New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-03

LngllSh peuOulcdI literature is OF so Il&H an
order OF excellence at the present time that tho
multiplication or eclectic agencies this side Of the
Atlantic TO be ged The Century appears this
week with selected articles fI0m The F0rHgfHy, The
Nineteenth century Bilckrood, ana other foreign peri
OGIcais. II rs to be- published every week.
Advertisements appear in the Paris papers
soliciting subscriptions stock Of the French
Paris and NeW-York Telegraph Company" which pro-
poses % lay two lines the Atlantic one from
Brest TO the French Island Of st. Pierre ON the Coast
OF eWOundland, and thence TO Cape Co.'s ana the other
from Lands End England, the sicily Islands, thence
10 ST. Pierre and thence Torbay, Nova Scotia. The
CAPITAL OF the company is 10 be 42,OOO0OO francs.
Among the directors announced are General L. c. Deas
and T. j. De Brugiere, o. Nev-York The prospectus
states that the wel-kr0vn English house Of slemens
Brothers have undertaken the work Of manufacturing
and laying the cable and Of building steam spec
iarv adapted Tor keeping the lines IN repair Ine
receipts # he company when rs INES are IN operation
Gun Company, or 1857 900 frames per annum.
A San Francisco lady, who was recently
united in bonds of matrimouy 70 d distinguished
looking, bus exceedingly mysterious stranger has dis
covered that instead Of being Mexican grandea her
lord nd master looks alter a physicians horse and
buggy for $50 a month After deciding that it would
DE wiser 10 go and her meals regularly than to
stay with tho coachmau and starve she semi him the
following pointed epstlc: " 1 an deeply sorry thar
hunger and other circumstances over which have no
control compel me to write you this note. fluid that
present unable TO provide for you will have to leave
vou aud return 10 that happy nome whence you stole
me- and once more NIL with the sunshine OF love- Had
known that you expected me 90 live or the morning
breezes breakfast The trade Winds for dinner ana
the evening fogs for supper, woud have honestly
told YOU my constitution would not be equal 70 il,
even where atmosphere odorOus and substantial
as in tins hotel in Tar Flat and would have declined TO
become your wife II you shall ever marry another
lady uust you viii remember the advice OF your first
wife, and that the domestic menu VIII consist Of pud-
dings made OF piums rather than OF the north wind,
and pies Of pumpkins rather than OF zephyrsn short
that You will provide her with bill OF fare rather
than bill OF ir II y0n meet me On the street here
aner pass mo by rs perfect STRANGER Tor II you do not
viii be compelled 70 give you the cut uIect. your
vile, Mary"
The whirhgig of time must have gone all
the way round when prominent London trade journal
is compelled TO admit that the outbreak or Protection
among English farmers becoming quite alarming"
The Speaker of the House OF Commons bias recently
endeavored prove that the present agricultural
depression England Is Of exceptional and transit
tory character, due chiefly a succession OF bad.
harvests for the last four years and arrangement
of the meat market But according TO Arthur Arnold
wide the leading English iournaD who on one point
supported by sir Card and the other by the statistics
OF live cattle Importation both the assigned by
tue Speaker variance with tho facts. The only
advice be offer the farmers Is that they should
concentrate their capital by diminishing the size Of
hOlQllEs.a which would nave the adYdn-
tage Of Grabbing them personal supervision
OF their usncss which cannot DO given large farms.
Not alone among farmers, however ID dissatisfaction
with The results Of free tradO BcreaGng. IN tho
featuring centres PrOteconists telling wholesome
rutbs One OF the annual cotton circulars published in
Liverpool has this striking PASSAGE There hos been
growing tendency cVncod IL most countries 20 protect
their own industries. ana in every such the
chief sufferers Or I've. already said, by exchaEg
ing our manufactures the necessaries Of fs TIE
limited States was al one time large customer FOR
iron ware and textile fabrics, bat tine hostile aTn rhe
the CIVIL war hab Deary driven as
uut OF her mar "a. Bud has built system 0f
which completely supplies her own wants,
and something spare for competition With us
I'M fareiru markets Tho free traders OF tls country
o,sole themselves by thinking that she 10 the chef
stfferer but whether rms be not (which Is
dibtful the Aot remains that her markets are almost
lost 10 Is aud 80 on the other hand SIo constantly
more dcpendent upon her FOR food and raw material"
A supplement to The american Ship Of this
rvcek furnishes the pubic with elaborate table Of
maritime dlsa.ters compiled by Mr. g. b. Wlusow from
records in the archives OF Atlantic Mutual Insurance
comvauv It viii be Invaluable for future reference
n shows the number OF vessels lost IN TRANSATLANTIC
,sam NAVIGATION from 1898 when Tho Sirius first crossed
rba oceau Among other details are given the name,
line rig Mace and time OF building tonnage. decks
water ballast buikheads draft material mode OF pro
,on date Of loss points OF departure and Destination
rate scene OF wreck Of loss and loss OF e The
General results are by these summaries; Ihe WAoie
number OF vessels by the different casualties specified