New-York tribune., 1878-09-28
GENERAL MOTIFS.

1t looks as if one of the disagreeable fea-
lures Of the Metropolitan Elevated Railway had been
satisfactorily corrected The oil which drops from tho
trucks has already occasOned much energetic criticism,
aud 1t has been dolefuly prophesied that when the
became nerusted with these drppngs, the heat
OF another Summer would generate another nolsome
smell in the city, which needs no additional Odors
Of that sort. The which have recently from
the Detroit shops of the Pullman Palace Car Company
with clean boxes and trucks and indications Of hot
journals scattered grease their long journey, viii
pedestrians with new haS 70 walk fearlessy
coming SMELL The problem OF cIeanly fabrication seems
to have been solved far earwheels are concerned
Boating matters at Trinity College are look
ing up Since the Saratoga regatta in which the crew Of
that college met with accident that spoiled the
for them, interest has tagged. Another the
want OF large enough attendance at the college to
create q sharp rivalry among athletic men, But moro
potent than this lack Of money. Now, however,
the college attendance has increased the students OF
Weather class and there is better display among
them OF physical strength. year ago a committee
appointed to procure funds for bOat-hOuse The
mittee raised $3.50, large part Of that sum coming
from prominent citizens Of Hartford This Fall new
efforts have been put FORTH and good race Is promised
rcIr IN Tbc5 Sev saY fbst while ppooer 9ppor
unitY friendly contests with other colleges viii not
be disregarded IL Is mainly the intention the club
promote the boating interest among the Undergrad
uates and to enable those owning boats to use them
The trials and vexatons of railway travel
IN England with luggage almost proVerbial nova
days In spite Of the vast superiority Of the American
checking system to the miserable pasted labels used
abroad, the average EnRlishman persists in following
his old ways and bearing his dseOmors without gru-
bling It Is not often that he makes admission that
improvements are in sny way possibei but when at
long intervals he does the fact should have itself re-
corded The Globe ondon) recently confessed that II
sometimes happens that the paste used for fas
tening the labels the luggage is SO thin and waery
| fha ala ALI IN m
sometimes does happen 80, and in cases where label
sticks sticks nightly that fingers cannot pull it
on roll OF umbrellas OvercOat in a strap when
1t gets label 1t gets it the silk OF cloth instead OF on
the handle and in the case Of trunk bag. porter
ever takes an old label as place suited to his gum
brush for n Oue but carefully selects each time
uew clean place. and possible dabs bis glue and sticks
| his aDel directly card OF address The Gtooe
thinks that II the ingenuity OF railway companies can
sengers luggage the authorities might at least see tnat
the porers whose SPECIAL function II Is 20 Weld the
paseDrush perform their duty In little less perfume
! tory manner tBan Is often the case"
Mail advices ten days old from London. re-
] port that Vesuvus was then throwing up lava TO
height OF 500 feet above the Of the crater and
that grand display OF flames might be expected at any
time There have been several eruDtons Of Vesuvu in
the present century. crater opened IN septem-
ber 1909, and continued 10 throw forth fire. lava and
| ashes during nearly four yeare. Then the mountain
was quiet for nearly twentyhree years when IN Octo-
ber 1892 the great fell in and torrents Of lava
! spread over the adjacent country. Twelve years
aferward the village Of CaposeceO was entirely de
stroyed but that time until the beginning OF 1850
Vesuyius was quiet. In February 1850, IL again sent
forth its molten lava and another great outbreak oe-
Cured 10 1885, and sti another in 1858. In August.
1889, the eruption remarkable another small city
being de-troyed-Torre del Greco, which had already
been visited in 1874, when It's cathedral several
churches and many houses and stores oberdied.
Among the most formidable eruptions, however, have
heau Of
1872, great wrought IN the surrounding
country, aud that In March, 1876, when POmpen was
threatened with another burial In June of last year
sand and ashes carried as far as Rome. But IN
point Of human sacrifice. ancient times stand alone
When the elder Pny perished the number OF victims
was 0OO aud the time when the slightest warn
ing the summit OF the yOcano was signal Tor gem
eraI conaternaLiOn and terror.