New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-14
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

| when a newspaper article takes an extended trip
through other publications ii not nfrequenty loses
something which might be called its baggage CHECK
The article pops up in Boston, say, and Chicago, duly
credited to the paper which first printed it, linen IL
| takes a flying run through some OF the towns in the
Far West and in the hurry and scramble that little
line at the top Of the story telling who the owner Is
disappears Henceforth the story is anybOdy's. Watch
it arise from the grave in the pines Of Mississippi
Its ghost begins TO wander back toward New-fork,
whence the body came And some ne. me a Gay ye Ga
same story printed in esteemed contemporary
and neshbor only this time it i, erdlted for Ne ec
But the credit naturally goes to that paper Wncn
lat laid claim 70 It, borrowed hnery, for there IS no
| clearing house for newspaper articles.
The sales at a saltwater fountain vary greatly
from day 70 day Rot always arc the most glasses
| Of the fixing beverage sold on the hottest Gay
humidity which. allied with heat, makes man weary
Of he come, to the assistance Of the sofa water man
When the warm air is saturated with moisture ne rolls
ont an extra supply of saltwater tanks, his ms syf
reservoirs and waits with serene smile on M iloe
! Cor men 10 Walk abroad. When there is moisture
without he knows that there will be cry tof HolSV'c
| within.
The man who conceived the idea Of displaying ad-
vtiscments on ceilings and who then put Ills S'"ec
| INTO oprrlt'on did sc, ous wrong to the man VINO
cannot shave himself Never was more co"aiuN
| trick PLAYED upon a dcfcnccless yictint something
ike a fandi,h delight must have possessed lne III
ventors mind when he thought how absolutely hei-eSS
the man in the BARRIERS chair would be. lhefe ne
+, stretched out in hs chair with ms eyes trme ,t
mn 10 the Collins He can't turn on Ms sue ny tai
ii erect Ills only relief from the soul t9rnrng a ad
vcrti,en"nt+ Of smoke seven s. Tobacco or wear
WIfcwovcn Noolcns,' etc, Is III cio'lls "'' eS''
Did you ever 20 through a market or those
streets where fruits and vegetables are d'Spi'Seu
early in the morning! You must 90 very early 100
before the sun has come to the surface Of the Atlantic
for after the people begin to flock around the places aho
when the air is bright and filed with noises ana
customers have pulled and hauled things from heaCS
arranged piles the charm Of the market Is gone
But when there is duh gray in the air anu ''e
booth keepers nodding before their STOCK you wiz
ind pleasure about such places which yoa may
,t h.y,. tbourht off, Everything IS fresh and sweet
and clean Tie oG0r Of young onions mingled "lVh
fine pr.,er Fragrance Of cabbage and those OF various
..r.e, Of carrots bccts lettuce and peas an idAc
dct ou, stew whose beauties are MOI nlaleiii 80.
There i, ,omcihnS COOLING and refreshing apo"t ~
nnvly .urinled hoor, ana the heaps OF green ireSh
from the country The newly put oh apron 'poIIcss
'',n VINO Wiil nod and nod until "A buyer comes 70
disturb him. but before that time comes Hon NH mi
rn away for the rush of busy people, the gay sunist;
uo thunder o.. truck, and the Increasing warmth VIII
spoil your peaceful picture.
The fountain in city Hall Park, which was still for
several years plays mcrrily these days. ON warm
afternoon as one hnrreS past IL there comes 10 Ills
gracful check a cool breath, and the hylhg spray
MAX
NIGHT that seem, 10 be- best rcSed. People STOP ~
IN watch the silver threads shoot into the air and 10
hear the usht splash of the water. Wretchcd OLD
tramp, look into the basin for half hour al u'''e'
p, ii that luxury for their special bchcn,; SIN
they ,ccm % regard the PARK a. url P ctS manic
| rrry Perhaps Young lover, or young nfrn'u PCoPho
take the etrltc,t delight in the h9"inE l3 on, f
They walk up 10 with slow step lGDN a. tii' Thc
| cato streams IN silence aud walk Pulcllt away INV
p fountain seem, to be playing not III Ndih
There is Young woman in New-YorlI who is ex
J tr7iSly fond Of swimming. The writer KNOWS IN
D more, about her than the Circumstance OF her so'"E
.vimnirg she may be some business mans 'e're
tary bit she is at any rate an American So"n-
woman. who earn, her own living. Ihcre !, no l"'
/ t,i.iu, that on saturdays size has halI-h'iuaS
and In these warm days her mother meets her III u''
afternoon Of saturday down town They Walk uoN'
~,dv.,, to III, Concy Island boat, the yonhI Wont'
i,l. , tr.u elastic and independent but moi uh"om
lnlv stop They sit on tins open deck cha'uhs 70
yctlrr like two old frcud and when they Ua.h ~
, Stand line Younger woman strikes boldly ln'o ua'
'trr f,. her .Wn. Her stroke Is strong ana graz
mi and when she comes back to her nOtner ict ~ G
ar Itti cyrrIi,c They 90 back TO New-lork I'm
mcfnjev That is all that the writer klowo r 'V Dh
them. bat % IS pleasant - hlu 4D'c cre,tion an,
unv, such great good sense about Her IcoFcd''o" '"
amu-cment.
