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•m BUND MID. &H*I mm unnu.; is dat 'ar a playln't Shucks! I wish I wusnt de Lord he tak my «•% •»I#r *W Bob? t Vwcht I noo^ilNd tiaaM t taew*d *was y*u, BOOB'S I $*erd£he Addle H> cote*. > . ;« '.JMm! «*tatat rtght-JsT W ** sho*;** howto jtf*"* ¥**1 T^nn '̂maks the fiddle talk die after- l»*r,S2tt*r«w me that counter's Jea* a leetie bit X ' too high? 5 irott'a je*' like allmuirio«»«srs *at learoato play by! • tor note; j&Mi «jnt got m««io la yoa, so jo* *•* to have It 3 wrote; •-Jffcs* a* " «in t science--why the debbil don't you 1 play by yeah? 'fNr d»t's de onliea' kin' ob moalo ftttin' (or to heah. yon. suppose, when David TO a piokln' on de «%b*r knowed de differeaoe atwlxt a flat an' sharp T .my time yon oalWd (or, be oould pick it aU de David knoirad de musio, '4ongh he didat know densme., ::/vs , " lfev, 1 begta ast. Somefln' lively, tm\ WW atfquie&? ' • -wi '• Jee* pay attention, Xll gib you "OM Dick." , ^ - JfiSthl yahi young mahs'r, dont you feel jea* like •« you want to pit? Pr^IuA(opracticeawbfle aforeyoaekaisdatl aint nobody 'rtmrd dis place kUs'play wid Uncle Ned; fan* got tt in Mr fingers, ne'der la del# *J»a«5 Bddier BUI dey teOn about--I heered him pta» #** I declw ît sounded like a fox among de geese. ielfina In like an 'ooman ; mighty hard to guide, •dghty hard to keep in order after once ita e'aatlux somefisTwut it out ob kelter, more or defaaotoa' looUa' ones dat alhu doea de 'tWDe ym-'s a splendid lnsfament--I 'epec' It ooat • heap; ... fRn raly ought to let me tab dia fiddle lor to keep-- ... ^trin'tnonntoywi, aah; (or, widout It's In da blot get marietta* de fines' fiddle hi the lan'., |K Quires a power ob science for to fiddle, aah, yon t - see, '*»' acieoce oomeaby nator*; dafs de way it la wid *(tat X^or«l ! dat BUI! It 'muses me to heah him talkin' big; trev. never heerd • bragging' fiddler play a Jigl ' CM* BUI, he ia a eaataon, (aah! I wonder now wfaar he Am' odar folks I kaowa of--yea, I wonder wharH dsy be fte bebben, when de mule's playln', an' de angeli shout-- St SOI should jine the chorus, dey would tab to pat bim out. good-by, Mahs'rBob,aah; lAeayou'anuAn . else to do IMmP am' for dia ol* darkey, an' tall come an' play • far you : An' don't gib op your practisin'--yoa's only aeben- teen. , te* maybe when yotn «!' u m» yoall play da *lole®e. • ----Sjggetam' JmraaL •M,.n\XQ. 26 IN QUB SQUARE. It is a large briek house, with five >%rmdows to the front, and a long balcony, jfall of mignonette and geraniums •jftiroqghoHt the summer. For a long ^ime K>thing was known of its inhabit- mtto beyond the information contained a the directory, -where they were regis­ tered •m Miss Keith and Minn Tnfliwinn. Keith. Indeed, for ten years Our Square ^ras kqpt in total ignorance of their liia- Jhxy. By sight we all knew them well, wt frequently, if the weather was fair, •̂hfiy were to be seen walking in the " Bquar« garden, and were generally ac- by a darK-complezionea but many cdrl, and a ̂ Hindn, whos though idvesaedlike an En^ishwoman, wm sup­ posed to be an ayah. The little Leila, 'who must have been about three or four old when they first oame to No,, 26!; joised in the games of the other children im the Square^ but used to walk .-with the kdies and the ayah, chattering •way in a tongue which the wondering nurses supposed to be Hindustanee, and -̂ wfaidb seemed much more familiar to ifbar than English. ** At church the Miares Keith were most tmqp&ax; and generally, on a Sunday . asriming, Leila accompanied them, with who seemed to follow ber like ^ ̂ ^iHUiadow. In all paroddal charity lists •" #**'«• names appewed, and the elergy- 3Sc|WK. was inchned to ascribe smny an -jriMKmSsnouB donation to their liberality ; -. en & week-day aftemooB; their V mmofg% Instead ol taking tlie dkestion - offhe >park, would oonrey them to the >«a»>rkhousd or hospital, where they ^ere , 4*swwr most weloome. . <0! their pei-soual appeaira'uce we have luiherto said nothing. Miss Keith, who wight have bmu about thirty when she <eam£ to live an Our Square,̂ waa small and -inaigtu&oaH* -looking ; but her expres- *«ioa mid and agreeable, and the (tme 'her voice pleasant. Miss In- %3iNjfcs who imoBt have been nearly ten i-jwws younger than her sister, was tall ' and slight, and her features were deli- , .