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1 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 18S(>. 3 1S0VEL rOOK-KKEPlNG. XOTHKEHBAE " G » THE SHACK- AMAXON BANK M^fl'KK. Hew the Bcoka Were Managed—Inter- eetln» Facts Frought Cut Before the Audi'or at Yesterday's Investigation. Ax.otter bearing in the esse of tfca Shack- amaxoxi Bank was he'd in the office of Johif J. Clarke yesterday afternoon. Mr. Fauuce, the expert, who testified at the last hearing, was recalled and cross-examined by Mr. MacYeagh. Mr. Faunce was supposed to have been assisted by Mr. Miliigan and Mr. Miller. "There had been sev6n hundred bank books settled in July," said the witness. "About seventy-five of these had been settled by others. "When I came back in November I settled about twelve other books. I went over the account of S. P. Milligan & Co. at the re- quest of the assignees. All the books, with the exception of about twenty-five, were set- tled. There were a great many errors. There were great errors in Bamm's account. I d o not include Schollenberger's nor Coaklin's account. There are about 150 entries to a page. If the entries had been correct the same entries would have appeared in the bank bocks. "There is nearly $100,000 to account for yet. Four hundred and thirty thousand dol- lars is all that we have been able to account for. This, with a small note of $20,000, leaves the deficiency of $80,000 I went back as far as 1876. Had commenced the examina- tion from the end, so the investigation of the ledger began in 1885, but when 1884 was turned to an error was found on the next page, done by a lead pencil alteration. Tae error did not alter the figures on the trial bal- ance. Leaving out the four accounts men tioned.there were no errors worth mentioning. The first error in alteration w a s o n e o f 530,000 in Bumm's account, under date of October*, 1884. The next error was $100,000 on Jane 20. Mr. CueD afterwards found some small errors. I again went over the book and have found no further errors. In looking over Bumm & Sons' account in 3876, errors were discovered in July and October, in lead pencil lootings. Five notes of $137 each were found. These a n d a number of checks constituted the indebtedness of Bumm & Sons at the time of the failure." "Conklin's indebtedness was in the shape of memoranda checks and due bills. Tne bank received an order from Bamm & Sons to; pay moDey to Conklin.and no entry of these payments was made on the books. Tne checks were on the Sbackamaxon Bank and were signed by Conklln and paid by the bank. Tbe pass books showed contracts for sewers, bridges and street cleaning. Tnis was used something after the fashion of a bank book, and two or three would be running at the same time. In the ledger of 1881 there was an overdraft not mentioned in 1885. My at- tention was called by Mr. Caen to an altera- tion in the account of Schollenberger & Sons, under date of June 26,1883. "Discovered errors in three of the twenty- five books. These were in the individual ledger, general ledger and discount boot. In the aeneral ledger there is an error in the Girard Bank account o $200, which is interlined under date of October 16, 1884. and is carried in the final addition. "All of thete tend to cover up deficiency of errors in book-keepers. Bumm's overdraft was covered by alterations in footings and showed that h e w a s drawing more than he had in the bank. The alteration of $100,000 was done in order to cover up the overdrafts. The bank only bad one general ledger i n i t s whole career. There were very faw larger accounts outside of J. B. Stetson and the other accounts that have already been men- tioned." The other portions of the testimony were the same as that brought out at other hear- ings. The case will be resumed on next Thursday afternoon. JOTTINGS. Brief Mention of I emu ot Local and General Interest. The dwelling on the southwest corn* of Warnock street and Montgomery avenue took fire yesterday and was damaged to the extent of about $200. State Representative William Carberry, of the Third district, is suffering from a return of the congestive chill that attacked him last winter at Karrisburg. Crossings and inlets Jbeieg now free from ice the Highway Commissioner thinks that the street contractors can begin work as soon as the snow disappears. Dr. H. F. Formad delivered the last of his series of Mutter lectures on "Surgical Pathologv," on Tuesday evening, in the hail of the College of Physicians. The City Treasurer's receipts yesterday in- cluded $10,782 08 from the Receiver of T*xes, $64.50 trom the Chief Engineer and Surveyor, and $553.43 from the City Solicitor for claims. Richard P. Marry, residinz in the rear of No. 2465 Frankford avenue, was held in $1000 bail yesterday, on the charge of firing two shots at Wan Lee, a Chinaman, of No. 2562 Frankford avenue. Only $1C0 worth of damage was done by the gas explosion at Twenty-second and Mar- ket streets on Sunday. I t w a s d u e t o a sudden back pressure, and was not as serious as the report led people to believe. Not less than $9000, nearly half the amount needed for the monument to John McCul- lough, the tragedian, has been subscribed. Captain Connor is chairman of the commit- tee, a n d W . F . Johnson, E q , treasurer. The lower private boxes at McCaull's last night were occupied by the following artists, who seemed to enjoy the Black H'issar very much: Mile Nordica and mother, M'ile Dotti, Mme. Cavalazzi and Colonel M*ple- tOD. Coroner Powers' investigation yesterday of tbe causes of Andrew Spietel's suicide brought out the fact that the deceased bad been blind for a year and suffered greatly from despondency. Tbe jury returned a ver- dict cf suicide by hanging. The Messrs. Roach expect to have the con- tract for the Brazilxan Mail Company's new steamer to take the place of the Reliance, lost off Bahia. Their employees on government work now number 475, and Mr. Roach says they can take other work besides. Among tbe meritorious pupils who received premiums at Girard College, Philip Schuler, aged fourteen, Martin Parkman and Horatio Craig took the highest three. Five hundred were distributed in all, and Henry A. Cook was awarded a special priza for deportment. A meeting of the Union Republican As- sociation of the Twenty-ninth ward was called for last night. The association is op- posed to Messrs. Baldwin and Taxis, the present Councilmen of the ward, a n d i t w a s thought that a movement was on hand to nominate independent candidates. U p t o nine o'clock there were not enough present to call a meeting. At the forty third regular stated session of Plato Senate, No. 17, Order of Sparta, the following officers were elected for term begin ning St. Paul's day next: E. R.—Senator Robert J. Thompson. G. K.—Clarence D. Antrim. C. of G.—43eorge W. Lower. R. S. —Harrison Stiles. F. S-— John D. Adair. Tr.—Thomas Hare. Ephori—Wm. Swartz, Howard Cadwallader, Herman Gessler, Chas. F. .Miller, William Conn. Med. Ex.—J. M. Anders, M . D . m CAMDEN NEWS. NORFOLK. AND WESTERN. ot In THE ANTIPODES. Hospitals. St. Mary's—Samuel Mintain, fifty-eight years old, of No. 1908 North Fourth street, finger lacerated; William Horner, sixteen years old, of N o 1353 Howard street, shoulder sprained, and Mary Connery, twelve years old, of No. 1514 Ann street, hand cut. Pennsylvania—John Magie, thirty years old, of No. 820 South Thirteenth street, fire- man of Engine Company No-17, arm broken by falling from a ladder; Robert McKewu thirty-eight years old, of No. 617 Bainbridge street, elbow sprained; Christopher Snyder, ten years old, oi No. 1626 Sansom street, knee contused by a fall on the ice; John Wheelan, fifty-six years old. oi No. 509 Powell street, shoulder sprained by tall on the ice; George Watson, four years old, wrist 'sprained; Charles Gallagher, thirty years old, of Beaver Brcok,ankle fractured by fall on the ice; Fred. Evans, thirty-five years old, of No. 421 Lom- bard street, leg fractured on the ice; Frank Burton, eighteen years old, of No. 424 North Eighth street, ankle sprained on tbe ice; James Miller, twenty-six years old, of No- 1214 Thurlow street, thumb sprained: Frank Smith, twenty-four years old, of No. 412 Gaskili street, finger sprained, and William Stroud, seventy years old, of No. 3 Boyd's avenue, hip sprained. Episcopal Hospital.