The Murderer. " TMs ba row doom tha Judges mli lb aaa wboaa hands with Mood warn red— " Bisgil by tha naok tUI yoa am dead" The (Won ataggarad from tha dock, Thm pater turned to bear tbo uioefc IBs waning moment* grimly mocfc. TWm on hla wthrta they oUspad tha gyvaa— Mr taw bold* fast on murdarwa' Itvaa hoa aaoteooe-day tin doom acrtvea. Be paused, an instant, in tha etraat Mr tha last time tha aby to great, Awl anuhlae— na'ar before *> tweak IBs Wert (I s men who J all ward M laxSutd aa it following tha daad, Awl moved along with measured tread. thadar the prison'* frowning K*b< Ho | ■■t l the threshold of hi* fato, Awl parted there with human hate. A hanfier by the stairway aaith, " One momant panae to give him breath Awl whispered, "he belong* to death " AM IUS oell-door to awing begao, A etaadebr through hia body ran . Twae opened by the mnnleied man ! "Vs. igjeoter-Ytotim a ghastly grin Weloomed the ooaTict-gnoot within— At last the murderer aaw hi* sin! Oily tua aye that specter aaw These grating oall-bott* alowly drew, Uarteog the vengeance of the law. The felon atood at tha dart throne, Awl beard three word*. " I claim mine own- Ton no'ar again shall be alone." Hia vans seemed filled wrtb molten lead As oonatsntly the specter aaid "Hanged by tha neck UU yon be dead I" TVisnoeforth the fare whereon he fed— The per eat milk, the I wee test bread Mrfcoaed hun with ita.hoe of red. rhtnorforth that specter gavei no peace— * By taunting voice shall never oeaee ; HOT idiall the aeaffoid yield releeae. To Kmis like thine by crime parpieted Baawwee shall preach from spectral test Rver m this world and the next!" —ATne for* Wor'4. 'A WOMAN'S WORK." I vrss at Lake George; my boa band www in Europe. "Well Kitty," stud my husband, re turning from businem one evening earlier than usual, "I moat be off to Europe by tfco next steamer." '' To Europe I" I exclaimed. " How delightful I 1 thought we were going to Lake George. " "Tea, darling, you shall go to Lake Oenrge, but I rnuat go to Europe." "What I" I almost screamed, "and without me?" "Oome, come, litUe one, don't pout Ibe ww pretty lips of yearn, sad I will tell T" *h7>" " I don't want to bear any thing at all about It if you are going away without aaa," and 1 threw myself petulantly upon the sofa. " Don't to unreasonable, Kitty, but listen to me." 80, taking a seat by my aide he told roe aIJL The manager of their branch Louse in England, it was rumored, was guilty of some very strange—to say the least—transactions. My bnaband, being the younger partner, waa deputed to make the necessary inquiries, and of course such a ease brooked no delay. He would tako me with him, but he knew that a trip to Europe combined with the harry and scurry of business ■valid afford me no pleasure. And that ia bow it came that I waa at, lake George without any husband, and the knowledge of this story fell in my possession. We were a merry party—four in all— Grandmother Hungerford, my sister Alias, my brother Tom, and last, though I hope not least, your humble servant, Kate Oleaveland. Alice waa a bright-eyed, light-hearted remap of seventeen, and as full of mi* chief aa an egg ia full of meat, aa the ■eying ia. Tom—well, Tom waa a broad-shouldered, good naturad young fellow of twenty-two, and oared for Dott ing particular but a game at billiards and a good cigar. Grandmother—l know not how to deeoribe tor—except that she waa the nicest, kindest, best old lady in existence. We bad been at the lake about a fort night, Tom escorting us about in hia ■any, indolent manner, returning to hia Mlharda and cigar immediately be got ua back to the hotel, when ws wm in troduced to a Mr. Arthur Oheaney. Mr. Cheney waa tall, well made, handsome-featured, a most delightful companion, talked exceedingly wefl, and CMS Of the moat enthusiastic admirers of nature I ever met Time had rolled two more weeks to ward eternity, during which period Mr. Oheaney bad somehow or other taken tbo place of Tom aa esoort. With him ws had visited Shelving rock, Black mountain, Rogers' slide and Anttony'a nose, the ruins of Ticondemga; in short, nearly