New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-15

AGO simultaneously with a snowstorm that COM
plctplv blockaded the city for twenty-four hours,
Notwithstanding the force Of 10000 men and 100
snowplouehs which was set 10 work 10 clear inc
main thOrOughfares.
II any man hauls down deadly wire salute
him on the spot.
Judge Van Brunt and his colleagues gave an
excellent illustration Of the way In which Iaymen
like to hear the judicial truth proclaimed. III
you really think a mans lSDave what's the use ID
calling him a parallelopipedon
A more or less sweet bell has been tangled In
Twenty-tbirdst and the Board Of Health has Dccn
appealed to in consequence. one business man
says the bell is necessary adjunct OF MS 'raue
another prOnounces IL an lntolerape huls"noe'
There evidently can be no compromise IN this war.
Some bells. as the poet says emit souhus '"'O
are only suitable for treason, stratagem and the
furv NJ onslaught: others are as soft and melodous
as a dream on a moonlt night in summer the
Twentythird.st bell is probably OF neither one
sort nor the other but it is certainly bone of
! contention-if a bell can be called "A bone-and
the Health Board has task OF no common dlhi-
Guilty in deciding on its present status ana JUS
| future destiny.
The destruction OF the dangerous eiecVilc HsliO
wires might be accurately described as tne SUD-
stance of things hoped for, the evidence oil thlngS
not SEEM
The Aldermen are talking Of passing an ordl-
nance compelling the sale of fruits ana vegeU-
blcs by weight instca. of measure. wen, why
not? Both justice and common-sense demand u
but then these things not always rated al
their full value in the Common Council ehamDer'
II would seem that the Philadelphia barkeeper
| is promoter of the cause of temperance. Inc
| Times = of that city reports IAN old-tmer as
asserting that the current local dispenser OF PLAIN
and mixed drinks repes custom by reason-ot
all things in the world in barkeeperof bis super
cliousness "When it comes he remarks. to
the point that has to ask for glass OF beer
as if it favor and submit to critical
examination as to his sobrety by a bartender.
count me out. Cold water is good enough for me-"
This has encouraging sound Can it be that
the Philadelphia barkeeper is emissary of The
Voice in disguise?
There isn't much to be said for Yesterdays snow
storm except that it tried it's best. If it had
waited until the mercury had gone into winter
quarters it might have had something to show
for its industry
|
There is a man out in Racine, Wis, who is
attracting a good deal Of attention. owing to the
fact that his feet and legs and most of his OTHER
members are in complete state Of ossifcaton."
The Democracy is in position to sympathize with
him. since most of its principles and con-
victions' are affected with the same disease.
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The latest news of General Ben Butler, like
If no Of XVh he he
is of an an mated monOtony- breaking sort. Speak
ing to "A reporter of " The Boston Herald OF the
book Of "reminiscences which he hopes 10 prepare
some of these days, he says that he has a per-
sOnal desire thHt the true inwardness of the actions
OF soi-disant saints, martyrs, heroes and gen.
erals who have figured romantically IN the
history of the greatest occurrences IN the life OF
any nation as peddled out to magazines at so
many pennies "a line. shall be set right by an
impartial statement of the true facts and incidents
of their careers The truth of history is what
the world always longs for, and whoever helps TO
place her in possession of it becomes one OF her
favorite sons We gather from the way the Cen
eral expresses himself that he is convinced that
the halos surrounding the heads of the saints
martyrs. heroes and generals in question are
neither so large dazzling as ther ought to
no BY all means let these halos be enlarged
and touched up. Pray don't delay, General.
1t is good for the stranger who tarries within
the gates of Rome these days to sneeLe often and
vigorously For that is what the Romans do |
The Eternal City is suffering from bad attack
of influenza
Nearly all the Joy of this earth is by the fire
side So says Colonel Ingersoll There is great
comfort in the thought for ambitious Democrats.
They are bound to be beaten in 1892, as they |
were in 1855 But then there's the joyful fireside |
for them TO fall back upon and rally around and
get warm at.
If Commissioner Gilroy finds difficulty in Sc
curing recruits for his campaign against the wires |
he can call for volunteers Ii Is possible that |