Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 42, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 August 1895 — Page 5

THAT TRIP TO BOSTON.

5 'ntething Besides Low Hates Ctfered by Pennsylvania Lines. l!ostn excursionists over tin IVnusvlvauiu lines will be earned m Hte luxurious ease to he expected op, Tin.:tin!;inl Kaihvay of Amrica." Slopover privileges will enable cxcursionisis to visit pkii'es of siiinnier ..ji ;u n aioiitr the Atlant ic ( cean. Long launch. Tape May. Asinuy I'aik. AlIan.c i'iiv, Ocun drove and rsoi ts on New .Jersey coast are on the IVimslvania Lines ami may be reached at siuht expense from Philadelphia and New Yo.k by daily excursions thither during t lie reason. Ilistoiie scenes in I'nil ioelphia. inclndinn Independence Hail with DM Liberty Hell, the I'nited Males Mint, Masonic Temple, Fairmount 1 ark, the site of the Centennial, may lie visited within the stop over limit. lleturniiig excursionists may make Hie trip over dilTeient rou I es t be selected at tin time lutes to U..ston are oiitainet!. Kxcuision tickets to I5ston account of the Knights Templar Concave will be sold I'roni Aug. l'.'th to Aui;. 2V.li, inclusive. Une -half i !n excursion rate will be charged for tickets to It- used by children under twelve and ut live years of aire. foni.ecling railways will also ell reduced rate tickets to Host on over these lines. Information furnished applicants to nearest Pennsylvania Line Ticket Agent, or by addressing l VaxDtskn, Chief Assist but (ieiieral Passenger Airent, Puts aurgh, Ca. a cooi. i:i:ti:i:at. I'vrry lK'-irahl' Facility Tor Kujiaiblt u miner MjMiini. IIa nit Persons desiring to foiuliiiit riH-reatioi:. entertaiiimeiit. iiistriictioii ami i-tiiii it!iUnir summer outing Hill lind liable bake. .mi tiniVnnsxlvaiiia Line, near Wara. lixi . the ideal spot. This i.retty rort Utlu- site of inona Assembly ami Summer School, the illi;.:t't of tlie ChantaiiMiiH Aeiiihlie. 'I lie'roiiml have le-n well ami favorably known a Spring Fountain Park. 1 hey constitute alut two hundred acres of romantic vooilaiil stivt'-iiiiiL' nearly two miles alonthe eastern shore of Kai;ie l-ike. a heatitiful sheet of water. The ;:rii;inis have hceii piottetl and retty cottages constitute tin summer homes of jhtmii'is lio here liiul re.t ainl health-giving recreation in invigorating air amid attractive surroundings. Some lesirahie cottage sites are yet obtainable. In addition to the Mrtioii laid out for huiidmg piirioM. a line park lias leeii made. Then is aNo a ra-e track with overlooking amphitheatre furnisliiugsplrndid facilities for outdoor athletic sjoi t. The fcirge auditorium has a seating capacity of :i.uh, ai u the several College halls are iim'1 for Assembly purpo;ts. A gool hotel, restaiiranlM:il s ipply stores fundsh u cans of living at reasonable rates. A lare tleet of r)v boats w ith two steamers will ermit indulgence in boating, and persons fond of lishing may enjoy that pastime to satisfactory extent, as the lake teems w ith lish. The low tourist rates over the Pennsylvania bines place these pleasures within easy reach. The rate will he in eftect all season from ticket stations on these lines. In addition to the season tourist tickets, a low rate will also he in ;' vt for round trip tickets good fifteen days. Ticket agents of the Pennsylvania bines w ill furniMi them, and they may be obtained from acents of connecting lines. "The Assembly ipurtmcnt o)eiis .hily 1st and continues four weeks, during which lime prominent speakers will discuss Ihe topics. During