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CURRENT TOPICS. DR. JOHN Lou> came to the defence of Thomas Carlyle tbe olbar night iu Asso- ciation Hall. New York. He said that be wa* Dr. JobnioD, Diogenes aud Jeremiah rolled into one. INVINTOM are not a little iotreeted ID tbe French prize of 110.000, instituted by tbe decree of June 1 lib, 1883, io favor of tbe dmcovery of any prooees wbiob shall enable electricity to be applied economically io one of the following direction*, a* already published, viz : A a rouroe of beat, of light, of obeoiioal action, of mechanical power, as a means of the trau*mis*ion of intelligence or of tbe treatment of disease Till number of Frenob-vpeaklag inbabi- tan to in lirittab North Amerioa in l,Sy8 'J'J'.i of whom 1,073,820 are in tbe Province of Quebec 102,743 in Ontario. 56 635 in New Braoiwiok, 41.211* in Nova Scotia. 10.751 in Prinoe Edward Island, 9,!>49 in Manitoba. 3 896 in tbe Territories, and 916 in British Columbia. Tbe French population in the Province of Quebec increases, while the English-speaking population is deoreai-iug ibree years tbe number of reader* of cir oulating library novels has been steadily and largely decreasing. Tbit. be says, is jrobably to be accounted for mainly by the exoeks of fiction in other directions. Novel readers who used to reeort to tbe libraries now get tbeir full (apply ia tbe daily, weekly, and monthly journals. It in 'aid that for every novel printed and published, irobably ten are written and rejected. Thus, then, one has to contemplate over I.IKKJ novels being written iu one year, of which :r.o see tbe Unlit, and of then only about 120 pay tbe expedites of production, tbe whole of tbe remaiuitg mass of writ- og and printing being labor lost. DCRINO tbe late excavations undertaken in the Roman Forum, there has been found a pot containing (*00 old Anglo-Saxon coins of the time of Pope) Mariuu* II. i-vj 884). They are of English coinage and rare value, most of them showing beads of tbe English Kings of tbe period, and one having the head of an Arcbbiabop of Canterbury. The probabilities are that tbe money belonged to tbe Saxon Softool thn in Rome, the existence of which renders it probable that there were many Eogliihmen in Home in those days. TIIS Sultan of Turkey, not content with borrowing from day to day to defray tbe daily expense! of his palace at ruinously usurious rates, and in the face of a deficit of o; (MX) UN) m a bu lget of 12 UOO wxi.ba* just inoremiedhi* Grand Vizier's salary from I'J.'iO to 750 per month, ai.d that n| U the other Miumlei* from 121X1 to Jt.'I'K) per mouth. Thus the Prime Minister of the poorest and mont hopeltiwly bankrupt state in Europe receive* i'4 (MNl per annum more than tbe Prime Minuter of Kuglaud. TBE CaiuJa 1'reibijterian feels annoyed because mo uiuob money is spent iu liti- gation and politics) and so little is given to tbe Church. It exclaims : " Talk about agnosticism, and Darwin and Huxley ! On* so called Christian man who uuwil liugly pe>ys bis share of enormous law expenses to keep up an election fight, and growls aud grumbles every time be ban to pay a dollar 'or Church purposes, doe* religion more barm in his neighborhood than all the agnostics on earth. EL MAIM. i is not running tb* prevent war solely for tbe advancement of bis faitb. Not long ago be captured four priest*) and five nuna, and now be asks 2,000 ransom before be will give) them uj if iin aortams Nuooeeds. there i* no reason why the False I'ropbel should not amass a very comfort able fortune. At any rate, the ransom bounea* is to be preferred to the almauao bumnesa that engages the attention of other false prophets. A SEW element in incombustibility in tbe ooni'ruotion of a building i* found in the use of cork bricks. This new material was exhibited at tbe Nuremberg Exposition where It attracted much attention. Thew bricks have not only been largely nssd for building purpose* on account of tbeir light- nets and isolating properties, but tbey are also employed a* a covering for steam boil en, aud are said to excel even asbestos in prtventirg the radiation of beat. Tbey are represented a* being very cheap, beinf prepared by tbe use of small corks, refuse and isolating cement. Tb* usual su* of tbe brick i* 10 x 4 34 1 3.11 inches. us reveal* tbe