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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 30 
ROUND ABOUT THE CITY. 
While there is no place of residence to 
compare with the country, and we al¬ 
ways have a feeling o f pity for those 
who prefer city life or who are compel¬ 
led to endure it, still it is a fact that 
there are many objects to interest and 
instruct found only in the city and espe¬ 
cially in such a city as New York. In 
school boy declamatory days a favorite 
selection with the budding orators con¬ 
tained in its opening sentences the start¬ 
ling appeal: “ Lend me your ears.” The 
it N.-Y. realizes that a large part of its 
readers have not the opportunity person¬ 
ally to inspect these objects of interest 
and, therefore, proposes to lend its ears, 
and eyes, too, to them from time to time 
and describe some of the sights that 
come under its notice. 
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One of the most interesting objects is 
an exhibition of really good wax works, 
not the poorly constructed caricatures 
one sometimes sees, but representations 
of persons so natural and lifelike as to 
be taken for human beings. There is 
but one good exhibition of this kind in 
this city, and that is at the Eden Mus6e, 
on West 23d Street. Here are representa¬ 
tions of noted and notorious personages, 
historical scenes from ancient and mod¬ 
ern times, and from all parts of the 
world, single individuals and large groups 
containing many persons. A description 
of many of them is out of the question, 
but a few of the most interesting merit 
notice. 
At the entrance stands a policeman ap¬ 
parently hobnobbing with the ticket 
taker, and so lifelife in appearance as to 
deter any one who might be tempted to 
any unlawful acts. The features are 
readily recognizable as those of a blue- 
coat who for many years has guarded the 
crossing at 23d Street and Broadway. 
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is repre¬ 
sented in the balcony scene at the mo¬ 
ment when Romeo is taking leave of the 
fair Juliet. A group which pleases the 
children immensely is entitled the Child¬ 
ren’s Masquerade Party. The little folks 
are enjoying themselves hugely, dressed 
in costumes to represent Uncle Sam, 
Queen Elizabeth and many other charac¬ 
ters. A servant is passing confections 
and ices, and one little miss has suffered 
a mishap, her ice slipping off the plate to 
the floor, while she stands looking at it 
ruefully, the tears (wax tears) trickling 
down her cheeks. Another group that 
pleases the children is the President and 
his family, the latest arrival sleeping 
peacefully in the cradle. A large group 
comprises all the leading rulers of the 
world, Queen Victoria being the central 
figure. One young lady of un-Democratic 
proclivities, evidently, wanted to know if 
they wouldn’t put Harrison in place of 
Cleveland after the next election. An¬ 
other large group consists of representa¬ 
tive musicians of the world, another of 
the great European and American ar¬ 
tists. while the reception of Christopher 
Columbus by Queen Isabella and her 
court forms one of the most interesting 
historical studies in the whole collection. 
The costumes of royalty, courtiers, at¬ 
tendants, sailors, the captured natives, 
all are faithfully shown. 
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On the lower floor is what is familiarly 
known as the Chamber of Horrors, which 
contains many historical groups. A 
prominent one is Washington crossing 
the Delaware so natural that one may 
well nigh imagine the huge cakes of ice 
grinding against the frail craft. One 
rural visitor described this to a compan¬ 
ion as Washington Crossing Long Island 
Sound. Electrocution in all its harrow¬ 
ing details is here represented, showing 
the condemned criminal strapped in the 
chair, the attending priest and physi¬ 
cians, the sheriff, etc, One of the most 
fascinating, as well as the most horrible 
groups has been recently added. It is 
a figure of a huge gorilla, the largest of 
the ape family, and the one most nearly 
resembling man, exceeding him in size, 
carrying off into the jungle a beautiful 
young woman. It is supposed to repre¬ 
sent an actual occurence in the East. 
