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ll 1? snbl le/anS' V^ry^?rTd wldo, t> WI
It roouurci the world at my side;
It touches tho Htnrn nod tho sun
It broods on the, blossoms, and none,
its brooding, are a,
tBiVoIasalikoi
0 I
h heard,
hi noTihHuTOffsh loo snow, tils !
With tho moon from the chasms of night
11 u^od^IUwJ rirSit, Q Vt iV
I cannot forget or ovado;
When it shakes at ray Bleep, as a dresm.
It smile* from the c radio; it lies
On tho dust of the ftravo, and it- cries r f )
Iu tho wluds and tho waters; dtallps p. -*?
In tho fluBh of tho leaf to tbo ?round;
It troubles tho kiss at my J"
It lend*
It mat
It unhfftooB tCo bToflTof "IhTsiTnt.
Thtvrrminnand ojo,wa of tlto VAg.-- t
"Or thobrlde, and Ute robt? of tho priest,
{ Eboigpd*. m |b?lrpri?p'^ts?^^,ato?iI^, TlirtoJ
The angels'thai sanp; in the oast ?
. tbo cross of my Lord bus kaftan Iwjmiws
And wlngR thoro are nouo that can fly
From its shadow w iUi mo till I die l_ _ .
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THE HEADLESa* So?emI
" God speel you, and a sate journey
to ypu/Charley?"} ejaculated-the master
of tue little JBhobo6ri house at BalFy
hooley, a^ej^^ju|^|d,friend .and. good
customer,' Charley Galn?hd,' who at
length had. turned his. face. homeward
?with the prospect fif/a^^r^Wa^rabA''
and as dark a "night as' ever -fell' upon
the Blaokwater, along whose ^banks ;he
was about to journey.
t.KGU*rley.; Ouluano know the country
well, and, moreover, was as bold and as
daring a rider as any fallow boy that
over rattled a fou^yeaTUfcld ?ipon J^r um
rue race course. He had gone to Fer
moy in the monmi/r aa 5s*dll for the pur
pose of purchasing some ingredients
?Miiijed tor tho Christmas diunar by
, his wife, fts to gratify his own vanity by
'having new reins fitted in his snaffle, in
which he i-tended showing, off, the old
mare at the approaching '8trt3tbpheri*B
day hunto vyi>. T^Ofll JLIIHT <>t
Charley did not get oat" of Fermoy
until late for. although ho was Jiot one
of your very partibrilar'eftrVlnHinytniiig?1
relating to the common occurrences of
life1, yet; in all the appointments relating
to hunting, riding, leaping, in short, in
whatever .waa, c^npeeted With tho old
t more, Charley, tho Biiddler Baitl, "was
' tho devil to plaze." An illustration of
this fastidiousness was afforded-, by. his){
going Huoh a djfctaivba ft>r^a^nafflo bri~
die. Mallow was* tnil tweivc? miles
nearer Charley's farm (which lay iuat i
three quarters of amilo bolbw Carnek)
than Fermoy, but Charley had quar
reled with all tho Mallow paddlers/aud
no one wonld content him in all partic
ulars but honest Mick Twomey, of Fer
moy, -who used to fussort-^tna who will
doubt it ??that he conld stioh a saddle*
better than the 1 >rA lieutenant, al
though they^made him all as one ns
king over Irela"cu7 * ' '
The, delay in tho arrangement of* the
snaffle .brialo did- not .allow Charley
Cnlnane bo long a visit as he had at
iirat^ihtend"d to his old friend and gbs-'
sip, Con. Bnokley, of the Harp of Erin.
Con., however, knew the vnlne of time,
and insisted upon Charley making a
good use;df ."whiit he had to spare. "I
won't bother you waiting! for water, be
cause I think you'll have enough of the
name before .yp.u.get home j tao. drink off
your liquor', mail, it's'as god:*!'parlia
ment as over a gentleman tastet]?'' ..
Charley, it muHt bo confessed, noth
ing loth, drank ^jftttajess to C n?, and
success to. tho jolly *'Harp of Kci'i,"
witlnits head of lieutity and 'its utringH
"?of "tho hair' of go!<l/'and'to their bptfar
acquaintance, and so on, irorh the ^boti-i
torn of hjs aynl, until the,bottom of the
bottle reminded' him' that Carriok was
. at the botyorn of the hid on .tho other
Hide of Oiistletdwu* Koche, arid that h'e
had got no further on hin road than his
o gossip's aX Bally hqqley, close to tlio big
gatd at Connamore. Catching hold of
his oilskin hat, therefore, while Con.
Bnckley went to- the^oupbpard for a,u-.
other bottlo^?f ?ttier'*reai stuff,'1 he reg
ularly, as ho formed it, bolted- from his
friend's hospitality, darted to tho sta
ble, tigmf^m'f^^^iSv, nflr!" put tho
old mare into' a cantor toward home.
,.. Charley ?inti.red gayly, regard los? of
tho rain, which, an his friend Con. had
anticipated, fell in torrents ; the good
old''woman's currants .0nd rrfislits wore
caref|ll>*i)ackfid^t'wee'n tiiei%l?%f
hisyoomanry cloak, which Charloy.'who
?flMttq^W^li^VinR that lie botong'od
! n the " ttfVyal Mallow light horio vol?
and took euro to never destroy the mil
itary offeot by putting it on.
