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JK VALENTINE.
He came one blustering. BUOKV day
In Jebruarj weather ;
He carried on bis dimpled arm
A portmanteau of leather.
He tapped against my window-pane : '
He said : You sly old fellow , *
Come , tell me of that little maid
With curly head andyejlow ,
"Tho music of whose broken speech
A happy home rejoices ;
Whose prattle has a sweeter sound
Thaa other people's vplces. "
1 looked amazed , the saucy boy
Looked back at roe with laughter.
He said : "Jly name Is Cupid ,
And your Valentine I'm of tor I"
W. T. Peters , in February St. Nicholas.
MISS MAYBRIOK'S PAKLOR ,
An orchard , the branches heavy with
golden apples , here and there a ruddy
"windfall , " half-hidden in the long
grass , and at the foot of one of the
most richly-laden trees a young girl ,
half asleep , with an ill-used book ilung
carelessly down , and indolent white
arms thrown abpve her pretty dark
( head.Jessie
Jessie ! "
She made a sleepy little movement ,
indicative of annoyance at being inter
rupted in the middle of her siesta.
"Jessie , I say ! "
Miss Jessie rose slowly and picked
up her book. She was a tall , slight
girl , of about eighteen years .of age ,
with a rather pale face and gray eyes ,
fringed with long black lashes. These
eyes were her greatest charm. A lit
tle white gate divided the orchard
from the garden , and Jessie passed
through it with exasperating slowness.
"Was there ever such a girl ! "
thought her sister , her elder by twenty
years at least the daughter of her
father's first wife.
Caroline had loved her young step
mother , and when she died had tried
to take a mother's place to the tiny ,
dark eyed baby she left behind ; but
Jessie had proved a very troublesome
charge.
" \vcll , " said Jessie , interrogatively ,
looking at Caroline standing in the
doorway , with her sleeves tucked up
and her stout arms covered with flour.
"What is it , Caroline ? "
"Come and move your rubbish out
of the front room. "
"What for ? " asked Jessie , in undis
guised astonishment.
"Because father's going to let it tea
a young fellow from London/ "
Jessie looked indignant. Her par
lor , with the piano in it , to be let to
some ho.rrid man , and all her pretty
belongings to be banished to her little
bedroom. Oh ! it was too bad.
- "Carrie , " she said , "how could vou
advise father to do such a thing ? I
never thought we shouid have to take
in lodgers ; I would rather run away. "
"Where to ? " asked the rather mat
ter-of-fact Caroline.
Jessie bit herlips and went indoors
to remove her books and needlework
from the little parlor that had been re
garded as her especial sanctum ever
since she had entered her teens. It
never occured to Miss Jessie that mon
ey was rather scarce with her father
just now , and that the lodger would
bring grist to the mill. She regarded
the whole thing as a conspiracy to
make her uncomfortable.
They might have consulted her , she
thought , forgetting that she never
troubled herself in any way -with the
affairs of the liousehold. How she
wished she could have had her piano
carried upstairs ; but that was impos
sible. It was the chief ornament of
that room , and her father , she knew ,
would not allow her to take it away.
"I shall hate him , I know I shall , "
she told herself , thinking of the
lodger.
And for the first two or three days
she kept carefully out of his way , and
Mr. Leith remained unconscious of the
fact that he was under the same roof
with a pretty girl. But he made the
discovery one afternoon. When wand-
Bering through the orchard , with his
iands behind his back , he came sud
denly upon a slight , girlish figure in
brown holland , a wide hat shading -
rher. eyes from the sun. Won derful eyes
.they were so large and dark , and ut
terly bewitching. She was gone like
a , flash ; but her image lingered in Mr.
JLcith's nleTilory. Hp was not a very
talkative man ; but he began to culti
vate Caroline Maybrick's acquaintance ,
and soon found that the girl in the
brown holland dress was ner sister.
He grew so friendly , that Caroline
ventured to ask him to take tea with
them in the kitcken one afternoon.
The farmer was quite willing , but Jessie
objected very strongly , and threatened
not to come in to eat at all.
