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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-01

husband and wife in the remark that Carlyle appre-
Sisted her within the measure of a most miserable
nature. This review is apparently an effort to
neutralise the kindlier general feeling to Carlyle,
spriDgng from the Emerson correspondence.
THE UNFINISHED MANUSCRIPT.
The Macmillans, IN reference to Mr.. Julian Haw-
thorne's statement in The TRIBUNE of March IL,
repeat that he never supplied the last two install
ments of Fortunes Fool" but did receive pay for
them, and was paid further sum for the right of
publication in book FORM The novel remains in
complete.
LONDON ADJUSTMENTS.
Carl Rosa opened the English opera season by
successful production of Goring Thomas's ''Esmer
aida" which was received bv crowded house and
by the press with much applause, the musical critics
agreeing that the composers work evinces decided
proofs of genius, though it is yet immature, and
affords sauguine hopes for the future The libretto
by Marzals is poor affair. The rendering of the
music by the chorus and solosts was satisfactory.
The orchestra under Randegger was excellent.
"Fidelo" and other operas have been produced
since
"Cymbia," an operetta by an English author,
whose pseudonym is "Florian Pascal" has been
given at the Strand Theatre, and has proved fairly
successful. The English version Of Olenbach's La
Belle Lurette," at the Avenne Theatre. achieved
immediate popularity thanks many to the clever
singing and acting of Florence st. John.
Pinero's "Ihe Rector" four-act comedy, pro-
duced at the Court Theatre, was received with
irritation and dersiOn and damned with cheerful
unanimity by the critics. 1t is brilliant example
of play radically false in construction, which
neither smart dialogue nor the good acting of Mr..
Clayton and Miss Marion Terry could redeem.
Hamilton Aides "A Great Catch" was well received
at a matinee. 1t replaces tonight Forget me-not"
at the Olympic Theatre, Genevievo Ward finding
character that suits her peculiar, but marked talent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-01
AN ATTACK ON CARLYLE.

Mrs. Carlye's letters, published to-day, provoke
a fresh ontburst in The Times of bitter hatred
toward Carlyle, the writer accusing him Of indif-
..,.,ea neglect. extreme selfindulgence and mean
uarsimony to her, and also of arousng his wife'a
jealousy by protractod Irritation with Lady Ash
h,r,ou Tho article summaries the relations OF
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At Random.
springfield (Ol New


The girl who sent a fellow valentine
pasted on postal card didn't care two
cents for him.
"Peace be to her hashes," was the way
a letter ended from former boarder to
the relatives of his deceased landlady.
1t would be quite as sensible to put
dollar dress on a five cent doll, as TO put
a sevcnty-five dollar seal-skin sacque on
a seventy-five cent woman.
The height of fashion is to place hand
some tides on satin-covered sofas; the
best efiec. is given when used to cover up
a worn out spot on the sofa.
Ifyou will show us pretty girl with
dimples in her cheeks, we will bet our
paste pot that her lip is sore from biting
it to make the dimples show.
Il have no wealth." she said; 81 can
give you only my hand and heart" And
then he thought that her heart was as
big as her hand she was indeed wealthy.
The boys say that kisses will destroy
freckles, and girls who have been under
going the pleasure for a number of years
with no diminuition of the spots are still
taking the antidote freely; only on trial,
you know.
1t is said that the boot and shoe deal
ers of Yellow Springs only have to keep
one size of shoes for girls of that town.
They are up in the teens in numbers as
well as the girls in years. They d. this
so the girls will not have to expose the
size of their feet.
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Northwest, and Is threatening TO do very
serious work for crops in the future lie
says it works on the roofs, and is thus
hidden from sight, and its injury is un-
known till the stalks begin to turn yell
low, or wither and die. Among the spec
linens examined by him were found
pr,,bs, chrysalids and adult beetles. so IL
seems that it is somewhat irregular in
passing through the different stages OF
growth. II is described as Diabrotica
longicornis, but docs not seem TO have
been noticed in any Of the reports on
economic entomology.
DR.. Boardman of Elmira, ILL.,, writes
Pro. Osborn that he has noticed II for two
years past, and that it has done serious
injury in his locality, and that he has
seen II plentiful in Southern Iowa. He
says il does the most serious damage in
fields that have been planted to corn for
some years in succession, and is seldom
found in fields that have been planted
on stubble or sod land. Its full range
has not yet been determined, though
the belief is expressed that ii will extend
to every part OF the corn-growing regions
of the Northwest, and, if 80, it will scri.
ously shorten the creps, at least.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
rhc Champagne Cork Fraud.

