- ‘c- .nm'only seen in this quarter.
NEW Y0h K LETTER.
' " Special Correspondence .
was a wise man who made the
W ment that “Bread is the staff 01"
life, ” and he who has visited the bread _
stands of New Y01k’ s great east side
' will realize the fact from the tons and
011s of bread he sees there offered fo1
l :sale'. 1 short trip of less than a mile,
‘ from Mulberry street down Hester, 01
to Monroe or Orchard, will enable the
beholder to see and count over 200
different kinds and forxns of bread.
There will be seen not only the numer-
ous forms of American bread, but the
Italian varieties and the Hebrew
- forms, as depicted in the engraving.
I‘rominen-tly displayed is the famous
rye bread, made in loaves twenty
inches in diameter and six or seven
inches thick. These loaves, as seen in
the engraving, have been cut through
the center, [and are sold thus, as a
complete loaf is a great amount of
bread for a single family to handle at»
one time, even as numerous as the
Hebrew fa ililgs are. The loaves at
the top are freshly cut, while those
nearer the bottom seem to have been
divided at some far-distant day, and
have assumed the weatherbeaten a11-
pr"1'ance of sawdust.
It the left is the form of bread most
The
l 1ves are also round, about twelve
1' .ches in diameter, five or six inches
mick, and, like the rye bread, were
baked without tins upon the bottom
of the oven. Nearly all the bread is
baked in the same manner, and con-
sequently has a heavy crust all over
it. IOhe' of these loaves, after becom-
ing stale, if covered with plush and
trimmed with fringe, would make an
elegant and durable 'hassock ‘or foot
stool for parlor or sewing room!
,3 l The Shakers'in Real Estate.
People would be amazed to know
that some of the’rlchest patches of
improved land on Manhattan Island
are owned 'by the Society of Shakers
in New Lebanon. Only a few days.
ago they acquired title to a valuable
hotel property running an entire
square on the West Side and worth
at least $2,000,000. They are forever
'-on the lookout for heavy investments,
. .all in real estate, and seem to have a
"pocketbook without. a bottom. They
are "rich as cream. Their methods are "
peculiar, extremely primitive. One or
their slyest members slips down to
the city, spends a few weeks in nosing
raround for-bargains, talks with prop-
erty-holders and agents and then goes ‘
home to report. Tile "supreme council
of the Shakers is composed of fifty
acute business men, who can drive a
bargain and pray with the same facil-
ity. In this body these reports are
discussed and the investment of enor-
mous sums hangs on the verdict.
Everybody has a chance to make sug-
gestions, and, in this way some point
that others would miss is seen and
acted on. As a result these peculiar,
ascetic disciples of Mother Ann and
Joseph Meachain,“ who founded the
New Lebanon settlement back in the
last century on a plain oatmeal basis,
now possesses property here on the
.' island that will make their descend-
ants Astors. They have gone special-
ly, in the-past five years, into upper
.West Side development. All this is
1.1111. outcome of economy and thrift.
‘- Idleness they call a cardinal sin.
They
have enormous gardens. where flow-
“ ers, medical "herbs. fruits and vegeta-
bles are cultivated. Lately they have
gone heavilyiinto agriculture and man-
ufacture, and find a ready market for
fall they produce. '
Dramatic Tr :.111blcs
John H. Haverly follows Abbey and
Gran in the t1ack of bankruptcy, his
debts being .“325,()00, while his assets
are only $16,000 and poor at that.
What a precarious profession, and in-
deed I can-hardly-mentiou a dramatic
manager who'has retire-d witha com-
petency. Looking back to the old
Park, its early managers. Cooper and
then Price and afterward Simpson, all
died poor. Ham-blin, who gave fame
to “the Bowery theater, also died poo-r.
