Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1882 — Page 4

THE FARMER’S SEVENTY YEARS. Ah! there he in lad. at the plow; None ever saw him shirk, IffiFSfeh ’ And ate it with a seat; "A harder twfcW he said, JTban following up these steers Or mendipg fences, far for me To feet my seventy years Jon askane why I feel so yonng? i I'm sukd, friends, I cannot tell; But think it is my good wife’s fault Who’s kept me up so well; For women such as she are scarce In this poor vale of tears; She’s given me lov&and hope and strength For more than fowy years. my boys have all done well an old man’s blood belpe bflntiJaadon. a ■ JkWirls hfte neveicaused a pang 'W V raised njf anxtsus fears; Then woSHer not that I feel young And hare at seventy years. Why don’t my good boys do my work And let me sit and rest? Ah! friends, that wouldn’t do for me; hl Mke my own way best. They have their duty—l have mine; z Ahd till the end appears I mean to smell the soil, my friends, Said the man of seventy years.

A MOUNT DESERT ESPISODE.

It was at Bar Harbor, and in the moot* of August. “He’s a supercilious peacock,” said Molly, digging her parasol into the sand. She was sitting on the rocks, below the town, with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Randolph. At a little distance was the i daughter of the latter, with tl< ijaispensable wooden shovel and pal, i irrepressible a little witch as Fev® ®ked, nicknamed, in the family, Toots. “My dear,” said Mrs. Randolph, expostulating. “Yes, a superciFous peacock,” repeM< Molly, tapping her foot impaIt was only the day before that they had arrived, and already Molly had nearly broken her sister-in-law’s heart. This was especially hard on Mrs. Randolph, who had left her favorite Sarataga Molly had said: “I de'fashion; and' want to go to some plw? where people live sensibly in summer. Mount Desert, everybody saw fs just such a spot; let us go tjete." §4p so Mount Desert they had come. Tlniy had arrived to find Bar Harbor to overflowing. Gay New YoMtCTs; well-born Philadelphians; pretty Baltimoreans; dyspeptic Southerners ; esthetic Bostonians; young gentlemen in knickerbockers; young ladies in navy blue; all stood c owded on the Bodick House piazza, watching the new arrivals when Mrs. Randolph and her party appeared. Molly had preceded her sister-in-law a few steps—for the latter had stopped, for njrnoment, to give directions about the luggage—wheji suddenly our heroine Aford a voice close at her ear. i| gaid, “what a pretty Mq|lv turned angiily, and saw a handsome young man, who looked quite thoroughbred, yet also more contented *MWWlln<rf, mtliig decidedly, almost rudely,,at her. ftnpudent puppy,” she said to hergejf, a hot flush crimsoning her eheiA. > The next instant the offender, recognizing Mrs. Randolph, advanced eagerly, both hands extended. “Can I believe any eyes?” he said. “You hbre, Mrs. Randolph? And outside ( tJie pale of civilization, as some people might think? What has indue d you to desert Saratoga?” “Oh, Mr. Peabody! I’m so glad td see you. But thereby hangs, not a tale, but a great many,” she replied, laughingly; “I’m too tired, however, to talk. Come to see me this evening, and I’ll tell you all about it.” *Well, I congratulate you that you are without a party, or a dozen debutantes in tow,” he said; for he failed to ootinect Molly with Mrs. Randolph, supposing that our heroine belonged to some other arrivals. “You don’t know what it is here. Such swarms of girls seeing with a shrug of the shoiuders. “The g<asshopper plague was nothing to it.” MfHy heard all this, and, turning, fixed: a pair of stern, indignant eyes on the speaker, for was not she a debu-tante--this the first season since she left school ? Fortunately for the young gentleman’s peace of mind, he did not see this by-play. But he was made to realize that something was wrong when i» the evening he came to pay his respects to Mrs. Randolph. That lady, after shaking hafeds again, sank into her arm-chair; and, tapping her fingers with her fan, said, indicating Molly with a little gesture : “My sister-in-law, Miss Randolph. Molly/ Mr. Peabody.” Molly rose and took the offered hand, but trigidly. Her bow was as stiff as the ng ctic circle. “Conceited fop,” she said to herself; “he thinks he has only to throw his handkerchief, and any girl will be glad to pick it up.” His soliloquy was not any less to the point: “My beauty of the afternoon! She overheard me, that is plain. What a mess I’ve made of it! She’ll never forgive me.”

