‘She's Se cds little Trish that i iver was bern. in this country, nid su the Ses She might have been carved out of a hickory-nut, so brown and hard was the texture of her countenance, but big, bright, eyes, and wide, lips that could never quite draw together over ‘two nn MOUS Se front teeth, melped. wi of true Hibernian piquancy, to sidaner an effect of ugliness that was typi- par oe far from corenetraaitke In her ex- cleanliness contrasted stro: strongly | with ‘the black ‘allow at her feet, who Se en vcopel’ bump 5a “Tocalit or a predatory whose appearance cali, ff 8 prod ies though not wasted substance ; and sometimes she shouted, in her rich, deep-throated , e, at reckless infants ‘who sat in the middle of the road, facing an approachin coal wagon n as calmly as if it were the car o ol es Juggarnaut, and they its self-destined vic- tims. But with all this care over the out- side world, Grann of the nearer and dearer interests within her The mere surface of her mind—her outer senses—took note of pigs and babies ; and below were the real faculties at work, fro ine ad these depths came the senti- | ch we have express the yi cm of Rosy, eldest daughter of Mrs. urke, their next-door neighbor but one. Rosy was often granny’s text, and Tim had ever been a willing audience, she suggest- ing new heads to the discourse, or d€velop- ing those he deemed too lightly touched upon ¢ ; but — he hardly seemed to be isteniug to the oft-repeated Tics ; he sat with head thrown tack seein one_ of the rough supports of the porch, mum, and gazing at nothing in particular, Granny took up a clay pipe that lay beside her, puffed it vigorously into life, and went on talking through drawn_ lips. ris, Rosy’s.a pur-rty gyur-rl.” Then, in a dis- triminating tone, twisting her head from side to side, and screwing up her eyes: ‘* Et’s not to sa-ay that her fa-ace is pur-ty, it’s the loo-k she has from her fa-ace. An’ wheeriver ded she acquoire thaht loo-k ? Et’s not her pernts as gev et to her. Frank Bour-rke ez as oogly—as oogly as iver I seen amahn wid a nose on um, an’ God knows her mahther ezn’t mooch fer shtoile.” Which crushing criticism needed no heaven- ly witness to corroborate, but only a glance at the woman herself as she hung over her gate, with hair first cousin to the fretful percupine’s quilis, and attired in a not over- clean gown, whose cui displayed mercilessly what granny called ‘ther endeshcroibable shlabbiness. Mrs. Burke cared little for Granny Grant's opinion, or for public opinion either, which in these parts ra geveraly meant the same thing. Ske cared wh r or not her child- ren were run over i< “the road, and was endlessly screaming to them to ‘‘come out o thaht, or I'll lick ye,” to which injunction, with its accompanying threat, they paid little. heed; however, *‘tha ‘h t” being present and perennial, while a licking bore the vague, uncertain character of all futurities. She also cared to have her husband's dinner pail well filled in the morning and supper read for his home-comingat night ; but more than anght else did she care to get her washing out before any of her neighbors, and for the sake of indulging this favorite whim rise while it was = night, in emulation of that uncomfortably virtuous woman who was King Lemuel’s mother’s beau-ideal of a daughter-in-law. oreover, moved thereto by the same ambition, she invested half a week’s wages in a washing-machine, to the - deep offence of granny, in whom economy ed with conservatism to make her con- demn ‘‘an expinsive theng that’s no goo-d bat to kape oop a divilish squ’akin’ and wa-aste goo-d sawp, an’ diz awa-ay wid the the hands what God A’moighty fur-rnished ye. Qne other item closes the brief list of Mrs. Burke’s objects of pride, to wit, Rosy’s white stticoats, of which that young lady owned more betucked and beruffled specimens than ail the other girls together who dwelt in the twenty-four uniform cottages, single and well-painted, that male up the aristocratic ucighborhood known as Empire Row ; and, strange to say, Granny Grant, who could be- moan the waste of good soap in “‘haythen- ish” washin s-machines, and who made her- self intolerable at times on the general sub- ject of thrift as not practiced ‘in the Burke household, found no fault with what she evi- dently considered indispensab! girl’s Indeed, it is not unlikely that she regarded Rosy’s superfluous pettt- coats as dowry, thinking her the more ch- gible for Tim in proportion to the number