New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-02
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

The life OF a pilot is filed with delightful
certaintes. lie Is like sealed bottle tossed the
waves Of the ocean. lie may be picked mp In day,
and he may be carried the for more than
week before some passing steamer comes TO "rescuc
him. pilot boat left this port few days ago. pre-
pared for two weeks cruise. Within ten hours from
the time she left the Ray she back Staten
Island, all her pilots having been taken of by ncom
us ig steamers She put to sea again and started up
she reached there eleven after her second
having crnised AL over the ocean between New YORK
and Newport without having sighted single steamer.
Not few people have amusing ideas about pilots
and their boats one man talking with another who
speAis his summer vacations this boat said
How do they manage it, | suppose when the steamer
takes OF the pilot, the pilot boat is lowed behind
the steamer, that the pilot get out TO again
for another vessel The other man scarcely agreed
formation the pilot boat tows in the steamer.
Funny thought Of that BEFORE 1t funny.
There is growing tendency among certain class
Of actresses said theatrical man. to frequent the
race tracks. In the summer they a rule not
playing, and they have the time 10 devote to horse
racing. notice that many actresses crave excitement
when they idle. They miss the life and spirit Of
their working A good many of them fall into
the habit Of betting. and they do they bet
heavily and often recklessly l don't know OF
single one who beats the races, and for that matter
the men who come out ahead easy to count.
ms losing hurts actresses In their own basiliesS.
when they find that they have squandered all their
earnings or have done worserun into debt-they
are eager to clear themselves aud Will accept engage
ments which under ordinary circumstances they wOulc
Dot deigp % Consider. They play parts which they
deem inferior, and accept salaries at which at any
other time they would undoubtedly sneer Racing FOR
actresses just for other people Is expensive when
tickle fortune is hrted With
1t isn't very hard TO recognize the veteran trans
atlantic traveller and the person who is taking his
first voyage. The novice wears g"od clothes
apparently suitable for trip lie is likely to
have pair Of glasses hanging from his shoulder And
his spirits gay, light so eNube1nt. lie Is
overlooking with zeal. life and innocent enthusiasm.
lie thinks OF his promensdes deck when he Wears
his jaunty suit and cap and he smiles. The griAzled
and silent captain also smiles. But the real Old land
salt who has crossed the pond' time and time again
Not Of the same kind Ills suit is just what one
would choose for a comfortable 90 as-you please outing
His glass is in his staterOOm, and when he needs II
he sends for IL. lie Is not imposing person lie
does know how TO the ocean, however ana Wheli
the gay novice Is overwhelmed with the pangs ~
deck and beneath an easy souch hat is tanned
face, over which hits grim smile when there appears
unused ass s. and the van crcltlrc whose melancholy
look would bring pity from the heart OF any one save
woes of the inexperienced. IT is like hazing at
college. You take Your punishment when freshman IAN.
yourself.
Oncc a sailor always a sailor When the average
sea captain bids good-by 10 his ship and comes
ashore to end bis days, he feel, that there Is little
pleasure left in life for him. The writer met an old
follower Of the tho other day Who had become
sailor when he sixteen years old, and had NOT
left tho sea until after he was sixty. lie had been
A whaler he had when boy shipped on A man.o OF
war deserving his vessel in southern California when
Mexico governed that part Of the country. lie
had worked a ranch living with epaniaic'' but
had Invariably dred back 10 the sca. lie mad traded
in Australia and China, and mined IN south Africa
but never ioF long time IN any one place. Ai''r
gold was discovered IN California he went as FIRST mate
u % vessel 10 the Pacific coast. Leaving hi, >hp
he became a gold seeker and made 10000 with
this he bought fine lufA "hIc. wa, Niht Iuit l'
oan Francisco for uie reason t'at e'!iy one va |
crazod with excitement over gold lie htted up ms
Vo,sel iYr "iS.y nd lid t'fard fnr Bclrns
straits. When he started back eighteen lohIns
later lie Wac fcA n~n. having ha-- No..ttiu sDou
fortune OIL HI expedition ON ~ aoNe%Ed v'{aSS'
lie was picked up and tlk"n to the sane" len Islands
a4re he va, -eit ont a. master ot a ship. henc,
forth he commanded merchant vessels. acquiring n
comfortable fortune, and buying hie farm III Ncw
York. But at sixty three, after nearly my ycar'
ing his lot. and rcgretnr that he had not waited
untl no was an "0ld man before ne became
hudsman.
For awhile tho other day It looked as II there
might be war in tie corridor Of well known hotel.
and So FAR a, an observer could judge, two friends
v,cre I'm Imminent danger ~ becoming mortal enemies,
II was al about annexation. one man was ron
Ncw York. the other from Broo@lyn All th' elo.
uucnce the logic. the statistics, the arguments ana
rho brilliant forecasts ~ the New Yorker wasted
Ills bcarer boiled with indignation. Tie idea oi AN
ucAlng Bro1klvm to New.i ork,psr?a,, r'ns Old
I'm, l"In n"s mart o, nrooLrn ~ course thr Now
York man laughed confidently. NaNc. "i mama, III
Island have pgde ana , ,,ro ,oe .i' when the,
broke OF the discussion. were no moro s11Ach W UNI
opinioqs than when they began IT, Who wins al
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pcopc who live IN the desirable parts Of New ORR
and who never go into the crowded tenement mouse
districts en- have little idea Of the suffering IN OK
ccssveIv warm weather Of those who live In their
cramped quarters. The buildings are 50 hSh' inc
streets so narrow and the rooms 80 small SIZED
candle boxes are larger-hat Stir OF the not ar j.
unknown. such thing as ice % hundreds ana ih"u
sands Of the people here Is an undreamei OF luxury
The warm water with which parchcd lips aud burning
nroas are mol,tcncd Is almost sckenlnF. II You
can stand the foul air The closcucss and the disagree
able picture, which YOU must yon viii bee amazed
10 learn how some people live Tho wonder of 1t all
i, that they live Then you VIII sec what
necessity teaches. You viii find Italian women wear
lng mOi-cncd cabbage leave, on their dark hair ana
going about their work industrously. However warm
Inc weather, th"y have no time 10 rest. Damp cloths
thrown acso-s the chest give ~om" relief from toTtur
ing thirst Small children suffer most. At ni-lt
farn,, sleep, leaning sitting In the windows 900
little shlky balconies or on The roof-any place where
a breath from tho river may touch their burning
checks.
Despite the fact that the moarnful funny man
Is rchashIne his summer Joke, on the mosquito.
said "a New-Yorh business man who lives fla New
jersey. g. this year Is almost phenomenal regards
the Jersey pest. free 70 that where
Two mosquitoes usually a. bad as ever mans
Imagination pictured them to be. Bnt ti, year We
have not had single night when could not SIT
Oh our front piazza until bed time We have eX
pcctcd them from day ~ day. bat they have failed
T. come. This understand /, the case in all parts
Of mosquito afflicted NewJcr>cy. II seems TO ind
cnte 10 me that notWItI- landing IN" trW hot ana
.imneriue duN- which We have thus had,
are on the whole to enjoy cool ana del! ghtrul
| summer IL doe, show at least that thus FAR We
hovo not had unusually warm weather. for continued
| nnat I'm Nrw-Icr.cy Invariably breeds and rcara
| lcgOns OF our famous buzLlng insects