: 1 Jirt neither by sign nor word did he this. He was too much of a vaterafti in society matters for that. he cried with great effusiveness, “your sister-in-law Miss Randolph, of whom I have heard so much! Tins is a most delightful surprise. Heretofore whenever I have called I have been told she was at school. And, halloo, here is Toots. Why, Toots, don’t you know your old friends?” And in a moment Toots was in his arjfte, menjtories of bon-bons and Mr. Peabody being Synonymous in her mind. “"Sou see, Miss Randolph,” said Peabody, addressing the young girl, and quits4gnoring her frigid manner, “that Toots and I are fast friends.” • repl ed Molly indifferently, all know toat the affections of *lpQts are very elastic.” But the young man, ignoring this decided snub, turned to Mrs. Randolph. “Omildn't I ind<uef you and your sister ip a feamerof tennis to mbrrow ? Or, to come out on my buck’%e at any rate a novel experience, ” Jj«- * liAdoljlk is charged. Bui humor, looking prettier than ever, howele “Thanks,” she says, ungracious1< Hut I hate lawn-tennis, ahd I don’t ’ o*Wb drive tri a buckboard yet. ” At hearing which Mrs. Randolph is furious, she would like to box t W ears. talk bf the sfeanery. “I like coming to Desert,” says, “.because all along this coast you see mountain on . bihation to be found nowhere else on otfrAtlantic coaSt. You must ascend Graea mountain. The view from it is bdfttfi 1 , Ithink, than that from Mount wSwhmgton even?’ But ba' fails to interest Molly, even in the least, in his next moKiing, Mrs. Randolph, IMb* T}bi quiton# Toots gc the rocks. Mrs. Randolph is qrieifor a while; too much so;‘it is the cahn before the storm; and finally she up, M|d speaks her mind; and than Mouy retorts in the words with

which we open our story: “Why shouldn’t I call him a supercilious peacock?” she defiwtly- “ What on earth ts Charlie Peabody to me? I didn’t want to drive with him, and I abominate speoning.” “Molly',” answered Mrs. Randolph, severely, “you know perfectly well that Charley Peabody is the man of Bar Harbor. It is not of the slightest consequence whether you like him or not. In fact, I much prefer you shouldn’t, for he isn’t a marrying man, everybody knows.” Up goes Molly’s head with an air of pride. Mrs. Randolph continues, appealingly. “But it’s such a good thing to be seen with him. If he takes you up, you’re a success; but there’s no "hope of that now,” and relapses into despondency. But Molly sits, a delicious little frown on her face, throwing stones, occasionally, in a weak, futile way, at an obstinate patch of seaweed that -will bob up and down. “Irma,” she exclaims suddenly, “don’t let’s quarrel. You may just make up your mind that I shall never be a success in society,” and she gives a solemn nod. “I haven’t the brains for it. As for spending all my life to be civil to one man, because he’s ‘the thing,’ I should be a skeleton in a week. Do let me have a good time and be nice to people I like. Life isn’t long enough to fuss over horrid peop e like this supercilious peacock,” and she tilts back her parasol and stamps her foot. “What’s a Bilious peacock, Aunt Molly?” asks at this juncture a shrill small voice at l;er elbow, and Molly, turning, sees the irrepressible Toots. Molly gives a gay laugh. “Toots,” she, solemnly, “come here to your aunt. You saw the big gentleman on the piazza this morning? Well, you thought he was a man, like papa, didn’t you?” A solemn nod from Toots. “But he wasn’t. He was only a supercilious peac ick. What’s that, you ask? Well, that’s a peac ck who thinks himself better than others. Come, now, mamma’s gone on; we’ll be late. Let’s have a race. See which will get to her first.” Toots’ thin legs spin over the ground, and her mass of brown curls floats out on the wind as she flies along, fairly shrieking with excitement. Molly is not much better in point of dignity, for she gathers up her white skirt in one hand, and gives her big hat an excited push on the back of her head. Suddenly they turn a sharp corner. “Heavens and earth!” ejaculates Molly, as she sees Irma standing, gracefully composed, talking to Mr. Peabody. “Oh, Aunt Molly, there it is,” screams Toots; “the peacock, the silious peacock!” “Toots, be quiet,” commands the unfortunate relative, cold chills running up and down her back. “Toots, come here,” implores Mrs. Randolph, the horrors of the situation coming in upon her. But Toots, In all her five years of existence, has never known what it is to mind any one; so she rushes up to Mr. Peabody like a small whirlwind. There she pauses, and begins a grave investigation. “Is you,” she says, with her head on one side, like an impertinent little sparrow, “is you really a silious peacock?” “A what?” repeats Peabody, naturally somewhat astonished, looking down on the small object in front of him. In another instant she will say: “Aunt Molly told me so.” Get out of it she must.

