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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

ever eager lives Is to catch II only one real lion
have not these industrious individuals, say laid
pleased and triumphant hands on his too willing
mane1 And there Is in all this, a certain success
such as it is-after all. Whether it were worth
"hiie 10 cross the ocean for it,. when one had SO
mnch more at home, is another question. and am
not surprised that Mr.. Wilde seems sometimes in
doubt about 1t. This being the case, why not own
up al once to mistake, and let us
set 1t down to a freak of fancy, a mere
boyish follyi Much can be forgiven--aud forgotten
-on tais score; and Mr.. Wilde is but boy. at best
not bad one either If guess rightly though he
lapors hard IN hisyerse to make one believe TO the
contrary.
But 10 Is unwise to strike nattItude-particuarly
that 81 one deiying fate-or in any way TO put on
VIII vanish; whatever Is permanent Will re-
NAN. am patient d can wait" This was the
ProIailoh OF Mr. " ildes speech on the evening OF
Which write. All of which Is very fine, but what
on carr does 1t ali mean There is nothing perina-
ncnt ao"nt = particular cut OF trousers and as for
mar hothlhg sooner vani-hes, whether II % false
81 NJ; Mine went years ago. Some DAY
Mr. Wilde Will find himself without much TO speak
ot-soon too II he does not cut II short in
SUMMER II ne walt for it 10 come back he will
WaIt III vain. There ia compensation and some
| approach TO per!nanence in a well-made Wig!
But seriously, for ubdt viii Mr. Wilde waltf
For vlndicltlon None accuse him: il IL
lor the NhOlo word TO wear kneC-nreecnrs Life
Is tco 'fiet Wait tor steamcrf Yes If he do not
choose 10 take the first gong. watch might be
wiser Wait for what indeed For a harvest one
rraps asone sow@. HAT has Mr.. " ilde planted As
yet ne seems moi even 70 have ploughed. am I'M
able % md any direction IN which he has go much
IS turned a furrow. The chat which he
mas scattered over the surface OF two
wor.d$-wlth liberal hand it is true
can never take root anywhere. Nor do ] know that
ms Is To be regretted. But | do know that If he
sit waiting tof any fTutlOn to come OF 1t, the
world VIII 20 quietly while he walls and ne Will
Ct lctt-badly. Better by tar pull himself to-
gether forget All tina he has failed 10 do, aud do
something. lis ye,y mncn OF workshop, tins
new word OF ours. A ID MEDIEVAL knight stand
ing round IN 1rInOr courier lace ana ruies
with nothing m pirtcnllr TO DO OF say Is apt TO get
Tuueiy lOsied, and have his clOi hes torn.
Bui he should not Olame the busy wOrkmen Better
M a halu 10 the hammer or pat shoulder To the
lever, or. failing this. address tine workmen IN IN
trllgiele language and tell them what he has come
there Tor | have faith that Sir " lde Will 40
something or all of tins some day. Tue only thng
tnat shakes me IN that taIth Is his seeming stts-
faction VITA himself aud with what he has aud has
uoi done. But Tins may ne all put on /!
L0'0s .ab, oct. % 1852. JOIN PAUG-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05
BLAINE AT SCHOOL.
r,on, rhe Lancaster Nelo Era.

T. ,ras characteristic OF James, nature IN those
- DAYS nj TO allow hum~ef to Oe uuJustly I'm
,.rd mon lie was always ready to take MS part
T. ,,,esrs when Blaine attended the brownsville
- , Inc wore trousers that had undergone shch
80, IA usage as to make 1t necessary " nave thrln
,,e,',ied A number of the girls at schooI COM
NJ III lie became somewhat Incensed AZ them. auu
tD. more 1t irrtated hm the more they called aites
Hi'n and tainted him with Patched rants,
"Patched Pants lie made a stqdlOuS enort ~
6ark ward in administering these doses Lhah ne IS
pan Iioning rebel brlgadIers on the floor of Con-
yress during the later days. 1T .
sb.. remembers distinctly the days when she ana
b'.r sisters used TO fight with James aud tease MN
ahout his patched pants Llttle did they lulh11
mi the PENNSYLVANIA boy with patched pants
would follow tie railsphtter" OF Illinois ana the
- canal boy" of OHIO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05
TEE B4LL4DE OF ANCIENT PUAS

