HINTS ON LINEN.
Bngfrrtfton "Which 1VI11 Iln I'lirtlcnlnrly
Acceptable to Lover of 1'lno Sheet.
Linen sheeting comes in various qti.il
lues, widths ami makes. J hero nro
Irish, Scotch, English and German
linens, each having its points of excel
lence mid its more or less anient sup
porters. There is a very wido range
of values m tJioo goods, the prices vary
ing from 75 cents to $.l..r)0 per yard, ac
cording to fineness, weight and general
finish.
Linens may lie very fine and yet very
heavy, the threads being round, firm
tMid clocly woven, or Ihoy may lie
heavy and strong, but more loosely
placed, making a thicker but not as
durable an article as the finer woven
grades. It is a great mistake to choose
very line linen for sheets. It will never
stay in "place, hut will roll up and get
"stringy," and after repented cflbrtsv
keep it in place the user gives up in
despair and declares that "linen sheet
ing is a failure." If she will select a
good grade of sheeting that is well
wortli about 90 cents to $1.25 per yard,
she will ever n'fter believe in it.
The special novelty in linen sheeting
is a thick, line twilled goods, a regular
litien satine, which is by far the most
elegant fabric of the sort ever brought
out. It combines all of the qualities
most desirable in goods of high grade.
It has Dtiflif lent body to stay in place,
is exquisitely smooth nnd satiny' to the
touch and almost, as glossy as silk. It
conies two and a half yards wide, and
lins pillow and bolster case linens to
match. Altogether it is ono of the
most perfect fabrics in market, and
in spito of its rather high cost is an
economical investment, as it is espe
cially durable and handsome.
In making sheets it is well to allow
littlo more than tho regu ar two and
one-half vards in length. Most of tho
best housekeepers add to this, from
one-fourths to three-eights of a yard
this being often the length after tho
hems are done. Two and three
fourths yards for a finished
shoet is generally sutlleient unless the
bedstead is extra size. J ho linen
should never bo cut straight across tho
piece. It is frequently tho case that
tho crease is drawn altogether out of
regular lines during the process of
calendering and putthig up, and to cut
across tho fold as tho dealer cuts it
from tho pieeo is often to waste- three
or four inches in tho straightening,
which all judicious housewives will
look after. In the purchase of a single
pair of sheets allowance must be made
for this irregularity, else tho finished
articles will bo quite too short.
However much tho fabric may bi
drawn it will come straight after
laundering, provided care is taken in
Imaging the sheets upon the lino, and
vigorously shaking and snapping them
'both before drying and while they
are yet damp. All linen arti
cles should be taken from tho lino while
yctdnmp, thoroughly shaken and pulled
straightway of the goods, rolled up in
damp cloths and ironed until perfectly
dry. Tlio irons should bo quite hot, but
carefully tempered, as linen is more
easily scorched than cotton, and once
browned its durability is destroyed.
It is well to hem the corners by hand,
over-seam t no ends ot tho lioins verv
firmly, and then stitch tho hems on
lock-stitch machine, running around
tho ends of tho hems to tho doubled
edge of the cloth. Done in this wav,
there is very little danger of hems
breaking out until tho sheets are worn
threadbare. Where sheets wear thin
in tho middle they may bo out through
lengthwise, hemmed and over-seaiueil
together at what was originally their
outer edges. In this way they will last
through many more changes and
laundorlngs for tho extra work. Many
old-time houKohoopors make this their
regular practice with sheets of all
sorts.
Hems shifld be about two inches
wide upon the end at tho head of the
bed, and about three-fourths of an inch
wide for the foot end. Ladies with
plenty of leisure and a taste for such
work hem-stitch the wid end hem very
elaborately, giving it almost tho ap
pearance of drawn work. The narrow
hem may be plain or may have a single
row of lieni-stitchlng. l'illow and
bolster oases amy bo ..Imilarly finished;
the latter are rarely more than single
hem-stitched, however, while pillow
eases are often very elaborately done.
I'or regular use this is scarcely com
mendable, as the drawing out of so
many threads weakens tho fabric and
makes the articles less durable.
Jkcorator and Furnisher,
INFANTS' CLOTHING.
llutcrhiW 1'ited In tho Muklne of Long
Dri'Hui'K, ClirUtoiilntr Kobe mid Wrap.
