New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-21

Again the housewives uckless thumb
is being driven to the wall
Instead OF the picture nall. see'
indianapolis Journal
Tho little space surrounding the Franklin Statue
IN Printing House Square is given over to the uses
of street merchants OF the humber class Grouped
around the base Of the statue one may see on fine
day half dozen different establishments" not
the least picturesque OF which is that OF the APPLE
woman. her Of the ampe girth, and the two not
uncomely little maids who assist her Another
sight not without a touch OF pathOs, is that Of
the man who sits there behind his tiny mprovised
counter on which displayed two or three glasses
of some nameess red liquid. mutely and patiently
inviting custom.
The Kiss Mcrobe-He-Just kiss me once. my
darling; my only highest p TIE :or,ro u,er
carbolzed.- (Exchange.
The part OF the Occ.dent in which the settlement
OF Hawye is located had been afflicted with
long and severe drouth. After the aoest attempts
OF the rain-makers had brought no relief, special
prayer-meet.ng held at the Methods; Church.
and a united appeal for rain was made to Provi-
dencc. When the service had been gong on for
some time Colonel Handy Polk. enterprsng
real estate agent arose in his place, and with be-
coming humility began: "Our Heavenly Father, We
are assembled yere to-day TO call Thy attention
to the fact that need rain, and need 1t mighty
bad! II hahn, Of merely wanrn 1t, but
we've jest nacherly got 70 have II or go stone
broke. Our business interests are Frustrated, and
town lots bein offered for half the prices they
would have brought SIX months ago. and go!n'
begin at that. Our crops burnt up and II We
don't git relief half OF the population viii be
forced TO pull up stakes and go back East 10 their
wives people. And IN addition to the distress
that a contnneration OF this yere drouth VII bring
to u.s. beg 10 call Thy attention 10 the injury II
will inflct upon Thy cause and kingdom In this
If he fafnt-heartel
back slidden and 1t IL only question OF time VII
sin and innickerty rampant in our midst
Now, / beg also TO remind Thee that II is Colonel
Handy Polk, the wel-known real estate. loan ana
insurance agent who Is humbly askn' this favor
OF Thee. and that Thou canst depend upon IT that
the stands preszely as have stated H. And
I hope Thou wilt give my humble petition Thy
keerful attention. and grant us, before tomorrow
night by the dag after tomorrow, at the very
latest the rain badly need" II is 10 be re-
corded that. within the space Of twenty-tour hours
from that time. the rain began falling In torrents
The Matthewson street Methodist Episcopal
There was found between the trusses in the roof
a piece OF board 5xs inches, which served as a
in pencil: This house was built in $3.50 Tor the
use OF the theological God OF those days that Is
20 Of the FmrSe sve bill by
Of the United States. on the reverse side appears
pencil The directory Of 1853 gives the name O.
Samuel f. Dexter. a carpenter, living at No
Point-st.. and the presumption is that he worked
on the church and left this written mementO.-
Boston Herald.
Clear Lake. seventy-hve miles north o. san Fran
cisco and 1877 feet above the level. having us
outlet in Cache Creek. a stream supplying SA"e"
gallons OF water daily. is TO have its forces trans
lated into electricity sent on overhead copper wires
10000 horsepower and upward. TO the motors AZ
San Francisco. besides doing lots Of useful work
all around the region and on the line OF transit
On the way, the waste water Is 10 irrigate nun
dreds OF thousands OF acres OF land making It oud
and blossom Ike the rose. The water viii be shot
through Pelton wheels, which will be connected
directly with the dynomos the latter being among
the largest and most powerful known The trans
mission OF the electricity under the waters OF the
bay has been an intricate and difficult problem
but has found its solution. and now presents no
obstacles OF a serious character Compared win
the Potentially OF Niagara. which is equipped 10
send abroad 10000 horsepower over Its electric
channels, the forces generated by the descending
floods OF Clear Lake not very great. but arc
enough to help along the industries OF San Fran
cisco greatly. besides those subordinate and various
utilities on the way California is taking a frons
rank in electrical enterprises. and has enough
power stored up in her mountain lakes and streams
to make her one of the greatest manufacturing and
Industrial regions in the world. at the same time
promoting her fertility in an immeasurabe degree.
to support your party in its new platform. asked
the anxious inquirer II support my partyg" SAID
got things mixed. What l expect is for my
party TO support me, as IT has done for years
washington Evening star.
The statement made recently that the botanic
garden to be established in this city will be the
only In the United States Is mistake. as Is
shown by the annual volumes prepared by THO
director OF the Missouri Botanic Gardens. Tho
late Of
as far back as 1850 began the work OF establishing
a garden in that city, modelled after the famous
OF Kew. England. Mr.. Shaw died in 1883. ana
in the thrty-nlne years OF his nfe before his death
spent more than million dollars in perfecting the
Missouri Botanic Gardens In his will II was found
that he had left N.5OOOoo in money and productive
real estate to perpetuate his benehcent work TIE
yearly income from this is now $4,000 ana
there to-day growing in this garden. planted
almost forty-fve years ago. oak. sassafras .unp
trees silver naples. etc. some OF which are 'u"'
three feet In diameter. II will naturally De man'
years before the New-York garden VIII equal IN
beauty that o, the Western city, but the senue
men who have undertaken to establish 1t desef"
the thanks OF all citizens.
Very Doubtful Assuraace.-Away out West,
t'onductor-See here. don't stop at that stauom
Tenderfoot-But you see my ticket CANS io' W.
Conductor after a moment-well. let Y go; wen
probably be held up along there somewhere my
how.-(ExchanSe.
An authority on European affairs recently N
speaking OF the Japan-China war. declared tna'
was easy for the japanese to win from the emma
men, II was simply he added. the victory OF
gamecock over a big clumsy mud-turte. when >.
so awkward and slow that he can hardly get 0"'
OF his own way. But walt" declared the war
prophet "and see this samecock when he jumps w
against the great Russian bear. and YOU VIII sev
more feathers ny than you can shake SUCK ~.
He says that war is inevitable. and predicts 'n"'
all the feathers Will be plucked OF the Japahe"
fowl.
Cumulative Eyidence-"You ought to be WI
proud OF your wife She Is brilliant taiker
You're right there" .
why I could listen to her all night"
~ often do."-lTexas Slftin"-