XEI'ISWX OF TltBASVItT XOTES.
TTJiat Secretary Jlannlmj Says to the House
on the Subject,
Washington Special: Secretary Manning
to-day sent a long communication to
8poaker Cnrli.slo in rcoly to recent resolu
tions of the house of representatives re
Bpectiii the reissue of treasury notes and
tho destruction ol United Stnts.notrs. Tho
first ot these resolutions inquired whether
any money appropriated in tho sundry
civil hill or any other government money
had been expended for tho purpose of is
suing trensury notes ot largo denomin.i
tions in lieu of notes ot small denomina
tions cancelled or retired. Secretary Man
ning, after observing that he finds no nu
thority to reissue treasury notes, says that
if a more patient scrutiny ot thu statutes
at large disclose such authority, ho could
not, except under fresh instructions
from congress, conceive ita duly to expend
money for such a purpose, and thon adds
that none of tho appropriations referred to
nor any other money belonging to the gov
ernment has beeircxpended for such pur
poses
The secretary then goes into n long argu
ment in favor of paying the greenback debt
and a repeal ot the compulsory silver pur
chase law, and hiivh that another specit so!
our outstanding indebtedness, namely, the
legnl tenders or greenbacks, known in law
as United States notes, nro equally with
wjmt t lie law designates i.h treasury notea
beyond any need or excuse for reissue.
Thnt temporary note-", which nro a debt of
principal only, like notes which are a debt
of principal and interest, should at onro bo
cashed and cancelled from t ho abundant
mid siiperlluotts coin on hand, not now
capable of being applied to any other use.
This is so obvious a principle of sound
finance, mica as a prudent citizen would up
ply to his private affairs, that any secre
tnry of the treasury would bo subject to
Just reproach lor departure therefrom by
reisiue, were it not that tlio net ot May 31,
1878, seems to require of liim that fiscal
inisHtcp.aud submits tothehouso the quas
tiiui whether, among many other reasons
lor its repeal, t no contraction ot the cur
rency sought to bo averted by that act, can
not in nnyotheror better way borirevented
than by its repeal. Tho fact thnt tho
S340, 081,010 of greenback debt is a green
buck currency is so far from being n reason
against its payment that it is tho reason
winch makes payment and destruction
necessary not without abetter currency
to tawo its place; butsurli a currency is at
hand. Uiit. also, a contraction of tho
currency should be avoided. Tho substi
tution ot a better currency for the green
backs runs no hazard of contraction. Hut
the consequences of not using our coin sur
plus thus are serious. For in currency of
some sort will tlio year's taxes bo paid,
and tho excess of icceipts over the author
ized disbursements ot tho treasury would
be tho mciisuro of the contraction ot tho
curroncy. This contrnctioncanbeavoided
by appropriations for an extravagant and
reckless outpout and expense like that ot
war. It can also be avoided by tho pay
ment of debt. The first remedy need not
be discussed; it is of course a remedy tho
most unworthy of tho people's representa
tives. The second remedy is all that re
mains. "What debt, then, shall wo pay?" tho
secretary asks, and goes on to argue that
it would be inexcusable extravagance to
(liininiHli tlio bonded debt not yet duo by
anticipatory purchase at a high premium
when, under the operations of tho sinking
fund law, every dollar of tho natlonnldebt,
greenbacks and nil, can bo cancelled by
1008. Anticipating payment of the
funled debt at a high premium," tlio secre
tary snys. "while successfully getting out
of the treasury its currency tnx surplus
and so preventing contraction in that
form, is that method, nevertheless, which
would contract tho currency in another
form by too suddenly diminishing nat ional
ba nk circulation based on tho funded debt.
It ia thereforn necessury now not only to
reduce taxation in order to prevent the
surplus tax collections from being con
tracted ngain and again, but it is nocos
sary also to employ our present and un
avoidable tax surplus m tlio payment not
of funded but of the unfunded debt.
Great extravnganco of needless
oxponse or serious nionotary troubles
can both bo so avoided. Tho
pooplo s representatives, by action before
adjournment, enn roliovo the sec-rotary ot
tlio treasury from a bad choico between
theno now present alternatives. The sur
plus coin and bullion which will remain in
tho treasury after all tho bonds subject to
call have boon paid, and before tho Fiftieth
congress will assemble, together with tho
proceeds ot surplus taxation which will
tlow into tho treasury boforo any possible
reduction or taxes by tho present congress
can tako effect, constitute a sum which can
well bo got out of tho treasury into the
hands of the people, where it belongs, by
tho payment of tho greenback debt. Coin
certificates are a ready and superior paper
money to tho greonbneks. Tlio substitution
:an bo effected as a mere matter of treasury
administration whenovertwo indispensable
conditions nro first fullilled by congress.
