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mgTK, VIATOtt. . - A Hungarian Fantasy. O ; 1 W>H.BTODPAID. MM wm p on my way-- _ For ( very man hiB way nmst go-- I met ;• - outh, one sweet spring day, Who AQPW mo, or who seemed to know; - Bright :K a lover when ho standa W'IT thf iB in her bridal trim. . " 8t .p: crown me." Then with ready bands I u.ad<* a rosy crown for him. Ae I was going on uiy way-- I did not dare to tarry long-- I met a man, one summer day, Of noble bearing, tall and strong ; The light of love was in hi* eyes, The spirit of love in every limb. •• Stop ! live with me." I thought it wise To stop a while and live with him. At. I was going oh my way, But slower than when we begin, I met a man. one autumn day-- Ab. such a piteous, poor old man ! I HHW hie teare. and somehow knew The grief that made his eyes HO dim. '• Stop! comfort me." What could I do But stop and try to comfort him ? Now I am going on my way; A chill if creeping over me ; But whether from the winter day. Or something that I do not see. Who knows ? I feel it stealing near, A fearful presence, ghastly grim. '• Slop When that dreadfvl word I hear, I shall lie down in dust with him. -Harper'* THE IRON VAULT. I live in San Francisco, and am a lock­ smith by trade. My calling is'a strange one, and possesses a certain fascination, tendering it one of the most agreeable of pursuits. Many who follow it see noth­ ing iu it but laboi;--think of nothing but its returns in gold and silver. To me it has other charms than the money it pro­ duces. I am called upon almost daily tq opeu doors and peer into long-neg­ lected apartments; to spring the stub- " Come in," said I, resolutely, throw­ ing the door ajar, and proceeding to light a candle. Having succeeded, I turned to examine the visitor. He was a small and neatly-dressed gentleman, with a heavy Raglan around his shoulders, and a blue navy cap drawn suspiciously over the eyes. As I advanced toward him, he seemed to hesitate a moment, then raised the cap from his forehead, and looked me curiously in the face. I did not drop the candle, but I acknowl­ edge to a little nervousness as I hurried­ ly-placed the light upon the table, and silently ^proceeded to invest myself with two or three very necessary articles of clothing. As the Lord liveth, my visitor was a lady, and the same for whom I had opened the little box about a month be­ fore ! Having completed my hasty toilet, I attempted to stammer an apology for my rudeness, but utterly failed. The fact is, I was confounded. Smiling at my discomfiture, she said: *' Disguise is useless; I presume you recognize me ?" " I believe I told yoti, madam, I should not soon forget your face. In what way can I serve you ?" " By doing half an hour's work before daylight to-morrow, and receiving $500 for your labor," was the reply. "It is not ordinary work," said I, in­ quiringly, " that commands so munifi­ cent a compensation." " It is a labor common to your calling," returned the lady. " The price is not so much for the labor, as for the condition under which it must be performed." "And what is the condition?" I in­ quired. 44 That you will submit to be conveyed from and return to your own door blind­ folded. " Ideas of murder, burglary, and almost impatiently, holding the handkerchief to my eyes. The thought flashed across my mind that she intended to push me into the vault, and bury me and my secret to­ gether. She seemed to read the sus­ picion, and continued, coldly, 44 Do not be alarmed; you are not the' man !" I could not mistake the truth or the fearful meaning of the remark, and I shuddered as I bent my head to the handkerchief. My eyes were as careful­ ly bandaged as before, and I was led to the cab, and thence driven home by more a circuitous route, if possible, than the one by which we came. Arriving in front of the house, the handkerchief was removed, and I stepped from the vehi­ cle. A purse of $500 was placed in my hand, and in a moment the cab and its mysterious occupant had turned the cor­ ner, and were out of sight. I entered the shop, and the* purse of gold was the only evidence I could sum­ mon in my bewilderment that all I had just done and witnessed was not a dream. A month after that I saw the lady and the gentleman taken from the vault walking leisurely along Montgomery street. I do not know, but I believe the sleeping husband awoke within the vault, and his bones are there to-day ! The wife is still a resident of San Fran­ cisco. born locks of safes, and gloatUpon the -- ___0 trwisur?s piled within; to quietly