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The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
The Potato Disease.

Announcement has already been made
of the selection of Prof. De Barry, of
Strasburg, by the Royal Agricultural
Society of England to make series of
investigations into the life history of the
potato fungus, Ior the purpose of filling
up n certain blank in our knowledge of
the development of this destructive OBJ
ject. This gentleman, in carrying out
his Investigations, has lately discovered
that the disease is not propagated by de-
fectivc tubers, and that although the
mycelium was distinctly apparent in the
stalks OF plants raised directly from dis
eased tubers, yet that neither gonidia or
germs were evolved. He also expressed
the hope that he has at last discovered
the resting-places of the oospores, or
the active primary germs of the fungus.
This is the special point upon which fur
ther information is needed, and many
suggest the proper means of preventing
the continuance of tho disease in any
given locality, by warming agriculturists
against planting their potatoes in spot
where they must, at some time, newt
ably be destroyed.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
Weight aud Height of Americans.

According to recent work of Mr.. B.
a. Gould, actuary to the United States
commission, in which some very inter
esting figures relative to soldiers in the
last war are given, it appears that the
American nation, instead OF being de-
generated and inferior to the European
race in point of physical perfection, is
far the reverse. The figures adduced
show that I" the tallest men were from
Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin; the
next tallest, New England, New York,
New Jersey; and the shortest from Scot
land, England, Germany" In weight,
the men of Kentucky and Tennessee
were the heaviest, averaging $50 pounds;
England, Scotland, France, Belgium, all
between 1873 and 139 pounds. The ratio
of weight to stature gave in pounds to
the inch: Ohio and Western States, g.
1S5; New England, 2.121; England and
Scotland, 2.11S; Germany, 2.168.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
A Business Transfer.

Some months ago young mechanic
in Newport, r. L., found himself his en-
ployers creditor for wages that had been
unpaid for some time. He was not
successful in his efforts to get the cur
rency that was acknowledged to be his
due, but persistent dunning on the part
of his iourneyman provoked the en-
ployer into declaring i'll tho presence of
third ra ties that if he didn't settle the
claim in full before certain day named
he would give his creditor his shop and
it's contents. Nothing further was said
about the uncollected balance, but when
the day arrived the rash employer went
to his shop and failed to get in. The
lock had been changed. The young man
took his employer Mt his word, and the
latter surrendered Internationally, and
made no resistance. Business goes on
ut the old stand, but there has been a
chang in the proprietorship. The
change was m lde so quietly that but few
people are aware of its existence.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
Editorial Responsibility.

In the Brooklyn trial his honor Judge
Nelson, rendered, incidentally, what
seems to lis an emincntly wise decision,
the New York Hcrald says, and we are
happy to note that good law and strict
Justice seem for once to coincide. His
Judgment was that however tho editor
or proprietor of Il newspaper may be re-
sp p'nslb'c Ill damages for injuries done
to others by publications made in his
Journal, yet he cannot be accounted
morally responsible for the effect of any
articles that appear in his paper unless
1T be shown that they were either written
by himself or distinctly published with
knowledge and consent. Discussion of
the point arose upon the prefer by Mr..
Evarts of certain articles printed in the
GOldcn igc while Mr.. Tilton was edi-
tor. One of these articles was an ex-
tract from the Troy Times, given as
news, and of course it was not pretended
that Mr.. Tilton wrote it; and it was not
proposed even to show that he wrote
the others. 1t was argued that as these
pieces contemplated marriage from q
very loose standpoint it would be suffi-
cient to show that they were published
in paper controlled by Mr.. Tilton in
| order to show that lie held the same
views, and the learned counsel proposed
to make precedent i'll this case "to
hold an editor responsible in the sphere
of public opinion and morality for arti-
clcs that are published in his newspaper,
whether he is personally the writer of
them or not, if they appear as the issue
of his paper, and not credited to any
other source that is, rs was further
explained, if the articles were "original
matter"
Now the theory of editorial RESPONSE
bility thus imagined by Mr.. Evarts
would place editors in difficult dilemma
between their obligations to public mo-
rality and their obligations to give the
news. For the :" original matter" con-
templated by the lawyers covers all that
IS given i'll a. newspaper that has not
been previously printed. 1t does not
merely mean the editorial articles; those
presumed expressions Of the editor
opinions on the topics of the day, for
which his responsibility is never denied
and for which alone of all that appears
in the paper he can be nationally deemed
responsible; but it covers ali that he
prints without copying it from some
other journal or printed source-all that
does not SO within turned commas. Our
first obligation is to give the news. Are
We responsible, morally, for what the
news may be-
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
A HOmesick Tray.

