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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE WHEEL.

From Good Words.
"XVhy no." said the mate, II can't say that we re
n bit more superstitiOus than other folk You get
into tho moors and hills and you'll find andsmen
nrite as foolish as any OF us. I'll not deny but there
NAV have been a time-and yet I'm not very sure
That's true enough about steam; anyway, que
water isn't lonely as IL must have been wnen we
maj breeds superstition. and there's loneliness
Ike that Of the high seas on starry night. sun
things do happen now and agan-things there's no
accounting for. ,,
Here's a case now: I wonder what you would
ak. ont OF 1t? Ii was May night, something
Ilke nfteen wears ago. and we were coming up
channel | was AT the wheel for wasn't mate In
those days IL was one OF those queer nights when
,he starg are clear overhead but everything ABOUT
vou's az black as your hat. We were bowling along
with a fresh breeze. that brought US smell or old
England and everything seemed shipshape and
snug when all OF n sudden the lookout sent up a
veil and right ahead OF us there was a nash OF
tights and a looming OF big shadow, black against
,be very darkness The moment the lookout
shouted. there was cry, Hard a-port! and gave
the wheel a whir to set II flying. don't expect you
H. believe II. but make what you Ike or IL, the
wheel stuck as II It had been spiked ! flung all my
strength on TO IT; II fixed Ike stanchion You
can't guess what felt at that moment. with that
cry i'm my ears and that big shadow rushing out or
the darkness. Then two invisible hands. cold as ice
were laid on mine with a steady grin, ana the wneel
was sent flying hard a-starboard We swung up into
the wind. and did great ocean-llner
crowded past ms at almost leaping distance. Had
NO ! told you couldn't account for It, I've
wondered. too. At times for our captains brother
was lost In the Channel-run down just Ike that.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
TWO PRINCES.
From The Lady's Pictorial.


The Crown Prince Of Germany and his brother
Prince Etel Fritz. growing up fine manly boys.
OF whom their august parents may well be proud.
There is considerable difference between the two,
the elder being blond and very like his father, and
already possessing a military bearing which shows
a soldier before all else The younger one takes
far more after his mother. and has dark hair. now
closely cropped instead OF worn In curls as former
". The latter has outgrown his brother ana Is
Ter Weighing forty-six kilos. while the crown
Prince turns the scale at thrtysx kios. Both have
the same bright and winning expression ana charm-
Ing manners They greatly attached TO their
the utmost devotion to their young charges, Nhen
travelling incognu the Princes are addressed as the
Counts OF Ravensburg and all letters are forwarded
TO them under that name.
Great care Is taken that the Princes 90 not become
imbued with too early sense Of their own impor-
lance The word OF their mentor 'OIonel Won
Defines is law to them. and must be obeyed unhes-
itatingly, no matter what private Inclination may
over Them TO make study pleasant ana as much
OF a pastne as possible. Their recreation IL never
idle or prontless The Crown Prince is promising
performer on the violin. and finds great pressure IN
Learning while another favorite amusement OF his
is collecting antique coins: Thus ne gains ,nucn
interesting knowledge at the same Tune frlhce
Eitel Fritz deyotes his attention during leisure
moments to stamps, OF which he possesses a large
and valuable collection and from which he also
cleans useful instruction. Their chief pastfne now
ever and the one which the Emperor prefers ths'n
TO Indulge in Is the game OF war playeu WIN rai-
stic tin soldiers and scenery, over huu, ,, b
wherever they go First mountains anu iortresses
are arranged on a large table and then the tooIr'
representing every regiment In the German army =,
are placed in battle array ana sclehnc MaI a. -
nractised while Colonel Won Defines and other mem
beers OF the suite look and finally express a crt'-
cal opinion on the skill displayed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01

