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THE FADES WE MEET.
Oh; the faces we meet
In the crowded street,
With their smiling Ups or their wearjreye;
And the clouds of oaro,
Which they often wear,
As they hurry swiftly by.
There are faces as gay
As the waves that play
On the sunny sand of an Islet green;
There.are'eyes ns bright
As the Jewels* light,
That falls on the brow of a queen,
There are tresses of hair
"Like a golden snare,
And they catch many hearts In their meshes
(strong ]
There are looks like the night
On a mountain night;
Ere the day-star heralds the dawn.
There are brows as free
• As a land-locked sea,
No storms have driven, no tempest totaed;
And brows as blaos:
As the desolate track *
Which the fire-fiend has crossed.
‘ There are llpi whose smile;
Without malice or guile,
Like the fece as the sun llghta the eca;
And lips where a sneer
Chills the blood as with fear.
At Its.dark malignity.
Ob, the faces we meet
In the crowded street;
With careworn brows or ‘with gladsome eye;
Are pictures of life, made
Of light and shade
As they pass ns swiftly by.
glisdlaittJHS.
THE HATEFUL MATCH.
1 Your aunt Carlton and Cousin Jennie
will be here in the next train, Bussell,’
said Mr. Wilder to his nephew. ‘You
had better bring the pony chaise and
bring them from the— '
'Can’t. Am going away myself sir.’ 1
•The—the d—l you are !' responded
the old gentleman pushing his specta
cles up over bis forehead and regarding
his nephew with an air of surprise and
consternation.
’Yes sir. Charley Hunt invited me out
to his place for a week and I thought
I might as well go now as any time,
‘I should say it was a very strange
time to be leaving home. Your aunt
and cousin would consider it a personal
aflront sir.’
‘lt Is not intended as such sir, though,
to be frank; considering the object of
Jennie’s visit, I prefer not to see her.—
And I must say that I think she would
have shown more sense of delicacy if she
bad stayed away
•Your cousin Is a very lovely girl, Mr.
Impudence, and won’t be likely to go
begging.’
•I don’t doubt it In the least. But for
all that she won’t suit me for a wife,
ancle.
‘How do you know that, you conceit
ed young donkey, when you have never
BOeil licr O' 11 — : —ftl* l ' -
bringing hie cane down upon the floor
with startling emphasis.
‘Common sense teaches that no mar
riage can be happy that does not spring
from mutual love. And on one thing I
am resolved, that I will never marry for
mercenary -motives.'
‘Nobody wants you to marry the girl
unless you like her 1’ roared Mr. Wilder,
his face growing purple with rage and
vexation at his nephew’s perversity.—
‘All I ask is that you will stay and see
her. And this is the point that I Insist
upon—'yes sir, I insist upon it I’
■I am sorry to disobey you, uncle;
but if I should stay it will only give rise
to conclusions that I am anxious to avoid.
But I will tell yon what I will do ; I
will relinquish all claim to the property
• that you are so anxious should uot be di
vided. As that seems to .be the main
object, I think that it ought to be satis
factory to all parties.’
A few minutes later Bussell passed the -
Window, valise in band.
He nodded good humoredly to his un
cle as ho glanced in, who glared after
him In speechless rage.
‘He shan’t have a penny—not a pen
ny I’.he growled, as, sinking back In, his
Chair, he wiped the perspiration from his
forehead.
‘What's the matter now ?’ said the
gentle voice of hie wife Polly, who had
just entered the room.
‘Matter enough, I should nay, Bussell
has gone—actually cleared out, so as not
to see his cousin. —What do you think of
that?’ '
‘I think that you will have another at
tack of the gout if you get yourself so
excited,’ said the good lady as she pla
cidly resumed her knitting.
‘What's to be done now ?’
‘Nothing that I can see. If Bussell
and Jennie had seen each other, before
they had any notion that you wanted
them to marry, ten to one but they
would have fallen head and ears In love
&lth each other ; but as matters are now
I* don’t believe It would .be of the least
use. Erom what Ellen writes me, I
think Jennie Is as much opposed to It as
Bussell. Bhe says she can’t bear to hear
his name mentioned, and' that It was as
much as she could do to get her consent
to come at all when she heard that Bus
sell was. at home.
‘They are a couple of simpletons,’ said
the old gentleman testily; I’ve got half
a mind to make another will and leave
my property to some charitable Institu
tion.’
In going to High ton, whither he was
bound, .Bussell Wilder had to travel part
of the way by stage.
There was only one passenger beside
. himself, for which he was not sorry, the
'day being very hot and sultry.
This passenger was a lady ; there was
an air of unmistakable ladyhood about
her which told him that. He noticed
panloularly thecialnt ly gloved handsand
well-flttlng boots, ,
Her graceful form indicated that she
was young and pretty, but he could not
see her face on account of the envious
veil that bid it.
But as soon as she got comfortably
Heated In the corner, to vrbicb Bussell
helped bur, abe threw It back, disclosing
a fair, sweet (ace, lighted by a pair of
wondroualy bright black eyes, with a
swift, bewildering glance Into bln which
were so Intently regarding her.
Th' suddtn starting of the coach,
Which sent some of tbe lady’s parcels
from the seat to the floor, gave Bussell
ah opportunity of speaking, as he re*
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BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
turned them, of which he was not slow
to take advastage.
From this they fell into converr
fiatlon ; andit was ourious how sociable
they beranje.
They talked of the beautiful scenery
through which they wore passing; of the
newest hooka and latest magazines, some
of wbloh Russell had with, him.
