MONINlo STAR AND CATHOLIC ME•SUENGEO .

NEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY. JULY 90, 1•08.

MISCELLANEDOS IRIBS NEWS.

CAnLow.-Hisa Eminence the CardinalArchbishop, left'Dublin on the 25th ult., forCarlow, to. be present at the annual aca-demic exercises in St. Patrick's Lay College,in which venerable institution he himselfhad been, in early years, a student, thisbeing his first visit since his elevation tothe high dignity of Prince of the Church.His Eminence, on his arrival at the railwaystation, was enthusiastically received bythe assembled thousands, and•-as-heenteredhis carriages acid drove beneath the archesof evergreens and flowers erected in hishonor, the clogering was most vehement.

CAVAN.--William Hague, Esq., has beenunanimously appoin

ted chairman of thecommissioners of Cavan.*amuel M. Roberts, Esq., C. E., has beenholding an inquiry at Belturbet in refer-ence to flooding of lands in the neighbor-hood, said to be caused by a milldam.

CLARE.-The Tipperary Advocate an-nounces the death of Dr. Bourke, of Killa-loe, caused by a fall off his car, whereby hisleg was badly fractured. Dr. Bourke wasmedical officer to the Scariff Workhouse,Feakle Dispensary District, and had veryextensive private practice, and is univer-sally regretted by allslasses.

A site for a new air-grIen in Ennis hasbeen granted by iord Leaconfield, at thesolicitation of his representative, Mr. Wain-wright Crowe, J.P. It is at the rear of thecourthouse and the centre of the four lead-ing roads of the town.

A tablet will be erected in the Church ofKilkee to the memory of the lamented par-ish priest, Rev. Timothy-Breen, and a sumof money is already subscribed for the pur-pose, to which some respectable residentshave subscribed liberally. The Protestantrector of the neighboring parish, who co-operated with the revered deceased in aneffort to forward the local interests of occu-pants, has presented a token of his personal Ifriendship.-Mnsater News. -

CORK.--The exterminators are preparingfor the next campaign in Cork. The Corkherald says that " it has been publicly 1stated that never within the memory of theoldest practitioner in quarter sessions liti-gation was there ever so many ejectmentsin the county for trial as there will be atthe approaching quarter sessions. Capitaltime this for the crowbar brigade to recom-mence work. The people, are all so gush-ingly loyal at present that they will tamelysubmit to be turned out like dogs to beg, orrot, or starve!

DERRY.--Recently an accident of a shock-ing nature occurred to an old man namedCrossley, who acts as sexton in the churchesof Killowen, in Coleraine. Crossley is inthe habit of keeping the walks in the grave-yard free from weeds, grass, etc., and alsoof keeping the tombs in repair. Whilecrossing an iron railing surrounding one ofthe tombs he missed his hold, and camedown with great force on the spikes, someof which entered his abdomen, causing whatwere considered fatal injuries.

DowN.-The Dublin Irishman says: TheOrangemen of Newry have made a presenta-tion of a time piece to that loquacious nin-bompoop and bigot, Johnston, of Ballykil-beg, which suggested to him in his speechsubsequently to advise the brethren to"' regulate all their hours by William's (theThird) clock; and, above all things, whenthe hour points to twelve, to remember the12th of July, 1690. They must tell thegovernment, no matter who may be PrimeMinister, that they cannot afford to disre-ward the Protestant voice of Ireland." lie

ad received an invitation to attend anOrange meeting at Waringstown, whichseveral Roman Catholics had signed. IHecould not say whether therb would be anyfurther prosecutions at the next 12th ofJuly. The government," he imagined," would, if they had it again to do, thinktwice before sending Johnston, of Ballykil-beg, to prison." Three tirebrand parsons,who, we suppofse, had no, spiritual duties toattend to, spoke on the occasion.

The Newry "l'cleg!raph of a late date says:In our obituary columns will be noticed therecord of the -death of Mr, Thomas Greer,of Donoughmore, a gentleman well-knownand much respected by the residents of thisneighborhood: ills death will be greatlyregretted by a large circle of frienids, par-ticularly by the members of the Pre -rian Church of Donoughmore, of whic hewas a worthy member, and a very gener-ous contributor toward the funds of thechurch.

