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New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
THE RUFFLANISM or OLD DUBLIN
Er0m The COrflhM.

Tradition tells how Fighting Fitzgerald. an ex-
quiste and duelst of he last century, dealt with
the bucks" plague then infesting the streets of
Dublin. and, indeed, the streets of every town IN
Ireland. These bucks" were hat-bred young
fellows of some means and high animal spirits.
whose sole occupation consisted in making town.
life intOlerabe to quiet people. Parliament was
more than once compelled to frame penal enact
uYents with the view OF restraining their pee uliar
ruffianism but as there was no properly consti-
tuted police to enforce them these statutes were of
small effect.
Among the tricks of the Dublin bucks was this:
One Of them would take his stand IN Ihe middle OF
crossing on a dirty day. and, drawing hls sword.
thrust everybody who wanted to pass INTO the mud.
IL common thing to see hslf a dozen or more
of these unpleasant sentries lining leading thor
Oughfare all ready to afford each other support
Nor were they content with merely obstructng the
ments and prcked the limbs Of the wearcrs with
the points of their weapons, and broke ribad lests
on them the while-tO the vast amusement OF the
ragamuffins who used to collect in the vicinity III
ANYBODY turned on one of these bullies the rest
would rush up and form a circle round hlm then
selzipg him by the collar and the arms they would
prick him about the legs until they considered him
punished sufficiently.
Fitzgerald proposed to some of bis brother ex-
uuIstes and fre-eaters that they should clear tho
streets of the metropolis of these pests lt was just
the sort Of proposal to suit such daring spirits, and
an association was Immediately formed to carry 1t
out. Like their leader, they were consnmmats
swordsmen and dandies of the first water-the
Dandy being in all essentials the antpodes OF the
Buck-a distinction which people who write aDouf
the Ireland of the past are very apt TO forget.
The association set to work most heartily, and II
this way: Whenever a fine afternoon followed n
showery morI they would sally forth ID knots
of four five, Zach being followed by lusty valet
carving an oak saping On reaching the haunts
of the bucks the servants kept he rabble of while
the exquisltes did the work they had undertaken.
For a couple of months few days passed without
three or four ARRAYS between the bucks and tho
dandies, in winch the former invariably came of
secOnd-best. Ere long the mainstay OF the bucks,
the mob turned against them too. THIS meant that
defeat VAS sure to be followed by hooting and pelt
ing with mud and stones. Then the pleasant pass
time of blocking tho thoroughfares In broad day
light was abandoned.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
A DISCONTINUED BABYS DI1RY.
From Jitdy's Almanac.

From Jttdy'S Almanac.
I. January-Just born. Here's a lark! Papa
does not seem very pleased. though.
1. Feoruary-Every night pa walks about up and
down the bedroom with me when squeal. lalways
saueal. must do something.
l. March-Nurse is q spitefu thiDg-she sticks
pins into fellow purpose.
1. April--After all one may even weary OF the
bottle.
/. May-I wish could cut tooth, I'd bite nurse.
/. .June-What q nuisance il is to have relations
who keep on saying ketehetty. ketehetty" and
dig In your ribs with their foreingers. When grow
up III do it to them, and see how they'll like it,
l. Juiy-There are three babies next door got tho
measles. get nothing. It's awfullv dull.
l. August-One of the babies from next door
came in to to-day; and heard ma say, Ho
hasn't got the measles nOwW % No." SAID the
babes ma There's a greedy sneak Tor you. Left
'em at hOmei
/. September-Nurse drinks something out of
black bottle. Eve caught her at IL. 1t isn't the
same that is in my bottle, either. Ii were bit
bigger I'd change 'em.
]. October-Blessed if this amt nice go, neither.
Some one called to-day to see ma aud pa, and they
said il was uncle, and gave me to him to kiss. tie
didn't kiss me, though, with what you might call
good will. Then they asked hlm again, and then
they gave me to him to nurse, and he pinched me-.
l. Novembef-Thls is wOrse than ever. Why, here's
another baby now, and they say he belongs to our
house and they're not going to send him away.
Don't even know how to feed himself out OF tho
bottle. Well Of all-never mind
l. December-GOt To sleep in the same crib with
him now Wait till he goes to sleep; I'll give him
such oner! Here's beast of a baby
He irORt 90 TO Sleep aud not soul in the crlb
can get blessed wink.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
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ECCENTRICS.
From Chambers's Journal.

