New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-16

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,ion ba. neruscd the work, and as.found that
IL contains a note which, in his Judgment calls
for the suppression of the poem, so far as 'he
BrookIvn schools and school children are con-
c,rned The School commissioners and prlnci-
pals in our sister city are queer ana interesting
lot. First. Lonefellow, then Scott; what famous
poet VIII be the next victim 4?
Mr. Croker has opened his racing season sue
ccssfnly. lie may well be proud Of his graceful
fly YorlIvle Belle, one of the most pfiliiaht
beauties and stars Of the turf. The Belle carried
Mr. Crokcr's colors to the front in fine style at
rIizab.th in the first race in which those color'
have over been seen But if Mr. Croker can
;ustlv take pride in his stable of racelorscs, ne
has little to boast Of in his Tammany delegation
At Albany. in his Tammany Board Of Aldermen,
in his Tammany Rapid Transit Commission III
his Tammany Mayor and in his Iammany CITY
disagreement.
One >sw-York City appointment has been
made. but for Tammany Hall to derive satisfac-
ton from it would seem to be about as dihicuM
an operation as the extraction of sunbeams from
cucumbcrs.
The commissioners sent to this country py
The Lancet of London make rcassurrg
report regarding the water which will be avail
,blc for the use of visitors to Chicago this
summer, although in their opinion 1t can Nv
drunk with safety only after being hltereu Ill"
boiled. The conclusions drawn ny TINS elii-
ncnt journal may be accepted without hesitaton
by all interested, and they ought TO De ac'eu
on by the people Of Chicago aud the FAR man
ayers. One important suggestion OF Inc Lancet
il that water which has been cooled by direct
contact with ice in western mcuoPohS
il to be- viewed with suspicion or course 1t
is easy to cool water without putting ice ih'o
il. and the distinction between ice-cold water
and iced water should bc maintained. VIII no'
the Worlds Fair management give visitors the
.ssuroncc NOT only that the water provided on
the Exhibition grounds has been Uttered an"
boiled. but that no ice has been melted OF
placed in it TO lower its tempcraturc'
Little by little the appearance OF Niagara faiis
i. changing Great boulders. 1.-THE Buffalo Con-
rier- reports "are continually falling from the
foccs of the cliffs where they were loosenH by
rho action of the frost" There Is another Tea
turc Of the Falls which has changed: IL Is u"
haclman. They say that his charges are not as
steep as they used TO be.
Tho State Camp at PocLskl is to he opened TINS
year ON June 0, somewhat earlier than usual, ana
the Odd Regiment, Of Brooklyn, is to nave III"
honor Of performing the first tour OF duty peih@
followed. on June :, by the pride OF New-l ork'
the gallant ard superb It'll The camp VIII DE
in operation for seven weeks closing IN time 10
prevent any Of the soldier boys from sulerlhS
from the excessive heat of August, which mas
sometimes Frustrated them by the score INC
coming season promises 10 be- rarely interesting
,ne ~ all the finest militia organizations Of tie
State will be on duty III the camp 1his summer
school of instruction for the citizen soldiers long
ago made place foi itself. ard it Is increasing in
value and usefulness from year to year
"A fitting Speaker of mslit Assembly, Is
the way The Buffalo Commercial cbaracter2's
Speaker Sulzcr Mr. Sulzcr may not like 70 be
thus portrayed, but let him reflect that he has
cared the tribute by partisan use Of his gay"l.
n il not often that great strike extending
over a period Of six months terminates not only
TO the mutual satisfaction of both masters and
employees, hut ais, exercises a beneficial effect
upon the industry and trade concerned. Yet TINS
has been the case with the great cotton spinners
lockout in Lancashire, which has just been brought
10 a close The cause of dispute between masters
and men was the projected reduction OF wages -
the extent of per cent on the ground of the
elnttcd condition Of the market and consequent
.tagnaton of trade The operatives demurrel. on
the ground that short time and lessrncd produc-
ton would suffice to remedy III" situation. The
employers. however, refused TO agree T. curtail-
mont Of the output, and the employees refused to
work NJ reduced wages with the consequence
that there cns,icd what one side called a STRIKE
and the other a lockout The basis Of settlement
row reached is reduction of wages amounting
10 about ! IL per cent But the curious i"atur"
If the affair il that il has ended in the good OF
the Lane ishirr cotton trade, which Is now no
longer suffering from oN"rproduction. Thus II Is
a difference between employer and employed that
has resulted in tho restoration Of the trade to
a healthy and satisfactory condition.
II i, argued by The Albany Argus that the
passage rs the present Democratic legislature Of
some measure providing for taN reform is party
necessity" Evidently the Democratic bosses IL
not agrc, with The Argus As they look at il.
the only bills which really represent the party's
necessity are those which provide for antl-honc
rule.
Many persons in this country are In the habit
of thinking and speaking of the United States
~ a unit and of using the pronouns it and
it,, in referring thereto. IL i, true that in
the Constitution the plural idea is invariably
conveyed. the pronounS used being they and
their" and this is the case even in the XIIIth
Amendment. which was adopted after the Civil
War had declared the invioablr unity OF the
country. Now il appears that the supreme Court
has passed upon the question, Justice Field
holding in an opinion written by him, that the
plural form SHOULD lie employed The suprcm-
ncY Of our lfighcst court is bcYOmd dispute. but