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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-02-20
Work, waste and Wealth.


Professor Leone Levi, who in 1866
Cnpiled statement of the wages and
general condition Of the working classes
in the United Kingdom, has renewed
his investigations in view of the pres
ent depression and distress. He has
already published q very interesting
synopsis of his observations and con-
clusions. The number ol persons en-
gagged in the various industries Of the
United Kingdom be sets down st eleven
million FIVE hundred and nine thousand.
Of whom seven million eight hundred
and twenty-one thousand are males.
Classified by occupations, there are
two hundred and elghty-two thousand
men employed in the professions, in the
dockyards, in the police and other civil
services: two hundred and three thous-
and men and one million eight hundred
and forty-nine thousand women in do
nestle service; six hundred and eIgh-
ty-nine thousand men and sixty-one
thousand women engaged as CONNER
cial carriers; one million seven hun
dred and twenty.one thousand men and
one hundred and seveniy-eight thous-
and women employed in agriculture,
and four million nine hundred and
twenty-six thousand men and one mil
lion six hundred thousand women in
factories and industrial enterprises.
There has been no material increase
since 1866 in the proportion Of women
to men employed in productive labor.
In a population Of tbirty-four million
the laboring classes may be taken al
twenty-four million. so that nearly If
ty per cent. of these latter are actual
bread winners; fact which has an i'm
portant bearing on the family income OF
the British working population. Wages,
Professor Levi says, have risen consId-
erably Of late years, and though 10 some
cases there has been reaction in many
industries, the rise has been fully sus-
tanned. Assuming an average condi-
ton Of British industry, the total amount
Of the gross earnings OF the British
working classes is set down At Rj03,
900, 900. Of which the women consFg.
butte RII3, 100000. From this ESQ.,
300, 900 must be dedac.ed for the. ac-
count or masters not distinguished as
such in the census, aud OF earnings lost
from holidays and other suspensions oi
labor. A further deduction Of the wa
ges Of two months in the year il made
in the case OF The laborerB in textile
manufactures, mines, metal manHfae-
lures and works CT an indefinite char.
a~tnr ss,eh as aTwnws are fha Grue A.. 9ssT.
fer from depressIOE-93O, 600, 600. Di.
vidIng the net amount, 4422, 700, 900.
among the IaboreFs. the average week
Iy wages of lads below twenty appears
10 be -. week as against rs. 81. ia
1866, and oi men Of twenty and up
wards 21<. Oh. as against l9s. Cd. br-
ing an increase Of 81 and or 6f per cent
respectively. GirIs under twenty earn
IS. as against es.. and women ofswen-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-02-20

THE Law OF GRAvIrATfoN.-Sir
Isaac Newton was the first to demon
strate the Law OF gravitatlon. Seeing
an apple fall from a tree, the question
suggested itself to him: Why did that
apple fall down and not up or in hori-
zontal direction' The great philosopher
discovered that the law OF universal
gravitation acting on the apple brought
It toward The earth; but further expert
ment showed that the earth also gravi-
tated toward the apple. A cannon ball
dropped from. the hands falls to the earth
by reason ofthe attraction of gravitaiton.
The earth at the same time moves to-
ward the ball, but through a space in
conceavably small, in consequence of
lis vast superiority in size over the
ball.
A stone falls to the ground owing to
the attraction which the stone and the
earth have for each other. I'm ether
words, The attraction is mutual. II you
hold stone in your hand. and thuspr
vent its falling. you simply resist a pow
er whichis pulling Ut down. If il were
possible to suspend the mutual attrac-
lion of the earth and the stone you could
release your hold on the stone and il
would remain suspended in the air un-
oil the attraction had been restored.-
The attraction. as before stated, is real
ly mutual, but the earth is so immense
in comparison with the stone, its mo-
ton towards the stone may practically
be considered Is nought.
This may be clearly illustrated by q
comparison of the force Of attraction
with the iorce OF muscular action. Sup
pose a man in boat pulls on rope
which is made fast to ship lying loose
at the wharf, and in this way draws his
boat towards II. he does not consider
that he moves the ship at all. but IN re-
atty he does, for If. instead ot one. q
hundred men in boats pull upon the
ship, they viii make The motion appar-
ent. In the case of the single boat, the
motion OF the ship is as real as when a
hundred boats are pulling at il, but ii Is
only the one-hundredth part as great.
Now let the ship represent the earth,
anu tue iattic boat some object a.
stone attracted by il. The earth and
the stone move towards each other Just
a. the ship and boat do. And IL we
should multiply the bulk of the stone
till il i Of an immense size, il would BY
its attraction have . Perceptible infiu-
ence on the earth.
Observe that in regard to the action
of the man in the bOai. il makes no diff
ference whether he pull IN The boaszor
IN the ship. In either case he exerfs
an equal force on the ship and the boat,
making them approach each other. SO
il j. with the attraction between The
earth and The stone. il j. . force exerted
equally upon both. but lls ELECTS uroa
! the earth are not manifest.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-02-20

