THREE BALLOON TRIPS.

Having served my 'prontiorahip, tfjid seen what most, if not all, other peoples balloons were IHtu, T determined upon \ki-

coming owner and captain of my own vessel. Accordingly I bought the good balloon "Eclipse," of 23,000 cubic feet, and set to work to fit her' up after my own fashion. I engaged a professional to arrange the first start (at Aldorshot), and employed some soldiers of my company to assist at the inflation. But Mr Wright did not ftrriv'! till the balloon was half full, and then in duty bound com plained of everything, declared that it was all wrong, and that .1 must never again think of doing these things by myself; in short, ho would lie most nappy (for a con sideration) to come and arrange it all for me any day. How ever, the time for the ascent was at hand. The balloon was full, and standing proudly under the lee of the gas works, I.got into the car with two- friends, and two or three greatcoats ; a basket of lunch and sundry other necessary luxuries were piled upon us— out-went the ballast bags, till wo " lifted."

Up we went — bum panto a house. "Now, then, out wifcli your ballast." The balloon bounded off Mm house. It ncared a wall, and was evidently about to try its strength against that structure. " Keep tight hold .of the rope !" aried Wri»]it from below : but 1 thought other wise, and decmoil it best bo postpone this trial of strength, so let go one end of the rope, and, just clearing the wu.ll, wo soared up in lino htylo. After an enjoyable voyage we determined todescend; came down with a good bump in one field, and bounding over a largo hedge, in which thu grapnel tool; a firm hold, landed softdy in a grass field. A poe.lv ni h.mieis immediately sur rounded, ie, and looked rather surprised at the liuj>'o, sdrong-smellin" monster, while some rustics piizzlpflow with theiranxiousin quiries. "'Had ancuidont?" "No." "Lost your way ?" "'\o." "Then why did ye coino down lum'l! ''." 'I'he balloon was soon packed up by willing hands, not without .some marriment : es|>oeially after I had requested c small boy Iv> be so good as to get inside, v/hirii hi- willingly endeavoured to do. Thoso duly \vlio have experienced inhaling a »ood" mouthful of gks can appre ciate the poor lad's sensations We had a curiaus journey to the nearest station, eight miles off. One sroul ebb drew a cart con taining us'three the-driver, the balloon, and apparatus--"and trotted the whole way, and tne mar! yvvis delighted to rocoive live whiliings.

Next time ! wont up 1 determined to manage, fclic w!i lie thing myself, assisted by Home of my mon. We ({id not bump against any lioukom o • walls thin binic, although the day was, as ihy fergonrnfc described it, very " bh.-sterou--," Just (iH we wore about to start, my crimpnitfon'it -thoughtful servant pushed hi* w';i"y fo'thc fore, and with tearful eycK roqucslou'tliiit before wo went off ho mighL have his book settled up. We shot away at lightning speed, drift almost before we could look round ~\ve woi'e a mile from our point- of ""|»ii'tiii:t,—.. Biit on. jjottinf^ up to (ibout 'I.i!')') fool our pace became more , moderate. VV-o^nMSiScvtrious phenomenon. It is not unusual to sec the shadow of a balloon, with hal')bo'!'-<:kt'd oar, on solid clouds, but on this oe<: isii;n it \Vhs thrown on a thin mist, 'between us and 'tlio ground. The result appeared liko a huge shadow on tlie actual fields and -woods below. The hills, generally indistiijguisJutble,trom a balloon, stood out clearly above the mist. Wi' hud an iv.\efting doaceut. A " guide line," about UM) ft^t long, with a flag at the iiottoi::, told n« that the wind below was blowing at a difreVenfc rate from what it was above Tliif= line has v curious appearance when looked on fnmii above. It hangs quite straight for Severn] hundred feet, and then boii'iHCfuli, apparently almost at right angles. Am we bnt.no (i'lvvn. the lower end of the guide-lino fcoiictii-d bho ground ; wn went over sonin Farm buildings, the line dragging over fclic roofs. A large .onen piece or ground, Stfr'.miiigly hiuf-a-mile across, lay before us. ; beyond that several woods. Now L had always learned from aeronaut.--, " Whatever you do, avoid trees ami wood- • com.' flown ill the open." Down we c.'ii'ii!!. We now saw that avo wiU'c. i\vi\ii\j along at a tremendous pace. Tlii.i is a mo>! alarming sensation. You are going along ([ierhapsj ">0 feet up) over the ground (ike an express train quite quiet arid ...ifo but you know that directly you touch, never mind how gently you dr..-, ::ud, you must get a tremendous bump —like jumping out of a train at full speed. Ali-o, /that, thy bottom of the ear will be iihe'i lir.st point to touch, and that the 'res'dt.'wi!! bo iluit the ear must be violently ups^fc.':

