New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-17
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

good many people Of the crowds shA Won't up
10 Central Park yesterday 10 get little shade nom
the fierce sun stopped moment st the sixthave
entrance in Fty.nlnthst to gaze ct four unfamiliar
plants that spring up around tho foot OF graceful
young maple treo which stands Just outside tho Park
wall there. The Garth has been carefully drawn up
about the stems OF tho pnnt. forming little hill.
from the top Of which bunch OF soft green foliage
protrdes IN strong contrast with the dusty. unsoddcd
boulevard and tho ring Of baked asphalt pavement
that surrounds them all. "oh, how pretty!' en-
claimed q young girl to her escort, "but what
theyi" "Dunno" replied no. "what arc they Mr. ~
this to a scholarly. looking man who was looking a.
fhcm Intensely al should say replied fhe scholarly
ono with wise look Il" that those are specimens o.
some rare gerncdaceous or insecdvorons plant which
arc placed hero TO kill drive away noxious Insects,
which would otherwise destroy this tender maple.
How beautiful and sufficient arc tho WORKS OF nature "
Come movo on" broke In policeman. DON'T make
n crowd hero Those arc four common potato plants.
The boobIack on tho opposite planted the seeds
there for fun"
aThe folly of the curious distinction that working
girls draw bctweon goins out to service and fndng
employ ment In stores and factories WAS never boro
forcbly impressed on nv mind' SAID Ne".iorh
woman recently than on blazing hot day last week.
whom I set out shopping cxpedifion anu was
tempted to walk from my homo. on the West ede
through the leafy paths OF Central Park to take
Ft,h.ave star, downtown There, comfortably
seated under . spreading oak. spied dainty nurse
maid in snowy white cap and apron, dressed IN
clean newly starched print with neat little slippers
and whits hands leaning back reading novel; While
tho broese gently famed her pink cheeks and her hie
charge slept In pretty peramoulator beside her.
And she only one. though tho prettlcst, OF many
others whose lot seemed to DO almost IDEAL in this
sitting weather.
@when got downtown into the crowded, electric
b4ad haee NJ reak
saw an array Of limp, pale. wsshedout girls tanning
themselves with bits Of pasteboard, covers Of boxes,
etc, sasping for breath and hardly able TO speak
civil word TO customers attend 10 their duties
Tho girls in tho Park would probably spend July ana
August anyway at seaside resort these poor slaves
he'd nothing TO look nrward TO but the same slow
melting process, or worse, all summer. Yet any one
Of thcm would turn UP her nose At the help under
the trees and derive another spark OF vgor from the
thought that she was 'saleslsdy''
In the Office Of the New-York and Cuban Steamship
Line there hangs framed testimonial, unique in its
phraseoogy aud the wetefooor cartoons, and valuable
because Of its association, tho names signed to II,
and the transatlantic voyages II has made 1t Is
Jointly owned by ". II. T. Hughes, manager OF the
steamship line, and E. Kentsh Barnes, cotton factor
IN England. Tho two were fellow passengers with
Levi Morton and many other well known men 10 busi'
moss circles on the steamship Germanc nom Liverpool
Jolly company Is proved by the testimonial, which be-
gins: ave, tho undersigned Bulls, Bears, Longs,
shorts, Putters Callers and Pool Buyers, tako this
method OF expressing their thanks 70 the firm esss
Hughes and Barnes for contributing toward our enter
ainmsnt and happiness" What the entertainment and
hap pness- were be suggested BY the pictures
around tho border Of tho cardboard Mr. Hughes aud
Mr. Barnes represented on opposite upper corners
the two lnhrd with cham Another picture represents
in tho sheke vi
In certain games on the handle Of which are the let
t"rs "B. and H. Other pictures represent cards
champagne on ace rns ~ sSs Europe for when
Mr. Barnes comes hero ho takes II 70 Engiano WIN
him. and when Mr.. Hughes goes to England be brings
II back.
Nlanta's Industrial journal. pfxie.' has COM
piled some remarkable statistics. showing the recent
progress Of tho South. The aggregate increase IN
rcal estate values in Texas, Alabama, Georgia. Vr'
c,nt, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina and
south Carolina, since 1880, Is s7e4.el%ees
Georgia shows an increase OF 1887 schools since
1850 South Carolina es3 Florida &C., Arkansas o,232,
Texas ooo Virginia e,o04 North Carolina ,6o7 and
Alabama o34 making total increase Of 1881 IN the
lac, .,ub, WEARS There are now in these states
eso schools maintained at an annual expense OF
20 ZOE gel Tho increase OF tabe land Tor me same
period is ila73,577 acrcs-an area twenty per cent
large, than the state Of Georgia The total decrease
Of tho debt OF tho eight States Is s4s ,472ol3.
Tho selection Of & good name for magazine is g.
all dimes difficult task for It Is necessary TO choose
one that Is euphonous, expressive and catchy"
S0mc months ago a fow capitalists undertook 20 pick
ont narno for 0 weekly Journal for young folks
which they proposed starting but. finding the task
too hard for them, they decided 10 advertise for
nnmc. II odd thing TO do. but they got what
they sought Tho suggestions came chiefly from
contributors 10 Juvenile papers. Palmer Cox thought
q Pa nd Y
Preston offered sunshine" and TRANSPLANT News
boy" Grace Coolidge suggested "Merry Thought
Round Robin and All tho Year Round' Louise
stockton offered sugar aud spics,' Jolly Fellowship
and Talking IravcSs Professor s. " Patton pro-
posed Head and Hand and work and Play"
Eossiter Johnson offered Look About Margaret J.
snmg&for throw out all submitted her. and offered
mono In thoir stead. Howard NJ Jenkins wanted
Youth nsmo already Appropriated bv two four.
nails An editor OF Juvenile journal proposed Alad
dn'S Lamp" Charlotte Pendleton brought forward
Young America and Ingcr>Oll lockwood approved
santa Claus Six Of these names wero scnt to a
ccau plumber Of authors, teachers and business men,
with tho request that they indicate which one they
lhcl best. And the greatest number liked santa
aus." tho promoters Of tho paper decided to adopt
this name,
The Tribune published on May GO an interesting
sketch OF "Thc Greeley Farm and Homestead Al
Chappaqua There have been various surniscs as to
tho origin Of the namo OF the place, and It sr remains
an unsettled question. Villagers say that tho place
took rs from tho fact that celebrated Indian
CHEF chopped of tho head Of his squaw there Ethng
ham Cook resident OF Chappsqua, said. "Ths
story have heard about the Indian Squaw related 70
tho name OF Amawaek. But that and the story YOU
harI think arc both apOcryphal My impression Is
that they are both purely Indian names, and find
they have such trs.llt on In rogsN to ChappaIua
and that It meant IN their language Lanrey Glen.
think this Is the most agreeable explanation 10 give
anyway