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Show , i . 3 SOME FAMOUS OLD TAVERNS STILL LANDMARKS IN' THE CITY OF NEW YORK - I i 4t - , ! c . i O. cr. r ' .. : 'h i 1 , T'.- t 'n t I,. 1 ir i . t r ii f i'v -- r i a -- "i w , ! it . O', ' ectertalnn i.t glow public Lcii'-- waa Wltheim ( n T" hmuI 'hat by (; v. at the company's Kti-f- t readied the t'i n m culm ex- - j . ' n a s , j ' , . f' T - M'. ! I r f ,K la!' nor ; , t l ! !! u i l , - t1 , it to the Sbak at the comer of Na- n I ii lie roofs I of !ig "o-- i!i dot w '1 'ft i! T1 l,s . bn '.t ' i tlre-tt- iri he 3 Cl- ' ? Must Lock the Same. r Little nas ct mplainlng tea fully about sonic thing her mother had told her to do "Very well," said grandma, we will trade off this mamma for another trW-i-:- b Su-tc- proprietor WBS m.eiif an actor re. ,u ts o'lfri gated in the Ton-Hon the northwest coflee bou-corner of Wall and Water streets. Th.s buid:ng was erected In 1790 by the Toutlne socifty, an organization lii.il M . Window of C to lu-Jt too small for hef finr r What do jou suppose he did?" "What?" "Adi lac j her to t until she could htra Stories. got It cm - a ! caged to Tilda i.e found a rin-t a oarg un and gave 'll ) Well, aiiuewlue fM ut n ' at has he done?'' Rickratk. e nineteenth '! t ntho-- t 1 is.'anJ writer .4,( ANO Did She ThrowHim Overt Cl ai io llDciibetk Is a mean "Von t . i,i ii i In t in . ...i. t i mar. h i ' . .ei! flD - i ( e ' 'j TU8 u point of perttc lal ,'.ais and fish were served id every style and In ! f vi i -- n fii ra talwogTC?! : 'ala, was'octbe lif after i aiit IH lotted Brook- - ' mi camp we r ers, on tin., t ' c hf : 1 - j ' Ptuted a J A f . i P- - fv it T ii b- - At tl.i .. 'if (' i rl-- r H -- n. , . l ' . w ! ' , , i , IT v v v it - t i. A . . f.i f Ij'j v ' iLEVI Z. LEITER SUCCUMBS SUDDENLY TO HEART FAILURE ( f one. "All right," said little sister, "but well have her look just ma now, wont we?" like my mam- Fortunate. ll kw,T. MALISON COTTAGE AN ODD 2 3 Zf STAND BROADWAY road house THE FAMOUS BUCKHORN TAVERN ON EAST Or BROADWAY BETWEEN 2 WAND tZB& AIDE fFp flSBQifc . THE STARTS BERBERS -- LATER THE ON MANHATTAN ISLAND STALTHUY FIRST HOTEL BUILT IN MX pense. This waa situated on Pearl atreet and Coenties Slip, facing the Cast river. Toe building was of rough hewn stone, four stories and attlo, with the roof common to all Dutch buildings of that period. The gable ends of the roof were arranged in steps, as are many of the high-pitche- MARTZINU'S TAVERN --HR.33A.U AND SPRUCE STREETS. HOME OF TAMMANY HAIL-- 1 190 --!8U Game was much more plentiful than It Is now. The marshes supplied wild fowl turkeys, ducks and geese and the woods, pigeons. partridge, quail, squirrels, rabbits, hares and deer. But for Us wine cellar the City hotel was famous, and when, after nearly a century of existence. the old hotel was discontinued the remaining stock of Maderia, sherry and port was eagerly bought up at fabulous prices by connoisseurs. Where now stands the Thalia theater, on the Bowery below Canal street, was the famous Bull's Head tavern; built about 1760. This was an inn much frequented by cattle traders, as It was close to the cattle markets and slaughter houses. Here Gen. Washington and his stafT rested after the British troops had marched out on On the site of the Evacuation day. tavern was built the Bowery tneater, which was burned downT four times, and each time rebuilt. Since 1879 It has been called the Thalia theater. Here the elder Booth and J ester Wak lack gained their greatest fame. Famous also, in Revolutionary hls-- great abundance. Clothes and the Alan "Why, old man, you look as If you had gone through 'a hard campaign In China with that same blessed old coat on that you ised to wear back sleekly at college." The dressed man clapped the little minister on the back and roared his greeting heartily enough after three years' separation. The man of the cloth coat, looked down on the greeny-blac- k so to the throat, buttoned up tightly underneath a shirt of lack the that he tucked would not be manifest! back out of sight one frayed cuff that had slipped down the bare wrist, then he laughed a little uneasily. No, I will not go up to your club, . Jim: I hardly look fit Come along." enough! fit. "Why, chap was not to be put The off He was not a fellow to be But, 1 thoughtful of little things. must you continued, say. Freddy. he be in love when you forget to keep red-face- to-da- red-face- d that button there sowed on. Back at Dartmouth you were spotless Itself. You remember when we used to go out to see that H&ckett girl and 1 The little preacher, who had been getting more and more red. Interrupted with an upraised finger. Jlm, maybe I had best explain. 