New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-03

have the general management of the institu-
ton. The plan IA similar to that of the state
Public School at Codwatef Mich, which has
proved emincnuy successful and the unanimlty
with which it WAS approved by the Senate
shows that il ought not 10 be overlooked m
the Assembly. A vote upon 10 before adjourn
ment would be wise and usefdl.
Some time ago IL wa stated that BIO the opinion Of
Professor Proctor the appearance oi another comet
this year would Justify apprehens'ns IF final
mundane smash. DR.. Lewis Swift. of the amer
Observatory 1T R0choster mn.t have beard ot this
prophecy Yet what does hr do 1u the B 80 inst. 40
. O'Clock in the morning. but discover AN entirely
new comet very bright and of fair slc stranger
n was evidently. Who knows with what designs
upon the residence of mankuif There are thp7e
WHO. in srit, of the cxasperatious audi mental de
prosslou- of moving day, ars .uu attached to tms
old familiar orb. and who VIII hear of the conduet
81 nr. Swift with feeling, 81 iudi ma-on. Why
could Dc not go "a bed Ikea sensible man and lc the
moor world have % chancci II anything disastrous
come. II il. d. Swift will bc held responsible. az
would lc. only nobody will he left to hold Linn.
L Mess lac can find ont some way OF pcrsuadug hls
comet 10 turn about ami go the other way.
se are not sure that the Doctor Is not liable
10 indictment at common law for malicious
mischief To add 30 our appr tensions, tremen-
dous aerolitc fell the other night near llunnc"rll.
Kansas Il was large enough 90 cover piece OF
rro,ud twenty-five feet long and ten feet wide, and
50 hot that it scared the SOL under 10. What be-
tween comets and rcd hot acroltcs Of large size the
lookout is rather lrid. Yet uoholy will bo much
alarmed. il there il anything which every man
bre,rs in it is that the world will last his timc.
Tie Kitchen Garden was only one womau's idea q
few years ago-Mis, Emily lluutugton's- and now
il i.a system with a metropolitan association 10
apply 10 and annual meetings and reports. Nearly
one thousand children of the poorer classes In this
CITY were taught last year the hundred and one little
household duties which they may have 30 perform
some day as tidy servants ia great houses. or as the
mstrcsscs Of some little home OF their own. and the
knowledge Of which cannot fail TO make them more
useful aud happier in any station Of life. They begin
when they are hardly more than babies, and under
Miss Huntingtons clever system learn to sweep. set
table. wait on the door wash clothes, etc, all the
while regarding 10 as a pretty game-whlch, IN
fact il is made with the of toy dishes brooinS
ETC. and Of simple songs to describe every process.
The system is spreading elsewhere. Successful
classes have been formed in Brooklyn, Philadelphia
Boston. Albany, Troy, Pittsburg. 81. Lous. Cincn-
natl and many smaller places. The system has also
been introduced among the c0l0rcd people and the
Managers in this city strvlng tO make IL rrRu-
lor part Of the course Of instruction in every indus
trial and public school The association is anxious
IN raise 81 900 this year by increasing the member
shin. The treasurer Is Miss Thomson. of No. 6s
Park-ave Tho work is certainly mcritorious one,
for il helps poor to help themselves and ought
to DO encouraged.
Deputy Inspector Plunkctt. Captain Williams's
frst-Heutcnant in the Cleaning Bureau, says
that ne is confident that the bill 10 take the street
cleaning ont of the hands Of the police will never
become a law. Probably has confidence il based on
his faith in the diplomatic abilities Of Mr.. John j.
O'Brien who has been conspicuous and indefatigabe
AZ Albany in negotiations affecting this matter and
who is popularity supposed to carry at least one As
sembyman in bis pocket and 20 have a very eiirc-
tive mortgage on a nnmbor of others Mr. OBrien's
satesnanlike qualities may be all that Mr. Plunket
thinks them TO be. But surely the Legislature will
not be- cruel enough to aAlct the Police Commission
ers longer with burden which they areal extremely
anxious 20 get rid Of At least they all say they are.
Why should Mr. O'Bron desire TO prosecute them
One thing can confidently be predicted Of the
New-York Of the next century-lt VIII be city oi
tall buildings When The TmRrNE office and the
Western Union Building were put up they were ro-
earded by most architects and business men ~ dar-
ing and foolish Innovations. Now the structures
that count seven eight nine stories are no longer
Z novelty Indeed 1t is taken for granted when the
foundations Of new business house are being lad
in any of the downtown thoroughiarcs that it II to
! be a tall AFFAIR with ai elevator. Uptown the now
apartment houses show The tendency to act on