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.iTHE GRAND SILENCER."
CARDINAL RAMPOLLA. SECRETARY OF
STATE To LEO XIII.
Tha eable dlspatchos from Europe on two
occasions last week oontalned aasertlona to the
effect thal Cardlnal Rampolla del Tlndaro waa
on the eva of realgnlng his post of Secretary
of State. and lt was Ukewlae intlmated that his
probable Bucceaaor would be Cardlnal Callm
bertl. It is, however, unlikcly that there is any
aerious foundatlon for the news, or that it Ig
based on anythlng else than that goaalp which
* bound" in a clty where thi re ar.- so many peo
ple who hav? abaolutely no alm in lif.- and
nothing to do. It would be dlfflcult to 1lnd any?
thing more Improbable than the wlthdrawa]
or dismissal from offlce ?'f Cardlnal Rampolla,
and those who poaa bb any kn .wledge of Vatl
can affalra and P.ipai polltlca ar* convlnced
that hls BeoretaryBhlp of St.ite wlll come ;,. *
close only with the death of Leo XIII. For all
the most glorlou* Incldenta <>f the latt.r's reign
ar<? Indlasolubly connectcd wlth the name of this
youthfu! pritice of the t'hurch. and there is
certalnly no member of the Bacred College who
more cloaely reflecta the polltlca] ideas of th>
vanarable Pontlff, who underatanda him more
compietely, an.l who more loyally, unreaervedly
and obe.i.cntly aeconda IIls Holln. aa
To Cathollcs, as well as to people of other
reiigious denominatlona throughoul the civll
ized world, the most remarkable Incldent
of the present pontlfleate thus far, and the
one whlch la calculated to flgure In the
most conspicuous manner In the page* of
liisto-y, is the speotaolo of Leo XIII act?
lng as arbltrator In a purely mundane eon
trovaray between a rower tha: has alwaya been
regarded as the prlnclpal stronghold of Catholl
clsm and n Power that occuplea an aaalogoua
posltion with regard to the Proteetant Chureh.
The Pope was Invlted to aaaume thi* role, not
by His Most Cathollc Majeaty th* Klng of
Spaln. but by the Lutberan Bmperor William
and hla Chanccik.r. Prlnce Blamarck. The idea
of the Holy Father sitting ln Judgment wlth
thc-so two great Powera al his feet awaltlng hls
deoision has been one calculated to raise the
prestlge of the Papacy to a height unknown in
modern times. and h;is aerved more than any?
thlng else to dern^nstrate that, in 6pite of the
loss of temporal sovereignty, the Holy See
durlng the pontlfleate of Leo XIII has lost noth?
ing of its incalculable influence over the tem?
poral affairs not only of Cathollc, but also of
Proteatant, natlona
CARDINAL RAMPOLLA'S DXPLOIIACT.
Xow, lt ls to Cardlnal Rampolla that the Holy
Father ls mainly Indebted for belng requested
to aet as arbltrator In the confllct between Oeri
many nnd Bpaln on the aubject of ihe posses
Blon of the Caroline laland*. Contrary to gen?
eral bellef, the Idea origlnated Wlth Cardinal
Rampolla. at that time Nunclo at Madrld, and
not wlth Prlnce I'.ismarck. ns has been asserted.
Ri-alizing. like I'remier Canovaa, to whom h<
flrst broached th.- auoject, that it would be
preferable for the Invltatlon to com- from Ber
lin lnstead of from the Bpanlah Oovernment,
the Nunclo avaib-d nlmself of the close friend
ehlo which Ik- ha.i contracted a year prevloualy
with the Oerman Crown Prlnce on the occaalon
of the latter's vlsit t,. Madrid quletly to Intl
mate through him to Prlnce Blamarck that were
Emperor Wllllem lo appeal to th* Pope to aet
as arbltrator in the controveray, Klng Alfonao
and his Minisf-rs would gladly ablde by tha
declalon of His Hollneaa. Prlnce Blamarck.
wlth his polltlcal expeiience, al once percelved
the advantages of the project and the beneflta
to be derived therefrotn for Oermany, in thc
way of proplttatlng the Vatlcan, the aupport of
which h' needed in the Reiohstag, in whlch lt
controlkd at the time nearly a hundred votea
So wlthout hesltatlon he acceded to th< propo
Bitlon. and th. Invltatlon for the Pope'e arbitra
tion reached Rome in due course from Berlln,
the Pontlff not lcarnlng till afterward th--- part
played by Cardlnal Rampolla in aecurlng for blm
what still appear* lo be tba greateat tiibute
pald to tb" Holy Be* ln the preaentcentury,
The Cardlnal ls one of the few Itallan membi rs
of the Sacr?d College wh . b?-ar patriclan names.
Formerly noblea pred imlnated among theaa
prlnces of the Chureh, the gr^at houaea of
Borghese, Oolonna, Chigl and Cencl belng al
ways representf-<l among the w.-ar^rs of the r.-d
hats. It was regarded as a duty by thi- h'-ads of j
these familk'S to devot* nt b-ast one of their aonfl I
to the Chureh. But the wav* of democracy that I
has swept over tha entlre clvlllsed world in tho
latter half of the nlneteenth century has not been
wlthout lta Influence upon CathoUdam, whlch,
after all. is not only an ecclealaatlcal, but lik<
wise a popular institutlon; nnd to-day it ls the
eons Of the people, rather than thos.- of tbe nobll
ity, who oonatltute an overwhelmlng maj .rlty
ln that aupreme counell appointed by the Pontlff
toassist hlm in the admlnlatratlon of theaplrltual
affairs of the Cathollc world. Like his prlnc ipal
rival and f>e. Signor Crispi, the Marquis Ram?
polla del Tindaro la a Slclllan, altbough hls man?
ner, his bearing, and, above ail, hls taclturnity,
arouM convey the Impreaslon tbat he haiu-d from
the northern portlon ?.f th?- Itallan penlnaula.
1IORS BPAXIARD THAN BICILIAN.
Inde 'd. thei<> Is llttle of th* volubility, tlie rest
lessnessi and effustveneaa of the Bldllan In this
tali, grave, aacetlc-looklng man of atately mlen
and nobk- opeech, who ahowa clearly the Influ
ence of many years paaaed among the Caatlllan
hidalgos at the court of Sjioln. In every reapi t
he presents a direct oontrast to his predeceaaor,
the fat an4 Jolly little Cardlnal JacoblnL Wlth?
out wlshing to say anythlng dlsreapi i tful of the
latter, one ciuld almost hav- wrltt.-n of him as
Lord Rockintftam dld of Klng Charles II of Eng?
land, "whoa* *v..rd no man relled on"; i.ut the
llttle Cardlnal had such a dellghtful, good
hucnored and kindiy way about him that it araa
plmply lmpo**tbl- to be offended by th* fr*
qu*nt breache* of fulth whi< h he ae* med to con
Blder lndispensable to the conduct of th* dlplo
matlc affalrs of th? Vatlcan. Wlth Cardlnal
Rampolla, however, f. La known th:it his word
can absolut.-ly be r<-'l.-1 upon?but h?? aeldom
gtvaa lt?and no one ?\ - better deaerved the
strange tltle of "tne Graad Bllencer," which was
ln olden timcs uaed t> aaalgnate tii Beeretary
of State ef tha ByaantlneImperora and, later on,
of the early Pope*, than TU Emlnenc* Cardlnal
Rampolla.
