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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-05

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f,w strides ~; rrcny ru."d MP and pa'sing him f"w
easily bv length Fcrnw"od s"cond two
lrrths be,or' Quotation. No bid for the winner.
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place &!Oi 10
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SIEEPSIIEAD BAY ENTRIES TO-DAY.
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SrEEPSHEAD BAY ENTRIES TO-DAY.
FIRST RAcE--SwEErSTAKES. els EACH. $1,000
ADDED. SPECIAL WEIGHTS. ONE MILE.
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Paving for Ones Own Dinner

1t seems that Mr.. Dcpew's dinner ut
Homburg when he dined in company of
the Prince of Wales cost him precisely l2
marks. Twelve marks, it may be men
toned for the benefit of those who are not
familiar with German currency, represents
nearly S3. 1t seems somewhat strange that
the Prince of Wales should invite people
to dine with him Mt his hotel and then
allow his guests to pay for their own din
ner, but this, understand, is the HON.
burg custom and one to which Mr. Dcpew,
under the circumstances, cheerfnlly sub
scribed besides subscribing the s..
The Prince of Wales is doubtless keenly
alive to the fact that there are u great
many Americans who would willingly
subscribe 12, 900 marks instead of - marks
for the purpose of absorbing soup and toy
ing with an entrce in royal company. In
deed if the privilege were put up at auc-
tion l should not be surprised to see it
knocked down for very much larger fig
urc-New York World
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Ostriches for Hawaii,


In the miscellaneous freight !ittering the
deck OF the steamer Australia, which sailed
for the Sandwich Islands, were some odd
passengers. They were three full grown
ostriches, the pioneers Of what is fondly ex-
pected to be a new industry in the Hawaiian
group Of islands. The birds are consigned
tn-n'. -TrS.,,se.,,,s oe H,r,nl,,l-. s.......
new owner, and who was busy getting his
charges safely stored, had this to say to
reporter of their interesting history:
"1'hey are three of the fifty-two birds
bought on the east coast of Africa in 1887.
had them taken 1000 miles up the coast
to Durham, and thus saved $500 export duty
on each one. At Durham I chartered 800
ton bark and started with them for Gal
weston, Tex. The voyage WAS remark
ably smooth and pleasant one, so I only
lost ten of my birds. Shippers usually
count on u loss of 50 per cent, for the
slightest roughness on the water sickens
them and they die. At Galveston shipped
them on special cars to Los Angeles, and
thence to Norwalk farm, some forty miles
south. The birds cost me SIS apiece in
Africa and $3.50 each to get them here.
Eyes. the ostrich industry is now fairly
established in this state. I've done very
well with my forty-two birds. Already
I've raised and sold ffty-five birds. My
biggest Snlpment was seventeen TO InCenlK,
A. 7. There must be at least $50 birds now
scattered over the southern portion Of this
state alone. This trio are worth $1,000.
The feathers Of each bird will bring from
SIS to 500 year. The birds am sending
away raise thirty chicks a year, A hen
usually lays fifteen eggs for a setting, but
by taking the eggs away as they are laid
we manage to get thirty eggs out of them.
The eggs are Matched by incubators.
These two hens and cock are the first
shipped to the islands. They arc good
birds, and sec no reason why Dr. Trous-
seau should not make q success Of breeding
them. If these get started AL right he is
going to send for Il dozen more. What
will they eat on the voyage? Oh, chopped
potatoes and rocks. San Francisco FIX
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COACH OF LoNDoS's LORD MAYOR


