New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-25

at New YORK
The apple crop was good one last fall but
during the winter it has turned out a miserable
failure The weather has been extremely bad Tor
preserving the fruit and growers and dealers who
held on to their stock in the hope OF an advance
Of prices have been heavy losers. One case is re-
ported of q man in Maine to whom an offer OF
81 600 for 700 barrels was made in the fall, but
he preferred to wait and recently thought himself
lucky to get $500 for the 800 barrels that remained
on his hands Just why the apple crop should have
gone to the dogs so soon after the defeat OF the
Democratic party is one of the things that the
student of curious condolences may fnd it hard
to explain
Every now and then, when justice has overtaken
n conspicuous scoundrel and given him resound-
ing blow, the community is led to expect that the
warning will be needed but the crop Of lulaves
in public and private life doesn't seem to diminish
very rapidly.
Those who are engaged in the crusade having
for it's object the exclusion OF high bonnets from
theatre and opera house will be interested in
learning of the progress which the reform is maxi
ing in Albany. The invitation to some private
theatricals given in that city under the direction
of the Woman's Diocesan League requests ladies
10 come without bonnets. or to leave them in the
cloaly-room' OF course, those accepting the invi-
tation regarded this request and hence those in the
back seats were not debarred from seeing what
was occurring on the stage. The Woman's
Diocesan League at the capital is evidently con-
rolled by those who think well Of the golden
rule.
President Cleveland is kee ping up his reputation
as a vetoer Of pension bills. 1t is reasonable to
expect that his last official act will be veto OIL
bill giving q pension to some disabled soldier.
The suggestion of the Connecticut Pharmaceut-
ical Society, that school of pharmacy ought to
be established in connection with the Yale Medical
School, is a good one There is no doubt that
altoR ther too large proportion Of those Who are
intrusted with the delicate and responsible duty
of putting up prescriptions are dangerously den
cient in knowledge of the art they practise. This
fact is frequently suggested by fatal mistakes and
would be overwhelmingly proved within twenty
four hours IL ali drugs were posons..
Since paragraph was printed in these columns
on the need Of dictionary containing all the
principal words used in the arts AMI sciences
and speaking of the number Of wor'ls which cleo
tricity alone has added to the language we have
been Informed that a firm in this city is now en-
gagged in preparing electrical dictionary, and
that the work is well advanced. The book may
meet a long-felt want; but what is still more
necessary is general technical electromagnetic
one relating 30 electricity alone.
II Lieutenant Baert had been wide-awake
New-York newspaper man, he surely would not
have come back TO Europe without knowing what
those latest dispatches from Stanley contain
Deacon Richardson has sent check for $500
to the police pension fund in Brooklyn as mark
Jf his esteem for the work Of the police during
the recent strike and Commissioner Bell has
accepted the amount with thanks The idea was
borrowed from this city, where the profered con-
tributions are still in allegiance. 1t is bad
business all around and viii probably return TO
yex US for a good while to come.