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, 1880-02-13
THE TAX FOE PROJECTING SUGAR,

THE Tribune yesterday published care-
1plly-eqlnpilgA stNtQnent of tho production
OF ca,e-sugar In the United States from the
year ontl1ng Jung, 1871. to tho enst uf June,
1sis* Thu stason,Dnt IL prnp,sad III tho in.
tcrests ut tho sllgar Industries. >NA do 1lDt
understand tlcse figures us offering any
app'oEyor eScuRn fNr the caHtinlu,nce Of tile
present sllgar thrift, which ftnpoxas MI ex-
cessve tax, md purnits. If not invites, exten.
sfye frnutts on tllo Treasury. phe table Of
tho annual production Of ca,te-sugar III this
country slloWs that ~ 1st.'5 tho total WINS
2Q0,0oQ,MQ pounds, worth SD,M0QQO. III
1858 tbs protluct WIS 'Bs, s,000, COO pounds
worth sl5ta59, COL, while III tho next year tho
protluet reac!letl 4G, 100 900 pounds, having
value Of only Si5,2!Q, 600. Tho quantity pro-
luccd ttAt year has nayer. llGen cql,aled
since, except IN 1912, when It was b,s,Q No.
lo,uMls,
The sugar-plansing interest lbs always de-
1nan1letl ''protection" ;it l,us probully boon
swlndl9d extensively unt(or tho iuea that 1t
was really rrotcated, jnst Us tho American
farmers have supposed they nre protcoteti by
the duties OIL wool. Nevertheless, tho srgnr
men in Congress llayo always stool firmly by
tho varlols rings Tloy hnye befrlgn,]etl tho
oNInEne monopoly, mud tho alepl rails, tho
snlt, md MI the 0tllor scandals ot tho tarifr.
They claim 10 be MI "fnfaMt" industry; md
we merely ,yfsl, to invite attention to the tax
which tho American leople haye boon paying
to support this Infant. We give tho figures
showing the American crop slnce 1876, and its
vnluc, md the quantity Of foreign sugar in-
nOrta1 f1trinr fho 1n,ro ,,onrg aud +1,,
, 1880-02-13

neafiy cntell mp, willie IN somc paris OF the
s,ap're 'ahho has settled down upon poo
llo WHO are LOO broken and 'l1splrltett to
WofE' even X they Ind the opp0rt'-
n'tS. 1a'y ls no better OF. Sl'u
ID hopelesly pl'tngrtt IN aebs. almost
eh1'te'y ny reason Of her military OK
Remaisufes incurred N trying t" keep UP
VIII hef more powerful neiEhbors. n1ltl her
Peopte are d'scohtehtete' olit of work, ntM
Mgl'at'ng revolutionary measures A f't',e OF
the money spent ny England upon '.er army
, 1880-02-13

THE movement for bridge over the river
at Dearborn street lIus tnken detlnit shape, n
meeting Of property-llolders being held yes
Gr,ny, wllereat was PASSED n resolution re-
citing the necessity existing for bridge and
providing for tho appointment Of commit
tee to urge tic mattcr upon the Common
C,unctf
, 1880-02-13

strain, and sho has now ma,le n complete
statement, wllicl, bears indications Of n de-
termination to tell tho whole truth regarding
tho awful tragctiy. She describes how Wade
killed her husband and look the yet CULVER.
ing body in n buggy md sent tho horse
ns&tift Mt n, distance from homo fnr tho pur-
pose Of t!versing suspicion from, himself, her
story being ono OF tho most stekenlng recltals
eyer printed.
, 1880-02-13

MCLEAN County. (lllfnots) 1,co,,hu..
arc waking up. A NlnInc Cluf, ID ".aas nr.s,,s
there, 81 Grtnt Canb fs talked oE, md ryca ~
shernan has friends. Then tt,orn nm v'sa vso'a
Mems Republican Club, nnd pau Rru,h'ul1nt
Club, md number Of fancy ctls N usaa a..aN
Sizes and outuplcxions. Who knnws h., s4a !.
Lean may provo to he the "plyutnl" yn,nsps ~
, 1880-02-13

