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THE BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
SEPT 22 
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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, September 8,1888. 
The globe seems to be restless of late. We 
have news of three disastrous earthquakes, one 
in Mexico, another in Greece and a third in 
China, all of which have caused many deaths 
and much loss of property. Then floods in 
Georgia have caused a loss of at least $1,000,000 
and several deaths; floods in Spain have 
caused at least five times as many deaths 
and property losses; while inundations in 
Austria have doubled the losses of Spain; and 
there are reports of severe floods in France 
and Germany also. Then cyclones and tor¬ 
nadoes have been unusually numerous. The 
terrible cyclone which visited our southern At¬ 
lantic coast early in the week caused hundreds 
of deaths and the loss of over $4,000,000 worth 
of property in Cuba before it crossed over to 
Florida, and reports almost equally disas¬ 
trous come from several other parts of the 
world also. Still this is, after all, the best 
world we know of. Isn’t it?. 
In 1831 there were only 101 miles of railroad 
in this country; at the close of last year there 
were 149,912 miles, of which 13,080 were built 
during 1887. In 1880 the capital invested in 
agriculture amounted to $12,000,000,000, ac¬ 
cording to the census; that in all sorts of man¬ 
ufacture to $2,700,000,000; while that in rail¬ 
roads now represents $9,000,000,000. 
The will of Charles Crocker of San Francisco 
has been filed in the probate court. It dis¬ 
poses of over $25,000,000, and shows that a 
part of his estate had been distributed to 
friends and relatives before bis death. He 
left nothing to charity or for public purposes, 
but he was liberal in his charities during his 
life. Judge Ney ? under the Iowa pro¬ 
hibitory law, has decided at Waterloo, la., 
that a man cannot lawfully manufacture 
cider for use in his own family, and instructs 
the grand jury to indict, if they find 
that such a thing has been done. 
N.H. R. Dawson, United States Commissioner 
of Education, says that more than 12,000,000 
children attended the public schools some 
part of the last fiscal year, and of these near¬ 
ly 8,000,000 were in average daily attendance. 
In both respects the Southern States have 
made greater progress than other parts of the 
country. The private and incorporated 
schools, colleges and universities show, in gen¬ 
eral, a marked advance in prosperity .... 
A fire swept three blocks at San Franciso, 
Cal., Sunday afternoon, causing a loss of $1, 
000,000 and throwing 2,000 hands out of em¬ 
ployment. One man was burned to death.... 
The third annual convention of the National 
Protective Association of wine, beer and spir¬ 
it dealers of the United States was held at 
New York this week. The association com¬ 
prises nearly 800 wholesale liquor dealers and 
distillers from all parts of the country, and 
represents $150,000,000 of capital. In January 
it distributed 7,000,000 pamphlets through the 
country to counteract the Prohibiton agitation 
.John Lester Wallack, the comedian and 
theatrical manager, died at his summer home 
at Stamford, Conn., the other aay, aged 69. 
.Cattle freight rates from Kansas 
points eastward have been reduced to $50 
per car to Chicago, $25 to Kansas City, and 
$32.50 to St. Louis. Under the various 
anti-polygamy laws passed by Congress the 
following convictions have taken place in 
Utah: Total convictious for polygamy under 
the laws of 1802 and 1882, sixteen, total con¬ 
victions for unlawful cohabitation under the 
laws of 1882, 497; total convictions for adultery 
under the laws of 1887, eight; total convictions 
for fornication under the laws of 1887: 
eight. The total fines and costs collected to 
date for violations of these laws amount to 
$44,000..The Pennsylvania Rail¬ 
road made a cut in grain rates Wednesday 
without consultation with the other roads, 
and the Lake Shore and other competing lines 
met it at once. By the new rule bran, mid¬ 
dlings, mill feed, flour, meal and grain are 
carried in carload lots from Chicago to 
New York on a basis of 30 cents per hun¬ 
dred; a reduction of five cents... 
Professor Richard Proctor, the eminent 
astronomer, arrived here direct last Monday 
from his farm called Oak Lawn, Marion 
County, Fla. He hadn’t been near Jackson¬ 
ville or any other infected place so far as 
known and had obtained “a clean bill of 
health” on leaving Florida. On Monday 
night he felt unwell, and on Tuesday was 
transferred from the Westminster Hotel to the 
Willard Parker Hospital where he died of yel¬ 
low fever on Wednesday evening at the age of 
51. There is no danger of an outbreak here, as 
the weather is too cool, a temperature of 70° 
being necessary for its spread. At Jackson¬ 
ville, Fla., the disease is growing worse. 