From ChdntberS's Journal -
Mr. J. Underwood, who died in 1888, lett tO,OOo
to his sister condition OF being buried In tue Ioi-
lowing manner. At the graye-sde, SIX gentlemen,
who were appointed to follow bIm, sung the last
stgnza of the twentieth Ode of the second BOOK Oh
Horace No bell was tolled nor black worn no one
os ed but these six gentlemen, and no relation
fnIIowed the corpse The coffin was painted green,
and the deceased was buried with his clothes on.
With him were buried three copies OF Horace, Bent
l.vjs Million and q Greek Testament After supper
they sang the thlrty-frst Ode Of the first Book OF
HoTace-al being in strict accordance with the
The French historian Mezeray used to study aud
write by candle-i ght even at MONDAY IN the sum
mer; aud always waited upon his company AT the
door with n candle in his hand lt was constant
nroctice with him when candidates offered them
selves Tor vacant places IN the Academy, to throw
IN n black ball instead of white one, " TO leave 10
posterity monument of the freedom OF elections
in the Academy" -, n :. A.,
early part of the last century. gave curious ln-
stance of admonItion and thanks. lie lent man
fifty shillIngs, which WAS unpaid tor several years
He could never find the borrower at home, though
he confronted HIM every Sunday III the middle
aisle nj church. One sunday the clerk, looking the
debtor full IN the face, repeated the lines, ne
wicked bOrroweth, and payeth not again. ms
admoniton had the desired effect for the next day
the man called and pad him the money.
In a review held nc Weymouth many years ago,
General Dundas's horse fell with him. An officer
IN attendance immediately dismOunted to assist
the General and was much concerned to learn that
his leg was broken. - 49,
ii will try to get your boot off" said the officer.
" Do man. do" replied the General. A knife was
instantly produced.
WHAT are you abouti' exclaimed the General
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
4 RAJAH'S VANITY.
rrnn, III, Esiallre Ronr.

From The Lsisure Hour
The following description. by Mr.. val Prlnsep, OF
the dressing up the Mahsrajah for bus portrait, Is
amusing :-1ukaii RaO HOlkar has been III slGce
Delhi he has even now fever. the result or cold,
and requested me to pant him as fat as he was at
the AS emblage. rather than he Is now. lie prices
himself on his tlesh and can, they say, eat whole
wild boar unassst ed at one meal! must say saw
but little change In his vast bulk be looks niue
graveT. but that may be that lie has forgotten the
dive this morning. However he II certainly seedyi
and that does not render his society or conversation
any more fascinating. HOkar is the beau ideal OF
rajah He sits lollng about In his big char whie
flies are brushed away by attendant slaves, ana II
ms Raiahship leans back a cushion Is put under
head or elbow; IN fact, rajah for the surrey
Theatre" the Great MOgul called Bello"-the
dream of ones yOuth yet as sharp as needle, anu
as cheeky and proud as the King OF the CahhlDai
Isles with nothing on but a club and few BEG IS.
The second day went there the Raiah had TO put
on his Jewels and what sight 1t takes at least
ak nle to dress nim There is the Hereditary Mas
ter of the Jewels. old man with spectacles, VINO
puts them on with the care of real artist, while
Tour men stand round VI tin trays which are DIS
played Jewels worth do not know how many lacs.
What shall wearp says the RaJah. " L THINK
tlrs hsndsome.D And he holds kind of peacock
made of diamonds and pearls Yes, that viii do"
And the peacock Is " offered ~" to his head wh,ie
lie azIly turns from side To side, gazing with SELF
satisfied look into glass, which originally cost
eight annas lone shillIng and which held Dy asl1tn
man contrasts strangely with the jewels it ls called
on to reflect. SqualOr and magntcence are found
sde by side in all these rajahs' abOdes. None OF
them have any sense of ftness-in fact, no native
has. We won't put on these pearls, cries the Ma
harajah " for w.thOut them this looks more Ike
crown" And this H. India, the land OF caste,
changeless through succeeding ages y why, TINS
mans ancestor was a gOstherd, and he himself, tor
all his airs, would cheertully pay any sum OF money
to be considered RajpOOt and while many Brah-
minis stand around with clasped hands, and proDc
ably his cook IL of lrahminlca caste. not one OF
them would eat with him, Rsiah though he be.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
OPPORTUNITY.
Translated from Terndri.

