The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-14

Tbers In ticket tAket IN Of the large theatres IN
this city who occasionally exercises his memory in a
rather curious way. Generally he gives each man vhs
eoss out between the acts return check but occasion
aly he omits this and relies solely his memory 70
recognize those who wish 70 reentsf the theatre A
| friend who saw him doing tails the other night re-
| marked that he must have wonderful memory for
facss to be able TO perform the feat without aknR
mistake "No" answered the thhot taker. II have q
very poor memory for faceS 10 not rely their
faces at all Indeed, seldom look at tbs mems fAcsa
| what 20 by 10 their necktisA lyon will watch the
neckties Won will observe that no two exactly Alike
They diner much more than the mems faces do and
they arc easier to remember. night forget msn's
face but his neckto never. have followed this rule
for years and havo never made mstatsyet"
The writer was talking to Clerk haeooh Stths Hoe
man House the other day whom Messenger boy came
to the desk and left package 70 of the Eussta
| Tho package was from wollknown :onfeotioner Mr.
Peacock gave receipt for the package, and whom the
hoy had gone said; Now, know tAtthe gentleman
for whom that left Ia going awAyl can always tell
when man is going away by those,ackaEeG nha
sure Sign. Men don't buy candy for themselveA ana
when they Eetit to take away with hem they always
wait until Just before they That nests room will
DO vacant probably this evening but hits not 70
| remain after tonight"
Street fakirs have been rsApinE bt harvest lately
from tho sale of little glass walls like tbSs to hold
| homn opathic peletG Tho Walls costa Wholesale n
fraction OF cent Apiece, and the fkirs have been
| retailing them for I'VE cents each. heir value a. q
street hAwkers novelty consists in III, fact that re-
markedly funny practical Joke can 10 played with
them Each Of tho little bottles now tsng in the
streets has small hole drilled o. blown in the bottom
when lod with water and corhd tightly tho vial win
| apparently be perfectly sound The water will not
escape from the little hole in ts bottom Of the vial
until the cork 10 Withdrawn froi tho other end. A
the cork 10 pulled out huever the water will
| run out of tho little hole Tho Joke consists
in Offering q nnsd and corsd bottle to the
chosen victim with tho custom, Can you
| tell what that perfume 10 in that bottle ~
rst the victim attempts to sind It through the cork
Failing perceive any odor in tbs way, he naturally
vithdraws the cork and the chRres about twenty
to tho contents of the bstlo tcke down his
| coat sleeve and wet his arm IN 10 elbow. Then the
perperator Of the joke laughs nadshy and the vio-
tim says by jove that Ia the bet thing I've yet,
where can get onoW The tricks old one, but it
has probably never been sold beoro The way II
| played about twenty years ago ras this: whskey
hask AS used with small hole the bottom. II was
filled with water and corked andgyen to the victim
with the remark II will show yo'tho most wonderful
trick you Put that has in your hip pocket
and will six feet from you 18th tumbler In my
hand, and without Eong near 20 or touching you In
any way will draw the water frm the flask and all
the tumbler with IT. The joker would then take the
tumber in his right hand and nnd AZ he had said
Now pull out the cork and TIL cav the water from
tho flask" he would say. The consequences TO the
victim were of a decidedly unieasant nature. The
trick in its modified form not qe go funnv, but tits
moro good
A trembling old man entered Jon Mulvihilrs saloon
in Front street Said John:
well, Pop who are you lookinRorr
My brother. He 10 pilot on thdboat Edward Blunt
He'll be here by 2 O'Clock His nan IL william Hes
Older than mo-"
The old mans namo Is Edmund Jonson, twenty-five
years ago he policeman in thdenth precinct He
is II years old. His brother was downed OF Sandy
Hook long ago that tho Oldest pilocAnnot remember
the date Yet every day Pop JohHon wake up ana
down Front street cheertully awaitinIwiams return
He Is perfectly sane in every other repect
shad fishing tho Hudson has ensd for the present
| season. The markets are now supped with this Ash
| from Nova Scotia In point OF nurbers tho present
season has not been prolific form oneS there
has been marked increase in tho sis and weight OF
the nsh The largest 6sh brought to 1ashinEton Mar
ket this year weighed l2A poundA Tree years ago Q
shad weighing pounds was regardetAs great curl
| oSty. Tho average weight OF shRd TO tho present
season has been estimated at 81 pound
| 1t probable that the American AnnrS Association
will have no tournament this year. Tire 10 soma talk
of nycastinR trial In the fall. but enthusiasm u
shown in the matter. severe blow vp administered
to this sport year ago by the compettia Of many
fessona ny casters representing variou nshinFtaohIo
housoa majority of the prizes were1on at the last
meet by these skilled mon, whose only bjeot In enter
ing was to advertise tho of theirespectivs o.
adjustments Tho lovers Of fly castin ~ an art are
opposed to these advertising trickA
Many pedestrians in Fulton street stopbefore store
to handle and speculate on piece of Iather marked
"walrus hide" hanging close to tho walk This akin of
tho cold water weighs forty poura and IN one
inch thick. Tho leather 10 as hard 40 m oak plank
Circular pieces cut from It TO make vheals with
which metal In polished. WalruI hide ronea hi0h ID
retais for 81 pound.
Dredging operations in the New York SIPS are always
watched by curious crowd OF iders Who hail with
-
the great ironjAwe buckets About tho noat yAuaba
article caught cordARa 1t cones up black with ooza
but sound and BervtceAble. As Don q bit Of cable
has dropped from the jaws of tn scoop ono Of the
great scows that carry tho mu out to sea q Rrmy
deck hand fishes 1t out gives 1t hasty and Somevhnt
ineffective bath in tho black troubled waters and
coils it up in safe place Thouands of yards of cord
age are thus recovered every wed.
South street nautical Junk shop astonishinRy In
tersstng places. They buy and oil anything from An
oncers sword 10 a pinnacle boz Like all DEALERS in
secondhand articles, they hAvean unshakable faith
that anything will sell II It is ony kept louR enough
Ono OF these Junk dealers dag for aSla
and It is not long since one wasseng thousands of
old cArbines made for tho Confederate service
When you buy oars In small qantites Won ga. than,
by the pair but in large quante they sell by the font
Lowest retail South prices about 81 Is nar.
but those who purchase by tho fot get oars low
as Sllo pair. smart sailormA, keen at a bargain
and acquainted with second HAND places can INV 60
siderablV under prices quoted 10 til landSman
All New York has nothing more orARn than IN. a..
wharves of South street Tea comedn at these vbayv..
in great fullriEged chips and is uIoaded for d.v h.
dozens OF active men It comes outof the hods in ,ha
familiar cuoica tea boxes, covere, with coarse mat
ting aud wound about with strip, Of tough cana
The mating is lettored In EuQiSh. lint ave~-
tenth box Is damaged and tho ,amatey. AGO.
to take 1t until 1t has been REARED Two or
three carpenters are on hand to max repars and to
them Tho damaged boxes are turned vsr Whan tha
EnghShlettered mating 10 stripped one sees the
queer figures and gay colors Of China ,r lamar m.
repairing means merely deft mailing of the broken
boxes Each box with It's contents WshS about sItv
pounds or this from forty.eEht to ntt pounds q a.
ana the remainder packing, which inudea mA,nn1
box and tea lead The whole wharf Is Adolsnt Of "a
ana standing about among the WORKING are the tea
importers their black worsted eonceAsdy long cool
clean linen duStsrA -
Part OF an east side fAmilys squipmsn,is A sm.u
cato ninstailA Not quite the instrumsn A. toy,nIn
used At DelaWares three whipping posta,ut a ANAL