English nainsook, which is heavier
and more serviceable than the sheer
French nainsook, is now used for in
fants' dresses, and the trimmings are
heni-stilchlng or drawn woik, foathcr
btiteliing, which is also called brier
stitching, embroidery and lace. The
iinplo and exquisite drawn-work is so
appropriate for these dainty littlo
gowns that it has almost superseded
embroidery, though good patterns of
Hamburg work nro still liked for dura
bility, and are used on plain garments.
The loug first dresses measure forty
two inches front ncek to hem, and the
present fancy is to make these
with a very hhort round yoke,
though the square yokes are pro
ferred by some. Tills yoke is formed
of lengthwise tucks, which may all be
u fourth of an inch wide, and cch is
hemstitched just as the lieam of hand
kerchiefs are finished with a few drawn
threads or oUo thero may be flutters
of much narrower ttickn, with a ki
foiltllur-stlulilof between tin- .Uki.i
Tlio iuikli s a tn frill ! i t
edged with mo narrotvest Valenciennes
edging, nnd this frill may bo standing
or turned over, or it may bo doubled
and turned both ways. The sleeves are
slightly gathered at top and bottom,
ana navo a wnstuand or tucks and a
frill in keeping with that in tho
neck. Tlio skirt has a hum
four or five inches deep, with perhaps,
thrco tucks abovo it, each tuck an
inch wide and hem-stitched, or else tlio
tucks are grouped to match the yoke,
and there is feather-stitching between.
A sash is then made of the nainsook
five or six inches wide, witli the cuds
hemmed and tucked like the skirt, and
this is passed twice around the waist
and tied in front with a large bow that
displays tlio trimmed ends. A half
dozen of these dresses are furnished
with caeli layette, and also half a dozen
night slips of simpler make, which aro
used by most mothers for. the day
dresses for tiie first w'ksof tho child's
life. These are simply tucked down
ward from the neck without n yoke, and'
are made of soft cambric.
The christening robe is an elaborate
garment with lengthwise rows of
Valenciennes insertion alternating with
embroidered insertion to form a robo
front the entire- length, and also tho
whole waist and sleeves. Around tho
skirt nro three llounces, two of lace
and one of embroidery. Tlio back is
left quite plain. Narrow white ribbons
are run in the lace around the neck
md wrists, ending in small bows or
rosettes of many loops. A wide sash
of white moire ribbon passes around
tlio waist in folds and forms a rosette,
and ends on the leftside. Valenciennes
llice is now so perfectly imitated that
few mothers use the real lace for these
robes.
Tho long cloaks made for infants this
season are of cream white Oriental
flannel, or of soft and tine white cloth,
with lining of quilted silk very warmly
wadded. They are made with box
plaits or side plaits from the neck to
the waist, and are worn with a sash of
white ribbon. The sleeves have ribbon
hows at the wrists, and both neck and
sleeves are trimmed with lace. There
are also long cloaks of white watered
silk and short silk walking coats
to put on when the child is a year old.
Tho first cap worn in winter by an in
fant is made of tho material of the
cloak,' whether it bo of cloth.
flannel, or silk, in preference to the
lace and muslin caps that aro still pre
ferred for summer. The skull-shaped
Dutch cap, made of three pieces, each
of which begins in front and extends to
the back, is liked for soft cloth and silk-
lined caps, and is finished around the ;
edge with a cord of silk or a narrow
plaiting of white ribbon; its trimming
is a rather large bow of ribbon on top.
There aro also pretty caps of white
eashmero gathered by ribbons in the
front to make a little frill around the
face. Softly wadded and quilted silk
waists or jackets are made for infants
and larger children to wear under
their winter cloaks on the coldest days;
these come in white, pale blue, brown
md pink silk, and aro made up with a
view to comfort rather than beauty.
Lovely veils of Hnissels net, or of point
d'esprit net of nuro white shade, aro
made for infants. They are edged with
narrow lace, or olse thero is a hem an
inch wide, with white satin ribbon
drawn through it A drawing-string
in one end ties the veil over the cap.
Tlie Shetland wool veils aro also used,
but the lighter net is preferred.
