New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-21
PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN.

II IS astonishing how many people in NewiorK
manage 10 get along through the winter WITHOUT
coal wood. They for the most part the oc-
cupants Of inferior fats. OF steam heated
apartment houses warm, and the nats IN them
need no coal except for cooking, but there are
numerous fats not In heated houses that are as COM
Portable in winter in summer, and which never
know u fire all the year. Four bachelors live In
large fiat uptown-the third floor Of an ordinary
dwelling house running north and south. Their
cooking IS done on gas stove, and though the
rooms are never auitclally heated they are
as warm rs toast The exposure Is considerable,
there being three large windows ut each end, which
have been we'll iciced these ten days
one Of these bachelors. who hadn't been ont OF the
fiat for three DAYS read In The Tribune that the
thermometer had been down to zero. whereupon ne
grew very cold though he had been iomnging around
in a thin dressing gown and slippers. For a week he
lad been sleeping under sheet and II blnnket but
now he piled on the bed all the quilts and counter
mates came home they found the gas lighted all over
the nat ana the beat almost Suiocatlng. while he
ering notwithstanding tho brandy bottle the table
beside him. ~ much for the Imagination lie VIII
not he warm the rest Of the winter.
One Of the strongest and heahiest men in New
York J., an Italian. lie Is rich enough to AFFORD all
the Injuries OF lfe but is found In his simple
mode Of living. He sleeps a great deal and eats
very little TOO little sleep and too much eating
pltal, /, one Of his sayings. lie breakfasts at noon
on roll aud cup Of cocoa. aud dimes at u on
maccaroni ana wine. Meat Of any kind lie seldom
touches. Al midnight he drinks quart OF Chianti
and eats a piece II Parmc>ln cheese. lie taxes no
n\.r,i,. bui can put m 100 pound duinb-Dell
thirty times without drawing a long breath Italians
never drink wine Immediately after nhccarnhi, out
always glass OF water men ihe Wine; lucy s sa
inat wine prevents M p"rlrri digestion 81 uhe
%accar% re, and R'2 Win d,oYe IA i ., of G Water
but not IN glass Of wine
The manufacture Of pianos has Increased to so great
an extent in the last four or I'VE years that people
wonder where all the factories are situated. lnstrn-
mrnl, with new and unknown LANES are beng put
on the market all the time. aud many OF them come
ont Of places where it would lie impossible To make
a piano. great business has grown up In the reno
yation Of second hand instruments, which when eX'
hilteL To the buyer have The appearance OF being
perfectly new. 1t has long been the custom OF mer-
chant, 10 have their own nameS branded Oh many Of The
n,sod, they ell but do not manufacture. and piano
dealers are doing likewise: Throughout me
country Instruments are fOnI tAht pear many IlHe
emf names but most OF them made BY few firms
4 small dealer will order a dozen pianos win ~.
they w,.r, III his Manufacture. The cheap pric"
captures the farmer. who soon mnds that ne mas a
I'm pan in hi, HOUSE Occasionally one comes a'r0s,
good instrument. but IT IS The exception and not
the rule. The msnufacturerI Of standard pianos 40
Int Willingly leave the field 10 the newcomers ihei"
IL an enormous profit in pianos, go0d, DAD ana III
dneftn'.
Columbus was not the only man who could do an egg
trick HIS was Il very Foolish trick. anyway. and
would not pasS In 1898 AZ one Of the clubs a night
or Two ugO several fair sized wagers were made with
certain member. who boosted that he cslld put hard
boiled egg Of the usual size INTO cut ga,, d"canter
with a mouth three quarters II an inch in diameter.
without breaking either the egg or the decanter a,
lli, seemed nianIfe,ty Impossible bets made
fl sk that h. could not Do It. lie look them ALL
The egg wa, boiled in the pre'"nc" Of AL and peeled
and when placed on the de- antcr. end up ,reIhcd
twic, n, large a, the Oliiirr
Nov. gentlemen" said the performer. ii let
Won all see thi, trick YOU viii know much ~ do
Shall do il in the dark. loh may mark III" egg and
IL. d-tnntrr. and Will that there l. fOul play.
\ hin va Stuch in the round end OF Ia" egg. ahd j
man with a diamond ring cut his MltiaN on the de-
,anter. The performer retired - carkencd room
and lrapprarel IN less than minute with e." egg In
the bottle There the Initials on III" glass. ami
the cg- ,eemed without a crack. To mah" sure. hon"
ever th><.ncantcr bion.B and the egg taken ont
whole ana the pin found where IT had been sthc!
lhc question that agiiatcs the club now - How did
he do It!
speaking Of the cold weather, member OF comic
opera company tells II good story aloit the WAYS OF
The Buffalo borllacc. The bpi'l undonliedy
short of covering material. ~ the an"cdCte Will show
My valet lad to sleep with coloiei boy in ON
only n blanket to cover them The weather wa
cold and after ,hivcrins for an hour two. the
dariy went to the proprietor and asked for
covering II was then l o'clock In III" morning
TIE proprietor himself took In the covering. ana after
uniting il the bed sat down to talk with TIA" boys
lie remained with then about an hour and a half
then rose to 90. Well boys. guess yuu warm
enough how he said. and with that he pulled on
iody else. The boys got up and sat by the stove
the rest Of the night