The gorilla has been wounded by his 
pursuers, but refuses to relinquish his 
prey, whose shoulders are torn and bleed¬ 
ing by his ugly claws. By a mechanical 
devh e, his head is made to turn first to 
gaze on his victim and then to glare 
defiantly at her would-be rescuers. His 
eyes roll in a frenzy of rage, his jaws 
open and close viciously, while the bosom 
of the victim heaves convulsively in her 
death agony. Many other groups afford 
entertainment, instruction and amuse¬ 
ment. Some of these we may describe at 
another time. The lovers of music may 
also be entertained while viewing the 
numerous interesting objects. 
These potatoes will be sent as agreed 
—see the leading editorial in this week’s 
issue! _ 
THE MIDDLEMAN AND BONES. 
At the close of my last article on the 
middleman as the. husband and the 
farmer as his wife, The R. N.-Y. asks: 
“ But suppose the Dutch woman stands 
out for woman’s rights, and shows that 
she does not need a husband; what 
then?” I recalled a picture entitled, 
“Why I should smile.” I smiled and 
then burst out laughing at your—well, 
call it funny ways. Did you ever know 
or see a “ woman’s rights” woman that 
would not take a husband when she 
could get one ? On the contrary, there 
was once an oldish maiden who waited 
until a man came along. She was to be 
married. A lady friend remonstrated 
with her for marrying such a man. She 
replied: “I just got to that point when 
all I could say was, ‘ Anything, O Lord, 
so it is in the shape of a man !’ ” So I 
guess my figure is true to nature and 
will stand until you can change human 
nature. 
Now let me turn attention in another 
direction, and tell you what I saw in a 
mill in Connecticut. It was on a stream 
in the mountains, with a good water 
pojver. It smelt of bones as I entered. 
They were sawing lengthwise of the 
shin bone of the ox for the sides of 
pocket knives—also for table knives. 
They would get from one to three strips 
off of that bone. The hollow part and 
ends were waste. Then these strips 
passed into other hands, each taking off 
a fraction, or giving them a shape 
towards fitting into a knife handle. I 
looked at the bones in sacks as they 
came from Chicago; they were about 
six inches long, clean and white. They 
were all the same bone of the steer—per¬ 
haps the fetlock bone. As I meditated, 
watching the dry bone dust flying about 
the room, and saw how much was thrown 
to one side to get the sides of the handle 
of a knife, I remarked to the foreman, 
“You must have about 75 per cent waste 
here.” His answer was, “Yes, there 
would be about that much, but the fact 
is that there is not one particle. Those 
ends you see sawed off and the hollow 
part with its edges go to the making of 
phosphates, and this dry dust is gathered 
up and sold at 1 % cent per pound. There 
is a ready demand for it. So there is 
nothing here that goes to waste. Fur¬ 
ther, the workmen are making from $2 
to $2 50 per day at piece work.” 
Now, let us propound a question bear¬ 
ing on Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. 
Here is a workman making good wages, 
and living well, on account of the divis¬ 
ion of labor—for making the fraction of 
a knife. The entire knife is put into 
your hands for less than $1. If I should 
give him $2, he could not sit down in a 
day and make the whole knife and live. 
Indeed he could not make a whole knife 
to save his life. The cheapness of the 
knife has come through the division of 
labor—simplifying the work—and in¬ 
crease of skill. Now what I want to 
know is this : Has the division of labor 
entered into the farming business ? Can 
it ever ? You say in speaking of the 
Wealth of Nations : “ Since it was writ¬ 
ten, the whole range of industrial life 
has been changed by mighty inventions.” 
That statement needs qualifying. The 
result of the change wrought by inven¬ 
tions is the division of labor. Show if 
you can that it has brought that into the 
farming business. No doubt machinery 
has lessened labor and cheapened the 
farmer’s products ; but these inventions 
can never affect materially the occupa¬ 
tion, and work such a change as they do 
in mechanic arts. Now the farming 
population embraces the great bulk of 
our nation ; and the economic principles 
abide in force to-day. gold bug fabmer. 
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