The Sun from New York, New York • Page 28

Bp IB THE SUN, SgNDAY'MAY ia, MM I NEW YORK'S QUKERESTPARK, aaH) WW 41 Hjw IHi i our Kins hqvabk, iriticn some aaaB IB.1! CC ltTttts nKRIAN." LaaaBlfi iWkWs 4 As TliM Bom Fin ftmr ea Be ke Hji IV' flHurmlif jPeosda, Hea Ik fevers, th IBt- Flirts, the neanllat, the Tenant Wlrls, BR Bearded Oermaae, ateil alt the Jteet, $1 A Ttrr rarrr. swarming, Hvly foreign bit o( IB i town Tompkins square. To sto It Iti ff Bl'' bsl It to witness scene full of oddltr a flVl anr XDrlncoMhiamlngthof tlm will aaaB v. laaaatf rlld In a European oltr. You mar hear no BHi; i' r.nallah at alt whlla In the square, but If rou WBU do hear It the speech will most llkelr come WW from ehlldren.

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InTwosd's days, wss bared of all BBt ft BJ' vegetation and flooded with asphalt to turn It Blf Bf Into parade ground. What that proceia did BBj I BJ' was to transform the place Into a red-hot Bit BJ miniature Desert of Sahara, capable of broil BB 8 Hi Ingthe sparrows It ther flew oTor It. Hut now BBi BJ the trees that were planted thore rears ago BB) BJ iiave grown large enough to casta grntsfnl BbI Bm! shade orsr the paths, whllo between the itlis Bflf BJ great plats of grass, so that It Is as park BB I like and as prcttr as anr of the small squnrea Blf of the town. It Is apparcntlr of the size of BBf Bm Washington square, so that thousands can BBf BJ enjor It, and on Rundara manr thousands flock BBT BjBm' there to spend the entire afternoon. BH BJ The habltuds of the park nre thedwollers of BBI BJ' the tenements that hem It In an Immense ie glon of monotonous flat housos lice so many BB BJ miles of paoklng cases srmmetrlc.illr lunc- BBf BJ- tured with windows and hung with Iron Are Isssssw aWi1 escapot.

Around two sldos of tlio park nre small ehops and lager beer entoons. Avenue a busr shopping district, which Is to the ills trlct what Blxtli nrenuo Is to tho we9t aide, passes the rark on the west side. Tho nrlch borhood Is popularlr vailed Qerman, but per eons of grrnt rasnr other nationalities mingle with the Oermans. Among them Austrtans Hungarians, 13oheralans, Jews of all those nationalities, and, without, speolmens of ererr breed that make up New York except Italians and negroes. Tor some reason a negro Is next to never seon In that playground, nnd If one goes there the little folk make life temporarily miserable for htm br crowding at his heels and singing ntgrtr.

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ru she simply -j BBBBH turns lull upon hiin and gltcs him a void i BBBBal stare that could not no outdone by BBBH brazsn Image, hhe hns to have the BflflHv moral support of companion tj BBBH 1 tut on 'he other hand, goot girls BBBH don't lllrt by themsclvee. Thar hurrr aloug i BBBH through the square. wttli their ee down il (A BBBH t0 accoaiod. It ther come with other taaaaHH girls or join ether girls la the park, thair man. tj BBBH ner ehiusesat once.

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I allr. the two forces come together Than each VI IprflBBBl sldelntroducestheothcr.it they are pretend- I 1 'BBBH Ing to be rr dlgniiled. or. If ther are ex. 1 illflBBBI perleneed and a little fast, introductions are 1 1 tSBBBI dispensed with, and all walk together the El BBBBBH1 i'ls fondly hoping thst Ice cream will sooner Baal BaaaaaaaaaHn or later nllored Tills comment on flinlng BBI BBBBBBlM must ontbetokeu to broadly, for there are IBB BBBBBBi plenty girls in tho square on a bcudiy who IflBBBBBBBli arenatseeatoilirtntali BB BBBBBBL Aa for the bad glr'a o' that part of town.

I IBJtBBBBBJJk licraralsw. aud tuey are as jUialr dioUa- BflBBBBBBBBBBBk VJbaslB2aL aaVa5 BfeaaaVaaaS aaaaal MaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBBBBBW VBBBBaVaBMpaWayaaaMBBMB-aMSBaMMBaMPBSSSBB Igulshatleln the erowd as ther would be It ther had their faces painted red. Ther are of two kinds, the professional and the accidental vagrant. A visitor might spend a dar la Tompkins sqtt.tre without seeing either. The frofeMlonal Is apt to be Herman or Hlav.

and look liken tery Int. ovenlressel doll. That nd Is alwara round-faced, doulde-chlnned, given to great deal or pink ralnt, nnd an exttnordlnnrr hearing on of showrclothes. A person who ilhl not know those women would ear that ther. gavo up.

their lites to eating and drinking, and thst Is. perhaps, largelr what ther do. lint the drinking la mnlnlr of beer. nnd. that nnd genernl lndo lonee make Ihomnearlr all ns, round as br rel.

The occidental vagrant Is known to the whole town br reason or Lewis tough olrl." first Impersonated In, llarrlcan's 'Jheatre, and then In i'eter 1. Palter', troupe. Tharoare tcrr few of these creatures Isft. and thrnre growing fewer overr jenr. but still we seo thorn once In a while JIJcs I.nwls model was the female liondlum of Kan I run Cisco, but we such girls on tho JSowerr nnd.

Hltth nnd J.lgbth avenues, and so the Impersonation made a hit, tince in a while, now, there Is seen tough girl who loiter on slreet corners with the hnlf-grown hoys of tenement neighbor, hood, nnd who now, nnd then dee a iloublo eh Ills on grocer conl box or rushe the gtuwlcr when the crowd has money to spend, noma ot these girls drift through Tompkins square once In a while, with tholr faded, seedr their elbows peeping through tholr slestes. tholr chins protruding, with chewing gum In their mouths, nnd it fund ot slnng nnd profanity ready at their tongues' 'iher itranliiioetiiltrny eoen with itgang of four or live tough young lellows. They nr avoided ami condemned nnd despised by all tho work I Ing girls In the city. '1 hr form a terr queer species, and It Is no wonder It I dying out Their whole nlm In lit Into be is little feminine as posMhle. They ere tough an I itwkwnt-d and masculine, pro.

June, course, nnd repellanu Ther nte out-inn Thev begin their public careers by lioliig hated beloro I ollcs maclstrato on the rhnrjro Unit tholr parents tan do nothing with thorn it In' nre merely lectured and aronst sent In the House of the flood Hhephord. they run ntrsr nnd lire ns teat ther can, mnlnty in tho strei-t. 'J her Imitittn the roughest boys nnd man who will put up with thorn. 'I hey lliAht ns nesrly like men ns they can and drink trv niunli llk-o men. Nothing disgust them more Hun to hn reminded of thelrsox hr mino maudlin routlt who nttempt to put an arm nrouml thnni.

