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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
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An AMERICAN RUIN.

To the stranger in New-YorlS who has only O
limited amount of time at his disposal, and who
wishes to make the utmost possible use OF that
time in sightseeing, the question always comes
What shall he visit first? The answer is now
easy: Let him, even though he miss all else sec
the Ruins of the Mugwump Party by moonlight.
"If thou wouldst view fair Merose Alright,
Go visit 10 by the pale moonlight;
For the gay beams OF gladstone da2
Gid but to fi0ut the ruins gray"
ANY ruin is mpressive-the touch of age, the
thoughts it summons up of the past, the truth 1t
bears in one of mans inability to battle with the
evermoving, ever-tearing -down forces OF nature,
the sight Of the evidences of mans efforts, hopes
aspirations laid low-all this is impressive
douby so when seen by the pale half-hghts OF
the moon but the sight of the ordinary ruin, the
everyday stone ruin, with the gable-end Knocked
off and the lightning-rod pointing toward the
southeast, cannot in any way cOmpare-it does not,
cannot, touch the soul with that awe which is felt
in the dead presence Of the Ruin Of the Mugwump
Party in New-Yorl
Stand there at one side in the shadow OF that
broken column and look at it, There it les its
sharp outlines softened and rendered halflndls-
tinct in the faint, hazy light of the crescent
moon. What is that crouching figure by the
crumbling parapet? That is one of the Mug
wumps praying that the moon may go under O
cloud and render the whole thing altogether in
distinct
Note the fallen triumphal arch directly in front
once chief glory of this once brave castle. See
its broken abutments, its crumbling stones. You
look down and you stand among the fragments
of the keystone scattered on the ground. crash
breaks the death-lize stiffness You look up only
to see that another stone has fallen from the fast
disappearing abutments and broken into thou
sand pieces. The great triumphal arch of civil
Service Reform goes to decay before your eyes
All around you are the tottering walls half
fallen away, with jagged outlines and ominous
aspect threatening to fall and crush whoever vent
ures too closely. Broken columns, white and
spectral stand everywhere on guard, weird and
ghost-like. All around are halflevelled embank-
ments and halffiiled meats, fallen turrets and
crumbling ramparts. Ruin and desolation are
breathed in every passing breeze; gloom, sadness
and detection hang about every column you feel
it-they are everywhere All is despair, all despond-
ency. Ruin is King-there is no other sovereign.
You turn away-you feel that you cannot move
too fast-you are going from the land of the dead
back to the land of the living A sudden sharp
report breaks the awful stiffness. But you speed
on. 1t is only George William Curtis in the midst
of the ruin. lie has hung his harp on the ground,
sat down on it and busted a string
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
A PERTINENT INQUIRY.

While the International Conference Of the
Y NJ. c. A. secretaries was discussing physical
culture at Grand Rapids, Mich, the question was
anonymously projected, Why are so many OF the
gymnasium instructors present scldy looking and
apparently feeble ?" Clearly the inquiry was in
point If gymnasium instructors are not good ex-
ampes Of the benefits to be derived from physical
culture who should be? How it comes about,
if indeed the fact So that many Of the instruc-
tors present at Grand Rapids are sckly looking
and apparently feeble" is not easy to comprehend
Theoretically the thing ought not to be possible,
but if it be practically accomplished the question
follows, What bearing has it upon physical
culture? This is another very difficult consldera-
ton for it will not do to assume that the instruc-
tors have been made sicllly looking and feeble by
their occupation. 1t is quite conceivable that be-
fore becoming gymnasium instructors they were
very much more sickly looking and feeble; and on
that hypothesis they must be held to have i'm
proved physically.
That physical culture, when not carried to ex-
cess, makes those who resort to it robust and
healthy is q fact not to be gainsaid at this late
hour Excess in any kind will cause collapse,
and that too has been sufficiently demonstrated.
Gymnasium instructors ought not to be over
worked, however, and as 4 rule they are not. AS
RUE, moreover, they are hoU SiChiJ ioohdhS' anu
any one who adopts the notion that they are gen.
orally feeble may acquire rapid change Of con-
viction by putting on the gloves with one of them
for half an hour As class, they are probably
above the average in health, vigor and staying
power OF course there are some brokendown
athletes and middleaged men in the profession,
but they are certainly the exceptions. An in
struttor who is not a good gymnast and in first
rate Dhvsical condition cannot do his work. III
the Y NJ c. A. has been saddled with sicllly look
ing and feeble instructors it has been victimized
Ordinary gymnasiums have no such experiences,
and for reasons which should be obvious. 1t WILL
however, be interesting to know what solution Of
the difficulty raised by the anonymous question at
Grand Rapids was found, if any, or whether the
conference was forced to Lord Dundrcarys conclu-
sion, that this is one of the things no fellow can
ind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
MUSIO-THE DRAMA.
TILE RIIRINSTEIN CLUB.

