New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-02
II the police do their duty. fake clubs won't
be trumps to-day.

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be trumps to-day.
The members Of the Scotch Convocaton
who read heresy into the fine East Indian formu-
larry adopted by Ian Maclaren his creed, and
wished to expel him from the Presbytery on ac-
count Of It, have determined a policy OF ST.
lence and resignation. and will make no further
fuss about 1t. The decision Is creditabe to their
good sense and prudence, and when they come
to examine the creed carefully they will find that
there is dynamite in it, nor anything which
ought not to be admitted In orthodox
fession of faith There will probably be fire
works in Drumtochty to celebrate the deliver
ance Of its historian out of the hand of the
oppresser who would have liked to turn him
forth from the fold to wander the waste with
the hereto and the unbeever. and him that
maketh lie That Is certainly no place for
Ian Maclaren. and the Presbytery as a body
seems to know it,
Word comes from Lima that the earth has
had the shakes. What's the matter with the
Peruvian bark?
It will be we'll worth while to ascertain how
extravagantly the State Capitol has been main
tanned. 1t is a pity that the people can only
guess how many millions squandered in
Conquerors rarely stay long in their tombs.
That Of Alexander was early untenanted; Cesar
never had one being buried in the Forum, no
urn bringing down his ashes to pOsterity. Nah
moud of Ghuzni found no enduring sepulchre
upon his fortress rock. Whether Attila sleeps yet
under the river flood turned out of its bed to give
him entOmbment Is a question admitting of no
historic certifcation. Even the pyramid could
not hold its occupant, nor preserve the memory
of the big which made his ambition virtue.
They are all transitory tenants Of their NOR
tuary habitations, some holding a longer lease
than others, but all finally evicted Grants i'm
posing and massive temple Of memory promises
to enshrne his relics for long ages. Unscarred
II may be under the drums and tramplngs OF
many conquests, but when he has been buried as
long as Sesostris or Hezekah who cast a bank
against Jerusalem, or Sennacherlb, whose sons
"smote him between the altar stones" 1t may
be that the traveller from the antpodes will seek
the relics and their resting place in vain. But he
will find the river, the sparkle Of creations dawn
upon its wave though it flows through reeds and
ruins and that will be worth coming a long way
to see.
The movement for memorial to Thomas
Hughes is one that should appeal strongly 70
every lover Of wholesome boyhood of noble man.
hood and of peace and goodwill among the
tons
Frank Jones' the New Hampshire brewer, has
troubles of his own. Sundry good Methodsts
rave been calling on him to resign trustee
of a Methodist institution. on the ground that his
calling disqualifies him for such office And
now the farmers Of Aroostook County, Me. are
denouncing him for asking them TO raise barley.
He has been buying immense quantities Of bar
ley in Canada but recently sent many carloads
of barley seed to Aroostook County, saying that
he would buy all the barley raised from it. His
object was to help his own country by buying
home products; but the temperance organiza-
tons looked upon his action crime and per-
suaded the farmers TO raise no barley. SO Mr.
Jones will continue to buy his barley in Canada
and the farmers of AroostoOk County will be up
held by the consciousness that they have done
the right thing.
Persons hurriedy getting out of streetcars
ought to remember the elevated railroad pillars
II one Of them should he broken accidentally the
track might fall down.
There is one important fact which is too often
overlooked, but which should be kept In mind as
largely explaining the defeat OF the Greek arms
The Turks have enormous advantage not
only in numbers and armament, but In military
spirit and experience. Ever since the Osmanli
became a nation. or even a tribe. they have been
fighters. They have been engaged in more wars
than almost any other people in Europe. Right
down to the present moment, however they may
have declined In other respects. they have kept
themselves at concert pitch In mtarism. The
Greeks on the contrary. have long been peace
ful nation. Since their % independence
seventy years ago. they have not had single
war. They have devoted their attention to trade
and commerce. and industry. They are abso-
lutely devoid OF practical experience In war
with their vast preponderance In numbers and
superiority In equipment, the Turks stood to