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EBHA8KA NEWS ITEMS.
Major Frank North and his Pawnee
scouts are located near Sidney, under
the bluffs of JxxJge Pole creek. There
are '28 Pawnee Indians in Major North's
ompany, all enlisted in the United
States army, and duly uniformed. The
company was organized in September
1870, and the men were picked bv the
Major from those who had gone to-the
Indian Territory. He brought them
North immediately, and the first oper-
ation of any particular note in which
they were engaged was the capture of
Red Cloud's band and stock, which was
.eH)rted in fetail at the time of its
occurrence. The company proceeded
thence to Fort Laramie, and subse
quently they marched, from qrt Fet
terman with Gen. Crook's command on
I the Powder Itiver exiediUon. They
were engaged 'in fcKenzie'a raid
through the Big Horn country. They
did gallant service in thegijQght wjth
"Dull Knife from wlioie band thf;
captured 17.1 lodges and66&ilieidfot
horses. After scouting' the Belle Four
clie District they started onthward and
went into their present"1 camp on the
20th of January last, having marched
a,200 miles in three months.. .Jack
Coates, who killed a man near Fort
Mitchell. March 3d, was surrendered to
the authorities at Sidney, March 8th
Hon. S. 1). Hastings, Grand Worthy
Chief of Wisconsin Good Templars, has
been holding temperance meetings in
-"fwimoy. One night he addressed a
Jarge crowd, in, ono. of, the leading
saloons. Temperance revivals are m
progress in many other towns of t the
State Recently parties came toXow-"
ell in search of a drove of -100 cattle,
stolen from Kansas. This stujendous
theft was accomplished by thieves dri
ving through Kansas, picking up a few
ptray steers here and there, till, when
they reached Lowell, they numbered
400. The Kittle were captured in the
sand hills near Lowell. The parties
were about to ship them to Chicago.
ENERAI?!wi SUMMARY.
James Harper, colored, has been ar
rested in Waahingtom for the murder of
Wash McGratb....The United States
District Court grand jury at New
Haven, Conn., has found three indict
ments against John C. Tracy, President
of the Farmers' & MechanicViBaak of
Hartford, for misapplying 150,000 funds
oi tnenanic.ana uve indictments fgaram
J. L. Chapman, cashier, for assisting
the President, and for embezzlement
and perjury. ... At Flora, Ills., five men
were. arresta Mosjch 9th, for stealing
goods' fronfrVeigtircars on the Ohio &
MiaK,K. The men were traced to
an old house south of the depot which
was surrounded and the thieves cap
tnraLrlsrthe hoe:wa'found a larre
amount'ofsColen goods.afso a complete
brought hit big brother William up to
time On the 12th of March a snow
slide near Alta, Utah,;
Ingram and Jared PjiKL,.. Three
of a train on the Phil
lttt3dMtforrri9l
from the track, on the night of Ifareii
litfc,aa4 weresauabed to pieces, kisV)
ingone person By the caving in
Flagstaf-flfine, Utali, on Jtoraitf
JLudge.iias lntimaUd a.
State's eyienae,-aad-!f a
Two thieves were captured in Lowell,
and one in Sidney. It is one of the most
remarkable robberies on record.
I'SEFUli RKCIPES.
Raised Cake. Three cups of dough,
one cup of butter, two cups of sugar,
two eggs, one cup of raisins, one table
spoonful of yeast, a little salt, and one
half teaspoonful of .soda. Work the
dough and shortening together, beat the
ocgs thoroughlj', then add to the dough,
beating well; add the other ingredients,
with the raisins rolled in a handful of
Hour, add cinnamon and nutmeg to
taste, pour into tins, let it raise till light,
and bake. I make it when I make
bread, and have ray dough as stiff as
bread ready for the oven.
Chicken Dkkssed as Terrapins.
Boil a fine, large, tender chicken; when
done and white warmcut'ft from the
fames into small pieces, as for chicken
salad; put it into a stewpan with, one
gill of boiliuir water; then stir together
fintil perfectly smooth one quarter of
a pound of butter, one teaspoonful
of flour, and the yolk of one egg, which
add to the chickea, stirring all well to
gether; then season with salt and pep
per. After letting it simmer about ten
minutes, add half a gill of Maderia wine
and send to table hot.
Vienna Bread. For lour pounds
of flour, take one and three-quarter
ounces of Fleichman's yeast, half an
nince of salt, and three pints of milk
and water in equal portions. Dissolve
U yeast and salt in the liquid, and
ro.ike a very thin sponge in theriiddle
of the flour. Let it stand" three-quarters
of an hour, then stir in the rest of
the flour. Let it stand two and a halt
hours. Then take it upon the board
cut it into pound pieces, knead a little
then cut each pound piece into twelve
f lieces, form into circular. balls of dough
nnuake fifteen minutes in a very hot
9en. -
outfit for making counterfeit nitkles,
wifuv.twcuij-nyeaBiifr pieces mm uau
dollars.
desire to turn
authorities
wfl'Wejisy:w1tAlurtwill give the
names of about 30 men who are mem
ier;ofjthe gang.... On the night of
'"March Sth, the Phoenix Chemical Works
Building, in Brooklyn, N. was blown
'dowa.LW fSOOOA.'.Of iller Bros'.