Educated at the CoHege ofkrcleBlaatlcal Noblea
ar.d at the Colleglum Romawm, in the Eternal ,
Clty, he was from the outaet of his career de- ;
voted to the dlplorrmtlc aervlce \< the Papacy, hla
first appointment after hla gra?uation from col?
lege belng that of stcretary anl audltor to the
Embassy at Madiid, and on tl* recall of the
Nunclo.Monsignor (au.?*equently <*rdinal) Slme
onl he became Charge d'Affalrea. When, on the
death of Cardlnal Antonelll, Plus li muninated
Cardina! -ttmaonl tO th<? ScTotary'sHi) of State,
Motislgnor Ramp dla was promoted, fh>t of all, t)
the post of Secretary of the Orlent.l Depaif
mer.t of the Pr< paganda I-"idt 1. and uaer on to
that of Secretary of Extraordinary E< Clblaatlcal
Affairss, where he obtalned a remarkabh |n*lght
Into tne relatlons of tho Vatlcan with <;?rmany.
After the aceession of Leo XIII to the Papal '
throne, he was sent as I'apal Nun -lo to MulivJ.
where the g****/-0*g whlch he rendered t< the
present dynasty were of tlrnply Incalcuible
value, especlu'ly when the audd*n death of rgflg
Alphonso placed hls wlduw, who could rcar^ly .
epeak the Spanlsh languag- at th* tlm", ln* ;
altuatlon of to much dlflleulty and danger.
Indeed, through..ut hls stay at Madrid hi .
may be sald to have act?d as one of the prin-1
cipal flupports of the throne, his Influence, snga
clously exercised, belng prepmiderant; for the
Spanlards ar* a d.-"idy r*tJglOUfl mei. no mat?
ter tO what polltlcal party they may belong.
It waa t-ntlrely owing tO his inteiventl.n that
on the death of the Klng the Consirvatlvu
Prlma Mlnlstcr. Canovaa. although ln the poa>
session of a parliament iry majority, voluntarl'.y
resigne 1 his offlce into the hands of hls Llberal
opponent, Beftor Bagaata, 8viih th- patriotic
ohject of Btrengthenlng the totterlng Regency
and of causing tiu- Llberala to beeome the
guardlana of the throne, instead ..f jolnlng th..
Republieana, aa they at nrst thought of doing.
And if to-day tne clergy of Bpaln have ceased
to act na agenta of the Carllat Ptetender, and
.-is the principal supportera "f hls cause; if. In
one word, the Church In Bpaln has beeome
thoroughly loyal t.> the relgning dynasty, It la
entlrely due t- Cardlnal Rampolls
A POLICY OP RECONCILIATION.
Nor do theae conatitute the at?n total of the
aucceaaea whlch he achleved whlle al asadrid.
Por it was whlle actlng as Nuncio tbere that he
begai! ih*- pollcy that ulttmately led to a reeon
rlllatlon between the Oerman Oovernment and
the Papacy, and to the termlnation of thal eon
fll t whlch is known In contemporary hlatory as
the Kulturkampf. Il waa on the occaalon of a
vtait of Emperor Predi Ick, al thal tlme Crown
Prlnce, t" the Iate Klng Alphonso. "Unaer Prita"
had made all ala arrangi ;n nta to return dlrect
1;. from Madrld to Germany, by way of Bar
celona, Oenoa and the St. Oothard. But, aa the
reault of several long and confldentlal conversa
tlons wlth tho Xuiii-io. t.i whom h< i *emed to
take :i great fancy he changed hls Itinerary ai
the last moment, and, to ths aatoniahment of
all Europe, proceeded Btralghl to Rome after
leavlng Bpaln. Although b- took up hla real
ii.-iii'.- at tho Qulrlnal aa Ihe gueat "f hla old
friend, Klng Humbert, to whom he had offl
.: ted aa best man on th.islon of the lat
ter'a marriage io Queen Margherlta, he waa
recelved 8*. ith th.* utmost pomp and ceremony
,ii the Vatlcan, and wlth the most marked
dlstlnction and cordlalltj by thi* Holy Father,
who, to this day, la never tlred "f expatlatlng
on the noblllty of nii.ii. nf character, and of
manm r of hls uiuatrioua vlaltor, And Leo XIII,
when talklng about "Frederlck tha Oood," never
fiiils tO add, Wlth JUSl .i BUBplcli 11 of 88 rcasm,
und Invarlably after a llttle pauae, thal the
preaenl Emperor doea m t reaemble bla father.
Vur.Ni; wiLLIAM'g IXDIBCRBTION.
Toung Willlam. it may be rememtiered, on the
occaalon of bla prel viall to the Vatlcan treated
the venerable heal ..;' the Cathollc Church wlth
.1 bruaquerie and diaconrteay that Bhocked every
one. ;io matt'-r to 8\i:at rreed he bi longed. It
waa rudeneaa thal would have I.n conaldered
unpardonable on the pari of any callow youth
to so aged a man aa Leo XIII, bul whlch, In
view of the augual poaltlon occupled by tbe
Holy Father, was dlaoredltable to the last de?
gree, and waa certalnly nol atoned for when, on
tbe occaalon "t another vlslt .t few yeara later,
he took hav.- of the venerable Pope with the,
under the clrcumatancea, aatoundlng worda,
"yue Dleu vo8_ benlaae" lOod bleaa you!), worda
probably uttered Inadvertently and In n moment
of effuslvenesa, bul whlch put the equanimlty
of ali preaenl to a aevere trlal. Por can any- !
thlng more comleal be Imaglned than the ldea .
of young Willlam Irapartlng his benedlctlon to i
the aged l'.'iniff. Inatead of bowlng his bead to
recelv< the aame al the hands of the ruler of i
the Cathollc Church?
It was the Interview between Emperor Fred- i
erlck and the Pope thal brought al...ut the end
of the cntest between iii" Vatlcan and tne ,
Oerman Oovernment, whlch Is one of th>- prln- I
clpal achievements ..f th- relgn ..f Leo XIII, i
and for whlch His Hollness ls ln a meaaure In
debted t.> hla Beeretary of Btate. The latter,
ever alnce he aasumed hla preaent offlce, haa
m ide ;: apedal polnt of attachlng hlmaelf i" no
pnrtlcnlar party, of whlch there are aeveral
at ih.- Vatlcan He is above everythlng
else the Pope'a n..in. ratbei than th.- man of am
particular fact lon, hla moal remarkable quallty
belng lii.u ol impllcit obedlence. And whlle he
wl i occaalonally, with a tacl thal belonga io a
bygone nge, brlng over the Holy Father, al?
moat without the latter*! knowlng lt. lo hls own
\ lev b, ln the --y- i of hla ma iter, i a of the outi r
world, he appear** t" be obeylna orders with?
out attemptlng t" glve any color of his own lo
the acts of Li . XIII. Bhould he auc.*d hin
there is conalderable probablllt* of hla ?i'? ir? ---. !???
may l"- relied upon more than anj other prlnce
of the Church to contlnue thnt pollcj whl i
8v. :i for Leo XIII ihi renowr of belng the n
enllghteneti, sagaclous, llberal-mindi d ai !.
above all, succeaaful prleal who haa evor occu?
pled In raodi r.: tlmea the chalr of Sl Pete,
i:\-A'. TACHE
.1 QUEEN'8 I.<>\ /: FOR Ul MC
Qim en Margui rlte, of Italy, 1 of al Ihe Ro
Imperlal tadiea of Buropo the one a-ho t? tl ? n
;... of PVagm.. ond I nevei
happy as when at her plano. In!---'. mualc ?
Bureel road to her ?;.iii 1 wlll, oi ! that .- v. tn aeveral
of the greal Powera of Europe make ? j Int of chooo
;r.K lor thelr .ni.1' i oadori .. ? Ftomi . ; , m u
are mor.- conaplcuoui for Ihelr muolcal lei
than f?.r thelr Btatecraft. Tbua th* former U.
Ambaaaador, Baron ron Keudell, uaed to ipend th**
greater part of hli daya ln playlng dueti alth i! ?
Majeaty, and hla auceeaaor la thal Baron . i 11 .
who ls known throughout Qermaji] ai ono "i tho
ctevereot of amateur performero on tb* plano, Mh i
lt not Indeed been for ihli taleni i.v i'..i:or.. who i* ,
htill a very young man, would nover hav< oehli ..,;
bla pr.-?>-i:t emlnonce For orblle B< retary ol I
1.1 n at Dreaden be was arantlng In tae; to ti.. .
