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The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
WILLING TO MAKE ALLOWANCES.
A Kind Hearted Farmer Who Said Per
haps the Burrows Were Sun Warped.

A Kind Hearted Farmer Who Said Per
hsps the Burrows We're Sun Warped.
A certain eminent clergyman, who is
greatly loved for his gentleness and for
bearance with offenders, recently told a
man that an experience Of his own in
years long gone by taught him the grace
of ready excusing. When he was boy,
he was very poor boy, but he had al
ready strong theological bent and was
studying hard during the winter and
working even harder during the summer
trying to get a preparation for college.
He wanted to be q preacher, and the fact
that he didn't seem to be good for any
thing else tended to convince him that
he had not mistaken his calling.
One spring he was entirely out of
money and had to get out of school and
go to work. Not being able to find any
thing to do in the small college town
where he had been studying, the youth
call him Richard Ncrnon-went out
among the farmers to see if he could get
work from them. He found n man who
was very busy with his springs work
and in hurry to get the burrows plowed
III big field for potato planting. Tho
weather was favorable for planting: the
farmers boys would be home from school
the next day, which was Saturday, to do
the dropping ana covering. He told
Richard that he might mark out the
field with the plow for the planting, and
if he suited he might be hired for two or
three months. Meantime tho farmer
saw that the boy was very anxious to
stay, and that he had evidently very
good disposition.
so the young theologian went to work
with tremendous vigor. He did not stop
to take breath until he had marked off a
large tract Of ground with deep burrows
Then came his employer from bis worl,
in another part Of the farm and looked at
the boys work and leaned up against the
fence and laughed until he shook. The
potato field had been scraped and seal
loped all over with the ridiculously IT.
regular and wabbly little bitches which
Richard had turned. There was not u
clean, straight flrrow i'll the lot. The
ground looked as if an insane elephant
had tossed mp the earth. The burrows
were of all depths and at all distances
from one another, for Richard had driven
the horse most of the time at IL smart
walk, and he had been too much occupied
with keeping up and maintaining a pre-
carlous grasp upon the plow handles to
be able to pay any attention to the regll.
larity or evcnnces of his work.
Richard Vernon laughed, too, as he
stood and looked over the field. Ho
wiped the sweat from his brow and |
looked very anXiously at his employer
There was no chance for regular work
there, that was evident. His laughter
faded away. and there was n certain
faint twitch in the corners of his mouth |
as the boy said:
Il gucs. you don't Want any more Of
my work, SIR
"Oh, yes-ycs, do" said the farmer.
"Maybe 'taiu't your fault that the fur
rows are crooked. You see, the suns
pretty hot today, and / reckon the heat
warped 'eln!'-Boston Transcript.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

Springfield's commercial morality will
compare well with that of any other city.
Only few days ago the directors who
held the controlling interest in one of
our prosperous local corporations were
offered heavy ahyHnrc for their stock,
out declined unless every stakeholder had
the same opportunity. Ia another in
stance gentlemen who bought stock be-
low par i'll local concern made up the
shrinkage to the family of the seller as
soon as the business got well under way,
although they were under no moral or
legal obligation to do 50. These are pleas.
ant facts. Springfield NIass.) Home
stead
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

There is II mode Of speech which may
be termed cuphemistic by those who are
fond Of calling IL spade spade" but is
1t not rather the natural expression of
the charity which never faileth? To say
the best of others is IL manifest duty,
and to do it in the prcttiest language en-
hances it wonderfully. And where de-
fects exist that are commented on by
the unfortunate possessor i'll that i'll
judged fashion which attempts to as
sumo indifference to tho imperfections
how deftly may the confidante turn the
current of self depreciation into smooth
er channel by "a nice arrangement Of
epitaphs." y young girl bewailed her
thinness in the hearing of man of tact,
who instantly exclaimed: "Thin! Why,
you are ethcrealr'
Possibly no sermon that this courtly
clergyman ever preached was more i'm
mediately productive Of good results
than his well chosen adjective. His
hearer, delighted with the SYNONYM,
which involved no sacrifice Of truth, but
which gave it Il more attractive present
ment, resolved thcnceforth SO to choose
her words as to present realities in their
most favorable light, and to make truth
palatable instead Of n hard, bitter and in.
digestible orsel.-New York Recorder.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

