New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
Don't forget to remember the hospitals ger


DON'T fdreet to remember the hospitals ger.
erousy to-day.
The only drawback to the success Of the holi-
dav season this year appears to be the inapp-
itv of riders Of the bicycle TO indulge in their
favorte sport on account of the cloggng or
streets and roads with snow
Hermann rode on the top wave OF profess
sional success during the most Of his career
taking IN money in perpetual golden stream
hut he left hardly enough to pay for the floral
anchors ard other reassuring emblems which
decorated his funeral. and not as much as he
has frequently taken In in single night He
was Of liberal and giving spirit. and his bene-
hciaries may rise up and call him blessed, If his
heirs-at-aw do not.
The shipment Of cotton from San Francisco
TO Japan and China indicates the direction
which the bulk Of that commodity produced by
us may take when the Nicaragua Canal is COM
pleted
If the good intentions OF Spain toward Cuba
expressed by Canovas had materialzed earlier
they might have prevented the present ana
preceding instructions 1t is too late now to
proclaim them. except as a Ministerial exer-
else in the declaration Of generous sentiments
They can have no effect on the Cubans, ana
will not change the opinion which is universal
outside OF Spain that the island ought TO be
free.
Brooklvnites are going to get the best or the
consolidation bargain. If after paying their
taxes next December they do not nave To pay
any more until october, 1899.
Kentucky lynchings in destroying old MUIR
derers make new ones. The ranks Of the homi-
eide are always kept full there. The mob at
Russellville which shot down one malefactor
and hanged two others upheld that cherished
tradition Of the Commonwealth, which asserts
the right of one man to kill another whenever
ne sees fit Most Of those who composed II are
likely to be lynched themselves in due season.
the whirligig Of time thus bringing in its re-
venges in the bluegrass region as elsewhere.
Gas at ~ cents a thousand feet is nearly
as cheap as daylight. That is the present cost
of its production, according to Count Jermanow-
ski. who knows more about the subject than
ANYBODY else. But the children or this world
who purvey it will not let the children or iight
who consume it have it at that price, nor any
thing like it, So long as they can procure char-
tered authority for their extortons. Many
ci,ias abroad make their own gas and supply
their inhabitants at cost. and more are prepar-
ing TO do So That is what New-fork VIII do
one Of these days. but in the interval must
stand on perpetual guard against the rapacity
Of the companies. which Is an old story here as
elsewhere the latter commonly having mucn
the best Of II.
7, hos been several years since New-York had
.uch seasonable weather at Christmas time. The
rovaltv Of snow-covered ground at the beginning
Of the holiday season keenly appreciated.
especially when it was accompanied with such
bright. crisp weather prevailed on Friday.
Pugilism is a poor business. measured by its
uecuniary returns and the use that Is common
~ made of them Most Of its practitioners die
penniless broken-down drunkards ong before
their time The greater the amount OF money
their practice has brought them the swifter
their collapse and ruin Here is the redoubta-
bl. John l.. in a poor debtors court putting in
plea Of destitution against the claim OF
florist who has decked him out with bouton-
neres and supplied him with funeral emblems
to the tune OF three hundred-odd dollars. and
trying To explain to the satisfaction OF the Court
what he has done with all the large sums Of
money which have come into his hands. They
have vanished with the rose OF yesterday and
the flame OF the extinguished lamp. beyond his
or his suitor's power t. whistle them back. il
lustrating anew the force OF the adage that
the pugilist and his money are soon parted and
not easily brought together again
The head ~ one OF our city departments is OF
the opinion that it would be beneath his dignity
If he should make his official rounds on n bicv-
Gle and he believes that the city should supply
him with horse and coupe What odd ideas
OF dignity still prevail in some quarters.
Liberia Is determined to dispute the naval
supremacy OF England and has a lively cock
boat in commission which bazcs away at every
thing British in sight. Britannia which erst-
while needed no bulwark. no towers along
her steep. may come 10 require them unless the
peprery little African republic can be placated
In some way. Libcrian Armada In British
waters would wake up the drowsy old Cinque
Ports with a vengeance and that Is what 1t
may come to II matters go on at the present
nacs They should submit their differences TO