The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-11
sUNBEhMs.

"A deposit of corundum has been found mar Nor.
can station. Delaware county, Pa, and n COMPANY ~
philadelphia capitalists seeks TO control II. Corur.
dun IL worth about $500 yer ton.
-One realizes the Importance Of tho substitution NJ
electricity for steam power In auxiliary cus.nts nn
board our men Of war when II ia recalled that \ slryIs
sbip NAV have from twenty. I'VE TO forty such engines
The educstion 81 an electrical engineer Ia becoming
more and more necessary to naval onicer.
According to some estimates, twenty per cent.
and, according to others, ~ large as seventy per cont.
Of tho blind owe their shictlon to the negligence "
mldwiyes and others Immediately after the birth ot
such unfortunates. The blindness arising from tbI,
cause is absolutely preyentsble by at least two stmrls
means.
.."weIi. goodby iii I sec you again, g seems to he In.
us,omary form NJ farewell with the Adirondack
guides. Perhaps II IL their English equivalent for
"Au rovoir.' Many Of the guides arc French Cans
dinus or NJ French Canadian parentagc, and thcy com.
monty spenk a corrupt French, the remnant OF their
bringing up.
II IL the silence ~ the Adirondack woodlands thai,
impresses the visitor at this season. Save the ooca
sIonal cry OF a woodpecker, the voice or neither beast
nor bird IL ordinarily heard. No living creature is Wis
Ib,e en- We at early morning or NJ evening In tho wood.
lands bordering the region Of civilization, and the
solitude, disturbed only by = faint insect hum, .
oppressive.
1t is the custom In some parts Of the West for tbs
Mayor Of any small city In which a circus has eN.
hibIted to give the manager, after the performance
letter certifying to the morality and interest NJ hi,
show and to tho absence of gambling games and de-
ceptive tricks. Armed with such certificate the circus
travels to the next town and boldly asks the conn.
dencc OF tho public.
.-ExpcnsIve furs are not the thing for the Adlron.
dacks winter. A few invalids have them, but mos,
persons, rich and poor. drive about In coon skin gar.
ments that reach from neck to heels. There are com.
paratively inexpensive when bought outright. and
many of them are hired for the winter season. They
arc not needed when one Ia exercising. hut are almost
a necessity for persons who sit still in the open air.
Perhaps no resident Of New York greases his boots
and the practice OF boot-RreaslnR IN much less common
the country over than II was before gum boots and
gum overshoes were cheapened and improved. Never.
tleless, there nre places In the United States where q
receipt for boot grease that shall improve upon the
various old. fashioned combinations Of becswax aud
tnllow that used to look. when cold, like frost on the
boots. would he hailed with Joy.
Admiral Meade was merely a Lieutenant at the out
break Of the civil war, and he did not attain the rank
OF commander until three years after the close of the
conflict. II Is several years since there has BEEN a man
on the list OF Admirals that held higher rank than
during the civil war; but such
rank meant a good deal more then than now, rs the
exlsencics OF the war placed the responsibility ofcom.
mand on many
-wel.to-do folks that undertake helpful work
among the poor OF the east side are struck with the die
~tInctlve Now York character of the lads In that region.
They take easily to organization, and conduct their
own clubs with spirit and care. They can talk too,
and they quickly catch the speech OF their helpful
friends. when It comes to dancing, which Is one OF
the amusements at some OF the east side guilds, these
lads arc as much at home as the welLto-do that come
down to their aid.
Post ONCE regulations against accepting foreign
coins are disregnrded along the Canadian border,
where the Canadian % cent piece has a wide and free
circulation on this side the line and Is accepted with.
out hesitation by postmasters. They accept even
Canadian bank notes, and there seems to prevail a
thorough international comfy as to money. Post
masters and merchants are astonished when visitors
from regions further south hesitate at accepting
Canadian money In change.
Almost the whole body OF the upper ranks Of tho
naval engineer corps IL made up Of grizzled old feL
lows that entered the navy as third assistant en-.
gineers before such n thing as a cadet engineer had
ever appeared at the Naval Academy. These men
have had to acquire In the course OF active duty a vast
deal Of technical knowledge now drilled into future
engineers at the Academy. Such knowledge becomes
more and more serious In volume year by year as war
ships become more complicated, and the wonder 10
that busy men, some OF them OF very moderate
schooling In youth, have been able to hold their own
with a rapidly advancing science.
-" Those Irish negroes in the West Indies,'' said .
New Yorker, cant be funnier than the Frcnchman I
once fell In with at a place whereI was summering-
that IL, provided his education went on as I saw 10
begin. He was a waiter, and his instructor In the
English was an lrishman with q very rich brogue.
I once heard the Frcnchman asking his instructor as
TO the proper English phrase for the order to set down
a dish with care, and the prompt response was, set
IL down aisy;" a phrase that the Frenchman conned
with faithful thoroughness. He ought to have been
qualified In time for service at that somewhat famous
New York hotel where the chambermaIds speak
French with an Irish brogue."
-Strollcrs In the Ramble, at Central Park, toward
sunset last sunday afternoon, walked through my
RAIDS of harmless mosquitoes. The heavy rain, after
long drought. on the previous Saturday, had evidently
revivined the "wigglers" In every stagnant pool, and
the sundays most heat had fastened their emer,
gcnce into fully winged mosquitoes. Walking from
the boat house toward the Belvedere. one could see, In
facing the nearly horizontal sun rays, that through
all the distance the air was swarming with paliId, at.
tenusted mosquitoes that lowered as thickly as mites
In a sun ray. They were not vocal. nor did they
attack the pedestrian, but they Mapped against his
face, hlllng his eyes and nostrils so that one seemed
TO lie breathing mosquitoes. II manifestly was not
their time for biting. but they no doubt get down to
business directly after shutdown, and their full voice
and appetite were much In evidence TO the romantic
couples who occupy the park benches OF a sunday
night.