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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13

II Matthew Arnold mad not scattered acldity
and shadow instead NJ sweetness and light upon every
subject he touched while in America. aud I he had not
his previous reputation such a- D. i-, hT saying acld
things. the PAU M0i Journal article would not have
found -fcn ready credit throughout America ana Mat
thcW Arnold would u0t have bad his books written up
and The balance struck against lim peTeMptOrly slAc
law ethics which applies 'O such ca-e-, s That whose
sheddetA nitric acid AID Chinese musk on mankind IN
the OF lucl4ry and nJI1-Ca. yy mankind shah us
WOO. D. s..L.L .ltAcIel VIII tar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
4 PROBABLY TRUE CRITICISM.

We do not see why any one should be angry
H. What Mr. Arnold -ava OF American want or cu
turc probably We not all mp % the Arnold
standard and 30 not profess 20 be- There areTo an
even in Buffalo people who do not know much about
Obermaun. But are NOT above learning. even from
the Iuan who Oys 0ur hospitality takes our money
and things Oi That Mr.. Arnold NM
self could learn anything OF America Is probably TOO
r.pi Ia houe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
STOLE TT WIEN THEY THOU CHIT IT VALUABLE
VERY READY TO CREDIT WHEN THEY
FIND OFT.


From ITe Ntl1- HI7eH I'IIT T1II0l
THE NLW-IoEK TRIBUNE Is catching II
from those newspaper, which copied and commented
upon the pseudo criticism by Matthew Arnold on Chi
ci-o society aud culture which 10 recently printed %,
quotation from The PqT Jf4H J9UrW There was some
-l, icou 20 the commences OF te article when nr-
appeared which finally -Iystautatel Toy TIRE IEiB-
rNE- remark that me Pail Nal J0Hrn % was Iubct-
tuu only issued far 10 know. ou tur first OF 4
Ia other words the alleged Arnold criuc-m was simply "a
FOOLS Day SELL" Naturally. those newspapers which
were yc,imLeI into copying the article - genuine TOOK
upon THE TRIBUNE performance "a, ID very bad taste,
blt are forced admit it- literary ceycnc~. the iu
tatilu of M An0d- -yc and habit or thought being
AL..Lrll.E conceived and eXecuIlL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
he SHOULD VISIT OSHKOSH.

Matthew Arnold has weighed Chicago IN lus
sweetness and light balance, and finds II decidedly
light weight IT, culture IL superficial. and butchered
hogs rule higher than the divine aatus Matthew
should visit Oshkosh before proceeding 70 SIT on the
country ID an wholesale
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
.NEwyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, s8tTWELvE PAGES

IN matter already published in the papers there The
N>cs OF yesterday morning to give detailed sc
count ~ cunning scheme saying that caused 70 be
prepared ,n 4rticle IN question: and secured IL insertion
In l1uE NJ WORK TRIBUNE Of last sunday" though II
fails 10 eNpa2 preciseyhOw 10 performed what It holds
ont ~ the easy task OF securing rs Insertion IN the paper
mentioned II IS pretty clear that NOBODY connected with
The Necs wrote The Article knew anything about IT,
What thar paper did a. 20 take the hint promptly
when people began grow suspicious and telegraph TO
london FOR the facts. Beyond that the two cQlumns
given the suhcct I'm The Nes must be regarded As an
attempt supplement other persons pretty large
hoax with very small one OF 10, own. .
sChicagO II the two newspapers do not disturb ~.
quiet. can easy under the assurance that Mr.
Arnold has questioned the geuuiuencss or Us culture
charged II with Phli-tnsu and the euterpr-n< con
tempOrares elsewhere which have made wise ana funy
comments on the Pail Mall outbreak nov indulge IN
laughter The great Bsthctca metropolis OF the west
for having been so egredousy fooled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
SOMETHING THAT WAS WHIT LARGE

What Nh Arnold says of Chicago culture l.
doubtless true. The inevitable 0f the money
Getting spirit large IN tie action or this
pnuuati0u of half million souls This money getting
spff h a hateful thing r. T. also yar~ CONTAGIOUS and
we ieve 10 see that Jlr Arnold caught the fever
badly We thought traces of this curse writ large
on the apostles otherwise ueblc corenance when he
wa gathering Ia his shekels here IN Buffalo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
THROWING LIGHT ON SPECIAL CABLE .
PATCHES


