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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25
OUR TRADE WITH AMERICA,

Whenever our "foreign trade" is
spoken of the idea attaches of our trade
with Europe, Asia or Africa. There is,
nevertheless, large foreign trade with
America much of which is ours, and
much more of it ought to be ours; and
would be were our Government more
efficient in securing to our citizens the
full measures of advantages that our
relative local position affords.
The United States comprise a large
territorial domain, all American soil.
But, outside of our limits, there remains
an immensity of space that the world
calls America. This outside space is oc.
cupied by no less than twenty-seven diff
ferent nationalities, not including the
outlying islands that fringe the eastern
coast of the continent; all of which but
one appertain to European Governments.
To us all these are foreign nations as
much as though the ocean rolled between
them and us; and our trade with all
these American nations is foreign
trade.
With all those separate sovereign
States we are at perfect peace and am
ity. Our location, as it.commands the
coasts of both oceans and of the two gulfs
of Mexico and California, so favorable
to the development of our trade with the
whole American Continent, from Green.
land to Patagonia, that we ought to be
able to control the commerce of both
North and South America. But we dc
not. Instead of being first and foremost
in the trade with America the United
States scarcely maintainsa "good third
as against European rivals.
We ought to expect, under the cir.
cumstances, that our trade with America
would yield fair balance in our favor.
Our manufactured commodities of all
kinds are needed by our American neigh.
bors, as well as much of our agricultural
produce. We would suppose, therefore,
that we could supply them to such an
extent as to exceed what they would sup
ply to us. But it is not 80. Whatever
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25
Real Estate Transfers.

The following are the transfers of real
estate from noon yesterday to noon to-
day:
Geo. P. Thorp to Michael Slattery, Lot
91S, in the division made by the heirs of
Pressly Kemper; $780,
Louis Reemelin and wife to c. W. Thorn,
5.O73 acres in northeast quarter of Section
8, Green Township; So. .766.
Heirs of Timothy Kirby to Frederick
Wolf Lot 203, in Cumninsville, by Kirby,
% feet, on east side of Kirby Road, 676T
feet north of Hanfitlj street; $3.50.
Napoleon Tov to G. Hammond Avery, 16
by 90 feet, north side of George street, l67 a
feet west Of Smith street; 81.
C. Hammond Avery to Lillian E. Toy
and Napoleon Toy, quitclaim same prem
ises; IL.
Mary Smith to Owen Carroll, Lots 765
and 767, on plats laid out by heirs Of Press
ley Kemper; $3.50.
John +. Crane to Anna A. McGarvey,
east half of Lot 81, Barton, Brewster &
Folz's subdivision, in Section II, Millcreek
Township; 81 and other considerati ms.
Stephen L. Wilder to John Fisher, lease,
ten years. Of rs by 100 feet, PIG feet north
of Gest street. at an annual rental of $3.50
VIM. Winters, guardian, to Mary A. King,
ease, years, on 281 feet, on west side by
go on south side of Ninth street: also 80
by 152 8-12 feet, on west side of Mill street.
80 feet south of Third street; also 80 by 80
feet, on west side of Mill street, so feet
south OF Third street, at All annual rental
of $500.
Evan J. Perry and wife to Evan s. Jones,
lease, 7 years, of north half of Lot So, in
Ewing's subdivision of Baum's estate al
an annual rental Of $24 with privilege Of
purchase for $500.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25
AmusemeutA

Sprague's Georgia Minstrels began an en-.
gagement at Heuck's last night and will re.
main during the week. The instrumental
music was almost as good as that given by
the band at the walking match. Crawford
and johnson sang ''Larboad Watch" TO-
gether very nicely, and Billy Kersands in
his specialties took comparatively well,
while the remainder of the company were
weak. Next week Frank Mayo, in his
famous and ever welcome drama, "Davy
Crockett" will appear and close the season
at the favorite over the Rhine resort.
The Vine-street Opera-house is keeping
up its reputation and is doing q steady
business, giving good show and giving
satisfaction to Its patrons Prominent
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

