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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
THE PROBLEM OF WORK Fl

To the Editor of Tine Tribune
Sir: s, much has been written and said about IN"
great relief 10 be Afforded thos" in wan hy ~"
Giving ont Of contracts by the city and the results
promised and obtained ~ from the giving out OF
oue contract prompt me to say word when
coming from an active engineer AMI contractor
may MOI be on, Of place al this time OF rreat
poverty AMI distress
DO not know by sight IN" contractor VINO
has been criticised lately. but | can say that no
man can 20 into competition ana give heaN
bonds to carry out his work 10 successful compile
lion unless he does II sound business principles.
and do not b'licve this viii relieve very mu'h oil
the real want and suffering in the city. con
tractor looks at man. and rightly. too very mucn
ne looks at a horse. me man snouIu pr w
built. we'll fel and alb" - do nara ihf ""rK'
the contractor cannot us ms srfv'"s - ,i,
van'age. AZ to carry ont MS work snoctTslu.S:
Then too. certain amount OF SKIN - NECESSARY
in every laborer they must be gscI - e " ORR
hand l. am not speaking now 81 CRAFTSMEN. D", vi
common nborers The Tcadrr may say nISn any
piece Of work has been @' IN comprtiton nnn hsaeS
and perhaps expensive bonds are re1nr"n. a M, man
we'll So to handle "A lot Of dirt ana not be III
!, is the poor. lfstarveI men Of every possible
oocupaon who are now II w2m mat, Char as T Thay
thing. the able,bod pnDnG w'fKN Work. :.
great deal better than money without work ior
hon and n" let'nr out T1 m nnnp ,nS Thev
must have work. but they cannot give lays work
,hai viii pay a profit to contractor. To provide
this work may be a hard problem. but many
readers Of The Tribune have large estates. and
they NAV have pieces Of land they wan: cleaned
M or new drives made or several can combine
ana buy cheap lands in New-Jcrsey. and they VIII
Ice SURPRISED how cheap thousand acres or sew
eral thousand De bought. ON these lands men
can have employment 10 clear them up and de-
veIop them and perhaps some money might he
made out Of che enterprise after all. OF course
II will be trouble provide quarters for men. but
rverv contractor has TO meet this In all new and
large works. II can be done. and most OF us have
dome II in a hurry before now. Again, tools fore
men and Intelligent supervision must b" provided
for and here a regular contractor comes In In his
regular way He often does days work. as IL l.
called charging so much day for the use OF tools
and general supervision of the work. Twenty five
cents for each aborer and ~ for each mechanic
foreman is a customary price.
hope ! may have given out new Idea for the
relief OF the Door for unless signs fall. the hard
times are not going TO melt away with the first
summer sun and possibly some OF your readers
may see III to clear up their own waste lands. or
huv others to clear w and develop: and IL would
he no surprise II they really made little money by
II when the next prosperous times come. as they
certainly must come sometime, II not go soon AS
we hope. . j. WILLIAM hARRIS.
New York March a. 1894
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
DENOUNCING THE PEERS.
Continued from First Page.

and ex-Oueen Natalie was published here yesterday.
The ex-Queen Is expected 10 come 10 the Guy SUI"
to Join her husband.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
TOASTE,D RY THE PRINCE OF WALES.

TOASTED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Cannes. March ls.-The banquet OF the cannes
Yach,smen's Union held at the Nautical Club
this evening and was attended by a brilliant com
pany The Prince OF Wales proposed toasts to
lanes Gordon Bennett and Ogden Goelet Inc
the evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19

Cordova. March ls.-A young man named Nazquez
fred two shots at the sacred image in religious
street procession to-day. He then threw down his
revolver and ran off. shouting "Hurrah for
archy," \ crowd gave chase. captured him and
were tearing off his clothes and beating him. when
two policemen rescued him. NazqueZ was taken 10
Il police station and locked up
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
LET THERE BE NO COMPROMISE.

