The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-17
feront towns. They are as follows in the cities
named below:

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Out Of the large towns the qualifications ar,
the amount that must be paid In taxes e
the Governm ent In order to constitute a voter
rs IN some o fnas Of and yet
q snsIS HSsSS sr: Witch Thus sG II q:
te Sy sehieda%. Nc, there are s0s. s5s male,
"F The paper circulation of Holland ia composed
exclusively OF the notes OF the Bank OF the
amount Of 1oOOo.o0O forms, issued In ten.
Several years ago the gold coinage was found
to be in a very Deprecated condition from use
and constant sweatings and clippings. In so
much that It was found In sSme instances st to
difficulty by having itself received and remit
II was determined to retire the gold coin.
| age. and as there were difficulties In mixed
merSIsI incSnvenisnces. it was determined to
es!a bli sh purely silver coinage;
The loss in rsdeeminng the G.,d ana p @y
| turn out that bag OF 900 ten form pieces
would weigh even less than, 300 should. was
s ssty s Want VIII eli arose rom t9e inct that
| the Issues Of the bank were restricted to de-
nominations OF twenty five iorins and M
| ward. and also to supply demand for some
| thing less heavy than silver to take the place
OF tic OH ton. FORM gold pieces. the doSys,rn-
guiIiers OF ten. form notes. and place Tor their
security an oau1i amount 81 ~ TN aovernmeht
The bunk. not liking this Interference with
! its circulation. and recognizing tho dangers
Of PAPER issue not redeem1Gle Ia coin. and
experiments of the same kind. proposed to tho
Government TO furnish the specie for these ~,
Government would agree to issue no more.
and this bargain was made. and the circula-
M p,rguntiOn of tho bank he thrice
its capital. or 45C0OOOO forms. and after
that 1t may issue dollar OF paper for dollar of
Tho Dutch debt. so long regarded MS one Of
the most oppressive in Europe,, is fast getting
r ntG neftHy nI,' hSow s yso orn
1t is exactly 1.O2o0oo 900 now. and there are
the 5000 900 win be some $1,000 900 OF the
., rer cents. OF this sum about three-fourths
are ~ per cents The sh nays three
OF the debt Is ~. 100000 of forms per annum.
It has been 50 high as $4,000 900 since 1880;
showing rapid reduction during period hoG
when most European governments nave been
The debt is not now considered burdensome:
best it should not be reduced below an annual
charge OF 20oOOO0o or 2iOgO.oOo. as = large
w II !if ~ law Laws to be invested in
Government securities.
They have q habit here OF simply inscribing
the debt in public ledGcrs 70 the credit OF WIZ VIZ
eyer holds II. one of which is Kept az me
Hague and one ut Amsterdam. nnplicates are
kept IN order 10 guard against Afrs. ifanIs.
ami Other contingencies.
officers and trust companies. after an in
nothng m 10 ore than run away with six months
interest The principal is always sale IN the
The population being $500. 900. the annual
charge II the national debt is now reduced to
less than 8 gullders per head. or about So and
Tor ten years ending 1850 was 24.000.OoO per
annum. Language is impotcnt to curse as he
de- e o HosnG h
acts he DESTROYED Dutch commerce. and espe-
chilly the Dutch whale fishery. which IN the
History takes no note ofthe private loss and
ruin which follows such usurnations as his.
OF the amount Of which we can never form any
yet a glimpse here and there OF the especial
mischief he wrought that We are led to reflect
on the mightness Of the aggregate OF ruin In
The bHsnesss Of comeition has h been ca car
TsS e dnS e"9
wero oponed half a dozen dtligences pied
times d4 between the haGue and
SAINT. and the fare constantly changing. One OF
the eompetitors rich iirm determined in to
passengers for six months for nothing. and to
furnish them bottle OF wine apiece gratis. at
for a change Of horses. And this they i'd. This
firm. an Gend IL Loos. is now the great OK
r Of H ha sea . nd1 lives
in BRUSSELS and Loos at Maestrlcht.
Henry. what is the cos, Of that funeral
'.Ah. sir. that is q funeral OF some big lady
or gentleman. The person has four rnn-
sDrekTs. They are people who go about q, mott
pay them not less than 70 aorins apiece.
Then thore are twelve TO carrythe corpse from
to ns nnn neSs GsI ong
two or three attend, and they get ? or .
stnvers apiece . or 10 cents Federal Every;
thing in the rich funerals is very high, sir, and
everyh body is paid
the Hoek van Holland" through cultivated
and wooded country redeemed from the dunes;
There are some "polder" lands extending well
dEs which nj skirts this part Of The district but
the land generally is pure sand IL would seem
it should be different irGm the dune ,n lands
fail to obtain results that in any way com;
Zee. which form the ramparts o, Guelderland
difficult to fasten to their place than those Of
the main coast. This difference indicates that
there m The be 81
clay beds, which appear to have been
submerged in previous epoch, may be more more
dGDris may mingle with the sands VIII ch are
washed On shore and driven over the land by
t" the hs sands with which tho dfbrls is inter.
mixed. oyer and above that enjoyed by other
faPd can nsd Sr ,ns
And yet the constant mannring and planting
with trees that the sands undergo must be
the main cause o, the present productiyeness
OF the soil. still It seems, very doubtful 4 any
treatment OF the scheveningen sands will ever
produce the same results We see In the viciu-
ity OF GraveZande and Monster.
II anybody has a desire to know how appar:,
emily worthless lands can be redeemed and
made useful by skill. patience. and industry
exerted under difficulties apparently insur-
mountab bio. he should read NJ. Iayeleyes trea-
tise on the Rural Economy Of the Netherlands.
or observe for himself the methods by which
few POTATOES are produced. and little patches
o. moss-Erown scrub are grown on tho road
from tho Hague to Schoyeningen.
On the way to the district first spoken Of we
pass Loosduinen. celebrated as the former
residence Of the mother OF three hundred and
siyty-nye babes Here stands the church in
which they were christened, where, as u
more positive evidence OF the miraculous ges-
tntion are now to be seen fastened against the
wall the two Identical wooden basins in which
the children were baptized. with description
recountlng the particulars Of he transactions.
The present pastor Of the church. which Is
Protestant. has gently removed these relics
from the church into an adjoining part re 'ent-
ly nt..I IN "a "A