During the last year was scarcely able
to walk along. l suffered with derange-
ment of the liver and all the evil conse-
quences resulting therefrom. tried many
different preparati ms but without an,
material or lasting benefit, so that almost
despaired OF ever getting we'll again. My
neighbor, Mr.. Adams, told ME of Hamburg
Drops, and what this remedy had done for
him. purchased bottle to try it. NV
system had become so accustomed to med,
lcine on account of the many kinds us4d
that the first bottle produced scarcely any
effect. After its continued use I became
better daily, and regained my former
health. have always spoken a good word
for Hamburg Drops and the remedy has
my best wishes. JACOB HESS,
NOrmanville, Kansas,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

PEACE hath her victories as we'll as
war, and the agriculturists can get up
about as attractive a parade, when they
feel so inclined, as the militia. The
Grangers of Clinton County last week
purchased eighty-one reaping machines
at Wilmington, and the occasion was
made one of lively interest. Two brass
bands were secured, the town was deco,
rated gaily, and the eighty-one machines
were paraded about the streets with all
the glory of prancing steeds and stream
ing ribbons, and bunting floating on the
breeze.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

may have been our gains by our foreign
trade, in our trade with America the
balance has always been against us. And,
as compared with the amount of that
trade, that balance has been by no means
a small one.
The Bureau of Statistics at Washing
ton reports showing of our foreign COM
merce for twenty years, down to July,
1878, from which we find that, during
that period, our export trade with Amer
lea amounted to 81, ,6O6, ,662,OS0, But,
during the same period, our imports
amounted to 81, 1908, ,542,s72. This leaves
a balance against us of 81, ,3O1, $3.50, 1872 for
the twenty-year period. The accumula-
tion of over thirteen hundred millions of
dollars as balance of trade against us in
twenty years is no small affair; all of
which we had to pay in money to our
American neighbors.
Even Mexico, our next-doer neighbor
on the South, within that period, gained
balance against us of over $4,000, 900.
And Cuba. within sight of our coast,
achieved a balance against us of more
than 1865, 1000, 900 within that same time.
Brazil also came in with little bill of
$4ll 100000 to balance against us. True,
some of those countries within the trop'
les furnish us with commodities that we
can not produce in sufficient quantities
at home; as sugar, dye-woods, coffee, to-
bacco, &c, of which our imports chiefly
consist. Butthis is not true of Canada,
who came to hold balance against us OF
over $4,000, 900. Even the two little coun-
tries of Uruguay and Venezuela sent to
us nearly $5O,OOO, ,OOOmore than we sent
to them during that period. And the
Argentine Confederation beat us in mu-
tual trade by more than $66,OOO,0OO
Hayti and Peru are the only countries Of
America against which we gained bal
ance of trade during those twenty years;
and that not large.
England, Germany and France are
before the United States in the trade
with these countries of America. They
have acquired their advance position, in
a great measure, by subsidizing steam
ships engaging in that trade. They have
materially profted by it. Whether some
such encouragement and support lent to
our merchant marine service by the
Government would not be advisable, we
can not undertake to decide. AS gen.
eral thing we do not yield much faith
to subsidies; though there are doubtless
some circumstances that would clearly
warrant such public aid TO private enter
prise.
With our great Mississippi Valley
teeming with manufactured and agri-
cultural wealth, and the great river
leading into the gulf, from which SO
many American countries can be most
conveniently reached, it would seem
that our trade with our own continent
ought to outdo that of any European
nation. And to that end, one thing our
Government could most properly do,
clear and keep clear the mouth of the
Mississippi in such manner as to afford
unimpeded egress and ingress to and
from the gulf, thereby opening a free
channel of trade to the citizens and mer-
chants of the Western Valley with the
neighboring nations Of our own vast
continent.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

rmong the olio performers this week are
Charles Peltiers, in songs and canoes; G.
W. Henry, Irish songs and dances; Ella
E ma, ser comic ami verv good; Baugh-
man and But er. The gentle nen gives an
exhiiti Of fine shooting and are very
clever shots The performance winds up
vita 'His Majesty's Safet, PIN" which is
already familiar and need no further COM
ment
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

IT will generally be regretted that
Goss' head was not punched as reported
by the dispatches yesterday. Nothing
can console the disappointed public now
but the punching of somebody's head.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

ONE-ElGHTH of the 200, 100000 bushels
of potatoes raised in the United States
annually are produced in New York, al
though several Western States now
threaten to dispute this honor with
her,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