Hint ther shots itngrlly itway, I the Insult is rnpeated ther bite and scratch nnd kick like wildcats. The girl nl the tonumont nvold toughnos nnd nil that lends to II. The sisters are not like the brothers in this respect, for thnChlm tale I'ndden talk that run through omnnr epclmen ot boyhiod and manhood nnd Is tlii popular illtlout ot nil tho tenement ro-mom, Is esch-wod lr the girls itiid young women. Nothing will pleitse the student of New York llfu more than to hear how nicely tho girls speak In Tompkins square. The little ragged nnil dlrtr ones mnyuse little shading of lough talk, tint tho great majority talk pretty good r.nzllsh.

nnd with etldent rare to speak as nlcoly and softly as tlieyknow how. Certain words. Ilka "dago 'nntl "motser" and 'sheeny" mid "swap" nor oxchangeiand Perhnps 100 others, aro In tho mouth of all. but lti the main the girls talk to ench othor just ns the custoinors In the shopping stores hnr them talking, which Is to say tery well. In the middle ot Tompkins square, where there Is nn open space, with a lot of paths leading to it.

theiearo apt to be two policemen wlio look llko glnnt booauso they tower twice as high as the clilldn-n nrouml them. They tealit appear like palrot Uulllrors. with tho J.lllmitlans swarming around them. The 'hll-nri'ii aro ns thick its Hhnep Inn corral They mnnnge to play, although thuirowd is sogrcat that etcry lliiieitsklpping rope mnkesaclrolo it nlia-kn Komehody on the haud. hkliiplng rope, )ncktoiiis.

hopscotch tnd tng nre what I the lltt.o onoi play. They pay no heed to the sp.tirow cup, nnd the imllce pay no attention to them unless thoy nil'behuto Miry baJly. 'ihey do tnlsbehatu onco in whlb'. If grown-up shop girl sups little girl who knocks ugaliiKt her, hilt a liundrcd oilier children will inoh her. They will run all nmund hi und wlmck mid kick at lmr nnd make her wish cho liad kept her Thuy nreitpt to moti drunken folks, und latSund.ty they uindo thing turyiitely font half-witted womnn who is renting on one of tho benches.

'I nl rougli I lay nlwuy begins liuioccii it The little lollt -I appruaclt the tlc-Hm out ot curiosity ut llrst an 1 talk to him or her. Thon it crowd gather nnd bigger children swell it nnd begin to tlcllmlro their prey, knocking his or her li.tt o.r. throwing graK nnd dirt, and finally punching mid l.lcklrg the tlctlm until it littlu riot begin. In thecasoot the crar tioinin the other day she llrst nttrncteJ nttentlon by telling sturies to two little girls. 1'rotentlr twontr little girl stood llttonlng around her.

Those on the outer odgo k.rpt running ar.ny and crying out "bhe it ge-sclilct." or something that sounded llko Unit, and menntcraxr. That attracted the bors.ntid alter they arrive 1 nt tho scene tho poor orazy woman hadalitely time. Tho most interesting thlug about the Ineident was the study ot the children that was iilTorded. Thev would run from the polIcomAC If lie only looked at them, but when lie givo chase to ono or two all the reatcaun straight back to thu rrazy woman and teased her until the policeman returnsd hn he approached th orowd sumo little shators would situntcr olT and stand with their back to tho others, looking so Innocent tlntt the otilcrr could not suspoct them. Hut while the others run nnd the olltcnr ran niter them theie proclous Innocent would ilurt back to thu old woman nnd pingue tier intoit fury.

It looked to a laymiiu nslt one policeman could get tho crazy woman out of the but not ten policomen eould keep tho children awnv from her unle-s It was by soino Pn'ented method such ne rarmers use when they want to round up a Hwarm of tme, 'JhH lltlln rotar of tho street and of Tompkin I uuaro kiow little autli'inty or discipline, and li.tve less respuct for either. Theonly eeituimy buccetul way to deal with them It tho minoy agrowu-ui persnn is with and tho best form lor that to take Is brlbory. A penny giH further thun a punen I Has any grown-up Ne.v iorkor of the ranle sex nny iiluitof wluit a Hclentifle perfiirmuneo I thosk-ipping rot'can ho in.ito to (ormnpirt It Is something uf nn education to wittuh a ptrtyof little uipklr.sb.i aro girls with a kipping lope. 1 or two merely to turn the rom and tho third oo to I tlio slmple-t form ot tne pla). The third one not merely ekliis, but she mny klp "slow-poker," nnd thnt 1 tery pretty dunce-llrst hopwi'li i one leg, und then hop wit.

i the other, the free leg being swjng rithmic-illy mid grACluly while the olner leg doe theekipping. Tire. I of the little girl in. IV call for pepper- i salt 1 hL.ii that ay the rot inut bo made to work latter nod faster and faster, or "hotter and liottor." a the children cnll It. ilie girl who turn tho rope slug "I'epper- pepper-alt.

pepper-silt, Peppar-salt, I mil'taiil. eider, tlnogur." they Increase tho I i peeiiif the rope. If the third girt I tripped i or drop mit for nny reison the two other girls I may skip "going try tirettv pei formanee. In which two girls boiii turn the I rope und skip together. Or, If tlio third girl does not tlr.

a (mirth mny be intiteil In to do tho "diiutili dutch by doubling tho rope so that evh turner tun turn a part of It with eirh lmnil while thiitwoalclpiungglrlaiiimpoterlr. The clerk uiul nieehiinicv in their humlar best, make an Interesting i art of the i letup-. This Is a decidedly I uropenn touclu Tim I horn hn a fanner, does not loot 111 at e-tse in his Sunday clothing, meri. ran clerk and mechanics' make no other dif I ferenee In the cintliei thoy wear ou humlnv nnd thont they wear in thu streets except Hint I their best nro new and thlrwort are old one I ot tho aanm cut. Itut In TompLlns Hqintreone sms young and old mini ot lorelgn Idrth whose very clann- attracts attention, their well ti.tr uei el inee shine, their clothe neeoverr i new and little worn, nnd their t.evrers are so I littlo used to thein that tliHV bnte an awkward, I clumsy et nnd lit.

Tlio patrl trUiai iorni tn, i been now and tlieuwtlli lii'igstoninio'l, high i I nwled chlnn pipe, nre intoretng. mid aro the liearde I profeorllko Teutons and Slavs. I who walk nlong with their band eliiiiJ behind thsm. ttlklncof learning, of I'nttierlaud. i miybe or of the deep rare and my-terie of I life, 'lompklns iro i it great centre for benrds.