Many discussions have been maintain-
cd as to the manner Of flight Of birds in
migrating. The wild geese are well
known to have II way of gathering in a
large hock and travelling in something
like military procession, but for the
most part naturalists have differed in
their ideas on this, as they differ seem
ingly y on most subjects, some asserting
that most birds fly low, others that
they fly high, etc. Some observations
made by Mr.. w. E. ID. Scott, however.
at Princeton college on the night of Oct.
-, 1850, give some data upon which to
base an opinion. His observations dis
covered large flight Of migratory birds
proved by computations made at the
time to be flying from one to four miles
high above the earth. They were small
birds like the robin, wren, etc. This
leads us to another point-viz., the dan.
gers encountered by birds in their annual
flight. OF course the greatest is by storms,
which beat them far from their course
out to sea, when they drop from exhaus-
ton and are drowned, or to the earth,
where tho force Of the fall is no less
fatal.-Mrs. j. b. Southworth in Albany
journal
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

France has lost of its greatest men.
NJ. Godilot is dead. His speciality was
boots He had an enormous manufac-
tory near Paris, probably the largest Of
its kind III existence, and would turn out
an order for, say, 80. 600 pairs of boots for
the army with the utmost dispatch His
name lives III the French slang Of the
day, for his manufacture is so well
known that Frenchmen commonly talk,
not OF thci boots, but of their "godi-
lots. "--LondOn Tit Bits.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
Pensi0ners Of the Revolution.

Upon the death of Mrs. Anna Maria
Young, which occurred Mt Easton, Pa,
on Wednesday, tho last Revolutionary
widow who drew pension In this dis.
tr1ct was stricken from tho lists. Mich.
mel Fritz. the last survivor Of tho war Of
1919 In this district, dlod about year
ago ut his homo near Reading. There
are still several widows Of the survivors
OF the war Of 1919 drawing pensions from
tho Philadelphia Office, and quito mum.
Dor OF tho survivors Of the Mexican war
Tho theory that pensions prolong life
by the removal Of the constant worry to
which aged persons Of the poorer classes
are subject is borne out by the remark
ablo vitality Of the vast army Of pen
sioners. There are still 10 widows of
Revolutionary soldiers drawing pensions
throughout the country. Mrs. Young,
who died on Wednesday, was the Oldest,
having been but few months less than
100. She was the widow Of the late Cap
tain Jacob Young, whom she married
when she was 90. Despite her tender
age, Captain Young was her third hus-
band. The gallant captain survived six
AAOiAthS VI MIS-. OunV
leaves 30 great-grandchildren and a
large number of great-great- t-grandchil
dren, all by her first and second hus-
bands
When ono considers the great dispar-
ity i'll the ages of the surviving Revolu-
tionary widows and their late husbands.
it looks very much as though some Of
tho marriages had been purely CONNER
cial transactions. The Revolutionary
war was over in 1888. Take the case of
one of these danes who is now rs and
who married her husband when she was
20 years old. He could scarcely have
been less than 90 when the war was over.
This would make the marriage take place
in 1913. On the theory thai he was 20
when the war was over, and she was 2j
when she married him, he must have
been 50 at that interesting period of his
life. Then, when he died shortly after,
she merely exchanged husband for a
snug pension. Philadelphia Record.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

After n morphine eating contest be-
tween two Colorado gamblers, one is
found dead, the other is recovered with
difficulty. 1t will be observed that this
game for the highest stakes known to
man-namely, his life--was played with
nerve. In this respect it is not outdone by
any incident in the human story, neither
Is it capable Of being surpassed. As
such it Is entitled to a place in the record
OF supreme examples of the recklessness
that courts disaster. The instance NAV
be useful in illustrating discrimination
in the use of words 1t is not an ex-
ample of the dash that seduces sympathy
under the name daredeviltry. It does
display the analogous quality disparaged
as foolhardiness. The distinction is
grounded in the quality of motive in
spring the act Emulation in tho hunt
ing field, for example, that dares an i'm
possible leap beguiles tho sympathies.
Emulation i'll eating poison inspires dis
gust. But the game in this case was
played with nerve all the same.-New
York Evening Sun.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
Significant,

