The sun., 1894-12-26
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| "A Lutheran Minister in wllamsbursh found in Nm
mail the other day check for e1o IL was toray hIu
for funeral sermon preached two years over ths
wife Of the who sent IT, In tho letter in whchn
came the wrote that 10 was never too late TO Do
| good.
Three saloons in wiuamsburgh had these signs in
their show windows yesterday: Rear for Free
Lunch. vcnlson stenk for Lunch All Day" "A Cold
watch Given to a Customer Every Week" In the
| window OF another saloon was this sign NO Iinis
| TO the Amount OF Free Lunch. Eat All You Want"
| -tnterestlng revelations appear the sign Of q
dealer In confectionery supplies He announces fos
sale along with lcorice, molasses, rock candy ana
fruits and nuts glucose tartaric acid, cream OF tas
and blcarbonate Of soda Doubtless there are othss
trade not proclaimed in so public fashion.
Up my way the other day" said a citizen saw
stacked up the sidewalk in front OF grocery
n pile OF cinned goods in cases, and on the pile =
placard marked Tomorrow This was new to me,
but fancy that II simply to excite interest In
pacard appear the 1t day containing the price"
The cheapest and ugliest ornamental sold h
this market are manufactured in Germany. Nothing
80 cheap be produced in the United States ana
the things imported by the thousand to be foe
trhe TO asteless persons, rich and poor They 70
mostly to the poor because things almost ugly and
vastly more expensive are made especially for the
rich.
Although the doctors have been dcnouncina foo
half century a. unwholesome the sweet and hassy
American luncheon. nobody in this town Is making q
speciality Of sanitary luncheons with only food Of ap-
OF health This too in the face Of the fact that
s an army Of dyspeptics eager for Just such In
stltuton.
1t ia q Seventh avenue butter and egg dealer whe.
realizing inability of the English language to
fy to the freshness OF eggs has hit upon the expe
dlent of keeping in his window some Leghorn hens.
one of them occasionally lays an egg, and the mes
chant is able exhibit that sole product a. an evt
dence that his proclamation of strictly newlsin
white Leghorn eggs" Ia sincere.
Dne of tha odl q WilliamaburHh
maid who is never without umbrella For more
than fifteen years she has visited q certain police sta
ton almost every day to look at the clock The clook
wall the ceiling about thirty feet from
the door on entering she passes along by the seFs
geants desk and, after looking at the clock, walks
to the bnck door and out without uterng wora
More persons lost In the vicinity of Broadway
and Kent avenue, wlamsburgh, than in any othsg
part OF Brooklyn Thirteen lines Of trolley eitheR
pass terminate at that point there three fee
res and It Is the starting point OF elevated rsh
road A policeman who is stationed there TO escoFe
people across the tracks says that sometimes
more than two hundred persons q day make it known
to him that they are lost
Flat houses are slowly invading the far west side
and shoulderng out the characteristic old dwellings
OF that region ono of the most agreeable corner
houses OF Hudson has just given place to tall
apartment house. In this instance, in many others
in this somewhat irregular old part of the city, the
towering new structure has very narrow front and
wdens suddenly as II runs back with the result q
producing rooms with curious angles
Herb dealers who come In from rural parta
OF New Jersey with large hampers filled with freshly
culled smples reinforced in these holiday times
by who bring from the region OF the Hackensack
and elsewhere great baskets OF ferns The ferns are
done up In packages and sold mostly to norists
though the fern dealers will sell to any who will
buy. Sometimes the fern dealer Is accompanied By
partner bearing wild red berries or holly.
Rock candy which Is only sugar In large hard crys.
tails is produced Wholesale tin buckets enclosed
m drktna ara ATT rhaI hA
buckets md upon these the crystals form. II hap
pens often that the rock candy of to-day is the
white semitransparent product OF twenty i've years
ago. but . cloudy reddish brown crystal, as II made
from cheap sugar. 1t Is not easily adulterated and
capitalization is essentially honest process.
The Bank OF England has in its possession . bank
note dated Dec. 10. 1899. for 1856. It printed
from engraved plate but had blank spaces for the
amount. date number. and signature. Across Il
written memoranda showing that it was repaid in
three installment In appearance altogether
unlike the modern note In the bank library 10
another note for s25 which not for Ill
years Another curiosity, said be unique 10 q note
for no less than Ell ,OO0, 600. dated l7S2.
-"Nothing." said q New Yorker, could be more
misleading than the ordinary picture OF Edison The
picture commonly seen presents him almost boy.
ishlookins and gives the impression that he
small head Having seen such pictures was greatly
astonshed seeing him years ago public din
along with three four men, each in his way
of the most distinguished personages the country.
EdlsOn was Dy all OddB the most mpressve-loOklng
present. His bulk OF chest and head, his height
and breadth of forehead. and the luminous intel-
OF his would have attracted attention had
he been utter stranger to fame"
The rules for the transportation department of Q
great railway make a pamphlet of considerable srs
and sometimes run into the hundreds. They cover
the conduct OF onicials high and low. embrace the
signal code, regulations TO right OF way as sid
ings to baggage. as to repairs, and q variety OF
rules addressed TO special departments An employee
be thoroughly familiar with every rule that he
may have to apply in the OF duty and ft-
ness OF man for h!G work depends largely upon his
ability TO apply the rules automatically speak,
when an exigency arises Perhaps the OF genius
In his line the that knows when rulea must be
dIsregarded and what rule is to be deduced in
aid OF new situation.
Even now. when everything about the elevated
roads has become familiar those who travel upon
them. the wh!rring express train as it approaches
ranges alongside, and draws ahead 10 pretty sure to
attract less attention from passengers the
local train. The express Is however, the best
advantage from station platform when 10 Is coming
toward the station alongside local train. Perhaps
they may nrst be seen with the express engine noe
quite the local engine but speedily it overtkes
II. and they strike the end OF the platform and
neck. Then, with the local train slowing the
tion the express seems TO shoot ahead. aud goeS
past like racer at top speed, with the other horss
distanced and pulling up