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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-18
Jesse JACKSON.

Jesse Jackson, eighty eight years old, who had been
. Republican all his life, died from Bnght's disease
Friday afternoon at the house of his daughter Mrs
@. A. Langa. No 80 south feminist. Brooklyn. He was
born al Beverly, " j. where his ancestors sed more
than a century ago Sixty-hve years ago he moved
70 Sew-York and worked at his trade of toolmaker.
He moved to Brooklyn in 1861 and found employ
ment in the Navy Yard. In 1854 while at work one
das near furnace In the machine shop, sparks Of fire
were olown INTO his ewes. The sight of the right
We oompeeN ana the sight Of the other partly de
suvyes a annglter and five grandchildren and one
80 soktIenocnno survive him. The funeral will be-
ne t e,veng and the burial will be at Evergreen
CHARLES v. YATES
Charles v Yates, member Of the law firm NJ Wander
peel Cunning Goodwin died a. his home No III Fas.
on Friday from spOplexy he was thirty
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17
"THE IDEAL WIFE" DESCRIBED.
From The London Athenaeum.
From The London News.

Whether with view to give precision TO the young
mans fancy at this pairing season. merely to keep
the gentler sex Informed regarding the dt maad In the
matrimonial market, our contemporary, The Y0unE
Man." hes been melting It's readers 10 define The idea
we.' The replies appear 10 agree that this perfect
person must strive to exist solely for her husbands
pleasure, profit and convenience one iersely, If a
trihe ungrammatcally, says: There should be
healthy compact beween the piano and the wrlnging
machine NJ that the dignty OF labor not superseded
by the dignity OF art, but each contribute the do
mestc felicity Another, who NAV have been dipping
Into SolOpenhnuer's abominable chaper on Women b
put his views into the eplgrammac form one whose
life says my husband and IT, and not Il and my nus
band.'' Cardinal Wosey's - Ego ct meus Rexo would
have been more appropriate SIN Cullng further
samples from the epistOlay anthology find that in
the view of various correspondents the ideal wife has
skin enough 90 cook good dinner without being wnsse
fl taste enough to dress we'll without being oytraya-
CANT, TACT enough 10 know when and how to speakr ::
and that she must be one whose love
prompts her 30 do what she to make a home on
earth stopping stone to home In Heaven one
matrimonial monopollst even goes far to say that
she must prefer the company Of her husband 10 that
Of any other man, and LET people See IT," We had al
ways thought that letting people It's in such
cases, was considered rather bad manDers.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17
ABRAHAM LINCOLN As A MIN OFLETTERS.

From The London Spectator.
We have said something on previous occasion OF
Lincoln as and the leader Of a great cause.
We desire now TO dwell un0n a point which is often
neglected in considering the of the hero OF the
Of ab1rar 5 Ts Interest," lo No S ceR NJ of Mr. Lincoln can
be In any sense adequate which does not deal with his
say Of him that he Is among the greatest masters OF
prose ever produced by the English race. seltedu
sense as he was he contrved obtain insight and
power in tho handling of the mechanism OF letters sucn
has been given To few men In hs, or indeed IN any
age That the gift Of OratoIy should be "a natural
gift is unders andabic enough for the methods OF the
and may well be instructive. Mr. Lmcolns achieve
ment seems to show that less is the writing of prose
lis ability to handle prose through his rft OF speech
That these separate though coordinate faculties is
ators OF the world proved themselves exceedingly
inefficient In the matter OF deliberate composition. Mr..
memoranda ard written addresses are even better than
his speeches; and in speaking thus OF Mr.. Lincoln 8
| inspired rhetoric We do not praise his work be
cause, like Mr. Bright. he could exercise his
! upon paper as on the platform II is In his
conduct oi the pedestrian portions OF composition that
Brghts writing cannot claim TO answer the description
which Hazt has gwen OF the successful prosewriters
Is complete and perfect IN definition. lie tells us that
me Posewrcr so uses his pen that he loses no part-
thng he writes about" and with equal significance he
points out that the prosewiter IS master Of his ma
terlals, rs the poet Is the slave OF his style
II these words convey true definition. then Mr..
Lincoln Is a master Of prose- Whatever the subject
he has IN hand, whether II be bald impassioned,
bnsinesslike or pathetic, feel that lose no
parnee Of The exact characteristic extreme impression
OF the thing written about. We have il ALL aad not
merely "a part Every line shows that the writer Is
master OF his materials that he guides the words
never The words him. This is indeed. the predominant
note throughout al Mr., Iincolns work. Wc feel that
he t. Ike the engineer who controls mighty res
ervor' rs he desires, he opens the various sulce-
gates, Dut Tor no instant Is Se water not under his
entire control We are sensible In reading Mr.. Lin
coin writings, that an immense force Is gathered up
behind hn and that in each Jet that flows every drop
| Is meant. Some writer's only leak, Others half icw
through determined channels. half leak away their
words Like broken lock when IL IL emptying. The
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17
DATNTIES IN GREEK POETRY.
A COLLECTION OF TRANSACTIONS.
FROM THE GARDEN OF HELLAs Translated from
the Greek Anthology by Lila Cabot Perry. PIP
XVI, 142. United states Book Company.