-DeCLIN.-A man named ChristopherByrne No. 7 Church avenue, Church road,recently committed suicide by cutting histhroat from ear to ear, while laboring undera temporary fit of insanity, caused by se-vere pecuniary losses. He leaves elevenchildren to mourn his loss.

An action for alleged libql is being broughtin the Dublin courts against Mr. A, M. Sal-livan, of the Nation and Wleekly News, byMr. Robert Tighe, a justice of the peace forthe county Mayo. Damages are aid at1000. The publication complained of wascontrained in a letter addressed to the editorof the Wee. ly Nsems and published in thatjournisal. It had reference to certain pro-ceedings at a.lresentment sessions held inBallinrobe, wherein the Rev. Mr. Brown-rigg claimed a presntment for thae mali-cious burning of hay, and strong coummentswere made nlconi the conduct of the mnagis-trates who attended on the occasion.

On the 2I(thl ult. thile investigation into thefracas at Beggars' Bush Barrack betweensome of tlhe otlicers and men of the Grena-dier Guards and the police was brought to aclose by a withdrawal of all pending suits.The officters, through Mr. George Waters,.made a species of apology and withdrew thecharge of assault made against the police;and Mr. Curran, on behalf of the latter, onbeing promised that they would not be in-terfered with by the police commissionersexpressed his satisfaction.

FERMANAGH.--The Fermanagh Mail of alate date says that as an aged man, residingnear Lianesk , named M'Dermott, wasdriving home his bull, the animal suddenlyturned upon him, and gored him with his

horns, insomuch that death ensued verysoon.

GA.LWAY.-The Galway Erpress of a latedate, in alluding to the weather and stateof the crops, says: The want of alittle rainhas been felt in some degree, but the co-pious fall of dew during the mornings dbidnights has, to a considerable extent; subdti-tuted the deficiency. The heat still con-tinues, but it is particularly agreeable toagriculturists to note the few showers wehad to-day. In fact, from present aspects,we may augur well for the future, and lookwith cheerful forebodings to a plentiful au-tumn, one of the greatest blessings an all-wise and bountiful Providence cansbestow.

KEsRY.-M-r. Patrick M'Donnell, of Galla-rus, near Dingle, exhibited on the 24th ult.a large new potato which grew in a gardenof his in the open air. It weighed onepound three ounces.

KILKENNY.-The committee of manage-ment of thedispensary district of Tullaroan,recently appointed Dr. Byrne Hackett tosucceed the late Dr. Ryan in the office ofmedical officer of that district.

A herd in the employment of Mr. DanielStapleton of Tullemain,near Callan, namedMichael Fitzpatrick, about, sixty years ofage, whilst driving the cows into the yardon the morning of the 20th ult.2 was set onby a huge bull, and almost killed on thespot. It appeared the brute was about at-tacking one of the milkmaids when Fitzpat-rick courageously struck him on the nosewith a cane, which so enraged the ferociousbeast that he immediately wheeled, and,before the unfortunate man could make anydefanse, tossed him repeatedly in the airwith his horns, thiereby mutilating the poorfellow in a horrible manner. Though medi-cal aid was promptly in attendance, nothingcould be done to alleviate the sufferings ofthe wretched man, who expired in a fewhours.

Reginald Greene Esq., formerly sub-in-spector of constabulary at Castlecomer, re-cently died after a prolonged illness.

It is announced that the police stationsaround C.ar-.. -t•ouhstate of defense, according to the plans re-cently laid down and issued by the govern-ment.

KILDARE.-The Marquis of Drogheda hasbeen appointed to the rangershlp of theCurragb, under the new appropriation bill.

An Atly correspondent under date of the23d ult. announces the arrest and committalfor trial of Mr. Pilsworth, clerk of the AthyPoor Law Union, on a charge of serious de-falcations in his accounts.

LIMERIsCK.-Jonathan Allen, of Limerick,ope of the men lately transferred from"Mountjoy Prison to Kilmainham, was onthe 22d ult. discharged from custody fromthe latter prison by order of the lords jus-tices, he having entered into bail for hisfuture good conduct.