There have beeD, according to the record, 
832 cases, and over 117 deaths; but it is gen¬ 
erally believed that at least 200 cases have not 
been recorded. There is a great scarcity of 
nurses and doctors, but it would be worse 
than folly for any who haven’t had the 
fever or who are not thoroughly acclimated 
to go there; for they would certainly catch it 
and add to the burthens. A week ago 
the mayor of the town issued an appeal for aid 
to which a generous response has been 
returned from all parts of the country, 
This city has already contributed about $30, 
000 and money is still pouring in. One man 
gave anonymously $12,000! All other towns 
and cities are also contributing generously, 
and doubtless country places are also for¬ 
warding help. A large number of refugees 
from the stricken city have encamped in 
several places in the neighborhood, and the 
fever has broken out in some of them. It has 
also made its appearance in several smaller 
places. The State authorities have ordered 
that the entire village of Plant City be burned 
to the ground, including all buildings, furni¬ 
ture, bedding, etc., in order to stamp out the 
plague there. Like Professor Proctor, several 
travelers from Florida, and especially from 
Jackson ville, have been stricken in other places. 
. .. .The preliminary work of establishing a 
Bureau of Weather Service for this State is now 
in progress at Cornell University which is to 
be the central office of the State because of 
its splendid equipment for investigation of 
atmospheric phenomena. General Greeley has 
sent one of his subordinates to organize this 
State service under the direction of Professor 
Fuertes. The present signal corps of the 
University is being changed to correspond 
with those of the twenty States now provided 
with a like service. From 100 to 150 tele¬ 
grams, making special forecasts for various 
portions of the State, will be sent from that 
point to the lakes, the interior and the sea¬ 
board. The bill introduced into the Legisla¬ 
ture last winter, which failed to pass on ac¬ 
count of its late introduction, is confidently 
expected to be passed at the coming session.... 
On March 31,1887, the total membership of 
the Grand Army of the Republic in good stand¬ 
ing was 320,936; on March 31, 1888, it was 
354,216, making a net gain of 33,280, an excess 
of 7,681 over the net gain of the previous year. 
It is estimated that there are 400,000 now on 
the rolls. During the past year the reports 
show that there was exDended in charity the 
sum of $215,975.16. This, of course, does not in¬ 
clude the many thousands of dollars which 
have been given by members privately in aid 
of less fortunate comrades. The order has 
just been in convention at Columbus, Ohio, 
and wants a pension for every Union soldier 
enrolled during the late war. 
The Exhibition of Pure Food Products, at 
Albany, N. Y., which began Mondav and 
lasted five days, was a grand success. On the 
opening day the parade was two miles long, 
and contained hundreds of floats, representing 
all kinds of business in the line of food 
supplies, while those engaged in other lines 
took advantage of the opportunity to adver¬ 
tise. The finest display was made by the 
brewers and ciothing firms, and a free dis¬ 
tribution of eatables attracted thousands to 
the line. Among the exhibitors are several 
foreign firms. The exhibition is the first of 
its kind, and its purpose is to expose 
deceptive adulterations and to educate the 
people on the subject of pure food. 
Prof. Brooks, of Geneva, N. Y. announces 
a new comet moving rapidly towards jthe 
earth. A well attended Road-masters’ 
Convention has just been held at Washington, 
D. C.,. The Lucas River and Ocean 
Ship Company has just been formed at St. 
Louis. Its object is to build a line of steamers 
with adjustable keels to navigate the Mississip¬ 
pi Riveras well as the ocean. It is claimed the 
new ships can carry freight at $15 to $20 per 
ton, for which the railroads charge $150. 
.Last Wednesday the New York Demo¬ 
crats held a hilarious and harmonious conven¬ 
tion at Buffalo, at which David B. Hill was 
re-nominated for Governor by acclamation, 
and 15 minutes later* Edward F. Jones, who 
“pays the freight,” was re-nominated for 
Lieut.-Governor in the same way. Judge 
Clinton Gray was unanimously nominated 
for Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals. 
Captain Andrews who tried to cross the 
Atlantic in the 14%-foot-long dory Dark 
Secret, after having been at sea a little over 
two months and having made 55 miles more 
than half the trip, was picked up by a 
Norwegian bark and brought to this port with 
his little boat which had become coated with 
barnacles and sea grass. He was weak and 
out of provisions; says he’ll try a similar 
folly next year.The Cotton-bagging 
Trust Thursday advanced the price of jure 
bagging another % of a cent, making the 
range from 11% cents to 13% cents a pound. 
