The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-18
SUNBEdMS.

button like coat is recent invention. II vac
hibtcd in n Broadway window the 0'he- LAY ana IT.
trRcted much attention.
A sunnower plant twelve feet high TIE stu,
measuring twelve inches circumference. tsar.ns
thirty.uiue branches aud supporting IL flowers ,s
exhibited AT lRthtop Mo. last week Two %. tn.
branches were over nins feet long
-Une curious result Of tho nUrriranN ma sgu f,.,
southern coast resently was tie killing "ruuartur,
| OF fish. For mnny days ait'r th' storm the ,oa,t
ar, und savannah and throughout the st-ctcr On,r,
Its force was most vented sircNn dead ., II
all Kinds
-CommNnicr Ludlow OF the Mohican witch ms
been pntro!lng BcNring Sen all summer ostinh'rs 10
product o: pe!ag.c sealing this year a otu,u sNn,
Tie total value o. the year sealing prodncG iurua ~
the catch of the l"s.ees OF the seal Islands esq,
| mates at about 81 100000
| The difference between tho atmosphere - sic bet
ventilated houses aud the outer ar Is illustrated ~
the conduct OF cut flowers Blossoms hat rel uu Their
freshness but a day or two when standing IN wa-,r
within dours win sometimes 1.-Two twice ns long when
| drop ed in n shady place out Of doors even without
the aid Of other moisture than they obtained from To
| earth AMI air.
a policeman in Omaha has been suspended for hi,
too deep intcrestn rehgiDts work and ms atendanc.
on church service, The statement of the charge
| neglect Of duty. on itat wil'o duty" The OF
| GERS defence was tNat I've entered y church whuo
patroling his beat. aud, becoming deeply absorbed
the service going o. remained too long and missed
connections with the round,inan
The nickels and small silver coin pals to the .ickot
FcNers OF tue elevated railways IN new YORK hul
Brooklyn rarely reach the main Offices OF tho
phnes. BY tho middle OF the afternoon, some OF tie
principal stations. tho accumulation Of change III.
weigh number OF pounds, Relief comes In the form
of tradesmen's clerks. WHO lux away coin small
bags and leave bills in place thereof.
An alligator eight feet two inches in length and
weighing go pounds was caught IN The Mississippi or
the evee at st. Louis few days ago Aligators arc
quite plentiful In Southwestern rivers but they rarely
attain length OF moro than Iour feet. So far
known this Ia by far the TAX
the Mississippi. Some Of its teeth two inchss
long and very Ike the teeth OF shark.
stock raising is business beset with any risks
which do not until the locks and herds safe
ly marketed. flock OF sheep was being driven
through Grant county, Or. to market at Baker City
few days ago when. in passing through n narrow ts.
yine tho sheep STAN peded and after tho was
over the stockman counted over sixty head Of dead
sheep that had been smothered in the crush.
The great moral city OF the great West is to be
berg. or. The City Council passed an ordinance few
days ago forbdding person under tho OF 10
wander about tho town after J.. NJ. between Noven.
Der and April and after Il Nj. during the tho
year unless bearing a written permit from, bens
in company with. parents or guardians: tho penalty
TO be fine OF not less than So more than $50 or
imprisonment for not less than TWO nor more than
twenty days
Tho despised and sometimes troubles ONO catbriar
that grows so abundantly through tho region OF New
York Is found to be highly effective indoor decort.
tion by persons who have the knack OF obtaining
peculiarly rich in their CLASSY green tender
young shoots have tnge or bronze that is and
delightful Long pieces OF tho vine cut OF from the
parent stem retain beauty and vitality for days II
placed in water.
Tho latest edition OF the Military Code Of tho State
OF New York has been prepared with eye possible
future amendments The latter DO arranged under
the general divisions to which they properly belong
tho compiler having allowed for from I'VE to twenty
paragraphs under each division. Thus Article 1 in.
eludes paragraphs to 8. while Article begins with
paragraph TO- This arrangement Il novel. and It is
Understood that Prof Collin, member OF tho Commits
sion for the Revision OF the Statutes responsible
forit.
Six thousand salmon wsre taken in nets from tho
wharves at Port Angeles, Wash. by amateur and cas-
nal fishermen during one day Of Inst week The Of
salmon the smaller streams entering tho lower part
OF Puget Sound has been greater than ever before
known On some days tho streams were quite choked.
and the barbarous practice Of fishing with giant pow.
der was resort cd TO- until tho straits became nleI
with dead salmon, and tho attention of the State Fish
Commission was called to tho outrage, when II was
promptly stopped.
Among the curious products of tho State OF Maine
are wooden bottlea Thsse are male not for liquids
but for pills powders and tablets. They made OF
white birch are cylindrical In form. and shaped in
form the neck. They straight bored inside
provided with wooden shoppers: the stopperx
Of the very mal!est sized bottles followed
side. 30 that they may servo measure holder.
These bottles which are patented, made in
L fourounce size they cost less than glass
II saw the other day" said q citizen "a driver
who had heavy load on q onehorse truck get stuck
on grade in downtown street. His load was
thing in bags. which Were piled high and which pro.
jeced beyond the tail Of his truck. lie had good
horse but the LOAF WAS too much he Just coulint p
It. Coming up behind was man driving big tuck,
empty. with pair of big horses. This driver set ls
pole aga inst tho projecting load OF the horse
and spoke TO his horses they Just lifted tho oehogAs
truck into motion, Tho single n ms,
and kept his load going. The man with the Go.bl,
truck turned OF at the next corner without word
had simply performed an ordinary courtesy Of tie
road"
The farmer hereAbouts is popularity conceded %
be hard working and hard.worked individual" ,ad
a Long Island commuter but for person whose Iot
Is not an easy one by any MEANS commend mo tot tie
farmers wife, Coming along by OF the big truck
farms the other day. Isaw tho farmer hard
thinning out lettuce. and working hard at the back
breaking Job A few rows away his wife was doinsth1
sane thing: but also there BESIDE her in the
4 baby carriage. IN which was a young cnAl. and
She thinned out the plants with hand she pushed
The carriage backward and forward with tie other.
talking to the baby tho while; and IN addition itrra
was child OF three years or SO Juggling at her SKIRTS
aud she mad thar also to attend to. u SCENE.
that she was pretty busily engaged"
A manuscript record of Congressional iuIrir' ~
gar!ug alleged election frauds which was belt IN
Sew York city in the spring OF 1850 contains one
figures relative to tho Post Oee. .alc
Fowler. the then Postmaster. employed yG+ pes II
whom c45 were clerks, 81 drlYery Carnrfs ami =
collecting carriers from each p"rson 10 whom .r'ttr
Sas delivered tho letter carrier collected $50 cent,
'ocketcd ono cent, and put the other into common
und for the payment o. expenses In 'i!"nt to no
ysem. After settn. these rN9cusrs tho rcsli WA
livded equally among all tho carrtrrs. The clcros'
monthly pay roll WAS slt,6eG 81 and the annual 70
eipts from box rents $4,000 The investigation
eferred to was regarding The manner in which Cos,.
or OF Customs Augustus Schcll and other Federal o'
hau IA sod 81 "A ~ No