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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

delicate lacework sheen OF this handsomeso OIL
all yies is seen on porch or walls IL Is res'i I'll
TO the eye wearied with the dull prosac ehects
~ monotonous city architecture. How HUE
effort would be required TO transform the as
meet of the continuous lines of masonry in the
streets Of this town. II every resident would
plant this japanese ivy in front OF his house
the expense could not exceed thirty-nye OF
fifty cents-there would be four feet OF yegeta-
ton the first year and from six to eight feet OF
additional foliage every succeeding year until
the front were entirely covered. How beautiful
would the streets of NewYork become in Few
wears if the houses were Systematically SUD
iccted to this natural process OF decoration
II is not a matter Of conjecture; in Boston may
no seen rows of stone and brick dwellings,, 80
mantled in this lovely vine that the streets look
like cool corridors Of living green.
Every one knows how largely the ivy con-
tributes TO the beauty Of the landscape in Eng
land and Southern Europe. Houses new and
old. castle and church ruins with poenc ana
Legendary associations, the trunks OF super
ANIMATED trees. the stone walls Of the roadside
and the rocky edges Of the meadows are clothed
and adorned with the clinging verdllre OF the
WV. Both English and American ives Tor a
long time were considered too tender for Guilt
walton north Of Maryland, since they were
frequently destroyed. at least north of Phia-
delphia and Cincinnati, by severe winter
weather The Japan or Boston ivy has been
demonstrated to be as hardy in this climate az
the Melrose Abbey ivy is in England. 1t is in
comparably more beautiful than the common
Virginia creeper, its foliage forming denser
sheet of green and when ii is once well foOteu
in good soil it grows more rapidly and clings by
it's rootlets with great tenacity to bricks or
stones. Neither the snowy wstaria, blue Or
white. nor the scarlet trumpet-vne nor the
prim and vigorous hOneysuckle is so useful for
decorating the outside walls of city houses as
the Japan or Boston ivy, with its overlapping
densey growing leaves, beautiful alike in the
sombre hues Of summer and in the glorious
tints of autumn. This ivy. while it grows well on
the northern sides of buildings, will flourish
under all conditions 1t offers the best substi-
tute for tree foliage which can be had in city
like Newly ork. Why can it not be generally
introduced? Even if residents were unwilling
TO surrender the entire hOuse-front to this to-
nacious and rapid climber, beautiful ELECT
would be produced by combining it to the hrSt
and second stories. by all means let us have
a touch of verdure in our cold and coorless
lines OF street chitecture-something to take
the place of trees. lvy-cad walls will prevent
the radiation of heat and make the houses
cooler. The verdure will feed on the carbonlc
acid gases pouring out of the tall chimneys, ana
will purify the atmosphere. 1t will delight and
refresh wealy eyes and help to make the town
beautiful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04
spare JEROME AVENUE.