The lady Inwardly thought her com-
panion to be the moat entertaining and
agreeable man she bad ever met with.—
And as for Russell, he often lost the
thread of bfs discourse fn admiring the
red, dimpled lips, and the pearly teeth
they disclosed whenever she 'spoke or
smiled. *
Certain" it is that bis four hours’ ride
from I’ to Dightoo were the short
est four hours’ ride that he had ever
known in his life.
‘Where do you want to be left, sir V
inquired the ooachmaji as he entered the
village.
At Mr. Charles Hunt’s, Locust Hill.—
‘Do you know, where that ie ?’ said Rns :
sell, putting his head out of the win
dow.
‘Certainly, sir; take you there In a
Iffy.’
‘Why there's where I’m going !' said
the iady, opening her eyes widely.’—
‘Nelly—Mr. Hunt’s Wife—is my,most
particular friend; we used to go to
school together.’
'And Charley Huot is my most partic
uiar friend, and one of the finest fellows
In the world.’
‘How very odd.’
‘How very fortunate,’ exclaimed Bus
sell, with a meaning glance at his. fair
companion which made the rosy cheese
still more rosy., ‘Might I take the liber
ty of inquiring ’
But Just at this moment the stage
stopped in front of the house, on the
portico of which stood Mr. and Mrs.
Hunt .enjoying. the evening breeze.
In a moment Bussell was shaking
hands with the former, while his com
panion rushed into the arms of the aur
prised and delighted wife.
‘What a happy surprise, Jennie,’ she
said, after spiriting her off to her own
room ; *1 had given up all hopes of see
ing you this summer.’. ■
‘And I had no Idea of being able to
come until just before I started. You see,
mamma—my step mother, you know—
was going to uncle Willard’s and she In
sisted on my going with her to see that
great, fateful, disagreeable cousin of
mine that they are determined I should
marry. Bo when she was packing I just
put on my things and slipped off; leav
ing a note to teli where X was going.—
Was not that a good joke on them all ?’
tx. should think it was,’said Nelilewith
a burst of merriment far more than the
occasion warranted. ‘When I saw who
your companion was I thought you were
on your wedding tour.’
‘No, indeed j never saw the man until
he got on the stage at P —. But he is
the finest looking man I ever saw, and
so agreeable. Who is he?’
. lAU T»l» ....
uuu jruu UUUIO
down stairs. There's Sarah waiting to
see me about supper. You will have only
time to dress. Mind you look your pret
tiest.*
And with a roguish shake of her finger
at her friend, Nellie ran away to see
about supper.
‘lf Jennie did not look her prettiest she
looked very lovely as she entered the
supper-room, her linen suit exchanged
for a fresh, soft muslin, whose simplicity
and purity were relieved only by the vi
olet colored ribbons in the. hair and at
the throat.
' Russell had also taken great pains with
bis toilet, as could be seen by the spotless
linen and carefully-arranged hair.
The pause that was followed by Jen
nie’s entrance was broken by Mr. Hunt,
who, in response to a meaning glance
from his wife, said :
‘Russel, allow me to introduce you to
your cousin, Jennie ; Miss Carlton, your
cousin, Russell Wilder.’
The embarrassment which followed
the blank astonishment into which the
annoucement threw the parties, so unex
pectly made known to eaob other, was
quickly dispelled by the turn that was
given to the conversation by the host and
hostess.
‘I suppose you’ll want to book yourself
for the next stage ?’ said Mr. Hunt, sly
ly, to Bussell, who bad been taken into'
his friend’s confidence.
‘And you,’ said bis wife, turning to
Jennie, 'I don't suppose anything would
tempt you to remain,' now that you have
seen that hateful, disagreeable ’
‘Nellie,’ Interrupted Jennie, crimson-
ing as she remembered her words.
‘Well, I won’t then, but you must let
me laugh. Just think of your both run
ning in the same direction and to the
same place I’
The ringing laugh that burst from
Nellie's lips was too contageous to be re
sisted even by those at whose expense it
was raised.
This merriment was followed by a
general good feeling, and a pleasanter
tea party never gathered around the so
cial board.
We heed hardly say that Bussell did
not take the stage the next morning, nor
did Jennie seem at ail disposed to Cut
short her visit on account of her cousin’s
unexpected appearance.
When they did go they went as they
came—together.
Mr. Wilder’s astonishment was only
equalled by his delight,-on looking out of
the window, to see the two walking up
the path towards the bouse, arm In arm,
And apparently on the best of terms.
As for Bussel and Jennie, they seemed
to regard this unexpected meeting as an
indication of their manifest destiny, ac-
cepting it as such, much to the joy of
their uncle, whose darling wish was ac-
complished in the marriage of the two,
thus made happy in spite of themselves.
How to Admonish.— We must con
sult the gentlest manner and softest
seasons of address; for advice must not
fall like a violent storm bearing down
and making those to droop whom it is
meant to cherish and refresh. It must
descend as the dew upon the tender
herb, or like melting flakes of snow ;
the softer it falls, the longer it dwells
upon, and tbe deeper it sinks into the
mind. To probe the wound to the bot
tom wllh ail the boldness and resaiution
of a good spiritual surgeon, and yet
with all the tenderness of a friend, re
quires a very dexterous and masterly
mind.
THE FASHIONS.
The Xntcat Fnation m Jewelrjr--Dln
' moods, Pearls. Emeralds, Sappblres.
Sables. Garnela.
In commenting upon ladles drew It'is
not too mnoh, Indeed, it is perfectly safe
to say that there la no article of adorn
ment eo much sought, so, really coveted
by all classes and grades of women as
jewelry.
