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WALKS ABOUT THE CITY. Obaervations Gathered from All Sections of Brookljn. tvro of the Hen Who Are Running for Hayor. Independent Organizations in Poiltlca—The Campaign Portraiture—lirooklyn Furnishes hew York With Its Champion Dudes— Some luterestlng Topics. B etohb the B ambler has had another chance to reduce to Ina and paper the results of hla wanderings the beginning of the end will b a r e been reached and the furious cannonade will bare given place to the lull which procodea the storming of the polls. The commanders gain and lose little by comparison with the men who have influenced the local ongageraeuts of other days, though Cha pin’s disciplined iutolligenco lalies the higliost rank, lie la not a dashing warrior. Ills tonguo Is tipped with silver and not with Are. IHc speeches need no reflnoment to lit them lor the crucible of newspaper type. They are looking glasses In which the mind of Chapin is reflected With absolute fldollty. Orators hide themselves beneath the flowers of their fancy. Chapin Is re vealed In his addroiaoa. They are creations which Boom ta photograph their creator. He knows and wants to know nothing of platform trickery or spoil or Incantation. Evou Ihologitlm a to arts by which variety Is Invoked aro lost to him. Ills stylo is severe, hut not hard; earuosi, but not heavy. Bis m ental scales are so perfect that no thought ever loaves them shorn of Its natural weight or padded with spurious m a terial Bo deserves what was said of an English statesm an —ho h a s n 't a single redeeming vice. Out of hla generous vocabulary he plucks no weeds. No man not as aousltlve as a whispering gallery could keep so well withiu the lines of perfect taste. Be 1s to he measured by no ordinary standard, ills scruples seem to bo so fine .and delicate that ho must regard as au uupardouahlo offense what other men would look at only as a trivial Impropriety. Organisms as exquisitely acute as this aro very often morbid. They go to extrem es In one direction Just as elas tic consciences do In another. Their moral eyes have magnifying proportloi, and with this distorted locus slight Indirections become grave Infractious aud grave Infractions crimes of capital degree. This, however, is not tho case with Chapin. Bo Is Intellectually robust. Strength and delicacy seem to ho Incompatible terms, hut with tho Democraticcamlidaie tor Mayor they aro not. Tho combiuatlou is rare, but not without parallel. It Is emplmsized in this lustanco by what is u sually described as being a complete absence of anything like emotions. P opular im p r e s s io n s ooncernino M r. C h a pin aro lulerprolod when It Is said that ho Is re garded as without personal magiiolism, cold. It has never boon said of hhn that tlie sun .shivers as It shines upon him, hut a witty friend once declared that his breath unquestionably freezes In .luly. There is enough truth In tho popular impresstous to keep them from dying out, hut certainly not enough to Justify extrema phra-soology. Mr. Chapin has no chilling effect upon an audience, though ho does not warm it Into raptures. Ills blood is undoubtedly of orthodox tem p erature. It Is not easy to Imagino that ho can possibly bocomo tho victim of any kind of fever, but th o who have drawn aside tho curtain of his homo lift say that his instincts are as hum an as their own. The lull nlto varietio.s ot our spocios have always included Chapins, without regarding them as phenom enal Some men are by n ature florid, effusive and exuber ant; others are distant, Icy and reserved. ’ Those characteristics are constitutional, not abnorm a l Tho man who is always excessively fervid Is a per fectly well known typo, and no one charges him with being a mousirosity. Chapin is, as was once before rem arked in those columns, a man of great natural dignity, and his dignity becomes him well If It had about It anything bogus It would ho Intol erable, but It h asu’t. His exceedingly active brain Is under superb control and It won’t perm it his emotions. If he has any, to spread their wings aud fly away with him. If ho over makes a serious mistake his heart will bo held blameless, not for tho reason usually assigned—that It Is la tho right place—but booauso it Is au adm irably drilled organ and will never daro to mutiny. Cer tainly the fluid that Is pum ped through his veins la not thin enough to Impoverish hla sense of beauty. The strains of pleasant music run through tho rhythm of many of hla sonloncot. Ho would proba bly think of writing a poem about as soon as ho would <jf going to a circus, hut the poetry ot his prose aud tho uobility of his thoughts spring from a fountain, frozen po.sslbly on the surface, but Just as possibly warm enough beneath. It won't oc cur to everybody that all this la treading on rather forbiddon ground. “ Chapin ta l k '' ceases to he really pertinent when It goes beyond tho quality of his brain and tho texture of hU cou- Bclence. The value of hla olllciai services if ho is elected will bo m easured by b li ability and In tegrity and net by sontimenlallsm. Until it Is shown that prevailing notions may not bo unjust, that h u m an dleguises have become obsoloio, that treachery cannot wear tho garb of friendship and wrong ttio uniform of right, is It fair to concludo that tho brilliant young candidate does not respond to tho warmest Instincta and that though his heart bo worn not upon his sleeve It Is not like tho dun geon In tho round towor of Longfellow's heart, where he promised to keep his children ------- fotevor, ■X bs , forever and a day, Till the walla shall crum ble to ruin And m oulder In dust away. I n t h e cold l ig h t of Mr. Chapin's genius tLo poreonalUyof hla rival In ihe groat contest, Colonol Andrew D. Baird,ablnes p erhaps with modi- flod effulgonco. Y'ol there is much in It. Mr. Cha pin la tho product of alo n g New England line: Mr. Baird la a sturdy Scotchman, whoso history host boglne with hlraaolf. His life comraoncod at the low level of an em igrant boy. fils one accorapllsh- niontwae that of wielding a ham m er and driving achlsel; of m aking rough atone smooth. No a d vantage was given him ; his only advantages wor? Buch as ho could take, and not m any lay near his grasp. It 1 b not easy to drop a chlaol to become learned or to lay aside a ham m er to gain social polish; and this Is most of ail dlfilcult when clileol and ham m er can alono giro support. To hii opponent learning and polish aro incidents, tohlrasolftheyaroom b arrasam ents. Ilis hands grew hard aud his fingers clumsy in tho days of his youth; bis mind was ham m ered into siiapo much as tho stone was. It tied his tongue, bungled his pen and bereft h im o f g races; Itm a d e him emphatic, shrewd and bold. The pebbles of Scotland’s dialect linger In hla throat; the cannlneea of Scotland Is in his brain. A glance at his person may not charm , but It will Intorost. Massive in itature, broad in feature, Inclined to redness and of plainest dress, It is a striking looking being indeed who tram p s along when Baird goes by. T h a t he should have mot with suoli prom pt acceptance and lofty exaltation from his party is a wonderment to those who only obBorvi but do not pene trate evoiits. Ilia party m achine has tho hundred arm s of Brlareus, but, unlike that Intricate person, it hath, moreover, as many m.Inds, each assertive and bellicose. Yet they agreed on Baird. How was it done ? I can only say that It testlfles strongly to the unnarneable in tho character of the man. lie wa.s exalted by his friends—friends made In all ways, but steadfast, pushing men, aud luckily party leaders in the main, a m ajority of the liundred hands that raised him. This personal following is the secret of hla m ight; how he gained JMs a secret too—quite unrovealod for that m atter, ihit ho has It. I n a gbeat and obowtno tow n of th is B^rt his business of course brings contact with many men. Builaess men do buslno.ss oftentimos without becoming lovers of each other; yet there st erns to bo no gap in the regard of the builders wiio have dealt with Baird; they h a r e forsaken in It any instances their party folds to help him. IIo w