^mte mid beautiful; but her whole air wl manner waa that of a person who ̂ bm passed through a great sorrow ; and u tfae aailowness of her complexion father t ,* #; Mmrred her general effect. Her voice, i|.' Elmore musical than her sister's, was anournful in its tone, expressive of a sort <flf qaiet •wariness, and very different. i fsom Anne's cheerful, rapid accents ; and. jet, dissimilar as they were, the closest drffoetion united the two. And now, in- «feo»d of letting our readers grope, as we in the dark, we will, without fur- preaxahle, admit them into the ret of No. 25, and tell them the story it was told to us nearly twenty years and Indiana Keith were the only ' an of Sir William Keith, who oc- ' a high judicial appointment at it the greater part of Soon after the birth Jjady Keith •was ordered to ilia, for the sake of her :twt> children went with tin a couple of years, she led there with their • death deprived 9, and they went out r in India. At that seventeen years of ; rod delighted the city, itive feast to of the I the lus- 00 that in mwas servants alder sis- shade, Lte free id de- bn that beauty preferred; and, though the spirit of . coquetry which possessed her ren- dered her sentiments c doubtful for a time, she submitted at last to become the betrothed of Oapt Henry Willough- by, of her Majesty's One Hundred and Thirty-first Begiment of Foot, a gallant •offiocr and excellent man, who was a uni­ versal favorite, and especially approved of by Sir William. It is true his means were spttli^but then the lady's loituse would amplv suffice both; and, as there was no particular reason for delay, In­ diana consented to the day being fixed for the marriage. One morning, as she and her sister were occupied in looking over a number of trousseau dresses just arrivei from Calcutta, she was told that a person wished tc "peak with he?; and two native women entered the room, the first thickly veiled, the other with her face uncovered, and carrying a baby of about a year old To Indiana's rather hasty inquiry of what they wanted, the fore­ most answered by removing her veil, and displaying features which, though dark, were strikingly handsome, and then, approaching the white beauty, timidly asked in broken English, if it was true that the Bebee was going to marry the Soubahdar WiLloughby. lnoi?aia nodded assevji, with a sniile and a blush, and Meenah Baee contin­ ued, " Does the English kw allow men to hive two wives!" " Good heavens t" exclaimed Indiana, angrily, "what does all this nonsense mean V* while her calmer sister answered, "Englishmen can never take a second wife till the first is dead," " Then the Bebee mustn't marrr the Soubahdar Sahib;'" and she handed to the sisters a piece of paper, which In­ diana took and opened, and perused with an angry frown, though, as she fin­ ished it, she laughed, and said, "This is some stupid joke meant to frighten me. Somebody has been making a fool of you, I fear. Then, turning to her sister, " Look, Anne; a contract of marriage between Henry Willoughby, Captain in her Majesty's One-hundred* and-thirtv-flrst Foot, and Meenah Baee, daughter ©! Holkar's Dewan, with some unreadable name or other, dated two years ago*at Indore. Bo you mean to say," and she turned fiercely to the wo­ man, "that you consider yourself mar­ ried to Oapt. Willoughby?" Meenah Baee answered timidly in the affirmative. A thick cloud rested on Indiana's brow, as die again examined the document. " It is his signature," she sold, with choking voice. " Here is a note I had from him yesterday ; it is undoubtedly his writing----signetl by a clergyman, the Rev. W. Jones." " There is Henry coming," exclaimed Anne, who was looking.out of the win­ dow. " We will have Mm in here," said In­ diana, coldly, and gave orders to a ser­ vant "You, Meenah Baee, remain veiled till I bid you show yourself." Capt. Willcughby entered the room with a look of deep depression on his face, which at any other time would have roused Indiana's tenderest sym­ pathy ; but now, without observing it, she bowed in a manner that at once startled and confounded him, and, be­ fore he could approach her, said : " Capt. Willoughby, you are come at a moment when your testimony is wanted. Have you ever seen that person before?" At her signal Meenah Baee raised her veil, and Willoughby started slightly, as he beheld the beautiful face, and an­ swered, rather vehemently, for he fan­ cied that Indiana was jealous, "Sever, that I can remember." "Would it be inconvenient to jtm to exert your memory a little?" demanded Indiana, in the same eold^ hard voice; while Meenah Baee, exclaimed, " It is he f it is my husband f" threw herself at his feet, embraced his knees, and kissed the hem of his garment, in her rapture. Poor Capt. Willoughby., thoroughly bewildered by this ebullition of tender­ ness on the part of a perfect stranger, and by his betrothed's sudden change of manner* and also oppressed by the sad news that he had to communicate, could not speak for a while, and his silence confirmed Indiana in her suspicions of Ms guilt. At length he leplied, " I can- not secollect having over seen her be­ fore, and whu» she lias tu &»• with you. and me, on my honor I caanotconeeive.'