enter i every other villainy hurriedly presented the apartments of ladies with more beauty than discretion, and pick the locks of drawers containing peace-destroying mis­ sives, that the dangerous evidences of wandering affection may not reach the eye of husband or father, in possession of the missing key; to force the fasten­ ings of cash boxes, and depositories of records, telling of men made suddenly rich, of corporations plundered, of or­ phans robbed, of hopes crushed, of fami­ lies ruined. Is there no charm in all this ? no food for speculation? no scope for the range of pleasant fancy ( Then, who would not be a locksmith, though his face is begrimed with the soot of the forge, and his hands are stained with rust ? But I have a story to tell--not exactly a story, either--for a story implies the completion as well as the beginning of a narrative--and mine is scarcely more than the introduction to one. Let him who deals in tilings of fancy write the rest. In the spring of 1856--I think it was in April--I opened a little shop on Kearney street, and soon worked myself into a fair business. Late one evening a tady, closely veiled, entered my shop, and, pulling from her cloak a small japanned, box, requested me to open it. The lock was curiously constructed, and I was all of an liour fitting it with a key. The lady seemed nervous at the delay, and at length requested me to close the door. I was a little surprised at the suggestion, but of course complied. Shutting the door and returning to my work, tue lady withdrew her veil, dis­ closing as sweet a face as can well be imagined. There was a restlessness in the eye and a pallor in the cheek, how­ ever, which plainly told of a heart ill at ease, and in a moment every emotion for her had given place to that of pity. 44 Perhaps you are not well, m«ikm) and the night air is too chilly ?" said I, rather inquisitively. I felt a rebuke in her reply. " In requesting you to close the door, I had no other object than to escape the attention of other persons." I did not reply, but thoughtfully con­ tinued my work. She resumed : " That little box contains valuable pa­ pers--private papers--and I have lost tiie key, or it has been stolen. I should not wish to have you remember that I ever came here on such an errand," she continued, with some hesitation, and iring me a look which it was no difficult tter to understand. 44 Certainly, madam, if you desire it. If I cannot forget your tuce, I will at least attempt to lose the recollection of ever seeing it here." The lady bowed rather coldly at what I considered a fine compliment, And I proceeded with my work, satisfied that a suddenly discovered partiality for me had nothing to do with the visit. Having succeeded, alter much filing and fitting, in turning the lock, I was seized with a curiosity to get a glimpse at the precious contents of the box, and, suddenly rais­ ing the lid, discovered a bundle of letters and a daguerreotype, as I slowly passed ttie box to its owner. She seized it hur­ riedly, and placing the letters and pic­ ture in her pocket, locked the box, and, drawing the veil over her face, pointed to the door. I opened it, and as she passed into the street she merely whis­ pered : 44 Remember!" We met again, and I have been thus particular in describing her visit to the shop to render probable a subsequent recognition SHIPWRECK AND MASSACRE. A Terrible Story of Diwtater and Death on the Coast of British Columbia. The Free Press of Ranaimo, British Columbia, issues an extra containing what purports to be particulars attend­ ing the wreck of the steamer George S. Wright in Queen Charlotte sound three, years ago. The Free Press received its information from Capt. Dudower, of the sloop Ringleader, who reports that at Bella Bella the Indian chief Charley Hamsett came on board the sloop and told him that aWakena Indian who worked as coal-passer on the steamship George S. Wright at the time of her wreck, and who with fifteen white men reached the shore alive, related to him the following particulars of the disaster : The steamship George S. Wright, while crossing Queen Charlotte sound, encountered a most terrific gale, with sea running mountains high. The vessel endeavored to keep her course, but a huge wave broke over her, putting out the fires. political'troubles, bad harvest, and gen­ eral disorganization of business, will' produce a marked change in the com­ merce of Russia, which is at best insig­ nificant, being little more than that of Spain or Italy. PUNCH ON AMERICAN BEEP* Boa Americano* Vanquishes