New-York tribune., 1896-09-01

gle away from. a conviction Of the truth OF
General Harrison's epigram, that 'the prospect
"of Republican success never did disturb busi-
ness"
Fragments Of testimony appear here and
there importing that the Rontgen ray IS
to be used with discretion and that to have
the anatomy frequently photograp for
amusement is apt to be attended by unexpected
consequences Thus. an electrical engineer Is
said to have lost all the fnger-nails from one
hand as the result of its frequent exposure to
the ray and others have experienced equally in
furious physiological effects from the same
cause One of the leading eXperimenters with
this surprising illuminant says that it is apt to
make the hair turn gray or fall out altogether,
and there are, perhaps, injurious possibilities
attending its use which have not yet revealed
themselves. The picture Of ones bony structure
is no doubt a diverting and interesting object
and worth a certain sacrifice to obtain, but II 1t
involves the destruction or impairment of other
parts Of the constitution 1t costs more than 1t
Is really worth Luckily 1t can be dispensed
with without serious hardship, and except In
surgical cases the individual is as well off with
his bones concealed. according to Natures inten-
tion as he is when they are exposed to public
observation and criticism. Considered as play
| thing and pastime it seems clear that the
X-ray ought to go out of fashion
Patriotic Democrats have several enviabe cp
portunities this week to show what they are
made Of 1t Is a satisfaction to believe that
thousands of them ready to begin the DEM
onstration in Vermont to-day.
Mr.. Woodruff, the candidate for Lieutenant
L.,
4, excellent taste at the demonstration in his
honor on Saturday evening He has many
friends already, and will rapidly increase the
number If he speaks as well every time that he
appears In public.
| France has not been very successful with the
/ lottery to provide funds for her coming exhb-
tion, most of the tickets remaining unsold, and
compelling a resort to other measures to raise
the money Brussels has had better luck with
| a like scheme. but her exhibition Is planned on
a smaller scale. and its financial needs are
| moderate. She has sold million tickets in her
! lottery at a franc each providing a fund Of
$500 900 to begin with, $4,000 Of which is to
| be distributed in prizes among the ticket-hold-
| err the drawing to take place next year In
England and the United States the law forbds
lotteries, but they thrive on the Continent and
| are looked upon, not only as legitimate instru-
! ments to raise money for useful public pur-
| poses, but az permissible private speculations
| with which the State has call to interfere.
France is plastered all with lotteries of
one sort and another, all under Government
| auspices and guarantees. and they abound on
| the Continent the competition between them
being quite as sharp as it is In other lines OF
business Some of the foreign concerns used to
do thriving trade here but 1t has been much
reduced-in fact. practically extinguished-by
the strlrgency OF our laws against 1t.
Tom Watson's editorial epitaph has yet TO be
written Emergencies have arisen which have
: caused him to lay aside an incisive pen for the
stump speech battle-axe. but let us hope his re-
turn is but a question OF time His sarcastic enl-
| phass and rapierlike thrusts at the head OF his
( own ticket have added humorous aspect to Jour
nallsm which will be greatly missed. His rapid
| and diverting utterances on the stump cannot fail
| to make Republican votes He Is too frank In
statement to forward the interests which appear
| to call for much "exuberance of verboseness."
| The German Democrats Of Rochester. to judge
| from the virile declaration OF one OF their most
| influential leaders. Friedrich Goetzmann. dc
not take much interest in a third ticket. I'VE
! do not want a third ticket" he asserts. "as by
| voting II we should simply half lose our bal
| lots. We must vote straight for Mckinley and
| Hobart In order to run up as great majority
ss possible against BRYAN and Sewall We must