II hla colonelcy on the field, stepping upward fr Ml iho ranks tiirough courage aud soldlornoss to ! beloved by his men, and followed by thorn even n-//, those that a re left of them. AU this counts : • much la estltnallng a man, plain la por- • a and to all knowledge m entally rugged, too. .. m an may carve atoao and yet bo unable to i’MilJ bouses of It. A m an m ay accum ulate and f L-^ter his own fortune aud bo unable to govern and f aro for tho fortunes of others. In his own life l./iird has been well tried and found true; In a wider life aa to his coaduct lot tho past answer for tho future. Ilo has promised well; did well in his imblic doing what there was to do. Id o not mean to Imply that Baird Is a n Ifiiiocent In tho affairs of mau. To meet and boat such an arch schem er as Albert Daggett Is not a light contract. Baird car ried It out. He scrubbed hia share of ward politics pretty clean and all of the polished high m ighti nesses were a n d are with him oyef there. Under bis d u ll surface, therefore, there Is a deal of aetlv- Ity. He Is a Scotch geode. When clrcumstanoes crack him open there is sparkle and achievem ent In result, though the commonplace of the exterior be ever there. lie Is obstinate, and Scottish obstinacy Is too fine a quality to quarrel with. Should b*“ hope be fulfllled and m ake Baird Mayor fancy there would come a plain and steady adm inistration, with few new thoughts m l . with good men about It, with much method b u t no prophetic vision, with honesty and tho slow ness that travels with plodding persistency. TJ: loss the hole be there his eyes can see no deeper into tho stone than those of some men who woro before him ; who m eant well, thought much and ac- cempllshod something. A good, fair man, with an am b ition; that can be said of him. IIo Is n o t the one m an In the thousand, but he la a very good one of the nine h u n d red and ninety-nine. T hb oampaion porteaitdre th is year Xfl Stirking,though tho artistic lithographers faavo had trouble In m aking It so. Colonel Baird’s portrait was tho first la the field. It represented a beetle- browed person, whose face looked like a burl and to whoso features a yellowlsli background gave a Jaundiced appearance. It was Ucproaelng. Tho wider Us circulation the sm a ller hocame tho ad m iration for Baird. Then it was suddenly called In and tho work of a new a rtist substituted who was less realistic and more IdeaL It gives view of a lofty dome of thought, m ilitary moustachlos, a genteel goatee and an am iable countenance. The eyes are pointed skyward and have a look seraphic. It la lovely, but nbt accurata Justice Rhluohart had a sim ilar experience. Ho tried big photographs first. They made him look Irish, not German, as would host please him to a p p e a r, and gave him a dark, lowering air, deepened by the gloomy shadow of his rauatacho. Ho dropped this and got out a bald, splrituelle p ro duction that dimiuishos his width of face and depth of chin aud m akes him seem consumptlvo. It will not hold itsown with the comfortable Mr. Furey, whose person gives no sign of worrlment, Illness or Navy Yard travail. The Hon. Jacob Worth Is in the windows, too. If the portrait Id tho one which cost him a 1250 law suit he cannot he blamed for q u ar reling with it. His weird guerilla face is ironed out of all picturesquonoas, a dash of Dutchiness porvados the visage and the clinging forelock of crispy hair, his greatest adornm ent, Is plastered and brushed out of a ll comeliness. It Is a d ark, un wholesome thing; It is not Jacob. A DOWN TOWN LIQUOR DEALER w h o 19 ft m em ber of the Board of Supervisors said to Ham- blor ono d ay last week: “It don’t pay for a liquor dealer to become a leader In ward politics. I have lost money by it and the trade at my store has de creased. Because I hold the high and mighty ofilco of Supervisor about sno-naif my constltuouts firmly believe that 1 should have my hand In my pocket about ton times a day. I'm willing to help . along fairs and other entertainm ents for c h a ritable I purposes, but It Is r a ther hard on,m o to bo com- ' polled to purchase about $500 worth of ball and picnic tickets every year. I buy them with a smile —the smile d on’t cost anything. To show you how I am persecuted 1 will relate one instance. A man named Maloney living down my way brought a watch worth a t the outside $1.50 into my place and said hi.s wife was sick and he wished to rafllo off one of tho family heirlooms. I took $5 worth of tickets personally and sold twenty more. I was unfortunate enough to win Mr. Maloney’s chronom- Gtorond I handed the watch back to him. Ho Is now ray enemy because 1 did not celebrate my luck by setting them up. Hereafter I shall draw tho line a t rafilos.” C andidates for o f f ic e in Kings County, or rather those belonging to the Democratic side of the house, faro comparatively well la tho m attor of assessments. There is no such outrageous system of extortion a s is practiced by the different “halls” and organizations In the city across tho river. In Now York assessmouts are levied not In proportion to tho dignity of tho office, but in proportion to the facilities which it is supposed to afford for m aking money. The Register aud County Clerk there are taxed over $25,000 each for nomination, and tho can didates for the State Senate and Assembly aro com pelled to pay tribute equal to the am o u n t of tho entire salary of tho positions to which they aspire. The m anagers In Kings County do not ask so much. Tho expenses of a canvass are light hero as com pared with what they are In New York, and there is not thesam e urgent necessity of convincing voters of tho superior excellence of a candidate by a lib eral display of greenback- j . This list of asseas- ments by the Democratic Campaign Commitiee, so far as it goes, is not far out of tho way: Mayor, $4,000; Sheriff, $5,000; Register, $4,50); Congress man, $2,000; Senator, $1,000; Assomblyraaii, $500; AUiorman, $500; Supervisor, $500. L ooking b .\ ck at recent p o litical h isto r y 111 Kings County, the thought will doubloss sug gest itself that the district courts have fur nished their full share of Shrievalty candidates. Indeed, it has come to be recognized as a well OMUiblishod fact that tho bench may bo relied upon to furnish a t least one candidate for Sheriff every time there is an elocilon. “ H e r r ” Rhinohart used to bo clerk to tho late .Tudga Fisher, In tho old days when tho court was ou the corner of Myrtle avenue and Adolphl street, and oven then ho used to say that if ho could once roach the bench the Shrievalty nomination would be sure to follow. It was in this same court also that John Courtney— another Shrievalty a s p irant—served as «lerk to tho late Tom Riley, when that popular official was hatching his plana to quit the bench for tho Sheriff’s office. Riley was elected after a magnificent canvass, and no doubt Brother Courtney, having followed his old time friend as far as the Judicial branch of public life, will eventually also gain tho Shrievalty. Excellent recruiting places are those Justices’ courts for politicians who aim to eventually secure tho big fees of tho Sheriff's office. Perhaps by the time Brooklyn is again called upon to ©loct a Sheriff Justice Andrew Walsh may see fit to make a race for the nomination. He has been keeping r a ther quiet ot late. I WAS TALKING w itli an old citizen tho o th e r day about the relation of tho Citizens’ Loaguo to the present canvass. “’I’heae Independent organiza tions,” said ho, “ begin with a loud nourish, but they soon exhaust themselves and seldom come to anything. Look a t this Loaguo. It was formed as a sort of comfortable J’rovidBDCo to guide men In local politics. It proposed to decide for the electors how they should vote, assum ing that they were hum an and therefore liable to make mistakes. Tho League being omniscient, with a sort of neigh borhood ora niscienco, could of coureo make no mistake about anything. Now a superior intelli gence of this sort to bo of real value ought to bo able to settle doubtful and difficult ques tions offhand. Plain cases, wliero one oandldato was very bad aud tho other extremely