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If you should go to the manager, as you propose," and tell him that we were suffer ing for food that your old father was ly ing sick in this miserable attic he would tell you that I had been improvident, that I had squandered my money, and that now in my helplessness, I must suffer the conse quences of mv folly." "Father, you accuse yourself wrongfully. You have reared and educated a family of three, and for many years have cared ten derly for poor mother, even through all the varied stages of consumption,." The old actors daughter sat silent and thoughtful for a time. She was revolving - in her mind scenes and incidents of which her father was entirely ignorant. Let us describe them. It was a period three months previous to the foregoing conversation." The moth er had just been laid in the cold grave, .and the father was, as now, nnable to leave his" room. The wolf was hoveriug around their door; and Marie, timid in ac tion, but brave in heart, had resolved to assist the parent she laved so dearly. It was a bitter winters evening when she left her home with the purpose. The sharp blast cut her to the very heart as she drew her thin mantle around her. But she had heard in the papers that girls were wanted for the ballet of one of the theaters. They were to apply at the stage door that morning, but she had been unable to leave her father's side at that time. She feared she would be too late; still she could but, try. '; On reaching the stage door her heart al most failed her, bnt their home again rose lip '-before her, and she ventured to accost the doorkeeper. "Want to ee the manager, eh?" "Yes, sir, if you please." "Better wait till to-morrow." "I tried to come to-day, sir, but could not." V "Indeed ? Oh, here ho conies you can apply to him now." That functionary happened to be pass ing, and, hearing the words, understood their import at once. He turned a search ing look upon the poor girl, and was ab out to pass oh. But he caught sight of her face in the gaslight, and said, "Not bad looking, if she is in rags. So you want an engagement, eh I "Yes, sir, if vou please," replied Marie "To play 'Lady Macbeth,' I suppose T" "No sir for the ballet." "Oh! Ever been on the stage before?" "Only as a child, sir." "Oli, only as a child. Do you sing?" "Yes, sir! very well." "VervMvell so vou think I might not. Do vou dance?" "Yes, sir. Father was an actor, and he says I dance verv well. - "Oh, then, you can come to-morrow and "Thank you, sir. I'll come." "Bring your props with von." Poor Marv hesitated, and the manager, observing this, said, "Oh, perhaps you don't know what I mean by props. Well, thev are vour feathers, iewel s, ribbons, laces, tisrhts. slinners. erloves. &nd so on. We only furnish the body of your dress." "The poor girl hesitated, when the man ager again asked, ?Can't you furnish your own props 7 " ' "I (m not at first, sir," was the timid repiy, . ,. 'Then wo don't want von." The manasrer turned away, and Marie etaggered toward the door, half blinded wun grief and disappointment. But, ere duo uaa passed it. a gentle hand was laid upon her shoulder, and a sweet voice ex claimed, "My dear child, come and see me j"morrow M early as possible; here is my Kiuress." -: ' Marie viewed the extended card, and turned her eyes toward the speaker. She was a brilliant creature, and the poor girl tried to stammer forth a reply, but could not. She left the theatre, and took her way homeward. She could not help think ing of the beautiful lady and her magnifi cent, sparkling jewels. What could she want of her? Every bright picture of the future rose before her vision, and thus dulled the sharpness of her grief at the disappoint ment she had met with. She did not tell her father what she had done, or that she had an engagement to meet one of the great ladies of the theatre. The next day Marie called at the place designated upon the card. Her visit was a lengthened one, but when she emerged from the lady's presence she looked com paratively happy. One of the first things Marie did, after returning home, was to find the half-finished play, which her father was writing; and, alone in her own apartment, she passed much time over it. She was also from her home a great deal, during which time her father supposed her to be at labor in the tailoring establishment where she occasion ally found employment. But if she became cheerful immediately after her visit to the theatrical lady, it was not long before she began to be thought ful then sad. She became very pale, and at the time of the conversation between herself and father, described in the first part of this sketch, she looked as if she could endure but little more either of phys ical or mental exertion. The father had observed the increasing paleness of his child, and it had caused him much grief. But he had said nothing of the matter, for he did not know how he was to remedy it. lie had been hopeful, but now had almost given up to despair. As evening approached poor Marie grew still paler, but she spoke words of hope and comfort to her lather, and that father could not but look upon