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come In ss II happens and the announcement
"oreat Western coming no" only calls up
editors at 1 or 2 A. NJ. the same as surgeons
may be called. II IL all alike. By the war. We
burn an abominable preparation in our efi1oe-
camphene by name-which oils II with smoke
Is this verv preiudicial to healthf Are all
gases so1 What are least noxlousi Drop me
hint when you write.
The Tribune is now doing a fair-just fair
business. with no hopes Of Improvement be-
fore spring. II then. think we shall realize q
profit next season, but am not ssneuIne
shall try to do moderately WELL and hope to
take trip westward next June. but am not
sanguine. II we have a fierce political con-
test. I shall not be able TO leave the city.
Mrs. Greeley Is In her usual bad health. Re-
member us to Mrs. Ransom. Yours ever,
Horace GREELEY.
DR.. II. F. RANSOM. CannndaiRua. N. Y
Mears was down here last week. He appears
to be doing we'll. Nothing new In Poultney.
DR.. Porter tho elder) is here attending the
lectures OF the New York Medical School at
tached to the university. George Jones La set
tied In Albany.
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LET EVERY MAN BE A WORKER.

New YORK Sept 2, 1S43
FRIEND RANSOM. Yours OF the 18th ult. has
reached me to-day. and write line In reply.
as you request, though / have little to say
have been waiting week the arrival OF m '
brother from the West, which will .na bio m O
to depart on my annual trip. have to 20
East. then West and 1 greatly fear I shall not
be able to stop over train at CauandaiRua. as
l must be at Akron, o., the 10Th inst. II my
brother had come a week ago as he would
have done but for the swiDding butchers OF
Buffalo. who will neither buy his ten or dozen
cattle nor lot him go away with them. and here
no has been detained In b. a fortnight in ex-
pense and here snxiously awaiting him from
day to day. unable to go away because I have
expected him from day to day. l am not yet
out OF my misery.
My health Ia pretty good. except severe
pains through the back and shoulders caused
by excessive work. For the last six weeks,
my chief assistant. Raymond. has been OF at
play, and have worked from y A. NJ to IL p
NJ. daily. and nearly tho same Sundays as week
days. This 10 too hard. and have often been
unable 10 sleep after II But month Of coun-
try air and ease will put all right with me.
trust, and enable me to reattack my editorial
duties with increased ferocity. l shall try to
see you somehow. but may foil.
As to homeopathic. have an idea that Il ia
rather less q humbuR and swlnds than the old
practice OF medicine rs generally adm mis-
tered: where one man gives calomel. another
auinine another this thing, another that for
the very same disease. homeopathic appears
to me to be more Of a system than medicine by
guess Is: but have only faith enough In
either to pray heaven to keep me out OF the
clutches OF their practitioners. so far as my
sins will permit. Yet / strongly believe that
homeopathic Is gaining In Europe. as well as
hero. and has performed some remarkable
cures there l have known instances OF emil
nent success and disastrous failure in it's prao-
tice. and have great deal less faith In II
than infdelity In the orthodox practice.
shall be much obliged BY your paper on n.y.
drophobia: send it soon. BY tho way. I must
ask my friends. Hull Il Grey. what is the ho-
mpopathic remedy for hydrophobia2 II II 10
letting another mad dog bite the patient.
think should take It. Or would biting well
dog. or being bit by q sound one. be the thing1
My science. you see. Is deficient
think l have alreAdy noticed DR.. Pitney's
anti-homFopathic manifesto you sent me.
The Doctor Is a great friend Of mine but be-
for champion to any system.
l must stop soon. or shall make out regu-
lar letter. Understand me to dislike all your
professions, physic least OF all though think IL
good. solid work. nothing else. Why don't You
help us establish association Lot every man
be worker. professional or not, and then the
God. made physician would be developed. and
would be kept doctorinG woodchucks. rattle
snakes. and big weeds. as he should he.
Remembrance to your mother and Mrs. r.
Yours. II. GREELEY, 100 Nassau street.
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Of each Of the papers write for con dn1oreIslc
or rather from love OF WhlaRery and Of my
young friends who have Just engaged In the
editorial line. Do Tou see the Vergennes
Verrnonter2 It IL edited BY a headstronR friend
Of mine. for whom am now writing series
Of articles bearing on the election. l think
you would like the paper II II comes IN your
way. expect 10 see him here tomorrow.
lam getting along by hook and by crook In
New York. and have hopes Of seeing better
times by and by. mean to make an arrange
ment with Park Benjamin for assistance, for
my load is getting too heavy. for EldridRe has
been laid up with sickness which kent him at
deaths door for several days: and now. as
soon as he is able, he must go into the country.
Paige has also been sick the last week though
that makes little difference. have the bulk
OF the business to do anyhow. l mean to ar
range with Ben for permanent aid in the liter
airy department.; though don't expect to be
detained here only till the first OF February.
Next year. I mean to make the Ne'o Yorker
the best weekly going. II that is in me.
Tomorrow have the Journal vice Mr.. Weed.
who must be absent, my JeGerson'dn TO write
for read proof. &C.. and a good deal to do. so
good night, and God bless you. Kind regards
TO your lady. your mother. and all who may
deem them elves friends OF Yours most truly.
Il. r. RANSOM. Esq. Horace GREELEY.
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pend. however. on the good management Of
the publication office. am certain can In.
crease the patronage OF the paper every year Of
its existence.
We have now. think, very nearly or quite
1000 subscribers to the folio edition and LOCO
to the auarto I do not expect and hardly
wish to make any great addition to the folio
list think that the uuarto MAY be increased
1000 per year for Ave years to come-more
than that for the remainder OF this year l
mar BIO too sanguine. have written great
deal here which may not interest you. but
wished you to see az much Of the ground as
possible estimate the subscription OF the
Neto Y0rkor as worth $1,000 and the accounts
due IL $4,000. Very truly yours.
HoRAoE GREELKI.
n RANspM.
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cal I'm portanco are such that 1t deserves to be
chronlcled as the planting Of a new industry
in he land.
During that year there were woven by hand
in this house the first tapestries that ever were
made In this country. Old as the art is in Eu-
rome. running back beyond the record OF time.
II had never before been introduced into
America IT H. true that woven cloth resem-
bling tapestry has been made by machine in
this country before but the first piece OF 'npes-
try ever made y hand in the same way that II
Is mnde In the famous Gobelin works was
woven in this old fashioned house on the Bronx.
The credit OF the enterprise belongs to Mr..
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steps. that we're cut and laid there more than
q century ago. run down into the stream.
For many years this house was untenauted.
A year ago New Yorker rented It. filled it
with aueer-looking implements. the like Of
which had never been seen in that neighber-
hood before placed five men Mt work within
the walls. and set q great sign over the door:
mo Admittance."
For ayear these men worked there quietly
making no noise. and never explaining to the
neighbors that they we're not counterfeiters or
alchemists. A few days ago. however. the So
cret leaked out and it's nature and its historic
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EARLY DAYS or THE TRIBUNE