Mr.. Tilden appears to be tho only g1ar
horso Ia tho rnce.
], too, WINS once dark Horse, but an ket
| ting lighter every day.-lfr. nlatne,
A Homo for Old Men has Just been com'
pletc1 In Poughkeepsie, and Tildon's prospects
aro Frightening.
Mtss Nellie Croker, Of Sacramento Cal.
who died recently, left s1DO, 600 to 4 poor young
man to whom she WIS engaged,
The old proycrb, "see Nipples and de-"
Inns q peculiar Significance this yDar. Wagnertg
thorc, aud plays bis own music.
That Napoleon III. lid under carriage At
strlsbHsg in ab1cct fear, anti that hc wab never
under fro at Magentu or solfcrino, Ia what ths
now volumes Of Houiors " Conversations viii
sot forth.
Jh4n G. Calhoun, grandson of the famous
South caEt'llna statesman, is tending bur tu ss.
Louis. Tho young man has evidently deaer'
mined to become u Domooratio leader, and wana
to lc,lrn THO business from the beginning
List ycar, wien Queen Victoria slsled
I}caconstlelttt yho planted d tree III his Eardens
Tho Tripco. nj Walos, on visit Just now, bus
planted An0ther; and peAconsac!d Is whiting fef
the czur to eql4Q Hext spring md SOW big mf'
nips.
Krupp hns invented \ peellc-gun war
Fapted 10 kill 200 men par lnihutp. In case ths
American Association OF Amateur Poets carried
out its expressed intention OF holding con,cn'
tlon In CAicago np4t summon, lir. kr1lpp's bls.
moss viii rueefyo q boom,
nliya T.npan. writing gron Madrid, DO.
acrisa kim Hlf,nsa e nu !. tS n n"rt.cyed. dafk.
skinnes, st,anish Inv ~ n acnnral,y drssscd ID
n tIvht INV rwcrcont ,,rt,nreSo cniorcd aloycs,
and iaii Hn.t Int :" nivo ,nust ] hnvo seeu bis
Mnicssv % wb"r r, m hrl ,sft hs ~, ,,,s nj hnme fos
ro,,",rS 'fN" ~ f''F>' tT1S "ss fS':'9 -
'es"'' ., .--.- .-.--,
y nunuay-bfhool paper, speaktnEo u ehs.1a s.a
says: IAN eagle looks vqry dlhegea' n.y.. a4sa ~
standing from Hhat be doos Whom ho II t}aa'I ~ -
you can ECU ny looking ata ~ eagio When W ,his
e!an1lna aha taeH When 20 10 hyinF' ~ ,sst Hst
Simple but direct way or putting ta'nss ~ ~
makes tna average a1nday-schDol llten1a1' -
Fascinating 70 slnall boys:
As thp PRINCESS Louise wQ8 Ql,put leaving
Hallfa1, aftor hof return fro,u Englaad, Grip
pied old soldter approached the ruilwpy carrago
anJ held out bis baud, aaytng tl.at ho had shaken
hands with Qiicon Vict0rlA hofore ths P1fncca
wus born, The relation Of thjy apte-natal ep'
spde no i,fIoctod IuIso thnt hur oyca li!lc4 y!th
tours, and sho hpupttly shook hands with tbs
veteran, Il wns subseouently discovered t1,at 10
, 1880-02-13

a WESTERN Congressman from stron,
Republican stato sud to Il correspondent Of r.
TRIBUNE recently: "John Sherman could M,
garry one Congressional District In my stote. II
he ts tho candidate don't want tu ruin for I'm.
Eross .xAin. You ,may count Eno out IL hc pc.,
tho nomination. oE4
, 1880-02-13

IN tho Conventton at Cincinnati in 1914 n,
Blaine received tho twenty-five votes of Ioga =.
every blllnt, and hn is likely to hnyo tia .a,,s
support at Chicago. THO Hon. Jn1nts +. Wty.sa
Rnys tho delegation will not 10 Instructed ~
anybW1y this year, but that tho people Of Inv.
lean strongly townrt Dluinc.
, 1880-02-13

JET every voter md politician In .hi, s,,,.
take quiet hour to decide whn Is s tIrst chs.
for tic Presidency. md, when ho l,ns tsc,sas xsa
mako bis choloo known In II courugen. s,..t! ,sa!
Don't watt for nnybn1y olso To eponk. Bo,dr ~ ~;
positive notion atways tells In politics, Ttt t, ~
politicians Arp tho ure4tt1res Of strunper rI a
, 1880-02-13