As she walks away her prophecies come true. She hears the shrill, childish treble: “Is you—Aunt Molly said so—a silious peacock?” “Ah!” she hears him answer. “Aunt Molly says I’m a peacock. But I don’t quite grasp the adjective." “Never mind the adjective,” thinks Molly, grimly; and then she wonders if there be a corner in this wretched island where she can hide from that man; for, as to ever looking him in the face again, she never can. However, she need not trouble herself about that. He will probably turn his back upon her before she has the 'chance. She seeks refuge in the d'ning-room, which is beginning to fill with the crowd of hungry pedestrian-w By and by in sail Irma and Mr. Peabody. Toots has disappeared. “Irma has probably garroted her,” thinks Molly, with great satisfaction. They seem to be in the best of sp rits. As they approach Molly, to her horror she hears Mr. Peabody say, “If you’ll allow me, Mrs. Randolph, I’ll take this vacant seat next to Miss Randolph.” “Is he going to speak or mention it?” she thinks, in an agony. Peabody seemingly takes no notice of the wretched, blushing little being at his side, at east for some minutes. “Poor little soul,” he thinks, “how wrelched she is miking herself. She shall call me a whole Zoological Garden, if idle only won’t look like th >t.” So, half in fun, half in earnest, he leans over her with, “I don’t m nd a bit, indeed 1 don’t. 1-dare say you’re right; we men aiie wretched creatures. ” He liad a funny, staccato way of speaking which in the morning Molly had dec ded to be particularly disagreeable. Strange, it doesn’t seem so now!

Molly’s spirits return. “It’s cert i ily very nice in him,” the thinks, “not to be sulky.” “Really,” says she, laughing, and looking a little bit in earnest through it all, “do you kn >w I think it’s very nice of you. I should mind, immensely, if you called me names,” giving him a shy glance from under het long lashes. “Perish the thought! You'suggest an impossibility,” he retorts. “How delightfu',” exclaims Mol y, cheerfully. “Perhaps I may like then.” “Will you two people eat yoir dinner?” interrupts Mrs. Randolph, nho has been watching this proceeding wth the utmost satisfaction. And she sa s to herself: “Perhaps—supposing if—after all. It w uld be a capital thing.” But every paradise has its serpent. The serpent at Bar Harbor turns up in the person of Mrs. Crosby, a widow, irreproachable in family, but envious, malicious, gossiping, and with a pale, dejected daughter 30 years old. Mrs. Randolph hears of this arrival with consternation. She rushes up to Molly, who is sitting on the piazza by a diningroom window, chatting with Peabody. “Qur good time’s over,” she cries. “Mrs. Crosby is here, and Maria’s with her, and by to-morrow none of us will have any character left. ” Peabody looks consternation itself. Molly cries: “The slanderous old tabby. ” She has hardly spoken when a voice from behind the dining-room blinds cries: “Maria, my dear, will you close that window? The clatter outside is so tiresome.” And they know they have been overheard. “Gracious Heaven!” -cries Mrs. Randolph; “she’s there and listening!” Nothing followed this catastrophe, however, for many days; and Mrs. Randolph began to think they had not been overheard. Peabody even went so far as to begin to pay court to Mrs. Crosby, hoping to cut her fangs, if not to propitiate her. He had been talking to her one day, when he saw Molly in front of the piazza, without hat or parasol. By this time he and she had grown quite intimate, Mrs. Randolph, like a wise woman, looking on and saying nothing. They had ridden, walked and boated together, and had sat for hours side by sidejvn the rocks, watching the sea, off to Mie south. He now rushed forth wiSk almost an air es proprietorship.

