New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28

port it struck high, Prince Esterhazy, military
attache to the Austro-Iuugarian Embassy, being
said to be down with the plague. This unpleasant
and embarrassing rumor subsequently con
tradicteG The Prince is said to be Ill of some
thing quite different. There is doubt about
the nature of the attack woman named
Hurley, living in Ncw-Cut Lambeth. one Of the
most densey crowded quarters in the metropolis
The local authorities everywhere arc on the alert
To-day an extraordinary meeting OF the Metro
politan Asylums Board was held to consider the
situation and take steps for protecting London
At all the ports the sanitary authorities are on
the watch night and day. Every ship is boarded
on arrival, and the passengers and crew thor
sughly examined. Where. as at Lynn last night.
vessels are found with chOleraic symptoms on
board, they are ordered back to sea. What be-
comes of them then. heaven only knows. No
port will take them in. They become pariahs
Of the ocean, cruising up and down TIL all
are dead some are better. For London the
magnet Of attraction for all Continental nations.
the danger Of infection is peculiarly great. The
journey between the infected districts and Charing
Cross is short that travellers passed at the
port of arrival as healthy may sicken on their
arrival at their hotel and plant contagion in
the midst Of teeming population.
NJ. ZOa. to whom as novelist nothing is
sacred. Is at Lourdes. studying the details of the
annual pilgrimage how in force He goes about
his work in the same business-ike manner with
which he laid the foundations Of La Terre" and
L'Assommoir.. He meets tran-loads of sick peo-
pie arriving hourly lie walks by the side of
stIetchers which the MANNED are carried to
the shrine. He talks to the crippes. cross-exam-
ines them. and fills his notebook with more or
less admirable copy. There is bureau at LOurdes
a.o,o1
thenticated. This means the personal examine
ton Of the patients. NJ. Zola not inclined to
miss anything, applied for permission to be pres
ent at the examinations. The doctors pointed out
that. as come of the patients were ladies. II would
be awkward. NJ. Zola thought not. and pleaded
earnestly in the interests of art Finally COM
promise arrived at. that this chapter In
his novel should not he lacking. All this is re-
lated with exquisite gravity by the French papers,
which have their special correspondents on the
spot, dosgins the footsteps Of NJ Zola
The fine weather, occasionally varied by thun-
derstorms, now prevalent improves the harvest
prospects, though coming too late TO vary greatly
the general conclusions. These point to bad times
for agricutursts. The barley crop is considerably
above the average, but wheat is sadly below
As for hay the harvest is tile worst for many
years, both In quantity and quality 1t is clear
that the necessity for large importations of wheat
will Weigh upon the country. Fortunately 1t
happens that the imports of last year were above
the average 20 100000 quarters being imported,
with the result that the country enters upon the
new season with 100000 quarters OF supply
above the normal stock. The consequence OF
this accident will be that the imports for the
coming year, estimated not 70 exceed 2O,oOO,0oo
quarters, will be 100000 quarters less than was
needed last year. H. w. Il