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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20
MONUMENT TO THE MOTHER or LINCOLN

Indianapolis Ind. April ~ -Governor Mount AMI
other members OF the Many Hanks lincoln Ne
mortal Association returned last night from In
coin CITY The county agreed 70 purchase sixteen
acres of ground This Will De sufficient % make
small park and give an opening from the hhI on
which Mrs Lincoln is buried down the pubic
highway The monument viii be constructed ~
Springfield. Ill. firm and the Commission vi" sec
that the ground is properly fenced and kept IN re-
pair. IL is probable that a permanent cnmrnittSe
composed OF the Governor OF the state cOmulaniet
OF the Grand Army % the Republic and the county
Commissioners Of Spencer County. will be appolnteS
that the place y kept up properly ana Fe-
pairs made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20
THE CHI PSI CONVENTION.
MEMBERS To HAVE A DINNER TONIGHT AT
WHICH CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER AND Ex-
SPEAKER REED ARE EXPECTED
To BE PRESENT
TO BE present

The annual convention of the Chi Psi fraternity
was continued yesterday at the Holland House a
variety OF business being transacted. Last night
the delegates entertained at dinner at the
cafe Boulevard by H. l.. Twitchel. secretary of the
New-York Alumni Association. The convention will
continue until tonight. There will be a Joint din
ner OF the delegates and the Alumni Associa ton
at the Holland House. Among the prominent Chi
Psi men expected to be present are Chief Justice
FULLER ex-speaker Reed. Commodore Gerry and
Justice Francis NJ Scott
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20
VALUE OF TANDEBTLT ESTATE.
AN EXPLANATION OF AsEEMING SHRINK.
AGE

AN EXPLANATION OF ASEENING SHRINK
AGE
Some surprise was expresSi yesterday when
became generally known tina the appraised vslls
of the estate of Cornelius Naderbf!t amounted .
about $50 .0oc0C Chaurcey NJ Depew al the tina
of Mr.. Vanderbilt's death eimaJed Il az about
$40 coo 90 The inheritance tax mounts 20 Se0 - q
which has been paid and receiIed for by Controlar
oler This does not include he transfer
the 100000 trust fund left D. W II. Vanderbilt
to Cornelius Vanderbilt. withthe power OF sp-
ROssiter would comment upon he matter yes;ss-
day. and Chauncey NJ. Depew. te other executor
Is in Washington II may be sal, however, in sx-
PLANTATION Of the apparent shrinkge % the estate
as was pointed out by The Tribue at the time q
Mr.. VanderbIt's death. that for months pre-
vious TO his decease he knew tina he could never
be active again. and that death a matter o.
only few months and bestowed slarge portion Of
his estate where he intended IL shod go. This left
the properly 20 be disposed Of uuer the viii con
siderably lessrned. aid explains theapparent short
ness.
Henry Il. Anderson. who drew UIaud offered for
probate Cornelius Vauderbilts will.when seen yes
terday by Tribune reporter saidthst ans cues
ton as to the low appraiSement O the estate ror
taxable purposes did not concern him tie ex-
planned that the only person VII could speak
matters connected with its taXGion was = v.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

The Cuban elections are set for June IS. That
will be a Saturday. thus denoting a departure
from the former rule OF Sunday elections The
change is in accordance with United States
ideas, and it is TO be hoped the general conduct
Of the elections will similarly be we'll up to the
United States standard. 1t will be the first op-
portunity of the Cuban people to show their
fitness for some degree of local self-government
and every we'll wisher of the island must hone
that it will be improved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

rio'" rue san Juan News. Porto Rico April
hatles u ffuell. who was secretary OF the Ir,t,a4
STATES special commission has written a letter ~
me NeW1h ork Tribune In which he points ont tba
heeu IN Porto Rico of village comtnunitlcs III
views are well worth considering rus
Nlr, butl saNS that only 10 per cent OF the total
population or Porto Rico live in towns: the re
nainder, NJ per cent. live dispersed In he countrv
not IN villages even but singly. rhis sCotIarcsi
state OF the people makes IL difficult 10 spreai ,ba
educational system The children .annot he ssn,
10 school, because they have long distar sss 10 40
nus so long as the present con iitions eN all f6e
extension OF public instruction seems .mpossl he
lagos '~f'0 Ai VIZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

Washington. April 70 Special Representative
Clvnn OF New York. thinks the Government shol'd
signalize the fact that General Philip p S"e 10
was born in Albany by erecting In thar city rnann-
rnent commemorative his career and services Try
thousand dollars il the nNed by Mr. 0.Suu -. y.
a bill introduced by him in the House 20 tl'0' 80
cost Of such a memorial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

ANSWER SERVED IN ANOTHER ACTION FOR
CLOTHING BILLS.