Tho report ot tho compulsory silver pur
chases is the first and indispensable con
iition, and tho repeal ot tho compulsory
redemption reissues United States note's
8 the next and only condition."
wn.iT xiii: visit is stauk foil
Washington special: A writer in to-day's
Washington Herald, ill discussing Mexican
matters in particular, and tlio management
of tho diplomatic branch of ourgovernment
in general, says: "While I am upon lies
Mexican a I would just like to nek oneques
tion ot tho president. Did ho sond Dr.
Georgo L. Miller, editor of tho leading dem
ocratic journal in Nebraska, to Mexico
upon public business, and if so, what is tho
cause for such extreme secrecy about his
going? Members of the Nebraska delega
tion in congress ono branch at least Bay
that Dr. Miller came to Washington at tho
president's request. As Miller is u sound
democrat, It van thought at first that he
was to be consulted about tho patronage
ol the state. This was not the matter.
After three consultations Miller was sent to
Mexico on business so confidently guarded
that no human being excepting the presi
dent, Miller, and possibly tlio secretary of
state, have the slightest idea of what it is.
This Is the story precisely as it was told to
me. Perlmps tho future may unveil this
mystery, if mystery thero be. Nebrnskans
say there is one and seem to believe it. So.
ne will wait and see.
OFFICERS SnOT.
Little Rock, Auk., Feb. 1. This morning
In Union township, a few miles south of here,
Mann Sneed was arrested by Constable I. L.
Smith and his deputy for unlawfully carrying
pistol Soon after.tbo arrest and as the
officers were prcptrlng to depart with Sneed
His sister told them that his mother was very
anxious to see him before he was taken awsy.
ITie oflicers consented and accompanied the
prisoner to the house ot Wratt Sneed. a short
distance away As they entered the house
they were fired upon and Smith was Instantly
killed. Ills deputy returned the tire but was
shot duwn and died immediately.
The assaislns, Wratt and Dlnkr 8necd. es
caped but are being-hotly pursued and It Is
thought one of them is faullr wounded
The father of the Sneeds Is now serviug a
terra In the penitentiary for murder.
Come what will, to be weak Is onlj to b
more miserable. The supports of sorrow art
patience, activity and aflectloa. Leigh JIuuX. '
kecrvitixo TitEin eaxics.
The Strikers Joined by Workmen, front
Other Lines of ltushicss.
New Touk, Feb. 1. The extension of the
strike to the freight handlers on the railroad
piers of New York Is the most serious blow to
commerce that the uulon men have (truck.
The effect of It on one road the Jersey Cen
tralIs tho almost complete suspension of
business. The men tinned out so suddenly that
the compnnr was left lit crcat IK-ulvantnge
and Its Inability to deliver freight was the
cause of much inconvenience to merchants.
The next move on the part of the strikers will
be to Induce the train men to conic out, mid
thus tie up the railroads centering on the Jer
sey shore. There Is also some tnlk of getting
the dock hands and firemen on the fern bouts
to join the strikers, but these men are adverse
to such a course.
The freight handlers on the Pennsylvania
railroad piers No. 4, fi and 0. North nvi-r,
struck work at 1 p. m. They had sent an In
formal demand )e.teidny, but no answer hud
been received when they went out nt dinner
time, and when thev returned they did not re
punie work, but sent a delegation to the Klliee
of Agent Dow man. Ho told them the coin
pany could not grant the advamv at the ino
uieut, but were willing to consider the question
or any other crlevaneos. The men decided to
striUi'J.uid inarched otl to the pterin a body. At
It! the men weie st-ll tit work to-dnv.
The freight handler of the Lehigh Valley
railroad lit pier 2, North river, numbering 1J0
men struck at 3 p. m. and joined the r.uihs of
tho strikers.
Thefielght handlers employed In the yards
of the New Jersev Central fntlnmd nt'Com
tnunlpaw and liayniine. struck for mi .'neiense
of wages In aeeofdaiice with the notice they
had served on the company yesterday. About
500 men went out.
General Freight Agent Hullerof the Pennsyl
vania railroad lecclr.-d notice from u commit
tee of freight handlers of Jersey City this
morning that unless their wages were "raised
they would titrike. The company was given
until to-morrow at noon to comply with the
demands.
The freight handlers employed on the F.ric
docks In lids city went out on a strike at
2 o'clock this afternoon. They marched In
a body to Hamilton park, where they held
a meeting. The men will hold another
meeting to-morrow morning, at which It
will be" decided whether to return to work
or not.
TJtAXSFEII OF THE WEATHER JJUUEAV.
Washington special: While olllccrs ot
tho signal service favor a trnusfar of tlio
weather bureau to a civil department,
they nro desirous ot placing tho service on
a footing similiar to tho revenue marino
service in t he treasury department. The
enlisted men of tho corps seem to bounaui
mously in favor not only of tho transfer
but of divesting tho sorvico of all semblance
to a military organization. They think
that if the sorvico is orgaui.cd like tliorovo
nue ninrino it would simply bo achnugo
from a military to a naval organization.