In ail ages, in all countries, and thro'
all time, Jewelry has been considered the
moat appropriate and, In nine cases out
of ten, the moat acceptable present which
the majority of ladles receive. Many a
poor unfortunate may attribute her
downfall and doom to the inordinate and
all-powerful passion for finery and jew
els.
George Eliot In her powerful novel of
'Adam Bede,’ describes I he feelings and
emotions of Hetty when she,realizes that
she is the owner of a gold locket, enam
eled on one side, and on the other a deli
cate little ring of her own dark hair lov
ingly blended with a golden look from
the head of her lover and the giver, Ar
thur Donnlthorne.
The description Is, without doubt, the
most delicately minute and charmingly
written of the many, subtle anaiyseses of
female character, for which we are in
debted to this eminent author. Not
always according to its value is jewelry
pretty ; very often,a simple set of jet or
plain gold is more becoming than the
highest priced and moat precious stones,
Lovely little sets of plain gold beautiful
ly finished, at very reasonable rates if
got at the manufacturers, but if bought
at'retail the less said about the price tho
better for the dealers.
PRECIOUS STONES.
Notwithstanding the much-talked-bf
‘hard times,’ jewelers say that the. de
mand for precious stones and rare jew
els is very nearly as great the present
season as it was during the early years
of the war,, when the purchase of costly
jewelry seemed the only outlet for too
easily acquired riches of the hitherto un
known and vulgar, of which, thanks to
the. war, we have a,goodly sprinkling in
this and the other city to-day.
DIAMONDS.
.As is well' known, the first requisite
of a fine diamond must be its coloriess
ness, as the faintest shade or tingo de
tracts from Us value-to an astonishing
extent. The proportions should be per
fect, and, of course, the slightest flaw or
speck is at once considered a grave de
fect and lessens the value very material
ly. Diamonds are daily increasing fa
value, so dealers say, notwithstanding
the recent and much talked-of diamond
discoveries in Africa. The, jewelers,'say
it is all nonsense, and continue to ask
and get just as great prices as ever for
what seems to an unpractised eye very
trifling article. However, diamonds are
sold by weight, not by eye value, so in
all probability the purchasers are usually
CtVryor/riiinrc,“auv,
by gaslight are said to outrival the pure
white stones ; this, however,ds simply a
matter of taste, and ail who know the
difference would certainly prefer an un
blemished jewel.
THE OPAL
seems a fit jewel lor beautiful brunettes,
with'soft, creamy complexions and large,
spiritual dark eyes. A real opal shows
all the beautiful-rainbow colors, and ip
at once beautiful and attractive.
Genuine opals are readily told from the
imitations by the oyer-varying and beau
tiful display of colors so peculiar to this
stone.
Opals and diamonds look beautifully
when set together, although they are not
as fashionable in this style as they for-,
merly were ; atlll, a more charming
combination was never devised, as the
beautiful color of the opal reflets tenfold
the usual brilliancy of the other jewel.
PEABLS
are costly articles of adornment, and, af
ter all, there Is very little real value to'
the majority of them. They are very
easily displaced and broken, and in very
rare oases are. they becoming. Soil will
be seen that these pretty things are the
least satisfactory of any of the expensive
jewels. Undoubted authorities say they
are very becoming to angels of the pure
blonde type, but ns very few of this sort
are seen outside of Miss Braddon’s nov
els, the assertion is open to doubt. A
handsome set of pearls will cost from
two to five hundred dollars, and are usu
ally considered the right things for
brides, It may not be out of place to
state that out of every hundred brides
who wear .pearls two may look tolerably
well, and the rest would look better in
any other'kind of jewelry, or else none.
It requires a peculiar complexion to
contrast well with the dead white of
pearls.
EMBKAhDS
In price are entirely controlled by fash
ion I when they are.muoh worn, as they
have been and are now, the highest pri
ces are obtained for them, and at one
time the demand for fine ones more than
equalled the supply. Emeralds, pan.be
so successfully Imitated that It is almost
a pity that such prices are demanded for
them, as the imitation Is frequently un
observed until occasion' is taken to have
it reset; then, of course, all is known,
and the stone is almost worthless. Dia-,
monds make an exquisite setting for
emeralds, and when delicately ; and
handsomely mounted are regal in their
magnificence and brilliancy. It is said
that none of the high priced precious
atones are so full of flaws and visible de
fects as the emerald ; but a Careful work
man can, in the setting, bide many if
not all the defects, which would be very
noticeable previous to mounting. Fine
emeralds are rare ; still they do not In
crease in value in the ratio of the dia
mond and other precious stones. Fash
ionable caprice, it may be said, places
this atone lu the high place which It
bolds to-day. Opals and emeralds are
sometimes set together, but they are not
as effective as the diamonds With emer
alds.
BUSIES
are rare stones and rank with tbe dia
mond In value and antiquity. Tbe shades
which are moat seen are deep red and
what Is called rose color. A perfect stone
in these shades Is very expensive, and It
la said that its value Increases with Its
weight In a greater ratio tjian the dla-'
m ohd Itself. The poorest, imitations of
CARL;
these stones are seen, but almost any one.
can detect the Imposition.’' In the fami
ly of pieclous stones the sapphires are,
well thought of, and a gem not to be
despisadls the Oriental topaz. The
AMETHYST
is a gem which can be imitated, although
there are some of the loveliest seta of pin
and earrings,' mounted 'n the moat ex
quisite and expenslvehaids of dead gold,
with abundant filagree Wk- Such set
tings would make anytime look well,
and none more eo than the beautiful vio
let of the amethyst,'
■ Sapphires look lovely, Vhen set In the
three or four different, shades of gold so
fashionable at present.
THE FLOWERIM OF WE FIB.