furniture warerooms, in St Louis, were
burned March 0th. Loss, 825,000. . . .A
fire. Jn t Boston, March 9th, destroyed
several stores with their contents. Total
loss, 3500,000; insurance, about $250
000. The wall of one building fell, and
at least eight persons were buried le-
neaUthedebris. .Theaecond trial of
AltxanderSnilivan, for the murder of
Francis JIanaford, in Chicago, has ter
minated.' Sullivan was acquitted and
discharged from custody.... In New
York, on the night of March 8th, a five
story brick, building occupied by a
wholesale grocer, fel,,owing to defect
ive girders. Loss, '850,000. . . .The Pro
hibition States Convention of Rhode
Island, nominated' the Republican, Stat(
ticket, with the exception of the candi
date for General Treasurer. For this
office-they nominated Samuel Clark,
Democrat.... In the State Senate of
Ohio. March 0th, the bill to provide
for compulsory education was passed.
.... Oliver Ames, brother of Oakes
Ames, and also brother of Judge Ames
of the Probate Court, died in Boston,
March 0th.
The printers in the office of the New
York Graphic struck, March 10th,
against reduction from 40 to 35 cents
per thousand, and the office was conse
quently filled with non-union men....
The following schedule of rates went
into effect, March 10th: From New
York to CHicago, on first class, 75c;
second, 70c; third, 60c; fourth, 45c, and
special class'soc per 100 pounds. To St
Louis and Quincy rates are 07c, 91c, 79c,
61c and 49c for the same classes re-
Jspectivelv. Corresponding rates were
agreed on ior intermediate points.
Through rates from the west to Europe
have not been agreed on. .. .Receivers
vm mrau
FT
pHtoSMS
PttLiax a leading article aoswtacas that
aftkioet oouacil will b kaU todkide
fO U sccptibmtyf m ycoposak
brought by Count Scboa?rtfCiht Km
sMsHAitfsjBMKisff. . .Tb tfMfll orsju
of Montenegro says BMsjft.lBieriiif to
go to war, and nobody esm aspect Mon
tasttgro to keep the peaWfsi tkai ereat
....Tke Vienna CorresMftieat of the
.yiilTt. thM a body of
9!
1 March 12th. Henrv Johnston was killetL Persians have
w
. . .By a fire in New York, March 13th, T Province of Bagdad,
several dry goods firms suffered heavy.l.000, ahpep. . . .Staalty y
lossesesiimaiea ac over iuu,uou..'
lire in JBalUmore, March 13th, damaged
several wholesale grocers to taaaaoovnt
of $40,000. . . .The Elliott Opera House
and the Monument House, at Woon
socaet, Jt L, burned . March 13th.
Loss, 80,000; insurance' 860,000. :.. .
James J. Smith, clerk of Ivison,
Blakeman, Taylor &, Co., dealers in
One of the men, named T)an lbjooks and, stationery, New York, has
been arrested, charged with stealing
over $10,000 worth of steel pens, and
other goods belonging to-- the firm,
which were found at bis house and
marked for shipment to dealers outside
of the city. Smith is a member of the
Young Mens' Christian Association.
...On the morning of March vlttu.
Jacob Hirchfleld, aged 60, was found
in his house in Boston, gagged, robbed
and fatalfy shot. . . .March 13th, Michael
Merrimon, 10 miles south of Hunting
don, Ind., who had been in the insane
8jylurivbut,thoughtrta have been per
manently cured, shot one of his sons,
aged 18, fatally wounding hfm, and the
other, aged 16, probably fatal. He then
shot and killed himself instantly.
The Senate has confirmed John J.
Knox comptroller of the currency:...
In the Rhode Island House of Repre
sentatives, the special committee on
woman suffrage has recommended .an
amendment to the State Constitution so1
that upon any proposition to impose a
axjupon HPmarriedomen or widows,
liwj BlraHhavetrie privilege of voting
the same as men. . . .Hon. H. P. Bell, the
Democratic nominee, has been re
elected to Congress, in the Ninth Dis
trict of Georgia, in place of Hon. Ben.
Hill.... The Peyton House, at White
Sulphur Springs, Virginia, w; burned
on the night of March 13th. Loss, $30,
000; insured. . . .By means of bogus tel
egrams purporting to be instructions
from, headquarters, a cracksman named
J. H. Brooks, got possession " of amd
fobbed the exgress car on the train
Deiween-fittsburg and Buffalo, mv the
morning of March 14th, of 84,000 in
money and packages. .. .In WilliamsonJ
county, Tenn, March 14"th, Jim. Walker,
colored, 17 years old, attempted to mur
der and rob Mrs. Stockel. She was res
cued by another negro. Walker was
arrested and placed in jail at Franklin,
from which he was taken out by about
a dozen men about 11 o'clock on the
night of March 13th, and hung within
a mile of the town The body of a
man supposed to beKingan.lbebank
of the
off
to the
LtmiMi Tsiegrfh frost TOT, Aug. 13,
1676, announces that ft has spsipktsly
surreji4 lakeTanpMiiyika.
A dispatch from Paris says it is ru
mored in political circles that a minis
terial crisis is imminent, owing to disa
greement between PresidentMacVahon
and Minister Simeon in regard to
changes of government functionaries.
