New-York tribune., 1889-11-15
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


Senator Charles F. Henderson. of Ne
braska, who recently spent a few days at
the windsor looking after some private bus-
ness matters, In good health and fine spirits.
not at all worried by partisan Misrepresentation OF
his position and In the rerating' affair and
II possible, still less disturbed by the political out
look As he never asked TO have his pension 10
rated' never received penny Of the money, and sent
back tho certificate which he might have drawn
the increase he naturally feels content 10 leave his
conduct to the unbiased judgment Of all far-mndeh
men, He looks forward with interest To the results
of the irrigation inquiry, appreciating the vast I'M
portance TO the West and the country Of adopting
some broad and comprehensive plan for utllihlng eu
making fertile the vast tracts OF arid land in what
used 10 be called the Great American DESERT. Inc
empoyment on a small scale IL Is equally out Of the
question for the Government 10 allow the "a'oi "
pass into the hands Of private monoponeS.
CeneraI Manderson tells good story Of char
acteris,ic American. and still more CHARACTERISTIC
Western celebration unique in its way, that tooh
place at Grand Island. Neb., some years ago soine
genius perhaps fired by the idea OF the prairie
schooner and wishing redeem that fond expression
from the reproach Of being a mere figure OF speech,
dry at that proposed 10 organize perfectly Original
Fourth Of July celebration by reproducing the attack
on Fort Donelson and. II this were not surhciehuy
maritime the famous fight between the Monitor ana
Merrimac OF course there we're men there who had
been in both fights; but real ships and real wafer
where were these 10 be found, among the roinng
praries by the banks of the shallow Platte Inc
Mr. Vincent Cr,immles Of the situation was equa
tn the emergency. Gunboats, frigateS ana the
Yankee chesse-b on raft7 were quickly improvised
by lmpressng farm wagons. lumber and blach painr
and as for the sea, why 'hero
was the sea ready furnished rom
natures own property room the green waving sea OF
praire grass, tossed about by the wind and Nndly
concealng the wheels of the naval squadron and the
legs OF It's horse power. SO the spectators gathered
on the shore. behind the ropes. and beheld the gun
boats with dummy cannon but real riiemeh' engage
each other or the real behind the real para
nets while concealed within the hollow Interior the
teamster with the local rank OF engineers mate made
his horses back or go ahead, haw" or gee as the
pilot the gorou: pilot ,srEsd n run in, cUsry U,ew
ber. or shouted starboart' or apOrt' in the most
authentic manner II must have been great iun' ana
who shall say It was not orgnai'
The late E. A. sotherns memoirs are announced
Who will perform the like service for the late John
T RAYMOND in many respects and by long odds the
funniest and most natural comedian this generation
has seen Jefferson is here left out Of the question
as belonging 10 a higher and greater school; one
unhapplly not crowded with scholars. Raymond and
sothern who were great friends were alike in their
fondness for a practical Joke but there was THIS
difference that Raymond's were usually harmless
pleasantrieS. while SOthefnS oltch az hVe ioA'
stnc-sometmes hot one. About
dozen years ago Raymond followed an ola
Californian friend Purser Roberts. into Delmonlc0 $
| The purser whose hours ashore were growing short
and whose temper might be apt to follow suit joined
a party at table and became instantly intent on
luncheon and talk Unable TO catch his eye, Raymond
caught his plate and with the connvance Of the sunny
Italian whom he relieved proceeded 10 worry the lire
out Of the poor purser by the most irresistible mpesoh
! alton OF a raw Irish waiter YOU ever saw. AT last
when he had seized Mr. Robertss plate for the third
/ time with the same stupid drawling ~Wil We have
annythlng else sorl' the victim turned upon him with
a sharp Go away, sir you annoy me. Here, SEND
/ to raw hands from Castle Garden lke- ihell
everybody laughed. Raymond the l0udest and l9ngest
Of ALL rubbing his hands the while in that geefnl way
of his and not I'm the least mindng pulled ear, more
| or less, and fagon Of the sparkling ended IT,
There are more and louder complaints every Gay
against the Inconvenience and discomfort of the pens
for travellers at the Grand Central and other stations
Tho nuisance of having to wait till the very last
minute and then have your ticket punched as as you
pass through of gangways Is very real
In this we are worse off than the travellers OF the Conu
nent of Europe. where there is inner and outer
pen and your tickets looked at as you pass tht
first barrier In England where the passenger traric
far exceeds ours the pen system is nearly unknown
and where 10 exists IL is actively anathematzed
Even at Broad.st.. Philadelphia where the arrange
ments are modern and very complete, the crowd after
waiting for the gates 10 open finds Itself driven at the
a,r moment against a narrow barrier OF bent gasplpe
II all comes from passion on the part OF SuDOlhaes
for straning the public. Ihe smauer the straler tue
better they IKE H.