New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-02
SUMMER ANTICIPATIONS.
Already the small boy dreams OF me DAYS
When he TO the river can scoot
And enioy himself in divers ways
In a Trilby bathing suit. .

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And enioy himself in divers ways 4
!" amy Indianapolis Journal
"The living church." OF Chicago. prints the fol-
lowing: "a Paris special says: The year $50 VIII
Ina a remarkable one. both from the astronomical
and religious point OF view. on Good FRIDAY next
april l2) the heavenly bodies when SraV"a.e
around the sun will be In exactly the same posi-
ton they occupied in the armament the day CHRIST
died on the cross. 1t will be the hrst time SUCH
a thing has occurred since that great day. JUST
1852 years ago. That was the thirty-third year OK
the Christian era which dates from the birth or
Jesis Christ At i:20 in the morning, Paris time
(abou, u:2O D. m. New-York time April I'D, the
moon will pass before Virgins (Splea) and hide
that star for an hour
Invigorating Atmosphere-"No" said the gentle,
man from Boomville. II wouldn't IKE 10 pras
OUT our way. but / Win simply cite that Teller
in our town is making a good living py CON- n
nse in filling their tires. II has such elastic ana
lively qualities that the speed OF tne nacn,e IL IL
creased from 10 10 81 per cent. ~tCincihhau Irio-
The impor,atlon OF beans at the ports Of New
York Boston and Philadelphia last year was 2H.77s
bags OF 90 pounds each. and yet this country Is
admirably adapted for bean culture. correspond
ent OF The Country Gentleman says; "Where the
crop Is grown a large scale so that machinery
can be largely used. the cost OF growing should not
be materially greater than that OF growing an equal
area of wheat. They may be planted by machinery.
harvested by machinery. threshed by machinery.
and the large buyers in bean-growng districts use
machinery largely in picking the product. The
Yield will probably, the average, equal that OF
wheat Then look at the price per bushel COM
pared with that OF wheat The straw, too. is a VAL
liable food for sheep well FOR other live stock,
far exceeding wheatstraw In this respect. Bean
prices. usually high. likely to be higher this
year. The domestic demand always exceeds the
homegrown supply. and large quantities are annu-
ally imported. 1t Is not credtable 10 the farmers
of this country that these large importatons are
permitted to continue"
Bucks County is full OF old Colonial mansions
which stu stand as monuments or the stirring
times OF long ago and as mute testimonials TO the
careful building of our forefathers. In Upper Wake
field Is still standing the mansion first occupied by
Samuel Merrick and built by him In li7t This man.
sion, which rests upon the southern slope OF small
quarters of General Greene In December. lII6 and
from this spot he began his march with the army
against the Hessans at Trenton on the memorable
Christmas Day OF that year. Across two fields to
the west from the Merrtck mansion Is the Keith
House. where Washington had his headquarters
iiill to the north Is the old Chapman residence
where General Knox and Alexander Hamilton We're
quartered during the same period. Besides the
Keith House Washington had his headquarters In
three other dwellings In the county-the Harris
House, Newtown; the Barclay House. Morrisvllle,
Neshaminy Creek. In the latter house Lafayette
first reported for duty In the Continental Army and
under Its roof first took his seat at the Council
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