Mr. Michael Leahy, Newcastle West,county Limerick, has been appointed ses-sional crown solicitor for the city and coun-ty of Limerick, vice Mr. Murphy, deceased.Mr. Leahy was appointed through the in-fluence of Lord Devon.

James Stenson, a compositor, who hadrecently undergone long periods of impris-onlncnt in Linucri k and AMount;joy for Fo-nianism, died recently in Thoumondgale,Limerick. His funeral was attended by animmense concourse, as lie was esteemned asa " martyr," and it was believed his deathhad resulted from the severities he enduredduring-his incarceration.

LONGFORD.-John Maxwell, Estq., hasbeen re-elected for the tenth time chairmanof the town commissioners of Longford.

LocTr.-The Dublin Freeman of the 22dult. says: We have been shown a specimenof wheat grown on the farm of Mrs. Maguire,of'Sheetland. near Drogheda, which is notonly remarkable as being very heavy, butpresents also the novel feature of having a,double ear on the one stalk. There is abouthalf an acre, we understand, in the plot.Many of the stalks present the same twinears.

It is said that Mr. Whitworth, MI. P., willbe opposedatthe next election for a Parlia-mentary representative from Drogheda, byMr. Brodigan, of Pilltown.

MAYo.-The Most Rev. Dr. Fec-y, Bishopof Killal:a, has made the following aploiut-metits to missiomns in his diocese, viz: 11ev.John Gilvany, P. P., of Kilumacshalgan,Dronmore West; Rev. John Conway, to beprofessor in the Dioccsani Nicminal y, BIallina,mijdaco of the Rev. Anthony Iealhy, who

m moted to the parish of Lacken;Rev. Win. McDermott, .' P., lBallycroy;Rev. P. Keane, C. C., Backs; Rev. JohnO'llara, C. C., Ballycastle; Rev. WilliamBoland, C. C., Kilcommin, Erris.

MEATH.--A correspondent of the DublinFreeman• writing from Strokestown, underdate of the 2)th ult., announces the death ofthe Rev. James O'Reilly, on the 25th of thesame month, in Ballinagare, aged fifty-threeyears-twenty-four of which were spent inthe sacred ministry.

James Killeen, Esq., has been re-electedchairman of the town commissioners ofKells.

MONAGHAN.-It is announced that for thermentry representation of Monaghan

there will to four candidates-Col. CharlesPowell Leslie, Sir George Foster, LordCrcnorue, and Mr. Shirley. Mr. O'ReillyDeash has been spoken of as a candidate forthe county on the Liberal interest.

QUEEN'S' COUNTY.-At thie late meeting ofthe Mountmellick town commissioners l)r.Rice was unauimou~sly elected to the ofliceof chairman for the ensuing year.

The Sisters of Charitn most gratefully ac-knowledge the receipt f tfortfgnineas fromiW. S. Lyons, Esq., Moyanon, Stradbally, asa donation for the benefit of St. Mary's In-dustrial Training School, Stanhope street,Maryhorough, on the occasion of his win-ning the first prize at the grand drawing onthe 14th of May, which was duly forwardedto him.

Roscomol.--Saturday, the 13th ult., willbe long pleasingly remembered in the an-nals of Elphin ; upon which day the goodSisters of Mercy arrived there-some fromRoscommonj some from Shligo-to enter intcpossession of their splendid and spacionuSnew Convent of the Sacred Heart. We har to add that the Elphin Convent of Mere.

s was built on a site generously and gratefull"

given by A. O'Connor, Esq., J. P.; ElphinHouse, and was eptirely erected at the ex-pense of Mrs. Archbald, relict of RobertArchbald, Esq., for many years Member ofParliament for Kildare, and only daughterof O,). J. Grace, Esq., V;D., Mantua.-Mes-segecr.

SLIGo.-A poor workman on board thedredge boat of the Sligo Harbor Commis-sioners, was recently killed by accidentallygetting entangled in the manhinery;6f theboat while in motion. He lived for a fewminutes after he was brought on deck buthe never spoke or showed any sign of lifeexcept by the beating of his pulse. Heleaves a wife and seven children.

