The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-29
4 UNREdUS.


Mrs o. p Payne OF Gainesville. Ca. Killed thirteen
ratlesnakes in the lot around her home. with piece
OF fence rail- a few days ago. They averaged abou,
two feet in length each
"A farmer At Stanberry. Mo- has enough simple faith
in mankind TO advertise in the local owspaper
recovery OF ten.gailon key Of blackberry brandy.
which he lost out of his wagon on the highway.
An old Maine fisherman has been living do-y
all summer. cruising about Penobscot Bay catching
and curing fish. lie has camped In rough fashion
the islands hasn't slept in bed since isst May and
AYERS he has had . very nne time
In California during the second week OF this month
nearly five million pounds of fruit shipped uy
railroad from santa Clara county alone OF thus
amount nearly three and halt million pounds iucudL
ing sos.o4o pounds of Bartlett pears came East
I'm Brooklyn the other day" SAID man. "Isaw
something that had never seen before and that was
vender selling live ohckecs lie had them in
on wagon. and he cried them just AS he might have
cried anything else: Chickens Live chickens
Some OF the people in oregon are already begin.
ming to overhaul their cutters and seighs snow few
briskly in Marion county Sept. .. whitening thu
tops of the hills In some places the snow tall
tended far down on the mountain sides and amos.
reached the towns
-washingtons hop crop this is OF the lars
est and finest known 1t is estimated at about
10000 bales. Germany reports the shortest hon
for half century. and while the Washington farmers
are not rejoicing In tho German hop growers misor
tune they think it is especially fne season for
American hops.
Some smart storekeepers of Tacoma Wash. hit on
the happy idea OF advertising their business by stick
ing little wafer posters coins. Ike labels pill
boxes They secured sure and wide circulation for
their advertisements and tho scheme worked well
until few days ago. when the Treasury Department
notified the local authorities that the practice II
legal and it was stopped.
"A miner came into Mojave. CAL few days ago
with nugget or gold weigh ing i've pounds. which he
had taken from his placer claim at Red Rock Canon.
fn-t ,iIAp .f Nnia 10
slIOo worth OF free gold. Five weeks before nugget
weighing over two pounds. and assaying over $500
worth Of gold. found in the placer region.
There is much excitement ana miners are nocking to
tho felds In great numbers.
An instance Of the transform alton OF epthet to
word of totally different meaning Is that of the
applied to those Impecunious hangers on about faro
tables who surreptitously appropriate the checks Of
more opuIcnt players The term CHECK guerilla"
which originated perhaps At the Mexican monte tables
and applied httngly to these Petty skirmishcrs
about the big fighting OF the game. in time berame
"check gorilla" by which name they have long been
known in the gambling houses Of the far M-st
ION blue ear in Fourteeth street this morning."
said . citizen. &" saw a woman who was so beautiful
that all the people in the and looked ~ her
And this did not seem impernent for she was far
beyond the common that she was one OF those upon
whom everybody is privileged to gaze When she left
tho all the passengers followed her with their eyes
and the car driver turned to look. ton;
tribute either. for standing ms lie does all day upon
the front platform and looking with for fares
upon the panorama OF lovely women on either side
walk, the car driver Is u connOi seur of beauty
Tho defeated and sor.ly disappointed majority OF
thc army boomers that cod the Cherokee strip
and battled for claims there week or since, has
been struggling out ngain sorry retreat into Kansas
and Texas since couple OF days after III. oen
ing Thousands have been brought out on the same
that carried them IN. Many hundreds have passed
through Arkansas city IN wagons and on h"rsrbHrk
while great number of unrortunates hsN" been and
sti are trampIng 1t back has been piti'ul process
sion. for the disgust and detection Of tt" majority.
many of them homescekers and not mere sprru'atof.
are beyond expression.
Throwing lines from boa aIoug'de the
breakwater at Canarsie last weeS. said the angler
I'VE had luck fishing, but looSsng past the ppn.
OF little grassy island down the lOng rhaune. south
west and seward. we beheld striking mirage Al
distant Rockaway the several scattered houses ordr
narily seen against the low wooded peninsula no" Nr
peared as isolated structures high above the water.
the trees behind them being invisible. This was no
appearance to us when ing on the thwarts nat
strange to say merely by rising our feet the Illusion
dispelled by the fringe OF coming tully mo
view with tho houses In their natural position
20 OF the most amusing anu interesting thirs'i
saw in the capital" said gentleman who retained
n day or since from n visit to Washington. "w~ss
mechanic trundllng himself and his KIT and outh' to
work a bicycle Bicycling by the way. seemed to
to be the chief means Of iocomotion IN Washington
This had his coat on and was astride n pneumatic
tired safety. Fastened IN front Of the machine uns
convenient rest were his lag OF tools. his lunch pat
and his coat. while slung across his shoulders,
that made II balance perfectly. was ladder A.
least thirty feet long As he turned into PepnsyiNsniA
avenue created something OF sensation but he BOWED
along seemingly Ohlivious OF everything, ESPECIALLY ~
the people who lodged his ladder"
The house boat idea In humble way, is fAvOrns
aud growing one ana all sorts OF queer aquatic looking
people in primitively rugged sIoops and schoOnrrs
spend the warm season In tho sounds and bays here
abouts Many OF these craft from ports long
south their owners having chosen this method Of
ing northern outing Long Island affords fayorrr
harbors The cabin OF one sio0p which lay moorri
against the 'anarsie break water was a tent
nmidshps, an AlkSutcient shelter for the party OF
young men aud women aboard. Sailing thor craft
independently in and out among tho hne yachts, these
water gypses Thoroughly enjoy their sea wAnderinA
Like tho PIKE county emgrant with his white topped
prairie schooner" they enjoy to Keep amovlng
-" IL was decidedly grim ornament" said the -
ciety young man that saw recently at the house
a weIlkn0wn civil engineer whose career had som
time been in the Rocky Mountains II Was a necklA
composed OF the niger nails Of young sioux bra
slain by Ute warrior. who with the scalp OF his
tim, had iAken this trophy OF his prOwess strange %
say. this necklace was ntrinsicAllE very hAndson"
The erBtic NhApeneSs OF the Indians arm ana
hand, Ideally perfect 10 the niger tips Was tlI
tratsd In this bArharous memento. The necklace -
ten pieces was in color vital brown. suggesting more
than anything else string OF acofns So removed o.
was It from forbidding suggestions -
the savage deed recorded that the genuinely GENT
and refined woman to whom It shown banded !:
u away II should b. W hex"