New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-23

Nothing is sacred nowadays. 1t Is even pro-
nosed 70 Mace an elevator-or, as some Bos-
tonians prefer to say. lft-in the Bunker hii'
Monument.
Most people of taste and refinement will object
70 the use by women OF bicycles constructor VII
the same pattern those ridden by the sterher
sex This is the latest fad in bicycling woma"
wheel with the regulation diamond frame having
lust been put on the market here. Or course III
riding such a bicycle woman Is compelled 10
wear Turkish trousers or something OF that sor''
and 70 mount from the axle step. just as man
does 1t IS claimed that these bicycles are lighter
than those usually made for women. but this is
true to only limited extent and practically the
additional four or five or six pounds made
necessary by the difference in construction are OF
no consequence in ordinary riding. In racing
and In long-distance riding ightness is an essen
tIal factor: but women ride for health and pleas
ure--not TO make records. Hence 1t cannot De
successfully maintained that they are discrimi-
mated against by the bicycle makers. The new rad
is to be regretted because its inevitable tendency
Will be TO increase the prejudice against womens
riding which already exists In certain mihds'
Most women will not ride unless they can do so
modestly and without making themselves con-
spicious This OF course, Is very easy, ana II Is
unfortunate that anything should arise TO create
the contrary view Experienced lady riders as
sert that It Is entirely safe TO ride with slight
modification Of the ordinary skirt and that to
enjoy the wheel thoroughly and get the best good
ont of II II is not necessary for women 10 make
their apparel approximate that of men in any
degree.
The roof-gardens should feel grateful to the
weather.
The revelations Of the Lexow Investigating
Committee have begun to have an effect on the
Constitutional Convention. At this rate Gov
ernor Flower cannot be long in reaching the
conclusion that he erred in refusing to approve
the bill approprating $4,000 for the expenses OF
the investigation.
The offer of a college presidency TO Chairman
Wilson must open up a cheerful prospect for
man who tried craftsmanship and made failure
of It.
In spite Of all the measures that have been
adopted by the civilized governments Of the
world during the past three or four decades 70
abolish the save-trade as we'll the institution
Of slavery Portugal continues to carry on the in
famous traffic in human flesh just actively as
ever According to official reports just issued IN
London not a single Portuguese steamer leaves
the African ports Of Benguela and Novo RedondO
without its contingent of slaves, who are for the
greater part captured in the inland Of
Angola and conveyed 10 the island of San Thome
for employment on the plantations there. II was
the Portuguese who first introduced the slave
trade into Africa, four centuries ago and who are
responsible for the terrible curse that has
blighted the prosperity of the Dark Continent;
and It would appear If neither Christianity
nor the progress Of civilization and enghten-
ment has proved sufficient to induce them to
abandon their inhumane treatment Of me saw
ages.
Justice Diver and Justice Roesch-arcades
ambo--how long is the bench Of our police and
civil district courts to be polluted by their pres
ence?
The note Of alarm sounded by the organ Of
British shipbuilders over the proposed invasion
Of their field by American firm serves a
double purpose. II H. a tribute TO Yankee ingenu-
ity and enterprise. and an acknowledgment that
protection is needed 20 preserve a great British
industry from the encroachments Of foreign
vanlals.
The insecure situation Of the Southern ham
region since the Introduction there of servile
labor. the pig and the smoke-house and all ef-
forts to mpart 1t reasonable stability. so that
II should be found when wanted pendent from
the hook on which 1t had been hung, have been
unavailing 1t would be useless 10 describe the
many expedients which have been tried 10 bring
about this result They have been manifold and
ingenious but all of them have been failures
and the ham has continued to disappear in an
entirely inscruable manner. leaving no trace or
its existence. The phenomenon has been ascriDed
TO various causes but is generally thought to be
the effect of sorcery It cannot except in oc-
casional instances be traceable to any more def
mite agency But n remedy has been found for
this state OF things by a Missouri farmer and
pig-raiser living in murderous district, VINO
built his smolSe-hOuse out Of the umbers whlch
had composed scaffOld on which several neigh
boring criminals had been hanged. Not ham
has disappeared from the smoke-house 80 con-
structed and II Is thought that remedy has
been found applicable to the entire situation
There has never been any lack Of murderers at
the South and scaffOds may multiply up 10
normal and required standard now that so Inn
nortant an after us, for them has been dis
covered The complete security Of the Southern
ham would bring about for that section period
If UNPARALLELED Industrial and economic prosper
itv and n in preparing material for II. the South
were TO hang all the members of her population
who deserve It. II would clear away an obstacle 10
immigration and do lots Of good all round.
PERSONAL.