Winter Weather, from Um northlanU blows tba wind kueuly; ((laid are the desolate homes of the poor.) Uoea will the snowflakee be falling serenely. (Think of the pain that the tireless endure.) MgMljr in parlors the diamonds glisten. Cites of black diamonds one would buy.) Beautiful darlings to loving words listen. (Poverty'sohlldren are dying close by.) Am stretches out from the shore of the river, (Any worn blankets, old drosses or ooatsf) ■van the warmest most tremble and shiver. (Vvsry free gift a glad angel notes.) TV j who have plenty may rest and be thank ful, (Think of Ood's childrec with nothing at all.) Now should sweet charity's river be bankod full. (Thinkof the stream that is bitter as gall.) Whiter is with us, in spite of delaying. (Help that poor woman, so scantily clad.) Now for the glories of skating ai d sleighing, t Hunger ie driving that girl to the lied.) Mouths are before as of bard winter weather, (Bee the poor babes in tbeir pitiful nest.) Nightly the rich ones are Joying together . (Charity giree to all pleasoree a sest.) •rightly the tun of prosperity rises. (Res thst yon make not the bard times too hard.) Past are the days of the "panic" and "crisis." (Heaven with charity's jewels Is starred.) Winter shuts down upon city and forest. (Thousands must in Sit with hunger and cold.) lay is now highest, and need is now sorest, (Chanty's crown is of heavenly gold.) - ,Vw York Sun. ESCAPED. A TAt.B or Till? REVOLUTION. Slew Jersey, a* well M New York, (M originally settled by colonist* from Holland, ana although the English at one time got possession of the territory, the Dntch regained it on J held it, under the name of Aehter Kol, nntil 1073. Among the earlv emigrants from Holland was a family by the name of! Kovenhoven, who took np lands in what is now Monmonth ooonty, near the; pnsent village of Eatontown. Their descendants, under the anglicised name ! of OonoTer, lire in the name regions to this day. In 1777-78 this familv had a farm on the ocean shore, probably within the present limits of Long Branch. At that time the men folks were all away with the Continental army, nndcr Gen. Washington. The family left at home consisted of the mother, a daughter of eighteen or twenty years, a son of sixteen years, and another of ten. These contrived to support themselves on the farm, and also to contribute liberally to the Con tinental cause. Notwithstanding the defenceless con dition of the place, with the enemy in possession of the country, the Kuven boven homestead was an important post in a line of secret communication kept ap between the parties of New York and the East, and their friends beyond the Delaware. The elder of the Kuvenboveo boys, though only a growing lad, was s trusted messenger in this " grapevine " postal service, and by his ui'l and daring in working through the British lines, had already woo the name of Kalte Koven- | boven, or, as we would now say, Cool Ooaover. Early in the summer of 1778, when Gen. Clinton was preparing to aban don the line of the Delaware and fall baek on the Hudson river, a body of Hceaian troops was sent through the Jerseys to open the way to Bandy Hook, where the army was to embark for New ! York. The Hessians harried the country to some extent, foraging as they advanced, and making special efforts to break np the secret postal service known to be maintained in spite of their utmost *igi lance. The line was kept running at that tame, as may readily be supposed, with redoubled activity, and the messengers spared neither risk nor hardship to get their dispatches through. The service was nil the harder as the activity of the enemy forced them to seek round-about ways, and travel long distances. The route was turned down through the pinea, an unbroken wil derness. extending, at that time, nearly across the South Jerseys. One night in June young Con over re tained home from s trip into the pines weary and worn. He had ridden many a long mile through the soft aands of the forest without daring to wait for real or refreshment Stopping at the ban and turning his tared mare into the salt meadow, he Mouldered the saddle and carried it np to the barn. He had an important dispateb with him, fastened under hie arm In a water proof cover. Worn out with hard riding from early morning till after mid night, and with the constant strain of anxious watchfulness, he felt relieved •ad thankful to get borne in safety. Sitting down on a bean of straw, he took off his heavy riding-boots, and un buttoned bis shirt to remove the pre moos