More hentd areseen there than nny-I where else on Matih-tttiin Islam! except above I tlm greast gatinrdine of Last lima way. The bewiggBil matron of transplanted Judoa I are aUn atii'ing figures In the crowd. The wigs sartH in plat-oof bonnets, and so they go I nbout witli thu mpear.ince of being bare. I headed, though the, reel the iiselve covered The ral-face. I aervitnt girl, always with a beau attached to each on: the little Pittholio I girls In eouflrm.itlnn wreath nnd white 1 dresses, the tiriett allpplug through the I erowd In long black gowns, nt often seen i nearer the centre of the city-all these and many other sights make Tompkin square interesting with the interest that a foreign park would possess lor a New Yorker.

nun a STJTVta ui uti ar.RKrz." It a ltrnnil Xvir tlif, aiiid Hervtil the llercudanfat'ounvrl the An Incident which wilt Interest all lawyers who practise In tha courts of this Ktat occurred before luttleo Oarnorlnthe Huprome Court J'rooLlrn. eterday. an 1 ssrted to show how Imiiorttat lawsarosimelimea hur-rie 1 through the 1 egislaturo without the groat body of interested parsons knowing cten that men aueasure had been Introduced. A jury was being drawn for the trial of a civil cause, and the counsel for tho lence had clwllsnged faur taiesmen pcrumptorllr. lie sought to ballon.

ii another when William C. lleecher, the upiusing counsel, called out: "Hold on' If your Honor flense. 1 submit that mr learned friend has exhausted his riuht ul peremptorr challenge." "'1 hat is right." said lutlco Osynor, "Each side Is entitled to but four peremptorr chat, iengea." Itut. vour Honor." interpose I the opposing counsel." 1 have here a certified copr of a law recently passed which Increase the number to six." and the copy was drawn from an Inner pocket. "llu'd up mr hsndsl" cried Mr Mr lea-nod fr.end seems to have possessed a of know edge concerning this aioundueot tutuatoJe." HULLY! A.HUNDRED DOLLARS! imsaa rns xxtr torjc irxiranor TUIHK9 ItEWOVM) JIVTIFIIK JtAD XT.

Mall Ohih, the Tlieetre, Coaar It. Cl. aratlesl Flee Katmrnl, Dtlmonleo Bla. ner. anil Matehlng lfnnlf let V.rmmn, rirerrorka, or Itnolbtrtak.

Hland. He Jlrstrea-ltnt lioat "Nntr." The storr wartold In Tnr: Bu.v the other dar of sorernt Btatctt Island hoy who found a roll ot money. Their first Impulse was to statt forlhn Wostern plains. In Imagination ther beheld themselves hunting the festlvo buffalo, outwitting wllr Head wood Dick, and scalping Indian chiefs ot phenomenal cunning. The middle of the week, however, did not seem nn auspicious time for beginning the jottrnor.

so thoy hid tho monor till ther ooutd make a few preparations. Knturatty this de-tar galled the proud, ndronturotis spirit ot the Statcn Island routhe. In Isss than fortr-elght hour ther had concluded that the returns from their wealth would bo too slow tf ther had logo West to spend It. Honco ther drew It from Its hiding place, boarded a ferrr boat and salted the raging liar to Now York. Here I Ihor parlookof vast quantities of soda water nnd enndr and thon they bottght-a goatl Of nil unexpected Investments for three boya to make, goat seemed tho most surprising.

It thorhnd bought gun or guava Jelly or an organette, It wouldn't havo seemed so funny. Hut, a goatl Yorllr the workings of a boy'a mind are past finding out! With this instnnce in mind, a StM reporter started out to alien fewlnqulrles. Naturally, everybody would like to know whether the boyish appetite, as It were, for goats Is universal or whether tlio filnten Island Instance was merolr a sporadla caso. So the reporter Interviewed a number of specimens of the genus small boy upon tho topis. In advance ot nnnounclng tho Information thus obtained It mar be stntcd that thero Is no prospect of a boom In tho goat market.

The easiest part ot an Investigation llko this Is to find the tor. There nro enough ot him playing ball everr day In front ot tho Cltr Halt to contribute volumes of Information, It onlr ther nre Inclined to bo communicative. Tho trouble is, however, that, when ther suspoct a stranger ot trying to pump them, they nro verr apt to confine their conversation to such forcible but not elaborate romarksas "Hutty geol" One must bo patient nnd beguiling It ono wants to get an oxprooslon ot opinion from them. The presentation ot a cigarette, it mar bo mentioned. Is often attended with gratifying results.

When tho boys In the City ITall Park are not plaring ball or craps or matching pennies ther nre soiling papors or scrapping. Tho paper business Is the least absorbing ot these pursuits, so the reportor began toexporlmont with a boy who had a big bundle ot extras uaderhls arm. "What would rou do." nskod the reporter, I making pretext of hunting tor tho change, "If I should buy your whole lot of papers?" "Say now, will re. mister?" demanded tho toy. standing on ono foot nnd preparing to hand over his stock in trade.

"Well. I don't hint; I'm qtilto prepared to do so just nt present. I simply wanted to know what ou would do? What, for Instance," ns-aiiming a gar and carols air. "would rou do it tou ehoulil Und a hundred dollars!" W'nt ye gitln' wot the surly responss. "Well.

I'm not giving you a hundred dollars, know, tiut eomebody might, of courso. and t's just as well lor a fellow to think about these thing beforehand nnd know what to do when tho time comos." Hero tho ropnrter Jlghted a clgaretto In an oft-hiitid way and handed another to the boy. who begged the further favor of a light before ho male answer. "I ain't no chump." "Of course you'ro not" I nln't heard o' nobody goln' 'round an' gltln'nwnr hunnord dollar bills. Hut." with a ehiewd glance through a purr ot smoke.

"1 might llnd littnnerd dollars." Mire! And what would rou do with It?" I wouldn't go un' bur out no Bunny sohool with It." defiantly. An' I wouldn't take it horn an give It to me sick mother, neither," he nuded. Wlir not "'Cause 1 eln tgot nono. An' Id see msselt furder 'fore I'd blow It nil In on cloesl" "Well, you seem unite settlod nbout what you would not do. Now.

hnton't ou soma Idea as to what you would do I gues 1 kuow whnt I'd do." "Well?" "I'd go to do ball game or de races ev'ry day an' do te'avter In tho evonln'an'lt I had uniting left I'd whoop lmr up. sunlit, at Cony llnnd. An' I'd nmuUo cigarette llko this un uv'ry day Ain't got iwuthiir, mister." As soon ns ho was iiin.lleil lie ran olT litter customer without saying a wor I nbout a goat. Kitting nn the edge or the broad platform In front of the City Hall wi another buy. Hi p.iliors lay ueros hi knee, hi elbow rested mi till papers, and ho wn ea'ing Ice cream Iroii cornucopia To realize tho empty vnnltvof etieli things ns spoons, ono should seo a newbo oAt Ice cream.

The reporter watched him till he unrolled the cornucopia, licked It ele.tn. nnd throwthe paper away. "tlood inquired tlio reporter, "Yep," beginning to pick up bin papors. "I'll get you another If you'll tell me what you would do if tou bad a hundred dollar." "Idunno," tracing un imaginary pattern with his toe. "A whole hundred dollars, mind rou.