I bhfow out the grapnel-the bump comes", hiir.i tnii1 ijiMiol \v:o are rolled over, car and all; buliW • l\ iiVoii tight, neitherfocus is any fclu; 'vo!>■■■. ami ihc balloon'bounds upwards anvil. Thi; grapnel .gives, mi tromcjiclp'us jerk .'iiul juninf-i oil' I lie grouudj which is as hard ftK (;;i.n bo,. It then bounds along, now and blitjji witching foj'the moment, but only to corai'iiutiupte'ii good tug to the balloon. It is h(Mn.'VLir ;i. '.;,,(.d tesfc that the cable in all right. We i;;iii do nothing but hang on. I am li;ui'i;ju- <>i\ to, the valve-line hard, and with my arm round , the .car-line, so as not to bo fcJirtijivn ,or..t. f-jiuldonly. wo,dash right intotty.- bushes of. the wood ! We tear through , i.lionu . The 'balloon seems like n,i maddened ..horse dashing on to dostniction ; but : the anchor can-, not follow througll the wood. It holds tight ; wo are "safe"! : and a groat foelinf,' of rolipf conies,.over vis. My coni;>auio!i y-ut.s out, and we try our best to tow the balloon out of tlie wood. But it won't move aii inch; the cable is like a bar of iron, ho strong is the pull of the wind, whitth'hos increased greatly since our start. The grapnel is half buried in the bank in which it caught. With a sorrowful feeling; I proceed bo let all fchc gas out. People collect, t'x>balloon is lyin"1 spread out on the tree tiops ;" how eau it be got down ? A woodinau juj fetched, he makes sad havoc of tlic i:6verb witlj his axe, and then altogether wo forcibly -dram the pool1 aerial steed down through, the trees ; each tug must have caused lain excruciating pain, the horrid branches and sticks tearing open his skin. Me is hud on his car and solemnly carried oft"

Tho day after a post-mortem examina tion is held. Ho certainly has two very bad wounds and several small ones ; but two days' work and they are all neatly sewn up.and healed ;he is all the stronger. I found after the balloon had been packed up that my aneroid was gone. We searched about the wood in vain, but I left word that if found I would give a reward for it, with the result that more than a year after I w.as Hiu-pi-ised. to receive by post the in strument, somewhat the worse for its lon o exposure. ■ . °

My next balloon' trip was short, but gentle. Two brother officers were to accompany me, bun the pressure from the gas-works was so insufficient that bag .after } My; oi ballusfc was t ou{ . but still we didn't rise. At last, with Ballast reduced to one small bag, we ascended slowly. But we bad not gone far whe. n the Eclipse *eemeil to think she had nao enough, and down she came again.

[fc was no use. We coii'M not attempt a join-sisey without atty balksfc at all, -as it is most necessary to have plenty ot sand ready to discharge, fco avoid coming down in awkward places, &c. It! came to a toss up, and our passenger got out/, more ballast was then shipped', and we rose up well. On reaching 4,000 feet the thernio li-iefcer had fallen twenty degl'ees, although w y e were basking'ln a warm sun. M this height we.could distinguish* Southampton Waiter in the distance. We'gravelled wy slowly, and after an hour ami a qua-Jfer had .only gone eight miles. I gained a curious bit of expei^iibeon cor«in^ dow'«y due to tho dead le\"«l at whicli afl-thingw appear Jo bo when seftn direct fro*1 above. Below us was apparently a flat common. We descended gently. I threw c*ib' the grapnel, winch began (.« drag through the bushes and furze. I Ihen opened the valve to let out the gas, but, to myeitr prise, instead of our continuing to descend,■ I saw tho anchor trailing ,-it'the end of the' cable had suddenly left th<rground; and} on wo floated, over .some trees, in which1 the grapnel caught, and down we came; after making two or three shots for an' open space, through the trees,' to the: ground. I found afterwards that the cause of all this was that tlie ground, instead of being level, was hilly. The place where' we first touched wns the top of a small hill, beyond whicli was a deep valley,' over whicli, as it were, our grapnel jumped. •

A STRANGE STORY.

Romance of a Case in Chancery.

A novki.ist would find all the material i'oi1 a lirst-elass romance in the Do Tourville case, which has for a number of years been dragging its length through the Court of Chancery, rjiigland,;uid which had suddenly acquired popular interest by the develop ment of a new point- in the case which was finished on April '2nd. It appears that Henry de Touiville, an Englishman, had a son by his lirst marriage. The first wife dying hen:, ho man-led in 1871. In 1577 his second wife met her death by a fall in the mountains of the Tyrol. De Tourville was accused of pushing his wife over a declivity where she fell. He was condemned by the Austrian authorities to death. With difficulty this .sentence was commuted to eighteen years' imprisonment. His first wife Wiib the heiress of large pro perty in Yorkshire. In the event of her death her property-was to return to her son, and in default to him it was to go to cousins designated in her will. Among these were Mr Brighain and his sister, residents of Manchester. Henry de Tourville had no reason for as sassinating his second wife, and his guilt was never clearly establish! d. His con viction was believed in London to have been the result of a judicial error, for if there had been any doubt about it a com mutation of. his sentence could riot have been obtained. Hi* son, after the con demnation of his father, was taken from boarding-school, where ho was under an assumed name, by a friend of De Tourville, who paid<bho expenses of the education of the child. Young I)e Tourville is now 18 years old, and ho has finished his studies in one of the principal colleges of France, where he graduated with distinction. He has about reached the age when he would be entitled to take possession of the pro perty in Yorkshire, and his rights in that direction are being contested by the cousin.-! Brifirharii, and this is where the romance ; begins. 11l IiSS.S there was found on the nhores of the Bay of Naples the body of a child, ■ whose identity at that time w.'is not dis covered. The body was clothed in a uni form similar to that worn by students in the colleges of Paris, only the buttons of the coat were of leather and not having in relief the name of the college to which young Do Tourville was sent. Air Brig hain and his sister, however, set up the cry bh'nt the body was the body of De Tourville 8 boy, and ,-isked tin; Court of Chancery here to give them the Yorkshire estate. They rest their case upon the fant that De Tour ville's heir is no longer in existence.

