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X-ive Stock in the United States.
A census bulletin gives the statistics
of live stock in each of the States and
Territories, exclusive of ranche stock
and the horses, mules, cows, and
swine (in cities or elsewhere), belong
ing to persons not owning or occupy
ing farms. The totals are: horses,
10,867,981; mules and asses, 1,812,932 ;
working oxen, 993,970; milch cows,
12,443,693; other cattle, 22,488,590;
sheep, 36,195,656; swine, 47,683,951.
The percentage of increase during the
ten years from 1870 to 1880 was: horses,
45; mules and asses, 61; working oxen,
(decrease), 26; cows, 39; other cattle,
66; sheep, 24; swine, 90.
The State having the largest number
of horses on farms is Illinois, 1,023,082.
New York’s number Is 610,358. If
the horses in our cities and employed
on the canals were added the showing
would be very different. The horses
in the other leading States number as
follows: Texas, 806 099 ; Iowa, 792,322;
Ohio, 736,478; Missouri, 667,776;
Indiana, 581 444, Pennsylvania, 533,-
578. Missouri leads in mules and asses,
with 192,027; Tennessee has 173,488 ;
‘Texas, 132,581; Georgia, 132,078;
Mississippi, 129,778; Illinois, 123,278;
Alabama, 121,081; Kentu^y, 116,653;
Texas has the largest number of work
ing oxen, 90,603 ; the other States hav
ing more than fiffy thousand each
are: Alabama, 75,534; Mississippi,
61,706; Virginia, 54,769 ; North Caro
lina, 60,188; and Georgia, 50,026.
"New York leads enormously in
milch cows, with 1,437,855; then
comes Illinois, 865,913 ; Iowa, 854,187;
Pennsylvania, 854,156 ; Ohio, 767,043 ;
Missouri, 661,495; Texas, 606,717; no
other has half a million, though that
number is approached by Indiana,
494,944, and by Wisconsin, 478,374.
In “other cattle” Texas leads with
3,387,967, and five other States have
over a million each: Iowa, 1,755,843;
Illinois, 1,515,063 ; Miesouri, 1,410,607;
Ohio, 1,084,917 ; ( and Kansas, 1,015,935.
Ohio leads in sheep, with 4,902,486;
then come California, 4,152 349; Texas,
2,411,887; Michigan, 1,189,389; New
Mexico, 2,088,881: Pennsylvania,
1,776,598; New York, 1,715,180; Mis
souri, 1,411,298 ; Wisconsin, 1,336,807 ;
and Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and
Oregon, with over a million each.
Iowa leads in swine, with 6,034 316 ;
Illinois has 5,170,226 ; Missouri, 4,653,
123 ; Indiana, 3,186,416 ; Ohio, 3 141-
333; Tennessee, 2,158,169; Texas,
1,954,948; Aakansas, 1,565,098; Ala
bama, 1,252,462; Georgia, 1,471,003;
Mississippi, 1,151,818; Nebraska, 1,241-
914; Pennsylvania, 1,187,968; Wiscon
sin, 1,128,82-5. Michigan and Virginia
approach the million, but no others do.
There was an increase in the number
of working oxen in fifteen States, all
southern except Michigan.
A Remarkable Canary.
The power of imitation possessed by
birds of thqgiarrot tribe has long\been
familiarly known, and it would! not
be difficult to fiad numerous examples
of even well educated mera'bers of the
^genus in this respect., The vocal
powers of canaries >are not usually
regarded as being eqvfial to the Deduc
tion oi nriiculate wounds resembling
those made’ov the (human voice. But
there is at present in the possession of
Dr. J. McGrigor Croft, says The
(British) Medical Press, a little song
ster of this description, which, besides
giving utterance to delicious warb-
lings, is also able to “talk’* with a
■clearness and precision simply mar
vellous. Somewhat sceptical of the
accounts we had received of this ani
mal wonder, we have, says The Press,
through the kindness of Dr. Crott,
had an opportunity of directly proving
the truth of t.e statements made con
cerning it. Tae canary doe* veritably
speak, and enunciates a number of
sentences which are clearly imitative
of the voice of the lady who has had
care of it since its early youth. The
effect, indeed, produced by the clear
sweetly uttered sentences pronounced
by the bird Is almost weird at first;
but the feeling of wonder thus created
quickly gives rise to a sensation of ex
quisite pleasure, which is deepened
as the little creature suddenly at the
end of a sentence rushes off into ec-
stacy of song. As illustrating the ex
quisite pliability of the laryngeal ap
paratus of small birds, ana the extent
to which training may be carried in
such cases, the tiny animal Is deeply
interesting to physiologists. As a
0 mere curiosity, however, it is un
doubtedly unique.
