The Virginia enterprise., 1902-11-28

S0e goes on the Watery waste until an
incoming vessel is sighted. Over goes a
man from the one ship to the other; the
one comes in, and the other cruises on
and on for more vessels. When all of
the dozen men are disposed OF in this
way, the pilot boat comes home for a
! new lot. A new steam pilot boat has
been launched, that will do the work of
three of the old sailing craft, that are
thus put out of commission. It belongs
to the New York, New Jersey & Sandy
Hook Pilot Association. She will make
the men-electric lights, with cabins in
white enamel, with mahogany trimmings
She has fore and aft compound engines,
is guaranteed eleven knots, and cost $780,
600. She has accommodate for twen-
ty pilots in addition to her regular crew.
When you come to New York keep
! away from the downtown district. at
night. Everything below Fourteenth
street is under eclipse after o'clock.
| The restaurants, saloons and cigar shops
| are closed tighter than a drum, and the
streets are black caverns, wholly depopu-
| lated, save by night Watchmen. DOlice-
men and 'belated Brooklynites hurrying
! to the bridge. In Park row everybody
! is too busy between the hours of D. m.
and 3 a. M, to be on the streets. In
star on his coat, and around the Battery
and the river front miserable pariahs
stink out of the shadows to approach you
on the subject of a small loan. While
| the population of New York below Four
teenth street is over million in the bust
ness hours it sinks to nothing as the day
wakes toward midnight. At II o'clock
at night a Lady Godiva might ride down
Nassau street without falling under the
gaze of a single '.Peeping Tom," while
during the day this street fairly surges
with humanity. When you get below
out Of town. This, of course, excerpts the
Bowery and Chinatown, but even those
| quarters are no longer as lively as they
| once were.
The near demolition of the old Bruns-
| wick Hotel recalls an amusing in
cident in the history of that once
dorf of its day and affected only by
New York's bon-ton. Years ago Billy
McGlory was the most unsayory charac-
ter in the city: He ke;,:: q dance hall,
! patronized largely by Hester street ira
viatas, and one day he conceived the no.
ton Of giving dinner to hundred of
the '.lodies and gents wot met at his
place. He made his arrangements with
the proprietor Of the Brunswick. who
| was unaware of his identity, and on the
night set for the affair the queerest col
| lection of fish that ever entered the sa-
| cred portals o. the hotel began to gather.
Most Of the men wore .peajackets and
spring-bottom trousers, wiiie their rides
cent shirt fronts were ornamented with
guaranteed horseshoe diamonds. The
"ladies" were dressed only as the Bowery
girl Of the period could dress. The reg,i-
| lar guests viewed this strange invasion
| with horror and fed from the premises.
| Then Billy and his friends proceeded to
do things with ''the fodder and the
BOOZE" This strange fiuke of manage
| ment was one Of the reigning jokes of
New York for months after.
It is a simple matter to SOW dragons
| teeth on the streets of New York If
man stands on the curb for a few min
utes and points fxedly at nothing some
where up in the sky he can easily acquire
a curious constituency Of thousand. If
he stapds there long enough he can null
| tiply that number indefinitely. On a
dead wall along Broadway about a week
| ago corps of advertising sign painters
swas busy making q. giant red and yellow
scroll of sunny Jim,' figure used to
explain the virtues Of a patent food.
The first morning the audience num-
bered 5000. The next day the merchants
| in the neighborhood complained to the
police and squad of the finest was de-
| tailed to keep the crowds moving. Then
| some newspaper rashly exploited the in
cldent and people began coming from
miles around to see. what was doing.
The alert 'ad' man. who was evidently
ION to his job,'' took in the situation and
| Immediately had big fence erected next
| to the building, upon which he caused to
be painted highly colored picture Of
| crowd with heads thrown back and gaz-
ing intently upward Those who missed
n m <o
the one on the fence, and so the blockade
continued for another week.
New York alderman introduced an
ordinance making it unlawful for any
person who lives in an apartment house
or fiat building in Greater New York
| to keep dog He thinks they make too
much noise: The following from the
story:
Towser told the news to Gyp,
And Gyp told Black and Tan.
Black and Tan told Nero,
And Nero spoke to Fan.
Fido heard the secret
And passed it on to Snip.
Snip told Royer-that's the way
The news got round to Trip.
When Tobey got the rumor
On wings Of air it few,
TIL every single canine
In every borough knew.
And when the tidings scattered
The dogs stood check by j0wl,
Ger sea and land and Jersey
They sent a mighty howl.
We're lost" yelped shaggy Jojo.
Not yet,' said Mongrel Dan.
We'll not give up our lives
| For any alderman.
"Cut out the street plano,
And peanut whistles, too
They'le rowdier than we are,
Give us the Devils DUE"
lust so," said Pinky Panky Poo,
II know dear Mrs. Pat
VIII not permit an alderman
To Danish us like that