New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-09


they now are in other vacations requiring sA'i'
and learning 1t is not to be thought OF '"a'
one Of them will ever behave as badly as some
Of the lawyers In the Fleming case are no" pe-
having and as is sometimes the wont Of the
masculine jurst in all lands and latitudes' lhey
will spread round them in court and out an at
mosphere Of lavender and politeness In strong
contrast with the mpudence OF their rude to-
bacco-breathing competitors, so that IL VIII pe
such a ioy to be sued at law and have ones
coat taken away that he will cheerfuly give up
his cloak also. Their advent certainly ought to
improve the manners of the bar, and may do &c.
making the courtroom as polite an arena as the
alcove Of the Marchioness de Rambouillet
II makes Cobb and Lord wrlggle to have 70
swallow those competitive examinations, put
they've got to do 1t.
The trolley company In Brooklyn ia perfectly
certain that its arrangements were as sarc as
could be at the point where sundays accideht
took place. The damage-suit lawyers were 30
sure Il was @ fatal spot that they kept runners
to deliver their business cards to the vicupS
when the accident they foresaw should occur.
The lawyers knew that railroad track better
than It's owners did.
The Chicago tax-dodger finds the soil and ell
mate there propitious to him. and he sweiis anu
Dungeons abroad in an Astounding manner ho'
eouaIled elsewhere not even In New-York. which
has always been propit.ous to the nurture anu
development Of his kind. committee or tne
Real Estate Board OF the Cook County capitai
has recently been assigned to the duty or com
pairing the real value OF the land and buildings
in the business quarters with the assessed Vaiue'
nndino ont that property worth S43S. 447 $50 Is
assessed at S40,66S.7&O. constituting fraud
mon the municipal revenues worthy Of Tam
many In It's palmest days. II was matter OF
wonder among some of her people that the valu-
alton Of property for purposes Of taxation hah
steadily decreased for twenty years. but now
that thew know all about 4 IL IL no longer mat
ter for surprise II seems to have been hlgh
time for the reforms IN municipal adminstra-
ton which she il now engaged In promoting,
and which will give her enough To do for some
time to come. with only her present extension OF
boundaries II she takes In all Cook County, ac-
cording to present intention. she may break
down under the reformatory strain. leaving her
tax-dodgers and other moths Of her prosperity
to have It all their own way
The police forre ~ this city IS .t,ll good held
Of operations for the fool-klller. especially when
there are bicycle riders about.
Since 1890, thirteen Liberal Ministries in Eng
land have made 30 new peers. and ten Con-
servatlve Ministries have made 100 Yet the
House Of Lords is overwhelmingly CONSERVATIVES
A sure way Of transforming a Liberal into
Conaervatlve Is 10 make him a peer II would
probably have that effect upon Sir. Labouchere
himself
In old DAYS the birth OF strange animals was
thought 10 "bode some new eruption 10 the
state" or shadow forth some ominods social
portent; but In the present time tho occurrence,
while generally interesting. IL chiefly 50 TO
biologists and sideshow men. having no fatefu'
or prophetic significance that Is recognized.
The advent OF Colonel Astors nossless hackney
colt. with a Cyclopean eye In the middle OF It's
forehead II II had occurred IN the Roman period
might havo dethroned a Caesar and changed the
marching order OF the legions. introducing as
much political confusion then as the two-hesded
cat OF Sebennytus. described in the records OF
Manetho. did In Lower Egypt. Nobody now be-
llcvcs that there Is anything politically sgnih-
cant IN the appearance OF this curious animal.
but 10 the naturalist II will be as interesting as
that OF the bull Apis TO the Memphian priest
hood II may create q sect OF equine theorists
maintaining that this the primary type or
the hackney and that the noseiess one-eyed AMI
nal Is the correct thing. However this may be.
the debut Of the creature IS an incident OF high
geological Importance and will probably draw to-
gether larger collection OF naturalsts than the
Hlppogrir OF Ruggero. the winged steed or
Perseus or the woody horse OF Barnum ever
assembled.
It Is said there will DO a Cabinet crisis at Rome
over the publication OF the green book betrayine
Diplomatic secrets concerning African affairs.
II there isn't there ought 10 be Minister guilty
OF such breach ~ trust as the Marquis di Rud.ni
has Just committed should be drummcd out OF
Office to the tune Of the Rogue's March
Chairman Harrtty says that there Will be no
bolt In the Chicago Convention. Mr.. Harrty
seems TO realize that his party Is nothing but
organized appetite"
One Of the agreeable features OF Corlears Hook
Park IL that IT Is situated on the river front.
In the matter OF parks we have not made the
most OF our opportunities OF securing desirable
locations along the rivers. though it Is true that
we have Battery Park, East River Park and
Riverside Park and one or two other small
parks are soon 10 be established the East
River Corears Hook Park lies south OF Grand
ST. and Will be a godsend TO district in which
tenement houses abound