New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-09


the better of his old enemy the sea- something
might be said for them but they do not. Wbile
naval architects and marine engineers are striS-
ING 10 make ocean voyagng more and more
secure and speedy, the Boston navigator Is trying
n sec how dangerous it can he made ana SUI
keen outside the line of fatality. Captain LAWYER
ia working on the wrong end Of the line
Mr. George Walton Green in the course OF two
anda-half column article ripping the Democratic
National Committee of 1888 right straight mp the
back, says that many local politician big with
the pride of a Democratic majority hard won
left the spacious quarters at the Hoffman House
with dropping crest" Now that Green men
tons it, we do remember that these people used
to leave the Hoffman House with dropping
crcsts," but it was always our impression that IL
was because they had been treated with too much
hospitality, rather than too little.
And now Mount Vesuvius is in eruption. 1t
is queer that we can never have circus going
on in this country without counter demonstra-
ton on the part of Europe to distract attention.
According to Sanitary Superintendent Edson's
report to the Board of Health, there are hve
schools in the city in which the only method OF
ventilating the cass-rooms is the primitive one
Of opening the windows. The objections to ths
method are obvious. OF the schools in question
it is remarked that no chemical analysis OF the
air is required to demonstrate that the means OF
ventilation are insufficient. Mechanical devices
are needed in order to introduce pure and re-
move foul air. and DR.. Edison declares, truly
enough, that the fact that large expenditure OF
money will he needed TO provide them should
not weigh for a moment against the health OF the
school children" and that the air Of our school
buildings should be made pure regardless of cost.
Unfortunately there are taxpayers, and officials
too, who will regard this plain statement as SEN
timental and theoretical The science and the
philosophy Of ventilation have not yet begun to
be appreciated by the people at large
"The Harrisburg Patriot says "the sage and
the dove of peace will 60 to Chicago together.
The sage will name the ticket and the dove will
do the rest We don't quite make out who
1.-THE sage Is, but the dove' is evidently the
ornithological name for the Mugwump stool
pigeon.
The Ladies' Health Protective Association is
going to take a vacation. Considering the work
which it's members have done in improving the
condition and welfare OF the city, no
one can deny that they entitled TO sum-
mcrs rest. In the autumn, though, there will
he renewed need Of their vigilance and activity.
These women have displayed a civic pride and
spirit that are worthy of all admiration, and they
have been influential, TO some extent az least, in
stimulating labors of similar character on the
part of women Of other cities. They have been
public benefactors in very true sense
We observe occasionally newspaper communi-
cation from Cleveland Democrat, the burden OF
which is that Tammany is making great mistake
in opposing Cleveland and that it had better
beware" IL is not generally known that
Croker now reads that sort OF thing without a
cold SILVER but it is quite possible that if it is
kept up, Tammany will presently appoint com
inttec to 60 out and beware"
The Office Of the Eastern agent Of the Worlds
Fair is To I've closed, hut the work OF securing large
exhibits from this part of the country is not 70 be
abandoned The East assuredly ought 10 be
represented on liberal scale in the great Expo
siton-if for no other reason. in order TO show
that no jealousy Of or hostility TO the West exists
here. As matter NJ fact, there Is none; but IL
the East dsi lays indifference on subject that
should appeal 70 the patriotism and pride OF every
section alike, il will be lard 10 convince the West
itself and foreign visitors. that this Is really
the case. NewYork is the American metropolis
ought feel bound to do its full part in the mat
ter il not moro th,n much may reasonably
b, expected of i:
General Miles appears to be much in earnest
on the subject Of the use Of bicycles for military
purposes. At any rate he is determined TO have
a thorough test made of the capabilities Of the
-
it seems likely that it can he employed with adj
vantage: but the most ardent wheclman cannot
look for the time to come when the cavalry will
take to bicycles as a substitute for horses
The respondent Democrat who wrote to the
Democratic National Committee In lsss-accord-
ing t. George Walton Grccn-that il the patri-
otto Democrats who slipping cocktails and
putting IIavanas in the Hoffman House woul
come ont into the agricultural regions they would
secure hundreds OF thousands of votes evidently
mistakes the mission of the cocktail drinkers and
the functions of the Hoffman House. The bust
ness of the agricultural regions is to come 10 the
Hoffman House and see the cocktail drinkers,
not wait for the cocktail drinkers 10 come TO
them. BusiveS SIS business. What d)eS hc
suppose the Hoffman House is here for?
Some enterprising scientist has been making
dsconccrting calculations concerning possible DIM
mutton in the suns heat and the power of the
Pennsylvania coal fields TO supply the deficiency
II he were really worthy of his name he would
have suggested instead n system Of mundane solar
storage.
PERSONAL
Mr.. Justice Lamar has 50 far recovered from his
Illness Of few weeks ago that he now accepts dinner
invitations. AS rs his wife returns from the
south, they will start for the White Mountains, where
they expect to spend the summer
Professor william ii. Pancoast, OF Philadelphia,
slipped upon the tile flooring OF the Union League Club