New-York tribune., 1891-12-27
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

A runaway is not a nice thing as a general rule
said resident Of Harlem, "but ! one over on
seventh-ave the Other day that positively excited my
admiration. Not the runaway Itself exactly, put
the way IN which tie mounted police were aiter u'e
running horse and captured HIM almost as quickly as
one could think. IL was wonderful ilusranoh Oh
training and discipline and worth admring. can
tell you. Tie po'icemcns horses seemed to Know
precisely what to do. and went about their work In
the most marvellous manner. 1t reminded me more
than anything else Of a hound after a fox. There
were the same certainty and celerty ana the same
confidence Of success. Whv, the runaway horse was
under control before he had run two oiOos, ana i no
BODY was In the least Injured. IL is an AWFUL uhnE
to think Of runaway IN that crowded avenue late IN
the afternoon but with shsn PssGIent eIrmsnt oa danger
from this source is small indeed. our pohee lhuo
may not be praseworhy in all respects but III sInf ,
II Is doubtful whether there Is any IN the "orlu '"'
Gun excel it
DR. Holiness inimitable :" "Autocrat" was written In
1857 and 1858. but it IS one of those books tiat do
not lose their freshness with age. In ahe preiace
10 this volume Of the latest edition-and presumably
the last-of his works the genial Doctor calls ATTENTION
TO the circumstance that the grandchildren OF his cary
readers are "stIl turning 90 these pages; ana ne
might have added with less interest rhan was as
played by the grandfathers IN the early days OF
The Atlantic Dr. Holmes In his lat edition N's
been compelled to put in footnoes here and there III
order 10 amend some Of his earlier Judgments anu
bring certain matters up TO the times. lie Hgh. h'Fo
gone further IN some instances and done no harm
For instance he calls m tenton to the recorus VI "'o
fast trotters-Iady Thorne Flora Temple, Dexter-say
ing that Dexter in 1867 brought the figures down 10
o ~ Ia and then adds There Is now whole class
oS rroter, TINT can rot under 30 and in 1881 Maud
g. distanced all previous records with 2:1o L." IL
Ia somewhat surprising that DR.. Holmes did not come
down to q date still nearer by giving the bSnfeo 1
Wsud s besr psrformance even II the machess mile
of Sunol occurred too recently 70 he ano,uuea I'LL ~ a @
s % PeoS peeS .s,s sompee % There IS me most surprising
thing %enAs9sa ss rdpss in es tSs n sss ne
Emerson once corrected the Autoorats error OF qartr
q uS sHs D. uunn ns o na'
ana, TIE "lniual, Daernonic and Celestial Love-
oy. another interesting point Dr. Holmes has been
compslled to "hedge.- In his poem entitled L@tter-
Day Warnings he instaneed numerous things wmch
would have to occur before it would be time to order
on.'s "ascension robe.' Among them was this;
swhen the first locomotives wheel
Rolls through the HOosac tunnels bore"
The aecompanying footnote says that "this hoped
for but almost despaired Of, event occurred on the
9th Of February, ls75.7 After expressing his pleas
therea the Doctor peasanty declares baSav sa ta
filled as this has been7 he viii stll proclam that ne
hour for ascension garments Is at hand oaan Me bearn S @
the date 1891 the mention ION page s) OF James hus
sell Lowell as "now Minister to England seems an
Henry W. knight, who has recently made sensa-
ton in the Methodist denomination by advocating the
erection BY the churches OF buildings which shall con-
tain billiard tables and other means OF worldly anuse'
men is one OF the most prominent Methodist iaymeh
in Brooklyn. 1t Is somewhat curious TO more that
"The Eagle referred to him the other day as the
Rev, Mr.. Knight. Ii is said that only ie" seafs
ago Mr.. Knight was bitterly opposed to billiards ana
every thing Of the kind devices OF Satan to lead souls
J1its sip u
member OF the Union League Club, he has FOUND thas
a man can play billiards and still be Christlan anu
that the game by no means deserves the D;a repu'%
ton Il has acquired In the minds OF plouS OiK' ~
is not surprising that Mr. knights recent speech ere
aed a sensation among the Methodist mnlSsrs , " VINO
ta IT. Subject for ecclcssstca discipline His prop,
ostion however IL most significant OF the pigRre,sNe
movement which Is masing ts way even N the Moo o
Conservative churche,. II is ONLY htieen Years since
CHRISTIAN Endeavor im tie Eastern District of Brook
yn looked upon by many god peOpG &c al Church r
paror hootng ;aery ?, a ,!.tatea 81 ,ss nt tro
any scyuples about the game but hecaSe & ne w s
that some OF the member of hs , ppsr sc world moves
In connection with this subject it may be said that
Dr. Eggeston was the originator OF the phrase Chris
tian Endeavor which the young peoples society OF
that name has borrowed from him without credI', a'
tho same time giving it much wider currency than Ii
would have had iu 1t. authors hands In fact tie
name which he gave 10 the church OF when lie was
pastor for half dozen years was dropped few years
after he resigned II good name for tDe churcn,
md Is n good name for the Y. r. :. g. f.. when now
has MANY branches and large number OF members
Dr. Eggleston knew how to make good name ui1paSh 1
the name of his BROOKLYN church was only a HpeIsI
ronsIation OF the Church Of the Best Lick, when
dcured In his first novel The lioosltr schooiuasur.
nv Egaeston once said that he found II necessary
to establish chapel In connection with his cnursn ie
wonld like 10 call II the Chapel OF Chist the carpenter