New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23

become tho duty of the next President 10 uec'u" -"
most immediately whether the treaties arc oI sue"
Importance as TO require an extra session Oh oon-
gress For by the terms of some OF them NJ 'eaSe,
they expire unless ratified by the Senaee anu
carried into effect by requisite legislation prior 10
certain date. If the Senate should fail TO act ~
this either of these treaties, as 1t prob
ably may it is questionable whether it could prop
ery act during tho session called to consider the
appointments of the incoming President. And, IL
at that session either of the treaties should DO ap
proved. it would still DO necessary to cons'der
whether its Importance would justify an extra
session of Congress in order to secure legislation
putting the treaty into effect. Of all the questions
that can possibly come before the President, per-
haps other Is likely to cause more annoyance OF
to arouse more antagonism of feeling among his
supporters, than this which may confront him
before ho has fairly seated himself in the White
House.
They have some queer names for their political
parties in France There are the Autonomists' the
Opportunists and the Irreconcilables. we nave no
Irreconcilables just yet, but the prospect Is ex-
celent for an extraordinary crop within the next
four years.
The apparent uncOncern Of public men to the con-
diion of the forest lands of the country ought TO
be checked by the bill Senator Miller has just
introduced If something is not done to balk the
timber brgands. not many years will eapse before
the shade-trees in the streets will constitute the
only and degenerate children of our once great
forests
| That blunderbuss Dutclman, Herr Most has
| created something Of a sensation In New-haven by
| starting an Anarchist newspaper there devoted to
general blackguardism. If Herr Most mad any
brains he might achieve the distinction of becom-
| ing nuisance.
| The faculty of Princeton College announce,
apropos OF the recent football conflict, that their
efforts made ago to establish intercollegiate
rules for sporting events received the encourage
ment of Harvard only. If rowing and polo, and
| football and similar sports are to become
distinctive features of collegiate education, 1T
| certainly would seem necessary to confne the
| bodily damage likely to be inflicted within such
| limitations at least AZ would render recovery pos
| sbe. 1t is well enough to break leg or an arm
or even 10 split open a head OF two, but by AT
means let the line he drawn at some such reason
| able point Any scheme that can be devised likely
TO insure the return to parents OF their colege-pfeu
| yonng men with the full complement of legs, arms
aud eyes, and with heads not too much the worse
for wear will lie eagerly welcomed by an educa-
| tion-loying public.
The average priee Of british grain delivered in
| towns of England and Wales, for the week ending
| N,vnmbpr ~ was the lowest yet recorded, even IN
| this retiud of extraordinary deptession vs.' nos
nd nor unntipr nr only ~ a cents per bnshel IN
| tulv the AVERAGE for tho month was 1is 90 ~ ~,
so that thn decline has been about 20 cents there,
40 a has al New York, where the price was about
| np ppnIs Ia July, Tho average fot the quarter eid
| ma hadpmhpi 40 was only about B1a, lli W
| Ootuhnf Il dropped 20 iissi lidi ih November 10
| uls adJ and auOh reports as have been received
| Indicate that tho average ~ ueeembef, th'is iat
has been littla If any ab0Ve tho low lgnfes foi thp
| last week N November That the years average 10
to be the lowest ever recorded DOW seems certain
| Amidst the wreck Of matter and the crush OF
worlds one lovely spectacle animates our dropping
| surits IL is the sweet aud tender confidence that
exists between the sage oracle of Glen Cove, the
Hon. Charles A. Dana, and his fiery Kentucky con-
temporary, the Hon. Henry Watterson. Nothlngis
moro beautiful than the harmony with which they
disagree. If Brother Watterson could only
reconcile Governor Cleveland and Brother Dana,
and if Brother Dana could only reconcile the Hon,
| Sam Randall and Brother Watterson, with how
| sweet "A nurulur would the tide vi human happiness
glide on
Theatrical and operate managers Will soon learn
the folly of contestIng their differences with pretty
actresses and prima donnas before impressionabi'
| New-York juries
| Skeletons in closets are becoming something NOR
than figures of speech. Human skulls aud bones
are being discovered in cellars and attcs and out
houses at an alarming rate This disposition OF super
huous corpses is likely Ito prove injurious to The
public health.