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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
From The Weekly Tribune orAugust Is.
LUCERNE OR ALFALFA.


This plant has been known and cultivated foe
pasture and meadow over 1000 years. Many years
ago it was taken to South America, from there Il
was carried to Mexico and California. Luceme ID
the French name alfalfa the Spanish name, for the
same plant. Seed from California or other dry
countries produces plants best adapted to stand
severe dry weather. The woody roots extend to
great depth in dry, open SOIL Most seedsmen prob,
ABLY keep the seed, which should be sown in spring
twenty pounds to the acre. The young plants
grow rather slowly and look slender for some time
but after the roots get down the plant becomes
larger and looks as though it had come to stay II
should be moved as soon the flowers begin to APP
pear. or sooner, as much of the nourishment soon
passes out into woody fibre.
1t is favorite plant for irrigation in dry coun-
tries. where ltmay be cut five or more times Presi-
dent Ingersoll, Of the Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, told me last week that alfalfa is the only
forage plant that grows at their place and keeps
green without irrigation. Professor Shelton, Of
Kansas Agricultural College, has tested Il thor.
oughly and has no hesitation in saying that, all
things considered, 1t is a most valuable plant.
especially for the western and southwestern sections
of Kansas He has found that alfalfa must have
old rich and well-drained land to begin with.
tenacious subsol is not adapted TO alfalfa AZ
Lansing | find alfalfa does well and 10 perennial.
Professor w. j. Beal, Michigan Agricultural
College.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
CRoWDS IN TIE STORM At ROCKAWAY.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF THE Seasonal THRIVING
INDUSTRY IL CRABS

THE HEAVIEST RAIN OF THE Seasonal THRIVING
INDUSTRY IN CRABS.
A score of men could have made small for
tunes by the sale OF umbrellas at ROckaway Beach yea
terday Shortly before o'clock storm burst in great
fury sending the $4,000 or 10000 pleasure kers
rushing pe.mell for the nearest shelter 1t was the
heaviest rain OF the and accompanied by
wind that a few minutes showed familiarity with
the habits Of the Western cyclone that BODIED III TO the
fra structures that line the shore. In thirty minutes
the rain had changed into mild drzzo and
in less than hour the out
again, shining brighter ard warmer than before the
storm Hundreds Of tmid visitors had made rush for
first departing train boat, but their places
taken by many people who had left the city before the
rain began In ALL the number Of visitors stated to
DE considerably larger than the preceding Sunday
and the clerks at Remsen & Wainwrighps unblushingy
asserted that 500 batheis had hired suits their
tabishment. saltwater bathing also largely in
duged H. and the only persons who seemed dissatisfied
with the day were the fishermen Jamaica Bay who
got caught in the rain and obliged TO pull for shore
under the most exasper2tiDg circumstances.
The Seaside House, the restaurants, the bars and the
beer shops and the miscellaneous "shows" all did
good business An industry that appeared TO be par.
tculaTy popular and prosperous was the sale OF hard
shell craDs-"TwO for five cents, ten for n quarter"
Long trains OF ten dozen each, and heavy,
lOp. sided boats, took the crowd dusk
until the visitors had been treated to a sunset Of
beauty. majority OF the pleaJureseekers however,
showed greater fOndness for a farewell glass OF beer
sands enjoyed comfortable lunch OF banana skins
thrown 20 them by philanthrOpio urchins.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20

lrl Of Trade mlsc0l aueous report 1881
FURNISHED by Juitod states Consul Du BOa
tRepOrt OF Bureau Of statistics Of Massachusetts, 1881
Any one who has visited woollen mill knows
that the spinners and viewers amount 10 about so
per cent of all employed and it is safe to say that
the above table including spinners weavers, wool
sorters and laborers represents from So to 90 per
cent of the operatives engaged in the wOollen In
dustry of the several countries | have shown IN
previous letters that in the iron industry Protection
in Germany has helped TO bnng up the wages to the
English standard. The above table. computed
from unquestionod authorities, shows that Free
Trade and the boasted markets OF the world COM
bined with natural advantages to be found
where else in the world. and tho best machinery
and half century start in the race, have not pre-
vented English labor reaching the level of CONT
mental labor What will Mr.. Thomas Brassey
think of this 7 In a recent work on Foreign Work
and English Wages" he shows that one English
mill hama il worth about two of the vegotabe-fed
hands of the Continent, and yet have shown that
England pays no more. Perhaps Mr.. Brassey or
some other English economist will explain.
ROBERT y. PORTER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
BASEBALL NEWS.
THE RECORD OF THE CLUBS IN THE SEVERAL AS
sOClATION5

