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sesIsSs. n Then Tie q docEs
ship aysTG ,s 81 srs %ss
be oocnpied By ,enspsn!s ior the j. h ,S ,S Of
:. IsS he canal Z: :.
than towing up from Sandy Hook, coming to
anchor In The upper harbori getting down tor.
The ssDs aestinsd FOR East River piers must
now do. 1t would naturally be ma,ie OF adynn:
~. .s ono ~ 81 ssnay s"i SeieY:G That
ground rent from factories alone would even.
s ANA hat ss he wal bnsiuess would il
manner make the venture worth the while In,s;
the 81 ss from
vo %as f's 1s ~
do onse ssness from h Gas. vsr sr
and 90 change the warehou.s business that
,ns New SSa E't sSd FGss TSf sh much
iieys New York streets o. some Of their freight
f EsT os so %ea aS
and make the neeessity OF uniting the two
S't Time ieiSre tSe business o. the Erie Basin
and tho Brooklyn water front bnt the growth
busy. IL would give MIR, wiman business for
his PROPOSED tunn6I nn0er the NarrOwb. anu
he can be counted among It's supporters.
Despite the additions to Drooklyn's bushes:
bring. the most violent; opposition to the
house and dock iptsrest would put up very
and tho elevated omranIes could be trusted to
fight the plan. although 1t Is said that they
much, es ANYBODY The elevated railroads
would probably not be opened for the passnge
practically Suspended. Travel would be
wholly interrupted In many etrects and inter-
fered with in many more. and property own
ers. particularly in the, districts heyond the
interruption would he turned from the district
fast River by the way Of Blackwell's leland.
Rocsswsy Bach. Uneis Sam would Tor in. n.
stance. DO Obliged to construct a fort there.
ter OF the population in sone parts Of the route.
Ono can very easily I'm aeine that the friction
and onposition thus created would be able to
men Of means and ability have the matter in
mind. and will eventually try to SOC what they
can do with It
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emitted e bring the cord q. over the I've .nas q
by the strinR. was four.sided instead OF hexa:
gona. After the knot was tied he stretched
the cord out to the ends OF the crosspisce
thus bringing the kite to It's prorer shape.
You sse." said he, II had strung II on the
would be loose. This way the cord 10 tight AZ
adrum. That IL one thing you can't make
Rirls do. and consequently their kites. are al.
ways loose. Somebody once invented ma.
chine for stringing kites but that docs juAt AZ
loose work as the girls do. though 1t works a
trine faster. But kite has got to be IN ade right
and tieht or re 70 good. as you know yourself
make the Kite frame. When he gels warmed
un to his work he makes two kite frames every
minute. or 12b in an hour Of steady work.
When n few hundred frames are ready he lays
pile OF cQored and pictured papers lace down
on the table. He dauhs paste on the back OF
the top papsr. lays the kite frame on II, turns
the edges OF the papsr neatly over the sides,
daubs pnste on tho top and bottom fieps. and
turns over the top ana Bottom. smooths and
presses the edpes. and lays the kite aside. by
tho time she has done this the kite maker has
tossed her another. These two can paste 800
Kites an hour II they work rapidly and without
pause. Thus the kite man, with little help.
makes kites at q rate considerably faster than
lit isn't what you would call lucrative
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10 lose It In, thu clouds But two and three ars
A. flye cents; so no invests bis cent and makes
The larger boys OF tho town. however, are ex-
perts in kite dying. Beginning with early
March. theiS ia hardly a day before late fall.
with a far breezs blowing. when kites are not
seen somewhere over tho town. The tenement
house roof is the place to which tho larger
boys with their larger kites resort On q
breezy day many kites may he seen floating
part Of town. There Is more kite flying dops
feIds Of the upper part OF the city and the an
nexed district together.
Their, are other kites in the market besidss
tho heTnRonaI ki:es made By Frank Rose and
his follows. The most common OF The other
sorts are the Japanese kitoa. which are not
made In this country; because tho Japanese
can make them so much more cheaply. Many
thousands Of Jaranese kites are imported
yearly and sold all oyer the country. Eysry.
Of eagles and owls. made Of fibrous paper
etretched over bamboo frames and each with
broad wings stretched out on the side. These
kites met with Al enormous sale when they
were first introduced. years ago. They wore
novelties then. but they didn't hold their
own. Children OF rich parents fly kites COCA
eionally. Just a. they sail 10Y yachts In the
Park or drive their goat carriages. as change
from ether ,sHmussmsn.s and q they IKE Japan:
them. however. and the sturdy country young.
ster. who makes his own kites turns up his
nose whom they are mentioned.
