The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02

under the ovorhangins grass of a tidal ditch
when the striped bass arc running has missed
tho sport, joyful in another fashion. OF rowing
ones best girl TO tho crab grounds and soooping
with n handnot and applying cod cream
and other things to Tho exposed and
of meal and sand worms and other bait to those
who sh In tho waters OF New York city is a
the renting. Of %rowbonts for their use. There arc
hundreds Of boHta 50 employed. THIS is for the
u variety in tho fishing here, as happened, for
instance, during the past month, when the lower
were taken there in = week, probably, MS were
caught ON Georges Bank in the same time.
to eo men tn laF So@ Y ioS kpitS TO spend OF IS " v %eNIH Mo Ws
can trHthIully use the time.honorod phrase Of
boating and fishing unsurpassed, and, as al.
ready said, we might add, shooting in tho
season though it would not be right to say
There is ono other form of fishing for market
and TINT is Shell fishing. Not To- go into details
In this matter, tho reader mny be referred to tho
ssyi stSn N islsS on ; MSer sso Issa Of pn Dong w iSisnS w SeS
properly cultivated yields n hundred dollars
w0T'h Ss sHe fnrmin per is af hard avS work Eef m s Th,s
attention for each Of tho dfty.two weeks Of the
year, and IL tho men engaged In IL used their
leisure properly thoy would become examples
for hosts to follow.
FARMING INTERESTS OF THE CITY.
From the underwater farms to the truck
farms is but a stop. They adjoin each other. 10
is impossiblo to give, details of the truck farms
acre. of different kinds OF vegetables, and so on
but y may be said to tho men who find, it linz
The Wcsl-land that the Government sold them
ut $1.25 per acrc-that an apprenticeship on a
a" "sV an Educator t'"f For here &c" we %'k have ei land thiaf has
been farlned for hundreds Of years, and that ig
is assessed by the acre for more than many
farms are assessed elsewhere, and yet the owns
swell sTs ,ffe s,pls s% ahd saSe 6 by sHe TO d isna to and aho 1iy Sa IN
contents in other parts OF the country-,monev
1hsf sh With m ihe so 9Ht T qr .e eni,i fSr%s; so T To syps %is
Nor Is all thG farming talent devoted to truck.
300 cows. No bovine census has been made
since tho consolidation, but. since old New York
cows: They are not a very desirable part Of the
G.nHdor tho care that the Health Department. is
likely to bestow, they will be as healthy as cattle
can be In close quarters.
A CENTRE OF LITERATURE AND ART.
Mention was made at the beginning Of this
article of tho Post Offices and telegraph stations
from q report Of the Post Office Department is
sued on Dec. II. when New York city meant old
New York only:
barometer by which ht the business situation can be 40.
s Hess World EiI y Doing W RSii. they %h srs i sSsy deGssa aa. bust bust:
mess is on the downward path. New York. as usual,
Ssa Pee per i ssHs. The FSs'f rsss,a a%o for ne { s, !s9ss:s 81.
Noye Me,s 1 asd fSl'9 ss'st To 'sis rt inoIss.s ss' $50 49, So, for or
are an follows:
New e%' Yo GHEs'e T.. .s!sS;.1os $685. 5 sos s,oS.54o is.s;
Chicago ........ 4Sl.354 <l8.042 o4.4l2 1914
tropolis as a centre Of literature and art. The
monthly magazines printed here fairly repre-
ssni the It e Is nas pr ct sas T isnt tsey a% Sps aps sRs
criticism. but when one of the leaders is COM
paTe d,S s,de p By s,d iS y Ti.H n opy msgq Kin ss grIetf sn IN
just os a matter of curiosity. a few samples OF
The others v and try 1t: Fine was When SaeH 4 W Wa
Will not be il-natured and ask. Does any ono
read an English magazine p But it is asserted
circulation in England than the best English
magazines; and the assertion is greatly TO- the
are getting rid Of the prejudice that has pre-
vented their enjoying the best American books;
national prejudieces, it should be said that New
Workers sec with pride the growth in the mum
found in New York. The fact that the Ameri.
can branches nre coming to do a better business :
Book publishers find here a population that alb,
serbs, with ever-growinK relish, good books and
The Christian" have had large. sales. Our
palate is not SO delicate as our nav is capaciouss
As for art. n paragraph must serve. We have
a lovely Bacchante; wo have not q Heipe; We
gest copper woman in the world. and it will be
many years before she will be replaced by some
thing that will represent the American spirit Of
and Paris 10 Now York-not .yct-but the hest
products of the best artists in tn. world find
here their best market. and there is hope for the
future.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. j
1t Is assorted that moro people who are inter
cstcd in matters of culture outside of business '
can be found in New York than in any other
city. OF course, no census can be taken to prove
or ~disprove the assertion. But lot it be consid-
ercd that education is necessary to produce tpe
:he number of people in a community who are
interested in culture is IN direct proportion to
number who have common school educations.
1t then appears that New York must lead In the
ns aistin 81 RshUpiff ro N t tho e% a1nbitiou 80 Of a"i bust.
ness success. For that New York has n creator
Of nf, the world ri r @iil mot be Ess seerio snnR d diy St%if Guy
, We are proud Of our schools and school syS'
I We a from Also So able to t Sotsf some mo ' thiRg in"fS. here thai
are not found in tho text books. We have two
P TqGf s9 Grok sei;0S and m Pact Ra,l' at t iSs head head %oif'it S Eaaa
We have also tho Mugwumps as horrible ex'
angles: 10 . no,,oo toroo-our rorv comn,.,,t.
about Individual members arc in horror of the
force as q whole. for we are angry when we lind
one that is not a splendid specimen of a man.
We have n Fire department. Once upon .
time the London fire chief came over here and.
number Of fires that occur here in a year and
the amount of loss, in connection herewith.
Greater London had smaller losses. 1t was n
wrctchedly unfair comparison for our forge,
especially SO when the difference in the build.
ings of the two cities is considered, but let THAI
go, for tho oldest inhabitant of Now York 10
wholly unable to cmember any such n fire az
the ono described briefly in tho following clip
ping from the London E'iRineering;
THE outbreak commenced about ! o'clock in
n warehouse in Wells street; the usual calls
reached the fire brigade and were attended to
in the ordinary way, but before any considera-
bic number Of firelnen could attend the fire had
spread rapidly, and by tho time about 300 men
OF the METROPOLITAN Fire Brigade. with forty.ive
steam fire engines and the whole of the Salvage
| tDrpS mad got 10 Work lb extent nHu Already
involved several streets, the first workers to
arrive having been beaten back by the flames.
1t was. in fact, not until the whole OF the above
force had been also driven back, and at last had
me benefit OF. some strong party walls. some
open spaces, and the shifting of the slight breeze
that was blowing. that the extent of the con-
ilagrHtion could be stopped. The extent OF Tho
damage is teTsely described by the insurance
surveyor MS 81 buildings absolutely gone, l5
bNildingS burned out: go. b%nlldings dnmaged.