The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-21
WBAr ARE An rhbE1No AnoUE


Few otthe Now York photographers who win make
| the pilgrimage 10 Washington In August TO see the
DAguerro monument unveiled In front Of the SnIthson
ian Institution are that tho institution owes It's
existence 10 the generosity OF the son OF an English
peer. The Hon James SmithbOn, younger son OF the
! Duke OF Northumberland and brother OF tnat Earl
rcrcy who brought M tie british re- nforcements At
IrSinqton and led division In the attack on Fort
Washington In tls city. through beluepl Of SSiai00
for tie increase ard dnuston Of know edge among
men," founded the Institution which keeps his name
! and memory green Mt tie capital OF the American re-
public The Nrmoria bear OF the Smithson family
. number nearly n!no hundre aud among these are
! branches of the sovereign houses of England Scot
land France and Spain. and tho duca house OF Nor.
mandy and Brittany. forming heraldic DONORS almost
/ without a parallel James smthson however. cared
little for such Distinctions and pretty good re-
publican lie devoted his lfo tn study taking an hon
orary degree at oxford the same year In which his
brother Hugh. Earl Percy became luke at hor"HsS-
berand was his one boast that his name would out-
live those OF hts family who possessed inherited tiIle'
aud honor on,y and his prophecy iS altogether likely
| to prove true
| Neither thn McAiittsr lord Wuloughby can
rightly eiaim 10 be tho creator OF an inner circle OF
socy whose mystic number is bar OF exclusion ~
tho gateway VI fashionable fo. Tho onor OF CREATOR
ship rightly belongs TO Gov retrus Stuyvesant hard
headed Peter, whOse wife. judith BRyard, was q born
Aristocrat Prom this couple descended the Fish
family. social rivRS Of the McAlsOr for the Sceptrs
contained 100 houfes md 1910 Inhabitants Gov Stuy
vesant issued proclamation by which all Who paid
into the city treasury 5UI Ruiders were enrolled as
| great bu RnerS" became exempt from auainder ana
| the cunGscatiOn Of goods had mad monopoly OF tho
public oIlco1 Tho small hu, sh,rs" pai Try Gnderu
tho honor Of enrolment and acquired the freedom of
ira lie only The great ourRh"s numbered twenty. end
their lcspcr satellites 2d Tut tho latter were ot little
account while the cost OF Initiation n;o the upper
crcs was heavy that admission was purchased only
| once in sixteen Years This uost offensive OF al Gn
tincu n, an Rrstocracy founded on w"aih-her"me
! 80 oppressive that tho distinction between tho two
CLASSES had to be abolished aud at Tho time of tile Eng
iish Conquest the class numbered about 800
Twenty names comprised tho arisocracy of this city
two hundred and thirty three years ago Thn list OF
the recorded citizenship If curious study be-
cause 20 few Of the names survive or are known 10
fame. The twenty aristocrRts were the Lord Director
Perus stuyvesant. Domino MeRapoensis. johannes la
| Montague. .r., IiendrcEs'r Kip Jan Gieson Van
BurEh, Jacob GerrtSen strycker Jan VINCE tho wife
of Corneis Van Tiephoven. Hendrick Van pyck. Zip
HcndricE Jr.. Cart Martin krigier Kari Van BurEgh-
Jacob Van CouweDhoven. lRurison COrnelIsen, Abni.
! Van wy,k Johannes Petersen, G Van Burzgh. VIII
| Bogardus Daniel Iitschvc, and Pie'er Van couwen.