Mitchell of the Olympic shared the
same fate. He was noted for low
prices and comic performance and
drew such good houses that he made
money, but. misfortune overtook him
and he shared the fate of his prede-
cessors. Laura Keene, wthose variety
theater was at one time so attractive,
also died poor, and then there was
Booth, the greatest of modern trage-
dians, who started a theater bearing
his own name but was obliged to sur-
render it i" adfew years to his. credit-
_trieved lp
member of 111's professmn that did so
The latest instance, previous to I
erly, was 0.19:1: Hammerstein,
Yes, it is a precarious business, and
yet thel‘é always seems someone ready-
to engage in 11.11.171.115: Was not ‘
for hlE enterprise IaI'nd had a (102‘ n} I
' compames 01') the' road at one-t "é... ’
As an 1llus'tratlo of the, immensé ex- I~
bills it may be and-1
3 one lithographic firm.I
pense for printluv
ed that'he.
$10, 000 This alone 'would take the
profit of many a performance, but
. managers cannot economize and must
’ '1 go at full headway until they burst.
What a striking instance of this is
found in the ruin which befell Abbey
111121 Gran!
Young Widow’l Dream.
"I wonder,” Said Mr. Blykins in a
pensive tone, “why it is' that children
‘ -' {are always so anxious to forsake all
their Joyous freedom from care and
be groWn men ”
“May"be,” answered the young son.
“it’s because grown men get attention
and sympathy when they have a stom-
a acli— ache, instead of being laughed at. "
—\l ashington Star. I
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“Little B1'eeches”--poems that
.used to say—John llay and [01111 G{
‘ the ItoWn.‘
Rheumatism' is due to a‘poison exis
life fluid 1s ilritating and corrosive in
but there” 15 much else to fear with this
' by the awful blood poisoning attacking
cure is easily within the reach of all.
Renovator.
' ' ~ . “I have suffered
four days the pain
Vt”
‘ sufferer; you can
SECRETARY JOHN HAY.
r11. Diplomat Is 3111. P1 and of His Early
. Pow and.
Secretary John Ray has always been
better known as a poet than as a diplo
mat. Yet he secretly wishes that 1.0
had never penned “Jim Bludsoe” 01
have
given him a place among .—\1ncric:_1u
literary men. He blushes yet when he
is introduced as the author of "Little
Breeches."
He would 1athe1 no known as the
private secretary to Ab1aham Lincoln
during the dark days of the late civil
war. Surrounded as he was by spies
in Washington and by cabals in his
own Cabinet, the martyred president [
used to say that there were two men
he could absolutely trust—“every drop
of blood in their veins is mine," hg
Nicolay, his two youthful private sec-
retaries.
Mr. Hay is rich. He has made quite
a pretty penny \Vll‘ll his poems am":
with the life of Abraham Lincoln
which he wrote with Mr. .‘Iicolay. and
he has found himself a millionaire 11:.
the death of his father—in law Am 1s:
Stone. Ml. Stone was a bye 1t f1ie111‘.
of Lincoln, in a quiet way, and it was
at the W'hite House that Mr.- l‘lay 12w
came his wife.
“1|
con. JOHN HAY.
Mr. Hay out quite a ti
fl :1
- when he officially represented the Unl- ;
b .
sunk a million in his Olympia and ii I ted States as am assador
now trymg Some scheme for retrieval. -
He got an.
very well socially in London, too, hav~
in'g rented one of the finest heuses in I
He and Ml’s. 1’Hay made
themselves popular with London soci-
”' They Were great patrons of 111111
" rIé still—and were aIWays l
do.
regular jhrdt-nlghters at important» _
plays; , 1
The politicians never bothere mm:
with Col. Hay.
them a good turn, yet pleasant berths 1
at the gift of succeeding Republican!
administrations have generally been I
his, including that of Assistant Secre-
tary of State. But as a man of mark-
edly good taste and much literary tal-
ent all WashingtOn has known him
well for twenty years. His “Pike
County Ballads” will live long after
people have forgotten who was Mc-
Kinley’ s Ambassador to the Court of
St. James.
John Hay loves his family and his
'home. He has a boy and several little.
girls. His wife is his idol. He is hos-
pitable, generous, studious. He is a‘
man of infinite tact, and great good
judgment. He has always been a' B.
.pu-buoan of high-minded ideas. .1. J
RE.N0VAT0R.II
The deadly uric acid that has contaminated the great
We all know the result when rheumatism leaches the heart.
