New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-27

guests, the remnants Of which were eatsu "a, .E
Gay was kind and gentle IN his Department Snt .Jppe
less pertains to the sailor the rappss s Mnloa
tainser HIS property gradually slipped fhrong noun
much for his nature and Iss ~ere to-
OF the generous and hospitable pioneers be ded n ~
Those who havei cad Darwin's books have r.
Impressed with the vaiue which he attached to the
mcnts OF pgeonfanciers and others who hsys n-i ''
thatit is possible to "breed to afeaher The Pan %
Gase,te says that Engsbman Of science ana n...
breeding is about TO make series Of experiment.. =,
same line In order ascertain the origin q, - 'as
mesticated canary this breeder proposes TO 10
two distinct ways. Procuring the true wild c.n -
Will pair 1t with the serin and citral finch also the
and grey liDnet, which without much d,a'
sa ' p u nc ~ VI o'e various Crosses Vie,
break. and he has no doubt that, with careful mat
same characterstics as those Of the VIA the
same time no proposes 10 work backward from .ue
canary Of the present day and by reverson or ne
backto breedup TO the original progentor Of The eans
IL there is analogy between the human race AMI
lcuty IN degrading than In developing SPECIES sh
he has taken IN hand '"i''
As is well known a large contraband trad.
in tobacco is carried by the Turkish sodiers IA a.
Jamess gazette tells the following story which illus,,.
the extent Of this illegal trafao short time 49,
band OF soldiers. about twelve fifteen IN numbey 10,
DaOud Pasha Barracks armed with rifles and bsvon.,
aud with their pouches full OF cartridges ana nroe.S
to san stefauo the object OF the expedition being % "a
ceive three four hundred weight OF ,obaaao ana
1t through the guard into their barracks The chs,
OF the preventive service OF tue six Contrbuon.s
had, however. received Information Of the inteudd
operation and Lad accordingly reinforced the preysuv
guard which usually OF only five men, but vs.,
on this occasion doubled In number. The solder, 20
turning To ner barracks, each with sack OF o0aceor
his shoulders. were suddenly confronted by the nfe
yentYc guard, WHO summ( ned them 10 Surrender In
reply the soldiers fired the lard with tnpir rns
and fight then took place which Ia said have Lasted
an hour The guard had no firearms but fought brayeg
ana managed take OF the soldiers prisoners and 10
seize the TOBACCO The rest OF the soldiers escaped e
Ing one o. tbs preventive men the ground severely
wounded by q rtfe-balL
The latest Forestry Bulletin from the Cen.
us Bureau gives the specific gravity the percentage Of
ash and the weight Of cubic foot pounds Of each on,
OF our native woods. ADDED TO this is the Approximate
fuel value OF each species calculated from the specao
gravity aud the ash. These fuel estimates are approx
mately Correction nOn-resnOus woods-bur the actual
fuel value OF conferous species Ike pitch pine may
twenty per greater that given in the table
In another bulletin the uel value OF ntyfYe o.
the more important woods as determined By chemical
analysis, tabled At least determinations sCe
ehc gravity made for each species studied and 10
woods Of commercia importance specimens taken
from many trees grown in widely different parts the
country and under different conditions OF soil and
climate. Altogether this is the most comprehensive
work Of the kind ever undertaken. Incidentally this
bulletin is valuable furnishing tao most complete
alogue OF native trees yet published The table
tans 425 species grouped according 10 their botanical
sinities with their scientific and common names. and
the region where th0y found. The distinction Do
tween trees and shrubs Is. Of arbitrary
ana IN degree unsatisfactory but the paratlOn dd
70 be made and probably no safer line could be drawp
Every plant growing with single arboreseert
10 called a tree. Many species admitted INTO
the trpe-iist wnch smaller than Others which, IRON
their habit of growth shut out among the shrubs
TIE following story told by The Sydney Mai,
Of sydney, Australia, Is horrible illustration Of no
nhuman barbaIism that may still be tOund IN ceran
quarters of the world. young British police officer
for some OF the Myan tribe OF blacks wac had been
suspected OF stealing quantity Of four. "Tley
came upon a camp OF ingalls," says the account,
surprised, surrounded them aud forced them to BE-
hOspltabe They ate their kanga roo drank their
q made them cOrrOhOree After all ended, that
the blacks might get away In the ngnr and steal
sheep, the officer said 10 Ills boys Ju,t pail
out your revoyers and shoot them The boys did
not like nrSt, bat the officer pcrrmptJry and
was UDeJcd. When the Myalls v re klurd there were
three old women walng, VINO dd not seem worth kerp
ing Kill them too said the officer, ana tney we're
killed Three young gins [wlvosl not killed;
OF tnem nandcuted about the aLkles tea 10 a
sap.lug Ine boys rode ia the nOIuns, leaving
the officer and the Young gin thus secured Presrntga
stranger came along land L. IL he WAC tells the sOry
aud tie two ATE and uranA together. When II became
10 remembered tunJ the young Ill was
tied We must loose her nrsI said the Cniei and
felt for the Keys. lie had no key the 'DOJ haa
lose my EaDdculs. he Il. ami beOg- there time
for rcuOnsttauce had pistol aud the gn
thrOu The BRAIN aud then hacked oil her feet at tu
ankles, and 80 saved his lruIs."