Queens County Review 18970129

              9^m GOIWTY REVIEW.
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CHARLKS   D.   SMITH,  Pronrletor.
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REVIEW OFFICE by Pnrir Nmi.
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NO. 13.
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BMi 3traft,  • Freeport, L I.
I. IUMn*I.U i>Mkln>t. WIIXUM rORBMAN. VIcc-PraaMeat. WltXIAM H. MALL. CudUar.
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WIUlMB   rnrtmoB, V. WlttloT Ptns, IKmiAiufi. Millar. liaom Wallafc, foka r»tUI. Hmltli Coi UanrasM. Raadall. Illlsra R. Hall.
Willlsr
otmtr ¦ccoomaiUtion aa far aa -. wRh twatotraarr inamcoBanl. at tba rale af tlirae prr cent. paM oa tkiec ¦tmitha or mof*. — t aa all niru of Eumpa. wal baakliif baaimaa.
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aanfliiitloii aaaarMl. ' wUI raealTC prompt atlantloa, aa4
y-:-"   We do a Oeneral i«»»H"ff BoiineM >    ^fDipaiitandDtocoont.
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\;   MmmamlMataeme,
t        THOS. O. CAliitAn, O. D. S.,
Bonk of Rockville Centre.
I A**., R^hrUI* Caatn, L. t.
 {Paid ta Special Depoaita.
¦islriin Hoare-» A. M. to 8 P.
"   ¦ r,aA M. teiaii.
¦0AM OP OntGCTORS.
TliomaaU. Kniiht. Hlrani R. Hmlth. „_-^_. Combaa, Waaley B. Hmllb. l^dalUtpfi.       thariasL Wallace. sSfHIOa.        Austin Cornwall, l^lPkU^ps.       rranelat. Wilson, DHMM, JuhnT. Davison.
inna. _C>lwar4 T. Thurston,
¦aasUtoaW. Ftenall.
IKW. Praaidant. loHT. VkieJPrsaMant. KU R. BlftTH. Caablar.
on. a. H. HAMMOND,
ninpoRT, L. L
OH. CDWIN CARMAN,
DH. O. L. LUSK. ¦kfHhOmneterMMTnniaf WinitiUnt.
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Or. A. 23. Roasn tbaO, „       :-CXMHT DCNTI8T-: ¦ MAm SnUST.    HKHPflTIAD. N.   T.
WM. H. LOHOEHCCKCR. D.O.S, •raaBoN DRRnar.
Wllk Lnncanaekar Brotbrra. ^WS PunTea Stmit. RaaaaiTa
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V. L. SMITH,
 STBmn*B« ¦CRORON and DRNTtm .1. L
rRANCIS S. TAVLOR.
LAWTBR.
C0SNSS HAIN AND PUI.TON 5TA.
WM. A. ONDCRDONK, at A**»»a»f aad CMaaalw-aS-Law, i-
Oata. No WMalnHlrMl.
""llB«.*irioori,   Hf:.Mr8TKAI\  nc*. Front HI., noar Rait
t. V. BALDWIN,
SMBANJO SOLOIST.^-
DMMrt BacaiaMMRte et Lew Rate*.
AddwM, msnrm or wkpoht.
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WATKIN W. JONES A CO..
OU> BUrABUSMCD
IttlBstite^lDsinnceAgencj,
Par Rockawav. n.y.
K. S. RANDALL, AraRHeot. MMmtoa. Bia^Uia ara., aad Mala at., aaa
CHARLCS L. SEAMAN.
Carpenter *««> Builder,
PRBBPORT.  I. I.
BMiaMtaa rheaffoDT (ptvu. (Joetracta taken.
wma I GILSOI liiioR,
CASSBN1'UR5 AND BUILDERS. KRBEPORT, U I.
Was laa raraally r««rl.i«4 Ihk RKVIKW
RinLOIKS »• ara prriakrad In uka
caeliaida for ten rlwa work
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CLSCHT A. SCDCLL, AaeUetMea. Paaaeoar. L. i.
ar Maal Ratala aad (yiaraal ProparU Md aa ksM uwiaa ^
JONN P. WRiaNT. A.\3,OTlOtl KBR,
rKULTORT, U I.
PIANOS  TUNLD
Ml m lapart Bee Vert Taaw.
OtOANS R PAIRED.
Maw Kefostblsi
AfVLT AT tm
IILOMSa-
Tha average dnration of marriage* ia Mid (obe thirty yaxte in Bniiia and tweaty-MTaa in England.
Ooveraor Black, of New York, baa deelared Unielf in favor of a good roada depertmeat or eommiarion.
"Lei'e all get a move on ai and meet tha good times we are wiehing for halt war," ezolaimr the Silver Knight.     ¦
Robinaon Crnioe'i island and oave and ineeriptioD, instead ot being st tha bottom of the Paeifio, are all right. Aad tliere iaanother good story apoiled by the bard antagonism of faots.
The Chieago Board of Health has bean called npou to investigate a peenliar oase. A resilient of thst city complained that he had out open a loal ot liread, bought from a bsker, and had tonnd cnrled np inside a live mouse, appsrently none the worse for ita experience.
The Baltimore News says Ibat John Henfleld. of thst oity, now seventy- seven years of age, is-the oldest prao. tieing photographer in the United Statea. Daring the gold fever in Oalifornia he 4raveted through the West in a prairie schooner, fitted up aa a photograph gallery, and msde as mneh a« fSB a dav.
A oaltivated English enthusiast, who had "settled" in the Whiteohapel dis¬ triet of London to do goitl to the people by precept and eitraple, said recently tbat the denizens of the re¬ gion came to have a kiaiily feeling for hia, bnt that obvionsly it sprang •hiafly trem pity. "They looked up¬ on me." be said, "as an idiot."
Bajr* the Boston Jonrnal: The enrions ¦tatement is made that many ot the Italian priaonera in Abyssinia have been so kindly treated, and are doing so mncb belter tbere than tbey ean hope to in their own oonntry, thnt they ara petitioning the Italian Oor- emmant to allow tbem to remain. 1%U does not agree with the earlier tale* ot Abysaiaian crnelty.
Tha total eoit of maintaining the Federal, Stata and Mnnioipal Oovern- nesteot the United SUtes for the year 18M waa $916,948,066. Among the diabnraanenta were the following: Foreharitiee, 9146,905,671; for edu¬ cation, 1145.683,116; for roads, bridge* and sewers, •73,282,000; for postal **rvioe, 966,000,000; for army and militia, (85,500,000; for polioe, S34,000,000; for judiciary, $23,000, 000; for prison* and reformatories, $12,000,000.
Obearves the New Tork Press. "When wo reflect that tbere sre more farmers than there are laborers in all the maanfaeturing and mechanical in- doMti**, tbat there are 8,000,000 peo- pleaarniaga livelihood by work in the Selda, more than one-third of all the man and woman working in the United States, we nadentaad that tba pros perity ot saeh a elas* means much for th* prosperity at th* whole oonntry. ru* idaaiaemphaaiied when w* think tbat the two-third* not at work on tbe laad tr* aavarthel*** qnite aa depend- tbt npon land prodnot* tor th* food nae**i»ry to eaataln life as though tbev theauelva* war* tillers of the •oil"
WHAT   SHOULD    WI-,   SEEt
What should wc s««, dear? What shnuld we tl,'-.
If the mists w»re to clcsr Irnm thn mouatajn gr«T?
Wonld thecnrlswi lie swoopiai; with mourn¬ ful err,
From the dark mgffpd roek.? scatleted orat tha hra-.'
What should we se<", deal?   tVhai ..hoiild we
8»IO
n   rise   Ir.tm  tho OL-eau
tones; hnl as soon ss lie heard tbem he was satieficil tbst they npte the men he waiited suil, giiing tbs watoh- Word agreed -jpoo, be approached and joined tbcm.
They were s motley crowil nf a dozen neo. He reoo);uizeil some as former acquaintances I but the Indians nul Tories Were all strangers. lieljin;^ upon the word of -loe Bettys Ibit tboy oonld bs ile)ieode<l upon, be imnioili' ately entered into rouveisalion ami iir ranged his plans. In a brief timotbi>y sil bad approsL'beil tbe bomo uf lleii eral Schuyler, and were peeriUR fro'ii behind tbe pine treea sud shrubbery tbat grew about tbe place.
All tbe lights bad riinappeiired, an I it wassTident tbat nil witlim bad re¬ tired. I'isappoin'e ', iVaiieriueyer withdrew bii bdnJ, and prep»re I lor the night.