*" " lour conscience should ieu you," said XadiEUMk "Bo JOB panskindkh avowing hert"^ * But Henry WiHonghby's patience could last no longer, and, without no­ ticing the last question, he exclaimed,, " What all this means, Indiana, you best know ; but 1 confess it appears to me a very dull jest, especially under the pres­ ent circumstances. I have sorrow enough already without your adding to it. You, from whom I hoped for eomfoit," he added, with emotion. After a moment he reoovered himself, and went on, " My regiment is just ordered to march, at a the story got abroad. He would cause the affair • to be thoroughly sifted, and the witnesses sought out whoee names were appended to the document, and for the present, anyhow* the engage­ ment had better be considered as at an end. Capt Willoughby, whose pride WAS deeply wounded at his word being douated, acquiesced, and approached Indiana to bid her farewell; but his of­ fered hand was rejected ; and haughtily bowing, she turned away; and when that evening the Oiie-hundred-and- tlirity-first left Agra, in high spirits at the prospect of an encounter with the Sikhs, perhaps the saddcMt herirt «nwrmg them was that of Henry Willoughby, whose only hope now was that he might fall in battle, and that Indiana might then repent her injustice. JBut he was disappointed, and passed through all the battles of Moodkee, Ferozebah, and Sobraon, without a scratch j and though risking his life on every occasion in the most reckless and daring manner, and performing feats of the most heroic bravery, failed in finding (he death tnat he desired. After Willoughby left her father's house, Indiana still preserved the same stolid composure; her pride was deeply hurt at the indignity that had been of­ fered her, and yet, with strange incon­ sistency, she insisted on Meenah Baee's taking up her abode ixi the house, and showed the greatest kindness toward her and her child. Perplexed by her sister's conduct, Anne Keith knew not what to do, or how to rouse her from her unnatural calm­ ness; but this was suddenly ended, for, as the troops left Agra, they had to pass by Sir William's house, and at the sound ol the drums and fifes Indiana fainted away, and it was some hours before she recovered her senses. A long illness ensued, and left her so weak that the doctors assured Six William that his only chance of saving his dhild's life was to send her back to England; and, as Ms own health was giving way, he decided on resigning his appointment, and re­ turning with her. He had not forgotten his promise to Willoughby, and every inquiry was made, but in vain. The Rev. Mr. Jones had been dead for a year or more; the Dewan, though he had discovered that his daughter had married an English­ man, was either unable or unwilling to give further information; and the two native witnesses whose names were ap­ pended had left their country during some troubles, and could not be traced; and even Anne Keith's faith in Wil­ loughby was beginning to give way, though she still clung to the belief that some fatal mistake had occurred. Indiana's long illness had destroyed the freshness of her beauty, but she still possessed sufficient charms to attract numerous admirers, and one of the most pertinacious was a Mr. Spurgeon, who had been long devoted to her, and who, on Willoughhy's departure, and, it was reported, dismissal^ again took the field, though with no more success than be­ fore. Sir William had stayed loo long in India, and after leading an invalid life for a year at Bath and Ttmbiidge Wells, he died, leaving a fortune to Ms two daughters, who thereupon established themselves in Our Square, and led the useful and secluded life that we have described. Meenah Baee, who, though she had been baptised, was still known by her former name, and the little Leila accompanied them; and th® child was the object of the warmest affection of both sistew, and more especially of In­ diana, whose resentment had long since been extinguished by Anne's kind and Christian counsels, and who now felt only pity for