The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-10
SU.NBE.fNS.

Specially skilled and artistic arehitees 10 thin Ia -
are among the hest paid Of professional men, tn. bss
known artists In this line sometimes receive SO, 10,
drawing the detail OF sngs handsome doorwAy s,a
the ceverest o: them do not together hints f,o
the old fashioned fsnlizhs and piliarsd door a,
houses in the older part OF the town,
--There Ia peculiar milines, o: oiiaa,e In tn. p.,,
ware and Maryland rcniusua, especially in IN.
southern counties lying directly between Che.ane.t
Bay and tho Atlantic ocean. In Worccste- countv
Md. the ng sometimes live, outdoors through m.
winter and many planters garden IN earlier d.v,
had three or four nz trees piante In sheltered .r,,
where they were suffered TO take their chances I, IN.
open air all winter Occasionally the fruit OF tf,., =.
situated comes to maturity.
Where do city bees cone from and where do tb.,
to DEPOSIT their honey Any day they may b, ss..
IN cus riGing tho sweets from the capacions bosom
OF the great blue Zanzibar water HE. and hoy.,n.
above tho yellow water peoples in Union square NOV
understand their business and attend To II s,ric,y
The Zanzibar lilies are the only that have scar,
of their own aud the bees never touch tho white ana
red lilies OF Asia and Africa which beautiful 10 tn.
eye, but have no native sweetness
Tho ra ms OF tho past week have in .erfsred wiz,
operations In the cable road ditch un on sgu.,s
and three mon have been kept busy for several d.y.
PUN ping ont the water which Is troa and dc a,
n creek. IL Is suspected that the excavators h,r.
struck branch Of the brook that once flowed ,h,rs
and that washos led on into sewer a. It should have
BEEN This BROOK once famous or Its trout as British
officers who were hero during the Revolution have s
on record gave no little trouble when tho foundations
Of tho Tiffany building at Fifteenth street were laid
I'm Park the other day small boys dartsd 4,
front of the horses OF Third avenue causing them
to rear suddenly. Everybody stopped to watch IN.
boys who, bArsheaded and with their hats in their
hands scrambled crafty ever tho uneven pave
"Whatisnr Yelled the driver. but the boys paid no
attention to him Suddenly ono swoopsi down an,
threw Ids hat on the ground. Ills companion excited
and painting watched him as he carefully lifted IN.
corner Of the hat and peeped inside The disengaasd
hand stole In under the hat aud presently came oa.
with adiminuvs mouse held by its tail The boy, and
the mouse disappeared up side street. and ttac va,
resumed.
-Louussrs about the great bird cages in Central
Park were startled the other day by tile sudden ioud
and long continued rattle nj locust evidently in
tfonbe. The noisa quito twice loud that av
made BY the locust. was kept up for fully a minute
before the cause OF the trouble discovered Tbsn
soms one found tiny English sparrow struggling with
beetle nearly half his own Tho insect lay upou
the ground bouncing about and utterng Its noisy bro
test while the sparrow picked and pecked in vain
effort to ges through tho insects shelf Tho bird va,
presently robbed OF an unconmony hearty meal by a
sparrow policeman who In utter disregard OF e.prt, De
co'rs rescued the beetle from bis fellow sparrow.
Although northern Delaware has been considerably
Affected by comparatively recent Immigration society
In even that part Of the little common eAi,h Is IN
usually stable About the Oldest things in tho region
are the Presbyterian Church and those
oddly enough usually named for streams Of watsy
There are Red Clay Creek. White Clay Creek Head Of
Christiana. and Drawers churchea all named for
streams lowing hard BY. Drawyers Church consider
ably over 100 years DID, stl STANDS overlooking tho
sluggish t.dowater stream for which it s named Head
Of Chrst,ana is church. but the congregation Ia,
had only six pastors In 100 and present In
eumoent has hold his post for nearly forty years.
