The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-25
SUNBEAMS.

Indian newspapers tell OF school teacher in Laoh
hsrabsd who attacked BY lion and kept the al.
NAL at bay with . common broom until assistance A.
rived
than than the spois of oce In places in Missouri
The Mayor Of Sweet Springs in that State reosivsss
salary of 500 year.
"A Canadian customs ofncer distinguished himself
few days ago BY assessing Buffalo Sunday school
picnic party 5000 ice cream which they took over
into Canads As art Of their lunch.
Tho LioutenantGovernoro OF Bengal stated recently
at . religious reunion In India that tho number Of
Christians in his Jurisdiction had increased in the last
ton years from 1a2 600 to $4,000.
Miss Ella Ewing Of Scotland county. No.. 10 . coy
dAmse OF eighteen sum mers who measures eight feet
two inches in height and is stiil growing. She Il said
to be retiring In disposition. but exhibits quite
amount OF exuoerant grlishness among her intimate
friends.
An sntsrprising English nrm desire to put hoard
ings along banks of the Sues Canal and lease these
accommodations for advertising purposes They have
an idea that considerable revenue can be derived
from this novel source Tho Egyptian Governments
now considering tho proposition.
Charles Wood. druggist Of Harleston England has
brood Of white blackbirds fact which 10 vouched
for by Lind und Wusr and by several prominent o.n
thoogists and nAturalsts. Mr. Wood bought young
birds from laborer who found them In the nest In
hedge in that neighborhood. Tho birds perfectly
white, with pink eyes and yellow beaks, and are quite
healthy and very lively.
Tho underground railroad in Glasgow. begun three
years ago. 10 now almost completed The total length
Of tho road which extends into tho suburbs seven
and quarter miles, but not all of this Is underground
Tho greatest distance below the surface is 100 feet The
average distance being 20 feet There are a great
many grades some quito steep and sharp curv'a
Tho contract price OF tho road something ovsf
S5.Oo0ooo.
The sash las struck the fashionable young men cf
London this season. but It appears In somewhA. ~
mnrkable combination costume. One critic noticedh
least six eight young mon in Hyde Park few days
ago dressed in ''irreproachaby hitting frock coash
worn open and flying free TO the wind, and exposing
ample expanso OF snowy shrt front. girded aroupa
the waist with broad silk bolts rather after tho fash
lon OF tho feminine Empire belt" To tho London
mind this Is "undeniably sensible summer attirs"
Tho cobber. eit.cutter and amateur bird fanclerd
Wooster street aiming just now TWO curos!Il"
IN pair OF canary birds. left in his charge by an AZ
sent friend. The birds occupy n large cage. which 10
provided with perch. fat on tor and quite an inch
wide The perch 10 Of this form. because tho birds are
without claws and toos They are, indeed, Am""
without feet. One has the rudimens OF three toes %
foot ana the other has two blunt toes but ne!th"
has any sign OF taious and they are quite incapabs0
graspng any object in tn sir unfo-msifse Th7y s'ana
with dincu.ty even on their broad psrca. and fA!o
with tho slightest excitement. Both are healthy wer
formed birds and ono Is an excellent singer. ln'
pair. with two others. were Matched without feet.
to consider In erecting very high buildng' is waa
bracing Tho variation OF practice Is wide, showing
that ideas differ In regard to details Ald the amount
and operation Of the forces to DO resisted In design
ing stall structures gineers agree substantial IH
greatest differences be ing in regard 10 the u.s. OF o
IRON and tho relative merits OF hollow tie walls AAlot
iron or steel rods verbal brscing It Is said 'hN
rchitects .?en wholly ordinary partitions
for lateral stability. no after how mach they may %
weakened by openings Itis all right to have tins ef
terror walls mere exterior curtain to shi III the la
rior metal frame but tho fran, should bs braces
efficiently Vibrations 10 to cars tru!Is and d'hA'h"
have to no considered also.
The terror OF blackberry pickers south nj NH'a
and Dixon's lins 10 the cheax-e popularity pronolh'a
.'jigger" Probably no ons has ever seen eaeAss
save unier microscope. and certainly hs IL u''.v
invisible to his victims but he can nnict more ~
comfort than tho mosquito than any one OF dosA
noxious ms Gets twice his III, chsigre cone'
thief In the night No onc is conscious o. hs 'o""
and often his presence IL no; detected for hours NV"
his arrival. bat IN duo time no makes himsst h"o''
Tho victim 10 seized with an in'olerable tchns N
dozen spots At once AMI scratching aiotts oA'y ''
porary reief Pmples ris, over the itching s?5' an'
are soon scrapsd ny the cheigro's tortured ''e
Meanwhile the invisible snsiny keeps oh blrroWh"
and the itching continues often for day, tose'H'"
when It ceases. tn. victim Ia, tho unpleasant e0u
scousness that all is over probably because tue tAe
has died some wher 70 beneath the pimple.
The plague of mice which has been cans'nf '''
widespread disaster IN Scotland Of late n'nGe' A
Increases and sAectai commission OF the pep"r'm'a'
OF Agriculture now at work taking evidence !" Wv
matter with view to devsiug Aoms effective fo~'''
Some interesting points have been brought o"t au'"s
the progress Of the commission. Qulte nHiHo''
farmers attributed the plague II nice to the k'"s
the birds Of prey and weasss by the gentlemen "'",'
shooting over the estates and by the keepers 80
killed tho wesseis because tue weasels de'ifo''
game. ono man said the keepers had killed huhl's
YEA Ell. on his farm IN the ad Joining estate The nv
had Increased and destroyed the pastures ana h' 49,,
Lost 81 900 on sheep in consequence HIS ''m''
lived on the farm for three centuries Ah"'H'' 49,,
sad that for the same reason his crop OF Am'' a,
year numbered but 333 against an average o" w. IA.
ZOO The situation is very serious. and NUM- "A.
farmers have been able TO do far has !ss'ss's 4
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