the unfortunate Willough­ by, with au occasional feeling of pride when she saw Ms name mentic&ed with praise in the dispatches, and of regret at the thought that such brilliant quali­ ties should be united with so mutch base­ ness. One day, ten years after the Misses Keith** establishment in Our Square, Anne was confined to the house with a cold, and TfiAjawv went alone to the hos­ pital wkei-e they were accustomed) to pay weekly visits* In one of the wards she missed a fandSfiar face, and, in asswer to lies inquiries* wto tola that the poor suf­ ferer .had & led only the day after her last visit;' 44 Me te!k«! ft great deal about your kindnew to hiiu, ma'am," awiu the nurse, " and was very qaiet and gentle to the last. Bnt the patient wh» has his bed now is veiy troublesome. He was brought in nearly a week ago,' having been n» over by a cab, and was hurt so badly that the surgeon doesn't think hell get over it; and I am afraid, ma'am, that he isn't in a right frame of mind, for he used dreadfully bad language when they brought him in, though lately he has been quieter." When 7nrliftr>ft had gone the round of the ward, with a few kind words to each patient, and the reading aloud of a moment's notice, against the Sikh*, and psalm and a prayer to such as could bear -- " *•--1 ; it, she approached the bed of the man of whom the nurse had spoken* and though rather in dread of what he might say to her, sat down by him, and, gently ex­ pressing her sympathy in his misfortune, asked if she should read to him. The man, whose ©yea had followed her with interest ever since sne earae in, assented with a readiness and civility that sur­ prised the nurse; and as she read on in her sweet, low voice, his groans and rest­ less movements gradually ceased, and he gazed on her still beautiful face with an expression from •which all ill-humor and suffering had vanished. When she fin­ ished one psalm, he begged for another, and when at last she prepared to go, lie said: " Did I not bear them call you Miss Keith?" " My name is Keith," she wondering- ly replied. " Can it be that you are the Indiana Keith whom I knew at Agra some ten years ago ? You have her voice and her features; butyou are somewhat changed, though not so much as I am." _ " Yes, I am Indiana Keith, and was living at Agra ten years ago; but who are you? I seem now to remember your face, but not your name." " Have you quite forgotten Fleetwood Spurgeon, who was one of the many you made fools of? " He spoke with an excess of bitterness, and Indiana felt it, and colored as she answered, "I remember you now; but you are very much changed. How you in this place t" " When you left Agra, I didn't care long it was just as well tnat Wiiiougnoy what became of me, and soon got inf/i the sheuld have to leave 4gra now, before trouble, and bad to leave the place; and we start this evening, Indiana cheek grew pale, but other­ wise she gave no sign of emotion, as she handed him the paper, and said, " It may appear a jest to you, but it certain­ ly is none to me. Bead that." ^ Willoughby read it as desired, and then said, "I never signed this paper. It is true 1 was at Indore about the time when this marriage is said to have taken place ; but surely, Indiana, you cannot believe such a story about me? O, Anne ! she cannot really believe it I" Miss Keith shook her head sorrow­ fully, but did not speak ; and Indiana, without looking at him, said, " Meenah Baee, can you swear to this man as your husband V and the woman unhesitating­ ly answered, " Yes." On being further questioned by Anne, she related that her husband had been obliged to leave Indore a few days after the marriage, but that she had lived on there till the birth of her child, when her father, in ignorance of it all, and of her change of faith, was anxious to give her in marriage to one of her own na­ tron ; and, to escape his importunity, she had fled Agra, and, while making inquiries respecting her husband, she had seen him on parade, and hearing that he was about to be married, had come forward to assert her own claims. In answer to all this, Capt. Willough­ by could give nothing but an emphatic denial; but he owned that appearances were against him; and Sir William, whom Anne had summoned to the con­ ference, looked disturbed, and said that it was just as well that Willoughby sheuld have to leave ĵ gra now, before then I went to Calaptta, and JK> Australia, where, after some tune, I got Mine gold. Bat I soon lost the gnmer part by gambling; and so, tired of knocking about