New-York tribune., 1885-07-05
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sThe Brook:
tmove the sweet forget-me-nots,
That grow for happy lovers.
and propounded the conundrum. +" Why are the
lovers happyr The children, not deemlng them.
selves experts on that topic. SILENT whereupon
the Inspector explained " Because they are alonev
And that class, too was set down as deficient. But
the brightest scintilatioa of genius was reserved
for the third school, "What kind Of o noun Is
'boy'p "Common." "Rightj and why COM
mon 7" Because it Is a name common to many IN
dividuaIs of class" Very we'll; then what kind
Of noun was it in the time of CainP There was
no reply to this sumner. Entire class does not
know what kind of noun boy was
in the time of Cain Entire class lamenta-
bly, deficient in knowledge of antediluvian
Grammarw Let us hope that Lord Salisbury's Min
stry will not suffer this brilliant light to be hidden
longer under the bushel of an Inspectorshp. He
should have been elected to the Oxford Professor
ship which Mr.. Lowell declined.
The statementof Pittsburg journal that the Chi
nese are coming East from California because ofthe
bad usage they encounter there Is doubtful. There
is nothing to indicate that the California Chinese
are suffering from fresh access Of persecution. In
fact they have to stand little more than verbal
abuse there now. If they come East 1t Is because
they find themselves getting too crowded out West,
and because the pioneers on the Atlantic Coast
have made good report concerning tho Oppsrtuni-
ties for trade and industry. John Chinaman is not
sentimental. He cares moro for making money than
for anything else and when he migrates 1t Is to
better himself.
Evidently The Erening Post does not think much
of the honor of New-York business men. 1t says
that an honest Collector of the Port has as little
chance of becoming popular with importers "as
have criminal judges or exccutioners of criminals
with arraigned and condemned rogues."
The expiration Of the fisheries treaty has already
caused a curious difficulty in Canada Upon the
termination of that treaty. the American duties on
Canadian fish and fish oils were revived. and there
upon the Dominion Government provided duties OF
like amount upon the fish and fish oil coming into
Canada from Newfoundland. In retaliation, the
Newfoundland Government imposed prohibltory
duties upon Canadian flour and pork, making 1t
cheaper to import those articles from the united
States Thereupon careoes on the way we're stopped
by telegraph. and shippers appealed In great
anxiety to the Canadian Government to change its
policy. Meanwhile. what has become OF British
free tradei II may perhaps to some reformers
that the Government Of Great Britain does not H.
sist upon, aud the people living under the Govern
ment do not prefer, free trade with other countries
except where it happens to suit their temporary
interests.
Perhaps the most conclusive evidence that could
be given of the financial stringency OF the times
consists in the fact that plumber has hanged him.
self because of pccuniary troubles. Comment on
such a case would be superfuous