The next daya csrtiiil wateb wu-i kept, bnt tbe opporliinity tbey denired did not present itself.   KrtiiiK'ntly tbe
Will thii angels liDWiiilioiT.ifi'.li great white | Oeneral cume out upon the  Inwn, lint „ly^^ : be was always  atteuded, an 1 Ibo cutv-
Tocsirv our souls lo CiiVn ihrons la tho   snlly men wanted to catch bioi slo'i... giilf^^ Homelimes be wns seated on tbo bro.id
Theretoreitin the pn-iw of   Iho  Ruler of ;Pin2'i"i    pl«y'ng   witb   bis   yoiingrsl
psinted of
of foam ever
If the misl wer"
dBBp?
Would It still bs the I.Uie It
yore, Aud would the while horse
leap As thej f-.'.f. Ttbna we playei: :a Ihe joir^b.
snndy shire?
What shall wi see, dear?   What shxil   we
POO
Wheu tho ga.y mist  lilts fron our dyin^
KlDgnV
—Ferellth Itsinssy, In P.ill Mull MsRazln
A DAUGHTIiiriS QUICK WIT,
Praaidant Hobb*, of the Indiana Hertieoltaral Sooiety, believe* that tbe day ef extravagant prioea for frnit haa piMld. never to returu, Unnmial- ly low priee* ruled la*t year, be says, beeeoe* ipriag opened eimnltaaeously over a wide range ot oonntry, aad be- caase all kinds of frnit bore liberally, Bnt be looks for a long period dnring wbieh tbe happy eonditions will pre¬ vail of pleaty of fruit at reasoaabl* prieae for tbe eoaanmer and at reman- erative prioa* for the producer. The T«a*oaable pric* to the consumer, he ¦aye, ia bronxbl about by tha cheap- eBkdaNthoda ot growiag and hand¬ ling aadeheaper transportation, whil* th* grower i* to profit through wider market*.
That New Tork Oity bas a dialeot peealiar to itaelf is •omatbiag whiob visitors from utber parts of the ooun¬ try ar* qnick to remark. Eugene H. Babbitt, ot the Department of Qer- maaie Laagnagae ot Columbia College aadSaeretary of tha Amerioan Dialeot Soeiety, haa be*n making a study of the iaagaaga of New'York, and has an article on the subject in ths onrrent namber of the society's pablication. In hi* introaaotion be says : "The faet i* that New Tork City and vicinity are aad always bsTe been sometbing distinct, not only from Ibe reat of the Htate, bnt the whole current of Anglo- Baion traditions whioh bas dominated Ihe fonndation snd continusnoe of lhi- 4m*riean commonwealth."
Speaking of the Postoffloe Depart meat ragalatioo Ihat the letters "N. V." mast be pat afler the name of New Tork City in addresses, the Boaton Traaseript aays; "Of coarse ererybody bat the postolBoe people knows that tha Stat* ol, New York has lU name from tb* oily of New York, and thst a reference lo th* Stata in something addressed to the rity is snperllaoas and withont reason. So doubt tbere a n poatolBce named N iw York in Kinsaa, l<nlthat importioeat fact das* Bill put outherva' NewYork tbe duty uf identifyius itself in anr ou'.'b mper Huous way. lloston. M«a.<. i< nui i|Ulle a.l absiir I as 'New York. N. V.,' but It IS. DeTertbele->, absurl. Ktbu in old England a letter addroated sim¬ ply to '£oaton' Rrnrrsiiy eomes t.' Maisaehaaetts, thoueh tbere is ao aaeiaal aad rdspaot^ble towu of thn aaaa in England ; and a bo ik wbieii bMaa Ih* aam* of Boatoa oa its iiile peg* is never supposed in lLU«lan I tn have i»s*a pabliahrd lU tbs i. i> u of bt.
I«DE sroRV or rut nEvot,crioM.
NK summer evening in August, 1781, two men were seated at a table in the publia room of a tavern in a settlement about twenty-five miles north of Albany. They hsd been en¬ gaged iu an   esrnest
conversation for an honr or more, snd
evidently one of tbe men had been try¬ ing to persuade tbe other to enter in¬ to some project he was proposing.  He
bad been speaking  earnestly but   in
such low tones tbat none of  the few
stragglers that entered the room conld
hear what he was saying ; but his com¬ panion wa* plainly interest, and while
he said little, he was listening  atten-'
tively to the words ot his friend. And well he might,  for tbe talker
was none otber than Joe Bettys, Mioso
name was known and feared tbroURh-
oui that region   At the breaking   out
of tbe Berolution he had been  an  ar*
dent Whig: but he was captured by
tbe British in  Arnold's straggle  on
Lake Champlain, and from that day he
was a changed mau; for while he was
a captive in Cansda he bod listened to
the worda of bis captors, and accepted
the position of ensign nuder the royal
standard.    Hatred snd malice seemed
to ruin him  after  that,   ani ho  wa^
ever active in plots against bis former
friends. He became notorious as a spy,
and uot long before this rery  time
had  been  caplnred   and    sentenced
to be hanged. Indeed he al¬ ready bad boen led upon the gallows,
and was about to bave the noose plsced
about   his    urck   when   Wasbinglon,
overcome by the tears and   pleadings
of his mother, bad released and par¬ doned the traitor on the one oondition
that  he  would  reform.    .Toe   Bettys
had promised readily enough, bnt lisd
gone directly from Washington's camp
to that of tbe  enemy, und   instead ol
any feeling of gratitude, had re¬ doubled his energy and   evil   duoda.
Murders, plundering and burning tbe
homes of the Whigs had followed ; and
ot late he had  been  nousually  active
in kidnapping isolated  colonials, snd
sending them to Canada for exchange.
He had  uu  forebodings of   bis   fate
then ; but when, a year later, he again
was captured snd executed at Albany,
all tbe region breathed a  sigh   of  re
lief. His compsnion  at   Ibis   time   was
John Wallermeyer, as bold a Tory snd
bitter partisan as he; but  as  he was
lacking in some of tbe bolder qualities
of Bettys, he was better in  exucuting
the plana of others, than  in  devising
them himself.    And  Bettys  had  met
him by appointment, and had been ex¬ plaining to bim Ihe details of his pro¬ posal. The spy was disguised, bnt none the
less b* wss watchful and nervons, and
bis suspicious bad been aroused by tbe
entrance uf  a stranger who, while he
gave no signs of his being  aware   of
the presence of  othera   io   tbe   room,
nevertheless bad impressed Bettys that
his quick glanoe and  keen  eyea were
not unmindful of passing events. "1 know him,"  said   Wallermeyer.
"H*'a oneof Ibe strongest loyalists in
Albany.    Y'ou need bave no  fears  of
bim."
"I don't just like his looks though,"
replied Bettys.    "Come out into  the
yard ;" and tbe two men arose and j lelt the house.
! ".Sow raind," continued Bettys, I wheu he and his friends were onoe I uutside. "I'll see tbat yoa have a ' gsog of just Ihe right sort. Home of I the Tories will be glad to go in, and I I'll have some Canadians and Indians ! along too.    It won't do  to trnat too
lunoh to tbe locals, for they may be 1 weak kneed at tho last."
"All rigbl," replied Waltermeycr, ! who had decided to do aa the spy ' directed. "You have tbem at tbo I meeting of tbe roada, about flve miles I ont of tbe town to morrow evening, I and I'll bn tbere." I "I'll nol fail," replied Bettys. ' "Oood luok to you and  good-by."   he
added, as be stood tor a moment, and ; watched his friend as be mounted his j horse, and soon disappeared in tue I darkness. Then Ibe spy bimself started I northward, jast as tbe stranger lie bad I auspecled sppearcd in Ibe doorway of I the tavern.
I ".V bold plan ; hul it ought uot to I work. In fact, mucb as I dialike to, I   I tbink I'll bave to take a   baud   in it
myself.     .\   man's friends   sometimes
may lie hif^ber tban Kiu^OeorKO bim   | be alarmed '  self," murmured tbe  etrauger to him-I window he   lire I   bis ),-uu ;  self. I quickly drew thc heavy   shutters anl
I And wbKt was tbe "liold plan" lo j fastened them. He was just lu >ime, , wbicb he bad referred? Xothiug lesa | for a volley was Hrixl by the ruffian.-, :   than the kiilnap|iiu^o!UeneralSehuy   i and be could bear tbe ibml of tbo bul-
child, and sometimes be ivas wilb one of bis daughters and her children ; but servants iu each onso were not Inr away, aud the attempt oould not be made,
Heveral days passed iu this manner, and Wallermeyer fouud his men b > coming restless. Hometbing must be done. Starting ont alone, he soon re¬ turued to tbe camp they bad made in tbe wooJ^ attended by a Dutchmau whom he bad met and compelled to accompany him.
