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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-02
EXPERIMENTAL HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Department of
Agriculture leased piece Of ground near the north
eastern boundary line Of the city, To be used az an eI
perimenta farm and hospital in connection with nvcst-
cations Of diseases OF animals. The grounds are being
nut iu order and buildings being erected thereon
DR. d. f. Salmon who has for q number OF years been
employed by the Department In the investigation OF dis
eases Of CATTLE swine and poultry will arrive in Wash
ngton about May to take charge OF the work. DR..
Salmon will bring with him number OF cattle and
sheer and the experiments viii begin shortly after his
arrival. The Pasteur system Of incubation will be
adoped with such additions gu ulhcations have
becn suggested by Dr. Saimon's own discoveries while
engaged in investigation his farm near Ashevile,
e. The Investigations now TO be made will be on q
much larger scale than heretofore attempted by the
Dep Irtment and will be conducted with the view OF as
certainng origin, and nature OF the Texas
cattle fever, pleuro- pneumonia and hog and chicken
cholera, together with means Of preventing and curing
these diseases.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
Origin of tho Cerea al Gralns

Wheat ranks by origin as degener.
crate and degraded lily. Suoh in brief
is the proposition which this paper sets
out to prove, and which the whole
course of evolutionary botany tends
every day more and more fully to con-
firm. By thus from the very outset
placing clearly before our eyes tho goal
of our argument, we shall be able the
better to understand as VIC gc yhither
each item of tho cumulative evidence is
really tending. We must enueavor to
start with the simplest forms OF the
great group of plants to which the ce-
reals and the other grasses belong, aud
we must try to see by what steps this
primitive type gave birth, first to the
brilliantly colored lilies. next to tho
degraded rushes and scdges, and then
to the still more degenerate grasses,
from one or other of whose richer grains
man has finally developed his wheat,
his rice. his millet, and his barley. We
shall thus trace throughout the whole
pedigree OF wheat from the time when
it's ancestors first diverged from tho
common stock Of the lilies and the wa
ter-plantations, to the time when saw
age man found it growing wild among
the untitled plains of prehistoric Asia,
and took it under his special protection
in the little garden-plots around his
wattled hut, whence it has gradually
altered under his constant selection in-
TO the golden grain that now covers
half the lowland tilth OF Europe md
America. There is no page in botanical
history moro full Of genuine romance
than this. and there is no page IN which
the evidence is clearer or moro convin-
DING for those who will take the easy
trouble to read it a1ight.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
Lead Poisoning IN iIressn,akers.

Lead poisoning is often produced III
an unsuspected manner, The occupa.
ton of dressmaking might be regarded
as ole likely to be exempt from it yet
n dressmaker Just admitted into tho
Leeds Dispensary, England, was found
to have q distinct blue line on her gums,
with simultaneous symptoms, such as
a furied tongue, Inflammation of the
lips, and general debility--all signs
pointing to tho probability of poisoning
by lead. The physician in attendance
for some time failed to discover the
source of the lead poisoning, and was
beginning to think the blue line had
been caused in some other way. when
he accidentally learned from merchant
that silken thread, bong sold by weight,
and not by length, Is sometime adul-
terated with sugar Of lead. He than
questioned the patient, and she inform.
ed him that it had been common
practice with her, when at work, to
hold silk rs we'll as other kinds of thread
III her mouth, and that she hail done
this the more readily with silk, inas-
much as 1t often bad a sweet tn to. This
is sure Indication OF the presence Of
lead. and all thread possessing it should
either be rejected or used with caution.
1t will be found that the silk thread of
the best makers is tasteless, whereas
some inferior threads are sweet.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
Rare OId Wine.

Ono lot of 1000 gallons of sherry had
been in the London wine vaults for
nearly fifty years. 1t was brought from
the South by its owner, who had fallen
dead in the vaults. The wine, along
with his other property, had passed in
to ohancery, and the litigation, which
has continued for nearly half century,
Is as far from being ended, apparently,
as when it begun. But the wine has
been growing old and valuable, and If
sold now, would probably bring five
guineas gallon. The fact is that wine
rarely gets as old rs it is credited with,
and there is but little sherry or port of
an older vintage than 1870 to be had,
and then at very high prices indeed.
The majority Of still wines in common
use are not moro than two years old,
and glass of sherry that hos been in
wood two ye&rs and bottle Ave more is
q rare treat.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
address, ther niece with q view to mar.

