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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03

treasury bonds to run for short periods It IS
hoped that these expedients. together with the
proposed suppression of subventions TO educa-
tional establishments and a few reductions in
current expenditure. will suffice make both
ends meet for in the face of the general cleo
lions. which will take place next spring, 1t is
deemed impractcable TO raise money by placing
additional burdens the shoulders Of the tax
payers who are already grumbng at the newly
imposed taxes on pianos. wardrobes and public
gardens.
In the course Of conversation with Partisan
journalist VI. Caillaux, the Minister Of Finance
pointed out that the particular form or public
revenue regarded as the surest barometer OF the
national welfare are the receipts from the to-
bacco tax. NJ Caillaux says that FrenchEnen
smoke in proportion to their prosperity. and.
greatly to the disappointment OF the Minister
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03

French investors to engage IN new enterprises
either at home or in Russia or Germany On
the other hand there is flow Of French in
vestments toward England and there have been
considerable French purchases the London
market of United States securities The Lon
don Statist" is authority for the statement that
those who are in good position to know esti-
mate the amount OF French capital employed
temporarily in London at the present time ar the
enormous sum of two milliards of francs or
about 800. 000. 600. This sum, by singular CO.
Incidence is equivalent TO the amount of French
money locked up in deprecated Russian INDUS
trial enterprises. and far exceeds any amount
of French money ever before invested in London
~ anv ona rin1a c. /. B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03

What Is the dryest outbudng about the
place." he asked the Dutchman.
What's the matter with the woodshed,' in
quired the farmer, who knew nothing about the
powder.
The very place for my powder said the
general. ordering his soldiers to store a half
dozen barrels il the shed just back Of the
kitchen
The worthy Dutchman stopped breathing for
a moment in surprise, then he sputtered and
swore as only old time Dutchmen could.
You want TO blow up my house up he
cried II will not allow it You must take away
the powders
But the general only laughed and the powder
stayed on. while the farmer growled 10 his
neighbors over the imposition. The growing
and finally reached the British in Manhattan.
$50 the Americans have more powder than they
know what to do with thought the British
officers which was the very thing General Lin
coin wanted them TO think.
Following out the washington policy Of fire.
quent changes of base. Lincoln moved with his
infantry and light horse and artillery. The
Dutchrnan wanted them 10 take the powder
with them, but Lincoln said he did not need
It. which was strange. The DutChman lost no
shed and as far down the hill possible. The
last barrel got away from him and startedS'to
roll Of its accord The DutChman threw
himself on the ground and held his ears. await
ing the explosion. When II did not occur he
went to investigate The barrel had broken
against tree. and scattered ali about was
nothing more dangerous than sand II had
been another American ruse 10 deceive the
British, and II had done its work well
A few days after the powder incident a Brit
ish vessel dropped few shells into the farm
house. This was much for the Dutchman,
and with his wife and family and the few things
they could carry. he deserted the farm and went
I'D the State never to return.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
MEMORIAL OF FORT WASHINGTON

MONUMENT TO MARK THE SCENE OF THE
BATTLE.
The hundred and twenty fifth anniversary
of the battle of Fort Washington Will be ce!e-
brated on November Is by several patriotic
organizations. The Empire State Society OF the
Sons of the American Revolution will observe
the day by cooperating with the American
Scenic and Historic Preservation Society in
dedicating a memorial marking the site of the
Revolutionary fort. The design for the me-
mortal which consists of a wayside seat ana
step fanked by two pilasters, was made oy
Charles r. Lamb at the order of James Gordon
Bennett.
The memorial will stand in Fort Washington
ave in the line of One-hundred -and-eighty-
third-st. The inscription is as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
FRENCH FINANCES.
A DEPRESSING. CONDITION OF THINGS
THE CAUSES WHICH HAVE LED TO IT.

