New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-10
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


General William b. Franklin is back from Paris
where he has spent most Of the year as Chief COM
missioner of the United States for the Exposition
place for which his practical and scientific educauoh
and experience and his marked administrative anu
executive ability admirably fitted him. His soldiery
bearing and distinguished appearance were remarked
everywhere. especially by President Carno who pesrs
name greater than his hgure. General frahnihih NIL
connection with tho Colts Arms Company, OF wHmh
he had been president since the war; ceased some l"o
ago.
Other things besides politics take on queer changes
in this land Of wondrous progress and swift declines
There is the English sparrow, for instance Just
now 1t IL of year" In sparrow politics, his noun
nation is bolted his ticket cut, he is showed under
by tidal wave' $50 TO speak, and all but unsh
mously voted little nuisance. To which the prudeh'
husbandman adds something with ID much oigser
than the very cock sparrow Of the walk himself let
how many years is 1t since the first Of these Si'o
feathered feetraders Of the made his appearance
among us the young roiormer and all men, yea
md all women, too, walking in mortal terror OF the
loathsome caterpillar, with handkerchief AT mouth TO
ward off the insidiouS inch-worm, rose UP
with one accord and called the sparrow blesseu :
There were six pairs Of them, were there not mso
and female created that came over in the passerlhe
Mayhower. and the survivors Of those blessed ones
were the Of these accused. were they NOT
The irate and injured farmer has Oh ISI'
So
strangely raSs the sp Buaa killed Re% By ma
senator Hoar was but lately looking for the rNihs
sun in another sense, and from Virginia comes uho
renewed wall of the with the caterpLIsr az, ~ u
his mustache ana the nchworm in his eye praydihs
for the sparrow to come again and eat up ,nS the
gtstip; destroyer Of the leaf OF the une an saw
comfort of man. And thus we sec the $3.50"
saving.
"A Professional Grumbler' writes to The Tribune
10 complain that, whenever he wants anything tna'
everybody else doesn't want he has TO VAIN my
miles and endure untold contumely before ne gc''
1t or demonstrates that it really can't be hSu' iio
wants a cork mat say eighteen inches by 'nlrN' ~
stand on when he gets out of his daily pa'h' ~
has seen them. he has bought them but. since even
cork whether in OF out Of bottle, does not las' io.
ever now he has gone forth and walked MS my
miles and been solemnly yet not often respecuiulY'
assured that such thing exists or ever can oAo'
Wrapped round pair Of shoes, however, comes nun
the cobbler London newspaper, and the hrs' 1I'".
the Grumblors eye lights on is an a1vertsc clean
somebodv's famous cork mats, for tie bath, Gran
hcalthfi pleasant at from - Sd. 10 30s. So men;
+; wa not dream II can exist: It does exist .ha
since one 'rumblns Mahomet os am tr,Ss n fetch
him one OF more. lie doesn't know Or care ""''
trade but any trade, all the trsde~
Another thing the professional grumher wants -
know is If people are aware that the gas-burhers III
common use are about quarter OF century OcnH'u
the times. II economy. it IS bad economy lot pU'l
burners mean poor light. But II Is not ecohom'' "'
protests only conservatism at it, favorlte lob OF co
serving the useless and harmful else why, he asks 40
tbe same peope who promptly rip out their mante-
pieces change their grand pianos, ana returhlsn NJ
downstairs as often a. the fashion goes soou" 10
eudge a fow cents for new gas-burner'
Alfred Fast the English painter, has Just returned
the London papers say. from that commonplace m"F
ern excurslon-a journey round tho world II Is get
.~f.L H. anna n
worn everywhere, by every one who wears any ana
the same things in every shop-window, from Ba9dad'
via Bangor. TO Bangalore; from the Umpqua to me
Irrawaddy Yet It worth going The round. even d
denly, Mr.. East did, on the local poet OF h sn
porinc over Tcnny sons " In MemOriam' dono mo
japanese in full view Of Fujyama
The late Senator James W. Nye used 10 tell good
story one Of many. illustrating the practical politics
If his day. After being wheel-horse OF the Democ-
acy for many years he had gone over to the Repubh
an party then very young. and had been Rewarded
With an appointment ono of the new Commissioners
II Police Fernando Wood then Mayor, and all Tam
many we're fighting the Commission as an invasion
u the rights Of the city, and both sides the feeling
vas very bitter Going TO the Aston House to call on
he Governor. Nye shown into the dark parlor
With the high-shouldcred windows, under the grim
,orilco and then, as his eve got used to the
doom he that he had fallen among round dozen
n 80 Of the sachems and braves Of Tammany, with
elijah f. Purdy the grandcst of AL Grand sachems. at
heir head Brothers STILL Dickens says of the
wlss landlord and the German courier. but by DIFF
crent mother Presently Nye broke the silence OF
he awful semi-circe by saying in his good humored
y Tb r4q pahc P Pay 1 hnIe yo w sp' always
good fellow. Tell Us what made you leave the
md party THAT'S bsJe T e boys sa Ta Hye
Gaming on them all in a way that surely NJ other
nan hal command save peIhap, the late sir John
all taft
orIcObs.7 Then affection and champagne flowed
nee more among the brothers.
Victoria, Australia, has just raised the duty on
hinese eggs, in oder 10 protect the Threatened IN
ustry OF tho home Memories II those eggs any
hing IKE the ones the Chinese in California impori
II thcr private consumption. heaven help the poor
ppIais Think Of picking bad eggs as a business |
nd ealing them a. pleasure Not even the |
deicacssen7 shops afford such delicacy "a that. |
Egyptian darkness in Fifth-ave. and other uptown
treets dn spite of the Injunction which acts as
permit"-or the lawyers say SOL brings home the
act that hardly on one vehicle in ten. of whatever
or IS Il thought necifl to carry light al night |
$ there not ordinance requiring II II there !
/, il is not regarded. II there IS not, where else |
an yon find such an admirable instance OF The grea
happy COluckyr prmcplc. go-as-you-pease anu
he deuce take the hindmost'l
Typhoid at Yale, arising usual from causes OBJ
cure Or unknown. suggests look nearer home. The
ub!ect Is something uhsaVOIy, bu' thefe Is INC fo"'
We. tunnel for instance. Can any one with a nose |
Ass through OF descend into that unlovely cavern |
1thout being made painfully awar6 that the PARK
We. sewers overhead leaking into the covered
ay below This has been the case for many
lOnths az least, and II Is time that something were
one about IT, There be little room for douh'ing
hat fertile Yet neglected cause OF disease l. 10 "
Juud in the saturauon OF the soil by the leakage 81
nperfect drains. the poisonous cNhalatiOns from the
amp soil drawn directly into the cellars Of our houses,
nd thoroughly distributed among the livng-rOoms D!
4e modern systems OF heating.
The collection OF short bright, crisp advertisements
n the fourth ana fifth page, OF tO-days Tribune zen
tale more varied. true and more striking thah
within the Imagination Of many an accepted novel
IT,
SIXTEEN PER CENT DIVIDEND.
rom BRAKES Travellers Magazine.
The directors Of The Darnvlle Savings Bank, El1
meeting The other day, and when they had ook s