NEXT Sunday prayers are to be offered
in New York churches for the delegates
to the Chicago and Cincinnati Conven-
tions. The average New York delegate
is an individual upon whom too much
prayer can at no time be expended.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

A cough, cold, catarrh or sore throat re-
quires immediate attention, as neglect
oftentimes results in some incurable lung
disease. Browns Bronchial Troches"
will almost invaribly give relief Imita-
tions are offered for sale, many of which
are injurious. The genuine Browns
Bronchial Troches" are sold only in boxes.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

SCRATCH a good many of the prom
inent men of the North and you will
come to Kentuckian. Even Governor
Cullom, of Illinois, is native of the
Corncracker Commonwealth.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

DAYTON is gay to-day with the flash
ing swords and brilliant uniforms of the
Knights of Pythias in attendance at the
Grand Lodge.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

OLD Sol has divested himself of his
dlster, rolled up his sleeves and got right
down to business.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

EX-CONGREssMAN KING told what he
did not know about the Springer letter
yesterday.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

DIoGENEs with his lamp could not
find Republican statesman in Wash
ington after Saturday.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

Miss ORD, daughter of General Ord
proposes treaty of peace with Mexico
by marrying General Trevino.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

THE Kentucky militia has been Or
dered under arms to regulate the Regula-
tOrs.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

Don't die on the premises. Ask drug
gists for Rough on Rats" 1t clears out
rats, mice, bed bugs, reaches. Only 15c per
box. Depot, Burdsal & Co., Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-25

A LITTLE bolt marred the harmony of
the Louisiana Convention yesterday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-04
HNAthens.

I Rev. DIR. Thomas, of Chicago, an
eminent NJ. f. minister, having been
requested by conference to step down
and out because of his preaching what
the Church terms .'heresy,' s refuses
ID be thus sunmarily disposetl Of by
those worse than heathens who stop
the proceedings Of conference to cheer
over Republican victories Mexico
Intellgencer.
Really, we don't know what is
coming over Bro. Hutton. Our at
tention was called to the above article
in his paper last Wednesday by several
Of the leading Methodist brethren oi
this city, Who are far from being
"heathens. /" It appears to us entire,
" uncailed for. We don't believe II
draggine religion into polshcs, and i
the LEpaER should do il there y1pulf
be : great outcry. Bro. HnttoEs shaS
better ignore religion than treatis !,
this way.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-04
A sAD MAN.
He Tackles = Poor Consamptivs Man ON
u Muscle Test
Kansas City yime..

On the corner OF the public square
a man has in operation 1 muscle test
ing machine, which To- operated by
the aid of sledgehammer. with
which the individual who sishes to
size up his muscle strikes peg which
operates upon q lever and eleyates .
dial-board marked with numbers, On
Saturday evening q big red-shirted
man walked up, and after surveying
the machine, expectorsted over his
left shoulder, pulled his tnt down on
his nose, and casually remarked that
The ''could knock the stuffing out Of
the machine" at one fell swoop. 81
am the man who swallows . beef-
steak, I ami" he yelled and the Spec
tators shutidered. II am bold, bad
mani" he continued. "Won't some-
body give me whirl?" No one &C.
cepted the challenge. js
"I am lately from the head-waters
of Bitter Greek" went on the bad
man, and asked the proprietor Of the
machine how much he would give
him ito bust it the first lick?"
II don't want it busted," replied
the proprietor.
81 can make piece light on the
Comique," screamed the bad man,
land another piece descend at the
Junction; won't somebody please
give me show for my white aIley?"
A pale, thin, puny man, who looked
as if consumption would kill before him
breakfast, yawned little, and said
he believed he would give him o
whirl, just once for the beer. The
bad man looked at him, and smiled
contemptuous smile. 81 want q man."
he said, "Is want q great big man.
Somebody that I can tackle with
pride and honor to nay family; but I
won't hit hard.' The bad man
threw the sledge gracefully, hit the
peg, and the dial marked 120 pounds.
The thin man picked up the sledge as
il he was tired, and tapped the peg
for 240. The bad man was little
surprised, and, seizing the sledge,
spread himself, .and sent it up to 800,
retiring with triumphant look. The
consamptive yawned again, and,
heaving the sledge with one hand,
marked 400. The man who swallow
ed a beefsteak was puzzled, but
braced up, and, after swinging the
maui until hrs eyes hung out on his
cheeks, hit with terrific force and fell
on his back, while the dial shot up to
425. The consumptive man toed the
mark, expectorated on his hands, hit
the peg once, broke it of, splintered
the sledge, shivered the show window
: across the street with the concusslon,
and went down in his pocket for q
chew of fine-cut, while the board
? scared up to l,ll9 and hung over the
top unable to 60 further with bott
> stanchions torn loose. The bad mar
. from Bitter Creek turned to the con-
sumptive, and in awe-stricken tone.
2 inquired: "Who might you be,
! mister?"
D "Me?' softly inquired the con
sumptive, 81 am engaged In side
! show, where / break barsofiron and Lii
horses with my teeth. am in poo
u health now and can't do much, but
hope to be able to 60 to work soon
e Would you like to try another whirl9
''Not at all, mister" said tn
: steak-swallower: ''excuse me I an
q not feeling well, and think III g
It home and see the old woman. Good
}, by" and the bad man walked of lik
!, a hack horse after the fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-04

