The sun., 1904-11-11

the way home we dropped into one OF the
new hotels which makes boast OF its high
prices.
we each had cordial. 1 was not sur
prised to get check for rs cents, and !
handed the waiter dollar, expecting, OF
course, to reward his arduous service with
the quarter balance. But he didn't give
me chance, He took the dollar, said
Thank ,ySu,' and walked away. An as
were ushered out.
Il didn't want the quarter, but it would
have been a satisfaction to have said fare
well to it,
A sturdy citizen Of the East Side, accom-
panied by two companions, all showing
the effects Of jovial evening, boarded
a Second avenue car at Thirtieth street.
few minutes later woman sitting oppo-
site jumped up with scream and almost
knocked the conductor down in her frantic
endeavor to get to the other end Of the car.
whats the matter with your asked
the conductor, thinking the woman was
crazy. 49,.
That thing, is alive, she cried, pointing
to the East Slider. whats that?" asked the
conductor, looking scared.
Cant you see, said the woman. Look
on his watch chain"
The bewildered conductor approached
the man, and hanging on to his watch
chain was live mouse.
@Sure it's alive said the big man, with
grin, picking it up and letting 1t drop into
the conductors hand. 1It's the only kind
OF jewelry can afford"
The conduc dropped his hand as "
as il he would have liked to put the
joker from the car, but the citizen was too
sturdy.
You're pretty fresh he said as he went
to the back platform. >,
man. But, say, sport, have you got a
piece OF cheese?'
The thrifty housewives OF the downtown
Italian quarter are busy these days laying
in their winter supply OF fuel. Any MORN
ing, between 4:3o and $50 o'clock. a pro-
cession Of them may be seen moving up
Chambers, Warren and Murray streets
and produce districts. The women carry
on their heads huge bundles Of wood, the
remains OF shattered packing cases. They
choose the early morning hours because
they get the choice OF the discarded
fragments, and they can carry larger loads
when the streets are comparatively de-
serted.
Passersby paused in front Of an Eighth
avenue undertaker's shop the other night
and looked with commiseration upon two
women who wept over a small white coffin
within. One Of the bystanders nearer the
door than the rest overheard these re-
marks:
How cold his nose is now! And for
three days before he died 1t was, oh, so hot. v
This from one of the women:
Yes, and see how gray he is, walled the
other.
i never noticed before that he was 80
gray said the other. DO you think that
Blue ribbon is quite the proper thing?"
The byatander could restrain his curl
osity no longer. He entered the sbop, re-
moved his hat and stopping over the little
white coffin, beheld the body Of little
dog.
The effect Of the subway on the elevated
railroad traffic is perhaps most noticeable
in the early morning hours. Between
and 5 o'clock yesterday morning a south
bound Ninth avenue elevated train did not
have to stop at the Eighty-frst street
station. 1t slowed up and crawled past
the station, but the motorrnan started up
again without a go-a!Iead signal coming
from any OF the guards.
Jersey commuter wac approached or
f. Chambers str act ferryboat as it neared
| the New York side yesterday morning by
a husky young countryman who made these
remarks:
Say, pardner, I'm from steuben, county,
! and I've been awake all night on the train,
30 I'm pretty tired. amt never been
to the city before 50 l thought I'd ask you
II YOU couldn't direct me TO a pigs ear
where ! could get s~ig oil yearnh argu-
ment.s :.
Il don't know what you mean" replied
sWeli, now, that's queer said the young
~ fatly h,>,n
told me that everybody was on to most
everything down here.
And II being plain that Steubenese was
not one Of the things that everybody IN
the city was -on to, he managed to make
the other understand that he wanted tc
find n saloon where he could get drink
of year old hard cider his favorite stimu'
liant.
diminutive figure, clad in knicker
bockers, little tan overcoat and peaket
can cooked jauntily on the side Of his head
made several futile efforts to drop lette
in the box at l1eth street and Eighth ave
nue the other night. A tall woman o
benevolent aspect, seeing the little fellow
plight, took the letter, saying kindly;
Here, my child, you're not tall enough
| Let me post II lot you, anu suileu th'
action to the word.
on came the cap, the little chap boweC
low, and replied in deep bass: ~
Madame I am very much obliged t.
you, indeed.
the grav mustached face Of man of 8
or thereabouts and fled.
Swordfsh are now being sold in tn
markets here. The big addition OF tn
Italian element to the population is sat
IN be responsible for its appearance as