New-York tribune., 1889-12-26
CHANCES HERE AND THERE

| GLANCES HERE AMI lIEl0H
Yes Merry Christmas even TO the ready -maue anu
second hand philologer, whose philology doesn't n'
put he mustn't bring that old rubbish about christmas
meaning Chrst's mass into the house. you Know DC
| cause we all know now, though DR.. Moan "epsV'i
didn't that this sort of mas comes from uie h'e'o
saxon "maessa,s meaning feast or hondsy' anu NV
from the Latin "missa," meaning first disniiSseu'
and seoondar,Iy the service OF the mass, from uio
words "Ite missa est" that preceded II. Otier"se
how do you explain the fact that all tlle Ls. anu
Catholic nations call these occasions leas's UT
| and not masses
: liberal reward will be paid for the detecuoh'
apprehension and conviction Of any person OF pcrsoh
| having concealed about his premises or person ."o
| key TO a mystery. And the mystery Is 'lns ""a.
goes on inside the British skull lhao 'nahe
act like a patent converter and lrresiseOlS anu o
! tably compels its owner to transform al Nn''o" ,
! names having a middle valve or MEMBER lnO" suo'
oueer shapes as Mr.. Quincy Adams, hr. uoruoh Don'
nett. Mr. Russell Lowell, Mr.. Levy Morton anu D,'
Wendell Holmes. How they cnanGea ,ins 70 Ll,ss tv
snnerb chance as Mr. Wadswortn Loneen0MMs,a s i onf
magnidccnt exhibit in small caps, Is past nnSs S Vu @
Mr. Levy Norton to be sure, tley pryS Won how
enq g 5ey e have been at IT, Look here suppose we ali
take to writing and talking about Mr. Ewa' oiau''0i'
| VIII yOul What do you say
Tho sonbor da Fonseca, who wrote that message u
absurd sympathy with Postmaster Bobadi bo"osSOe'
do Doulanger OF Poppycock Chapter NO l'''-o' -
uepdent Order of Charlatans, must suleH Oo o"l
friend the conscientious and UNCONSCIOUS h"'no' 80.
who composed that wonderful WJrA' Why the man is
sllly WHO the little boys gurgle' IL was "i"''''N
Of the first partition.
MD vou know they were having real oio-iaSionou
plsgue of rats of our beloved Norway lats' III p"i'
Of the British Isesl Oratory in an adJohne u',oo,
might account for the sudden eruption iVo "'u
Lothian but the pests arc even worse III "ie 'o'9
ircorsbire where there IS naught TO drive ten anu ANU
LII, LIN to.s and tIlrips to tempt Them "nere
are Sir r. Wilmington, late of LONDON anu anu ' i thSr
piper of Hamein in Brunswlcklshut NJ" " '
chance.
Rather later than the halcyon and vocnerous
fall of 40 and spring Of 49," merchant "iio 'Nai-
| bo called penuise because that nothing like MS
name bought big cargo of Chm wheaI Ior tio i.Io'
and stored it in n0thingproof shed cdheu '.'
{. Esperanza Warehouses" owned by the mghly r
snonsible firm of Dodge d. DeCamp. perlod oi
eighteen months Is supposed TO have elapsed oiie
| which the market has gone down; Douge DoOP
have gone up; DeCamp has taken up MS ciVi~en'nIp
| In Paraguay: Dodge's widow (by brevet weep9
occasional tears his urn at Lone Mouhtaii' A'o'
| presented with the compliments of the committee Va
Vigilance and Safety; and Colonel i. d. H. l5aroh
DeKalb) shenanigan oiiciates i'll certain lhte'i'u0'
of sobriety as Assignee and Receiver OF the
Warehouses Say look here, Dick says Penn,e, v
m s no make u long friends-Dc is short for DeKab
do you suppose those rats can Teahy anu Hr '' the
prudent DcKalb that depends ia nave 70 hiow crie
| you how many rats now; 80 Toou ~ eoO'N'0'''
| the luckless Penuise; ali the rats
| Follow Christmas
Tue. - tho time when the late newspaper man was
| crossing Broadway on his way home after the snow
STORM he caught the far-away sound OF 1mgng pehs'
II was long after the hour when the cars stop run
ming and the hum and crash and roar OF tle ou''
street were gone, and it was as quet as oouii"'
cold covered with SNOW The metallic song came
clear until it was Jared by heavy throO' anu
moment later there ont of the darkness moving
machine As it shot past there was feeting glimpse
of ten horses swinging along at hard trot' clouu
of steam rising above them broad car VII Wln'rnaS S
snow on both sides, bundled-up hglres Oh men gnu
then IL was gone again. The machinery pounding oa
| avay on the night air was like the pahilhs Ot
locomotive on a lonely prairie until the voice OF lle
bes arose again with its merry nglng as the plough
hurried on clearing the way for the next uay hurry
and strife.
There is a streak of good nature in the American
character which is not found in that OF the bhgSh
for instance. People here seem to take an interest,"
in every one whether they know him or not The
writer was riding uptown with friend on the elevated
| road a few days ago when he noticed man across
the car looking at the friend with worried ALMOST
painful expression on his face. He stirred uneaSily
in his seat as II not wholly decided what to do until
finally he came over with apologetic air and said
When the writer's friend had thanked the man for his
kindness he said with amused smile on his face /:
Isn't il remarkable that Americans should DC con-
tinually doing such things! Three or four days ago
| weakened the spring Of the locket and since that
| time the case has been coming open. have mad
people call my attention TO it on the trains, III the
street at the tleatre-everywhere. IL really seems
| 70 exercise them terribly. I have even mad women
stop me and me that was open: Not tne least
| Amusing part of the thing is the fact that when
any comes up to me he seems half ashamed Oh ms
when / see onv one fretting looking disturbed in
! car | examine my locket. When close 1t seem TO
much amusement out Of the fractious little locket
that am Ioath TO have it repaired
Contrast this spirit with the conservative indif
ference OF most Englshmen. true son OF the tight
little island" is likely to see your head wrongly ad
usted before he shows any surprise or willingness TO
inform you of your misfortune. AS for an open
/ ocket he would perhaps fail to notice it. four
watch might dangle before you at the end of its chain
and he would not feel warranted to acQuaint you with
| the risk Won were running if he did not know you
! ON the other hand, were it his watch which was
hanging and did you give him the warning he would
Would he a distant freezing dignity about him which
| would ask you if " free Englishman were not at
nOerS heI without exciting COMMENT There you are
| with one Of the many characteristic quanles "Inch
make two peoples VINO aic 81 hiu'h aiiA0 '0 ''iS
different.
Most people have one bette noir which TO them is
the one narrowing evil to be avoided. One man
breads fire, another the smallpox, third fever,
and SO on. Unfortunately there are enough ills in
the world to furnish to every full grown spectre
A New-York physician was telling the writer of his
first and last experience with Asiatic cholera. II
| there was one thing which he did not want to meet,
in fact had a horror of, it was cholera. He had at
tended cases Of smallpox unnumbered-over 600
patients in one epidemic. lie had wrestled success.
fully with contagious and deadly diseases of all kinds
and they had fears for him. But cholera he had
never and cholera he had no intention OF willingly
facing This sentiment he nursed so carefully that
il became a part Of his disposition. In the course OF
his travels he had found himself In Hong Kong
Being a physician, lie naturally desired TO make a
tour of the hospitals there but he did not forget to
impress the mind OF fellow disciple of Esculapus
who was his host and guide. that he