The President finds the existing cabinet
too radical... A dispatch iron Con
stantinople says placards have been
posted InSfcttQDoul, calling on the Porte
to make war against Russia and threat
ening the Ministers if they make any
further concessions to Montenegro. . . .
A correspondent at Pesth, asserts that
I the Austro JIungaritjn government has
wcjiiwj ituniao yil'jTCb Ul UiC X.lirU-
pean declaration, but merely in its ca
pacity of a signatory of the Berlin
memorandum. "The opinion prevails
in Pesth that Russia, despite the pres
ent negotiations, is determined to make
war.
TheTurkish government is unwil
ling to take the responsibility of de
ciding upon the Montenegrin demands,
and will submit them to a grand ooun-
'ciL wbkhrmust be summoaed for the
purpose, -or to a parliament Foreign
representatives, particularly the British
Charge d'Affairs, are endeavoring to
effect an arrangement between the
Porte and the Montenegrin delegates,
but the latter are only disposed.to take
a slight concession provided the Porte
concedes their principal demands....
The Khedive of Egypt has formally,
through the-British representative at
Cairo, renewed and confirmed his
father's gift to Great Britain' of ;'"Cleo?
patra's Needle." Preparations for its
removal to London are progressing.
investigate and report upon the charges
la them, with power to send for person
and papersagreed to. The Senate
went into executive seaskm. The
cabinet nominations were referred to
the committees, that of Scharz to the
committee on Jadiciary, McCxary to
the committee on Military Affairs,
Thompson to the committee oa Naval
Affairs, Key to the poatoffice and poet
roads committee. The finance, jadici
ary, military, and naval committees
authorised reports favorable to the
confirmation ef Schurz. Devena, Mc-i
Crary and Thompson. The nomination
of Evarts was referred to the commit
tee on foreign relations.
Saturday, March la The Vice Jres
Ident presented a cosaatualcalioei fross
Wm. Orton requesting the retan ef ,-1
uuo measages uenvered to the chairman
of the elections committee in ac
cordance with the Senate's order. The
Senate went into executive session, and
confirmed the cabinet nominations by a
nearly unanimous vote in each case.
Tuesday, March 13. Resolution pre
sented and referred that tee volume
containing the proceedings of the Elec
toral Commission and of the Joint nro-
ceedings of the two Houses concerning
the electoral count be prepared under
the direction of the committee on print
ing, and that MO copies t furnished to
the Justices of the Supreme Court who
were members of the tribunal Senator
Morton submitted an order returning
to Wm. Orton the telegraph dispatches
in the possession of the Senate laid
over tilltb-morrow. An executive se
sioa was held, after which the Senate
adiourned.
At this juncture, which micht
have been a lucky onr for our industry.
we xaiieu to cdraprrnrod our real ia-
temu.
watches
have been appointed fer the North :npt provision dealer of New York, and
American, Guardian, Mutual, Widows who absconded from that city was
and Orphans, and Reserve Llfenstf? ffltacLMafeh 13tKc the lailroadtrack
ranee Companies, of New York and; In NewrinwickrBe had pnieoased
Albany, and the State Life;lasrans: aiicket for EagiasMn the Steamer
Company, of Syracuse. .. .A planing Scandinavia, on which tie sailed for
mill burned in Philadelphia, March; Portland, Maine, but left the sfeamer at
10th. Loss, $36,000.... In the UnlU jjaljfax. About88,()00inTJntedStabM,
mva viouixi; wiui, wiuiuuuiaiu Winn, it ttuuju ana cuai n, aaweu as
March 10th, Nathan Curtis and Lafay-. other articles of jewelry, were found on
ette Shaw, of Logan county, wera the -Jbody. AtTBwtt was minrwM t
iMntantiart7 fnr nam Ka .. n. m ..liii. ..".1 ---.- .
uv-KMeH.iuKiuu, out iaier aeveiop-
To Stew Chickens Whole Take
a large, tender chicken, and clean as for
ro:tsting; wash it thoroughly in several
waters and wie it dry with a clean
towel ; then season, inside and outside,
with salt and pepper; have ready as
marry oysters as the chicken will hold,
frhich take out of their liquor, and
after removing all the little particles of
shell that may adhere, pat.them iht
colander and let them drain; -the sea
son the oysters with' salt and pepper j
swd fill the chicken with as many as it
will hold. After skewering it tight put
it into a tin pail with a closely-fitting-
top, put the pail into a pot of boiling
ater and let it boil until the chicken
is tender. When the chicken is done,
remove it to a hot dish, covering imme-
f iately, and set it where it will keep
iot. Turn the gravy from the pail into
a sauce pan; add one tablespoonful of I
butter, three tahlespoonfuls of creamj
the yolks of three hard boiled eggs,
chopped fine, a little minced parsley, and
a tablespoonful of corn-starch made
-smooth in a little cold milk. Boil up
once, pour over the chicken, and serve
very hot
sentenced to the penitentiary for one
year, for counterfeiting. - -
A fight occurred near Jackson, Temni
iew uaygytgo oetween uie ifcgmj
Sheriff Russell, and three assistants.
and four outlaws named Potete.JThe
Sheriff was killed and one of theont-1
laws, and several others wounded...
At Minneapolis, Minn., on the evening I
menu lead to the suonosition , that
Kingan was murdered. .r?Mr.' Oliver
Bourke,.a wholasale liqiiar dealer, in
Detroit, went into bankruptcy. Marctf
14th.