that never iIlumined her own home
beamed brightly in the kitchen and par
lor Of her new stations as-4si
slow wish our home was % pleas
antP' she exclaimed 20 Mrs. Hartwell,
as she was watering the bright flowers
that had been her care each day: II DO
lore towers 80 much, but father will
not allow us 10 have one in any place.
and you have everything 50 easy apd
convenient about tbs work! Y0n have
no idea of the dIlEerenees my mother
would sclikc 70 have things arranged
Is you have them, bpl fsiher
4 know all abeal j. Jennts -
VII love our home. and try 70 make
II pleasant; and am glad you have had
chance to see that farmers daughters
can be as happy . any girls; can hase
just % many pleasant things and just a.
good times, as any class Of people in the
world :. Farmers are The most indepen-
dent, and think the happiest people
in the world. There are exceptions, of
course, bat for myself. Jennie, | would
rather be farmers wife than the wife
OF either a merchant or professional
man, or be an old maid.
A bright blush mantled over Jennie's
face as she bent it over beautiful
monthly rose; George has told you, :"
and the tears started in her eyes.
+" Yes, dear, and I did not wonder
YOU felt so either. The love of money
has clouded your young lifes and /
thought ii you could see day after day
how happy we are, and how pleasant
our home is, you would feel different
Iy; SO we planned the visit for The young
folks for your especial pleasure; could
think of no other way to get you here
for a few weeks, and | think you are
not sorry to have had change"
"0h, / have been SO happy! Eve
rytbing is so different from what il is at
home. shall never forget these plea
SAINT weeks; such glorious rides with
you; and going 10 church on the Sab
bath; and so many pleasant things !"
"My dear, hope you will enjoy
great many more of our pleasures with
US, now that you have learned. there is
so much Brightness m farmhouse.
Mrs. Hartwell left Jennie caring for
the flowers in the window, and went
into the kitchen. The next day the
young people returned from their jour
ney, but were so tired, and had so much
to tell of the good times they bad en-
joyed, that they could not possibly let
Jennie 90 that week, and she was quite
happy 70 remain till they could spare
her. when she went 10 Dorchester,
on her visit, it was for bridal trip, and
George HaFtwell rode beside her, hav-
ing fully persuaded her that farm hnnsA
can be as delightful home as any on
earth; but she is very positive that he
would never have persuaded her, had
not his mother given her actual demon
stration Of the Country Gentle
meA.
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Happy our

Oui exchanges mention the fact that
N of the latest schemes Of Chinese
statesmen is to levy a tax on new born
infants, and hen they GO on and poke
fun at the celeStials for what they think
an absurd idea. Far from it, friends,
We consider this a bright thought to in
crease the internal revenue Of the en-
pire, and shall proceed to prove our
statement. 1t is true that the ta1 is
ridiculously small about ten cents
bat rs babies are one Of the principal
productions of the empire, and the
market is constantly o~rerstocked, We
predict that an immense revenue will
be obtained from this source. Again,
there is not much chance OF smuggling
the taxable property into the world
surreptitiously. The tax falls due when
the infant enters the world, and the
happy father steps down 10 the cap
tAin's Office end settles its passage.
There lie one strange part Of the whole
business, and that is the fact hat there
are no deductions in case of double
entry. This part Of the law, in our
opinion, is not in accordance with nat
ural equity or customs Of morality.
The tax for twins surely ought not 70
exceed fifteen cents, for small jobhi.n:
lots. with the usual discount, to tn,
trade.
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CGttiuS ATrAy.

We are Informed, says the Siirsr Sale
of Tuesday, that a few days age one of
the owners OF the Solid Silver mine,
went to the mine where two men had
been st work. He had Il twenty dollar
gold piece which he handed to one OF
the men with the request that he give
the other ten dollars. The man who re
ceiyed the money, remarked rs he put
it in his pocket, that it would just pay
his bill. The other. drawing a knife.
said, give ne ten dollars or ! will cut
your heart OUT" and suiting his action
to his words drew a butcher knife with
which he stabbed the man who had the
money, twice in the neck and arm, in
ficting serious wounds.
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what arc the Profits.