Tn last British nooursKing fact that the proportion of tbe blind to tbe population has decreased with each enumeration moo* 1861, in which year account of them was taken for tb* Aral time. Tbe decrease in the decade ending in 1881 wai mnch greater than io either ol the preceding decennial intervals, tbe num her of eases returned on this latter occasion being 22 882, equal to on* blind in every 1,138. This decrease i* fairly attributable to the progressive improvement in tbe surgical treatment of affections of tbe eye, and to tb* diminished prevalence amoDgtt children *f tmallpox. BT tbe statistical report of tb* last Oer man census, tbe Protestants number 28 381,152 ; Catholics. 16.231.6jl. ; other Christians, 7*031; Israelites, '561,612 person* of other religions, 366 ; persons nf no distinct oonfecaioo, 3,1 H ; and finally, those without any specification . M to their confession, 37,111. For tbe whole empire tb* proportion of the sexes in every 1,000 inhabitants was 4'JO males and 510 female*; for Prussia alone, 4'J2 malee and 508 females. Of the males, 13,767,053 were single, 7.670,931 married, 626,634 widower*, and 30.916 divorced ; of ibe women, 13 985 324 were single, 7.705.7M married, 1,916.245 widows, aud 11,, m, divorced. IN bis last published essay Mr. Herbert Spencer shows that those who thiuk that science is dissipating religious beliefs and sentiment* seem unaware that whatever of mystery is taken from the old interpreta- tion is sdded to tbe new. From the very Deginning tbe prcgreae of knowledge has leen accompanied by an increasing capacity lor wonder. Tne lowest savage* are tbe least surprised when shown remarkable products of civilized art. It in not ths rustic nor the artisan, nor tbe trader, who seen any- thing more than a mere matter of course in tbe batching of a chick, but it is tbe biolo- gist. Hereafter, as heretofore, higher fac- ulty aud deeper insight will raise rather than lower tbe sentiment of wonder; and amid the mysteries wbioh become tbe more mysterious tbe more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty thai we are ever iu the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy, from which all things proceed. If who have never seen tbe muob talked of dynamite explosive will be inter ested to know that it looks very muob like moist brown sugar. Nitroglycerine, which is formed by the action of nitric acid upon glycerine, at a low temperature, is the active agent in dynamite, but is mixed with some absorbent substance to render it safer to handle than tbe liquid glycerine Tbe absorbent material thus used is a silioioua earth a fine white powder com posed of tbe remain* of iufuaoria, and resembling powdered obalK ; thi* takes up two or three times iu wtiight of tbe mini glycerine, without becoming pasty, and the ingredient* are easily mixed, leadeu vesHel* aud wooden spoons being used to avoid daugerou* fric-on. When flame is pplied to thiH mass it burn* with a *tronf flame, without any explosion ; but when united with a detonating fuse, or even by a Hudden blow, it* explosive force is tre uieudouK. m*)SSSlmi ai Ik. HrliLk 1 ..-..,.. The removal to South Kensington of tbe gorillas, birds of paradise aud otbsr object* iu natural history, wbiob were formerly *o attractive to tbe gaze of holiday vitiiors leaves the mummies without a rival Iu popular estimation. Tbe room to wbicb they have been recently removed has been uewly decorated aud is admirably *uitt>< to their display, as well aa of tb collection of oollios arranged round tb walls. Auuoug tb*** 14 one wbioh was formerly in the poaeseeion of tb* celebrate! Nell Uwynue and which hm suffered som in former times from unskilful restorers Here, too, is what remains of tbe reputex mummy of the great King Mei.krai Mencberes, whose antiquity i*\ aooorfiug to some Egyptologists, so remote an t render modern muob of what in oauall known as ancient history. Clone at baui also may be seen a skull, which on higl authority has been identified as belonging t< one of tbe veritable pyramid builders. I ws found in the quarries near the pyra mide. In addition to many other objects connected with Egyptian burial the oa in tin* room contain many of tbe curious jars, with beads of deities on their cover* iu wbiob certain portions of the body were placed