good, where there is no room lor dispute—tho ordinary person m ight be irusioj to determ ine these for himself. But whore the Bituattou is more em barrasalug, where the average man is puzzled to pronounce upon the com parative m erits of two candidatoB n^*arly equal as to qualification—that Is the time when this overruling Providence, tho League, ought to be at hand to a s s i s t But it sooms that this Is the very time that it cauuot bo depended upon for aid. When a now .Mayor is to bo chosen, the critical period In local politics, for tho League to adm it that It l6 nonplussed and to turn the subject over to tho people Is to confeis Imbe cile failure. I am not saying whether tho League should have named Chapin or Baird, but X do say that It should have named somebody. Its feeble and saoaklng shirking of responilblUty shows that it la as Impotent as It is pretentious. I suspect wo have heard about the last of this hum b u g Citlzons’ League. “ I t CANNOT BB d enied,” ho went on to 8aj%“ that tho Young Republican Club is another illustra tion of the futility of Independent organizations. Tho difference Is that tho club has become not idi otic but partisan. There waa a time whon those so- colled Young Men wore the most p rim and precise reformers. They wore so punctilious that they would not allow tholr m em bers oven to think of officoholding and they pursued an unhappy wretch to politieal death because he ventured to run for th© Asserably. True, they were not consistent about It, for whon another of their members, tioth Ix)w, accepted a nomination for Mayor they turned to and elected him. But now the Club does not make even tho slightest pretoaso of non partiaan- Bhip. “A m I NOT In favor of reform?’’ he continued. “1 have very IJltlo patience with profesBioual reform. If you mean by the word m aking things better, I am decidedly in favor o flL B u l l expect to see it accumi)ll8hod not by CUlzena’ T.oagnos or the like, but by tho old .fashioned methods which have Borved Iho purpose during our fathora’ lime and throughout most of the history of tho Republic. Tho third party or the no party idea is a now fauglod notion. There never can bo more than two parties to am o u n t to anything, and you cau work out tho public salvation with them. Whon you aro dLssatlsfied beyond rfM^oncIUatlnn with a jtartv, if it la y o u r own p arty, go over to th© other party. Don’t p retend to be n o thing.” T he fieece duello between two quondam Brooklynites, Mr, Robert Choaterlleld Hilliard and Mr. Evander Berry Wall, In the m a tter of startling attire, which for a week stirred the Metropolis to its deepest depths and resulted In the vanqulsh- m ent of Evander Berry Wall, was watshed with breathless Interest l a Brooklyn. Mr. H illiard’s tri um p h Is perhaps a souroeof greater gratification than would h ave been Mr. Wall's, Mr. nnilard's rise has been th a t of a self made dude, while Mr. Wall was born with a wardrobe, so to speak. The grim old Eastern District rope twister who fathered him loft ducats in plenty, though these have mostly passed away and tho peddling of wine now keeps his son in trousers. Bosido the young m an early discarded Brooklyn as his dwelling spot and scorned the place of his nativity. He has gone about in life with chilling hauteur, unloving and unloved—only startling—while Mr. Hilliard was Jong a winsome young m an in this town, whose stop on tho Acade my’s a m a teur stage aot a parquet of first society dam sels’ h e a rts to fluttering, and who for y e a rs and years was, the dearest of young men hero. The Ram bler used to control a Kemble ticket or two, and rocalle vritb p \in the refusals necessarily incidental to a large dem and for them. Mr. Wall Is asham ed of Brooklyn. It la not recorded that Mr. Hilliard has ever been disloyal to his city. Now, from iho proud throne of the kingdom of the dudes he m u st look upon it a s a pleasant background to his ca reer. Some Brooklyn men have attained greatness heretofore, but none ever duplicated a Fall and W inter fashion plate la a single day. Mr. Hilliard is working out h is destiny. Mr. M ichael D. M c G ivney , who died Bud- donly last week, was ono of tho well known charac- tors of the Fifth Ward. He dwelt for m any years with h is fam ily In a red brick house in tho com p ar ative quietude of W’aler street, n e a r Hudson avenue. Ho waa a m em ber of the old volunteer fire depart m ent and a veteran of the Civil War. By trade ho was a printer. He was only 43 years of ago, and had anything but tho appearance of a m an on whom death was likely aoon to calL A week ago Thursday m orning ho was sitting in tho Franklin House, New York, playing dominoes with a friond. It was 1 o’clock. After finishing a gam e he called the n ight watchm an and tolling him that ho was going to take a nap requested to be called at 3 o’clock. “ Do not fail,” he said, “ because I m u st be in Printing House Square shortly afterw a rd.” Ho h ad scarcely finished speaking when he fell on the floor, a p p a rently in a fit. An am b u lance sur geon who waa sum m o ned said that ho had been a t tacked with cerebral hem orrhage. Ho was taken to Chambers street Hospital, whore ho expired at 8 o’clock the ^rime morning. His funeral, which took place on the following Saturday, was ono of tho largest that has ever taken place in tho Fifth Ward. E ver binge th e g r e a t fire ou F u r m a u s tr e e t, on tho 14th of April, 1805, MeUivney walked with a limp. At tho tim e of the fire ho waa a m em ber of Frontier Hose Company No. 5, of which yheriff Farley was foreman. In company with Louis Gard ner, a brother of ei-County Clork Gardner, and a m an named Williams, ho was stationed on tho roof of the burning m u stard factory whon it foil In, pro- cipUatiug tho throe to tho collar, a distance of more that sixty f e e t McGIvuoy foil on his side, and was only partially stunned. Rogaluiug con- Bclousuoss, ho looked upward and saw a groat mass of flooring about giving way. IIo throw his arm s around his head to shlold it and turned his faco downward. A heavy beam struck his loft leg, breaking It in several places. Soon afterw ard ho was rescued. Ills two companions dlecL Through Sheriff Farley’s influenco ho obtained an appoint m ent as building inspector, which he hold for sev eral years. Ho served in the war in the Thirloonth, Fifty-second and Fifty-sixth regiments. Ho was a m em ber of Pressmen and Feeders’ Union No. 9, of New York. In his youth ho enjoyed a couslderablo reputation as a n a m a teur actor. Gabriel Harrison, Who was ihon m anaging tho Park Theater, was , struck by his acting and gave him an engagemont. IIo playod sm a ll parts at the P a rk for two years. When he m et with tho accident in which his log was broken he was compelled to abandon tho stage. He was a short, stout aud powerful man. His nature overflowed with geniality. He had an ex ceedingly lively disposUieii and was tho soul of every social gathering he attended. On such occa sions he always sang and danced himself into tho affections of ovory ono present. His e arly death is mourned hy a host of frlonds. A CLEAN LIMBED YOUNG itiRn of modiuin height, with choeEa aa rosy a« those of tho tradl- tloual mlllcmalcl, entorod oi-Aldorm an Caaoy’a aalooa on Wedneaday afternoon. Aa aoon aa the former City Father saw him ho graapod him heart ily by the hand and greeted him cordially aa “ John.