To the uneducated eye! He. fig is a won
der. The fruit seems to qme out In the
place where flowers ought.tp be; and the
appearance Is that there ire no flowers
before the fruit, as. there are in other
plants. It was the. habit in the past ages
to attribute something miraculous to
every appearance out of the .ordinary
course of nature, and to take the occasion
to connect these marvelous appearances
with some individual whom they wished
to venerate and esteem. Bo this fig tree
marvel came' to be assc dated with' the
flight of Mary into Egyrt with the infant
Jesus, The Spaniards;!!
flight she sheltered bersc
dor a fig tree. In recorn
ourlty a&orded,'she' bless
bestowed upon it marve
foreign countries It prod i
year, and this was one i
theu conferred. But it
tree'might be fertilized
days It was known that
two sexes—the tree pul
command, one magnifice
of rare beauty. It was i
shot forth rays of phospb
ness. This fructifies the jrhoie tree, and
. renders any other flower unnecessary.—
This flowering still continues every year
on one night only—St. John’s night. It
opens for a few moments at midnight,
and whoever could see and secure this
flower, though at the expense of the
whole future of fig culture would possess
himself of a charm which would enable
him to procure anything hh might desire
in this world. The Virgin Mary, know
ing this, caused the fig, for this evening
of its flowering te be guarded by all kinds
of horrible things- There are snakes,
lizards, bloated toads, birds of 111-omen,
wild beasts, and venomous reptijes of
every description, sb.that no one has ever
been able to git near enough to see this
miraculous and wonderful flower.
This story is firmly believed in by . ail
those old Batin races, whose chance for
life is cast in those regions where the Ag
ree dwells; and has always been a suffi
cient reason to them why the fig-tree has
never any flower, as they think.
What a pity it is that the cold band of
science is so ever ready to crush to dust
spue or anese luveiy oauurom vi ofevo
past, that the fig has flowers like onto
any other plant, but the flowers are inside
what we call the fruit. Ail flowers rest
on something. Take the apple for in
stance. The flowers, are set on small
globular productions, The floral parts,
the petals, and stamens, rise out of the
centre of this globe ; and after they die
away this globe swells and becomes the
apple which we eat. The fig is pretty
much formed in the same way. The lit
tle globe which we see pushing from the
axle of the leaf, rnd which afterwards
becomes the fruit, is filled with floral
parts, just as we see in the apple; but
these parts never project bp through the
centre so as to bo seen bj/ vulgar eyes.—
There is a small orifice at the apex thro’
Which the pollen is drawn, and that is all
that is known to any one except of the
more curious class. The mriosity is re
warded, on breakingopen a young flow
er, by finding 'it filled With a pink,
Spongy substance; each of ithe little pro
jections composing it being found by a
,small'pocket lens to be a sprall flower.—
Thus the mystery ceases, 'ft’he Dg is re
ally a little community ia which hun
dreds 1 of individual flows dwell, and
thus ends, in hard cold fails, the myste
ry of the Virgin and the fj; tree.
Riches and Honors.—S. distinguish
ed mao lay on his deathbed, wliena
great mark of distinction nd honor was
broughtto him. Turnlnga cold glance
on the treasure he won! once have
clutched with an eager gasp, he said,
with a sigh, ‘Alas! this 1 a very fine
thing in this country; but' am going to
a country where It will' be if no use to :
me.’ Who can reflect wilout sadness
on the closing moments (| the gallant
Gen. Neil ? His life long dram had been
to obtain the little baton nd ribbon of
marshal of Prance. He cold; not sleep
after seeing it conferred onMoMohoa as
a reward of valor In the bade of Magen
ta. Before the next enlagemont,: f,v
told his frjends that this tme he would
win the prjzie ho so much
conflict was oyer, and'th
anxiously upon the gori
found him aim ost crush
way horse,' and the practj
surgeon told him'that life
over. Word was sent hj
wlio' quickly arrived, ai
tils breast the badge of
France, he placed It abo
his faithful follower,
dream was realized, am
throb of exultant Joy a
threw his arms around t
sovereign ; the next Inst
In the embrace of King 1
Oh, how can we strugg
distract our hearts frorr
purpose of life, simply to
possessions which, thong
very fine things in tlljsf
of uo usetous in thecoi
shortly going to?
A pbeaoheb, whose ctutom it waa to
indulge in very long sermons, exchang
ed with one who prescind short ones.
At about the usual.time hr dismissing,;
the'audience begad to go out, until
nearly all had left, wben the sexton
walked up to the pOlpitstalrs, and said
to the preacher In a whisper:
1 When you have got through lock up,
will you, and leave the key at my resi
dence, next to the church.’
Thbbb are one hundred and sixty lines
ol type In this column.
ILE.PA.,/THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1872.
~ DEAD IR THE SIERRAS.
His footprints have failed ns,
Where.berries are red,'
And madroons are rankest,
• The hunter Is dead !• 1
Thegrizzly may pass
By his half-open door;
May pass and repass
, ,On his path, as of yore.
The panther may crouch .
In the loaves en his limb;' .
May soream and may soream—
It la nothing to him.
Prone, boarded, and breasted
Like columns of stono;
And tall as a pine— -
. As a pine overthrown I
His cami> fire gone,
. What else oan.be done,
Then let him sleep on *
Till the light of the son t
Aye, tomblcss I What of It t •'
Marble Is dost,
Cold and ropellant; , . i , •
And iron is rust.