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FOREftiN NEWT
A 'Berlin dispatch of March.M0tb7
ii- '"'iSi
that a beantifuL- pieoeofj
said one of Mrs. Clomrera
"Isn't
musicV
flmale boarders, as she tnfaei froaxtbe
piano. "1 like it very much," replied
Jiftes: "particularly those Jong rests
that occur all through it"
My heart laments Utat virtue can not
live out of the teeth of emulation.
Rutkjpeare, " "
of Mafch lalh, the dead body ofeMlWAJ8off (will parry to
Mary. Lyons, was found at hetvarasv
dence. Her face and head were?
bly mutilated and her skull brotoiL'
Her husband, Daniel Lyons, was arrest
ed on suspicion of having committed
the deed. ."..The ship BetUsxrXjfroRI
Hong Kong, went ashore at daffeMy
March 12th, and is a total wjeckJ itH
cargo consists of silks, teas, etxx, valued
at 950,000. . I .The Jackson House, Alo-
wi xiuuseana uues uouniy rauonai
Bank buildings were burned at Pulaski,
TemL, on the night of March 10th,
Xdss, fU,000; insurance, $12,000
James Kingan, dealer in lard, and other
provisions, New York, has fayed,;with
liabilities estimated at $1,000,000....
Matilda Heron, a well known actress,"
died4n New York recently.,.. On the
llth of March, in Elmira, N. Y Peter,
H. Penwell and wife, owing to domes
tic disagreements, took arsenic with a
view to suicide. The poison failing to
cause death, Penwell, with an ax, killed
his wife, and then cut his own throat
but not sufficient to keep him .out of
J Ail -
Mr. Kingan of New York, who faOed
a few days ago, was short 60,000 tierces
of lard on which there was a decline of
$6 per tierce. Loss, $360,000. :. -The"3er-man
Banking Company, of Pottsrille,
Pa, have suspended. Deposits; "t&OOO.
It is. thought the assets will cover the
liabilities..... The Connecticut Aaseni
bly has passed a bill making the legal
rate )f imterest per cent, when the
rate Is not specified in the contract. . . .
The bill has passed authorizing the State
House Board of Indiana to locate a new
State House,to cost not over two million.
...The contest over the Vanderbilt Marly to the cession of NfcsfS-Tl
wu,iibuui. xneinauar hat been Montenegrins haTecruolved to'Sam?
for the' sol Ut.
jjttjjjrin8. There will
toEiialedge of future
acnon. The -TlBaP protocol is to beJ
signed by the powers colkctivelf , re?
-vHwlng.ribe nrriMirfloiMrJenrn
.CMttntrai reaoiraliiaft- ihn irrwwi navo ni
i? ;j t. ..'ifi f. tr.- t 'vi'ir r" " -
Wa w -m m cjfcgWBfcMi
iwuiuuiouuuig iut3 iron lousutuie tne
forms proposed by the conference and
prowjci. lis unnsuan .subjects asainsa
their Mohainmeaan neigfaborsT )3en.
Ignatielf wilTwalt"at Pais"t.-rviwes,
replies to the proposal.... The Loidon
YTimm Paris Wtt-aspondeabTrsicfiloth,
reports . that the King or:Ajesima
isstm.allYe, ,He,rema$bs.jnthhospi.
ialjbak is-said to bereovfliiiVThe
Idi)nteiftdWd,iPar1scfrreBiIent
says he transmits newt of the gravest
import It mail ; He doubti -whether
the'governmeat will allow ite transmis
mini WMMnt; T4. - 'Jill" VT2r,
" wj wcvgpu. a cuueerns uie axur
tude of the Gernian gevwrnment toward
France, which Js" calculated todistwrsif
.- r-" ," ?!"!. .runacrsuftnu,
ie jawnec at jseriin have intimated'
wnuce uiafctiiey regara the construe-'
$& $S?eaTO? ?? Wirresses
UUOUIO HML liHH CMVinrl Ins
f 2f . ,'"yy' 'w'. J'i,a'i"
i iviuswi wBiubvnaea "jcreatm.Mi as-
tiAu'.l J is . . ?J Ntf i --
uiu.uuuucjr, lint oeci
and Trance, without whi
open to invasion. TheF:
ment have,I understand. comftfeo?fr?
tially at least with the demaof G-1
many, and have undertaken hot to con
tinue the fortifications of ttt ,y - i '-Hm th&mm are
a Mm.ji -.jj. rv"' eacncss:i
. wuiiw! ui uuuiBben WWSBBR J V i4i.wi. m wxi.
nonle havn raiaMl -"--- tmtlZZ0? Ht -Bi ciaiaamg to
jwwwra- wi iibbii irnra liminuw ymmr m.
THB SENATE-EXTRA' SESSION
Friday. March 9. The standing and
select Committees were announced as
follows: .
I Priyiifge and -Elections Morton.
Mitchell, Wadleigh, Cameroai TWaiJ,
McMjllian, Hoar, Saulsoury, Merrimon
aad-HUL!
Foreign Relations Cameron, Morton,
Howe, Conkling, McCreery, Bogy. Eaton,
Johnston, Conover, Dawes, Ferry. Jones,
KevI, Allison, Howe, Bayard, Kernan,
and Wallace.
