New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29


The sharp cold wave which eliminated in this
vicinity yesterday morning tends TO strengthen
belief in the notion that similar visitation should
be looked for every year at about the LIST OF
December Last year the temperature fell Sharply
December 3, and on the morning of the 4th a
record IA degrees) was made which was not
paraleled for several weeks. In 1888 the
phenomenon was not well defined. But in the
wear before that the mercury fell rapidly on
November so. and it reached point on tile
morning of December IA degrees), which 1t did
not closely approach again until December 20 15),
and did not pass until the night OF December
81 Catacysmal interruptions OF the generai
tenor of the seasons temperature at certain stated
points in the years circuit have long been recos-
nzed by Buchan Greedy and other meteoroiogisos
as a common, though not invariaDle, hapit OIL
the weather. and the neighborhood Cf DECEMBER
| NAV with much reason be regarded as ia'olI'e
period for one Of them. 1t is certainly IN Ia'or
of such supposition that this year at ieast' Eng
land and Continental Europe have undergone
fall Of temperature like that recently experienced
in the Atlantic States.
Does intemperance cause poverty or poverty in
temperance? The Social Science Club OF binghaih-
ton ;s going 70 discuss this interesting subject.
Az the conclusion of the debate. no matter how
exhaustive it may be- the majority OF the mem
bcrs of the club will doubtless decide That the
question belongs on the list OF such hopeless
puzzles as. Which came first, the chicken or the
egg?
The Tammany tiger and the Princeton Tiger oo"
look much alike these days
Mr.. Parnelrs tactics are as discreditable as his
morals First, be allows his associates to elect
him as their leader without communicating to
them Mr. Gadstonc's demand for his retirement.
Secondly he rushes to the support of the Tory Land
Purchase scheme, which he opposed at the last
session. Thirdly, he issues manifesto TO tine
Irish people and deianty refuses to retire when
his associates have not decided whether to de-
mand his resignation or not. The last TRICK is
the most discreditable because 1t is an attempt 10
forestall their judgment and to force them either
to support him or to face the alternative OF
breaking up the Nationalist party. Mr. Parneli
having refraned from communicating MT. Iiad-
stones views to his associates ought at least 10
have had the decency to await their deliberate
action before issuing manifesto to the Irish peo-
pie He did not do this, but appealed to the
island before the final verdict was rendered, an
ticpatng, no doubt, that his hesltatlng followers
could be whipped into line in that way.
This cold weather ought to remind everybody
who has a garment he doesn't want that there IS
no difficulty in finding somebody who does want It,
The English Liberals. with the Irish question
out of the way may be able to get together again
in q single tent Lord Harrington. Mr.. Chamber
lain. Lord Spencer Sir William Harcourt and MIR.
Morley could carry the country with MI. Giad-
stone at their head, and an English and Scotch
programme in sieir hands
When Tammany hires laborer it expects TO
buv q vote. But after election the Tammany
convention of economy is to discharge workmen
and increase the salaries of "the boys The old
performance is now going on.
In expressing his annoyance at the puoiicatioh
If his letter about Senator ingalls,, Mr. Cleveland
expains that it has always been his rule to re-
frain from interference in local political contests
Mr. Cleveland, curiously enough. neslects to add
that his famous commentator Of Colonel Fellows
in Ss7 is the exception that proves the rule.
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