“How can ydu,” he said to Molly, “stand out here, in that way, in the heat 1. A nut-brown maid is one thing; but a Sioux or Cherokee —” “Are two,” interrupts Molly, gayly. “It’s a hopeless case, Mr. Peabody," and she hold out two little brown hands for his inspection and then looks up into his face with laughing eyes. “Are you ashamed of me ?” “I wish you would let me tell you how I do feel toward you,” he whispers impetuously, and in an accent he has never dared to use before. Molly blushes furiously. She is utterly taken aback She had never thought of this. What does he mean ? Oh, perhaps he means nothing. She is saved a reply by the approach of Mrs. Randolph. Peabody is his usual cool-mannered, well-bred self in a moment. “Ah, Mrs. Randolph,” he says, “I am the bearer of a flag of truce from her Majesty Mrs. Crosby. She wants to know if you have forgotten her, and if you won’t bring up Miss Randolph to talk to her.” “Must we back out of the royal presence when we retire?” says Molly, mischievously. “Hush,” answers Peabody; “here we are. ” “A very nice old lady,” is Molly’s judgment, as she listens to the bland, quiet voice purring away to Irma. Presently she hears: “Is this your first visit to Bar Harbor, Mrs. Randolph? But how then—do tell me—did you know what a happy hunting-ground it was?” Mrs. Randolph was a courageous little woman, with a very quick temper. In an instant she scented battle, and in another was fully armed and equipped. “But I didn’t,” she said, with a naive little laugh, “ How do you mean ? For what kind of game ?” “Game?” rejoined the other, with a sneering laugh. “Good partis, of course. I hear that so far you’ve been moderately successful.” All the little group around were silent. Molly, alone did not take in the meaning of her words. Peabody stood looking, as some one said afterward, as if he were going to murder her. But what could he do ? A man interfere between two women ? It was impossible. Mrs. Randolph was absolutely white with anger. The coarseness of the attack stunned her for a moment; but only th it.

“Yes?” she slid, witlira lazy, indifferent laugh. “You slitter me, I’m afraid. But you forget that Mr. Randolph still exists; and Molly, you know, is still a child—years and years, 1 hope, before she will think of anything of that kind. You wouldn’t lose your litt e Maria, would you, yet awhile?” With which she arose. “Ah, Mr. Peabody, we were going sailing,” she said. “I wonder if our boat’s ready? You are coming with u<, as usual, I suppose ? Good by, everybody.” And with a bright smile she tripped down the steps, followed by Molly and Peabody. As they went there was a low buzz, and then Pe ibody heard his name, coupled with Molly’s of course. After that Mrs. Crosby’s cat-like voice: “Intentions? Why none, of course.” He heard and so did Molly. But she walked on, her head proudly erect, her face blazing. Peabody dared not look at her. Mrs. Randolph was so angry that she felt absolutely ill. She said abruptly that she could not go boating; they must go without her; and turned back. Peabody and Molly walked along in profound silence. To this day, Molly can see distinctly the landing, and the very plank on which they stood, while looking around for the boatman;'and where, as the wind began to blow fresher, her companion insisted on putting over her her knit shawl. It was about 11 o’clock. The sun was beating hotly down upon the planks, which sent out a faint odor of tar—to this day Molly ha* es tar. Peabody left her, to signal to one of the little birch canoes bobbing lazily up and down in tne water. Across the waters, Harvard men were singing college songs, and their voices came floating to her. Something, she didn’t know what, made the tears rise to her eyes. How dreadful it all was. How could she ever speak to Mr. Peabody agiin? Just then Peabody came toward her. “This way, Mi-s Molly,” he said, in just his usual voice. “Our canoe is here.”

