New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-30

direction and if the first experiment is satisfactory
no doubt it will be resumed on larger scale next
year.
While THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC is not legal
manual, many lawyers consider it the most useful
book of reference which they can have in their
office desks. 1t invariably contains an abstract Of
all the public laws of real Importance passed by
Congress during the year previous to the date of
issue. To this is added in the present number a
brief synopsis of judicial decisions The civil lists
give tho names of the principal judicial officers of
the United States, comprising the Supreme, Circuit
and District Judges ana the Judges Of the Court Of
Claims, the Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia and the United States Courts in tho Territories
! The State Government page (101 in THE TRIBUNE
! ALMANAC for 1884 contains complete list of the
County Clerks and Sherifs in this State. This is
most convenient table for ready reference and may
be consulted whenever lawyer has business to
transact in any county seat in the State. Even if
| large majority of the members of the bar were not
directly indirectly interested in politics. and pre-
pared that account to accept this annual register
as an acknowledged authority they would have
professional reasons for welcoming its publication
All lovers Of good morals will rejoice that Mr.
John Kelly is showing a disposition to turn Tam
many Hall into a temperance organization. But If
he.eveIsucceeds we fearhe will find the old wigmam
a solitary place. Without its dram-sellers and
its dram-drinkers Tanmany could muster but the
smallest of corpOrals guards.
An earnest effort is being made in England to Sc
cure funeral reform. There is Church of England
Funeral and Mourning Reform Association headed
by the ArchbishOps of Canterbury and York, aud
recent circular letter issued by it points out three
reasons for reform, viz: the growth of a mistaken
idea Of death through the Ong-established mourning
and funeral obServances the need of an organiza-
tion to give moral support to those who otherwise
could not withstand the tyranny Of custom or
fashion the extravaganza and waste Occasioncd
among the poorer classes by the ambition to have
pompOus and costly funerals. All these reasons, it
need hardly be said, applicable in this coun-
try as i'll England and II funeral reform association
would DO welcomed here by all sensible people.
Governor Abbet's message to the New-JerSey
Legislature Oh the action of the Hackensack Gene
terry Company may be unusual, but it certainly was
not uncalled for. Tho course OF the company III re-
fusing burial to man on the sole ground of his
color was piece of barbarism and unreasOn which
ought not to be permitted Governor Abbot is
right in claiming that such regulation is neither
reasonable nor lawful and the Legislature ought to
see to it that no such offensive discrimination is
possible hereafter.
Miss Maria Parloa's lectures on cooking, reported
with her consent IN The SUNDAY TRIBUNE, several
months ago, proved acceptable OpTactica house
keepers that demand has been created for their !
reproduction. These familiar talks to her classes
have been carefully revised in print by herself and
are now offered to the public in Extra No. So of THE
TRIBUNE series, entitled Practical Cookery with
Demonstrations" The lectures are supplemented
by fourteen pages of household notes, the whole
publication being designed as a c0mnIOn-sens man
ua for American kitchens. The Extra will be sent
postpaid to any address upon the receipt of 20 cents
In the Batavia murder case it is difficult to sepa-
rate Palmer who played the role of Iago from
ROwell, who took the part of OthellO. The defence
Of Rowell is, as usual, the plea of insanity. But
Palmer has admitted that he spurred Roweil on to
revenge himself, and that he furnished the weapon
with which Lynch was killed. Now, if Rowel had |
the faint of insanity in his blood, and it, as stated
his family aud friends were aware of this, what po-
sition does Palmer occupy i
Lord Lyons has got into i'll odor with the French |
because, IN addressing note to Victor Hugo. he /
failed to recognize the poets unapproachable SUBJ !
Unity This kind Of thing has tendency to be- |
como fatiguiug. Victor Hugo is not the eighth |
wonder of the world his admirers pretend and if it |
Is held necessary for all the world to bow before
his shrine penalty of offending the susceptible
ties Of his countrymen, a considerable part of ,he
world will be apt to rebel, and to challenge his |
claim TO the homage of mankind. And in such an
event it mightnot be easy to establish the validity
of his credentials.
The closing week of the long parliamentary yaca-
ton brings to an end an animated political canvass
in every quarter of the United Kingdom. Irish
Nationalist and English Conservatives have be-
stirred themselves in Ulster. and promoted revival
Of religious strife and faction feeling the Scotch
towns have resounded with political polemIcs aud
the English press has been so closely occupied with
the vacation oratOry, that the annual SILLY season"
has been neglected. Now that the speaking has yir
tually ended and the serious labors of the session
arc opening, it is safe TO say that the political
situation would have remained unaltcred If tho
oraOry had been entirely dispensed with. IL there
had been any indications that Tory denuncation
Of the Governments policy was influencing public
opinion Mr. Gladstone would have found something
more exciting to talk about than porcelain and
Jam. The Houses of Parliament will have pro-
ongation of this general debate for two three
weeks when they reasonable When tie reply to
the Queens speech is disposed of, the appropriation
bills will occupy the session until the Easter recess.
The programme of legislation has not been an