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

The Denver Ssws sAys that Jonas Carpenter OF that
city Ia nearly $50 years old He was born in virginia
and the family bible gives the date OF his birth 1871
lie is said 10 be in good health.
M n. De YOUNG editor Of the San Francisco cAront
e started his first ncwspapsr In san Francisco In
on capital OF $40 Brot iiarts was then clerk In the
Mint ana did his nrst writing for Mr.. De Young.
There 10 an "Ohio Beauty" cherry tree In the old
Bassford orchard in Browns Valley Cal. which bears
from 900 10 900 pounds OF fruit every year The
tree s large that scaGoldnr has TO be built round
IL so that the herries can be picked.
In Telling a big tree at lvoryton village. In the Con.
nec,icut Valley tho other day. the woodsman drove hi.
axe bis ronnd stone exactly in tho heart OF
with difficulty he eSliurned the rock which weighed
thirty or forty pounds How the stone got into thu
tree trunk u mystery to all the farmers who HAYS
noted the phenomenon. si more curious Nv the fac,
tina, the stone had not ale cted the trees growth.
"A negro was thrashed In Galveston by another
negro on the ground that he had attempted 10 separate
the latter from his wife through voudooism While he
as on his way to hospital in patrol wagon he
to a detective what Is known among tho negroes as
Jack" which 10 rus described 1t 10 composed OF
several Items among others certain bone OF aRrars
yard rabbit finger nail taken from OH the lnGer OF
dead ms n some hair, loadstons bone of 10, back
cat ali scwed up In small red flannel bag about tho
size OF very large strawberry and having something
OF the same shape and appearance"
- The best protection young woman can have In
this city said big policeman tho broadway squad
yes riay one of those little silver crosses that the
kings bau ghters wear. I've noticed that nowadays
the professional masher will look first at the bosom Of
womans dress and II that little cross dangling from
buttonhos passes her by without even astara Its
the same way OH the atreet The young
woman who wears one Of those badges has got tho
whole load OF men to take care OF her and Ium?
the fellow dares to annoy her Tho cross getting
TO 10 look with the respect and deterence
u nuns garb "A safeguard 1t beas the average
policeman al hollow"
-Den,i,ts have discovered that tartar acacareousds
post tho teeth. Is more abundant in persons of
q In IhAra
explanation. aocordin. to an obssrvant dentist Is tia,
persons OF nervous temperament secrets more tAva
than others and tartar carried BY saliva in sou
ton the deposit in tho case OF such persons is un
usually large 1tisa we'll known fact that the nervous
condition has marked effect upon tho sallvary gland.
An Oriental method of detecting crime Ia to take
era persons suspected OF tho offence and require them
to chew dry wheat The nervous fears Of the guilty
man up his savary glands and he chokes in at
tempting TO reduce the grain to pulp.
Tho Swiss are found In tho French. German. and
Italian quarters of this town for tho reason that tho
native swiss tho frontiers of France Germany. ami
Italy speak tho Languages OF their foreign neiIhbo
The Swiss Club the west side OF town. Just the
border OF the oldest French quarter. Ono OF the
important Swiss benevolent societies IL in Second
avenue. in tho midst Of the German quarter wie a
saloon much foauented by swkers from the canton OF
Ticno displays the red cross of switzerland in tie
heart Of the west side Italian region. First
shop advertises "swiss goods" and displays Sreat
variety of mus ca! boxes from Geneva. Some OF tho
dantiest hAndicraftsmen of this town are Swiss
One of the strongest professional trades unions in
tho United States is the Dentists Protective Asoc
ton. After due warning the doors were closed when
the membership had reached about 5000 Every man
paid So and the resultant fund Of together
with what may come In from now members 10 expected
needs Of the organ cation for indefinite
period When mem Der OF tue society gets into law
suit involving principle peculiarly Important to
the whole body OF dentists tho association assigns
sci and meets the whole expense of the trial Tho con.
sequence 10 that members of the association escape
such suits are brought merely to annoy, aud tho
fund 10 seldom encroached upon for counsel feea
Race prejudice in the United States 10 not whit
stronger than in India where the British after occupy
the country for stu deSpiso the natives
OF whatever caste. This contempt extended to
the Caucasian born and brought up In India. The child
born British parents in India and not sent to Europe
be educated Is called country born" and the
10 OF distinct opprohrium. 1t the unanimous tss
tmony OF Europe that one never really pensa,es
the Oriental Whatever tho mans culture. Whatever
his intimacy with the European something still kept
back. The charm Of mystery with which Kiplng In.
vests his stories Of Indian life mirrors the feeling Of
resident toward tho surrounding dark brown
ocean, to which they are only - allen drops
Avery remarkable case Is that of An old lady,
of of the prominent families OF Guiford
village tho Sound. who hAs Just been adjudgsd BY
the authorities to DO insane and to the
Middletown asylum this week. She had dwst In her
big homo without human companions for years. but
her home was fairly ovsrrun with pet cats and cana
ries 1t was not known that her mind unsound
until few weeks ago, when she called at . New Ha
ven hotel with small army Of cats and birds The
proprietor declined to accept her guest
OF her pets Then officers visited her at her home and
found In box fifty embslmsd cats aud about
dozen preserved canaries while squads OF oats pa.
roed all her apartments and the house rang with the
shrill chatter Of song birda
Tho Eastern Shore of Maryland has been so lite
disturbed by immigration that tho region numbers
comparatively few surnamea 30 that At various times
has been necessary resort to odd but very ancient
devices to distinguish between bearing the
name. The commonest device 10 tho pstronymio by
which Of two mon bearing exactly the same Christian
and family Names one IL distinguished from the other
by the addition "of Williarn.""of Thomas" or "ot
john" the may be the meaning Of the phrase
being ''son OF William Thomas, or John" Another dc.
vice commonly employed was to couple with tho
name an adjective to indicate some physical pecu.
liarity "long to indicate tall man. ''back to In
dictate dark man. or red to indicate rudy man
Occasionally the distinguishing word IL mplimen
airy. "Devi" is not unusual prefix to the Christian
surname OF man having reputation for vice or
reckiessness. A man bearing one of tho bestknown
names ia Maryland carried to his grave this prefix