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A Serviceable Potato Sorter. In se.-tions where large quantities of potato** are ra.se I, *om kind of a sorting apparatus is a neccuity. Trie work of picking over potatoes is something that costs loo much to b* done by hand, and y*t potatoes classed into even lize* alway* ell better than uneven lots. In the great centre* of commercial production of thi* orop, anorting i* alway* done by some sort of a machine, which varies in the difieient sections, but are almost always homemade. Ths one herewith illustrated i* in uss by many potato planters, and i* a (iraple and inexpensive affair, and being adjustable i - DEVI E FOR ASIKJHTIMi POTATO* rill be found more valuable than other designs. many The genenl form i* usually made eight feet in length fourteen inches wide at the bottom, and eight inches at ths top, Ihe sides being six inch** high, the whole supported upon four legs nailed to the sides. Six strip* eight feet in length, three Inche* wide and one inch thick form the bottom of the sorter seen in the sketch. The (tripe, a, ar* beveled to a iharp edge at the lower *ide, and the rest in V shaped notches cut into th; supporting atrip, r' By taking oat or adding to ths lupporung strip* and dividing the space*, larger or mailer potatoes will pas* into different boxes placed along the length of the sorter, the larger one* being discharged at the low- er end, the form of the bottom (trips pre- venting clogging. An incline of twenty inches in eigbl feet will prove about right, although the form of potatoes to be screen- ed will have much to do with thi*, a long tuber requiring a (teener incline than a round one. If the potatoes are to be placed in the cellar one may shovel directly into the sorter, which should project from the cellar window, and when the tubers reach the cellar bottom they will be properly screened for market or planting. Thi* will prove a* effective as hand sorting, and incur but one tenth of the expense. Separating Cream. Butler made from cream in submerged tan* has nol that delicacy of flavor of but ter from cream raised in open cans, and it readily detected by a critical observer. A method is fsst coming into use which is simple, inexpen*ive, a saving of ice and labor, preserve* the quality of the open can and saves time almost as wsll as the mechanical separator, without the eipen*e. Th* milk, warm from th* cow, i* (trained into a can till il U half full ; ihen fill ibe can with cold water, which aeratee milk, and immediately reduce* it* temperature to about 70" F., even in the warmeet of weather. All ths cream will rise to the surface in let* than three hour*. The combined milk and water is dnwn by a faucet from th* bottom of th* can till tb* cream appsan, which is then drawn into a separate v easel. As the cream is separated in lea* than three hours, the can or cans used for the morning's milk are ready to b* used for the night's milk ; all that need go into th* house is the sweet oream.lhut lightening Ihe labor then. Th* diluted skim milk i* fed to the pig*, the oostly butter fat ei traded from it being replaced by the cheaper fat of corn meal, in such proportion* as ars needed to teed to growing or fattening itock. No time is lost, no tabor required, n >r expeneive machinery to keep in repair when using the dilution proceu. Atascn as th* milk is mixed with water the sep- aration goes on naturally, while the farm- er i* attending to other dutiee. Thisquick, inexpenaivs process, requiring no ice even In the warmest weather, enable* the farmer to convert his cream into batter at home without the expense of carrying or having it carried to a creamery. It also enables those farmers who are supplying the large markets to maintain a fair price for their milk. They can manufacture it into but ter for a lime and reduce ihe quantity of the milk sent to market till it will com- sand a fair prias. Ths farmen can con- trol the price ut milk if they wish, instead of the contractors dicuting what they shall take. Any improvement in dairying that will cheapen the cost of production will run up th* profit, the same as an in crease in ths selling, (iood pasture* are an essential element in profitable dairying. Without manure no good farming it pose ible. Wintering Over. It is time that the stock intended to be wintered over should be selected out, that the rest can be marketed a* soon * possible. A* it is ne.uessary, in order to reah/e a fair profit, to rather push thi growth and gain with hog*, it i* of no advantage to winter over only those neede< lor breeding, or that with good irealmen will mak* a aatiifactory gain. It i* tru that where hog* can