NEW lOHh- Nov Ii. 1871.
Mt DEAR RANsoM: Yours of the I'd found m
some days since overwhelmed In business and
politics. Ihave conquered fifteen minutes at
last and hasten to answer yours.
do hope you will continue to write and to
write verse, too. though that Is a matter In
which You must rely more on your own judg-
ment than that OF others II you are not In
tho spirit. don't write. II a the me does not
open itself before you. IL appropriate thoughts
do not rise up unbiddsn don't write. whoever
would persuade you otherwise. l SPEAK frank
ly to you. as ever. | think you have poetic
capabilities and that "Ri2pah" especially gives
prominence Of eminsnee. il leisure should he
afforded and your thoughts and studies tend
that way. l have submitted that piece with
two or three othsrsl to literary friends. whose
judgment seconds mins. Think It will appear
In The Poets OF America" a superb. sterling
octave. which Is to appear next spring from
Carey Harris press believe one or two OF
yours will surely DO In the Gems OF Am erieAn
Poetry" which appears soon in Philadelphia
two small volumes. male and female. lido not
know whether Rispah" is in Keese's new
American poets or not though thin II IA
The book Is not yet published. though printed.
/ have taken some interest In these matters.
thinking you might be encouraged II YOU saw
your writings In good company. A dozen
%
rank among American poets.
As to prose. IL 10 not worth writing. except
for bread. To live II must bs poetry only I'M
marked by rhyme. have written acres Of IL
In my tTeadmil way, and sometimes a 1000
paragraph. but 1t can never live a year: ana
good prose work can hardly survive a lifetime
Where arc the American prose writers before
Irying2 Where are the British nnyelists be-
fore scott Yet Shakespeare and Milton live
forever. Enough.
lam rsioiced TO hear that you are 80 agree
ablT situated; surely yours has been fortu-
nate career You have attained At once, on
completing -FOUR studies. what | struggled
twelve years fora position In your chosen
profession above the fear Of want do not
like your trade. out you might well return tho
con pliment as | fear my health will not long
Withstand the excitement turmoil. late hours.
and Intense application Of my business For
weeks together my hour Of quitting work has
varied from II TO ~ A. II. This Il killing. ss-
pssially to ORs whose hours have been regular
aAd ssas0nAbls ike miaa l hODs 10 nGkS u
better IN time but not much. Steamships viii
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The first piece OF figure work that was made
took four months Ii was about two feet wide
holding flowers aloit. 1t Is said by experts to
be as hnc u piece OF work OF Its kind as was
ever made In tho Gohelin works
Dir. Baumgarten has arranged with an or
rhan asylum 10 take some OF the older boys as
apprentices and teach thom how to weave ia
peStry. II takes from one year to eighteen
months to learn 1t so ffioiently we'll to be able
to copy simple desl Ems. As soon rs these APP
good work. Mr. Bnumgarten intends to build
more looms, and In this way he hopes the ia
pestry industry will In time attain the position
here which II now occupies In France.
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large stock Of silk OF all imaginable shades
made in thia country was purchased, artists
were set to work making designs. and every
tapestry making.
When you once know how to do Il. tapestry
making Is ono OF the simplest things In the
world. An oil painting II made OF tho design
that 10 to be carried out II Is placed under
the cotton threads which run across the loom.
and then Ia copied in silk threads that are
woven upon the surface ~ the cotton threads.
II the design contains n human figure or any
object that requires delicate shading, an ex-
pert weaver can copy two or three square
inches day. The work is to great degree
mechanical. but 1t requires q good eye for
colors even to the finest shades OF difference.
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William BaumRarten of this city. For q
great many years he has been buying and
selling ia pestrlos and sending orders abroad
for specihl designs, Ikea true American he
came to the conclusion that tapestries could
republion and monarchias OF Europe. go he
went to France and got i've expert work men
from the Gobelin works to come to America
and work at their trade here.
Under their direction three looms were built
exactly like those in the 0obelin Mofka A
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NOT TOO SLEEPY TO PRAISE HIS FRIEND.
ALBANY. Aug. 9. 1883. 10 o'clock P. M

