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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02

Mr.. John B. Cough made melancholy statement
In the course of temperance speech, the other day
in Providence II. |. IL is the opinion of Mr. Cough
that drunkenness In this country has increased in
the last quarter of century, and is greater than it
was thirty-six years ago. Mr.. Cough complains
that railway cars to-day are made regular grOg-
shops, and that women are often seen drinking ont
of TASKS while upon their travels. Possibly Mr..
Cough has ndulged in the amiable but great de-
fusion that through tho Influence of temperance
societies and prOhibitory laws drinking was to be
stopped altogether but the cold water millennium is
a good way Oft yet. What should console this emil
nent lecturer is the vast dminutlOn of the drinking
habits of the present Us compared to those of from
fifty to sixty years ago. What has been accom-
plished has been the placing of temperance in the
positive category of the virtues. There are men
still living who can remember the time when drum.
kcnness was no great disgrace; when every
body, or almost everybody, was in the daily
habit OF drinking; when Intoxicating liquors were
sold with scarcely any restraint whatever The tenn
porance mon have done great work, even If they
have done no more than make society thoughtful
and careful upon the subject Allowance, too, must
be made for tho increase of population. Moreover,
statistics would probably show a much larger num-
Der of towns and villages now in which there are
no grog shops than existed even twenty years ago.
In 1920 it was pretty small and a pretty poor
town which did not have tavern and its bar-tho
bar usually being the reason for keeping the tavern.
Once there was no sort of festivity without plen
tiful supply of spirits and wines. and these
also always provided for funerals weddings ordi-
nations, house raisngs and Fourth of July celebra
tOns. 1t ought to console Mr.. Cough that such
work in the way OF increased sObrety has been ac-
complished. There has been much done. although
there is yet and probably always will be, much to
do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02
BRANCH OFFICES OF THE TRIBl

BRANCH OFFICES OF THE TRIBUNE.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02

The managers of the NewYOrl1 Diet Kitchen AS
ISOLATION advertise benefit for their helpful and
beautiful charity. They give it the enticng name
of Children's Merry making" and hope that it
will gladden. not only the children present, but the
weary hearts Of sick little ones in the tenement
houses. This Institution for supplying food to the
sick poor has been doing its noble work for four
years. Physicians agree that it is not disease
which decnates this helpless population, but the
lack OF proper nOurlshment. This lack tho Diet
Kitchens seek to supply, and il is tho testimony Of
the profession that their is already in
the alleyatcd suffering and decreased mortality
which the records show. As the hot weather aD-
proaches the demand upon these kitchens increases.
and tue managers wish to secure funds enough to
keep the three open for tho Summer, they having
been obliged to close one last year. They have,
therefore, arranged an entertainment at Lyric Hall.
rs viii be reference TO advertising
columns. The afternoons of Friday and Saturday
Will be devoted to the little folks. while tho even
ngs will offer dramatic and pictorial attractions to
the children Of larger growth. If shadow pictures,
conureTs' tricks, magic lanterns music, plays and
dancing are not enough to draw crowd and be-
guile coin from comfortable pockets, then the hon
orable claim of this worthy society TO be sustained
on It's own merits should be sufficient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02

The nomination of the Hon. John d. Lawson
for Superintendent Of Insurance which the
Governor made yesterday, ana which the Senate
is expected to confirm next week, will command
public respect. Mr. Lawson has yet to show
bis capabilities for the place, but his character
gives assurance of an honest administration of
tho Department. In branch Of the service
where so much mischief can be done by men
lacking in rcctitude, this alone is proper sub.
tect for GENERALIZATION. For tho rAst 1t Ia only
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02

Tho doors Of the Metropolitan Museum were
opened to the general public yesterday for the first
time. When they were closed, in the afternoon,
i.797 visitors had been admitted! That seems to
indicate that the people going to find the
Museum, even if 1t is tOlcrably far up
town. But they ought to leave their tobacco
guilds behind them Whom the crowd had
disappeared. the beautiful marble floors wore every
where disgurcd with tobacco juice and poor General
Ccsnola, greatly against hiR wishes was forced to
send of instant order for some scores of spit
toons, Ia scll-Aclcncc Some Of these tObaccO-chcw-
ing gentry ought TO be caught and labelled for the
Museum that the world may have an opportunity
to sec what they look like.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02
TERMS OF TIE TRIBUNE

