New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-27
FROM MANY POINTS OF VIEW
TOPICS OF TIMELY INTEREST, AS FILL
TERED THROUGH MANY MINDS

beeye that through some OF courtesy these shes
are denominated depots. The incoming express was
announced to be little late 10 always ls-'ha. 10
almost always I had a number OF COMPANIONS IN ths
,..rv M waiting for its arrival There was long
haired man with blue goggles. rosy-chfeSed, nsxen
haired young German with an everlasting smile, ana
lean man with New gland twang to his voice ana an
exasperatlng way OF looking as II he knew IL all out
wasn't at liberty to tell It, We got around tile stovo anu
formed n symposium. Why these trains never on
time r. asked casually. The man with tine Yankee
tone answered sarcasicdlly They are on timesone-
times" The man with the goggles spoke up; " Tue
reason why through trains so often heaed NJ tnr
destination the timetables are faster IMAM the
trans The advertising schedules are mare ont on t"o
bas. Of what train will do between New York and
Chicago for instance. when under the best crcum
stances without stoppages or delays other than those
nroyided for in tho schedule There other delays In
nine trims ont OF so the passenger gets 10 his ues
tnaton when the train can take him there raCner 'nan
wsen the cornpany SAYS it will land him there The
competition lines has had much TO DO WIN th'
strainng to make the public believe that trains run
between the great terminal points faster than they
really do RIM" Tho young German with the laughing
facn said: Gentlemen. all have orr troubles but my
grievance with the at the gate. lie told me tha
this train an hour and fourteen minutes late. lie
told Of you tnat t was an hour late lie o announcer
OF you that 1t hour and twenty minutes iate lie
mas lust told that there that Is an hour
been III, bal fortune to wait here for train have
always noticed that tho at the gate never tells the
number OF minutes it Ia late twice alike Is 1t custom
Of this country o. We all auyhc1 ana The symposium
broke up while the goggles was trying TO explain
20 Nho German that the gatenan did no Regulate the
movements Of the train any more than the -'ime
schedules.
Mr. Page OF sennett. n. T., who read a recent de-
scrpton gave OF General n. NJ. Curtis says that he
fl,ari af
free exhibition threp gigantic It at the Sher-
man House I'm Chicago. d" happened to meet In the
lobby" SAID Mr. Page, General Sol Meredith. OF In
diana and General Curtis Asking them to wait or me
ran upstairs and Invited Long John Went worth 10
ioin tnem in the Office. When Mr. Wentworth came
down, tho three giants In stature. war ana pohucs
naturally formed group that we used to read IN
the society descriptions. tho cynOsuro OF all eyes IL
was "A remark ble ri ht tho three men. each SIX
feet seven or "a tribe straghten eDseves up To
full height ~ they compared physical noeS m"lo
sa part ot the group with poor nye feet six Inches
OF II iturc by serving foil 10 lie big onos Genera
Meredith has since ,iel lie tall and snewy. but
comp ratvey slender; General Curtis as you have de-
scrihed him. Il broad and mn 'elIar; while Mr. Went|
worth in addition to height carried some 300 or 400
pounds Of 1esh.'
city Attorney ]. Il. C,rliss of Detroit, with whom
WA. chatting IN the Hon man iOnse "a night or two ago
ore some contempt for Gotham on account or the
fact that her telegraph wires stu a5ovo sround He
said: Why Detroit is called sleepy place, because we
have an Old and conservative and wealthy French ee-
nent in uur population that 1, ike the governor on
steam enigma. But Detroit has already three miles or
her principal streets free from telegraph wires which
are mt underground The WORK has been dOlc b. a
system whic was r,t Introduced In Chicago. where It Is
considered success"
Secretary Manning been un'ortunat' in his report
%; ts Treasury Department In that rs ,esns tn have
iai,cI up critics every hand. Colonel james the ola
Collect ~ Francisco SAID To- me last night: Mr.
