The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-30
1--we ToPIcS AMOUR ROW.

along the roadway and admire the hand
some policem On one OF the hottest
Of recent hot days mounted policeman
was slowly moving his horse from ono tree
to another along the edge Of the driveway
that comprised his beat, taking In every
particle OF available shade. Scarcely an.
other soul was 10 sight. Life wos dull and
dry to man and beast, Then csnne the
sprinkling cart. Immediately tho horse
raised hts ears knowingly, and - the cart
passed ho walked deliberately into tho
sGse e. ea ISd f9is sns K: e. and tus so4s
ough wettihg and q deep drink at the foun-
tain made new and happy horse Of him.
The grocer wrapped up three snd .
half pounds Of sugar and rang up the price
on the cash register.
DO you know he asked the customer,
why you Az for three and half pounds
instead Nsa OF three or foYr?.
well aid the grocer, 4three and a half
pounds y. ons-qlarter o. stone. 4
stone. or fourteen pounds, 10 an old English
measure equaling one-eighth Of hundred.
weight, which in England is rsokoned
This hundrsdwsgSt /. ons-twsntis,h 4 a
ton. which N Great Britain Is 2.2%o pounds,
what We call the long ton
A big man, who had evidently besn feel
ing the hest a good deal, got on Bronx
trolley car the other day and started In to
kick because people had been giving him
wrong advice about Bronx car Hines. 4
very meek booking man In the car sus-
gested that he hadn't got on the right car
'Oh you're only another one ,of these
fools up here that don't know anything,
The meek looking man didn't fight. a.
every one expected. Instead, he calmly
took out pencil and pad from his pocket,
and then began 10 draw lines on the PAD
which the cross man couldn't go but which
Ty on soo as ss' w ss al . f %hsn
he completed the picture Of his friend op-
posite the little man put the pad back Ia
bis pocket. The cross man shut up quickly
and got out.
IT never fails to work. remarked the
car. IT'S much better than to fight"
The Thermometer was doing It's worst
the other day when from tho top door
of large department store on Broad
way somebody let fall a large paper bag
of feathers which burst before the bag
reached the ground. The feathers spread
like = cloud through the air and then slowly
fell to the ground. They were 30 numer-
blizzard could not have suggested winter
most cooled ior the minute.
A collector Of theatrical names In the
West had assembled remarkable variety
OF stage pseudonyme before he died, several
years ago. These were Of course, COL
leoted from tho young women ACTRESSES. as
they supply tho most picturesque nornsn-
olature. always; Ono that has recently
would have added a gem to the lot. She
evidently started life ., Cecil. but that
name was altogether too homely for the
purposes Of her present career. So 1t sp-
pears as 4Cecylle on the theaterprograms.
There are few asphalt sidewalks In town,
and when the weather is very hot the pedes-
TRAN has good cause to be thankful for It,
One OF the limited number is the walk tfat
encircles Greeley .uaro at Broadway and
Thirty.second, straet. During tho lAAt hot
spell the asphalt melted 40 In the sun that
every passing heel was sunk In II and n any
q shoe sole stuck. With the cooler weather
the walk has hardened, but there are vario,
wrinkles which tell the story.
There are always dozen or more people
these sunny afternoons watching tho grad
ual demolition Of the old Chemical Bank
building, which Is to be replaced by q mod
ern edifice. From the Chambers street
side one may SEQ now the massive steel door
OF the big vault, standing isolated, with its
great bolts and bars rusted by the rain:
storms. pr the vault itself but thd steel
floor rer aims, with part Of one wall, which
is notable for It's thickness. A glance at
the ruins assures one that it would have
been no easy matter to break into the Chem.
icals vaults.
with the big crops Of the last two years
In the Middle West said q banker who
carries many accounts from the States In
the Mississippi Valley, mot the least i'm
portant crop Is that Of come-ons. although
that crop finds no place in the tabuated
statistics sent out from Washington But
it Is no longer green goods that they fall
for. What they most want now IL mines.
A letter from one Of my corresponding
financial agent who was Offering marvel
ously attractive proposition IN the way
Of hole in tho ground has shown me how
the crop is being reaped here.
-Four years as3 had to send .s out t.. some
mission for an addressing and mailing
concern. year later he hunted me. up
to let me know that he Was In the business
on his own hook, and AZ had no further
need of such service l lost him. Now. he
turned up in this inquiry as full fedged
banker and broker, q financial agent with
an office that gave him q good address In
the Wall Street district. This CHAPS big
capital ives tho mailing LIFTS he had socumu-.
lated in his former employment, a record
Of people who would nibble at any propo-
sition.'
A little troop OF children were marching.
two by two, throughs City Hall Park,
little mother OF twelve or 40 at their head.
Nov you may break ranks, she said "a
they neared the flower bank in front Of the
City Court building. 'Now you may break
ranks and look she repeated. and the
Joyful band Of dozen or 30 that she had
led carefully down from the tenement
district Of the lower East Side obeyed the
command gleefuny. -
sOhl what's that big red nowerf' asks
one. .And whatA this one with the great
little mother explains a. best she can Mhle
her children listen openmouthed. Thea
o6 they 70 to another part OF, tho PARK,
"a ~ shoWn. The difference bOtWO0n an, OK