New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-28
CHANCES HERE AND THERE


An American once went into bootnaEcrs IN
the little town itself TO ask for tno
"Markis o. Gran By Dorken.' ana t"o
Weller family, of blessed memory. Vi cou'so
he wary enough to begin by pricing pa" :"
truly phenomenal top boots that quite nhcu 'o
little window, and dominated the narrow suee'
down which the old highway wanders. The boot
maker pointed with pride TO pair OF felt Shippers
hnp to Reveryy pt trick in the ole bag And the
Wellersi Him." he unused, ahecuohatey care es
know two wellcrs but neither hanswers to the hano
Of samivel. sir nor yet Hantony WIN wncn Il"
Want TO buy thronci What offers For sale
cheap in wardourst. same which the late Emperor
Napoleon III TO have sat In when he got 10
Berlin The very previous Frenchman who ordered 10
that purpose. wishing TO take time by the row
lock- so to speak had leave IL I'm pawn IN Germany.
security for poor thing as hotel bill Nothing
turned upside down and used TO hold plcOeah huckIe
berries.
The interesting gentlemen who are always invent
ing new diseases have succeeded in perfectins the
design for be called the railway spine" GOOD
name When the Russian influenza" or la grippe
has snufed of It's mortal coil dad thing to run two
names for the thing, the railway splne' may
come into notice symptoms. those Of paralysis
agitans, apparently. There isn't healthier set OF
men in the working world, mentally. morally, physl-
cally professionally than our railroad men, sun
start up the fun.
Who started the sympathetic nonsense about Char
lotte Brone's life being cut short, shorter by hav-
ing to live in poor homel Mrs. Gaskell, apparently.
Well to that truly eStimabe lady the house may have
seemed poor and forbddng but that the thousands OF
Americans, men and women, especially women, VINO
60 there as 10 a Mecca should echo the cry seems
queer enough. Hardly one minister IN ten III Inl7
the heath that strikes the visitors as so gloomy, didn't
the Bronte girls enjoy IL Ihcre was gloom chousi
in Haworth, but it wasn't on the heath.
Some obliging person. not necessarily for publica-
ton but a guarantee Of good faith. has sent to
The Tribune full directions for committing IIarakirl
That the name mp to Friday noon previously u
had been Harkari Harakru alternate weeks for
some little time. Mr.. No Kam doesn't say he has
tried II himself and shall hereafter use no other How
ever the receipt Is at the service Of any gentleman
who really feels that the genuine larikar fills long,
felt want. Outfit at all respectable druggists ana
housefulnishing stores.
Crowned or hafcrowned heads who may be new to
the business and who have not had time to get the
hang Of the Office stationery, would do well to pro
vide themselves with a fac-simile of the late LORD
Derbys ivory pocket stamp When charlatan from
Boulanger to Hungry Joe inclusive wrote him lovely
letter. his lordshp used to fetch out ms stamp anI
gently mixing it on the PAD impress on inc M hcaucr
variety. in hard rubber. for the use Of bankers ana
families might take send sample card to RIO
A correspondent, highly esteemed but rather
nervous for war; a witness on courtmarual once
testified regarding his commander, sends us some
alarming news. in and out of print. as to the
tremendous thing China is going to do when she gets
ready her teamng mliors," her barbarian holdeS"
Let her teem or team either, whichever 1t Is YOU.
mean; whichever scares yor the most IN lcJ., WY
has civilization always beaten barbarlsmf bc-
cause it can think quicker and shoot quicker and hit
further and move faster When barDaflsh can uo
that, barbarism will be civilized.
speaking Of aiming at a snipe and Staying camel
what has become of the camlets or sons of camels'
the offspring Of the band imported at such fine eX-
pense, by Lieutenant, Admiral David ID. Porter
and Captain Henry G. Wayne, OF the Army. by order
Of the War Department, away back in the hftles
T.. F. Bcale had them when he was making the
Fort Mohavc wagonroad under Secretary Floyd. 'Tis
said the COnfederates captured them III New Mexico
that the United states game by their own again III
90 and again that the herd had disbanded, or been
dsbandcd, and become liable To be scvcraly shot at
any moment in mistake for snipe.
When the Authors Club OF This city sends out an
invitation 20 a reception. there is one feature that
strikes strangers curious, this Is the omission Of
thc apostrophe in the word authors" This is using
the word authors in the form Of adjective, as In
the known case Of the contagious diseases act
where the two words contagious diseases arc used
as an adjective While this is according to custom
and usage it is doubtful to say the least If the use OF
the word authors without apostrophe IS equally
defcn,ble unless the Authors Club' means to be
law unto ITSELF 1t Is certain that the club Itself IS
at variance the subject, though just at present the
partv agn7 the use Of the apOstrophe seems to be
ahead still If the club persists in sticking u Us Whln
II will he a curious Illustration of how willing the
presumably jealous defenders OF the rules OF Englsh
grammar to take liberties they would PROBABLY DC
the first TO condemn If taken by others.
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