R. H. M. Davidson has been renom
inated for Congress from the First
Florida distriot by the Democratic
Convention.
Jocose Scraps.
Drowning her kittens hurts the old j
cat’s felines.
Shocking disaster: An earthquake.
Sausages at wholesale price Is dog
cheap.
A book with a loose leaf should be
bound over to keep the piece.
What is it we all like to possess, and
yet always wish to leave behind us ?
A good character,”
An Irishman, writing a sketch of
his life, says he early ran away from
his father because he discovered he
was only his uncle.
A New York engraver recently
made this mistake: “Mr. and Mrs.
respectfully request your presents at
the marriage of their daughter.”
Severe—Frugal landlady of board
ing house—"Coming home to dinner,
Mr. Brown?” Hearty boarder—“Well,
p’raps. If I don’t feel hungry.”
The Rochester Express sagely, sug
gests that when oue starts on a jour
ney ht should always carry two things
—a pocket full of cash and no bundles.
“If Jones undertakes to pull my
ears,” said a loud-spoken young man,
“he’ll have his hands full.” Those
who heard him looked at his ears, and
smiled.
Too Late.
The train departs at balf-past eight;
The traveller runs apace,
He yet may reach the station gate—
It closes In his lace!
He sees the train slide down the track;
He curses free his fat,
And mutters as he wanders back —
“He’s lell who comes too late!”
At six the dinner's smoking hot;
The w ine foams in the glass ;
The soup is boiling from the pot,
Which deftest waiter pass.
The win^> is flat ; tbs soup is cold:
The dinner comes at eight—
You see the old story’s told—
“He’s left who comes too late!”
A maiden holds a heart In thrall—
He cherishes a glove,
And sighs to gain her, that Is all!
He does not tell his love.
And some flue day, the cruel mall
Bears as a dreadful fate,
Her wedding-cards,—then let him wall,—
“I’m left, who came too late!”
Woman—Her Influence.
Wholesome Advioe.
Bo great is the influence of sweet-
minded woman on those around her
that it is almost boundless. It is to
her that friends come in seasons of
sorrow and sickness for help and com
fort ; one soothing touch of her hand
works wonders in the feverkou Yiiiild ;
a few words let fall froiy her lips in
the ear of a sorrowing/ sister, does
much to raise the load off ^rief that is
bowing its victim down to the dust in
anguish. The kiusband comes home
worn out witto the pressure of busi
ness, and Reeling irritable with the
world, dn general; but when he enters
f Jne cozy sitting-room and sees the
blazi of the bright fire, and meets his
wife’s smiling free, he succumbs in a
momeut to the soothing influences
which act as the balm of Gilead to his
wounded spirits,that are vearied with
combating with the stern realities of
life. The rough schoolboy flies in a
rage from the taunts of his companions
to find solace in his mother's smile;
the little oue full of grief with its own
large trouble, finds a haven of rest on
its mother’s breast; and so one might
go on with instance after instance of
the influence that a sweet-minded
woman has in the social life with
which she is connected. Beauty is an
insignificant power when compared
with hers.
Where Pension Money Goes.
