New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-02
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

4 country telegraph operator is generally one on
the most obliguC people In the world Il II" II treated
Is he deserves But Il cannot be trilhiuiy SAN
that they are all endowed generously with brains. or
If they are they ar, 80 seldom called upon 10 use them
thar they get out OF the habit Of thinking. and - lose
- the Lnack of H." 4 man went into telegraph
Office N a station I'm New. 'r>ey ONLY few miles from
Jersey CITY and told IN" operator that he wanted u
~cud an important m",-at". i am atI'ld Ga"
take it for you" was the reply. Their j. dispatch
her, now ahead Of yours, but have lost my WWe
and this thing has boon living here for "a hours
Well said the other. why don't You put the message
ON tr,inl Give il 10 Of the men ana IN iilcei'
minute, II will bc IN Jersey city. "hcr i VIII De en-.
Tyrufy clch, train, day through here - Jersey
tity~ The operator looked with und NguSed al
mraion a; a man who could do 20 murh tmnhlns III
~, hort "A time He was not offended At the new
tangled city notion but adopted the suggestion form
There i, always look Of crcvci surprise on the
face of the man i'm the little country telegraph one"
when A busy Sow Yorker cou"s briskN n and asks
him sharply # Do can send mc'>aTc I" New l"rk'
OF coui~e D." can. lie sends one or wv" every gay
when the Vow York newspaper man rusicN in late at
,-ht however and ask the question, the tcleT1ph'r
sometime, find, that he has OverrStimated his ability
a., q sender" Ns soon lie announces III me
affirmative the other Jerks, ont: An right want -
end 1000 words. Have 5000 written ana VIII give
Won IN, rc,t "A, fast a. can write It, smile oi me
ncnlc and >icLly Kind nIi, across The operators face
nj ,i,h ri,ht through and Won can make IT. TEcn
b6 ,,untonon, click Of the wonderful lille instrument
rgins There are JERKS and pause ana "rca>lo.,a
and siifi city torsIphcr the other end
q the wire. The other 1000 "oriN ar, Al'or,
written when with quick snap tnr iil>unul'n. ,''
o send is silent ."ng H. manlp"Iat": Ef'r ,,, mp
and ,ays dl>coumgnEly II, mo use We can ' h
H." lie looks desperate " How many words NAY, nay
ven got OF 2oo6," The operator look. amazed anna
No. only 900" That ,g%C IN, ,tos ~,'' terris
struggle 900 worN 20 through. Ana yer the man
has hi, best only he ha~ no, ,ent ' i"s r w%TS
in almost rs many hour. f'r the continuous tIr nioN
hai night and ,tn and untcmpcroi fingers rcin'' 10
do the unusual task
Jo,cph H. Manlcy Of Maine has fascinating way
Of illustrating hi, point, with apt and epIIr'"iHu'
-tori"e He has been for several Years chairman "'
the Maine state Republican Committee ana after one
state election where the sucrcSs Of the republican
,r., yeas particularly decisive and brilliant Dem
n,r,t tcegraplcd to friend that the majority OF the
othcr Iarty WAS simply appalling. Later he tee'
,raphed that the situation was much DriGher' ~ '">
hidco1, majority was not 50 large 10y u COUPE VI
hundred or - he had ~ first supposed Hp''N'us
II This when some one twltci Mr.. Manley about IT,
ne .uid drylv: This reminds me Ut TiIf"% a''-
don't in the south some one tclcSraphcd 10 mans
v.if,. Your husband killed in X. r. accident; head
10th arm, and both legs Ciit on lew hours !'',I
,,,rd hi. telegram was received First report "N
,,,'r,rd. vour husband killed head and legs cut on
but only one arm
rh. id., which some people hive about the French
word nee" I, amusing. II Is no unusual 'nN'H ~
ind some people speaking Of Mrs. James Bro"h' nee
Wis. Kitty smith. and IL must he 'ohlc''cu u''' '"'
,,,roccpt disease (, epidemic among a certain class
If country correspondents But one use OF ms Sc
q,r,lv worked French word which recently t'ircd
IN , little paper seems likely to wear the Champion
mi, polm uuchaienged for some tine. The e0iISioh
vo, abou, titled ari,iocracy. woman tNl"' mar
i, L.s,rc horn the dlu,tc: # a count, was welded
e,r y third time to a French marquis. The dcliehtfH!
tory called her Uhc names are fictitious the Mar
aui,c Ic CrandoiN. nee Countess 9ouIlihea"e. nee
I,r,ucss Granville, nee Lady BcvcrNick' II the
,cnri of births IN IA" family Bible at TINS oeh-bofn
,tv vcr, Ncpt ACCORDING to the theory oi me man
HTG wrote that story what an un'olyable problem II
would be-!
This j. the season # tue ycar when the clty woman
vh, rcaAs only the headlines OF political articles
,, tho paprrs. after staggering under a load Of bun
,ies from the suburban train to her summer house,
ov.,y rented In the country. asks her husband with
, ,yeoricd sigh how the original package decision
and question are coming on. And he does not even