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people. Mr. Hawkins keeps
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U STORE OJP B1
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is tho place to get
Groceries,
Provisions.
Confections,
Fine Cigars,
Toilet Soap,
Canned Goods,
Fresh Butter,
Etc., Etc,, Etc.
Wo also keen nil thnhKthran.tcr
flour, and everything usually kept In 1
x uioi uiua' (;juu:rj siore.
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nection nltb our
house a first chiss
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lioattholdillcirirm'' all Tirwtt-tviiH.foronlr 3) cent
in money, or In on-cent postage stamps. Agents
WMjted. MwtliWrUuimj. but nothinitwnt free.
Addreea 8. 5. Wood, Inbuao Buildiai, ctt York City.
job nmm
Men Should Tate Hie Tapers.
I knew two friends as much allko
As over you saw two stumps,
And no phrenologist could find
A dlllerenco In their bumps.
One took a paper, and his llfo
Was happier than a king's.
His children all could read and write
And talk of men and things,
The other took no paper, and
While strolling through tho wood,
A tree fell down upon his crown
And killed him, as it should.
Had ho been reading of the news,
At home, like neighbor Jim.
I'd hot a cent this accident
Had not befallen him.
DEADROOK GULCH.
BY FBANK IT. SWEET.
'Come, boy, 8tep out! We want no
Interlopers here. Only men are al
lowed to work in this gulch. D'ye
hear?'
Yes.'
'Then why don't ye go?'
Because I prefer to Btay. If I quit
every time some broad shouldered
bully choao to order me, I fear J
Bhould Boon be a good subjeot for
home-sickness.' And the dark-eyed
lad, breaking Into a gay, careless
laugh, glanced qulzzingly up into the
face of his brawny questioner.
Oho! So you defy me, my bantam,
do you?' exclaimed Quarrelsome Ben,
the miner who had first Bpoken, a
great, red-shirted giant, who was held
in wholesome fear by the whole circle
of his acquaintances. 'You're a
bold 'un, lad; but I think a good,
solid thrashlug would Improve your
disposition. How does it strike you ?'
'Oh, very likely you're right,' ans
wered tho boy, coolly ; 'that formed a
part of my edncatiou, thrashing being
considered by my parents as some
what more necessary than studies.'
By this time a great crowd of min
ora, representing nearly every quarter
of the globe, had assembled around
the speakers ; mo&t of them drawn
hither bv curiosity: but a few, the
Mexicans among the number, from it
desire to bring on what was to them
the chief end of existence, a fight.
Punish him!' hissed a dark,
treacherous-looking Mexican. 'Show
the cub that wo don't baudy wordB
with children?
Easy, there, Leon ; I reckon that'll
do. JThe youngster's a brave lad,'
suddenly exc!almed Ben, who liad
been Bilent for some time. 'Boy, you
and I are friendB after this. If there's
anythlug in this world I respect, its
spunk ; and you've got it, sure.'
A moment later, Quarrelsome Ben
and the lad proceeded slowly down
the street, across the wild bit of coun
try beyond, to the foot of a mountain;
here they seated themselves upon a
slab of granite, and entered into a
long and earnest conversation. At
the end of a couple of houre they
arose and started backward toward
the town. As soon as they come In
sight of It they separated, each going
in alone 'to avoid suspicion,' Ben
had said.
In a few words we will relate the
reasons of this secrecy. A short time
before, Ben, while on a hunting ex
pedition, had discovered an unusually
rich deposit of gold. Being without
tools, and not willing to share the se
cret with so many, he had not men
tioned his Mind,' but hadidetermined
to return at some future time with a
single companion and tho necessary
implements for extracting the gold
from the earth. Struck with the
coolness of Arthur Amhurst for
Buoh the lad had told him was hi6
name he at once selected him as his
future companion, and having un
folded his plans to him, thoy decided
to eet out secretly during the night.
About midnight, everything being
ready, they stealthily left the town,
and went rapidly in the direction of
Mount Shasta, which, though nearly
forty miles away, could be quite dis
tinctly seen. It was nearly noou be
fore they reached their destination ;
a long, narrow valley, hemmed in on
all Bides by lofty mountains, through
tho center of which a mountain tor
rent forced its way. Being wearied
with their long journey, they decided
not to commence operations until the
morrow, but to spend tho afternoon
In erecting a 'shelter,' ond in exam
ining their new surroundings.
