New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
CHANCES HERE AND THEME.
NOTES ON MEN AND AFFAIRS IN NEW-fofh
AND ELSEWHERE

by an carly return mall He INSISTS too' u" -.
fling Of letters, and from these files many pio"'.o
Democrat who begging for an Office threc 49, az
ago but has since in his disappointment howica anu
kicked about tho Administration has receiver W
hint that the means exist TO expose him unless "
into line The result Is that he senoranS
falls in Colonel Ingcrson has been hno""
advise his friends TO throw their letters into oasA
and let them remain for three weeks, when 'hcS "o"
answer themselves with occasional exceptions 10
nrove the rvilc General Harrison Is as carciul anu
punctlous in replying TO letters as MI O'''
adoptns the wcllknown rule laid down IN worms VI
the art of lcttcrwrng, that every letter shoul" 10"
a nrompt reply Murat Hastead has been known 10
write some heated letters in his day. which have iouh
their way into print and he Is sad 10 have sen, num-
hers of kilograms overtaac, recall or modlly H''o
before they had reached their destination. MS H
admission that he has frequently adopted TINS 'ou-
dsarms criticism Of all such cpistes. inert j. ooN
hing about mans caniid admission oil MS co"iNiO
lot in the weakness OF humanity that quito u"'"
any battery that has been trained against hln'
senator Quay attends to most Of his correspondence
as chairman OF the Republican Naiional Ooihi
through a secretary but his more important Hl..o
he dictates personally, and not lnirequchuS 80,
himself He believes IN careful detail VOTE, anu "
c,crl. and stcnographcrs arc trained TO take ana
execute orders like soldiers.
1ettcr-wrltlnc through stenographers Is now 50
common that even the ordinary business man COMM
IN Nov-York from smaller centres Of trade now us'
the hotel typcwrers for his correspondence ~
Of them let their letters accumulate FOR se'era VA,
before they cell In stcnoSraphcf' IL j. uo''
fiat rho sicccsfl oil merchants OF the old schooi shu"
tvpcwritcrs as a pcstllcntia Innovation Inv
tive head, Of Icadns corporations have all iaicn i''O
the habit Of writing letters through stenosraPnc's'
and generally take them about In their travels ms
f especially true about railroad men, who IN sp''o "
the Interstate Commerce law, manage 10 securc pS''
as freely as ever.
When tho Interstate Commerce bill went into erect
bv the way Il was supposed that FREQ passes Woud DC
everywhere abolished Tho railroad passenger agents al"
managers so announced with flourish Of trumpes' hu'
whore a rallroad man wills he still finds way ~
an Illustration. may mention the case OF irlcu "'o
applied recently for pass over trunk Hho ~
Western city. scarcely expecting TO get H. Sft o'i"~
COMPELLED by his circumstances. and ircAns una ~,
Indirect services long rendered he was en'''uu
tn TRANSFORMATION. lie told that he could Only ec'
a pass within the lines OF the state IN winch 'i'o
main line Of tho system is Incorporated or pc."'0"
any two points within the boundaries OF sihslc 0'a
Can't YOU fix ne UP FOR ell the states ID tha' way
he asked except between the stations wheh you
cross IN, state INES and le pas for that distance
m the conductor!7 The man Of passes smiled goOu
na+uredIy as he said: Yes, might, but I'll tell you
what III do / know you are entitled 10 inc conslucI%
ton, and III Just engage you In ms tfaVenhs au'r'
tsinr corps for a couple Of days. You shall nave
YOUR travelling expenses for your services Here arc
the passes \ wink and pleasant nod accompanied
the delivery Of the bits OF paper which had mcan"he
been filed up and NY friend came away wiser ana
happy.
In great metropolis like Ncw-Yorl, the methods
by which people earn livelihood are Immensely va
RED An old man who goes about from house 10
house begging for old tin cans says he makes very
GOOD Living by rolling ont the sheets and then paint
ing small signs on them. a Ncw-forker makes an
income of 10000 10 $1,000 year as broker oil
T manufacturing buildings and sites Perhaps the
Oldest trade is that Of the man who goes around 10
the ragpichcrs and buys from them all the perfect
paper bags which they gather. Paper bags arc SO
cheap when new that 10 would seem Impossible that
anv one could make living from buying and selling
I socond-band ones Tho demand for them, however.
is very great among the small fruit stands which
arc to be found all Of the principal streets IhcSe
fruit -dcal,rs, by the way, generally have secret
Arrangement with employee in the Gag stores Dy Whch
they get generous supply Of paper bags in exchange
| for fruit This accounts Tor the fact that on almost
every fruit stand can be assortment OF bags
/ learng the imprint OF drysools, grocery and other
houses.
Two Western cities which are rapidly taking on
! metropolitan airs arc ST Paul and Minneapolis Al
though five niles apart they virtually form one great
city. the metropolis of the great Northwest. III
MINNEAPOLIS there arc tcn-story buildings Of modern
architecture almost as fine As anything I'm NewYorl,
and Thomas Lowry says that 81. Paul has twelve
story building going up for Offices. 1t IS the pecu-
Iarty Of these cities that their people have the dress
and manner, OF Ncw-lOrkcrs mora closely than any
other city in the West except Chicago, and possess
also much OF the rstlcssness, activity and energy OF
/ Cotbanitcs 4 wel-known New Yorker, who went
| recently 10 Minneapolis on a business enterprise
saws that he completed transaction involving
$40 500 I'm thirysx hours after his first conference
with the Minneapolis people who became interested
IN it, illustrating thereby the rapidly with which they
transact business.
Jerome D. GiIlctt who spends great deal Of his
time i'm railroad construction, has just returned from
an extensive trip through several OF the western
| states including Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.
There have never been any such crops in this
country as they are now cutting said Mr. Glett
| " From the AleChancs 10 the Rocky Mountains the
crops are everywhere ma nlhccnt and It VIII strain
the capacity Of the railroads 10 carry 'hcn my ~
movement OF the crop, VIII require such transfer OF
funds that look 70 busy times this fall
Politics IS generally taboocd in the regular army,
ard # IS seldom that an army officer makes any
positive expression Of sentiment upon politics. Dc
tectivc Pryor tells the story that he elected rough
! looking tramp from the Fifth Avenue Hotel one day
whom General Phil Sheridan in the corridor, and
injured Of him with something like pity in his voice
DO YOU have many OF those fellows about here ~
eyes replied Pryor; Il turn score OF them out
every day -. o......,,.
reOindcr he turned and marched down 10 the door
and followed the POOR fellow out mo the street.
Sitting AZ a table In Italian restaurant in lower
Broadway the other day. It was noticed that two men
who were dining at table by the window were favored
with a fine bouquet Of flowers for centre piece
They wers the German Consul and vcc-ConsuL
They lunch al the same table every day and always
find II reserved for them and always decorated with
a bouquet. when tho meal IS finished they Zach
select a flower for thcir butionhocs and 60 of to
their business If well satisfied with the world.
In lower Broadway ragged and harcfooted children
are becoming numerous. They over from the
streets adjacent TO the Battery and the North and
Last river wharvcs IN which cheap lodging houses for
cmigiauts have been long established. 1t IS not an
inircqucnt thing to young girls whose only
cloth ng IS a rough coffee sack cut into a dress.
fumbling under the feet of miOnaircs. Occasionally
there that teach the old adagc anew that