NATIONAL CAT1TAL NUTES.
The house committee on public lands
1 greed to report favorably to the homo
I'liysoti's bill declaring forfeited certain
grants of land iniulo in MlssWppi, Louisi
ana and Alahainn in n!d of tlio construc
tion of railroads, with an amendment ex
eluding the gulf and ship island grant from
the operation ot the act.
The following telegram was received from
Gov. Knott, of Kentucky: "The legisla
turc.now in session, ia considering the ques
tion of plenro-pneumonia, but the qtinsi
quarantine in which your-departmcnt has
been operating wilt cxpiro to-morrow. I
respectfully request that you will order its
continuance until thclcgislature shnll mako
some provisions to prevent a spread of tho
disease." Commissioner Coleman imme
diately ordered the quarantine continued.
The secretary of th? treasury has settled
tho long pending controversy in regard to
material to bo used in tho construction of
tho government building at Pittsburg, Pa.,
by instructing tho supervising nrchitect to
awanl tho contract to tho lowest responsi
ble bidder for furnishing granito.
The secretary of the treasury lias sent &
communication to Senator Morrill, chair
man of the committee on finance, in which
he acknowledges tho receipt of his letter re
questing his reasons for tliestispension of a
certain collectorol internal revenue and tho
nppointmenb of another person in his
place, and thou says, in substance: "I
vould reply that as yet I have received no
directions from tho president in relation to
the transmit ting ot papers and tlio infor
mation called for." About titty applica
tions from the same committee for similar
information were answered in tho samo
way.
Tho scnato committee on public lands
has authorized its chairman, Senntot
Plumb, to report favorably tho bill intro
duced by him to extend tho laws of tho
United States over tho public land strip
south of the state of Kansas. Tho bill at
taches the strin for judicial purposes to tho
judicial districtof Kansas. Thocommittoo
lias amended tho bill by providing that tho
land shall only bo secured in tliia strip un
der the provisions ot tlio Homestead law.
Tho committeo also authorized Plumb to
report favorably his bill to grunt tho right
OI way Uirougu puonc uuiua lor irrigation
purposes.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Tho king of Bavaria lias forbidden his
cabinet to interfero with his exchequer,
Tlio members of Ids cabinent will resign
The king's debts amount to 15,000,000
marks.
Tho Daily Telegraph says: Tlio govern
mcnt will introduce a bill abolishing the
viceroy of Ireland. It is tlio knowledge ol
this fact that induces Karl Carnarvon to
resign tho lord lieutenancy.
It" is stated on good authority that Glad'
stone and his colleagues have becomo rec-
oncilod that Knrls Spencer. Granville and
Derby and theMarquis of llnrtington have
given assent to a course ot tactics sug
gested b Mr. Gladstone, and that ho will
take the first chanco to overthrow tho con
oervativc government.
Archbishop Walsh, in an address at Dub
lin, said Paracll hoped to obtain a settle
ment of tho Irish question from Gladstone,
The speaker trusted the hope would be
realized and that sad results 'would not be
witnessed by desperate men, despairing ol
securing freedom by constitutional means
having recourse to dynamite and tho dag
ger of the assassin.
President Grovy lins signed a decree
granting amnesty to persons convicted ol
political offences since 1870, and rcducin;
tho sentences of many offenders against
common law.
The London Daily News says thcro arc
rumors that the government meditates a
coup do ctat in Ireland, and that anion;
among the changes contemplated is tho ap
pointment of General Viscount Wooleslj
to bo commander of tho military forc
there.
SOMETHING ABOUT 0UK SENATORS.
Senator Hawley's successor will not bo
chosen by the Connecticut legislature until
January, 1687.
Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, was born
in Vermont on the shores of Lako Champ
lain. Ho was a poor boy, but turned out
a very rich man.
Senator Beck says he has counted twenty
five democrats and twenty republicans in
the senate- who will stand by him on the
silver question on a vote.
Senator Gray is considered tho hand
somcst man in the senate. Ho is tall and
straight, with a good form; has long, silky
moustache and black hair.
Tlio story goes that Logan declined tho
presidency ot the senate on tho advico ol
his wife. She reasoned that an advance
ment by accident would bo cut otf by the
passage of the Hoar bill and the senator
would still bo left in a position that would
make it practically impossible for him to
get the nomination for president.
