less
than than $50, with either gold or silver
coin, as desired by the holder, but reserU-
iRg the legal option Of the government
and to pay out United States notes for
all other demands on coin liabilities"
We have italicised one clause which adds
not little strength to the secretary's DO
sition, since he has on hand so large a
sum of silver with which he can accom-
modate any who come to him for coin
for the obvious purpose of making him
trouble.
As to the question of Withdrawing the
small bills the secretary Is decided that
It will not be done, though our readers
will remember that the New York banks
desired il. and Il was reported a few
weeks ago that the administration would
assent.
The secretary repeats the figures of the
director of the mint showing the coin
age Of the past year TO have been $S1,
10, 1880. The director estimates the
whole amount of coin and bullion now
in the country at $S5S, As, 947, of which
he computes the gold at $259. 353, $50,
and the silver at $S9, O90,5 57. The pres
ent annual production of our mines is
estimated at $1O0, O00, 600 about equally
divided between gold and silver With
such q showing all must agree that,
whatever may be said of the wisdom Of
the programme upon which the nation
has decided, we are now in q position to
carry il out
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