Show A bica GENTLEMAN the vew york sun in an article hai s nce bosn widely quoted once vent somewhat out of its way to inform the public tha carnelina Cor nelina van giai done a polite tor an old lady in doing FO however the iSun vw deiy to name tie day alie place the and numerous other details incident to the event so that all who ight be disposed to doubt or the of iti statement coald prove the facts for themselves Is it really eo uncommon in now york for a gentleman to ha civil ta old lady that such an incident is a fit subject for a news item no that is not tle point the interest of apparently common place announcement if centered in the fact that the old lady was a simple anil sir w as a rich man if a every daiy diy toiler had axen the author of alie civility accredited to mr vanderbil or if the latter had been many degrees mora fonn than in this bahe to a laly of his own wealth and docial position the san would not lie discovered adyth ng in alie act worth v of remark now what is ilia logic of all this it is either that the rule of so il ethics requires a gentleman to be always a nai is in converse to ones in banar or ele eliat the of wealth has reorganizing a mans nature from a gentleman to a hop thus rendering ret dering him unaccountable fr bis ill manners it s a eft reflection upon the race to admit that breeding is dimply the wenton of sycophants and flat aid cultivated solely bensh ends that there can be no ci vilty to superiors without duplicity and to inferiors without condee bension it is the vice of mercenary desires that has reversed the natural order of social breeding just as it ha reversed the system of accommodations and in the various vocations voca ions ct life to the extent t a roans anabil ty to i ay in full for what lie receives is alia last penny demanded of him tl e day to day toiler as a rule pays an extra fee that the millionaire kiy ride free of achre so the simple countryman by alie abma rule is male to the fuu pen alius of his want of culture while abe person with all the advantage aliat affluence affords in the acquirement of the flims of good mAor ers may balk through the social ranks a free beater without reproof or li ni rince at leant that is the only logical teaching of the reference at the heal of this article the leisure the duc aion tha luxurious and the natural effect of which be to refine alie ties aad embellish the manners elioud the of him whom fortune bai so favored favor dd while on the other band the toil the poverty the vaiona va ions the that humiliate linden end lie sensibilities bili ties should operate to relieve from the victim ot their severity it is not an incident of remark for cornelius vanderbilt to be courteous to poor country women but it would lia e been a liel noua piece of ill breeding breedi rg tor him to be uncivil from aim who has much much should be FAMILY of dugeno compbell should 10 rescued at once by the city or county so far as gnoun the wife and little ones are innocent and they shoud be spared further wretched ness heaven help them and let the public also extend a liand TUB CHICAGO fiut of lion william springer ai the handsomest man in a certain lare p arty of congressmen then the rest of them must be lamely enough to stop a town cluck SIN lias the finest street car service in the and now the carom c no fear of the monopolists before its eyes demands a reduction of lure from five cents to three TUB awn says nevada ia not a dying state the new york sm re torte priam of troy is not a dj ice roan he Is dead IN stirs country there is one lawyer to every of population lucky are the people who happen to bo counted in the odd 91 IT is intimated by an irreverent contemporary that rev joe cook of boston turns loose a thousand fleas tn his lecture room every night aa a necessary aid to keep bis audience awake |