New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-21

6 SSi or reduction plants in the district Win
an average dalIy capacity OF lS0 IONS
The facility with which one may queneh Ae.
water thirst in New-York was remarked upoa !.
a man who had Just given delnonsts'lo-
the bar OF an uptown hotel. and vel SHOWN - I,
face who was keeping him company SAID =
striking contrast with the difficulties. as RENE
Der them in the old days in Maine. twenty -
ago I recall the sxpedients employed % ss'. $50
nodate the patrons Of my hotel Aedlora IaH- =
whiskey were the requirements. and the s'-S-o-
ments came to me packed in unsaspec'S- : ~.
barrels. These were placed IN a room 70 NA~-
only access was through trapdoor ana GS" -
ladder I attended to the installation HSseA - -,
when a wayfaring man OF a citizen Who @A-
sign and password gave the signal OF dlsI7s7s -,
adjourned TO a room that was devoid OF AlS -
cations of drink supply. The ordinary 49,. ,n
equipment of the place. however included ~ re-
ouirement in the case was whisky, l turass IL
gascock and II IL was rum turned anS'AIThsd
II was a fancy drink. rum and noiasSs''
the molasses handy.
'orhe days when things were different -,
companion thought for the prohtless rssEe~
might have BEEN Stationed on Broad"As e.
busy crossing. giving pause or direction '.r.s,
hicular traf1c and protecting the lives OF -
pedestrians is a policeman who was not AVA w..
servant Of the public He has seen u-S 4,
were different He has been ten years %
the feeling that. by right OF birth. in anSsofe
could grace the seat OF ownership IN ~ .,,ns1S
carriages that pass him as well as the oySSs A.
That's why the uncivil hings o. ths eA-55 siv -
venu with whom he must 0eaL 9IllOSs vressH
him to the quick EIe was the son % - 80 -
father In Germany. but married our q - ~
ligion and was disOwncd-' He saSt-"C - IN u
well as a fathers esteem -, u SSr ~
loved and he mournS net 49, h. .a1>s
dead. Sleeping he dreams, and VANS e bs ar
OF the cruelty of fate. she for Waeu. - rssIs
hced much is gone. and the Gl,ll Nv Been %
ha vvar No
roof that sheltered his youth
A person in clothes that had been the vs. - ~
OF fashion a few hours before but WAos' - 70
was now badly RULED and whose coa' - uss
have lost its shape while one end OF MS - a. ri
waving happilv under his left ear. and suh's ,rs
and yellow SPOTS uarred the beauty Of hs ~
bosom, stumbled into u As u was lsS'- s,al
bridge the other night, and fOundered me- er
When the conductor awakened him ai'u - tnsa
fare he blinked stupidity for some nii''.. ,oaI
began to go through his pockets MOI 4 S.5 he
he produce but when the conductor h's-S.- ,csss
had an idea He produced well filed SsN issn
with the remark Have a eig. OF man. An-.,setsr
out-but-a Gigs good amt it, Inc -
hesitated Have two Of man--htNe 80; a Q1af,
gotta get home. an I'm broke. Ihsy 'snrce anl
tor The man IN blue diffidcntly toek ~ one ?.
/ rams up fare. Five minutes lAtek ~ dIe. ~
the cigars 70 another paSsssez xpisined TIA, ~
| transaction was a usual one. - plays poA,s,s
I'M. He's -, the brewer, ana ne pPrd then =
most always gives me some cigars. insteass cola
don't kick / trade this one L9i mi With ~
nails g last two S SsS5' i RS @ real swell
left Seee There's lots Ike HIM ~ noSes. sas
jackkpives and fountain pens anu ,ss ire fsls-
! comes round the next day and buys tns'
sometimes he don't, and hans -"