address her niece with a view to mar
riage,,
J That was Madeline Moray's Easter
gift. 'nnr tsu
~ A mar's true and4loyal heart-the
dawn Of agreat happiness. over life
which up to this hour had been but
chlll and solitary. H5. Ia@i<', .
There was no denying that Mrs. Clair
vile was much disappointed.
Emily and Alicia had been in society
three seasons now, without having re-
ceived any eligible offer; and 1t did
seem strange that this pale. qttiet little
girl from the baok7woods. as Mrs. Clair
villecontemptuously expressedit, should
Rave carried off such a. glitterlng prize
es Captain BrssbPasssn; forlt never occur
red to them that Madeline's sweet
unsselfisb4ness' and aiiiet self denial could
possibly have had anything to do with
the natter Rt"il1J Z T9.a'T
Andlb5 loiig as old coiisin Zephaniah
andEhia '&ife lived, Captain Brabazan
made them an annual allowance whloh
was, ample for their simple wants.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
hiviiUas 0s s:;G Hshshn-::s.

The celebration Of the foundation Of
tho Habsburg monarchy has suggested
to a writer in one of the Vienna journals
the compilation of tho notices adopted
by the Emperors who have successive
ly occupied the throne. The founder
Of tho dynasty, whose motto was "Fes-
tina lente" before his accession, after
ward adopted that OF "Melius bone
imperare guam imperium ampliare. :"
Albert T, with "Fugam victoria nescit, I"
and Frederick III, with "Beata morte
nihil beatus," were succeeded by Albert
III and Frederick ~, whose notices
were "Amlcus optima vito possessio, {"
and "Amor elects, iniustis ordinat ui-
ter" CHARLES ". had two notices,
"Nondum" and "Plus ultra, " while the
motto of Ferdinand +, the founder of
the German line of Habsburgs. was
"Fiat justitia, pereat mundus." "Deus
providebit" was the pious motto Of
Maximilian II; and, passing over those
of Rudolph III and two or three othor
soveretgns, that OF Charles vi, the
author of the Pragmatic Sanction, pos
sesses peculiar interest, as ho was the
last male descendant of the House of
Habsburg. His high temper and force
>of character are embodied in the motto,
"Constantia ct tortitudine J" while his
daughter, Maria Theresa, who founded
the house of rg.Lorraine, chose
as her motto, "Justitia ct clementia." Z"
The motto of her husband, Francis I,
was "Pro Deo ct iinperio," while Joseph
III took for his device, "Virtute exem.
plo," and his brother, Leopold IT.,
"Opes regum corda subditorum." He
was succeeded by Francis III, with the
notices, "Lege ct fide" and "Justitia
regnorum fundamentum." Tho late
Emperor Ferdinand's motto was, "Reo.
ia tuer1," while that OF the reigning
sovereign Is, appropriately enough,
"viribus unltis," for there is more
strength aud unity in the dual empire
than when he came to the throne.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
: ~ T . -FTT !. 49, IT,. ..
Ferqcivus Courage OF the Afghan.

IA; correspondents, contributes some
"Reminiscences 81 tha Warfin Afghan,
istap." Referring t66' tic lighting quail
tiles of the Afghan ssoldiery, he says:
An Afghan never thinks of asking for
quarter, bdtlfghts with the ferocity of
tiger and olings to life until his eyes
glaze and his hands refuse to pull q
pistol-trigger or use knife in a dying
-e9prt to main, or, kill his epemy. The
stern realities of war were more pro-
noune9d on flip katNe-felds in Afghan
istan than perhaps they have ever be on
iHlpdia, if we. except the retribative
days of the mutiny. 10 spare wound
cd man for a minute was probably to
cause the death of the next soldier who
unsuspiciously walked past him. One
thing our mon certainly learned in
Afghanistan. and that was to keep their
wits about them when pursuing an
enemy or passing over hard-won field.
There might be danger lurking in each
seemingly Illuminate form studdIng the
ground, and unless care and caution
were exercised the wounded Afghan
would steep his soul in bliss by killing
a Kaftir just when life WAS at It's last
ebb. This stubborn way of fighting
IN e1tremts is prompted doubtless by
fanaticism, and we saw so much of it
that our mea at close quarters always
drove their ibayonets! well Home, SO
that Atheresshould .be no mistake as to
the deadliness of the wound. The ply
sical courage which distinguished the
untraine d.mobs who foughtso resolutely
against us was worthy of all admiration;
the tenacity with which men, badly
armed ana lacking skilled leaders,
clung to their positions was remarkable,
to say nothing of the sullen dogged-
ness they often sho&ed when retiring.
Butt when the, tide Of sthe fight set in
fully against them and they saw that
| further resistance would involve them
more deeply, there was so sudden a
change always apparent that one could
scarcely believe the fugitiyes hurryina
over the hills were tho same men who
had resisted 30 desperately but fow
minutes before. They acted wisely;
they knew their powers Ill scaling stcer
hills, or in making their escape by
ffeetness Of foot; and the host generally
dissolved with rapidly which no one
but an eyewitness can appreciate. II
cavalry overlook them, they turned like
wolves and fought with desperation,
selling their lives as dearly as mon ever
sold them; but there was no rally in
the true sense of the word, and but
faint attempts at aiding each other.
Their regular troops were but little
ainenablo to discipline by reason of
deficient training, and they resorted tc
the tactics they had pursued as tribes
men, when once they we're forced tc
retire. .
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
TRI-W:EEK.LY EDITION,
a LITTLE PHILOSOPHER.