when the process of embalming wan carried cot. Aud there i* also a large Dumber of tbe small statuette* depo ited with the mummy and r*pre eating tb* soul of tb* deceased. la adjoining rooms, on the other aid*, a many object* of interest connected witl daily life of tbe ancient Egyptians, am specimM* of linen of the age of tb Ptolemi**. On tbe other *id* it a room no* containing autiquitiee from Assyria ani Babylonia ; and here are placed, in a muol better position for view than formerly, tbe bronze gate* of Bhalmaneser, discovered b; Mr. Kassam, and now forming on* of tb most valued relies in the museum. The rearrangement of the collection has been proceeding under the direction of tbe dis tingninbed Kgyptologiat, Dr. 8. Birch keeper of Oriental antiquities, assisted b Mr. E. A. Budge, of Christ's College, Cam bridge. London Ntwi. A TOBNO lady recently addressed a letter to Ruakin on the subject of art training. I >esiruas of becoming an artist, and wish- ing good advice, she thought the could do no better than apply to so high an author- ity. Tbe reply was characteristic and rather disappointing. The great critic, without giving hr any hint aa to tbe ri*ht court* to pursue, told her " It would be better to write less and cultivate a good and beautiful band writing. No. one wbo writeias you do could make a good artist." It took five people to decipher the hieroglyphics in which Buskin clothed these few words. Tbe young lady framed this uriouH production and bung it in btr studio. I h. J.,. 01 < O...II..M Did yon ever stand near a hill IB winte and watch the boys coasting and not wis that you were a boy again just for a hour? How jolly a crowd of coaster Always are ! Every boy seem* to have ai Idua thai be must talk aud sbont or some tbiug will burst, and they all try to do I at coos. Tbe keen fresh air and in vigor .ting exorcise make the lung* derusin Exercise, and nature asserts her sway b making the boy* exercise tbeir lung* b, shouting and talking. Bee the laughing sparkling eye* and rosy cheeks of th yonngaters. Fun ? Was there ever a place on thm earth where a boy get* more fa than while coasting ? Why, a boy will ge more fun out of sliding down a steep hi 06 a barrel stave, if he can't get a sled, tha he could at almost any other sport. It den' nee in right to prohibit tbe sport. We mna not forget that we were boys, and as boy had our fun. It might be a good idea, bow ever, to use the middle of certain street lor ooasling snd let tbe fact be generally known, BO that there can be no reasonable excuse for accident* to people crossing those street*. AM English publisher, calling attention to tbe fact that daring tbe year 1883 34'.l work* of notion were published in England, say* that reader* do not moreass in proper tion to the number of novels published On tbe contrary, during the last two or feT. VALENTINE. Mr*. James Thornton, of Penaoook N. H., met her death tbe otbsr day in a strange manner. While ealiug clove* one became lodged in her throat and could not be removed. The next day shr was seized with a fit of violent spajimt, in one of which be died. Ladies wboee husband* Insist on going out between the act* should preserve > this for future a**. A mechanic in a JohnstowB, Pa., iron laundry wa* recently killed by th* contact of a steel book which he held in bis baud with an eleotno wire I . lokrn.. ArlUllr i.u.l I ..ml- ul I uilom ol ( hoo.luv ..I, 1.11. . . The valentine trade i* unusually large bis year. Some of the exbibiu are rich with art iuduatry, and ther* are tbe oomi- aJ souveuira daiuiily constructed, aud a few f the grouwque. Why such a profusion ol aleutine* costly, medium aud oLeap? n he fact is that leap year has arrived, a ime when Ladye Fairs can " pop the ion " if she pleases, and of ooun-e they will avail themselves of ihe exoellenl pportuuity offered by St. Valentine n love rniiBive*. Be this Ibe true explanation or lot, there are for itale million* of valeuliuen. Among the oostly kiud areioatancesol reck es* extravagance yes, reoKlvs*, because 100 can be better laid out than iu tha >uioba*e of a souvenir mad* of lace, a bit f embroidery, a scrap of hand painting aud aim plaitiugs, alt combined to make a limsy yet artittio token of love, which, However is no doubt quite an laatii g a* he majority of lavs'* flam**. A