New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-18

Mr. Bayard "remans firm" and Mr.. Cutting re-
mains IN prison. The Mcxcans appear to regard
the violence of our Secretary of State as having
been intended only in aPickwickian sense.
Election day IS still a long distance ahead of
u.s. and yet in those counties of New-Jcrsey where
State Senators are to be chosen this year there are
evidences of mild excitement. Atlantic is one of
those counties. but the voters there need have no
doubts as to their proper course. Their first duty
is to persuade Senator Gardner to accept renomi-
nation, and their second duty is TO elect him. The
State could not well afford to lose the experience
wisdom. watchfulness and skill which he brings TO
the performance of his legislative duties.
Commodore Whitney is amazed at the temerlty OF
our yachtsmen in sailing against cutter OF Eng
Iish model. If British ships are needed III the
United States Navy, Yankee yacht clubs should
simply themselves with British yachts to be IN
fashion.
The Boston ddrtrtiser holds that amateur verse
writers make great mistake in persistenty pro-
ducing poems on the obvious and commonplace
side of the fall season. and accordingly it furnishes
recipes for new and improved brands of such crea-
tons Here is one of its recipes:
Instead stock method Of dealing, for instance
with he equinoctia storm poets should mss, on
sorm happens about the time tho sun crosses tne ne
This teaching could be thrown into such sunoe" ior'n
as this:
Twinkle. twinkle, little line.
Now I've got II very nne;
Eouinocal stOrm there's none,
Only slightly more ozone
There is a weird beauty about the above which Is
irresistible; agents ought to make $lo DAY ana
EXPENSES selling the recipes IN the West. +. 81
And vet some people pretend to argue that Boston
is not the library centre of the continent.
II the cut in ocean passenger rates continues the
time is coming when an enterprlsing steamer line
will pay traveller something handsome tor cross
ing the Atlantic not to speak of presenting him
with n neat chrome and the latest trustworthy
cure for seasckness.
Commissioner Colman will now have some leisure
to devote to agriculture. While Congress was IN
session duty called him to the Capitol, where he
spent the greater portion OF each day. But AFTER
all the adjournment may prove calamity 10 agri-
culture for a pre- tentious humbug with S6oOOOO
TO spend for seeds and silk worms and areslan wells
can do as much INJURY as protracted drouth
forest fire of the first magnitude and an epidemic
of pleuro- pneumonia.
MAYOR Grace honored the memory OF Hubert o.
Thompson by acting As his pall-bearer, and yet at
that very time he was preparing TO prove that
Thompson was perfdious scoundreL Such are
the methods Of the professional reformer.
The muse of NETWORKS poet-commissoner once
led him to yearn
70 be content, whate'er my changing lot,
And 1--we that men hereafter snail "fOrset me not
We feel warranted in assuring Squire that part Of
his Ions Jig Is pretty certain TO be gratihed. The
people of this town are not in mood TO forget him
soon As to contentmeDt with his changing lot."
he will need all the philosophy he can summon up
when lie hears the verdict o.: guilty" in q Grim
inal court
In Justice to the fool-kier it may be well to
state that he would promptly proceed to Niagara
Fails and professionally attend the gentlemen
engaged In going over the Rapids for considera-
ton were it not for the fact that he chershes the
hope that the Rapids themselves Will cut them OF
in their idiotic prime
Out in New Jersey the o. her day lightning photo
graphed a girls face on tray. Now what would
have happened if that same lightning had played
around the Department of Justice in Washington
Might il not have branded Pan-Electrcity upon
the brow OF the Attorney On the whole,
perhaps il is Just as well that he has gone to Arkan
sas for period that it il hoped will not DO short
At q gathering of Prohibitonists in Orange
County would be Governor ii. Clay Bascom Is
announced 10 speak to-day and Senator Colquitt
on Friday. The dIspafc hes do not throw any light