About six years ago o remarkable case
was tried at the criminal side, in the
county of .Cork, The writer wishes to
pledge himself at the outset to the literal
authenticity of the narrative, which he
heard from the lips of the eminent
Queen’s counsel, George .Bonnet, at the
time a junior in the Munster Court, and
himself an eye witness and attentive lis
tener at the trial. Op, a; fine summer
evening, when the rustic hour of supper
was approaching, there arrived at the
door of a comfortable,thatched cabin, of
large dimensions, such os the persons
known in Ireland as ‘ strong farmers’
Usually inhabit, a stranger dressed ,in
the then peasent costume, corduroy
shorts, frieze coat, eaubeed and brogues,
and with a black-thorn i stick , ip his
band. The wayfarer entered . ijvith the
usual salutation, ‘God save ail here,’
and asked if this was not Dennis Maoar
thy's bouse. The women who were In
the cabin told him It was, and invited
him civilly to sit down ‘and take an air
of the Are ;’ and with this invitation he
Complied, entertaining his.uew acquain’
tances the while Withllsuoh nows 'as he
bud collected while on bis journey; The
man was dark-featured, of middle sta
ture, and of a square and powerful build.
In a little while Dennis Macarthy, re
turning from bis fields, entered the cabin
door, and the stranger introduced him
self as his cousin,.Phil Byan,Trom Chap
paghmpre, in tbe ; county of■ Limerick,
and told him what,bad brought him to
that distant part of the world.: Bis busi
ness was to say certain prayers, accord
ing to Irish usage, over the grave of a
common kinsman of both, who bad idled'
two or three weeks before, Undl was bu
ried in thb neighboring graveyard. Ma
cartby received his cousin, although be
had never seen bis face before, with the
customary cordiality of clanship,and told
'Uavhe mv“ uu B “t dis'TminibJa house
befcpUigi; Jng out on nis uumlii.,.,
nej :e sp all this the stranger consented,
and ( T i as ho was unacquainted with'
the situation of the graveyard, ho asked
Macarthy, If it was not far off, to show
■him the way to it, and point but the grave
of their cousin. Macarthy readily con
sented, and, as the potatoes were not
quite boiled, it was agreed that they
should set out at once, and return in
time for supper.
In the south of Ireland burial places,
probably of Immense antiquity, contain
ing no vestige of a sacred building; rude
ly fenced with a loose stone wail, lichen,
stained and often partly overgrown ,yvUh
ivy, with perhaps two or three haw
thorns, and an ancient ash tree growing
within them, are frequently. Ip be met
with. Possibly these small and solitary
enclosures were dedicated to'the same
funeral uses long before ' the dawn of
Christianity broke upon the island. A
wild and narrow track, perhaps.as an
cient as the place of. sepulchre itself,
crossing, at a short distance from Macac
thy’s, oabjn, the comparatively modern
main road, leads over a little rising'
ground to the burial place, which lies in
the lap of a lonely hojlow, seldom dis
turbed by the sound of human tread or
voice, or rattle of par wheel. Macarthy
and the stranger walked up the ancient
and silent by-road, until they reached
tbebollow I have mentioned. There, un
der the shadow of an old twisted thorn
tree, a stile crosses the loose wail of the
burial ground. At this stile they came
to a pause.
1 us that in her
Tone night un
ense for the se
id the tree, and
ous power. In
ices two crops a
if the blessings
order that the
ir even in those
lowers .were of
forth, by her
it white flower
ire white, and
irescent ioveii-
. ‘Go on,’said Maoarthy.
. : ‘You go first,’ replied the stranger.
. ‘Go first yourself,’ said the farmer, a
little perempioiy, making a stand, he
did not know why, upon the point qf
precedence. , . ■ ,
Arra, man ; go on, can’t yd, and don’t
be botherln; whafareye afeard of ?’.in
sisted Ryan.-
stand whatyou’re at, but devil a foot I’ll
go over the wail till you go over It first,!
said Macarthy, dogedly. , ' !
' The man laughed and looked angry.
‘To be sure I’ll go over itfirst, if that’ll
piase ye, and what does it matter who's
first or who’s last?’ he answered surlily.
'But you’re the biggest omadhoun.l ever
sat eyes on’.'
And, speaking to this effect, ho cross
ed the stile,"followed by Maoarthy, who
pointed out the grave; and forthwith
the stranger kneeled beside it, according
to Irish custom; and began to tell his
beads and soy blsprayers—an observance
which usually lasts about a quarter of an
hour. When the’ prayers were entjed
the farmer and Ryan, now quite,good
friends again, returned to the farcdhouse
where the stranger had. hie supper with
the family, and in the morning, after
eating his breakfast, ; he took his leave
and set’out on his homeward Journey.
Irish ideas of hospitality in the'peasant
ranks make it a, matter of obligation up
on the host to accompany his guest for a
part of the way. Macarthy, In compli
ance with this courteous custom, set ont
with the stranger, and about a mlieaway
from bis house they entered a little vil
lage, where he shook hands with his
guest and bade him farewell. But , his
visitor would not part without testifying
bis gratitude, according to the custom of
the country, by treating his kinsman to
some drink, which he insisted on doing
In the village public house, the door of
Which stood open close by them.
Macarthy 'accordingly wont in with
him. They sat down at a table, and the
■ovetfii. The
r sought him
a field.,, They
|d beneatbhlu
ed ,eye. of the
would bood be
the emperor,
1 taking from
io marshal of
the heart of
the Ilte-long
With a single
i d gratitude be
; o neok of his
;ot fell baob
I eatlu
i e and toil, and
: th o °, ne B reat
i gather about ub
;h they-, may be
feounliy, will be
untiy woate so
J DT JOAQUIN mr. T ,Tm
A LDOKY PHEStHTIHEHT.