A "yaller" dog has covered himself
with glory ns n traveller or pilgrim or
quadrupedestrian. He was taken last
fall from Indiana to Kansas. But he
didn't like Kansas, and was homesick
through and through. He found meat
scarce and was averse to n diet of grass
hoppers. So he tramped it over miles
and miles of desolate prairies; he swan
the Kansas and Missouri rivers; and one
day, footsore, weary, and lean, he barked
Mt the old door. He was six weeks upon
the journey; and the first thing he did
upon getting home was to eat his dinner
calmly, the next to drive the pigs out of
the yard according to hisancient custom
He had learned something, but he had
forgotten nothing.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
Getting Ready in Time.

The NetU Zealdnd Herald has very
painful story, told i'll illustration of the
great present dearth of respectable dress
making hands i'll that colony. 1t seems
that n wei! !-to-do settler near Auckland
was lately attacked by an illness which
his medical attendant declared must ter
inmate fatally, SO severe were the symp-
toms. After lying in an apparently hope
less state for some days, he suddenly
took turr for the better, and, thanks to
n strong constitution, made u rapid re-
covery. Not long after he had returned
to business he was much startled, on
opening an account presented ut his
office, to find himself charged with n
full set of widows weeds of elaboratelv
complete description. A domestic ex-
planation naturally followed, and his
wife reminded him that he had always
made it special desire that the fact of
their having immigrated to colony
should not prevent her dressing as n
lady, "And the dressmal1ers here, you
know" she added, "have matters so en-
tirely in their own hands that they gen
orally keep you waiting for months for
anything new. So when l was told that
you could not possibly recover, II ordered
what L knew you would wish me to wear
beforehand and now the things have
only Just come home" The bill was
promptly settled. Whether the husband
was consoled for the outlay by the
thought that his provident wife had the
things ready by her is n question that is
left open to con- lecture.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
of horror shot through me; I looked up.
The aperture WAS closed

of horror shot through me; I looked up.
The aperture was closed!
Heaven! was it closed by mortal hand
Had Rimmer, in his panic flight blindly
thrown down the trap-door, which now
remembered to have seen open when |
descendedl or had some fearful being
from the cabin-that demon who sprung
toward me p
l started back in terror.
But could not wait here; / must go :;
L must escape from the den of horrors.
sprang up the ladder, and tried to raise
the door. 1t resisted my efforts; put
my helmeted head against it, and tried
to raise it; the rung of the ladder broke
beneath me, but the door was not raised
my tube came down through it and kept
it partly open, for it was strong tube
and kept strongly expanded by close
wound wire.
1 seized bar of iron, and tried to pry
it up; raised it slightly, but there was
no way to get it up further. 1 looked
around, and found some blocks; with
these l raised the heavy door, little by
little, placinga block in, to keep what L
had gained. But the work was slow,
and laborious, and had worked long
while before L had it raised four inches
The sea rolled more and more. The
submerged vessel felt its power, and
rocked. Suddenly it wheeled over, and
lay upon its side.
ran around to get on the deck above,
to try and lift up the door. But when 1
came to the other outlet, I knew it was
impossible; for the tube would not per-
NIT me to go so far, and then would
rather have died thousand deaths than
1,ax II
L returned to the fallen door; 1 sat
down i'll despair and waited for death. 1
saw no hope of escape. This, then, was
to be my end.
But the steamer gave sudden lurch
again acted upon by the power of the
waves, She had been balanced upon a
rock, in such a way that slight action
of the water was sufficient to tip her
over.
She creaked, and groaned, and labored,
and then turned upon her side.
rose; clung to the ladder; Ipressed
the trap-door open, while the steamer
lay with her deck perpendicular to the
ground. l sprang out, and touched the
bottom of the sea. 1t was in good time
for moment after, the mass went over
back again.
Then, with last effort, twisted the
iron fastening of the weight which kept
me down; L jerked it. 1t was loosed,
it broke, it fell. In n moment L began
to ascend, and in few minutes l was
floating ON the water-for the air which
is pressed down for the divers consump-
tlon constitutes buoyant mass, which
raises him up from the sea.
Thanks to heaven There was the
strong boat, with my bold, brave men
They felt me raising; they saw me, and
came and saved me.
Rimmer had fled from the horrid
scene when 1 entered the cabin, but re-
mained in the boat to lend his aid. He
never went down again, but became a
sea captain. AS for me, still go down,
but only to vessels whose crews have
been saved.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-03
A DISCONTINUED Poet.

