The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-08-18
EVERYDAY AFFAIR IN NEW YORK

13ut the ssght ~ n Nearly Drove . Hay.
seea lnto jumping Couvu,sions.
It wac the hour OF the day when
Broadway was crowded to its fullest
capacity. The long line Of pedestrians
was Ming BY the brilliant show win,
dows AZ far as the eye could reach,
some laughing gayly az they talked,
others with an distracted air, and yet
others hurrytng ON In pursuit of SOME
unknown object. Occasionally mes
scnger boy could be seen, but aside
from this all was life and activity.
Yet the student Of human nature
would have remarked that this activ-
lty was regular, mechanical and but
the automatic action OF this great ar
terry Of the metropolis. Suddenly a
man dartcd out from the crowded
thoroughfare above Union Square and
rushed into the middle Of the street
waving his hat and shouting wildly.
With uninterrupted speed he pursued
his way In the direction Of Thirty
third street. A has y 3 a ccsh we that
he was evidently II stranger In all that
vast throng, and the citizens eyed Mm
strangely as he frantically sped along,
his motions every moment becoming
moro uncomfortable.
"ls he mad" some of the people
asked as he went on In his flight. Cries
OF "Stop hlm!" ''Stop himr' became
frequent, until at last, at the intersec-
hon Of Thirteenth street, breathless
and exhausted, he turned around to
And himself surrounded by curious
mob. One bravcr soul than the rest
ventured to address the stranger.
"My good man." he said, "what
means this? Have you gone crazyY'
"Have gone crazyy' echoed the
othcr. 'No sir!' and he pointed rapid
" up the street. "Don't you see that
cable car running away? Didn't you
see helpless human beings knocked
lOwn. coupee torn to splinters, drivers
hurled from their seats, death and de-
'truction everywhere?"
"A mocking laug4, came from the as
.embled multitude, while the man he
addressed gazcd at him with plying
smile. 1--WE thought by the way you
acted" he said, "that something un-
usual had happened."-Life.
dow the Brit,sh Lost Vessel IN EN-.
War OF 1919.
British fondness for good eating, and
especially mutton, ON more than one
occasion has cost England q good deal
more than she bargained for. Eighty.
one years ago it cost her a sloop-of.
war. 1t has been seriously charged
and with some grains Of truth, that
during the war Of 1912 British naval
officers stationed on the coast Of the
United States kept sharper lookout
for Yankee poultry, sheep and good
things of the larder than they did fol
Yankee cruisers. The Americans were
not long in discovering this weak point
of their enemy, and on July 4, 1913
a party of Connecticut fishermen plan
ned the capture of the British slOOp-of
war Eagle, which was cruising II
Long Island sound. The "grand stra
tegy Of war" on this occasion wat
based on the well known fondness Ol
British naval officers for mutton. Tht
fishing smack Yankee was fitted ou
in New York harbor early on thu
morning Of July 4, having forty wei
armed men concealed In her hold
while three innocent looking fishermen
together with calf, sheep and
goose were purposely left on deck II
plain sight. Working her way through
He'll Gate the Yankee eutered tl'
Sounu, TO all appearances uuI nLeS'
trading vessel. 1t was not long before
the sharp-eyed lookout in the Eagk
espied the calf although her com
mander always claimed that he wa
the first to see the sheep. However
this may be, away the Eagle wen
about in full chase. The innocent
looking fishermen affected to max
great efforts to escape, but prompt!
hcaved-to when the order was givel
to do so. The Eagle ran gallant.
alongside, the eyes Of her peopl
sparkling and their mouths waterin'
| at the sight Of the calf, the sheep ant
the goose. But at this moment TIL
watchword Lawrence" was passed
and in an instant forty American
rose to their feet, and, taking delibei
ate aim, fired, killing and wounding
number Of the English crew and driv
ing the rest below. The American
then boarded the Eagle and, hoistin
the Stars and Stripes over the BIRTHS
colors, carried her safely into NeN
York. where they were greeted wit
great enthusiasm by the people VIII
were celebrating the glorious Fourt
on the Battery.-NeW York Sun.