the worl<L I came back to the old country, and a1 warm recep­ tion has she given me. The very day I landed I met with this accident; and, unless the pain in my side gets better, I don't suppose I shall ever go out from here," His reckless tone distressed Indiana, and she began to urge on him the neces­ sity of seeing a clergyman, and prepar­ ing for his end ; but he interrupted her by saying, " A parson wo aid do mo little good; but there is one thing which I must confess before I die, and to you only, for it principally concerns your­ self. You remember Willoughby, of the One-hiffiuXfid-and thirty first. In diana's blush answered, for she remained silent, and Spurgeon pro­ ceeded. " You probably thought that the cause of your quarrel was known only to yourself I mean his previous marriage with Meenah Baee--but I knew it all, for it was a plot of my own devising. I was mad with jealousy at "Willoughby*s success, and was meditating in what, way I could in­ jure him, when my evil genius thtew in my way .Meenah IJ&ee, who had come to Agra in search of her husband, who was captain in the one-hundred-and-thir-r-first Native Infantry, but, as well knew, had been missing for a year or more, ever since some skir­ mish or other. His name, Henry Mil- lingby, so capable of transformation into Willoughby ; the fact of the num­ ber of their regiments being the ; and a certain similarity between their persons--they were both tall aud fair, and a delusion that the poor woman had got into her head, that Willoughby, whom she saw one day on parade, was really her husband, suggested to me the practicability of destroying his pros­ pects ; and„ under pretense of assisting her search, I procured from her her marriage contract, which I destroyed; anddtoDstituted in its stead a forged deedMmitsting Willoughby's signature and tobse of the witnesses, who I ascer­ tained" were safe out of the way. Mee­ nah Baees who could not read English, never discovered the forgery; and after making her promise that she wonld^aot betray me to Willoughby, who wogl, I told her, never forgive me for decoy­ ing Ms prospeots of a rich marriage9 I sent her to you, and my plot succeeded beyond my hope&jBNor indignation, and the regimoonPraaln removal,were most fayorabMBpc ; and though I was being a second time it ^Vsome comfort to know ••ruiy hateorival had no better chance Tnan myself. " Can this be true ?'* gasped Indiana, who had listened in speechless astonish­ ment. "Surely you could hot have been so cruel ? Poor Henry!" she mur­ mured, in a low tone to herself, "if I had only known the truth! Mr, Spur­ geon, it is a hard matter, but still 1 for­ give you the wrong you have done me ; perhaps you hardly knew how great it was. Although it is too late to do so now, I should wish to be able to clear Capt. Willoughby's name Of the stain that has rested upon it, and write down the deposition that you have just made." Spurgeon, who, to do him justice, had never known the extent of her affection for Willoughby, agreed and affixed his signature to the paper; and then, with trembling limbsy and an agitated look that surprised the nurses, she left the hospital, and hurried home to rejoice her sister with the intelligence that her eonfidence in Willoughby's honor had sot been misplaced. As she entered the drawing-room, where sbe knew she should find Miss Keith, she exclaimed, with breathless eagerness, "0, Anne, Henry i& inno­ cent 'r it was all a wicked--" but stopped short on seeing two strangers engaged in conversation with her slate? and Meenah Baee. Her bewii(ferment; did not at first allow her to distinguish their features, bwt she felt a strange- trem­ bling as sbe marked the tall figure of the one who came forward to meet her. No, sbe could not be mistaken;and in another moment her hands were clasped in Henry Willoughby's, and her tremulous " Henry, cm you forgive me?" answered by their wama pressure. JKxcess of hap­ piness was almost too mucli for Indiana after her trialbut by degrees "he recovered saffioientLy to be able to learn how> this happy meeting was- brought about. And first. Col. Willoughby-- for he now held that rank--had to pre­ sent to her Ms friend, Maj. Millingsby, who had uMwitttngly been the cause of thek long estrangement. " After ywk left Agra," continued the Colonel, "-1 went through all the Sikh campaign, and then my regiment was ordered to Gibraltar. After that-- rather unfairly, as we thought, though had it not teen for this piece of injus­ tice, aa we considered it, I might never