FROM THE GARDEN OF HELLAs Translated from
the Greek Anthology by Lila Cabot Perry. PIP.
XVII 142. United states Book Company.
This book is happy Illustration OF the poetical
tendencies of the hour; and perhaps corrective for
studies like that of which it is index and result
are the best suited bring about reaction against
literary method which polishes trlflng conceits the
mere GrOss OF the mental laboratory as If they were
the true gold Of genius OF all forms Of Greek verse,
the epigram the least sincere II tOyed with tres,
often treating notlingness with gravity that
was ludcrous, and on 0lo other hand, glanclng at
serious things with pretended careessnes that showed
an utter want Of good faith. How could IL be other
WISE when the veTsemaker sat down to turn the theme
Of epic into distch, or to expand fitting puere
fancy Of love into dozen lines with neat little turn
at the close that snapped like recracker7 To art OF
this sort, method always OF far importance
than matter. Polished diction indispensable
The verses must be wrought and turned and moulded
and filed that point which in sober prose could he
put in q word. If IL ever worth putting anywhere
except In metre. Really valuable thought would have
pressed for utterance too urgently TO await the mcr0se
and anxious process by Which 1t sought to shape
the tiny poem TO purpose frivolous ii clever
Poetry of this sort appealed exclusively to taste that
was refined until 1t had become almost efeminate. The
native strength OF humanity beneath the surface Of
culture was rarely touched by It, worthy theme
working in the mind of true poet grows naturally into
work IN which the thought and the expression are
to speak, parts Of each other If the epigram came
thus spontaneously words fitted TO the thought be
cause the thought itself inspiration, living
foree-then this form Of literature would be charac
terisc of times and Of persons animated by vivid
vigorous genius; bnt IL has always been the mark OF
times OF decay and of cOnspicuousy defective In
high poetic power
When We think Of epgram nowadays. 1t is usually
malicious versclet, for example like the with
which Rogers revenged himself on his quondam friend
| ane reviewer Ward. said he
Ward has no heart they say, but deny IT. 4.
lie has a heart and gets his speeches by it,
But this was only one Of the forms included by the
Greeks under the title. It has been said that Greel
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17
NINE F0R EYroMoLoGrsrs.

From The Cincinnati Tmes-star.
A weIlknown local entomologist shot male Hns-
bird I'm this vicinity few days ago. and on pclns
Il mp was surprised to find strange-looking beets
crawling ont OF it, mouth. This gave the gentleman
an idea and SHINING the bird. preparatory ~ 70
mounting he took particular pains not TO nlne tne
gizzard on opening this he found exactly what ne
Thought he w0uld-a mate for the beetle. Ihe ls't
that ! found beetle heretofore supposed to pe .
stranger 10 this locality led me 10 think that peraPs
the bird had caught both the male and the ien,ae,
and was right. This curious incident shows no, no"
little Is known even of the fauna OF orr own hesil-
borhood. Here I have been studying beetles los
twenty years past. aud have handled In that tliIe
more than 1000 species. yet In this strange manner,
and at time when least expected IL. new species
falls directly into my hands. This also shows th9
variety OF food eaten by the kngblrd, one OF whose
favorte morsels IS the common honey bee. These II
devours 10 such extent that II has become q
nuisance TO beeeepers, who know IL as the bee-oiu
or 'eagle-1ghter.'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

.n,.n1 .. comno,ea ny Reuben's brother. Joseph c.

