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THE TRADE OF THE WORLD.
Secretary Evnrtx, Report on tho Com.
MercInI Relations Of tho Ljnitcl Stntcs
1xlllh FfArnltraa ftnIfatf rlnh. '

Secretary Evnrt*' Report on tho com-
xlsn Foreign Countries.
WARRINGTON, D.. G., Aug. 11.-Secrotary
,.,n,, ,',',,..',"i sa,.s, Wv .,t.i, esl;,,
upon oul contl.lelclhi fe'at'ons WIN iorclsh
coahlfies lor le7o' winch mas ]nst pcoh pao-
lisl1ed In pamphlet form for transmission to
oivos on,,,,'Inta VI atnt,u,o,,t - ,no
EVE os'',, s,,n sy"pe.I st.se's1". ssa a az ~
MoiMs tras!o aiia t1le Bllate Oh u'o
United otates therein, basctl upon
unon tho n11lciat renorts ri tho .nyrrnl cnl,,l-
tries, Secretary Eyarts has grouped 1ho
worlds trntln under continental headings tts
a aMv Earoo 'S Not s ov i h. 1 oia1 ustt ttao of
each t ..o,'tIi,ont rivsn. hit 1uiatIs cor
scrnlns' tic ttntie o. et eHcli cou'l-
tet tn trde are 9so Eye w1t 'c e1l"tss 5 To-, %.
iinftah Sfatos a,ni rrtr,ois WIN frnn, f'mmsninr f
ni,,rts sInwin.. Lis stntts Of An"rlcnli tratio
in tia soyerni ia saoiii,trf"s md iinw to Intro
corn,. r. t,ss HcretnrvsH Hsas,n@ @ % it'1 trti
~ t' sn,erm w ~ az, nr ~" :" tr".
n nr,' ro ~ ~ fnInWs: ''" 9'"A o"' ''''' '"''N
49, fri"n N,i,,tni Imporfo eIrn J4c nm. mini
ny,nrt. s,H7 Hui nnI! i.nt,rfs ,rn,, E,,rin1ti
III sa11f nSMsSts ;n ~" EmaInn,, E s71%SDo:
rIs rcs s st KINNEY, t: % }% l;i Sii!n 1nfti
GttMtSo' Gtntn' ,,5 nj, np.s 'tu ~ ~, Iao 1,su,i
2tmtss' III M 1GSm, G!.crn,orv ~ rvnrts as aavs
h"s. ~. r.nsn, CIV, tt,Gy 1i,,t..i tm;ss p2
aGt = GraI,,, IN ~ trn,tn ,,, fri, s.s,,liv
GM1'9t ai, atann ~ 9,G tn WILL ntae @ GsiGay
WILL Ws a"t "ttIi I os ~ ~ Gu'tmv. H., %,!..' S"no
vh. vurh. 1h Iae s,,G MSs' avst est !t ,'t,,a ~
nn.i aia1i 0ppIt a,1' ossu,.,n st ".utasar Ssuol
nadagastar Mnar!ilns 70 G9 oalett tisa OH
lme east Sons!, nMl's MdGi.ct WIN! ~ n,1 "tpSs y.
sT iott pigses tu au, TIKI n,,fani',rcs t, @ or.s ~
M1s.n uuI ntnIuSto "''u a''''t"'ue'a1ea WV
mEmly nl'p1eerMen., ..,,,o ~ H., .,nor;,,,,
An!vrica'E.,ln tsAl tinlo Q! tne di A,iEef,c
Eontialeflt-tne tJMtSa SIa'Ss a0s ihs!1 ~
y gwen ~ iQiWs: 1Uii H. sYl, 1n9s, fs.s,,,
, 1880-08-18
a GuatelsanInn Is01,lpDits