A prospectus for the second season Oh the hav'.
stein Club has been issued, from which 1t appears y.
that organization has not been swallowed up ID ~
new Metropolitan Musical Society. Next season INV.
concerts will be given on December 10, February :.
and May o, in Chickenng Hail. Mr. Chapman WE
again conduct the club, and the board OF patrons
composed of Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge, Mrs. y =
Raymond, Mrs. Joseph r. skidmore, Mrs J. n..
Scnbner, Mrs. John A. vanderpoel, Mrs. NJ D"ss
Colyer Mrs. william r. Chapman, Mrs. joseph n
Parsons Mrs. Robert Hoe, ir, Mrs John s. henns,'
Mrs. Henry NJ. Humphrey, Mrs. Charles T. Wnfpwvs ~
Mrs 4. H. Hartman, Mrs. jonathan Thorne, lr, NJ
+. W. Downer, Miss s. ID. Parish, D. Willis jane, =
W. Devoe James 5. Inglis, Joseph H. Parsons ve''s'
a. Meyer, J. seaver Page and Gustav d. sehHs~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY 1888 ZEN rAGEs

will be less anxiods than they are now to take up
divorce cases or if they consent to receive re-
tanning fee, they will insist upon getting ire
mendous one, in view Of the unusual risks OF TINS
line of practice. In either event, divorce suits
would decline in number Let divorce lawyers
become either scarce or high priced, and there VIII
be fewer divorces Mrs. Rawson had her own
reasons for shooting her husbands lawyer and
would vehemently disclaim any purpose OF render
ing divorce suits less popular than unhappiiy they
are now in this country. The shooting OF lawyers
in cold blood is not to be considered as possible
phase of social reform. Still, it remains true
albeit. like Mr.. Thackeray we must ask pardon
for the horrible pleasantly that the frequent re-
currence of such scenes as that in which she
plfyed murderous part would tend to diminish
divorce proceedings. The lawyers would be scared
off
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
amuscmfnts.

,,.ro,, opypI HorsE--s:l6-Lost In New-York
pRoApwAY THE ArRE-s--The Queens Mase'
CAsrSo-s-Nadjy.
EDEN MUsEE-Lady Fepcers.
sTplsrINA, s. L-Bufalo Bill
snsSp oprRA HousE-s-Lady Of Lyons
fycfuM THEArRE--8-fhe WE
MADISON SQUARE THEsrRE-s-Dr. JsRyn anu aT h!u'
Nmro's GARDENS Vaudeville
Polo GRoUNDs--4-Dassball
TERRACE GARpES--Coneert.
wArIAcKs-s l5-The Lady or The TIGER
5ru AVENUE TnEATRE-s:S0-NaluraiG Cas-
1Ar1-sT THEATRE-S-rhe still Alarm
4ru-AyE AND l9rH-sT.-Gettysourg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
Mp LOWELL WINS A WELCOME

From The Boston Journal . s,a shs
Mr. James Russell Lowell Is pretty sure ~ 70 rndsn1
warmth of his welcome In a certain c Give. hsfore the
Considerably Increased by his recent M NOR certain
way for an American to win himseu Great britain
very large portion Of the inhabitants md republcaH
than abusing his own countrymep sNs
instttutous generally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05

Persons leariag tocn for the season. and sum-
mer travellers, can hare The DAILY TRIBUNE
mailed to them postpaid, for 80 cents per month";
the address beng changed as often as desired.
The DAILY TRIBUNE piU be sent TO any address
in Europe at 81 so per month, which includes
the ocean POSTAGE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
rRINd INr0 ms 0wN oAMP.

