The Effect Of Free Wool On Value Of Flocks

The official reports from the Department of Agriculture sliow the followiiig : VALUES OF FLOCKS, JAXUARY 1. 1895. 1894. 1893. Montana $4,227,400 $4.891.895 $6,528,569 ïev Mexico 2.692,898 3.6R9J69 4.101,948 Utah 2,998,885 3,098,480 5,()3B ()'" Orcgon 2,945,9(15 4,433.403 5,903,182 Nevada 1.3I6.0B7 1,16), 1(12 1,847,092 Colorado l,984,0,-8 2.396.295 8,105,803 Arizona 901,081 1.2d(i,681 1,306 978 North Dakota.. 616.701 7.54,078 1 173 con South Dukota... 582 969 759.842 1.066.608 Idalio 1.299.770 1.758 981 1,910,655 Washington.... 1,304 SMI 1,989,7% 2 328,130 Wyoming 2,004,107 2.006,284 3,300.205 Total value. $22,82401 $28.746,861 837,108,932 Decrease from value in 1894 $2,922 000 Decrease from value iu 1893 14,284,131 The manufacturers öf ciöcks have not ben so bus} a any time during severa] years as they are at present. The factories devoted to the production of silver plated ware are runniDg f uil time, with larje corr.plements of operatives' -he watch manufacturers have this year giveu their hands shorter vacations than usual, and are increasing their already large torces; the jewelry manufacturers of Providence, New York Newark and other centres are running .heir faewries to their utmost capacity; the importers of art goods, pottery and' bric-a-brac are receiving extensive shipments of goods; makers of cut glass are producing many new patterns and are working every frame in thc-ir plante. Thus the anticipation of a golden shower during the fall season (s evident throughout the manufacturing branches of our industry, and that the manufacturers will not be disappointed all signs indícate. Probably one of the largest patlents ever admitted to Bellevue hospital applied to Register Gleeson for treatment on Sunday morning. He was Harry L. Currey, 30 years oíd, a fireman on the tugboat Glen Island. Curry is 6 feet 7 inehes high, and, according to Mr. Gleeson, would flnd difficulty in getting a pair of ready-made sleeves or gloves ín the city that would be large enough for him. Another peculiarity about the big fireman is that he has six toes on &ach foot, the little toe being divided into two distinct parts. - Philadelphia redp:er. The great lncrease in taxation this year over former years, comes largely f rom making up deficieneies le.'t as legacies by former leglslatures. Here is o. trifling list of $760,000,000 and upuards tliat may interest the average tax-payer : Expenses of legtslature of 1893 $116,065 65 Appropriatlnn school for deuf 1893... 112,000 00 Deiicteucy In cost of caring for insane'U3 91 106,344 41 Deficiency in appropiiation for current expeuses of lonia refermatory '93 91 25,000 00 Deficiency in current expenses of .lackson prison '9194 20 000 00 Deflciency in salaries of clerks '93 94 29,000 00 Deficiency in salaries of judiciary '93 94 23,597 00 Deficiency iu cash balance in treasury 257,636 88 Total - $760,509 39 The fight Vetween Tammany anc the other branch of the democracy an( the split in Tammany show that the democratie party in New York has not improved its position much since last year. The republiean plurality in that state will not be 156,000 in 1895, but it vill te so large that ten minutes after the polls close there wil! be no doufot as to the genera result. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, the noted autlior who was born and educated in ISTorway, but who came to this country in 1869, and attained lame here ns an author and teacher, died on Friday last, at his home in New Yoik. He had held the chair of German in Columbia College since 1881, coming tiiere from Cornell. He wal born in 18ÍS, and has written many bcoks, the popularily of which made liim famous. Now that the grape season lias come, the lovers of that deücious and wholesorne fruit will be pleased -wilh au assurance from a high source that grapo seeds do not cause appendioitis. Dr Hunter McGuire, the distinguished Virginia surgeon, saya that in all the operations he has, perfornied ior that complaint, he has never seen a Ringle grape, cherry, or tomato seed ; and eeveral other prominent surgeons l.ear similar testlmony. TVhen the public schools o'; Xew York City were oponed the other day, 221,Ü00 pupils appeared in the 140 schcol houses, wnere they were met by 4000 teachers. There are only ihirteen cities in the country, exclusive of New York, that have each a larger population than the number of public school children of the metropolis, which goes to show not only what a great city New York is, but also hovv important it is that she sliould give close attention -to the matter of popular cducation. "Bradstreet's" calis the pieeeul one "the greatest boom in iron and eteel in our history." Prices have advauced sharply in the face of large'y iucieased production. The supply is nearly oñ a level with the highest figures of the past, but the demand keeps ahead of it. As a consequence, the imports of iron and steel are heavy, and revenue from this source i;; increasing. Thl3 growth in imports, however, is probably one of the causes of the gold exportation at the present time. All honor to the honorable gentlemen composing the legislature of Texas. They came together in special session last Wednesday, and in ess than three hours enacted a Iaw makIng priz9 fighting unlawlul in that Mate. and attaching penalties to the viülation of the Iaw that will deter any prize fighters from breaking it. The bill p.-issed the senate by a vote oí 27 to 1, and the house by 110 to 5, showiug that there is a hcalthy mor■ il sentiment prevading the legislators of that state. Now the body pummelers and face smasher.s will have to seek some other section ior tbelr difgusting exhibition?. Hurrah ior Texas ! A plant that puzzles the apostles of vegetable science, has sprung from the earth of a cellar excavatiou at Lansing. The stalk is Uve ir.ches in circumference and a foot high wltS lettuce-like leaves, shiny and smooth on top surface, while on the under side lurks barbs that jab poison iuto the human hand. The agricultura! college president has captured it, but cannot classify it and has just sent for the professor from Moscow, who la ai; present out in the college barnyard, astride the neck of a all calf, wmcn he has backcd iuto a .;omer and is learnlng to drink. As soon ar, he comes we shall know all about thd pre Ademic plant.- Monroe Democrat George H. Auckland of Jackson, was killeö at Dexter, by a M. C. R. E. tralu last Fridaj-. No one knows liow the accident happened, or why Anckland was at that place. His wife is employed at the Ypsilanti Underwear Co. The deceased was a former M. C. R. E. employé at Jackson.