New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-15
CASUAL NOTES BY THE WAY.

| When Richard Watson Glider Editor Of aThe
Century" heard Of the downfall, disgrace and IN
| generation Of Edward King no said al would
rather hear that he s deads Kings greatest achieve
ment was the discovery Of George ". Cable. DR.
Holland. Mr.. elders predecessor selected King as
promising, energetic and able young man,r to
write series of articles on The Great South for
! Scrbners Monthly IN 1873. King travelled all
through the South in search of data and among other
places visited New-Oneans. Here he became ac-
quainted with Mr. Cable and was so impressed with
pne atfers talents that he took 1t upon himself to for
ward some Of Mr.. Cables manuscripts 10 DIT. Holland
With the strongest kind Of recommendation. In this
way the author Of sod Creole Days. came before
the public. King Is about forty.threc years Of age.
rev Americans are better known IN Paris. lie Is
ono OF the founders Of bhe Stanley Club which all
good Eew-Yorkors know. and besides his extensive
| correspondence is the author OF popular book on
French Political Leaders" Some of his other works
are; The Southern States Of North America
Echoes from the Orient and collection Of miscel
laneous poems, including The Sorrow Of Manol,'
which was suggested by Rumanisn legend
Two ladies entered fashionable church uptown
Just before tho services began, and Of them re-
marked 10 the sexton that the star on the pulpit,
In which a great many gas Jets, bad the point
turned the wrong way, and that It should point up
Instead Of down. The dgnihed old man, feeling that
his quarter Of centurys experience should enttle
| his opinion TO respect and realizing the difficulty
OF making change Strengthened up and said Ladies,
we are told in the Scriptures that the star hung over
the manger 70 lead the Wise Men thI,her II II was
70 guide them to the sacred spot and direct them to
the manger, OF course 1t would point down and not
up The star remains as II was.
MY opinion Of the proper pl.)e In a newspaper
for the weather article" said Fish Commissioner
Blackford us at the top OF the first column on the
first page. There is nothing that interests people
moro than the weather report The lady In Brooklyn
about TO go over TO NewYork City TO shop looks at
II TO see If she shall carry hor umbrella and goloshcs
the school children read II for tho reason
one interested in ships who has a friend at sea
reads 1t with the keenest interest, and when fall
Of temperature is predicted my lose time IN
picking up my turtles In Fulton Market and putting
them in warm room, for the atmosphere below freez
| Ing point Is death to the turles.7
"Do you know" said the Rev. DR. Hall, Of the
Church of the Holy Trinity. In Brooklyn in his SER
mon ons Sunday evening, I think the old Methodist
preacher about half right who remarked read
Ing that passage Of the Scriptures where David Is
reported TO have struck his harp and said IN his
haste that all men liars; YES David, and you
might have said tho Same thing at your leisure
Why, there reporters in New-York and Brooklyn
who would not be tolerated In Texas"
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