her with admira tion as well as pity. 1 he hour came when business called her i 1 it ' a-vi. awav. ue pressett her marble cold lips to her father's brow; she held his hand in her own for a moment, and tear-drops fell upon it. Then she said : 'fxather, the. darkest time is inst before the dawn. Cheer up! I will return in a few hours, and to-morrow we will be rich er than we are to-day." The daughter left that wretched home, but no sooner had she taken her departure than the father began to think of her last words. They were strange. What could thev mean? What act did Marv contem plate? At first a suspicion swept across his mind vague but gradually assuming form. But as the thought pressed upon his brain, it began to madden him, and for hours he tossed upon his bed of pain ealling for his child praving for her safe return Midnight came and passed, and still Ma rie came not. Several times had the old actor resolved to arise and go in search of her; but he had not the strength to do so, and as often would fall back upon his pil low, groaning in the agony of his soul. Daylight came; still Mane had not ar rived. But just as the sun began to throw its golden rays over the city, a carriage was heard to drive up before the actor s house. He listened. He heard a footfall upon the stairs, and lie recognized the footstep. In a moment Mane burst into the room. She rushed to her father's side, throwing her arms around him, and wept. Thaold man did the same; but he ob served that Marie's dress was now of a rich material, and, putting her away, he contemplated her for a moment with a mournful expression. Then he said in a trembling voice, "Marie, my child, your mother was a noble, Christian woman. She would die before knowingly committing a wrong action, fehe knows your struggles and temptations, but will she approve of all your acts V "God and my sainted mother will both approve them !" exclaimed the girl, in so earnest and deep a tone that it really star tled her father; and as she spoke she fell upon her knees, and raised her hands to Heaven. "I believe yon, Marie," said the father, "and I trust you will forgive me for har Iwring a suspicion for a moment. But tell mo what has happened." '.'I will, father. Bnt you must promise in advance to forgive me for all that I have done without consulting you." "I promise you.," Well, then, I will commence by read ing an article in the morning paper, which I procured as I came along." "Does it refer to jrour affairs ?" "It explains all." "Then let me hear it." "A Double Triumph. The new play prodnced at the theatre last night proved to be one of the greatest successes of the season. Its name I he frozen Heart is sensational; the entire play abounds in beautiful passages and startling situa tions."' "The Frozen Heart," repeated the old actor. " v by, that s tho title of my un finished plav !" "Your play was completed by myself, dear father; and it was your production and my own which was brought out at the theatre last night, and with 6uch unbound' ed success." The old man was stricken speechless for a moment, and then the tears started to his eyes. But it was only upon the ex amination of the manuscript that he could convince himself $at guch was really the fact, After this point was settled, his daugh ter said : "Father, will yon hepr more of this article 7 7 "I will." Here it is, "We must admit, however, that the splendidly effective and affecting acting of the debutante did much to insure its great success. With regard to Mane, as she is called ." ' "Marie, Marie !" repeated the old man. "Was it my Marie T" "Yes, dear father, your own poor child, Marie, is the one here spoken of. And if my triumph brings rae great joy, it is be cause I cau provide for yoa now, and re pay you, to some extent, for tho love and tenderness you have always bestowed up on me." t It is not a wonder that father and daughter both wept. But those tears were of joy and gratitude for the blessings bestowed upon them. Who would snatch those blessings from tho old actor and his ihild ? Who would poison their delights and turn their happy home into a place of sorrow ? Too Oftex True. Some men take too much money out of their business to expend in household expenses and lavish display, and speedily bring themselves to the verge of bankruptcy. One obi gentle man, who had commenced life as a poor boy, had, by mastering the difficulty steps to final success, gained considerable wealth as a merchant. When he arrived at an old age he retired to private life, to live in ease and comfort on his income, leaving a prosperons business in the hands of his son. In three years the young man was a bankrupt. He had failed in business and was compelled to take a position as clerk in a stranger's store. His father was ask ed why it was that in a business in which he had succeeded so well his son had fail ed. He gave this characteristic answer: "When first I commenced business my wife and I lived on ponidge. As my business increased we had better food and when I conld afford it we had chick, ens. But, you see, Johnny commenced with chickens fust." Selected. A MATRIMONIAL LECTURE. After having