of such articles which she could bring along wi er. But Tim took no interest in the bravery of those rustling ornaments about his sweet- heart’s feet. He would have kissed the feet, and given “away in advance all the neckties he ever expected to own to anybody who could have assured him that Rosy did not look upon him with indifference. There was a time—not very far back — —-when he knew she didnot. He had k her all his life; they had sat in the ‘hed. 28 as -asregag and thrown coal-dust in each other's faces ; had wallowed in the same ditch, and sed rench proverb be correct, ‘who teases, loves,” then he must have ssl her before the a in er legs had hardened, for surely Kath O’Bawn never more from tempts ‘‘to plaze” than did poor Rosy when little Tim Grant used to creep over on_all- to torment her in — as king es en or—and this was the sorest trial—lic ing her dirty chub- by over With as little mercy as an! mother ¢at who thinks bath-time has being hised by his prasduccticr as io why he did nee Grant was not oblivious ‘ her sities Rory’s at- ! |himeelt in the p aoe orth Weeds. | Sho Beat, With ith Baw, The Maiden Recerd 80, he replied, “*"Tause she allus — — soley of wreck ¥ which the > view of his inward | ‘eed apres of the never leaves the} = >From Queenstown. - i erage yep he truth, |stats state would: and the old log canoe, like some i whew this oe ra ment had no cogency whatever, since Bidd mad Hey esa made prem of all th Sr wiv oneenys as : zene mine eis Fe bn : Paotadlypesd lived between So a more transcending ag dignity int in his nig exes, tee g dlpshdedn Se eal e Y |. ef Paris book @ut: ceeeece ee ricci aire sen Aarepy Ogee ; j not with has ions of the body, but night.-without offering the awe of her h office set her apart: as upon | wi hb’ iat The White Star line retains the of. — temptation to Tim’s ‘‘sweet tooth. oh. | [2 throme, and inverted her with robe, scep- shore ga ae ic dust fall a cnaliatit ca the oe has made the — gate her toway Pee eee pres nce gence knew | every iof beach, rocks fallen tree, bed of fmuiden rovage year Mewita the oar broad me ited gel ge sist ne hear lessons without a book ! bet she had | with is bende Ao tahlp a piderg saad ayes, § er, ger Majestic, which arrived bons, IDOIERE' authoritw (under t rincipal, of course), ugou white starched petticoats, had a decided eye | and m: ht thrash —judletouly. bed toed siden sig sd fara “ t. Hi rg tise ll, who formerly com- for ings which developed itself in an early! his idea of remo : the Teutonic, was unaware that he neckties, and his jester ne by her boarding at Teaubresk. a3 and spending (are the ss its poate pa party the foe pat E he i hein t | had broken a —— until Mr. a ee 8 blue ribbons was so great that he | only Saturdays and Sundays at home. Tim bow sees something thatdout bles the pace |}... f the shi — never left one on her hair if it could be got- | gid not known which he dreaded most—the log of the ship shows that she made the voy- ten off ; which < was sometimes accom- s <4 $ ort sexta at {isso her motth atut only resulted in more “ bewitchi positions of the lips, which to any one un erstandin ing said plainly, me if you dare, and Tim was not without a reasonable amount both of daring and English. | The Saget finale of these ribbon fights shriek from the victim : which ey every kernel of ‘‘corn,” from dainty incisors even to the last molar. Ah, those were = blissful Gaea! But all was changed no had become a school-teacher, peace a school-teacher was in Meerate aan his pared certain impressions ‘received at the hall of learning known as the ‘“Fi'th Distric’.” His crsutuier suk - pind and his oudenaas for mischief w: naturally have him’ amon toss pupils classified as ‘‘ troublesome,” but that an innate reverence amounting to awe for the hired dispenser of knowledge, kept his spirits in check and such mind as he had in a tolerably receptive condition. But to these admirable motives must be added one not less admirable, namely, a de- sire to keep up with Rosy Burke. It re mained a deste fg ; for although she was nearly a ior, he-could never. bridge the chasm mth yawned between him- self, wallowing in the vexations of multipli- cation, and her whose serene intellect tne Rule of Three'could not bother, nor practice drive mad. | Through successive promotions Rosy was oH Lice rept aWay into the u upper heaven Grammar A—a heaven utte unattain- She for Tim, 1 who withdrew from school soon after entering the B room, and began his own sopet at slate- “picking, only to ye more and more separa rom 7) as went winging her igh aa pighets: alight- ing at length upon that tup peak—the High- Schotl Hie e could never explain to himself how the sepiration grew, nor the exact, point of-time when-he was first conscious of it. Who is there that can put his finger ‘on such a point? L¥ actually 2 There had come a day when Tim found himself marching up the school-room steps behind Rosy, yet not daring to so much as tweak her long thick braid, with its delightful ‘‘fuff’ flowing out beneath the fascinating-bow-of blue.