package, and then, in an instant, Urn reaction from over-exertion oonquer ed him, and be dropped into a deep lie slept heavily nntil the first beams ef daylight began to shine through the weeks in the bam. Then be was sud denly awakened by a tremendous thumping close by him. Aa he sprang ap the butt of a mus ket broke through the door, and in stinctively the boy realised that tor ease be had been caught napping. It waa his way to face danger when he eonld not avoid it; so bo sprang to Hie door, feeling for ids package ana finding it safe under hie arm atthe* same mo- Six men stood outside, and in the dtaa morning light be reeognised them M a detail from a detachment of Hes sians whom be had been dodging all the previous afternoon. They addressed him roughly, and one ai them, in broken English, commanded Mm to find forage for their bones. '• Dud, junker," he added, " rouse der hauso and get right away preakfast." The boy brought out bay and grain m abundance tor the bones, and then led the way to the bonne. Hia water Katie was already astir, and immediate* ly comprehending the situation, abe set about preparing a good breakfast, without any fuse or hesitation. The meal passed off quietly, the fam ily keeping in the background a* much an possible, and the troopers showing no disposition to make trouble. The corporal in oharge of the detail, after partaking most heartily of the good things that filled the table, seemed inclined to be quite friendly. " Und what your name ist, mein kindt ?" he said to his hostess. " Katie, air. replied the girl. " Ya, woll, Katriua. Du bist liebes madohen—goot girl. Und der bruder T" ••My brother? His name is Ned— Edward. I mean." "80, Etonart, ya 1 Und der fader, wo iBt?" At thin moment " Etouart " enmc to the door leading the corporal's horse. " I've watered, him," he said, and rub lied him down as well its I could in a hurry," •• Ya, woll, schooner kerl. Now we go cheat rait aud the daugerous ques tion ua to the father's whereabout* was not answered. On inquiring the way to Hhrewsbury town, the oorporal decided that " Eton art " mnst accompany the party u mile or two up the shore to point out the road. The boy did uot dare to object under the circnmstanoes, and was the less un willing to go as in walking np the beach he might meet Dennis Hendriekson, the messenger expected to take the dispatch and carry it forward. He therefore led the way down to the shore, striding along liernde the corpor al's horse, explaining to that worthy the state of the tide, and the necessity for making some haste to avoid the rising water. The Koveuhovens still spake Holland Dutch at home, and " Etonart " under stood irearly everything the Hessians said to each other, hut he was very care fnl not to permit any sign of intelligence to escape him. To his surprise snd consternation, he found that one object of their raid 'long shore was to capture himself. They were bound for Handy 11-iok, and bad in structions to pick him np on the wsy, thongh they had bnt dim ideas as to what he could lie like, or where they could come np with bim. He had taken the precaution on lesv ing the hones to make an exense tor banding his sister the spyglass, which hangs over every 'longshoreman's man tel. The quick-witted girl had canght the hint to keep watch f the parly, aa be knew she wonld ile. After following the beach nearly a mile, and finding the Hessians hadn't a shade of suspicion in their minds as to who he was, be was jaat congratulating himself on getting out of a ilangerons predicament in safety, when out of the very lane the soldiers were turning into, there came the lsst mau in the world he wanted to see. This wsa a shoemaker by the name of Hsu borne, whom every body in the neighborhood disliked and distrusted. He evaded his duty as a patriot, and was believed to be a traitor at heart. Coming upon each other at right angles, Han borne ami E l ward met almost within arma' length. No sooner did the shoemaker see the troopers than be threw np his bat and cried out: •' Kalte Kovenhoven, canght, by Oeorge f 80 they've got yon at last, yon young rebel! Edward tried bis beet to make San borne understand that be was not a prisoner, and that the Hessian* did not know him; bnt the man would not heed his signals. " Yon needn't make signs to me," he said. •' I don't know any of your signs, and don't want to." " Kalte Kovenhoven ?" queried the amaied corporal, looking all abont him in oonfnsion. "Wo ist Kovenhoven t" "This is him !" exclaimed Han borne. " This ia the little sand-snipe that