As he helped her into the canoe he caught sight of her quiverin r lips, her tearful eyes. “Don’t,” he whi pered. “My darling, if you do, I shall most certainly kiss you; and think how disgraceful that would be.” Molly ought to have been very angry ; but she wasn’t—not a bit. Splash! went the paddle. Peabody’s ideas of the view must have been vague in the last extreme; for Molly heart essly interposed her scarlet umbrella between herself and him, leaving him to o -c ipy h mself wi h all kinds of futile conjectures as to how she was looking and what she was doing behind it. Thump, bang, and they ran up on the little pebbly beach. At one side was a steep hill, thickly wooded with pine trees, whose aromatic fragrance came wafted down to them on the crisp morning air. On the other was a jagged pile of stern gray rocks, with nooks and crevices of delightful shadow. With the quickness of long practice, Peabody at once selects the most comfortable and the most accessible spot. As Molly was handed to the shore she had a desperate feeling come over her. Escape she must. But how ? She stopped and looked back at the canoe. Peabody comprehended what was in her mind. Without a moment’s hesitation he stretched out his arms and drew her toward him. “Molly, dearest,” he said, “don’t you know what I have to tell you ?” j Half resisting, half yielding, stammers out a confused “No. ’Y-. • “Molly, Molly,” he went “don’t say no. It’s ‘yes’ you’re going to say to me. Tell me, dearest, is it?” Molly raised her happy, confused face from his shoulder. “If I could only be sure,” she whispered, “that you weren’t simply doing this to spite Mrs. Crosby, and that—and that—you didn’t think me one of the grasshoppers—” Peabody, in spite of all, roars with laughter. Finally he sobers down. “Tell me;” he said, “do you think me a supercilious peacock now?”

The Seat Was Taken.

The travelers in a certain railway car,were amused by a ittle Sirens, in which l an old gentleman was the chief performer. He came in as the car started, carrying a he;avy valiSei Evidently he had been running a race with time, was out of much breath, and probably hl with little good temper. Evpry seat was taken, but near the front end of the car two high-dickey young men occupied one chair and their feet and luggage the next chair. The elderly man asked if the chair with the feet on it was engaged, and the young men said that it appeared to be, and went on wdh their private conversation. The old gentleman’s color and choler arose, and he expressed his determination to occupy that chair. The young men stared, moved not, but continued their, confidential whisper. A moment after, four feet was seen in the air, a hat-box was spinning down the aisle, two bundles of canes and umbrellas., and two each els tumbled on the floor, the back of the chair was reversed, tjud in the chair sat immediately an elderly man qu etly reading a newspaper.-—ZVovi-deuce Journal. • ■ > Texas has a votr-, population of nearly 400.060.

THE IRON TRADE.

It is Represented to Be in a Very Depressed Condition, The Secretary of the American Association Thinks the Reports Exaggerated. A number of iron and steel mills in all iparts of the country are to cloie down within a month or two for reasons which may be divided into two classes: F.rst, the depression in the iron and steel traffic; and, second, the anticipation of free-trade legislation on the part of the next Congress. As to the l itter conside ation, Judge Kel’ey, of Pennsylvania, says that the next session of Congress can not extend beyond seventy days, and that even were the Comnfttee on Ways and Means disposed to refo m the tariff it would be an impossibility to get a bi.l through n the time that would lie left a r ter dispo ing of the appropriation bids and the t undre is of measures that will necessarily encumber the table. In reference to the depr'Si-don in the business Ethan A Hitchcock, Pre-ident of the St Louis Ore and Steel Company, says: The price of steel rails’ has fallen from S6O to $45 per ton, and pig ir n only froip $25.5 J to $24. The fall in st cl rails was due, he said, to overproduction. In one year the estimated capacity of the «teel m'lls of the United Stateshad increased £oo,< 00 tons. The probable demand for next year would be about 1,000,000 to is, as against a possible outputof 2,150,00) tiu& If (he demand should prove to be 50 per cent, of the capacity, all the mills could not work full time. Ana the probability was that next year there would be but litt e railroad building, and rails would be needed for reconstruction and repair alone. G.oomy appreheuirians are entertained by other firms. The manager of the Bethleh m (Pa.) Iron and Steel Works says the materials produced at his works are about as low as they can go, and the outlook is a dull one. Gen. Lilly, of Mauch Chunk, says the business outlooc is gloomy, orders given for bar iron having been countermanded in a large number of instances, and there being uncertainty on all s'des. The President of the Thomas Iron Company, in Pennsylvania, reports a similar condition of things at Catasaqua and Hokendauqua. The large works of the Lackawanna Company, of Scranton, Pa , haye shortened their time schedule. The laborers throughout the Lehigh valley are anxious about the future.

