The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-26
sUNBEAMs.

Major Won wissmann has arrived At zsn-,h.r VIII,
the materials for the 1eld railway which his .esm.r
10 to be conveyed to Lake Victoria. Hts railway 4. tn
be taken M behind and laid In from, Of tn. steam
er as II advances. ny using rails he expect. that
thousand carriers will suce to take tho vessel to thu
lake. without the railway he would need about 900
porters.
Canada gives to It's geological survey only $40 oooa
year while the various geological surveys In our own
country absorb nearly million dollars annually Yet
Canada makes n fne showing with this modest sum
The annual geological reports are in part records Of
original discovery and research. and with THAR nns
mans and photographers are as interesting as many
books oe travel Canada contains the largest unknown
areas Of tho American continent.
Blowit, the Paris correspondent Of the London r,-s
sends all hts dispatches In French and they are trAns
lated tn the Times once. Some English newspapers
have recently been complaining that the rn,s, trans
ntor Of ho.s manufacture, and that while he rus
Bowitzs long letters into English words he does
Put them into tho Englsh Language. They ara Of the
opinon that translator Ia born not made and that the
TIM. has got hold OF = manufactured article.
MIR Theodore Bent. who sent to investigate the
famous Zimbabye ruins in South Africa writes home
that these ruins undoubtedly ~ PhTnicsn origin.
and that the inscriptions and other evidence he has
found unmstakably Indicate the form OF worship, the
manner decoration and the System ~ gold smelling
pracscd by tho vanished people who erected the strnc
lures They nre relics Of people who were far ad.
vanced in civilization though the present Inhabitants
are mere snvages
Lord Randolph, Churchill in his letters from South
Africa complains Of the dscomforts he suffered h,s
way to that country lie particularly protests against
the food served the steamship the very thought Of
which most depressing. AZ the sams time. he
say. he had his daily bath electric lights and other
modern improvements which travellers = few years
would have regarded as great Injuries. His lord
shin does appear be Of the stun that pioneers and
explorers nrc made of.
1t is not generally known that most African az
plorers the continent from Zanzibar have bean
compelled NJ out chiefly with slaves hired from their
Zanzibar masters. A few weeks ago tho British Anti
Slavery Society issued protest against this practice
to fact that the expedition which
H. Johnston had Just led into the country was made Up
OF slaves The sultan of Zanzibar has issued do
forhdding the cnlsting Of slaves these exped
tons There ia accordingly great scarcity of labor
and explorers and the German East Africa Company
cannot get all the men they need.
The latest outbreak Of the souvenir spoon mania
love spoon" The bowl ia heart shaped and Of bright
gold. or. cynical suggestion. Of gilt The handle 10 .
silver It's harbed point piercing the centre Of the
heart and its shaft entwined with forget nos The
spoon il intended primarily for token,
but II he indicted. In dozen lots. bride or
used pledge of affection any suitable provocA.
ton. Another new souvenir freak Ia tho old oAkeu
bucket" spoon a "sonvenr Of childhood" Tho bowl
depicts the bottom Of the WELL with the bucket floating
on the water The chain through the mouth Of
the we'll at the shoulder Of the spoon and the handle
to an oak tree at the top.
The young man from the country has been writing
up the sorrows OF the decrepit old woman who plays
the wheezy hand organ and who. like her instrument.
seems to have reached the furthes point Of natural
decay. No sympathy is needed in the The organ.
which gives out scarcely note in and then
most ashmntic tone. is Professionally known A. "A
wheezer." and brings higher rent than nne in
strumen for the reason that 1t appeals powerfully to
the symrathes of the unniated ecally those who
have brought tender hearts with them from the rural
regions. In these sunshny days OF mutitudinous
shoppers the asthmatc wheezy instrument. controlled
by the hand of venerable person with white hair. Is
certain to bring in an abundant harvest.
There is large gray and white cat that has dscov
cred the excellence Of the English sparrow
tice Of diet and spends most OF her time on still
hunt in Union square where she seems to claim resi-
dence large and interested assemblage watched her
recent engagement with stranger Of the canine spe
ces, fox terrier weighing some thirty pounds Puss
played with him with mouse. pretending to sleep
rolling on her back as II intent only on play. hut
rising to tap the terrier his nose whenever he ven
tured too near and finally chasing him of the lawn
and to the further side of the park The dogs who take
their regular airing in Union square understand hof
ways and give her wide BERTH having found her more
than match for the most savage Of her persecutor
DR. c. Abbott. the wellknown arch Biologist, began
the study in which he made his reputation when he
farmer Trenton. Now Jersey. His farm
occupied q knoll overlooking tho wide lowands along
the Delaware. where the Delaware Indians and their
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and the name introduced maps Ia their mispro.
nunciation OF It, An Indian map maker recently In.
both names on his az the pames of aepA,