New-York tribune., 1891-05-07
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issue burial permit, it becomes quesuon
whether these officials should not be required 70
observe settled business hours SO long as hur''h
beings will persist in dying at night and on sun
davs coroners. like doctors, will be suoJecc W
inconvenient calls But, like the PONCE "he'
are too often out of the way when wanteu'
The Young Emperor William doesn't want tne
earth. At least, IL he does, he hasn't yeo an
nounced it, But his ideas with regard 10 "er-
many are singularly we'll defined. alone ., ani
master" he tells the free men Of Dusseldorf. Inc
implied qualification, Of course, is ana noo rrin'e
Bismarck" But the intelligence must come do
an agreeable reminder to the enlightened Germans
who fondly imagined they were living In .ne
nineteenth century, and not the thirteenth Inc
Emperor is a parlous patriot Ills olunueiins
awkwardness whenever he has endeavoreo "
show off" in public does not, however, seem "
stamp him as the omnipotent creature nc De-
lieves himself, although he has contrlVeu a'nio'0
10 abolish liberty of speech and action in the
Fatherland. Fortunately for Germans, our new
immigration law is not likely to operate 70 their
exclusion.
There is no truth in the report that Mayor
Cbanin is goinr 70 issue an edition de luxe Of the
decision of the Court Of Appeals in the water
works case and send it to his admiring friends
with the inscription what Don't Know About
Corporation Law"
Quis custodet ipsos oustodes? WITH equal
force IL may be asked. Who shall teach the
teachersp" The question has been asked and at
least partially answered at Harvard, for it is an
nounced that the faculty have been devoting at
tention to the subject Of pedagogy and have de-
cided TO appoint an assistant professor of the arr
Of teaching. The idea will doubtless grow, ana
before long full professor will be required for
this department, the importance of which has not
yet been fully appreciated.
The latest dealer in futures who has talked Tor
publication says that the world is coming to an
end in 1899, sure pop! In case he is correct,
then all idea of finishing the Capitol at Albany
might as we'll be abandoned at once
The Rapid-Transit- Commission has evidently
been inoculated with the idea that the city Is In
no hurry for rapid transit.
The usual trouble when older men attempt TO
interfere with boys sports has arisen over the
| action of the Harvard Advisory Committee IN re-
lation 10 the baseball games between that ana
other colleges. The Advisory Committee may be
a valuable adjunct to the athletic committees OF
the college, especially in preventing any tendency
toward roughness professionalism and in keep
ing alive the interest of graduates in the under
graduates contests Such details, however, as
| fixing the dates and places of holding games and
the other arrangements, which have always been
made by the representatives of the baseball and
other athletic teams, are not such matters as it
would seem the graduates need to control. BY all
MEANS let the young men enjoy themselves as they
think best, subject to such reasonable oversight
as will prevent their youthful spirits from run
ming away with their discretion.