The sun., 1890-08-15
WHAT WE ARE All TALKING LnoUr

Mr. j. Lowris Bell General Superintendent, -.
United states railway mail service, has been in NJ
YORK keeping Sharp lookout for breakers ever nn..
the outbreak OF tho Central Railroad strike n, nm
has oeeu content to remain In the Fci ucleebuUS
Ing IN the pleasant otees Of the Departmental tAlsAv
mail service there He has stayed At the Grand Csp,,
station most OF the time personally tupsrEttndn
reception and desrAtchinE OF the mails A tep4rl,t,1
M BELL the other evening wAtchluI the ~ oel,,h
Montreal express steLm away with arsbt number NJ
poftan mail pouches on board lie had hs hand, in
his pockets wore soft felt bat and shorI coat and
casual observer would have taken him To he condue
tor or brakeman in plain clothes The ca,uA observer
would never have tAtsn him for The head OF Er,n
governmental department In tome European couD.
tries such functonArJ would have worn btE cooked
hat and have been riEged ont in green bIus
scarlet uniform bedecked with gold lace and Al
sorts OF RliiIering trimmings He would have been
AnCst rs hard to approach as royal psrSonaEt M
Bell as he stood alone the station platform In the
darkness, was quite an object lesson In democracy
walk up Park avenue to the eastelated Armorvs Of
the Warrington GTeys At Ninety NTH street and An
observation taken from the summit OF the hill, win
reveal at a & anco many phases Of New Yorks c1t,t-
encc city At tbs foot OF tho great brick castle
relies OF shAntytown lie scattered around me
ieudAl huts OF the oden time the cottages Of The
cary Dutch settlers rioksty bat picturesque Vine
clad stoopG patches of Indian corn. Sunhowerl or
potatoes eontempIAuys goats, psripatsno ducks and
chickens, horses mulsS and eArtS make up strange
bit Of life that will soon be extinct Civilization clos
ing in upon these shAntiss crush them Of s1s.
Eastward lie the waters Of Hell Gate broken bT
sandy Gbsons island To the stretches the green
forest OF Central Park The new city of Harlem which
has taken the place OF old Harlem village of genera
tion hlls most OF the foreground and through
factories and homes the black artery Of the rail-
riaduct throbs with the going and coming OF
petual trains This hilltop lighting ground In ira
and for,nc reared here in 1914 and IN
while spade turns up rusty buttons and bullets Of
those days
In Bhanty TO the west Of the ruins Of the old povdeS
house Of li2 at the northern end OF horninEsde Park
lives veteran of the late who went cut frou
its low porch enlist He ancient mhRAlino
OF an earhwork as storeroom for his vegetables and
he lakes pride in pointing out the line Of forncAnnu
which were planned by British soldiers in the Revou-
tion and renewed by American defsnderB OF the son
forty later After than thirty ysArs oecu
patton the place seems ike home TO him but every
spring ho has been expecting the order TO The
real estate and his Italian iAborers will upon
the veterans comfortable hut presently and his stall
and his daughter who plays upon the plane
will be sVicted They have saved money, and the
tsrior OF the patchwork domicils II fnF
more comfortable not to say luxurious than would bo
imagined by outsider. A block Of city land, even
when perchsd on rockA can be made to yisld eosl
pront 70 industry.
The little pond In Central Park just abovoSho Sew.
ontysecond street entrance at Fifth Avonua l. veil
toy sailing boatA These amateur yAchtsmsn are q
democratic SET and the ragged urchin who has riSEed
out cAtAmArAn from cigar box brushes clothes with
the tailor ade Of the proud posss0soH
OF full riEEsd schooner Its pleasant ana curious
sight TO watch the performances OF the juvenile saors
The little sheet Of muddy water In the school Of future
boat builders and inventorA Some OF the appliances
which the boys have rgged the speed Of
their craft and TO facilitate rapidy OF In
tackng and turning give indication that their inventive
genius 10 aroused and interested. The pond n toe
small for the nset that oils II and its cAnnot Be
increased additional bodies Of other parts e
the Park might be apart for the the younR
saors without interfering with the pleasure Of thoP
seniors Above this pond and hidden under the Hif,h
avenue wall and the trees 10 q smaller body Of water
that 10 now completely hsd With water plAntA Europe
Asia Africa South America and own country have
contributed the beautiful aud fragrant Of their
water lilies, and among them stands out the papyrus
Of Egypt dwaTfod but stin genuine This Ia q work
well worth studying, especially By those doomed 70
endure the dog days In town for Its varieties Of
flowers worth visiting by the unstudious because Of
the swest scents with which itn bloasomA sun vog-
shippers every one. all the morning atE.
There is prospect that somebody VIM make mint
Of money cut Of stAnloy's lectures In America The
his wife viii ee carried fron point 70 poiut
In palace building for that special purpose
Meanwhile eroert ward, whose lectures this eoun-
try interrupted BY his marriage, has Eivsn M
cherished plan to extend hs lecture tour Australia
and South Africa.
An interesting feature Of the far east SIDE avenue. IN
the saltsd hsh market Along Avenue A. for example
which II Of the most brilliantly lighted thorough
fares in this city and Is always nled night with
picturesque crowd stand the nsh dealers Offering de-
nciouLootinR saed front a what ridiculous
y low The dealers pretend hAt these Sh eannos
be bought in the restaurants which probably lA
though they are net usually found on me monu-
Midsummer dutnsss d nsh.sasa fer ne dus1isss IN
that bit Of Tvsntnnh lying between Ftfsh And
NadiSon avenues by the lively doings at the Little
Church Around the Corner me baidheadSd Ssmi saSL
icA 10 busted every day With special
service Now Il IL . Wedding funeral ana these
failing 4 performance By oddly sttired priest %
Episcopal monk whenever wedding q funeral tS
in proEreBs all the noighboTnG windows AISA VITA
feminine heads There IN not . woman In thAS hlocH
who does know all the etiquette Of Wedding ooAsASs
and the whole nOEhboEhood has been tAnEht And
again the proper eonduaS fOR widow q hs1 he
banda funeral
The stories Of the altsreatoa between WHlian 4.
IvinA As landlord and salooa Keeper Lawrence ooo
tsresting point in connection with NJ Ivtnss ovnOVs
ship OF the property Gt ninth and Ninety ninth
street While he was City Chamberlain he lsns 01anoo
mortgage on the property The law requires thai
loans of this character must not exceed half Of th0
value OF the property. Yet the highest valuation thAa
Richard Croker, who succeeded Ivtns - ChanbszlAn
could get the property WAS SoSo0o He called his
predecessor TO account for tho loan. and Whsn the
mortgage toreeloSsd aftorWard Mr. Ivins had
to buy in the property and assume the mortgage 70
avoid causing loss the fund and inyftAR
criticism his nnAncerinR The property has proved
troublesome to him since. Costello ID eotng him
for kicking In the door and calling him q thief
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