"'Say who art thou, with more than mortal AR,
Endowed by heaven with gifts and graces rare, =,
Whom restless, winged feet for ever onward oearF
al am Occasion-known to few, at best,
And since one foot upon wheel rest
Constant my movements are-they cannot oe re-
pressed
"'Not the swift eagle in his swiftest fight
Can equal Ine in speed. my wings are bright;
And man who sees them waved is dazzed by the
sight
"'My thick and flowing locks before me thrown,
Conceal nv form--nOr face nor breast Ii shown;
That thus | approach, my coming Dc not
known.
80 Behind my head, no single lock of hair
Invites the hand that fam would grasp 1t there;
But he who let's me pass. to seize me may despair.
"'Whom then, so close behind thee do seep
Her name IL Penitence; and Heavens decree
Hath made all those her prey who pront not by
me.
"'And thou mortal, who dost vainly fly
These curious questions, thou Cost not descry
That now thy time is lOst-for am passing oy.'"
WILLIAM Young.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
LORD SrRANGF0RUS QUAINT PROPOSAL.
From OhambeTs's Journal

From OhambeJss Journal
When Lord s.trangford sat down to critlcise o
book Of travels by Mss Beaufort, he little dreamt
that before long he would write TO the young
autnoress; d" " as thinking the other day about q
communication from the Emperor Akbar 10 the King
of PORTUGAL which contained a request for copies
of the holy books of the Christians, and IN which
the following sentence occurs: In the world or
humanity which is the mirror and reflection of tho
world OF God there is nothing equal 10 love or COM
parable to human Affection For many years have
felt and known this. though never said It till to-
day to any one. When yon next wrte, please giye,
me the pOssessive pTOnOun of the first person."
Surely never was a declaration made in quaInter
fashion, saving perhaps BY the Scotch beadle who
led the mause housemaid to the churehyard, and
pointing with his finger. stammered: " NV folk e
there, Mary; wad ye like to lie tnere" lt is PLAIN
the notion did not scare her, any more than it did
the Galloway girl who, when Jock. coming into the
kitchen while she preparing breakfass said
" ! think III marry ye, Jean = answered: would
be muckle obliged to We If We wouldV and so com
cluded the bargain; not even stlpulatInG, hke
another ready lasse accepting as sudden an offer
" But We maun gle me my dues y courtIR for q
that. Jamle.V
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
fALLEY SOUTHLRY GRE41NESS.
Columbus Letter 10 me Bosts n Herald.


The old Hampton House Is an object OF interest
"A "A relic Of social life IN the antebellum days lt
is now owned by Mrs Dodge, wife of member of
the firm Of Phelps Dodge * Co., of New-York. Its
square, solid architecture. spacious balconies and
beaut full arboIs and garden paths are sadly sugges-
tive of other days The high brick walls, with
which the arisocrats exclusively surrounded their
residences. hide all but the front view. which ",
even now, in the careless keep OF a few servants
tthe house being unoccupIedl. surprisingly beauti-
ul because of the arrangement of the bright green
magnohas water oaks und hedges. Here, sixteen
wears before the war, born In luxury tue BON ot
Governor Manning, aud the nephew Wade Hamp-
ton This young man came home from swiss
The Confederate service. He had five Governors of
South Carolina in his family, which was one of the
first in the South. year or two after the war
found the young arstocTat third clerk or head
roustabOut on q Mississippi steamboat. lie subse-
ouentiy earned precarious bread, without but
fer soliciting railway freights, and as clerk IN
tobacco factory in New-fork sc transit g'of7d
mandi A magnificent mansion. the very name OF
the owner of which Is forgotten now, renders IN :
portant service the Benedict Institute f0r Female
Colored Children, the manager being, of course a
Northern woman. The South Carolina University
is another interesting relic of the antewar days.
The campus Is overgrown with weeds, strewn with
leaves and broken boughs. The bricks aru falling
out of the old dormitories and college, Halt the
wIndows are broken Negro families occupy the
dormiores Dirt, neglect and desti ucticn are CON-
panions who have leased the colleges.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
THREE ANGELS.
r,.om Temple Bar.

