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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1887)
( MOUNTAINS OF SUGAR. Tile Tremendous Jti:ui Miles or .Huorliitrlno Consumed In Till Country. Americans ought to bo tlio sweetest pooplo on earth if, as has boon assorted, food goes to make tho raee. J lio fii:iii titv of sweets liviulcil at this port, dur ing a year would amaze anv one who lias not given tho subject special atteii lion. It would appear that Americans aro preserved in sugar, alloat on rivers of saccharine. Lroni West Indies black strap to golden syrup, from dainty lady-lingers to solid pound eake. from molasses dimly to tho most delicious oonbons, Anierieans boat all other peo pies ns absorbers of saccharine, tho French not excepted. No ndequnto idea of the 'mormons ouahtlty of sugar consumed iu this c ry can bo con vovod by a statement- in pounds. Tho iiinuvs, however, indicate that Undo Sam has a tremendous sweot tooth. Tho total sugar importations for tho year 18K(j amounted to 2,198.192,000 pounds, or about 1.000,000 tons, valued at $71.6')I.G'JS. To tills tremendous aggregate' C iba alone contributed l.Jtol.fiOJMWI pomids; Brazil flout 22,'I. 0G2.00I) pounds; Germany (beet sugar) 20:l.28H,000 pounds, and tho Sandwich Islands (fniosugar),191,C22,00) pounds. Smaller quantities were imported from the west Indies and other countries To the aggregate of imports must bo added the domestic product to find tho total consumption of sugar iu tho United States. Tho best imported sugar is tho cen trifugal, Iu form of ooarso ervstailino particles, varying iu size according to the srrailo or quality 01 tho article. 1 lie lowest form of tho product is called inelada, a thick sirup, of which com paratively little is now imported. Samples of sugar aro taken from a specified number of cask of every cargo by Government samplers ami sent to expert, who determine the grade as a basis of fixing tho ilutv thoioon. Tho instrument employed to indicate tho degree of variation in tho quality of sugar is called a polariseopo, and a variation of one degree moans a timer once of 1-1 1th of 1 por cout. duty, a small fraction, baton millions of pounds it means thousands of dollars. Tiie manner of handling sugar In the port has recently undergone a change, it is another instance of the condensa tion of business methods, whereby tho same results are obtained by fewer workers. Formerly tho great bulk of sugar was stored in tho warehouses and withdrawn by reliner.s from time to time -a method which gave employ meiit to a great number of coopers and laborers. Now the bulk of it goos di rect to the refineries, and a good many workmen have lost their occupation in consequence. In the busy season, which usually be gins about March 1 and ends about tho middle of July, as many as tweuty-livo or thirty vessels aro di Unbilled at 0110 time along the Brooklyn water front, dischiimini: their cargoes. An idea of tho bulk of an average sugar cargo can only be formed by seeing, say 1,000 hogsheads, of an average weight, of l,00 'pound-, spread out upon the dock. One hundred of snob cargoes, if piled iu tiie form of a pyramid, would make a ugar Cheops, hvery package weighed by a Government oilicer or a sworn special. The loriuor receives fl h d.i , sis days In the week; the other .'IDceiJs an hour fur actual service. The i igher's position is no sinecure. lie is a worker, lie must stand at tho scab - from seven .1. m. until sunset; he must endure blazing suns and face tho colde-l winds. What becomes of tint million tons of impoi ted sug.ir, not to mention (lie do mi stie product P Ask tho latlios, ask the children, ask I lie baker and the confectioner, ask the housekeeper. It i.es into millions of cups of collee and tei daily; into cakes, preserves and pics, p. to fruits and sauces ami a hun dred other tilings. The Western (lap jack swims in saccharine lluid; it per meates the luscious griddle cake. The cunning confectioner and skilled house wife mold tho crude article into multi form artistic siiapes and invest tli.o sub stance witli 11 delicious consistency. Jf the supply were suddenly stopped, society would be converted into sauer kraut. .V. 1'. Kwning Hun. City H liter "dust in time. I want you to rush out to the fair grounds, go up in I but balloon, ami write " Reporter -"Halloon! Well, now, I don't know about 'that: I have a family to .support." "That's so; l didn't think of that. I'll semi young Jones, and von take his job. Hurry up and stop idm." "What Is his job?" "I want him to write up a llve-columu article on tho small-pox hospital." Omaha World. A now plant, said to have electrical properties, Is described by some of tho German journals under the name of Phytolacca oloolriuu. "It gives a slight electric shock to the hand when its hcalkls broken, ami it alVeets the mag netic needle, disturbing it considerably If brought very near. Iu energy varies during the day. being strongest at about two o'clock In the afternoon, and fading aw ay to nothing at night. X. Y, Ledger. It is not a bail rule to koop orchard lauds in as good heart as tlio corn. Held. To do this some manure is iiuoossary. If largo crops of fruit and grass aro ro nioiod, considerable in an uru is needed to keep up tho fertility. Tillage servos partly as manure in the uorrilleld, but old orchards that aro seeded down aro not thus benefited.