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' . SUMMARY. OF NEWS
For the W eek ending August 26.
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)i:kk!x. ; .. ,
i di-neral KsniirK-ro lias advised tUi- Madrid Gov
ernment to appoint (eiu.'nil Mamitil Ooneliiia to the
i lnet conimunii of tlie -Republican forces'" in tho
sortlii'ni provine bordering on tiio 13ay of Biscay,
ulnl ,(!"nei'al Mormncjto tbe i-onimrmd of. Navarre
lie Covtes. l.iy a vote of 66 yens -to' G3-iiays,
cniiM'-iiTed to thi trial of civil tribunals -4Semtos,
,o a ol iN riembem, o participated in tbeCsuito
ncl iiisinrettion. 'I be prVoners taken by the (ov
: rnfiieut torces in encf (iintVix Avith Oantonel and
. t'oiHinuiiist.-nisiirjeiits. nlv to be sent to roinforco
i!ie .paui.-b army m Cuba. Tbe t tal stronL'th of
" iili.tr ( in-list toi'i-e operating in the North is."til,000
, ! ;.ll :ii ins. 'I lie ip:tiiisii Government is actively
7j;) ori's.iiii wiih' tbe organization of new levies,
-anioiiiitiiiir to H).(iU0 nien, ta-take tlie field against
. M lie rebels. A bill hart bven-preented .in the Span
Sh t'otte. s.usje!ilmg the guarantee of .individual
- Mights durini.' t!ie coutiiiiiaiice of the present trou-
- -1 A (pe(.'ial dispatch to the London Standard
i-iivK Sue C'aibst forces undr Klio, Corregarray,
l.iz.ira.- t)bo, and Don Carlos, amounts to twen
K. IcVc siiony battalions. It is rvportod that in the
. n'.cvif of h recess or sidjoiirinnent- of the Cortes,'
w lih-b is regarded ;is not iniprobiibkvCnor ('aste-
1.11 win 111 . liiiimiiii. 1 jei nil, lenna aim ivoine,
ii-ad biii'.g-about the M-ognition of tlis iSjianisli lii.
fii iLlic. rAdviwit'' from (lonstantiuople. ariiionnce
i ;ic- breaUiiig our of cholera in tbe province of Hos
. -i!a. Telegrams from Madrid state that the Re-
lcan uniiv u'lueiy tlie i-oinmanil ot lieneral
.uu-bez Urciriia. i! ifrritu'i-ni;
nirjoheriiiir 12.0(H) ! inen. hs en-
n-,'i';i liiliao: the t. arhst toi-ces ociiopymir tbe city
. ;i in; rew wit bout offcriinrJiattle; l'lie tbreii ti-ned
lockout of a portion of their operatives by the iron
i!i::s'Ts of -M-fuichi s(er liiis been postponed for the
p:-i'sei!t. a proposition having b.ecn made to-stibiuit
tip- ilulei ei;ci's b-.-tweeji emplov-ers and workriien to
i mitmnitce'of arbitration. lr. lalk. Minister of
l-ui!;c Instruction and Ecclesiastical A'fiairs at
a uoii orui'ivi,
1 iU
.Roman Catholic .Seniinary
-At a mcethsir of tbe jireni-
seji to br closed: -
l-:-s of the Left in Paris on the :ilii d.uit was iieci
:i 10 seek the support of the Lift Centre, to pre
vent the sui-cess of tbe fusionists and k'lritatnists
for the cstabbshiaent at an early date of the
J U.iii iion mniiiiivliv. Piiiicc Napoleon has bivn c
bvte 1 President -tif tlie Coimc'il (ieiier.il of Corsica,.
- I y a majority of 20 votes. Intelligence has reach
, i il .Madrid that on the loth an unsuccessful attempt
nnde to a WMii.ite 1 (on Alfonso, the brother
i t I o:i (.'.'irlos. 'I In' would-be assassin was jtaken
..inl fxei-uted. Advices from th north of -papain
ri-port the"Carlist troops as discouraged and ijiisub
oioinate, '1 he Ireihtitiif sti'mrier ISiugikjioi-e,
. 1-tii. iwl tor hanuhae. b:us bc-en wreckV'l J 'l'i' Reil
- h-i-iV. jJie captain and othw oiliccj-s and tnat.iy of the
r u- were lost; tlnrtv six of the crew' gained jluniL.
lift were iiiir.le prisoners by the luitives. j
1 ' .miti.
1 he Sm'i returv of the treasury has: i-i-turned to
ashmtrfoji. 1 be (rand Lodgo of the Jewish or-"
il-ir ol hesher inel H:tr::itl of the Atlantic coast met
ft Now; "ni-k vislerdav -iiioiiiing; , !!0 delegates
. were present; Philadelphia, lloston. Syracuse, and
oilier cities. were nprcseiited: the Treasurer's rc-
. .rt jrsiitistiictoryt 11. Rosenthal was elected Granil
Ninr.-1 he nrst bale of new cotton, classeil as mid
i:uig, was ii4."civcd at A'lijusta, (ia.p from Edge
1 1 1 1 ( o . V yid .-old at 1?.. C!(titfon in Fouth
1 'arolina- and upper ( Jcnrcria l.uuilv injured by--the
l'w 11 t- ie 1 1 uir n ide to establish a line of
steamships bet wei"ii:i viiwtath and .Liverpool; the
litiiiiit-tpal corporations aui boards of trade ofGeor-
tria-plcdye themselves to give'support to the; line.
J he Republican Mate ( on imittjw? of Npw York have
tlei ided to4io!d a Mate Convention atj ltica, ;fcnt.