mayor of London on account of the ripe
old age of his Office is something the mayor
of New York city and other municipal cor
porations i'll the United States must man
age to struggle along without, The only
time an American mayor is glorified and
made n hero Of is just before his election,
and then he is kept in u becomingly
humble state Of mind by the exceedingly
nncomplimentary things said about him
by the party Of his opponent. When he
has taken the oath rs mayor he is merely
the head of a business Office in which the
city's accounts are kept.
There is no ceremony attending the in
stalIation of an American mayor, and all
bonfircs and parades end the moment the
election returns are in. This year Mr..
Hugh j Grant succeeds himself rs mayor
of New York city. Some day, when both
have nothing else in particular to do, Il
supreme court judgc-it doesn't matter in
the least which one-will call at the
mayors Office, whereupon the latter will
"hold up his hand and be sworn" And
that is all there is to it unless there hap
pen to be several other officials and n pro-
fessiunal politician or two about, when it
is quite possible that Il temporary recur-
renee of ante-election enthusiasm may
suggest IL resort to the usual ante-election
social custom. But in this the new mayor
and the supreme court judge, of course,
nrc not expected to take part
There is not even u stated day on which
our mayors shall take the oath of Office. 1t
often happens that mayor who has tried
to be reelected and failed neglects the city's
business to such an extent while engaged
In the more important business Of gather
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Why Cata Don't Get Fat.

Have you ever inquired how it is that
cats can combine with their proverbial
idleness such great agility Muscular in
action leads just rs much in other kinds of
animals as in the human species to obesity;
the dog which does not hunt. the horse
kept in the stable becomes fat and sluggish
Wild animals even, if keptin cage, where
they are forced into the reposc Of domestic
life, very rapidly lose their slenderness of
figure and their case of movement.
Why does the cat escape the ordinary
law. and why III spite of the fact that it
rarely moves, does it seldom become fat as
does II dog or horse under similar circum-
stancess 1t is because its iznmobility is
not that of inaction, and its nerves are
working while its muscles seem at rest.
Like The fencer waiting the moment to at
tack, the cat is constantly ready to spring.
1t is always watching something, Il rat, Il
fly, or Joint of meat.
4 drawing room cat only makes three or
four springs in the course of day, but
each of them has been preceded by two or
three hours of latent work. When we be-
lieye that the animal is engaged in u
happy dream it is medtating n capture,
calculating the distance of its spring and
holding its muscles in readiness for any
thing that may happen. Hence it is never
taken by surprise Ifa little bird escapes
from its cage it is caught and eaten in
three seconds. The cat has been watching
it for II week When it seemed asleep it
was lyingin wait. .-Lagrnnge's Physiology.
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In speaking of james Nnsmyth, the in-
ventor of the steam hammer, who died in
Scotland lately, and who, having made Il
fortune by his inventions, retired from
business and devoted the last thirty years
of his life to astronomy and painting, The
kennebec Journal says an almost exact
counterpart of his life was that of e we'll
known eastern Maine man, who retired
from active business in numbering Mt the
age of As years and gave his whole atten-
ton to ornithology. Another similar case
was that of Mr.. Anson Allen, of Orno, n
successful manufacturer, who gave but
five days week to the cares of his factory,
surrendering the other day and his even
ings to botany, and became SO much Of a spe-
cialst on one genus, the aster, as to be an
authority there in the scientific world.
Then there was Mr.. Gowan w. Guptill, of
the western part of the state, one of the
most learned men and accomplished stu
dents in Maine, who divided his time dur
ing long life of SIS years between farming,
teaching and studying
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A HEAVY COAST GUN.

building and have already been built can
non of heavy caliber and enormous range
Nearly all of the big guns now mounted
upon American forts are long out of date
and useless, except for firing salutes and
drilling the men in the handling of artil-
lery Many of the smooth bores have had
rfled tubes shrunl into them, and in that
way The range and penetrating power have
ht.cu lucrc;sea. But even thus improved
they would be inadequate in case of war.
Not only lias there been great revolu-
ton in gun making, bat tho explosives
used are in many instances much different
from the OIL fashioned kinds. When the
war was over the government had a vast
quantity of powder on hand. This lasted
for twenty.three years and was used up in
target prueticc, tue Indian wars, firing
salutes etc, while n great deal not suited
for military work was employed by the en-
gineers for blasting. The supply some
time ago ran so low that salutes and other
purely ornamental uses of the material
were omitted. It has never been the Gus
tom of the government to keep very large
stocks, and the consumption of the war
time stores was deliberate. Instead of nc
cumulating powder, it is the policy of the
ordnance department to gather great
quantities of nitcr and issue it to contract
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g. DEER LODGE MONTANA, DECEMBER 12 1890
The lord chancellor names the day for