1 always used to like good Clothes, I admit maybe I was quite a dandy at college. But, Jim. ol4 man, I am not getting very much salary now, down at tha chapel only $45 a month and sometimes that Is not .regular. And, besides, the tired eyes lft np with a gleam near akin to triumph, "we have a new altar in the chapel now and and I helps d'.wlfh Its purchase a lit- tle bit "Fredy," said he of the slick tweed and the figured vest and his voice was sunk to a note of awe, "Freddy, you are the man in San FYan-clsc- o San Francisco CalL best-dresse- to-da- y. u:rnz variously estimated at from $16,000,000 to $30,000,000. and he waa connected with many vast financial The body waa taken to enterprises. Washington for interment Levi Z. Letter died June 9 at Bar Harbor. Me., where he and his family were domiciled in the Vanderbilt cottage for the summer. Heart failure was the cause of his death. Ills for tune Levi Z. Lelter, capi'allst retired merchant prince, and one of the build, ers of Chicago, died from heart which fullowed a long drive and walk which he had taken the day before his death. While the death of Mr. Lelter removes one of the men without notice of whose financial operations the history of Chicago cannot be written, it business with Mr. Field, Mr. Lelter invested heavily in real estate. As the city grew the value of his holdings increased until by the time that he retired from the firm of Field, Lelter A Co., he was worth millions of dollars independent of his interest In that concern. But Mr. Letter's millions were not accumulated in the real estate business almply by sitting down and waiting for the down tow n district to grow until It embraced within its boundaries the property that he had purchased. The groat fire of 1871, which ruined so many a Chicagoan, practically destroyed Mr. Letter's property. All the buildings be owned In tha down town district were leveled to the ground by tbe flames. His firms buslnes bouse was also destroyed. He had to begin all ovef again, and It was only by untiring efforts that tha great fortune he had amarsed to have wiped out wasragaln accumulated. The Lelter family has enjoyed more prominent position In International society than any-bu- t a few of the other American Tbe marriage of Mary Letter to Lord Curzon,. who at the time of the marriage was a simple gentleman, la the principal cause for the social prominence of the Lelter family. Lord Cur-son- , who at tbe time of hla marriage was a simple "Honorable," won his own way and his own title. He was a prominent leader of the Conservative party In parliament at the time of his marriage, and after he had been returned. largely by the efforts of bis wife, who campaigned for him, to pan llamenL he was admitted to tha Ministry. The title and the vtceroyalty of India came soon after, and. Lad J Curzon became vicereine and practically queen of India. Her family nat uraily shared In the prominence which she had achieved, and in Europe they fatt-urc- to-da- lo - d old French buildings which still remain In the Province of Quebec. This Stadts Herbergh or City Inn was completed In 1612 and was used for public service till 1654, when It became the Btadt Huys or City Hail, and for almost fifty years continued to be the meeting place for the council of burgomasters and schepens. In it was the courtroom and the jail, and In front a cafe and whipping post In 1699 It was sold for 920 shillings and taken to pieces. Opposite Bowling Green was the tavern of Martin Krleger or Kings Arms, as it was called later. The ' garden of this tavern was a favorite place of resort for the Knickerbocker eltlsens, who in Kriegers day rested their bodies on the benches and solemnly smoked while they watched the sun set behind the trees. In Its latter days It was called the Atlantic Garden," and continued to be a favorite place of resort for entertainment and recreation. At 112 William street stood Golden Hill Inn, built of Holland brick, one of the oldest taverns jn Manhattan. It was used as a meeting place by the "Liberty