New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-31


In 1897 Canada will celebrate the 4Ooth anniversary
OF the landing Of Sebastian Cabot
The Cheerful Idiot.-"You will not nnd the woman
OF stable character scurrying about the streets on
.4f course not" said the Cheerful Idiot: The
stable woman would prefer the horse -tlnoian-
apos Journal.
AT the Glen Summit Hotel. in Pennsylvania, the
other day. three gentlemen named King queen aho
Ace registered at the same time
G. W. Johnson, well-known authority on chem
terry writes that the taste OF the cucumber Is duo
Ia a posonous substance called 'fungin, tnat IS
found in all mushrooms and fungoid grown as we a
as in cucumbers This poison accounts LOT tne
effect OF cucumbers some stomachs-tPniiadei-
phia Ledger
The street fruit trade OF Boston is almost monopo-
HE'D by Greeks. They have discovered says
"The Transcript" that by buying fruit at auction
in the commission houses, or by pooling together
and buylng their fruit directly from the steamers.
they can sell It cheaply. and yet make large
margin Being shrewder in business matters IMAM
Italians they have almost entirely driven the iatter
out OF this occupation"
4 REVISED VERSION.
out Of the West young LOch w,h INCREASING ire
And Just : he thought
His Wheel " Struck snag and he punctured tire.
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England ORIGINATED at Rockdale in 1874. and started
With q capital of $40 raised by assessments upon
its members of 2 10 pence week one Oh
them went to Manchester and bought at "hoiesaie
n stock Of -four. sugar. butter and oatmeal from
which each member bought as he required at cur
rent prices and the profit resulting was distributed
annually among the buyers according to the amount
NJ their purchases The frs, year they amounted
TO slGO the $500 and the third s4oo showing
successful operation from the beginning On ,'e
dftie,h wear OF its institution II signalzed mo
evert BY a gift Of 5000 10 the Rockdale Infrmary.
rha exannla II set was followed elsewhere. and
there are now LOO cooperative societies IN Eng
land with i3OcOO members. an aggregate capi'aa
Of SEQ OOo0o an annual business or s-1"o'" ano
annual profits OF s23.5cO.oO In 1867 the united so-
ceties formed "A central one ana estao"sheu
wholesale store in Manchester and another In Gas.
COW ,bs business Of which now exceeds $o.cOo.cW
annually II has boot and shoe factories at Leices-
fer SOAP works at Durham. woollen clotn works
at Bailey, and owns seven ocean steamers, ""'e-
bring home It's purchases from abroad. MEMBER
ship is established by the subscription OF from u
20 q TO the capital stock. Dividends are dstro-
utea every year but they may remain on deposit
n the amount OF 1900 and draw . per cent inter-
eat The movement originated among the WORKING
classes and has been built up and whohy com
troed by them II is a striking example OF sue
cess not without Ito lessons for worhihs peop'e ."
other countries including our own.
The ingenuity OF man In converting .ne of con.
venence ard utility Is shown TO advam.as, e aa IA
ordinary window sash,welshs Mlth S , tns nave
housekeeper's life would be Dutden' pu' weight q
any idea OF the materials OF wn,cn me Wiz -
composed The one quality on wn'rn et al hat can
ma, ~. used In any other fashion finds It's way mo
be pressed out for further presran,"s aroad snkes
ness buckles. zinc bathtub hnnss RAJ attfsred
scrssns and hundred other remnants spurned py
the mass OF people combine tnere o 10 sti'c al '-
nor.ant public use-(Phiiadelpnia hecoiu'
Aversion to patent and other medicines Is 'ns
normal characteristic OF the weli-ordere" pos' az"
- ,s no, surprising that irregular and unprofesson"
Inducements have sometimes TO be hed OUT u NINA
- or,ar "a n.rsuade him 10 take them mus IN
wichita Kan of late anxious parent onered MS
son one cent for every dose OF certain proprietary
elixir which he would take. and the YOUTH oeHs
in much need OF dime. proceeded 10 take zen uoe'
n, once with the result that he expired shor's aief
tho exnerimeni anorlng demonstration tha' INV
medicine A. least contained some agents OF thera.
,,,,. ,c,vi,v AMI was not Q mere inert nuio
commanded 10 sell Ike Bishop Berkeleys Jar
water OF ancient and fragant memory. Inc u.s..
don't renews the lesson that the domestic '"eu's
chest ought to be carefully guarded. ana inc s'"s
ont OF its contents supervised with er''e' a'.
lion II also points the moral that peril may re-
side in any quack solution II too mu'h oil !. %
taken and that it is not safe to associate pesu,.
! Inducements with its administration. Experience
shows that the home pharmacy is full Oh uas
when IT is openly and fairly conducted pu' WIN ~.
Introduction to II of an element OF bribery anu -
nducement the results are likely 10 DC SUI" DO WV
Wichita occurrence illustrates.
The super!ntendept OF the junior league IN ~
in Kansas was drilling the children tor ,onu., Int
Standing before them. she sad: NOW, ,,ss
katie Sm,th~where is she? She was here l ,T.d
r,oment ago oh dear, You children nave pas, 'st
me- So by running out and now Katie Is gone '"''
ms, then hearty laugh ran through the SsD"
ne a little voice said. close by her Sue. rams
am. Mrs. K. right under your S'''''