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INTERNAL RETENUE FIGURES.
AcceuntinE for the Decrease OF Nearly Eight
Millions the Past fenr.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-Thc total receipts
OF the Government from internal revenue for
the year ending June 80. 1878. were Sill .s09
1901. or t7005,sGi.3i less than the year pre-
ccding. This is said TO be owing TO the agita-
ton OF the whiskey and tobacco taxes during
the late session Of Congress us II was during
that time that the receipts fell of. The de-
crease was principally on spirits. on which
there is tax OF 90 cents per gallon. On this
item the decrease was tG,GG3.073. On brandy
thcre was falling or Of s379.s5i72. There
wns an increase Of t35504.17 on retail liquor
dealers special taxes. and $4,000 on stamps for
spirits intended for export. or the total rev.
enuc receipts for tho year. $50 400. 502.04. or
nearly one-half. WIS from the tax on spirits.
On tobacco there was decrease Of 81 .022-
OFT "a from AL 1OG 1896 of the year preceding.
The decrease on tobacco generally taxed at
Increase OF t632 i77.SO on cigars md cheroots
taxed at 60 per thousand. On icrmentcd liquors
there WIS an increase Of SijG 262Bl over
t0.4S07S OF the preceding year. From
banks there was decrease Of t337.C91 .4S from
$500 729 80 of the preceding year. OF this de-
which there is II tax of one twenty fourth OF one
per cent. per month. Tho receipts from this
item in 1877 were s247G. 2i0.2l There was
also decrease in the revenue oi S7O.O24.O2 from
nties were s74 .S3l.ll less than the preceding
year.
Tho Internal Revenue Bureau has high hopes
that the receipts for the present fiscal year will
far excecd those Of the year ending Juno 49,
1877. For the twenty-fuur days of this month
which are the first twenty four Of tho year the
receipts were sSI4 2li.3S In excess Of the same
period OF last year.
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GAMBETTA holds that France will not lose
by the recent changes in Europe; and that any
thing which tends to break up England's old
policy Of isolation and restore her 10 the Euro
pean concert Is gain for France. lie does not.
however. say that France deliberately excluded
herself from proating by the Congress In de-
claring beforehand that she would not expend
an ounce OF powder or a single cent in main
tanning its decisions. Had she done otherwise
had she voted war credit and put her fleets
and armies on u war footing. rs England and
Austria did. she would not have left Berlin
empty handed.
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ON the beach az Long Branch.


The sand shark IL sometimes hooked when
not wantd and when wanted. not hooked lie Is larger
than the drum nsl and will sngly nght any number Of
his sturdy opponents Fsherme declare the sand shark
harmless To man refusing live dead bodies food
while his relative. the deep water shark prefers human
flesh dead alive an other tOnd As however this
sand shark has r., III and mouth much like has
formidable knhsh, prefer Ia Keep out of his way !
have tllom sNeral times with centre mn
ming with the power ant velocity of small steam tug
Al sharks. when cruising show their upper middle nm
and sailors call them batt or warning hags .
Sailors have the highest opinions Of their fighting quar.
tics, As they that fTequ ntly tie IA hOil
when onr OF thee sharhsg sinto rion tns,e with his
ss formidable nnnv nelghburs and that INVARIABLY us
monster sails IN with I'M erect, apparently unframed
Wilde wouuded Fad sh foAt In the vicinity
VI the aquatic ba tueAeid.
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SAM BASS, the chief Of Texas bandltti,
and the perpetrator OF many murders and other
crimes that have been laid to Mexicans and In
dians. was captured on Saturday last. after a
severe conflict. In which several lives were lost.
BASS and two OF his gang went in the guise OF
farmers to Round Rock. a town OF about 1000
inhabitants. fifteen miles from Austin. Their
object was to rob a bank. A force OF State troops
and citizens attacked the brigands. who killed a
number OF their assaiants BASS was MORALLY
wounded and taken. His death will be a grea,
relief to the frontier settlers. though. as in the
Instance which proved fatal to him. BASS no,
unfre1ucnty ralded into thickly inhabited
neighborhoods
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-26
A Practical Joke.

