text: TS'V tV ivianuo ifi •t Ju*. .wj. ♦ 1/ >:i ■«; i r 1*00x11 ,1 jSfa* r\ .OK .ooi* «4f 1 (\ -«•*1 OJ <WW A A 4i b*i *»? 0*1*13 » ti; fo cKWiiM « »I 1< - 2. MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1869. NO. 45. • ■: "■ *. 1 ' M J "■ *. 1 in the Clothes Line. fl ' M J , G ltEAT is the stock at the Great Browo Hall, Of tpe finest clothes for tho present Fall, R OCKWLL ft WIL8ÖN continue to keep The best of Clothing, wonderful cheap. TMCSLLeMT, Elegant, Extra Clothes, Jjj As each of od'r customers thoioughly A tL oUr best citizens come, this Fall, And bgy their clothCB at the Great Bro'n Hall T ELL your relations and neighbors, nil, How obsapyou buy at tbe Great Brown Hall. TDIIOWN, and olive, and drab, nnd green, Jj The richest shades that ever were seen. R EADY-MADE Clothing, of style and taste, Or made to measure with promptest haste. O VERCOATS, stylish, aud stroug and stout, That will aut bother by wearlog out. \Tt/HAT can a gentleman wear, at all, [ W Better than clothes from the Oreat B N ONE in the world so good or so cheap, As the clothes which Uockhill ft \V ilson keep. ,XHO /'.' :ia :.lO H ALL filled full of magnificent piles Of Fino Fall Clqtb«, of the richest styles. LL the varieties now in store, And constantly udding mure and more. L omu or short though our customers be, We fit them exactly; come and see, OWER than ever the prices, all Of the Goods Aye sell at the Great Brown All Good and True Men Are always invited To buy their Clothing at the Great Brown Half of knows. Hall. A [Hull. L ROCKHILL & WILSON. 608 & 608 MERCHANTS Sired, PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6—3m NEW STOVE, TIN, AND SOUSE-FURNISHING STORE. THOMAS H. KOTHELL'S NEW BUILDING, Worth 914 Main Street, 4 Buildings West Of Town Hall, Middletown, Delaware. Where he has constantly on hand, and is prepared to manufacture ALL KINDS OF TIN WARE, At Short Notice. Particular attention paid to ROOFING AND SPOUTING. Orders respectfully solicited and promptly attended to. STOVES. THE NATIONAL, CONTINENTAL, ORIENTAL, CORN, SUN, LITTLE GIANT BRILLIANT, Prize and the Victor Cook. Orders will be received and promptly filled for payable quality that may be ordered. GALVANIZED RUSSIA AND SHEET IRON ZINC, COAL HODS, SELLING, P OKERS, SHOYELS, TRAKES, KETTLES, BAKE PANS, WAFFLE IRONS, SAD IRONS, BRASS AND ENAMELED PRESERVING KETTLES, ENAMELED SAUCE PANS. BELLS, JAPANNED CHAMBER  stove pipe, no ashes, no dirt, no wood boxes, no coal scuttles, no kindling wood but a friction match, and the fire will fall in half a minute, even hot in two minutes, steak broiled in twenty minutes, the fire extinguished in a moment. It has no rival in all kinds of cooking, and in economy, convenience, neatness, safety and durability. Please call at the store for the patronage. Thomas H. Rothwell's Store, MIDDLETOWN, D.C. Sole owner of the Boyce for the State. Prompt attention to business, moderate prices, competent workmen, and a determination to please, may at all times be expected by thus who may favor him with their custom. DRAMA OF THE WIDOWER. HUHNE I. [Dying wife asked to herself:] Every dog will have his day, So will every man; So let me tell him now the truth, Tull him while I [To her husband:] "Yes, I'm dying, husband, dying! I have had a happy life; Don't pretend that your are crying, You'll not be long with out a wife. I shall rest in peace; for yonder, In that country far and fair, Shirts are never made with buttons, Stockings never need repair! You will find that your Affliction is a blessing in disguise; Resignation is a duty— You will wipe your weeping eyes. I shall find my youth In that world so new Renewing, And strung; But on you will surely happen Just as wonderful a change. Ah! My eye, eyes already Those becoming mourning suits— New and fashionable beaver— Polished manners—polished boots! Arts of pleasing nicely studied; Former times all passed away Daily visits to the barber; Hair that is no longer gray." [Here she is interrupted by death. The widower, gently overcome, is borne off, saying: "Oh, my dear, darling, precious wife! The sweetest thing in life. She I never shall another find Exactly suited to my mind!" SCENE II. [A night has passed away.] He asked for the scissors To cut off her curls, While they turned round, He walked at the girls! They went to the undertaker's To get her a coffin, And when they came back The dug was laughing, They went to the graveyard To bury their dead, And when they got back He stood on his head. And, SCENE II. (From here?) "A widower!" I want?" "Another dear!" "Where's the other?" "She's forgotten— She rests in peace, but I do not." What do you Like Mings: Oh! "John Anderson, my boy, John," Is a right guial song, Miss true; But Darby and John; And for For I like to be off with the old love, And I'd like to be here two