"Now, Hans," said Wallermeyer, when be had called bis band about him, "we want to know just bow many men are at Bohuyler's house."
"Yah," replied Hans, turning his ronnd, expressionless faoe from one mnn to another. "Yah; dercvasmuo, also viminsdere' —
"Yes, but bow many?" ntked Wal¬ lermeyer, impatiently.
"I should dink deru vas," replied Hans.
"Bnt bow many?" repeated tbe Tory.
".¦Shust aboud enough," answered the laconic Dutchman.
"Bat doesn't Schuyler eve^ leave home? Doesn't be go alonei Wheu doea he go to Albany?" Tho leader, almosl hopeletn, wasohanging the line of his questions.
"Yah, he goes lo Albauy. Some¬ timea mit de soldiers —but always rait de guns. Oeneral Hohuyler he kuow how to shood."
At length, by dint of many qnes tions, Wallermeyer contrived to gain some of tbe information be was eeek- ing, and, wilh many threats of what would befall him if he revealed tbo presence ol his men, or repealed the questions he bnd asked, he dismissed the Dotobmao and watched bim as be departed down tho rood.
His heart would not have been oom- forttfi]il<he could have followed bim, for Hans proceeded directly to Oeneral .Schuyler's home, nnd was witb bim a lony limo in bis private room. When at last he aru<io to go, be raet on tbu piazza tbe man of wbom ,Toe Fcltys bad been suspicious during his iuler- view wilh John Wallermeyer.
He, loo, remained in the general's private room lor hslf an hour; and when his host accompanied bim to the door he said: "1 Ibank yon, my friend. Wa are on opposite aides m this fearfnl struggle; but you bave placed Iriendship above country, and I should be less than a man did I not heed two sucb enerf^etio warnings as I have jnst bad."
"But you'll protect yourself, will you not?" said tbe Tory.
"Never fear, my frieud," replied tbe general, wilb a smile. "1 shall do as yon suggest."
As a result of these two warnings, Oeneral Hchuyler obtained a guard ol six men, tbree of whom wera on duty by day and three by nigbt. But eeveral days passed and no signs of tbe kid¬ nappers appeared. The family began to think tbe alarm bad been needless, aud tbat if tbere had been any danger it boil passed. Tbe guard, however, was not dismissed, ami all due pre cautions still were observed. More than a week had passed now sinco I be interview of Joe Bettys with .Tohn Wallermeyer, and tbe general xsAt hoping that the project had boen abnn doned.
It4iad been an oxceediugly sultry day even lor Auguat, and alter tbe eveniug meal tbe general and his fam¬ ily were sitting in tbo Isrge front hall enjoying the cool breeze whioh had just sprung up. Tbe servants were scattered about the plaoe, and tho three men who bad been on guard during tbe day were asleep in tbo basement, wUile the three who were on daty were lying oo tbe cool grass lu the garden. Tbe ohildren were play¬ ing about tbeir elders, and all were rejoicing that the cause for alarm had passed, as they supposed.
"General, there's a man who wants to speak with you at tbe back gale," said one of tbe servants, spproaohing tbe houae.
"I know wbal that means," said Oeneral Schuyler, immediately arising. "1 want every one of yon," he added, turning to bis fnmily, "to go to tbe room upstnirs. Dou't wait, but go im¬ mediately."
Tbe frightened womeu nud children quickly obeyed, and tbe general, lall ing the servants, barred the doors and locked tbe wiu lows. .\s soon as be saw Ibis hsd been dune, he ran to his bed¬ room for bi* gun- He stepped to tbe window in bis room for a moment and louked om. What was that be saw ? The sun had set, but there was lii^ht euniigb to ou able him to see that thebiuino wasnnr- rounded hy men It »a« a daugerouH ra iment, hut the p"'"''' must he aroused, aud perhaps the towu must f the open d   theu
ler.       Kor i
I time he had not been    lets as they i-trUL-k against tbe lii'.ii.
!   in active set vice ; hut although be was
atayin^   id   his    lar^e i   home near .\IViany, be
idle.       Wa>.hin,;tiin '   special   in>tructioos   l.i   intercept   all '   communications lietween fh.nton. wh
.Ml wan ciinfusiou now.  With au.l    lieautiful ' tbe band stsrted lor the   .Kior   <if   the as hy no meau»   hall.     They   bsl     hrnu^ht   rails   and id    given    bl
liesvy piei-,<s nf timber with thero, nul an eiullaul irll sonu showed Ibal tbey bal nucceeded in  breakiuf;   dnwn   Ihe
then   was in   Sew York,  aud   Cieoeral ' duLir.     A crowd of   men   rushed   into Haldimand, in Canada. ' the bouse and hepan to shout for   tbe
Few men had won tbe con&denee aeneral to ^iv-? bimsell np an I save all and respect of the .\meric«n com further trouble. His lamily were all mender as ha<l Tbilip Schuyler, aud I in the room with bim now, but tl|e l^w men were more feare.l by the | darkne'j. cou,.. •'•••I the pslior on their Itrilf'b. His servii-e had lieeu great, . cbeeki, an I uol a w.rl had been ut- and be always iiad i-b.>wn the teied ajiirit   nf   a true   m.iu a» wtll an ot   m       .Ii.st
well a<
IIJ cli  h
lu tbe t'l ntiu
I   bravo   Wll lier . au I
given up his ji i
tai .\rmy. there wai. lu '   would bsTe been   m ir
capture
On Ihe eronifig Inllowing tha mtrr '   view we have de^riheJ. Jobn Waiter
the  Tories   liursl   into   the
bnl   ball. Mrs. S>buyler lhou.;htiif the haby
abf had lell in tbe nur«iry helow.     lu
ue tbe HrilisL   tte confusion esru   had   thnacht   an-
deligbled    tn   other bad hroOsbt t le iitti-      no. aul
the mother bal   just   discovered   ber
coviM ho reiilrained she had rushed fmm the rnom, rnn down the two dii;bls of stairs nndgained tbe uuraery. The balie was sleeping in the cradle, nil uncimscions of danger, and in s innment MarirKiet bad snatched tho little oue, still asleep, and utartad to returu. Sbe bad just gained the stairs, when sbe was stopped hy one of the men, who ron^bly grasped her by tbe HTiu It WHS .Tohn Wiiltermever hnu Hulf, hul sbudi I unl knnw it. nor was be nwnre who was hefoni him. Plainly enough she wan n youug woman, and, ns she b6ld a babe lu ber arms, be nt iince uoucliided that she must be oue of tbe servauls.
"Weucb, woncb," be shouted, "where is your laaster?"
.Miirrfariit Hohuyler was greatly frigbtenel, hut she did not lose her preiienoo of mind. .Almo'^t like an in- HpirAlinn a quick thought camo, and raising bor roieo no that abo oould ho beard iu tbe mom ahnve she rejilicd: "He's gono to alarm tne town."
dohn Wnltermeyer hesilaled. If that was true not n momeut ought to be lost in mnking tbeir c.°cape. His men were in the dining room now, nnd he could beiir tbem as tbey gathered tbo Hilver quiirreling amoug themselves. Evidently the general's silver was as desirnhle as the general's person, and the rnlUans hnd decided to secure what wns nearest first. While the leader was hesitating he henrd u voice cnlt- ing ont of the window above: "Oome on, my brave fellows, surrouud tho bonne nod seoiiro the villisna Tbey are now iu tbe dining-room plunder¬ ing."
That was enough. The leader did not know tbnt nol n soldier waa about tbe place, nor that tbe call wan made by tbe general, who had followed np tbe words of bis qnijk-willed daugh¬ ter. Not n "brave fellow" was near, and eren the guards in the cellar, awakened by the confusion, could nol Hnd their guns. They did not know tiil afterward tbst General Schuyler's daughter, Mrs. Charch, had removed tbem all, conHdent that all danger had passed, and fearful that her little boy, wbo delighted in playing with them, migbt be injured.
"Kun, boys—rnn!" shouted thr frightened Wallermeyer. "The Con¬ tinentals are all around us I"
His comunnions needed no secoml warning, and delaying only long enough to secure their booty and cap¬ ture tbe threo guards on the lawn, began to rnn; and the eaily records lell us that thay never stopped until tbey arrived on the borders of Canada, ihe guards, although tbey had no guns, uaed their brawny lists to good advnntngc, and if there had been a little moru light might hnvo escaped after all. Afterward they had no oiusc to regret their cajiture, however, for the recorda inform us o| farms in Saratoga County presented by Oeneral Hohnyler to John Tubbs, John Oorliea and Juhn Ward. Jobn must have been a popular name in those days.
