New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-14

What is tho name of the man in the Signal Ser
vice Office who announced n week ago that there
would be no more cold weather. Civil Service Re-
form or no Civil Service Reform. shiyering pub
Inc wants to see somebody else in his place, be he
Democrat OF Republican, who has more regard for
the truth.
The World informs us that its cOngenita cOntempO-
rary. The Nec- York Times intends to raise its
building to a loftier eninence than that Of The
TRIBUNE, and then inquires, what does the ma
licious malignant, megasthcnic megathe9um of
TuE TRIBUNE think of that7" Vol, to be candid,
onr cheerful. yiyacious, serene and beautiful meg
athcrium is kept so busy figuring up our steadily
increasing circulation much of which increase has
come from the dIsgusted erstwhIle readers of The
Times and is so intensely amused at tine plight into
which The World was driven by a simple little chal-
lenre TO prove that il believed its own words. that
he has not had time lately to do anything but
figure. laugh and grow fat But upon our calling
his attention to The UorlPs inquiry, he seems to
think that should The Times build building largo
enough and rent its rooms at enough profit, ami if
n understands the real estate business great deal
better than it does the newspaper business, IL may
perhaps he able to make up the heavy losses it has
been sustaining by reason OF its wasting circula-
ton and fallen influence. All! he's u shrewd keen
little fellow, is our genial megatheruml
II. Clay Hall, the commander Of the Grand Army
of the Republic in this State has issued n circular
letter earnestly recommending that the posts plant
forest trees which may be dedicated on Decoration
Day TO the memory OF individual soldiers This is
n sensible effort to introduce q new feature IN tho
Decoration Day ceremonies. 1t is one that will be
beneficial to the public, and peculiarly appropriate
in honoring the memory of deceased comrades.
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dispatch from Newark states that strike of
gtonecutters has been ordered there, under cir
cumstances which illustrate the injustice some
times done by trades unions to the best workers.
The employers it is stated, wished to pay expert
workmen forty-one cents per hour, and other work.
men thirty-eight cents. The stonecutters there
upon demanded the same rate OF wages for all, and
about 800 of them are on strike because that de-
mand is not granted. But is 1t not clear that the
poorer workmen are in reality demanding that part
Of the money shall be paid to them which the best
men earn I Some of the 300 men can earn for
employers more than the average pay demanded.
The others can earn less. But those who can earn
less insist that part OF the wages which belong to
the best workers shall be paid to them. This Is
not earning their bread by the sweat Of their brows
but it is earning their bread by the sweat of
another mans brow-whlch is neither consistent
with Justice nor one would think, with self
respect.
General Bragg is one of the enemies the Presi-
dent has made, but does not love him on that &C
count. He has been muttering angrily in the hotel
Hobbies at Washington for several weeks. unable to