M Cincinnati hiid .107 deaths last '"'ek, !i de
crease of 15:- three ot these were from cholera in
laiituni. '1 he pl-oceednigs of the military conmiis-i-ion
whicii tried the modou.s were to-day returiied
to the iSecictary ot War bv Judge Advocate Gener-
al Molt, he having, comj'leted his review, "and, it is
' understood, approved the findings of the court.
1 lay will be traifsnntted to Rn-sident Qfawt' to
niorrow.. Rj'iir Adniii'itl 1 aylm rejioits yellow fi
ver entn-elv disappeared from Montevideo, 8oith
America. fThiletus lawyer, a prominent inen'iber
-pi Congress from -Wisconsin, committed ' suicide,
liv cdttiiitlns . throat ou.the 2UtJi inst.
EEVISYOF THE MARKETS
For the Week ending August 26, 1873..J
Livi-'.IH'OOL. A liar. 2D. Cotton heavy; sales of
lo.OOO bales;, tor speculation aiid export 1,000
ibiik's; bi-eadstutts qnfet. V
AtO. Cotton tpiict: sales 12.000 bales; for
sjjertilatiini . and export 2,000 bales; breadstulis
piTtTpork 60s. G(L , ,
' Al U. 22. Cotton uplands 8; yarns and fab
y,rics dull: common roshi Hs. 6d. '
" AtXJ2p. Cotton, sides of new crop shipment,
not below good 7-lsjid; turpentine, 32s. 8d.
New Yoisk, Aug: 20. Gold H5 115J; Grov
ernnient securities dull. Cotton dull and irregular
at I9i to 20 cents. Wheat less active and ; 1 ct:
lower. Com 1 to 2 cents lower,-with active offer
iugs. Naval Stores qidet. .
r Aug. 21.-rGoloV.115. Goveniment bonds, in
active. - Wheat 12 cents lower, Cora unchan
ged,- with a brisk demand. ; Flour in light requesjt
and nrtchansred.
Aug. 22. Gold 116 to X1BJ. Goveniment se
curities dull. Cotton steady at 21 to 21J cents for
middhnirs. "Wheat ... 1 cent better and tuacuve.
t'orn srood, with a fail' demand. Nayal Stores firia
AUG. 23. Gold 1R- Cotton n-regular at ni
cents. : Wheat steady iand in fair" demand. Corn
" 1 to 2 cents better. Mess Pork $18 to $ 18 25. Na-
. yal stores quiet. .. 1
Wilmington, " Aug. 20. Spirits Turpentine
38 to 384 cents! IJosin, ext.a pale, $3 25. Crude
Turpentine 3 30 for Vircin. 2 00 for hard. Tar
. 2 80. CottonTrom 15 to 19 cents.
AUG.21. Spirits Turpentine 38 cents. Rosin
No. 2 at 2 50 and Extra Pale at 4 75. ' Crude Tur.
pcntineH 35 for Virgui and 2 for hard. Tar 2 85
Cotton dull and nominal. ".
. 'AVG. 22. Spirits Turpentine 39 cents. Rosin
2 45.: ' Crude Turpentine.3 ,'55 for yellow dip, 2
or hard. Cotton heavy and quotation about, as
hetorc. v
London, Aug. 22.
Common Rosin 9s, 6d.
New York. Aug. 22.
Cotton Net rWeiots 40 bales: erross 414: sales
for futures 9,700; for Aug. 19; Sept 18 7-8; Octo
ber 17 7-8; November. 17 "9-16;- December 17 1-2.
Cotton steady and regular; sale 2700 bales.
Home Circle.
KITTY BLAKF.
Otie bitterly; cold niffM ia tlie FeLruarv
of 1872, I quitted my - comfortable study
,i . - A . . .. .
lor the purpose of ensconsmo; myself behind
a wliitu tie, andof encasing my person in
tuose st-reotypetu. sable garments which
cry, "Open, sesame," at the poifals of, so
ciety. : . . .1
j My friciids, the-Wilkin's, w ere indulo-ing
in a lit, of insanity,- and tlie attack, whicii
m ine commencement promised to Do pi a
somewliat. mild form, gradually assumed
graver symptoms, until it culminated in a
tremendous ball. -Vainly., I pleaded a ne
cepajty - for reading wp, a eao with - wliich
the-firm of Thizer & Bulsomeliad entrust
ed me. Vainly L declared to Wilkin, up
on tlie honor of a niin and a brother, that
I was ''out of that sort of - thing that-I
had read that'particular chapter in the book
of life clean through tib ovo usque ad mala,
and that I .was only good for the mahog
any ; he didn't, or rather wouldn't see it,
and with, a sense of bitter injury! at 'my
tieart,- and an unmistakable sense of frost
at the tip of my nose and my extremities
genernl, I pulled myself together, dress
ed hurriedly, and arrived at llarley street
in .a" humor the very reverse- of Amiable,
and with the full determination, of merely
showing myself to Mrs. Wilkin, imbibing
a ghiss or perhaps two of sherry, and get-,
ting btiek to resume the )0r.usal of a novel.
IJhomme propose.
. The crush had not as yet been well
turned on, so my ascent to the drawing
room va$ no very difficult task. Upon the
Ioblv Mrs. Wilkin was standing, behind
a huge bouquet which commanded the
staircase like a great floral gun': and
Wilkin' was' strolling in the immediate vi-
inity, w ith' the air of. a inan vho had suc
ceeded iii losing half a soyereigii , and was
engaged in looking ior it ife though he
wanted it very badly indeed.
uAh,- Mr. Brookley ! I'm so glad that
'you have come. Freddy told me you were
doubtful all clever men tire, but Uou khow
I always believed in you, and I look to your
aid to make this little aftkir come off well."