Long before daylight next morning
they had filled their pans with what
seemed to be pay lug dirt, and, seating
themselves beside the river, had com
menced to separate the dirt from the
ore.
It took but a short time for Ben to
wash his panful of dirt, and with a
significant-smile he showed the pan,
with Its little heap of glittering par
ticles in the bottom, to the delighted
Arthur. It was the first virgin gold
the lad hud)ever seen, and he regard
ed It with curious wouder.
How much is it worth ?' he asked
the smiling Ben.
About a dollar, I gues3,' was the
answer. 'Suppose we locate here, lad?
But before we pan oat any more I'll
improve the soil a bit.'
Improve it?' echoed the lad In
amazement.
Without answering, Ben hurried off
in the direction of the shelter, return
ing a moment later with a large bot
tle which Arthur soon perceived con
tained quicksilver. After working
out a piece of ground about a rod
square, he proceeded to sprinkle it
plentifully with the quicksilver.
What is that for?' inquired Arthur,
who bad been watching in wonder.
Take your spade end dig down o
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE
little, my lad, and you'll Bee," was the
answer.
Seizing the spade, the boy threw
out a few shovelfuls of dirt, then stop
ped in surprise ; for what had appear
ee to be the solid earth a few moments
before was now full of minute tun
nels, running In every direction. But
what surprised him most was the ap
pearance of the gold; before, It had
been nearly invisible to the naked
eye, but now he could see the glitter
ing particles on all sideB.
Seeing his puzzled look, Ben hast
ened to explain :
It's an ail-flred queer BtufT, lad,
this quicksilver. I reckon it must
have an uneasy conscience, it's so
restless and wandering. If you drop
a bit on the ground it goes off like
lightning on a tour of discovery, ev
ery little particle taking a different
direction and traveling on its own
hook. It's very likely there's some
kind of affinity between it and gold,
for every time it comes in the neigh
borhood of a sparkle it grabs it and
goes off in Bearch of another. Quick
silver's mighty useful stuff when a
fellar's digging in fine sand like this ;
for it gathers up all the little shiners
in a heap, so't a feller can plok them
up without using a miorosoope.1
'That's curious,' said Arthur, wiio
had listened attentively to Ben's ex
planation. 'Thar's lots o' curious things in this
world of ours,' returned Ben, senten
tiousiy. 'But talking won't bring out
the gold, lad ; bo lot's to work.
They found the digging more prof
itable after this ; the dirt was much
easier washed and paid better; so
that when they left off work, long
after sunset, they found they had
quite a respectable heap of dust as a
reward for their day's labor.
Next morning they were up and
hard at work when the sun made Kb
appearauce. As they went deeper
they found the soil grew richer, and
that night, as they concealed another
little pile of gold dust, they allowed
their thoughts to wauder forth In
bright hopesof the future.
One day succeeded another In rap
id succession, each ulght bringing an
addition of the treasure concealed In
their 'shelter.' Two months had
passed by in this manner, when one
day Ben, who had been out in searoh
of game, came hurrying Into camp
with a troubled face.
'We must be moro careful, lad,' he
said, in answer tojlribur's anxious
inquiries ; 'thefb are s'evsral scound'-'
rels watching us. I BUspeoted It yes
terday, but was not certain until I
Baw Jim's ugly face disappear behind
a rock juBt now. If they find out
we've gold conoealed, our lives won't
be worth a cent. We've got all the
dust we'll ever need, so I think we'd
better take advantage of the first dark
night to leave. Another thing, lad ;
one of us must be ou the watch day
and night after this; twon't do for ub
to be caught napping. IfJimandhis
out-throat gang are on the look-out
wo shall have a tussel before we're
through with them.'
That Ben's words were true was
soon made apparent, for severaijtimes
during the afternoon Arthur hiuiself
caught sight of shadowy forms steal
ing among the rooks.
That night they concealed the gold
dust in a different and more secure
place. Ben announced his intention
to watch through the night; but as
Arthur was about to enter the 'shel
ter,' he called him baofe.
'Lad,' said he in a low voice, 'do
you remember that day I was going
to give you a thrashing ?'
