)1•13'414' - .. ',",-; 1., -,,,,- ...•• • 3 - .•., 4 , 11 •.- '4,'5.1.. ••••-•--- ,14 : ' - . , . - - - • • Er •-• L - / ;.: - .11 -,•..1 .1 I 1. - . ,- ,„ -, :„.“ ' , :t; - 1r . 1,3• I .ltNi.ild ' 0;•••,04. , • . i:71 . i. , .:7 • !;, i 7 );.411'?ifi ,'.: ,47 ~ .. , P {l.: ~.,erti, &•:',.: sa,!. rs 9 ideas of murder, burglars, and almost every other crime to .villainy, hurriedly presented themselves in succession us I politely bowed, and said , — . "I must uuderstand.someatinginore of the,character of .the employment, as well as the conditions, to accept , your offer." "Will not , tivo hundred dollars answer in lieu of en. explauution ?? she asked. "No, nor five thousand I" .She patted her foot nervously on the floor. I could see she had placed entirely too low en estimate OD my honesty, .• , and I felt some gratification in being, able to convince her of the fact. "Well, tben,if it is absolutely necessary for use to explain," abe replied, "I must tell you that yots am required to pick the lock of a fire proof: vault, Und—' "You have gone quite far enough,, mad am, with your explanation," I interrupt (al ; "I urn atyoar service." "As I said , " she continued, "you are re quired to pick the lock of a vault, and rescue from death a man who has been confined there for three days." "To whom does the vault belong," I in quired. "My husband," was the somewhat re luctant reply.. "Then why so much secrecy? or rath er how came amen . confined iu such a place ?" . . "i.seereted him there to esmpe the ob servation of my husband. lie suspected as much, and closed the door upon him. Presuming he foul left the vault and quit ted the house by the back door, I did not dream until to-day that he was confined there. I know he is there! Certain sus picions acts of my husband this afternoon convinced me that he is there beyond:hu man hearing, mid tvill be starved to death by my brutal , husband, unless immedi ately rescued. For three days my hus baud has not hit the house. I drugged him less than au hour ago, and he is now au completely atupefied that the lock mar be picked without his interference. have searched his pockets, but cannot find the key. You must rescue him. Now that you know all, will you accompany me." "To the end of the world, madam, on such_ au errand?' "Then prepare younielf, quick !—there is a cab at the door." 1 was a little surprised, for I had not heard the sound of wheels. Hastily draw ing oa a coat, and providing myself with the necessary implements, I was soon at the door. There, sure enough, was the cab with the driver in his seat, ready for the mysterious journey. I entered the vehicle, followed by the lady. As soon as I was seated s h e p ro . (Need a heavy handkerchief, which by the faint light or an adjacent street laitip, she carefully bound round my eyes. The lady seated herself beside me and the cab started. I could feel her tremble. In half tut hour the volt iciostopped-Lin What part, of the city I um entirely ignorattt;'„as it , was evidently drtrett hr anything but a direet eourse front 'the 'poitit'of 'starting. Exiimining the bandage to see that, my vision . was completely obscured,' the lady handed me my bundk of tools with which 1 was provided, then taking Me by the arm, led me through a gate into a. lionise I knew was brick and after taking me alimg.-a—passage—way, , which-vould—not have ben less than titlor 4eet lq 4-length, and ddtir a tit Wier in that was evidently an underground basement stopped beside a vault, and removed. he handkerchief-from niy eyed. *'Here is the vault, open it,' she will's pered,, opening the door of a dark lan tern; and letting a 'bea' of light 'upon the IOU." I took a blind) of skeleton keys, and, after a few trials,- which the lady seemed to watch with the inoSt painful , itaxicty, sprung_ the holt..Vile clopt . Swung, upon its hinges, aittli.#ty : companion whispering• mu not to closeit, us it 'was self-lucked, sprang into the vault.' • I could see 4 was one of those large iron vaults, that wer4 foriiiVrtY so fre quentiv.cmistructea to ' protect valuables from tleglestructive and . terrible-A:online grations 'that) devastated Oi r e eitYlin earlier days. I heard the Murmur' Of laW voices within, within, the next Moment:the lady, re-ap peared, and leaning upon her arm a man with a face so Pale - and haggard, that I started tit - the sight. I would know it again among a thousand. ;f liciW he must have suffered during the gitpe king days of his confinement to the ranit.