Mans q fool
When it's hot he wants it cool;
When it's cold he wants it hot:
Me- er contented with his lot.
When it's dry
lie for showers is heard to sigh
Whon-to meet his wish-it rains,
or tho wet the fool complains.
Hot or cold, dry or wet,
Nothing suits that he can get
L consider, as rule,
Mans 4 fool.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-25
DECLINES.

Some persOns-Tom calls them the
voters Of the Second Senatorial District
have been endeavoring to persuade Hon.
Thomas ii. Corbett to become candi-
date for State Senator from the Padncah
district Of Kentucky. lie declined. and
In consequence Of his declination being
made public, has received by petitions,
written and verbal, strong solicitations to
consent to make the race. For the pur-
pose OF Inducing his friends to DE salts
fled with his declination, he has pub.
hshed card, in which he says the con-
dtion Of his wife's health and
recent family Affections, together with
his business engagements. will proven,
him from making the race under any
circumstances. 'While | confess that !
would AFFORD me great pleasure to repre-.
sent you in the Senate" he says, ''still
tor the foregoing reasons, am forced to
decline the honor that confidently be-
lieve you would confer upon me in Au-
gust next. Were TO continue the race"
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-25

Before the era OF Railroads. Cairo had a
commanding position a. centre Of com.
merce and navigation. Til Importance OF
position she still possesses. ~ has now the
additional advantage OF being a great rail-
road centre, a number OF the most import
ant railroads in the Valley OF the Mississippi
converting TO and having their termini
there. Among these. coming from the north
are the great Illinois Central Railroad,
which traVerses the entire state of Illinois
from'it. extreme northern and north eastern
10 it, southern limits. and 10y it. come ciions
extends into all the great northwestern
grain producing State- the Cairo and Vim
cennes. extending from Cairo TO the CITY OF
NincenneS. in the state OF Indiana. where
it, connections afford direct railroad COM
municatiOns with all Eastern cities and
the Cairo Il -. Louis Railroad, afiOrding q
direct railroad communication with the
City Of II. Louis and all the railroads cen
tering there. The roads coming from the
south are the New orleans. Jackson and
Great Northern and the Mobile aud Ohio
Railroads, which give direct railroad com
munication with the cities oi Mobile and
New Orleans, aud other Southern Atlantic
sea ports. and by connecting rOad- with all
the country south of Cairo; and coming
from the southwest /. the Cairo. Arkansas
and Texas Railroad. which affords similar
communication with southern Missouri.
Afhun-tr bnu i'Xh-, anu Wv BilH'lpai wv
les OF those States. This lsst-nsmed road
will give, also. direct connection with the
Texas and Pacific Road wheb 1t IL compile
ted. thus giving direct communication with
the principal port. OF the Pacific Ocean.
These railroads, Terminating al Cairo, are
now all completed and in successful opera
ton, those in Illinois coming INTO the city
on bank OF each OF the river,, Ohio and
Mississippi, and terminating al their confu-
enr9- Tins gnHirplluW The civ The Holly
Springs, Brownsville aud Ohio River Rail
road, and the Cairo and Tennessee River
Railroad, which viii both terminate nj
Cairo, are in course Of construction and v III
soonbe completed, and other railroads both
IN llllnois anu IN states south of the Ohio
river, which Will also terminate vt Cairo
are projected, and arrangements made 10
buiid them. The construction OF these
win greatly increase the rilroad communi.
cations of cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-25