Notwithstanding; that tho visit to the
jolly "Harp of Erin" had a little in
creased tho natural oomplaoonov of his
mind, the drenohiug, hi hifl.?hafllo reins
began to disturb him, and then followed
a train of more anxious thoughts than
even were occalsimipd by the dreaded
defeat of the pride of his long antici
pated turn-out on St* Stephen's. day.
In an hour of good-fpllowship, when
his hoatt vwa warm, and hia head not
over oool, Oharloy had backed Iiis old
mare against Mr. Jepson's bay filly Dcf
tl^ntona, for a neat hundred, and he felt
soro'miflgivings as to the nrndence of
tho match.
y ^flqw arrived af.Uie bottom of Kil
'oummer Hill, and his eye fell on tho
old walls that belonged, in former
times, to the Knights Templars'} bht
the silent gloom of tho ruin was brokon
only by the hoavy rain whioh splashed
find pattered on the ?rave-HtorieH. ITe
meroy on his new snaffle reins; and no
sooner wore hin,eves lowered than his
'"flWliaff
oTtroordinary as almost lea mm to
doubtO/i?ptthfc'cs; Wtf-fiW* apparent
ly of a whito horao, with short, cropped
t iMfinrum mmmriiiii' iiun*i iht
ears, large, open nostrils, and immei
eves, Boomed rapidly toj? follow bii
No oonneotion with body, logs or ride>
could possibly bo traced. Tho hoad ad
vanced. Ohaxley's old xnaro, too, wti
moved by thjtffeunnatural sights
"irre ^w|a Tnoffed for 4vart[ ^lnfPipTBle|:
on, OharTey pursuing it with astonish
ing gazOy Bttd woad?f|ng by what means
and lor what purpoao this dotaohod heafli
tliuB prooooded through tho air; he did
inoft pOrcdrvoHbovoorrosponding body
until ho wao suddenly startled by lind
fj}g it .oIobo by his side. Oharloy turned
to examine what was thus so socially
jqgging^on withy bimfyhen a most uri
IS^Eiw ?4KMNS4l}Qted itaelf tt>
cus view. A*ugure, whoso height he
computed io bo at least eight feet, wak
seated, on tho body and lugs of a whitp
horso fully eighteen, hands and a half
high. In this 1?^ea8uremo?t, Oharloy
could not be mistnken,-for his own mart}
was (vxaotly fifteen hands high, and the
bod$$that tbjfisTjogged alongside, lib
ocnittfcat orJcd netermine, was a; least
threo hands and u half higher.
'1'After the first reeling of astonishment
was Over, he exclaimed, "I'm Bold now
tention to this extraordinary oody, and
having, examined it with 4lio oyo of ?
connoissenr, he prooseded to reconnoi?
itbvi !tbe, ligroroTtanmn^u?lly'mounledi
who hp. 1 hithertoi remained perfectly
muh). Wi?hing to bco whothor bia com
ipauion-ftsilonoo arose from bud ternpor,
want of conversational powors, or from
a distal bo water, nnd the fear that tho
opening of Iiis month migbt subject
himS? havingf it filled with rain, ho en?
detmJred t<f o&toh a sight of his oomt
^janion.'s face, in order .to form an opini
io?on tbatft).int.Jl Bu^-hiB'vision failed
in carrying him further than the top of
tbo collar of the figure's coat, Which
wW^'feoarlet singlc-broastad bunting
frook. having'a waist of a very old-fash"
ionodeut; reaohing to tbo sftddlo, with
two huge shining buttons at about a
.yard distance behind.
"I onght to eeo farther than this,'
too,'" thought Charley, " although ho is
monntedon bis horse, like.my cousin]
|Darl)y{.wb.p>,j^^ cpn^blo
last week, unlesB it is Con's whisky that
has blinded mo enlirely." However,,
see farther he oould not, and after,
straining his eyes for a considerable
timo to no purpose, ho exclaimed, with
pure ? vexation, "By tho big bridge of
Mallow, ifcjs lo head at all he has I" !
"Look, again, Charley Culnane,",
a aid a hoavso voice that seemed to pro
ceed from under tho right arm of tho!
? Charloy did look again, and now in
tbo proper plaeu?for bo clearly huw,
under tho aforesaid right arm, tho bead
from whioh tho voice had proceeded,
and snob a head no mortal over saw bo
foroi Tt looked like a largo cream,
cheese h'ung^ar&mm *with black pud-,
ding. No speck or oolor enlivened the;
ashy paleness of the depressed features;'
the skin lay stretched over tbo unearth*]
ly surface almost like .tbo, parchment-'
head of a drum. T?vb fiery oyes of
prodigious iuro^mfeconce^FAtb A.sti ''?