The fact that the name of De Tourville's boy was changed and that he was educated under an assumed name has added to the embarrassment of the principal heir. The object of changing the boys' name was to protect him from the disgrace attaching to his father's imprisonment. It is probable that the case will run along to the extent of eating up the entire property, so com plicated has become the dispute. The tenants of tlie Yorkshire estates have not paid their rents for several years, because they claim that there is no one who can give them a proper receipt. It is hoped that the matter may be settled by ;in ap peal to the Emperor of Australia for cle mency in the case of De Tourville, who has now served ten years of his sentence. If he could be released he could return to England and resume the administration of the fortune of his son, whose legal guardian he is to-day, in spite of hiy im prisonment. ' '''' ■•! ,- ■ '

It iVbelieved tlml De Tonrvillo is inno cent, and. that clemency would be" bub a simple act of jnstii.-o. In looking over tho facts in the original case against De Tour ville, it is noticed that there were a num ber of people interested in his condemna tion and in the deatliof his son. The 'for tune of tlie father has already been eaten up in legal ex| feiit&s.* The < expenses of the De Tourvilleca.se now pending have already reached the sum of £10.000

The Brighton cousins have claimed to be able to get possession 'of the Yorkshire estates, and defy the legal heir to make put his case and prove his own identity, but the case came to an eiid before Justice Kay on April 2nd, who stated that he had seen young De Touryille. He censured the soli citors and dismissed the application.' Sir.Henry Jamb? said that the responsi bility of tlib mistake was accepted by the barrister who dreW up tlio:petition.

HIS COSTLY BODY-GUARD.

Precautions of Sir William Harcomt

Against Assassination.

Ma Edmund Yvn* cables to the New York " World ": — " Among the few consolations Sir William Harccnirt can find in his present abject condition as the avowed friend and ally of Irish patriots, his emancipation from constant uneasiness as to his personal safety must rank high. It is not so long'since ht! wont in terror of his life from the men he now champions, and was the best and most expensively pro tected public servant in the Kingdom.1 I wish some inquiring economist in the House would ask -what it cost to shield Sir Wil liam Harcourt from possible harm in the day when he was Home Secretary I have ib on good authority that nearly a score of constables in and out of uniform were regularly employed off and on at Graf ton-street and elsewhere. This whole protective machinery must have cost something like a couple of'thousand pounds a year. It might also be worth while to ask whether another prominent politician, who favours ir<i;.,- Rh!,., even now asks for police protect insi.

THE PARAS SALON.

Striking Flc&trZs to toe Exhibited

There are to be- some1 striking pictures ir this year's Salon. The' isramber of piece.' sent for selection' w3i' Be' greater than last year, when it amoatittedj to= 7,300. Bon guoreau will have a companion piece to his "Cupid DiearmecV'* of last year called "Ciipid Victorious.'" Benjutßin Con stant will contribute two' canvases — one " Theodora " and' tlie' ofcfoer " Or plieas." Theodora is represented sit ting; on her throne in <dV> the splendour ©f tfte Byzantine Empire;- This will no ■ doubt be one of the mosi^ntofciceatMe pic limres oi this year's collection,1-not oaiy be cause «'f the rich Oriental iMagety with which Jft i« conceived and fhi'fehedj hvn6 be cause of Site fame of the subjerfc b^ tfte'pl'aj" of '* Tli^odora. " ; Constant's- pietvifre- o# " Oi'pheu*" is a very large or A;*- Orpheus is-sSowri! after the death of Eur^dfee'aatili is mourning h&£ loss. Wishing f'V-avOkf- tihe light of day in his great grief, kb -seefe a dark-moitntwn recess just nu the iAys'-of "lie iftornmg sun begin to appear. (Jerome \vsfli contribute, not a. p&fetittg',. but' a> miwljle statue representing who snhiiugate*'} Hercules. Ompbs.te-'leans on the tjlnb of Hercules, the skirt-'of a NuTnidian lion being thrown o\'er it, while; Heronles hiiaself is at her feet with a-band* tied! over- lii,s eyes by Cupid. A Urge .cs/n/irftH- by JBwMiilloti it is exj)eetcck-.will. be t-lio: senstaitio-n of the year. It r^pre- Bonte* Dr.- Chariot giving a lesson at Salt petriare1 to- I'u.s pupils and some inffitod< gueritis. H&.*Saiids at a table, one arxivhkll extended! bow>Jj.tl the audience. His assist' anfcj DV. Bfil>i!.iisky. stands near, hol'iiitig a- woman: stricken with hysteria. Tne hospital nurse- stands watching, reacby to. gne ai«y possible relief. A [liol.uve eatlwl " Deserted," by Mpfefcr?. an • Ameiicaa artist is spoken of in veiy high to-run^.. It is a large canvas, and l' 8» presentK-a sit-k Indian girl and her mother?. an; aged: sqiuw, being abandoned on tsiuv wesbei-ir pMns by their tribe. The girf< clings tn>her mofchov, who crouches.by hi;tr side,- wearingl on her face a look of indescrsl?/' able-agony and helpless despair. Bridgjii?i.n r anotner American artist sft much' t-epu-te, has a piece representing ar viewof yik-.-city of Algiers as seen from that top of ci'fr-of its iliit-roofed houses.