"A wholesale kite dealer In Canal street says
that the kite. alone Of all toys, has not been
improved since the days OF Ben Franklin. 1t
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MAE fOh ChNIs
boxes and on shelves. and many boxes OF
light cotton Irvine. In the rear OF tho
room nsnr the passage which loads into the
kite makers living apartment is a high table
ct which no stands when no pastes paper on
the kite frames. Perhaps a space no larger
than eight feet By six Is oil OF tho room IL at
could properly be termehthe kite factory"
The rest Of 1t Is store room. But none Of all
this is interesting In comparison with the
kite skeletons and finished kites that you see
everywhere. The skeletons. made OF crossed
sticks strung with cord. stand on the boxes In
long rows. awaiting the paper and paste brush.
The finished kites are piled everywhere IN
stacks which nearly reach tho ceiling.
Yes" said the kite man as his rapid fingers
fttod the paper to the frame and fastened
them with few dabs OF the paste brush. 1--WE
boon standing behind this table every day for
tho last fifteen years putting them together.
When was kid no bigger than that barefoot
that was lust In here for marbles I used to
for living. In TACT. don't depsn don, on them
Lites as doing nothing. There's mishts
Ss IN i ana nta as m nsa
hire I sirls to make i cir EI,ss, but that don't
art in making kiiss simple as il Is. i've found
70 INF re srns Il. Tna
SslH hr n Snn .srn out decent articles eel
length and a shorter one. These no placed side
FL l.it hand; With biz right hand he, picked up
dozen times around the three sticks near the
ceatrs. A quick movement OF the fingers Of
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EAU CLAIRE, Aug. ,1o.-A shsstlv find was
Leak Of this place. It Yves that OF 2 skull
soourate. In = large hollow wooden ball placed
which this BELONGED was one o. o lot OF iurni-
and is . ma9niiicsnt old piece OF mahoea any OF
the Queen Anne style. ami IL In all probability
very old. so that It is I'm apostolic TO arrive at
any conclusion &c. to how long the skull has
been concealed In II.
Leak perceiving tie ball to BE- rather loose.
for the purpose OF tightening It examined 1t,
hollow He removed Il. and. 10 hls Horror.
found that the cavity WAS occupied BY grin
Mug skull, which was ali the mole awe, In
spring from the discovery, which was suhse::
9uent!y made, that through the temple had
been driven = largo nail ur .spike. which still
remained piercing 1t nearly through 10 the
other temple, and which, though .encrusted
blood. or what L. presumably such.
Whether tho skull Is that OF man or woman
10 OF Coarse impossible to tell. but II 10 un mis-
tasably human AND that Of o person OF consid-
cradle Intellectual development. as 10 evil
dencsa by the facial angle. Leak has OK
srted himself to learn something OF the hts
Tory 81 the bod but has not been able to do
So. He purchased II from q second hand
dealer who IN turn bought 1t in Chicago from
q woman, who declares that she knows moth
Ing OF II except that her mother. now deceased,
purchased II At an auction GALE, but this co.
curing when she was little child she does not
recoilect where the sale was held.
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BARRIERS IN NEW YORK.
TIE Changes Z. the 'rr.de-The vlvs-eent
shaving Shops Must SO.

The Change In the Trado-The Vincent
Shaving Shops Must SO.
There are BARRIERS Of American birth In New
York. but they constitute only . small proper
ton OF tho BARRIERS OF tho city. who number
about 1000. OF whom probably not moro than
ton per cont were born In this country. In old
times there were q good many barber shops
loft. except in those parts OF the city whore
colored people reside. Until two or three years
ago majority Of the BARRIERS In the city had
for forty years been Germans who learned
their trade in Germany and who crossed tho
sea because they could earn moro money hero
than In Germany. They were regarded as
careful workers, we'll hammered In their ways.
anxious to please. and not over greedy for tips.
the custom OF giving which was not much In
vogue until recent times. There were also
then as there arc yet. some French BARRIERS.
all Parisians Of course. and all operators OF I'M
usual skill, delicacy. and stylishness.
Since the heavy immigration Of Italians and
Hebrews began three years ago q great num-
ber Of Italian and Hebrew barber shops have
been established in all parts OF tho country.
and It Ia estimated that at this time one-haf
Of the BARRIERS In the city belong to those races.