and irregular motion, flashed like mete-:
l ors upon Charley, and a. mouth that
reached;{roin' either extremity of two
ears, whioh pf epod fortnf rom nnder ay
profusion .of matted locks, of lusterlcs-i
blrickriefifl.' Thiehoad, wbiob tbo figure
had.oyjdent'y4h,UMU-lo concealed from'
Charley's1 eyes,'"now burst upon his
view ip.. all its hideousness. Charley,'
although a lad of proverbial courage? jjjn
the county ?f Cork! ?o'?td not but ford
his norvcs;aJittl? shokv?' by ibis unex
pected visit from tho noadlens nbrsu
man, whom he considered this figure
must 'doubtless bei ' ' ? *'
Tho crop-eared heajd of the gigautid
?borno Tni?vid' steadily i?rtvt?d, alWayH
keeping from Hix to eight yards in ad-(
vaneo. T)\o horsoman, unaided by tho
whip or npnr. nnd d>Attaining the use of
! stirrups, which' dhngled ' nselesa 1 roni
I the saddle,followed at, a,trot by Char
loyV side, his hideous- hend now lost
behind tho lapelI pf his-coat,. now Hftirf
iw? for*h in all its fior'ror as tho motion
of tho horso caused his arm to move to
and fro. Tbo ground shook under thei
weight of its fiupernntnr.il burden, and
the water inWpnoWwnB hgttflt'od'iri!p
waves as ho trotted by them.
On thov went?bends wihtput bodies
and bodies without liend?. ? Tho deadly
silonco of night wos broken* oiily by tbo
fo>rJul olaif? of; hoofs and* tho distant
pound of thunder, .which rumbled nbpvo
the mystio hill! of (kimuo ,u Mono
Pinnea. OrnTrreffwiio \rw*H?CTrallTa;
merry-hearted and rather talkative fol
low, had hitherto felt tongue-tied by,
apprehension; but finding h'm compan
ion Rhowed no evil disposition toward
him, .and having become somewhat
reconciled to'tho Patagonian dimensions
of the horseman and his headless steed,
['?pmoked Yip all hjs courage, n.nd thus ad
dressed tho stranger :
v I* Why. thon, ypur hpnor ridps mighty
well'withont stirrups." **- ?? t?Avr
" Hump !" growled; tho .hea^ from
under tpat horHf man's right arm,
" This is not an over civil answer,'*
thought Charley; "but no matter, bo was
taught in ono^hf'tli6'm riding houses,'
may-bo, and thinks nothing at all about
bumping Ins. leather breech."'s,.at' th<i
rnte of ton milo's ?n hour.' I'll try liim
on tho other tack. Ahem,!" said
Charloy, cleaving bis throat, and feelinc;
at tho samo time rather daunted at this
seoond alU'tapt, to establish a ronvorsa
rir,n; "Ahem !' that's a mighty neat
Lcont of, your ?ii?iior'?. Ml'cliougu "im ??
!littlo too long in tho waist for tho ?i-ra
entont."
" FTumph I" growlol again t!u> head.
?T1i;b Sofobd humph we"- a b-rriMo
ihnmp la flioTace to poor Charley, whd
wan fairly bothered to ; knpw, wkjit sub.
jeot ho could start that would prove
?rlifoW*^-ih?J UmI:* 1?.UlUfP?! !i Iii! -"
more agreeable.?WX'i'TObv? I sensible,
hoadjH thought?Ue\itf an ugly
one; for. 'tin plain ouough thorJnati
d'oosn't like 'flattery." A third attempt,
however, Charley waB determined to
make, a^fetOmpfflfilMHTBis observa
dorfal hoitdle?? borne 'that was jogging
on so Booiably by the side of the old
about Cajpripk to be very knowing in
hor?03,lb??idbii. being a private in. tho
Boyal Mallow light horse volunteers!,
who wero every5 brid'-' df-them mounted
liko real rHessians, Jhe fe.lt rathoc.aau
u ??ine as to t!n?re*nltbf hl? thir&aitemptj
"To bABur^.^hatJ^^^br^vrjhorso yonr
honor rfaes," reobmniehoed 'tho porBovi
,rYou may say that, with your own
ugly month," growTed the head.
a^if^tho^ghfj jaqi^ 5?a.ph - flatter od
lie. compliment,, uovor 1 hdloati ehuok
led at iqOuqecss "in" .obtaining.' an, an?
Mf^M ma HSIm ***
" May-be your honor wouldn't bo af
ter riding him across the oquntrv,?''
"Will you try-me/OhiirlWVr 'said tho
head, with an inc.ftpVesslb'to look bf
ghafit.ly dolighW110 KOlT'jaiKiV.ltJ
"Faith, and that's what I'd do," re
sponded Charley'; ?'onVV'Fra Afraid, the
mare, and Tve every halfpenny of a
hutidtod ponnds im her hiteRM
Thiswas true enough. Charley's cour
age was nothing dashed at tho hoadlcf>.<{
horeeratin's proposition ; nod there nev
er was a atoeplQ-ohase,.ridiugfprlqapio^rj
in the country3 thht Chargev Onlriand was
not'at it; and tbretobstiift'lti yp*irtr>o%
" Will you take my word ?" said the
man who carried his head so snugly n?
der his right arm, " for the safety' of
y nut mare tf' F
V. Done,." said Charley, and away thqy
started,'belter skelter, over everything,
diteh and Wall, pop'; tho old hinr-e hover
, went^ jq.such;style, eve'nfisf j bjetohd; {day
light, and Charley had just the start of
his companion, when the hoorso voice
called out; " Charley,Conane, Char
ley, man; stop for1 ybnr'Iifq ; stop ?"
