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TO THE CHATBED B&BD OF THE SWANSEA. EISTEDDFOD (Dewi WvB o Eseyllt.) Oil faTomred B-rd, the hero of the ch«'. Sound which thy counr- y's aeaiest auxn n.s l'sar T-* g-lory wakes n y djiu* muVl' I 'nla m Tain That olt has rhjmed in hop*. bu bope^ m Taul" Hear, aroand, in Tdmirafcoacf thy lijB.. Tin thomsand Toioee- ahouts tria^phaut ra. e And brother barde fiotk to thy well-won chair. That they, being near thee, tby renown may sharo. Thy Kuee icspired at honour's holy sbrine, In ages yet unborn shall livei aud>hine; Aid it thy Paeeioned vorseshHil lin?9r still. Thy lame entwined with that ot Rowland Hill. JIiO. TBJS. DONHOLLT,

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1 HE FREE LANCES. A BOMANCE OF THE MEXICAN VALLEY. BY CAPTAIN MAYNE EEID. CHAPTER LIl. A DANE'S SHOWSR. "Now, I shouldn't wonder," eontinusd the ccrpotal; "I ehouldn't wonder but that this oisainutive gentleman has some spare oaah upon tim; and maybe he'll oblige U8 by a little loan, oorsioeriEg the occasion. What say you. Sanor Eiaro ?" I haven't aBy," was the ready answer. "And eorry to fay it, too —that I am It don't look much like he has," observed Perico, with a glance at the hnnchback'a tattered habiliments. h Looks are not always to be relied on," per- sisted the corporal. Who'd ever suspeota pearl inside an ngly oyaterahellP" "I haven't, indeed, Senor Cabo," onoe more protested the dwarf, with earnest emphaBis. If 1 tad you'd be welcome to the log you speak of. No man likes a game of monte more than myself. AISB so Ui from being in funds, I'm too like your worships — without a claco. I've been stripped cf everything; and if you knew my story IcuJd pity me, I'm sure." "WhatBtofyf" demanded the cabo. beooming curiou*. j Wby, that I've been robbed of all the money I had. It wasn't mnoh to be sure—only two peseas and a real—but still that waa better than empty pockets. It happened about half an houx ago. I was on my way to San Augustin, thinking I'd there get some supper, with a night's lodging, when, not far from this, two men—footpads, I suppose they were—rushed out from the roadaida and th&da e^reight at me. One took the right, the other tbe left. But, I've good long arma, aa ycu see, pretty strong, too; and a ) I was able to keep them off for awhile. Several times they caught hold of my wrists, but I sucoaeded in jeihirg them free again. I believe I oould have wrestled them both but that one, getting angry, pulled cut a long- bladed knife and threatened to cut my throat with it. For Dios I had to sur- lerder then, seeing he waa in earnest." While givitg thia somewhat prolix account of an altogether imaginary adventure, he had etarted to his feet, and acoompanied his apeeoh with a eeries of pantomimic geatures-dancing and fling- ing his arms about as he professed to have dona while defending himself against the footpads. The grotesqueneBB of the performanoe, though seen only in the dim light—for ;he kept under the shadow—Bet his listeners to laughing. Little dreamed th y why be was treating them to the spectacle, or how cleverly he wal outwitting them. But there waa a third speotator of the aoene, unknown to all of them, who was aware of it. The cochtro could not at first tell what were thethinga striking him in the pit of the stomaoh, aa if he was bomg pelted with pebbleB. But he could see they came from the handa of the hunchback,flung behind in hia repeated oontortiona and gesticula- tions. Moreover, that they gliatened while paas- ing through the air, and looked whitish where they lay, after falling at hia own feet. Well; what did they do tovou then P" aaked the corporal when he and hia comrade had finished their guffaw. Stripped you clean, M you've said f" Ay. Dios. Just that, yonr worahip. Took everything I bad exoept the rags I wear, and tq them I might well have made them welcome." Now, are you aure they took everything P" questioned the other, still suspicious. The very earnestness of the dwarf's affirmation made him 10. Of course, senor. Quite sore. I'll swear to it, if you like." Oh, there's no need for the formality of an oath. Simpler to search you, and more satisfac- tory. Draw up here in front of me The hunohback obeyed with an air of oonfidenfc alacrity. He had no reluotanoe to being searohed now, knowing his pooketa empty. Of whioh the searcher satisfied himself by groping about among tbe rags, and sounding every reoeptaole where ooin might be kept. But if he found no money an artlole turned up whioh no little surprised himself and hia comrade —a stiletto I Caspita I" he exolaimed, aa hia hand touched something hard atuok in the waistband of the dwarf's breeches behind his baok." What have we here? Aa I live a. dagger!" drawing it out and boldicg it to tbe light. Silver hilted, too. Yes, it's silver, sure; and blade beautifully chuad- worth a doblone at the very least." Half mine," interrupted Perioo, putting in hia claim. <• All right, camarado. We'll aettle that by- and-bye. Now, you limb of Satan J" he continued to the hunchback, "you told ua the footpade had stripped yon clean. How do you explain thiaf" It Eaaily enough, your worahip. They only thought of trying in my pookets, and the stiletto being there behind where you've found it, luckil* they overlooked it." Oh, indeed," doubtingly rejoined the corporal, "and pray how did you become possessed of it. Senor Enano. A dagger worth a doblone isn't a likely thing for suoh aa you to be the owner of— that ia in an honest way." I admit, your worship, it Isn't likely. For all, I came honestly by the article. It'a an heirloom in our family; belonged to my great great grand. father, and'a descended through several genera- tions. For know, aenor, that my ancestors were not deformed like poor me. Some of them were gallant aoldiera aa youraelf. Indeed, one of them rose to the rank of sergeant—that was my mother's grandfather; but thia dagger didn't come down from him—being left in the male line." Well," laughingly returned theoorporal. after listening to the quaint chapter of explanations, the future herald of your family won't have to traoe it beyond youraelf. You're now under our protection, and have no need of warlike weapons, do we, your proteotora, will take the liberty of appropriating the hiatorioal toy. Get out the cards, Perioo! Let us see whether it's to be your's or mine." JHtty lueno t" responded Perioo. How will you have the game? A single albur, or two out of three ?" Well, aa we've only the one atake and no end of time for winnicg or loaing it, we'd better make it a long game." AU riaht-oome on. I have the oarda apread —sota y cabaXloo. How sweet the queea's face looks in the moonlight! AJs! she'a amiling at me I know, Mgood as to say,' Worthy Perioo. that silver-handled weapon your oorporal tells you is worth all of an ouza will ere long be thine. JI Well, lay on the queen if you like. I'll go the jack, with all hia grinning. Now shuffle and deal gff. By this the two had seated themselves, fKo vis, just outaide the verge where met moonlight and shadow, a suite 01 oarda turned face up between them, the dealing pack in the hands of Perioo. The hunchback, on his knees, with neck oraned out, was a spectator; but one whose thoughts were not with his eyes. Instead, dwelling upon the valuablea he had so cunningly chuoked baok, making mental calculation as to how much they might be damaged by breakage, but ftaring less for that than the danger of their also becoming stakes in the game of monte. Could he have known what waa going on behind, he would pos- sibly have preferred it ao. The unseen spectator, though silent, waa not inaotive but the reverse. From the moment of seeing himself ahut up—aa it were in a pen—he had given all hia thoughta to how he might escape out of it. It needed none to teU him there waa no ohanoe frontways by the road. A rush he might make pad the two aoldiers, rieking seizure, and aurely having the bullets of their carbines sent after him. But even though he got off in that way, what would be the upshot P The hunohback would be certain to reoognise him, remembering all. Knowing, too, that his dialogue with the hussar colonel muat have been overheard, he would hasten the very event whioh he, Joeé. waa now aU anxioua to provide againat. The word of warning meant for thoae now ao much ruuwling it might reach them too late. All theee thoughta had passed through the cocheio's mind before the oard-playing com- menced. More too for he had oarefully inspected the cliff overhead, ao far as the light would allow, aided by groping. To hia joy he had discovered that there was a possibility of scaling it. A sharp pinnacle cf rock was within reach of the awiog of hielmltem, and skilled in the use of the lazo, over this be had succeeded in flinging the headstall of oi.e, and hooking it fast. It but remained to swarm up the rope; and he was watching for an opportunity, when the glittering golden things, like a Dai.ae'B sbower, came raining against his ribs, to iaU at hia feet. Be Baw no reaaon for these being left to lie there, but a good one againat it, so, stooping canticne.y forward, he gathered all up, stowing tbtm awt>y in hiB pookets. a Then turning and taking hold of the baiter, with aa little noise as poetiible he hoisted himself up to the crest of the The soldiers engrossed with their game, and tbedwarf, though but a speotator, having also become interested in it, none of the three either saw or heard him. And the last he heard of them, as be stole Bilently away, waa the corporal de- lightedly oalling out, fcota m la puerta, moto f The dagger a mine, darling Perioo!" aaruug CHAPTER LIII. A SBBIES OP SURPRISES. Tbe cochero had but & confused idea of what he in* away with him. By the feel—watches »f4 oSs and bracelets,- be*idca some smaller s&srs&rf.»W« OF, toiiity of HI* K«36"U'<F SSL GIVING tfcea. MAIT 0WFIAT* *ISAUA*' tion, nor did be think of doing thta nl at a stfn- eieiit diatarce f om the oard ulayiag par'y TO feet sure be was beyond danger of PARENTC. Tfeea the temptation to FCAV a look TAKIIFA whica £ .*1 20 stratgeJy and unexpeo'ejly eoae into HIA peBBeeeion became -RRREISDOLA, and, eating DO VA UPON A !EDI e "I rock t:3 CR- w oat IU^-O 1>< It t. tie moot;. !>>> watcbea THERE were, bjth JGN'D. at-d > P %ITH «». j "?!!A L E&-e. Cors-e-i!" h? n ;Liirnocf, us hia oy< foil cp"n the l&t«, and BECT:^ UXSRI ia a AN»RE of o:>J.ZJx f.mt z a>0't. Can it ba Itia-tha ocad-3»i'e watch--tbe VV-yy ONE the W.