An Irish-Yankee Office-seeker.

In the dtsy#--when President Cleveland an- nyiincedP that lie would hear no applications for office^, t-here came to Washington from ss Western city fin Irishman, with his mem* ber ofCongress, to apply for a consulate.- Havirig- failed to reach the President in, the regular way, they determined to try-. one of the public receptions. The appli^ cant was a monstrous fellow, by profession-: a briglit-tc-ndw, but Jiad political infl\ienc© enougli'-fco elect himself to the Legislatufej, and w:w now ambitious to serve his country, abroad.

:." Ijkmwed it was a mane trick to pull a> dini'idfcteck on him at wan o' thim bloody ro ci.ptions/' lie remarked to me tjie evening after it happened, "but it wuz Mike -hefe mo MBmber, y" know—that put up,the job. Says He, "Jerry, y' lunkhead, have it V me-. Ad' he-tuk me up to th' Exicitive mansion, a plnut-1 was nivcr in afore in me life. Ther 7 wuz a big crowd tliere, an' Mike he p'inied th'un out to me. '■ That man a-sittin' yun ways^ says he', ' is Sinator So-an-so, an' che one feminst 'im is Governor This-an-that,' an' he-rattled off the names o! the big-bngs, till I says to mcself, says I. " Jerry O'Toole, ye wax niver in sich companyTiri all yerlife, an' ef tli' oukl woman wuz here she ~il be proud'o' ye,' .pays I. fer ther' wuzn't a*man among thim all thnt I couldn't 'a' throwed over my shoulder. By-an'-by hisXibs comes in, an' as th' crowd wuz gettin v in a row i? go by 'm, Mik6 ho turnedt' me, an says he, ' Jerry.' ' An' what'll ye be bavin' ?' says J. An' says he, ' Whin ye come to the- Prisident, an'l. introjuceye -as bein! afthor a consulate nfc Dooblin,' says he, 'ye imist git in yer work, me boy,' says he. LJist watch me,' says L

" So whin we came up to the Frisident, Mike shpoke up as big as a jectge, an' he says, " Mr President,' says he, ' I'd like fer t' introjucc to yer Honour,''says he, 'the Honourable Jerry O'Toole, late a Riprisin fcatlve in the Legislature of me State,' says ho. 'Mr O'Toole wud' I»ike t' pass a few words wid yer Houom-/ says he, ' wid regards fc' th' Dooblin mission, fer whicli he is a ladin' canderdate/says he. His Kibs looked at Mike, an' thii* he looked at me, an' thin lie shpoke up, an' he says, says he, ' Oi'm glad to mate- ye, Mr O'Toole, a'e ye're a large man, sorry says he. ' Yere' no slouch yerself, sorr,' says I, havin' ti' back at "mi, plisint loike ye see, ' an' ya'i-n han'somer tlian yer picture, sorr, by a big" sight,'says I, by way o' compliment; i an. ' Thank ye. sorr. an' good day t'■-yo,' say^ he,'as he gi-alibeil th' flipper u-v a galooj behind me, an' divil a wnrred about ti\& Doobliirofmsnlfite. ;ij - , ■ ■ : :

1 " I .tm-ned round t? Mike, an' he hay?, 'Why didn't ye git in yev work?' says he. An' how could 'I,1 ■; says I, ' wid it as' indent as tlr nose; on yet- face,' says 1, 'that, lie' didn't mane t'-tfiscuss itf : t.ii : .- .. .. ■: y. .'.

■ " "We'll go fc' th' State DapartmJiftt,'' says. ho : an'we wint. Mr Bayard is a ; very, foiuenmn, an' he lives in a foine •room,' an' he has a nayger t' take th" tickets at th' door. An'putty soon th'nayger came out, an' he says, wid a bow an"; a wave o' his liand, jisb as if lio owned fch': place an' all til- contints, an'ssays, says he, " Mr Bayard ispiu-ty bisy this day, but he'll give ye two, minits," says he : and wid that he opened th' door. "An' what-kin we do in two minits," says I,:" wicl th' Dooblin mission ?" " Wnd ye howld yor tongue ?'.' says, Mike : ah' in we wint.

