The sun., 1890-05-30
wha. We Are All Talking About.

Tho ink singer Of to-day had . prsdocesSor . few
seasons ago in man who threw some sort Of de0truo
tive acid upon the seAlskin coats Of richly drosaod
women. 1t was at time when there was much talk OF
anarchy and when the labor troubles were acute so
many persons ascrbed these outrageS to the petty
malice of tho "revolutionBn-"
Mrs James Blaine Jr'S appearance ct the theatres
is quite frequent Hor removal some weeks since
to private hospital had the effect OF making 90 marked
an improvement In her health that she has partially
regained the Of her disabled leg and danger 10
approhended that she will be permanently crippled.
Her first venture to theatre after her long illness
due to Mrs Kendas energy but after the Ice
broken Mrs. Blane's improvement manifest
that her physicians decided that the effects OF another
visit to theatre would be bon ehcia Accordingly she
went to the Broadway where she sat throughout the
entire performance without unusual fatigue. Abe iS
still highly nervous and much affected By the saAt
ment or humor OF the plays which she The meua-
bers of De Wolf HopperS company played st Mrs.
Blaine with much enthusiasm the other night that
tho audience finally discovered tho identity OF the fa-
mouS invalid and during tho major part of the evening
they stared at the box almost much they dia -
the stage Mrs Blaine has lost great dsaiia weight ~
nor long illness but she h still remarkably pretty a1a
interesting woman
Residents of particularly attractive block Of EiGhth
avenue Brooklyn Were recently thrown into Torment
by the threat OF lot owner to erect upon soaspicu-
Gus corner cheap apartment house with grocery on
tho ground floor The protector Of the sehsmo was Will
for his land g. oOO price that he had re
Gently paid for it Tho money rAtsd ono house.
holder contributing $500 and tho lot Was sold With
guarantee that no undesirable structure should bO
erected upon the promiSeA
Bacon and glass OF Rhine wine said q customer
in far east side German restaurant Nit porAtosS'"
asked the waiter. NO" said the guest "Hot init
poiled potatoes" persisted tho waiter with AStonsh
ment while half q dozen impatient men watched the
eolloquy. "Eo" SAID the guest " Does anything hap
pen when one doesn't take boiled potatoes ~ Hut bo
fore the puzzled waiter could reply hungry mAu In the
far corner anEry yelled: Come here you eodhonper
and take my order" and everybody smiled at the wait
ers sudden AlAcrity
New York consumes about 1000 900 worth n, oh.n
coal per The city consumed At least a. mueb and
probably more forty ago but then housessWyea
haa "aAhinR done In tho back yards over open fur.
mace hrek and every family bought charcoal. Gov
most OF the charcoal is used by mechanics and for
broinR at hotels and Tho hood ed yaqona
whose vertical section is shaped like horseshoe have
been in use by the charcoal vendors for amost half
century, They always look a. though they had taken
their color from the cargo they carry though r.nuv
they are always painted q dark lead color About
thirty dealers supply the CITY With charcoal tn, moat
important OF them have their yards far west AID
pretty well up town. though dozen small dealers ara
concentrated on the east side below stanton street
MOST OF the charcoal comes from the pine wooda of
New Jersey and Delaware. Tho waRe1 OF charcoal
Vendsrs and the retail price of charcoal arc about the
name no" that they were forty years ago There N
ts or no waste in the charcoal trade Tor the dust n
saved ana sold to manufacturers of retrigeratora ID
10 ubea LOT packing as It S uetor of hont
Capt John Goldman, rudy, white haired, and e,s.Y.
dyed At 7d still rideb much horseback moi opIv
The Park but far up into Wettehoster county .ra -
1ond. He is now planning a three or four s.y,,
rip lie frequently rides thirty or forty miles daH
and turns up fresh AZ night
There vermouth famine In New York M, Io,.
nce Just when the old crop exhausted and t.,or
he no" crop had reached the city. The French yer.
mouth is very different thing from tho Italian and
much more popular within a fow years the dAmApa
oT the hquor has greatly increased pary thn
cocktail habit has steadily vsFmouth spta.a
nto nearly all coektatS. There was time vhsn ths
zhisksy cocktail sood almost SlonS IL the sstasm Of
he thirsty American public, and 1t vas made Without
Isrmouth. Nov Yarmouth enters not emily int tha
rhIkay cocktail but into tho gin cocktail the Ma.
ini and the Manhattan Furthermore, the habit has
JTown OF serving before heavy dinnsr glass Of yer.
mouth and bitterE The new yermouth now in market
. . little sharp II will improve after the hTsI sig
mouths but yTnouh IS not at It's bsst after two ysaJA
Amateur photography has become such rage that
ho sight of a camera tho street longer excitss
uToSily young woman stood 10 front OF the oAthe-
Ta the other day, potoRTAphnE not the buildlAR IL
eli but small dog held 10 the arms OF another yoVRR
oman who Sat on he coping N front OF the great
hurch Nobody seemed curious ioout the performance
nj even GToup OF children The sidewalk veal on
'iih thsIr play without roubIlNE the taiT operator.
Nathaniel c. Moak, who has been conppicuou nRuFa
legal circles throughout the Mohawk valley f0s nAay
ears, was stricken on Monday evening" with pAKAy1ia
lis physicians say that there Is no immediate danger
Mess a second attack enSusA But even " he should
ecoyer sufficiently TO be about again. no will never
ave the OF his left I'd left leg they say. Mr.
IoRk has breu in attendance at nearly every term OF
ourt hold In Fonda for almost generation, And has
cen Interested in koms famous cases He has pTAs.
Ied IN many other courts throughout thS valley sSe
nd is at present interested numbsT OF cases stl
andnR upon the eAlendGrL