The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-06
SUNBEAMs.

A miniature copper tea kettle has been hammered
out of n copper cent by Robert Duoker foreman Of
copper shop at the Bath (Mo) Iron Works The kettle
is perfect in every detail and water can be boiled in IT,
The words lone cent" can he seen on the bottom.
Quicker was eight hours doing the work.
People who like TO HAYES good long voyage to Eu
rope IN order 20 get tho benefit OF the air. al
ways ind sailing ships at our ports upon which they
can take passage. Some OF these ships arc not In
hurry to cross tho Atlantic so that the voyarer can
JOY several weeks aboard. and have very enc time
Tho Columbus celebration at the spanish port "
ralos, from which the navigator sailed, viii begin
Aug and continue to Oct. H. The announcement Of
the opening OF the festivities will be made by berads
going about the streets with trnmpets and cymba;s.
Tie whole celebration will he very picturesque.
romantic as the spanish mini,
John Wesley. the s.year.oid of 4. Farmer. q
prosperous planter Jackson Miss and the young.
est OF seven brothers. all OF whom ars big strsckfS>
boys is the smallest child for his age lfnds counts,
lie Is ~ inches high. weighs Just - pounds and has
gained only four pounds in weight In the past ave
years. Ills existence is not known outside his imrns-
date ncighborhood lie is active and intelligent.
n young man in Newcastle, Del, having inherited
SO 600 or $4,000 asonished hts noighbors by spend
ing 81 100 In three weeks and starting OF with an
other 81 900 in his pocket lie bought ons other
things two bicycles at $50 each diamond ring fog
a275 eight suits of clothes and several 900 mile
tickets various railway lines In addition to all ths
he hired box for the summer at an opera house in
Philadelphia
"A famous scientific man has declared that the
measure OF nations civilization may be gagged by
the amount OF sulphurc acid 1t consumer since this
acid is an essential To the most skrul, speedy, and
economical methods in the higher mechanical arts.
Measured by this standard. the civilization OF the
United states is the highest on earth Inscriptions on
mummy cloths with material produced only through
the agency suphuric acid taken as an evidence
OF the high civilization existing in ancient Egypt
There was y novel development in the eight.hour
movement in England the other day whom tho domss-
tic servants at West lIar,lepoo turned in parade
by way Of n " demonstration to emphasize demands
for shorter hours and n weekly half holiday" The
young women marched through the streets OF the
in regular military order neatly dressed. with some
show of uniform and carrying embems OF their cali
ing such MS coal scutt!es hntirons scrubbins brushs
and other kitchen utensils. A Servants Union 10 IN
process Of formation.
1t 10 not generally known that Edison received il
instance fee OF 900 for his opinion an cleo
tr,cal expert. lie was employed by the company or
ganzei to bore the Niagara power tunnel to examine
the ground study conditions and plans. and give
opinion to the feasibility and practicAbiiity OF
The work lie receive the fee named. other experts
from various parts OF tho world also consulted
and there was concentrated upon tho plans amount
ofcNpert know ledge such has rarely been invoked
for any one undertaking.
About 1000 people OF tho Kalir settled in
one Of tho divisions OF Cape Colony in southern Africa
They have finely cultivated tract OF country there
and have made remarkable progress In civilization
able law abiding character and have little use for the
few policemen whom they keep. Mr.. Gresswoll. an
African grographer who knows them well. holds that
they are Of higher typo than tho Malays. the Ma
cries or the red Indians. and believes that they will
become very influential in southern and central
Africa.
The United States. Great Britain, and Ger
many send the greatest number of letters through
the mails The Universal Postal Union Bureaus
report OF the annual receipts is: German
limit
Adj 2s4 francs. and Great Britain. FAC 27e,y5O
francs The United States sells more postage stamps
or makes more ON them. than any other nation The
bureau reports United States post
age stamps, 2ns. Il35aS francs; German Empirc
22a.a""Gll francs. and Great Britain. 235 9V3.9GO
francs
Mr. James Payn tells OF q lady In Rome who has
bequeathed her whole fortune the editor Of an Its
ian newspaper. tho perusai OF which has given her
many happy hours" Mr. Payn. who 10 not the editor
or any newspaper is yet generous enough say that
he hopes this aIys example will be followed II IL
now ported however that the Italian editor has re-
fused I" avail himself Of this windial and has dis
trbutei the legacy among various charitable nstttu
tons II is now Mr.. Fayn's turn, and he comes for.
ward to say that he does believe in this rsporS
about the conduct OF the Italian editor.
What is described as the biggest signal box or
switch tower in the world that Is. from which the
largest number OF switch ana levers and electric
signals are operated WAS opened in London two weeks
ago Il snt the Waterloo station. where twenty-five
.,, " " '' ''''his Aua sioinss. the
- "" ~" wv sS""''3 ARRANGEMENTS are to no
,,',, Wv ~" wv oh 'ne nay OF inc lniver.
,, o'' - ''' .'"s r"sseo ths old ooS between
tayhreak and midn ght of fortynye train.
, ~ ''''s W 'hat Hamo required 5000
~ ~. ''''"'s an" -o"" e'eetri'ai signals In
four hours lT3 switching operations were performed
~ " WA -"' o'u o'A WAS 100 small Tor the work
g.
' A'''eu recently from Johannes
burg south Africa. says that the Kafhr population
e' - '"' t"''"' ihese natives come to tho great
INNS mp "''' NC inherent kraa's hundred or
" ~ q" 'N' '""e service IN the mines for
, ,'. "' "''''k ehr"ea 10" ponds, 60
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VOC ny '' NV very wei pehaVed Tor there
w. ~" ' s' "nete' espec'"''y On sunday
,, , %. Ee' u'""A ana ihaugo in nights
49, Ia ''o VI wv" arc k'i'ed ana large
u "'"'''.' "e"''y eFefy sunday Tho miners
,' .'s,, y" "se Wy ,''' ''"'eehh ont they ars
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