old fools, that would never do; With the new. So the night winds sighed, and the trees above looked down on the same old story, of first wives gone to their kingdom of love, and the second ones out in their glory reproach him not, ye sisters! Nor deem the dead wife wronged, he thought upon no other while to her he still belonged; "And while she lived, she lived in clover, but — when she died, she died all over!" A THRILLING SPORTURE. On the occasion of Professor La Mountain's recent balloon ascension from Bay City, he met with a terrible adventure, and very narrowly escaped death. The balloon was filled before starting to its utmost tension, but, owing to recent repairs, leaked badly, so that after one or two unsuccessful attempts Mr. Headley, who was to have accompanied Mr. La Mountain, was obliged to get out of the car. Mr. H. had the eatables, instruments of observation, and tissue used to ascertain the ascending and ascending force of the balloon, and as he stepped out of the car, before he could transfer the articles, those who had held of the car let go, and the balloon shot up with the rapidity that carried it to an altitude of two miles within a few minutes. A perfect gulch of wind was blowing at the time, and a moment after rain and sleet commenced falling. The balloon was still ascending when lost to sight in a cloud. Prof. La Mountain, in relating his experience, says that it became all at once intensely cold. The cloud he entered was one swimming mass of snow flakes, interspersed with rain, which formed a frostwork on the netting of the balloon. The cloud, with the snow flakes forming and flying hither and thither, had, as he pressed it, the appearance of a cloud of steam through the sight could not penetrate. The earth was lost to view. By tearing up the handkerchief and throwing out shreds, he became conscious that he was passing upward with wonderful dity, and along with the current of the air, eastward toward the lake. Nothing was discernible but the thickening mist, and overhead his balloon, which, however lighter, had expanded the thin cloth covering to its utmost strength. For that he might be compelled into the lake, and without a pound of ballast to regulate the descent, he reached for the valve rope, with the intention of lowering himself gradually. To his surprise, the valve would not open. The rain and sleet accumulating on the top of the balloon had frozen the valve so tight as to resist the pressure from below. Putting his weight to the task, he gave a strong pull on the rope, pulling out the iron staples attaching the rope to the valve, the rope falling down into the car. The balloon was mounting up faster than ever. It had passed the storm cloud which was a mile below, and the heaveps above were as clear, and the sun shining as brightly, as at midday in June, put the air on the air till it was benumbed with cold. But little time was lost in speculation. He had attained a height of over three miles. The balloon could not burst, for when the expansion became too great the gas could escape from the flue or valve below, which was open; but he was fearful of being Carried into or over the lake without having made preparations for such an event. Mounting the hoop overhead, he reached for his knife only to find that he had left it on the ground. Clinging to the rope with one hand, with the other, and his teeth, after some exertion, he succeeded in tearing a rent in the balloon from the bottom ten or fifteen feet upward. Then serving the opposite side the same way, he descended to the car to watch the progress. During this operation the ends of his fingers of both hands had become frozen. For a few minutes the balloon kept ascending, and then, as the gas escaped, it reached equipoise, and a moment after commenced gradually to descend to the earth. Every instant increased the downward speed. The professor says that he heard the cloth tearing, the rents enlarging, until, with a crash that sounded like a death-knell, the cloth gave way to the pressure, opening a seam on both sides from the bottom to the top. The gas escaped instantly, leaving not a thousandth cubic feet, while the air rushed in. Ailing up the vacuum, the balloon acting as a parachute. The professor gives it as his opinion that at the height of two miles there was not a foot of gas in the balloon. The cloth, bellying out, formed a strong residence to the atmosphere, and retarded the descent. He remembers distinctly passing through a cloud, and the sensation on regaining sight of the earth. He has an almost indistinct recollection of approaching the earth's surface. A dull moaning like the surging of the waves greeted his ears, the flapping of the cloth became louder, and a moment after he became unconscious. On regaining his senses he found himself lying in the woods, and his balloon was some yards distant. Several persons who had seen the balloon descend had come to the scene and were standing near. They afterward assisted him. His arms and legs were badly bruised, and himself stunned, but no bones broken or internal injury sustained. The spot where he fell was seven miles from Bay City. He stopped overnight at a farm house nearby, and yesterday morning returned to Bay City. The time that he was in the air was less than 30 minutes, and the reason that he was not carried further was on account of passing through different currents of air. — St. Louis, Mich. Enterprise. Etiquette in China.