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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Scarlet clover is a valuable bee plant, but Is an annual Exchange. . In sklmmim? the cream off the milk, gays an old dairyman, there should al ways bo milk enotign SKimmeu wun iuo cream to give the butter, wnen cnurnou, a bright, clean look. Carrots, potatoes, parsnips and beets are heat producing, wnno vcgoiauies that form above ground, such as aspar agus, lettuce, peas, beans, corn, cabbago ami lonmious, uro uwiing. wk Journal. Mr Josoph Harris, an authority on sheep raising, says lielinds no more troublo in rawing early lambs than lute ones. Ho would rather have his lambs como in January and Febuary than in April and May. Albany journal. The night before a picnic boil some eggs until they are very hard; then drop them Into a can or jar In which you have some pickled beets. In the morn ing tho eggs will be pink and will bo delicately flavored. If possible carry thcra In a can with tuo vinegar sun uu them. A handsome low screen Is made by painting a large card board a sky blue, then painting a spray of daisies and clover blossoms on k Then set this in a frame of plush about an inch and a half wide, and this Is to bo placed in a light ebony frame with a standard. Cincinmtti Times. The American Agriculturist has a description of a barrel barrow for carry ing liquids. A barrel, open at tho ton, is fitted into tho frame of an ordinary bar row with cleats, about ono-third being below the top of tho framo. It can be advantageously employed In carrying slops to hogs or cattle and water for plants. The Stock Breeder's Journal says that over-loading horses is both stupid and wicked, and strains the nerves of the eyes, for which the only remedy is to wash tho eves two or threo times daily with a mild extract of witch hazel or Homo good eye water. When this strain ing is severe nothing will euro it aim ine horso usually becomes blind. A writer In tho New York Tribune says ho has found a good method to trap wire worms to uo by "putting pieces of potatoes in tho ground with a stick stuck in them to mark their posi tion. Tho worms gather on tho po tatoes, and are quickly destroyed. This year wiro worms were destroying Prof. Tracey'g melon and cucumber vlucs by eating off the roots. He put tho potato traps in tho soil and thus saved tho vines from destruction." Feeding Horses. """ "Yes, tfr," said tho proprietor of a largo livory stablo, "people imagine when they hear the quality of oats men tioned that their desirable qualities con sist in their brightness of colon, purity of scont and freedom from all appear ances of having been damp or heated, but they rarely advert to tho fact that when these objects have been attained their true value yet rests in their weight, and a material difleronee may bo found in samples which, to tho hand and eye of oiio who is a good judgo of tho arti cle may appear to bo nearly tho samo sort, though tho bushel of tho ono sort may be sevoral pounds lighter than tho othors! The horse that Is fed upon light weight oats, of which thero are plenty In the market, Is a loser by ono third tho nutriment which ho would ob tain if fed with those of good quality, and if (Ids is not looked U, ho will, on long drives, fall off in condition, for tho prieo varies according to weight In some daces, and a good many stable keepers take special raro not to buy the heaviest. I always buy tho heaviest and cleanest oats I can find in tho market, and this is ono reason why my stock looks well." "How about hay?" was asked. "Well, I also buy tho best hay I can find In tho market, becauso It doos not pay to purchase a poor quality. In many stablos thoro is a great waste by allowing horses an unlimited use of it, which tempts them to cat too much. I give all my horses only small quantities at a time but feed "moro frequently. With small quantities the animals seem to eat slower, uiastieato it more thor oughly and It then affords tho most nourishment. You see all my horses look well, and havo a clean coat, with every appearance of good health. This is acquired by giving them a sutllcleney of wholesome food not too much but administered according to tho length and amount of work tho animal has to .perform." U. S. Veterinary Journal Kfuralttla and Headache. Nothing Is so terriblo as severe neu ralgia, and beyond a doubt girls ao quiro It often enough by tho