Tho St. Louis Republican says. Senator
Edmunds is willing to vote for woman suf
rngo "whenever a majority of tlio women ol
tho country think they can better serve
themselves nnd their country by leaving
their present field and entering tho field ol
politics." Ho does not seem to havo con
sidered tlio claim that onoDr. Mary Walker
with right on its side is a majority.
Tlio Macon Telegraph says: Senators
,Frye, Blair and Teller and Brown ol
'Georgia are all put down as tcmpornnce
men. Wo can't answer for the truth ol
this. Senator Brown lias a very distress
ing cough at times. Perhaps Colquitt was
meant. Colquitt believes in tlio old axiom,
"Don't put an enemy into your mouth to
steal your brains away," and rightfully,
too. Such an enemy could easily reflect o
injury upon a small stock.
A Stngo Conch Robbed.
The stage that runs from Chadron, Neb.,
to Fort Robbison was held up and robbed
on Cottonwood crook, a point about eight
miles west of the former place on the 11th.
Thcsta-e leit Chadron at 8 .o'clock, with
one Casey as driver, and $22,000 on board
and no passengers. At 11 o'clock, while
passing through a lonesome and secluded
spot near Cottonwood bridge, Casey was
confronted by a masked man who, with
drawn revolver, demnnded the money on
board tho stage. Casey, seeing that lie was
under great disadvantage, readily gave the
robber tho Viox in which the money was
carried. The money was from tho govern
ment to pay off its soldiers Btationed at
Fort Hohinson, and was shipped through
tho Wells Fargo express company, who are
tho losers. Pursuit after the robber has
commenced, but so far no duo has been ob
tained. No blame is attached to the driver
Casey, as he lias been with the company
many years and is perfectly trusty, and
only did what could be done, as it was a
matter of life or death with him if he did
Got obey the demand ot tho robber.
Fall ares for a Week.
A New Vork dispatch says the total num
ber of failures throughout the country dur
ing the past teven days was 333, ftJ
against a total ot 330 last week.
THE VIRST STATE DINNER.
Given at tlio White Iloune by Presi
dent Clcvclnnil.
Tho president gave his first state dinner
of the season on tho evening ot tho loth in
honor ot ids cabinet. The white house was
tastefully arranged for tho occasion and
presented a brilliant appearance. Tliccast
room and parlors adjoining the stato din
ing room were lined with tropical plants,
and tlio mantels wero banked with choice
flowers. T'.te principal decoration ot tho
dinner tablo was an immense lloral ship of
state, which was surrounded by many
smaller lloral pieces ot different designs.
One of tho oldest attaches of the houso
said tho tablo had never presented a moro
beautiful nppearnnco. Tho Matino band
was stationed in the mnin vestibule, nnd
discoursed its finest music during tlio din
ner. One reform instituted by the band
was tho omission ot "Hail to the Chief"
from its reportoirc. This wns done out of
respect to tho president, who is snid
to bo very tired of hearing that
tune. The following is a list of tlio
guests: Secretary ot State nnd Mrs.
Bayard, Secretary ot the Treasury and
Mrs. Manning, Secretary and Mrs. Kndi
cott, Secretary ot tho Navy and Mrs. Whit
ney, Postmnstor-General nnd Mrs. Vilao.
tho secretary of tho interior. Speaker and
Mrs. Carlisle, Lieut.-Gen. and Mrs. Sheri
dan, Admiral Rogers tlio admiral of tho
navy being indisposed Senator Harris, tho
democratic noniineo for president pro torn,
of tlio sennto; Senator and Mrs. Kdmuuds,
Miss Lovo and Miss I'tley, of Buffalo, who
nr guests at the white house; Hon. lid
ward Cooper nnd Mrs. Cooper, ot New
York; Mr. D. W. Willis, Miss Weddell ol
Cleveland, who is a guest at Secretary
Whitney's; ox-Secretary McCnlloch and
Mrs. McCnlloch. President pro torn, of the
Sennto nnd Mrs. Sherman, who hud ac
cepted tho president's invitation, were
called out of tho city. The attorney-general
was unnblo to attend by reason ot a
slight disposition. Tho president escorted
Mrs. Bayard nnd Secretary Bayard escort
ed Miss Cleveland. After dinner a short
lime was passed in promenading through
tho parlors and conservatory which was
illuminated tor tlio occasion.
Thrilling Srcno at an Execution.