'Yes,' answered Arthur, wondering
what was coming.
And do you know what restrained
me?'
No.'
'Well, I will tell you. I thought I
reoognized you, but was not certain
until you told mo your name on the
mountaiu side that night. Your
father is my brother, Arthur. Fifteen
years ago I did him a terrible wrong.
No matter what it was ; be it suffic
ient to say that, though he freely for
gave me, he could not bear to look up
on ray face; bo I came out here. I
have not known a moment's peace
since then, Arthur. Every species of
disappointment has failed to bring
forge tfulnesd, though It has earned
me the name of Quarrelsome Hark !
wasn't that a footstep1? Go to the
'shelter' and prepare your weapons. I
should not have told you this ; but I
feel that something will happen be
fore morning. If you escape and I
don't, remember my share of the dust
is yours. Good-by.'
Without waiting for an answe, Ben
turned abruptly away, and was once
more the watchful sentinel.
Arthur hurried to the 'shelter' and
quickly had his weapons in readiness ;
hour after hour he waited, revolver in
hand, expecting every momeuS to
hear the Bound of attack, and feeling
that his forced Inactivity was more
terrible than the conflict itself would
have been.
At last be must have- fallen asleep
through very weariness ; for he was
aroused about midnight by the wild
shouts and curses of men, and the
quick sharp cracks of revolvers.
For a moment;he stood in indeois
ion, but was immediately aroused by
'To the rocks, Arthur! To the
rocks!' in the ringing tones of his
newly found nncle.
He hurried off at full speed toward
the cliffs, expecting at every moment
to hear his uncle, who he supposed
was following him. Concealing bim
Eelf in a dark fissure between two
overhanging olifld, he waited breath
lessly for further developments. His
eyeB soon began to feel heavy and
ere long he was again in a sound
sleep.
It must have been nearly noon
when he was awakened by voices of
men.
The brat muBt have taken the gold
and started for 'Frisco,' one of them
was saying.
'Ay!' was the answer. 'But wo
have taken too much trouble to be
baulked now; he must never leave
the Gulch alive. Curse him !'
Arthur trembled not with fear, for
he despised that weakness but at the
thought that the stalwart uncle, so re
cently found, was dead ; for had he
not been he knew their euemies
would not'have Ignored him in their
conversation.
It was not until near the close of
the next day that Arthur ventured
from his concealment. He made his
way cautiously to the 'shelter,' where
he found what be expected,
the body of his uncle beforo the door
way, literally hacked to pieces. But
his eyes glistened as he Baw the bod
ies of four of their enemieB lying
about; the brave man had not died
unavenged.
Sorrowfully tbeilad went to work
with his 6pade, and soon laid away
the mortal remains of Benjamin Am
hurst a man whose noble qualities,
bad it nqt been for ono wrong aotion,
might haVe made him universally re
spected and esteemed.
Contrary to his expectation, Arthur
found the gold had escaped the care
ful search; of the robbers. Having
concesJetNt-about-his person, and ta
king a last look at the resting place of
his uncle, he started for 'Frisco, ma
king a wide detour, so as to avoid
Jim and his gang, who, he rightly
supposed, were lying in wait for him.
Reaching San Franoisco, he found
a vessel was about to sail for the Fast,
and at once engaged passage on her.
Two mouths later he was at home.
Though Immensely rich, Arthur
Amhurst waB not tho person to sit
down and pasB through life with fold
ed handsr' He entered a military
Bchooi, and, after graduating, wassent
West to assist in quelling the Indian
disturbances.
He Is Lieutenant Amhurst now,
and rlskhlsfilife'daily ; but doubt if
ho has -(ever? forgotten the terrible
night -htiassed in Doadrock Gulch.
-?7$ ,'" :
A correspondent of the San Francis
co Cttionicle, thus writes: "The hour
when the soul of the patient takes its
flight to the Eternal, when the omin
ous word 'make' (dead) is sounded
like a knell upon the ears of the sur
vlvon then suddenly all voices are
united in singiug, or rather chanting,
the auwe in deep, melodious, and pa
thetic tones, that sound like the wuil
ing of tho sea in the night-time. Tho
contagion, like a magnetio current,
spread through the village. Instant
ly alfhearts are moved, and tho auwe
is chanted from one house to another,
untitfan ocean of sympathy seems to
float upon tho air. There Is something
so touching ond pitiful in this wail
thot.foreigners, In passing by during
its continuation, will stand as if elec
trified and listen to it aB the sweetest,
saddest music ever heard upon earth.
