New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
CHAT on TIMELY TOPICS.

Tbcre has como into my possession an interesting
vcnr Of the famous Tppecanoe- -Tyertoo campaign
OF 1870 II is sheet OF log-cabin' letter paper
Il IS so a clerical friend informs about tho size
OF the sermonpa Of the present day, and IS OF
fairly good quality 1t is unruicd. something between
quarter and third Of the first page covered with
wood-cut. This cannot be pronounced fine specimen
OF art but under the circumstances deserves more
than passing notice. surrounding the whole. in
somewhat irregular form, Is what suppose may be
called SCROLL which consists OF corn wheat oats, twiSs
Of appctrses bearing appropriate fruit, etc. rather
lndlscrlmlnately mingled. The apples seem perfectly
sound but something IN the appearance of some OF them
suggests the turnp rather than the fruit when tenpteu
Mother Eve. Enclosed in the border work on the
left side Of the sheet Is portrait of the grandfather OF
the present Republican candidate for the Presidency
He wears heavy black neckcloth and is seemingly
yrranped in capacious and comfortable great coat.
little Of his hone1 stard collar IS visible. His
hair IS carelessy arranged, several locks in front fall
Ing over his forehead in a manner that suggests
bang The nose Is prominent and the mouth las
stern and melancholy expression.
On the righthand side OF the sheet. and occupying
twothirds of the upper section, IS log cabin with the
appropriate surroundings. There are trees and cul-
vatcd fields in the distance Near the cabin door Is
group Of men two OF them soldiers with cockaded
hats at the feet OF one is uOB. CHO VI 'hc 1"0''
mas one hand raised and pointing in the direction of
team of horses attached to plough. which are little
way off, The other soldier IS seated on huge log of
wood and close by stands man who is apparently the
propretor of the cabin Alongside Of the logs are two
barrels one of them lies its side the other is stand
Ing on end. The lying down bears the words
Hard Cider' and boy drawing some of Its contents
in pitcher Probably the cider for the two soldiers
In the door Of the cabin, which has three WIN
dows and thaiched roof, stands woman, quietly
! observing all that IS going on. Underneath the
cabin and almost hidden in the bordering are the
words: Published q sold by Marine q Co.., II wall
ST. cor Of Broad New-York' and beneath the whole
on the left you read: Entered according to act Oh
| Congress in the year fs4O by l. Marine a I: I;
Durant in the Clerks Office OF the district court OF
the Southern district Of Ncw-fork-" on the rgh'
s n dim line almost wiped by time for the date
With the figures "1s4O7 l am wondering whether
some enterprsng sta'iOner Will not make fac-simile
Ioo . so wtH he likely TO make nice little sum Of
| money out of 1t. The sheet Is remarkably Wei pre-
| served.
| Everybody who has heard Senator Frye speak
knows that he is forcble, imprisoned eloquent and
| convincing He speaks with his whole body. Put
him behind desk and he would not be at all at home:
lie believes with the old Greek, In action acuon'
action Tic wants free and open platform, where
he can move about and walk back and forth His
language Is wcll-chosen, his illustrations are pointed
and tis argument is clear and logical. lie has one
REGULARITY in the Of words. rather, Of word,
that IS sure 10 attract attention as soon as IS heard
For the past tense Of The verb snow, ne used a
- asked him to show II 70 ne, and he shew it,
In recent speech which heard him make ne used this
form OF show as many a. twenty times. This reminds
me Of my former college president, who invariably
used in conversation and IN the classroom inc col,
| for was not7 or were noL'
Most Of the mistakes in grammar and most Of the
bad English to be found in newspapers arc properly
| chargeabe 10 the haste with which the copy IS
handled and tho type and corrected In the weekly
papers or the monthly magazines the excuse can
not generally be made. The work there is done with
greater dcberaton and the proofs are gone over
repeatedly. Even then sometimes creep in.
happen 10 recall at the moment that in the Ingcrsol
Field controversy which has enlivened the pages OF
The North American Review" whom IS used in the
nonnative case in this (Which It IS needless
TO saw Is Colonel ngcrsOs II IS In his second con
trbution) Why should a God Of infinite wisdom create
| men and women whom he knew would be 'incurably
bad ~ can see how man might write that or
dictate It; but can't how It passed the editor
and the proofreadcr II appears uncorrected In the
pamphlet issue Of the ldIngcrsoll papers But what
set ont 10 say I'm this paragraph IS that work IS some
times hastily done even a monthly magazine A
friend has Just told OF case where an article
intended for certain issue in at The last moment
and had TO be got ready in hurry. For some reason
the proofs wero not read thoroughly in tho usual way
and my friend did not examine the paper carefully
untn he got the proofs OF me elsct1,yPeu plates
means throwing away any plate on which changes are
necessary. In this case 1t was found that some
lamentations were absolutely required. For example
the author. literary man OF experience ana ,astG
had written ready made mems clothing" Tho cor
rectlons were reduced TO minimum, however. The
magazine in question would probably never have hcarc
the last of It il 1t had gone to press containing such an