All your own to spend a you pleased." "Well." slo.vly. "I'd buy mo a suit o' does, an' oneo' dm tap wot ha peak over yer eyoK, Hte! An' a pair n' reller slices, un a poi-ketboo'; big enough to hole all me moner. 'eep'n onlr wor cli inge I wanted to put In dum lilt pocket wt re has in yer west. An' den-but mahbo I wouldn't hate enough loft." 'Fur what'" To go to Delmonnreo's." "oh. I guess rou would." "All right, den ou bet I'd cot An' after I'd had all I could eat I'd set At on o' dam windows w'ere all dem bald-headed gents Is an' I'd smoke do best cigarettes in de place an' have aome o' dat dlnkr green stuff wot dey set an' looks ut ler a long time 'fore dey drinks it." "Well, and what else?" Tlio buy Ktared.

"bar, mister he said, "What' the matter lednn't mean I could bur me a suit o' cloei an' go to Dalmonnyco moro'n once he reporter assured him that ho could go at least once and a half. ell, 1 guess I'd keep do rest o' do stuff fer Ice cream '1 he reportor responded to this gentle hint with a coin, and the boy went off for another cornucopia without appnrently even thinking of a goat. I'ossihly they were stifling their roal dsires, however, and needed encouragement to speak out. Ihe reporter went down to the llroudway end of the park and beckoned to a boy 1 Want a cigarette? Do. eh? Well, try this, and tell me what rou would do If some one should givo rou a hundred dollars Instead of a clctiette Would I have to par It baok aome time?" wn the cautious Inquiry "Well.

I know what I'd do; I'd bur a caadr store. "Wouldn't rou bur a goat?" Wot'd 1 want of a goat In a eandr store?" Not In a candy store, of course, but Instead of one" "Wot rt're take me fur was the reply, delivered with slow, withering soorn. iho reportor fancied that the coat fever might thrive bettor In some up-town dlsttrcts where the goat Is a familiar and vslued member of society. On the way to the I'ark etution, howeter. lie paused again to try his question ou it wctvned little fellow who was gaztrg at drework sign.

I "Ml." said thetouiigtter.when the renortar had finished hi statement, wot'a de matter wot buruln' a tret dug wid It)' "Oh. nothing, nothing, of course!" iald th retorter Iia-tllv. 'but don't you thl-ik tou could do better than that I How doe a goat strike your The got is a noblo a well in useful animal, it lb hlh-splrltod. but not ex. poiisito lit its tatos.

its charge are always low. It has Oh, come off" said the small boy. ttuuUn cue lor a goat, then?" wh it woi.ld you like hundred iiJiiar ain't much. Is It? It wouldn't buy a schooner, would It "Well, tint depend. 1 here are schooners, and thon acaiu there are schooners." Oh.

i know what rou mean. You're too smirt. you irol i dn't mean no schooner o' beoi. I moan a ship. hundred dollars wouldn't but a htp.

null! It "kVetl. not a vry largo ship I taut so," regarding tlu fireworks sign meditatltelr. "it I couldn't got a ship. I doa't much care wot I did wld It. i guosa I'd blow i it In on firecrackers, dem llg fellows.

ou i know lioilr itoulln't 1 give de boys one louit' o' July!" A little further on two boys were matching pennies at the edge of tbe sidewalk. Itdlinl seem a bad idea to kill two birds, so to speak, with ono stone Accordingly, the reporter stopped to watch tho progress of affairs "tiot much money. he asked oor-disllr 1 got roore'n he said one quickly, louse is bruggia' too soonl" was the fltrte rejoinder Vi bat would rou do rou found a hundred jJJttjjSmJStt ttktm. Oar' jilif tfalaaVl dollars rths reporter hastened to Inqotra. "Who d'r mean? Me or him asked the first one.

'''Cause If remsan htm. he wouldn't know enough to pickup a hunner dollar It "Wouidn't I demanded the other. Well, Iknowed enough to pick up yer moner puttr handy n-matehin'." At this point it became necessatrtolnter fore In order to proerve the peace, and with some dlillcultr the thread ot the conversation was resumed, "I mean." explained the reporter, "what would rmt do If each ons ot rou should find a hundrod dolltrs?" I'd match him for 'em both," said tho first "'Xn' eel letf." satd the second. "But ra wouldn't have the nerve, anr war I "Wouldn't Ir" Again tt became necessarr to do a little Peace-making, And then tho roporter Insisted that the.horsnnsttei in turn Well," said the first lior. tlioiightfutlr.

and with tho evident Idea of Impressing the second bor. "1 a'poss I'd buy more property." lite second hoy hooted derisively. I pose ye would." he said. "Oil. yes.

to be sure, led buy another corner lot In de L' stairs, where re sleop nights, wouldn't ye At this point the llrst boy chased tho second boy across the street, and the reporter gave them up. Of course, the second boy might linvo declared that he would bur a goat, hut It would hardly do to put htm down as favoring that line of lntestment. I'P In tlatlem. also, there Is no dearth ot small bors. but even the montlnn of finding a hundred dollar Is hardly enough to make them stop playing ball for two minutes.

A few strnr burs can be found oocnslonallr. bownter, and It Is a cheap form of enteitaln tnent to ask them the question the roonrtor did. The dialect In Harlem I different from that of the bora along Newspaper row, hut the sentiment Is surprisingly similar. The cigarette Is not so popular, but the candy Htnro takes its plsce in attractlteness. The ideas of the purchasing power ot SIUO ara oven moro vague than ninong tho newsboys, "I'd go round tho world." said one adventurous young llarlemlte, without an nnparent tlnuht ot tho all-sufficiency of 100 tor that purpose.

I'd buy a ranoh and wear legglns. nnd rids nil day and lasso wild horses," said another. I'llsavolt up and goto college." said a schoolboy. "I'd get up a baseball nine and be the captain, nnd whin old llattr llrown'a club outo' sight." said small spectatornta scrub game. "I that Hatty llrown's nine" Yen Ho thinks he can pitch.

Looknt that ball, will you I I could pitch nil round him, but he wouldn't let mo come In." Newsboys were found who said ther would bur bootblack's chairs It ther had a hundred lollats, and ono who, on sober, verr sober, serond thought snld he would bur his mother a gold watch and chain. Hut their Idea. It must be confessed, rarely soarod higher than the peanut gallery of the "teayter." And no ono wanted a goatl os Tiir. a. axd r.

The Eactneer tVbo Quit IVorklne: an It II a. eunae It Wouldn't fief Out nfn Jtul. "I've quit work on the O. and said a locomotive engineer from western Pennsylvania, "and am looking for a job on a rood that Is up to the times, and will equip Itself with things that the exigencies of its territory demand. I've thrown up my job.

Why? He-cause the 8.. O. and P. Is so pig-headed nnd bound to stay In a rut that It won't be consistent nnd equip Itself right "From Peeled Hemlock to Oas Tank Junc tion, forty-two miles, there areonly three stopping places nn the O. and P.

