New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-26


Railway people should give their whole minds to
taking of their profits and leave their passen-
gers to take care OF themselves At least they do it,
Down TO Tile present time Casual oynics travelling
ON their public Inconvenience have frequently
had reason to believe, however, that they did
not do it successfully. The spectacle of a willy con-
ductor knocking down" one out OF three fares
received by him has often soothed spirit outraged
by the unlawful superincumbcncy of stout
stranger on sensitive corn. The knel Of these
things that were most pleasant to us" of the in
jured public appears, however, to have been rung.
On the Broadway i'll this city the
conductors now carry small glittering instru-
ment in shape something like pistol and in sound
very like table-bell at club. This Is a Railway
Punch" invented in Buffalo, and for some months
past it seems used to the huge content of
all the directors ard stockholders upon all
the leading street railways of Boston and
Philadelphia. The mechanism is simple enough.
The conductor on receiving fare strikes his bell
and thereby causes a small crcet of paper to fall
ont Of slip he wears into hollow ball at the
bottom of his Punch, where it lies to bear witness
against him at the end of his route IL bio fails
to strike his bell he betrays himself at
once for spoiler. The advantages of this invention
to the stockholders of street railways are so warmly
certified to by the Philadelphia and Bostonian COM
panies that it will doubt DO extensively adopted
everywhere. After which," wsud it be too much
to ask that the companies should devote little
thought to the question of securing passenger the
seat for which he paysf
In THE TRIBUNE extra published on Saturday
containing tho series of six lectures by Mr.. Proctor
on the most recent discoveries and theories of as
tronomy, we printed the poem by John G. Whittier
aptitlad "The PRAYER If ApassizU This sbould
have been credited to The Christian onion; but at
the time of using it we were not informed of the
fact that it was originally written for that paper
The poem forms appropriate introduction to the
lectures and memorable sayings of Agassiz at
Penkese Island in the of his instructions to
the Anderson School Of Natural History. But little
of these ripe efforts of that great teacher has bith
erto been seen in print. We have gathered these
ports from various sources. and are sglad to be
able to state that they fairly represent the wise
reverent aud genial spirit Of the great naturalist
and give his own expression of many memorable
Thoughts that will find permanent place in science
and literature, while they have especial value for
the class of persons to when they addressed
those who have the care and education Of the youth
Of America.
II is always best when you hear row in the street
to stay quietly within doors. Mr. William Dewhurst
of Woburn, Mass, didn't act upon that principle
policeman having arrested woman for drunken
mesa she screamed as the will do on such occa-
sions. Mr. Dewhurst, lightly clad in his dressing
gown and slippers. came out to what tho matter
could be; and being out he kindly suggested TO the
policeman that it would be better for him to get
carriage for the bacchaDte. Upon this he was
dered in the name Of the Commonwealth Of Massa-
chusetts, to procure himself q vehicle. This o
new view # the matter to the phlanthpopic gentle
man; he paid no attention to the request, in conse
quence Of which he did pay S6 land costs in the PO
lice Court next day for refusing 10 aid the Officer
MT Dewhurst is dis9usted with the whole criminal
jurisprudence Of modern times.
The Terry Island Adveutists tare very much both
cred 10 understand why the world did not come to
an end upon che day which they appointed for that
little event. Their newspaper organ regards 1t ~
ineomprehensible' We do not know" says the
editor, why We are here to-day. We have re-
viewed the argument. We do not find aaw in it,
Then he candidly adds: Perhaps we and our fol-
lowers are the supplemented. foolish people the
world at large esteems US to be-perhaps our hopes
arc mere dream" II appears to US that this gen
tlamAn's head. at least In rapidly becoming level,