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' "Rurekal! ! have fsund it ! t cri-cfl, at
1 entered the We:
Found -what ?" .eeriel Mrs. OoM.
, The vease, mj dear. , The tery woeie
want; t . ., '" ,.;.". ,
, .Ohl havt ttc!iimc4 ny
whk an -iatHicitr f emtasii That tttfii
cititlf xBtited her mtrctittaa of the
horrors of hotsthanting. I at la i ffl1
ft reiierti mr mud of mT9 annct that
rot k'mkt Irmci. IVhert it HY
nr. m the nIl.,
wp - - f-f---
And I ftltfd the marnfag paper from mj
nocket. hert I bad carried it all dar. d
struck itpQ tritfmphanftr with tne aw-erp
. r :-.. 1 1 . - .
1 my nrwj rauiw
I deapir of ctavejiag; in print t clear
t6ta of fXe xpreaion wife pat ialt the
utteranoe of those two mrd. tt ti the
c-fftdeeivtdadoiaitrdfkit. Mra.
l)"lt'a far Iked lmot hsttlj. It Hem
I ai if the light wit ill atnafc vt of it ai
b.the crah of a t vdden woe. . ,t
Yes in the pper," I went on, feigning
eot to prrreire tho havoc I tta4 created in
r.t oaiwo Dreott 01 woman. " An ad
rtikrmeflt, im know. Wktt a blesied
jntitotion the advertitttg avitcm ii."
Well, read IW .
I read it:
To RiKT. A anvj, ewry Itoote in the
ulrbt. handf to a line of hort ear. IVitl
he let to a carrfol tentat at iftern dollars
per munrti. Applr at No. SJ That itreet.
lake a utanK street car."
"Now, thed!" ! cried, eiottant.
Uidkeloas!1 taii Mrs. Uobti.
" Ridicokie , kaftan! ', Not a bit of it. I
believe that hoete to be a prize. I'll to at
once and ate it. There'll be a hanJred ap
plicants lor it.
Mr. Ihibb smiled incrtdelolr
And so cheap, too, said I. " Fifteen
dMUra a wet lb! Did ton ever hear of
tech a thing r'
Bat Mrs. Duhb wit be no meant favors
bljr imprened with mv new enterprise.
ane argued me point lonj and earnestly
wilh me, reminditi-f me that theap thin;
rre invariable the dearrt in the end;
and at latt, in the lrvor id dicusio, I
l d a erv rah thing.
I agned with Mra. )obb that if. on vis
iting the hum 1 had in view, it did nut
prwve eer wa desiraMe, I wld releaii
her in tote frnna at larthtr trouble reeird.
tng a koeel would do the hoee hentinr
nine nvteu.
I ma saf brieflj that I bitterly repent,
rd of my promise afterwards. That haute
a worthless affair. And then 1 had to
go out 00 a lioee hunt.
I need not recount mj sorrow ful expert
rnce. To thoie ho know what house hunt
ing is 1 comu ten nothing new, and t
ihoie who de not I hive only toexprcm
.t... .1 . .
.hit iii-jj mat iaey never win. 1 nail
dour baned in ray face by irascible hooir
keepers, who declared their carpets werr
being ruined; I was atked what my name
as; what rar businett was; how manv
children I had; where I lived; in fart.'l
never hid so many questione asked me in
the same number of hours before since 1
wis examined by a life iamraoce plivsicim.
Oae man even aOted'me to lend h m inr
dollar, but he had no houe to rent. At
night 1 came home wearied and worn, ami
no nearer my object than when 1 b'gan.
'This is an unprofitable beines. Su
n," Mid 1. I shall pursue it no long
er."
"But whit will you do, James? Slav
here?'' J
" Noj we can't stay hereat the advanc
rdre.l.". , 1
"Then, what will you do?"
"Ml go to a huse a;ent I ought to
have thought or that in the first place."
I called an agent the neit day, and
had some conversation with him.