The lord chancellor names the tay for
the ceremony of installation This is usu-
ally the first day of the Michaclmas sit
tings. This functionary receives the lord
mayor elect at the house of lords and in
forms him whether his election plcnses the
sovereign The lord mayor elect and the
aldermen who accompany him wear violet
gowns, while the recorder and the sheriff
are resplendent in scarlet and frlls and
rufiles. When, Mt the house of lords, the
lord chancellor has informed him in speech
full of compliments that her majesty
graciously approves his election, the crti-
cal moment is past and the new official
bre;.thes easier, though there is still no ap-
parent end to the forms that remain to be
gone through with. The whole civic party
drinks from a flowing cup" and then the
man whom all the fuss is about is escorted
to the hall where he cntcrtains the city of
G.cis III dinner.
All this time the man who is still lord
mayor keeps we'll in the background He
only appears on the scene at their joint re
ception-a luncheon given Mt the Mansion
house jrst prior to the final ceremony of
installation. At this luncheon all the tliy Z
nitares wear their most gorgeous raimcnt
and the coming and the going man drink
each others health. at this stage the
lord mayor elect receives Il temporary set
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the rigid etiquette that rules in naval cir
cles and taking extraordinary pains to eX-
press mutual good will. President 1Iarri-
son exceeded the usual courtesics by direct
ing Rear Admiral Walker to proceed to
Rio Jnneiro and salute the new republic.
The admiral reached there last June with
his squadron Of evolution, and when he
entered the port the brazilian forts hoisted
the American flag and salvted before tho
SQUADRON had time to first pay its respects
to the port according, to the usual rule. 1t
i+ the universal custom for the port to
await the salute of tho incoming vessel be
fore firing Il gun or hosting a flag The
Brazilia,ls also fired fifteen guns instead
Of the thirteen usually accorded to 4 rear
admiral. D ,"#$
As soon us possible the new republic
fitted out its great flagship, the Aquila-
ban. and sent it with the corvette Gnana,
bora to New York, Admiral da Silveira
being III command aud charged with the
duty Of prcSritinsto President Harrison a
medal Of gold and palladium, engraved to
express the :llniiy between tile two repub-
lies. The Brazilian ships reached their
destination after n stormy passage, and
Were givcn i glorious welcome by tGt
American slunGronand by the forts in the
hArb0r. illc presentation Of the medal 1T
Washington wa attended with u hearty
c;;ehHilgu Of compliments, tl:itl c0urtcsics.
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WHOLE NO. 1118.
ors when necessary. No private powder
maker could afford to keep on hand the

