Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-03

ING,s., NOVEMBER
 certain restrictions and within the limit of 600 in three snontha. @sg S
 The judicial amsndmens recently adopted in Ohio provides that stha judges of the Stu
 preme court in office when this amendment
 takes effect shall continue to hold their offices
 until their successors are elected and quail
 fed" An interesting point now arises as to whether the amendment becamea part of the
 constitution on October g, when the polls
 were closed on election day, or on October l 27, when Governor Foster proclaimed the
 amendment carried.
 John Stewards nomiuation of Blaine, in
 his recent speech, as Pennsylvania's oandi.
 date for the presidsncy next year, does not seem Co have awakened an echo beyond the
 bounds of Lancaster, says the Philadelphia
 Telegraph (Rep .sOn the contrary, the tsnggestion has excited grave suspicion in
 Stalwart circles. and if is openly hinted that the Franklin sehatoE mus sithsr withdraw
 from the stump or not ts'k that way any
 more. Let there be peace. 4-s
 A few days ago at Sumter, South Caro- 1 lima. test was made of an important ma-
 chine that promises to make arevolution in
 harvesting the cotton crop. The machine supplements the slow process of picking cot
 ton by hand. It's capacity will soon be four thousand pounds of seed cotton in a days work of ten hours. It has not yet been de- cided whether the syndicate who control the patent will sell or lease the machine, but it is believed that price not exceeding the pres ent expense of harvesting an average crop will be placed upon it. When it is remem- bered that the cost of picking the last crop was nearly $50, ,0OO, ,oO0, CT at tha rate of s7 Q bale, the advantage of this. new machine will be made manifest.
 Owing to the pecuIarity of the Chinese characters, each Of which represents a word, not letter, the Danish telegraph company working the new Chinese lines has adopted the following device: There are from five to six thousand characters or words in ordinary Chinese language and the company has pro- vided wooden block OF typs for each of these. On one end Of this block the charac- ter is cut or stamped out. and on the outer end is 8 number representing the character. The clerk receives message in numbers and takes the block of each number transmitted and stamps with the opposite end the proper Chinese character on the message form Thus Chinese message sent in figures is translated into Chinese characters again and forwarded to it's destination. The sending clerk, of course, requires to know;the numer- ical equivalent of the characters or have them found for him.
 ''How much do you suppose the new stamps cost the government?' was asked the other day by Assistant Postmaster Gen. eral Hagen, writes Washington correspou- dent. ssYou don't know, but I'll tell you just nine and one-fifth cents a thousand They cost the contractors more than that The plates, paper, printing, perforating and putting the muoilage on is worth something; I then they must be packed and done up in high priced envelopes. Half the possoficss do l not call for moro than one hundred stamps at l tina, but they have to go through the same
 
 .Hess York. It costs them more than they get. ''Where is the profit in the oontraosp'' l naturally asked. "Rieht hsrs," was the | response. 'tAI the countries on this conti- 1 nent south of us have their postage stamps | made in this country. They prefer the con- csrn which supplies our government. This | is the American Bank Note company of New | York. But they have to pay from five to ten | times the price we pay, and they find ne | fault There's where the profit comes in from making our stamps. It is the only way to secure these other good contracts' D Peo- pie have wondered often why the govern nsnt, with its great bureau of printing and here in Washington. is always un- derbid by outside parties in the stamp and postal note contracts. Perhaps they will see moro clearly after reading this paragraph
 Mir. Carson, clerk of the Committee of Ways and Means, has prepared statements showing some of the probable workinSs of the new tariff law. The receipts of the gov ernment for the first quarter of the current fiscal yesr-July, August and September show falling oil of $19, 467, 1891, compared with the corresponding three months of the proceeding year. When the tax bill was pending in Congress, 1t was estimated that it's passage would produce . reduction of from seventy-flve to one hundred million dollars, and the rsturng1of Che first quarter indicate that this estimate will be realized. It is probable, however, that there will not be so great falling of in receipts from in- tarnal revenue aS was anticipated, because there Is large quantity of distilled spirits in bond which must be withdrawn prior to the 1st of July, and upon which the tax must be paid when withdrawn. Tho re- ceipts from these bonded spirits alone dur ing the nine months will be about s25, ,ooo, 900, OF an average of nearly $s, ,ooO,- poo per month. The total receipts from in- ternal revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, were in round numbsra. @144 ,00o,- poo, and for the preceding year were s146,- ,00o. It was estimated that the tax bill would reduce the revenue from this source s55, 900, 900 or $40.O0o, 900. The bonded spirits to be withdrawn during the current fiscal year were not taken into account when Ehe estimates of last winter were made, and t is therefore probable that the internal rev snus receipts will foot up for the year at least s115, 900, 900.
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