New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17

The deep regret felt NJ tho departure 81 NJ.
Patenotre from Washington will he tempered
only by tho satisfaction Of having - worthy a
successor as " Cambon to welcome in his stead.
Chicago has settled the ethics ~ the prize
ring I'm fine fashion Sluggers To be allowed
To punch and bruisc and MAIN each other all
they please for eight rounds That Is manly
sport and scientific sparrng. But they must
not go beyond eight rounds. To DO so would
be prize fighting, and that Is brutal and degrad-
ing
The Newark dray horse which swallowed
kitten and was then drenchcd with repsIn and
mur.atic aid will survive. but henceforth az a
sadder and a wiser animal IL has found a diet
Of kittens an entire failure. and notwithstanding
IT'S brewery associations. naturally relaxing to
It's morals II will after this be total abstainer
from them. From the equine point ~ view tho
feline is what the ahorigine would call bad
medicine" the experience ~ the unconventional
Newark Pcrchcron fuy confirming this es;-
mate Of the dietary aspects Of the latter animal.
especially when eaten with it's claws on.
Three days OF frost might do lot 81 harm
10 vegetation in the South. but they would come
a. a divine benson 10 the fever-strckcn region
The making Of good beet sugar in the north
crn part OF this state is an agreeable and au-
spcious incident There has long been belief
among intelligent observers that that region is
we'll adapted to that industry. and It is graft
Tying 10 have IT confirmed
General Weyler ends career Of indiscrlmi-
nate cruelty with a show OF equally indiscrm-
nate clemency. II the prisoners he is now let
ting loose were deserving Of imprisonment they
are made less by the fact Of his removal
from command \ mere change Of government
Is no cause for a general jail delivery. But II
these people are really entitled to their freedom
now. It will be hard to convince many that they
were not unjustIy imprisoned AT the outset.
No Ibsen theatre, then. How sad. What Will
George Bernard Shaw think Of us? There
stands the champagne but taste It not
The alliance Of Turkey and Bulgaria Is
Of the most fitting In all Europe The two coun-
tries are on about the same plane. with the dif
ference between them. II any. in favor Of Tur-
key. Besides. Turkey Is BulgarIas suzeran.
PATHS serious Illness calls to mind the almost
unexampled duration Of her operate career and
points to the possibilities OF its close Her Won
derful voice began TO cnchant the world more
than a generation ago. when she was Just out Of
childhood and still only child in stature and
mien and manner Out Of the thunders OF our
Civil War her pure note OK melody climbed like
a star 10 shed its enhancing beam all over the
world. II It Is now 10 be cclipsed there Is at
least some comfort In the reflection that 1t has
been so long regnant. or her 1t may be said, az
OF the Witch Of Atlas In her airy transit over
the world:
Mortals found that these days the sky was pure
and fair
And mystic snatchcs of harmonious sound
Wandered upon the earth where'er she passed.
And happy dreams OF love too sweet to last.
She came as st. Cecilias messenger and when
she departs will depart her laurelled chorister.
But everybody will hope that her abdIcaton in
exepuy may be postponed for n good while yet.