The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-21
SUNBEAMS.

"A Bath truckman. who owns two horsss has named
one McGinty and the other Annie Rooney. both being
chestnuts
A man. eating shark 1874 fee. long. with head A.
big as barrel. came ashore the beach At Prescott
Me- recently. Its stomach contained sheep and sew.
eral dogfsh.
~. d. Martin OF sangerville Ne. has an interesting
curiosity consisting o: limbs Of the beech and maple
crossed. the maple which evidently grew the faster
enclaspinE tho beech.
Mark Remission OF Phillips. Me-. had the smallest
bear probably ever bv man. and he has been
mounted artissicay 1t is six inches from tip to tip
and is three inches in height
Neal Dow has announced that he will bsqueath his
scrap books to the archives Of the Temperance
Temple in Chicago. There are twenty-three volumes
Of the Generals rsniniscences.
Bangor fishermen who catch big salmon and send
them to New York surprised and rather to
have tho fish referred to As Kennebec salmon" New
forke may not know IT, but there Il such thing -
Kennebec salmon. Salmon will not 60 near the Ken.
nebec but they thrive In the Penobsco which to the
kennebec as q stream compared TO puddle.
The approach Of spring in Maine 10 thus horaided By
aKennebec newspaper Caterpillar were discovered
last week by Brother-inlaw McYaddsn: robins IN
hocka by Jack Fardy. and sinEiy by Charles FosE;
crows by Brother Carpenter spirits frumen by james
Patrick seveninch trout by tho editor pussy Willows
by the schoolgirl and spruce gum BY the school.
marms."
William Hamilton Gibson Is q sturdy protector Of
the wild flowers that grow near his summer homo In
Connecticut He knows their haunts but he refuses TO
pluck the rarer flowers preferrng to leave them that
they may multiply In their native fields. Now and
then as special favor he takes friends several miles
to visit fine specimen. but he carefully concsss It,
place save from trusted few.
-ASnake has been found in Ireland At last. A BeI
fast wspaper says that snake and half feet
long and nearly seven inches In circumference has
been killed at Noras Glen. II was taken to . CON
tractors yard in the town, where the reptile was In.
spected by u large number of people The solitary
snake OF Ireland will be preserved in siass case Tor
the inspection of future generations.
The people of surry. Me-. will not tolerate uouor
selling in town they help it, bat they are opposed
more strongly to the cigarette Good Hope Temple
having discovered that some OF its younger memberv
had been INDUCING in the penny weeds voted to buy
and burn all the cigarettes in town. condition that
the dealers would sell The dealers agreed 70
that ana there big. final cigarette smoke in
the public square.
The ladies OF high caste who live in Eair Malabas
have been prohibited by time.honored usage from
crossing tho Karapoya River which divides tho
province into two parts II has just occurred to the
more enlightened natives that this relic OF the dark
ages has existed long enough and attempt u now
being made to do away with the senseess custom. The
Sar ladies delighted the prospect that before
long they Will be abe to go wherever they please in
their native country.
A Bangor woman's pet dog died recently. and the
woman after copious tears gave the elaborate
funeral casket was made and lined with silk On
shrouaed table in n darkened room. and banked with
dollhouse flowers. the with crossed paws was
aid in state. Then the family and all the sympathetic
and curious of the neighborhood Med In for
asst look at Towser The casket borne To the gar
len. and there. under the lilacs, - worth Of black
walnut. silk and flowers and 90 cents worth Original
ralu,D OF dog were laid away.
The Episcopal Church of Zion and St. Timothy
N West ff,yseventh street would be q show place in
any city in tho country 1t affords tho conxrega
on al he fOr at haa
shelf under for canes parasols and UMBRELLA OPP
postc each bench the back OF the In 'front.' hang
little plush cushions to be put on the floor and knes
upon. and behind these cushions arc racks for the
hats The apparatus for heating and ventilating
he church is not in sight. but ia very effective Tho
building il ,arga and costly. and its walls which
bare OF galleries except little one In acovo over
the are al! finished in red and brown pressed
Nrck Its Interior walls are therefore like tho outer
walls % many buildings and yet the effect nae
When Emperor William entertains at Berlin The girl
Qrcc, nf the Netherlands he will not too coa
spcu0u.ly one OF his princely titles Tho world has
anor forgotten that the title. "Prnce of orange"
b ne W hoir TO the throne OF OlaEi. IS also an
aioruinrnt Of the Prussian royal house, when william
III, the stakeholder died in 1902, 'hero we're Two
claimants 10 the prncipality and tho tue-one, the
per on named IN Williams will the other lrederlckL
Of Prussia, who claimed territory and iue as being
nearer Of Kin to william than Williams nominee.
Meanwhile F,,nre stepped seized tho territory, and
II.
Prussia however Gay. Kept right on wearing the title
and the coat ~ ar:na
Half u dozen new club books have appeared within
the past few week.. and they seem to show ahiih
average II prlsprr ~ among tho clubs OF this town
The Merchants CUB viii h exists solely for down
Iownors shows a membership 4 ahout2i5. with many
ace ssipus within the year The Camera N'lh with
lis hundred members. shows. by the prevalence OF
names known to fashionable NE In Its incnbeTsbp
list. the hold shat amateur photography has opt
"A I.lEtI IN eflaail
art The Alpha Delta Phi club shows perhaps tho
memh rshp of any local Greek letter club ~
ias 352 members OF whom 1914 are resident 100 non
resident AMI eight honorary It's, perhaps the only
,lub in town whose nonresident membership exceeds
Ia resident membership The year book OF the Law
,ers' club shows n membership OF OIL including 1b5
Tho Quill Cub which Is one OF the hair
o7-n best SHOWN dining and talking clubs OF the city.
hows IN ,mb,r.hp of 10. with perhaps the largest
lt IL ergymsu any club In town not distinctly
lesasca The year book OF the Architectural League
Ehich is to all intcnts and purposes oluo showss
membership Of 100.