How many men," said physician WHO ar
troubled with lhcir eyes ever attribute her us ~ u"
,.,. .,,,-.. believe thar the habit Of reading OF
| D. fl,
mons ,yc.. New Yori. men are all great readers o
,,, ,..,r for they arr not content to get ihroug'
tv ,,itbou, k,.png themselves reformed Of all iha
H. ,oi,- ON around them. You Will lind them rS'd
ing when they 20 down town in the morning ''''
,.an when they 20 home in the evening ferhop
they read by an uncertain light ~ the cvehns yer l
t,Iuly they winter WHeh tie u,S ~ S"V 90
en-, ,l.,,t,d cars shake ono unmercHulS; No", !
ain read, Train for imiiS m,tS po " SsI
,., and evening then, Il he goes uo"hl"Wn ~ 's
'- p me- ,ubic,t, his eyes to an unnatural and
injurious strain IA the course Of 'ear o ,olc,n'
i1' zoo l,ur-. Those figures speak for themselves
p,,,- T. .,,,,.uv'- plan FOR improving the Hudson
r.,.r front ,lolr and above riverside PARK ah'
,r,,t,u. tlcrc 30 once Rotten Kow' 'l''"r.'
,,,l,,.,i lad a great naval review stand l. on>
,o elaboration of ore Of h> pet schemes "hcu "
v. thc pol'.raI master Of the city and Park com
{ missioner llc Wa always i"I VI SUI" us' ~
t,r bcauufyiue and de-, rlopinS the cry ana III
,.,..,. real estate value, In vaiiou' parts OF u'
,,,.r,,,..i. other plans Of his which the over
throw of the EIus delayed ar" now being eViNel
Irr Widening and eNlrh~i"u oi S I ~ .,tor-,f
followed according 4" N"' ,Hc> "'', ',,D ,,,,' IL,
-, ClurrI q completed under him. Another idN'Il'
,on''4,.,i ' ,. r,i, wa, thc extension OF Madison
rc thrl-h from Twenty ihId Il 10 I"H.."" TtI'Iv
~. man ia, ai,J been renewed ana May sun p'
Su.d out
il. NOT "a. all +, be- wondered at that Mr.. swceny'
,,r,i. in llI o.at, printed articles - an advocate
cd. a t. av, along the Hudson should be regarded 10y
many a, I'd, advent once more ~ an aspiring p"'tl'ah
NobJa, can ten what Mr. SwcenyN political a'ph'
tom, mas bc. Lo ia much more candid IN taking o.
t.ria p,rt> Ike those alluded To than IN discuss
uc political pla, of hi, own or any otler persons oi
parties, lie got the credit or dlNcIedit OF training
Governor Hoffman for the Presidential race IN 1877
hut that VI, GENE went sadly awy. lie got much OF
the di.orcdt IT ring political msmanaScmeh'' Dut IT
La, said recently that Tammany vas beyond his con
! troll when he va, nomnally itN hcad' A. croker
,,J,v Fv,ql then SWccny more noted for hi
rt,r, at developing the city than for his poiltica
accumulation 81 his party. In MS days Oi poltlca
',r, ". he Herald" under the elder Bennett lande'
HIM Il. pc,or 81 -'rorck sweeney" Horace Greeley
'.,, had hi.h opinion OF ME- NNeny OH account o
he c,rnc,tn So. me- dill played in developing the city.
4 remember distinctly Mr. Greeley rcprmandlng one o
i" editorial writers severely for abiding 10 sweeney
n- bclongue - the Tweed and connolly tribe az pom