Manuel wrappers for voting infants
aro made with a voke, and the fulness
is added to this in French gathers in
two clusters in front and back. Tho
edges of the yoke, collar, sleeves and
tho front are needle-worked in scallops
in white silk, and tiny bees aro wrought
on the flannel, or else there is a border
of vines and rose-buds. Now bibs of
Hue Irish linen have drawn-work and
feather-stitching for ornament, and an
edging of narrow lace. Hariier's Ha-
zitr.
How Ho Lookod at It.
It had been a long and tedious case.
I'he lawyers on both sides had spent
oral davs lighting each other with
all manner of legal tactics, vnd the
udgo had silent four hours charging
the jury. Tlio jurv was out two davs
and could not agree. Finally they
were discharged, and it was found thoy
tood eleven for conviction and ono lor
acquittal.
Dennis Murphy was tho ono that held
out. I'on me soul," said ho to a
friend, "'nivor in mo loife have 1 kim
across elivcu
such stubborn men.'
Tid-Bits.
Indisputable Proof.
'The teacher wanted to box mv ears
this morning," remarked Johnny
Fi.zletop.
"How do you know that ho wanted
to box your ears?" asked his mother.
"If ho hadn't wanted to box mv ears
he wouldn't have done it. would he.
h?" Texas Sijlinns.
The man who will invent a con
nect ion for bell-ropes which will not
break glass can inako a fortune," said
one of the attaches of the car depart
ment of the Pennsylvania road to an
uxprossionist. "Wo lose an enormous
Amount of plate-glass each year by
breakage through the use of tho iron
connections
Express.
on boll-ropes." Bujj'alo
The decline of rlllo-shootlng is at
tracting much attention among military
uiun in New York. Ten roars ago
hoimauds itomblod at Creodnioor to
It ne the international matuhes,
hilt- t..-d i it would be impowiblo to
niln i ii n t.if:iis guard to watch a
III.-: " ) ILr,it.
THE TYRANNICIDE.
Something About tlio I'lrnt Vemel llullt
for the Aliicrlriin Public SrrWcr.
Soma years ago, in tho course of
official tint v. -I was obliged to visit
Salem, Mass., and during my stay ill
that quaint old town I was fortunate
enough to make the acquaintance of an
old gcntlainan wiiose ancestors had all
been connected more or Ics actively
with the Continental army or navy.
Wo were sitting one evening under
the porch surrounding the front of his
modest abode, when he suddenly ad
dressed mo with:
"Lieutenant, vou arc something of i
student in naval historv, and should bo
able to answer my question. Can you
tell mo iinvthing about the first engage
ment naval, I moan that occurred in
the revolutionary war?"
I pondered, thought of the "Gaspa'
afl'air, discarded it from my brain and
finally acknowledged that he had tho
best of me. Thereupon lie said: "The
Massachusetts State cruiser Tvranni-
eido was tho first vessel built for tlio
American public service, and her com
mission was signed by John Hancock.
She was a full rigged brig, a good
sailor, mounting fourtfcn guns
carronaiies I believe, and lmf.incd by
seventy-live men. She was com
manded by Captain John Fiske. who
afterward roo to the rank of Major
General in Massachusetts, and earned
for himself an eminent name for
his brave and patriotic services. Cap
tain Fisko commanded the brig for three
cruises and participated in the taking
of eight prizes, the first of which was
the King's armed schooner Dispatch,
belonging to Lord Howe's fiect, then
on their passage from Halifax to New
York, it being July 10. During the
engagement the Tyrannicide lost one
man killed, three wounded and one
died from his wounds. The Dispatch
was commanded by John Goodrich,
Second Lieutenant of the Konowii, lifty
guu ship, then in the licet. Tho action
lasted seven glasses, and her com
mander and several men wero killed.
Mr. More, sailing-master, was wounded
and his limb amputated. Mr. Collin
gain, midshipman, died from his
wounds. The Dispatch was terribly
cut it), both in hull and spurs, and the
Continental lrig had to take her in tow,
and they brought her into Salem, after
being out seventeen days. The Dis
patch had eight carriago guns, twelve
swivels and a complement of forty-live'
picked men, trained seamen, selected
from dill'ercnt ves.-cls composing the
licet. This, Lieutenant, was the first
sea fight of the revolution, and it oe
evrred here in Hoston bay. It may not
bo so recorded in the naval histories of
the day, for, like a great many historic
al facts and incidents, they become in
distinct, obscure and linallv forgotten
altogether with the lapse of time."