An enlisted man of tho service, in spoil king
to-dny on the subject, said; "Just why
the weather bureau, a scientific branch of
tlio government, should bo either a naval
or military branch of tho government, and
not civilian, is not clearly understood at
all. It can as well bo operated under mili
tary rules and discipline ns under naval.
and vice versa. That it can be ns well,
nud hotter, operated under a civilian or
ganization is undoubtedly tho
sense ot our legislators and tho opin
ion ot tho scientific public. Tho
president, in his annual message, approved
the position taken by the secretary of war
in tho hitter's annual report, which was to
the erfect that no legislation should bo had
tending to further tho military features of
the signnl service and intimating that the
time was approaching when tho sisunl
bureau should become a civil bureau. The
lieutenant general ot the army positively
opposes a continunnce ot tlio connection ot
the signal service with the army. Thoioiut
congressional commission appointed under
an act approved July 7, 1 Shi, stated in its
report that the 'commission do not beliovo
that this work is in nny senso military
work or that military discipline and law
are notes.sary to its efficiency.' Tho state
ments which have been published thnt thu
men do not favor a transfer to a civil or
ganization arc opposed by a paper signed
by a majority of tho men on duty in tho
signnl olllco, which is to the effect that llioy
do favor a transfer to such nn organization
at this time. Tho paper has been signed by
a largo majority, with many more to bo
hoard from."
AXOTIIEIt JUG TRLttPHOSE SUIT.
Philadelphia dispatch: A tolephono suit
involving tho right to erect and maintain
long distance telephone wires between Now
i one, l'hiindoiphia and various largo cities
was begun in the United States circuitcoiirL
by a bill in equity filed this afternoon by
tlio attorneys for the Brooks Tolecratih
Construction company. Tlio dofendants
nro nnrl, lit tlin Hull inlnnlinno afrwlionti
and hnvo organized a corporation which
jiiis recently opened ouicen In various citios.
Tho plaintiffs claim t!itv bminlif. tli. nriln.
sivc right under putont to mako ami uso
metallic circuits throughout tho United
btaies for a term of seventeen years trotn
Fobruarw 1881: tb.it, ihnv 1
lnr"0 sums of mnnnv in TiAr-f.,.f Im-t ( l, ....
tern, but that defendants nro violating this
exclusive right. It is claimed that the
rapid application of the long dlstanco tole
phono to nuidern bimItnHrt nnptincna mn,)...
tho prospective valuo of ownership of tho
uiLiiuue uircmi. 10 oo contested in tlio
courts second only to that of the telephone
itself.
TALK OF AX EXTJIA SESSIOX.
Washington special: As indicated sev
eral days ago it is tlio general impression
in the house that nil cttorts to liarinonizo
upon a revenue bill this session will fail,
and that no measure will whatever pass
through the house. Tho inovemout of the
Randall men will go on until checked by
some action ot the house, but thnt it will
lead to nny legislation is doubted. What
it is oxpected to result in by somo ot thoso
most interested in the question is nn extra
session of congress. A very welt informed
tariff reformer said to-day that ho sx
pectcd an extra session to bo called to
meet in October. Other members ex
pressed the sumo opinion. Meanwhile it is
expected that the surplus now in the treas
ury will bo greatly reduced by the bill of
bonds that inny be redeemed and by pay
ments on account of the Mexican and
three months service pension bills. It is
believed iioestimate any whereapproacliin?
the amount of theso pensions bus been
made.
M1XT JUUECTOltS UEPOllT.
Tho secretary of the treasury to-day
transmitted to the speaker of (he house an
answer by the director of the mint to the
house resolution relating to silver coinage.
The director presents a table from which
it' appears that the cost of the amount of
bullion delivered on monthly purchases
during the past fiscal year was 24,308;002,
and tho faco value of the coinage was $29,
830,000. During the Bix months of the
current fiscal year the cost of the monthly
f urcnases of bullion was fl.'l, 548,403, and
he coinage $15.000,3111. hi only one
month (July, 1885 did tho coinage fall
short of $2,500,000. The director says it
w ill be seen from the table that the law
has been complied with during the past
fiscal year, as well as for the remaining
six mouths ot the calendar ol 188G.
ntosPECTs of ns passage.
Ttie Committee on Jmllnu Affairs mill the
Sioux tteserrittloH lltll.
Wnghington special: Site house commit
tec on Indian n flairs will to-morrow or
next duy cull up the billl t open to settle
ment the Sioux reservation, oontalning
about 11,000,000 acres ot good farming
lands. The Indians are more than willing
to have it done, and (he bill is likely to ho-
copio a law unless the opponents ot the fol
lowing clause gain a stronger follow lug than
is now thought possible. Th s clause, tho
only one in serious controversy,, relates lo
tho contracts entered into between the
Sioux Indians on tho one past, and the
Milwaukee it St. Paul and tho Northwest
ern railroad on the other. Years ago it
was stipulated by these parties that tho
two railroads should liuvc tho right ot
way through that reservation. Tho road
way is lot) feet wide. For seven miles ten
acres were to be sold tor station purposes,
and each was to have a section ot land on
the wet bunk ot the Missouri river, oppn
site Pierre and Chamberlain, 11. T. For
this the rmids ncrecd to pay ki an acre.