The Imperial institute, which Queen
Victoria gave the highest sanction of her
approval by opening it, is of great inter
est TO Americans because it is part of II
plan TO fcdcrate and unto the British
empire. Should this DO brought about,
Canada will cease to DO colony and be-
como an int sral part Of the empire and
DO gwen adequate representation in tho
control Of its affairs. Tho annexation
Of tho dominion would then become "a
much more difficult matter and might
involvon war between tho two powcrs-
Detroit FREQ Press
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

A hospital for incurablcs is q very
noble and worthy charity, and am glad
that no prominent city is without a pro.
vision for this class Of sufferers. Iwish,
however, that the brutally descriptive
name of such institutions could be 50
modified as not to contain the death war
rant Of every person received within
their doors. "a place to die in" is not a
cheerful title for ones last earthly home,
and the omission of this reminder from
the official uame could SO easily be sup
piled i'll the rules for admittance that TO
parade 1t seems worse than useless. it
is wonderful howa little consideration
swcetens the bread of charity.
once visited a home for broken down
gentletolks, presided over by woman
who mado giving and receiving alike
blessed. alluded thoughtlessly to the
old people as Inmates" 1--WE never
call them Inmates" "said she in tone
of gentle reproOf. Il always have them
spoken of as guests 1t makes so little
difference to us and so much to them. -
Kate Fields Washington.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
A Horse with AN Artificial Eve.

y fine looking brown gelding owned
by DR.. Walter w. White had one of his
eyes injured about two years ago and
gradually lost the sight in that optic.
The case was brought to the attention of
DR.. Ward, the state veterinarian, some
weeks ago. 1t is difficult matter to
secure artificial eyes for horses that will
not warp, break or fall ont. DR.. Ward
knew that the proper article could be
procured in England, and in reply to a
letter the delicate piece of compound
was received Il few days ago. It's made
OF a composition of vulcanite and will
not change color or become easily in.
Jnred. Several days ago Or. Ward dried
up the injured eye and placed n small
circular piece of vulcanite in the socket,
so as to accuston the horse to the new
sensation. The imported eye was put in
mt o'clock yesterday afternoon. DR..
Ward put few drops Of oil on the disk
like arrangement, and with the aid Of a
lancet raised the eyclids and placed the
eye in position. The artificial ad0ru-
ment looks exceedingly natural. .-Balti-
more American.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

The night lunch wagon is a product of
the nineteenth century. Its advent has
been hailed by thousands of weary night
workers, and the dclectable frankfurter
and hot roll have carried joy and comfort
to myriad hearts and stomachs. Now,
Tom Carroll is once of the men to whom the
night lunch is thing of beauty and a
midnight JOY. The other evening Tom
came into the reporters room munching
at his hearts content, with tho end Of a
frankfurter in his hand.
"Where have you been?"
Tom smiled as he swallowed the last
bite.
Been out dining a la carte" ."--Boston
Budget
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

1t the coffee house The news was dis.
cusscd, rulnors Were invented, scandal
aired and designations made Letters
were received and kept for known Gus.
TONERS. Swift used to find his letters
from Stella III the frame Of the glass he.
hind the bar of the St. James coffee
house. Harley. aftcrward Earl Of Ok
ford, saw one Of Stclla's letters one dav
III that conspicuous position and asked
Swift how long he had learned the trick
of writing to himself. Stella wrote hand
very closely resembling Swift's own
The floor of Il coffee room was divided
into boxes similar to those that still linz
ger III few tavcrns and hOstclries that
preserve a flavor Of times gone by. Be.
hind bar sat cnshrincd the idols" as
a correspondent Of The Spectator terms
the harlnaids, whose manners and Gus.
toms, especially their fondness for hirta-
ton and bar worship-the chief griev-
ance with this correspondent, who was
probably either old or ugly-have their
countcrparts at the present day beneath
more prctcntlOuS roofs. Tom Brown de-
scribcs the idols as "a charming Phillis
or two, who invite you by their aInorous
glanccs into their smoky territories"
The crusty Spectator complained that
great difficulty in getting served was cx-
perlcnccd by those who did not respond
to the amorous glances or who wished to
pass their time otherwise than in ogliny
and worshiping the charming Phillises at
the bar.-Temple Bar
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

