The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-20

RrOm Our O,m Correspondent.

world" were appealed to, he would probably
Dear witness that perhaps no other thorough
are upon this planet was characterized with
greater number of flags, fisgstaffs, banners,
posts. posters, placards, handbils, barber's
poles. awnings. showcases. gutter-snipes,
pooths stalls walking advertisements, ETC.,
than Broadway. Every corner is decorated
with two or three apple or candy stands and
the crossings and sidewalks are monotonously
embellisbed with every known style of adver-
iisement; for after a while extremes meet, and
the very variety becomes menotonous. The
Street Com missioners, among other wise conolu~
sions. decided that these distractions ought
to be removed, and have devoted the past week
TO putting their resolution into effect. st.
Patrick's day gave them rest, but st. Patrick's
day being over, they fell to with great good
will, and numerous have been the encounters
between them and the owners of stores and the
contemplative constabulary force The store
owners have not, as q rule, been able to see
things in the same light as that in which they
are viewed by the Commissioners, and do
seriously object to the landmarks of ther trade
being so summarily disposed of. And 1 must
say. now that those landmarks are
removed, Broadway, and such of the few inter-
sectipg streets as have yet been rRnsacked.
present rather bare appearance. Something
the miss en- scene. and the vista up and
down the street is too barren. The warm
BARRIERS poles and the added blue of the stars
and stripes conferred, having vanished, the
result Is cold and bleak, particularly when we
bid fair TO realize around the suburbs the six
weeks shedding whch the Nermonters are
cOngratulatipg themselves over.
Passing along Sixteenth street yesterday
afternoon, q little to the We st of Fifth Avenue,
bebeld two singular institutions within iye
minutes of one another. One OF these was the
"Queen of the Gipsies," whose antecedents
ann not acquainted with but who seems to be
to New York. She is tall woman, with small,
bt ad like eyes. long straight hair. and q cos
tune in which crimson-violeb and gold braid
were very conspicuous Not bearing In her
hands either a tamborine or guitar, mo analogy
or even "Li Perichoie." There was q certain
hauteu In her gait as she wept along, followed
been more in keeping. perhaps. In q street OF
Madrid Or Seville. The other Institution
portation Of w an Enaiiss ides. Being NOTHING less
than trained bear, accompanied by man
and pole, under the guidance OF whom and
worthy OF the celebrity OF the 1900" AS this
is the first ''bear" seen out OF Wall street
for mary years perhaps the subject deserves
Tne yelooipede mania will in all probability
be short-lived mania, but while 1t lasts IL Is
very fierce. In all directions you see velocipede
advertisements. Pa ents stare at you from the
Irs at the school were you b rk your shns. The
scnouls charge fifty ce It's for an hours ride, and
an are % 0sen R
sn hour ON his business will slip around to
one OF Ia ,se schools which stand conyenientiy ~
and indulge with bicicu,ar exercise as a spur
to exercise of a bivaivular kind. 1 hardly
think that base. bslliss will stand much of
ct ow this season. The rush to buy velocipedes
is very great indeed. and as vet no prospect of q
81 eedy dimiuution Is held out. / was speaking
only last evening with a gentleman who has
celebrity in private circles for mis- gymnastic
upor giving orders tnat morning for $50 ma
chine, he was Informed that, 1t not being posst.
BILE with the pres en6 NUMBER OF hands TO turn
need
expect TO have bis order completed before, at
An interesting discovery was made, on Thurs
day al. rn ION, Of twelve large boxes OF nitro,
Whitehai, street. II the laws are more clear
and def oite on any one point than on another.
that point relates 10 the OF saGn artc es
About enough was found deshing against the
naves TO have caused Vesuyius-nks destruc-
and the whole Of BrOoklyn. When first found
the boat was quite abandoned. and, together
with its contents, was swinging wildly against
the shore All that could be learned was that
boatman had been hired by certain unknown
the middle OF the bay that was just about to
sail for a foreign port: The captain OF the snip.
and would have nothing to do with his cargo.
So JACK, concluding that IL would be best TO
sS assin % 10 the wharf. "a and then abandoaed it. Il
has since been properly cared for and placed
Pfsffss is o restaurant on Broadway, north OF
Bleecker street IL is down cellar, and one Of
the best of the cellar-resb anrants 10 tne clty:
Its proprietor Is a fullbearded, twlnkling- eyed
German no, ed for his supreme attention to
business. and his customers are. TO great ex:
tent, "Bohemians;" and by that term do moi
mean the lower orders Of newspaper people
only, who live on the crumbs that drop from
the reportorial tables of the four big daiies and
the Sunday Mercury. but bummers OF every de-
scriptfo who, for the most part, are well edu'
Gated, respectably-dressed, and of average
address. long time aao PAIRS was The
favorite resort of the New York Theatrical
Frank Wood and George Arnold We're alive
before Augustin DAILY had become much known
as a dramatist, or While Winter has assumed
editorship, or Edward House had crossed the
ocean and become the guest OF the author
Of "orifath Gsunt" No Then hen, the The Pla,e,' Phs,,
ha chosen to form and puYsue any reguls
plan in life. might nave become ne widely M ~ and INC
spirits meet there, and suoh as do are not quit
as unexceptionablea as they might be. The day
he nsme Of Edward Lngnsm. iaboring uade
q large appetite and no money, descended tn
steps at Pfaff 8. intent upon trying one of th'
pancakes for which that TeSt0ttroteur Is cels
brated The pancake disposed OF, cup o
coffee was called for TO wash IL down, and bot
delicacies having been swallowed, the 1mpecu
nious Bohemian explained that having broke
MS fast he was likewise broken in pocket, an
that his personal property and estate amounte
70 "nix.b This was too much for Pfan Wh
manner sever al times. The youthful Linghan
therefore, was hauled up before the JeHerso
Market Police Court. wheie he was remande
TO prison to await the action OF the Court
General Sessions. There bein g none OF mis- clai
Resident In Philadelpbia, Will not attempt
adorn this tale by pointing any moral
Those uncanny creatures, the Davenport Br'
thers made their appearance on Thursda
night at Steinway Hail, 1or the nrsI une y !
several years and submitted TO complcatt
system Of "tiedupedness." IL was the same o.
Thiro ovar again the 1OuY test and the pap