In opening business here they began to cut
tho prices that had been In vogue. and their
rate for shaving was generally fixed at cents.
and the customer was told To- pay what you
these places the boss and his man. or two or
A. ss molsas I'm 70 e shy Of sHR .s
small pay. ofien as low as 50 or IS q woek. and
they are consequently very anxious foIr, TIPS.
which but few OF the customers are Wiling TO
give but which when given are not liksly to
operators among the Italians and Hebrews.
men who know how to hone the razor and use
1t. work tho A,her and apply IL, comb the hair
and fix IL, though many OF them have learned
their trade BY the practice OF It after coming to
!h The ar. rs to Ss s
1T j. AGAINST tn. low price for shaving that
the Italian BARRIERS OF the city are now begin
ping to take stand. Those OF them who fol-
prSss IL a h
say, that rents and the cost OF Lying are much
higher here than In Italy. and that two cents
will 20 further! IN an Italian town th9n fye
cents In New York. Thoy also see that the
German BARRIERS SET ten cents Isl shave, , nnS
- German. They likewise see that German
and this 10 not fair to the Italians.
:, The movement In the Italian and IN some OF
rates and shortenins oi the hours Of service
The bosses fear that the change will result
In q decrease In their business. and that thers
VIII always he enough hve:eent shops to draw
HTwSay the custom from the dssrer shops.
er.ssiy. party srs arm In the faith that they
will bring about the change which they desire.
known In New York. w."
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SCENE OF THE PAST.
regular trade. and so I'm content to keep It I'D,
card to some OF my customers, and they come
round and get them. II they don't
want the, Kites at the time they store
them. That save. me store room. I
once started In to do . big trade. and deliv:
cred my goods myself in Brooklyn and all
over. l sent eleven truck loads over tho bridge
one year. But that didn't pay. can't AFFORD
customers who won't come after their own
kites. OF course q good many OF these small
makers deliver Kites. but thev are satisfied to
Kites cheaper than Do. Thsy lire ns Girls FOR
next to nothing. and aren't particular TO have
tho kites well made and the strings tight and
osly r one form Of ki'e is known in tho mar.
crossing two sticks Of equal length ike the
piece; The diamond. shaped kite cannot 30
must make i himself. The he1asonsl Kite i
for tho kite IN trade. but they all are turned
out prac!i cally Of the same shape: The hort.
zonta! piece Is about four-fiths the length Of
the slhntsd upriRhts. ami the kite 10 spread
out we'll. There is no rule governing the thick-
ness OF sticks. The sticks for the H-inch
kite are usually about . quarter OF an inch
square In sections. and are cut from pine to In
sure as little weight a. possible. The store
kites are always covered with colorsd paper
and sometimes printed with gay pictures.
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The Kawesh Rellsm yites.

There has been rejoicing among the
coorsrative colonIsts at Kswoab. In south.
ern California. this month. on account OF the
action OF the Interior Department at Washing.
ton n their favor. The cavalry force sen, to
son that lay within the boundaries Of the
ste4noia National Park. was Withdrawn before
IL had taken action, against them. and they
c0iontst. had mt in the plea that, The land
MM Which they held was patented by them
ing the sequ ia National PARK. and ths
Assls' ant secretary o, the Interior. In tho alb
orders hat there should he no n eriersncs
LOT the present With Ierson- living upon
patented lands. The ksweah sawmill, which
oeIp sr ana the other operations OF the set
SuEs IN tho 70 session 81 the land which they
hold. and viii not feel secure In It until Secre-
Of thetr patented elAima
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FROM Nxwrowx CREEK TO JAMAICA sAx.


All familiar with those parts Of Brooklyn
known as WilliamsburRh. East New York. and
Canarsie. will remember that tho land from
Newtown Creek in straight line to the head
OF Frsshwater Creek. which smp,ies into ia
maica Bay. Is practically dead fiat. q very few
feet above tide water. With the exception, Of
fmai stretch rS h, II rex and Ersyel IN
c!ost sSe so essa
Allowing that. should cana be construetei. il
Would b. as out on straight line from hs
Greek is three and i've; eighth miles. The
f SISss, you'll vs. liz TtEin three oqf
from koekawny avenue. Reaching F. shwatsr
Inlet: The distance from The hssd q Frs.h.