"Beside , " she said , "what does
a gentleman want in a farmhouse
kitcken ? "
However , Mr. Leith seemed very
much at home there , and delighted
Caroline and her father by his bright
flashes of wit. He did his best to
Elease that afternoon ; but it was only
ar the benefit of the farmer and his
elder daughter , or did his eyes wander
in the direction of Jessie's slim figure ?
He could not understand why it was
that the girl always avoided him. If
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she had wished to" arouse his interest
she could , not have devised a better
way. Her reserve piqed his curiosity ,
and he found her pretty face coming
between him and the fusty old pages
of his books.
Once he went for a long walk , and ,
returning home in the twilight , heard
her at the piano , and paused to listen ;
but she'caught sight of his figure out
side of the window , and th'e music
ceased in an instant. When he en
tered the room he found it empty ; but
a little bow of ribbon lay on the car
pet. Mr. Leith whistled , walked to
the door , closed it carefully , and then
picked up the bow with a shame-faced
look , and actually -'kissed it. Then ,
with fingers that trembled in a most
uaaccountable way , ho placed it in his
pocket book.
"Your sister is shy , " he observed to
Caroline , later on.
"It isn't that , " responded Caroline ,
with a laugh ; "but she hasn't got over
bom" turned out of her room. It was
hersf you know , before you came , and
she hated the idea of father taking a
° "JC3hi"flaidMr. Leith , considerably
enlightened , and next evening , as Jes
sie was eating an apple in the orchard ,
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the enemy bore down on her before
she could beat a retreat. "Miss Jes
sie. " he said , taking'off his hat , "you
must not run away. , I want to speak
to you. "
"What is it ? " asked Jessie , coldly ,
throwing her apple over the hedge.
She had no longer an appetite for it.
"I want to apologize .for having un
consciously taken possession of your
little parlor. It makes me feel like an
interloper. "
"Who told you it was my parlor P"
asked Jessie , trying to steel her heart
against him ; but thinking all the same ,
what a. handsome man he was , with
his blue eyes , and tawny beard.
"Never mind who told me , " said
George Leith , with a smile. "I knowi
I have unconsciously deprived you ofi
your piano ever since I have been-here ,
and I want you to forgive me. "
"It is I who ought to .ask your for
giveness , " returned Jessie. "I have
often stolen in to have an 'hour with !
my piano when you have been out. "
She smiled and colored as she spoke ,
unable to resist the winning sweet
ness of his voice and manner.
They stood watching the moon
above the tree tops , talking pleasant
ly , until Caroline came to the door ,
and called her sister.
"Where on earth have you been , Jes
sie ? " she asked.
Talking to Mr. Leith , " returned
Jessie , as she followed her into the
room.
"Wonders will never cease , " ex
claimed Caroline. " 1 thought you ha
ted him ; but there ; I think he would
talk anyone over with that pleasant
voice of his. "
Jessie thought so too ; but she did
not give vent to her opinion in words.
She was looking unusually well ; a col
or became her , but it was not the rose
flush upon her cheeks that made her
look so lovely. There was a change
in her to-night , and her sister was
vaguely conscious of it , as the girl
stood looking down into the glowing
fire in the kitcnen grate.
"Our Jessie is growing a regular
beauty , " observed Caroline to her
father , when her sister had gone up to
bed.
" 'Handsome ' is as handsome docs , "
returned Mr. Maybrick , puffing away
at his pipe. Jessie's education had
cost him no end of money , while the
more homely Caroline had put pounds
in his pocket.
But Mr. Maybrick had no eye for
beauty. He was not like his lodger ,
who could get very little sleep for
thinking of a pair of bright eyes and a
slim girlish figure.
Nexf morning , as Mr. Leith sat at
3reakfast , he caught sight of Jessie
talking to a stoutly built , curly head
ed young : fellow , and his heart gave a
ealoiis throb.
Who was that rustic she seemed so
ntercsted in ? He could not be her
sweetheart surely a girl like Jessie
would not throw herself away on such
an awkward cub.-
Mr. Leith tried to read his newspa-
) er , and forget the happy-looking
; ouple in the garden ; but it was of no'
use.
There they were , parading up and
down in the full view of his window ,
and now and then their voices were
wafted to him on the breeze.