These apprehensions are not shared, however, by all the manufacturers. The Tyrone (Pa) forges resume operations next week, and will run on full time. In Coatesville, Pa, though the proprietors consider the outlook gloomy, all the mills are busy and plenty of orders are on hand. The output of the Edgar Thompson steel works, Pittsburgh, has been reduced to two-thirds of their capacity, and. p the company say that among the manufacturers the question is the survival of the fittest, or, rather, the fattest pocket They could sell at $42 a ton if they could get coke and ore and wages down, but had never gone below $45. In Bridgeton, N. J., the iron foundries are very busy. The Cleveland (Ohio) rolling-mills are not to be shut down, and the Bay View works, near Milwaukee, which have not made any steel rails for some time and shut down the iron-rail mill three weeks ago, will not be affected except through the sympathy inevitable to all lines of the iron business. The North Chicago, the Union Iron and Steel mills, the Joliet and the Vulcan mill of St. Louis are still running, but will have a conference with their hands about J an. 1 relative to wages for the ensuing year, when the employers will probably demand a decrease of from 20 to 25 per cent, on present rates. The trouble is attributed in Chicago to the Scranton company, which cut prices from $45 to $42 a ton, since which time sales have been made at S4O, the price at which they are now quoted in Eastern circulars, and at which the President of the Union Iron and Steel Company says they cannot be made here. A Philadelphia dbp'tch says: Thorough inqui' y all over the city and in all the leafing man ifacturinx rente s of the State do not warrant the opinion tha~ the iron and steel trade ‘s in as bad condition as has been represented Indeed, James M. S.vank, the Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, and one of the best-informed me i in the country, said to-duy: “It has been greatly exaggerated. Tne steel-rail industry is in a very depressed condition, and the d mand fi r othi-rir n and steel products is not equal to the expectations of a few months ago, bll there is no occasion for any excitement or alarm. Prices have been gradually declining since last spring; there lias been no sudden decline, not even in steel rails. Ido not believe that the present Congress, nor ihe Congress which has just been elected, will be so unwise as greatly to reduce the duties upon iron and steel, and hence I feel entirely hopeful of the future of those industries. Low prices are not necessarily an evil ” A Washington dispatch states that it is believed there “by many Congressm n and others who favor a revision of the tariff laws that the sensational reports of a general suspension of steel production are designed to influence Congress against any reduct on of the measure o ‘ protection which the iron and steel interests already enjoy. Indications are not lacking to show that there is a good deal of method and system in the attempt to frighten the country into the convic’ ion that nothing short of a prohibitory tariff will prevent a general coilapse of the iron and steel m inufactories of the United States.”

ABOUT THE CUSTOMS.