-Tald HIV^ givau on I BUT HEW tbt- hur-CIJB.i.ck to L,WA it? Sorely be muet Lav« etoka U r The other, iqj, W:;i all ih'xe this'ga Ba KOKED at tl-e SECOND wa-sch, bu1,, as it HAD RIP-VIV HT r. in hh HANE'E bsfor-S, be W.:iS ANA'SLE to II' R T'FJ Still, IT RTJFCEMBLED ONE he t1;;¡ SEER, IN AIIEUT-IIS WC^IIKG, AND most likely WA<I! the eame. The bracelets, chain", aeokleta, and BSOOSBAA WNULD t'e ibeix. TOO, as -IISO the r:1i{3 aad oher bijeuterie which the dIVad had FA an 3 time to do up in PAPER. "Stolen TBCM ?" CONTINUED the coch&ro, inter- RCPATITELY, &d he ran iua AS-DC THE V<*RIOU AEST'TIR.EIT HE ? OFULD be ? The WATOHAS he N^HT, BU1, NOH the ether thitga. Why, bless AIE, hore are TW; pairs of earrings A'A these grand pendants — t'm sure 1 EAW THEM in ¡he ears of tho ooadesa :his -»ery day. HE cou du't have taken them without HER knowing it, Santos Dtos How etef has he eome by them r" AI hethua questioned and reflected a feeling of APPREHENSION begsn to creep over him. A little before Jeanrg the house to go atte? hia horses he had observed his young mistress and the condesa going into the ornamental grounda. And they went alone, Don Ignaoio having retired to a private apartment where he was aocuatomed to phut himself up for the examination of State papers. What if the ladies were still in the grounds, in Bome secluded spot, lying dead, where all these adornments had been stripped from their persons 1 Thia horrible tableau did the faithful servant in imagination conjure up. He could not help it. Nor waa the thing 80 very improbable, He had some earlier acquaintance with the desperate character of the dwarf, which later experianca confirmed. Besides, there was the atate of tha country-thieves and robbers all around-men who made light of murder. Withaheavineea of head-a painful fear that they had been murdered-he stayed not to further examine, but gathering up all again and thrust- inlf them back again in hia pocket, he hurried on home. And when home he went not to his own quar. tera in the ooachyard, but atraight into thepatto the private court of the house. There he en. countered Pepita, Boon aa he set eyes on her ask- ing— SB"6 ARE the senoritas ?" What's that to you?" saucily retorted the maid. "Nothing, if I only knew they are Bafe." Safe! Why, what's the man thinking— talkivg about? Have you lost your senses, Iwmbre?" No, Pepita. But the ladies have lost some- thing. Look here." He had plunged both hands into his pooketa, and drawn them out again full of things that scintillated in the moonlight; watches andiewel- lery of different kinds, aa she saw. With a woman's ouriosity, gliding swiftly forward to examine them, she recognised every article at a glacoe; amazement overspreading her counte- nance, aa it late had his. .Å1I de Mtt i" she exolaimed, no longer in jast- irg tone. What does it mean, José ?" Just what I want to know myself, and why I M asking after the senoritas. But where are they ?" garden or the grounds somewhere. They strolled out about an hour ago. and haven't been inainoe." Pray God, they're still aUve! Come with me, Pepita ? Let ua look for them. I have terrible fears." So appealed to, the pirl gave ready assent, and Bide by aide they haBtened towards thereat of the hcuEe, behind which ware the ornamental grounds extending backward. But they had not far to go before hearing Bounds that let their minds atreat, removing all anxiety: the voioes of the ladies themselves. They were not only alive, but laugh, ing. J To JOE6 and Pepita this seemed strange as any- • „ pcrfeot mystery. Merry after parting with all those pretty things; oostly, too, worth hundreds of aoblones. Withal they were BO their lightness of heart one to the knowledge juat gained that their own lovers were still living and safe; and lomething of merriment added by the odd encounter with the enano. of whom they were yet conversing. If their behaviour mystified their servants not less were they themselves piuz'ed, when Joee presented himself before them with hands held out, saying, II I ask pardon for intruding, but don't these belong to your ladyahipa ?" They saw their watchea and other effeota ob- tained frop them by" FALSE pretenoes," as THE? Were now to learn. The revelation that snooeeded ptit an end to their joyous humour J their hearts that had been light for a moment becoming heavier than ever. The treachery of the hunohback and hia intentiona were manifest, He meant to guide Santander and hia soldiers to the old monaatery, where they would take the patriotas by surprise. "Whatis to be done, Isabel?" despairingly asked the Dona Luisa. How can we give them warning p" To which the cochero, not theoountess, made answer, layÙlg- I can do that, senoritas." His confident tone re-assured them; more still hia making known the deaign he had already conceived, and his ability to execute it. He was acquainted with the old convent and the paths leading to it—every inch of them. It needed DOt their united appeal to urge him to immediate departure. He was off the mutant after, and long before the olook ot Xlalpam had struok the midnight houx he was weU up the mountain road, with eyes looking to the right, in the direction of the Cerro Ajuoo. CHAPTER LIV. MONKS NO Mou. The surmise whioh had influenced Zorillo to leaving the oonvent oell earlier than he intended was a oorrect one. The goings on in the refeotory were, at the time, of an unusual kind-a grand oooasion, aa he had worded it. There were some 50 men init; but not one of them now atfeoting either the garb or behaviour of the monk. Soldiers all; or at least in warlike guise; a few wearing regular, though undress, uniforms, but the majority habited aa guerillers in the picturesque, costumes of their oountry. They were booted and belted, swords by their sides, with pistols in holsters hanging against walls, and spurs ready for buckling OlIo Standing in oornera were staoks of carbines, and lanoee freshly pennoned, with their blades bright from being reoently sharpened a panoply whioh spoke of fighting ere long expeoted to take place. It may be asked, where were their horses, sinoe all the arma and fcoooatromexitfl soon around were those of cavalry. But horsea they had, though not there. Each knew where to lay handl on hia own, far and near, stalled in the stable of some sequestered ramcho, or it might be mountain cavern. They were not yet assembled to hearken for the call of Boots and saddles." That they would hear at a later hour and in a different plaoe. The oooasion of their being in suoh guise and together waa because it waa to be the laat night of their sojourn in the monaatery. And they were making it a merry one, the refeotory table being loaded with the best that waa left to them in meats and drinks. Upon it were what bottles re- mained of those famous wines from the bins of the rich haciendado-hi. forced oontribution-and they were fast getting emptied. From the way the convives were quaffing it was not likely that any of the Burgundy, Madeira, or Pedro Ximenes would be left behind-not even a heal.tap." It had got to be midnight, and they were still in the midst of their revelry, when Bivas, who headed the table, rose to his feet, in that formal manner which tells of speech to be made or toast proclaimed. — 0atn4rados." he aaid. aoon as the buzz of con- versation had ended, As you're aware, we part from this plaoe to-night, and some of you know wluther we are going, AND FOR what purpose. But not all. Therefore, I deem it my duty to tell you. You saw A courier who oame up early thia morning, bruiging good newa, I'm glad to say. TBW despatoh I^Tiold in my hand ia from an old friend, General Alvarez, who, though he may not boast the langrt-azwt IN his |veins, JI as brave a soldier and pure a patriot as any in the land. You know that. He tells me his Piutos are ready for a rising, and only wait for u-the Free Lanoee-with some others he has summoned to join him in giving the grito. By hia messenger I have sent answer that we, too, are ready, and will respond to his summons. You all approve of that, take it P" AIL" waa the exclamation in chorus, without a dissenting voice. ÀI Moreover," prooeeded the speaker," I've told the general well be on the maroh to-morrow morning, and can meet him at a place he has mentioned the day after. His plan is to attack the town of Oaxaca; and, if we suooeed iu taking it, then we move direot on the oapital. Now, camarados, I've nothiag more to say, only that you're to scatter after your horeea, and lose no time in mustering again—the old rendezvous, this side La Guarda.'7 So ended the lpeeoh of the Free Lances' leader, but despite its suggestions of immediate depar- ture the circle around the table did not instantly break up. The bottles were not all empty as yet, nor the revellers satiafied to leave them till theyahonld be 80. Besides, there was no particular haste for an hour or two. 80 they atuok to the table, amoking, drinking, and toasting many things, as persons, among the latter their lately joined albee-the Irlandes and Tejano, about whose proved valour on other fieldB, of whioh they had heard, the Free Lanoea were enthusiastically eloquent. Kearney, speaking in their own tongue, made appropriate response, while Book, when told he had been toasted, delivered himself in character- istic atrain, aaying: II Feller citizen a—for sinoe I've tuk up yur cause I reok'n you'll gie me leeve to call ye so -it air a gled thing to this ohile ter think he'll soon hev a bit o' ifghtin'. An 'specially as it's to be agin ole Santy, the durned skunk. By the jumpin' Geehoaofat! if Cris Rock iver gits 'longside him aRin, as he war onot at San Jaointy. there won't be no more marey for the cussed tyrant, same as, like a set of fools, we Texans showed him thar an then. Tell 'em what I sayed, cap." With whioh abrupt wind.up he dropped back upon hia aeat, gulping down a tumblerful of the best Madeira aa though it were table beer. Kearney did tell them, translating his comrade's speech faithfully as the patois would perlDit,whioh heightened their enthusiasm, of them start- ing to their feet, rushing around the table, and, Mexioan fashion, enfolding the Tejano in friendly embraoe. The hugging at an end, there was yet anothsr embrace. The hugging at an end, there was yet another toast to follow, the eatne which always wound up the festivals of the Free Lanoes, whatever the OCFIAFIOI). Their leader, ae often before, now again IPRONOOMTED it. latria y Liberia*! i" AEK E&VAT before did it have more enthusiastic ret eptiCii, tbe efceer that ran5 through tho o i coc-vent, loader than any laughter o aiO-La was JnIiY ever have madf it th ir hoaic. I Ere it bad ceased reverberating, the dc.r of tho 1 (frc^ty was Eudd-nly pushed open, aud a 11*11 ru*ht d ir to aa he entered, cry lug cat — 1 f'(Ú t?io,Jt "Ttt&rou ecberd nftv voices ascno, a.'1 ifsrljsg tc tbi ir net. a'd tarnsg the;: faaas icwaio^ tte al-rsnift. The major-doe.? E Tta, who, aa the mutes, raa half equii>psi f Jl a JC/ARRRY. Vvl;j,t mean yea, Gsesorio?" deisaciioi hia KSITER. There's one can tell 7011 hotter thau I, Doa VJ'fi. ? Where ia he P" Outside, ef-nor. A mes'sager who fc-ia just c'n.i- up— be'a fr*im q&n AugnsfcE." Bat now hts