—James Paper, aged seventy, of Fairhill and Cambria streets, sprained ankle; John McMour, No. 2435 North Second street, lacerated wound of thumb; A. Wallace, No. 2817 Mascher street, contusion of arm; George Dant, No. 2130 Oriana street, laceration of nose, and John Loughlin, No. 2311 Gordon street, contusion of arm. _ Presbyterian Hospital—August Millers- let, aged fifty years, rear of No. 646 NorSh Seventh street, leg broken b y a fall on the ic©. Medico-Chirurgical—Kate Cadden,'*twelv9 years old, living in South Fifteenth street, eye contused. A New School lor Orphans. An Industrial School and Home for Orphan Bjys is to be established at Edding- ton, about eight miles this side ot Bristol, by the three daughters of the late F. A. Drexel. The property purchased includes 200 acres, a n d w a s T o r w a n y T e a r r the oountry^eafref the late Benjamin G. Mann. It cost $40,000. A number of buildings will be erected for dwellings and schools, and workshops will also be built. When accommodations have been secured for one hundred boys, that num- ber will be transferred from St. John's Orphan Asylum. The institutien will bs under the charge of the Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic Order, and the whole ex- penses ill be defrayed by the three ladies. Items of Interest from the City Across the Elver. Mary Lourder, living i n a cellar at No. 912 South Third street, was found dead at that place yesterday morning. Coroner Davis held a view on the body and found that she died from chronic alcoholism. In the Criminal Court yesterday John Wagner and Alfred Shaw were convicted of atrocious assault and battery. Judge Wes- cott sentenced them to eighteen months in the State prison. Thomas Miles and Charles, who were convicted of breaking, entering and grand larceny, were sentenced to four years in the State prison. John F o x w a s sentenced to thirty days in the county jail for assault and battery on an officer. John McGurk was convicted of assault and battery on Night W atchman Githens, of the Kaighn's Point ferry, and James Way, a special officer. Coroner Davis to-day will hold an inquest on the body of Charles R. Lock, who was killed on the West Jersey Railroad, near Seventh and Yanhook streets, on Monday last. A game protective society was organized in Haddonfied on Tuesday evening. Charles Smith was elected president. Mayor Bradshaw last evening held Jacob Stow in bail for an alleged assault and bat- tery on Ruben Hyatt. In the Supreme Court yesterday Judge Parker heard the testimony of Mrs. Lewis in the suit pending for the possession of a two- and-a-half-year old child. The child 1 i s n o w in possession of the father, William D. Lewis, and the wife is making an effort % g e t t h e child o n a writ of habeas corpus. The case was adjourned until Friday. Halt a Million or Bondi Disposed Europe—& Surplus for 1S85. President Kimball, of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, has arrived home from Europe after an absence of nearly three months. While in London he concluded negotiations with some bankers for the sale of $500,000 of tbe improvement and extension mortgage. The bonds are sold, it is re- ported, at about 88, which is about the niir- ket price i n N e w York The transaction is regarded as an excellent one for the company, and has placed it in an easy position finan- cially. The money had already been spent on the improvements at Norfolk and Lam- bert's Point. Of the total issue of $2,500,000 of bonds of this issue only $300,000 remain unissued. Wojk is being pushed on twenty-three miles of the Cripple Creek division, which was already graded when the company suspended work. The remaining twenty-four miles of the division is graded, but the road will pro- bably not be built until it is definitely as- sured that i t c a n b e paid for. It is estimated that the company will have a small surplus a t t h e e n d o f t h e year. For 1884 the surplus was about 1240,000. For eleven months cf 1885 the net earnings show a decrease of $66,000, but it is believed the decrease will not be made greater by the De- cember statement. The fixed charges for 1885 are about $150,000 greater than in 1SS4. which would indicate a small surplus this year. _ GENERAL RAILROAD NEWS. Meeting of the Reading Board of Managers —'The Reorganization Trustees. Mr. Franklin B. Gowen entered the office of the Reading Railroad yesterday as presi- dent, for the first time since he withdrew from all part in its management, several months ago. He proceeded to the second story and entered the room of the late Chief Engineer Lorenz, not ten feet distant from the apartment of Receiver Keim. The managers of the company held a meeting, Messrs. Wane- maker, Antelo and Hollis being present. No intimation of what occurred was allowed to escape from the room, and when tbe man- agers emerged they went out out of the build- ing. The room will remain unoccupied until the next meeting of the board. The Reading reorganization' trustees held a meeting yesterday and continued the work of "arranging the details," on which they have been engaged for the last sixty days. Their task is not yet finished. A new fast freight train has been p u t o n the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Road, leaving New York at four P. M., Phil- adelphia at eight P. M., and arriving at Nor- folk at nine A. M. the next day. The north- bound train leaves Norfolk at eleven A. M., arriving in Philadelphia at one A. M. and N e w Y o r k five A. M. the next day. A S o v e m e i t Looking to the Abolition of Freight .Passes. PITTSBURG, Jan. 20.—It is understood that the representatives of the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio, the Lake Shore,the Lake Erie, t h e N e w York.lPennsylvania, and Ohio, and the Tuscarawas Valley Railroads, who were in session here on Monday and Tuesday in reference to an equitable division of the iron ore and coke traffic, have agreed here- after to refuse to issue passes on account of freight, with the exception that cattle dealers who come in with their stock shall receive re- turn passes to their homes. No coke, coal or iron ore manufacturers, in short, no freight shippers will this year get passes. A New Element In the Railroad Fight. CHICAGO, Jan. 20 — A morning paper says: "The Illinois Central Railway is in the field as a competitor for Eastern business, deliver- ing its freight to the Bis Four and the Chesa- peake and Ohio. Within the last two days a large amount of corn has been secured and shipped from Chicago by this new route, and there are apprehensions that the movement in that direction will grow into formidable proportions. The pooi lines are considerably exercised at this development, as it opens an outlet that cannot be controlled either at Chicago or on the seaboard." Election of Officers. NEW YOEK, Jan. 20.—The annual meeting of t h e N e w York, Ontario and Western Rail- way Company took place to-day and officers were elected as follows: T. P. Fowler, presi- dent; J. B. Kerr, first vice president; Joseph Price, of London, England, second vice pre- sident. The annual report contained the ex- hibit here given: Earnings and incomes, $1,979,637; total expenses, $1,949,702; net in- come, $29,935- A New Line. HELENA, Jan. 20.