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Family Expenses,

An interesting computation rs (, the *.
pendture by families of working people in
France has recently been made by Nj. Ar.
mangaud. Ills statistics were obtained
from only sixteen families from the town of
Mulhouse, in Alsace, but their expenses
may be accepted as fair average for
France. These families represented different
classes OF workmen, and their expenditure,
dasaed from LOO francs tn 5000 frames n
year; that is from $40 to 5000.
ofthctr total annual expenditure, house
accommodation, rs II rule, swallowed M IA
per cent, clothing 10 per cent. and food al
per cent, Sper cent, being reserved for
miscellaneous expenses. In tho matter of
food the highest expenditure registered was
~ per cent, thus described For bread
~ per cent; for meat II per cent; milk In
per cent; groceries, q per cent, mi,cel.
laneous, 10 per cent, The average OK.
pendilure for bread was little over
one-hith of their total expenditure,
~ VIII be seen, therefore, that the bread
OIL IL not by any means the chief item OF
expense In n French working family. Yet
the French are great consumers of bread no
compared with us, for instance; ana henre
the cost of bread must be in even smaller
proportion here. while that OF butchers,
meat undoubtedly consumes much
larger share Of the expense ofliving.
Last winter, when the tariff bill was nm.
der discussion In the senate, a table was
presented to show that the sugar md mo-.
lasses OF u family Of working paople cost
more than the bread. The statistics were
obtained from the large boarding. houses
for operatives In a Maine manufacturiny
town, aud OF course they would have a wide
application. Sugar Is consumed not only
directly. but Is used for SO many sweeten.
ing purposes 10 cooking that It has become
one OF the principal items Of food expcnd.
The % per cent, of his annual cxpcndit.
ure the French workingman spends for
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Ia Il possible that woman must be com,
PEELED TO stop Boosting of her proud origin
IN the breast Of mani Must she literally
be compelled in this matter to take back
seat and recognize once more the Justice Of
name claim to be followed by, rather thar,
preceded by woman, to be handled by hin,
at his plcasure' II seems so. The Mem
phis Appeal remarks; "LAuoucNxgr, IN
London Truth, states that a horrible dis
'cavery is said to have been made by the
Old Testament revlsers. The word rib, -
IN tho second chapter of Genesis, used IN
describing the creation of Eve, ought MOI,
correctly to DO rendered "tail" This Is
Indeed, confirmation strong OF the ,heorie,
OF Darwin" Great heavens SUSAN b
ArrnoSy's thunder will 40 where III,
woodbine twlneth.
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Guticuca.
HON. VIM. TAYLOR,
An Open Letter From an Ex-senator
of Massachusetts.
OFFICE OF WI TAYLOR, pENngRroN So !

bfiAON w NM. TAYLOR, FRMBERrON so 4
BOSTON, MASS, November 30
II affords me pleasure to say thar have re-.
covered from severe case of skin disease
through the use of the Cuticura Remedies. Nv
case which is known to many of our best ply.
Sielahs, ana 10 thousands OF our citizens. has
been reported iully in the daily papers, and
those VINO are Interested are referred to H. Tits
not OF IT, however, that n)w prOpO,e TO write,
but OF some features which have invariably
iounl 10 accompany the treatment of skin and
blood diseases which unnecessarily retar,i cure
lheSe are; ]. lack OF knowledge as to how
lhc remsdie suggested are to be used ., Care.
less or spaSmodic use OF them 3. Negle I of
proper sanitary aud hygicniC measures and aux.
mary treatment, 4. Want OF patience neces.
sAry 70 elect Il perma nent cure IL would seem
hardly nect ssary to advise one who has raid ont
ms money Tor medicine, 20 master the directions
ana general philosophy of treatmen' recon.
mcnded, by which alone he can expect ,t make
cure But such is often the case. Isny do
not hAil learn how to obtain all the Ctila If the
remedies, because they do not half r., at the
pamphlet accompanying them. emit lee Dis.
eases OF the Skin and Blood, and How 10 Cure
Ihem' Others know 50 much more than the
otlBlhators mat they feel in need of no instruc-
tlOu In either case there can be no great sue.
cess, The Cuttcua Resolvtnt the hew blood
purltler should be taken internally. and Gnu.
cuTa anu Cuicura Soap. the great skin cures.
