New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-22
ODD BITS HERE AND THERE.
pRIFTwoOD OF INCIDENT, ANECDoTE AND
PERSONAL TRAITS.

:, os an atbiete and powerfully built man, with
inteiIiaence stamped by nature HIS features ana
evidently improved by culture and observation. in'
General has devoted much OF his time recently ~
lecturinr He IS a great friend Of General Mcnhoi
Kerwin. of The Irish Tablet" with whom met him
in broadway the other day. General Kerwin mas
.lvays been Republican and maintains his ooiors
I'm spite of Democratic success General Burho oo
leves that the Republican party only como paoA
TO power through tho nomination Of Mr. Blaine ~
is certain said he. that Dlaines denomination Will
set our people wild and they win give larger vote
twice over TO the Republican ticket than they gave
in 1884 II Blaine is not nominated It will dIshearen
them They will reason that the Republican party
cares more for Mugwumps than for them and VIII
act accordingly"
A bandsome Iooknt soldly built foreigner who
IN a guest nc ths Fifth Avenue Hotel Is sismuno
spitzer He is wealthy young Austrian, whose
mission in this country is the investment OF caplai
for himself and friends in enterprise OF some magh
tude He is q brother OF DR.. Splitter, the famous
surgeon of tho Royal Guard Of Austria, and bis homo
IA Vienna He was for fifteen years prominent
miller there lie carries with him q talsiman ina.
bss been in his family for 100 years and is supposed
to protect tho from violent death or accident
One of his brothers It ON his breast on the hea
of battle and a bullet lndented 1t which otherwise
would have pierced his body. Another brother VINO
wore it was sitting In railroad car by the slae Va
n woman when an accident occurred which cost the
woman her life. but left him unframed When
Slgmund Splitter to America the brother VIM
had this talsman said to him: "You are going to
a wild country. There is no telling what dangers
of life you may encounter. Take this talisnan as
YOUR protection So far he has had no exciting
adventures. but he is going out to California next
month and relies the talisman to pull him through
all right.
Aqueduct Commissioner Barnes Is civil engineer
by profession. He had much to do with the survey
ing of the west Shore and South Pennsylvania roads,
He takes deep interest in all the public improve
ments Of New. York. and as l came down town WIN
him the other day he pointed out the line Of the pro-
posed underground railroad to connect this city and
Brooklyn, and give the Long Island Railroad system
an outlet in this city. This is project that Is
sensible and feasible. that has sufficient money behno
1t and ought to be carried out" he said "The New
York exit Will 10 Eleventhst., close to tho
Ninth Avenue Elevated Road. There will be eleva-
tor stations to bring the passenger; up 10 the oe
passes undor them This VIII relieve the pressure
on the Brooklyn Bridge, which ought also TO be re-
lieved by the proposed bridge at Blackweps Island
II occurred to me that the Commissioner might have
some opinions OF value about tho Brooklyn Bridge,
which Is the object Of so much solcude at the present
time. He fell easily into conversation about 1t ana
said among other things: 1t Is perfectly obvious 10
any who has taken the trouble to watch operations
at the Bridge entrances that the structure is not being
worked up to its full capacity. 1t is also perfectly
obvious that the principal for this is the loss
OF timo In switching and making changes at
either end Of the Bridge There Is only one practical
solution for this sort Of difficulty, which Is TO make
the track continuous and save all the switching Inc
question how this can be done best and most caoapy'
requires closer study than have given the matter
even to hint at opinion. 1t seems to me that the
Bridge should be put In order to work up to It's fuli
capacity Then II It does not pay the interest on its
bonds the price Of transportation should DO raised ana
let the ferries have sucn OF the present custom as
cannot afford to pay the increase There IS no sOund
reason why the public should pay for the communlca-
ton between Brooklyn and New-York any more than
between New-YOrk and Jersey City or New-forh anu
Chicago. The Bridge should be made to pay lts ex
penses and the Interest the debt that was created
TO build it,
when tho Church Of the Holy Trinity, at Forty
second-st. and Madson-ave.. undertook tho expert
ment Of importing a pastor from England in tho
person Of the Rev. Dr. T. Wapole Warren there were
not few sceptcs who doubted the success Of the trial
The doubters have all convinced by events OF the
| wisdom Of the importation. The church was heavily
in debt partial legacy from Dr. Tyngs days and
| the subsequent differences. The new pastor has
proved that he has Keen business side to his nature
as well as u spiritual side. lie has cleared oil the
| debt and put the church on basis to pay It's ex-
penses from pew rents and plato contributions The
Easter morning offerings effected the payment OF the
last Of the $4,000 or $4,000 Of debt DR.. warrens
methods straight from the shoulder. He Is a
| fcatherwelght in size, but he had vlgor enough to
prevail over the purses Of his rich parshloners He
set day for Charity When he had preached
| 1t, he explained that scheme of finance had been
carefully prepared the details of which would be found
In the pews, In printed form. Now" said he, |
| know how you abhor charity sermons So do l. 1t
Is unpleasant for me TO be obliged to preach charity
to you as It is for you TO listen IL this scheme sue
al ALL A n
If doesn't shall keep on preaching charity until the
debt Is paid for don't believe In church hi,n with "a
his composition and he says that rather than listen to
another OF his charity sermons the pewholders paid
| up.
In store where BIRDS fishes and animals are sold
watched attendant putting together the material for
a small aquarium. Is It not great trouble to keeI
the fishes allvel ~ l asked You must change the
water daily must you notl' "Not more than once
years was his reply. That was the oldfashionet
aquarium before the scientists had discovered for Us
the oxygen producing plants You that bit of plant
under the rocks there's Well that is oxygen producing
We put IL in with the fishes where 1t serves at once
aquarium that l am finishing Will not require
change Of water for at least eighteen months. Their
by changing the water 1t Will 80 another year or yeaI
and q hall"
The visit Of Mayor Roche Of Chicago to this city
during tho week was for the purpose Of thoroughly
investigating the elevated railroad system. Chicago
has proposition to build elevated roads now under
consideration and will probably adopt It at leas
some elevated system at an early day
The annual meet Of tho Coaching Club would no
be complete without tho attendance of Colonel Isaac
Ii. Reed. He has been one OF the we'll known four
INLAND drivers for long that the drive would
| Incomplete without him. lie Is lank figure Of man
with complexion as brown as a native OF India anC
snowwhte beard and hair. The contrast between h
hair and skin Is so sticking that he would be 10
marked anywhere, even II his dress was not peculiar
Ills attire Is that Of an oldtme beau He wear
gloves OF pronounced color ties of brilliant hues and
scarfpn that are each worth fortune Recently ha
begun to show the ravages Of time having been
what I'll, and yesterday OF his driving companion
were discussing the probability OF his handling tn
four finland relns this spring Z" I'll bet a hundred