New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-28
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

II does not take the Italian immigrant long after
his arrival in this country to set himself up In bush
ness He Is so attentive his work and manages 70
live so economically that no soon finds himself IN pos
session OF what is TO him faiE income. one 81 tne
many examples OF his industry and success IS we
case Of iltte closest dark skipned man who less
than year ago began 10 seIl oranges and apples at
Fourth-sve and EIghthst. At that time bis stand
was OF the rudost sort and his stock IN trade was not
worth more than couple of dollars, perhsps. flVm
limo to time additions, such bananas, pcanuts ana
cheap candy appeared on his stand until ne was
forced to enlarge hts booth When his dealings IN
creased st further he fitted MP new place on the
sidewalk. which was rather Imposing when compared
10 his first venture He did so well and apparently
made 80 much money that no was encouraged 70
branch out stln further. This time no star'eo
boOtblack chair by the side OF his NUT STAND auu
hired another ItaIsn 10 look after that part o. INC
business few weeks ago he sent Tor MS WIG anu
boy and now the three of them arc engaged IN car
| rylng on their modest little undertaking Mto
stand has appeared only few yards from the nrst'
and hls Is cared for By the wife. This seems 70 %
strategic scheme to Keep out composition, or pern3ps
70 was impossible 10 enlarge tho booth sunicehty
meet the growing trade. The shoe brushes re ln
charge of the hoy little chunk of fellow with faee
as brown a. o berry and syes Sparkling win mlscn'el
He "a so energetic and attentive to customers thai ne
Is prime iavorite and takes in great many i've
Gent pec tbrglna business I'm ana the marks ths
osSnori,y arr seen Ia their neat dress and general
sSs q bss6 peope Is Ss fact s The
and mother seem unable TO speak wVIo va a.
The young bootblack, however, piohs up "oiuS "N
phrases rapidly
soue hears great deal about providing defence
for the city Nowadays said NewYor the otner
day. "The last scheme, believe, was system Oh
pouring oil on the waters OF the Bay, ana then ig
hitting Il No one doubted that this would keep out
foreign ships Of war, bur peope did not take kndy
TO plan which would burn up tho city. IL was tnas
old game, where man has to die to win NOW,
seems 10 me that II we could In some way arrange
a system Of subways under the water at the Narro"S
we need have no moro alarm about proper deience
for the CITY, In the first place. II It were KNOWN 70
the world that we had fitted UP such hendish ar
rangemeut no Intelligent commander OF Ioreisn
man-ofwar who had read American newspapers, eouio
DO induced under any circumstances 70 come "i'nh
fifty miles of our harhor. II he persisted however,
IN defync all the laws Of common sense, so much tho
worse for him and his ship. Naval men don't mind
shtng but have yet to hear Of any one who Is rona
OF being blown out Of sight 20 here ~ an - en-
int Cpsrsion scheme which, for effectiveness and
terrorism would make all dynamters blush for Shame
| "a. renor. Of the United States Commissioner Of
Educn.ion gives some interesting facts about the
libraries of the United states those Of colleges ana
schools being omitted Ii appears thas IheIe a<0
ese public libraries, containing i3,S43olo VOLUMES.
these S~AAc
wholly or in part by public money. Massachusetts
leads I'm free libraries having 1T6 containing 1sts2S
| voi,nes Rhode Island has 30, with 1l2,9O9 vol
unas New Hampshire has SO, Illinois ID, ana
Michigan os while New-York has only TO- NO otner
| state has more than thirteen. There are 100 Hee
publc reference libraries, containing 3ooo,OVv voF
umcs. And there are PAL free corporate lehdins
libraries containing 1,727,77O volumes Inc As"ot
library with its $4,000 volumes, comes under this
head although It does not lend IT'S books There arc
a41 braries containing 1884 volumes belonging
10 societies associations and clubs, the largest oeng
! the New.York Mercantile Library. VI corporate
lending libraries open to subscribers there arc SOS
containing 26449l1 volumes, the largest oeng inc
Boston A,hsnasp% And lastly ShsIs voss
More than 3s per cent Of all the libraries OF inc
states in he Eastern states; d n1 II tban 81 per
cent ara in the New-Engiand States
Oliver wendell Holiness in the preface 10 bis DOCK
Our Hundred Days in Europe speaks OF the peasuv
he would derive from hsif-hours oonvers@uoh WIN
nnr OF tho notable nen who died hfty years ago-oi
the wonderful inventions and discoveries ne eoula
ten them about the remarkable mechanical appliances
he could show them that have come into existence
during the last half century and the vast strides tnse
have been made IN tho sciences generany. Inc
passage is recalled BY an article that recently ap
peared m tho newspapers, rcsting TO life convict
nse OF the prison walls for fifty years was trans
terred TO AN insane asylum and even in his demented
condition. was interested In many things that no saw
while being transferred which heRhad never seen
before The locomotive especially aroused ms
curiosity and although locomotives were In use 10
1890 they were not numerous and tho prisoner com
ing nom n village IN the interior, had never seen
one II Rip Van winkle had gone TO sleep In 1863
and had awakened IN 1880, he would hAye peon ~
most as much surprised as he was et ne cnangos
wrought b. the American Aov0iScn Ti,s s,sctrScy
alone were shown TO him, he would have been struck
dumb with amusement
The writer was talking the other day with an
ola citizen Of this city about tho nomenclature OF
the streets II suppose" be said, at would %
noher fesslbe nor desirable 70 rename the numbered
streets Objectionable as the present names are nom
the aesthetic point Of view. But have otten won
dered why some one has not proposed to gve some
more distinctive names 10 the splendid, wide seees,
beginning with Fourteonth-st. Certainly INC anu
appropriate names could easily DC iound JOE 'nen'
nsmos that m some instances would preserve the
history Of the locality contiguous to the street.
don't nronose 10 say what these names should be- out
vii indicate my idea by suggesting that Twenty"
hrdst might be called Chelsea Avenue rs 1t runs
into oh chelsea Thero Is something sonorous and
di0ni6ed about such name as Chelsea Avenue
that is painfully lacking in the names OF our num-
herea streets. How much more grandiose Amster-
asm Ayen,iep would be than Forty-second-st But
sorbear entering into details except TO say ina,
s earring celebration Of the Inauguration CentenaA
ought To be commemorsted Dy inc Ia thnsouahfaresi
trnnT nresnule 10 say which one--ought 70 ne nsnea
,Federsi Avenue In view OF the fact that Nsw-terk
,ras once the Federal capital Is remaeAAoto mat
va .,soct already hears that splendid name