New-York tribune., 1885-07-06
WAVES OF THOUGHT AND TALK.
FACTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT MEN AND
THINGS CLEANED IN PUBLIC RESORTS

FACTS AND OPINIONS AbOUT MEN AND
THINGS CLEANED IN PUBLIC RESORTS.
Nations have rarely failed to regard with ten
derness their stricken heroes. The feeling with which
men look to Mt. McGregor at tho present time IL
illustration OF the tie that binds the masses OF man
kind to the who lead. find men everywhere Will
ing listeners to any story OF General Grant, One tnat
heard yesterday recalls old army remniscence Two
OF the younger members Of the Graut family were play
Ing ball the lawn Long Branch last summer, whlio
the General sat the porch, smoking his cigar ana
watching them. The youngsters disagreed ana had .
roughandtumbe contest for possession OF the ball. ont
Of IL, the victor flushed and excited, came
UP to where tho General sat and said He took
my ball" Wcll what did you do" 81 took 1t back
again." The General smiled at his triumphant descend
ant and turning to friend who sat by him. ssd laugh
ingly Sch warzs battery is took" The stog to which
he alluded of the oldest Of the jokes told at camp
fires and soldier reunions 1t Is reported incident OF
shiloh. During the battle officer rode friously up
TO General Grant, touched his cap and said with German
| accent: "shenera, 1 wants to mako Won report;
Schwartz's battery Ia took" "Ah! that's bad" said
Grant, "how did It happen" "vhy sheneral de shesh-
eniss oop in front us, und dey came oop In de
u.s. und dey oop In der flank ov US, und,
veil. Schwartz's battery vas took" "fou
spiked the guns, Of COURSE" said the General
"vhat" screamed the Dutchman, in excited astonish-
ment, "schpke dem guns schpike dem new guns!
Tunter und bitten, 1t would have sohpol dem."
az Well, SIR" said the General sharply, "What did you
dot" "Dof DO, Shcnerall Why, we took ed dem back
again!"
The Mississippi Improvement Organization has been
invited to hold another convention similar to the one
held ut NewOr during the Exposition, at st. Paul.
hear that the promoters of the Improvement project
reaching Join hands with tho advocates Of the
| enlargement of the Erie Canal Indeed, one OF the
officers OF the organization said to me: "If
the people Of New-York and the East are
In earnest In the movement to make the
yVil
find hearty support in the West. Western people will
with them for Government aid Of such project re-
gardess OF what may be done about our project The
Erie Canal has done for the West than other
transportation route, yet 1t was built ana sustained
wholly by New-York. It ought to be made into ship
canal TO furnish competition with the railroads and Keep
down rcishts. The entire West appreciates its import
and also realizes that such undertaking requires
| the assistance OF the Federal Government"
In his day. Sam" Mcdary, of The ohio StItcsman.
was known editorial writers west OF the
Aleghanes. He gained a wide reputation for his in
! tense and savage Democratic utterances He had o
large family OF boys His memory Is recalled by the fact
that OF them uptown Friday. Colonel Charles
W. Mediry, formerly an officer In the United states
Army the boys followed the profession OF their
father. and Colonel Nedary learned Is engaged In the
cultivation of German carp. which he believes to be the
great foosh the future He has been over four years
engaged carp propagation with ponds In New-Jersey
| and Ohio, and Is looking around for larger
ponds to conquer The carp propagates at wonderful
rate In small pond IN Ohio where have frequently
droppel hook and line the int reduced carp 1T
tie over five years He made no provision or draw
ing OF the pond for catching and selling the ns Inc
carp hugs the bottom at all nes aud at the end OF
three the p0ndowncr with no knowledge tnat he
water was ull OF good carp was ssonsneu 80 sa
OF dealers in carp and set to work to draw the pond IL
due To- ssryatton After the second years growth had
been reached the fish too big To eat each other anu
had no food for preservation
far Iaya two o1re-
cedng his retirement Bloomngale was better than
had been weeks stood in the st. James Hotel when
be came In a day before he taken to the asylum
Captain Conner was talking to Mccullough. when Nat
Goodwin, tho comedian came In Goodwin has quaint
way OF saying things, and he was In his happest mood
He began on Mccullough right away. Pretty soon be
had the demented actor smiling Prom smiles 10 a1gn,
ter another stage Don't iansh az IN me. 10"
said Goodwin suddenly Win an aecentat,on inat was
irresistably funny McCulough's big head went clear
back on his shoulders he burst out into regular guf-
flw. told 10 was the irst time any one han oceu
able 10 induce him to laugh naturally iof long ti'no
g. b. EIkins, who has come back from Western trip,
is full OF stories about hts experiences In Missouri He
delivered the alumni address at the University Of
| Missouri. Speaking Of the occasion no said: "When
| got up was full OF trepidstion as
in my old school days. They are all
from All that country Just to see what kind Of curiosity
| black Republican might be. Bayard and Vest spoke
next day Bsyard made tho hest ten mnutes speech 10
| which / ever listened, It the one In which he re-
rrred 10 hls grandfather and Jcerson's election which
drev out such a wide controversy. But aside from that
| point the speech exceedingly interesting
AsIwas riding down town the street car with Mr
Elkns on Thursday called nay attention to this ex
tract from recent address by Congressman T. B. Reed
OF Maine: "Ony q short time ago some railroads were
built In China, but whom bought by the Governmeht
they were promptly torn up The stride from the OK
cart to the palace is too great to take in day
Said Mr. Elkns: THAT Is not correct history. had
to investigate the Chinese railroads while pre-
paring my address tbs labor question got the I'M
pressou that tho railroad was abandoned because the
| Chinese Government unwilling that the work OF
| CARRYING packs should be taken away from
| the people. I found that was not So
| Tho road was built by an English syn
dc,te subsIzed to the extent Of 100000 per mile II
was sheer robbery for tho road run over country a.
level az ono of our Western prares. In China the dead
are buried In tombs built above ground. The chinese
venerate their ancestors, and the tonbs are sacred
above everything except their shrines These Engsh-
men had no moro than 90 run their road rght
thrnurh thesc tombs wherever they ran across tbcn
rhe Chinese were patient for time, but their wrath
crew into rayot time the road passed INTO the
hands OF the Government, and could only be appeaseu
bv takix up the offending track. General Grant CON
nymed these facts to ms China Will have railroads
shorty and the stride will actually be from the OK
cart up"
THE WEATHER REPORE