, 1875-01-03
GOTHAM.
S1ushy Streets and Stroet- Gar
Perils.,
King Kalakaua and His Metropolitan
Junketings.
Laughable 1ncident---pocket-Pickin
in Washington Market.

A~o6 Aoo1o ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in Washington Market.
sp<etdt coTTespo''dt'es of Thx chfeaos Tribune
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Christmas Day is over
and gone, And the New Year Of 1875 comes 10
very near Us that VIC can almost hear his 1ustlipp
Footsteps Just before Christmas-day, our first
heaTY Hnow- storm set in; but soon tha wsrm
sun, and thousands Of flying sleigks and heavy
teams, turned the onco "boautitul snow into
sush' md made Walking and riding petfee:
drudgery.
| THE sTREET-cARs
doubled up their taarns putting four horses On
all their fearfully-loaded cars; and people held
on, cluDg on. and stuck on, as best they 1ara
able. All tina weak tho daily Papers have beon
| filled with 1etter1 bitterly denouncine these
street-car companies for their compelling
people. to either walk miles to their
uptown homes. or elso run the zisk ct robbery.
ind insult, and every kind Of inconFenisoce, to
obtain even afoothold on the platform Atsuch
times AZ these, the piczpockets are especially
busy. and resp rich harvest, as nearly s.ery
! one goes down town with extr. money in ls
/ purse for Christmas gifts; and the pickpocke:s
| hang On to the steps and platform Of ever
AN~-A- @SA$ ~$sAs e+"A 6A@3@4 IL SAAt9 4 E1Up Ol
| watches and purses. II the cara and stages wers
| managed as they arc in Paris or London, thu
| vocation Of these pickpockets would not be such
lucrative one for there. all the passengers ara
comfortably seated, and not another person /.
allowed in the Cur when all the seats are filed.
But, in this bo.sted land Of freedom,
what contrast, Not only ara ali
the seats taken, but two rows OF people, stand
| nm fhrnurh nia1a
your feet or tumble aud bump against you when
the cars are stopped; the ventilat1oa is en-
tirely shut Of, and the damp straw, bad breaths,
and odors not Of ~ Thousand flowers" sss.,1
you on every sida. II you are standing, IA,
coustry 7omAn. on the one side, presses her hugo
bundle againat your back; and the greasy, oil,
specimen in front of you falls back upon your
toes with every jostle of tbs cars. Il yon ara
fortunate enough to be sitting you find you,
arms pinicned close tc. your Hides, from you,
packed condition, and. wedged closer than sar.
dimes in Z box, you are uergously conscious thai
YOUR WATCH ID IN DANGER
in your belt, or that your purse in your pocket
can easily be gottan Ut aud you ba none tht
wiser.
II you have spark Of that humanity which
Mr. Bergh has 30 large share ol, you oannot
but pity tho poor little children, crowded down
in the asles with towering walls OF broadc1oth q
velvet before and behind thenn.-hearing
fset and haIf-smoshered heads unable to bettsr
themselves in any way. And tho horses,-poor,
dripping beasts, ,-7ainly tryingl to draw load
that would ta1. twice their number. With
bloodshot eyes, staggering limbs, and arrainins
sinsws, they halt, and pull, and stop. and start
again, unequal to the hard task allotted them.
And then the steam dummies. They get OF thl
track, and get stuck in the snow, aud stop lons
limo. Of cara and conductors pull and lift, aud
swear, and drivers seem to absolutely enjoy ths
discontinue Of the poor passengers.
New YorE i8 very dne city, and people thu
are born and brought up here think that it il
managed by ono OF the most efficient public
corps in the world but to see the way tho spo1
impedes travel, forces one to admit that our
street-cleaning force is very rauss IL .its duty.
THE wosDERFUL K1Na kALAkAuA,
Of the Sandwich Islands, arrived safely hers,
recipient OF much adulation, and ahovn ali tbs
wonders OF Gotham The King is lar8e sud
portlY, and has kinky hair aId thick lips. he
would eaaily be taken for good-looking styliah
%atss ass :. sasos many 1 tho w.
msr. Not 'eveEy inch = King" ha h,s
q severe cold. being entirely unused
10 snow or our changing climate, and ssems L
bored at the unnecessary fuss made over him.
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ration With the King, 1amented "tha aIushy con- 1
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