If you tell me about what sum you wish
to pay for a house, Mr. "
- iiouo is sir name."
wlkt I (tad naid the ttt tear far the house
..... .a 1 ' :. . .7
1 now occupy, ana me agent replied--
There is a houe, in one of the melt
created and agreeable nei?hborhooila io the
w o a -
city, which ia to be vacated in few dars.
. . . 0 -
wnicn 1 can let you have at the price yea
name, and is really a treasure at that 'fig
ere. J It has ten roomsari enclosed piazxa
in front, overrun with lowering fines in
the summer, and is two stories high. 1 can
recommend it in every respect, air. Tue
conveniences are sack as to admit of no
criticum, and I promise you. and stake my
reputation on the event, thai yea will find
it quite 10 yoir likinf. , The rent is not
low, to be lore, as things go; hut the neigh
borhood is one of the chuicest in the city.
It has been occunied the oast rear bv a ve
ry careful tenant, to whom 00 objection is
vnieriaiata. man can learn, except mat
he hat children." -.,
;8o have children." I taid, very deci
lively; "four of them; and I intend that
they ahatl occupy the same home with me,
daring the next twelve menlhj, at all hai
ard. So, if that is the objection, 1 believe
we can drep the lubject where it is." . .
h ye," says the aent, b andly. It
it only an objection of principle, however.
The owner is opposed to renting hit heut
e to fundi with children on principle;
and the huoee to which I refer forma the
only exception to this ttt. have no doubt
he could be induced tu make the tame ex
ception in your favor, sir." - o
But if for me, why not for his present
tenant?" I aked.
M Oh! he would for his present tenant,
he told me; but the gentleman refused to
pay the increased rent, I am informed, aud
has found another house." . . .
Some farther conversation fo'.lnwsd. " I
was shown a plan of the oflfered house, and
ita various excellencies-were explained to
me. I was Mir convinced it w an ex.
cellent residence; and, after my weary
experience in hou.e hunting, I felt quite a
glow of satietactioo at the nroDeet of re.
Ieae 00 such comparatively reasonable
term. 1 engaged the bouse at once.
Have a leae prepared to-lay," said I
to the agent, "and to-morrow 1 will call
ami ttgo it."
Mrs. Dobb was evcrjayed when I told
her all about it thai da v at dinner. It was
plain to see that we had secured a good
aeme fo the future.
" But. Jaoir." taid rat mlfe. vnu have
... . . . . .
oei mm me wnere the buse is situated.'
" Well, tliat's a food ioke." said I. "Ud
rw m w
on my wen, I neer thouht te ask. I'll
do alter ilinner."
I d.4 o. -The agent said it was in Sutcha
tret. ...
" I ii?'' Mid I. Well, that's pleasant.
We tlun'l Uu fat to move. then, nrobi-
bly, lor I lite in Sutvha atreet, now. and a
Ueligt.liUl stieet it i. What did you say
was ine iumutrr
"The number is seventeen."
Seven tern," I cried, in astonishment.
" Ye.ir."
" .West tide?"
Yes. Yi know the house, perhaps?"
- 1 siieuid think I ought to," was my re
p..ne, in a hvaterical tone: I've lived
in it lor the pat year."
Yes. I had rented ray own house at a
ci' hi fur table advance on last yeir'a fiure.
Ill I . 1 I SI 11 1 1 a, . .V
it nen 1 mm -.us. uwbuaoout ilsheui:h-
ril till kite rripit.
I went roaminz ever the house, eiamin.
ior its merit cnticillr. and scrutinizin
ail the reons with quite a new and peculiar
mirreat. f ,
" It is a rood house. Susan, at anv rate.
That we knew."
' It is. Jamea. I am verr well aitiifiad.
To be .are, the kitchen is rather small, and
there is more room up stairs thin we real
If need: .but. taken altogether. I don't he.
deve we could be better suited."
And then, ray dear wife," cried I, in a
tune of exultation, "think what an eicape
front the horrors of moving. No exorbjt
ant charzea to carmen no broken mirrors
..4. . - . .SHV w-.icacu lurnuurf no sierping on
air. Dobb. I have no doubt f ran aaStlthe rtartn ff- .
von to . t ;:: ir::7 , "v :r
- mm
for dinner for the family. Here we can be
, ,, 1 ii muHr lor ine lamuv. nerewecar
Mmed -am "ttlt io adrtnet ef 11 happy as the thepherda ef Arcadia."
