New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-21


help of the mind. uc must administer to
mind diseased" in fact, frequently, if he wishes
to restore the physical organism to health and
the simpler the mind to be dealt with the easier
will it be found as rule, to employ 1t therar
POLITICALLY. In the South Carolina case bogus
charm operated precisely as it was expected the
real one would do. Just so when strips of wood
were substituted for Perkins's Metallic Tractors.
all the effects which the Tractors had ELECTED
followed. The explanation in both cases should
be plain enough and is the key to whole
class Of obscure phenomena.
The facility with which the French Constitu-
ton can be altered in the most radical way tends
to impair the stability OF existing institutions
In the United States amendments eau only be
adopted with the sanction of the State Lcgis-
latures and the process requires 50 much TIME
and the concurrent action OF so MA y repre-
sentative bodies that the attempt is rarely made
Only fifteen amendments have been carried in the
course of q century In France the procedure OF
notwithstanding is reduced to system OF
what may be termed tremendous simplicity
When the two legislative chambers are assembled
as a constituent body, the entire system Of gov
ernment may be revoutionzed In tventy-four
hours. The French people are delivered from the
excitement and turmoil OF an American Presi-
Dental election by the implicitly of their consti-
tutional procedure. When vacancy occurs In
the highest office, it can be filled IN Few hours
Americans who are exhausted by their own pro-
tracted Presidential canvasses may find something
10 admire in the French plan, but they Will unite
in condcmning the precipitate haste with which
the fundamental law can be revised by the Ma
,ional Assembly.
Here you are now, twenty. four sheets of writin
paper and envelopes to match, for ten cents"
So day by day cries the pedler in a clear, pene-
trating voice. And yet in spite of the cheapness
of these articles, President Cleveland cannot be
persuaded to write that letter
Mr.. Stanley himself may be quoted in support
OF the theory that the Nile can be diverted from
its course with comparatively little effort. In
the coursL Of conversation with Colonel COlborne
in Cairo on the of his departure for Zanzibar
he described the Victoria Lake as lying on
patcau like an inverted basin. :" 1t could be
made to riclxle over at any point" he exclaimed
The King of Uganda he continued, might take 1t
into his head any morning to turn of the Nile by
ordering thousand natives to drop stones across
the Rpon Falls until they were blocked As the
channel was narrow this could easily be done by
such force in nine MONTHS and the population
of Egypt would be starved. He did not suppose |
that King Mtesa would entertain such
project merely for the sake OF creating |
trouble in the lower Nile countries. but considered
il possible for him to block up the outlet OF the
lake in order to water tracts Of land adjacent to
it, The possession of Khartoum by the Engl sh, |,
it is clear would not prevent such catastrophe
as this In order to secure Egypt against the loss
of the fertlizng foundations, the whole course Of
the river from the junction Of the Blue Nile to
the sources of the White Nile would have TO be
controlled.
The steamship City of New-YorlS gives promise |
now of fulfilling the expectations Of her builders
and owners Her third trip has been made in
quicker time than the third trip Of either the
Etruria or the Umbria. and now that her ma |
chincry is getting in perfect working order. She |
will probably show steady Improvement until her
limit of speed is reached II she succeeds in
breaking the record however. IL is not likely that
she will enjoy her triumph long.
The attention Of Buffalo is called to the fact |
that Yankee has come to the front who believes
that he has solved the' problem of utilizing the
colossal water power of Niagara We believe il |
is 81 90, 900 in gold and the freedom OF the city |
in diamond snuff box that Buffalo has promised |
TO give to the inventor who accompshes this
thing to her satisfaction. The Yankee in question
is son of Connecticut and has sent his drawings
to "The Boston Transcript Ills idea is /
The Transcript explains, to tap the river
lust above the falls and conduct the water in |
canals or reservoirs along both sides of the river
below to furnish power for an unlimited number
of mills and factories to be built between the !
river and the canals We take il that Buffalo
viii hardly feel warranted in sending on the prizes
to Connecticut until she has seen the drawings
and become satisfied that they really meet the
long-fet want 1t Is interesting to note that
" The Transcript itself is not satisfied with this
inventors plan. In fact. il has one of its own.
II remarks that the proper way utilize Niagara
is to change the water power into electrical force
and convey IL to the great industrial centres
already built. The merit OF this plan is it's
simplicity All one has to do Is to find out how
to transmute the vast volume of Niagara into
electrical force Up to a late hour last night
the prizes had not been awarded.
II is perhaps not generally known that If the
current woodman declines to "spare that tree
the man who desires TO have it spared can euchre
the woodman by running of with II. All the
man needs to do is TO call to his assistance
patent tree-lifter Such q machine has lately
been engaged In transplanting large trees In But
falo and The Express Of that city states that
it can transport and transplant any size Of
tree If the inventor be corrcct-and some Of
the race have been known to be ovcr-sangune--
what prevents people that live upon the prairies
Of the West from surrounding themselves with
primeval forests and boundless contiguity OF
shade? o, yes it is an age of improvement.
Mr.. Balfour proposes new series by some en-
erprising Unionst journal to be entitled " Glad
tonism AMI Crime" 1t Is tolerably certain that
The London Tines will not issue H. Par.
lelism and Crime will satisfy the ambition Of
he conductors Of that journal
Ii is announced that England chemist