New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-21

The free lectures in half q dozen OF the eIty's
puBlic schools, under the direction OF the boaia
of Education. deserve TO be well patronizes
They ore intended for the instruction and enter
tainment Of working people, and the names OF
the lecturers are a sufficient guarantee tnat al
who attend will spend both pleasant and proh'ah'e
hours while listening to them. To many persons
in the city the lectures will prove veri'a'lc
oodsend The sehoolhouses In which tney @i0
oiven ought 10 be crowded to the doors.
An actor mr. actress who meets with real mis-
fortune scarcely has fair chance to obtain pun
lie svmpatby. There Is always lingering s"s-
njcion that an advertisement il concealed some
whore in the announcement OF the domestic OF
pecuuiary trouble of member OF the thea'ricai
nrofession. The public would willingly share the
woes of their favortes, but the American "rea"
- hs,no ;mnosed upon prevents the expression
=, srunathv until proof is obtained that it Will
not Ike wasted upon an advertising dodge
now crack was reported in the Chicago Fed
oral Building the other day. AT the present raCe
y, rrouress IL will not be long before there are
moro cracks than building in that monumental
edifce
.The RrookIyu Eagle" is sorey dlspleased with
MFR. William G.. EndicOtt, who innocuonrS n"e.
the most Of Secretary of War during the cleveland
ADMINISTRATION. Il broadly iutimates that Mr..
C.,.ona, so,ection of him for this Office was the
onIr thirc that ever lifted him out Of well-dc-
sarved obscuritv and made him known to the
,oon,. at large Then it unbosoms itself with tile
,;,her;ng remark that the ex-Secretary's ante
CLEVELAND Massachusetts, local copspicuitS was
onIv q form of newspaper report, to which no ao-
.artior ,vas Maid by the country We have no
desire 70 enter on an encomium upon Mt. Eli
dieott. but we should like to know II IL Is h''
something OF reflection on Mr.. cleveland u say
that he selected for place in his oaolne' . p"',
who possessed nothing but an an'e-Ole'eiahu
Massachusetts local conspicuity'
The tuu-of-war has received the stamp OF omciai
condemnation from DIR. Wilder OF oornen oii-
verstv. He declares that it IS q 10" eAi'"'.''"
NJ brute force and muscular effort, involving n''
beadwork than any other athletic contest "oie-
over the prolonged strain TO which those who Gu
oace in il are subjected is likely 10 inJ"e "c.
hearts and lungs seriously. 1t ought 10 oe iair
inference from this that Cornell VIII promptly
surrender whatever claim she may nave oh ''e
tugof-war championship.
professor Koch is still proceeding with the eau
tion discretion and reticence that nave inaiN'u
his work from the first; and is gettins |aS' ueN'
Of unmerited and unreasonable Diane 'neie''i
A, soou 40 the virtues of his lymph are thor-
ovohlv established. if they ore found to be what
= bonod no will doubtless give the world The
widest and speediest possible benefit OF his as
oovorv Rut until then deliberatiOn must be oo-
| sorvsd r. will not do to set every street-hawKer
"a peddling the potent mixture for lndisc' i"i"'e
| uso Inv the ignorant and unsked. Many really
| valuable medicament has been brought ih'o ui'-
| favor by rash Judgment in prescribing IL. -'o'e
| than half the denunciations OF VaccinaUon a'e
| insured by careless use OF impure virus NV
| lessor Koch's preparation is evidently one Vh"o
| must be compounded and used with the utmost
exactness, il at all; and the demand that III 'hi'
experimental stage, it shall be given OUT as ireeS
and unfortunately as seidlitz powders or corh-
| Masters. is not founded upon sound sense
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Those New-Uampshire Democrats who are con-
spiring to steal the State ought to emigrate lbey
arc a disgrace TO England, and have the stun
| in them of which is made your typical Southern
| Rourb.n who has hearty contempt for falr play
| in politics.
The reyerses of the Earrings are the legitimate
effect of reckless inancerng. This mousse mas
been emptying millions not only OF Ehghsh
money Int also of European capital into South
America, supplying every ambitious railway en-
terprise in the Argentine, all kinds OF mining
ventures In Chilli and the coffee-planters and I'm
neralist speculators Of Brazil with abundant aci-
tiles for raising the wind. During the last thirty
wears South American Governments and railways
have been paying high rates of interest, and Eu-
ropeap investors have been greedily catching al
them and supplying millions of capital-malnly
through the Earrings. The result Of all this over
trading and recklessness has BEEN the collapse OF
Argentine securities The millions which were
so easily obtained in London could not be con-
yerted into productive investments. The high
rates of interest have not been maintained. The
principal has been sunk in enterprises twenty
five or fifty years in advance OF the actual re-
ouirements of the country.
We learn from an exchange that "qute mum
Der of farmers in Kansas have raised two crops
of potatoes this season.. Is this TO be regarded by
the opposition press of the blighting effects
| OF the Mckinley bill?
The motive OF Mr.. Bafour's speeches is very
simple one. With ingenious variations the theme
is repeated again and again: Mr. Gladstone
and the Irish are telling lies-not fresh either, but
very stale" This is an epitome of the Chie
Secretarys oratory with the euphemism reduced
to plain English. Such speeches may fire thu
heart Of an old Tory, but they cannot be regarded
as educational.
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PERSONAL.
David A. Wells, who defeated in his Congress
sionsl campaign in Connecticut has gone 10 Old Poin