OUR NEEB O l!iftfefMi
It it caitomarf with ear countvlnek?fn
peaking of the pesaibility ef a foreign war
to asieme.as'a'matter of course that we
houtd come off victorious, and that right
had in subduing a rebellion backed by no
financial resources whatever ought to in
duce us to be lest confident in thii asiump
tion, since the financier, naval and aailita
ry power of titi.nt tike Engfand 'and
Fraoce far transcend what we encountered
in the late southern ?ari ; Bit it must not
be forfcguer that thele Euronem t.t.ra
are fully impressed with the magnitude of
our resources and the warlike chaCacter of
ear population, and that as, in the Cim of
the war with Ruiua, a creat combination
was resorted to for the purpose of render
ine saceest certain, and as the intervention
at m -
m Mexico was began under similar aaipi
sea. anu ihb conuuci or f.niand nd
Prance toward us dorinr oar civil war was
..... . . .
resumed nr aereeraent ami
of fact an alliance arainatns. we mur- in
case we aadertrke a foreign war; expect a
great ana pewenei alliance against us,
ever which it might tax our powers to the
eerv utmost to prove euecesstol.
L "sTH. . L .
aneo me question arises, aftou d we
come off victorious io tuch a contest, would
we nat be rained for all sab&eauent eflTuri.
by the vast mountain of debt it would leave
. e
nsr ne nave aow aa much as weean m.
nare to provide for our existin? at!iritim-
and it regains te be teen whether, in an
era or peice, without the patriotic excite
meat of the wartebuer the in ud. nur neu
pie will patiently bear the lead of taxation
AfulaeAil oeaaiwt.al U L. f 1 , W .
aiiucicu k sicaiiiai saw anew arir nanr a e i
tree that in a rreat foreign war th Vntri.
olic fervar fe which we have alloded would
be tenfold greater, but the loads of debt
.. . ... . .
wouia oe iar oeyonu an our present ideas.
so iar. inueen. as 10 lead even nitriai r
people te deliberate as to our ability to bear
sucn ouraens. -
If we assume that we ceatd solve the fi..
cal problem, let us ak whether the eondi
limof our empire at the present time is
one 10 oe iiineu in a great war against a
powerful European allianre? There can
be no reasonable doubt that all the Indian
wars of the lat four years were fomented
by rebel emissaries on the one hand and
agent of the Briti't fur companies on the
ouier. u im me rrt-nch in tall possession
in .Mexico mey wmui.i be much more Tigo
roes tha the rebeU in fomentiaj wors a
iimnr ail the central and southern tribes.
while from the north the British fur traders
would work with a hearty good will, be
cause it it to their interest to discourage
the progress of our settlements on their
I I aft . . A . .
ooruer. uor racmc colonies are fully
three thousand miles distant from the av.il.
itiry and naval resource which would have
to defend them, and although we are able.
1 maae ourselves lelt at sea, it is doubt
ful if we could contend there successfully
azainst Rnland and France combined.
Within ten years we shall have a railroad
built to the Pacific, supported by a chain
ol settlements all alenj- the route. With
hrewl forecast, Jeff. Davis, when he was
President Pierre's Secretary af War. a
tee th ngs. and urged the Pacific Rail
nun at a military necessity.
Kren with the Pi cuic U'ilraJ built and
in vrH-ration. we nSnuld have hard wbrk tn
ciintend againai an Anglo-French allianre,
with France operating from Mexico as a
base, and England drawing her resources
from India and Australia, and nsing Bri
tish Columbia as a base. What we need U
time t enable Us to populate and organize
our immense western domain. It is net
merely railroads and stage roidi and min
ing settlements thai wt want there. We
mut have a papulation with resources to
draw upon in case of war. We must hv-
agr culture, commerceand the mechanic
arts established in these remote wilderness
e. We mutt hayj tecietr permanently
organised there, with all the institutions
which attach man to hia home and rendor
him willing to fight for it.