[From All*The Year Round,]" 1
stranger, having ascertained what Bis
companion liked beat, ordered' a : pot of
porter, making some excuse for not' par
taking himself. When; Macartby raised
the pewter pot to his lips.a sudden pain
which tie afterwards dcaoribod more par-
ticularly, in the back of fals neck, com
polled him to put it down untasted.. The
stranger urged him to drink ; and with
out explaining the cause of bis hesitation
he a second time raised the vessel to bis
mduth. Precisely thejaamo thing occurr
ed again. Once more the stranger ex- 1
postulated, and. pressed him more vehe
mently to drink ; and again he tried it,
but with exactly the same result.
‘What ails ye?’ and why don’t you
drink your liquor? Don't you like It ?’
the stranger demanded.l ,
T don’t like it 7/ answered Maoartby,
getting up, ‘and I don't like you, nor
your ways, and, and in God's name, I’ll
have nothing more, good or bad, to say
to you.’
‘To the devil I pitch you and it,’ said
the stranger, breaking into undisguised
fury, and at the same time through the
opendporhe flung the contents of the
pewter pot upon the!-road. Without
another word, in this temper, the un
known cousin strode out of the door, aud
walked on his way, leaving the farmer
in a state of perturbation and suspicion.
Happening to look into the pewter pot,
which had contained ■ the porter just
thrown cut, he saw a. sediment at
the bottom of it. He and the publican
put their heads together over it, but
could make nothing of this;deposit.- It
so happened, however, tljat the physi
cian Was in attendance at the,dispensary,
only a few yards away, and to him they
submitted the white powder, that lay. in
the bottom of the measure; It proved to
be arsenic. The mud upon .the road
where the porter had fallen was also ex
amined, and some of the same deposit
was found upon it, ' ‘
Upon these facts and the’short infor
mation sworn by Macarthy, a neighbor
ing magistrate at once issued his war
rant, with which the police pursued the
miscreant, who, without apprehension
of his purpose having been'dlscovered,
• was pursuing his journey; quite at his
ease.. Ho was arrested, and’duly com
mitted to prison. The animus ami pur
pose of the heinous,, enterprise af
terwards camp: to light. The pretemird
cousin, whose leal name wns'Mara; niid
been bribed to put Macarthy to death, by
a person interested in the termination of
a lease in Which Macarthy-was the last
life. The attempt to poison was only a
resource in reserve. , The primary plan;
an(J,that relied upon with good reason,
was of a totally different kind. Under
the pretext I have mentioned, Macarthy
Was to have been Induced to accompany
Mara to the lonely graveyard',' posi-
tion of which and the stile by . which it
was entered were familiar to him. Ho
was to have allowed Macarthy to cross
the stile first, and following'him closely
as he descended at the other’side,.he
— tn have dealt him, with
lun u® 1 attek. such .a blow upon
ground, and, as he lay stunned in tne
graveyard, he would have easily dis
patched him. The sounds of violence
in that sequestered place ill) ear could
have heard, and no human aid would
have interfered to prevent thd consuma-
tlon of his atrocious purpose.
The.women, who, in a large barn-like
room were attending to the preparations
' for supper at its further end, had caught
nothing of the conversation of the two
men who stood near the door. The effect
of this might not very Improbably have
been'tbatno one would have known in
what direction their walk had lain, or
could have conjectured where the'body
;of Maoarthy, if be had been murdered,
was concealed. It might have lain un
. der the wall of that rude cemetery un
discovered until the next funeral brought
people into its solitary -enclosure!,, At
this point all .turned upon the.presentl
meat which had so mysteriously deter
mined Macarthy, without any motive of
which be was conscious, against going
over the stile before him. Macarthy was
too powerful a man to have been assailed
on fair terms, with a reasonable chance
of the Intending assassin’s success.;
.When the trial was over, Mr. Bennett,
my informant, ; wbo, though not.in the
case, and a very junior barrister at the
time, bad listened to the trial with deep
interest, found au opportunity of speak
ing to the prosecutor, and ask him some
questions upon the most extraordinary
point lb the strange oceurrenbe deposed
to." What passed was' to the. following
effect:
‘You state that you were prevented
from drinking the porter by a pain in
the back of your neck. Did that pain
affect all the back of your neck; and if
■not, to what part of your neck was it
confined?’
‘ltwasln one Spot only,’-close under
•■he.akull,. under *’
.Jftflihs
•The worse I aver felt.'
•Had you ever had the same paia bo-'
fOFO
•Never apy pain like it before or ,
sihod.’ . 1 ■ ...
•Can you give me any Idea of what the
pain wax like?’ ,
'' ‘lt covered about the size of the top of
a man’s finger pressed' hard against the
neck/find It feltdlke a red-hot bullet.’
‘Did the pain last long ?’i ' • ,
' ‘lt came whenever I raised the porter
towards my mouth, and stopped ' so soon
as I set the vessel down again ; and I
could not drink or hold the vessel .up
.While If lasted.’
Borne person will account, upon natu
ral, though complicated theories, for the
mental and physical Impression, which,
they may suppose, resulted In this sen
sation, and In the consequent escape of
the prosecutor, Maoarthy, from a deep
laid scheme of murder. Others will see
nearly insuperable difficulties In the
way of such an explanation. It Is In arijr
.case, one of the most remarkable instan
ces of Justice satisfied and life saved by
mysterious premonition that I have ever
met with. , , , ,
The hired assassin was convicted,, and
althougb.bla intention had been defeat
ed, the crime was then, I believe, a cap
ital one. The wretch who employed him
was also, If I remember rightly, convict
ed and punished. .
I relate this story with a Very exact
recollection of the terms in which It was
told to mo, and with a conscious anxiety
to reproduce the narrative, accurately. It
la extraordinary enough, I thin):, to
merit being rescued from oblivion.