—The work oflbcatang the line of the Helena and Red Mountain Railroad is reported to-day as about half finished, though progressing slowly on ac- count of the extreme cold. As soon a s t h e work is completed, the same party, i t i s stated, will locate a line from Helena to Great Falls. A Tunnel Repaired. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Jan. 20.—The tun- nel on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, which caved in last week, AUSTRALIA AS S K O BY YANKKi EYES ltfcCENTLY. The Wondrous Growth oi Cities Wealth—Her American Couein- ebip—Actual Condition ot the Colonies.. Etc. s^" EACH TO TAKS A CHAI3. The Gynaecological Hospital. Dr. Theodore H. Seyfert, treasurer of the Gynaecological Hospital and Infirmary for the Diseases of Children, has paid over to the Charity Hospital $485.22 in cash, and $1400 in Fairmount Park loan certificates, in accordance with the decree of the Court of Common Pleas. Tbe Gynaecological Hos- pital found it impossible to raise funds to, carry on its work, and the corporatioa was dissolved by Court No. 4, and it was ordered that its assets be turned over to the Charity Hospital, which h a s a special ward devoted to the treatment of gynaecological diseases. How the Late Committee of One Hundred "Will be Remembered. Although the sign of the departed Com- mittee of One Hundred w a s n o t hanging from the portals of the Chestnut street building yesterday the late indefatigable inspector Addis still lingered about the premises. Alone with all the recent committee's effects, he was found meditating over the action of the previous day. His assistant was dismissed with regret a week ago, and tte time for the departure of the furnifure seems to be rapidly approaching. It is very likely that members of the late committee will each take a chair to keep in remembrance of the organization. The members of the "Residuary Commit- tee," to whom was transmitted the care of the records, are Messrs. Pbilip C. Garrett, Francis B Reeve*, Joel J Baily, Robert R Corson, Joseph Parrish, Charles Richardson, Joshua L. Baily, John Field and JJames A. Wright. A Lselul Ornament. The survival of the fittest is well illustrated loathe glove-buttoner of the day, which i s a small gold hairpin. T h e m a n w h o laughs ar its use will nevertheless gladly accept one. fasten it to the end of his watch-chain aid find it of much use. but he will never com- prehend the numerous possibilities of the original. T o a woman it is at once glove and shoe-buttoner, paper-cutter, hair-crimper: smcked, it will darken the eyebrows; it be- comes a tool to force open an obstinate lock; bent, a fastener by which a shade is put b^ ! tween tbe gaslight and the eyes of an invalid: j it also draws a cork, thouzh not very success i fully; will in an emergency make straight the I wick of a lamp, and, indeed, if a w o m a n wer«- going into the backwoods, and wanted » sort 'i~^H nm <*. - * - - - tool, she would find It was repaird to-night, and trains will resume the regular schedule to-morrow. The Matter of Commissions. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—At a meeting of the Chicago, St. Louis and Missouri River Pas- senger Association, held here to-day, there was a long, bitter wrangle as to whether com- missions should be confined to ticket agents or extended to brokers as well. An adjourn- ment was taken until to-morrow with the understanding that i n a n y event the associa- tion should be continued thirty days, a com- mittee in the meantime to try and solve the problem. Southern Fool. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Representatives of the railroad lines interested in forming a sixth pool on Southern business in connection with the Chicago and Ohio river pool were in ses- sion here to-day endeavoring to arrange per- centages. The meeting will be continued to- morrow. California Fruit, During nine months of ; last year 2145 car- loads Of lemons, limes, oranges and other sreen fruits were sent from California to Eastern yield, a very poor one, is estimated at 7,500,000 gallons. But for the rotting of the grapes it would have reached double that cnautity. Tbe area in California devoted to vine* ir 150,000 acres, and it is steady In- creasing. Baiain culture has of late years at- tracted much attention, and the product of raisins is constantly augmenting. It is esti- mated that the crop of last year was 400,000 boxes. The pack of canned fruits, chiefly apricots, pears, peaches and cherries, were 342,000 cases. I m I Special Correxporidence of The Inquner. MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov., 1885. On a winter's morning, ninety-eight years ago, two transports lay anchored side by side in the river Thames. One was just in from an ocean voyage, and carried the last detach- ment of British troops brought bacK from the United States after the war for American in- dependence. The other was making ready for sailing outwards, and carried 1000 con- victs bound for Australia, as the first install- ment of immigration to that distant land. Thus the birth of America as a nation m a y b e said to have been almost synchronous with the settlement of Australia as a colonial de- pendency of the British E en pire. This inter- esting fact is, perhaps, of such a godfatherly nature as to justify an American interest in the great Southland. The Fast and Its Retlaction. For one century the English had had knowledge of the Terra Australis of the ancients and of the early Dutch navigators. It was in 1688 that William Dampier visited Roebuck Bay, but it was not until eighty years later that Captain Cook explored tht country. When, on the revolt of the Ameri- can colonies, the convict establishments there were no longer available, the attention of William Pitt was turned to Australia, and the transport that sailed on that December day of 1788 carried its human freight to found a penal settlement. The commander was Captain Arthur Phillips, and on the 26th of January he landed at Botany Bav. He re- mained as colonial governor until 1795, during his administration laying the foundation of the great wool industry by the introduction of blooded merino sheep from Spain, and bringing to existence the group of colonies that in coming confederation will in all prob ability become the Greater Britain of the southern hemisphere. The Colonies. The area of Australasia is abous 3,075,000 square miles, or nearly equal to that of the United States. Its estimated population is 3,100,000, . or about the same as that of the State of Ohio. Tbe rate of increase in popu- lation is slow, owing to the great distance from Europe and the high rates of transpor tation. There are fiv« colonies—Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South and Western Australia. Victoria, although the smallest colony, is the most populous if not the most prosperous. Separated from New South Waies in 1851, and named in honor of her Majesty, it now boasts one million population, or more than 40 per cent, of the entire population of Australia. Although the most southerly or the colonies, and with a climate peculiarly favorable for agricultural pursuit?: although having a principal port admirably suited for commerce; although it is destitute of coal and iron, and is rich in other minerals, yet it seems ambitious to become a manufacturing colony, a n d t o concentrate its population in a few large towns instead of endeavoring to distribute them over the surface of the entire country. South Australia stretches from ocean to ocean, and comprises an area nearly sixteen times as large as both Ejgland and Wales Its river Murray, navigable for nearly 