Year: 1878

old feuds. let them STAY at nome anu iight tho "O
there we do not want them hare until they are
ready to become peaceable American citizens


Hot weather Is cause of irritated nerves. and
Summer is, therefore, the season when nuisances
become most vexatious and complaints are loudest
of yIlanous odOrs and cruel noises and all the
thousand and one discomforts of city life.
There is, probably, a closer connection be-
tween the Thermometer and the Outcry over
the racket of the Elevated Railroad than
the sufferers suspect. The gentleman I'D
an uptown apartment house who began by COM
planning of rocking chair overhead, and has now
applied to the courts for an injunction against
baby carriage, would have been less sensitive W
little miseTies had he not been oppressed by the
condition of the atmosphere. IL is at times ike
these, when the physical system is debiltated'
and open windows give free admission to the
music of the backyard, that the question nightly
suggests itself whether there is no form OF lnunc-
tiOn or other device Of the law that can reach the
common fence-cat Lfelis mwalis a creature OF inn
mense vitality which is now in its highest vigor'
Families who go away for the Summer are IN the
habit Of leaving the domestic cat to for-
age and howl at will on the neghbor-
ing premises, and the fences consequently
become pOpulOus and vocal as they are at no other
season of the year. Whether judciOus system OF


licenses and the appointment of official cat-catchers
might not give needed relief to the public, and at
the same time afford safe outlet for spirit of en-
terprise which is now msdirected toward dog steal
ing IS a question for the consideration of the Com
mon Council.


new industry has been discovered on the East
side of the city. gentleman riding down town by
the Third Avenue Railway noticed decentlooking
man who escorted drunken companion to the car
and, after seeing him safely slowed away with
timid passenger to lean against, returned TO the
sidewalk. Going up town again in the evening
by the same route what was the sur
prise of our informant to see the same guide
bring another tlpsy person, and prop him up on the
rear platform Of the car tho seats being all taken
"How much do Won wantin asked the drunken
man. Fifteen cents" was the answer The
money was paid; and the pilot returned to his post
to watch, no doubt, for another job. Here IS
hint to enterprising and able-bOdied men
who are out of work There IS plenty OF business
to be picked up on Chatham-st, the BOwery and the
ayenue and we presume that the railway company
will cheerfully cooperate 10 an arrangement that
promises to secure for them great many passengers
who are now lost to the road IN consequence OF
temporary inability to find the way from the side
walk to the track.


The exhibition held at the Academy of Design
last season in aid of the society Of Decorative Art
gave 80 much delight to art lovers and served so
many useful purposes that the announcement OF
the formation of another loan collection this
wear for the same excellent object is re-
ceived with the liyeliest satisfaction. The
ladies in charge Of the enterprise promise to
make this second display better than the FIRST
That was remarkable both for the wealth of rare
and beautiful objects which it brought to
light, and the exquisite skill aud taste
which governed the arrangement The same
merits will undoubtedly distinguish the
exhibition in October; and trust that the owners
of paintings, porcelain, pottery laces. tapestries
curios, and other treasures which fall within the
scope of the desired collection will promptly bring
forth the precious things with which fortune has
blessed Them