FIUUI tn WIIVIIITVTI|I- IIFT.I
The growing and very generally fraudulent
pretencc by otherwise reputable newspapers
ot having special cable dispatches has received
"a serious blow. The other day THE NEW-1ORK
TRIBUNE printed q letter purpOrting to be BY Mr.
Arnold and have appeared In he I0A Bttt J0raaL
OF the preceding DAY. There f. PAL Mail J0TnI and
course Mr.. Arnold has identity. A number Of
newspapers throughout the country, however under
stood the matter mt once They Inew that the writer
was Matthew Arnold and that the paper IN which his
letter appeared The Pal NdH gazette and with
these corrections they promptly reproduced the article
while The Chicago Tribune. which not only understood
the matter but also seized with spirit OF enterprise
had the whole article transmitted 10 II from NCwNOrk
by telegraph possibly by some OF the c0ncocters or
special cable dispatches Ia that city and gave IL 70 Us
readers 70. IL, own special cable dispatch from London
with elaborate headlines and fenunciatOry editorial re-
marks We do not much that Is good IN the ordinary
April fool newspaper article but 1t must be confessed
thar THE NEw-YORR TRIBUNE has landed some big ish
this time and iu demonstrating the fraudulent nature OF
most of the recent special cable dispatch business It
has done good piece OF public work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
But COULDN'T THROW DUST ~ THE EYES OF
4 NEIGHBOR.

From The ROrles'sr Democrat. 1pTH H.
We agree with The Post Express in regard to
the alleged Arnold article on Chicago that every thii
attributed to Mr. Arnold 20 plainly inconsistent WIN
that trained newspaper lid not refuse to be hood
wnked." But how the accomplished editor OF Our con
temporary could write twO-thu~ OF a column on the
mpo-ure. holding the great English critic Responsible
for the offensive e-Oti.m. the pitfu ignorance aud
malicious criticisms found in II before he alluded 90 IT,
t~e character in the rcmOtest way, remains TO he eX-
planned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
ANOTIIER


fT0W III fNtcuVH INTfT-I''uI
His talk had the usual isSustlng insolence
characteristic OF people who think il ar'iocic o pay
polirruess with imposition. and courtesy with impu-
dence No British boOr Wizards railway eAGlrsion.
frying TO .ct all the expenditure he could Olt Of Willard
and at the sauc time to pefOm the morning abutlon-
haf dressed presence of ladies' ever showed tho
phatica ly than the e4wk and literary dude Matthe"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
IT KNowETH rTs own BITTERNESS.

From Ihe FitSJnTy .hFoHtc e. eleJrIph
After fourteen yards OF douDlr-leaded
editorial had been fired 40 Edwin Arnold by Chicago
papcr--article- calculated 10 puiycuze that zen emdu
into mpaipabc powdeit is now learned that the Arnold
letter IN The Pull lfui G0cete giving rise Cd all this
thunder. Wasa hoax surely the CAlca-o editors heart
ku0Wctn its own bitterness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13

from m fNdUTd 'o0sfI1UtI0n. .
The able metropolitan papers are QuaT"lllnG
about their circulation This I. very sad In our opn
ION tn first duty OF metropolitan nov paper Is 10 en-
deayOr 70 secure copyright for bogus cable dispatches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13

Gable dispatches from Europe direct
arc Sometimes concocted in New-YOrk or Chicago, bl
You can't get The CAicago Tribune 20 acknowledge tn
possibility OF such . thing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13

friends whom I made while there. in their charm
ing homes, my picture would be a very different
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
WHO + OBERMANN I

HON. Ihe H'VHI0 EApfsss -,
Who can quietly pass around q little lnt0r-
nation about ObermIun fIe is a druggist In Chicago
and sar-dcaer IN NewYork. But he must be some
taiug else TO AIsfthew Arnold But what, Who can tel!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
A SAD WASTE.

From The BurIio ETpress.
Can n be that 10 was all It hoax. II
this - true, Chicago has wasted lot OF BLngscoto that
u. s1t have better served a better occasion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
Knows AN0THER- MAY THAT DID II. AND
IIN III MD 7 n =" IIIlI'
From The inca Herald.

