Of General Interest

- A woman of Greunwood, Me., is reported to be cutting her fourth set of teeth. - A band of alloged Turkish gypsies aro travcling throughout Louisiana.- N. O. Times. - It i estimated that upwards of' 500,000,000 tins of canned goodá aru annually packed in this country. - It is said that locomotives which formerly sold í'or $15,000 can now be had for $8,000. No well regulated family will bo without a locomotiva after this. - Burlington JíawJxye. - A fashionable lady ordered a bathing suit of the latest style. It caiuo to her iu a letter, in wnich was also enclosed a stamp for rcply. She wrot back to ask which was the suit and which was the stamp. - N. Y. Mail. - A Vermont man has a hen thirtynine years oíd. The other day a hawk Btole it, but after aa hour came back wilh a broken bilí and three claws gom put down the hen and took an old rubber boot in place of it.- Boston Transcript. ¦ - The Xcw York men of fashion have a jeweliy cr&ze, it is said, and it is not raro to sce a fop with bangles on his wrisLs, watch chains, charms, threo ring?, numcrous buttons and studs, and ajeu'cled cano. Saoh specimens of human nature havo been born after thciragc- N. Y. Times. ¦ - At Salisbury, Md., lately a man indertook to beat his wife. She knockcd ïim down. He pickcd himself np, aml saying that he had nothiug to live for iftcr being vanquished by a woman, went to a pond and stood in water up to lis neck for an hour. Finding this did not kill hini ho went home. - Chicaqw Jlerald. - Tn England the mails are nsed for the transmission of nearly everj' species f merchandise. Fish, game, meat, tutter, oirgs, fruit, cream, and all other farm products are transmitted tbrougli: the Enwlish pareels post at very cheapi rates. In a word, the British post-ofticc reallv does the expres3 business of tho country. - It is against flap; etiquette not to take it down at night. The colors should bc raised to meet the sun nnd lowered when he disappears under the horizon. Pesides, buuting soon rots when so improperlv exposed; and, raoreover, to leave a llag out over night js declared by the superstitious to be an invitation to ill-luck. - ïhe Satuday afternoon holiday is ono of the iixed institutions of the South. In the days of slavery th& lenient mastcrs wero accustonied to reward the industrious lield hands by letting them leave their work at nooa on Saturday to go hunting and. iishing, mueh to the envy of those who belongnd to harder owners. Kow that all are free, the half holiday is always taken, and business and worldly affaire are forgotteu. - LouUvillc Couricr-Jouriial. - Fricnds of nature havo been troubled by the disappearance of some rare specimens of plants in the Alpino regions. In order to prevent the extinction of certain species, a garden of acclimation had been founded at jcneva, in which Alpine plants are cultivated and sold. The result of that propaganda has been thus far quite satisfactory. The garden of acclimation at Geneva, aml the sale of in producís on the market finds rnany customers. - Mrs. Henry Walcott, of Waterbury, Conn., ripped open for renovation one old feather pillow which she had. She found that the feathers adhered to the interior of the case, and defied the closest application of the brush. On examination she found the whole pillow-case coated with the feather down, and it liad all the appearance of having been wovca into the fabric by the most cunning artisan. What was tLe inside of the tick has tlio appearance of the iinest plush, the ai being delicate down instead of silk. - llarlford Post. - It is diflicult to realizo in this country that questions relating to so practical and common-placc a matter as the pvice and sujply of bread and meat can bocome political questions ;butthey are in England. Not enough is produced at home to supply the population, and an enormous surplus must be imported from abroad; henee any question of governmental poliey whicli seems likely to aflect this supply and raise or lower the price of food to the masses at once assumes the import anee and engages an attention which dwatfa all others. - Cleveland Leader. - Speaking of the blessings of siinimer holidays, the Providence (K. 1.) Journal says: "From these golden days of rest we must exclude those spent by the slaves of fashion in their expensive resorts. There are many who fly from the crowded cities only to doublé elsewhere their follies and vices. They never withdraw from their jewels anil display of styfes to be for a season the simple childreu of the air and light; they ncver draw near to the dear, blessed carth, bnt go whero they may take with them their bondage, and exist, and sigh, and languish and die without baviDg seen any world except that made by Sie architect and milliner."