A leading idea at Syracuse was that we
have too many lawyers In Office. Lawyers
must be put down and shoemakers must be
put up. Yet when the speakers began to
advocate putting forward particular shoe
maker thoy all hit upon shoemaker who
had ceased to be O shoemaker and become
a lawyerl
Furthermore, this Convention, assembled
as it was to decry lawyers and diminish
their influence, nominated one solitary can
didate, and he a lawyer and nothing but a
lawyer, unless 1t be hack Politician
There Is just at present great cutlery
against lawyers. Most Of 1t Is utterly
scnseless. At the same thmc there is some
foundation for it. There has been some leg
islation In the state for the benefit OF law
yers which we think Objectionable. We dis
approve OF that just as strongly as we do OF
laws passed for the exclusive benefit OF any
other particular class. We disapprove OF
the power Of courts to make allowances TO
counsel, and are OF opinion that lawyers
should get their pay out Of costs and from
their clients.
But when people come to talk Of excluding
lawyers from Legislative bodies 1t is all
nonsense. You might as well talk about
excluding carpenters and masons from
building. The more Of law a legislator OF
any other citizen knows the better.
The practical joke Of taking q lawyer fol
their first and only candidate, at Syracuse
after all they had said against the profes.
sion shows how little such talk amounts to
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The fact that the TAppANs half n centur,

The fact that the TAPPANs half q century
ago were among the most noted men in the
country" tas stated by tho Worcester spy IL
not palliative in the case Of JOHN q. TAPPAS.
II the charges against him are sustained he Is
as worthy OF State prison rs either CHAcE or
HATHAWAY, the reputable defaulters Of Fall
River. TAPpAN. 1t appears. was oven to the
last not fully conscious Of the rascality Of his
doings in using money not belonging TO him. "
This may bctrue. but II so. 1t indicates very
dangerous moral obtuseness. A person in
trusted with the money OF others. who is not
fully conscious OF the rascaty OF approprating
tito his own use lacks an Indispensable quail
hcation for the proper discharge Of his trust.
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every bolt that goes into ship is known;
no diversion of appropriations, and penal
statute against expanding more money than
Congress votes on any prctext, would not
only save millions annually, but would com
pei reform with those who profess 1t as a
mask for extravaganza and corruption.
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Tho Rev. DR. Palmer aud Mrs. Palmer. " adj
vettised Icond"it holiness meetings NJ Ocean drove
and elsewhere are not Dr. Ray Palmer ami his vile -
hufsJsndsHL
We should think not The author Of My Faith Look
Up Thee and the lady whose lovins and into
gent sympathy have been the silent partner al all the
poetry ard NJ much al uv VI his busy AMI fruitful
hic. venture Ia believe nave TN much O the thing
In which good taste IL largely inouded-to advertise
To "conuet meetings AbOut it. exactly III the fashion
ivTrcd ~
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Fourteen years ago this summer Prince

WI NIF1''
ARTHUR tho Duke OF Connaughr was rcpri-
manded by his travelling tutor for gathering
hailstones on tho roof OF the Iortico Of n fash
ionable hotel at Interlaken. Switzerland. and
throwing them at people in the grounds below.
The British Parliament Is now asked TO grant
Prince ARTHUR an allowance from the public
treasury although his Royal Highness doesn I
appear TO be doing any more to earn it than he
was then.
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VIENNA, July 25.-Mr. Rudolph Aroneon. who
arrived fortnight ago from New York is here To engage
proper musicians far his orchestra which win he in the
SEASON IN October with tho representation IN New York
of the national compositions OF strauss uunul Suppa
and others lhthe opening programme there Will prob
able be some waltres composed by 2auss expresy Tor
the OoeasiVh
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The British officers assigned TO Cyprus
expect some shooting. after all. Moullon on
the hill ranges, bustards. partrdges. quails.
and hares on the plains. woodcock. snipe and
duck. in their season, await British proves
1t is better for them to be shooting mounions
than Muscovites
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The Rev. !. s. KALLocH OF San Francisco
in n recent sermon cried:

No promises or positions will cause nc e. swcrvo
from my Irinciplcs aud snemnlN ayow TO nv people
q ~ 80 lonz a. sustained rs them wall never leave
tNt church for evil ecclesiastical nticc
within the gut ~ the people II the monopoly organs DO
nV' call ~ their d,zs At the next election will
through this state Lac second fKTnR the Hermit aud
bur- Tia, nl oblivion"
The Row !. s. RALLocH going through Cali
fornia like PETER the Hermit would be an in
terestng spectacle. especially 10 his former
practitioners in Boston.
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Refusing to Go TO Rine Practice.