-Prairie Farmer. A certain farmer sticks clothed pins through a board, nails up tho board and hangs hid whip in tho plus. Saves money and whips. SHE, TOO, COULD SHINE. IIoit n J'rlm Mllllnniitre' Wife donned Out u lfalilmiilto Hotel. A fow.days ago a lady from San Fran cisco, who had a very solid bank ac count, went to'Lake Tahoo on a pleasure trip with her daughter. She concluded that she would have a good time, and accordingly took alongsonie plain, serv iceable clothes and no jowelry. When she struck one of tho fashionable rosorts she found herself in tlio midst of a lot of pcojdo making a vulgar display of clothes and diamonds, and every tint sho turned around sho was tho subject of the most 11nmercif.il snubbing. Shi was put oil' in an obscure corner to oat. and not one of tlio fashionable guests condescended to show hor tlio slightest civility. Tho lady lit Iierlips for a few days, tool; in the situation and with true feminine instinct docidcd on revenge, She dropped a lino below, and presently there were deposited at the bote, twelve Saratoga trunks wavbilled to her Jul dress. She and her daughter retired to their rooms, and that evening came down to tho dining-room in a blazo of lace and diamonds that took everybody's breath away. No such gorgeous or tastv toilets had ever bewildered tlio guests at that hotel before. It blinded the byo to look at tlio pair as they quietly entered tlio room. The steward, after recovering his poise, rushed forward and pulled out two chairs from tlio most fashionable tabio 111 the hotel, bin shook her head and replied: "Tlio old table will do," and went to the obseiiro corner, whore sho had oaton all tho time. Tlio utmost consternation spread through tho -dining-room, and tho low hum of voices rose to a fashionable buzz as they warmly discussed the .situ ation. Wasn't it awittl? They had been snubbing a woman and her dautrhter all the week who could out- dress them all. Iu the evening they attempted to hod ire, bid. couldn t to any considerable extent. Tlio dude? tried to shine up to the girl, but she wouldn't have it, and those who tried to scrape an acquaintance with the mother found it like trying to run a tunnel into an iceberg. For awhile sho Hashed like a comet through that hotel into a constant chango of ravish ing toilets, each more costly and be wildering than tiie others, until, like the kings who pedestrianized in Mac belli, thev threatened to stretch out till tiie crack of doom. At tlio end of the week it was learned from tlio chambermaid that sho had only gone through half of her immense Saratogas. 1 here were several women there who had displayed at least a dozen different toilets, and they felt that they would just die if she boat their record. Hut she kept right on and when sho was three nhead of their score tlioy packed up and left. One by 0110 she vanquished tlio leaders and tho rank and lile capitulated, displaying the rarest generalship imaginable. It Mrs. - appeared in any special color to make a spread in the morning, she adopted that color at once, only in a dress that eclipsed tho other as the sun outshines the dog star. She was the absolute John Sullivan if the toilet ring, and knocked out all who hail the temerity to stand before her. The last of her opponents was a red- faced, vulgarly dressed woman from San Francisco, whose llashy toilets had attracted general attention and admir ation from persons ignorant of har mony ami color. Whatever dress this woman donned iu tho morning the fash- onnblo Nemesis was on her trail with a color that literally killed the other. I'lie heretofore cock of tho walk was unable to stand her defeat, ami, pack ing her trunks, started home. The army of snobs was routed, and one by one dropped out of sight. They just settled up and (put. I hen the :iuiet little lad v. resumed her plain dollies put 011 an old straw hat with her daughter ami went lisiiing. As the last gang left, sho absolutely had the cool ness to he down at