can chat with the party who brings my blllj
d can smile Der letter that means n dun;
! can talk with woman whose voice Is sbrill;
can ~lt while "A garrulOus yarn Is spun.
But must confess 1T run, run,
with = frantic wIluue-~ that rccks not where,
From the man who utiegS "A time-wOrn pun
For Ee goids ais near tpmad despair.
can swallow the Interest quinne pill;
/ can ttCc Ike a nero the boy and gun;
j -.ln Laugh nc tic person long 10 Kill,
Wac spOii~ ia telling my bit OF fun.
b.. light as a leather, though Weighing ton.
/ should -caWpei away, Ike 4 startled hare,
II that nIn uttered u worI-ju,t one
tJr bee gOaCS his nearer 10 mad despair.
can int 10 the tale Of the man that WIS III,
OF tle cure that healed uim am how 1t was done.
/ can gaze with only spinal emil
On tina. curious creature WAC ives 70 stun
But always and ever shun, shun.
That ,trTI Die monster beyond compare
With s JOKE t-Ii has lived since t.e world be .Iu-
For L. gJd4s his nearer 10 mad despair.
ENVOY.
Prince rs Journey through rain or sun,
Al other danger, | face aud dare:
BAT nv from ne man with tine mOuldy pun
FOR bee .oaL~ Ia, nearer to mad despair
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05
4 COLLEGE OUfOF DEBT

MOUNT UNION, Ohio, Nov. 4.-One OF tho
mo., airing tmes ever known in the history OF this
college, was witnessed IN the college nails OF m.'
Union on November /. Lewis Miller acting ~ proNa-
ing officer The audience had assembled for the
Of completing subscription for the psJmsn. m
80 a-St of long standng which WAS entnusiA uoI
s Now me college IL free and bids fair soon 20 RANK
second 20 no college IN the state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

Horace Greeley went to his grave saddened LOOP
around to-day and how far he wrongi He behed.
like SIMMER seward Trumbu. Whittier, Chase, GriIses,
stevens and the old anti slavery leaders the ncursion
~ the military episode the channel Of the Republ-
can party like bar forming in noble river, and he
did not welcome It. Four years of that try admin
stratou full OF horses dogs. jobs, favOrtes purbnd-
ness and hard materalism. produced the revolt and
Creeley was made its standard bearer He went down
ike the boy on the mountains his flag casped in his
hands OF lee the sky fell the voice that was the
heros all true To his states resurgent motto, Excel
sior" He was beaten the popular cause in Europe
was nv Cossacks every warke word he once spoke 10
arouse his country was reprinted with cartoons 10 fire
the rebel heart. and the Ku-Klux and the Northern
Nossbacs in the Democracy reelected Grant The vic
torv gave the brutality and -Stalwartism 70 the men
vim are wrecking the party Glad that the prn-
ina talent in the party had got nd Of they pro-
ceeded 10 brutaze the organization. Feeling that the
nrincipes OF Greeley had triumphed In Hayes, they
tried Ia rouse the Democratic Bourbons again TO Kill
HAYES for the Potter Committee was ConEings nyen-
tion That falling Grant regtlvanized and tho
effort made TO create King OF him. Garfield, the friend
Of Greeley and Hayes ike spirit OF light through
the ruins OF the usurpation. Him they AL set "pOn,
having regent OF their in reverson and Grant
th, puppet 10 make the chief attack; he said mora
AGAINST Garfield than any other man. So Garfield was
Killed by an OF the junto and the regent
proceeded to make presents Of his jewels There was
nm election after thatbut have anticipated nara
tive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

Dublin once boosted a MAGISTRATE, one a. JUS US
-. 6,Nsley whose el,auenee and erudilOn made nlm
~ de ana delight OF the city. 80 soir,' ne thuu
t td ro An old offender who had often escaped what
TO- udge always spoke OF as tue butt-end OF the aw
ere .bout 10 iueurr the pinty OF your maletao-
Iu.eice sorr may purshue via a leaden heel, but
No"s .r,ites"-bere the quo AEON eluded him sne
sne smtes Wild caatoiron
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