!?:.: of eloping wlth tha wlfe ol bla chlef, Ihe Am- ,
baaaador, a lady who. devcted to mu
had become Ir.fatuated more by i.i* play
pl*.
tlir. atena the Queen to ali g, * d even goea ? i (,,r a
to chanl a fea bar* ? ruclai ngly flai am
raaplng volce. Thal alway* hai th. di ired effeel
andcauaea Her Majesty'a plano to cloa* wlth a bang
?
BOW B Wl) BILLB QROW.
From The Bpe. tator,
A Band hlll is not "made" so much as ptentod,
Wherever a patch of "m*rrum graaa" tak.-n root,
there tha aand blown fron. th>- ki-.-m bank gathers
round it. As the aand apreada, the graaa uro*-*
through it, untll th.- hard dry bladea form the
nucleua of thouaanda of lo.-i.s of "h.lls." Near
lloikb.im H iv thera lay no. f?rty years ago a wet
"lak*" InalJe the hlgh -and. There the "gunneis"
_?.??, to blda for curlew, dlgg-ig bolea, .md niliiuj
them wlth "marrum graaa" lo make them dry and
comfoftable. Thla graaa took root. the sund gath
er. d round, and where tne "lak*" lay ls BOW a
tumultuoua maaa of rounded hlllocka, rislng twenty
feel Above hlgh-water level bullt i.y the "marrum
... .'? " fron: ma aurplua drlftlnga of the mlghty
Salld. _
WB1 UF W.is ATOIDBD.
Prom The Chlcago ICvenlng i'o-t.
\ ; tho young man entered the readla^-rooen of
the club Ihen waa i audoen exodua ln ihe oireetion
of the hiiliard-iooin.
"Wllbur acema to have become BUddetlly uii|io|i
UlST," sald one Of the men In the far corner. a* he
" : ?'.',' i'i.'Vhe boy* do rather avold hlm." returned the
^^Vj^'^'n^roahv has .u.t reached Ihe age
wh*.- lt aaya brlght thlng*."
8XTIRELY 8UPERFLU0V8.
rrom The ChlOagO Trlbune.
.;.... . ?? uld Mr. t-ajone*1 youngert,._????? ow
_i.Vh.elr and strokii.it hla Irpn-gray halr, you\e
Ju'-ht I.,. -'?-' for the othera. and I ought to l^e
?.- ' rm bla enough to rlde II now
Vl'l'm"' exclalmed her father, "how many rna
i-iii.-. bave wa In the famlly?"
nniv to_r" hey?" replled Mr. Kajones. "Only ,
fo?i no von kn..\v, my dear. thera is nothing ln the ,
WOBJ oulta as uaalaaa aa a flfth wheel.
TINY PLACES OF WOKSHIP.
THE HUMBLE BYNAGOOU-W OF THE
POORER EAST SIPE.
?OXE OT Tliion COXORTfiOATII NS IKCLfD-i IfO*
MOR?J THAN A DOZEN KEAOa OF rAMIU-B*
Tin: rrTTOT >.;?? THB TAt-UCD.
Down In Heeter, Basex, Xorfotk. iuffolh and
Orchard ata, and the bfghwaya and i.yways
loading frcm them. fllled from H;iiirica untll
long after Bunaei tvi-h jostling. puahlng Bemltlc
crowds, th-r- la a alde of llfe that haa a atrange
*nd peeollar faaclnatlon. Though trade, nnd tradi
slone, aeem* to be the so;.- int-rest o( the delvtng
dv.-ei!e:-s of thi* ghetto, one Btronger Impulae exiat*.
Its expreesl ?n la found In tba acores. and even bun
dreda, of tiny ayn*goguea bldden away ln thi*
reglon of old bulldlnga .ynsgoguea conalatlng of a
Ho. r, or at tbe moal l* i, and i r"lng no algn
,,r theli ? al itence until thej are atumbled ui ? n.
_ ,i 0f the ol : r u ? ?? n! . darh of ita rw*y ?nd
almoai . rumblln i wlth _ge, havi l* ? ,i>""' *n !
even four o,r th-- ? llttli 9 irabipping pU
their walla, where prayi ra are read thi i dally,
and !-? nt, gray-1 ? irdi d Jee i, Ba rlgl I ln ihelr ob
aervnn..1 the rltual ???? ? were the Jew* t Ihe LWs
i? ral :i. !? iw lo the i: i I .md Ihi Ir ci idc Arki 0
tbe i' ivenant <
IXTERIOR OP A HESTER BTREET BYXA OtHirE.
It is eaay for or* tn imn.ine hlmself in far-a? .y
Ruaala or aome par- of Poland afhen h* t?nda
in ono ..' th ? prtmltlve aynagoguea, for i I a
Blngle raem r? if N'ew-Yor* ever touehee
hu i nol . wo. i ? f Ew l!ah la ev. r hear l wlthln.
Thal Jan n knowi ia vi l lli i r ntlnually fl ?wa,
i.i a | read ln the pur*.
Hei i-. w. T;i- ivi : i , ? ? in .:??? ?????? i' '?
men. thi youngci generatlon ...' to-da) l ivtng
partly, al leaat. i.nk'-:- awnj from manj ? l '
,.??>,. v ol rva plea ' ?'" an e?
. usi for thi Ir aba ? - ' ~aU~
. ? ? - , be eeen li
fl
!i.i v- a gallery for theti
THREE III \*I)RED 8^ N*A<1 KlI'ES
Prom e Hebrew quari
Ibere mual ?
....
a r- - . il ?
.....
famili. md are too |
. I>'?'
' I d..
K_S _-_ /T. -_l"
INBTRPCTIOS IN' THE TAI.Mt'D.
even* nn.. nf th.-ir number reada ihe rltual and
rapoiind* lha Talmul. for no matter how few
Jewa, even of Ihe pooreal and moal wretchi I
are gathen i together ibere are alwaya aom* lhal
ar< k ???;.' i in Ih* Hebrea i ia
The r.-ai ui for Ihea* acorea of aynagoguea ln
pu. ? of ;. f< w large and Imp rtanl onee 11 lo h ?
tra.-.-l ln the 'haracter ol Ihe Eaat Blde llebrewa
Mi' m elvei Bteadl i r tola) *ald< evoi i
poaalble, *re*l number* of them flnd thal ? ?? '*n
nol Bfford to belong to lea III ?? i mgreg .tlon*
even In l H parl "i Ihe tow; The prlvlle** of
?a ii ihlpping In ?? ? - .-.l-i . of promlnei ? I
denle I to none m nti ?? * hether be r in pa I I
proportlon .-r not, ll la Irue, bul vast number* pn
f. i im> Ind. i... I< i ?? of a bo i> ol m i aa p * r as
them*. IveB.
ln iii-. greal majorlty of the3* aynagoRi.ei the
rli : i i . rea I I hr.Imes a day. and thej ire i
l. mg-beai '.' -1 ol I men i ime In a
quletly by Ihe ho ir i adlng the Tal nn i o. ihe
Law, arlth it- comment*rlea. Thli happ.
the larger .>r the llttle iynagoxue?, hon i'er, foi
the tlnleel onr i h o ? n . !.k* nothll
Ari: and ihi un readlng di-*B S
few !:.?::'i"n : ?' ....-i.a th* top of thi* latti
. ,. : n a rough Hn tray, W h. n ihi u rtI ? be
:?::.. ,,i raime rroi I ppei performa ih* "Jahrxelt"
? ? illy, the "; ?; Um. ." an annual ol * ? i in.'
ihe death ol n nenr relatlvc, conalsting ol . ? b ir i
i taper f"i twentj -f lur boui i, nea on. are
bro ighl oul.