Supervising Agent Martin’s Annual Report. Supervising Special Ag nt Martin, of the Treasury >n Ms annual report for the. fiscal year ending June 39, 1882, s'.qws that the amount recovered on account of seizures, finer and suits was $89,§79; increased duties, #760,-146; miscellaneous, $12,15’; number of seizures, 217; appraised value, 591,475; redu tion in expenses recommended, $18,322; number of arrests, 54; number of reports received, 2,976. Of these reports, 58 relate to smuggling, 319 to under valua ion, 64tomisconductof customs officers, l s 2 t > seizures, 199 to inspection of customs districts, 15 to suits commenced, and 2,2 9to miscellaneous subjects. The Supervising Special Agent says: “To secure more efficient and honest administration of customs service throughout the country, a consolidation of collection districts and abolition of a large number of ports, at some of which there are no duties collected, and at others where the expenses arelargcly in excess of the receipts, would seem absolutely necessary, and in this connection it is gratifying to know that during the last session of Congress a bill for the consolidation of ail fees and giving the Collectors fixed salaries w .s int oduced by a member of the House, who was formerly a special agent and familiar with the wants orthe service. ” ReKuecting smuggling, he says; “Through the actlwtVf J'Jand vigilance of the officers of this ..service, assisted largely by 109*4' customs offioara, smuggling hasA been' confined to very narrow limits. The re on the night of the 3d of January last of nearly a ton of opium . valued at $26,000, while an attempt was lieing made to lanid-it from the steamship City of TOkio at the yharf of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, is the largest and mostimportant case of smuggling discovered during the year. It is reported that the business of opium smuggling on the Pacific coast has been carried on by an organized company, which includes capitalists, Custom House employe- 1 , steam-hip employes, local politicians and Chinamen. All customs officers suspected of complicity with smugglers have been dismissed fron# the service. ’ On toe-subject of undervaluation, Mr. Martin sayfe: “Investigation has shown that, upon the advice of an agent, foreign manufacturers often invoice consigned goods far below the cost of production. It is estimated that less than 40 per cent, of the 60 perc fitum ad-valorem duty Uta s Ik is collected in consequence of the undervaluation of that article.”

STEAMBOAT INSPECTION.

Gen, Drupont’6 Rep-.>;rt pf the Operation of His Bureau. Supervising Inspector General Dumont, in his annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30 last, giv s the following statistics of to?.steamboat inspection service: Number of vessels inspected, 5,117; tonnage of same 1,298,564; officers licensed, 20,467, s owing an increase 6ver the previous year in tie number of 561,.and the number of licensed officers, 2,669. The total receipts from all sources during toei ynr w.re $279,8§9.30; total expenditure 1 , #227,615.63; ’receipts over expenditures, $52,273 67. The total number of accidents to steam vessels, during th • year, resulting in less or life, were fortv-dnf>. Lives lost from accidents to steam vessels 205, of which but fifty-six we:e lives of passengers.' Total persons car . ied during the year, 354 - 070,447. Tais number divided by 2e5, the number of lives 1 st, shows one life lost to each 1,727,172 per ons carried, as against one life lo t tn each 55,714 persons carried in the fifty-ope years previous to the enactment of the first efficient steamboat lawk In the year last-named ther were 39,()Q0,000 p .ssenger, carried, and 700 1 ve*lost.

■ By means of a dh mical refr ger at r corpses ar now frozen a# hard s blocks of marble before they ar j 1 fid out for insp cfpa in the Paris mo gue.

The Phrenological Journal cilia attention to the fact that women have not aecw&X the right to whistle.— It thinks that they ought to have this right on several ground •. The practice of whistling tend' l to promote cheerfulness in the whistler, and also to strengthen* the lungs. Women need cheerfulness and good lungs just as much as men do, and, therefore, the question is, as the Journal says, why should not women whistle “as they rock the cradle or perform their household duties?” J. J. Johmbox, of Richmond, Ind., writes: “If every man knew what a good medioine Dr. Giiysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla is, there would be fewer invalids. It’cured me of dyspepsia. It cured my wife of general ill health. I think it the best medicine I ever used.*'

A Cincinnati society reporter has mysteriously disappeared, and foul play is suspected, although it is possible that he is hiding somewhere in the Bocky Mountains, as he is well supplied with railroad passes. His last article Was an account of the marriage of a pork-packer’s daughter, in which he used the term “swell wedding.” It came out in the papers “swill wedding. "—PhiladelpJt ia News. Man’s superiority over the brute creation is illustrated by t'ie fact that man is a laughng animal; but the wisest men are not the greatest laughers. You remember what G Idsmith said, “the loud lauxh that I espoko the vacant mind.-’ Wherefore, then, this whichness ? —Boston Transcript. The London Truth says: “It is only by corporal punishment, liberally administered, that the horrible brutality of modern roughs, both young and old, can •be checked. The efficacy of the ‘cat’ in repressing a tendency to crime was proved by the remarkable effect it had in garroting.” Happy Consummation. Discovered, the means by which any lady may wear slippers or shoes one or two sizes smaller than usual. Every one who has used Putnam’s Painless Cobn Extractor is pleased with the result. Vary few persons are exempt from suffering great discomfort and pain from corns, but corns are of small importance when they may be removed by a few applications of Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor. Beware of substitutes and bad counterfeits. Sure, prompt and painless. Sold everywhere by druggists. Wholesale, Lobd, Stoutenbuboh & Co., Chicago.