St. Louis dispatch: Charles Wilson
fmloied) wns hanged this morning nt 7:45
o'rlock for the uiiikIci- of u liversteamboat
mute sometime ago. He remained calm tc
the last, still protesting his innocence,
Wilson killed William A. Davis, second mate
nf t lie steamer "Fannio Twnttim," July !U,
1NN.1, by hitting him on tlm head with n
tuck. Wilson had been discharged and or
deied nivny from tho steamer. After the
trap had been sprung tlio body for a mo
nient remained motionless and there was
enacted a scene of horror which chilled tho
blood of all who witnessed it. Two doctors
were each holding the wrist on either sido,
when tho contortions of tho hanging body
shook them aside and before they could re
gain their hold upon the man, whoso acts
showed he had full possession of conscious-pe!-s
and know all that was going on, mndo
frantic struggles to release himself. His
ri dit hand shot up, clutched tho ropo and
held it (irmly. It seemed as if tho man
must die by degrees of strnngulntion, but
one of tlio doctors sucreedsd in disengaging
the hand nnd in a short time the body
I111112 a lifnlcss corpse.
A Complicated Case.
Detroit (Mich.) dispatch: Extraordinary
coniplicationsgrowingout ot tho tragic fate
of Frank Knock, his wifo and their two
children, who a couple of weeks ago were
murdered and tho bodies burned in tho de
struction of their home, developed hero to
day. Within a short time after the tragedy
relatives of tho murdered family began to
dispute over tho littlo proporty that had
boon loft. Last week Gus and Herman
Knock tiled a petition for administration
of tho estate, which is valued at $-1,000.
To-day a counter petition was tiled by an
attorney, asking administration of tho es
tate of Frank Knonh's children. This peti
tion is on behalf of tho grand mother, two
uncles and threcauiits ot tho deceased chil
dren, the theory being that Frank Knoch
was murdered Jlrst, tho two children thus
becoming his heirs, nnd their lieirs being the
grandmother's. The paternal grandmother
having since died, left her children lieirs.
Tlio wholo caso turns on the question us to
who ot tho family were first killed.
Rough on Live Stock.
A special from tho Indian territory says
tho reports trom the ra ages aro to tho effect
that the cold weather has been particularly
severe- or. iho cattle interests. In the
Cherokco nation, where the greater part ol
the stock range is centered, tho loss w
heavy, nearly overy stockman losing u
number ot cattle. The McClellan cattle
company has lost many head of cattlo, as
have also all members of tho Cherokee livo
stock association.
In tlio Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
tho loss litis also been great. Tho cattle
havo wandered for miles nnd in niany in
stances havo been stopped by wire fencing,
remaining tliero until frozen todeath. The
steams havo all been frozen over formany
days and wnnt of water and food together
with tlio bitter cold has combined to cause
tho death of uuuumberod head ot cuttle
and horses.
Gen. Sherman's Denial.
The Baltimoro Sun publishes a letter
from Gen. Sherman denying tho expression
credited to him in tlio December number ol
tho North American Review. The letter
snys: That I could have written the posi
tive expression, "Had C. F. Smith lived Gen.
Grant would linvo disappeared from his
tory," is an utter impossibility. I don't
believe any man living or dead has borne
moro willing testimony to Gon. Grant's
great qualities, especially as demonstrated
at Henry, Donnelaon, Uhilohand Vicksburg,
than myself."
An Embezzling OtTIcInl.
The treasury department Is informed
that Norman H. Camp, formerly nssayee
in charge ot the assay office at BoisoCity,
Idaho, who was removed In April last, has
been convicted at Boise City of embezzling
12,007 of the funds ot that office and sen
tenced to two years imprisonment and to
pay a tine of 10.000.
A paperon "Manual Training," by Charles
II. Ham. ot Chicngo, which is to bo printed
in theFehruiry issue of Haiipkii's Maoa
zini:, will givo an interesting summary of
tho practical work done in schools through
out the country in this direction. Horaco
Maun endeavored to start reform in this
direction as far back as 1810, but the resis
tance acainst it was effective. Mr. Ham
dates the new interest in the subject in this
country to tho Centennial Exhibition,
where somo models of iron working in its
successive stages suggested to Dr. Runklo,
President of tlieMassachusettH Institute ol
Technology, a nlain wav of combining
school and practical instruction. There
are now courses in manual training in
more than forty of our educational inutltu-
lions.
lanii mid Household.
Vnrm Notes.
Tho stnto agricultural collego nt
Hanover, N. II., graduates three nl
leged farmers a- yr nt an expense of
U,UUU each.