conditions of school life. HoadaJhos in a school girl usually mean exhausted nerve power through ovor-work, over-excitement, ovor-anxiety, or bad air. Host, a good laugh or-a country walk will usually euro it readily enough to begin with. But to become subject to head aches Is a very serious matter, and all such nervous diseases have a uasty ten dency to rcur, to become pcriotuo, to bo set up by tho samo causes, to bo come an organic habit of tho body. Fop any woman to become liable to neural gia Is a most terriblo tiling. It means that whilo it lasts lifo is not worth hav ing. It paralyzes tho power to work, It deprivos her of the power to enjoy anything, it tends toward Irritability of temper, it tempts to the use of narcotics and stimulants. So says Dr. Nelson, and so say I. A girl who finds herself subject to neuralgia should at onoo change ber habits if but to grow strong in body. Of what use is education with ill-health? A happy girl must bo a healthy ono. The Greeks educated their girls physically; we educate ours mentally. The Creek mother bore tho Finest children the world over produced. Dr. Holbrook, iu his great works on marriage and parentage, gives a chap ter on the Grecian education of girls. He claims It comes very near to the edu cation we neod for them to-day, and wo quite agree with him. It developed beautiful women, and their beauty lasted till old ago. The beautiful Helen was a handsome at lifty as at sweet sixteen. bio Lewis' Monthly. A new survey of the Hudson River tx-tweon Troy ami Hudson has been or- iroi times. Anvils. Anvils for heavy work are gonorally square blocks of iron with stool faces, although many In use are nothing more than cast iron' blocks with chillod faces. The quality of an anvil Is of great im portance to the moehanio who makes use of it, because it determines in some measure the quality of tho work he produces. Anvils of the best character are made almost entirely by hand, and, as may be supposed, the operation is one quite laborious. It Is, indeed, heavy work. ' Anvils vary In weight from 100 to 600 pounds. For thoir manufacture two largo fires are required. The principal portion or core of the anvil, consisting of a square block of iron, is heated to a welding heat at a certain point or corner in ono tiro, and the iiiece of Iron which is to form a pro oeting end is heated in another tire. Vhcn both of tho pieces have reached the proper welding heat thev are brought together on an anvil and are joined by heavy swinging hammers. In this way the four corners of the base are welded to the body in four hcaU. After this tho proioction from the shank hole and lastly the horn or beak are wcldod to the core. When the anvile has reached this stage the wliole Is brought Into proper snape by paring and trimming for tho reception of the face. Tho steel used for this purposo Is," or at least ought to be, the west kind of sheet metal. Instead of this, however, blister steel and other grades of Inferior quality aro very frequently employed. The anvil and steel aro heated until they attain tho proper tomporature. Tho two sides which aro to bo welded are then sprinkled with calcined borax, and aro joined by quickly repeated blows of tho hand hammer. Tho steel coating used to form the faces in the best grados of anvils Is a half-inch thick. At the samo time it may bo remarked that if the steel is only a quarter or an men in thickness tho difference is unimportant, providod tho steel be of good quality. Tho next operation iu the manufacture of tho anvil is hardoning, which is accom- IJiished by heating it to redness and iringing it under falling water. The fall of water employed must bo at least tho tio of tho face of tho anvil, and should bo of not loss than three feet head. After tho process of hard ening it is smoothed upon a grindstouo BI1U 11(1 HII J pUUKIIUU 1LU I'JULIJ. Small anvils, such as aro usod by sil ver-smiths, goldbeators, etc., aro pol ished very linely, some of them until they present a mirror-like face. On ao- count of the oxponsivoness of the oper ations attending the manufacture oi an anvil, as abovo describod, various ex periments have been made in the way of producing this useful tool iu oast iron. Tho common anvils of tho shops, however, can not bo made of cast-Iron for the reason that tho beak would not bo strong onough. Nono but anvils with full square facos have boon suc cessfully mado of