— Sir John Bowring, speaking of the customs of the Chinese, says: "Certainly in that country there is much to learn, and much, no doubt, we see there to avoid; but much. We discover there which may instruct." You, perhaps, know that there is no lady in China, who aspires to a high position in her country, who does not look upon it as a great accomplishment, and a great pleasure, not to be able to walk. I have seen beautiful women carried to their marriage ceremonies on the backs of their slaves, unable to walk from one end of the room to the other. I remember once traveling with a great mandrain, in China, who said to me: "Is it true that, in your country, there are ladies with great feet who know how to behave themselves?" I replied that I knew many. He said: "It is very curious, indeed; get any of the stuff in China." I never Not long ago, an English lady, a friend of mine, was introduced into high society in Canton; and the Chinese ladies, not having seen an English woman before, were very curious to look at her feet. They said: "It is very strange—she has very good manners; what a wonder it is that such a savage as that should be able to behave herself in good society! Look at her great feet! What could her father and mother be thinking of, to let grow to this size, and let her feet grow with her person?" One of the Chinese ladies observed: "To be sure she knows how to behave herself; but you know she has been in our company for some time in Canton." That is a trait of Chinese barbarism. Crisub.— Croesus flourished about the middle of the sixth century before Christ. The prodigious wealth he had inherited had been increased by the tribute of cultured nations, by the confiscation of great estates, and by the golden sands of Pactoius. Perhaps some idea of the extent of his wealth may be formed from the rich motive offerings which he is known to have deposited in the temples of the gods. Herodotus himself saw the giants of solid gold, six palms long, three broad, and one deep, which, to the number of one hundred and seventeen, were laid up in the treasury of Delphi. He also saw, in various parts of Greece, the following offerings, all in gold, which had been deposited in the temples by the same opulent mun: a figure of a lion, probably of the natural size; a wine bowl of about the same weight as the lion; a lustral vase; a statue of a female, said to be Criesus' baking woman, four and one-half feet high; a shield and a spear; a tripod; some figures of cows; and her of pillars; a second shield in a different place from the first, and of greater size. "Hans, where do you live?" "Across the river mit de turnpikes by the school as you go up mit dey right hand on der side." Show this paper to your neighbors, and ask them to subscribe. From the New Eclectic Magazine. STACK ARMS by Written at Fort Delaware, April, 1805, on hearing of the surrender of the "Army of Northern Virginia. BY J. BLYTHE ALLS. "Stock arms!" I've gladly heard the cry, When, weary with the dusty tread Of marching troops, as night drew high, I sank upon my sulfur's bed, And calmly slept; the starry dome Of heaven's blue arch my canopy, And mingled with my dreams of home, The thoughts of peace and liberty. "Stock arms!" Exulting ran along the line Of foes hurled back in bloody dust. Captured, dispersed; its tones divine They came to my enraptured ear, Guerdon of duty nobly done, And glistened in my eye the tear Of grateful joy for victory "Stock arms!" And sad, it creeps from tongue to tongue: A broken, murmuring wail of woe From manly hearts by anguish wrung. Like victims of a midnight dream, We move, we know not how nor why; For life and hope but phantoms seem, And it would be relief to die. I heard it when the shout Went. In faltering accents slow Sighing and Humor. An Incident in the Early History of Greenbacks.