which has existed for the last few days. IT Is not
positively be said that this Is his view because
when a Tribune reporter called at his ONCE IN
Abbey's Theatre Building TO talk with him ABOUT
this and other affairs he was not there, being al
the Custom House, swearing about the costumes
for THE Chieftain," the comic opera which he IS 10
to do at Abbeys Theatre September . or
course, Swearing about the costumes means SIM
ply making the required legal declarations about
their value. nothing else The reporter wanted
Mr. Wilson, the Chefain Of the band OF Spanish
brigands in question. 10 tell him about the opera,
and also what he thought of America, particularly
the American Custom House. But, as he was
still busy with his struggle to get through the
Custom House, he was not hand to talk about
ii at all
The reporter disappointed. Of course. and
Mr.. Wilson's representatives,. who were on hand.
though Mr.. Wilson himself not were sympa-
thetic. Let talk TO YOU" one Of them said;
I'VE can talk just well he can, and then in
the paper you can blame It on the star just the
same. That's the way always do
"Of course" said the reporter, Il could make up
something myself and then blame 1t on the star
just as we'll If | wanted TO do II that way, but |
wanted to see Mr.. Wilson himself and to get him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
FRANCIS WILSON'S OPERA.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHIEFTAIN."
CIRCUMSTANCES DID NOT PERMIT HIM TO TALK
ABOUT 1T. BUT ALI. KNOWLEDGE OF 1T is

CIRCUMSTANCES DID NOT PERMIT HIM TO TALK
ADorrr 1T. BUT ALL KNOWLEDGE OF 1T is
NOT THEREFORE, WITHHELD.
II Is ALI very well for Spanish brigands to fall In
dozens or scores upon unprotected travellers In ones
mr. twos II IS easy for them to replensh their
gold reserve by cutting Off the ears OF their pris-
oners and sending them to their relatives. with
large charges on the packages. to be collected on
delivery They may scorn their victim 5
threat 20 write to THE Times" But when they
become travellers themselves and try to make their
way through the Narrows and fall into the
clutches of the United States Custom House. 1t Is
quite another thing.
The United States Custom House seems to have
no consideration for Spanish brigands at all 1t
takes hold OF their costumes and keeps them till
the cheftain OF the band gives bond TO pay any
thing that the Government may ask In the future.
II will not even let in the brigands' costumes free
as the tools Of their trade. 1t does carpenters
saw and chisel or a masons trowel and spirit level
This failure TO recognize one OF the Oldest trades
In the world simply shows how injustice may be
worked even by so good thing the principle of
protection TO native Industries. Perhaps IL is not
matter OF principle at AL but only joke yet
surely the simple turning of the tables and the
holding of the clothes of bard of hrigands. de-
sorry sort OF wit.
This may well be Francis Wilson's view OF the
state Of affairs between himself and the nation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01

with his legs. and he Is sure TO be much more
amusing than this picture indicates In the end
the former brigand chieftain reappears and
command and Grigg Is restored to his happy Eng
The quality of the book Is far above that Of the
average comic opera Of commerce. 1t has a con-
The Editor OF Punch" 1t would be expected to
beyond that point, Englishmen say that the hu-
NOR OF W. S. Gilbert and Jerome X Jerome is
American in its nature SO here is an example OF
stanza. with a triple pun In the last line. Rita Is
tene how the river came to have gold In IT, Jove
and Mars just as in Ovids story down to
earth to try the temper Of the people.
And here they sought a lowly pair
Who set before them humble fare
And gave them money for their way.
You want it more than we" said they.
Quoth he. Since well have Jared.
These sands for ages yet untold
Shall pass the bank as current gold
gulsed a courier. tells of the ways OF European
travellers:
l take sweet pair on their honeymoon trip
A iirt and youth who's been rather rip.
Reduced - be Darby and Joan.
They gaze lake with Baedeker book,
Three In boat over-oar'd.
They travel through France with a trustworthy Cook
And ey'ryone from their much Murrayd look
Mark lnnocens Twain all Abroad
Not cnly is Mr. Burnand good at rhymng. but he
positively revels in II. \ quadrup.e set Of three
Syllable rhymes Is nothing to him. For example,
sutton approached in reality
Al vitality
lie sighed oh be min,,'-,!was fatality
Says he My love made endure It Is.
Ana so pure # Isl
IT'S not for your banking securities.
Though those will be mine" la. la. la
The Englshman is great traveller. yet England
Is the only country that he does not positively
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
THE DECLINE OF THE FAIR

