A Candid Urchin

" What did rn-othersay my littlo man? Did you givo her my card ? " aSked at) inexperienecd geutleman of a littlo boy, whose raother had given kim an invitation to cali upoü lier, and whose strcet door was aceoruingly opened to bis untimelv summoas by the urchin. " Yes, sir," quoth the urchin, iauocently, "and mothcr eaid if yon woro not a natural fooi, you wouldn't come ou Monday morniDg, whon everybody wjs washiDg." At this junoture, mamma with a swcet smile of we'come, madu her appearanco at the end of tho hall, when to surprise Mr. Verysopbet the visitor, bolted! "What in tho world does tho maa ïnenn ? " inquired raa. " 1 donno," replied tho urch'm 1 "guess he's forgot sumthin." The tunnols of all tho raihvays in Franoe are thrce bundred aud sixty-aix in number, and vvould, if eombined, measure three bundred and seventyseven leagues in length. The longest tunnel is that oí the Northe, near Marseilles, ou the Lyons Knilway, which cost 10,500,000 francs; that of Blaisy, on tho same line, 8,000,000 francB, :md that of tho Credo, betwecn Lyons aud G-oneva, 6,500,000. Tho entire cost of the bridges, viaducts and tunnels on the various JiVcuoh railwaya amounts to 432,081,953 francs.