The old Post Office Building IS 10 become the citadel OF
the Mutual Life. | saw Mr. McCurdy. Of that com
pauv last week and asked him about the Wackerly case
that is making some ado out West. woman declared
her husband killed a way In Louisiana The eVi-
dence showed it was different she persisted. and
a Missouri court finally gave her verdict But there
stood A man and swore himself her husband She swore
ne was not Which ought TO knOwl lie was hall para
lvtc and sixty and had run away from her. The law
yer used ND his remaining faculties. She had been In
nursut Of that claim tall she knew everything about it
and nothing aay other te or memory They were
both obscure Germans Said I: How was 1t possible
for husband and wife TO forget each otheT" That
opens up another queer tale, said the president
The plaintiffs counsel say that the husband In cOurt
WAS the husbands brother who some years ago swore
himself to be the husband In order 10 draw the tters
military pension. All that know Is, lawyer ad-
vi-ed rs that Wackery IN name he lived, draw
Ing pension. We descended upon the man. He came
into court and himself before Now, II Is pos
sibe that having committed perjury 10 get the pension
he had to keep right our solicitor maintains that ne
IS the husband"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

suppose Greeley had been elected in so, Sumner
Chase or Grimes in 1868 instead OF Grant does anybody
doubt that the Course OF the Republican party would
have bean onward organic things. instead OF hold
inc t reyel o ma mmon and monopoly that has carried
A. almost beyona the bounds OF return The Republican
rv would not have died leaving unsettled the patron
90 otherwise called the Civil Service and putting it
man some decent bottom Matters OF revenue and
pntrotlc poty would have been reached by the aid OF
both parties an engine travels on TWO ra' instead
=, irving 70 exis; eternal on bicycle The spiritual
davelopment OF our land would have almost kept pace
with its material evolution instead of being half cen
tury behind personal enemies OF Greeley IN the
rres and elsewhere could not bear 10 see him made
Chief Magistrate and Napoleon was stamped out by
the Cossacks they choked the old mans cry Of Excel
sor beneath the rebel yel and the MossbaeAs sroans
He has been dead only ten years this month Nnhea-
ton has its birthdays.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

From my club window looking ont on Broadway-ths
is the most expensive club I'm NewYork. rs have 10
pay my bills in tt think see heavy, conntri-
fed vet moro than refined man IN couneuance. past
thinking to himself speaking 10 few. hardly known %
thousands l. II Fogerl Has be face Ike piano harp.
kecnly attuned 10 this world. yet with some sounds
floating mutely from IT, the sounds Of expression which
almost become a sacred composer DO see IN him
man with good clements Of manhood walking on
this world aud trending deeper n 10 the Journey OK
life advances TIL melowng time makes tact Instead OK
wisdom aud the love ~ instead OF cRndOr Does
that face with square strong lines In grand piano
Of a face become those feeble notes we have been
reading addressed 10 Albany and 10 the Board OF
Schoonasters. In which something OF the Artful
Dodser aud something OF the Oily Gammoni No. the
man Is in false position. When the vote sits down on
all his keys next Tuesday and the diapason makes one
great groIu let the beginning OF sweeter tuning
to IA forgotten oratOrO. beginning:
Let the office seek the man
Then defeat him We who can,
He's no worse than he began,
Baby minei
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

DO you have many such contests as the aooveF
asked Mr.. McCurdy NO. we never contest Tor the
moneys sake but keep this large instrumenttuty-
the largest in the word-formilabc to mp"stofs. We
have here 100000 insurers: the number OI our policies
, nm IN 2GO ODO: the total We are liable for If every
hodv should die. il S3OOOOOOO0 Turn over this NOR
tuary book with you will shat every week the
hoard passes fifty thousand seventy thousand. ninety
thousand claims total running up 10 millions year.
and not one week In five Is there issue raised But
fraud comes up through law channels we must
defend the mutual property Of each and all Observe
this claim just settled tor $1,000 the insurance was
10000 II a lourneyman jeweller who never
worth - 900 in his life and nudng himself In debt put
that sum upon his life soon after he protested to have
discovered process OF enameling gold by the cyanide
OF potassium. and talked much about It. Next he was
found dead, poisoned by the tunes OF cyanide OF
potassium We believe 1t was an ingenious scheme to
Kill himself and escape the forfeiture Of suicide Yet
We settled IT, there being room for charity"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

IT'S very good world thst We live in
To lend. TO spend, or 10 give IN
But to beg, or TO borrow, or get mans own,
IT'S lust the worst world that ever Was KNOWN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

The unes. or ThurlOw Weed and tho downfall Of stall
wartsm remiud that old practices and examples are
passing away The building OF the public works OF New
York under Mr. Seward and his friends led TO that les
lative animation which ultimately created Third
House not provided for In the Constitution The simple
device Of laying rails carry omnbuses In cities
gave the Third House field o operations extensive as
our cities actually know whether there has
been An honest In the Legislature for years. somo
we suspect Of t. but the riddle OF our times has always
been why a Senator wants Ia there. Give the
Legislature character and every would want to 90
tber but a.. Il has been desire stay I'm the Legs
Iatlre Is Ike suspended article VI Impeachment upon
the rash entertainer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