— Texts of Scripture have often been inscribed upon coins. One of the most remarkable is on a copper coin issued by the papal government, on which are the words, "Vue vnhis diritihus —" "Woe to you who are rich!" When greenbacks were first issued by the United States, Mr. Chase, then Secretary of the Treasury, consulted, among others, the President of one of the Philadelphia banks in regard to placing some motto upon them—such, for example, as has been impressed upon the five cent pieces—"In God we trust." After mentioning several scriptural texts that had occurred to him, the Secretary asked our banker's opinion. "Perhaps," was the reply, "the most appropriate would be: "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give to thee!" The project was abandoned. Quaker Shrewdness.—John Morton, a respectable Philadelphia Quaker, would have nothing to do with the Continental money, because it was issued for war purposes. It was however, made a legal tender, and a certain slippery debtor, who owed him some ten thousand dollars, when Continental money was worth about one half its face, borrowed that sum from a friend, on a promise of returning it in two or three hours. Taking with him a witness he called and laid the amount on the table of his Quaker creditor. Looking up from his writing, Morton quietly opened a large draw, and, to the consternation of the debtor, sweeping the money into it, he shut and locked the draw, saying: "Anything from thee, Daniel—anything from thee!" The Sublime and the Ridiculous.—A gentleman, having a reasonable share of the divine afflatus, seated himself, one day, and commenced a poem in the following sublime strain: The Had descended the depths of the sea. In his meridian splendor, when he had proceeded thus far, he was suddenly called away, leaving the writing upon the table. A swaggish friend stepped in, and seeing the couplet, wrote beneath it, by way of completing the sketch: And the little fishes, beginning to sweat, cried on! How hot we shall be! A farmer who wished to invest the accumulation of his industry in United States securities, went to Jay Cook's office to obtain Treasury notes. The clerk inquired: "What denomination will you have them in, sir?" Having never heard that word used excepting to distinguish religious sects, the farmer, after a little deliberation, replied, "Well, you may give me part in Old School Presbyterian, to please the old lady, but give me the heat on't in Free Will Baptist." A Perplexed Frenchman. —A French man said to an American: "There is no word in your language. Do not comprehend, and all go time I hear it. Tattle too, tattle too—what you mean by tattle too?" The American insisted that no such word exists in English. While he was saying so, his servant came out to put coal on the fire, when he said, "There, John, that'll do." The Frenchman jumped up, exclaiming, "Tare, tattle too, you say him yourself, sure; what means tattle too?" Rothschild and the Archbishop of Paris met at a public dinner some time since, and arrived at the same moment at the door. Neither wished to enter first—the Jew showing respect, the Christian tolerance. Pinsily the Archbishop cried out: "M. Rothschild, you are the son of Moses; I am the servant of Jesus; you have the precedence of age. The Old Testament is more venerable than the New." And the banker went in first. A Missouri girl brought a recent lover to terms in Omaha the other day by shot from a revolver and the remark that she had five more left. "Is your house warm one, landlord!" asked a gentleman in search of a house. "It ought to be," was the reply; "the painter gave it to you recently." SEA ISLAND COTTON. The most beautiful and costly specimen of cotton is the sea island, cultivated within the limits of Georgia and South Carolina, on islands belonging to those States. It is distinguished by the length, silkiness and strength of its staple, and is manufactured in Europe into the finest kinds of fabrics. Lace is made of it not much inferior to linen. It consequently commands a higher price than any other cotton in the markets in the world. The States referred to have been engaged in its culture for upward of three-fourths of a century, and many large fortunes have been made by it. Attempts have been made to raise it in other parts of the world, in the same latitudes, but without success. It is raised in the lowlands of South Carolina and Georgia, bordering on the sea-board, but it is an inferior article to that of the sea islands, and in order to maintain an approximation to the latter in quality, new and fresh seed has to be obtained from the islands every few years. Transferred into the interior, to the midland districts, it rapidly degenerates from what is called long staple into short staple cotton. There are different classes of the sea island cotton seeds, which are well understood by sea island planters, some of whom have been very curious and particular in the selection of the seed. When it was ascertained by Kinsley Burden, Esq., a scrutinizing observer, that some stalks in his cotton field produced bolls more remarkable for the firmness, beauty, and length of the fiber than