Mrs. Placey, an old lady who had been
dying for the last 10 years, was drawing
upon little Robbic's sympathy one day
by telling him she wouldn't be here
much longer and he must think of her
often. Never mind, Mrs. Placey," said
Robbie, who had just been taking part
in tho Decoration day exercises; "ill
put flowers on your grave every Satur-
day and United States flag."-Spring-
field Homestead.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

All the agents of the transatlantic
steamship companies which carry steer
age passengers to this port have now
agreed to respect the new immigration
rules, and to do their share in the en-
forccment of them. 1t will assuredly be
to their advantage to perform this duty
faithfully and to cooperate properly with
Dr. Jenkins and Commissioner Senner.
They are liable to heavy penalties for
negligence Those of them who have
strivcn to evade the new regulations
must not be permitted to trinc any longer
with the public safety. Instead of their
interests conflicting in any way with
ours. the interests of both parties are the
samc.--Ncw York Sun.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

Washbowls and pitchers arc offered
for sale ut large china stores in charming
patterns, the bowl very large and shall
low, the pitchers high and slender. But
the color, though beautiful within itself
does not commend itself to tho fines,
taste. 1t is an cxact reproduction Of the
brown carthcnware usually rclcgated "a
kitchen crooks. Philadelphia Press.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
a Public Mans Frankness.

What sunshine is to earth reasonable
publicity is to society. 1t is well enough
for every man to keep for himself some
cool and shady places where he may rest,
but the more he can live openly, and il
he is II public man the more frank and
unreserved ho can make his relations
with other people, the better it is for
him, and if he is worth knowing the bet
ter it is for the other people too.-Har.
per's Weekly.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
The Place of Meeting,

One Of the Salvation Army recruits
sent to certain inland town Of Califcr.
MIA, was young lady of fine social posi-.
ton and savoir fare. She was also very
beautiful. Her arrival greatly agitatcd
the chappics, vino fiocked to the street
meetings. Finally ono young blood
made bet that he would secure an ap-
pointmcnt with the beauty for that same
night, and approaching her after the
meeting he slipped into her hand SEQ
goldpiece. She put it in her pocket.
"And-ah-whcre shall | meet you by
and byT pursued the mashcr. "In
heaven, hope" placidly answered the
lassio as she walked away with the
golden double eagle.-San Francisco Ar
gOnaut
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
Minlcn hY the Mime.

who is dat man Talmagc We hear so
much about" asked FlatfoOt Jones the
other day.
why, don't you know'' said Brother
Snow. "iIe am dc great Brooklyn
preacher.
''Prehcbcr,' "eclaimcd Jones. Il
Thought be "@- "a comic lecturer"
"Why, EJu11or FiatfDptT
"KA,a day cali. him dc wit. TalIna%c."
TEXAS Sitting.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

NJ COloinblcs, u merchant of Paris,
had his revenge on II former sweetheart,
lady Of Roncn, when he left her by
will legacy Of $1,000 for having, some
20 years before, refused to marry him,
"through which," states the will, I
was enabled 10 live Independently and
happily as IL bachclur"- San Francisco
a hrppuuIlt
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

Through the death Of the latp Earl os
Derby n blu" ribbon Of Tho Order of tho
Garter ~ nt tho disposal Of Mr.. Glnd-
stone. Tho honor Of wearing this bndgo
is much nouGht after. II will bo graft
flying 10 nnny thlcngonns to lcnrn that
II IN likely Ia los conferred on tho Earl uf
Aberdeen, who WINS recently ~ ihiucity.
thcngo TrIburu.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
Tho Way Some I.ook nt IL.

Miss Nar"vcI was awfuIly tired
when rot into the ear, but n gentleman
gave me scat Wasn't hc kindl
Mss Sage Kind! what buaincgs have
th" creature 10 take the HratB at all
when they kupw wcIl enough that lndics
viii want thrmr Bpgipu TranBcript.
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11
DIVE nr Grnrr AhnIi-.hrh

In California, toriuoui, oregon, Idaho,
Utah and Wisconsin dH}n Of rraco on
maturing notes, draila, Hc""ptancrs nud
bills "f "xchdu"" hay" b"u ahuliBhrd.
uul"m ilI"r" ts "Epr"'H rilpulnlrun in tho
contrary. - irDiL i.r,. ircag
The weekly tribune., 1893-08-11

Mention is made Of lands sold for $277,-
900 that were bought Of aborigincs for a
jug OF whisky. 1t might be useful to
complete the list Of all the lands worth
S27.OOO that have been sold for u Jug
Of whisky and not by red aborigines
either
The record-union., 1893-12-11
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK MARKET
SAN FRANCISCO, December 8, 1898.
MORNING SESSION.
MUSICAL WALES.
Every Village Church and Chapel Has
Its Choir.