2000 miles, has been not inappropriately styled the "Antipodean Nile," its exploration took place in 1830, and the colonization began in 18oS. Peo|fhsd by industrious settlers, it emerged from its chrysalis state into a large and flourishing colony on the discovery of gold and copper. Queensland is not quite as large as South Australia, but has an area of 669,520 square miles. It is justly termed one vast paddock or pasture, throughout almost the entire ex- tent of which cattle and sheep can be kept all the year round without any provision for food or shelter. Its gold fields are very rich and extensive. Its copper lodes a n d i t s t i n are valuable. Its coal measures cover small provinces. Its iron ore abounds in certain localities. Its climate is healthy, its seaboard extensive, its natural advantages such as make nations rich and powerful. The people already in the colony are a mere handful, but, without any special effort they will, by the mere force of circumstances grow into a great and wealthy community. Western Australia Is in area the largest of the colonies, its vas and fertile territory having an extent o 1,060,000 square miles, or five times. the size of the German Empire. In population it i>- the smallest colony; but 30,000 souls occupy its grand area. Naturally, its minera wealth is very great, and distributed in all of its districts. Lead and copper have been profitably mined, tin is found widely ex pended among the rocks, and its brown hematite iron ore is of the richest quality. Gold, as yet, has been found by surface- washing in one place only. X«w South Wales | Embraces an area of 310,938 square miles, j including the choicest part of Australia, [ the finest climate, the most important rivers, mountains and coal fields, the great- est variety of minerals and the rich est pastural and agricultural lands, Ik- climate affords every variety of temperature, from the cold of Canada to the warmth o; Mexico. Its population cannot be much, i; any, less than 1,000,000, and its industries have wonderful merit. Its annual output ot gold is not short of $2,000,000; its coal pro- duct, 2,500,000 tons; its tin, 6000 tons; its iron, antimony and silver, swelling the total pro- duct of all minerals to fully $10,000,000. In its pastures graze 34,000 000 sheep and nearly 2,000,000 horned cattle. The agricaitura product comprises 5,000,000 bushels of maize and wheat, 35,000,000 pounds cf sugar, 600, 600 gallons of wine and other things in pro- portion. Wheat yield8 15 bushels to the acre: corn, 36 bushels; barley and oats, 21 bushels, and potatoes 5000 pounds. The rail way anc shipping interests are of excellent proportion and advantage Tasmania is included among the colonies of Australia, a n d i s t o t b e others what the Isle of Wight is to Eogiand, a lovely pleasure and health resort, awakening memories of distant Kent in the mother country by it* soft, green sward, shady lanes and_ quiet farmery hamlet?, where the people lead a calm and pastoral life hampton and Perth are all flourishing cities, and there are alto several hundred live towns, cydney is the chief and metropolitan city of Australasia, a n d h a s a population of about 300,000. The harbor, which has often been described a s t h e finest in the world, is actu ally more beautiful than that of Lisbon or of Rio Janeiro. The Bay of Naples or the Gulf of Spezzia will not begin to comparejwith it either in capacity for shipping or in color ard variety of scenery. It stretches nine miles in one direction and fifteen miles in another, and contains twelve square miles of deep water. Tbe distance from tbe ocean is :our miles, but ail along on either side the slopes of the hills and cliffs are ornamented with inn nmerable vi! la residences.the grounds of which are laid out in a unique style of landscape gardening. Tbe city has about one hundred and sixty miles of streets, and there are about twenty-five miles of steep water frontage. The public buildings, parks and gardens will compare favorably with those of the large cities of the United States. The university is the first in the southern hemisphere. The streets are always crowded, and the colonists boast that the principal business streets have a heavier traffic per yard than any other business thoroughfares in the world. The average number ot vehi- cles passing the post office, on George street, every day, from sunrise to sunset, is 7600, and the weight in tons daily passing is 6000. Adelaide is fifty y e a r s old in 1886, a n d h a s only about one-tenth as much population as Sy dney. Its streets are broad and regularly laid out, and its public buildings and churches would do credit t o a n y American town. The city park comprises 1900 acres, and includes a beautiful botanical garden. There is con- siderable manufacturing, incinding woolens, flour, leather, starch, soap, beer and crockery. There i s a good trade with Europe, b u t t h e interior situation of the town renders trade without advantages, Melbourne. Melbourne is what the guide books would call a beautiful city, situated a s i t i s i n a dis- trict made charming by numerous gentle hills, w h i c h s h o w s oft" its public buildings to great advantage. The streets are wide and metaled, and there is a general appearance of activity and prosperity. The city proper has hardly 70,000 inhabitants, but the suburbs have a population of nearly, or perhaps quite, 300,0#0, giving the united population of nearly 375,000. But Melbourne and its environs are by no means crowded, for with scarcely one- tenth of the population of London the muni- cipal area is nearly half as great. Among the public buildings are the Par- liament House, Treasury, government offices, poet office, cathedrals, university, theatres, courthouse, library, museum, mint, town hall and markets. The parks and public gardens are extensive and handsome, and have been decorated at lavish expenditure with statuary, fountains and rustic archi- tectural fancies. There are 2500 factories and a geed foreign and domestic trade, rendering the city as busy and industrious as beautiful. WAXDESEB. I J ^ J CHARTER PlBPtrOAL. FRANKLIN Fire Insurance Company CAPITAL, ASSETS, •400,00000 t3j06o.ao6.ea OFflCBS, JAB. W. MCALLISTER, Presided. FRANCIS P. STEEL, Vice PresUent. •ZTRA T. CRE8SON, SAMUEL W. KAT. Secretary. Assistant See* MBR8M8HL JAS. W. MCALLISTER, GEORGE A. HEYL, ALFRED G. WAgTCH GEO. V\~~~~ i..-_Z__l ISAAC T.TEA , JOHN WRIGHT. ALFRED FTTLEB, CHAS. M. SWATS, FRANCIS P. STEEL CHAS. W. POTCi 421 WAT,T>qjT STREET, HRE ASS0CIA1WN OF PHILADELPHIA. . OFFICE, 34 N. FIFTH rrii^ ORGANIZED t^g ISOOBPCZ^ZZI SEPT. 1, F | UK JCARCH27, 1817. 183G. PERPETUAL. CHARTER CAPITAL... X * * * « MARKET VAX $4,250,56* KEW PUBLICATIONS. The Professor'* *>in*. By Annette Lucille Soble. Presbyterian Board of Publication. *1.25. A simple but well-told story of a young girl's temptations, trials and final victory. It is good, wholesome reading: and is as attractive as it is sensible. Girls will appreciate it. The same bcuse has issued ' Little Talks to little Missionaries," a bundle of tbougbtrul tracts, by Mrs. Lucy Randolph Fleming. A Tour Around tbe World.. By George E. Raum. New YorS: William S. Gottsberger. (J. B. LippincottCo.) Mr Raum spent two years in his tour and saw a great part cf the world, but he has compressed everything into one small volume, which is filled with maaer-of-fact outline sketches of the princi- pal objects of interest. A guide book would be ixore complete and quite as interesting. Periodicals. The Atlantic Monthly fat February opens with a long instalment of Henry James' story, "The Princess Casamassima." It also contains a selec- tion of Miss Murfree's "In the Clouds"—which is suggestive of a play in which the audience is ex- pected to admire the stage setting at least half an hour for every five minutes of acting—and four chapters of Mrs. Oliphant's "Country Gentle- man." The non-continued articles include "The Homestead." a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier: "Ministerial Responsibility and the Constitution," an essay by A. L. Lowell; "An American Soldier in China," a defense of "Gen. Ward," by A A. Hayes; "Salem Cupboards," a reminiscence by Eleanor Putnam; "Prisoners," a poem by Paul Hermes, and "A Rhapsody of Clouds"—very rhapsodical—by an anonymous writer. The edi- torial departments are well filled and interesting. 