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Year: 1878

pound than the average grades of open kettle
sugars.


5. The product Of crop OF 300 acres cane.
fair average for grinding, is worth from
$4,000 to $4,000 more than the same product
II manufactured in open kettles.


6. The product of any stated amount OF
windrOwed cane, II not unfit for manipulation,
treated by vacuum boiling process, Is worth
from two to ten times as much as product
from like amount of cane In same condition
treated with open kettles.


T. The vacuum pan turns out grades OF
sugar which, under existing revenue laws,
have higher tariff protection than open
kettle sugars.


AS the above noted advantages have been
demonstrated to exist to practice or are
known to many engaged in the business of
cane culture and sugar manufacture, it seems
singular that such q small proportion OF our
sugar-houses are fitted with the vacuum boil
ing apparatus. We learn, however, that q
large humber Of vacuum pans have been con-
strHcted by the foundries OF this city during
the past year, and that many OF these will be
ready for the harvesting OF the present grow
ing crop of cane. 1t Is to be hoped that the
results of the present crop will be such as to
enable many more to be constructed next
year.


The Improvement in the sugar machinery
of our State will be followed by a correspond
ing increase in the production of her cane
fields, and the standard Of the product made
can be so raised as to defy competition, as it
is now made by the comparative few COM
pIete manufactures among the thousand
sugar-houses in the cane region OF Louisiana.
Year: 1878

Silver spring, Florida, is one of the
greatest curiosities in the South. 1t
bursts forth in the midst of the most
fertile country in the State. 1t bub-
bles up in q basin near 100 feet deep
and about an acre III extent, and sends
from it deep stream 60 TO 1CO feet
wide, and extending six to eight miles
to the Omaha river. In the spring it
self sixty boats may lie at anchor
quite fleet. The spring thus forms a
natural inland port, to which steamers
now run regularly from the St. Johns,
making close connections with the
ocean steamers at Palatka. The clear
ness of the water is truly wonderful.
1t seems even more transparent than
air; you see the bottom eighty feet
below the bottom of your boat, the
exact form of the smallest pebble, the
outline and color of the leaf that has
sunk, and all the prismatic colors of
the rainbow are reflected. Large fish
swim in it, every scale visible and ev-
cry movement distinctly seen. If you
go over the spring in boat you will
see the assures In the rock, from which
the river rushes upward like an in
verted cataract.
Year: 1878

Chinese emigration has now crowd
ed white labor to the wall on the Pa
cific slope. This is admitted by the
leading Republican papers of the
West. 1t is not merely the assertion
of party press for political purposes,
for the question is one that relates to
the comfort, happiness and hope of the
entire labor clement of the land, using
the word in its most comprehensive
sense.


Every steamer is adding thousands
of Cinnamon 10 the thousands already
out of employment on the Pacific
slope, for there are more Cinnamon in
that section than are needed; yet the
flood still continues to pour over. All
vino can leave are leaving China, and
there is no spot SO attractive as Amer
lea.


There is no room for them here in
the East, Or in the West, as the labor
market is stocked nor in the South,
where there are more blacks than are
necessary to perform the very kind of
labor which Cinnamon are capable of
doing on their first arrival in the
country.


This flood has reached such dimen-
sions and is so rapid in its course that
it must be regulated or turned entire
ly from the land, or there will be q
disastrous overflow. The prospects
opened up by candid look into the
subject are not pleasant to contemplate


If permitted to go On unchecke ed.
Year: 1878

How WOMEN can manage to sit bolt
upright and rot change position,
looking neither to the right nor left,
during a sermon in church passes the
understanding. A man will sit on
the picket fence all the afternoon to
see ball match, but put him in
church pew for three-quarters of an
hour and he will wabble all over the
seat. 1t can be said for the women
that they do not wabble.
Year: 1878

Dreaming the happy nOufs away"


Yes, you 60 peep in the room where
your loves taking her afternoon nap,
and ten TO one you'll see an object on
the sofa with head as free from hair
as the inside of cannon ball. and no
teeth to speak of,while there is sound
as of men in the distance carefully
saving boards, pervading the room.
aud making the dishes rattle in the
cupboard. Better keep away from
where your love Is dreaming.
Year: 1878

1 buy for cash and as I have
a large trade, CAN AND WILL
sell goods in my line at such
prices as will attract attention
and secure the patronage of
the CLOSE cash buyer.