... Sah FrIt&ttse1 t,hf1nfcfb.
Tho auddou eruption Ut Tho Volcano Ito FIeG0
do ,AnttnuM, scns EsouintiH, Guatemala, wlts
blfl,1 cnrfcsfmnlont furnishes tlIo following nd
d,lonAl ,letAlls; Tn Jttne ~ lust tue ytloalto
WIS smoking vory heavily. but there Wsfr ~
following day. however, tiaI,,ex Gould hp nnttcet
and thirty Inll..'tss atteswAr larxe agos and
Ut Gotweui. 1N uIld a00 feel In dlnutur. ttxal
issulug. followed ny stro;,fns 1T latA t'owlng
down tho sl.lrs. About this t'tno u hcNsy rultl
tallIlp nn,,c4lIlpptuy shutting tho volsa.sl out
frou. ytow. IN thu next taY thu yuluann wns
smoking heavily. ,.na ol July y, nt Xapat;3. ;,a =
etEA!! toMi, near tho s0lcann, seventeen !ntlihm
llust N'olEk IN tho AFTERNOON Ut the nr1t ttay
ihoru wuB II lnrRn eruption, tho Asht,s ut which
ulYhty nlllcs nwny.. Tho volcino secsus Il, hnvo
subsidized. ~ froim July 10 July u thu discharges
ot SNAKE aud ashca were pEopnrt0uutcly !ess
eAetL aaN-
, 1880-08-18
CENTRAL ILLINOIS TURN-FEsT.


DANylL1.s, ILL.,, Aug, 17.-Thls is ..tha
fourth mud last day Of tho sixth biennial
gathering OF ule Central Illinois Turn -Bezlrk.
delegations arc present from jacksonville.
Springfield, Decatur, Peoria, Bloomington
and Champaign. Sunday, the picnic day.
WINS spout nt tha Falr-tirounds, where cona-
prtitivo nthiutlv exercises took placc. On
11onlay occurred tbe Eratal procession, tn
which the military and clyl9 organizations Of
dress Was delivered by Mnyor pi9isut., Atter
WjIIcli canlU tho ornt0r Ut the dAX tlio Hon.
.jacob Lscas, Ut leotla. All te business
louscs and nsany, rcslslences arg aeckoA with
lins bcell erected III the square. Thfs festival
viii Du n lnrilns:tblo gala.dny fur the Turn.
er6. being tlle greatest ceehr1ltlou Ut ths kind
ever held iu this part uf thu State.
Frco use OF kiulbaiis Catar1h Cigarettes pfe%.
Yelta hAY foyer, Tho 4eA4lAY AEllNlea
, 1880-08-18
HANCOCK AND IfLDEN.
First Authentic Arcu,itlt OF Their Great
lntGrylnsv.