He felt he could stand it no longer. i ,
and slammed down the window in a \
age. What was the use of coming to
he country for quiet , if people would
persist in making such a racket ?
He took hfs hat and went for a
walk , and when he returned homehad
the pleasure of seeing that rustic
through the kitchen window , dining
with the family.
Mr. Leith closed the door of his
room ; but he couM not shut out the ,
sound of that fellow's noisy laughter. .
"If he is a frequent guest , nly stay
here will not be of very long duration , "
he thought.
Presently , to his intense annoyance ,
he'saw Jessie and the stranger out in
the garden again , and after his own
dinner had been served , he heard Miss
Caroline calling them in to tea , and 7
-found that the young man's name was
Bob detestable name ! Mr. Leith had
never felt more miserable than he did
that evening , and his life had not been
devoid of trouble. ;
Mr. Leith was sitting in the dark , ;
and presently heard voices outside the
door.
"I am sure he is out , child , " said
Caroline. "The lamp is not lit you
can go in and play for a little while , ;
and Mr. Leith will never be a bit the
wiser. "
He did not hear Jessie answer her
voice was not so loud , but the door
opened , and she came into the room ,
going straight over to the piano.
Mr. Leith held his breath , lying"
back in the arm chair , while Jessie
played softly in the darkness.
He could see the dim outline of her
form , as she sat at the piano for what
little light there was fell upon her.
He was angry with her moit unrea
sonably angry , but he could not lose
the chance of speaking to her alone.-
' Miss Jessie , " he said quietly.
Jessie gave a faint scream. He had
frightened her so much that she ;
trembled like , a leaf. She -was going
to run out of the room , when his voice
arrested her movement.
"I shall be sorry that I revealed my
self i you are going to run away , " he
went on. "It is not of ten I have the
chance of hearing you playing , Miss
Jessie. "
Jessie sat down at the piano , but
she did not play. Her little brown
hands were trembling too much. Mr. .
Leitb rose , and stood by her side.
"I shall be going back to London , ;
soon , " he said , "and it will be pleas
ant to think of these few moments
spent with you at the piano. "
"lou are going away soon , " , falter
ed Jessie , and something in her voice
made George Leith's heart beat more
quickly.
"I saw you with that young fellow
to-day , " he said abruptly. "You
seemed very happy. "
"Bob and I are always like that , "
observed Jessie , her eyes beginning to
sparkle , and a little smile quivering-
on her sweet lips. But George Leith
could not see these signs of merri
ment.
"Iuhope you always will be , " h
said. "May I wish you every happi
ness ? "
"You may if you like , " said Jessie -
with an odd little break in her voice ;
for she was trying hard to smother
her laughter.
"When is it to be ? " asked Mr. Leith ,
trying to speak lightly , but not suc
ceeding very well.
"When is what to be ? " asked Jessie
with a little gasp.
"Your marriage , of course , " re
turned Mr. Leith , rather coldly , for
he know now that she was laughing afr
him.
him."I
"I think you are putting the cart
before the horse , " observed Jessie , de
murely.
"What do-you mean ? " he asked im
patiently.
"I moan , " said Jdssie , growing sud
denly dignified , "that I have no lover ,
so it'is rather premature to talk of my
marriage. "
"Then that young man ? " began Mr.
Leith.
"Is the affianced husband of my
dearest friend. " As she uttered these
words Jessie rose from the piano to
find herself clasped in the arms of her
father's lodger.
"And to think , " said Miss May-
brick afterward , "that you should
make all that fuss about Mr. Leith
coming , and then marry him after all !
Iivas never so surprised in-my life ! "
"It is the best thing that could have
happened to her , " observed her father.
"She never would have been worth
anything as a farmer's wife ; " and in
deed this is true , but Jessie never
wanted to be a farmer's wife , and is
quite content with the destiny that
had made her Mrs. George Leith.
Wny "Tlionir"
The attempt to introduce a neuter
pronoun into the language for the
purpose of doing- away with the awk
ward -phrases ' 'he or she , " "him or
her , " and "hers or his , " is not meet
ing with any marked success. The
word "thon" has been suggested as an
escape from the difficulty ; but , after
all , is such a pronoun necessary ? Ob
jection is made that there is much
clumsiness in such a sentence as , "Mr.
