The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

CONDITION OF IRELAND. — In the Gazette is published a proclamation placing the barony of Garrycast!e under the provisions of the Protection of Life and Property Act. Some relief works near Kanturk have been brought to a stoppage through the workmen refusing to work with the brother of a witness in a late Boycotting prosecution, Several shots have been fired at night into the house of a bog-ranger named Green, on the estate of Arch- de icon Bland, near Killarney. Beyond the breakage of windows, no damage was done. Her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough has jnst completed ar elllelltsfor the entire outfit of 15 Irish iamilies, u will be provided with free pus- saares to Manitoba, and located there in "neatly fur- nished farmsteads." Lord CLtncurry, writing in reply to a memorial from his temnts requesting reductions of rent, says he cannot grant any reduction but that any tenant, excepting such as hold leases and occupy lands adjoin- ing Glenstaff, who are desirous of purchasing the fee simple of the farms can have the same at his hands ¡'y paying 24 years'purchase on the existing rental. If not, the alternative is that he will place the lands in thi) hands of his solicitor. At Swinford and some of the surrounding tourist villages a threatening notice to the following effect has been posted: '"Notice.—Let no man hold any com- munication with Edward Murphy, of Swinford, who is a tyrant, and who has sought for coercion for Ireland." The notice had no signature of any kind, or primer's name. Murphy, who is Boycotted, is a cattle dealer and small landlord. His refusal of a reduction to his tenants is assigned as a reason of this notice. A day or two since a formidable demonstration took place m the neighbourhood of Abbevfeall, county Limerick, which has recently acquired notoriety for its lawlessness. A mob of some hundreds of people armed with spades and sticks, marched in procession, headed by a brass band for the purpose of giving a, reception to a process- server whom they expected to arrive. Fortu- nately for him, he did not appear, and after waiting for some time, and finding no process-server or bailiff, the mob dispersed. Two violent assaults are reported from Cappawhite, county Tipperary. A man named Clear, a cattla drover, from county Kilkenny, who was mistaken for a bailiff serving writs for non-payment of rent, was beaten with a stick by someone who escaped de- tention. In the other case a man named Brien was returning at night from Cappawhite fair when he was assailed in a desperate manner by, it is alleged, a person named Firmane, with whom he had a quarrel on his way home. He received three severe wounds on the head, his life being endangered. A man named Carey, who interposed between the parties,waa also set upon and received two blows on the head with a loaded butt, which cut him severely. The accused man Firmane has been arrested, and re- manded. A disturbance has been caused at Millstreet, co. Cork,by four soldiers of the 107th Regiment, stationed in )attown. The men, early in the evening, took off tho belts in the streets and made use of some insult- ing cpressions. A crowd collected around, and the so; iera attacked some of them, but before any serious ric t. occurred the commanding officer sent out a pit ;et, and bad the disorderly soldiers arrested. A1 ut 10 o'clock in the night a number of soldiers m, ted the walls of the barracks, and threw stones, br king several windows in the houses on the oppo- sit side of the street. Great indignation is ex- hib.ted by the people, and the military have been confined to barracks; the 107th Regiment, stationed at Buttevant, being sent for to take charge of the detachment in Millstreet. Lord Cork has paid a visit to his tenants on his estates near Charleville, and announced that he would make a permanent redaction in their rents, varying from 25 to 35 per cent. Seven of the tenants objected to the amount of the abatement on the ground that, even with the proposed reduction, their rents would still be exorbitant, and their views were communicated to his lordship, who favour- ably entertained their respective cases,and, an under- standing having been arrived at, the tenants in a body expressed their warmest satisfaction at the conduct of their noble landlord.