TIE RECORD OF THE CLUBS IL THE SEVERAL AS
sOCIATIoNS.
The record of last weeks play leaves the
Cleveland club tho lead in the for the baseball
League pennant Third closest rivals tho Providence
nine, have lost three games than the leaders
though they are only behind in games. Tho
Boston nine are a good third being only three games
behind the cleveland players The Boston i'm
proving steadily their play and doing much better
the carly part OF the The ehamp ons
are up in the being only four games behind
the leaders, but they playing uueyeny that their
friends doubtful whether the club will again carry of
the championship. They still have time to make squirt
and carry everything before them. they did ast sea-
SON. The home club has been playing In slightly better
form than before since ONeil has left of pitching but
whether the club make up the lost ground is doubt
full They ten games behind the Cleveland Club
and they will have perform wonders to close up the
gap Tue record Of all the games played to date 10 as
follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
A PREACHERS PLEA FOR THE STRIKERS

The Rev. Dr. A. Stewart Walsh preached
sermon on the telegraphers strike, yesterday, at the
Thirty third street Baptist Church. No 1927 West Thirty
thirdst He chose az his text Revelation xi II. DR..
Walsh spoke In substance as follows;
In the midst OF for weeks there has been going on
conflict between the great telegraphc corporation and
it's employees The employees said truthfuly that they
needed higher wages to support their families properly
and justice, reason and public sentiment with
them. Had 1t been shown that the corporation I'M
able to meet the demand not would have struck
1t became a battle Of mammon against manhood. The
corporation demanded that its servants should
profit on S1000oOO0O. while the capital which IT had
actually nyested amounted to not than $50 OO0
Tho battle grand one, but public sentiment
invariably toward the rising OF success The striker
met with double injustice He failed to obtain his rigas
he blamed for struggling toward Justice Nervous
old criedi The strike Is the spirit Of the CON-
mune." Was i'll Communism means that the man
who has nothing, does nothing. shall share with tho man
who works and sLrns. Ths striker said to the
corporation. Il ask return for underpay In
the past but in the future give me all really earn"
The representatives OF $4,000 workingmen making
this request received contemptuous denial But why
not competition take Its In this case there
none speak Of The historian will hereafter name
this age the age OF monopoly The workngman being
crcumscribed by being limited 10 his qualifications
To be successful he must pc specialist But injustice
seizes him again. The greater his dexterity thing
machine, and capital may stop his eGorts any
minute. He lives poorly dies youngJ his emil
dren when but partially educated and equipped
for life must put their tender muscles TO toll
Sometimes IA strike is mistake and a crime But 1t Is
question whether not the employer to blame for
the folly OF the empoye. Too often the latter is kept In
bondage which begets passion and ignorance. The
wOrklngman Is a blind Samson-but blind Samson was
right IL better That Samson should die In the
OF God amid ruins tnan to live the slave aud paything
of his enemies A strike is like revolution is hard
and useful remedy. But the disappointed men aud
men to-day scan field Of apparent defeat This only
Law does protect and righteousness has not the
throne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
EXPERIENCE AND INCIDENT.