-When had he pulled that braid or stolen that ribbon ? It was only yescerday. What had happened between to- day and yesteday ? Nothing that Tim knew of. Time had passed ; that was all. After | he once began 1 to perceive a differ- ence in Rosy, it was wondeefal how many things came to substantiate it in his mind —the unnodced at thetime that now waded arou:d his bar of judgment, all too r winesse to si of variation and quick change n the mistress of his heart. Tim was far —s being of a =_— dis- ition, and even had thats uo could ave found little cause for adie, * it was not that Rosy looked at any other boy, but that she did 2ot look at him ; that is, not so much as she ased to, and when she did in such a queer way Tim thought there was no sense in agirl’s looking that way. Why couldn't she hold her head up, and givea fellow a square eyeshot, the kind he always gave her? But suddenly—or was it ually, he could not tell—she must take to glancing at him sideways, like an old hen, or after the fashion of granny’s tabby-cat, pretending rot to see him at all, with a su- perior air of seeming to say, ‘I'm here, but you're not there.” But this was not all, nor the strangest part, either. What puzzled Tim most was the occasional thawing out of Rosy’s manner. — times she chose for thawing out were Ses ye times for him. If ever he tool tal pains with his toilet, arraying himself i in tke full glory of store clothes, boiled shirt.anda cravat the latest and most nt marvel of aniline, these seem- edonly as gnals fora certain charming noseto turnup even more than its Celtic origin would warrant, followed by a chin whose soft under fulness had often in by- gone days mirrored the dandelion in assur- ance of its owner's a og for butter, and which could now hardly express more than the merest shadow of ther ing so un- gentle as scorn. But let him happen to be in a particularly disreputable mining suit, _ black past ition, then it was that his fair neigh bor saw fit to recognize him, and with just enough of the old effusiveness too to make im wild for the sweet revenge of bestow ing a good black hug that would leave its mark on her dainty freshness. Before Tim attained to the advanced posi- tion of ‘‘outside” mule driver, Rosy gradu- ated with--high~honors,-and any there- after shadowy ote began to at of her having superintendent’ $ exami- nation, and applied for ag primary depart- ment of Ironbrook Schoo } These rumors first rena —= like a thin veil over Tim's sky, cas' all t which is likea c pn fear- or of c then suddenly red into a tick cloud, whic burst with the thunderous news that Rosy had gained the place she sought, andwas in- deed a teacher. It would be difficult'to describe the exact aste oot o’ pay-nuts”—an extent of kostt in, the ‘‘ sorrow without. torment” of her five days’ absence, or the exquisite an- + | guish of seeing her, or at least knowing that ree was near, from Friday night Mire Heh morning. She wi Wilson, who Tepresented the top cream of tattlers were w Rosy was very busy in carrying word. of lar of it ” over there. pears all day Sunday; Tim plucked up hear: and made a pilgrimage to Ironbrook the very next arening, only to call himself a fool for In the frat place, Miss Burke had on agen company manners, of which it might be said that, iike her petticoats, they were able tostand alone. Then Tim, who had oe one solid hour in his adorning, and felt himself irreproachably clad, was morti to the dust to find all the Ironbrook fellows wearing that style of collar which concedes the existence of a larynx, and is called ‘‘Pic- cadilly,” while he was still risking assassi- nation from a thee-inch ‘‘ cutthroat.” Last- ly, he was subject to the horror of encoun- tering two teachs=s instcadof one, for tk- principal was also making a call at ‘the Wil- sons,’ and talked upon ma connec’ with the school, to which converagtion Miss Burke contributed her share in a way that was appalling. Moreover, she had a private talk outside the door with the principal, who was plainly heard | to say: ‘* All right. I'll thrash him tor you.” Now Tim’s moral system was at a low ebb, owing to the utter downfall of self- ca y his discovery that cutthroats ae “out,” and those ominous wo: tC) t man made him wince. W hat was more likely than.