New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-24


80. u,t,e IN that direction. II would do more II
Tho wheelmen should labor earnestly and uniteo'y
% that end When carriages that run witnou.
borses are adopted their owners will not rest Until
tho condition of the highways Is greatly I'M
proved.
Tho more the architect Of the collapsed ouiid-
ing tells. the more evident Is 1t tnat lie 10
per cent man.
N.u.york has never had an oficial who couio
Stand more stirring up tnan District-Attorney
Follows or one who needed " more. his Gun
s,tr,;onal disinclinaton to doing his duty ID
nharomenal and the members OF his stan suner
from the same disability
IN Woodbury.. N j., swearing In the streets OH
Sunday Is not regarded belonging to those
orL. ~ necessity or charity which the statue
.r,,,,s A youth addicted to the practice was
recentlv fined g. and, having no assets except MS
oran.air nrofanity the sum was paid by his par
an, accomnan,ed with weekday expetves OF
similar character, but not covered by any inter-
dctorv statute The complainant was local
hackman seven feet Ions, with whom the muic'eo
narent naturally desired to get even he searcheo
the pandects Of the town. but found IN theH'
nothing to prevent q hackman from being seven
feet long. or any length which would go under
bridges but did find a statute forbidding MIN 10
nlv his craft on Sunday. 1t was thickly incrusteo
with the dust OF ages. having never been brought
into use since its institution. but after oeihe
cleaned I'D and unpublished 1t was found to De IN
working order. and the hackman who had oeen
raking In fares on Sunday during his entire pro-
fessonal existence was brought up and nned the
same amount as that imposed upon the profane
10 a n ~
phan. and had to pay the sum himself the pro-
ceeding giving great Joy to his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
who had nevertheless been themselves consistent
violators Of the statute. So he complained OF
them. and they were all fined like amount
This put new face on matters, and they nave
ioned their forces against all Sunday Industries,
no matter how apparently urgent their need.
They propose to shut up the harmless, necessary
druggist and to put a Westinghouse airbrake on
the sexton and the undertaken. and whose layeth
his hand TO any sort Of Sabbath labor. Under
these circumstances Woodbury. promises to be-
come the banner town OF the State. so far as Sun
day observance Is concerned Bulletins will no
doubt be issued from time to time showing now
the scheme works. thus giving other communes
chance to adopt It II 1t is found satisfactory Few
of tho are likely to be without profane youth
to set the ball rolling but 1t Is not likely that any
Of them possesses hackman seven feet long to
organize himself into the ST. Paul OF the crusade.
so their endeavors may fatten out here and there;
but a measure OF good may attend them and the
manners and morals Of the Commonwealth be
considerably improved
The careless drivers OF trucks. grocer wagons
and other vehicles are nuisance and menace
to life and limb. They ought to be sterny sup
pressed.
The statement is now positively made that
there will be no bullfght-not even sham one
at the Atlanta Exposition. That decision is
wise The people Of the United States have no
desire to see any such amusement imported
into this country 1t was tried in this city ten
or fifteen years ago. but the promoters did not
receive sufficient support to continue the ex-
pertinent after one or two exhibitions.
Fifty-seven new operas were produced In the
Italian opera houses last season. all failures
Thus destiny which mperils the generations
also protects them. II all the composers who try
succeeded. the world would be turned into
boile- factory in short order and there would be
no living In it. But happily for everybody ex-
cept themselves, they score good many failures.
and with these silence like poultice comes to
heal their blows Of sound; otherwise the PENN
sua would be too noisy for habtation and Its
echoeE would drown out the JOY OF life In many a
land beyond its boundaries. When Music,
heavenly maid. was young she knew enough to
hold her tongue, but so far as Italy Is concerned
she seems to have forgotten her primal wisdom.
According to the apotheghm Of Hesiod. part is
sometimes more than the whole and the most
modest fraction Of ffty-seven operas would very
likely exceed in interest the whole lot
Richard Croker is coming back early in Septem-
ber In the mean time the shutters might as we'll
be put up on Tammany Hall. Whether any bust
ness will be done at the old stand apparently de-
ponds solely the decision OF the ex-Boss.
That Mayor Of Havana. Cuba, who was recently
good enough to communicate to an American pub
lie his views various subjects. including the
Mora claim is singulary misinformed. Like the
self-consttuted guardians OF British interests in
this country. from certain members of the Ad-
ministraton down to the humblest cuckoo In the
roost at Fulton-st. and Broadway he calls upon
the United States to pay the award made by
the Behring Sea Commission" before making an
unjust demand upon Spain for the settlement Of
the Mora claim Senior Alvarez. as we have said
Is singularly msinformed. 1t will be news for
instance to most people 20 be told that the Beh-
ring Sea Commission made an award Of $3.50 900
In favor OF Great Britain As matter OF fact II
did nothing of the kind. 1t left the question Of
damages to be determined by the interested
Governments at some future time. Mr.. Gresham
proposed settlement on the basis of the figures
mentioned. dependent. however. upon the ap-
prevail Of Congress. This latter condition was
we'll understood by the Government Of Great
Britain. The settlement Of the Mora claim. on
the other hand. was Of spain's own choosing. 1t
offered certain terms which we accepted There
was no condition as to consent Of the Cortes at
tached to 1t. That wasn't really required at the
time the offer was made. The Spanish Govern
ment might have paid the claim out OF hand at
that time II II had chosen to do SO For nearly