.The aa.ount of tax to be raised in 
New York City this year is $33,800,000. The 
Aldermen have fixed the levy at $2.22 per 
$100.After all, the Commissioners to 
the Sioux Indians, who wished them to sign a 
treaty selling to the United States the greater 
part of their reservation, are likely to succeed 
in spite of the persistent opposition of Sitting 
Bull and the other chiefs at the Standing 
Rock Agency. The Indians at the other 
Agencies have, for the most part, signed, and 
it is now likely that many at the Standing 
Rock Agency will be induced to do likewise. 
.Luther R. Marsh, known to fame 
through his connection with Ann O’Delia Diss 
De Bar, has settled uponja farm at Brockton, 
N. Y., where he is building a fine new house. 
The 200 acres belonging to the farm were 
formerly a portion; of the Harris Com¬ 
munity’s property, and were given to Mr. 
Marsh in payment for some law services 
rendered to one of their number. 
Both Presidential candidates have at last 
given to the public their letters of acceptance. 
Both are lucid, forcible campaign documents, 
giving in terse language the views of the re¬ 
spective parties on the main questions at issue 
uunng the present canvass. Of course, each 
party belittles the letter of the other party’s 
candidate; while each bespatters with praise 
the letter of its other champion—an excellent 
proof that both are good. Maine has 
gone Republican by an increased majority, 
and while the Republicans are jubilant, the 
Democrats say they aren’t a whit discouraged. 
.Congress has voted $200,000 for 
the Florida yellow fever sufferers. 
.... A new Fruit Trust in California—capital 
$250,000. A combination of St. Paul, 
Pittsburg and New York capitalists has just 
formed a Rice Trust for the purpose of handl¬ 
ing, milling and marketing nee with the 
ultimate design of controlling the entire pro¬ 
duct of the South—capital $2,500,000.A 
Barb-wire Trust is in course of formation in 
Chicago, to control all the business in the 
country and put up prices.One more 
Anti-Trust bill has been introduced in the 
United States Senate and two more in 
the House the past week. 
Europe of late. Talk 'of peace and prepara¬ 
tions for war are the burden of nearly all 
cablegrams. The Czar has been reviewing 
large bodies of troops near St. Petersburg; 
Emperor William is tireless in reviewing vari¬ 
ous bodies of troops near Berlin, with a run to 
Bremerhaven to review his fleet. President 
Carnot has just reviewed the French fleet at 
Cherburg, and on Thursday reviewed the 
Third Army Corps at Rouen; Francis Joseph 
and the Prince of Wales have just ended ^a re¬ 
view of the Austrian troops at Bellover'near 
Vienna. Italy’s fleet has passed under review 
too, and is now valued at $70,000,000 against 
$30,000,000 in 1866. All the fleets and troops are 
officially reported to be in the finest condition; 
still the work goes on of perfecting the perfect 
and adding more to each nation’s strength. 
It’s likely, however, that peace will continue 
for the rest of 1888—but next spring—well the 
world will see what it will see. 
Meanwhile labor troubles are numerous 
everywhere. Work is scarce and badly paid. 
It is the same old story. Major Barttelot, 
leader of the expedition in search of Stanley, 
has been betrayed by Tippoo Tip and slain, 
and it is feared Stanley has met with the same 
fate. There have been slight engage¬ 
ments between the English and Thibetans on 
the north of India. The Duke of Aosta, 
once king of Spain under the name of Ama¬ 
deus, and brother of King Humbert of Italy, 
was married Tuesday at Turin. 
Simple and Direct. 
It was the man of rut and precedent who 
said : “You can’t assist nature.” But the 
principle that an individual can conduct his 
own business best does not apply here. For 
nature, as a rule, is prodigal and dissipates a 
great deal of energy to accomplish her pur¬ 
poses. If you are able to conduct any of na¬ 
ture’s energies into a direct channel, you not 
only insure effectiveness, but change caprice 
mto uniformity of result. So, in regard to 
the vital part of nature’s breath, oxygen; if 
we reinforce this restorative principle with 
increased supplies and charge it with posi¬ 
tive magnetization, how additionally effective 
it will be in the building up of vigor, the re¬ 
storing of wasted tissues and the preservation 
of vitality. This is precisely what Dbs. 
Starkey & Palen have accomplished in 
their treatment by inhalation. Such, at least, 
is the inference from the following : 
Mr. N. G. Osteen adds to a former testi¬ 
monial : 
Sumter, S. C., March 17, 1888. 