Boys, and Just back of the inn. In an open field, occurred the first fight with the British regulars in the war of the Revolution, Jan. 18, 1770.' This open skirmish of the war was called the Battle of Golden Hill, and Is commemorated by a tablet on a building at the corner of John and William streets. ul 203 members, holding equal shares. According to the articles of Incorporation It was to be used and kept as a coffee house, and for no other use and purpose whatsoever until the number of corporators should be by death re duced to seven, at which period ths property was to be divided among the survivors. This original agree ment was not adhered to, however, for the building was afterward altered and leased for commercial purposes and the rents divided among the sun vlvors. This coffee house became very popular in the early days of the last century, and In its dissemination of political Ideas was a counterpart of the Fifth Avenue hotel or the Hoffman house of ; On the present site of the Tribune building was Marking's tavern, tie home of Tammany hall from 171 until the erection of Its permanent home In 1811. , In the village of New Dorp, S.L.1 one of the oldest taverna yet remaining within the limits of Greater Niw York. Jt Is the old Black Horst tavern, built about 1685. The pr'gt proprietor is Patrick Curry, shows with pride the old timbers of the original building md the banging wooden sign .on whkh the "black horse Is now barely discernible. The sign Is full of buffet marks, showing that It waa a favoritt taiget more than a century sgov About fifteen years ago this old sign was taken down and stored away, for the heavy iron rings by which It hang were completely worn through by the swinging backward and forward for over 200 years. New York Times. Lady Curzon. will not have a marked influence In An Apt Text. the financial world. The management At Vassar the other day a visiting of Mr. Letter's great estate, which Is clergyman was asked to preach to the estimated as being worth from $20,' young lady students and the sugges- 000,000 to $30,000,000, hsd already tion was dropped that It would be passed into the hands of bis son Jobetter for him to take a text which seph, who was the principal figure In he would use before a general con- the great wheat deal of 1898, which gregation, instead of selecting one cost the Lelter estate la the neighborwhich he thought especially tppllo-abl-e hood of $9,750,000. to the gentler sex, who constitut- , Levi Zelgler Lelter was born in ed his hearers on that day. There 1884 In the qnaint little Dutch Calvin was many a smile at the time, and dstlo settlement of. Iltersburg, Washmany since, when the text taken by county, Maryland, which was him Is considered, it being Follow ington founded by and named after bis ancesme and I 17tlnake you fishers, of tors. Bd was educated there and men. The students wondered if the early years of bis life in the spent there was some special reason for the little town, until 1854, when he went clergyman's choice of Scripture. to Chicago to make a name for himself, and to add by his own efforts Quick-Witte- d to the money he had Inherited. He Candidate. A candidate for parliament In a rur-al entered the employ of Downs A Van district of England was young and Wyck, where be worked until 1856, nis engagement to a popular and two years later. Then be saw a betpretty local girl was well knows. She ter opportunity for advancement In wae sitting prominently on his plat- accepting the position offered him In form one night while be was In the the house of Cooley, Wadsworth A hands of the hecklers. When are y Co., where he worked side by side glttln marlt? shouted a heartless with Marshall Field, who was to bevoter. The candidate, though obv- come his business partner. He worked with the- firm until 1866, iously nonplused bad plenty 6T grft and he bluntly retorted In confidential and the favor with which he was looktones: Look hef-e- , gentlemen. It ed upon by bis employers Is proved pends on this contest. Some one a by the fact that when be left them be the vicinity hat promised to let me controlled an interest In the business fix the flay If I am elected." Tha of the firm. Marshall Field also bad ail interest In the firm and decided to meeting Cheered and he was elected. Join young Lelter in a new venture. They sold out to J. V. Fsrwell and