IA the Editor OF The Tribune.
Cir. The Industrial extremity Is the Sennte's OPP
r,v,I,v PROSTATE labor appeals to patriotic
s,atesmanshp to rise above party. and asks protec
,,orts, Senators-not 10 secure concessions and
aroe,d certain provisions In the Wilson bill, and
thus TO share It's responsbility-but rather to fsh
a. tho monstrosty whose mere threat IL sapping
- orv ,itais Of our Industrial and commercial
Tern ana causing these pItiable and humlliating
800, onneals n a thousand cities and towns all
- N. land THIS threatened Wilson tariff Is
n.,ther for revenue nor protection, but monde
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
european ADVERTISEMENTS.
MOTEL DE- LILLE eT UALBIOM

o2.. Rue 81. HonOre, Paris,
,r,vcen the Tuileries Gardens, Place Vendome and
New Opera Advantageous arrangements for FAINT.
iiSs Xautl.ul Hall. large Drawing. Rooms, Eeo.
N HENRY ABADIE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
COL MCCLELLAN DID NOT MAKE SPEECH.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: "The New-York Sunday News OF this morn
ing contains a report OF a speech alleged 10 have
haan made bv me at the Saint Patricks Day cee-
hratIon at Jones's Wood yesterday. / was not at
.Joness Wood yesterday. nor did ] make any
sneech there or elsewhere containing the sentiments
attributed to me In the report referred to have
d,sresnectful terms on the contrary have always
entertained for him the highest respect and regard
ia I'm greatly panied to have been otherwise
quoted. ,.. 20 ,sai wa 80 "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19

America and does not know the facts. but believes
her husband has been detained by business
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19

The Governor OF the State OF Chihuahua, Mexico.
has issued a decree of amnesty for all Mexican
citizens who have borne arms against the authori-
ties since September 1882 ur.ng the rebellion whlcn
occurred in parts Of Mexico. Inc amnesty
appies OF course. only to political oHenucrs anu
thos. who shall not formally accept 1t by naklns
their submission to the authorizes Wltnin Two
months from the date of the decree Will be de-
barred from its advantages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19

In Ecuador. where the influence or Cathono
priests is so extensive that II was expected recently
that the Pope's representative at quito wouid
peaceably arrange the frontier quarrel between
porn ana Ecuador me whole country lameilteu
recently the death OF Dr. don lsidoro Barrlga.
Rshop of Myrna. lie wa greatly loved by ms
narishoners and was noted Tor the able manner
IN which he had pacilied religious quarrel WHICH
had broken out at Guayaqu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19

In the Republic Of Salvador measures are al
ready being taken for The organization OF the prir
airy schools in conformity with the plan adopteo
by the recent Pedagogical Congress. In whicn tne
DO Central American States participated. A Presl-
dental Of General EZeta. dated feprudry -
has ordered the adoption OF the reform
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19

Sir Waiter Barring has been formally received oy
President Herrera Obes Minister OF Great
r,,,at, >, tho panublc of Uruguay The ceremony
showed the existence OF sentiments OF deep cor.
Lalitv on the part OF the Montevideo Governments
toward England.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
vAoARIEs OF LIGHTNING. !
The Government II Keeping = Record -
SEQ What BuildiRSs Arc the G.fest.

The Government II Ae0PlnB A9Spru ~
Sec What Buiidings Arc the a7fest.
The annual average Of lives lost bJ
lightning is about 200. Suck catAs-
trophies always occur in the i've months
from April to Septemb Der, while more
than two-thi-ds Of them tal,e place
during June and July. The annual
average value Of property destroyed by
lightning during tEe eight years end
ing with 1892 was 81, 500, 000. In 1890
New York was the most unfortunate
state with respect to property dam
aged by lightning. Pennsylvania and
Ohio followed hard after, both Of them
away up in the hundreds of thousands
of dollars, while Kansas reports only
one fire worth s400 and Mississippi
two, which averaged SIS apiece.
The following year Pennsylvania led
the way, closely followed by Missouri,
Ohio and New York, with Delaware,
louisiana and Rhode Island At the OPP
posite end of the report. In 1899 New
York was again at the head, having
lost nearly twice as much as il, any OF
the other years, Next in order were
Pennsy1vania, New Jersey, North De-
lota and Ohio. Florida and Mississippi
| lost the least that year-S325 eacL.
| During the nine wears ending with 1899
2.3a5 barns, 664 dwellings and 1o<
! churches were struck by lightning.
The destruction of bans IS usually
greatest in New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts,, Indisna and New 1e--
sey. In the destruction OF dwelling .
Pennsylvania and New York head the
list with an equal number. Conuects-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
Un,oue Lottery Record.