The Sligo Independent of a late date says:We are at present, and have been duringthe last week, enjoying the most delightfulsummer weather. The different crops donot seem much affected by the great heat, al-though turnips require a little rain to bringthem on. The country looks beautiful andthe seaside resorts in our neighborhood arebeginning to fill.

TnIlPER•aY .- Mr. Peter E. Gill, editor ofthe Tipperary-Advocate, has announcedthat he will contest .the county once moreagainst Charles Moore, M.P.

The testimonial to be presented to Rev.Martin Cleary, P.P., late of Nenagh, butnow of Kilkee, county Clare, amounts toover 200.

A mission was, at latest dates, being car-ried on at Nenagh, by the RedemptoristFathers from Limerick. Crowds from townand country were attending night andmorning.

The Tipperary Advocate announces thatno fewer than eighteen ejeetments are to betried at the present quarter sessions of Ne-nagh, before the humane chairman of thiscounty. They are all for non-title! It isfearful to contemplate the misery that mustfollowiif these ejectments are carried out-the sorrow a•id tears of the old, and themaddening vengeance of the young. Godknows enough has been done in the way ofdepopulation, not to have the clatter of thecrowbar again heard in Tipperary. Wetrust for the sake of peace, humanity, andjustice, that the majority of these eject-ments will be amicably arranged out ofcourt, and that gentlemen who were hither-to remarkable for their kindness and for-bearance to the tenantry under their charge,will not bring their names before the public.

A-woman named Mary Fox, residing atGolden, when returning home from Cashel,on the 20th ult., fell out of a common car,and was killed on the spot. Four personswere in the car at the time with the woman,and they actually did not know of the acci-dent until they had proceeded some shortdistance on the road

WVATERFORD.-The Waterford SNws ofthe 26th ult., saw in the market a very finesample of new potatoes, grown on the landsof Mrs. Thomas Phelan, High street. Theyare of the " flounder" kind, and very large.The seed was obtained from Captain F. P.Brennan, Belmont.

The same paper says the Dungarvan andRing fishermen have had a good take offish this week, prices realized being anaverage of 9d. a fish, a result which proveda real God-send to those poor men. Oneof the 1)ungarvan men became so independ-ent fromn this sudden flow of luck that hemust needs take a wife, which he did bymarrying a sporting widow whom, with herfour children, he took out of the workhouse.With his own two by a previous marriage,he now has a snug gathering of eight tosupport. "This is the third pauper marriagethat has taken place here within the pastfour years. The two former Benedictsbrought their wives to Boston, and we un-derstand they are getting on well there.ihoiey ougliL o t ummber thei- old friends

at home. -It is stated. that an English company isin

treaty for the extensive warehouse andstores at Ferrybank, the property of S. T.Grubb, Esq., J. P.,Tfor the purpose of amanufactory.

The News says there is no truth whateverin the report that Captain Esmonde, M. 1'.,intends to offer himself for Wexford. Ourworti3 member will stand by the electorsof the cointy Wnaterford as long as theystand by him anid that will be whilst he sowell and faithfully reprcesents them as Ihedoes :it present.

E\'I•TM EATtt.-The \Vesttil cath Inldepen-dent says: The weather still continule ofthe most sultry kind, and graziers as wellas farmers are beginning to feel uneasyfrom the great drouth ; in fact, every cropis suffering more or less from the extremelyhot atmosphere prevailing the greater partof the day. Turnips, in particular, requireplenty of moisture. New meadows whichhave been mown are light. Wheat is farbetter looking than oats, the latter beingvery thin. The potato crop, for so far, isexcellent, the size generally large, qualitygood.

WVExFORD.-In New Ross, on the eveningof the 19th ult., Very Rev. 1). Kenny, P. P.,and other influential electors; canvassed forthree hours. One hundred and eleven elec-tors signed for McMahon.