From The London News.
our Paris correspondent says that the latest ldea
in connection with the forthcoming UNIVERSAL EXIT,
bition Is TO keep the 1889 txhibitlon Dulune SUI,
remaining for an annual fair after the pattern or
those al LEIPZIG and Nishni- Novgorod II would be
STYLED the Great Western Fair. Several municipal
councillors have taken up the idea and hope TO come
TO an understanding with The State In order that the
Exhibition OF 1900 may be the first OF these annual
fairs II would be bold experiment to undertake
fairs which from all can see. belong 10 an anti
ouated economical system. Even that OF Novgorod
belonging TO a country st In its early development
Is on the decline The fair OF Beaucaire. near Taras
con TO which merchants In the Middle Ages came
from even further than Novgorod after steady
decline Is now nothing more than an ordinary
country show. The Foire du Lendit was another
famous medieval institution. II was founded at
81 Denis being subsequently held in the Faubourg
snnt-Martin in Paris. With the Improvement Of
communications and banking facilities this proto-
type OF the proposed Great Western Fair declined
Ii was only saved from disappearing by taking
form and Il Is now represented by the
Christmas booths along the boulevards AS It Is, the
shopkeepers protest against the unfair competition
OF these Christmas toy-venders. who pay licenses
and a nominal rent and they Will probably have
something to say TO the grand Idea Of the Paris
Town Councillors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01

say something amusing about The Chieftain
or anything else that he chose to talk about"
"IIe doesn't feel very amusing just pow" said
the representative again you he's down at the
Custom House swearng"-
And then he added I'm half aside: THE maximum
penalty is $1,000"
Well. this shows how the public sometimes misses
the things that would interest ii most. II Mr. VIII
son had been there he would have been sure to
say something amusing. The cut which goes with
this article shows exactly how he would have
leaned forward and exactly the graceful. careless
air with which he would have talked to the re-
porter II he had only been there. and would have
told him all that his readers wanted to know. OF
course IT is not for the reporter to just what
he would have talked about but presumably he
would have talked about THE Chieftan."
Here is the book OF The Chieftaln." said the
representative again. "and you can just what
IL is for yourself"
The reporter could see just what It for him
SELF be sure. but seeing just what it from
the book not at all Ike hearing Mr.. Wilson talk
about H. Yet that Was the best he could DO with
Mr. Wilson the Custom. House. The Cheftain."
as almost everybody who cares about such things
knows by this time, s "A comic opera by SIR Arthur
SULLIVAN ana r; g. burn9aha ine Ei1ot OF Punch
which they made many years ago. entitled THE
Contrabandista."
As has already been limited the plot concerns
Spanish brgands. These brgands. IT appears. have
states Custom House, and one OF them Il that II
ever their chieftain shall be absent from them for
ure thereafter shall become their chieftain and
shall wed their chieftaness In the opera this hOrrid
fate falls upon one Peter AdOlphus Grigg, an Eng
lsh traveller. who would rather be anything I'm the
world than "A chief Of brigands and the husband Of
a brigand queen, especially he Is the husband OF
a worthy English matron already. The story CON
Germs Itself chiefly with his attempts to escape
from so compromising a situation and his efforts
TO conceal from his real wife. who has followed
him to Spain. the fact that he had become con-
structively the husband OF the brigandess. He IS
invested. in spite OF all his struggles. with tn. sa-
cred hat, as shown In the accompanying picture
The person who Is represented kneellng in the
middle Of the group Is not Mr.. Wilson. lie IL the
actor who played the part at the Savoy Theatre in
London. Mr.. Wilson can do much funner things
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
LIVED UNDER EVERY PRESIDENT


From The Utica Press.
An event of great Interest was celebrated In tho
of Fayetteville Friday. when Peter Johnson
reached the Tooth anniversary OF his birth Mr..
Johnson has lived under all the Presidents OF the
United States being born when Washington had
served six years in that office. His first vote was
cast for James Monroe and he has voted for every
President since then. Mr.. Johnsoa's mind is clear
and he is in good health. Sixty descendants assem-
bled on August l6 In his honor His wife is eighty.
seven years OF age and they have been married
sxty-four years Mr. Johnson's first wife died and
I'm iS3l he married Eliza A. Perry OF Rome who
was born in 1899 There five children living. and
the grandchildren are twenty-five IN number. ana
the great -grandchillren twenty-five the eldest
being twenty-four, years old Mr. Johnson Is able
OF early TIMES are ,ery Interesting. and he remem-
hers historical events ~ eighty years easily
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
PHOTOGRAPHY HIS 4 BACK SEAT
THE BICYCLE HAS REPLACED THE CAMERA AS AN
MI-sEMENT-WIEELING AND THE SALE
or DIAMONDS.