A rich man with a constitution nblo
to cniluro all tho mctlicino that is
thrown into him is a treasuro to doc
tors and druggists.
Ono of tho best methods of interest
ing children on tho farm is to encour
ago them to exhibit nnd compete at
tho fairs. They soon tako an interest
T - . . . i 1 1
nnu pruio m every tiling tney see, ami
tho habits thus miplnnted develop in
to business qualities and methods on
tno larin as they grow older.
Prof. L. B. Arnold suggestively re
marks that in our artificial way of
eating and drinking, by guesses, as it
were, or under control 01 morbid in
stinct, only 2 1-2 per cent of the pop
ulation die of old age. Perhaps as
many moro fall victims to accidents,
mechanical intluences nnd epidemics,
while tho remaining 95 per cent, aro
prematurely carried oil with tlio nu
merous diseases common to the coun
try, tho great majority of which can
bo traced to what goes into tho
mouth.
As surely as tho seven lean kine, tho
seven scarce years, followed tho tat
ones in Kay pt.so surely will poor wheat
years follow the present abundant
ones; and no Pharaoh isgoing to storo
up a seven years' stock in advance.
I'nurio 1 armor.
Kindness to animals always pays.
A well known stockman, writing of his
own experience in this direction, savsi
"The stock owner who realizes this
great truth and acts upon it at all
times and makes his animals happy
and comfortable will never need a hos
pital or a burying ground on his prem
lsea." Tlio "Lemon Vorbonn.'
Tho sweet-scented "Lemon Terbo
na," of our gardens (Aloysia citriodo
ra) holds a foremost plnco among
Spanish herbs. Kvery leaf of it is
treasured and dried "for winter use,
and it is regarded as the finest cordial
and stomachic in tho world. It is
taken in two ways either mndo into
a decoction with hot water and sugar
and drank cold as arefresco and ton
ic, or, better still, with tho morning
and evening cup of tea. Put a sprig
of lemon verbena, say livo or six
leaves, into a tea-cup, and pour tho
tea upon it; you will never sutler from
ilatulunce, never be made nervous,
never havo cholera, diarrhoea or loss
of appetite. Besides, tho llavor is
simply delicious; no ono who hasonco
drank their pekoe with it will over
again drink it without a sprig, of lem
on verbena. Gardners' Chronicle.
Cure ot Chapped Hiiuils.
A chronic sufTerer during ten years
from cracked hands, who like tho
woman of old vainly tried many doc
tors and much medicine, finally adopt
ed tho following simplo treatment,
communicated through Tho New-York
Witness:
"Some ono told 1110 to try honey,
nnd I found great relief from a few ap
plications, and then 1 got honey and
kept a dish of it beside my wash-basin,
and overy timo after washing iny
hands, whilo they wore yet wet, I
dipped my lingers in tho honey and
rubbed it all over my hands. It's on
ly a moment of work. Itub your
hands quickly, as if washing them;
then wipo on tho towel; ib will not
leave any sticky substance your
hands being wet, tho honey mixes
with tho water.
Capacity oC the Ilurxo's Stoim
Farm, Fiold and Stockman.
