, 1881-06-26

II Is lt1u VI Ut. l1olinG: WHO on Tie lSt o.
July enters on his duties as Commissioner oi
agriculture, that he and his brother were gauu
boys Their father, clergyman, is said to have
sent them one day to Il cattle show with somt
very fat hogs for exhibition. The boys vert
rather proud Ut :hc many compliments paid t
' tho hogs, ullil Il farmer remarked to an ac-
quaintancc, ".;i:gh1r nice hogs those OF Purson
Lurin.: but why dent he give his boys more t.
eat. aud his hocS lcs53'
Tie salaries Of tne Ambassadors Of tlae
French Republic arc estimated us follows 10,
the current year in the C:.;ircl OF Furrien Al
fairs: Anbassat:nrs-S..~ Petersburg. $;,a,N,0
London, S:0n}: Vienna. :3;t.ns: Ecrtir,, $:s 90
Cens,anti,,cplc. s.5.lol; st:l.ir:f s:Lu;o :ut,1e
Qu:ri,i:,i,, S::,u0: 1.o,uc t:ac Vat:4=su S.2.i1)
aEd Dcrac, $l..,on. ai!nisters 1'!c:ipo: .ntiary-
Pckin. $i;.tUJ: Ye1do, Washing ton, ::,d Ro dc
Jancro, $ld.010: Ducnos Ayres, Sl;,o1!; Athens
Brussels. the Hague, Lisbon. aud Tek"rau, ST.,
00o: Bucharest, Copenhagen, Lima. Munich,
Santiago 'ChilD. and Stockholm. Sl0,003; Bel
grade, S',GR; Tansiers, 5000; rort-au- Primo;
5000; and Ccttinje, S4,4o0>
Hear the ki-;i OF the cur, lilac cur.
With righteous indignation all his fu1
Stands up US he doth settle
Fur =allop with a shuddcr.
With cuppcr bottoned kettle
Neatly fastened tu his ruddcr.
All the boys around him 1ntngle,
And they shout and think it propa.,
As they hear the merry jingle
OF the poodle and the copper.
And they shout, shout. shout,
For they know what there about,
And Of their utter happiness there's little room
for doubt
Puck.
The Boston -1tlrcrtiscr says: "Gail Ham
1ton is ,aercilcsly ridlculed by Mr. Henry 4.
t1;a
the July Atlantic on the Womans Bank of Mrs,
Howe We have seen nothing more inclsivo Of
late than his exposure OF the pucrity Of her
defense OF this institution, and the absurd lack
OF logic she eyinces in attacking the press upon
the subject. The comment of many who have
had observation OF the aggressive personalities
Of Gail will be: How did MIR Ctapp dare to do
this thing?' Gail Hamilton has uecn considered
almost as dangerous to assail Us Is Gen. Butler.
It is like fooling With can Of dynamite to put
ones self in tho way Of her. She cxplodes, and
ehe kccps on exploding. The New Yorc Tribanc
used to carry along a serial strain of surcasm
from her in this way for weeks, directed at the
unfortunate individuals who had had the tcmer-
ity to cross her rAth. Fortunately for Mr. Clapp.
however, 1t looks as If Gail had lost her grip Of
late She has an article in the 1udntlc for this
month treating, not by arrangement, but by CO.
Incidence, vi the same subject There is only
left to identify the autho. but some OF her la
bored 1nnnuerlsms. Miss Hamilton is Inpssng
into sen1lity- The impression has been that she
was shut out Of the atlantic. as a writer, Of re-
cent years. 1t would huvc been kind to con-
rinue the e1clusion,-much kinder than to re-
move it 70 make rom for such m exhibition as
this once brilliant writer has now made
The Farmers Club of Pennsylvania, an
organization composed Of twelve OF the most
conspicuous agriculturlsts OF that Common
wealth, assisted on the 9th Of June at the
.. house warming Of Mr.. George II. Cnilds'
new and spacious farmhouse at Wootton, near
Philadelphia The dinner was one of thosc
plain, substantial meals that Mr.. and Mrs. Childs
are noted for giving. On the table were flower
plats, candelabrR, wine coolers Of gold and sill
yer, and glass ornaments OF great beauty In
the course Of the entertainment twenty-five
plates of different kinds Of decorated porcelain
Eight glasses to q guest were filled at DIFF
1crent times with various vintages. Ter
rapin was served in little fluted
nest like Charlotte-Russe. Oranges
we're scooped out and filled with cream, and
then the piece restored, aud the whole arrange
ment fr1zeu. Several vegetables we're served
together in an artistic arrangement OF coIors.
with Drowned potatoes as a base. embroidered
with tomatoes, and a sea- foam arrancement Of
kpIU4Eu on Ltu AuCTt HH5 u "tAiACE 1OF ENEu
guest As might be supposed, there was all tho
viyacity Of spirit and grace Of conversation that
usually marks the intercourse of men who are
earnest tilers Of the soil.-such MEN as farmer
Simon Cameron; farmer Senator Thomas T.
Dayard, OF Delaware; farmer Speaker Samuel
J. Randall; farmcr John Welsh, late diplo-
matist; farmer Wayne MACY Ecugh; farmer Sell
ator J. Donald Cameron; farmer LippEncott, the
publisher; farncr Mexican, who sows SO
many useful seeds in the LedJer-and Sc, eral
railway ana bank Presidents. aud other ceebrI-
ties, who are never 50 happr rs when they hee
away from money -Grubbiug to meet and talk of
tho beautiful bean, tho consotatory corn, the
pleasant pca, the toothsome tomato, the opulent
onion, the priceless "rotato, and discuss tho
value OF newly invented agricultural apparatus,
the prospects us to ''craps," the glucose inipu1
tt, or the objectionable grasshopper. And then
it Is pleasant to sec these horny-banded delivers
of the ground when they come to dinner. They
are always jejunc, and Eaanducate vigorously,
and they enjoy that which Is poculenr without
becoming crApulcnt. ~ !