Bill General Hcfauyier was saved; and tbe heroism of bis quick-witted daughter, who alterword became the wifo of (icneral Van Uenaselaer, deservoB a iilaoa amoug the Btorios of tbo days tbnt tried tho souls uf men. —Sow York Independent.
Kt'IENTIFU   AND LNUl'S'IBIAL.
The honse fly makes 310 strokes s second with its wings; the bee 190.
Within n few years 200 artesian wells havo heen sunk in Queensland, yielding 125,000,000 gallons of water a day.
Haller has noted 1000 oases of cen¬ tenarians, i'li of from 110 lo 120 years, '2<J of from ViU to 130 and 16 wbo had attained from 130 to 140 years.
In hia now book ou bacteriology Pi'ofesaor Crookshank points out thai in hydrophobia, variola (smallpox), vaccinnia (cowpox), scarlet fever, moasleH, and many otber diseases, the usture of oontagium is still unknown.
The rare and splendid collection of fonK'ls which was brought together by tbo Inte .Sir .fosepb Prestwioh has been |irei,euted by bis widow. Lady Prest- ivii'b, to tbe British Museum, and it will be plaoed in the natural biatory ikpBrtment.
.\ ULiv liquid measuring device con- sisti. llf 11 scale on which tho bottle or can IS placed undnr the faucet, the scale b< ini; set at the amount requited. When tbut i|iian'tit;. has entered the bottle tbe scale beam tilts and closes the faucet automaticnllr.
The now duck lecenlly flnished at Dunkirk, on the north const of France, is said to be tbo largest in the world. It is 000 feet long bv eighty feel wide, and will be able to receive tbe largest vessels at any slate of tbe tide. Thc dock has beeu seven years in eonstruo¬ tion.
It is said tbai singers, actors and public speakers Und that since the in¬ troduction of the electric light tbey have less trouble with their voices and they are less likoly to catoh cold, their throats arc not so parched and they feel better. This is due to the an lieing loss vitiated and the temperature more even.
Tbe finct wire in the United Htatci If said In ho made at Taunton, Moss. This metal is exactly 1-500th palt of nu inch in thickness, much flncr than humau hair. Oritinary wire, ever though of small diameter, is drawc through holes in steel plates, hut, od acconnt of tbe wear, auch plates can not he used in making tbe bair wire. The rauiitnn factory use* drilled dia monds for tbat purpose.
World's Wreatpst Fort iflcnt inn.
The most oxtonsivo forliiicHlmn in tbe world, as every one knows, is the Chinese woll. Acci rding to recent Hiirvoya, tbis wnll is ITJM milea m leni^'tb, reacbinu from tho Rulf ol I'ecuelee to tho innfinea of Turkestan.
Tbis reraarkahie structure paenes up steep muiiulainii, duwu into gorije- aim nivines, criis«e.s rivers, valleyi and (I'mns, <o>-min.'ly regardless ol oiiHtaolos. It IS Jl feet thick at the iiotmra, and 15 al the toii. and from io to :<0 feet ID heit:ht, with flanking turrets or towers .l"i to 40 'feet high, every '20'> or 'l'"^ yards during its en lire length. The eilerior walls nre ol well-cut granite hiocke, the interioi IS lilie I with earth and stone, and tbe passageway is pave.l with bricks om loot fqnare. Its ereetion was liopuu III JII H. ('., HU 1 It was assigned tc Jirotect the nnrtbern frontier of ('hint against Ibe ssvaue trihcs of .Siberia.
"My baby!   my   baby'" she   cried.
merer wns at the crp<sr.->a Is, awaitic? "1 ahall go for it.    Tiiry a.ll  murder
the'comiDK of the Land which tb* spy il.     1 know they will! " had proaiiiM>d.     lie b 11 uot tieen tberr       "Nay," aaid the i^eoeral, as be flrm-
long iK-foie he   heard   the   soands  ol ly grasped hut  frantic are.     "It   will
npproachio,! m-u      He s'ej.ped behiul lie al loe fnrf-il nf   y.ur   ife, sud   tbe
ooe o' tbe laii!« tr^e-iu»t gttm In il;r luliscs may uot tna b il." tuaJaide,  and »a:t>      .-t ibe      t>   k, "Iheu I •hail ^-1.1.'  sail   Margaret,
luey   Wata  laUUtta   la iu* hia thud daiijihler; and  before th*
Hr. Nauseu's Mie<ixtli. Frit.ljnl Nansen, the .\rctic e\ n!,,rer, is a iu.<n of eiiraorilinary |iby neal atriiigtb M I'romsn tbe otbei !sv when it the least o: welcome b» was (.rnpiisiiii; the bKallh nf Captait -sver imp be sudden'.v lifted hie ship iiiate U|i aud held b:m aloft witb oni arm. so that every Is iv in tbe crowdec ba.l cuu 11 ittl a tiiibt of bu comraie. He will not wear bis great cross of tbf I Ir ler of st Oiat bnoause his crew re r< re 1 only a paltry silver meda a|iie<*e. "It might st least have beei Bold," he «ayi,.
< Inc  ea tlun^ bal eonraga.
ier:e:t   almoat *v«ry
ifiilhlrfrii'rii
HAT   niniiH   OS   I'llKllV   HF..M1S.
Prncock green and blue and p.i!il lircnst fiiilberf, yellowish gr.en sul blue {,'roen birds" bends, quills nnd wiu^s are mucb used on black, d:irk green, grey nnd uoldeii browu hnts nnd biitiuets, and »ide wniered silk hows wilb ikxgi' buckles of Irish dtn- piouds in thu center, nre ueed with (lood effort ou blnck nnd ^roen hatii in liiilieuB, Sir I'eler I.ely .md l>ucbe8s of I'evoU'bire hliajiej—all large aUil preading lu coulour.
"••ME.N   .\SII   iniv.
I'r. Ottoleughi, a Kuropenn phy- eicinn, bns hceu conducting eineri ments wilh nu instrument called n fiiriidimeter to doterminu sensitivunoss to pnin as hetweeu men and women. He tried it upon 082 women with rc- insrkable results.
Uu fluds tbut women nre less scnai- tivo to pain than men, nud tbst Ihis Bcusitiveness is lesa in enrly life, in¬ creases to tho twenty-fourth yenr, and decresaoa after that. Tho liigber clssees are most tensitive' nud tbe do- gencratd least. Ho found the Inter clnss very ohluse in tho buui-ittiou of pain. — Sew York .fontual.
A rniNrRss anu a hovehvoii. It is announced in London that in her oapneity as Governnr of the Inlii of Wight. Princess ISealnce will next summer |iubliclr iin\eil tho memorial of the late Lord Tennyson, to be erected on the cliffs at Tatringford. It gives the inhabitants of the island groat delight and satisfaction for tho Triocess to apjiear in hor ofTioiol role, and furtherninre she is, like tbe Queen, a passionate admirer of Tennyson's poetry, so that her unveiling of this memorial to tbe Into Lnurente will be something much more thau a perfunc¬ tory duty. Princess Bcntrico horself frequcntiv reads TennjsoU aloud to the l^ueeu.
nEn   THE   RAdC.
Red in every tone nnd tcmili^ne is in bigh lashion Ibis aen-uu, uiit only ns a iironiiueiit nccoseory, hut formiug entire gownn, wrnjis mid bead cover iuRs. Kormirly .\mcricnn women om¬ ployed thia color with greatest cantiou, nnd lefl red to bo lavishly and artis¬ tically u.scd by the French. All thnt is changed, nnd tho gny Pnrisionne is no moro prodigal with aggressive colors than wo—only a French wo¬ mau knuws intuitively huw lo mix and minulo ber tones. Hhe never adopts n color for a vory long time, nnd sho never wears tbo snme gown long enough lo have it benr its dnte or tire tho eyes of her conleniporarien. A French woninu keeps alert, vigilant, interested pace with fashion in nil her flights, but many of our country-wo¬ men nnd nearly all English women are apt to toil in the work of that erratic deity,
nARMONV   IN    rOOTlVEAH.
It ia (luhcult to say what is the cor¬ rect slipper for this season's wem, so bewitching ia the variety irom which tho dancing maid may chouae.
They como in satin, kid and patent leather, and are as correct wbeu bended clear down to tho toe as when pl»iu, eoiuetimes one, siimetiiues two or eveu tbree straps are woru.
liuckles eitber of jewels or beads nre seen hotli with and wilhout hows.
The well shaped Oxi'nrd lie, ao lung HS it is in harmony with tbe fiuek, looks verv imart.
The edict has gone forth thai tbo slqijier luusl match the color of thc gown eiaolly. Hlnck slmpcru arc only norn with black j;owns, and white shoes with white frocks.