BCHOOLB ' <V Tii I-i LAW AXD THE TALMI'D.
A - ... ii; prop ii lon of I.. *? ry i m ill bi na
gogu 'iui m," loo, that io,
teachlng ll- bn ??-. (tbe Talmud, ihe Laa an i me
rltual) io 1 ttle J wlah boya. 11 t- won lerful In iheae
eommunl lea ta aea hoa rellglon and th practlcal
?iir.uis .,: IIf* are broughi In together Th*
orem are ao Important as the aynagoguei th ni
oelve . nnd Ihe "melumden," or teai hi rs, ?? i n
ne n o* the 11 bbl, If thi ri be one
ln fact, nol ii few of theae oynagoffue* are more
ilrooms, lo ihe outgrard eye, initn they aro
plaeea ?f worshli Tho worohlppen oll on move
able ichool benchea, and the aacred ocrollo arhen
in.\ are broughi oul from the \rk on il" ?<-'h
bath are laW on a school tabl. Barly ln the
morning the heads of famlllea rrathar ln thi? room
ln earneol prayei Al I'M, or thereabouta the boys
of th>* congregatlon troop ln, havlng ilnlshed wlth
their publlc school work for ths day. and the
"oh<"l*.r" begtna; the malamed opena the booka.
A .-la-." conoloto, UOUally, of from tlvo to iwelve
boys. 1 hi- malani.-d hlmwelf Im u man of educa?
tlon, ginerally young and alwaya wlth a iong
board. lie knowa all the aacred booka of Judalara
by heart, the rote ns w?-n aa lha meantng. Btart
hlm at any polnt, oponini any roluma at ran.iom.
and h* can reclto fur houra, IntonliiK or ln hls
natural votre. wlth never an error or an Instanl of
hesltallin. He Is pald by the paient* of each
pupii. averaglng from fifteen to twenty-flve eenia
a w-L-.-k.
Only boya l.-ain in these ch -dar-'m <'irls lt ll
not Importani te teaeh. lt la quite aufllcieni if
they know only a llitlc nnd tbat llttle Is taughl
:hem prlvat ely. a cbooar well under way brings
up memoriofl of tn* East, Boya and teacher are
gathered about a muijh deal table. Tho boya read,
always BlOUd, one after ihe oih.-r, at breakne.-k
opeed. Al th? Bllchtoot err.ir the watchful malamed
corn rta In a l iu i volce; without ever breaklni tba
fliiw of the boy's tone. A ehe.lar ln sesoton can be
hear.l aeveral hVwra away.
iu ihe larger aynagogue the chedarem are held in
a corner "f tbe aromena galtary?a curloua placa ln
lis.-lf. Few. even of these larger oynagoguoa, nre
of graatcr ola* than the parlor of ono ..f the oi.i
faihloned houae* of New-Tork, racept thal tboee I
lhat have tho aallorlei are two otortea iii helnht. i
The women muoi nol bo oeen <.f mon durlng wor
ship, and to accompllsh th's fully curtalno of lace !
ii fool and o half hlgh are hung abovo tho gallery |
i.i.l.
Into tlu* benehea here th- women erowd on the
Babbath day. They ara ixcuaed from attendance
al tha synagogueo on we -k daya, In conaonanca
wlth an oll i'i:.:t.im, b.-.-aii-*- .,,' thelr t.oi.s-l iVl
dlltle. |
The r adinn deik stan.ls ln the centra of lin* j
oynasrogue. Around lt ar.. rough movablo pews, j
uncushloned. Thoae hav..- curloua ra.-ks for baok?, |
held up by llttle banls of lron, which tlt Into J
ciovlcs iu thu pew backj. To the ea;;t ls tho Ark. I
arlth < halr* for the Brestdent and rlc*-prasld*nt (or
treaaurer) of the congregatlon on elthcr slde.
Dtrectly in frnr.t of tbe Ark la the Memorah or
Sabhath I.i^hts. the teven-branched oandleatick,
which is ltt each Frlday nlght. L'nderneatfa li
itand tt,-- burnlng candlea of the jahrz-lt. Above
I* the Pi rpetual I.l-hi.
Pc-rhaps the Btrangesl feature of all is a smaL
sink just outalde the entrance door of these ayn*
roicu-s. Ti- w irahlpper mual rlnae hi* hunda
ther-. i.n'i Bflpe them on the common towei before
h>- can enter. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"BAXOAIX DAY" IX OEXER.il 8B88I0X8.
WHAT PRIBONER8 OAIB BT PLEADIXO OUILTT
IKSTKAD OF I\SISTI>:<; ON A TKIAl..
"Harfraln days' are not conflned to the dry
guor\ stor.s, but Irive from tlme to tlme been held
in th.- Court nf Oeneral Beaalona, They are not ad
Vertlsed In advance. and there ls no grea: cruah of
people, for th" onl) on? ? who can tak.. advaataga
? if tne opportunltlea offered are prlaonera conflned in
tha Tombs. II haa alwaya been th* rule ln Oeneral
Beetlona ta deal gentl* arlth a man who pleada
gullty. Judge* arlll take from on* year to four or llve
off tba acntenca of a felon who "aavea the county
rxpen ? <.r a trlal." to uae tha phraee whlch
:?' i falla f. im tha bench. Th. re ar- aeveral r*?
aona for ti.,- lenlty. One I* thal when a gullty
mln lnau.li on a trlal h" le about eertaln io com*
mi! perjury lf he taki i the wltneaa atand. Bven if
., avalla blmaelf of hla prlvilege of not teatlfylng,
.. ;..,;-.- thai aome relatlve, friemi or
"I il" ii broughi forward to iwear to a falee allbi.
The evlden e In many crlmlnal casea ls bo u:;erly
eontra lhal one la forced to belleva thnt
prrjur*. li ? ? .11 ln the (ieneral Beo
Th Ju lg? i feel th and when they
, ui ... ;. ..- Indl '.ment orlthoul havlng to
to I) { a ey are glad to 'lo so.
. : ?: . pri - * i i?? .-? .iri.
!:-.- : i i for the m.-rcy ahown tO
Imit thelr tu l: io that :!.. oe pl< io
..:' many more ? 4
. . if .1 mon * lyi "gullt;
? : oa ii i week tver* *<pent In
; the numbei of prla
IV i :. -. Judgei
ond pl ive a prlde ll
? , .-. ithln ih* :? : -' ot the
? ? them to lei ofl a i or
a n :: ?'? ? '
?
. - - - T IO -; ?* lol
?::.. ? ime. Thej are
- ? ? ii-. where all
:,..! On these
. im made by
.hlgh*
? ? 411 Slng for ta eoro,
... ??? ihat
.
I *erloIIK -.'::? A
? . i : dayo"
. , rlmlnali m lj bi
,t -., maki a
. . ilm -- dl*
? ? ?
| ; ., -. ll'l I i.'H A II :i
. ? : l..i
I i: lj
? . . . ;i The
? ? .'. .11. . - n--?
: .'- ii
m the mei
ire In a terrll le qu in
, ?..--: Un lay" li la
.'. - - .i
. n ii ? ? . li laree
i ? ? ' 'li :!:e
ice arlll bo
plead KUllty.
mual i:- '? !.-?!.. ml >f free
. I ,.: i ..-:. ind u- lally the
of "barga ill -* ? 'ma
ng, i ? .-> atarl "up ihe
iver." thtnl ' I ivo bei n much
H .ie tlmea, bul i i ofn i on Ini o< ? nl man ar li
ple* | RUllty. II ;" !'??> r"
:. ui '"done tlme" bei re, ho may fael i il
there I* llttle ch n ??' I ei auad'.ng a Jury thal
:.: m ir. Trlal ond *om li i n
. mean a lun ? term, an : I ?? aecept* the alt< i -
i itlve of .. "bai _... ii day' ient< ii. - II* Jfoet "up
!*?? rlver" In no rrlendly mood tt.war.l aoclety, and
ahen i ? : iv- Slna .-mn Priaon l- i.k.*l> to any
io hlmsi If ? to. II, lf l .mi nolns lo i" u nl up for
doing ii ithln :. 1 mighi i well aei the beneflt of a
job nr ta i 8n -\ *oi*lv! t haa no h.m - anyway.