It is taken up in currents, the silence
intervening being solemn more boI
emn and impressive than any pathet
ic oration delivered by tho most fa
mous orator at the grave of the most
illustrious man. A moment's silence
and again tho auwe breaks forth In
Its Intensity, resounding throughout
the village In peals of mournful lam
entation. Thus at intervals, while
the corpse Ib laid out, the walling is
heard in all its sadness. It is not mo
notonous, for sadness is oongenial to
the human heart, or at least it Is a
burden which we must bear, and
henoe we like the eohoes of our com
mon lot. It is rather enchanting and
fascinating; it attracts with astrange,
weird power. There aro other cus
toms especially noticeable at the
deaths of ohiefs. To Bing the praises
of a chief in songs lascivious, and ac
companying them with dances the
most unchaste, were the highest hon
ors that could be paid to all. When
Lunatillo, the predecessor of King
Kalakaua, died, the writer witnessed
astonishing levities like those herein
mentioned."
It Is Btated that newly-ground cof
fee, sprinkled over game, will keep it
sweet and fresh for several days.
Clean the game that is, wipe off the
blood, cover the wounded parts with
absorbent paper, wrap up the heads,
and then sprinkle ground eoffee over
and among the featheraror fur, as the
case may be, pack up carefully, and
the game will be preserved fresh and
sweet in the most unfavorable weath
er. Game sent loose cannot, of course,
be thUB treated, but If packed in box
es or hampers a teaspoonful of coffee
is enough for a brace of birds, and in
this proportion for larger gamer. A
lump of charcoal inserted In the cavi
ty of a drawn bird is very desirable.
Kerosene for the Hair.
This is surely not a very fragrant
hair oil ; and to some no good effects
acorulng from its use would compen
sate for Its disagreeable qualities. But
a writer In the Tribune says that it is
excellent for the bair. It starts a new
and rapid growth, and Imparts a good
gloss. She uses a little every day ;
rubs it well Into the scalp. Theofl'en-
slve odor soon evaporates, and It also
has the effect of darkening the bair.
19, 1879.
Tally SoTeral for the Toad.
Many gardners already appreciate
the valuable services of the common
toad, and afford them protection for
their insect-destroying propensities,
while as many more, perhaps, are Ig
norant of their business. To the lat
ter class It may be interesting to know
that toads live almost wholly upon
slugs, caterpillars, beetles and other
insects, making their rounds at night
when the farmer Is asleep,- and the
birds too, and the Insects are sup
posed to be having It their own way.
English gardners understand these
facts bo well, that toads are purchased
at so much a dozen and turned loose,
and the best of it Is, that the toads
generally stay at home, so the gard-
ner is not troubled with buying the
toads over again every few days. The
toad can be tamed4 and will oven
learn to know "its master," and
come when called : the writer has
not only had snch pets himself, but
could give other instances of toad-
taming that have came under his ob
servance. Toads can be made very
useful about the house, and will do
not a little good in destroying cook
roaches, flies, and other household
pests. They are sometimes known to
eat worms, which they grasp by the
middle with their jaws, cramming In
the writhing ends of the unfortunate
articulates by means of the front feet.
Insects ore seized and conveyed to
the mouth by means ot the rapidly
darting tongue, which always secures
the victim as it Is about to fly or run
away. JScio xork urioune.
Knowing l'eonlo
There are always some people In
every community who imagine them
selves, to use a common phrase, 'very
smart,' and they are generally of the
busybody kind. One of them can do
more harm In a town or neighbor
hood than a dozen good people can
set at rights. No minister ever comes
into a place but these smart ones can
pick any amount of flaws in his every
day walk, or his sermons are always
too long or too short, too soft or too
hard, or "he can't preaoh," and a
hundred other Imaginary Imperfect
ions, which the less pretentious never
think of mentioning. But these know
ing ones do not stop here ; for no en
terprise waB ever Btarted but was con
trary to their views. Other folks nev
er build a pfg-pn; a smoke-house; mtus
corn-crib, a barn, a dwelling, a
school-house or a ohurch to suit these
babblers; and no newspaper was ev
er run according to their ideas of busi
ness, "and I won't have anything to
do Willi it, and I'll keep everybody
else from It that I can."
