New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-13
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

To the milk of human kindness and of I'M
known COW. and the efficacy of the regulation
nursing bottle kitten being reared in the
subway station at Forty-second-st. owes it's life
The kitten of four taken into the station
by the mother cat before. their eyes were opened.
and for several days the family remained
there free from the of street traffic and the
torments Of dogs and street gamins The mother
cat particularly handsome for of
the common variety and a homegoer on the sub
way who had seen her when she absent from
the place where she had concealed the kittens
Three Of the kittens were dead when the station
employees found the family whose nutrment had
alive. One Of the ticket sellers, who has a kindly
it to manifest interest in of those nursing
days of it's infancy TO his surprise. the kitten
took to the bottle as readily as baby would.
the fatness of his charge and looking forward
companionabIe for he intends to keep it there
with him.
boarded Jerome-ave. with dog
under his arm. Here" said the conductor. who
did not notice the animal until after the car had
started. don't you know you can't carry that dog
this without a pass That's all right"
replied the dog carrier. Il know the rules as we'll
you do: had hand in making them. Just
go along and collect your fares and never mind
this dog if you want to keep your job" The con-
ductor was nonplussed. He consulted with the
motorrnan. Presently he returned and looked
at the dog and his master critically. Are you q
stakeholder" he finally asked. Never mind who
l am" returned the passenger, SAY DO mere and
you'll avoid trouble" The conductor said more.
At the end of the line the and the dog trans
ferred to Mount Vernon car You can't come
n here with that dog said the new conductor.
office to- morrow morning at 9 O'clock" said the
passGnfep taT S aGyShasf 0t ,he e9nductors IT.
car IF you're stockhoder. it's all right said
DOING 5af mg sf'sE rh e the % 1n
to tbe oee m s ss0q5 D this 9G
I had marked your number on" Thank you.
the end d Of the line Pardon me- asked aDotbep
passenger who had heard an that had passed be
ductors but do y .2;Io play much poker No
the other. Il never saw such gigantic nerve aud
bluff made good
There is great rivalry among the elevated roads
and subway guards for what is known as mid
night runs-that is. for places trains which
between IL o'clock p. and m. Every
In few months the OF the conductors
the service get first choice. The 'midnghts" are
always the first choice and preferred To day
time The reason for this partiaIty is that
early morning hours. whereas there are hone in
worker overcome by Tenderloin or din
pOtations gets into a car. He knows he Is
6y his station if he is not awakened So he tells
hs 10 the es station he wishes to gst of
guard wakes him. and receives a dime or a cigar
for his pains Several guards on particular runs
add s. or 81 a week to their salary in this way.
II one wishes to see checkers played I'm its most
primitive form. prehistoric man might have
played IT II he had known the combinations, he
should go TO West-st. On the steps OF the ware
houses there he vii! find knots OF longshoremen
deeply immersed in checker games. which they
play between loading unloading cargoes. One
of the stone steps is their checker board. On IL
they mark or the squares with chalk Pebbles
ehalked white are the of player and
unchalked ones the men of the other. 1t is a
most popular game among longshoremen, and
among their number are able players.
That the battle Is not always 10 the strong
attested before an extemporized audience on Broad
way. near the Hof Brsu House. one day recently,
Two men-one a stalwart Individual approximatlng
two hundred pounds avoirdupois, and another
shorter In stature, and less by forty pounds In
weight-developed violent difference of opinion.
The big fellow became belligerent and was dis
posed 20 shake the smaller. The latter agile
and athletic. and welcomed the challenge. In less
than half . minute the more pondsrous OF the