CALEB n. TAr1oH, tbs delegate to n,
Chiuagn Nalonal Convention from l.,cks Coun-
~, Pennsylvania, announces tE,at he wifi mt
rrgurd tho unit rulo Us binding, sl,lce fhu stnt.
Convention has no Jurisdiction over him. viii,
tam u. Waddell, Of Chester County, take. II,
R,ttus vtnx. 1
, 1880-02-13
TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE las estahahof b,aneh
ocea for tho receipt OF subscriptions and auyefslso
riout1 as fo1ns:
NEW Y0HK-toom . Tribune Hu!IdlnR y. r. Nc
EADpXH, Mnnnacs
GLASGOW, Fc0tland-Alnn's American fews
Ayoncy. u Rcnhcth.tt
LONDON. EnH-An,arlcau Exchange. 10 Stfaud.
.xiEkNy +. G1LL,0, Agent
WA6IIlNGTUN. u. D.-lal9 r street.
, 1880-02-13

6MYTII hns tGken tile back track IN Albany
County by order Of his superlors, but tho mts-
ohtof Is done. Two Anl-Thlrl-Term Clubs hayo
bnen started In tho county,-ons styled 1.-THE
lRS9 Ctub,' tho other tho "AntI-ThIrd- Term
Club which havo membership Of 1000, whito
sEnyth Ii Mt tho head OF II nrunt Club of 10
ino1nbora, but which through its eoutrol Of the
machinery md tho sharp prlutice In reglrr to tho
primaries ts sconrod the delegation. 1t Is safo
TO asy tlAt tho chanc1S for SUCCESS Of my polI-
mutton 1nade BY such heth.Als ag4iust tlp popl,-
lar wish would bo very small.
, 1880-02-13

TILE German-Aner'ean Republicans Of
New York hrc to meet III syrucuso The day BE-.
fore NoRcoe Conk!ing's Convention meets in
Utiea. The Gcrlnau-Amcrtcans viii protest
against tho third torn. VIII Ioscoo CoakIlue
listen or turn dcaf cur to tho proceedings At
Byracuap2
, 1880-02-13

sTnAws for 1'ildcu: a ,na|otj,y =, j.
Democratic Co0k County Cotumlt,ern,o ~, VI tAe
Ills Congressional friends III wushtun,.'r 'r hIn.
hnlllhg meetings. He t,ns the Nrw yrsI yp J. IN
delegation tlxrd. a ,ne.nrr If Tho N H.n's s'as
11elnocratfc Cnnfinltteo tnld rcn,rtr- .soa'| u.
Phtlllcphln Pres on Bintlry lint, wh,ich \. 10
not 'fll1cn fn.ln, ho WIS s,'ro Sunny r",,.
nominated agntn ''uHbt
, 1880-02-13

THE Utica Herald has performed a decided
servlco to tho Republican purity Ia Now FORK by
showing from tho reeortss Of I'LL tho Republican
State Conventions ovor held In New York that tho
inyartabto rule has been to styo to tho dclcgates
from each Congressional District tho exclusive
right tn name tho Delegates to tho National Con-
vantlon to which qaeh DISTRICT IL entitled, while
tho "tclogatos-at-aarga" hayo bcon chosen by
tho whole State Convention. It is notable TINT
in tho Convention of 1854 1t was Bir. Conkiing
who mado tho motion to continue this just and
wise pFNctIeo.
, 1880-02-13

"TME only way 10 beat Cameron" said IN
aFdout pl4ine 1Bal} tAe'othor DIV, ~ to bold "
convention IN oyery raunty III the Btutu aud
protest against tho action Of tho machine Ii
tho rtaplo show theF hands Cameron will have
to ylold." Tho County Conventions are alrcAtly
CA!nerun meetings snc0 the 6tato Convention,
and thero are sL1ty-one yet to hear fron,.
, 1880-02-13

THE Wabash {1n4,) Plaludealcr has start
oa llttla Waslhurnen party Of ita own, aal
already Ras three appportors e!Hong tho news.
PAPERS Of that Htate. Tho Kn08rilla fpenn.)
Chronicle also declares ita proteronoa for Wash-
burnc rs q arst eholoo. Tlleao expressions OF
opinion are Important because they urq entirely
snaataneous. No s4splulou Qf solf-intprost, or
desire for oi'tce, or four Of 2 machine Gun attach
to t4en,
, 1880-02-13

