New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-07

but declared that faith had made him whole. lie
must have believed what he SAID. for he went to
work Yet last week he died. denouncing the faith
cure n humbug
| The active campaign recently begun by the
| State Health Board of Connecticut evidently was
not uncalled for In New Haven last month was
the unhealthicst known for years. the death rate
| rising thirty per cent above the average More
than half the deaths were due 10 zymotic diseases,
aud more than one-cighth of the whole to measles.
! Ono-fonrth OF all deaths we're of children under
| five. from diauhGal disorders, and Investigation
showed that these occurred in houses where the
| sanitary conditions were bad. In bridgeport, the
reservoir from which water is obtained il mex
press,bly foul with the DRAWINGS Of pig-pens. and
I in Norwalk there are loud complaints that the
city water smells and tastes Of decaycd fishes and
vegetables 80 much as To be unfit for drinking or
bathing. Evidently there Is ample room for the
| Health Boards energies TO be expended to good
purpose. In these days Of opidemics. eternal vigil
aLcc in sanitary matters Is tie price of health.
| Tho English cutter yacht refuses to show how
well she can sail She leaves to the subtle Yankees
the trick of exposing thcir hands. They reveal
their weak points in public trials of speed while
the cutters crew look on and take notes
II has been coniectured that the Democratic State
| Conventions of the year would find themselves
| seriously embarrassed when they came to tho
structon OF their respective platforms. For II they
indorse SIR. Cleveands Civil Service policy, then
they will incur the anger of the rank and s OF the
party who are clamorng for the Offices to which they
are not summoned. But. on the other hand II they
dissent from that policy they will be guilty of the
folly of attacking an Administration which they
helpcd to bring III. 1t is interesting to note. how
| No I'm. Land il borrow
ing trouble this score. In an article on the
coming Ohio Democratic Convention it serencly
remarks The platform need not he long ami there
IL no reason TO suppose there VIII DC any
trouble about it. 1t will only need to ndorse Pres
itlent Ceveland's Administration, demand that
democrats be gren The Offices, and realrn the prnci-
nles that tho party has stood by these twenty
wears" The italics are IL remains to be seen
if the Ohio Democrats will in the same platform
bow hot and cold in this drol manner After
reading The Plain Dealer we feel more than ever ILL.,
clined 10 pity the Democratic platiorm-makers of
the year.
Mr.. Squire ought not to feel discouraged because
the Mayor has ordered him to remove his verses
from the City Hall. The Mayor may not b good
Judge of poetry Besides, the obituary column of
tho daily press will always be open to him at the
usual rates.
The frightfu railway accident in Summit is
warning that shoud be needed by all railway cor
poratIons. There is difficulty in establishing
and maintaining an automatic system of signals
and gongs by which tho approach of trains can be
indicated mt road crossings. train several miles
distant can itself give timely warning OF danger by
electric appliances even If there be no ilagman at
tho crossing and no barrier nterposcd to ob5truct
the roadway There can be no reasonable excuse
for neglect to provide for the safcy of public
drives IN the suburbs of great city. The sccLo
of the disaster IN NcwJerscy seems to have enjoyed
an uncnvable reputation particularly dan
gcrous crossing
Gently but firmly call David B. Hills alton
ton to the fact that The Canton Commercial Adcertisr
dominates Roswell =. Flower for Governor Ii
assures its readers and the Democracy morally,
Mr.. Hill. that Roswell p. Flower owns name that
would inspire confidence"
The Herald is dcvotng great deal of energy
and space TO the solution OF the yexed problem Of
General Grants namo At the same time. ii is TAX
ing strange liberties with the name of eminent
politician Of this State. On two successive days