Now. Mv Bayard is as plisint a shpoken man as ivei-' ye>kiw.i an whin Mike towld him who I wnz, lie .said lie wm glad I had done him the honor t'call. "Don't mill tion," says 1.., Thin Mike he says,i":Mr Secretary,", says he, "Mv O'Toole wad;-be afther accept-in' th' Dooblin mission, sorrj" say's he, an' commenced t' tell him what a sliwing I had wid, the. boys. Then Mr Bayard he looked, an' in. a most gentle manly way he has says,,. "I-regr.it sorr," says he, "that the' place yeez wuz ; good enough to mention: was! rilled some time since, before we knovved Mr O'Toole wuz a canderdate," says he. "How's that, Mike?" says I ; but, takin' no notice o. me, an' not the mast bit rattled, ho says ;tV Mr Bayard, as a jedge says he, " Mebbe (Mr O' Toole would accipt some other place," says he. ■■■ " That. I ,wud," says I not bein' willin' to lose a p'int'in th'game ; an', lookin' at me, says Mike,. " Where be thim papers; Jerry? the recommendations, I mane. " An' whin ' I fetclied frum me pocket the papers the boys got up, lie be gun agin t' tell him what a big- man I wuz. Mr Bayard, sort o' hasty-like, says, " I sup pose what yd be givin' me is writ down in thim papers," says he, and ses I, "It is, an' a hope more too, sorr." " Well, thin," says lie, " at yo'll be lavin1 'em wid me I'll rade 'em at me laisure," says he, " an' com municate wid me," says he ; an' wid that he bid us good-day, an' Idon't think Oi'm gom t' get th' pluce." — "Lippincott's Magazine."

GOSSIP ABOUT ROYALTY.

l&hltrtia Princess Louis??' - 2&menberg's

Bad KidiE??;

A* &Qttiw# despatch of Ap:r#3rd' aiwys :—A' fewfr- has just appeared in SS'erlinl entitled V The Comts of Europe." GSie: aabhor's na«6' is- not on the title page.'- It* gives a fonwal' hfelOty \of all the families,, with mti«f1 V| .interesting informatics concern ing therii. The article relating to the English Court1 gives a- diffeient version*" of the differences bet^jgn- the MarquiV' of LorKe and the Princeas--L'ofifee than t/ie-' one generally reported:- It has been wiid-tha&fche Princess wasfqnd (A flirting, a =(#> thatiib■■was the Marquis* -who was jealoiifV Tfe historical sketdf-'a&ys ( that it is trie' Pnrr-ses* who suffers froiSi'-the tortures of j.feal6(JsT.. She carries her con jugal suspicion 'tb'such an extent thas she is never hapjjy.- iyhv said one day ta-the Duchess of AlbaiVy/: "(Dh ! If I only tew of same place vfft-erz' I coald conceal rrty; husband so as fc'^b'e sui'e of fajrn. I ana b<3' unfortanate soradfcifties:." After the Princesfe went with her sisfterMh-law to pray qror£ tomb of thtcJOak-v of Albany, accord- iaig to tiiis bof?l*v- tlse- Diacliess said fe tie Prince Lovike^. "'£ woman whosel nsrabancl lies bur it* isßfippi«»' than yotß,"* 'She society papers'- arc ttiakiwg great frai* of She Prince of Eiitenberg; ibe Quee»'s: fkvwM'ite sron-in-la~ii\ - THoy' »X assert that he £»*a poor horseraanj. TJliere- is kardly ;aa« issue of. the socieft^!"pap«*S' tlsafe dc> not speafcof his having tn,tsen»crd}r^s6i'Jß some rain after the hotmttst. C3he^ of 'the most j satim-at of the paparß-'urgos-the fyaseri in j eloquent terms to has/erher- alippepy-aeatecl j aon-ia-few given lessqTis-in.forsenaarjsh ip. j The Grown Prince and-Gnswn- P^irace ss of j 3wedbn have actually gpne-an: th&* boards, j Tlie- sueet-ssor of the- Iron; at the i'Jortfch is snirltobca capital actor;, auxli his -aife lias plhyed' Hv& heroine to liis'-Kerodni tlx* Royal j •Mußik Afejbdemie atStctckholaa;. TUseir first appiiarance was in a oire^acb aomedy, i vrifc ten- eXpressly for fcheoisst TWb; publics ad- ; mittcil to the performance-was; tv very 1 ex- j elusive-one, eonsisting-OBlyof cfiericlK and j nobte. The price ofitMnoiseraffl wa«s- 10-1 kronen,. «nd the procee<ii Kvei« gjnoEn to thej Swfttsl&b Asylum for Magdaleajß.. . ;

BLUE-BEARD.