Don CAMERON Is said to have been heard
to remark In Washington the otl,or ,lay; "Wc]l
we'ro going to nominate tiln old ,llnn turant, N
sDfte br h-liF' Thpt sceIns to include ner
element In thp thirl-tern opposition Yo,h
YrIJuu&,s ''
, 1880-02-13
THE NoREAsE OF EUROPEAN ARMIES,

THE INCREASE OF EUROPEAN ARMIES,
It Is ono 9f the most significant ill4stra-
tions Of human folly, the IlNnncr In which 1t
taxes Itself to support Wlnt does not benefit
Or enrich people, bnt on the other hand
grillds them down to tho earth, impoyerlshes
them, anl ruins their industries. Rapid rs
tho progress Of tho world has been In tho arts,
sciences, and every feature of modern civilI-
zatlon, Its most rapid advancement llas been
in tic creation Of colossal national debts to
support vast standing armies md provide
material Of war in time Of pence. The
Frankfort correspondent Of the london
Times recently made IN estimate Of tho ge19-
eral budgets, showing thut tho public cx-
penlItura In Europe has increased In four
teen years from 81, 800 900 to Sc 0,5 oo0, 900.
III Russia ami Germany 1t was actually more
than double In 1870 what 1t was il 1866.
During tllQ same period national debts llpy9
Increased fran st3, ,o0o,00o 10 SET GEO.
ooooN.-a'l aYerngo Increase Of sg0O 4ss,-
ESQ per ann,1In. OF thesq Yast AMOUNTS
tho larFcst proportion Is spent In the
military and naval services. Germany
spent Iii 1865 over $50 oQo, 600 OH lts army and
navy, md last year Sl05.0 900; Russia
slo5ooo, 600 aud s1so,ooo,ooo, respectively.
England and Franco spent In 1905, respact-
lively, ;sl35, 600 900 and So, ,0o0, 900, and Inst
year slOo, GOO a,ld S13a 00o,0 900. These
amounts will be still further Increased this
year, rs there Ia genoral inoycaso Of ar7na-
nlcnts, garrisons, forts, armies. and war ma
terlal all over Europe, and MEANWHILE, with
tic exception Of England und Holland, there
l'as bcol no decrease Of debt. For this i'm
, 1880-02-13

TIE Chicago Electric Light Company yes
torlay received license to organize from
tho Secretary Of State ut Springfield. Tho
capital stock Is 800, 900, and tho corporators
aro Nelson LMdingtolI, Perry II. Smith,
George L. Dunlap, Robert Law, md jesse
Cun 1,tfnr
, 1880-02-13

ELI11uD. WARl1BunSE Is not candlatefor
0overnar OF Illinois, and Will not DO under my
circumstances. A positive announcement otbls
effect hns taken 4 loud oH tho minds of at least
thrcp other candidates..
, 1880-02-13

WHEN Casey Young, Of Tennessee, roso to
reply to conyer'a bloody-shrt speech, Fernando
Wool objected: Young satd plnlnttyely; "Lot
mo say = word; ron't III anp hasu..'' Thpn
Stevenson, pf Illinois, objected, al,l Wood re-
peated his objection. What did Ei.scy Young
1nsan7 Whit "harm" was hn referring to? it
~ tho universal opinion among Republicans In
Washington thnt tho Demoorata have a secret
understanding Of tho most binding character
not to rorlnlt any sectional questions 10 bo
r1ase1.
, 1880-02-13

A CANVASS Of tho Presidential profcrencel
Of Nnw Hampshire Republicans gives tho follor.
Ing figures: For Dlatne, bgo; Gn.ut, III; sher.
HAD. 81: Waahbnrne, 70; satisfied with good
oanddato excepting Grant, 10.
, 1880-02-13
POSTAGE.

