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The New York herald., 1879-03-16
The Stock Market Dull
and Steady.
Government Bonds Quiet States Dul
and Railroads Inegular
THE BANK STATEMENT.
Money on Call Easy at 8 1-2 a
8 4 Per Cent.
NALL STREET.


SATURDAY. March l5-6 r. NJ.
Were Mr. Gilmore interrogatively interviewed after
the fashion of the oontrarions "Mary" and ques-
aoned as to how his Garden grew he would probably
make answer that good deal Of its progress was
iue to the attendance Of Broad street brokers. For
three days past there has been conspicuous absence
rom the street of the important operators and
rumor has it that the figures upon the pedestrian
blackboard have proved decidedly more allurng
than those upon the telegraphic tape. For this rea-
son, from other more occult. the market this
morning repeated the dulness and inactivity which
characterized it during the last few days. The mar
Iet was strong one. nevertheless. and ex-
iibited more evidence Of hardening process
Ihan has been since Monday. This
vas particularly the case with Rock Island
ina the grangers. the frst named receiving gain
H2A and the latter of from z to Ia per cent. 1t
admitted that dividend will certainly be declared
Upon the St. Paul preference shares next week. though
what process the money to pay the same has been
.ot into the treasury has not been explained. Like
he dog which was given bad name the st. Paul
company, justly unjustly. suffers under the i'm
'utation OF making up by the sale OF bonds what
loses in net earnings. and in general way incurs
he charge of burning its candle both ends North
vest common stock was particularly buoyant and
here was strong evidence of free buying for the
ong account 1t is affirmed that large purchases
made for the eminent railroad magnate upon
those shoulders has fallen the mantle Of king
hudson" of British railway memory. Apropos of this
mbject reported that Central and Hudson exhibits
he remarkable comparative increase of 100000
or the first week in March With the exception Of
Norris and Essex. which declined per cent. and
# Union Pacific which fell of per cont the rest
the list showed improvement. ranging between
he smallest of fractions and the humbest Of units.
appearances that the market is disposed to resist
my further decline and is tending upward. course
Thich the bank statement (which IL better than
ntcipated) and the policy Of Secretary Sherman as
drected toward keeping money easy would seem to
,oint out as the correct one.
The opening. highest. lowest and closing prices
stocks at the New York Stock Exchange to-day
rare as foliows
The New York herald., 1879-03-16
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THIS SPOT Lice HIGHER; FUTURES
CLOSED STEADY - FLOUR DULL - WHEAT
rrRMER-CoRN sTEADY-oArs DuLL-PoRK
QUIET-LARD EAsIER-wHIsKEY QUIET
SPIRITS TuRPENrINR NoMINAL-RosIN NoNI-
NAL-coFFRE sr4ADy SUGAR STEADY -
PETROLEUM FIRM.
SATURDAY. March 15-0P.M.
business was fair In most descriptions of mer-
chsndise to-day. notwithstanding il the closing
day Of the week and the markets werc generally
steady. On Change -four wss dnll. Wheat active and
firmcr for winter. Corn steady. Oats dun and
heavy. whiskey quiet. Pork was quiet. Lard
without decided change. Cotton on the spot was
1l6c. higher; futures closed steady Groceries ruled
steady. Naval stores were nominslly unchanged.
Oils and petroleum were steady.
CoFREz.-The market for BrAzils was Arm. We
note sales of 1.50o bags Rio, per Berlin. at 9xc.
1876 bags do. per City Of Rio Janeiro. and 1000
bags do. per Gylileo, both private terms. Mild
cofee firm quiet lie Cocq. Oliveirs Co.'s telo-
gram Rio Jsnero, March Ia ls79-Averago daily
ceipts since preceding Friday $50 bags price Of good
fret sI2O0 exchange bank rete 20x Le Cocq Gardner
Co., SantoaAvcrsge daily receiptA a3o0 bags; good
average 1850 We auots:-Ordinary cargoes lO1sc. .
loc.; fair do. l31c; good do, l4c primo do l4hc
range for lots 1o1sc. le4c; Ssatos. fair to
good l3Sc i4c, 30 days; Java governments bags 23c
24iic; do, grass mats. 2ssc 25ka; Singapore. lec
l7c: Ceyiou, I5c. I7c.; Msrscsibo, Iac. l7c. La
guayra 14e l5sc. Jamaica IKE. i6c So. Domingo.
loc Ike; Porto Rico. l5Sc i7c; Costa Rica l5c
l9c; Mexican l5c Ice; Angostura, 1oc i7c.; Saw
anlla, 13c. a lie Curacoa, t3c. y l+c.
se vsrs am
vance for the day q from points The closing prieos
to-day with those OF were ss fcews
The New York herald., 1879-03-16