-The tenants on the Kingston estate, to the number of nearly 1,600, refused to pay more than Griffith's valuation, although the rents on the property do not exceed 16 per cent. over the valuation, and writs and ejectment processes were recently served upon 300 of the tenants. Through the in- tervention of some influential local persons the majority of the tenants have agreed to pay the year's arrears in three instalments,the first instalment to be paid immediately and the remainder before the 29th of September. The provisions of the Land Bill have been discussed at a meeting of the Cork Land League, when there was a general concurrence of opinion that the measure was inadequate to satisfy the present demands. The absence of a clause relating to the improvement of the labourers' condition was commented upon, Mr. Hefferman pointed out that no scheme of land reform would satisfy tenanti that did not reduce existing rents, and he suggested that the Government should advance 19-20ths of the purchase-money and spread the rspayment over a period of 60 years. He held, with regard to the emigration scheme, that it was criminal for Govern- ment to send the people of Ireland into exile to cultivate the prairies of America, instead of cultivat- ing Irish prairies, especially when the result of their labours abroad were to overcrowd the home markets with agricultural produce from a free land. A resolution was proposed condemning as useless any court for the adjustment of rents that did not include a representative of the farmers. The clause exclud- ing leaseholders from the benefits of the Act was also condemned. Four incendiary fires by one of which the house of a process-server named Boyd was destroyed at Mostyn, are reported for the same district of •King's County in which Mr. Thompson's residence was recently burnt down. Three houses within a radius of a. mile were set on fire, and another would have been burned down if the occupiers had not been alarmed by the barking of a dog. One of the Bufferers is a bailiff on Lord Rosse's estate, and in that district the tenants nearly aU held underGriffith's valu- ation. No less than seven or eight claims for com- pensation, that in Mr. Thompson's case being for £ 1,000, have been already lodged. The house of a herd, newly built on the property of Miss Gardiner, Farm Hall, Mayo, has been levelled to the ground. She has been Boycotted for some time and was lately relieved by the Orange Emergency Committee. On Monday a number of Nationalist bands marched to Kihnainham, andplayed selections of national airs whi:e parsing the gaol where the prisoners under the Protection Act are confined. Mr. Boyton, one of the prisoners, has been attacked with il:ness, and is at pre- sent under medical aid in the prison infirmary. A paity of disguised men visited the house of a far- pier named Healy, at Desertmore, near Ballincollig, late at night, and dragging Healy out cf the house pointed a loaded gun at nis head and made him swear Jie would not take.the fyrm ag^in. Three men named M'Carthy.Begley, and M'Namarajjiave been arrested, It is stated fhafc Hea^y'e;ntere4 into possession of a farm from which, a, tenant. 4 had been lately evicted, j and one 01 the men in custody is brother to th% oc ¡ cuoant td th* frnih -01

AGRARIAN OUTRAGES. A return has been issued of the number of agrarian outrages committed in Ireland which v '-re V no ted to the police during the month of M. J.M. T ■ d-t-.uls are as follows Murder, 1 firing at the P'l'i"Ti, 1 ;>ssau!t on police, 2; aggravated assault, 'I as- i,uit i-iidangering life, 1; assaults on bailiffs and • process-servers, 3; incendiary fire, 13; burglary and robbery, 2; taking and holding forcible posses*ion, 3; cattle stealing, 1; killing, cutting, or maiming cattle, 3; oemand or robbery of arms, 6; riots, 5,; ad- mini-teriug unlawful oaths, 7 intimidation by thieat-ening letters, 04 intimidation otherwise, 14 j I resistance to legal process, 1; injury to property, 11; tiring into dwellings, 5; injury to railway tra ns, 1—total 14*3.

EVICTIONS IN IRELAND. On Saturday a Parliamentary return was issued, shewing the number of evictions which have come to the knowledge of the constabulary in each of the years from 1849 to 1880. In 1849 90,440 persons were evicted, of whom 18,375 were re-admitted. In 1850 the evictions rose to 104, ±63, and there-admissions to 30,292. Since that period the numbers rapidly fen till in 1860 they only amounted to 2,985. They however again increased, and in 1864, 9,201. persons were evicted. There was again a failing off, and in 1869 the lowest number was reached, an i 1,741 persons were evicted. Since then there has bjen a gradual increased, and in 1879 the figures st" .d at f>,239, -md in 1380 at 10,457, the re-admissions be: ng 663and 1,021 respectively. The totals from 1849 to 1890 are—evicted, 90,107 families, 460,570 persons re-admitted, 21,340 families, 115,859 persons. The evictions are more numerous in Connaught than any other district.

