The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-20

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| PERSISTENT NAL MIHrAaR OF GoLD,-Aceord-
Inc 10 The Mining Record. the coinage of gold
!, ut ali tie minis for last month aggregated but
stt sFo or this Hum q 2ss 40, we're In hrentV-
l3Nn,, nieres Or 40 per cent. about "a per cent
IA, liz onol In TEN daHar uianes leaving ~ uer
cent {si LOO aan In fre- dniih' pieces, but not one
dDil,u In quarter angea. In other words, the
opteniatiously mnin PROMISE Of the Trenaury
Department to coIn ANAL gold for currency
usca, has not hnen kept. Substantially n ten
dollar place IA not w he regared na small
gold" IN Ia more than double IN value the
largest hnglish pleea. the sovereign. nr iha
largest German coin. the double crown twenty
mark rieep) while ihe largest French piece Ia w
twenty francs Or about fonr dollars.
UNDER RATING THE VALUE OF A NEWSPAPER
| When James buchanan wns United States Min
| ister 10 England he came very near buying The
London Daily Telegraph Dol. Sleigh was then
| editor but II wns doing poorly In n business
| why. md Burhnnana attention was attracted
| br one or two nllo editorials on American poll
| ties lIa and his friends thought y would he
| nice TO have Democratic organ In London,
| and they offered Sleigh 100000 for 1t. Sleigh
| wanted ga 900 and soon nfterward wrote nh
article rldieuling the clnss of American minis
| tars delegated ~ the European courts. Bu-
"hanan Withdrew hs proposal mud the present
owners bought the Telegraph for shout ssono.
| The propriator Iawaon who recently dad. 'eff
a no 900. principally derived from the PROFITS 81
hIs $4,000 purchase.
| Oouip aonnllNa Up RAILROADS, - Jay
dould's purchase Of Com. aarrisona Inter
eat III the Missouri Pacific FOR M 5000
600 hard eash. drove that stock. which
| hna long alnmbared. W. from tn ~ IN New
| York on the fifteenth instant. II is n con
| tnuntion Of the great Wall street OPERATORS
| plans TO gather uniha Southwest roads. It is
eaIi that he has also purchased majority az
Tie capital stock " the Atchison ana rlke's
Epnk Railroad Company. now the Central
Branch W the Union Pacific " the report Ia
true IT shows That Mr. Gould is seeking control
Of all the railroads west Of the Missouri river
He alrendy has the Kanaaa Pacific, the Union
Pacific and the Missouri Pacific. aud the acnul-
etinn Or the Central Rrauch Road nearly nc-
csmpIahes his purpose
The ToRAcrc Cnop Tho National Depart
ment ~ Agriculture puts tha yield ~ tobacco
III tia United States 1T d figure per cent leas
than Last year The crop of aet year WINS stated
Wy the department to he Oo,nnn 900 pounds less
than that of 1917 which was 40 100 pounds |
ale crop Of 1879 by only 900 ooa 100 pounds The
principal falling or Ia the West was Id Indiana.
Illinois Missouri and the leaf districts ~ Ohio
lii the East the principal loss was In Maryland
which with the heavy deficit In Ohio will na
ure materially In the enlpulntion of the reggie |
people nf France aud Italy next year az this |
tobacco goes almost wholly into foreign con |
sumption The ralsehooh extensively dissent |
mated ny parties unkuowDl that the crop of the
United States Ia the largest ever grown is effact
ually exposed. In fact, the holdneHs of the |
Misrepresentation espesed md defeated Itself. |
LIFE INSURANCE SCANDALS in aT. Louis. The /
Spectator says the recent appointment of n re-
oeiver forthe Llfe Association OF America of /
nj. Louis caused great sensation In that city
accompanied rs II WIS by compromise In the
ease Of Judge Boyle against whom sut had
been brought to recover sG1 900. alleged to have
been paid him IA one oi the officers of the 81.
I3puia Mutual to secure his vote In favor Of |
consolidating the al. Louis Mutual with the
Mound City. Judge Doyle paid $1,000 10 settle
the case. II being understood that greater
sum could not be obtained II Judgment were
rendered against him. The st. Louis press has
been very bitter Ill its danuneiatons OF the
manner In which elk life companies have been
wrecked In that city since 1870, the Lilo Asso-
citation being the final representative Of all OF
them. 1t Ia claimed that In theae wrecking
operations. over fifteen milious of dollars paid
In hy policyhnllara have been atolen by tho
ring: that this ring Includes Judges. lawYerp.
insurance officers. politicians etc. ; that their
operations have been nothing more nor less
than high handed robbery.
REFINING Rua.n.-An improved ploaeaa Of
refining sugar IN described, the result OF aim-
lar revolution In tho treatment OF the article TO
that which took place, some years ago. when
mould houses had TO be changed Into centrifu-
gal houses. ny this process, II IL stated mora
moist coffee sugars OF small grain. but little
eyrupa. are produced. the melting and boiling
OF the sugar. In this case. being performed witt
lees heat steam Of Ave 20 ten pounds pAossure
H. than formerly hardly any cryetalli7abe GU
gar IL converted into syrup. Tho filtration ID
carried Oh through charcoal. Id large filters
about ten feet In diameter. instead of three to
four foot ma before, ono large filter doing tho
work Of ton email ones Tho results from ono
filter are Of course better, because more uni
form, and, besides this, tho number Of hands
necessary to attend one large litter la much ess
than that required 70 attend many small filters
The method OF boiling the sugar III the vacuum
pan Ia The same. but instcah of boiling II thin
ut high Temperature. which makes large nryR-
tails nni anmo ayrup. II is boiled thick with n
lower degree Of hont, thus yielding q smaller
crystal and 40 syrup. L Is disadvantages TINT
this process cannot be used III reilneres built
for tie oil process.
REDUCTION or PILOT FEEs.-rFha Nav York
pilot commissioners have not yet decided TO
sanction the trial of the steam plot boat Her
rues. nf which mention was made In this puper
a few days ago. The proposition ia now being
considered by the New York Chamber OF Com
marce to enforce reduction In tho foes Of the
pilots at that port. and the pilots have said tint
they willing to roiu % their fees to d cor
tain extent, Id tho interests Of our do
Ginning American shipping. which. onco
second only 10 that Of drent Britain. now
occupies no higher than the lfth rank
Il was stated In meeting held on the
subject In the rooms Of the Chamber Of Com
merce that the pilotage feos collected on out I