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
<nd birthday. Tradition aaya that tbe
disease waa bought on by a drinking
boot on tbe oooaaion of a visit from Ben
Jonson. rope died of a general decline
being then flfty-eix. It ia surprising
bow ao weak a frame endured eYen to
tbia age, for be speak* of bin life aa a
"long diaeaae." Ooldamith died of
fever aggravated by a severe local ail
ment. Johnson waa old and waa a snf
fcrer from dropay. Addiaon waa intem
perate in hia latter days,and this brought
on s dropay. Milton, tbongb not an
old man, died like one worn oat with
tbe trials snd toils of life. He i* tbe
first antbor who ia mentioned aa smok
ing a pipe, which he found a solace dar
ing tbe weary hours of blindness and
old age. Fielding died in middle life of
a decline, produced by fast living.
Gibbon's disease was hernia of long
standing and aggravated character,
terminating in dropsy. Byron died of
ever. Hhelley ana Fsteoner were lost
at sea. Hnntbey died of paralysis of
mind and body,and ao did Scott. Words
worth lived to see fourscore, and died
on tbe 23d of April, tbe dey end month
which marked both the birth and deetb
of Hhakspoare. Irving died of disease
of the heart, having for tbe last veer of
bis life been a great sufferer. Keats,
Kirk, White and Pollock died of con
sumption,snd each early in lif*. Bains
was broken down by poverty, toil and
strong drink at middle age. (loleridge
bad a very strong constitution, which
enabled him to endnre the effect of
opium, and be lived to the approach of
okl age. Tom Moore died uke Scott,
in a state of mental and bodily prostra
tion. CbaMerton and Hugh Millar com
mitted suicide. Edward Everett died
of a severe cold. Bryant was prostrated
after making a speech, and never recov
ered. Onr porta have generally attain
ed long life, aa illustrated by the in
stances of Bryant, Charles Spragne and
Halleck, to whom will yet be added
Longfellow and Whittier.
Decay.
Tarn whithersoever we will on the
proud feoe of creation, and we find the
landmark* of decay. A con tinned au
tumn brings down the weak and aged to
death.
The strong oak that lift* it haughty
head oa yonder bill, defying the hurri
cane, may have a tiny worm gnawing at
its heart that will sooner or Later send
its lifeless (rank to the earth, a broken
maea of decaying wood.
The huge mountain, around whose
lofty turrets the lightnings of a thou
•and ages have played and flaahed. and
whose devoted aides have breasted the
•tormsof snow and rain, alike impervi
ous to each other, may one tain within its
boeom a voloaoo that will, one day,rend
it in fragments, and level it with the
plain.
The haughty eagle, that mounts the
ky, and dries hie f>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.