The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-07
SUNBEAINx,

| English names are appearing tho Chinese
iaundries and the Mongolians especially Affect thu
| name of Charley Charley Ling" Charlie wah ~
arc samples. Also may BIO - Willie Chung" and
ALFRED Lee" Cinnamon who cut their qneues and lot
their hair grow evenly on their heads becoming
common. too and rule they cleaner ana batter
than their compatriots who stick to the old max cup
Usually they scholars in Christian Sunday sohooa
Travellers by the Bound Brook line arc suro to see
as they look from tho western Windows of the cars
between Plainned and Dunelen two dazzling spots Of
white the crest OF the long hill that confines those
pretty townships. 1t is Washington Rock In a. fresh
coat OF whewash A there 10 obvious doubt which Of
the two points It where the his Country
stood when he estimated the strength OF the British
the plains below. the local artist has mpartially
painted both OF these projections .. II. .,a,''
Tho steamship ThingvalA should really have been
named Thtngvelu. tho former 10 the een,tivs case
and the latter the nominatva Thfngveiu is Tho name
OF ancient Iceandic lava plain where the Thing
Parliament OF the island met and the word means
"conncil plains" Tho word yInr means q plain or
hed. and the roof Is the Morse vr meaning stick or
post. to which the English word EoaLths winning post
10 related. VUr then. was field enclosed with postS
Just az ton town. was farmyard so enclosed.
did You hear about Andy ~ asked one reminiscent
Westcrner OF another -Not Well Andy made Q
strike Of sos 900 at Cripple Creek. NJ he got
tho money In his hands he went down to Denver and
blew II in. Rum. cards. and gira You know how t ia
ihs morning that he woke up sober and found all his
money gone no set out to punish hmseif by walking to
Cripple Creek. lie wouldn't borrow cent 4 fellow
who was teaming for mo overlook him ana offered
him mr. but he wouldn't get in, and no plugged Along
mutternE to himself walk. - yer. walk. Blow in
your dust. Will yor' Then walk. you fooL ltn you
good. No. you needn't stop at spring. Amt you
drank emo iah Go dry you son OF q gun. Light out
and walk. you burned jackass.' And he did"
DO the railroad companies sanction tho sale of
cident insurance policies by their employeesr OF
course there no harm in It, but 1t suggests painful
possibilities to travellers when they buying tickets
Said clerk' Anything In the limo OF insurance this
morning. Rates very reasonable now. Good thing TO
have. cantiell what may happen. even on this road.
you know. Handy thing have II you lose an arm or
leg or eve or you get smashed up that you can't
work for q month What's that : Oh II you're all
smashed to pieces SO that your policy can't DO
II you're burned up In the wreck. that settles The
paper u burned ana you are out Just much money
Hut. Remember, most of them escape with broken
oohes ana tho cash comes In handy then"
1t Is not easy TO be sleeping car porter on long
distance train He gets no sleep himself. except Q
wink now and then after no has the shoes BACKED
aud he Is hold to strict for everything
'ha' can be scratched. broken, No matter at
what hour the train arrives no have al! ber'ls
made up unless the passengers refuse to rise and LIS
car III clean and prssentable condition lie has
'onR Heep WHOM he reaches town. The worst enemies
that the porter has are women. who want pillows AZ
=" hours who require their yalises several times
aaS. VINO make him get Ice water for them. and who
carry their own food making tea over \ lamp and
settinK crumbs on tho seats aud door. They uSuEIr
forget to give him tip
travellers in our Southwest AMI especially n
heSico Ind \ striking resemblance between tho
domestic architecture there and the architecture
IN Palestine. There are old towns In Texas Ar15na
anu california that are like such places chch-m
ana bethany that II photographs OF them were ih''
labelled not one observer IN twenty would he the wc
INC low. hatroofed house OF adobe with small deep
windows and doors. tho rude balconies and Etait"ay'
III tho courts tins narrow. Uttered streets without
yaFds the fountains pools and palms IN rnclosuto'
houses or tho better class. even the occasional 1'N
aome and slender tower arc characteristic N h''h
countries Tho splnard got His architecture. 'dr's
from the east. and Tho persistent survival OF rryps
OF thete modss after several centuries 10 na'AsaJ
Obvious wherever he has built.