The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-06
SUSBEIMS.

Many people fancy that some part, ~ RroolIrn !.
more s%alubrious than others, and thus without regard,
to such local conditions ms cont guilty to cnnal.. sew.r,
or factories. One lady. who had been somewhat Of a,
Invalid Tor years. declared that sHc was Almost ,o,.,
OF asthma by moving from u nouse near Fort Cr,.n.
PARK to n hou'c on tho park slope mo- moro tnsntvo
miles away and hardly nifty feet higher. Farm mac
have had something to do with It,
An English resident IN New York anrouuccsh,tn in.
tention tn write = pamphlet On !li'h sy,n.e. Altar.
study Of great cities in all parts Of TIVE worrI. he saw.
that Fifth avenue is the only street on earth that.
representative Of all u ptea. cts varied tatetc,,s
Some streets in foreign cities have handsome ruy,,,
dwellings. beautiful club houses, aui snowy r.,,l
shops. bu. mono has all these. together with clurr hes.
great hotels. large retail houses. and splendid bark.
No other that can STOW halt ut rncsr things i. on,.
third as long as Fifth avenue. Tie EU~glShmanS nnry
sorrow is that his favorltc ihoroughfAre la, no
theatre. but lie looks ;or that to come II time.
The turkey buzAards that are 10 he seen in New Jc-
sey. and that appear to be working their way NORTH ward
In considerable numbers. have chanccd-os, rather %.
tended their habitat within recent year. BEFORE IL.
war there were no bHzzards IN this latlintc. They are
unclean creatures. and n angry or Attained viii yonut
at tho ohjec: that has enraged or startled them. In
Southern cities they are protected by law. for they &C,
ns scavcngers, and iorks OF them may always be sean
about the markets watching for oraL They become a,
tame as poultry. allowing men to approach withins
few feet OF them. Their voices ne harsh and %croakinr.
and they have a lop sided run. rs IL they were lame IN
one leg.
More and moro tho plantations. %grapetics, and
orange groves Of Florida ara passing into the hands "
Northerners aud EnVlishmen. for mn eneryating eli.
mate will destroy Local energies In time. Tile "ctacs.
.rs." or native population. are improving under cducs.
ton. but they 10 not grow fast mentally. and their
farming Is confined to a little planting near their
cabins Naturally they nrc a simple and hospitahle
people. with a speech somewhat tncturci by negro
dialect. Beside fruit. Florida has a vast wealth in her
phosphate beds. which are OF u,imcaSursd extent. bat
one capitalist say. that since tho Investment OF
$50. 900. 900 in phosphate in the South the business has
been ovetdone. and there Is no demand for phosphate
land at present
A ships officer. who has spent mach time on the ST
Johns River. Florida. thinks that he has solved the
problem as TO the origin OF the shell mounds that 90.
cur along thu: stream. Tho river twists about In m
extraordinary " ay. 80 that in many places the view
along tue water extends for only n few rods. but he
finds that n tail object or the smoke of n FIRE shown
from tho top OF one OF these mounds coud be seen
from those next below and above. and he believes that
these emincncesw were Indian signal stations. by means
OF which the natives were able to announce the up.
proach OF q hostile force along the river. as the Greeks
signailed the news OF the fall OF Troy to their home
cities by lights on tho mountain tops, that were re-
peatod from peak to peak.
A former Captain IN the Confederatea army. who WA
stationed in and near Charleston during most Of the
civil war. says that tho change from tho happy conn
denre of its people on the morning when Sumter was
fired on, TO their terror when tho Yankee guns were
turned on them. later in the struggle. was obvious in
the appearance OF the town Itself. Everything was
slack" damages were not repaired and the exodus OF
the people to safe places wss 50 rapid that before tho
siege was over some quarters were nearly vacated and
rabbits appeared in the streets. When a large IRE oc.
Cured there. Gi.more's swamp Angel dropped four
shells into the burning building in order to break it up
and spread flames through tho neighborhood, and
another shell went plump into tho middle of = fire en-.
CINE. tearing It into pieces and killing several people.