August there v ill heeliici:tional work under Prest. .lohn "M. Coulter, of bake Forest University, in connection with the Assembly. For detaiis regard in;: rates of fare, time of trains, etc., apply to nearest Pennsylvania bine Ticket Agent", or address p. . J)l SKN. t'hief Assistant Ueiieral Passenger Agent. Pittshurg. l"a- Applications for information concerning the resort should he addressed tu Secretary K. S. Scott. F.agle Lake. I ml. Reduced Rates. Kxcurions over lenii!yl vnnia Lino During Scsioii of l.s;.". biberal cotH'essions in fare over the Pennsylvania Lines have leeii granted for numerous events to take place this summer in various parts of the I nited States. In addition to i.M-al excursions. tickets at reduced rates to be sold overt hemlines as liivi-n in the following paragraphs. Fxcursion tickets may he obtined at ticket ollices on the Pennsylvania System ami w ill aKbr.,id over this route by coiniectiii-.: railways. Someof the h diits to which tickets will be sold and dates of sale are as follows: To Ualtimorc. .Inly tctii ami 17th. ihh returnIn until Auii-t .".th. inciiisive. aceount the onvention of I'.aptist Voting I'eople's I'nion of Ainerica. To I '.os ton. .Inly r.tli to ;tth. inehisive. for the National Christian Kndeavor .Meeting. Uetuin limit iu:;y heeMended hy spcial arrangement to A u trust :td. To Koston. August l'.ith to'.T.th. inehisive. ae count Triennial Conclave Kuiuhts Tempiar. Keturn limit extended to October ;id by special arranjjenient. T IHiisviile, Ky . in September for National Kneampment. O. A. K. One cent per mile. Reasonable return limit. The reducml rates over the Pennsylvania Lines will not restricted to members of tiie organizations mentioned, but may be taken advantage of by the public generally. Any Pennsylvania Line Ticket or Passenger Aiient w ill furiiish desired Information eom erninj; rates, time of trains, ami other iletails, to all applicants, or the same may le obtained by addressing . I. K llanes. Ticket agent, or F. an Husen. Chief Assitant Oeneral Passenger Agent, Pittsburg, Penn. ;.a. i:. at LonsviLLi:. One Cent IerIile Over tlie lenn-.vl vanin Line? For National Kiicaiiipmeiit. The rate to Louisville. Ky.. for the TwentvNintli National Kneampmen't of the i rand Arniy of the Republic will be based IImmi One Cent per Mile from ticket stations on the Penusvlvania Lines. Kxcursioii tickets will be sold at that rate September sth, it ii. mthaml 11th. IS;.-. The return limit will cover sutlicient time for an extended sojourn, and will be ample for side trips. Southern Railroads are exjiected to make special rates to historic places, and to commercial and industrial centers, enabling visitors to see the South at slight exense. Low rates have already been arranged for the Cliieamaiiga National Park dedication whi.-h takes place shortly after the Kneampment at lmisville closes. Kxcursioii tickets to Chattanooga for the dedication will l sold over Pennsylvania Lines, Sept. l;tti to l-ith, inclusive. Special arrangements may be made bv posts desiring to go in a body, or parties of friends desiring to travel together can be satisfactorily accommodated if they will kindly make thei'r w ants known to the undersigned. Information will be cheerfully furnished all applicants, and any required aid in shaping details w ill be very promptly extended. It will pay to invest i-ale. C. L. Kl M i: I.U Ass't tSeli'l Passenger Agent. Cleveland. O. WM. O'KEEFE, Lumber, Lath, Sliinlcs, Sasli, Doors and I51inds, Flooring, Patent Latli, Fence Posts and Fence Lath.