1 he Young LatHe? Journal for February (In- ternational News Company, New York) contains sixty laree pages of illustrated fashion notes, lieht reading, music etc There are some pretty patterns lor embroidery and other iancy work in it. ASSETS, 5 JANUARY 1, 1S86, \ THE ASSOCIATION eostmnes to parts ot the JTrntwd S t a t e s n ifiBCl : TURE and MERCHANDISE from l o c : : 1 by FIRE. DIRECTORS. Jesse Iigntfoot, James M. Vance, Elihu C. Irvin, Samuel H. Reed, Alfred Bamber, James Whitaker, James A. McComas, William H. NerfS, "Robert Pcrter, Sparta Frits. Theo. H. Conaenr<*r, w t m a a Arrott, John D. Ruon*. JESSE LISHTirOCT, President. E. C. IRVIN, Vice President. WM. S. W2*SHT?. Secretary. M. 6. GARSIGTJSS, Assistant Secret* GIRARI INSURANCE COMPANY, Office, U. E. Oerner Oheatout %ac Bereath, Assets, January 1,1885.. $1,227,:: L" Surplus as regards Policy- «504"I Q Q D Q T holders ........... '"• .-_•,• ALFRED S. GILLETT. IPrsii;-':. JAS. V. ALFORD, Vice Presic3-: mz. 1~zzr-^r2, EDwTS F. MERRU' T " — — JULIUS B. ALUs-N AastSetsstB DIRECTORS. Hon. Furman Sheppard, Hon. c""~ -—z-±L~i~zzir Thomas MacSel^ir. Alfred S. 'L.Z.rr„ Josepz XJa-r,, ~JL J,. ^o'z- a~r.:s>_ Thomas Mather, SS.~JZL Zztziz.,.?. Chas. P. Turner, M. D. Theodcr-j-Ii-^r^o Henry F. Kenney, ~~sz.:_ ^_cc^ James B. Arvord. AMERICAN FIRZ INSURANCE COMPANY CASH CAPITAL f40O,CC:M Reserve for Reinsurance and all other claims l,07O,61B. 19 Surplus over all Liabilities U^ttUa TOTAL ASSETS, Jarraarj li 1888. BoDBd to Oei ais Bounty. & $ & 810 WalHOt Stn P A few days ago William Stock, of Florin, called at Alderman Fordney's office and wanted that magistrate to attest to the fact that he cad killed eighty-seven hawks, so that he would receive the bounty of fifty cents on each hawk prescribed by the law. The magistrate would not certify to the bill because, in his j udgment, the law had not been complied with. Subsequently Stock called oa Alderman Barr, and he also declined to jer tify to the hill. Alderman McGlinn was ais') visited, and he took the same view as the other magistrates and refused to certify to the hill on the same ground, that Stock had failed to bring the hawks to his office so that the heads and ears could he cut off and burned in the presence of an elector. Stock then engaged counsel and they appeared be- fore the county commissioners, but the com- mi8fioners refused to pay the bilL Stock has now brought suit against the county.— Lan- caster {Pa.) Intelligencer DIRECTORS. X. H. Montgomery, wmiam W. 1 j otm Welsh, ?. JU -^~ ~i_ John T. Lewis, ^z=^z-Lz~ 2 Israel Morris, I Charley ? THOS. H. MONTGOMERY. 2 ~ E Z ~ u ALBERT C. L. CRAA BICHABD. ' OFFICE, COMPANY'S BUI INSURANCE COMPANY NORTH OF Bill 5ye and tbe Sleeping Car Porter. I am going on fifty years old, and that's the first t i m e I ever slumbered at the rate of forty- five m i l e s an hour, including all stops. I got acquainted with the porter, a n d h e blackened my boots in fhe night, unbe- knownst to me while I was engaged m slum- ber. He must have thought that I w a s your father, and that we rolled in luxury at home all the time, and that i t w a s a common thing to have our boots blackened by merials. When I left the car this porter brushed my clothes until the hot flashes run out of them up my spinal co;umn, and I told him he had *reated me square, and wrung his hand, when he held it out toward me, and told him anytime be wanted a good, COD! drink of but- termilk to holler throueb our telephone. INCORPORATED. CHARTER PERP No. 232 WALNXn FIRE, MARINE AND TNLA CAPir.£J_ ~.ZZ' Total assets Jan. 1,1886 CHAKT.K8 PI T. CHARLTON HENRY, "V WM A PLATT, Second VV 6REVILLE E. F R Y E R , 8< EUGENE L, ELLISON, A DIBBCTOB ••••••••••**••• ,1TM ~-~- ChariesPIatt Francis R. Cope, Edward 8. Clarke, T. Chariton Henry, Clement A. Grisoom, William Srockie, _^13^~^'_ " —i—C-.'- ^TCiassH. Trotter, Albert F. Damon. 3amue: 3ts-.i, Tnomi John 1 JohnE .. sin Charli A I.lriTftry iinrloalty. An propoeed Irish Uanal. scip canal across Irelanc in need, and never of "muitum in parvo' in a ba>rpin—the friend too far ofl to be reached. "What d i d E v e d o without one? Did she in- vent the hairpin, or was it the chief biessinz offered to her when she was driven out into the every-day world? Now, there is a quea tion for the scientists to decide. B u t d i d y o u ever in vcur life know them to decide any- thing that would be half as interesting as thai? The would be 127 miles in length, and wou'd contain thirty lock*. Frr ships of 1500 ton« the cost wouid be $40,000,000; for ships of 2000 tons, $(10,000,000; for ships of 5000 tons and upwards, $100,000,000. If built on this scale, the canal wouid be 200 feet wide on the purface and 100 feet at the bottom. The passage through the canal would be effected by a system of towage, and it is estimated that the passage of a ship from Gaiway Bay to Kingstown would occupy between twenty- four and thirty-six hours. • * CA?I Hope*. wAPi MAT Ponrr, sow OPI* New Zealand is styled very appropriately the Switzerland of the Austral hemisphere Along the mountain ranges, which run the entire length of tbe two northern islands, are lofty peaks looming up into the region of perpetual snow to heights varying from 8000 to 14,000 feet, and challenging comparison with Mont Blanc itself. The beautiful lakes, splendid glaciers and gloomy mountait gorges, with their roaring mountain torrents, impart still more the characteristic Alpine elements, ever grand and ever sublime, but more worthful of grandeur and sublimity in a distant land so far from the wilting Alps, which model their place among hill lands. The Australian Cities enjoy notable and uniform prosperity. Syd- ney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Rock- ^We preeanse that tbe "Literary Curiosity'' asked for by the daughter of an eminent banker, who states that she has "searched for it more than a year," is a small composition, originally published in the Northampton (En a ) Merrxmj six years ago, over the initial C. H. B.," which attracted much attenticn at tte time. The following is a copy: A jovial s*ain should not complain Of anv buxom fair Who mocks bis pain and tbinks it gai» To quiz his awkward air. Quixotic boys who look for ;'oyS, Quixotic hazards run: A lass annoys with trivial toys. Opposing man for fun. A ; ovi*l swain may rack his train, And tax his fancy « migat: To quiz is ram, tor 'tis most plain Ibat wbat I say is right. If any ambitious writer undertakes to par- allel this he w i l l find it no easy task. Each verse has in it all the alphabet save the vowel mest used in the language, which does not once appear in any one of them. PENNSYLVANIA FIRE/ &SURANCE^OMPA:~ Incorporate* la^-Chajtor PerpetsaL No. 510 WALNUT STWBT, «M»site Iiid^pendenceSquare". CAPITA*. - —..—...»*00,OC _ ASSETS- ..... --«••-«— MT8,91&J» ZatscH nenry Lewis, Daniel Haddoek. Ji B. Andre JOHN DK R. DALE Mm L. TEOKSOK, S< "w. S i x o m s Oaow DOtSCTORS. FranMn A BdwUN.B* 7^ :;- •-;-• John « Fel AMERICAN WALsTUTBTR—~_ XHOOBJtC ASSETS, JAJTUABr WBOBGXW. oxaa WILI *t ,/. AL£ Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com

