The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-22
sUNBEAMS

| sUNBEAMS
--uneis Moses walker negro living on lltus farm
| near Johnston Gs. has ii3 living descendants nets
"a years old been married four times and has Sc
| children. iot grandchildren. and - greagranl
children At least that's how he figures It, aud hs
| nsishbors eorroborate his statement
Atlanta ba, the odd distinction Of = ei-cuIAr
boundary The uuion railway station IL as nearly 20
may he the centre Of this circle grouped about tue
centre At no great distance tho old the new
Court uouse. tho old and tho new Capitol. the Gov.
eraors residence and the chet factory Of the ctt~
Tho largest irriratins Cume IN california conc
rlsted last week ittsin Fresno county. and Is ntv.
two miles long. extending from stevenson creek
elevation OF 600 feet. to Cows tUeive miles from
Fresno at an elevation OF 400 feet IL Will carry so
cubic feet Of water per second. and Will bring 40
acre, Of lsnd under cultivation. Many milton
feet OF lumber viii also BE- nontsd dow1annuAuS
The United states Post once Department hashnads
stand against tomc unfortunate tendencies NJ
graphical nomenclature IN this country by refusing
accept certain outlandsn names for postal purposes
The result 10 that many towns ~ tripieiointtd MANS
arc known by other tit on the rIs ~ tue Post
once department to the confusion and Inconvenience
not only ~ their Inhabitants hut OF all persons doing
business with them
some simple trades requiring nttle elss than .
high degree OF manual skin have been im ported TO th.
country b, Continental immiRrauts. and in some in
stance. have descended for generations In famues
In this way curious mimcry ot caste hfc has been
established here andthere snch trades 10 not oursn
in YORK but french German families arc found
here and there in more remote country place,
plying the ancestral vocation
rho history Of Louisiana IA rcttiv outlined in tn.
names OF her parishes few Indian cOslnty name,
hint story Of the sborgines two or three susn
sh tell o. De soto and til" spanish occupatnhj
several French names commemorate tie Trench set
tlement Of the region. and half dozen names thN
honor early heroes u tue United states tell OF that
wise stroke by which jefferson added vast territory
to tue possessions OF his country.
That picturesque Ittls mountain city. Cumberland
Nd, which thirty yenrs had aroputatiOn seemingly
rather becoming fsr Western frontier town than
lying within twenty niks OF Mason aud DiAons line
has gradually developed into quiet and wellordersd
place. some of Its most prosperous and respsciabs
citizens of TO day formed part OF that daring band Of
100 Confedera,es who penetrated the city at dead Of
night and carried AWAY prisoners from the principal
hotel two general officers who slept In seeming secs
r.ty surrounded by 10 900 of their own troops.
Mrs. Lucrsiih Estes. the 90 yearold resident u
South Thomaston. Me- referred to In THE Sew recently
because OF the enjoyment with which she take,
era mites walk every day lives with two ladies' Mr..
Julia ASH and Aunt Miriam Hull. both over 20 year,
old. small farm at South ThomAston. Together
the three old people keep and caro- for several
big flock OF chickens and another OF ducks doing
their own work and supporting themselves comfort
ably on the proceeds OF ther farm All are well cdr
Gated are great readers interested in and well In.
formed on current events regular attendants at sun
day school. and have been members OF tho Baptist
Church Tor over half n century.
About thirty years ago. during the trouhlous
times Mrs j. n Henry of Greenviiie Ala. buried all
her jewery In box In garien Of her house that
place. After the over sho tried to rscoyerhH
treasure hut had forgotten the eNnct place where
had hidden It, and though every foot OF the garden
carefully dug over the box could not he found. She
concluded thieves had stolen it. The property changed
ands and in time Mrs Henry ceased 10 think OF her
lost Jewels. week ago worEmen were laying new
walks in the old garden and unehrthet the box OF
Jewels Mrs Henry was notified and after she had
eti haiti wa herr ro AN
list OF the of the box the treasure turned
over to her intact.
The materials for breakfast OF ono boiled egF
rolls and coffee at this seasont from ~ to II cents
according TO quality. SUch breakfast served in
cleanly fashion may be had In tue French quarter
upon the east side for 10 cents In restaurants Of
what higher grade It costs 20 cents any
twenty wclmAnaged clubs it is served for 30 to rs
cen in few fashionable restaurants 1t costs the
sumner from 30 tn 10 cents and the waiter must be
tipped. The chief items Of expense in sucha breaktA.
re- the and tho cream that goes into the coffee
OF course milk is substituted for cream in tho resau
OF tho less pretentious SORT while both served
In the most expensive places The art Of producing
really pAatabe result from king coffee and hot milk
IL more commonly understood in the French quarter
and the side than In fAshio able quarters
The difference OF industrial conditions at home and
abroad 10 illustrated by the character OF the mer-
Glands that can nearly always be imported to ad-
vantage IL commonly happens that goods produced
largely by machinery and from raw material greatly
changed from its original form. made as chsapy
or almost as cheaply at home as abroad. Handmade
goods however. produced from raw materials little
changed in form and condition can nearly always be
produced more eheaply abroad than In this country
Manual skiI applied for many generations to the pro-
duCion OF wickerwork, straw BRAID and the like. BY
orientals with low standard OF living is not only
highly effective. but aPpalingy cheap. Such labor
be hired In this country at least In guam
Titles ami must be paid vastly better than like labor
abroad = few such trades are pied in the domssus
circle but .Ie product is usually not for sale.