The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-11
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-" Less stimulating and no, 50 fesnIy delightful 20
the odor OF freshly cut grass and yet very agreeable"
sai dwal'e in ihs suburbI is the odor of autumn.
| the woody fragrance OF the fallen leaves"
1t IS 20 the credit of New York that those teltAle
boxes At upper windows TO reflect tho nguro Of what
ever person the front door bell almost
seen III anJ,p 'Etof tbsfBY> They are not uncommon
hc accurately expressive old word "lodger" seems
almost TO have disappeared from tho vocabulary Of
many New orkers. and tie senselcss legend board
aud table board is ono tha occasionally meets the
eye. "Mealer Is as yet unknown even to the local
board ne houses hut "roomer" Is weu established in
the mouths az many.
There is in the northern suburbs OF this town .
brandt new house with a venerable and misleading
brass hnocker. It bears the name Of the family and
date Just hny years earlier than year which the
house was built. The knocker first came into
when the father of its present owner set up houekee
ing IN village nearly zoo miles away.
A frugal and doubly patriotic Italian barber whose
shop IL IN an old west side house has been his own
sign painter The ambs OF the door and the shutters
of tie windows painted red. white and blue and
further decorated with highly conventionalzed leaf
less shrub IN like cnlors and the flags OF tho United
States and Italy. the former with nine stripes aud an
Indefinitely Indicated number of stars
Door plates bav" disappeared from most parts OF
th town have ;aLen int irretrevabe shhbbiness in
Others and have acquired evil significance in still
'hers They still kept bright. however in parts
of The old west side and there still little shops In
that region where yon may ye, have your name
graycd m ITO highest style OF the upon plates of
German silver Keepers OF west side boarding houses
infrequeiiy display door p!ateA partly for busi.
ness reasons partly doubt from feeling that this
outward proclamation OF those within the house 10 rs-
spectacle
SOME New Workers. mitate tho o,d.fashoued Phla-
deipha habit OF visiting the oyster whnrves to
oyser4 The oysters are opened either upon the wharf
or directly on board The boat Prices low. and the
consumption OF individual customers ia sometimes
enormous. Th's cuTioa" Old habit rourishes more in
Philadelphia than hero because the Offices and even
the homes Il s"ne Philadelphia business men are
really not from the wharves OF tho Del.
aware. 1hr ohtct OF the custom is that the oysters
may be eate" lew hours reaEer the time when they
left the water than they could be had II served In
saloon or Restaurant II the oysters have not tarrted
fresh water TER ta't,ntng. they may be eaten
wharf wlthOu; other sea.onng than that which they
fetch with Them from the salt sea.
Abe BrLLard. the newspapermaie outlaw OF Laa
caster county rrnnsy wanna, has home ideally stu
nted the Li,uc,s o: bandit lie and hts brothers
have lived an Their lives IN wild and inaccessible
or hs upon he edge of the richest farming dis
trlct IN The lr.ict ates Tho community at the foot
Of SUL/ar!'s M"n"'an range Is made IN Of industry
Gus. frugal, and owing farmer folk every OF
whom briors a.mAet in boyhood the object of
tanning coHfe before he shall have been over
taken by o.. anh great many attain their object
II not Gnsua! to tnh farmers IN Tins region who have
b'cn nrGy miles fom home. although they pos
homes lands and leisure 1he whole Buz2lrd
tribe never robbed the Lancaster farmers OF half 20
mach ~ md " slngIe sleek gentleman who settled
among them lived At ease. entertained ms neighbors.
krrt II suuZ bank account, and all the while pied ny
nlg the trade Of ahorse tbcl m the very community
where by day lie was Respectable c'th"n
Within space measured ~ two minutes OF time
and the Length of a street block there was hothois
diyenlon IN the tide re Fourth avenue yesterday
afternoon. The rrnun ~ attraction was German
wnlkinV hurri~dy M the Sidewalk past the New Ann
strrdaiu ca r, n. un!rr rs arm large brown paper
pafcuL III lcMah pedestrians Iht can ana truck
drivers iltu wuiHluhu "H MS 'u''I' we Policeman at
, ,,, inf, IA 90 carrA,r aui the sleek ebony foot
A, long .tr.rg ~ heavy packing twne. dozen feet
IN l.npfh with kTpt AZ the end. iLIl was trailing
,r.,, inr Germans handle. All unconscious of the
,ir. my slris tie Hrrnau kept on his way and as
he overlook aud Ptsstd a stout. wel-dressed woman
The popular interest In hi movements became intense
c'quetted along ide her skirts and switched
pTovokingly against Them. Then the knotted end
disappeared. aud moment later the German
came 10 a ttAndstill with Euddenuess that nearly
Id o" him backward. lie wheeled In surprise and dis
pleasure The lady. who had nearly been thrown from
her feet looked. with started Astoni.hnent nrst
dO"nwArd AM t'"N ~ The e rman. Than she stepped
ir aud he va had uD h.s strng an without word
LGT-r' Oh. The galnT,Al drew long breath oSrsisr
sm'rd mad went about their buSn S. which by an
i'r''s IIe "A" OF human nature. had been suspended
uh; 'omtGodJ should sicp OIL the mn.
M Robert Louis .N,prensou 0ld M Lioyi
Osbourae hare turitten remarkable story Of al
ventures on sea and land. entitled THE Ebb
Tide" Is Of absorbing interest its plot 10
aousl and Dorthv Of the author OF Pleasure
Island;"' and tho finale 70 urfHtng The storv