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  • 1 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 18S(>. 3

    1S0VEL rOOK-KKEPlNG. X O T H K E H B A E " G » T H E S H A C K -

    A M A X O N B A N K M ^ f l ' K K .

    H e w t h e B c o k a W e r e M a n a g e d — I n t e r -e e t l n » F a c t s F r o u g h t C u t B e f o r e

    t h e A u d i ' o r a t Y e s t e r d a y ' s I n v e s t i g a t i o n .

    A x . o t t e r b e a r i n g in t h e e s s e of tfca Shack-amaxoxi B a n k w a s h e ' d i n t h e office o f Joh i f J . C l a r k e y e s t e r d a y a f ternoon. Mr. F a u u c e , t h e e x p e r t , w h o test if ied a t t h e la s t hear ing , w a s r e c a l l e d a n d c r o s s - e x a m i n e d b y Mr. M a c Y e a g h . Mr. F a u n c e w a s supposed to h a v e been as s i s t ed b y Mr. M i l i i g a n a n d Mr. M i l l e r .

    " T h e r e h a d been sev6n h u n d r e d b a n k books s e t t l e d i n J u l y , " s a i d t h e w i t n e s s . " A b o u t s e v e n t y - f i v e of t h e s e h a d b e e n se t t l ed by o thers . "When I c a m e b a c k i n N o v e m b e r I s e t t l e d a b o u t t w e l v e other b o o k s . I w e n t over t h e a c c o u n t of S. P . M i l l i g a n & Co. a t t h e re-q u e s t o f t h e as s ignees . A l l t h e books , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of a b o u t t w e n t y - f i v e , were set-t l e d . T h e r e were a g r e a t m a n y errors. There w e r e grea t errors i n B a m m ' s a c c o u n t . I d o n o t i n c l u d e Scho l l enberger ' s n o r C o a k l i n ' s a c c o u n t . T h e r e are a b o u t 150 en tr i e s t o a p a g e . I f t h e entr ies h a d b e e n correct t h e s a m e e n t r i e s w o u l d h a v e a p p e a r e d i n t h e b a n k b o c k s .

