New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-09

many years pas. the business Of appointments mas
not been more largely under the control of a Few
party managers than it is NJ this time. But con-
ceive Of the wretchedness OF the average Demo-
cratic applicant when he learns that his chance OF
getting an Office is as one to forty-threel
Being disposed 10 regard Mr.. Warmers silver
scheme with a critical eye The Sun observes that 1t
"would make the Treasury general storage ware
house for all he silver IN the country, and lender
of its credit TO the owners of the metal and there
upou observes 1--WE cannot find that such an oper-
alton is authorized by the Constitution" AT all
events we cannot find II is authorized by common
sense. bur to the average Democratic partisan Of
these days perhaps this IS not an objection
There Is probably no more crowded spot In tho
city abont p m than tho sidewalk In Chatham
81. between Frankfort-st and the Bridge entrance.
Three streams Of people meet and minge here-one
coming M Nassau-,t "A second up Park row, and
third from the direction Of the City Hall Most Of
the peopl. are bound either for the Bridge or tho
elevated station. A person coming In the opposite
direction has hard work to make Roadway against
the tide and generally has 70 take TO the pavement
+, there any good reason why this sidewalk should
not be wldenedi The Bridge travel is bound 10 IN
crease and uncss the entrance OIL the CITY liau
Park is speedily built the tern sidewalk Will De-
having to arrange deals with the Mayor any more.
might appoint committee to inquire into TINS
matter.
Under an act passed by the Legislature of North
Carolina the officers of that State now busy re
ceivng applications from ex-Confederatc soldiers
and widows of soldiers for pensions That state
hns provided for such pension list. All Union
men living in North Carolina are thus taxed TO pay
pensions 10 mon who fought 10 destroy the country.
Naturally this arouses some feeling.
Glass Day printing has become fine art ut most
of the colleges but the senior class at Brown Uni
versity have surpassed anything of this kind that
has ever fallen under eyes. The programme is
printed on three leaves of the choicest paper,
ooped together with silk skcin. The frontispiece
| gives In medallion an undergraduates head with
academic cop and a classical representation OF tn"
comforting Of degrees with perspective of the
college buildings above and the college gate below.
II IA unique des gn and Is exquidtely executed.
The remaining leaves contain tho details OF the
nrogr,mme printed in brown color on dark back
grounds Illuminated by stars, meteors, feecy
clouds and mountain peaks Altogether II Is n
beautiful bit Of engraving and printing, which
makes an old-tme graduate inclined to lament the
Arcadian simplicity aud bucollc rustlclty OF MS
own college days.
General A. j. Warner, In discussing tho money
onestlon from tho view OF a silver bug, says:
Men may bury money with profit ut present Dol
lars are growing. 30 to speak, That may all be,
but no one has yet heard of S5cent dollar grow
ing to par. IL anything it Is a little further
shrunken than when tho attempt was made to
make 1t grow fifteen cents by fiat.
The man who has discovered now and wonder
ful cave in Tennessee is probably anxious to de-
yelop n novel varietyof summer story. The Hebrew
characters on the walls OF tho cave, the thousands
of grinnng skeletons enoased In brass armor
with ponderous shields, and the brass box contain
ing an account of the wanderings OF the aforesaid
Skeletons certainly form the elements OF m absorb
ing story Bat 1t strikes rs that there IS TOO much
brass and too little of something else in the account
Still the dscOverer Of the cave Is doubtless clever
fellow in certain ways, aud his good luck will
hiring Ioy TO tho heart of Nr. Hine, whose general
buspess II is to hunt for the Zen Lost Tribes of Is
raeL They have been run To earth NJ last
Philadelphians are complaining of plague OF
MOSQUITOES If with Keely's motor and Schuylkill
water combined they are not able to drive the III
sects out, they deserve to suffer.
Tho Philadelphia Independents who last week
paid the President visit of instruction found IL
easier TO define "ohenslYc partlsanshlp" mega
tiyely than afirmativey. SO they presented to him
n list of three Federal onice-hoders Republicans
in their city, with the that these not
offensive partisans. leaving HIM to infer that all
Others were. That was a genuine stroke of genus,
and set an example which may be profitably imi-
tated. MIR. Bayard, for instance, may some timo
want to defend himself before loyal people by tell
Ing how many of his apponteos were not rebels.
and Mr.. Lamar may like to tell how many ex-reb-
els there are whom lie has not put in Office. It's
great idea
There is n report that number of Chicago gam
bers disturbed by Mayor Carter llarrlsons order
to close all gambling dens. have started for New
York The only reason that be imagined why
they should come 10 this city is that there arc
plenty of benches in the public parks What
New-York gamblers have left in the pockets OF any
unsophisticated players who may be strayug
about would not pay n Chicago gamblers hotel
bill for a single day.
The charge that this is deadhead Administers
ton. because Mr. Cleveland Mr. Bayard. Mr. Endl-
colt and Mr.. Hendricks have travelled III private
cars furnished for them by the railroads Is salts
factorlly met by the statement that Mr. CIeye-
land declined free dog even before he went to