@EhMo Or IHb IhIDCNE.
POSTAGE frccin MeUniied States.
DAILY TRIBUNE, Qncuding Surdaysl, year. $40 90
DAILY TRIBCNE without sunday 81. year,. 10 90
kUNDAY TRIBUNE, 1year...........-........... 90
WEEKLY TRIBUNE, year. Observation-Disclosures. 200
bEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. year. 300
Remit by Z. .. order or III REGISTERED letter.
Address THE TRIBUNE.
New-YOrk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02

The latest development in the Minnesota case
is ingenious enough to be the work of Mr.. Til
den, whom Mr.. Springer says he does not visit.
The Committee Oh Elections has voted to de-
Glaze Washburn's seat vacant, and also that
Donneliy is not entitled to it. This programme
carried out, the Minnesota delegation would
be tird, AID its vote could not be taken in an
election OF President. The patty would in this
way escape the cdium Of seating Donnely. Is
Dir. Springer sure that he doesn't visit Mir. Til
den?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02

GarceloRs Councillors are manifesting great un.
easness Mt the unfortunate situation thoy find Them
selves 10. His testimony left them IN the position
of culprits who had committed forgery and other
crimes, aud bad deceived him Also They wero In.
wted to 60 before tho COmlnittee and clear thom-
selves nay could. but they declined to 50, Since
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
A War Anecdote.
[From the Savannah News. !

During the late war Gen. McLaws,
now postmaster at Savannah, was riding
down the picket line, and encountered a
genuine son of the Old Pine Tree State
on duty, who had taken his gun apart
with the intention of giving it thor
ough cleaning. The general halted in
front of him when the following CONVEX
sation ensued:
"Look here, my man, are you not a
sentinel on duty %
"Well, y-a-s, bit of one"
'Don't you know 1t is wrong to take
your gun apart while on duty?''
"Well, now, who the ID are you %
The general saw his chance, and with
a sly twinkle of the eye, replied: elm q
bit of a general"
"Well, general, you must excuse me.
You see thar is SO many d-n fools
ridin' round here teller can't tell who
is general and who amt. If you'll gist
wait till get Betsey Jane fixed I'll give
you bit O. s'lute.''
The general smiled and rode on. firmly
convinced that the sentinel would prove
equal to any emergency.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
Not Much of a [ oss.

A young lady went to a drugstore
Monday, located not hundred miles
from the market house, and had pre-
scription made up.
/" How much ?" inquired the lady.
Fifty cents,' said the clerk.
I" But [ have only forty-fve cents with
me" replied the customer; ''can't you
let me have it for that %
mo, ma'am," said the clerk, "but
you can pay me the five cents when you
come in again"
But suppose I were to die % said the
lady jocularly.
" Well, it wouldn't be very great
loss, was the smiling response.
And Immediately the smiling clerk
gathered, from the indignant flash on the
lady's face, that he had been misunder-
stood, and, before he could assure her
that it was the little balance and not her
that would be no great loss, she had
bounced ont ut go-as- you-please gait.
and was beyond the sound of his voice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21