The project Of laying out street-car line
on Jerome cave has not received spontaneous
and exuberant welcome On the contrary, it
has been condemned with yigor and una
nimity which are altogether refreshing in these
hot and musty days. The property owners who
conceived this scheme for making their lots
readily saable are thus far clearly within their
rights, but their motive should not be misun-
derstood Years ago they engaged in the spec
uative but perfectly legitimate operation Of
buying land beyond the Harlem and holding it
for an advance. The vast expansion of the
city has proceeded along other lines, and there
is little demand for Jerome-ave. sites. This
fact is not regretted by the community in gen
eral. If our worthy fellow-citzens whose in
dividual pockets are affected thereby find it in
convenient to wait longer for the expected re-
turn upon their investment. there is 10 reason
why they should not endeavor to relieve their
embarrassment in every lawful manner, but
there is good reason why the public should be
alert to repel the invasion of fine open thor
oughfare by rails and cars. The property
owners are active and Jealous in their own
interests and the people should be not less so
in theirs.
The growth Of the metropolis has inevitably
resulted in the exclusion Of pleasure vehicles
from almost every part Of the city south of the
Harlem and outside Of Central Park, and the
possibility of having JerOme-ave. closed to the
exhiarating and healthful diversion of driving
is most nwelcome to thousands Of persons. il
would be mistake TO suppose that the oppoSi-
ton to this enterprise was selfish and unreasOn
IL. 4Io, icb
and idle The fine driveway above McComb's
Dam is enjoyed by multitude Of Woodworking
citizens Of very modest fortune-men who are
occasionally able to use for pleasure the horses
commonly employed in their business They
and their families would suffer very serious
deprivation if Jerome-ave. were cut up by
car-tIacks. If there were a large population
contiguous to this thOroughfare and in need Of
transportation facilities, the case would be
radically different. The lines Of settlement
are east and west Of the avenue, and they have
been made readily accessible, but along this
central division there has been very little build
ing, and no demand is known TO exist for new
means of traverSing it. Above the Harlem
there is no lack of room and it happens that
the tide Of occupation setting northward has
flowed TO other points. The desire TO see it
turning toward Jerome-ave. on the part of in
dividuals owning property there is perfectly
natural, but their anxiety to raise the price of
lots should not be mistaken for popular de-
mand for Street-car line. Seventh-ave. is
still an available link-though much deteriorat-
ed-between the contracted roadwayS of the
Park and the long and unimpeded thorough
fare which begins at McCombs Dam. If
Jerome ave. were reduced to the condition in
which Seventh-ave. now is, both would soon be
abandoned by the thousands who now drive
fer pleasure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Abba Goold wooson is the guest Of Mr. ssx
Mrs. Daniel HInchley, Of this city, at Bar Harbor
Ex-Governor Frederick smythe Of New Hampshir.
Is guest Of General Butler In his cruise on the Yacht
America along the coasts 0f the Maritime Provinces
The Rev. DIR. Mayo has returned TO Boston for a
few months, from bis educational work in the South
Word comes of the death Of william Scott tho oldest
empoye Of Messrs. Eyre spottswoode, the London
publishers His name had been on their pay roll for
eighty one years.
Lord Ronald Cover recently bought Boucher screen
ior ~ 90 and resold IL for 81 900.
Ex-Governor Cornell will give a receipt az m,
new Grand Hotel summit Mountains, In the CATS
fuiis' next Saturday evening In honor OF General
1cnry A. Barnnm, OF this city. He thus desires 10
says 10 testify his sincere qualification at the final
,housn tafdy action of the Government In awarding
tne mccall OF honor 10 a bravo soldier and a WISE
pasrloAe Officer who has for more than twenty-five
yoa,s porho with accomplishing fortitude painful
Moas received on tbs field OF battle as we'll as tho
aos .hs neglect OF the officers OF the Government
services ~ ma
Dickinson College Day, at Ocean Grove will
occur on tuesday Of next week. August 10. There
WIN De addresses in the forenoon by the Rev. DIR.
neou mo new president Of the college; the Rev. DR..
hidsway, oil Chicago; General James +. Rushing. Of
ne ma ", y; the Rev. DR. Todd, of Wilmington,
reunion ~ ai,,, In the afternoon there VIII be
ca,i n Va ai1inhl and friends, and in the evening
ir.epuou W the pres dent and faculty A large and
inorese" attendance OF Dickinsonans Is looked for
The Hon. Lambert Tree will give statue of Ia
Sale, to be placed in Lincoln Park, Chicago, While
minister 10 belgium he had the statue executed in
bronze by Count Jacques de Laang sculptor Of note
IL represents the explorer at a point at which he Is
supposed to have the fNt view Of the rivers he has tho
credit Of having discovered Judge Tree reviews tho
record OF La Sale explorer claiming that he dis
covered the ONO and the Illinois Rivers, and the
first man who descended the Mississippi to its mouth
| and says: IL seems appropriate that a monument
should be erected TO his memory in this proud city Of
million OF people, which stands in the centre OF the
superb country with which his name Is inseparaby
associated and the site of which he camped As early
as 1852, when there rot white man outside OF
his small party within thousand miles Of the
place.
Evidently the author OF The Quick or the Deadl'
has made a conquest in London Those who have
met Mrs Chanler socially says writer in The stars
of that city, speak enthusiastically of her charm
of manner, her absence Of all sfectaton and concet;
and her ears would ungle the glowing accounts Of
her personal beauty. She has beautiful fair hair In
abundance clear bright. penetrating gray-blue eyes,
which in relief by dark eyebrows and lashes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04
PREPARE FOR VlSITORS