A. and Mrs. B. , haying agreed to sep
arate , divided their goods , and each
took his or her share and went his or
her way. " We concede the clumsi
ness of this construction , but we do
not concede the advisability of over
coming the perplexity by saying , "Mr.
A. and Mrs. B. having agreed to sep
arate , divided their goods , and each'
took then share and went then way , "
when we may write , "Mr. A. and Mrs.
B. having agreed to separate , divided ,
their goods , and went their respective'
ways. " We are told with much force
that , there is great awkwardness in
writing , "If any boy or girl will dili
gently pursue the course I have marked
out for him or'her , he or she will
surely reach the goal of his or her am
bition. " Of course there is awkward
ness in it , but why should we write it ,
"If any boy or girl will diligently pur
sue the co'urse I have marked out 'or
then , then will surely reach the goal
of then ambition , " when the trouble
may he met by writing. "If boys and
girls will diligently pursue the course
I have marked out for them , they will
surely reach the goal of their ambi
tion ; " or , "If any boy or girl will dili-
sjently pursue the course I have
marked out , the goal of ambition
looked forward to by either will surely'
be reached. "
It does not seem to have occurred to
those who have so strenuously urged
the new word that the language is all-
sufficient for the clear expression of
every idea. Awkward sentences are
multiplied for the purpose of showing
the difficulties under which we at pres
ent labor , and as though these sen- '
; nces were capable of no other forms
; han those in which they are pre
sented. The following example is a
case in point : "If the reader will take >
; he trouble to reflect , he or she will
agree with the decision we have'
reached ; " but if we write , "If the
reader will take the trouble to reflect ,
a
, ; here will be no disagreement with th&
decision , we have reached ; " or , "Re-
lection will convince the reader that
the decision we have reached is cor
rect , " the difficulty vanishes. Why
manufacture a new pronoun when
here is no necessity for a repetition of
he personal pronoun complained of ?
.t a thought cannot be expressed grace-
ully in one form , it is not difficult to
ind another which is not open to simt-
ar objection. No writer is compelled-
to write such a sentence as this : .
'When a person has become tired of
ife , should he or she be forced to en
dure it ? " The trouble would seem to
ie in the use of the singular pronoun.
Adopt the plural in such cases and the
) erplexity disappears. It is true there
ire circumstances in which the singti-
ar number is imperatively demanded ,
as : "If I discover who threw a stone
ihrough my library window , I will
lave him or her punished ; " but the
sentence loses nothing in clearness a
when it is written , "If I discover who
threw a stone through my library win
dow , I will have the offender pun-
shed. " We do not believe there is
anv emergency that seems to call for
he new pronoun , so loudly demanded ,
which cannot be met. The whole dif-
iculty lies in seeing only one method D
of expressing a thought. Boston Ga O
zelle. "
The Chloral Habit and Lire Insurance. *
"The chloral habit , " says the Balti Et
more Underwriter , "is steadily on the Efa ES
n crease , not only among sufferers h
rom constant insomnia , but among fa
3ersons subject to milder forms of
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"A. * ! i. J.1n ! ? .M1
iervous irritation , to the strain and
excitement of speculative ventures , ere
o the wear and tear of late hours and I
ashionable dissipation. This nepenthe
s more seductive to people of refine
ment than the juice of the poppy * and
labitual surrender to its domonination
s harder to break than the opium
labit. To the usual questions in the
application for life insurance as to the
use or abuse of alcoholic drinks , to-
aacco and opium , may well be added
scrutiny as to hydrate of chloral , for
many persons who never use the
former would have to pleado guilty to
more or less frequent recourse to the
latter. "
When a man has his watch stolgn , It is n
sign that h9s not a watch in , and there should
Je a watch oat. Chicago Sun.
TLe Marchioness of Lome is an Inveterate
-learette smoker. -
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JFACT AND FANCY.
Los Angeles county , California
boasts of 275,000 sheep.
A prune orchard of thirteen thou
sand trees is being set out near Gilroy
Cal.