Go on with these romances." said. what DO you
do In clear of sucidei" Here Is one spoke 'he
insurance vicc-presdent pointing 10 It. We retuheu
all the money the man had paid back to BIS FANNY
Hero a different case; OF some age had stroAo
OF apopexy and Immediately his folks Drought MN IA
and insured him. conceaing the fact In three non'hs
he died from another stroke; as the amount was only
81 600 we paid IT, But the Hillman case was romantic
above all; man insured for $4,000 IN different com
panies proceeding upon the plains with two others
saw tramp come into their camp TO stay all night ana
he said TO his friends This tramp Is unknown Twin
kill him and make his body mine ana recover the III
surance One man protested out the tramp was s"ot
,ronh the head clothed In Hlllmans clothes and all
h,s nemorandums and articles nxed upon the corpse.
and genuine inquest held which repf rted Hhlman
the dead one His widow had actually put monument
aver hls grave when ono VI three came orwArd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

The Pine Creek country Is the field OF Mr. Wander
bit who il running his seneca Lake Railroad into
Northern Pennsylvania the divide between tho
north and west branches the Susquehanna to get TO
the Readings coal field. The noble Allegheny scenery
on that ronte said to have lifted up his Batavian
heart He is building parallel 10 the Pennsylyania's
Northern Central line now, partlleng also the main
track down the Cumberland Valley, and II he controls
the Reading property will also parallel ia Jersey lines
Vet care I'm equipment and system Onehalf the battle
MI Vanderhilts friends Insist that DevercuK combina-
tio is the true purchaser the Nickel Plate Railroad
Mr. Rrtce told that Deyereux WAS the ableat OF all
vauderbts ucutenants with sagacity and experience
equal 10 his pure character.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

Mr.. Vanderbilt proceeding In his special train 10
Chicago-the dining and the sleeping coach being teth
cred rs 70 make deck cred between platforms
ike "A continuous arbOr when two young fellows
boarded the train distance out On the prairie aud
sent in their cards by the steward 1t being Mr. Van
derb!ts house he played the host good naturedy lei
the Ooys in gave them ride ~ n he liked the
press and talked like one at home Tho same or some
thing similar being printed looked like premeditated
Language to thousand. OF men. while It was probably
only the badnage between u not DESTROYS to be
considered above his cOuntrymen and two poor young
fellows ne desired Like him Hence loud baSSoon OF
ceu,ure the country through A. the car returned by
Chicago one OF the lads pushed tn his card again
The old Dutch color 70 the hosts lace this time.
and he said. Now stop the train &nd put that person.
OF"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

Oscar the patronage of the day and In
tercepts the Jersey Lily at Sandy Hook had my first
peep ut Oscar last week and carefully looked over his
straight and powerful FORM his large bones. the high
cheek pieces the stod yet maudlin eyes the swarthy
skin and the long straight locks OF Indian hair Said
to myself: My boy. you don't fool mel Instead OF
being the perfect OF Europe judge that you have
escaped from Indian Territory and playing both
continents for Cinnamon Captain Garrick Mallory has
studying the types OF men, and he'll unquestion-
ably set you among the CherObees."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

The Vanderbilt party went over the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad in the observation car They called
il Woeri-hoIer's Folly They ran through the Royal
Gorge with perpendicular ellis $500 feet above them
This beats the Alps" said Uncle William Turnbull;
but what dividends does the suhuity lead TOT Give
me mapi I'm familiar with grazing aud butter coun-
try show me salt Lake, How many thousand miles
* III Where Is the engine to git her milki What a
to subsst upon If l take that routel No william!
prefer pie"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

The distinguished party visited the settlements of
Denver and Leadville. At Denver they saw the best
theatre IN the country Mr.. Turn5uu discovered that
the air was 50 rare IN Denver that no cats could live
there am told" said he, that there Is not cat In
tni. town shall send Or Cory here to five; cats
have been the plague Of his lfe and have changed the
key Of the finest voice that warmed up Commodore
Vanderbilt Of IA Sunday"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