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Trains leave Plymouth l-i: TIIK NOKTII. . .".'. l' Sim 1:14 j. !ii. fur St. .IfiM'jth. .".;. I ;iily . 111. " ."!. l'.. Sun l(!:OS p. in. .".s. -.. Sun 7:M a. in. " cn. Sim. Only.. S:'4a. m. rou Tin: mu tii. N. .".1. V.x. Sun a. 111. ftir Ter re Haute " .vi. Kx. Sun 1:.-i p. m. " " .Vi. Iiaily 4:17 p.m. " " " .".7. Kx Sun 7:J7 p. 111. " I-t-canspi t. " r.'.i. sun. Only.. : 1. in. " Fr complete Titn' Canl. jiivirn: all trains ami stations, ami for lull iiil'orinatioii as to rates, tlirmiuh -ars. -tc.. atllres V. U. HAL!-:. Afrciit. 1 liliiolltil. li;l. r A. rtUM). Ccncral rassencr Af:ciit. St. liiis. Mo. I.AKK i:i:ii: AM WKsTKItX. ' NOKTII I'.OIM) Tit A INS. l'J:i p. in. Daily except Sun.Iav. i'-T p. in. SOCTH I'.OCNI TIJAINS. !:-H a. in. 1 aily except S intlav. l'::5 p. in. '.iH-a!. laiiy e-ept Sunday. T:! i. 111. Daily xcept Sun.l.-v. c. 11. ill t;iu:s. Ajrent. riynitiuth. liul. ana. Keiihir l'assen.irer Train service tieratetl !- tween streatr Hl., an. I Soutli I'.eml, ln. 1:rj;ant iiexveiiipnieiit am' fatlime. West ImimikI train No I leaves Smith lleml at 7:i a. in., arriving :tt Streatt.r at ll:.M a. 111. i:at Imhiii.i train , reaves streatttr at C:l." a. in. . nrrivintr at Smith la inl ll:ir, a. 111. Following t rcL'ht trains w ill carry i'.iscii'rers. West I'ttuiitl. N'ts. 7 ami s f nun" all stations. N 13 Ix tween Sovtll r.eml ami North .llldsoll. Mast l'oüiitt. Nos. s ami in Wtweon all stations. o f.' llom Kankakee to Shelhy ami Wheatlaml. N 11 from Streater. Dwi.uht ami Kankakee to Moliielic-. n:i.s i.kavk xvai.ki:i:tn xvi-.si N'o. 1. Mail ami Kxpress. - No. !. l.t.ea!. No. 1:1, Freight. - FAST ;tIM. N'., 2. Alailaml Kxpress. No. 1. Local. l:L'NI. 7:44 a 111 S:l'." a 111 7 :''. pin 10:3. a in 1 in Trains N. 1. 2. 7. 12. 13 ami tttlailv. Trains :. s. ami l tlaiiy except Sumlav Tickets can he liaiiiorall piini'i;i; Miints. 'l or ratts ami information apply to K. (p. Shkt. Asent. AVaikeitoll. M.S. WlUTKIIK.XIi.li. l'.A. TAKE IHE RWL ID -LIKE ROUTE To Chicago via St. Joe. (JKAIIAX & MOItTOX TRAXSI'OUTATIOX C()"S., steamers leave Yumlalhi dock at 3 p. 111. daily except Sunday, for Chicago also at il p. in. daily including Sunday. Special trips Saturdays and Sundays at 0 p. m. (Jood connect i-m with Vandalia liail JJoad loth going, and returning. For through rate apply to F. II. II ALK Agent, Plymouth or address J. H. GRAHAM, Pres., Benton Harbor, Mich. ' When in Chicago don't fail to make a trip to ILWAUKEE AND RETURN SI. On tlicC.OODWCII IINIC. I'Asr twin s( i:i:v. . . " ,...sn;i:i. .stka.msiiip VIRGINIA"