Insm SOLDIEtIs Is AtYSSINIA.-\With all

her blnster, Enghlindl is constantly indebtedto Irish valor for her victories. A cotem-porary says:

The accountts of the storming of Maugdala,which some of th' .\American paP~.rse umlishfrom their speci:al correspondents, showthat the capture of that rocky fortress waseflfected by Irish -,hldiers, who folmghlt withthe lheadlong -ali, of their race. EvenIsome of the Em.glish papers condtlescendl topraise themn. Thle Hlats 'Tlryrqcph statesthat the three men who first forced an en-trance in Magdtl:t were Irishmlen -namely:No. 3691, drumnmter MIichael 'Mmaner; No.949, private Jamecs Hlergin, and ensignConnor. Magner is described asa " dimin-utive" Irishman, who has been in the armyfourteen years. During the assault, he"left his .regiment, ran up the hill, andmade a clear breach throngh the stockade,followed by Bergin, and subsequently byensign Connor." How many victories hasIrish 'valor inscribed on the banners ofinlaud? How many wrongs, outrages,and insults lMm Englnd inflicted onIrelandin return?

TE POOR .OF PARIS.

Chambers' Journal for June hasa very in-teresting article on the above subject. Al-though the writer sees much misery-agreat deal to condemn, and sometimes re-volting conduct--on the whole, the condi-tion of the Paris poor, although for the mostpart relieved by voluntary beneficence, isgreatly preferable to the legal, forced, butdemoralizing system of England. We i•nb-join a few extracts :

The poor of Paris. How many of thethousands who annually visit " the city ofpalaces'' ever attempt to lift the veil whichobscures their existence from view l InLondon, whether yenu will or not, you meetwith traces of poverty at every turn. Youcannot promenade the most fashionablestreets without stepping over the fooltprintsof destitution. First, there are the livingexamples-the walking advertisements ofmisery. Then there are the special hauntsof poverty in every parish. That narrowarchway is apparently designed for the ex-'press purpose of excluding from the visionof the passer-by the picture of misery andsqualor which lies within it. It might es-cape observation w-ere it not for the streamof foulness which pours out of it, and,~blackening all around, rusies into tie tflo-roughfare, offending all the senses of thepassengers. These are the standing monu-ments of poverty-tfl• ou-lfpol•ti f-rd1ittii-tion. As if their appearance were not sufflciently uninviting to deter the most inqui-sitive from an exploration of their interior,you may almost invariably see stationed,Cerberus-like, at these archways one or twofigures, whose repellant garb and repulsivecountenances bid defiance to all intruders.Lastly, there are the broad acres of poverty-whole territories where raggedness andsqualor reign supreme. Low small houses,narrow, dusty, ill-paved streets, peopledwith tattered men and women, and un-kempt, wild, and shoeless children. Theseare sure indications that the destitutionwhich elsewhere is but the fringe to themantle of wealth, is here the cloak whichenvelops the whole corpus of society. Atthe corner of every street, a bright blaze oflight discovers knots of dark, woeful-look-ing objects-degraded and dissipated atomsof humanity, drawn helplessly to their cen-tres of attraction. Moth-like, they hoverround; ever and anon they rush in to quaffthe fire-water, and then they lurch to theoutside again, and cower round the deadlylight, as if waiting to make up their mindsfor another dash into the remorseless flameswhich are destroying them. How that lurid 1glare lights up the picture! With whatSatanic effect does it fall upon the poorlacerated bodies of the victims! In Lon-don, there is no possibility 'of delusion inthe mattes; there is destitution of the direststamp. You see it, hear it, smell it, feel it.In Paris, what a contrast! In the streets,you see passing to and fro workmen inabundance. They wear rough clothes, it istrue, but you don't see any rags. You peepinto the cafes-there are coarse blouses in-side, and their wearers are chatting anddrinking their cup of pure red wine. Whata difference there is between the scene in-side a Parisian caf• and that inside a Lon-don gin shop ! Look at the cheerful coun-tenances of the customers. how they seemto enjoy themselves! I don't say that thereis no drunkenness in the Paris wine shops ;I know to the contrary; but what I do sayis, that you do not, as a rule see there thecare-worn countenance and the raggeddress of the habitual drunkard. i)rinkingin order to produce stupor, seelps to be inParis the exception, in London the rule.Almost the only indication of the existenct-of real poverty which forces itself up nyour notice is the wretched scaverger,lran-sacking with the end of his stick thoseo littledirt-heaps in the gutter at the sides of thestreet. At night, you see him, if you keepa sharp look-out, shuffling along, lamp iphand, searching for cigar-ends with all theeagerness of want. The rapidity of his mo-tion suggests a consciousness of his anoma-lous position.

