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Love Apples" and Long Life.

Fifty years ago tomatoes were sold
under the name of Glove apples" as 8
vegetable curiosity. They were used
for ornamenting mantlepieces, and oc-
%casionally one was given to a child to-
play with, on condition that he would
not bite into it, as it wal thought to be
poisonous. The first person in New
port to eat the tomato was an Indian
painter, named Corne.
aThere," he used to say to those who
expressed their surprise ut his eating
the suspected vegetable, sis that potatoi.
He grow in de dark, or in de damp cell
lar, with his pale, lank roots. He las
no favor; he live under ground. But
de tomato, he grow in de sunshine; he
has de fine rosy color and exquisite
flavor; he is wholesome; and when he
is put in de soup you relish him, and
leave nothing in de plate.n
The author OF "Reminiscences Of New
port" has preserved several anecdotes
of this Indian, who introduced the to-
mato to Newport tables. One Of Them
illustrates the fact that life tables ard
based OF the average duration of life.
and that some persons, like Sir Moses
Montetiore, apparently set the ordinary
laws Of longevity at defiance.
In his seventy-third year Corne tyas
persuaded to buy m annuity. The.
Massachusetts, Hospital Life Insurance.
Company, on his payment Of one thous.
and five hundred and seventy dollars
agrees; to pay him one hundred dollars
every six months during life. The old
mar lived fifteen yearssto enjoy his
nuity. He received in all three thous-
and dollars, much to the surprise and
loss of the company. AS the cashier
was called upon year after year, to make
payments to this persistent annuitant,
it seemed as if the company had caught
q Methuselah.
With laugh that almost choked him,
the old Indian used TO say, as he receiy-
ed his semi-annual check,-
"De Prezzedent he say he very glad
ESQ we'll, but / know he lie all de time.
He no know how much macarcni, how
much oil how much tomato / eat. MY
grandfather he die when he one hum
dred, my father when he n hundred
and two, and IL live foreverln-
Youths Companion.
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The largest room in the world unde.
one roof, and unbroken by pillars, is at
st. Petersburg. It is $40 feet long BY
100 in breadth. By daylight it is used
for military displays. and q battalion.
can completely maneuver in it, TWEEN
ty thousand wal tapers are required to
light it. The roof Of this structure Is .
single arch Of iron, and it exhibits re-
markable engineering skill in the archi-
tect.
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The Luxurious Chief Law omcer.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Feb. 81
Soon after Mr.. Brewster was made attorney
general he ordered a large quantity OF high
priced furniture, bronze clocks, candelabra,
Turkish rugs, etc, for his room In the de-
partment of justice. These cost about $500.
When he tried to get congress to pay for
them the house appropriation committee
refused to make any appropriation for the
purpose. Mr.. Brewster sent word to the APP
preparation committee that he did not be-
fieve in any second-class kind of furniture,
and consequently ordered the best. and that
If congress did not pay for it he would pay
the bill himself; but at the expiration of his
official term he would take the same away
with him. The committee decided the fur
nlture should remain, and the deficiency bill
which passed the house to-day contained IN
item a%ppropriating the necessary sum.
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The upper waters Of the Delaware an,