the Grasping British Batcher. ' [London Cor. New York Herald.] American beef has been honored this week with a. cartoon in Punch entitled 44 Bos American us; or, Yankee Beef and English Butcher." The picture is ex­ ceedingly clever in conception. It por­ trays a well-fed ox, the various joints of which are marked in true cookery-book fashion, at prices ranging from 5 to 94 pence per pound. The head is spotted with stars, like the field of the American, flag, and the creases of the neck are formed into stripes. The bull tosses in the air a British butcher, in whose hands are scrolls marked . Beef, 12d.," "Mut- Immediately afterward the ton, 12d." A is poem entitled 4 4 The Brit- boiler exploded, and in a short time the ish Butcher's Dream,"in which the poor steamer sank. In the meantime the slaughterer of beeves sees the vision of themselves in succession, as I politely bowed, and said: 441 must understand something more of the character of the employment, as well as the conditions, to accept your offer." 44 Will not $500 answer in lieu of an ex­ planation ?" she inquired. 44 No--nor $5,000." She patted her foot nervously on the floor. I could see she had placed en­ tirely too low an estimate on my honesty, and I felt some gratification in being able to convince her of the fact. 44 Well, if it is absolutely necessary for me to explain," she replied, 441 must tell you that you are required to pick the lock of a vault, and--" 4 4 You have gone quite far enough, madam, with the explanation," I inter- lupted; 441 am not at your service." 44 As I said," she continued, 44 you are required to pick the lock of a vault, and rescue from death an unfortunate man who has been confined there for three days." 44 To whom does the vault belong ? " I inquired. 44 My husband," was the somewhat re­ luctant reply. 44 Then wliy so much secrecy ? or, rath­ er, how came a man confined in, such a place? " 441 secreted him there, to escape the observation of my husband. He sus­ pected as much, and closed the door upon him. Presuming he had left the vault, and quitted the house by the back door, I did not dream, until to-day} that he was confined there. Certain suspicious acts of my liueband, this afternoon, con­ vinced me that the man is there, beyond human hearing, and will be starved to death by my barbarous husband unless immediately rescued. For three days he has not left the house. I drugged him less than an hour ago, and he is now so completely stupefied that the lock may be picked without his interference. I j My pa does not feel able to speak this have^searched his pockets, but could not j evening, and he wishes me to say a few fl"'111'" 1 1 1 x words. Of course, you can't expect much Ages of Our Presidents. Geif. Grant is one of three Presidents of the United States who have passed their 50th birthday in the executive of­ fice--the other two being Mr. Polk, who entered the office about seven months before he was 50 years old, and Gen. Pierce, who became President in his 49th year. Gen. Washington was in his 58th year when lie became President; John Adams was in his 62d ; Jefferson in his 58th ; Madison in his 58th ; Monroe in his 59th ; John Quincy Adams"in his 58th; Gen. Jackson in his 62d ; Van Buren in his 55th ; Gen. Harrison in his 69th; Tyler in his 52d; Gen. Taylor in his 65th ; Lincoln in his 53d, and Johnson in his 57th year. Gen. Harrison was the oldest man ever elected to the Presiden­ cy, and Gen. Grant is the youngest. Washington, Jefferson, Madison and John Quincy Adams were in their 58th years when they entered the Presidency; Mr. Monroe completed his 59th year only fifty-five days after he became Pres­ ident, and Johnson was in his 56th year when he succeeded President Lincoln. Four Presidents went out of office in their 66th year, namely, Washington, John Adams, Jefferson and Madison, j President Jackson was the oldest of all I our retiring Presidents, as he went out | of office only eleven d^ys before the com­ pletion of his 70th year. Mr. Buchanan left office fifty days before he became 70 j years old. The President who lived j longest was John Adams, who died in his j 95th year. The next oldest was Mad­ ison, who died in his 86th year. Jeffer-1 son died in his 84tli year; John Quincy Adams in his 81st year ; Van Buren in ; his 80th year ; Gen. Jackson in his 79th ! year. The youngest retiring Presidentj was Gen. Pierce, who went out of office not quite foiir months after he had com­ pleted his 52d year. Mr. Polk retired in his 54th year, and died in a little more than three months later, at the age of 53 years, 7 months and 13 days, the young­ est of all our Presidents in death.