few ot tbe executive valeutiuee are really aitistio aud well worth bavtug , for example, on a rich jieoe ot ivory tiuled satin are sxquiiuly >ainted a cluster ol violet queens, tbs shades varying from a deep to a ligbl mauve, aud ju*t across tbe right baud upper corner la a oharmag quotatiou from Butler: what can oarth produce but love To nprmaiu tb j jy* abo '.' In tbe left baud ooruer is a ribbon bow in which i* concealed a diamond atud, suitable lor a lady or a gentleman. E1IIIH~1I<EKKI> ON WHITE MILK. A valentine embroidered ou white velvet t a wonderful work of ark The design i* a floral wreath. Every bud and blossom is wrought in relief. In script are ihe word* I love but ihee." Tbe "box valentines, baud paiuled, have some uovel fealures and were uever before brought out in *uob an elaborate fashion. The boxes, are ol rich plush, scarlet, azure blue, mnerald green, orange yellow and gulden bronze aud are lined with satin ot aooolrastiug aliade. on a dainty quilted cunbiuu rests paiuliug ou wax in all iu.tai.1 . a work o! n Cuder ibe miuialnre picture tbe rtcipieut may powibly duoover a jewel acuveuir, iu addition to tbe original pur cbaoe, which IN, however, wholly options with tbe yiver. Another dainty lyle o valeulme, aud one lhat is highly ornamen lal km, on tinted oatiu in double core [asbiuu. are verses aud paiuted de*igns or embroidery rii a ru. I B1/B IKHIOMH. There are numerous card-painted valen tiuet, some uf wLioh are beautiful!) executed. A uumber are pruedemgus. O tbeae but lillle cau be aald lhat i* uol due Io works of less prtUu*ioni. Many of tbe designs and their execution are rea.ll praue worthy, and yet tbey are uot " prize' card*. Amoig ibeoomical valentines tuere are *ome thai are very ordinary aud h.< mure ul a wuebegoue exprsasiou Ibau OL of humor. Other subjects, however, ar* more or less funny. Tbone gotten up in ridicule ot tbe u tibetia* oue such, paiuU( ou satin cardooard, bows' a tall geutl* nan, " fat as a match," bent forward, bold ing a nuntl jwer in hi* hand ; bia dome* ate of a ." kiu-t*xbt " til. H* is teaobin a stout woman how to gracefully pose whil lauding ou one foot. Tbe verse beneath explains tbe situation of thiugt ; I'D**. Valentine, love I can't; It'* no ii Try. Valentin*, love. Not fr tbe augeli above. vIJ!STIMt CI1OOKINO. Hislory informs us Ibat tbe celebration of Si. Valentine's birthday, February 1 lib bad iu origin iu ibe church al ibe uiue tbe Kood man was cancelled." aud as Si Valentine was noted for hi* kindness to tbe poor, tbey commemorated the auniversar; of bis birthday teudiug presenU to fiieod* aud those gift*, ware called valenlu e* Another account, equally reliable to tb above statement, record* thai il was once Ihe custom on tb* sveof February 14ih, to young men and maidens to put a uumbs of tbe women's name* into a box and then eaoh one of the men drew therefrom, th name chosen wa* tben termed his valcntin for tbe time being. Saint Valentine was beheaded in Home A. D. 370. By som historians he is said to have been a bishop Otbsr writers declare him to have bean Presbyter. All agree, however, that he was a remarkably good man. Hoi IMnn. r. l.r *! < hll.l. , n Tbe PeofU't Journal, published in Dan dee, Scotland, ha* an interesting article on an experiment being tried in tbe rura schools within it* district, which oonsuu iu providing a warm dinner for tbe ohildre Jurmg Bchool hour*. The experience o the pupil* there is so similar to thoa* ii Canada tbat the bulk of them have tc travel several mile* to th* tobool-house and during tb* noon hour the yotugsur who, if healthy, are usually tbe owner* of good appetite, have to content themaelve with a oold snack or a bannock waahec down with oold milk or water, and by tb time tbey return to their homes are of Un times hungrier than wolvss, and slue weakened by tbe effect* of fasting an fatigue. In tbe article Btsted a number o case* are gives, oue uf which will answer that of the Mary ton School, where tb charge is a halfpenny per day for one chili aud a penny for more than one of tbe earn family. The mou*y paid by tbe ticholar is supplemented by collections made at lee lures given iu the school bouse* and from other sources, and with the proceeds beef bought aud a woman employed at nine pence per day to cook and eerve, with