To have tbe footgear out of hnriuuuy wilb Iho exiiet oolor-scbeine nf th« dnuciUK dress is couKidered pHrticu- latly bad tauto thia scauuu.—Slw Vurk Telegram. ""
THK DAYS OF LA virTOBivr:. Tbe dnys ol lu Viotoiino .nru beiug revived, nnd «o find ourselves sub- merged lu tbe nio.st Hussniu of cout i, rcnlly nothing moro thau tho old. In- miliar rediURute, witli its skirt rmicb iug nenriy to tbo foot of the dress skirt, nnd giving one » curious look of Repnrnteduesa uot nt nU becomiug to nil figures. There is a snugoess and symmetry about thoce half-long wraps which make them very fascinating in¬ deed, especially so for wintry weath¬ er. Beauties in this style nru being built of nil kinds of atnttV. velvets, hrooades, matulasses nnd heavy cloths uf all kinds. .K striking eloak of thi^ .sort 18 built of senl-lirown moltun, lieiivy with lirnidiuK 11 In husanr, nnd shnwing n wide cnllnr, culTs ond nn nc- compnnying mull' of stouo marten tur, tonolhcr with huge born iiuttonH. The clonk IS lined tbrougboiit wilb golden yellow und white hrocnded aatin. , This garment ih intended fnr ilriviUK wear, nnd with il f.oes n .smnrt Virut bat ol dark brown bcnvcr, with n high crown nnd narrow, ntrnisht brim, drajied Bottly with creamy incc, nud two Itoat lUR osjirevs of grass-green. Another i-niarl Hu'ssiau eont is hiiilt ot hlnck velours and finished at Iho lioltoni with a wide buud ut Itiissiau sahle, while n wide collar and cuffs finish Ibroat aod wriets. Tho mulls carried nre of thc largest size and look won- ilerfnily cnzy. Coats entirely envel¬ oping the Rown nre bnill in nil sorts ot heavy muterials, and made rich by trimmings ol fancy furs nnd huge, ricbly carved hiitions. ti fetcbiUK model IS made U|i in thc snfteat gray shade ol niellon. tojiped riff hy a flar- inn cnllarelte. cuffs anl mutt nf wiver chinchilla.—Chic«).ii Times Herald.
liOfisIl
Alll of i'-S,On(l scbcnl teachers in Trus-'ia onlv 'i lO'l are -^.jm. u
Hardnii savs Ibat SarnU lien,har.Il talks entirely tou insl while ou Ihe itage.
The woman tcnniii ehnmpion of Sew Zealand has ouly unc band, and that the left one.
Il has het u learned that the gowns nl a I'ertsin New Vork society belle co'i jj'i,'ii|0 a year
Mrs. .VuDie Donaboe. of San Iran eiso.i. has iitsjuealbi; I SJ''"',*''*'' tu va iious ibarilafilo  nriiaiiizatioiis.
.\ccordine In the liimtte de France tbtre ar.' lu that CL'JOtry Jl'ri iema.e autliois aud .ruuroaliata aud about Tilii leuiale sit.-t^
The Houaekeejiers' Leagne of New York is per.'ectint; Ibe netaiis nl the plan tu introduce euokiug into the pnhlic schools.
Gladstone's little grand.lauzbler. Dorothy Drew, neter wcatu tli iti and atuckin^s «• ail, eil:i«r in ihe b»u»s or
oat of dooia, exeapt ia tovu.
I Some enterprising young women in Ibe West have esLihlis' c.i n liiisiness (iriji tn -iipjily spenker.^ witb sormona and easaya ou ourrcul topics.
I "Caruieu Sylvn" has received the decor.iliou fnr .\rls mid Heiencn fmni Ihe Kmperor nl .Xuclrin.      Sue   is   tho
' firet wouinu to wiu Ihis distinction.
i     The Countcst ol Derby reeeutly laid
' the oornerntnne of n Liverpool bospi- ta!, toward the hiiildiiig of wbioh tbo Duvid   Lewis   trust   ia  snid   to    have
! given JflOd.uO 1.
Miss ilulijit  tforson.  who   Ims been
] cnlled "Ihe Mother nf t'ookory," is ill in Xcw York Cily fmm nn incurable nilihcut, and is witbout moans. Hhe mny live, in puiu, for some yenr.s.
Laly   .'\rr«ii   is   mnunging   a    hand knitting   inlii-lry    in   ("ounty   Mayo,
^ Ireland.      .Mthougb iksigned  to give
I work tn sucb nf bor husband':) teuanta Ifi ucodeil cuiplovment, the venture hns Jiroved jirolltnlile iiunucially, TOOO
' pnirs of stockiugs bsvius hoen knitted luat year nnd ^^t'J'Xi spent in w*8>-»»
FISIIION   SOTE-^.
Seek ruches ure indis|iensnVi1c. Full waists of chiHon are hocu at the Ibentres.
Rod still promises lo he tbo favorite color of Ihe sjiring.
It i-eema na tuoujh inodietos hnd gone embroidery mud.
The latest fishiou in llnwerB is to have tbem match tho gown in culor.
There is no nso tnlking, tbe small sleeve is cerlniuly deprcsiiiug to look upon.
Ono of the new dress materials it silk goufl'rce, which is thiu silk crink¬ led iu o variety of imttorns.
Silver bnudles for toothbrusbos nro arrange.I so that tbu hriisboa fit into them, and can be renewed whenever ntoes.'nry.
Home ot the new evening gowni have H saah wbioh is siuijily two lung ends without looji ur howa, sewn in at tho belt at the back.
Thc bronze shoe, jirettily decorated wilh a bended butterfly, wbiob has a largo oaboohon for tbo budy, is a fa¬ vorite for evening wear.
The flower muft', as » substituln for the bridosmnid's bouquet, is n pretty feature at eomo of the receut wed- dings, and wbito clirysnuthemumH, tied with white ribbon, are effoctivo. Elastic corsets are a now iuvontion for reducing sujicrflnous adipose tis¬ ane, and producing a loug, alim wiiist without nny bnrmful results. .\ Freueb doctor ia nulhnrity for Uie statemeut thnt they nro elVeolivc.
Hats lunlo  entirely of fnr are very fashionable, and olteu match the cape or muff.    Home of  them  are made nf bends and tails of  nnimalF, tbe  latter coiled   to   form   tbo  shape,   and   the heads hcins' usjd as decorntion. Fur hntbiu;^  purposes long mittens ! made 01   Turkish  toweling   are mucb i more eonvonienl thnu  n  washcloth or Hjiorge.    At night pnt them in a wash ¦ bowl of salt water, nnd in tbe morniun wnnt; tbem onl, put tbem on and rub tbe body wilb them. j     An nitrsetive   skirt  for a Miss is ol CHshraere.     Tbo   skirt    is   plnin   and ' trimmed   with   tUiec   roiva   of  velvet I ribbon at tho hem.  Thu yoke ond belt ' uio ol velvet,   as aro also Ihe  nloevcp, . which bave ruffles over tbe large cash¬ mere jiufis nt  the shoulders. '      Sleeves in   eveniug   gowna ore vory abort lintterlly   juills or a draped puff I caught witb 11 how 01 fcntin ribbon or a bunch uf flowers, and tbere ia no fash- ioii.ihle medium between   this and tho lnug sleeve,   which means that tho ol- hov aleeve hn« bad its day. I I^Tho  latest idea in bodices shows n tendency lo moke the aides ol tbe front Hud back ilifferent. A fan-shaped plait- inn ot^ntin like  tbo skirt  covers one- hslf ol tho Iront   of nn evening drosi, and tulle and rolcrod velvet   are ottis- tically combined in tho ntber.
A jirotty dinner Orlress is mnde of pompadour silk, flnuncid up to tbo waist, and tho rouud blouse bodice hss a cream inoueselino do tnie vest with guipuro Incc yoke and u wbite satiu ribbcn bol! nnd collnr dr,iwn throagh steel buckles, twu st the uook and six at tho waial.
Full vests of checked silk in two colors ore used 111 plain oloth gowns wilh guod effect. They open in the center to ehow an inner nnd narrow vest of fancy galoon,or an embroidery nf beads on white silk, and are finished on either edge with a tiny knifo plaiting of the silk.
In spite of comment on its inoon- gruity, fur, chiflou, laoe, cloth and velvet nro mixed nji in Ihe must het¬ erogeneous fashiou. This combina¬ tion is not sujijiosed lo appear other Ihnn 111 very elegant materials. In¬ deed, tbo Hne quality of the goods is the only excuse for its exislenoe.