Cor. Detroit h rcc Press.
SKIN-CLAD ESQUIMAUX.
Their I'll rt lit 1 1 1 y to Itolmlecr Clothing of
lOvery Description.
The Esquimau clothing of ail the
tribes from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean is reindeer skin in somo form or
another as a component part, and with
most of them it predominates over all
other furs used. Among thoso
visited on mv first expedition among
these strange people in and around
North Hudson's Hay, tho clothing was
wholly made of reindeer fur, not a hair
of any other skin appearing in its com
position. The coat, the underskirt,
the mittens, the trousers, the hoots, the
stockings and the slippers aro all made
of reindeer skin. They are sewed with
sinew stripped from the dorsal muscles
on the back of the same animal, while
even the puckering strings that draw
the face of the hood tighter around the
face, and keep the trousers up around
the waist, or tie tho stockings
abovo the knee, and tin
supper aoout tlie ankle, are
all made of the coarse sinew from the
hamstrings of the reindeer's legs,
the hood is drawn tightlv around
A
the
face, from tho eyebrows to the chin,
with only the mouth, nose and eyes in
sight, it mar be trulv said that forty-
nine fiftieths of tlio object in sight is
reindeer and one-liftietli Esquimau.
inrougnoui, tun Esquimau lias a
double suit of his reindeer clothing, ex
cept upon the hands, where the mitten
is seldom duplicated, although occa
sionally done in the coldest weather,
and when they have long louriievs to
make in the depth of the arctic winter.
In the disposition of this double suit,
tho inner one lias the soft hair of the
reindeer turned toward tlie skin of the
native's body, while the outer ono has
the hair turned outward. This brings
the dressed skin surfaces together, and
makes it quite casv to put on or take
oll'the outer suit, which would be almost
impossible if tlie two hair surfaces were
together, and quite hard enough if a
skin surface rubbed against one of fur.
Some of these inside garments arc noth
ing more or less than the equivalent of
the outside ones, turned inside out, this
being especially true of the coat and
trousers. In fact, by thus reversing
them they are often used as substitutes
for each other, the only difi'erence be
ing that tho inside clothing is generally
made of softer fur, when procurable,
such as the doeskins secured in tlie
earlier part of the season. The softest
reindeer fur winch they could procure,
or that of the fawn skins, taken jut
after the winter Coat has been assumed,
is nearly always used in making tlio
clothing for their children, to whom
thoy tiro derotedly attached, and who
receive the best their parents can give
them in food, clothing and every other
family material that is divided among
thorn. Lieut. Sewi(kn, in N. Y. In
dependent.
-
A t'l in oii.tti .a proprietor ot i
i' it-. iUd Mt Shu Ihmtnruina. CM.
A SEAMAN'S YARN.
Sensation of a Mnn Who (lot Into the
1,'mbrnco of a Dcrll-Flsh.
"Wo were lying about half a mile
off tlio beach at Barbados, overhaul
ing tho standing rigging," said James
Gillis, able seaman, "when the mate
ordered John Webb, an apprentice, bov,
and myself into tho yawl, which had
neon covered and brought around to
the port side, that some painting might
be done just abaft tho mainmast It
was a terribly hot day, with the water
very warm and the men having little
energy. The paint was lowered down
to us, and wliilo I used the brush tho
boy held the yawl in position. Wo had
been at work for about a quarter of an
hour when the boy suddenly yelled out
in allright, and as I turned to him ho
declared that ho had seen a horrible
looking object pass under the boat and
so on under tlio ship. There arc plenty
of strange creatures floating about m
thoso waters, and a patcli of sca-wced
will sometimes assume a queer shape
I laughed at tho boy's fears, but at the
same time saw how pale and frightened
he looked.
" 'What's wanted below there?' called
the mate as ho leaned over the rail, hav
ing hoard Webb's crv of alarm.
"'I I saw something go under tlio
boat, sir.'
" '0. you did, Well, if you bawl out
igain you'll feel something go under
your jacket."