tb result thai about 00 children are suppliM during tbe three winter uiouttm with plate of warm, wholesome broth, pout soup, or pea soup, eaoh child also receivin a small portion of meat. Tbe vegetabli arc supplied gratis by tbe farmers, aud tb School Board pays for the fuel and, it i presumed, cooking utensils. Care IB take uot to foster ihe idea tbat it is tbe duty o tbe School Board to feed aa well as eduoat tbe children. Dr. J. A. Campbell, th member for the Glasgow and Aberdee Universities, speak* highly of tbe system aud its effects, and all acquainted witu i confess ton* benefit* upon the children What's the extreme penalty for bigamy Two HiOthorH in lw MTU. Strong was tha first cotton raiser i California, aud last year she produced 19 ball*. IN I ill JAWS) wlf A - i UK I.M.. iiou. > > (> . !. n.f ( tli. no Wbllr ->i bin* ai 11 1. i inn* of Olvcr. Alfelto, Ibe Bpauiah diver, wbo has been t wurk on ihe wreck of ihe Atlauta, uear iloiebead, thus peaks of an adveuture bad y him a fsw days ago : Ai Ibe time I was t tbe bottom of tbe sea. I was just about onigunl to be drawn up for a moment'* est, when 1 noticed a shadowy body mov og at some dislauou above me aud low*rd In a moment every u'b had disap eared the very orUBlaoeaus lay slill uuou be aud aud the oullle nh scurried away a* fast as they could. I w* uot ihiukmg f danger, aud my first tbougut wan that i. as tbe shadow of a panaiug boat. But uddeoly a feeling of terror seized me. I ell impelled to flee from something I knew ot *bat. A vague horror seemed grssfiug f Mr me.iuah as a child fancies when leavm* darkened room. By thix lime tbe nnado lad come nearer and taken shape. It oarooly needed a glance to show me thai t wa a mau eater, aud of tbe largest tixe. lad I signalled to be drawn up thtn it uuld have been certain death. All I could do was to remain still . <ul u !*ll. .1 lay off twenty or twenty-five fetl, just outoid* the iiXfr'ug of Ihs ship, ils budy molionless, iu nus barely *liriiug Ibe waler about its gills. It was a mounter a* il waH, bul to add to the horror the pres sure of water upon my bead made u ap par as if pouriug fl tines from its eyes aud Duulb, aud every uiuvement of its fins and tail seemed accompanied by a duplsty of Ireworks. I was sure the flub was thirty Vet long, and so near that I could see iu duuble row of while teeth. Involuntarily I ubrnuk closer to tbe side of ihe vewel But my first movement betrayed my jrssence. I saw tbe shiuing eyes fixed ipon me ; its tail quivered a* it darted at me like a streak ot light. I shrank olieer to ihe side of Ihe ship. I saw it turn on one aide, it* mouth open, and beard tbe teeth snap a* it darted by me. It had mifsed me, but ouly for a moment Tbe sweep of it* mighty tail bad ihrowu me forward. I saw u luru balance itself, aud it* tall quivered as il darted at me again. There was uo escape Illumed on us back a* it swoopsd Jowu on tue like a hawk on a sparrow. Tbe jw opeued aud tbe long, sbiuing teeth gralec a* thev cloned on my metal harness. It bac in*. I could feel iU teeth grtudiug ou u>) oopper breastplate as it tried to bile me iu Iwu, for, fortunately, it had caught me ju*i m-ross tbe middle, where I was bent pro lecled HaMug seized me it went U>axiB| through the water. I could feel U bound forward al each >trok* of IU tail. Had i nol been for my copper helmet my beat would have oven loru otT by the rub through the water I was perfectly con HCIOUH, but somehow I felt no terror at all There was ouly a feeling of numbuens. oudered bow long it would be befor tuoae teeth would crunch through au( whether tbey would mrike first lulo in; back or my breast. Tbes I thought oi Maggie aud tbe baby, aud wondertd wbi would take care of them an if *he would ever know wba bad Secon.e of me. All these thought pasted through my braiu in an initaul, bu n ibat lima the connecting air tube hat be. n snapped and my head seemed read to bursl with prensure, while tbe mounter teeth kept crunching aud grinding awa upon my harness. Then I fell ibe col water brgin to pour iu aud beard tur bub ble, bubble, bubble, a* tbe air escaped int tbe creature's mouth. I began to hea great guns and see fireworks and rainbow and sunnhiue aud all kinds of pretty ihiug* tben I thought I wan floating away ou rony Mummer cloud, ilreaiumg to