The old superstition against opals is
slowly but  surely   jiassing   away, and
these  lovely   getan,   with    their   ever
' cbnoging culorsand ojinlesceut effects,
aro  in   tbe Irunt   rank uf popularity
amoni; fashionable womeu.     'fhe opal
has   an  nilvantn^e,   too, over   all   the
. otho   gema, as it  caouot be imitated.
I     A clntb costume   hns  n   tailor made
I skirt,  and a waist nl velvet   the colol
I of thr cloth.   The wide folded belland
I Eton jacket nre   ol   cloth, with   lilted
sleeves, over   wbich   fall   lung, Inojied
pulls wbicb rover the sleeves from the
' shoulders   In  the  elbows.     The  closr
velvet collar hai  an edging of   whitt
satin.
The wumau who   possesses  a   qaan
I tily of old lare has a treasure tbis aea
I son, for lashinn requires a very lavisl
use of real lace.     Lneo we must  have,
and if we   esnunt   have real  there are
Invely   imitntious  nol tn be   iguoroil;
Italian    point,    rose   point,   Brussels,
. Hoiiilon,  Mechlin, point Anglais,  and
riemisb lace^ are all  worn.
Jt It a mistake tu wear a shoe too amall for jmi, thinkin.{ it will make your foot look prettier. It csuaeaynui foot tc look cramjii d, heavy and clubby, aul wid ellrrliiaHy prevent yon from walkui: well, cnrn'ortaldy nr gracefully 11 if beeis are the oniy sunalblii heels In n le-. an I Ibe nnly heels that will • ntblr ,iue to become au easy, licht walker.
Ill city apartnii ;its, "vhtrw s^.a -e il |imit,ul, he. Is ara Ire. i.u^uiiy e .verud Wllb embroidirtd tapestries, or ulk cretunnea, tbe |...livs Uiing stowed nway lu xime en:iveuieut plaoe and rijdaoed liy au upunlatered bolster. Where parlor- i.lj-jin tho aleepiog moma and I- 1- are exjiusel to view, the lashinii 1- .: •¦ luieaient one, bot it IS hardly lu   u«   rccuaiacuiJAd  uthar-
NEW YORK STATE NEWS.
FINANCES   or   THE   STATE.
ComplTtillar     Folierts's     Annaal    Raf^rt Kiihinlllril   ll,   the   ¦.•(Islaturr.
State Complrniier Jamas A. Holjerts, has |<i«>>eati>ii his nnunal report M Ihe l.oirlsls- iiire. Mr. R,>bi,»ns. In his rapon. praarnis (li.-ur«« showlDK thi» Slstn's Isrl" eipMnd- ilur»>slii various ,lir.»oliout in  rocenl   vaaia.
In 189*. he savs, thov reaehed tlie sum of IJ.i.MO 425.77. Fnr the ennimls, holldlORS .m.l (lermaneni imprnvflmeuls nf siivtiDlcvn HiKteeharttalile Instiluiloos, twslvelinspltals fnrttie insane, ferty-flve arsenals and aroi- orlos, twelve normal schools, three 8iate prisons, llv,> atale canals ami ths nsw Cafil- tol, there has l-een expended the euormous sumot •IlH.S7ii,l8<5.13. fhe annual 'tlTrd charRss" aRalnsl tho state fnr the supiwrt ol Ibetn Inslitutlous. tha schools, ths ranaLs, Ine NstloasI Ouarrt. the insane, the l/<trfala- lui-e and other tiranch»»s nf the State Oovarn- nient amourt nnw tn tI.^,37I.31».n.V Ths l.e^'islatumof isim npprnpriated fW.UJO,- 0^2.17. the Isrffent nmuunt sioes the RnNit war expendliuri's of the SInle. In IMI tha I.eKislnture appf.iprmtel tS.HTS.JII.Mi Id IK'.iHtbesum nl «ao.0-20,022.47.
"This ts an enormous amount of money to the penple svery vear." says iptroiinr KnherlH, ".md what is worse. Till stPiailOy Inorease, tha Isist It oan. In if this. HDd Ihu a Idltloual laet that Ihis dsnattment has iDformsllon to the rffeet thnt your hoaorahle hodv Is to ho nsl;o<1 for nn)iriipriatlonn for mor* nsw in¬ stitutions. 1 rusjK'etfully suftKiist tbat It Is timn pl eall a halt on new, unusual and pxtrnordlnHry exjiendiitirps, for a tlrao at least, nnd enter upon tho praotioe ot rigid oeonoiuy "
I'uuiptrolinr Kob* liiindii-allelis nr lit Iho  I.eifisiniur
Mr. Roberts proposes nn nmenilmsBt to tho loheriluncs Tnx Isw desiuuatoito make ths rion pny mom in jiro|inrtion to their waallb. "It occurs lo mo,' he says, "that It would hn well fortho Lof^slatura to Rivo vory seri¬ ous consld*r.-,tinn In th* question as to whether tho nollateral iDberltanoe or trans- fsr tax laws should not ba msterlally atnsniloil so as to provide a irradod seals that wtll mako Inrgo estites yield vory much more tax than thoy now do. At preaent nu «.^tale i;nlni{ to linoals- that Is, hoirs el the blood pavs 1 Jier cent., and one going tn eollnlorals aod straneers to the Hlood pays 6 Jier cent. All dtali s tfolnir fo llnsals, raal and pononal, under (10,000, sre exampi from Inxatton, nnd nnlv tho porsooal prop¬ erly ef tho IIuirIs nhovo »lO.OQP Is taxable. Esiatos olios.- thnu i<500. real an.l jisrsonsl, KoIqr to oollntersls are exonipt, Iiur both the realty and po.-sonalty of the coilatsrai above tSOOnrstsied. Bequests to domsatie and religious cori orations and to bishops ars exempt."
'•No cliiaa nf property," headds, "is better entitled to bear taxation than penonal, yet, H.s a rule It eaonpoa durlnx the Ilia of its owner. The e<pialii;»d vthie ol taxable real iistnte inoroased Irom IHTO In 18M mure than 185 per oont.. while the equalised valns of taxable personal propertv Inorenaed lass than 6 jier eeiit. In thu same period. The lotiit 01 porsonal projierty tsxed lu IiM was nnlv 44l>l».*iiili, yot s.neii tho IncorjKirntlftD fiix luw WILS piissiitl, tn vm. thu sum ol ft,- niH.ll01.4A4. or nearly tlvotlmes as muoh, has lioen invested in tho eapital if uorporstlons lu theStato.
"The question is, therefore, where Is all Ihis poraonal proi>erty'i'" It evades taxa- ilnn. The [act Is, neither Ihe aasasaor Dor thn tnx gntlierer over roik n uhanee to Uat personal property until death Intsrvsnss and toroes a bHianotnit of accounts. Tben the sdniinistrator npjiears, the Surrofrate Is vis¬ ited, tho wlti is produce.I, appraisers are ap- jiointeil, stronj; bnxes. tn banka aud safe de- jiosit vaults are opeued and hundreds of th'iusauds an.l mllltoni of dollars' wortb of si-eurltieii that no nssessor ever oauicht a Kllrapse of before are liroiiKhl to light."
Mr. lioliorls jiolnisout that the iDberltanea tax. wlitoh nlone reaehoa personal property. It uol a hsrdshiji. because tha deoedeat Is al- inwod the use ol his projierty durlna his life nud the bonellolary merely pays lor receiving an nslsio which bo dhl uot oreala Moreover, Inrge estate.' should pav lllerally toward Iba Hujiiinrt of K'nvernment. liooaiiso thay owe thoir existMuoH to favors oonferrad by Ihs ffavernment in tho shnjie ol the tariff and niauysiioeiHl|irivilei;e« whlth hoenumeratas. "In iu&lice," he asserts, "lo tbe mass of small land owuers and taxpayers who bava from vear to year borne more than their equitable share of theburdec of taxation, 1 maintain Ihst a transler tax upoD large flslales thsl would maka up to a oertsin ex¬ tent for thn years ot exemption eojoysd, wuuld bsfiimplo justloe."
Oomptrolier IlobHrta poiDts to tba Inher- itanoo t IX system of Orest Britain, Fraoee. Unrinany nud othar countrlssas sxampfes of ftrodml tax ayutums, and he suKgestaa a tax l.f S |K>r cent, nu eeiatus ul (l,oao,OQ)> sad loss thsn *'i,OflO.OOO; ol 10 per cent, on estutes ot ^3,000,000 and less than •8.000,000, and of 15 Jl r cont. on estales of (3,000,000 snd ovor. Sucli a graded tnx system, if It hnd been In operation In this Stata during the la«t four yours, h" says, wouiil have out
Ihn
nt SJ7,714.6»0 In the Btate Treasury; herons,   under  the preseut   systsm  only
ts 684,187.00 was paid In.