First Authentic Account Of Their Great
in,erv,nS.
nor s,c ,,r ,ri,.,n MIr''tn !, ,o,,or,<o, TIM finn
ou N.Y.. ~. lH'e., fcu,arNe'l ttto tfen-
etn', E'll'Ileh,i"l'S. we "rc gong 10 h'nko
Il afcly c''npntzll hf THIS, We VIII tuke tito
%'f"s'ys es ~;.S from the START and ~0 must "''oop
on, sesr' sa't1 tho GA man, ~ MI m
prcss'ye whisper, "tllal's' all right; 1t Is
''o'pH'l '' u ~ ,''', now" a., ,,,, - ,,,, ,,,,
ann, u. NINA" u '"r ~ ru" M n ,,t W'! H.,
n,lnrc,, ltr"t,nn v ~" oa,"r.i IN @ % ncI,o", @ ,hn
s,n|s as 51Iy, ~ but hopefully "nd te'e4 Ills
"You sce'' he went on, with klndl,ng en-
a, s'''. @ ~. un 'u. =. u. a., ',u,"'
hs'u aas" e'ers1nlng 10 Ieari' III 1'o 'h"'lagc.
get u,.cutt Of them at lie start. You sccq'
"Ol,, Us, ycs." tllo old ,na,, rcnlicu. Il, a
,vh1snrr 'I' n,cr t,tc,s" w. lin" l,nfnrn !. a.,
mn'Sil .'''la III, ,' l,el'se t''. os,.v. w
rcn.ly. IFS I'cas.e1 up, ,oo; 1,e, '!el llo,re.l
iii riEt;::", p .,.,,,.' ..,,,, .,',,, 49,. ~
fSs" sSs |" 4s f ss Sss 5 osks % sssrt e liz Sf III H.
liestty. utltl II little shadnw Ut anxiety Crcpt
ever Ills nt.swarlhg x...i!e-
mn atf r Iht1 I'm
presently. Whit / ,i.:ni nd yonr "' 'ndyIco % a.I.
friendly rounsrl.'' ~
Tlle Old Mall bowed ngafn. Tho General
lookett NJ lnorp hopefully :ultI went ou:
"I'Ou SEC what lam trying to get at"
1f* yss fsS f ; tG 'ax,r a!1 n'| n e9rEsr FTyi;
IL gel III; yes, yes; they're nll trying to cit
at Il. Oh, yrs.''
AMl III l,e pleasant mood which seemed
ie woGl,i iiaye 'i'roei.icl lie GcIcrnl in ine
Ircw @ back. 'Ths t;e,mr,,i linked wurrjet,
bit RETURNED to tic cilnrgu with patient gool
Fl don't want to mike my bnngltng work
III .nS ~ s'", IT., ~ ~ ''M ~ y ;nars',,o Tim NH
man, sariiestiy; .:no lnlngilnE Tits t1,ns;
vnl,'r rirllt tfi,rn. it>s iii rir{.t. inyrr wI,s
,,,rri ~ t.itcr hnI,r % xfartnr nsi, NJ ,]N H"s NJ
II mnnI wnIIj,In't sinrt II. ri, yrs. witt"
ri,r,t tiu,,.: ~, hnnrlIn., it,Is III tiS ~ ~" ~
Ani i'm t;rnrraj fniriTT sinritIi' for ns In
sste,lr,i In. iI,o.giit III heard tilo nId ,n,i
vhiSi,er. Under l,is f,rc;it: n sf,rt II 1ntettiX.
NIX - inrurti h,,,vlr',i III snt, hfa i,sn;ii
,.nr, u,nt io0ietI tn tho id muI,;s hni.ciosrd
, 1880-08-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
OUR 1,IIE.A.rEHS,

Managers McVtckcr, llootoy, nud IIayerly
VIII for the performance this evening sell no
tickets 10 the general public, tic three l,nuscs
l'nvfnE bccn given over 10 tho Knights
Tc,np'ar. "Alt tho Rage 4" last esontng drew
quite Ms lnrge ~, ntttlthcn rs on Nfontluy
night, hundreds being turned from tile door
loIig t'rfnre tho cllr.uii, WIS r,.up up. "'rfi.
Fa1so Friend" and " Frcnksn Ut 1inyerty''s
toriums.
, 1880-08-18

Froo use OF kiultaii Cathr1h Cigarettes pf1&
feutY buy tVyet. Tho geAulhV article.
, 1880-08-18
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
a Notorious Indianapolis Burglar
Killed While Plying His
Trade.
Aftor a Fierce Struggle, tho
Villain Ii Shot Through
tho Heart.
A ,womau's Goodness Greatly Con-
:. tributod to tho Success Of
tho Affair.