THE DiiFEAT OF ALBANIANS. Pa-ticutars of an encounter between Dervish Pasha and the Albanians have been received by the Vienna Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. He says Towards 11 o'clock on the morning of the 20th inst. :he troops, under command of Dervish Pasha, issued forth from the camp of Verisovicz, with the inten- :ior' of marching on Prisrend. They came up with the Albanians between Verisovicz and Liplain. The latter raised a terrific shout and charged the advancing jolumn. Although they fought like heroei, they were i iriven back. and followed to within half a kilo- rnfetre of Stimlia. The right wing of the Turkish forces was commanded by Mustapha Pasha, the left by Osman Pasha, and the centre fey Ibrahim Pasha,the Military Governor of Uskub. The Albanian losses were very heavy. When this intelligence left, the Turkish artillery was bombarding a large locality jailed Estamie. Dervish Pasha telegraphed to Salonica, ifter the battle, for reinforcements but the answer was that none could be spared from that town. He afterwards applied to Constantinople urging the authorities there to sendhim fresh troops immediately. The news of the reverse at Verisovicz will ipread like wildfire throughout Albania, and in many parts of the country, where tranquility prevails at pre- sent the inhabitants will hasten to the assistance of their compatriots. The extensive preparations made by the Turks prove that they are fully aware of the difficulties which stand in their way. The Albanians are warriors to a man, and have been preparing the present insurrection for months. Their disaffection became evident from the time Mehemet Ali was murdered at Diakova; but it was only lately that decisions adopted by the Albanian League roused the Porte to a sense of the full danger of the situation. Those decisions consisted in the re- fusal of further military service, and the dismissal of all unfriendly Turkish officials in the country. They had been effectively carried out, and the moment had come when the Porte could no longer delay repression.

A French scientist, M. Pauchon, has ascertained by experiment that to reach the same visible stage of developweut a black or violet seed absorbs more oxy- gen than a white or yellow one, though a more raoid germination is observed in the latter. On the other hand, the quantities of carbonic acid exhaled by white seeds are found to be considerably greater than thn-" from the dark, sometimes even double. These differences are considered to prove that dark or violet Beeds are better conditioned from a physiological point of view. The more frequent and pronounced pigmentation of seeds of northern lands is, therefore," says M. Pauchon, "a favourable circumstance for the growth of these organisms, under the peculiar light conditions to which they are subject." A serious gas explosion has occurred at Hull. The eras-pipes in the shop of Mr. Kauffmann, tailor, were being repaired by a man named Garbutt, and a light being brought inadvertantly into contact with an reaping let of ga, an explosion followed, which blew out the plateglass front of the window, and so injured Garbutt and Kauffmann that they had to be conveyed to the infirmary. Saturday's issue of the Freiheit contained an article surrounded by a deep black mourning botder, com- menting on the recent execution of the murderers of Alexander II. At the top are printed in capitals, arranged in one line, the names RusakdI, Michailoff, Jeliaboff, Kibaltschisch.and Sofie Perofski. The execu- tion is denounced in the strain with which previous extracts from the Freiheit have made the public familiar. Those executed are praised as martyrs and sacrifices. The Mayor of Brighton has received a communica- tion from Colonel Dormer, A.Q.M.G., at Portsmouth, conveying on the part of Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, who commanded the forces at the review on Easter Monday, his Highness's appreciation of the admirable arrangements and great assistance afforded by the municipal authorities of Brighton. The census returns shew the population of Bolton to have increased from 82,855 in 1871 to 106,361; that of Leicester is now 122,360, an increase of 27,140; that of Accrington 31,340, an increase of nearly 10,000. Scarborough and the outlying parish <A Falsgrave contain 30,236 persons, an increase of 6,155. Of the leading Scotch towns Glasgow has now a population of 555,289, an increase of 78,183 Dundee 140,463, increase 18,488; and Aberdeen 105,818, increase 17,693. 1

