New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-14


shows that she has got some money left but
viii no, keep IT long II she thus allows her
patriotism TO away with her discretion.
Noltaires canonizatiJn Of Joaa OF Arc In his
poem. LA Pucclle' does by no means NJ the de-
servings of that light Of ancient France. and
now that the Church Is to supplement II with a
conservation Of its own. browning her mystical
figure with "A saints dim-shining aureole. 1t will
perhaps not be more than. from historic and
legendary points OF view. she is entitled 10. She
certainly possesses stronger claim To beati-
ncation than her narnesake. Pope Joan. and the
reasons for translatng her into the glorihed
calendar no doubt appear sufficient to its Gus
todians but outside II IS difficult to what
difference it Will make. Santed not. the
peasant girl Of Domremy Is a shining immortal
figure her abiding-placc fixed among the far
renowned brides Of ancient song beyond the
power Of any Church or chapter to touch with
"A ray ~ illumination.
on several days last week II looked az II De-
ccmber was making successful attcmpt to atone
for the bad weather for which October was re-
spOnsbc.
The Tree Planting Association OF this city is
now fairly on it's feet. II has held its first
nuai meeting and has more than 100 members
There Is room for such an organization. which
will stimulate the planting of trees In the resi-
dcnce districts Of the city, give advice as To the
best sorts Of trees to put ont. instruct people
as to the proper care of them. and render use
full service In other ways To the community.
New-York Is not the first city in the field with
n society Of this kind but nowhere else are
there larger opportunities for Tree Planting
Association to do good work.
PENNSYLVANIA has reason to cXult in the Baby
lonIan discoveries which the emissaries Of It's uni
yersty have carried on for the last eight years
and which are not yet to he discontinued. They
have unearthed the records % stretching periods
of human history hitherto unknown. including
the testimony OF thirty kings entirely forgotten
since the DAYS of Bclshazzer and Sardanapalus
These figures are somewhat shadowy in this late
revistation of the glimpses of the sun. but Pro-
fcssor Hiprecht vouches for them. and that
ought to give them a satisfactory II yet some
what underlined historical standing by these dis
coveries the story Of man in the world Is carried
back something like ten thousand years before
the beginning Of our era. and 1t seems as II in
that interval he ought to have made a little
more Of himself than he has done. After all this
period. outreaching Abel's altar. and Noahs ark
and the arrows Of Nimrod. and the spears OF Tig-
lath- Picser. and eponymes OF Danadu and Cab
baru. the resident Babylonian is still about as
much of animal as his dromedary. with no
token OF progress or advancement about him.
He has not even sense enough to take an interest
beyond his wages for digging them up, In the
trophies under his feet But a like destiny
seems to await all people and empires. and Penn
sylvanians might not be out In their reckoning
who foreboded that the shaft of the excavator
from q far and now unknown land would some
time be sunk upon the site OF their university
and the spoil Of Babylon again be recovered. The