This IL the absorbing poiu, that is Of
chief interest in every business trans
action. " the combination system of
operating il stocks, Messrs. Lawrence
4 Co., Ban;ers, New York. unite the
orders of thousands OF patrons, in VAR
ious sums, inc one Immense amount,
and operate them as q mighty whole,
thus obta iniI,s all the advantages of
the largest cpitalistG aud best skill.
Profits are distributed pro rGid arcng
the shareholder every month. In this
way large gains are secured in short pc
RODS, and capital from $40 or SIS to
$4,000 a be used with equal proper
tionate success. $40 will make 500
in 80 days; $50 Will pay $1,000 p-oft,
or ten per cent. on the slCsk, and SO on
according to the market. A citizen OF
Troy, made S3I5 75 on al investment
OF so. Many customers are doing
better. The new circular has 1.-TWO ia
errin5 rules for success and full de-
tails SO that any ono cal operate profit
ably. Stocks and bonds wanted. Gov
eminent bonds supplied. Apply to
Lawrence and & Co., 81 Exchange
n. Y.
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WEEKLY ElxO INDlptrulnr.
sunday. J.ly -. Iszo
rAe ChIn..

The State Department At wAshine.
toa hAs teleGrAphic information Of the
safe return Of Minister seward TO Chi.
ma he carried with him special in
ssrnetions from Secretary Evarts to OBJ
tain an interview With he Chinese
minister of foreign affairs and other
high diSnitaries Of the imperial govern
nent as soon as possible after his
arrival in Picking. and to bring 10 their
attention the desire Of the United
States government for such = modiicA-
ton Of the Burlingame treaty as will
provide. III placing restrictions upon
Chinese Immigration to the Uri.ed
STATES His instructions are of a spe-
eihc and urgent nature. and the repre-
sensations which he is directed to make
to the home government will leave no
room for doubt Of the earnestness of
the purpose of this nation, or for any
long continued evasion on the part of
b Chinese government in defining its
real desires and purposes in regard to
this most importer; subject. The
Chinese legation in Washington, if en-
tras;ed with the power to conclude a
treaty on this subject, have not as yet
given any intimation of their posses
sion of such authority. The confer
euces held With them up to the present
time have been of a preliminary and
ineonelusive character. owing to the
guarded and extremely diplomatic
methods of discussion which they have
employed; and those conferences are
still nominally in progress, being con
Quoted occasionally by Secretary Sew
ard on one hand and Yuns Wing and
Mr. Bartlett on the other. Now. how.
ever, that the matter is also under dis.
cussion at Picking, the department. en-
tertains q confident hope that a salts
factory result in the direction Of
placing some Limitation upon Monsol-
ian immigration to this county will be
at an early day.
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A LADY from the Comstock arrived in
Carson on Tuesday last and immediate
ly proceeded TO cowhide one Of Car
sons leading citizens. To the bystapd.
ers she explained that he had .'slander-
ed her" 1t is supposed that the gen.
tleman had, in an unsuarded moment,
mentioned the fact that the lady resid-
ed in Virginia City. This will teach
him to be more guarded aud not talk
about things that don't concern him.
Stock Exchange.
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The clothing store Of Abraham Bros.
of Virginia City, was entered by bur-
glars on Saturday. As tho proprietors
kindly left the key Of the safe-which
is an old fashioned one without q com.
blration-in a drawer near to IL, the
gentle ~cracksmen had no difficulty in
opening IT and extracting iherefrom
some 5000 in coin and about $500 in
jeweiry. The burglars have been cap
tured at Reno 10 which place they went
aftor the robbery FooHiqht,
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Tho will OF Prince Napoleon is pub.
lished. 1t is written ia his own band
aud nj ChiselhuIst, February 20. 1879.
Following are the chef points: I die
In the Catholic apostolic aud Roman
religion. in which | was born. / desire
that my body shall be buried neal that
Of my father, pending the time when
they 10th shall be transported to where
the founder Of our house rcposes in the
midst of the French people. whom we
have like him dearly loved. Ny last
thought will be for my countr,. II is
for France that / would wish to die. /
constitute my we'll beloved mother, the
Empress Eugene, my sole legatee, she
being charged with attending to the
following legacies: 1 leave 200. 600
francs to my cousin Prince J. y .Murat
l leave 100 600 francs TO VI. +. Petrie
in gratitude for his good services;
leave 100. 900 francs to VI. le Baron
Corvisart, in acknowledgment OF his
devotional leave 100. 900 francs to Mile
de Launia., who has always shown her.
self 80 attached to my mother; | leave
100, 600 francs to NJ. A. Filau. my old
tutor; I leave 100. 900 francs 10 VI. LIN.
Conneau, 100, 900 francs to NJ. N. rs,
pincssc, 100000 francs to Captain A,
Bezot. my Oldest friends. l desire that
my dear mother shall pay n pension fol
life OF 10000 francs to Prince l.. l.
Bonaparte; a life pension OF 1000 francs
to 81. Bachon, my old esquery, and 4
life pension OF 1000 francs to Nine
Thierry and TO Uhlmann. 1desiro tina
all my other servants be never deprive,
Of their situations.
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WIZ. j. LEwfs,a prominent merchant
aud banker. aud largely interested in
the Big Muddy coal mines. Southern
Illinois. overcome by heat at Carondo.
lei. six miles below 81. Louis. Monday
morning, died in twenty minutes. Mr..
Lewis belonged TO tho firm Of Bsrthoio.
new, Lewis & Co. bankers. was Presi-
dent Of the Commercial Bank. and was
one Of the most active and influential
business men OF the city,
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Take warning.

