New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-07
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conspicuous ornament OF large Wholesale es-
tabshment n Broadway e painting Of the Con-
iedesate leader, General Robelt f. Lee, which has
something Of histOry. Tho picture was painted by
II O. Bruce Of Winchester. va in tho fan ard winter
Of ls6465 The artist took studies Of Leo in hts tent
~ Petersburg, and had several slttngs from him sub
sequnntly In Richmond. The accessories Of the
picture are from real life the horse IS Traveller,
ridden by General Lee throughout the war, ami the
sword, belt, bat and uniform are Just as they wens
worn by Lee. A captured 1ald-piece and tho young
est courier at Lees headquarters arc aso shown in the
painting. The figure of tho General Is HIS exact
The picture hung On erbblton ~ he cenai ~ VI
gna, and iii passed by the Virginia Legislat
nrs 70 purchase for the state, but the hurried eyacu
purpose The painting fell into tho hands OF the VIC
torious Northern armies aud was sent North It was
exhibited Ia this city, Montreal and other points, and
after many vicisslfudes has finally found resting
place In broadway
IL have just got back from trip to China' said
an American, the other day and tho thing that
struck me most forebly Of all the queer things TO
DO seen there vas the wretched agricultural nipple
ncnts tho people use. in that line OF business
myself you know, and that Is the reason, suppose,
Why the want Of good tools impressed me SO much
II the Chinese are as shTewd and inventive as they
claim to be, why have they used for thousands Of
years plough that simply broad blado fastened 10
one rough handle and never cuts the ground deeper
than SIX inches generally two or threef They thresh
Jet with a stone roller and winnow By tossing the
grain into the AIR. For harrow they use the hoe
and everything else about the farm IS on similar
scale. Tho nation Is largely composed Of farmers
and there ought 10 be q splendid market there for
American Implements. One great obstacle in tho
way Of course is the conservative spirit Of tho people
and another their extreme poverty but II they cSld
once be wakcd mp TO the possibilities that le n ne
use OF descent farming tools, the magnitude OF the de
mand that would ensuo would well repay the pioneer
manufacturer who Tised some money IN the endeayor
fSuS O aP %ho " Os speak nSas Es
fol me To understand him and who had business ca
Dem ho% e use g ana se the s1hnSs think
could make my fortune and his IN a short time"
The writer walked up Broadway yesterday afternoon
behind man Who oblivious Of his surroundings, no
peated half aloud, speech which he intended 10 do
liver somewhere. His muttered words were accom-
panied by gestures and tho frequent use Of the torn
@your Honor would lead 10 take him for q
lawyer schooling himself fog court trial AL. such
lunac. There Is plenty OF his sort In New-Hork In
ell tho walks OF life.
There Is something about the ticket boxes at tho
elevated railroad stations ch0ppers7 they are
ec:an0nly callod-whleh makes them ptfan to all
abssn tminded peoples Whatever the fascination
about these boxes Is, men seem 10 have strong inn
pulse to drop everything In their hand into them.
The men who do tho chopplng" have endless stories
TO tell about people dropping gloves, papers, change
and such things down into the glass-sheved boxes.
Tho maddest man who rode on n sixth-Gye- train on
Inauguration Day, perhaps one who came rushing
up tho steps, bought his ticket and then dashed his
purse into the chopper OF course, no missed
his train, trying TO recover his money. Indeed, he
missed several Of them, for the last tho reporter
saw OF him he was angling for the purse, frettng aud
tuning, but determined
An army officer was citing IN q corridor Of one
Of tho hotels the other day, with gloomy expression
on bis face when a friend went uD 10 him and ASKED
him what the trouble OBJ he said, In dis
guSted tones, sarmy men arc at discount IN New
York. You SEQ them on all ades, and they are al
bored to death. Tho way Of Is this. We who
are on The frontier al want burroughs When wc
get away We mako straight for Now-York Nov,
an army man out West who Is on selVe duty Ia
somebody He has good deal OF authority, and
there arc so few Of them In one place that they arc
In demand. But hepe-no one notices u.s. ms
market is overstocked So We lounge around oar
hotel, 20 10 tho thettre every evening, and pray
for tho time 10 como when We must return to dutX;
Whcn NO 40 Get back wo havo great stories 10 tel
about what gbod times We had In Hew-tork ana
Lor we hated 10 Put on mo harness again. But,
IA a matter OF fact The best part Of q tarlough y
when "A Is over, and ono has the opportunity u
string yarns about II