■ ■T'jieke once lived a ■ i>{ ' g\-o::ty.i wealsl>,bnt remarkable xlike'far-felise otr aiige--1 :n<?ss of his appearance=andiife?.isiiin,'3riteiv, inusfortaiie of his dorrKetio.••cfecinnsbance.'i'i--] Ife-bad fine houses, bot&iiiifetwni ancl- count;'l try, and a deal of silver and! gjsM plate, ar^i'; eiab)-oidered furniture, .aiid.:'«ibaebe£.. gild(it, all over with gold. • BusSlie Tsad :tlso, a Blua^-j Bcaird, and he had h-aimi,, m ttie monk i lanrish style, noi- le~s ■••■fcliiua* thiu'6y-sev.'{jji : | • wives. . ■ '.' . 1 Such a. mail, you Jsnyi k}unkj . did *x>ti easily find a wife, a-3->his benvcl ' proved! : unattractive, and, it -was; edhsidf ;red tßaife-, fits town and countKv;- Iteiises ,must, be irsadequately , providet^"^wSt-h sariitary itjp^ pliances. -', ;• In 3pite of ,dra*^bieiss, ,E:lu;e:BiJii««J (as the gentleman wasicalled) "was feJ4:fer, tJie thirty-eighth tinifij.jto the 'altar, b.^a young lady of great b'eawiry; and pruslftjirc«B, but of scanty do\ver. . [ ', ?, '.[ ' Ab°ufc a month,'afta<-tlie inarrlage;, ißlhsfef Beard said,to His-wifaj" "My dear, basaiiess ' ai3airs call me abroad j'.. Make'good chreer-.i"n- my absence. Here are the keys otiall my great wardrobes,. rri^ plate; ch'ests n 'at«imy safe-rooms! But, for this little k.4y,-ti*rej it is the key of the cloeet at the e?.^:6£the groat gallery on th.^- ground flooi-. all» except that little' clofiet, in wluc]^l'.6<irbid you to"look." Hc.^hen embraceC/jiiiJEv and went on his journey. .;'■'!• , 'i i His wife now vepy carefully locStedt «p tli'tS" little key of the .secret closet in.;he3rjewel case, and passecl €he time of hes-hosband's absence in longhig; for his .retuEu-'airid read - ing good books.. When Blue-Beard came j back, before he >w£tsV"-,«c;yv tasked for • his keys. . .; Y'V! '■'" ''J ': " • " What." sa.p:! he, "is hot ?iU?key of inj,,; closet among tihe rest/" '.'' "Indeed,"' she said, "t?1' tliought, 152 • much safer lit my jewel-bori-.f1' Aiid, !irt» ■''■ medintely briagins1 it, he' clfesel}' examinQdi it, and foun-iit had not beea used. " Best of^wives '." said Blae-Beard, ''\\i|;!i! youlmayitope to live Icag-'and happiiy, secure in tiie affections of <i "woman.'who ,ies pises cuciesity.1 My system is at last *wc cessful!' 1 Nor '-re-re Blue-Beard's hope's M}%> pointed?. They lived, c#\ned-arid:a(lrn.iredi till the-extreme limit af human exigence/ • and ,it/wasnot till tliQ-bouse was.b^jgjre1-' pairtKf, after their d->ath in cfich other's arm ji. that the mortal remains of? tlnitiv sevieji previous wivys were disccverfSfi' in tl^ fclb'sH at the e.^cl of thQ.gnllf.?;-ou'the fjjid"floor. ' ;■., . ,•' '~."." '~ Sloral—Do as yc*i are bid, atu;) don't ask • .gyLtestioiis.—"Piv^ch/1-1 ; :"' '

Imprisonment of Father Ryan.

Pathkr Rvan. of'the Herberaown; branch;otf the National i&eagne preseiwed himself to»M .day [before Justice Bord of tshe i Bankrapte^-1 Court. He. persisted in lafe refusal to tali' tne Court what heknew-aiboufcthedoingsol the tenants in his parish, respecting .the"pay- mentof tJioir rents united theplan' of cam paign, ariid ' -was co&ctenaned jto prison. When father Ryan eaiorge'd frolii thc-GOurtr as d pyifeoner he wasj nieVby a tniiltitude of | citizejis. . They nuuibered niaiiy tlvaiisaiidßi andj they cheered the priest ■ivithenthiisi-1! astie ra-Bcl prclcaiged .applause arid' tlieiv fojl'owed hitn 5", a procession'ta the gaotj. taakhig has to«ra triumphal aria A nuiiv'. bei'iof prominent men tbpk pai*i'in this pro cession ancE among the" morQ conspicuous w-ei-e. Loi\i Mayor Sullivan and Arch,bi.=fxap Croke. • . ' ' ' ',' ' ' i

Young Travellers.

: Tw6 small travellers; who had no one"to look after them,, attracted ■. special attention' at a luncheon station, .Pittsburg,^^ lately.. One named Einile : Borek is,j \O, years! 6^> "ago,, and the other, Gussie;Borek v .is 3. years!old. • Attached to the coat of the elder boy was a,' card, on which , was , written , the.address .pf/ his father, J.,G. Borek,,of:4B,',ThiY^'a,\:enue,; Ke\v. ■ York, -to, wliom. the .cluldren'^rere' being sent;.,; The story of the elder boy.,was that.hisniother had left ;her home and taken, her two. children to San Francisco. There she leftithem and: they, were taken,in charge, of by benevolent people.' who placed them in an orphan; asylum. Their; father heard, where they were and sent for, them. Tliey, had traveller! all the way alon,e from Sail 4 Francisco \ to■ i this ; citjr, en iroute '. to - -New-' York. ■■- r- .. •.; .'■ -•"■

A Roman Festival.

The' "World's ".'Rome correspondent! says,. that an exposition is <to he nhelsk in ths Girardino della Pegna,;f one of i; tile fcvsco. gardens of the Vatican, 'ojv bhe fiftieth anni-1 versary of the ordination of ijile Pope* as priest.. It will foe opened on, January- Ist, Vy Pope Leo, and will" r&main open till May Ist. That period is intended to be a jubilee for all the CatKoiLe world.- There will; be great pilgrimages to Rome from every country xinder the sun.' Each country will be informed oh what day its pilgrims will be received .by the holy ia&er, and on that day they will assist at a solemn, mass celebrated, by the Pope.

POETRY.

THREE CROWN.

