New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
oc,inst tte news thieves, and vote for an honest
bill to protect property.

lille riot so-called, has come to an end oec'u'o
here are no funds to pay witnesses Inc nouoo
,as thus far neglected to pass the Iolnt ieoo'"'iO
money for the committed, alIhous" i"
was sent from the Senate week ago. ~ IL W ~
,oped that this is merely a coincidence whlch Iho
House will please disocate as soon as possioe'
majority cannot make worse iii7'aN'
han to attempt TO stop this Investigation Oy WIZ"
holding the funds, and it would be just as p0o'
ooliey to try to obstruet it oven Tor u time.
The Treasury statement telegsphed from Wash
pgton shows that there has been takenont OF inc
Treasury since Saturday last Sl,2S9,39Z goiu' IN"
the amount of gold now owned by the treasury
not covered by certificates OUTSTANDING n'"
gt43 6s3 2S6. The Treasury gahen !" s,i'0,
during the same time $685. ,533; that Is i'S p"I "
useless metal was Increased to that eAIon' Du'
tbo creat change was III paper promises 10 pay
'rL rroosur, toor in 81 1886 26O gold certificates
COZ ozo silver certificates, $4,000 legal tender
Certificates and SS43 220 legal tender notes. III OK
cess of amounts paid out of each. lhat Is, the
ueop'e paid into the Treasury S3'6oo'tc' VI 10
naner PROMISES to pay, and 1851 1888 OF lts slvei
cons and drew out 81 2S0, 1892 in gold. Inc olnoi-
ence shows the excess of receipts over eApon"V
duIinq the five days. 1t is stated that the reuuo-
ton oP debit for the month Will DO ABOUT
S3, 900 900.
The latest from Denis Kearney represents MN
40 washing dishes in a California hotel lhis
would seem the right time to quote,
.But tell me % ye muses. nine'
What power shall wash the River RhneF
Some members of the Legislature apparently nave
n mistaken idea that almost any public apuss can
be corrected by legislation. This idea has peeh
pushed to an extreme in legislating upon the SUI
iect of oleomargarine or the adnlteraton OF Dttel
Already there are half dozen laws on this SUBJECT
some of which conflict with each other; ana NUM-
her of bills relating to the same question nave oecn
introduced at this of the Legislature lneIo
is no need of further legislation on TINS suoJoc"
uness it be for the purpose of securing the enforce
ment of the stringent acts now on the statute
hooks. Governor Cleveland last year vetoed the
,npropriation made to the State Board OF Health
for that purpose; and if he takes the SD me course
this wear we do not see that the farmers ana the
nublic can secure redress unless the Distrct-AUtor
news and the local Boards of Health can DE III
duced TO act, which they now seem disineLheu "
do The need of such action is apparent from a IT,
cent examination of the butter sold IN 40 grocery
stores in New-York Brooklyn and jersey Clty. III
40 per cent of the 43O stores all the butter ohefeu
for sale was nothing but oleomargarlne' III oo per
cent of the stores some good butter was offered ana
some oeOmargarine, and the remaining 81 per cen'
sold poor butter and oleOmargarne.
A correspondent of The Boston Post thinks be has
discovered possible explanation of the wreck OF tue
Ctv of Coumbusin the OF the con
mass marked on the charts and heIs surprised tsU no
reference has been made to this In the investigation
The only answer necessary to this is that the stand
| ard variation being measurably fixed and perma-
ent ouantity. it is always allowed for as matter
| of course and it would be as reasonable TO suppose
+bo+ a csn+ain had forgotten which end Of his YES
sa was the bow and winch the stern as to suppose
| that he had ignored the standard variation mat
probably is the reason why this question mas cut no
| figure in the investigation, though it may cheerIy
he admitted that the Board has neglected to inquire
! into many other matters which really have bear
| ING on this case, and information concerning when
would have been OF direct value
Lower prices were reached for Bessemer pig iron
Yesterday: 5000 tons were sold at Philadelphia
| deliverable in Scranton, for shade over $40 pei
| ton For n long time this class of iron. being IN
| great demand for the manufacture OF bessemeI
rails was held at prices much above those PAID IoI
other qualities and the high cost of the material
doubtless was one of the causes OF the suspension
of work in some rail mills. With the shrlnkaGe IL
demand for rails comes temporary decline in the
price of Bessemer irOn which however IS pretty
srre 70 be wanted at good figures in this country
long rs the disposition to build railways con
tlnues.
G. Karsten in Science directs attention TO TN
fact that in 1888 one of the greatest eruptlons o
Sbaptar Joknl in Iceland, occurred, and was fol
lowed bv red sunsets similar to those which have
for nearly six months been provoking so mucI
speculation Mr. Karsten justly argues that TINS i
a strong confirmation of the theory which explains
the recent sunset phenomena by assuming grea
nroiection of fine volcanic ashes into the upper at
mosphere bv the explosion of KrakatOa in the Strait
of Sunda last August. The red sunsets OF 1888 con
tinued for four months, extending gradually a
the recent phenomena have done. 1t Is suggested
. that men of science should maintain vlgllan'
watch upon rain gauges, in case any OF the sup
posed dust now in atmospheric suspension shoul'
be deposited As yet no traces of 1t appear to haV
been found on the earth's surface.
+ The Rochester Union is not to be deprived of il
conviction that the Republicans of this legislator
, do not purpose to do the fair thing by the stat
prisons of the State Whenreferredto to the bill whic
has passed abolishng tho convict contract system
. + shakes its head and soemnly remarks that tn
bill "abolishes if you choose so to term Its contll
gent application, the contract, but IL leaves III
sysfeD untouchedn This critic IS one OF IN
leading exponents of the Democracy OF TINS Stau
n Democrats controlled both branches of the las
+ Ieoislature Did they pass bill that abolished,
4 Won choose so TO term its contingent applcauoi
+ the contract from prisOns2 Not they. They washe
their hands of the whole question, resortng 10 Una
q last refuge Of legislative cowardlce-a reterenc
= TO the people, In view of this fact he Union wou
|. do well not to stand straight on the convi'
/ | labor question this winter as to lean over bac
wards "
PERSONAL,