New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-21
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

A newspaper Of Mayence, Germany, having recently
declared that American cloverseed is full of per-
nicious weed seeds the Department of Agriculture
makes the following reply: The charge that Amer
lean cloverseed is impure is very rarely made by
European dealers or experiment station workers of
repute. On the contrary, the fact that American
cloverseed is very pure and OF excellent germi-
mating quality has been recognized even by those
who oppose its use by European farmers Among
the seed control workers in Europe Noble. Eidam
and Kirchner have given testimony to the high
purity of American cloverseed. although the two
latter have been hostile to the American seed. Very
little European cloverseed finds its way TO America.
and it is thus impossible to make a definite state
ment of its purity the result of investi-
cations. However, the Department of Agriculture
secured this spring twenty samples of European
cloverseed for experimental purposes The average
purity of these 934 per cent The average
purity of $50 samples Of American coverseed of all
grades sold the American market during the
last winter 95.5 per cent"
Not Unmxed Belief.-Watts-Does your wife be-
m No. NSu b1t she ho,iovas all tho nAivbbor
women tell her.-Qndianapolls Press
United States Consul HILL at Amsterdam. reports
that the Elbe and Trave Canal which has
been building five years and has been completed at
a cost of 24.50O0OO marks (S5SSl.OCO was formerly
opened by the German Emperor on June Is. The
length of the new canal-which is the second to
join the North Sea and the Baltic. following the
Kaiser Wilhelm Ship Canal, Kiel Canal which
was finished five years at a of Isl, 000O 900
marks ($37,l2S 0OD-is about forty-one miles The
available breadth of the canal Is Y feet;
breadth of the lock gates 46 feet; length OF the
locks, ST yards; depth of the locks feet inches
1t is crossed by Twenty-Five bridges erected at a
cost of 100000.
THE BOXER TO THE PRO-BOER.
CT would sooner he Chinese Boxer than Brit
Lawso ii.5' '''''u''u To Or "ilfr'd
Silent so long? Does none of you propose
To nrOV M lppf1 TO
Where then is Little E S Where those
why couches Honest John beneath the Toseq
Why do the Liberal Forwards hide their faces?
If she dscerns no beauty in a Boxer.
nation rightly struggling 10 be free"
That rose IN holy wrath and dared to measure
Who came and battened on its buried treasure
Concessionaires who traffic over sea.
Or speculate at home in bloated leisure
Behold our pure and single eyed desire!
What more could Labouchere himself require?
Kindly compare us with your brother Boer
Did both COntTiVe drug suspicion
They with their franchise, our open door
While steadily compiling ammunition?
While Teutons taught us warke erudition7
They had an Uncle? Well. we had an Aunt
These various points. with others could name.
Suggest an incidental similarity:
Seems to imply more essential II parity:
But there's a stronger plea by which we claim
II hate OF England makes the boer your kin.
Then ope your hearts and let also in!
Silent so long? Nay. hear! A human cry!
Lawson, this is indeed pleasant shock, sir!
This crystal utterance spouting clear and high
Like soda water from a weary rock, sir
Sooner than be "a British lingo, |
Would far, far rather be heather Boxer"
Well done. dear friend! twas very nobly said!
And may Confucius bless you on the head
Punch.
lamb sacrificed the other day at a col
ored camp meeting near Cincinnati. At the proper
time the Rev. Mr. Brown. the leader. representing
Aaron the high priest appeared. in priestly robes
consisting Of a black gown. which was draped
several yards of red cheesecloth. He preached a
sermon, in which he said: I'VE will sacrifice this
lamb, according as was done by Moses and accord
Ing to the Bible. We will eat this lamb. The