?
l // 11 rt l\ THE I.OXDOS CLUB.
!--|..in The San Fran ? Argonaul
II ;. ,| ,..-[ ?,..,, . ,?,?? i hi ird ne man ra*. ? hlle
iw-n -:?? twisti - un ler hls eyubrow.
i,. | ,,. ? ,; ? , . i . - i thought then had
a. IiIr war between Xorth nnd South Amei i
and here vn<: rei th' N'oril ? Kin? up foi one pl
t ... goutlu ri s ? Tl e Vnnkee* il a vcrj o<81
people I must i , ,
-,- , ...,.. .. . nu il t<? be nlil* ' ? ? nll ht< n hlm
another i h ip ln ) hl li r II ir. tooh up ih ? runn'.n :.
I" ..- di vll*. lhey'8 ? ?' : '?? '" wnl
an I l.e- ?re :.' I. 1 ? xpect."
I.Harl) IntelllK'-nt. mlddle-aged, retlred
arni) eolom : quli tl> mutten I
ii iwi I* leil.l. > ?l '??,.. . .
?Th. y'vi Buggeated a
nen spi iki i * I :': ' ?':"-' '?'?'' th J""k"";'
"??'w,,,,' | ... .. - auleklj demandml ihe i a-colonel.
? 8 .'nd Amerleo.' n i ll< d the newoomer
*VS h) Sl -.? w ill .1.' ks m ?' Northern general.
i ,|?. nrai \..?!??: i-i ni wllh the ? yeglooo.
?*Xo fear," from ih e* ? '? ul!l' ? cevert
*'-'ni .... 0 nver on lt." ial<l the i uni man arlth
?I.,,:,,. ?? rii.letly f m irk< l ihe e . im
"Hu who'll ... -.: '" ? b.-d aeveral volcea.
I '? I'' :- "1 r ' '. ***
I ja un ls a N >rthcm -? neraL l say
' ? ? ,'?...?"?'? |i-",'. ... ... ,? .
"Whal i |oll> ? :.' ?>?? ';'' ' n'ver! n,"i
in 'I" ? ip : '-1 : ' ' ., i i ,k ??
"Com", hand over the tlver." demanded the rx
C?**8to|i , blt." Book. i volc. i-'i heard before. Il
i ,?,.- from an old g' nt'.i n n wh - waa qj|.etly aln
,. ', u.,,k ihe flre. 'Btonewoll
.: wn* .. ?S...HI. Amerlcan general. ll BO, the
bi i niiis, be ? it. v.,11 aro both arong.
1/ \l'l.i: 8YRI l' FROM CORNCOBS.
From The Ontaha I! ???
At differenl tlm? ? durlng th. paal ala months
arYlcleoha appeared In the preaa commentlng on
lh,. ;:,, .? manufarturlng mrtple ayrup from corn
,-?i,s Th- facl lhal -i flrat-claaa artlcle can b*
manufact\ire?l hai been thoro .*?... v . imoniUjN
by ibe r...iii auccesa -if a cltlaen oi t_neroae.
County. who ha. "ourprlaed the natlvee by mak
ln, a ayrup from coba lhal an ?apert ?nnotdlo
llngulab from tho genuln* artlcle. lt haa the d-r
anl laate of genuln* Vermonl maplo ayrup and lo
so far aa csn be lold by utate and looko, almool
an .?..,! reproducilon. Tha party who lo engagod
ln the new Industry la a realdent of Marcua, < hero
kea County. and expecte, ln the near future. to
enter Into Ibe buelneaa on a large acale, fo ? whteh
purpoae a atock company la already belng formed.
Bainplea of the ayrup ..." belng senl to all part* of
the country for li pectlon. and ahould lt glve aatlo
factlon. ao II baa al bon.-. tho new- industry will
be a paylng one, ..h ii can bo made for loaa than
half tho eoat of tb-* genulne, and la an excellent
aubstltute. Peopla aro golng to Marcua Bvery day
from tho aurroundlni country and townajto Invaa
tlaatc the matter, and oll go away oattatjtod. Ihe
i'i'.-.-* employed ln obtalnlng these reaulta la yet
a myatery to the publlc, aa ..nly a aeleet few havo
been taken Into tho ' ?' ' after a BOMIM promlse
r.ot to dlviilge any of the d.-talls.
ANOTBBB OF LINCOUTB JOKE8.
From The C8-eag0 Tlmer-Hernld.
Thla N u brand-new Llneoln story. and true, Ilke
all ' i ihis i.i.-ii-s. ;
Prealdent i/neoin reachod Meade Btatlon, near
Peterobiira ?oon aft.-r n s.-rimis baitlo ln whlch
aboul 2.000 Confajdorateo wero mada priaonera Oon
eral lleade wao on tii<- Prealdent b lefl and . olonei
i ;-.,?',- h Kugglea on hls rlght. On thelr way to
hradquarti ra they rode to a polnt where the* could
s.-.. the large aaaemblage of priaonera, with the
priaonera wera many colored aervanta and laborera
?-.\ii Llneoln." aald Oenoral lieade, ??! guesa
Ruggloa 'liii nol overeatb?ata tba number of men
capturod."
Mr. l.lnroln cl.ked bls horoe, dellberately sur
Vayed tho Held full of Oordon'a dlsarmed men an.l
tho cont.nbeii'!-*, "t"! BB?ll "Ves, Ucnerul, the
numbei- ls there ln blaek und v.lilte." I
THE OLD NEW-YORK GANGS.
ORGANIZED BANDfl THAT WERE ONCE A
TERROR TO THE RIVER FRONTS.
THEIR ITtACTICAU-Y COMI'I.F.TE ptTPRESSIOX DY
THE POLI'E VITHIN TEX YEARS?THE
"WHTOB" AND SOME OF THE OTHER
PA-COUB OROAXIZATIONS OF
'.AWHI'.EAKERS.
It la a noteworthy fact that nan* rule ln New
York Is nt aa .nd ar.d has been falrly put down.
The day* of the gungs that downtown, uptown. on
the North and East Rlver front* and near them.
kept the clty In a state of terror are over, and at the
present tlme there ls not a sinjrle gSttg worthy of
the name from the Battery to vTfcstchaatar. I.lttle
banda of mlBgulded youths contlnue to skulk ln
unuaad cellara, on corners and ln the shadows of
lumber and atona yards. but the depredatlons of
these are'few, thelr OUtrage* inslcnlllcant. and
they do llttle more than worry the pollce off and on.
Th.-y are by no nn-ans the legrltlmat* Buccessors of
the old time ganga that Bourtahad ln tho sixtles
und aevsntle*.
Ten yeara ago aaw th.- bcgtanlng of the |**| **
termlned atand of the N*w-Yorfc i>oiice sgalnat the
power of the gaiiK* that then dotted the tov.-n ln
a hundred dlfferenl place*. There was not aearly
so much terroiimn at that tlme as there had been
ten to twelve yeara before that, for many of the
old-tlme offendera had been sent to Jall by the
merclleBB tracklng of ihe bluecoata on patrol and
Central Offlce detectlves. Bul there w.-re enough
ganga In UM, al any rate, to in.-ite ? K*w-Tork
rewspapcr to devote nearly a pag* to .letaiici ,ie
BCrlptlon of them, under the S*rlng headhne "Qang
Rule In New-York," and at least a dozen dtfterent
banda of famous young rufllana held eertaln dlstrict*
of New-Torh under thelr away. Two force* brou*ht
iil-out th.-lr eventual aubjectlon and scatt?riti? -one,
ii- never-endlng afarlne** of the offlcera who
marked every leader ln their minds and kept tra<-k
of blm for yeara untll they could fasten some crlme
deflnttely en hlm and "send hlm up": the other the
sradual bulldlng up of tha clty brlnglng peaceable
forelgnera from the aeajth of Europe Into the Muma
and rookerlea and drtvtng out the turbulent ones.
