New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-23
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

The writer at theatre in the Bowcry one even
ing recently and came ont at the end Of the first act
| lie offered his return check TO boy who was
studying the pictures the sidewalk Nav said
tho boy. shaking his head, faint no Use
ter give It ter Give it tcr soma one else. Dcre
on dat trick. YOu II, kids don't Kit no checks
when we're ut de show and den We never leaves de
show tin its out. Dose felcrS know dat and wen
We try work dc racquet on dem deg takes dc
| checks away and fires Us OUT
You people who like smcs and get them fresh ard
delicious from Down East should the busy
little colonies where the fishermen get your favoilc
inny dish for you. There Is always one to be fOund
when winter in the Kenncbec River, In Maine,
not far from Ea'h. When the Ice forms and becomes
solid on the back" rivers here, small army of men
MAKE a campaign to the frozen fields. Each one
| sets up on the ice small, square box, just big
! enough for him to live IN. II i.nf much bigger than
q car starters box here in NewNork. In it there Is
STOW, aud bunh AID in the floor the fisherman cuts
square hole through the ice lct- down his lines ana
/ pail, ont smells for you by the dozens. Near Hath
IN winter there good sized village OF these match
! hoxe, on the ice. Tho fishermen stay here through
the season hundreds Of basket, of smells which
delivered In metropolitan markets. not many hours
before were being pulled out Of the ice on the back
! rivers Of the Old kcnnebcc
"No. We dent IS who have Offices below Chambers
It.. don't have A. nice time Of it as You seem to
imagine" said one Of the craft Whose "parlofs' arc
M eight flights. "Our customers arc al! business
men" You say who do business in a business Ike
| way. 80 women to bother and faint In tho
| chair ch' loung fellow. you don't know much
about women. II you think they can't stand twice a'
| much pain gracefully man. ionr average buS'
! rcs, nan ru,h,5 in here, some day whcn he can find
ten minute, 10 spare. and expect, decaylng tooth
that he, been neglected for tWeiveinohth 10 .e ~
/ 10 r,-hie in about The same time thai IL would take
- slave him. aud that without any pain ether NJ
the FIRST touch of 'Iy Instrument, on me sore Spot
have known h!G mrn to Jump up ana ,lIl ana now
Md tI.f
,ulAcd. soothcd. and whecdltd, lV' great babies. 10
submit - the necessary pain. have seen th'in bra,
ont INTO cold sweat. then turn yellow aud then iani
/ dead away with amount Of pam that would Only
! make % delicate ite woman cInch her hands To-
4 -ethcr and culver silently. But we can't nave all
women paent,.'
According +, literary authority. Robert Louis ste
ycu,on. who ha, apparently taken UP hi, home for
good ard al I'm Samoa Is soon 10 build house on the
c,t,tc which be- has purcha,cd there. He writes t.
friend On this country that he expects that work VIII
| Pc begun on tr house IN March. and that II VIII be
| rctdy for occupancy in August That means 'lN
month, AZ the outside for The erection and completion
~ the dwelling which seem remarkably short period
FOR such a worl. At least u would be Il phonom
.ually short one in i.i, country; but the way Of
builders in samoa must be- decidedly different from
what they az In TIL, free and enlightened land.
Houses. to-. are probably much Jess elaborit" ana
complicated --ructurc+ there tlan here. Perhaps.
hans. ltl dir, ard IFS accordingly over siuUne. ia
north. hence he mas hnd that the word Of a builder
is H,t ~ '' '.'' "'' ~ ..', IL, .i,ie cli,,,t. i'm
six month, Or Ic.- would Dee hard 10 find. and hard I"
hod =" h'- '"ltr'. ai''I mum" '''" ,'t,,' t"t,r
,'S ~ ,', IT,, ltr .,.,.nrsn" ncxt August
| ,.,.r o,'gi, o. he. in,nrr.tiu, reading
1T may 10 ll'tlc late t. refer to II now said
politician At the Fifth Avenue Hotel night or Two
axe, but 10 l. an Interesting fict and think notice
ought 10 uc taAen Of IT, What mean f. that 1t isn't
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, . ,... ,i..r,h ,lful, tIc message no matter
-, . .,,,,. t,. Witt. iroue, I, sill pretty gen
No. , incident i,i~..p tl., year however
.,.,d &, ah.,r the unusual feat - putting biz
OF i.,. acv~ iu n.- message refer. of course inc
N"un U'.l "' ~ S, & ,,'il,. learned aionf
,'" ,-, ,d,.,. no ,.o..,-i call that 4 very
/ MS va, rom ''.!!t ',' 80. :. H. ' ' " ''
/ c''diitne INNS i'' wv I''''"'''' w '"'
r,.., T.. ,or,ior and vyie ..rteod belief that tho
49,, .t,,s.r.,. and in, ,rurent. ~ fort.
lnqu'-ii'n. t"' N'm'>'re"' an" Instruments Va W.
gene raj has" Only q h~t't."l interest i'4 '"'
,.,f # a.. r,r,.,.ni iay. P,rap, doubts might visit
, ,.,,, n mos. WIN, entertain the p,c..in. though;
.', ['., ,u., should they visit a certain building
"" '"' . .l,.., ,.r, tI,. ci,v HAIL ,
..,, DID,. i.,.,.,, ,bo ,I,,c If tl,c American
i,..h Coup.rv. The writer soc, INTO the building
.,,' ,,, D.. ,o, hear ,,i.ue,, that 50 far a,
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, observation !, concerned. t"re is never rush oil
ANY mention u raid upon TIE rack conpany head
quarters hv any .oP't I"' u' 'pr'tt.', - a. r,
BOO c'fIrt ai ,on'calment is made I'm fact. the com
I,tr.., ~ t',. li,Ildiil as we'll a- alongside # the
door @i IT, 3i'c cr, n, ,lrc.. ther for az ca>