New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-07
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

The economy of time among NEWCOMERS is notice
able even when they take their exercise. On every
boat that between this city and Staten Island
anywhere from one TO half dozen men may be seen
brfskly walking around on the upper deck, which ex
tends completely around the upper cabin on these
boats. They thus gain from fifteen to twenty minutes
exercise and draw long breaths of salt air, without
losing a minute Of time On the other ferryboats
the thing SEEM except that tho pedestrians arc
obliged to walk where the teams usually stand. IL
is especially noticeable the boats that mako the
longest trips.
day or two ago the writer met ex-ollcer Of the
Navy whom he had seen only once or twice since ne
stood the steps 81 the ST. Charles Hotel, New
Orleans with him when the reached there OF the
assassination Of President Lincoln You and are
still alive,n said the Officer but when think of the
changes that have taken place In Navy and Army
circles since then, cannot help thinking that you and
/ too Will be the roll of the 'once was. Our
old friend, william Moran, at the Navy Department
who could always tell us how soon our turn would
come TO go 10 sea- is still duty, venerable and hon
ored. Another old friend, Gideon Welles, who was
Secretary of the Navy, is long since dead. Resr-Ad
mirals Farragut Goldsborough DahlgIen, Dupont Da-
Wis and Foote TO the latter Of whom credit is due for
the abolition Of the whlskey ration In 1863, are all
dead: and Porter Is the only survivor Of that class.
The youngsters or leutenants of 1868, such as Luce
Gberardi and Braine, are now Rear-Admirals.
"T'sn note the changes In the Army. Let us go
over the list OF general officers Of 1868 Not one is
now on the active list. Grant, Haeck, Mcclellan,
Mcdowell, Meade, Thomas, Hooker and Mcpherson
are all dead sherman and Fremont are on the retired
list; and Rosecrans is out Of the Army, but expects
TO get the retired list by act Of Congress. Soho
field, the ranking Major General was then captain
In tho list Artillery; Major General o. o. Howard,
in command Of the Department of the Atlantic was
Ant aIa
himself conspicuous by his political interference few
months ago, was captain Of ordnance"
That most recent and most internal triumph of
American ingenuty7 the dynamite cruiser Vcslrvius,
which recently made speed of more than twenty-one
knots over a twO-mle course, Is not cruiser In the
sense that some believe she is intended be. She
is simply floating gun carriage, of high speed and
light draught. Her chief function will be that of
rapidly conveying her novel battery the pOt where
It can best be used. England certainly is lot going to
allow the United States to take the lead m pro-
jectles. She is about TO build several vessels each
OF cracking. II not piercing the armOr Of the best
protected Sea-going iron-clads.
Two eccentrc-loOkng women, whose description
seemed to identify them Mrs Malaprop and Mrs.
| Partington in Fourth-ave yesterday, and
entertained the other passengers with their brilliant
| remarks.
" l see from tho papers, said one OF them " that
| they have fixed up a college of pedagogy and are
going TO give degrees. think it is hOrrfd outrage.
! | won't say nothing about those Madison Square
affairs, which certainly have bad nhOonce on the
| people The idea TO watch lot of crippled fools
running around a ring for a whole week. ! won't
say nothing about that but when they start regular
college to train such fools 1 think the law or
Mayor Grant, or Congress- or somebody ought to stop
| it,"
"why, Mrs. Parington,7 exclaimed her companion,
| with a superior SMILE You've made dreadful mis-
| take That College of Pedagogy and the training
school are not for walkers at all. 1t doesn't mean
| that
"Of It does If 1t doesn't, what does IT, then ?"
| remarked the first, with charming consistency.
Conductors, of course was the answer, and at
| the moment the off the track
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