One Is a tannery, one a sawmill, nnd one an oil woll. The rost Is woods. It there oror was a spot where awesome solitude of tho dim-lit woods humped itself and took the cake, hands down, it's over nlong the O. nnd P. between Pooled Hemlock and Ons Tank Junction.

Put yet I liked It whon I first startoJ In on the road. I had always wanted to get close to Nature's heart, and hero I was with my head pressed right on It. so to apeak, a-hoarlng sf It thump. One duy I was booming nlong with a heavy train of bark and lumbor nnd oil, whsn, about a hundred yards ahead of us, I saw a big boar come slouching out of the woods nt one side of tho track. When wo had got within a few rods of the bear he deliberately stepped on tho track, and.lt seomed to me.

actually stood there making faces at u. That made mo mad, nnd I pulled my old engine wide open nnd went for that bear at twenty-lire miles an hour. "'Now watch tho bear meat fly I' I said to mr fireman. We swspt down on tha bear Ilk a cyclone, and I looked and waited for tho shower ot bear meat I expected to sse. It didn't come.

Kmashod Into mush on the pilot" I said, and went out in front alone the guard rail to see just how bad wo had done bruin up. I give you my word I was surprlsod. The bear saton tho pilot as cool as acucumber. He had reached up and taken the lamp out of the headlight, nnd was pouring the oil out of It ovor himself nnd rubbing it In as a liniment Then lio looked up nnd saw me. and.

chucking tha lamp at my head and only missing mo br an inch, ho took hold ot ono of the flag standards and swung himself off to the side of the track as sIIck as could be. and danced awar into the woods. comes prettr near being a smart I said to mr fireman, after getting baok Into the cab. "'He avoraces fair to said the fireman. The fireman was born either at the tannery, or the sawmill, or the oil well.

I don't know which. Any way, he was a native ot tho and P. country. "'He averages fair to saldths fireman. s'prise me ir he'was ono o' them b'ars that flagged us ono day when Itony Fprindle was runnln' this Inglne.

We was bowlln' along up t'other side o' Painter Ilend. when I see a red flag out at ono side the track. We didn't have much time to git stopped In. but wo got stopped. Somo of the fellers got out to see what was tho matter, but nobody didn't turn up to explain.

While they was flggorlr." of It out I seen four thumpln' tig b'ars come out the woods, two of 'em nigh the middle o' tha train, an' two ot 'em nigh tho hind end. Toro we could holler them two b'ars at tho mtddto o' tho train had each clumbonaenrnn'sotthn brakes tlehter'n jaekscrews. an' than run an' sot 'em on t'other cars, so's we couldn't start nn Inoh. We had a car load o' supplies for the tannery settlo-menr. an' whllotho two b'ars was settln' the brake other ones broke In the car an' rolled nut two bar'l pork an' joggled 'emolT Into the woods.

Thou t'other b'ars dumb down nnd follerod on, an' there wasn't a man on the train dust say a word. What slum the red Mag be but it banlannt hun'korchle that r-olJone had Inst some rs in the wood tha day nfore. an' n' cour them smart b'ars had sot It fer a Hag to hold us up an' roll us was torn it little with doubt after the fire-mans story. In spite ot what I had just seen of t. (band 1' I ears, but a few dais later I felt that 1 had wronged inyllremsn.

We were going down rplllhuck-et grade, which drop at nbout a hundred feet to the mile, ant. we were going fast, Half way down, out of tho woods stepped nuother big tiear. He jumped plumb on the track and waited for us and grinned 'Hold your breath Hill'' I said to my tire-man. 'for I'm going to lubricate the rails with that hear at it hundred miles hour" "I pulled her opsn and gave her nil the head there was, Whan we reached that bear I couldnt sen the trees, we were going so last. Thau I hollereq for brakes ami begun lo slow her up.

Mho hadn't begun to lnw any. for hud only got to tlm bottom of tho grade when what should loom up belora me hut the bear, climbing up from the pilot and coming right ton aril the e.ib window along thu guard rail I ilidn't wait for lilm hut made a break for the top of the car behind the engine, and the II ro-man followed ma. The bear came on, took pnsaessiun of the cab, shut off team, and brought the train to toi a half a mile further nn. Then he idolo-l up mr dinner pail and the llreiuan'. both loaded to th lid.

and. with on In eu -it ip.tw. strode nwtr Into the wood. 1 think thtt un's a ltle more'n tho average ot fair to said the llremao, as wn climbed back to the cab and wont on. Itut whether ha was or not.

my mind was m.vlo up. Jlailroading nn thu tt. and P. whs way behind Iho times. 1 could seo Plain vnough, and I put the matter right to head-quarture "Her "Issld.

'This won't dol This road ain't bring run right "Thoy wanted to know why It wasn 'liunning your engines with rowentohera on 1 said. when there ula't a cow from on end ut the road to the other! Hears interfering itit'j trailleiit almont every turn, and not an engine un tho line with a near-catcher on it 1 said, 'do you see where rou aro "And what did ther do? Ther didn't do ant thing, but keit right on guarding thorn-srltes against cows when there wasn't on within twenty mile of 'era. while th bears run th road just as may blame pleased. So I quit, and I'm looking for a job on a road that ain't afraid to gut out of a rut" Tie MittMtaaa It. Vow JfraVn.

Judg Ouffey- What passsd between yourself and th complainant I Brln I think, sor. a htlf-doiea brloks and a plsc ot sarin' ttose. PESTS OF HOUSEKEEPERS. ninr.cT rora xuat comic mm avsiMKRnorr to XEitr tiikm. Coekreeehe, Croton Bngi, and Clotfiae Moth The IttiBTato Ile-tle Ante and the rine-tre Visitant Who Hnat Imlet n-tta o' Nlobt File nnd Mnaqnllos.

This Is one ot the times In tho rear whsn rates ell uponth general housewife. Tho hardest particular job ot the season Is the spring houseeleanlng. but a putt of Is onlr just the beginning of a greater on the fighting ot alt sorts of household pests In the war ot Insects. If thero Is anything whloh rivals the mouso In Its ability to send hot and cold chills running up nnd down the spina of a woman It Is cockroach, "t'ght" shud-dored a little woman, "there's that great big cockroach agalnt lie has taken possession ot that corner of the walnseotlng, and everr time I go br there lis Is just coming out!" A curious fact has been observed recently In a certain oflieo building (hat was fairly over run with cockroaches andCroton bugs. Desks wero almost useless.

They not onlr nte up papers, but ate the bindings completely off of book, evidently In quest of tho paste with MAM IMS FKMII.E COCXltOACTT. FOOS, AMD CBO-TOH HUO I REDUCED). which ther were put together. Th oftlo past pots seemed to be tholr regular trenchers, for there were no other visible source of food supply tor them. Tho establishment ot an office restaurant brought In Its wake a colony of rats.

At first the newcomers were shy. but pretty soon they got ro tame that they would sit out nn tho open floor nnd wait for bits of luncheon to bo thrown to them. The rats multiplied and tha cockroaches and Croton buss nesrly disappeared. The lesson Is probably not valuable tohoitsewltes. for It Is not probable that ther would caro to trr the rcmedr.