49,. nni riiltnr nf I'LL RoJlfcr thts morl,l,tu.
willie In tho net OK b''rg'ast%lis l'lo residence
of I>r. l. {. WnlkGr, on North pennsylvania
strcot. have illetl tl,ts city with excitement.
.r,,o ss,r'' kIllllg alul lilo circumstances under
ihe h,'e ~, .io,,o nro nf tl,o,uvovna il,rii,.
which ~ Nas uu"o =. .,,,. ~. t 49,.
Ing, but these alo eohn.cu wan l!o lae' t4lhs
Tim victim Is rp!le other tlIHll the notorious
1,o,,Ifcr. whose exploits nre known thrnugli-
No"t ..'a stotn 10 fa,uiInrIv M tlioso ~ Cant,
on tpe n'n.n na s',.nsoa; ~ - ,,,a ,in,r ,sttn,'
Kda aas ~, t,e n,s !rl ','T ~ 1vu w,u
n,ulis,
-. ~, ,ntcrvie,v this morning Dr. 1Vntkcr
!" ~ t;,,,..t,,,+ ,,,,,,,,,t ~ lin ahnnti,,,.
Enyc INC io!'o"iis "ee""t' " Il.o a"utrs. .,,.s
About O'CLOCK my WIG Woke h'e, te!llfls
t,,st tho gas WINS unnecDlintnl,ly low. / got
mt of letl md ctoy,tct( It to tho usual hight.
ou. ., =, us'' ,nt I'm ,rsa,,r,, ,,ns ,,,,ono,t,
thinking tliat lIo pfess,re WI ~ n!'nsnuny ,s''
light, and fettFlac'l 10 oea. I1!ht NY lioe
satisfy her, however: she inaged thnt tho
'l'nans .a.tu',Irn "u" ,ontsI mn't"r liza INIT SIX"
Gnu Mo''.1l.""o ou"s" ..t.',.,. ."u ~" "s NV
6aw the tect OIL tfnil SUCKING oht 1'chf tae
head Of tho bed. She k,,tW WAs
nwnke. nntl considered Tint if she
III ,no thore vns man ,,u,tnr
.eM ,od ~. ,vo,,1d 'I rro,n'o MIA wtt,, @ t'im o I,c
the ned Woult1 Rl"pp4o WIN '1i!iss n,.t hes
undoubtedly being nr'ncd. wosll'l kill n'c.
, 1880-08-18
dr'ft and eycn s,cady appearance, IL might

