The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-29
sUNBEAMs.

r,om.. Dnni.b west indies on Aug 1s, and which
wa. kind OF miniature Worlds Fair after the mods,
az the Jamaica Exhibition. designed greatly to bentft
the commercial interests OF 'he ''auu hsau 10 nave
been tremendous success
-"Convent hair" IL an article well known IN the
trndc and highly priced. When young woman takes
the veil In Roman Catholic Church her hair Is cut
on md the tresscs sold for the benefit Of the
vent A. the hair Is cut pretty close TO the head the
tre,scs are usually long and thus convent hair" has
| q special value.
News il beginning to Of hard times la. winter
among the Indians OF the far north in British America
Tie people York Factory on the west coast OF Hud
son i,sy could not procure deer and Indian children At
the Factory itself starved to death II was not until
srug brought plenty OF geese and ducks that the su
fering WAS removed
"A French geographical newspaper makes no less
than I'VE blunders In tho twenty.one lines which
gives TO reporting the OF the Pcary expedition
calls the enterprise expedition TO tho North rols'
snys that Lieut. Peary broke his leg near the knee by
fa on the Ice" and that tho party will advance this
fall from at Mccormack Bay toward
the northern limits OF Greenland where they will pass
the winter also that expedition Is now organizing
here to rcvictual the Pcnry party next spring
Great mounds Of sand and oyster shells found uron
the seaside lower Delaware are said TO be OF Indian
origin The Nanticokrs n tribe that has left It's
upon geography OF Pennsylvania ut various points,
were accustomed Mt the approach OF winter to move
into lower Delaware. and there to feed all
winter long upon ish and oysters Tho mounds mark
the grent camping grounds of tho tribe. Tho Nant.
coke large river Of the peninsula, perpetuates the
name OF the tribe and strengthens the tradition.
The people along the columbia River thought they
were prepared for anything In the nsh limo after the
marvellous run OF salmon which has been literally
choking the river this but they wers taken
other day when four whales crossed the bar
and away up the stream. They were big fellows
and disportcd themselves in lively manner owning
the river for the time being tho steamboats,
very careful give them all tho sea room they wanted
After having tho fun and making NIL the excitement
they desired. tho whales swan back to sea again.
The English newspapers published at Yokohama
exchanging such compliments as rival West
editors sometimes ing At one anothers head The
editor OF tho Japan Mail says that the editor Of the
Japan asse local dotnrd while the editor Of the
Japan Gnsn. the editor Of the Japan Nail Of
"audacity and inpertinence," and says he has do
scended to gutter journalism" Tho wransle 10 enter
tanning the foreign population while natives who
read English look aud wonder One Of the rivals was
formerly an officer in the British army and tho Other
went to Japan as u missionary.
When We remember that only ten years ago the poo
| pic of Uganda and Victoria Nyansa were almost
known the world It Is surprising to read that the
missionaries there recently sold In few weeks 1000
reading sheets printed In tho native language They
send word that they could sell 10000 copies At
they had them They the people are most an ious
acquire the OF reading and that their eAgerness
for is astonishing As long We had reading
sheet book left" writes one. "a crowd svarmed
| around day and night. and hundreds were dsap.
| pointed when the supply gave out"
I'm July 1883. that terrible explosion In Japan
which blew the mountain OF Bandni San into the air
tu,,nv many n-ople while the fravments Of ths
shattered mountain falling into the rivers damned
them 40 COMPLETELY that three large lakes were
The wa. ruined BY the ashes and lava
TINT it. The great calamity to be pro-
vding Its compensation. for most Of the OF
TINT district have turned their attention to fishing in
the three new lakes which are said to tenn with nah
Of various kinds They arc thus beginning TO recoup
themselves in for tho loss they sustained BY
| the eruption
Land titles run back long vay on tho neninsnla N
De,.ware md MARYLAND Ono Aldrich a farmer in
nor,hern Delaware sold a farm not MANY year, am
and the title deeds that he passed were dated veil bach
into the seventeenth century and thev bore the asna
| ture OF the Indian chief from whom the land WA
boupht The property IN to the reosnt AL.
hnd descended in the family BY uheritancs when the
United states was seeking to erect struo.
ture on walops Island sand patch on tho coast oR
| Accomac county, Va one sneed came along With a
seventeenth century title and gave no end of sroubls
! before hi. claims were satisfied
| -"washingtou News" Is q private street running
from University place to FIFTH avenue In tho rear Of
| the fashionable homes fronting Washington square,
The NAME perhaps occurs nowhere else In the city II
indeed It IL to be found in any other American town.
The New has odd and interesting history Il
primarily to change then to moult shed feath
birds do at certain Then -
mean the place where hawks vere kept while noultns.
| then to mean cage, ana hnauy, since hawks were
kept In and about tho stables to any stable The
term is still common enough in English towns Al the
houses oorderhs "asnihs'on "o"s arc ensf sssolss o.
the homes OF servants
-"hen tno growing vest attsAns ts tuH s1ovsn VS.
gong 10 De truly eooa a. won - sleAt county. me
morals OF It's rising generation arc iookeo aftss In
| way 10 MAKE oMet nro"n Oh Ne~Afk via WIN envy.
fethaps Tue oohu.on OF .he eiaefs 'ne astot warn
ing 'na' spurs on sne les'so' fa'ouso CITY "on.s
| mas eurte~ oeh' hso'u'eo oy CITY ordnance WHOM
Is runs at eoclock every night, ana every boy and
Biri uhuer tho eso Oh 40 !eofs ID 'hefeoy ~efneo "
| skufly home ~ any sucn arc Caught IN sne sueets
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mt iion tne'f tney Are promptly sfres.eo ana
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tne 'ueA tof so.1r" Huopuoh. eono u"e "nen tns
yo"nh p.'p' y, .Aou'o .ny h"se o's iIoho On mana
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