This iigioetnent or contract was ut the
time proposed by the secretary of the in
torior, b .1 it was found that that was nit
Hiiflieient. and leuinlatioii is necessary.
Several at tempts to pass it proved Unit
less, and now th ag'eement is before con-
grew as a cause ot the aforementioned o 11
in the commit tee.
Thin clause whs foujlit long and pers;s
teutly by La Follette. who thought the
two loads should have only 1(H feet .f
road bed ant! a tract ot 20l).3,tl00 feet for
every stii'ion. 1-iiinlly Senator Dawes,
who has inannceil the bill in tho senate,
went to La Follette and told him he was
cuitniu the Indians would not give their
assent to the bill as required by it unlet
tho agreement with tho raflronds named
was rutilied by congress. lie explauied
that the bill gives tho Indians but titty
cents per acre for all tho lands taken up
under it, and that, ot courso, tho land for
the railroads would only bring them the
Hume price, while if the clause is retained
they will get $." per acre from tho roads
for all the lands they take. The Indians,
he said, look nt this difference ns a great
thing, and nt tlio refusal to ratify their
agreement with the roads ns a plan to rob
them, und would certainly not agree to the
lull thus defeating tho opening of the re
orvntion to settlers. La Follotto yielded
to thin argument, but "now Wellborn, the
chairman of the committee, declares that
he will move to strike out tho clause, or to
amend it by giving the railroads only the
above mentioned usual roadbed, 100 feet,
etc. The people of Piorre and Chamber
I'm oppose this clause because they fear
that that tho roads will uso tlio two sec
tions they would get under it to build a
now city opposite, theirs. 1: tins bo true,
thoso two sections would servo a very
profitable speculation. Nelson and Strait,
of Minnesota, are earnestly favoring tho
bill with the contested clause.
A CTXCIXXATr SKXSATIOX.
Cincinnati dispatch: Tho attempt upon
tlio lifo of Judga Fitzgerald, of tho polico
court, last night, has produced n profound
sensation. Tho judge for a long time lias
been a terror to evil doors. Only yes tor
day ho had over ono hundred cock lighters
before him. Tho circumstances of tho at
tack made last night, gives color to the
suspicion that someone interested in tho
defendants had undertaken tho dosperato
scliemo oi murdering tho judgo. Tho judge
was greally prostrated ny a nervous
shock about u week ago. After attending a
business mooting near tho court houso ho
tnrted home, whon somo ono hurled ns
brickbat or boulder at his head, narrowly
missing him. It was dark and tho judgo
couiu not, seo ins nssailaut, who instantly
ran. Tho judge nppeared on tho bench as
usual this morning, lie says ho has no
doubt ho can lecognizo tho voico and form
of his assailant.
WITTROCK'S END ACHIEVED.
Ills Mother's Homo Itoltovcd From
Incumbrance.
Wlttrock, tlio chivalrous expess robber, has
been an Interesting study to psychologists.
When his arre6t revealed the fact that the
Cummlngs letters had not been written tc
shield an accomplice but to clear an Innocent
man, the public while condemning his rash
ness applauded his generosity. Tho romance
surrounding his criminal career was height
ened when it became known that the Incentive
of the robber had been a dcslro to relievo his
mother's home from a mortgage. The state
ment made by Wlttrock and the additional ono
that before be would disclose the whereabouts
of the money piovislou must be made for pay
ing off the Incumbrance on his mother's prop
erty were Implicitly believed, the nubile having
conio to share tho opinion of the detectives
that Wlttrock was as honest a man as over
robbed a train.
That this confidence was not mlsnlacod Is
shown by the developments. Messrs. Jarvls,
( onklln iSi Co., who held tho mortgage on
Mrs. Wit track's place, yesterday received a
draft for MJ2I, tlio full amount of the incum
brance. The history of the transaction forms
an Interesting chapter of tho crime. Tho day
after the recovery of the money from Mrs.
Witt rock's house Plnkerton placed 51,800 In
bank to her credit to be used in paving oil the
i H'l, i. . .. -i r
iiiui .uri. t uuucK mtuio uj mofsrs. jar
vls, ('onklln & Co. stating that she had tho
money In bank ami asking the amount of their
claim. The mortgage was originally for $1,
800, but the accrued Interest nnd taxes
amounted to $121. Mrs. Wlttrock. on receiv
ing a reply, wiote to the express company and
the additional sum was placed to her credit.
