New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-26
CHANCES HERE IND THERE.

What is there about the figures five feet eight inches
that Is attractive TO policemen Did you ever no
tce description Of O drowned man who was not just
that tali Maybe You have, but Just notice and see
II the vast majority Of them do not conform to that
rule and also reported wearing Congress gait
ers Whether men measuring five feet eight inches
high aid wearing Congress CATERS arc more prone
TO drowning thsD Others. 20 far rs Is known. has not
been determined but certainly Il IN odd suggestion
| which to tho mind of many who constantly
watch such cases.
Speaking OF Congress CATERS and drowning recalls
q fashionable mlddle-ased physician who thoroughly
believes In this fatality. He gave II away In tbs
wise: While consulting man in delicate health abont
| his care for himself In the winter time, the doctor
| said: What kind Of shoes have You got orr They
proved to he the fatal Congress CATERS and the doctor
objected "Dd you ever account OF O drowned
man found In the bay that didn't soy he Ind on Con-
gress gatersl You laugh, and say that doesn't make
any difference and there Is connection OF cause ana
effect How do you know there isn't You can't
trace IT, but I'm not certain that Congress gaters 40
not tend to such moral and ply steal dcgeneracy mat
them same ,ns
home found letter from her, saying she had piSkea
paper after went away 0a aaa 's said and she
wanted TO admit that she was convinced"
This same physician is o believer In the Imp OF
the Pcryersen lie has faith in some natural law-iaw'
mind you law, not chsnce-whch brings unfortunate
circumstances into conjunction patent Una.
should have stayed at home and sent ior h'h pu'
comes to his ofce instead makes MISTAKE tia' may
bring down other evils. That day Is OF all aa9s u,
the wear the worst he could have come out IN ana
carriage IL particularly hard to obtain to tale MIN
| home in. and his lome al that time Is sure to be
arranged in the worst possible shape Tor Ute care
sick man. Just becau- Just 70 accompsf tsrr ns.
unfortunate start. Maybe demons IKE misery o,he
nd
TO carry trouble and dismay to the surroundings OF
the first ones home He does not say aT..e , or mere e
accompaniment the Imp OF the reverse ocs iiS
| work By spells.
Some people have an idea that the shot-tower Is
obsolete but according TO man who knows somethins
about the manufacture OF leaden pellets the loe" -
erroneous "No,7 he said the other day to tribune
man. The old method Of shot-making still prevails
The lead is dropped from tower tho same as ever
except with this difference the towers are not maae
so tall as formerly. They used to be built up 10 q
height OF $50 feet more, but now structure ioo
feet high every purpose HOW Is is " any
naratmS has been Invented, which, sending strong
current Of air up the tower shaft produces &C
10 the falling lead, and drop OF lou ieol j |usV do
good 23O.'
There are perhaps few old play-gocrs who VIII
ror,op,hor whom the comedian william +. Burton
rouc out his farce OF Toodles' at the old CHAMBERS
street Theatre many years ago." Playing 'hc 'io
part and there certainly many people VIM, Il
tbev do not recall the palmy days. are yet iainar
with the incident Of Mrs. To0dlcs's purchase vi "o
immortal coffin plate, bearing the name OF Iohpson'
with a ~, The particular scope OF The estimaoie
woman's farseeng economy so humorousiy Iluiouou
by the convival Toodles need not be dweit upon.
What Is interesting to note Is that there recch'y uu
in Broollyn worthy old gentleman VINO Is so'o ~
have been The original thompson with p" AZ
any rate the story goes family tradition tha'
pcod larpe
,ross Mate mon a door front In Wlamst. bore inc
name Of William W. Tompson," and this II Is saa,
hy the mysterious force OF suggestion was inc oiSln
Of Burtons wltticlsm. The Tompson referred 10 was
weilEnoTn engravcr a brief sketch OF whose business
career appeared In Tao Tribune al me un W
death il is reasonably conceivable II not hisoncaiy
authenticated that no one enjoyed more thorongnE
the droery Of the original Toodles than dd inc
| " TOmpsOn-wrh p
II YOU do not think that the summer is over !uSt
stand ont In some fashionable street and watch the
faces What Browning calls AL the breath ana 'oc
bloom of the year, you will find there The summer
harvest been gathered and all the pretty faces ao
bundled back again. In the last week inc Increa'e
q, the number of youug and handsome women and OF
tasteful gowns in the streets has been particularly
noticeable. 1t was . cause OF loneliness 10 tho Poor
bachelor who stayed in the city all the summer that
no pretty young faces were left to brighton up the
pavements and 1t Is wonderful RELIEF 10 see such
face sometimes even IL you do not know Its possessor
s Second %0I s%e not et the GLIMPSE only ones
path II is like refreshing breeze surely Dea"y
Is It's own excuse for being
What becomes of all the old photographs Of faces
beautiful and not so beautiful Those memorials Of
one dead deathless hour" when we put on our best
looks so as to let people at distance both as TO tmc
and space know what kind Of people we arei Is
there a graveyard for photographer The old time
album the for and a s that asaa a.
graph like the unbured Greek Of old has to wander
for many years before 1t gets final resting place III
rubbish heaps
A runmaging tour in an old bookshop the other day
showed that the picture cemetery itself might have
to move. Down under pile Of old and torn books
and pamphlets lay still more torn album filed with
pictures taken some ten years ago in the region OF
the Fowery. Fortune had evidently been unpro
pltous, and the loved ones pictures had gone at
auction with the clock, the stove aud bedstead. VINO
could 1t he that would thus buy corpses that he could
not even disscct? 1t might have brought five cents
at the sale. The old booliman could not now get
rid OF gift, so it lies in the corner while some
ono talks of little Patsy that had the measles and
died three years ago come Easter'
A Maine man, speaking Of the unexpected Gland
slide, In his state when Mr.. Reeds superb majority
was piled high the heads Of the Democrats said
We all expected Mr.. Reed to win, OF course But
had he been defeated We could not have been moro
amazed than we oy his magnificent victory. rms
election shows how powerful and yet silent, IS the
Influence of the people. In this case the people had
made up their minds. There was no display abont
IT, no Dragging no fireworks, masslng Of forces In
advance when the day to vote came every man
dropped his tools or farming utensils or left his store
and went to the polls 1t was all as calm and ire
sstibIo ~ an evening tide. But, to my thinking, II
is this spirit Of Independence and this sell noudnG o,
opinion which will upset the most careful calculation
OF a political expert when 1t Is not based on me
temner Of the public. What tho people want they
generally get Maine wanted Reed and Democrats
viii tell sou tearfully that she got him.
"The practice going down the Bay TO meet we'll
known Americans returning from Europe said man.
"is Incoming more and more popular. Americans
are always demonstratve in their welcome to favorte
sons. They like to them back They are proud
., ,bem and are ouick to show their feeling. Tho