"but what difference can II make TO the
innocent. the helpless, and the virtuous,
whether my God or your Laws Of Ma
ture or your Chance brings to them tribu-
lationr lf my God Is n monster because
a conflagration in Chicago consumed
helpless men. women and children. your
Chancc--Accident. or whatever may be
the name Of your God-is as great mon
ster. Ifmy God ought to be denounced for
the grasshopper, your Laws of Nature
that produced them should also he anathe-
matiscd.''
The fact II, we are surrounded by mys-
teries. The work of creation is going on
continually. Helpless beings are crushed,
not because Of any fault Of theirs. but In
accordance with some Law of Nature
fiat of Color whatever We may call the
Cause. What seems to rs injustice may
be the highest wisdom, and he who calls
God to his lace--in the presence Of the
wonders of the universe--a fool and a
liar. monster aud flend. simply be-
cause he cannot comprehend His acts, Is,
to say the least of It, somewhat bold. and
1--WE must be permitted to say just little
presumpticus.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-25
THE LONDON QUARTERLY

The reprint of The Lo,,don Qaarteriy
Rerie,e for April, by the Leonard Scott
Publishing Co., II Barclay street. n. Y,
should not be passed by unnoticed.
The first article is a long and interest
ing review Of "Macready's Remiuis-
cences, giving sketch Of his life and
connection with the stage, which began
at the early age Of sixteen years. 1t is
evidently the production of a writer who
does not derive his knowledge merely
from the book which he reviews
Article II. is an exposition Of the work
Of Indian Missions the difficulties they
meet with and the proere ss they have
made, both in secular and religious edu-
cation. Looking at the results achieved
by Indian missions, 1t is evident that they
suggest reasons both for disappointment
and for encouragement but we are Of
opinion that the reasons for encourage
ment decidedly preponderatc.
Article Ill. Lord Shelburne-First
Marques OF I.ansdownc.' ''IIe was Prime
Minister of England during n brief but
most important period" and has been
called "thc ablcst and most accomplished
minister Of the eighteenth century,"
These memoirs, which describe the pc
riOd between 1877 aud 1896, seem TO be
similar in character to the 'Gre, lille Mem
Oirs."
Article w., National Education in
the United States" has for its object, the
correction or prevalent English ideas re-
gardlng the working Of the American
Educational System. The subject IL dis
cnssed In all its bearings, but the result
of the system l. not considered sufficient
ly successful TO warrant its adoption by
other countries.
Article V. deals at length with the
controversy between Mr.. Gladstone and
DIR. Newman, Cardinal Manning and
Monsignor Capel.
The notice Of "I.iyinstonc's Last Journ.
ais article VII differs from previous
reviews OF that work by directing sat
tention TO the curious and valuable notes
'' ~ 'hc Si'dt tftNcllcT Oh Naulour
natural phenomena, which contain many
suggestive facts"
Article VII. ''The Statue of Memnon'
reiers particularly to the voice with
which that celebrated statue was wont 10
greet the rising sun. 1t is shown clearly
that lhcre was no priestcraft In the case /;
: III h@', the priests themselves were as ig-
a 1oraht OF the cause as any OF the visitors.
Inc sounds were produced by the pass.
age Of rareiied air through the crevices OF
sohorous stone. When the statue was ne.
= constructed, and the crevices filed up
20 the voice was mute.
r. Article VIII. ''The Transition from
a Medievai to Modern Politics" is an at
tempt TO throw light on the Imperial and
rapai movements OF orr own time, b,
carefully considering similar actions II
the sixteenth century.
II Article IN. England and Russia II
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-25
LAND IN BALLARD COUNTY. KEN.
TCCkY.