• • "Remain liere,"'she said, handing me the lantern; "I will be back in a moment" The two slowly aseended the stairs; and Ileard them enter a NOM Jifintediately above whereir "was ; standing; a, few moments - trio' Tatty returned. "Shall close it, madame?" said I, placing thy hand span; the' door of the varlt. • . c. • • "No r_she es4aimed; astity, ,seizing my arm, "it watts another occupant." "Madam, you certainly da„,not iintend - "Are you reatiyPl43he interrFpted;-hold iqg the htintikerelliet: itefint !AY `,Ye , EL, "Here fa jet* tione.f." 3 ' 313 7 ; *,, The' iheoglif =fhighca . tkat ahe ititendelf to push toe-into the vault, and-bury me and my grdiettogethi ez : .`.She ' sePtifled read m y I g naPic l 4 l,, bl4 cont4Me4l-, , ~ • "Do nor„U Armed. . are -not the I could not mistake tbs"*th Jlie fearful thenAilleof tba reniatic, '"iihd I shuddered, joy haul tt• the baud kerchief. My eyeal were. as carethlky :butt. daged as before a'wa&-led to the , cab , fa the twee of DjOiteiV l .26ol &Ado rat'; and then was driven home by a more air- einfons route, if possible, than the one by which we came. Arriving in front of the house the handkerchief was removed, and Stepped fhitn the 'vehicle With my purse, and 114 ainenientiLd.'caib and ite mysteri 'oini'be'ciipatit had ttirned'the corner" and wail out of sight. I entered the shclp, and the purse of gold which counted even five liundred 'the. only ; 'et'Sdenee , I could ini nimon in my' beWilderni'ent, 'that all I • had lot 'critnesSed Wes not a dream, -A rfichtth 'after' saiv the ..entlemen tniceri from the vim% leisurely walking tilonk the street with a lady on his 'arm. do net know, but T .firn;tlv . believe "the sleeping'hiisband awoke witlia the vault, and his bones are there to-day I They still reside in San Francisco, and I fre quently See thein promenading along biontgomerf street. Advice to Yozmn Men. If you go to call on a young lady, and she crochets diligently all the evening, and only says "yes" and "no," you can go home about nine or a quarter before,with out breaking any of the rules of etiquette. Don't make a business of courting any body very extensively without you want togo,of ;for keeps_ and lq all means avoid Sunday evenings. There is something in the Sunday evening air decidedly spoony, and it is just as natural for fellows and girls to get together and court Sunday evenings, as it is for a hen to set- Many a promising youth, in the full vigor of manhood, has been dragged into prema ture matrimonial decay by an innocent Sunday evening call. If you are invited to a sociable or fair, make yourself sick by smeking your big brother's pipe, and stay at home ; when you are culled upon to suffer, do it with alacrity, and think how happy you are compared to the miserable victims who are decoyed into attending. Don't court but one girl at a time. The most harrowing sight I know of to-a sensitive mind, is to see a young man full of Christian' fortitude and a noble ambi tion, trying to court two girls at once. Don't drift into matrimony, unless you want to get *retched; and don't marry a poor girl unless she has money. If you arc calling on a young lady, and the old folks go out of the room about 9 o'clock with a solemn air, yon can make up your mind 'here's a conspiracy afloat. Don't show any symptoms of fear,but tell the young lady yon were sitting up with a friend of yours last night who has the small-pox, and you think you'll go home and get a little sleep. Don't imngine it looks smart to loaf around billiard halls, smoke cheap cigars at u high price, and swallow soda slops and whisky at twenty cents a glum It would show more talent on your part to retire into the nearest grave-yard and stu dy last year's almanac. And don't imagine on Cr. a hardened hammer just because your father leis you carry a night key. Sonic young men will go to a band concert on the Common, smoke a cinnamon cigar, and go home thoroughly convinced that they have made a heavy night of it, and ought to be look ed after. If you ask a young lady to marry you, and she says she would rather be excused., don't excuse her. Don't marry for money. If you are en gaged to a young lady that has a fortune, tell her that you will not marry her un less she gives it all away to the poor, and goes to!mntriug veits. Toney Is sure to bring unhappiness. I never knew of a single instance where it didn't bring barrels of nnhappitiesa,and I have seen strong men weep hysterically because they bad seven dollars ahead. • If you want to be considered anybody, learn to chew tobacco immediately. lt looks so cultivated and refined to see a young man pull out a tin cannister of to bacco and make a cesspool of his mouth. Don't get into debt unless you can find some one who is willing to trust you, and then don't. Don't stay in your present situation all your life because your grandmother says that "a rolling stone gathers no moss."