CLOTHING BILLS.
Mrs Howard Gould who was sued In a uun,cfnal
court by Nine Mirabela for SIS for a silk
waist, won her case yesterday. Justice Steiner de-
Gliding that she need not pay the bill He assessed
$40 costs on the plaintiff. Mrs Gould declined 10
pay for the garment on the ground thar n dtd MOI,
fit
Mr.. Hummei, Mrs. Gould's lawyer intimated YES
terday that the costs of the action when collected
for Mrs Gould. would be given 10 the poor
A. II. Hummel yesterday served Mrs Howard
Gould's answer to the suit OF Mrs. Marietta Smith
and Henrietta Dillon, who seek 10 recover 81 gs5 for
wearing apparel furnished 10 Mrs Gould Mr.
Hummei. In his defence. alleges that his ellen,
does not owe the plaintiffs a cent having petd
them S.0lO. which is more than the plainttYs arc
entitled TO. Mrs. Gould's for not paving
the bill are set forth in the answer In detail and In
the case or an imported muslin painted tea gown
Tor which a bill OF $3.50 rendered Mrs C;ouid
AYERS that she did not order the garment ar al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20
TO HnNoR coNSrL RtMSnEN,S NEnORY.

Washington. april 19.-SeCretary Long has In'er-
taken 10 have a bronze tablet east az the Nasu-
ington Navy Yard and erected in santiago De CuoA
AZ a point 20 be designated by General Wood N
memory OF the services ~ the late Frederick w
Ramsden who while British Consul az Sant'aso
rendered valuable services 20 the United states N
protecting American interests there durlnS W
stere ard who died at his post 90 duty The tahle
viii bear an inscription recounting the services o.
Mr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20
CHICAGO Will INVITE ARGOS AGAIN.

Chicago. April 19.-Spain's Minister 70 the TINTED
States the Duke OF ARGOS. = to be invited % at
tend the thirty-tOurth annual National Encamp-
ment OF the Grand Army % the Republic. 20 ee
held IN Chicago In August William IT, n. Harper
executive director OF the locs committee said tast
the invitation would be forwarded IN a few days
An acceptance Is expected Notwithstanding the lsc'
that the Duke irritated by the receipt OF re-
quest that he attend the Dewey celebration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20
WILL or EX-SENATOR SAWYER.

Oshkosh Wis, April 1s.-The WI % the sss
United States Senator Phietus Sawyr was fled FOR
probate this afternoon The estatels estimated 20
be worth over 81 0DO.01o and all goe TO the family
with the exception OF $1,000 LETT 20 the Ladies
Benevolent Society of Oshkosh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

In considering the question OF the smoke evil
IN New-York Harbor the testimony of one navi-
gator that he has found the smoke a menace
to safe passage seems to the average Iayman
more convincing than that of several that they
have never been bothered by it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

Sweden joins the militant procession Of the
Powers by voting increased supplies for new
rifles. cannon and ammunition. for the organiza-
ton OF additional volunteer corps and for en-
largement of the navy. 1t is not clear whether
such increase of strength is meant to meet the
aggressions of her hereditary fee, Russia, to
deal with the antagonism of her side partner,
Norway. Sweden has not figured much In wars
for some generations. But she once produced
some of the best lighting stock of the world.
and there is reason to suppose that she has
lost her vitality. With the pent up hatreds and
accumulated wrongs OF two centuries let loose.
she might make a brave showing against even
that colossal Eastern neighbor and foe which
has made the spoliation of Fnlan the first step
in q march to Stockholm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

If there is any essential difference between
the offence of shooting ones adversary under
cover of the white flag and that of getting in a
position to shoot him under cover of the Red
Cross it is not apparent to ordinary intelligence
Many simple minded persons would say that the
one crime called for a drumhead court martial
and transformations execution as distinctly as
the other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