Johnny Barrett, Wednesday. received
a letter from II. Meador. proprietor Of
the Gclconds Hotel. on the railroad
west Of Battle Mountain, warning him
TO look out for q certain smooth.talkipg,
well.dressed individual, who pretends
to be 4 mining expert, sent 10 this part
OF the country by Gashwiler, Lent and
other San Franciscans. This gentle.
man, who calls himself Ed. McClanahan,
recently stopped sixteen days at Mea.
doris house, and whilo there purchased
n mine. giving a sight draft for $3.50
on some person in San Francisco. and
promising tho remainder within q few
days. Before any return could be had
from tho check, Mr.. McCIanahan liz
out without paying his board bill. TAX.
ing with him sundry articles Of value
belonging 10 Mr.. Meador. II is need
less { o say tho draft for 1880 was not
paid. Mr.. Mo. is supposed to bo on bis
way TO Tuscsrora, and Meador's letter
is intended to warn tho people here to
DO on their guard agniDst him.-Tnaes.
RspieV.
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B..s.e., statistics.

DuS. Barlow & Co.'S circular gives
the total failures OF the United States
and Territories for the second quarter
OF the present year as LISA in number
and saa. 1000 liabilities; notably less
than 1 n any single quarter for the pas.
I'VE years. Compared with the second
quarter Of 1878. there is decrease Of
800 failures and S25, 600, OO1 in liabili.
nes- In the quarter ending las. month
the total failures in California were a.:
total Liabilities, SS3I. 600. of this mum.
Ger and mount San Francisco had
nity-st1 failures and $732, COZ. The
TOTAL failures of Colorado last quArtSt
were fourteen; total liabilities. SIPS.
. The circular says" Never before
In our experience in the computation
OF these statistics has the decrease in
mercantile casualties been 50 marked.
In no previous period has the eompari-
son CT losses by bad debts been so fav.
orNble Is at the present hour. In rela-
ton 70 the growth in the volume Of
business in the past six months as COM
pared with the transactions in the same
period IN ISIS, the from all the
clearing housss in the country. some
iSsnsE-'so in number. show the total
settlements on balance TO be adjusted
between Tarions banks, Indicated an
Increase of business all over the
try exceeding 20 per cent. The ci.cu-
lar says respecting Colorado: 1t is csti-
mated that between So, O0n, 600 and
S6,OVo,00o have been invested il min.
ing operations since the first OF Jam
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Accident Mt tie Grand Prize.
Sunday afternoon. about 8 o'clock, 8
miner "-amed Mike Huntsman was badly
"-rt by the descending cage at the
Grand Prize new hois,ing works. He
was engaged in putting in some guides,
about thirty feet from the coo foot
level, and the engineer having no
knowledge Of his position, sent down
the cage. which caught and crushed
Huntsman against the timbers. But
for tho assistance Of q fellow workman,
who pulled him away from the cage,
he must have been killed outright. AS
it is his condition is precsrious. He is
known to be internally hurt, but his
physician. the evening Of the accident,
had not nscertained the full extent Of
his injuries TimIs. Rerier.
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The six months old baby Of Mr. and
Mrs. A. w. Fisk, says the Sdro Stat,
OF "Wednesday, was rolling on the floor
when It's mother discovered that some.
thing was attracting its attention. She
FASTENED to the child and vas Mortified
10 find n live scorpion. about two inches
long. in its hand. Fortunately, the
poisonous insect did not sting tho
child, though the mother did not re.
cover from the fright which II gave her
for several hours.
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a FIGHT occurred in Chinatown at
Sacramento, Wednesday night, in which
several Chinese belonging to rival com
panies were engaged. Five or six shots
were fred and IN the arrival of the
police, All Let was found dying. with
three bullet holes through his body. 1t
is supposed that a Chinese highlander,
named Wong Ken. is the murderer. All
Jepp was foGud under the bed, wou nd-
ed IN the hand, bat is thought no. to be
shooter, although a partially emptied
revolver vas found by his side.
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TnE first State election this year will
be that Of Kentucky, on August T.. The
others come in order as follows: Cali.
~fornia, September 3, State and Judicial
officers, four Congressman and Legis.
l~aturo; Maine, September 8, State OFF.
GERS and Legislature; Ohio and Iowa,
October z, State officers in part and
Legislature; Maryland, Massachusetts,,
Minnesota, Mississippi, New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin,
November 8. Governors arc elected in
all the States named except Mississippi,
Now Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wis.
consin.
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nuiiion a%hip,nent.

