New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-18


The country would be pleased to have President
Cleveland get married. The gentle cCmpan onshlp
of a charming woman is very COOL thing Tor the
nerves And it wolld not hurt the President to be
a triie more amlable.
People who live near active volcanoes have
good many causes for vigilance and anxiety III the
volcano is too active they may be overwhelmed by
a lava flood or a shower of ashes If it stops work
ing altogether, they at once begin to look out for
violent explosion in some other direction. Inc
great crater of Kauea, in the Hawaiian Islands,
has recently become inactive. Tho lakes of fire
have disappeared, and where they gowed ana
seethed great chasm exists. But the people are
not satisfied. They are now anticipating "a severe
erupti on from the volcano the summit OF Mama
Loa the mountain "hich rises between hve ana SIX
thousand feet about Kilauea. In all cases oil sudden
cessation in the activity of crater when mas oeeh
working steadily, tho presumption Is III 1avor OF
fresh outburst somewhere ese but it is as likely to
occnr Mt a distance as in the vicinity and 1t may
take the form of an earthquake in Japan or Cali
forpia instead of an eruption from Mauna Loa lhe
fact IS that volcanoes are more uncertain IMAM
politics. and science has so far failed i'll attempting
to account for their eccentric movements, though
sometimes 1t is possible to predict special actlon
If the laboring people will permit the labor HER
archy to make war upol. them, they must expect to
suffer.
Most of the Presidents graver blunders have been
caused by his erroneous notion That nobody else
under the skies adequately fill his place, ana
THAT the Government would be forced TO suspend
but for him. There could be no graver So
far as we have heard there has lived but ono man
whose relation in life was such as to cause an alb
rheDh he
gentleman of color and lived on Long Island, ana
was widely known for his many virtues. The farm
ara for miles around employed his intelligent and
exper;encud services for the destruction OF GER
tain Justly abused and malodorous animal which
occasionally infested their barns. When he died. IL
was momrniuy and truly said that his Ike would
never again be found. and to this day his place In
tine esteem and service of the public remains
vacant But with this solitary exception oan vet
can do what has by man been done" The Presi-
dent should come little closer to the people VINO
took him up.
Mr.. Bcecher's family organ, The freing Post,
lost its head long ago in trying to discuss LABOR mat
ters Its spasmodic contortlons resemble the Hut
terings of a hen that has suffered decapltaton and
PUSHES around trying to hnd her missing top-plece.
But of all the nonsense that The Post has sput-
tered it's suggestion Of yesterday that volunteer
army of citizens come FORWARD 10 urNc tnc sticct
cars m case of a strike was the worst. Every vol
nnteer would be arrested Immediately for IT Is the
law in this city that one can drive street car
without a license
II Mr. Bigelow's report IS the best that can be
said for the Panama Canal project, it is likely to be
a long long while before the Straits OF Magellan
cease TO be terror to seamen.
Mr. Garland rose to his full height and sternly
informed Young and Van Benthuysen that he
owned Pan-Electric stock, that it would be ndeu-
cate Tor him to assist them in official sense, that
he was about to start for Hominy Hall and that
Mr. Gopde was to be found in the next room.
Young and Van Benthnysen apparently had no
difficulty in interpreting that spasm of Roman
virtue. They signed agreement almost immcdi-
ately for having a Government suit brought Tor
their mutual benefit, and went West TO make all
tho ARRANGEMENTS.
Mr. Justice Barrett is not the kind of man to be
impressed with legal pyrotechnics 1t Is refreshing
TO re him sit down stump speeches made to warp
evidence in the minds OF jurors.
The Ice cart has forth from It's winter retire.
mcnt but the water cart still fingers. The presence
of tho latter OF Q sufficiently damp equivalent
would greatly delight people who live on or above
Fifty-ninth-st; for though the rainy ssason ended
only few days ago. the Boulevard and upper
avenues ere covered with fine dust that " driven