b* given a good range they will live even during the winter on a comparatively small amount of food, and i living i* all that i* neoeeaary, a consider abl* numbsr might be kept. Hut with hugs rather more than wilh any olher alas* took it is vary important, if the besl profl is reali/ed, lo keep in a good thrifty con dition. If this ii done during the winter it will be necessary lo feed mon or It and feeding increases th* cost, Unless one ii reasonably well provide with a good shelter, so that the hoo;* cai b* kept fairly comfortable without bein obliged to feed too much grain to maintai animsl heat, the belter plan, in a majorit; of rase*,wi!l he to crowd the feeding durin the fall, and get all of the hog*, except th breed ing animal* and Ihe fall pig*, ready for market in good leaion. A good pig of any of th* better breed* can be made ready for market at any time after thsy are fixe month* old. To get too mi>- ot o! them, however, it is very e*entia' that tb* feed- ing be liberal, giving all lhat they will eat up clean, in order !> push tix) cr<>wth ** much M possible. With all cluse* of stock it"i v*ry important t-j have it in a* good a condition a* pnuiklsj when sent to market, and. while it is not always advisable tofssd to lull maturity, yet it doe* pay to feed until the animal* are in a good marketable condition. lly selecting out re-sona'oly early a much better opportunity is attorned of feeding when the conditions of growth are most favorable. It is often the case that, with a little extra care, a pig can be madeready for market considerably earlier than would otherwise be th* case, and with pip. at tbi* time.il u often belt lo puih the growth and market rather than to winter over, even if neoessary to push the growth consider- ably in order lo secure Ihe desired condi- tion. THE S1BEEIAN RAILWAY. II 1s Ike w..t Clcanllc (Tallwav (after taken Kver r-|n<-. It i* estimated thai the great Siberian railway, which for the past three yean ha* been in progre**, will 00*1 (omething like a couple of hundred million dollars. The R.isaian Government is pushing work on it with such energy that it i probable that before the end of his tcentury train* will be running from St, Petenburg through to Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan. Six years is the limit for the time of construc- tion. The Czarewitch cut ihe tint sod at Vladivostok en May -Jth. IS9I. The length the railway when completed is to be 4,785 nies.or about twice a* long a* theCanad an Pacific. On the eastern division trains rerunning from Vsldivoetok well into th* terior.snd it is expected to have the entire ne in operation before the end of thi* year, 'he Western division is also nearing com letion. On the mi.ldl- section, where th* garden hose, and in a few moments felt something queer in hi* itomach. He hid wallowed a live frog. A pbyiician re ondilions are nalunlly ihe moet difficult, 1 1""* 1 him - nd where work was begun la.t year, il is | Several pupil* of th* Polytechnic " in Pan*, were kept in after hour*, but through a trap door ollow must b* reflected in change* in the social and political fabric of Kustia, which land* sadly in need of the civilizing in- lueuce* thi* vast enterprise will bring. In opening up vast regions for settlement and a* field* for commercial and manufacturing nt*rpri*e, it seems probable that the world s currents of migration will b* t urn d in new direction*. It may, therefore, lave a considerable effect upon the future I our own country. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Yellowstone Park contain* an area of 3,5T5*quar* miles. At a single bakery in Boeton 10,00 pies are baked every day. Air-brake* on trolley cars, to prevent accidents, has bsrn sognested. Telegraph compute* in Chicago think of lulwiitutiug girl* for boys a* messenger*. I'trrou ar* employed at com* of the r^adroad station* in Germany to call out the name* of the town*. A shower of frog* recently fell in Cambridge, Mass. They were about an inch in length, and quite lively. Although the SUM Canal is only eighty- eight miles long, it reduce* the distance from England to India, by sea, nearly 4,000. .Stuffed white dove*,for funeral emblem*, are prepared in large numben in Jersey City. Their bodies are lold lo French restaurants. Last year 3,000,000,000 gallon* of beer were drank in Europe. Germany imbibed almost half of it. In the United States, WX'.UO'I.UOO gallon* were conaumed. An ice-cream dealer in Eastport, Me., is a bicycle ruler, and wheels around the city with a big advertisement of nis business on hi* whe*l. H* b*heve* in advertising. The new rifle used by the Italian Army end* a bullet with mob force