the wharf llslung 111 an old calico dress, cotton gloves and straw hat. Tho landlord considered that she lit erally cleaned his place out, and she thinks she had an awful lot of fun. Carson (Xcv.) Appeal. STANFORD'S PASSION. Til California Millionaire.' (leiiulne. l.ovn fur I'lii" llretl llursi'x. Stanford's only passion is for line horses, and this taste ho has gratified on his estate at l'alo Alto, in tho heart of tho Santa Clara valley. There he has a large number of lino thorough bred horses, and when he goes down to his country home it is his pleasure to It in a large chair In the center of a ring and see Ids favorite young tlyers brought, out for trial. It was while watching one of these fast trotters --an aidmal which had tho enormous stride of twenty-throe foot that the millionaire concolved the Idea that in sumo part of Ids course tho horso must entirely clear the ground and have.all four feet iu the air. So ho dooidod to Have his horse photographed while iu motion. Ho scoured the serv ices of a skillful photographer named Muybridge, and ho arranged m Ingenious system of cameras worked by electricity by which an iiistamnuonus view 01 1110 annual was given as he passed the home line. About j? 10,000 was spent on those ex periments; but thuy overthrow all pre vious notions on tho subject, ami the work which Stanford had written ami published, eutlllod "The Horse iu Mo tion," is a valuable contribution to soiunce. Senator Stanford has also done more than any 0110 else to im prove the brood of horses in California and to dumoiistrtito that tho climate of : that Suite is superior to Kentucky for the broudlng'of swift trotting mid run ning Ktook, Cosmopolitan. THE PROMINENT CITIZEN. A Queer diameter Tlinl. Flourishes Whr- nrer Mhii Horn Congregate. It is tho ambition of somo men to figure in tho role of prominent citizen The Imvo an insatiablo craving to see their names in print. Ihoy attend all meetings in which "our more promt limit citizens" t.tko part, and nothing picasos them more than to have their names appear in tho morning papers 111 tho long list of vice presidents. Tho prominent citizen signs requests to a theatrical manager or star to ac cept a complimentary benefit, after scrutinizing tho list of names to make sure that there is a preponderance of prominent citizens like himself, though it has been remarked that ho rarely buys a ticket. It is for tiie accommodation of tho prominent citizen that chairs aro placed on the stage on public occasions, and wo have seen him swell up with tho consciousness of his own importance as he marched proudly to his scat, loo k ing as though tho whole affair was ar ranged with tho solo view to lifting liim up for the admiration of the multi tude of ordinary oitiz.uis seated below, who had 110 prominence to speak of. So long as he maintains a dignified composure and discreetly holds his tongue, lie is safe, but so.tietimes tho prominent cilia m tlio kind we are writing about, of course is betrayed into the weakness of making a speech, and tho shallowness of his claim to any consideration above his fellows becomes painfully evident, loading simple peo olo to innuiro how lie got to bo a prominent citizen, anvhow. It is em barrassing to have a question of that sort put in motion, and no prominent citizen who feels at all insecure in his position should over do any tiling to aroiiso it. There is rarely a procession without a carriage at the disposal of tho pronii nent citizen. It would be extremely undignified for him to walk like com mon mortals; besides thai, in a crowd he might be mistaken for one of tlio most insignificant iu the procession and no suspicion of his greatness, Seated in an open hack, with a llaining badgo pinned on his coat, strangers on the sidewalk might bo led to inquire: "Who is that man?" and ho is iu hard luck if there isn't some 0110 at hand to reply: "That is C donol Blank, 0110 of our most prominent citizous." No ono enjoys being interviewed by the newspaper reporter like the promi nent citizen we aro describing, lie is ready to give his opinion on any and all subjects, from a fracture in the side walk to a break in the Cabinet. If a series of interviews should appear in a newsaper headed. "What our promi nent citizens think of it," without his name appearing it would make him sick, and lie would probably call upon tho editor demanding an explanation. In stances have been known of his writing outan into -view with himself, unasked, and putting it in tlio reporter's hands. It is on an excursion to somo other city that tho prominent citizen shines iu his greatest glory. To havo his coming announced iu tho papers; to be received at tho depot