A japanese student living in Brook
lyn has had some curious news from
lis home in Nilllso. 1t appears that his
cousin has won the first prize in gov
ernment lottery, and, by so doing, has
been sent abroad to travel for ten years,
with a handsome allowance. which is
to be paid him every three months by
one of the most substantial banks in
Japan. If he returns to japan for
more than one month in each year he
forfeits the allowance, and it is also
stipulated that at least half of the time
spent abroad must be in the various
countries in Europe. The second prize
was five years travel, and the third
prize one years travel, on the same al
lowanee, but the conditions were that
all the time must be spent in Europe
This certainly is the most unique lot
terry on record, and the most com
meudable.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
WHEN HER COAL GIVES OUT.

Then England win Be Ready to Under
take This Tremendous Project.
The Popular Science Monthly con-
tains an article describing proposed
isthmus or dam across the northern
part of the Irish channel, the main OBJ
iect being to utilize the current through
this channel for mechanical purposes.
The channel is 300 feet deep on the av-
erage, fifteen miles wide and the tidal
current from the north is eight miles
an hour As result fifty cubic miles,
or over oO0. 900, 0oO, 600 tons of water,
pass the point where it is proposed to
build the dam every day. The rate at
which the water moves gives each OF
these tons of water the power OF ten
| foot tons, and the power developed is
I therefore between 150,oo0,O00 and 200,-
I 600, 600 horse power. There are hills
near at hand from which the materials
for the dam can be taken; and shipping
may be provided for by locks, or by en-
larging certain canals.
If the plan should be successful it
would make England practically inde-
pendent of her coal supply; but there
are obstacles in the way. For instance
SAYS the Brooklyn Citizen, it would be
impossible to transmit the electrica
power produced without loss, ant
transferring it for more than 100 mile
is at present impracticable. 1t woul'
! nevertheless be possible to use it in tn
: Lancashire cotton mills and perhaps Il
the smelling works of northern Eng
land. Electricity may also be used il
A cooking, and if the price of coal ros
S somewhat it could be employed TO
f heating AS an engine requires abou
t one ton Of coal a year per horse powe
+ to keep it running day and night,
i will be seen that England would
e this new source of power have subst
/, tute for her entire coal output. Th
IS cost of the undertaking is estimated 6
IS 500. 900, 900; reckoning interest at pc
t. cent this would be about 3 cents a yea
IS for every horse power produced,
n equal to cents ton for every ton {
4. coal displaced. But the cost of utili
.e ing the force would be enormous.
,e is doubtful whether this plan is pra
% ticable as yet, but it shows how groun
Ii less are the fears of those who thir
1T that civilization must cease when u
" worlds coal supply gives out. Here
" an opportunity to secure horse pow
er enough to run all the mills and IL
naces in Great Britain.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
A Valuable NIanuacript.

A hitherto unknown work of Maimon-
ides, the greatest Jewish theologian
and philosopher of the middle ages, has
been discovered by Prof. Caster among
a number of Hebrew manuscripts which
he acquired from the east, and is soon
to be published by him, with transla-
ton and notes. 1t is a short treatise
written in Hebrew. entitled "Commen-
tary on the Sacred and Profane Names
of God in the Pentateuch, by Rabbi
Moses ben Maimon," intended as
guide to the scribes of the Sacred
Scroll, who, if they made mistake,
could erase and rewrite the profane
names of strange deities, but might
not erase the sacred names of God, and
so must copy over the whole column.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
MORE WOMEN THAN MEN.