applied externally as many times per day rs is
louhd 70 agree with the nature of the disease,
4 +,
le's or spasmodic use of them cannot be ey.
pected to fayorably affect diseases which have
been years in reaching Il chronic state Nor is
II reasonable to hope TOR speedy cures In cases
tortured for years by physicians with mer ury
arsenic, zinc and lead, Blood humor., which
are born IN the system In many cases, and In
pthers nave poisoned the blood for years, must
be patiently treated, with all the aid obtainable
OF nourishing food and wholesome exercise. 10
make permanent cure. In my own case have
eSpctienoeu so much of failure, of dependency,
OF useless expenditures of worthless advice, OF
long, increased suffering, instead of speedy re.
llei as promised, OF Ignorance. of superstition.
OF poispns and PRISONERS, that feel il both n
uuiy ana pleasure not only 10 recommend to all
sufferers from every form of skin and blood dis.
eases these pure and wholesome remedies hut
70 emphdsize those points which have rendered
aeure IN my case possible, viz. An Intelligent
ialtillui nnd persistent use of the Cutcura
heihouieS' WIN. TAYLOR.
:, frice CurIcuRA RFsoLvBNT, sl.C0 per bot
We CUflcuRA, buc. per box large boxes. s.. 90 F..
UuTlcuR SOAR. DC; tuTlCURA SuAyING soar
l5c. Sold everywhere. ''N''
roller Drug and Chemical Co , Boston.
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house accommodation seems small here. In
all classes of European society house rent
consumes a much less proportion Of the
outgoes OF family than here. There 1t is
not regarded rs prudent to let IL exceed a
sixth, perhaps even tenth Of the income
OF family. With US il is common enough
TO pay a third of the income for house
room alone, and sometimes the proportion
/ is larger than that. A family which keeps
I its rent down TO fifth is rather exceptional
in New York, though formerly that was the
common proportion, or at least the highest
which was deemed sale.
mechanic living in tenement house
may have TO pay rs high as SIS month for
a iour-room apartment in crowded dis
trict. That is $2l6 year To get decent
comfortable place he has to give that, or
nearly that, though il he goes into smaller,
poorer and lleaner quarters he may hire an
apartment Tor Il good deal less.
At any rate, the house rent OF the work
ing man, be he mechanic or daily laborer,
draws so heavily on his purse that he must
not only economist closely in his living TO
meet that hrst necessary expense. but also
be able TO get steady WORK TO sustain the
burden. lttakes too large share of his
income, and the rent is extravagantly high
In proportion to that charged for whole
houses occupied by families in better cir
cumstances. His apartment is made up of
small rooms, with comparatively low cell
lngs, and the house in which it is may con
tain twenty families and more, and be in u
part OF the city where landed property
would yield fair interest on its value at
much lower rents.
In proportion to their incomes, the PEG.
pie OF New York generally pay too much
Tor house accommodations; but the poorer
among them are the worst sufferers in that
respect, The well-to-do burden them
selves with too much rent sometimes Tor
the sake ofappearances and to make a show,
but the others are forced to give il even for
mean quarters. They have no choice.-[N.
y, sun.
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4 Glitterlng lIaap of Gold,

Sometime ago an old man, named Jack
Harkey, living near Matthews Station, Just
across the line in Union county, died, and the
little old house in which he lived alone for
many long years was locked up by his ex-
ecutor. Not long after the old mans death
the executor found 5000 in cash which IT
was known the old man had aud cleaned
everything out of the house except an old
cupboard that stood in a corner of the
room. AS II was not in the way, and wa.
not II bad looking piece of furniture, it wa.
permitted to remain undisturbed. The
house was rented to family who moved
INTO 1t last week, and 10 whom the golden
secret OF the old cupboard was unexpected
| ~ revealed. The vile did not like the look.
OF the old cupboard and proposed TO her
husband that they should move it to an
other part Of the room. This the husband
consented to- and the cupboard was accord
| ingly moved out of The corner where il had
remained for perhaps quarter of "A centu
ry. AS il was moved small tin box. such
Us is used by business men to keer
papers in, was found on the floor covered
with dust The man gave il kick and
was surprised to find that it was not easy tc
move, and on picking it mp was further
surpri'e ed at Its weight. A few blows of an
AK broke open the lid, and pile of bright
gold pieces met the gaze of the astonished
husband and wife. They set to work
counting out the coins, aud found that the
pile amounted to the snug sum of ST. 200.