-SAined-Good ordinary, 3l6c strict good ordinary
af.sr two p M-xarcS ioJ bales a. esSc no notice shs
@ 81 3 ny 10y % g. az a1ss % s0s. $ SS',s' !. ARs
= iSsss:: eS At iaass.: August; SO iatiss,;
H.ssh i q 400 sos loo Gas nSes
at Sooe COO al oS3c, 30 mo notice today a. aisc
April. 7ol at aD2e eDnat oeec l4Oa ue1c. aoD at
ioe. TO a, asoc. 800 at ios iGo At soos May 500
At ioi4c, 100 AZ lol3c 1900 ut iol4c loo at 10 &c.,
ll0 " TO- i4c o At Ice 100 ut 10 lec 800 at 10 i7c
i6i5c 100 May AZ 10 ise june, so st io2oe. U5 al
ioasc 100 io2ac, TO- asc. 100 st III zoe. 100
e osse S Al % g 4 i%s gas G s. iHS =. e .o: :.
soo Al 10 Ale toss 10 s2s o =. 10 Sc Ho,t 10 sse
Sssg; S.I % os SSs % Grand Sf;s
ION, sle bales; Now Orleans. io!s: Mobile iaa saysn
Tota 1854 bales This day week ~ bales This
sissaiss Gsea Cotton frcishts closed .. iocws:-ro
steam, Nc, s.@pies:cd: sail TO Bremen ':..m, he
ss% !. & Battle .Iss% sss TO
o 20 bushels sss sss yss:
corn, ~ 45O bushels; oats %s do rye, $50 do bar
y 1850 dc barley malt. c5S do The market
SOUTHERN about i6io0 bbls within tho annexed
range Rye aour ruled steady with sales o bbIs
Buck whss, osi was dull at 81 81 81 70 Rye VS. steady
2AD bushels fcnnsylvania. track, sold a. 5pc and
aG assss sssS S,ss Cd sss sss
i% es sis SID; sS.rps SIS SIS; rye iced siS iS;
pea beam. si 80 "; white Kidney ii u 81 81 rod
Green pses were Arm Al 81 W a 81 81 I'VE uuote =
The New York herald., 1879-03-16
PRINT CLOTHS MARKET.

FALL RivKR Muss, March l5 IS7a
The market for printing cloths has shown very
demand with sales vi 10000 pieces At aAc cash. for TAX
"a cloths a5kc cash Jxtj cloths The mills gem
orally decline these figures, and holding for Ito
cash for ~ xi cloths aud Is l6c cash. for J6xD cloths
~ which quotations the market closes worry strong
The New York herald., 1879-03-16
FINANCIAL.