has made yon more trouble than a hnll reg iment o' ragged Continentals." " Dn Kleiner Hpitsbnbe I" cried the corporal, not without amnsod interest. " Ist dot aof" The soldiers drew their horses amend him, and incited by Hanbnrne, two of them looaened their halter* to aecure him with them. If they once confined him, they wonld be very likely to March him, and then they would get poeeee aion of the die patch. He bad no great fear a* to hia own fate, even if made a priaoner, bnt the diapatch* they tnnat not get hold of. Hneh were the thought* that flaahed through the boy'a mind, and prompted a deaperate reeort. Dropping to the ground aa one of the j trooper* reached out to lay hand* on him, 000 l Oonorer darted out from be tween the horaea and up rang acroaa the beach. Tearing off hia poet aa he ran, be leaped into the anrf and dove through the breaker* that were rolling from four to *ii feet high over the bar. " Fire! fir* I" ncreemed Ban borne. " He'll get away from you I" Bnt the stolid German soldier* were not given to firing without order*, and the oorporal, completely bewildered, could only remark, " Dot poj will go trownt r " Etouart," however, had no notion of drowning. Clearing the line of breaker*, be struck ont straight off ahore, and although several shot* ware fired at him he waa not hit, end eoon he waa out of mnaket range. The tide, running flood, earned him np the beech, and the soldiers followed along after bum, expecting him soon to grow weary, and to see him rink under the ware*. Katie Oonorer watched the departure of the eoldiera with a long sigh of re lief, and the moment they were out of earshot called to her mother that they were fairly off. She followed their movement* until they turned toward* the lane, and then dropped the glass, satisfied that all was well Something, however, prompted her to take another look after Ned, and while trying to make him out, she eaw a figure daab acroaa the beeob and into thenurf. A moment's reflection told her what had occurred. She understood that Ned bad met with some •ald en peril, and rather than to riak the loea of the die patch, he bad plun fed through the surf and waa swimming ont into the oeren. "Now," aba reasoned with bcrae'f, 1 "ha doesn't expect to swim acroaa the Atlantic, and he can't star in the water all day, hoping to be picked np by a ooaater. What he think* of ia that may be 111 ace him, and try to piok him np with the Rnrf-akiff; and ao I will." Galling her yonnger brother, the brave girl ran down to the ahore, and with the ohild'a help dragged the anrf akiff aeroaa the beach. A Joraey anrf-akiff ia a very light boat of oedar, thin aa a ahull and easily han dled. To lanneh the little craft through the breaker* and jnmp into it without npaetting, require* a good deal of akili and a good deal of pluck beaide. Katie waa not a novice in auch thinga, and in a few minutea aho waa pulling a atrong, ateady atroke up the beach,heading a point or two off ahore. Bhe oould not aee her brother in the water, but after rowing, aa it (teemed to her, a very long time, ahe naw the sol diera on the aand, and judged that Ned muat be aomewhnre in line with them. Pulling oil nntil sbo came abreast of them, she stood up and looked about her. Hhe found she was at least a mile off shore, and two miles np the beach i from home. Ned was nowhere to be seen, and after scanning the sea in every direction, Hhe Hank lutck with a sickening fear that he bad gone down. At that moment she heard a faint call, and rising again, oonhl plainly distin guish a distant hail. She could not ace anything at first, but pulled rapidly in the direction of the sound, with her heat! over her shoulder, she was pres ently gladdened by a glimpse of some thing yet a Uug way off. Rowing for dear life, she soon made out her brother's arm occasionally ap pearing on a rising wave. He was floating almost under water, and rory uearly exhausted. Katie had to give him the oars to rest on, and to help support him as best she oould for some time before he was aide to scramtde into the skiff. The girl had dene her beat, but with all her speed he had been an hour in the water when ahe reached hitn. The loss of a few moments might have lost his life. With Nod lying in the bottom of the skifl limp and faint, Katie pulled sway for home with a glad heart, and if she cried a little, it was for joy as ranch as anything. They found Hcndrickaon waiting for Katie's return, thinking ahe might pos aibly have the despatch, though he lit tle expected to see Ned with her. The