. - Appropriations Windom, Sargent
Allison, Dorsey, Blaine Davis W. Va.1
Withers, Eaton, Beck.f f:
Commerce Conkiinc. Soencer. Burn-
side, McMillian, Patterson. Gordon, Den
nis, iMnsom ana rtanaoipn.
Marrufactures Booth, Bruce, Rob
bis, Johnston. McPherson.
A gricultural Paddock, Sharon, Hoar.
DaviafW.VaJ, Gordon.
Military Affairs Spencer, Chairman ;
Wadlaigh.Cameron, Pa., Burnside, Tel
ler. Plamb, Randolph, Cockiell, Maiey.
Naval Affairs Sargent, Chairman;
A ntbeny, Conover, Blaine, Kirk wood.
WhytevMjPhenon.
J udfciarv Edmunds.Conklimr. Howe.
"1 i " v .,'. . ' " F
unsiianey, xayis liilj, inurman, Mc
Donald. v
Post Offices and Post Roads Hamlin,
Ferry, J ones Kev., Paddock, Conover,
Kirkwpod, Sanlsbury. Maxey, Bailey.
-Punlicands-OgAy, vSHcg
Booth,Chaffee,Plumb,lionalaSS
FlaJ, Grover, Garland. "
Pnvate'Eand Claims Thurman, Bay
ard, BogyEdwards, Christiancy.
Indian Affaiis Allison, Oglesby, In
gaUSauBsiervHoar, McCreery, Cook.
Pension Bruce, Teller, Kirkwood,
DavisHlls.1, Withers, Bailey.
Revolunonary Claims -Johnston,
JbneaJFhvl. Hill. Davis. McMillian. '
Claimstf cMillan. Mitchell, Camer
on rWie.rTeller, Hoar, CockreU, Here-
ioro, narnsv Morgan.
JMstxictof Columbia Dorsey, chair
man ;Spsieer, Ingalls, Rollins, Saun
ders, MerriDicm.BanMm.
Patents Wadlels, chairman : Booth,
Chaffee; Ksrnan. Morganrt
Pubffc -BuikrJn asaf Oswnds-
t ,r.ir.7ii ---- --.-..,. o... -.
'" III "I, - rniirw 1 Will- otui
; jSS afea
tterasai afcairminM
. m , - im. i i . :
unnstiancx, uiarae, mmmmL uar-
Grover. Hereford.
idiMrtchelL Howe. Dawns.
uorsev. lajier, jerfy, Morton, ttansom,
BogyllarntomHLamax.
Mines and MmfJar Sharon, Chaffee
Kirkwood. Plumb,Hereford, Cook, Hill
RevMon of Awa Christiancy, In
galls,lkvis, Htj. Wallaae, Kernan.
Education a -Labor -Bnrssade,
Pattesstm. MorrilL rw ftatoavGer
don, Mawey, Bailey. Lamar.
Civile Service and BetrenehBient
BlaineOfflesby, Patterson, Booth, Mc
Creery, Whyte, Beck.
To Audit and Control the rVmtinmnf
Jggof tM'Hte-Jooes, Sev.J,
;smw. . . ., r
Anthonv. Sanmt Ifh vta.
Howe. Edmunds. Ransom.
errr?Hanlin, Merrimon.
Bills Bayard, Withers,
Bilja-Coaover, Paddock
the MississMW amv
lover, CockrelL Har-
Braaebesof
Conkling, Win-
Wednbsdat, March 14. Senator
Sargent offered a resolution that the
Senate adjourn without day, and asked
that it lie over to be called up. Senator
Whyte offered a resolution that a com
mittee of two be apointed to wait on
the President to inform him that unless
he may have some further communica
tion the Senate is ready to adjourn.
Agreed to, and Senators Anthony and
Whyte were appointed. The order for
delivering to Wm. Orton the telegraph
dispatches was agreed to. A resolution
authorizing the committee to sit during
recess and investigate the charges
against Senator G rover was laid over.
The Senate went into executive ses
sion, during which Senators Whyte
and Anthony reported that the Presi
dent said he would not require the
Sresence of the Senate longer than
aturday, or possibly Tuesday next
Soon after the Senate adjourned.
Watchmaking ia America A Foreign
.wi. er's Teetimoay.
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.Saanders, Davis W. Va.1
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first in
of Montenegro's demands, ahdrict ftntottertecticcoBaittoi, Sen-
wruroversmnBamed a resoJattoa to
tSM aaasBflBsaisrirraBa twim tn
rafarenosto himself to tha oosmaaittM
npclvUfs aad lUitlf, who amall
Sy eh 111ttI la Ike AaaBhltliMtn f
taw Primary Colics r La Ckaas-Da
rada, TMMkr, taa 4tk or November, by
M. Bdomard Favr-Prrt, Maaiaor f
(a IaivraattoBal Jury WaleaM of taa
KxatBllloa at PkiUdelphlm, aad eat mt
taa HtrlM CoaamiMloaen to tka UalUd
Statca.
Mr. Arnold Grosjean, President of the
i i
uoaro of I Commerce, announced that
M. Edouard Favre-Perret Member of
the InternationaTJurv on Watches of
the Exhibition at Philadelphia, had
kindly consented to repeat atla Chaux-de-Fonds,
the speech already delivered
by him at Lode and Neuchatel, on the
situation of the Industry of Watchmak
ing in the United States.