The upper waters Of the Delaware and
its branches, anu the headwaters Of the
Charlotte River, or east branch of the
Susquehanna, near Delhi, N. Y, have
been literally overrun with musk-rats
for the past month. Five local trappers
on these streams have captured over
:hree thousand since the first of the.
month, for which they received $3.50.
Minks have increased largely in this
legion during the past few years, as
their skins have not commanded q price
% make it worth while trapping for
them.
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At nightthe Mexican policeman brings
a lantern and a blanket. He sets the
lantern in the middle Of the street, and
all carriages are compelled to keen to
the right of the row Of lanterns which
can be- e glinmering from one end
of the street to the other. As long as
people are passing he stands at the cor
ner, but when things quiet down he re-
tires to o neighboring doorway, wraps
his blanket around him and lies down
to pleasant dreams.
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The $50 900 awarded to the plaintiff
in the F~ortescue-G armoyle breach-of
promise suit is probably--the Law
Journal Of London says-the largest
amount Of damages in such an action
eve recorded in England. The near
est approach to it isaverdict Of $17, 500,
given in 1885 to a solicitors daughter,
who had been Tilted by q rich lawyer.
In earlier times it was more common
for Tilted men than women to bring such
suits; and in the reign Of William and
Mary q nj obtained s2 900 damages
for the loss Of q iance whose fortune
was $4,000.
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In o discourse at the Tabernacle. the
Rev. Mr.. spufgeond declared that il any
body could show him in the Bible the
command, aThou shalt not smoke" he
was ready to keep it. Il ind,y he said.
''ten commandments, and it's 81 much a.
/ can do to keep them; aud I've no de-
sire to make them into eleven or twelve.
Why, a man may think it s sin TO have
his boots blacked. Well, then, let him
give it up and have them whitewashed.
/ wish to say that I am not ashamed OF
anything whatever that I do; i don't
think smoking makes me ashamed, and
therefore / mean to smoke.
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The Washington correspondent 81
the Cleveland Ohio Leader writes:
General Swain is BY no means bad
looking. He is short, but his frame d
well Allied out without being portly,
md he stands as straight Is any OF his
compeers. To-day he wears navy
blue broadcloth coat with collar AID
sleeves faced will. velvet, ari his dark
face, bronzed by the sun, il fastened Nv
q good neck between two small epaplet-2
tes or parallelograms Of gold oordgrith
two silver stars in their centers. Gem
eral Swain i, / should Judge, about 80
years Of age. There are no wrinkles ii;
his face, but the grey 10 beginning 70
creep into his dsrkhair.
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The Result Of " htsky.

MORTIFIED, Mimi, special Telegram,
March About 8 o'clock q man named
Kingman shot a comrade named Murphy.
Several young men were on a hand car on
the Cannon Valley railroad just below this
city when King,nan, who was partially in.
toxicated, threatened to shoot into a house,
He was prevented and put the revolver in
his pocket, but suddenly drew 1t out, when
it accidentally exploded, driving the ball
through Murphy's arm into his body. Muir
ply is in Il critical condition, az the ball has
not been found. Kingman has served 4
part Of a term In Saltwater. but was par
doned He has not been arrested.
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Trnds with Mexico,

WASHINGTON, Fell. 27.-The report of Spe-
cial Treasury Agent Evans on the operation Of
trade between the United States and Mex.
shows that the system is complicated, seven
teen papers being required for on importa-
ton, and costs $l4. SO where goods are val
ued at over $40; that everything seems to be
On the question Of reciprocity, Agent Evans
says:
It is urged that congress would relieve this
country from the gloom and suffering caused by
business depression by adopting reciprocity
relations with Mexico, and thus open a new
channel for the sale of American products. Dis
appointment, in my judgment, awaits such ex-
pectaions. or twenty-eight articles admitted
free from Mexico under the treaty, fourteen are
now free under the general tariff law. or sew
enty three articles to be introduced into Mexico
without duty, fifty are now free, except a charge
for package or bulk duty, and twenty-three
comprise articles for which there appears to be
no market in Mexico.
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smnshup on the Wabash.

K~ANKAKEE, ILL.,, Special Telegram, Feb. q.
The Wabash east-bound passenger train
had q passenger car ditched about
fcRr and a half miles enst of
Centervllle, by u broken rail, this
morning, and the car was completely
wrecked and its occupants badly shaken up,
and all of them sustained injuries D.. Glib
son OF this city, conductor. had a shoulder
broken, and his wife sustained slight in
juries. +. Burns, roadmaster, was badly hurt
about the back and hips. F.. NJ. Gregory
OF Springfield, claim agent in employ of the
road, was badly bruised about the head.
Mrs. Gilbert of Salt Lake City, who was tray
cling in company with Mrs. Gibson, was
seriously hurt about the head and shoulders.
Der of seven, have injuries of a slight nature.
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Hendricks in a Railway Accident.