LONDON. March 10, 1873.
The Economa says:-"Bank bills, sixty days TO three
months quoted az and trade bills three months
at "a ~ per discount The following the bank
The New York herald., 1879-03-16

State bonds at the Board dull. Louisiana
eonsols advanced 10 40. District of Coiumbiss
Tennessee skies. old. and Missouri State sxes were
steady. In railroad bonds there an advance OF
Ra in Great Western seconds lexcoupon): Az in
Wabash seconds tex-coupon); u In st. Paul Sinking
Funds; a IN Kansas Pacific sevens Denver division.
with coupon certificates. and do. trust receipts u
in Canada Southern frsts guaranteed and Kansas
Pacific No. lG and y in Union Pacific hrsts. There
was a decline of IN in Missouri. Kansas and Texas
consols asscnted and do. seconds; u In Northwest
gold seycns, aud u In Denver and Rio Grande nrsts.
The New York herald., 1879-03-16
ilD Ohio A xlss nj hc

Central Pacifc RR In yester.
days list should have boon
Canada Southern ftR.
Sold yesterday. broker . err
ror, not reported
$500 No Ws. is's*j..... lM
1000 Mo 6's, 1871. iO4
The New York herald., 1879-03-16
The following were the closing quotations Of stocks

The total sales Of stocks ut the Board to-day o.
gregated 100 shares. which distributed Us
follows-Canada Southern. 1850; Chicago and
Northwestern 1880; do preferred. 10000 Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific. 1850; Delaware, Lackawsnna
and Western $780, Delaware and Hudson Canal, COS;
Erie 2.05o Kansas Pacific. 400; Lake Shore. 2.44O;
Michigan Central. 72O; Milwaukee and St. Paul.
1880; do. preferred 1885, Missouri, Kansas aud
Texas. 1870, New York Central. 900; New Jersey
Central. 1000; Pacific Mail 200; Union Pacific 1850;
Wabash, 7.07O; Western Union Telegraph, 1880.
The money market worked easily all day st 81 ~
per cent for call loans with few exceptions high
as five per cent Foreign exchange was duh and
quiet. The Clearing House statement to-day was Is
follows:-
SlADS,3J0
baahces...... 5,loo,AJo
and the weekly Clearing House statement
Dai 1hces HO2l, 100
The Sub-Trcasury to-day paid out 957 gold for
legal tenders redeemed and received S2 200 gold in
exchange for legal tenders. The bank statement
shows further loss Of s37O750 in surplus reserve,
and tho banks now hold only s3.s5i975 in of
legal requirements. The following shows the condi-
tion Of the New York city banks this week. CON-
srpd Will last
The New York herald., 1879-03-16
az. ......ss...
C.CkI(, LIST. trust

Co ccrts. -. be 63
1000 NJ Cont income. 5<A
lUD NJ SO lsL.. be 4Ob
1U0D StL. SAM 2d-S B -
1910 C.StPA N ii ger ol
<GD NinkStLouis 1ss IS
~ shs Bank OF Com. I'm
iCD Wrlls.Psrgo Exp.. iW
10 Pullman pear Co.. ~
~ Hon mcstake Mg.. be 32A
2UO NY e 4 Ilud be b ile
The New York herald., 1879-03-16
EUROPEAN MARKETS.
COMMERCIAL

LONDON, March IS, tS7O
Business In tho Mncing Lane markets continues quiet
and tho eatcnt Of the transactions modcrsio There
~ demand for plantation Ccyon cocc at fur
thcr decline Tho first considerable supplies ct new crop
East India coffee sold ut auction Friday. The
prices were somcwhat IRREGULAR The arrivals are argc
Other coccs generally very dull The public sales Of
China teas have proceeded steadily Congous selling tho
reduction last quoted The deliveries have improved cs
Ii firm with demand for cargoes ot Burnah to arrive
Sugar shows real feature. The weeks business
small There fair trade demand for crys alizcd Dem
ersra Cosoa has again fallen ~ 10 Sc. being in some
sos lover than tho late highest point with the
kct still unsettled There Is no important change In spice
Pimento higher because OF tho expected scarcity Salt
pctre IL Quiot but arm.
LivERrooL. March Is. 1879
Pork-Prmc moss Eastern dull at 52s. do Western dull
at.iSs. Bacon-Cumbcriand steady at ss I'D short
rib steady ut 2 long clear steady ut his I'D short do
steady at 27s 1d IamsLong cut steady ut 3s shoul.
dcrs steady nj 2s BeefInda steady ~ 7Js extra
d. frer At SIS prime do stcady At Tia Lard--irime
Western steady at 3.'s. Sd. 1allow-Primc city dull
st 3es Vd Turpen.ine--spir,ts steady at IA I'd "a
Rosn-Common Hrmer ut Is 3D. fine steady ut los. Cd.
choice steady AZ 4s Lard oil dull at
y6s Fiour-Exra State dull ut 2ss whcat-spring No.
dull ut S. do No. = none In the market: Western
winter dull at 0s Id Southern dull at us 4d Corn
New mixed dull 4s Cd old mixed dull As I'd Cot
tonsccd oi-ycllcw American steady at 2ss. Cd Rcsn-
Copmon At London, steady ~ 4s 3D. TurpentneSprts,
as London, hrmcr At 22s.
The New York herald., 1879-03-16