--Hot- ton Transcript. An Infantile Temperance Speaker. ! In its report of a mass meeting OJAF-- ; Red Ribbon temperance workers in JOe- j troit, the Free Press of that city eon-! tains the following boy-effort: j Master Gordon, aged 8 years, a son of Henry Gordon, made a speech, of which the following is a verbatim report boats were lowered, but with one excep­ tion were instantly ̂ swamped. The fort­ unate, or rather unfortunate, boat con­ tained fifteen white persons and the Wakena Indian, and reached one of the two small islands in Queen Charlotte sound in safety. At night those saved lit a fire and went to sleep. The fire at­ tracted a party of Wakena Indians, who, in Conjunction with me one who had been saved, cut the throats of the the bull as pictured, as follows The rhyme runs HEAT AMD METRES. " Who the dickens are yon ? " gnarled the butcher, " who come With preposterous prices to puzzle and pain us ? " Said the bull, with a wink, " Wall, I'm known when to hum As ' Bos Americanus.'" " Oho ! " yelled the butcher, " that much talked-of Yankee • That's coming to cut down thankee: our profits ? No, I'm boss of this business, and mean, if I can* white men _ white they were ®®^ep,jnu-' qShthE buiuSgh^Kose, «i don't dimbt you, old man. But you're hardly awake to this crisis of crises. tilating their bodies in a frightful man­ ner, and afterward threw their bodies in­ to the water. The disaster occurred close to where ooHions of the wreck were washed ashore. The saved Indian says that Capt. Ainsley went down with the steamer, and that he worked hard to get the boats lowered and in throwing life-preservers to those persons strug­ gling in the seething waters. The only persons that the Indian knew who reached the shore in safety were the first mate and carpenter. As the Indian was working on the steamship and would therefore know all the crew, we presume that the thirteen others in the boat were passengers. The sloop Ringleader is now on the Smart trick of those cannie Scotch fleshers. Dare say You'd a pot in that pils; but the game's had it's day. My advent is fast getting knowh to the town; - Like the coon to our Colonel, 4 you'll have to come down.'" 44 Come down !" yelled the butcher; 44 a jolly, fine joke. I'll come down on you hot, as you'll presently feel." And he " went for " that bos with his kpife and hiB steel-- But, hoist like a football, awoke And found he had dropped all hia bills in his fright-- An omen which spoiled his repose for the night. NOTES FOR LADIES. Business Prospects in New England. The symptoms of reviving business are not being studied so much as they have been, but a robuster and surer-footed way to Victoria to inform the Govern- I confidence appears instead. The March ment of this matter and endeavor to get i winds are not more effectually blushing a gun-boat to go up there and arrest the j the clouds of winter off the blue floor of murderers. i heaven than is this stiffening breeze of i universal confidence hurrying all doubts i and hesitation out of sight. In short, j the business sky is rapidly clearing, and ! hope and trust are coming out to the ! view. Every one realizes that the past ; three and a half years are not to be re- I traced, but that the cestly experience of | that term has prepared the way : for the resumption of operations on | a foundation that promises to be perma­ nent. The observations of the best gen- i eral business authorities all unite in ; prophecies of a speedy improvement in | trade affairs. Manufacturers feel the incoming influ- j ence equally with the merchant^, as the | full renewal of work in mill after mill | explains. An inspection of the markets of the country shows that over-production no longer obstructs com- ! mercial movements. In the products of ! the fields and the mills there has been a thorough working-up process going on, GRAY cloth dolmans will be the fash­ ionable wrap for spring. CuT-sTEEii ornaments will be greatly used on spring dresses. WHITE bonnets, either of felt or plush, are among the latest importations. THE Cloisonne enamel, so sought after in articles of virtu, is now used for jew­ elry. THE newest Princess dresses are made with square trains and entirely without drapery. THE newest percales are in India de­ signs and dark colors, like those seen in cashmere shawls. GLASSES are now made of frosted glass, in antique forms and patterns, the mono­ gram being in color. BANGLE-RINGS, made of five or six nar- , . r..