VOL. 58/-N0.39,
MULE ARTILLERY.
Out In a certain western’ fort,'Seme
time ago, the major conceived, the Idea
that artillery might be' used effectively
in fightlng.wUh'jhe, Indians by dlepens-.
ing with gun-carriages and fastening the
cannon upon backs of mules. Bo be ex
plained bis views to tbe commandant,
and it was determined to try tbe experi
ment, A howitzer was selected and
strapped Upon an abundance mule, with
the muzzle pointed toward the tall.—
When they bad secured the gun, and
loaded it with bail-cartridge, they led
that calm and steadfast mule out on'the
bluff and set up a target in the middle of
the river to practice at. Tbe rear of the
mule was turned toward the target, and
he was backed gently up to the edge of
the bluff. The officers stood around in a
semi-circle, while tbe major went up and
inserted a time-fuse in tbe touch-hole of
tbe howitzer. When the fuse was ready,
the major lit Hand retired. In a minute
or two tbe hitherto unruffled mule heard'
the fizzing back there on his neck; audit
made him uneasy. Be reached his head
around to ascertain what was going on,
and, as he did so, his body turned and
the howitzer began tosweep,around the,,
horizon. The mule at last became excit
ed, and his curiosity grew'moreand more
intense, and in a second or two be was 1
standing with his four legs in a bunch,
making six revolutions a minute, and
the howitzer, understand, threatening
sudden death to ever man within half a
mile. Tbe commandant was observed
to climb suddenly up a tree. The lieu
tenants were seen sliding over the bluff
into the river, as if they dldh’tcare at all
about the high price of uniforms; the ad
jutant made good time toward the fart;
the sergeant began to throw tip breast
works with bis bayonet,'and the major
rolled over the ground and groaned. In
two or three minutes thqro was a puff of
smoke, a dult thud, and the mule—oh I
where was be? "A' solitary Jackass
might have been seek turning successive
back-somersaults over the bluff, only to
rest at anchor, finally, with his howitzer
at the bottom of the river, while the ball
went off toward the fort, hit the'chimney
in tbe major’s quarters, rattled the adobe
bricks down into the parlor, and fright
ened tbe major’s wife into.convulsions.—
They do not allude to it now, and no re
port of the results of the experiment was
ever sent to the War Department.— [John
Phoenix,
Hbkbv Clay and the Goat.—For
merly a very large,, well-known, and
somewhat noted billy goat l roamed at
large lb the streets of Washington, and
the newspaper boys, boot blacks and
street Imps generally made common
cause against him. Henry Clay never
liked to see dumb ' animals, abused or
worried, and on one occasion while pas
sing down the avenue, a large.crowd of
these mischievous urchins were, at their
usual sport. Mr. Clay, with bis walking
stick, drove them away,
sound lecture in the meaj»''j n ever j
they scampered and ?« al £ cl '’ one but Mr.:
ChayHou. Billy, seeing n on
him. Clay dropped his cane and caught
his goatshlp by the horns. The goat
would rear up, being nearly as high as
the tall Hebtucklan himself, and the lat
ter would pull him down again. This
sort of sport soon became tiresome, and
he could conceive of no way by which he
could free himself from the two-horned
dilemma, so In his desperation he sang
out to the boys to know what to do. One
of the smallest in the crowd shouted
back; .‘Let go.and run, you d—d fool I’—
Clay always maintained that though be
signed the treaty of peace at Ghent, yet
that ragged boy knew more than be did.
1 Value op a Good Reputation.—
A young man had volunteered, and was
expecting dally to be ordered to the seat
of war. One day his mother gave'him
an Unpaid bill with the money, and ask
ed him to payit. When be returned
home at night she said :
‘Did you pay that bill ?' ,
‘Yes,’ he answered:
In a few days that bill was sent in a
second time:
'I thought,?.she said to her son, that
you paid this bill i
‘I really don’t remember, mother; you
know! I have so many things On my
mind.’
‘But you said you did.’
‘Well,’ he answered, ‘if I said I did, I
did,’
He went away, and his mother took
the bill herself to the store. The young
man bad been known in the town all
bis life, and what oplonlon was held of
him this will show.
‘I am quite sure,’she said,‘that my
son paid this some days ago; be has been
very busy since, and has’ quite forgotten
about It, but he told me that day that be
had, and be says if be eaid then that he
* wen," Aha .did-* :
but If ho ever eald be did, he'did.'
A traveler in Utah gives, a clear
description of Some peculiar features of
the scenery in that section of country—
, peculiarities of which it is'dimeult to
give an Eastern reader any idea. For
example, what are called the buttes are'
impressive and picturesque; Byithe:
word butte (pronounced so as to rhyme'
with mute) the traveler to the far West
learns to understand a mass of red
sandstones rising abruptly in the midst
of a level plain to a height, sometimes,
of2ooo feet, often as broad ait the top as
at the base, and level above, it may be,
as a floor; or carved, as It rises, into
most fantastic shapes, that project from
its edges and,overshadow the desert be
low. This sandstone, moreover, is not
firm in contour, but seems loose, and
friable, and is worn and rounded, and
gullied by wind and rain, so that its
shapes stand half disclosed In a veil of
shifting sand, which is sent whirling
before Ito sharp, uncovered features in
every gust of the summer wind.
, ‘Bait, Mister, how do you sell sugar to
day?’ ■ '' ,
•Only twenty cents a pound, sir.'
‘Can’t give It.; I’ll drink my coffee
without sugar, and kiss my wife for
sweetening, .Good day.’
•Good day, sir. When you c*t tlrod.of
that hind of sweetening* please call round
again.’
