New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-05
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The name of Tiden and various adecves and cpl
thets pertaining thereto now tcky SprnkIed over
the editorial columns of the Democratic papers Anu tue
general reader is apt carry away with him some such
medley as this: "Mr. 1ilden'-"a Jeiersonlln Demo
cratp-"eowarlly old snelk,"-" old ticket" great
fraud of '76,"-''Neycr viii cOndOne," land REFORM -
Monumental cheek"-" will sweep the country like
blizzard" In this way the Democrats throw sldohghts
on the only Great Issue they have
Let Chicago delegates who want dark horse DO care
full that they do not take - pony Dayton Journal
The RAJ MaH Gasete has just been interviewing MI
Albert Pulitzer who Is now in England. or course MI
Pulitzer had only thing to talk about-the phenom-
email success of The Morning. Journal. He takes page
and quarter of The Ga-ee to expatate on all the good
points OF his bright little papers ana it must be confessed
that the "stOry" is well worth tue space
The Cereland Herad has published an article suggest
ing the organization OF fire hair vacations for the
Door mothers and children OF Cleveland, somewhat SIM
liar to those managed by TIE TRIBUNE 1t states that
the suggestion will soon take practical shape
william Tecumseh sherman not only doesn't seem 10
banker after mat nonnatioD but st disposed 70 we''r
bis brogans out in capturing II for his brother Johh
lPhllauelphla Press.
the Har tord Couant discusses the question whether
or not Chinese Gordon religious crank IL says he
puts more trust IN divine than ia human interposton
But this does not prove him to be "crank He would
be fool If be put much trust in human nterposition OF
the British variety, at least Tor the present.
The Rev. Dr. Wild, OF Toronto, is an amiable mono
maniac on the subject of Anglo His theory
to be that Engshluon are disguised jews and that
great Anglo Iraeltish federation will one day be esab-
lished, OF which Jerusalem WI! be the capital
John H. REAGAN should be sent the National Conven
ton There Is no IN the United states SO eminenty
qualified TO pay the poets OF the Democratic masses ~
Randall and his forty traitors.-lGayestonN News.
The concocers OF campaign are largely responsi
BILE for tue noise aud confusion prevalent at Chicago
ii. NJ
featured for the favorite son" Of Illinois:
IN shout Dotn long ami late;
He my choice, my hero true,
lie Is my Candidate,
He is my can, he is my can, he Is my candidate.
Acloudconpell,ng person who calls himself Ruthel"
occasionally casts horoscope for Tile PtSbiry Dispatch,
tho confederation being presumably OF pecunary nature
Ia his last one he found Mr. Jay Gould will not live
longsev eight years at the farthest-and that his
death Will be a violent one.
In Tangers they punish thieves by cutting OF the hand
they have least need of and such hngas kepomaniA
unknown. The prospective loss or hand rapidly cures
all who are afflicted that way
Many OF the leaders I'm this dance OF death have been
fooled into thinking Mr. rilden Will not accept Many
others think he cannot 1--we President DelUsl0a
Ilen would not b. Iild,n did he not accept. Could he.
possibly DO eected-5arrlng some Glteau crlme-0r
some banquet arseuic-Ls tried ON Buchanan-he VIII
ny to die. He is the one man necessary !-Newfor&
treemans journal
citing general in Southern Journals And they
warn the authorities of that city that such reports, II
subsantiaed viii mar the prospects OF the coming Tx
position.
FL Mahdl is the name of newly arrived hppopotamus
In the Zoolog cal Garden of Philadelphia
The Nelo- Iork Freeman Journal has opened gallant
campaign against the summer pcnics and excursions 50
common in tns city, OF which the component parts are
hoodums drunkenness and ali other kinds ofwickedness
A local curiosity in Louisville, Ky. is bird with
head ike that OF a monkey. 1t swallows live sparrows
entire.
The organ question continues to create much dscOrd
in the Uuted Presbyterian Church. Aud now some Of
the brethren say tnat the tunng fork must go.
BENJAMIN f. Butler will PROBABLY be tho most nomi
mated and tho least eeGod OF all tho Presidential candi-
dates IN l5S4.-lCncinnatl Commercials Gazette.
The phrase dark horse" in the sense In which IL is
commonly used III this country first used by Thack-
cray in his Adventures of Philip" said Philip refer
ring to some talk about candidate for Parliament:
"Well bless my soul, he can't mean me. Who is tho
dark horse he has In his stable r.
The Chicago Times thinks that the Tilden host has
killed the Roswell p. Flower.
Everybody st claims that his candidate Is the coming
man; but the Blaine music MAKES al the other bands
sound like a penny horn and toy-drum.-l Pittsburg
Dispatch.
One OF the celebrities now at Chicago Judge Norton,
OF Texas who has kept pledge made In 1874 not TO
shave or cut his hair until Henry Clay Is placed in the
Presidential chair.
Ferdinand Wards loss of memory IL explained; he Is
victim OF the deadly cigarotte.-llroy Telegram
Tie Independent OF this week says that eKPresident
Hap es did not merit the implied sarcasm contained In
Mr. Beechers recent reference to him. OF course not