Ctonltnandery, No. 1o.-KniRits who raik
VIII ,,! tiG H., sety tiaytir of the Garden City,.
S pn, ns4 DysGn Glsn i 1a9.|s ey 4 sf ts
nrhtlt. Gt,n cni',,uandcry Of ll!n?s. Il contains
nr, aeel, rerv i1l'ins in,s Commnn,leres Tle names
nslnnrtl. M; . !Chtcago), lIat!lel, ri {TIElnl,
fisnxta,,S is ~ 81 iSaNseo!a' Mt onyct. No ~
ie,;r ~ mg'GSe'nn,le Ss 1 IA ~ Il Metropols),
NJ ~ " amvi|in, ~; e. III iaso). Athelsnn,
van} 81. AteiSiar sN$7'f1%s NJ Il sHa ~ s%s.
ff,e,iavi1tn ff,J,i inn ~ o,,H Hff.; IanGred No 80
f"l ~ tot or re 1ss G anr It. Is sufficient
%i tic s Other Il s@o do"%anastss s ss'es Il ci
caeo'
THE FounrTr DIVISION,
greeted as It has beou. all the way from Lake
hands, Ii headed by SIR Danief r. Hint, Of
Eew York, with three efficient aids. itco,ll-
priscs eight Now York Communicates, soyc,i
ir"m E!sgiNia, one from Vermont, nra onn
1ln,lo nrn observed With moro Interest than
Aiontte, No. II, Of Rochester, 1lrcaly l,n,,jctt
ltls nn4erstood that they ire preparing to
4 bright and CHEEKY one, and, il
tic .vcatller continues gout,
York Co,na;NierIss IS more l Till, 'Ss' Tic orti.
the all i..lack uniform, hIsseoWs as Us It @ was.
| Upon these Older 1i,ell rest the sllatlows Of
t,o q, c;c,ntnS ,cl'n,gG. Looking back upon zig
their class who 1l.y0 pa,sgtl away IN tic bricf
interval. It u no vain prediction TINT ftltnrG
GoneIayes VII 1ntss then! ls the present miss,
r. IT, ~ strtt e ass n1 many Wian walked
sss;s 'ss sfys9s 01 o,eEe'"' 80 hopefully three
ct Ohio, for its c9;n'na"ilYg ollIcer. assisted
sf Hill s tbe SIN t. 'f ~ 4, pn MY ,an taf
iMio the elleek, anl Elvstll IFS own eleettIc
wl!n'Iiy nnsie ~, Of Ohio Gol,!.llnntlsries, nine
1,, y! al ;,.n; m@,ae.I IN general from tile places
:, Cl;ss lpon the rear, al,d lcdhy IN excellent
onnn OF hslsslc, GniEta ne olxth DIVISION,
Eoscfnea by9n Olti9 ,knigtlt OF rcrltG, Sir
e1nas " +, ia of If re- fpo1 1% io co on,
!!.ey'presc''t nlflhy figures thnt atttact atten-
tlo,': A., ..4 H..
anu now tho ynst coiismn IS broken, tt1e
pissed vi. eddy ySIr FayrtteF. Fletcher, ot
gcrthnIii, Sipportea ~ eight ntls. TIC Second
Hrnma Diylsi9,' ., approaches Its first part,
III %nritwcat fE;n tt.t;'itp - ,si cs hx str ~ y
r. 1TnjE"r. NJ jjI,tn n'ttt r'nnrfsns stx rom.
sSs{ 4! f5% no. III %Sy ;Ss, srs @
c".ino III th,t l. a,,i;,,r 4 "t, t'G T. g',n
iii, Viii Iii TILT Il lcnynant +, ten4le.,sS. ~
I'hn EtEjith Division, n,,nrnarhcs inI iv
iIsnry Il. i;rat. of KantucEy. NJ, n,,thoritv
nnon ,ufiitnrT tt,ciica # ,his 'iiyIston IL "nni-
ss sXslsiyely Of knKlts, S,drIa tr1 Thy lan!
Nenasns' ,.'ss,ass 1"e''o soa'sl'a1ioe11es are 1ep'
4ese"'ea' r,,r ~,xr,, ,,,,,,a,,x
Is In, ~. ri 49,, :, f,n,.,, - 1,o,.,,-
x In " at iii 81 Win, II ~ md m9o rtaeen oa fhsy. S
encg. ;Ihls part Of the column resIolces In
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30
The Printer and His Types.
Benjamin T. Taylor, the printer-poet,

Benjamin i. Taylor, the printer-poet,
says
Perhaps there is no department or enter
prise whose "details are less understood, by
intelligent people than the art preseryatiye, ,
the achievement Of the types.
Every ddy, their life long, people are ac-
custOmed 20 read the newspaper and find
fault with its statements its arrangements !;
its looks to plume themselves upon the
discovery of some roCuiSh acrObatic type
that gets into @ fr0ic and stands upon his
head, or of some waste letter or two in il !;
but of thcprOCesS by which the newspaper is
made, or the myriad of mills and the thou
sands Of pieces necessary to its composition,
they know little ana generally think less.
They imagine they discourse of q wonder
indeed. when they speak of the fair white
carpet, woven for thought to walk ON, of the
rags that futtered on the back Of the beCgar
yesterday.
But there is something more wonderful
stjil When we look at the hundred and
Gity-twO little boxes, somewhat shaded with
the touch OF iuky fingers that compose the
printers ease, nOISeieSS except the click of
the type: as one by one they take their place
in the growing liue-we think we have found
the marvel Of art
We think how many fancieS i'm fragments
there are in those little boxes, how many
atoms Of poetry and elOQuence the printer
can make here and there, if he had only n
little chart to work 10y how many facts in a
small handful how much truth in Il chaos.
Now he picks M the scattered clements,
until he holds in his hand stanZa OF Gray 5
EleCy, or q monOdy upon Grimes All But
toned U Before Vow hp sets Puppy Mis-
sing, and now Paradise Lost :; he arrays q
bride in Small caps and a sonnet in non
parcH; he announces the languiShug live
in one Senteucc-tranSpOses the word and
depiores the days that are few and evil in
the next.
\ poor Jest ticks its way slowly into the
printers hand, like a clock just running
down, and its strain of eloquencc marches
into line letter by letter We fancy we can
tell the difference by hearing by the ear, but
perhaps not.
The type that told n wedding yesterday
announces a burial to-mOTTOw-perhaDs the
same letters.
They are in the elements TO make a world
of. Those type are a world with something
in it as beautiful as spring, as rich as sum
mer and as imperishable as autumn flowers
frost cannot wilt-fruit that shall ripen for
all time
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