Paris. October Is.
The financial outlook in France is far from
encouraging According to the figures which ap-
peared yesterday in the Journal OficieT' the
deficit in the revenue in the nine months just
ended of the present year is in round numbers
SIS 0O0,0G0 below the estimates. and $27. 400. 900
below the receipts of the corresponding nine
months of 1900. At the Cabinet council held
Saturday at the Elysees Palace under the presi-
dency of President Loubet, y. CaiIlaux. the
Minister of Finance, is said to have been called
upon to suggest means for restoring the balance
in the Budget. 1t is said that among the meas
ures proposed are the temporary suspension of
the service for the gradual extinction of the
capital of the national debt, and the issue of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03

In August i $50. washington MADE the farm
house his headquarters. and threw up several
| forts in the neighborhood. He occupied the big
room facing the road. and to this day it IS
| known as Washington's room. IN the same
| room few months later General Greene met
General Robertson. to confer regarding the ex-
| ecutfon Of Major Andre. The summer Of 1'Sl
| found Washington again at Dobbs Ferry and
the farmhouse his headquarters The
| French under Count de Rochambeau. had just
arrived from Providence. and were CHARTERED
in the woods back of the farmhouse.
II was in July. according to the local account
that the great American general gave the IA
nous dinner to the French officers which forms
the basis of the most substantial Dobbs Ferry
legend The table was spread in the big square
east room Of the house. Hamilton already IA
nous for his wit, presided. and made brilliant
toastrnaster. His graceful manners and witty
speeches provoked universal admiration. wrote
a Dobbs Ferry woman half a century ago ne
was the Youngest and smallest man present
His hair was turned back from the forehead'
powdered and cued in the back His face was
boyishly fair, and lighted up with intelligence
and genius Washington, grave, elegant anu
bosnta BILE sat at the side Of the table, with the
accomplished Count de Rochambeau on ms
right The Duke de Luzerne occupied seat
ornosite General Knox was present, ana SO
Tho dinner was elaborate and the wines were
nne MANY stories were told, but Dobbs Ferry
has n-aseryed only one It is a fish story, and
came about through Baron Steuben's Imperfect
knowledge of English and his fnaccuracy OF
pronunciation . -. o..
AT this French American dinner they got 10
talking of fishing" said Of the Oldest cltl-
zens of the Ferry. land Baron Steuben saiu
that while il a fine business, 1t would
never prove useful him. He said he had
tried il once for three long hours on not Gay
and had caught only two fish,
What kind OF fish did you eaten: asked
General Washington
~ am not sure but I believe OF them
Was a whale said the baron, and he did not
even smile when the crowd about the board be
gan to laugh. -, VII,
ga whale. baron in the North River?
Yes assure you: very nne Whale was
q, not ,, and he appealed to Of his aids.
IAN eel baron corrected the aid
II beg YOUR exceIlency's pardon, but that
Gentleman certainly told me II was a whale
Since the Revolution this old house has been
called the Livingston Mansion. after Van Brugh
Iivinsston its first occupant. who received it as
a girt from his father, Philip Livingston, of
Ne,uRochelle He was progressive beyond his
TINA and eccentric to a degree. He was inter
es.ef5 in fast horses. and for years maintained
. runninty track mis- farm Outside OF horse
racing his chief interest in life was the pro-
rnotion of the cause of temperance He was
s+rorp churchman, although he changed his
denomination frequently. He gave most Of the
money with which the Presbyterian church was
bu,It hut left il because the pastor would not
read OUT an elder VINO ran gin mill he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
ITS CONSISTENCY.

From The Philadelphia Press.
But Kissed the heavy villain suppose our
plot should leak out. -.
ais riserab bic accomplish shvered the thought
But 1t can't cried the low comedian e1lerg s
ar that moment from behind stage tree, oe-
cause from now On the plot thickena. You know
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
4 POLITICAL SENTIMENT.
n Plain Dealer.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
MY dear, | want to introduce NIUE poeucaI
to use at the church dinner Tomorrow nlsEt. Inc
old man has reached the late autumn OF HE. you
know and / want TO say something poe1icaI about
the SHOWS of winter resting on MS venerable head
yes How would The Frost Is on the Punk1n
dor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03

