New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-10
CHANCES HERE AND THERE

admit that he was eccentric but they 60 far as to
say that he unique There IS doubt that
there was strain out Of the ordinary in his com
position and Of his methods Of dealing with
things were decidedly peculiar. TO say the least. 1t
is related that occasion he found the office
manager of a newspaper where he was in control
gagged in opening his mall consisting of two or
three hundred letters. Quickly coming TO decision
that the manager needed lesson. Mr.. Valentino
quietly remarked that this work ought to be done BY
scattered the letters and their contents to the four
corners q the room II is said that it took several
manager never repeated his mistake. That Is one
way Of enforcing lesson though it is permissible to
doubt whether quiet and less unique' method
would not have been equally effective. Discipline Is
an excellent thing but TO enforce II 1y ms ana starts
and apparent bursts Of temper is surely not the Vsest
way in the world.
When jokemaker sits down at his desk and begins
to grind out witcism IL is hardly fair perhaps TO
pect him TO be fully informed regarding everything that
is going in the world 1t does seem, though, that
Life ought to know that there is now no Board Of
immigration at this port There never was, for the
matter Of that. The Board Of Emigration was legis
lated Of Office and retired from business April
Is OF last year. since which time the of immigrants
has been in the hands of Federal authorities. The old
Board Of Emigration Commissioners, II will be
bered died lingering death, and held on to Castle
after their actual duties ceased But they
officially dead Possibly the joke in question was one
been revised and brought down to date.
AZ don't believe so much in heredlty,' said the
psychologist. "Now. there's x, the lawyer; look
at his sons One Of them became a professional
musician another Is a school teacher, principal Of
some academy, third is successful steamship cap
tain, fourth IS an editor and the ffth-the fifth IS
further away than any Of the Others He Is nothing
but plain and simple dude
Bright crisp, little advertisements. describing in
direct way the varied requirements OF host Of
people, fiji many columns the eighth and ninth
pages Of The Tribune today.
That clergymen are not superior 10 common mortals
in point Of memory is fact patent TO all Observers
One Of the current stories OF the day IS that Of
minister who. after announcing the closing hymn OF
the service. proceeded TO give certain notices. As
he took up the hymnbooI to proceed with the reading
Of the hymn selected he stopped by one OF the
deacons who reminded him that he had forgotten TO
give one notice. Having made good the omission and
apOOIzed for his poor memory he again turned TO the
hymn and amid the smiles OF the congregation read
~ such a cOntretemps brings TO mind the experience
mari Of discourse hid occasion 70 refer to the chief
american poets Just rs said And Holmes brings
mp the rear he glanced down the aisle and
OF his regular parshloners tptolng to his seat. As
luck would have IT, the name Of the late conner was
Holmes but he was good natured TO suspect that
there was anything In the remark.
"There is one respect in which who sleeps
partly by daylight" said man whose business Keeps
him out until what sometimes called all hours
has him whose sleeping hours are the dark ones
Of the twenty-four. Now, go to bed about or .
O'Clock In the morning. l not afflicted with
insomnia. but occasionally it happens that after one
sound nap ! grow wakeful have formed the habit
Of taking book to bed with me and keeping it along
side of my pillow. If do wake up, il is almost
always after daylight. Instead Of tossing about and
getting in such nervous state that sleep is driven
hopelessly away quietly open my book and read
f1pr1ta half hour hon rrfIaT nm
able 10 drop of gently I'm slumber man who gets
wakeful in the night can't do that-at least he can't
and then having 10 put II ont again. II he makes a
light, reads awhile and then puts 1t out he has to
danger that the mere fact that should the sleep not
come. he would have to make another light will react
Of the night workers who find II necessary to make
my room As dark possible In order to sleep at all
believed that the case. but three four
years aFo changed my practice and have been glad
in especially, and that is that II shut out
the Hight You shut ont the air also. OF course have
no sympathy whatever with those Old togle who be
hours after the Invisible line between one day and
another is passed.
An audience Of considerably less than 1000
people saw the Bostons win easily from the Washing
ton team The sentence is clipped from news
paper published in that centre OF light and leading
the Hub itself II had been printed IN Chicago or
Denver. it would have attracted no special attention
But is il possible that there are newspaper men IN me
hal game 10 see and not TO hear There are plenty
n liberties taken with the English language, but |
DostOn journalists ought not 10 lOOk with the least
degree OF allowance such atrOcity as this.
Saws a literary man Of some note 1T took me
long time to learn 20 appreciate the beauties OF
shakespeare's scnnets On the first reading found
little in them attract but the advice of friend
kept on reading them. After score Of readings
I began TO meanings, and soon / became
I procured a small vest pocket edition
mill trhar I vel re-
sonnets in the streetcars or wherever happened to
have a few minutes leisure They really wonder
full Some Of them have read hundreds Of times, and
have made them my own so far as memory can
appropriate the thoughts OF another. Now ] can
the enthusiasm Of my friend VINO say that
II hs had to give up either Shakespeare sonnets or
shakespeares plays would De the plays that Woud
have 20 60 can think Of no literature IN 50 small
compass that well rcpays reading ana studylhg'
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