New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-08
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have some fun as he tries in vain TO find the keyhole
in the dark. But the laugh is all on his side. He
touches tiny button embedded in the side Of his
The top Of the silver head files with sharp
click and small fame is seen tn spring out Of the
hollow within. 1t burns steadily and brightly and the
clubman finds the keyhole by its light ir minute; II
also guides his coIkscrew way, about broad as
long, up the stairs and you IL shining throuFh
the window Of his bedchamber, as he lights the gas
with It. shutting down the lid eAtnguishss the fame
Isn't that dazzer! fortune In 1t, sure, my boy.
only little capital needed 10 start It, What do you
say to my letting you in on the ground noor' Oh,
you've got to go. have you Pressing engagement,
ehl Well good-by. Pity that man with capital
never have brains enough to appreciate chance 10
double it's
at never fails to amuse me-" said New-Yorler, a.
he strolled out the sidewalk after matinee, to
watch the way in which ninety nine actors out of
hundred handle their wtne-cups in the drinkinssons
which generally finds its way into the average play In
some place. They begin by filing the cups with i'm
agnary wine from a bottle. Then they hold the cups
on high and extol the virtues Of the flowing bowl
Next they call all Jolly men and maids 10 Join in
the drink, and then they begin 70 clink their cups
together and long before they actually raise them 10
their lips, the cups have been held sideways, endwsys,
edgeways, at forty different angles, and even upside
down. in the gesculations and motions Of the singers
1t never seems to to them that anything they
originally poured into the cupa would have been
stopped about the stage dozen tunes before tcy ted
to drink It, And yet they hem expect the audience
The latest English fashion in dogs Is the Adele ter
er. which. despite Its unworthy and totally inadequate
name is a remarkably fine bred and highly developed
animal. The foxterrier has until recently been the
chosen companion of the doggy in England
and the sports Of oxford University but they think
that they have discovered something grade finer
in the Adele terrier and the latter is now highest IN
favor in this nguishcd circle. one Of the breed
has recently been brought to this city by gentleman
who got him in England; and those who have had the
pleasure of making the dogs acquaintance 6nd his
nature and capacities much like those Of the foxter
rer, though he is said to be superior 10 the latter
sporting dog especially in coursng, and is In
general more arstocratic and tner-bred anmaI-a
bundle tensey strung and bright intelligence
He has handsome, glossy black and tan coat and AZ
chains length from the steamer the hotel found
out. an amazing power In his hind legs But he is
whose tastes lie in this direction might find it worth
while TO cultivate the Adele terrier
Healthy summer visitors to the Adlrondacks fro
quently hear used by the natives In describing
some Of their city comrades In those delightful and
health giving regions that greatly mysufes them at
first. The people thus referred 20 technically arc
called the unsers,7 who generally found to be
pretty plentiful "Lungers,' pronounced hngers.'
Is word that has not rs yet got into general usage
outside the range OF the pine tree doors Of the northern
most part of New-York State but its meaning and
derivation are soon perceived, and compel instant
admiration for their simplicity and significance The
ungers" of the Adirondack regions arc none other
than the consumptivcs who resort tlither for the
benefit of their lung troubles, and who form class
by themselves in the Of the natives apart from
the mere huntsmen and pleasure seekers IherS
is sort Of distinction in being Hunger that nauehs
else can give and though the word thus evolved By
an amirable pathological fitness seems TO have touch
OF rugged brutality in it, at first sight, yet there is,
after all. kind Of rough sympathy In II that Is re-
dolent OF the soil. As the pulmonary knowledge OF
the Adirondack people Increases In nnrtNlcSs, as it
doubtless WILL one may expect TO hear the more de-
tailed designations OF Onelung gers, half lnugers' ETC..