The sun., 1894-09-24
SUNBEdM NM.

Some OF the busiest photographers In the Ger
quarter, and the best OF them do excellent work.
Their showcases three times as largo any seen
In Broadway. and they display a bewildsrins variety
OF pictures. These cases always show some charming
and piauAnt grish faces along with grim and sodden.
looking family groups, and chowder parties shoot
ing clubs, and private theatrical organizations.
-One see frequently In the Hebrew quarter man
or woman tending q corner stand OF some sort and
the time nduAtriously reading boob printed In
Hebrew characters. Sometimes it is the Talmud but
more often perhaps, German novel translated into
the JArgon. The books long narrow. and thin,
mostly published In one or another German, Austrian
or Hungarian city, and usually obtained from eircu
lating library.
A stout. decently dressed man walk ed slowly along
Thirty third street. Fifth avenue the other day
stopping passerby now and then with the whispered
and hurried inquiry, would you like to buy an ee-
giant pipei" At the same moment he would draw
from his pocket large richly carved and nnsly cOL
ored meerschaum pipe and display II for an instant
20 the hopsd-for purchaser. He looked like lower
middleclass EnslishmAn In dIstreSs.
-"of all the dreadful little habits OF men," said an
observer. that Of carrying toothpick In the mouth
In the 10 the dreadful And you sometimes
this done by men who appear otherwise 10 be TO
nned and thoughtful. Indeed. the chewing OF tooth
pick TO be aid 10 reflection and TO serve In
some manner As a cigar mirh b: do for smoker but
while Il might thus help To good ends ts public use 10
nevertheless much TO be deploTed.
-Ons and then upon the Adirondack lakes
inc bt- Lawrence DIOauer, heANlcr, ana some
what safer craft than the beautiful Adirondack boat
The St. Lawrence boat Is used by tmid careful per-
who fear the tipsy lEhtness OF the other IL 10
furnished with Tudder, with movable locks and
with able noOr that proteets the plsnkng from
harm. II IL handsome and comfortable little craft
but swift and beautiful than the Adironiack boat
Grand Rapids, Mich, has grown In nifty years from
hamlet 20 city OF 80, 900 Inhabitants OF fortytwo
cities having population OF more than 10000 and
owning their water works. Grand Rapids has the
Naka a.a0
city has pablc library OF more than $4,000 volumes
The city has IL nre companies 81 public school houses
with nearly $4,000 pupils ARd 3sd teachers; ~
churches large clubs OF them eIpendins SS5OOO
per YEAR theatres and public parks.
TO BrOOklyns Prospect Park the rains OF last week
brought transformation far greater and more immsdt
ate than that wrought by any pr rain OF similar durA
tion which usheT in the spring Where for long weeks
the woodland landScAps has been pArched and SIRE.
Thursdays strong south wind that came with The
clearing tossed the tree boUshs and ruStled leaves
freahened by rain into the deep hues Of mid
summer The nOweTs Of the gardens lifted proudly
their heads resplendent In vivid eOlOrs. More than
else where the bsnshesnt ELECTS Of the rain 10
BE- seen In that winding, spacious dale, the Long
Meadow. On the Monday previous its aspect had
been almost that Of desert ts Sicky ysowish grass
tints NOT sunioiAS 20 relieve the baEsnnsSs OF the
nunlsTOas great patohss OF brown earth from whch
all vsrdure had disAppsarsd- Two days Of rain hal
deluSed its broad sxpAnss with the green Of grass
which had grown and thlckened aEd spread until tho
unSighty bare patches we're scarcely observable In
the general effect WithA % Sreodily And completely
had the thirsty ground drunk the drops they had
fallen that tails exquisite freshnsAs Of air and land
seaDe vas the only manifest Ssn Of the recent down.
pour Of thls ths eject apparent IN the cheerful
nsss and ANIMATION O1 tAs vlSilorL The msrTy-go
round was going like hummiaE tOp. IL organ wa1
grinding out : new sst of tunes. aud ali over the
meadow nuESsuAldS vita thslE htts charges In thsaS
ArHAa, Walt-sd sAiJ upon u sEAss 70 IL StfAlH&