The amateur wine drinker who is not
certain Of his judgment will always ex-
anime the cork of a bottle of champagne
before passing his opinion as to the mer.
its of the wine.
When he discovers that the manu-
facture ofbogus corks with choice brands
burned or stamped upon them is regu-
lar business, the youthful gourmand will
be put to his wits end TO keep up hi $
reputation as Judge. In Philadelphia
most of the large restaurants and big ho-
tells carefully preserve the corks taken
from choice brands of champagne and
sell them to the careful dealers, who send
them to New Jersey and California cor
respondents. The corks are then re-
turned in bottles ofdomestic champagne
The cork always settles a dispute as to
the quality of champagne wine, unless
the drinkers have highly cultivated pal
ates, and the advantage ofalways having
his corks as well as his labels cooked"
is too manifest for the thrifty wine mer-
chant or restaurant to over look. The
business of procuring these corks has,
therefore, become very extensive one.
The hotel walters save them up careful
" and retail them at from 2 TO cents
each.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
Harem Life in Egypt.

Life Scenes in Cairo, by Mary l.. whateley.
The life of harem ladies can hardly be
favorable to good health, even under the
most favorable circumstances. They
rarely take exercise, properly so called !;
in these days, indeed, many arc per-
mitted to drive out, but only in shut up
carriages; but even that poor kind of
exercise is not partaken of by a large
number, who are accustomed to the old
fashioned style of living. Some pass
years without crossing their own thres-
hold. A lacy Ia native Christian, but
one whose family KEEP. up the old habits
of seclusion which the Mosleims seem to
have introduced when they came into
possession centuries ago) actually lived
within a mile and half of the great
river Nile and had attained middle
age without having ever seen it. nor, as
she expressed no particular wish to do
waters on which her country depends
for its fertility, but probably died with
out quitting her voluntary prison-for in
her case it was not compulsory.
Most of the wealthier establishments
have some sort of garden, certainly, and
not few have very good gardens, even
in the heart of the town; but the languid
habits of their life are such that the
ladies rarely walk they prefer to sit in
the verandah and "smell the air." as
they say, and the gardener brings roses,
jasmine and other flowers tied in some
what stiff bouquets, and hand them to
the slaves to present to them. The de-
light of strolling about TO gather flowers
for herself, or picking oranges from the
bough, though hanging in rich profllsion
within reach, hardly seems to occur to
them; and some have been diverted and
amazed at hearing that English ladies
not only gather flowers for themselves.
but even like to cultivate them and to
pull up weeds, rake beds, and cut off
blossoms with their own hands. Labor
of any sort is looked upon by these Gagged
birds of women as thing for those COM
PEELED to it by poverty or dire necessity
of some kind, never as voluntary thing,
still less as one which sweetens the life
of man, when not in excess, more than
all the luxuries of idleness and wealth.
Slavery has, no doubt, much to do with
his contempt for work, but the langour
of an inactive and purposeless existence
perhaps does more.
They wander listlessly from room to
room or sit for hours smoking, till the
head must become more or less stupeiied
by the fumes of the tobacco-though it
certainly is lighter kind than that in
Use in Europe-and never seem to think
of roaming about in the garden, even in
the most delightful weather.
"What do you do all day long," an
English lady once asked friend in a
harem-a person of more than average
intelligence, be it said, who often COM
planned of headache, and was stouter
than natural at her age, for she was then
at most only two or three and thirty.
"Why," she answered, 81 90 and sit
on that divan yonder, and then come
here and sit upon this one awhile"
struggling her shoulders as she spoke.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
Household Decorations,