'iWi'Pkncesa smiled on the &&&* . • ■ Fc<r he was faff to See Aisti-sk« said that of all her & I« . Was none so brtive asho And'tfc'e-love that v.-iw lit bvTi, / ' .Sasfrbnrat to a fiery llam ß .*%. Btit&eknew that itstokenscrtnir - 1 ToMttur disgrace andrtkSH'Sj, Yet whwsarj hide tko blaze of a I AndJiKH '■:«: scorched therehv? And aoen she read his secretiv ,'■- > In'tVi-aadnessoMiisieye lread ■ •" N.uv h:^ten aiv-uy, my iiobleHi, Now- jxisic-ii away,' she sail §llt'' ; •" And brirfy mo back from .the^ n A orcwu'Ot the coral red.I,'.^!^ She bade- him go that he Wht i.'J How hopeless was his lovei °w ■ And she dearned ho would find'a'* „ ! AVh.rc Ms- lie has sought- the eaves of th R n^ • And gathered a gwllJ.SS^Stf. back lie same to his ladrt^V And there; lie laid It downf ? '■% A sigh came forth, with her answ^ a <!k" hnEten i tw? y'' ?aid she rUlgs»4 ---" And bring no back a sannhiro„ Promlandsr chat are o'CTtkes^ He has wandered 'ar in a foreign i AndwonMmagleamS^ i at back he came to his lady's &£?•'> 5 And there he laid it & ect An-^ when she oi',\r that he could narV' . The tear steod.-in her eyfi°cV Yet she knew k >vasnot foriUtn, Beneath her:!lnea K e highf. to W | * - '*'' ; ■ if •' There is but crr^more crown" =»,„ > ; . "That I wo-.B harethelga^os^ U No earthly crown is tliat, my knbV ! Tis won by oonquared pain." He kne«- the thoughts within UxU M i As the tear-orbi)* a'owlyfelli " a" SSi > He kissed her ht.na^-Ske only Jjp'm 'Twa3 his loag-and;last farewell % Now round his k-ißlitlr form has clow ' The cell so baseband' pale, U03 ™ • Am she has takon-the'solemn vowq And tlie «jun'.>ejaßhrondingvcil

ON THE CLIFFS.

As wo ftatid on t~e«liilsin'theelrw » 0.-r the rocks ■asdlttte lone dark^'-i As we list to the war off the breaker ? i Or tne lay or ch<-;'iTi«?m?uinemarPL Then we think of a.fairway harooi^" Ath! thf: ho - os t.-at.-hssitleifstandL- V here we roam (id -iu-.vhe fiaysneerfn^, ■ Oer.tiie elifls of aiedtearoMlani Wa- Aml we Ihinic of thisfwr, sunny island Where the dust oiroar daring)ie« And the sands undidie bliao,pateraßti«JA»:- In tlie Bheen-of thaSoirthern skies -^" With out-hearts -f;isJ,of iKvpeforihefiL, O'er the bcaiUifaa^oiuai *Mml *"" Till tlie sum mons-«Mne^»iicn from'thehtii' And our an;; .1 v,?Tutfta.;-Ji touod. is we gaze on-thc/aaiue-of t esea-binis "• hen they, ridrjon^h&billo'ivs crest ; ' A2 d,H le f had(i3'c^«; <i*&pej)ing .wiligM, Setlte down. o.i.the ' owsitairi'gbre st .V H0 vanfthef 1"* "^ ' ' h° '"^ **** For th" friends^ i'io>ila,,e passedbtov!, i or the tonei ■an M ?r};e-93).vgf» df'the loveka .' iTtat .were dfarjar-Huui ocean's !ay! \\ rSsi'e we s!and,C'ffi:tfa(i!<fJißinth(!'ri M f- M ■A swe clrea ::i oi.,"'ie dtiya Jo be, n 1 XDO' ?re thin ••.-;of tl>3t'ttfj'(i«ftrr«yß'>crea=ers • . -nd the teiupeite;or!i:fe'sfotighsea?t|i: [- De. we pi-ay for tiv^TCbtt&fa-waitsus"'-" •" eti the .shores, Mhich.itfee-.wlitlMalaTesM ..iFanthe glos-ipußjijfhnwlsSn'S'flMhine /' ~. i From the aarJbsKrrrbujL'il 'hD.wsviyKi •■••-■•■ r.,:-. .■.- ~■■' ;.;•'■:.r.

UNKNOWN.