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Leave Chicago at 9 a. m. Sharp on Week Days ami at it-.m a. in. on Sumlays; arriv in Milwaukee at '' o. in i:-tiiriiinir. leave Milwaukee at r p. in. sharp eery lay. arrivint: in riiicairo at in p. in. Staterooms ami m-als at inoierat rats. I'.aae clu'ckeil ami wheels free. OfliconiHl rk, fMt of Michigan Ave

A FORCED RIDE.

A Confederate Soldier's Horse Dahe Wildly Into the Enemy. John Gilpin's famous ride was beaten by one which a confederate soldier was forced to take during an engagement between Quirk's scouts and a regiment ot! union cavalry. The two bodies of soldiers were standing face to face and the bullets were flying thick and fast through the air. The fight was a desperate one, and each side seemed to stand Its ground. Suddenly, as the fight was at its hottest, a horse dashed out of the confederate line and started in a direct line for the Yankee regiment. On the horse's back was a man named English, who was leaning back in his saddle and pulling with all his might in a futile attempt to stop his frightened horse. The animal was yellow in color and in running took long, clumsy Jumps. The rider finally saw that he could not stop the frantic animal and he made up his mind to make the best of his situation. He leaned forward in his saddle until his head almost touched his horse's neck, and his hands clasped the bridle near the bit. Even the rider's ears seemed pinned back, so great was his effort to make himself as small as possible. His face was as pale as death. The Yankees saw the horse with its rider making straight for them. Some of the soldiers ceased firing and looked excitedly at the half-maddened animal flying toward them. He reached the regiment, but did not stop. The federals almost fell upon each other in their efforts to cret away from the horse's heels. The animal went plungmg through the center of the line of soldiers, foam ing at the mouth and with head down. and then dashed on through the regi ment, the soldiers making way for him all down the line. Not a shot was fired until he had got out of range, and then nearly half of the regiment, who had man aged to recover themselves from their astonishment, fired at a cloud of dust rising in the air, but the horse and rider were at a safe, distance. The horse made a complete circle, returning to the confederate company in safety. When they saw their com rade had returned without a scratch from his dangerous ride, they almost forgot the fight that wa; before them, and there went up a great cheer. WELDING METALLIC BODIES. Koyal Society of Belgium Has Promulgated Some New Facts. The Royal Society of Belgium has published some additional facts in regard to the welding of metallic bodies by means of simple pressure at temperatures far below their fusing point. In these researches the plan pursued was to put the metals in the shape of cylinders bounded by plain surfaces, great care being also taken as to their purity, and, having been mounted and welded together by means of a hand-screw, they were placed In a heating oven ancl kept at a constant temperature between 200 and 400 degrees for from three to twelve hours. The result, as detiUe. shows the mrM't perfect Joints we re' produced with gold, lead and tin, while the worst were with bismuth and antimony; two cylinders thus welded together could be put in a lathe, one of them only being held in the chuck, while the other was being worked upon by a cutting tool without coming apart. They could be separated with the aid of pincers, but then a rough breakage was produced which did not coincide with the original plane of separation. It appeared, too, that the more crystalline the bodies, the less Is this phenomenon of incipient liquefaction exhibited, the commencement of Us appearance in the case of platinum, for instance, being at 1,600 degrees below its fusing point that such a liquefaction or softening actually took place being abundantly proved by experiment. A PECULIAR FALL. Plunges Headfirst Into a Posthole Seven Feet Deep. Mrs. Sarah Lewis, of Sioux City, la., is the victim of a peculiar accident, from the effects of which she is riot likely ever fully to recover. During the past few days the Home Telephone Company has been digging holes all over the city for poles to be used in connection with its telephone system. Mrs. Lewis knew that several had been dug in the vicinity of her house, but had taken no particular notice of their location, and when she stepped to call her children, who had been playing In front of the house, she did not think It necessary to look out for them. The children did not prove to be as near as she had expected, and pushing through the tall grass along the sidewalk in search of them she suddenly stumbled over some obstruction and plunged head first down one of the holes. Tlie hole was 7 feet deep, 26 inches in diameter at the top and 22 at the bottom, so that Mrs. Lewis, whose arms were pinioned at her sides, was unable to relieve the weight resting on her head. She remained in this position for nearly half an hour, when a passer-by happened to hear her groans and pulled her out. She was then unable to stand and soon lapsed into unconsciousnes, in which condition she has remained nearly ever since. Her nervous system 13 greatly shattered by the accident, and it is feared her brain or spine may also have been injured by the fall. Once More Tanner. Dr. Tanner, M. P. for Cork, has distinguished hims.elf in more ways than one. Some days ago he sat down In the hair-dressing saloon in the House of Commons at a quarter past 4 to have his hair cut. The barber had barely begun when the division bell rang, and the member for Mid Cork had to rush upstairs. The operation was resumed after a delay of twenty minutes, and the barber had half finished the task when the bell rang for another division. Off darted the doctor once more; and when he returned the hajr-dressing was resumed da capo, but only to be again interrupted. When the third division bell rang there as another occupant of the hair'dressiT'' saloon in Mr. It. G. Webster, who had just been lathered previous to shaving. Dr. Tanner proposed they should pair and they did so. And by this expedient the doctor was able to get Jiis hair cutting finished by 7 o'clock. Which

he thinks Is a record in, its war. .

ARGOS AND VICINITY.