(llllna mesnwhlle the vacant lot* uptown wlth tall
ieii.in.-iit bloeka whlch offered no refujre for th*
law-breakera.
So gradualiy lt came about that the backbone of
th* ganga was broken, leader after lea.ier Koini?
up to Rln* Slnj,' for fl term of year*. and old and
htatortc haunta belng cleaned oul w-ith lron hand.
There ls no beat ln New-York Clty to-day whlch
patrolmeii have to traver** ln pairs. Yet twenty.
thlrty. and even BO lat* as twelve or thlrteen years
afto. there w. re BtreetB ln VSliOUa parts of the town
In which if would hava heen absolutely unsafe for
a pollceman to ventur* alone at any time after
nlghtfalL fot one uf the mcst aaarkad feature* of
old tlme Ranif rule ln .Ww-York was that a Kood
proportlon of the tenement dw*Uera ln the replon
where each gang had tts "hang-out" a.-tually sym
pathlaed wlth th* young rulflan* who were contlnu
aliy WSging war agalnal law and order, and would
protect them every tlme a.nalnst the pollce. Indeed.
a i lue unlform In those .lay* In the siums wa* a tar
;,-: rm- .-\, rv aorl of abuse, even from some of the
dlBtrlcCa ' respci tabli " . Itlsana.
IN THB OAJ HOU8E REOION.
Perhapa tbe beal Inetan ?? to-day of the complete
Bubji itlon of th.' ganga is in regard to tb* "O**
Reglon." bounded by T*renty-*erenth-*t, ,
? ia-.--. Pourteenth-*t. and tha Eaat Rlver.
There it la atlll a deaol?te and forbtddlng pfatoa
after nlghtf.lL Bealdea the ga* worka there ara
ig, dlama* rlver front.
Once ll waa a eentre of lawleeaneee; twenty year*
. .,, ,,,,,. 0f i ickeal danger spots of the clty.
;.. out ward appearanca lt la nol ho very dlfferent
i .... i, it ratd after rald, ..ver a perled of year*, has
a,. omplUhi i Ita w irk. and at preaent a aober man. |
irmed, can walk even at the e-lg*.
i * the rlver .--My at any time of the evenlng or '
nlght
One by. ne every leader of the three or four gan*;*
tb.it once made nlght horrlble there ha* beea sent
t, tall. and now in thla diatrlct as in every other
? Hiaitr of tii town. wh. n OM Of thefle leader*
erved hl terra and come back to New-York
wai ned, and at tha flrat indlcatton of his
bulldlng up a f.li.w.i, prorapt'y and ener
... feel the welght of pollc* oppre.
?lon.
Another reaaon for tbe complete "roundlag up"
,,f r*nga to-day la thal the pollce force i* much
Urge and better organlaed lhan lt wa* a guarter of
entury ago, Be*ta thal used to be i ivcrad by a
. offlc r have now been dlvlded up and glven
to two an i > ven three au a. This lu* had its effect,
and an effeel thai ia moal marked and poaltlve.
i i m ganga aere pictureeque in nomenclatureand
.],.... Kough an! lawleaB, eruel and mercueaa a*
they were, comi iaed of young brutes who. in moat
caaeB, wer. nothing more nor leaa thaa aavag* anl
mals. they dld, tlme and aa-ln, aome clever things,
whlch whlle th.-y cauaed the blood of honest cttl
yt... ,,, ,,. . over, nevertheleea made theee honest
cktlaena aay that the young feltoara arera mlghty
Bmart, and thal ll ar*a a greal ptty Ihat aa much
Inventlve en. rgy could not be directed ulong decent
llne- | | belng pur I) crimlnal and deetrue
llve.
From iv', to UT7-, wlth the ea rptlon of th- nar
row Btrlp of rlne houae*, handaome atorea andwhole
.,-,. warchouaefl ln th.- eentre of Manhattan 1*1
.,,,1 there arae !.ari.> a dlatHct of New-York that
-,v.,s' -.,'.- from th.- depredatlona cf aoaae one ol
. ? ,,?-,, of ganga. Whlch one of them was
the ctevereal and ihe moal r^nark-bie It ls not poa
ilblc to aay for the honor ia i dlvlded on*. Moal
r.moua of all. poaalbly. afere the "Whyo*" und the
- ,?.. 1.1 RsbWta." that, loeated i.i the vkdntty of th
Wb| irlc olJ ,.-., . |. mia, ran thelr couraea of crlme
w?hoU| mercy and a th ul t .' So pollcem*n had
the l|ighte.i terrora for them; ll arould, when they
tt,.,. m thelr prlme, have taken a whole plato n
ot lhl. | rce to cauae them ? tremor. They
fough: other f.anga, comlng oul vlctortoua be i lae
?r thelr aupcrlot numerlc*! atrength and thelr hrute
They ni-.de it practlcally Impoajlb'.e for any
;.:,: ._.,. bi them. f..r the reaaon that
_ny one who dld would hava the reat of hla llfa
.... ,. , terror i ir hlm by nlghl and by day.
TcUvar phraae-maker once apoke of th* mualcal
,.y 0f. -Why-Oh! Why-Oh!" that the membera ol
thla great gaag uaed to trlll out on tha ai?*roach
of , poltceaaaa a* the "llghl Infantry bugl*-c*ll ...
,.,..,?.-? Thrllllngln tbe extreme waa thla banahee
rke ihrlek th?l so frequently u?ed to rtng oul at
.,'i-hi ln the old Blxth Ward of thlrtj yeara ago.
.! ,s a -i-inl ot the cr.i.iii.a: on poa wanung
huVorarade. wl.rc actually commltUng tha
^Twevery^^^^
may be one or two of th. mlnor membera who h*ve
, ornuo. or ar* no? dn tlng oul wretched v
,,., ,-s as hab'.tual drunkarde aomewhere far
? u-\-iiv' yeara t.ik. .md a later one thal ro**
olw. full h-lght flfteeri yeara ago, The headquar
;:,;?/ both Sere In old Worth-at. The gang mur
,...,., .._i. _|d even aon ol cr.me, little and blg,
I ,'?.'?',.mim.ei. ??:?? "fencea." and flnding no petty
fhVevery "hai came thelr aay too amall for tW
one of the mlnor p'.ctureaque crlmee of the klng,
?liir.ii>" i'i..- oll. afterward hiniK<-i for murder, waa
lhl. .t/aiii.r a watch oul of the uock-t of a fat
ern.i.i ..-.." ;- "ii hls dooratep. A niomMit lat-r
the klng had Jumped on a rJecond-ave. horaecar
_?d aelalng the reln. from the drtver'a banda and
KraaDlng the whlp, drove thal car down the street
nt a terrtflc oace, laahlng the anlmals to a gallop.
heedleaa of tha conductoPa bell and tha -rie^ of ihe
frl-htenrd paaaengera. ,
s,a,., I* lackfng to tell of the many exploita of
Drlacoll Danlel I.yons. Owen Bruen, ' HOggy
walsh'aiH Bhe*. the decllne of theigang began
when young captiiiii McCullegh sald, on taking
charge of tr.e preclnct, "Elther the whyo* or i
must xo from this pre,?.net." Two or three years
later the Whyos went.
Tin-: "HORDBR OANO" AND TIUF. "SHORT
TAIIA"
I,es* famous, but qu'.te as aggresstve and even
more Interesting, was the "Border fjaag" and Its ;
suc.essor. thn "Short Talls." th* latter so-called \
because. la the word* of the nelijhborhood, they
were "k'ds." from slxteen to elghteen years of a*e.