-that should cnlist a powerful champion as skilled in the manly art of thrashing as Mr. McKen- na to rid her ofa suitor whose room was evi- dently preferable to his company ? en she came back smiling, and told Mrs, Wilson that Mr. McKenna was goi to settle Jakey Devers for her to-morrow, Tim felt safe in his skin again: but possibly. the consciousness of being where you are not wan is more uncomfortable than tne prospect of breaking ree enemy’s cane by the hardness of your skull. At any rate, Mr, Grant thought best to withdraw before his bodily subst it infiltrated by Miss Burke’ *s calcareous smile as to ren- der him Mr pol to dime museums as ‘a bona fide fossil Once outaide, he, re crumpled his obnoxious collar with both hands, as if that innocent structure of triple linen was solely responsi- ble for every disagreeable incident of his visit ; after which he felt somewhat better, and resolved never to go there again, anoint- ing his wounded self all over with the molli- fying thought. that-when-Miss Burke should return for her next two days’ stay at home, he would try Aix hand at the petrification business. He alternately amused and com- forted himself for several days with highly- colored mind-pictures illustrating conversa- tions which richly set forth his own skill in sardonic repartee, and cruelly exposed her feeblcness of wit. However, as Friday evening approached, he to have an unpleasant sensation of being ed two ways at once; and while _ earsing his carefully prepared speech- and practising looks and attitudes ex- pressive of withering contenipt, he would ve welcomed a water-spout, a cyclone, a general cave-in, or any other casualty that ae secsporasily release him from the necessity of assuming his new role before a public which, ~— concentrated in a single person, aggravated his self- — and produced premature —_e rae t we ind him It is in such a condition “| at the opening of this history, leaning back on the steps, and hearing his grandmother's janimated speculations as to the origin of Rosy’s ‘‘loo-k,” as if they were but the whir- rings of the pan-house, or the rattling of coal down the-iron shoots. Granny Grant en- joyed talking for talking’ s sake, looking not for base rewards in the form of sy: rmpathetio nse. She talked not as one who is in feverish haste to empty herself of perilous stuff, nor as one merely possessing a morbid desire of communicating something; nor, again, as one who fears that time will not hold out; but rather as if she had all the time there is, and more too, her s h gliding on with a rich serenity, a continuity and copiousness which seemed like so many assurances of faith in a future existence, and in plentiful opportunitics throughout all eternity for saying Anything that mi at chance to be left unsaid here below. made her a delightful companion in case oo did not wish to talk one’s self. Tim did not wish to talk just now, and his preoccu- pied air. was far from being an annoyance to Bis grandinoiher, since it offered no check to the simultancous flow of ideas.and words, (To BE CONTINUED.) A Hangman’s Estate It is. reported that an ss ag he been , made to the ge matey rae for | the a =p ot of Willia pablie are wound u by the Receiver in Bankruptcy. Marw was regarded as a man-of mar in Horncastle, and’ it was thought that ake had saved a considerable sum of money. His earnings as executioner were at oe large, but he had a mania for buying ty. His me = not oe oaks out well, and the agricultural depression caused Among some documents which have recently come te li ht-is one relating 1 haga meee 7b pepe park assas- grievance. - Heclaim- Marwood F fed £50 as fees for bey | the Phoenix Park murderers, . tis eet dated whatiioc be . DEATH OF THE DEER. A Munting Scene im the Nerth Weeds. of his heart beats, control them as he may. There, upon eke 5) nearly a hundred rods distant, but ly seen that the listens for the pd pepe, hoof b beats, — a deer feeding. A beautiful picture fittingly asad by this wild spot, and as he slowly moves, now stamping to rid him. self of some ig ; now raising