“Your remedy is getting up quite a repu¬ 
tation in this vicinity, from the good it has 
done Mr. Chas. Witherspoon.” 
Savannah, Mo., February 18, 1888. 
“ I am highly pleased with the Oxygen 
Treatment, and am satisfied it has done more 
for me than any course of drugs I could 
have resorted to.” 
Milton L. Van Buskirk. 
Athens, O., February 29, 1888. 
“I feel very confident that I owe my life 
to Compound Oxygen.” 
Mrs. M. E. Warden. 
River Falls, Wis. 
“I recommend your specific to the thousands 
of sufferers from catarrh, with its attendant 
evils.” 
W. D. Parker, Pres't State Normal School. 
We publish a brochure of 200 pages re¬ 
garding the effect of Compound Oxygen on 
invalids suffering from consumption, asthma, 
bronchitis, dyspepsia, catarrh, hay fever, 
headache, debility, rheumatism, neuralgia; 
all chronic and nervous disorders. It will 
be sent, free of charge, to any one address¬ 
ing Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1529 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, Pa., or 331 Montgomery Street, 
San Francisco, Cal.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
FORE IGN N EWS. 
Saturday, September 15, 1888. 
Little of general interest has occurred in 
Saturday, September 15, 1888. 
The Commissioner of Agriculture at Wash 
ington, D. C., is now purchasing cocoons of 
the crop of 1888. Persons having any for 
sale should communicate with him at once 
and obtain a circular relating to the terms of 
purchase. If you have not yet applied for 
silk worm eggs for 1889 do so at once so that 
your application may not arrive too late. 
.A big Wheat Trust, backed by un 
limited capital, is being formed in the North¬ 
west, the field of its operations being 
Minnesota and Dakota and only the higher 
grades of this cereal are taken. The plan of 
this combination is to buy as nearly as possible 
all the wheat delivered for storage at any 
elevator on a railroad. The organization 
comprises some of the leading moneyed men 
of St. Paul, Minneapolis, Brainard, Duluth 
and Fargo. Altogether over 30 capitalists 
are in the pool, in individual amounts ranging 
from $10,000 to $1,500,000. Prices are paid at 
a slight advance on the market quotations for 
present or future delivery.The 
Canadian Colonization Company has just 
imported 100 prize sheep, 140 horses and 
ponies, and 100 Aberdeen-Angusand Galloway 
bulls.The Canadian Pacific railway 
land department is offering prizes for the best 
exhibits of grain sent in by agents.. 
In consequence of some changes in the manage 
ment of the exposition building at Chicago, 
the Illinois State Board of Agriculture has 
been notified of a largely increased rental of 
that building for the Fat Stock Show. In 
consequence of this, the Board last.week re 
solved to abandon the 'exhibition “unless 
the citizens of Chicago are able within twen¬ 
ty days to give assurance to the State Board 
of Agriculture, of their ability and willing¬ 
ness to ^furnish, at no expense to the State 
Board of Agriculture, as much or more space 
in the exposition building for the shows of 
1888, as was provided for the shows of 1887. ” 
.“Whole droves” of dehorned steers 
are reported to be now appearing in the Chi¬ 
cago market. None are yet reported in the 
Eastern markets.This year England has 
25,256,230 sheep, being 702.538, or 2.7 per cent, 
fewer than in 1886.Sheep in Ireland num¬ 
bered 3,377,826 in 1887, showing an increase, 
of 11,783 as comparediwith the|previous year... 
F. K. Mooreland, Sec. of the American Dairy 
Association, issues a'call for a convention of 
farmers to meet.in New York City on Sept. 
25 “ to consider the tariff question in relation 
to agriculture,” etc.There have been 
19,000 bulls and 47,000 cows enrolled in the 
Herd Register of the American Jersey Cattle 
Club. Probably two-thirds of these, or 
more, are still alive. Jesse D. Carr, the 
rich ranchman of Fresno county, Cal., has 
been ordered by a government agent to re¬ 
move a stone fence which he has built around 
40,000 acres of government land.The 
Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture now has 
10 outbreaks of Texan fever under its care. 
All over the Middle and Western States there 
are numerous reports of the same disease. 
