New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-14

ar.. and moreover. that two OF the worRen s hnrs
stated that lamp was upset on one Vi 'Ne "PP''
vhere powdered stafch "as h'oic"' ,
youuary is the pamphlet month OF the busy
t.yry mail brings 10 the Editors desk dozen
-. ,rcat,ses fresh from pen. press and bindery.
80 uroporon OF these paper covers relate 10 the SILVER
st,cn but there infinite variety IN the topics us
.ed by the panpheieers. Within twenty-iOut hourS'
~ instance there have been received at THIS once al
,,,t,lo,1c Of books and memoirs relating to nebue
I'D clusters By Edward = Holden "John Bun N itay'
~.,riur in verse by Icbabod;" 1.-THE Southern Pol
- supplement 20 "Vaticanism Unmasked;" the
I.ngurs Address OF Mayor Thomas A Doyle. OF Provi-
1epce. "Ihe Future Development OF The New-loik
state Library me Hdn anu h' r ~ S Nv nr g. A.
Earto in memory Of Edward Hammond CLARKE "G9oJ %,
Wn,ds for the WOrkingwOnen Of NewYork;' report OF
the chef Of Ordnance, T. s. A.; aud many %GeT Pmpn
IL and volumes. All this goes 10 show thal JOhihnes
Gutenberg did not 1--we ia VAIN
Where are the new buildings for Columbia
cres 10 be e7ectodl Certainly not the grounds now
cuped ol there for another strucnreoi any
o-ectural pretensOns The corporation controls ten
scr Of land ON Washington Heights bat even Win the
most svorabe conditions Of rapid transit the site would
ne very announcement writer IN the current nuin'cr
~ Actq CoiunbiGna-the magazine Is far more clever
than ~ awkward title prondses-Ionts eignifcanty TO
tbc ground now occupied by the receiving reservoir at
vo,tv-second-st and Ffthavc., and suggests that
h,ne set OF college buildings would look better than
a barren and dusty parade ground "Then would our
law school and Medical Department JOIN u.s. lie e1-
claims In a burst Of enthusiasm. "and we should no
longer be college but university. with the finest
sotin, School the finest Law school, the finest Medical
be hoped that by tuat time We sllali
nave The finest school Of Letters IN the country one
thing Is quite certain, the SChOOl OF Mhes VIII noou
new building before long
Dean Stanley never loses a chance to make
. mini on an anniversary. When called upon 10 preside
ot any meeting he always asks himself II the day is The
iver.ary of any great event, the birthday OF any
,,,ous persOn In order dcduce some lifting lesson
On the last saturday Of the year he appeared at an ILL.,
dusal exhibition in London, aud at once reminded the
uorLuccIases that that day the anniversary OF an
e.nt which happened 200 years ago. and which caused
a ,reat disturbance TO the country II he anniver-
sorry of the murder Of Thomas Beckei, in connection
xi,b whose life there was a circumstance which well
illustrated the principle which he was about to en-
I,r, Peoulesome times imagined that the small things
tcy saw before them not worthy of pursuit; where
as In reality small things often deserved consideration
story was told which referred 10 the father and mother
Of Thomas 4 Beckett His father, who was Londoner.
veut 10 the crisades and having been taken prisoner
married an Eastern lady. lie afterwards ranSomed
aud returned to England but he was unable TO carry
AWAY his fe with him, and she remained in SYRIA She
however determined to travel TO EnSland-a difficult
task as she knew only words of English " Gilbert
Ohe name OF her hushand), and " London she got
through Europe by mentioning town she came
10 word " London" at which ace size cNentu,Iy
arrived when there she made use OF her other word,
"Cber and having found her way IRON strcetto street.
she at last discovered the house OF her husband near Lon
don Bridge. This example of the effect that cJd
produced by making the very greatest use O Whatever
little knowledge one possessed