Charley pulled up hard,"-' Af-Ay,''- Said
he, " you may beat me by the head, be
cause, it-always, goes po umn,cli|ibefore
yon ; but if the'bot was" neck rind* nook,',
and that's tho go botween th? old mare
and "Deademona, I'd win it-hollow-!''
It'appoared as if the stranger was'well
aware bf what was passing in Charley's
nund, for.ho suddenly brqko. out quite
loquacious.
" Charley- Oulame-.vj- "says "he, " you
have a stout spul in yoa, and, are every
inch of youja good rider;' I've tried you
and I ought.> ib/kho'w,. and that's the
aortof man for my; money. A..hundrod
years it is* eincc my horse and T broke
cur necks at the' bottom ? of' Kilcnmraer
hill, nnd over since I/veibeen trying to
get a man that'.dared, to, ride with me,
and never found one before: Keep, as
you have always! done, at tho tail of tho
hounds, never bautyc. an inohr nor turn
away from a st?rio wall, and the Head
less Horseman' will nover desert you
nor the old mare."
Char?ryx'in'*?mazement looked toward
his rignl Ojgnfor tho purpose oflfteeing
in his fa<jewhether or not he .waf' in
earnest; Jjq!tA behold, the head -wan (
snugly loago'd in Jiljo huge pr.eket of ,
the horseman's sqarlot hunting-clonk.
The. horsV?-"heod; Jiad ascondod per-:
pendioularly abovd'thora, and bisjoxtra
ordtnaryv?Mmpaniqn risiug quiokly af
tethia av^jitcourier, vauishe.u from tho
asjtonisho&?j$o of -Charley Cnlnane.
Charley,, oq may"bo supposed, was
lost in wondor, delight and perplexity ;
the.poltinr? rain, the.wife'spiidding, tho
new' sncfTW-^-bvon "tho-,. match against i
'SqMiire Jephsou?all wero forgotten :]
nqfc?inc could ho think of, nothing could 1
ho talk of but the headless horseman.
Hqhild it directly ho got homo to Judy;
he^told'it tho following morning to nil
the'<neighh?Ers, and*ho foldjtt to tho
hunt on JiiLdptephop'a-.dav^bnt what
prqvoked'iliim, after a>r the tmins ho
took in describing the bend, the horse,
an3[ the m^n^was, that one and all at
tributed "frftr^creatipn of the? hendlesH
horseman.to his friend, Con.Buckley's
""X, water parliament." This, however,
should bo told?Mint C'mrloy'a old mure
beat Mr. {Fapnaon'^big Ally Desdemonn
by DiamqwnVi-aud Charley pocketed his
oool huncWrtri^ and if ho didn't win bv,
means of VffWH?'adlePS Horseman, I am
sure I dotft^teiow any other reason for
his doing bo.
A Penny Wise Chap.
I am*TlrfnVln'p) of Trfe tiixii I spent
down on tho Bay,- of Naples, where tho
sunpy; Italian goea ^n, Rwirqming in the
faqq/nf everypod^/ The qrinhy Italian
?-a,slendor youngster who swam tvoll
wanted ? eopper for his excelle'nt diving;
would J drop one into tho water and fif,?
him ptbpgo for it. ? Yea! Down he
^went a'nd camo up presently with tears
in his eyos ; tho oppper w^ lost and iyi
would', havo to go hnnrjry for. ho waH
i .ppor. 1 was touched by lpn sorrow,
und down ho wont after a second cop
,ppr, but returned with the same pitiful
etory, embsllished to a degree, but he
i wont i too far, for at that rrion>ent ^no
ohoked, and out of his mouth flew the
ttro opppors, to inv amar.nuK-ut. and
chagrin. I mid, ??* Bonnv, though you
livrt'in'thiB stato of nature' a thounand
t'^Bars. yon swallow no more of my cop
?pftrH."^-?San PrarioiAno Calf.
[tjytjwMiWlOlUjlfia nt\lhfit?Lcj .it L.-fai ;i d<[f ?' ?
? "Dear Gobrge, how sweet and
Wiyn urtik vtcin (;t-, ni?u<- iim-iii. w/i 111
j pmuatihtr \ri$ nrni around a f vt'ity-four
i bone oorrc^ i liow liTcfi, a-'-A'-^-'i ow like
7J' ?
;.a dweftni !"..'.' How Ul-t '? \", o?'tbr(e
ri -i^Mgiip^d granger ; tliem't? oule,
yonng nion "
Its Viuloun ;'<a(urcs Iii tho llino-cnt
Hunks of Society. . . .
