New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-02
CHANCES HERE AND THEhE.


i young in hurry 20 catch his last Doa'
the other night lie had bundle in his arm anu ms
together with the fact that he was Running rapidly
awakened tie suspicious OF a vidant poIccmah' .'''
Policeman stopped the sprinter and asked him what
he had under his The young man was if''lhE
about his boat and answered sarcasticaly: Why I've
been Iohbing a bank, Of course, and this IS the saie
The policeman thercupOn coolly told him that hc "as
under arrest and amount Of coaSing or swearing.
could change the majestic course Of the law Inc
policeman did consent. however, to accompany ms
caiioi II did moi take long to convince the police
that hi captive had not robbed iank aud 1ne
young was. as mattcr Of course. released bu'
he missed the boat.
1t seems rather surprising TO see how familiar New
Workers are with Chaunccy NJ. Dcpews face. \ man
got on an elevated train the other day and one boy
said 10 another in a loud whisper: That's Depcw''
The other young looked at the and answered
No. it amt. but he looks something like him, don't
he - once street hawker stood at n corner III
Broadway near the Po,once offering for sale por-
trait Of Mr. Dcpew With certain amount of sllfewd
nes, the man had put notice on the frame nor did
he announce to the public who the original Of the por
trait wa, lie simply stood there letting he lower
take "a glance at Mr.. Dcpcw's feature. Every one
well dressed and pcCily dressed And The comments
ON The lEcuc-, of the portrait were Il, many and az
original the persons who made them.
American, pride themsclve, upon keeping mp with
the tmes.@ but a foreign publication recently showed
/ it, ality To keep ahead Of the times. When the IN
/ tcre,t In Indian affairs at it, height European
papers followed the subject pretty closely. Two or
three DAYS after the fight at Wounded Knee Creek one
Of these publications out with illustrations OF tho
scene II tho fight and Of the fight itself Now It must
he admitted that regards time this was doing very
we'll for il take, several days for mail II 20 from
south Dakota 10 New York and, as Is well known. tho
/ time # passage between here ard Eusand Is Weh
J fJr good fair allowance. IL i>Ht unicdsoh'olr
| transmitted %, telegraph thai tlose Illustrations were
/ rot accurate. AT any rate. New York newspaper men
would call that pretty tall hustling
By tn, way. what ha, bccGmc Of that law regard
Ing minor, and the "v.cious habit Of smoking cigar
ctc,, No one has eyer believed that the law at
amy time Wa. reidly enforced. but for time at
| least policemen made an effort 10 pretend that they
arrested y0ung,tcr, who smoked cisarctc' The boys
too. showed "a littlc-only little, howev'r-rc~p'ct
for the enactment by being more cautious about
| poi men Now thcy ,uo,r when the, please and
/ whore thy please. policeman OF 40 policeman ana
needles to say they are wmoc-ted.
Did You ever ,ec anything like his hotdrnk bus
no, in drug store, pc said 4 man The other day.
| What kind Of hot drink uuintoNcatnc' of course
{, there which isn't drawn from q Soda fountain Ia
| tIc,, days Hot milk. no coffee. chocolate cocoa
beef ia. Dou.llon. clam broth. etc. / heard q
/ man. the othcr d.v. nr"r irving tNo or thru ~
them. say: why. this is c-ular restaurant. have
had r,rrv course down 90 fin 40 far ana Shouldn't
o. surprised could get that. But he c1ndn l. the
! liEc ht, Dee drawn somewhere
\ retired engineer. speaking OF suow,torm-. told
a - orv about 81 airing railroad tracks. Tn mad Oh
which he VIZ. running the time begins or ends. aN
vou choo--. IN jersey city. ~ one point on the no
| there il 4 deep cut which alWHv, give, trouble when
| heavy snowfall occurs. Just beyond the cu Is u
hich iron lridr" which spans very deep gorge Wa
| were driving an Oh fashioned snow pou-h with SIS
of our biggest engines" sid the engineer. II Wa
regular hatt ring ram work. We wDId draw back
and smash into that drft Ike a cruiser untl Il
seemed %, If string 81 engines must map In Two.
But We Just battered away for dear He. gradually
opcning tho cut. We had smashed onr way almost
through the biz drift when we bachnd mp for another
drive We came al the drift like 4 streak of lightning
II seemed 60, Il We threw a million ton, ~ Ice and
snow a, Ii-h CO., the Shy. W dd more than tldi.
/ We cut through the whole duit II Il were 1u'd
| of rotten cloth. and ont Of II on tlc Jump
| Away went f.r mat bridge. 3D." six heavy engines
| roaring like % tornado. ! Wa, driving th" first ono
and when I thou GIT - the trcmcudpu, weight That
| heart stood still There stopping then. -
tlf s. open The throttle and let her " ec Iucl
o lump from side Oi that gorge Ia th' other Win
I ont touching The bridge and slA engineer, and ~iN
| grcmrn drew long hrcth- when We found ourselves
,afcly on the other side, tearing alons the track
You viii always find something Of Interest in the
! little advertisements u the people, and NAV IND
exactly the bargain you have searched for In vain