Tha Horder Q*ng gel its r. ime because It lay on the
borders of two preclnct*. lt numbered from twenty
t* thirtv rafflan*. and Its "hangout" waa ln the
aparyard at the toot of Oouveraeur siip. Thougn
lt frequently commltted depradattoaa la the neign
borhood. the apecUlty of thls gang waa the boanl
Ing of slooi.s paaaing down the bast Rlver wlth a ,
little boat Four ..r llve m.n used tO row out la.*
Bl nlght and "hold up" the captaln* nnd OT*WB.
often settlng good sum* of J?"^?'*?6ra a
terror to the diatrlct as well. U*l_>_ "i*^_^_3
oroua men of twenty-flve raara ot ?***_^___J^r__
rather old for a gang of thoae day* Ihey BB*d* the
reglon so dangeroua that PoUcemen n*v*f una to
thlnk of going around slngly. Oantoln 9"?**__ "?_
iireient chlef of th- Detectlve Hureau. won rda
flrat spurs .n putting dojrn the thugeof tljila?o***r
l-'nst 4ile and the now famous Hergeant M< i auiey
used to be * chlef side-paatner. Fifteen years ago
th***"mw got the best ofl thls oldt:me ganR and
''fhe Sho'r?'nTal!s tU^C-S* ?Mr_*tlcally on the
II Tl -ind had l.i be pttt down They w.-re petty
hv mi bul they knew how to "hold up" aad g**>
ruie most sc'entltlc .llv To lil1" Cans h.'longs the
doubtful honor of having started the "can raeket."
of havlng been the tirst In New-York to introduce
UM preaent popular system of "rushlng tha growl
er" Thelr haadguartara wer* lu tho stoneyard '
at the foot of Corleara-ot., and too anug In thora
to move over to a neighborlng aaloon when the
thlrot came upon them, they uoed to oend out one
of thelr number wlth a large pall, whlch waa to
be ftlled w.th beer. It was aeldom that the gang
took the trouble to pay for thla. The man
trhe went for lt would almply march out of the
aaloon wlth the fllled receptacle, and lf the bor
keeper attempted to atop hlm he would make a
few remarka of a maledlctory aort, lnterlarded
wlth profanlty and obaeenity, and contalr.lng ref
I erences to tbe complete ablllty of the gang to
' dean out 'he saloon that nlght If the "barkeep"
! dldn't "hold hla yawp." There Waa only one aa
I loonkeeper in the entlre locallty that ever got the
i beht of this gang. Hls name has not gone down
I to hlstory, but the fact Is not to be denled that the
I gang was so afraid of him that they alwaya pald
I when they went to hu place.
What the Short Tails tstule was rope prlnclpally,
; and llttle thlnga. They never had any trouble
I about gettlna. all they wonted to eat, for the rea
' taurant-keepera were afraid not to glve lt to them,
? and the tenement-houae dweller* m-arby aym
pathlzed wlth thftn, and wtre really rather proud
; of them. Another (fang that was no leaa aucceao
ful ln Its operatlons waa the "Boodle Gang," of
! "Kotten Row," ln the Kluhth Ward. a great
square of double t mement-houscs, co8'erlng tho
entlre block of Oreonwtch and \8'ashlngton ota.,
from Bpring io t'anal, wlth lt* front on tfreen
wb h-st. Thls eonglcmeratlon of bulldlng*. one of
the most famous rook.-rles ln the clty of twenty
years ago, was the headquartera of all the thleveo
anl loafera of the Flfth and Kighth warda.
It was admlraMy adapted for a BtamplBg place of
, crlme. for lt ubound.d In alleywayo, ihrough
8*. hi'-h, thleves could double whui puroued by the
i pollce, in hallwaya, wbero they eould bldo, and in
lOW cellars or baaements that were left empty,
Bcarcely high enough for a man to atand uprlght
In, capltal places for atolen goods to bi BtOWCSJ
away ln.
I Thla lioodle 08?g is renow:i-d in the ar.nala of
I New-Tork. lt was large ar.d mlgbty. lt* membera
8ver> most esport at gnrroting, whlch they a *?
compllahed very almply. one of the gang would
steal up behlnd a man, Jerk liis arni around tho
vlctim's neck, pulling ht?i head back hard, causlng
).i> banda to Hy up and leavlng blm a helpleee
maaa. Then two or three oth.-rs would earefully
go through the rtctlm'a pocketa Th:.s couid ull
be done ln a moment, and th.-n the man would bo
dropped upon th? otdewaU' ar.d tlie crlmlnals wou.d
hastrn away Into hldtng.
TiiK "BOODL- UANO'S" METHOM.
They had aeveral slngular schemes of stealing
wlil li are worth notlng. "Rott.-n How" was only a
Btone*a throw away fr>m the old *'entr.il Market,
ln <.'ar.al-st , anl wagens loadad wlth provl
s:uns ii-i-1 to paas by tre'juently. The gang w . :M
provide IhOBBOalvoa Wltb a long rope, on tlie end of
whlch was ;1 hook. The other end of thls rope would
bt tled to a lamp-post, and then the young thleveo
would lounge on tbe sidewalk near Ly untll a tiuck
ful of ptga eaaie along. As the wagon paaaed slowly
by the nook would be throv.n with un?-rrlng aim,
und it would InvarlaMy imbed liielf ln a p-.g. Tha
wagon would go on and tho rope gradually t.;,'ht*-n.
A tew hundred feet away the plg would be pulled
off, the drtvor meanwhlla unconecioiia of what wao
happenlng. Upon tiiis ihe gang would run up, aataa
tbe plg haotlly unu carry him off Into the courtyard
of "Hotten How'' oi Into one of the CO?ara, Once
safely there they would promptly cut tbe anlmal
up, an 1 the next day the lenein-r.t dwellero or the
region would have offered to th.m by a number of
Inuustrlous young. m.-n plgo' feet, p.gs' Jowta and
plgs' quarters at prices far nelow th" market rates.
Yet another project of the lioodle (Jang was their
deft way cf stealing hams off IXUCBO. one niemt.er
would approach th.- truck oetentatloualy, and, tak
ing care that tbe- driver ahould ooa him. would run
away with a bam. Naturally the cirlv er would Jainp
down and glve chaoo to the fleelng thief. Tlu* rnan
wlth the ham would run for about two blocks, and
then w.th a whlrl of hls arm toss the ham Inta tho
gutter. The driver, taklng poooeoalon ef lt ln trl
umph, would go back to hls truck. only to flnd that
the reei of tha gang bad beea at it aad that every
other ham bad dloappeared.
In the Flrnt ivard, down In Washlngton
st., there were three notel old Kangs. _,tii?
?Stable Gang." with Ita "hang-out" at Xo. 14 Wlsh
Ington-ot., and ttfty otrong, preylng .ip..n iiBrm
granta f'.r the moat part; the "SJlver Q?og." yhej
hiyl a "fence" near by, and commltted butgt?ry
chlefly, ar.d the "Potaiheo," v. ho :nei under Hab
bltt's she.j, ln VA'aohlngton-ot., near K-.-t^.-- .
under the leaderohlp of Captaln "Red Bhajr**
Meehan. This latter waa one of tha most belllgereat
gango of the town, and waged many a battlo ro.8-al
with Ita rivala, aooaultlng alao every helpleao indl?
vldual it happ'-p.'d to run ac.-os.;.
