Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The May Flint Great Ship-Parsimony
Of Fifth Avenue Millionaires.
& @ A Cooked Egy Spins. s
Especial Correspondence

III ehe American 1ull rl2Reu snip MAJ
Flint. which is now in port, and al
this because this vessel, which was for
. merly the British steamship Persian
4 Monarch of the Wilson line, is now tn
!, largest sailing craft flying the American
flag. She measures 8, $40 tons. TX.
After having been pulled off the Long
Island shore near Eastport, where sh'
was stranded about two years ago, Film
/ h Co. purchased her, and, having ex
pended the requisite amount in THU
country in rehabilitation, occurred al
American register.
The ship has four masts, and the ap
pearance Of her bluff how, which i!
provided with huge steel bowsprit
makes her a noticeable object among
the craft now lying along South street
There is no figurehead, but a rallied
gangway extends from the forecastle
deck to a third of the distance out on
the massive spirit, and steel braces take
+ the place of the' forechains. The ar
/. rangement does not appeal to the eye Of
the sailor, but it is serviceable.
Uncle Russell Sage and the Others.
circumstances frequently give man
4 reputation for some predominant char
acteristic to which he is not really cnti-
tied. Sometimes this reputation is not
an enviable one, and it frequently c.
surs that the stigma imposed attaches
I itself to one person who is thus singled
out and made the target for sneers and
4 1idicule when he is but one among
scores Of others who escape opprobrium.
Thus Uncle Russo II Sage has the repu-
tation Of being the most parsimonious
Of the millionaires that live il Fifth
avenue, but there are others. Within u
stones throw OF Uncle Russell lives one
of these self made millionaires who
have managed to obtain for their SENS
and daughters matrimonial alliances
with members OF the swell" set Oh
both sides of the Atlantic.
Not lorg since the family butler TO-
signed, and an advertisement for all cx-
perienced butler with the best refer
ences was inserted in one Of the daily
to the advertisement, for servants of the
$3.50" are posted On the saving habits
Of tho wealthy. There We're II appli-
cants all told. They were received by
the head OF the house. He asked a few
questions, but the main test was wheth-
]: are~-the Livery y on ~ the last butler
would TT. The man whom the livery
fitted got tho position, and the Wall
street banker did not have to draw a
check for a new livery.
H. Estween Eating and Drinking.
"Soe that man driving that oab?"
said the bronzed inspector Of the stage
line. He has been patroling the ave-
nue. for a dozen years and knows the
American aristccracy rs we'll us Ward
McAllister did. though in different
way. That cab driver there, Ryan, a
) year and half ago was driving for the
family that lives ACROSS the street. They
have lots Of mon,y and give lots Of big
dinners, yet what do you suppose was
the reason he left? Couldn get enough
to eat There's lots Of big bugs skimp
their servants.
i-&t AFTER Ryan let there he got OH the
police force Got broke because a rounds
N man caught him drinking beer. It was
on election day, too. Driving a cab now
for $12 a week and working seven days
/ in week at that That's what call
. pretty hard luck-losing one good job
because he could not get enough to eat
Il and another because he could not get
J; enough to drink"
\ Novelist Howells' Antitipping Crusade.
.sS Ever since William D. Howells, the
famous novelist, attacked the rapidly
/ growing American practice Of Tipping"
Vie has been the object Of much atten-
4 ton from the BARRIERS, one of whom is
4 raid to have seriously proposed that the
members Of his craft boycott the author
I by refusing to shave him. He was of
4 course laughed down. Another tonsorial
artist attempts to justify the acceptance
Of gratuities thus wise:
I, ''''I'd just like to tell Mr.. Howells
few things It amt our fault It's all
4 the Italians. There's that Italian shop
4 ACROSS the street. They started in and
I charged 10 cents for shave, and I had
4 20 do the same to keep my business. A
I customer here gets q Is cent shave still
U and pays 10 cents for it. If he wants to
rive us nickel or dime more, why,
we're going to take it..
aS@ Tho Cooked Egg Spins.
"A well known sea captain was eating
his luncheon Of boiled eggs at down
I town restaurant when he surprised those
st the same table by calling to the
waiter:
Waiter, what do you mean by bring
I ing me uncooked eggs?"
1.-THE, eggs have been boiled, SIR"
/ said the waiter.
Boiled? Nonsensel'' said the cap
tain. ''See here. They won't spin,"
{ and while many looked on he snapped
81 the eggs between his fingers, but could
rot make them revolve more than once
~ twice. Bring me some hot eggs
night from the water, waiter, and I will
teach you something" he said.
The waiter carried three freshly boil
"a eggs to the captain. Taking them be-
\ tween his thumb and second finger, the
" lAar,tain ransf,6 them tn anin freelv