into doors and sometimes it clatters down
whole flight of stairs It's just awful
DO you suppose III hear It II go over there
now" - --,,,,4
You don't know much about ghosts or you
know how you only hear EN- at night, sise
said But the cellar Is paved With tonpsIoh7s'
perhaps you can get to see them.
DIT Hasbrouck. the present owner. says that
the Livingston ghost has never troubled MS
family. and that the cellar Is paved WIN Or
binary stones from the river BANK. he o"GS
not mind living In a haunted house, ana Is
taking very good care that the historic part o'
his dwelling is kept in its original form
Lovers Lane" a country road lined on each
side with tall trees. extends from the Living
ston Mansion to the town OF Hastings, mile or
so below Years ago It was famous place for
testing the speed Of horses. and it always will
he the favorite moonlight walk for lovers Of the
region. Yet it has its ghosts, a small regiment
of foreign spectres. the Hessians who were am
pushed in the lane by Colonel Shedon's horse
men in 1916.
Under Lieutenant Wurtz, these hired troops
were making sortie. with Dobbs Ferry as an
objective point. Sheldon heard Of their advance.
and hid his men along the road near Peter Posts
house. Post deceived the Hessians by telling
them that he had seen nothing Of the Coionials,
and they started up the lane at canter. At
the proper time a whistled signal sent the hid
den troopers after their prey. and thorough
was the surprise that the Hessians scattered
The Colonials followed until ali but one had
fallen The Iona trooper although badly wound
ed. escaped toward YOukers and carried the
news to Colonel limerick, who returned with
force 10 find no one but the unfortunate Post
The latter whipped and left for dead. but
the ambush never avenged.
To the minds Of the local believers in phan-
toms this IS why the spirits Of the slaughtered
HeSsians are restless. II is said that on
dark nights when the wind blows strong up the
Hudson, they can be heard Gathering on phan-
tom horses through the trees and UP and down
the lane Their cries are interpreted as demands
casionaIly the CLEAN Of steel helmet such as
Wurtz's wore. can be seen by lightning
light. on moonlight nights. however the Hes
slams lie still in their unmarked graves. ana
the Dobbs Ferry lovers not disturbed.
on June IA. 1924. the New-York State Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution erected
a monument to Washington and Rochambeau i'll
front of the Livingston Mansion Washingtons
main fort east OF the monument, and was
demolished after the OF the two
redoubts which the Americans threw up one re-
maineI until 1894. The other, which was at the
head Of Depot Hill razed in 1860 in spite
of protests from Colonel Hamilton and others,
whose Revolutionary blood stirred at the
sacrilege.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
A COUNTERTHRCST.

From The Chicago Post
Il am convinced she said anSriy, mat you
married me for my money.
That replied the brutal husband. IS what
comes Of the bsd habit Ct IookinS IN the mirror.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
This memorial marks the site OF
FORT WASHINGTON.

Constructed by the Continental Troops in the
Summer OF 1TT6
Taken nv the British after q Heroic Defence,
Nov. ID. 1T76-
Repossessed by the Americans
I-pon Their Trumphal Entry Into the City or
New-Yorh Nov. Is. 1873.
Erected
Through the Generosity OF
JAMES GORDON BENNETT
by
The Empire State Society OF the
sons 81 the American Revolution,
November H. 1901.
Site Registered by the
American Scenic and Historic
Preservation Society
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03


Mrs Alice Meynell the English essay1st lect-
- bere This week before the Century Club on
"-The Transition Period Of English Poetry she
dveIt on the debt of Colertdge, WORDSWORTH
Tsnnvson and Coventry PatuloTe to the seventh
century for the spirituality in their best poems
Tho two troops of cavalry which guarded the
Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree
e--ovas this summer have returned IneT re
nar+ Few Invaders of the Yosemite Park THIS
pear oniy one band OF sheep having been driven
o,t ard only three forest fires. which did srraii
1900 Game is increasing rapidly. the woods
being ftIII of deer Five hundred thousand Young
c1r+broat trout were distributed through the
narJs by troops from Wawona Fish Hatchery
Heavy rains fell early this week in all South
- C.iffornia and the rainfall for October In
los Angeles reached the large figure OF two
incbas These rains injured some lima beans IN
ventura and Santa Barbara and spoiled a few
Iate grapes but they did far more good than
ham, IS Southern California has had hot sum-
ner and fall Throughout Central and North
err California rains have fallen in ideal fashion
This season ard there IS every prospect OF a good
Yea
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03