been married some weeks, it came into the head of a young husband, one Sunday, when he had but little to oc cupy his mind, to suggest to his wife that they should plainly and honestly state the faults that each had discovered m the oth er since thev had been man and wife. fter some hesitation, the wife agreed to the proposition, but stipulated that the rehearsal should be made in all sincerity, and with an honest view to the bettering of each other, as, otherwise, it would be of no use to speak of tho faults to which mar riage had opened their eyes. Tho hus band was of the same mind, and his. wife ked him to beg-in with her faults. He was somewhat reluctant, but his wife in sisted that he was the first to propose the matter, and, as he was at the head of the house, it was his place to take the lead. Thus urged, he began the recital; he said: "Mv dear, one ot the first taints I ob served in you, after we began keeping house, was that you a good deal neglected the tinware. You didn't keep it scoured as bright as it should be. Mv mother .al ways took great pride in her tinware, and kept it as bright as a dollar." " I am glad that you have mentioned it, dear," said the wife, blushing a little: " hereafter you shall see no speck on cup or pan. Pray proceed." " 1 have also observed, said the hus band, " that you often use your dish-rags a long time without washing them, and then finally throw them away. Now, when at. home, I remember that mv mother always used to wash out her dish-rags when she was done using them, and then hang them up where they would dry ready for the next time, she would need them." Blushing, as before, the voung wife promised to amend this fault. I he husband continued with a most for midable list of similar facts, many more than we have space to enumerate, when he declared that he could think of nothing more that was worthy of mention. " rsow, said he, " my dear, you begin and tell me all the faults you have observ ed in mo since we have been married." The young housewife sat in silence: her face flushed to the temples, and a great lump came in her throat, which she seemed to be striving hard to swallow. "Proceed, my dear," he said; "tell me all the faults you have observed in me sparing none." Arising suddenly from her seat, the lit tle wife- burst into tears, and, throwing both arms around her husband's neck, ex claimed: "My dear, dear husband, you' have not a fault in the world. If yoa have even one, my eyes have been so blinded by my love for you that I have never once ob served it. In my eyes you are perfect, and all that you do seems to me to be done in the best manner, and is just what should be done." "But, my dear," said the husband, his face reddening and his voice growing husk y with emotion, "just think; I have gone and found all manner of fault with you. Now do tell me some of my faults; i know I have many ten times as many as you ever had or ever will have. .Let me hear them." "Indeed, husband, it is as I tell you; you have not a single fault that I can see. Whatever you do seems nght in my eyes; and ndjW that I know what a good-for-nothing little wretch I am, I shall at once begin the work of reform and try to make myself inore worthy of yoa. "Nonsense, my dear, you know some times I go away and leave you without any wood cut; 1 stay up-town when I ought to be at home; I spend my money for drinks and cigars when I ought to bnnff it home to you: 1 "No, you don't" cried his wife; "you do nothing of the kind. I like to see vou enjoy yourself; I should be unhappy were you to do otherwise than just exactly as THTJBSD AY, DECEMBER "God bless you, little wife!" cried the now thoroughly subjugated husband; "from this moment you have not a fault in the world! Indeed you never had a fault; I was but joking don't remember a word I said!" and he kissed away the tears that still trembled in the little woman's eyes. Never again did the husband scrutinize the tinware nor examine the dish-rag never so much as mention one of the faults he had enumerated; but soon after the neighbor women were wont to say : "It is wonderful how neat Mxs. keeps everything about her house. Her tinware is always as bright as a new dol lar; and I do believe she not only washes but irons her dish-rags!" And the neigh bor men were heard to say: "What a steady fellow M has got to be of late; he don't spend a dime where he used to spend dollars, and can never be kept from home half an hour when he is not at work. He seems almost to worship his wife." A IIisto-ric Mansion BurixED.