The sun., 1895-01-29
sUNBEAMs.

III nhN iOnN WIN Ne nnllCy OF inc pennevtS.-.
Railroad TO preserve the Indian names along IN. is
and in creating new stations to give them IN.
historic Interest and local significance. The c,ru'
has done the geographical nomentl lnture 49,
good turn IN dropping the sign of the vo,,...i,. w
from the names of stations that honor l,c,l tros,
There IL al uptown cast side table i'b5, =,
makes the announcement: dinner with d...o., we. &
tea or CofTce. 20 cents" The form IL unu.u,i
almost certainly Indicates the presence " s., r.
land influence In the restaurant 80 F-c,oh,.
thinks Of procialning dessert because IL ia a
sary part " the dinner, and OF course m foresr @
d'h0tc offers tea.
our friends the Chinese take grca, p,,p, - .
the English language with nccuracv hvt ,,,,, y"
they are more fluent than correct Tho.o 49,,
tie naweed flowers that unfold from ss.,r,r,,.
sticks when dropped into a hng,r bowl v,,h wy
are imported into this country In grnr ,,no w
veopes. sometimes labelled thus Water fou.,,,.
the amusement after dinner"
--" Does any one really buy these thing, $" ....,
customer OF a dealer In plated ware nnl,,,n. W
shelf filled with silver OF hor.d dcpora,I,r :, ~,
worst designs sell bcst," was the answe, ,,, e "e
thousands Of those things to dozens lL. ,h., ~, i
piece that you admired Th.sa articles soil ,i..a,
try over for wedding presents and the thIns A.
n,anded Ia elaborate chasing and odd d..,n. - -, Wv
than simplicity and beauty NJ outIner ''
Since kindergarten method, have rom. ., =.
widely employed In nearly all prlmary ,ohoa,J
throughout this city and State, II ia somsvt.,
ing TO learn that famous German student oi hns..
believes that the OF the eyes for some a, ,h ..
common in the kindergarten course is ukslv 10 =.
injurious TO the sight OF children between IN. ss ~
8 and o years. He cites especially the prictir. -
minute devices with pins and the weaving OF ooo,..
straws.
Pipe smokingis one Of the thing, with vh,oh r,...
clubs have to contend Some clubs forbid IL A.
gether few permit It without restriction and m,,,
restrict II single In the case Of Oh. la, N,
mir auno Lar nata tand n
leges and the house committee has recurrent ,,,r.
ges with the problem. Even the Calumet whose nan.
seems to promise absolute freedom in the matter a.
pipes forced At time banish them from IN.
club house
industrious and frugal Italian iabors, ar, n.
special victims Of various schemers who ruthis.,,
prey upon them through every available avenue T.)
commonest means OF heecng these poor fellow, .r.s
the local banks that disappear In night and the d,
honest labor agents. The Italian laborer is re.oh.d
also by specious offers of forty and mule a,
q suburban home, and the Italian has the lana
owning and home-making instinct, he is peculiarly
subject to the wiles OF the land agent
Western men coming to New York like TO STAY 4,
the large hotels. one OF the Broadway hots,
has recently picked up much OF the Western clene,
that formerly belonged to the Hoffman House. and
another comparatively new hotel in Fifth svenus
which 10 reported be the expensive the ci,y
started OF with large Western trade and stu kesps
Il. Meanwhile the Victoria holds on TO iu Spanish
Americans the ST. James its sporting men the F1tn
avenue the politicians and the Windsor spec
ulatorA
-Brook is a. present overrun with tramps Eytf
since the strike began trampa have been nockina
from oil the country to tho seat Of and may
be seen going over the bridge by dosens They are
interesting themselves in the strike because they e.
pect to get plenty to eat and drink by simply
ing sympathy with the strikers and some OF then
have gone far to get out OF the strikers fund
by making blum OF applying for work. They Lss
get aid than usual from servants by representing
themselves as starving strikers.
If you wander about town enough you will me-,
one OF these days the Thermometer peddler Hell d.
little gray man with . damaged satchel in one hand
In the satchel are many cheap thermometers Tie
little has been selling thermometers to butcher
and others all over town for ten years The thes
mometers fetch at retail 25 cents each and that
price yields the peddler a handsome profit. He san
that for all practical purposes not requiring delcaa
accuracy, these Thermometers arc as good as thos
that fetch times much but he cheerfully takes
orders for the costliest made. The aggregate sse
the cheap thermometers must be q hundred times u
great the sale OF better ones.
There appeared Madison Square Garden few
months ago q superannuated coachman selling newt
papers The pathetic dignity and helplessness Of the
old boy disarmed the natural suspicion that his new
trade merely q cloak for beggary, and the proc
pect was that he would do = thriving business N
disappeared. however, soon after, but one Of h'
former customers found him In Third avenue hs
other day offering his papers in enterprlsns fashion
to Indifferent paasers by. He had fallen III. and Ia
coming from his bed had found that another man hh
seized his corner. he forced TO begin all ova
again, and this time in place wher- his face and u
ure less likely to impress the hurrying crowds
The little Holsters in the tank OF the small Cruz
in the citys aquarium at Castle Garden. wh'
not seeking night, never away from It and an
very prompt and energetic in resenting any encross
ment upon what they conceive to be their rsha
Sometimes this promptness makes them seem almoa
brutal. For instance the other day when the litts
orustaceans being fed. morse OF clam that had
sunk nearly to the bottom OF the tank seized By
. little silver shrimp and by lobster at the same
time. Instantly the lobster raised Of It's big clau
and struck the little shrimp, which let go and fed
II seemed like o cruel thing for the lobster 70
do but II may be that the lobster knows the silver
shrimp better than do. Certainly, the silver
shrimp is q greedy little thing; It Is always looking
for something TO cot, and when at feeding time the
chopped-up clam Is placed In this tank, the silver
shrimps dart for It as descends through the water
and each grabs piece that may be in size half tas
diameter OF Its own body and swims away with Il