OUR LADIES' COLUMN. Now thit poor Lord Bcaconaneld is dead, many of his shrewd sayings will pass into proverbs, noteworthy his tailor's remarks upon dress in "EndymlOn" You must dress according to your age, your pursuits, your object in life; you must dress, too, in some cases, according to yonr set. I am dressing two brothers now, men of considerable position; one is a mere man of pleasure, the other will probably be a Minister of State. They are as like as two peas, but were I to dress the dandy and the Minister the same, it would be bad taste-it would be ridiculous." But if the dress of Lord Beaconsfield and Mr. Glad- stone,both Prime Ministers, were to be compared, they were as unlike as were the two men themselves. Lord Beaconsfield's long drab overcoat, in which he walked down Piccadilly with Lord Barrington two days before the commencement of his illness, was a most striking garment. It was not the material, for there was nothing uncommon in it, nor the colour-one sees both in conjunction every day-but there was un- doubtedly an air about the coat that drew the eye to it first, and afterwards to the wearer. The waist was long, and there was a certain abandonment in the collar and shoulders that was dashing. The skirts were exceedingly long, almost touching the well shaped feet. Lord Beaconsfield loved a good hat. Mr. Gladstone's is generally a "shocking bad one." Mr. Gladstone's frock coat, his linen collar, his satin scarf, or in summer he has even condescended to a handkerchief of checked silk or gingham-are more those of the English gentleman, such as were the majority of members of Parliament before the passing of the Reform Bill. Mr. Gladstone is a remarkable man, the production of a certain period of social and political history, and his dress is in accordance with the traditions of his class. Lord Beaconsfield stood alone, a man perfectly distinctive and individual, not made by events but making them. So was his dress that long drab coat was peculiar, as were his trousers, his frock coats, always even up to the last week of his appearance in public. Lord Barrington, who was the devoted friend of the late Lord Beaconsfield, was considerably younger than his noble friend. The seventh holder of the title, he was born in 1824, and has always been more or less mixed up with official life. Part of his initiation into politics was under the late Lord Derby, when he was Prime Minister from 1866 to 1868. Lord Barrington has no son, but enjoys the honour of being father to three beautiful daughters. One in particular, the Countess of Craven, is a central figure in Court circles, but never lowered her position by becoming a shop- window beauty. On the subject of gentlemen's dress I may say that the new morning coat is of doubtful character. It is so. decided a departure from those that have prevailed for two years past that it is quite impossible to pass over wearer of it as one not turned out in the very newest style. A man looks a man of fashion, yet there are few with figure to bear the cutaway round-tailed skirt, that is almost all behind and shews little in front. Being only fastened at the top by one button the waistcoat assumes an importance not necessary when the coat was buttoned at the waist with two or three buttons. Nor are the present short shoulder seam and sleeves, set far up on the shoulder, i Mrs. Langtry set the fashion of square shoulders for ladies, but who instituted them for men it is not placed on record. They are by no means be, coming, and it was a positive relief to look at the young volunteers starting for Brighton shewing what good drill and regulation uniform could do, unbiassed by any fashionable folly. What a difference it made in the parks on Sunday, th« absence of all our good-looking young men Th» "Zoo was described as a howling wilderness by a number of visitors who left it to the beasts and the City folk, and hurried down to Hyde Park Corner to find no better show of well-dressed people there. But it is not considered, good form to remain in town on Easter Sunday, and no one who did so would be so unguarded as to walk in a public place. Those who have not a country seat to which to retire ought to go down to Brighton, or Folkestone, or some seaside retreat, and should economy or family circumstances prohibit, a lady who knows what is due to her spends Easter Sunday afternoon at home, or attends afternoon service in some quiet church. The few ladies who shewed on Sunday last, just one turn before going home to dinner, had taken advantage of the sunshine to appear in lighter dress than as yet the season had permitted. The Mother Hubbard mantles in heavy materials had been laid aside, and only those were worn which were of satin or brocaded silk. Furs were conspicuous by absen ce, though the return of the east wind will make them welcome once more. The tight casaque bodice is in especial favour, but few are made of the shawl pat- terned materials of last year. Those Oriental brocades were too showy to outlast two seasons, and though