New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-14
GLANCES HERE AND THERE.

,rA oo, po,rr. Of Americans IS proverbia. For
several days there stood In the street opposite ny
Han Park where the Thirl-ave. cars taKe UP ina
cable on their uptown trips. two siSnal posts Inc
railroad people had dug holes in the pavement anu
planted the posts there firmly. They were great
ANNOYANCE 10 people crossing the street. but APP
parenty no one thought to complain perhaps 10
one knew that he had right 10 complain or 'hat
the railroad people In placing the posts there h'u
done 50 I'm disregard Of the Law. .awyer. notlSlns
to newspaper man. Some articles were publsned
regarding them and the auth0,ltes oiuei sI'a'
and movable signals in their place The i h ye
has observed cyncay that the authorities 90 no %
II. or un.ess biackmall IL not forthcoming.
The Tract soclety's contractor. who is preparing
70 erect lofty building a; Spruce ana Nassau SIS
occupies much more room in the streets than the
law allows him, but. OF course. he Will keep on
doing this II no one calls attention to his error
or insists upon having him correct H. IruThIheh
have difficulty In driving ,haousn 6noveg bv being
compelled 10 climb over wreckage and puildlns ma.
tera but so FAR as can De oons the other way
or wnklng wisely. MeanwhiIe sght uia..s ., az
drawn daily ana hourly on the puohc gooi ha'u'e'
A New-Yorker who looks sharply after his inter-
este had a small yacht lowed to Brooklyn basin
for some repairs He went over that evening anu
found that nothing had been done IL was darK' al
ter 8 o'clock but he promptly went to the hou'e Oh
one OF the owners Of the shipyard. The man MN
self came to tn. door. In his arms he carried a
baby. The caller wanted to know why the matter
had not been properly attended TO, why somebody
had not been put TO work to strip the yacht
and 10 do several other things. He was pretty se-
we're about IT, too. The shipyard man apologi1ed
for hts remissness. My baby ne sain , rs o III;
your directions but III go right down 70 the yarn
now and attend to the matter myseIf hoI SEE,
hn n1p tod
TO see my baby and left the work In the ne. hands
'.plrsse 20 down az soon as you can -,
The next day Thsn fs the
"i see YOU came down last night ana attended 10
/, yourself" he said and then he asked more pleas
AMY. How f. your baby
she died shortly otter sf the nOase ,x for ro'a the
Just an incident in everyday He
.Td like some peaches and cream" said woman
IN a party getting luncheon in a restaurant and
then she added hurriedy "Oh. no, ! don't want
them" Her husband explained TO her trat they
were very good there but she held out against
them When he reminded her that she always liked
hon, she cleared the mystery. Peaches have to be
parel and cut she sad. They are very juicy.
The Juice runs all over the fingers OF tne Wh h
beaches eat" Very silly. the rest declared, but
nobody ate peaches and cream
IL
n crushing business" for himself Late the other
rioht his car started on a trip with four passengers
soon two more got on. and before the car had gone
half over it's route eleven passengers hau paiu the
fares At thai time the register showed that iour
,or.s had been "rung up" As the writer Is neither
detectIye nor q ''spoter," he is not going 10 yen
even what line the conductor Is eiployeu ~ go 80
ne does think that the man Knocked ooMli lar
IN a hold Napo.eonc fashion that is worthy Oh
mention.
perbaps some smokers do not believe IT. but
,cas Tor nreciselv the same kind OF cigars vary
w,ae,v The writer knows OF one place where a
CIGAR is sold for IS cents. while the same ciSar
may be bought not far away for - cents Inc
man who sells the 35-cent cigar would not pehe'e
mi, statement unit! ne was convinced AT 'he cost
NJ box of cigars He bet that the cigar IN cues cues
.tn co,,,d moi be obtained for 20 cents AT retail
TTba other man led him around the corner 70 a
r,val and proved that II could be bought ioI us
that amount. The winner OF inc pei va iosar INV
~ c,Sars IN the rival shop, since they would cost
h',n az much more In his own store lie came near
having a III at that
,r,a-a ia n little trick In the cigar business 10
- .one dealers will confess good-naturedy
T., , o.k them about II. The dealers display
-, 4, =, hox announcing tina. the cigar Is sold Tor
IN o.r.s. 40 20 hundred. The extremely innocent
noraor would suppose that dealer couh hot eApec'
Iii ,,o,v NJ tho,e cigars at wholesale when
,,,ar ., 100 would save only one-half a cent on
sh c,oor Well the dealer doesn't expect 10 scIi
theu, by Wholesale and he dcesn sen tnei,,, ~. ne
, Sn that IL ,ust ticl.les smoker 70 death 10
EI,oW ~. hs Il getting a single cigar for pract-
tnink s n would cost him IL ne bought ship
load OF them.
THE PNEUMATIC ROLLER SKATE