thai it pene- trate, a log of solid ash tt> a depth of five inches al a dUlanc* of three quarters of a mil*. In one week a condor has been kniwn to entirely devour a calf, a sheep, and a dog. It often float* for half an hour in the air, describing large circles, wilhout moving a wing. Food should n*er be allowed to cool in copper cooking utensil*. When fruit i* re- moved hot from the vieael*, the acids from the fruit do not combine with the copper to make a poieoeout compound. Joho CfLr+Tj, a gard*n*r, of Soath Nor walk, Conn., took a long drink from - .lieved that construction will be finished y 1M98, or two year* earlier than the time rigmally set. The reason for this i* that, y utilizing river navigation, it is found hat rail* can b* laid from three different ints si the same time, instead of from >ut ont, a* wa* at first supposed ; and also hat, most unexpectedly, local workmen iro ve to be very abundant. The Government proposes to spend Urge urns upon auxiliary entrpr.*e* fo. the evelopment of the natural resources of Siberia, which, Mr. Geor{ Kennan has old us, ar* em rmous. Branch lines *r to built, the riven ar* to be improved, and iteam navigation established from mints intersected by the railway ; colon i- ation i* to be as*i*l*d, iron work* are to encouraged, and icientinc expedition* ar* to be organized for thorough study of he country. For these purposes, along he line of the tirst division alone 14,000,- 000 rubles, or about $10,5(10,000, have been appropriated. The political and social effects of this tupendou* enterprise -which, indeed, i* he most gigantic railway undertaking ever planned will be of tremendous moment. U effect on the Kussian Government it- self will be likely to be revolutionary. The i industrial development that will WON ON PURE NERVE. d.~ Beak Clerk Labeswberr Malned rMe no* a rartae nhl>. In is.'--' Mr. Labouchtre, a relative of the preient M.P. of that name, wa* a clerk in he banking house of Hope, of Amsterdam. Jne day he was sent by his patron to Mr. taring, the celebrated London banker, to negotiate a loan. He displayed in the at air so much ability a* to entirely win the esteem and confidence of the Kngluh bank- Faith," laid Labonchere one day to Baring, "your daughter i* a charming reaturf. I wish 1 could persuade yon to ri ve me her hand. " ' Young man, you *re joking, for ser oiisly you must allow that Mis* Baring could never become the wife of a limpl* "Ait," said Lboueh*r*, "if I were in partnenhip with Mr. Hope ?" "Oh, that would be quite a different thing : that would entiitly make up for all deficiencies." Returned to Amsterdam, Labouohere saii to his patron - " Yon must take me into partnenhip." "My young friend, how can you think of such a thing ! It I* impossible. You are without fortune, and " But if I become the son in law of Mr. Baring :" In that cane the affair wonld soon be settled, and so you have my word." Fortified with these two promise* Labou ohere nturned to Kngland and two month* after married Mil* Baring, because Mr. Hope had promised to lake him into part- nership, and he became allied to the house of Hope on the itrength of that promise of marriage. Her Sorrow Changed to Anger. Be mine, sweet one, ' he implored a* he knelt al her feet. "I am Try to give you pain," she *were.l, " but it cannot be. Cease to think about me *nd flnd som* other girl who will make you happy." That'* a good idea," he said, a* h* arose and dusted ni* t muter knee* wit.h hi* handkerchief ; " I was a fool not to think of it before." Then the WM mad. mads their escape through a which led to the tnst sewen. Here ihey were lost, and wandered around for twenly four hours. A wiss old farmer in lied Bank, N.-T-. ha* discovered a certain preventive of hydrophobia. A mad dog rushed at him. With threatening fang*. The farmer dex trrously seized the dog by the throat and hoked him to death. Miss Carrie Blood, of Charlestown, W. Vs., it a close (indent of nalual history. To add to her store of information on thi* subject the was tttentively etudying the formation of a Mapping-turtle, when it bit off the tip of her nose. When Voltaire began the Btudy of the F.nghsh language, and fonnd that " ague" was pronounced a* two syllables, and " plague' as on*, he said that he wuhed Lhat half the Knglish had the first disease and other half the other . An electric rat ha* been invented by a Brooklyn man. Cat* were in the babu of having nocturnal picnic* in hi* yard. H* mad* hi* elwctric rat move slowly around the place, and a* each cat pounced upon it, the cat WKS shocked to death. Mis* i J rare Cohee, of Newbern, Ind., to play a practical joke upon a visitor at her house, Mr. Con