ALBANY, Aug. y. 1888. 10 o'clock Il. Nj.
Mr. DEAR FrTcH; | am overwhelmed with
business and troubles-tirsd. sleepy and
rather unwell. ana have Just finished long
sheet OF bitter politics for young editorial
friend ten counties off, and have a double
days work for tomorrow; but l can't help
snAtching few moments to say that the poem
found in my box when came up yesterday
morning is unfeignedly magnificent You
know ] am not n iatterer. anu l have never
pronounced your earlier efforts more than
pretty good. but this has really excited my en-
thusiasm, | read il this evening to a good
friend who dropped In on me. aud he was In
raptures with It. Now don't think l
admire 1t lust as he did because 1t has
good thoughts well expressed; | know
better how poetry must be written.
hundred fellows might have accldently hit
oil something as good in general effect, with
out ever doing memorablY clever thing after
ward. II Is the CDlHpIciaesS and dHish OF the
poem that delights me. Every line has a
meaning; and know this cannot be attained
Tin CONGESTION with harmony without labor
and patient thought II Is this that gives me
high hopes OF your future efforts Depend
upon il. that the best eulogY that could be
passed on 4 young poet would be this: He
com posed but eight lines d day. aud com
presses the jewels Of that days reflection and
observation into them" hope YOU will con-
tinue 10 write whenever your pursuits will al
low. and favor me with the resuits. Thsy can
hardly be more kindly appreciated land 10 this
instance highly appreciated elsewhere. have
poems on hand BY Mrs Sigourney. Miss LueT
Hooper. Mrs J. II. scott TALL invorites with mel
and not one that prize above this. Most
heartily thank you for IT,
need not add that the snusioR Of your friend
will be treated Eith all Sadness. II rstOuehsd
~ yon Il Wall hardly fail II being successful
49, h-lb, ril7d 90 send you this weak eOpy
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ANOTHER AMERIoAS INDUsrRE

TIE Estabiishu,snt OF Looms for MaHtsr
Goseii- Tapestry on ths Brenx River
On the east bank OF tho river Bronx. min
ute's walk from the railroad station at Will
liamsbridRe. there stands an old-iashione ed
house. surrounded By dropping willow trees.
From the rear OF the house a series Of stone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
REPORT or THE WORLDS FAIR AUDITOR