The days are short ana the nights are long,
And the wind 10 nipplng cold; ~
The tasks are hard and the sums are wrong,
And the teachers often soold.
But Johnny McCree,
On, what cares he,
AS he whistles along the way2
ut will all come right
BY tomorrow night"
Says Johnny NcCree to-day. -.
The plums are few and the cake Is plain,
5 The shoes are out at the toe;
For money you look in the purse In vain
1t was oil spent long ago.
But johnny McCree,
Oh, what cares he,
AS he whistles along the street3
Would you hayo tho blues
For pair Of shoes
While you have pair Of feet?
The snow Is deep, there are paths to break,
But tho little arm Ia strong, ~,
And work Is play II you'll only take 3 j
Your work with bit Of song.
And Johnny McCree,y- ...
Oh, what cares he,
I As no whistles along the road?,
lie will do his best,
And will leave the rest
TO tho care Of his Father, God.
= !. .r.v
The mothers face is often sad, :
She scarce knows what to do;
But at Johnny's kiss she Ii bright and glad
She loves him, and wouldn't your
For Johnny McCrec, .,. ..g. 10.
Oh, what cares he, p.
AS he whistles along the way? .e4., O.,
The trouble will go,
And ~ told you so,"
Our brave little John will say.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
a Great Farmer.

DIR. Glenn's ranch in CAlifo mia COM
prises about 10000 acres OF land, and
the number of acres iu wheat each year
ranges between 10000 aud $4,000.
Reckoning all average of from 20 to 25
bushels to the acre, the aggregate crop
each year amounts to something more
than 100000 bushels. This enormous
amount of grain requires vast appli-
ances for planting and bringing it to
market; and the capital invested in
machinery alone sums up q considerable
fortune. During the harvest time there
are employed on the entire fanc6 some
500 men. Dr. Glenn was general:in-
chief of his force. aud his ranch is divi
ded, for convenience OF operation, into
nine smaller ranches-each with. q
dwelling. house, barns, blacksmith shop
and other necessary buildings. In
charge OF these are seven foremen, un-
der whom are sixteen blaoksmiths,
fourteen carpenters, six engineers six
machinists, five commissaries aud nu-
merous cooks and servants, The COM
mon workmen are divided into gangs,
and detailed where they are needed.
There are needed 1870 gang plows, 60
herders, to which belong 1870 wagons;
cleaners, 100 burrows, 18 seeders, 6
threshers, engines. Besides, there
are many smaller instruments and veh-
icles, which cannot be classified. Co.
operating with their human brethren
in the great labor are 1000 work-horses
and mutes, with kinship of brood
mares and younger stock which have
not yet achieved the dignity Of labor.
There arc 80 dwelling houses. 27 barns,
IA blacksmith shops, and other struct-
ures sufficient to swell the aggregate
to 100. The machinery could not be
replaced for $l25, 900; the work horses
and mules are worth $11O, 900; and the
brood mayes and young stock $75. 900.
The ranch is about twenty miles above
the town of Oolusa.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
Egypt.