(fomplruller   suggests  n   nsw   law,
Kl
mailing Ihs capital of foreign oorporallOBS whioh Is employed lu tha Stain taxable. In¬ stead ot their whoia capital. He also pro- l>nsos nn auiendnienl lo the Inharltauoe tax luw, providing that the tax must ba paid within a dottnllo period, so as to prsveat Ibe escape otSHlatos bequeathed as tnisis ot Id- determlnale reniainuera.
The rompUnller suys thsl tks Kist ol sun- porting the minor eharllable InstilatlODS Is fl.020,S8!l n yoar. Them Is a teodanoy Hiuoug thn managers to Inornaselha salary lists, so thnt, nf the 0187.46 jior raplta oost ol inalnlenauee amiuoily.  78.34 gosa for management, salaries and wage*. Hs asks iiuthorllv to nivisfl salaries. H« oppoMs lurther np|iMi.ri»linns ol publlo moDsy to instiluilons ot whieh tho tills Is not vsated lutheStsie. 	
Savings   flanks aail Half HsIMavs.
Hlnta8u|ierlnlendant ol Banking Fredsrisk D. Kiihuru ri'oenilv nakeil Altoinay-aeneral Hsneook for his opinion as to whuthir II is unlawful for the savings banks ol this Htato to pay sums ol iDonoy to ilepositors allar 12 n'olock nil Kiiturdays, and also whether these in.stitutloDs should observe thn hall- hflldsy law In his opinion, Iho Attoraay- ITeoeral snys that savings banks hsve a legal right to roei Ivo ilopneits and pny out money 111 Ihelr depusltore alter 12 o'elouk ou Bstur days. 	
atale's First Voluntaar Uea^.
I.leutanani John PoIsod, Ihe r.rnl man In New Ynrk Stata lo enlist In tha nivll war, liicd on Thuraday al his horae Is Elbrldge. He enlisted In Company B, Nlneleeoth Naw york Voiiinteoia, tliirteeu days iiefore Pr»is- Idniil Lioi-oln iisuod his call lor T»,000 triiops. Hh was .prnmoted lo llrst llsulao- aiii and hroornlily discharged on .lanuary 24,  IHTi].    Ho was aevonty-eigbt   years old
when he died.	
Insane tn llo Farm  Work.
Tho Htnte Commission In Lunacy has or- lered th" tiansler from the Manhatloo to Ihe Ht. LawrenOH Stata Hnspltal nt forty male jiattenis. Thoy ars able lo work aud will liee:nployeJ on Iha farm ol tbe latter intiitutlon.
Hlale   Worklnsmen's  AsaMuMv.
Th" Htate Workln«m»n'« Asieinbly elosad Us annual convention at Albany afler alael- lus Iho followiug officers PresideDl, D. I. fr Brian, New Ynrk; Flrat Vliw-Pmslrtatif, itMorge 1. pliilllps, Nhw York; Heoond Viee- Presldeni. John Williams, Ifilea; Hesretar)',
Kalnai ('«rllBrat*s Chattela.
.tiili-e I'learwaier bus decldsd that a llaine- law llqunr eertllloal" In a chattel vhloh eau l.e sniil forthe payment ol debts, nnd has appninl.-l a reieiver lo lake |io»*e». -.'.oa nl tb" IJoense nl Jamos lerney. nf Haug- ernes. HUM  judi/nn-iil   nl a wholeialo liquor
i^tale ti. A. 11. Kiireinpinaat,
TheCiiiDeil nl A-liriinistralliin ollha Slala (i A l< llerrnrlm'nl m t^l AJbsoy agd ^eleeteil llrs-hesier a- t le [liao* for boldlag Ih" next Htatn Kle amjinieal. and tba dataa May IH snd 19. I'be Rev. J. J. Armoad. nf llrn..Llvu. was ele-in I (tiaplain lo auocaad Ih-Kev   W.  I'    Hvile. of JamMtowD, wbo
,||."1 snmelmieeg . I
aing l^lna Convlcla Kalplored.
It Is Ih- liiteQlloD ot Wanleu age In kaep a- many of ili" -nnvi'its under hit enarge lo Hliiif Hlni.' Prisiiu ai hu,iy a* clreuBStaocf-s wni jii-rinli Two elaasee. Sine lu wondoarv. ink- Hiel Ihe ntner In free haad drawinc, s.iiitaining In all nUmt -204 eonvlen, bava ba- giin wnrn in these i-lasens They will lia I.upl SI W'lrk regularlv
I eannl  »'ari»ard Till  lie <.'lH>fca4.
Alam P Kllliii-r. ag~l levanty-aeveD veare, liaiignl himself al hia rMideace In ilfiiiveroeiir H" lied a faaodkarehlaf amuad his naeirr insii-iiei Ibe eud to a rojie nod leaned forward unlll he cooked to daalli When founq ol> knees nearly louebaj ih»> tioi.T. Mr. Killmer U liilleve-l to have h««ii lamporsniy lasan"     Ke wae «ea«liiji aa4 a
timialDeui ilttaMi        	
allvar Craefc'e llaeonl.
HIlTarCrevk   b*' a airaet only two blocks
I'l&g. Ill"   [.npaial.uu ol   which  down nol e.s-
. ee.1 fifty, aueiDg whom ar-i len o d tumlil-.
e.ve wiilnWR, thr-m wi.;"W..r-, two i.acliHl/ir'. 1 two Mvs uf ivtaaaiKl live men who- i.vw j avatage over aevrtn y yeais. A w» iiitaa tot I not twau knowa tu taiw piase oa last slwal I lecleBVasn.
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Tha Baralaaa af Utaw.
Tha teurtaaath ooDual raporl ot the Kew Tork Baraan of Btatlstias of Labor, shows retnnw tRHB MM astaMlihmeala aaj(a««tta tkageaatal ladnslelas ot tha State daftaa 1905. Theae aslabllskSiaBta gava sipler- msnl to WS.IM eenoii*, and paM la watm •llO.tlT.IStLSl, aaavacaca lor Ike year at (480.90. The average Miniings flu-aaeh per¬ son In ISM amouBtel to ttfltf. Ia tHi th] avera«« was •M4.4I and Is tSM, tlOXtt.
S-iatlftles from the rvport skow that tketa was aa extraordinary rush for raglatraMoa at tha Free Kmptoymeol Ilarwaa la New Vork CHy. ti040 peraon having i<«lnterail id . six tnonihs. lit Ihls number Sujierlntettdeat , Dealtn aays la tbe report "Aimoal aTSry trade aad oalliog was raprassnted, from the clergvmaa to Ihe day lalx^rer, and froa Iha aohool Uaohsr to the or.linaiy domestlr. Hii.ty par oent. of the men on tbe list have not bad atea4y emploj-aoot daring the UM three years, thoagn Ihay ara able oad will¬ ing lo work."
Tha loiMrt eoa<ai^ a euai|Mi\Uve table, shcwtnc the yearly earolnga Id some o( tha prlQOipal tradss In Oreat Britain. Fraaee, IHnaany aud Italv. Id Omt Britain the nveroga yaarly waicea paid amtiuals lo MM to eaoh person; la Froace to tMO, Id Oar- many, •107. and In Ualr, isil.
A shapter ol the mjiorl Is devoted to prieea labor. It ahowa that for lea rear* uamr Iha coatraol system Iha Stste pttaoDS weia aet only seir-suppottlsg. but that the loos to Ih* HistoslBoe tant systea has been ahollshad umouots lo over •3,009,000. Daring tha jraar IHOO nioety-six jirlsoDsn baoame luaaaa, al¬ though Id that yaar thste tra* work tor alU The priaon pkyaish-ins altnbule'tbaae lasaa* Ity coses largely to overorowillag.
Eight eleclric light compaolM report thai Id thl) flva yaara preosdiog Juae I, ISN, thay iiald •1,741,402.40 Id wsgea Tiraatjr- oDe gaa oompanin during the samo periM paid •1,300,007.70 Id wngea. The perceotaca ol wages paid amounted to 034 41, and Iba peroeuloKe ot earnings was •132.03.