,- TIIE ADDRESS.
"Gentlemen : I must to start with.
announce 10 you uiax you nave not an
orator before you, but a manufacturer,
and as such I ask your indulgence. I
shall give you information which, un
luckily, is not cheerful, on the condi
tion of Swiss watchmaking compared
with . the American competition. I
shall tell you of facts simply, such as I
have seen them, such as I have under
stood them. Frankness is here more
necessary than anything else, for it Is
not by palliating the bad sides of a dif-
ncuit situation mar. we can succeed in
improving it
"For a lone time we have heard here
of an American competition, without
believing it The skeptics and there
were many of them denied the possi
bilities! a cosipesition at once so rapid
and so knportatt To-day we are forced
to beweve theproofs of it and to ac
knowledge the existence of a foimida
ble manufacture.
"We have had the proofs of it under
our own eyes; we have seen the Ameri
can factories, and we have been able
to satisfy ourselves exactlv as to their
power. We have treated the American
manufacture as we have treated the
neighboring manufactures in the fu
ture of which we did not wish to be
lieve at first and which form to-day a
most serious competition. I refer to
Besancon, Bienne, St Imier, Morat and
Schaffhausen.
"For a Ion time America has been the
for our watches our
speak. To-dav we
prepare to struggle with
on the fields where hlth-
the masters- Some
Mr. Dennieon. who
was, we may say. the father of Ameri-
can watchmaking. Mr. Dermlson trav
eled through the Canton of Keuchatel.
siuayingour mode of manufactoruig,
seeking to inform himself of every
thing, and carefully noting the weak
parts in our industry. After Trie return
to the United States, be founded a fae
tory, at 3oaUaWTbe Boston Watch
Oatpany.'- .JTsas was in 1854. The
capital scarcelv 9100100 waa sab
scribed bv capitalists more than bv
practical business men. In the begin
ning the company turned out only the
rough skeleton movemet, and attended
to the finishing; all other parte, each as
trafoa, balances, jewels, etfc. etcu were
imported, from Switzerland. Little by
little, however, the factorv extended its
operations, and produced other parte.
Notwithstanding an this progress, this
modeVof doing things not smiting the
American character, so little huiini
I to let capita! remain almost nnprodue-
TtawispuBmscB ananoonea toe fac
tory, and it failed in 186&
"Another American, Mr. Bobbint,
whom von have also knewn. genOe
men. when he had horieeairinlafJAM
with us, scented a good speculation, and r
boujuk ra uie entire factory, tools ra
claded. for t75oa Anewcompssiy
The American Watch Cosspaay' was
afterwards formed, with a capital f
f afJOj000.Sooa this capital became in
sufficient as it waa inrrrsMml to $S09v
000 before the war of secession, This
war, whiehseesaed calculated to destroy
such an enterprise, was. on the contrary,
the cause of its prosperity. Aavrica
imtonfoeta million of soktiers, and.
saveraryojie wansM nai
praacipai msjssec
WiBBKOW, SW.ito
ManieaB
stvmmmncmm.
wprri ri imp sM
awawn havaaaaah
InsUAd of 5riulinz irood
to the Ararrican. the worst
sent. Had mrre akrlrtua
aovemenU bren il iu cure Uiey
would have brm thought good moutfh!
The Amrrkans, feowevrr. wrnt to o:k
on aa entirely diftYrrut plafL Thf
company incrrad their plant and
turned out a tatter ordinary watch Utan
the Swiss watcn. At the rnd of MYcrai
years, and with Uie aid of patriotism,
the American watch enjoyed a guod
reputation, while our own was discred
ited everywhere. In l U capital
was inereaanl to fTWiDuO, and Uie oj
ratioaa of the new cocButny grew to
isaamasaw prspertiesav laxrincth fol
lowing years buslheas went on so well
that every where new watcl factories
sprung up. fcvery ooa wanted to raoke
watches. To-day you can count atout
eleven factories. The most Important
after Uie Wallham Company, ia Uie
one at Elgin, which turns out about
300 movements a day. The Wallham
Company give employment to floo work
men, and make about 425 movements
per day. The company again incrcd
their capital in iSTJ; it amounts to-uay
to $106,000, beside fkTOO.ooo an reserve
fund, or a capital of u.000,000 franca.
This watch factory is a real jowrr;
there is none like it in Eurujm. We
have seen it in all its detail, and we
have admired its splendid onranltation.
Last May, on Uie eve of the Exhibition,
we still neemed masters of Uie situation
One event however, dealt us a mortal
blow. Be it through the effect of the
crisis, or from any other moUve. the
Elgin. ComiKiny made, all of a smldtiu,
a reduction on the price of their move
ments of 40 per cent to 50 per cnL. so
that all stocks of Swiss walchen were
seriously affected. Lever moveuumu,
wiUi visible pallets, were sold at 10
francs. How can we meet this? Un
der such ciicumstancs how can vro
maintain compeUUon? It will be
necessary to turn out our movements
at 13 or 14 francs to pay the custom du
ties and to leave a little margin of
profit The Wallham Compauv, how
ever, would not lie outdone by the Elgin
Company; Uiey even proposed to do
better. They announced a reduction of
of price from 40 to 60 per cent on
ricea already lower than their rivals,
)ut at the same Ume thev made known
hat Uiis reduction would go back as
ar as January 1, 1376. So Uiat a dealer
in watches had simply to indicate the
stock of his Waltham goods on hand to
secure the rebate of 40 to 50 per cent
This coup (Is commenx has cost the
company 40,000.
