New-York tribune., 1897-07-22

''bery could not longer be perpetrated by the
tricks Of legislation"
Debs still asserts that his Communsto scheme
is not so dead as it looks but evidently does not
exnect ANYBODY to take him seriously. His
scheme had not even the vitality of CoXey's,
which really did put an army Of hOboes in the
field and auartered them on the public till they
were dispersed by the police.
BETTER is a roast and peace Herewith than
a dinner of herbs and strife. Such Is evidently
the onnion of the Ohio silverites, and they are
preparing to conduct their campaign on basis
of unlimited barbecues and brass bands, with
Popust oratory poured round all in torrent,
tempest and whrlwInd. like midsummer thun-
derstorn When ii is all over and the prudent
Ohio dog Is crunching the bones Of the feast
# will no doubt be found that the State has
some Republicans, as usual, and the country Is
still safe.
Andree is out Of sight and probably off the
earth But he must come back to land, or sea,
or ice; and we'll will 1t be II he does not find
with the philosopher Of old that lighting Is
harder than flying.
few weeks ago II was announced that the
nIaeue had manifested itself at Jeddah, the sea-
mort and landing place of pilgrims from all parts
~ the world to Mecca and Medina, the holy
riacas of Islam. which have been distributing
noints Of various pestilcnces for centuries San
Franc,sco has now in quarantine two GONZALES
cent cases. brought by the British ship Annie
Naud from Calcutta, and another OF the crew
died on the voyage. There Is ltle reason TO
apprehend the spread OF the plague In that city
and region unless indeed, 1t should strike the
Chinese quarter. Once introduced among that
closely herded people It might give the Call
fornians another reason for objectng to their
neishborhood But the prospect is not as yet
alarming.
The gentleman from Nevada who insisted
that he was all right. but that his hotel was
lost. must have Indian blood in his veins. His
tranauil departure for Europe without the be-
loneings which diligent search had failed to
recover Is further proof Of his aboriginal
quality.
The Kansas crops this year are copous and
abounding beyond precedent. promising an
abatement Of the political discomfort of that
State not to be brought about by any amount or
Mrs Leases oratory or the legislative abolition
of the corset, in which 1t was deemed that
measure of relief might be found. The State will
now march forward on a new career OF pros
perity pay its debts in the same kind Of money
II received in incurring them and drive the
noisest of its political malcontents to the rear.
Solomon Hickey, an engaged young tobac-
conist Of st. Louis, left his affianced in the
theatre while he went out between the acts to
look for a namesake. Having encountered two
and on interrogating his memory the next
morning in the station-house. could not evoke
from It any satisfactory response as to what had
befallen him over night He was released on
payment Of small fine. and. after restoring
TO his person some signs OF decorum. hied him
self forth to the habitation of his lady love to
| explain and APOLOGIZE; but she would not see
| him and remained sukng in her tent, leaving
| her mother to interview him with n g-pin
at the front door. He is now bringing a suit
to recover the ante-nuptial gifts which he had
bestowed the young lady. and, though they
! are said to poor when lovers prove unkind,
she holds on to them. and will sustain her
right of possession in the courts. The poet
/ knew what he was talking about who attuned
his harp to the melodous lay:
He swears that he will cleave to her.
His best atoa and do only II iSy love; ;,s,,ro
And goes out FOR a Glove.
Sovereign calls for a general strike among
all the labor organizations, but as his power
among them does not precisely correspond with
b,s name. they may not respond to his sum-
mons and would be concourse of nexpressi-
bIe and inconceivabe fools II they did.
AZ Tammanys candidate for Mayor, Croker's
chance would be about equal to that Of the
RuII Osiris. with the odds on the bull. Both are
hack numbers. but the latter preserves some
prestige from its unimpaired Egyptian stand
! ing whereas the former has dropped his by
putting off his war paint and feathers and HE
I ing To a foreign country. Among the present
Pawnees of the Wigwam he Will find himself
! when he comes back a wornout old Indian
! without strength enough to lift the scalp from
the summit Of the refractory, and hardly enough
| IN null the calumet OF concation
II was thirty-six years ago yesterday that th
| hattie OF Bull Run-the first trial Of strength
| between the North and the South In the Civil
War-was fought 1t was often said that In II