    " T h e r e i s near ly $100,000 t o a c c o u n t for y e t . F o u r h u n d r e d a n d t h i r t y t h o u s a n d dol -l ar s i s a l l t h a t w e h a v e b e e n a b l e t o a c c o u n t for. T h i s , w i t h a s m a l l n o t e o f $20,000, l e a v e s t h e def ic iency of $80,000 I w e n t b a c k a s far a s 1876. H a d c o m m e n c e d t h e e x a m i n a -t i o n f rom t h e e n d , s o t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n of t h e l e d g e r b e g a n i n 1885, b u t w h e n 1884 w a s t u r n e d t o a n error w a s f o u n d o n t h e n e x t p a g e , d o n e b y a l e a d p e n c i l a l t era t ion . T a e error d i d n o t alter t h e figures o n t h e tr ia l bal-a n c e . L e a v i n g o u t t h e four a c c o u n t s m e n t i o n e d . t h e r e w e r e n o errors w o r t h ment ion ing . T h e first error i n a l t era t ion w a s o n e o f 530,000 i n B u m m ' s account , u n d e r d a t e of O c t o b e r * , 1884. T h e n e x t error w a s $100,000 o n J a n e 20. Mr. CueD a f t e r w a r d s f o u n d s o m e s m a l l errors. I a g a i n w e n t over t h e book a n d h a v e f o u n d n o further errors . I n l o o k i n g over B u m m & S o n s ' a c c o u n t i n 3876, errors w e r e d i s c o v e r e d i n J u l y a n d October , i n l e a d penci l l o o t i n g s . F i v e n o t e s of $137 e a c h were found. T h e s e a n d a n u m b e r of c h e c k s c o n s t i t u t e d t h e i n d e b t e d n e s s of B u m m & S o n s a t t h e t i m e of t h e f a i l u r e . "

    " C o n k l i n ' s i n d e b t e d n e s s w a s i n t h e s h a p e of m e m o r a n d a c h e c k s a n d d u e b i l l s . T n e b a n k rece ived a n order f r o m B a m m & S o n s to; p a y moDey to C o n k l i n . a n d n o e n t r y of these p a y m e n t s w a s m a d e on t h e b o o k s . T n e c h e c k s w e r e o n t h e S b a c k a m a x o n B a n k a n d were s i g n e d b y C o n k l l n a n d p a i d b y t h e bank. T b e p a s s books s h o w e d c o n t r a c t s for sewers , b r i d g e s a n d street c l e a n i n g . T n i s w a s u s e d s o m e t h i n g after t h e f a s h i o n of a bank book, a n d t w o or three w o u l d b e r u n n i n g a t t h e s a m e t i m e . I n t h e l e d g e r of 1881 there w a s a n overdraf t n o t m e n t i o n e d i n 1885. M y at-t e n t i o n w a s ca l l ed b y M r . C a e n t o a n altera-t i o n i n t h e a c c o u n t of S c h o l l e n b e r g e r & Sons , u n d e r d a t e of J u n e 2 6 , 1 8 8 3 .

    " D i s c o v e r e d errors i n t h r e e of t h e t w e n t y -five b o o k s . These w e r e i n t h e i n d i v i d u a l l e d g e r , genera l l edger a n d d i s c o u n t b o o t . I n t h e aenera l l edger t h e r e i s a n error i n t h e Girard B a n k a c c o u n t o $200, w h i c h i s i n t e r l i n e d u n d e r d a t e of October 16, 1884. a n d i s carried i n t h e final a d d i t i o n .

    " A l l of t h e t e t e n d t o c o v e r u p de f i c i ency of errors i n book-keepers . B u m m ' s overdraft w a s c o v e r e d b y a l t e r a t i o n s i n foot ings a n d s h o w e d t h a t h e w a s d r a w i n g m o r e t h a n h e h a d i n t h e b a n k . T h e a l t era t ion of $100,000 w a s d o n e in order to c o v e r u p t h e overdrafts . T h e b a n k o n l y b a d o n e g e n e r a l l edger i n i t s w h o l e career. There w e r e v e r y f a w larger a c c o u n t s o u t s i d e of J . B . S t e t s o n a n d t h e o t h e r a c c o u n t s t h a t h a v e a l r e a d y been m e n -t i o n e d . "

    T h e o ther port ions of t h e t e s t i m o n y w e r e t h e s a m e a s t h a t b r o u g h t o u t a t o ther hear-i n g s . T h e case w i l l b e r e s u m e d o n n e x t T h u r s d a y afternoon.

    J O T T I N G S .

    Brief M e n t i o n of I emu ot Loca l a n d General In tere s t .

    T h e d w e l l i n g on t h e s o u t h w e s t c o r n * of W a r n o c k s treet a n d M o n t g o m e r y a v e n u e t o o k fire y e s t e r d a y a n d w a s d a m a g e d t o t h e e x t e n t of a b o u t $200.

    State R e p r e s e n t a t i v e W i l l i a m Carberry, of the Third d is tr ic t , i s suffering from a re turn o f the c o n g e s t i v e ch i l l t h a t a t t a c k e d h i m las t w in ter a t K a r r i s b u r g .

    Cross ings a n d i n l e t s Jbeieg n o w free f rom ice the H i g h w a y Commiss ioner t h i n k s t h a t the street contractors c a n b e g i n w o r k a s soon a s the s n o w d i sappears .

    Dr. H . F . F o r m a d de l ivered t h e las t of h i s series of M u t t e r l ec tures o n " S u r g i c a l P a t h o l o g v , " on T u e s d a y e v e n i n g , i n t h e ha i l of t h e Col lege of P h y s i c i a n s .

    T h e City Treasurer ' s receipts y e s t e r d a y i n -cluded $10,782 08 from the R e c e i v e r of T * x e s , $64.50 trom t h e Chief E n g i n e e r a n d Surveyor , and $553.43 f rom t h e Ci ty So l ic i tor for c l a i m s .

    R ichard P . M a r r y , r e s i d i n z i n t h e rear of N o . 2465 F r a n k f o r d a v e n u e , w a s h e l d i n $1000 bai l y e s t e r d a y , o n t h e charge o f firing t w o s h o t s a t W a n L e e , a C h i n a m a n , o f N o . 2562 F r a n k f o r d a v e n u e .

