New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-20


they have or can make goods enough Oh Onen
own 10 snpply all demands? II we are 10 place
the results of our purchasing power at CanAo"S
disposal upon grounds of good-felowshlp' 10 ~.
tho good-fellowship TO come from us Al W.
are to develop Canada's railroad system no p'i'
~ which could survive ten days WITHOUT ii'o
ARRANGEMENTS for the conveyance OF hheiiO
freights if we are to supply people 1or C"'''"
Northwest capital for Canadas industries, anu
markets for Canadas productions. there oughc T"
be better reason than is afforded by the relaeions
OF Canada to-day.
| The Democratic Canal investigators are pretty
| clever at lodging, but they must expect 10 ruD
up against cold and gloomy fact once IN "hAe'
The recent sudden death Of Colonel + u Our-
t;s ~ Kirby Homestead, has called out unanimous
expressions Of regret from the agricui'urai pe"
| ~ the country. lie was actively and enecuVeiy
,'n,od IN his chosen work up to his last day Of
| life having become i'll at dairy meeting uhoer
his charge at Cuba. n Y, and entered into rest
within few hours thereafter. The 'rlDp'eoNV
| his genial character fine mental equipment anu
intimate practical knowledge of farming III i's
| vored phases form a chorus OF warm recognition
| from those who knew him-and no other sgil-
cultural teacher Of the time well ana wldeiy
| known These tokens Of esteem are most worthiy |
| bestowed The agriculture Of the country may
6ttinely deplore the loss Of one whose best years
were given to the interest Of which he was mucn
| moro than a vocal exponent. its enlargement ana
| better success being ever with him the SUBJECT
Of hearty sympathy and studious, intelligent devo-
| ton.
sherman,s bummers-(From The Charleston News
and Courier. RI
| "The News and Courier is leading in the effort
| 10 superede the words rebel" and "reDelnon
| as applied to Southern Confederates. Does IL
SUPPOSE that this effort will be promoted by us
| own bad manners?
| "New Ideas for Farmers is followed by
"Studiei in Reciprocity" in the monthly series
Of Tribune publications. The new issue contains
q reprint of the staff correspondence from the
bahamas. Cuba. Mexico and Central America
which has recently appeared in The Tribune 1t
is well-printed and copiously illustrated pamph-
Iet Of 100 pages crammed with information re-
snecting Southern countries with which reciprocity
| NEGOTIATIONS are now in progress. 1t also has
! series of articles on the Nicaragua Canal, Illus
| trated with maps and diagrams. Price, 20
cents sent postpaid to any address.
| II is pleasant 10 know. or at least to assume,
that the A1ajor-G General commanding the Army
Of the United States hasn't forgotten his manual
of arms.
The great American peach has more than IT'S
| sbore of misfortunes truly The latest, reported
from Georgia. is fatal disease which Is destroying
the peach trees The only means known of stay
inc its progress it is said. is to burn the affected
trees That is a heroic remedy, and quite as bad
| nc the disease it would seem. OF course people
in this latitude are not largely dependent upon
tbc Georgia peach crop: but the next season. II
, not sooner we shall be prepared to learn that
| this strange disease has reached the delaware or
chards and ruined their prospects Delaware
pcach-srowers have been hard pushed to IND ex-
| cuses for gloomy predictions about the crop, ana
a new and particularly drastic disease Will be
| little short of God-Send to them.
Texas is rent with discussion as to the identity
Of the Oldest living native Texan The fore
most claimant is only siXty-three. And yet lex
ans hre all said to have too much to eat and to
be wearing more clothes than they have any
need for"
The dark stories about the Georgia convict
comrs have been often vehemently denied. Yet
in Columbus, in that State, tifteen-year-old white
Girl unable to pay fine for disorderly conduct,
has been sent to work with negroes on the "rock-
pile and locked up at night i'll hot cell with
the vilest Of negro women. This story is as bad
as any of the others, and unfortunately 1t Is
true.
The propensity to overrate any unusual phase
of the weather, like our recent warm wave, IL
not at all strange To exaggerate more or less
is among the most common of human falllngS.
And. as applied to the weather, it is an eXcusabe
weakness Indeed, one might even go so far as
to say that the practice is to be encouraged, within
bounds: for it certainly gives appreciable Keller
to ones feelings slightly to overstate case
Nevertheless in the interests of historical accuracy,
it can do no harm to mention that more sur
prisng record of heat has been made in this
city than that of last Monday and Tuesday. Ser
geant Dunn's thermometer registered "a degrees
this year in the middle Of June; in 1880 that
temperature was attained, according to the records
of the Signal Service, late in May! On one day
that month, there were in the city fourteen cases
OF sunstroke, of which twelve proved fatal.
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