Beck, arrayed herself a* a Shost, an. 1 confronted him in the dark. H* red two pistol ibot* at h*r. and both bul- lets enured her body, and a fatal result is feared. It ha* b**n proved that the monkey* of the mountain region* of China actually mak* pottery, and us* th* jars to (tor* wins of their own manufacture. Th* wine is *qn**z*d tram mountain bsrrin in ths summer, and used a* a bsvsrage in th* winter, when the water ie fro/so. If the Prino* of Wale* forget* to mak* a birthday present to each of hi* near rela- tive*, l.e is soon reminded of his negligence. No wonder he is bald, for their birthday* com* often. He ha* seventeen brothers-in- law, *ixto*n uncles, fifty-seven cousin*, and fif T y- eight nephew* an J niece*. John Merkert, of MorrUtown, N. J., discharged a gnu in a hornet'* nest. Th* hornet* dashed al him, and he took refuge in a cluner of buihe* infested by a lot of bees. Th* be** and hornet* attacked him so vicionaly that soon his *ye* were closed and his face wa* swelled to twice it* natur- al site. Bee* are being trained as letter carriers by an Knglish farmer. A bee is taken a- way from home, a Fetter printed by micropbotography i* gummed to hi* little back, and he is thrown into the air. Home he goes, like a carrier pigeon; and the hie! advantage he enjoy* over hi* big brother i* that he cannol be seen in time of war, or, if seen, could not very well b* shot. ARTIFICIAL SILK. !.. ihr lveslereri*w rwew whlrb Take* ihr "III. Wuriu'. tMsrr. Claude Meeker, United States Consul at I'.radiord, England, ha* eent to the State Department a report upon the attempt* that sre now being mad<- to manufacture artificial silk. His report contuns oi ie ery interesting points upon the progre* made. He eays that a company is now being promoted io Bradford for the manu- acture of artificial silk. Patent* have been taken ont in the United States, and i t is proposed to establish a company for the purpose of selling right*. The inventor of the procoa* is Dr. Fredench Lehner, of /.anch, Switzerland. At the office of the Company, '' says Mr. Meeker, " there is shown daily the 'spinning frame ' in operation, and one can see the liquid contents of a pot on top of the frame turned instantaneously before hn eye* into what appear* a pure silken yarn or thread." Th Cin*nl give* the following descrip- tion of the process of manufacture : " All vegetable fibre* may, by a treatment by acid* and alkalies, be reduced to what in the commerce of chemistry i* known a* cellulose. Cellulose i*, indeed, made from wood pulp, the rum* from cotton, jute and other (pinning industri**, etc., for a var- iety of commercial parpo*e*. And it i* this material which i* the basil of artificial ilk. By direct combination with nitric acid it i* converted into nitrite, and if a mall quantity of sulphur!-- acid b* also added, th* latter combine* with the water, and, to use a well understood chemical phrase, split* off.' The highest MTKATU Or CBLLCIA1** an explosive*, and are insoluble in alcohol ether. Tke pyrexylme nitrate, or lower ultra 1 e, are fee* exploeive and are soluble in alcohol ether. Ordinary pyroxylins dis- solvsd in alcohol ether i* geUtinou* in char acter.but wanting in viscosity. A solution containmg.say, more than seven per cent, of cellulose is, however, too gelatinous to be readily workable. It is at this pomp when Dr. Lehner'i *pecial ireatmen t ol the pyroxy- lin* come* in. By the addition of diluted sulphuric acid to the alcohol ether he break* dewn the nitrate into bodies of different physical character, bnl ot toe same chemi- cal character, and consequently is able to obtain a twelve per cent, solution which is perfectly flmd sod workable under the ami plest condition*. " The process of the preparation ot this fluid i* a purely chemical one. It i* in th* subsequent treatment of thii fluid and it* convenient into a textile fibre '.hat the main interest centre*, from an industrial point of view. This process is shown in operation upon a machine which is a modification of the ordinary flyer spinning frame. Th* fluid, a muddy, yellowish substance, is contained in a glass jar, from which it is conveyed through pfpes to a small row of imall bentglaa* tubes. e*ch naving an *x> tremely fine noule or orifice. Theee tubes an arranged in a (hallow trough of water, Ihe orifice boing beneath the water level. Al the fluid leave* the noule the water re moves sixty per cent, of the solvent, and th* fluid immediately coagulate*, and is drawn off in a remarkably fine filament of brilliant luetre and, when dry, of great tenacity. Half a dozen *nch rilamenta are gathsred together and spun precisely as silk or wool is ipun. only without