cast-iron. Anvils of this kind aro oithor simply chillod by casting tho face In iron molds, or the face is plated with cast-stool. Chilled cast-iron anvils are ob.ection- ablo. for tho reason that they aro quite brittle and tho corners of the faces will not stand. Cast-Iron anvils, mado with steel faces, however, aro a superior articlo, and In somo respects proferable to wrought-lion anvils. Tho face is harder and stronger, although tho beaks will not last as long. Black smith and Wheelwright. - Au Uld Conductor'! Yarn. "Talking of greenhorns," said an old conductor to mo recently, "it's in tho oldor States one sues the grconost of thorn. Fifteen years ago I was run ning a passenger train down in Kon tuoky. Ono morning when the train drew up at a littlo station a chap iu copperas-dyed brooches, blue jeans coat and vest, and a homo-mado wool hat addressed mo as I stepped to the ground. " 'Is you the clerk oi this kyarr 'I'm tho conductor what do you want?' I answered him. " 'I want to go to Louisvillo on this kyar.' 'Woll, get aboard,' I told him. Ho climbed tho steps and knocked on the door. When ho had rapped a second time somo wag inside called out, 'Come in!' Thero wore at least forty passen gers in tho coach, no began at tne front scat, snaking nanus wun evory ono clear to tho back end, and asking each 'How you doP' and thon 'How's your folks?' Of courso it was a regular circus for Alio other passongors. He lived thirty miles back In the mountains, and had never beon on a train bofero. When ho stepped off tho cars at Louis ville I felt sorry for him. "Woll, I left Kentucky soon after that and camo to Illinois. Ono day, four years ago, whllo on a visit to Iou isvillo, a well-dressed, well-to do look ing1 man Ntopped mo on tho street He bad to tell me where I had evor seen him before Would you believe it? that greonhoru had developed into ono of tho lirst merchants oi iouisviiio, ana is to-dav remitoit to be worth 100.000." Judiiinapoli Sentinel. Balunee In Character. Few porsons are possessed of a per fectly balanced nature. Amiability is apt to bo allied with weakness; a vigor ous, pushing character Is often impul sive, harsh and unjust A rellective mind is slow to act; a prompt mind is often wrong. So through all the ele ments of character. All tho qualities that go to make up a perfect moral na ture rarely appear in one person. The physical and intellectual do not pre cisvly conform; the mental and moral are not evenly balanced, there aro those jiossessed of stronger moral than mental natures. They constitute tho spasmodic, impulsive element in socie ty, there aro others whose intellects so absolutely control their moral na tures, that nothing is admitted inn can not bo reasoned out satisfactorily Thero are persons whoso strong animal natures dominate all clso, and both mind and spirit are subsorvieot To regulate all theso parts bo as to attain a fair dr-reo of equality is the right step toward securing what may lie called lialanco In character. I hila- delphia Call Kho Understood All About Base-Ball. "I want to go to tho base-ball gamo." said a Cleveland young lady to her leuer. you!" he exclaimed In amazement "You wouldn't know a base h t from a passed ball, or a assist" throe-badger from an "Hut, George, dear, 1 could learn. You know how soon I picked up that new embroidery stitch, ana how quick 1 am at everything. Well, there is no use in following ber argument hvery man has been through it, first or last and knows how it always conies out. She went to the gamo. George had been used to sitting in ono of tho side stands where he had a favorite seat and the privilege ol smoking and guying the umpire to his heart's content On this occasion he sat primly up "behind a twastly wire screen," as he mentally called it, and prepared to suff.tr. The Clevelands were at the bat. "Which Clovelands aro those in grayP ' askod Maudo. "Why don't they all dress alike?" "Those are theCbvelands; the others are the Bostons. "What are the Bostons doing here? Did they come all this distance to see the gamer" "No; they aro going to play." "I thought tliey were to soo the Clevelands play." "Why, they both play." "Oh, we're going to see two games. How nice." In the mean time the first man at tho bat after two strikes and five balls, popped a high Hy to short-center field, and started to first liko a bird. Tho ball was caught, and he sot out leisure' lv for homo. "What