The sun., 1895-01-09
sUNBEAMs.


"A long sermon entiroiy in blank ver,s ~. IN.
Christmas surprise the Rov. W. o. Lowe Of sacranens,
sprang on his unsuspertlng and heipIcss nock
Mexican cocoa has had consllcrab,c yo,r. n,
Paris and has been brought over to Now yorr NJ,
private persons visiting the former citv bu, Ia a. %,
hard 10 buy hero. IL has q peculiar d,llcory and a
flavor oi Its own.
when the Western Union telegraph compnnv ar,.
made the experiment OF putting Is wire. updc.
ground In thlscity II used wooden condult with boc.
bored through them from end to end No orc,,
length OF wire thus buried but II |. probable thn,
some OF the original wooden conduit. nre stIr IN
Columbus. o. Is one OF the best u ivcd elite, In the
country has 100 miles OF paved street nn no other
city has va rird the pn wing TO suit tho varv
ing local conditions OF different streets Tho city ba.
paved 81 l-0 miles OF streets with asphalt stous
blocks paving brick and other materials at co, a,
about o. 100000.
This country imports from Greece annually mspv
thousand pounds OF so called rit which ara
really smnl ralsns The curtant crnp OF Greece wasso
large In 1879 that the ported ar,le competed here
In price with the native California currnnt The cur
rant used In Greece aud here for the production OF
alcohol, and Is the basis Of certain chcnp wines
when lived somewhat quietly I'm Host,n /" snid
New Yorker ~ discovered a novel usa for the con-
ventlonni hat box. Ny chum and myself found that
our pitcher would SIT up beautifully IN the hat box,
and used the combination TO work the GROWER No
body In Boston could suspect tho presence of pitcher
full OF beer beneath the o hnt boS~
ON average there Is az least Que fruit stand on
every block In this city. Tho majority OF them arc
run and owned by Italians Some OF tho proprietor.
very cCssfui and IT IL not Unusual To hear that
the proprietor ot a certain stand has purchased n
house, or has several thousand dollars In the bank
Few OF them nro opened In very cold weather when
there is danger OF the fruit being damaged.
There Is call for American clocks at sngapore
and business house in that far Eastern city has Of.
fercd to the sole agent OF an American clock
factory, or to sell on commission by special arrange
ment with the proposition came an order for clocks
This country began very early famous for good
cheap clocks and doubtless sam Slick was welcome
TO the Blue Noses because brought them what they
really needed. There are no better clocks for the
money than those produced now In this country by
the hundred thousand,
--vermnnt's maple syrup has como to have hiRh
reputation since the State enacted n law to nun.
fish counterfeters of the sugar. The passage of the
law is said to have been procured by a firm OF
dealers In the pure sugar to crcumvent rivals who
dealt in tho counterfeit n substance into which beet
sugar largely entered. There are special brands OF
Vermont sugar notably one prepared by brother
and sister COLLEGE bred Young persons who want nto
the business and mnde point of the syrup
with peculiar delIcacy
Towns in Floridn have great boon In the 40 called
paving clay found near Barlow I'm that State and
elsewhere further South IL ia not soely clay but a
combination of sand clay and oxid, of iron IL
breaks up under the nick when dua and mead. M
other To be nut upon thu sandy streets "A
Floridian towns IL ia laid on several inches dean
wet md then rolled The rcspIt ia a hard smooth
surface that ressts the weor Of trac,c Railway com
panies in Florida I'm va used the for the An
proaches to stnticns and for cro.sjngs
Negroes especially imported from the South do
most of the work ut the factories far ont
ON Long Island near Montauk Point and iv. tho ,ev
Inhabitants OF that region n notion of plantation
music with their choruses sung at pirht on bomewarI
tramps from neighboring yiliages The work Of tbe
fertilizer factories IA done I'm the presenco of most
oppressive odor and workmen daily spread md re.
spread upon n specially prepared noor in the oncn
air the driving Fragments OF the menbaJen while Tho
mir for half mile round is almost with
the smell
When tbe woman winter in m tinv rre,cb restau
rant became confidential with n favorts Frepcb
speakipc cus,oner she told him that her canning.
from tins varied from $40 tn moro than s75 month
Most customers seldom give more than five cent lin
and tencent tip ia penerous wlil. tose tat pg ho,h
breakfast and dinner usnal,v tin lint orce n dov
Another widely known s,na,i Fren. resauran Mt v,d.
a small fortune to its proprietors and I'm no small
measu through lust such Tin system though there
tie tin was usually ten cents and the sons OF the
house were the waters
"A menter of brlcA brac OF this town has n,t unop
clever device He buys at low rates fron, ir,norter.
of fine pottery the damaged pieces patches them up
so that their defects shall be Invisible and sI, them
forx lottb hntot n foIr aF
are as beautiful and to all in,ents and purposes as