be pase&d out teutry ?" tl h! CQjpitwnt; I'd rather .110 told yoa him- gs5f Mytterioue spp^ch on the part of the major- tozr.o, wfci",h heightened tha apprehensions of tbo^d beatins it. tozr.o, wfci",h heightened tha apprehensions of tbo^d beatins it. Call hiru hither," oc^iaatsc'ed Eivaa. No tfeUti'g was tecde i, the person epot-r of h:;r!7 in tin- environ clote by, aad Grcgorio, ag-iin I' ope; if g tbe doer. drew bisn ioside. ) "Tbe cochero!" mentally exclsimed Rins, I | KpMBty, and ihe Tex&n, soon as Batting eyes oa hiir. Tbe ccehero it was, Joe6, though they knew not his name nor any thing more of him than what they had learnt in that note of the oondesa's say ir sr hÐ oould be trusted, ard their brief association with bim afterwards, which gave them proof that he oonld. As he presented himeelf inside the room ha seemed panting for breath, and wally waa. He bad only just arrived up the eteep climb, and ex- changed barely half a dozen worde with the major-domo, who had met him at the outer en- trance. bllnounoed M & messenger, neither the Captun of the Free Lances nor Florence Kearney needed telling who Bent him. A sweet intuition told them that. Bivas but asked- How have you found the way up here ?" "Por Dios! 8'n0;, I've bean here before- many 's the timet I was born among these moan- tains-am well acquainted with all the paths everywhere around." But the sentry below. How did you get past him ? You haven't the countersign." He wouldn't have beard it if I had, S'aor. Pobre he'll never hear countersign again nor anything else." Why ? Explain yourself." Esta muerta He's lying at the bottom of the cliff, his body crusbed-" Who has done it ? Who's betrayed ua r" in. terrupted a volley of voices. Thehunobbaok, Zorillo," answered José, to the astonishment of aU. For in the dialogue be- tween the dwarf and Santander, he had heard enough to anticipate the ghastly spectacle await- ing him on hia way up the mountain. Cries of anger and vengeance were simulta. neously sent up all ahowing eagerness to rush from the room. They but waited for a word more. Bivas. however, suspecting that the messenger meant that word for himself, claimed their indul- gence, and led him outside, inviting Kearney to accompany them. Though oovering much ground, and relating to many incidents, the cochero's story was quickly told. Not in the exact order of occurrence, but aa questioned by hiB impatient listenera. He ran rapidly over all that happened einoe their parting at the corner of the Coyoacan road, the later events most interesting them. Surprised were they to hear that Don Ignacio and his daughter had been for some time staying at San Augustin —the oondesa with them. Had they but known that before, in all probability things would not have been aa now. Possibly they might have been worse; though, even as they stood, there was enough of danger impending over all. As for themselves, both Mexican and Irishman less reeked it, as they thought of how they were being warned, and by whom. That of itself was reoompense for all their peril. Meanwhile, they left inside the room were chafing to learn the particulars of the treason, though they were not all there now. Some had sallied out, and gone down the cliff to bring up ¡ the body of their murdered comrade; others, the major-domo conducting, back to the place where the hunohback should be, but was not. There to find confirmation of what had just been said. Tha cell untenanted, the window bar filed through and broken, the file lying by it, and the chain banging down outside. Intelligible to them now was the tale of treason, without their hearing it told. When onoe more they assembled in the refeo. tory, it was with ohastened, saddened hearts. For they had oome from digging a grave and lowering into it a corpse. Again gathered around the table they drank the stirrup cup, as was their wont, but never BO joylessly, or with such stinted acclaim. (To be continued.) ^S———

FEMININE FOIBLES, \1 FANCIES, AND FASHIONS. I BY A LADY. (All right* B$$trv»i.) I SOCIITT DESCRIBED —LAWN TBNNIS MANIA I WOMKN'B DISADVANTAGES IN THE GAMS — ÆSTHETIC DRESSEs-THE DEVIL'S BRIOGB— WHAT TO WEAR — SEASIDE EESORTS—THB EFFECT OF SEA AIR-A TRUSTWORTHY Cos- METIC—FEMALE BEAUTY—IRE FASHIONS- WHITE WAISTCOATS. Looking through my oommon place book this morning, I came across the following peculiar definition of society:—" There are but two olasses of people in the world, those who have been hanged and those who have notand a little lower, on the same page. I find another curious statement made b7 Somebody else, who thinks society may be divided into three sections, viz., men, women, andfoxhuntera. Whyfoxhunters, I cannot tell, unleBB it is that they are reckoned a sort cf hybrids not to be classed with ordinary mortals. I think society may be now said to be divided into two distinct parties, those who play tennis and those who do not. Assuredly that is the classification to be expected from the devotees of the game. Beally the craze for it is getting quite too absurd, and I am beginning to chink one half the young people now-a-days value existenoe only as affording capabilities for lawn tennis. There is a square of grass not far from my temporary residence, and here, from earliest morn;tilll.teet eve, do the indefatigable players pursue their favourite pastimei The soorohing noon-day sun does not deter, nor the fear of sunstroke alarm them, and I see ladies whom I know to be especially careful of their oomplexions at other times forgetting all about tan, sunburn, and freokles, and utterly regardless of the fact that a fiercely inflamed face by no means adds to personal beauty. We, who in this terribly hot weather have hardly strength sufficient to get through the ordinary duties of the day with anything like a proper amount of energy, oannot but wonder at the superfluous quantity which these younger folk delight to exhibit. I am sure that, in an innooent sort of way, their elders do most Binoerely envy them: They never seem to tire, be languid, or depressed, and always laugh when we beg that they will be oareful. They art 10 supremely confident of themselves—so oertain that strength and enjoyment (if not youth) ara lasting possessions, or at least life-hold property I watch fragile looking girls chasing their tenni balls about, gesticulating and going through an amount of unnecessary and sustained exertion that would be deadly to older people, whose spirits are not so mercurial, and whose natures are less buoyant than they were in days that may not have been so very long ago after all. I have heard it said many times that ladies rarely play tennis well. I do not think it is at all surprising that they are no match for their masculine oppo. nents when we consider how heavily women are handicapped by their clothes. Petticoats certainly do not oonduoe to the free use of the limbs, and though the national taite is decidedly opposed to the adoption by women of those garments whioh have no name in polite eooiety, yet that style of dress would be very suitable for the fashionable exercise, leaving, as it oertainly would, the wearer leas cumbered, and her movementa far more unrestrained. I believe no club has yet adopted the use of the Portugness dress whioh has been reoommended to lady tennis players. That it can be bought in town most people know I but while recognising the sease and utility of the ooetume, and seeing It specially adapted to the requirements of the game, it is hardly likely ladies would venture to wear it unless Fashion first set her authoritative season the garb, and made it the regulation one. I think it might be worn as a kind of uniform. I have several times been asked to advocate the adoption of the dress for lawn tennis. Frankly, I do not think it will ever become general in England. As regards women's attire we are very conservative, and any attempt at innovation has hitherto met with nothing but failure. Mrs Amelia Bloomer is almost forgotten now, but if she made any oon- verts they had not theoourage of their opinions. Except Dr Mary Walker, I never saw any lady wearing the oostume, and since that was at least a dozen years ago I am afraid not even the moat adventurous advocates of the new dress will ba able to make it serve as a preoedent. Some little time ago Mrs Pfieffer tried to intro duee the Greek style of dress, but that attempt was to a certain extent as unsuccessful as waa Mrs Bloomer's endeavour to promote dress reform. No one can say if the innovation will ever be received, but the fact that oertain persons are prepared to sell the Portuguese dress anrues the possibility. People in trade are proverbially far. sighted, and it is improbable that these should be ready to sell an article for which there ia no pOBBible chance of demand. The chief featurea of the ooatume are a bright ooloured, square-cat, sleeveless bodice, that is tied round the waist with what is teohnioally styled a facha, i.e., a sash, blowing Eastern pantaloons are worn with the tunio; theee are laoed; at the ankle. The suit, when oomplete, partakes of a Moorish character. I know some young ladies who, for the fun of the thing, wore these;dresses. but, I should add, in the presence of their own family only. Thoyare now eager in its praise, and declare that after the freedom experienced in the new garb it will be detestable to play tennis in the clinging skirts of heretofore, though, of oourse, unless others will adopt the dress, my young friends know that they must adhere to old customs. I remember being plaoed in a similar dilemma many yeara ago. A party of us had-decided upon spending the day at the Devil's Bridge, a few miles dietant from Abervatwith. where we were then staying. Those who know anything of that remarkable natural structure will remem- ber what heights must be scaled and what preoipioes must be descended if tourists would see all thewondeM and beauties of that marvellous plaoe. The asoent and desoent are both arduous and dangerous, and petticoats are deoidedly in the way. By entangling your feet, or by oatching in a briar during yoar perilous j 1 progress, you might be precipitated hundreda of lett below into some awful ohasm, ot, deep still Perl cf Stycian blsckeer*. To afford eyecy I fac-'H'y for 1];«» decerns as 1 ;° secure iv.fetv 33 far I BS t? f<os«-ib!e a dress ia pre vided 'or U:y x.o-era. It i? E.-u<?e witii 'Tini-iend paot«l->>us, -mi r^i.y j? t-j iff"-Mq-iH Jo.kis«\ Tfce?*> dfers?*' kej-t the b-rtcl acd a dressing room w peev'ded «K • R ■ to A- ;FC«- EXOH^R ON »NT vrfc;- i-v:-a all R -f-tl as-it tam I c>l-;our conn.) Wita rev^rely put to the tart *v. a tJerif- 7. f. 1 to r>V9*S r BE'C-J C •? -31.41* -c, it, tL-y uhacjusi- :>?d f^i ;t» i!o»v v»er, wv'.a -hi first cu*i-. as art' an u-^d elvj; v.A* h«a the fo:f5 wa* o»er, ar.0 if tft<» CJm>Hme3?s !1:)JD onr appperatcs had only breo 13 sincere si3 :h2Y were florid, we bad no RF»»S in io domt 6^at Vie dresa, reside bt ing safer, WM 9.18" oio-e beos-auisr than ihe garaeiits had Ici'i a.v e fv1' it.. A. 1 thia tcok |.l*«!e rec-re tblJn a Cozey *-ra s.,p, jy. I often ?