Cal.Twenty
Twenty dollars per cord is the price
-of wood at Tombstone , Arizona , am
it is scarce at that.
Twenty-two of the great sugar plan
tations of the island of Cuba are farm
ed by the Jesuit order.
There are JJ83 boys on board the
United States training-ship New
Hampshire , atNewport.K. I.
It is stated that Lord Garmoyle at
the opera in New York changes his
gloves whenever the curtain falls.
The largest potato starch factory in
the world is at Carlbon , Me. Its ca
pacity is from 200,000 to 250,000
bushels.
New Hampshire has 193 Presbyteri
an churches. Seventy-fi e of them do
not sustain permanent preaching with
out help.
The Massachusetts legislature has
refused to allow a woman preacher o ;
Nantucket to perform the marriage
ceremony.
Dr. Die Lewis says that tomatoes
are a medicine and not a food ; ant
should only be eaten when prescribed
by a physician.
The Columbian university , of Wash
ington , has decided to admit women
to" the study of medicine , with the
same privileges accorded to men.
The widow of Gen. Stonewall Jack
son has consented that his war-horse ,
Old Sorrel , shall be exhibited at the
New Orleans exposition for the benefil
of the Confederate Soldiers' home.
A Kansas City physician expresses
the opinion that hundreds of people
are buried alive every year , and that
an average of three out of every hun
dred corpses might be resusitated.
A Chinese opium don has just been
broken up at Dalton , Tex , , in which
peepholes were rented for 25 cents per
hour to those who wished to watch the
female victims of the drug enjoy its
influence.
A large meteor fell recently near
Gainesville , Ga. Its course lay di
rectly over the town , and , as it
passed , so intense was its brightness
that it rendered objects in darkened
rooms plainly visible.
The diaphragm of a new telephone
through whichi conversation has been
held between New York and Cleveland
is made of cork. The extreme sensi
tiveness of this substance to the tones
of the human voice is a late discov
ery.
ery.It
It is like a story of ' 49 to read that at
a recent performance at the Standard
theater , San Francisco , an apprecia
tive man became so enthusistic over
the introductory portion of the per
formance that he began throwing
money on the stage.
The ink pencils lately brought into
use are stated to be dangerous innova
tions , ? as the transfer ot writing made
by them is a very easy matter. Any
signature can be reproduced by using
two sheets of dampened paper. The
first will take the impression reversed
aid the next will- receive it precisely
as originally written.
About a decade ago a German postal
official hit upon the idea of printing a
New Year's wish upon the bands or
wrappers of mail matter that was ad
dressed to foreign countries. The
conceit took , and now the middle offi
cials in nearly every country in the
postal union greet each other , at the
beginning of the year , in this novel
way.
way.Dr.
Dr. Crndelli , of Rome , gives the 'fol
lowing directions for preparing a
remedy for.malaria , which has proved
efficacious when quinine has given no
relief : Cut up a lemon , peel and pulp ,
in thin slices , and boil it in a pint and
half of water until it is reduced to
half a pint. Strain through a linen
cloth , squeezing the remains of the
boiled lemon , and set it aside until
cold. The entire liquid is taken fast-
The total number of banking institu
tions that failed in 1884 is 121 , 11 of
vhich were national banks , 22 state
> anks , 11 savings banks , and 77 private
) ankmg institutions. Nineteen of
these failures are traceable to the fraud
of bank officers ; 25 of them resulted
from unfortunate operations in stocks ,
disconnected from the element of fraud ,
and 67 , or more tnan one-half of them ,
were due , either directly or indirectly ,
to some form of speculation.
It is asserted by some wicked person
that it is now the custom for lovers to
write peculiarly affectionate remarks
cm the outside of envelopes , and to
cover such remarks with a postage- ;
stamp. Thus a young man may write
note which any young girl could
show to her mother , while at the same
time he could use the most affection
ate language under cover of a stamp.
All the young lady has to do is secret
ly to remove the stamp without de
stroying the writing underneath.
