New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-04

to submit TO being frescoed. Sheridan long ago re-
minded the world that an oyster may be crossed
in love" but that only proves thai an oyster IS
tender. Complicated machinery is another mat
ter. It is suggestive OF something mighty tough
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Indian summer has been prematurely limited at
in some Of the Eastern States for the last rev
DAYS by hazy skies and, late in the afternoon'
an orange.tlnted sun, at which one may gaze
steadily without harm TO naked eyes. Inc ven
is not fog nor mist The hygrometer shows that'
More likely it is smoke. And IL is not lmpfooaple
that it comes from forest fires in the far North
west The surface winds, hereabouts, for nearly
a week have blown from the north, east and SOUTH
west most of the time; but the upper aerial cur
rents, which would be more likely TO bear the
i'm pa Ina bic dust which this autumnal pne-
nomenon, have come pretty steadily from the
direction Of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
and the atmospheric observation seems to have
been noticed in Rochester and Albany, in tins
State n day or so before il became conspicuous
near New.Yorll The lack Of rain, which IN tins
immediate vicinity has now lasted ten days, has
permitted q continuation of this condition OF the
atmosphere. No doubt sharp shower would clear
things up effectualy for time.
The Tribune will have II that the London strike Is
all along Of free trade New York Evening POST
That is not the point Strikes occur under free
trade and protection alike. But the low wages
of which the London 'longshoremen are complain
ing are connected with the general economic con-
ditions of England under free trade and the
sweating system against which they are IN revolt IS
one of the direct results Of eetrade processes oil
cheapenng labor American worEmen, when they
organize a labor revolt, do not demand the last
penny Of the sixpence. Protection exempts them
from starvation wages
The Flood Relief Commission has thought il
necessary to issue bulletin showing the progress
made in the distribution of funds TO Johnstown
and other sufferers In substance this shows
that after the Johnstown Board supposed IT had
obtained every proper claim, LOO new claimants
appeared, and large part of the work had to be
done all over again There is every reason 10
believe that the duties of the Commission have
been discharged with all possible rapidly, con-
sistent with q Just care that the charity of those
who subscribed the funds should not be imposed
upon. and its members may rest assured that
the Commission enjoys the fullest share OF public
confidence The criticisms that have been made
upon the distribution work have been characterized
by a shallow Impotence, for which there was no
justification.
Tie genius who places upon the market trust
worthy article Of elixir cOunteractor ought TO
make big money.
A brief dispatch from England announcing that
the United States steamer Dolphin has gone into
drydoc at Plymouth calls ont from Democratic
critic nm old-time sneer. 1.-THE Roach vessels are
always in need of repairs is the comment As
the Dolphin has been around the world in all
kinds Of weather, il is not remarkable that she
has been mt in dock to have the bottom cleaned
and for ordinary repairs. Her protracted voyage
TO the China station and 10 England has not re-
vealed any sign OF that imaginary structural
weakness for which partisan Democratic Admin
istration condemned her.
The court seems disposed to rule that jurors in
the Cronin trial need not be idiots. For this
much thanks.
PHILADELPHIA as well as New-Yorll has to confess
that the public schools will not accom- rodate the
children who crowd the doors for admission The
great cities which trfe with this duty of educating
the children of the poor assume fearful re.
sponsibility
Mr.. Underwood, of Boston; returns from his Con-
sulship at Glasgow to assure the Bostonians that
theirs is the most beautiful city in the world. Up
70 date not one of his felow-ctizens has come
ONT in card contradicting him. 1t would seem,
therefore, that on one issue, at least the BoS-
toniaus vote as one man. Such evidences of unity
in essentials on the part Of an independent com
munity are gratifying.
Mr. Chamberlain, alarmed by increasing signs of
agitation against the endowment of an Irish uni
versity from the Treasury, proposes to substitute
for the bill convenient little resolution by whch
the temper Of the House can be sscertained'
Probably before Parliament reassembles MIR.
Balfour's bill and Mr.. Chamberlains resolution
will have disappeared together. The Government
NAV be so badly frightened by the prospect OF
repeatinq Mr. Gadstone's unfortunate experience
sixteen years ago as 70 repudiate all its obligations
RI the Vatican The Pope in his diplomatic
nominations with England ordinarily receives
irredeemable promises.
When ex. Senator Davis gave dinner to the
President the other day at Deer Park. the table
wos decorated with golden rod, and this clrcum-
Stance is hailed rs fresh augury Of Its Adoption
as the National flower Certainly the golden rod'
which was by no means frendless before. is gaming
in popularity.
With Maet6a and his chiefs again Oh 'neir
native heath and with Admiral Gherardi weicom-
ing the coming Hyppolite and speeding the de-
nartuU Legitime, American prestige is no longer
in a state of innocuOus desuetude
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PERSONAL
N,s, Joseph n. Hawley wife OF tho Connecticut