The Washington times., 1894-11-08
BITS FROM HERE AND THERE.

Maine newspaper speaks of a "strong
antl-football sentiment which is rapidly gain
ing ground" in that state, and predicts ''tne
death OF The rowdy game" in season or
two.
1t is said that the pay Of locomotive en-
gIneers Is sometimes so much above that of
minor administrative officers technically their
superiors that the amount is not permitted to
appear upon the pay roll.
Desiccated milk began TO attract attention
more than half a century ago. 1t was then
called lactoline and, according to accounts
OF the period, an addition of nine parts of
water would reduce 1t to fresh milk The
modern condensed milk Is an Improvement
upon this earlier product.
Minnesink, the Indian name for the Della
ware Water Gap. means, according to local
tradition, ''the waters are gone" There is
legend that the ancestors Of the Indians
found there when the country was settled by
the whites had known the region before the
river broke through and when q lake lay be-
hind the site Of the gap.
Along with the Napoleonic revival has come
an interest in the furniture OF the First
Empire. The dealers IN old furniture have
never OF recent years despised this cumbrous
and ornate style, but they are now g,v,nS it
special consideration. Vastly uglier things in
veneer sell well, perhaps because they have
N--S HS'1HAAOSo VI LAS ObHCI.
Slouch hats are numerous in almost all
communities south OF Mason aud Dixon's
line, and conservative old Southerners still
demand the best felt in such hats really
good broad-brim felt hat such as a fastidous
Southerner wears. will cost almost az much
as a respectable high silk hat but will last
longer. because it never goes out OF fashion.
Old Sheffield plate OF beautiful design and
workmanship fetches good prices in the shops
that deal il antiques, and there is good deal
OF it for sale. 1t is, perhaps. more 10 be
trusted than those elaborate Dutch pieces of
very modern make that simulate the quaint
but cumbersome and far from beautiful pieces
OF earlier Dutch siiversmiths.
There is so much wheat and the price is SO
low in the Northwest this season that many
farmers are leaving their wheat standing. In
| Spokane county. Ore, there are a number
OF fields OF wheat, ranging between 100 and
200 acres each, and yielding eighteen or
twenty bushels to the acre, which the owners
will not cut, as the returns would not cover
| the cost OF harvesting
The wearing of moccasins is so common in
the rural districts of Maine and New Bruns-
wick that white shoemakers find it profitable
to manufacture them wholesale, although the
Indians are still reputed to make the best.
The true moccasin is light, thin foot cover
ing OF deerskin; but what is called "shu-
pack, and is perhaps even more in use. is
moccasin with an extra thickness of leather
under the sole, and it comes a little higher on
the ankle. The lumbermen wear ''larrigans"
which are made sometimes Of deer hide and
sometimes of moose leather, thick, strong,
stiff, and oiled until they are as yellow as bar
soap. They are shaped like boots, with
heavy soles, and reach half way to the knee.
One OF the characteristic old-time plantation
houses of the eastern shore of Virginia is
Grapeland, in Northampton county, facing
broad estuary OF the Chesapeake. The house
and farm were until recently the property Of
the late Judge White. of st. Louis, who was
born and bred upon the place. Outwardly it
is a rectangular brick structure. two and
half stories high and almost without orna-
mentation. Within are capacious rooms,
hard wood floors, high wainscots. and great
tireplaces. The great square hall has beauti-
full open staircase of simple decoration. The
dining-room has a large fireplace surmounted
by delicately carved mgntel. The drawing
room, a ample rectangular apartment look
ing out upon the salt water, is distinguished
for its high and beautifully carved mantel,
with three quaint oval mirrors. The house is
considerably more than century old, and it
is said that there are in the county three
others built in the same fashion.