The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-16

Charts Of the Chesapeake show the Puppy Hoie N
the bay above Crisneld. The CURIOUS area Of few
acres Is disturbed in the calrnes weather
and when the surrounding water IL stnL The place
not shoa and II IL not certainly known what causes
the disturbance
1t isssid that the Lombardy popisrs which oncs
grew so pientIfuy in the village. along the st. Law.
renee, and were planted by the French settlers who
found IN them reminders their home acros, the sea-
s:e disappearing. CareiessneSs in cutting down the
| female trees Is the alleged cause.
-one OF the queer dishes Of far southern Maryland
and virginia Is fried pumpkin with It's rich ORANGE.
| yellow hue II looks like a small omeiette tincturcd
with tomato The man who takes it for that likely
TO he disappointed in the taste. though IL Is really
| excellent form OF the protean pumpkin.
| Tho Ferris wheel has been boon to shop keepers,
| II has teen put Into windows innumerable. II has
| been made OF toy cnrs with dolls Inside, OF photo
graphs OF bottles OF whIskey OF napkins and hand.
kerchiefs, Of cut glass, Of has been turned
by hand and by motors, and one recently shown in
Brooklyn had an equipment Of tiny e'c;trlc lights
old engineers tell queer stores about the traits q,
their locomotives, and moth Ing Il more common among
them than the allegation that the engines get trcd
aud fretfui after long drive; but II is round nous.
superintendent at one Of the great division shops in
this who that he tell from the and
action OF n locomotive how long II has been out and
| how far II has
-lonn ". Crls6eld Of Princess Anne, Nd, II one "
the oldest practising lawyers In the United states He
sometimes appears before his Judge Henry Page,
who dropped the paternal name many years ago
Crtsneld has lived the ODD little amphlbtous
town that he founded and named for himself about
thirty years ago grown into the most important pisce
on the eastern shore OF the Chesapeake.
Potato proud IL the phrase used in Accomsek
county. Va. to describe the condition Of land that
has been treated year after with artificial fert
Tiers insure good crops Of potatoes The land
at length reaches the point where longer be
depended upon TO produce potatoes, though It 10
abundsntly rich for other crops. II is simply too
proud to grow the root that hourishes in seemingly
barren tand
-Nocking birds singing and wild roses are bloom
ing down on the eastern shore Of Virginia, near the
region crossed by the sothermsi line Of 7o' mean
nual temperature. Folks Whereabouts are talking Of
frost but the foliage IL stIll mostly green and tbs
waters whether Of the bay OF the Atlantic. stii
have the sunny look OF summer. The Gulf Stream
takes an inward turn and helps to warm the narrow
sand spit between bay and ocean.
Utica sticks to the tall towers with lunches Of
electric lights at the top such banished
years ago from Hell Gate and Madison and Union
squares on misty evening the white glow of these
lights pervsdes the air and their appearance without
visible OF support. high above the houses. 10
startling. Tho graceful weeping birch 10 extensively
used shade tree in Utica, and Its white trunk 10
vivid in the blaze OF the arc lights.
One eject OF emigration TO the West and hard
times everywhere r. the falling OF in the value Of
farm lands People in the central part OF this state
say that many holdings can now be had for half Of
what they were rated at nve or six years ago Thess
farms neither abandoned played out, nor has
any marked decrease OF population occurred about
them. but the farmers have the Western fever and
ROOM or they are anxious to get into town
and work at trades
Thousands Of wild fowls eggs are used by the
New York confectioners Duck eggs and goose eggs
are very valuable for this purpose. Many OF thess
eggs come from, the far north OF British America
the finest Wild fowl Of this country 20
to breed. II Is believed by some persons that the
scarcity wild ducks in parts OF the country where
they were once plentiful Is owing less to the havoc
wrought by sporsmen than to the destruction OF tn.
eggs by the onfectioners Only international comfy
could prevent the evil.
For long time BLOCK your hat while YOU wait
was the only sign OF its kind Then came an enter
prsing m n in the Bowery who mended your shoe.
while you waited and gave you comfortable chair to
sit in and a newspaper to read; there are now many
places In which shoes are repaired while you wait II
is possible now to have your clothes pressed while YOU
wait; artificial teeth arc repaired while you wait
Various kinds Of work are now done In that way aud
naturally enough considering the many thousands Of
bicycles in use this sign now appears: Bicycle, re-
-:Incadescent lights on flexible wires have long been
used indoors hand lamps and the ease with which
such lights can be moved about long since led TO their
use In sidewalk showcases and otherwise outdoors;
light fixtures can be brought in as easily as the
goods displayed One the outdoor uses Of the light
the illumination OF sidewalk awnings in stormy
weather. string OF lights is run along under tho
awning from the building to the curbstone and when
the need for them Is the wire and lamps can DO
taken down and carried In as readily as the strip Of
mating can be rolled up from the sidewalk.