London advices report stronger market for
soils at o6 1916 for money and account. In United
States bonds ten-fortics declined y per cent. the
other issues remaining firm. American railway
shares were steady, excepting Reading. which ad-
vanced from l2k to l3. and Pennsylvania. which
from 35sl to Sc and aferward reacted. Bar all
yer sold at 49hd. and 49,Sd. pcr ounce. At Paris
rentes rose TO 1i3f. 25c. Government bonds here
were dull and quiet. The subscriptions to the four
per cents to-day amounted to s3.236.O0o. The clos
, 1879-06-29

books OF our Library had been instrumental IN car.
rytng diseass II the community. nor 40 1n1H ~ n
that such case has eyer occurred anywhere ~ =
question WIS once suggested at . meeting q Luz
Eunrd. hnt no action wns taken in the MAKER tas
a matter OF prccautiun. howevef, bp rcqucstoa ths
Commissioner Of Health to report to the Library
all cases OF contagious diseases. aud this report
huB been regularly made. which has enabled MIN
10 withhold books from families where fuch dis'
eases prevailed.
The Committee having carefully considered the
evidence which has come before theH, are OF the
opinion that, while there is possibility that CON
taglous diseases may be transmitted BY books CIR
cnlating from tho" Public Ltbrary,-as lew
isolated instances Of such transmission by books.
letters, sud other lite substances have been report
the real danger of d;Geasc from this cause ts
very small, As one Of our says
'inappreclable." :" and another: = nil.
They think. however, that the possible danger,
even ii 1t be small. should be guarded against By
such provisions rs are prudent and practicable;
md they recommend to this Board that they adopt
such regulations as have been suggested by ~.
De Wolf, the Health Commissioner Of the city;
that ne furnish to the Library daily list OF the
premises infected with contaftoas diseases anu
their residents; that no books be loaned to such
houses until they reported free from contaeion
by the Health Oltlce; and that all books returned
from such houses during this period be disinfected
before they are placed on the Of the Library
F. c.. HoTz,
j. B. Waller,
B. LoEwESTHA1,
n. F. POOLE,
,,- Committee.
After the transaction Of some other business
OF routine nature, the meeting adjourned.
, 1879-06-29
LINES TO

Amid the deep'ning twilight,
Amid the gathering gloom;
Alone amid the shadows dim,
That I'LL both heart and room,
As Death with stcaithy step drawa nigh,
watch The haggasd hours 20 by. :.
Gazing down the dowery vista
Where the stars OF Memory cast
R1diauce DER priceless treasures
That were mine IN days long past
Look ont On present gloom.
Dreaming stil1s Poor heort, in sadness
- wall give thee this resbite;
Al. thy pulses 1eap In gl1lncs8-
Thou art trembling meath tho light
o. the eyes whose xlery made
All hfc's sunshine turn to shade,
Be thou hushed-thc dream is oyerl
Pll!id brow and fearless ewes,
Sc. but desolation round thee- +.
Snloldering embers~-darkcn'd ekies:
While the heart TINT madc tny fats
Leaves the darkly desolate.
YEARLY am retrncing
steps that, sw1ft impelled by years -:
Wander from the past Of rapture
10 the present life Of tears.
Was this wo unto NC given 49,.
but to lead nc home to He¥1
Help nc, Thou, Whose hand hath foetered
In my heart Loves dewy rose,
" hose hrat tiInfd blush was bl1ghted
Ere 1t could it's wealth disclose!
Heln me- Thon, to bear the thorn,
As, . Christ, Thy cross was borne.
MAGGIE a. CoxN1.
, 1879-06-29
MUSINGS.