-occasioually the good missionaries to the Indiana
Of the far West have little Joke among themselvs, A.
hal nm vApfa Gaia
9yman to hts Presbyterian friend: zone of Your con
Vefts was up bsforsa magistrate the CHARGED
with uoSication and the latter said, Uncas oupht
to b. ashamed OF yourself; you arc q Christian and
should know better limo Christian Mr. Judge, said
the Indian; 'Cncas only aPresbyterlan.'" THAT re-
minds me-" responded the Presbyterian "Iwas At Your
santee mission. not long ago and called the Episoo
pal ministsr In charge. and while talking the
door opened and In stumbled . orheavy Sioux chief
WITH How. preacher. howl como sec you (hic) and
swo three other good churchmen with me-"
Tho name "Nurderkill" spilled to an important
stream In Delaware is explained in popular tradition BY
curious story that 10 told OF early settlers in another
part OF the country According the legend tho stream
.ook u" name fom the fact that an early European
explorer. having landed the bank of the creek psr
susded dozen natives to drag his cannon by . roma
tied about the muzzls and touched OF the gun with
murdsrous results when his dupes got in line III.
name OF course. 10 merely . corruption Of the Dutch
Motherkili. meaning another stream because IL 4, .
large creek with many tributaries There Is
In Delaware BroadkilL which has come 10 BE- spelsI
with ma, NJ" apparently because the English ss.
tiers took lie last syllable to he the with the las,
syllable of limekiln-
The Broadway cable road Il now in process Of con
structon directly the tunnel of thu Bsacb mar
mstio road that extends from Warren street to Pay
place and has gred air shaft the edge of the Civ
Hall park lawn on Park place. The entrance IN m.
tunnel IL In tho basement Of large clothing
msns ana permanently blocked up but the massive
a 1rA n a NkA nl.~
mental car are still there and tho cable will vhy
ABOVE them without disturbing tho subterraneau Still
ness. Tho amount or treasure sunk in Broadway in
pnsumatic and arcade experiments ana legislation in
sho win properly owners and in the horse
and tho cable would make that surgev.
OF . FOLD mine. Only the skilled talent of IobbyIs,
could begin to guess At the figures Of thi. buried
treasure.
"A endless couple up town expsnd most Of their
ympathies on canary bird which Is . crank on the
feather question The little fellow Who ia seven years
DID, has always had an aversion to bis aura drs,,
and has pulled every feather he could
reach Tho result 10 that he has now a sn Doth shiny
skin which looks like polished parchment two or
tnsee lonely thl feathers and trne OF plumage his
heao sno neck In summer he all right but the cold
OF winter bothers him soon a. rost come, he IN
c'ao 10 . warm flannel Jacket which he admires i'm
men'sly. At nighs he lies down on . bed OF cotton
batting submits quietly 10 be covered up and sesps
there contsntsdly till morning II the cold becomes
and put In bed with his Mistress to whom lie cudd.s
mp eagerly for warmth
-Workmen have begun to tear down the bistoric
house which has been tho homo Of ex Mayor
more than half acsuury which stood in the centre
OF . plot or fifteen acres bounded by tho Boulevard
hrerside drive. and I24th and l2sth streets It
built century and half ago. and mass of weird and
oosdy traditions were connected with It, ending with
the murder OF two British officers while they were
asleep under It's root hut ghosts have disturbed she
IL
owner now Year, old has been 10th to abandon hts
old home which looks out tho Hudson and the Pail
rades and Is beautiful for situation The property cost
$4,000 In 1854 when exMsyor Tiemann purchased II.
ana when tho street openers get through with II us
oHlnal value viii have been multiplied hfty fold III
pity that So no doubt but there ID no room for
old houses and historic sentiment the Island OF Man
haitian.
"A young medical student in New York had are
markabs experience recently He belongs to that sos
OF young men who arc compelled to depend almost ss
trely upon their own resources to obtain their sduc
lion. Aud ho spends his evenings in downtown once
n liza nj al h,,.