mado that man run?" was the noxt question. "Ho wanted to got to lirst" "What's lirst P,r "That baz yonder." "Why didn't he go? Was he afraic that the man standing on the bag wouldn't liko it?" "That must l.avo boon It,", said George, In despair. In a few moments Cleveland went out and started for tho field, whilo Bos ton reversed the movement "What is that for? ' "The Clevelands aro out Tho Bos tons go to tho bat." "Oil!" Just then a Boston slugger struck liner for two bases and started on his tour. "By Jovo, that's a daisy," said Goorgo. Maud understood this. "Yes," said she, "1 think so loo. I've been watch ing him, and he's real handsome, lint, Goorgo," she said, as the beau eater stole third, "ho doesnt't care a bit whether tho Clevelands like it or not Ho's going right on, and I think its real mean, as Tie's a visitor." Tho next Boston hitter struck too short and was caught at first, but it brought in the run from the third. "That's a run," said George. "And is that a run, too, that man walking in?" "No, that's an out" "How much does an 'out' couut?" "One." "An! how much does a run count?" "One, too." "Thon an out counts ono and a run, two. Tluy'vo mado four haven't theyP" Goorgo collapsed. When tho game was over Maude said she was beginning to understand it "real well," and is going evory day. Hor swain is a re formed man, and hasn't beon able to "got away" since to goto a game. llartford Times. Ncwspsjer Editorials in Turkey. It will be interesting, I think, to the pooplo of such a freo country as Am erica to read the extract translation of tho language tho uewspapors havo to uso In Turkey, no matter what national ity they may be. An Armenian college in Turkoy was totaly ruinod by lire through some Mohammedan in cediaries, and, though the case was quite clear to the oourts, yet Iwcauso of thoir being Mohammedans the Armen ians will find some difficulty in secur ing their conviction. Tho following is an exact translation of an editorial of tho leading Armenlau newspaper, call ed Arevolk, published Iu Constanti nople, giving an account of this lira, and inviting tho attention of tho au thorities to punish tho parties who caus ed tho lire: "We aga'n publish a minute descrip tion we have received of tho burning ol tho Armenian College iu the city ol Divrig, begging at tho same tinio the pity and sympathy of his august ma jesty of our Ottoman fatherly sovereign over ttiis sad ruin of tho college, which was built with so much expense and hard labor, and was reduced to ashes In a moment Tho good and virtuous will of our august sovereign Sultan Hamid, which is as clear as tho sun, and whose sovereignty's motto has always been to give particular care and atten tion to the great work of education and discipline according to the require ments of tho century, undoubtedly as sures us that this ruined condition ol tho college will invite tho august Sultan to be well pleased to wash away, with Ids fatherly, most pitiful and merciful p-aco-bestowing drops of favor, the tears of his many hundreds of obedient and grateful children who aro in so great neod of education." Kditors of American papers would not enjoy being forced to write in that strain. Constantinople Letter. A NeedcJ Prescription. Brido. "I must havo your advlco, doctor. My husband gets tho night mare nearly every night, and frightens mo half to death.' Doctor. 'You havo gone to house keeping, I suppose?" "Bride, Yes; we just got sottlod last week." Doctor. "And. I presume, as there are only two in the family, you attend to all "tho housekeeping duties your selfP" Bride "Yes." Doctor. "Well, hire some one else to do tho cooking." Philadelphia CoJU A Boston boarding mistress broko her leg bv jumping from a se xmd-story window in her efforts to avoid a kettle in the hands of a boarder man who dis liked the corned be?. Boston Herald. English Reverence for the Muce. Tho objoet called a mace and tho ston that is set by It may bo considers istiiuiilMiifMia ftmrttirr tliA nnrlnHlf.l.Hi l public life in England, The Swords o! Justice and of Mercy, the Scepter, tin Orb, the Crown itself, aro all easily comprehensible symbols of royal jus tice or royal authority and prerogative. But why a maco should be held to be and jealously preserved as an emblem of corporate jurisdiction and sway has puzzled many of tho longest-headed Btudenta of tho past, and may equally perplex those of the present day. What la a