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New-York tribune., 1899-07-25

outstanding
uhcates .$265 s0o5s $265 99S 400 Inc s217502
Deposits in Ma
tional banks. 1904. 72l II $50 24l Dec. 21l,4s0
Available cash S343 s22 go s348 701 Sc 022
Minor liabilities ~ 1921 60 Os2 453 Dec s65 46s
bal $3.50 75S sSf 746 24S sS71 400
GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington A7s,2s7; internal reve-
nue. receipts N49742l: miscellaneous receipts. S5,
s29; total receipts. s2,03O5S7 expenditures, $4,000
Receipts for month date $7 1877 sol: expenditures
$5 703 900; OF expenditures. 1866 309. Re-
ceipts Of National bank notes for redemption,
s225,735
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE SALES.
STOCKS.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-25
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

The daily Washington Treasury statement. COW
ering actual results Of two days ago. compared
with the last preceding statement, is follows:
July % July "a. Changes.
Net gold s244 $40 623 SPA 997 14s Inc. 1854 525
Net silver ........ 504474S 300. 4i9 Inc. Is 1ol
L. notes. 15.O29 219 1908 019 Inc. 80 794
Net Treas. S64 36S $3.50 Inc. 13 4s2
New-York tribune., 1899-07-25
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.

sUnlisted. tS20F.
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BITS OF EMERSON.
Read in the line of your genius.

Read in the line of your genius.
 With consistency great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as we'll concern himself with his shadow on the wall
 think sometimes, could only have music on my own terms; could live in a great city, and know where could go whenever 1 wished the ablution and in- undation of musical waves, that were bath and a medicine.
 For everything that is given some thing is taken. Society acquires new arts and loses all instincts. The civil ized man has built coach, but has lost the use of his feet; be has fine Geneva watch, but cannot tell the hour by the sun.
 We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature Is always providing such in every society; only let us have the real instead of the titular. In every society some are born to rule and some to advise. The chief is the chief all the world over, only not his cap and plume. It is only this dislike of the pretender which makes men sometimes unjust to the true and finished man.
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should l need to strengthen the team, is supreme. l will use it.
 And then Hanlon set aside Capt Griffin, of the Brooklyn, thereby driving that great fielder out Of the diamond atmosphere, and placed Veteran Kel- ley, of the orioles, in charge of the re organized Brooklyns. While Keeler. one of the best batsmen of the league and for one season the undisputed premier in getting base hits, was am chored in right field. Jones and Andef- son, of the trolley-dodgers were re served for the outfeld, but after Me Gam was shown up as a first baseman little too slow for pennant winners, Anderson, the "tall sycamore of the Passaic,s was assigned 10 first base All this time IIanlon had ideas of using Hughey Jennings, his hustling, bat ting. brilliant and pugnaeious infelder. at shortstop. But Jennings than had a lame arm, and of course could not fill in at the keystone position. although his first base work is very satisfactory. To gold-brick some league manager or magnate was the next task of the shrewd and willy leader of baseball champions. His opportunity came when he saw that "Bill' Dahlen. one of the best shortstops that ever donped the spiked shoes, was persona non grata with President Hart, of the Chicago club. Hart could not get along with the captain, and determined to get rid of Dahlen. For once the desire 10 mas ter player at the expense of his team, got the better of Jim Hart's usual con seryative and efficient discernment. He yielded to the diplomacy of Hanlon and traded Dahlen for Eugene DeMontre- vile, one of the young school of ''freshn players that never take seriously the duty that they owe to the employer as we'll as the public, to play good ball. and Chicago had to put up with De monts" breaches of discipline and er- ratie work until he was summarilv dis posed of With Hanlon, though, all was rosy. Dahlen played like the little pearl" of old that used to electrify the Chicago throngs, and contributed much towards Brooklyn's advance. Chicago has merely experimented at the posi- ton of shortstop since the appearance of new face in Dahlenville.
 Another evidence of the baseball brains-Hanlon realized at once that time spent with weak baekstops was so much time and money lost. The catching department of the Brooklvns needed strengthening. Other clubs needed hackstopping reenforeements put the magnates declared that it was impossible to goigto the highways and byways and pick up Mike Kellys B,.t the sbasilisk gazeo of Haulon was ,'is 5i Secsed towards the purely mercena,v
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DISCUSSES
INTERNATIONAL
YACHT RACE