OF a Train.
From the San Francisco Post.
AS the overland express was snort
ing through Alameda yesterday, on
it's way to New York, the engineer
suddenly whistled down brakes, the
conductor frantically shouted and
jerked the signal line, and with many
a jar and squeak the long line OF cars
was brought to stop.
TIE cause ofthis sudden s'fetch-up"
was fat old lady with q red face and
a green parasol, who had planted her,
self squarely in front of the engine,
and was making the most frantic sig
nails for it to pause.
whats the matterl Anything on
the track said the engineer ex-
citedly. ...,.
| 'Nothing but me-" said the old
lady, stiffly.
'Has there been a smash up? Is
ihere-,here drawbridgs open?'
.Don't poke fun at me, young man.
l want to see the proprietor.
"The what?'' .... ....
THE man who runs this thing
the captain--or whatever you call
him.
"what do you want with the con-
ductor?'' E
ssNone Of your business. / want to
see the head man-the boss-and to
Onct.' ... v
/ t.Well. ma'am," said the. function
ary, running up, watch in hand,
"what's up? What can do for yoaT'
"You go through Chicago. don''
you?"
"Why, of course. What of h!'
"Know my son Bill-Bill Skinder
son-there?"
t'No. For heavens sake get off tn,
track, you old
.'Don't sass me, you red noset
gorilla, OF I'll inform on you. Dea
me, l thought everybody knew M
son Bill-prominent man there rum
the biggest fruit stand in town, and
hands of, you rascal. Don't dar
to tech me. I'll move when I'm goo'
and ready"
, i' .sWeIl, blank your blankuatiol
eyes. hurry up What do yoa want? ?
ssOh! thought you'd change you
tune. Well, I wish you'd just sto
over day or two at Chicago an
look up Bill and tell him that iittl
/ Marian James janders have kinde
4 ,snrlrod rfnnd into Ar. ard there
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-04
Linton District Med,ca, society.

The tenth semi-annual session of
the Linton District Medical Society
will be held in Mexico, beginning on
Tuesday, November 9th, 1880. at l
O'Clock p. m. The following geutle-
men are expected to read essays upon
the subject assigned them:
Typhoid feveEDr. j. +. Keith,
Sturgeon.
Malarial Fever-pr. +. NJ. Moore,
Laddonia-
Erysipehs-Dr. j NJ. Madd. St.
! Charles.
Chronic Gastritis-Dr. J. A. Mat
tllews, Ashley
Epidemic Cholera-nr. Edward
Duncan, Au,lrain county.
Dysentery-Dr. w. r Smith, Car
| rington. s
/ Epilepsy-Dr. NJ. N. Mcclellan
Montgomery.
| Hepatic Abscess-Dr. w. S. Lem
on, Ashland.
OyariotomY-Dr. H. H. Middal
fkamp, WarrentOu.
1 Pneumonia u. n. i. Baker, Nc
Credie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-04
A Fashionable woman's PRAYER.