Every church and chapel in every viii
lage and town has its choir, often num-
bering sixty, seventy, or a hundred
voices, and every choir has its musical
prOdigies, leaders OF parts. mayhap, who
have never had q lesson in music in their
lives, or soma uncouth colliers or tip
girls, with voices which, had they been
trained and developed, might have made
of them Edward Llyods or Antoinette
Sterlings. District alter district has its
united choral union," which will take
up the study OF some work Of the great
masters and deliver it at All annual con-
cert or Christmas festival; not in the pale,
t1ickering, dispassionate style which is
characteristic OF some English choirs, but
with rugged fire and intensity.
l have had the good fortune to hear the
greatest OratorioS rendered under the
most brilliant conditions that talent and
culture could produce in this the most
talented and cultured of all metropolis,
but L have never heard the majestic roll
OF the hallelujah chorus or the match
less melodies Of the Elijah" rendered
with such soul and verve and eloquence
as by an obscure united choir" led by
workingman in mining village among
the hills of Glamorganshire.
Rough, il you Will; ruggedly vehement
and impetuous, but rough with the
4OuSAn6SS VI unpOllSuSu genius, lInp6Iu-
GUS with the impetuosity of mountain
torrents. The force Of it, the emotional
fervor, the richness of volume, the tone
and timbre in it-these are things not TO
be forgotten. The same qualities in a
lesser degree may be observed III the
singing OF any small chapel choir inside
the boundaries of Wales. You shall
never hear such singing as you may hear
on quiet Sunday evenings from some
Welsh hillside sanctuary by choir of
working lads and lassies, conducted by
some rough-and-ready, unkempt, SELL
taught musician.
Music, then, we assert, is the very soul
and kernel of the Welsh nature. A musi-
cal ear is the national birthright. Every
Welsh preacher who migrates to an Eng
Iish church finds the greatest difficulty in
abstaining from that weird, peculiar in
tonatiOn Of his sermon which is known as
the hwyl, and which is often strange and
Objectionable to English ears.
The record-union., 1893-12-11
ARARE OPPORTUNITY
Good Agricultural Land for $40
to $50 per Acre.

The Pacific Improvement Company has re-
Gently purchased twelve thousand ceres OF
land in the heart of Tehama County, for the
purpose of promoting subdivision and settle
ment. This land embraces lands from first
class Sacramento Valley agricultural land, to
land of fair average quality, and is offered at
from $40 to $50 per acre, in subdivisions of
40, so, 12O, 16O and $50 acres.
The terms upon which these lands are offered
are especially attractive. They will be sold in
subdivisions, as above indicated, by the pay
ment of interest only for three years, at which
tins the purchaser can begin the payment Of
principal by paying the first of five equal an
nual installmentS. Thus no part of the prin-
cipal is to be paid for three years, and then
the purchaser is to have five years in which to
pay five equal annual installments, with in
terest at the rate of per cent. per annurn,
making payments extending over q period of
eight years. Intending purchasers are as
sured that this is an opportunity to purchase
land of fair average quality at SO per acre,
and good agricultural land at $50 an acre,
with other grades Of land at prices to CORE
spond between these figures.
The assertion is frequently made that good
lands, suitable for general farming and es-
peeially adapted for fruitgrowing, cannot be
had in California for less than from $50 to
800 an acre. An examination of the land
subject of this advertisement will prove to
home-seekers that this is aE opportunity for
the purchase Of good agricultural land at S2~
an acre, and for qualities grading down to fair
agricultural land at SO an acre, on terms of
payment which should make the disposition
of these lands to actual settlers result easy of
accomplishment.
The primary object of the purchase of this
body of land was the breaking up OF large
holding for the purpose of promoting its set
tlement in smaller quantities and its devotion
to diligent husbandry.
For further particulars, call upon or adj
dress WIN. Fl. MILLS,
Land Agent of the G. p r. R., Fourth and
Townsend streets San Francisco. Cal.