AS soon as they had counted the money
they replaced it IN the box and hid it, whei
the nan with an honest haste, went straight
to the executor of Mr. Hark ey' estate and
related the circumstances OF the finding, and
closed by inviting the executor to accom-
pany him to the house and take possession
OF the money. The executor followed him
hons and obtained tho gold.-[Charott,
Journal Observer
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TnE Irish convention, it seems, recognia.
ed, in no equivocal terms or manner, Mn.
PAaNELI as the leader of the Irish move.
ment. Tho recommendation OF the Berlin
presa that he at once speak out in denuncia-
tory terms of the dynamite policy, and the
practice OF assassination is sensible ard
apropos, in view of the fact that Mr.. PAR.
SsIL has been thus openly and sigualy
selected as the head and front OF the Irish
agitation. If Erin wants the sympathy of
the civilized world in her struggles, she
must unequivooally and at once cut loose
from the dends who, through ianaiiosm
end Ignorance, are departing from the
recognised usagcs Of modern warfare and
political agitation and resorting to the
methods Of terrorism,
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Tnr sin, III towns surrounding San Fran
disco No in terror at the approach OF the
a,Ason OF hcodlum pionics. These peculiar
specimens Of tho American citizen, the foe
OF tho heather, descend during the spring
aud summer In large force every Sunday
upou the surrounding towns, for what they
call q picnic. II isa picnic indeed. There
ION cvcsy occasion at least one man killed,
aud lighting, brawling, stealing and Ike
smulcmcnts are the order Of the day. No
wonder the quiet citizens Of the country
near San Francisco dread the season ior
these picuics. The hoodlum element o,
California Is beautiful factor In our civili.
xalion and great one to set the machinery
Of The general government running sssins,
Che industrious immigrants from a great
empire!
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The Ford brothers, who brought the ca
reer of Jesse James, the outlaw, to a sud
den close expect to make professional
visit to iscity two weeks hence. The fact
of their coming fills the mind of Manage,
Kelly OF the eiioual theatre with appre
nension, au. lays ago the agent of the
Ford brotlH" rote to Mr. Kelly asking /
he could 5te the combination bearing tn,
name weeks engagement at the National
Mr.. Kelly, III reply, wrote on postal card
IN elect that there was no opening thi,
year for the company, but in July, 1859 >
he would be happy to let the brothers dis
play themselves in his house Subsequently
the manager of the Grand Central closed
an engagement with the slayers of les, :
James, and they are expectedhere in two
weeks. Robert Ford sent note to Mr.
Kelly saying that he would call at the
business office of the National theatre on
his arrival and demand an apology Tor tn,
reflection contained in the postal card
The letter to Mr.. kelly's mind, breathes d
spirit OF revenge and his friends have ad
ylSed him to make visit to some noun
tain retreat for his health while Ford stop,
IN the CITY, MIR. Kelly, however, has decided
to stay and receive his sanguinary guests
philadelphia Special in Cincinnati New,
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DIR. Tanner has been beaten at his own
game of abstinence from food. Tanner
tasted forty days, and Il went on record as n
tair test. The champion faster is j, n
stewart, a lumberman, who hns made n
life run OF fifty days without n bite 10 eat
and most of tho time in u comatosc condi.
ton. The last was enforced, Stewart Is A
great bolter of food without mystical alton.
and an eater,of tobacco and swalower of
the Juice. Finally his stomach rebelled
against tho cruel treatment. His first fast
was ten days, after which he recovered his
appetite, and commenced eating and swsl.
lowing tobacco as usual. His ext fast.
nom the same cause, was forty Gays, and
again his appetite returned, His last fast
during which DR.. Tanner found him, was
leDgthened out TO- hny days. Tanner 10
satisfied that he Is beaten, and Stewart
thinks that alter anoth trial or two he
will be able 10 get along without eating at
~. And very likely he Is right. y
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The postal cards of the United States
government are turned out near the vii
lage ofCastleton, on the eastern bank of the
Hudson river, about eight miles below Al.
bany. The postal card factory proper, there
being several buildings devoted to the pur
pose in question, is u one-story brick build
ing OF very unpretending appearance. The
cardboard is received from the paper mill
in sheets twenty-one inches by ,hirtv--,
size Just large enough to cut up into forty
postal cards. The sheets are first printed
ON an ordinary large cylinder lob printing
press. The impression Is taken on A plate
containing forty card faces with stamp' the
monogram US, the scroll and words postal
card, and the line Nothing but the adj,
dress can be placed on this side.n Thus.
when sheet OF card board is run through
the press II comes ont with forty nostal
cards completely printed ready To- be emf
up into the one'cent mssives with which
the public is familiar. There are three
presses, any two OF which, 1t is thought. are
suiliclent.to supply the demand without
being rushed.