court martial Is To meet nt Albany August
o, Tor the trial VI Capt Alheg Alhers NJ ID Company
Tenth kermen Charges and sreclhcalions have been
served upon Capt Aers, but he has not been placed
under atrrst The charge against the Captain q he
refused 70 take his company to Grand View tor rnu prac
toe although ordered To do M by Col Parker Ana
hear, urtlermOr,, that The Captains company were
twice ordered to Drama View, nnd assembled In iaVe
numbers IN obedience To orders aud ANXIOUS aud
willing To obey sail ord r., nut that IN each case they
were counts rnaned sube oung the u riOus
convenience and lUss oi time that they could IA AFFORD
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Recently, in the Kafllr war, the British
troops got a gang OF the hostile natives in a
cave, starved them out. and shot thirteen az
they broke from cover. This was the battle Of
Tabindoda Cave. a second Plevna in our little
Kafiir war" says the London Times cor
respondent. The comparison reminds one Of
HowARD's parallel between tho battle Of Butler
Creek and that OF Missionary Ridge.
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plnY AND srSpAY cents line. ordinary advertising
large type cents and preferred positions 90 cents TO
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wtHKIY 80 cents line no extra charge Tor large
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Foat ma Asr Hdroi PihrhaH,
Yesterday n woman from NrwingtOn who is
about Ia start baby farming establishment IN mat place,
was TINS cf making inquiries nee ming prices She
learned that the town sometimes paid ~ high ~ g. ~
week tar te care VI WOTrsunc child, but that the
price Tor n Quet ones board Is ~ 81 The town has
harmed out nimher o children lett IT, hAnis by az.
natnrh or poNrN STRICKEN parents during the past Ave
years, and II 10 tald, has not lost one OF them.
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JOHN sHERMAs's memory is better than 1