The Belle Isle Company shipped. per
Wells. Fargo & Co. IS Express Monday
night, 20 bars 81 bullion valued at s4O,.
0is 81. At the same time the indie
pendencc Company shipped 10 bars
valued al si9,I55 2s.
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Moro Tar rronr Reno. Bucket.


About half past ten O'Clock last night
says the GassEs Of Wednesday. some
eight Or ten men with their faces
mufied. entered White & nlidge's sa-
loon, on Virginia street. and captured
Thomas Rogers. who was sleeping on q
table at the time. Rogers evidently
knew what they wanted with him. and
begged for mercy. His captors disre-
garded his e~ntreaties. however. and
dragged him out. Other parties at
tempted to ring in with the mob, but
were abashed by on orderto stand backl
delivered in a peremtory toni that ad-
mitted OF no parleying. Rogers was
taken down to the V. & 7. bridge. the
scene Of Jones tarriug, where his
masked tormentors plentifully be
smeared him with tar and topped of
the job with a bag of feathers. He
was then released with the injunction
to get out of town as quick as possible.
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EDWARDS was the winner in tho walk
ing match at San Francisco. The score
at the close was announced as follows:
Edwards, 81 miles and three laps,
winning the belt and FIRST money, 81 coo;
Mcintyre. 3Gi and three laps, winning
the second money. $3.50; Bowman. 3j7
and four laps, taking third money, $500;
Callahan. 3j3, winning fourth money,
$3.50. 1t is understood that several Of
the contestants have challenges pre-
pared for Edwards. At ono o'clock
this morning the ladies' six-days' match
began.
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Tng 81. Paul Pioneer PSe,s estimates
that the farmers Of Minnesota will re.
Hlizo 5000 0 900 from their wheat crop
the present year..
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TnE famous J. II. tmeialliferous1
Murphy, is again heard from; he is
just now engaged in gobbling what land
Ia lying about loose out at Yankee Fork.
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a n Shot.

Last evening, says the Eureka Leader
OF Tusdny, Dr.. Bishop sent some men
down TO his corral TO catch some LJrses
for the auction sale to-day. One Of
the horses was lassoed and thrown in
such q manner as to break his leg. and
Henry Allen vent TO the CORRAL for the
purpose of shooting the animal, 10 end
its suffering. The tirst ahot missed the
object OF his aim, and killed the most
valuable horse in the band, which hap
pened TO be in range. Henry finally
succeed in killing the right horse. He
should hun, larger game. or practice
shooting at O barn for n few seasons.
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ES RAYS.

THE FOLLOWING ESTRAYS CAME TO
Il my rarca IN Ruby Valley, and have
been iINrn M by N" uTLrE the law governing
Ia" treatment at C,frEy-: y couple Of horses:
3AG a GUcP bay, and 'sc other n buck--kiu,
10th branded With a large and a email circle
win "a do. In the center NJ each cirCle.
THOMAS SHORT.