mace? It was originally a weapon of war. and one of a very formidable nature, which was used in European warfare as late as the sixteenth century. The weapon, however, from which our parliamentary, municipal and acaueni' leal msces sprang was, without doubt, a staff of wood about five feet long, with a heavy metal head frequently in the form of a spiked bat. It was a favorite instrument with mediaeval priest of bellicose turn ol mind; lor, although a canon of the church specially forbade to clerics tho use of the sword, nothing was said to prevent an ecclesiastical person, when of militant mood, from smiting his antagonist over the sconce with his iron-headed cudgel. But when and why the mace of civil and legisla tive lifo lost iU offensive spikes and be came an ornamented staff of silver or gilded copper to bo borne before mag istrates and other persons in authority has' never been with- precision ascer tained. It is sufhciently demonstrated that the normal use of a mace was to knock somebody down with it The Italian for mace is "inazza," and its function is significantly pointed out in tho verb "animazziiro," to fell or "ninee" any one. It was with the mace which hung at his saddle-bow that Wal worth, Lord Mayor of London, hit Wat Tyler over the mazzard in Smithfield, after which tho cautious Fishmonger, dismounting, dispatched tho prostrate rebel with his dagger. From this historic fact the deduction has been made that as thero was not room in the city escutcheon for a mace as well as a dag ger, to the poniard only was given her aldic distinction, whilo the maco was ever thereafter carried by one of the oflicers of the Lord Mayor's household. not ouly as an emblem of authority, but as a memorial of Walworth's prowess against the seditious Tylor. This as sumption, however, is not borne out by the circumstance that at least a century beforo the time of our Hichard II. Con tinental Kings and Princes were not ouly preceded but surrounded by mace bearers, and that tho reason given for their being attended by such a special guard was the widely spread fear of the assassins dispatched from Syria by the Old Man of the Mountaiu to murder conspicuous Franks who had been marked down for destruction. When tho sect of the assassins died out the military mace-bearer as guards to crowned heads were superseded by hal berdiers, of whom we may see the mod ern survivals in our quaintly clad Beef eaters and Tower Wardens, and in the partisan-bearing lloyal Body-guard, formerly known as "Gentlemen-at-arms" and "Gentlemen Pensioners;" while, instead of the maco-bearers who formerly accompanied the Judges when riding the circuit, thoy were escorted by "javelin men," officers who still form a part of a well-ordered judicial cor tego on its entrance to an assize town, aud for neglecting to provide a sufficient contingent of such javelin men a High Sherill has within our own generation been heavily fined by a Judge. As for tho mace, tho last vestige of it as a militant weapen was observable in the long staves at the end of which iron or leaden balls armed with spikes were suspended, which were carried until lato in tho last century by the pioneer company of tho train bands or city mili tia. It is curious to note that the older of the two gigantic figures in Guildhall, erroneously called Gog and Magog, in sU?nd of Gomagag and Corinimis, which were carved in the reign of Queen Anno. carries a stall with a spikedbau sus pended from a chain, precisely answer ing to the description of the modified kind of maces formerly borne by train band pioneers. London Telegraph. An Indian Pollatch. Among other islands of the Sound, and about ten miles north of Olvmpia, lies Squaxion Island. It is an Indian Dame and Indian reserve, and the In dians hold in reserve whatever resourcei it may coutain. It is a sterile, spot, but in that respect does not differ much from the surrounding country. Tho fir forest grows as green, tho fern and "salal" slopes reach down to the gray beech here just as they do on all the surrounding shores. Here are the same low bluffs of clay and conglomerate that you see on the shores of the islands south and the islands north, and the aaltrwatcr inlets westward. Long, nar row arms of tho sound are those inlets arms reaching far out into the green wilderness ol woods; inlets deep and narrow, into which the tide rushes twice a day. Eastward lies the sound, with more