— I know several very-raged and respectable stmles'Avho have stuck in one place all their lives, and who hav'nt got moss en ough to make a small saucer of blanc mange. If you are engaged to a young lady, do not make many presents unless its a pret ty sure thing, for if anything happens she is sure to return your presents. A friend of mine lately received three pair of de cayed corsets, a lot of initial note paper, a faded bonnet, a fatted calf, a pair of odd gloves and a broken heart, and he is now loi.king for another girl of the same size. Please don't get married in church, and have it described in halfta column of dai ly news. It is the•cheapest sort of noto riety. • See if you can't go courting without tumbling your shirt [mom. if courting was a criminal offence, I have seen evi denee enough on a man's shirt bosom to hang him. Remember that ignorance and conceit go band in band, and that cheek and im pudence are twin brothers. Youtig.men non-a,days are hadrly worth bringing tip, and as hear as I can find out they are governed by the following gen eral rules: It is better to receive a small salary and be constantly in debt, than to earn a large salary , by doing something that isn't genteel... - , 11 is more:blessed to invite yourself to dinnervvidt a frieutl,' than run the risk of having-to Invite tint. ,:If to friend asks,me to stop over night with, him and take.breakfiva, it, is my du ty to;atup_emietal: ;nights and eat several breakfasts, to show him that 1 apprecia ted his kindness.-- Out old friend whom yon can borrow money pf is.worth half a amp_ uew slues 'Oho are donbtftd. If alrieral . ii smoking a cigar it is my solemn 'duty, to' : ask him if he has the matao , Thu frfit rineiple to lie ohlierved in binyingl cigars. is to buy old ones, then I eau say„that,/ . luryp no mato. to If I Can't wear kid giorellintl, diamond studs, why seek to drag out a misera- ble existence in a world where all is a dreary blank. If some young men had, died when they were children, they would have been an ornament to their sex. Editing a Paper. The following was found in the office of an editor ay a ,sheriff : Editing a paper is a very pleasant basi yon like it: If it eontairu3 'too , moat political wet ter, people wont'have If, it contains too little, they will not have it. If the type is large, it doesn't contain much reading . matter. • If the type is stnall they can't read it at all. If we publish telegraph reports folks say they are nothing but lies. If we omit them, they say we have no enterprise, or suppress them for political effect. If we have in a few jokes folks say we are nothing but a little rattle bead. If we omit jokes they say we are an old fossil. If we publish original matter, they damn us for not giving selections. If we give selections, people say that we are lazy for not writing more and giving them what they have not read in some other paper. If we give a man complimentary no tices, we are censured for being partial. If we do not, all hands say that we are u great hog. If we insert an article that pleases the ladies, men become jealous. If we do not cater to their Wishes, the paper is not fit to have injtheir houses. If we attend church, they say it is only for effect. If we do not, they denounce us as de ceitful and desperutety wicked. If we remain in our office and attend to our business, folks say we are too proud to mingle with other fellows. If we go out, they say that we do not attend to business. If we do not attend i t.o all bills prompt ly, folks say that we are breaking down. If edu pay proMptly, they say we stole the money. A Woman's Vengeance The New York World ntys: Several weeks ago there was given in these col umns the particulars of a strange Russian tragedy, including the finding in a trunk, at one of the railroad depots of Moscow, of the body of one M. de Zohn, formerly a rich French merchant, and at, last a Russian nobleman, who had been in veigled to a certain house in the city of the Czars, and there at the height of a high revel, slain and eat to pieces at the behest of a wonderfully beautiful girl named Afraia. Upon the arrest of this girl, with her companions, she