New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-10

II would doubtless cause the race o''~ 1t.
feelings to run very high, with possibly go. .,,n1
,ence. But it might be- after ALL eoo. :.r,,,
There are some questions which mus' ''
to q head, and the sooner the pe''ei'
Sir Frederick Pollock has MADE no uo"D q,
host nossible presentation Of Engiands case :"
the Guianas. But the stronger that oAD - srh.
the stronger is the reason why II sho"'u ~
mtted to arbitration
The Palisades bill has been appro'eu " ,v
ornor crpes Both New-York and Ne"-'e''
~ ou, done their duty in this matter am
dome all in their power toward the e"."o
,nont of q military park by the Generai oo'e'A
rort What they have done is to grant u '"s
Covernment the right and title to the terri'o,'
nroposed IN be included In the Palisades
u remains for Congress to do the rest i"e w
tect ia a worthy one, and In no otner "o'' "S
narently. can the Palisades be permanently a"N
effectually saved from destruction.
mr. Max Nordau apparently does not th'hN
tho law of degeneration applies 10 '"e 0"e
Saxon race as 1t exists In England to-day wv
does he approve the saying of Samuei Auai'''
r.bich has since been so widely repeated ny Ho
ronean critics that the English are ha''o'' "
.bon-keeners. "Shop-keepers, indeed: ne en-
claims Those who fought at haS''"e'
giants and Titans, who subdued TWO co"''n
ARE ruling two hundred million '0'N
., .h will and nerve of a couple OF tnousa"u
"os ther race. who brought to their knees SUCH
"men as Napoleon and Nicholas l. anu wiz" 49,
"haye their Jamesons to demonstrate .n"' w
"od strength Of will and power or ru""s o'e'
"others have not yet died out! II these are TIC
characteristics Of shop-keepers, what Is III.
"sent,al difference between shop-keepers ana t"e
"heroes OF Greek mythology? The ruling GLASSES
"or England are the most powerful race OF mas
tiers the world has seen since the hepuono -
"Rome and the early Roman Empire. To please
"or rryisbman one must be strong and daring.
"The English are a bluff race, incompetence
.,r,ords and terrible enemies, rather proud or
"heing more feared than loved" 1t Is goou
thing DR.. Nordau lives in Austria. instead OF IN
Prussia and says these heretical things In
Vienna and not a Berlin paper 1t saves hiHi
and his publisher from persecution lot ie~e-
majesty.
Russias eoIicitude for the freedom and inde-
pendence Of Corea Is the most touchins 'hins
on record since the wolf sympathzed with the
sheep because they were bossed AROUND oy '"e
shepherd dog.
Brooklyn Is experiencing a new SENSATION III
the Cycle Show which has just opened there'
II Is not a show to compare with the one recently
held in this city-that was not TO be expec'eu-
but 1t appears to be entirely creditaoie 10 .hoSe
interested In getting 1t up. It's erect WILL u
course be 10 stimulate interest In the wheei U"
that side OF the river; but the question Will arise
| In Soma minds Ii there are many more riders IN
Rrooklyn. how can there possibly be room for
them on the Cycle Path: The answer to that
is that there must be more cycle paths ana more
good roads generally In particular, there must
be a good road TO connect brooklyn WIN 'he
/ splendid thoroughfares which Queens County mas
provided
March weather seems to be n combination or
! the weather Of all the other eleven months.
Mr. Iaboucnere quoting the word "poppycocK,
! from the letter OF an American correspondent
| saws: IL don't want to give myself away In the
| face Of my American admirers. but what Is
''poppycock? There Is nothing admire more
about our kin beyond the sea- Than their capac-
| .',ty for eurichng the mother tongue with new
| "and suggestive terms. AS a journalist. poppy
cock strikes me as highly promising ADDITION
| .to our limited vocabulary Hence my desire for
| "erliehtenment" The genial "Labby" has EVIL
IDENTIFY not cultivated his knowledge OF his mother
| toneue "a assiduously as he has his dislike and
| contempt for America and Americans; else he
| never would have made such a break as to
| consider a good old classical English word bit
| OF Yankee slang. Surely as accomplished a
| uneuist and man OF the world should remember
| the French "papegai" and "papegau' and the
| Italian "papagalo." meaning a parrot noisy
iay or a talking cock. When. therefore. an APP
| precative critic calls 'Labbys" lucubrations
| "poppycock" he merely means that their author
| Is a chatterng rooster, who should not be taken
| too seriously.
! Secretaries Lamont and Herbert have agreed
| on the Arrangement OF the stars the National
| flag when the number Is raised to forty five. and
| after the Fourth Of July there will be a uniform
| Advancement on all the flags OF the Army and
| Navy The probabilities that this arrange
ment will not be adhered to long. for other Terri
| tories are knocking for admission to Statehood.
| with at least fair chance OF success.
|
PERSONAL.
The Reed campaign button. which has appeared in
Washington, has on 1t picture OF a male cat
standing on a wall bracket beneath which is a
representation Of q marsh reed The picture is, OF
| course. a rebus which Is expected 10 Suggest
Thomas Bracket Reed to the behoider
Dr. Sheepshanks the Anglican Bishop OF Nor
witch, is an enthusiastic cycist. and often rides on
| Sunday.
| w NJ Orosue the new General Manager OF the
baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is a native Of Athens.
| Ohio. On his graduation from Wooster University
| he became clerk I'm a railroad office. In 1887 he
became assistant to President ingalls, on the Big
| Four" and in 1889 made General Manager OF
| that company. He left the big Four In 1891 to