New-York tribune., 1886-11-15


the decision of the Ohio Circuit Court against the
Governments telephone suit, has again ceased to
read the newspapers.
The French Republic is becoming as extrayagant
as it once was economical From being the cheap
est government the country has had for century
it has already become the costlest Under the
Consular and Imperial rule Of Bonaparte, 1t cost
s2s, 900 per hour to govern France the Restored
Bourbons increased that sum to s23,oOO, and LOUIS
Philippe to $4,000 per hour. This was an In
crease commensurate with the growth Of popula-
ton. The Second Republic further swelled the
hourly budget to s34600, and the proiigate Second
Empire ran it up to an average OF S49yoOO. A1ter
Sedan retrenchment was the order OF the day, ana
UP to 1882 the hourly rate OF public expenditure
was only about $1,000, or scarcely more than
third of what it a century ago. This extreme
economy was caused, Of course, by the pressure oil
tie war indemnity. But since 1882 The treasury
doors have been flung wide open, and though
business depression prevails and hard tlmes are
universal in Paris and the provinces. the Govern
ment has for the past four years been spending at
the enormous rate Of $4,000 per hour, or nearly
twice as much as the worst Louis Napoleon was
able to do II Is explained that the Government
is making lavish expenditures in order to give EN-
ployment to as many persons as possible ana thus
allay social and political discomfort Ii tins be
true it is an ominous sign of the times for France
The decision Of one OF the minor courts that the
keeper of bathing house is responsible for articles
left in The rooms by patrons is rcassuring AT
many places along the sea coast the lighthouses
are so fimsily built and provided with such inSc
cure locks as TO tempt robbery. This decision
ought to lead to some improvement
Princeton's honor men this year are the football
eleven They have vindicated the far Tame OF
their college and taken swift and sweet revenge
upon Harvard for hcr real or fancled slghS.
"Jbe Scientific American comes to the rescue
of the telephone speculatOs. 1t asserts that Royal
r. House obtained in 1868 and 1868 patents
which clearly anticipated Professor Bells devices
II publishes q leading article announcing that the
Bell patent is probably broken and gives promi
nencc to several illustrations of the House lnstru
ments Notwithstanding the high authority OF
"1he Scientific American the statement THAT
new and probably successful claimant 1or the
profits of the Bell invention has arisen VIII be ac-
cepted with great reserve. If patent lawyers had
considered that the letters patent issued TO Mr
House protected his rights in the speaking teie
phone as one Of the possibilities OF his own nven
ton, there would probably have been long ago
another case on the calendar of the United States
be caught up by the baflied Government lawyers
very much as straws are snatched by drowning men
II volunteers for the Bulgarian throne cannot
be obtained among the reigning families of Europe
Russia can probably furnish a squad OF Central
Asian Ameers who will govern the principality in
the most approved St Petersburg fashion.
The Floridans are being urged by the news
% tk,tG tn fhqip
come the customary winternux OF Northerneis This
is the way "1he Florida Herald puts it. I'VE
want the tourists. Anything that is right that
will bring them and return them we should do,
because it pays to have them come to sec us
When they come once, VIC want them to come
again New faces by the hundreds are nou9ed
at Jacksonville, at st. Augustine, AT Paalka' Oh
the boats on the st. Johns River on their way 10
Sanford. Enterprise, Orlando, Winter Park, lndian
River and other places. The hotels have been
brushed up and the keepers OF the mushroom board
ing houses have been for weeks getting ready. lhe
paint brush has been freely used, and the actNly
and life OF winter in Florida are already notlceaoie
Much has been done to make each settlement
thing OF beauty and every individual resident has
made it matter of personal pride to remove every
unsightly object and TO bring to the front every
thing possible to satisfy the taste and please the
little patches of Bermuda grass here and there.
But what is most needed is good board and lodging
at n price within the reach of the winter visitor
of moderate means and reasonable prices Tor all
things exposed for sale.
Would President Clcy yeland be good enough TO
inform an anxious public why it is "pernicious
activity to make q political speech in Missouri,
while the same thing is innocuous III Wisconsin
and Brooklyn
"The Panama Star and Herald Is disturbed
over letters from the isthmus which have from
time TO time been published in rBE TRIBUNE,
and attributes the fact OF their appearance to the
hurry which attends the publication OF large dailics
and prevents the careful super ison of articles
The letters referred to were carefully read before
their publication and were written by people In
whom TnE TRBUSE has every confidence. Mr.
Boyd, Of Tho Star and Herald. In an interview
published in San Francisco takes occasion to deny
the truth Of The TRlBUNE's lettess and paints