clay-colored bluffs on ill tart her shore. Eastward, Bixty miles away, rises Maimer's three-pointed crown ot creamy white, looming above a ragged fringe of evergreen tree-tops. Here is a deserted village, an Indian agency in days past; houses weather worn and tumble-down, doorless and windowless, with green weeds growing through the doors. Yonder is Hope Island, grave-shaped, and there is Mcamboat Island steamboat shaped this tiny island being in rea'itv an island only at highwater, as a slender spit of sand links it tho mainland, and was named by an aueient mariner of earlier days, who averred that, like a steamboat at "anchor, the Island swunr around at tho turn of every tido, and especially when the moon was full. And as being "full" was well known to be his normal condition, his statement was never con tradicted. I shall never forget the afternoon that we made up a party to visit this same Squaxion Island. It was an October afternoon one of those keen, clear days when the west wind comes racing in from the sea with life and freshness in U every breath. The day was all that could be desired at least it was all we dwrired, for we were a party of eight including ladies and children, in alargv Whitehall boat And when the large sail swung and filled we swept off be- tore the west wind'i breath like tho sev gulls gray that swung Bnd wheeled into our wake. We had lonff talked of see ing an Indian potlalcb, and at last we were on tho way. None of us had ever seen ono of thoso gatherings. A pot latch is not a camp-meeting, a fair, nor a Christmas, but a Bort of combination of all a sort of reunion and general gathering, lasting somotimes for weeks; an occasion for the exchanging of big presents aud bigger speeches and many (to their minds) fitting ceremonies. We landed at last upon tho southwest point of the island. The potlatch house stood upon tho verge of the bluff above us. A gentle slope led up to It from the east The first and last thing we noticed was a smell of smoke and fish which wrapped us in an embrace of welcome. When the smoke burst drifted we saw a lonff line of canoes a fleet of the long, graceful, clipper-like Chinook canoes pulled high and dry upon the grass. Beyond and all along tho slope moved a brilliant throng of gay ly-dressed people. We passed up through the swaying sea oi color into me Duuuing. a piuir form, about two feet high and about live feet wide, extended all along the wall on either side. This platform was divided into sections and was filled with families and their friends, disposed in every lazy attitude eating, chatting, dozing, or silently staring at their neigh bors. Fires blazed at intervals in front of each section. Tho building was a largo barn-like affair, not very well cal culated to keep out the cold, but it kept In the smoke admirably. There were large openings iu tho roof all along the ridge-pole for the smoke to escape; but very little of it went out and a great deal went into our eyes. There was much to see, but the smoke blinded us with tears and we could not see any thing. But we put a good face on the matter and tried to see the funny side, for there were some of the most comical littlo dogs and comical little children. Two littlo fellows, armed with big spoons which they had obtained in somo mysterious manner, found their way into a largo pan of dough, and before being discovered by their mothers, had plastered each other's ears well.' Then somo other littlo wags would set fire to the end of a long stick and slyly apply tho same to the car of somo sleeping comrade. Then the yell of tho aston ished victim would be drowned in tho shouts of gleo that followed. Wo wero much too early to witness any of tho ceremonies, but found inter est enough in watching tho crowd. Well, wo watched the crowd and we watched tho storm. Wo watched tho sun go down? We watched the Olym pic range in the northwest turn from keen blue to fiery purple, then suddenly change to a dismal ashy gray, while tho lemon-colored sky in the west slowly darkened to pale amber, against which the tree-tops on tho distant shore stood out in jetty blackness and flung their shade in broken bits over tho steel-gray waste of waves that came climbing up and on. Thero were seri ous faces as we looked across the dark ening waters and proposed a return. The sun had gone down, but the wind had not In fact, -it seems to gain frosh courage and howl the