A Woman's Last "finger.
Wilmington (O.) dispatch to the Cln. Commercial.
A lady on Locust street has engaged
to hold her tongue ten minutes in
each quarter of an hour for 1,113 con
secutive quarter hours, on a wager of
a $10 Bpring bonnet. Her husband
holds tho stakes. Muoh interest is
felt in the matter by the married men
of Wilmington generally, and bets are
freely given and taken on the result,
with odds In favorof the bonnet. At
1 o'clock p. m. to-day the lady had
finished her G21st quarter hour, and
was in good spiritB, although showing
signs of fatigue and weariness conse
quent upon the severity of her task.
When she stepped upon the platform
at the beginning of the 557th quarter
hour, with her task half finished, she
was received with enthsiastio cheers
by the large crowd In attendance, and
the band struck up "God Save the
Queen." The
deaf mute,
lady's trainer waa a
Corpulent Travelers.
Dr. Schwoinfurth, gravely discus
sing the question whether a white
man strong In the charmed life
which most Afrioan tribes suppose
him to possess could pass alone safe
ly to the West coast, decides II In the
affirmative, "if the traveler were not
too fat ;" for fatness, whether In blaok
or white, makes all cannibal tribes
lick their lips, and rub their abdo
mens, like the well-known New Cale
donian chief who, being asked if he
had seen a corpulent Australian colo
nist, named Boyd, who had been
wrecked on his coast, Bald nothing
but 'Masea Boyd, him berry fat man,'
significantly patting at the same time
that cavity of his person into which
the unhappy colonist bad descended.
Must Take to the Woods
TheNewYork World says the dem
ocrats will be beaten if they don't
pass the appropriation bllln; the New
York Sun aayg they will be beaten if
they do. This makes us think of an
old story. A negro preacher was
holding forth at camp meeting. Said
bo: "My. bruddera, dare be-two roads
in dis world, and you must be keerful
which one you take. One leads to
hell and de odder leads to damna
tion." "In dat case," Baid a darkey
in the audience, "dis chile takes to
de woods." According to these dem
ocrats organB, the only course left for
the party Is to take to the woods.
Chicago Tribune.
Islands have repeatedly appeared
near Siolly through volcanic subma
rine action, and have disappeared
again, within the last century. In
17S3 the Island of Nyuoe rose above
the sea off Iceland and sank at the
end of the year.
VOL. 23.-BTO.
LEGEKDS OF IRELAND.
In the suburbs of PoxlarUuton
lived many poor people crowded to
gether. One family consisted of a
father, mother, and one daughter, a
lovely, fair-haired girl, about sixteen,
who was like a ray of sunshine in the
wretched place.
Kathleen's speeoh was song, and
her step a dance; she enlivened and
beautified Doonane row a.ud. every
toiling neighbor felt a kind of prop
erty in her. When onesorrowful day
she missed her footing at tho top of
the stairs, ell to the bottom, and was
taken up dead, there was general
mourning. ,
Her parents waked and buried her
with what pomp they could muster.
Many candles blazed at the- head of
the bed ; muoh whisky was consumed
in her honor; and a long train of
neighbors on foot and on horseback
aooompanied the colli n to the old
graveyard of Clonbrocfcu
That very day something etrange
happened at a lonely cabin on the
high road to Clopook, about ten or
twelve miles from the graveyard,
where Mick Doogue and, his son Pat
rick lived alone.
On the day of Kathleen's funeral
they chanced to havo company.
Two young men had called to visit
them, and had been hospitably enter
tained. Patrick got up to accompany
them to the door, and they all paused
on tho threshold, falling back upon
one another in alarm, for a coffin lay
before the house.
"The saints pxeaerv oa !' cried ono.
'God be betwixt us an' harm !' ejac
ulated auothor.
'Let's see who's in it,' said the brav
est of tho group.