«-caJl that !iay and woader imr-y (.>$1"3 are etill prcvided *ita tse sa*IS y SAD 1< Bone pl. assnt-fsoed gifl in days is 49 anxious to overcome tbe be*itat-i.:n s-ai sh*in»e- f<icedcfB% of cth-r bidy txoareij-iste as tt»t o;-f <f E-BLy vears *>j;o I believe seme of m? ls-tJy res thirtk o; t (f E-BLy vears "W" I believe seme of m? ls-tJy res thirtk Cassandra hke, I em wi-,h tns of 1 pJoyfcesy, and can posi waly %li Will ba v.oru in the future; but «aei thrr.- i-t AH pJoyfcesy, and can posi waly %li Will ba v.oru in the future; but «aei thrr.- i-t AH el;n:hre to c'tai with on*>'a po w.- a of cms>ar-ir.i Mst bo deep inct^-d to enab-S noe for;«s^a aad j provico for its won^erfal ECO-DCVIOITIE-I. Hs»?e TE had given up every antioi^uia o' :J. -in 1\ are all eohoing the ghjtsiiy ish of "r>s a v SJIT h, 1 that we might put iff tha flesh aad ei: ia oar bones. If we made any provision f jr the oa'.er weman before leaving home, OUt pa'c^iiaes j vreie sure rot to have bs^n 'lefie'ent in. taiohu^as ard warmth, end now the wes'.her is each as to make goseanier oppressive, and tven thfi grass- hopper becomeB a burden. rbe"o ia j,o*hin? t:) da ] but to pit down reaigsodly and w&i* for co .l^e days, which, considering we are already iti Sjp- tember, cannot be long delayed. It ie atriu^e io write of woollenb with the thermometer standing at 80 degrees, though we are sure to nead thoin shortly, and it is far too late in the year to c.iun- sel the purchase of anything lighter, so,that we must e'en make the beet of things and w*it. I think that though seaside places are delightfully cool both farly and late, at mid-day xheh?atis more oppressive on the coast, thin elsewhere, fo: not a particle of ehade is to be found, and the Bands are a very Sahara yet, all watering plaaes are exceptionally fall. A relative of mine, roaidirg at Folkestone, j writes to tell me that there are not fewsr than seventeen thousand visitors. The most extortionate [ charges are made for every necessary, and the rent of a very moderate eized house is n)t leaa than 20 guineas a week. So much for Fashion, all -he creme de la creme Beem to be at the south-east era j watering place. The autocrat, Fashion selects this retreat, and shuns that, and when tne seal ia I set thither everybody goes, one after the of-her, with the silly unreasoning persistence of a fl .-ox of sheep following in the wake of the bell wether. Amusing tales reach 8S from time to time about the disastrous effects produoed by the eea air on certain complexions, or rather upon the ooèmetios employed to beautify the Baid complexions. Of course, not half the stories are true, but the ekin is often a real trouble to many ladies who visit the eea. Only a few Billy creatures, I imagine, would object to the healthy looking tan, whioh is a sign of so much benefit received, and worth all the pink and white china sort of loveliness on which Bome women pride themselves but radneas and eorenesB often are the result of unwonted exposure to the salt atmosphere and blazing sun. I know that Bome of my friends have received much benefit from the use of vaseline, about which I will Bay more in my next letter. I am afraid it is quite ueeleBB to deny that oountleas harmful preparations are sold as complexion washes and improvers, and their effect generally ia a little temporary improvement at the oost of ruinoaa and permanent mischief. Amongst my former ac, quaintances I remember a lady envied by everyone for her lovely transparent skin. It was unlike anything I had ever seen, and many would have given thousands for the secret. But it was never told until years later, when, meeting the same lady after a prolonged absence, I wa" etruck with tie greatest astonishment at sight of her parch- ment like Bkin and eacav^roue l;x>ks. I axn a raid I was not sufficiently well mannered to conceal all j my surprise. Not tnen, bat a little time after- wards, the lady ir quired if I did not find her very much changed. Truth oompelied me to eay I did. She then told me that her altered looks were cu j to the practice of taking araanio for her oooi- j plexion. Thia she had done through many yeara. The doses were infinitesimal, of course. But II when I looked at the miEerable wreck of so much dazzling beauty I oould but deplore that this ill- advised woman should have preferred to sacrifice all the pleasant oomelisess of middle age, in order that ahe might for a few years enjoy the reputa- tion of surpassing loveliness. I do not hesitate to speak of the means she made use of to secure the ooveted fame, because I choose to credit my readers with more sense than to suppose anyone would be likely to try so wioked and hazardous an experiment. Or if any further warning is seeded to deter foolish people from the use of arsenio, it is sufficient to say that the lady referred to died BMn after reaching middle age, and, if not from the direct consequences of her own folly, there is no doubt that her constitution waB shattered by the effects of the poison; and her looks might have aerved as the strongest admonition it would be possible to advanoe against 10 evil and per. nioioua a custom. We never think muoh of aimple emollients, and that which costs nothing is never valued. I know people who will wear greasy masks for the purpose of improving their oomplexions, aud spend extravagant sums] on some bepraised and muoh advertised nostrum. Now I am going to tell my lady readers of a very safe and famoue ooemetic, and I hope that no one will disdain my prescription until they have tried it. I can answer for Its efficacy, but it must be persevered in. Of course everybody is akimming down the page, the sooner to arrive at this famous prepMa- tion. Not to keep anyone in suspense I will say it is warm water only. I know there is a general exclamation of disappointment, but wait a little- warm water, if it does not improve your looks, decidedly will not injure them. But I claim more than this negative virtue for the water, and if any of my readers will give it a fair trial I am sure they will not be disappointed. Put away all doubtful washes, and always lave the faoa in water that Is quite warm. In some eases hot water ia decidedly best. Just now, of oourse, the inolination is to get water aa oold as possible, but the propensity must not be indulged. A little violet powder, or glyoerine and rose water, may be nsed advantageously after washing, and I oan guarantee the happiest results. Tha secret I have made public was one oonfided to me by a lady whose good looka were very remarkable, and who assured me that until she took to ufe warm water only she waa constantly subjoot to facial skin disfigurements. I feal sure if I had reoommended some compound, only procurable at great expense and trouble, moat people would have been anxious to give the cosmetic a trial but when it is only hot water I recommend the eagerness to prove its effioaoy cools, and here I think I may appositely remark that the story of Naaman, the Assyrian, may convey a very useful lesson to those who would be ready to do some great thing," but will not, figuratively speaking, waah, and be clean." The old writers, Pliny, Homer, and many others, wrote muoh in praise of female beauty; and ita influence over the deatiniea of nations at different periods of the world's history has always been potent. If beauty be but skin deep, that is the greater reason why women, who best know tho power of loveliness, should try to preserve whatever meaaure of it has fallen to their lot, and there oertainly is no good reason why my sisters thould not also endeavour to remedy, and, if pos- sible, to remove natural defects and blemishes, the consciousness of whioh Is often one of the heavieat burdens a woman ia oalled upon to bear, I suppose I maat Dot conclude without a word about that important subject, the fashions, and though we oertainly are frying to-day, by the time my letter reaches the printer's, no one can tell what atmospheric ohanges may have set in. It is quite impossible that this weather can last, and probably it will be followed by an unusual degree of cold. Therefore, I am going to tell my readers once more that velveteen will undoubtedly be the most fashionable of all autumn dress fabrics. To speak of red velvet at this moment seems to aggravate present oonditions of heat and discomfort; but if I am to write of the fashions at all I must speak of that material. Complete suits of it are being prepared for the winter. Some are extremely vivid in colour, but the subdued shades of red, suoh as olaret, maroon, and crim- son, are severally more beooming to most people. At the same time many ladies will, it is believed, affect red velvet oostumes. For myself, I prefer myrtle green, prune, dark blue, aDd some shades of brown. I have aeen a great many suoh dresses in prapacatiaa for the oold weather. They are mostly out Prinoeas shape, (dose fittiag, and with tight sleeves, elashed and puffed at the elbows and shoulders. The front of the skirt is rather short and shows the feet. The back is trained very muoh and may, if desired, be slightly draped, but only slightly. An improver, reaching from the waist to the heels, ia generally added. It ia quite narrow. For tbe house Vandyke oollars and ruffles of lace are usual; The points of the cuffl should reaoh to the elbow, and the collar extend to the shoulder points. An upright frill may be plaoed round the neck if found additionally becoming. The Medioi oollar is also worn with the Prinoess dress. On few materials doea lace look so exquisite &8 upon velvet, or ita substitute, velveteen, and a few yards of real lace is an investment which ensures no after regrets, for with care it is a thing of beauty and a joy fo(ever. Already I have seen many plain black velvet skirts worn under brooh6 jackets as walking dresses, and a brooM jacket, whioh has a blue ground on which are ooloured flowers, looks lovely over a dark blue velvet skirt. Bed velvet jacketa are, or rather were before the hot weather set in, very frequently seen over abort I pettiooats of black satin or velvet. When the whole suit is of velveteen the out door garment is generally made jacket shape, trimmed or not with a hood that is lined with plush of a lighter or contrasting shade. Hoods in town have become so very common that I notice many ladies seam inolined to forego them, but still with reluc- tance. I witnessed a very fashionable wedding last 1 week. Nearly all the gentlemen of the party wo?e white waistooats. I mention this because 1 think the hint may be useful to masculine readers I snppcsbog I have any suoh.

