New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-02
STRAY NOTES HERE AND THERE

STRAY NOTES HERE AND THERE
One OF tho most absent minded men In New-fork
Is eminent surgeon. lie Is great lover OF horses
and will abandon anything hut patient TO take
drive mp the road One OF his most peculiar charac-
terscs Is his inability To pass an ancon.room WIFI
out buvlng something. Happening one day to drive
BY stable whore an auction sale going on he saw
a raw boned animal under the hammer, "Whacs
bid - he asked Of bySander. who replied sNohine:
nobody wants the brute at any price, AZ the hexS
call from the aucii0neer bid $50. and the horse was
knocked down TO him. lie drove on and the Incident
passed ont Of his mind III" forgot a aD1nt ,me d
chase. but the animal sent to his stable ana sne
ward his flvoritc horse fell lame nnd he complnined
that he had nothing 70 drive. "Why no, eNe .ne
hcw "' BE- sd r' hays no new norS" The groom
replied The bought two months ago. SIR;
The surgeon could not rccoiect having bought ugh, the
animal. but h. consented to give mn ariai, -
provad satisfactory In every and for elcht years
that horse has been the old gentlenan's delight
Tho game OF chess has increased vastly IN pspu.
arity In the United states In the last four or hve
years and the chess column in the daily papers Is
eagerly scanned by all classes Of readers. America
has never given 10 the world many famous payers
The foreigner declares that the American II TOO nervous
and hlgh-srng TO play chess. II IS game In which
exceptional patience. GOODNESS and foresight are
needed and while the American generally has two OF
these Qualities be- Is frequently lacking In the onef'
II. wonld play in twenty minutes game that the
German or the Russian would neer over Tor day' lie
nearly owaSs P az oh G a h ms often GETS
him IN trouble. He leaves his gates OPEN anu 'ac
enemy walk H. r doc, not r's ataeo a There
thousands Of amateurs here VINO new In 'n and
lives hay" PLAYED eanr rc ,r OF ENJOYMENT and In
provement which chess affords. simply pe.aIse aney
MANY Otherwise excellent pl!yerS have weakness
for making premature attacks which u'u'iS result III
damaging repul'e>.
The giving Of ",lps' Is an unsatisfactory occupa-
on and in tho existing state OF the market the wise
man will refrain from putting his friends on "good
thing" in the street. a good many mon have taken
In their whsk"y in the last ten day. ana 10,
few have taken SUGAR. The c2mbna,,,,on, Soh'umeS
gets the better OF the strongest constitution
What IS the stage doing to-davi Does 1t reflect
he fashion of the time or is II setting an example
for fashion TO imiiatcl In the days of good Qneen
Less and the Slsni,h Armada the women wore.
great abundance OF clothes. Of the most modest oe
scIptiOn, throat to heel. ana were very i've vi
their speech Even their ankles were most jealousy
guarded from view but their conversation was sn1cm
ing. on the modern stage there appears cn1ouss
oDH fw clothes IN some Of the theatres the freer
the speech and the fewer the clothes the more popu,
are i, here 20 Of the times that comIngl
Jocl, Is the nomo Of a monkey that o New-Yorker
owned for five years AMI has recenty gwen to the
mcnagerle in Central Park Jack used to have ex.
cellent Manners and. monkeys 60. was n gehtie-
! man. lie had good home and never stayed OUT
after dark The complaint AGAINST MN was thae
H.. Hooded the lower floors # the house and ruined
several hundred donrs worth OF furniture Ills mas
ter left him day In charge Of the apartments
and Jack took a bath. lie forgot to turn OIL the
water. ard The tub ran over. Moreover ne scaiaeH
Tile master returned ia time to catch him III the act
of wlpng himself with crash towel BEING rem non,
,traiei WITH lie appeared pcnitent. but In less tIan
an hour was in front Of a mirror razor IN hami;
10 60. There WAS 10 living with him after that.
1t seems that great deal of ink IS wasted In por
traylnc the nobit. Of character Of the pri7efghter
The respectable members of the community are hop
ing for the early arrival Of the day whom Peter Jack
son will enter the ring and take the championship
Mentally, he Is the equal of any OF the siggers,
and physically, their SUPERIOR
An obServant bartender in Printing House Square
declares that he tell the nationality of man by
his way of drinking rather than by what he drinks.
There goes Frenchman." he remarks. Il know
him. See how kindly he tastes his wine; he loves
It and sips 1t. His appetite for drink Is in his throat.
The man standing him Is German. His ap
petite for drink Is In his stomach and he Is in hurry
to appcase II. See him gulp IL down! mug OF
beer I'm two draughts He drinks wine in the same
way. That little I'm the corner Is a Scotch
man. III, drink Of whskey never has second
chance. 1t Is gone at swallow. The big man on The
other side? Oh. he Is an American, OF course. lie
lie likes whlSkey Tor Inc enehe> IL mas ""u0'
lie likes 1t In his throat and Hikes II In MS stomach.
lie always gives grunt Of satisfaction when he gets
It down. then thinks he'll have another. Ills neck
/, longer thnn 1t used TO be- lie has been stretching
it these twenty years. II makes the whiskey taste
longer The man near him Is an Englishman He
docsg't for his drink AT ALL but Is taxing IL
because he thinks he needs f. Give HIN 4 chop:
| Of lass | wonder why he has stopped brandy ana
soda Yonder Is an Italian. lie Is 100 tDlcky:
won't let me sn pT a Gse IN n ps.Sn
sticking his bill away down In the glass"
IIokc smith Of Georgia. who Is said to want
Cabinet office under Mr.. Cleveland Is ono OF tie
handsOmes men In the south. lie stands over six
feet in his socks and is finely proportoned. His
face has not Il hair It. lie looks not unlike two
prominent men IN the North-secretary Ekins Of the
War Department and the New-Jersey senatorelect,
James Smith, jr. IIoSe smith Is lawyer. a poll
tiCan aud newspaper proprietor The Atlanta
Journal" Is almost wholly his property j." The Jour
nal was for Cleveland when The consu s,,t was
regarded the best railroad lawyer In GeorgnIlor
the injured man The juries are his and Often has
said the vedct was ready before the case
came 10 trial. lie is always against the RAILROAD
Colonel Evan p. Howell. OF "The CONSTRUCTION
oc smiths rival IN the affections OF the PRESIDENT
elect tumLed some Marnelli somersaults to get back
from the I'LL flag TO the banner OF CLEVELAND and u
not vet certain that he has been forgiven. He Is q
short thick-set. stocky man Of socable habits. ne
Is the father OF Clark Howell who occupies the piace
of Henry ". Grady managing editor of "Ihe
Constitution
JUSTICE For JUDGE EMORY SPEER.
From The Savannah Press.
The attack npon Judge Specr by the Richmond
Terminal people Is OF the most despicable features
OF the opposition the Central reorganization plan.
II show, how desperate are tie methods used to
a.f.., alloy nf liz