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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16

After remaining open the entire week, the
Horse Show at the Madison Square Garden was
brought to close last night. The exhibition
has been phenomenal success, both with re-
gard to the attendance of visitors and to the
Importance of the equine display The con-
Guiding feature of the Show last night consisted
of q grand parade of all the prize-winners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16

After being deluged with phenomenal rain
fall during the early part OF the summer, Cali
fornia is now undergoing the most severe dry
smell that has occurred in ten years. No rain
has fallen since the month OF June, and al
though the country has not suffered much as
vet from the drouth, it has led to an outbreak
of diphtheria at San Francisco. where the
sewers stand in need of being frequently flushed.
The prevailing dryness is attributed to the
fact that the storm belt has been detected in
. northerly direction, and that the rains which
should have fallen in California have been
monopolized by the English in British Colum-
bia.
Il would be hard to think Of greater sur
prise, in its way than yesterdays tidings that
the great house of Barings was in trouble.
So hsbitusted have we oil become to the mod
ern methods of commerce that we are apt to
forget. until the fact is thus unpleasantly re-
called. how far the worlds business at the end
of the nineteenth century has been carried from
the primitive plan OF barter, and how ex-
clusiyeiy the fabric on which depends the sup
ply of orr daily wants rests upon On advanced
and highly elaborated system of credits. Al
the very head of this system stood the great
historic house whose peril two continents al
least rejoice to know has been averted by the
prompt and enlightened action Of the Bank OF
England, the Rothschilds and their associates
The latest panacca for the numerous ills and
maladies to which mankind il subject is that
Of Father Kneip, the village priest OF Voeris.
hofen. whose peculiar and startling methods OF
cure are Attracting even still wider attention IN
the Old World than the sntdote for oonsanp'
ton discovered By Dr. Koch ct Berlin. Ia q
Munich letter published TEDDY . description il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16

Any one who IN these days purposely starts
false rumors Of financial troubles of banks and
business firms ought to meet swift rebuke. The
wrongfulness Of ouch an act Is great enough at
any time. but wben firms and banking houses
need all their credit, and one false report may
disturb the whole business world. the circulation
of false statements becomes nigh crime. The
law makes the act punishable by imprisonment
but the enforcement Of the law In this regard is
difficult. The drculator Of false rumors becomes
however. quickly known to his associates, and If
he persists in lis course he should receive the
scorn Of all his aequaintanccs. and be an outcast
from the society of reputable business men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16

Mr., Clevelands friends declare that the Demo
cratic victory vas entirely due 70 their chief
II is asserted or equally good authority that thu
"rear guard" reilly deserves the credit Of Stan
ley's success In finding Emin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16

The American society which wishes to excavatc
at Delphi, in Greece, finds that it cannot obtain
the privilege Of bringing works Of ancient Grecian
art to this country The rulers of Greece are more
clear-sighted than those of some other Eastern
countries. They know that the relics have a
double value on the soil Of the country which
produced the artists. The advancement Of knowl-
edge Of ancient art and manners is important
enough, however, to warrant the expenditure of
considerable sums Of money to receive the copies
and photographs. which can be taken exclusively
by the society making the excavations, and the
fund required will probably be raised
The question of police matrons is once moro
brought forward by the presentation to the Mayor
OF brooklyn Of resolutions lately adopted by the
Kings County Woman's Christian Temperance
Unioh strongly urging the importance Of provid-
ing such officials without further delay. The &C..
curing Of matrons under the present law seems
equally hopeless In both New-York and Brooklyn.
II either city should take the lead, tho other might
quickly follow suit, but both seem determined
to do nothing unless oompslled to cot In view
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28

reason OF its suddenness, he had,
with the assistance of surgeon,
made a private examination of Sir
Johns body Immediately after His
dacease, and found that it had re-
suited from purely natural causes.
Nobody mt this time had breathed a
suspicion OF foul play. and therefore
nothing was said which might since
have esta blished her innocence.
1t being thus placed beyond doubt
that this beautiful and noble lady
had been done to death by wicked
scandal that was wholly unfounded,
her husband was strung with a
dreadful remorse at the share he had
taken in her misfortnnes and left the
country anew, this time never to re-
turn alive. He survived her, but a
lew years, and his body was brought
home and buried beside his wiie's,
under the tomb which is still visible
in the parish church. Until lately
there was a good portrait of her, in
weeds for her first husband, with n
cross in her hand, at the ancestral
seat Of her family, where she was
much pitied, rs she deserved to be.
Yet there were some severe enough
to say-and these not unjust persons
in other respect-that though I'M
qupstionably innocent of the crime
imputed to her, she had shown an
unseemly wantonness in contracting
three marriages in such rapid success
sion, and that the untrue suspicion
might have been ordered by Provi-
dence (who often works Indirectly as
a punishment for her self-indulgence.
Upon that point have no opinion
to otler.-Longman's Magazine.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28
Australian Turkey,

