An English Statistical Has Discovered That

married men live longer and bettcr lives tlian batchelors. Auiong every 1,000 bachelur8 tbure are SS crimináis; amung tnarrlcd men the ratio is onlj 18 per 1,000. A free library is being estabüshed in New York by tbe OddFellows of that city, and ncurly tweuty-five tbousand hooks have been secured by charging ouc book for eaoh adnilsslon to entertainment in the interest of the enterprise. A jounggirl employed in a CIncinnatl tallorIng establishment was leanlug orcr a pot ot Ijoiliiifr coftee when nuddeuly it exploded, tbrowing the Huid in all directlons. Shc was eo badly burned it is feared her eyesight has been destroyed. 'What's youridea of heaven, Smlthi" asUed Mr. Cephas Aurelius Winkcr of that gentleman, as tbey walked homeward after service. iSmith replied sadly, rubbing an ugly gtubble buard : "A barbiT-shop wherc 'next' comes iiiiiiK-0 latt-ly on Saturday nlght." 'There's a couple of nice eucuinbers, doctor," said the green gnieer, "ail i've lelt I was ROlug to seud thein over to the Smiths, luit if you want 'em you can have 'cm. "Nn." replied the doctor, hastily, "let the Smitha buve them. They are patients of min." It bas been determlned by recent observaUods that the avenga yearlj recewloa of the whule contour of the Horscsuoefall slim 1842 bas been 2.4 feet, but at tbe acute auglcs where the bulk of the water passes the recisslou 6nce 1843 has been three bundert feet, or seven feet per year, the rate Incftaslug In recent years. Albauy has one of the cheapest restaurant In the world. Recently a lialf-dlme lunch place has been opened on Broadway, at whlch all sorts of dishes from clam-chowderup to a broiled steak, with bread and butter, ara erved at five cents each. The bill of fare Is a marvel of cheapness, and the cooking Is said to be pretty good, too. An old deacon was asked the other day: "Huw doyoulike your pastor?" "First, rato." he replied, "eicept In one thing." "Wbat's thati" "It is this," contiuued the deacon: "tbe Lord never made hlm to teil jokes, and yet he Insists on telling thein. I never llke to laugh when I don't want to latigh, and yet I have to do It constantly, just to save the pastors'! feellngs.'1