A Senate resolution calling for infor
mation about pensions has brought
out some interesting facts. There were
close upon 270 000 pensioners on the
roll last September, when the annual
statistics were made up. But about
twelve thousand pensions had lapsed
through not being called for during
three successive years, aud five
thousand were those of sailors whose
residences were not known. The
actual number paid was 252 851, the
amount being $51 224,204. New York
State heads the list. To her 82,024
pensioners the annual sum of $3 426 532
was given, but arrears brought the
amount up to $6 510,411. Pennsyl
vania’s 28 292 pensioners required $5,-
740 802, and Ohio’s 24,603 had $4,941,-
520. More than two million dollars
each went to Indian*, Iowa, Maine,
Massachusetts aud Michigan; more
than oue million each to Kansas,
Kentucky, Missouri aud New Jersey.
The Third Congressional district of
Maine surpassed all others in the
amount it received. The next auuual
statistics reported will show about
twice as great an outlay.
Gen. Logan’s Daughter.
It is written that a few days ago
Mrs. Paymaster Tucker nee Logan,
was in the senatorial gallery in Wash
ington, listening to the debates. Di
rectly in front of her sat two ladies,
one evidently a Washingtonian and
the other a stranger. The native was
taking unusual pains to make herself
agreeable, and, as Mrs. Tucker was
about to sit down, said to her friend :
There, you see that large man sitting
in the centre of the chamber with the
jet black hair and large moustache? ”
“Yes.”
“Well, that is General Logan of Illi
nois. It isn’t generally known, but
he is half Indian.”
At this point Mrs. Tucker could con
tain herself no longer. S > gently tap
ping the lady on the shoulder, she
said: “Excuse me, madam, but j ou
are mistaken when you say that Sen
ator Logan is half Indian.”
“Well, I guess I ought to know,”
warmly responded the stranger, “I
have lived in Washington all my life
and the fact of his Indian blood has
never been questioned before.”
“I think I ought to know something
about the matter, too,” quietly an
swered Mrs Tucker; ‘ ‘I am General
Logan’s daughter.”
As Dundreary says, “The conversa
tion is ended,” and the stranger and
her companion flounced out of the
gallery.
Newspaper Enterprise.
The current number of Chambers'
Journal applauds the enterprise ex
hibited by newspaper proprietors in
this country in their thirst for new
and trustworthy intelligence, and the
audacity of special correspondents who
penetrate far into any country to
which the eyes of the world may be
for the time directed, “bearing with
them that keen faculty of observation
which gives value to their work.” To
the names of note in this department
the journal says must now be added
that of Mr. O’Donovan, the Merv
special correspondent of the London
Daily Ntws. Hitherto Merv has been
looked upon as an important city,
upon which Russia has long cast
a covetous eye because its pos
session would render easy an advance
upon Herat otherwise known as “the
gate of India.” Mr. O’Donovan told
the Royal Geographical Siciety the
other night that there was no such
cilyas Merv at present; Merv was
merely a geographical expression.
Th*re were some wretched hovels,
abeep'kiu clothed people and half-
starvea cattle feeding in a bog. This
description is certainly very different
from our usual ideas of an Eastern city,
with itH gilded domes aud fairy-like
minar * if sparkling in the haze of a
golde i euneet, and Mr. O’Donovan is
entitled to the credit of dispelling the
popu 1 nidus on.
Educational.
The report on the “Educational
Condition of Seamen and Mariners”
which has just been issued in London
shows that the English seamen are,
fou their social standing, an excep
tionally well educated body. It also
illustrates the fact that gross ignorance
and crime are sure to go hand in hand
on the sea as well as on the shore. It
appears that of the seamen about 74
per cent, read well and about 3 per
cent, not at all, this latter percentage
being largely made up of foreigners—
Maltese, Chinese, Seedies and Kroe-
men—entered abroad for temporary
service; while a very high proportion
of the 23 per cent, who read only indif
ferently are stokers, men who are
entered comparatively late in life.
But it appears also from the records of
the naval prison at Lewes that of the
men sent there 10 per cent, cannot
read at all, and fully 50 per cent, can
not read intelligently. “There is no
doubt,” writas the Inspector of Naval
Schools, “that as a body it is the more
ignorant men in the fleet that incur
the punishment of imprisonment.”