SifcHsfr by my chamber. -x'j\&ra in fte-afc. &rthe :_-!■ .■■■>t!i r SriSrfenly a sjiirr.iS.ioiiiefiaj.■ from the ' swL roo >• of iho.-tomb.' ' * ''"' ! Was, si evil, s.iaa.Qiv.d«!sil!£ ,■" pas it Mm waked garSW AMI know co,1.':: l)i'..t it nascnctpiliio poisonei}ia,-rjrowbarb— ~., • ''"•;iriM>u art thiAtfitig1 og'tltj-^rntur^bLßßls; h'hl ol' it ..i.i&.if s :\. - . : ,: ~-..";.;:. -md the Chriw iand: ofEKs Tiirahc?; jtijjaijj,' -'• t!iOTis.'.iii>.thoufi;-i-?i<l jiaßses. . ' JSVas He CK/sf' *~ \li' jfe/'t »=»s "Teach*-.:of lifaihesS stand; ; ©uildrlike,.G«Jtt^'!ikOi see K.imsiiffens.ijspris, ' for broiirerhooiS.." *■' Nay.!.' the spirit, onswezedj ' *.Va!c>ijlJii TO the: bji'ui di-nps- en His brow,. Yet the IJFe-riiond' Gfrth«- Tnsvtp's iageiia* rivers-now-! ■ ■■.;■.. .■.'■.!...■:;;... !!}'■ Ilia «f-Jiib-AweuA. nftM«fijaiift]b]|!^j«gc4»Ji ■ i hu.np lipon. tl&j-ire^. ■.!<:■■:•■■■■■ Js the v.'-:-i-i*i;one stSji i?r free om'f-la'feW . tiaiv pauper free-? ■ Evcsry.itait\;thftt;i ierc«l-His body;al»iiHAJ!iß lion ?c.uli> reclaim; ' v: . . But- ancii'ior naiT is driven Wlieii'^ifsaiii'tSjfet , ny4utli> His Bame i Sec Hfcn.. quiverincr, fsintirig. ■ djinffi. tSs? v^'iiriefl eypsabovs:,. ," ■ ' t( u Tf--ar His s)\e-pfierils—Korge'd .-.aßdrbloaJst pveaeh th» bteniinde of lotfl' See..tin? harlot in the libt-boiooMiWrSyf!' G.itcicen ffen-- ' .v^o'i/V/J! Si:;s-"'5 Slnya to , hunger, , leprous ii^th of Cliristian men !'--".' '••■:"■':. Was^it-'wisdom, whs1 it merajfjlftj!*?.*™ 111 !i? (ii\*me ' - ■::■:■■;:■ ;■■ , , Fo?-aytliousaTid : nullion sinne^ seetMu^BF lutionls mine?'' . ,'.,-"..».=%„ ■"^>!"- I answered,'*' God is r m<sr^ ] knoweth best. ■ " '. .■STnjj HfiVEuy dotsb'i the worth - of.sa^g.'hfl'Wiw 1 to Hts hniast; . r j inrtklip sceptics niay.he ;c^titiren;.t^H|l: ivr- nio.'jk in vain " '■''; ''".,.■ :':or■!.)■.o-i- use rot'lialf f.be.-fwturo,.3K™! iri: Ofcrist•again ! -...;..; . \,^-.^McX '■''VVjis it wk-ii;,' t!ip siuvitta^JsivewA^ : M * ••■■- . frftiafied in viiin ! . . "'. '~,_. For a'saint may, boastin^gtey, toPfrifflS a^ain," -:': s ■.. ' ;^;3 i't'-'inv&S '•'Aht sweet spirit.. T m».'?.!nurniu*an»Fp'' for lack of good. " , -,- p^ But;'tis sweet to thtnS- and- ftraiitse, w» ' like, for our brpfSeritood;; I ' Tis a problem for' tlie.-.lfasttrjJTj^ife" ; nevermore".*.*' ''" \" ~™ia But the treason'of tfe«.,^ifiW3Ji*3|, m^ F<111: "■i sad and .' ■.'■■;,,. m ,i • and cross"and.bloody psiit; -i-is Were poor sinners wu I h tho:-''""" Ha ■ vit'tiiu dicii.i»VAin? wV'WiUi

SAVED FROM EXILE.

Romance <>?-■. a-. Russian Prin<*. Tirk' Grand l)u . l>aul, »«-JffJj brother pfthevGiar, has jilstibsea.M^ to his cousin;-.' the- .eldest^g^OT" King of, Greece: .This inapn!ige; Wl4'Ig cause of rthe> reappearance-of $e'§P|||j of a certain member of:the Russian i»P»_ ■ family, of w-hom no one "has JeMM seven years, and .'who really "«S| upon in the light of the f»M!S^SI Duru)^thq-reign.of the k&^Mw son1 oft^.'GraiKt- Duke'QoiuteaWv rietim to, .the wiles, of an f ityles: herself .Fanny, v.^lSiS( 3y,&- ,guilty passion this, wfflp^--,W ;.he .unhappy- prince act^aHy^fp?? ~, $ is bo^steaithe.diamon^h^g} 11*^ nttotlierand present them te;tne »m_'^ rhe< Emperor- Alexandef-11--"' w'°' p i sremely ■ strict in ■ matter^-ofel^ 011 '^ Irad the adventuress 7 tak-an'.it§.;W^j sia«. frontier in, charge of;gea''«™^'^ notwithstanding all tlio oatrelU'w '■spresentations'of his Brother deprived his,guilty nephew,of his »^J rawk, struck his nai^e. piit;,pf:tne;v £ji fkmily. and -exiled him tOi'SODie u"\i^ tpobin the; Caucasus.. ft^f^*: recollection of the. youßg P«nce •' tined to be effiiceclfor evei'.',- ■, :"njh ■ Since the accession offAlexaii"^,^ Prince and Princess Cons^Wne;^, ys; sntreatod fortheb son's forgive^ > -^ bo the present timeathas*^^ p Now, toweter, that their.gtW^fcK the.daughter of Queen. Olgao \&-LW become the, Czar's: sistersin- 181*S e^ begged as a boon from hM^fr p^ ciOB, and he has granted it;^si marriage festivities, ■ which;^:.jji« this summer, the Gvm^'^i Constantine \\\l) appea¥ a* J

THE' AUCKLAND EVENLNG STAR,,' BATUISt?&f, MAY r r /imf.

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