How oft my thoughts On casle-Hinxa
Soar upward toward the sky; ,
6nI. ere they reach that fairer lsnd, -,
They fall, and drooD, and die.
And thus, through all life's pilgrimage,
= In ev'ry path we tread,
Whence spring these mighty impuises,
That leave the soul unfed.
Implanted by hand Divine,
Each hope within the soul
That'a born of truth and motive pufe,
Shall one day reach its goal.
And, though the three score years and ten
To man allotted nass away,
Each longing shall be satisfied
In The eternal day. g. jar BxlTn
, 1879-06-29
ciety will take place at Aartinc's Chicago Aye
nue. Hall ncxt Tuesday evening". July !. All
graduates and their friends arc invited to attend

ciety will take place at Aartinc's Chicago AVG.
nue. Hall next Tuesday evening, July l. All
graduates and their friends arc invited to attend.
PERSONAL.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira B. Eddy, OF No. 6G0 Fulton
street, have gone to Washington for Two weeks.
Prof. Carr and wife are about going to Nau'
kesha and Oconomowoc for the summer.
Miss Minnie Fair, OF No. Ito McGregor street,
has gone East to spend the summer, and sketch
among the Alleghany Mountains
Miss Frank r Wallaca left the city last
Wednesday morning for short visit In the
East. July Q she sails for Europe to enjoy an
Mr.. aud Mrs. ". a. Ebbert, nee sweenie,
will be at home to their friends at No. 132 Win
The Misses Page, Of PARK avenue, are reported
at Geneva Lake
The sfisses Dale have returned to their home
on Dearborn avenue, after months absence
from the city. =
The Rev. b. and Mrs. o. a.. Tiffany will sail
for Europe next Tuesday,:
Miss Nettie Hubbard will leayc on Tuesday
for five weeks visit TO Cleveland.
Mrs. Myron F. Tarh1c left last week for the
East, to remain all summer.
Nj. and Mrs. 4 D. Hannah and Miss Agnes
Hastings will sail for Europe next SATURDAY..
Messrs. L. c: Bonney and James Irons lett on
the steamer Foun 1aiu City for Buffalo last
Tuesday. to be absent tWo EcekR.
Miss Annie Gross, of the Palmer House, de-
parted for Topeka, Kas-, onresterday morning,
to visit Mrs. James 4. Garfield. She will be
absent t1re weeks.
DR.: and Mrs. Garvin, Of No. sos Warren AZ
enue, will on Monday Of this week start for the
Hudson. Saratoga Springs, and se2shore. They
will be absent two months, returning abont the
1st Of September.
Mrs. ". ". Miller and daughter is spending
few weeks with her sister, Mrs. Davis, PEORIA
Ill.
Miss Annie Robinson, well known In Detroit
society, is visiting her sister, Mrs c. S, Mrnson,
of the Massasoit House.
Thomas Marston, Jr., William l.. Marston,
Miss Emma e. Marston: Of Chicago, ere regis
tered at the Mosely House, New Hayen.
Mrs. Harvey Myers, widow OF the late Hon.
Harvey Myers, Of Kentucky, and wel-known
musical and literary lady, passed through our
CITY during the week en- route for Lake Forest,
where she with her three children will spend
the summer.
Miss Julia Rice left the city Tuesday to spend
o vacation Of several weeks with her aunt at
Pontiac, III.
Miss Rosa Rice has returned from her Michi.
gan visit TO her home, No. 35G Chicago avenue.
Mr.. aud Mrs. ]. B. Talcott, OF No. go Wabash
avenue. returned from their Western trip yes
terdav.
Miss Mamie Cross left the city Friday morn
Ing for sojourn iu the East. She will spend
month or two In WatertoWn, n. T., and then ro
to New York CitT, returning to this city in Feb
ruary. 49,
, 1879-06-29
CHECKER ITEMS,