A New Gas-Lamp
Another endeavor to raise the posi
tion of gas as a rival of electricity ap
pears In an invention by M. Clamond,
in which the g*s is burniug with air
heated to 1,000° C., the combustion
taking place within a oone or basket
of magnesium wire, whioh, raised to
incaudesceuoe, forms a light-centre of
remarkable softness, steadiness and
brilliancy. This result is obtained as
follows : — A gus or steam pump drives
a blower, giving the required air
under pressure (whioh air has a pipe
system distinct from that of the gas).
Before reaching the burner, th* air
traverses a tube of refraotory matter
kept at a temperature of 800° to 1,000°
C , by a number of small gas-flames
ab ut it, and thence it passes into a
chamber, where the gas joins it. M.
Clamond ha* succeeded iu so group
ing the heating and the mixing cham
bers that the whole burner may be
inclosed in a cylinder about 2$ inches
in diameter and 4J inches in height.
Oue-horse power, it. is stated, suffices
for an illumination of 150 to 200 car-
cels. One carcel requires with various
burners, 27 to 45 litres of eas, The
magnesium has to be replaced every
40 to 50 hours. It eeems hardly likely
that the system will work anything
like a revolution in gas-lighting.
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Going Abroad.
The New York Shipping Gazette,
discussing the present large passen
ger traffic from that city to Europe,
says that in the season of 1881 the total
number going abroad during the sea
son of four months was 22,245. Of tne
thirteen lines engaged in the traffic
the Cunard carried 3435 of this num
ber, the White S'ar 2935, the North
German Lloyd 2464, the Anchor 2414,
the Inman 2210, the Hamburg 2182,
the Guion 1895, the National 1676, and
the General Transatlantic 1246. The
total number which went abroad In
the season of 1880 was 19,496. The
record of this year so far surpasses
that of last year that the number will
probably reich above 30,000 before the
end of the season. Not only is this
shown from the statements of passen
ger agents, but, besides the new lines
established, there has been an increase
in the number of vessels on the older
lines as well as in their accommoda
tions, size and speed. Among the new
steamers may be mentioned the Alas
ka, of the Guion Line ; the Servia, of
the Canard Line; the City of Rome,
of the Inman Line ; the Elbe, of the
North German Lloyd. In spite of all
this, urgent applications for berth-room
ha\e to be declined at times. It was
only a few years ago that a steamship
measuring 2000 tons was considered a
mammoth, but some of those men
tioned are of four times that capacity.
In addition, there are approaching
completion the Aurania, 8000 tons,
and the Cephalonia, 7000 tons, for the
Canard Line; the Werra and Fulda,
each 6000 tons, North German Lloyd ;
and the Normandie, 8000 tons, Gen
eral Transatlantic Line.
Feminities.
It is said that a woman, Miss Alice
Hartley, is at the bottom of the Hejze-
goviuian rebellion against Austria.
The Massachusetts legislature has
enacted that women may practice as
attorneys at law, subject to the ordi
nary rules of admission.
Miss Belle Braden has recently been
elected, for the second time, treasurer
of the Waynescurg and Washington
railro-d, Pa. She also acts as pay
master, making the regular trips over
the road in the pay-car.
The school board of London has
nine women among its members. The
male members do not like them a bit,
and charge them with obstructing
business with “their ceaseless talk
aud endless bickerings.” But we
have not heard what the nine women
have to say in reply.
The mill owners of Patterson, N. J.,
tried locking their doors last year on
circus days, but the girls climbed out
of the window*. This year the city
authorities, instigated by the same
wily capitalists, charged a license fee
of $1,000. The clrcuq came just the
same, and 20.00) mill girls attended,
and the mill had to close. The circus
is a power, aud so are the girls.
Teacher: “John, what are your
boots made of?” Boy: “Ot leather,”
“Where does the leather come from 2”
“From the hide of an ox?” “What
animal, theiefore, supplies you with
boots and gives you meat to eat?”
“My fa her.”
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Telephone and Telegraph.
Mr. Van Rysselberghe, a Belgian,
claims to have invented an apparatus
which will permit the transmission of
a telegraphic and telephonic message
at the same time. Experiments made
recently in the presence of three Cabi
net Ministers on a wire between
Brussels aud Ostend are said to have
been very successful. A practical ap
plication of this discovery i* soon to be
made by the Belgium Government,
which is said to be negotiating with
the inventor for the purchase of his
instrument.