most parts of the west red-top will In
troduce itself, as the seed-heads are car
ried a long distance by the wind. If the
seed of bluegrass is sown ON sod O.
timothy and red clover, the ground viii
be covered with the new grass by thu
| time the former commences to fail, o.
| they will In the course of few years
Many affirm that it is easier to get {
good stand of blue grass by sowing the
seed on sod composed of other grasses
than by sowing it ON land where there is
no sod. A variety of grasses and clovers
may be introduced on native prairie SOC
with very little trouble and expense.
Timothy, orchard grass and red clover
do best when the seed is sown on ground
recently pulverized by the pillow and har-
row; but Alsike and white clover, fowl
meadow and blue Joint, as well as the
grasses previously named, may be pro-
duced successfully by sowing the seed
on land already occupied in part by
other grasses. IL the sod is somewhat
loose they may be sown early in the
spring, and covered by running a heavy
roller over the ground. If the sod is
quite firm, it is best to employ harrow
to bring some soil to the surface before
sowing the seed.
The season in which COW drops her
first calf is III many respects the most
important one in her life. It is then
that her milking qualities are formed.
Cows generally contract all their vicious
habits, such as kicking, switching the
tail and "holding up milk during the
first season that they give milk. They
should be entrusted only to an exper-
fenced mixer, who should not be allow
ed to " change work" with green hand.
The udder should be entirely emptied
every twelve hours, and the operation
should be performed as quickly and
gently as possible. A cross, freiful or
lazy person will cause any young COW
to form vicious habits that will be con-
tinued during life. Kind and gentle
mixers make gentle COWS. A cow with
her first calf should be MIXED at least
ten months. If milking is stopped as
soon as the amount secreted becomes
small, she will "dry up" early every
season afterward. To make her "hold
out" she should be supplied with good
milk producing food when the pastures
afford a small amount. Many heifers
are ruined for mixers by allowing their
calves to run with them the first season,
Some heifers give 50 little promise OF
ever becoming good mixers that they
should not be allowed to have q second
calf. If, with good management they
give but little milk, they should be fat
tened for market.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
Our Gypsies.

The Princess Koket, with twenty gyp-
sey followers, passed through Memphis
the other day, going to the usual spring
convocation near Dayton, Ohio, where in
May a large number of these peculiar
people hold a festival. The party, over
which the Princess Koket holds absolute
sway, have been wintering in southwes-
tern Texas ana Alabama, but for several
weeks past were On the road to Memphis.
They were oil dressed, some in rather
gay colors, the princess especially SO,
and their outfit, consisting of six wagons,
eleven horses and round lot of camp
equipments, were all in capital order,
while the people looked fat, sleek and
happy. The Princess Koket was ques-
toned by number of people during
their stay in Memphis. She proved to
be very intelligent and understood the
way of mankind and the world generally;
could tell a fortune in entertaining style,
on short order, and for single trade
dollar, and she said she always managed
to captivate the men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
LINES IN AN ALBUM.
BY BRET HABTE.

Sweet Mary-maid of San Andreas-
Upon her natal day.
Procured an ;Ibum, double gilt,
Entitled, 90 The Bouquet"
But what its purpose was, beyond
Its name, she could not guess;
And so between it's gildud leaves
The dover he gave she'd press.
Yet, blame her not, poetic youth,
Nor deem too great the wrong;
She know not Hawthornes bloom, nor loved
Macal12y's flowers OF song.
Her hymn book was the total sum
OF her poetic lore;
And, having read through DR.. Watts,
She did not ask For Moore.
But when she opcd her book again,
How great was her surprise
To find the leaves on either side,
Stained deep with crimson dyes.
And in that rose-his latest gift
A shameless form she views;
Its fragrance sped, its beauty fled,
And vanished all its dews.
o Mary maid of San Andreas-
Too sad was your intake;
Yet one, methinks, that wiser folks
are very aptto make.
Who 'twixt these leaves would fix the shapes
That Love and Truth assume,
Will find they keep, like Mary's rose,
The stain, and not the bloom.
Californian
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
A Dreadful Alternative

Natick is again in the butt of the story
telling fraternity. A worthy citizen Of
Natick-so goes the story-died, and in
due season applied for admission at the
gates of Paradise. Upon being asked
where he resided upon earth he replied:
"Natick;;" whereupon the gates were
closed against him. With q heavy heart
he sought admission to Purgato1y, where
the question was repeated: "Where
from % 'Natick" was his reply. Again
he was refused admission. In despair
he repaired to the Internal regions, and,
when his former dwelling place became
known, he was informed that he was not
wanted there. Thoroughly disheartened
he cried out in anguish of spirit: ''Great
heavens Must L return to Natick ?"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21
A Perforated Stomach,
From the San Antonio (Tex.) Express.

