New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-06

places remarked 10 Gllneplece tnat laDoreu unuer
none of these depressing deficiencies, ''You must
go, you must 60" "Of course must CO." answered
the other. ut is the law OF my being to go-don't
you wish you could oY At which the battered
watch was greatly incensed and cried, Turn the
rascal ont" MoraL-This fable teaches that Democ-
racy is making blooming donkey of itself.
Mr. MITCHELL the 2ugllist. is said to be an English
college graduate; Sade and Sullivan are not clas-
sicay educated. But they all seem to know the
full modern meaning of the Greek noun Hippo
drome."
The Universal Peace Union, which met recently at
Mystic. Conn, calls upon the President OF tne
United States to embody clause IN the next
Thanksgiving proclamation asking the clergy to
preach peace on that day. The advice is excellent
but a tribe unnecessary perhaps, as In general
way the clergy committed 10 preach peace all
the time. resolution denounclng the prevalent
Indian policy in this country for the last two hun
bred aud fifty years is moro practical. Treachriy
pllage. outrage, theft. and murder are some OF tue
counts of the indictment made out against the
white race And the worst of it is. they true
If the Peace Union will devote It's energies to rous
ing public sentiment on this matter. it will per-
form valuable service for humanity.
The Democracy of OHIO is talking about getting a
divorce from Hoadly. She would not hesitate II
enough alimoDy could be granted her.
In one respect. at least. womaDkind receives more
consideration in England than IS accorded her in
America The death of Marwoo1. the celebrated
British hangnan. recalls the fact. That pie lslng
parsonage during his entire career received $50
for every professional visit he paid a man and $40
for each similar act of inverted homage TO woman.
Assuming that these prices to be understood as
furnishing key to John Bulls estimation of tho
relative value OF the two sexes, thea we are war
ranted in asserting that he regards Gods best gift 10
man az being at least third more precious than
man himself No wonder the monarchy stands.
One Of tho cadets at Annapolis testified that
'.Bentholf never required me TO stand on my head"
This proves that Bentholf was kinder TO HIM than
John Kelly has been to tho Democratic State Com
mIttee.
The extraordinary popularity of the proposition
TO extend the Boston Free Library to nclude che
suburbs OF the city for twenty miles around. has
resulted In such heavy subscriptions to the scheme
that IL Is now seriously prop" sed to have branch
library in every city and town of the state; aud to
call IL the Massachusetts Free library. 1t was
at one time urged against the project OF the free
delivery Of books TO any and all persons OF good
character over sixteen years OF age. that the IL
brary woald be depleted by thefts; but out of
300 600 volumes thus loaned only slxty-cight were
lost or stolen. Tho people who benefit by the dis
tribution are too proud of the library 10 either
abnse the privilege or retain the volumes loaned
them for nothing and delivered to them without
charge
We suppose that Mr.. Cox has that in Mr,
Keifer's opinion Mr. Cox ~ not To be Speaker
unless. pcradventure, he spells his name with an
R-a-n-d-a-l-l.