.A mass convention of cattle- 
growers, butchers and feeders is called to 
meet in St. Louis, November 20, to consider 
the present state of the beef-growing and beef¬ 
killing business. It is an open secret that the 
movement is an effort to cope with the Beef 
Trust.In two year's the stock of cattle 
in Great Britain has decreased from 6,646,683 
to 6,127,264.The fresh fruit crop of 
California this season has an estimated value 
of $10,000,000.Illinois is the principal 
broom-corn producing State. The present 
crop is reported short in growth, hence long 
corn is held at firmer figures.The 
largest shipment of California canned fruit 
ever made is now en route to Chicago, and 
aggregates 10,000 cases, or more than a 
quarter of a million cans.According to 
recent advices from reliable firms on the other 
side, there will scarcely be half a crop of 
apples in England and Scotland, and this in¬ 
dicates that there will be a good demand for 
American fruit, which is growing in favor 
year by year in the English market. 
..The latest advices tell us that besides de¬ 
stroying over 800 human lives, thejlate cyclone 
in Cuba did enormous damage to shipping, 
cattle and crops ; while the attendant floods 
swept whole villages away. Owing chiefly to 
it, the sugar crop is not expected to be over 40 
per cent of the average. In Vuelta Aba jo the 
drying houses of tobacco were completely de¬ 
stroyed, and warehouses containing leaf to¬ 
bacco were demolished, and the tobacco 
ruined. fAt least 3,500 dwellings, huts andout- 
houses, in that single district, were destroyed, 
and a loss of $1,500,000 was inflicted. 
Various central and north Dakota points re¬ 
port frost on Tuesday night. Aberdeen reports 
corn injured in some localities and in others far 
enough.advanced to escape. Flax appears unin¬ 
jured, corn and flax being well out of the way: 
The Missouri Horticultural Society is making a 
grand fruit’exhibit at the St. Louis^Exposition, 
and earnestly solicits further contributions 
from all parts of the State. The exhibit opened 
on September 5, and will continue to October 
20. The Society furnishes tables, plates, cov¬ 
erings, labels etc., gratis. Sec. L. A. Good¬ 
man . Headquarters of tne Society Merchant’s 
Hotel cor. Twelfth and Olive, St. Louis, Mo. 
. Kentuckians have begun to cut White 
Burley tobacco. Some fields will be late on 
account of the necessity of resetting, but they 
are likely to be ready before frost; quality 
excellent.The quality of Connec¬ 
ticut tobacco is reported to be very fine, 
but the acreage is curtailed . 
Reports from Nebraska say that corn is all out 
of danger, and by 20 percent, the largest crop 
ever raised.At an inquest on a Cheshire 
(England) farm servant it was testified that 
the deceased, only 19, had worked the whole 
of that week, getting only three hours’ rest 
each night. A companion of the dead man 
said : “ It is the custom. If you won’t go 
somebody else will.”.A marked in¬ 
crease has taken place in the number of ships 
passing Constantinople with wheat for the 
Mediterranean and western Europe. Thirty 
steamers passed through the Sea of Marmora 
between the 17th and 24th of August, as well 
as fourteen sailing ships. Since January 1, 
706 steamers laden with wheat, came by the 
Golden Horn.... Down to last Wednesday 
twelve consecutive days of rain in Virginia 
had wrought great damage to crops. 
Ripened grain was sprouting in the shocks,and 
clover seed was much injured . 
The damage from frosts late last week in 
Maine will, it is estimated, amount to 
$1,000,000, owing mainly to the injury done 
to the sweet corn crop for canning. Of the 
above sum the farmers of Cumberland, 
Oxford and Kennebec counties, who lost two- 
thirds of their crop, will lose at least $700,000, 
and at least 5,000 persons will be out of work, 
as the canneries can’t get corn enough to give 
them employment.The President of 
the Vienna Congress in his report states that 
the area of land devoted to the cultivation of 
cereals in Europe has increased since 1853 
from 8,000,000 acres to 31,500,000 acres. This 
fact, he said, taken with American com¬ 
petition, accounted for the low prices which 
were no longer remunerative to agricul 
turists, and the export price of Amer¬ 
ican wheat already closely approaches 
the cost of production. 
Owing to the great shortage in the 
French wheat crop, amounting to over 100,- 
000,000 bushels, according to the last accounts, 
numerous petitions from the inhabitants of 
cities and towns as well as from the southern 
country districts are pouring; in on the gov¬ 
ernment asking for a suspension of the duties 
on imported grain for this year. The farm¬ 
ers, however, are getting up a counter-agita¬ 
tion and demanding an increase of duties, and 
the government is hardly likely to make any 
“Herbrand ” Fifth Wheel for Buggies.— Adv. 
