New-York tribune., 1886-04-26

The public will probably make note OF the
fact that for some time Thrd-ave. street-cars
will be more agreeable to ride in than hereto
fore. They will be less crowded. thanks to the
boycott of tue road ordered yesterday by the
Central Labor Union. The cars of this line
were run yesterday without disturbance.
The Easter parade of New Workers up and
down Fifth-ave took place as usual yesterday,
but 1t was not so brilliant as had been expected,
owing to the low temperature and threatening
appearance of the weather until noon. All the
same, it may be well doubted if anywhere In
the world so many well-dressed, intelligent and
fne.looklng people were to be met with in an
hours walk yesterday as on Flfth-aye. after
church was out.
Saturday was Arbor Day in Massachusetts,
and good many trees were planCed-in spots.
If we depend upon occasions of this kind for
recovering denuded hills and valleys with
trees, it will be some time before the waste
places are replanted. But arbor days are
capital invention, for they help to educate peo-
DIE in love for nature, which in time leads to an
appreciation of the value of fforests-something
sadly lacking in this country.
If Tavioette, the warden of the Penitentiary
of st. Vincent de Paul, near Montreal, RECEIVERS
from his wounds, he should be promoted in
some way for his bravery if he dies he should
not be forgotten. For Taviolette was q brave
man. When the revolted cOnvicts placed him
between themselves and the guards. and dared
the latter to fire, he commanded them not to
hesitate but to shoot. They did shoot, the re-
volt was checked. but the warden may die. BY
II. ha nf do
scent. Here then, is a hero for the French
Canadians, as worthy of their most distinguish
ing honors as Rie was unworthy of them.
Later inquiries than those made few weeks
ago show that mOvingday May II this year
will be somewhat less awful than usual. This
is said to be due to tie concessions which land
lords have made TO keep good tenants. 1t is
noted that people are getting in the way OF
making their leases in the fall rather than in
the spring October instead of May 1. In the
end it really does not make much difference
when ones lease expires lit is about as long as
It is broad The average New Yorker every
year has to pay rent for an empty house for
several months, be it at the beginning or end
of his year.
COney Island is still there, but not in the
shape that most of its last summer visitors re-
member. This winters storms have done the
usual amount of damage. Manhattan Beach
long ago lost her bathing ground; but by an
excellent system of dykes has saved her grass
plots. The havoc of the last few months has
all been made at Brighton Beach, where the
band stand now looms up far out at sea. The
beach at this point has all disappeared. But
what Brighton has lost the iron piers have
taken and Eeld for West Brighton, where the
excellent bathing grounds promise to be bet
ter than ever this summer. The west end of
Coney Island always was the pleasantest part
of it naturally, and should long ago have been
redeemed from the rough element which re-
sorts to it.
Ferdinand Ward Is the same old sixpence.
Out of prison he long posed as an honorable