New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-23

are actually anxious toibuylcertiHcates which
they know represent nothing justIbecaus other
people show a sheeplike tendency ITO the same
foolishness, and they have notion that inc
demand for nothing will some day rake IL ih'o
something The printing presses are busy 'u'"
ing out certificates Of stock and are warranted
able to supply the demand. To buy worthless
things in the hope OF selling them at higher
price TO some deluded neighbor can hardly De
called moral, but when the bottom drops OUT Oh
these paper stocks doubtless the victims VIII
bemoan themselves as the virtuous victims OF
hard-hearted money kings
So kind OF you, Mr. Grout. unselfshy to get
Justice Cullen to interpret the ballot law, even
TO your own confusion.
The Baltimore girls who had TO postpone wed
dngs for want OF license clerk may congratu-
late themselves that they do not live in Corea'
where the weddings Of all marriageable maidens
are suspended while the King chooses BRIDE
that u.s. unless somebody thinks she would be
the lucky one to become a Queen. Wanting TO
be that is a matter Of taste. Most girls, we
should think. would prefer Baltimore.
The Sultan Is really in tighter iron cage than
Bajazet. and. notwithstanding his pathetic ap-
peal 1t is doubtful II England or all the Powers
together are able TO deliver him out OF his cruel
prison house Destiny is his jaer; its hand as
brazen and unreenting as the keys 1t bears. He Is
beleaguered by political conditions which he can
not master and is only leaf blown on the storm
which he has no power to control. His palace Is
mined and countermned with treachery, and
there is no part Of his dominions In which the
snirit of insurrection is not ready to be blown
into a consuming flame, in which his calphate
and his line would crumble into ashes In breath.
His appeal TO Lord Salisbury and through him to
the protective arm Of England. Is pathetic, and
the promises he makes are undoubtedly sincere;
but his ability to fulfil them. even with the CO.
operation OF the Powers which now hold MIN In
leading strings. Is open to question: Inc lurh
has represented misrule and maladministration
for centuries-in fact. from the first ecno OF the
kettle-drums Of the janizaries along the waters
of the Golden Horn-and it is time that he pulled
I'D his encampment and departed into the deserts
from which he came. There has not been IN all
the Osmanli line more thoroughly well-meaning
ruler than Abdul Hamd but 1t is doubtful II his
virtues will save him. and for the tradition which
no represents II is not worth saving, but rather
deserving Of the swiftest abolition which prudent
craftsmanship and policy can apply to It,
n Mr. Lauterbach is so troubled at having to
do all the work alone, why does he make 1t SO
difficult for Republicans to join the organization
and assist him?
With a Grand Jury, Coroner's jury and
legislative committee all investigating the recent
Bridge accident and the inadequate facilities fur
nished by the new Brooklyn station we are In
fair way to learn all the facts. And that is just
what we want-the truth. the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.
Mr.. Gladstone Is said TO be editing collection
Of 200 900 letters received by him In the course OF
his long career. and, considering his unfagging
literary diligence, exceeding that Of Scaliger or
Magabecchi the report is probably true. Assum-
ing them to be Of average length. II he prints
them all they will make library; with his edl-
torial comment added. they Will make two IL
braries. or the bulk of them. mass OF reading
matter which only limited number OF the cur
rent generation will have leisure to explore. MT
Gladstone has long been known as the most
generous OF correspondents. ever ready to answer
any who addressed him. No epistolary Terence
could be too heavy nor Plautus too light to In
woke his prompt rejoinder, and his collection,
stupendous and terrible 1t promises to be In Its
aggregation. will possess a least the charm OF
variety and the letters OF his humblest cor
respondents quite likely to be more interest
ing than those Of Archbishops and Prime Min
listers even Of crowned princes and mitred
pontins All these great people with whom he
held much commerce during his career are oc-
casionally capable OF tediousness. Nor was this
quality beyond the range Of his own great and
varied powers. Not all Of the collection Is likely
to be worthy OF preservation or remembrance.
but II he edits It mainly with blue pencil the
edition may al least take rank with those which
no gentlemans library should be without.
Now let us have clean, honest manly game Of
football and may the better team win!
1t isn't that Debs Is loose again. but the posi-
biity Of his going the lecture PLATFORM or try
ing to elevate the stage" that makes men Won
der II life is worth living.