da*« of the Gar rick /IV9nr Ha imitation of Edmuud Kean, aud Theodore Hook had beenain.. hia woa*»,ul 9?*gs, When Hook offered to set the young dramatist down at B^mntoru cresoent, on his own way to Fulham. It waa & br St ke7iFaB8^ Hyde-patk Corner, when Hookeaid, I have been very ill for somo time, and my doctor. told me nevet to be out of doors after dark. Mthenightair was the woret thing for me. i nave taken their advioe-1 drive into town st reMo olook every afternoon, dine at Crookfard < or where ever I may be invited, and never go nome until this time in the morning. I have not breathed the night air for the last two months." THE ADMIRATION OF THB WORLD.—Mrs 8. A. Allen's World's Hair Kenton* is perfection for iu woLfiulai litèollnll. properties to laded or IaUillC hair, and quickly oLkufficg gray or white hair to its ratorol youthful oolour and beauty* Bold by d vheBuste aad *-edojB«Pb

OLD CARDIFF. Old Card:ff 1 Brush away the stately oastleand its wooden predecessor, ecatter the forests of mate, the eubstantial docks, clothe the faat covering villa land of Penarth with a dense wood, blot out mansion and well built streets, and sweep aside its hundred thousand in^bitenta.and.inatead thereof, make it simply the bare outletofthe boisterous Taff, and you have the aite of Cardiff unnoticed in pre-Roman days, and only known in later as a locality near the anoieat religious establishment of Llandaff. Had it been a plaoe of any importance in the Vivian occupation of this country we should have nhronicled as a station on the Via Juba road, £ O £ LWL Silnram to the f«r »e«t o! Oumutlini, but ill stead we have •gSsSf^SUSSf^iifil'SS Glamorgan, u genwjig o or Caer given his name to OMOin» and origin may DidiuB, but this has no tow Cardiff, fairly be assumed to be frwa Caer Tlkff; built on the side of the » j Cardiff is given or Cardiff.. The earhest notice oi^^ in tbe History of Wales, poweuf augmented oarvan, supplemented by Qjufonological table by Wynne andPMofc g,j^ii~Iestin (Iestyn there given we have the io v-^an the building ap Gwrgant) this year (10»)) Wgau of Cardiff. There is no mention o Cftrdia t^e nection with this statement. mofjt of tha caatie u meant it must have been firgt castles prior to 1090, simply of wow, stone erection of Cardiff CastUi Fitzhamon, after the conquest of wamo g The only authentic records ftn open qaeation whether or °ot. 9. t^t Roman wastenoe prior to 1080, are the fact that ooinB have been fonnd within the waus oi present castle, and that the |North road.orout- fct was known in formez times aa Sengbennyth Gate. Senghennyth was a monastery dedioatea to St. Cennyd on the aite, in all likelihood, of Caer- philly Castle. This monaster*^was destroyed in 831. and there is some presumptive e^dence that a village at least was in existenoe at Cardiff at the same time aa the monastery. Of course, it is also probable that the name ia derived from the ccmmot or Bub-diviaion of Sanahennyd. The gate" ia the only saving clause. The origin of the name Cardiff if from the castle on the Taff fixes the date then of the town at 1080, if from Didius we moat extend its antiquity for newly a thousand yeara more. To those who will be gratified by suoh we may add, that if no village existed,there waa the road, and a much travelled one, running through the plaoe, and over thia the legions tramped, meeting at Nidium, from the Sarn Helen, road way, feUow lMionariee carrying the power and the presage of Borne into tbe heart of Wales. There, too, were fh« waggons heavily »aden with denaru.aeoom. nanied by escort oonvoying the tribute money to the "gold tiled" Isoa Silurum, and a strange l^likA raoe, piotures of another dime, came warlike race, P ^fore the Btray natives who thus and pas conquerors fearlesaly, and were^Jlwa« ready to ehow? as Oatorious knew to hfa SO„OW! tfat the Roman conquest o2 IMW waB ecaroely.more than.a name. The Soman is gone vrfth th^a^ane youth. Native rnlerB have Gpnza up-. The monk and friar are at Llsadaff,. *]w crnieicg along tbe coast, and saij-fg _y_ pillage and tribute, and Iestyn w ms forceB to go himeelf against doughty Bhya, when in buistB Eii ion, travel Btained, oalltd. exnauBCea, ntterly unlike the gallant yomh who bad wen atauBch friends amongat the Norman knights in Eolith oaa^gg™ r TTe wondering land inquiring gaze of • ifi« answered. Emion confeesea to an utner quiekly^. hol0 army out up or scattered, no defeat, bifl t^er Gruffydd and Llewelyn elaia, two men together, urn he only 6a*e' J: ifl ? gloomy one. But Emeon is and his welcome g BmUea sweetly upon oonsoled. Bis days, when he left for him, aB Bhe bad in byg^ aQd j^nipped, he England, and *^e passion, for love with has only one thoughtiOne p ^nd was him was eeoondary to amou jj0^ in again to meet Rbyamthe force at tl# g ave ccuncU he and Iestyn sat^ i bn{ command of h« uncle was » ^10Tfaera W88 also it was not equal to that or iinye. xuo niz ^advsrt:er, the flushed with victory, the ot Iestyu wonla oowed with He defeat of ttioir ffllowa, Isstyn upas not to be compared wittl Rbys aa & warrior, a.5 wh&t of f/iiienc—rlf; itaa whh J«ri>isv»ed rapi"-i- ;;(;1" a fcrokt n sbu-Id, a dioted s^urd. 1 He (,1'i) rre obaoitft, unol#> quoted ni-von, &rd I «»ro jon tha', 1he, 11 lioa will be d > t-poji 1)H, ISui '8i«l hj»ve to 1 Aik o-it. not ho J, U h for eoi-qjT-et as for self pr»<er»«»twa- "iiJ Le is St. won't be BATIRFIED with lie, lh 11 tfar rh »t yon are in a m/nad oely WFCI''>L.G an OI vfrtnai'y TO REPUAT m¡ i| »-n, 1 j- Vi:g:n, !o .k on' Ya;3 -n'i hive ft.-tt bim, a v«-rj"jii%»it, wi'h hi,ir w-ldiy fl. 'Va^ anii like th«> rrn-n -ic; dfpp red apvvi oa h'¡" cbrek, bis like fi»-e, wherever h.) d..au¡¡Ú fctd I'truclr, Ihe ^igeeet ft>;l b^f.>s3 bim!" "Am 5-fcS* ot.b e<>arcf-?" bur»t in Jpntyn, «IT bat 1", tie ess of ralekg fsara if 10U esi-ot 1at; IBEM." Wei), to tet Erglish &id. „ tiuaph! <»x-d sco myself as weJasEh^etiUtse? VCU^P ONRI IFTITCE. "Not so. 1 know men at tho English Conr1. prrrri ns »iid ttu^twortty 6H th y are gallant. 0jvB we a good fcoree and a small ese*>?t an1 I will j- liTu- beree b'J' ih. t« Glouo3ater, aad blr. Ii y to "Nil,Lm HnlllIJ At d j oar aim, y. ur obj»o*-? I Ircow yon tx) v. p)l TO t bi, lr joq w 11 he i»fi-d wisi punifbirg ktys Bay th*t witb thia En*li»h aid .«■ « rrufih 4 be eld «r>ao, do you want hia te-cirory r y. u your "'J rm-»o frauds will if jw soar* })"f., pOldùr. dI his tfo»ai;na amongst yourselves. What tha better shan I her" No, En nnclf>. My great aim M. I oosifw, to rrrsh ar;d hnmiliaie Rbys, bat I h»^e n^othnr dfnt wish. Gi^e me my fair h^ad. It bae been tbn dream of ray life. I h!it,¡ bnged for cciiiinica, I graut, but it was that 1 cjlrht oUt« her as my Ttife to share it. 1 care not how aiiull fto portion rcay he ii!iott«i3 to JRO H wa coaqaor lihra, B i losg ap yoa favour my cUlm for NesS." Iel"tyn iot-kfd g jiitiaad. The ya'ith'a d feelings thone in his EpatJsling eyes. It was love, then, and rot lands aad power, that he oravod. WdL" he iaid, musingly, I balieva YC'1, and as tbere ia LO certainty of Rhys keepitig aljof, ttrke wbfct yen require, and be epaely about is. Ia tbe meenwlila I make no movement. liiai tbiiik that I fear him. Ba speedy, Eiaeoa." The lovers were alone, looking out upon the eea, that. eeercingly obj^otleeSi Clome in wihh fpreading foam waves, and as idly strayed away. lik« a restive horse, and riderless unruled, its back aocustomed to no bardea one day rovellirsg in the etorm, the next and the tranquil dsap lies paaBic-nleea, yet in its awful power profound. StraEge prows anon pass by, harsh and strange the speech occasionally heard, blending with roar of tmrf and wapb of tidp. Does Emeon dream of the distant time to be when the battle axe should rust, and the stricg bow be carried no more from valley to valley- When beacon fires shoald not c!fRrr., and native and strange? from every hnd under heaven become united ia the earnest pur- poses cf peace, of industry and commerce. Not he A Boft hand is lying gently within his own, Eoft eyes beam upon him, but hia aa?,? is fixed rpen tmpiie, on conquest. Ha is in the Norman camp, in the battle fisld, Norman steel flaehea and bows twang, and dead men fall. He sees himself lord of the wide domain; and then, a stealthy look, he might Beek farther for a lovelier one to share his lot. I must