New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-24
TOXIN TALK.
PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL.


TIE HORSE CLUB-The Horse Club Just opened Is
,,elv m he popular place. It Is wonderful how untr-
ING a talker a man may become on the subject Of
horse and there are great many men In this city In
terested In the subject Talk Is to De conned 70 tho
noble animal by the enforcement Oh hne ior the tro
ducton of any other topic The club seems 10 nave been
organized by Messrs Ryerson Brown VINO nave o'ns
mn the cab or rather the COUPE system for New-York.
and have recently formed big stock company for s
further development Mr. Ryerson rates among tne nss-
rate business men of New-York. If 1t were not thas
Mr. Brown Is one Of the most energetic OF men ns paa
health would have carried him off long ago. But when
told once that he could not long survive ne became III
censed at the suggestion and subboy resolved 10 oeas
consumption And he has managed to do it after long
struggle.
sHrRMAy's LOVE OF THE PLAr.-Gsneral sherman's
mistake reported by telegraph in bowling to an actress
whose bow TO one of the characters on the stage ne mis-
took for SALVATION him, the subject OF taK at
club last evening when old army correspondents so
am sure that Is an old story about Sherman reVNea
for advertising purposes 1t or similar tae was .ou Va
him during the war; think, In c0nnectlon Win un'
mother OF Miss Fay TempletOn. Sherman mas ai"ays
had liking for the play and for players ne useo W e
tend almost nightly during his long delay at NashVe Id
the winter of le63J64, at little theatre manaseu Wy
man named Allen. 1t was sort OF variety eh'er'an'
ment and the performances were something eAeo.aoo'
Yet Sherman would go nightly accompanied usually W
two or three Of his staff BE affected 10 Do very u'"V
cratic In those days and sat In orchestra seat sur
rounded Inv the boys in blue oyercoats. He invariably
wore Oh these occasions blue overcoat such as were
furnished to the private soldiers He used frequently TO
acknowledge the applause which greeted his entrance
cooD pp,eo~s ron RELIEVING AN AFFIDAvIT.-sOme-
bodv rather too paternaly inclined lately undertook to
enlist minor son Of Michael Condor, an officer OF Judge
Barretts court in the United states Navy; ana the Doy
anxious TO get into the service, said that the man who
brought him TO the Navy Yard for enlistment was hs
guardian. His father theTeupon had him brought be-
fore Judge Barrett habeas corpus and the release Oh
the boy turned the question put by the attorney lor
the Government whether or not the Judge believed me
affidavit OF Mr. Condor that the boy was his child.
have no doubt OF It whatever" said Judge BaITety
smiling; and have two good reasons tor DelleNlhg"
true Mr. Condor Is reputable officer OF this court
His financial circumstances know 70 be such that am
sure he would not voluntarily and knowingly commit
periury to add another arrow TO HIS full culver" Tho
courtroom roared the Judge the father and the resi- Oh
the court officers Joined the laugh forgetting to check
II by loud raps and the attorney in opposition SAID 10
had nothing more 10 say
An EXAMPLE N CIVIL SERVICE. Fire Marshal George
H. sheldon being encountered In Broadway on neohe7
day afternoon asked IL he had inspected the new
natept fire ladder which had been exhibited In City Haul
Park a day or two before. No." he sald' " nave NOT
heard OF it, Ihave great many similar patents
he added and have never seen one OF any value" By
the Uoy said mutual friend after the parties to the
above conversation had separated do you Know thas
Sheldon has done as much any man In once IN ths
city TO advance the cause OF Civil Service y mo- never
heard of him as advocating IT." Precisely; he mas only
Illustrated t. Away back IN 1872 he got into the Fire
Marshas office largely because Horace Greeley hdor'eu
him He became Fire Marshal shortly after IL was q
political office then. Now It Is no longer aponuCai
position and Endorsement of politicians would De Oh
little advantage 70 anybody seeking IT, Then arson was
very common crime among men who insured only 10 10
burned ont The insurance people Will tell you that
sheldons close Investigations have made arson 100 u
gcrous game longer profitable He has quietly con-
tnued on through all the changes I'm administration uh
disturbed and has introduced the practice OF civil service
in his department without saying word about the
theory of It,"
NOVELTIES AT TIE THEATRES -" What Is most novel
az the theatres ~ gentleman recently returned nom the
country asked OF a friend whom he met coming RON
Wednesday matinee. The most novel sights nave
seem" was the reply. were at Niblos where nine
tenths of the audience eating cloves ana look
Ing half-demure and ashamed; and at Days, who're
tentenths of the audience women and yrsmunch-
ing mOlasses candy"