Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-20
MORNING. MAY 20, 1885.

large quantity of this wood was brought to
 the surface, and it was good, sound wood, in an almost perfect state of preservation, al though its great depth and the character of the superincumbent strata seemed to show that it was at least l. 900, 900 years old. Mi croscopie examination shows that the ancient tree was similar to the present nutpine.
 The microscopist of the Agricultural bu- reau claims to have made discovery which of oleomargarine or any other imitation but ter. He claims to have demonstrated beyond possibility of doubt that under the micro scope butter particles always assume the form of a perfect globule, upon which is dis tinctly marked St. Andrews cross. He says every other fatty substance presents very different forms, and has equally marked characteristics. Pure butter has been ex- amined in all it's possible forms, sweet, ran- cid and melted, and the result has always been the same, perfect globule with St.
 Andrews cross. The process is said to be so simple that child, after one explanation, can always tell genuine butter.
 It is believed that Secretary Bayard's course in appointing consuls will bring the adninis- tration into fine row with the Senate. Dur ing the extra session the Senate refused to confirm consuls nominated to Liverpool Man chester, Athens and Hamburg. on the ground that these consular positions, where there are no ministerial functions connected with the place. are in no sense political and there is no reason for the removal of good officers to make way for Democrats. This position the Republican senators took after consider ing the matter in caucus and so they will probably stand by it next winter. Since the Senate adjourned, MT. Bayard has reappoint- ed those who were rejected, and besides that, has suspended Republicans and appointed Democrats to the following consuIates: Frankfort, Melbourne, Rotterdam, Brussels, Nuremberg, Toronto, Hamilton, Prague, Passo del Norte, Leeds, St. John, N. B., St. Johns, Quebec, Stuttgart, Birmingham, Ere men, Leghorn, Ottawa, Sherbrooke, Honolu- lu, Hong Kong, St. Galle, Chemnitz, Char lottetown, Belleville, Havre, Rio Janeiro, Mexico and Agua Dulee. In none of these cases are any charges made against the in cumbents, and when the names are sent to the Senate the Republican senators, if they follow the rule laid down by themselves, must vote to reject the nominees. This means a stubborn fight from the outset.
 The American consul at Marseilles gives some advice to New England manufacturers, which they may find profit in needing. He says: We manufacture excellent articles, the very best machinery in the world, make it cheaply, and show great intelligence in our labor system; but when 1t comes to selling abroad we apparently do not understand how to do it. We have shown this in nearly every line of goods. We ship to Brazil cot ton goods superior to the English make in every respect, but fail to sell them, for the English wisely study the tastes of the natives and send them exactly what they want, whereas the American cottons are probably better than the natives want and certainly of style that they do not admire. We make the same mistake in China, and do not sell our goods there because the natives want something cheap and heavy, with size, and we insist upon selling them pure and una dulterated goods. We send our machinery to South America so packed that it cannot be well transported in that land of bad roads And in all these countries we insist upon transacting business after our own methods in the matter of giving credit, and refuse to adapt ourselves to the home way. of doing business, as the English and Germans have done, and we thus allow the latter to get ahead of us even in neighboring Mexico.