The little girl, Jessie Lumly, upon
whom the operation of gastrotomy, or
cutting through the stomach, was per-
formed by DIR. Herff, last August, and
who has since received all her nourish-
ment through the stomach, is gaining
strength and flesh very rapidly. The
child masticates the food given her, and
being unable to swallow, takes the chew
ed diet and inserts into her stomach
through the tube placed there by the
surgeon. She has got 80 that she can
digest any sort of food given her, and
appears to be perfectly healthy and as
cheerful and frisky as any of her play
mates.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21

A LITTLE boy, watching the burning
of the schoolhouse until the novelty of
the thing had ceased, started down the
street, saying: "I'm glad the old
things burned down; I didn't have my
jogfry lesson, no how"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21

ported goOseberry, may be considered
specific for mildew-at least on some
soils.
Now that wool is high and mutton is
beginning to be appreciated, a very large
number OF persons are preparing to en-
gage in the business of sheep-raising.
Many of them will fail in the enterprise
they are about to undertake, not because
the business is not profitable when well
conducted, but because they are not
adapted to it. Sheep require very care
full attention, and unless they receive it
they will not do well, even if they are
kept where the soil, climate and vegeta-
ton are the most favorable. Many per-
sons have an antipathy to sheep, which
they cannot control. Sheep that hear
their voices do not approach them, but
get as far away from them as they can.
MEN who have no love for sheep
should never be intrusted with their care.
A shepherd who does not love his sheep,
and is not loved by them in return,
should choose some other occupation.
He has mistaken his calling. Careless
persons rarely succeed with sheep. They
are likely to leave their hocks to suffer
during storms and protracted droughts
Persons who can not devote their entire
time to the care of sheep during the pc
riod that lambs are dropped, in the
spring, will find that their fiocks increase
very slowly. Lambs require more care
and attention than any young animals
raised on farm. Till they are O month
old they need almost as much nursing as
young infants.
1T is very easy matter to introduce
new grasses on an old grass sod. In
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-21

aITdlU SOIu0UOuy IL uuO ouo UHu---OOSLOt
Transcript.
F1END-" Ha! ha-a-a! He has insulted
me! scorned me! spat on me. He has
robbed me of my property, alienated my
friends, and desolated my Preside. But
I am revenged. Ha! ha-a-a! I have
sent his family q box of the Fifteen Puz-
zle. Ha! ha-a-a!'-Harper's Bazaar.
This short prayer from the italian
may find responsive minds in any cline:
st pray that [ may never be married.
But if [ marry, pray that I may not be
deceived. But If I am deceived, I pray
that I may not know of it. But if I
know of it, [ pray that [ may be able to
laugh at the whole affair"
"HAs Your husband shown any en-
couring signs of growth In the fear of
the Lord, asked clergyman of New
England woman as they shared social
cup of tea. sWell," said the woman,
81 kinder think he has, for I have lately
noticed that he never goes out on the
Lords day without shotgun"
NOTHING like cheek for an advertising
solicitor. A newspaper proprietor adj
vertised for one once and when several
young men called III answer thereto told
them to get out or he would kick them
out. Several left in disgust, not know
ing that he was testing their cheek, but
one man didn't scare worth cent, but
coolly sat down and swore he would not
go until his testimonials had been read.
So he locked the door, put the key in
his pocket, and handed In his papers.
"Ah," said the advertiser, "you'n do.
/ can see. Idon't want testimonials; your
style is enough for me"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-31

NIo. BOZ ], AND 1908 THIRD STREETS
N Hot Lunch daily from IL a. =. 70 l o'clock
P. N. The Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
jy13-4p1m BOWERS LONG ABAuGH-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-31
A SOLDIER WHO FOUND $4,000.

