The New York herald., 1877-01-08
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

California shipped 80 100000 pounds Of wool East
last year.
Boston Transcript-"The farther OF all horse is
stop farther forward'"
Charcoal dust mixed with soil increases the bril-
liancy of leaves and flowers.
The Kansas City Tunes speaks Of "goldcn words
nom Tiden," but makes reference to checks
Tho Los Angeles Herald says that Southern Calfor.
MIA needs farmers and money and not helpless clerks
Tho Chicago Tribune discourages Murat Halstead in
his desire that Bob lngcrsoll shall be United States
Senator from illinois,
Oregon salmon caught by millions anu canned.
The meat is redder coarser and OF higher favor than
that OF Eastern salmon.
Washington Chronicte:-"Fun is just as good rs
fruit out Of season. Capitol Hill boy who applied
kettle to dogs tail yesterday says laid all
Crsmus.' ,"
There is an nexcusableness Of misuse OF similes In
the writing Of some men. Here, for instance. Is o
democratic editor who calls General Grant "a sweet
plum" as II he we're a sort Of candy date.
In our country the successful politician grows to
power upon brilliant lap robes and magnificent dinner
sc,s but Jules Smou the French Premier, lives with
his family in a nth story fiat on o moderate income
Mr. Moody sonsiply says that pretty girls should not
permit men to kiss them ut church fairs for twenty
nve cents That Is right. They may be just easily
kissed after they leave the air aud Tor hundred per
cent less In the price.
A man In a church lair who had nfty cent bowl OF
oyster stow suddenly rosc in great excitement and
began to pull oil his coat and vest. "why do you do
thatso asked the pious frau lady who took the nifty
cents "why, great heavcns' no cried, ''therc Is "a
little oyster drowning away down in there, and I'm
going TO dive for IT,"
What tho Boston people most liked about tho walk.
Ing grl Won Hilern was her wonderful technique.
Her phrasing correct and she did not show that
weakness which compcls failure effect In the third
ana fourth toes Her rendering Of Chopin opus No.
9l in loot Nat applaudc1; and though she had
little of shocman, she gave tho lcggato Of Shoebert
| with great SOLE
Some men, not scientifically educated, wonder why
the great iuxuriousIy beautiful plains OF the tropics
aro comparatively unpeoplcd, while tho cold, ioriorn
| towns OF Now Engan crowded; and Buckle, In
his History of Civllizaon," and even Spencer, IN
his work on s'Socal Science" forget TO remark that
oysters never laugh all round TO their ears In climate
| below thirty six IN the shade.
| Into saucepan put largo lump Of butter ard a
| small onion finely chopped, and when the onion is
fried TO an amber throw slices OF cold boiled
potatoes which must DO thoroughly stirred until they
arc turning brown. Atths momont put In a spoonful
Of finely chopped parsley, and, as Va cooked,
drain through q coiander that tho potatoes retain
the moisture OF butter and many particles OF the
parsley. Thus you may have Lyonnaso potatoes
| Mathews and Young, the actors had some grudgc
to pay of en- a surly toll-bar keeper. II should be
promised that just beyond the bar there was road
which led back into tho town Dressed precisely
alike driving gigs almost exactly simiar with horses
Of the same color, making up their faces TO the same
expression and putting 10 HIM tho same grotesqne
questions they drove through his gate in apparently
endless succession OF precisely similar indviduals