New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
AS THE WORLD WAGS.
RANDOM REMARKS OF A RAMBLER HERE
AND THERE

rare indeed Is It for any one to receive an oner
OF scat on the ground OF age exalted station
| VicePresdentelect Morton rode downtown ycster-
day morning at about 10 O'clock on the sxth-aye
line AS usual at that hour, the car crowded
and no seats unoccupied. Mr. Morton therefore
pushed his way into tho car and securing strap
to support himself, stood up with the others who
entered at the same time whether II was that ne
was not recognized or those who had seats thought
that Vice Presidenteleot Just as able to STAND
as any else, offered to give him scat
| and he stood up most Of the way downtown JUST
after the train left FranklIn-st., the crowd having
| been somewhat thinned out, he was seen by TWO
men at the other end of the car and recognized They
| Immediately called him to them and one OF them
| gave him his seat and for the rest OF the way
downtown attention having been thus called to him.
| he was the observed of all eyes
Sec that little old man in the corner. the one Win
| the bullet head and cast in his left eyer saiu
prominent patent lawyer, IN the rcadngroom OF inc
Fifth Hotel the other evening, nodding In inc
direction OF the person referred to- The man was "'
least sixty. His cosecropped hair and sut brs'iihg
mustache were white as snow and his face was maze
Of wrinkles Il predict continued the lawyer that
he viii make 100000 before he de and he VIII not
have to work for It. For the last two years he has
been experimenting with simple toy, something on
the order of the Fifteen Puzzle that made US all crazy
a few years ago. There's nothing In It, OF course
smplest thing in the world and costs only penny
But he has had IL patented, and believe II VIII make
him rich. Every man, woman and child In the lana
will have sooner or later. Many large FORTUNES
have been made of toys Just as inexpensive mat
popular plaything tho Return BalP-a wooden pau
with an elastic attached-yieded the paentee In
come of $50 600 a year. The inventor of that little
monkey called the Dancing Jim Grow made $4,000
a year out OF it, You remember those curious little
eggs that produce such enormous serpcnts when
touched with lighted match, Pharaoh's serpents,'
think they are called They the accidental out
come of some chemical experiments and brought the
discoverer over $4,000 year The sale Of the small
wooden figure, John CIpn,' incredibly large for
many years. Crandall, over here in Brooklyn, per-
haps the most extensive dealer in toys In the United
states made a large fortune out of the business AS
rule, the inventors who make money are not those
great geniuses who starue the world with wonderful
discoveries but like friend In the corner, who
amuse us with Insignificant baubles.'
If revivalsts like Moody. Harrison. Jones and Small
were lay up the treasure OF nckes dimes quarters,
halves and dollars collected for them from congega-
tons Of sinners, they would soon become rich. But
they dare not save their money. II must 90 TO one
charity or another, If for other purpose than to
keep UP appearances. No preacher fatten on re-
lgion and retain his influence for good In any COM
munfty. These evangests have a wonderful power
Of oosening the purse strings yet you never hear one
make an appeal in his own behalf At the Trinity
Baptist Church, the other day,
the white-h deacon who took up the collection
whisper at the door of each pew: Brethren, remem-
Der this collection is for Brother smal' Sometimes
he found It necessary to repeat the admoniton. in
order to secure that comforting demonstration Of prac
teal Christianity which els basket or plate with
climbing coin. Moody, Harrison and Small are known
10 be poor, but impression gains ground that sam
Jones has amassed considerable property. Speaking
of his co-laborcr Mr. Small says: You cannot con-
he
carry or rather what would be burdens to any other
man. The drain on his purse is excessive yet he
never tires Of giving. He has standing agreement
with the people Of his native town that he will 20
halves with them In any enterprise started for the
GOOD Of the community One OF the burdens in which
he takes peculiar pleasure is the purchase Of collins
for tho decent burial of Pennies negroes Negroes
have a horror Of being buried by the county. which,
they believe, makes their bodies legitimate prey for the
medical colleges. Never month passes that MI
Jones docs not supply from four to eight collins
stout man of sanguIne temperament, rubicund
face lurld hair and blushing mustache, was looking
over the list Of late arrivals at one OF the Madison
Square hotels the other evening when the assistant
clerk, recent appointment taking him for new
guest offered him a pen with which to deposit his
autograph.
No, thank you,D said the stranger with a lofty
air, waving tho pen aside. Il have no intention OF
stopping here Don't like the house."
Before the clerk could recover his equanimy the
Indian summer countenance had vanished up the
street. Rumor says It was only one OF Colonel
Thomas p. ochiltree's jokes The Colonel denies It,
There is hardly restaurant of any pretensons in
this city that has not now on ifs bill of fare
back duck" and judging by the quantity eaten and
by its cheapness one would imagine that to be the
most plentiful Of all varieties Of the duck tribe
Nevertheless the number of teal mallard. wdgeon
pintan and woodduck sent 10 market compare with
real canvas-back as ten to one The majority Of
experts have to Judge more by size, shape and the
distinctive marks of fhe birds than by taste, when
good cook has done his best to dis gse them with
sauce. With men who know how to shoot, sport
may be had with the duck among the grass and
shadows of Jamaica Bay. The birds not plentiful
there but wild enough to make the hunt exciting and
the capture Of half dozen fat brace good days |
work The more raw, windy, cold and dismal the
day the better the luck Down on the waters of the
Chesapeake or further South where shooting for the
market reduces sporsmen to pot-hunters all sorts |
IF sly tricks played the gamey bird; such as
iccoys sink boxes, swivel In boats propelled by
muiied oars or paddles and nets placed on |
heir feeding grounds at night. In which the ducks
become entangled and drown and are picked up Hhe
fish.
The circumstances attending the recent sale OF the
Navarro fats give rise to the belief that mammoth |
apartment houses have had their day. So, in
measure have those solid blocks of monoonous
brownsone fronts had theirs Besides dlsfguring
the streets and Of the city they have been
he cause Of untold misery to swarms Of club
men, whose habit 1t is to steal softly home IN the bbu
ous hours Of the morning and fish all over block
with a eIfrespectlng latch-key that refuses to fit
door but the last that is tried 1t IS noticed that
The styles Of the syndicate structures going up so
-apldy in the West End district are calculated to
attract the eye OF these late arrivals at the domestic
altar Though built in blocks, each house has an In
lividuaty of It's own The latchkey need make
no mistake here. If Queen Anne reigns over one
.orner Elizabeth holds sway over another, while me
decorated Gothic CROPS ut between 10 keep eternal
peacc Brownstone has taken back seat In this
lively and interesting quarter. Bricks still mold
heir own In the side walls and petitions, but the
acades show rare combina ions OF marble, granite
ezra Gotta galvanized lion. native limestone and the
Inc gray sandstone Of Dorchester Here every resi-
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