The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-05
sUNBEAMS

the ownership of piece OF land worth SIS and had
night with clubs and pitchforks. Then thsy went to
law about H. and up to date have spent about $500 in
lawyers fees Tho case 10 still on.
Tho Giaagow Herald makes the graceful aotnowl
edgmsnt at the head of its column OF humor that
fully one-half the humorous sayings we hear come
from America and OF the other half full fifty per cent
should DO accredited to that country" Two or three
wopaying publications In England are weekly papers
whose contents are almost all composed of clippings
from American papers, and rarely credited
"A chimney piece carved from GOD over slx thou.
sand years old has recently bee erected house in
Edinburgh. The wood. an oak tree. WAS found in .
sand pit at Musssburgh thirteen feet below the sur.
face Prof Gcikio OF the geology chair Of the INT.
versty of Edinburgh after personally examining the
strata in which the oak found said the tree which
was feet inches in diameter. must bo at least six
thousand years old. and describes It as relic Of
nootho man. TWAS in = nne state Of preservation.
due tothe sand. and was easily workable.
-Asomewhat similar and equally interesting scheme
to the matrimonial insurance organization In sweden
recently mentioned in TnE Sun. Is dowry Insurance.
which has been introduced by an insurance company
faso in Sweden BY this scheme father can. by pay.
ing reasonable premium secure for his daughter .
dowry her marriage at any time between 20 and 20
years ago. sum Of money for her in she ID
unmarried whom she completes her <oth rear. The
premium reokoned from the year Of BIRTH and the
whole plan 10 somewhat lines TO life insurance.
Tho largest boat ever built for fresh water win
soon be under construction At West Bay City. Mich
Tho contract for 1t closed few days ago It viii
be $50 feet keel and At wide Her length
will be nearly 4ooreet and she will carry on 10 fees
OF water not less than 45oO tons dead weight This
said to DO much moro than the cargo Of sails
water steamsrs and for tho draught IL withoao
precedent When projected improvement canals are
completed shs will carry over 5000 tons. She viii
have spsed of thirteen miles and hour. and will b
ready for service next spring.
-Eew chess players could guess the origin Of one Of
the most important terms In their game. The word
,chss" is said to DO corruption Of the Arabic WORD
"sheikh." meaning chief or king Tho game came
westward by way Of Persia, whore the word shsikA
becomes shah IL was the game of tho King The
term ~check" IL merely to give notice that the King
10 attacked. and "chsok mate" means "ths King 10
dead. the verb "mata" being from the same root -
the Spanish matAdor the slayer of the bull The word
check, whether verb noun. may be traced through
several curious ramnoations back to the PersaA ana
Arabic Even the word excheQuer Ia ourously tangled
mp in this verbal network.
British papers state that engineer living In alas-
gov has lately completed after nineteen years. expert.
mentng. device for steam engines by which all steam
srsturnsd back to tho boiler after doing its work IN
The cylinders In several cases. said. he has in
stalled his engine Is work with extraordinary
results In ono case in textile factory the engine
with his device Is doing much with one ton Of
coal A. 1t formerly did with ten tons The problem Of
how to mako Of the vast amount Of steam every.
whore blown OF into the air after doing certain work
has long occupied engineers and its thorough solution
An uptown pharmacist has novel ny trap in hie
store window. Its run by little electric motor aad
gathers in tho Mes with great celebrity and absolute
certainty piece Of strong brown paper about four
inches wide and fifteen inches long, is fastened in
continuous band around two rollers. which kept
revolving at slow rate by the motor. The band Il
slightly smeared with sweet substance. Two-thrds
of tho length Of the band freely exposed but the
other roller 1t under wiro and then against
. brush. Tho MES alight on tho slowly moving band
| and un6uspectnRlY remain there ho
until brushed en- when they fly into the cone from
which they find exit. The cone is q species Of
fly trap. quite common Device but the electric motor
docs not leave to tho hes to get into the trap
| railroads them to destruction. The way 1t catches
| nies Is . caution.
Tho clergy of San Francisco recently embark Cd in
crusade to close all the dives in that city. Simply
closing up the places to purify the make
It . new Jerusalem. tn, other day. however. enc OF
tho clerRymen. who had evidently studied the matter
| and realized that there than side to It
proposed that tho next meeting be devoted . con-
alteration Of tho question the very serious question Of
what was to be done with the thirteen hundred women
employed in the dives should the movement closns
them DO successful He did intimate that the cru.
sads should be dropped but that should begun and
conducted with proper understanding OF all its bear.
ngs and with definite plans to meet all its continesn-
cieA 1t ID only Of interest as aording side light on
tho crusaders to note that one reverend retormsr
Jumped up and suggested that the clergyman who
made the proposition should nrst DO Investigated
his conduct In reading Sunday newspapers from which
he apparently got his information on tho matter.
Some one writes to . leading English Newspaper
and asks what has become of Edisons photograph ~
Tho writer proceeds to say that this is lone Of the
most mysterious disappearancss of modern times A
few years ago It was announced that the famous
American inventor had perfected this aad
some public experiments that were given certainly
seemed to support this view. simple little apparatua
costing probably not than q sovereign to aka
was made to reproduce indefinitely any sound 10
| . grand instrumental performance that had taken
place in another hemisphere. Whore IL phonograph
| to be boughtf" With monographs singing popular
songs with banjo. piano. or orchestral accompanimsnts
playing Wagner and Gilmore selections by orchestras
and brass bands and discuss politics in every
ner store in this country: and with many hundreds Of
| monographs each doing the work of half dozen
stenographers in ofces all over the country sim.
ply stands Aghast at tho medieval state of British
civilization. for II the people rshdy for the
wizards wonders the supply would surely be there.
Another cherished idol has been dragged from It's
high pedestal and another inspiring heroine of song
and story BUNDLED In the dust of dscredt and rspuda
tion. "Jsssie OF lucknow" tho Highland assis who
In tho soreiy beseged city during the Indian mutiny
heard the pbroeh OF her clan afar OF above din
battle and long before others could
H. and who cheered her companions just the point
or surrender. to renewed exertons by her thrilling
ehclama alton: The Campbeils are cominv Oh dinua
ye hear III dinna ye hear " Ia proved by the Scots
themselves TO be simply pleasant myth The matter
mas been thoroughly Investigated and testimony from
many OF the survivors or the famous siege has been
taken. Ii proved that there such person a.
Jessie Brown In the Residency and that any way was
impossible tohsAr the basppes Al the
Nothing but tho roaring OF could heard any.
where in the city. aud the pipes OF tho Hghlanders
were only heard long after the city practically
loved and when the ppers were nearing the Bailey
guard gate More than this the story has been traced
to Its origin In little romance written by French
governess at Jersey for the use of her pupils ana
oil
London T'Hes Dec. H. 1857. 1t is sad and shame
but Jessie has been sent to Join william Tell and the
other dethroned gods and goddesses. aud the Scots
gave her up finally and publicly . couple Of weeks
ago.
Notes OF the Hebrews.
The sntiJewish crusade In France is all the more
because OF tho fact that the existing French
republic was founded by q jew. Gambetta who was
the pupil of another Jew, Cremieux.
Rabbi Wise announces that there are now los mem.