ENtered at shs IotG4re at Chicago. ILL.,. a. steor,d-
C1ass Matfr.
For thu beneat OF MIR patrons who desire TO sond
single copies of TIE TRtnrSE through thu mhit wu
give herewith the Transient rate Ut ttoasaEo.
.-... t>pnsatfc Pr torv.
E1eht and Twelve Page Taper. ccnts
6xt4GE PAG0 fAP0F. cGnA
Fnntgh.
1:aRht md Twelve Page Paper. ..,."........2c cHnts
8l4t6en thR8 Paper CONS
, 1880-02-13

The New York lfdtl Is for "Party Rsn-
luton rather than third term." HIT it Mlterrs
10 repetition Of tho Cqmcrou swlnilo In lluols
Is utterly lnpaaai9le," and thoro Hes its hopsos
safety,
, 1880-02-13

THH papar-m0n0p0llsts are squeezing IN
the psIco of sohool-books. which aro already OUT
sugeously dear. Free schools arc delusion with
SCHOOL bookB at presont prices.
, 1880-02-13
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

A. O. H.-At1 members OF tllylslon No. 1nru rcqueat-
ed u rtet Al their ha IN fill scxnLl, FrIiAy. tt
imst q ocioek sharp e atscnd tnnSras q iher d.
denee III f!ont..t At 70 9cit,ek, - r. strphcn's
70 Calvary ComHtesy. Al v!,I!nF Men,tists an rc-
, 1880-02-13


WAfht
4ua'a l'as ncel' 1Vt sou'o ''n'e' 1n certain
ni'"nls VI tsa country p'o'alah1 noi'et
s "..'s "''s uoo''1 ~ p.'S alu '!.e"'.ss
.', "o's'"so ~ ll'''' eau'' ',"A'ec !''' Acn'
.noss,n y lEne, Has cpn''pse4 l'eF .easi4e''s
,"s . .s ,a's ~ Mla'aF .a''"ny' ., ~ CERTAIN OF
.uu ,,,.'el atAecs, W l'o iotsl'o.les' anu III
w.. ,t,. i.'ss'''',l hnn"a ~ 1aask" tno na1ases
.,'a. M"1' @ u'sa s''aIa' lne tmu.uoa supefst't!oh
,'". ,.,.. mun. aaae wss nps.ule's @ al'sa1e 1oF
H"",u .,!' us.1As ~ 1sc' i'"', eoo,.l""S siHak'
."h' "'u ',tslpn.s W osl1 nc.u.o '!Nso t"oNe,'
nton M1ser Us n''fo a'll lhnoe"o''s l'q'''t.
t',!! - u1s osst leS'.u!'1 oi "a'eteu ~ !nelf
sa1.n ~ uIsl!scA! '"EonuA 'tHSsuiFl tnet' ;
ame,y n@sn"s"" "!n, "A1ten pl"pst's h'iHo"
W. ~" so ,s..o o"u 80! ,'.,, ,toeusel ~, Nut Mule
:. @ ,r,,. "' ,', WIG ""s ht''o e'ee ''.tt "n.es'
,us."o. "o u'u":. W n,e'l Ha'. ~ toN!'AlluS
'"e, "as "'a' ","'se "es'.' ~ In puu''us ~
.n".aa ..,'.! w. - itV pn"HtS W NAsv1 "a ony
~. ~ ~ H.. 'a"1as w. "ts' splss5 hatpl
.'ai.>.,'1t :" ~. "sa".suJ ""s ~. r".o e"o"RA
,,a,. I,ns' ,a ~ ,a,, A sl'hs w s.as y wuipF
,,,.a 4" 20 tH'". ~ .y ns'H'osh e.pi lle COOL
,,s .,s,,,.,' "'a"eS. 9o "l'oHea ~ l!e a,.aaea
~, .sp'"''' Ivy "1t''s ~ no 'o''Eof Ayuroeeh
" ., ~, es,.' s".na''.s "i4
,,',,a uess h'o"1M iu, .oi sluaa' nh,e'.'s
so 49,, ~. "'is' tnu l.lsst M"1el oHta'!i-
s,,a,. Suo 's LUIS a'''1e'si's "lsa'lo '"',as 10
ns,,as ts.1aa ~, su4a aIe"sa t.s'o aas ~
3..s.' NV "uut a'.p19p;g H'ls!p4s:
e4"'te wv I''y e"''' "''1 atnu'"7' '4'l'oi-
,,a,," ~, l' a,, 49,, - "va Aisi's 'G!u ct
u',u '',,,, "s'' n'"l o.l'cr i,olsooas eascs' AMI
"4''o''' " p'e'e'HH. @H!a u eile lASL
, 1880-02-13

