New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-17
GENERAL NOTES.

The Boston Worlds Fair project has reached
point people beginning to ask, What are
we waiting for r. This is the first really dscouragine
sign that has thus far appeared When enterprise
stands still at that point for short time its inertia is
hard to be overcome.
DIR. Lucius Maddox, of Cliuch County, Ga,
recently sold the proprietor of Cincinnati pleasure
garden for 300 and expenses his journey and
and century plant which had been in his possession
forty years. Three weeks after its sale the plant
bloomed producing more than 600O flowers and in one
night the proprietor made about $1,000 by exhibit
ing it to a multitude of curious visitors.
Since Dido tried to make pious Eneas re-
pent his shabby trick by burning herself funeral
it is not recorded that anyone had chosen
cremation the means of suicide until about fortnight
ago. when the charred remains of Captain Whittuck,
formerly of the SD Foot Regiment discovered upon
blazing pile of faggos in the of his mansion
Keynsham, England. The late captains man-servant
named Wiltshire, testified that while he was working in
the grounds at evening he the stack of faggots
blazing ercely and the body OF his in the midst
OF the aucs He could reach it, owing to the heat
of the fire and the binding smoke but he summoned the
neighbors and together they ceedcd in extinguishng
the flames and recovering the body which, however by
that time was burned To crisp. 1t impossible to
determine positively whether the captain had been
the flames reached him but the rather favored
me former HYPOTHESIS the jnIy, however recognized
found dead on burning pile of faggots.
significant movement is going on in Eng
land to promote the emigration of young whose
chances for happy and useful lives home are small.
The excess OF the female population. average Of
decennial censUses, has been computed half million
and large proportion OF this excess would he welcomed
III the English colonies. The Echo points that the
chief obstacle to such deportation in the disin-
clinaton OF English emgrate. Their home ties
stronger than those OF men, they animal
by the spirit of adventure and they easily yield
to the inspiration of fortunes surround
ings. The Echo adds This is a circumstances how
ever which tells i'll two ways-t may prevent the best
development of colonial life civilizati on and may
leave at home the clements of pauperzed community
II is therefore. good doctrine teach that there exist
within the realm of England, regions wide and fertile
independence may he substituted pauper-m There
U.s. OF couIse sweet pathetic sentiment in Lady Duf-
1eT roS supposed 10 De sung from stllc by an in
tending elniSraut, but upon the whole,
pendence IN colony To paupersm at holnc-supposng
The word 'woIkhouse to mean home at all"
Crop reports from the State of California are
Appointment of the Francisco papers and as
rule they evidently prepared with honesty and in
tegenco. recent issue of The Chronicle makes an en-
cOuragng summary of the general outlook The greatest
shlinkage in the great San joaquin Valley whroe along
the vast wheat known side clear from
the upper part of Alameda County Musscl Slough
country i'll Tulare the crop falls off 40 to so per
cent from that of last year. In the Sacramento Val
ley also especially in the great wheat counties Of
Butte and COlusa, The crop is only about half
that Of last year. Further north the reports are
better, some Of the counties showing than is
usual even in good years. Santa Clara Napa and Sono-
ma, which are every year becoming more or
chard and whey ard sections and less to cereals
make very light showing in grain but more than com
pehsae Tor II III other products The reports the
IRENE southern counties of encouraging com
pexl"n ali hough their crop of wheat and honey il light.
Aside nom the northern counties, Bcnito and Mon
terey give tue best account of themselves the way
wheat Contra Costa Soano and stauisaus have yielded
very poorly MERGED keeps up her yield by of in
creased acreage 1t worthy OF remark the rpors
fron ali sections that the wheat produced this
Is marked Improvement in quality that of urcred
ING years the luness and pumpness of berry arVe
a in
yield - '-N