Tho capacity of the horso's stomach
is threo gallons. Tho capacity of that
of tho ox is livo gallons. Tho horso
must, from tho sizo of his stomach,
receive food in feinall quantities and
frequently. Tho ox does not require
to bo fed so frequently, for ho can tnko
a very largo meal at a timo, and then
employ considerable timo in romasti
ta'.uiR it. The capacity of tho pig's
stomach is comparatively small two
gallons; and tho pig, therefore, re
quires to bo fed frequently. Tlio ca
pacity of tho sheep's stomach is in
proportion to tho ox's and it must
bo fed similarly. Prof. Dick found
that a horso not working could bo
kept in fair condition on twelvopounds
of nay nnd five pounds of oats, but if
a good amount of work has to ho
done he should receive fourteen pounds
of liny and twelvo pounds of oats and
two pounds of bonus. Wo know of
many horse3 that receive twenty
pounds of oats and two pounds of
beans, and hay ad. lib., but they aro
used for fast work, and aro kept in
prime condition. Tho quantity of sus
tenance in food depends on tho nature
of thoanimal; somo require very little,
others a great deal. Young animals
require far moro than old animals; fat
animals moro than lean ones,
and so on. Two pecks of steamed
potatoes, with nine pounds of barloy
meal and a littlo salt, given ovory day
to a pig weighing twenty-four to
twenty-eight lbs., will mako it prime
fat in nino weeks. Messrs. Lawes k
Gilbert found that if a 1,400-pnund
ox wero taken from grass and put
under cover, ho would gain about
twenty pounds weekly by being fed
daily on crushed oil-cake,eight pounds;
chopped clover hay, thirteen pounds;
turnips, forty-seven pounds. Tho
lato Dr. Voelcker gives tho following
ns a distinctly fattening sheep diet:
Sixteen pounds clover hay.four ounces
linseed cako and 312 ounces mangel
wurzel. Foul CUtorni,
Cisterns become foul from organic
matter chiefly flowing in with tho
water from the roof. The only way
to purify tho wator, whilo in the cistern,
ia to throw in somo substance or sub
stances that will chemically unito with J
tho iftipurilics, forming an insolublo
compound that will bo precipitated
to the bottom. Dissolved alum will
affect this but will leave tho wator
hard, llypermnnganate of potassa,
which can bo purchased at any drug
store, will precipitate tho impurities
and at tho samo time leave the water
softer. About ono ounce of tho com
pound to fifty gallons of water is tho
usual proportion. Tho chemical re
action is marked by a purple coloring,
and the hypernianganato should bo
added until this coloring disappears.
For Growing I'ljr.
As an excellent mixturo for growing
pigs, according to tho Iowa Home
stead, tho proposition is to tako six
teen bushels of oats and ten bushels
of corn and grind them well together,
then intimately mix with tins 100
pounds of oatmeal, which at Iowa
prices mndo a feed that costs but
about 70 cents per hundred. But
Eastern pork-raisers should not bede
ceived regarding cost of material, and
it would bo considerably moro hero
than appears to bo the caso in Iowa,
u hero oats cost 2i cents per bushel
and oatmeal Sl.75 per hundred, whilo
hero tho mixture would cost us moro
thnn corn meal. It is claimed that
corn does much moro good when fed
with a little oatmeal than if fed alone,
which a careful trial will determine
Flaxseed Veil In tlio Straw.
One of our subscribers asks, says
tho National Livo Stock Journal,
whether flaxseed, fed in the stalk, is a
safe feed for cows with calf, and for
horses and mules, nnd what would bo
a tnodorato daily ration of tho seed if
it can bo fed daily. He also asks
whether it is true that, by tho uso of
flaxseed, more straw can be assimilat
ed than by tho uso of other grain of
tlio samo value say oats valued at
one-halt of flax (111 the stalk).
It is not safe to feed flaxseed in the
straw to cows with calf, unless in very
small quantity. The seed is so laxa
tive that it appears to have a strong
effect upon tho fivtus, and is very apt,
in considerable quantity, to cnuso its
explosion. And it is not prudent to
feed this seed, in much quantity, to
cattle, horses, sheep, or pigs. It is to
laxativo as a common food, but, at
the samo timo, it is 0110 of tho best
means at the feeder s command to in
sure good health to his animals. Our
correspondent can uso it most profit
ably by shelling tho seed and then
grinding ono bushel of flaxseed with 1 5
bushels of oats, or oats and corn; or
he can boil tho flaxseed nnd then mix
it, in small proportion, with the oats,
or oats and corn. This ration has so
rinnll a proportion of flaxseed that
there is no danger of injury, and there
!. ,M1 11 1 1.1 j I 1 1,1
is sun naxseeci enougii ror tno neaan
of tho cow. If tho flaxseed is boiled
one pint of seed, boiled, will bo enough
to mix 111 the teed lor two cows.
If tlio seed is ground with oats, as
mentioned, tho cow would eat a littlo
more than tho half pint hero given for
boiled seed, but after boiling it has a
stronger effects, and it would not bo
safe to feed more per cow, if in calf,
This ground feed, 111 this proportion,
is admirablo for horses, mules, sheep
or pigs, and the amount of Jeed per
day would bo the usual weight of oats
ted to sucli animals.
With this combined ground ration,
horses will always havo a sleek, soft
coat, and tins also indicates good
digestion. It is true that a smnll
quantity, as hero indicated, of flaxseed
will enable animals to digest and as
similato moro straw than when no
seed is given. Thisconibination with
flaxseed will bo found ellectivo in fat
toning cattle, pigs or sheep. Thodnngor
in feeding in tho straw is that too
much will bo eaten of tho llaxseod,
causing too great looseness.