"I began work again, and had been
lit it only three or four minutes when
the yawl heaved away from the ship
two or three feet, and at the same in
stant tlio boy screamed out again. His
ii .
voice nau scarcely readied my ears
when something Hashed before my eyes,
something caught my arm and pulled it
down and pinned it fast to my body, and
in five seconds more I know what had
happened. A devil-fish had Hung one
of ids arms about me. Webb was scream
ing at the top of his voice, and, as I got
a look at him, I saw that two of tho
beast's feelers were clutching him. Tho
arm or leeler winch had reached mo
pinned my arm to my sido as if in a vise,
making a clean wrap around my body,
and the extreme end of tho feeler crept
up along my neck and face. Talk of
pain; I never felt any thing like it. The
teeth of a bull-dog couldn't have hurt
worse. It was a burning, biting, blister
ing, sensation, as if a live coal had been
laid on the llesh. I added my veils to
thoso of Webb, but before any ono came
to tho rail I was jerked to my knees in
the boat, and saw that the creature's ob
ject was to pull me'overboard. I heard
the boy go down and thrash about, and
then thrco of the men came to our as
sistance.
"Tho devil-fish had outwitted him
self. He had go no under the ship and
fastened to her bottom or keel, and as
soon as he began pulling on us, he of
course pulled the yawl close against tho
ship's sido. That closed the gap, and
ho could not pull us overboard, although
I think he would have upset the yawl
for wo were both down on her star
board side and she was almost on her
beam ends when tho men jumped down
I hey began to cut and slash and hack
! a 1 i 1 f .
wiiu tneir Knives, and alter two or
three minutes they had us free not of
the arms, but of the creature. We
wero hoisted on board howling and
riniiiiii,r iimHi flin fi,tl.i,c ofill l.lti..
n ".. . ...... ...J ll.UIUli Ollll 11, 11111,
and they had to be cut from us almost
by inches. Webb got it far worse than
I did, as ho wore a thin cotton shirt
and was barefooted. Ho was bitten on
ono foot, both hands, and across the
breast, and it was a long two weeks
before he was on deck again. His face
swelled up until one eyo was closed,
anil tho poison mado me ill for many
1 1IM it .
nays. ncrever one oi tne cups or
suckers took hold, the skin was entirely
taken off, and it seemed as if pins had
been stuck into the raw llesh. A na
tivo doctor brought me some herbs of
which to make a poultice, and, though
that relieved tho pain and helped mo to
get around again, it was months before
my face was entirely well.
"Tho devil-fish minded tho loss of
his three arms for only half an hour, at
the end of which time he clutched the
empty boat, half-capsized her and swain
twice around the ship as a defiance to
the crew. Two or three musket balls
were tired into him, and he sank out of
ight to do seen no more during our
stay." A. Y. Sun.
American Fire Losses.
During twelve months of 1SSI5, our
i.wn files have furnished a record of
'',:1U) tires where the reported loss had
been from s? 10,000 upwards. The record
by months, with our estimates of tlie
aggregate monthly loss, including the
smaller and tho unrecorded tires, lias
been as follows:
Firt of
ami oi fr.
... SOS
... in
... 173
... 145
... its
... 1M
... ira
... ifio
... KM
... 1'"0
... Ittl
. . M
Aqqrtga!
tttiinattti
lo.
12,0lyV
U,Slkl,l,X)
ln.tm.ui)
S,lKt,IKK)
T.rtHOK)
9,750,0 H)
10,IU),OM
13,0. M,0M
(1,501,011
r.vxxuiiii)
10,111,011
n.sxyiu
Month.
January
roiiruury
Mnrvh
Vrll
.Muy
Juno
July
August
September
Oolober ...
.November
December .,
Totals
1.319
llltMVM.UM
Ar. Y. Bulletin.
Ho Resented Familiarity.
Are vou reailv to pav your four
weeks' board bill?" the landlady asked
Llghthead.
"Madam," he replied, soveroly,
though my name is William, I object
to nuv ono familiarly calling mo Hill,"
mid he slapped his hat on his head, and
was out of the door and got away for
that day before she roeovorod from her
astrnUhmont A", '. Sua.
- A cttht) of Montgomery, Ala., hat
U.'ii in the it j.iH tiftooti yonrs foO
ilruNkemwM. lb i-il.im years old.
INTERESTING RELICS.
DUcoverle Mndo Fifty-live Feet Helow tin
Siirfnre of tho Kitrth.
S. A Harrison, of the firm of Harrisoc
and Green, railroad contractors, has in
his possession several specimens which
will bo of much interest to antiquarian!
and naturalists, which wero obtained
under rather peculiar circumstances.
