New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-11

nh, s,,u feels very bitter against the oni'eu
States tribunals and calls upon "oi
ded,cate Labor Day to TREMENDOUS p'',
AGAINST the court which has 'oiuoseo"eu ~
uhertv TO death" That Is pretty "ai'. '
gusee for the heated term. but everyoooy H"'"s
that Debs Is laboring under peculiar '""'''
excitement
sorotoga has long been infested by gamblers
., all tvpes. but their dominance there seems ~"
honnlv at an end. The race tracS' WHY" W."
one Of their Instruments is Just closed, anu III.
villa &c authorities have shut UP all the "o
dens in which they formerly Prac'Seu
craft They are admonshed 10 30 ei'e""0
ond hava mainly gone Their presence has peeh
. h,,ab. unon the place and brought upon IL
condition of deba sement which II Will TAKE Yeas
n recover from. Formerly the gamoNhs "hu
once was the most potent In the Guy a"u
ran things to suit itself. But the place mas "'u
auo,,rh ~ that kind of rule Perhaps Long
Branch will get enough OF the same INNS o"e "
,hese davs but so far the thimble-rigging fra
.u,,,,, continue 70 burgeon and flourish there
almost their only remaining foothold al any Oh
tho nrncipal summer resorts. If the freeho'ueiS
wore to take a lesson from the action or the
Saratoga selectmen It would abate prevalent
surmise as to the distribution Of the gamblers
sno;ls and would greatly Improve the reputation
of their bailiwick as we'll as their own.
Tho answer 10 the venerable conundrum as 10
,ha ubsreabouts OF Moses when the light went
out accurately describes the situation or the
Tammany leaders when they turned of the gas
and started for home on Friday night
An entirely practicable suggestion is that made
n VIII
way to the lower part Of the city be provided.
and that Hudson-st and College Place anord
tho most feasible route This would. to all IN
tents and purposes, be the continuation of the as
nhalt navement in Eighth-ave. to the southern
end OF the island. The sooner this Improvement
Is made the better.
The trolley party In Brooklyn judging by the
first experiment made, bids fair TO be huge
success The man the company that intro
duces a new idea and makes "go" OF 1t Is
akin to him who causes two blades of grass 10
grow where enc alone grew aforet.me
The Samoan. formerly cannibal, has become
a politician, the evolution marking signs OF de-
teroration moral and physical. showing, 1t may
be- that his primary condition was the normal
one suited to his constitution and climatic sur
Of a wholesome average of population. When he
could eat I'D the fellow islander who became
burdensome and troublesome 1t was a happy
way out Of the difficulty; he has to meet
him in argument and at the polls and the re-
suit is that he neglects his business and spends
so much Of his time in organizing primaries and
electoneering that the crops suffer and he is
running behindhand in all his economics. He
may in time learn how TO conduct successfully
both his political and Industrial concerns, but so
far the Pacific islander has shown great apti-
tude for these lessons in Samoa or elsewhere.
r. Lord Rayleigh and Professor Ramsay had
discovered a method Of reducing the amount Of
humidity in atmospheric air during the dog-day
period. they would have earned a larger prize
than $4,000.
The mother of Ferdinand Of Bulgaria insists
that he shall go back to that country, instead of
abdicating in favor. Of his son and showing the
white feather, as he would like to do. II he
comes away at all 1t must be on his shield, like
a Lacedemonian, dead but game to the last as
BELTS prince of his and pretensions. 1t Is
no wonder that he is reluctant to go back and
take up again the redhot sceptre OF that turbu-
lent land but there seems no way out of 1t. I'M
less he is willing to cut and run altogether, an
expedient not without precedent In the case OF
princes set to rule over alien and unwilling peo-
pies. Whatever his decision, he has probably
some exciting chapters Of history before him, and
SO has the country whose crown he wears
| Ais we'll that ends well. The present changes
in the operation OF Brooklyn Bridge trains
completed. and those who have to use them every
day can now form good idea Of how the railroad
will be operated when the new system Is intro
duced
| The theory OF revivng the depressed silk In
dustry in England by inducing the Prince OF
| Wales to wear embroidered wastcoats OF that
fabric and to set a general fashion is not a
| sound one and is not likely to come to anything
The old Powered silk waistcoat had its run. but
went out long ago and Is as little likely TO be
revived as the curled beard and horned mitre
| OF Sardanapalus. The Prince. too Is a man OF
| taste and could not be persuaded to make guy
| of himself in the hope of mparting some advan-
tage to the silk trade. II IS not the right way
in which to seek renewed prosperity for the in
dustry The attire of men has for a long time
tended toward simplicity. and there is no sign OF
reaction from that tendency nor any present
| prospect OF any. The work OF men In these times
is serious-never more so-and they are not at all
| likely TO put on the laces and rules and en-
| broideres Of gayer and more ornamental
epoch. The attire Of women changes with the
| moon taking all possible hues and all known
| fripperles that Of men but slowly. Any radical
| change in 1t being extremely rare. There is just
| now marked tendency to go back to knee
| breeches which Is sensible movement, much
| promoted by the advent Of the bicycle; but II Is
no part of the scheme to don the satin trunks
| and s.lken hose in which our forbears glowingiy
arrayed themselves. The aim Is rather con-
venience and utility. happily united In the new
| ,ufnlch L. a sober aud