Telegram-herald., 1890-04-21
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

Tl1E coStLlHst cigars sold IN New ! ofk
are the big Henry Clsys from Havana.
which come in q tine cabinet box and are
wrapped in gold foil There are only
twenty-five N box, and they retail! ~
$40 each
HESEY NJ. STANLEY estimates the dis
tance which he travelled in the interior
OF Africa al about 5, 40 miles, Of which
all but about 900 miles were on foot The
entire cost Of the expedition VIII not
he says, exceed $3.50, 1000.
TIE latest English fancy is 70 wear
with tailor-made gown = small, fancy
watch OF iron. or oxidized 70 resemble
iron, with elaborate gold initials, fas-
tened by brooch on the left front Of
the basque, as . medal or other decora-
tion would DO worn.
BECAUSE some plants are partial 70
moisture il does not indicate that such
plants must be grown in wet soil.
There is quite difference between wet
undrained soil aud soil that retains only
sufficient moisture 10 be OF advantage TO
the crop.
Ina library IN Paris, the largest IN
the world, is a Chinese chart Of the
heavens made about six hundred years
before Christ. Ia this chart 400 stars
are found 10 be correctly inserted as
oorroborated BY the scientists OF the
present day.
Ar Baku, Russia, the walters have
formed a cooperative union which has
procured its own silver, linen and other
table accessories, and does catering Of
every sort at prices diminished by the
usual profit of tho hotel-keeper, caterer
or other middle-men.
GROUND bone is fertilizer that bene-
fits nearly all crops can be applied at
all seasons of the year; will not injure
any tree or plant; is permanent and last
ing in its effects, and is the cheapest
form Of fertilizer IN proportion 10 tho
benefit il imparts that can be used.
A CUTE young woman at st. Joseph,
Mo, who had been forbidden by her
father 10 marry the man of her choice,
managed TO become bridemaid at a
wedding where her lover was also best
man" At the conclusion of the cerc-
mony they advanced and were pro-
nounced man and wife before the girls
father or mother could interfere.
ALTHOUGH the sweet pea is not lawn
plant, and therefore not adapted fol
our purpose in this connection, it is on
account of its delicate perfume neces-
sity for complete summer bouquet.
Plant in the garden in rows In the same
manner as the edible pea, using very
tall fne-twigged bushes for brush. In
favorable seasons this plant will often
attain a height OF six feet.
ALTHOUGH not brilliant flower, the
sweet mignonotte requires place IN
the flower border; some OF the new
varieties grow very large heads Of bloom
and are exquisitely fragrant. In propa
eating this plant from seed different
treatment from the other ANNALS /:
necessary. The seeds should be sown
sparsely, the plants allowed 10 grow tc
their fun transplanting size in the
propagating box, from which they
should be removed direct to the border
with care, disturbing the roots as little
as may be possible.
VIOLET INK is rather the fashion a.
present. One OF the novelties in sta
tionery is paper of a delicate shade OF
pink on one side and primrose on tho
other. This style is called Sub rosa,
and is supposed to be especially appro
pirate for ''rosebuds." Dull vert-de,
girls, or moonlight" and gobelin-gray
note paper, with the initials stamped
upon it in dead white, is much used fol
correspondence. A complicated net
work of gilt threads, thrown in a flmy
way upon gray note sheet, is unique
though but an evolution of a design o.
last season.
EZRA L. STEVENS, of Washington, d
C., who recently died at Asbury Park,
n. j., was the chief clerk Of the
Indian Department for nearly thirty
years, and was the originator OF th'
present Indian school system. The
pupils in the Indian schools Away.
called him Father Stevens" He wa.
one Of the most prominent members ot
the Masonic order in the United States
and had attained the thirty-third dc
gree. 1t is said that he sat in Masonic
lodges with more Presidents OF the
United States than any Mason nov
living. He raised President Garfield 4
knightship.