In order that the money might not bo used for
any other pui pixe, the first deposit was taken
up and a draft for the full amount made out
payable to thu order of Mrs. Klizu F. Wltt
rock. On the back of the draft, which was
dated January s, was the Indorsement. "Pay
to tho orderof Jaivls, Conklln & Co.. for the
release of a certain mortgage on inv
property on Miami street in Leavenworth.''
riie Indorsement was signed "Mrs. Eliza F.
Wlttrock" In a innscullne hand aud below tho
name wai written r -.:n Mrs. wlttrock. The
first signature was probably written by an offi
cerof the express company. In any event
the draft was Ironclad and "could be used for
no other puroso than the one Intended. This
clo-.es ns far ns Wlttrock is concerned the
most remarkable cr.mlnal case ou record. Al
though It was at the expense of u term In the
penitentiary, Wlttrock has accomplished what
he .started out to do. Kansat City Tiinei.
Statistics of iJliiidness.
The world's blind are computed to number
about 1,000,000, or about one sightless person
to every 1,100 Inhabitants. In Austria ono
person lu every 1,78.1 Is blind; In Sweden, ono
In every 1,418; lu Frauee, ono In every 1,101;
In Prussia, one In every 1,111; In England,
one In every 1,C37. The proportion is greatest
in Egypt, where, In Cairo, there Is ono blind
person to every twenty Inhabitants; while In
New Zealand it falls to oue In every 3,K0 In
habitants. Germany has the greatest number
of Institutes for the blind, thlrty-ftvo; Eng
land lias sixteen; France, thirteen; Auolriu
Hungary, ten; Italy, nine; Ilelglum, six;
Australia, two; while America, Asia, and Af
ilca together are said to possess only six.
lie approaches nearest to the gods who
knows how to be silent, even though he Is in
the right Cato.
People who hare beard Mrs. Parsons talk
understand how her huiband can take the sen
tence of bis death so philosophically, Plti
burgh ChronitU.
ALCOHOL AS MEDICINE.
A Cnse of firont Importnnco to Totnl
Abstinence Societies.
Yesterday n case, of great importnnco
to members of teetotal friendly .societies
was liennl by Jir. Yelverton (sitting as
deputy for Judgo Stouur) at tlio Uromp
ton county court. Tho plaintitl', Mr.
Henry Gregory, sued tho trustees of
tlio Henjiiniin "lintlielil lodgu of the
Orig'nal tlranil Onior of tlio Total
Abstinent Sons of tho l'lia-ni.v to rocov
or the sum of $. The plauitiU'sueti to
recover tlio money as the legal repro
sentativo of his son, who had been a
member of the lodge lor nineteen vears,
and who died in April, 1SSG. The de
fendants refused to piu the money on
the ground that tlio plaititill's son linil
placed )i msclf out of benelit by taking
alcoholic liquor, noiw.tlistand ng that
it was in accordance v th the orders of
liis medical attendant. Ilr. Moyse-
was counsel for the plainlil"; Mr. Lyon
for the defendant--. Mr. Moyses said
that the eu-o had already been before
the magistrate at. Weitiniuslor police
couit, and lie. in directing that tho
Latter .should be brought to tho county
court characterized "the defense us
monstrous. The plaintiffs son has
been a member of the lodge for n;ne
teen years, nud had paid his subscription
regularly. For some time ho had aet
fd as secretary lo the lodge. In the
early part of last year the plaintitV's
son. Mr. J. J. Gregory, fell ill,
and ho was ordered by his medical
attendant to take port wine as a stimu
lant. Ho did so. He was acting bona
title in the matter, and communicated
the fact to the defendants. Ho might
have- concealed it if ho had chosen.
Tho plaintiir.s son was removed to the
hospital, where ho died. When tho
plnlntiil applied for the 8. which was
the payment usually made upon the
death of a member." ho was informed
that, having broken tho twelfth rulo of
the lodge by drinking alcoholic liquor,
his son had placed h nielf out of bene
fit, aud that no money could bo paid.
That was a point which had never yet
been ra'.sed. if tlio rulo was to bo ao
construed (and there were many other
societies with the same rule exactly)
that no meinour of society could tako
alcoholic ytininlunt under "medical ad
vice it would be a monstrous prohibi
tion, and, ho submitted, against public
policy. Dr. Gaven said ho ordered the
deceased son of the plaintiff to tako
port wine. It was a constant jiraetico
to put alcohol into medicine without
specifying its presence. Tine'uro of
opium, which was made from proof
spirits, was often used; and that was
stronger than brandy or port wine. Mr.