The scrub turkey of Australia
seems to differ almost as widely
from the bird of the poultry yard as
do the Cape Cod and sage brush
varieties. Some of it's strange hab-
bits are described by the author of
"My Wife and l in Queensland"
Its habitat is in the thickest scrubs.
where it is hard TO get at. In APP
pearance it much resembles the En-
glish hen-turkey, though consider
ably smaller.
The most extraordinary thing
about these birds is their nest, which
is n circular mound of earth from
three to four feet in height, and ten
or fifteen feet in diameter. This
must he the headquarters of q whole
colony, for, lurge as it seems, the
the mound is at certain seasons full
of eggs. These are of an enormous
size comparediwith that of the bird
They are covered carefully with sand,
and Matched, as suppose, by heat; al
though i'll the dense scrubs of Mort h
ern Queensland, where | have found
the nests, not one ray of sun could
penetrate to them.
However Matched, lis impossible,
without netting the whole mound, to
catch the young ones, for the mo-
ment they burst the egg they scrape
their way out of the sand and dis
appear in the scrub like n fash of
lightning.
! think little is known of their ha-
bits, for believe they do not breed
in confinement; but was lucky in
stumbling upon a nest once, whilst
wandering through the scrub in
search of particular butterfly.
Having nothing better to do, | sat
down and watched il, and saw four
or five OF the little things come wrig-
Cling out and dive into the scrub, be-
ing lost TO sight in an instant. Al
though remained there Mt least
three hours and perfectly motionless,
l saw no sign OF the old birds, so
that l imagine that the little things
must have instinct enough to cater
for themselves.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28
WAITING FOR captain WRIGHT

They said II war only foolish dream,
When spoke in my girlish way
OF a handsome knight. n Captain Wright
Whom hoped Co marry some day;
paid no heed tn their mocking smiles
But carried my head with pride,
AMI lelt NO ear, with love sincere
He would claim me soon as his bride.
They thought il strange that did not wed;
The reason they could not guess;
But TO none of those who came to propose
Was ] willing TO answer Yes;
For cit that somewhere oat in the world,
With heurt full OF love to the brim,
Was some one, you zee, who was waiting Toe
And was waiting for him.
And Oft as moved Through the crowded
ways
NV henrt would suddenly beat
At so rapid q rate Il knew that my meSs
Had passed nue. by on the street;
knew should meet my IDEAL love,
And marry him, sure fate.
In Gods good time-with inith sublime
II only had pdoence to wait.
And so one dayvss met, IA il were,
BY chance; and ut once knew.
Ny hearts truck night had aprcared in sight
Ny dream had at last come true
And never 'tliru,lgh all the years Shat have
pissed.
OF min gledtlf essings and blight,
Have ceaseC to rejoice that aeleld to my
chofCa
And waited for Captain Wright
New Nork Ledger.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28

CUTTING NATIVE HAY IN THE MEADOWS
We MIXED twenty-five cows last season and
sold nearly six hundred dollars worth Of but
ter, besides supplying our family and raising
eighteen calves. / could not wish for any
thing better than this
"Why do need to go to the trouble that
mixed farming involves" said young far
ner from the County of Wellington, On
tario, "when this land, that some think all
together too heavy, yields me on an average
so bushels to an acre of as fine a sample Of
wheat as one could wish for; that's good enough
for me, let those who like farming on differ
ent soils and by different methods do so, am
satisfied
Remembering what had heard before,
asked him if his wheat was not likely TO get
caught with frost as no would not be able to
work this land until late in the spring. " Not
at all, have been working this farm now for
five years and every year / have saved my
ropof wheat without having it damaged in the
least by frost. plough my ground and har-
row three or four times in the fall, leaving
the ground well pulverized; do not wait in
the spring for it to be in a condition TO work q
drill on, but commence sowing, using broad
cast seeder, as soon as the snow is of the
ground. By following this method, l feel
Just AZ safe here in growing q crop OF wheat
as did in Ontario as regards frost, and get
nearly double the quantity to the acre and
raise IL at great deal less expense, as have
rsither stones nor stumps to contend with"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28
Romance of Carriers.