From the presses the printed sheets are
taken TO the cutting machine, where thew
are rapidly cut into strips containing ten
cards each. They are fed between rnlle,s
on which there are four circular blades
The cutting into strips is done as fast as n
tolerably active boy can pass i'm
the sheets. From the first cutting
machine the sheets are taken to a second
cutter, where they are fed through fo'.
iers WIN circular blades, set as far apart as
the width OF postal card. Thus 10 cards
produced ready Tor use from each strip that
0 = ha a..
then drop into 10 pockets made of lin
mounted on shaft. The boy who feeds
the strips into the cutter passes 25 through
aud then calls out tally" Three girls re.
move the cards from the tin pockets, pack
them IN stacks OF % each, and provide each
| package with the proper band so familiar
10 those who buy cards in quantities of "a
and upward, In addition to these opern.
tons one OF the three girls has to turn the
pocket'shait every time the feeder calls
tally" and another has to count the
cardsl IN any one pocket, so as to see that
the count OF the boy who feeds in the
strips is correct. Every % strips produce
2lO cards, delivered equally in 10 pockets
IL any one OF them eontans - cards each
each OF tho other niue must contain like
number; ihe vel ow paper band that is
wrapped about each package of the 25cards
is already gummed, so that the three
pocket-lenders are able to work RAPIDLY
The packages OF - each are placed in piles
of 10 each, and each twoof these piles are
packed into u strawboard box, each box
containing 500 cards. The strawboard
boxes are made rapidly ON the spot by nm
ingenious machine. The whole machinery
for making postal cards, after the cardboard
is received from the card mill, could be
operated in room 80 feet square, The
force produces and packs an average of
l,2oo,oO cards each working day.
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FooM the American Register, one of the
sprightlest political papers in the country,
published in Washington weekly and I'd
itcd by Mn. l.. J. DurREE, formerly OF Aus.
tin, we clip the following pleasant notice Of
QUE town and one OF It's enterprises; "Dal.
las, Texas, isa place Of wonderful enter.
prise aud prosperity, developed no, only in
its newspapers but In It's railways and
banks. The City National bank of Dallas
within n year, has accumulated surplus
osueI 10 one-half its original capital of 800,
600 and its deposit account has Increased
in ucyear from sSS, 900 to $4,000. Dallas
aud Fort Worth, forty miles apart, are is
The centre of the richest cotton, wheat, ar,
cattle fields of the sou,h.n
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the celestial blue. Ike the little oherub's
eSe,-ior the cradle. the lily for the lady
Us pure as her thoughts, aud, like it per
haps, putting on a garment neither self
spun nor selfmade; the ohaplet Of roses to
rest over the grave, aud in their own sweet
scented way TO tell OF the virtues Of the now
dumb one below. In all ages and in all
climes they have been pressed into service
and, woven into wreath 10 bind about the
warrior, the poet, orator, or musician, they
have had more value and potency
AS symbolic Of exaltation than
crowns OF gold, tripods capped with emer-
aids ami Iubies, or swords all hiltcd with
diamonds. The painful wound on the
battlefield may be insufficient TO subdue,
and yet the sternness ofthat suffering soldier
will melt to tears at sight OF some little,
faded flower" that in the atmosphere {
memory comes with pulsing perfumes (
the past TO remind him OF the CLEAN d
tue gloom when beloved one drifted aw y
silence. Therefore there is legible ! l.
guage in flowers just as there is deep
significance in the stars. In eastern lands
they talk through these evangels of the
sky, and each leaf mystic meaning bears,
There, as often here, the stiffness
of the heart speaks out, and they
are sent oil by the tremulous and doubt.
ing spirit like dove from the
ark, to see what sprig of hope may bs
brought back TO the solicitous sender in
search of n resting place Tor loves ambi-
ton. And If they have been our friends In
the bright, they have not deserted us in the
dark. In sunless days and starless nights
when grief lay heart broke on blasted
hope, aud nights fever had nothing to ex-
| pect from the coming of the morn, like
PlccroLAs little visitor, come those wei
come companions to sweoten all the sol
itude as they seem TO sing "the hand that
made us Is Divine" And so we pluck up
faith, and conclude that tho Creator and
Carer of the flowers is the Being that will
care for his creatures superior to them.
