The Washington critic., 1886-07-09
TOPICS or THE DAY.

Dfluc mas not exactly started curious
fashion, but she has revived IN old one.
Among the many odd trinkets that
formed part of her trousscau was live
bug about an inch and half in length,
looking like a bit of light, specklel
wood. Around the insects body Is
tiny gold harness, to which is attached
fine chain. The lady fastens this
chain to her left shoulder, and the bug
wanders about at its own sweet will.
This species of bug is called the
"Machette," and is imported from
Yucatan. They were u fashionable
ornament some twenty or thirty years
ago, and now that Mrs. Cleveland
wears one they have once more sprung
into popularity, Several of our leading
jewellers are selling the "Machettes" as
fast as they can import them ut the
rate of SO apiece. They are said to b.
deaf, dumb and blind, and subsist on
scraps of dead wood Deaf, dumb and
blindl What wonder the Machette is
chosen as chaperon
a~@
The Chicago Ne0s says that Miss
Tabitha Hatton, who will live in his.
tory as the first woman admitted TO le.
gal practice in North Carolina, was an
aunt of Colonel Frank Hatton, the dis
tinguished Iowa politician and street
car iconoclast The old lady died last
week and she left n will that Is rs Gu.
rious as her estate is enormous. BY
this will she bequea,hs $50, 900 to char
ities In Raleigh and S5O,00O to the
h,nIl,unh i,an;a" sn, nlnic o9c'e,y. me res. ol
invod So,,bav Erari, - onnd;,in,
tbot ho wiii ,,lia " and nprnvido 'p for oa
love oS ,hau ali loo n,npL ,,i,,o lono", ~
bmrioI 70 a, doa,hN ny Gy9s rn, cots
Imbnr Tohh Mo1nsSSr S Eolic;, "nj
Row y Uonni,y Coiorol Tntton T 10
iinj,, dis,nsad ,o0,,,rJ oat, 90 ho ,,,iiI
ba ohie 10 accent thn Icracy ond ohida
bv tbn condi,jpns ~ az ,y;Ii ,,ithnnt
c. c,., mn.
says Austin III the Olnclnnati i'm3S'
star: 1t is favoritc theory that the
people of the Southern States do not
ret mach money. but when Won look
ovor ,ho lie, of ovror,o,i,,o van fi,d
w. w '',, Va .Npo' '"''''' y" i.''
nat colton' inc staple prouucV Oh tue
south, has brought more money into
his country from abroad than any
othtr one article or class of articles ex
norted-ves twice or tbreo ,imes os
e,, v,',,1 - -.
'nuon' n,"' anu ooin "nu noSs "'c
>uPposeu 10 NC inc staple prouuctohs
Of the North, especially the staple for
expectation. The exports of pork
products during the wear inst endcd
;ro,,d;no Iooon ~ InnS aaa
,ro oui,, It'll o SO noa 900 ~ rn, w.,
oxnort: oe o rvtoot ~, d 'Dv;VUu'ogo' ho, H. e uu
~ noar W ora -, . aN nSS onn 'u, 'o
corn n i;,,,o oror esn i''Vi 0Nn oon tr, rni VI
nortot;nn of o0t,np GVV,U00IGVo' f ,ha no oN
amomntad a 70 ovor % %sSao od0 oo6 % uiion iGI,
money of conrso ,t0',upvi want ,noot of ny r.
into tIe Sonthnr, S,aIns Wiz ,,a,, ~,
toi,o nnor tro In,n5ro5 49, ,,,;,,;on noI II You
and ecotter II tbronGh fan or a uo do~on
states II must fail rooi dnni
more thicliv than bnndreJ
and fiftv million does when
scattered over twenty or thirty States
| or course tbe two hundred millions
and over received for cotton 90 to
much less number of states and y n,nch
smaller territory thon the bundled ami
| fiftv millions received for norl, and
wbrot and corn So ofter ali II is iust
nossille that tbe idca that tbe sinh
does not ret much money NAV he n
somewhot overdonc one Sotton
| brpodstuCTs meals and nn,roIcum molre
| mn the hulk Of our oynnrtations Tbny
| brinr into tho country tbrcn .fourthe ~
|
to nav for onr lamentations , Snrnr
and coffee. and sill, and manufacturers
of iron and steel and cotton woods .re
tbe nrincinol articles for which we
mid the five hundred oni ninctv mil,
lions semi abroad last wear to INV for
imnor,e1 articles For sugor oiono wn
Maid e;Thtv miIlinrs of In1Inrs T,ci,
one Of the nonuIotion Of this conntrv
has eaten on an AVERAGE one third Of
their weight in sugar during the past
year Our coffee bill for tho year has
been about S45, 100000, though, as
'hh. Is slghI ialilug OIL Us cohlpareu
VIII WIN iaSs Scai, int ne. result Is ., su.asiot, T.
seen the amount imnorted has been
rather more, although the total of
cost has been less. 1t seems curious,
since we have the great cotton fields
of the country and the finest machin-
cry in the world and most ingenious
mechanics with plenty of water and
steam power, that we should have i'm
ported over S25 900, 600 of manufac-
tured cotton. Yet such is the case.
The cotton which was sent abroad and
got over 5000 100000 for in the natural
state has some of 1t come back to us
and been paid for with the same money
| received for the raw article sent abroad