New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-19

the Arlington but he will shortly 90 to some pleas
ant place OF resort for the remainder OF the summer
and after his return to the city ne VII artaree 10
resident of Piura important point IN one OF tl11
northern provinces OF Peru where he mas occHPf d
Ing a diploma doctor or medicine ana DeinE 100
nzsd sa b OF S6or 1 ErusTren Is gente
man OF peasin personality on the sunny SIDE OF
iifes slope and unmarried
PROFESSOR LAURIAT'S MISSION-Professor
NJ. D. Zolla Laurat. of the French institute d
professor in the Agricultural School OF Grighoh'
France is in this country on tour or Inspection
What have come particularly to investigate III 'ie
United States he said yesterday, are the SCHOOLS
and colleges where practical training in farming
IS given the productions Of the various parts Oh
the country and the work OF the Agricultural De-
partment in Washington. The latter find TO be
carried on In a larger way than Is attempted III
Europe and ] consider the system employed ad-
mirable The laboratory results are splendid ana
the statistics are Of incaculabc value. am high
~ Indebted to Secretary Wilson for his gracious
reception and the many courtcsies that he has
rendered shall study the agricultural methods
of Pennsylvania and the New England states. then
go West to Chicago; thence to Minnesota and the
Dakotas. and on to oregon and California where
I shall spend some time viewing the vineyards. |
shall come back East and visit in the neighborhood
of Lexington. Ky Besides investigating the crops,
! shall find out all ! can about the dairy business
and the production Of butter and cheese As yet
have not been long enough in the United States to
give an opinion Of any value the country. but
know much more about it before my tour OF in
spection is ended"
PROSPERITY N NEW-MEXICO.-"We have
had more rain in New-Mcxico this season than in
any year in the last decades" said Solomon
Luna a well-known Republican politician and lead
er of that Territory in conversation yesterday. I'm
fact. the rainfall has been greater with than in
Kansas Nebraska, and Il consequence the
country is in better shape and looking prcter than
any other part OF the West The gramma grass is
luxurlant the mesas, and stock OF all kinds Is
rolling fat. The creates, industry of New-Mcx!co
Is sheep raising and the Of hocks are feel
ing pretty comfortable We getting II cents a
pound now. against > during the Wilson bill
period and think class OF WOODS Will Ultimate
~ 20 to IG cents. Az have in tho nelghborhood Of
5000 sheep my place, 1t is but natural that
should be proiectionist. as are all my nelghbors
There only about one hundred Democrats all
told IN the county live in, and even they In
favor Of nigh protection
INTERESTING POSTAL sTATIsTIcs.-The
delegates from the thirty-eight nations which were
represented at the Universal Postal Congress d.
rect tho affairs Of about two hundred thousand
postohces and about eight hundred thousand on
GERS and employees. The Government OF the United
States has more than one-third Of these postofces
under it's Jurisdiction. and employs lSic07 men TO
attend 10 its mails. Germany comes next, with
30 9i3 postofces and 1884 employees Great Britain
has 1920 postofiices and 1898 employees. India
Canada France and Russia come next in order.
In France there sos postofces. and there are
only 1854 In all the great Russian Empire Japan
has the largest number 81 men employed in pro-
portion to the number Of posiolices. II Is a curl
GUS fact that Portugal has 1900 more pos,ofices
than Spain The smallest number reported from
any country s the Congo Free State. which has
only ten Offices and twenty-cight employees IN its
service In respect the number OF letters. postal
cards and newspapers handled. well the
accuracy OF the service. the United States stands
at the head OF nations. Germany comes second,
Great Britain third and Austria fourth. More
women are employed by Great Britain In the postal
service than by any other nation. The postal card
was invented In Germany. and is In general
usc In that country than anywhere else in the
world The United States exceeds all other rations
in the total circulation OF letters and newspapers.
This Government sells :uorc than two billion two
cent postage stamps annually. over six hundred
thousand one-ccnt STAMPS. twelve million three
cent stamps. twenty million four-ccnt stamps and
fifty million nyc-ccnt stamps. which are used al
most exclusively for foreign letters. Switzerland
has the largest number OF postoiiIces In proportion
TO her arca--hat H.. TO every &c square miles
and New Zealand has the largest number In pro-
portion her population one 10 every $50 people.
while down In the Congo there IL only one post
Office for every i,J1GD of population and lOi go
square miles OF area. The United States has
every S3 of population Great Britain has a post
ofico for Six miles OF territory and