The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-18
WHAT WE ARE ALL TALKING ABoUn


street east Of the avenue. falls rapidly md these feat
urcs together with the great bulk Of tho Park Avsnu.
Hotel the northwest corner OF Fourth avenue and
Thirty second street seem favorable to dtaughk The
Italian who blacks boots end sells fruit at tho corn,r
that II tits cool anywhere in New York il
| sure to he 20 At that point
That un'ovciy phrase "blocks OF i've" has reached
France but tho number in the blccks Inns been exactly
doubled In an article the agricultural crisis in the
United states by Count de Ecratsy In recent issue ~
the EsrU dss 7 Honds the French PEOPLE are srayeiy
assured that in this country votes bought in Sroups
cot ton cectofs'
The outward appearance of handsome house in
Thi'ueth street rear rrth avenue. proclams with os.
tentatun the absence o, its usual occupants Not only
the doors and windows boarded up hut Tho whole
elaborate entrance including the enclosed
in structure that looks like small cottage AMI would
AFFORD more space than many dwelling In shAnty
town shelterng whole family.
It's the habit OF naval officers to represent cArelttv
that the comm alor on United States ships Ia q
hapless wretch whose time 10 divided between de,
rarcheE a,horc and the dungeon on shlpboard When
pinned down to the factS however those officers whe
come most closely In contact with Jack freely admit
that he has vastly approved within the last twenty
years In earlier days many an executive ocer made
1t rule to grant liberty to the sailors only once In
six months on those occasions they went ashore in
drove' and most Of them back in sorry plight 10
tako their punishment Now OF sailors rot a.
much liberty as the ofcerk and abuse II than
elatter Tho sailor who back from his outing
drunk and dirty" a. tho plain spoken tar puts II 10
the exception rather than the rulo New York 10 bad
port for Jack but even hero the saiors Of woLdisc
rlined ship are kept In fairly good order.
There good deal OF interest in westchester county
tho coming candidacy in the Congressional race
there of Alex Taylor Jr II Mr. Taylor decides TO run
1t will be his second effort in IL direction In hn nruR
attempt he carried weschoster county by handsome
majority but beaten In tho city; that TO- in the
TwentJ-thrd and Twontyfour wards lying near the
Harlem River MI Taylor ia robust square shoudorsd
healthy. 4 member of twenty clubs, and he has the
color of sixeen.yeRr.old girl He outrankG most o.
the commuters tho Now York and New Haven road
because he has armchair In the middle Of the baR.
gage Most of tho other commuters Obliged 10
sit on boxes descend to the vulgar level OF ordi
nary coach.
The effort to clear the tracks Of the tou,s ana
hangers on who have for SO long time proved bar
naclss on the sport is sincere and one FoR
come reason other army OF men has gradually
grown up who to be found tracks az reEu-
larry the starters dag and yet who have possible
warrant for being there. They oXEamblerA e.
stable boys and trainers exEentomen and ex almost
everything else. They pennilesS and Of them
decidedly addressed, but they cannot rsuino
the temptation Of hanging around the great
gambling game The attraction OF the race
track is like q blazing light to swarm
ofmoths BY degrees most of these gentry pasn from
the position Of outs to pckpocksts and petty thieves
as their cases grow more and more desperate. me
good work OF driving them from the tracks was begun
At Sheepshead Bay and has been continued at Mop-
mouth. Il is good thing for II forces tho touts %
earn an honest living clears the tracks OF Of I'M
welcome hanRerson, and implans feeling of sec uYity
in regular raoegoerA who have always been moro OF
less annoyed by these specimens Of outcAst world
The most oppressive garment in hot weather. accord.
inG TO fat man who has made less OF study Of
the 20 resist tho high temperature of New York 10
the wascoAt During the intense heat Of the past few
days walscoatS have been shed all sideu but there
few of them left and they ought 20. II is by
no means an unusual sight to man walk along the
street with his coat his arm. while he wears q
heavy, cumbersome wastcoat strapped tightly around
the body. He would md It cooler II he carried his
waistcoat and kept his coat on.
There is no particular reason why Newport should
feel excessive Joy the arrival Of Prince George OF
Wales except from Q social standpoint Tho second
son OF the present Prince OF Wales 10 not imposing
object to tho naked though no far popular
than his older brother. tho heir apparent Prince
George is an admirable specimen of o small stockiIy
BUTT. and unimportant looking BnRishmAn. He hasa
sparse beard and beautiful variety Of uniforms
Dempsey has been the most unhappy OF the Canadian
exiles He shows It In his face and manner. He broois
over his wrongs, and 10 as cAntank erouB O dsap-
pointed old maid lie has given way to his bodily
ailments until he Is less OF lie
never had property to speak Of and 1t secret
that he has lived in idenes these i've yoArs In Canada
with the help of his brother eIileH. They were all
afraid that Dempsey woud como back and tell on
them. Dempsey bitter in his complaints against his
follow boodlers, but as he has como back without
political following money his complaints poured
Into unheedinH ears
According 70 Wall street non, the cYsys for atooh
gambling among women is the invention of Sonsa
t!ona writer's but has vsritAoe basis in fact me
manager OF the largest brokerage rm in Broad
said yesterday that they did not cater particularly for
tho custom Of women, but that It would be diStinct
loss TO the business II the orders from feminine custom
ers were not received and executed what has i'm.
pressed about II all he said sis the fact that
so many boarding house keepers insist dabblinR
stocks. Tho majority OF them operate In Q very
small way, bnt their number is unlimited. 1t 10
due almost entirely to their boArders. Lots OF
Young stock brokers' clerkS and wall street opsr-
Rtors generally live in prosperous boarding houses up
town and they manage to influence good deal Of bust
ness In one way and another among their andlAdisL
The current idea that all clearinghouse keepers are
poverty stricken is very far from true They always
claim he In need OF funds because that the only
they get the money out OF their boArdsrS la
point OF fact many of them highly Successful and
prosperous business women They do not mako money
In Wall street because. as rule. they have not
Sufficient margin to carry them the rough places.
but they play the same constantly"
from the little island OF jamaica In the West
Indies. number Of small steAmerS specially adapted
for this trade. make frequent trips between New York
and this English colony aud II Is not unusual for Of
these slips unload from 5000 TO 10000 punches
the docks in the lower portion OF tho city Jamaica
also produces some hne oranges, pineappleL and
cncoannts but little attention is given TO the raising Of
these fruits and shipments small and intrequent
Tho idea that 4. Stewart began life in New York
renness deeply rooted In tho public mind that
is doubtful II people will comprehend tho true
facts Very few men have as good chance for COM
nercn opening as had the great dry goods prince His
entire fortune was placed in his hands when he was
twenty Years of age, and he was allowed to do exactly
AS lie pleased with IT, This fortune mounted eonsid
erRbly over Sp'N0 The first purchase which Stewart
made WAS IN the shape OF big consignment OF Irish
linens IN Belfast A lot Of tho s2p,oO went into this
primary ransacion and after he had sold tho goods
litto shop Oh tho corner of Broadway and Chambers
street he found that no had nearly doubled his fortune
that year after he had established his business he
mad nearly S+oOpl in cash and good credit already
established. With such equipment at twentyonS