JOHN SHERMAN's memory is better than 1t
was when he first appeared before the POTTER
Committee. He is now able TO swear posi-
lively that he never wrote that letter
TO WEBER and ANDERSON; and he is
sure no never received tho Joint letter
from them OF which ANDERSON testified. be-
cause. II he had received 1t. he would have re-
scented 1t as an insult He denies pretty nearly
all the damaging assertions of previous wit
nesses about his conduct. and generally wraps
himself In his innocence.
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ROME, July 26.-The changes in the foreign
OF the Vatican postponed until Eovem.
Der, when Papal ntcrnuncio, having o semi oficiRl
stains Wal 90 to England England win not send repre-.
sentative 10 the Vatican.
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The Hon. SCHUYLER CoLFAx, in commu-
ncauon the south Bend Tul4as. declines National
Greenback nomination for Congress on the ground that
he has sworn on from ONCE seeking. but he HIM
sell an ardent admircr OF the gree nbAck currency.
CoLFAxs admiration for grecnback cur
rency is nothing new. He used to prefer bills
Of large ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81 900.
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1t has been for some time an open quos-
ton whether the almost virgin field Of Ameri-
can archaeology would be turned 10 account by
native or by European students. Tho organi-
zation OF society on the Continent for the
specific purpose OF investigating our prehis-
torc monumcnts with tho minuteness and
acumen which have gone 30 far to decipher tho
Egyptian records. WINS at the time reported in
THE SUN Tho existence and apparent neces-
sty of such action on tho part Of foreign invcsti
gators has had stimulating effect upon Ameri-
can antiquarians. and the authorities OF tho
Smithsonian Institution have undertaken an OK
haustivo work on American archaeology. 1t il
proposed to embody In one comprehensive
survey whatever is now known. or can be
ascertainod through the cooperation OF skill
full inquirers in all parts Of the country. con-
corning the antiquities Of North America. Tho
work Is to be accompanied by II series OF charts
and drawings illustrating tho text. and exhibit
ing, by appropriate signs and oolors, the locali-
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Brother JOSEPH HILLMAN OF Troy is one
Of the most Jealous Of Methodists. The per-
suasive power that enabled him to amass a
fortune in life insurance qualities him as an
effective revivaist Great business tact. which
also had much to do with his fortune getting.
makes him an able manager Of religious enter
prises. Our Round Lake correspondent credits
him with the remarkable success OF that place
OF Methodist summer resort; but 1t seems that.
In an effort TO combine the show business with
religious meetings. he has made mscalcula-
ton. He provided costly nttractons-such as
Revivalists MURPHY and HAMMOND. n wonder
full model Of Palestine. and lectures illustrated
with magic lantern views-and charged q fec
for admission. So violent yet practical. was
the opposition to this measure that a concession
WIS necessary. In fact. the project OF a re-
munerative show was failure. because OF the
peoples prejudice in favor OF the without
moncy-and without price doctrine.
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porting the doctrine that the invalldity OF
fraud Is innate and eternal.
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bill has been introduced in the New
Hampshire Legislature providing that any per
son asking and living on charity shall DO
deemed tramp and DO imprisoned at hard
labor for fifteen months. Tramps who carry
firearms or enter a dwelling house without
permission are liable to Imprisonment for Il
term not longer thnn two years, and malicious
and wiful injury done by tramps is punishable
by Imprisonment for term not longer
than five years. This proposed enactment is
severe, and in some respects rather vague.
Many persons ask and live on charty-for in
stance, disabled soldiers at street corners-who
can in nowiso be deemed tramps. while the
provision that malicious injury done by a
tramp shall be punishable moro severely than
malicious injury done by others is unjust.
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ties and distinctive features Of ancient mounds
and earthworks. like those already studied In
the Mississippi valley; OF shell heaps analogous
to those OF Denmark; Of cave and cliff dwellings
corresponding to those OF England and France ;
Of such sculptured slabs. carved images. in
scrlptions. and rock paintings as are known to
exist throughout the territory conquered
by the Spaniards; OF aboriginal quarries
and salt works. caches, or deposits OF
mortuary objects In large quantities. workshops
or places Of primitive aboriginal industry and
finally OF ancient roads or trails. Of reservoirs
and aaueducts. The immense scope Of the
undertaking is obvious enough. and nothing
like adequate fulflment would be possible
without the active and Intelligent assistance Of
private individuals. To insure this tho authorl-
ties OF the Smithsonian Institution have pre-
pared circular containing explicit directions
for the guidance Of research and the communi-
cation OF results This circular. which can hardly
fail to prove of great practical utility. has
already been widely distributed, and will be
forwarded on application to any person inter-
ested in American antiquities.
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The Hon. HENRY NJ. WATT OF Philadelphia
has never been nominated for Mayor OF New
York. nor been Greenback candidate for Presi-
dent Yet Mr. WATT has had sufficient expe-
rience for his political eye-toeth 10 be- cut. and
his old acquaintances are surprised 10 learn
that he has been bled out Of 1850 by two swim
ders Of class well known to New York as
prants for office. GEORGE ii. EDWARDS and
JAMES JACKSON represented themselves az
President and Treasurer OF a Republican club
in tho First Congressional District Of Pennsyl-
vana and stated that they had been author
lied to tender 10 Mr.. WATT tho nom nation
for Congress in that district. The peo-
plo wero all aiiame for him, and the
club needed small amount Of cash to pay room
rent. Mr.. WATT accepted tho nomination and
sholled out $40. The two swlndlers rcappearcd
few days alterward with fraudulent bill OF
1900 for n balance. They got $3.50 and dsap-
poared. Then Mr.. WATT became suspicious, and
set the police ON their track EDWARDS whose
real name is RILEY. was arrested. Before tho
magistrate 1t was shown thattho prisoner and his
pal had paid only tl.75 for two email banners.
but that II about as much Of a candidates.
money rs Now York strikers OF u similar stripe
usually invest for tho candidates benefit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-15
Can't Afford 1t.

s"Ob. Twas SO awfully ashamed of
4youl" said ono American girl to on.
other, az she lief. store the other
day. "The idea of saying fight out.
81 can't afford ftp Why did you
not say you didn't like IL, or that it
wasn't handsome enough ?, That's
what ! always do" -
"Well, it was true,". replied the
olher. "l couldn't afford 1t. Ii
was too dear for any but rich per-
son" e4o5 I'D 8aagh1 s48Hs s4sd
The two passed on, the girl gho
had been so 'awfully ashamed of the
other not knowing that she had
blusned for declaration which,
twenty years ago, her majesty,
Queen Victoria, was not ashamed to
make. ~ 4.t
In 1856, French embroiderer.
Madame Sayant, exhibited at the
London Universal Exposition q
magnificent lodia mrs!in robe,
worked most deliberately in lace
stitch.
queen victoria greatly admired il,
and asked the price. Eight thous-
and francs, your majesty, y replied
the Eronch woman, with, courtesy.
Eight thousand francs is about six.
teen hundred dollars in our money.
TEE queen smiled and said s'Itis
too expensive tor fne.lnl cannot af-
ford it. Make me one in the same
style which you can sell for three
thousand francs, and / will buy it of
you" a =
Of course this much more modest
robe was made for her majesty. Bot
shortly afterward, one of our Amer
lean ladies became the, proud pos.
SCISSOR OF the dress worth eight
thoasand francs, which the Queen of
England could cot afford. la
wish we were all as sensible as
that good Queen Victoria, who
knew, despite the depth of her
purse, that it had 9 bottom, and that
we were not so lawfully ashsmei'to
make our expenses match our dn>
come. IA as4s shsfsa nHs s1a
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Ravens ana Magpies.

