New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-26

Cioarettes and athletic sports do not ill mp the
measure of all undergraduate life. The secretary OF
| the faculty of prominent New-England college
| adyertlses for tho names and addresses OF towns
| people willing TO board students and take their
| nav in work, tho Young men doing chores about
| the house or garden considerable portion OF the
.,udents in this manner work their way through
college and il pleasant TO record not the slightest
social distinction is made against tbem, although
they arc in n city rather noted for It's wealth and
| orstocratic tone. There is good deal OF sturdy
Yankee manhood still extant.
at was n solemn gathering of sedate men." says
The Suns correspondent, referring to the meeting OF
| the Republican state Committee at Saratoga. How
well that line shows the difference between meet
ing of sober men impressed with the serious rcspon
sibility of providing good government Tor the
pcople, and meeting OF ciamorous spollsmen grab
bling for plunder
With all the uncertainties of the general election
confronting them, sobcr-minded observers in
England unite in forecaslng the dismal results OF
Mr. Parnelps unbroken series oil political triunphs
So iudicious and wellpoSed Journal rs The tptc-
tator predicts that il the Home Rule party is not
brought to reason by the new electorate, parlia-
| mentary government in the United hlngdom Will
H.. ru,ned 1t confesses that tho next Parliament
wi
clear understanding with the Irish party rs to
how far it shall 20. That such an understanding
oannot be reached EngIishmcn who read Mr.. Par
,,,lps speech.s are forced to admit. While hc is
randy nj times to enter into provisional arrange
ments with either of the English parties, he has
rever made any secret OF his Interior aims lie has
declared his policy Ia every speech that he has
made since Parliament rose. Nothing short OF an
irish Parliament empowered to settle the Land
onoa,on IN the interest of tenants aud aborers will
satisfy him and unless that supreme concession Is
made he will persist holding out, even II parla-
mentary government in the United Kingdom comes
to an end.
A dishonest bank officer has committed suicide.
The Canadian colony should not delay the passage
of suitaol resolutions of coincidence.
United States District-Attorney Dorsheimer will
pardon us for reminding him that Collector Hedden
has returned TO the Custom House. where an or .
of arrest may be served on him 50 soon as.the
r,ot-Attorney is ready to take up his case He
may not have violated the Civil Service law. but he
saws he did, and we should think Mr.. Dorsheimer
wouId fairly lump Mt the chance of showing how
ardenty tho officers of the Government love
reform. We are not hopeful of Dorsheinor, how
| ever Figs ore not to be gathered from thistles.
The capture of Prestan should be the prologue to
his execution IL Central American precedents are
followed in his case. and il less rigorous mil
itary practice he followed the deeds of the prisoner
have been such as almost to preclude the exhibition
of clemency. His behavior at Aspinwall was not
that of soldier but that of ferocous and brutal
| brlgaud aud his burning Of that town was crime
30 wanton and arocious to deserve the EXTREMIST
| penalty There Is, however no reason to suppose
that Prestan will meet leniont judges in the court
| martini which is to determine his fate. Probably
lie will he sentenced to be shot, and II so it is ques
tionable whether any tcars VIII be shed over Lii