his stately head to listen and look, and again pausing to feed daintily, but _hungrily, bee “tht tuw evae AIO av as Attu. AU is in trntha noble ; animal. Slowly but surely the old canoe holds its | course, an e rifle, ready for instant use, | rests its deadly muzzle upon the strained and broken bow, quietly waiting. Thedeer seems nervous, yet with all his motion—and now he half trots up and down the little beach—he saver looks out across the pond. If fear assails him it is of something within the | fastnesses and shadowsof the wood, not of the fate that steadily glides toward him upon theplacid waters. Nearerand still nearer, untilas the quarry suddenly raises his head, with a half whistle the paddle stock, ie eye catch jest behind the fore- ards hag acorn ‘a sights, and as the deer half turns toward or nie of the City of Paris, and more than four urs quicker than the first run of the Teu-: he is, | tonic. Capt. Parsellsaid, and Chief Engineer John Sewell corro rho observation, that the engines of the big ship were not run at speed. s He didn't t deny that ae might be Jater in the season. He said he w “pan prevented her from going as fast as she ve gone in more favorable weather. report that sle is a ee boat than the Teutonic and has more steam generating | toh in the shape ots sa extra boiler, said, was not true. Of course canoe | Teutonic, in the British navy, tasttad of four, ae ** ‘the thiree-bladed screw,” Capt. Parse: said, ‘‘Gets a better grip on the wate There is no waste of power. The four-blad- ed screw churns too much. red 12 the majestic — 86 revolutions a minute, ten more than the Teutonic’s. Now that we have demonstrated the superiority of the rate betel we will try a pair on the Teu- the sheltering shadows behind him the crack of the gun rings wildly out. The same instant, and while the smok- ‘ing muzzle still hides morse the mianee now -all-of a—-tremble,. sees the deer lying still and dead up- a ro Se When Girls are Engaged. You aave a little band around the riba finger of your = hand in which is uoke, en it was put date ahs remembered that | the Hindu said—-‘ He who hath a turquoise hath a friend.” Now, | 3% that’s vhat you have'in the man dod _ best, and whose wife you are going'to come—a “friend. He is your sweetheart, your lover it is true, but because to yor his} heart seems the-rieest—gift-you “you not vukarize, as many ings 8 do, the tie that binds yu. It is true you go with himalone to hear some wonderful music, or look at some fine pictures, but I hope it is not true that when you are ata y, or iff your own home, io two pair off and make your- selves the ekiect for silly chatter and idiotic jesting. He can love you with his whole heart, but he must not make yor an object of ridicule. He an think you the most unselfish girl in the wand: but he must not show his own selfishness. by expecting i to devote your evenings exclusively to him, ignoring those who are at home. t them come in and one cf them—there’s a dear five minutes wheatbe can speak to you, when he can kiss you om the lips eet he knows are only the gatesto sweet, pure speech, and oo he, can whisper the y eee nothings that mean so mtch to you both. Then, too, don’t let; him fee] that he must give up all his friends for you ; don’t accept valuable presents from ; him, and don’t assume an air of proprietor- ship with him. Tell him nothing about your family affairs, for the secrets of the house- ; hold do a even any. Gan to the man you. are going to Guard yourself in werd and in deed ; hold his love in the best possible ; tie it firmly to you with the tine ribbon of hope, and never let it be eaten ; away by that little fox who destroys so. many loving ties, and who is called familiar- ; ity. Babies for Crocodile Bait. If mothers in general shared the nerve ex- hibited by mothers in Ceylon, trouble woul spared in many a household. ‘‘ Babies wanted for crocodile bait. Will be returned alive,” says the New Zealand Tablet. If newspa abounded in Ceylon as much as es do, advertisements like the fore going weal be common in their want hu mns. As it is, the es crocodile -hunter has to secure his baby mal solicitation. He is often motetel, or Ceylon parents, as a rule, have unbounded confidence in the honters and will rent their babies out to be* as crocodile bait for a tion. Ceylon crocodiles suffer greatly from ennui ; they prefer to lie quite still, soothed by the sun’s glittering rays, and while away: their lazy lives in meditation. Q