The Democratic party watching the passing ARRAY be-
tween the and the assassns OF the other II
itseif IN forms OF sympathy The gentlemen Of that
party perceive and tnwardy respect the patriotism and
spirit of the Republican professionals. The degraded,
wbiskey eaten, INSCRIPTIONS element OF Democrats.
trained the whip and accustomed 20 hold their
Lords stirrup while they stole his shOebucke openly
admire and worship Conking and Cameron. This
division OF sympathy will day ripen into division
Of action aud when Ike Cleveland and sherman
Rogers Dorsheimer and Woodtor1 Cooper and McCOok,
begin 10 think toward each other they may march
later impulse the column at the tap Of the
drum No honest man community need fear forma-
tive times and movements We learn and change as
long as we I've but there IL time when the pro-
cess will be suspended 70 Kick blAcksHard down.
stairs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05
BROADWAY NOTEBOOK.
MEN AND THINGS. THE COUNTRY ROUND.
THE PERSONAL NOTES AND NOTIONS OF BROAD
WAY LOUNGER.


Poor Henry Prouse Cooper: taken to lu-
matte asylum by his brothers ike Joseph put In the
pit by his. because he such an exquisite coat.
Prouse was Liverpool tailor's apprentice az 'hst
point OF human misery the price OF suit OF clothes
two pun ten bob" He figured to HIMSELF " There Is
the golden land OF the Yankee, dying for his English
the same article OF goods will bring-me there
whatever have the enterprise TO charge. will COM
100 dollars the suit e twenty pun and rise
upward" He removed to New York and ultimately took
Fifhave front, setting up the name. Henry Prouse
Cooper" aud nothing more People thought 1t was
banker or an amateur publisher OF books-at the
authors expense Those who ventured In found little
fellow OF a sad face with apparent desire not to be
interrupted and II be talked business 81 all It was In
grand and Indifferent way. The British manner tanned
all Wall street and all Fifth Avenue down. snd
money came fast that the little ailors head reeled
and broke and his envous brethren rushed in with the
police CRYING "He's gone mad" The only evidence of
which was the cut OF the clothes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

How many tears were shed for Mrs. Langtry-becau'e
she was Mrs. Langtry n she had been Martha Wash
ngton Nelly Custis she might have lost her clothes
without solitary tear except from the weekly washer-
woman But In these days OF ndroity advertised SEN
sations when the men making money all day and
the women pning home for some transatlantic form
Of sentiment the euphonious bleat Of the words. The
beautiful Mrs Langtry" fs the eyes with silent tears
She has held the dear Princess tabby cat The royal
arch prince himself has said her neck, IL might
have been" We turn over our inlaid engravtngs TIL
reach the portrait OF Nelly Gwynn and there We
weep. We know not why. but we must have our lux
ury Something In the aga demands IT, 0nd II IA a part
OF decoration. To be called beautiful from court TO
tavern. to In every window straight ening that
ivory shin Of to sell Broadway IKE evening
papers, In cabinet and imperial pOrtraits-what homage
from this furniture the sentiment OF the eKtO
able Then bark. the fire alarm spanks itself the en-
gtnes toll flames dart from the old barn theatre. and
not the angel but her wardrobe, burns We burst into
sobs we know not why and say unequivocaly: The
beautiful Mrs Langtryl"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

tortured by conscience apprehension, and made an
affidavit; the corpse exhumed and found 20 ,ne. ~
the teeth and other things from Hlman and the jury
did the exceptional thing OF giving verdict for the
company"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

The present situation OF politics is 10 be ascribed 10
men, who have conveyed 10 faction Of their party
that machinery and blood have cemented their own
second-class temperaments: Conkllng and Cameron.
These are the olivier lie Dau and Tristan rHermite OF
the time Without general ideas OF policy or informed
convictions any subject they put concet and scorn In
place Of the astuteness and elasticity OF real leadership
Dignes degrade instead OF improving their manners.
They and play the caitf instead OF eeing graft
tude and Christianity Men ike these, the Bucking-
hams, straffords and Caverts OF another day, broke
down their party and their country. but their vile ex-
ample survived better and bossomed again in the
nasty Restoration. the like OF which these and their
varlets expect be. The temperaments OF COnkling
and Cameron eagerly Initiated by their tools. have
duced the Falstaan kind OF audacity called stalwart
ISM which is at bottom the cowsrdce and the sur
face the desperation OF the thief. Low common crea-
lures Ike smyth Platt French et al might have been
well behaved. nervous public hunkeys II they had not
the actions of the two bues by temperament above
them, aud then swaSger the word.