New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-19
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

II IS obvious to any one tina. the hotels Of the city,
whose name Is legion. have much, II not more al
stake in the coming Exposition than the tradesmen 'ho
transportation companies, or any other OF the business
classes or agencies that Will be extensively benefited oy
It, And that the hotel keepers in the forefront
OF Its most earnest advocates is evident But II Is ho'
so generally known that II has been the advantage thoy
have already derived from the Paris Exposition oooo
miles away that has given such lively FLIP to their
enthusiasm This show. remote though Il be- has MAJ
the summer season just passed the most profitable tha
.he hotel keepers OF the metropolis have known, so far
as the entertainment of travellers is concerned since
the close of the Centennial in 1876 This IS something
remarkable, for they look forward to extremely
dun times when the weather sets In ana taNo
advantage Of the opportunity to clean house.
This year. however, they have had TO do thelr
house-cleanlng the Jump, and TO be unusually ac'o
about It at that If they would accommodate thc'r
guests as well. How much the patronage OF INC
tourists amounts to has been strkingy illustrated III
the case Of one prominent downtown hoselry. when
IS largely freQuented by drummers,' or travelling
statesmen II is subject of common remark tha'
the house is virtually cOnsecraed to thelr use anu
statesmen poets, philosophers. or Others ou'suo VI
the drmmer7 fraternity, are treated IN an uPsVdi'
patronlzlng way by the walters and other empios''
who seem TO take their cue from the snapper "aP
per head servant who affairs for che naturan'
urbane proprietor ut,
consequence. this hotel is usually very dull in
summer when the drummers are not " on tho move
During the last season. however, in spite OF ines,
drawbacks .be large caravansary has been cToWdeo
with Exposition travellers, temporarily there "hile
waiting to take their steamers for the o'her sue
Keeping facts like these In mind. our taverh-Aecpei'
saw in a logical, harl-headed way II we get I's
sprinkllng Of prosperity from the edge OF shoNui
5000 miles away, why. just fetch on the Nor'u
~. ooff0
stand it,
Old memories Of the lively days Of crude petroleum
speculation were revived among veterans ~
the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange ny
the visit there the other day of John Brown, formerly
Of the firm OF Egbert & Brown who were the larers'
shippers of oil in bulk from the Western heds ~
the seaboard when the Standard OIL combination was
n its swaddling clothes. Mr. Brown snbseq ,en,S
became large producer IN rhe er% rciirrd from the
business. lie lives in Chicago, nut Whch sndh,
Ing hands Ii, Win y Gq here ie Se d a commit himself to
the Windy city the proper place Tor Inc Co!uola"
Exposition In le02.
The Concord coach stln lives and in this our
New-York If such thing be said to live or
move when It's life Is but jerk and It's motion
organized epilepsy. Heavy. too heavy, top-heavy,
sitting rumbling Iotne, jerking comic sense
less abominailon how have you survivell No man.
except maker got comfort out OF one save
That was when confirmed cynic' with an IN
pleasant gift Of prophecy. saw one OF these
mcGalosauran cOntrtvauccs turn over h0liN III a
farwayH Of cOhb stones cOur eouSly call ii eei;
lie said he knew IT. and incOntnently forfeited an
claim 10 human sympathy by cXclaiming. ConcoH'
yc, triumphant"
One Of the G.. A. Il. posts at Milwaukee carried
banner, or rather a board on which was announcer
MIR Lindey Murray having died Quilted tie country
the feet that y. Y. H. Post are Hustlers." what
a HUSTLER and why and whom does he hustle ana
wherefore does he proclaim aloud the fact of hustlny
as though there all the merit lay Is not this sort
OF thing being just the least bit overdone! Nothing
easier than TO hustle somebody else II he is smaller
or less offensive than yourself Easy enough TO be,
smart If you don't what you say. Easy TO be
" genius If YOU don't care what happens Napoleon
showed Us that and all the little Napoleons have been
1t il ever since.