not only vaunted the crime she had directed, but fiercely declared that the mutilated re mains were those of her father, and that she had caused the murder in fulfillment of a vow which she had made in infancy to her mother, who had been betrayed, and then left to die of want and misery by M. de Zohn in his younger days. By late journals it appears that the trial has begun in St. Petersburg, and further details of the tragedy have been developed. After the unsuspecting noble man had been brought into the house, and was rendered unsteady by sleep drink ing, he was deliberately rubbed of all the money and jewelry upon his person. In answer to his protests and threats of corn plaint to the priest, he was told that the ' robbery was merely a quizzical juke to try his nerves, and that he must drink again in honor of the excellence of such wit. The girl Afraia presented him with a glass of wine iu which cyanide of potas sium had been dissolved, and no sooner had he drank half the deadly draught than he fell backward, gasping. upon the divan on which he had been sitting, with the cry, "Woman, you have poisoned me!" With eyes on fire with hereditary ha tred, Afraia bent over him in his agony, and told him that she was his child, and that his death was the penalty of having wronged her poor mother! While yet the wretched man b srlared at her, in ghastly discredit of such frightful retribution, one of her masculine accomplices passed a leather strap about his neck, dragging him to the floor, while another beat out his brains with a bar of iron. The dis figured body was then cut into pieces, placed in a trunk, and the latter sent to the railway station at Moscow, where its timely discovery by the police led to the detection and arrest of the murderers. WONDERFUL RESULTS FROM ADVERTIR iNti.---A poor but honest couple in Flori da lost their only child, a boy of several summers. Personal search proving use less, they advertised fur him in the daily paper. That very afternoon an alligator crawled out of the swamp and died on the front doorstep. In his stomach were found a handful of red hair, some bone buttons, a glass alley, a brass-barrelled pistol, a Sunday school book, and a pair of- check pants. The advertisement did it-"--at least so the editor says. It's of no use for any alligator that has committed a crime, to defy the power of a free press! The editor says he will fetch them right np out of the bottom of the Pacific Ocean if it is uecessary.—littUou's Magazine. BEAUTY OF Pr tirrv.—Goethe was in company with a mother and daughter, when the latter, being reproved for some thing, blushed And burst into tears. He said to the mother: "How beautiful your reproach has in.tdc your daughter? The crimson hue and those silvery tears be come her much better than • any erne& meat of gold-or pearls; those may be hung on the neck of any woman; these are never seen unconnected with moral purity. A hill blown flower, sprinkled with purest hue, is not so beautiful as this Child, blushing beneath her parent's displeasure. and shedding tears of sorrow for her fault. A blush is a sip which nature hangs out to show whew chastity and honor dwell." You can not dream, youreelfinto a character; you must hammer aid forge vouraelf into one. VOLUME XXVII .NUMBER , 29. ' . , A young man ran away, the Rd. leys at Touluus. -- He Wa,s,strong arid Yip °roue, and seen ituade Wk . way' - ackdis the country and eseapedrpursuit.!, - ,lfe inikred the pest morning before a cettage, -- in-lin open geld;aud stopped.to beg . BomPthing to giiriefe,gtriVhile he 'reposed,. a little. ....Blit4ieloand tifilitiiiiites of The cottage the.reatestdistreEs. , -Forrrlit tle children sat trembling in the carrier, the mother was weeping and - , tearing her hair, and the father walked the -floor in agony. The galley slave asked what was the matter;Mitlj the 'father replied - : Mot they were .ti n t morning to he}, turned,Otit of doors, because they could not pay the rent, , • r; " "You see me driven to dspair,7 - said the father; my wife and little".childret,lWitti ont food or shelter, and,l without- 'Mewls td piovide any for theui.7, , "I will give you - the means., I. have just escaped from the galleys. Wheitittr secures and takes back an CBCaried,priAon er is entitled to a reward of fifty francs How tench does your rent amount to r -Forty francs,' ) answered the father: "Well," said the other, "put - a 'cord around my body. I will follow you to the city, where , they will recognize. me, . arid you will get Idly francs for bringing rtle back." "No never!" exclaimed the astonished listener; "iny children...should. static a thousand times beforeT would do so base a thing."