What Is to bo done? Tho cockroach, tike the dnnse du ventre, and somo other dlsngreeabte things, came to us from tho Orient. I'nllke a groat manr of tho othor Insocts. he hnsn't the common decency of changing his general manner ot life and form, and nt least giving us somo vnrloty during his lifetime. Most Insects begin life ns worms or caterpillars, and then tnko on nn Inactlvo state while thoy are preparing to come out In their porfeet form. Not so, however, with tbo cockroach.

The mother roach lays one or two buudlos of eggs, ench aboutjialf as thick a her body, and each containing sixteen eggs. From tho time these hatch out thoyar to nil Intents and purposes, except reproduction, perfect roaches. It Is true that they go through certain changes, principally shown by the dovolopment of the wings and SLACK ANT. WOUKKB AMD MAW. AMD TD AMT (ENI-AWIED).

wing covers, but nt all times they are voraoloui feeders on both animal and vegetnble matter. Croton bugs ars also known as German cockroaches. Prof. Hilar, the United States entomologist, says they can both be oxtermlnated In this slmplo manner: 'Just before nightfall go into the Infested rooms and puff tmhach into all crevices, under bas boards. Into drawers, and cracks of furniture.

In fact wherevor ther Is a crack, and In the morning tho floor will be found littered with dead ordomoral-ired roaches, and they can be swept up and burned." Keep this up until the eggs are hatched and fou will get rid ot tho pest. Iluhnch Is th 'eratan powder made from the pyrethrttm flower grown In California Among the older remedies are borax, to which thor havo a great antipathy. aIo poisons made ot phosphorus paste or a mixture uf red lead, Indian meal, and which they eat ravenously. to houeeleanlng tlmo nto tha clothe moths. These small, light-brown moths begin to appear In Mar, and mar occasionally be scon as late as August, but tha caro- the rtvnvx rtXK (Evr.AnnED).

ful housewife who takes her precautions now will bo pretty safe for the rest of the year. There I only one certain way to light thm so that they will not lay their egga In your woollens, lurs, cloth, nnd enrpot and their larva eat liolee In them to make a coat for hlmxolf. I.verrlhlne mut ho aired and skaken and benzine should he frselr used, sbrnylng it into cracks in chests nnd closet. He careful of lire ami do not bring etonnlamp Into a room where benzine has been uaed. until tho room ha been aired so thoroughly that even the odor is nltnont gone Then do up your garment, furs, or hlntikett in pasteboard boxes with strips of paper imsted over the cracks or In big paper bags, also pasted up.

and you need nut bother with cedar wnrdrobes or moth balls. Cloth-covered furniture that I to be stored and carpets will be safe If sprayed a couple of times in the ssason with benzine. Blotting CXOTIt MOTH AMD tABVA. paper, soaked In equal tarts of nil of camphor and spirits of turpentine und laid among clothe will destroy moth Your carpet have auother enemy, the buf-falo carpet beetle. He Is about a quarter of nn Inoh long, black, or nearlt so.

with white pnts and a reddUh stripe along the mbldie of hi back. Kill him wheietur you sse him. He also Is an Immigrant who came to us in 1HH. Benzine the remedy against his depredation, nnd It should be plentifully ued after tho floors are cleaned In all the eracks under the carpets and around the bae boards. The buffalo carpet beetle Is so comparatively new a eomer that it Is nut every housekeeper who know him.

It wa first detected in New York doing It nefarious worn If left to spread unchecked the carpet bug oterruna hnu-i and prey upon a tariety ot rubrics, but lis favorite home Is mt under the edges ot carpets and In the cracks of tho of carpeted rooms. It is when he Is in the larta state that hn does damsge. He eatslarge holes in eirpets along th border oi cuts a carpet Into strips, eating straight Una throucli it along thu llnet or the lio ir cracks. He rats all summer, and, finally casting his skin, forms the rrpcco. within th at skin his chrysalis or pupa.

The porfeet inect appests at tho end of wintsr. and may often oe found on th window of infeated rooms In May. Even In cities the red ant is a pest In th houte and the larger ones make hatoo ol the bits of grass or Mower ground outside, which are almost as much a part of the household I or the ants outside i'rof. I. iiey recommends I the uso of bleuli hide of carbon, which you ran buy at any drug store.

Make a hole in ttt-j nest and pour Into this a teaapuontul ot the bisulphide ol carbon Cover for a little whit I with a wet blanket, and when it Is removed explode th blaulphlde of carbou with a candle or torch held at th and ot a long pole. To i fumes go dep lata th ground and kill th I jt jm aara KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort antl improvement nnd tends to personal enjoyment wlicn rightly used. The many, who lire better than others nnd enjoy life more, with Icia expenditure, liy more promptly nilnptinj the world'n best products to the need of physical will nttcst tho valtio to health of the pure, liquid laxative principle cmbiaecd in tlio remedy, Syrup of Figs. IU excellence la duo to its presenting in tho form most acceptnblo nnd pleasant to tho taste, the refreshing nnd truly beneficial properties of iwrfect las-ntivo: eltcctttnlly cleansing tlio system, dispelling colds, headaches nnd fevers antl permanently curing constipation. It has given satUfnction to millions nnd met with tho approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver und Dowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable aub3tance.

Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in (30c and $1 ltottlrs, but it is manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name in printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept tnv FurVltut" nfiWd. ant. Tho little red anla make their nests tinder floors, between walls, or In walks or lawns. They can bo destroyed by using Itero-seno nmttlslon.

Pnur It Into tholr nests or as near a you can got to thorn nnd upon their lines ot travel. To make the emulsion, take nn ounce of yellow snap, dissolve It In a pint of boiling wator, romovo from th nro, and ndd two nvrtkto cAnrrr beetle, cnnrsALis, cast, isd LAHVA (ENLtnOED). pints of kerosene. Heat until It la atl ot a creamy texture. There one odoriferous Insect pest, haunter of beds nnd terror of tho night, which nlmost evory ono hns learned the remedios for.

It Is curious met thnt tills little red pest Is it native ot wood lands, nnd Uvea naturally under tho scale of the bark of bine trees. It Is often found In great numliors In new houses, pnrtlctilarlr in those trimmed with tho long-leaved Southern pine, nnd at Asbury Park and other placos built In the pine havo caused great annoyance to cleanly housekeepers. Thu Hen Is not so per-lstent a household foe ns others, but wherever cats or dogs are kept ho I apt to ho-not found, but felt. If It were nut tot- the difficulty of catching him tho lien would not bo the aggravating follow he Is, for although his hlto Is sharp, it Is not poisonous, and he lias no disagreeable odor such as gltot tho careful housewife such a horror ot roaches and some other pests. boor mats where cats or dogs lis are the favorite haunt of Ilea In the house, but with their active, hardy habits ther do not eonflno thcmseltes to nnr one spot Attack them at their source If rou would be rid of them.