Friday's Daily. Fred Uock is on the sick list. Trustee (Jordon was in town yesterday. The band concert last night was good. Miss Fay Jleeber visited at Walnut t Iiis week. Mrs. Win. Hankin, of Plymouth, is in town to-daj K. Davis and V. Curtis were in Men tone yesterday. Mrs. Ciider was in Kochest er a few days last week. J. C. (lordon is in Indianapolis this week on business. Mr. Kewney and little boy, of Koclies ter, were in town yesterday. The train master of tho Xickle Plate railroad was in town la3t evening. Mrs. J. C. (Jordon and Mrs. (.'line vis ited at Maxenkuckee lake yesterday. Mrs. Kaly and daughter, of Chicago, are visiting with Mr. Sarber this week Mrs. John Kucker, of Chicago, is vis iting relatives in this place this week. Mr. Chas. Davis has moved into the house formerly occupied by Win. Kankin. Christian conference next Wednes day at this place. A big crowd is an ticipated. The little boy of Chastine Crow died yesterday afternoon of membraneous diphtheria. Mr. K. F. Kosenberry is arranging a new walk along Church street. (Jood thing; keep it up. Wm. liolen, Erwin Drake and liert Kuse, were in Kochester Thursday, at tending a trial. Daniel Kuckley, one of our old citi zens was on the streets Thursday af terternoon. Dan lives in Valparaiso. The attempted suicide of Mr. Cowan, who lives near the county line and is a trustee of Aubenaubee township, was reported here yesterday morning. It seems that Mr. Cowan has been a large buyer and shipper of stock, probably one of the largest in the county, and that from injudicious buying and repeated unprovable sales, he has lost largely, so largely that his speculations have consumed all his capital and led to the foreclosure of a mortgage on his farm. With these losses he grew des pondent and took a dose of poison, The physician who wTas summoned soon after, reported that by the administration of antidotes and the use of a stomach pump he was enabled to so relieve the patient that he may live, but if he does live both limbs will be paralyzed. Saturday's Daily. Quite a nice little rain visited us last night. Claude Fisk, of Plymouth, is in town today. Dannie Koggs, an Argos boy, is home on a visit. Kemember this is collection day for the Independent. Mrs. J. Miller and son Harry, visited in Argos yesterday. Several parties went to Kochester this morning to the show. Mr. liryant and wife are visiting in Plymouth over Sunday. Li. W. McClure's familv and friends went to Maxenkuckee yesterday. Corey & Alleman's new building is being hustled to completion fast. A sister of Mrs. L. W. McCIure, from Kansas, is visiting with her this week. The cigar factory added a new man to the force j'esterday. He comes from Kochester. The L. E. & W. will make a round trip rate of 25 cents for JJarnum's show at Plymouth, Aug. 7th. The parties who have been visiting for the past week at Mr. Kosenberg's, returned home last evening. Chas. Willard, who is traveling on the road selling an Egyptian cement for a Kenton Harbor firm was in town today. Davie (lould and his friend, Allie Kobins, of Kochester, went to South Kend Thursday and returned last evening. At the Christian church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, V. P. Kirk will lecture on the subject, "Am 1 my broth er's keeper?" Andy Kowell has commenced his reg ular trips on the road for a Cincinnati millinery establishment. Mrs. Kowell leaves for Wisconsin next week. From Monday's Daily. Isaac Khodes was in town to-day. This is Pension day at David Hull's ofllce. Kev. Keed and wife went to Kochest er to-day. John Lowery went to Kushville to day on business. AVm. Everley, of Plymouth, was in town Saturday. Fred Drake, of Logansport, visited in Argos over Sunday. Dentist Johnson returned from his visit in the East, Sunday morning. Ed. Losier is handling the ice delivery formerly run by Lester Middleton.

Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Martin are visit

ing with friends in Kourbon, for a few days. Miss Kertha Parker and sister, of Maxenkuckee, were in town Saturday evening. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conference will be held at the Christian church. Mr. Virgil Nichols, of Chicago, is visiting with his wife's parents, Mr and Mrs. Taylor. V. E. XelT the Argos painter and paper hanger, is in possession of a horse and wagon trimmed up to date. Mrs. Kufus Clemmins was called to Kochester to-day on account of the sickness of her brother, who is not expected to live. At the M. E. church on the löth, and nun, of this month there will be held a convention. Subject of discussion will be "Womans SulTracre.'