ths drafting arrangement, and at a *pe*d in accordance with th* twist requirod. In passing through ths spinning frame it rapidly dries and become* quit* solid, and WHAT UNCLE_SAM IS AT, ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. elsjhsmrlr lalere.l ! Hi. lloix. :.i irr. t.f *! Mud snrtB) C,ulbrrril I r.m Ml. ftall) f roril. The large* t tobacco warehouse in the world it at Louisville, Ky. There are 13.000,000 men of military ago ID the Celled State*. A lufferer from asthma at Olendale, Pa., ha* not ilept io a bed for 10 yean. The railroad* of the United State* have preeent debts amounting to $ 1 1 ,000,000. At the rate at which Texan timber i be- | log cat '.he lupply will la*t only 15 yean. Mr*. Henry Ward Beecher wa 82 year* old Sunday. She i* enjoying fairly good health. The boiineM of iweet corn canning ha* of late developed anew indiutry in the dairy dislrict* of New York. A syndicate of capitaliiU i* to build a $1,01)0,000 theatre near the corner of Mon- roe and Clark etreeu, Chicago. The Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher, Henry Ward'* eldeet brother, celebrated hi* 91*6 birthday annivenary Monday. Thorn** A. Garfield, the only brother of the assassinated president, i* living on a farm 16 mile* from Grand Rapid*. Mr*. George W. Child*, widow of the Philadelphia editor, ha* arranged for the building of the palatial manaion in Wash- ington. The teacher* of Junction City, Kania*, have been forbidden by the local education al board to attend more than one dance per Work of the British Post Office. According to the British Poetmaiter t.rneral i fortieth annual report, iaiucd at a Parliamentary paper, the total number of letter*, poet card*, book packet*, circu- lar*, (ample*, newipaper*. and parcel* de- livered in the United Kingdom during the year ended Miroh 3)*t i* estimated at _>, H.M.534,000, an average ol over 74 to each penou. and an more*** of nearly -M per cent, compared with the prviou* year. The e*timated total revenue for the year wa* i'Hi,7.'U,ss."i in the poetal department, and -J,57tt, < JOO in the telegraph depart- ment. The total expenditure wa* i'H>,.M I,- 7H, of which 7.757,423 had reference to the Postal Department, and 2,754,023 to the Telegraph Department. in 'the' process of drying the remainder of the ol vent ie removed. The yarn on the pool* i* practically l!DITI!:i-l>.HAHI.I rmOM TKAM SILK, eioept by microMopic or chemical examina- tion. It la. however, in ihi* condition, when perfectly dry, a highly inflammable lubetanoe, and it therefore requirei to go through a third process that of deoitra- tion in which by a well-known treatment by ammonium lulphide the nitrate acid i* itracted. after which, when the yarn i* again dried, it 11 practically non-inflamm- able It i*. indeed. !* inflammable than cotton or i lira. Chemically, the yarn when deaitratei approximate* very oloeely to lilk iteelf. The lustrous character of the mater- ial depende upon it* transparency and it* cylindrical construction. The yarn can be ipun to any thickneee of count, and a thread, it i* claimed, i* of even diameter through- out, unbroken, and it may be produced oi unlimited length. Indeed, once the spin ning frame i* properly started and given a cootinuoue tupply of the celluloee nitrate, the operation of (pinning i* practically automatic and may be continued indefin at*ly. " Sample* of yarn, furniture fringe* and braid(. brocaded (ilk handkerchiefs, pon- gee*, gimps, tewinu (ilk, etc.. dyed in a great variety of ihade*. were inapected and bandied by many gentlemen well able to estimate their commercial value, and the {neral opinion a* to the trilliano* of the effect* produced wa* favorable. The arti- ficial (ilk material* will *tand washing and ironing without loaing their luitre or with- Easy to Cure but-. " Si your huiband U ailing again:" Mr*. Shmpune " Ye*; it'* insomnia now. H oan't deep a wink." "Ah, I'll eoon cure him of that.' 1 " Ye*. I am iur- you can." "Tnank* for your confidence. He i* worried about (omething, 1 prtiume." 11 Indeed he ii, poor mao. He lie* awake all night wondering how be i* ever go'ng to pay your last bill." out any impairment of their colon. "It should be slated that the manufac- turer* and textile export* of Bradford have no confidence in the ueef ulneu nd practic- ability of the ntw prices*. It was ottered to the Manninghan. Silk Mill* (Luter Co.,) the largeit (ilk manufactory in Kng land, before It wa* introduced to the general public, but they declined to recog- nize it* utility. I have queetioned a dozen other* whoaeexperienc*in the trade ought to make their opinion* value.ble.and they nave, without exception, dated their belief thai the invention would not prove a success.'' Mia* France* EL AMIerd mggest* a Chris- tian theatre one conducted in a way that nhgious paper* could advertise and recom- mend. The United State* i.oernment hi* cut down the appropriation for the Port Or- chard dry dock on Puget Sound from $H' : .