GRAFTON, W. ", Special Telegram, Feb. %.
Two miles east of Parkersburg, at 4 o'clock
this morning, Vice P~resident-elect Hendricks
had a narrow escape from death.
His special train was running as
Section No. 2 to the Washington
express. BY some mistake. Train No. 1888,
which was sidetracked at Kanawha station,
pulled out after the first section had passed.
After running about a mile it struck q clear
piece Of track, at the other end of which
Hendricks train was seer approaching at
lightning speed. The engineers of each train
made every effort to stop the trains, but did
not succeed in doing SO until they met
with force enough to knock OF q cowaatcher
IN Train No. 1873 and awaken MIR. Hend-
ricks' party. Superintendent Clemens, of
the Baltimore / Ohio, was on the special,
and was SO appalled, at the narrow escape
that he discharged the conductor and engin-
eer of 8 on the spot
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sENATE-After business OF unimportant nature,
the sundry civil appropriation bill was consid-
cred. resolution was offered requesting the
president OF the United States to negotiate with
foreign powers to secure treaties binding the
nations to open their mints to the free coinage Of
silver.
h senate committee on appropriations
Knocked out of the srndry civil bill the
Minneapolis building appropriation and the
clause fixing the limit of its cost at $500,
600. When the clause was reached in the
senate this afternoon Senator Sabin took up
the cudgel for Mr.. Washburn and saved his
bacon. Beck scored the item unmeroifully
but the vote was 80 to 20. The appropria-
tions OF Z 1000 for Fort Smelling and $780,
ton of $25O,OOO to complete the Deer Lodge
penitentiary in Montana was stricken out by
the committee, and the senate concurred on
the ground that last year Gov. Crosby asked
and received $4,000, representing that this
sum would finish the building. The Yellow
stone Park Appropriation Of $4,000 was
concurred in as 1t came from the honse.
The committee inserted in the bill an appro-
priation OF $4,000 to complete the COM
mlssary depoti in st Paul, and this was con-
CURED in. A protest was made by Senators
Van Wyck and Harris against paying Charles
H. Reed and G. W. scoyille for defending
Guiteau. The items Were 5 $1,000 for Reed
and 81 900 for Scoville. No action was taken
in COMMITTEES Of tho whole, but notice was
given that amendments would be offered
when a vote was taken. The committee
amended the bill to provide for the continu-
ance of the Joint commission of three SEN
ators and three representatives to consider
the present organizations of the signal serv-
ice, geological. coast and geodetic hydro
graphic departments, provided for last SEES
sion. Power was granted to sit during the
recess and report BY the third Monday In De-
cember, by bill or otherwise. The present
president of the senate and speaker of the
house are authorized to fill the places of
those whose terms expire with the present
congress-
HousE-A resolution was offered refusing to
take part in the Inauguration ceremonies. be-
cause the representatives had not been
assigned their proper place. 1t was lost Tie
house voted, Notwithstanding Republican fill
clustering. to take mp the contested election
case of Frederick vs. Wilson. Iowa. A motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bankruptcy bill
was lost-ll yeas to 1876 nays.
Both houses were in session far into the night,
their attention being chiefly paid to reports
from conference committees on disputed points
in appropriation bills. Much tilihnstertnx was
resorted to by the Republicans in the house.
who did not wish tae Fredertck-Wilso case to
come up.
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Retaliatlns on Germany.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The house foreign
affairs committee to-day authorized Eaton TO
submit to the house q favorable report upon
Lefevre's resolution calling for retaliatory
action for Gcrmany's restrictions upon Amer
lean products. Eaton takes the ground occu-
pied by Lefevre's resolution, that under our
favored above all others; that discrimination
AGAINST American products was in violation
Of the spirit Of these treaties, and that the
situation warrants the action suggested in
the resolution.
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sENATE.-Mr. Morrill,, who has persisted in
the effort to secure the passage of amendments
to the trade dollar bill Of the house providing
for the suspension of silver coinage, attempt
ed to call up that measure. He admitted that
in view of the recent action there was
no chance to secure the suspension of
silver coinage, and appealed to the senate to
strike out the proposed amendment and pass the
house bill to retire the trade dollar. This
was met by a motion to proceed with the bill
limiting the time for the presentation of
claims against the government, which was car
ried by q vote of34 to q. Subsequently the
very bill which displaced the silver bill was
laid aside for a pension bill, thus indicating
that the senate has at last been brought to
realize that it is q useless waste of time 10 fur
Their debate the silver question.
The house substitute for the river and har-
Dor bill appropriatlng s., O0, 900 was laid be-
fore the senate, and having been read once, Mr..
Cameron wis objected to its second reading;
30 the bill lies Oh the table, not having been re-
ferred to a committee.
The unanimous consent to take up the bill
for the relief of Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter
Il the late President Tyler. The bill would
give her a pension of $50 a month. The lady
named was now blind and dependent on charity
in the city of Washington.
Mr.. Riddleberger objected. He saw no raa-
son for pensioning presidents daughters.
MI. Cockrel. also objected. He thought il a
S2Hs 6ehh NhS PCppAo W puoo huCu DllLb 1t
was the beginning of q civil pension list
A vote on the bill resulted, yeas IL, nays II.
HousE.-Mr. Willis presented the river and
harbor matter and succeeded in passing it un-
der suspension of the rules.
The bill appropriates IS, 900, 0OO, to be expend-
Cd under the direction and with the approval Of
the secretary Of war for the continuation and
completion Of works designated in the last river
and harbor law. The bill contains the follow
ing provisions: That the work at Galveston
harbor shall DO treated us if the sum
OF $250,0W had been appropriated by
the bill last year. Any money which
shall be allotted under this act for the
improvement Of the Mississippi river below
Cairo Except so much thereof as shall be nee
essary to prevent works in progress from
waste and injury shall be expended in contin-
nation and completion of the works at the
Plum Point and Lake Providence reaches, to
the end that the plan Of the commission for
the improvement of the river may be fully
tested; and money allotted to the Mississippi
river shall be expended by the secretary of war
and in accordance with plans approved by him.
There are thirty-six public buildings in the
various parts of the Union that have been pro-
vided for in the sundry civil bill that went
over to the senate.
The bill fixes the limit in four cases. Tho
Dallas, Tex, building is MOTTO cost over $780,
600; Jefferson City, Mo-, not over sl32, GOD;
St Joseph, Mo-, not over $500, 900; and that OF
Minneapolis not over s500.p00.
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pain. On Friday night he had no pain, and slep