WASHINGTON CHATTER, No. ~ Il. A. hf.-Spc.
S,n @ Snnr9!Sn ny 91 sn is iEtsy> 9ysG!s u 5 eek
pAnlnns cordially invited. Hy !!tier u the Nj Ii. H. T.
GlfA3. II. WRIGHT. HccTgtnry.
, 1880-02-13

WAuHANstA LODGE, No. no. a. r. md A. NJ
Regular Communication Etny, 1ath inst, 1::1 p. III
j. f. CHURCH Soc, r. J, TIsTEN. " NJ.
, 1880-02-13

4,IR Phtladelphia telegraph reveals tile
tFuo inwatdness Of the lIarFisbutg Cpnrp4tlon;
"Te9Y whMn M PIT gonq q nYsy " FROM heEns shouting
aud votod fortlrant. For su,uu ttlue ibis wIs i
{sts1sy {ts1 ~ Y so 70 lDnsss one et iho
press Ut tho State can be rclird Upon, Ills state
, 1880-02-13

tie peopls arc taught to l,clteye That war Ii
tho first object III tic nation, instead Of pcace
md tho devclop1ueflt Of ind astry.
NAT1oNAI-RANK MANAGEMENT.
Tho ConEresstonal Colpmiilee charged
with Investigating tho management at t}ls
ttefunot GERMAN National i}ank llas lua,le It's
report, after II long 'lolay which was re-
garded Ms significant Of Ill attempt Ia uO<lify
Its structures. 1t cannot l,a known, Of
course, to what extent outside pressure llas
succeeded In softcning tte tolu of eensure
Which pcryatles tl,a report, but tic fact that
Mr. Hrccnebaun Is now u,nlsr indictment
fur having violated tho Natio,ml- Banking net
IN his management Of the German National
Inns probably influenced The Committee to
put tlie bust possible aspect Upon tho ,nNttor
In order not to prejudice lila cnSp. Tho re-
port, however, tlisc1oscs tho fact tl.at tho
Commfttee was nbunslantly satisfied That tic
bank had been loosely and rccklesly, II not
corruptly, managed.
From the brief abstract of the evidence
token by the Committee, 1t appears tllut tia
books and ACCOUNTS were kept so hlfnttly TINT
1t WINS almost impossible for expert accol,ni-
ants to make MI Intelligent estimate Of tho
banks transactions;I that oycrlrafts wsre
permitted In large amounts, which did not
even appear on the books; that the President
had taken money for his own llao which was
represented by mere memor9ntlp oil slips of
paper, but counted as caslI III tho asscts; anu
that there was n startling strinkuge In the
assets OF tia bank after tho failure anu dur
Ing period when Mr.. Grcenehaa1n still con-
tinued to be the virtual manager. The most
Important conclusion which the Committee
has derived from tllo Investigation is that tho
Directors utterly neglected to attend to their
duty The fact seems to DO That Mfr. Qrecne-
baum was permitted to run the lank rs II It
Wcrp exclusively Ills own, md tl.at llo used
the funds belonging to tho depositors rs II
tho rights Of the Inter were entirely suhor-
dinAte TO his own Judgment and interests, In
stead Of being guarded, Us they should haye
been, by the restrictions of the National
Banking rules.
There Is no doubt tllnt National-bank d.
rcctora In tho past l,aye exhibited q very
common Indifference to their responsible
ties under tho law. It may be that the full
ures which occurred In considerable NUN.
hers two or three years ago have served as a
warning to bank Directors to keep them
selves better informed qs to tho current ,nall-
agemant Of institutions In which they have
assumed Bacrcd trnat; but tho fnrce Of this
WATning would have been materially in
creascd had tho penalties Of tho Bank actbeen
enforced in tlAgrant cases OF dercliction.
Every Director is required to tako an oath to
5Gynn
, 1880-02-13

Central Mua1e Hall.
Corner Randolph anu Stntu strents. 1.Gcture by
tho Itev Dr.. TamnRo. Subject: Bright nad Happy
, 1880-02-13

McVtcker'A Thentrc.
Madison street, betwccn Dentb0tn und State. En-
GA9ement OF tho WIshrl Hermann.
, 1880-02-13