- - row gold rings held by one long cla^p, ) the4 Present time the call is for pro- are &e novelty iw finger-ring* T i Auction to take* hold again. And this J p | imphes the loading dl cajhs, canal-boats LACE scarfs are used as strings for : ant| IAJJE vessels, the freighting of ocean opera hats, attached in such a manner as i 8teamers, and a busy distribution every- to form a cape at Lie back of the bonnet. , where foy the enterprise and energy of HONEY-OOMBED toweling is made up in ! the great mercantile class. The machine- handsome quilts, by being worked in [ ry is all in order and well oiled, and it diamond patterns of floral designs in pink, ! is already beginning to move. When find the key; hence my application to you. Now you know all; will you ac­ company me there'{" 44 To the end of the world, madam, on such an errand." of a speech from a little fellow like me, but I will tell you why I am here to­ night. I have a little brother at home. The waiting at the door. I was a little surprised, for I had not j heard the sound of wheels. Hastily | drawing on a coat, and providing myself i with the required implements, I was soon i at the door. There, sure enough, was i the cab, with the driver in his seat, ready i for the mysterious journey. I entered [ the vehicle, followed by the lady. As ' soon as I was seated she produced a | heavy handkerchief, which, by the faint light of an adjacent street lamp, she I carefully bound round my eyes. The j lady seated herself beside me, and the I cab started. In half an hour the vehicle | stopped--in what part of the city I am j entirely ignoiant, as it was evidently j driven in anything but a" direct course from the point of starting. Examining the bandage, to see that vision was completely obscured, the lady handed me the bundle of tools with which I was provided ; then, taking me by the arm, let me through a gate into a house which I knew was of brick, and, after taking me through a passage way which could not have been less than fifty feet in length, and down a flight of stairs into what was evidently an under­ ground basement, stopped beside a vault, and removed the handkerchief from my eyes. 44 Here is the vault--open it!" said About 2 o'clock in the morning, in the ! 8he, springing the door of a dark lan- latter part of. May following, I was |tera. and throwing a beam of light upon awakened from sleep bv a gentle tap npon the window of the little room back "J^hen^prepare yourself ; there is a cab j other night my pa said : 44 ©ays, which ..i. 4 Al 1 " of you will take my place and work for temperance ?" I jumped up and said : 441 will, pa !" And I am here to learn. I am but a boy, but I have seen many cases of drunkenness--many of them so bad that it has made poor mother weep. I don't want to do anything to make my ma cry, and I know if I drink strong drink it will bring tears to her eyes. I have come among those good people Who are doing so much for little fellQWS like me. I have come to show my red ribbbon. [Applause.] The kind hand of good Mr. Duffield tied it in my little button-hole. I feel very proud of it. [Cheers. ] My pa says it is the emblem of sobriety, ana he knows. I shall pray that it will re­ main there always. Come, gentlemen, and sign the pledge. This childish effort was very effectual, and when the little chap retired a large number accepted his invitation and affixed their names to the pledge. of the shop, in which I lodged. Think­ ing of burglars, I sprang out of bed, and in a moment was at the window, with a heavy hammer in my hand, which I usu­ ally kept at that time within convenient reach of my bedside. 44Who's there?" I inquired, raising the hammer, and peering out into the the lock. I seized a bunch of skeleton keys, and after a few trials, which the lady seemed to watch with the most painful anxiety, sprang the bolt. The door swung upon its hinges, and my companion, telling me not to close it, as it was self-locking, sprang into the vault. I did not follow. I heard the murmur of low voices within, and the next moment the lady reappeared, darkness fen it was as dark as Egypt 1 and leaning upon her arm was a man, f curse ot Israel s God. with face so pale and haggard that I - 1. ! r ®xcla?mfd a figure, stepping , started at the sight. How he must have in front of the window ; "open the door; suffered during the three W days of I have business for you. his confinement.! 44 Rather past business hours, I should •ay ; but who are you ?" . 