the souud of sweet music. Tben all became blank The shark tuigbt have eaten me al bis leisure and 1 uever would have been th wiser. Imagine my aatouishment Ibeu when I opeued my eyes on board thiH boa aud aaw you fellow* arcund me. Yes, sir I thought 1 was dead aud ale up, sure Alfetto was found by his comrades a few minutes after the snapping of the line. U was piuked up insensible, with several hole* puuohed iu the metallic part of the diviug suit. Panama llfrald. irMllB>rv Cawr A ale An extraordinary case of revival of vita ily in a supposed dead person ha* jus occurred al Lead*, Ecg. Tbe person wb ban been tbe subject of this experience is girl of I'i, named Emma Wbilebead. Tb girl bad been Buffering from oonrumptio for aome time, and she gradually B until about 4 o'clock on Tueadsy afternoon when sbs appeared to breathe her lant. N sign of life could be detected, and a perso was called in to wash and lay out the body which was done. Later tbe undertake was sent for, and tbe measurement* take for the coffin, and othsr arrangement were made for the interment. I .ate tb ame night, whilst the mother and th nurse were in the kitchen, they were throw into violent oousternat ion by bearing a voic cry feebly, Mother," and summonin murage to ascend Ibe stairs, they found Ib nuppoacd dead girl standing in the doorwa of her bed-room, drexsed a* sbs had bee laid out. On seeing them she said, Ob mother, fetch me down, I feel so oold. Without Ulling her what bad happened, tb women persuaded her to return Io bed, an at once summoned Dr. Hi|(gios, wbo | plied re*toratives to tbe fsiutiug girl. Bb HOOD recovered ooueciou*naas, and has DC livl any relaps* ; but *he is in an exceed- ingly weak condition, wbiob renders her re oovery highly improbable. llnitol t'.ng I tit,*. A NIUssT .'I N. a. Ht ni kublr iprrlrarr .1 ma Ks>flUB> 'Irairllrr. Tb* following " true tale " was recently old by the Mayor ol Stratford on Avon wnen delivering a lec.ure ou ' Furesl and Hutorio Tr**s " Some years ago a gentle- man, mounted on a horse. *et out iu order ooroes UB* Dartmoor Though the ibaw ad cimmeLC'-d, yel r. had uui melted the uow- heaps, aud our traveller got ou but lowly, aud toward eve. ing it froze again, 'be abadet of eveuiug < iue on with vapor ud ULKII. To reacb Taviatcck that night ekuew would be impossible, as a Iresb sniw storm began to lall.Tu suy out all Might would be certain d*lb. Il was, therefore. with no small *alifi tion Ibat be aaw at a ite>uoe a cottage, partially covered with snow, aud it was uot long before he reached I. He diiuiouuted, aud tb* aoor was pened by an old woman. He enured, and saw a sturdy peasant, tbe woman's son, rbo sal ssuokiug his pip* be*ide a iln/.mg peat fire. Tb* straug*r'* wants were >oon tuads known ; an old ont- IOUM accommodated hi* borse, and the son ;ave up hi* bed, addmg thai Le would aleep u tbe old aottle by ibe chimney ooruer Liter supper be was auowu to bis room, where mere was a large oak chest, vert oU aud curious, so much M> as to oaus* him M emark upon it io tbs old woman, who bad igbted him upslairs, and bs could uot help berviug something shy aud odd about her manner Alter she had gone be felt in- clined to peep into the ohesl, but be forbore, aud wsul to bed. lie felt oold and miser- able, aud could not tleep. Tbe old obesl lauuted him ; a hollow sound, aa if behind lis bed's head, suddsuly startled him, and as be raised himself in bis bed. tbe first biug be saw was tbe chest. Tuere it lay u tbe silvery silence of me moonlight . hi* ears gave action to the inanimate thing and al length be fancied the lid of tb* cheat began to move. Starting from bis bed, is grasped tbe lid and raised it op. marine bis feelings of horror wbsn beheld a human corpse, stiff and oold. One thought during tbe rest of the night po*****ed him -that was iu tb* houarof murderer*! Tber* no escape. He thanked Ood when morning cam*. Ou count g dowu alairsb* louud the old woman aud her son prepar- >g breakfast. They hoped " bis honor " bad passed a good night, aud bade him eat bis breakfast, consisting of broiled bacon, the sou ohimiug in Ibat mother wa* reckoned a good uu at silting no m." U* enjoyed his breakfant. aud recovered hi* (right, aud juat a tb* old wouiau wae broiling biui another rasber bs tummoued up courage to due-lose tbe secret of the oak best, aud a*kcd lor an explanation. 