The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Those who live by the rail shall perish
by the rail, leL %t1iionis, and all that sort
Of thing" remarked Regent Edward Lau-
terEach yesterday as he limped to his coupe.
Mr. Lauterbaoh is counsel for the Forty
second Street Railroad Company, and his
left knee cap was seriously damaged the
other night in a collision with one Of the
Forty-seoond Street Railroad Company's
rails.
Coin to sue the company" Regent
L%auterbach was asked.
I'D have to be both plaintiff and de-
PENDANT, wouldn't II" replied Mr.. Lauter-
bach. And wouldn't that be a bully ex-
perience? | might charge myself with
every chapter in c~ontributory negligence,
and then | could abuse the corporation and
its employees, besides the counsel for the
plaintiff and the defendant. It'd be wiser,
| fancy, to take it out abusing the busted
knee cap"
An i~npecunious young lawyer whose lack
Of clients has caused him to make frequent
trips to the pawnshop told the { Glowing
story on himself:
MY mother gave me a gold watch which
was often Of nj ore service to me rs a pledge
than az a ~timepiece. 1t grieved her to
know hat | made such use of her gift, and
several times she furnished he cans of
redeeming it.
"One day, when l had gone particularly
long with no visible mea ms Of telling the
time, my mother demanded the pawn
ticket. Within a week she ha nded me my
watch, and l promised, as usual, not to pawn
it again. But the necessity soon returned,
and ! had recourse to the loan Office. The
p~awnbroker glanced at the timepiece and
opened the n case.
His manner became formal. Where
did you get this watch?' he inquired. 1t
was a present replied.
Vel, I'm going to hold it, it until dn you lean can
by way Of explanation: ! suppose you
didn't read what's engraved on the case?'
No | said, family.
m read it to you: "If this watch is
offered for sale or pawn, notify Mrs, -,
- street. Reward."'
There was nothing to do but go home
and make a clean breast OF it,"
On the snowiest day Of the storm last
week three schoolboys walked together into
q large sporting goods store.
viii they want sleds or shovels2"
queried a stranger, while waiting for o
parcel.
Nothing doing with the boys but base
ball after Washington's Birthday pro-
nounced the salesman. Those lads are
probably buying for their club. The boys
begin buying bats and balls long before
the snow melts, while, Of course, uniforms
must be ordered now il wanted by May.
Baseball goods sell hereabouts for nine
each year, and in the South dunng
the three other months"
"This mans machine was goin' thirty-ive
an hour, your Honor, an / only caught
him after chasin' him half a mile, " said a
policeman in one OF the police courts
a few days ago. The automobile driver
protested that he wasn't driving anywhere
near as fast as that, but the Magistrate
held the motor driver for trial. AS a matter
Of fact, there isn't a bicycle policeman on
the force who can overtake an auto going
miles an hour, TO do SO the cop
nave TO pedal about five miles an hour
faster, which would carry him over a half mile
Of road in forty-hve seconds. That is about
nine seconds faster than the professional
bicyclists' track record for the distance,
the cops aren't quite in that class.
on their own sworn testimony many
them have lowered all the marks short
Of two niles.
"You can't get away from New York
constantly being reminded Of the
Did town. said a travelling man. In all
titles within two hundred miles you will
Rnd the N,w York label on every plaos of
tnat aims 10 DE Stnarl' pnC', III
, city mors than a hundred miles away,
saw the sign New York Shines Here
a bootblack place. Then the ad-
vertis q in the provincial trolley cars
you feel at home, for many. Of the
zig stores advertise that way, and lately a
number Of the citv's hotels have adopted
hs same scheme"
Uncle Sam is pretty honest even in the
Post ONCE Department. A young man in
/ hurry got some money orders at the
General Posi- Office the other day. There
an official postal card to him the next
lay notifying him to call at his convenience
It a certain window in the money order
He did 20 and the clerk handed
an envelope containing 81 cents. No
was volunteered, and the young
nan, still being in a hurry, didn't ask for
He was an imposing looking citizen
Ior ething OF the build Of Secretary Taft.
His mien was most impressive and-he
Ite with his knife. His sword swallowing
actics, however, did not prevent the waiter
n the httls restaurant noted for the eztt
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