1 t . . ... 1
..vming 10 me normwctiera oeruer, we
find our colonies weak in numbers. dR.
cient in alfrespec's, and standing in great
need of all that Wa can itt fi.f Mm . u.K:ti.
. , auvti. , nun,
on thetouihwestern border we are ar worse
5 - t mj been 'ch engrossed br the
effort, to build np .Strong chain of settle
ments ajong the central overland route,
which, at it mutt be the strongest military
position, from being the most distant frota
Lh9.fC!LUer.9 wt y,e1 t" attended, to
brit, . But 10 eaae of wirfh.r. ...1.1 ti
terieui danger of the French taking leath
ern California. Arizona, and Kwlt;
r ,lVa EDg,Uhr kin5 Washington;
Those who doubt this do not knaw th
enormoUa cost of transporting troopi tutlt
vast distances overland as we would have
to do, and the losses incurred in those pn-
terprises. - It hag been truly observed that
this was the creates dniil-'ttA,r u.i.;,k
Russia labored in the last war, and that she
af more men the way than she did iri
aetual conflict. In case of a great war our
Pacific coast might be lost to us by a com
bined English and French attack, in con
sequence of their vast ami power, before
we could tend thither, around Cape Horn;
a fleet strong enough to prereat it: : We
have before as, therelore, the task of build
ing ep on the Pacific nave yards, iron
works, and everything else requisite to
enable .ut to meet any such emergency.
vve.muac nave mere a navv wh eh ean h
put in service at short notice; and the means
of increasing it with great rapidity. We
must also be able to draw from the Pacific
States all the men requisite for their de
fence, and this we could not na do f ih
allies made a formidable attack.
FENIANS BEWARE! ; '
We have not heard of the arrent f tk.
agent of the so-called Fenian loan, and yet
it is aq act which, if not done, ought to be
done at once. However deeply American
may sympathize with the people ol Ireland
touching the injuries received at the hands
of thy English Government, they are not
auch 'fools as to encourage open resistance
on the part ef.the poor peasantry ef the
Emerald Isle against the gigantic military
power oi Great Britain. This Fenian I
business is not exclusively a question of
Irish repugnance to English rule.' It is 4
mattes, of downright swindling. Every
sensible man in this country, and the very
people who are engineering this loan, know
that every dollar subscribed to it will find
its way into the pockets ei vagabonds win
iu iic.f 1 aibuum ier any money mat me
may receive. The most noticeable feature
of the whole movement is that it is controll
ed almost exclusively by unknown Irish
men. The atte mated revolution of 1JU8
furnished the world with the names whirK
at leas!, had a recognized standing,' inch,
w. iii.Muvt, omiiii vf unco, a nomas
Francis Measher. John Mitchell. Richard
O'Gnrman, and others wnich might be men
tioned. But the Fenian movement of 1865
is confined to porter-house keepers, brief
less law vers, and a set of characterless no.
bodies wit'iout responsibility, influence, or
. T"i. ..k :i ....
ecu iiwiwuci. a iic suustriucrs 10 mia
loan will be the dav-laborcrs. servant rirlr.
and other poor ignorant people who have
no means of iueVin? of the chance fur af
agaiiistan attempted revolution in Iretand.
To obtain money from thete people is
swindling, pure and simple, and it is dun
io ine gveu uame 01 me American nauott
that the street arm of the law be internua.
ed to protect them against such an ' impo
sition.
We call upon our citizen to frown down
this whole scheme. We call noon tho
press of the "ceuntrv to denounce it as it
deserves, and, last of all, upon the officers
of the law to promptly arrest and properly
puai.h every person who is engaged io di
recting the loan er in receiving money in
exchange for Fenian bonds. While we
eympatbize with the people of Ireland in
their complaints against the Enzliah cor-
ernment, we wish them to distinctly under
stand that the mainritvnf th American
people do not deem them fit lor self-gov.
ernme nt.Thesameobjectins U granting
the elective franchise to the ce lured popu
latisn in the South will hold good with re
ference to the question of Irish Indepcn-