Asphalt Ifi South Africa. a controlling interest In the A deposit of asphalt, estimated to contain about 500,000 tons, has been business of Potter Palmer, who was discovered on Table mountaia. Bear engaged In the dry gooda business at the time. The firm became known aa Cape Town, South Africa. Field, Lelter A Co., remaining so until 1881, when Mr. Lelter retired from The Joy. It The Joy ta In the doing. While engaged In the dry goods Not the deed thats dona:-Thswift and glad pursuing, Not the goal thats won. Great Pianist a Poor Sailor. The joy Is In the seeing, Not In what we see; I Although he Is not to open bis sea'l The ecstasy of vision, son until fall, Vladimir De Pachman, Far and clear and free I famous Russian pianist, has arrivthe The Joy is in ths singing, ' ed in New York. One of hts friends ' Whether heard or no; The poet's wild, sweet raptor explained that Pachman came over And song's dlvinest Cowl at this time because be Is too much The Joy Is In the 'being afraid of the sea to cross at any Jey of life and breath; other time. He win not begin bla of a soul trlnmphaat, 3 loy Conqueror of deatbl concert tour until October, but rather than wait until then to make the voyI there a flaw In the marbtot Sculptor, do your best: age M. de Pachman will spend the The Joy Is In the endcaror summer In the Catsklll mountains. .Leavs to God tha rest! Julia B. Derr, in May Snort Art. He was ill during the entire voyage. wffh Rescuer How lucky it Is Im a gooA Now I can save a Ufe by1 lunner! running for help! When 8ubjecta Rebel, For three weeks he hadvborne aU the horrors of spring cleaning withonC-murmur. Then his patience gave a x , way. And you," 'aobbed his wife yow uned to tell me I was your queen." "Yes," he said, with a wild glare tn his eye; but when a man finds hid queen has used hla tobacco jar fog pale oak varnish and his best meerschaum pipe for a tack hammer ha he begins to grasp the advantages of a republic.- - Stray Stories. 7 Force of Habit Tbe master plumber hsd become rich, and was going abroad for hla health. On tne voyage a school of whales was sighted and the plumber was seen to yub his hands In ecat cles. Why is he so happy?" asked a curb . oua passenger. r He cant help It," whispered tbs captain. 'He Imagines each spout la a burst of water pipe, to be repaired by him at bla old rates." . Thoee Melancholy Days. "I wonder what inspired Bryant ta write the line, The melancholy days have come," remarked Mrs 8mltheri; Inquiringly. "Why, In Bryant's day tbe women did their bousecleanlng In the fan," said Smlthera. ! Willing to Oblige. "I may - aa well ieU yon, young man," iald Miss Spooners tether, "that I always close np tbe house and . turn out the llghta by 10 o'clock." Don't bother sir," replied Jack Nervy, ill attend to that lor', yon." An Unwilling Victim. la d e I a ... i i Ery Who mad your tro uslittle WoyT Willie B. Oston Madam, why do yon Interrogate what is a truth T I am the victim of my mother's good Intentions. Miss Q. OSPH LS7ZP were given a standing which 'few Americans have managed to attain. The Lelter home at Washington Is one of the finest in the capital city. Here many festivities are held, and the Lelter girls are prominent In diplomatic and official society. The $60,-00- 0 ballroom of the Letter home in Washington is one of the most magnificent of Its kind In the eonntry. er, self-evide- I Her Ruting Passion. The next house I build m leave out all tbe woodwork." "Why soT Because at homo now every time I get a poor dinner my wife say si "There waa no time to bother with tbe cooking, Henry. We bad to waab all tbe woodwork Famous Women Not Youthful. s beauties reached their zenith at 40, Helen of Troy was first heard of at that age. More or Lett. Cleopatra was considerably more than Puffklns regard himself as Blgge 30 when, zb first met Antony. Aspa-sl- a tha one man In a thousand. was 23 when she married Pericles Diggs Is that all? I thought he r and waa still a brilliant figure twenty garded himself aa the other 999. , years later. Anne of Austria was 38 when pronounced the most beautiful t Cautious. woman in Europe. Catherine of RusDo yon let work worry you?" , sia ascended the throne at 33 and worry work m No; nor I dont-Je- t e reigned thirty-fivCincinnati Commercial-Tril- r years. Mila. Re- either. cam ler was at her zenith at 40. nne. Most of the world-famou- ..... , |