Having a long lease of the
old Furniture Stand which /
have occupied for nearly five
years [ intend to remain per-
manently, and solicit a con-
tinuance Of your patronage.
Year: 1878




THh ATLANTIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


ASKING TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE RECEIVERS


hands.


Considerable interest is manifested in in
surance circles in regard the application of the Allan
tic Mutual Life Insurance Company before Judge West
brook at Special Term in Albany for discOntinuance
OF the special proceedings against the company and for
arestorauon Off to the stockholders and pOchOders
on payment OF the reasonable fees OF the receiver and
any proper and legal expenses for any other ree in
the premises which the Court may see ht to grant.
Judge Learned in opinion affirming the order direct
ing the receiver 10 convert the Of the com
pany into cash for distribution among the stock
and poliey-holders, stated that it was not de-
sirabe that the Court, through its officers,
should carry on life insurance business,
even to continue the business until there should be an
accumulation of funds sufficient to all the obga-
tons of the company and pay its stock. The opinion
further states: Since August 1, 1877, this company
has been IL q receivers hands. For several months
prior thereto proceedings had been pending. deposit
OF Slls,OOO made in the Hope Banking Company was
secured by collateral worth about S30000 and that Is
all the deposit s worth according 10 the actuarys re-
without referring in detail TO the facts which have
peaTed in regard TO the company II is apparent thar It's
credit IS An opportunity had been afforded ny
the Special Term. before appointment OF receiver
carry on this business, II the circumstances
probably in part pay any future premiums. I
am satisfied, from all the circumstances, that an At
tempt TO notify the policy-hOders to pay their pre-
muins would now he a failure Aud not only would it
be failure but 1t would result in injustice 20 them
Few would wish to pay premiums 10 the receiver OF a
dscTedited organization. And forfeit their policies
for Don-payment would afford opportunity for great
speculation ahd 1t would be like that practice
Of some or these insurance companies which have ac
Qulred the slang name OF freezing ont the policy
holders For these reasons think the order should be
affirmed"


The company and polcyholders now seek re-
lief from this order. William Barnes and scna-
tor Herman, who appeared for them. claim
that the company is solvent and since being
in the hands OF a receiver, has acquired surplus
OF 100000 They claim t would be great injustice
under these to make the stockholders and
policy holders submit 10 the loss that would inevitably
result to them the order TO the assets into
cash shOuld be carried out This attempt TO take the
company Of the hands of receiver, and allow II to
continue business, after having discontinued business
year ago. involves new point, which Is viewed
his decision
Year: 1878

on HIS OWN PORCH.


Officer Croley, of the Twenty ninth Precinct,
appeared at the jefferson Market Court yesterday with
John Kelley who had Just been discharged from Belle
yue Hospital and preferred charge OF assault and bat
terry against him. The officer declared that he ordered
Kelley to move away from the stOop Of No 12S West
Hueteenth-s which he sitting, and that he re-
fused Seeing Keeey pnt ms right hand IN his back
pocket, and believing that he was about TO draw re-
vover he struck him over tho with hs club, and
broke the prisoners arm Kepley's story was that while
sitting the stOOp OF his house CrOey ordered him 10
WDen told he lived there the officer ordered
him 70 20 in once. He refused, whereupOn CrOley
threatened TO arrest bm and at put his threat into
execution. He resisted when CrOey began beating him
with his club over the bead In protecting his head s
left broken The Justice DISCHARGED the pris-
Oner and on complaint Of Keeey the officer placed
under arrest, and held for examination He was re-
leased from custody on his own parole.
Year: 1878

It was announced yesterday that the CONT
mental Telegraph Company had completed its line to and
through Philadelphia from Jersey City, and that the
cable 10 be laid between this city and the NcwJersey
shore is completed and will be ready for delivery to-day,
and that IL will be laid and prepared for testing by Mon
dov The company has completed It's wires through


N Ia said without waiting for the passage OF
an ordinance by the Common Council Of that city acting
once ben tile extension OF its lines south and west Of
pbiladeIphia,
Year: 1878