epitaph was composed by Reubens bro'ner' ''''p"
Chase: -. A,,,an life
Free from the storms and gusts o, Ola d" Of strife
Ni'' ~ Here lies
Eeuben Chase,
Anchored who has stood the sea
M ehbnr IIfe and floating misery . - ,,~,s.,
Thourh not dandy-rgged. his pruuen.t sr, ss1 '"o'
Ana fn,i a reef at fortunes quickest law.
Iie Inifed and bore away TO please mannno'
Yet duty urged him still to head tile Wlnu .u,,,a
Rheumatic gusts at last his masus ucsSr"yeu'
mt inrv NESTS awhile he still enjoyed; -.
Laden with grief and age and siatieren neo"'
AZ last he struck and grounded on MS pea,
Where I'm distress and, careening, thus ne lay'
HIS final b7ge expecting every day 81.
Heaven took his ballast from his dreary non'
And left his body wreck, destitute Of SOUL
aDuty urged him refers to his running windmni
On the site of tho Nantucket cemetery. HIS masts
DESTROYED refers 70 his rheumatic legs Jury maS'
refers to crutches.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17
ELEPHANTS IN CALIFORNIA.

From The francisco rAdHbheI'
We regret that secretary Rusl Is not going to stay
bers Tong enough to become acquainted with the re-
sonrces OF California. lie means wcl. and We are
confident that he would give us credit for everything
we can do II no knew about H. Yesterday, m HIS
I,tfe speech at tho ChaIaber 0f Commerce. he meant
TO be complimentary. He said That California vas
first in fruit second In wool ana third n wheat Inat
Rusk added that he beleyed anything could be raised
here except an iceberg or an elephant he aid US q
grave Injustice. Mth3ush iccbergs are not ouf
speciality we could easily raise enough for home con-
Sumption, and California, without any preparation
Whatever, would make one Of the best elephant
countries IN the world. The glaciers OF Shasta iGr'
nIsh the material for all The ccbergs we are ever
likely 10 need. and as 10 elephants state that hss
successfully cultivated tho coy ostrich would find their
accllmati0n simply pastme The whole southern eng
Of California could be turned into one vast elephars
preserve where the sasnelous creatures eoald naho
luxurious living picking oranges of the trees WIN
their trunks.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

Ignatius Donnelly still continues his endcavors to
vex the ghost of Shakespeare He Is preparing series
Of debates the author Of the works commonly ac-
credited to Shakespeare" these debates to be held with
two professors of Western colleges. 1t must be said
that the two professors might be In better business.
What time the rash Donnely is not cavorting on his
Shakespeare fad he is devotng to the preparation Of
novel which he calls DR.. Huget'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

Down IN Sonsonate, Central America, there Is poes
named Ale.andro de Arrue Jimcncz who wants o. con
tribute for 5000, a poem 20 the Chicago Exposition
This poem Is epc, composed ~ twenty-Scyen eants,
Of ninety stanzas OF eight royal lines. Don Jin.enes
SAYS he has heen twentv-fve years writ ng H. ara
while as monument il Is not a superb Einel Towcr.
"sanadD or The Conversion OF 81 Paul The Apsste'
The s3oOO he wants immediately 90 paw his expenses
10 Chicago and II the poem Is not satisfactory he Is
LedGeg.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

Mrs. Moore, sister of Mr.. F. Hopkinson Smith, 4
about TO show that she Is partaker In her brother
Gift Of authorship. She has written novel OF LonI
Island village life which will soon appear under tn
title OF "Ryle's open Gate"
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

Count Angelo de Gubernats, the well-kn0wn Italian
writer has earned tho thanks Of many people by the
publication of his " Dictionnaire International des
Ecr!vains du Jour- The book, which Is written In
French contains the biographies Of 9152 contemporary
authors with complete lists Of their works
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17
coopER,s LOyG.c0FrJys rp,r,ny

The tombsl ne above the grave OF Reuben Chase I'm
the Nantucket Cemetery is lettccd with the nautical
epItsph given below. Chase figWes I'm J. Fennimore
Coopers novel The Pilot" as Long Tom Coffin. The
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17
LITERARY NOTES.