begone, Nest," he Baid, at length, Yon know all I go to bring aid, and upon a successful contest depends my fata. Yonr father promised me your hand, thall it bo a willing priu. dearest?" There was an answering pressure, a loving em. brace, and then Ihe he&vy tread of the impa- tient Icitvn made him hntry away. CHAPTER IV. Xeea is the spur to conquest and to fame." It waa on the third day from hia leaving Gla- morgan that he reached Gloucester, and very t-ltaeed were many of hia old friends to M38 him. There wee a dub, a piquancy about Kineon which attracted notice. He had many of the charaater- iPtice which distinguish the race from which he sprung. Fearleee, with a .'ore for adventure, end a strong E dash of humour even with tie thoughtful, some might call it strate- gical, cii; position, he was just the man to win a roldier's respect or a woman's love. A r.d why waa Eiiteon satisfied to go no further ttiiu Gloucester ? Why not the English Coart ? Simply because there waa then seized of GJouceetnr," holding the landt and fishery d the Saxon lord, Brictno, who bad basn despoiled; no ether than the brave Fitzhamon, Robert Fitz. hamoc, one cf the most gallant knights that Wil. liam the Conqueror had, and with Fitzhamon other knights waiting seemingly is ambush for a chance to cross that mystic border and despoil the Welshman. Robert Fitzhamon, my hero, the most notioe. able, most conspicuous figure in the drama, was every inch a soldier. Eineon was brave, was soldierly, and no one oould pass him by without a second look cf admiration; but he was dwarfed by the side of Fitzhamon, hia slender, active figure ewmed boyish in the presence of the Norman knight. The northern tovara were men generally of large proportions and magnetic qualities. They governed by the strong arm and exeroised authority by the great dominant foroo of will. Tbis waB understood in Biblioal days, and in one eventful battle tbe success of Moses fluctuated just as fell or rose his hands. When eventually Aaron and Huz supported him so that he oaula maintain bis hands up-stretched to the going down of the sun, then he oonqueredi Some day this will be better comprehended of the people." Big men were the conquerors. The Danes were remarkable for their thews and sinews, for their great bones, their hook noses; and it ia a remarkable fact that in Gloucester, whioh wal colonized in part at one time by DaneB, the oharao. teristics are yet to be seen. So in Cardiff, whioh was oolcnieed by Normans, even now the large frame and etrocgly marked featurea of Norman type are abundant, and not confined to the male sex? Robert Fitzhamon was a relation of the Con. queror. He oame of noble parentage, ss peerage bcoks say. His father, Hamon Dentatua (a peculiar blending of Jewish and Roman) was Lord of Aatremeville, in Normaudy, a small holdiug, and by no means a f^ uer to him, when William the Conqueror began to prepare for the expedition to England, and to gather his friends around him. After the Conquest he obtained Gloucester, and in further essays of the Conqueror several times oame in contact with Eineon, who had taken servioe with the Franks or Frenchmen, aa they were called; this was by no means singular.f It ia a common mistake to suppose that Walea was at this time isolated from England, and in strongly banded antagonism. Many a noble Welshman was aoaus- trmcd to the English Court. Powys waa in allegianoe to England, and fifty years before Fita- bamcn came upon the aoene it was nothing nn. ueual for turbulent Welah prinoes to seek assist- ance from the English king, and flood their oountry with Btrangers, who saw. noted, and bided" their time for conquest. To Fitzhamon then, at Gloucester, oame Eineon, and the greeting was a hearty one. Fitzhamon had never been in Wales, as was evidenced almost by his Brat remark, Eineon not having yet un. burdened himself of his mission. Curious country that of yours," said he. Why .0 P" inquired Eineon. Well, llimply imagine ao. Marshy from the sea inland to the foot of the mountains, and then the rocks show through the slender oovering of herbage like some of my thin fellows bones through their doublets." Ba, ha," laughed the Welshman, M you don't know my oountry. It is true that for a short way inland you get bogs, but passing those the turf is firm and green, and the land rich enough to grow anything if my countrymen tilled it more, and used their bows less." Perhaps 10," said Fitzhamon, in a musing tone. "I remember some time ago espying from the Channel, having gone down the Severn to look after some suspicious Danea, a house on the hill top, and it was summer's eve, and around it the sun seemed to linger, and utter quietude slum- bered. And I thought, life's turbulenoe over, it would be the very spot for whioh to relinquish camp and broils; rest tbere away from ambitious promptings, and war's exhausting strife. Faugh! one tires of the eternal smell of blood, and the unchangeable pioture of the dying and the dead." "Tooaoonforyou to think of rest," rejoined Eineon, you, in the prime of manhood, at the dawn, I might say, of your military life. Tell the tree that is beginning to soar that it ia better to rest and toy with southern winds. Tell the lark in its flight that it ia better to remain in the mist and not dare to mount into the aunahine; or the brooklet that ia streaming out of ita rocky channel towards the widening river and the sea to stay and gambol amongBt ita boulders. No, no, your deatiny is onward, and life haa a great future in store. Even now I have an offer for you whioh may lead the way." Ha! what is that?" said Fitzhamon. Since I saw you last," eaid Eineon, I have been in the thick of it. The tale ia soon told. Ie ccmpany with some old friends of mine, I made a desperate attempt to out old Rhys ap Tewdwr from hia domains. It waa a hard fight, he was too many for ua, and I barely eaoaped with my life." "Well?" I fonnd shelter at the oastle of my Unole fwreanfc, who is quite as much opposed to Rhys „ t am. and my offer is this, that you aid my and myBelf with a substantial army, and SiSose of this same old chieftain, who has had a G^WJOFWEUDNIL.. '«Asumin gold enough to buy a provinoe." t wt like the offer,friend," Fitzhamon said. ^1 dontliKe tno Jew buflineM about it. Thereof the chieftain's laude ;Lr.O$b1 cf acceptance. Talne in gold, and you I will gije b*if t your liking. You have not can get land more to y „ mnch faith in Glaroorg Fitzhamon, with a '• But you have, r J hiob madQ Eineon bite perooptibie veinof «°ny^ knQ?rit_i don't." hia hp, and he added, x" Norman, after Well, well," continued the £ orm thinkisg a while, I will see w consider an hour alone." And tho Welshman r0Fe tohii fullest Left to himself, tbe the stature, and etretching oat hiB > tho t o,A.™ 0, W{J*E«S2 if sea ARD others ot my galb-.t IACV out a good aiiee tor yourselves Son ^l l +t, W Bervice aa well That mountainl^diathau.B of a daring brood, ana mv grio cn this laud wiu never ba eeoure until tnn are t&mea. J?° Rufua apoke, and vLt "ffitS & be ? »• SnaIl vaa easily conquesed, with the exception of that villainous Fell. district The Saxofl ta a sluggard-heavy, tuu of fight, but BID*. Th'^e WelBhmen, on the contrary, are like their goa*e, nimble as the fleetest, and for valoar by my sword, put the naked varlets into armour and they'd be invinoible. So, so, Rufua, you gave me Gloucester to keep c-ff the varlets, and to edge on and get some of the Welsh mountains. The opportunity is good. 111 aid Eineon, but, by the rood, I'll aid myBelf as well, or my nftme ia not Fitzhamon. He aauntoredout. and met Eineon in animated conversation with TuberviUe, one of hia knights, and, calling him aside, aaidr II I have thought of the offer, and will accept it. Get vi,u anJ rnuater aa many umu ion £ £ 1% go to th« King, aftdshoulcl 'va'at to see you again befcre the expedition i3 ?f ady will send a xBogsesge? from Glcuwa^er." Er'r.f csi w*e ;-rofu?e in thanks, and, hEtviti? frei-Ltd 1iuyclf, rataraod buoytKit With th.. tew B. Kv»rly tbB> rvnt rods nn* of thf) old Bo^nan "jrD. whieb thl\ S¡XuD h-v3 mo^vnorp^o^ed ao^ t e N. rmstn im>tov<;d. S«x .n i i de, stoliJ, ▼ th be hebvj Gcrao&n f«$.i9?ev, eyed h'm sail *oly a? he 1 and here and h^;» N.>?aj;>a soldier -.i? folUa.-y iu?Efd to loc-k ot the ^gila .ouanUja-jar ps be rapidly for homo.