"Steer Clour of Incubator."
This is tho sound advico of a Homo
and Farm correspondent to would-bo
poultry-raisers on a small or largo
scale Ho tested tho question two
yoars with tho result of having his re
spect greatly increased lor tlio old
fashioned motherly hen:
"I was starting a poultry farm, and
wns very enthusiastic over tho idea of
hatching artincially, and determined
to spare 110 pains to mako a success
of it, if possible. During tho incuba
tion you must look after them every
few hours, day and night. Jf tho torn
neraturo gets a littlo too high, you
loso your labor and eggs. If you neg
lect to turn tho eggs, you will hatch
deformed chicks, and not many of
them. If you forgot to moisten them
sufficiently, tho chicks will not bo nblo
to get out."
Howover, to get the chickens hatch
ed was only tho beginning of sorrow,
and having capacity for infinite care,
involving broken sleep, ho succeeded
very well, his best count being 103
from SM0 eggs.
'But right hero tho trouble begins.
I had an urtificial mother or brooder,
after tho most approved pattern, and
I gave the chicks overy attention;
still they died. It is almost impossi
ble to keep them from over-crowding
in cold or cool weather; you must
separate them into squads of twenty
five or thirty, and wrap them up at
night and keep them dry nnd warm
in daytimo and, after all, you will be
fortunate if you raiso ono half. I am
raising poultry of tho non-sitting va
rieties, but I shall keep hens to hatch
and rear tho young in future"
Art of Cunvemntlon.
Tho art of conversation is not culti
vated as carefully as it should be.
Wo nro, as a general rule, either dis
tressed by tho silence of timid or indif
ferent persons or bored by tho loquac
ity of brainless gabblers. Parents
should impress upon their children
that they havo a plnco to fill, and that
thoy must be nblo to fill it gracefully;
that a person who is not able "to pay
for his place" can have no status in the
social world, and that ho must learn
in early lifo to "mako conversation."
Matters of interest should ho discuss
ed in tho home circle, and each, accord-
1 Ing to his light, should givo his quota
of ideas to tho general fund. Somo
ono has aptly said: "Conversation
j should bo a ball tossed from hand
to hand gracefully and without vio
lence, neither endangering tho players
nor tno ooiect 01 tneir play." Tlio
shining lights among conversational
sts aro those who suggest ideas, who
draw out the thoughts of thoso with
i whom they coino in contact, and who
aro able to tell tho common story of
lifo in an entertaining manner. An
incident in my experience illustrates
this. At a summer resort tho tablo
at which it wa3 my lot to sit had fall
en into a stato of stagnation. It was
impossiblo to carry on any conversa
tion owing to the apathy of those
present. U110 evening two brothers,
well known in lit era rv circles, ioinod
the guests nt the table, and in less
than ten minutes there was a feast of
reason nnd How of soul that was men
tally refreshing.
I'onstlne i inl St u 111 he tho Turkey.
Boast ing is the general way of serv
ing tho Thanksgiving bird, and varie
ty is chiefly mndo by using different
flavorings for filling and gravy. A
mediuni-sizcd turkey will requiro two
nnd a half or threo hours' roasting;
a largo one will need to bo cooked an
hour longer. When placed in tho oven
the pan should bo covered over the
bottom to the depth of an inch with
water, and moro added from timo to
timo ns it cooks away. Tho turkey
must bo bnsted frequently with the
gravy in tno dripping pan, nnu at
least onco with cold butter. A good
plain stuffing is made by cutting a loaf
of stalo bread into sinail pieces, adding
enough snlt and pepper to season it
high, and water sufficient to moisten
thoroughly, but not to mako it so wet
that it will not mold into a linn ball.
Stuff tho turkey with this, filling tho
body and the opening for tho craw.
Tho above forms tho basis of several
kinds of filling, which nro variously
flavored with sago, sweet-inarjorani
or thyme It is well to omit nil such
herbs unless it is known that they will
suit tho taste of .all tho company, for
it is better to have only a plain stuff
ing than to mako it unpalatable to
even one or two. A nice stuffing is
made by moistening two cttpftils of
bread-crumbs and tho samo quantity
of crackers, rolled, with boiling milk,
adding salt, popper, and two hard
boiled eggs chopped lino, and mixing
lightly but thoroughly. Whole oysters
mixed with bread-crumbs mako a
most excellent stuffing, which is liked
by almost ovory one. Select small
oysters, freo them from all bits of
shell, and drain them dry; add one
third ns much bread-crumbs, moist
ened, ns oysters; a liberal supply of
melted butter, salt, and popper. A
very good addition to the above is a
cupful of very finely-chopped celery.