Ladies will be interested to hear OF
the thirteen pairs of carriers ordered
for the Princess Sophie OF Prussia,
the bride of the Duke of Sparta, ac-
cording to old Hohenzollern custom.
These were not tor wear, but for dis
tribution as souvenirs of the mar
riage. In ruder times, and even still
in less exalted ranks life, the BRIDE
garter was and is "a kind ofperquisite
for the bridesmaids, to be cut up and
shared among them to bring each
young lady good fortune. In Ger
many each bride ofthp Hohenzollerns
gives garter to be laid up in the
museum au Berlin. The collection is
beautiful and curious, some fifty or
sixty in number, from the homeliest
in quality to the richest embrciGery
on silk and dazzling with jewels. Che
thirteenth pair of Princess Sophie's
are of pale blue silk and clasped with
large diamond bucklers. These are
the historical carriers sent back to
her own country after the ceremony.
OF the remaining twelve it is under
stood that she gave one to the reign
ing sovereign, and the other eleven
to the Greek mobiles of high rank who
attended the bridegroom to the altar
All the thirteen pairs of carriers have
gold buckles with the brides initials
in diamonds; but the blue and white,
supposed to bring good fortune,
which went To the museum, are the
most beautiful and costly of the
whole et.-Once Week.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28
His Coffin Made Ahead OF
Time.

One of the undertakers in thenorth
part of the city has just completed a
remarkable contract he began about
two years ago. A well-known man
who resided few miles out in the
country had a large oak-tree on his
place cut down and transformed into
timber. An arrangement was then
entered into with the undertaken TO
manufacture casket out of the lum-
Der and inclose it in an outer case in
readiness for the dissolution OF the
owner. His death did not occur until
n few days ago, when the oaken cas-
ket was finished and trimmed. 1t
weighed about 400 pounds. Bur
lington Free Press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28

My travels have fully convinced me that
every kind Of soil can be had in the North
West; that all classes of farming can be carri-
ed on; that farming of every kind is profit
able; and that the people are contented.
This letter will no doubt be read this
winter by many a man in Ontario who
void move 70 Manitoba IL he was satisfied,
that he could get the kind of farm he wants.
Let mo tell hun that l have Travelled from.
one end Of tho country TO the other, l have
seen it in all seasons, under oil phases OF eli
mate, made my home with farmers occupy
ing humble shanties, and with others whose
great success enables them 10 live in houses
of more pretentious character, and ! know
that IL he cannot DO satisfied as regards loca-
ton, he viii DO Of different mould 20 any Of
the farmers have met in oil the course OF my
travels. Knowing the class Of farming that he.
feels he is best fitted for, whether 1t DO raising
wheat, dairy farming, cattle, horse or sheep.
raising, he has only to follow the example Of
others and he viii find the land no wants.
PEN AND PLouGH.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28
THE LADY PENELOPE.

n going out OF
Casterbridge by
t Ire lowlyi ng
road which even
rtually conducts
to- the town Of
Ivell, you see ON
the right hand
an ivied manor
h ouse, hanked
by battlemented
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-03-28
TIE GREAT NORTHWEST
PASTORAL LIFE ON THE FARMS OF
cANApA'S PRAIRIE LAND.
An Kinds Of Soil en- she Prniries-Nsturnf
Meadows that Prcdsce Fine Crops OF
HAY An Average Yield OF Thirty
Bushels OF wheat 90 the Acre.

III ~
:; !; :: :: !: :: :; ].
~ low tho
men ! have met with to speak for themselves
rather than do the talking myself. In this
way the reader win get better idea Of the
hcrualites of life in this great and wonderful
land. Having spent the greater part or
several seasons in travelling through the
country both by rail and on the blackboard
] have CLEANED much information that know
cannot fail to interest people in Ontario.
Much as has been written in the press on tho
Northwest wheat flelds-the story is not yet
half told. The immensely of the country, the
varieties Of its soil, its capabilities for produc-
ing wheat and cattle, the cosmopolitan
character Of its people-these and like themes
have only been touched upon. Many of the
descriptions already published give the idea
that the Cana lan Northwest is an immense
S-act of prairie land, possessing uniformity
OF soil and feature throughout its entire
length; now nothing could be farther from
the facts
There is as much variety in the character
of prairie farms as there is In the people
that possess them. The work Of peopling the
North West would indeed be difficult mat
ter, If the assumption that its lands were
uniform in character, were a correct one Tho
writer was particularly struck with this poiut
from a conversation he held with a number Of
farmers on a recent trip through the cent? al
part Of Manitoba.
1.-THE soil Of your farm seems rather hghf,"
was remarked to one.
"Yes, lie said, it is light compared with
the heavy clay lands used to work in Marx
ham, Ontario; but / selected it on that as-
count. You see, whether rightly or wrongly,
j think that the enemy we have most to dread
in this northern country is the early frost;
now my land, being light, drains quickly IN
the spring, and the soil being warm, growth
is very rapid, so that / generally commence
cutting my wheat by the second week in
August and have thus always harvested my
crop without damage"
To a second when pointed out the low and
damp character Of his farm, he replied: "that,
in my eyes, is what gives the farm its value.
Before selecting this land came to the con-
clusion that the man who is going to make
money in this country in the surest way Is
the one that goes in for mixed farming, and
for this must have plenty of hay. Look at
those sleek cows of mine, that's the condition
the natural hay, cut on those low lands,
leaves them in the spring have no occasion
to travel miles away from home collecting
hay, what need for my stock is cut on my
own farm from those natural meadows that
look after themselves All my hay costs
me is simply the labor in cutting and stack
ing
The morning call., 1890-05-23

