New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-02

Iciony' sna mas spent the creator part o. aer me-
: :SSssy ~ S:is,: 81 r.
had bean %sspe9k On OCCASION sooi her
canada with view TO her reformation, but she could
never resist intoxicating drink-ILsndon standard.
1t hard to satisfy some people An admirer recently
gave the Editor OF The Pioneer ls Eagle present OF
COW and calf and the week After hs bad leader In
his paper beginning, Now. who win give Us horssp
He probably wants to look gift horse in the mouth.
Herman Q, Rees, of the firm of George L. Kestnef T.
e. Ee5urned home on Saturday from Lalcaser County
time belonged to his father. but for number Of yesrs
hsd been ~ ne possession Of his unOe Charles Ftsder
lex Eees OF that place. whose death occurred recsny
Bible The!noly book Z in excellent state Of gressry.
genealogical table and history q tie Ears and Dukes
and elaborate sS maps One thou
sana dosswoud not buyit OF Its present owner-Lan'
caster Pennl New Era.
Aournal devoted to the interest Of banks and bank
ers says: Want of confidence accounts for half Of the
business failures of to-day" Is this paving the way for
Ferd Ward H.
Tho olive crop in Italy this year 10 estimated to be
worth about S20.0O0,OOO.
sEAsoNABLE RHYMES.
A SIRE Sign.
There's Q banging Of pianos.
And the lofty pitched sopranos
Once more awake the echoes with their sereeches
What an awful din they're making
Ills sign there's no mistaking
Inat the dariings are returning from the besohes
Hal hal Hot 10!
The sweltering days have ned,
~ The heat no more we dread,
With comfort In our easy chairs we rock Us;
Cool weathor's coming fast,
The cholera scare 10 past
And the JUICY watermelon is innooous.
They Soon Forget Their Hahpe Tongue
The msiden's coming from Psrse-
Saos been there seven weeks
And with foreign accent she
Her native language speaks.
Ana when she comes across the foam
She'll answer In this way 81
To your efusive Welcome homo:
E(Boston Courier.
From time to time the British Sovereign confers the
honor of Knighthood more or less prominent
Canadian. The Knights seem to DO q goodnatured.
harmless set of fellows, and the people
appear to view their titular honors with
calm indifference. But Tho Toronto Globe
grows tired Of casting rdicue tho practice.
and whenever q Knight Is made 1t hsstens TO re-
mind him what exceedingly small potato he IL after
all
In It's coming exposition st. Louis expects to throw
Chicago entirely IN the shade.
The slaughter Of birds In the name of fashion contn
At O single Dealers in London there were sold
between December, 1884, and April 1885, less than
6.52s birds OF paradise. 4.974 Impeyan pheasants,
404464 West Indian and Brazilian birds, and 356,389
East Indian birds OF various kinds One woman OF fash
ion purchased the skins OF thousand humming birds
for ba-dress Another had dress trimmed with. the
skins OF five hundred cansres The taste that demands
such adoruments a savage one, akin to that which
revels in the spectacle Of bullfght
Three gentlemen from Pennsylvania are looking up
the adaptabity Of st. simons Island for tobacco grow
ing, Tney experienced tobacco growers Twenty
Ye others ready to in the cultivation Of tie
weed should these gentlemen report favorably-savan
nah (Ga.) News.