July, 1879.
THE WEST SHORE.
UOL.U AUD BILVKIt HHODUCTIONS OK
TUB WOULD.
At a time whan silver ii to becomo a power
ful factor in influencing European trade, Dr.
Soetbeer affords an oportunity to ascertain
what the production of the precioui metala haa
liven during the laat few cunturiea. Between
the yeara 1493 and 1875, a perod of .'toil yean,
the known production in weight of the precious
metala waa : Hold, '2u,'i3 1,11,1 1 pound troy ;
silver, 4HX 770,7" Di pounda troy. Some uncer
tainty muat alwaya attend an estimate of thia
deaoription, extending aa it doea over ao great a
apace of time, yet in the main the above amount
ia aubatantially correct. During a century and
a half tho proportion of value between ailvnr
and gold dropped from about a ratio of 10.7
to about one of IfS.S , and remained at that
point for about two oeuturica more. The pro.
principle, atripped of a great part of the mys
tery whiih apparently surrounded it" The ro
tations of value between gnl.l and ailver adopted
hy moat modern natinna are relationa juatilled
by the proportion of the anpply of the piwioua
metala. arialiona in the proportional value
will continue, hut the aidution of theae pointa
muat lie left to the gradual development o( the
natural courae of events.
OKmiiiArniiAi, l'lioni.aMH Sui.vkii. Within
tho present generation, ami maiuly during the
preaent decade, nearly all tho great geographical
prnlilcma loft ui by our ailventuroua anceatora
have boon aolved; all the great linea of explore
tiou have lieeii taken up anil worked out with
a aucceaa that leavea to the future only the
detaila to fill ill. The uorthweat iaaaage waa
completed more than a quarter of a century
ago ; the Auatraliau interior haa been crnaeod
and recroaaod within the paat few yeara; aaveral
bright linea now break up tho once myaterioua
Dll.AW.Nt. U)TS KOH Ul!l
The tierila of the aea hava touched the heart
ami routed the aympathy of alt the world for
thoae who are vailed upon to undergo them. In
our early daya we uaed to read the dreadful
atorira of Buffering, of atarvatinn, of thiratand
of death, from an utter lack of the needful
thinga of life, and even In our ohildlah philos
ophy we uaed to think thoae moat kindly dealt
with who aank with the ahip, and were epered
the daya and weeka of ajony,
We who live upon the aolid land, who feel 111
enduring aumiort beneath our feet, and go upon
It aa we will, to aeed that which our life and
comfort d'timid, are to apt to forget the tat -tenao
suffering of thoae whnee 111 fortune It la In
ha cut abroad un the harroti waaU of the
ocean, chained to a raft which aavea from drown
in.', and yet aavea hut to euhmll to a wore fate,
which aavea life only to ateal it away hy moat
excruciating torture. We think n( theae thinga
1 1 .
CBI U'T Foil I.IKK AND DKATII.
Kirtion of gold produced, to ailver, wa far
larger from 1831 to ll7o, than during the
earlier la-rinda. From 1 H7' I" lloru haa
lieen no imiortaut change in thia ratio, and we
may expect that the value of gold ia naturally
more likely to drop than that of ailrer. The
audden action of Uennauy 111 throwing an im
inriiae maaa
from
alien a gold standard waa adoptd, ami 01 mon men . v-en
II Mr. lining w o I...
DIlAWINi.
darknoMof the "Dark I'.mUuant 1" the aourcaa occasionally, but they MBM M far away that
of the Nile) have been traoed. aud the enures of our own feeling ol aevunly dure away a mall
ftlioii ol iii ..ea ano n our leuow men are
ealletl upon to auffar.
the jingo all but laid down; the llueaiant have
Idled up many important lilauaa in 1 antral Asia;
than la bow no myatety to apeak of Jor go.
graphrn mi the North American lUtiwnl, awl
..f si.tr ittrufi.iluilii oil the .H'rtlOl I SVeft lb
01 nennaiiy in .." . - - ---
of silver on the market, derived I great oetlmes of the wi lxl haie lawn char
the surplus silver coin of that country, tared, and n..w al last, wear a swuggi. .-....
d etandard waa adopted, ati-1 "I more loan .eai vrs since. Ban saafataaaws v m
L- 1.1.1 I'.., n.lr. l.n.nu l.l f. ... Ur.ll tlia-ln Willi all e.r ""Si 111..'!
rrance eno 01" ii -m . .
oeiva it overbalanced the natural laws govern- wiastjawwhy it we. not d long .go A matter
inn the oueation. But the rfT:t waa only Um- oi-laet Hwediab prul.ot haa shown that wilh a
Jr.r . anneara from the rreclion already auiUble ahip at the irubr season Ibis Log
L. I l. ludv d.nouolinii a ralaaas from hrr sought I. paaaago to the 'rerlalhay
obligations not to ooin silver, and th struili
briuin is nearly recovered already, the pro ins
,.,rt..,nal relation of value Utwean gold aud and
ailver is seaiely indep.od.at of lilali.e a
Uoa. and all that lasjulabaa baa aver done us
possibly can do, aside from eiercasiag a deprwa
aiua. ia ta reeurd the needle developed try in
dustnal activity. J. K Mill aaya -
10..11..U of only a few weeks. Ol Art-lie feat
there now reesaiaa otily the "Ueb al the 1'oU,
North I -la will be rrw.hn.1 sooner
ho no doabL
dustnal activity. J. S. Mill aaya - aaesaay, saw '
,m Mm ia awnarsi. baa vain, deteaswtant , U a
. and opnrtosiad lo. IU mot of prtJacUo. ; harbor is we
U,e theor, .4 monc, ,.. ly Ik. a-ln.-.. of Mi P lM
AtraLa r. at Ifca jaawtwsmf Ossri vtr Cejll
otn awl the lialf of California, at to be In Ur
unaa of a railroad laalawi of Uaayaaa. The
.! MM M 1 mt IBs w.ui W lt
ltd.
InraotsMSBr is i iuannisita A palanl
ItM aws Ukw aajt by a I'lulaiUlplila inventor
I. if a alidiug hendeliar, who Ii haa win of la
ilangerouaaitd combroua iiie:hanlain if hydraalle
uttlUya, chains and welghla now In eosanson ia.
I U sparalua t..oai.u of . Imdriual hamUr,
tbad two 111. 1... 111 hlglil and "ii ei. l a half
inehee in diawatar, cloMtl al top and ladtnea.
Within Una la a duel spring, a brass bawl slot
U.I down the surfs', riiitinwl al lb lop awl
turned al lb hate, being exist led by stated
spring, Ike Iwu e)liaeliig and e a pawling auto.
nn.li'. Hi Wilhio lh. Und, and rdlmg up lh
..... . wblak aarruawl. the eliding rnl. paselsur
through lb rhawUr. an a uemUr of perfeeliy
rtiuwUi antl anvlh m.Ulli in.rl.Ue. awl Ikea.
towlhr wllh the doubU spring, firmly grip lb
sliding ml, wkkk cm h draw down or pnebatl
rtl awl certainly, and allhoal lb
putaiUlity of lb rtete tlipplug, or lhappaU.
galllag oat of order