Dearborn street, cnrnor Of Monroe. Enlargement Of
louis A!drich und Chnrles T. PAsstuo. "My Partner.
, 1880-02-13

WrrissS u tow day7 strong pressure has
been brought " bear pn MC. Hulne by sutne Of
, 1880-02-13

Olympic Theatre.
Clark strent, betMcun Randolph and Lake. Variety
, 1880-02-13

Randolph street, between Clark and In Smile. En-
gaxcmcnt ofK 4. A.Sothcrn. "1lomo" aud "suspond
cd Animation
, 1880-02-13
PERSONALS,

TIE paper-tax Is death to the country
pFcsa,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-03-18
Milwaukee,
The Stevens Battery,

Speaking of naval matters, I notice
the approaching sale of the Stevens bat
terry, which is one of the strange features
of this port. The building in which it is
enclosed, with the surrounding premises,
covers two acres, and as there is nc
probability that it will never be used its
demolition is now urged. The Stevens
family has become for it's immense
wealth, which is chiefly due to the
Hoboken property and the ferry, both Of
which have become immensely valuable.
Old John Stevens IS remarkable in
ventor. He not only built steamship
almost contemporary with Fulton's first
effort, but he was our railway pioneer.
Iu 1926 he built small railroad on his
grounds and operated locomotive which
made six miles an hour. It was great
curiosity, especially when he gave his
opinion that railroad would soon be
built from New York to Buffalo. he
lived to see his locomotive in successful
operation. His son, Robert l.. Stevens,
lied in 1876, aged IS. He was a very
remarkable inventor, at least in naviga-
lion, and among his other creations was
the above named iron battery. He began
his work in 1S45, his plan being to con.
struct a vessel which should be proof
against the heaviest shot. This work he
continued till his death, but when the
rebellion began it was not accepted by
the department., and the improvements
If the age have rendered it really worth
less. Hence the mighty vessel in which
a quarter of million has been expended
will be taken to pieces and it's materials
sold for old iron; a sad instance of work
Of genius becoming not only utterly use
less, but also an encumbrance, and
whose removal will be an item of heavy
expense. The dimensions of this enor.
nous vessel are as follows: Length
415 feet, breadth 4S feet, depth 80 feet
She has ten large boilers, eight driving
engines and nine subordinate engines
She is built entirely Of iron, with SHARP
bow and stern, and her measurement, al
compared with merchant vessels, is s.,
500 tons. Such is the monster which il
to be torn to pieces-a task almost a.
great as its construction.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-03-18
Furnish Your Boys with Tools.
from the Rural New Yorlzer.]


Professor John E. Sweet, in an address
before the Onondago County Farmers
Club, said: "The farmer who provides
himself with the necessary tools to do the
repairing OF the farm not only makes II
paving Investment but does for his sons,
in another way, just exactly what he does
for them at school. He gives them a
chance to learn something; but he does
even more-he gives them chance to do
something, From among these boys
will be found the mechanical engineers
of the future"
It would be difficult to crowd more
truth and common sense into this short
space. It is well known among mechan-
les that when an apprentice slearns to
handle his tools' his trade is half learn
ed. No man can ever saw off fence
board as it should be done without con-
siderable practice. He must first learn
to handle his saw. Not half of man
kind-to say nothing of womanklnd--
can drive a nail without either splitting
the board or pounding their fingers, and
perhaps they Will do both. Not one
man in twenty can shove a jackplane with
any reasonable hope of success, and the
like awkwardness extends to, the use Of
all manner of tools. If farmers will fur
nish their boys with tools, and teach
them how to keep them in order, the
next generation will not be so helpless
when anything is broken, as is the pres
ent one. With few dollars invested in
tools, many journeys to the town may
be avoided. Moreover by the use o1
tools one may learn something OF me-
chanics, and is q much better Judge When
called upon to select any machinery OF
tools. 80. -'j' 2, IT,. =.
5Iremember an instance, when q boy,
of a neighbor who had q small workshop,
with an assortment Of tools, which hi
boys were allowed to use, and the conse; .
uuences were, his five. boys every one OF
them, became in time firsf-class mechan
ics. Other boys in the same neighbor'
most without an exception, grew up t.
be bunglers some of them without guf
! faent akill to sharpen a sled.stake,