Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-16

mates that 10000 men in excess of the
present available supply will be needed to
| begin the agricultural year. This def
| cheney of labor, it is explained, is due to
the immense crop of last year, the gather
ing and marketing of which has put all
| manner of farm work in arrears. The
usual fall plowing, for instance, was in
many sections but partially done on ac-
count of the great amount of threshing
| required.
There are some missionaries in this
country who do not feel the need of
foreign heather to work for. Mrs Emma
Bradley, of Chicago, has, unaided, estab-
lished a mission school in one of the worst
parts of that city. 1t is entirely indie
pendent of any church or denomination,
and she herself pays the rent of the
rooms, fuel and gas, with the help of a
few unsolicited contributions. Two small
rooms at the rear of the mission are her
home, and she shares her food with a
number of pensioners who come to her
every day.
Kate Field tells, in her 'Washington, !"
about her first visit to John Browns old
home, up in the North Woods, some time
ago, and her scfsme for buying it when
she heard it was for sale. Hurrying to
Boston, she mentioned the case to Wendell
Phillips and Ralph Waldo Emerson,
who sent her nice, sympathetic notes, but
| neither money nor advice. A male friend
then volunteered to rush out on the street
| and collect it among his friends, but he
failed. Only one person up there, lady,
actually contributed any cash; that is,
aside from Kate Fields own $100. But
within forty-eight hours after she had
stated the case to New York gentleman
he had picked up eighteen subscriptions,
each of that amount. With this $4,000
the farm was bought and good tenant
secured, who still remains. "When
revisited the Adirondacks recently" says
Miss Field, 'I found our property worth
three times what we had paid for it, the
house in good repair, and John Browns
grave the Mecca of all tourists"
The figures of Frances national debt,
presented by Camille Dreyfus, are truly
magnificent. 1t was begun by Francis I.
primarily to establish the artillery. The
| debt which produced the Revolution was,
in dollars, $36, 100000. Napoleon I. in
creased it immensely, and $3.50, 900, 900 was
e1acted by the allies in 1915. The Restora-
ton borrowed $500, 100000 to give to
emigres, many of whom get back the prop.
| erty taken in the Revolution. Other loans
added $40, 100000. Louis Philippe Dor
rowed SO, 200, 900, and the second republic
$40, O,500,000 to pay his debts. Louis
Napoleon was the greatest borrower of all
| In the first month after becoming Emperor
he borrowed 100000, 900, and soon afte,
| $500, ,000,000 for the Crimean war. The wal
in Italy cost 500, 900, 900, and the war in
Mexico s63, ,00O,0 900. Prepara tions made af
ter the Prussians startling victory at
Sadowa cost s9o,OOO,OOO. Eugenie Dor
rowed s15O,OoO, 900 after the battle OF
| Woerth. The direct cost of the war Of
1870 is estimated at So, GOO, 900, 900, though
NJ. Dreyfus thinks it was less, the indirect
cost having been far greater. The present
republic in 1881 borrowed 5000, 900
redeemable in sixty years, and in its twenty
years of existence has made debts for 5000,
600 OOO