New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-28

the stage. Sergeant Mason Jusrnes tne s!mpa'ny
be public have expressed for him BY refusing 10 do
this 1t Is said that he has been engaged aS saies
man by Chicago clearinghouse. 1t VIII certainty
be a priceless privilege to buy pair OF trousers
from the man who didn't shoot Guiteau, ana Ii tne
Chicago firm has some damaged goods on mana ~
wants to work off, we have no doubt 1t mas aoop'eo
a sbrewd method of doing it.
wise man once said that he made it his RUE
always to put off until tomorrow what ne coulu 10
to-day. Something may occur by tomorrow, no
explained, (which may render it undesirable 10 90
the thing that could be done to-day" He may or
NAV not have been right. But If the British troops
had postponed until tomorrow the evacuation
which they accomplished on the goth OF November,
1888, what q great improvement the centennial
celebration would have been, so far as the Weather
was concerned!
We doubt whether the public is prepared 10 SYM
pathze very deeply with the Mr.. Solomon VINO ioS'
a large sum of money playing cards with stranger
on board the steamship Servia, but every tra'eii0r
will rejoice if the arrest in this case leads to the cor
recton of an abuse which has grown to serious pro-
portions. Those who have crossed the ocean by the
English lines are well aware that the smoking
room On popular steamer Is often no better imam
gambling saloon, in which the unwary are scandal
ousy leeced. diamond merchant, with name
like Solomon ought to be able to take care OF MN
self; but travellers Of another class, especially
young men going abroad for holiday or on business
errands, need to be protected We once watcneu
the operations of two wel-knOwn professional gam
blers on the voyage from New-YOrk TO Liverpool
They made an exceedingly good thing out OF the
trip, and some young Americans on board were 30
thoroughly cleaned out that before going ashore
they had to borrow money to get to their Hlehos'
We do not know how far the steamship companies
can 20 in breaking up such wrongs, but railroad
companies have done something to check similar
operations on the cars; and the captain of trans
atlantic passenger steamer being probably the most
antocratic ruler in existence, is supposed to have
authority enough for anything.
The AfhenGum says "a very pretty song has been
contributed under q pseudOnym to Temple Bar by
Mr.. Leonard Huxley a of the President OF the
ROYAL Society. Mr.. Huxley distinguished himself
at Oxford by his remarkable turn for verse" 1t
would be curious if Professor Huxey's son were to
turn ont n poet Such an event would be a sort or
natural satire upon the Professor, who has been
known to utter disrespcctful remarks about the
uses of poetry and who is said to regard that klnd
of literature as a downright waste of the intellect
nal faculties Yet the Professor himself, despite
his devotion to scientific demonstration, has on
occasions indicated quite a marked poetical ten
dcncy. especially in his disposition to anticipate
scientific discoveries yet in the march OF the
future" and TO supply what he has himself styled
the scientific imagination" in a highly magma
tive way pOetical Huxley, however, ought to
produce strong and lucid verse, if he inherits even
some of his distinguished progenitOrs mental en-
dowments