New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.


eral manager was the only passenger in the car
The guard amused himself by performing athletic
reats. using the straps intended for the use OF
standing passengers as though they gymnasi-
um rings. Aren't you afraid asked Colonel
Hahn, that the superintendent the general
manager will see you? You ought not to be doing
this sort of thing" oh replied the guard, I'VE
can spot them easily enough when they are
around" But suppose you don't know them?'
asked the general manager Don't have to-, said
the guard. You the ticket choppers all know
them. The superintendent has whiskers and the
general manager a mustache. When the super
boards train the ticket chopper at the station
does like this" Then the guard initiated a man
twrling his mustache. II it's the super he
sumed, the chopper does like this" Then he imi-
tated a stroking a long beard. Great
scheme. said the general manager, getting off at
the next station. The next day the guard was
summoned to the general managers Office. His
jaw dropped and his eyes seemed about pop out
of his head when he in the general manager
the passenger to whom he had been so confidential
regarding the secret signals of the trainmen.
Somebody forgot TO give the signal the other day.,
said the general manager.
The conciHatory manner of making child obey
sounds strange those brought UP in the old style.
little four-year-old girl dressed in white velvet,
was walking up the east side of Central Park the
other day, and persisted in tranping through the
dirty Of the street instead of going properly
t on the stdew2k beside sd her nuEseFy % "
and a yank on the arm. suggested mildly. Don't
walk? don't walk out in the snow" Her charge
gave calm, That's Just the difference" and kept
on her way unmolested.
Joseph Letter at the Waldorf recently.
Speaking of conditions at his Zegler. Ill. coal
mines, which were the scene of serious conflict
a little while ago. Mr. Letter said: Everything is
now peaceful. I made my fight and won. I
have four hundred and fifty men work, and
daily output viii be increased @ by May to two
thousand tons. 1 shall build and begin the opera
I he seas
Captain Hans Jauscher. the husband of Nine.
Gadsk. the prima donna, is staying at the Cam
bridge Before his marriage. little than
dozen years ago. Captain Jauscher. then officer
in the Prussian army, stationed for seven
years at Mayence, in Germany. a member Of
the guard Of the Grand Duke Of Hessel. Recalling
the fact few days ago that wine or beer was the
universal beverage at the post. Captain JaCscher
sad: Il never thought of drinking water-it was
always either Moselle Rhine wine OCCASION
ally beer. and while 1 deprecate the excessive use
of alcoholic drink my personal experience rather
prejudices against water for anything but
| bathing purposes Upon coming to America a rev
/ years ago brought with me well established
rye is the American n drink instead Of Wine I
adapted myself to the usage of the country. /
tute, and when l consulted physician he said ne
would advise me to drink little water every
drastic requirement. but would obey orders
% was us srckfn with S ypRod evsr and
was confined to my hotel Tor nearly tnree months d
since that experience never drink the stuff with
! out putting a little whiskey in 1t TO Kill the
microbes"
Yes I missed my train the admission of
! an exasperated traveller in the lobby Of Broad
/ way hotel but he added. Il learned lesson.
! expected to get the 325 train for Washington, and
! being in the vicinity OF one of those big street
clocks that cumber the curb while they lie to con-
I hding countrymen. I noted that 1t was only 2
I wa
/ II didn't look at my watch. which is an expen-
| sive and reliable example Of Swiss workmanship.
The clock was an hour SLOW and IL ignorant OF dY the
be several hours late in reaching the capital and
Using tmepece that looks the picture of innocent
/ benevoence while 1t dispenses misinformatton'
THE most curious break I ever made" said a
young New-York business the other day. was
/ at my CLUB. I was in ths library talking with a
man who was in my class at college. and whom
! knew intimately. AS were sitting there in
walked another member Of the club. whom we both
! knew We both greeted him. Then the converse
ton continued only three in it instead of two
! Suddenly it occurred to me that perhaps my two
friends had not been introduced. Beg pardon 1
said: suppose you men know each oths- Mr.
s. Mr.. T They laughed. but they gravely
shook hands and said they were acquainted. and
sill that sort of thing, and then they looked at me
! and laughed again. only harder than before Then
It all dawned on me. The newcomer bore fairly
strong resemoance to ANOTHER man whom also l
knew well a college, and had assumed, not nav
! ing looked at him closely. that he was this man
But he wasn't. after all, and the man had intro
duced him 10 was his own brother
/ The tendency Of to-day to get out OF uarine en-
gneering was the subject discussed the other night
! when a number Of recent graduates of technical
( institution were gathered together. All seemed 10
be leaving the work. One. who had had much
training In electrical engineering in competition with
the marine, had entered the service Of technical
publication. Another lad taken a place with an
electric lighting corporation. A third had gone TO
Washington and was studying patent law. Still a
fourth, who had specialized particularly In naval
| architecture college, had teen especially un-
willing to give up the profession and had had posi-
tions at Boston, Newport News EliZabethpOrt and
this city. all in a year and half. before finally
giving IL up. He had accepted place in the SELL
ing department of corporation that made electric
| United States Shpbuildng and other failures was
| given as the cause for the change OF feeling.
| When the countryman comes to New-Hork one OF
the minor sources of surprise he discovers is the
high price OF apples. Back among the farms or
chards were plentiful and in most cases the fruits
free to whoever desired It. and apples at two three
| and 5 cents apiece Is cents quart comes as
a distinct shock. One young fellow solved his diff
fculty thus: Il kept getting letters from home, "
he said. telling me how they feeding apples
! 10 the pigs and picking out the best ones for the
cider mills. with cider selling at 10 cents gallon
| At the time. when l wanted an apple II cost
! me here much orange. / finally had a
| to pay because I ordered by mail and not
1 known to the country grocer, and the freight and
local tea-nsters' charges found I was getting my
apples for about one-seyenth what had been pay