ors when necessary. No private powder
maker could afford to keep on hand the
amount Of inter likely to he needed in time
of war.
Experiments have been and are constant
ly being made with the new smokeless
POWDER from which so much is expected,
At the Springfield armory this explosive
has been tried very fully with small arms,
and the results are satisfactory as to the
great velocity produced, but this velocity
and the absence Of smoke are at the ex-
pensc Of the pressure on the barrels of
the guns. If it turns out that the smoke
less powder, in case of rapid firing, bursts
the weapons it is likely to be more danger
GUS to friends than foes If the pressure
cxerted is constant, and if the explosive
proves to havo the advantages which the
Germans claim for it, the guns could Of
course be strengthened
NTH. + he .i!6nptrH and caXalrv.. armed
supplied with machine guns. tho forts de-
Tended with great cannon which send
missiles accurately from five to ten miles,
and all of these using a powder which
makes no smoke to bctray the situation Of
an enemy, the whole tactics of war will
have to be changed But in talking with
army men l have failed to find single
one who would say that he was looking
forward with any interest to the practical
test in actual warfare Of these recent in
ventions in the art Of killing
,1NO (IILNER SPEED
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Jotted down some 3. p. sHILLABER. ,.
personal recollcctions Of life that was
full cf events. Concerning my request
he writes: like the charity scholar learn
Ing the alphabet, ! am d little i'll doubt
whether it will pny to 20 through SO much
To get so littie, but your friendly wish
must not lie sligltetl.' He then and thus
bliihciy continues;
i WAS born, as the old family record de
cares,, .Iuly Il, 1914 il the ancient town Of
Portsmouth, n. H., and no better or faircr
place could have been selected for ii he pur-
pose. My schooling was tlesultory and inn
perfect until, ut half past Is years of agr,
bccame an i!ttncilnentpi the press The
Palladium and ADVERTISER printed NJ
Dover y. H., FOR which paper | worked
upward Of TWO years. It succumbcd to
disastrous fate, ana NY regrets went with
it,
During the years 1891 and lS@2 Mr.. Shil-
l;llier was associated with the local press Of
his native town. He then went to Boston
aud finished his trade As y book printer
In ls35, he says, II became free, and all
my energies were devoted to sustaining the
proud position Of Il jour
''ln October, 1886, liecling at the l2:gs
caused me To voyage tn Demhrlra, in Brit
ish Guiana where remained until July,
ISIS, Il subject of William IN ard of Vic
tnYiu, helping to print the government
Gazette. When restored to health saiicnl
back to New England and got married,
the wiscst act Of my life. Book printing
not being rernruerltivc, III 1910 associated
myself with The Boston Post, in which Of
fee | continue! unnterruptedly for ten
Years The l'nrtingtpn' papers were com.
lnenced tin 1870 for my own amusement.
Their success in The Post led me to other
efforts, made anonymously.
in 1850 found myself dixie the young
partridge which hides its head under u
leaf, thinking itself unseell very widely
known. In fact, my name had Il celebrity,
There were new duties To perform. had
Il new position to maintain and new pow
ers to exercise J.
Mr.. Shilabcr had contributed to The
Saturday Evening Gazette and other lit.
erury periodicals, and in partnership with
Charles q. lIalpne Cafterwnrd famous as
"Priratc Miles O'Reilly'D he started The
Carpet Bag, !; gloriously short lived satiri-
cAl newspaper 1t was i'll 1854 that lie pub
listlcd The Life and Sayings of Mrs. Part
| inrton and Others of the Family The
initial sales Of this volume exceeded 80. 900
copies Its author had returned to The Bos
ton Post in 1858, and for three years did
| local reporting for that daily. In 1856 Col.
| William W. Clapp offered him the associate
| editorshp Of The Saturday Evening Ga
zettc which Mr.. Shillaber accepted. and
another genial comradeship OF ten years
cnsued When, in 1866 Col. Capp sold
| The Gazette Mr. Shillabcr's regular active
connection with the press terminated
However, up to the time of his death he
did his full share of literary work for many
noted journals IlENEI CLAY LuKESs.
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M INSTALLING AN AMERICAS MAYOR .".
other city in the United States need lose
any sleep i'll preparing for that event.
Since the time of Henry VIII, and before,
no civic ceremony in London has compared
in brilliancy of pageant general impress
iveness and in its reception by the popu-
lace with the lord mayors show"
