New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-06
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


One OF the great faults OF the electric cars has
Deen found to be the influence Of the accumuators on
watches. Unless watches constructed so as not
TO be subject electric effects they invariably STOP
or at any rate perform remarkable feats OF
time keeplng. while the owner takes a trip on the
new vehicles There a case the other day. how
ever In which mans watch was not affected He
jumped on an electric with friend, and soon
after discussion began with the electric influence
on watches as a subject
Docs the accumulation affect your watch 7" asked
the friend looking earnestly at the others chain.
Not I'm the least,' the answer.
Had It adjusted, eh n
"Nope; but II doesn't affect it a bIt'
That's funny; III bet you haven't the right time
don't know about the right time, but III bet my
watch isn't lnfucnced.7 he snapped pulling out his
chain. and displaying a pawn-tlckct attached to tho
end Of 1t. And his friend purchased the stimulants
1t is popular delusion that public conveyances
do better business rainy days. than on clear ones
At least so far tho Fifh-ave. staGelinc Is con-
cerned this supposlhon IS not true, for praemnent
among the for last years record. Is the one
that the company has been hampered by bad weather
The weather statistics condensed In the COM
panys last report show that the year has been un-
paralleled for bad weather. The blizzard in Marcn
first There were but three clear days In May,
WHICH ought 10 nave Ueen tno HlOhth' hAOAN
were but five clear days in September, and about tho
same in October. During the autumn, there were
nine consecutive Saturdays and Sundays Of rain, and
On each of these gloomy days, the receipts fell OH
by sums ranging from $50 to $3.50"
The Government crop returns show that oregon
has the greatest yield per acre Of winter wheat OF
all The States being an average Of sixteen and three
tonths bushels The willamette Valley, the greatest
producing portion Of Oregon, through which the
Oregon Pacific Railroad TO It's terminus at IA
quna Bay, has average of between twenty ana
twenty five bushels to the acre. large portion OF
this is now being shipped TO San Francisco by way
of the new steamships Of the Oregon Development
Company. new steamship, the Yaquina Bay, left
Now-York a few weeks ago to take her place in the
line, and arrived at San Francisco on saturday.
Hello, there goes an old acquaintance Of mine,
sort Of one-sided Acquaintance know him but he
doesn't know me-" mddle-aged ex-Governmen
empoye sitting in the corridor Of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel said this of handsome brown-whiskered man
Of medium height, In a handsome overcoat and
brand silk hat, who entered rather hurr1edy,
walked straight to the Office snatched up pen as If
minute were worth million and deposited on the
register the autograph Of Jay a. Hubbeu. In lify
the Mchgandcr disappeared in HIS the second
floor. Yes, that's Two Per Cent Hubbel as the boys
used 10 call him in 49," continued the man who
once worked for Uncle sam. "Why1 Don't you nc
member his two per cent circular He was rusher,
I tell YOU when money was wanted for campaign
and tho boys were always glad enough 10 contribute
their mites Whenever he came along. remember,
though. one fresh yOungstcr who said that Hubbel
must walt until hs had drawn at cast one years
salary before asking for per cent of IT,
A man who looked like Henry WatteSon went TO
TIE American Institute Fair the other day, and stool
for long time beside the big Corss engine that
runs all the machinery. "some people call me d
crank he sOHloquized Well, so be IT, The world
Is run by a crank. See how the small crank OF this
engine runs all the machinery in this big building He
took up a pair Of shears Z" This blade is 10000 Re
rublcans the other is 20 coo Democrats. They come
together every four years and try 70 cut cach
OF hers heads of. The power that brings them To-
Ccher IS a cranA.' Inc speaker was Marx Twain
No crosstown street IN the city shows the approach
Of business uptown more clearly than Forty second
st. between Fifth and Sixth 1t was only
short time ago when this block was composed OF
stately houses that Stunned the sight Of sign, but
now nearly all the Easements in the eastern part OF
the block contain stores and shops Of various kinds
There seems to have been way Of avoiding them
for demand has made them absolutely necessary. In
Twenty thrd-st, years ago, there were few small
stores first then Stern Brothers put big build
ing and opened their large establishment others
sprang up around 10 like mushrooms until the street
became lined with the great stores that are there now
Forty -secOnd-st is going the same way IL Is only
| a question of few years when 1, VIII De crowded
with big retail stores.