Hessians hail watched their es caping prisoner until a most out of sight, and then they saw him throw up his arms and diaapp nr. When Katie came along in her boat, they supposed her search would ha useless, and had turnel into a lane leading inland. On reaching their rendezvous at Handy Hook, they reported that the boy had been drowned ami hia liody carried out to sea. HantHime hastened to spread the same report throngh the neighborhood, and his friends thought they had lost Master Nod, and great was the rejoic ing when he reappeared the next day sound and well, and evervbody said : " Isn't that just like KatP Koven beven ?" Youth*' Companion. Frcl Tire* and CI last* A writer who haa been making a study of forest tree*, their rspid destruction in this count .y, and their effect on climate and health, says that aince 1885 the for eat area of the weatcrn hemisphere ha* decreased at the yearly average rate of 7,600,000 acrea, or aboiit 11,000 aqnare mi lea, and that thia rate in the United Btatra alone haa advanced from 1,600 aqnare milea in 1835 to 7.000 in 1865, and 8,400 in 1876, while the laat two year* have acaroely hron lea* exhaust ive. Htatiatiea for eighty year* previon* to 1836 ahow the* we have been wanting the annply o? moistnr* to American soil at the average rate of seven per oent, H t j each qnarter of a century dnring the laat 126 year*, and that we are now approach ing the limit beyond which any fnrther derreaae will materially influence the climate of the entire continent. Many Eaatern region*, aoch a* Afghanistan, Per*!*, India and Aaia Minor, once no* *eased of a fine climate, and abundant harvest*, are now often aoonrged by pestilence and famine, and it ia alto gether probable that their miafnrtnnea began with the disappearance of their na'fve forest*. It ia qnitc likely that we ahall * offer in climate, fertility and health tiefors a great while, if we oon tinne to destroy onr trees aa reoklcssly aa we have done, and it behooves n to be warned in time. What he* happened elsewhere may certainly happen here. Indeed, there ia great danger of it, for we know by expert* nor thet fertile lands have grown aterile by loss of trees, and that sterile lands have in tarn become fertile by systematic planting. A cer tain proportion of well-wooded, aa well of arable end pea tare lend, ia essential to oar material prosperity; and thia pro portion can never be kept np onions regular tree-planting be adopted aa a set off to the excessive destruction inoee - sent ly going on. For 160 yean we have been felling the forest; for the next 160 we should try to restore what we have taken away. Keep Tear Secrets. The whole world ia fall of people craving for confidence—people to whom a ecret ia like gold in a child's pocket, burning to be issued. Those who are high in rank and blessed with every ad vantage are often tormented for want of " a true friend;" meaning thereby some one to whom tbey oan confide secrets. And on tboee who will simply take them and kaap them, they are willing to be atow friendship; to those who wonld be in such confidence it is enough that tbey follow the advice already given of never being directly or indirectly the means of disseminating gossip of any kind. In connection with thia subject the reader may properly be advised against curiosity. There are people who oan not aae a letter without craving to know to whom it ia addressed, or who cannot find anything written lying on a labia without involuntarily picking it np. The Paul Pry ia the meanest character of roetety, and he who would feel supe rior in strength and in Integrity should strive vigorously to bare nothing in common with such a type of haeeness. Bear oontinnally in mind the fart that in the art of conversation the secret of suoceas lies not ao ranch in knowing what to any aa in what to avoid saying. ADeaperate lnel. Although the number of duela which have ended fatally for the combatant* ia happily limited, the faahion which pre vailed during the eighteenth oentnry of having a number of aeoonda on either aide pitted one againat the other, cauaed many duela to end fatally for more than one of the actor* in them. One of the moat famoua duela of thia kind, aa well aa one of the moat disastrous in ita con sequence*, wa* that lietween the Duke of Hamiltou and Lord Mobun, which took place in the reign of Anne, in the year 1712. The Duke of Hamil ton waa a moat amiable and acnompliahed gentleman, beloved by hi* friend* and reapected by all ; while Lord Mohun waa the moat finished scoundrel and desperado