A novel case of CREMATION IN STRAWBERRY CCk
TURE is chronicled by Couraat correspondent.
The crop gathered, from a one aud oue-half aero
to loosen up the pine straw mulch and after tbreo
days touched a match to the dry litter, whleai
burned so fast and fierce TO catch an Ioass
snakes Insects and parasitic fungi were killed. tne
labor of wedding saved and q clean surface srsS
covered with useful ashes evenly distributed. Ins
blackened crowns are now pricking up win prom,;
ing freshness If further results encourage repeuu
ton OF the plan another year he Will DC likely, -.
thinks to try the virtue of light sprinkle OF ohe"r
kerosene for kindling. which will make hun less u0
pendent OH the weather.
-'At Mr.. Israel Putnams oIDER-vINEGAR WORMS
in Chelmsford, Mass described by The Piougaa'a''
5000 barrels is the average annual product'o"'
Five bushels of apples mashed per minute ni'H
is considered better method than grating. fouss
cisterns receive the juice, and have q eapaclvy
1000 TO 5000 gallons each. The old hones'osu
containing 100 acres, has been In the family ecu
tury and q quarter, and some of its low meauo"
gives an annual hay crop of four tons per acre.
80 Mr.. L. II. Warren of Chelmsford has success
fully converted rocky pasture into planta'ion
for GRAPES. Mr. Otis Adams, of the same place.
from whose six acres of Concords he receives, -.
handsome annual return, favors, according W ,Ls
Journal last named, light loan. good dc hs ne
gravel" trains to stakes aud after the VINES -"
we'll started trims 10 one or two snoots
"'An experiment is mentioned by The SCUM Den"
Tribune showing the sHRINKAGE OF sHELLEp conn.
In five inonths-December to May-lOo pusheSS
stored in q rat-and- mouse-proof BIN docreaseu ~
ne-tenth.
Mr.. p. G. Reynolds considers the MooRMIck
RAsPBERRY-better known as Mammoth Cius.s :.
uneQualled among blackcaps for hsvori 'ns "1--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
WAS CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS RIGHT,
From The Burlington Ha,okeye.


1t was September, 1879. The train that bore
Bode Hawkins to college caught MIN away from the
OF his mother and the kisses OF his Very
GUM BOde Hawkins and reluctant he 10 20 to
school. "Aw shaw I" he growed; % don-kare 10 90,
nuther, what's the use Doggone the coolidge, IL
don't do no good, and won't know no more wen
como back than do wen / go away. I'd ruther drive
team r learn trade r sonehin' bod fetch the thing,
anyhow" June, 1888. Ambrose Hawkins returns to
his ancestral halls on the farm. ais family weep for
Joy. All rush 70 embrace him as he steps from the
train. Ambrose Hawkins gszes hxedy at them through
the Of1e window that includes oye and delcatsy
extending two fingers Tor them TO grasp. he murmurs:
Jaw, fathaw! gently, my deah felah, gently easy
the rings, We knaw. Bless you me mothaw-how, no.
thanks; ks you when we get home, ye kuaw. How do,
brothaw-brOthaw-wellb bless soul, but I've for
gotten the boys name. slstah deah will you kindly
hand these brawses faw boxes TO the luggage
tabi Avis this-ths the vehicle 7" And all the way
home the old man didn't word but he just drove
and thought and thought and drove nearly all that
night he sat up twisting hickorles and laying them to
soak IN the watering-trough down bY the And
he told neighbor next morning that Charles Francis
Adams right, and that he had four years of
college larnin unlarn fer BOde aore the boy could
holer at yoke OF steers like he used to- but the boy
seemed to be comm round all right and he reckoned
he'd do by-'n-by."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
GLAD THAT TIE SUSPENSE IS OYER.
TELEGRAPHERs RESUMING THEIR KEYS
NO NEED or MORE MEN IN CHCAGO-A PICNIC IN
AID OF THE UNEMPLOYED.

IELEGRAPHERS RESU MIMI llElh hE1S.
NO NEED or MORE MEN IN cmCAGo-A PICNIC IN
AID OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
There seems to be a feeling Of relief both
among the Western Union officials and the operators
now that telegraph strike Is definitely settled and
the old order OF things Is resumed The operators who
have returned 10 work pleased TO get back their
keys aud, as a rule, those who still out e1.
press themselves well satisfied that
the suspense over There ia little doubt that all except
the leaders will speedily get work Late on Saturday
night operators sent to Chicago to take
the places OF refused 10 return 10 work after
the official declaration OF the end Of the strike Arrange
ments had been made send additional number. but
news was received that the local assembly had
cluded to give I'm. and they not
needed. Those who went TO Chicago VIII be
retained there AT the Western Union Office
everything ia going on smoothly and there has been
large Increase IN business. number Of operators will
20 to work to-day both In the main office branch
Offices, all OF which will be opened.
About 500 OF the operators went excursion TO
Alpine Grove the Hudson yesterday. The excursion
was given under the auspices OF the employees OF the
American Rapid Telegraph Company for the benefit OF
the strikers who were not taken back 10 work The
party left the foot Of Frankn-st. North River
music on board and the pleasure seekers amused them.
selves by dancing and singing until they returned TO the
city ut 1880 p. m. They conducted themselves In an
orderly manner, and there little drunkenness or
disorder District Master Workman John CaMpbell will
start for his home In Pittsburg this evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
WATERING PLANTS IN SUNSHINE.

