New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-07


for the cause OF good morals.
Altogether too many persons have been run
over by street cars during the last few weeks.
Scarcely paper goes 70 press without record
Of such al accident. An accident IN one sense, il
always is for rs an implement OF deliberate muir.
der or OF simple assault and battery the street
car is unnecessarily conspicuous and cumber.
some But nevertheless in most cases, the driver
az least shares with his victim the blame Of
criminal careleSSncsS
When. in August, one sits on the sca-bcach
under big umbrella, and with good company,
watching not too closely the rising tide, he secs
billow after blow roll in, making threatening
show, hut breaking ut safe distance from his
feet Soon a modcst-lCok roller steals in 10 M
up suddenly and then cha,cs swiftly in advance
Of its fellows far enough TO deluge the observer
unless he scramblcs hurricdly to higher level
So Nth the advance Of suuSher temperatures every
season Such warmth MS that OF Sunday and yes
tcrtay is naturally t0 be expected, for brief
SPELL at least, yet somehow IL usually takes MS
unAwarcs. Something almost like the present
warm wave was experienced over fortnight
ago; hut the cool weather Of Centennial week,
winding up with killing frosts in several Northern
States, had thrown people of their guard, and
loft them unprcparcd for this Swcltering FiSlta-
lion. However, there will doubtless be plenty
Of use for fnnnclS even yet this month.
/, Mrs Lung who has chopped of rivals
thumb, was deceived by the recent Rlorlication OF
,;,,prge Washington into the belief that the
Ratchet can do no wrong, she may be entitled to
somo degree OF sympathy, though the law Will
seek TO be impartial.
Great Injustice is doubtless often done 20 tho
memory OF persons who have been found dead
in rooms in which the gas was turned on but
not burning There are TWO kinds Of muricronn
gas fixtures In rNistcncc-thosc Of which the stop.
keys turn all the way around, and those OF which
they ARE 50 loose rs 20 be opened hy the highest
touch The former axe out OF date ana seldom
in use nowadays but the latter are abundant
everywhere. and they are, moreover the moro
dangerous Of thr two 10 those who mr." accuS.
toned 10 gn,. / man can scarcely fail 10 note
the fact when a Stop-lIcy meets no obstruction,
and hence doesn't stop SO used is he 10 turning
il until he can turn il no further; whereas the
loose key is an unnoIicod peril, and ought TO
"go7
ono OF tho most unfortunate Of mOrtnlS Is TIE
man who, having moved into a new home during
the turmoil Of Centennial week, is now con
my dear, where arc we going to spend the sum
mcr?7
There seems 10 he sound sense in the decision
NJ the Assistant Secretary of the Interior put
ting upon the pension roll Felix ONol Of the
Marine Corps, who in 1862 was injured aboard
the Rhode Island, to which he had been ordered
ny n blow on the head while stores were being
| loaded lie has hitherto failed TO obtain a pen.
| ion OH the ground that his injury was not re-
ccived in the line OF duty, but 1t is now admitted
| that lie would not have been injured il he had not
| been doing his duty, and 10 the ordinary mind
| that would seem 10 settle 1t.
Republican members Of the Legislature who
ynnt TO be sent bacl, TO Albany next winter can
make both their calling and their election reason
ably sure during the coming fortnight by attend
ing strictly to the business Of the people, with
out regard to selfish interests. There is not one
Of them who doesn't know his duty, and we hope
| that there are very few who are not ready to do
| their duty
| Ncw.YoIk is, by common con- mt, charming
city in the early spring II the authorities could
| only have revelation Of the charm which clean
| streets would add there would remain no doubt
| at oil that life here is worth living. On Sunday
| last, one day in whole season, Natur" was per-
lection, but some OF mans work was incNprcssibIy
! vile.
| Occasional mention OF the fact that n human
| tody has been ncincratcd at Fresh Pond, Long
| Island, serves TO remind the community that
| cremation is not superscding burial with anything
like that rnpidity which its first advocates cX.
pccted, and which even It's opponents feared
This is the more surprising, since it has outliveG
the instructive aversion which the first expert.
men; s excited, and since the facilities are now
/ such that the operation is performed with per-
! feet success and with entire dcocncy and quiet.
ness in respect 10 all the accessories and re.
! quirements.
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The answer given TO Ex-senator Chambers calm
but forcibIo collation. of Southern evidence about
Southern political murders will furnish valuable
indication Of the real vitality Of the New South