louder. The waves flung themselves with a fiercjer swash against the low bluff and along tho gray beach. Tho fur tree tops swung uneasily, and tho branches swayed and waved a wilder farewell to the day's lust light -The fires in the potlatch house, tho fires in tho littlo tents, and tho fires outdoors all gleamed tho brighter. The red llames danced ami shivered and Hung their forked tongues in tho teeth of the wind, and seemed to tremble aud thrill to the tune of tho weird "Taman-a-mas" chant of the Indian doctors, which, with iU ac companiment of the monotonous drum, rang out with strange vividness on the wavering wing of the storm and night In a fence corner, dimly seetf by the flickering', light of tho lire, lay an old man. Half a dozen boards flung across tho angle of the fence and a fragment of blanket nbout a yard square theso were his only shelter. And here lie was, aged and toothless and sightless. Here he lay alone and unheeded in the midst of feasting and merry-making. Now an thcu would . some one stop to listen and laugh at the low and incohe rent mumblings. Oh, how pitiless, I thought Long tables in the potlatch house wero being set, whore supper for ono hundred would be served up at onco. We had earnest invitation.! to stay. But the wind grew louder and we thought it best to make a start while we might And what a wet business that homeward trip was. With two of tho strongest of our crew at the oars our boat at timos would hardly hold her own. We were tossed and tumbled about In a wild style; but who shall say we did not enjoy it? And thinking of it now I seem to hear the chorus of "Pull for the Shore" and "Lifo on the Ocean Wave" ringing out across the storm and darkness of Squaxion pas sago. San Francisco Chronicle. Mexican Etiquette. I was given a lesson in etiquette by a Mexican vounc ladv I met in tho train. I chanced to be the only man in the sleeping-car when it drew out from El raso, and after an introduction by the conductor, to whose charge tho young lady had been to nmitted, she and I be came quito well acquainted. "I saw you eating an orange on the depot plat form," 8ho said. "In Mexico that would bo considered as unmannerly. There it is unmannerly to eat anything outside of a house, even candy. And I noticed when Mr. Komero gave you a Mexican match you threw it away after using but one end of it The other was still serviceable, and you should have re turned the match with your thanks. If you hand one a cigar or cigarette to light with, you must take a whiff from it after it has "been leturned to you, though it may be so short as to burn your fin gers." All this I received with good grace, for my voting lady was but ten years of age. Exchange. m w The much-mooted question as to which is the oldei-t railway in the United States is settled by the Railway Age as follows: "The first railway in the United Stites was three miles in length, extend ing from the granite quarries in Qnincy, Mavs.. to the Neponset River. It was commenced in 1826 and completed in vsit. ihe gaugo was hve leet The rails wera pine, a foot deep, covered with an oak plate, and these with flat bars of iron." PERSONAL AXD LUTERS03AL. 1 The oldest living graduate of West Point is Prof. John II. Hewitt of Balti more. He is eighty-nine years old, and was a member of the class of 1818. N. Y. llerald. Simon Knowlos, of Meredith, N. II, though in his ninety-ninth year, still daily works at his trade as a shoemaker and promises to last out his century. Boston J'ost. Thackeray's name was derived from the occupation of his ancestors thnckers or thatchers. Whittier's name came from white tawler, tanner of white kid leather. Chicago Tribune. David Furthermore, Charles Fancy and Anonymous Iliggins were three men with odd names who happened to come together in the town of Rome, Ga., tho other day. St. Louis Globe. Since tho publication of the fact that Queen Victoria has a fondness for fried hominy, the London hotels have begun to print on their bills of fare: "F ried hominy, Her Majesty's style." The Newburyport family of the Arcticexplorer spell their name Greoloy, and the Lieutenant also is said to write it so, but the Government officials insist on spelling it Groely all tho samo. Boston Journal. The Grace Darling of Canada is Miss Emily O'Noil, of Montreal, who saved two boys from drowning recently. During the last four years she has saved no less than ten lives by her