    O n l y $1C0 wor th of d a m a g e w a s d o n e b y the g a s e x p l o s i o n a t T w e n t y - s e c o n d a n d Mar-k e t s treets o n S u n d a y . I t w a s d u e t o a s u d d e n back pressure , a n d w a s not a s ser ious a s t h e report led p e o p l e t o bel ieve .

    N o t l e s s t h a n $9000, near ly h a l f the a m o u n t needed for t h e m o n u m e n t t o J o h n M c C u l -lough , t h e t r a g e d i a n , has b e e n subscr ibed . Capta in C o n n o r i s c h a i r m a n o f t h e c o m m i t -tee, a n d W . F . J o h n s o n , E q , treasurer.

    T h e l o w e r p r i v a t e b o x e s a t M c C a u l l ' s l a s t n i g h t w e r e o c c u p i e d b y the f o l l o w i n g ar t i s t s , w h o s e e m e d t o e n j o y the Black H'issar v e r y m u c h : M i l e N o r d i c a a n d mother , M' i le Dott i , M m e . Cava lazz i a n d Colone l M*ple -tOD.

    Coroner P o w e r s ' i n v e s t i g a t i o n y e s t e r d a y of t b e c a u s e s o f A n d r e w S p i e t e l ' s s u i c i d e brought o u t t h e fact t h a t t h e deceased b a d b e e n b l i n d for a year a n d suffered grea t ly from d e s p o n d e n c y . T b e j u r y r e t u r n e d a ver-d i c t c f s u i c i d e b y h a n g i n g .

    T h e M e s s r s . R o a c h e x p e c t to h a v e t h e c o n -tract for t h e Brazi lxan Mai l C o m p a n y ' s n e w steamer t o t a k e the p lace o f t h e R e l i a n c e , l o s t off B a h i a . The ir e m p l o y e e s o n g o v e r n m e n t w o r k n o w n u m b e r 475, a n d Mr. R o a c h s a y s t h e y c a n t a k e o ther work bes ides .

    A m o n g t b e mer i tor ious p u p i l s w h o rece ived p r e m i u m s a t Girard Col lege, P h i l i p Schuler , aged fourteen , M a r t i n P a r k m a n a n d H o r a t i o Craig t o o k t h e h i g h e s t three. F i v e h u n d r e d were d i s t r ibuted i n al l , a n d H e n r y A . Cook w a s a w a r d e d a spec ia l priza for deportment .

    A m e e t i n g of t h e U n i o n R e p u b l i c a n A s -s o c i a t i o n of t h e T w e n t y - n i n t h w a r d w a s ca l l ed for l a s t n i g h t . T h e as soc ia t ion i s op-posed t o Messrs . B a l d w i n a n d T a x i s , t h e present C o u n c i l m e n o f t h e w a r d , a n d i t w a s t h o u g h t t h a t a m o v e m e n t w a s o n h a n d to n o m i n a t e i n d e p e n d e n t c a n d i d a t e s . U p t o n i n e o ' c lock there w e r e not e n o u g h present t o ca l l a m e e t i n g .

    A t t h e for ty t h i r d regular s t a t e d s e s s ion of P l a t o S e n a t e , N o . 17, Order o f Sparta , the f o l l o w i n g officers w e r e e lected for t e r m b e g i n n i n g S t . P a u l ' s d a y n e x t : E . R .—Senator Robert J . T h o m p s o n . G. K . — C l a r e n c e D . A n t r i m . C. o f G.—43eorge W . L o w e r . R. S. — H a r r i s o n St i l e s . F . S-— J o h n D . A d a i r . T r . — T h o m a s H a r e . E p h o r i — W m . S w a r t z , H o w a r d C a d w a l l a d e r , H e r m a n Gessler , Chas . F . .Mil ler , W i l l i a m Conn. M e d . E x . — J . M. A n d e r s , M . D .

    m C A M D E N N E W S .

    N O R F O L K . A N D W E S T E R N .

    o t In THE ANTIPODES.

    H o s p i t a l s .

    S t . M a r y ' s — S a m u e l M i n t a i n , fifty-eight y e a r s o ld , of N o . 1908 N o r t h F o u r t h street , finger l acera ted; W i l l i a m Horner , s i x t e e n y e a r s o ld , of N o 1353 H o w a r d s treet , shoulder s p r a i n e d , a n d M a r y C o n n e r y , t w e l v e y e a r s o l d , of N o . 1514 A n n s treet , h a n d cut .

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    N e w YorS: Will iam S. Gottsberger. (J. B. LippincottCo.) Mr Raum spent two years in h i s tour and saw a

    great part cf the world, b u t h e has compressed everything into one small volume, which is filled with maaer-of-fact outline sketches of the princi-pal objects of interest. A guide book would b e ixore complete and quite as interesting.

    P e r i o d i c a l s . The Atlantic Monthly fat February opens wi th

    a l ong instalment of Henry James' story, "The Princess Casamassima." I t also contains a selec-tion of Miss Murfree's "In the Clouds"—which is suggestive of a play in which the audience is e x -pected t o admire the stage sett ing at least half an hour for every five minutes of acting—and four chapters of Mrs. Oliphant's "Country Gentle-man." The non-continued articles include "The Homestead." a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier: "Ministerial Responsibility and the Constitution," an essay by A . L. Lowell; "An American Soldier in China," a defense of "Gen. Ward," by A A . Hayes; "Salem Cupboards," a reminiscence by Eleanor Putnam; "Prisoners," a poem by Paul Hermes , and "A Rhapsody of Clouds"—very rhapsodical—by an anonymous writer. T h e edi-torial departments are well filled and interesting.

    1 he Young LatHe? Journal for February (In-ternational N e w s Company, N e w York) contains s i x t y laree pages of illustrated fashion notes, l i e h t reading, m u s i c e t c There are some pretty patterns lor embroidery and other iancy work in i t .

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    T H E ASSOCIATION e o s t m n e s t o parts o t the JTrntwd States n i f i B C l : T U R E and M E R C H A N D I S E from l o c :: 1 by F I R E .

    D I R E C T O R S . Jesse I ignt foot , James M. Vance, El ihu C. Irvin, Samuel H . Reed , Alfred Bamber, James Whitaker, James A. McComas, Wi l l iam H . NerfS, "Robert Pcrter, Sparta Fri ts . Theo. H . Conaenr