New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-09

over, they must be suitable TO the season OF year
Immediately approaching, and must not exceed in
quality or quantity what the traveller ordinarily
wears.
1t is evident that in order to break up even the
best Of the Democratic stump speakers in Ono
this fall IL will be only necessary for somebody in
the audience to cry out, " How about wool y
suggestion to the Democracy: So long rs you
arc destined to be beaten ont of your boots this
fall why not nominate the best ticket yOu can
command without regard to the claims Of locality,
eXpedicncy, or anything of the kind. Such ticket
as this, for instance:
For President THOMAS JEFFERSON, ofYmginia.
For Tice-F resideRt ANDREW JACKSON, of North
Carolina.
PIagoym: Though lost to sight dead liar is to
memory dear, and is to be preferred to a live dog
afflicted with horizontal reduction hydrOphobia.
good many journals with that sort ofenterprse
which consists in apprOprlating what they lind an
TIE TEIDUNE's columns. without acknow ledgment
are gravely commenting on MIR. Arnoids paper
about Chicago given 10 the world in our issue Of
last Sunday. They attribute it to Mr.. Matthew
Arnold and quote it from The Pal Mali Gazette
This is beyond the record. THE TRIBUNE gave it
to them simply rs Mr.. Anold's' paper " in The
Pail MaH Joaraal"-a publication only issued so far
as we know on the first of April Moral:-it is bet
ter to follow THE TRIBUNE exactly; and also to
give credit.
It is understood that M. Wattersons interesting
protgf" the starcyed Goddess of Reform clad in her
triple coat of mail, has positively declined annyta-
ton to attend the Democratic National Convention.
She says that she thinks the environment would
not be to her taste. She Will doubtless summer in
Utopia
1t is to he hoped that VI. Pasteurs researches and
experiments may result in the discovery of a cure
for hylrophobia for it is at once ono of the most
terrifying and uncertain of diseases, sometimes re-
naming dormant in the system for months and
even years, yet never losing it, vrulence through
lapse of time. 1t appears also to be an extremely
painful disease, and the patient suffers at once
physical agony aud mental horror u. Pasteur Is
said to have succeeded in combating the virus by
inOcuatng ANIMALS with other diseases, but II may
be doubted If this would be practical remedy III
the case of human beings.
Mr. Gladstone retains tremendous grip on the
House OF Commons Notwithstanding the dissat-
islaetion with bis Egyptian policy He made
fiery speech in favor of the Franchise Extension
bill on Monday night, and thOn, despite bitter OBJ
position the measure wa, ordered TO second read
ing by IA vote of 800 to 2l0.
Suppose Mr.. Tilder isn't in absolutely vigorous
health. what Of it The old rhyme runs,
WHO drives fat oxen.
Must himself be fat.
But if the oxen are lean as Jobs turkey, then OBJ
vou,ly the driver thereof is absolved from an
inclination 70 emb0aDoipt. Does anybody pretend
that the Democratic oxen are looking robuStf TO
to. 1ilden can run ~ rs many stairs at Tine as
thev can. Every time one of the oxen sadly shakes
its head and expresses the fear that Sammy is not
strong enough it wildly recalls the pot that ilsin-
uated that The kettle was off color
woman who keeps candy store in this city is
charged by the police with allowing small boys to
assemble in a back room To gamble with cards AMI
dice and to drink beer. Conviction in such cases
should entail the seyeres penalty tho law permits
The vicious habits thus formed by children may
easily ruin them for life, and the man or woman
who for the sake Of profit engages in SO Infamous
business is morally worse than murderer.
The thirtv-sixth anniversary of modern Spiritual
ism has Just been celebrated at Springfield. Among
the exercises was an address on The Bright Side
Of Sp.ritualsm and SpirItuaists,7 music by the
spirit, band elocut;on from the sweet by-and-by.
slate writing and all that sort of thing. Captain
Brown appeared IN the wind-Ip and said among
other things that the world has come to respect
Spiritualism' Our readers will recollect
that another interesting anniversary Of Spiritual
ism took place IN philadelphia little earlier in the
wear reporter of The Press Of that city was not
mentioned on the programme OF the evening as a
contributor to the entertainment. but all the same,
he was on hand and threw himself heartily INTO
the occasion. When last heard from
he had spirit by the hair and
was handing him and his properties"
over TO the police. 1t is understood that the
bright side OF the racket was not dWelt upon that
evening-not to any extent The reporter jumped
on the medium, and the result was that the
conditions" were not right. The Springfield show
would seem to have been an uninterrupted success
which suggests the inquiry -Wherc were the Spring