New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-28
FROM DIFFERENT POINTS Of VIEW.

The president Of the Wachusett National Bank OF
rtchburg, Mass. is o. ii. Lawrence lie Is sienuor
nan with an intellectual face and skcn side WHISPERS
md ts more like a college professor than banker
Mr. Lawrence Is in New-York at present having come
down from New England one OF the belated ana
ow-bound trains of Thursday night In chatting
yes erday about business he said: ""hateVer there
a in the business outlook that Is undesirable Is due To
he unsettled condition which results from the asita
tion of the tariff question Manufacturers especially
are undecided what steps to take In their business
bee ause they cannot tell what will or Will mol DO zone
with the tariff think there will be nothing done this
session but in any event II would better to go right
aOng and take the cha In some lines oil ous e,s
In New England there has been better trade
than present In the boot and shoe line ana Ia na
ehinery, there Is especially good BUSINESS
The agitation at Albany the unsafe condition of
the ceiling of the Assembly Chamber recalls the fact
that Governor J. R. Bodwell, of Maine, and ]. G.
PATTERSON offered year ago TO undertake to complete
the Capitol on contract for a specified sum MI Bat
terSon said yesterday We offered to finish thu
Ca ito for 81 1t will cost 100000 under
the present of conducting the worA, and as
fact 1t will never be fin shed We cOu dn ger rny
sctiOn when made offer becaus Governor I'm
feared the Republicans might benefit by 1t and they
nstrusted hin. So nothing was dOne'
Ex-Congressman william A. Russel's broad and
genial face, with its English side WHISPERS Of the
mutton chop cut, was In the Fifth Avenue Hotel
yesterday. Mr.. Russell Is of the wealthy paper
nanufacturers Of New England. His home is at Law
renee, Mass Chatting about Bay state politics, he
sad: at is too early to foreshadow the result of
the Repub State Convention. congressman Grape
and biting az mentioned for Governor and presume
Governor Ames will desire another term. In National
politics the tariff Issue has become direct that
Will overshadow all other Considerations, thcr of
me- or measures There is only thing bu done
IN this campaign and that is to settle tn; tariff ques
GOn."
The senior member of the firm Of Clark & O'BIfen,
who are the principal contractors the Croton
Aqueduct is Heman Clark He may be seen going
into the Stewart Building, Chambers-st. and Broad
way, almost any morning about o'cock-an angular
ax-footer, with broad shoulders and long black
board He a student under General Garfield when
the latter was still schoolteacher His first great
contract work was In constructing portions If the
Northern Pacific Railroad under the admins traton
Henry Willard He also Of the heaviest
contractors for the construction of the South
Fennsyv ana Railroad His Aqueduct work
has been only "slde-show.7 for during
Branch of the ST. Paul Railroad one of the most i'm
portant railroad extensions Of the year the West
MI Ciark IS said to be worth several million dollars
The Aqneduct contracts of his firm have been profit
able, being nearly all sublet
The custom started by French magazine publishers
Of printing their illustrations in colos is be
followed in this country. II. H. Wright. who is
neced with The Cosmopolitan Magazine says that
their plates for February will be printed in coors after
the french style. The process is photographic
To young NewYork artist, George Dc Madura
Pxoo, there has been offered the of the Regents
Room al the Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
while he is painting life size portrait of ChlefJustce
Waite The offer has been accepted The painting is
for the Ohio Society Of New-York in whose rooms IL
Is TO be hung Mr. PeiXottO is a of h. f. PeiXotO.
who formerly United States consul al Lyons,
France, and he has already distinguished himself by
painting portraits of Cardinal Manning, Bishop Gil
nOur Of Cleveland, and the late Chancellor Elliott Of
81. louis.
CHAELES DICKENS CHARMS HIS AUDIENCE.
reading works OF Charles Dickens ia al
reminder of their immortal truth and power.
One wonders how he could have enjoyed" them.
Their oulgrOwn But when they read
BY elooutoBist the present Charlie Dickens
TIE charm apparent Mr. Dlckenss programme
opened with "DI Margod" and its
tam pic cheap jack" Little sophy her
bestng mother WHO wasn't bad wife but had temper
SoYhys deaf sndduub by abolition the Cheap
Jack DOCTORS effective prescription AMI the little
tsndchl who could speak though he parents were mute
The audience dismissed with the elder Welers wall
abb" but had desire for alb and would have
preferred 10 have remained ChicEerng Hall and hear
sort Notwithstanding tLcy had already
been listening TWO hours and half.
Charles Dickens read from his fathers WORKS Doctor
dagos Prescription ami Bob Sauyer's Party 10 Mr..
PICK Sik before and welpeased audience at so
eauon Hall last night