\ Tlhe visitor waa Lawlor, tho champion hand ball player of Ireland, lie has crossed the ocean for tho purpose ot finishing tho series of games between him self and Caaoy for the cham pionship of tho world. Tho num b er ot games yet to be played la eleven. Ton games woro playod last year betwoon tho two In Dublin, Casey winning four and Lawlor all. The oi-A lderm a u la having a new court erected on Degraw street, near Court When It waa shown to tho Irish cham pion ho e x pressed hlmaolt aa m uch pleased with It. Tho enam p lonship gam es will bo playod there on the 22nd of November, and wilt doubtless attract a grout d eal ot attention from Irishm en. If Ireland can bo said to possess such a thing as a national game It Is hand ball. Lawlor h as dofoatod all the local cham p ions of Cork, Belfast, Londonderry, Queenstown aud Longford. Since boconiliig a pro fessional, threo years ago, ho has never mot with defeat. Casey is confldoat th a t ho will receive his Qrsl one at his hands. J ohn H a r r iso n , t h e b ig grocer , is tho recognized Democratic loader in the Twenty-fifth Ward. He is rotund lu shape aud a stranger would doscribo him as gruff of m anner. The opposite Is the case. Many of Mr. H arrison’s employes are youths of 16 or 17. If Mr. Harrison discharges a boy the latter Indulges iu a wide g rin and walks out of tho store. Tho boy lurks In the grocery cellar and finds somethiug to do. Perhaps two d ays later Mr. Harrison runs across tho offending employe working about tho storo, and this is about the con- vorsaiion which takes place: “ I thought I discharged you.” “ I don’t rem em b er.” “ Well, I do.” At this polut Mr. H arrison’s face gives infaUlblo signs of “ w eakening” and tho boy takes another trip to the cellar and laughs. T w o w e e k s AGO liam b lo r publiB h e d tho fact that Harlan l\ Halsey (Old Sleuth) received $7,500 a year for tho dotectivo stories ho luralshos the Firexide Companiotu .Mr. Halsey was o riginally a song writer, and m any of tho songs that made Tony Pastor famous wero evolved by him. As far as known his d ebut as a story writer was with Wild Oaf«, a humorous paper thou owned by Win* choU & Small. George Small, the editor, is dead, and ho was best known to tho readers of cheap periodicals as “Brlcktop.” Small used to tell this story of llaUoy to a chosen coterie of Bohemians with great gusto: Halsey outorod tho office of Wild Oata and handed in a bundle of m anuscript. It waa read in regular course and found to bo an In dian story, which was particularly unsuitable for tho paper. Halsey had tacked ou under tho title “ By Tony Pastor.” Bricktop and Pastor woro groat friends and tho former called Pastor’s attention to the fact that a story had been subm itted to him with Pastor ns author. “ T h at’s all right,” said Tony. “ I told HaUey ho could use my nam e if It would help him any.” In due course Halsey called at the office and asked If his story was to bo used. “No,” said Small, running hla fingers through his auburn locks. “Some d ay you may possibly be n good story writer, and, my child, I want to givo you a hint.” “ What is i t ? ” Mr. Small handed over tho rejected m anuscript to Halsey and said: “ My experience has taught mo that when an a u thor h as killed a n Indian ho should no: stop to bury him but go on and kill more,” Halsey saw the point and ho was afterw ard intro duced in George Munro’s establishm ent by “ Brick- top.” IlalBoy Is now the owner of considerable real estate. O ne or the resuscitated . churches of the ciiy la the North Heformed, on Clorinont avonuo, opposite tho Itlnk. A lltllo while ago Its affairs wore BO Btraitouod that tears ot Its possible sale arose. Fortuaatoly tor tho parish and Its noigh- borhood this gloomy state ot things has vanished under the lead ot its present p astor, Rev. IV. V. Perry, who h as brought new life, now activity and new prosperity. The chief pride ot the North Re formed is In Its adm irable choir. Brooklyn churches In many Instances are favored 'with good quartets, and this one chances to bo ospoclally for tunate. Mr. Goorgo F. Mills is choir m aslor; Mrs. Charles W alter, soprano; Mlis L. Uollls, contralto; Mr. Charles W alter, tenor, and Mr. H. B. Coombie, bass. Tholr musical efforts have done m u ch to In- croasa tho guecesa of tho rovivod movement. B ambleb . OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. Fashions for the Small Boy, Llke- -wise the Girl Bnita and Orercoats—Jerseys—DanoInff Cos- tnmea — French Wools — Scotch Cheviots, Black Stockings—Lnco Curtains—Window Draperies and Portieres* FaBhious for little maidens are so beautifully quaint that m o thers are delighted with them and those women who have not tho good fortune to pos sess a little daughter to make up some of the charm ing models from the lovely fabrics intro duced for their wear, should be aorrowfuL Boys are boys and it is almost Impossible to mako them look stylish, that is, for most m o thers; thus, when we see a stylishly dressed little boy, wo look well nt him, are more attracted, because it is a sort ot novoUy. There is not so much to select from for boys and women with good taato m ust hunt to find a becoming hat or coat for the little follow; but only a few seem to realize this. Tho email boy wants a new hat; the m o ther takes him to a certain store, trios one on and if it fits and the price suits her, sho buys i t He h a s got a new hat and ho is satisfied. I have noticed, too, that the man selling the hat dooan't have much to say about It, that is about Its being becoming; ho wants to sell it and he tolls the boy it is nice aud that settles the matter. Iu selecting a hat for a little girl tho millinor trios on dlfforent stylos unlil ah© makes tlie little dainty fuco look pretty and picturesque; then, whon the youthful ladysieps out robed la onoof tho boautlful cloaks seen wherever childron's elolhes are sold sho looks lovely, no m atter how p lain hor face may bo. Thoro Is really moro stylo exhibited in boys’ clothes this season than ever before, the overcoats being p a rticularly uoticoablo. For boys 5 or 6 years old there is the oulPido coat, made both in the smooch and rough cloth, aftor the style of alig h t fitting bodico, with long skirts and a capo roachlng nearly to the waist. It is a very attractive model and runs In various stylos up to manhood. An ex quisite model in heavy plain blue cloth has a deep rolling collar, cuffs and large frog buttons In chin chilla plush. It is the moat b o autllul garm ent in the city for a boy 8 or 10 years old. Cloth suits with tho plaited or Norfolk Jacket is the prevailing shape and are sewicoablo, comforta ble school and play suits, but are really not hand some for tho house. Metbers are not apt to pay as much attention to tho changing of tho clothes of their little sons as d aughters, aud I could moullon Instances whore tho boy Is loft to run tho streets until d ark, then hurries in and barely has tlmo to wash his hands and faco before dinner Is an nounced. Ills clothes have tho odor of tho street dirt and they are really not fit to dine in. Tho little girl has on her clean dress or apron, a nice fresh ribbon In h e r hair, h er h ands and finger nails clean, and the contrast is great. Another case presents a little boy, 7 years old, who U allowed to play out after school u n til 5 o'clook. Ho Is then brought lu, his hands and nails scoured, afternoon stockings are put on, his shoos chaugod for lighter ones, which aro generally half worn out or too thin to wear In tho street and kept well blackened for house use, and this year his dinner dress Is a dark blue velvet suit which has done service since he was 4 years old. It comprised at that tlmo a kilted skirt and long walsted coal, About one year ago his mother made knoe breochos out of the skirt aud lengthened iho sleeves under the cuffs, and this worn with a white shirt waist aud yellow satin ribbon tied under the collar, prosouis a very drossy appearance. One clean white shirt waist lasts for this purpose ono week, but with his corduroy school suit every day he wears a colored shirtw a is t. Tho afternoon stockings, too, usually last clean a week, so you see that tho change of clothes adds but little to tho wash list, and m akes a very large difference in the appearance of the homo clrclo whon the fam ily assemble at the table or in the drawingroom for an hour before tho children retire. Kome Jersey suits for boys are very attractive and stylish. Tho Doror., suits in blue medium weight, with regular make sailor collar, trim m ed with wide navy braid, with sm a ll vest piece to but ton In front, come in 4. 