have seen you again-*-we were ordered back to India. This time I saw no ser­ vice beyond the trifling business of re­ ducing a refractory Mahratta chief, whose fort we took ; and there we found poor Millingsby, who had been prisoner for ten years and more, and was believed to be dead by his own people, and so had given up all hopes of getting free again." "Yes," said Maj. Millingsby, " if you only knew what the feeling of utter hopelessness was. I could hardly real­ ize that I was free when the fort was taken. But go on with your story, Wil­ loughby." " Well, Millingsby, when he had re­ oovered his senses a little, began talking of his wife ; and when I heard her name and birth, the truth suddenly flashed upon me ; and though it was impossible to account ^ for the substitution of my name for his, I felt sure that the mistake had arisen from the similarity of sound, and that you, Indiana, had been equally deceived with me. Of course I hurried home at once ; and I will own that my first impalse was to meet you with re­ proaches ; but your exclamation as you entered the room disarmed me." * ^ All was now joy and happiness at Number 25; and Meenah Baee, or, as we ought to call her, Mrs. Millingsby, was in a state of eostasy at her hus­ band's return, though most*penitent for the delusion which had caused Col. Wil­ loughby and Indiana so much misery. Spurgeon's confession, although not necessary, as it turned out, was satisfac­ tory, as clearing up the mystery of the story; and the wretched during the brief remainder of his life, was nursed with tender solicitude by her whose happiness he had so nearly ship­ wrecked, but who was now, thanV«. to the guiding of a merciful Providence, after long trials, given back to fcarlgltjL- ful lover. :• The Dethronement of the {Mia, The important news comes from Tor- key that a revolution has broken out in Constantinople resulting in the de­ throning of Abdul Aziz, the Sultan. His "successor, Mohammed Murad Effendi, the presumptive heir, son of the last Sultan, Abdul Medjid, succeeds him under the Turkish law of succession, which gives the throne to the oldest male member of the family of Othman, sprung from the Imperial harem, which is considered a permanent State institu­ tion. The late Sultan, who was second son of Mahraoud, II., was born Februa­ ry 8, 1830, and is ten years older than his successor. He succeeded to the throne June 25, 1861, and at the outset of his career promised to be a model ruler--for a Turk, He was lavish in the announcement of reforms he intend­ ed making, and made good his premises for a time by dismissing the corrupt Minister of Finance, reducing the civil list, abolishing the seraglio^ declaring that he would not indulge in polygamy, and inaugurating many measures in the interests of the public welfare. In order to avail himself of the benefit of Euro­ pean civilization he traveled through France, Englandt and Austria in 1867, and on his return allowed foreigners to hold real estate, establishing public high schools and scientific institutions, and ordered the Supreme court to draw up a civil code. Among; the important po­ litical events of his career were the recognition of the independence of Italy, the negotiation of commercial treaties with England and France,, the suppres­ sion of rebellions in Montenegro and Crete, the signing of the treaty deneu­ tralizing the Black Sea, and the acknowl­ edgment of the accession to the Rouma­ nian throne of Prince Charles of Hohen- zollera. The promises of the earlier years of his reign, however, were not fulfilled. The seraglio was re-estab­ lished. Cprruptions of every descrip­ tion crept into his administration. He squandered the money loaned Turkey by England to repair the losses occa­ sioned by the Crimean war in the most reckless profligacy, and has reduced Turkey to bankruptcy. The crowning misery of Ms career has come in the up­ rising of the Sclavie Christians against long- continued misrule and tyranny, ar­ bitrary and onerous taxation, unjust dis­ criminations, and persecutions of the most cruel description. It is as yet somewhat premature to speculate upon the effects that * thi« change will have upon the relations be­ tween the Turks and the great powers. It is safe to assume that it will hardly result in mitigating the asperities of the Mussulmans to the Christians from a re­ ligious point of view. The late Sultan had always been distasteful to the ortho­ dox Mussulmans, their hatred of him commencing when he made his Euro­ pean tour, and the Softas, a very power­ ful and fanatical sect, have for some time been plotting for his abdication and inciting the people to revolution.