Chicago, Nov 25-The report OF william X. Ack-
crman. auditor OF the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton was officially sent 10 the Board OF Directors
to-day. That the Exposition was Il financial sue
cess Is proved by the figures OF the report 1t
shows, by making an approximate estimate of the
liabilities and receipts up November Il. that the
net assets and above all liabilities amount to
81. ST. 49,, The average daily receipts were sS9.5cl.
while the daily expenses S22 iG The total ex-
penditurcs s25.5i0537. The gate receipts were
sions. Adding to this the capital stock OF Nboi.iu
and the city Of Chlcago's S,00OVo In bonds, the
as shown by the auditor is &,6l06W. but from TINS
amount deducted such obligations as are IN
sight, but not included any part OF the expendi
ures up to October 81. These obligations when
are for salaries. premiums. recoinage OF souvenir
coins, Office expenses, etc, make total OF s.to-
III 50. This amount being deducted roro the s.oio-
60 leaves the total net assets 81. So 49, is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
GEN GORDON REPEATS HIS LECTURE
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS HIM AT THE MUSIC
HALIr-soME OF THOSE WHO WERE
ON THE PLATFORM

Tho eoouent lecture of General John B. Gordon,
United States Senator from Georgia, on THE Last
DAYS OF the Confederacy" repeated at the request
of a number OF leading citizens of New-iorK' drew
a large and representative audience to the Music
Hall last night Ex-Judge Noah Davis presided. IN
his Introductory remarks. after referring to the
change which time had worked in the popular feel-
Ing about the war and paying tributes to the memory
Of Lincoln and Grant. dwelling especially upon the
great commanders magnaminity toward the con-
o,,ered Confederacy, he introduced the speaker Of
the evening as a gallant soldier who had never
Ginched from his duty he saw 1t. and who from
tho hour when the war ended had been willing to
accent its results and had used every effort in be-
half Of peace a man on every occasion u faithful
lover and supporter Of his country.
General Gordon received with prolonged APP
,l,use He is a tall sollerly looking man, who
hears NJ some distance a striking resemblance TO
General sherman His words listened to with
dozen attention and frequently applauded
When he referred to gallant Federal ofiicer VINO
ordered his troops to present arms before Lee $
tr,oDs at the surrender he named Ex-Governor
chamberlain. of Maine, who was on the platform.
and srasped his hand. General Daniel r.. sicKies
moved the thanks of the audience at the close OF
Among the others on the stage were rs Genera
STAN: Generals A. Gaylord. o. II i.a tti,s
Thomas Ewing and Robert Avery; Colonel Thomas ar
pSEsS" pr s SH" hs Rev Dr.
f II fParkharst. Archbishop Corrlgan; the Rsy
pr Parker pS MSrsa Aaron HaS Garter 0'. Jchn
G. H. r. coils Robert r. McBurnsy VILLAIN IL, +,
81 | %sn t corSsa i"' Sss IH%nn
Masrane Coke NJ yeriery Marsn Emanuel Eeh
George MGn'asufi uptnston Father Lenthon and
Colonel A. K. Chisholm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
FOR THE ALIENATION or HIS UIfES LO' r..
WILLIAM s. GUTHRIE WANTS $4,000 IN DAMAGES
FROM CHARLES wiDMER JR WHO
IL NOM IN JAIL.

WILLIAM s. GUTHRIE WANTS $4,000 IN DAMAGEs
FROM CHARLES wiDMER JR' WHO
Is NOW IN JAIL
r ,,,,r r,ircinol actors in a domestic drama. the
erst scenes OF which are laid in Harlem are Charles
yvt,msr IT. I'm tail: william 5. Guthrie, invisible;
,,rs Guthrie Indignant: Miss Blanche Bentley in
,o,uated Guthrie was until early this year engaged
a, No gO3 Columbus-ave.. in the real estate Dusi-
ness At present his place OF tusihess IL UNKNOWN.
Wilner Is IA clerk In the AUDITORS department. oi
,h Nutuol Life Insurance Company. has been In
the ernp,oy of the company for "A number OF years
h.s q clean record there and is well thought Of
Mrs Guthrie Is fai:-hair'd' FORTHCOMING Wo"'"ii
about thirty years old. She has two children. a
GIRL about twelve and a boy about six years old
Miss Blanche Bentley Is a young woman who was
FOR nvo v,ars Mrs Gutnre's friend and for a long
ti,,. tho children's Sunday -schoo teacher.
Now II appears that Guthrie has brought suit.
through his lawyer. ID. FRANK Lloyd against
Widmer for alienation of his wifes affections.
He asks $4,000 in damages, ana on FRIDAY Judge
McAdam granted an order or arrest against WIZ
mer who was taken form his once At no.
% Nassau-st and put in Ludlow Street jail.
The plaintiff in the case says uhder oa'h
that he civilian Simpson Guthrie married Eliza
beth Jane Brown in February. 1881, and that they
have two children" tn 4 Il ar domestic relations
were peaceful and happy until the spring or sum
mer of 1891 soon after Mrs. Guthrie became ac-
ouaintcd with one Charles Widmer, jr, since which
time the tranquility peace and happiness OF the
home and domestic relations have been broken up"
He cites circumstances pointing TO the unlawful
relations existing between his wife and Widmer
in this city and at Bellvae. Orange County Guthrie
forgave his wife once, but when she persisted IN
receiving widmer and refused to allow her hus-
band to remain In her apartments ne drought suit.
That IL Guthre's story
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
THE WEATHER REPORT.
SNOW OR RAIN by O-MORROW.