ing toes, sits on a bank and blinks at them, | they throw off their cloaks of laziness and make their preparations for a delicate mor- sel of Ceylonese humanity. When the c ,dile gets about — way up the rage hod “hunter, concealed behind some fire, and the hun tenn secures the skin and head ; of the crocodile, and the rest of the carcass 8"4 * the natives make use of. ~ Honored the Wrong Log. Mr. Gladstone was grag Se mee had a secretary of the Lowestoft V Association for a log of wood hare: oan = make articles for a forthcoming bazar in aid: * of the building fund of the Lownstott Radical : "Gladstone consented, and event- worth having, his love! wilt rane sh 1 considera- ; But when a.dark brown infant, with curl- : of wood arrived, was daly ex- TS. break the record for first voyages the ens furnaces consumed 290 tons on Queenstown. The en: him! entre very smoothly, and were not slowed ot dows ~~ because~of overheated journals. mn impression among ra shi | eal ty thin the Majestic -is-goin ; POR. P- | hummer. She took a long eteate route | to avoid icebergs, a few.of which she passed away to starboard. Between noon on Tuesday and noon on Wednesday she gate a hint of what she may do if she is pressed. She | 471 miles in twenty-four hours, a {eight of which she was. fo: to go at re- —_ speed, because of the fog along the Like the Teutonic, the Majestic is built ef steel, and measures tons, She is 582 be- | feet j long, 574 feet beam, and 394 feet deep. | She wasjlaunched iu Jue last. She is pro- pelled by ts two independent sets of triple ex- - ings;—1 Ha dad and She has three pole masts, on which ore-and-aft sails may be set. She is fitted up like a palatial hotel, with everything to make life enjoy: able. i Soe An Encounter witha Leopard. A thrilling story of an encounter with a leopard comes from ‘Serajgunge, in India. Two young English gentlemen: belonging to the eg ocality went ont to hunt a that had been making its presence unpleas- antly felt in the neighboring es, Neither was accust to hunting or to the - of Salley but both were full of pluck to show their prowess. e: onic “P mir thelr station on a patch of dleared _ Syuitiog the leopard that the re chasing from his » wher ooddoaly t the brute leaped on one of then caught him by the thigh, inflicting , terrible injuries. His companion, seeing his | danger, tried to fire at the brute, but, un- fortunately, the safety-pin, with the use of | which he was unacquainted, lock e fr so that the trigger would not move. e tried to beat the leopard off from his mpanion, but the enraged t turned pon hi him, aixipping his arm and literally crunching his Two of the beaters ; came up and used their bamboos with such ; telling (ffect that the animal turned tail and returned to the jungle. The two Europeans jw ere removed to Serajgunge, and it was | found that the first mentioned was in such a ' critical state that he couid not be removed. He died shortly afterward. is companion was sent to Calcutta for treatment, and it is feared he will have to lose his arm. Only a short time cae iously a European gentleman nearly last his life in the same place from an *nnexpected attack by a teonark r =f | The Tactics of Love. Miss H es Ah! George, you cannot _ tell what troubles a girl eon is receiving» the attentions of a gentlema: i Mr. Holdoff—Troubles, Carrie? Of what nature, pray? { Miss H.—Well, one’s little brothers are ~— making fun of one, and one’s rela- tivesare always saying, ‘‘When is it to come off *" as if marriage wasa prize fight. There's | the inquisitiveness ‘of one’s ts. They want to know cverything. "s pa, now; ; he is constantly aski questions as “Carrie, what are My r Holdotts 6 intentions ? ? | What does he call up 1 a ‘ and stay so late whee ie | he oes cecal Ap ¥, - seit 9A looks so mad when he ans oo _ that actually tremble. __ poe: Mr; what answer do you make _ ‘ to his uation, Carrie, dearest ? Miss H.—I can can't make any answer at all, for oe see you haven't said oe to me, —and—of course I— Then Mr. Holdoff whispered sone: Carrie's ear, and the next time reg uestions her she will be ready with a satis- ry y-° The annual catch of fish on the European , and North American coasts is computed a German statistician to amount to 150,000 tons. A ton of fish corresponds with twenty- { fiveshecp in weight and with ee sheep in erowar sick labors refore the total Eu tae | eteesber 42, 000,000 sheep and in nourishing | power 30,000,000. The oops of the