Hibbard Items. Xoah Herold of Maxenkuckee was in Hibbard Tuesday. The son of James Ilofman, who has oeen very sick with blood poison for several weeks, is improving and they now think he will survive. John Night linger is very sick with malarial or typhoid fever. Dr. Knott, of Plymouth, is attending him. We made a little mistake in our last items about the base ball game to be played Sunday. It is the (Irass Creek club that will play and as they are a jrack club we predict a close game, as the Hibbard Twirlers are champions of this vicinity. Wm. Klapp is making some good improvements for Albert Snyder on his farm in Shaw Town, remodeling his house and making other improvements. Threshing machines are now hulling out the small crop of wheat and oats. Four or live jobs a day is common. The Xickle Plate Ky., has a surfacing gang of 30 men here raising the low places in the road bed. The Krick and - Tile mill has shut down for a few days on account of the miners strike at Kosedale and Terre Iltute. They will resume when they Set coal. Occasional. BODIE8 AS MEDICINE. The Chinese Hare a Firm Ilellef In Their Efficacy. That belief the Chinese have in the remedial qualities of substances forming a part of the human body seems to be lrradicable, says the New York Times. Thinking that Europeans still held the same ideas led as much as anything else to the Tien-Tsin massacres of twenty-five years ago. Prehistoric man drank from a human skull, believing that the uncanny goblet had a certain potency. Not so long ago the skull of a suicide was used in Caithness as a drinking-cup for the cure of epilepsy. Cases have been cited where superstitious people, within the last thirty years, have dug up bodies so as to possess themselves of skulls for the same purpose. As late as 1678 In the official pharmacopoeia of London College of Physicians mention Is made of the skull of a man who had died a "violent death." For centuries in the past, for the manufacture of certain iuack nostrums, notably an ointment, ground skulls were used. The medical books of Nuremberg of 200 years ago always cite mumia or the embalmed flesh of mummies as a sovereign cure for certain diseases. The Egyptian mummy s-as a specific for one malady, the Teneiffe mummy for an other. Excluding "all the other strange suCstances employed in early medicine, there is a trace of cannibalism in the use of these mummied substances. It has been shown that cannibalism does not arise in all cases from hunger, but that to eat human flesh is a religious rite and favored by the gods. In some remote manner it has something to do with sacrifice. Describing superstitions, the fact is cited that to-day Irish peasants use skulls to hold water in under the belief that the water thus becomes curative. DRESSMAKERS' BILLS. A. French Story with m Moral for Extravagant Wire. Following the dispute of Mrs. Cooper Hewitt and her milliner comes the story of a frantic discussion in Taris as to whether a man is responsible for the bills his wife may run up at her dressmaker's, says the New York World. It has always been supposed that In such a case as this the unfortunate husband would have to open his pocketbook wide and pay the amount even though his heart-strings tugged. But the Paris courts have said no to tfeis, and there is a wild stir in consequence throughout the entire w&rld of bodice, fklrt and coat designers. The story is a simple one. A certain Parisian manufacturer had a spouse who, while exemplary in every other respect, had for two years been running up a dressmaker's bill and paying nothing on account. The bill finally assumed the amazing proportions of $2,200. The husband meanwhile was in complete ignorance of her extravagance, and his first intimation of it was upon presentation of the bill. Assuming the mastery of his household, and bidding defiance to the world at large, he contested the claim, with the result that the Court of Appeal cut down the bill to 1,200, and decid'ed that was all he should pay. The arguments of the French judiciary were that the husband was not bound if his wife's expenditure was out of proportion to his moans and out of proportion to the circle In which they both lived. The crucial point in the case was that during these two ye;rs the dressmaker had made neither inquiry of nor referred to him. An improved sprocket wheel for the bicycle has just been invented. It con sists of a convertable gear, to enable the rider to change his gear from 08 inch to 74 inch or 81 inches, in five minutes, tho extra parts being carried in the tool bag and the extra weight amounting to twoor three ounces . Kx.

THE CHECK SYSTEM.

