New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-03

enturtay they marhed the square and IN the alb
eence OF the Commissioner ciamored for work
Councilman appeared the scene ana maze TINS na
ranguc: "You aro brave men, tApptause.l was
student myself Applansel have heard Il SAID that
students would not work never believed Il; know
tisalic loud arplausr.l Ny mother was working
woman am a working man tAppluse.l On accent
Of the nclemeacy Of the weathe; authorize the Com
missioner 70 dismiss You and give yon credit for one
days. WORK LtOor " good. Uut labor In bad weather Is
bad Agalae After syns three ,' ronsng cheers
Up 10 The " ysr's Office t.ig receipts The
Mayor ihescupon handed over Their receipts ana tHe
boys went on their way rejoicing.
Every yc1r The SaRdaSky Register gives
carefully compiled showing the seasons pro
ducton OF grapes and wire for the Vineyard region.
embracing ihe islands the western END OF Lake Erie
and the ncigh3orns OF sandasEy Bay-ProbAoly
the most important graPegrowing district IN the
United States. The report for 1879, iast published
shows thar the number Of n vines 1000. and
the yelo 10000 900 pounds The wine houses report
production OF l.526 400 gallons. or this hy far the
greater part Catiwba. whicu holds It's own as the
favortc American spite OF the efforts to popU
iauze red wines made from the Concord Grape,
the Seeding aud other varieties IL il not pleas
learn that the TRICKS of the foreign wine-nakers
extensively copied in this country but that tns IL
the Ihe Register makes no doubt. IL estimates
gone With the million and haf gallons OF wine some
OF the drsscr. IL make no secret Of the fact tsa
that this doc;orcd stuff more acceptable to their
CUSTOMERS than pure wine.
Walter Wren contends in The Daily NeTs
that while may please Lord Beaconshed TO compare
himself with one the Romans" It rs
nevertheless that n there time when
statesman should shrink telling Ell gshmen that
imperial Institutions aud liberty flourish together
and Inviting she'r attention TO resemblances be
tween their CONDITION and the state Of things under
the Roman Empire which led ~ its Decline and Fall
this Is that time Lord Beaconseld Is that states
man. Imp,riun." he says l. defined by Cicero 10 b.
that without which military affairs cannot be managed
armies kept up war waged-"hbertas IS the power
each enjoys u living he wishes so long as be
does not interfere with Others. which Is licenta y
Imperium mean> the keeping up of the armed
millions with which, as Lord besc0nsiled states. Eli
rope covered" and for which those who worn pay
nourished under H. and never viii ImDerum " ana
hbertas cannoi 20 together. II may not be 0aA
LORD BeSconsne.i but the decline ana fan ot that ma
rOn which adopts OF Its own accord Is nor far or
The biggest ferryboa in the world made its
trial trp in California twelve days The soano
built for transportation of passenger and freight
cars across the straits OF Carquinz from Port Costa
Bencia- Her dimensions Length over all. 424
feet: length on bOttom-sho has keel-i06 feet :;
heght OF sides IN centre Is feet lnches height OF
sides at each end bottom Of boat i feet inches
moulded beam. GO feet; extreme width over guaras.
ll6 fee; width OF guards AZ centre OF boat. % teet
inches; OF deck, 2io feet. she has two
vertical beam engines OF GO-.nch bore and 1l-inch
stroke. built al Wilmington, Del. The engines have a
nominal power Of 800 horses each but capa-
bic worked up to 1000 horse power each Upon
The deck OF the extending her ent
tire iengfl. with capacity FOR carrying forty eign
loaded freight ears, twenty coaches VI
the largest class The rudders worked by an by
drauc gear. operated by snindcprnoent steam
pump. These rudaers connected with the ordinary
steering gear that OF disbursement or
The apparatus the vessel may be guile nv H.
The ADVANTAGE OF this pro r. u Il the immense
craft can be handled with By man. whereas AZ
ordinary aud systemO steering were used,
men wOu.4 be required at the wheel