The Evening critic., 1885-03-27
CLEARED FROM MANY SOURCES.

after become formidably effective in modern
warfare, although the date of its first utili-
zatiOn in this way comes almost within tho
memory Of some men still living. Tho
earliest appearance Of balloons In war was
during the siege Of q fortress In Northern
France by tho Austro-P -Prussiau invaders of
lf0l, whom an adventurous fcronaut thor.
oughly surveyed the Austrian lines In tho
teeth of heavy but wholly Intellectual
fro directed against him by tho enraged
enemy. The balloon communication kept
up with the outside world by Paris during
the German blockade Of 1870 is still fresh
IN public memory Poor Colonel Burnaby,
one Of the boldest @ronauts Of his time,
bad daring theories about the possible use
of balloons in war which his own fcats
amply justified. Tho project Of froighting
balloon with small bombs, and dropping
them into tho enomy's ranks, has been re-
peatedly mooted, but not yet tested by
actual experiment
Tho London Times says that In the budget
for 1856 tho salary Of Prince Bismarck
Is given at 81 900 marks (e2,700) :; that of
Count Hatzfeldt, Foreign Secretary of State,
at 10000; of Herr Won Bmtticher Minister
of State, at 10000 and apartments of Herr
Schelling, Chief Of the Department. of JUS
tice, ut $4,000; of Herr Won Burghart,
Chief of the Finance Department, at 10000
and apartments of Herr Stephan, Postmas-
ter.General, at $1,000 and apartments; of
General Won SchelendOrf and General
Caprivi, War Minister and Lord of the Ad-
miralty respectively, at 10000 though tho
former enjoys, in addition, apartments, fuel
and rations for eight horses. Field Marshal
Count Won AIoltke has 10000 marks, with
apartments and rations for six horses. Tho
generals Of divisions all have $4,000 marks
as pay and supplementary allowance Of
10000, out of which they have to pay Office
and other expenses, but, on the other hand,
they also receive free lodgings, fuel aud
Iations for eight horses.
The following statistics concerning the
orange trade in France have recently ap
peared in French contemporary: Fifty
years ago France imported only 1000 tons
of oranges per annum, one-third Of which
were imported by way of Marseilles. At
that time oranges were supplied to France
nearly exclusively by Spain. But the do
mand for oranges increased steadily, so that
in 1856 the importation rose to $4,000 tons,
5000 tons Of which had come by Marseilles.
Ten years later, in 1866, the importation
amounted to $4,000 tons, but Marseilles did
not profit by the increase, as large quanti-
ties of oranges were then imported from
Spain by rail. Since 1878 orange culture
has been developed in Algeria, and the
ceived a new stimulus, her imports rising in
1884 to II, 600 tons, of which one-half came
from Spain, more than one-third from Al
geria, and the rest from Italy aud other
countries. The total importation Of oranges
into France in 1884 amounted to about 3d.
600 tons, 10000 tons of which came from
Spain. The imports from Algeria have
risen from seven tons in 1886 to 5000 tons
in 1SS4-a fact which Frenchmon regard as
apOtbar mn rual0ua afraat of nf THAR
beautiful African colony.
The Baltimore SIN says that IL is some-
what curious coincidence that the Hon.
Henry Lloyd should bo tho third Governor
Of the Lloyd family in Maryland, although
but one of tho name, Edward Lloyd, Gov
ornor In 1S09'11, was elected to the posi-
tiOn. The first Governor Lloyd, Major
General Edward Lloyd became, like his
descendant. Henry Lloyd, lin 1903, ex-oflicio
Governor as President Of tho Council, upon
the death of tho royal Governor, Seymour.
He was Governor, therefore. just 100 years
before the second Governor Edward Lloyd,
elected in 1900. After lapse of three
quarters of a century another member of
the family now assumes the Gubernatorial
Office;
Perfection of Railroad management
Nothing so thoroughly exemplilies the
perfection OF railroad management as tho
manner in which tho immense amount of
travel to the Inauguration was handled by
the roads composing tho Great Pennsyl-
vania System. Never before in the history
Of this country has there been such a de-
mand made upon transportation facilities,
as during the four days Immediately pre-
ceding and succeeding the ith of March;
yet, under its splendid organization, the
vast travel was accommodated without the
semblanCe of an accident, or moro than
trivial delay. Thousands came from the
North, East, West and South, aggregating
total of from 10000 to G0000, over the lines
of this one company alone, yet they were
all accommodated without any apparent
effort on the part Of the great corporation,
which justly is acknowledged the leading
railroad of the world. This grand achieve
nient is NOT due alone to the skill and ex-
perience of its officers and employees but to
its splendid switch and block signal system,
which makes the handling Of many addi-
tional trains as simple and easy as the
| movement Of its regular service. Superior
| ity of management and perfection of mod
| ern appliances were never before so aptly
shown, and the result accomplished is but
| another illustration of the fact that speed,
comfort and perfect safety are always guar
| anteed when we journey over the lines of
| the Pennsylvania Railroad and its branches
a Dinner 10 MR.. Arthur.
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