Tissue paper lamp shades, represent.
ing owls, are at present all the rage.
The fashionable covers for parlor fur
niture are plush, in plain colors.
Curtains of fishermen's twine are new
and promise to be fashionable.
A pretty new match box is in the form
of a cavalry boot, in tinted bronze.
Plush frames are prettily decorated
with small beads or tiny brass headed
nails.
A reception-room is considered incom-
plete unless adorned with cabinet for
bric-a-brac.
Low bedside tables, made of rattan or
upholstered wood, are coming into FASH
ion.
The newest design for colorcd table
cloths is one of birds on the wingwhch
is to be worked in filoselles.
Tiger-skins. even if they are only imi-
tations, are now conspicuous feature of
drawing room decorations.
Common fishing cord is now used for
tisisct NTOtItt ti
II makes pretty table covers and hand
bags.
Serviceable bureau covers are made of
crash worked in linen floss and finished
on the edge with an insertion of drawn
work fringe.
Drawn work IS rapidly gaining in pop
ularity. IL consists of drawing out the
threads of fine linen, and these spaces
are then filled in with fancy stitches.
Scap-baskets in the shape of vases,
with one or two handles, are now in
fashion. They are ornamented with a
bunch of flowers, and handsome bow or
tiny bird.
New paper hangings, that are suitable
for halls or dining rooms, are successful
copies Of stamped leather. the dull cop
perry tints being shown in embossed re-
pousse figures stamped in relief.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
Gold In North Caroliaa.

A special to the Boston Herald from
Fayetteville says North Carolina has a
bonanza king who now counts his wealth
by the hundreds of Thousands. The lucky
man is John Barnes Of Moore county. A
few weeks ago his earthly possessions
consisted Of half dozen half-starved
coon dogs, and twenty acre lot of bar
rem land in Moore county. A few weeks
ago he discovered gold on his farm. He
prudently Kept the secret to himself and
moved the precious metal as best he
could. He obtained more than 100 lbs.
Of gold, then disposed of portion of his
land for $l43,OO0, reserving large share
for himself.
Barnes is now considered the wealth.
lest man in eastern North Carolina. He
is preparing TO build for himself han9-
some residence short distance from the
spot where he discovered his gold mine.
The coon dogs, which were his constant
and almost sole companions in his poy.
ery. are to be kindly cared for.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
THREE SCORE AND TEN.

An Old scotch Woman In the Far North
west Tells her Life Experience.
Helen Hun, in Atlantic Monthly.
"And how far is Renton ?"
"Wull, yen come from Renton to this
for forty cents"
was struck by the novelty of this
method of estimating distance. The
rich reckon it by the hour the poor, 1t
seems, by cents.
She was born in Stafiordshire, Eng
land, where she lived till she was forty
years old. Her first husband was q
collier.
"E was 'eavy man. An he made
too much blood. For five years c was a
maxim too much blood; an the doctors
said il would be good for i'm to go to
America. Else I'd never have gone. II
was for that brought i'm. ! did not
start till l was turned forty. Oh, I've
ad troubles Ay, the oops and downs
in this life Ye doant know what yen
live through with"
81 lost five children a-cuttin' teeth, a.
runnin' at fourteen months each; an
then their father was killed, too, an that
was worse than the children.
ut was agen all my prayers that e
went in the mine that day. I'd bad
dream, an / said to i'm: Now, I've 'ad a
dream, an If ye 60 in the mine I ull be
your grave yc goin' into : an afore night
he was dead There was nineteen others
killed, to. Ii was a coal mine "a
slaughter mine-that's what it il was, by
rights"
This was in Virginia; in the coal
mines in the southern part of the state.
She soon married again, and with her
second husband was keeping country
store, and earning money fast, when,
only three months before the war broke
out their store burned down, without
insurance.
"We want like many folks she
said, mot payin' our debts because we
was burned out. We paid up every dol
lar we owed, an had enough money left
to take us back to England for visit.
wasn't ever afraid O my hands. was
as liberal to work as If II was to airn a
fortune. was always singin' to my
work like martingale."
When they returned to America they
joined u party of English emigrants to
Vancouver's island, and her husband
went into the mines there. But misfor-
tune did not quit its hold of her. In an
accident in mine, her husband was in
jured by falling beams, so that he could
never again do heavy work, and all of
her children died except the Youngest.
There's great pleasure with having
children" she said, "an' there's great
trouble to lose 'em; but I've lived TO
thank the lord that he took mine as he
did. It's a wicked world for them to
coam through"
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
A Business secret.

