New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-29
WHAT MEN ARE TALKING OF.
FACTS AND OPINIONS GATHERED FKoM
MANY SOURCES.

cants Said he: IL ia singular state Of affairs that
there Ia nation the face OF the gtobe' So i'r a"
known that has not iDtOxicant of some khh' hdu
curiosity once 90 intD Investigation OF tnat ques-
ton in avery thorough way and my statement IL 'ne
result careful sndy Tie Indians before we began 10
furnish them with fire wafer. knew OF plant from
wlish they made a drink that was intoxicating u nan
buib i'm the centre Mt the root and long leaves rom
which thr sap concentrated IN pub. II was then OK
pressed from the bulb aud drank The natives IN LOUISE
ana IA 30 raised sugar plant from WHICH
they expressed the juices and sugar and from that
a sweet rum. the most powerful intoNfcant OF
which have ever heard. Tho MeXcans have rrniifk
able drink. II ia made from plant that grows IN the
country. They skin pig and tie up the hide NJ the
ends they mi IL with the iuce from this plant and
then sew up the belly ami let IL fermen IL makes DE
licous beverage might drink gallon Of it at night
without feeling more than momentary exhilaration
But when You woke mp the next morning you would be
mpre qorously drunk than before In life and
il would take forty-eight honrs 50 to get over IT,
copcrol sheridan has oftsn been mistaken for the
otber General ~ the same name He at the White
Honse once during the Hayes Administration when n
delegation announced. II was horticultural con
vent0n which had called to pay it respects Pres lent
HAYES asked General Sheridan to accompany him tn the
recent where they engaged the rurastS In con
vrrsotiop most Of them thinking that y. H. Sher
iaan TO whom they talking General Sheridan
finally became recept. and the President sought to en-
cage him in further talk. The conversation between
them rau about like this:
Hayes-GencraI have yon much fruit in Lonisianal
sheridan-Oh. yes We have oranges and apricots
aud grapes In profusion
UavesDo Won have any Of the hardy Northern fruits
apples and pearsi
Sheridan-Tllere few apples raised along the
Northern boundary of the State.
Hayes-Do you ever raise pearsf
shoridau--Always II we have three OF kind
There was p moments icy stiffness AMI then big fat
fr t. grower with rognish eye unable to hold In. began
to snlcker and in leSs than twinknR Of an eve thoy
WIRE an uffawius The President himself laughed with
the rest.
Mr. somcrvlle who has charge Of the press service Of
the western Union Telegraph Company sitting alongside
of ne in Fourth-ave. streetcar the other day gave me
some Instructive figures to the growth OF that bust
ness and changes that have reSnfed from CROWN
and from competition In the rates charged for the SER
wire The amount Of press teegra+ including the
Associated Press service sent over their wires now
reaches n thousand million words year. The telegraph
year for transaction OF business closes July 30
In 7o for the year transmitted Of special
messages 80 100000 words IN 1880, $1,000. 90; In
1894 10000 900: IN 1888, l2O.OOO,COO. The steady
growth OF the special shows the degree in which
tho leading newspapers coming tn rely on gathering
their own news There bas been great change IN The
rates for service In 1879 the average WAS 81 81 per
vbers the distances are short. the average rate
special dispatches half cent word The Associated
Press Is carried at OF IL cents per 100 words
for each place England the ratio IL 25 cents with an
extra charge for certain advantages which brings IL mp
To 27 cents When Somervile took charge OF this
branch Of service in 49, the rate TO the Pacific Coast
WAS % cents per word IA s. cents to San Fran
CISCO an only the firthcst point the coast
This II the highest rate anywhere made similar
points Ia some instances probably Que 10 competition
The old Chicago rate was cents rom New OK; now
~ - bar cent washington was cent ana Il now
Que fourth OF cent great many papsrs Lease SleGaI
quantities OF matter nightly from New Yo,k Tne fig
res given relate only to the service over Western Union
wires Tho other telegraph lines OF the country carry
about one-thrd AS much more.
Uriah Painter told yesterday that the travel soutd
I'm winter which largely to winter health and pleasure
resorts has large over the Pennsylvania road
through Washington that 1t Is greater than the travel
Tor the period the Peunsy vanas line to the
West
Carroll Julien Young Western artist. who f. making
sketches for magazines, picking mp Colonel Frank Burrs
life " Grant" last n;ht, became interested IN the
Illustrations When he To the pict ire o. the Grant
store Gaena he laughed outright and In nswer to my
look Of inquiry said: Here Is picture OF a Western
town draWt hy artist who never outside OF New
York or Philadelphia. venture to say. How do know
thl Because ~ the surroundings o. his picture. He
made probably faithful representation ~ the store
itself from photograph but = orirr 70 give II IN a,,
lEh t''' ~ =
street men. women, horses carr age Here Il coupe
drawn horse with outside driver that gives the
whole thing away ~ Western man There isn't town
NJ of Gaena west 81 the Aeghanies where s1ch
thing ~ a horse coupe Is owned II one shonll
hc IN ported Into Gaeua the nhabtonfs would turn out
"A, they would 20 "a dog hight"
TX Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury Depart
mcnt who had twenty years confidential service in that
branch of the Government service, sail to me recently
that tho fate OF Administrations often hung by hir
Nj. Coon said: " The whole course Of Andrew
=. eta OH hv tyo
drinks Of brandy. The story came TO NE directly
from the White lonsc ~ Il time. II when Johnson
WIS In don't abo1 what he should do in
strnron lie had ofrncd the radical W ng II the Re
lubcau- and could only hope tor Republican support
by becoming rccuuCllrd with them. An appointment
,- made Tor him to meet Charles sumner who went Ia
tho WIue Ifnusc Ia I'M the engagement. johnson I'm
an rphtipu ~ ~ coming had taken two extra drinks Ot
brandy When the Massachusetts man got there the
President was I'm a condition IN which Washington
ctiuurttr sys the President never can get The confer
en,c could not taRo acs with any satisfactory result,
and nl OF being supported by the radicals
lost To Johnson
The Mormons who como to New York make their head
quarters a the Grand Central. the Metropolitan and
other hotels that part OF Broadway They not to
be distinguished frou other country merchants by any
peculiarly even of dress. As rule they are little
-hrcyder sharper than their fellow merchants from
other parts OF the country They are IN general so
retcent concerning their religious belief tina no one
inds It except by accident. met at the Grand
Central the o:her night. Darius b. Brown gentleman
Oi SOlb III Nlih ioIlliou poIu anu ultt
surprised to tud him inclined to talk The novelty
impclicd tn urge HIM L. conversation and iound
Fields lecture had stirred him to the depths.
This what he s Invent to hear the Fold lecture.
1t was lnsenOlsy put to prejudice against
She put pOlygamy in the background and hrough; for
ward aud laid great stress upon a charge that
made my blood fairly boil because OF It's monstrous
falsity. She declared that the Mormons dis
10 al to tine Government. They loyal
any people IN all the lana The foundation for
Miss Fields lies ia the fact that by of
RELIGIOUS belief being made matter Of attack by
politicians and had mon, forced into defensive
position regards the Federal officers 10 looks Ike
begereucv. II Is actually Ouy the defence Of his
home and his rights that man would make In New
York Massachusetts. She said that we tIGe oath
In the Endowment House never TO exertOns Co
nXarunuln llM LnlLcl sllicA. Now. Mh!la i llkn