From Tho Washington Post administration orssns
When IL comes 70 the Vice Presidential non ~
however, Mr. Cieveand's views or wishes '"'-~
longer be cons dercd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
Ticket and platform at St. Louis:
TUT
GROVER CLEVELAND, OF New-forA
L., utoo I,.ocfdont
ALLEN g. THURMAN, Of Ohio. ,.,..,.

Platform: The red baDdana covers a multitude OF
sins.
The Mills bill has become the finest example Oh
log-rolng ever afforded by the annals OF Natiohai
legislation Every Democratic Representative
wants to have the special interests OF MS own
deestrct" protected, and is willing to have the
tariff go by the board everywhere else Dill
framed amended and tinkered in that spirit
promises to be a conspicuous monument TO Dem
ocratic ncapacity and Generalization.
The Democratic editors having read, pune
tuated and digested Mr. Blaine's last letter are
forced to admit that his sincerity cannot be ques-
toned by his bitterest foe. Having settled TINS
question let them now take up Mr.. Cleyelands
letter of acceptance and determine whether In the
Judgment OF his warmest friends he was equally
sincere in his opposition to second term.
The calendar-malxers sometimes build wiser imam
they know. For instance, the man who compiied
the Shakespeare Calendar for this year selected
for this day, June 3, the following quotation from
the Merry Wives of Windsor" II money go
before. all ways do lie open" The alusion is
clearly to the gathering in ST. Louis, and the word
money is obviously used in an accommodated
sense There has been no charge of DOODLE in
connection with the Democratic Convention, but
the idea evidently conveyed is of spoils or Offices
Mr.. Donnelly PERHAPS may see some hidden mean
ing in these simple words, but are willing to
take them for just what they appear to mean-no
more and no less.
The call issued on February 20 for the conven-
ton that meets in st. Louis to-day was addressed
to all Democratic conservative citizens IRE
spective of past political associations and differ
ences who can unite with in the effort for pure,
economical and constitutional government" 1t is
to be hoped that the delegates will not overlook
the significance of the word pure 1t ought to
be emblazoned on q banner in the tallest kind OF
capitals and put into the most conspicuous place
over the chairman's table PURE government
that is what the Democrats are after this time.
Probably all they mean, though, is purely Demo-
cratic Government when that clean sweep, now
so nearly effected shall leave not jot or little
of the old order of things undisturbed
Secretary Fairchild says that examination and
criticism Of public officers are wholesome we
agree with him, and we think there are large
number of public officers now occupying places
and drawing salaries from the public Treasury
who deserve to undergo this wholesome treatment.
Some of them seem to have got more of it than
they RELISH to Judge from the way they squirm
and call upon their superIors to cone to their
assistance
A devoted friend of Mr. Thurman declares that
he is a man whom it is impossible to humiliate.
Well, Offering him the Vice-Presdency with Cleve-
land is certainly to be regarded as right smart
effort to humiliate the old Roman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05
Jnoes to Advertisements.
Business Notlrss.

TRIBUNE TERMS TO NAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
Daily z days q week 90 % ,s5 .2 % 81
Daily without Sunday Z ~ 3S s0
Sunday Tribune tn
Semi Weekly Tribune Soo 49,, 80
Registered Letter. , ,....,
Cash or Postal Note, II sent In an unregistered e''c
will be at owners risk. .,v,
Address all correspondence simply The Tribune new
York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05

The president of the National Civil Service Re-
form League says that =" the only politics Of the
Railway Mail Service arc honesty, quiclSness ac-
curacy and self-possession." The frequent COM
plants about the unexampled condition of the
mail service generally under the present Admin
istration calculated TO lead to the belief that
the allowance of such politics as Mr.. Curtis speci-
les is extremely limited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05