5, 6, 7 and 8 year sizes and are very pretty for house wear. Tho Rambler, also a choice pattern In navy blue Jersey cloth, has a rolling sailor collar trim m ed with wide white braid and a n embroidered s tar in tho center of vest piece. W ith thla s u it is worn a standing collar, aud sizes run up to 8 years. The United States Naval Service suit of navy blue Jersey cloth, Is trlramod with medium wide whito braid. Tho Jacket comes over the hips, io sack shape, is trim m ed down the front and around the bottom with two rows of tho braid, the sleeves trim m ed to form cuffs with the same. A sm all turnover collar Is also trim m ed with tho braid. A 6 y e a r size Is only $4.75, aud with a white standing collar and cuffs m akes a very pretty suit. For girls under 12 tho Fall a n d W inter coats aro oxtrsm ely tasteful. They are long enough to cover the dross, and m any of them are made of soft chev iots o r iuvisiblo plaids, touched up with dark silk or velvet, and have belts, capos and hoods, some times altogether on ono garm e n t A most com fortable and stylish little coat is the Hilary. It la of light brown melton cloth, with collar, belt aud lower p a rt of tho sleeves of dark brown velvet. Tho upper part of tho sleeves of cloth are mado a IlUio full. Tho waist of the coat is short aud plain, double breasted in front and six large fancy but tons. The skirt is set on in large box plaits. If preferred plain cloth sloovos can bo worn. Tho model is suUahlo for heavy or light weight cloths, plush or velvet, and for a girl 8 or 10 years tho skirt should roach tho top of the high boots. Cloaks for sm all children are worn to tho Instep. The stylo is oxtromoly elegant, aud a very, showy coat in this shape U of b right d rab smooth cloth, with a long, loose s*l©ove finished with triple cuffs aud deep lynx collar. Another most boautUul model lu copper color plush has rich passomouterlo or- nam o nts in black across tho back of the waist aud at tho front with a loose open flowing sleeve trim- mod to match over a clo.‘?o sleeve. A very pretty dross lately seen Is of dark blue cashmere, with plaited skirt and Jacket blouse having a Breton vest, cuffs and collar of whito cashmere, covered with braiding of flue blue silk cord. .Such a decoration opens a wide field for novel effects at sm all expense. Velvet accessories aro much used ou dresses for children and all kinds of fancy hand work a re very fashionable,but expon- slvo unless done a t home. Embroidered frills on wide turn over collari are worn In the nocks of children’s dresses, and sashes of the dress m aterial about twenty Inches wide aro sewed In tho side seams and long enough to tie in to a large bow with trim m ed ends. A good design for checked flannel, shows a box plaited skirt, rolling collar, cuffs, outside belt and round waist shirred a t the neck and waist lino, back and front. Plaited skirts and cutaways are worn by girls outgrowing tlio Gretchou style of costume. Velvet collar, cuffs and rovers over a loose plastron, are very pretty. Short round aprons and wing drap eries aro worn over drop or plaited skirts, with buaque turning back In front to show a shirred plastroa. Th© Philippe dress is suitable for either a e lrl or boy, aud Is adapted to the most pr.'xctlcal usee. A partially fitted waist reaching Just below tho hips has a tail skirt sowed ou tho edge of the waist. A plaited front, large turnover collar and cuffs aro of some combination m aterial, tho edge of the skirt trimmed around with thesam e and a narrow rib bon sash m atching as near as possible, is worn over where the skirt aud waist a re joined. Wo have no longer tho little Onbriollo drosses which for years wore so much worq, and few gowns are mado with single yokes. The old fashioned costumes such as woro m ade fifty years ago, with thoir abort walais and long skirts, covering up tho little logs down alm o st to the shoe tops, are now tho most fashionable style. llandflome drosses for girls between 12 and 16 years are mado of brown, old red, light navy or gobelin blue cashmoro or camols’ h a ir foule. This combines most offecilvoly with velvet. Drosses for dancing school lu pink, tan, bluo aud cream woolen aro trim m ed with velvet of a contrasting color, as red on cream, golden brown and pale bluo and delicate green ou pink, Anothor p r o i tj combina tion la th a t of cream wool and molro. A very girlish and attractive model has a round baby waist, tied up on tho shoulders with ribbons, over a choraisu russo of the sam e or piece laco. The sleeves should puff to th© elbows and tie with rib bons and a sash to m atch worn around the waist. Tho skirt m u st bo fully d raped, and tho under p a rt bo in kilt plaits or plain. A p retty trim m ing for children’s drosses Is narrow velvet ribbon, put on’ iu rows or p n lterns llko braid. French plaid woolens aro favorite m atorlals for little girls’ W inter dresses. Immense b argains aro offered by a loading house in Kcoloh cheviots, very desirable goods In tho most genteel patterns, and are Just the thing for misses’ and children’s g eneral Winter wear. They are vers warm , show plaid, striped a n d m ixed effects, a n d those a t 58 cents p e r yard a re ono y ard and a quarter wide. They a r e also very nice for ladles’ wear; will make up most desirably as a general utility costume. They come in brown and red or blue, blue and brown In several shades and green, and need only a collar and cuffs of brown, blue o r red velvet. A very p retty dress shows a plaid skirt a»d plas tron worn with plain colored cutaway casque, hav ing the fronts turned back aa revors and faced with fthe plaid. Black Jerseys with Breton vests, with , p laids over the bust, are nice for misses. Another good style for a girl Is a kilt skirt of d ark wool, plain goods, with a large box plait In front aud on each aide, with a long V of plaid velvet running down tho center of each. The basque baa a V shaped vest to the waist lino and sm a ll Va are placed OB the shoulder reaching to tho bust. If drapery is desired, let It bo ot tho short round psnlor style with short bouffant back. The Aline dress is an oxcellont model for the email girl,showing the skirt laid In broad box plaits all around, the waist gathered back and front with a yoke and forming a blouso. A bias band around the skirt, the yoke aud cuffs are of velveteen and tho turn down collar of tho dress material. If the high standing collar la preferred It may also bo of velvet. For Ilamiol or sorgo braid or velvet rib bon will furnish an excollont trim m ing, provided the dress is mado of one matorlaL For a miss from 12 to 16 years the Thora Jacket Is a garm ent par excellonco. It Is perfectly tight fit ting, of nearly equal length all around, the back broken only by a narrow lop at tho middlo seam that dees not extend quite up to tho w a is t The fronts turn back In rovers and hold In place by arge buttons aud .a vest of plain cloth of lighter color is secured under tho lapola. A stylish Illus- iralion waa In dark green billiard cloth, with the vest of Ivory whito cloth open in the center from tho bust to the throat aud laced with scarlet. Tho rovers and deep cuffs aro ornam ented with while pearl buttons. Tho sam e combination of buttons and vest may be used with dark red, dark brown, dark blue or eoppor tinted cloth and the vest of fawn, chamois or buckskin color and the buttons m ight be gilt. A high collar fits snugly about tho throat and turns over about tho depth of tho revors. Among tho popular coat models is one rnado of rough dark rod cloth with silk for a hood lining aud braid, cord and tassels for trimming. In front tho body Is no deeper than a round waist and side back gores of sim ilar d epth contribute to th© close effect a t tho sides. The fronts aro double breasted, the lap being very wide and tho closing made in tho m anner peculiar to the style with button holes and buttons of polished wood. Tho back Is a princess style, being ono length from neck to odgo. The center seam Is well curved and term inates be low tho waist line at tho top of an undorfoldod double box plait. Ties of braid are inserted in the side back seams Just above tho top of the skirt por tions and are carried forward and tied at tho right side of tho front. Tho hood folds in a point and Joins the coat with a sland*iug collar. A dainty little negllgo Is In garnot flannel trim m ed with croam colored braid. It Is cut with a deep straight yoke, tho skirt fulled Into tho same. Th© full sleeves aro gathered Into a wide cuff and thoio with