Merchandise Gradually Becoming tb BasU of Redemption. The large use of Instruments of credit in wholesale trade, obviating by; so much the need of actual currency, has long been well known. What kas not been so well established Is th9 growing extension of the same system to retail trade. Prof. David KInJey publishes In the March Journal of Political Economy some inquiries directed to this point, which yield most Instructive results. Through the comptroller of the currency questions were sent to National bank; asking for the amounts deposited on the nearest settling day by retail grocers, butchers, clothiers, furniture dealers, and fuel dealers, with kinds of money and checks and other Instruments of credit specified. Iteplys were received from 2,463 banks, all over the country, and from the returns a rough but sufficiently accurate estimate can be made out showing the part played by currenay and credits respectively in retail trade. Prof. Klniey makes out a table covering all the states and territories, and shows that payments by check range from 54 per cent of the total settlements In retail trade in the north central states to 63 per cent in the south central. The bearing of the investigation on present currency discussions is thus stated by Prof. Kinley: 'While It Is generally admitted that the larger part of wholesale busings Is done on credit, some have claimed that only a small portion of retail trade Is bo conducted. The present Investigation shows, however, that credit plays an important role in retail payments; Its results are, therefore, on the whole. In the line of former conclusions as to the importance of credit instruments In oayments and exchanges generally." NOTHING ESCAPES. The Ilrlareai-Llke Clutches of French Taxation. The New York World says: How to tax the people sufficiently to meet the governmental and military expenses, without burdening them beyond their power -if endurance, is a task which gives sleepless nights to the statesmen and lawmakers of every nation in Europe, and Is the cause of countless bitter discussions In the various parliamentary bodies of the old world. The French Senate and Chamber of Deputies hav? finally finished their tinkering with the budget, and the members have gone home to rest. The result of their labor is set forth In a recently published report addressed to the Minister of the Interior, In which there are some curious statistics. The tax on dogs brings in 8,600,000 francs, and is imposed on 2.847,000 canines of all breed and conditions, from the two Chinese edible dogs owned by Walb?ck-Rosseau the statesman which are the only ones on the continent of Europe down to the swarms of dogs without pedigrees which are among the highest prized possessions of the poor in. Southern France as well as elsewhere In the world. The tax on clubs aggregate 1,440.000 francs, which are divided among about 5,000 such organizations, made up of 2S3.400 members. Billiards and checkers are enormously popular frames In France, and the 94,000 places where the former diversion may be enjoyed put 1,100.000 francs into the governmental coffers. Checker playing is not taxed, though attempts have been made to render that game a source of revenue. The quarter of a million bicycles in France pay the State nearly 2,000.000 francs in taxes. Two hundred and ninety-nine out of the 2,000,000 wheels, however, are growing rusty in the rooms of "ma tante," the Mont de Piete. Here, by the way, seems to be a new and untilled literary field. Several touching poems have been written regarding the sorrows of Arabs, elderly ladies and other peo-ple when forced to sell a beloved horse, but no one his yet portrayed In verse the bitter pangs an ardent cyclist feels when lack of cash forces him to deposit his wheel as collateral security for a loan. Finally, the tax on horses and vehicles is an annual resource of 16,000,000 francs. There are 1,136,000 horses, 363.1S0 carriages which go on four wheels, and 1.06S.130 which roll upon two. DEVELOPING PRINTS. New and Interesting: Method of Ioln the Work Lately Discovered. A valuable paper has been read before the photographic section of the American Institute t. II. J. Newton, explaining a new and interesting method of developing photographic prints on paper with coal tar products In alkaline solutions. lie expresses the belief, from observation and the investigations he has made, that prints resulting by development from bromide of silver are absolutely permanent. The bromide paper was first made In Europe, and the first prints were on imported pap. An important consideration, of course, is the keeping quality of such paper before using as well as after; and as to this the statement Is made that samples have been kept some three years and a half without any sign of deterioration being exhibited, the manufacturers also declaring that the material when five years old is as good as when first made. Different alkalies do not perform or produce a uniform effect on paper manufactured at different establishments. Again, the carbonates produce a browner black than the caustic alkalies. But the beauty of a print will, after all, depend to a certain extent upon the bromide In the developer particularly noticeable being the effect of an addition of bromide of soda to the developer. Napth for Nroorlngr. The employment of naphtha as a cleansing substance In the scouring of wool Is a new method favorably commented ujon by the scientific papers. By the use of a pump the naphtha is forced through and through the wool, extracting all the natural oil. It being alsn clalmel that the naphtha does not Injure the fibre of the wool, as does alkali cleansing, but leaves the fleece In an actually better condition than when cleansed by any other process. A further valuable feature mentioned of this method Is that the greece that is extracted from the wool in a pure state. thereby becoming valuable as a medic inal agent or for a saponification Into the purest of soaps. A plant following this method Is said to have scoured 500,000 pounds of wool and had saved a product of 80,000 pounds In pure wool oil.