Information was conveyed to Coroner Nolan
last night, through the Brooklyn police, that
killed about p. IN. yesterday by dummy engine on
the Broadway Railroad. The police OF East Eew-York.
within whose Jurisdiction the accident occurred failed
ascertain the Of the victim THIS Is the second
fatal accident that has occurred this railroad this
week
Year: 1878

No armed legions are required to keep
them loyal. There are probably not two
thousand soldiers this day in all Scotland,
and they are there merely for recruiting
and keeping few of the fortresses in order.
The population to-day is barely up to four
millions, and will probably never be greater,
for the young men and women in the lower
walks of life emigrate TO the Colonies,
where many rise to distinction and accum-
ulate fortunes. Bengal is said to belong to
the Scotch, on account of the many offices
occupied by them. They are hard-working
people, remarkable for their skill in farm
ing and gardening; but they have mortal
aversion to sweeping streets or digging
mud; and yet they will work eighteen hours
cut Of twenty-four on their own farms in
the long days of Summer and Autumn.
There is probably not a single Scotchman
any of our large cities. Those who are too
proud to work enlist as soldiers rather than
dig Or beg. The relation between the no.
bles and the people is very friendly, espec-
tally in the Highlands, where the poorest
who bear the name of their landlords, claim
kinship with them and have the claim al
lowed. Not landlord has been shot or
murdered in all Scotland during the past
two hundred years by his tenants. Boston
TrageNer.
Year: 1878

No TRAMPs IN THE SOUTH. The tramps
do not take kindly to the Southern States
probably because the negroes do not take
kindly to them. In that region colored
people have charge of the kitchens and
larders, and they are not addicted to show
ing mendicants fayors. This, probably, is
one reason why SO few tramps are to be
found in the South. Another reason is
that the South does not afford the same
advantages for plundering and free living
that are to be found in the North. There
are no orchards and poultry roosts to offer
an easy dinner to the wayfarer who prefers
pilfering to working. There was an irrup-
ton of tramps into Louisiana last y inter du-
ring the sugar making season. They pre-
tended to be in search of work, but, when
furnished employment, they soon showed
they we're not fascinated with it. They
wandered from one plantation to another,
and became as disguised with the country
as it was with them. They were found to
be an undesirable accession to the popuia-
tion, and the New Orleans Democrat adj


vised that If there is more cotton pro-
duced than can be picked By our own peo.
Pile, it is better to let it rot away than to
bring down this visitation of tramps on us
under the delnsion that they will do any
work.
Year: 1878

Not to the man of dollars,


Not to the man of deeds.
Not TO the man of cunning,
Nor to the man OF creeds;
Not to the one whose passion
Is for the worlds rcnown,
Not in form of fashion,


Cometh blessing down,
Not unto lands expansion,
Not to the miser's chest,
Not to the pr1ncely mansion,
Not to the blazoned crest;
Not to the sordid worldling,
Not to the knavish clown.
Not to the naughty tyrant,


Cometh blessing down.
Not to the folly blinded,


Not to the STEPPED in shame.
Not to the carnal-minded,


Not to unholy tame;
Not in neglect of duty,


Not in the monarch's crown,
Not at the smile of beauty.
Cometh blessing down.
But to one whose spirit


Yearns for the great and good
Unto the one whose storehouse
Yielded the hungry food;
Unto the one who labors


Fearless of foe or frown;
Unto the kindly-hearted


Cometh blessing down.
Year: 1878

The round full moon sheds forth its mellow light,


The tranquil river glides in calm Iepose;
The tropic, odor-laden air of night


Against my boats white bulwark gently blows.
Far from the uproar of the noisy town


drift upon the tranquil stream at ease;
My meerschaum slowly colors cloudy brown


The Spanish weed perfumes the gentle breeze.
The lazy motion of nv drifting boat,


The balmy sweetness of the tropic air,
With every care from this fair scene remote,


Combine to form JOY divine and rare,
'Tis hours like these that light lfes devious ways,
And cast glory DER the coming days.
Year: 1878

| Trees snNuld DC planted not only Dy
dwelling houses and along roads, but they
should be in every pasture and by waite. ing
places and near every barn, wherever cat
| tie, horses or sheep are to be provided for.
All these animals suffer from our burning
sun and to say nothing of their comfort
and enjoyment, the cost of shade trees will
be many times paid back in the saving of
the milk, fat, fleece and strength, which
will result by protecting domestic animals
from the heat of the sun.