I. 'groaned in spirit. . This meant, stopping
until. the ctuidles were snuffed- out until
t he tallow-r'faced greengrocers were paid off
until the -milkman arrived at the area
tilings, and until I should., be - "jibed bv
dJ?-ip)oiiiied cabbies-as "tlie eovcj as was
a phivm 'tlie planner.
'ly tlie wav. IJrooklev, there s a little
1 1 1 U gn 1 stopping , here, a Miss Ulake
C'onM .and I'lijittrducejiliiu. fmwlV
mine." oi iwrvwl WTFin firao-o-i.Tinp tun
(iT,j)it! frr,- towards a mass-olme illusion
surmounted by a bundi c,f white flowers.
. , .. --r "7 "om a
Aow, anv lnsh girls whom 1 had. hith
erto been fortunate enough to meet had.
i iiiiehow dr othery been always too much
or me. Jt l.was Uhise, they were saucy-.
If J was dcyc .'-!, thev were sentimental If
1 was learned, they, were blissfully and
Inigel v. ignorant..' I ' bad been '.invariably
foiled, and mv most skillful fencing Avent
for nothing. I -have not been able to score
it palpable hit under any circumstances
whatsoever.
1 held back much "after the fashion of a
dog being led to '.orj)oral punishmeiit thro
the medium of a collar and a string bow
ed i grim' unearthly -bow, and proceeded
to fiddle wltli the buttons ot a, pair ol soil
ed, bulgA' gloves, and to poa- ia every
direction save that supposed to be occupied
bv Mrs, Yv llkin s llibeniian guest.
At this juncture au attenuated, waxen-
looking, beef-fed artist hung in chains, and
clad in garments running with 'grease, and
throilbare from age, '.-proceeded to-pound
aw-av upon the piano, aided and abetted by
a pudgev mail, who appeared to be throw
nig his w hole person into a battered corno-
copian, and another conspirator who dis
charged his duties to society and to Wilkin
by dolefully scraping upon a violoncello.
"This is our ouadrille," exclaimed a! ver
sweet voice at my elbow, "with just a touch
of the brogue pervading it like a perfume,
and a solt little hand piaced ltseit conrid
ingly upon my arm. 1 had riot asked her
to dancer-sha had evidently .taken it tor
granted. I
tJ - i. i - . t-" i il .
Would y say that .1 ucveij danced j-tnat
T b.-td snramed mv toot T oil invent sopie
atentaiid plausible excuse? - '
I m. i
.No I 1 1 - would not be lair to mine uos
less, so I -sullenly resigned myself to mv.
fate.
i'This is my first visit to London chirp
ed Miss 131ake.
"Oh, .indeed .;
"I live in the wilds of Coimemara."
."l- wish you Avere there just now," was
my inner thought.
"It's the -wildest place on the face of the
earth", and the loveliest d.ut won't you se-
cure a' ns-a-vis "
I comnouiidcd with a pink-faced youth.
who was in the talons of a tall, lean, vul-
tiire-like wToraan, to face me in the forth
coming melancholy ceremony, and to as
sist in carrying out its sad solemnities in
all their funeral details.
"Have you ever visited Ireland, Mr
Bipoklev ?" asked Miss Blake, at the con
elusion of the first figure.
I" I. should think not. Ireland is a wretch
edj mistake." - .
The moment the words escaped from my
lids, I could have parted with a good dea
of I ready money to have been enabled to
draw them back again. 1 hey were child
ish, rude, ungentlemanlike, and I' turned
to her to apologise. :""
The hot flush was upon her cheek, the
little hands were clenched until the gloves
threatened to "bust up," and her flashing
pvps met mine as she hotly retorted "lou
must bo an English boor to say so.-
The pas seul commenced, and, to use a
stag phrase, Miss Blake "went on.'
I liad committed a thrico accursed mis
take, and I felt it She went through the
entire figure alone. , She" would not deign
to take to touch mv out-stretched Hand
had no words at will to cudgel into a
proper form of apology, and I was bewild-
red by her beauty. I
Lovely blue eyes, with sweeping bine-
black lashes ; a dainty little nose, with a
rosebud mouth, and teeth like muffled dia
monds, radiant brown hair iii' massive
plaits and her expression ! , .
A if de mi Alhama!
We did not speak during the quadrille.
The pink-faced youth confound his. im
pudence struck up an acquaintanceship
with her,'aud treated the vulture-looking
woman badly. I felt inclined to hurl hint
at his partner, impale him upon her nose,
and rash frantically from the house. The
charming disdain with which I was treated
y Miss Blake, rendered me more misera
ble, and it was only when the laws of so-
:iety compelled her, at the coirflusion of
the dance, to take, my arm, in order to be
conducted to the place whence she came
that I ventured to exclaim "I implore of
you to forgive me I did 'not know what
was- savings I am worse than a boor.
Hear me for one "moment ;'and in a few
eager words I honestly revealed to her the
rritated and inflamed condition of mv mind,
upon finding myself stranded in a scene o
utterly at' variance with mv mood, and
compelled, as it were, -'to drink the bitter
cup to the utmost dregs,. " . -
My pleading was full of the redeeming
influence of earnestness, and I succeeded
in achieving her forgiveness. She dauced
with me again, again and again. I saw
the candles snuffedout, beheld the tallow-
Eaced greengrocer paid off, met the' morn
ing milkman without flinching, and re
turned the playful banter of the cabbies in
i mood so utterly diherent from that which
I had pictured to myself a few short hours
deviously, that
I'lishaw ! who can control the iniK?r
mechanism of the lipart ?