The colli u lid was not nailed down ;
they raised it, and saw a beautiful
fair-haired girl, fully dressed even to
hor sliced. Sue "seemed to be asleep,
for there waa a flush on her cheek,
and her heart beat faintly. They
carried her into the cabin, and nursed
her curefully until she camo to her
self, but she could not tell them who
had laid her in the coffin could not
even tell her name. She seemed as
gentle and amiable as she was lovely,
but had no brightness, and could not
answer the simplest question,
The father and eon said to ono an
other: 'Wo'ro two lonely men hero, an'
we've no woman to make our meat for
Let us kqep her.' s: ."
So Patrick married her.
As she could not tell her name,
they called her Ellen, and sometimes
'Falry-wlfe.' She was a very quiet
mistress of the household. Grave-and
silent, and hating all company, she
had no desire but to be left in peace at
her own fireside.
Thus Beven years passed by.
Kathleen's parents at Portarlington
Btill mourned her deeply, und told the
neighbor's children, who could not
remember her, how very beautiful and
good she had been. Tho sovonth fair
day of Ballickmoylor came around
since their loss. Kathleen used to go
with them to the fair, and it was with
heavy heart9 they entered tho crowd
alone.
The day wore on, and they went to
a publio houso foreome refreshments.
As they were eating their dinner
they looked up and saw a young man
aud u tall, fair girl seat tnemselves at
a table In a corner of tho shop. These
wero Patrick Doogue and his 'Fairy
wife,' whom he had with much en
treaty persuaded to accompany him to
the fair.
The bereaved mother from Portarl
ington no sooner Baw the unknown
beauty than she became greatly agi
tated. What Is it alls you, woman?' asked
her husband.
Oh! Dan, Dan,' eho whispered;
'do you Bee that girl at tho table. If
my darlin' Kathleen wasn't dead an'
buried, sure I'd bo saying that was
her.'
Tho father looked also, and replied :
'It's true she's featured very llko our
dear child : but be reasonable, an' do
not cry thls-away. Mind how we
laid her low iu Clonbrock. Thon
handaomegirl favors her Burely, that's
all,' and ho heaved a deep sigh.
But ihe mother could not cease gaz
ing at her. 'Dan,' she persisted, 'sure
that's her very hair her yellow hair
an
tho hrnor nf hur like ririvnn snow.
an
the blue eyes sure, sure there
couldn't bo two born into the world
that much like each other. Who Is
he anyway, that young man that still
stays near her?'
She's like
her, dear
but
our
Kathleen was still cheery an light
hearted, an' thon girl never lifts her I
eyes.'
The mother continued to gaze
through fast falling tears. At last
she got up, and went over to the ta
ble. 'Who is she, that bonnie, yellow-haired
girl?' she inquired, ad
dressing Patrick.
'That's my wifo.'he replied.
"But what did they call her afore
you married her, an' where Is she
from ?'
No reply from Patrick.
Dan now joined the group, and
both together urged him to answer.
They told him the story of Kathleen's
death, concluding: 'We think that
girl must bo some friend o ourn,
though unknown to us, for she's as
like Kathleen as can be.'
Meanwhile they bad been treating
the 'Fairy-wife' to every delicacy
the shop contained, regretting only
that she would eat so little, for noth
ing was good enough lor her in their
eyed.
OFFICIAL PAPEtf.OF TJTECOUXTT
Patrick Doogue thought over whaC
they had aaUii aud. Uea, ioofcj them,
apart and told them how his wife had
been left in a colli u at his door.
My father an-me an' the two boys
that seen her first never made known,
how she came to us f but J oaat kda
it from you-ones, for I think ahe'a
surely your daughter
The parents went straight to thaft
sacred spot In the graveyard of Cloc-.
brock, and dug to find tho coffin la
which so many tears had fallen,.
What could they thluk but that tho
fairies had Btolen their ohlld from,
them, had left her Image on the bed
and had carried her to Patricks door?-
People crowded to the Inn to see tho.
mother hauglug and crying over her
ohild. Kathleen seemed llko one.
awaking from a long sleepy anil her
old gayety returned ; bo that there,
was no happier homo In all Queen's
country than tho lonely cabin of tho.
Doogues ou the high road to Clopook.
The Dublin BcUes
4 correspondent of the Baltimore.