MISUNDERSTANDING AND THE SALE
or DIAMONDS.
"EIave you noticed the falling off in the photo
ing questions which he wants TO himself.
There Is certainly great change" he continued,
land the complaints against camera hends are
few and far between nowadays. II is only about
a wear since people were likely to be shot and
taken at almost any time place, and life on
the seashore and in the various watering places
was made a burden by the artists. who wanted to
experiment on you. your house or your horse. They
have melted away before the all-absorbins bicycle.
Yes the bicycle has played great pranks with the
amateur Photographic business The man who
couple 81 years ago had spare time and a little
money and enough sense to know that a hobby
WAS 4 healthy thing bought camera. He became
law at times and did not develop his pictures. but
hired IL done. and hundreds Of people made living
by finishing the work OF the amateurs ana 10y Iur-
rishing supplies. Nowadays the man with time TO
snare buys a wheel. and that's why there mas Deen
a falling off in the photographing fad, and why
lot OF mechanics who know all about repairing
cameras. developing and mounting pictures, ann anu
who are we'll versed In all the mysteries OF the dark
room are now making living by repairing
yes that is plausible enough" said a listener.
at ONLY a change I'm the style of amusement. out
that the bicycle should have made an impression on
the diamond market Is more remarkable BUT suoh
Is the case II the word OF diamond dealer VINO
smoke on the subject recently may be taken You
wheels are bought nowadays IA presents. where
nothing short OF a diamond would answer some time
ago II has not come TO the engagement wheel YET
but II things keep on we shall hear OF that neA,
combines; the thing that hurts the diamond busi-
ness Is the bicycle. "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
THE CANARY BIRD AND THE RAT FOUGHT

from Inc BaItImOre ftrdIu .
Joseph Thompson. a deputy clerk OF the Crlmindt
Court. and at time prominent candludle 10.
the Mayoralty OF Baltimore. has a canary, o.
which he has always been proud. lie is prouier
OF the little bird than now, on account or the
fact that last Thursday night, after desperate
fight with rat, the little yellow fellow came OH
victor
Just before the family retired TO rest THURSDAY
night at their residence. No. l,32 North Eden-st.
Mrs Thompson placed the bird cage on the side
board in the dining-room. During the evening =
half-grown rat forced himself into the cage ana
proceeded TO devour the birds food. This was
the beginning OF the trouble The canary new
from Its perch and the battle began.
1t was after midnight. and tho household was
buried in slumber. so no one saw or heard the
dining the next morning she found dead
rodent with its four feet In the air lying on It's
back on the floor OF the bird cage while the canary
was singing merry from its perch above. The
beak of the bird had penetrated the eye OF the rat
deaf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
TOPICS IN PARIS.
THE DUO D'AUMALE'S GIFTS.

BEAUTIFUL AMBOIsE is TO BE MADE lNi'
HOME FOR VETERINARIANS A FLOWER
pr-ccrAS AMBASSADOR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
COMMON FLOWERS.
en- and Forest

From Garden and Forrest.
AT "A church festival few years ago the orna-
mental value OF one OF our commonest Wild flowers
vas shown one end OF the large hall shut in
nv n rustic fence deliberately decorated with vines.
roses and mass OF creamy white flowers that were
wonderfully dainty In their effect. on the tables In
aide we're offered for sale bouquets OF many kinds
OF rar. flowers. and conspicuous among them by It's
delicate loneliness cymes OF the same creamy
white blossoms. what do you call them" asked
gentleman. lifting artistical.y arranged cluster
fron a vase OF sparkling glass "Sambucus cana
densls" answered the young girl In charge, with a
faint mschlevous smile dmpllng the corners OF her
mouth. named from ancient musical instru-
ment that was made from the wood And elder
blossoms they were. fragile and sweet as the choic
est exotics there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
ain of the Brisands against his will
abhor Mr. Grgg is not unlike any other English
| NNh he 81

/ 10 myself.
Ny dear friend Griyg.
II safe return
I'll rather dig
Than follow the arts
In foreign parts,
But III take TO "A farm with horses and cars,
And Up lot Of little Grggs,
Who'll lead life with nursery rigs.
With spouse and my cows. and my little pigs,
Little pigs and little Griggs.
Mr.. Wilson's old admirers can scarcely fall TO
see how well this part will lit him and that In
producing the opera he will have everything In his
favor. only 1t was pity that he had TO be at the
custom House so that he could not talk about II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
CHAINS DRAINAGE PROBLEM.