courage and ability to swim. President Arthur's state dinners last winter are said to have surpassed those given by any of his predecessors in costliuess. " The nino ho gave last season averaged eighty hundred dollars each. Ctdcago Journal. Rev. William Nealeigh, of Darke County, Ohio, and Mrs. Rachel Thomas, of Scdalia, Mo., were married at Indian apolis, Ind., recently. They are each seventy-three years old, aud "were lovers in their school day . Indianapolis Journ'l. The President is paid his salary by. the United States Treasurer's draft is sued on the warrant of the Secretary of tho Treasury, based on an account au dited by tho First Auditor and First Comptroller of the Treasury. Wash ington Star. Wah Sin Leo, a Chinaman, who has saved over $15,000 in the laundry busi ness, has applied for admission to the . (Jornell University. Ho says that ho has: been converted to Christianity, and that) he intends to go out as a missionary to China. Buffalo Express. On appeal from the Jews in Jerusa lem tho Sultan has annulled tho sale of a part of tho Mount of Olives, which contains tho graves of tho prophets Ilaggai, Zachariah and Malachi. The purchasers were the Russian priesthood. The burial place of tho prophets haa been secured to tho Jews in perpetuity. Secretary of the Navy Chandler has issued a general order concerning the Arctic relief expedition. He says: "Tho Navy Department extends its cor dial and earnest congratulations to Commander Schley, commanding tho expedition, and to the officers and men; of his command, upon the distinguished! success of their efforts, and takes this occasion to publicly commend the cour age, zeal and judgment with which they executed their difficult and dangerous duty." "A LITTLE XON'SENSE." "Tho Pies My Mother Mado" is a new song, it is said, but it is not Ev-. ery young husbaud has sung it for tho last two centuries. Hiiladelphia Call. "Was the" assault mado with pre meditation?" asked Judgo Norton of a witness. "No, Yer Honor, it was made with a clothes' loin!" Chicago Journal. "Will the coming man be happier?" asks a writer. It depends to a great extent upon whether his wife has got tired and gone to sleep or is still wait ing up for him. Chicago Tribune. 'Tarson, will you join us to receive the congratulations of our friends this evening?" was the naivo manner in which a gentle maid settled courtship and marriage at one stroke. Waterloo Observer. "Yes," sighed Amelia, "before marriage George professed to bo willing to die for me, and now he won't even . get his life insured in my favor," and tho poor girl burst into a fashionable flood of tears. Burlinqton JIawkeue. "Which is the shortest way to the menagerie?" asked a stout old gentle man of Gilhooley who was walking in Central Park. "Want to see tho ani mals, do you?" "Yes, I should like to see the animals." "If you want to see them to the best advantage you had bet ter try my plan." "What's that?" "Eat a mince pie before going to bed." Texas Sif tings. "So you struck tho man because he called you a liar?"said tho Police Judge. "Yes sir." "From which I am to inter that you were not a liar?" "Oh, no; I was a liar, and am yet If I had not been a liar I should have paid no at tention to tho fellow's remarks. Truth p so scarce, Judge, that when I hear it I can't keep down my enthusiasm." Arkansaw Traveler. "So you would liko to become a blacksmith, would you?" he said to a littlo barefoot boy. a he stopped blow ing tho bellows for a moment "Yes, sir," tho boy replied. "I would like to learn the trade. "Aro you strong and healthy?" "Yes sir." "And quick?" I wouldn't have a boy around who wasn't quick. "Yes, I'm quick." Here the boy stepped his bare foot on a hot horseshoe, and the blacksmith remarked: "Well, 1 guess I'll give you a trial. You seem to be one of the quickest lit- , tlo boys I ever saw." N. 1. Sun. A widow who has had a box at the post-oflice for the last year or two called at that institution yesterday and in formed tho chief clerk that she desired to change her box. "Lock out of or der?" "Oh. no." "Isn't the box con venient?" "Oh, certainly, but I've just moved from Ninth avenue to Third street and I that is why, how stupid 1 am! 1 was thinking 1 d have tochango my nast-ofliee box, too! I can keep tho samo box, of course. All I need to change is my door-plate. I knew I'd have to change something or other. Excuse me good morning." Detroit Free Frets. J