the great bulk of his crop, he took pains to select those stalks from the rest, and have the bolls ginned separately; and he found that the seed was crowned with a silky tuft that distinguished it from the ordinary black seed cotton. This seed he took care, the next season, to plant in a field separate from the rest of his crop, and succeeded in raising an article, inferior in quantity, but far superior in quality, and commanding a much higher price abroad than what was raised by his sea island neighbors. While he kept his own secret, he enjoyed a monopoly of this superior article, and was rapidly becoming rich by his discovery. It did not long, however, remain concealed from the scrutiny of prying eyes. The temporary success of this gentleman led sea island planters generally to be more attentive to the selection of seed, and it was finally ascertained that of the black seed cotton, which had been planted indiscriminately, there were several grades, capable of being distinctly marked by the superiority of the staple. It then became a favorite among planters and their families after the desert was removed from the table, to cover it with small heaps of cotton seeds and have such as were marked by any peculiar traits separated from the rest, with a view to subsequent experiments. By this means, the culture of the black seed cotton was carried to the highest degree of perfection; the quantity of the crop being diminished, however, in proportion to the fineness of the staple. The soil of those islands, in its natural state, is sandy and barren, and is rendered productive only by skilful and laborious tillage. The best dressing for the land is marsh mud, which the neighborhood supplies in abundance. The plant, as compared with that of the mainland, rises only to a medium height, and the largest product seldom exceeds one hundred pounds cleaned cotton per acre. The sea breezes impart a peculiar softness to the atmosphere in those latitudes, and the climate is supposed to contribute more to the idiosyncrasies and superiority of this other cause than before the late war. The sea breezes impart a peculiar softness to the atmosphere in those latitudes, and the climate is supposed to contribute more to the idiosyncrasies and superiority of this other cause than before the late war. During and since the occurrence of that great calamity, these garden spots of South Carolina and Georgia were, and have been, to a great extent surrendered to the sable race, who, we imagine, have not contributed much to the change of improvement. The last year of two very fine products of sea island cotton have been raised in the vicinity of this city. — New Orleans Times. queenly plant, than any ever. Those islands, within physical effects of midnight. Between 11 at night and 1 in the morning is the interval that the temperature of the human body fulls to its minimum. From some researches lately communicated to the Royal Society it appears that healthy beings go regularly through a daily cycle of variable warmth. The maximum heat is reached at 9 a.m. when, in persons under twenty-five, the temperature of the flesh stands at ninety-nine degrees Fahrenheit, and this is maintained till 6 p.m. when it slowly and steadily falls till an hour before midnight; the amount of decrease by this time is something over two degrees. At about 3 a.m. the upward turn is taken, and the heat increases till 9 o'clock. It is curious that this extent of change only occurs to young bodies. Old folks preserve a nearly equal degree of warmth all the twenty-four hours through. Other notable facts are, that food has nothing to do with the variation, and that hot and cold baths do not appear to interfere with the regularity of the successive changes. Elegance Wine—Four quarts of water or eight quarts of berries. Let it stand twelve hours, stirring occasionally. Then strain off the berries. Add three pounds of sugar to four quarts of juice; flavor to taste with cloves and cinnamon. Boil this a few minutes. Let it stand till cold before putting away. Be careful not to cork it down tight until done fermenting. THIS BmtHf OP AUTUMN. BY ALICE CAREY. The rust is over the red of the clover, The green is under the gray, And down the steelying swells Is flying away and away. Fled are the roses, dead are the roses, The glow and the glory are done, And down the follow the steel-winged swallow Flying away over the sun, In place of summer a dead new-comer His solemn state renews; A crimson splendor instead of the tender Daisy undef the darling dews. But oh! the sweetness, the Bill of completeness, That under his reign are born! Russet and yellow in apples mellow, And wheat, and millet, and corn, His frosts so hoary, touch with glory Maple, and oak, and thorn; And, rising and falling, his winds are calling, Like a hunter