•late Traaaurai'a lUaort. Blale Treasurer Colvin Iranaalltail hi* ai- nual report to tne Lsglslatare. The acita- gala reeelplk ot thn State Treasury dwlaf tha aseal year eadlDg; SsMaabar W WfW •sO.on.OM. or this sum theia was reesl*«4 on acconot ot Stat* lax lot all purnoss* ^tt,. 534, IM, and from all othar sour*** •li.lW,- 30. This Istiar amouDl wm nodaiipot Ihe following: CkirpoialtoB lax**, •l.in.s 804; orgaolsatloDS (naw oorpoialloa) lat, -•003,1181; iaberliance, •t.T90,0Sli axelsa las. •3,504,014. Tks hsIaDce Is ooaal Impreea- mei^, loan snd tax, and miseellaaaoa* re- eelpls amouDtIng tn tO,44«.T80. On Jaaaary 1,1800, tber* was In tha'I'raaaanr •••i.iBl, aad on Joauary I, 1897, •l.tTT.HO. Tha dinareuos I* nore than aad* up by th* ra- eelpls Irom ths Liquor Tax law, baiter kaowa *• th* Kalne* law. Tke balaaa* ia the Treasury October 1,18IO,waa tt.lOt.Olt, and OB October 1.1808. it was •l.tll.O^f.
atata Agrlealtarsl gMlatr. Tke aaanal meetlaji of Ike Stale Agtleal- tural Boolety woa ksid at Albany. Tke re¬ port* for Ike pan year wer* read aad showad a balsaoe od haad nf •lOlT. Tbe total ra- oalpts wrre •07,370, and tbs illSb*IT«in*«IO •66,348, The gate reoeipta ofth* lair ware onlv •13.161, as compared with tStjOn Iha previous year. Th* total aumbar of aatil** on rxhIhItloD ir*s 7981, ot which th* ealtle numliered 406; boisas, 183; sh**p. tOOi iwtaa, 517; poultrv, 1309; farm prodnett, IMO. Kr. Benjamin F. Traoy was •looted Pr**l4aDt ler th* ensuing y*sr.
Caiirie ef Reaillna for F.irnaars.. A course of reading for larmars kas bawi provided tor In Ike Nlznn bill for ualveisltir extansioB ot agrlouliural kaowl*d>*olwki*B every fanner ia wtotera N*w Tori eaa Mall himsell witkout iiijimnit) iitlii—liil rtn fs«*or L. R. Ballay. College et AtrtealtaKL Ithaca. Th* topics lelat* lo laradaf tmi attar readiug oa a qMattoa a dl*en**lp*i wMh th* collac* will follow. Ia th* spriag OMN simple •xperimsBl* will b* urged apoa mat- «* to teal tke truth of the prlooiolts taofkt. Th* aim Is to aid farmars In keepiag up trtth the latest progress In salenllfloagrloaltura.
Huraail to Daeth la His Call. James MoTnlgua,an Elmlra Irasslar totk* Auburn Prison, whose home Is to Mow Tork Oily, was buruad to death id kl* oall. ' ¦* ws* oooklDg his suppar o\-*r a oapklka leap, wheu Ihe lamp exploded, throwlig the tiumlng fluid over his peisoD, Ris lae* and bands wer* t*rrlbly burned, aad h* Uei in great agony tbrao bout* latur. His taroi ol ImprlsoameDt would hav* expired la Usrok.	
Genaral Mawa.
Dnnkirk pines for a aovemmtot baild¬ ing.
Angelica Is to bavo a tlSiOOO eleotrlo lldit plant
A farmer bas baeo sailing "llm*d" *n* la Lockport residents. H«toldta*a Ihey WOM freeh.
JamastowD salnonksfp*!* buy •lM,0(f wortb ol bssr eaoh year
Frodonia, J.irasotown, Slnolalrvllls aa4 Westfleld are lour Chsutauqut CoaulF town* that have free libraries.
Colonel AmbI* Baitar bas baan <Bga40d by tbs Btata lo proaeoute Chemung OouBljr milkmen wbo adulterate Ihalr war**.
Tbe project ol an elaetrlo road froa Cornr lu Flndlay's Lik* Is being r*vlved. Mara depaod* en whether tb* right of wajr e*n b* seour*d.
Oo voraor Blaek oppol niad an aztraordlaary trial term of tba Buprams Court lo be hala lu Long Island City on Monday, Fabnuiy IR, end daslgasted Jnstis* DykaaalopM- side.
Upon Ib* appllontlon of Alloni*y><l«a*iml Haaooek, Juatloa Allou a Parkw. of tha Buprem* Court.at Alhaay, Tbuiadaygiaalad a Jadgmrnt dIsiolvlDg ths UaasTlll* Isrlag and Loao AssooislloD, on th* grooad ol U* iDSolvsnoy.
Bamu*l Moves, ot Tracy Or**k, BrooM* CouDty, whila augoged with a mihbor el nther men In culling lumber In a patoh et woods naar Ibat village, was oaugbt under a falling Iree nnd killed. Hn leave* a Widaw and five ohildraa.
Anton Eokna, Ihs BiilTalo aoiiDl*rf*llar, who e*caped from a Iraln at Home, woa eaugtai at Norwich
The W. C. T. U. woa bora In FrsdoBl* twnuty-thrae yaars ago.
Loooaster bunlaess msa ohjoot to bavtag a Cblnamaa looal* a lauadrylo that rtl- laga.
As a raault ol salllag adult*rat*d vlaaasr forty-one Elmlra grocers hav* b**B Bn*d.
Balb I* *ald to h* tha weallhl**l vUlaf* ol 3000 lubahiUDlB Id Ihu weatarn end tilth* Hlste. Oreat dsatltultoo, howsvw, I* *atd to axial aaong Its poor.
Modloa skalars think nolhiBB of taktag U-mll* trip* on th* rros*a surfao* ol th* Krie Caaal.
Flllmor* ba* a slek and aecldaal lasaraMa sooloty. It bas sixty m*ffib*rs aad MTC la IIS treasury.   Montbly dues anBllir owMa.
C. J Bull, ol Bunaln, irtll, oa rabroaOr I, Leslo a tsniieraae* erusada id Balffloal In* services have b**a migagad by rsslilsal* mba on pr*parlDgto flghl Ih* ile*l** **atlaail.
KaparlaiaaUl Aria Fatwss.
Flva •xfrrlaantal statloa* ir* lo b* tmoht
liabad la lb* arid hell of Kaaias, Mabiaoha'
Colorado, aad ihe Dakolaate tb* tyilag, tot
ibaculllrslioD ol Iba aoil alfar a iTMaa da-
Ised hv H. tt. Campbell. ulHlens OHf, ah*
*, Oblaaae, MA-
waukee and Bl. Paul, and Ike Hofthani Am
ho* ialOTMled lb* "Boo" lla*. ObU
elflo rsllfoada In hhi aebam* aad ladwood Ihemlo baak bim. Tba slailoo* will ba Nf- ly-ocre plots ot laad. aad 11 Is lalsadad la raise grata and vagalahles.
I«be<llanea Taa Ba*tslB*4. Tbn Hupraa* c^outt ol Ohio haa *a*(ala*d the Cullsierai Ubsritans* Tax law.
Mlaar NaaUea. LoadoD ban 801 railroad depots and sta¬ tloa*.
Ovar 000 astatas are snid every yaar la BoMoa lor daliDqu*nl lasaa.
Thar* ar* 070 prisoDs ta Aslailo aad Can- peaa Basal*, wttb a lolal aaab*r of 1M,M> prisniierf.
Out of 401 •Bll*l*d aailon oa board tha, Ibe United8'*l*s erulaer Brooktrtf oaljrthlf- taao are sUeas. .   „
Taa Roekafallar aleamar Bobelt Falloa 4*0 laet over all. Is tba large*! Msaihor oa tka Oreat Lakse.
Tber* ara ooa half a millloa-people em- |il«y*d oa lb* i*lle( work* Id Ih* laalaa dIMrlela ol ladla
The Pnlladalphia Poslollle* baadlad tlA- OOO.tOO ple<;*a nl mall maltar dariag the lost twelva Boatks.
It Is mnoriad thai a oaw aoaai isdaWf I* ll, be ar*.'t*d In Phlladalphia far th* p«r«iiaa ut eompMlag irlib tke truat.
Lleuleo*at Cksrias E. Ho}k ol the OhIMd Btatas  Ariay bM   mstgaail   aad   aaeogtad • comaas*loa la lb* C*l>ao Aray. I    Tb«  carriage  ot iro* ore oa |h* •••al I l>akM dnrlag IOO*  looted   ap  to   tttt.m I groaa loan. OMJtMma ' '    Tbn vaallla er»p I* i I Masieo. la sal I   i-i  h 1 iMto* ka* rlaaa noasI'MfaMy la ¦a all aaM* of Magiea. Th*Oat«<inii
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11*>* I haa MIML , kahialeerTaMOrlM, a ).r>  Hghi.awl Ika fabljr la *aa*a
Th* Oatwinii* of  Pnat^wli Xho rmt tmb mt mm ma,  vtnti
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