Corn loses one-ffth by drying, and wheat
o.,, ro.---I-~-AL ~-..----.--
made that it is more profitable for the
farmer to sell unshelled corn in the fall at
rs cents than at 81 bushel in the follow
ing summer, and that wheat at $l.25 in
December is equal to ST. so in the succeed
ing June. In case of potatoes-taking
those that rot and are otherwise lost--to-
gether with the shrinkage, there is little
doubt that between October and June the
loss to the owner who holds them is not
less than thirty three per cent.





The issue of the coming election is very
simple, and easily understood. In order to
gain power, the Democrats of Colorado
have sold themselves bodily to Jay Gould,
Sidney Dillon, and the railroad monopoly.
The plain question for the voters of this
State to determine is, whether it is best to
deliver the politics of the State and the
State government into the hands of men
who will run it in their own personal inter
ests, or 1t is better that the government
should be run in the interest of the people
at large? Elect the Democratic ticket,
and the State of Colorado belongs to a
grinding soulless corporation, composed of
few men, who will beggar the country in
schemes of self-aggrandisement. Let the
farmer, the miner and the laboring man
think of this simple question. Colorado
Register.


Electricity has been applied to stripping
Photographic films from glass plates. Pho
tographers know full well that there is
scarcely any substance SO electric in it's ma
| ture as collodion film, and dry film may
be made to adhere firmly to glass surface
if it is simply stroked by the hand to excite
it electrically. M. Boivin believes that the
only adhesion of collodion film to glass, in
the ordinary way, is due to its electric state,
and it is only when the electric copdition is
destroyed that the film is repelled SO thor
oughly that 1t may be lifted from the plate
| without difficulty. An exeited film Ger
tainly adheres very firmly, and can only be
peeled off the glass with difficulty, anC
clings to ones hands and around ones fin
gers with disagreeable tenacity. When
| charged, however, with positive electricity
the film comes from the glass Immediately


and one has no difficulty in getting it tt
leave the plate. 1t is said that if we sim


ply cut round the edges with knife
and then charge the film first with ont
kind of electricity and then with an


other, the collodion image will leave thu
glass without further trouble. This is Ger
tainly a novel application of electricity.
Year: 1878

To steal and not be found out is
counted virtue by the Sioux warrior,


but to be caught in the act or to be found
in possession of the stolen property is a
disgrace, and it is the privilege of the
squaws to taunt and tease him, who ex-
ercise this privilege to the fullest extent,
and to be ridiculed by squaw is the
worst degradation that can be inflicted !;
consequently he very seldom steals.
Should he be caught in the act three or
four times, he would be Stunned by all
the warriors and made a squaw man.
He is then disgraced forever, being de-
barred from all warrior proceedings what
soever, which disgrace to an Indian is
worse than death, and many prefer death
to that punishment, and kill themselves.
When warrior or young man is made
squaw man, the head men of the tribe
take his gun, bow and arrows, ponies, all
war apparel, in fact, everything -and in
turn they are given to the parties from
whom he had stolen and to destitute
widows and orphans of fallen braves and
the thief is turned over to the mercy of
the band. But should he be successful
thief outside of his own band, then he is
praised for his sagacity, and the more he
steals the higher he gets. Should he
luckily happen to be brave Indian and
an accomplished thief combined, then he
is away up on the brave list, and no ex.
pedition is fitted up but he is invited to
be one of the party, very often as its
leader. This kind of an individual is q
terror to the squaw man, as he invari-
ably taunts him when and wherever he
meets him. There is but one squaw man
in the whole of Red Clouds band. /
have personally seen him, and his life is
a hell on earth. He has to do everything
that no other Indian would do, and never
receives kind word unleas it be from
some kind-hearted missionary. / tried
to find out what he had done, but could
not, as there are several ways to reduce
an Indian to that position, and no amount
of inquiry will make them disclose the
facts to outside parties; and, as the last
Indian / asked said, "Heap talk too
much" gently took the hint. To act
the coward in battle, to disobey An order
from the chief where there is any danger,
to try to skulk or get out of any danger
ous undertaking when detailed for it, 60
to make the Indian squaw manor
rcsp0adcnce Chicago Times.
Year: 1878

