The sun., 1891-08-11
sUNBEAMa.

sUNBEAMa /,
Bears 20 thick IN fiscataauis county Me- ths.
they interfere with harvesting operations while p,or
who berryine In Washington take their ra,s
| along
out in the hsyneid last week following the mo~tn,
| machine with his rake, smart any young ian n
the crew. Capt Ren 10 over Is years Of age but n.
doesn't seem to know It.
| -Jewiston Ne, has soms economi al citizens vb,
| carry thrift to extremes One OF them on r,o..,
Saturday night bouGht loaf OF bread Of baker Ana
on the following Monday morning returned TO tn, ,S,n
with part Of ths loaf aud wanted TO exchange IL 10,
hot biscuits.
| One Of the Oldest and most Interesting oa,.,,,
| Maine ia the mansion known ~ the J. r. Libby real
dence In saco, which was built In 1871 for Juov.
Thatcher of the District of Massachusetts bay Wts,.
the walls Of this old house Lafayette President Mon
roe and other noted men have been entertained ana
| 1t 10 still a com:orta 10 residence
-. q. Rich OF Bethel. Me. sole survivor Of ths oA
time mighty hunters OF the RanRelsy distrct has ron.
into camp at his old resort on the shores Of Nom,
chunkemunk to see what he the shootnv lin.
at the age of 1s. Mr. Rich has Killed In his TINA An.
moose seventythres bears about four C.n,t.
lynx several hundred deer and other game In man..
| tion.
There 10 odd inversion of seasons in the Pre,,>
quarter OF this town All winter long doren dull rsa
brick houses In that region aaow with the sprn,
spledors of artificial towers destined to frs.hen IN.
summer bonnets OF women all over the union Al thu
season. however, thousands in the French quarter Ar.
making fur for winters wear or curln.
| ostrich feathers for autumn hata
"A Portland. Me. lady tho other day noticed comm.
OF young orioles that had fallen from their nest in
tall elm tree into the street. where they were In nmt
nent danger OF being run over OF being dcvonred
the neighborhood cata She placed them in a basic,
aud left them on tho roof OF . high she'd where in a
very short time the parent birds found them and car
ried them away Each Of the old birds placed win,
beneath their young, aud then, using their out,,ds
wings to fly with. carried the lost babies safely homs
Nautical libraries are among the curiositss Of the
water front You may md them at old Junk sbsn,
the wrsekaae psrhspS Of hbslied shps the pedr,s
ofbankrupt CsptainA Tho books are nearly all pondsr
ous volumes Of history. eeoEraphy, biography or
polsmsca The binding 10 usually good. they srs
seldom much worn. Why they were ever bousht And
put aboard ship It would be hard to Eusss United
States ships by the way, sometimes have libraries Of
size including the best standard works o,
. variety Of sorta
-Iti little singular that church has ever been
located ON the Bowery The corporate title OF the old
Episcopal congregation Second avenue and stuyys
SAINT street "st Marks Church in the Bowsry" but
the name refers to the "bowes" OF Gov Peter stuy.
vssant founder Of the chapel that occupied the
same site, and not to the street. The Methodists ass
had Bowery village church that once stood near the
little park. below Cooper Institute In Sew.
snh street But In all Of ia varied history the line OF
buidinss ON "the Bowsry road" II used be called
has never been broken BY an ecclesiastical sdiucs
Builders that the distinguishing eharacterstis
of skilled mechanics in New York Is discipline
country carpenter for example, may b. 40 skilled IN
his trade ~ city carpenter, yeti the former shsad
come IN compstiton with the latter upon city work
employing small army Of mschanioa the oolntry
sarpeuserb nferorty In the matter Of dscpuns would
At once b seen, and he would bs is ssetvs thal hs
urban fellow craftsman. New York mechanics DO not
tread upon Anothsrs heels: three fsur do mot
rssh Oh ON the same srrand they rests than
country mechanics and in all things they hsvs In.
