The sun., 1891-01-23
WHAT UE ARE an TALKING 1Ro,-r

sci u rev unys ago, gives some interesting m
well as surprising, information In regard "a
tho condition OF the farmers in England. Our
people on this side OF tho water haye heo, oal
customed TO look upon the English agricu,tu.
raj classes rs being the most prospero,s ~,
contentod people to 10 found anywher. H.,
according to this gentleman this ia n mIs,npnt. ppnt.
idea on our part. and our cousins on jhs I'M
despondency lends many OF them 10 anu sm,srSir ,hSir
TO the nted States. In support OF this s;aso.
mon, Mr. br,ton urges as the strongest! S!e,S. eve.
Gence tho current prices for landed rstnta
cent. within the last ten years Our in,mssees. ses
not raise wheat and small grain ". to 'cey cepc can.
suece, siully in the market with tho American
former: The consequence is that our iarmeSraa
arc turning their attention In other dIrna
,ions md devote much care and time ospesisI.
" to the raising Of Ioultry. lambs cattle And
Britton also says that the suffering in Irosni
Il isonSG ,ss sst eeH9nd Sndo,
yiidnals. yet IT will be impossible TO feed Rnd
clohe, more than four-tlfths OF those Who Sne ara
actually destitute. 0 "is
The Vanderbilt awning was as much nm AZ.
ject OF curiosity on upper Fifth avenue as anv.
thing that has recently been built In thar s.,.
ton of tho town. 1t was marvel OF modern
awnings In design. general scope, and interio,
nish i on ~ was ba bnracttSslly series of rooms
the house. designed TO shelter tho people Who
yansos wr@ sIreS,eS q, at the ball There were en-.
drstrans could pass through. hut t6ev so sonrnS re-
themselves IN n sort Of canvas tunnel WbISS buSS
sa 10 ntSs It. dsps s,sps sns the big
riagcs stepped directly upon thick warm cSr.
pets and under the canyns apartment which
heated ~ steam pipes. and lighted by hun.
drsds OF electric globes, When they reached
md
display Of flowers that It was dlicuit to to te tai
where the walk left OF and the house began WA
In these days" said q well.known nrao.
titioner. the City Court ia regarded BY a rood
many people as place Of torture, and even
lawyers look upon the proceedings which tale
place within it's walls with dsfavor. II ia a
place where the poor wretches who are in deh,
UNDERGO exanination In supplementary ppo.
his destor % TO yery eTit0T bod can always subject
Ms victim and force him to tell under sole sosmp ap
Interest To an fSnast IN Theh
who Is IN debt through misfortune. this pro.
while with scamp II Is equally vaneless, Sa. be..
cause. II he Intends to defraud. he has usnaIiv I
made suoh disposition of his properly that thss
oath has no terror for him. He goes tbroueh ol eh
the furnace and comes out with conscience
tits eleven years since Inspector Dyrnes ha.
gan his close watch over the Wall street dis.
trct, and In these years Wall street ba,
practically lost nothing through professional
thieves. In tho ten yeara previous the pro.
the amount Of ooo No cronk nnd e1Gas cen 70
Into Wall street unless his face is unknown tn
the the 1nspeGtoI's sentries who patrol the district
and guard the streets near by. criminal
whose face is not familiar to any OF The
Byrnts men may slip through aud mincls
neiehborhood but woe to him il he % acts tI in ths
least suspiciously. N'
The late King Kalakaua was worshipped BY
the colored folks in town. When he visited tho
city they crowded to SEQ him. and ever since
then they have kent his portrait conspicuous
in many OF their homes His kinky hair and
1t was hopeless to try to convince the ignorant
nnmong them that he was not an African: Per-
haps nothing that has happened since the war
pleased that race SO we'll as the honors that
country.
clerk IN one OF the broadway dry goods
stores says that the demand for nch curtains
for windows has fallen of Of late because SO
many wealthy families have gone In for the
craze Of having coats;oi.arms and Ter he.
raidic devices worked In on the hangings Of
on Fifth avenue Introduced tho hobby here and
have done fairly large business. These. .rar.
fapp most Of S ary
hSolsterers iS place. and the decrease In sales In
Mr.. John ". jackson OF st. Paul gave some
interesting points as to the inside history Of
the great trust which was known. and much
too we'll known by Western farmers. under the
name OF the American Harvester Company.
to group Of friends in the Windsor Hotel Q
few evenings ago.. The conversstion turned
,Ss the IL suSsS; Sf in and
Jackson. always lad strong disinciinsti cfiH lon lon
way she set her woman's wit to work to break
TO the importunities Of bis mother. This was
the wedge that split up tho big combine. and
farmer In Watching. the chips fly whom rate
cutting In machines begins. You SOC when the
r%st Tes each oi the n
private books. and thus made known. to the
others ,d the bottom OF PRICES fog whioh tho ne,
will pc used in outing throats. and the farmers
who have been 80 freely bled heretofore are in
dance"
Tslo d'Apery. the New York boy who prints
little journal all by himself and gets up holi.
day festivals for poor children. may be the
land has .undou btedly the Youngest EDITOR IN
the world; She is q Eirl toe. Lady Marjorie
tess OF Aberdeen. She edits the chIldren's
page OF paper styled C,rrdrd and tpvard.
published In London. Little Lady Marjorie
writes q lively letter to her young constituents
and tolls them interesting stories about heS
Lot animals.
A Pacific coast minstrel. Billy Emerson By
name. once visited the Sandwich Islands and
delighted King Kalakaua with his perform
ances. The SOVEREIGN and the funny man bs.
came friends quickly. and the King asked
Emerson to the palace. A. game OF poker fol-
lowed OF course. for IL kalakaua liked any
thing II was poker. Eumor had It that Emerson
won quite a pile from the Hawaiian ruler.
That each held some strong hands was soon
known IN Honolulu, for tho next night at the
theatre Emerson put this conundrum TO- the
end man: when will three aces beat four
kings~ The end man gave 1t mp. and Emer-
son explained that he held the three aces.
while the hand against him consisted OF the
King OF clubs the king Of diamonds the king
of spades, and the King kalakaua. The royal
poker player was In the theatre. and. true to
his easy good nature, laughed heartily instead
of frowEing ut the Joks.
The new lottery laws have caused no end OF
trouble to the companies that circulate foreign
publications in the United States. Most for
eign periodicals.. especially those from Ger.
Lad init h nd