The arresting and disarming OF the Croton
River strikers must be regarded as wise and
Just. The carrying of concealed deadly weapons
is forbidden by law. and there is no reason why
that law should not be enforced upon striking
workmen well upon any else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

tomorrow night Is Miss Mary MannerIug's fra
Wen night at Days, as II ends her three vaars.
=. -, WIN Dahiel Frohman As compliment
TO Miss Mannering "Trelawny OF the vans,. -,
De performed and she will appear for tho las, 81,
at hose Ireiawny. taking her leave not ONLY in th
play from her associates of the RsgrtgpSS W M
Iheatre but also from her companions at DaIv,s"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

Judging from the tone of some of the speeches
at the Brooklyn Democratic Club dinner, what
troubles the Democratic campaigners most is
the prosperity of the country under Republican
rule. They must get rid of this inconvenient
prosperity and bring on hard times, else their
stock in trade is gone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

The Rudolph Aronson Opera Compgnv has ho.,
Incorporated at Albany for the purpose OF exnIot,
ing the light operas which Mr. Aronson has -.
buying in Europe In the last few weeks Tba -
4ahN Will probably produce certain works itse,, IN
dispose or others 10 other managers and a. - a'i
pean stage. W" tue fuFo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

Better security than Bardolph's' is required
to give credit to Laureate Austin's declaration
that the Irish not a poetic people. The
opinion of the world has long been TO the con-
trary. and that their prosaic qualities are in a
general way insufficient to make ends meet and
accounts balance. Not poetic. forsooth! The
land blossoms with song Astounding it's sham
rock, It has done since the days of ST
Patrick; some better and some worse, but all
OF the most conscientious lyrical intention. 1t
is in order for Ireland to declare that Sir
Alfred IS not poetic, point of view deficient in
novelty but better sustained than the deprecia-
tory dictum to which it would be re1oinder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

Lord Robertss criticisms Of the Spion Kop af-
fair and Sir Redvers Buffers Christmas at Pre-
toria'' talk would make a particularly interest
ing deadly parallel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20

Inc seventh regular service OF the Actors Church
Alhahce VIII be held at All Souls EpisroneI
ohureh' al Madison-ave. and Sixty-sixth-st on
sunday al ii a. m. The Rev. DIR. r Heber Nar,,o,
InG rector or the church, will make an address %
WeiSome ana there Will be sermon bv the Ray
Wafer r. bentley, who formerly an actor -
me Churchs Message to the Theatre OF Tod, ;"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-20
NOTES OF THE STAGE

The pupils of the stanhope- Wheatcroft rraro,,,
School gave their last matinee for the season ~
the Madison Square Theatre yesterday Tho, -
plays. ~ 'i'iVe Ohe-act
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-04-07