sncts and hab Of regular tresps rakhss than thoss
Of volunteer
-Dusky 10 the only word which viii Apply to the com
plsxion Of . eentsmanly looking Mohsmmsdau. who.s
teeth are OF the whitsst and whose the black
est that glitter and who from seaside rsso
to another with commercial travellers trunk packed
with relics from Palestine and oddities from Other
Oriental iaudA ksen business man he finds hs
pront stocking the bszaars With curios
ties prayer beads sesrsbeL and other genuine gem,
Tor which summer sauntsreo pay shsir money a. part
OF the seaside show. The disciple OF Mohammsd is
picture OF devotion a. he spreads his sacred
sunrise on the beach at Long Branch, and knsslns
upon 1. makes his saaam and uttsrs his prayers with
face turned toward the holy city Of Mecca
"Kau Dc Javels" il the legend on small sisnbosrd
ovsrhansns an area in the French quarter Tho area
leads to . lov.csilinxsd basement room. Outside
along the Window now dwarf sun6svsrs and running
vines Inside one sees . tall, shapsess old French
woman with that indsscrbabls lsok In the eyes tha.
one sees in the psssant women Of the Yrsnch illus
trstsd nsuspapsra Her sole companion Il abss.ess
Frenchman OF hsr own who busiss himself in max.
ing nsh meta The old woman sells the "EalNs JavkuAn
which 10 lime water for washing linen. Ths old msa
makes the most beautiful pet nets Imaginable smsll
CRAB meta and even great ssinss seventy long Bl
IL an imported Parisan and he speaks no knslsh The
whole place IL ~ thoroughly European q thas
can Be tmasinsd
"a farmer In Alfred, who had suRsssd much from thS
dsprsdssions Of . sly old fox which vas 100 cunniss
for traps aad too fast for dogA recently sessnissA
sxpsdidon to turn rsyuards hole iAsids ont This
dens vhils the old fox was away from home With Ii
result Of nndng four young roxss lot Of CHECKED
bones and fssthsrs and the remains OF litter Of kill
tena while the men were on thsir way homo tssy)
were greatly astonishsd to their dom which had
preceded thsm enjoying froio with the old fox In n
adjoining ned. The fox would ran . little way. vth
the dogs In full CHASE and then suddenly he dsvn
roll over the dogs following suit aad giving vent ID
IN short o.rks and vaxsas their tails
fufiousy They had been very snthusiasuo about dgI
enr ont the hole bus could not bs induced TO chase the
OLD fox and the sly chicken thief got away
Tho fruit trees Of Maine which have sunersd from,
30 many other caussA are now msuaesd By the gysy
moth. which has made n APPEARANCE in the town Of
Gray and other parts OF Cumberland county. IL II
thought that the pests brought into Maine on car
ragss driven through from Maiden Aasa and v.sipi,y
by tourists travelling in that manner Itis in Maiden
that the sysy moth most abounds, that city bsus a
sort OF headquarters for the pests thousspds o1
trees there have been stripped Of their foliage ana Al
pear ~ though dead. The Massachusetts, au,hsr,s2
have been At Grsat trouble and sxpsnss In their sor
to stay the ravagss Of the destructive insssa and Al
Is likely that the same work will have to b. done hy
the Maine Board Of Agriculture Several oxchsxds II
Gray have already been stripped bare - In wisr
and the farmers are apprehsnsivs that the pest viii
spread over the entire State.
An interesting and instructive tablsau vas wiS
messed the other day at Brunswick, No. in the very
heart OF the strict" prohibition section the State
Ihefast express train struck hayrack CONTAINING two
mon, demoishinR the vehicle and somewhat ,niurlns
Its occupants The train Was stopped and the paxssn-
gsrA pouring out surrounded the unfortunate farme
who were unconscious some asked II there was
any liquor in tho crowd. drummer passsd out nsat
little flask Of old bourbon another drummer followed
his example, and soon there were hands stretching
forth from all directions with pnts and half pinta