rock are purity good sailors. As far as that's concerned, Pedlar Palmer was purity good fighter: He was the best they had in England. Why, over in that country, he licked these men of his own weight as fast as they could be passed up to him. He simply made lunch of 'em. The English thought he could lick any Twin thing that weighed 116 pounds. He was wonder until he run against this tough little nut called Terry McGoyern, an then he wuzn't any better'n a sick cash girl, not bit. Terry began handin' him rights an lefts quicker'n you could count, an. the first thing you know, Pedlar was, stretched out dreamin' that he was back in the old country, eatin' an Eng fish muffin. I s'pose you heard about the scheme to take these mevin' pie lures of the fight. The man was up there with his machine all ready 10 get whatever come off. Somebody rang a bell an they went at it, an the next thing anybody knew, it was all over. understand that when this photo graph guy looked at his negative to see what he'd got, he couldn't make anything out except kind of blur That's how fast we fight in this coun- try. We fight so fast that you can't get a photograph of 1t. Whats more, we're just as swift when it comes to sailin boat. If the other fellows don't t get purity lively jump on 'em, we'll cut out an sail that race an be home eating supper before they get a good fair start. I'll tell you there ain't a thing to it. We're out to win. We've got purity sassy opinions of what we can do an we're ready to back up our opinions with anything from chalk an slate pencils up.''
 "oh, very we'll" I said. If I see Sir Thomas Lipton I'n tell him that you're willing to make bet"
 "I'H lay anything I've got. Johnny Bulls got to win race before he be-
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RAMS TRAINED TO FIGHT.
Their First Horns Are Torn Out in Order to Develop Stronger
 Ones.

The natives of India are keen sports men, in that they enjoy wagering on the element of chance, and in Bengal a favorite sport is ram-fghting. A like ly male lamb is chosen, when quite young, and his training often extends over IS months to two years. The first operation is to make him grow suitable horns. To attain this end. when his first horns appear the owner grasps them in his teeth and tears them out of their sockets. This operation has to be repeated upon subsequent growths two or three times. Then the young champion develops a really massive pair, very broad at the base. He is always chained, presumably to make him pugnacious. When his horns are sufficiently tough he is taught but ting. His trainer dons wooden shield and the ram is taught to butt it. at first with only a short run. But as he takes to his training he backs further and further from the object, until the legitimate distance is arrived at. By this time he has begun to put such force into his butts that it takes two men to hold the shield, and good ram will upset them at every charge. When he is fit he is taken to match.
 The trainers then straddle their ami mals, grasping them by the horns, and bring them into the arena facing each other about 40 feet apart. The word is sxen, the trainers slip the animals, and the rams precipitate themselves forward at lightning speed. heads down, quarters up. They meet with laundering crash, the horns and skulls changing as if they were metal. The animals then back of their own accord, and close again, with the same awful impetuosity. Again and again they close. until one of the two refuses to face the music. Then the victor ehases him from the arena.-Golden Penny.
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SOLID WALLS OF WHEAT
Five Thousand Acres of Golden Grain Harvested on One
 Oklahoma Ranch.

