| Superintendent Nautical Almanac | 3,500 |
| Commander of Marine Corps | 3.500 |
| Director Geological Surveys | 6.000 |
| Auditor Railroad Accounts | 5,000 |
| Commissioner of Patents | 4,500 |
| Commissioner of Pensions | 3,600 |
| " Agricultural | 3,000 |
| " Indian Affairs | 3,000 |
| " Education | 3,000 |
| Superintendent of Census | 5.000 |
| " Naval Observatory | 5,000 |
| Commissioner General Land Office | 4,000 |
FIRST STEAMBOAT AND LOCOMOTIVE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
The first steamboat plied the Hudson in 1807, and was built by Robert Fulton. The first use of a locomotive in the United States was in 1831.
REMEDIES FOR BURNS AND SCALDS.
Every family should have a preparation of linseed oil and lime water, about the consistency of thick paint, constantly on hand for burns and scalds. The best application in case of burns and scalds is a mixture of one part of carbolic acid to eight parts of olive oil. Lint or linen rags are to be saturated in the lotion, and spread smoothly over the burnt part, which should then be covered with oil silk or gutta percha tissue to exclude air.
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF MASON AND DIXON'S LINE.
A name given to the southern boundary line of the "free State of Pennsylvania," which formerly separated it from the slave States of Maryland and Virginia. It was surveyed-with the exception of about twenty-two miles-by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two English mathematicians and surveyors, between November 15, 1763, and December 26, 1767. During the exciting debate in Congress, in 1820, on the question of excluding slavery from Missouri, the eccentric John Randolph, of Roanoke, made great use of this phrase, which was caught up and re-echoed by all, or nearly all, the newspapers in the country, and thus gained a celebrity which it still retains.