! hoven. Frau Van T enhoven was ambitions woman
who had succeeded in having her husband mldo
Colonial Secretary salary OF $3.50 per Annurn. but
the citizenship she kept IN her hands Her maiden
| name was Rachel ringe. and she elder sister of
John vinge born in New Amsterdam In 1894 and SAID
have been tho FIRST white male prrson born in tho
colony
For the native of sunny Italy tan has terrors and
sunsroke deadly meaning lie sleep In the sun
shine sounily RS in the shade Gne of these swartny
descendants OF Roman proconsus who is proprietor Of
nourishing boo bnck stand in South Fifth avenue mot
FAR from tho Blocker street elevated station fell asleep
his chair the hottest OF tho recent trio of Scorch
ing days with his Eoes resting ON tho uprghtS intended
supper. tile feet Of customers black eyed boy Of
dozen summers, thercabOuts. saw his opportunity
to work at his shoes ami -sined em up artisti-
cay without waking the slumbcrer II was difficult TO
guess Whether the boy woro his eide partner or
Waif the streets but that he enjoyed the joke
evident by the grin OF delight which pervaded his face
while at work dis job completed. he sat down on tho
curDEtnBe with his feet In tho gutter and his back
against ircn column OF the elevated road and went
| ~ sleep. The picture was tho ouRhly Italian
The poet of the now aaueduct has yet come to
the SUFFICE When the original Croton alueduct was
opened there was procession seven miles in length.
which marched down broadway wheeled into the City
Hall lark aud while tho water being turned on in
the Old fountain at the lower end Of the park listened
to the singing OF an ode written for the occasion The
handwork Of the late Gen George r. Nor
rs equally distinguished and soldier It 10
sufficient quote a singo from this unique
duct,on.
Hound the aqueduos OF story,
As the miss Of Lethe thro"R.
Crotons waves in ali their glory
Troop in melody along;
Ever sparkling bright and single.
viii this rock.riboed stream appear
When posteritv shall mngio
Like the gathered waters here"
Possibly the stAnEa had some meaning at tho time IL
was sung by the sacred Music Society in the park but
Il might DO difficult to deciphcr It On tho whole
perhaps 1t is Just we'll that tho aqusduct has
had no poet
Tho village of GarrisonG on the Hudson IL the home
of few wealthy city people during tho heated term
GarrROns is not popuOns enough to support regular
barber and SO this very necessary function has been
assumed by the baagAgeman at the Hudson River
RAirOad station who IL known as Dan 1t IL . funny
sight TO SEQ o lawn.tonniS dandy with yellow Ghoea
lying In ordinary armchair his head the back
and resting on the book in which Dan keeps hiS
counts and which lies upon desk. For ScrapIng tho
jcwA of tho CITY boArdsB the baGGageman earns many
q dime Detwesn trains
This reminds writer OF an experience in the Ar
ran Islands on the west coast OF Ireland Last Feb
FuAry HO had threo weeks growth Of beard his
and he hunted the three islands for barber
ct finding one who willing % undertake the
job The Arran barber had mover shaved Yankee
and was oyorjoyed at the chance. be was % years
old and had been engaged all his life at building stone
walls lilo shArpenod his piece OF smooth haR-
and seated his victim IN kitchen chair Ono
held tho patient head and dozen interested spectators
looked on for Il was an altogether unprecedented
event In The islands The iatherinR done with .
piece OF hard brown SOAP. which rubbad the
face Grabbing handful of hair top OF the patients
head the atone wall builder hourAhsd the razor In the
air and exclaimed;
"Are ye all ready, sir :"
"AlI right" Was tho trembling reply Down came
the with sweep like that of scy.he. The I'm
plomsnt evidently full of teeth . buEEHAW.
It the hair out by the Toos II raised the victim
bolt upright a. II cannon cracker had exploded.
Tears gathered in his eyes His hands cl0nehOd con-
vulsvey, and rivulet Of blood ran down his cheek.
The butcher went to the window 70 wipe his weapon
clean While standing there he looked up and ex-
claimed sympAtheticAly;
"shure. sir. 20 have face a. undhor ~ . little
bGbbyl"
The shave was concluded three weeks later in the oy
Of Galway
whenever Cni,Sd statoS ship comes in from The
wost Indies naval ohcers have very large dark ugly
and ne.daVored Havana cigars to give away 70 their
frsndA onces live well within the law this sub
jecL but tho cigArS laid In by tho thousaud
and there IL nothing TO prevent man from smokinG
the cigars ashore For the most these cigars
excellent but comparatively inexpensive as they
bought by wholesale in Havana They are Of kind not
"a. aIIaHf ha