New-York tribune., 1890-03-29

to see the hour shining after you nave dohc he ocS'
q busy bee can TO make it shine. Comforting 10 .ne
humble paragrapher to see that obscene cover 'ns'
seemed to hiccough "Drunk. Friend. Drunk gone
at last from the humane fountain on the corner by
the Postorice and Drink Friend. Drink" looking one
in the face as clean and wholesome as you peasse. &c
But how Is the fourfo0ted friend TO drink uho's "'
fore th0ughted friend turns on the ,watert
Why are street fountains always dry1 Az nrst
they gush, but soon they hush, and delight turns
to misery dry misery. In the wintcrt Is the iros.'
in the summer the drouth but The simple drIl,n -
pcrhaps-the astronomer-royal7 bcerudges tc ircs
How OF the water. And sooner or later tnc oesrwubsc
gets his way. 'Tis the same the worid oVer' why
.You have had such good luck with cohec-pots'"
writes an cs;imablc lady OF Elizabeth IN the 'crcys'
signing herself .yac of Avoca' "now can you teii NE
how get sheet of 'botter' that VIII oiot 'he INK
and won't blot the papcri" Ay, marry ask your s'a
TONER or another, for the best gray botter. lie VIII
tell you it doesn't exist and offer you his own favor'o
blue warrantable. II warranted. to gorm" your
paper and fun" your sleeve in the most approved
Yet stick to 4; insist on the gray bioter or or
secret is that being the best he has to pay tr,hc
for IT, whereas the Retail price OK the worst mas
been ackscrewcd up to that notch that for the Des
It can't be raised any higher.
AS for the "vale Of Avoca,n dear madam, nobody
now knows much as where or what 1t Is or was
Thomas Moore is as dead Queen Anne; deader, IN
deed for not even sham architecture commentaries
his name. Between them, Mcssrs. Wagner ana Mo
Gnty have silcnced the last public echo of The Harp
that once on Taras Walls Try, some evening, II you
doubt II, and hear the Loved one or The-man-wno
knows all abouteverytns ask, ever so mildly, "Who
IS Tara"
Still another American historical puzzle: Was
Charlotte Temple real person. One OF The Trio
unes historical puzzlers "wants to know you know
doesn't sign his her name very naughty, thaD ;
still. the subject is interesting enough to overlook
that, and organize an Independent search. Susanna
Rowson's novel; charlotte Temple or a Tale OF
TRUTH vastly admired and wept over in Its day
ust century ago. Somehow 1t has managed 10 sur
vlvc though Charlotte Temple herself Is supposed to
you may read the name II you Ike
But was Charlotte Temple a real person1 Madam
Susanna vowed her tale Of truth all true, save the
Names Hear this, now, and be assured there can be
no higher authority than the most worthy schoar anu
gentleman who has been good enough to write II, ior
the benefit Of such OF The Trlbunes readers as arc
curious in such things:
"The question is becoming one Of those historical
puzzles that are likely to prove famous. see no
reason to doubt that there was such person a'
Charlotte Temple In the facts OF her history as given
by Mrs. Rowson in her welknown novel, there Is
nothing either strange or uncommon. Wnat 10
doubt however, is that the grave In Trinity church.
yard so constantly visited by pilgrims from all quar-
ters. Is the place In which the unfortunate young
woman was buried. Certain it is that the stone had
originally metal plate inbcdded in it on which was
an inscription This has long since disappeared, ana
no one tell what words were engrav@ed yea UPON mpo
H. The name of Charlotte Temple has been cut upon
the slab at later period by an unknown % hanu anu
and the question has been raised whether tnere was
sufficient authority for doing so.' More anon. Mean.
while light, more light, please. Bring bacK tha'
metal plate, sir or gentleman OF even gents
roff.
right or wrong for us against still head and
shoulders above his fellows, cha Now look out for
the reign of Medocrity in all Germany. Littleums
IN tbo front Is the word. And is not every COCK
sparrow of them pumng his pnfeathers at thls very
moments Nicely they will manage It, too, after tler
kind everywhere thanks TO tho splendid t macnrS rS
lofty Growing and mutual cooing-until something
happens.
Something. What7 Why what would you say Ii
the Kaiserling unmade the Kaiser. just as Bismarck
made him7 Not German Unity, mind you. only the
Man at the Topl viii democracy spin the top'
There you have the question.
What do YOU mean. the glanccr asked, when you
say Won don't care a sou Inarlxee Then thus the
Southern Planter: A sou marque is a small copper
coin made in France for in Louisiana WHEN
French possession. 1t was well known IN lunois'
Missouri and the Northwest Territory until within
the last forty years It's value was about ccnt cor
responding with the "un sou' Of Bas Canada. We
had sous marques fps bits and many other coins not
known TO the people OF the East. Alas, aias, tlcy
have all gone with the good old days when Ihey were
ot really one cannot seriously mourn the neeting
In or longer champ the bit ridden to water LII rne
siyx.
And as to fps why to this very day, as far forth
and north as Philadelphia, is not chewed mp the
very synonyme for shame faced shyness and mortified
detectionl Once bitten, you see, twice shy Inc
silver on these Spanish halfrcal pieces was soft tle
die was cast indeed but cast shallow, and the muiti
farlous inscription was eaced. Then. lest per
adventure its surface smoothness prove un al
heart and so the honest trader be deftly defraded
of his six and quarter cents honesty was won't IN
those days to call caution TO us rescue s anu tbe
to the proof Hence chewed fps. Hence, also, tne
slang phrase Fool, who with your tin hp"i Showing
how aculcness surpasses accuracy
But does SOU markee (marque) The Tribune went on
TO ask. mean token sou sou punched or defaced
as counterfeit this of the leading dealers IN od
coins is good enough to make answer sous marques
are counterfes of foreign copper coins that were maa
for circulation in the British West indies Or posi-
hlv the royal SOUS of Louisiana stamped with r. f. by
the French Republic Thanks, dear sir; ror pos, possi-
y read probably and are at one WITH s te sons
ern planter and at two with the irlnuhes so'u su'''
| No use In being Yankee for nothing'
The little baggage-exprcss people get more LOT car
rying piece of baggage across or along the Guy th''
Tho br exprcss companies charge for Transporting the
same piece 100 or even 200 miles, besides Tile
citv work Indeed the local expresses charge nearly
twice as much Why. then, do they think It nceciui
or good 10 set Intlmdator, an obstructor Or, or q
Dscourager between themselves ana the poor pa'en'
Dublcl r. S. V. p. More coming.
aRoll on thou Connecticut" again. The Rev. Ed
ward Everett Hale, who quoted the pulling parody
in The Atlantic Monthly" in 1854, has been SO oDis
inc rs 10 oin In the search for the source OF this
Blac Nile of citation but has had TO give 1t up as
had lob. And j. W. French OF Mount Holyoke, writes
from the finest cultivated view in New-England
lwe raised, indeed, as all must admit who have ever
| been there:
"These lines were in OF our old registers years
aro hut | am not able to find them now: IL Is PROB,
allie they were stolen" stolen, fors0Oth YES anu
snd Co tbat scOnable old "fencc," the receiver