New-York tribune., 1872-05-09

obscurity of the Supply bill. 1t is the print
ing lobby that does the business.
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writer in The London Quarterly Rericc, on British
Parliamentary Eloquence, declares that the House OF
Commons is at present entirely bare OF young and
rising orators II is the opinion of The London Necs
that the falling off is in the higher kind OF elo-
quencen This is to be attributed to the absence OF
any great national lconvulsion-questions have been
too small for eloquence; and the House of Commons
is too narrowly practical Speeches to-day are made
for the House, and for a special and ephemera pur'
pose; the audience will not endure any travelling
outside that purpose; and so, when the question IS
settled, the interest of the speech is gone Still as
Tho Neps suggests, it is well to remem-
ber that the fame Of the orators OF the
past depends upon the report of cotempo-
raries. The present lack Of oratorical force
must be exceedingly marked for The Nees says that
If Mr.. Gladstone, Mr.. Bright and Mr. Disraeli were
by some sudden fatality removed tomorrow, the
House of Commons would have no claim to higher
place in eloquence than might be urged bymany io-
cal Town Council At the same time. Mr.. Gladstone is
probably not inferior to Pitt, and Mr. Bright sur
passes Fox in simple poetry Of style and in clear
strength of convictions" But these men have at
present no promise of successors"
II the Spirit of Evil has not gone into the business
of publishing childrens books he certainly has
taken lien upon it. The condemnations which
were heaped upon the ancient form of novel apply
in full force to the majority of what booksellers class
as Juvenile" stories They give false views of
ife as when boys of IA run away from school. make
off with sailboat, and reap the rewards Of their
high spirit in Summer cruises with unendng bills of
fare and miraculous good fortune in the shape OF
buried treasure at the end. BY some moral sleight
of hand these boys prove always in the right their
Judgment surprising that Of parents. teachers, and
the inferior class known as their elders generally
They are likewise models Of chivalry and truth, and
specimens of high politeness, except in their speech
which is sort of lame slang several degrees worse
than boys of themselves would invent if it were not
for the aid of these Sunday-schoOl novelettes The
manners of the children in these books are uni
formly underlined and there is little choice between
the pgs and the scapegraces as far as character Is
concerned. Children do not want their self-con-
sciousness cultivated by reading constantly about
scenes of the playground and exploits OF those OF
their own age. The best books for grown people to
read arc the best for children. The Sketch Book"
and "WaverleyD weave their spells most powerfully
about tho mind Of childhood.
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fession for the honor of man we trust that it will
be done in decent and consistent way. The Ameri-
can Medical Association met in Philadelphia on
Tuesday, and DR.. Yandel of Louisville the President,
made little preliminary speech. He was not
obliged to say anything about WOmen-D0ctOrs; but
he could MT, to save himself, keep the narrowing
question out of his address. So he said that no
doubt "history recorded the eminent attain
ments of women in the medical profession" Here
the professional hemming and having began. He
(the President) chopped that no element OF discord
would be introduced into their midst by the en-
deavOr Of women to enter their Association He for
one would not vote for themw Is MT here slight
What in the name of common
sense do you need in medical practice more urgently
than Eminent Attanmentsp p And if woman can
do what woman has done, 1. e., secure the "Emi-
nent Attainments" are they not infinitely better
fitted for the healing business than man who un-
dertakes practice on the strength of Philadelphia
diploma without any attalnments at alb
Mr.. Charles Reade, not content with making an
enraged epistolary pOunce upon journal which
criticised somewhat severely his new comedy
" Shiy Shally," has announced his intention to sue
several other journals guilty of the same horrd
crime. word of censure is the red rag which Mr..
Reades tender feelings forever incapable of re-
ssting That his critics can be or are anything but
Jealous playwrghts in disguise he resolutey refuses
to admit-they are simply scribblers writing with
envy and malice at the intrusion of their intel
lectual superiors into their narrow field. They are
what Mr.. Pecksnif vrtuously calls vermin and
swarmers, who are doing their best to cover the
poor authors declining days with dishonor. There
Messeurs, the contempt OF centuries,
and the mighty scorn Of Reade. It's pity it
does MT occur to Mr.. Reade that the man who wrote
" Peg Wellington" and white Lies" has no need
to rave under what he esteems mere malice.
Carter County, KY. seems to be wonderful place
for curiosites There is natural bridge there 2l9
feet in the span, 1876 feet high and II feet wide,
arched below and level on the top; under it is cas-
cade with o fall of 70 feet and two miles distant
another with fall of 200 feet Then there two
wonderful streams, one called the Big Sinkey and
the other the Little Siukey. These are good
sized streams which run about two miles and then
suddenly disappear. But we have mt done with
Carter County yet. 1t has a natural artesan well"
which once played jet Of four feet high; now 1t s
foot high because sghtseers to find out the DEPTH
have thrown so much rubbish into the WELL Finally,
comes the most astonishing wonder-a rattlesnake
seen near the spot, which reached across the
bridge and had body as big as an ordinary churn"
1t must be absolutely fatal to be bitten by such
badly proportioned snake.
There are several things about beer in the news
papers lately. The towns in Massachusetts have
been voting on the sale of the uid and the net re-
suit seems to be that some of them are for beer
shops, and some of them are not. But the greatest
beer item comes from Albany. where on Tuesday
a. q. ~ tho