..- . :_.;:v--- •`, The generous youth, insisted, •Itlid 7de clared at last that he would 'go and,:gixe himself up, if the latter would not..oon sent to take him. After a long struggle the latter yielded, and taking his preserver by the arm, led him to the city and to the Mayor's office. Everybody was surprised that triads man like the father should be able to capture such a strong your fellow; but the proof was before them. The fifty , francs, were paid, and the prisoner sent back' to the galleys. But after-he was gone?' the fa titer asked a private interview with :the Mayor, to whom he told the - Whole - 80m)% The Mayor was so much atfected"that. he not only added fifty francs 'more •to the father's purse, but wrote- immediately to the Minister or Justice, begging the young prisoner's release. The Minister examined into the affair, and finding that it was a comparatively small crime which had condemned-the young man to the galleys and that he had already nearly served out, his time, ordered his release. . , Thetncient world liad its - Seven !cin ders, which were much talked'about, and which people traveled hundreds of miles to see. But the seven wonders of- our time are 1110112 useful, and quite as re markable. The seven woiaii's iif the world „wen: First, the Egyptian Yy7vmiils i thiy Titrgest of these is 793 feet square and 469 ,feet high, and its base covers I]# acres of ground. - Second, the Mausoleum, erected to Mansolus, a king of Carla,, by his widow A rtemisia; it was 63 feet lung and 35 feet bieh. 1 4 hird, the TemPle of Diana at Ephesus; this was 465 feet in length and 220 feet in breadth. Fourth, the Walls and Hanging Gard ens of Babylon. These walls are stated by Herodottis to have beat 86 feet thick, 360 feet high, and 60 mileaidiength; and the statement is deemed credible' by' mod ern untiquarioes. • Fifth, the Colossus at Rhodes.; This was a brazen' statue of Apollo, 105, feet high, Standing at the 'mouth of Ehear bor of Rhodes. • Sixth, the statue of , Jnpiter at Athens, which.was made of ivory and gold, and was, ..wonderful for its beauty rather than its size. The Pharos of Ptolemy Philadelphus. This was a light house 550 feet high, on the rebind of Pharos, at Aleiandria, in Egypt; a wood fire being kept burning on its summit during the night to guide ships into the harbor. The seven wonders.of the world now are: The art of Printing ; optical instru ments, such ns the telescope and miiero cope ; gun powder; the steam engine; la bor saving machinery ; the electrie tele graph ; and the photograph. trar"When I bcdiold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificenee, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies , fevers and lethargies, with other intimerable distem pers, lving in ambuscade among the dish es. , Vature delights in the most plain and simple diet. Every animal but man, keeps one dish. Herbs are &the food of this species, fish of -that, and :flesh tif a third. Man fulls upon everything that comes in his way; not the smallest fruit or excrescence of the earth; scarcea bony or a mushroom can escape .him.—Addi son. C-&P"A somewhat curious circumstance lately took place in a small parish church in Scotland: The precentor, after pro claiming the hands of matrimony between a young couple, concluded, as . usual, by saying : " If there be. auy objections, they can now be stated."' A rather simple looking youth, an old admirer of the bode, noticing the eyes of a portion of the con gregation tiseil upon him; rose- up, and exclaimed: "1 hare no objecttion, I :BM sore !" to the astonishment of all about him, and resumed his Seat as . if lie bad done a mere fortdal piebe of Widnes& • cw• Woe to him who looks' energy, in this Age of Push. :lie is a pigmy among Samsons. The little life:he . has in him is. sore to be triaiple4 Ont.: OnWardd, is the word, and - thtrvigeronS marches are less- They time their steps to the quick beating of their own hearts, and : keep moving while the 'pulse throb lasts. How do you like the character of 13t. Paull asked a person of his landlady da ring ti.conversalion about the apostlea— Ab, he was 'a good old sold, for he once said, you know, that'we mad eat What is set before al, and ,ask, no questions "for conscience' eske: I always thought' I should like him for a boarder. 4?~'' :1t~ A French Incident. The Seven 'Wondem