New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-16

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the cost Of introducing pie into the Wnte House.
If So il will be the plain duty of Congress 10 in
yc.tgate the matter. A special committee on
White House Pc, with Holman of Indiana as
chairman, won d seem 10 he the thing
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And now we are thrcatc.ed with art Gcia eggs.
IL was supposed that cyon laukec genius had It's
limits Il could make WOODEN nutmcgs. but hens
alone, II was always supposed, could produce eggs
Thus all our ;rust in the genunencs- of the things
We eat and drink is departing. In time some one
will invent artificial spring chickens The artili-
cial men and women eat the eggs have been
invented already. mores the pity.
4 French dispatch states that the representatives.
OF agricultural districts have resolved to oppose the
rc-adms,ion of American packed meats. Not long
ago il was announced that the Ministry had decided
10 oder bill removing existing restrictions and
permitting tho importation which, by arbitrary
action OF the Government. has been greatly reduced
for the past few yeats. But if rosoluely and
unitedly opposed by representatives. of the farming
districts the measure is not unlikely to he defeated
Hence IL il encouraging 10 recolcct that in spitn
Of German AMI French exclusion American exports
of provisions and dairy products have been for
eleven months of this year ~ large IN value As they
were last year More cattlo have been exported
and doublo the number of hogs. and more canned
beef and o.. 900 900 against 10000 900 pounds
of fresh meat and $1,000 900 against 3i.0uOOOO
Of salt beef. aud 3l,OOO.Oo0 against I7.OOO.0o)
pounds of tallow. while OF pork products the
exports IN eleven months OF this year have reached
70o OOO.O CO pounds. against 53iO0O,00O pounds
last year ID is true there has been some decline IN
price so that the value of export, only about the
same but the decline has not been such to chccl,
the productions For it is one of the hopeful signs
of revival in business that tho number Of hogs
killed this season thus far has been much greater
than for the same time last year.
There is no danger Of oycr-population 50 ong as
these mine explosions 20 on
The report is circulating that Mr.. Chitteudcn
Of MontclaIr. n. j.. has offered $500 to any ono
who will prove that The earth reyOlyes on its AXIS
or that 1t moves around the sun. II the report
proves 10 be correct, Carl schuIz possibly will re-
sumo the stump before the season IS over.
Anent the frequently made charges Of adultcra-
ton in alcoholic liquors. NJ. Glrard, chief OF the
| Municipal Laboratory of Paris, puts French
| BRANDY under n serious cloud. He declares that
| almost no genuine brandy is now manufactured IN
France. From 1910 to 1850, about 25,OOO.oOO
gallons were made yearly, and fully s"yen-elghths
| of it came from grapes. At present more than
30 900 900 gallons yearly turned ont, but not
per cent of Is from the grape grain, cider. beets,
potatoes. etc., forming its principal sources. The
spirits thus obtained, says NJ. Girard would bo
fairly wholesome If they properly rectliod
| But they are not. Invariably when put upon the
market they are charged with acids, ethers and
essential oils of the most dead nature. To the
consumption of such stuff instead of the pure grape
! brandy of former years. VI. Girard attributes the
startling increase Of vioent insanity and other
maladies IN France; IN which he is probably cor
! rect
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The oeomargarne fraud is bad enough but it is
not the only mockihg pietonce from which this
! country Is suffering just nOw-nOt by long shot.
IL is understood that one of the Democratic re-
! formers in Congress contcmpIateS introducing bill
at an cary day to require tne spelling of economy
with big, big H. like Reform. He has been moved
10 this act for the good Of the pub by contcm-
! paton of the estimates Of the needs of the Gov
crnmcnt under Reform Administration.
| The Hereditary Prince of Monaco has been max
! ing himself u.elul by investigating the Gulf
Stream. The common belief, though il has not been
scientifically verified, is that that current, after
passing the Azores, flows to the northeast and tenn
pcrs the climate of the British Isles and the Scand-
! nayian coast. TO test this the Prince last summer
| took several hundred wooden floats to the Azores
and then, cruising to nOrtAward in the waters of
| the Gulf Stream dropped them overheard at mter-
walls of mile. Sealed within each was II mem
orandum stating the date aud exact lat
tude and longitude III which it was cast
over and requesting the mariner picking 1t
up to note the Sane details OF that occurrence.
Not many of the floats have yet been recovered, but
such as have been unanimously testify against tho
accepted theory for they were found far to south
ward from where they had been dropped Enter