by a delegation of prominent citizens, .somo of them as transparent humbugs as himself; to listen to speeches of welcome, and make a speech himself, if somo friend is kind enough to write it for him; to be feasted and treated to free drinks. and taken around in a hack to seo the prisons, poor-houses, public libraries and brewories, with a lunch and speeches at each stopping-place; to be stared at by barefoot boys; to have the band play "Seo the Conquering Horn Comes;" to bo introduced to people as the man "who ha.sgivon so much prom inence to Ids city," tins introducer not embarrassing himself or others by en tering into any details all these are what give tlio prominent citizen such exquisite joy. Tlioa it is that ho is 111 his perfect element. Term Sitiny. Driving Away Mosquitoes. .' Various substances aro used to drive mosquitoes away. In somo parts peo ple anoint their bodies with lish oil as a protection nguin.-t them. Tho Chi- noso are said to be very clever in the use of such protective unguents. In India, mosquitoes are smoked out of a room by burning chips of wood anil incense. A few sprigs of wormwood placed about tho pillow sometimes pro tect tho sleeper from their attack. A correspondent asserts that if a piece of raw meat is hung over tho sleeper's head the mosquitoes will fasten greedily on to it, leaving tho human being iu pence. Iu the morning scores of tlio 'urged creatures can be destroyed by lipping the meat into a bowl of boiling water. Dark, damp or ill-ventilated rooms are the favorite haunts of 1110s- piitoes, which seldom molest you when you sleep in tlio veranda or on tho house roof; or if you have the puiikhn going all night over you, with tho doors ind windows wide opon, you aro pretty safe. London Graphic. An Ancient Family. Tliero are more ways than ,0110 of calling a person an old goose. Perhaps the neatest is that adopted by Kosciusko Murphy. Miss Ksnicrelda l.ongcotlln is very proud of hor relations to the hongcotlliis of Virginia. Taking offence at somo remark made by Kosciusko, he said, iu a cold, haughty tone of voice: "Sir, 1 wish you to understand that I belong o an ancient family.". "Yes." replied Kosciusko, yawning, "I've read of that family. Tlioy saved the ltnninu capital." 'ill! Siflitiyi, "J Tho small boy wishes some of those people who fuel so shocked or griovod hoeaiiso ho goos iu swimming without olnthlpg. would chip in llborally foi a bathing- &ult. Boston Qlobe, ABOUT OFFICE BOYS. Tile Only Way to Ilnve a flood One I to Hire H New Ono Kvery Weok. The office-boy quction has almost as many sides to it ns the servant-girl question. Yet it is with diffidence that 1 offer my share in the discussion. There aro certain characteristics of tho office boy, however, that ought to be brought out; and as special instances are. more valuable, or at any rate more interesting than general statements, let me relate something about two individual boys: One of these was named Joe. Ho was a genius in his way. but his way was not my Way. His talents were of a mechanical order. He ought to have been made apprentice to a fashionable plumber or a first-class burglar. It was one of his duties to 'tond douT; His scat . was separated from the outer door by a small ante room. He was a very active boy, but ho would work hartl for three hours to savo himself two or thrco trips acro.s tlio room. Tlio door clocu with a catch, and ho rigged a wire to that, passed it through staples around the three sides of the anteroom, and so into the room that he sat in. When a knock came at the door. Joe, sitting triumphant mi his stool, would pull the string, and presto! the door was mysteriously opened. This ar rangement pleased him a great deal more than it did inc. Ono day I heard a peculiar grunting noise in the ante room. I called Joe, but he did not tome. I went to tho door to see what was the matter, and there I found him hanging by the kne-'s from the ceiling, head downward, lie had' knocked the cane seat out of a stool, screwed a pul ley into a beam overhead, and rigged up some ropes in such a way that when he stuck his knees tl nigh the scat of the stool and pulled inch all his might on the ropes, he was elevated, knees first. toward tho ceiling. Then lie tied the end of the rope fast to the stool. After doing this, he found that he could neither untie nor get ids legs out, so he had to stay there. Th .to aro only two out of many instances that might be cited. Joo was of vcr' little tic to 1110, and he covered my rooms with ?uch a lot of nails, screws, pulleys, wires, strings and other things of tlio sort that I hard ly know tho place. He had to go. Ned was a different sort of boy. He was older than Joe, and he did so well the first week that I thought I had found a treasure. 