-Last night the old Minot House in Chickataw but street, 'Neponset, Dorchester district, was burned by an incendiary. This ven erable structure was one of the historic houses of the republic. It was built in 1635, fifteen years after the landing of the Pilgrims, and when its timbers were raised a goodly crowd from Plymouth colony was present, for the .occasion was one of feast ing, and such mirth as the sombre-minded Pilgrims permitted to themselves on rare occasions. The builder of the house was George Minot. who died in 1671. An in teresting anecdote has come down regard ing this house. It is said that a party of hostile Indians, who were hunting along the banks of the Neponset river, called at the house and asked for food, which was refused. This greatly enraged the red men, and one of their number was left be hind to execute vengeance on the family. Soon all the adult members of the family went out, leaving in the house a girl and two small children. The Indian left to watch the house bore the uame of Chicka tawbut, and from him the street on which the house fronted was afterward named. Perceiving his opportunity, the Indian crept up and fired at the girl, but missed her. The brave girl loadec" the gun and shot the Indian in the shoulder. He then endeavored to enter the house by a window, when the girl ran up stairs, opened a cham ber window, and threw a panful of live coals from the fire-place into the enemy's bosom. Chickatawbut threw off his blan ket, which was on fire, and ran to the woods, where, overcome by his injuries, he died, and his corpse was lound the next day. The Government, in token of the bearing the words: "She slew tho Jarra iransett Hunter." The ancient mansion has been in posses sion of the Minot family ever since it was built, and its loss, which cannot be esti mated by dollais and cents, will be felt al most as a national one by those lovers of antiquity who would fr.in see preserved the few remaining relics of tne nation s early da vs. Uoston Herald, JVtw. 10. A Pkison Romance. A singular pris on romance has just been disclosed in the Canadian penitentiary at Kingston, where JLhzabeth Jones has, for six years, been confined for the murder of her cousin, sen tence having been pronounced on her own confession. Her father was executed for the same crime. notwithstanding the de claration of the jrirl that- she alone had committed the deed, aud that he was not uutv indeed knew nothing of tho mur- uer. oue iias now aumuieu wuat nas ,1 il. 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 always been generally beleived by the public, but, by herself, strenuously denied -that her father was the murderer, and that she had accused herself of his crime to shield him at his desire. She took no part in the crime, and was not aware of its commission till her father told her he had done it, and implored her to save him a task which she devoutly attempted and persisted in after it was hopeless Old London at Night. If stringent regulations of a paternal order could insure everybody's good behavior, the denizens of old London ought to have betaken themselves to their nightly rest sure of slumbenng undisturbed, la blow a horn or to whistle a tune out of doors, after nine o'clock at night, entailed imprison ment for the offer.der; and any man so lost to decency as to beat his wife or servant, causing thereby a sudden outcry in the still of the night, was liable to be' fined 3s. 4d. for indulging in that amusement at o an unreasonable time. Decent people, who rose at dawn, dined at nine in the morning, and supped at five in the after noon, were expected to go to bed at cur few; so, while every honest citizen was re quired to hang outside his house a lantern "with a candle in it" dishonest ones be ing by implication allowed to keep thei doorways dark his liability that way on ly lasted from six to nine. After that hour the streets were surrendered to dark ness, with the natural consequence of mak ing London a somewhat unpleasant abiding-place for folks who had anything to lose, since their houses were in danger of being plundered by rnman bands, a hund red strong, there being no police to sav them nay; these minions of the moon found their vocation so profitable that when one of them happened to be caught he was able to bid five hundred pounds of silver for his life. Thinking these midnight marauders had their own way long enough, King Herny III., in 1253. ordered the establishment of a regular night-watch to gnard the city's streets from sunset to sun rise, and ordained that any man who was damnified by a thief should be fully com- pensated by wnosoever was charged witn the keeping of order in the ward in which the robbery waa committed. All the Year Hound. 10, 1874. San Francisco Era. JACK RABBITS. How One of Them Saved a Miner's Life. While my friend Blyde and mvself were out in the hills back of the Golden Gate Park last week, a jack rabbit came along and stopped to look at us. "If 1 had thought to briner mv revolver along we would have jack on toast for breakfast to morrow," I remarked. "Not with my consent," he replied. "What reason can you give for not con senting?7 "A rabbit saved my life, and I have not killed one since, and never will kill one again." "How did he manage to save your life?" "Three years ago I was living in Mon tana. A smelter had just been built, and it created a demand for silver rock. I own ed an interest in a lead that had been sunk thirty feet. Thinking the time had come to make it available, I conclud ed to go there and get some ore and have it tested. I did so. and reached the place just in time to take shelter in the mine from a terrible hail storm. I lighted my candle, went to the bottom and went to work. I had not been there