A guest at a fashionable reception
narrates that he overheard a 16-year-
old dandy say to a still younger belle :
"I am glad that my family got out of
trade fifty years ago. My father wa's
never in business , but devoted himself
to a science as a hobby. He made
several discoveries , you know , that
have got a permanent place in the
books. " Then he looked into the girl's
face for admiring wonder , but saw
only gentle commiseration : o your
poor papa had employment ? " she
said , add then , with a gleam of proad
disdain she added : "My father never ,
never did anything at all. "
The consumption of chocolate in
this country is largely on the increase ,
one manufacturer stating that last
year he made " 1,500,000 pounds and
used a ton of sugar per day. The'best
cocoa beans come from Venezula and
Mexico , and the cheapest from San
Domingo. The two great chocolate
consuming countries are France and
the United States , but manufacturers
in the former country , so far as the in
terchange of markets ia concerned ,
have greatly the advantage. Pre
pared chocolate entering this country
has a duty of 2 centsperpound to pay ,
while the same goods entering France
must pay 16 cents per pound.
O'DONOVAN EOSSA.
America's Famous Dynamite Chieftain's Ca
reer.
t The St. James ? ( London ) Gazette pub
lished a year ago the subjoined ac
count of the life of O'Donovan Bossa
prior to his removal to America. Since
that event Mr. Rossa has figured
prominently as the head ot what is
known as the skirmishing-fund , and it
has become the fashion , whenever
there have been developments of a
sensational character in connection
with the Irish revolutionary party in
the United Kingdom , to attribute
them to the machinations of Bossa and
his confederates upon this side of the
Atlantic , whether or not with justice
it is hard to tell ; but certain it is that
Mr. Rossa has not sought to evade the
notoriety that this might bring him.
The Gazette article says : "It is just a
quarter of a century since O'Donovan
Rossa became a public character. He
was then about 28 , strongly built ,
overflowing with life , and abounding
in frolic. In those days he kept a
shop in Skibbereen , selling everything
in the way of food and clothing re
quired by his neighbors. His neigh
bors meant everybody peasants and
townspeople for miles around , and
Rossa , being universally popular , was
a thriving man. His proper name was
Jeremiah O'Donovan ; but , as there
was quite a tribe of O'Donovans in that
quarter , and a score at least of Jerries ,
our shopkeeper got an additional and
distinctive appellation , taken from his
birthplace Ross-carberry.
"Rossa was an early convert to Fen-
ianism or , as it is called by the initia
ted this side of the Atlantic , the
Irish.Republican ) Brotherhood )
having been s worn in so far back as853.
He was already a man of mark , not un
deservedly ; for , beginning life at 16 a
poor , friendless lad , his strong quali
ties and business aptitude had made
him comparatively rich. He was just
the sort of recruit that the shewd
Stephens who never troubled himself
with the 'tag-rag' of the brotherhood
delighted to make. Having named
Rossa the district C. , the 'captain'
went his way , leaving the new officer
to swear in as many of his acquaint
ances as he could persuade to join.
Putting his heart into the work , Rossa
gathered a regiment some hundreds
strong in and about Skibbereen. This
done , he followed the example of his
fellow-chiefs elsewhere , established a
mechanics' institute and reading-room-
and became an ardent social reformer.
He dubbed his literary association the
'
Phoenix club , in comp'limcnt to O'Ma-
lioney , whose branch of the conspiracy ,
not then so strong as it afterward be-
same , was known as the Phoenix asso
ciation. And under the cover of this
club he carried on the business of the
conspiracy with such skill.
"James Stephens usually kepf a
tight hand over such clubs , and as
suredly would not have permitted a
Qumber of vagaries in which Rossa
, nd the Phoenix men indulged in 1858 ,
nad he been at home. As it happened ,
ie spent the earlier half of that year
in America , teaching O'Mahoney , who
was greatly in need of the lesson , howe
: o organize. And , in consequence ,
: he demonstrative andagressive Rossa ,
jeing left very much to himself , con
trived to attract the attention of the
government. The whole affair was
very curious , and , on many accounts ,
merits elucidation. Suflice i to say
now , that Rossa and a number of his
associates were arrested , tried and
sonvicted , But it was the interest of
3ver3rbody concered to make as light
af the affair as possible , so that the
orisoners , after man } ' months of im-
) risonment , were released in 1859 , on
ionditioH of coming up for judgment ;
when called upon. They were now all
marked men ; so most'of them took
hemselves off some to America , some
o England , and one or two to Dublin.