Mr. Harrison s firm is the contractor
for the construction of the new branch
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway from Sioux City to Manilla
Junction, Iowa. Tho road follows tho
level of tho Missouri river for a part oi
the distance. About forty miles south
east of Sioux Citv. within a distance
of four miles from Maplcton Station,
and ten miles from tlie Missouri river
valley, the new railway line encounters
a high lull, which is the main divide be
tween the valleys of the Maplo and Lit
tle Sioux rivers. This divide is more
than ten miles long, and the elevation
"varies in width from half a mile to
mile and a half. Tlio railway line
crosses tlie hill at its lowest point. To
accomplish this it was necessary to dig
a cut sixtv-four feet deep and a little
over a half a mile in length. The earth
which it was necessary to remove in
digging tlie cut is, with the exception
of that on the surface, thoyellowishclay
winch is characteristic of that part ot
Iowa. This clay is verv compact, and
devoid of rock and gravel.
At a depth of from thirty to thirty-five
feet, on the side of the hill sloping to
ward the Little Sioux vallev, the work
men in digging tlio cut discovered what
Mr. Harrison believes to bo the marks
of eleven tepee fires. A quantity of
wood ashes was found in each of the
eleven places, varying from half a
bushel to a bushel and a half. With
each deposit of ashes was also found a
quantity of charcoal.
Further along in the cut was found
what appeared to be tho remains of an
old structure, tne naturo and purpose
of which could.not be determined. I he
workmen engaged on the cut call it
tho lime-kiln." Two walls of soft
limestone, about sixteen feet apart, rise
perpendicularly through the clay, and
were first noticed at a depth of fifty feet
from tlie surface. The walls are from
eighteen inches to two feet thick, 'and
were removed by tlio workmen for a
perpendicular distance of ten feet before
the level of the railroad' grade
was
base
reached, without discovering
of the peculiar formation.
tho
Alxnit lixo hundred feet from the
"lime-kiln" was found another trophy.
ivt a depth ot fifty-live from the surface
the workmen discovered, pointing
diagonally across the course of the rail
road track, the trunk of a black walnut
or ash tree, alxmt a foot in diameter.
Twelve feet of tlio protruding timber
was cut off, and the remainder was left
imbedded in the side of the cut When
the axes of the workmen cut into tlie
tree, the wood was apparently sound,
but when it had been subjected to the
iction of the air, the water with which
it was soaked evaporated and the wood
gave evidence of extreme rottenness.
Mr. Harrison secured a piece about a
foot long, which ho brought with him
to Milwaukee.
oiiu anouicr nun was mane in tins
extraordinary railroad cut. The bones
of some large animal, in a badly decayed
state, were discovered and were thrown
out on tlie dump-pile with no care or
thought of saving them. Mr. Harrison
obtained the skull, which in appearance
resembled that of a buffalo, though
somewhat larger. He saved four of the
teeth, and they are now in tho possession
of Henry Mann, of this city, who as a
naturalist has some interest in discover
ing tlio species of the animal whose
bones wero found under such peculiar
circumstances.
The question of particular interest
in connection with these discoveries is:
What were the circumstances tinder
which the skeleton and tree, which of
course were, at one time on top of the
earth, became buried so far beneath its
surface? Antiquarians may also try to
guess what race of beings built tho tepee
fires, the evidence of which is thus dis
covered, and at what age tho lime
stone walls Were erected. The geolog
ical formation of tho earth at tho level
where the finds were made is entirely
di tie re at from that of the surface, Mr.
Harrison savs, and there is good evi-
donco that it fonuerlv composed the
tirfaco of the earth. The level is about
2:i2 feet abovo the high-water mark of
the Missouri river. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Some Misused Words.
Acoustics is always singular.
Cut bias, and, not cut on the bias.
Allow should not be used for admit.
Come to see me, and not come and
see inc.
Hursted is not elegant anil is rarely
correct.
Almost, with a negative, is ridicu
lous. "Almost nothing" is absurd.
Tho burden of a song means the re
frain or chorus, not its sense or moan
ing. liountiful applies to persons, not to
things, and lias no reference to a
quantity.
Aflablo only applies when speaking
of the maaaer of superiors to inferiors.
Methinks is formed bv the Impersonal
verb think, meaning seem, and the
dative me; and is literally rendered, It
seems to me. Tweed's Xrw Grammar.