a rolling collar and outside Jackets are trim m ed with th© braid. Felt h a ts for sm all children aro shown in enlarged sailor shapes in brown, cream, blue and cardinal. Theso have Immense brims, perfectly straight, aud round crowns. They aro piquant and becoming. If faced with velvet It Is laid on smoothly to the edge of the binding. Some of tho whito hats are very handsome, particularly thoso with a furry beaver brim aud smooth crown. A p retty Idea Is to turn a wido brim up ou one side aud in the back with two velvet rosettes of inch wide ribbon; a third rosette is placed almost on top of tho crown betwoon the other two, and tUroo bands trim tho crown. Felt sailors for boys aro bound and trim m ed with a wide velvet band and largo buckle on tho side and a single quill feather carelessly stuck in one aide. Cloth Tam O’Shantor caps and a variety iu velvet and plush, as well as the popular polo cap, are offorotl a t m oderate prices. Black stockings are g enerally worn, and the p op ular fast black dye U a perfect luxury not only for children’s wear, but for all ages aud sizes. This particular dye will not rub off and does not discolor the flesh or clothes one partlelo. Every time they are washed with hard soap and dried In tho sun they seem to look blacker and better. They are now introduced In heavy qualities for children’s NVinler wear and aro equally a s moderate In price as thoso that turn gray a fter being washed once or twice. Nottingham laco curtains aro Just now solUng a t marvelously low prices. Tlioso in Irish point nud Brussels effects are as low as $2.50 aud silk and satin tapestry fifty laches wide can bo had at $1.50 por yard. Tam b our curtains and silk Madras cur tains in now designs are very haudaomo and at most moderate figures, and special designs and colorings aro seen at a loading houso In chonille, Turcomau aud velour portioro curtains. Satin table covers, 4-4 square, aro offered at $1.35 and they a re very handsome, wliiio hand em broidered plush m antel lam b requins and table scarfs aro at moderate prices, A very nice em b roidered felt mantol lam b requin can be had at $1.40 and $1 will also buy one that is qulto decorative. Fortloros of Florentine velours aro magnificent and of such durable quality that they will repay tho cost, which Is generally a largo Item in fur nishing. Those a t $60 a pair aro double faced and require no expense lu m aking up. A boautlful sot is in old red on ono side and Gobelin bluo on tho other, with a rich bordering in tapestry colors. Anothor choice p a ttern has largo sunflowers In gold and blue centers on a rod ground, while tho rovorso is p lain blue, and a rich border In tapestry designs Is alike on both side?. Plush vallancos are somotlraos hung over laco curtains, and theso may bo p lain and bordered tvlth a heavy fringe, or embroidered, as tho fancy d io tales. Oriental silks are sold by th© y ard and coat from 75 cents to $2, according to quality and nov elty in design. This m aterial is also used for m an tel lam b requins, chair and easel scarfs, m irror curtains, bookcase and shelf bangings, and cush ions of all kinds. Turcom an and chonlllo curtains with borders aro used either for window draperies or portieres. Thoso aro double faced aud present beautiful effects In rich colors and faded tapestry tints. Tucoman c u rtains are quite inexpensive and may bo had from $3 por pair upward. Wool chenillo cost $8, but tho beautiful sUk chenille is from $20 to $100 por pair. Ilaudaome draperies show two toned effects, and two contrasting colors. Tho most elegant and fashionable tlius are copper, coral, bronze, ruby, olive and electric bluo. 0, A. G. IN SK a SON. I mot h e r In Docoinber, Ere danciag made hor thin— A p liant figure In a suit Of cloth and leopard skin; Hor p retty chin looked fuller Clasped by a bonnet bow. Her pointed bang aud ostrich tips Were powdered by the snow, Aud I vowed, as I bowed. T h at a maid’s in hor p rime, Like a rich hot houso rose, In tho bleak W inter time. But now in bluo Midsummer, Tho loafty August days. Short skirted cambrics make her loem But childish iu hor ways; A wide brimm ed straw half shadowa Her faco from noontide glare. Her little neck and chin ar© brown, And tho wind has tossed her hair. And I say a s wo stray, I have always averred, That the rose as It grows Out of floors I proforrod. —Li/e. A CASNIBAL MANSION. T h e r e nro tw o large p o s ts in fro n t , eig h ty feet high, on which rusts the largo peaked shade, around which thoro hangs a graceful fringe of young BBgo leaf. The front is about 30 feot wide, aud the whole length of the house is lliO feet, taper ing gradually down to tho back, where It is small. Our eom partm ont la about twenty foot high and ton foot broad. The front is a common platform floored with the o u ter skin o f tho sago palm, and kept beautifully clean. The wbols Is divided Into courts, with divisions or cocoanut loaves, niuo feot high, ou which hang various flguros, not at all good looking. From the top to the cocoanut loaves hang graceful curtains of the young frond of tho sago palm. Standing on tho platform In front and looking down tho whole length nlong tho passage or hall, with tho various divisions and their curtains. It has a woudorful oCteoL In each of Iho courts aro num erous skulls of men, women and children, crocodiles aud boars, also many breasts of the cassowary. AU aro carved ami many painted. Tho hum an skulls aro of those who have boon killed and oaton. Tho d aintiest dish hero la m an, nud It Is considered th a t only fools refuse and despise i t In tho last court thoro aro tho sam e k inds of o rnam ents, and then a screon with curiously lorraod things of wood and nativo cloth hanging on It: also, albls (their only clothing), bolts, sm a ll hags and othor things belonging to thoso m u rdered, which have boon proaoatud to the gods. —I'ioneering Neiv Ouinia, MISCALLED “HUNTER FLY” The Course and the History of the Aander Vly Road. Bnnnini; South From tho Line of the Present Reid Avenue—Houses Which FtlH Stand ns Ancient L.qndmarks—The Terminus. Two h u n d r e d and m o re years ago, w h e n th e Dutch settlors within what aro now th© proclncta of Brooklyn mado thoir various c art ways north and south through the cloves, o r clufes, la the rang© of hills running southwesterly across the west end of Long Island, so as to reach Flatbush, tho then seatof Justlceand religion for thesection mentioned, among other roads was ono which intersected the old cart way known as Bedford lane a t a point noar where Reid avenue now branches off from Fulton street and taking a southoaaterly courso Intersected the Now Lots road a short distance south of tho pres ent Junction of Thatford street and Hagotnan avo nuo a t Fresh Crook. W hether this was an Im p o rtant road when It was first made 1 am not prepared, from the data at present within my reach, to state. It m ay have been only a convouiont c art way through the woods, or It m ay have been intended as a sh o r tcut to en able the Boswiok OP Bushwiek farm ers to reach Flatbush. Or its prim© iuioatlon may have been to give the Bedford folk and those north aud west of that ham let an opportunity to roach a mill on Fresh Kill, or creek, whore Vanderveer’s mill still stands. W hatever the original Intoatloa, it ia cer tain that the Dutch mado tho road and nam ed It the “ Aander Vly,” or the road “ over to tho creek,” and although it h as been partly oblUeratod and bas boon disguised for many years under a strange and meaningless n am e—the “ Hunter fly ” road-—it continues to run “ over to the creek ” to the present day. Away back somewhere about 1665, when that fa mous individual, Rotor Stuyvesant, controlled tho destinies of Now Amsterdam, Bedford Lane, (later on the King’s Highway, and tno Brooklyn and Jam a ic a Turnpike,) ran east from Bedford and past the present Junction of Reid avonuo and Bainbrldge street. At this point,about fifty feet west of th© p res ent line of Reid avenue, the Aander Vly started out to the South,aud coatlnuod,parallel with tho lino of, but some distanco away from Reid avenue across Chauucey and .Marion street t > Fulton. Tn the first two bloeks