But it may be observed that in every COM
munity and in every nation some one or two
journalists lead public opinion, not so much
by direct guidance of their own subscribers
as BY their unacknow lodged influence over
the minds of their brethren Of the press.
1t is not an idiosyncrasy of journalists to
do their own thinking. They are as apt as
other people to submit uneonsciously to the
leadership Of minds stronger than their
own. The late Horace Greeley directed,
without knowing it. newspapers which he
never saw. Their editors took his ideas
and his principles and adopted them as
their own. Quite frequently they were or
gans of parties hostile to his and they be-
gan by trying to controvert him. But grad
ualy the law which declares that truth
must prevail came into play and they found
themselves following his lead, without quite
understanding how they got there. Just as
in legislative bodies power crystallizes into
the hands of few men of stronger menta
fiber than the rest and they become leaders
of parties and dictators of policies, so in the
forum of journalism. power is sure to drift
into the possession of the ablest and hon
estest minds and the very sheets which rail
at them reluctantly submit to stress which
they cannot resist. That is, in our day, the
only real influence of the press.
The morning call., 1890-05-23
THE PENSION EXPENDITURES.

We are now distributing among survivors
OF the war for the preservation of the Union
about S100,000,000 year. 1t is large sum,
but 1t does not 60 out of the country. 1t
serves to keep a good many thousand old
soldiers in comfort who would find their lot
hard one ii it were not for this help from
| the Government. II is probable that even
this large expenditure will he increased.
| The legislation of the present Congress will,
without much doubt, bring the total pension
expenditure up to $50, 900, 900 year. The
Democrats expect to carry the next Con-
gress on this issue. Some Republicans who
profited by the war will possibly help them
to do SO. Men who think that the average
salaries of civil officers are too low think
also that SIS or $40 month to an old soldier
who did not leave his legs on battlefield is
too much. A condition of all pension bills,
except those for cripples, is that the appli-
cant shall be in need. If he has acquired
competence since the war, or if he had one
when he entered the army and still pos
seSses it. he is not put on the pension list
by any of the recent bills. The simple ques-
ton, then, is if the Government shall ex-
tend helping hand to the defenders who
are dependent for living in their old age
upon their ability to work. 1t is objected
" Wiz PLOoOAlb pCboIOu CApcuulIuI6 IudL IL
is twice what was thought necessary when
General Grant was President. Perhaps it
is. Everything is sufficient or otherwise by
| comparison. With the example CT Euro
| pean Governments before US, $50, 0O0, 900
seemed large sum to devote each year to
| payments on account of past services.
| Probably if the suggestion had been made
to General Grant that pensions be increased
so as to involve the expenditure of $780,
100000 year he would have doubted the
| expedience of such legislation. The war
was then but just over. and the men who
had fought in it were in the prime of life
| Those who had not been disabled did not
need pension. Besides, the people had
| not been educated up to the idea of being
generous to the rank and file of the army
There was an impression that if a soldier
came out on his feet, with eyes in his head
and arms on his shoulders, he had lost
nothing by his military experience. Had
he not been paid S13 month most of the
| time in deprecated currency? The neople
| now take broader view of the services
rendered when the Government was in
| peril. They are disposed to regard the debt
then incurred as one that can only be paid
| by providing means of subsistence for all
! needy Union soldiers in their old age.
The morning call., 1890-05-23
PASSED THE HOUSE.

The bill prepared by the Ways and Means
Committee passed the House with but one
dissenting Republican vote. Mr.. Butter
worth contented himself with a speech
against the provisions of the bill which
opened the eyes of the Democrats as to his
commanding ability and independence of
character. The trouble with Butterworth
was that the bill placed duties on Canadian
products which Mr.. Butterworth thought
should come in free, with view to causing
commercial union. As Mr.. Butterworth is
about the only Republican in Congress who
regards commercial union between Canada
and the United States as either possible or
desirable, his speech failed to produce
much effect. The California Republicans
voted for the bill with the free sugar clause
in. They were probably inclined to this
action by the probability that the Senate
will restore the duty in whole or in part.
and that in conference the House will yield
the point. The bill now goes to the Senate
for consideration, with a reasonable pros
pect that, with some amendments, it will
become law. Except in the sugar clause
the bill is good one for this State. The
increased duty on oranges Will benefit the
fruit interest, and the removal of the duty
on jute will reduce the cost of grain-bags.