New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-24


lyle's, except Bescousfeld'si The difference he
tween them was not great, and both became aDos-
tate to the belief Of their youth bo'h Star'e" ns
Liberals: both were absorbed by their patrons As
coon "a England recognized Carlyle his pride was
satisfed ne sneered AT divine right no longer anu
| he who had taken the head OF Crom"eu from inc
gibbet poured ont his violent panegyuc upon the
King of Prussia. The other man, bitterly mated TOT
wears bv Young. liberal England and the literary
| painter of exclusive life. had a secret longing all
the time for common, popular regard. Inc opp"r-
tunity came in the American war, when IL was ne
cessarv in order 70 cross Lord PamerstOn, the Lib
eral leader for Dsrae to oppose the recognition OF
| jefferson Daviss Government. Immediately nc
drew the novel sound 10 him of the applause oil the
democracy whence he had come. II was Ike the
| music of childhood 10 his cars Therefore, when
Lincoln was killed, he made the most ferVent speech
| in England in praise of that Western cromwell
| while the biocrapher of Cromwell was silent on
Lincoln as frozen Pharisee DisraeI next N''io
the Reform bill from the laggard Liberals anu
widened the area Of suffrage himself HIS sonI grew
soft in the baths Of gratitude from all the humid Ar
NJ England aud he sank to rest recovered 10 hu-
mnnity and humble sympathies like that other Jew
Of whom il was said: He was vet in the loinS Of
his father when Melchiscdec met him" Managing
the living affairs of men is q more healthy pursuit
than dreaming or dissecting.
| TO THE PRACTICAL.
Dr. Chapin's library, his son says, cost ono hun
drcd thousand dollars it gave him the pleasure OF
collecting il and using il all his life, and brought 90
nor cent return after his death. Would horses or
| Yacht have done as muchf The growth Of private
libraries in the United States is the largest unseen
fact Last summer at Brighton, England. book
dealer said to me " You must be getting some great
libraries together in America said had not
! heard of IT, ave have sent over number OF very
large patches Of books three occasions thus year
! to American book-dealerS. Rare Amcrio1na Is III
more request than any class of books and we m
derstand our experience to be that OF the trade
generally" looked into the matter on my return
and found that the book treasures of the United
States were private property. 4" ] never heard oi
library breaking any man. said book dealer IN
Philadelphia. Some other form Of dissipation NAV
sacrifice a library, but books, Of themsclycs. never
ruin people
Talking 10 my shoemaker Yesterday, who s~hehtly
swell" in lis prices NJ least. he SAID: Allth"ea-
skins | Use are imported and are from female
calves The duty on these skins and the mshtr
wages here make the increase over foreign prices.
50 he charged me siXty-scVcn francs Tor duph'A''e
nv pair OF shoes made in Paris FOR thTy-iwo
francs But can not tan call-skln aS well ~
the Frcnch~ NO We pay 30 cents a pound
more for -'s French skin, than any ia the market.
Some time ago our leather dealers III the swamp
sent to Paris and got the foreman Of that establish
ment and some of the best workmcn and brought
them over here to duplicate the French cali-skn
but either thu water air tannin. or something was
inferior and The trial wa, failure
TWELVE THOUSAND EMGR,NTs.
More people landed in Ncw-York as cui~rauis the
rast week than probably constituted tie entire
original settlements OF all the thirteen colonies
whose chapters make whole libraries Of American
literature. Yet these twelve Thousand who have
come mp the Bay Of New York. the two hundred ami
sevcnty-sccond year since Captain ind-"n came
are hardly pcrceptihic IN our midst. lhcy are
di0used among ~ ike the few inccudiar.c- that
were let down in the night from the Trojan horse.
and for good or evil for great OF coinr"n ti'y are
come and melted.
| went twice 70 Castle Garden 3Hring th" week 10
geo this p,ac-flr swarm 90 Grths ami Germans upon
Rome Not goose gave warning uot CaAi'"-
was abroad lond'r, within SIGHT, the bnit" OF
avaricc was Gcrcey going on around Iu"i>
Church through the lanes and ll'cs ol Na.l->t and
unknown mines and experimental railways w'T'
wildly in the minds Of m"n h1t not th",' lively"
thousand propaeaiin. agents Of onr race Who
sanntcred mp to IA" EVchanrr and l-'"n". Il" thr
din. and chneklcl something in ataut" Iutl'-'-
and Keen u0 more.
fear. Of an ei.lcT.ut Just landed I'D NcW-("rh and
the unohscryant broker or merchant Is On" it" hc-
tween art and utilty. ! thou-h' 10 inl 'h that il
there vas spiritual uicru~c"I" g" Ice Lad. o. nl-t
show some subtle process "t -'ri"n- t'.ns "h
around the Battery 10 turn every Prio'I ""'-I'ht
into a uti!itarian A. fast thrJ cauc ashore they
seemed 10 me Ia bc seized and Glanced hy violence
80 that hcnccforWard they could think neither Tor
ward Uor bao warl. but oily iu a." present. Near
L. ,.tf.fr IlsT4
they mt once became, and their venerable Visions
and reyerent hearts expired. They were being all
mit,ed To the Iroouois or the Tammanv tribe. and
NJ once mt on the war trail with their Who'll" cdu"a
tion in the words. Look alive, BE- spy Don't |
give yourself away Don't get loft Never hc "a
Has Been p"
II Won have n clairyoyant eye you can GEO shed |
from that immigrant host. like their cid garments
and left Oh the wharf all the folklore oi Europe The
!ullabys. the love potions th" signs. omcnH and |
visions and further still a fond. ndulgcnt crowd Of
flaws fairies. pe1uics. ghosts doppelgangcrs and |
what not saving: Are We welcome : Our nests are |
builded in those poor hearts. Shall VIC cmiTate
with thcmir But one Of the six utilitarian Com
missioners of Emigration cxclams: Nonscn,c no, |
Can't approve of it. Thcse people have air ady |
been fumgatcd of several Of their super,ttinus and
we shall send you ghosts etcctera. If you come
ashore up to the hospitals Wards Island.
This" concludes tho Commissioner, Is a smart,
practical country So the spectral fleet Turns the
rudder and chased by all the hirls down the gray
bay returns 70 Europe leaving Our new fellow
citizens stunned with ghosts they wot not Of the
elevated railroad trains the cmigrant runner who
pcrchance is also a Congrc sman'. Battery Whiskcy.
and metropolitan politics. He hears the sign
Have you got any money in your clothcsT He
or she is led up the street little way. and finding
evil u be the decoycr. cxclams: Alas, what hard
r.-ia.l..o.