through his horn. No thrifty sower, but just a mower That comes when the day is done, With warmth a-beaming, and gold a-gleaming, Like sunset after the sun. And while fair weather and frosts together Color the woods so gay, We must remember that chill December Has turned his steps this way. And say, as we gather in the house together, And pile the logs on the hearth, Follow the light in the window, On to the ends of the earth. The farmer. To Cure Warts on Houses. — Henry B. Tyron, in the Bural New Yorker, tells us how he cured a large wart on a horse belonging to him: "Two years ago I bought a large Clyde colt which had a wart large as a man's fist on the hind leg, just below the stifle joint. The following remedy I procured from an English horse-farrier, which not only removed the wart, but left the surface smooth, and it haired over. I purchased a two-ounce vial of butter of antimony, and applied it with a feather tied to the end of a long stick three times a day, till satisfied that the roots of the wart dead, (this can be determined by discontinuing the application for a week; if the wart starts to grow, apply more). After I had thoroughly burned it out in this way, I applied the following to heal it over: One pint rum, one half-pint soft water, one ounce aloes, one-fourth ounce myrrh; pulverize the aloes; mix and wash. I applied this wash three times a day, and it healed over smooth and nice. Now I have given gratis a remedy which if procured of the horse-farrier would have cost you a $5 bill." Manure for Potatoes. — The Hearth and Home says the following receipt for raising potatoes is worth the price of any paper for one year, to any farmer that is short of manure. It is as good as the best of lime, and will not cost half so much. It has been tried two years, and It is good on dry land: "Take one cask of lime and alack it with water, and then stir in it one bushel of fine salt, and then mix in loam or ashes enough, so that it will not become mortar; it will make above five barrels. Put half a pint in a hill at planting. A manqrs containing potash are particularly suitable for the potato." Ashes contain more than any other natural fertilizer, and should be freely used and carefully saved. Any farmer, seeing the analysis of the ashes of potatoes, can readily imagine what fertilizers produce the greatest effect, and what the plant needs. Cultivation of Strawberry Plants.— The Fruit Recorder says: "We have found the practice of running close to each row with a subsoil plow, immediately after bearing season, to work like a charm on the strawberry plants. By doing this, the ground is loosened to a good depth, so that the new, tender fibers and rootlets find easy access through the soil to a great depth, and are better prepared to yield a full crop the ensuing season. Work the soil as deep as possible after the crop is gathered, and with a thorough system of culture." Scatter well-rotted compost among the vines, and hoe them out occasionally with a fork hoe; and our word for it, you will get as fine a crop of fruit the second and third years as the first. A substance called "Starch Lustre" is used for washing purposes, which, when added to starch, causes the linen to which it is applied, to assume not only a high polish but a dazzling whiteness. A portion of the size of an old-fashioned cent added to half a pound of starch, and boiled with it for two or three minutes, will produce the best results. This substance is nothing more than Stearine, colored by a slight addition of ultra-marino bine, the essential ingredient being the steaming; and with or without the coloring matter, will be found to add very much to the beauty of linen articles to which it is applied. Stearine is to be had at a good drug store. Hoo Feeding.— Hog feeding shearing began at once, giving grain moderation, increasing it by degrees. It is good economy to continue moderate feeding during a considerable period of time, rather than to feed high during a short time. ELECTRICAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS. A report recently issued from the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department, makes an elaborate exhibit of the principal articles of foreign production which entered into consumption in the United States in the year 1866. Year 1868. It gives the quantities, values, rates of duty, aggregate of duties, Ac, with the aggregate value. One of all these products, it appears that in the fiscal year 1868, the gross value of the foreign products that entered into consumption in the United States, was $957,259,900. This is an enormous quantity of foreign goods to be consumed in equal years by this country, heavily in debt. It was in the year referred to, and as it is now. The amount stated is the average value in gold—the amount paid was