The sun., 1893-08-07
sUNBEhMS.

1 In some suburban towns the newspaper carrier
! nowadays makes his rounds on bicycle.
"A Nassau street shos dealer has struck new VT
| klo to boom his with every 50 pair OF russot
| CATERS he gives punch Ticket lke commutatiou
dinner Ticket tood for nifty aveesnt shines he estI
mates that s2bo worth OF care OF the shoes VIII make
| IL worth while to patronize his store.
wild clemntis now amcnts with Its snowy tuts
such parts OF Central Park 1t has been suffered to
occupy The vine IL not only OF great beauty but mar.
veousiy tenacious of life grows nbundaity in tho
suburbs OF New FORK and hides rod NJ old stone
| wall or unsightly fence Tho white blossom Is suc-
osded by ruy seed vessel almost asbeautiful as the
| blossom itself
| -" Here" said passenger on n Broadway to his
Ruost from out OF town The car cro sell thirty.
| fourth atrcet. "one may see In constant ofoi.tpn
three methods Of moving cara The Sixth avenue and
the Broadway surface roads cross here un LET tho Srth
| nvcnuo elevated; tho sixth surface are
| drawn by horses tho Broadway cars move oh oAbo.
| and the cars overreal are drawn by locomotives"
Thirty or forty rnristies nf orchids flourish III one
OF the tropa at tho Central Park
| ies and naf dozsn Of them are now IN bloom. tho
! orchids mostly are attached to small pieces OF wood
stl their bArE, and tho roots arc wrapped in
NOSE The plants watcred IRE lucnty. but not other
| wise disturbed. save about once In two ,cars WHEN
they taken down from their nats and supplied with
| fresh moss
Indian names Of lakes and ponds In New England
have undergone curious corruptons in different staes
Most OF these names In Connecticut eni In aug bat
the sans syllable In the lakes Of Maine New llamp-
I "
not more thoroughly disguised. The Masachnsotts
lakes and ponds usually have English names, and
those Indian names that survive seldom co tan the
syllable "aug ~ or "os"
The long drought hos not only REDEEMED acres Il
lawn In Central Park but has actually destroyed he
foliage of many trees md shrubs All such trees as
rooted in thin soil with underlying rocks have
ere atty suffered ana some are now as bare in md.
winter This is especially noticeable upon ;hc south.
slope Of Harlem Mera Few OF the trees VIII lie
from heir long thirst and frequent showers In August
would probably unfold new leaf buds.
Nearly ail Of the houses at tho Central Park
sery empty now. but less than month hence the
autumn culture will be resumed Indoors The aquatic
house has a few bossoming plants. including two
water lilies not hitherto used In the parks One pure
white with golden centre. aud scarcely distinguish
able from the ordinary lily Of local ponds. The otho2
has slight pink blush upon lite petals. few Of then
have just been out experineutaiiy in one Of th
fountain basins
"A neiKhbor of mine" said resident OF tho nev
district OF the Park "has taken FOR convenience
sake to ab5rcviatng the names OF some OF the ave{
nues in part OF tho town. making for instance o
Columbus avenue Bus avenue. and OF Am Her avo3
nue, Dam avenue sNo do ibt thesa titles have the5
merit of brevty. but dare say th.rs some per$
sonsto whom the hrss wo II seem aifnos. lrivoouS4
and some others to whom the second might seem AZ
earnest"
That pleasant old Dutch name watcrvlist is equvs4
lent to simply "noat water" The vht Is IRON tho
root tho Saxon verb that means to Cow I'd
Goat. It may the water iioat upon th
aggregation OF vessels North feet, south nro;. ebh
feet and dozen more such English seogra pheap
names containing this root. and II occI In Fse4
street vey. which sometimes means small river of9
river valley Is from ana this form occurs
in several geographical al names nereabouts.
-Twonew otos ponds are among tho mdsummeI4
attractions OF Central Fnrk. Ons occupies u pool %
the brook above the last falls. not far OF th
drystone bridge The other 10 the mouth Of the
brook where It enters Harlem Mere both hava
swarmed on. so to speat. fon the acr,.wdo lo,os
field in the pond above. and they have been slowly
forming for several years until each is quite
large as the parent neld than years nEo.
The prospect is tina. the brook will time become q
string OF lot tos ponds.
Many New Workers. who live up town wait for their
breakfasts until they reach tho lower part of town.
Several downtown restaurants nnd that It pays to
open early for such custoners Ons big restaurant not
far from TnE SuS Office opens its doors st O'Clock
every morning and begins to serve meals at It. Some
OF the customers walk down for the exercise aud
those who ride to believe In the theory ta, 1t
wholesome to move about before brsnstast. A sus
reporter watched OF them tho morning and
noticed that nearly al had excellent arpetiteS.
Next beauty to tho ampeopsis. now So widely
spread throughout the Ktonies. heart OF New York.
the virginia creeper Tho latter cren more rapid ID
It's growth than the ampeiops and Il l. tae best pos
sib climber when The object is to hide quickly
siRhty WALL whether In city COUNTY,. The two
grow together In interesting fashion. The
loose ends in'srtwnng and floating out far from the
wall The Virginia creeper Is eilously tenacious
Or hfe, and whether dug M on . siIc in the
'uburbs or bought OF a nurseryman. the root ,u.I-
ciently RECEIVERS from transp;autng N few days 10
resume growth OF the plant
-" On the platform Of n rai'roni station the other
lay" said raNeler. Il saw waiting for ~ :ra!na
little girl. her mother. and her IN ,,ho.'s mo:he-a
pleasant i'ls family patty about starting GAYS
outing: nice people. but coarly In mo ierate rt-cIn
'fancrs The little girl In her b..t cioths. and
The wore broad brimm.d Dropping l.. horn
lat; her grandmother had hold her tghtIy
~ the hand. but with the rrratsr confidence
u youth she had freed hers..G am, she
tood now a little apart. At this moment two b.r,
ooted small boys OF about the same as. ns tie rirL
Fho had been walking about stopp.d AMI s,o,d mar
Ter and looked at her 1t was plain that To the tho
little girl was butterfly OF fashion representa-
i've OF wealth. They surveyed her from head To foot
With deliberate interest and she received their scr
iny with equal caImnesA suppose. indeed thas
mere none OF Us to whom somebody doesn't ioox up
all depends on the point OF view"