Sun writes: A Dublin belle Is as
much unlike any other belle as a Dub
lin dandy Is suigeneri3. Very, very
few of these dear delightful belloajire
ever seen in America, and more's tho
pity. She iB often remarkably pretty,
and always so in portness in a Para
dise sense. The beauty of the Dub
lin girl 'In society' is very charm
ing. As a rule they are litho, and
somowhat'Jong for a 'dqmpy wom
an' In Dublin is as much hated by all
men as ever;Byron could desire. I do
not think in the entire population of
fashionable people of this city there
Is such a thing as a dumpy old maldi -;
I adopt the style of tho belka hei-qS
ivhnn Tanu minh n thino nml mnltt
-., , .p.-
the statementkon the same authorJ!
The last 'dumpy old maid' left bnjui
in 1835 for Nantucket In o. BilLrnW
packet, and is still on her way, foMijQ;
I know. Hence 'the girls' aud tc'tf
are nearly all so-culled llko the Jlicod
boys though their ages o gi-eyortd
aud youth, havo long passed blrls, r
'the Groves of Blarney' tho glvht.
say, aro nearly all tall and straight!
like Lady June, who was 'long aSi
lane.' Every one of them h&3 1. LBaa.
bia's beamlug oyo, 'but at whom It ' "" k
aimethj no one dreameth.' TbesoA'' g. ,-3
girls talk with their eyes, flirt with
their eyes, say unutterable bth!nga
with ttreit- eyes,jnd alayr ljke uu
speaknortEurks; with their" eye.
Their voices aro charmingly Bweet,
soft aud low-toned. Their words are
of tho sort that notjonly breathe, but
burn when the time domes. Tho
Irish lady is unsurpassed; by the
French ono in tne art of conversa
tion, and unequalled by the Ameri
can or English. An Irish girl of the
world and by no means let me Im
ply worldy can say more 'Bof t things'
and leave an enobantios lmpre3!au
that 'strong somethings' wero meant
than any girl on North Charles
street. There is an inductive process
in the parleying of the Dublin belle,
that Is susceptible of doing what Pad
dy's gun bad tho unique ability of ao-
complishing. Her jokes shoot round
one corner just In time to meet her
pathos coming round the other, and
thon occurs Buoh an amazing and
charming concussion that you are
like the man with 'Hobson's ohoioe.'
Her direct sailiea of wit ond bon tnota
her sympathetic circles, like the First
Book of Euolld with all tho angela
thrown out, not only Interest but
charm yourattentlon. I am sure Ve
nus was from Dublin, and I know
Adonis nover saw Cork. The beauty
of person, the brilllanoy of brain, and
that graceful 'thou art bo near yefc so
far'"fam!liarlty peculiar to tho Irish
lady, are to be seen to admired ; to bo
faintly imitated, but rarely acquired
by any other women on any Bide of
'Mason and Dixon's line.' I repoat,
wo rarely see this belle in Amerloa,
and I also repeat, more'a tho pity.
It Ib said that the wife of John Stu
art Mill was quite ordinary, intellect
ually, while ha deemed h?r wonder
fully gifted. Mr. Gladstone asaorta
that Mr. Mill's estimate was ground
ed upon thefactthatshe washia com
plete echo ; she repeated his thought
to him, aud ho believed they wer&her
Independent utterances. Is net this
the ease with many bo called smart
people of both Bexea? Do they not,,
parrot-like, repeat othejs' utterances,,
and do this so often and so faithfully,,
that they come to believe themselves,
singularly gifted ? Much of this falso
coin is in circulation.
Tho Russians ohuoklo mightly ov-e
the disaster to the British arma at Is
andula. The Iioodilnik, or Russian
Punch, gives a picture cf a large body
of English Bailors running away be
foro a few naked Cadres, who aro
brandishing their tomahawks in dei
light. Underneath la written, 'How
tho enlightened mariners aometlmea
show their backs to the uncivilised
savage.'
The musical click of the oroquet
balls and the effeminate swear word
of the village pastor a?a simultaneous,
ripplea on the smooth current of tbia
wloket, wicket world. New JIavcn
EegiilcT.
Thare la only one thing thQt kan, be
sed Jn favorof tight boots they make
a man forglt all brother sorrows.
Man waxkreated a little lower than
the angalla, and he? been growing a
little lower ever eipeo.
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