Hcrub your dog with the kerosene emulsion or flit his hair repeatedly with Persian powder, blown Intoit from the powder gun. Cats don't take kindly to being scrubbed, so tho powder treatment Is all that can bo tried upon them. Also Tns stosqurro and mn nrti. use Ihe powder freely on mat whero ths animals lie. fcplder are not nn unmixed evil.

Thevde strnr ninny ot the other pst. but It la easy to abolish them, merely by tho use of broom and duster. Pile and mns-jultoa nro the other grent summer disturber They do not breed In the nous or its surrounding, and nothing can be dono by tho homowlte tottard keeping down tho supply. Keep nut all you can with bar or darkened rooms, nnd trr this means of getting rid of tho that persist In entering. At night, when the houin I closed, mill a ta despoonfitl or more of Persian powder to-ward the celling of each room and close the doors for the night.

In the morntue all tha fll ormosijultoe that hat "entered the house will be found on Iho door, deader drlng. and can he swept un Cover with papers things which yon do nnt wlh the boille to drop Into. If you hate preity chandeliers and other metal work which you wish to keen In use during the summer you will llnd it much prettier and safer to rover these with tinfoil than to drape them In netting. The liquor store hate this done very prettily. Inch part or the metal work Is aepa-rately covered, and thus for the summer ther hvo imitation silver chandeliers Instead of glided ones.

TTVEirniTEita. Optnlooe At. -ul Thrm Dictated to flat of Tbem by tin Aeearopllalieit etr noicrnpher. Mor trash and nonsense nro written about trpewrlter girls br peoplo who do not understand what good typewriting Is or how dlo-tate to typewriter, than about any othor profession or anr other business In which either men or women are engaged to.ilar Tho faot of the matter I that rewriting is worth anr-where from J1 a week up to or 'jr which Is sometlmei paid as a weekly salary to expert typewriters who hate no Knowledge of shorthand. It I no unusual thing for typewriters to earn at folio work from dictation by ste.

nogra phots two dollars nn hour and over and th llnest experts aro worth every cant of that amount of money Among stenographer ono dollar an hour is tho ruling r.ito. nn I for that one dollar it gool typewrltor with an expert dictator will trancnhn from thirty to forty folio un hour of testimony. In somo cases oten forty lolios on hour of eo'nl matter have been diet it d. forty fo.los i two columns of 111'' i and. tl.e pien who tvrito about Uct.it.

ng Diatrriter ns iln.ii.;li they knew about it. there a nroh.tbly not half a dozen in th couuti who dieutrt much. Many tear ago tnet-ilter whs employed a shorthand aiuanueiKii by lieur.ro Alfred lown-end mo I known as "Hatli." who habitually dictuto to him in shorthand two col-umnaan lui.r it .1 in thn ueektwn liourd a ilar for mouth at a time i mdiiating etery fill hoiiii-eolou, lion mark and paragrai, h. II "1.4th" dictates lp a and ha, in I the buaineha, noiloubt can trout a eo iimn and 4 half to tttocolu-nu an hourof original matter, nnd tbo writer know of no other 111. in do tint.

(If course, there an; plenty of incompetents, who pose a type, writer and who brlug tha business Into iti. credit br tlt-lr i.eor I'ur many year -neoalaot pert hi- btiiuv an olllclal stenugrapber lnlwnt the glue, an I sneers in vt h. lintftt.i tpa. writ -r ludul'-i I typewrte, upa.atori uf i feinluinB gender Hi 1 Mutter of aiiuilu jua. tlce to ear that ihe wor.isn with hu lus been tlm) in It lusineis have been without viu.l educited "-fined accuutowork ttho Urn.

will. 0Ul wa" tlmo with frltolou re d.u.i It scpina unfair t- of nny h.tslness or I herein. mih.hV l1 "vr- fp--J'cine. the mil. trt.

snort In nd or tyivttr ting, mid nny on who cuuuotaccompliah twice ns much taN ingtoagood typ writer operator a with a mm.us.i he has an dnai'S'nVA. trpewrlter. who fhf and whos iniis I twentr-iite cnt. not altered anr respeot by foho- Ml flora were requested to follow copy. Tii, reader may tbroforJUdg ol th TELEGRAPHERS' MISTAKES.

If xnx xicktihb ov JvaaT.ma ntxn DOTS AND ItASIIFX Canae of Errora In ItfeflTlaa; Meaeases-t Ifnir "leemnn" Tnrner Nearly itream Mud. Ind VCiialltj In TetenrapHlns an In llenlivrltlnc. No person ot nn observing turn of mind erer ran his eye nlong a telegraph line without marvelling at tho mystorr associated wlththaj tate-beartng string of metal. Draped from post to post, mlloattor mile. Us career suj.

tlenlr ending under the cornice of some sky scrtplng biilldlngor Into tho window ot un. pretention structures, thcte to wag Its butt tongue or rattle Its rrhpr tick Into tho ears ol conjuror concealed from Ihe public gaye. wlo trancrlbo the mrstlc voice Into noun, vert, nnd adjective Dots, tlaslios, space. nd sound eonslltute the orthography, etnnoloiy, syntax, and protodr ot the language. Ihi trlok of Interpreting tho voice ot telegraph Instrument Into tin' current tongu Is not is difficult ns it would soom.

The alphabet, tho conception of whleh cam as It br Inspiration Into tbo mind ot Pror, Mnrsn when crossing the Atlantic on the steamer Kitlly In has remained the tame. It runs as follows: A- (dot. dash), (dash, thru dots), 0-- -(two dots, spaco, ilotv (dash, two dots', (one dnti. (dot, dash.dot), Itwndathcs, dot), 1 (four dots) I--(lwo dots), -(daili, dot. dash.dot!, (dash, dot, dash), I (lonctlneh), (two dashes), -(dash, dot), 0- (dot, space, dot, 01 like double III.

(five dolsl. (tea dots, space, dot). It --(dot. space, two dots, or like and I combined), rf--. Ithre dolsl (ouo dash, double ts llko Ml.

(two dots, dash), V-- 'three dots, dssh), W- (ono dot. two dashes, or like nnd M), (dot. dash, two dots). -(two dots, space, two dovs.orllke doubt, -(three dots, spaco, dot, or llko 9 and E), (ono dot, space, throo dots, oi like P. and S).

It will bo seen how easily these chnraotsra In combination may become contusing. Por Instance, two K's would make O. would make double would make 11 would makoTS, double would maku M. would innkeAl, 1. la twice, 11 long only elm, Dbservnncnottho proper length of dashes, duration ot space betwoon spaced letters, Uivlsa Ion ol ono letter from the succeeding one, ill-tlsloii ot words, and rapidity lu connecting; dashes and dots In dash and dot letters, can secure autthlng llko accuracy, but all ths, point nre overcomo by experience.

