New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-07

Ike some Otlcr NlrtuOScs an
room in his dwelling to protect his library.
Robert Hoe Is Of the most f9mous collectors Of
prints In New-York Bonayenture recently had a bind
ing made for him OF a single volume which cost 500
The best binders in the world 1--we in Paris and keep their
trade in the family fHther and two for Instance
themselves the of two previous Of
bookbinders, will do all the work in establish
meDt, spending months each upon particular book and
making ii the object OF consultation much II It were
| a work Of art Mr.. Hawkins, possibly Rush c. Haw
kns having binding done last summer which
an old house binders exhibited Americana AZ their
best work this year OF tho books costing S6CO for q.
case alone. Books be bound in Paris 81 youme
in better style than they furnished in New-York ot
&c. English binding is not much affected among our rare
book collectors. Bonaventure the print dealer los.
wife last week, who left him three little children aud
| O load Of grief.
How few New Workers have been the Riverside
Parki must confess that until week ago had never
seen it ALL Men who keep horses and drive them every
day have great advantage In noting the improvements
on this island and ts surrounding parts gentleman
who took recently told me that he thought ma
ority all the brokers thu board kept horses The
way to get Riverside Park is TO leave the Central Park
at the Dakota Hotel the West Side and keep straight
down that street the edge of the North River where
narrow boulevard drive begins, and widening out runs
right along the river bank for several miles, Temporarily
terminating high cape at the old Claremont Hotel
but by continuing down through MaDnattanyflle the
drive again picked TO the north aid bisccts tho
Trinity Cemetery Carmansvile. There certainly
no place world unless the Cornice road beyond
French Nice, where such river view can be had AZ
along this drive and 1t modnes indignation some
| what at the city debt Of New-York.
The price of keeping horses at the best boarding stables
In New-York Is now S35 month Some of these splen-
did stables the west of Sixth-ave are managed
carefully the royal stables Of Europe There large
for patrons, furnished with paintings
books horse questions. Eack patron has closet
which is kept his ur-skn hat scarf fur robe and dry-
ing and gloves, and whip As soon as the horses
come In the stable from drive they taken upa
! gangway TO the second story and rubbed down and
sponged and newly bedded Tho harness goes once
to the and thoroughly cleaned and dried
put its place. The Is taken to nother part
OF the first floor and wiped and then put on
an carried to the third-hoOr Some OF tho
private stables In ths city cost more money than tho
houses OF OF respectable old merchants. In
Mr.. vanderbllts stable ten horses, one Maud s.
being the fastest trOer in the world and two others
said be the fastest pair to harness In the world Con-
siderable fine harness Is yet made to hand In the United
States and OF the NewYor saddlers and harness.
makers. like stlings have elegant homes on the out
| skirts OF the city.
Mr. Richardson. the fruit packer, who "a known in
Europe as well Crosse & Blackwell Of London. are
here has erected for winter society hotel Mt his town Of
Dover Del, which cost 100000, and Is full this
first season OF England people single order from
England paid for the walls OF this edifce. He says
Dover a winter climate Fortress Monroe, and
attainabe from New-York in five hours, with better
society than Florida and the best winter roads in the
country and some good cunning He New
England timer about Dover twenty years ago, putting
up the of private families with his solder Canning
! made him. as another Canning made England
Mr. "Gersh" Martin, OF the great whiskey dlsling
| town OF Peoria, ILL., said to me recently; "Ihe
preme mistake distillers make is in producing more
whiskey than can DO consumed, and this mistake Is
based on another, viz that by producing more they
create q demand for more Whiskey is consumed by
quantity and not by vAlne There Is fixed limit 10 the
consumption Of whiskey If ali the alcohol that is dis
TILED Peoria alone rectifed of into drinkable
whiskey, every grown In the United States would
need to keep hiin drunk every day In the year TO
| consume it, All know very nearly how much whskey,
| high Wines alcohol be consumed each year. The
dsters should gauge their production accordingly 10
ignoring of this prime fact that always banrupted
every distiller later before the for fifty
years In the production of every other article Of
sumption. increased production will sometimes create
an extra consumption either by lowering the price
creating extra demand. But with whiskey neither
you drink appreciate quantity more,
the price gallon rather than 80 10 $5. pint
would make both drunk whether cents so
pint Why should Congress go to the relief OF dstiers
who have foolisnly gluted the market y
Caleb Smith, called oil tIndiana by the saladaoious
name OF Gale Smith, inquired about when recently
in that State He Lncons Secretary Of tho Intes
rlor and died United States District Judge. having
brought into the world politically Secretary Usher and
| Judge Otto. iine-looking, sly self-seeking old
stumper OF Wing days. he became Lncolns friend when
they went Congress together and yet Lincoln Eayered
| between appointing him Colfax in his Cabinet.
Gale wrote himself up in the country papers able
| aIo nd worthy NJ Cabinet ha
favorite OF Indiana" The country editors
letting this out AT Washington City he careful
expenses did many things the present day would
investigate him for yet always looked large and wiso
and TO the last his powers the stump overwhelmed
the faded generation from his home at Connersyie to
the borders of Kentucky He once in the law bust
ness at Cincinnati
| The Mcdonald boom il no doubt the main counter
| current Grover Cleveland has coalesce
| with found it I'm Indiana full tide already having
engulfed Hendricks and diminished Ben Harrisons
chances the point that the Republicans Harrison
could not beat Mcdonald the Presidential year the
Hooser State The South will therefore have TO deter
between the West and East, and will become again
the Burgundian power In this empire. All Democratic
Indiana has declared against any Ohio man for
Presidential candidate, and there other doubtful
Republican State in the West So IL is New York against
Indiana and as long NewYork Is moderately for
the Democracy, the tendency will be to go West.
Mcdonald too IS not in public Office make any
mistakes. Tie chances now are 100 to 30 between
Cleveland and Mcdonald, with old Mac creeping UP.
Mcdonald has an unquestionably strong record asa
man too good for the Democratic party He has
been anything his party critical issue. Ho
showed UP the Knights of the Golden Circle and told
Governor Morton that they nest Of traitors Tia
of killing rebels against the Gov
eminent wherever found. He never quarTelcd With
Governor Norton but secretly admired that positive
Northern quantity. He never weak-kneed on the
cnrrencY hond nnestinns but considered AndreM