more than five minutes when I heard a noise that sounded like a cannon. The rock over my head shook, and in a moment the shaft behind me caved. You can imagine my feelings better than I can describe them, when I found myself buried alive. I tremble even at this distant day when I think of that moment. The roof of the shaft was rocks, and when they came down they did not pack so tight but what the air came through. There was noth ing that I could do to release myself. I knew that if relief did not come from the outside I must perish. No one knew I had gone there. A road ran past the month of -the shaft; but it was not travel ed much, and I was not likely to attract attention by calling; nevertheless, I shout ed at intervals all dav. The following morning I commenced calling again; and all day, whenever I thought 1 heard a sound, I shouted. "When night came again all hopes of being released had abandoned me. One thing added great bitterness to my suffer ings. I owed quite a large amount of monev; and, should mv fate remain un- J 7 st known, my creditors would think I had fled to defraud them, and my name would be stigmatized. "I will not dwell on the agonies I en dured; I am sorry I cannot -forget them. "I he morning of the fourth day of mv imprisonment I heard something crawl in to my grave. 1 lighted my candle and saw a i-abbit. There was only one aper- Migh to admit him; I closed it to prevent his escape. 1 saw in him food to appease my hunger, and my hand was raised to kill him, when a thought occured to me that prevented the blow from descending. I had two hsh-lines; their united length would reach to the road. I took off my shirt, tore it into strings, tied them together, and on to the fish line. I wore a long gold watch chain; I tied it on to the part of -the line that would cross the road. I then cut several leaves from my diarv, I wrote on them my condition, and tied them on to that part of the line that w ould be outside. I then tied tne end made out of my. shirt aronnd Jack s neck and let mm out. xie soon reached the end of the line, and I knew by the way that he was pulling that ho was making desperate attempts to es cape. Soon the tugging stopped, and knowing gnawing to be Jack's chiet ac complishment, I thought he had cut him self loose. About 3 hours alterwards 1 felt the line pulled, then some one called; I tried to answei, but the hoarse noise 1 made died in the cavern. I then pulled the line to show that I was not dead. "All giew still again, and I knew the man had gone for assistance. Then came the sound of voices; I pulled in the line, and it brought me food. It took all the men who worked in the shaft nine hours to reach ine. A very large pine tree that stood near tho shalt nad been tne cause oi my mis fortune. It had been dead a number of years, and the storm had blown it over, The terrible blow it struck tne ground ' .. i.i i had caused the cave. "Jack had wouud the line aronnd bush, and tied himself so short that he was imprisoned outside as , securely as had been insido. He was taken to town, put in a large cage, and supplied with all the rabbit delicacies the market anoiaeu He, however, did not thrive, and the boys, believing that he 'pined in thought,' voted to sfct liiin free. lie was taken back to his old girdling grounds and liberated. "He not only saved my life, but became the benefactor of all the rabbits in the neighborhood the miners refrained from shootiug any, fearing it might be him." Mlle. Hoktense Schneider. Mile. Hortense Schneider, the Parisian queen of the opera bouffe, was in her youth a work ing girl, and the daughter of an humble tailor of Bordeaux. She is now, at about forty years of age, living in the style of a sultana. Her diamonds are valued at over $200,000, and among her other jewels of fabulous cost is cited aD emerald set of surpassing splendor. Her apartments are crowded with tne most eiegani aim expeu civR furniture and obicts de virtu. Bron , v zes and marbles and pictures and crystal and Sevres porcelain and Gobelin tapestry are scattered through her rooms in sump hions profusion. Although the charm of nth is forever lost to Mlle. Schneider, she still has the handsomest amis and Vionrla th tirettiest foot and the merriest blue eves that flash and sparkle and entice benina mo x ansian luumguie. Napoleon IV., axd his Sanguine Expectations. The Prince Imperial of France Napoleon IV. has returned from his holiday on the Continent with his mother, and has resumed his studies at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. it is said that he expresses a thorousrhly boyish confidence in the Napoleonic star, and speaks often of the time when he will entertain his cadet friends at the Tuileries. Of course the Tuileries will have to be re built. The prince is a decidedly bright and intelligent lad, full of animal spirits and a rollicking humor which betrays him into sundry practical jokes; he does more extra drill in the way of punishment, than any other of his comrades. Though he had to pass a special examination on en trance, owing to the peculiar difficulties of his position, he has gained twelve places since his