«- Chicago Tribune. Our Pre^idcuto. Mrs. John Adams wag the first mis­ tress of the White-house,, The build­ ing was unfinished and unfurnished. It could hardly be warmed or lighted. The most graphic letters written by Mrs. Adams describes her sufferings there. Ber week's washing was hung up in the east room. Her style ©f living, adopted net from parsimony but from necessity, would, disgust an ordinary treasury clerk. Washington exacted the strictest econo­ my at home, that he might: serve his country and not impair his private for­ tune. Jefferson was well off when he went into public life. He inherited 1,900 acres which he inweased to 5,000. His income, independent of his farm revenue, was 88,000 a year. His wife's dowry was $40,000 in cask Had he left public life alone and tended to his real estate he would have beea> a rich man. His pnMic career closed i» 1809. For nineteen years he was absent from Mon- ticeiio, and seven m these years were spent abroad. He returned to Had his estate mined, his property squandered, and his fortune scattered." All attempts to retrieve his fortane were in vain ; he was adjudged a bankrupt. New York city sent him a donation of $8«600, and other cities were alike generous. Jack- sow had a s'yle of his own. Like a good soMier he lived within Ma income. At the Kips Raps ia the sumiaier, in a low faem-house, coat off, feet in dippers, a cob pipe in his mouth* he gave audi­ ence to embassadors. Yam Buren had a private fortune of his own. Pierce, by rigid economy, carried $50,000 out of tbe White-house. Scourged by Tire* Early summer has again brought to Quebec the scourge ol a sudden and serious conflagration. It was on the 28th of May, 1815, that the first great lire swept 1,500 houses away from the suburb of St. Rocbt, and just a month later that 1,300 houses were destroyed in that of St. Jean, conflagrations described so graphically by Elliot Warburton in his "Hochelaga. June 14,1846, came the burning of the theater in which nearly fifty persons were roasted to death or suffocated. None of the fires since then have resulted in as great de­ struction of property or life, though in 1862 and again in 1866 the flames swept away several hundred houses. The fire of the 30th ult. destroyed 1,000 houses, and rendered several thousand people homeless. Quebec, as did Chicago be­ fore her residents had learned more wisdom, presents all the essentials for a grand conflagration in her inflammable wooden houses closely packed, her defi­ cient water supply and inadequate force ef firemen, and her situation in a very cave of Eolus. Nothing is wanted but the careless smoker, or the boy addicted to fire-crackers, or the crazy stove-leg, to lay a suburb in ashes. And as these things have always been in Quebec, so doubtless they mil also continue to be until the people learn the necessity of employing some cheaper and less in­ flammable substance than pine boards in the construction of their dwellings. JUSTICE MEUUBB, of the Supreme court, is called a dark hone Oft aooount of his equanimity. ' XHJE STEAMER. , BT OXORDE LOOT. * tfajwtio on the wsve * •» «T -sA;. ooe&n empram ridat; < ^ jsS,. Ibr her the *««, » willing •!*» Soils (nth htt created tides. 'wn tor breast she heSMs ^Xhe quelled sad trampled fosMfct per glorious track behind she lnrris! ; :'%eed her, y® waters, home! ' cruel main, . . f Jjfhe freighted treasures bear! ' •••• §pwea thorn h«rt like (rammer -1 liP* virgin's murmured prayeiP^ -»gm out thy o sea. •^Hreatbe them in music'* sound. to ttwir heart's true h.»T>wiL- • ,i..The glad, the homeward iwundT tfy! joy! the glooming mist ^She cleaves with landward r kissed^" . >yly the billows, lightly k»Booug. - from her arrowy prow, i*'* •jty beams in woman's eye, r < t A?d laughs in childhood's miife * K>*a ivuu - *-^ (For thee, O mother earth! -J* .pfpvereign o'er vanquished fe*r. ; ^jThe lord of pride and power, •an in his glorious strength is Hm. This is his triumph's hour. ! 