One glorious morning in August last
found me seated beside the driver ofone of
Bianconi's long cars which travel between
Westport and Clifden, and, as a conse7
quence, through. the heait of the wildest
and most picturesque sseucrvr m Conne-
mara. 1 had amongst other vows.
regis
tered '-one '-that, . as .soon as ctrcumstances
would permit, I would undertake apilgrim
ageto Boiioldran Hall to the shrine- of
Miss Katherine alias Kitty, Blake."
It is urmecessarv for me to stiite that I
id mami reasons to urge me to take this
excursion, and that I liad- one in p;irticu
lar ; in fact, my heart had, somehow or
other, slipped from beneath mv waistcoat
: had traveled, in company -with Miss
ivitn a View ot receiving it, and m. taivin
tlie young lady in tp.iesti u into, the bar
gam, it mv iuck wa-? up, tnat l Avas now
"11 . . 1 T
perched high in air, beliin-l a pair of "roar:
ing gimlets,' and jogging along the road
Avay skirting that desolate but romantic in
let of the Atlantic, known as the Killerim
In a happy moment I negotiated - v,' ith
the driver, Phil Dempsey, for possession of
the bos-seat, and almost ere Aye nad quit
ted the town ot W estport, 1 had come, ou
V IV fi-, III
if not confid
eiitial, tonus with that
Avhip.
Avortuv soil ot the Avliip
rlnl is a crooked; hard-featured, senten
tious little -man .whose word is law, Avhose
ecision is the ulthnutuni. lie knows eAery
lan ' -woman, and child along the road
their belongings, their respective histories,
their hopes, and their fears, lie' carries
small parcels for the ''quality,' and a let
ter, if good cause1 is slumm Avhy it could
not travel by the legitimate course ,of her
Majesty's mail. He has all the Dublin
neAvs, and. is regarded in the light of "a
knoAvledgeable man."
Instinctively. I led up to,' the . subject
nearest to ray heart. . r
ffjfc know:, the' Blakes av Biujoldenm ?
Bdgon-a, I do thin, breed, seed, and'gmer-
ation. TheA- re dacent people av the rale
ould stock. Miss Kitty tlmweled wild me
a fe'AV. Aveeks ago ; she kem from Dublin,
but she; Avas over the water bey ant, ni Lon
don. Sorra a much good that wud do her,
or any AA'an el-se." . , '
I expressed4 a hope that she was looking
Avell after her trip. ' . '
"Och ! rosy an' well, shure enough ; and
why av uldn't she ? What Avud trub!e her,
and her mother Avud burn the house av she
riz her finger. Thev 11 not be t rubied Avad
her long ; she's too daAvny a creature .-for
the boys to lave , alone. I tuk a Misther
Crane from Dublin oArer to the Hall last
Aveek, an', be' me "soAd, he AA'as mighty
tcndlicr on.her.? t - -
This was alarming. I endeavored to
probe into the antecedents of this abominable-
person, but I could only ascertain,
after a deal of circumlocution, that he was
the possessor of "an illigant portniantle,"
and that 1ic,av
'a nice man, an a nicc-
inah-tired man."
- "Good
morning,
Father Jamt
good
morning kindly."
This Avas addressed to a Catholic clergy
man, Avho AA'as swinging along the road
with a jaunty air, bespeaking the motion
of one-to whom a t wenty-mile Avalk Avas
no uncommon occurrence.
"That's wan o' the most knoAvledgeable
min in this country, sir," observed Demp
scy, Avhen Ave had proceeded a little dis
tance ; "but he Avas wanst bit intirely, cute
as he is an' there's the spot," ho added,
pointing to a small patch of strand directly
beneath us. i
"This is how it kem about, sir, Get up;
ye bastes !" (addressing the horses,) "don't
let the gintleman see yez thrate me that
wav: trit up. Well, sir. . Father James
AA'as on his bades and his bravery one win
llirv lUUiuui, anu .no yxaj m narf
whin a boy kem runnin' npthe boreen cry
in' murther, an' that a man was wracked
bcloAV on the rocks tornist ye, an that ne
wasn't expected for to live, an' for Father
James to run to him at wanst, lor tne love
av Heaven! So Father James ran the
bades and-the brevary into the pocket 'of
his small clothes, and away wud him to
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28,
that very spot, sir, as nimble as a roe ; an'
ugh, there was a poor sayfannT
man lying for dead on the say rackj an
not as much breath ' in him as wud cause
the eye av a midge to wink."
"" 'Ilave none of vez a tent? av spemts
about yez,' says Father James. "Have
none av yez a tent av sperrits to put betune
this poor man s shammy an7 the cowldt
sa-s Father James, rism' at it.
V . t I ....
"IsoAV, sir, they Avere all afeared to say
'Yes,' bekase he denounced potheen " from
the althar, an' if they wor to say 'yes they'd
be,only kotched be the holy father. At
last Biddy O'Donbghoe; who is ahvays as
boAj ld as I rass, savs--
" 'Arrah, Avhcre Avotih! we git it, Father
James ? Maybe yVd lir ve a dhrop in that
bottle that's "stickin oi av yer cocit-pocket.'