Statistics prove that, taking the world
as a whole. the number of men and
women is about equal-the best argu-
ment against polygamy-but this re-
lationship varies greatly when mdl-
vidual countries are considered, says
the New York Tribune. According to
the last estimate of the worlds popu-
lation, made up from the census IN SIN
gle states, Norway and Scotland are
the countries with the greatest rela-
/ tive number of women. In these coun-
] tries there are to every 100 men re-
spectively 1918 and 1912 women. The
/ excess of women is also large in
! Sweden, there being 1868 to every 100
men; in England, where there are 1o7,
| in Denmark with 1851, and in Sw1tzer-
land, with 1856. The countries of the
north in general show larger popla-
tion of women.
OF the lands with a more temperate
climate Austria has 1o4.4 women to 1ot
men, Hungary 1o1.5 to 100, and France
1907 to 100. rs
Further toward the south men be
come the more numerous. Spain, al
most alone of the southern European
countries, numbers more lSiiditS eiissh
males, the proportion being lof to 100
Roumania, Servia and Bulgaria arr
more masculine, so to speak, there be
ing for every 100 men respectively 93.4
9i. and 96.5 women. In Italy the per
; centage is almost equal, the relation
! ship being 99.5 to 100 in favor of tn
!. !, women. In the United States, say tn
authorities, the older states show
small excess of women and the neN
ones an excess of men.
There are in the Atlantic and eas'
ern states 1908 women to 100 mer
while in some of the Pacific and wcs'
a ern states there are only 60.s women
;. 100 men. In new countries there is IL
! variably an excess of men---a faS
: natural and easy of explanation.
: The promised land of women is sti
: Australia where even in the Oldest co
onies the stronger sex far outnumbel
! the weaker. In Victoria, New Sout
!, Wales and South Australia the rel
# tionship is respectively 9o.6, s4.a an
: o. in favor of the men In West Au
g tralia there are only 67 women to II
/ men. In India in every place exec
|, the government of Madras the me
"a outnumber the women.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24

"Albany beef is the euphuism on
the shores of the Delaware for sturgeon
meat. Doubtless the term goes back
to time when the Hudson sturgeon
fisheries were really important The
meat, cut into long, thick chunks and
kept in cold storage, was recently an
important article of commerce a few
miles above the head Of Delaware bay,
but the sturgeon fisheries in the Della
ware, as elsewhere on the Atlantic
coast, have greatly fallen off in inpor-
tance. The sturgeon is the hated en-
lemy of the shad fishermen, as he de-
stroys their light nets.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
A MODEL STATE CAMP.


New York's National Guard QuAEeexs -
PeskskM ON the Hudson.
The great state Of New York. ~ be-
fitted her rank among her sister conn
monwealths and, profiting by the ex-
pericnces Of tho railroad riots OF 1877,
was among the FIRST to undertake the
placing Of her militia forces on > basis
of efficiency and to hold the troops in
preparation for the sterner duties OF
the soldier, says Harper's Weekly.
The esta ablishment some years ago fo1
the state camp at Peekskin has proved
the main factor in the surprising i'm
proyement in soldierly qualities and
the high state of discipline which are
now characteristic of the national
guard Of the state. 1t would be hard,
indeed to find more picturesque site
or one better adapted for the purpose
than the plateau on which the camp il
pitched.
Situated right at the entrance to the
gorge of the Hudson highlands, on
fiat-topped promontory jutting out
from the high hills surrounding It on
three sides, the canvas of the tents,
creamy white in the bright sunshine,
| CLEANS in contrast with the dark YER
| dure beyond, while, stretching in lake
like expanse to the heights on the OPP
/ posite shore, the broad river curves,
disappearing around the rocky 5irns
to the north. On two sides smooth pa
rades stretch to the edge of the grassy
plain-ideal drill grounds for any
branch Of the service, horse, foot or
dragons, and the surrounding coun-
try, wooded and hilly, crossed by wind
ing roads and dotted with clearingA,
offers opportunities for maneuvers and
exercises in minor tactics.
Hard work is done at the camp. There
is but little leisure and the militis-
mans time is fully occupied; At five
o'clock, with the boon. of the morning
gun and the sonorous rolling OF the
: drums beating reveille, the camp wax
: ems to the work OF the day and the
: long streets of tents swarm with men,
as at the call for assembly the COM
panies spring into ranks and the nc
|, notonous tones Of the sergeants voieea
: are heard calling the roll. Then, u
e the ranks are broken, the reports Arr
u made and the soldiers scatter to make
{. the rough camp toilet and prepare 20.
e the morning drill soon to follow. A.
+ half-past seven the drums over .
l. the guard tent rattle "Pease upon ,
II trencher" ard the companies swing OF
le with measured tread to bre1kfass Il
IL the mess hail. from which they return
u to police the quarters and place every
e thing in order for the daily recurring
D. inspection. All over the camp the mel
N are busy as bees, sweeping, rolling VI
rs tent walls, making up the beds, re
IS moving rubbish, securing cups an
Sc basins, raising tent floors and placin
s. everything in apple-pie order.
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u uck Farming.