Among the last was Rossa , who came
out of prison to. find his business ru-
ned.
ned.His
His fellow-Phoenix men drifted about
n the world ; he was far too useful a
man to be allowed to drift. Stephens
; ook him as a confidential aid and kept
lim employed now as an organizer
n one or the other of the Irish prov-
nces , now in breaking up the meetings
of such nationalists as ref use'd to con-
pire , and now as one of the series of
messengers that were constantly com-
ng and going between the American
and European branches of the con-
piracy. In all these avocations Rossa
listinguished himself by zeal and ad
dress , as well as by a truculence which
was thoroughly good-humored and
rish in those days.
"At length that notorious journal ,
The Irish People , was established to-
vard the close of 1863 , and Rossa be-
ame the nominal proprietor. He now
ook a wife for the second time , find-
ng considerable difficulty in getting a
mest to perform the ceremony , in
uch disrepute at the time was the
conspiracy with the great body of the
rish Roman Catholic clergy. Shortly
afterward Rossa started to America on
Tenian business. After n short stay
on the other side of the water he re-
urncd to Ireland toward the end of
fuly , 1865 , in company with Messrs.
? . W. Dunn and P. J. Meehan. These
; wo gentlemen were deputed by O'Ma-
lony to do certain business with
Stephens as to the rising , fixed to
ake place on the ensuing anniversary
of Emmet's execution. In stepping
ashore Meehan iostsome important
> apers in a way that has never been
ully explained. These papers Were
ricfied up.and placed in the hands of
he authorities. The leading conspir
ators were greatly dismayed and
inrdly to be restrained by Stephens
and Rossa ( the latter being a merciful
man in- those days ) from punishing
Meehan severely.
The government took no action un-
il within a few days of the date faxed
or the insurrection. Then , however ,
t flung its net over the Fenian leaders ,
and caught nearly every one of them
of any consequence at a single sweep.
On the night of the loth of September
the office of T/ic Irish People was taken
> o3session of by the police , and half
in hour later'Rossa himself , who , like
most of the other leaders , had been
expecting it , was arrested. Like the
others , too , he believed that his incar
ceration must end in a very few weeks
jy the success of the rebellion.
"On the 10th of September Steohens
was caughtand placed in the next cell
toRossain Richmond . bridewell. A.
Fenian , one Yrank Byrne , ex-soldier of
the Papal brigade , was one of the
warders , and Stephens escaped. ;
Ihanks-to Byrne , Rossaand the other
were parfectly aware of what was going -
ing on than night , and lay still , confident - .
dent that their turn would come ere
long. We all know how miserably ;
they were disappointed. ,
"At the trial that followed , Rossa } |
rendered himself conspicuous above
his fellows by audacity and energy. '
In return he got the heaviest sentence ,
of any penal servitude for life.
When released in 1871 he was an al
tered man. Ho was no longbr lighthearted -
hearted and rollicking. He had lost
his geniality and fun. Ho seemed to "llj
have lost altogether his rough but
hearty kindness. At the same time he
preserved all his intelligence , firmness
and energy. Ho was a { or rather the ) fc.
Fenian martyr , and he bad the repute
of being the most honest and trust
worthy of all the chiefs. It was natural - | > ]
ural , therefore , that ho should gather
to himself a strong party of the Amer
ican Fenians , and as natural that the
said party should exceed all the othi
ers in steady ferocity of purpose. " *
, . |
Disciplinfi in the Chinese Army. '
The Shanghia correspondent of The
London jind Chinese Telegraph thus reports - ,
ports : " 1 am told that the garrison of
'
the Woosung forts is to be reinforced'
by four thousand men , who will march
for their post in a day or two. A few.