1t is the citizens chief holiday in all the
year, and in the show with its pomp Of
ceremonial, its bewigged chancellor and
judges, its display OF time honored en-
blems and its long procession dcckcd out
with costumes, arms, arMor and floating
tableaux of history and nllegory, the at
mosphrre of the London of the Middle
Ages mingles with the enlightenment OF
the present. No loyal citizen misses the
lord mayors show only tlle penny
dreadful illustrated papers are irreverent
enough to crack jokes about it, now that
there is no Dickens to make such jokes
carry Il needed lesson in humanity. AT
least seven centuries of custom lend to the
lord mayors show the respect shown to all
things hat have become mellowcd by age
Including tiut1elin tapestry and Madeira
wine
Except for sonlc traditional but now
the former, tho official functions Of the
lord mayor OF London and the mayor of
New York city are the same. Both are
civic chef magistrates, both carry the
city's keys, and both have the keeping of
the city's purse, But the mighty respect
and reverence due and granted the lord
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have been bought and Issued to llesc light
batteries and to several artillery companies
OF stntc militia.
Neither the magazine rlle nor the ma
chine gun has ever been thoroughly tested
in actual war. though the Turks at Pleyna
had several ihG!shud Of tile former The
mitrAillntiso Witch tia French used against
the Germans was Of course Il lnIchiue gun,
htt its effectiveness was iuconsdcrublr
compared With hat Of the weapons OF to-
day. Some time ago, whill on I: visit to
Hartford, went ont to the Colts urlnory
on the invitation of Dir. Gatling, the in
vcntor Of the arm which bears his name.
He showed mellow rapidly he could fire the
gun. How fast that was | can't begin to
say, hut bullet followed bullet so quickly
thnt there seemed no appreciable space be-
tween the discharges. He placed II three
inch plank Of oak against the target and
began firing ut it, moving the gun SO that
caci. bullet struck just next to where the
preceding one had entered. The board,
some twelve inches wide, was cut ceanly
across, just as though a crosscut saw had
been drawn through it,
Then to show how accurately the weapon
could Er used the Inventor aimed it at q
certain point Oh the board. lie fired sew
eral shots, and wilcn we examined the
target tIcrc was only one little hole just
large enough to admit the first bullet
fired. The doctor, who, by the way, has
the most kindly face ever looked upon,
smiled sweetly aud asked whether thought
n regiment could charge battery of such
guns. SIT would kill every mothers son
Of them," he added. This remark sounded
very grim and bloodthrsty. But DR.. Cat
ling counts himself a philanthropist, for
he holds that the more horrible war is
made the less war there will be.
IL is not necessary in the new order of
things for the American government to
make the same preparations for equipping
Its forces with small arms and with ma
chine guns as in the case of heavy guns to
be mounted in forts and used aboard ships.
The plants owned by private concerns in
the United States are now sufficiently large
to enable them TO supply vast quantities of
material upon short notice, But in tho
case Of heavy guns the republic has not
had until recently plants with facilities for
making these monstrous instruments of
warfare. Congress has appropriated ample
sums for this purpose, and there are now
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a NEST AND A HOME.

See this pretty, fragile thing
That some bird has made;
With what careful fashionlng
Every twig was iaidl -g
Filled with happy song by day,
And by night with rest.
Now It's but that useless tfiEng--
deserted nestl
See yon empty dwelling place;
Once it was home;
Chiidren's happy, dancing feet
In and out did come, .-
Now tho curtains close are draws,
Death linth been guest;
There no step is heard; Ills but
"A deserted nestr' ,@.
Where have flown the Joyous birds
That the nest did weave?
Tell me why, 30 fair place, I...
Did its inmates leave?
Do they miss its sileltering wall
Where they took their rest7
Do they pine in sadness for
Their deserted nest7
Nayi on strong anti ks!adsome wing.
Did they take their flight;
Far in sunny lands they sing &c..
Songs of true delight;
Pitiful would be their cry,
Sad each feathered breast,
Should they now be forced to seek
Their deserted nesti
To the dear ones "gone before"
From an earthly home, d.
Wait upon the shining shorc'
Till We too shall come:
In that safe and blest abode,
Now they sing and rest;
Wou!d'st thou call them back to claim
Their deserted nest3"
Helen Percy III Good housekeeping