The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-03-25
Butter and Cheese.

The figures intruaccd iHso Congress recens-
IL, frsui the Bureau of Statistics, 70 show the
influence 81 olsoaargarine upon the foFeiga
sale Of American butter, are suggestive. II not
conclusive. Daring the six fiscal years ending
june 80. 1881, the annual value OF the olee
margarine export rose from $40, 4s3 a year To
s3sl .566; and whereas in ISIS the quantity
exported was oaly i.69S, s0i pounds, in ISL
4 sas ~, 82s ,67e On the other hand, the
Amoun, 81 butter exported during the twelve
months OF 1881 was "a ssh ,sSs pounds, while
the year before il had been more than 81 600,
Go, and the valae Of the export fell OF 81,
25o.Ono. Thus ole0margefine - AZ last not
only exported more largely than batter, bat il
i apparently haFting the foreiga trade in
American butter By making consumers suspi
cious Of Il PROFESSIONALLY, much Of the fall
/ ing of in butter Is due 10 last year drought,
which carried up the price; still, statistics
show that the amount and value Of the cheese
exported last year were greater than the year
before, SO that the decline in the batter ex'
port cannot wholly be accounted for by natH-
raj causes. Perhaps, when the people of
I Europe fully learn that some American cheese
is mixed wi;h lard, in order To get more profit
on il, the foreign trade in that product will be
hur, as the trade in butter has been hurt by
oleomargarine.
A man, givingthe name II Eugene " Cladd,
was arrested on "Wednesday afternoon in n
room al COS Arch street, Philadelphia, by Of.
+ heers Of the Central Station, on the charge OF
ahstracting gold from gold five and ten dollar
pieces. Out Of the former he would take gold
T to the value Of 81 40, and from the latter 81 80
worth of the precious metal. The CONS we're
then so manipulated that, il is said, it was al.
most impossible 10 discover the fraud with the
naked eye or by sounding the piece.
Judge Advocate General Swain has made
a report TO the Secretary of War in the case
{ of Sergeant Mason. II is understood he re.
commends modification of Mason sentence.
on the ground that "Guiteau was not in n po-
sition where he could possibly have been
killed by Mason when the latter fired the shot,
I and that, under such circumstances, the charge
I Of assault with intent to kill cannot be sns-
/ tanned.
-Four men were killed by a snow slide ia
I Lake Canyon, California, last Wednesday
night week. There have been more than forty
I slides in Lake and Mill Greek Canyons since
[ Saturday, burying SO persons, none Of whom,
+ however, were killed. One, named Christian
| Hoblitzel, is believed 10 be fatally injured.
/ Desertion from the army is becoming so
common as to cause serious embarrassment to
our many and magnificent Generals, Colonies,
/ Majors and Captains, who find il awkward TO
/ be left without command, and who are now
1 periodically engaged in an effort to add 5000
men TO the existing force Of $4,000.
The steamer Deyonshire, at San Francisco
on Wednesday, brings news of the discovery
| of new island in the Kurile group, between
Japan and Kamschatka. The surrounding
waters abound in fish and sea otter, and an
attempt at colonization will be made.
The Britton family has for four generations
/ lived on charity in Germantown, Pa. The
progentor, who died few years age, aged
96, had been professional beggar seventy
years. The youngest members are now tod
ding from door to door with scrap baskets,
The mud has been so deep in the streets of
! Springfield, ILL.,, that the hotel omnibuses
/ ceased running. The porters cry out to de-
parting guests: GAN aboard going west, via
sidewalk r and escort their passengers on
foot.
That the Changers are still alive in the West
is shown by their ownership of ninety public
halls in Michigan, ranging in cost from $500
to $1,000. They are used for the meetings of
the oranges and rented out for other purposes.
Bishop Keane, of the Catholic Diocese of
/ Richmond Va, it is stated, can no longer
read or write, owing to the condition of his
eyes, and is threatened with blindness.
A deficiency Of more than $4,000 has
been discovered in the accounts of one branch
of the Water Department of Long Island City,
New York.