Curious mixtures, however, are unavoidable. 1 Bound hating no application to the matter passing oter tho wlro frequently obtruda ihoinrelves, und unless rnreful nttentlon Is giten to the text of tho telegram gravo errors, ns well a ludicrous onos, are sure to occur. During thunder storms and during windy or foggy weather. It wires running parallel ar, too close together, or swlngngatnst each other tho current will flow from one to the othor ami a general mix-up ot sounds will tako place on the instruments connected with both wires and cieato mischief, especially when cipher messages are being transmitted. Home or th, code words In business mossages aro absolutely meaningless to any ono but th customer.

Indeed, somo of them ara nol words at nl. but mere groups ot letters, hhould a swinging wire Interject an extra dot or dash or a number of thorn, th receiving operator not being at all time aware ot tho foreign Intrusion, falsa lettorsaro npt to be heard which means confusion, delny, and sometimes serious conse-quonces. A group containing six letter correctly transmitted would contnln six sentences, nnd would bs translated bythorasr-ohant or banker, but should a seventh or eighth letter be accidentally added the customer' dllomma Is easily ronlecturod. In ordinary Pngllsh words such errors verr rarely ocaur. ns tho avnrnge telegrapher performs his work intolligeutly.

Anntnor specie ot errors, however. I qulto frequent. and arise either from carelessness or Incompetency on tha part ot thn receiving operator, a woll ns from tha peculiarity ol the Bending operator. Whllo all opcratora use the uniform Morse system, ea-h sender forms his character differently. Ih, Individuality in sondlng I a pronounced aa Is the penmnnshlp or tho voice ot each Individual, and somo telegraphers' manner of manipulating their character tans blind and uncertain ns tho cblrography of florae (Jree-loy or as bad as (lath's now is.

whllo tho sending of others mny bo characterized aa copper fdato. or absolutely perfect telegraphla articu-atlnn. Letters composed of space characters. Bueh as (). Y.

(', it. nnd letter K. aro verr troacherous. and unls due regard la Datd to the measurement of dash letters thev bscom equally so. A few Illustration ot how mistakes are made will he Interesting.

When t'li trie II. Turner of New York cltr was a member of Congress and aspired to tha Doormanslilp ot tho llottso tho correspondent of a New York- paper at Washington ssnt at long report regarding his candidacy for th, place, and referred to him aa "Iceman Tur-nor" Tlie, roceltlng oporator at New York, not being familiar with the frosty prolix. Interpreted literally tho peculiar sending ot tho tNnshington man. and In every oase wrots instead ot "Ice "and hut for tlm vigilance of the copy reader ot tho newspaper Turner might hate buen known thereaiter a "oman" Turner. It will be observed, by referring to tho alphabet, that the characters usod In tint word "Ice" and "Yo" differ onlr In tho duration or space between tho first two dots nt the letter nnd the first two of and the tlnal dot In the letter U.

They aro mada thus- lice) and tro), the distinction being so line that nothing but xpertneH 011 tlie part ot both sender nnd re-celt er could prevent the ambiguity, Jamea A. (larlleld. when a member of th Houae. in flfhtfni? tl.H battlea nf hla nnrtr lifted the expression. "Take up the gage of and only tho Hii-artnesa of tho home editor ot tho newspaper correspondent spared the pub-lio from rending nbout (larlleld and his party "taking up the gnmo of tall." Home time ago a despatch was delivered to a lady In Massachusetts town who wits felting somo relative ther.

During her absence from home, which was In a distant part of tho State, her son wa taken ill nnd died, and lmr husband sent hi wife a telegram. The mossnge, when deltversJ. read: Jairledad cuan Jala. The good woman became Indignant, and declared thnt her hutand. was sural? drunk.

On nrrlviug homoafter a tawdarssh found that the message should have read; Jsmtila dtail Coiao home. Jmrt. The unfortunate mother of Jnmesle wa pre-ventrd from learning ol the death of her son for several days, owing tuthe thick kull of th operator nnd to tin. fact that Prof Mors, mad Hand MK just alike In his Ingenious alphabet, thus; XEIFS i'IOJX HIT.l.Y T1IK tWAT, That Sfaaeot or Ilia C.illl ib en Pa rado Hit- Will-here unil it family, Trom her II M. B.

Mnglclenno. now at lllue-fields. Able Seaman John 11 Moss, lias recently written to a friend In llrooklyn. Thin gallant Muejtckot was a member ot mess No. to which the mascot, lllllytho (ioar, wasattached.

and ho tells soma interesting facts about the frisky little animal that attracted the attention of Tiik Hun'i renders during the natal raradent the Columbian celebration held la tin city nbout a year ago, Iho writer say ''Doubtless the r-aders of the New York 8tv will bn lntrete 1 know what beco-ne of our mascot, of which the people ot New tnrktouk so much nutlet when our ship was In tn.ir 1 ort In my lit-t letter 1 tnbl that llillvwa Kent to a h. nail ikland in the bay oil 1 ortimuiitli whlli. our ship na put In i for a general oterhaul and while wn ulue.acl-utHttentto our homes o-i a oil-earned lur-lough attur a Hire- years' crulee. hen wn rains u-tck to rejoin the ship were scarcely ahln to recugnlzn Hilly He had grown hail a hi agvlu -s it linn hn was I tit M-en in New York, and lie had a beard like a nnd his coat wa seterul lotit-or ilu was tery lid tvlmn hrat bruuuht un slupho tni but at tlw end ul birinizht tl.e rigid dltcip.iuu of thu lit I I hlit ilnwn roiiM.lrr.iblv. ami hn seemed hate gotten all about the nanny and Ltd In left oa the sltnd lie had a deiide.l objection in we.lriuiMhH p-etty collar th tt Va pinnitl to lurs br the ttens tf New Vrk and 1' was fully aiiionlli beforn he got ac-u tome I it.

tVo huI tolat Ituut t.tlhe ful. length tut-' Wecoitla get it on Hilly, hnwoter made n'lt ton -ii tl.e little i-o'ornJ bltnket wh.ih Wat uivj ptrt ul tlm tuann of frlenaMiip snea by uurfiiitn la in lour port. vte- otug 'homo' about four month re the north Atlmtin and Inl.s aquaiion end wero ordured to t.lLDlle.da a lew week ago "Weexteit. as soon as the troui.le on to Moiquuoiu-ut isstttled. to to Haht-tt 'ur thoMiitt'Mer Vn usually get up north as ho-tt eat er upprowhes and it is mi -a hoard that shall pat Into iuik (or ro iploof weeKsui we past up the coi.

a tha'. cue Ilr nnd uurselte will bat ni.tne to renew old triii.dilil;.-. "thru the tioertciii rruisei 1 hlcagi put -a at Portsmouth wo ate her fellow a ro 1 is weieomoin ret irn or the eorJial receitwa to.u when In N'ua-Yuri, bar huoie one eent it a Tuli gate an account of J'lliy' ao'i wiiai he first wei, to the iUnd after wo went out ol cod- miia Mnc then several uples uf 1 din iiav reached u. alttas give It a warm welcome, because of the intereat it too In our ship and crw wnll la New Xerc".