New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-05

foreign noteutate always stands an excellent chance
Of beng an American some tine between 3S ,Is al"
The grave, unless he keeps close watch OF hnnsei'
The passion of the youth of st. Louis tor
temrtiag the ocean increases apace perhaps rom
mistaken impression that the great is IKE the great
rver ane that there VIII be nothing to do but to hoat
M and down IN Government steamboat. or there may
H. among the ST. Louis boys yearnng Tor adventure
and courageous desire 20 encounter mysterious perils
Ar spv rafe Commander Potter who has opened a re-
crunc Office az ST. Louis. has plenty OF applications
The enthusiasm beng increased by notion tna1 the re-
eruts vii be down to Annapolis there. within
few weeks, be presented with commissions The rev
euue cutter Michigan Is waiting M Chicago Tor the new
mariners. and. board that tidy craft. they VIII
learn many things Of which they now have small idea
The kentucky Penitentiary has sixty life
prisoners and the probability that the number viii be
Greater before t ess The difficulty of properly guard
ing this class OF bad enough of itself but IN
sanitary way the prison is so badly managed that
hywo deaths have occurred In il since the Isl OF jan
nary Iasta mortality OF more than 10 per cent OF the
number confined. The life prisoners are usually OF
bad class and Il is thought that the united acton oi
thirty them could easily effect general release OF the
eopvicts A gang OF FIVE escaped the 3lst ult.. OF
watch three doVever have been rccaptured It's urged
that would be better 70 hang convlets thsn Keep u m
IN this dangerous way; and some Of the kentu ~
newspaper ar SO Arguing most ianenaDie conlIs
sion Of lnefhcency.
A mob likes pluck. and before it has tasted
blood can generally be managed By the display OF
little ifnness. FOR instance dvEu AttAli"'' NN' 49,
Taller at Forrest City Ark had in his Official keepna
one Dr. Gray, charged with rape. The indignant cit-
Gems OF Forrest City sent note 10 the jaer temahHS
that the doctor should be peacefully delivered 10 theh
An order that they might rid the world Of the nuisance
Instead Of complying with this request, John Parham
informed the lynchers that sooner than do such thing
he would die at his post When the issue " said He
els death or the abandonment OF sworn duty, preie
death" The mob respected this trmness and quietly
dspersa3 while Parha carried prisoner 10 another
farfrr herp he
en- excited condition. Here Is lesson 70 an P,rsHls
hOamg official stations. mob has no courage until IL
discovers that il Is feared.
This week the Northwest is laughing with
good harvest. Every day Of pleasant weather no" Is
worth millions OF dollars 10 the states Of Minnesota
Wisconsin and Michigan, where Spring wheat is pehS
rnthered Two or three favorable days VIII proc
ably see the greater part Of the wheat in Minnesota
sa,ey housed She total crop OF the State viii be from
A. 600 10 10000 900 bushels, averaging ten TO hf
teen bushels 10 the acre IN hern part OF the state
and fifteen to twenty-five in the Park region, noIth OF
the Minnesota River II is believed that threquarieIs
rrecpdentsd BY the close OF the week uttle ~ an VIII
remain ont OF the stack. and the berry reported D
bright and firm Toe farmers OF the northwest are
jubilant
As two Iowa girls were dispOrting them
selves in secluded pool OF the Maquoketa one after
noon last week tramp appeared on the bank and bore
steadily aud surely down upon the garments heaptu
upon the shore The ladies appalled, aud helpless
Down swooped the intruder, and as several snrieks
rang out through the still evening air he hastily gain
cred bundle his and quickly disappeared
among the trees The fair bathers sank upon the grass
an ahicct confusion and distress. No tno was 10 be
lost another might appear upon the scene' ana
more embarrassing situations The ladies began
70 rummage among the remnant Of the wariro7es eii
and fortunately found that skirt belonging to one
suit and an Overdress of another had been iet The
Shoes also and stocking still remained. The hats
aud gut shawls they had hung In tree, and So fOft
naeiy these stln safe. Equipped In these ODDS
aud ends and well covered By the aprpbe OF the hugsy
The ~ crestfaen adYcBurers started Tor nome, Nhch
they contrived tine deeper shadows OF even
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