From Temple Bar -,
,.,,fo - barren, drear, and cold,
They say tbls o i,i aad song was sung Of DID,.
Ever TIE sane sane long weary tale 's told;
Ever tne enr ,'ii lins is held TIE cup OF stLfe'
And TO totN,a oua little love can sweeten HE.
Anu bands NAV grasp but Joys destroyed.
They say say qTl Int dreams, and an aching yoaa
Youth Deadsea fruit long, long ago has c,?S,f ~
Mhosc nnigbt with wild tempestuons storis Is ii'o
wSp,S suS yet ia +" lit'lc hope can brighten me-
,eo fling ourselves in wild despair
They s tbe broken treasures scattered there,
Amids' w wrecked where all once promised talr;
Where al u With sorrows two-edged knife
ana Ana S,aG vet little patience strengthens ''ie'
:. ,hen true. this tale of bitter grief,
~ nlssianoptal IL o"tl anguish finding no relief -,..
V 'D ,Dnidsf the Winter shines the Laurers ieai;
10 piuo, i.u'',els share the lot OF human strife,
1hrss Thres Angels glorify the path Of life.
oro Hone and Patience cheer MS on our way,
Love, Hone and Patience form our sR,hS hy siay dav
Io1Ji IA The desert bloom with beauty vernal,
inlntil nnf the Earthly fades IN the Eternal. F's'
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

"I am going to cut youv boot off," You shan't do
| came to the camp, and gave six-and- thirty
shllings for them. Pull it off sir (; pull it OFF,
1t was represented 70 tue wounded General that
ii was impossible under his present suffernes Dut
nothing would do, " the boot should not be cut 10
pieces in that manner"
At that moment Georre III. arrived on the spot,
what not cut of the boot Pooh, pooh stuff"
said the King. "Cut il of-cut IL off,
No." replied the General. 'Tbey are new boots.
your Majesty aud command him at his peril not
to cut the boot. He can pull it off,
The attempt then made 10 draw Off the boot was
at length accomplished. though the agony of the
sufferer was painfully manifest by the persp.ration
dropping from his forehead
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
BAYARD rAYL08'S LAST "EcHo" RHYME.

During the last Summer of the lamented
authors life IN America when at work at his TRIBUNE
desk there came to short intervals with request
for pefusal and criticism some very high-nown ana
nonsenscal poems signed Hyperion Clare" Mr. Tays
Ior greatly amused by these gushing efusions was IN
the habit OF sharing the fun Of them with an appre-
ciatve cO-laborer; and one day IN merry mood, he
scribbled off a not much exaggerated "eeho" OF Mr
Ciares latest pome" and dispatched 1t TO his riends
desk There 1t has lately been found and IL Is mere
with printed for the pleasure of larger andienceI
The gush of evening binds my brow
With chains of rapid rest.
And every dOwny maxim now,
Is murmurng IN its nest.
Oh sweet the hour whose silent bells
Peal joys we all endure
And sweet the peace whose madness tells
The luxury of the poor!
1t were no dream to follow far
Where beckons on the Past,
TO dip above the rising STAR
And ride the breathless blast.
Howeer the stlfled soul may rise
The pangs of nature live!
Ard memory draws from coming skies,
Far more than Death can give!
HYPERION CLARE"
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