every point of interest. "Do yon know," said Alioe to me, one evening, after our return from a meat delightful leant to H ibbstbday point, "Ithink Mr. Oheaney ia railing ic{Jove with you ?" " Nonsense f" I ejaculated. " A mar ried woman?" And yet it moat be confessed I bad noticed that ha paid me mors attention than he did Alioe. "Ton may say ' nonsense' as long aa you like, but no woman receives the attentions of a gentleman without know ing it." " Upon my word, miaa, for a young ady of seventeen you must have tod a great deal of rxpma.esf" " Tea, dear," said Alice, demurely, "I ma the same age you were when you vers married." "If I thought such a thing as you say, I would get grandmother to take us tome immediately." "It ia my turn to say ' nonsenu' no yr," replied Alice. " Why, what's the LMTO ? He doesn't know you ate mar . 3ft nod, and it would ba capital fan to have a little flirtation with bin; besides, it would rmuiah him for naglooting ma." " Doaa ha not know I am marriad ?" I anted. "No; tow ahould he I When Tom introduced him he did it in hia usual slovenly manner. ' Thin ia my aieter Kale; flxla ia my aistar Alice; my grand mother, Mm. Hnngerford.'" Alice imitated Tom'a manner ao ad mirably that I could not help laughing. "Well, wall," mid I, getting into bed, " I will think about it. The next day we went flahing on the lake, and Mr. Oheaney'a attentions to ma were more marked than ever. And —to my shame be it recorded—l en oouraged them. Alioe, the aly pnm, pretendeil not to notice anything in Mr. Obeeney'a behavior beyond ordinary politenem, but I obaerved that Grand mother Hunger ford waa more Ruber and aelate than usual, so I aaked; " Are you not well, grandma, dear?" " Quite well," was the reply, "but I think we had totter return to the hotel." That was the end of our Ashing, for Grandmother H ingerford's wish was moat always s command, so we had nothing to do but to obey. " Kate," mid my grandmother, as she was about retiring for the night, " I wish you would come to my room; I want to apeak to you." " Certainly," I said, and rose to fol low her. "Not you, Alioe," who hail risen alio, "I want to see Kate alone." " What oonld she want with me?" 1 thought; yet my heart told me, an.l full of conflicting emotions, I entered the room with her. "My dear." aaid my grandmother, seating herself and smoothing her dress, aa was her wont when she had anything important to communioate, " I wish to tell you the story of a friend of mine." " A story f" I exclaimed, jumping up, somewhat relieved, for I expected a lecture. " Then by all means let as have Alioe here." " Bit down again, Kate; this story is for your ears alone." I saw by the gravity with which this was said, that it was no common story to to told, so wonderingly I resumed my seal Hearing a little sigh, and bruahing away a tear, my grandmother com menced : " The story that I am abont to tell you has not been told for forty years, and I would not tell it now, did I not thiuk that circumstances demand it." " Forty years ! why, what a long time ago I" " Yes, it it ia a long time," and my grandmother sadly shook her heal, " bat long aa it is, I was then acquaint ed with a young girl, whom I will call Marion Orme," *' Then it is not s real story, grand ma ?" "If you mean a true story, it is. But I shall disguise the names."' A true story with the name disguised! My curiosity was piqued, and 1 deter mined to find out the real actors in it, if I oouhl. I liecame all ears. " People called Marion beautiful: to that as it may, she waa a good girl, of that I am sore, thangh somewhat thoughtless and giddy. At last she was married, and none loved her husband more than she." "And why shouldn't she love her husband," 1 interpolated. Motioning me to silence by a wavo of her hand, my grandmother continued : "After two years of wedded happi ness, hnsinr as called her husband sway, sod Ms'ion was sent to spend the sum mer with an old friend of hers on Wash ington heights." Here was a parallel case to my own, so I listened, if possible, the more in tently. " New York in those days was not the city it now