The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-10
SUNBEAMs.

Ing Of tea III California belle that the foot hin
VIII lie admirable for IT, The shasta Valley Ia similar 10
the land on which tea IL raised In Ceylon
The phrase Yer other coat" common IN ru,,i ps.
aware, throwsa giaring light upon the simplicity Of
wardrobe usual In communities OF that region man
dons his "oher coat when goes TO church to town
oraconring, and nobody take. offence at the pub,i,
recognition OF the fact that hc possesses bu two co.ts
TO nave an everyday coat and another coat " deemed
sufficient for any gentleman Happily the fine boots"
that once went with the othcr,->, have dsappeared
and scarce any man silly enough to squeeze hs
rect into thin and uncomfortable boots when he
dresses IN"
Prot. Houston. commenting on ar,ineis, rain max.
'ne p"fore the Franklin Institute OF Philadelphia az
set. 'h, rain oan never bo made fall On any par
W Tue surfscc irre.Peotivo OF the climatic con.
u'o"s ther' eSs'ns; that during certain meteoroogi
'"''ohuohs mdalr explosions may result in rainfau
o'erckentd areas but tho liberation of energy necs,
say tor such ranfns is not due entirely to the mid air
explosions the energy being stored IN in the os, sv
anu that the meteorological conditions which must
Nhtfor tue successful action OF md.air explosions
wouiu prooabiy In mos. although not IN ali. cases
themselves result IN the natural produo ton Of rain
"A committee OF Canadian experts after con.idsrn,
the merits OF foRhorns against whistles and cuns A
against bombs has reported that under most favor
able conditions all fog signals nre untrust worthy
sometimes weak signal has been heard further than
strong one. shallow water by causing unequal heat.
Ing Of thc atmosphere lessons tho value Of signals The
whistle superior to the horn and either Is hotter than
.e gun or the bomb For convenience Of htorage and
readiness Of handling bombs preferred to guns and
they are tn be used in all the minor of Can
ada. THE committee warns shipmasters against d,.
pending on fog signals they being only guides TO oca
ty and not 10 dist ance
This reads like an incident ofNew England hso,ry
and religious persecution of 200 years ago but 1t oc
CURED In Edinburgh Scotland within the past month
The superintendent OF the soldiers and Sailors Home
who had given eleven years Of faithful srvicN In that
place and whose capabilities and COOL character wet.
warmly commended by prominent patrons OF the in.
stitution was asked to resign by the committee Of
management because he had Joined the plvnloutb
Brethren. This reason was frankly avowed, A .uc
cessor was selected and all but appointed when tho
committee learned that he too belonged to the sams
Questionable denomination. He was promptly turned
down. and now there is considerable Of stir about the
whole business
There is yet hope for Europe The Rev John Smith
prominent Presbyterian clergyman of Edinburgh who
was recently In this country attending the Ncrba.d
Conference told his congregation his rotru thrss
weeks ago. that no converted white in the United
States Il saw some magnificent baseball" hs said,
and became quite lover Of the game" The good
work is also spreading In Central America. Panama
has the baseball fever badly There three club. on
the lsthmus excellent match games played and,
from the enthusiasm displayed. 1t is not unlikely base.
ball may be the salvation Of the country from the
ethargy beRottcn Of the climate Tho enthusiasts play
ball at r. ~. with tho 9bsinthe shades directly
know tina, This 1. devotion which fev Now yo,t cnt
even vould he c.nab,c n,
-Teiscrnnbers, feat, in xortino q, limo ,,-,,,,.
when .hor, c,,cpi,x nav. h,., h,o..n ,r, ,,,,,,.
during IN, nr,t d, wa n, Tho hi,,,r n, ,nr..
when news wa. ,,n, from, no,,on % No. Va, ~ 80
OF an ocean c.ble hut III, o,.r,tion NJ, lon, Ian, |
cults is not uncommon. An orer,tor In Portland n,
relates an .xperi.nce on the onu,., land ci-.n,
probsblv .ver on.rn,cd Tn, wire, nm tho sor,hs,n
Pacific went down aud o,,,v In ,h. .van,rn Ill o
munication. ems, M Oman, we're ,hrt m hn, ~.
Northern Pacific wire. w.r. conn.ct.d an, I,o.,,.d
rr.ss d.spatehe, from, the Ra,t nor. s.,, n, hi.,,
and thence to St Paul Helena Portland so,tt,. "a.
coma San Prancisco sacramento and Ia. Angola,
The de.patches wers r,nented At r.,sv .r,om,tic,,
The circuit .xtended from thu .xtrcm. por,b N IN.
extreme soutb mud from m, Atlantic IN m, p..;a.
New bn,ves and uu.r.r. will .,on h, r..a, "a, ,,
cu,atiou In the competition nv artist. ahont vo.r
ago between 200 and 400 designs were sphm,,,.s Int
not ono WAS nvniab. Tn. desonv that nav. h..n .rh
United to Secretary Foster vera ,roo.,,.d r.,r,vh
Director In.ch and IN. dr.w,,o, 80. b., ch..,..
Barber the designer in the mint at Ph.d.lphi, Tn.
character of the deyice, ia limited nv law IN mis-. IN
one aide shall he An nnr.s.nn .mbI.m,,,. a, h.,t,
with the inscription Liberty and thu war n, ma
coinage and on the aide shall h. rho neu,. y,
Representation OF m eau,. with IN. ins.r,ntion,
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