of the time, which ia saying a good deal. Lord Mohun, for private reaaona, of which revenge waa only 01 c, waa determined to force a quarrel on the duke. Accordingly he maulted him grossly and then sent him a challenge, which the duke, although he knew that in ao doing he played into the scoun drel's hands, was forced to accept. They met in Hyde park, aud fought long and fiercely, both were accomplished swordsmen, and, although they wound ed each other again and again, no at tempt even at a reconciliation was made. It was thoroughly understood that the duel was to the death. The dnke had received four aerioua wounds, and Lord Mohun three, when the duke managed to get paat hia adversary's guard, aud rid the world of one of the moat worth less men who have ever disgraced it. What really followed will never be known for certain. As the duke leaned forward with hia aword still in Lord Mohun's Is sly he waa stabbed through the shoulder to the heart. It waa said that Lord Mohun, after receiving hia death blow, shortened bis aword, and, with the denperate strength of a dying man, drove it to the hilt through the duke'a body. But this was disbelieved at the time, and Major Macartney, one of I/ord Mohnn'a seconds, waa accused of having stabbed the duke from be hind, as aoou as he saw Lord Mohun * mortally wounded. His immediate flight after the duel lends some color to tin- accusation, but that may ]Mrhaps be explained by the fact that he well knew no one concerned in the death of aocii a notable man as the Dnke of Hamilton wonld escape punishment Be this as it may, the fact remains that one of the moat accomplished statesmen and pol ished gentlemen of the day bartere i hia life for that of a scoundrel fit only for the hulks. And this shows one great reason why dnuling is anch miserable folly. Unless the lives involved be equal in value, the game is manifestly unfair. Th' Aryoty. A others and IMseaats. A New York correspondent say* : It hu bn said that Bayard Taylor'a din ease waa hardly understood by the phy sicians, and it ia Dot even now clear whether it waa dropsy or disease of the kidney*. Thia lead* to a brief reference to aatbor* and diaeaae*, and by looking at the hiatory of tbe former, we shall flud that they generally enjoy good health and liTe to the average of bnman life, Hbakwpeare died of a fever, and bia life terminated on hi* fifty-sec lnroage in the ann shnia far above the olondTs, haa hia al lotted 100 yean to live. Everywhere we find indelibly stamped the word "decay." The sun, moon ami rtaia— the earth, with the bonce and aabvaof her myriad dead—mart ana day be roUed up aa a scroll. The tooth of lima is continually gnawing the bones of departed millions. The si lence of the tomb gives back bat a ■ingle echo, and that—decay. '~V 4 EMMBT la CNkli|. la the basement of a bouse on the north aide of Union square, No. 88 Esat Heventeenth street, in one of the coziest and moat complete little rooma for oook iiiß pnrpoaaa that the gastronomic world can boast of. Miaa Jnliet Ooraon is the presiding deity, ami yesterday ahe brought iuto this little room a few neo phytes in the art of cooking. At half- K three o'clock there were in the gen omic headquarters three young girls, none over ten years; three very pretty maidens of uncertain age, all un married (so they distinctly aaid); four old ladies, and four reporters. The kitchen was therefore not overcrowded and the remarks of the fair lectnreea fell not on unprofitable ground. " Now, said Miss Corson, "liver rolls are very easily obtained and oook ed." The children tied up the rolls, now and then looking wistfully at Miss Corson, and a nod of approbation was invariably the answer. This course of lessons is designed for the instruction of the young daughters of the working people in the preparation of those sim ple dishes which sdd variety to daily fare without increasing the cost Miss Ooraon selects for soup materials fresh meat and untainted vegetables. The sversge cost of each dish of soup is twelve cents. Many reformers would lisve been driven crazy yesterday by the buugliug attempts of their proUyrM. It was the first experience of the little girls, but they were quick and apt. The course of training is entirely American. First came liver rolls. Beef's liver is apt to be strong in taste unless it is well cut. From the glowing stove to the bench the earnest lectures* moved rap idly ami inoeasantly. Her voioe was low, but she emphasized her remarks with the gesticulation of a frying-pan or a griddle more signifloantly