The guide-books tell you that in the fe•u-bourqs you will mct with poverty ; so younearch accordingly. You look up at thehouses, and find thein nearly as high asever; dowileupon the plivemlent, you see..working nmen passing and repassingin greatnumbers. T'lhey have the same koulllclothes, and thnescene around you presentsan aspect of work, but not of desfitution.There are plenty of coarse blouses, but norags. The comparativealbsence of cariinagesand of well-dressed men and women, thepresence of some cheap clothes-shops, anda dull dusty look about the- cafes, are al-most the only indications which inform youthat you have left behind the abodes of thebourgeois. -The difference between the outward as-

pect of tile two cities is not, in all probabil-ity, by any means so bad a gauge of therespqctive economic conditions of their in-ner life as we might at first be led to sup-pose. There are not in Paris the shoals ofhopeless, helpless creatures of misery whichwe have in London. There is not the ab-solute pauperism which we have. Ofcourse,mnisery l hasn her victims in P'aris. as else-where, and we find there that e;'cry formof distress has itsrepresentatives. A glanceat the manifold operations of that hugesy5stenm of centralized charity known as thile.I ssihiancc Publiuu ee, and whicch cilrrcsiiionllsin Ia im\asure to ollur poolr-lalw s stcl!m, willexhibit tile two facts side by side. hlowsimall arle the wants of Ihe lpieiur" is shownconcllusively by thie m' turns issuad by thisdepartment. l'lhus, it appelars that in theyear !tG. tihe total nsum expended solely inthe relief of destitution in the different ar-rondissemeits of 'iaris amounted to only2 .85, :4.O6 frances, or about 91,0.10, andthat this sutm was distributed amongst nofewer than one hundred and twenty-twothousand three hundred and twenty-two in-dividuals; so that? the average relief perhead amounted to 18-65 francs, or 14s. 10d.for the year. Nearly an equal sum of moneyis spent in medical relief, the treatment ofaccouchement cases, etc. The administra-tion of relief to the indigaens and the ma-lades is kept entirely 'dithiet - ld f-anyindividual be in receipt of both kinds ofrelief, the circumstance is a purely acci-

dental one, and does not affect his treat-ment eithr deparent n eiter department. In each of thetwenty arrondissenients into which Parisis divaded, there is a bureau de biesfaIsjce,whieh •s presided over by the mayor of thearroadissemejnt" These bureauj are the lo-cal bodies which take in hand the adminis-.-tratiou of relief, and the funds expendedare partly derived from voluntary donation,and partly supplied by the Assistance Pu-blt•que. - * * , . .0

We found a great variety in the apparentcircumstances and condition in life of thesehouseholds. There were persons of allkinds azd _descriptions, from the ilthybalayeur, to the young fle riste in. manve,who was paying for her child to be-genteelynursed in the country. There were roomsof all kinds, from the foulest hovels, en-tirely destitute of paint, white-wash, soap,or water, to gracefully papered and its-nished apartments, with neat prints 'satag-ing from the walls, and an elegant clock onthe chimney-piece. Sometimes there weretwo rooms, sometimes only ones but thertwere nearly always two beds. All the roomswere small, some very small indeed-say sixfeet by eight but they were, I think, atrifle loftier than our London rooms.*

It will be seen that there is a consider-able difference between the English. andFrench methods of relieving the poor. In

1nrcatirwitaiun,rliefis -claimed-as-a legaltight, and hence the almost universalbreak-down of self-respect and self-reli-