1t is worthy of note that the Chinese
very, very long ago hatched out their
ducks by artificial heat, and the incu-
bators that seem so wonderful to us
at the poultry shows and country fairs
were an old story in the east long be-
fore our great-grandfathers were born.
1t is likely, says Harper's Weekly. that
we got the domesticated duck from
China, so long ago that we know not
when, and the writers on natural his
tory content themselves with telling
us that it is derived from the mallard,
mixed in some cases. with the musk
duck and the gadwallj and perhaps
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
Shower Baths for Horses.

They do queer but very sensible
thing to the car horses in New York IN
hot weather The horses are kept out
side, not in the heated stables, and are
put in a row, face to the sidewalk. One
If the stablemen has hose which he
turns on the horses every little while.
The stream of water is sent hrst on
their backs, then on the head, and as
it comes down the row the horses that
have not been wet look up to see when
their turn is coming. They appear to
like it. and no wonder. Probably many
a boy or girl, walking along in the
heat, would like it, too.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24

Kempen, in Germany, will soon cele-
brate the six hundredth anniversary OF
its existence with a festival procession
representing the history OF Germany
from the German warriors OF C@sars
time to the soldiers who fought against
Napoleon. In the procession will be
represented Thomas q Kempis, the
writer of the Imitation OF Christ
who was a native of the town.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24

the black duck. The domestication of
the duck has had an effect the oppo-
site of that usually produced by civili-
zation on man, for the mallard is strict
ly homogeneous. Waterton the nat
uralist assures us, indeed, that the wild
duck is a most faithful husband, and
remains paired for life, while the
domestic drake is most notoriously po-
lyramOus.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24

the average being not greater than one
hundred and fifty pounds. The
females usually average about one
hundred pounds larger, are very
''stocky" built, seldom being taller
than a merino sheep. These dwarf
cattle are nearly all Of the same color
reddish mouse color, marked with
white. They have very large heads a.
compared with their bodies, and their
horns are of exceptional length.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
WOMEN AS DOCTORS.
Their Number Increasing In the United
States-yeu Fitted for the Work.

States-Wen Fitted fer the work.
Nowhere in the world is there place |
where the modern woman has had and
has such enthusiastic support in all her
ventures as here in America, and the
modern woman has not been slow in
improving the opportunities offered
her. 1t is hard to mention any field
into which she has not entered to COM
pete successfully with the sterner sex,
and in some professions she has COM
pletely dethroned man from his former
unquestioned supremacy. There is
perhaps no profession to which the
emancipation of modern woman is
more inclined than the medical. 1t is
a little hard to tell WHY she should
evince predilection for saving bones
or regulating sluggish liyers. One would
naturally think she would prefer some
calling having less disagrceable fea-
lures about it; but, as the song has 1T,
we didn't think she would do it, but
she did. America is certainly the Ell
Dorado of women physicians. They
are now to be found in almost every
/ town, small or large. 1t is estimated
| that there are at least twenty-three
| hundred women doctors now practic-
ing in the United States and their num-
ber is largely augmented every year.
This is exclusive of the numerous fe-
male dentists, who, of course, call them
selves doctors. Most everyone of these
women have earned their diplomas
with high honors, and the world al
large is much the gamer by these
feminine practitioners. Let no mar
beguile himself into the belle
that they have but supertcia
knowledge of their calling. Womei
doctors or doctoresses are, taken as
class and considering their number, ia
more painstalsing and closer student
, than MANY of the men in the nediea
urnfeSsiOn.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
7. IDAHO, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER "a, 1894.

ers at the other end of the system can
hear the tolling Of the bell, the
prayers, the responses, the singing and
the sermon. Even casual coughing
among the congregation can be dis
tinguished. There are many classes OF
persons on whom this new departure
confers great boon. The sick and
bedridden, who have long been pre-
vented from attending any place Of
worship, can now be present. II not IN
flesh, in the hearing.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24
r,. p,gmv Cattle of samoa.

The Samoan islands are the natural
ba hitat of the most diminutive species
of variety of the genus bos now known
10 the naturalist. The weight OF
the males of these lilliputian catsle
seldom, exceeds two hundred pounds'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-24

Supporters of the telephone system
in Birmingham can now be placed in
communication with Christ church in
that city and practically take part in
t the services. The telephone wires,r run
straight into the pulpit. and she listen