Tlio Chinamen of Newark, N. J.,
aro anxious to become American citi
zens. Recently they held a meeting and
appointed a eonimittee to go to Wash
ington to see if something can't bo done
by which they may be permitted to take
nut naturalization papers. They intend,
ihoy say, never to return to tho ilowory
kingdom, and wMi to settle down hero
mid fiii dl the luixileges that nil
AiiK Livuii eitiaoa hiwk
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
Oliver Dalrytuplo states that ho
will put in 31,000 acres of crops next
season in Dakota.
A largo whale fishery is being
cstablishedon the west end of Van
couver Island, British Columbia.
Farmers of Kansas say that Mio
acreage of fall wheat will bo greater
this year than ever boforo in tho history
of the State.
There arc 4,008,907 farms in the
United States. Illinois having tho larg:
est number, 255,741, and Khodo Island
the smallest 6.21G.
Labor is in demand in shops and
mills supplying railway appliances.
Tho railroad companies aro tho heaviest
buyers of products of iron and steel
and lumber, and their orders at tho
present time aro at least double tho
volume at any preceding dato. Pitts
burgh Post. .
Tlie invention of tho valve motion
for the" steam engine is credited to a
boy. Tho power loom was the inven
tion of a fanner's boy who had never
seen a factory and had no tools but a
jack-knife, and whose father broko up
tho tirst model ho m.ule.
Persons who aro undertaking to
raise carp in artificial ponds must bo
careful to keep other kinds of fish as
well as aquatic animals and turtles out
of them. During tho past summer the
young carp in many places havo been
destroyed by tho abovo named crea
tures. Chicago Times.
Peanuts of good size and quality
wore raised this year in New York,
Ohio and Southern Michigan. Tho
yield was not as large as in the South
ern States, and thero is little promise
that the crop will be a paying ono for
the market. Still, it is likely that in a
few years the boys on most northern
farms will raise "their own peanuts
N. Y. Times.
A largo building has just been
completed near the Housatonic track,
in Canaan. Conn., for the manufacture
of granulated milk. This is a now pro
cess invented and patented by Robert
Ellin, tho milk being preserved in
granules appearing not unliko white
granulated sugar. This is the first
manufactory of tho kind in tho coun
try. Hartford Post.
Two of tlio largest castings in .tho
world are said to bo at Nara and Kani
akura, Japan, the ono at the latter
place being forty-seven feet high, and
the other at Nara being fifty-three and
three-fourths feet from tho baso to tho
crown of its head. The statue at Nara
is supposed to havo been orected in tho
eighth century, but it was destroyed
and recast 700 years ago. In endeav
oring to recast it several mishaps oc
curred, and when at last success came,
some thousand tons of charcoal had
been used.
A new metal, called by tlio inven
tor, Albert Assmau. of Rahway, N. J.,
"Assaynie, is produced by a special
'iatment of tin. It ha; all the good
.... ... i ,
pennies ot tne lauer, can oe pressed
into any shape, or cast into statuary.
or used for plate w.ire of any descrip
tion. A beautiful bronze color can bo
given to tlio metal, or any sh:tde from
ronze to a silver color; and as it does
not in tho least corrode, it is specially
valuable as a silver solder. It melts at .
:i temperature of 4:!2 degrees, or eigh
teen degrees less than tin.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Women are so fond of trimmings
and finery that they even have their
tempers rallied once in a while.
Somo men are so penurious that
they keep cvervthing thoy got hold of,
except the Ton Commandments.
Ccdarlown (ffa.) Adverlhcr.
--You can get a pretty good idea of
a man's character by noting how ho
acts toward his poor relations. New
Haven Newt.
A Burlington girl, who is a great
talker, says that it is better to bo en
gaged in conversation than not at all.
Burlington Free Press.
Ho (at the beginning of tho third
act) "How spicy the play is getting."
She (who sat alono between the acts)
"1 should say so!" lAfe.
Polite passenger (in street car)
"Will vou take th s seat, madam'"
Madam "Thank " Polito pas
senger "Pray don't, madam. I'm'
subject to tits'" X. Y. Sun.
Lot a parent teach his child to oboy,
and he will give him the most precious
lessons that can lie given to a child.
Obedience is tlie grandest thing in the
world to begin w th. X. Y. Ledger.
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