GOSSiF II" "IHE Yv OBLDr3 tie vec gt. u's^wte^ and an amusing B-oane K- -tE £ Lorr Be^esdale and th" L-->a1«r of the I t -9 lis thp Lorrfs" oa F-iday ni^bt. So f 1 t-? w&e L td Re^ee' s-I? ?o get t hroarfh witi 7: Bills *fci-b he had opp- 8*c. ani to cut cat tndn.< rts h? ki!1 ai>d is is^artfrg, taat » krd?hip would sot p> r*jr> 1 w:rd fr:>cn any 1 :llc lr rd OD eirbv r-?e o" the Hcu-e. As 01a or li '.bcr r F?, YOTJ 0 t,'r wr,t to op? se *ht? I 1- 6 fci.ve it," growl*d tny Lord E^deddaie ?~cin hi* as rr.airtr&n c.f ecaaiitteee. On J • re cocat'OB Earl Gr&Lviila rose to address the Pc-uee. Cat'* yon e.-t I have put the questni ? | Yen b!l" 1:0 ,r,&ht 10 mtH':="i.: 1:)'\7," qaotb Ljrd a very s'ld¡!Ç\ vwice whireupos Lcrd Gracilis sat down s-sais, anr- a fejr noble i io.'Go trVrTd. Fortuuauly tbwere eo ) ttrargert." :n the Houts to witasss the series I of uxidigL>:5id scenes. I The cr. '1 cf tt-P P?cn?;#r, hsr farsily and frsiie, th«3 Grantolly C>f-tle vill ec«5 a very Jaric ftei e? noter, th« whele of whiaa wJl its j j ralrijfd by Mr Donald Currio sud his p^rtcir. j Mr «. Eirit-UfUiliy i-onUut-i Uiuaes-f a maah j Mr «. Eirit-UfUiliy i-onUut-i Uiuaes-f a maah j ix.l-er Tcerel whtn >.e tiikes a yaehtiag trip !l-nt on tho pTO-imi amnion in fc;?d:ucti to the j G/a^tnilj Ca £ !-t horsf-i' -:a;re WAS fr<aeutly a j iijittt'rcw io av-erdifcoe the t&ie- 5 d (u;:rva:cbte c J fro^a tc.2 th-ar?. | 1 Lord I>nf*l«5'<» medioal advisers hare rscorn- | 3Eci<c» d life '>b the eeaas a tiJ1:Îc and restorative asd Lisj Dnciey ba« hired a yacht, the Eiiida. j beiorsgira tc Sit Geotge S'U^iey. for a lew we«ka, oa bcb.ic wbioh they 8»ii or stsa^. ior several hutirt every cay, 1 j Jf Ay cob Khss i? carght by any g? Eoberts'e irep, >e eh on Id be ebc" by aLi the rulc.s of war. t: e is rsdvubie^y rr-eponeitsle for the foul murder cf licrteBsnt Maolaine, KH A., wha was a priscii&r in hie hatda up to the day of the battle cf ArgandaK I Tbe qcv:ke?t grirg ever known in India was peifcimtdby Mt.i >r Wniteof thE &2ad Higalandere the ctret Öy. He hs-d f»ix d&ye to do tho du>iauoe fc; tweet Siula and Cabai in order to march with Kobcits, and le did it. Of ooarte a military secretary can get ever the ground quicker than other people. What Eight have been a tragic scene was pre- vented by the preeenoe of mind at a young actress at Folkestone, on Wednesday evening, daring the performance of H.M S. Pinafore," by the Opera Comique Company. During the second act, when, Josepnim (Miss Ethel Pisrsoc) waa takisg leave of Jack Kacmtravc, the eky scene caiight fire, and blazed up in a most alarming matntr. The large audience rose en -Mosst, and were cn the point of ruebing to the door, when ( Mife* Pierson advanced to the footlights and cortitiied her duet with Eac';s.rc,'x, although thty were both in imminent danger, while the other performers tore down the burning scenery, and succeeded in trampling out tbe fire. Tile plucky pair received quire an ovation when the aacienoe found that all danger waa pMt. I had a ehat with Mr Sothem in Brighton last week and was pleased to note a great improvement in his appearance. He haa gained 7ibs. in weight since be has been under Dr Boose's care and is beginning to look hia former self. He is able now to take an occasional drive but the strictest regularity of living and repoae from all excitement are enjoined as essential to hiB complete rea covery. Some Eurpriss ia expressed at Captain Lord Charles Scott's ehip leaving England ic advance of the IfcconEtant but the real reason iB that the ycurg Princes are desired to get the benefit of as mnch Fea air as poseible, and it is also felt not to be advisable, having regard to other midshipmen, to give them too mu^h leave, or to have theoi too long on board, when the vessel is at a home port. The resignation of Mr Niohole, thfl caterer for the last ten years 01 the House of Commons, has led to a generally expressed hope tor tee amelio. ration of the cuff- p. it may not be out of plaoe t:) give ecme details of which the octaide public are probably igutranu. Mr Nichoie, who was originally a B; rsant tf theDckeof Devonshire, Eueceedcc, as caterer of the Reuse of Commons, My Lac« t of Parliament street, whose restaurant is weU and f&vourab'y known to all the denizens of the Westminster law courts. He arrived at an auspicious momert: the narrow idicing rooms. which now constitute thA tea room and reading room, were superseded by the extremely handsome t rooms which faoe the river, and which are replete with every comfort, being in direct communication with the kitcben. The modest grill of Bellamy had been insensibly elaborated till the carte oontained all the edible items which are to be found in a olub. Moreover the stipend attaching to the situation of caterer made it a most desirable and enviable poet, <6800 per ann11D1-.t500 from the Commons, .£31)0 from the Lords—plate, linen, coals, gas, everything found," and a charming suite of apartments in the House of Lords to boot. In addition to the usual first nighters who officiated at the production of "The Mighty Dollar," there were present at the Gaiety a party cf crutch and-toothpiok statesmen from the Lower Beuee, under the leaderehipof a noble lord whose principal occupation would be gone with his moustache. These embryo Pitts continued to interrupt and annoy by their valuable remarks as to the performance and appearanoe of Kate, Nelly, Baby, and Connie, followed by gusts of laughter. Their oondnct very nearly led to a serious fncaa. There were many very audible hissing SOUL ds—whioh are usually understand to demand sileroe—on the part of the stalls in general, and a stalwart diamatio critic in pMHoulM whioh demands not being complied with, led to a little dramatic soene in the lobby. Needless to say, the repartee of the D. C. waa a trifle more brilliant than that of the N. L. The N. L. asked the D. C. who the he was; and was answered, Look, you ——, every one here knows wao I am, and they can very soon be made to know who you are; for if you do not confine your organised opposition' to the House of Commons, aud your licensed impertinence to your betters in that House, lahall take the liberty, to use tbe language of the Hon. Bardwell SJcte. of p.y.n—of pulling your nose." Exit N. L. and followers in search of cooler air and a cigarette.

PICKINGS FROM THE OOMIO PAPERS. (From Punch.) PAYING BXNT.—Saxon eportBmaz What are these constables doing there, Tim P Irish game- keeper Skure they're a watchin' Pat Norton, forr Saxon aporteman What for r What's he been doing P Tim Ooh Bagorr* he's paid hie rint, IOn CATCHING THB EARLY BIRD, (AUOOST 31.)— Customer (ourioua to know how partridges get into the market" eo early on Sept. let) I want a brace of partridges for a sick relative. Poulterer Can't have 'em till to-morrow, air. Customer 3ut oouldn't you to-day. as a favour for an invalid r I'll give fifteen shillings for them. Poulterer: W-e-U—(hesitatingly)—if you'll make it a guinea—(deoidedly)—you shall have 'em 1 f Customer departs satisfied, j DIFFICULT THING TO KBXP IN INDIA.—A cool head. AN ATTSB-THOUGHT. Professional tempe- rance orator Waiter, have yon got any soda water ? Barman Yeesit—plenty, air. A bottle of soda, sir r Prof. temp. orator (ostentatiously) A bottle of Boda water, please and—(sotto vooe) —I think you oan put a glass of brandy into it I GAUL AND ALBION.—Tom Aaktoem tooome and play cricket with DII, Effie. Erne Youtevous venir .fouer cricket avec nous ? Alphonse: No, you. mees My parents say it is no genteel far ze leetle meeaea to play ae orioket 1 Ve vill play za skippinrope if you vill, or ze shuttledore and ze battlfeoock! (From. hn.) THE IRIEH QUESTION .—O'Finnigan: Look at that now, Brown 1 The Irishman will have hia roighte, thin, for he'a got the heart, the luags, and the brickbats, bedad. Brown: Mark my words, O'Finnigan, theae riota and murders will ruin business in your oountry. O'Finnigan: Be jabers, an' a good job too! I hate business; and show me the roight-moinded, thrue-hearted Irishman that doesn't. "ONE TOUCH OF NATUBE," &c.-8treet Preacher I now ask, brethren, what oan I do to move you P—what shall I do to move you in thia world of wickedness r 'Arry Send round the 'at, guv'nor—that'll move 'em. A BARD CASE.-Major Dunnup: Awflly dull down here, isn't it, Miss Manaf Miss Maria: Do you think aof Why don't 7011 go, then ? You're a bachelor, and have only youraelf to please. Major Dunnup: Only myaelf to pleaae! You don't know what a dooaid difficult thing that ia to do. PHONXTIC —Maiden Aunt to tall young Nephew: As I stood by you in ohuroh, PeroyTl oould not help being struck by your aize. Percy Very sorry, aunt, but there waa such an awfully pretty^gbl^the other aide ot the aiale, I oouldn't BURY MUCH So.—The more bigoted Church, men would make the Primate'a name the Arch- bishop of you! WHAT bird reminds JOII of a Catherine-wheel ia a state of oombuttion P The Flaming.o ALL THE FASHION,—Young Lady: Dear me Manr! how wn your mother let you go about with your hair like that ? Cottage Girl" Mother likes me to ave a fringe like other young ladies I m going to 'ave a Jersey oostume, too I

TO A LADY ON HER DEAD BIRD. Bnght ninsic hughod by touch of death. tyes c-osed that Klisten'd like the new Tbe tPonder throat tha.t once the brelth Of remade sweet and dear to yon. Withaongeotnie. dropt and aoiled that wereao gay. Yoa i boa gut their geutie whirl waa spfre c &s Ofaome soft linjSf5rin|f wind of May. Or sigh of fainting waves that reaob 1 Along the boacii Sweet restless feet, y& liia do. That heat a iiny t'rti Ir all88 To thr-jJIirg so^ g that the lovee 01 fl jwciB, iia nr h v-s subtle i iaoe j UplaxLe i ihei: late. Glf d bt-ai aad sharp tr a"' took the fooc Prc nj out of careful lotivg Ai d dipped and splashed iu pliyid The wat*r of the laken staudE I Upheld by faaaos. Aisa that aoulcf ir ir^h is fled To Death's nn? ni r otdabie deep. The voiceless ri gioi: ot the de-" Aad thej h 1 TC et id. Why wTn •» •««« For thii gs sleep* Tw'. faith ard hop; are goodly thin«fc j srief angks but grief ? Toys Lke1 glad enminer bird« have wings, And wi'Lei ka a>-ricg fiawer Xesf Of our belief. i To you the cor? of that I' Was dear a- April» And 8w»et aa w>;wud tremblmga heard, Amid the tw«e on suauaar day. Dying awa.r. W« wm. olasp hands, and part in pain, Withtat and hurniw* tearful eyes. And know we «•'« *h»ll "»•« again, And ttstske cense of all our sighs 1 fsgllst all dies. [ CKVBCXHA, c. OSBOSKS. 1

