The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-10
SUyBEIMS

- rnilr0su man OF nigh position lie respon AHA fo-
the assurance that In q few weeks every r.ilro,h
that enters chicago will o1er a cut Of ~ Der cent :.
its usual excursion prices except on the limited tram,
on which there will be no reduction. one OF the r,r'
road companies tslss of running a train between N.r
York and Chicago In twenty hours. which is nye hon.
less than the best time now made.
Tho stn LeR Ia a horrible thing tho creation nm.
rruesome Southern negro imagination, II the bu,5.,
Of q negro song 10 20 be trusted. the stin Leg d..ri,.
his iocomotory iefect. 10 swift OF foo:. and he seem,,o
be miscblevous IL no. inahciou.. for he is representa-,
in tho song as chasing a scared negro through IN.
night. and the glimpse thus caught Of the creature n,
enough to haunt a child. black or white. with nv.
terious terror.
Many Of those family names ending in "insh,n,
are OF Teutonic origin. and their formation proves tha,
they run back into the infancy of German history. IN.
ing" In such cases Is n patronymic. and the ham /.
merely helm" meaning home. The double sAans in,
dicates the swarmlny on Of a family or tribe from IN.
original settlement These sub-tribal settlement, ar,
written all over the map OF Europe. wherever Tou,on,o
people are or have been.
There are magazines that are prosperous and ,he-.
are magazines whose publishers hope they will be-
Editors and contributors OF periodicals OF tho latter
class are not burdened with wealth. Two nonthIv
magazines published In this city are edited by men
who do not charge q penny for their services ana
whose work Ia largely done with n pair OF shears OF,
course. It IL Understood that IL they succeed In putting
the publications. on q basis OF paying popularIty, Ih,y
shall begin to draw salaries.
a negro In Washington has the scorch Of a lsb,.
ming stroke on his body-a white streak that begin,
between the shoulders and runs Gown the left SIDE. n
is waving In form. like the ieadess stall o; a vine Tni,
mark. which he has worn for about thirty years. h,
received when he was sitting under a tree during A
thunder storm-alwRys a dangerous place NJ such .
time. Though he was stunned fer a moment after 10.
Ing struck. he suffered no lasting Inconvenience from
the shock. Another man who was struck while sitting
beneath q tree escaped mark and hurt. but tho soles OF
both OF his shoes were torn on and dung to n distance
Of several yards
Tho audacity OF some OF the cheap theatrical
managers in their use OF portraits 10 sur prisins. Ia
some cases the photographer who makes their pictorial
posters il more honest. and will change the faces
little. but there are some actresses. Lillian Russell par.
ticularly. who appear to DO playing in n dozen different
companies at once. One variety troupe IL advertised
by four portraits. two OF which are OF Miss Maud
Adams. who never appeared in vaudeville. Iitho
graphs sometimes 90 unaltered afssr tho persons repre-.
sented in them have Withdrawn from the compauie,
that use them, and in one recent case n portal, was
kept In use for months after it's subject was dead.
"A welitodo wine grower from California. who is on
. visit to the Eastern cities. declines to commi, him.
self on the Chinese question-if there 10 n question. lie
says: my personal dislike TO the Chinese II as strong
as anybody's. bnt that doesn't blind mo to the fact
that We WeB.erners would be nearly helpless without
them. They hay. built our railroads. laid ont our
streets. hewu our wood. and drawn our water for as,
and to-day we depend on them to run our farms and
gardens do Our houscwork. and cook our food. T,cy
do for us what women servants do for you In the East.
Beside. as bet~ cen the Chinese and the men WHO d..
rect hostllities against Thorn In sau Franc isco, I prefer
the Chinese
The pale round spots about AS large in circun,er.
ence as a tack head. that ono secs on cigars. nov AMI
then. are said to be caused by dew DROPS and rain
drops. that act as burning glasses when the sun shines
through them on the green tobacco leaf. Be that asst
may. the florists declare that palms are often burned
by knobs and corruEntions in the glass roofs of their
greenhouses. as those irregularities tend to focus tho
suns rays. The eject OF this strong heat on the palm
lsaf-which Ia as sensitive to heat as 1t IL to colds to
cause a rusty brown spot to appear on the green.
Sometimes the apparent motion of the sur. in passing
westward. will trace n line OF scorch across the leaf.
Other plants are less susceptible to sun rays
"A physician maintains that It is not poverty Of
diet so much as monotony OF diet that exercises
an unheaithful influence on the poor. As a mat
ter OF fact they eat stronger food than the rich
more bread. meat. and simple vegetables. but their
cooking is rude. and they eat tho Same things tho
whole year through. People who are well to do. or who
are better cooks. get more variety with Fewer thingsA
and always have something to tempt the appetita1
soup can be made TO resemble greasy dish water, or e
can be made q really savory and nutritious thing. and
there are a hundred different ways OF serving potatoesS
The physician thinks that free cooking schools woaAN
be a hrst.rate thing In the tenement districts.
The little old.fashioned globes" for gold Ash ak
disappearing. and so are the tanks made OF wind&v
glass cemented into q zinc or iron frame. The moderd
aquarium Is cubical in form. and Is made Of . siugld
piece OF glass. without joints or metal work. and holds
rom two to four gallons. with about one ash 20 each
half gallon. The bottom Is covered with pebbles and
to q depth Of an inch and . half. and in It ard
ooted water plants that not only add to the beauty OF
he aquarium but absorb impurities and keep tho
water clear. II plants enough are used IL IL suncien9
10 add . cupful Of water once = week to replace what
las evaporated. II there are not plants enough thd
,sh will stay At the surface and gasp until the watea
. changed. In marine aquaria aiz@ are used. AMI
ansfnonea and Othor beautiful fOrm9 OF sea life thriye