named, there in ». ol ling to Indicate tho old road, but between Marlon aud Pulton streets there Is a vacant lot on what was formally the line of tho road. On the south side of Fulton street, In the first block, th© lino of tho road can still bo soon, al though it is not opon to travel. Over a high board fence on the south side of Fulton street, between tho houses, which aro only about fifty foot apart, is the legend, “ J. King, Carpontor,” and In tho rear of tho fonco that Individual appears to have a shop, although ho does not closo up th© former road completely, as there is still room for a wagon road across tho block to Uorklmer street. Between llorklraor atroot and Atlantic avonuo the road is open and thore are half a dozon houses built upon It. Atlantic avonuo was filled here, and consequently after crossing it the Aandor Vly, or H u n ter fly, a s It !.s now called, makes a dip down to a lower level. North of tho line of Pacific street, not yet cut through, stands a very old farm h o u se and stable on the west side of tho Huntor fly road, and on the east sido aro two othor housos, doomed soon to disap pear. Beyond P a d fle, to the corner of Doan street and Rochester avonuo, the Uno of the road trends moro to the eastward. Here It is being fast fiUod up. Roehestor avonuo on tho east of it has been filled, Doan atroot has been fillod and gradod and Utica avonuo on tho west h a s been fillod and graded and housos built along it. This fliilng a n d grading has croatod a dam to eonflno tho wators of what used to be Suydam's pond. It Is now only about one-eighth of a milo in length by about two hundred feet wido. It used to bo throo times that slzo, but It has boon gradually circum scribed to Ua present dlmouslons. It is fod by springs, and for years h as h ad no apparent outlet. It will not be long until it Is completely filled In and any water that h a s a tendency to well u p In tho old location will have to find a way off through the city sewers. It got its n am e of Suydam’s Pond, from Mosos Suy- dom, who owned a farm directly oppssito on tho east s ld ^ o f tho Huntor fly road, and whose old houso still stands back from tho east sido of the road near tho lino of Doan atroot. East of the cor ner of Dean street and Rochester avenue, thoro aro Bovoral old houses on tho road, but a couple of hundred feet from tho corner the line of the road turns diagonally across tho block to tho southward, climbing the hill which hero appears, crossing over Bergen slreot, and on to tho cor ner of Buffalo and SL Marks avenues. Botweon Dean and Bergen streets It Is on tho hlll- Bldo and Is being lovellod; between Borgon street and St. Marks avenue is high ground, which is being cut down. In both these blocks the Hunter illy road is closed; in th© first by Oiling, In the second by Bosch’s grocery storo, which stands on thocoruor of SL Marks and Buffalo avenues, both of which sireots are gradod. Tho Huntor fly tormorly crossed a t this corner d iagonal ly to tho southeast. On tho n o rtheast corner of these cross streets stands—slightly diagonal to the cor ner—Kollor’s blacksmith and wheelwright shop, which was long known as Fred Cameron’s and onco did a thriving trade with iho farm ers who passed over tho Hunter fly to m arket, or thoso who travoled down that way for pleaauro to Cor- stein Schriefer’s Rising Sun tavern and on down to Canarsle. There a re four houses just north of tho old road, east of Buffalo avonuo, two of which are quite old. Ou this southeast corner stands Wohlko’s llorol. Along the north side of tho road, in front of tho wheelrlght’s shop, and on beyond in front of sorao old dwellings, aro six large willows. About 200 foo: wo9t from the JuncUon of SL Marks and Buffalo avonuos, tho Huntor fly turns diagonally across the block to tho southoast, across the west end of tho block to Prospoctplace; through the center of tho block to Park placo; across iho oast of tho block to tho Junction of Butler street aud Ralph avenue; across tho corner of tho block to Douglass slreot; over the coutor of tho block to Dograw street; diagonally across tho corner to the Junctlou of tho Eastern Parkway (commonly called tho Boulevard) and Howard avenue. In all tho distance from S t Marks avenuo to Douglass street, tho road is siill open, and tho cross streets nro not gradod, although thoro Is some fllUng going on east of iho road, In a hollow between Park placo and Douglass street. Just beyond wboro tho Huntor fly starts south from St. Marks avenuo is a rope walk belonging to tho estate of Otto Morrison. Sixteen years ago It was located west of F ranklin avenue, inthoN Iuth Ward, but the city crowded it and Mr. Morrison moved to tho present location, then in th© country about a mllo and a half further east. Now, although for several blocks to tho south and oast thoro aro very low improvomonts, tho city llnds already extend about a milo and a half further oast still aud woU built portions of tho city surround this unbuilt section on three sides. It cannot be long ore tho rope walk will have to am b le again or be s h u t up In the city. South from tho rope walk and oast of tho road, In tho block which Is m arked on the m ap as bounded by Prospect and Park places, Patchen and Howard avenues, are tho old picnic grounds fam iliar to a largo portion of tho inhabitants of Brooklyn. To tho west of tho road, on a hill about on tho lino of Butler streot, stands a two-story fram e house .with wings, and a cupola In which are Gothic win dows of siaiued gloss. It is r a ther a unique looking structure perched on top of the hill. It was ©reciod about thirty years ago by a colored man named Duncan, who was an undoriakor lu Now York. Ho made somo money aud built this quaint houso oh tno hill, where ho could bo “ far from tho madding crowd” and have a magnifleent view. lie certainly got the latter, for hero are tho higher bills from which one can look out to the sea. From Butler to Douglass street the Hunterfly Road runs down a valley. Tho h ills on the oast are not Tory high, but on tho west they rise a b ruptly and stand out bold and bare. Stan ilng on tho top one can see over the country for miles to tho south nud east; cau nolo noar to the new streets that have been c u t and graded through tho farm s; off to tho east ou the thickly populated and nowly^an- nexed Twenty-sixth Ward; while t© tho southoast m iles away tho waters of Jam a ica Bay and tho Atlantic Ocean sparkle in the sunlight, while be yond tho bay Rockaway’g folly, the m am m oth un- flnlshod hotel, is plainly visible. Whoro tho Hunterfly Road crosses Douglass streot and runs diagonally across tho block to De graw, and OB to the Junction of Howard avenuo and thoK a starn Parkway, tho road is still opon, and there aro several houses and burns upon I t It was thero the Jam a ica Plank Road from FlathuaU at this point t ^ B ^ ^ ^ m u ^ t l s l n g ?un tavern was k ept by Car- stoin Schriofor thirty or forty years ago. This was a popular sporting houso whea the Huntorfly was much of a thoroughfare, ami was used by tho peo ple of Brooklyn to roach Caharslo, Beyond tho Easiorn Parkway there Is not much In tho way of city im provements along tho line of the road. To the west of it the country has not been taken into the city, although the ground has all been laid out and some of the streets mado through. The road la the western city line of a portion of tho nowly annexed district, formerly known as East Now Yo'-k, Tho road eroasos the south ond of iho block to Vantlovaer; to tho corner of Dograw (a Uut»lioT(o ia name in tho newly an nexed district of tho oUior Dograw siroot, and run ning a t a right angles from It) and Union; across tho north ond of the block to Saratoga; to Douglass (another duplicate); to Amos, to Austlco, Uopkin- son, Baltic, Contor and to tho JunoUon of Rock- away and Duryoa. It then follows Rockaway to Linlngtou, diagonally across the block to Rapelje, and winding between Rockaway and Thaiford to th© corner of Thatford and Vanderveer, and then follows Thatford two and a half blocks to the Junc tion of tho New Lois road, which ran eastward from Flatbush and on toward .fumalca. Horo Is the end of tho Hunterfly, aad horo