A Mfnnesota correspondent t:writes that checkers
are fred hot" In that State. " :: : =" ~,
The Grand Rapids draughts tournament Ia pro-
crossing finely, with eighteen contestants
The Newark, N. j., tournament is finished, Nr.
II. L. Balm winning the city championship.
Mr. William H.; Kelley. agent for the Barker
Bros Worlds n cheekeE Book, u has changed big
Edgerly court, Boston, Aess. =. 80 ::
Mr. II. Roth, of Lafayette, Ind. visited West
Plains recently, where no engaged: the leading
PLAYERS II friendly contest et thirty two games,
ended as drawn. .~r ): =. .,..:-* :.
Mr.: James Labadle recently made tour through
Michigan, touching Saginaw, Bay City, Port Huron,
Sarnia, Port Edward, Port (;ratiot, and Detroit
played ass eamea of which be- won Is. lost I, and
U3 games were drawn. =. : :, -,
A Detroit correspondent writes as follows: at
notice in Your last weeks issue that W. J. Wcafer
log and itis faoL-if he happencd to be tisd on
the log, for, OF four persons playing with him,
three came off victorious" ..: -. ,...
Mr.. William II. Kelley. of Boston, writes as fol-
10 Boston, Mnes.. during the whole month OF Sep
tembar, limited to 800. Entrance :ee So. Tho
nall has been secured. end the Barker B1os. are
15s'ey @ oer Eass to play ten
als: na]tord ie determined to pley FOR the cham
pionship and has, accordingly, withdrawn his
former challenge. and substituted the following,
the terms OF which seeul to cover the ham pIonshp
question: 49,. -
TnLEpo, o.. June 26.-Drdught' EdKor Cafca-
60 1r'tuns: I hereby challenge any man IN the
Northwest to play me match at draughts for the
championship of the Northwest. Said match to
constst Of hftT games draws and wins to count,
and to be for an emblem also OF the championship
to cost not less than S25 mud stake suitable for
the fssme. Said match. however, Is not to be
played in less than sixty days from the time this
challenge Is accepted, shall the chhIienee re-
main open longer than ninety tly8 from dare No
acceptance OF the challenge will be recognized nm
less oveE thu iha::paF1y who acospn;l
aaa eea ony WHITING tn5o1gh i the columns Of
, 1879-06-29
ri CORRESPONDENTS.

J. McGreevy-Yourp problemi il exceedingly good.
James Hill-Let the. Parrot fly out this way,
please. " 49,, -
I'D. .>Ambrose-We would like sample OF those
games. 49,.
Charles Batemau--We acknowledge our. oblign~
tious for recent fayora, s.. - ,::,- .:
Wi1liam q. Kelley-We received, q book for
which we are under many obligations to the donor
n. E. Truax-Game $50 was corrected at an
earlier point, in last weeks paper. Thanks for the
game. Will write :: r." i';-:: ~
, 1879-06-29
4 SONG.

Like cloud that b1ots the eky. =" =.
IL the frown upon your brow:
Like the lightning flashing BY, : :,
Flash Jour eyes upon me nov:
As tie angry tempest swells =.
With the burden 1t doth bear. ..
80 your keaving bosom tells
or resentment lurking there. "''- .
= II ;''' -
AZ the frowning cloud at last. ::- =; y
Bendtns low above the plain, II .:.:., .
All its wrath suhsidlng fast. :,
Aelts in warm, benignaut rain , { ;:
So: my darling, may tt prove,
At the climax Of my fears.
That your anger, touched oy love -
= Shall dissolve IN grateful tears. ~
CHICAGO d. VI. PoRTna.
, 1879-06-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Only a Light Demand During the Week
The Names, Ages, ana Residences OF the
,Unfortun1te9.
r There WIS only moderate demand for mar
rlage licenses last week, the number issued
being ninety three. The following is the lst:.
, 1879-06-29
" FROM PARIS, NORTH,
Observation-Disclosures.