Egypt is to have large police force,
composed mainly of Europeans. Ao-
tive recruiting for this body has been
going on in Switzerland, Germany and
Belgium. Natives cf those countries
are deemed equally eligible. French
aud Italians are, for political reasons,
excluded. The recruits are not to be
under twenty, nor over forty years Of
age. They are to get from $50 to 800 q
month, from which about $8 a month is
to be deducted for tile cost Of rations.
The Egyptian Governmentis Is to pay the
expense of conveyance to Egypt. and
there Is o special agreement with. the
Swiss recruits that, In case their counl
try should BECOME involved IN war; they
are to have the privilege of returning
Immediately to their homes, at the sx-
pense OF the Egyptian treasury
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05
Railway Acuommo d atIons.

In these days when 1t ls fashionable to
complain OF corporations ss purely selfish,
1t Is greatly to the credit of tho Pennsylva.
MIA Rallroad Company, that it is constant.
ly furnishing increased facilities for the
accommodation OF the travelling public.
Recently they havo commenced running
through Pullman Sleeping Coach from
Washington and Baltimore to Chicago on
their Pacific Express, which leaves Wash
Ing every day In the year ut 0,50 p. M,
and Baltimore II. .16 p. IN. Tho arriving
time at Chicago is 6. 90 o'clock tho second
morning. Tho portion Of the tram which
starts from Washington joins at Harris.
burg with the section from New York and
Philadelphia on. which there ls hotel Car.
This arrangement gives passengers from
Baltimore and, w ashmgton Just the same
eating facilities as enjoyed by those from
New York, as the first meal en- route is
breakfaston the, fret morning, after tho
two sections have become one tram.
On tholr West Jersey connection, also,
they arranged for placing, since February
10th, o through passenger car between
New York and Jersey City as follows:
Leave Brooklyn 1880 noon; New York,
400 p. M, and arrive at Atlantic City
(via Tronton and Camden) 5:47 y. m.
Leave Atlantic City at 1926 a. M, arrive
at New York, 11.40 noon; Brooklyn 1880
noon. The car will not be ruu In either
direction on Sundays.
The latter will furnish not only desirable
facilities for the citizens OF New York and
northern New jersey, but will enable sum-
mer Visitors to New York city on business
70 take run down, to the "Clty by the
Sea" conveniently and IN q few hours. ID
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-05

There are 27b0 languages.
- American patent medicines are in
great demand in Belgium.
The daily gazette., 1883-02-21
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.


Panic In y School Causes the Death OF
FIftaen Children.
New YORK, Feb. 20.-An outbreak OF
Are under the stairs on the second floor Of
the school house attached TO the Roman
Catholic Church of the Most Holy Re-
deemer, on Fourth street, between Avenue
and First avenue, at 3.12 this afternoon,
was the cause of an appalling accident, ne
less than Is children losing their lives.
Over 700 scholars, mostly children of the
poorer classes living in that vicinity, from
TO IL years of age, attended the school and
were in their class rooms when the alarm oi
fire was raised, which resulted In fearful
panic. The removal of children on the
fourth floor began quietly and was pro-
crossing rapidly when q Sister of Charity,
who was in charge of class of girls
tainted from excitement. Immediately
the clals was thrown into confusion and
q rush was made for the hallway. On the
stairs, which were already crowded, panic
ensued and deadly crush took place
While the children were piling one on the
other the railing of the stairs broke and the
mass of struggling children were precipita.
. ted to the floor below. The police and fire
men rushed In, found them lying four ol
| five deep. Six were taken out dead frou
the bottom of the heap. Nine more died
Immediately after, making a total of 3.
large number of others, who were carried Il
surrounding tenements, were reported TO b
| dying. The excitement when the news o.
the catastrophe spread through the densely
peopled neighborhood was fearful ant
throngs of excited people blocked the street.
| surrounding the school. Many childrer
were lost In the excitement and are reported
missing.
The daily gazette., 1883-02-21
HANDSOME QUARTERS.
J. 4. sutterIy's improvements TO IA
Photographic Rooms.