. In Scotland it,in difiioult for a man to
a 1 a v. t ho li 10 bntweon ' courtship; bira' a
?ooUPmbio?li QonOitioiM 1 iThat wbiabin Ab4
Eugbahman is but a flirtation, would
;be'oomo'iu- tb?7 S6otohmah''r?nk matHt
niony. Most ? poc plo iu Scotland Uro
,n^airied^bujt(tboy. ar,p; jaofc.aware of. the)
faot, as Monsieur Jordbn did not know
that lio had been talking ^rose all Ms
[ life ;Uj the 1 distinotion /.isl?drawn.' :when
they. do become aware, and. then tho
marriage'is avowed.' In Wales," cotirt
1 ship takes ? aim&tqrialforro^ambtig 'the
humbler classes at least?and . reaolv<s
i itself into what v.*o call romping. Iu
England, .(here .are differ eat, ways of do-l
ing tho snnib thing.'* Wnen fLady Clara
Voro de Verb is a pretendh' in' her own!
rank:; of lifo (and ehe Im' not. p.l.way*
trifleU with the, V Joolish vppman" of
Mr. Tennysb' 'sp/ibrh), tlm'aVran^em?n.i?
bo two en tho pair< are ? conducted with
referenoe ,tPi?o!TOj'W*&; degree &ihroH4
quotto, but etiquette does not .rule ou-!
tireiy, and'-^c^La-Jy 'ClAras bav? itrm'
dame, tendencies: tbitnakeithe moat of! the
situation^as.b^iesar^d^enyemail who
are not qnife per equal iu rank.'. 'She is
not restrained 'to'the extent^Wia"tl Bh'e'i
.tfoujd. be,4mFranoe-,afld',it lifl hard if,
pnr,tho course of-walks, drives and'
dances;"croquet; cantering, exhibition-'
seeing?, piomoing, nnd r.ll the VAriphs
incident^ of town arid..o^nn^tjfI0lffe,;f^p
pair do not manage to meet some spvou
days i? tho week, and 'give the bbape-i
trono;now and; then 1 >th? 1 gflfcby>or Jpo thp
lower grades pf society it may bo sup
|pb?ed that courtship is eqnnliy1 dolight
ful, ubut Appearances-r> ate -vdecidedIV
against ^t,t Thorp is jioUrifig, japproach
ing restraint in the oode df etiqubtte
heie*,*'When Miss' Jemima ' Higgs ^hos!
beifyoung man,", and he is on auch
terms with her; family.?as, not, tpt, bp',
turned Put of ctoors.hemay gp' Id -tab'
house ? and--< take1 her nut -"whdnevori hb
pleasps? and no one dreams p?*intprfer
ing. Jemima is probably a presontrtble
style c^gvrl-^grris 6f other' classes aVe
fax more so than .they .wore, And cspo
.oiaUjjdr^ ^ettpr.thaiij t^hey d^d,, albeit |
in raf,heij an exaggerated style?but her
"betrothed ib decidedly rorlgh. 'SeP him
wheu h0 comes to take her out to walk'
inBattorsoa or Victoria park, or it may
be t6 go by steamer to QreerrmcHi',J He
.is far from being on a par with her, either
in , r^anners or , attire, especially if Xhp
latter.be bis holiday costume. Ho is
toleVbiy sure, too, to have a pipe or a
pjgjptafttifi mouth ; for this appendage-,
among oertain olasses of young ta.cn,
BeeniB to bo considered a necepsary part
of full dross. 'His talk is slang, and
not over refined. Tho girl goes off gay
ly with him, but one cannot help won
dering at her taste, and the question in
evil ably occurs?Of what do they talk
when alone ? Sho has read a few nov
els, and picked up a certain vocabulary
of sentiment5 but ho catnot have an
idea on this head, and hts rango of sub
jects must bo a very narrow one ?very
different from tho world of beautiful
fan oh a open to Lady Clara. Vere de
Voro and the young " Jord-loverV who
pays bis homage to her shrine. Jt is
not. to be supposed that humble' station
and want of culture- pr^vont...people
from loving as deeply as our aristocratic
friends. Tho late Robert Grpngb, in
a poetical version of a tal?; from . Boc
caccio, writos very prattily pf a pair of
lovers who sat together saying, nothiug,
but simply ** engaged in loviug/' wbibbi
the writer adds,."is quite an'occupa
tion, I assure you, iu its way." Jemima
and her " yotinff man" doubtless briug
all their teudor instincits towards the
" oooupation" in question, but it is sad
to think she will express her regrot. at
having to sit oppotdto to him iu tho 'bus
on their way homo, and that when his
wards take an afTeotionate form they
will conuoot Iut with the description of
" old gal." However, I am horo writ
ing of miserablb oook?evs. Villege
courtships mawtbe very dilTt>r?mt.affaire,
or poets would npt have glorille^ thorn
ns they have dope, '.from the oarlicst
period to tbo present time. I have my
suspicious that rustic lovers ar<r> not nlr
ways Damons aijd Phillises ;,'bnt, they
j'drenotUkely tobe without a certain rural
1 simplicity, and )at leastrfree from the
I trbmg of f he towu. The saddest kind of
c-/urt ships must 'be 'those of couples
who'do not eave'tnUoh ? ftbotit One. an
other. It is very,.eju?y.:to xuakpijpoopl??
hi lievo you love them jess tbftn you do,
but very difficult to mako thom btdiove
t hat you love them more.
A Tyro's ExporlencoBatingMacaroni.
A critribntor to tbo 'Arcadian thns
describes his experiunoo iu eating mac
aroni :
I know men who have been for years
nndCr Italian tutorship in this city try
ing to learn how to swallow the food of
'sunny Italy with ease and grace. But,
HftMr all their efforts, they < remind yon
01 ?an anaconda swaliowing bis biauken.