HIS CONDITION UNCHANGED LAST NIGHT.
New York, March l.-At midnight Gen.
Grants condition was unchanged The gen
eral was up during the day as usual, but his
physicians and friends have given up all
hope of his recovery. His doctors sny he is
gradually sinking. There were many cal
lers at the house to-day. The Tribune says:
Was the general alarmed at the publicity
given to hts case, and on finding out his true
condition." n
/ am nog IN position 70 answer questions as
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HousE.-A long debate took place on the late
silver letter of President Cleveland, the fortif-
cation bill being under consideration. The
debate was of a partisan character and of little
account
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-12-16
Maine. Marrow Gauge Railroads.

Maine has four roads of two feet gauge,
aggregating 81 miles in length. The pas
senger cars are 46 feet long with single scots
ON each side of the aisle, and accommodate
35 passengers. They are @ feet inches
wide over all, and passengers are quite as
comfortably seated as in ordinary cars,
which are 10 feet inches over oil and have
seats for two on each side of the aisle. A
speed Of from 20 to so miles per hour is
safely maintained, and speed Of 40 miles
per hour is frequently attained. Such roads
are very cheaply built and operated. For q
limited traffic in sparsely settled country
shey are very economical. The last one
opened is operated with one Hickey engine
of the bogie pattern with IL cylinders
and 30-inch connected driving wheels. The
weight is IS tons.
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Iron telegraph Poles.