is, snd s journey to Wash ington heights involved as much proper at ion as a trip to Lake George does now. 80, after taking an affectionate leave of her husband, Marion was bnmped along in a lumbering old stage-coach to the residenoe of Mrs. Van Duaen. Clara Van Dusen, who had Wn one of Marion's bridesmaids, received her with open arms, and, perhaps, it wonld to difficult to say who waa the happier of the two. The first evening was spent aa ia usual in such cases when two young girls meet—for indeed they were nothing else—after a long separation. Clara showed Marion all ber new dresses and knick-knacks, and Marion unpacked her trunks for the edification of Clara." " The next morning, Clara, on entering Marion's room to announce breakfast, aaid, carelessly: ■ Ob, Marion, I forgot to tell j TO last night that Mr. Clarence Arlington ia staying here. He is the sou of an old freed of my father's. I have been plaguing him abont you, ami have told him he mustn't lose hia heart.' ' What nonsense,' Marion answered, laughing; ' a man doesn't lose hia heart to a married woman.'" My heart beat violently. " Nothing more was said on the sab jeot; but at the breakfast tablo Marion waa introduced to Mr. Clarence Arling ton by Clara, who aimply said, while a roguish twinkle beamed in her eyee: ' This ia my dear friend, Mr. Ar ling too, Marion Orme.' All women like sf an equal number of awaat glanu*. The human akeleton oonaiata of more than two hundred diatinrt bone*. An amount of blood eqnal to the whole qnantity in the body paaaea through the heart once every minute. The full capacity of the lung* ia about three hundred ami twenty cubic inobea. About two third* of a pint of air ia in haled and exhaled at each breath in ordinary reepiration. The atomach daily produoea nine Knnda of gaatrio juice for digeation of *1 ; it* capacity ia about five pint* There are more than five hundred aeparate muaclea in the body, with an eooal number of nerve* and blood vee aela. Tbe weight of the heart ia from eight to twelve ounce*. It beat* one hundred thouaand timea in twenty-four lion re. Each r-erepiratory dnct ia one fonrth of an inch in length, which will make the aggregate length of the whole abont nine mile*. The average man taken five and one half pounda of fool and drink each day, which amount* to one ton of aolid and liqnid noun aliment annually. A man breathe* eighteen time* a min ute, and three thouaand cubic feet, or about three hundred and aeventy-flve hogahead* of air per hour. Paper Barrels. II is claimed tbst the new peper flonr bsrrels era not only cheeper but more tight end durable, as well ee lighter, tlmn those of ordinary const ruction. By an improved method of manufacture, these barrels are composed of straw peper pulp, which ia run into a mold made into the shape of one-half of a barrel cut vertically. The pulp ia sub jected to a powerful hydraulic pressure, and, whim reduced to the required thick ness, the oada of the halves are cut off; the pieoea are then placed in a ateam drier, the aides are trimmed evenly and the", subeUnce thoroughly dried. It cornea from the drier ready for making up into barrel*. There are three heavy wooden hoops and two hoops fastened together, and, into grooves cat in the stsve*, the paper halves, which have an avenge thickness of three-sixteenths of an inch, are slid. The cod' of the bar rel ate made of paper of a similar thick naas, constructed on the earns principle M the aides. The berrela are manufac tured entirely by machinery, and the halves are cut so true that two pieces of the same site will readily fit together,— Trruir Journal k HiUwiao sculptor ha* chiseled, out of oommon coal, n tine bust of the Ger man emperor. " After the American Fashion." A young stndent st n ball at Peeth, Hungary, resented the attentions of one of bis fellow guests paid to a young lady whom he chose to esteem his par ticular sweetheart, and took advantage of the first opportunity that offered to treed on his rival's toes. Next day the latter called on him. "Tonhave insulted me grossly," he said, " and I demand satisfaction. Be ing the