The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-09
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,ro,, mat 4. sometimes sesn In the ,trets-
said A promenader and one that always pleases the
beholder made mp OF grandmother mother daughter
and dolt"
-" sbo. brusches ten cents" wsswhat caushtthe eys
OF A m an passing the shop OF tradesman with whom
hs Ind had some dealings The rasserty went In and
said. "Tba isn't the way TO spell orusheH ot eourss
Il tsnt" said the cheerful merchant. "Thats an al
y.ru.inu dodge You are the tenth man this morning
to come in and cali my attention to the mistake"
Divis,on of labor has gone far that even wa.
ding cake s lot made entire at the bakers ThoseesJ
n1ures that top the icing OF large cakes are now
manufactured by wholesale at places where no baking
is done and the folks that give the weddInsfeas NAV
have the cake ornamented with what henrs they Will
A highly popular ornament 10 bride ana groom
standing beneath floral arch, all done in paste md
white sugar.
The makers OF a domestic remedy unprotected By
patent have recently discovered the vauo OF mama,
The remedy was worth a few hundreds year untiths
manufacturers asked their lawyer to suggest Tor
nav name On the spur Of the moment he suggested
commonplace name used little aside from its orit
nary sgnihcance. the prohs on the remedy have
since been between $50 ooo and $4,000 year ana As
manufacturer ascrbe the improvement solely TO tn,
new name
"Plcasc IN UNI m glib cts is bin." was the startling
announc ement ola cook. who'e Mistress a III ooklJn
houseke eper. bad hidden her prepare what roops
dow South call chicken nSn's This interesting u.
OF the ethical dative 10 common In tho tntercoirs lie
tween mi,tress and maid. and In occasionally met
with elsewhere 1t was Firth avenue stage driver
who piled to a sympathetic inquiry a. to tn, a-
of his horse "1ts stagger air. Sue blood in'hes
to his head an then he's liable to fall on yer"
Upper First avenue is not usually esteemed rio.
turcsoue but as seen sunset OF ne afternoon 1,
has n charm peculiarly i,sown The thorough'Hte 10
very wide: 1t has the East River In sight, AMI 10
iinel with enormously tall telegraph poles admirably
aligned and bristhng with serred cross ties The vista
up and down street shows basic stratum ot mntk
through which move dim figures while above rso tho
great poles seemingly but few inches apart. their
tops ending In amist OF ties Eastward the sun Just
touches the troubled sparkling waters and falls fun
upon the shipping ana the houses Of Long Island
free dispensares In this town ind that their bust
falls of greatly after hard rain in summer and
autumn. The explanation OF tho physicians IN charge
Is in dy weather the wind picks up and carries In
nil directions dust laden with disease germs. AttorA
hard rain there 10 an actual germ cleansing OF thu
streets and tho wind not only picks up no dust but
earth and air much less infested with germs Bac
teriooRists have frequently tried the experiment OF
drawing the dust.aden Air from the streets through
absorbent cotton. Cultures are ihen made from the
deposits OF the cotton and dozens OF germs are
brought TO light.
Tho belief that antique furniture is necessarily
better than we.made new furniture must be accepted
with canton. any honest reparer OF antiques will
admit. CabinetmaSers of tho last century used eH.
ceilent wood and did good work. but they manufac
tured for houses heated with steam, but by
of hearth dreA It was SAFE therefore. to make tho
larger slabs of deboards and the like of cheap wood
veneercd with mahogany. When furniture thus con.
sructed Is exposed to steam heat in modern houses
warps and becomes unsighty. The best repair.
ers of antiques replace vcneered slabs with solid
hogany tax from old and seasoned furniture
Tho man who shall invent cheap and harm."
coloring matter that will give butter pink tint will
receive the grateful ackno pigments and doubseu
something more substantial from New York dealer
In butter There is distant island where the natives
consume butter but such as has pink tint, that
having been the color Of the compound they used
butter before the genuine article reached the island
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butter sent to the island. and no yellow butter sells
there. New York nrm sends butter to the island
but has to color 1t first with tho Frenchmans cooring
matter. somewhat expensive dye. and this is whys
cheap and wholesome pink 10 needed
An east side dealer in old furniture and the like
seems to concentrate in his own person all tho
tial CHI aracersics of unsuccessful business man
His place is chaotic heap OF odds and ends because
confesses he has passio for buying that
unretrnined no matter how little he ses His good,
OF a kind that nobody buys without carofnlex
animation but the light in his shop bad at the best
the goods are heaped to the ceiling. and nmbago
makes him most unwilling to hand things out anu
down the light. Added to all this his prices
from low But in spite of these several hAndicaps his
fame has spread all the city and far beyond IT,
that his trade extends to cities hundreds OF miles dis
tant.
One Of the most curious applications Of the phopo
graph to practical use made by American
student Of ianguagea Being desirous Of studying Chi
that he might speak IT, he asked an aoquain,.
ance to send him an instructor when tho latte.
arrived he proved to be a Chinaman OF unpromt.ing
exterior but fair English Teacher and pupil got on
well the first but the latter found his Instructor
offensive In personal that ho decd
to avail himself OF his knowledge without enduring
his presence. So the Chinaman set to work talk
his lesson into phonograph, and At night the pupil
having gone to bed with the lights out turned on the
photograph and memorized the lesson. lie gave mp
the experiment. however. for the whimsical reason
that he dreamed OF Chinese dragons and other hdeou
products of Oriental art.
by hunting party in tho hills few miles south
OF Payette. Idaho few days ago. ON steep hillside
hundred yards above spring. the party found
partly hidden BY drfted sand three human skulls AMI
other parts OF the skeletons of two white men Ands
white woman The skulls were face downward. and
the position OF the other bones indicated that the
to whom they had belonged had fallen forward in
death while ascending tho hill from tho spring. They
had evidently been attacked by Indians while campei
at the spring. and massacred they tried to
by running up the steep hillside 1t 10 not many years
since this part Of Idaho was dangerous region for
white people because of bands Of murder
Gus Indians, and the records of IN missing" pontto
many similar tragedies yet undiscovered. and which
most probably never will be known.
Little Fishing Schooner Beats che Val.
kyrie's Time Over.