1 then-fore willing ly advanced him another week's salary, lie did notcomo on Monday. Tuesday morning ho said an aunt of his had died, and ho was obliged to attend tlio funeral. Tho excuse was accepted. I did not know thou that Ned had fifteen aunts, all li iblo to die at any time"; a siek father ami mother, and seven little brothers and sisters who were constant ly meeting with accidents. Neither did I know ihat his borrow ing habit was inveterate. When ho left me I figured up, and found that I had paid him, in four mouths, about twenty dollars more than his salary, mostly in loans of twenty- five to fifty cents. The list might bo extended al most indefinitely. Ono boy is an artist and covers all available walls with drawings. Another is anxious to im prove Ids handwriting, and practices mi tiie backs of your law papers and pamphlets, or uses up paper and envelopes, bovs aro good for your Dest letter Almost all ollico a week. After that they get careless, indill'erent, and sometimes decidedly "uppish." Tho only way to keep gooil office boys is to gel them fresh once a week. John Ik. Penrose, in Kv THE CHLORAL HABIT. " A Onus Tlmt Slioulil Not lid Taken AVIl li mit it I'liy.ii-liin'.t Ail virr. Chloral hydrate is 0110 of the best deep-producers known to science. It leaves few pernicious after oll'oets, and Iocs not lessen pain like opium or pro duce the delightful, dreamy condition that follows tho use of the last-named Irug iu many people. As taken by some as an iiamtuai uose 10 liimieo loop it is not free from danger. Sleep should bo natural in order to be refresh ing. Tlio elfect. of chloral is to induce an artificial condition resembling natural sleep in some respects, but net giving the weary brain all the rest it needs in ordor that waste of substance shall be followed by comploto repair. Tho hloral habit is not easily formed, for the taste of tho mixture in which it is necessarily given is not pleasant. There aro instances of it being formed an I tho consequences aro mental and physical debility, tlio former sometimes anicunt ing almost to complete imbecility. lake the other drugs of its class, it should not bo taken except by the advico of a competent physician. Insomnia sleep lessness is better treated by exercise carried to fatigue, by baths, avoidance of stimulants including tea and coffee, md by methodical attention to diet, ventilation of sleeping apartments, and massage when necessary, than bv any of the drugs which produce a condition more or loss closely imitating sloop. a7. Louis Globe-Democrat. Hradet rent's has a uniquo statistic in the presentation of its strike record for six months, from which it appears .that at various times during the first half of tho year laborers have btwn 011 strike to the total number of 2:11.7:11, ijfaiiist 863,81).') for the same period last year. The miimier ot strnces was aaji to 200, so that the strikes have noon more numerous, but havo involved much fewer numbers than last year. The number of employes In the build ing t ratios who have been on strtko is (W.UOa in transportation sorvioo 51,000, In uoai milling 1,000, in boots and bliuo 17,000. CONCERNING TINFOIL. A Mammoth Intlitotry In Which Kvery To Imcco Consumer Is Interested. "What was that he threw away?" "Oh, only a piece of tinfoil from his tobacco." Only a piece of tinfoil. Did you ever consider how largo a manufacture of that article, apparently of so little value, is carried on? Will yon believe it when jou aro told that more than 1,000.000 pounds of the foil arc used annually to cover tho smoking and chewing tobacco manufactured in tho United States alone. The method of making it is interesting. The tin is of course first taken out of tlio mines, tho best of which for this purpose arc in Australia and the Dutch possessions of tho East Indies. The metal is found in veins or fissures called lodes, though it is also often found in a dispersed form in loose stones,, which when found continuously are called stream. Tho rock containing the ore is blasted witli gunpowder and carried to the stamping-mill, where it is pounded and washed. It is next smelted and the tin run into blocks containing from '-'00 to -100 weight each. This is the condition iu which tlio motal is kept for ordinary use. Two means are used to reduce it to tlio necessary thinness. The old manner of hammering by hand after first being cut is still ued to a great extent lly this process, however, only one surface could be produced, and to obviate this difficulty rolling mills were invented. Prior to their invention nearly all the tinfoil was