? I roruembor my own attempt not. long
sgo, in tho company of Signors Muzio
and Strako.ocb. The dolioiouu vernion
lar food cauto in coils pne hundred ijfoat
donor. I sl.uck my knifo itito it, cyt off a
section and swallowed it. Horror seized
upon my companions. ;
" fWpo di Buphhi !" exclaimed Mu
z-o. " Placid amen tl ! fizz?z ! dam!
It \h nncre !?snerileogo p
A^- for fitrakoecb, ho was petrilkd
with priof and induruafion, " Meip
Gott!'' hoo.xidaimed Hually, "you mdes
not coot him |V
I, leaned bock iu despair, looked at
the interminable food, aud wqtelw d my
friends dispose of it. They reoled it ou
fluur forks, put one end of tbo glutin
oua eab!?; in Ha ir mouths, and paid it
ou? in their idoiiiftch w ith.out a bite:
The optTrttioa was n. bennliful one'
lit whs not so miioh like eating as it was
I like taking in a stern lino ; bnt.it was a
?-.!!<)?.> ilf?fIK ]>> 1>i||fUJJ r. M )1 "IJ?lfj ij?
marvel of- skill, "J tried ^it., I felt the
xenfl?r Vbifteht1 sliding 'greasily jdown
znyi throat and cpil'nghnto my fstdmech
uouedme. 'It seemed .to mo thai I was
eating"- a Btbma?i^'p?mp. ' A,:hbrriblo
Jde'aleoized'mjw-. What;?rBhQuld.ppue'h
ok olioko with tho line only hqlf plaved
out-^parU'of itln mystbi&ibhlmU TOfH
of it on my plate?and I auohor?itbu&2
I know that, not an Italian - would- dnro
to Hft a , saorilegiqus knife and cut me
loose.'* S'rukoseh, 1 kuow,would ? dauco
around mo and warn ovorybody not to
?,DI no'np'e'i/fe'sit?ik'tb siv" ^MJ"i
could fitnbd it no longer* I. ? fled, paving
?4 ml 7 ?^tafo 9m lmmtf&p. $
macaroni.not unliko too tail of a comet.
h.'ft'iitl *t*i7Tt ioy>Th~Tv/ rr- !'j','[ntorn7'
Tho New York Fashions of the Ron
ftthutnel ?9r*na?l?Sf;,.(i': ni jf ;//i !
quality of ''mercy -should pot
dress skirts.. .Wo are actually tied up
K?d banddged'by thdsfchmVy littTtrsMrrs'
faahi6nablo this f?ll;! i >W6 < ?dtiori riVflry!
tV
fivo times; th fit. r And there ? ar,e;omni
buses whose first step eventuates in tho
VidriityW n'stt^ piti. I
Wall when doa iyiseoorelysettled'jinlii
skirt like a bloated, Jjwjtaloon Jeg^ud!
furthormorehasside strings fhaf tTtptnat
s1tiklti'ghtly'beh?id:t? prbdrtcatthJa Wn:-.
vyrinklod front.no ,fft>.)nouable, she hno
jt\ feat befpre her tp^raiBo a foot before
hoi*. ''Mo^tlaaiei^nft^b'at'th'? db'or ?tid
fjji vo it doiJbl.e-barreled elan'in bklp.that
laiids, bqth foptr P9 ft?: ?ffiy
perch and trust in Providence and tho
passenge^ lb pull 'en^fiKM Everything
is jet ted, and oven into t he silent city of
the dead go. thb;beads qpd bnglea, mnce
the. last'Wdr thing ta'h^anydid'herd
lately fo<*'his mothor-in-law was 'to. box
her in a robo of black ratin fairly crust
ed with jetiV beads. f fVery likely1 ther'e
was Vflat-Tron 'fh fifceh * jr>obket,I but o&hqj
wo dian't?ee.)x Tbrft man .had;pnly:the
.week; before told his wife he never felt
'any flimg'iite^th'e-weight ?tWe'?okd
embroi d ? v y sb'o' w i, t B. ? - - Tonn ranalytioal
mipd- the .ohmn ,of^mp^ifetio^^ I
very clear. . .
Hero ih1 "New'Y?rk tkdr? ard<: two ais>
tiuct types of' fashionable women ; tho
women who do and the , women , who I
dare. Tlie first chop: dfesfomkera Ab
up the ? majority of our (fashion-loving
ladies, .b.uli therqi^rp ,qtherH who get
themselves up after outre fashion-plates,
and tremendous is tho effect. The siaw
and fe?t'hats aro rather old-styliidi in
shape, but- when a woman faces , the
tumed-up front with pale blue,1 puts a
cluster of tea roses smack in front, a
rod breasted bird above ;thatfJ and \%
long-tailed plume beyond that,','then
lashes this oreation dh thd back'crf fier
head, cocked at an 'angle of forty?live
degrees, then "ho dqed./fl^onje^,^ ...<>2) j
Then the modistes,'put nice .little
standing collars on"-'dresses-'lond slash
them open at the breastn Ho, rsho,w{deU
cate locos and,: things. Tljis' foqr'th
probf' fashibnabld builds'^d^Bilk feAce
about her neck that towers heavenward,
ladies her beaded belt till her breakfast,
and any other affair sho may chance to
ermtaib, uro collapsed dike ''defective
flues. Thon :dio bur.-bi forth; in rovers
and plaitings.und lace ruffles across the
breast till she's disprdpoHioned as1 a ruf
fled pigeon. . lint Otfe > pucker dees she
allow her dress {skirt; ,"th?t'a. ;behind.
