The sun., 1895-05-28

designed 10 mako easer the ecrpctraton OF tbot .,
against good fruit and the human digestion known a,
strawberry shoricnkc.
Tho cross bill IN oddiookng bird by reason ~
the popularity that gives him name is most fam,,,,
fellow in the Adirondack wilderness The birds con.
| In considerable numbers about the rough camps AZ
| hunters, aud tame almost to eat from.
| the hands of the stranzers
| "A machine shop OF refreshing and plcturssous
gloom on the side OF town is manufacturing ana
| shipping South Ingenious and compl Gated ms,
| chino ior sowing. cultivatiny. and wedding cotton
| A glimpse OF tho machine gives a Northern man .
revelation OF the serious character of cotton culture
Strangers that cstint I, tho infant Turkish popu
lation OF this town by the number OF chiidren wear
ing the fez will err Washington street children we,,
IL ns matter OF Inheritance but mothers all the wav
| from Canal street TO Harlem deem IL n neat adorn.
mcnt for their ltc ones, and there many blond
| curls as black under the rcd fcz.
Most persons suppose that a grindsone Is grind.
| stone but n commercial sign down town contains 1.
treatise In outline upon this subject that reveals con.
siderable variety IN grndsoncs and the like. Here IN
what the sign says: "Grindstones OF oil sizes and
grlts also mounted stones. machine stones kitchen
stones ship stones, holy stones lathe, scythe and oil
| stones and craiguth stones for glass bevecrs"
Eighth avenue. below Twenty third street. is one OF
the most genial and agreeable parts OF the town The
broad. sunny thoroughfare is lined with old brick
houses In good repair There is greenery pceping ous
here and there and the business OF the Ia suf
ncienty varied to mpart charm and pictures
teflOnn element here.
and an advance guard OF the rapidly extending new
French quarter, and the thoroughfare gains in attract
iveness from both.
Half a milo OF the Boston road. not far above
Bron xdaie. Is gored Just by horne chcstnus in
full flower Part OF the distance tho trees OF immense
size. are thickly set within private grounds close
by the roadside and OF the rest of the half mile thoro
are scattering trees on each side OF the way Some
these are almost "a fine as the monumental horse
chcstnuts OF Van cor,lnndt Park. which not TN.
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chestnuts Of London.
Charlton and King streets retain almost undis
turbed their aspect OF nifty years ago There are pleas
ant broad faced chin,neys, high shouldcrcd dormer
Windows, nent doorsteps. and q few Old fanlighta
Cabs and carriages no longer frequent these sreetA
and there are quaint quiet lodgings to be had whero
fashionable and semi. fashionable folk once d!sported
themselves. These old west side streets favori,e
retreats for quiet persons. some OF whom have
gossip to tell OF an earlier time.
Ivy In pots ls much In demand these days especially
In the German quarter where that particular pnnt 10
the bush for every saloon As tile weather grows
warmer a gore OF Germ m saloons and cafts employ
the Ivy as blind for those customers that like cat
and drink In the open air aud close to the sidewalk
1t is also much used In the windows OF German barber
shops. and Is commercially altogether OF the
important plants raised by the New YORK norsts
Some florists make speciality Of potted ivy for these
very purposes.
-Lotcad!o Henrn relates tina. there was q remark.
able Identity OF ideas and expressions compost.
tions written by his japanese pupils a single
theme But It is not necessary to 20 to Japan dis
cover the like. There is commonly Just ouch simi-
larity OF thought and expression In school CON-
positions the subject. 1t seems merely that
immature minds In Japan. as in America, note the
obvious with the difference perhaps that the train
ing OF the Japanese child intenses his convention
aties OF thought and expression.
Bronx Parks picnic has begun with tho 70
suit that the delightful sylvan beauty tho hemocks
is marred with discarded lunch boxes scraps paper
banana peels. and the like. There understand.
ing among the more civilized Adirondack camp.
ers that no trace Of picnic shall permitted to mar
the wilderness. though hunters less thoughtful Of
appearances. All scraps and leavings burned by
the Adirondack picnckers. That method of destroy.
ing such unsightly things Is possible in Bronx
Park but perhaps II the Park Department. would pro-
vide refuse baskets the might bo protected from
defacement.
Wakefield village is making elaborate preparations
for Its entrance into New York city. Tho Board Of
Education. after consultation with or1cias OF the
New YORK schocla has elected o male principal and
regarded the schools Tho via9o Board of Truatees
has suddenly increased tho police force from two to
eight members and made ono of tho old two q ser.
geant while tho Village engine company, volunteer
organization, has been turned into q stock company
lest the property holds be swallowed up by tho Now
York Fire Department without compensation to the
Individuals who have brought the property together.
Meanwhile tho village fearful lest Il shall be neg
lecteG as drop In the urban ocean, has hastily under
taken much. public Improvement
Even short residence in the United States masos
a marked change in the conditions and standards Of
the immigrant. Scandinavian immigrants sometimes
revisit their old homes after sotourn in this country
They usually take the steerage passage on the east
ward voyage. but tho second cabin on the return
westward voyage. Tho eastward steerage passage
they nnd clean and comfortable. but the recollection
Of the smens steerago OF their first trip to Amer.
lea drives them to tho second cabin. These people
asrrlbe tho difference between the eastward and the
westward steerage passage to the difference in the
cleanliness of the immigrants that in the
United States. 1t 10 to be added. however that in
lays not long gone by the number OF bound
passengers greatly exceeded the number OF easward
pound. and doubtless It 10 the cleanest and the most
Intelligent OF original immigrants that able to re-
visit their old homes