A translation Of History OF Modern Philosophy y
written by Dr. Richard Fackenberg, OF Jena University
is to be brought out by Holt Co. This will be DONE
It Is said at the request of several eminent professors
NJ pbiIosophy who consider the work admirable
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

Mrs Sutherland Orr's Life" Of Robert Browning is
10 be published in this country by Houghton Miflin
IL will be In two volumes.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

IL is stated that Mr.. Henry NJ. Alden's powerful
book entitled God In His World" has gone Into Its
eighth edition.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

oscar Wilde's book, a collection Of essays on
literature and fe is coming ont with the imprint Of
Dodd Mead & Co. II is called Intentions"
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

The Macmillan edition Of Mr.. William Winters " Gray
Days and Gold" will be followed by new edition from
the same house Of his beautiful book shakespeare
Igpo nd
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

The Latin American Department Of the Worlds Co
lumblan Exposition is very anxious to obtain infor-
nation concerning copy Of little quartO published
in Rome in 1493 containing the important bull Of Pope
Alexander VI, by which he divided the New World
between Portugal and SPAIN Only two copies OF this
pamphlet are in existence far as can be ascertaned
one is in the Royal Library at Munich The other was
sold in London at auction by Puttlck simpson. ac-
tOneers on the cath OF May, 1854 and bought by
Obadiah Rich for pounds shllings, for private
library in the United States which he declined to name
1t has entirely disappeared from the knowledge of
blbllOphiIes, and trace of 1t be found. Any
person having knowledge Of the whereabouts Of this
historical treasure will be kind enough 10 notify the
Department Of State Washington, d. c.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-17

THE FOUNDING OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE BY
WILLIAM I. BY Heinrich Won Sybel. Translated
by Marshall Livingston Perrin. Phi. D., assisted by
Gamaiel Bradford, jr. VOL 3. Svo, pp vi, AIS.
Thomas Y CrOweIi & Co.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-07
AwORD FITLY SPOKEN.

Chief Justice Buckley of the Georgia Supreme court has called attention to him. self and to some sound doctrine by his opinion in the case in which the meeting house of the Antioch Baptist church was attached to pay the salary due the preacher. It was contended that the building was ex- empt, by reason of the religious uses to which it was devoted, from being taken for debt But the chief justice decided otherwise. The debt contracted for reig- ious purposes ought above all others to be paid; the good people of a Christian church above all others ought to pay their debts. And he said further concerning justice: The study for more than forty years has impressed me with the supreme i'm portance of this grand and noble virtue. Some of the virtues are in the nature of moral luxuries, but this is an absolute necessity of social life. It is the hog and hominy, the bacon and beans of morality, public and private. It is the exact vir- tue, e,beingmathematical in its nature Mercy, pity, charity gratitude, generosity, magnan- imity etc., ,are the liberal virtues. They flour ish partly on voluntary concessions made by the exact virtue, but they have no right to exto1t from it unwilling concession. They can only supplicate or persuade. A man cannot give in charity or pity, hospitality or magnanimity, the smallest part of what is necessary to enable him to satisfy the demands of justice. The law grants ex- emptions of property to families, but none to private corporations or collective bodies lay or ecclesiastical. These must pay theil legal debts if they can.
 This will do for the North as we'll as fol the South. Many man is swelling around on money which he ought to pay tt others,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-07
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Alexander Hamilton" by William Gra- ham Sumner, IL. D., professor of politi- cal and social science in Yale university
 ''our national goyernment-the rock of our po-
 Hamilton's works, viI., s4s
 (New York; Dodd, Mead & Co.,, 12 mo-, 2S1 pages. Price seventy-fve cents. ) This admirable mention of Alexander Hamilton, once secretary of the United States treasury, and celebrated as states man of great ability and inancier of marked excellence, is by @ Yale professor, whose well-known interest in social sci ence, and high position as leader and teacher on economic questions, qualified him in an especial manner for the good work of delineating one of the great men who were the makers of America. The book is one of the series with that mean ing-ful title, ''The Makers of America. |" The book is not biography, but a sue cessful attempt tto show how and in what sense Alexander Hamilton was one of the makers of this American state" The au- thor thinks Hamilton's work went to make the state, but that personally he failed. He also questions his attainments in inan- cial matters and thinks him over rated. The book gives pretty good idea of the influences shaping the character of the American people politically from 1757 to to 1894, and has valuable index to its contents and a seyen-page list of books consulted in the preparation of the vol ume. Such books deserve hearty welcome.
 ''The Shadow of Roger Laroque," trans lated from the French of Jules Mary. (New York; Cassell Publishing Co.,, 12 mo-, 2S4 pages. Price fifty cents.) One of the popular Sunshine series (No. 50 and full of interest to those who like trag- edy, or stories wherein detectives figure largely. The scene of the story is laid in France, and there is also a vivid descrip- ton of battle with the Prussians and the surrender of Napoleon.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-07