waa tho vly, or creek, that it carao “ over to,” tho Fresh Croek of the pres ent day. Whon, on the ovonlng of August 26, 1776, just preceding tho Battle of Long Island, tho British, under General Clinton, moved eastward from FlaV- bush to Now Lots, on Now Lota road, followed by Ix)rd Percy, Lord Cornwallis and Lord Howo, they “ reached Sehoonmukor’s Bridge, which spanned tho head of a little creed uoar the VII lago of Now I.ots, a short disianso lo tl\o southwes of East New York,” and from thoro they marched northward across the country to Howard's, on tho Jam a ic a turnpike, in o rder to get through th© J a m aica pass. As this Schoonmaker's bridge was probably over the vly about where tho Aander Vly„or Hunterfly Road entered tho Now Lou road, the British had been posted as t© tho unguarded condition of the passes, might havo followed tho Hunterfly Road up through tho hills to the King’s Highway, aud como out by Tookor’s tavern, near what is now tho Junction of Reid avenue aud Bain- bridge streot, aud then followed tho King’s High way down to Bedford, lu order to flank tho Amer* leans. But, as they did not know as much before tho battle as they did afterward, they supposed th© Aandor Vly pass was guarded, lo they had an .un necessary tram p across tho country to Howard’s,aud then climbed over the hills In what is now the Cem etery of tho Evorgreons. About a fifth of a mile west of tho junctlOQ of the Hunterfly aud tho Now Lots roads, a road used to como into the latter from the northwest. It started at the point where the old Clove road, aftor run ning south through the cleft In the hills, turned abruptly to the west, between Montgo.Tiory and Malbone siroota, at Nosiraud avonuo. This road ran southward past tho county buildings and then •outheost to tho point on tho Now Lots road mon- tlonod. On tho south side of tho Now Lots road at this point two roads branch off to tno southward, ono runs southoast about a mile to V'andorveor’s mill. Tho o ther runs southwest about half a mile aad then takes a turn south a mile aud a half to Cauarsie. Theso roads, - tUo one to Cauarsio and the one to Vanderveer'© mill, which stood there over a hundred years ago, are very old roads, aud, because they branch off to tho southward so near to the Junction of tho Aandor Vly and tho Now Lots roads, causes thorn to bo confounded with the former, but tho road “ over to tho crook ” only ap pears to have gono as far a s tho Junction of the stream and tho Now Lots road. The section through which Hunterfly road ran was formerly known as Now Lots, having received its nam e from tho new lots of Flatbush iu tho days before tho Uovoliitlonary VVar. South of Now Lots to the coast at Canarsie belongs to tho section known os Flallauds. AU of this territory Immedi ately adjoining the Hunterfly Road,both to the east and west, Is m apped out into city blocks and streets, and although the largo ©ectiou kuown as Flatbush has not yet been taken Into the city, the arm y of progress is moving ob at a rapid rate, and unliko tho British arm y in 1776, It does not seek for unguardod passes, but lovols tho hills and fills the valleys which may bo In Us way. Tho spirit of im provement, llko democracy, Is a great loveler, and tho pass of the Aander Vly road will, ore another teu years h ave fled into the misty past, have Joiuod the Jam a ic a p ass as a memory, and the Aander VI; road, which Is still struggling for recognition amo tho now mado streets aud against the iconoclas gentlemen with carta and shovels who do what called fllUng, will Join the Crlpplobush, the o Clove, th© King’© Highway aud other road© as m isty memory of Brooklyn’s early days, H. J . S. A YOUNG HAN OF NERVE. “ Speaking of nerve,” chimed in another club man, “I will tell you a story of a young man, the son of on© of the largest m anufacturers, who displayed the greatest nerve of any m an I ever heard of. He was au officer ia tho Navy, on ono of the old hulks of our boasted squadron which had the honor to escort Goueral Grant on somo of hi© excursion© along tho coast of China, The aforo- ©aid h u lk o r vessel wa© off the coast of Japan, in that most treacherous of all seas, caught in a ter rific gale. Everything was done to mako hor weather tho sea, but tho violence of th© storm con tinued unabating, and It was found the boat would go to pieces. Tho officer© and seamen were called on deck, and it was tho unanim o u s opinion that It tvas only a question of tlmo, aud a mighty short one, when she would euccumb to the elements. Th© ©mall boats wore put all iu order, a stock of pro vision© wae plaood in each, and the officers and crew woro parceled off for tho dlfforoiu boats. Everything wa© ready to put off at a moment’s no- tico, aud every one was oxpocling a terrible strug gle for life, if not d eath by drowning. Tho suspense was something impossible to corcelve, unless ono has had a sim ilar oxporlonce. A man cau look forward to being hung or shot with com parative iutropldlty, but lo face drowning is a torture of the soul most harrowing. The young man knew no fear, never knew any, aud probably iiovor w ilt He was born fearlos© and ho cannot holp it. While a ll tho o ther offioera and raeu wero on dock ready and waiting to Jum p Into thoir boats, bo quietly re m arked that, ‘As there sooms to be nothing else to do, I ’ll go down and take a nap.’ And ho want down to h is cabin aud wont to sloop. Fortunately, the vessel rode out tho storm In a few h ours and was safe. This young m an of norve wa* tho horo of thoso terribly anxious hours, and hl.s brother officers delight to repeat how ho said: ‘A© thoro Booms nothing else to do, Pll go down aud taka « nap.’ ”—Chicago Jounial. THE JOKE COST A FIVER. People who wont to the minstrel show at Hooley’s on tlio night of the day on which the Volunteer beat tho Thistle found that Billy Rice, ou ono ond, h ad a “ new ono.” The lulorlocutor, Barney Fagan, started tho conversation by talking about yachts. This lod up to the race of the day, and Billy ©aid tho nam e of tho Voluntoor had been changed to the Jackass. T h e n F a g a n p u tthoconun- drum that worked up the clim ax: “ Bocaiisoa Jack ass is the only thing that cau g etaw ay with a thistle.” [Applause, and a grin from Billy which, baing interpreted, m eant “ 1 got there.”] “T h at cost Billy Rice $5,” aaid a man aftor tho show, in the Sherm an Houso Exchange. There ia no Intention of robbing an end m an of his brains by Im im atlag that he doesn’t create bis own Jokes. That would be mean ness. Tho m an who said Billy wo© out $5 on the “now ono” didn’t Intoad to convoy tho idea iba* Billy couldn't create a Joko, “ IIo Is not the only one,” tho m an proceeded to rem ark. “T h tf 9 i© in this city a bureau of iiirod hum o rists who off©? tholr wares to ond men aud circus clown© when they come around, working up local gaga and froacoing ohestnuls. They havo their headquarten in the ham ’s retreat, on Dearborn slroot, wher^ they live on hot sausage a n d kraut—heaven know, whore they sleep. They a re the chaps who havo beer barred from the stago. Sometimes they get up a good thing,but not u n til the proprietor of the place has tied a string te the sausage. I know that 4he Jack- Qs© and thistle gag came from tho ham faiter's for I heard it there. T think Billy bought it out of p u ro sym p athy for tho originator, who ©aid ho had had nothing but sawdust for three conaocuilvo day©. Billy h esitated to spring it, but it went, and ho It going to keep it on during the vreoii— Chicago MaiL D r . Joseph Parker writes as follows to the Daily Fews: “ In sorao roUglou© denominatlona thoro Is, aa you know, groator liberty of apeech than in others. Allow me to Illustrate this. A Tory wa© taking part (strango as It may appear) in a prayer meeting, and in hi© intorcessioni he ex- preosed anxiety for the union of Tories and Union ists. * Lord,’ said he, * m ay they a ll h a n g together. * ‘Amen,’ Interrupted another; ‘ Lord, lot them all hang together.' * Not, Lord,’ ©aid the first spoaket; ‘in the senso which our brother m eans, but leT thorn hang together In accord and concord.’ ‘Any cord will do, Lord; any cord will do,’ continued Radical iBtorruptor.”