insulted party 1 have the right to choose the means of justifying my self. I suggest s duel after the Ameri can fashion. " What the deuoe ia that 1" demanded the insnlter. " Himply to pat s white and black bean in a hat and draw without look ing." "And then ?" " Well, then, the one who draws the black bean is bound in honor to blow his brains out within ten days." The student lost Nine days later he hurst into the room of a friend in great agitation. " For the love of heaven lend me five florins, old boy I" he exclaimed. "Five florins I" was the response; " why, 1 haven't got the ghost of s brass penny." " Thou," cried the duelist after the American fashion, " I am a doomed man I" "Doomed I How?" " Read . " And he handed him a note, while be drew a revolver and flourished it with melodramatic desperation. "Hir," meanwhile read the friend, " nine days ago I challenged you to a i duel after the American fashion, and j you lost. To morrow it is your duty M | a man of honor to blow your brains out As I am hard up at present, I will, how ever, aell von your lifo for five florins. Ton will find me waiting at the door." "And iait for this you want the five florins?" asked the reader, j "It is. I must have them, or kill myself." "With wbstr " With this I" And hs exhibited the revolver. "Old boy," Mid the mentor, eagerly, " there is s gunsmith shop next door. He will give you five florins for that," "Happy thought!" exclaims the duelist. " I'll book it 1" And ten minutes later be had ran j sotnod himself. Snow Is >or way. It is always with s slight fee ofling anxiety that we read about heavy snow storms in this country, for we know that they mean, or may mean, the stop < ping of traffic at this point or that Ho . much the more eurions it is, when open ing a Norwegian newspaper, to meet with passages like this : " Fortunate ly, we have had ranch snow in this part of the country, and there is (rood Lope that it now will remain solid on ' the ground for the season." But in Nor way the snow is itself s means of traffic, and that an important one. When the snow fails, th- lumber trade, for in stance, one of the most important branches of the industry of the country, is seriously embarrassed. The trees are felled during fall and winter, and those i Luge, giant trunks which it would be next to impossible to transport in the summer time over the steep, rugged ground, where horses cannot be em ployed, are in winter time drawn easily along on the smooth, solid surface of the frosea snow. Tied together in im mense bandies, they are thrown down ; in the dry river-bed, and when spring | comes and the snow melts, the bundle* ; are carried down by the stream to the very gate* of the lntnlx r-yard. Thus the snow, which to as is an impediment, ia to the Norwegians an aid, and it is even something much more, for it is, indeed, one of the great national poets of the country. It makes the house* so waim and an coxy; it makes the land scape ao soft and ao mild ; and it makes people so merry and fall of new plans and new ideas, for it brings them to gether. Neighbors who, in rammer time, cannot visit each other because j the journey alone the bail mads— which | creep in xigxags through the glens, along the clefts, over the peaks—takes two or three day* can now roach each other in a few hour*, setting out on their enowshoes or in the light sledges drawn by reindeer, in a straight line, across the glens, the clefts, the peaks, everything being buried under the snow or bridged over by, TrtcfctßMia. This is a parasitic disease, caused by eating pork infested with m inn teat hair like worms, called trichina*. It is only since 1860 that the disease has been fully investigated and understood, bat it can now be traoed back, under other names, st least two centuries. Bines the above date it has been recognised wherever pork is eaten raw or imper fectly oooked; and there have been many epidemics of it. The triehinn, after passing through the stomach, rapidly multiply in the intestines, and thence they work their way into the substance of the muscles generally and at the interna] organs, where