New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.
PASSING NOTES ON MEN AND THINGS THAT
ATTRACT ATTENTION.

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A story Is being told among club men about Mayor
Hewitt which IS asserted to DO true II has at least
te air Of plausblty and creates hearty laugh because
II hits of one OF that officials diosyncracies. There
le a firm OF Democrats on Broadway, both members
Of which havo quiet pull In city affairs which taxes
them frequently TO the City Hall. One OF these gentle
mon IS inclined 10 look always on the bright SIDE oil
Ifc while the other secs the clouds rather thah inc
sunshine. II would seem as though they would not
GET along well In business but tho contrary Is true
They make full The other day something went
wrong with ono of their little schemes and each jumped
70 the conclusion that Mayor Hewitt should DO SEEM
without communicating with each other each struck
bee line for the city Hall. They arrived there within
Gfteen minutes Of each other Neither Knew OF the
otbcr,s visit until aftcrward This is what happened
The cheerful man went in to the Mayor Good
morning. Mr.. Mayor" he said. " IL Is a peasant
morning and you are looking remarkably WE'LL Tho
Mayor looked up quickly as he said In reply, In his
nervous manner: Yes had the first good sleep last
night I've had in month. II only get little
peace here to-day I'll feel like new man. Tho VISITOR
took this gentle hint and with few moro peasantrcs
of the day walked ont without presenting his business
al ALL lie had not been gone ten minutes when his
partner of tho vlsage walked in. Good morning
Mr.. Mayor said the last conner. :" You don't look
we'll l am afraid you still sleep badly. You look
badly Tho Mayor looked up before and with
It said: Yes feel badly. I didn't got a wink OF
sleep night and haven't had good nights sleep
In a month. II could only get n little peace here
to-day, I'd be all right again. Visitor No. TOOK
this as a hint and he also walked out without present
Ing his business They since compared notes and
are wondering If the Mayor did not pay' 1t on them
There has been more or less talk about the latc cx
Senator Conkling since his burial at Utica There
are not a few who believe that the maladT TO which
his strong nature finally succumbed was one OF long
standing and growth. Detective PRYOR. tho big ath-
leto who protects the Fifth Avenue Hotel guests from
Iogues and scalawaCs. was Mr. Conking's swim
ming companion at Manhattan Beach for two three
Mr.. COnklng was a great swimmer. He
could float I'm the water for hours. and is said to have
gone 10 sleep floating and TO have slept for an hour
or moro in that position lie was 4" notona' about
his bathing costumes Tie kent two. and alternatcd
their use so that he might always be sure his suit
wholly dry when he put II After coming out
OF the water he invariably rubbed dry by Barney.
the attendant on the baths and then sp0ngcd with
alcohol Detective Pryor saws that hc believes the
trouble IN Conkllngs head contracted long ago.
He said: 4" Frequently when Barney has been rubbing
the Senator with alcohol he has put his richt hand
up TO his head behind his and asked first Barney
and then myself II there was not swelling or lump
there. AZ his request we have often PASSED our
hands that spot on HIS head. but neither Of us
absccss remembered how he used TO act in the bath
inghouso and IT seems 10 me that be had some all
An old resident If Utica relates that when Young
man, MIR. Conkllng used to seek secluded spots In
tho Mohawk Valley, where for hours he would speak
to the hills. the trees the running water and the
skies, gcstlculatlng earnestly all tho time. Occasional
Iy his voice could be heard long distances startling
the workmcn tho fields passers-by on tho roads
Subway Commissioner Glbbcns rarely goes on the
street without a red I'm his buttOnholo which
contrasts strongly With his pale checks Chatting
yesterday about Ncw-YOrk City. he said: "Takcn as
whole the municipality Of Ncw-Yofk f. in worse
condition than city OF its size in the world You
cannot the earth anywhere In its boundaries that
you do not find 1t full of gas. Its streets are
In horrible condition. It's sewage out Into the
river and IS backed bv tidewater far rs Newburg
emitting stencil and pcstlence It's piers arc rotten,
and lis warehouses for shipping ridculously mad
equate. Why, everything brought TO this port must
warehouse room. These things all known 10 the
city authorities but ono has yoi secured a sufficient
ly comprehensive view and grasp of them TO suggest
any permanent remedy
8 You would be surprised" continued the Commits
sloner, changing the subject. I" to learn how many
people there are IN Network who arc inocnlated
with shis faith cure craze. 1t amounts to fIrore
I'm some circles. They havo lectures. schools where
the methods taught. and both private and pub
lie practice of the faith. 1t Is as remarkable as
II.
one of the lectures with friend who had great faith
in the cure / listened for hour to the lecturer
without gaining a single BIT of information or a
single new idea, when he suddenly came down TO
business and wanted each and every one OF us TO
buy n IS book in which he said the faith euro was
ali explained | thon perfectly the whole poInt
Of the system"
The PROPRIETOR OF the hotel at Coronado Beach
on fbe southern coast OF California. T. B. Babcock
who is a guest at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. is slender
man of perhaps thiIty-eight whose head Is dispro-
portionately large for his body. lie has developed
marked executive ability. and is at the head of the
Coronado Beach Company, which IS engaged in tho
buIldpc M Of the property, by sale to cottagers
Mr. Babcock spent several winters In Florida IL
know almost every foot Of ground in Florida, said
bo al went into the Indian River country nine or
ten wears ago when 1t was wilderness. indeed, /
have shot and nshed all over the State. / was In
The Everglades before Mr. Dsston projected his canal
to drain them have never thought the canal would
effect proper drainage Florida cannot compare in
any way with Southern California as TO climate. We
have no hot weather at Coronado. Last summer there
was onlv one day on which the Thermometer registered
a. ao,oes On three other days Il was above so Int
for IA The rest Of the hot season IL was below so
AZ night the !emIers'Sa snncs of s az, 70 90 or 90
the year Such thing as a lncn sun o. linen
dress IS unknown a. san So iTn there arc no
In Florida the heat and tho icas nearly set me Wild
at tines
Every fair afternoon as the pedestrians become nu.
merous in broadway above TWcniy-thrl-st., little
groups Of half dozen or moro hashlly dressed men
may be observed standing Just few feet oil Brood.
way on Tho west slle 81 The curb OF Sidewalks In
Twenty-nfih, Twcnty-slKlh. Twcny-seventh, Twenty
eight and Twenty ninth rs. Some Of them are young
fellows with buiionhls bouquets others Of mature
years ard hart,nnd iaccs Their common occupation
Is tho same thai OF staring al and commenting upon
ladies' who may pass By. Some Of their remarks arc