PERSONALS. 
Ezra Whitman, the honorable gentleman 
and veteran dealer in agricultural supplies, 
who died in Baltimore the other day, was oue 
of the pioneers in the construction of reaping 
and mowing machines, ami also perfected a 
number of improvements in agricultural ma¬ 
chinery. Since 1843 ho has been a resident of 
Baltimore, and his name had become a house¬ 
hold word in the homes of Maryland farmers 
nearly 40 years ago, and was also widely 
known throughout the South, where he was 
universally respected, as, indeed, he was by all 
who knew r him. 
writes, writes, until he finds he can do nothing 
else, and that there is a very poor market for 
the writing. If he had stuck to his regular busi¬ 
ness and taken up the writing as a recreation 
he would have done well Thrre are lota of 
these “walking sticks” that are very pleasant 
to carry, but when we corne to lean upon them 
we find that they are sure to break down. 
Let us stick to our crutches first and last. 
We have been having some very hot weath¬ 
er. Last Sal urday the mercury stood at 99° 
ini he shade. Where it would have stood in 
the sun I can’t say. I was out in the sun and 
know' it seemed hot enough to boil eggs. In 
the afternoon a terrible storm came up. 
Trees were blown down, windows broken and 
lots of damage done. Our folks started out 
for a picnic iu the forenoou. It was too hot 
for comfort. They couldn’t get a single 
breath of breeze and the sun burned them up 
well. They went to the Hudsou River. High 
up ou the “Palisades” on a clear day you can 
look away over to Long Island. It was not 
very clear last Saturday so the view was not 
good. I met the picnieerson their way home. 
I had a chance to ride part of the way with 
them. We gave some singing that startled 
the neighbors. I guess l contributed more 
noise than music but it all helped. We got 
home to find two great cherry trees blown 
down across the road. They weie good old 
trees in their day, but their days of usefulness 
are over now. 
Mr. Tilimcn, according to the Loudon 
News, owned property in England to the 
value of £138,000. 
Alfonso, XIII., King of Spain, is a little 
over a year old and receives a salary of 
7.000,000 pesetas a year, which nearly equals 
$1,500,000. 
Mrs. M, Louise Thomas, president of 
Sorosis, or Women’s Club, of this city, has 
been one of the most successful bee keepers in 
the country, making 10,000 pounds of honey 
in a /ear. 
Thursday last, July 21, Mrs. Cleveland 
celebrated her 23d birthday anniversary 
quietly at Oak View, the President’s country 
house near Washington. Many happy, very 
happy, returns of the day, Madame! 
The bronze statue of .Schuyler Colfax at 
Indianapolis stands eight feet four inches high, 
on a granite pedestal about 12 feet high. 
Three blocks at the base represent Faith, Hope 
and Charity. The cost is about $0,000. 
William K. Vanderbilt, who is still in 
London, has leased Beaufort Castle, Lord 
Lovat’s new and picturesque seat in Inver¬ 
ness, for two months, at a reutal of $10,000- 
It is said to be the very ideal of a sporting 
estate. , 
Mr.s. Woodson, a Cuban, living in Essex 
County, New York, was the first woman to 
become naturalized in this country. She took 
the oath of allegiance on Jan. 3, 1872, Mrs, 
Delacroix, of Yonkers, was made a citizoness 
in 1885. 
George Gould, elder son of Jay, is now 
getting the credit for having put up the job 
that squeezed Cyrus W. Field out of his Man¬ 
hattan stock in revenge for a slight nut upon 
his pretty wife when she was Miss Edith 
Kingdon, the actress. 
Mrs. Beecher seems unable since her hus¬ 
band's death to remain in Brooklyn or away 
from it. Her white and pathetically com¬ 
posed face is seen among the Plymouth parish- 
oners every few weeks, though nominally she 
is spending the summer at Slotnford, Conn. 
Rev. William N. Cleveland, the brother 
with whom the President has been visiting at 
Forestpotfc, is a Presbyterian preacher that 
preaches at three different churches, alternat¬ 
ing between them and preaching three times 
every Sunday. His charges are six miles 
apart. 
Jules Verne is 59, and with the exception 
of a stiff knee caused by a shot from an insane 
nephew, is hale and hearty. He writes two 
novels a year, thinks there is no place like 
America, though he only spent a week here, 
and always gives an American character an 
honorable place in bis books. 
Lord Albemarle and Lien. George Which- 
eote are among the few survivors of Water¬ 
loo. Lord Albemarle entered the army in 
1815, retired on half-pay as major, became a 
major-general iu 185.8 and n general in 1874. 
Gen. Whicbeote received his commission in 
1811, and served iu the Peninsula with the 52d 
Light Infantry'. 
