New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-24

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| Mr. Bayard is not quite candid or fair IN MS
circular claiming for consular reports OF CONNIE :
cial information q value which officials OF otnef
nations recognize. II would have been little
moro candid II Mr.. Bayard had remembered ana
acknowledged that this system OF commercial re-
ports was augurated not by himself nor by this
Administration. but by Secretary Evarts when
member Of Republican Administration. and that
the usefulness of such reports bad been widely
recognized before Mr. Bayard VVer entered the
State Department But so in every other branch OF
| the service. the Democrats now claim credit ior
| the excellent methods devised ard reduced to prao
tcal efficiency by those very Republican rascals"
whom they have turned out and have tried to dis
| honor by ISLANDERS.
| 1t was said. when the Mayhower defeated the
Galatea in the for the Americas Cup, that
! there would probably be no other challenge for
several years, until British builders and owners
had reduced to practice tho lessons taught by
defeat. Yet another challenge comes before the
| Galatea has left American waters and apparently
| on behalf of yacht not yet built John Bull owes
part of his success in this world to his stubborn
refusal to admit defeat. but he also owes great
many humiIiations to the same interesting trait OF
character.
Governor, why not dramatic those county fair
speeches They ought to work up into roaring
farce.
That was o curious of the girls in cigar fac
tory iii this city who fell after another into
swoons and fits of Mysteries. in imitation Of one
who had tainted. No doubt it was an instance of
those epidemic influences of which the COnvul-
sionnaires of st. Medard are the best known OK
amples. During the Ulster Revivals of 1859 SINH
lar cases occurred. The explanation of them is
that the emotions, acting on the nerves, simulate
seizures the sight OF which has caused the initial
excitement. The influence of the mind upon the
body is practically imitabe. The former can
simulate diseases closely that the normal physical
effects follow, and this is sometimes done with
contagious diseases death resulting from purely
mental or emotional processes. This is what is
referred to when it is SAID that in great epidemcs
fear kills more than the plague.
dispatch states that the Pope has appointed n
special commission to examine the divorce laws of
all countries and report upon them to the end that
the Church may. If it seems necessary, take some
action in the premises. IL the Pope wishes to save
time he would do we'll to appoint separate CON-
mission for the United States, for the number and
variety of divorce laws in existence here may tax
the endurance and capacity of body which has to
attend to matrimonial miseries of all the rest of
the world as well.
The new chairman of the Democratic Committee.
according to The albany Argus. is man of bluff
honesty" Considering the party that he is to serve
and the position he is TO fill, he will need all the
bluff" heican command. Bud Is generally the
cornerstone Of Democratic campaign.
Russias temptation to go 10 war must be slight
indeed when she can gain so much without fight
ing Not to mention the tribes and nations she has
absorbed unOpposed in Central Asia, and the pros
pect of a similar performance in the Balkans, she
continues to beat England all along the line in
Afghanistan. When the present Boundary Com
mission began its work. there were more than 5000
square miles of territory in dispute. OF that. it is
now announced. more than 1000 square miles
have been conceded to the Car, and the DISPOSE
ton OF the remainder is still doubtful.
It would seem 10 be in order to revive the obser
vaton that the Charter Oak" might better have
been named the Slippery Elm.
One of The Buffalo Couriers esteemed contem-
rorares lately asserted that no man ought to hold
the office of President moro than one term. The
Courier rushes to the Presidents defence explain
ing that he didn't say that. but merely declared
in favor of a Constitutional amendment disqualify-
ing an incumbent for reelection" We commend
The Courier 10 a study of some good work on Eng
llsh synonymes.