New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-23

The Irish Northern Railroad Company announces
that it will accept oil responsibility for the reccnt
accident near Armagh and Is prepared to consider
all claims for damages on account OF loss Oh
life or injuries. Tint is cOmmendhble position
for it TO take, but it should by no means absolve
from blame those servants Of the company who
were responsible for the nconceivable folly which
resulted in this frghtful accident. II ever there
was an accident in the nature OF crime, this
surely was one
We call the attention OF the small boy Of the
period who may not be behaving himself FIRST
rate 20 this ominouS sentence, which we extract
from the last numbc- OF q lumber trade journal
" There is a good steady demand for shingles
Thus far in its career IL, poppy has been COM
monty regarded AS purely ornamental work Of
nature one OF the characters in Lucille was
born " 10 dazzle, not illumine mankind" The
poppy was supposed 10 have been created 10 de-
light, not TO help, mankind. But 1t would seem
that this view OF the poppy does the flower rank
injustice. II is now reported that /" the poppy
forms n network Of roots thar cannot he rXtrr-
minated without great difficulty, and II is there
fore admirable for keeping embanllmcnts in place"
And it is added that French engineers
are now sowing newly constructed rail
way embellishments with poppl"S with
a view 10 prevent their destruction
bv heavy rains People who have spoken slight
ingy OF the poppy viii STE the proprIcty Of apollo
gizing, and OF remembering that one mustn't
derpisc the day Of small things
Elected by this nhe saloon, trade, mn Is owned By
the saloons As their creature he bound 10 carry out
,ba saloon idea Il that there should
no law or regulation 10 prevent the saloons from run
nng the counry-iSt Louis Republic.
That is the plain. blunt way in which leading
Democratic newspaper OF the West talks about the
Democratic Governor OF Ncw-iork. Get TO-
yrthcr,- did you remark. Mr.. Randall?
In a lawsuit in Kentucky thu other day it was
proved That horse which had kicked three men
to death and had run away five times was war
ranrcd perfectly gentle and safe for any lady
10 drive" Well. why not? Certainly Il horse
which had done that amount of kicking and run
ming away might we'll be supposed 10 have sown
oil his wild oats, and 10 be ready u settle
down to quiet life. John PhoeniN would have
argued domestic infelIciticS from these many run.
away, lie once declared that il horse WIS
sincerely attached to a wagon he wsnld never
run away from it.
The awful crime Of attempting TO knife the
Democratic party is brought home TO - The New
York World" DEM by The ST. Louis Republic
DEM IL is generally conceded in the politico.
cutlery circles Of the country that IA party that.
gets together with knives is apt to end in dis
cmbowelllng the Star-cycd goddess of Harmony
The coutcmpornncouS zebra owes il TO himself or
10, a., ~,
md explain The press agent of popular circus
is reported as asserting that the particular zebra
with banged tail which is connected with this
show is the only genuine zebra in America II
will be- seen that this statement is "A terrible in
dctment OF the rest Of the many 2cbraS which ~"
now endcavorng TO commend themselves 10 the
kind regard Of the conhdng American people. Are
they all rank impostorS, zcbras In name only, IN
deb,ed for their stripes. not 10 Mother Nature, but
10 paint-pUt? Let circus gocrs appoint an lnNes-
fighting committee on 2ctras. This one with III"
banged tail may be the only trustworthy member
Of his race in the country. but we DOUBT ~
beast so frivolous rs to treat his tail in that way
is likely TO be more artificial than real
A writer IN Notes and Queries calls attention
TO popular mlspuotation. The last words Of
Uabakkull H. .: Write the vision, ard make
IL plain SO that he may run that readeth H." are
commonly turned into that he who runs may read
IT," Pit this in yonr commonplace book.
First class in economy stand up: At.
tention all. Please take your States and
pencils and figure out this problem
IL David b. Hill had signed the Vctder bill
he would have placed sl,OOU,OOO In the public
treasures Of the counties Of this State; now how
much huS he saved the State by vetoing the
bin. and by 50 doing rendering unnecessary the
| expenditure of $4,000 which had been appro
| printed for the collection OF this sum? In OTTER
words. what grade of applied economy is tina,
which puts 81 900 into the public purse by keep
ing $1,000, 900 ont of it? And how much Of
thnt sort OF economy would it take 10 banlrup,
Il prosperous commonwealth?
| The Mayor Of Boston made speech few day
ago, and in the course Of 1t ventured to make
! Joke Now comes The Boston Globe" with tn
, urgent request that he will explain his wittcism
Artcmus Ward used TO give notice on his pro
grammcs that he would be happy % call Mt tn
| homes Of persons attendm. his lectures who faile
10 see the point of his jokes, for the purpose o
revealing it.. But q Mayor Of great cit
! has SO much TO do that he can hardly be expecte
| TO initiate Artemus.
A subscription bar is soon to be opened o
Berlin, where for $50, paid in advance q mol
can drink all he chooses ~ often as he choose,
We call the attention OF Democratic committee
the country over to this scheme. II every dele
gate to II State convention was presented with
t"k"t 20 one Of these bars. the best OF goo