The first bale of new hops, crop 1887, was 
received Wednesday and sold at 40 cents per 
pound. This is the earliest arrival in several 
years, and is pronounced to be of choice qual¬ 
ity. It was grown by Mr. James F. Clark, of 
Cooperatewa, Otsego County, N. Y. Mr. 
Clark has had the credit of getting the first 
bale to market for several Years. 
Mrs. Gladstone is described as a very 
amiable, gracious-looking lady, with iron- 
gray hair, thick and abundant, brushed down 
over her cars. She has good color, regular 
features, aud clear, blue-gray eyes, iu which 
any one may read her sincere admiration for 
her husband if she is watching him on any 
public occasion, or conversing about him in 
private. 
Stanley Brown, private secretary to the 
late President Garfield, is the sou of a car¬ 
penter living fu Washington. He graduated 
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UNCLE MARK’S TALK 
A young man has opened a stand for the 
sale of milk opposite the Post Office. The first 
thing he did was to put up a framed statement 
to the effect that his milk comes from Orange 
County, N. Y., that it is pure and sweet, and 
that one quart of sweet cream is added to 
each can of milk. I like that way of starting 
into business. People come along aud read 
the notice aud many of them step right up 
and buy a glass of milk. The eaus are packed 
in ice. The milk is ladled out in a long- 
handled dipper. This stand is right next door 
to a beer saloon, I believe the business of 
this beer saloon will be hurt by this milk 
staud. I hope so, Rtiyway. If there is any 
business that I would like to see ruined, it is 
the beer-seller’s business. 
The other day while I was waiting for my 
turn, a man with a big basket in his hand, 
bought a glass of milk. He stepped into a 
doorway to drink it. He opened his basket 
aud out jumped a little black puppy. The 
mau divided his milk with the puppy aud it 
was hard.to say which enjoyed the drink most. 
I never saw a man say r “thauk you” any 
plainer than that puppy did. He had only a 
weak little bark ami a stubby tail to say it 
with, but he made them speak. 
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Thess levainj are complete, and are the ?ame from 
which students are taught at Haven's Collettes, and which 
enable us to lit students fur Short-Hand and T.V|ie-Writing 
office positinnajn Three >1 nniIt•»’ time. The lessons are 
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T don t like a noisy dog, Some people keep 
dogs that run out into the road and bark at 
the passers by. They are always barking and 
snarling but never biting. I don’t like such 
dogs, they do a great deal of damage often¬ 
times. Many horses have been frightened 
into running away by such curs. I like a dog 
that minds his own business and keeps quiet 
until he is told to bark. Some people keep 
bull dogs for watching. This is bad business. 
A bull dog is nothing but a fighter. We have 
no place for fighters ou the farm. We have 
a big Setter dog He knows more than some 
men do. In some South American countries 
they get along without dogs for watching. A 
grayish-brown bird is kept in the yard. 
Whenever a stranger comes uear or whenever 
there is any cause for alarm this bird sets up 
a sort of hoarse croaking not unlike the noise 
made by a watchman’s rattle. We have a 
pai i ot at our house that could make noise 
enough if ueeessary. The trouble is that he 
goes to sleep when night comes. Night is the 
time for thieves and rascals to come about. 
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" HKhLI-.lt vV MK1.1CK t o Albany, N. Y. 
Tn many parts of the country people are 
obliged to drink rain-water. I have had to 
do it myself. I think it would taste pretty 
flat after drinking the spring water we have 
on our place, The water runs down from the 
roof, into a cistern from which it is pumped 
as people need it. People who have to drink 
such water will tie glad to know that an Eng¬ 
lishman has invented what he calls a rain¬ 
water separater. It is a little machine to be 
fastened to the spout. The water runuing 
through it is purified and cleaned. Only the 
clear water can run into the cistern. This 
seems to me like a useful invention. Many 
inventions are not useful. 
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families, iu studying away at this useless 
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cent. They spoil themselves for all useful 
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men who go off on this wild chase after an in¬ 
vention. I want my boys to keep out of the 
ranks of speculators and people who do busi¬ 
ness on “what l exi>eet to do.” 
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this inventing is like a good many 
other things, very good in its place. 
As the saying is, “it. makes a fine 
walking stick, but a very poor crutch,” 
Most of us uced a crutch; that is, we need 
some busiuess that will yield us a living. 
While we keep this “crutch” strong and sound 
by putting our best thought into our business, 
we are pretty sure to keep out of debt and ob¬ 
tain a fair amount of happiness. When we 
throw the “crutches” away and take up the 
“walking stick,” look out. By “walking 
stick” I mean any of the little jobs that we 
like to do eveu better than our regular busi¬ 
ness, but which don’t briug in mouoy enough 
to pay our expenses. Writing for the papers 
is oue “walkiug stick” that trips up many 
good jieople. A person may get an article ac¬ 
cepted by u paper aud at once decide that 
there is a good living to be made at writing. 
He neglects his regular busiuess and writes, 
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