44 No one that would harm you," re­ turned the voice, which I imagined was rather feminine for a bmglar's. 4 4 And no one that can !" I replied, rather emphatically, by way of a warn­ ing, an I tightened my grip upon the hammer, and proceeded to the door. I poshed back the bolt, and, slowly open­ ing the door, discovered the stranger already upon the steps. 44 What do you want?" I abruptly in­ quired. 441 will tell yoti," answered the same soft voice, 44 if" yon dare opeu the door wide enough for me to enter. 44 Remain here," she said, handing me the lantern; 441 will be back in a mo­ ment." The two slowly ascended the stairs, and I heard them enter a room immedi­ ately above where I was standing. In less than a minute the lady returned to me. 44Shall I clone it, madam?" said I, placing my hand upon the door of the vault. 44 No ! no !" she exclaimed, hastily seiz­ ing my arm; 44 it awaits another occu­ pant. 4 4 Madam, you certainly do not in­ tend to--" 4'Are you ready?" she interrupted, Buried Alive. At Leu Saint Remy, in Belgium, an appalling sensation has lately occurred. A young man of 18 years, who was be­ lieved to be dead, was placed in a coffin and buried. A great number of mourn­ ers accompanied the funeral. One of them pronounced a eulogium upon the character of the deceased, the usual prayers were recited, and the coffin was lowered into the grave. The grave dig­ gers had begun to fill it in with clay when they heard several knocks from within the coffin. Terrified, they ran to call the curate and inform the Mayor, in the presence of both of which personages the coffin was opened. 44 Horrible specta­ cle !" says the paper from which tnis is translated. ,4Tke unfortunate youth, who had been buried alive while in a state of lethargy, had made desperate efforts to break open the lid of the coffin, but uselessly, and had died of asphyxia." He Shouldn't Have Lied. . 44 Aye those genuine sausages ?" asked he of the butcher. 44 Ya," said the butcher, 44 dey ish genuine." 44 Made of dog and cat, and all that ?" observed the man. 44 Nein, nein ! dey ish not!" indignantly replied the butcher. 441 makes no dog's orwi «af'« meat- in mine sausages." 44 Well, then," said the man, walking off, 441 don't want them; I'm after the genuine article." The butcher was perplexed to lose the customer, and, gazing wistfully after him, reproachfully muttered : 4< Ya, ya--it ish soinedime better uf toldt de truth." the long-obstructed channels are free again, the life will be the most cheering we have had since the few years imme­ diately preceding the war, which all hope is at last ended.--Boston Post. Death of a Female Skipper. Mrs. Mary Patton, widow of the late blue or amber wools, UNBLEACHED muslin is the latest nov­ elty for bedroom curtains, instead of chintz or cretonne. It is trimmed with Turkey-red cotton, or blue or yellow. i DRIED flowers and ferns, arranged on | silk or fine cardboard, and covered with j prepared muslin, to keep them from _ , ^ vi. breaking off, make handsome ornaments I Capt. William Patton, died in New York, for lamp-shades j a few days ago, of heart disease, aged 42 . , , ' ,. ; , years. She was at one time famous for A NEW STYLE of napkins and doylies • having successfully navigated her hus- come in white watered surface In the band£vegsel fromJ Cape Horn to San center is woven, m red threads, a lob^ j prnj1(;i8CO< she was the daughter of a ster, a crab, fish, or coral. On-flowered i retjre(j 8ea Captain of East Boston, and surfaces are woven red cherries and other , matje her wedding tour in a voyage • | round the world in 1854-55. During the THERE are some delicate impulses that j voyage she learned navigation. In 1856 a good woman cannot resist. She cannot -- ~ help putting three hair-pins and a spare shoe-lace into the first shaving-mug she sees. Women a^e better than men in this respect. A Substitute for Matches. Countless accidents, as every one knows, arise from the use of matches. . the Neptune Car sailed from New York i for San Francisco with a valuable cargo, i The first mate became mutinous on the j voyage and was put in irons, and the i extra labor involved threw the Captain ! into a fit of congestion of the brain, when | his wife assembled the crew, and, with i their consent, navigated the vessel safe- i ly into port. The New York Board of To obtain light without the danger o[ I Un<l..rwrter. preMnWhwrntliMim ; ; * and the owners of the cargo with $l,o00 setting things on fire, an ingenious con­ trivance is now used by the watchmen of Paris in all magazines where explosive or inflammable m aterials are kept. Any one may easily make a trial of it. Take an oblong vial