probably a great deal more, as there is a chronic disease of undervaluation in both countries, made out for Custom House inspection. The amount of dutiable goods in the aggregate above given, was $328,188,104, and the aggregate of duties paid was $159,600,569, from which it appears that the average rate of duty on all dutiable goods is about forty-nine percent. The list of the classes of imported goods that are taxed to yield the amount of duty mentioned covers eighteen closely printed quarto pages, yet it is curious to observe what a small number of articles yield nearly all of the customs revenue. With but slight inspection of the table, we have selected fourteen sides (or classes) that paid $131,364,459 of the $159,500,569 of duties on the foreign goods consumed in these are sugar and molasses, coffee, tea, wool and its manufactures, silks, iron and steel, cottons, spirits, wines, etc. Flax and its manufacture, chomicals, fruits, tobacco, leathers, and hemp and its manufactures. The three articles of sugar, coffee and tea consumed in that year paid $54,910,589 in duties. These figures show how simple the tariff might be if no other object than revenue had to be considered in its adjustment. They also show how many of the necessaries of life, which enter into the daily consumption of the poor, are heavily taxed by the present enormous tariff. And yet, ignorant competitors say that the poor are not taxed. Some of the figures are both interesting and curious. Thus, the quantity of coffee which entered into consumption in 1868 was 212,379,266 pounds, and its value, as entered in the customhouse, was $23,015; 316. If anyone undertakes to calculate the cost of coffee from these figures, he must remember that the value given is in gold— that he must add five cents a pound gold for duty, and also the cost of transportation. The quantity of tea entered for consumption during the same year was 37,555,733 pounds, and its invoice value was $11,948,112 in gold, and any calculation here will have to include twenty-five cents on duty, in gold, and cost of transportation also. We have made a hasty examination of the tables in another direction, viz. among the articles of foreign production purchased in that year, which the purchasers would have been as well off without, and which add but little or nothing to the aggregate, wealth of the country. In this list we find (among other articles not enumerated) that diamonds, jewelry, fancy articles, including dolls, toys, artificial feathers, cole de laine water, cosmetics, heads, etc. beer, spirits, wines, tobacco, cigars, velvets, silks, ribbons, false hair, furs, fruits, etc. Of foreign production consumed in 1868, cost no less than $38,095,332. This great sum, it should be remembered, is but a part of the foreign expenditures for articles that the purchasers could absolutely do without, yet even that part rapidly go a long way towards placing the balance of trade on the right side of our annual account, if the articles had been allowed to remain abroad, and scarcely any one here would have been a dollar the worse off today. We find among these classes of articles an expenditure of $208,000 for "human hair," cleaned and "unclean." It is quite curious to look among the entries under the head of wipes. The question is, "What is the use of washing?" Sever seeks in here for those high-priced "imported wines" of which so much is heard when a bottle or case of wine is ordered. Over six million gallons of imported wines are included in these tables, but of that amount it is noticeable that 6,883,276 gallons are invoiced at less than fifty cents a gallon; 515,000 are invoiced between fifty cents and a dollar a gallon; and only 203,552 gallons at from one to two dollars a gallon. These, it is true, are gold prices, and the duties in gold are respectively twenty cents, fifty cents, and one dollar a gallon, and 25 percent ad valorem. An examination of the "sparkling wines" (Champagnes) shows that the 496,886 bottles (quarts) of sparkling wine which entered into consumption in 1668, were invoiced at $5,438.15, or about fifty cents per quart bottle. This is also gold, and the duty is fifty cents per bottle in gold. Thus our readers will see that there is a good deal of interesting matter in a dry publication of official figures by Statistical Bureau. 1868. An imaginative writer says: "Woman is compounded of three articles, sugar, tincture of arnica and soft soap. Sugar, because of the waste of the sugar which is apparent in most women—alas! that in some it should have acidulated in the sugar; of course, the vinegar." Because in women, it is to be found that quality of healing and soothing after the bruises and wounds which affect men in the great battle of life; and soft soap, for reasons too small: "You need a specification." 