It is unnecessary, gentlemen, to tell
you how very detrimental this was to
Uie Swiss watch. Still another and
more important reason explains. tW
growing prosperity of Uie American
Company. Their tools work so regu
larly that all parts of Ute watch may
be interchanged, bv a simple order on a
postal card, without necessitating the
forwarding of the adjoining piece. The
Suestion has often been asked whether
le Americans can suulcienUy supply
the demands of their markets. Yea,
they can; we are driven out of the
American market 1 I herein exclude,
however, complicated watches, in
which we are now, and I hope we
snail always remain, masters.
"In 1800 Uie American Companies
produced only 15,000 watches: In 13,
100.000. To-day they produce 250,000,
and this figure can be easily doubled in
case the crisis, which so severely ore-
vails there as well as here, should come
to an end. For we must not forget
that if several factories tiave been
closed during Uie crisis, the tools as
well as Uie workmen are still there, all
ready to resume work again. Nor must
we leave oat of sight the exorbitant
customs duties and freight which
amount to about 25 or 30 per cent,
which take away from us every possi
bility of being able to stand the fight.
And now that we know the figures of
production in tne united states, we can
easily, with the aid of official reports,
give an account of what is Uiat coun
try's consumption of watches. We
have sent to Uie United Stites during
Uie past twelve years, viz.: 1864 to 175
inclusive, , watcnes, oetng an
average of 230333 per annum.
"In 1876 we shall barely send there
75,000 watches, or, since 1872, a deficit
of 300,000 watches. What a loss for
Switzerland, and particularly for Neu
chatel I For this deficit concerns prin
cipally our canton, and it is very easy
to convince one's self of the fact In 1875,
Cbaux-de-Fonde turned out 106.000
watches or movements. In preceding
?ears she turned out double that amount
'be deficit therefore, amounts for
ChauxdeForjds alone to 400,000 francs ;
for Lode. NeuchateL & it reaches the
same figure in proportion.
-We have stated that the shtpasent of
oar goods haw largely decreased. Shall
we attribute its cause to the crisis?
Certainly in many respects we may do
so; ifcanuot be dealed. But the Amer
ican aosspenoon contriDutes sun more
larialytoit
The AjaencafM have already com
menced to send their manufactare to
Earope. In England they sell annually
from 30000 to 30,000 watches. The
wBaftiran watch commences to drive
from the Enriiah market the Swiss and
even the English watch. The Ameri
cans cmsusMoeed by .creating a demand
for their foods in the Indies and in
Australia; and then thanks to some
powerfal exporting, hauees thevhrra
dedEnjtoni. At Moscow aa4 St Peters-
nurg tnev have already established im
portant branch offices. They do not
keep it secret, but loudly advertise it;
their aim is to drive as first out ot their
own country, and then to compete with
us aa oar own soiL If oar sluggishness
sjdov blind confidence leave the fleid
free to thesa. I sincerely coaf ess that
I persenally have doubted that compe
tition. Bat now I bare seen I have
feltft-spd I am terrified by thedaasw
to which our indnstrv is exposed. Be
sides. I an not the only one to think so;
the-Sodete Intercaatonale-bare sent
a delegate to make inquiries, and hw
report perf ectiy agrees with mine. Up
to this very day we have believed
to be dependent vnonEnToce.
we nave oesn f nvn Tne
cans will sand an their products si
we canja send thesa ovr own. We ask
the americans can
prices? I answer, van.
M m Fu -' -'
way can. ior 11 taev oocain a anon
on their sapsrior quality goods they
rnmvtm 10 ue raaaen wna a
profit on Uae kwer grades of
In Aaaeriea everything is saade by saa-
ennaery; nere we aaacs
nana, we
forty Unanand
Tfrajft. ch tr aaauag 3 wa-aaw
In th L'nitM ,stata thm tmu 1 i!&
watch. Tbrtrfor Um maraia jti
ducn ibrw xX a half to for Uawa
more than Uw workman. It maataa
for us to olvr the vttuation. Hat factw
can gC out of th curarr 1bu which
hve tm drtvw? Th4t. &
witlKMit nvrtilnr. wr canaot duua
of Uie IAU) wu:hm which r
t0f4rn ronufrtum. How will It
tie it w tUb!uh RtachJtww whleh will
thncr IrMrrrjia our pruaocUoa? We
mut dthrr dtmlnUh th numtvr of our
hands ant make nxachiw. or rU clln
to our KTtrtn and bw rwdgnnl to mm
our industry dcUne.
"Urnllrnnni, 1 U not prHd to pxat
out the rrmrxir. I simply call your at
Ueitisn to the evB-tliat Is siL It r
taalB for you to 84 the cam, Haw.
evr, I bflfrvr Uiat it will t giu&t to do
for our mechanicians what w har
don for our watchmaker that , is
creatf schools. You muvt not despair,
you taa.it not dmrrt t!culd; wo ruaat
o Ujc coulrary. oramz for rraUtaarw.
and ri-conqurr the lot ground. If
Amrrira cUm hrr palmi ttrnm by rtf
Unn duticw aad rxhorWUat fretghta.
we aiT, at Irwwt Irft U mum of n-
rrgrUcrtlly ilghUug rlrmt bar la Karo
ih.ui markrU.