Lyon said that rulo "12, while it exclud
ed a member from benelit who had vio
lated his pledge, added that ho might
bo 1'eadmittud as a now member after
he had remained a total abstainer
for ono month. Tho deceased
was treated by Dr. Gaven for ilys
ontory, whilo "death was certilied to
hnvo resulted from sclrrhus of tho
rectuman illness for which port wino
would have been tho very worst of med
icines. When it became known to tho
lodge that the deceased had beon drink
ing'port wine, Mr. Suowden, tho secre
tary, called upon him, received Irs sub
scription and reminded him that ho had
placed himself out of benelit by taking
port wine. Ho expressed tho hope that
the lodge would, under tlio circum
stances, oxhonerato him. Tho lodge
met but decided that the deceased had
placed himself out of benelit by his eon
duct. Mr. Snowdon again called on
tho deceased, communicated to him the
decision of the lodge, and returned tho
subscription. The deceased said ho
quite expected it, and seemed quite sat
isfied. The judgo said that tlio fact of
tho return, and acceptance of tho re
turn, of tho subscription by deceased,
compelled him to find for tho defend
ants though his sympathies were en
tirely with the plaintitl'. Tho popular
ity of tho .society would much increaso
if they had paid tho claim. He should
think that many of tho present mem
bers would resign nndor tho present
state of tho rules, Ho would give ov
cry facility to appeal. Judgment was
then entered for tlio defendants. Lon
don Times.
A ITew Invention.
A coal-miner near Pittsburgh, Pa.,
has secured a patent ou a coal-mining
machine which is expected to revolu
tionize tho coal-mining business. Tho
machine consists in tho operation of
ono or more circular saws, or disks,
fitted upon ono or moro shafts. Tho
wholo is worked by moans of it very
small rotary engine, sot upon a framo,
which is placed on wheels, so that tho
in ner can movo it whenever ho likes
with case. Tho machine is put in mo
tion by compressed air orstoam. oreiso
it can bo worked by hand-power. As
soon as tho power is turned on tho saws
commence to revolve, and will bo foro
cdgradunlly into aud alone: the wall of
the coal-vein. It will nmko an under-
cut of four and a half to six feet, as re
quired, saving nil the coal which was
hithorto lost by the uso of tho pick.
It weighs less than two hundred
pounds, and can be manipulated by
ono man. Fifty tons a day can bo
easily mined. A saving of 20 pcrcont
will bo realized by tlfo mino-ownor, us
thoro will bo no waste, whilo tho minor
will augment his daily earnings by at
least double tho amount without half
tho exertion ho has now. The work
ing of tho machiuo does not rcquiro
nny skill or practice In tho handling of
it. While, by tho uso of tho pick, tho
miners make now a great deal of waste,
tlio saws of tho machine by striking
straight into tho vo n of coal will cut
solid-blocks out of tho vein aud mako
every particle of tho voln tnarkctablo
coal.
Five Hundred Million Lobsters.
Tho average catch of lobstors on tho
Mnino coast has been 15,000,000 yearly, '
for thirty years, or nearly fiOO.003,000
during that period. About 200,000,000
havo been used by factories at an aver
age cost of one cent each. Doubtless
thev have paid $2,000,000 to tho fisher
men. Tlio market men havo paid S'J,-
000,000 moro to tho lobjtor catchers in
the last thirty yours. Lcwtuon Ate.)
Journal.
PASTEUR'S PATIENTS.
Mnny Americans Secretly Visit tho
Institute tor Treatment.
Surrreon Charles E. Siegfried, of tlio
United States navy, has returned from
Paris, where he looked in on tho Pas
teur system of lighting hydrophobia
with a view to its introduction into a
government hospital in th s country,
writes a New Y6rk correspondent of
tho ' incinnitti Enquirer. He says that
medical opinions lu 1-ranco diller as to
the oilicacv of its inoculations, but
that the records of cues seem to estab
lish the value of Pasteur a work. "Tho
number of Americans who resort to
Prof. Pasteur's institute." ho adds, "is
not suspected by their countrymen.
Manvmake tho trip privately, especial
ly if they belong to well-to-do fundi es
able to pav the expense without publ ci
ty. Uosidcs bitten persons are loath
to admit their nervousness, and there
fore go to Paris ostensibly for pleasure,
whilo their real errand is to get inocu
lated. Pasteur humors their desire for
secreev, and permits them to rejr ster
under assumed names even whVn he
knows who they really are, which is
bv no means always. A note of Intro
duetiou from the American minister is
required, as a matter of form, No fee
is charged, but voluntary contributions
are accepted, and thoso jro into a ren-
eral fund for the maintamance of tho
hospital. .Pasteur personally takes no
I iay.
