New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-28
CHANCES HERE AND THERE

Persons who occupy the ront TO" Oh sco'9 81 90"
Casino have grievance. II they want opera glasses
they have to rcnt then in the old way, by gong 20
the boy who keeps them in the lobby. They contend
that they arc as much entitled dropa quarter glasses
as the rest Of the house Eghtysx pairs OF glasses
were automatically rented Tuesday night. and AFTER
the performance usher whispered TO Mr. Barton
that only eghty-fve had been returned We'll, thcro
was 40 help for It The management counted on
losing few pairs. Couldn't expect every theatre
goer 10 be honest SO the lights turned out and
everybody started home. Just as the last DOR was
being closed man I'm evening dress, Blowing like
porpose rushed in from the street with the MISSING
glasses I'm hts hands between gssps he pufed out
the information that he had thougatiessly hfnplea
the pair in his overcoat pocket, and dld not learn
glad don't you know, ah ~ get back In time 10
return hem He wouldn't have kept them over night
for considerable fortune, pom me "oru'
The brilliant centennial Grafton delivered by DIT.
r. S. Storrs, of Brooklyn, in 1876, stih furnishes
Illustration for many another preacher, and quotations
from It are frequently heard In other puplts IMAM
that Of the Church Of the Pilgrims. The fohownE
eloquent paragraph was recently used in paper on
The Signs OF Hopen by the Rev. Dr. Henry Barrows.
Of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Wild
the comment that the writer knew OF no passage Id
modern literature more inspiring than these words
"Not only where assembled, as we are
here will It be honored 0he anniversary of the sign
and remote will have part In the commemoration'
The sailor on the sea Will 1t, and dress his ship
In its brightest array of flags and bunting Americans
dwelling in foreign lands will note and keep It, Lon
don itself will be more festive today because OF the
great event which hundred years ago shadowed its
streets, incensed its Parliament, and tore from the
crswn Of the obstinate King the chcfcst jewel On
the bouevards OF Paris, in the streets Of Berlin ana
along the level bastions Of Vienna at Marsetes. and
al Florence upon the silent liquid ways of Venice, In
the passes Of the Alps, under the shadow OF chutcn
and obelisk palace and ruin, which still prolong the
majesty of Rome: yea, further east, on the bos-
phorous and in Syria; in Egypt, who writes on TIE
front Of ifs compartment in the great Exhibition Inc
Oldest people OF the world sends Its morning Hee,ng
the youngest Nation; along the hegnts I DenIhi
Bombay, the foreign hOngs OF Canton In te lsidhus
Of the Morning. which found the dawn OF their new
age In the startling sight OF all American squadron
have thought Of this day and who Join with us 10 greet
its coming
small and harmless but extremely lively turtle
was found crawling around the floor Of the subTreas
ury yesterday. The most authentic accounts OF MS
peregrnatons agree In the opinion that he was III
tending evidently to reach the ear OF Assistant lrea
McCue, and his purpose may have been 10 cri'-
else recent appointments or to suggest new ones
1t is certain that he must have escaped from coun-
trymans basket for he showed early in his political
career an absolute lack OF knowledge of the premises
While his hppers proved that he could navigate small
streams his course across the floor was an evidence
that he did not know the ropes" at the sub-Treasury
His Ignorance of the fundamental principles Of pot-
cal economy his ruin but his face was his fortune
At first his appearance caused the greatest dlsInay
among the guardians of Uncle sams' treasures, put
when he arrested he presented such an ih'cnseI
and harmless front that he petted Immediately
! He was ncknamed Innocuous Desuctude,' and nc
! home. 1t could not be learned however, whether
! the United States officer who conferred the name was
Democrat Or Republican hold-over'
DR.. Lyman Abbot, of Plymouth Church, delivers his
sermons generally with studied dignity and precision
Occasionally however, he reveals vein of umor that
| Is relished even by the sedate Plymou b Church
| worshippers On recent Sunday he said Il can
enter the bowels of the earth says Science, and
gather up and utilize the vast resources for mans COM
fort that have lain dormant and undiscovered since
the world began We thank thee for that Science.
L can bride the electricity that flashes through the
hcs and make IL minister to the uses OF civilization
We thank thee for that science i can run railroad
trains nom Maine to California at the rate of fifty
miles an hour. We thank thee for that. Science 1
can explore the heavens and calculate the movements
of the celestial bodies TO nicety We thank thee for
that Science I reach under the ocean from CON
tinent TO continent and annihilae time and space
We thank thee it, Science Il can coiect ana us
tribute the news of the world single night and at
your breakfast table you can read IL III your noWs-
| sc}ence9 mo- saws Science. sOrfOwfuy, mo power
on earth visible invisible, make the papers tell
| the truth
why don't people who live in fat-houses Keep
| their household goods off the fre-escapes?" sara
! fireman TO the writer recently. "They know IL IS
against the law, for every now and then somebody Is
| fined for IL; and they must know how dangerous IL
| s in case of fire l have known peopb deliberately
cover up the opening in the floor OF the hreescapo
with boards so that their children might play on inc
balcony in safety or that the vasherwoman might
hang out the clothes without getting nervous seeming
TO care nothing that by doing all access from one
story 10 another was wholly cut off, This seems to be
favorite place. too, for the family refrigerator,
neat little thing to remove in hurry In case OF a
stampede from the flames. have seen so much stun
piled up there that the shutters could not actually Do
opened wide enough to let child PASS hroueh' "'
alone woman hafcrazed with fear The careless
ness of tenants downtown, too about 1r Is
They seem To hirk that II they have their goods IN
,ed that is all that is necessary. II there were no
insurance don't believe there would be half so many
fires"