New-York tribune., 1905-01-02
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.


his mind the knowledge that skyscraPers are
only a few feet away. he need not stretch his
Imagination 70 consider himself at one OF those
spots where human hands and their inventions
wrest from Mother Earth. He viii see hills.
snow capped. which viii well serve for mountains.
He will see shafts sunk into the ground; railroad
track tracks leading into tunnels; mules drawing nat
alaSninery; see spnrts OF steam rrSIn ao'sSas S
Ticks. Men with picks and shOvels are constantly
disappearing and appearing in the foroidolng
as by day. It is part OF ths workings OF the Bat
terry subway loop.
Did you ever stop to consider" said the man
who dodged around a corner TO avoid one who
few signals OF distress in the wTeckage Of his ap-
pareL the methods OF touching or as they say
in the Street negotiating loan? You may di-
vide them into two classes, the quick touch and
the slow touch The quick variety takes you of
our feet, and is generally successful because 1t
gives you no time TO think It over. man rushes
up TO you in the street bursts into your office
with Say old chap, I'm in the-deuce OF a sweat,
got 10 catch out OF town train and left my
money at the Office. lend me FIVE. quick You are
swept completely of your mental balance. Ihe
very haste of the request makes you equally rapid
IN diving into your bill folder The slow touch
on the other hand. generally fails because 1t Etves
long preamble and whereas, and the needy opa
s Geas d 69pt & tine bush m ana talks on 90 - m & SU T
know his ultimate purpose You have time 20
meet the next day ''-''-
Conductor" objected Portly, ponpous indi-
vidual. one OF the two passengers IN an elevated
train early one morning when the air was biting
cold, there is not enough heat in this car" An
the company allows" replied the conductor. Il
/ don't believe it, returned the irate passenger.
The company certainly allows you TO put on heat
enough to keep passengers from freezing. II Is the
meanness. the cussedness OF you guards that keeps
US cold Ycu hate to be accommodating. You de-
ligh- in making people uncomfortable a dollar
day IS too much pay for you" The conductor
/ seemed about 10 deliver solar plexus blow abaft
, the passengers watchchain, but with muttered
put a fuse in the switchboard which regulates the
amount Of electricity sent into the heaters under
the car seats. Thea he retired to the platform and
ssngeF maj ndividuai soon began e look sur
Soo1 b Se9n tn sSn 9g fi1 fsCe beeame
like unite a lobster after ii has been boiled Finally
quickly. as one who touches hot sridGle Then
he bounced out Of the seat into another There,
worn, on a fshhook, Precipitation ran down his
he shouted. The conductor did not hear him. The
paSsenger got on az the next stop. %lted IKE a
Hope it was warm enough for you, said the con-
dnetos as he al closed the gate "The drug store on
Where will the ingenuity of the toy inventor end?
His latest product is hen that lays egg before
/ your eyes. Vendors were selling them in Twenty
| third-st yesterday Buy the hen thar lays the
! egg! one shouted. and crowds stopped to watch
the proof of his words Here she goesi See her do
! itF He held UP good likeness OF hen made
d4aea @ P the b in n99u6 s3 oroe hidden by she
! feathers. he inserted SO deity that few Of the
Bere It s this objedf issued from N the place
| whence eggs should issue and dropped into a
| They sold like hot cakes. these hens,
! Interesting sights Of that part of Harlem which
! is Harlem are the two sunken mansions on what
remains Of the old Watt homestead. One Is situated
| at Observation-Disclosures and Seventh-ave..
and the other at One-hundred .and-forty- -hTst-st
ment houses. The old houses OF Colonial type On
ground thirty feet below the street level Both
I sra completely hidden on the Seventh-ave side by
/ huge rocks. Tucked away, and hidden. as they
are fer the e. casual @ observer oqd not notice them
houses are a strange anomaly IN section that Is
nat or apartment houses. Each with its surround
! ing ground covers a block, and, though the rest
m mas s 0TS - s tbet +o & le1 Of ro
deed restful sight, with their trees and flowers.
ooG94S nSPanted into Sst the arid I'd asphalt S sSd
/ stone tagging OF New-Yorks streets.
! Rear Admiral ". Osborne Moore. on the retired
list OF the British Navy after service OF forty
! two years. is staying at the Park Avenue Hotel.
| "Twenty-eight years OF my time said the ad-
1nral in reply to inquiry. was spent in the survey
/
! the opportunity OF agreeable contact with num-
/ Der OF American naval officers I greatly enjoyed
my experiences in the survey service. for the
son that it IN large measure q work OF eN-
ploratiou-it always yielding something new.
1t involved scientific research and interesting proc
lens n mathematics. Night and day soundings on
every cruise yielded instructive revelations con-
corning tho bottom Of the sea, and my study of
coral formations, extending over many years, leads
{ me to say that the theories advanced by Professor
/ ThafV orig nj
been upset. Tidal phenomena present many inter
/ estirg phases and il the line OF ny observation
nothing exceeds il interest the Bore Of Tsieu Tang
! Kiang on the China coast, between Shanghai and
Nngpo where the tide. instead Of coming in by the
! gradual method with which all familiar.
| rushes ashore in a most impetueus and ungentle-
manly fashion. The tide rises twenty-five feet. and
| of that depth OF water twO-th2rds comes all AT
once and the balance IN two and half hours.
Twelve feet OF the first inrusr comes perfect
cascade"
The one act comedy enacted in front OF a
! French bakers shop on Seventh ave The varied
and abundant holiday stock of the patissier was
invitlngly displayed in the window. Three girls,
| each about a dozen years of age. of eXuberaut
spirits were a covetous group that betrayed their
longing for 4 chance to appropriate some Of the
goodies located so temptinsly just beyond their
reach.
Ono of the three had been standing with her
tongue against the window pane. when one OF the
others said It's my turn now aud pushed her
aside 1t was obvious they were making the best
! of the situation by getting what they could Of
satisfaction out Of a faith cure treat
| The scene attracted the attention and stirred
the csHevelenee of a passing citizen who has
children Of his own. He went into his pocket Tor
q dime and he had sooneri transferred it to
the ready paIna of one OF the girls than the trio
they reappeare3 Sy Gyasd me item % manifest theT
| he m gave