single bright colours are more than ever in favour, or single colours shaded, yet the bizarre of eastern textiles is a little too much. A bodice in broche velvet or silk and satin damassrf is a most economical purchase, as it is destined for wear over every kind of skirt during the next six months. The basque will have the square piece added on. At the back the seam will be left open to allow of the fulness of skirt shewing through, and the fulness will be considerably incieased by the addition of a dress improver underneath, an approach to the crinoline we have so long derided. The dress improvers will be either made of Norwich horsehair canvas, or, if the dress be of weighty materials, of frills of muslin, with steel run into the: edge of frills. The improvers made in the latter manner are known as crinolettes,and are very narrow, being only worn at the immediate back of the figure, under draped skirts, which are sewn upon foundations very narrow, one that will not allow the back fulness to ade. an appearance of bulk to the figure. The slim proportions will still be maintained in spite of crino- line or crinolette. Very many of the Newmarket coats are patronised by ladies, as I foretold some months ago, made in fine brown beaver cloth. They are long, and only shew a few inches of skirt below. Ladies who choose to adopt this semi-masculine garment cannot be too careful as to the make of the dress worn under. neath, for the fine cloth allows a hard line to shew plainly of any pleat, edge, or frill upon the dress. A close-fitting bodice is indispensable, but it may not have a basque. A jersey is not unsuitable, but the skirt of the dress must be brought over it and fastened round the waist. As to this skirt, it is the simplest affair in the world a quite plain skirt, gored to suit the figure, avoiding fulness, and trimmed round the bottom of the skirt with a plisse. In the case of a brown cloth coat, the underskirt may be of brown velveteen, with a narrow, balayeuse of old gold. For more dressy occasions the entire skirt may be of old gold satin, when the plissé may be of lighter gold, or with a mere suggestion of cardinal red. In Paris the coloured balayeuse that had disap. peared during the winter has been restored for fine weather, with a new feature added. Where the dress is made of two colours, two rows of balayeuse are sewn round the skirt, but the under one must only be permitted to appear in a very diminished width. Even for black dresses, two frills, one of cardinal and one of old gold, are worn round the skirt. For evening dresses, the lace balayeuse and the coloured are still worn, but the coloured, which may be of satin or sateen, is placed under the lace, not over it, thus merely giving a coloured shade to the lace, a slight revelation of red or old gold. This fashion is not without advantage, as it saves the lace frill by coming in contact with the (ioor. por this reason it is unlikely that the idea will be long carried out, for modistes hate economy, and make it a matter of principle to discourage its prac- tice. Where would trade be if cheap fashions and long-enduring dresses were permitted ? Twenty-one young girls of Kenosha, Wisconsin,

have "Resolved, that if the young men won't come and see us, we will go and see them." And the young men are stepping out, and taking to the woods. See here," said an eccentric old man to an office boy who had brought a doctor's bill to him. "See here; tell your master that I'll pay him for the items of medicine charged in this bill, but as for the visits, why—I'll return them An old Baptist minister always enforced the neces- sities of difference of opinion by argument. Now, if everybody had been of my opinion, they all would have wanted my old woman." One of the deacons who sat just behind him responded, "Yes, and if everybody Was. of my opinion, nobody would have her. A 4-year-old child, saying. her prayers at her mothers knee, having concluded, as usual, with Bless papa and mamma, grandpapas and grand- mamas, uncles and aunts," &c., gave a great sigh, and 3 u mamm.Y dear I do wish these people would pray for themselves, for I am so tired of pray- ing for them." Farmer to fellow-passenger Unco bad wather for the crops this. 'Am feart they'll be nae cuttin' o' them for months. Fellow-passenger, who happens to be a bar! er Maybe sae, but I'm aye cuttin' crops a' the year roun' Farmer: "Then 'am thinkin' you're _yin o thae Yankee fairmers ower frae America that uses artificial means tae force growth Fellow- passenger: "Not exactly; but my patent hair fe.storer forces growth on the barest spots. It's only bauf.a-croon a bottle. I'm na fairmer, frien'; only a barber frae the Gallowgate." Principal Moveable Feasts.—Baked potato can-, oyster stalls, peripatetic coffee-shops, and baskets of penny ham-sandwiches. Going l)°™e from church, she remarked to her husband, Did you notice that baldheaded man in front of us, and how young he looked ? I never saw anyone so young before with a bald head." Then he silenced her by saying, My dear, I was baldheaded before I was a year old." Said old Air. Wiseowl: "There is a passage in scriptur', brutherin, thet's impressed me much, very much I've thought on 't and thought on 't, and I'm alius thinkin' on t. I disremember jest whar 'tis, and ez fur thet matter, jest what it is, but you carn't tell how much ov a sollis it is to me on my journey through this vale o' tears,"

