New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-08
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


they remain the the they change. Seeing
the steamer or" Is Of thcss. All steamer days
ere sle, yot all different and. 10 the az least ono
star derefh from another IN glory hardly moro than
one Of these quiet Wednesdays or Saturdays from
seeing of" the old Collins liners. the Atlantic or
Adriatlc Pacific. for instance with their superb
captains. West or Nye or any ore of the Edrdges.
looming up so handsome on tho port pafde-box' ana
that grand flag In It's rghtpIl place the Flagstaff,
mind you. instead Of at the fore. Or compare The
easy slipping away OF the Unbria to-day with an Old
time departure from San Francisco In the days when
the two sorts Of gold mines steamers and plseers.
made the place when the whole town sat mp all the
night before. and tho whole hurricane deck lifted ~
hat 10 the parting shout o. good by, Colonel and
belatcd citizens fell into the bay or got themselves
oatencd between the bow and the corner
plies rather than not see Che boat on properly.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence were ON the lower deck
OF the Umbria looking well and Jolly and nearly
young ever. Mrs Florence amused and Billy
observant a. seems to be considered a compliment h.
call actor by the OF dmlnntive thas has
come into popular use in writing down politician.
yet both unconcerncd that you could not have told
whether they included In the proverhsl all
ashore that's gOin until the last gang plank had been
hauled in, and sim these old favorites Of the people
stood at the big ships rail waving occasional good
by to friend the grimy wharf.
Ihey that go down 10 sec great ships on sec INC
wonders Of the shallow. Where and how else could
you, and say a thousand others. soc such sight
this. In plain airl One OF the insahate sendcrs OF
howers 10 the intending sca~slck had bestowed a
bushel basket Of roses, all beauties and all
sprnLlcd with dew from the florists -sprnklor
She. unwarly and all unmindfui Of the mutabity Of
facial fresco thought to express her appreciation 10
him, expecant, by carcssing sniff and an oh, how
perfectly lovely such Then whcua
the high complexion not warranted 10 wash WAS
brought low, and actually began to trickle. to soc
her calmly wipe It of and compacently turn up her
chin to the horizon while her little maid applied
fresh OF carmtro out Of a little handbag. was
sight for men, II not for gods
The "last man oa' this time was a messenger.
boy, seemed TO be utilizing HIS leisure
by pacing of and counting tho battens a. he came
down the gang plank, at exactly halfpast H. the
ships hour. Five minutes later, the United States
mails arrived, truck One minute after that
excited Irishman came, and the Government had
to suspend operations whlc no dragged himself and
tin trunk along the gangway and athwart the shins
Of the crew.
Last scene OF all at IL AZ, an Adams Express cart
handed up foral stack outwsrily, not unlike
sewing machine neatly done up (by LADY, in brown
paper and IN full confidence that tho paper IS going
to stay Sir, those flowers got safely aboard we
ourselves saw them, they from Springfield.
to be given to Miss Nete herself and this Is your
only chance OF knowing so interesting fact for At
least fortnight (bar cabling, we here mention It and
expect you, II good Republican, TO, give thanks to
your Tribune. II not, Democratic papers please
copy.
Then as II this were all she had waited for, at
A. fourteen minutes late the big ship lifted up her
hoarse voice and gently backed out much her des
tlnation had been weehawken. AS Il wasn't, slb |
Wit
nose Of an insoen, little tug and IL :54 turned
ahead for Queenstown. Big as she looked twenty.
six feet OF her great hull were out Of sight under the
water, dsplacng say $500 tons OF t. Let not be too
exact; Columbus's little feet might almost have
swung from the davi,s.
Speaking yesterday of queer signs has reminded
us of the enterpising and hardly say old'estao-
lished London tradesman who announces himself |
as 9" BY Appointment, Bootmaker to Her Majesty
the Queena OF another-we hardly Ike TO men,
tIon it, but truth Is mighty and will prevail even
upon the wellknown modesty of the journalist-who
has the harfhoud that he Is By Appoint
mcnt, Brooches Maker 10 Her Majesty OF still
another. not of royal patronage, yet
surely worthy be, who with I'll
Brton's sense of humor. styles himself " Shirt
Taloro Yet stay, VIC must be just to the stod
Brton he is not alone; there Is or was, firm in
Washington that asserted the thing of Itself.
Now the types do this sort Of thing unconscously,
as IL WERE though the joke is not always amusing ex
cept TO ones friends or after many days How Is |
our scientific editor 10 comfort himself in the raw |
carly morning when he reads in this very Tribune OF |
ours his profound remarks the precision OF |
the equnoxesl But that Is nothing, for learned
Boston reported Mr. Phelps maintaining the convex
OF the proposition before all the faculty and alumni
of Harvard And what must have been the feel |
ings Of so very careful an author as Mr.. Laurence
Hutton at finding himself abiding in those charming |
notes OF his in Harper TO the cancer Of the Duke
Of Wellington" 81 never knew said a dlstln-
gishcd physician. that the Duke suspected
Of having had a cancer" mo- the answer, but
he has frequently been suspected of having had ca
rccr."
Speaking OF wise physicians II IS one OF them who
SAYS An Americans hat is his castle. That's why |