UNEQUAL TAX RATES.
 The inequality of the rate of taxation in the towns of this State is again attracting some notice. In some towns real estate assessments are over seventy-fve per cent. of actual values, in other towns the assess ment is less than twenty-five per cent. of real value, difference in extreme cases of nearly four to one; meanwhile personal property has been assessed at, or very near, its full value. The natural result of such unfair discrimination has been @ continual reduction in the amount of certain classes of personal property returned for taxation, notably in investments in the stock of Con- necticut corporations.
 These inequalities have probably arisen in the main from desire to escape State taxation. It has been the custom in many towns to keep the grand list down by rating property very low, so that the State tax, which has been predicated on the to- tai of the grand list, may be proportion ately low. Now the State tax being no longer required there will be no excuse for such work. Property need not be listed at 40 per cent. valuation and taxed 20 mills when 10 mill tax on an 80 per cent. valuation would be better for all concern ed. It will take some time for the inequal- ities to be corrected, but they ought to be. A low tax rate on reasonable valua- ton and some uniformity in the valuation in the different towns would, we believe, be more satisfactory than the old way.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-07
DOUBTFUL.

"Its mighty tiresome," said the house dog, "since my folks went to France. I don't know who am. Half the time they say 'Fido,' and the other half 'Feedo. '"- Washington Post.
 Weary Watkins-How would you like to git four square meals day, like the Dutch emp'rer. Hungry Higgins-But these here kings and emp'rers has to work, don't theya-Indianapol Journal.
 "What's that awful noise in the next room2" asked the early guest at the ban quet. ''That," replied the guest who had already arrived with sharp appetite, delicacies of the season."
 Young widow-Oh, yes, he told me he could not love me when I was old.
 The other-How could you have married him after that2
 .Y.W.-Oh, was eighteen and he was seventy-fve, you see.-Life.
 Small boy visitor-TheIe's a great man in this family. isn't therea Delighted host ess-Ha, hal Now tell me, my little dear, how you knew there was a great man in this familyl Small visitor-Oh, you all look so sort O tired.-Good News.
 Principal of girls boarding school (to butcher)-For tomorrow you can send me three pounds of meat less than the usu- al quantity. "HaveIyou lost some of your boardersp' ''No, but four of the girls have fallen in ove."-Basler Nachrichten.
 "Why, Curtain, how is it you were not a first nighter at your own play?" "I was too nervous. Are you just from the the atera" "Yes." ssDid my pathetic scenes bring any tearsf' sFYes; the people in the house laughed till they cried. Munsey' s Weekly.
 "They say that if woman is frightened by some sound in the night she promptly pulls the covers over her head and goes to sleep again. Is that so, Wickwirei" ''Guess it is. That's the way the alarm clock seems to affect our cook. ok."-Indianapolis Journal.
 Miss Longout-"They tell me arsenic if really good for the complexion. Now, MT. Formula, you have studied chemistry so long. Is it really goodr' Formula ''There's no doubt about it, Miss Long out. If you take enough of it your com plexion will never trouble you."-Amer ica.
 Salesman (at hosiery department, loftily Of course, if the manager says for ms to take the goods back, I'll take them Customer-You'n take them back if h, says sol Certainly, sir" 'You will b' governed by what that plain little man il black sayss'' "Of course. Why not, siri' q thought you owned the store. ."-Chicagt Tribune.
 "Henry," cried Mrs. Smithers, "ther, are burglars in the house. Get right uI and go down stairs" 'tNo, my dear," re turned the reverend gentleman, 'I hea, them in the study now. Perhaps the, will get away with few of those dressing gowns and pieces of knitted bric-a-brac VI have received. don't know what else tt do with them. m."-Harper's Bazar.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-07
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Winter Wisdom.


 Don't be afraid of fresh air. but avoid draughts.
 Don't go out of doors for second without ex- tra covering.
 In selecting your winter underclothing, choose that which is warm and yet more or less open in texture.
 Take of your oveTcoat when you enter a warm place, whether office or private dwelling, even if your visit is too last only three minutes If you catch cold or develop cough get nd of it at This is better than feeling blue" and thinEing thsa pneumonia culSa1nI tio.n has marked you e victim
 The best remedy for cough or cold However siubborn). 6 sudden chill, is pure whislzey- A dose of whiskey in water will iInpart generous warmth 10 the whole body and keep of the diseases of the season
 Don't forget that only pure whiskey should be taken Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has the strongest recommendations from the leading prominent scientists as to its purity. IL is the only standard medicinal whisley. Take DO other from your druggist nig oaw