" 'IJoav dar' ye, ye owld' faggot V says
Father James, but Jie pulled up short, tor
shure enough, whin he was lavin' the house,
he run it into hisbuzzum, thinkin' it might
be Avanted, an' forgot it intirely : so. he
lifted the poor sayfarin' man's head up, and
gev hm a scoop. Bedad, but it put life
into hip, sir !' cried Dempscy, giving the
horses a tremendous cut, probably AA'ith a
vieAV to instillmg a little life into them
It put. life into him,' and he gev a great
sign.'-
He Ayants another snp, yer rverahce,'
sez wan, ; -;
'Let "me hould
the bottle, Father
James,' sez another. -
" 'Whist, ye haytheiis !' says his river
ance, houldin' up his 'hand, .-for the poor
sayfarin' man Avas thryhyVtb spake, but the
rattles Ayas in his throath.
" 'iSavAAan little AAOrd to .let riic knoAA
'that j-e die a Catholic,' says Father James.
"The sayfarin' man made a great strug
gle and screeched loud enough to lie
heard in Leenawn.'.'Down'-wid the. Pope !'
T-an' he died, sir, 4an' that's ho av - Father
James Avas bit intirely." -
The car was pretty w ell croAA'ded, and
upon one side amongst the occupants was
a sergeant ol a militia regiment, proceedm
to the depot sta'tioued at GalwaA This
gallant son of Mars AA'as seated beside a
very gord-looking young girl, to whom he
paid the-most chivalrous and marked at
tention." Xoav, it Avas 'the sergeant's habit
at intervals along the road, to bound gaily
from tlie car, enter a sltebcen, remain there
a h'aa" minutes, and then rejoin the vehicle,
betraying all the symptoms of having "laid
on"-a little refreshment during his temnor
ary absence, llis attentions to the young
lady became more marked as Ave proceed-
on our iouiupa', and such exclamations as
."d'elang oAvt o that, sargint," "Lave me
I nionc. ""d-n-le ycfljrt rrtom, nit tiouUio
vers distarice, tenotr(l toiS-Ove that the gal
hint A-avrior's potations were carrying him
beyond the hiAvs of conventionalism.. At
length, :aj'ter ;i playl'ul but e!e)hantine ef
fort to snatch a kiss, the young lady
pealed to the driver.
ap-
"Mister Dempsev, 1M have ve call to
this young man he's insulting me, sir.' .
Thus appealed to, Mr. Dem'psey quietly
turned in his seat, and eyeing the seargeant
sternl y, exclaimed
"See here now, sargint, a v ye don't lave
that" voting Avoman alone; I'll take them
three stripes aff A-er 1 arm, an' lav them
across ver back."
A roar of laugteifrom .all the occupants
of the, vehicle folloAved this sally, In which
the gallant seargeant joined: Avith a heart
iness and goodrAVill that clearly' demon
strated how keenly he enjoyed the obser
vation, although it told against himself,
cAre ye expected at Boijolderum, si? ?
"Well ves oh, A'cs, ccrtainhy' I re
plied, someAvhat confusedly. t
"icr an Lnglish gintleman, bv ver Aav
nAr talkm , sir ' .
"Yes, I'm English."
"Maybe ver from London, 'sir ?"
"I am." " , - -
"And seen Miss Kittv OA-er there,
u hem ! Here he gave a prolonged Avhis
tie, Avhieh might have been intended for
the horses ' but 1 felt that it. bore direct re
ference- to myself.
"Troth, thin, Vou are expected, sir, an'
there'll be bright eyes . and red "cheeks at
the cross-roads whin Ave rache there, or fm
boccagh Miss Kitty will be there, sir, in
her 0A7n pemey-carnage. j y
I did not kuoAV Avhether to be t;
amused or
annoyed. . -
"Ton .seem to be Avell aAvare of Miss
Blake's movements, Mr., DeinpseAT."
"Arrah, didn't she tell me herself, the
crayture 1 Didn t she say to me, says she,
1)impseAr, take I1re'"av a . very handsome
young gintleman that4s comin' to see me
from London,' says she. 'Is it the gintle
man that I posted all the letters to in
Westport, miss V 4Go oav o' that, Dirapsey,'
saA's she. 'Bluran-agers ! Avhv didn't ATe
tell me Aro Avor Mister Brooklev, and I'd
have roused the griddle for ye, sir, an', no
mistake."
I could liave taken Phil Dempsey to my
arms and cherished him.
"Begorra ! there's the'1 cross-roads and
ther's Miss Kitty in her basket Hshandhra
aan like a pitaytee creel. ' Didn't 1 tell
ye, sir, Iioav it wu.l be !"
It is scarcely necessary to observe that
I experienced that sinking sensation of the
heart which the immediate prospect of a
meeting with the adored one never fails to
create;, that I pretended to be looking the
other way, and not to have perceived her;
Khat I bounded from my perch Avith the
agility of an acrobat, and that I "tipped"
Phil Dempsey to the utmost limit of his
satisfaction.
"I tuk good care'av him, miss," observ
ed that worthy in a tone -"known as a pig's
Avhisper, "but be was as wild as ' a young
colt in me hands ; but he's a nice man, an'
a nice-mannered man, as" I wish yez joy."
"Stupid creature ! I never can understand
him' said Kitty Elake, with a saucy toss
of her head ; "I'm afraid he has been tak
ing the mountain dew as he came along."
At this crisis we were joined, by Mr.