The Warrnambool (Australia) Stand


ard says: The diver engaged at the


Moyne river, Belfast, in removing the


reef had rather narrow escape from


losing his life on Thursday evening. l,


appears that Mr. Smale had fred of q


charge of dynamite and displaced large


quantity of stones at the bottom of the


river. He went down to prepare for lift


ing these stones by the aid of chains into


the punt. While engaged in rolling


over a large stone he saw something


which he supposed at the time was
piece of clean-looking kelp moving about


in front Of where he was working. In .


few seconds this object came in contact


with the divers arm, about which it


quickly coiled, partly holding him. I'm


mediately Mr.. Smale touched what was
coiled round his arm he became aware of
his position, and tried to extricate him.
self from the grasp of " sea-devil," but
found it more difficult job than he
anticipated. Catching hold of the part
hanging from the arm he walked along
the bottom of the river toward the end
of it, when he saw he was firmly held by
one of the feelers of large octopus,
better known among sailors a.
the "devil-fsh." Mr.. Smale tried
to pull the fish off from its hold
of the rocks, but without effect
for some time. At last the fish, perhaps
thinking il had not got sufficient hold or
power upon its prey, loosened itself from
the stones and transferred its feelers or
arms around the divers legs and body. |
In this position Mr.. Smale thought the |
best thing for him to do was to get upon
deck as soon as possible, and he made
tracks for the ladder which reaches from
the deck of the punt to the bottom of
the river. The diver was certainly a
curious looking object when he came up.
This huge, ugly thing, appeared to be
all over him, holding him in a
firm embrace. However, Mr.. Smale's
kllow workmen we're not long in freeing
him from the unfriendly hug of his sub
marine companion. The body portion of
the octopus was only about the size of a
large soup plate, with eyes in its head
like those of sheep, but it posed nine
arms, each about four feet in length, at
the butt as thick as mans wrist, taper
ing off at the end to as fine point as q
penknife; thus it could spread over an
area of nine feet. All the way along
the underneath part of each feeier are
suckers every quarter of an inch, giving
It immense power. Mr.. Smale declares
It was powerful enough to hold three
men under Xater
Year: 1878

PRoF. BAIRD, of the national fish
commission, is stocking all the muddy
bottomed inland waters of the United
States with carp, which is hardy fish,
and always remains in the place where
raised. Fifty thousand young carp were
put into small lake in the District of
Columbia last week.
Year: 1878

The men in Nevada silver mine last
week on reaching depth of 1900 feet
below the surface, struck a stream of
water that was perfectly clear, but had
such an offensive odor that it drove the
miners out. 1t is proposed to analyze
the liquid if a chemist can be induced
to come near enough to the stream to get
sample of the water.
Year: 1878

A very irregular tone continues on the
market for pretty much Ill domestic wools,
but without giving evidences of tendency
toward Improvement. A great many hold
srs think the shrinkage on cost has gone
quite far enough, and they incline 70 make
. show Of greater steadiness and confidence
II possible. but there is quite ~ many il
not more who are unable 70 discover any
advantage - likely to arise BY caxrying
stocks, and they are ready to realize upon
almost oil opportunities. Buyers in the
meantime appear to be very indilei ent over
the situation and rarely move except under
the force Of very urgent necessity, and
continually crowd all he advantages or the
situation to the very utmost. We can hear
Of no positive changes on the quotations
since our last, but s0me odd lots Are under.
stood 70 have been worked out on an easier
basis. From the westths advices still CON.
tinue too uncertain in character 70 admit Of
any good idea Of the probable basis ana
form Of the opening ON the new clip. and
opinions here arc variable but we md that
while the hopc Of conservative action
among buyers Il pretty general. net ) lev
Of the trade are leasfal that bidding and
composition will be sharper than the state
OF the market fairly warrants. About SOC
for heeces ON the primary markets seems TO
be considered ~ the extreme rate proper 10
Pay.-NsU Herk Daily BxRssin, ga.
Year: 1878

THERE is a pause just now in the
rage for acquiring possession of islands
in the st. Lawrence. People have dis.
covered that not only are they pokey
and lonesome on dark nights, but they
involve the necessity of entertaining an
endless procession of summer guests. In
fact, it is keeping summer boarding.
house without pay, sometimes without
thanks.