widely accepted but very erroneous belief
which is cause of much loss during summer heats,
is the fear that if plants watered while the
shines upon the leaves it will harm them. There
may be some tender young leaves of certain deli
cate and rare plants that would suffer from sudden
wetting with cold water under blazing sum- but
have not met with such In vegetable culture, aud
have long practised frequent sprinkling of newly.
set plants during hot dry weather to prevent their
beginning to wilt. IL allowed to wilt at all II 10
difficult to revive them. The short or broken roots
want littls water until their wounds are healed,
and they become able to collect and send on sup
plies to the leaves During this term of trial what
is wanted is frequent sprinkng of the leaves to
prevent their tagging. mere sprinkle serves that
purpose if often enough given, without drowning
the injured roots. Two great advantages are
gained by this frequent leaf-wetting-four or Eve
times a day in hot, dry weather, during two or
three days after transplanting-one that the plant
ing can be done while the ground is dry and pable
when it will not pack and the other that the leaves
can all be left on the plant instead OF being halt Gus
off as iscommonly done in planting cabbage, celery.
etc. to reddce the transpratory surface It'll the
roots recover. Such cutting in is great drawback
to the plant and only be justified when there 10
no other practicable way OF saving or continuing
its life.-[HOrtus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20

Edith: A frst-class summer resort is one
at which The cotagers will not speak TO h0te guests
sec0ndoass resort Is at which tho hotel guests
viii not speak to the cottagers thrdclass resort is
one at which everybody tries TO have q good
time Philadelphia News
1t Is now certain that the wreck found on
Mount Ararat is the remains of Noahs ark They know
II by the grease'mark In the bunk where HaIa was
stsrsd.-l Yonkers Gazette
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
CULTURE OF CHRYsANTHEMUMS.

Chrysanthemums through July and August need
much care. If pot culture was adopted they should
now be in their Towering potts. and watered and
stimulated without stint, for they are voracious
feeders See, in watering. that the whole ball OF
earth is saturated. 1t is sometimes necessary whea
the pot is full of roots. to soak II In bucket OF
water, and when thoroughly wet apply the stlinu-
LIANT This should always folow-nevsr precede-a
watering. Syringe the foliage occasionally with
solution of SCOT it will make the leaves dark and
glossy and keep Oft aphdes. If mildew appears,
sprinkle with sulphur. Bare stems toward the root
indicate want of nourishment; this should never
be seen.
advise the setting aside of the panstaking aud
tedious processes by which some chrysanthemum-
growers obtain very few, very fine, perfect
flowers for competitive exhibition. When we enter
their field we shall be happy to avail ourselves OF
all that they deem essential, perhaps even the
dressing" of flowers for great show. But 1t 10
more in the line of our gardening. IN rural districts
remote from competition, to start plants IN spneg
from cuttings or suckers insure good growth
during summers prune a little 10 make them
bushy, and leave all fiower-buds undisturbed that
are promising. In this way we may have an
abundance in autumn of fairly good howers-lJ'
f. j.. Vernon, y. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20

A chimney sweeper's life has its sporting {"
side. He Is deeply interested In sweeps takes l.
Punch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20

AyorRgo
Average rate % wages Average
weekly rateIpaid In the weekly rate OF
NJ wages paid Bhenlsh pro wages paid In
In Yorkshire. yinCes OF Ger. Nass'chus 10.
Eng and. many L. =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-20
lonsln the lead The games won and lost by all the
mines 10 date are as follows:

The Interstate Association games are exciting mnch
interest at present The record ITO date with the as
banded Merritt clubs games thrown out Is as foows:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-06
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS,