Washington Nov. 23-The barometer has risen on the
Atlantic Coast in the lake regions and OF the
Rocky Mountains. and Il has fallen in the Mississippi
Valley and the eastern slope. The barometer 10
highest West Virginia and lowest South
Dakota where a depression OF considerable energy
The temperature has throughout the central
valleys the Southern states and in the Eastern Rocky
Mountain districts The weather continues fair Of
Mississippi and the cloudiness has increased from
Texas northvard Minnesota and the Dakotas with
local rains and brisk and high southeastery winds
The Indications weather viii
the Atlantic Coast sunday followed by threatening
weather and rain Sunday night Monday.
Threatening weather and rain indicated
trail valleys Sunday or Sunday night and in
the lake regions. with warmer southery winds east OF
the Mississippi. The winds likely Increase 10
dangerous southeaserly gales the upper lake regon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
FiJORTNG mr. MILBY FOR SPEAKER
TWO MEMrEGS or THE LEGISLATURE WHO
THINK TINT He OUGHT TO BE CHOSEN
WITHOUT OPP SITION.

Frederick ID. Kburn. the Senator-e.ect from the
XXIst Senate District, and Assemblyman Philip
Keck from Fulton and Hamilton counties were at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night. This Is the
first time that they have been in the city since
the election Mr.. Kilburn will represent the largest
Senate district In the State. To Tribune reporter
he said last night: up my way We all want to
Sc. 6;eorg. r. Malby elected Speaker OF the AS
s.,nblv and from what have learned in consulta-
ton with various people believe that he will be
chosen without opposition II he IS Speaker. the
pto plr OF the state can be sure that there VIII
be nothing but the cleanest sort of legislation
in that branch q! the Legislature.
Ass.mblyrnan Kec,<. who has been returned by
the Republicans Of his two counties. said; Il
think that Mr. Malby IL really the only candidate
there is in the neld lie ought to be elected. and
elected without any opposition. had an excellent
opportunity last winter to Judge the sort OF man
he IT, and the moment that | knew that we had
the Assembly I wrots to him. and told him that
/ would support him for Speaker IL he was "A
candidate Mr. Maby IL able and an upright
man IA well know, and should ne be chosen as
| believe tina, ne will. he Will make one OF the
best Speakers that the Assembly ever had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
ROCHESTER, BRANCH Conductors TAKEN
BACK.

Rochester ~ Y. Nov. 2.-The conductors on
the Rochester branch Of the LehiSh Valley who
struck with the other employees returned to their
posts this morning They promptly rein
stated upon application. The strikers well In
formed concerning the company's affairs. one OF
them said today that 100 men had left Chicago Tor
Buffalo last night. travelling scabs over the
Grand Trunk Railroad. They proved TO be PIPE
Lin. men employed by Whtmore. Rauber *
Vi,hnus OF this city 10 work the con-
duit between Rochester and Hernlock Lake. They
travelled free and went TO Honcoye Falls to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
PRESIDENT AND CASHIER ARRESTED.

Del Norte. Col. Nov. 25.-William II. Cochran.
president. and Robert II. Sayre cashier. OF the
First National Bank OF Del Norte. were arrested
to-day on bench warrants issued In the United
States Circuit Court charging them with making
msa appropriation of funds and embezzlement OF va
rious amounts which will reach more than $4,000.
They gave bonds In 5000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26

Information that the men on the other. roads re-
fuse to go out In sympathy. Up to to-day the
strikers had n mysteriously confident air and
seemed to enjoy the Lehighs success in getting
new men. To-day they are uniformly downcast.
But they continue assert that the strike will
become general Most of the labor leaders are
reported to have left the city. At any rate they
cannot be found. The Lehigh officials announce
that the road Is open from Buffalo to Philadelphia
and New-York. Lehigh freight Is being freely
taken BY the other roads.