New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-26
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the extreme Southern States, where negroes are
virtually disfranohised and deprived OF pohncd
repree ntstinn. That Is the ideal which his own
diocesan convention is aspiring to work out.
depot the other dsy, and crowd gathered % hear ths
remarks - beg your pardon said one. ~ was 81.
room" aoh. no, replied the other. am entirely
for the y nS been Roc
difficulty. r-t6pringfeh Union.
It. IS quite evident from this touching little in
cdent that Springfield is ripe for the millennium
A picture of the two transfers in question ought
to be placed in the Paris Exposition. They would
boom the American exhibit. And now will The
Union please inform the public which one or
WattS's hymns the contcmporaneous Springfield
woman softly sings when she knocks OH one Oh
her fngcrnails with o tack hammer while putting
down curpetso
bank robber was recently caught and con-
victed by means of cigar stump. There are
several morals to be drawn from this incident.
II is calculated to convince bank robbers that
the tobacco habit Is q dctriment TO their pro-
fessional career. Then. again. it is calculated TO
cause the most radical member Of the anticigar
league TO entertain kindly feeling for weed
which hls performed good piece OF detective
work in the interest Of society. In the thir place
il can be effectively used by lecturers against the
evil Of smoking, since they can argue that il the
bold bad man in question had not become prey
TO the enervating cigar, he never would have
diego lerated into bank robber. Other morals
will perhaps bulge into view later
Fool and lmave are often combined in one
and the same person, but II rarely happens that
the proportions quite picturesque as in
the case of young Mr.. Templeman.
II we NAV believe q very intelligent representa-
tive OF the auor interest, snoonkeepers as class
reenrd High License with greater dread than az
,cmpted Prohibition The Champion the organ
OF the Chicago liquor interest. says:
The enemy to bo dreaded is the moderate CON
scen tEus and Scious OPPONENT Of the ssoon Who
through the imposition Of an exorbitan,y nign
"r,nsnccs seeks 10 reduce the numerical strength on
the saloons 10 .nch tnsignicant hsnre ma ,ne
influence and power for sen pT0too''oh wiz O'
In fact, omparatively destroyed.
There can be no question that o reduction IN the
number Of saloons greatly diminishes their power
in politics Almost every bar, 1t may he sad.
makes a profit large enough 20 stand good cam
pajgn assessment, but no one who knows anyfhInS
Of human nature will believe thai tn l2oo saloo -
now remaining in Philadelphia for example VIII
be able 20 raise anything like the sum contributed
for potical purposes by the 5,773 that existed TWO
years ago.
The Centennial Committee have not yer decidea
what 10 do with the surplus which they arc
>prc Of having when the accounts are all made
ND. They could not do a NOR graceful or popular
thing than TO turn il over 10 the memorial arch
fund which we arc glad 70 see increasing from
day 10 day. though it is not bounding up on the
| scale on which great city like this ought to
be proud to show
One OF the scientific papers states that rhe
common nutmeg is a powerful narcotic poison.
Some OF our Yankee brethren OF an earlier day
used 70 he accused OF selling wooden nutmees
But certainly il is better 10 place upon the mar
ket an artificial but innocuous fruit than
brond which is at once genuine and fatal. Per
.ons who have been sncerng at the vendors OF
wooden nutmegs will see tho propriety OF apolog,1-
inc r. 10 proper 10 add that the scientific paper
in question states that one must eat s"v'rai
putmegs before they become dangerous, SO care
full cooks need not Danish the flavor
What's the matter with York State? The
Galveston News asserts that the chief oo,ecuon
70 the nomination Of Mr.. Cleveland lin 1897 VIII
| he that he halls from New-iork.' We may add
TINT the chief objection in the way OF the accept
| oncc by any Democrat Of the Presidential nomin'-
ton in sy2 will be the realization of the palniu
| fact TINT no Democrat can he accepted
| wear or two ago there WAS good dea saia
| about undertaking crusade against merch"nts
| ,yho keen their trucks in the public streets over
| niuht. but nothing seems 70 have come OF H.
| his nusa nee 10 assuming serious and asgravatne
! nroportions We have in mind a short DOCK
in this city on which popular theatre. large
| hotel and two handsome apartment houses lroht I,
and which furnishes convenient access to several
,laceS OF amusement but which Is half-barrlcadcd
every night by from six 10 nine trucks. we
.ubmit that this is rather OVERRIDING the business,
A real estate agent at Tacoma, w. T. rises To
remark that he paid out $4,000 last year for
hostage stamps And yet the chances are that
IL he REQUESTS the Postofce Department. to grant
him thirty days credit the next batch OF stamps
which he orders, this good Tacoma customer will
meet with refusal
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