As this womau oonfrbntr* yon on thj*
streot sho has the a^pf'aranco bf bb'e
struggling'with nuniborlens spirit i.iands
to seek to detain her. Everything,
from her nat to her h?bt?, seems clawed
at and about to be tbrdi from" her by iri?
visible fovdes in1tlwoifreaT. -,; t > j_
Tg bo, in the , rampagingist fashion
this fall, put'bri lbts bf cardinal ted aUrl |
look wild;-i-?3/^I?tirn^fl?? i im tho. hi..
Louis Bcp^lican^ \ 1U(>., .. ,.f0 Jt
Accdrdiug to Law and Eyidebc'd
1 ' A singrilar oahb which ?conrtfed -many
years ago in one of tho rural towns of
Vermont is thud-described by the luit
iand ( (VermontV Herald * ' y?'Oapt: "Ai
?bot und killed a dog belonging to his
neighbor, t-hmHi. ( Thif act.wfta^margwJ
upon One 6.", aim t ? suit "was bronglit
ngainst birrf tV?'' redbvor :;dan1nfetflTi.'Th*
ease wa^itried by:d juries; of Jhe^peaqei
st an t ia^oVidencd^was presKntdd'' to:p^fbve
thai G. shot the dog, and tho jury
ngr.eed to rehirnja vpr^ipt, of gu^ty."
Kuverul years 'after tiiq trial CiptJ A. nq
knowledgen that he kiUdd the dog, and
defended His Coursb in rendering ? a ver
dict of *'gui*|ty'' against G. en the
ground tniit Ins jurdr's bath required
him to decide the case according tb law
and evidence,;qu<1 it, was fairly proved,
he said, that G. killed thd dog.H
. p 1:111 ii'-v ? p
i Grov?th of London. i.H.;j*j?d
Rev/ Dr..Gn.vier .writes ml" Hay what
wo may of the rapid growth of our
American towns, the monster strides of
the British metropolis - always over
wholm me. London, now oontaius
a.000,000 Ppqple! It almost equals
Paris, New York and 'Brooklvn codi
bined into one. You can drive 'fifteen
miles on one of its. dianvitc-rs. Whpn,
in my oojllego days, T once wont out to
pay a vi*it tb .Toauha Bailie, the emi
nent Hiithoreti-, .who lived on Hamp
stead Hill, I walked clear out of town
and over open fields. I am'n'dw a'taying
at the IrosoStdble ti'^?we'Mf our friend,
the Rev, .Newinan Halb whq reside? on
the same Hampstead Hill, in the midst
bf compaotlybuilt sfrdZ-rfl."''7'
'-"???-rr* 1?.
?A Ne?.- Jersey clergyman anya there
me ab-)ut t wot.ty'fiifferim't kinds of reli
gion, but a mau who won't'wash and
shave and put on clean shirts oap'tt en
joy any of them.'
to ?W!, : Iii/: "Ai >v uiy- -7TT^ JU? 8ta<M
? ?Don't :t??ei\t. Toko: ?,' iflatbronoto
pound yourMlo^mP-mPh f.,*,.? on
?In Colorado, a girl who cnn'i. .7?
after thocows on a^We-tlack'1,foT%
withotttibridlo or halter,* isIlootfcdsHpq-ti
.with.contempt, r.^ j, fftJrf 9(uij fl
.thpi? lqfaor hiothroD, ?h?y Jb^yp^afried
women. ^. . . ' .
;-thero'a Bomothirig' ^/m^H'k
eoothhig and gontlo^ about a,narp wfcih
tUnbjbM'.by, an; ItaHaR, boy) whose,-^
abhalf; ^^teMifw
^'^&'&mVrrl Hl*^?^/ MiW.y&?rf*
jfcdry, bears-tWaiinacriptifwiuJiH -((faun?
nrrt^Wl?-esu-R on'ekrth Wikxtfi^l 0i"
od ??ow.m>^n nigh,1 ayoivpibe?3??>fi Ofioiiw
No uonbt ehe eipgs liko^aixty-top."
^^Wn'Myontako^^
out shooting V "pays a Frenoh sj&tlf"?
ruan in one of dhuni'.-i ? pictures ? ?pTfm
y with n fiverdollar gun that I have
presented ? heri'?fere'W'Krfowib'g
what may happen." .-. ! luitt boog ff-.il
oirt-jlt ,ia Elated, upon- goodtiauthprjtl
that ip tie city of Philadelphia,then*
aroi40;??0 men btrtSbf cmi'plPymciit^ati'a
00,000 in the [rest! of tho h t?te,' anil tb u\
in a rich otato with pplemlid-mid wcj|
developed. agriouUiirpl, "mining 'arm
m?nnraot?Hng^^?tetesti? okio-j-tJVo of
? '^Huupy thoughb^-thut oflfho .fdfc*'?
jPfiabJp.schov-jteaohqr.,-wbo0wj^n^ft!i
by a pupil, ".Who is the present imar
bi''SW&laiid??"J Baad;- **T3rta''!AJffc
the hour, you. know, jwbendalki?g/ji?