Among the more important OF the
new industries reported by the Trades
man for week are box factories at
Mobile, Ala, Norfolk and Boykins.
Va: a $4,000 brick plant at Fulton.
Ark; 100000 brick plant at Chilhowle,
Va. and brick works at Fort Smith.
Ark, and Concord, N. H.; brick and
tile works at Norfolk. Va, and Cald-
well. Tex; chair factory at Owens
boro, Ky; a 100000 coal and land
company at Mcdonald w. Va; a 500
600 coal mining company at Oak Hill,
KY. and a $4,000 coal company at
Woodstock Ala; cotton compress at
Scottsboro, Ala; cotton gins at Jessie,
Kerby, Peoria, and Rocket, Tex; a
cotton and wooden mill at Fayetteville.
N. c.; a 81 1000 900 development COM
pany at Norfolk w. Va; an electric
light plant at Bowling Green, KY; an
electric power plant at Smithville,
KY: a S25, 900 electric light and power
plant at Cleburne, Tex. "a Touring mill
at Plateau. N. c.; $4,000 foundry
and machine shop at Birmingham.
Ala; a $4,000 fuel company at Cor
sicana, Tex; furniture factories az
Walden, Miss, and Rudisill, N. c.; a
s250,000 gas company at Petersburg,
Va; a $50 900 glass factory at Chatta-
nooga: a grist mill and gin at Purs-
ley, Tex; hardware company at Van
Alstyne. Tex; harness and saddle
factory at Richmond, Va; ice facto-
ries at Knoxville and Clarksville, Tex;
an ice and cold storage plant at Gov
ington, Tenn; an irrigation plant at
Kittrell, N. c.; 100000 land and i'm
provement company at Waco, Tex;
a laundry at Wadesboro. N. c.; lum-
Der companies at Cleburne, Tex, and
WEIGH, w. Va; lumber mills at New
Orleans; $4,000 oil company at Hous-
ton Tex; an oil company at Dallas,
Tex; a $4,000 oil mill at Mertens,
Tex. and another at Mart, Tex; pack
ing plants at Fort Worth and San An
tonic, Tex; a paint factory at Bir-
mingham, Ala; $4,000 rice mill at
Gueydan, La; $4,000 rice mill at
Charleston, S. c.. a sash, door and
blind factory at Greenville, N. c.; u
$4,000 sawmill near Memphis, Tenn;
100000 sugar mill at Glen Flora Tex;
a 81 100000 telephone company at Lou
isville. KY; another with $250,O0
capital at Inverness, Fla; telephone
companies at Fairview, Tenn, and
Temple, Tex. pump factory at New
Orleans, and wagon factory at
Church Point, La.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03
Industrial Notes.

The conductors employed by the
Lake Shore railroad have held con-
ference with the officials of that COM
pany with a view of securing a read
justment of wages
Peace between the Stove Founders
National Defense Association and the
Iron Molders' International Union Is
assured for the next twelve months.
Committees representing both organ
izations, after two days conference
at the Auditorium, Chicago, have
agreed to renew last years scale and
it will be in force until March 81, 1902.
Nearly all stove molders work by the
piece and earn from SO to $3.50 per
day.
The Manufacturers Association Of
New York City, at the suggestion Of
Mr. Ludwig Nissen. it's president, has
appropriated the sum of $4,000 for an
industrial scholarship, including the
cost of tuition for four years and Incl
dental expenses. The purpose Of the
association in providing means for the
industrial education of young man CT
Greater New York is to encourage
young men to qualify themselves for
leadership in Industrial pursuits by
adding to the dignity of labor the ad
vantage of trained hands directed by
developed minds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03
baggage by Special Delivery.

As further accommodation to its
patrons, arrangements have been made
by the passenger department Of the
New York Central G Hudson River
Railroad Company, whereby at the
nominal charge of 90 cents per piece,
to pay for transfer. baggage may now
be checked through from the principal
stations on its lines. to any hotel, resi-
dence or steamship dock in New York
or Brooklyn. Instead Of checking to
Grand Central Station. New York, only,
and arranging after arrival there to
have your baggage properly delivered,
save yourself trouble by asking local
baggage masters to forward your bag
gage by special delivery. A particular
style Of check is used for this purpose,
and as soon as your baggage reaches
Grand Central Station 1t Will be
promptly delivered at the address de-
sired without further attention on your
part.-From the New York Mail and
Express.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03