A reporter interviewed a prize fat woman whose weight is TA) pounds. When a<ked, “Do you still claim to be the largest fat woman in the world?” she frigid y repl'ed, “Excuse me sir, but I do not rec gnize the title. I m said to be the largest laig; lady on exhibition. ” Personal I—To Men Only I The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will send Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to men (young or old) who are afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete restoration of health and manly vigor. Address as above. N. B.—No risk is incurred, as thirty days’ trial is allowed. A man made application for insurance on a building situated in a village where there was no fire-engine. He was asked, “What are the means m your village for extinguishing fires?” “Well, it rains sometimes,” he replied.

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Five Thousand Letters Haye been received by proprietor of the White Wine of Tar Syrup, from parlies claiming to be cured of consumption by its use, z ”-*• - -fr “Tins is a base insinuation,” said the tramp, as he sailed out of a front gate on the bow a No. 12 double-soled boot.— Boston Bulletin. ''' . Common colds neglected cquse onehalf the deaths. Consumption lurks in every cough, often using as a mask the ruddy cheek and sparkling eye SIL its .deadly seeds are deeply planted in the system. Eileet’s Extract of Tab and Wild Cherby will surely cure colds, coughs, croup, catarrh, bronchial oomplaints, and ward off consumption. ■ The Popular Science Monthly jaaks: “What are crowds?” 'The science of love says t‘ie third party is a large crowd.— New ‘Haven liefl inter. , __ DB. WpWHKLL'S TEETHING HVRUP 18 ]UBt the medicine for mothers to have in the house for the children. It will cure colds, coughs, sore throat, and regulate the bowels. Do not fail to give it a trial, you will be pleased with its charming effect. Sold by all druggists. We sneer at the Siamese for worshiping the elephant; but think of the money that is f-penl here annually just to see it!—Cincinnati Saturday Night.

Uncle Sam’B Condition Powders should be used by every one owning or having the care of horses, cattle, hogs or poultry. It improves the appetite, promotes the growth, and restores the sick. Bold by all druggists. : A Cleveland man "has invented a “vacuum gun.” This is bad. It is always the empty gun that kills the small boy.’ The Howe Scales have all the latest improvements. It is true economy to buy the best Borden, Selleok <fc CJp., Agents, Chicago, ■ ——— . A Chicago policemap shot eleven times at a burg ar ana each time missed He made the serious mistake of aiming at the fellow. Young men from the best families in the eity 4 are attending H. B; Bryant’s Chicago Business College. Set men and set hens are sometimes alika They are on nest One pair of boots or shoes saved every year by using Lyon> Patent Heel Stiffeners. In spite of protests the waltz still holds its own. Love rules the whirled. Tby the new brand. Spring Tobacco. Mabbiagb makes meh thoughtful. half their time is spent in forming exousea

RESCUED FROM DEATH. WflMam J. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass., says: la Ci rn *~T *~■ taken with Bunronta er Tftw LUNGS, followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and fleslj, jmd vapcontaed to my bed; In 18771 was admitted to the Hospital. The doctors said I had a hote in my langaa bfe as a half dollar. At one time a rqC port went around teat I was dead; I gave np hope, but a friend told me of DR. WILLIAM HALL’S BALSAM FOR THE' LUNGS. I got a bottle, when, to my surprise, I commenced to feel better, and to-day I fqaj better than for three years past. ■•! BAKER’S PAIN-PANACEA cures pain in Man or Beast For me externally or internally.

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