admission to the school, and de votes hi mself w ith especial ardor to tb e stud v of the science in which his uncle excelled, and of which his father said, in a letter written shortly beiore his death to Major Duncan, that "each of its improvements was a step in the progress of civilization." Napoleon III referred to artillery, and his disinterested admiration for that science is all the more praiseworthy after his un pleasant experience of its effects at Sedan. Iseiv York Graphic. I don't know much about anything but Jesus Christ. He picked me up when a little boy, and has been a kind mend to me ever since, but for the past two years I have had a standing controversy with hira. I have got on my knees and have tried to get him to compromise with me a little. Yesterday the controversy closed, and I have passed a blessed region of quietness. BisJtop Foster. Ladies and Vinegar. Taken in moderation, there is no doubt that vinegar is beneficial, but in excess it impairs the digestive organs. Experiments on artifi cial digestion show that if tho quantity of acid be diminished, digestion is retarded; if increased beyond a certain point, diges tion is arrested. There is a reason, there fore, in the vulgar notion unhappily too of ten relied on that vinegar helps to keep down any alarming adiposity, and that la dies who dread the disappearance of their graceful outlines in curves of plumpness expanding into "fat" may arrest so dread ful a result bv liberal potations of vinegar, but they can only so arrest it at the far more dreadful expense of their health. The amount of acid which wilt keep them thin will destroy their digestive powers. Porter givesa case which should be a warning. "A few years ago a yonng lady in easy cir cumstances enjoyed good health, she was very plump, had a good appetite, and a complexion blooming with roses and lilies. ahe began to look upon her plumpness wit n suspicion, for her mother was very fat, and she was afraid of becoming like her. Ac cordingly she consulted a woman, who ad vised her to drink a glass of vinegar daily. The voung lady followed the advice, and her plumpness diminished, i She was de lighted with the success ot the experiment, and continued it for more than a month. She began to have a cough; but it was dry at its commencement, and was considered as a slight cold which would go off. Mean time from dry it became moist, a slow fever came on, and a difficulty of breathing; her body became lean and wasted away, night sweats, 6WTelling of the feet and of the legs succeeded, and a diarrhoea terminated her life." Therefore, young ladies, be boldly fat ! Never pine for graceinl slim ness and romantic pallor, but it xNature means you to be ruddy and rotund, accept it with a laughing grace, which will capti vate more hearts than all the paleness of a circulating library. The widow of President Polk, still liv ing at Nashville, Tenn., is described as a slender, graceful old lady, who, though seventy-six years old, has a figure as straight, a step as quick, and an eye as bright, as those of a girl; active in every benevolent scheme, generous, hospitable, according to the traditions ot lventucky hospitality, and as courtly as a queen. There cannot be "a secret christian. Grace is like ointment hid in the hand; it betraveth itself. Correspondence. FOB TUB GAZKTTE. Reminiscences of a Sojourn of Many Years in the Principal Empires and Kingdoms of Europe no. xlii. Messrs. Editors : We continued on our route over those fine roads until at lpiio-th u-e came to a larp;o farm house. I will describe a farm house in Germany: it is almost alwaystwo-story. The first room von enter is the one in which the family cook, eat and sit. The next room is where the horse is kept, (if the family is so for tunate as to own a horse.) The next room is where the vehicles, ploughs and all nth er farming implements are kept. There are always three rooms on the ground floor. In the second story, immediately over the sitting room, there are. two, and and sometimes three, rooms, which are us ed as bed rooms. The whole of that part of the second storv which is over the sta ble and tool room is appropriated to the exam and forage. The family of which am writing had an adjoining room in which they cooked and eat, and a snsall house very close to the dwelling where the oxen and cows were stabled. I can say with truth that a German farm yard is tho dirt WHOLE NO. 70. iest place I have ever seen. I do not know whether they leave all kinds of dirt around their doors because thev have a verv hi "It regard for fertilizers, or whether it is on ac count of a perfect indifference1 to all ap pearance Ot dccencyv Well, I have wan dered a long distanctf'from the house where we stopped to get dinner, but I will mako out to find my way back; and, on doing to, will make the acquaintance of a very in teresting and intelligent young trentleman t at the table. His name was Joseph Kai ser not the Kaiser of Austria, but a Kai ser of Austria. And if all that has e vet- been said of Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, is correct, this voim? man. intel- ectually speaking, vas far superior