New-York tribune., 1884-12-14

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there' reco"ct going into the restaurant, which
thIX was In the rear OCCASION and saw on tho
Dhl OF are the wors PortcrhOusc steak. - cents
thought to myself, what portcrlou,e steak bel
knew porter, OF course. but not pOr:crhou-c. SO
ordered porteihouse steak. II came siong and was
long sort or thing with rib at TIE eni and part OF tie
same M reaching down the middle anl it was good
that looked up the II he suspected me OF
never having eaten Of those things before There
was queer look his face but any look at that time
"uulu nave seemed queer TO me- | said with con-
| hhehce; Bring some Of your best porter" Iav
ing cohcluled my meal and observing Oh the walters
countenance after he had been mildly feed that nothing
was wrong II occurred to passed out that perhaps
hil gone through NJ the great days " my life.
had eaten at Frenchs Hotel porcrousc steak and tho
true ssncance Of the place and the steak unknown
| to me departing
In later times have gone down Frankortst. to see
Oakley Hall presiding the Tanmany literary organ
Tamilany Han had its literary side in the days OF
Tweed and Sweeney and Hall were the literary rlb-
unes Hall used TO sit up aristocratic Iosslbly with
| dyed beard, With specacea. and there was rnmor
abroad that he great literary quantity, yet nobody
seemed to identify the especial book he had done once
caught glimpse of Sweeney with kind OF pig ssh face.
very black hair and mnsnchc and yet when the voice
| came ont of hs mouth there was plausihillty and
quality both Of sound and mind which made one think:
Perhaps here ia great statesman" And 40 he was,a
itHit constructive sirlt IN TINS state, NV WIN wv lit
latnt Instinct which Ia sil close o ns here ~ the
| sewer rat IA closn tu New York society,
| Again, have arrn. In my pa,ller newspaper days
Frankfort st bpahin4 ~ hsht with ne ani ihihe, ahd
| tho sieat presses thiuwlns un tho sheefs making
| tread Tho thu srfiso glenta inl yesterday ! fphd
that Ia hi-gihs m ai.orila lhete amongst thn ashes
| huY found hAman balng, II wai woman Whn had
heeh shol down through iran door NOTWITHSTANDING
the slanch at decay lag body =oihs oh htoush summer
| aud winter, n0hniY had been much alarmed Nohody
had suspected much. | said To MYSELF There Is
Frankfort ST. unchanged amidst all the shoddy isns OF
tmo!"
Not much Of Now-York city is suggestive OF oil Lon
don, hut when you got down the region Of the Brook
yn Bridge yOu come to something of the same qiay'
There the dark ferries tho East River lhere
the strange aleyways which the renoyatlons ofa
great city have not wholly eXtirpated There Is
Catharme-st, wandering down to its slip amidst dance
houses and old clothes shops That strange printer
fraternity exists In that quarter, and when the day IA
has not entirely departed. You will see them sun
around tie press which throwing OIL the multi
tuduous sheets which turn up in out OF the way Places
and seeing them there you wonder where they can be
rincd one Of these hi press rooms in the vicinity OF
the Brooklyn Bridge viii out perhaps twenty news
papers. Each OF them vii! seem. when printed to have
quality and of its own, aud the oce VIII be
indicated In large letters but the place where Is bora
II you will turn in from Park Row. or Chaham-St you
V see the fire flash on the sidewalk. boys running
sce away down deep in the cellar the great demon oil
modern times with double treble decks or rolling
ct finders, eXlectoratng Sheets and tho people VINO
attend it seem 10 have queer kind Of ship in their
custody and reehng its sails throwing of It's cargo
and putting it through some furious strait or cavern
At this time Of tho year you behold that singular and
happy man. the pennrous buyer lie adopted in early
lite one greedy rule to purchase anything Whle
lie was making money, and when lac could no longer
mako money and the times got hard. to begin to buy
what other people must let @. sGch person has Il
happness something between cruelty and wisdom. lie
reasons tlatwlc tie times are good he should not let
moment slip bat should catch every dollar Tor the sake
OF ia king ten. After while there cones asta-h''I"n'
the ne,l e whO have been spending their uy prohts III
srrcuntton or schcnng please their tastes or excite
the envy Of their ncghbor begin 10 drag ont what they
have The quict man then the purchaser. lie
+, slow and hari. IL, 90 think that t becomes
him to know the value Of everything, not a. it was but
AZ il ought to ne.
The plehoric buyer Will visit the dcsparng seller five
or six times be ore hs buys for the purpose apparently
of enjoying bis distress and giving him the proper decree
of humility IA he fingers the choice bit ot furniture.
or the queer old brio brlc. the fAyorte painting. he
will enunclate the method he has always had since
bovhood" and the further standard he never TO
being as he says the only correct principle OF com
merce Herein our friend Is wandering into ignorance.
II the cost of ANYTHING Is to be the measure of it,
value what would the apple bring which Eve achieved
the first revolution withl At friends studio recently
hunting amongst his od ,tu saw queer painting on
wool cracked ami di-neurci but when the painter
rubbed u with a~Iouge there came "u' t'hn'r ''ni-
scip. and In the front were ftIs and t1pis having
A t.. .ft..l I'D T.
belief" said the artist that was painted by Annbale
,.,rt1cci 4 distinguished gentleman early in TINS
itrrv brought it from Europe ana mir,ed n with h'i
r..,iriion that twas Cunccis. That IS also mine
.ati the artist. from study W th' N3lr il"'t'' mp
rarrlrci aul found tNa' m the scar i0'o ~ lL'ic-
about he pas nr.irht to Rom hy ihc Cardinal fa;nee
10 rant myth.0 0r'ri nefroes 'n the fa'nr'r ia'r"'
hrh tl.. rin .'-h- loars. Whrn hc e't thf'rrN th'
.rr sias'ir ini hs fart ai MIN 'hc mis- 'lc .'n o'
N,, hrudta ttHvns. llu vunt h0ne d.si'tri hni
,t.t aurt i N,rr tnrtin iNhn 1ui'h W'' r''trrtA tAn
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ASA f,aNa olHF iHrN'lNl iN'rN1'r N'i 'e N'''ne
us isNu,aA.a. -l vD'i Ael'e NH'h"f'aM M h.'''
A I i,a.t.. t4ruu-n sp.e pt sn0 i.s-. uH4tNa NH
stAi.-aic ann tHurfNutu--t. asa iNi"H 'N'' '"'
aud 40 utror r.n,t aun $500 'ie rA'"''"'1 """'''
Di o,,r,, 90 tc boo -tar pu'rl' "''"' "N' '"'' ''''
t,,,,f ~su.,i, tai, Iuust io ssu oI sHe' f7'"l
democracy, ELcrc tho urdiaIrl people "'A' 'N H'
body ot trade aud can set whatever l'ej "'n' ""'
linking into the nolks ani into the 400" ol h'm'"
,tur nnI n,thin. of all tai, which l' not cnNed l'""
remote aud. to us. barharnni past l'l sun q" "'"'
for which they charge you hundred ""n"' ""' ,"
hon, n the Eoui,n tine that they lut 10 on the common
,odier.. who probably eot two dollars month pay
rn,t picture ior which You give thousand dollars was
,,nted b, some poor Italian tailor or baker, with giIt
m ar who wastrl hi. life ornamenilne the tetecty or
chapel of few idle monks All the'e P''' "'" "'hS
, otnuoue,t people had In Etruria before the Romans
,', .,.n th, sabine Sumcn and made them send home
r their domestic utenas The sheet has been sheared