TIE FILTHY UTES.-A correspond
ent thus describes the character and
habits OF the Indians who have been
giving the government 50 much trouble:
''The ties live principally on bread and
meat When they can't get bread they live
on meat, and when they can't get meat they
live on bread When they have great
quantity of provisions on hand they eat it all
up before getting any more. The same is
true when they have small quantity on
hand. They are dirty. They are very dirty
Their meat is generally permitted to lie
about on the ground or any place. Each In
dian family possesses any number of dogs
from eight TO fifteen, and these animals help
themselves to the meat. After thew have
satisfied themselves, and when the Indians
become hungry, they cut out of this same
piece on which the dogs feed. They gen.
orally boil their meat, but sometimes they
broi it. They put it in water and let it re-
main only few minutes, just long enough
TO heat, when they take il out and begin O
eat. They use the same water and the sam e
pail for boiling over and over again until the
water becomes a perfect slime of filth One
pot generally does service for the entire
family. IhIs particular pot is a frying pan.
hen the Utes get out of be d they wash
their faces and bathe the ba by in It. after
which they bake the bread and boil the meat.
Ihcn they eat out of the vessel, anG then the
dogs lick up the leayings. They clothe
themselves with the skins of animals or with
blankets. They generally take blanket or
q SKIN ana cut hole in the middle of it, and
throw III over their heads cutting arm holes
and fastening the garments at the waist with
q VIDE belt, while they close up the neck
WITH bucksl1in string When the garment
wears out they cut the string and let it drop
buJ not before. Sometimes the Indians will
wear as many as i've of these garments at a
Ihie' always keeping the cleanest one on the
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

TBE tobacco crop o. the Connecticut
Valley is gre lter taaH in any other year
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30
RrLE TO FIND A GIVEN DAY.

The large figures at the top of each
column are called the Index figureS"
for years and months. To find what
day of the week any special event hap
pened, add the index of the year and the
index of the month, together with the
given date of the month in which you
wish to find the day Of the week. If
there is 10 remainder then the dav Of
the week is Saturday; if your remain
der is one the day of the week is Sunday.
etc. If your whole number is too small
to divide by :, you must take your whole
number as it is-if it is 3, the day of the
week is Tuesday, and if it is g, the day
of the week is Friday, and so on. There
is one exception 20 the above rule in
January and February Of leap year you
must call your whole number one less
that is. If il is 8. call it ,.
Fer example, take the 4th day of July,
1919: For the index figure Of the year
1879 see top figure over 1879, which is g.;
add the index figure of July, which you
viii find at top over July is 3, then add
in The 4Jh day of July and you viii have
G-3-4. Those being added together
make your number l3. Now divide your
l3 10y and you have a remainder of g.,
which IS the sixth day of he week-Fri-
day. Leap years and also those of our
Presidential elections VIII be found next
after the dash in the above table.
Tie table is a curiosity of intcr-fCUre
compiling. and with the explanatory re-
marks may be found useful.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30