mine of your own. The yellow dust
may be confined to small areas here
and there, but the equivalent is scat
on the average farm than in the aver
age gold mine.
The toiling masses must eat and be
clothed. The rich and poor live from
the earth. But the gold in the farm,
lie the gold in the mine, must be
brought out by work. 1t is said by
those who have studied the question,
that every dollar of gold that has ever
been dug from mine has cost ten
dollars to get it. Every dollar of
klondike gold has cost over one hun
bred dollars, not counting the suffer-
ing and loss of human life.
The gold on the farm never costs
dollar to get it if properly mani
aged. 1t always comes with profit
anG often with great pleasure. But the
surface has been well-nigh robbed Of
its supply. We must do as the miners
do. &C deeper.
The old man who told his SONS there
was a large sum of gold buried in q
certain field, understood the situation.
When they had spaded the entire field
to depth of three feet searching Tor
the buried treasure. and being weary
OF the search turned their attention to
planting the field, the enormous crops
soon filed their pockets with gold and
they then understood the situation.
There is gold mine on your farm.
Lcol. for it and you will not be dis
appointed. You may have made poor
crops and received poor pay working
only three or four inches, but do not
be discouraged. In the professions we
encourage young men by saying there
is always room at the top. In farm
ing we may safely encourage young
men by saying there is al
ways money under the bot
ton; of your farm. VIII you dig for
itp Plant food is abundant. When you
turn in the air, sunshine and water
and let them dissolve it, ard feed it to
yoar plants. If SO plenty awaits you.
Tear up your fields. Hold the rain
fall. Give room to the roots to grow.
Provide them food to find when they
have gone down in the soil. Dig for
your gold; it is just down below where
you have been working.
Resolve to do the best work you
have ever done on your farm and you
will get the best crop you have ever
handled and have the most at the enl
of nineteen hunderd.
Welcome the coming tide of pros
perity by helping the move to swell
to full fiow.-The Southern Guilt
vator.
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ersification and its opposite, the
corn and cotton system of farming is
we'll illustrated by a comparison of
Iowa with Mississippi, drawn from the
census of 1890. Mississippi had more
farmers than Iowa, but the latter state
farnled nearly four times as many
acres as the former. Mississippi's cot
ton. corn and oats reached value Of
$4,000, 900. The value of Iowa's field
crops was 100000 The milch
cows of Mississippi were valued at ST.
7s2,060; those of Iowa, at S34 200, 0O,.
OF other cattle, Mississippi's valuation
was $3,56s,000 fowa's $55.000,000.
Hogs. Mississippi, $4,s0o,000; Iowa,
s40,5oC,o00. The total values OF hogs,
cattle and sheep were, Mississippi,
s12,000,000; Iowa, $112, 100000. The
average income of Iowa farmers was a
little more than three times that of
mississippi farmers. A comparison OF
Texas with Iowa would be somewhat
more valuable to the cotton country,
but would differ only in degree, for
Texas grows good cattle and many OF
them, good hogs in great numbers, and
NOR. sheep in one year than MISSISSIPPI
pi IT. twenty years, and yet a COM
pa:.ison with Iawo, where cotton does
not grow make an average Texas
farmer ashamed of himself-Farm
and Ranch.
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HERE AND THERE.

Clover makes the soil fertile in
more ways than any other plant. Its
leaves absorb carbonic acid gas from
The atmosphere, as do those of all 9TH
er VEGETABLES.
1t requires two seasons of growth
t. get from clover the full benefit It
can give TO the soil. But in this time
it will increase fertility more than liz
possible by any other means except at
enormous expense.
The number Of cattle assessed foI
taxes in Texas for 1899, was 5,S27.5A6
For 1898. the number was 9,415.57y. a
difference of 3,5ss,O31. No wonder cat
tie are u good price. when people eat
them up at such 6. rate as that.
Staple crop farming impoverishes
the farm, while stock farming or dairy
farming enriches the fern. and what
enriches the farm enriches the farmer.
This does not mean that the farmer
becomes rich financially, and rapidly,
hut that he is enabled to improve his
real ana personal holdings.
Ignorant and inefficient labor is
poorly paid the world over, even when
paid it's full value. The low average
yields of southern farms, and the
small average profits of farm labor
are due solely to the negro and the
mule, and too many acres for the inef-
fective combination.
"A farm home is a nation in minia-
ture. 1t may be governed by tyrant,
whose very name is widespread. Or it
may be republic wherein each mcnl-
her. has wen defined duties and respon-
sib;lities, and all together form a sym
metrical and happy community.
The oil mills are paying $12 per
ton for cotton seed. From these seed
the mills make 81 gallons of oil at ;:2
cents, S11.s4; Us pounds meal. worth
ST.79: 925 pounds of hulls, worth S1.50,
and IS pounds litter, worth $500. To-
tai mill products of ton of cotton
seed, s23.75-nsarly 100 per cent.
The commercial! nutsing business
is assuming greater proportions every
year in this country, and the farmers
tire planting nut trees for profit along
with their apple, peach. pear ash plum
trees 4 nut orchard properly attend
ed tn should be 3 source Of profit.
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A MINNESOTA FARMER
WRITES OF WESTERN CANADA.
u Now Located There, Farms In His
NeighborhoOd Being Taken By
q