I'p on ihe Weat Si'ie were the famouo origir.al
"Forty Thleves," whooe beadquartera wer.* at
"gebaotopol." on the ro.ks al Portleth-al . between
N'lnth nnd 'IVnth av.-s. This also. a rocky bluff that
made a luperb fot-tr<-.-s for men whom tbe pollce
Wanted, was the locatlon of "I.ittlr- Hl 11." afterward
known as "Hell's Kitch.-n." the orlg.r.al bulldlng
? .' whlch la stlll itandlng. ln Thlrty-nlntl ?et., rtght
here, was also a notalib* row of ten.-ment -houoeo, In
which every other man. at lean*. was a profes?lonal
tbief and rowiy. -Hattle Row." The Forty
Thlevee" dM most of thelr work along th.- rallroad?
th.- New-York Central?from st. John'a I'ark, whera
the freigbt atatlon was, to Poughkeepale. Their
ipeclalty araa the robblng of freight ears, and al?o
ihe flaerlng of paooengero, tho paaoenger station
th.-n be'.ng at Thirtieth-si.. between Nlnth and
Tenth aves., and the oM Broadway otageo (thia
belng thlrty y.-ars ukoi runnlng thretlgk Twenty
thlrd-st. from l'.roadwoy and up Nlnth-ave. to tha
atatlon. The gang uaed to go down to see the frelght
cars lond. d al Bl John'a i'ark. take note of the num
ber of the cars that aeemed to promtoe th>> beat ba-il
of booty, arrange to hlde thomeelvea ;n them in
some way at Thirtleth-st., where the freight tralna
w.-r>- made un, and throw out the goods to confed
eratea aomewnere along the llne.
They op-ratcl wlth great auccess, fllllng In thelr
oparo tlme wlth petty thievery and robbery of every
sort 'Tiutch" Rarmon I.adendorf was thelr leader,
.. man of ln.ni.ns.> nerve and inventlveness. The.?e
"Forty Thleves" ehoull not b-> confiiuni-^d wlth v.*t
urother "P'ortv Thleves" in the lo8ver Seventh
Ward. at the foot of Pike and Market sts.. In Wlil
lam .M. Tw?ed's tlme. Theoo fetlooro were Junk and
ro;,e thleves chlefly, and their great BpOTt USSd to be
at riirlstma-i tlme, wher, they would go into the
back yard* of t-nemeiits and flnd hanglng up at
the wlndows. outside for feaf* k-*eplng In the cold air.
rows of turkeva. 8\'i;h aharp kr.'.v. s oocurely tled
on lonK sticks the Forty Thiev-s a Mlld aaw away at
the strings that heid th. turkeyo untll the blrda
would drop Into thelr hands. Many aa honeat
laborer of thi.-*y years ago down in this r.-giort
uae I to wonder on Christmas morning arhere t::e
"folne burd" ha hung safely outslde his window
the at'ttrnoon before had gone.
PESTS OF THB XOKTIl RIVFR FRONT.
The entire North Rlver front. from Fcrty-second
bt up to about Sixty-thlrd-st., was Infestel hy
notorious gang". such os the "Red Star Soclal
riub," In Forty-slxth-st.. between El-venth-: ve.
aad the rlv.-r. the m-'mbers of whlch uso-,1 to llve
a good part of the tlme ln the gewers, to b* out of
th* way Ot the pollce. Th. leader. "Jini" Wade,
who was afterward captured afur years of follow?
lng by Detectlve-gergeani Vallely <and lt was one or
the most Importanl capturea ever made ln New
York) used to aprlng. when puraued dlrectly intn
the rlver from off the Forty-sixth-st. pier and
amlm from ther* Into the aewer. lle was a perfect
.luck in tbe Wi ter. and in that lay a good part of hl*
pow. i- ov?r the fcJllg. __.__.__i
"Rome," In Sixtieth-st.. between Eleventh ar.l
Tenth ave*.. and "Wranace'toerry How." ia Fifty
Becond-at., between Eleventh-*v*. and the rlver.
were rowa <>f tenement-houaea fllled wlth "growler
workera" h"th girl* and men-who use.t to ii ':i
w*U a fee I lot ka from the entrance of ihe o'.d Na?
tional l'ark, in T.-nth-av-.. betn - n Blxty-aecond
and Blxty-thlrd BU.. and rob reapectable cltlzena oa
thi lr return ti.-in the plcnlca and balla beld la that
reaort Thla waa in isTti. or tbereabouu, and II w..<
ihen the outaklrU of th* clty. Yiavs cur.e and
wenl before the pollce were able to mak.- *ny Ina
presalon whstever on these mobs, for the rich haula
ihat the rougiis and toughs use I to get mad, tli.-m
fearleea and not at all averae t.> entering into a
Ught whenever the alightee. opportunlty ahowed
it-e f Then the Flfty-flret-at. dock w.s the ..nly
pier in thal part of tne town north of Porty-thlrd
? i anl all tlie excurslon-hoats used to Btop th. re.
\ brlckyard was near by, and it waa the eaaleet
poaa'.b'.e thlng for half a doaen low-browed youn*
crlmlnaia to lrag a man ln among th* B< tpa Bl
hrlcks knock him on the head and carry away
everythlng valuabla he had abOUl hlm. They uaai
! i do thla even ln the da/t.in. , for they fe*IWd au
? ilutely nothli g. _..__.__.
A hundred more gang* cf like strer.gth might he
named. There wn* a "C*i Alley Ctang." for ?_?
amp.e ln Eaat Sixth-st . near th.- nver; "Paodp
Maaterson'a rhaing Oang." Bt Sixteenth-.t.
st an I Avenue A; the "Holly Bergan*. ln
East Blxteenth-*., which aerved as a trauilng sch:ol
for <on\e of tha clevereBt profeaslonal thlevea now
in the country; the "Fourth Ward irowd of Maajtag
Kurglars," who hung around I'atharlne BtaTBiKJ
the "Raa Oan?." of Eaat Twentleth-et.iwe tou***
that hung around "Corcoran'a Roost. m r.a-i
Foriieth-st. and First-ave ; "The Oamper Oing.
Of "The Vlllage." ln Kast Thlrty-rlfth-.-t. BgdFWB*.
ave.. who orhftnated ?tlU-tapplng" wnow kn. *n la
Amerlca, and tha ''Maaappa Cetert*, la IsvaaC-i
ave. and Twenty-seventh-*t.
I U0U8B STORY.
From The Spectator.
-rfi r_a>_S**Ss? J_W5J*_|
8i_lK3R? -Cf _*"_? __s
cull nnd ttrijoai Sc-Swa mat I felt obmpelled
STSUaiitMM '" ,th< rtJHS
_;.i Vm) nf their verae tv. and ahe therefore
Equ^
to receive auch ovWenco as would *atl?f> m> douiit*.
1 wentlad Btood wlth her rJOtO to the open Wjg
.low and ahe called the mlce by the 8888808, Jlm
??To'm " "Jack" and ao on, to whlch ane asserted
that ihe bad aecuatomed them. and I aaw them
come. one by <ne. on to the wlndow lodge. where
thev ate bread out of her hand, and aubaequently out
of my own. not tlmldly. but aa lf ln full as.4ur_r.eo
?Ona the'afternoon of.the aame day I had a am-ill
tennla party ln the garden on to wh'.ch thla bvd
room looked. My eouol n, whoee Christlaa name la
Jlm. waa pl.ivlng tennia, and several of the party,
Ineludlng myaelf, ivere alttlng ln the garden bo
nejth the mouse wlndow, when afterrom tea waa
brou_ht out to ua, un.l 1 called loudly "Jlin." "J'.m."
aeveral tlmea to commun'cate that fact to my
couoln. At the thlrd or tourth call aomethlng ran
acrcaa the path, and one of the pi-ty itnpulsively
threw h'.s low bat at lt, anl kllled what we found
to be a mouse.
The mouic-tamer was not cf the party. and knew
noth'n; of the eecurreaea, to whlch Indted nonu cf
us attaehed more than a p*ai!ng lmportance. Tho
next mornlvg. however. atlll ln '-rnoraneo of tha
Inc'.dent, ahe dlatresaedly informed ua that her
llttle "Jlm" had dtoappoarad from her fimlly. and
that. although the othera a?p**ared aa uoual at her >
call, he r-mali.ed abaent; and I Unow thit be novor
reapgeare?