OlSlahoma's largest wheat field lies a few miles west of the small railway station of Bliss, in Kay county. It com tains 5000 acres, and belongs to the noted ranch "101," which contains 15,- GOO acres of land leased from the Ponca Indians. Two hundred men, more than 300 mules and horses, and A big twine binders were employed in cutting and shocking the grain grown on this mag nificent field this year.
 Every principle of good farming was observed in eultiyating this big field, with the result that the total output will be not less than 100000 bushels of as good wheat as can be found in Ok lahoma. It is estimated that the aver- age acre yield will be from 20 10 25 bushels. There are many acres that will run from 40 10 50 bushels. Buyers have already offered 60 cents a bushel for the entire crop. It is probable that the owners will get from 60 to 70 cents, a gross sum of $65, 1000 or $7o, ,000. The cost of producing this wheat and putt ting it on board ears will be 2a cents a bushel, leaving a net profit of about S35,0oo.
 Wheat is king in the strip, and it's Importance eclipses everything else on ranch "1o1" Numerically, a 5,0o0-aere wheat field is not very impressive. To ride over it, however, in blazing sun- shine is 10 give rise to the feeling that it covers the face of the earth The 5000 acres of wheat on ranch "t01s are die vided into two fields of almost equal size by the Salt Fork river, stream that pours down large volume of wa- ter at this time of year. Great yellow undulations of grain swept alongside the river and then away toward the distant hills, until they seemed to reach the sky. It was so far across the fields that the shocks look like solid wall of wheat. In the field on the south side of the river the first circuit witha binder was made by Superintendent Miller.
 4'There was not man who could guess how long it would take me to make the round, said he. T piled q supply of twine on my binder and start cd. It was almost dinner time when I got back. l was gone four hours and travelled six miles"
 The distances are so great on the ranch that it was impossible for the men to turn in at one place for their meals. The loss of time would amount to hundreds of dollars in a season. Ac- eordingly, camps are established at different places, generally close to q stream, where the men live in tents and the meals are prepared by ranch cooks. Kansas City Star
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discovery, which he considers the erowning event of his wonderful career, and which is embodied in a new article of commerce, known as Red Cross Starch (Red Cross trade mark.) He is planning to distribute millions of packages of this starch to the housewives of America, at a merely nominal pnice to the consumer, in order to make it's merits known without de- lay. Thus, for but cents two large 10c packages of Red Cross Starch may be had, together with two magnificent Shakespearean views printed in 12 beautiful colors, or a Twentieth Gen. tury Girl Calendar; or for only 20 cents 10 packages of the starch and the entire series of eight Shakespearean views and one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar-views alone easily worth $1.00. Watch this paper for future premium announcements, of which every lady will certainly want to take advantage.
 While MT. Hubinger will devote his best energies to the manufacture of this new and wonderful starch, he will not retire from the various financial enterprises in which he is interested street railways, electric lighting plants and the Mississippi Valley Telephone Co.,, with 10000 telephone subscribers in Minneapolis and St. Paul-nor will his augmented activity interfere with his social obligations and exercise of the splendid hospitality which he dis penses at his palatial Keoluk home. MT. Hubinger's family, consisting of himself, wife and four children, is the pivot around which his activity re- wolves. and while fona of promoting great enterprises, he is still fonder of his home circle, where he spends every moment of time not taken up by busi- ness or public cares.
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a minute that we ain't goin' to win. We've simply got to win. We'll win if we have to get out an push the boat across the line. If the Shamrock gets ahead we'll shut off the wind. 1 figure that we can't lose. When bunch of fly Americans go out to do job of work they're usually prepared for whatever turns up, an can't see those boys on the Columbia lettin' anybody come up an go past 'em. They'll either win or else they'll break somethin in the effort, you can gamble on that. Them fellows on the English boat have got to be quicker'n cats and smarter'n chained lightning if they fool the boys on our boat"
 You must remember that they are pretty good sailors and have had just as much experience as our men," said,
 "Old man Bugley that lives right over there has had 70 years experience. an he don't know enough 10 go in out 0 the rain. Experience is no good unless you've got the stuff in you, to begin with. s'pose these guys on the Sham
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short, instead of carrying out the ord
 nal programme of playing third b3sI
 And many a time the little Casey hd.
 elicited the applause of the crowds bl
 his finished way of fielding lis posI
 ton. He comes in fast on almost aI
 possible bunts, and cuts off the runneI
 at first by an arched throw that al
 effective as that of the much-talked.o5
 Jimmy Collins. the premier third.cork ner man of the Bostons. But in thsN care and pains used in selecting tel men who were to stand on the slab2ass face the opposing batsmen, HaHIslk showed that he was worth his reeaa pense many times over. Pitcher AN Maui, he of the start1igg resarreetaas last season, had the ehrmarks of t.has been" when the season opened but Hanlon trusted Roaring Bifi Kennedy. That confidence was repaid for Kennedy has won t9 games and lost but nine at the time of this writ ing. Twirler Hughes, one of Hanlon's finds, who had made a good record foi lHit 0EiOtt5- It4itdldtQ lbl AlAC pli phans last season to give the southern pitcher his first real taste of bonn bardment-was taken for one of th chief men of the Brooklyn staff. Hoy well Hughes has done his work is show by his record-the best of any leagu pitcher in games won. He twirled hi team to victory g times, and is credite with but four defeats. Pitcher Jac Dunn, who is one of the aH-around SO of players that a manager likes to hal on his team-something like JirnH Callahan, of Chicago-and who oft twirls the better as the result of
 constant stream of advice from an al hiring brother, who calls out from Il stand; Soak lem, Jack!" has pitch g winning games for his team, and h. Il defeats chalked up against hfr Kennedy's record is 19 games won al nine lost. pr. James Ng5ames had
 ease of hard luck pitching for Brookly during the first part of the season, bl his work of late has been of the kir that inspires the fans. He can boast l6 winning contests and but II q feats. Three other games were lost I the league leaders, but l am not ul
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JOHN c. HUBINGER.
Remarkable Career of a weII-KnowA n Western Capitalist, Mnnufact-
 urer and PhiIanthrOpist.