Chinese soldiers passed through the. , jj
settlement to-day in full panoply ofi ji
war that is , all of them 'had umbrel- * jl
las opened out to keep their jackets- -y
dry as th'ey marched in the rain.- i
Some of them had rifles on their shoulders ] ? I
ders in any way but the right one , ] ti
more of them had flags with which to ) H
scare the French. They were most of . " 111
them fine fellows , but lack the very ! J ]
essentials of making them formidable )
against an enemy , although they will )
no doubt prove formidable to the ,
peasantry in the neighborhood of their ;
camp. The lack of discipline is a
fruitful cause of trouble in the Chinese-
army ; officers are often unfit for theirs
positions , and unable to control the ; ]
men under them by gentle means , but'- |
they are willing to use harsh ones. ' - a
Flogging is quite common in the * |
Chinese camp , and there appears to : ! |
bo no limit to the number of strokes
an offender may receive. For anyi
infraction of the rules of propriety any *
number of strokes from fifty to five-
hundred , or even five thousand , may
be given. I have often seen two'
thousand administered to a man for.
slight offenses. Sometime the lictor.
himself gets licked for being to gentle *
in the use of his bamboo. Of course aj
long-continued beating on the fleshy
part of the thighs , however gentle , ,
soon beats the flesh into a black and'
deadened mas * , which is often broken'
and bleeding , and takes a long time to.
cure. The marks generally remain'
during life , but that is a matter of
small consideration to officers who
have themselves suffered such punish
ments. Sometimes the officers ap "
pear to have a desire of avenging" jt ail
themselves on the unfortunate mem- v" 41
bers of their corps as an atonement for - * \ Ml
the wrongs they have themselves suf- , j
fered. Cutting off a finger or an ear , . Nf
sometimes the lips , is resorted to us a
punishment for slight offenses. Many ;
Chinese officers have but one ear. "
An American Mute Artist.
I have been looking at two pictures ,
writes a Paris correspondent , by an-
artist who has been a deaf-mute ever ,
since his infancy. Mr. Humphrey )
Moore , however , talks as nimbly with )
his fingers as other persons d"o with
their tongues , and that , too , in some'
four or five languages. He is one of )
our best American painters , and these (
two canvases are attracting a greatj
deal of attention. One is a characteristic - '
istic Spanish scene , a view of the-
At ham bra ; twelve dancers and musi
cians on and around a table ; two co
quettish ladies seated in chairs enjoying - ,
ing themselves with the gossip of these
cabotins , and in the background the ;
old Moorish palace. In truth , the. '
scene is a living one. The physiognomies - '
mies each had their proper character , *
their individuality , and yet all are ,
participating in the common action-
that bids fair to bring them in plenti- ;
fnl supply of coin. These players , '
this beautiful dance , these ravishing :
senoritas , are alive , their po-es arej
easy and natural , their local costumes ;
accuracy itself. Mr. Moore has re-j
produced with marvelous fidelity the ;
black eyes , the luscious lips , the grace-1
ful forms , the exact colors which he
saw in Seville and elsewhere out-of-
doors in that picturesque land. The-
figures are small , almost minute , and ,
yet with what a vigorous touch , with t
what great finesse , has he laid on all
the artistic details that were necessary ,
to give to them a' moving actuality. .
This remark is equally true as applied
to the other pciture , a scene in Japan ,
and which is brim-full of the local
color of that far-off empire. For these ,
two pictures Mr. Crocker paid for the *
Spanish S7,000 , and for the Japanese
one $4,000. Bonnat pronounces both-
of them ravissant. Mr. Moore is a
pupil of the geat Gerome , and a disci
ple , so to speak , of the lamented
Fortuny , whose widow is one of Mrs. '
Moore's most intimate friends. Both
these ladies are Spanish , and both are , * \
0.3 good as they are beautiful.
A Sensible Creed.
An important part of the Buddhist ,
creed is the belief in the alternations
of periods of repose with periods of
activity. As man sleeps every twenty-
four hours , and vegetation subsides
and revives with the seasons , so rest-
periods follow each incarnation. The
tide of humanity flows on to each
of the seven planets , seven times ,
and passes through its seven races and
ebbs away again , bufthe great rest
period of our planetary chain does not
begin until the seventh round of hu
manity is perfected. At an incalcula
bly remote period the whole of the \ f i
seven planetary chains of our solar ' [ 5
system will pass into a period of rest ,
and finally the whole universe itself
will have its great cosmic night.
Tovonto Gto&e.