New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-03

dcveloped under his peculiar treatment. The
paper will attract the attention OF chemists
and metalurgists and particularly OF tilat large
class of experimenters who are now straihing
every nerve to solve the problem oil the eiec-
trio light. Indirectly, too, Mr.. Edison's expert
ments ought to lead to valuable notifications
in the preparation of the common metals ior
specific purposes, and particularly in the vari-
Gus processes of annealing. Professor Chand-
lers lecture on the Saratoga and other nm
eral springs also attracted large audience.
The Association has met with large measure
of success this year, and its sessions nave
done much to stimulate scientific research III
various fields.
As the Fishery question is the only one WHICH
distur.s the harmony between Great Britain
and this country, strong desire is cxpresseu
by a London journal to have the differences
on that score settled Immediately ana lot
"ever." This desire is natural, since England
has no direct interest in the Canadian fish
cries. but il should be taken into account
that her Government has rendered per-
mannnt settlement more difficult by accepting
readily the exorbitant Halifax award. The
sum thus acquired has inflated the value OF
the fishing rights. iii the Canadian mind, an"
stimulated desire for more Yankee gold. De
fore, however, the ten years expire ~ ought
to be possible to determine clearly how much
the privileges accorded us are really WORTH
1t has been stated on pretty good authority
that we have paid more than the whole eaten
of our fishermen in the ten years VIII amount
TO, besides giving the Canadian fishermen the
free run of our markets.
Following the footsteps OF Dickens through
Old London, our staff correspondent taxes the
reader through the grimy district lying along
the Thames, below the Tower, known as
! Limehouse Hole-the district where hved
Rogue RiderhoOd and CATER HeXam, wheie
| Bill Skies met his death, and where Inspector
| Bucket began the search for Lady Dedi"cN.
| He finds the "dropsical tavern so oiteh
mentioned in "Our Mutual Friend" looking
| Just as il did when the Inspector drank nuIh'
! sherry there with Lightwood and NraybuIh'
! Then, by long walk, nc reaches tno
Drurv Lane neighborhood and discovers 'he
"hemmed-in churchyard, pestiielous ana
"obscene,n where Lady DedlOck was found at
last. cold and dead. and where poor 10, the
crossiug-sweeper. came To sweep the stones
rs a tribute 70 the friend who 'was very
good" to him. The vivid realism OF Dick
ens's descriptions of London is strihiDg'y
shown by this interesting letter.
Ii was manifestly unfit that person capa-
/ bic of writing Superintendent Riddles amaz-
ing book on Spiritaalism should be left at the
! head of tie common school system oil the CITY
| of Ncw-York His friends, headed by some
of his converts among the teachers, are super
serylceably engaged now in an effort to In
duce the Board oil Education to renstatc him.
We sincerely hope the Board will not outrage
common sense by any such folly. The
man carablc of writing this book, and
of ascribing the baldcrdash it contains to
the spirits of the eminent dead with whom be
processes to have been IN communication,
should not be placed in control of the educa-
| ton of youth in the greatest city on the con-
tlnent. Ii is not a question of belief IN spirit
uasm far less one of religious faith OF any
| kinda and efforts TO torture 1t INTO case OF
persecution cannot succeed. Mr.. Riddle is
! ont. and we are sure the serious judgment of
those who have any familiarity with ms book,
and any interest in the common schools, is
that il is better ne should stay out.
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The latest phase of the contest for the Cover
Il
noIshp is described in our Saratoga dispatches.
| The position OF leading candidate is always
| a perilous one, because its occupant usually
has TO run the gauntlet of the combined oppo-
sstion of his rivals All who are not for him
are against him, and if lie has not clear
majority on ms side at the start. he is in dan
ger of falling a victim to coalition OF his
adversaries after he has developed the full eX-
tent of his own strength. II Mr. Cornell succeeds,
in spite of the efforts to defeat him, it will be
because the preponderating sentiment IN the
! Convention is that he is the best man to head
the Republican ticket this Fall +; if he fails it
will be because that sentiment points to some
other man as having, all things considered,
more elements of popular strength. In either
event the contest will end with the nominal
ton, and the party will heartily and unitedly
support the nominee. A brisk controversy in
a Convention never does any harm. when its
motive is to secure the selection OF thor
oushly available candidate. Whatever The
outcome of to-day's struggle at Saratoga may
/ be- the Republicans of NewYork may rest
assured that Convention made up OF their
most trusted representative men will make no
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