Harper's Bazar.
A Now Mlnro Mont Itoclpo.
A mince-nieat, which has been much
praised by every ono who has tasted
it, and which seems to possess tho
virtue of suiting nil tastes, is mndo as
follows: Tako three pounds of cooked
lean beef, two pounds of beef snot, fivo
pounds of apples, two pounds of cur
rants, threo pounds of raisins, ono
pound of citron, threo pounds of sugar,
0110 heaping tenspoonful of cinnamon,
samo of ginger, samo of nutmeg, one
scant hlilf-tea-spoonful of cloves, same
of mace, samo of allspice, onolovel tea
spoonful of salt, two wine-glassfuls of
strong brandy, four of sherry, tho
juico of two binons, one pint of water
m which tho fresh peel of two lemons
has been boiled for threo minutes, and
into which Iuib been stirred ono tum
bler of gooseberry orcurrant jolly, and
as much cider ns is needed to make tho
niinco-meat sufficiently juioy. Tho
meat, suet, apples and raisins must
bo chopped as lino as possible, and tho
citron cut into small, thin bits. All
bits of skin nnd gristle must bo care
fully removed from tho beef and the
snot, and tho suet especially must be
minced to a powder. To insure tho
spices being ovonly distributed, mix
them with tho dry stiga, then mix
sugar and meat together beforo adding
the rest of tho ingredients. Mix all to
gether thoroughly, and set over the
lire until heated through. Harper's
Bazar.
Grant's Gravo.
Mr. S. L. Clemens "Mark Twain"
in a letter to tho New York Sun on
tho selection of a site for tho gravo of
General Grant, says:
Wo need to consider posterity rath
er than our own generation. We
should select a gravo which will not
merely bo in tho right placo now, but
will still bo in tho right placa 500 years
from now.
How does Washington promise as
to that? You havo only to hit it in
ono placo to kill it. Somo day tho
West will bo numerically strong
enough to removo tho seat of govern
ment; her past attempts are a fair
warning that when tho day conies she
will do it. Then tho city of Welling
ton will loso its consequence, and pass
out of the public view nnd tho public
talk. It is quito'within tho possibili
ties that, a century lionco, peoplo
would wonder and say: "How did our
predecessors como to bury their great
dead in this deserted placo?"
But as long as civilization lasts Now
York will last, I cannot but think
ehe hna been well and wisely chosen as
tho guardian of a gravo which is des
tined to becomo almost the most con
HPicuous in tho world's history.
Twenty centuries from now Now York
will still bo Now York, still a vast city,
and tho most notnblo object in it, will
still bo tho tomb and monument of
General Grant.
I observo that tho common and
Btrongcst objection to Now York ia
thatshois not "national" ground. Lot
us givo ourselves no uneasinesH about
that. Wherever General Grant's body
lies, that is national ground.
INVENTOR. EDISON'S WIFE.
Romance of Their Marriage Recalled by
Uor Death.
Mrs. Mary Stilhvcll Edinon, wifo of
Iho inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, who
died at 2 A. xt. Saturday atMcnloPark,
N. J., was twenty-nino years of ago, and
leaves surviving her throo children.
Tho story of hor marriage to Mr. Edison
is a singularly strango and romantio ono.
Whon ho 'first formed hor acquaintance
ho was about twenty-fivo yoars of ago.
Ho had just invented tho chemical tele
graph, by means of which could bo
transtcnnsniittcd,ho claimed, on a singlo
wire 3,000 words a minute. Tho tele
graph, notwithstanding this, howover,
beeaino subsorvient. to thoMorsosystom.
Whilo working on the chotnical tele
graph ho employed sovcral young worn
on to punch tho holes in tho paper.
Among them was Miss Mary Stilhvcll.
Ono day ho was standing behind her
ohnir exnminingn telegraph instrument.
. "Mr. Edison," remarked Miss Still
well, suddonly turning around, "I can
always toll when you aro bohiiul mo or
near inc."
"How do you account for that?"
niochanically asked Mr. Edison, still
absorbed in his work.
"I don't know, I am suro,"sho quietly
answered; "but Isoomto feel when you
aro near 1110."
