A Lock From Nineveh

The very oldeat lock ín existence is the one wWch formeriy secured one of the doors of Nineveh. It is a gigantic affair, aad the key to it, whiea ia as arge as one man can conveniently carry, reminds one of the Scriptural passage, where the prophet makes reierence to such instruments being caxried on the shoulder. The exact vords reterred to are, "And the key to the house of David I -will lay upon the shoulder." Ehis enormous key is nearly 3% feet in length and of the thickness of a 4incli drain üle. It was found at the end of a ruined chamber, where a large wooden door had probably once stood, the giganüc brass hinges and heavy bars belng still in fair condition, thxh somewfrat corroded. Pigs are plêntlful ana cheap in MaUgorda coonty, Texas, and sanguine Texans toope to see the day eoon whec they vrill beooo one of the state' creat croDS