| The Ballard county (ky.) Necs. asks
| this question: "Iiad we not better agi
tate something about the local condition
of our country, aud what would develop
her resources rs tar rs her land Is con-
| cerned, thereby bringing to the notice of
the great public our facililies!' Taking
this question for text, the Ners pro-
cecds to discourse rs follows:
Ballard county. by the Auditors re-
port of 1872. exhibits the fact that in
that year the number of acres of land re-
ported amounted to 225,22l acres. the
average value of which was SOP. Now.
it is well known that the first settlers of
the county located their farms upon the
ridges or hills as n general rule, and the
valleys or bottom lands OF the county
were seldom disturbed; and we find the
same true to-day. Did the farmers of the
titles of land lying upon Mayiield. West
Fork and Obinc creeks, to say nothing of
the other streams of considerable size
running through her borders. Take
Big Maylicld creek alone. and the bottom
will average ut ], lst mile and a half In
width clear through the county-say
twenty miles-and you have q tract of
some thirty thousand acres of virgin soil
untouched by the hand Of man, stretch
ing directly through the centre of our
county. II Is also a well known fact that
this land produces grass in abundance.
and that hundreds OF tons of hay could be
annually gathered therefrom, with a mar
ket for its sale ut your door. The great
and almost universal complaint of our
farmers i'm the past has been the want Of
roughness for their stock. and they
have resorted to almost every expedi-
ent to secure that end. and yet, we find
many of our farmer friends buying feed
at Cairo. Paducah and other points TO
sustain their stock during the crop sea-
son. The fact Is that farmer who is
compelled 10 90 to q foreign market to
buy the necessities that he needs at home
will never make money, We care
not what his products are. but
IL he could get 1t at home how different
would be the result. Then would 1t not
be well for some farmer in our county
to open u grass and hay farm IN May
field bottom. Try the experiment and
our word for it you will find that others
will soon follow, and the vast strip of
ductive waste will bloom and blossom like
the rose, the health Of the county will
be better, and cllilfs ana foyer will be n
quired to hunt some other locality, rs
their occupation will be gone. Farmers.
think about IL and see IL there is not
money In Ii.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-25
THE MARROW GAUGE DEMON.
0TRATEO.

The Chicago Rail'oay Reric,c has be-
come convinced that narrow gauge road:
are successes. "At any rate" says tn,
Revie,c, "therc have been built and pu,
into operation within the past five year.
number Of narrow gauge roads In this
country two In Canada of ~ inches, and
several OF 30 inches In the United States),
and the striking and conclusive fact
about these roads is that not one of those
In full operation at the date of the panic
has gone In bankruptcy, and that every
one has promptly paid its interest obli-
cations from net earnings and had left
some surplus to the credit of income ac-
Cot,nf -
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-25
THE FOURTH.

In reference to the proposed celebra
ton Of the coming Fourth OF July. the
Gazette says:
Ample time remains to make all need
fnl preparations for a grand union cello
brafion of The coming ltli and why may
we not enter upon the work! Let us, in
pursuance of this object, hold meeting
In the Council chamber, next Thursday
evening. Let representatives of the dit.
ferent fire companies, and secret societies
he present, that private committees may
be formed, and the labor incident to the
undertaking equitably distributed. Who
seconds this motiony As a member of
the Delta City's and as the G.. II. J. "A. of
the $. Of NJ, we say ''aye."
There is no use. The jig is up. Our
people are too sleepy. They do not wish
TO be disturbed. Patriotism bc-blowcd.
Let them sleep. Nose.