1‘ dis dead instantly. Much more painful and nearly as quick is death when
rheumatism attacks the stomach, the kidneys or the liver. .
Rheumatism sufferers should not allow this disease to go unchecked. A.
the young woman who afterward 111' l. . -
several other Cities.
‘ EJUs'r ONE
LIFE
He nev’ler did'ali’y off. "3 4'
)GURED BY 'us-‘ l."
SMITH’S
ting in the blood.
its action, causing the
most excruciating pain in difiere'nt parts of the body.
Were it only for the pain, rheumatism would be a disease to be dreaded,
awful malady, for where rheumatism
exists there' is no knowing how much more damage may be done at any time
some one of the great vital organs.
The patient
We refer to Smith’s Green Mountain I
months with rheumatism' 1n both arms: ‘
_1
I On your recommendation and guarantee I bought a bottle
Of Smith’s Green Mountain Renovator, and after taking it
and soreness began to leave me. N ow
I am entirely free from it. My appetite has improved
and I feel better in every way. A. R. GRAY, Highgate,
Take Smith’s Green Mountain Renovator, if you are a
surely have relief. Remember it has
. been 1n existence for over forty years, accomplishing good
during all that time. _,
Every bottle' 18 sold under a guarantee, the money being
rOfunded should an that' 1s claimed for the medicine not be accomplished. "
Fat Men’l Clam.
There is sympathy in fat. It has I
sympathy which those superabundant-
ly gifted in the way of adipose do not
receive from those of whom Julius
Caesar called the “lean and hungry."
but which is bestowed in proportion
to the necessity, by all and sundry who
are of the more generous and v'olumin-
ous proportions, while. it overflows,
even as the milk of human kindness.-
from those approaching the Falstalfian
size.
Nearly everywhere these more or less
unwieldy mortals have formed them-
selves into clubs for common enjoy
ment, and it may be for mutual sym-
pathy, and the comparing of nores as
to their increase in size, for we may be
sure, that though the outside world is
very infrequently permitted ,to pene-
trate into the arcane. of these meeting
places, a. scale is one of the chief arti-
cles of furniture.
Paris has a Fat Man’s-Club, which is
called “Le? Cent Kilos,” a. title which
sufficiently designates the object of the
institution. No one is admitted until
he can turn the scale at that very re-
spectable weight.
Vienna, too, has a Fat Man’s Club.
So has New York, and so, indeed, have
At times, like the clown cricketers,
. the members of these various clubs
5 show their agility and exhibit their
bonhomie by festivities, in which they
permit their friends
I Such an exhibition, indeed, there has
to participate. ,
been of the Paris Fat Man’s Club, in
i which these good people indulge in
f such “violent delights” as dancing and
E a. walking match. .
At His Post of Dutv.
Inquiring Person—LWhat time did the
ptel catch fire?
' Fireman—”Midnight.
, Inqni1ing Pel son—Everybody get out
fife?
Fireman—All except the night watch
man. They couldn’t wake him up in
lime. .
Everybody has
earth, and it is
precious. It can be made
long or short, according
to the care taken of t e
health. HostettérdsL; Stomach Blt-.
ters adds. many days; to people’s
lives bv curing dyspepsia. constipa-
tion, billousness, f: 1 and ague.
33:11:31) 110 TETTER’h
and Induces STOMECH
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somewhat startled to see a Saratoga
ed, but not subdued—New York Mail
man in our day and generation,
GRANT AND A KISSING
Surnioga' Girl tram Whomillrs.
. Rescued Her Famous Spouse,
The. kissing of heroes by some of on:
young ladies during the recent war re-
calls an incident in which the late
General U. S.’Grant figured, without,
however, sharing the blushing honor,
Just after the close of the Civil War
General Grant, ‘with his family, went
to the Union hotel at Sai‘atoga
Springs. Major William Leland, the
proprietor of the hotel, had been chief
commissary on the General’s staff. He
gave a banquet to General Grant and
his wife. Many oflicers who were
from the army of the Tennessee were
present, as well as several prominent
citizens. ,
During the dinner the guests were
Grant
belle advance, with a gracious Gre-
cian bend, and ask permission of the
General to kiss him. There was only
one there who received the General’s
salute. To that high person he now
deferred." Turning, he said, “With
Mrs. Grant’s permission.”