VA RIETIES-GRA VE AND GAY. "White wa shers.—Good laundresses. Nobody's Child.—The self-made man. Unusual.—Adam was married on his wedding Eve. Those who have tried it say that kissing is like a sewit)g machine, because it seams good. All honest labour is honourable, and only fools or cowards despise the duties of every day. There is a Gaelic proverb If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would niakehim pull his hat over his eyes." A Methodist preacher in America is reported to have recently said, 'Brethren! The muddy pool of politics was the rock on which I split!" A pert little girl boasted to one of her friends that her father kept a carriage." Ah, but," was the triumphant reply, my father drives an omni- bus." "What is the difference," said a cook, "between a child of royal birth and a young lamb ?-The first is tended in splendour and the other is splendid "n tender.' A Yankee journal mentions James Clark and wife, who were born, died, and were buried on the same day." Jemmy and his wife must have been awfully young. Jerrold says, Lies are a sort of wooden peg that keep the world together as if it were a box nice little things so let into the work as never to be seen. Take out the pegs, and 0 how the box would tumble to pieces." Full many a maid has toyed with kerosene, And sailed to glory in a gorgeous g,are Full many a man has poked at glycerine, And flown promiscuous through the desert air. A washerwoman, a regular and attentive listener at church, was commended by her parson.— "Yes," she said, after my hard week's work is done, I git so rested to come to church and sit and think about nothin' I The church had been erected, the usual dinner was given, and at the conclusion the health of the builder was proposed, when he rather enigmatically replied that he was "more fitted for the scaffold than for public speaking." Pat, when a raw recruit, was asked by his offioer, "What's your height?" "Why, the man that measured me," said Pat, "told me it was five feet ten or ten feet five I am not exactly sure which but it was either one or the other." LOVE COUPLET. I look'd and lov'd, and lov'd and look'd, and look'd and lov'd again But look'd and lov'd, and lov'd and look'd, and look'd and lov'd in vain. An ambitious young lady was talking very ear- nestly about her favourite authors when one of the company inquired if she liked Lamb. With an indig- nant toss of the head. she answered that she cared very little abuut what she ate compared with know- ledge." THE SEASONS. Autumn, wheezy, sneezy, freezy; Winter, slippy, drippy, nippy Spring, showery, flowery, bowery; Summer, hoppy, croppy, poppy, A Brooklyn youth asked-It Father are you in favour of reading the Bible in the public schools ?" The father replied that he was most thoroughly. The youth continued, Well, I thought so for you never read it at home." This ended the discussion in that family for the day. A greenhorn at a menagerie was particularly interested in a baboon. Several persona were present. one of whom expressed the opinion that it was a lower order of the human species. This so nettled the countryman, that he immediately exclaimed, Pooh, pooh he's no more human species than we be." A pretty good story is related of one of Governor Tiiton's staff. It is said that when the individual referred to first presented himself en militaire to his wife and little daughter, the latter, after gazing at. him for a few minutes, turned to her mother and exclaimed, Why, ma, that's not a real soldier—it's pa 1" Occasionally we receive gratuitous information which is not strictly to be depended on. A person overheard two countrymen, who were observing a naturalist in a field collecting insects, say one to the other, What's that fellow doing, John? "Why. he's a naturalist." "What's that?" Why, one who catches gnats, to be sure A village schoolmaster, in examining a reading class, asked the head of the class, "What is artificial manure?"