- 000 to 145,000. E. P. Bickell, of Cincinnati, becaite a raving maniac while on a tram near Dray- ton, Ohio, and wa* subdued only after a deeperate struggle. According to tiie Society tor the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animal* there ha* been but one mad dog in New York City for twenty eight yean. A new church the American Catholio church ha* been organized in the State*. The moet of theee secedors from the Komau Catholio* are Pole*. The New Jeieey society of Cincinnati devotee the income of a fund of $30,000 for the marking of place* in that *tale made historic by the war of the revolution. Thirty-five yean ago Mrs. Milton Steven- ion, of Georgetown, Ky . ran a piece of broken gits* into her hand. Last week the |lase wa* taken out at the elbow. A Teia* newspaper say* that Mr. and Mr*. Milton A. Baker. " poeeibly the wealthiest negroes in Texas," are now mak- ng a tour of the principal cities of the Old World. It i* laid that a man at Heming* Cor- ner, Tenn., (brink* once a month from 1HO to 110 pound* and remain* in that condition for a week, after which he regain* hi* angi- nal weight. Captain Kent, a pioneer and wealthy citizen of Omaha, ha* been declared miaim and removed to an asylum. Be was the promoter of many of Omaha s public build- ing* and parks. An old album of (tamps collected thirty years ago in Savannah and recently dis- covered by an heir of the collector, has re- vealed a number of valuable issue*, some of them worth $1,900. The United States Credit System Com- pany of Newark, N. J., which insure mer- chant* against had debt*, is in the band* of a receiver, it* capital having recently been impaired to the extent of $-.200.000. Price < old by, who live* near Trimble. Teun., was under a tree which wa* (track by lightning. When he recovered con- ciouinee* his *kin was as black asansgro's and hii been *o svsr line*, but otherwise he was uninjured. At Greenwood, Ind., the women (tarved out the only saloon in the place by opening an ice cream parlor next door and operating it so as to make a chance to shake bands with every male acquaintance who paased it on hi* way after a drink. The house in which Lindley Murray, the famous grammarian of early American days, was born is (till Handing about twelve miles south of Harriiburg, IV It i* a some- what pretentious log-house, with threw room* and a ileepmg loft. In Massachusetts the experiment of tax- ing bicycles is proving a failure. Nearly half the wheels are owned by minon, who are entitled by law to $1.000 exemption. In Boston, which ha* 15,000 wheels, no attempt will be made to levy the tax. In Jefferson County, \Vi*con*in, the in- troduction of dairying hae been followed by an increase in the value of farm land* from $16 to $40 per acre and in a reduction in the number of mortgaged homestead* from sixty to seventy per cent. o( the total. Alexander S. Blaine, of Simpson county, Kentucky, left only one request when he died. That was to be buried in his ilk- lined broadcloth coat. Hi* maiden sister, with whom he had lived many years. wouldn't allow the request to be complied with. Something Unusual. He was so elf conceited that he didn't know there wai a little i in the alphabet, and yet he wa* sweet on a girt He thought it would be *11 right, and tried to pat hi* arm around her. He wm* mistaken. Oh, excute me," he said, "I forgot my- elf." Well, ehe replied sharply, "if you di 1. it'* the first time I've heard of it. ' The capitol at U ashington ha* cost more than $30,000,000. It cover* three and a half acre*, the dome i* .107 feet high and !.'{.> iu diameter, and i* exceeded in line only by St. Peter'* in Rome, St. Paul'* in Lon- don, the Invalids* in Pari* and St. lanac* in St. Petenburg. Mrs. Lucinda Bradley, a colored woman, died al Bralonvill*, Ohio, recently, at the age of A.I. She has been * slave, bolongmg to Henry Clay, until *hi ws* nine years old, when Clay sold her. After various tranifen she was bought by William Brad- ley in 1 ".">!!, who took her to Auam* Countv. Ohio, where they lived a* man and wife. I mcinriati'h fire department ha* adopted an innovation in the way of a portable tele- phone which is carried to all ore* and connection made with wires running to the department headquarteis. Thi* enable* the chief or the marshal in command to keep in constant communication with the ha1qnartsrs ol tht organization.