A metallic telegraph pole has been adopt
ed by the Canadian Government for III
telegraph lines on the Northwestern prairies
The pole is constructed of malleable galvan
lied iron, and is l. inches in diameter at
the top and "a inches in diameter ut the
bottom, and weighs less than so pounds.
The bottom of the pole is set into claw
plate, upon which the earth is closely pack,
ed 10 height of about 2 feet. Then an
other plate is put into place around the
pole, and the earth packed upon it to. the
level of the ground. The claw-plates take
a hold in the ground at once, SO that the
pole becomes solidly fixed Immediately after
being set, which desideratnm is only OBJ
tanned by the ordinary wooden pole after il
has been in the ground for at least year.
A recent test is said TO have shown the great
strength of the pole, as a heavy No. Gov
eminent wire was strung and the poles sub
jected TO the greatest possible strain, but
without moving them in tina least.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-12-16

Funeral etiquette is vigorously observed
to the minutest particular by oil classes in
Mexico, and death in the family has been
the financial ruin of many man. Black gar.
ments must be worn for OF least two years
by every female relative, even to remote
cousins and little children, while male rela-
tiyes, however distantly connected, must,
for an equal length of time, wear broad
bands Of black flannel upon their straw or
felt hats, black silk neckties and black
gloves, not to mention the scarf of Grape,
with flowing ends, which is kept tied above
the elbow of the right coat sleeve for not
less than six weeks after the funeral. Upon
no account whatever must the ladies' of the
household be seen anywhere in public dur
ing the two years Of mourning. Jewelry
and all adornments must be laid aside, let
ter paper and envelopes must conspicuously
advertise the family affection, and all the
smallest signs of woe must be faithfully
smployed-even by those who could have
had little interest in the deceased, or whom,
as sometimes happens, death could have
brought nothing but welcome relief to al
concerned. = Washington Republican.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-12-16

In the short time have been in the Sem
ate have seen the representatives of every
State pass in and out. Only one who was
there in 1866, when 1 entered, is now q
member. Thus fast the world goes by, and
it makes one feel as though he had stood
alone. There have been men in that body
of the most opposite views in politics new
eriheless, that body has always been for the
most part ono Of the greatest personal
frier diiness between its members There has
always been in that body That concord of
difference which is always essential to the
success Of a government, but which is pos
sble only in government like ours. Again,
the organization OF the Senate is different
from that of any similar body in any coun.
try. 1t differs from the Senate Of France
and from the English higher house. In
England chat old rule holds that once a
Lord, always Lord. That gives rule Of
aristocrats, not of the people. Such form
of government has continued in England
till one branch has usurped the power, and
the House of Lordst to-day do not dare to
reject bill sent up to them by the Com
mons. While in England Lord asked me
if our Senate dared really to reject bill
passed by the House, end said such pro.
cee9ing by tae Lords had been unknown
for years, though constitutionaly it was the
right and duty of the Lords to do it if they
wished. The evils Of this method Of gov
eminent are now known by Englishmen,
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Comets, copiunetrons and stupidlty.


Eclipses, comets and conjunctions of the
superior planets play great part in state
astrology. Some we'll authenticated cases
of success in this department are on record.
One astrologer, by name Londino, accord.
ing to Villari, drew the horoscope of relig.
ion and predicted, from a conjunction OF
Jupiter and Saturn, that on the 25th of No
vember, 1884, a great reformation of the
Christian religion would take place, and it
is singular that Luther was born in the very
month of November of 1883 or 1484-some
doubt existing as to the year. Tycho Brahe
predicted from the comet of 1877 that in
the North of Finland there would be born a
Prince, who should lay waste Germany and
vanish in 1852. Now, Gustayus Adolphus,
II is well known, was born in Finland, over
very singular that during the very worst
period Of the late troubles in Ireland Saturn
should have been passing through Taurus, a
sign which astrologers say rules Ireland,
and, prior to the passing of the Land act,
Jupiter and Venus should have been in con-
junction with Saturn in the same sign.
Also, just before the assassination of Presi-
dent Garfield two comets-frst seen in the
United States appeared In right ascension,
corresponding to Gemini, sign, again,
said by astrologers to rule the United States.
Now, it is an old astrological doctrine that
comet, visible to the naked eye, appear.
ing in the ruling sign of country, por.
tends the violent death Of the chief ruler.
There is no doubt that it is because OF
chance condolences of this sort that astro-
ogy maintained its place for such long
period Of time, and that even at the present
day many, otherwise well educated people,
are led to think there is something in it,
Flamsteed, the Astronomer Royal of thai
day, it is said, astrologically " elected the
favorable time for the foundation of Green.
wich Observatory.