Antce; while in France, relief is iinore in thecharacter of a charity. administered on acentralized system. What strikes us as animpressive fact in both cases, is, that ahigh state of civilization, as we call it,pro-duces somehow or other masses of povertyand misery in all large seats of population,which no known contrivance is able tosubdue. France with it alleged irreligion;Englaid with its wealth, its intelligence,its poor-laws, and its enormous charIites;Scotland with its high sounding religiousand educational preoeintinen -are all alike.If there be any difference, it is in favor ofFrance. No abjectness in any city in En-rope sinks to that dismal level of rags andwretchedness observable in the foetid alleysof Edinburgh and Glasgow. What scopefor a grand discovery in social ecopomlcs- --

CoNvE.nATION.--A talent for conversar-tion has an extraordinary value for thecommon, every day uses of life. Let anyone who'has the gift enter the social circleanywhere. How every one's face brightensat his entrancp., How soon he sets all thelittle wheels in motion, encouraging thetimid, calling out unostentatiously the re-sources of the reserved and sby, siiiiadizingthe facile and making everybody glad andhappy. I o converse well it is not necessaryto do all the talking. It is not necessary totalk with great brilliancy. A man may talkwith such surpassing power and splendor asto awe the rest of the company into silence,or excite their envy, and so produce nowarmth and sunshine. He should seek the.artof making others quite at home with him,no matter how great may be his attainmentsor reputation, or how small may be theirsthey then find it insensibly just as naituroaand pleasant talking to him as to hear himtalk. The talent for conversation, indeed,almost more than any other talent in life, re-quires tacfand discretion. It requires one tohave most varied-knowledge, and to have itat instant and absolute disposal, so that hecan use just as ouclh, or just as little, asthe occasion demands. It requires theability to peas instantly and easily from one-sulject tP- another, from the playfull to theseiioudi, fromi books to men, from the mereplhr scts of courtesy to the expressions ofsentiment and passion.

PoriPEr EMe.oCvxMENT orm TIrE.-Re.deeming your time from such dangerouswaste, seek to till it with enmployments -which you may review with satisfaction.The acnuisitiorn of knowledge is one-of themost honIiorable occupations of youth. ''Thodesire of it discovers a liberal mind, and isconnected with many accorplihshlments andmany irtues. lint although your train oflife should not lead you to study, the courseof education always furnishes proper tem-ploy nwuut to i awell duiposed mind. b What-aery omT emii-surle, be nemulous to excel.

m(unerogius ambition and sensibilty to praise,are, especially at your age, among the nmarksof virtue. Think not that any unlunence offortuane, or an elevationi of rank, exemiptsyou Tonr the duties or iapplication and in-dustry. Industry is the law of our being;it is the demand of nature, of reason,andof(;od. Itenember, always, that the yearswhich now pass over your heads leave per-masnent me• orials behind them. From thethoughtless nilnds they may escape, butthey remain in the remembrance of God.They form an important part of tine registerof your life. They will hereafter bear tes-timony; either for 'or against you at thatday when for all your actions, but particu-larly for the employments of youth, youmust give an account to God. Whetheryour future course is destined to be long orshort, after this manner it should commence,and if it continue to be conducted, its con-elusion at what time soever it arrives, willnot be inglorious or unhappy.

Pete was very mucl trounlhed about his sins.Perceiving him one day w ith a very dowmn-cast look, his master asked bim the cause."O, massa, I'm sunchl a great sinner!" 'B'ut'ete," saimd his master, " you are foolish totake it So much to heart. You never seeme trnnubled ahuout my sins." " I know doresn,. nuass," said Pete " when you goout duck-shooting and kill one duck amidwoiuro d futoder, ionl't -yet---urrn :fter thewoulnded duck?" " Yes, lete." And themaster wondered what coinning nmct. "Well,iiassa dat is do way wid you and me; dodebbil has got you sure: liut as he am notsure of me, he chases dis chile all the time."

When some Polish vassals. had beenrobbed of their cattle, their pinee, urgedby St. IHedwiges, his wife, ordered the rea-toration of the plunder, but did so at hisown convenience. When he told his witfethat he had nowratsfied them, the roral-hearted prinnlied rd respetfil: "Yreahave restored tsi attle, but w~h l re-tore their tearst