Mnuuin, says that Ito revenue laws are chaos Thcy
may be- 10 him They ARE not To ans who VIII study
them. The fact IL that more perfect system vas never
devised by human mind for the collection OF revenue
IAN that ia operation undrr this government TIE
laws are in perfect order. No less authority than Mr.
Justice story rel from tho bench that they wrre A.
nearly perfect =, adtptAhiity could make them
rucy havo bcel ERECTED here aud in EnsInl through
tho cxpcrc1cc. n 500 years They tho result
the rive stltc-manshp OF the world. am opposed 70
all tirins The inc,ugruty which Mr. Manning ha- dis
covered think out o. the tarin principles itself
short not by any he laid upon the system Of
collection"
judge Hilton I an TOLD takes great interest in lis
hotel property AMI is constantly looking over everything
that In hotel architecture and appointments
met him the o:hc lay king the RI nds ~ the II nan
IIoI.e und r The guidance ~ Nr. Wall He - aStDu-
i.pei at what he saw Mr. Hilton controls four large
orl proprrtir.-rhe METROPOLITAN ard Park Avenue In
Tan. city ana The Grant Clion aud windsor ut slrltosa
besides the hotel at Garden cay on Long I-lmd
D. Harrington president OF the Nj, ional Academy o,
Design. is tail man ~ somewhat venerable appear
au,r He hasa long npwiu, he .rd Of gray hsh. tull
forehead HLl u,Sr that IL slightly Irnc aud quite
prominent H. hniri getting tltu anl b ld spot
the h.a ~ Ms heal alupnshos his 'rIcn Is II not him.
self ~ inns. r,y,scs Mr.. Hnnulg VI IL considered
- NJ nal
either hy the ulmh,r ~ hs pr,lu'rors 10,
received by him ur -in c picture be- il certainly In the
ffout rank rlcrc f. scarcely an eminent man In the
country whpsn features has PIT II i
cuipls feature - Art that tho men who m Ike sue
pos. branch Of Itnr' always longing to he
.slciucl with other branch In the thratrich
wofIl have urver known really cool comedian who
al not have hanErrius 10 try hts hanh al tragedy.
rlc hr,vy trAolus of ihr stage invariably saying
that they would IKE t. try comedy FOR relief Mr..
liuutia ton was chatting with friend the OF or day
when he sail: " have moro work thln cnn do. am
crowded with orders ~ seems to ma That It woil be
much better be landscape pAuter and work away on
your own idea, bru- b1iheri over slttingS 20
pa any people aud portraits who are not good
sub Gets and yOI do not wait Ia uunt them In such
ri.rs my answer generally IL that an extremely busy
tud That 70 viii br months h'fprs can reach them ana
my price /. 800 cash when the order Il given That
,cner, ly srarrs tncn oil hut rot always. sometimes
yea set caasht cycr ~ that Bar on the otter h'ni
when parura ,,y nice fato present, itself among yonr
nrr4 AMI uly ask, f,r hsttinI whose Forfeiture IL
pleasure it deghtu 10 ~ able 10 flv -, slr asks
oar price, Well it Is o:dnari!v Sl.15O but with You
There shall he question Of price. You shall pay me
your price
Congressman Nnytury OF I've rot. tho younc Dom crat
who Is oppo cd to Don NJ Dol0nsnn'S uuorra L. sway
over the Democratic party ~ Michigan was hero last
week He toll ms thru Mr. Dickinson hId been trippcd
mp by tho Michigan delegates In Congress because by
,iing to consult hem h9 had secured RUNNER Of bad
lppoin ments. Like other Michigan Democrats Mr.
NJ ybury confident that they will be able to swing that
state into the Democratic column permanently after the
next slate election. find there Is considerable reliance
pa the Administration 10 eject this result lie said to
me: The Republican margin ihst fail In The Pres;leE
al election was slender. II came ALTOGETHER from the