New-York tribune., 1889-12-30
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

General sherman. in his speech before the PAN
American delegates. spoke oi his meeting
Dom Pedro on the opening day Of the Centen-
NAL Celebration Of the Declaration Of Independ'
encc in Philadelphia in 1875. The General said
THAT, If his memory served him right, that immortal
instrument at the time being read TO the assem-
bled multitude by Mr.. Harrison relative OF the Pres
ident. and lneal descendant Of the benjamin har-
rson who a Governor OF Virginia and ssner
Of the Declaration. General sherman's memory was
partly at fault for once The reader Of the Declara
ton Of independence at Philadelphia, to whom Dom
Pedro and 10000 Others listened Colonel Richard
Henry Lee. of MillwoOd, Clarke County. Va, "A
great grandson Of the Richard Henry Lee. Of Revolu
tonary fame, who not only signed hut read tho
original document 10 the assembled Continental con
gress' the .rst time 1t was ever uttered ~ pI%Dmc PIC
COlOnc' Lee i relative nf President Iarl,ohs now
although he took different view If The struggle
Of l-6l 80, and wa. throughout mat conflict on the
stan of General Juba A. Early. Colonel Lee is now
lawyer farmer in the shenandoah VALLEY
A fair lady writes: Can't You explain about gain
ing and losing a day when You 60 round the world
jules Verne muddled all up and every one that tries
to explain it makes my head 20 round, too Ger
tainIy ma'am, only you must fix your mind on one
thing at time and not let 1t 90 a-wanderlng
like the little pig that wouldn't stand sun
long enough to be counted. Well, ther there is no
day lost or gained. What you Will lose or gain II
you 60 round the world besides some pleasant com
pany-wherefore. don'u a date, not day In traV-
cling westward, each date, commonly called day
the that for each degree Of longitude passed
you have added four minutes t1 the twentyOui
hours. If at noon, when by custom you change your
date you-nd you have traversed fifteen degrees theh
vour day. has contained twenty I'VE hours Instead
of twenty four. In going to the eastward ulc con
ditiOns would be reversed, ana Your d"l' CdHeu ~
day would contain but twenty y-tIree hours. But
II YOU and your friend should stand back to Dach ~
New NOrh, and starting at the same instant . T"ln
straight round the world each walking exactly three
and
would both meet and pass halfway in exactly ,,'Vo
eyactiv : 900 hour state the time in hours and
you VIII grasp IL Immediately
New-York probably abounds in as many archltectu-
raj freaks and ecceutrclties any other metropolis
in the world but il has building at least lha'
seems to be absolutely unique. This Is nothing less
than an apartment house the east side OF LeNlnE
ton-ave known as The President Probably inc
name was suggested by the fact that the former resi-
dence of OK President Chester Arthur Is near pS ."
The same avenue But the architectural treatment
of the idea is 10 say the least peculiar. The building
* four stories high with a front of brownstohe' Oi
the front are the heads Of every President from WASH
ineton to Cleveland cut out in high reiei ADove 'g
G,ur windows each and i'm the middle Of cach traleu
t ver tb~ centre Of the doorway is the head 0i
Wabinrto and from the supporting brackets ON ea'Il
side project the heads 0t two Other loHcI , 49,
The NatiHn over the window the right Oh ile u""l
v IA tbc head of Lincoln aud that Of Grant i on
I lot The architecture seem, to be Of no particular
order and the front of the building. not more utdI u
t,t, re fec vide is so crowded with windows that
IL lacks The effect of breadth. blt thc Htl". ~. ~
ySb fbe twcnty two head, pop ont from the front
IN ,pr,etrical array Is confusing to the eye and Ho'
altogether pleasing
Many are the devices lawyers have to adops 70
collect debt, from young men about t'"h' '""
often one of the most difficult things 10 40 y ."