to tho Emperor of Austria. After a very good dinner we took our scats in the wagon, and when Kaiser heard that we intended to remain some time in Saltzburg, Austria, he appeared glad, sav ing that he was on a vacation from one of the German universities, and was trying to pass away the time, and that he would go with us through the country. At last, about nightfall, we anived at the city gate, where we were met by the authorities, who, after demanding our passports, took us to a largo building, where we stood outside and handed our passports through the iron ars ot the window, as tile olhcerstold us to do. They snatched them from us, looked very fierce, and spoke in tones of thunder. I did not feel alarmed, as I had gone through the like before, and besides there were iron bars between the animals and ourselves. I remember that mv friend made some dry remarks, which caused a augh, when one of those insidious charac ters came to the bars, and asked what wo were laughing at, and I enquired what he supposed. He then told us to call again, and he would give us our permits to re main in the city. I told him I would ei ther have my permit then or my passport back again. He left the window, and soon returned with our permits. I went n to Austria with much prejudice against government and all the officials. Those little incidents I have just mention ed soon continued nie in my prejudice, though I was not long in the country bo- bre I found I was just as freo and as much ai iiuercy us iDg as x oenaveu myse.ii ) a in any other country. Let me speak of the great gate through which we entered: - X m L - 1 - T t I - 1 1 ! It is cut through a solid rock 300 feet oug, 2 ieei wine, anu tuiriv ieei uign. i. The' gateway is a curiosity. Over the gato and to the left of it are houses built in the rock, (I mean cat in It), and some of them as high as thirty and forty feet from the ground. I he city i situated im the centre of the lofty mountains, some of which are capped with snow every month in the year except July and August. These raoun- ams are the baltzburg Alps. A verv small stream, called the Salza, runs through the city. The city, or town rather, con tains only 15,000 inhabitants. It is true that the place is somewhat small, but it' contains noless than six hospitals and some literary institutions. The cathedral is not very large nor elegant; its style of rchitecture is round Gothic. There is one thing I have never seen anywhere in any other city, and that is a statue in tho cathedral of one ot the arch-bishops, "said to be melted stone cast. Besides this ca thedral there are some sixteen other church es all in a town of only 15,000 inhabi tants and about one mile in circumference. There are only two ways of egress from the city, unless one goes over a mountain which fonns part ofthe natural wall, on which was an inmie.nse building that was once the residence of tho archbishop of Saltsburg. Wo were shown many apart ments that were very interesting, but in one part I was awfully shocked on being taken into a large room in tho centre of which was a large, square hole, just the same size and shape as one will see in large business houses. I looked a great distanco below, down to the ground noor, nnrl unw n. horrible instrument of death U - v f v much resembling a farmer's harrow, and having, instead of teeth, swords about three feet long. After a person was con- victed of heresy he was taken up in this room, and some five or six devils n hu' man form, with spears in their hands (tho spears are there now,) would force the poor creature to leap through this hole, and he would fall below on these sharp swords. I was also shown many other instruments in tended for the purpose of murder. Some of these instruments are sitting out in tho open air, and are fast going to decay. 1 will say no more on such an awful sub ject, but will refer you to Buck's Illustra- feVll XUl-'UtvglbUI j will see an engraving of every infernal machine that is now in the late palace of the Arch-Bishop of Saltzburg. - Our good friend Kaiser took us to another place of mach interest: in the side of the same mountain on which is situate'd tho palace that I have spoken of, is a small house cut in such a way that it is not ob served until you approach it very closely. It was a very cool morning in September, and it had been snowing on the peaks a ronnd the town for several days. But any way, Ave got on our hands and knees, crept through this place, and .after that went for a long distance on our knees through a subterranean passage, and at last came to little rooms largo enough to hold three or four persons, and in these rooms we had to remain on our knees. A place for a bed to hold one person " was hewn out of the solid rock, and there was also a pillow of the same hard material. We wound about in these rooms until I thought I should die with cold. We were told that thero was where the early chris tians hid themselves from persecution. I just tell what was told me. Everything appeared to me to bo too. well executed to htive been done bv those who were liv ing in constant dread of being detected and murdered. Votageur.