they soon roll themselves up into coils, like worms of the earth. If comparatively few trichina are taken into the stomach, either because the pork ia hot slightly diseased, or is eaten sparingly, or the meal ia not repeated, the disease is light and soon over. In severer cases there is vomiting; diarrhea, followed often by obstinate constipation; profuse sweating; fever: great pain tn the limbs; difficulty of chewing, swallowing and breathing; hoarseness, often with entire loss of voice; neuralgic attacks and sleepless urea, except in children, with whom lbs opposite condition of stupor prevails. In the milder oases lbs patients begin to recover in five or six weeks; in severer forma, convalescence is deferred for four month*, while the fall strength to not restored for a much longer time. A fatal termination ia very common, gen erelly from paralysis of the respiratory organs. In children, recovery to the rule. No means have yet been found to destroy the triohinm. American bogs seem to be especially liable to the disease. Tbey should b sold for the market, home or foreign, on It after legal in f • ion Butthorongti cooking kills tb trichtnm, Lard, of course, having been subjected to a high oannot contain them.- YotUhi If MM la Winter. At a recent regular monthly meeting of the New Tor? Horticultural .octet? the business was to elect half a doaen new members and to listen to the read ing of a prise essay. Mr. Peter Hender son, the veteran florist, offered in No vember last s special prise of 2S to the writer of the best essay on " Boss Cul ture for Winter Blooming." The nrixe went to William Bennett, florist, Vtet! bush. Mr. Bennett advised that cuttings abould be taken from the strongest roots as early as January if possible. In March plant them iu the rose-house. The border in which they arc to be set should be of strong loamy soil, with no manure. Drainage of the border should |be perfect. While the roses are grow ing daring the summer months, they ! must be well watered continually. The I varieties beat to grow for winter are Bon Hileoe, Haffrano, Hprunt, Cornelia Cook, Nephitos, Douglas, Madain, Tal oot, Pearl of the Oarden and Marshal Neil. These oomprise all shades of oolor known in roses. Pruning shonld be done sparingly ; rosea are usually hurt by ovenccaloua pniners. The tem perature in the night should not average above fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and by day seventy-five degrees. Finally Mr. Bennett Mid that the causes of failure to produce winter rose blooms ar not only that the border is usually manured too richly, but also that the borders are badly drained and the rosea too closely pruned, flreat care shonld be taken to begin the temperature low when the rose-house is closed up in the fall. If weather permits, the tempera ture at the beginning should be forty five degrees in the night, ranging up to fifty five degrees in daylight ( lotking a (Heat. Ibe Eureka (Nev.) Leader is respon sible for the following story : A young lawyer of Eureka, who has inst been ad mitted to practice at the bar, had the responsible dnty assigned to him by Jndge Rives, hut week, of defending a criminal confined on a charge at robbery. The budding Blackstone visited his . client, and was shucked to note his ! shabby appearance and generally un washed and unkempt appearance. As this was his first case, our legal fnend wsa naturally aniioua to acquit hi* client, and in pursuance of this laudable ambition be concluded that if the pris oner presented a cleanly and respectable sppesranoe before the "court and jury, I his chance of getting off would be en hanced, and, acting on this idea, the lawyer not only sent to the jail his best suit of ciotbea for the fellow to wear, but also dispatched a barber to the scene, with instructions to shave, sham poo and cut the man's hair. It was all done, and the thief came into court look ing as nrat as a newly-elected candidate. But, unfortunately, one bad mistake had been made, The barber bad shin glcd the fellow's hair down to a dose crop, and in conscinence a worse-shaped head or a more