"I saw a Xow York lady go through
the process Her case find not beon
mentioned in print. Her naiiiu as
sumed for tho occasion was Marietta
llvrne. and she actually belongs to a
rather rich and fashionable family. Her
pet dog had bitten her, and then died
m convulsions, so that she did not know
for a certainty whether or not shu was
in danger of the dreaded rab es. She
rode to Pasteur's house, at No. I t Rue
Yaquolin, which is an insignificant
building in the midst of tho various
schools of tho Latin quarter. She was
accompanied by her father, who pre
sented her crodenlials, and gave all thu
particulars of her easo to a clerk, who
recorded them in a bir book. Then
sho was shown into an ante-room, and
directed how to prepare herself for tho
operation. This consisted simply in
arrang ng her attire so that, without
delay, the surgeon could inject the virus
under tho skin. Then she was placed
in a line with seventeen other bit
ten persons, ail womon or children,
for th.s day was sot apart for thorn
men having hail tho previous day.
"All marched into tho room wlioro
Pasteur and his assistants were in read
iness. Ono surgeon stood besido a ta
ble on which was a glass jar contain
ing tho protective fluid. Over the top
of this vessel was stretched a filtering
paper. Uesiilo it lay a hypodermic syr
inge. Tho man thrust the sharp, deli
cate nozzle of this instrument through
the paper into tho liquid, ami filled it in
that way, in order that by no possibili
ty could it bo vitiated bv contact witli
tho air. Having thus charged tho syr
inge, lie handed it to tho principal op
erator, who deftly inserted it obliquely
through tho skin of the patient, in the
region of tho loins, nnd quickly inject
ed tho contents. It was liko tho punc
ture of a needle and not very painful.
Tho girl boro it without flinching, but
somo of tlio children, as woll as tho
more ignorant adults, cried and strug
gled. She had to rolurn for additional
injections during several weoks." .
it is thought congress will be asked
to uppropiiato money for tho opening
of a Pasteur hospital, either in this city
or Washington probably tho latter.
Handy Things to Know.
Hero aro somo iiguros and rules vory
handy to know ami havo at iiaud, in the
mind or on paper:
A rod is 10 J feet, or fi yards.
A mile is l!20 rods.
A mile is 1,7(50 vards.
A mile is fi,280"foot.
A square foot is 144 square inches.
A square yard contains 0 square feet.
A square rod is 2721, square feet.
An aero contains 4!),fib'0 square feet.
An aero cent tins 4,810 squaro yards.
An acre contains 1G0 squaro rods.
A suction, or square mile, contains
G10 acres.
A quarter-section contains 100 acros.
An acre is A rods wide by 20 rods
long.
AnacroislO rods wide by 1G rods
long.
An aero is about 2083 eot snnnro.
A solid foot contains 1,728 solid
inches.
A pint (of water) wolghs 1 pound.
A solid foot of wator weighs 02J
pounds.
A gallon (of wator) holds 231 solid
inches.
A gallon of milk wolghs 8 pounds
and 10 ounces.
A pint (of water) holtls 28 solid
inches (28.87.0).
A barrel (31 J gallons) holds 4 solid
feet (4.211).
A solid foot contains nearly 7 solid
pints (7.48).
A bushel (struck) contains 2,150 solid
inches.
Abushol (hnaplug) contains 1J struck
bushels.
A struck bushel contains about 1
solid feot.
Too Attractive Uy Far.
In a school section in Northumber
land county, where a young lady is on
gagod us toachor, says The Toronto
Qlobc, thoro has been qui to a dispute as
to whether it would bo prudont to re
cngago hor or not It was claimed that
sho hud too many admirers of tho op
posite sex, and that tho section hud thus
been deprived of a portion of her tlmo
that should havo beon spent In tho dis
charge of ho duties as a toachor. Ac
cordingly at school-mcoting, tho trust
cos had an agreement drawn up to tlio
effect that sho should not kcop compa
ny during tho coming year with any
man during school hours, ns hor undi
vided tlmo should bo dovotod to tho
school. Upon hor refusing to sign this
agreoinont it was decided to loavo it to
a voto of tho mooting us to whether sho
should bo compelled to sign it or not.
A show of hands was taken, which ro
Btiltod in a tlo, whon tho ohalrman, be
ing a .young man, gave tho casting voto
in tier favor.
A Swamper's Camp.
A Louisiana swamper's camp con
sists of a lot of slabs from a cypress
tree, hero culled pows. Theso are
driven upright irf the ground. A rool
of tho same material is added; bunks,
benches and tabl.) on tho same primi
tive principle are soon constructed, and
the camp is finished. "When we first
arrived," writes n correspondent, "in
one of these bl'ssful bowers, thlntra
were dry and comfortable, but this con
dition wax of short duration. The
water rapidly ros i and was soon two
feet deep under table and bunks. Then,
at least, I became more intimately ac
quainted with the neighborly spirit that
Inrkcs in the bosom of tho moccasin.
Upon awakening one morning tho first
thing that appeared to my horrified
gaze was a moccasin that seemed lo mo
ti-u feet long (it was found to measure
two) curled up iu my blankut asloep.