National Exposition, by all means, ana al
the Nations greatest city. But before the thie
comes to exhibit to all the world what century
Of freedom has DONE let us see to 1T that the
largest product of the Nation, it's principal city
shall be worth exhibiting. As things are now
New York can show considerable civilization,
Int also a great deal Of barbarsm. In the
nrincipal city of the Nation there is something
10 admire but also more things than one Oh
which Americans would be profoundly ashamed
As we do not wish to appear bafosnahs' uhe
things which strike civilized strangers as bar
barous might be looked into, to satisfy our
selves whether they are really marks OF higher
civilization. About the first thing that strikes
. stranger from the Old World is the filthy con-
dtop of streets and the blockading Of side
walks in New York with goods, lumber and
,uhhisb Of every conceivable description. The
civilized man who has seen London or farls
before he has forced his way for half dozen
blocks through piles Of bananas and oranges
neanut and notion stands. fish barrels coiee
hays butter tubs and dry goods boxes OF
climbed over the skidS between drays and doors
At the imminent risk of broken leg from bar
rel or hogshead propelled by porters who own
L
line fruit of freedom give me little despot-
ism.n And when he sees the accumulated NTH
and smells the intoeIable smell Of the streets
swallows his peck of dust in hVe minutes II
there is a wind, and that dust the naSueSt' OF
wades through rivers Of slime ana mfe as
black and as Helpful to clothes as wagon grease
be meditates whether a freedom which pays
sndIy millions for cleaning this city Is not
fraud and curse.
When the New-Yorker has made mp his mind
whether these are really features oil hlghef
civilization than the Old World can boast or
| blemishes which need TO be removed before the
world is invited to a visit, he may next turn his
attention to the markets. shops, groceries, MIX
vegetable and meat supplies. lie VIII hrst ask
how these compare with those Of other cities
as TO purity and cleanliness, and next as To
cheapness Remembering that this is great
| farming country, with vast abundance and sur
plus of all kinds of food he will want 10 know
whether the retail price Of any such product
should be dearer, or the supply less safe in
quantity or quality, than in London for in
stance. II there is any monopoly here be sure
self government will be held responsible. If
brea costs more to the eater than bread in Lon
don made from American flour, the European
is sure to charge it TO free institutions II there
is any favoritism in the markets. any loosenesS
in enforcement as to dealers aud grocers Of san
tary laws or laws against swindling we may
| be sure it will be said despOtic government
would be purer and more helpful to the people
Then it might be well to remember that a
crowd of strangers will want TO be transported
about the city in addition to the ordinary
travellers, and it may be just as well to think
of rapid transit and Of the crowded condition
Of the streets The stranger will be apt to Get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04
SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

Foreign General Grenfcll attacked the Dervish
AMY and routed il with a loss OF Loco men :
among the slain were WadeLNJumi and fifty
ercirs The Gar has declined 10 hold a
conference with the German and Austrian LIN.
oerors - Stormy weather prevented the hold.
ing Of the Naval review of Spithead. - Ad.
mirsl Kimberly left Africa for tour OF inspection
of pago pago lIarbor - Sharp fighting has
taken plac. i'm Crete between the insurgents and
the Turkish soldiers.
Dom, stic.-Marin Bnrl,e placed in the care
cf the Chicago officers 1t Winnipeg, for extra
Giti,n ---= The ! 9TH REGIMENT went into camp
m Pcek>kll - The committee OF the Inter-
STATE Commerce Railway Association began Ia pre-
pre chlrgps against the Alton. - Mmnt Hal
cad was formally received by the Ohio Repub-
Leans al Cincinnati - j. r. q. Pitkin, OF
Ipus'ani. was appointed United StitcN Minister
T. the Ar. n inc Confcde. alton by Pref lent llar-
rison.
Ciiy and Suburban.-A heavy rain-stOrm, ac-
companicd by lightning, caused much damage
in Brooklyn and many suburban places, but
liftlc in THIS city - Winners at Monmouth
Park: J. F. Dee, Devoicc. Badge, SenOrita,
Les Angeles. Freedom. Esquimau. - Thomas
4 Ellison started for Europe - The Giants
defeated III, Philadelphia tenn by the score OF
IS 10 :: ST. Louis was defeated by Brooklyn.
--- In tine SPECIAL race of the NewRochelle
Yacht Club the Elephant won the Julia Cup
---- The annua! regatta of the Kill Won kull
Rowing Association tool; place On Staten Island
S,nrd. 60 Stocks dull al higher figures, closing
strong.
The Woaticr.-Forecast for to-day Clear or
fair and slightly cooler weather. Temperature
Yesterday Highest, 81 degrees lowest %
average 10 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