villainous set of features i never were revealod. The impression on the jury was ao marked that tbey rendered a verdict of guilty without leaving their seats. It was "time and coin thrown away; and not only that, but it ia said that Blackstone ha>[ to get >ut s writ of replevin to regain p—r don of bis clothes. After this he will rely on testimony, and let personal ap pearance take care of itself. Itea't Waste Vital F.serry. The most rigorous persons do not bsve too mnch vitality. People generally in herit a lank ; or at least find that much vital -oergy has been permanently lost in their childhood ana yontb, through the ignorance or carelessness of thsir parents. Often it is impaired hr wrong indulgence in early manhood, the on chsvor with all persons should be to husband what ia left, be it much or little. Therefore ; 1. Don't do anything in a hurry. X Don't work too many hour* a dev. whether it be farm-work, shop-work, study-work or house-work. S. Don't abridge sleep. Qet the full eight hours of it, and that too in a well ventilated and ann-purifled room. 4. Don't eat what is indigestible, nor too much of anything, and let good cheer rule the hour. 5. Don't fret at yourself, or anybody else ; nor indulge in the blues, nor burst into fits of passion. 6. Don't be too mnch elated with good luck, or dishearted by bad. Positively—be self-controlled, calm and brave. Let your brain have all the real it needs. The Spelling Reformer*. The spelling reformer* are making headway fast, and the moat sensible of them are coming to MOM sort of agree ment ss to the essential changes demand ed Professor March, of Lafayette col lege, Pennsylvania, and Professor Whit ney. of Tale, the two moat distinguiabed philologists in this country, are the leaders in a spelling reform association which baa adopted an alphabet to meet the requirements of the new system, and has already published a primer and first reader embodying the new characters and methods. The principal features are the use of a single vowel for s diph thong or triphthong having the Mm* sound; the substitution of one vowel for another of similar sound, according ; to a determined plan ; the use of / for ph and of k for cA hard ; the omission j of fins] 0 when not pronounced end of all silent letters, and the introduction of significant characters to represent sounds ' compounded of two or more letters. The new system seems to be gaining ! many disciples among intelligent men Olarirmati Skm. Writing of New England in the seven teenth century. Prof. Moses Ooit Tyler says, in hie " History of American Lit erature," recently published; "The typical household of New WM one of patriarchal popukmsoe**;" and adds in a note: " The sturdy (Mirk*, j Rwer Olapp, of Dorchester, wsa happy ; in Wis possession of fourteen children. ' Cotton Mai her WM not so abundant in children M he WM in books, Mace of the former be had only fifteen. Benjamin Franklin WM one of seventeen children. William Phips, who attained the baser of knighthood and became royal gov- I • root of Massachusetts, was the son of a poor gunsmith of Pcmaquid, and be longed to a flock of twenty si* children, all by the same father sad mother, and of them sons." F 3L feuL 4k jtk BajiH TijWr. Deed be I*7 im| Ui book*, Tbe pease of Qod via la hi*:ioofcu A* lb* rtatoee faa Um gloom Wrtafa oar lUiimiW. tomb, Bo U>m volumes, from tbeir shelve*, Welsh Urn riieot as Uxan—lrwa Ah I his haad.wtn nevermore Tom their, slotted gags* o'er t Hevanecrs hi* Dps repeei Hong# of tbatra, however nut I !at tbe lifeless, body rest. Ha la gooa who via tta goeat Oooe aa traveler* haste to leers An Inn, nor tarry until art; Traveler, in what realm i afar j ,< In vbat plana*, in vbat atar . In vbat rest aarial apaoe, Hbinaa tba light opera thy faoe ? In vbat garden* of delight Haat thy weary feat to-nigbt ? Fort V Tboo vboaa iataat reraa Wat a garland cm thy baaraa; Tboo haat anng with organ tone, In beoheUon's Ufa own. On tba rolna of tba pest. Bloom* tba parfaet Sowar at lest. Friend ! hot yesterday tbe bella liaug for tbaa tbair lood farewell* ; Ai,d to-day thay toil for