"Miss Stillwoll," said Mr. Edison,
turning round now in his turn, and
looking his interlocutor in tho face,
"I've been thinking considerably of you
of lato, and if you aro willing to havo
mo I'd liko to marry you."
"You astonish 1110," exclaimed Mis3
Stillwoll. "I I never "
"I know you never thought I would
ho your wooer," interrupted Mr. Edison,
"but think over my proposal, Miss
Stillwoll, and talk over it with your
mother." Then ho added in tho samo
oft'linnd business-liko way, as though
ho might bo experimenting upon a new
modo of courtship: "Lot 1110 know as
early as possiblo if you consent to
marry me, and your niothor is willing,
wo can bo married next Teusdav."
This was tho extent of Mr. Edison's
courtship, It is hardly necessary to
add that tho highly favored lady laid
tho abrupt proposal boforo her mother.
"Ma has consented," sho told Mr.
Edison tho next dav.
"That.s all right," said Mr. Edison
in reply. "Wo will bo marriod a week
from to-daj-."
And so it was. Tho two woro mar
ried in a week and a day from tho be
ginning of Mr. Edison's novel and pro
cqiitato courtship. In connection with
his marriage however, a story is told
quito as singular, but fully in kooptng
with tho ono already given touching his
courtship. It is said that directly fol
lowing tho marriage ho entered his lab
orator in his wedding suit, and hastily
throwing his coat on a bench began
work.
"Why, Btiroly you aro not going to
work on your wedding night?" reinon
stratod his chiof assistant. ,
"Supposo it is?" ho quickly answered,
sotting to work with ronowed zeal; "tho
Gold and Stock company don't care for
that. Thoy want their instruments to
morrow, and thoy'vo got to havo thorn,
marriago or no marringo ; so horo goos."
Tho wedding trip of Mr. Edison ran
into tho mysteries of inventions. His
wedded life, howover, is said to havo
been a singularly happy ono.
Sho Understood Politics.
From Puck.
"Now, lot mo roo if I understand this
presidential oloction nt Chicago," said
a blushing brido at Niagara to hoi
spouso, as thoy gazod at tho Niagara
falls, aftor thoy had enriched tho hack
man for lifo:
"Blaino and Cleveland wero choson,
wero thoy not, my deary pot?"
"Thoy woro nominated at Chicago,
my sweety sweet; notoloctod."
"When will thoy bo elected, my angel
lovo?"
"Only ono of thorn will bo elected,
dove."
' 'Then thoy woro both nominated at
Chicago, my pretty pot?"
"You seo niy dear, ono is aDomocrat
and tho othor is a llepublican."
"Then what is tho uso of having two
men nominated at Chicago if thoy can't
both bo elected ? I know thcro aro al
Avays two nion on tho tickot. Tliero
woro Tilden and Hondricka and Hayes
and Whoolor. Pa told mo so."
"Yes; but you must understand that
tliero iu a vico president."
"Oh, my darling of darlings 1" ox
claimod tho brido, reproaching horself
for hor doubts; "I seo all. Cloyoland is
to bo president and Mr. "Blaino nco
presidont."
Then tho husband mortga'jd a farm
of his, nnd took his brido for a driro to
Whirlpool rapids in a hack.
narvoy Wakefield, who diod last woek
in Colcbrook, Conn., at tho ago oi
eighty-two, had a pasjion for saving all
sorts of artieloa that pooplo generally
throw away. In his barn is a hugo pile
of nowspapors and it is said that ovory
nowspapor ho had recoivod in sixty
yours lies in that heap. Ho is said to
havo boon in a chinch not moro than
threo times in his wholo lifo. but his
will ghou $1,000 each to tho Episcopal,
Methodist, lloman Catholic nnd Con
gregational churches of Winstod. Somo
small legacies nro loft to relatives,
$1,000 to tho borough of Winstod and
tho rost of his estate to tho town of Win
chester. Senator Anthony's diet for more thnn
twenty weeks has been Graham bread
nnd sweet skimmod milk.
Gonoral O. O. Howard has boon
camping on Watorloo battlo-fiold and
making sketches tliero.
i m
Although in his 90th year, Simon
Knowlcs, of Moredith, N. H., still worka
at his trade of shoomakor.
Lieutenant Greely ia 39 years old, it
tall, thin, dark, withblueoyw and black
hair very near-sighted, but kauibiOHW.