Ezelot, the French soldier who found
the $4,000 which NJ. Pages lost in the
Northern Railway station in Paris, has
communicated to the Courier de FAisne
the particulars attendant on his good for
tune. They are very interesting, and show
how some men are born to fortune, some
achieve fortune, and some have fortune
thrust upon them. Ezelot was walking
through the railroad station with two com
rades, when they noticed on the floor pack
ct wrapped in newspaper. They kicked it
along before them for some distance, and
when Ezelot was getting into the train,
going home on short leave, one of his COM
rades, picking up the packet, thrust it
into the canvas forage-bag slung at his
side, Ezelot going on his way without hav-
ing perceived the little pleasantly. Ar
rived at Neuilly, where his parents live,
his mother, emptying the forage-bag, dis
covered the bundle and thinking it was
packet OF old newspapers, put in on the
table in the kitchen. There it remained
for four or five days, till married sister,
calling in and seeing the packet was moved
by an unwonted curiosity. Opening it, she
discovered documents representing, the
EGG, 600, the loss of which NJ. Pages had
advertised throughout Europe. The Eu-
ropean papers are not, however, read at
Neuilly, where the Courier de PAiSne doubt
less has it all its own way. The soldier
and his parents not knowing what else to
do, followed the provincial Frenchman's
instinct. and had recourse to the Marie.
That functionary communicating with
Paris, speedily brought down M. Pages,
who, gratefully paying the promised re-
ward Of $1,000, went off with his oddly
recovered treasure. It would be an inter
esting supplement to the narrative if we
could have record of the feelings of the
soldier who thrust the packet upon Ezelot,
when he heard the sequel to the little joke.
London News.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-31

WAcNER's LAST WoRK.-Richard Wag.
ner has written curious treatise, sug-
gested by the experience of the hungry
multitude at Bayreuth four years ago.
Two out of every three of the pilgrims
complained that they could not get enough
to eat in the little town, and Wagner, after
much bordering over this phenomenon,
came to the conclusion that the majority of
human beings eat great deal TOO much.
He announces that his Parsifal will be
executed at the Bayreuth theater in the
summer of 1882, and hopes that the null
titudes who flock to it will not sensualize
their artistic perceptiveness and receptivity
by greedy care about meat and drink. HUI
mainly requires, the poet-musician con-
tends, grander and simpler food. He
appeals to his reverent disciples to re-
nounce the enjoyment of demoralizing
fesh-meals, and to strive in future to con-
tent themselves with 90 the higher food, J"
that is, with vegetables only.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-31
sacramento Market.

FRUrT-0ur Sacramento quotations are from
the price-Hsts OF W. r Strong & Co., and are
revised up TO 8 P. M. yesterday. They rep.
resent trade prices, and have in view selected
fruits suitable for shipment: Apples, Spitzenberg,
81 rs; red, s1@1 25; cooking, 90c9sl; papered
for long shipment, 81 25; pears, ordinary varie-
les, 81 5091 IS; oranges, Tahiti 50 so
Loretta, S3@3 so q 100; do Mexican, 1898 SO
lemons, Sicily, e11@12 Q box; California, 81
bananas, s5a5 so q bunch; sugar cane, 81 50
@3 @ bunch !; pineapples, s@9 Q dozen lines,
81 50661 70 q 100; do, q box, s10a11; cram
berries, very scarce s16@17 bbl Choice apples for
long keeping are now coming forward and in COM
plete variety In fruit the variety is small, con-
fined mainly to apples and tropical fruits.
DRIED FRUrT-California raisns, whole, S2@
SO half, g. 50a2 IS; quarters 81 1908 eighths,
s3td3 SO. Pears, 10912c; plums, 15@16c; peaches,
14(a16c apples, sliced, Ease; do quartered 697c
prunes, 121@l6c; blackberries, Js@19c; figs,
choice, s@9c; far do, 6d7c; apricots, 20@22e.
NUTs-English Walnuts, 9@lOc; new California
do, extra choice, 11@l2c; Almonds, 15Cd17c; Pea
nuts, 6@7c for California and sQ9c for Eastern
Hickory Nuts, sd10c; Pecan, Ice; Ffberts,
18c; Brazils, lac . h; Eastern Chestnuts,
3oc q h Cocoanuts, S9@10 . 100.
HosEY-Comb, San Diego, 1917; comb, in 9 ID
extracted Case a n.
SEED-Alfalfa, 11@13c; Timothy (Eastern), 100
12c; Red Clover, 14a16c
FKED-our quotations are from the price-lists Of
E. A. Burr, of this city, and corrected to date
Dat hay, S16a1S ton baled; alfalfa, s11@12 D ton,
baled |; bran, s1s q ton; barley, $50 Q ton
ground barley, 81 Is Q cwt.; wheat, 81 40@1 45
oats 81 q cwt.; white wild oats 81 % . cwt.; al
falfa seed 11lc a m