:. A1nsterda,n-Fiushln
-; Fer 7ns Trt5uns, :,
Here, in this Holland, that the Silent w,1,:-
SO loved, with its quiet, dreamy exterior -.
I wandered about from city to city, from 49,:
to water, from dixie to dike,-deeply intar....,
in the evidences OF beaver-like ipdnstrs -,
thrift everywhere visible. The Schiieiier;to:as ~
and many, warehouses, here in Amsten1s,.'
have stood 400 years. Hard BIZ ara feld. =, y
pentng hax oyer which, up to last yea. ro1,.s ::
eight feet Of unstable water. Does tb;s ~.
prove both thrift and industry1 Thoussnd. ~. y.
acres of water have been diked, Golfer d.mmsa
as 1t were, pumped dry and planted, mad "
blossom and bear fruit,-a process contfnn.n. ~
going on; und now these indefatigabIa y nssa,'
propose to pump and dixie out the ZuYd.r =.
itself,-and haVe no doubt they will do 4:
Wind and water are the elements tb.t.t.
Hollander watches, prays to, and most ts.s
| oughly compreheads; these the gods thst h,,.
| more than once interposcd between him ssnd n.
enemies, a,--helptnsg him, though by die caI,m: ~.
ity, By flood and storm, to wrest victory fror
his merciless foes. Now, in these piping tina,
OF peace, by the one or the other hs contriv,,
to drive his manufactures aud lfs comm,,r.
His wind-mi11s stud the fat surface Of bin land
and, driven by that invisible, and elserh.,s
hayward, force; his busy machinery saBs and
weaves,: and grinds; and bis products A..
doated hither and thither-trom supply to de-.
mand--by both Of these, his powerful ans.
II one could find a fault Wit1i Holland +
would be with Its stiffness; this is profound and
immeasurable. Commerce, e,-1ifc,- elsewhere
moves along With clashing, deafening ACCOM-
paniment,' 4 kind Of swinging of It's metallic
arms, and jingling OF it, spur-armed heck
free, striding, Gathering, shonsing moyement.
Visibly full OF i'm petus. and ambition: but here
1t wears list slippers, moves sluqgisbly: almost
as 'twere rubbing its eyes Of long nap,-ret
no one, believe, has ret found 1t mapping. it
has the alertness, and shrewdness, and cat.like
activity Of thought OF its noisier Western broth
ers; but 1t steps With purr1hg, velrety tread,
that though noiseless, can be vigorous ehouph
when need be.
But, our summers holiday vas waning, and
the hour, OF separation from two OF our pleas
ant com panlons In this pleasant tramp had
come. here, upon the raiiway-platforu3, upou
WHICH 80 many signs had been breathed before,
the merry words OF parting but poorly hid the
deeper feeling. The train moved out at It's an
pointed time. and those rolled on to the M
known lands and unknown tongues Of moro
Northern Iatltudes, while these, the grave re-
maipder, wcre'left alone tn Amsterdam. ~
Naturally. now, our shortened dav pressed
upon our consciousness. and our next objective
point was laid down: SO We booked ourselves
and our luggage, By q co:nparattyelY new route,
for London: BY rail to Vli,singen {Flushing},
and steamer to Q1eensboro (or Sheerness), and
ney one can leave Amsterdam at o'clock o
m., and reach London at 8 O'Clock next morr-:
ng,--stxteen hours, and not much sleep lost.
FLUSHING.
, 1879-06-29

BY a. S. INGALLS,, Kendall, Wis. -:
Black men on l, 2. 3, 122 %, %; king on 28. >.
White men on 8. TO- IL, 10, II, 32: Hng on 10.
White to move mud win. =