tbaa, I>ytng dead beyond tba oaaa. f.vlng dead among tby book* ; Tba peaoa of Ood in all tby looks. —f/arvy IF. Ismqjtiifna. ITEMh OF IftTKREHT. The morning noose Yonr neck tie. A hotel bill may be called iriD-debted nee*. " Anti-fat remedy"—Killing tbe bog when young. Winter ia tbe season beat suited to free., speech. The population of tbe Grrmta empire ia 76,000,000. lova'a flrat governor, Anae) Krigga, it "till alive and hearty. There are fifty ex-aoldieni in tbe Mma aacbujietta legislature. Ton cannot mend yonr way* with tbe thread of a discourse. The population of the (rr-rman empire amouuta to 75,000,000. Why ia a healthy tree like a dog? Bee*dm- the bark ia aouud. Bt. John*, Fla., orange-gruvea were saved from front by big bonfirea. A New York advertiser haa h*d haa , name stamped on 60,000,000 tooth pieka. When do the teeth usurp the tongne'a prerogative ? When they are clutter , i&K- A tabltwpoonful of ammonia in una gallon of warm water will reeiore tba color of carpets. ,j Indiana people feaat on quail at a cent and a half apieoe, and killed with five cent*' worth of ammunition. Getting drunk, the Boaton Poo. think*, ia one of the greatest hindrance* to temperance in thi* country. | A novelty in gentkmm'a ulster* to J mane revonible—one aide to be worn ia , baainas*, tbe other .for calls, etc. Before you give your neighbor a gold . toothpick find out if be baa anything ia bis cupboard to go between bis teeth. Wolves and wild bears are still nu merous and troublesome in France, owing to tbe extensive tract* of forest i 1 How some people keep from freeaiag >n the winter -By 'keeping themselves constantly in hot water with their neigh lior*. Woman's capabilities are great, but hardlv sufficiently developed to allow of her driving a nail without hitting her finger. A man who bought a box of cigars, when asked what they were, replied, ! " Ticket* for a course * lectures from I my wife." A romantic young man ays that a young woman'a heart is liae the moon— it change* continually, but always has a man in it. We call a writing desk a secretary, but that's do reason for labeling aa office door " president," " treasurer " or *• cashier." Instead of leaving flowers and wreaths on tbe graves of dead friends, custom expects the people of Madrid to leave I visiting cards. All tbe signers of the declaration of independence signed their names with ouilf pens except one—he signed his Witherspoon. To the Paris exposition there went 64,044 Englishmen, 81,000 Belgians, 23,000 Germans, 16,000 Italians and 14,000 American*. " I4f I* tedious ss a twtsv-totd tais " To the ftbort -righted sura* who near stakes • ssle. •He who doDi advertise. A colossal flower haa beea lately 4 found in Bumatra forests which has an ! svorags diameter of thirty three inches ; It ia called tba titan am. Two boys reeenUy found in the gem district of Oeylou a blue sapphire weigh ing no leas than two pounds in the rough, and valued at 160,000. Nothing aan exceed the intense affec tion which a girl deals cat to her father few a day or two before the time when she's going to ask for a new dress. He that ia found reasonable in one thing ia concluded to be so in all; and to think or my otherwise is thought aa unjust an affront and ao srnsaless a can sura that nobody venture* to do it Winters are an sever* in Wisconsin that this year the sexton of Um village of Kewaunee has prepared, in advance, six home* for as many person* who ere expected to join the silent majority be fore spring. ' " What ehalt I leave yon when I die?" aaid an insipid fellow to e young lady whose patience he had nearly ex hausted. "needn't wait till yoo die." aaid aha; "you can leave something now, if yon will." "What shall I leaver fee asked. " Leers yourmlf," she re plied. He left Tbe Bt Louis ffepeßteas rnju: Tba correct way to proooeece tbe nam* of w this State ia as though it wert rpetM Missouri, and that of its southern neighbor as though it were spelled At* kaneaw. Dtcbonarww and ganotteers often give other pronunciations, but these are Um ones which the people at the respective States generally follow. , . -ILi