imported, but their use has completely revolutionized tltc trade. The metal is now placed between two heavy rollers, which gives it a finished surface on both sides. It is then cut into widths from twelve to fifteen inches, rolled upon wooden reels and carried to cutting machines wliero.it is cut according to order. It is then pii'-kcd iu boxes of one hundred pounds each, being laid in without pressure. There is.anotlier difference between the foil which is beaten and and that which is rolled. The former is full of small holes, but the foil to bo used for to bacco wrappers must bo airtight. Ar. Y. Alail and Express. A Surprising Reception. Hook Agent I am offering to tho public a new work, tlio "Encyclopedia Universal, Eternal." only fine Omaha Man Come in, sir. Don't stand there in the hot sun. "I I guess you didn't understand. I am selling " "Certainly. There, take that seat by the window. 1 am delighted to see you." "Permit me to 'xplain. This book, glorious work, is complete in forty-five volumes, at. five dollars a volume, and I am the agent for it." "I am sorry you brought only ono volume. Can von get tho rest soon?" "Oil, yes. 1)111" "liy the way, there's the bell. Stay to dinner, won't you?" "1 I beg pardon. This is very stiange. Am I awake or dreaming?" " os, the house don't look very pretty, does it? You see, this is a pri vate lunatic asylum, and I am ono of the patients." Onmha World. Valuable Discoveries. Tiie fioverument of Colombia is authorized to grant a reward of $10,000 in silver to eveiy one who discovers a new merchantable articlo of export. Under this law Senor Rafael Vanegns litis filed two claims, one. for the dis covery and employment of a valuable medicinal plant; the second for the discovery that wild cocoa trees exist in profusion in tho virgin foro-t which stretch from tho waters of the Ariari down to the River Guyabcro. If in vestigation should prove the correct ness of this statement, it will throw millions of dollars annually into Coloin ;bia and place a valuable articlo within the reach of 11111113' who aro now de prived of the tiso of Rowing to tlio price. .Y. Y. J'ost. Surprised Turks. Dr. Washbiirne, president of tho American College at Constantinople, brought with liim from tho United States one of Edixm's phonographs, which he exhibited to a company of Turks. lie talked into the orifice and the machine ground out of its vocal tinfoil long sentences in its squeaky way. The amazement of the specta tors was kept out of sight. Tlioy pre tended that it was 110 marvel to them at all, but when the phonograph spoke iu Turkish they could not contain themselves any longer, and frankly ad mitted that tlioy could not understand how the machine had learned the lan guage so quickly, since it had been in tlio country only two weoks. S.S. Cox, in Youth's Companion. Tho emergency of weather has inado'overy body vdicitous as to his health. A very young doctor was in structing a circio of friends tlio other night, telling them what, how, and when to eat and drink. "The medical profession is agreed," ho said, grandly, "that a chronic impairment of tho di gestive functions results from drinking while one eats; it was never intended that solhl Mini liquid food should be sent into the stomach together." "Ac cording to that, doctor," said a bright young woniHii, "broad and milk is a terribly unwholesome dish?" Tho doctor is still thinking about it. BuJu49 Lxpress. A Yankees man is charged with making this neat proposal of lunrringo: 'Now, now dear, vou sav von liuvn 60.ot.Ki iu your own uamoi'why not put 11 .11 initio.- . . MUTILATED MONEY. Union Kecttliittntr t,in IlecleinpSlon at Worn-Out 1'nper Money. "Are many mutilated m.tes presented for redemption," asked a reporter of a , clerk in tho United States Sub-Treasury on Wall street. "Yes, more than the public has any idea of," he replied: and the obliging clerk at once volunteered to initiate the rcportct into the work ings of the department having charge of that particular branch. The chief rules regulating tlio work arc as fol lows: ParaGraph 10 reads : Mutltntcd United Slate notes, koHI ccrtilloutes and silver certificate aro redeemable by the Treosurur only, at a dis count of ten per cent ot the faro value for cacti tenth of the origtnat proportion mtsitng In any part or place, provided not lus than one-half of the wholo note ts presented, Paragraph is. KraKmfnts less than half and notes subject to discount under pjrajraph IS sro redeemable at the f.ico value of the wholo note wh"n accompanied by an am Javit of Uia ownor or other persons having Itnowledjo of tho facts that tho missing portions havo boon totally destroyed. Of National bank