-H-vJ thr I'hllailHphU EvhlblUon
taken pluoe tlvn yars Utrr. we should
vav Unti lolAlly annlJillll without
knowhtg whpncfi or how we recti tad
the terrible blow. Wn have tril?vrJ
our?lvni luaatrni of tin situation, whea
wn rvally luvr mn on a volcano. Anit
today hp must actually struggle If w
do not want to encounter iti all Urn
murkrU Utttt rivnl manufacture. lJd
wenotMifer at Hrsanctm at theontart?
And now lkanron uttlow fir France,
and l)fi!dr. ulio rxporui hrr uritlu of
uianufitcturn. Wo stnk oursrlVM If. tn
nxlucing Um pricr of watxrhrv, w can
lncnMjM the Ir sale In Um saint propor
tion? And if the saltw do not Incmu
what will brcoim of ur Wc shall
have an wiortnoua stock of goods aul a
iH'rruJiifnt stagnation. Thr cuAUtms
dutim, you know, amount to iS prr crnL
For a long Umi hoii have brrti ntr
Uinl thty might l?rwlucwl. W can
not count on 1L vAtuvrica nerds all her
nourc. cHlally in Um prawn l slu
untion ; and. whether DrinocniLs or lti
publicans tie in Kiwr. wp cannot hotx
for a mluctiou in Import dull. V
must thcraforo mak up our uiiutls ta
1om the A mrlcnn tnurkrtl
It has bMu said, and ithasln rotn
placenlly repeatf!. tluU Uie Americans
do not mak thn enUre watch. iuiil Uiat
they are deiwndent upon HwlLtorland
for several parts of the watcli. This la
a misUikiv The Waltham Company
make the entire watch from Uie first
screw to the can; and dial. It would
even be dithcult for Uiem to usn our
products, so great is the regularity, so
minute the precision wtUi which their
machines work. They arrive at the
regulation of the watch so to say
without having seen IL When the
watch Is given to the adjuster, the fore
man delivers to him the corresponding
hairspring and Um watch is regulated.
(.Sensation among the audience.) Here
is wtiat I have en. gentlemen I I
asked from the director of Uie Waltham
Company a watch of Uie flfUi grade. A
large, safe was opened Wore me; at
random 1 took a watch out of It and
fastened it to my chain. The director
having aiked me to let him have Uie
watch for two or three days, so as to
observe its motion. I answered. On Uie
contrary. I persist in wearing it Just an
it Is, to obtain an exact idea of your
manufacture.' At Paris I set my watch
by a regulator on Uie Boulevard, and
on the sixth day I observed Uiat It had
varied thirty-two seconds. And this
watch is of Uie fifth American grade;
it cost ir, francs (movement wiUiout
case). At my arrival at Lode I showed
the watch to one t our first adjusters,
who asked permission Jto take it dowrr
in oUier words, to take it to pieces.
I, however, wished first to observe It;
and here fs Uie result, which I noted:
Hanging, dally variation, one and a half
seconds; variation In different positions,
from four to eight seconds; in Uie
'heated room' Uie variation was hut
very slight. Having thus observed it,
I handed the watch to Uie ad jwater. wha
took it down. After Uie lapse of a few
days, he came to me and said, word for
word : 'I am completely overwhelmed ;
the result is incredible; one would not
find one such watch among SOKM of oar
manufacture.'
This watch, gentlemen. T repeat to
you. I took at hazzanl out of a heap, as
we say. Yoa understand from this ex
ample that the American watch aoay
be preferred to the Swiss. I hare fin
ished gentlemen, and I have told you
of thina? sach as I have seen them. It
remains for us to profit frsm this sad
experience, and to improve our manu
facture. Competent men are not want
ing among us; Uiey must go to work at
once."
Otstkr Salad. Drain the liquor
well from a quart of oysters and cut
them with a sharp knife into dice. Cot
the white part of one bench of celery
Into pieces of the same size as the oys
ten. Beat two eggs veTy hard snd mix
in one tesjssoonf si of powdered swgar;
then whip in grad sally one tablespoon
ful of salad oil until it is a light creasa;
have ready the yelks of two hard boiled
eggs, rubbed to a powder; add to thesa
one tosspeonfal of salt, one teaspoosfml
of pepper, one teaspoonfal of saads
mustard; beat these into the oil and
yolks and then, two or three drops at a
time, a half teacup of cider viaesnr
Whip the dressing lightly for two or
three minutes, aalx the oyststsand eat
ery, handling them lightly; poor half
the dressing orer them, stirring gently
for a minute, and soar the rest en ton.
Gnreish with celery tufts snd the whites
of the hard boiled eggs. Serve soon as
ptsnibU after it is mixed.
Ykksck Bollsv One pint efatiBk.
onsssssllennof heme made yi ant, and
nsnr enough to make a stisT hatter; rates
over night; la the morning add one
one uhamoanfal of butter.
snoatoaaake it stiff to raD. Mix it
wen sod let it raise; than kasnd
again, roll out, cat with a Msenit
fold over. Set them fa a
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