The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-26
In conclusion Secretary nerbert Saws:
STNBEdMS,

| "A curious Sept smber sight in Seventh
| recent morning WAS boy riding on sled He had
| caught hitch behind wagon and sliding along
on the paving stones just he might II the
street had been covered with snow.
| -" You don't see anything like many trunks with
covers on them as you formerly did" said atravecr
but have occasionally seen lately .thing that
don't remember to have seen At all years ago and that
is people car ryng handbags protected with covers"
Old garden How coming into fashion aga n
that is the flowers that to be found in old gaden
| like holyhocks marlgold. bouncing Bcss phlox dab
las peonies and the common varieties of pinks and
roses. Several owners OF country homes have tried,
successfully to make those places seem more like the
rustic homes OF their childhood by surrounding them
with the brilliant flowers that used to bloom before
| their doors in school days
A locomotive engineer OF hfteen years ex perienco
says that ono OF the greatest problems he has solve
is how to keep from running the poultry
farmers allow to roam at will the track They Will
congregato about tho rails and perssientIy remain
there. and though tho engineer ,r.s every
frighen them OIL. they seem TO make effort to get
out OF tho way "Isuppose." says the engineer that
have killed hundreds Of fowls in this way during my
experience in rAilroadinR."
What do you want for that PALM asked man OF
florist. pointing ~ the same time to tall healthy
Kentda. THAT isn't for sale" replied the hurs,;
"it's boArder. "A what :" - boarier-sent here
to be taken care OF while the folks for tho
summer YES we have quite number OF such
things. couple of months under glass does them
palm would 10 ruined by leaving 1t in the back yard
while its owners were on their vacation"
IL "Jimpson weed" were NJ" q weed, hut costly
exotic how would be Treasured Tor lawns and
houses! The weed. or stramonium. 10 give 1t tho
botanical name, is Hover and its fragrant, lily
like blossoms the winter against the vigorous look
ing leaves Of dark rare variety his lower
of pale purple The popular name OF the .iant Is sad
to he derived from "JRmestown weed ana tho ira.
dtion is that after the destruction Of jamestown the
ali TIA n fled
strAmonium.
-rhere are different ideas as TO what constitutes
grace and beauty Two men were watching variety
show. One was theatrical niau The actor IN view
a. the moment was doing clog dance lie wHA
wooden per son, with no expression than an oyk
ter. and his arms danged al his sides After he had
been stamping and shuling Holsiiy for several min
utes the theatrical man could no longer contain him
self. lie exclaimed to his companions Isn't that
simply beautiful Yon notice he doesn't move any.
thing except his feet. He's wonder"
Now and thea one sera paragraph on its rounds
descr hing how n cat committed buic de by getting
front street and citing tho wheels 40
its necE Brooklyn car driver does not believe In the
suicide tIeDry lie II stupidity and slow think
ing that co,t,the cat her life. Them an mais" he
says. gets oeufuSd You can that they donb
want T. set hurt no more nor man would but when
they cars coming both ways. and horses ard
wagons aud crowds Tho sid. walks. an hears tho
noises. they don't know which way to go They lose
tho sense most at nght. because tic liyhts seem to
scare EN-. since We bfon running to ley car Ivs
yer half Il dozen OF en-. ami they ali sluatted
dow n on the rails But tEey admit mean suicide"
-Od'fashioned moasses. tho genuine dark brown.
charne delicious adjunct of the pone and the
slapjack has become article OF late years and
is likely to become rcerSt. In fact, tho oldt
moissses Is scarcely produced adayp for sugar
making machinery is improved and the production OF
sugar Increased, the quantity and quality Of molasses
dscreases Many planters can remember the days
when. TO separate tho sugar from the moIasses the
boiled cane Juice was placed IN barrels bored full OF
holes the niulasses drained out AMI the sugar re-
mained In the barrel Tho centrifugal machinery
NO" In uso separates tho SGgar so thoroughly
that but ltto molAsSeI and that OF POOR
quality. 10 left Tho bounty sugar has also
operated greatly TO reduce the production ~ moiAsSe
The planters have made every effort during he past
season or Two produce the greatest possible quantity
of sugar for the sake OF tho bounty AMI The moEss
has heon Of 20 poor quality At mesAs 20 he unmnr
keabe. Tho most OF tho molHsseI made ia now sold to
renners and reboilers who manipuAts Il and place
on the market uudoT variety OF names Many OF tho
West Indian planters do not market molAsbeS at ali
now. but turn tho product into the stills Dealers
say that tho trade In moasssS for the county ~
large. has been deersIIiug greatly every rear.