New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-10
CHANCES HERE and THERE.

The Adirondack Club has been blamed for allowing
the spruce timber TO be cut its lands, bordering
on the picturesque mountain lakes and streams that
form the sources Of the Hudson. The destruction of
the forest IS deplorable enough but the club owns
neither the land the timber rights being in fact
mccly lessces for tho purpose OF hunting and fishing
and for preserving the fish and game. The land and
tho timber rights belong TO the heirs of the three
original purchasers from the State. The adjoining
tract, on the eastern slope OF Mount Marcy. including
tho Ausabc Ponds, IS ownod by the Adirondack Noun
'ian Reserve Company, a club OF we'll known Phla-
dephIans who have carried out a policy looking 10
the preservation and improvement Of tho forest as well
as to the protection of the FISH and game.
In truth comprehensive and faI.seelng policy can
not be too adopted by the State in regard TO the
whole Adirondack region. Then whatever policy Is
adopted should be steadily pursued and enforced it
is not enough 10 stop the sale OF the forest lands that
have again fallen into the hands Of the state and TO
forbid the cutting Of timber these lands. All tim
Dor cutting should DO strictly regulated. If there IS
other way Of doing this let the state buy back the
timber lands that have passed into private ownership,
even if It has to own the whole forest region. Not
only that but the present strictly negative policy of
doing nothing and permitting nothing and yet pre-
venting next TO nothing should give way 10 an en-
llghened and well-matured scheme Of protection and
development The trees on the State lands are chok'
ing each other to death. They absolutely need jul
dclos and regular cutting out, somewhat pracsed
I'm the great forests OF Europe. Roads and trails
should be opened and guides provided and regulated.
The old Pirser has not been very happy these
last few days He wants to be away but not 20 90
away and to get rid Of the heat OF the town without
the nameess Ills that city mans flesh Is heir to
IN the country He has read of two-hcaded babe
I'm Illinois, and wonders why thoughtful and In
genous lady cannot produce threo-handed variety
Of man. That would be something like. Then he
wants some one to design protective point for his
stick umbrella, charged with small pellet OF
dynamite for the disbursement of wide straddng
teams that now give him the hard choice OF being
run over or having his white walstcOat ruined by a
hOof-lOad OF particular black mud. Finally,
he wants the same principle invered-hOw, Is not
quite clcar-to protect himself and walstcoat, as be-
fore, against the muddy point Of the umbrella OF the
man who Will carry It like a neglected ib-boom
Two little Arabs of the uptown desert wading
in the cool and pleasant mud Of the dirtiest gutter
they could find. A handsome young man, with a
still handsoner young lady by his side. in trouble
over his new dog-cart and his tandem. Barefoot
No l came 10 his When all was well. he thus
accurately described the situation 10 Barefoot No ;
Jerkefchou, Jlmmeel When fuSt lin dey wuZ
a tandem next thing knOwcd dey wlz pole team"
4 little more than hundred years ago, our fore
fathers said hard things Of orr last King, George,
to wit for delaying the trial and judgment Of persons
accused OF crime They thinking of the innocent
man. and how he suffers by delay. Things are
changed. All the machinery OF the law and all the
apparatus OF public sentiment are now directed b
putting of the trial and of the guilty long
as possible, and to multiplying his chances Of es-
cape.