The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-18

/ ness Man Should Know About Bankruptcy.
/ His reply was model Of oonciseness. Gem
! tlemen,' be wrote, I am much battered
! by your request, but should hate to take
| the money. Any lecture that could de-
! liver on the subject mentioned would con-
sist OF six words, as follows The address
Of good lawyer
Under conditions peculiar to it's owner
ship by st. Johns lodge of Masons It is not
difficult TO comprehend that unoovenanted
citizenship has but rare opportunity to rest
its eyes on the Bible on which Washington
took the oath as first President. nore easy
of access Is another reminder OF the same
historic event, for the city keeps It out in
/ the open air plain 10 the view OF those who
care to look upon mute mamorials Of great
events. This is the small section OF wrought
iron railing at the head Of the fight Of steps
over the central entrance on the ground
floor of the old building at Bellevue Hospital:
/ This railing was on the balcony Of Federal
Hall at which Washington took the oath,
and in an old print he is represented as rest
ing his hand on this very piece OF iron.
Above this art of the smith the Government
Of the United States was proclaimed, Just
as in a more troubled time the Declaration
of Independence had been read. The only
other surviving relic Of Federal Hall Is
said TO be the pedestal Of the statue OF Wash
ington on the steps OF the Sub-Ireasury.
One Of the employees Of a smaIl manu-
featuring concern in this city has a craze
for taking apart new bits Of machinery
and seeing the show" Of their operation.
As a rule he assemblies them again with
out much difficulty. The other day, how
ever, he assisted in taking down small
electric motor. He overhauled IL and
laboriously put 1t together, and then gravely
announced that 'the blamed thing won't
run
His employer and the rest OF the force
80 Aawr In
vain attempt to get the motor to work
and then began 10 quiz the "improver,
/ as he Is known.
What did I do TO it1' he replied. I
didn't do a blame thing TO II but improve
1t. got 1t all together again the hTst
try. and saved these two pieces out OF II.
Give the paleontologist but a single
bone, however small, from the fossil remains
Of some prehistoric monster said a man
! who eats more or less commonly in restaur-
! ants "and he will readily reproduce
| the entire animal In all its immensely; and
| I suppose could with equally accurate
| results in the same way reproduce the
| turkey Of which there was served 70 me
| a portion last night. The piece that 1
| got was a Cross sector OF one OF the turkeys
| legs from somewhere up near the top.
| In its shape and general proportions II
| was much like a snare drum. II was big
| enough 30 that you could have cut cross
steaks from it easily. It must have been
/ a gigantic turkey that walked on the legs
! OF which was eating part Of one; and as
| I ate reconstructed the bird. In my mind's
! eve, on the spot and saw 1t, stalking gravely
| down the restaurants central space, a
! turkey as big as an ostrich
There are thirty-fve new spr ing lambs
/ IN the Central Park flock and their very
/ white wool makes them conspicuous these
| bri yht, warm DAYS as they rOmp over the
| pasture allotted to them. Artists in plenty
20 out there TO sketch and children fnd
| delight in watching the little lambs at play.
Wouldn't II be fine to be Mary and have
one Of them to take TO SCHOOL, said q little
girl TO her grandfather, with whom she
was strolling:
one Of them would 60 better with French
| peas
Much Of Brooklyn has fallen into the
hands OF the building operator with his
two family houses which are guaranteed
to bring prosperity to all modest investors
on the new axiom that the man upstairs
buys your house for you. But through
| all boom and rumors Of boom the old town
| OF Gravesend remains upon the map with
the metes and bounds which Lady Deborah
| Moody gave il il i645 Barring a chopped
of southwestern corner It lies between
four bounding streets, perfect square Of
streets now are was ohce a paliAade for
protection against the wolves and the hos
| tile Indians. The Sioux Of that early
period we're the Canarsies. The tribe
| north Of Qravesend were friendlies, the
| Ihpetongas, in more recent times COM
| memorated by Brooklyn dancing parties.
| Under Sergt James Hubbard and Lieut..
| George Baxter the military men Of the
| new settlement, the bounding square was
90 drawn that each face Of the palisade
/ lay entirely under the fire Of the blockhouses
at adjacent corners. From the northeast
and northwest corners OF the town lanes
/ led In a straight line over the meadows
so that the fire OF the defenders might pro-
/ tect the return Of citizens afield when the
[ wicked Canarsies swooped down, Save for
the palisade and the doughty hearts Of
I the first settlers GravoBend remains still as
| dfensible as before.
! An old retired sea captain has invented q
simple device TO detect fire In the holds
Of ships and Il is being installed on many
| freighters.
/ The devi ce II an Arrangement Of iron
tubes, generally twelve in number, running
from different compartments Of the hold
through the floor 20 the captains room.
| There the tubes are arranged In a glass
case somewhat like a small pi pc organ.
! The slightest smoke comes up the tube,
I indicating In which compartment the Gre
is. Near by hangs FIRE hose, one end Of
] WillCl ~ hllAcneu 70 Tue pOlleI IN the engine
room. By thrustlng the nozzle Of the hose
into the pipe a flood Of steam il forced
into the compartment and the fire drenohed
il a match - lighted in any part Of the
hold II u said the captain In his room can
detect 1t,
1--WE certainly had my ideas Of New York
merchants revolutionized to-day said a
young actress. Yesterday I stepped into
a first class cutlery shop on Broadway below
Fortieth street 10 buy a special kind Of nail
Ale. The file was rs cents and as had only
| 80 cents. / asked that Il might be sent
Certainly was his reply, but why
don't you take Il with YOU'D When told
him the low ebb Of my pookstbOok, he said:
That viii be all right; bring the money
| tomorrow
Bat you don't know me from Adam I
retorted
/ You are not going 70 run away With Il,
are your he laughed. To-day went In
and paid him not only for the Ale, but for q
/ pair Of dollar and half SCISSORS which be
bad sold ~ as well.