about five cents per sheep. The sheep
shearers have their union and regulate
wages. Masons, bricklayers, plasterers
and carpenters get from 81 to SO per
day, and plumbers and painters about
the same. Saddlers are paid from SITS
to $3.50. shoemakers from $3.50 to
$3.50, and watchmakers from 50 to SO.
Common laborers get from $1.25 to
1925 per day of eight hours Engineers
receive from So to So per day. tailors
from S1.75 to $3.50. butchers from IS
to So per week. and compositors from
$40 to SIS per week. In dry goods
stores clerks are paid from $3.50 to $50
per week; grocery clerks receive from
$3.50 to SIS per week. and bakers about
the same. The wages vary in the diff
ferent provinces of New Zealand, the
highest being paid in the gold fields"
There is rigid factory inspection, and
every place "in which two or more per-
sons are working for hire at any trade
or handicraft'' is a factory, by statu-
tory definition. No one may work
any loStoiy' ~ NO"'
modities are made in private houses.
they must bear a label stating by
whom and where. There are govern
ment employment bureaus where those
who want work and those who want
workers register and the government
brings the two together. This is so
not only as to factories. but as to do
nestle service and farm hands. From
these bureaus the government gets
many of its employees for the public
works and in some cases it advances
money to laborers to take them to their
new places of employment. In one
year more than 1000 men obtained
work through these bureaus and or
this number more than LOO were
married and with their families rep
resented a population Of almost 5,OOO.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03
ARIZONA KICKLETS.

Our esteemed contemporary, who
managed to get out half sheet last
week, tried to hit us by saying that
we were personally Ignored by society
in Giveadam Gulch. Ye gods, but that
is funny! We head society. We are
society. We are the only man in the
Gulch with a white shirt and link
sleeve buttons, and they couldn't run
a candy pull here without our pres
ence and pointers. Go back to Indi-
ana, old man; go back to your turnip
slicer and apple evaporator!
1t looked for a minute the other day
as II we should be obliged to deposit
our fourteenth man in our private edi-
torial graveyard. John Shayne. the
shyster lawyer, pulled gun on us on
Apache avenue, but the cartridge failed
to explode, and before he could try an
other we had the drop on him, and
he was down on his knees begging us
not to send his unprepared soul over
the divide. For a second his life hung
in the balance, and then we let him
crawl away. He says it was all a
Joke, but we don't believe he feels
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03
TO MISTRESS MARY.

TO MISTRESS MARY.
(Growing somewhat oldlsh.)
All, Mistress Mary, when you throw
These girlhood games away.
see, alas. twill come to pass
That other games you'll play!
When you've outgrown your skipping
rope.
And your last lisp or two,
BY sterner names 60 those new games
Your teens will give to you.
Twill not be dolls and dishes. dear,
For you. alack-a-day!
So wise will grow that you'll Just
throw
Your toys-and me away.
You'll break each cup and tea-thins
up.
And lose your taste for tarts,
And as you've played with dishes. dear,
Some day you'll play with hearts!
Arthur Stringer, in New York Com
mercial-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03
Song

Song.
Farewell. FAREWELL Adown the ways
of night
The red sun sinks, and with him takes
the light;
Over the dull east the gathering shad-
ows grow.
And turn to gray the western after
glow
FAREWELL FAREWELL But Day shall
come again;
Shall hope then die, and prayers be
breathed in vain?
Our faithful hopes outive the fleeting
day;
Stronger than Life and Death and
Time are they.
All. see the last faint ray has ceased
to flame,
Courage. our parted souls are still the
same.
Round is the earth, and round the
estranging sea,
And Times swift wheel which brings
thee back to me.
Come back. Come back, climbing the
eastern sky
Our souls are deathless though our
flesh shall die.
Winged are our thoughts, and fash
forth swift and far
RavOnd tha faint LIGHT Of tho fin rthe n
star.
Come back! or if we meet in some
strange place.
On some dim planet, l shall know thy
face;
By some weird land, or unimagined
sea.
I shall not be afraid dear, having thee.
Sir Lewis Morris.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03
CAREFUL OF HIS CASH.

An old farmer in Bruichladdich,
[slay, N. B., once went to have a trou-
plesome tooth extracted.
Said the dentist, after looking at the
offending molar. 1T Is very ugly
one. l would advise you to have 1t
out by the painless system. 1t is only
4 shilling extra"
He showed the farmer the apparatus
for administering gas, remarking that
1t would cause him to fall asleep for
n minute, and before he awoke the
tooth would be out. After slight re-
sistance the sufferer consented, pro-
ceeding to open his purse.
"Oh, never mind paying just now!'
said the dentist. kindly.
"Hoots." answered the cautius old
Scot Il wasn't thinking O. that; but
II I'm gaen ia sleep I thought wad
like to count ma siller fust. London
Tit-Bits.