Blake peref a splendid specimen of paler-
1873.
familias, who w elcomed me to Connenv
ara con amore, my portmanteau was placed
in the basket-carnage, and Kittv rattled
aAAray with it, leaving mo to walk across
the mountain to the Hall.- And such a
mountain, bare and bleak and precipitous ;
and for any step I made in advance I made
tAvo in the opposite direction ; - buffi pushed!
bravely on, and sacrificed a bran-ncAV pair,
of patent' leather buttoned boots during
the excruciating process. But what cared
I lor boots, or mountain, or physical an
guish ? - "Was there not love-light in the
eye of Kitty Blake f Avas I not approach-
the Mecca ol my hopes ?
1 remained a month at Boijolderum
Hall. I held the stereotyped intemeAv
Avith Blake pcre in his study, which ter
minated most satisiactonh'
And - -
Well, yes - -;
I am to return to Connemara before
Valentine's Day, and claim the hand of the
sAveet little Irish girl who called me an
Fnglish boor. j
DIAMONDS.
There is a curious reminiscence, for ox-
vers of the diamond, in the stonr which lias:
come doAvn to us from the last century, of
the first . discoAerer of the Brazilian.
diamond fields. This Avas one Bernardo
Fonseca Lobo, a man of an old Portuguese
family (the same name is bom by the pres
ent Portuguese Lnvoy at asmngton) who,
lived in the Brazilian province of Minas
Geracs. He had preAnously traveled ni
Portnguese India, wdiere he had een rough
diamonds, and1 learned to knoAvjtbjm when
he saAv them. Lobe found the gold seek-!
ers of Brazil using certain pebbles careless-'
ly: as counters in card playing. He knew
them at once to be rough diamonds and
took thern to Lisbon, Avhcre the discovery;
was connrracd. At, once the Luropeau
diamond brokers arid traders took the alarm.
The new diamonds would destroy the vaw
tie, thev exclaimed, of tire ofd stock. So
they put about a story that these Brazilian!
diamonds Avere poor diamonds from India
- i
sent to Brazil, and from Brazil to Europe.
In 17o0 an liiiiglishman wrote a treatise'
to prove this. 1 he Brazilnv diamonds
AA'ere thus shut! out of the market. But
Lobo Avas too clever for his foes. He took!
his diamonds out to India, and at Goa sold
them as. Indian diamonds. This may seem!
a little extraordinary to us Iioav, when then
the difference between the diamonds -of
Brazil and of .India is so well knoAviiis If
one goes into the establishment, where the
choicer varieties of the old India diamond
and the Brazilian may tur -seen in iuiftu.
position with' tlie " new African diamonds;
he Avill Avonder as much at the notion of
their being 'confounded with each other,' as
at a man's mistaking Chambertin for Chat-i'
eau Lafitte, or Persian silk for Chinese, op
the Bartleft pear for tlie Duchesse. All
diamonds are valuable, Why .all diamonds
are not equally valuable is a thing easily
to be learned,and for diamond buyers worth
learning. AT. Y. World. -
Xot
heart,"
Yi-rr.-
son,
giAre
me- thine
"Not yet," said the little boy, as he Avas
1 i"l 1 ' j It n - 1 T ' -
ousy Avun ms trap anu nan, vwncn
older ! will think about it."
The little boy greAV to be a young main
"Not vet," said the voting man, "I am
noAv about to enter into trade, : Avhen I see
mv business prosper, then 1 shall have
more time than now." i -
Business did prosper. ,
"Not yet," said the man of business
"my children must iioav have mv care
Avhen thev are settled ia life, I shall be
boeter able to attend to religion."
He liA'ed to be a giw headed old inan. !
"Not vet," still he cried-; "I shall soosf
retire from trade, and then I shall have
nothing else to do but to read and pray
-And so he died. He put off to anotiier
time Avhat should haA'e been done when
child. He liA'ed AVithout God and died
without, hope. ' . s
CnEEr. Him ! In one af the large ci
ties a fire broke out hi a lofty dwelling-.
1 1 Avas near midnight, and the flames had
made headAvay before they Avere discover
ed. The fire companies ralHed, but the
smoke had become so thick that the out
lines of the house Avere scarcely visible,
and the fiery element was raging with fear
ful poAVer Avhen a piercing cry thrilled all
hearts as they learned that there was one
person yet unsaved Avithin thQ building.
In a moment a ladder was SAvung through
the flames, and planted against the heated
Avails, and a brave fireman rushed up it
rounds to the rescue. "' .
Overcome by tho smoke, and perhaps
daunted by the hissing flames before linn,
he halted and .seemed to diesitate. It AAas
an awful scene. A life hung 'in the bal
ance, and each moment Avas an age.
"Cheer him !" shouted a-voice, from the
crowd, and a wild "Hurrah P, burst like
tempest from the beholding multitude,
That cheer did the work, and the ; brave
fireman wont: upward amid smoke and
in a moment deseendsd with " the rescued
one in his arras. ' '
Friend" brother, Avhen you see a brave
soul battling Avith temptation,' struggling
under the cross, rushing forward to rescue
dving menr and yet falteijng in an hour
oi wreaKness or a iaomeni in win. lucii
"cheer him !'-; And as a pebble's fall may
change a river's course, sd your words of
sympathetic kindness may uptut a droop
ing heart, and fix its faltering : purpose for
a nobler iifo.
A lady in ' western Xew York made ar
rangements for a grand" picnic for , her
fricncLv to whom she addressed individua
invitations. .Unfortunately she pat on no
cent stamp and none of the notes , reached
their destination, and not a guest put in an
.inne.'irfince. f
y l . i
Made Him Pat. When General Jack-.'
son Avas President, a heartless clerk m the
Treasury Department ran up an indebted
ness to a poor landlady to the amount of
sixty dollars, and then turned her on as, he
id other creditors. She finally ,Avent to
tlie President with her complaint, and ask
ed him if he could not compel the clerk to
pav the bill. ' .1
"He offers his note," she said, but his
te is good for rothing." ' - i i '.
