New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-08
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


tax pure and simple, for the sum of 1 cent additional
70 postage Is Imposed upon every important paper
NOW THIS may seem uiAlng item when the impost
demanded In one week one publication is con-
sioered' Dut when one stops TO think OF the many
trade publications sent each week TO Canada, and OF
the total OF years Imports he will see that the
sum tskon out OF American pockets Is not nconsider
aDe' But what specially aIonses the wrath OF
American publishers Is that their papers reach Canada
ana other British possessions In excellent shape being
carefully wrapped and bound and addressed, they
cause no useless trouble ANNOYANCE the Dominion
posta AUTHORITIES The papers however, which como
from the British possessions into the United states are
received In execrable condition say American pub
sherS and newsdealers The leaves are ready, at the
slightest temptation, fall apart and great has
TO be exercised by Uncle SANS postmasters to in
sure safe delivery Of the rotten and crumbling
papers Therefore, say the Americans II any tax at
oil were iustfable 1t should be on this side of the
Canadian line For al the work. all the care and all
officials here owing to the nes tS y methods Of
Canadian oflcials while our publishers send their
P sReSTs IN Trim 50 neat and 50 attractive that It is
handle them The good. they say Is taxed; the bad
goes scot Sc free. And not unreasOnaby they ask,
successful lawyer who came to New-York CITY a
poor and ambitious boy was asked how he had man.
aged TO secure his regular clients. awen" said he.
"you may be surprised at what am going to tell
you, but 1t is a fact with and with many more
lawyers. have found that when l won case for a
client did not got 80 much gratitude from him as
did respect from the client Of the other side When in
q case have literally wiped up the whole Of New
York County with the side opposed to me 1 have
always gained that mans respect and admiration The
chances have always been that in HIS next sut he
would to in the hopes of seeing the other
side wiped ont just he was wiped ont 1t is in this
way that have gained many of my profitable clients.
I could mention dozen examples. but We lawyers
never cite names In such But here Is illus.
tratOn. once thra;hed; legally, of course. an Op;,
that case did not yield dollar directly for It hap
pened that my client was never able to pay me for my
work. But the other gaDt came 70 me afterwerd to
try q case for him. He liked the way IN which had
beaten him. l won his case He liked that stlll
better Of course. I won three more cases for him.
Now my clients business forms an Important part OF
my work; Ny defeating him that time has has, brought
many dollars into my pocketsa sort OF tribute, you
might say, 10 the victor"
The burial Of the body Of Paymaster Frank H.
Arms, OF the Navy, In the Naval Cemetery at An
napos few days ago. recalls the terrible disaster
10 American and foreign vessels in the harbor Of
Apa Samoa during the hurricane Of March is and
10. 1880. Paymaster Arms attached 10 the Van
dalia and he and two other officers were swept from
the rigging Of the vessel and drowned by the sens which
broke over her. His body subsequently recovered
and buried in the garden Of Captain Hamilton, at Apia,
where it remained until brought home by the Govern
ment few weeks ago. memorial service was held
in the English Cathedral at Honolulu, where the officer
was extremely popular. when his fate was learned
The services in St. Annes church Annapolis, and also
the Navnl burial service at the grave were very I'M
pressve. Paymaster Arms was popular among ms
assocates lie also the writer Of several pretty
hymns and ba lads, the best known of which was The
Southern Cross
There Is often seen on train the funny man, VINO
likes 10 wait until the last minute before shutting MS
window when the train is about to enter tunnel
The brakeman comes through the car crying ont In
stentoran tones: d" shut mp your wndOwsP In way
that makes some people start guiltly for about all
one can hear Is the shut up" and every conscientious
brakeman insists upon adding the Cup" to the "shut"
However about the funny man he looks scornfully at
the believing brakeman, as II to warn him that 1t Is
waste Of breath to inform veteran traveller that tnere
is a tunnel inst ahead. He knows the road so well
that at the very moment the cars leap into the black
ness of the tunnel his fingers ny to the window atch'
The spring Il stiff and the window sticks. Tuggme
and pulling and Jerking with little swearing thrown in
he finally gets the window down. but for thirty seconuS'
while the train has been roaring through tne tuue,
the smoke he's poured into the car and every one j.
choking and cOndemning that man 10 place whch IS
specially unpleasant in summer, whe ne puIs on al,
that disgraces itself by having windows n us cars
which win neither go up nor 60 qSTG TO tS show Hu how
successfully he can play his trick
stories
Maine ship captain who like his father and grand
father and greatqrandfather before him, was a
fine American sailor Of the old type, VINO
believed that the only ship that could sail
In any way that was worth considering was a YANKEE
bottom The old captain now dead, many ume
showed this too when he drove his cppership arouho
the Horn through gale and hurricane, snow and sleet
To him an American clipper was the nobest work Of
man. When his ship was in port there was never
stain on her uartcrdeck and the white paint OF the
after.cabin cleaned in its whiteness The ship was
In Liverpool once, when gross English agent from
out the warehouses came aboard. lie was on tne
quarterback when the captain came aft 10 greet te
agent with oldfashlOned American courtesy Buu the
frank smile was burned out in a blazing glance. ana ma
the red Of the wndtanned face became pale When INC
American captain looked at his quarter-deck Inc
fiverpool agent was chewing tobacco, and from his
dirty mouth had come the vllest stains 70 mar tHe
SPORES eon o eHg ,nned linn Iv the arm Get of this
s sg ' he A said IN voice that trembled with
moth St OIL on i hers again. again throw you Overboard'
This ship.master and his vessel. has been said,
hailed from Bath, Me Bath has long been FAMOUS
for her ships. Her clippers were for years the aa-
miraon of envous seafarng foreigners and tho pride
Of American shipping men. When clipper ships, flying
the Stars and Stripes began 10 disappear from the
ocean, owing 10 the general Of steam, Bath turned
her attention TO schoOners, and the sparess vessels
that came down the Kcnnebcc henccforth excited no
less wonder than he'd the marvclously swift fulngged
ships of orher days Then Bath shipbullders urred
their hands 10 iron steamers and soon American men
of-war WIN come down from Bath. A Bath man can
no more help building ships than he can help breath
ing and Bath when he isn't building ships sails
them.
Nevsboys have revived an old game which Is be-
coming popular among them. Whenever 1t Is
played crowd gathers around the players, and which
pcrhaps, is more interested in the game than the
dirty little eombatants The loOkers-on ragged
little fellow with a newspaper rolled into formidable
sized club banking the head OF his opponent as
hard as he CON- The Other little fellow winces
His face IS set, andl determined, and there Is an
canestness In ~ expression which indicates that
the grit displayed in sithsandng the blows is not
an element in tissI game After each blow is struck
both players stick ont their grinny little hands, some
times closely doubles mp pr with the index finger stick
ing out with two or three four fingers protrud
ing Tho Interest Of they game centres In the chance
Of both players putting DIT the combination or
fingers. Then the negsbap"r changes hands, the
play goes on, and the people In the crowd continue
lo watch IA with cUNUSIV and urlllsc0 nj, until