Among the leaders of the progressive element for which the midle west is famous, MT. John c. Hubinger, of Keo- kul5, la, reigns without a peer. As manufacturer, as an enterprising cap italist and as philanthropist his fame has spread over many states, and his financial enterprises have developed many obscure towns into progressive, thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr. Hubinger, although but AT years of age, can look back upon scores of com mereial victories, each one of which has benefited mankind, for his liberality is as bountiful as his business sagacity is marvellous He was born in New Or leans, La, his parents being of French and German origin. When he was four years old, his family removed to Ken lucky, in which state young Hubinger received public school education. AL most before reaching mans estate he secured patents on number of val uable mechanical inventions, thereby laying the foundation of his present fortune.
 By inclination and force of cireum- stances his attention was early direct ed to the manufacture of starch by im- proved processes, and in the course of time he became the head of a concern having an annual business of millions of dollars. But genuine ambition never quite satisfied with existing con. ditions, works ever toward perfection, and after years of painstalcing study and research Mir. Hubinger has made a
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TEA FASTER IS KING.
Interesting Facts About Prices of the FRvorite Beverage in It's
 Native Land.

Tn average price at Hankow for this first quality of black leaf tea, which is all shipped to Odessa, is about 10 Mex ican dollars for each 90-pound chest. Twenty-Five half chests of this first crops pelloe leaves are sent to the em- peror of Russia for palace use. Several times it has happened that the whole crop of some particular farm or hillside has been brought up by the Russians and shipped before Chinese connois- seurs, who would drink no other tea, Knew it. At once they cabled to Odessa and had the tea bought on arrival and shipped back to China. Twice on the Yang-tse I used rich and fragrant tea from the keemung hills that had per- formed that journey to Odessa and re- turn, because some mandarin knew what he wanted and was willing to pay for it.
 The tea taster is king at Hanllow for the six weeks of his exclusive reign, and whatever he may do during the re- mainder of the year he is q most rigid abstainer during the high seasons, when every faculty of his keenest senses is on the alert. Although he never swallows a sample sip, the tea-taster's s nerves and digestion are impaired at the end of ten or twelve years, even the stimulating effect of the strong, volatile aroma in the tea hongs some times giving retired tea tasters att tacks of the tea sremens which the Chinese and Japanese recognize as a disease; while temperance reformers, usually green tea drinkers, seem ig- norant of the fact that other stimu- lants than alcohol may be abused. The professional tea taster at Hankow is said to drink only soda or mineral wa ters during the scorching weeks of his exacting season, and when word goes round the settlement that such one of the great experts was seen to take sherry and bitterS at the club, it is q signal that the great tea season is declining, that little choice tea is being brought in. Then the tension relaNes, and certain section of Hankow gives itself over to jubilation and indulg- ence that are the scandal and byword of the other ports. Although the tea firms are all Russian or Siberians now, the tea tasters are Englishmen, and, for reasons not flattering to Russian character, it is said that tea tasters will always be English.-Century.
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. ASEBALL fans have, by com