"Get his note and bring it' to me," said
the President. . t .
Hie clerk gave het tlie note, witJi the
eenug request that "she would let mm
( ".il "l'ir
know Avuen sue got tne moner on lt.-.f
Taking it to the President," he wrote
"AndreAV Jackson" on the back of it, and
told her she would get the monev. at the
bank. . - - 1 ,
When it became due the clerk refused
to pay the note : but Avhen he learneq wrho
Avas the endorser, he made haste to praise
the Avind." The next morning he found
a note on his desk, saA'iuglthat his services
were no longer required by the Govern
ment and it served him right. !
Extkavagaxct. Said a young! hns-
band, Avhos.e business speculations' Iwere
unsuccessful, "My wife's silver tea-se, the
indal gift oi a rich uncle, doomed me to
financial rain. , It involved a hundrep un
expected expenses, Avhieh, in trying to meet,
lave made me the bankrupt I am." j His
experience is the experience of many oth-
ers, wno, less aviso, uo not khoav wTiiat is
the goblin of the house, yvorking its de
struction. , - . . - - j
A sagacious father of great Avealtih ex-
ceadingly mortified his daughter by order
ing it to be printed on her .wedding- cards,
No presents except those adapted to an
income of $1,000.". Said he, "You; must
not expect to begin life in the style I am
able, by many years of labor, to indtlge ;
anil I know of nothing AA'hich 'will lempt
you to try it more than the wrell-intended
but-pernicious gifts ol rich friends." Such
advice to a daughter AA'as timelA'. If oth
er parents would folio av the same jplan,
nany young men Avould be spared years of
incessant toil and anxiety; they would not
find themselves on the' doAvn ward road, be
cause their Avives had tAvorii their salary,
or expended it on the appointments f the
iouse. Ihe fate ol the- poor man av ho
fouhd.a linchpin, and i.felf himself obliged
to make a carriage to uit it, is the late or
the husband who finds his bride in the
possession of gold and silver valaablus, and
i . . . .. i . i i .
no large income to suptiort tne owners
gold and silrer stArle. . t
A;GRirAOrS
j . - .
WRONG. 1
i nere is me sounciesi common sense m
the following paragratdi from the Man
ufacturer and Builder: .1
"Why is It that there is such ja, re
pugnance on the part ol parents -to putting
their sons to a trade? A skilled mechanic
is an independent man. Go Avherehe will
his craft will bring' him support. He; need
ask favors of none, lie has literally his
fortune in his OAvn hands. Yet foolish par
ents ambitious that their sons should
'rise in the wTorld,' as they sav are 'more
willing that they should study for a; pro
fession, with the chances ot even moderate
success heavily against them, or'uh the
risk of spending their'manhood in the igno
ble task of retailing dry goods, or of toil-
lmg at the accountant's desk, than learn a
trade Avhieh Avould bring them manly
strength, health, and independence! In
point offact, the" method they choose is
the one least likely to achieve-tke advance
ment aimed at, lor the supply of camyejates
ior 'errand bovs, dry goods clerks, and
kindred, occupations is notoriously ' over
stocked; Avhile on the other hand, the de
mand for really skilled " mechanices of
every description is as notoriously beyond
the supply. The awing need of this coun
try to-daA' is for skilled labor; and : that
father who neglects to provide his son' with
a useful trade, and to see that he thoroughly
masters it, does him a grievous wrongs and
runs the risk of helping by so much to in
crease the stock of idle and dependent, if
not vicious, members of society. It is
stated in the report of the Prison Associa
tion, lately issued, that of fourteen thousand
aye nuniueu anu ninety-six prisoners! con
fined in the -State prisons in 1867, seAisnty
se ven per cent., or OA'er ten thousand of
the number, had nerer learned a trade,
nie fact conveys a lesson of profound in
terest to those Avho have in , charge the
training of boys, and girls too, for the ac
th'e duties of life." ;
Power . of Imauin atuts. No doubt
fancy goes a long way. Hearne, travel
ling among the lied Indians, Avas asked
by a friendly chief for a charm agamst his
enemy. He wrote some "words, and -made
some marks on a piece of paper. Tlie In
dian took care to let this come vto. his
enemy s ears,
" Avho
fortliAvith sickened
It was often i so,
and before long died."
no doubt among our
Saxon forefathers.
They had such faith m charms that they
called the gods -charmsniiths. . Nightmares
they dreaded.ahd looked on then asMlendly
visitations. 1 And veiily somo of those re
corded in Scott's D.emonology are horrible
enough to have had . their birth irj - the
nether pit. ,0ne hears of such things oc
casionally when a heavy supper couldj'not
have been the cause:, a man, for instance,
was obliged ahvays to sfeep sitting up, for
as soon as he fell into a reclining portion
he Was attacked by a spectre skeleton,
which throttled him. Even in his, chair
he would-sometines slide doAvn, so he j had
a servant always on Avatch to wake him the
moment he ceased, to be bolt upright In
early times lie would have been, dosed
with charms and well exorcised, and so per
haps cured; bnt now that one ' could only
"appeal to his rea8ou,w his case was hope
less. the Year Rottnd. , , ' - 't
NO. 4.
Humorous.
A gentleman Avho now occupies" a seat '
in the upper branch of the NeAv York Leg
islature, but at the time was a meriber of "
the Assembly, xelatcs the folio - ' : -
Perkins Avas as honest a uv
foot in Albany, Money woul
and I knew it, but I thought I v,
a littlp fun with him,so 1 went
v-r ;et
yhhn,.