into a blockade before he has fairly left any
steamship landing or ferry, and he VIII see how
the borse-cars the truckmen, the hackmen and
the nolicemen behave. Before he has gone Tar
be will want TO know why better facilities have
not been provided for moving passengers and
goods around and through the most important
CITY If the New World Can Newly orker tell
him why rapid transit has been delayed. or must
he confess that self-government at the City
Hall and at Albany has been lacking in wisdom
or virtue? If communication about this city
is both slower and more uncertain and more
costly than many others, both larger and
smaller can boast, what is the New Yorker
going 10 answer? Shall he confess that fran
chises have been given away to all sorts Of
companies. as yet without securing what the
public needs? Shall he tell the story Of the
bribery and the failure to convict? Or shall he
recite the plans and proposals which have been
defeated here or at Albany, and explain why
none Of them satisfied the virtue or wisdom of
rulers
70 put it plainly, if NewYork is to have a
great international exposition. New DIRK has a
good many things to do within a short time, or
is liable to be much ashamed of itself The
government of State and city, the various de-
partments of the city. the corporations, capital
lists and citizens generally, will have TO go at
The work in earnest in order to put things in
such shape that the wisdom of self-governwent
shall be manifest in the perfection Of arrange
ments for the people Of NewYork and their
visitors If the necessary cooperation and
mutual sacrifices and rght-down hard work
cannot be secured the exhibition Of fruits of
self government in Americas largest city may
not result quite to our satisfaction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

our special London dispatches, with the general
conclusion that the lightning Of war may strike
anywhere--n Crete. the Balkan, Servia or Ar
menia. Lord Salisbury has not thrown much
light uI on the question in his recent speech nor
are London conjec,ures respecting the poh'icai
significance of the German Emperors visit IN
England Of serious importance. The arbiter OF
European destiny has not accompanied the En-
peror in the English journey. Prince Bismarck
does not want another continental war IN his
old age lie will do his utmost in any ana
every exigency to prevent the outbreak OF hos
tiHties. The safest generalization that can be
formed is that there will be no campaign in
Europe on large scale while he lives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04
A SUBSTITUTE FOE TREES.

There is hardly another American city 30
destitute Of trees in the residence sections as
New ork. The streets present bare and I'M
broken viStas of continuous pavements tagging
and brownstone and brick fronts, with neither
turf nor tree foliage to relieve the sombre and
formal lines Constant tunneng and trench
ing Of the streets for the construction and re-
pair Of sewers water mains, gasppes and pave
ments have uprooted and destroyed the trees
remaining in the avenues and streets until
natural shade and foliage are seldom to be found
outside of the parks and thy grounds Of few
favored churches. Poor soil, the height of resi-
dence blocks, the escape of gas into the
earth and Indifferent care of trees, have con-
tributed to the general result. Appeals to
hOuSeh FOLDERS 10 plant trees fall on careless
ears. The residents Of our finest streets and
avenues have grown accustomed to living with
out leafy shade and are convinced that trees
cannot be made to grow in front of their houses.
They have become Ieconciled TO the necessity Of
going TO Central Park OF into the country in
order to refresh their eyes with glimpscS Of
green foliage and the delicate tIaceiy Of soft
tinted leaves against the blue and gray Of a
summer sky.
Is there no substitute for trees in house front
and street ornamentation in such a city as New
York Let it be conceded that with land as
dear with sidewalks as narrow. with residences
as high above the pavement and with soil rs inn
povetshed and as impregnated with odors from
gaspipes and sewers as the conditions Of metro
politan life now render necessary, trees cannot
be made to grow and flourish. Cannot some
thing be done to relieve the cold, dreary and
monotonous effect of brownstone masonry and
street tagging and to beautify and adoin the
more ambitious residence districts? The an
swer to these questions can be found wherever
systematic attempts have been made to plant
what is commonly known as the Japan Oh
Boston ivy. Grace Church. Dr. John Hall.
church and other uptown churches are now
more or less covered with these clean and
beautiful climbing vines, and many elegant
residences. notably the Whitney and one of the
Vanderbilt houses, are tinted in summer with
refreshing green and in the autumn with
bronze, scarlet and crimson. WhersAe-> thS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