•I will.’
He called next day.
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„ ,THE LfalllS OF BABBAB.
The wives of the higher classes i
Bagtiad-aro usually selected from t!
most beautiful girls that can be obtai
ed from Georgia and Circassia; and,;
their natural charms, in like manm
with their captured sisters all oyer tl.
East, they add the fancied embellish
meats of painted complexions, han't
and feet’ dyed with henna, and thej
hair and eyebrows stained with th
rang, or prepared indigo-leaf. Chain
of gold, and colors of pearls, with vari
ous ornaments of precious atones, decor •
ate the upper parts of their persons :
while solid bracelets of gold, in shape :
resembling serpents, clasp their wrist :
and ankles. Silver and golden tissue’ ’
muslins not only form their turban:,
but frequently their under garments.- 1 ;
In summer the ample pelisse is mad |
of the most costly shawl, and in colt j
weather lined and bordered with tin|
choicest furs. The dress is
very becoming; by its easy folds am
glittering transparency showing a flm
shape to advantage, without the im
| modest exposure of the open vest of th(
Bersian ladies. The humbler female: 1
generally move abroad with their face:
unveiled, having a'handkerchief rolled'
round their headsj from beneath which ,
their hair hangs down their shoulders, ‘
while another piece of linen passes un
der their chin, in the fashion of the
Georgians. But to' the Indies of the
higher circles in some gay saloon ini
Bagdad. When nil are assembled the'
evening meal, or dinner, is soon served, i
The party, seated in rows, then pre- i
pare for the entrance of the show, i
which cbnsists of music and dancing, ’
continuing in noisy exhibition through ■
the whole of the night. At twelve f
o’clock supper is produced, when pi-'|
loins,’ kabobs, preserves, fruits, dried : :
sweet-meats, and sherlets of every fab- \
riband flavor engage the fair convive:
for some time. Between .'this second!
banquet and the preceding the per-”
fumed narquilly is never, absent from’
the rosy lips, except when they sip cof
fee, or indulge in a general shout of .
approbation, or ahearty peal of laugh
ter, at the.freaks of the dancers, or the j
subject of the singers’ madrigals. But
no respite is given to the entertainers;
and, during so long a stretch of merri
ihent, shouid.auy of the happy guests
feel a sudden desire to temporary re
pose, without the least apology she lies' r
down to sleep on the luxurious carpet
that 13 1 her seat; and thus she remains, ’■
sunk in as deep an oblivion as if ■ the i
nnmmud were spread in her own \
chamber. . ' . i
Who is He?—A jolly young fellow i,
named Corcoran, when he arrived In this ''
country, some years since, pronounced a :
puzzle to a gruff old clerk in the New
Kwlr uGuVtonYcr Vmnr’oin'ciaVs
coran went up to tbe office for his ‘first
papers.', The deputy was a serious old;
chap,, who, without ever looking up,
proceeded to the formal. Interrogatories.
‘What Is.your name 7’ he demanded.
‘John Corcoran.’
‘Your ago 7’
‘Twenty-one.’
‘What nativity V
, ‘Well, that’s what bothers me—l’ll
tell you, and maybe you can make it out.
My father wajs Irish, my mother Eng
lish, and I was born' oh a Hutch brig,
under the French flag; ln ! the Flemish
waters. Now how Jsilt?: 1 :
The old clerk looked'up aghast, shoved
bis spectacles on fals brow, and slowly
made answer:
‘Young man that is too much for me.’
Whipping Doksno.Qood.—Nervous
children suffer untold agonies from tear,
when put to bed alone* No tongue can
tell the horrors of a lonesome room to
such children. A little delicate boy,
whom his parents were drilling to sleep I
alone, used to, cry violently every
night, and his father used to come in
and whip him. He I 'mistook his perti
nacity for obstinacy,-and he thought it
bis duty to conquer the child’s will.—
One night he said: ' ■ ;
‘Why do you always scream so, when
you know you, will be punished?’
‘Oh, father, father 1’ said the little
fellow, ‘I don’t mind you whipping me,
if you only stay with me.’
. , The father’s eyes wore opened from
that moment. He saw that a human
.being cannot be governed by dead
rules, like a plant or an animal.
Washington Pastry.—A sojourner
in Washington, sends the fallowing: t
am particularly fond of lemon pie and
icecream for dessert. At—:—hotel X
went on peaceably fora couule_pf weeks,
did opt like, to make objections. Final
ly I called a waiter and said:
‘John, X have nothing to say about the
ice cream, but what kind. of a pie is
this?’
‘Whatkind'of a pie did you order,
sab?’
‘I ordered lemon pie, but this appears
to be dried apple.’
‘Dat’s ‘a lemon pie, aah. You know
day has a way of mlxlh dried apples in
the lemon pies here, sab, to dat extent
it requires a man of .ability to ’stinguish
’em apart, sab, ■ Da lemons IS scase, you
know, and d«y has- to ’conomlze ’em so
as to make one lemon do, for sixteen
pies.
‘Molly shut the door,, Us getting aw
ful cold in here I’ was the remark of u
Lafayette husband as ho bung his coat
on a bitching post, and prepared to re
tire on the outbstone, under the Impres
sion that he had arrived at home.
Eight out of every ten tobacco chew*
era In the region where the plant la rais
ed uae the natural leaf twisted up Into
hunts and free'of honey; liquorice juice,
or other modem adulterations;;
have some colored schools In
Georgia, and when ' one of the pupils
misbehaves,; {tie, maquoaltted teacher
keepb.himln at'noon his din
ner.'. ‘ 1
dr jumps our devil.ln a to sot
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