..J hnvo
nvn to
his room one evening, and said, -"Pcikh;sv
what do you tlnnk of that under , ..r.l,
railroad bill? Are yon going to vote f Jr
irT - ,
"Well," said Perkins, "I rhaveu't made ?
up my mind yet, exactly. I am inclined to
think it a good bill; but A-hy do you ask?V
"I thought you were in favor of it," said
I "and as long as you have concluded to vote '
for it, I just Avanted to say toyouhat the
men interested in it are paying five hund
red dollars for votes, and as it is coming u"
on its final passage to-morrow, you can just f
as w ell have the money as not; you'll vote
for the bill anyway?"
"Vote for tlie liUU 111 be hanged first."
cried the irate Perkins. "Ko, sir. If im--
proper means arebeing taken to, pass the
tiling, as you say, 1
ainst it eACry time.
. t
for one w ill vote
You can put me doAvn
no. " ' - 1
"Oh, I don't care anything about the bill,"
said 1; "I Avas only trying to do you a favor,
and I think I can yet, for, to tell the truth,
the rival- companies are in full forco and are
moving heaven and earth to defeat it. They
are paying the same sum for-'noes and as
long as you arc bouncl to vote that way, I'll
get you the $500 alt tlie same' .
''Can such things be," exclaimed Perkins,
rising from his seat and tearing up and
down the room in a whirlAyind of righteoui
AvratEand virtuous-'indignation; "what, a
sta,te of things this is! A plague on both
yout houses; I Won't vote at all!"
r "All right," said I, as I laid mv hand on
Uhe door,. "I'll get you $500 for being ab
sent.-- :- ! ;- ..
And as tlie jolly Senator brought tb mind
the horror of perplexity, in which this last
proposition involved old Perkins he roared
with laughter: Albany Times . .
Adeoit. Professor Ay toun was too tim
id to ask papa for his, wife. When - Janfc
Emily suggested that before she could give
her absolute consent it would be necessary
that he should obtain her father's approval:
"You must speak for nie' said the suitor;
for I could not summon courage to i speak
to the Professor on this subject." "Papa
is jn the Jibf&ry,". said the, lady. 'Then
you had betterigo to him," kaid the suitdr,
"and I'll Avait till you retur." The lady
proceeded to the library; and, taking her
father affectionately by the hand, mention
ed that Professor Aytoun had asked her in
marriage. .She added: "Shall I accept
his offer, papa? He is so diffident that ho
Avon't speak to you about it himself.? "Then
Avrmust deal tenderly Avith' his feelings,''
said the hearty old Christopher North, "I'll
Avrito my reply on a slip of paper, and pin
it to your liack." "Papa's 'ansAver is on
the back of my dress," said Miss Jane, as,
she entered tho draAving-room. - Turning
hex around the delighted suitor read these
Avords: "With the author's compliments."
Domestic Scene. There is a peculiar
ly saddening effect in awakening in the
night, and hearing burglars at work iV
your housed This was 'the caso . with M
Henry, on South street,- Friday 'night. A
soon as he detected, the noise, -which a'
peared to'be down stairs, he softly ere
out of bed, and commenced to proAvf aror '
for a match. ' : llis wife was soon awak'
KJXJ thesaine noise, and believing '
thingwltSy the- matter with -the. '
I Avho slept rn the next room, ' si '
I withdreAV frtm.her bed .so
her husband nd startettj
instant later ifcKZ.r" , af" he
thought' was evii , All the
hard earnings of aw Xq Avere iX
titstkn. .'lfor llim t. .tiwrt inr innrn.'fnli.
bers. V itu an cxciation 01 condensed
eloquence he elineheU her. What she
thought is not quite so Evident, but it was
doubtless of her husband and cjiildrcn, and
Ixsing plucky Avithal, she aTonce twined
her fingers 111 his hair;- ami gave i him a
wrench that made him tiS7c f death.
Then Ixith of themTweuit down to fap
floor together, she liavingthe advantage
in the fall, and getting bnVtop, Avith her
hands still in his hair, she shofyk his head on
the floor with an energy and courage that
would . undoubtedly have -'filled him to
overflowing with admiration, had ho knoAvn
who it was, or had he knoAvn anything at
all. Every time she rapped liim sho
shrieked for help, and in a brief . space of
time the children and Mrs. Eben Davis
who lives down stairs, were on the scene..
Mr. Davis was mt dressed 'for company.
but in the excitement she. didnt mind ad-i
oniment. She had a candle in , one ,hand
and a long carvinar fork in the other, land
, . J - tf jr -
was about to driA-o the latter into the legs
of the dllain, when recognition ensued.
Then Mrs. Davis laid down her candle in
one direction, and the fork in another, a
immediately retired to her own. apart;
her yellow flannel nightcap as it ski. .
the stairs, being tho first thing Mr. L
BaAV on springing to his feet. TLe t!
dren were returned to their own roor.i i
put to bed, but the parents did not r . :
their couch. It was so pleasant t! . t 1
Henry concluded to remain up the r t
the night' and enjoy the scenery, .in I y.
Henry thought it Aas best to stny -so
as to change the banchiges 1 L'.;' I
as often 'as possible. DanLury .V .
1
Ir.
The lacerated feelings of a
band at Pitt?ford, N. Y., w-
week. He discovered tlx tl-tl
wife who mysteriously d'sa;--.:
years ago in jan'old -well, rtn '.
ger tortured by the tho"
comeback to him,