The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-02-19
General 5ntrui9rntr.
A SHORT CHAPTER on LuCK.
Joseph Hume-Henry BRring-Vis-
countess Heaconane1d-Lord Has
tings-Mr. Graham, etc

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Joseph Hume-Henry BarinE-vIs-
countess Beaconsns1d-Lord Has
tings-mr. Graham, etc
There is a man in the West Of England
the Htor is we'll known there-who took n
Thousand shares ia a mine, and never bad
TO pay more THAI n pound apiece for them;
aud on those shares he lived su%mptuously,
and out oil the / come of those shares be
bought m estate for n hundred thousand
pounds, and, finally, he sold those shares
for half q million Of money. There is a
man in Berkshire who has got n uark with
n walled frontage of seven miles, and he
tells OF a beautiful little operation which
made n nice little addition to his fortune.
He was in Australia when the frs. discover
les Of gold were made, The miners brought
in then nuggets, and took them to the local
oanks. The bankers We're a little nervous
about the business, uncertain about the
quality of the gold, and waiting TO see its
character established This man had a
taste for natural sciences, and knew some
thing about m%etallurgy. He tried each
test, solid and fluid, satisfied himself of
the quality Of the gold, and then, with all
the money he had, or could borrow, he
bought as much gold as might be, and
showed a profit Of n hundred thousand
DIS in the course Of n dry or two. Ii
Is TO be observed here that what we call
luck is receivable very often into what is
really observation and knowledge, and a
happy TACT in applying them when a sud
den opportunity arises. The late Joseph
Hume was a happy instance of this. He
went ont to India, and while he was still q
young man he accumulated a considerable
fortune. He saw that hardly any about
him knew the native languages, so he APP
piled himself to the hard work of master
Ing them, and turned the knowledge TO
most profitable acc uni. On one occasion,
when all the gunpowder had failed the Bri-
tish army, he succeeded in scraping to-
gether a large amount of the necessary
materials and manufactured 1t for British
troops. Wh,n he returned TO England he
canvassed with 30 much ability and earn
estness for a seat in the East India Dlrec-
torate, that he might carry out ia scheme
of Ieform, that though he failed 10 get the
vote Of q certain large proprietor of stock,
he won his dau hter's heart, and made a
prosperous marriage. All marriage ~,
after all, the lucklest bit Of luck when it is
all it should be. When Henry Barring, the
late Lord Ashburton, Travelled in America
NOT merely diletidnte travelling, but like
Lord Milton in our days, piercing iato UNI
travelled wilds' meeting only a stray, en-
thusiAstic naturalist, like Audubon-he
made his marriage with Miss Bingham, and
so consolidated the American business of
the great house of Barring. In an interna-
tlonal point Of view this was n happy mar
riage, for in after years Il gave him a pecu-
liar facility for concluding the great Ash
burton treaty. We have just seen with
universal satisfaction a great lady added to
the peerag of Great Britain. Mr.. DismelI
dedicated one Of his works to the 'severest
Of critics, but a perfect wife," and at the
Edinburgh banquet he told his guests how
much he owed 10 his mntchless wife. IL
is no secret how much OF his fortunes be
owed to her help, and how greatly he ben.
Gifted by her sympathy and wisdom. The
husband whom she 10 helpedin his Youth
ful struggles for fortune has in returnmade
her a peeress, and we all wish happiness
and long life TO the Viscountess Bencons
field. so lucky has Mr.. Disraeli been in
his wife, that it is hardly worth while al
luding to the minor and subordinate cir
that an old lady, a stranger,
some years ago left him q legacy Of &c., 900
10000 pounds, through admiration of his
public character.
Yet it is hard to know when a man is
lucky or wben unlucky. If a man is going
70 lose a fortune in gambling, he generally
has some strokes Of luck at the commence
ment. If poor Lord Hastings had not
made these lucky hits when he first went
on the turf, perhaps he would not nave
the family motto in n new sad sense
and scattered his arrows" 80 freely. What
a world OF meaning there Is in the SDdrsL-
mas tetd motto of the extinct house OF Has
o, hollow glades and bowery love
Of Castle D~oningtonl what weird,
sad whispers will next seem 10 sound for
when l may revisit those old ancestral
hauntsl There is n very distinguished no
oleman who first tried his luck at sea be- ,
fore he b came what men at sea call u land
shark. When young Thesiger gave up the
Of midshipman, i dare say some kind
pronounced him q failure: hut no
one would say that Of Lord Chancellor
There was another man who
became a British peer through circumstan-
ces full OF luck for the country, but which
he doubtless considered of direst unluek to
A quiet, happy country gentle
man was Mr.. Graham, with abundant means
healthful tastes, a handsome estate
a handsome wife. There is a tale Of
his prowess related about his wife. They
were at Edinburgh, and were going TO a
great ball, when, 70 her infinite annoy
snce, she found that she had left her Jewel
case behind her. The distance was G0or 20
aud il was not many hours before
he ball was 10 come of. Graham took q
horse and at the top of his speed road
sway homewards in search ofthe jewel-case.
BE did his ride of $50 miles in marvellous
time, and the ornaments were in time
or the ball. When the wife, for whose
and pleasure he had SO. chiyalrous-
y acted, died, Mr.. Graham was i~nconsol-
bile. To alleviate his deep seated melan-
holy he joined the army as q volunteer
rhen commenced his splendid career as a
in which he proved himself one of
be most efficient and gallant of Yelling
pms lieutenants, and fought his way to
and peerage. Such was the turn
ig point in tho history of the late Lord
yndenoch, p,
Michael Kaufman, a German barber Of
shot O little boy named Edward
Ullar on Rainrdnv eYnnlno. Tie boy Was [