He set-mod lo bo perfectly at home, and,
tk-itmh I felt confident he had mistakeu
h a apartments, his air of perfect seren
ity and confidence in my uii.l"rst.iuding
tin' awkwardness of the situation for
li'm, in can) I demanded an c xplanation,
wrought ou my nervous nature to such
an cMent, that rather than awaken hun
and demand his card. I determined to
leave him in full possession. In fact,
my solio tude for his fiel ngs was such
that in order to not disturb lini, I
scarcely breathed until I was safely on
the tloor. Once there and out of reach,
1 felt my courage and anger rise and
demanded satisfaction. I accordingly
dispatched him with a ramrod, anil
hung liim by the neck to tho under sido
of the bunk. .Soon after wo got a king
snake in camp, and that settled any
further visits from moccasins. King
Miakos are tho particular pets of a
swamp, und woo to the rash strangor
who kills ono; for, If his performance
is witnessed, a sound and eonsciontous
lv laid on thrashing is tho certain ro
sult. Tho only excuse accoptcd is Ignor
ance, and it will not work u second
time. Th s beautiful reptile well de
serves thu protection it reeo vcs. It
kills every other snake that crosses its
path, and all manner of vermine. It
cannot by any provocation be induced
to atta-k a man. 1 havo soon a com
bination of boy and stick sufficient to
strike terror to the hoarl. of any tlt.ng
less formidable than a rhinoceros, and
the poor creature would content itself
with hiding lis head under its coil, and
await w.th pationeo the departure of
its tormentor in search of moro stir
ring game. 'I hu meek aud lowly spirit
this thing exhibits under nllliotion, is
touch. ng to behold, and has been great
ly neirlecled in po uting morals aud
adorning tales. Chicago Mail.
A Whimsical Hevone.
Writers of fiction rarely attain that
grace anil eloganco which mark tho
pages ot the best essayists. Tho writer
of romance begins his work vory early
in life, before ids mind has had time to
ripen; and, it seems, that ho is not dis
posed to put aside his own work to read
thu work of others. It Is raro that it
man of great imagination possosses a
woll trained mind. Dickens, though in
manv respects the greatest of English
novelists, was, at times, crude In ex
pression, and never ascended to ele
gance of d.etion. Thuokerv wrote with
more finish, but h a $tlo is marred by
I'roncl) expressions and u loo freiuiont
uso of "prodigioiM." In "Vanity 1-a r"
it occurs on nearly every page. Pro
digious is an expressive term, but It Is
not in good taste to shun tho soeioty of
simpler words aud take it upusu favor
ite. Tlio adoption of u favorite word lu
literature is no more to be advised than
the adoption of a favorite word at court,
llolh eventually oast reproach upon
their benefactors. Somo writers, and
especially the admirers of Georgo
Elliott, fancy that, ruggoduoss Is
hlrungth. Tins 's. as fallacious us it 13 to
believe that awkward men are possessed
of more strength than men of symmet
rical shape, rifacauluv's smoothness has
caucd hundreds of thoughtless persons
to regard linn as shallow. A polished
eano is harder to break than a rough
stick-.
Tlio ab.sorh'ng Interest which wo feol
in the great narrative rolutod by Hume,
often leads us away from a just admira
tion of the magnificent manner in
which thu recital is made. There nro,
iu tho English language, few buttor sen
tences than tho following summary of
the character of Mary, Queen of Scots:
' An enumeration of her qualities might
carry tho appearance of a panegyric; an
account of hoi4 conduct might, in somo
parts, wear tho aspect of severe satire
aud invective." In this sentence wo
see tho character of that unfortunate
woman. To namo nil her good quali
ties w'ould be excessive praise; to speak
of hor faults would bo undue condom
nation. In tho opinion of tho poet Whlttior,
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the best
Knglish, and all men must agrco that
lie wrote with morn purity than any
other inuu of fiction. His htvlo has all
tho pleasant humor of Addison and
moro quaint of gentleness than tho
prose of Goldsmith. Arlcunsaw Trav
tlcr. Deficiency of Pollto Language
"This eternal 'beg pardon' intima
tion that you havo failed to hoar is be
ginning to bo tiresome," growled an
old gentleman tho other day. "'What?'
is too abrupt and 'How?'- is oxcornblo,
and yet somo other form besides 'beg
pardon' could bo used. Why not
jomotimes say 'I didn't hoar you,' or
'Ploaso ropout that,' or 'Excuse my in
itttuution.' Then, too, tho sneaker
iometlmes tnlks in such nn indistinct,
inarticulate manner that ho is the one
who ought to say 'beg pardon,' and
not tho patient listener.' 1'hiUulctphia
Call.
Overheard at tho Theatre.
Omaha Lady Oh, dear! I'vo for
gotten my fau, and it's dreadfully we.rm
in hero.
Geutlemau (In tho next seat back)
can't boar to tw a woman suffer.
Would you allow me to mKke a sugges
tion for your comlort? i
"Certainly."
"Why not fan yourself wltk your
bat?"-0mAa Wart.