New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-24

the doors they produce and propagate during tho
dogdays. AS it is the defenc citizen who walks
the pavement has to run the gauntlet ofsceres Of
not and unsavory blasts issuing through gratfngs
and from coal-shoots at brief intervals. and when
the mercury is mounting and the air is full Of
moisture the effect Of this infection resembles
fragments Of a Turkish bath strained through
sewer.
The report that coal Is going to be cheap this
winter will occasion widespread rejoIcing provided
1t is confirmed when the coal weather comes.
Renewed complaints Of pirate fishermen come
from the New-Jersey coast The waters that once
teemed with bluefsh, weakfsh and other valu-
able food fishes are rapidly becoming barren owing
to the depredations of the menhaden steamers
from Other States, and the New-Jersey fishermen
see their business ruined. Yet there Is no redress
state law prohibits the operation Of menhaden
boats within three miles OF shore. But that only
restraints the Jerseymen themselves. Fishers from
other States come 10 close to shore they please
ana with their enormous seines scoop up every
manner of fish, They defy the constables, for the
State has no jurisdiction the waters of the At
lantic Ocean outside of the low-tide mark. Evil
IDENTIFY it is matter with which Congress ought to
deal. and that promptly
The ST. Petersburg Herold speaks of Russia Civ.
ing up her claim to Zufkar Pass as q result of a
survey of the Afghan frontier; but there Is room
for suspicion that survey Of the British Govern
ment and the Indian command der chief had some
thing to do with it.
The rufianiy treatment Of Mr.. Knight by
Bridge policeman ought to lead to the issue of such
instructions as will prevent future outrages Of the
ia ouf roo han al
lars gentleman for no other reason than because
he happened to be ignorant of a petty regulation
framed by the Bridge Trustees. And there be
no doubt that the general disposition Of the police
TO use force on all occasions ought to be checked
policeman has right to put his band
upon citizen save to make arrest and he cam
not take n citizen into custody for committing
trivial error But the police too commonly treat
everybody as though they were suspected Of GRIM
inay, and not only is there no excuse for this but
it has become an abuse which calls loudly for cor
rection.
The report that President Cleveland will pres
emily visit Ohio inspires in the average human
heart an unholy curiosity TO witness from behind
the door, his meeting with the Reddest Bandanna
Of Them ALL
The Irish people, at home. consume q large
amount Of tobacco, but not pound of IL is
grown in that country. Yet il IL said that the land
IN many parts Is well adapted TO il. and 1t is est
mated that an average profit of 1925 an acre could
be easily made at it. And what is the obstaclef
Nothing hut an old law. made in Cromwelps tIme
which. designing to foster the tobacco plan atoms
in the American colonies decreed that no one should
grow the plant In Great Britain and Ireland. En-
gland cannot care much now for the prosperity of
American tobacco planters Yet she leaves that
law on her statute books. II il strange that some
friend of Ireland has not started an agitation for
It's repeal.
While some visionary cranks in Paris are trying
TO formulate universal language" it Is of ILL
terest to notice that in number nearly one-haf and
in circulation about twO-thlrds OF the newspapers
in the world are published in English, and the pro-
portion is increasing every year. The " universal
language is here all ready, and in good working
order
The game of d0minoes has hitherto been esteemed
an entirely safe and slnless amusement, in which
the senior deacon and the president of the Dcreas
Society might with propriety indulge. Indeed. not
infrcqucnty has the pastor himself songdt relaxa-
ton in rubber at muggins after Saturdays
work preparing for the morrow a scorching phil
ppio against the ffty-two leaves of the Devils
picture-bOok" But all that must now be changed
Fridays tragedy in New-Jersey shows that even
dominoes can cal mp angry passions and deadly
wrath In the face Of this terrible example the
stern censor must eschcw "mugQns" and count 1t
henceforth with the baleful poker and the repro
bate hIgh-low-jack.