of the whitest and clearest glass, and put into it a piece of phosphorus about the size of a pea. Pour some olive oil, heated to the boiling point, npon the phosphorus; fill the vial about one-third full and then cork it tightly. To use this novel light, re cargo more. Her husband died soon after his return East, and since then Mrs. Patton has been living in New York, in Boston, and in Brooklyn, with her son. Church Revenues in France and En­ gland. The Established Church of England counts: 13,054 ecclesiastics, of whom 6,752 receive an annual sum of £200 to £500; 1,881 an average of £772, and 9 it tignuy. xo use tins novel light, re- j £2 (K^ The Archbishop of Canterbury, move ti^cork, allow the air to enter the ; ^ » rimate receives £15,000; the Arch- vial, and then recork it. The empty , bisl£ ^ York and the Bishop of Lon- space in the vial will become luminous, , dou £10 000 each, and the Bishop of and the light obtained will be equal to , Durham £8,000. In France the State that of a lamp. When the light grows . 31:M9' ,KK) franCs to 30,992 acting dim its power can be increased by taking J the republic, 633,100 francs to out the cork and allowing a fresh supply ^ in AlKeria and 175,550 francs to of air to enter the vial. In winter it is 9 279 ^cars The Cardinal Archbishop sometimes necessary to heat the vial , 0'{ parj8 receives 60,000 francs annually; between the hands m order to increase | the Archbishops of Bordeaux, Rouen, the fluidity of the oil The apparatus | Cambri Rennos. and Algiers each 30,000 thus prepared may be used for six; franc8.' 12 other Archbishops, 20,000 months. j franc8' each, and the 69 Bishops of „ . .. ; France and Algeria each 15,000 francs. Russian Commerce. | ̂ Gf 92,000 francs is, moreover, al- Tlie Russian Customs Department has i ioireti to the episcopacy for the expense recently issued the official returns of the 1 * trade of Russia for 1875. The imports and exports together sliowM an increase of about $7,500,000 over 1874, and of about $79,000,000 over 1873. The gross total was about $680,000,000i The in­ crease in trade is shown to be entirely due to growth in imports. The exports of 1875 were but $280,000,000. The im­ ports for 1875 show signs of inflation, AFTER TWENTY TEAKt' Although you've been • hneband traa, Tie many a yfar gone by, Jdhn, And I'm a faithful wife to you (And will be till I die, John), We led a lonely sort of life, With no sweet child to blew* w, Till Bemjy came last Chrtatiuu day, To comfort and careoa un. Our baby has a father gray, A mother none too young, John, And yet it seeing the time of May, E'er nine*1 our birdling Rang, -JohS, She brought D<>W ]I£E the house, The little, jpr»tUing Hltniiger, And, John, nhe binds you to your hOOM* Who might have been a ranger. Once every chair waa in It* place, And not a thing awry, John, Yet we two, sitting face to face. Would often breathe a 8igh, JolTfe Bnt now upon our ample board la daily placed between ua A picture-plate and porringer, From loneliness to wean tia. While she. our little baby queen, With eyes so like your own, John, (The brightest, bluest ever seen), Eats with us on her throne, John. Heaven guard our precious little one-- May angels fair, that brought hfr, Protect from every threat'ning ill The "old folks'" little daughter. WIT AND HUMOR. A GOOD many men won't admit that honesty is the best policy, because they have never tried it and don't want to be placed in a false position. A BALTIMORE paper says that the price of board hasn't been so low for the last ten years, and adds, " and the board hasn't been so poor, either." THEY are going to economize at Sara toga this year. Fourteen trunks full of store-clothes will pass even a homely woman through the season. ANY lady can press her old bonnet over into the new spring style by placing it on, a pavement block and letting a loaded ice-wagon back over it lengthwise.