Rev. R. L. Dabney has resigned pro-
fessorship IN the Union Theological Semi
nary, located in the village of Hampden.
Sidney, Va, and accepted position in the
Texas University.
A colored woman in Union county, Ken
lucky, has skipped out, frightened out OF
her wits by the arts of the conjurer. A
local papers remarks with more force
than elegance that ''the rabbit claw, nigger
wool and anvil dust wrapped up in a fan
mel rag plays the devil with the darkies."
Hubert O. Thompson, New York's Com
missioner 0 Public Works and most active
politician, is the son of Cephas G Thomp-
son, the well-known artist; his brother
Jerome is also an artist, his mother was a
lear relative of Anna Cora Mowatt Ritch-
lie, and he himself gained a name as por-
trait painter before he became a politi-
clan.
Much in the way of literary culture was
expected from a new free library at May
nard, Massachusetts The books were to
be in charge of volunteer librarians.
The first of these was Lawyer Reed. A
woman inquir ed for certain volume, and
when he told her it was not there she called
him liar. i'hen he choked and cuffed
her, and was crested.
The Parisians average 1862 pounds of
bread, 176 pounds of meat and 176 quarts
Of wine each annually, according to recent
statistics, and the food of less luxurious
Frenchmen ranges from Partisan fare
downward to that of the poor people of
Nantes, who eat SOB pounds of bread and
101 pounds of meat and drink 142 quarts
of wine each annually.
Mr.. Vanderbilt wore smoked-glass Cog
giles across his nose when he wheeled into
Fleetwood Park on Saturday afternoon.
The shadows were getting long, but the sun
was still hot. Maud S. and Aldine trotted
steadily together at a jog twice around
the track. Then the millionaire driver let
''Well," said Vanderbilt, 'they didn't work
very hard" and stufing a greenback into
hostler's hand he drove off.
DR.. Us. Ford, of Hagerstown, Nd, lived
a commonplace life, but when he died his
neighbors found that there had been a
streak of eccentricity in his character. In
his will he left $4,000 to his wife and
from 5000 to $500 each to all the women
now maids or widows whom he courted in
his youth. This romantic remembrance
required an outlay of $1,000. Two weeks
before his death he chartered and paid for
special train for the. use of the funeral
party.
Lord Rockery, just deceased, was the
last surviving Guardsman who had served
with the brigade at Quatre Bras and Water
loo, and the last of those British officers
who were present at the Duchess of Rich
mond's historic ball at Brussels on the
night of June 16, 1915, when he listened
to the sounds of revelry by night and
danced in company with Charles O'Malley,
the Irish dragon, Fred Power and his
darkeyed sonora, George Osburn, Capt.
Doublin, and the ever-insinuating Mrs.
Rawdon Crawley.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-06
MAHONE ON TOP AGAIN.

Senator Malone processes to be well
satisfied with the new arrangement of in
ternal revenue districts in his state. In
deed, the senator claims to have designated
the districts, and he ought to be pleased
with his own work. Lieutenant Governor
Lewis, however, is unhappy, as the new
deal turns out his brother-in-law. The
lieutenant governor has been so faithful a
Republican, one who could be relied upon
to do any amount of wheel-horse work and
take any amount of snubbing without
showing any symptoms of revolt, that in
mapping out the distribution of the spoils
he was left out of the ejaculation al
together. But at last, when perhaps it
is too late, he Is doing little modest kick
| ing. Mr.. Lewis, possibly, did not before
understand that it is not the policy of
practical politics to feed high the hopes of
those whose loyalty to party can
be relied on, and he has gone on being
true to the party, expecting his reward
would be handed out to him on golden
salver. But he knows better now, though
he has not got so much Office. There APP
pears to be well defined policy in regard
to the south that the offices shall be dis
tributed for a special object
though what that object may be
| has not been developed in public
detail any farther than to establish the
position of Malone as a part of the
machine. The wiry little Senator has
made good thing of living by his wits.
and the administration, which, though
needing every friend is willing to sacrifice
anybody but Malone, and that greedy ex-
army sutler is making the most of his
opportunity. All politicians pursuing the
policy of neglecting friends because they
can be relied on, and paying tribute to
the doubtful ones who hang upon the
verge of the party, are digging pit under
themselves, and when they plunge into It's
miry embrace they have only themselves to
thank for the disaster. Malone has al
| ways been too selfish and insincere to be
caught in any Impoverished act. The ad.
ministration fears him, and is very careful
that the scheming senator from Virginia
shall receive all the patronage he may de-
sire, and if it is not served up to his salts
| faction he threatens the administration
with the grand bounce" and new and
more lavish favors are bestowed on him
The administration knows that it need:
Malone, and so he is allowed to play Shy
lock with the spoils. Malone says 'thumbs
up" and the chum administration say:
''thumbs up" and calls it craftsmanship
though Mr.. Conkling says that it is playing
push-pin with the rot and rubbish of low
down politics.