The drainage problem had become very seri-
Gus one In Birmingham when Mr. Chamberlain
was Mayor. twenty years ago. The Tame and
the Rea were Insignificant rivulets which could
not serve outlets for ;he sewage Of large
prosperous town After the passage Of the
Public Health act in 1875 an organization was
formed for preventing further contamination of
the rivers and dealing with the drainage OF the
two valleys on scientific principles. Saltley was
selected as a suitable site for a sewage farn and
about 300 acres OF low land with gravelly sub
Drainage Board. The level was so low that the
bulk Of the sewage OF district Of $4,000 acres
flowed through the mains and tunnels into the
subsistence tanks constructed at the farm, and
1t was necessary to pump only small quantity
Of 1t. The works have been enlarged until they
are now capable Of treating from 20,00c,O00 TO
q, 600. 900 gallons of sewage daily.
The Saltley farm is approached from Birming-
ham by attractive road lined with trees and
neat dwellings. with the tall chimneys Of many
iron foundres rising not far from the precipita-
ton tanks. Although sewage farms
considered highly detrimental to health and com
fort, popular prejudice against them has been
removed by scientific management. BY the first
process of treatment. known as 'limeng." the
sewage Is completely deodorized and the sludge
u not allowed to remain on the surface Of the
Graham guardian., 1895-10-18
USES FOR COCOANUT.
Florida Has Several Promising Planta-
tions of This Tropical Fruit.

Florida Has Several Promising Planta-
tions of This Tropical Fruit.
Quite number of tropical nuts have
recently been introduced into cultiva-
tion in this country. Already on the
east coast of Florida are growing two
hundred and fifty-thousand cocoanut
trees, forty-two thousand being in one
plantation. 1t is believed that the first
trees of this kind in that state sprouted
from the nuts brought from Central
America and the West Indies by the
gulf stream. At Key West and about
some of the old forts cocoanuts were
planted at an early day, as certain
ancient trees now standing bear wit
ness. In 1877 bark freighted with
cocoanuts was caught in storm off
the coast of Florida and beached near
Lake Worth. Several thousand of
the nuts were saved and planted, the
satisfactory growth of the seedlings
giving an impetus to cultivation.
The word cocoanut is derived from
the Portuguese "coco," meaning monkey,
because the base resembles monkeys
face. The tree was known to the peo-
pie of Ceylon as early as 100 B. c., the
milk being used by them for making
cement. The cocoanuJ is one of the
most useful of plants-root, trunk, leaf,
sap and nut are made to yield tribute
to man. The fiber of the husk furnishes
excellent yarn, and is preferred to
horsehair for stuffing beds, cushions,
chairs and saddles. 1t is stronger and
more elastic than hemp. The Poly
nesians twist small cords of this fiber,
which serve in the construction of
houses and canoes where Europeans
would employ nails. The green nuts
are grated for medicinal, use Grated
cocoanut forms an ingredient of the
East Indian condiment curry. In the
Maldive islands labor is usually paid
for in cocoanuts.
Graham guardian., 1895-10-18
INSECTS AND CoNTAGIoN.
The Damage That Can Be Done Even by
n Gnat's Sting.

1t is generally understood that the
stings of some insects are essentially
poisonous in greater or less degree,
and must therefore be early and care
fully treated. Pain alone in such cases
will suffice for danger signal, and few
when thus warned would care to
neglect the puncture made by hornet,
a wasp, or even a bee. The fact that
other insects, like some species of fly,
are capable of equal or even greater
mischief, says the London Lancet, is not
SO commonly known as it ought to be.
The recent death of woman at Kings
ton from septic erysipelas thus caused
may be quoted in illustration. In ac-
counting for such occurrences two
points are specially noteworthy-name-
ly, the condition of health of the per-
son attacked and(th previous habitat
of the assailant.
In no case probably is it possible to
define exactly the influence exercised
by ed1h-of> these contributing factors.
This much we know, however, that no
matter how trivial or how great the eff
feet of the conveyed poison, it is much
enhanced by all conditions of weak
ness or blood impurity existing in the
sufferer. A mere midge OF gnat bite in
one person will prove almost as serious
in its effect as septic wound in an
other. There are in the system all the
material for a conhagration, and a
spark might light it up as well as fire.
brand. The habits of insects afford q
clew to the seeming vagary of their oc-
casional and accidental virulence. The
sting of the mandibles, which perhaps
are buried an hour previous in some
putrid sore, eXcreta or offal, cannot
penetrate living tissue without leav-
ing in it something of the same putrid
character. 1t is safer, therefore, for
medical practitioner to regard each and
every injury of this kind, however
slight, as a possible source of illness,
and at once to contrive it's relief by
poulticing antiseptic congresses or like
means