* THE farmer who imagines that old rope, leaves and shirt-buttons add to the flavor of his maple sugar is walking in the broad way which leadeth down. THERE is a time for all things. The time for an ink-bottle to tip over on your writing paper, says the Oil City Derr ick, is just when you have finished a letter. A WOMAN is very much like a kettle, if you come to think of it. She sings away so pleasantly--then she stops--and, when you least expect it, she boils over. TEXAS wants it distinctly understood that no more lawyers need enter that State, unless it be to kill off the doctors, of which the supply seems inex­ haustible. YIOLET-COLORED ink has suddenly gone«out of fashion with lovers, who are returning to the old-fashioned blue. This latter ink doesn't stand out so big before a jury. "A SOFT answer turnetli away wrath," yet a man caught by his wife dealing out soft answers to a pretty widow next door says he can prove that the proverb didn't work well in his case. "MY son," said a doting mother to her 8-year old, "what pleasure do you feel like giving up during the Lenten season?" " Well, ma, I guess I'll stay away from school," was the reply. A TERRIBLE responsibility rests upon the father of an interesting daughter who lets the clock run down at 9 o'clock in the evening, and goes to bed without winding it up, What a temptation and an excuse for sitting up late. --A Naw YOBK" druggist lias six' e&ffo per week from women who want to sui­ cide. He gives them powders in place of poison, and they are terribly sick, de­ sire to live, and do live, and some of them marry rich coal merchants. THE Rothschilds have counted their money again. They have only $3,400,- 000,000. And when they got through counting they looked sad, and drew down their mouths, and wrung their hands and said: " Such awful hard times !" THE POET'S GRAVE. Put away his little poem-- Us to publish do not ask it; Fame through UB shall never know him-- He has climbed the golden basket. Gone to meet the communication writ­ ten on both sides of the paper. THERE is in the heart of every woman such a deep well of love that no age can freeze it--Exchange. That's all very true, but still one hates to find her in the hall as he comes in at 1 o'clock. There's a bare possibility that her love will freeze up for about a minuter * THIS is the season when, as they fondly linger at the gate, he says in tones tremulous vitli the ecstasy of love, " Darling, my own precious darling, one fond kiss before we part!" and a sharp voice from the up-stairs window calls out, " Sarah Jane, you march into the house. To-morrer is washin' dav, and you ain't a-going to lay abed till noon, now I tell you !" A NEW YORK paper records that the wife of a sexton belonging to one of the churches in a healthy locality was, last week, interrupted in the middle of a harangue upon the hardness of the times by a person who desired to sell her a couple of ducks. "Ducks!" exclaimed she, "how can I buy ducks or anything else ? We have not buried a living soul these six months!" " COULDN'T you give me something to do ?" asked a poor boy at a Michigan shingle factory the other day. " No," said the owner; we are all full now." The boy looked sad, and was about to go a way * when a bright thought seized upon him, and, turning again to the owner, he inquired : " Don't you need a boy to test shingles on?" Bnt even then the lad oonla get no position, for the man had a boy of his own. of diocesan visits. A Natural Csanpass. On the prairie lands of the United States, especially in Texas and Oregon, there grows a plant which has the pe­ culiar property of turning its leaves to­ ward the north. It is called the compass- plant, and often serves as a guide to the ^ _ _ _ f b e n i g h t e d t r a v e l e r . I t i s d e s c r i b e d a s a being $400,006,000, an $16,'- perennial plant from three to six feet in 000,000 over the imports of 1874. The : height, with ovate, deeply pinnatified " balance " against Russia is large. The i leaves, and large heads of yellow flowers, extent of its foreign purchases has no | It is known also by various other names, doubt been influenced by the command j as polar plant, pilot-weed, resin-wood, given Russia over foreign markets by the turpentine-weed, the last two names be- loans obtained abroad. The best days ing derived from the resin which exudes of the foreign loan are over. This and | from the stem. '• The Modocs. The Modoc Indians number 54 males and 63 females, 117 in all. They have enjoyed ten months' schooling the past year, under the supervision of the Socie­ ty of Friends (orthodox), the Govern­ ment expending $1,882.05 for their schooling, together with a donation of $50 from other sources. The agent, H. ! W. Jolies, in giving a report of the Mo- I docs and their condition, at Quapaw | Agency, Indian Territory, says: "The | Modocs are located on a very fertile tract 1 containing 4,000 acres in the northeast j corner of the Shawnee Reserve. The j greater portion of this is tillable, and : about 1,500 acres are well wooded. They j have remained steadily loyal and peace- 1 able during the past year. They have j engaged energetically in labor,, and, as a l result, have a large and valuable crop OH their farm.