serve a summons and complaint upon the reeai'l'ld"'
dcltor II hc is pretty alert and Keeps MS eyes
10
servers almost los intuition BJt the latest dooEe oi
t,c LEGAL fraternity j, that seems TO WORK every
time a. it Justly should, because OF me hi-h aF''s"O
merit and simplicity OF the scheme. The 7eedy AM,
ofcntimes greasy deputy sheris are discarded anu
the LEGAL document j, entrusted 10 an innocent ana
4ttr,cfiyr vouuc lady, VINO call, upon ii- ofllHq',l
and ,cud, hu word that size has note she can ouiy
deliver 10 him iu person. ilhhlh- lldt ic na9 Ia
a new couquc-t Or accomplished something u"c ueuiN
lattcring 10 his vanity. hc cleel7 ci u7l, III,
and has no hesitation in avoW.nc ms lltnuy VIII g
ebc has made ouifc sure that ne is the person She
wants. ,h. hands him the dcte'ted summons ana
with a dcmurc smile departs. II seem, L. DE a gogI
thnr All around II ANYTHING will mitigate the
pretty maiden instead Of moudy old lmnsel.on G Oh
some court aud the lawyers find 1t much cheaper 10
employ pretty yonng grl thah one ol 'irse Scn''S
TO hang around several GAYS watching ioF HIS nii''
Along with the other habit, which lind their graft
fcation in drugs Of kind or another such as the
~qunine habit and others Of like ilk must be cassed
that Of the orange phosphate grOwler.' as an mp
TOWN druggist terms it. The other day while the
writer was waiting for prescription to be filed "a
small boy came into the store with an empty glass
lar such as is used for holding canned fruits The
druggist mixed four glasses Of orange phosphate one
Gnv Maid him DO cent, and went away. before the
comuoundng OF the prescription was imlshed a hu@
o sI GiIed With the phosphate nectar The druggist
said he had regular patronage OF lhi' tlul,t , tcl
/ auy one Of them missed sending around Of an even
ing he knew that they were away from nome OF Ihde
| something unusual was the matter
Every winter the tramp nuisance assumes larger
and larger proportions in New-I0rh and 1t must be
source Of wonder to many persons who take the
trouble 10 think where they stow themselves away
| nights. Of course the more fortunate Of them VINO
have berced enough for a nights lodging 90 to the
chc,p lodging houses along the EOwery and the side
streets But the other, find shelter best they can.
and one Of their idvOrite hauuts ON sharp cold
risht is the Ncwlork Postoihcc The steam radiators
which warm its corridor, furnish q HNorte resting
place. and when the Watchmal: VINO litPucHtF WahH,
lis rounds, drives them ont oi one sdc 0l lhc Dulp
ING they 0uictv steal In al the other. Ihey seem 10
A., harmless but their faces all have a gdint hungry
,ool and the intensity with which thcy regard per
-or ,rfn mills out some money to pav for postage
stamp j, not reassuring to persons with "caA nerves
our rraudmothers knew what they were talking
,rout when they used to caution against getting
oyerIeatcd Now. only not every man j., 30 far
Slave to the double meaning Of the word cold that
we have To endure a banana temperature everywhere
o,fent out-ofdoors where Nature declines TO follow
cow can't regulate the heat oh. yes for YOU
regulate il hot. How does 50 strike You as
rational t.mperaturl Vow look at the nearest
fGc~r 1lecr and see what IL one man love, 10
No. d bot IA feel an aggressive of heat glowing
mn AND down his spine and browning hi, hair 10
nice cri.n. eight mcckly endure. one suffers some
d.. tl inc men will rise and stick the saamandcr
iu bot wa,tcOat steam Jacket. SO 90 speak and.
let him enjoy himself without being permitted To
punish them.
Tie world does move. Wilmington. Del Is grad
ualv getting used TO the thought Of paid Fire De
Iartment.
Ingenious inventors. pray devote the first eleven
months Of 1890 some Of you, . the perfection Of
patent improved pocket lasso, wherewith the patient
yet deeply ,corncd Christmas shopper Gn the mas
culine) NAV deity catch the back hair or the star
board ear Of the coy and CaprcOu> maiden who stands
behind tine cOuutcr,-cvery counter, indecd.-,cclng
things ever $40 far away. but not YOU. Standing 80
near and 80 long waiting Others but never on YOU