a, the truth dawns on the various and
able Journals which have fallen victims to IHE
IRBUSEs oe.ated April joke their feelings and
utierances may be imagined. bH not described bed
rSE office: tlis much /, admitted Aud We make
no doubt the writer was ". H. McEroy, whose
through tlo columns 0i The Ai1aay Journal, had d
wonderful run" ANA loaded tle mails FOR years with
letters 10 The mythical brazilian ASKING oi NE uhtoI
wealth little here and there iDr less uF oIed humanity
Bur while freely according b. ali the commentator ts
CriNcInc5, merits 49, fiction Ol Joke Oh a literary
effort or imitation OF Matthew AuJd- style. we cannot
think Nj s1fcErDv's present effort D. legitimate Jour
ua-m April fool Jokes ptrpetrated six DAYS aIloi All
Fools Day las pa--od forfeit claim 60 that excuse Nor
can the ef ALue- and regulations OF men, az n
tAi- be- Justified Ability deceive IN cold blood j.
confined 90 ONO person 0r paper Not every who
has access 90 newspaper columns could t4uA 'il.
M,ErOy'- imaginary Arnold paper Buf hundreds thcra
Jlc Hlo could NIi,lcad the pres, and people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
Know STILL. ANOTHER LITTLE GAME ABOUT II
THE PLOT THO kEN-.

TTI|T TT TITTTlTT TT ITTI
Al length the Editor of The Acirs tclegra phed
% London nquring as % IT. Authenticity and received
the Do ply Tuesday evening that Mr. Arnold had made
nu communication whatever 90 ne Pal AII G0,fHe-
That ended the rst hoax clearly euOu+ b. and prepared
the WAY fOr tho second. for The hers Immediately de
covered that o. had been settling up JOB on ne 4'tD
for the purpose OF exposing it al honesty l pre-
tending 20 have special cables from London when tho
IA fact only teey grams from Newly cry contain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-13
SWEETNESS AND LIGHT.
GREAT CoMMOuOy IN CHICAGO.
THE CAUSE OF TIE TROUBLE.

MIR. ARNoLDs " oBsERvATIoNs-A SOLID BASIS OF
PHILlsTINIsM-A NARNIsH OF CULTURE.
RI, t,y f,,,,, Tle T.;b,,,s NJ A,y,I e.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15

The far famed rugs and carpets Of
Persia are largely made by peasants In
their homes and are in reality a sort of
needle-work. United States Consul
General Benjamin, at Taheran, has sent
to the State Department long account
of the business. He says there are four
classes of these carpets-the large size,
the rugs, the ghileen, or knitted goods,
and the namads, or felt carpets. Car
pets produced at Irak are called phara-
ghans, and are tirmer than other Per
sian carpets. Large-sized carpets must
be made to order. Besides the phara-
CHAN carpets, he says. floors are also
carpeted sometimes with fabrics from
Kerwanshab, Howadan and the dis
tricts of Lauristan. Also for this pur-
pose the carpets of Mech-Kabad, In
khoIassen, are available, although of
inferior texture to the pharaghan. The
carpets of Kerwan have tue texture
fitted to the rough usage required in
covering floors; but while perhaps of
superior quality to the pharaghan, they
are always small and proportionately
more expensive. The Persian carpet
par excellence is the rug. The Persians
use those in preference to large sizes.
First covering the floor with q hasseer
OF mating of split reeds, then lay over
1t many rugs, which completely con-
ceal the mat. This arrangement. when
composed of rugs of harmonious de
signs, is very rich, while the cost is ac-
tually less than If n large carpet were
employed instead. The varieties of
Persian rugs are numerous. In some
sorts, like the Turkowan, there is a
general similarity of designs, although
40 two rugs are altogether Identical.
But in other classes, such as the rugs
of kerwan, Dyochegan or Kurdistan.
there is endless design in variety and
texture. A point TO be considered is
that while the small carpets OF Persia
go under the general designation of
rugs, 1t would be a serious mistake 10
consider them all as merely carpets of
small size intended to be trod on by
heavy shoes. In the first place. Per
4ans when at home take off their shoes
and thus a carpet of hne, delicate wool
and design VIII last for ages, and ac.
tually improve with use such as this.
In the second place, a large proportion
Of the rugs OF Persia, ana especially the
iner grades, are never intended to be
laid on the floor, but to cover divans or
tables, or hang as tapestries and por.
there's. This explains the extreme IL 3.
ae1s Of texture and velvet surface with =
many of these rugs display, and also az
counts for the fringe at the ends. Som +
Of the rugs Of Kerwan are about as On
as cashmere shawls. The designs
these rugs formerly of alarge pal
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15