The dispatches furnished by THE TR1BUNE's
correspondent in st. Louis show that the pre-
arranged programme, as already outlined, will
almost certainly be carried out in the conven-
ton to-day. Never was there political gath
ering with less spontancity or enthusiasm
The dose is q bitter one for many OF the dele
gates but they will swallow it without finch
ing-whatever murmurings they may give vent
to in private The Thurman boom overshadows
everything else, although some of Governor
Gray's friends keep up stout heart and Col
orado is prepared to bring forward the name
of the physical Wreck" There is outspoken
opposition to Thurman in the Iowa, Wiscon-
sin and Missouri delegations; but the drift OF
things is shown by the vote of the Pennsyl-
vania delegates. Under the direction OF
William l.. Scott, who is supposed to represent
the wishes of the Administration, they stood
fory-one for Thurman, seven for Stevenson,
and two each for Gray and Black. The tariff
plank of the platform will be vague and non
committal, and capable of containing almost
any meaning one may choose to put into 1t.
The subtlety required to make it acceptable
will put no small strain upon the subcommittee
Of the Committee On Resolutions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05

Nothing but an exceptional emergency could
warrant the summoning Of a Special Grand
Jury. Whether there is reason for this I'M
usual preceding at the present time, the results
Of the investigations to be made by the jury
impanelled yesterday will determine The
jury is apparently composed of men OF good
standing in the community. Justice Barrett,
in his address, said that several subjects were
specially TO be brought to their attention. One
is the accumulation of excise cases, which now
number 5O0O--"a very disgraceful state Of
things,n in the judges opinion. II will mani
festly be an excellent thing to have these
cases cleared up; and when that is done, let
us hope that such cases will be disposed of
as they reach the District-Attorney's Office, and
not be pigeon-holed for successor to deal
with. Alleged offences against the election
laws last November will also be brought be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05

The eligible list of 3O7 firemen which was
made up by Mayor Whitney's Civil Service
Commissioners in Brooklyn, last autumn, and
which bore the eamdrks Of irregularity so
strongly as to suggest croolledness, has been set
aside by the commissioners appointed by Mayor
Chaplin. The decision is distinct gain for
honest Civil Service reform. The Whitney COM
mission did much to diScredit this reform in
Brooklyn and winked at many palpable eyasiOns
Of the law, after seeking in vain to have some
of the best safeguards around il broken down.
The former commissioners may have meant well,
but they permitted themselves to be hoodwinked
The present commissioners are made of different
stuff.
The prevalence Of divorce litigations has been
deplored by legislators and moralists for many a
year, but no effective means Of arrestng this ten
dency In American society have been devised or
even suggested. The startling Chicago episode
may furnish grounds for hope that divorce pro-
ceedings will be less frequent hereafter. II law
yers are TO be chased about the courtroom and
repeatedly fired upon by frenzied women armed
with reyolyers of the most approved pattern, they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-05

A devoted friend of Mr. Thurman declares that
he is a man whom it is impossible to humiate.
Well, Offering him the Vice-Presidency with Cleve-
land is certainly to be regarded as right smart
effort to hnmiliate the old Roman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27
ONLY 4 PEANUT VENDER.

It does not do to jump at conclusions.
A witness was being examined in an i'm
portant case, and his testimony was con"
elusive. So the lawyer for the Other
side undertook to make him an object
for ridicule.
"You are business man, I believer"
eyes, sir" ....
"What is your business?"
II deal in peanuts"
The lawyer smiled knowingly ut the
jury.
"a peanut vender, eh? How many
pints did you sell last month";
II hardly know. A million, perhaps"
"What!"
II handle about half million bushels
q year. I am wholesale dealer"
The lawyer sat down. He had for.
gotten that the peanut crop is the source
Of riches to many Southern farmers, and
that the annual trade in the humble
"goober" foots up ten million dollars J.
Golden DdYS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27
ONE CAUSE OF Bad TEETH.

The foundation for bad teeth is gen
orally laid in early childhood, for num-
berless mothers and nurses very care
fully soften the food, or remove the
crust from the bread before giving it to
the little folks, because it may other
wise "h,lrt their teeth, and so the child
grows up with set Of unused organs in
it's mouth; and when we have finally
succeeded by the creation of artificial
conditions in producing weak organs,
then we wonder why the poor child has
such bad teeth, and why it is SO often
suffering the toothache, and why the
dentists bill is so high. Teeth are or.
gans specialized to perform the work Of
n1astication; they are subject to the
same laws that govern other organs,
and their strength is determined by
their use. Understanding this, we are
obliged to admit that if we ever become
o toothless race it VIII be our own fault
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27
IN BONDAGE.
~ ROBERTSON rnowBn1Das.