"Are those cakes new maple sugar ?" be
asked, as he halted before stand on the
street.
They are, sir"
"Made this winter?'
"Ycs, sir"
From the pure sap"
From pure sap, sir"
And not adulterated?"
"Not in the least. How many cakes
will you have?"
"Not one. am looking for some cakes
OF old maple sugar-some at least year
old. think new sugar unhealthy"
"Pll tell you what sir" siid the keeper
of the stand, as he gave his voice a conf.
dental pitch, "if You want six cakes at 5
cents each, I'll admit that lied about it,
and that this is old sugar polished up
with rag. Come, sir, patronize poor
but worthy man.'-Burlington Hawk
eye.
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ws,f. ON the Water.

There arrived by the City of Toxic
yesterday five dark-skinned natives of
the South Sea Islands, who had been
picked up in canoe by the American
ship Northern Light.
The ship found them adrift, and in a
dying condition on December 10, in lati-
tude 70 81, south and longitude 1852 1,
east.
The boat contained ten persons, five
of whom had died from starvation.
There was one woman among the sur
vivors. They proved to be natives
of the Gilbert group. They were
so emaciated and looked 30 wretched,
especially the woman, that at first their
recovery was believed to be impossible.
However, they received all possible care
and are recovered.
Their story was that in attempting 10
cross frsm one island to another storm
overlook them and drove them TO sea
and out of sight of land. They had
nothing to eat and managed 10 get only
such slstenance a. little rain water
was able to give. The woman gave birth
to child while on board the Northern
Light.
: They are to be sent back from here TO
Australia, thence to the Fiji Islands,
and from there to the Gilbert Islands.-
San Francisco Chronicle.
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about twenty thicknesses of paper; 1T is
shaped upon or around molds, while wet,
into the form it is to represent, and will
hold that form perpetually when dry.
When dried il is as difficult as rawhide
to cut with knife. A company has been
formed at Kennebunk, Me-, for the
manufacture of this article, and will at
once build large mill there for that
purpose. This company is making, for
introduction into the mills, rowing cans,
boxes, etc, to take the place of tin cans
and wooden boxes. Cans made from
this material are about one-fourth the
weight of tin cans of equal size; while
tin cans are liable to get bent, cans made
from leatheroid are entirely free from
this objection. They have the elasticity
of thin steel, and no amount OF kicking
or handling will break them.
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
AMERICAN FABLES
Some Rather Striking Specimens of base
Ingratitude.
Detroit Free Pres.

Detroit Free Press.
A burglar who had risen to the head If
his profession one day called upon law
yer and said
81 have come to demand the protection
of the law"
"You shall have it my friend-fee five
dollars"
Last night man named Jones, living
on Seventeenth street shot at me-" con-
tinued the burglar.
"And what were you dong"
81 was about to crawl into one of the
windows to pack up the silver and take
it down to the Safe Deposit Company's
vaults for safety"
Truly, such ingratitude must be re-
buked and punished" said the lawyer.
ave will have him arrested forthwith,
and though he may defend his silver
against Burglars he cannot Defend his
GreeRbacks against the Law"
THE BUCKET SHOP.
A simple-minded Peasant who had
nearu great zeal ABOUT bucket shops,
entered one of them one day and asked !:
what will it cost to get Bucket?"
Five dollars is our lowest Figure" was
the reply.
The Peasant handed over his cash and
was told to watch the Ticker and the
man who chalked on the Blackboard.
He watched until weary of the Occupa.
ton, and then said:
81 guess I'll take my Bucket and jog
along home, as it is about time to feed
the Pigs
"Why, sir" replied the owner of the
Cooper Shop, "the Bottom dropped out
of your Bucket half an hour ago"
Then will take the hoops home TO
show my Wife that I speculated and
lost"
Base ingntew shouted the proprie-
tor, Sis it moi enough that you have not
had your pockets picked and your head
mashed with a club? After having put
us to the Trouble of Taking your Money
you would not Squeal Go hence Come
here no more! Hereafter get yourself
robbed on the highway or buy Mining
Stocks I"
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
Old Oddities.

