New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-15


and unfortunately 1t is extremely dlllIcut, aO
least in public libraries, to prevent them. nor
is it at all clear why book thieves should De re-
garded or treated with more lemency anu III
diligence than any other class OF pillcIclS'
though for a long time these rapaclous people
were looked upon rather as sort Oh iiliiu
lunatics than as ordinary thieves. Librarians
alone probably estimated their l"chcS J"SN''
Il is noticeable that mcodrama is not paying
quite so well this year as it has heretofore The
reason is obvious People don't care to nave 'io'r
sensbities excited and annoyed by constant
succession of MURDERS falthess marital ventures,
foreclosed mortgage dive and garnet scenes ana
all that ugliness. They don't want 80 mucD
morbid inflammation They want either tragedy III
its sublimity or good easy time OF 1t.
The American Humane Society at . meeting heiu
in st. Louis recently discussed the question Vi
! branding cattle tho Western plains Inc
practice was voted inhuman and proper subject
of attack by the Society. memorial was drawn
rp to be presented to the Catticmen's Convention
which assembled in the same city shortly after
ward, condemning the use Of the branding iron rs
relic Of barbarism Tho stOckmen, when tho
resolution of the humanitarians was read to thcm'
totally ignored the subject The Humane Society
abandoned the field III disgust. But an unexpected
ally their cause has been found in the person OF
a Kansan stock raiser who in the course OF speech
to the cattlemcn remarked incidentally that the
present system of branding was injurious to the
hide of the animal. lo advised that the caballStc
devices be made smaller in future There was
wealth of suggestion in the Stockmans remarks
and If the lumanitaraus are wise they VIII tflm
their sails to catch the favoring breeze enlist the
I,.o1 Iowa onlp
the war with renewed vIGor.
Mr.. Clcvolands tariff statement means whatever
his action makes it mean.
Considerable light Is thrown upon the attitude of
the white people of the Sonth toward schools for
colored children by an innocent-looking but sig
nlfcaut paragraph IN The Louisville Co0Nr-JoW-
| nal:
The Gcorgilns may have slnncd by burning big col
ored school that had been maliciOuoIy set up VI inc
nldst OF their co,tcst property but people who have
lived near or on the line Of any public school white Or
black will grove long over wchedncs' Of I'M. sort
| auccs that residents Of cities have to endure.
The fact that schools for white rs well aS colored
children arc referred to thus contemporary need
not obscure the real meaning of the writer 30
long rs such a sentiment prevails the solution OF
the problem of the education Of the co.orcd people
i, Il long way off.
one Of the most curious phases Of human nature
shows itself IN that oft-mado remark, "Nell he
didn't take his millions with him. Enough conNo-
| latIon ha, been drawn from that circumstance to
make a host of poor people half content with
their lot.
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IAN '"' ',.' ia,..t,ho tI,t.l Erun,v,ick
/ Flffh-avc. and TNcuty-srycnth-st. The object of
| tins clarity il 20 assist working women by caring
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NOR '''' .f.,,sr.c,
go, ,I, .i';li,c,, ,. we'll a, tbc mother,
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so
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The Noc- York Uo'd or some o'het h''"-p""
DcmocnlIr organ Sh'",i can TOT 9'o'''' ''"' ,'i
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! Plllsbury- Troup-IIcddcn crowd.
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. '-'' nv ,, -, ,i. ,r,Lott,,, ,,lrh the
other night aud joined in paying their respects to
Governor Hill as the guest of the evening. Owing
10 the rigid exclusion of reporters what passed in
| the way of ciyiiities between the distinguished
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has not been maze puol''
/ aginatIon. \ recent Speaker OF the NcW-lorh As
srmlly plaD ed his thumb on his nose one day and
wrlcplcd IN, finger, IN an cXaspcrating manner at
| orr,f the members. General Jones might have
.,,,,od Ell. o,tiop when ne met Roswell P with
,,,,, c,I,ct. Eut iu,t what he did do remains a
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Government printer with his p0ndeiouS secrets he