Inlet. following the channel. 10 OK miles. over
this part OF the route the water varies from
* miles of It. IN nou, a0D ths water Ia ab %
average Is feet deep. and ior the rest The chan.
h Tn VII ,ayerags H5ou, feet The engineer
and eerhaps ds ,h MS.e o. VIII 2lo
ions NV York sh roi D sand e %s:
ssi ass feet SssG as.
e. miles 1onSg out GU to ses This allows so feet
OIMAtor IN inc canal az mean low tide
The problem Is one OF the simplest POSSIBLE,
To dredRe ont tho sand would cost not more
cavatin9 OF the moro substantial part of the
route would not exceed 81 per cubic yard. It
Nicaragua Canal already done that the cost Of
operating the dredees RAJ from six to fifteen
Tor Was psr yssd
twelve cents. the cost Of dredging tho sand at
tho PROPOSED BROOKLYN ship canal from tho sea
S2.60O.000. Thro ugh Williamsburg ct q dol.
lar per cubic bic yard the cost q excavation would
A much larger item OF cost would bs the
right. OF way. This ought to be about ego feet
to be taken would amount to 80 acres 70 the
mile, and o the cost Of this land you'd not b
on even. though most Of the houses arc OF
wood. II tho company got the right Of way
tns9uF 10 snsrs1S 9r Il would do
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trade" said he. as he reached for another. pile
fourteen. inches, high. brings only 90 cen,s a
gross. You might a. we'll calculate 1t on this
slze. for 1t Is he commonest. There isn't
me. not counting my own time and labor say
80 cents gross. IHet the sticks cut at q plan
Ing mill. lay in years supply. sometimes,
at once. These papers have all got to bo
printed In coors. That costs MONEY The
1t close. but calculate that I make about 40
cents on Il gross. Now. SUPPOSE l make four
gross day. which is pretty fair with
days work. You won't get rich on that you
see. Most Of the kitemakers work at home In
tenement houses. and they make little enough
out OF 1t. There are few who keep It up. A
few months Is enough for most In the spring
they + acf no 10 k 1es
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HE MAKES HIS OWN KITE
WAS practically OF tho Same shape then - now.
There are diamonds shaped kites. sites with
Rowe tops. such As ore universally made IN
England but seldom seen here. octaRonal
Kites. and others. but NO kite can be eaid to be
ments are the Same In ali: the framework Of
wood. the covering of pspsr or light fabric. the
belly band" OF cords leading from tho tip OF
each rib to q central point whore the string 10
attached. and the tall varying IN length and
weight, according to the proportions OF each
The Japanese kite, with its halloon.liks
upon bis i0r far q can p
he EuroDean KITE. 1t Is Kite built upon
There q something new In kites. however.
but whether the American boy Will eventually
consider II an improvement Or not rem aims to
20 .een: Tor II 10 not rot old enough to have
had Q fair test Broadway. firm owns the
patent for this kite. and advertises it..hia way:
Liks man without wife,
Like ship without SAIL
The qussrsst hing In life
ba kite Without tail.
The tailless kite 10 built upon the principle
OF the centreboard In sallboats. It IL dia.
mond shaped. and, as will DO ssen In the pio-
turs. has q csntrsboard or. keel extending out
. few inches at right angles to its windward
ssH g,a! The Drtncicle e !. s.l!:svIdsnt
string being ADJUSTED to Tho belly band al a
e thu: held 70 he wind It. t.nd.nsss
loses its tail, the !lnd imme diatsly drives
Its head sidewiss and downward. the kite loses
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chine Of such perfect poise. but viii that pleas:
IRE make IN for the loss Of the tail MOST
boys lind their greatest 10y In the graceful aut-
terinRs and swayings and diviags OF their
kites. and In those long sinuous tails when
writhe like serpents among the CLOUDS. The
pleasure OF the knOtted tail: OF the tall OF cord
with SQUASH or small pumpkin fastened on
tho end 50 that In the sky It seems like .
satellite OF the kite connected with IL only By
some mysterious and invisible force: Of the
double and triple tail. the members Of which
Join and separate continually a. the kite
syssys; Of the tall With the lighted lantern.
meteor. and Of al! the other odd kite tails In
which bcyhood delights. would be gone. Most
boys ind In the Kites tail theft. greatest joy,
Boys nowadays." said the Wholesale dealer
are not Ike what they used to te; u the{
DO. When ! was boy there WASN'T much
and busters they were. too. WOULDN'T have
given snap OF my finger iora boy who bought
. ready made kite. NowadRys. however, boys
are different. They, want you to make their
like to have you fiy them for them. too"
But the country boy OF to-day. though he
docs not ny kites so much as his father and
uncle3 did when they were boys. ie not SO do.
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only two seconds. But OF course don't make
1000 kites every day. In fact. it's mighty
seldom that do. I've got the store here. and
that takes my time. Then there isn't any need
OF hurrying. SO Off and on make about GOO
kites day. and mind tie counter and take
things easy"
There Is no signboarl over Frank Roses
little shop CD the south side OF Prince street.