.-oon nv Lii, above the page
YOU a. tolls tho ancient wrong
., i' tears and tyrants' rage
, ." weak oppressed by strong:
vour Poet knows sterner thran'
wv, norder yoke he sings
,r,a hondage Of the Very Small,
II Tbe Tyranny of Things.
49,, .ruly ours is hardest fate,
90 o,,r lot more hopeless far,
w. scarcely feel our lost estate,
~ know what slaves we are.
,,,,es 70 Life's thousand small demands,
~ It's toll, its fret, its care;
.,, wv. ia our homes, our goods, our lands,
o' s,o,res to the clothes we wearl
,,,-es TO the cherished things we fold
/, careful closets shut,
,c,,a Mate we store, the books we hold
~ Too choice to read-or cutl
c,.res-ah to what host Of thingsl
Door Gulliyers would quake
paneath a web Of threads and strings
Ivo know not how to breakl
rive Mace, o 4Tamerlane the Great"
sesostris, Ptolemy!
,sing the bond to whose hard weight
Your chains were liberty:
r,e woke more strict than despot's thrall,
More stern than rule Of kings
The hardest tyranny of oil,
The tyranny of things!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27
DTYOHCES IN liLGIEIeS.

Diamaa -el-Kebir e. the great mosgue")
near the Mosque de la Pecherie, dates
back to the eleventh century, but there
Is little to indicate the antiquity OF the
building. At the entrance is the court
where the cadi reigns supreme, settling
family grievances and disputes, divorce
cases, etc. met there an old acquaint-
ance, Mohammed, who was now staid
father Of family; years ago he posed
for me and would spin out long legends
and stories of personal troubles and real
love affairs. His explanation of the
planetary system was ingenious, but a
little behind the times. Our earth rests,
according to him and his forefathers,
on bulls horn; the bull stands on an
other world, which reposes again on an
other bulls horn, and SO on; but when
it comes to the question Of where the
seventh bull stands, we are not at lib
erty to inquire further into Gods work,
and must be content with what he has
been pleased to reveal. My old friend
Mohammed pretended to be waiting
around the divorce court to get settle
ment about some land in Kabylie; but
as I met him three months after this
time, and learned that he had lost his
wife, I conjectured that he was simply
waiting his turn to obtain hearing with
the cadi, and to say, Il divorce this wo-
man." which makes matters easy in this
country for man who feels that he
wants change III his domestic realm.
It is quite as easy for him to re-marry
the same woman; he can even repeat
this farce three times (if the law is the
same as in Egg -t); but if he is thor
onghly dissatisfied with his helpmeet,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27

that was all; and in the starlight-the
moon rose late-she vent with him
out over the beech and far along the
country.
Was it strange that he noticed she no
longer Wore Ned's ring? Was it strange
that he told her of his love, and that she
listened silently, believingly, with a
strange fluster at her heart? Was it
strange that when they drove back,
lingering beside the sobbing ocean,
another ring should deck her finger,
and another bond should lie upon her
life? Well, two others walked upon
the strand, two whom the gossips called
lovers; and yet when it was told that
Mollie Ames was to place her happiness
in the keeping of the firt of the beach, I"
one man who heard it turned as white as
death, and shrank from the beautiful
woman beside him, although men called
her fair. and many said she had won
him from his faith; yet Mollie was too
happy to regret, although she some
times remembers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27
IN OUNCE OF PRETEN1IoN.

Dr.. Scalpel-I think I will have to
call a consultation in your case, sir.
Patient (alarmed)-And why?
Doctor (calmy)-To ascertain whether
you will be worth more to me dead than
alive. You see, 1 can easily collect my
claim from the estate, but
Patient (who las the name of calling
a strange physician every time he feels
ilD-That's all right, doctor. IT, you'll
tell me about what you think it'll be I'll
pay in advance. -Baudete.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27

and has made up his mind that she is a
nuisance, he can say, Il divorce this
woman thrice" and that is the end of it.
f A. Bridgn,a'a, i'e Harper's Maga-
zine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27

In Europe thrifty trees and good
crops of peaches have been secured from
gratis on the hawthorn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-27

The measure of choosing we'll is
whether man likes what he has chosen.
Lamb.