Tho largest and richest private cabinet of minerals
in America Is said to he that of Mr.. Clarence L. Bement
or Philadelphia His collection nils nearly q whols
noor OF his largo house. which is lighted with special
r.f.,apcA ~ eHn,uy hu frnaa praa . n atrartur .-A
none OF the great public museums h ave specimens of .
size. beauty. and perfection to surpass those that he
has been patiently gathering for the past twenty years
or moro. The leading dealers IN this country have
standing orders to send him the best OF what comes to
them. and they willingly do 80. for he is prompt and
liberal in his payments. being n gentleman not only Of
enthusiasm. but Of ample fortune. What he does not
take 10 sent to the British Museum as the second bess
buyer. While II 10 dirhcult to set q price on a scientific
collection. 1t is said by those who should know that Nj.
Dement'S cabinet is worth at least S125 900.
There is d largo trade IN aliigators' teeth in the
South. 70. they arc treasured as mementos by tourists
In jacksonville one may have Thorn mounted with
aluminium. gold. or silver a. vina!grettes, and troy are
sometimes rettiiy marked and tinted. A good many
bears teeth arc sold for those Of alligators. but tho dif-
ference between them 10 decided. those Of the boss
curvine into q quarter circle. while those Of the ALT
gator ne roundor and nearly straight Apropos Of both
animals, there 10 nothing that . gator likes better
than fresh pork. and he will toddle three miles from
water FOR a Florida razorback. In cool weather he
burea himself IN mud ana becomes Dormant until II
grows warm. Hunters stil make . living by killing
him for his hide and teeth. The killing of ~aligators
from the decks Of river steamers in Florida has been
stopped By law. Tourists became very careless in their
use OF firearms. and would endsnger tho lives OF passen.
gers in their haste to get q shot osforo tho boat got by
a plump s.urian. Yet 1t is able that only enc
person. q woman. was ever wounded In these reckless
fusillades-
Just west OF the Hudson ana above weehawkeni 10
q region as rural and antique as any one hundred and
ffyv n ilea from Nav York AlfhnrCh thix vsvtop a
almost within rife shot OF Riverside Drive Il IS sparsely
| settled and difficult of access. Its Inhabitants are de-
scended from Dutch settlers. who found their way into
the region after better and more accessible lands Ind
been occupied. 1t was part OF this district that was
bought up ten or fifteen years ago by q syndicate in
GLIDING william Walter Phelps and Rutherford b.
Hayes. Tho expected developments never followed.
and those OF the syndicate who wero not rich enough
to hold on sold ont to those who could afford to wait.
Mr.. Phelps now holds n great deal of tho syndicats's
original purchase. One OF the purchasers has held on
to his land amid all sorts OF difficulties. and at the ex-
psnse OF much seif-sacrihcs on tho part OF himself and
his family. Tho prophecy that a region SO near New
York must in ten years have a population OF many
thousands has fallen ludicrously short OF %fulhlment
as even now the inhabitants scarcely number more
than they did twenty-five years ago.
Some remarks By q drummer: "Hullo. Stopping
here What are you paying' Three dollars and
nifty cents q day! Don't you know better than tha.l
Why don't You say you're a drunmcr' ] know you're
not, but why don't you say tso 7 Save you . dollar Q
cay. is II generally uono' Bet your NE. Thousands
do il. Actors are the boys for low rates. though. got
into Savannah once oil tho same train with a theatre
cal company and hapPened 20 go to the same hotel I
had got chuinmy with . couple OF girls IN the troupe.
and when l went to the desk ! registered for them. too.
to save them trouble. I was put into . small room on
the top floor with another mar that night. and after
breakfast I went to the clerk and kicked. The clerk
was pretty llppy, and I called for my bill 1t was 81 so.
half what 1t would have been under regular rates. forI
had had a lodging and two meals. 'Fow's this = SAID
]. why. that's the rate for theatrical companiss.'
said he. 'Bnt I'm no actor said ]. and you Just give
me n decent room aud I'll take a fresh start Well. I
was treated FIRST rate after that. They had told me
that tho front rooms were all taken. but when they
found ! was a drummer you bet that plenty Of them
were empty"
w. II. Bcllcr recently turned up At his home in Mer-
Ger equity. W. Va, Rrts- having been lost for nineteen
days in tile New P,no Mountains. For tho first four
days he travelled CONSTANT III the enGeay0r to find his
way out OF the Wild, rnrss IN which lie was lost, When