Just west of South Fifth avenue. lit is not
curiosity that carries you into that n6ighbor-
hood OF tenement houses and small factories
and foreign born poor. you may pass tho door
adozen times without noticing what kind OF
wares the shop-keeper deals In. II you hap
pen to stop and look in through the soiled
panes Of glass you will see few toys and
books In tho window, and q counter. behind
which slender. m lie. aged man. with sandy
hair. 10 selling marbles or tops to diminutivs
customers with bare feet The chances are.
unless you 60 inside. that you will pass ON
without any idea that you have Just had y
view Of tho biggest kite factory In tho city.
The interior OF Frank Roses shop is larger
than its narrow door and little show window
Indicate. The counter IL ON ono side and be-
hind 1t arc shelves on which are stores OF such
toys and stationery as the people OF tho neigh
borhood buy. Looking round you see that the
room 10 double its apparent breadth from
without. and that all besides the counter and
. little space In front OF It Is occupied with
kites and material for kite making. There are
stacks Of paper cut in various sizes. and ON
tho face Of each sheet are printed red. white.
and blue stripes. and Q device and motto.
There are slender sticks In assorted sizes In
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sfHiy Names n sIsH 'RsR sHss E1s.
There Sv are four common sizes In the market.
There ~ one smaller than the l4-inch kite
and otSs ~ ss.: h tsa
larger sizes, but in very small. numbSrs. one
q 81; has :ticks q inches l9ns ana stands .bout
and 20 cents At ihs retail shops. ''''"'' ~
The popular kite with the city boy is one for
Acent These are tn. u and 4 Inch sizes.
I fIa. III +, e:n,: Snf isTS % asd
sport. The time was, not many. years
ago When syery telegraph yIre In she city was
decorated every block. innumera Bic Kite tails
made lace work on the telegraph lines and on
rsnts by diyerting them TO other wires, OF.
Since then the City fathers have passed laws
regulating the flying Of Kites. Policemen were
Instructed TO arrest all boys cnpRht flying kites
In the streets and 1t was made unlawful to
raise q kite anywhere below Fourt senth street.
ton OF the telegraph lines alone. Kito flying
In the streets has caused many rupRways.
There Is anoi her and even more rotent cause
q the decline Of kite lying That ts found 10
devised and put on the market. IN. the old
days when people were not so well on as they
are now. boys were thrown more upon their
own resources. q me WAS fortune to boy.
Then 1t was s that kite nying was ~ rs prime.
pal plsytSinss. Nowadsss sSsr. IA ar. ' msa;
great firms in the city with much cant
tai invested In tprataG out new toys
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KITES AND KITE FLYING.
THE OHEAPEsT OF TOYS AND IT'S
WANING POPULARITY.

Kites SIN Made ana ssiA By The Minis,,
bat Net the universai Delight OF Small
Deys 80 They ones wsre-City Kitss
ana Country Kitss-wo.dsrrui Tails
sad No Tails At All-CsntrsboarA Kites
sua Their Novel Ways. -Makiss kites.
We'll, II was to Just settle down and stick
At It from morning till night steady. and not DO
anything meantime. I could make 1000" said
the kite man.
Not all in one dayi" exclaimed his caller.
why. sure. Ihave done It whom the season
was lively and there were big orders ahead"
and the kite man smiled cheerfuliy.
What. fastsn tho sticks together and string
Thorn and paste on the paper. toof And oil By
yourself"
"Yss sir. all alone except fer my SRI here.
She pastes tho top and bottom Of each kite.
but that doesn't amount to ANYTHING. 1t takes
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The construction OF an entrauce to Tho pro.
posed heIbor at Canars!e Is . very simple
matter, Two piers extented into the sea on
esp. and tho sost Void not b. H srea Piers
can DO constructed at the rate Of rs feet llneai
Nicaragus Canal Company viii make lie haro
hor at San Juan for less than half n million.
NeyeItholsss i is likely that no company
We work ~, AZ s this expecting to spend less than
Would The investment pay7 Tho engineer
says II would pay very large dividends. In
TIE nrat I,lace the COMPANY would own con-
because Of lis location az such, canal would
be the test possible land for factories OF all
kinda naturally a large section Of Jamaica
for. singing to anchor In would be drsdsed
put; The sand from the canal and this
Of the swamp. making It good ground on which,
to build bo end OF warehouses. The need OF
new storage capacity II manifest to every