nN ASEBALL fans have, by com
 HS mon consent, conceded the pen u-Z/ nant of the National league for 1899 to the Brooklyn club. Nothing but the contingency of Philadelphia re- fusing to lose a game now that Col Rogers has been held to his promise of q bonus of $2, 500 to his players, can take the coveted honor from Manager Ned Hanlon's men. For all practical purposes the flag might as well be hoisted now in the Brooklyn's park. Boston, that former dangerous rival for the first honors, appears to be merely contestant for third place. And with Manager Selee being assailed on all sides by the enthusiasts of the Hub to cast off his veterans and load up with ''new blood" beautifulincen- tive is furnished the old men to do well the remainder of the season.
 Brooklyn's high station in the league is profitable to President Ebbets and his confreres of the management, but it leaves a bad taste In the mouths of the fans who, like the men who attended the recent trust conference, refuse to see anything good in a Syndicate or combination" In many respects Man ager Hanlon Is the baseball general who should be given great credit for accomplishing so much with the trol- ley dodgers. The public will never be able to learn the great amount of de- tail that the former great player dealt with in managing his men. Before the season began it was apparent to those critics who saw the possibilities of the Brooklyn-Baltimore syndicate, that Hanlon would win the pennant for his new team. This is how Ianlon laid out his plan of campaigns: am given my choice of the Baltimore and Brooklyn outfits, and I must select a team that will win for Brooklyn and yet retain enough material for the Monumental City team to stimulate interest in the orioles and give an enterprising sue cessor to myself an opportunity to talk about giving Brooklyn hard battle.' My power to purchase players outright,
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this year? l don't see any good reason why We shouldn't keep right on turnin' the trick, do you2 Say, we've got so used to beatin' lem at boat races that it comes natural to us. It's got to be a habit On the level, don't think we could quit if we wanted to. Yes, sir, we can go out and beat 'em with our eyes shut"
 Pride goes before a fall" I said. You'd better not be too sure of vic tory. Everyone says the Shamrock is a swift boat, and you can depend upon it that Sir Thomas Lipton is nobody's fool. He built this boat to win and he's a hustler"
 Hes good and his boats good until they get into company that's too swift for them," said Billy. as he closed one eye and nodded wisely. ''I s'pose he's gone out in his Shamrock and chased past few rowboats an now he thinks he can beat the world We'll, say, when he tries to cut loose an go past the Columbia he'll think he's tied to some thing an can't budge."
 That's brave talk, said, but there are great many competent judges who are not at all sure that we can win.''
 Twin? Win?" he repeated. We've got to win, We'll be there to win and will win if we have to put on all the extra spinnakers and jibs in the shop"
 You seem to be quite familiar with marine terms" suggested.
 "0h, I've been readin' about it, the same as everybody else" he said. But don't you lose your nerve or think for
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WONDERS OF THE CALENDAR.

Since the reform of the calendar by Pope Gregory XIII, in 1882, no century can begin with Wednesday, a Friday or Sunday. The same calendar can be used every 20 years.
 January and October of the same year always begin with the same day. So do April and July, also September and December. February, March and November also begin with the same oay. New Years day and St. Sylvester's day also fall on the same day, except, of course. in leap years.
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MEN WHO HAVE MADE THE BROOK
 LIN BALL CLUB GREAT DURING 9 THE SEASON JUST CLOSING.

owners of the Washington outfit mixed good and indifferent players s,
 Manager Jim MeGuire, the faitbss backstop of the Senators, was baris into Hanlon's camp. Duke" FarrsI the big. smiling catcher, whom son managers thought had outliyed \ usefulness as player, was also ol tained by Hanlon, the other baeksto, being given their clearaydee papers I minutive Casey, who Agas not pa, enough for Washington critics, was n, on third base, after Hanlon was fore, to put Dahlen back. into the groove
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WHO'S GOING to win the big yacht race ?'' l asked, as Billy and 1 sat on the f Q n c e q Il d watched all the small boys in our neighborhood play a continuous game of baseball.
 Do you mean t h Q o n e n e X t month, between us and that English