rAsnAouduAe "O"Aue
Strengthen my husband, and may
his faith and his money hold out to
the last.
Draw the lambs wool of unsuspic-
ious twilight over his eyes, that fir
tations may look to him like victories,
and that my bills may strengthen his
pride in me.
Bless, oh fortune! my crimps, rats
and frizzles, and let the glory shine
on my paint and powder.
Enable the poor to shift for them
selves, and save me from all mission
airy beggars.
Shed the light of my countenance
on my camel's hair shawl, my laven-
der silk, my point lace, and my neck
lace of diamonds, and keep the moth
out of my sables, l beseech thee, oh
fortune!
When l walk out before the gaze
of vulgar men, regulate the wiggle,
and add new grace to my gait.
| When l bow myself to worship,
/ grant may do it with ravishing ele-
gsnce, preserve unto the last the lily
white of my flesh and the taper Of my
fingers.
Destroy mine enemies with the gal
of jeMously, and cat up with the
teeth Of envy all those who gaze al
my style.
Fill both my eyes, oh fortune: will
the plaintive poison Of infatuation
that l may lay out my victims--th,
men-as numb as images craven.
Let the lily and the rose strive to
gether on my cheek, and may m,
neck swim like goose on the bosom
of crystal water. 4.
, Enable me, oh fortune! to, yea
! shoes still little smaller, and saw
me from corns and bunions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-04
FROM EUREKA SPRINGS.

EUREKA SPRINGS, Oct. Fl, $780,,
EDITOR LEDGER.-An episode, to the
smoothly running current of events,
Of this city, occurred here on Monday
evening, an account of which | have
concluded to jot down. for the enter
tainment and information of your
readers. There are q number OF
medicinal springs that rise here,
each Of which has it's peculiar proper
ties and merits. The chief Of these is
the Eureka The next in Importance
is, perhaps, the Hardin. The former
is considered the spring of all the
springs. 1t is crowded from 5 O'Clock
a. M, until 8 p. M, with people,
armed with wooden and tin buckets,
kegs, coffee-pots and tin cups, the
latter Of which, go scoop, scoop,
scoop against the sides and bottom
of the little stone basin that contains
the water, at the rate Of twenty-five
times per minute during the whole
day, SO that there is not, perhaps, a
pint Of water during all that time
that goes to waste.
A mining company has been en-
gagged hereabouts for sometime past,
in sinking shafts, ostensibly for the
purpose of fin'ling silver ore, or other
minerals. They sunk one in the re-
gion of the Eureka spring, twenty
feet deep, and Axe broad. Water
rose in it to the depth of eight feet.
They were also digging one near the
Hardin spring.
Yesterday there was great falling
off in the quantity of water furnished
by the Eureka, more 30 than at any
time for long while past. 1t was
believed that the miners had struck
the vein that fed it. The people
were greatly alarmed, both resident
and visitors. Full of indignation, a
mass meeting was proposed to be
held on the street at p. m., for the
purpose of adopting measures to pre-
vent the destruction of the Eureka
waters. At the hour designated, a
crowd of 800 or 400 persons, consist
ing of men and women, the halt and
the MANNED had collected, all deeply
impressed in the object that brought
them together. Several speeches
were made, some Of them highly i'm.
flammatory, urging the people to take
the thing into their own hands, and
fill up the shafts, at the cost of blood
and life if need be, and to do it now
right now, within the next half hour
Without any organization, eight per
sons were named to act as commits
sioners to direct the movement il
FILLING up the openings being made
for they were still at work on them
When the determination was reached
to close them up, the crowd startet
at double quick time, many OF then
tyelling and shouting like Indians o'
a warpath, while ladies from porche
and windows waved their white hand
kerchiefs in approval Of the enter
prise, in which the enraged populac
was engaged. All the shafts, tha
were considered damaging to tn
Eureka and Hardin springs, wer
quickly closed up. Each one SCENE
to think he would be wanting in zes
il he did not contribute his mite b
throwing in stone. One or tw
men here, from Audrain county, VIII
are considered very cool, quiet me
at home, participated. OF cours
it is expected that there will be som
arrests made by the U. S. authorit
upon some Of the leaders, but the
seemed 10 be prepared TO face i
With regard to what / see here ma
write again Respectfully,
w. l. MASON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-11-04

Considerate mother to COVER
-ncss): s'Miss Smith, don't let Al
fred and Jennie sit down on the
damp ground for fear they should
catch cold. When they are tired you
can SIT down and take them on your
lap.'