New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-04

public They destroyed public faith, and conSe-
qucntly public interest. in wrestling matches anu
walking matches in the way. until. as thr Hst
exhibitions Of this sort plainly Indicated. the people
generally know them 10 be gamblers devices LOT
swindling by false scores and false pretences as to
prizes paid just the latest walking swndlc in this
city" pctrrcl out" a complct, failure financially AMI
patent fraud IN thu scoring. many 500 athletes
mounted on bicycles para.cl III Boston under the
name of the League of American Wheclmrn'
Tins display Of numbers and the demonstrations ot
enthusiasm by the crowds OF ladies' aud gentleman
along the line OF march sufficient hint To the
gamblers that the bic, Gle j. the next most popular
thing to introduce III the hppodrone which they
generally manage To control. When they once get
Lol upoa the League the sport will tall into the
disreputc and contempt IN which baseball, wrestling
aud walking are nov held.
The organ Of the iruu and steel trade in England,
The IroHmonger. srorrs 10 the account OF the
American contestants for the trade of the world.
Onr IRON and steel goods II acknowledges, are
driving the British manufactures out OF the
South African and Australian markets " Ameri-
can saws, axes. locks and scales arc pro-
nounced superior to the English and our otheI
goods OF the same materials sold mOre readily
than theirs because of the more sensible modes
of packing and newer fashioned mode Of doing
business used by us The PaH Mail Gazette, which is
always rcmorsclcSsly just in dealing with the Eng
lsh workman. asserts that the American goods
are no better than they always are but that IL is
the quality Of the British which has deteriorated.
In Australia the wares Of Birmingham and Man
chester are pushed ont OF sale simply &c cunt OF
their miserable quality. The sooner our home
manufacturers become alive ~ tn ~ cts the bet
ter" cries The Gazette il has cried for the last
FIVE years aloud in the market-place in vain.
In the manufactures Of iron which WI not admit
of deterioration in quality without instant loss of
trade such as iron and steel rails. the production
has largely increased in Great Britain during the
last few years. report laid before the lnsti-
tuie II Civil Engineers stated that twelve years ago
the Importation of ore for iron and steel manuiac-
tnrr. was II 1000 tons. while in 1850 it was
26O0,OOO tons. All which goes to prove that
the British workman when compelled by main force
10 tuIn out far work. rcal's quick reward, bat,
utter all doe, not profit by the lesson
The passion for putting mp monuments, for little
vhlc took rather an odd form AT London. Ont. the
scene of the late dreadful drowning disaster. IL WAS
al first proposed 10 ere" hy subs ripfion suhstan-
tial and lasting memorial of the catastrophe. Any
thing mon. unnecessary can harliy imagine; nor
ANYTHING iuorr likely to be- UNPLEASANT 10 the SenSi-
tive part of the surviving population. TIA" commit
t"r having the mattrr III hand exhibited more good
s.u~,. than any other monument committee Of which
We haNrry,r heard. 10 build such pillar, II was
drt,ruilc'l would bc H. pripriuatr the memory OF
our oAu humiliation and blundrring' 1t might he
a,.,i.l NAT the. monument w"uld I've useful IA sug-
e,.;.ug goat care in th' lnNpc' ion Of sf'aml"atN;
h.t n wolL have .onn brr0n, IN old story. and rs
a,lun,lii,uS. with nothing hcttrr than themselves
10 back them up voull certainly have been dlsfc-
p,ulrd The hIuv uipuuIn'nt whirh commentaries
tl,. Great ire Of .oudnn ENGLAND. huit for
H.. sake pcrpctmilug thr fal~rlpod that the ron
H1srltI"u Wa Iur to 4 Roman Catholic conspiracy.
pl an inscription to that Eject the present age has
h,r.,nr .hun,d and n has been removed The
O ario Committee. Instead of wa~ting money monu-
mrn' ,lly. thought IT h-,t to employ such funds rs
nnsht come into its hands in permanently rclcv-
INK fhn~r made destitute los the ucciIent Thus far
40 the n.itd states VIZ have rr' crtl great variety
of monuments in remembrance OF considerable
assortment of events; but sc have NOT gone 50 far
~ thus 10 commemorate the rap,llng al Steamboats,
ard the drowning OF passengers
The Maloue- Vance postal card bn'i-
ncs. with the large amount of falk AMI telegraph
iug which o. has produced. has caused recollection
of h. forgotten fact that II l. against thr rcgula-
t..u~ of the Post Ohrc Department Tor clerks to
rad postal cards. When thrlr curiosity gets tho
better of th,ir discretion. aud they do read they
arr Ithl, to a nnr ~ not lr~, than lOp and not
r"oic than ~ DuO This reminds u> of H." un'p'ak-
able nl,urdity Of sending postal card with any
thing written upon II which all tn" world. ~ well ~
the person To- y HON II addressed. may not read.
To- forward anything Of secret nature IA that way
j., mo- letter than getting upon hou-c-'"T {" hlab
the ,,an.t -tcrr, of our'- soul through speaking
trlulrt Of Telephone powers. Nothing should Toe
written upon a postal card which everybody may
mot read: and this every well bred person under
stands TIE card, never WrIr int,idrl Tor CORE
sppadru,r Of pritat" KIND. 10 be- >lr" no prison
mot under the dominion of morbid curiosity ever
i..i.t, Of reading one of them not addressed I"
Lia: Lut there arr those who cannot restrain thrm-
,rlA,. bar must read or die. Correspondents will
do well ~ remember the existence of this cniIonN
class. and i'm case Of danger or doubt, either Use
,u,rl"le, or rite ia parable "r cipher.
The Pennsylvania fishermen who lately rcsorrd
~ yornrr m resisting the enforcement of the fish
laN,of tlat STATE ar not the nr>t and only members
olthcircalrs who have insisted on killing The gooNr
that lI their goliru eggs rather the Nhi! and bass
and trout Which LAID each hundreds of thousand,
every year. For thirty years the oyster war has
RACED m Maryland and Virginia. part al the time
being wagrl 10y the fishermen of onr stat" against
cucroachmruts ho- of the other but AT all times
hy the fishermen generally against the State author
itir- Rayad Taylor many years ago lhdugrd
hi, Muse In u dogg,rr rhyme celebrating this war.
which PORN. We believe he never included in his
published works. The oyster war breaks ont semi
occasionally in Northern waters but this j. usually
over the rIrht 10 drcd., in certain beds. The Fish
Comm. toner's Of the Northern States have met
with good deal Of opposition from the less nt"lli-
gent fishermen. but there bad previously been Moth
ing ike the outrage committed "A few days ago at
Wr,ght,,Illc ON the tavcn-hrrPrr who entertained