for on the ground that it was expected when the
new course was laid out that Jerome Park was
to be taken by the city for reservoir. That
is. in truth, no excuse or apology at all. When
the city acquires Jerome Park for public pur.
poses, then and not till then, has any new
Jockey club fair ground for claiming the dates
Of this old and honored organization. The
American Joel key Club does not intend to give
way without determined contest. 1t has al
ready made the public acquainted with its
nlaus II offers to every owner and breeder n
great variety of stakes, for which horses can
he entered to advantage. With such career
Of distinction on the turf as Jerome Park has
enjoyed, it should not be deserted by those who
have the true interests OF racing in America
at heart
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

The commission of experts appointed by the
prool,lrn officials who have charge of III" cree
,ion Of n memorial arch AT the entrance to Pros
ract park have made selection from the designs
submitted for the work last year. The last Leg
islaturc increased tie amount 10 be expended from
81 "a 600 TO $3.50 900. In view of this, the proper
mode of procedure would APPEAR to be. not TO 20
obeod on the basis of the first competition but TO
solici, designs for work on which much larger
sum s 70 be laid out 1t is hardly 10 be hoped that
design can be secured that will give as universal
satisfaction as was created by Mr. Whites Cen
,ennial Arch at Washington Square. Brooklyn
has the money for its arch, but the question of Il
design is pending: Newlork has IA design in every
way admirable, but the money is accommodating
with painful slowness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

ran the Brewers convention at Niagara Fslls kst
June. State Senator Jacob A. Cantor, also :
candidate for the same nomination on the sms
ticket, made the address at the annual convention
OF the Central New-iork Hop-Growers' Association
few days ago. Both are waiting for Governsr
Hill 10 answer the question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

With the water refusing 10 rise above the second
story. il is trile aggravatihg-just trilletO
read the official statement that enough water is
now going to waste every day over the Croton
Dam TO supply the city AT its average consumption
for eleven days And it has been running away
over that dam on every single day this year. Come
gentlemen, hurry up with that costly new aque-
duet. and let us begin to get some return on our
heavy investment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04

Persons going out Of torn for the summer can
hare the Daily and Sunday TRIBUNE mailed
10 them for $1.O0 per month, or $3.50 for
Mrcc months. Travellers IN Europe can reee're
THE TRIBUNE during their absence for
81 .65 per month, foreign postage paid, or $40
for three months. The address Of the paper w'H
b. changed as often as desired
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-04
The following cable dispatches explain thel

The following cable dispatches explain them
selves:
London, Aug l. 1859.
To Uncle Sam. u. s. A.. .
What will you take for the sword OF BunRcr HnlF
] inquire in the interest OF British syndicate having
for tS object the acquisition of prime American III
Nestments. Answer paid D. BOLL'
Washington, Aug. l, 1850.
To John Bull, care of Mr.. b. Lion LONDON
on a notable occasion when you and
had dealings IN weapons, yonr Lort
CORVALLIS was good enough TO pr sent his
sword 10 General George Washington The General
nromptly took il, whereupon my lord pensively ie-
marked that the American had very taking way
with him I'll take for the sword Of Bunker I'LL
itst what I'll take fOr CORVALLIS. III you weigh
more than do you can have it, but guess you don't
'"'i0 ' T.. SAM.