ODDS ANi) Ef-DS. "v" WLikt a few'" ^rfiragite e»> a—Vvhare there's a will Ueie'e a won't Cbtrlif Lsn brnDi't't', rf one of b:«i ciirss, Ite mie 1 c iHi.k k;-i, iUe !<>«•! t1.il!l!C O' him." A c vf-ry rid bs tbfc. it's ^ccs, &id tot her 33, taut osgL: to be rtdrseped. I. Gently the dees arc rA-r '1'ti s^ealtap," ai the wan t-&:d what he hto-.j biis to kitu AT C^E TIAE. N T'cf n,a5 wbo ETFP?'?'? cr an HOUR for a n:i. ?<e that ne was ouking ijai p»;avf OR the bM-df ot As CLO adage of ^.HE pRln :ake asaksr, BSR now 9>j-r: priced t.y the cr?c»et wiajer: A tsitong bat«er s,ay buret the pi casr. i'et ate ?r«qneutly i-ka tR»—t'ei? =itrsagth fcrd rocdicgs are not pi-opetiy d.-<*s'e oat vctQ tat 5 baTe betn 1!1 hot water. "I stD going to see (Sara 2^,?? y..3 ary r £ »«« ?♦' "7 wonder hiv yoa vtbn tha; t.. "usirl. Give ter my love." A c as ..d dr&T\ a doa=>a (fhw:rrhi'Vy ard sx;,LS-f0 c? ft «:rar d"inp'i»ui«<1 to his %iff ;hat that oflsc-na otgat toade t:m »irfai /.zy." Jffcee «.ye i* wt't the «»loap os ter hoi? that tic-jb!fs bin. in choosing a h^l»<a TUa colour of htr n.ci.ey is what ia$era»ss Lia vastly more. "V;1u.(: an ill-TTiaac 3ida% "Mrs ■' mi bar. OL," ë<>:č c-c- lady [0 another. Y .>15, "d that's tie recEcn it file Let to vs'u," WM sceeriAg teply. A showman haa & leamsa pig that he is trying to tsacb to siiis, t-ut txe «<,ar.g ewtne won t learn. ] r is thci/^ ht ttiut he hxcb it woald bring him to the (p)saii-ery. "DoB t yon think thepe paiutinge are badly bur g ?" aBof d one gettiemaa .r another, tt < recent an ►xiai^inoc "Badly hangr Tee, horribly executed was the reply. A Yapkec editor suggests that if the NihiHcts reohy w&nt to do away with the Caar they shoaitl ailute him into foo'ing with a piaul of the be cidr't know it was loaded kind. A kieB without a uwustaeha is like an <Hf without salt Spanish i*roverb.i Ahrto11 n- member that, sir*?, and never kiaa without the moustache; always kias within ü. A man Lever discovers, remarks a eommeroial traveller, how plentiful mastard it, and how scarce are bread and meat, until he « railway refreshment room saudwiek. Eminent Counsel: Yes, gentleaea of the jury, ■^ou wi l- ch, 1 kcow you wili—restore my perae- euted clifxt to xfef. a»r<s of iris wife and little oaes, W £ C"» i he Ceurt; Y jnr elieut is a baohelor. Country parson (to bereaved widow of a doctor in Yotksbire): I cannot tell bow pained I was to bear that your hID baud had gone to heaven. We were bosom friezes, be. new we shall sever meet again. "Whec yon play that soaata," said a teacher to hia pupil, you must show off your fingering as mnch as possible." Daa't you fear aboat that, she responded." I'.iJ have a finger ring on evezy finger." A gentleman saw an old Highlander one day fishu,g with a beat pin. He Baid to the man f leh will never be caught with that." UAy: will thfy," the man rtplied, "if they'll only take it into their heads." A celebrated lawyer o-M sud that the three most troublesome cheats be av<?r had were a yoaag lacy who wanted to be mtrriod, a Married woman who wanted a divorce, and az. old maid who didn't know what Ibe wanted. Teacher with reading elaas. Boy (reading): And as the sailed down the rirer — Teacher: Why are fcbipe caned" aLa f Bjy (preeoeioasly alive to the retpcnjci'iUties of his leX): Rra»JP| they need meD to maiiage them. A distil guiehed and loeg-winsed Paris lawy* lately defended a criminal uzsueo^ssfully, and a4 the end of the trial the judge reeeived the fnlhiw irg note :—" The prisoner humbly prays that UM tiina oo' r.piec by the plea ef the oouuael for cefenoe be counted m the senteaoe." A Detroit boy l&id an umbrella with a oord tiea to it in a public doorway. Eleven persons *hoq]ø hat umbrella was theira, and oarried it with ,hem the length of the string. Tbe," tuddetly dropped it, and went off without 08Q8 looking back or stopping to piak it upi Miss Jones was about to mtn-yt military ofieflT, much to her mother's displeasure. Whv mv child," said the latter, doi't you know wS'uS be declared at any moment and take bim away fat ever ?" Very well," was the answer," a widow of seventeen—what oould be more poetic P" "Don't waste your time clipping off the branches," said a woodman to bis son, "but lay ycur axe at the root of the tree." Ana the young man went out and laid his axe at the root of tbe tree, like a good and dutiful boy, aad then want a fishing. Truly there is nothing like filial dienoe. A little fellow, in turning over the loaves ef < ecrtp-book, came upon the well known picture of tome chiokens just out of their shell, Heexaauaed. the picture oarefully, and theu, with a grave, sagacious look at the lady who sat beside aim, slowly remarked, They same out 'oes they WM afraid of being boiled." Miatreaa (to her oook): Jane, who is that 708 were talking to on the steps. Jane; It was my brother, ma'am. Mistress: Indeed: There. no family resemblance. What is bis mune ? Jane Smith, ma'am—James Smith. MistresB; But your name is Byan, Jane Yes'm, 10 it ie but you see ma'am, my brother's been married. Old Mra Charles Mathers, the mother of our beloved Captain Patter, was very juvenile looking till late in life. A friend of the family, meeting her son one day and commenting on the fact, said, '1 By the way, Charlee, how old ia your mother P" "Well," answered the inimitable Charles, oos- sidering, I hardly know, tihs must be 40, I'm 39." A domestic reoently arrived from the oountry wished, on the oooaaion of her aunt's birthday, to setd that rehttive present. Her mistress offered to guide her in her purchase, bat she refused her aaaiatanoe. An hour afterwards ahe returned, bearing, with an air of great eatiefaetMn, awreMh of immortelles ornamented with the inscription, To my aunt." The late John Brougham WIll well known M a wit, and his repliee were always cm the spur of the moment. At a banquet in New York be was seated next to Coroner Croker. A toast was pro- posed, and Brougham asked the coroner what he should drink it in. "Claret," said the eoroner. Claret!" was the reply, That's no drink for a ooroner. There's no body ia that." A few of Mr Hollingabead'a "explanations" from his volume of admirable satire Piain English" deserves a plaoe in a new philosophieal dictionary. Among suoh are Dry wine —phyais in a convivial bottle" History—ong side of a question" Education—a little rowing and leas Greek;" "Dyspepsia—the punishment of pros- perity Workhouse—a terminus for thirdJoiass paaaengera." A reoent Transatlantic advertisement contains the following startling information: If tbe gentleman who keeps the shoe store with a red head will return the umbrella of a young lady with whalebone ribs and an ivory bnd1e to the elate roofed grocer's store, he will hear of IOme- thing to hia advantage, aa the same is a gift of a deoeased mother now no more with the name engraved aponit." *'I„eh*V,,eel 10 lonely, dearest, when 7011 are gone, 88icl. haaband, ae he put hie wife in railway carnage tog tbe B-side, and, ding- ing to her fondly, awaited the signal of denartnr« Charlie, deM" the answered re-asauringly. •* i have provided against all that. Mamma wiuaoma and stay with you until I return; and, as she's very timid, you'll remain at home of an evening and keep each other company." In tbe North of Sootland a minister waa to task one of his flock who was a freownt absentee, and the accused defended oan plea of a dislike to long sermons. Deed. man," said his reverend monitor, a little nettled attht insinuation, if ye dinna mend, ye may laadr yerself where ye'll no be troubled wi' m»i»y mons, either long or short." Weel, aiblinssae," retorted John, but it may be nae for waat 0' ministers." An Irish sentry at Haslar gunboat ship, eaeing a boat coming up the oreek towards the plaoe at night, hailed it with Who goes thereT' The reply DOt being satisfactory to the Irishman, he apam haded it. This time the answer was Prince Lemingen." The whioh ?" asked Pat. "Prince Leiningen," was again the reolv Begorro," sang out Pat, Finoh Lioigau oruo Finoh Linigan, he don't LAND here 1" arndlaad B. 8. H. did not. — A Parisian merchant who has been SBVAMLI H ss&tesrszssr- aspiring cashier seta to work with scraper, iuk eraser, and what not, and, if he sueoaads in oostrcyirg all traoe of the erasure, he ia invited to take his hat and leave. A well-known German musical dlreotor, while conducting a rehearsal of a new work proiuoed for the first time in England, on ootniug to a j^z'-cato passage (pi^icato, non-maaical readers should know, is a musical term for twitehia* the strings of a violin or violin oello with thenager instead of producing tbe sound with the bowl said to the orchestea, "Play it with ^ar m&" meaning that they should use the wds of their &Dgera and not touch the strings with their Pat Dempsey, on finding his brother laid out ou the ground during a row at a recent political gathering near Cork, at onoe jalDped into the oentrs ot the crowd, with his shillelagh ready for action and murder in his eye. crying, "Arrah, show lXIe the XQ&a M did it!1* To him stdppod fcrth an Irieh giant, with blood stained fitiok in hand, exhlaioiing, "fhaM a.: he'a here—au' now what'll Je ro?" Sbure I' w. a moighty n»te bl .w," replied Pat, as he sneaked away ia tbe arowdk A WOIRSTNAN who aakrd a French manufacturer for employm«nt» said pitifully, Monsieur, I have fourteen children. The manufacturer, who is a political economist, shrugged bis ehonldera aud answered, Iu your situation it iB absurdtohave so many. This remark was heard by the manufacturer s son, a boy of eight vil™ days after be was walking withh?» 7^ u poor little girl begged charity of T have eleven little brother. and si^M'^rhL'boy 880. ber a sou but. mamri b, ideal of poliäo8J economy, said, In your Ii £ ^ohtwJ uve to maD, 88 that ?" B 8 r°* lo^Tetdere'd^Brflla8 a,etr13.,riBh wife, who baa OHJSS. oib«T • w' ,e aay» not loM MO. sbe. tn • O! pl<¡ue, packed up her things ud Wt him. ronrd^T^.evefvto come batSk The un went round ftbe neighbours, andatnight sevual of them WMt n condolc with the deserted husband. "ia front garden, pnSog at bis pipe. Ah, t a^iuo. Giles raounJully ew i th3 spokee- tca^ the pffy yor" "tfyhoy." replied the coneet farmer. b» Ire dmiiro«ii'7 knocked out tbe ashes of his pipe, yo» are rigs* She has jnut ootae J',