New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-25

| on his coming Trip WHICH VIII nc longer ana
more perilous than the former one. Her stay In
Greenland will be long and tedious, but her sus-
pcnsc during her husbands journey over the ice
cap will be far less than if she remained in this
country after his departure "a few days hence
1t cannot be said that the cause of Rapid Tran
sit has advanced with extraordinary velocity since
tho Commissioners came to belatcd agreement.
1t is curious that in proportion as the Observance
OF Sunday becomes less strict in Great Britain, it
should increase in stringcncy the Continent OF
Europe, where until few years ago the SiDDatn
was not day of rest nor even Of pleasure, but
merely of labor, differing in no wise in this re-
spcct from the other days of the week At the
Convention of Canterbury, presided over by the
Primate of all England, which has just brought
its session to q clOse resolution has unanimous
" been passed to the cilcc: that tn" rc9gI'n OF
Christ has nothing to fear from the reasonable ana
careful extension Of the Sunday opening OF
Libraries, art galleries, museums and industrial
exhibitions" and the Convocation based Its de-
cision on the fact that the evidence before 1t went
to show that the liquor dealers and vendors OF
stimuants would suffer rather than the churches
by the provision Of reasonable recreation for the
masses OH Sunday. On the Continent, on the
other hand, the tendency of the Church. OF tie
Government and of popular opinion seems TO run
in Numerically opposite direction. In Germany,
for instance most stringent laws have been enacted
during tie last twelve months, providing Tor the
rieid Observance OF the Sabbath In France an
influential association has been formed i'll which
NJ Leon Say and other leading statesmen arr IN
tcrcstcd for the purpose OF securing more eX-
tcnsivc observance of Sunday as day of rest;
;,, Dol, no {,ovo haS
length Of Issuing postage stamps bearing the leg
end in French and Flemish Not to b, delivered
on Sunday"
And yet doubtless there are pessimlsts so
hardened in iniquity to pick LAW in the
weather OF yesterday.
The big battlcshp Victoria was not only one
of the biggest and one of the best Of Englands
naval fleet, but she also proved the costliest ves-
sci in the service from the day that her keel was
laid AT Elswck. on April %, 1851 Hotwithstand-
Ing the hurryng along of the work OF construction
it was not till April o. 1881 that she WAS
launched, and it was about three years after that
before she ready for sea service Her hull
and masts and interior fittings for officers and
crew cost 81, 900, and her machinery and
boilers cost $25s4.5s5 more. Her armament cost
s.rosities called breech-loadng rifles costing
500 OOO and ono OF tn 80 like the Indians
gun made to shoot around corners-drooped
NJ the mrzzle. and tho other had IA split at the
muzzlc making it necessary to cut off six inches
Of its length.
Word comes from Chicago that on Friday last
Mayor Carter Harrison kissed fifteen girls who
had come on there to see the Fair. And Yet II
was only three or four weeks ago that Carter told
a reporter. with n sad shake of his head, that
public Office was hollow mockery.
Two interesting items regarding Libraries
formed part of the news of last week. Ono
was the announcement of the gilt TO Cornell
University, through the generosity OF friend
of the library Of Professor Zarnckc, of the Uni
vcrsity Of Leipsc, which comprises more than
Is, 900 volumes and is said to be nnequalled oy
any other private library in Germany. Truly
splendid gift, and a most important addition 10
the magnificent resources Of the great university
at Ithaca The other itcm, OF totally different
character. was embodied in dispatch which stated
that Mr.. William c. Todd OF Atkinson, " H.,
has given $50, 600 10 the Boston Public Library
for tho purpose OF maintaining newspaper read
ing.room in which the newspapers Of every large
city In tho worlI may be obtained. IL Is the
intention OF the giver that the money Shall be
invested in such a way as to yield an income OF
60 200 annually OF course this reading-room Will
bc for the use Of the community at large, being
a mart Of Bottoms great free library, and it can
not fail TO DC highly appreciated in that centre
Of culture.
"Thc Rpublican party of the State of New
York; s;ys 1.-THE Buffalo Commercial" has a
grand Glance to win at the polls in the next
contest Right you are.
Apr,pos of the graduation OF the first class
from Barnard College, The Christian Union
calls attention to the colleges need Of funds
in oder TO carry on its useful and Important work.
and especially to its lack of endowment and its
ned OF money for current expenses; and makes
n suggestion which is deserving of thoughtful
attention from the women Of the city. There
i,n it SAYS, mo finer opportunity III this city
for n woman of wealth To ally herself with
crcat institution of the future and to confer
lasting benefit on her own sex than by generously
cndowing "A college which has demonstrated III
cvoy way its right to live and has taken posses
sio, of a field which becomes more extensive every
,mr BARNARD has Il claim upon women of means
IT. New-York which ought to be recognized at
.mce, Barnard College is doing its work without
, great flourish OF trumpets and without appeals
that constantly bring it TO public attention. This
practicaI suggestion affecting Its welfare ought |
not to fall Oh barren soil.