The Jacoby powder mill at Mont.
gomery coznty, Pa, which exploded not
long ago, was first built in 1880.
Mr.. +. ]. Krauss, while digging a cellar
on East Main street, Carlisle, Pa, dis
co-ered stone wall. part of which is
over four feet thick. 1t is supposed to
be the foundation of an old house built
200 years ago.
A Chinese coin 5000 years old has
been found by gold miners who were
digging inc claim at Cossiar, Cal. 1t is
supposed to have been left there by
Chinese mariners wrecked on the coast
long before the Christian era.
Richard w. Cain, while cleaning a
piece Of pine land near Lake City, Fla,
recently found, about foot below the
surface Of the earth, an Indian toma-
hawk In q good state of preservation. II
has attached to it a pipe. The handle is
bored making perfect stem.
Mr.. Perkins of Unity, New Hamp-
shire, aSed 93 took down his old musket.
once the property of John Moody, a
soldier in Col. Waldron's regiment of
New Hampshire troops during the Rev.
olutionary war. Perkins loaded the
weapon and shot four 70, irrels, using no
specsacles, and killing a squirrel ct each
The Osceola times., 1883-03-31
SOME COUNTRY HOTELS.
A few Remarks on the Subject put forth
by Josh Billings.
Exchange.

Exchange.
Josh Billing may be an old-time hu-
morist, and his style may be growing a
little ancient, but he can get about as
near the truth as any man We ever saw.
The following from his pen may be old,
but we never saw it till the other day,
and we take it for granted that many of
our travelling friends have never come
across it,
don't know of any business more
hattersome than the tavern business.
There don't seem to be anything to do
but to stand behind the register, with a
pen behind the car, and see that the
guests enter the house; then yank bell
rope six or seven times then tell John
to show the gentleman to 976, and then
take four dollars and fifty cents next
morning from the poor traveller and let
him went.
This seems to be the whole thing land
it is the whole thing in most cases.
You will discover the following de-
scription mild one Of about nine hotels
cific oceans across the United States in
straight line.
Your room is thirteen feet five inches
by nine feet seven inches, parallelo-
granny.
The carpet is ingrained-ingrained
with the dust and kerosene oil and ink
spots of other generations.
There are two pegs in the room 10 hitch
coats on to; one of them il broke off anil
the other pulled out and missing.
The bureau has three legs and one
brick.
The glass on the bureau swings on two
pivots which have lost their grip.
There is but one towel on the rack,
thin but wet.
The rain water in the pitcher came out
Of the well.
The soap is as tough to wear as whet-
stone.
There are three chairs, cane-seated,
one a rocker; all three is busted.
There is match safe, empty.
There is no curtain on the window,
and there don't want TO be any; you can't
see out, and who can see in?
The bell rope has come off about six
inches this side Of the ceiling.
The bed is a modern slat-bottom, with
two mattresses, one cotton and one husk,
and both harder and about as thick as a
sea biscuit.
You enter the bed sideways, and you
can feel every slat at once as easy as you
could the ribs of gridiron.
The bed is inhabited.
You sleep some, but roll over a good
deal.
For breakfast you have a gong, and
Rio coffee too cold to melt butter; fried
potatoes, which resemble chips that a
two-inch auger makes in its journey
through an oak log.
Bread, solid beefsteak about as thick
as a blister plaster, and as tough as
hounds ear.
Table covered with plates, few scared
to-death pickles on one of them and six
crackers on the other.
Servant girl with hoops on hangs
around you earnestly and wants TO know
if YOU wunt another cup of cefiee.
You say, "No, ma'am; thank you,"
and push back your chair.