—" Don't know," said he and the same reply was given by four other boys. But a pre- cocious youngster not yet in his teens was equal to the occasion, and said, Please, sir, it's the stuff they grow artificial flowers in A young man who had married a bad-tempered woman was one day provoked to correct her. The lady complained to her father, who, knowing her character, followed the example of her husband, and boxing her ears, said, There, now go and tell the fellow that I am even with him. He has beaten my daughter, and I have boxed his wife's ears." A very slight stretch of imagination is requisite to depict the amazement of that inquisitive old gentle- man of a botanical turn of mind who inquired of the gaidener in one of the public places of promenade, "Pray, my good man, can you inform me if this particular plant belongs to the Arbutus family ? when he received for reply, No, sir, it doan't; it belongs to the Corporation." A Cincinnati paper brags a little over the dexterity with which its butcher boys do their work :—"The operation of killing and dressing is so rapidly per- formed that if you study the faces of the hogs after they are hung up to cool, you will find an expression ofthe most intense bewilderment upon them,as though puzzling themselves to make out what had been going on and where they were." CURIOUS EPITAPHS. A weather beaten stone in the quiet churchyard of Culrnore, near Londonderry, gives the following information :— Here liethe remains of Thomas Nicholls, who died in Philadelphia March, 1783. Had he lived he would have been buried here." Over the remains of a Mr. Jones,a bone col. lector, appears the following inscription :— Here lie the bones of William Jones, Who, when alive, collected bones But Death, that bony, grizzly spectre, That most amazing bone collector, Has boned poor Jones so snug and tidy That here he lies in bond-fide. It occasionally occurs that amusing misconceptions of duty are prompted by the most amiable feelings. On the polling day of a Parliamentary election, in which we shall call the Liberal candidate A-, and the Conservative B-, the following conversation was heard between two labouring men who met in the street. "Well, Jim, have you been at the poll yet?" "Ay," said Jun I was down a while ago, and met George coming out. Who did you go for ?' says I. 'Oh, for A- says he. 'An' sure, an' that's a pity,' says I, 'for I was agoin' for A- myself. But it wouldn't be fair for us both to go for one man, so I'll vote for B- And so we di- vided the thing fairly." The other evening a citizen of Detroit beckoned to kis twelve-year-old son to follow him to the wood- shBd, and when they had arrived he began Now, young man, you have been fighting again. How many times have I told you it is disgraceful to fight?" "Oh, father, this wasn't about marbles or anything of the kind," replied the boy. "I can t help it. As a Christian man it is my duty to bring up my children to fear the Lord. Take off your coat "But, father, the boy I was fighting with called me names." Can't help it. Calling names don!t hurt anyone. Off with that coat! He said I was the son of a wire-puller." What! what's that? And he said you was an office-hunter! "What! what loafer dared make that assertion ?" It made me awful nad, but I didn't say anything. Then he called you a hireling." "Called me a hireling! Why, I'd like to get my hands on him puffed the old gent. Yes, and he said you was a political lick-spittle!" "Lord o' gracious! but wouldn't I like to have the training of that boy for about five minutes!" wheezed the old man as he hopped around. "I put Up with that," continued the boy, and th» n he said you laid your pipes for office, and got left by a large majority. I couldn't stand that,father, and so I sailed over the fence and licked him bald- headed in less'n two minutes Thrash me, if you must, father, but I couldn't stand it to hear you abused by one of the malignant opposition "My eon," said the father, as he felt for half-a-dollar with one hand and wiped his eyes with the other, "you may go out and buy yourself two pounds of candy. The Bible says it is wrong to fight, but the Bible must make allowance for political campaigns and the vile slanders of the other party." Here is an old German recipe for happiness Would'st thou be happy for a day, get shaved; for a week, go to a wedding; for a month, get a fine saddle horse; for six months, build a fine house for thyself; for a whole year, marry a beautiful young v oman; for two years, inherit from a rich undo but if thou would'st be happy for all thy life—be tem- perate." A scene in the picture gallery shews a "model mlldel" in a man who serves as a model for an artist, and in the artist's absence explains the picture to a lady visitor. "From whom did Mr. McGilp paint that head ?" "From yours obediently, madam. I sit for the 'eds of all 'is 'oly men." "He must find you a very useful person." Yes, madam, I order his frames, stretch his canvas, wash his brushes, set his palette, and mix his colours. All he's got to do ia to shove 'em on." DEATH AND THE WOODMAN. "I'm weary of living," the woodman sighed, As he tottered along the road For the sake of a miserable crust of bread, I'd rather, a thousand times, be dead, Than carry this wearisome load 1" "Come, Death come Death 1" and down he sat Upon his bundle of wood <3uni«» Death, and ease me of woe and want!" AlId straight a skeleton, grim and gaunt, beside the old man stood Witll, what do you wish ? the skeleton asl ed, For I heard you just complain." wish ? said the man, with a ghastly rue, it you please, I wish you to help me place Tern load on my shoulder again 1"

