New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-27

country for September. An outwaru ihoVo"V",
OF gold would materially change the ilnanc'ai
prospect. but it's coming depends In measure
unon the course of prices for securities.
One of the declared aims Of the trade and iaoor
organizations Is "to prevent the unscrupuiou'
from robbing tho honest" Why don't tney oosii,
NV securing the abolition Of the Board Of Aldermen
It il sad to read that pipe four inches In dia-
meter. not to speak of smaller ones, poured sewer
gas into Secretary Mannings office in the treasury
building. 1t is also sad to reflect that stencil IN
the public nostris emanates from the Attorney
Generals office. The former nuisance has been
oboted II remains for the President to say whether
the latter shall be.
Another active Democrat Of the offensive parti'
SAM type goes into the Brooklyn Park Commission
This Is reform under Mayor Whitney. A lew
more reformers" like the men who drove Colonei
Culver out would put the parks several years AZ
least. behind their present degree Of efficiency
The nroverbial manliness Of Engshmen seems to
have deserted O portion Of the London press,
which Is whimpering and snarling over the de'ea'
OF the Galatea in a way that must make Lleuteh-
ant HEM blush for bis countrys honor mo ~.
.yamess Gazette, confessing that American yachts
are feeter Of sail than English yachts seeks
consolation In the remark that "possioly couth
Sea islanders outrigger II properly rissed' wouia
be faster still but then neither SWIMMING oi'n
nor an outrigger Is a ga ling boat IN the SoaiAn
understanding Of the term" An English seaman
md oentIeman like Lieutenant Hem. for example,
| 10 not unwilling to own that the Maytower anu
| Puritan are sailing boats and American SKIP
Nora seamenv London Life, also, vents its 81 eoh
In sovino the Trek would have come over mere W
rare for the cup could the owner have peen
assured Of fair treatment on the part Oh the Aiei
cans; an lnsnuation that is only too contemptioio
| TO rise to the dignity Of an insult Ihese DUMP
tious Britishers have need to learn that next u
winning honorably, the best thing Is 70 enduro
defeat with grace and forttude.
rrsrv ono familiar with the condition OF Brook
Ivn,s streets Is we'll aware that they are by no
| mans in an ideal state. Whether the improve
ments which are so much needed, however, may Do
| looked for under the administration OF the new
snperntendent, George II. Sterling, IS doubtful
starting has capacity in some directions but ne Is
more likely to look out for the boys" than 10 re-
gard the interests of the public at large
That nro;ect 70 connect England and Ireland by
means of a submarine tunnel, if ever carried OUT
oneht to help solve the Irish problem by bringing
the wo countries nearer together. Then, again
think of the vast quantity Of seasickness that i
would bring to an end.
Down in Louisiana they play baseball with TIT
magnetic enthusiasm and lofty scorn OF cohse
onence which has done so much to endear the game
70 the people of the North. The Ne'c-OrtednS IneS
De,nocrat reports game in which the dauutles
frat baseman had his left leg broken squarey OIL
between the knee and the ankle" 1t must nav
been a notable occasion for the spectators
far the paper adds that 1.-THE bones shappe'
like q pistol the noise being heard all over 'n
grounds If it is beautiful to die for one
country. perhaps in the eyes of the true baseoa
man there is also a modified beauty III breakih
ones leg in close game.
Tn n recent trial at Buffalo witness swore INA
some one was half tight" Counsel inquired wner
DE-. witness drew the line between half tight ana iu
1 FIGHT Witness replied: Just the other sue
half trbt.D 1t might be well for the next Dein'
g cratic National Convention after it gets done II
3 solvipr-as usual-that it is opposed to sumptuar
laws. frankly to state whether it would condone
half tight.