notes it says: Paragraph SI. Notes equalling or exceodln; three-lirths of their original proportions, and boaring tho name of tho bank unit tho signature of one of its olticers, are redeemable at their full fac! value. Paragraph 'il. Notes of which less than three fifths remain, or from which both Signatures are lacking, are not redoemed by the Treasurer, but should be presented for redemption to the bank of issue. Morc$l. $2and.r notes are redeemed than of any other denominations. Notes were shown to the reporter that wcro scollowcd. torn in half, with corners missing, holes the size of a silver dol lar, seemingly taken out of ihe center of the note, and some so thin thatmoro handling would reduce them to shreds. The silver certificates of $t and $2 were well represented, even though in cir culation but a year. They wcro princi pally torn; not worn, as in tho other cases. A piece of glass the exact size of a note, divided into squares and ob longs, is used to measure the size of tho mutilations. One-half of the glass is divided into five parts, formed by lines cut horizontal with the ends each ob long being one-tenth of the glass. Tho other half is eut into twenty squares, eaeli representing one-fortieth of tho glass. This glass, when laid upon a note, at once reveals the extent of the mutilation. The money is received and examined by a special clerk, who, after returning the proper amount to the person pre senting it, turns the note or notes to a dork whose duty it is to pack and pre pare the same for shipment, to Wash ington. A largo stack of bills was be-f-)rc the hist clerk and ho was busy as sorting them according t their denom inations. They are then put into pack ago of one hundred notes. Then ton packages arc tied together, forming a bundle containing 0110 thousand bills. Silver certificates arc perforated before being packed. Tho bundles aro expressed to Wash ington, when; the notes aro reduced to a pulp, which, in turn, is molded into various shapes .and sold to curiosity hunters. More than f?.0,000,000 in mutilated notes are redeemed each year at tho Sub-Treasury. N. Y. Commercial Ad vrrfiscr. - REALISTIC ADVENTURE. An Incident from the Rnrly I.lfo of Xov elUt V. II. llinvolW. As the dusk '.wis setting in on a beau tiful autumnal day about thirty-sovon years ago, a man and a boy wcro driv ing a cow along a country road in Ohio. They had come a long distance and were weary; but though tlio boy imped, the conversation did not flag as they trudged along. They were evidently not farmers; both had tlio s'ppearauoe of living a city life, but had they been obscrvod, the things they were saying, and not their looks, would have attracted at tention; for they wcro talking of Cer vantes and Shakespeare. The cow needed much urging, and it wtis late at night when they reached, some white-limbed sycamores bosido the tail-race of a grist-mill on the Lit tle Miami river, 011 the other sido of which was tho small log-cabin in which they lived. A question then aroso as to how they should get tho cow across. They did not know tho depth ot he water, but they knew it to be coin, and they did not caro to swim it. Tho elder wanted tho boy to run up under tho sycamores to tho saw mill, cross the head-raco there, and '.'onie back to receive the cow on tho "flier sido of tlio tail-race. Rut with till his literature, the boy was young enough to bo superstitious, and afraid of the dark; and though tho older urged him to go, he would not forco him. They could seo the lights in tho cabin twinkling cheerfully, and tlioy shouted to tho-io within, but no 0110 heard thoin. Tlioy onllod and oallod iu vain, and were answered only by the cold rush of tho tail-race, the rustle of sycamore loaves, and the homesick lowingof tho cow. They then determined to driver her across from tho hore, and then to run up to the saw-mill and down the other bank, so as to catch her as she reaohed it. When they came there, sho was not to bo found, however; sho had instantly turned again, and during tho night sho made her way back to the town from which they had brought her. The log -cabin was a small one,- with a corn-field of eighty acres behind it, and ii was nearly a quarter of a con tury old. The boy who entered it after this adventure was William Dean How ells, and the man was his father, who had recently brought his family from Dayton to take eh.irgo of the saw-mill and grist-mill on the rvar. The inci dent illustrates the sfmpliclty of the oarly life of 0110 who has since beooino tho foremost American novelist. Will' am 11. Uidtimj, in St. XieJwtns. '. m . Oat Straw is best foelllHno- hods. It is woll to ehango tho straw as often as ouco a year.