In the Lech valley there il a belief
that'the ravens never drink during
June, because in that month thew
fed the prophet Elijah. In north
Germany. Swabia, and Tyrol, Q su
perstition prevails, that II the egps
are taken from a ravens nest. boiled
and replaced, the old raven will
bring q root, or stone to the nest
which he fetches from tho sea.
This raven stone" is very valuable.
for II coufers great good fortune on
its owner, and has likewise the DOW.
or of rendering him iavisibie when
-wora~ron-- tho srmr--ihe.s -stonc~-i il
tound in the pests Of magpiee IA we'll
as ravens, and as il makes the nest
Itself invisiil', it must be sought
with the aid of mirror Ia Pomer-
ania and Rugen the method is some
what isdiffsrentoa The Parent birds
must have atteined-the-age of 100
years, andthe would be pnssessur of
the pr CT Us 'stone" must Climb up
and xii one of the young ravens,
who must be cock bird and not oy.
er six weeks Old Then the agsress-
or descends, taking car full note of
the tree.-The old raven-immediately
returns with the stone, which he
puts in his sons beak, and ehereupon
both tree and nest become invisible.
The man however feels for the tree.
and on reaching the nest he csrries
off the stone in triumph Rugen
folks declare that this feat can only
be accomplished by the help of the
devil, and that. the mans soul is the
price paid for such assistance. The
)" abian peasantry maintain that
the young ravens are nourished cole.
yaby the dew from heaven during
The. first nine days of their existence.
As they are naked, and of light col.
or, the old birds do not believe they
are their progeny and consequently
lneglect'to feed them but they occa-
sionaIly cast a glance at the nest. and
when the young ones begin to show
little black down on their breast.
by the tenth day. the parents bring
them the first carrion. the Year
Round. $3.50
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-15

Why mountains in modern times
should be sepresented q ssthe ZONE
OF spirits OF mischief" cannot easily
be seen, unlegs the world turned up.
eide down, Their maies,io. .aspecis
formerly poured subi,mssy inte the
deep and thoughtful sorl, their airy
heights brealhed poetry into the i'm.
aginstive mind, and their oraes and
slopes, their clouds and atmospheric
hnes, were q spiendid gift, which
prevented thei spirit. Of men from
sinking to the momentous level of
the unvaried. plan.A Mountains. 100
have sheltered lofty aud pcrsecu,ed
souls from the torturee OF their fellow
men; where resisting the revolut,ona
OF lower regions, these have RI
tanned through. innumersble years
their habitr, and their INDEPENDENT
rights. a.sa & sss 500 -
That mountains, in the Word, rep
resent holy and heavenly tbinge, lie
very apparent. The house of The
Lord which Solomon built was on
mountain. The Mount of Olives and
Mount Zion are often mentioned an
denoting holy states of mind, Ms love
70 the Lord aud charity towards thy
neighbor. Isaiah speaks If tho
mountain of the Lord. as be spesks
of heaven, evidently expresssro an
exalted or celestial state. When We
ascend mountain, our thoughts
rise into the vast. the. infinitive, the
INC, mprehensihle; we como to q re-
'gion into which our inquiries cannot
penetrate. and every path of our re-
3nnectron brings ns To receive with de.
eont and childlike mcekness. if we
-rscsi0e at all, some knowiedgs. of
she connection OF mind With matter.
and how celestial life and light can
animate and pervade dull and
senseless existence; some knowledge
OF where sen sation cnds and thought
begins, which is capable of. rising
abare tho highest mountains, and
even ascending to the heavens, but
only 10 reveal to Us our real igno.
rancc- 81 ~ $50 80
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