than does L)r. Talmage when he tell* Brooklyn bow naughty New York is. Miss Cor sow took potatoes, scooped them out half boiled, and made s very delicious and very cheap dish of them. Bbe made coffee at a moment's notice in s pitcher, three tables|Monfnls to one quart of water. The process w* n* follows: Put the dry ground coffee over the fire; then pour a half pint of boiling water on the ooffee; stir it steadily for three minutes, and then pour on the rest of the water. " But, pleaac, Mim Corson." said Mr*. Btuart, " repeat that over again. Only three spoonful* of ooffee 7 Bnp pone the gentleman want* hi* ooffee ve>-y at n,np." " Tucn," said Mis* Corson, " unit yourself, or, rather, an it him; I only look toward plain and economical conk ing."—New York Herald. The Biggeat Ixxwmetivr Engine. A huge apecimen of looomotive art passed through Pittsburgh, Pa., towed by other locomotive*, on ita way to the far West. It ia a mounter tack engine for the New Mexican and 80-:tht-rn Pacific railroad, ard which ia apeeially intended to work on a long beery grade at a point on the Rocky mountain*. It ia the largeat and moat powerfnl loco motive engine ever bnilt in thia coun try. It ia a ten-wheel tank engine of conaolidated pattern, having eight driv ing whrele and a pony (two-wheel) truck. The cylinder* meaanre twenty by twenty-aix inches, and the driving wheel* are bnt forty-two ioche* in diameter. The boiler ia enormoua, being straight, fifty-eight inchea dia meter. It has 213 tnhee, each over elev< n feet long. The fire-box ia abont ten feet long. A water tank, a 1 moat the entire length of the boiler, mat* on top of the engine, and when fillet) with water will add oouaiderahly to the weight The track wheel* are thirty inchea in diameter, and arc of paper, with *tcel tires, similar to those now being naed an eitenaivelr under the Pullman aleeping cars and on the Metropolitan elevated railroad. New York. This engine, when in working order, will weigh 113,000 pounds. The great weight and aiae of the boiler, ami the small driving-wheel* combined, form a tremendous power, well suited to the work the engine has to perform. The eight driving wheels are merely to distribute the weight f<* if the weight rested on but four, no track ever laid could withstand the pres sure The weight ia no great that the Western railroads over which it must pssa will not permit it to go over bridge* so it will have to be taken to pieoe* and oarried over in sections. It panned over all the bridges of the Pennsylvania road without being dismantled. Sleek ef Specie In Each lean try. The stock of specie in the commercial world on the Ist of January, 1879, ia esti mated by Alex. Del Mar, the well-known statistician, in hi* forthcoming " His tory of the Precious Metals," as follows: arm is auxins* or mum. Prases. I.WO United gtagdora & Osnnari Kmptrs SOO llTlMl* WO Dotted Mate*. .! WO Other I ad* pendent (Mate* In Amerte*. W Spain 100 yy&noi w Asatna-Hungary 70 Italy 40 UM 00 Motaw NO Swttnarland 10 fIIOOOO 10 Hwvdcu. ... 0 Norway 0 Denmark 0 Tut key in Europe W Knropean portion of Ooiooie* in America. Africa and Australia. 00 Total 0,000 Things In Think aheat. If we thought half as tnaob about the security at our plumbing and drainage ae we do about trifling matters of ar rangement and decoration, we should lead healthier and longer liven, and our children would have better chances in " the struggle for existence." We could ■pure e little of the current eeUrartaam over ceramics, titles and brie-a-brae if the surplus could be devoted to awak ening an intelligent internet in the con struction of drains. We erect costly honsea, and fill them with furniture nod paintings and all the luxuries of Ufa, and then sit down contentedly to breathe air which our plumber has poi- ] coned for an. It would startle people if they could know how amy bouses there are, eoeaiy and well-appointed, Into which poisonous air from the city sewers finds constant sunt ia uasuspeei- NMMT. Usteo, I art en. listed white I ing— Titers'* mirth, mirth in everything f In laughing eyes' qwtefc g!sites. In dashmg through a daoco, Mirth dose sty charmed eoal eotranee ! listen, listed. Hated white I sing- ' TWv' joy, >oy in sverything 1 In babbling of fresh rtrrtmr. In flashing muilgbt beasM, Joy * parkins through my peoeive dreams listen, listen, listen while I dng Thare * hope, hope in ovcrythlng ' In gloom and ehill and night, Wheo lost the guiding light. Mope rises evar bright' | listen, listed, Ustao white I sing TIMWS * love, love in everything ' If mirth and hope most die, HtiU I can upward fly; ! lifts me to the Shy I - Wia&rop, is Heritmtr. Items of laterest A precise flower—The primrose. A noisy fellow a) ways annoys s fellow. The best illustrated paper—Greaty A past time — Mr Crandfather'fl Clock." A man who has plenty of thyme— The gar,liter. Bunboama should be used in build ing a lighthouse, doing to the bow-wows—The mtm who keeps a dog. Offal to con template—The content* of the garbage carl. A man may shed an ox, and yet be unable to shed a tear. When ia a magistrate like neoeaaity f When be knows no law T1 ' upshot of the mstter was that be fired his pistol in the air. Pen, ink and paper, as well as the fixed stars, are all stationary. The first temperance society in this oountry was organised in 1808. A man feels the need of a good char acter most after he baa loat one. Gymnasts go upon the principle that one good turn deserves another. The Hindoo widow is the only ooe that cremates ; the other remates. The average value of the gold found in Russia ha* risen to 823,250,000 a ysar. Garlic ia said to be a sovereign rem edy for gout. There ia no remedy for garlic. Hherp-shearing by horse-power is | the latest labor-saving invention an nounced. Always build a pigsty with great de liberation, and in the sow-west corner? Jb of your lot. w Why is it that people boot a dog, and shoo a hen, and foot a bill, and cap a climax, and steal a glance 7 There ia one advantage in marrying a woman who hasn't a mind of her'own ; she can't forever be giving you a pieoe of it Wilbeml), the violinist, is making a good deal of money in this country, though he ia dbligea to 11 scrape " for a living. " What plan," said one actor to an other, " shall 1 adopt to fill the house at my benefit 7 " "Invite your credit-, ore,' wa* the reply. % A man whose knowledge ia baaed on actual experience says that when calling on their sweetheart* young men should carry affection in their heart*, perfec tion in their manners, and confection in their pocket*. A meddlesome old woman was sneer ing at a young mother's awkwardness with her infant, and aaid: "I declare a woman ought never to have a baby unless she kn owe bow to hold it f I •• Nor atougueeitber," quietly respond ed the young mother. Two Irishmen were is prison, the one for stealing a cow, and the other for stealing a watch. " Hello, Mike 1 what time is it 7" said the cow-stcalar to the other. " And, sure, Pat, I haven't any timepiece bandy, but I think it is most milking time ?' Whal rwamhlsnw 7—brand to ran 1 Ah. (tool tail o* Iter* 1* dob*. Pew Umt* I*. sod when jot *aa it you*il con (Ml(|| ft j Why, brand rises ia the yeast And it •• to beneath the vast And you generally have it wbsn you kneed it. -OeafMr. "I say, Pat," mid a philosopher " can you be doing two things at the same time?" "Can't I?" answered Pat; " I'll be doing that any day 1" "How 7" aaked the philosopher " Why," replied Pat, "HI be aleeping and draining, toft, at the same time, don't yuu tea 7" The population of the world, accord ing to the latest German estlmales, is 1,340,115,000; of whom 415,000,000 stsl reckoned as Christian* (including tbdl Protestant, Catholic and Greek oh a rah ee); Israelites, 7,000,000; Mahomedaoa, 190,000,000, and the rest, numbering over 700,000,000, are reckoned as hea thens. Whaler* have been woo daring what haa become of all the whales, but these i is now news ae to where they are [dis porting. Lieut Bandeberry, of the Swedish navy, has lately returned (torn an expedition to Russian Lapland, made especially with a view to researches is natural history, and has brought beak many rare sooiogioal specimens which be will divide among the museums of Stockholm, Christian ia and 8t Potass bug. He reports that there never were saoh quantities of whales ease in the gulf of Manager and Wh% eea aa dating lent summer, and that! single Norwegian bod captured a bun- The srtioiee made of paper at the lata Berlin exposition eompnae the roof, oeiling, cnruicea and inferior walls of e house, the exterior walla at which warn of pine wood; but all tba furniture, blinds, curtains, ohamtaMer*, carpeting, ornamental doors, mental and table or naments were of paper, (minding a stove made of aabataor paper. In which afire was turning cheerfully. There were also exhibited wash basins, wad* cane, a Ml rigged ship, lanterns, hate, shirts, full sails of clothe* and under clothes, strap*, handkerchiefs, napkins, hath tuba, buckets, brooaes, flower*, uraa, jewelry, betting and animals. both for ornament and for toys.