fhObOgT0phc Rooms.
In short time J. X. Sutterly, the we'll
known photographer, 3O2 Market street,
viii throw open to the public without ex-
ception the handsome Photographic estab-
lIshment on the Peninsula. For long time
he has only occupied the third story Of the
building, but few weeks ago, having OBJ
tanned possession of the second floor exten-
slye alterations and improvements were
commenced, which now are almost finished.
A fight of stairs has been con-
structed leading from the second
door, or reception parlor, 10 the operating
room on the third floor. In the rear of the
main room, which will be supplied with
counters, show -cases, sofas, ETC., Is private
dressing room for customers and an Office
for Mr.. Sutterly, where he will transact his
extensive Insurance and other business
The woodwork tn the new rooms has been
hnished with tirst-class imitation of cherry
The floor will be covered with a Brussels
carpet of tasty design, the windows cur
tained. The stairs covered with a serviceable
oil cloth Tae old stairway leading in the
entry from lhn second 10 the third floor with
be done away With entirely under tue new
arrangements. Some radical improvements
Will also be made in the artangsments Of
the operating quarters on the third ioor,
which are now somewhat crowded by The
rapidly increasing business.
The daily gazette., 1883-02-21
S2s0,M0
a Wilmington pivorce Case.


DOVER, Feb. 81 lin the Senate yesterday
q petition was read from Laura z. Gibbons,
of Wilmington, for divorce from her hus-
band William G.. Gibbons, the wel-known
head of the Pusey & Jones Company. The
petition Is brief and reeites the marriage
Of the petitioner with her husband on
September 81, 1861, and states that In 1873
difficulties, for which she was not In the
least responsible, arose between them, and
these continued to grow until 1880, when
they eliminated in refusal of her husband
to treat her as wife and all martial inter
course between them ceased. The petitioner
alleges that she has been harshly treated,
that her husband has often left her for a
long ii me without word, that no conyer-
sation has taken place between them for
more than year, and that they do not live
together Thus her life has been made
miserable and she pays for a Legislative
enactment OF separation.
The daily gazette., 1883-02-21
NOTICE.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SIS.
THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
, the sheriff Of New Castle county,

~, To the sheriff of New Castle county,
}L. 4. {Greeting:
t~~-~' WHEREAS, Mary A. Brooke by her
petition TO the Judges Of eur Superior Court filed
In the Office of the PrOthonOtary of the said court
In and for the county Of New Castle, for the cause
of complaint therein alleged has made appllca- :
ton to our said judges that decree may &c pro-
nounccd dissoving the marriage existing be-
tween the petitioner and her hvsband, James b.
Brooke.
We therefore command IS your predecessor hath
been heretofore commanded, that yeu summon
James B. Brooke 50 that he be and appear before
the Judges OF our said court, at thenext term
thereof, to be held at Wilmington, on Monday,
the fourteenth day OF May next, to answer the
allegations of the said petition, and also TO show
cause, III any he has, why q decree OF the said
court should not be made disaplving the marriage
existing between him and the said petitioner,
according to the Act Of Assembly in such ease
made and provided, and also to do and receive
what the said court shall then aud there consider
concerning him In this behalf as to the court
shall seem meet and consistent with the provt-
sions Of the said Act of Assembly and have you
then this writ.
Witness the Hon. Joseph +. Comegys, ESD, at
Wilmington. the fifteenth day Of December, A.
D.. eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Issued February !, 1853. M
GEO. A. MAXWELL, Pro'y.
The above Is Il true copy Of the ais. sums. Ne.
% May I, 1883, Mary A. Brooke vs.. James r..
Brooke, Libel for Divorce.
sHEnIFF's OFFICE, WILL DEL, Feb. !, 1883.
feb5-l8t, 1taw
The daily gazette., 1883-02-21
sTIpMANI . SONS eALEs.

The following sales are announced by L..
w. Stidham & Son:
February
-. j. T. Richardson Mill Creek ,hvndred.
20. j. II. George, Red Lion.
23s L. +. Adair, Wilmington, Del.
26. g. NJ. D. Lyman, MN Creek.
20. SIN & Bailey, Red Lien, Pa.
"a. s. NJ. Donnell. Newark, Del.
2S. Benjamin Campbell, Newark, Del.
March
/. Mrs. Jabez Banks, Mill Greek hum
dred.
/. Amos W. House, Ghadd's Ford, Pa.
2. Mcdonnell & Edwards, New Castle
hundred.
5. Edw. A. stoops, New Castle hundred,
8. John Bradford, New Castle hundred.
8. Isaac Nailor, Brandywine hundred.
IL. Sill u Bailey, Red Lion, Pa.
ID. Atwood Weldin, New Castle hundred
13 and IA w. d. Grow.
81. Garrett 81 Furrey, city.
%. Mrs. Hanes, 228 French street, city.
26. Sill & Bailey, Red Lion, Pa