1 Bless your heart, your honor, it's nothing si all." said the young man ; " it's only faytker!" " Father ' Your father '." cried the traveller , " what do you mean .'" " Why, yon see, your honor, tbe snow beiug so "thick, and Ibe roads to cledgey like, when old faytuer died two week* agone, we couldn't rry uu to Tavietock to bury uu, so mother put uu iu tb* old box, and salted uu m." Th* traveller s break la*>t was spciled. lie got up from th* tabls, paid tor bis lodging, saddled bis bora*, aud ha* uever been kuown to touch a rasber of bar in since, a* it always re- called ibe feeling* of iltgust connected with Ih* advenlur* of " Bailing un in." Mitndutttr i Kng i limit. Him. I* Ihr t n.hl..blr. Very long gloves of uudretsed black kid, with black dress**, or of gray shades with light *reses, straw-colored while, golden orust, or pearl, are tbe correct wear. New lunch and breakfast cloths, with napkins to match, come in squares of wbiteor tinted damask, with bright colored or vari-oolored borders aud knotted fringes. English women hsve be^nu to adopt a fasbio* introduced by a graceful Spaniard al a recent reception in London a kid- embroidered jacket, matching the exact sbadeof the velvet skirt. In 1'arnt long carriage finite* of pure groen and pure brown shadf* ar* em- breidered all over in color*, presenting a most rich and sumptuous appearance. A douillette of white ribbed velvet, triir.- m*d with whiU swans' dowu, marabout or oheoillc, i* th* fashionable wrap lor litlli children of 2 and 3 yean old t .1. i. . Wana II. ..ii., ( Keep yoi'r head cool, your feel warm, and subscribe for your local newspaper. Don't apeud more than you > ui borrow, aud don'l borrow more than you can pay promptly. Don't kindle th* fire with kerosene un- less you are prepared for a laud thai u fairer ibau this. If you are angry at a man count fifty beforeipeakicg . if be is a greal deal big ger than you are count four hundred and sixty. I "oo't blow in your gun to tee if it ia loaded, unless yon want to get your name iu the paper* and your family is wall pro- vided for. B* satisfied with tbe world as yon find il, remembering that yon are only a tenant her* and may nol find yourself aa well iuild when yon mov*. Love your neighbor. If be keep* a dog that howls at the moon do not make harsh remarks about him, but borrow tb* dog to go bunting and forget to bring him back agaiu. Don'l brag about th* achievement* of your ancestor. A great ancestor io the grave is poor capital of itself for a maa to go into busine** on. And besid**, our an- cestors bad iheir fanlu. Even Adam'* record is not B* clean a* we would like it to be. DrrlloW ol Krru h !... LlKn If all tb* bl**siugs of lit* cam* to that nation which has a stationary or decreasing population, what a ha| pv oouulry France ought to be ! According to tb* return* of vital statistic* for 18*2 recently published 1 1 would wt-m that Franc* is rapidly reach- ing the coed i lion in wbiob ibe births are only ju*t sufficient to nupply the waste caused by death. In lx*2, as compared with IftMl, there were 10.0OO more deaths aud 1..V..H fewer marriages. Sixty year* ago, under the restoration. France would have doubled iU population in 112 year*; at the present rate the doubling would oc- cupy tt>7 yean, but for tbe steady immi- gration of au enormous body of foreigners i'lto tbe country every year. Tbm it a slate of affairs which ought to bring o unfurl to our Mallhusiins who, no doubt, will be able to demoustraU to u* tbat there is no such thing as ditconjfort or diatrera in a < nmtry exietiog under such sound economical conditions. It doe* not seem to be regarded with quite to much complacency by French sUlecmen and stati*tici>n* ; wbo ar* a*king themselv**, with tome anxiety, what is likely to happen when tbe population of Frinoe, even with the addition of a few millrms of Germans, Italians, and Be'giftaa, will be rather lee* than half tbat of Germany. Pall 3faU Ontette. e> Mr*. Rebtcoa R. Pooa*roy, wbo died in Newton, Mass., a few days sgo, was on* of tbs famous nurses of tbe war. Bh* ha* left behind her an interesting volume of per- sonal experience* in th* hospitals of the South and a* th* nurs* of Lincoln's son Tad " when b* was sick at the White House.