sent you, by mistake. a letter which he
wants returned"
This epistle, / presume said Lord
Huxmouth drily, as he handed the let
ter to the culprit. Then he glanced
for u moment at the OXonian with a
twinkle in his eye. ''If you will take
my advice, Mr.. oleasby, you won't tell
your unclethis letter fell into my hands,
or he would lose all his good spirits. |
suppose he expressed these opinions of
me at a time when..I had refused him
something ; but ministers can't always
please even their own friends"
My lord, you have my humblest apol-
ogies," murmured Harold contritely.
"Oh, you wrote what you had heard
there's no harm Il that" said Lord
Huxmouth, laughing. "As to bad din
ners, you know your uncle is rather a
gourmand but Wen see if we can't
give you a good supper tonight. Let
me introduce you to Lady Huxmouth.
My dear, this is Mr.. Pleasby you will
show him the room he is to occupy. He
writes a good hand, though his episto-
larry style IS a little peculiar"
Some three months after this Lord
Huxmouth's secretary and his daughter
were talking very co%nfdenUially under
the trees Of Huxmouth Park, and Maud
said
Harold, you have never told me
what was in that letter which you did
not wish papa to see, when you first
came here ?"
"A pack of lies - answered Harold
bluntly. Your father is the best man
alive there's only one person here l
like more than [ do him."
"And who might that be, sir 2"
asked Maud innocently.
Her name begins with an NJ" said
Harold.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15
oVerthrowIng - TyrAnt.

DR.. Samuel PaIr was u learned,
coarse, self-willed man. In society be
was a tyrant who found-such was the
awe excited by bis learning and the fear
of his satire-readY made slaves, eager
to worship him.
II have seen" writes an English au-
thor, "the daughter OF a Duke light his
pipe at his command, and beheld the
proudest officers quail under the dread
of his SATIRE
The doctors self-will was never al
lowed TO rust. 1t was used every day,
He commanded, and never said: Twill
it be agreeable to you to do this?''
The DOCTORS wilfulness once encoun.
tered a lady's II WON'T" and was do.
feated. She was a gentle winning lady.
so intuittvely polite that she could not
help being courteous to a st~reet-sweepeT
The doctor was an ineveterate smoker,
and brought his pipe into every compa.
ny where he was invited. He would
call upon the prettiest girl in the room,
using the course epithets Jade, " thus.
ey, wrench" to light his pipe, and she
humbly obey ed him.
The doctor admired the gentle lady,
and n day at a party where she was
an honored guest, ordered her With
Come hither, wench. Light my pipe;
nay, first clean it out with thy taper
finger"
She sat still, as If she had not heard
the order.
"Come, hussyl" he SAID. "Dr. Parr
commands thee"
mo, doctor, lido not choose to obey
you," answered the lady, in silyery
tones.
The company stared; the host looked
as If she had broken the social code.
"Choosel' exclaimed the doctor. his
brows lowering over his deep gray eyes;
''but | command"
You have nc right, doctor. to COM
mand. We are free here; and /, for
one, will not obey" answered the soft,
low voice, as gently as if conversing.
"Thcn departl" exclaimed the doc
tor, waving his hand toward the door,
while his face was suffused with the
brisk-dust redness of modification and
passion.
81 shall not, sir. Youhave no right
to tell me to depart" replied the mild
voice.
~ uCCp bilCuCo LUG ULutT
guests trembled in apprehension of the
bursting of the storm. The doctor
looked at her, and then-burst into a
loud, long laugh. He had met one wo-
a who did not quail before the algftd
DR.. Parr, and over whom he could not
play the social tyrant.
Thou art a wench," he began, try
ing to make his retreat.
"No. doctor, interrupted the sweet
voice, II mast decline those appella-
tions. You have no right to apply them
to me-"
why, then, you are my enemyp' be
cried, not knowing what to say.
Unless, DOCTOR" she responded,
softly, you give me better reason than
you have done to consider you my
friend"
From that day she went by the name
of DR.. PARIS enemy''-he himself Civ.
ing her the title. But he never went
to a party among their mutual friends
but he asked that his enemy should
be invited TO meet him. A CURLY re-
spect marked his manner toward her.
She was taken i'll. Every day the
naughty, self. willed person rode up to
her door to ask the house keeper solemn
questions about the invalid, and showed
generosity as we'll as affection toward
her.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15

