New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-17
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

"hen some one OF the many unfortunate suncrcrs o"
Information Of the brains comes asking us to take MS
solemn word for It that the late jefferson DAVIS w"
the only great public officer for whom the Government
OF the United states did not go into mourning why
II simply can't be done. Why Well, because there
was Floyd, you know. John D. Floyd. likewise 5ecre
tary OF War; being indeed Mr.. Daviss immediate sue
ccssor in that office. The War Office wore no blsch
for him. To be sure he died in 1868. when as yeI
circumstances not propitous for the modern phil
about Aaron Burr who died in 1896, and Jonh ~.
Breckinridge. in $50 Each had been ia
veePresident Of the United states, yet the
Government took notice Of The death OF neither, ano
the subject was not even alluded 10 in either mouse
Not even In Brcckirrldses case by sllEle Ero %
the many Southern members. who had sat with MN anu
served with him for and against the United STATES d
near kinsman among the number
Once, and for so long as one might draw breath
It might be permitted the most ardent Republican
to he sorry he not born somehow made a Dem
ocrat. That was on Saturday morning. when It became
known thai the Manhattan Club had secured the hoir
OF the siewMts, for the next twenty one years Do
not let begridge brothers Thy different mothel
their one chance OF living in marble
How strange and how curiously antique seems the
grand and ever glorious opera Of g. Tell Suusf
elmo. you know as done in German. with all the
sweetroing voices and the splendid scenery to BACK
II. Yes. "grand and ever glorious; no Wagneri'e
need reply Tastes vary this one may BE- bad even
shocking; there's no dlsputlng about 'em :
then don't do il. But, oh, Mr.. Secretary suai
ton. Mr. Secretary Stanton, OH oil, tha'
brettol You who do everything well, kindly 100"
to this trine, please Why, the translation reminds
Of Mr.. Muddraggers music in Mark Twain's ana
lect of the sacred panorama, where a Life Oh INT
ocean Wave" forced by the eXignces OF tn ns'Iu
ment to furnish the accompaniment to the scene VI ~
sea Of Galiee You neither follow suit nor trump %
TO speak, then exclaimed the Infatuated panoas,la,I,
The English goes of it, accord now ana a.aI'
long alter the German has cOnsldelatclI s'oPr oi
Nheh Or CONES on, W., US cau9, W .hs I'm.
course 1t Is transla cd "UnterwadS although tno On
terWaidcfs have already been thcfc. s'ris Ia
for some time. Gemmi." or "Gemmy," i inyarhaDi
rendered Jenny a II the poor yct hcaInl ~ .
name were james &. Tell and they called him "JeIliiy
in the canton for short. To maxi things even, ~,
Tells own name Is twice printed Ie,t the cohPOs'o,
not having caught 10 the playful German way OF
crossing ones r.. In short, GchOrchc. So says cess
Ter, and the whole il seems a safe thing to say
Having laid of the absurd covert coat which
technique required TO he two sizes too small our
beloved young LOndOn-On the-half shell has taheh
to the yet more foolish boX-coa worn three sizes
too large. Built OF a smooth and ha!d drab co'h'
omsmcnted. speak. with TWO rows Of buttons the
Size Of afterdinner coffee sauccrs bonc, or " sell
covered as British builder says. this construction
is indeed a dream OF lovelness The proud wearr
might easily pass, not indeed for cOachman yet iot
a son OF a coachman. But why bow you the leg ana
stiaddlc the elbow, dear hON-cOdtee. rs olc we"
beaieth the intelligent hunting-crUp3 Better enc"
straw and be done With IT.. for only Tooms do hal
II j. the groom, not the coaehman that acquires a nn
undyng walk that comes Of leading horses ana Sou
are a cOaclman you know, not groom.
Speaking of annex,ng Canada. has it ever occurred
TO YOU that the politicians who now control the
dominion Government shrewd. far-secins and
az fOrccfil a race as you can INA anyWhe'e
in the profession, or the trade II you
win1 scotchmcn mostly know what they want
and want II, and know. too. when they have got u
That IS now should they change or he changed an
canada come knocking al the door. be not surprised
4 you find all Canada fetching rs balsam 10 AL, W.
rcfIcshment OF the Sold South Ihcy grow pracuo"'
politicians there. too. mind
so Mrs. BIoomer did not invent the
| Bloomer trews TOR. make it trOusseau) OF
course not. Then, who did One BY one all The
| cherished beliefs fade The Rev. sydney Smith once
said that he had but two Illusions left and one Of thes
was the Archbishop Of Canterbury. brussels sprout'
Pr, not eaten I'm Brussels. Brussels carpets arr made
in Glasgow, and Administers in Wilton Copenhase,I !,
watches are made IN swizerlan, ana Pa ds coasn
mararoni and not of these Is our favorite 10 III
Mlancse.7 An is gas and CALLERS"
Some morning one of the great capitalists. III
blllona res who job companies smaller men 70
dry goods or groceries, will sing out for his best a.
| coun,ant to sharpen SIX Of his best leadpencls an
let lin see how the injunction account saTs b
lunch tine Then Will be how much II has cos
n dollars and cents, to gain how little. Think yo
the Injunction business has paid 10 per cent {
is cost Your injunction IS great solvent OF goh
M 10 the moment when q + Itself dissolved Bu
while the love Of power lasts and hardness OF head
heart continues. the man that has once 1Ouh
anae,thc,a IN a drop or two of this solution under IN
-kln will always be holding out his arm ior more
50 there seventy coaches at the Prince'oh-l al
game And all Of them nearly all. of that cnrio
concord" brand. Just think for moment what
-lln of human DISCOMFORT in the sacred name
lca.i're that aggregate represents. III zen person
rch ~, seventy coaches going Ten miles In two hOli
inrcr 'hrce jounces a minSiie and thirty loit
! pcoil- Now who will he the first 10 build an
| push a Sg wagon suited to our roads ana cuine