'what shock of dieed • -fistoi'te his blanching brow? •tern as the bolt of death it spellis P man, what art thou now? - " . WKmsaMst "* king" thou WMfe ' • „ ocean's atormv throne.: • •-> •: •Jftw? ho la strong, sad acres. S3|-*«i •r'_ '.Vhon powerless and sloae' I with resistless This wide, rc'nn i resistless grasp, Qtless set '1" i lipids likfc a toy in icy slisn Thy shaltejfed bark and hn J Clod rules r.pon the deep: ' v.There He alone is king; »if '"'Ud W»tos that o'er tbem ^^PWpenial dirges sing. Woe! woe! a thousand homes • Their coming w«it in vain, Ind far and wide above them _ The desert of the main. --Bmrp»rfM WeeMp. Pith and Point. • KOXSOHB place--a howling wilder­ ness. ̂ A GLmnmuro genfl6rality--.this silver business. A OOMBKAIHOH lock--the marriage ceremony. HUNTING parties--mothers with daugh­ ters to marry. A GOOD lawyer is not a necessity, far necessity knows no law, _ IN time the mulberry tree beoomes ft silk gown, and a silk gown beoomni ft woman. WE know a painter whose palette has been destroyed, and yet who retains his taste perfectly.--Punch. IM man or woman, the faoe and the person lose power when they are on the strain to express admiration. THK season for boiler explosions opened much better than was anticipated. En­ gineers will in time come to hold the opinion that no man can sleep and watch steam at the same timec-~2)efo\3i< Free Preaa. A sHOWBEcnro crew has recently been killed ana eaten by the cannibals in Australia. It is shocking to thinlr that there are still live savages who can- nibble their own kind.--New York Graphic. A IBBWSK's Bsottf (Te£) young named Thomas acquired tne,% habit of tossing a cocked and loaded pistol in the air and catching it as it fell. The M time he- caught it was immediately be­ fore he died. SAM and Jack Shears, of Tuscumbia, Ala., hacked and slashed a colored man, a short time ago, because be wouldn't give them money. Hie darkey says they were the " wustest pair of Shears to cut" he ever saw. I HAVE said you atfe honest, John, with a clear conscience, bat fear I have stretched a point in saying you are sober." "Shure, sir, if you have stretched a point that fur, can't yon stretoh it a little further, and say I'm frequently sober ?" SCUMIHJT--" You'll get your rent, Mrs. Flaherty, if youH wait a little. I'.m not going to ran away. Beside, there1 * my clothes " Mrs. F.--" Yei clothes, iadade t A moightv lot on 'em you've got, sure! Why, whin yer hat's oiit yer wardrobe's impty!" WEQEN the English private soldier hears that the King of Dahomey has an army of Amazons, he shakes his head and muiters to a comrade: " I bean't aieared, Jock--no, not I; but, if each un thean here Hamasons be ekal to my naisstts, they'll baste us, sure." < Tiiis--Sun&y afieiftjfcm. SqepUMr Doorway of house oafMambiia avemie* Boston." Dramatis Fef»©nlb--'Young gen- tlemaii caller and g&ven-year old sister of one ©ailed upon. "Is Garrie at home?" "No." "Gone to churcht" "No--Milldam." " Alone f" "No-- • feller.'" " Good-by." UPHHJUBKLPHIA is swelling a toad," says an envious New Yorker. " Our little neighbor reminds me of the story Charlie Imckus tells in the min- strel8c 0 Mr, Backus/ a lady said to him, ' is that your natural mouth, or do you use glove-stretchers?' Does Phila­ delphia use centennial glove-stretcheM, or is that her natural mouth ?" WANTS®--A wife who can handle a broom " " Jfe To bru*h down the cobwebs and sweep up room; Can make decent bread that a feUow can eat, * ! Not the horrible compound you everywhere TMit* Who knows how to boil, to fry, and to roast, Make a good cup of tea and a plotter of toast; A woman that washes, ceaks. Irons, and stitches, And sews up the rips in a fellow's old clothea, And makes her own garments--an item, too which is So horrid expensive, as every one knows; A common-sense creature, aud still with a To teach and to guide--exalted, refined; A sort of angel and house-maid combined. IiAWYERS are sometimes very particu­ lar. The other day one of those learned and admirable gentlemen was waited Xn by a young man who wished his ice, and began by saying: "My father died and made a will " " Is it possi­ ble? I never heard of such a thing," answered the lawyer. "I thought it happened every day," said the young man. " But if there is to be any diffi­ culty about it, I had better giveyou a fee to attend to the business. The fee was given, and then the lawyer observed: " Oh 1 I think I know what you mean, that your father made a will and died." "Yes, yes; that must be it." A WOE-STRICKEN Mexican inarched into a pawnbroker's shop at Silver Oity, New Mexico, and while mournfully detailing how he had been robbed of every blessed oent by highwaymen, took from the counter the hat of the proprietor «-ud twirled it on his fist. Concluding recital, he asked a loan of six bits on the hat, which was duly ticketed and stowed away. If was not until closing-up time that the broker discovered the trick of he man who had fallen among thieves.