HE MANUFACTURE OF SLATE PEN
CILS. The process of making slate pen
ellis is thus described by the 40crjcun
StGti0n6F
Broken slate from the slate quaTries is put
in mortar run by steam, and pounded into
small particles. Thence it goes into the hop
per Of a mill, which runs into ''bolting ma
chine, where it is ''bOlted,' the finer, al
most impalpabc, -four that results being
taken to mixing tub, where a small quanti-
ty of Steafitc flour, similarly manufactured
/, added, together with other materials, the
whole being made into q stiff dough. This
dough IS kneadcd thoroughly by passing it
several times between iron rollers Then it
is conveyed to q table, where it is made into
changes that is, short cylinders four or
five inches thick, and containing some eight
or twelve pounds each. Four of these are
placed in q strong iron chamber, or "retOrt, -
with a changeabe nozzle so as to regulate
the size of the pencil and subjected TO tre-
mendOuS hydraulic pressure, under which
the composition Is pushed through the nozzle
In long cord like slender snake sliding
out Of a hole, and passes over sIOping
table, slit at right angles with the cords to
a knife which cuts them into lengths. They
are then laid on boards to dry, ana after a
few hours are removed to sheets of corrugated
zine, the cOrrugatiOnS serving TO prevent the
pencils from waIping during the process of
baking, to which they are next subjected in
a kiln, into which >uperheated steam Is in
trOduced IN pipes, the temperature being
regulated according TO the requirements of
the article exposed to its influence. From
the kiln the article goes to the finishing and
packing room, where the ends are thrust for
Il second under rapidly revolving emery
wheels, and were drawn neatly and smooth
" pointed ready for use.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-30
Some Interesting Facts About Metal
Money.

Robert Morris, Ii D.. writing upon
The subject of coins and their collection.
says so many errors prevail among those
whose opportunities are limited that he
gltes a few notes 60 remove false inn
pressiOns. He continues: Although
some look upon coin collecting and
coin study as mere hobbies, pet thou
Sands OF persons, even in this country
are engaged i'm it. In all civilized coun-
tries people are fond of following par
ticular pursuit for mental occupation.
The over-wrOuEht mind must nave re-
lief. and what subject wortlleE OF leisure
hours than he coins which aitOfded me-
diums OF trade tODat.Ons now vanished!
1 am acquainted with most of those who.
in the United States. devote themselves
with more or less zeal, to the fascinat-
ing pursuit. aUd7am OF opinion that the
study Of histor'e cal coins lnumismatics)
trains the faculties, enlarge5 the scope
of knowledge and encourages sound
taste for the useful and the beautiful.
In this paper / propose, in a desultory
way, to offer some corrections Of errors
and some suggestions upon the right ba-
SIS Of numisInatic study
A few weeks since you gave para
graph from "a country journal, describ-
ing dollar of 1880. There were no dol
lars coined for several years after that
date. Another amateur in coins boasts
of possessing zone of the oldest coins
eyer made-OyeT l.TO0year5 old =" That
is not to be reckoned as very old coin.
I'll would only ba q coin of Marcus AuTe-
illus, who was the seventeenth of the
series of Roman emperOrs commencing
with Julius Cesar, B. G. H. But we
have coins 500 years older than Julius
,.csar. and nearly l,COJ years older than
Marcus AUreliUs.
Frequent mention is made i'm the press
of American pennies, but pennies have
never been struck by the United States.
Our government strikes cents, not pen
MES, 1t would be as proper to call our
cents Iettl or s-st6Tcss as pennies. Great
Britain is the only country that strikes
pennies.
It has been claimed recently that the
Confederate government struck silver
coins, and somebody I'm Alabama has q
dime supposed to be a Confederate coin.
This is not com; it is q medal. =
coin ls aiways struck by asoyereign pow
er q medal token. medaiittJ bE an in
dividuaI The Confederate government
never ordered q miltaga of coins. Had
her independence been achieved. she
would have done so. .
The striking Of coin in America De
gan. it is believed. at Boston, Mass. in
1862, when the home government grant
ell the colonial authorities leave To make
q certain amount The first were Of the
value Of twenty pence. six pence auC
three pence.
The small letter upon our silver mon
ey refers TO the place where struck. {
denotes Charlotte d, Dahlonega; O
$cw Orleans; S, San Francisco, etc