THE REFUGEE QUESTION. The Rome i correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says The circular issued by the Russian Govern- lIlent to the European Cabinets, invitinc them to attend a conference for the purpose of con- sidering what measures can be adopted for the pre- vention of regicide, is couched in moderate terms. It begins by pointing out the feeling of horror and indignation produced through the civilised world by the da-tardly murder of the late Czar. That fearful Grime proved the danger of a state of affairs which enables revolutionary societies to plan and carry out their desperate designs. In presence of the unanimous expressions of opinion proceedings from foreign Governments, Legislative Assemblies, and the Press, the Russian Government feels justi- fied in assuming that the necessity of com. biting an evil to which Russia is not alone subject, is now generally recognised. The sircular then proceeds to argue that if the revolutionists every day discover in the progress j if science fresh means, hitherto unknown, for carry- ing out their sinister schemes, the Government cannot content themselves with t. eir existing means of derence. Consequently the Russian Government in- vites the foreign Cabinets to take part in a common deliberation, in view of searching what measures :an expediently be adopted in the general interest. The Russian Government, in suggesting a conference, is not acting exclusively under the impression pro- duced by the assassination of the late Czar, but is also guided by the desire of examining, in concert with the rest of Europe, practical means for securing the foundations of social order, without interfering with :he established order of things in the different States concerned.

A SINGULAR PETITION. Among the applicants at Westminster police-court on Saturday was one whose name did not transpire, and who presented a petition couched in the following terms: "Most honoured Sir,-An answer is requested. I most earnestly make this most humble appeal to you, requesting you to grant me temporary relief from the poor-box fund. I am 64 years of age, and I am by trade a water gilder, and I beg to state to you that I am a defrauded artisan by the great march of science. Yea, verily, it's a patent real fact that the newly-discovered method, the electro-plating and gilding, &c., has caused the original sterling method to be greatly depressed. It is ruined the old process entirely. I came up to London to seek for work, and have not been able to get any. Yes. I came up to London to seek for work and have not been able to get any. Yes, I came up from Bir- mingham, and what money I had I haVe expended. I have no money. I have no friends. I have no relations. I have no home. This is a real sterling fact. I don't know what I shall do. No means to support myself. O help me with some money. O kind sir, 'tis a very hard thing for a man to starve for want of food in this vast, great,rich Metropolis of London town. 0 truly kind hearts are more, says Tennyson truly, than coronets. So they are—Humanity, sympathy, and feeling for the poor and needy man. I see in the pub- lie streeti a poor, helpless dumb animal. The horse falls down, down. I see people volunteer to him and raise him up again. Question-Is a man any better than a horse ? A real human being, f am made in the image of God. A brother. I am at present time hard up. My exchequer exhausted, in real extremis. I Sweet; hope, thou hast departed, And empty is my life; I seem to have no energy To face the toil and strife.' Will the london Christian public allow me to sink into the mire? All the afore-mentioned state- ment. sir, regarding my own personal needful and de- ph rable condition, is quite true indeed, sir, and I shall be thankful for whatever money you may think fit to give me from the poor-box.—I beg to remain vour most humble servant, A Real Water Gilder by Mercury, old style, out of work. O, sir, pray assist me." The magistrate directed the almoner of the court to hand the applicant a few shillings.

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