And this is the lesson of the flowers.
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THE FLORAL SEASON, ANDTuE Lesson
or THE FLOWERS.

Was there ever u lovclier story, was there
ever tenderer love, was there ever u wor.
ship more true than We find recorded in
the little book that delighted our youth
aud even interests in our later years as we
turn over the leaves of Picciolar The deyo.
ton OF strong manhood to a little flower
that came unobtruseiSely creeping to his cell
to solace his hours and cheer his conflne.
ment, evidenced the power Of the smaller
over the greater Of earth. The effect upon
that poor prisoner there finds its reduplica.
ton on larger scale over Cons prisoners
on this little sphere, And this We feel the
more vividly as the floral festival
season comes upon us as 1t does now,
There is something about this lovely
kingdom, whether it come to us by instinc,
or by association, that makes us lore these
bowling fairies Of the prairies, tho woodland
or the mountain slope, or of the garden, ap.
parellcd In their royal robes moro various
In color than Joseph's coat, more sweet in
their odors than the spicy breezes Of Araby
To rich and poor alike they arc impartial
IN the distribution of their aromatic arbores.
cense. For rich and poor alike, to the
home of wealth and the hearthstone Of mil
cry and woe, they yield the same extracts
or essences for medicine to heal the sick
and relieve the suffering, by priest, phil.
osopher and potentate they arr
indlscriminately used for their respect.
I've purposes. AT the body's birth
at the bridal bower, In the banquet hall
and at tho bier wltre grief mounts guard
and measures time by tears, they arc called
on to do duty. The modest violet, the
lowliest Of earth, rejecting the same tin,
that glows In the highest Of the heav.ns
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A Tennessee exchange remarks "Tte
Atlanta Constitution says there is certainly
no greater farce than the present system of
working the roads in Georgia and elsewh here
in the south. 1t lisa relic Of carelessncss
aud thoughtlessness. Ploughing out bitches
and piling clay upon clay are methods that
are not calculated to make good roads. We
have tried that plan In Tennessee and
iind that it ia oil labor and cost" We may
add that the same plan has been exten.
aivsiy tried in Texas, and particularly N
Dallas with tbe same Unsatisfactory results.
AS long as there is life there is hope, how
ever, and some day the plan may be mate
rialiy improved upon.
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RLOW Us ALL Upl
There Is Enough Dynamite to DO II


Dynamite is now manufactured in Eng.
land at the rate of 1900 to 5000 tons an.
nually, and is not only largely used in
mining and blasting operations at home,
but is shipped to every quarter of the world.
There are are also German, Swiss and
French manufacturers, who have agents in
London, and supply the market with cheap.
or but more dangerous nitro-glyccrine com
pounds. Not only is the manufacture OF
explosives regulated by special ordinances,
but the home office also forces every dealer
and large purchaser to OBTAIN license for
trade use. AS the laws are now enforced AS
much AZ twelve or fifteen pounds of dyna.
mite could not be bought at ono time by a
Fenian conspirator anywhere in England
withut license from the home office,
Smaller quantities, however could be
readily purchased, especially In the great
towns OF the mining districts, and in this
way moderate stock could be accumula.
ted. II Chicago Herald.
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IL looks as IL the Utah commission had
the gilt fpersistenoy II nothing else. They
are going to make the best effort possible 10
shut out the polygamists in the forthcom-
ing registration in the territory, but the
Saints" are said to be laughing in their
sleeves at the already recognized fulility of
the attack agains, their religion anu praC-
ttra.
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In the care OF the Mormsns, as in every
other case Of persecution, antagonism and
Injustice have nerved them to renewed eff
fortS in behalf of their creed and cause,
Tue church ind,ed seems to have put on
new armor and gone forth with a new de-
termination to win. Slxty-one Mormon
missionaries started last week from New
York to gather recruits in England, Swi,a-
erIand, Sweden and Denmark. BRoTurR
Enm uEDs will have to try his hand again
ia the matter of anti Mormon legislation.