to the bookcase.-'i oar#i?oa,x.iun ?ud?- oi
,nt4?n> l0ld gtm?eJmbn jwenriintoi ithe
ing tho.deotb Q?fcpprspn wpUrknowftjn
St.. John, asked to have it inserted, aa
t?ere are*.*0 great 'ttany'Tri^
hero !who .would like. to.' hear, of thia
an hfidaa u tm.iJ )a!o 10 yob
r-rAfMilwaukee editor took a .fron?!
seat in 'the ;parbbetta%' ltne%b?dern v
of Music tab other night,und vhi. h il. >
?erpJoVe* Ms h'e?d,'" ?'We'can^^fiey/'
and similar jej nculat i on 0. |. His, ear? ver < >
unfurled^ and they obstructed. Ibej^pM
<jf the play from the immense"-andiene1. >
present. Fpti i: - ,Wnn'
?Tho " Iriah team," who.came :dj tho.
way from Dublin t-o-exnibit their skill
in ride-shooting, wer^AkP*.$l9 ?y their
competitors ".'?t Creedmbor, recently.
The only \ i si bio chance f or tlm; exiles of
Erin t o reeo ver the lost j honor.-, nov, \ 1 1,
in persuading tho visitors to* submit, to
a comjifititivd exnrhinatibri'' with' 'skilif?-'
bdis.. The odds would bo.ten to one, in
*h?d I i??9fett! ' ?n .^e^Sftufc
8ame'- ip 1 ? ?! ,
Ha-pplvess is mostly a' creaturto bf **W
cidont. I Wo never aii'.r 'a happiev iiiir.tc'
than, the onp who .popped,, the?OjUcp^jon,
in tho dark, to* the wrong won ai?jftna
got rejected j excepting' pettiaps1 tHW
feeble creature who was draftra during:
the late war,, apd, came: ont.pb the.
examin'?tion-Vobnr; with J the rt'itiarlf,
^Whoopi;the dcotot >*bid b^'coHldpM
take me. [ Ho .said, I bad, ^bej. cpnsXinBi
^tion and I wouldn't fivo six months.
And here's for a good 'timeidnTThiy 'tttW
six months, anyhow." Jndj o?iniio jiut
' ?Susan Jrtne muat havo be 1 a t=can{i 1 .v.
?' Hft'll com? to-nlRhl? thp wind'a at rteip 1 ^1?
The raoon ie full a,od fair ;, ..,[, ..t.,,.
lit Wd4r the areas that pbtfued nitn beat^" '
A ribbon in my hair." .0 >HA
a^A story iti 11 Jld of J W Sarf-Pra-rferaco
I wotaan whp was. in the; lmbi^pf, rppajyi^
ing frequent castigations ?.t tho hands
\6t hW husband, and Who dab 'da^'rea'a*
tlio biblp ator.v of Sam&dn orali Dcuilabo
When nexf her ponRor^ (jvr^ pr^ne^ini
sloep'?ho snf?red him' so' 'ci)r?p)ete1y
that overy epear of hair di^ttppehred'
from his fsoo nnd hend; Rousing from
Ins slumber liko a giant Tofrtvhcd. ho
speedily oomprehended ,tliQt ^itu^?cn,
apd rooohe'd for her.'' Such' h''caressing
as f-.he theii' Iveeived sho nevi.-r drPanim
of^before. ;She;d"d not, pvoTa^ h^ve,,^?
usual grip on. him. Hb. was fined, brit
shW 'declared her- Uttel- dlsbeliPf iti^rbx>so,
bible yarnbi -.{< < i ,-?t --Ii im.tri ?vuo )
nAidiampnd. we<]diijg,. which,, aroemg.
the Jews in Germany, ib celebrated on
the sixtieth anniversary.'bf ? a'l'nrttrriiigc*"
ooonrred tho other dav in'Hambrifg,
the briilegroPml being '' Herr .Heilbnt;'
who at Bbt in the morning was oonfluctod
by a committee to. a synngogno.'with
procession headed by a band of mui^ic. '
All Plong the route he was received Wrtb
cheers from spectators. All tho uigui
taries bf tho city offered their .congrat
ulations. Amdng the gifts to the 'bride
was a Hebrew prayer-book, ?magi?tl
ceutly bound, with a largo diai-qpn^jfiot
in the oover, the gift of the Eojprf ss of
Germany; with a complimdntary letfef
from Ijer majesty. .
?From Surprise Valley, California,
comes the story of an old fellow Who
got very jealous booanao his wife went,
to a ball With a good looking follow and
stayed out nntil broad daylight. The
old fellow wf nt to a justioe 01 Jth'o peaco
and ibid his story, winding up with V
I ^ant you to help me, for thati'.ar?
thing has been going on, about -long
euough." "Well," says fho justice,
" you can' write down to Vrclra and ocV
if sbmb'of thoi lawyers can't gfet :ymt a
divproe." Bivorce 1" roared the angry
man, H wh? tho donoe wants adiv?roe?B
The justice bogan ,M WJraUiyv Vflf
you den't want a divorce, wbat.fltjl)(\
deucp brought you herq?" " W/ay?, I
want nn injunction to stop further pib
ccodingsi*'