The most astonishing thing 1 ever
heard Of in the way of a timeplece is a
clock described by a Hindu rajah as be-
longing to a native princess Of Upper
India, and jealousy guarded as the
rarest treasure of her luxurious palace.
In front of the clocks disk was a gong,
swung upon poles, and neal it was a
pile of artificial human limbs. The pile
was made up Of the full number OF
parts for twelve perfect bodies, but all
lay heaped together in seeming confu-
sion.
Whenever the hands of the clock in
dicated the hour of one, out from the
pile crawled just the number of parts
needed to form the frame of one man,
part joining itself to part with quick
metallic click; and, when completed,
the figure sprang up, seized a small
mallet, and, walking up to the gong.
struck one blow that sent the sound
pealing through every room and CORR
dor of that stately castle. When two
O'Clock came. two men arose and did
likewise; and so through all the hours
of the day, the number of figures being
the same as the number of the hour,
till at moo and midnight, the entire
heap sprang up, and, marching to the
gong, struck one after another, each his
blow. making twelve in all, and then
fell to pieces again.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15
Only a Little While AGO.

Our youthful readers can scarcely
form an idea of the world ~ their
grandfathers saw it, in the days when
John Quincy Adams was President.
Boys who went to boarding-school 30
miles from home, had a stage ride OF
i've or SIX hours to endure OF to ENJOY,
according to the weather; for boys were
apt to perch on the outside seats. In
muddy seasons, the five or six hours
would stretch out to ten, with a posi-
bic alienation Of a dinner at the Half
way Rouse.
If they were homesick, OF wanted a
box Of good things for solace, they
paused before writing a letter to reflect
that their ''honored parents" would
have to pay twenty-five cents postage
on the epistle. Now, hOnored parents
who paid so much for a letter, expected
it to contain a good deal of matter, cor
rectly spelled, on a large and clean sheet
Of paper.
Envelopes we're not then used, because
they would have made the letters
double which doubled the postage.
Each and every Enclosure was charged
II rate. Thus a letter in an envelope
inclosing a dollar bill. would have cost
seventy five cents, Hence very large
sheets of letter paper were used, espec~
Tally by affectionate mothers when wri-
ting TO their SONS at school. Often
when the tender soul had filled four
immense pages with family news and
good advice to "my dearest boy" she
would still have something more to say
and then she would cross her writing TO
save postage. The crossing was a sore
trial to the impatient youth, who did
not il those days read any writing with
perfect facility.
1t was a high art TO fold d letter nice.
ly. Years elapsed before a boy could
tuck in the outside lap without any
bulge at the ends, and make a neat,
compact, well-shaped packet. Some
clumsy-dngered fellow never could get
the knack of it. To all such, the en-
was a precious boon. IL was
considered a frightful vulgarity sixty
years ago to send Il letter with anything
but sealing-wax. This was a very awk-
ward article in a Southern OF East In
dian mailbag, as the heat melt and
the letters together. IL was only
the envelope that ended the wax nui-
sance. Everything was nor difficult
than now. In 1924, the daily stage for
The city OF Washington left New York
At three in the morning, and a man
went round the town at two to call up
the passengers, so that when the stage
for them it might not be kept
very long waiting. If all went well,
passengers reached Washington the
next morning soon after sunrise. At
that remote period, before the Erie
canal was finished, what was the largest
inland town of the United StatesY
Il was Lancaster in Pennsylvania, with
population of something less than four
thousand.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15

A YOUNG lady ia st. Louis recently
doused a young man with a pailful OF
water while ne was on his knees beg
ging her to be his bride. 1t is always
the custom, we believe, in some parts
of the west, to wet a new suit.
sOq Of the best methods, says NJ. p.
Re Csparin, of preventing the ravages
bf III phyiloxera is to keep the soil of
Fhe nsyard continually moist. and in
Ithe southeast OF France this is effected
y ting the vineyard submerged
winter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15

Between FIX and seven hundred
dwellings are burnt every month in this
country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-15

1t had been a fine day in Eastshire +;
ana Lord Huxmouth, who vas resting
nom his ministerial labors, had been
enjoying a happy afternoon. strolling
amongst his flower. beds and kitchen
garden, TO see how his roses promised,
and whether there were any signs OF
coming melons. He could be as earnest
about his fruit and flowers as about the
members of the animal kingdom over
whom 1t was his province to rule con-
Jointly with Others Of her Maiesty's
ministers ; and perhaps in truth he
iiked MS lettuces and cau1a0wers better
than he did men.
AFTER a saunter through his grounds,
LORD Luxmoath bad sr-' . pleasant
hour or TWO with his y tie classic,
MacauIay-he did not lend to read
iaclIus Ia the original 80 many do