The indications are that the Green-
backers and Republicans in the Eigh
teenth Illinois distriot (Mr. Morri
son s) will unite upon a candidate and
carry the district.
Yellow Parchments.
Some of the Curioeitiee of the Goldbeater*'
' Craft.
A pile of yellow parchment docu
ments lying ou the salesroom counter
of a goldbeater in Baltimore attracted
the attention of a News reporter a few
days ago. The presence of these
parchments in such profusion and in
such a place awakened the curiosity of
the reporter, and with the permission
of the proprietor he proceeded to exam-
ine some of them.
The first one opened proved to be an
apprentice’s indenture, executed la
the reign of James II. of England,
almost two hundred years ago. An
other, dated in the reign of Queen
Anne, conveyed a leasehold interest
for one hundred years in a cottage and
certain lands near Whitlesea, Eng
land, from John Dow to Thomas
Stone, inconsideration of the sum of
90 pounds sterling and a yearly rent of
“one pepper-corne,” to be paid at the
feast of St. Thomas, the Apostle.
“ What are these for?” aBked the re
porter.
“We beat gold in them was the re
ply.
“But why do you go to <the trouble
and expense of sending to Eugland for
old deeds, when you can get parch
ment as well in America ?”
“We cannot get it as cheaply. We
can import these documents from
across the Atlantic, paying the Lon
don dealer a fair profit on the ex *enBe
of collecting them and packing them
for export and still get them cheaper
than we could an equal amount of un
used parchment iu this country. The
law documents in America are writ
ten on paper, and there are conse
quently no sources in this country
upon which we can draw for a sup
ply.”
Further questions elicited the infor
mation that a large proportion of the
goldbeaters’ supplies comes from the
London dealers,who employ traveling
agents to gather up these old deeds
from the conveyancers, offices, and
other receptacles of such instruments,
they are brought to London and
thence are sent to every quarter of the
world. These onee important docu
ments have lost their value in the
lapse of years,and the utilitarian spirit
of the age has drawn them forth from
the places where they have rested in
the deepening dust of passing decades
to play a new part in the busy world,
where everything is turned to gold
by the magic finger of trrde. These
records of the transactions of dead and
gone people, whose very names have
been long forgotten by the world, are
placed beneath the hammers of the
artisans who beat out the filmy leaf
that adorns this gilded age with its
pretentions splendor. From between
the folds of these old deeds and inden
tures comes forth the gold that glitters
on the spires of the churches, the
walls of the palaces, the doors of the
money changers and the windows of
saloons.
The abundance of these deeds in
England is explained by the fact that
only of late years has the practice of
recording deeds been much in vogue
there. In earlier times the transfer
of estates was often associated with
family compacts, the nature of which
it was not desirable to have paraded
before the public gaze. It was,
therefore, customary to have two
copies of a document prepared on the
same sheet, which was then divided
byazlgzig or waving cut. Incases
of dispute the two copies are produced,
and the edges placed in juxtaposition,
and the genuineness tested with which
the edges fitted together.
An equally interesting substance
used in connection with gold-beating
is the gold beaters’ skin of whioh the
packages are oomposed. The article is
manufactured in Paris from the en
trails of the ox, and the coatings of
the entrails were formerly separated
from each other by the process of
putrefactive fermentation. This pro
cess is about as disgusting a thing to
the average human olfactories as U
known to the ( conceptiou of man, and
was pronounced by M. Parent Ducha-
telet to be the most loathsome one in
cidental to manufacture.
A party of three women and four
men were out ou the Portage River,
near Houghton, Mich., when the boat
overturned, resulting in the drowning
of two women and one of the men—
Mrs. Joseph Blanchette and George
Lacrosse and wife. Some Indians in
the vicinity saved the others.
The m^on-cloud discovered by John
G. Jackson, of Hockessln, Del., on
the mare olaus m on the night of May
19, was again observed by him.