Mrs. Grant had, as every oné 011-
served, a drooping lid. She was
obliged therefore to throw back be:
head to get a good look at the suppli-
cant, who now had not only the eyes
of all the distinguished company on
her, .but those of the other guests of
the hotel as well. ,
After an embarrassing pause, in
which Mrs. Granthad time to consid-
er the offensive charge on her defense-
less spouse and fortify herself against
the fair enemy, she came to his relief
and declined to capitulate. Nothing
daunted, h0wever, and to prove to
those present that the American girl
has nerve as well as mettle, the fair
heroine seized the General’s hand and
said: _
“Well, as you will not kiss me, I
will shake your hand,” and retired
with all the honors of war—vanquish-
and Express.
MRS- KIPLING SAVED THE POEM.
Rescued the "Beoelslonal” lifter Her .
Husband Bud Thrown It Away.
One of. the newspaper men who in-
terviewed Rudyard Kipling during his
recent visit to South Africa, writes of
him in the'Cape Times:
“He takes his work hard. He is tre-
mendously in earnest. about it; anxious
to give of. his best; often dissatisfied
with his best. He is quite comically
dissatisfied with success; quite tragic-
ally haunted by the fear that this or"
that piece of work, telt intensely by
himself in writing, and applauded
even by high and mighty critics, is
cheap and shoddy in execution and Will
be cast in damages before the higher
court of posterity. When Rudyard
Kipling had written “The Recession-
al,” whichftwo hemispheres felt to be
one of the very truest .and soundest
pieces of work done by any writing
he
was so depressed by its shortcomings
of his private Concepton that he th1ew
the rough copy into the wastepaper
‘brasket. Thence Mrs. Kipling lescned
it. But for Mrs. Kipling we should
have had no ‘Recessional!’ For his
best patriotic poems he has declined
to accept pay.”
We may repeat here a remark of
Kipling at a dinner party in London
when asked if Cecil Rhodes was mar- -
ried. “Yes,” he replied, “to tens of
thousands of square miles of British
territory. England cannot afford to
let a man like that marry in any other
way.” .
’Kipling and Mark Twain obviously
do not agree in regard to’ Rhodes.
“When Rhodes’ time comes,” sa’d
Mark Twain, “I hope to get a piece
of the rope.”
JEWELS LOST AT THE SEASHORE.
Ornaments’ Worth Fully $2,000,000 Aro-
Dropped 0r Stolen Every Year. -
It has been estimated that ove1
$2, 000, 000 worth of jewels are lost
every season at the summer resorts of
America. So great have been the loss-
es at the fashionable resorts like New.
port, Lenox, Bar Harbor, or Richfield
Springs,’that the society. matrons of
late years have deposited boxes of
jewels in bank Vaults, and when large
functions are given a member of tin:
family is-dispatched to town to get
the costly ornaments. This is-a very
inconvenient but a very safe method.
Before this precaution wastaken the
theft or loss of jewelry frequently
amounted to $8,000 or $10,000 at a sin-
gle instance. Very seldom are the mis-
laid trinkets found, and even then un-
der peculiar circumstances. Last year
a Pn'iladblphia matron secured apart-
men E at aI hotel where three years
previously she had had the mi§ortune
to lose several rings, a. watch, and a
diamond crescent, valued at $1, 400. As
rsli'e" altered one of the rooms a loose
ed; the board and ?
bright" on the plaster belOw. This dis- -.
cover'y led-‘to‘the recovery of the trio-
l1 "
erty' anthtben had forgotten about it.
Some Good Arab Maxims.
Never tell all you know, for he who
tells everything he knows often tells
more than he knows.
Never attempt all you can do, for he
'who attempts everything he can do
often attempts more than he can do.
Never believe all you may hear, for
he who believes all that'be hears often
believes more than he hears.
Never lay out all you pan afiord, for
he who lays out everything he can
aflord often lays out more than he
can afford.
Never decide upon all you may see,
for he who decides upon all that he
sees often decides on more than he
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