II Now Located There, Farms In His
NeighborhoOd Being Taken By
Former u. 8. Residents.
The following extracts from lette.
written to Mr.. Rsnj. Davis, Canadian
Government Agent at st. Paul, MIMI,
give an excellent idea of what is said
of Western Canada by those who have
gone there during the past two or three
years.
"When we first arrived here and took
up our homes on the prairie near Dales-
boro, ASA. for short time we had q
fit of the blues but now all hands
are settled to business, hale, hearty
and contented, enjoying the finest win
ter we have ever seen. We have got
very comfortably situated, with con-
siderable preparation for crop, and
all hopeful. / think this is very iue
country, and if the past seasons crop
is not an exception, which they claim
not, believe this is going to be the
Wheat Field of the West. It is fill
ing up fast. In this township last
spring there were Is manifestations of
land vacant and to-day there is not one;
can stand at my house and count 10
houses where there was not one last
spring, with six more to go up this
spring. This is only sample of what
is going on all round. We intend to
build church next summer, right
close to my place, so we will be strict
ly in line. 1t would have amused you
to have been here last spring. There
were crowds of land-seekers, and some
times in the spring the prairie is not
very inviting, and of course lots were
disconnected. There was one in the
crowd who jumped on me for putting
a letter in the paper, only for which he
never would have corue here, and he
was very hostile, but eventually he got
place, and to-day claims he would not
take Thousand Dollars and move out,
so I am glad he is satisfied.
swell, my dear Sir, as Arthur Finney
is about to move out in March, with
his family, and also one of my sons, any
thingyou can do for them to assist them
along and to make things smooth as
possible, will be greatly appreciated by
me. will close for this time, and will
write from time to time to let you know
we are living. Drop us few lines to
let us know how things are moving in
St. Paul. Yours Respectfully,
ALEX CAMERON"
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f3limpses Across the sen.

is the charming title of charming book
from the facile pen Of Mr.. Sam I. Clover, the
The "Glinpses" are particularly peril
nent just now when SO many people are con-
sidering about going to the Paris Exposition,
and many people will be glad to know that
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
has purchased an edition of Mr. CIover's
work for distribution.
In sending your address for copy please
enclose six cents to pay postage. Geo. II.
Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Old
Colony Building, Chicago, III.
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Stanley, the explorer, says that slav-
cry win never be abolished in Africa
until railways are constructed from
the coast to the interior. This is so
because in many parts of the dark
continent slaves are the only means
of carriage for commodities, and, for
the most part, goods are brought to
the coast and their exchange value
taken back again on the backs of
slaves.-Chicago Tribune.
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Try Grain-oi Try Gr.ip-o,

Ask your grocer to-day to show you q
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive il without
distress. IA the price of coffee. u cts. and
% cts. per package. Sold by all grocers
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As eper. thy friend,

When catarrh has reached the chronic
stage, of course it has gone beyond tho
reach of all local remedies. Nothing but
asystemic remedy can reachit. Peruna
is the only remedy yet devised to meet
such cases. Peruna eradicates catarrh
from the system Itdoes its work quiet
ly, but surely. 1t cleanses the mucous
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knew the Quotation.

"In the spring." he quoted, "a young
mans fancy lightly turns to-"
'How wish it were spring." she in
terrupted.
When the conditions are just right
it is sometimes possible for young
mans fancy to turn lightly in the
autumn disc, and he succeeded in DEM
onstrating that fact to her satisfac-
tion.-Chicago Post.
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A professor of English literature in the
Kansas university once posted this notice:
'In communicating with themselves the
students. will whisper as often as possible"
He was Mortified next morning to find this
written under his notice: THAT is to say,
talk to yourself in whispers as much as you
can" LChicago Chronicle.
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Startling Reformation.

"Say," asked the governor, on meet
ing warm admirer from a rural viii
lage, "has that incendiary that par
doned at your request shown salts
factory evidence of reform?"
1.-THE very strongest possible, gov
ernor. He'sat the head of our volunteer
fire COMMUNICATED Free Press.
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Florida. west Indies and Central Americ

The facilities of the Louisville & Nash.
vile Railroad for handling tourists and
Cuba, Porto Rico, Central America, or for
Nassau, are unsurpassed. Double daily
lines of sleeping cars are run from Cincin-
natl, Louisville, Chicago and st. Louis
through Jacksonville to interior Florida
points, and to Miami, Tampa and New
Orleans, the ports of embarkation for the
countries mentioned For folders, etc., write
Geo. B. HorDer, d. p. A., St. Louis, Mo.
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Mrs. Flatte-What do you suppose they
are leaving load of ice down at the door
for?
Mr.. Flatte-why, that's what they heat
the fat with, isn't it?-Detroit Free Press.