the voice of Sir Lupus de Vulpes was heard
very cOmpOsedly to say,
LET ten of my retainers descend the ladder,
bringing with them ropes
His command was Obeyed and ten minutes
afterward a strange procession emerged from
the subterranean. FIRST came the rObber
knight his drawn sword in his hand, pale
and covered with blood, but still bearing him.
self with knightly steadfastness. Then came
the ten retainers, dragging behind them by
means of cords the haif-cRarred carcasses of
the Dragon of Dragsbury and the Most Mon
strous Toad. Alone Sir Lupus de Vulpes, alias
Langfanger, had done it.
That graceless, yet valiant, knight, by means
of the influence Of the Sheriff and the AoDot,
obtained the Royal pardon. He changed his
name to Lambin. and in the next reign was
raised to the peerage under the style and title
of Baron ST. Agnes. have heard that ne MADE
slight mGsdttiGRce by marrying one Lillian;
the daughter of a manunltted ylileln' anu
whose face was all her fortune. Yet nave
also heard that she made the reformed SIR
Lupus "a most exemplary wife, Puttlng tnis
and that together, | am inclined to THINK the
marauders who robbed the larder OF Drags-
bury Abbey were neither dragons nor toads,
but certain of Langfanger's own baDdlttl, VINO
were aware of the existence of a subterranean
passage leading from hermlts cell In the
abbey grounds to beneath the pavement or
the arder. | suspect, likewise, that Johannes
Pug was on the scent; and that the whole
neat little conspiracy got up with the ann OF
rescung Sir Lupus de Vulpes from the county
gaol and the shadow of the gibbet;
But the Dragon and the Toad How was
their corpOreal presence in the larder to be got
overp Their carcasses had been seen by fve
hundred witnesses. They are stuffed for pres
ervaton. Even J fancied that l saw them
hanging from the open timber-roof in Drags-
bury Church. And the red and blue lire, to
say nothing of the green
Well, the only solution of the mystery which
can give is this: that in the forty seventh
volume OF The Gentlcmen's Magazine Mr.: Mouldy- :
mugg, F.S.A., an eminent antlquary OF the last
century, describes visit which he paid to
Dragspury Church to examine the strange tIo-
phies hanging from the roof And after a
heightened investigation, Mr.. Mouldymugg,
FS.A., arrived at the conclusion that the So
called Dragon was only the stuffed skin OF u
crocodile, aud the Most MOnstrous Toad merely
the shell of tortoise of unusual size. very
strange mistakes III natural history used TO De
made during the Middle Ages. Perhaps SIR
Lupus de Vulpes brought the crocodile's hide
and the tOrtOise's cGrdpdce back with HIM rom
Palestine. AS for the red and blue fire, to say
nothing of the green, tbs not impossible that
some of the marauders who stripped the larder
of Dragsbury Abbey had learned strange tricks
in the way of making fireworks among the
SaIacens.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
LADY FRANCES WILSON'S GOOD FORTUNE.
rron, 4" m. Times of Georoe w."

From The Timesof george ""
Lady Frances Wilson was lady OF very PLAIN
seasons perseyeringly gazed at her from the pit OF
the Opera House, as to cause her considerable
ANNOYANCE until at length one day, she was IN
formed that Mr. = had left her all his fortune.
Prompted by curiosity to ascertain if it was the
same person who had admired her at the theatre,
corpse as being that of Mr.. -. 1t was said Lady
Frances owed this piece of good fortune to mistake
as II was a very beautiful woman who occupied the
next box to her to whom the gentleman had in
tended 10 leave his properly and that he was misn
formed as to the Obect OF his belle passion.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-06
The Next Social Event.

San Fransi'eO Daily Exchange, Dec. 8.
A lady at the Palace Hotel kindly
sends us the following information con.
corning the coming wedding OF Miss
Flora Sharon and Sir Thomas Hesketh.
The wedding is to be on the 3lst OF De-
cember. ut Belmont. aud the bride and
groom will almost Immediately leave for
England. Sir Thomas has settled upon
the bride a yearly income Of S25. 900.
and Mr.. Sharon will do the same. Mrs.
Sharon's diamonds were left TO Miss
Flora, and are now being reset for her
use. The necklace alone cost $50. 900,
aud IL magnificent. The trousseau has
Just arrived from Paris. and 10 q marvel
Of elegance and taste. Much Of the
underwear Is made OF fine silk trimmed
with richest lace. Among other novelties
are some very elegant tea-gowns for
afternoon tea; these dresses are miracles
Of the modists's art. 1t 10 said that Sir
Thomas frat met Miss Sharon 10 the
elevator Of the hotel, and that he fell In
love with her at frat sight. Be this as
il may. We doubt il any fairer. swsster
bride ever entered the lordly house
which will hereafter be the home OF this
California girl. Rumor has It that Sen.
stor Sharon is shortly to marry Mrs.
Hay; but this is certainly one Of those
doubtful things which are very uncsr-
tain"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-06
stockton Wickedness.

STOCKTON. CAL. December 6.-ln
dispute yesterday between JAS. DamrslI
aud James Hunter. two farmers, thu
former drew a pistol and shot at Hunter,
the ball making q flesh wound in the
right side OF the body. Damrell was
arrested and charged with an assault &c
murder. but was released on giving bal
in the sum OF $1,000.
Harrison St. Clair Franklin was yes
terdsy arrested and charged with living
with Mary Die Atwood in . state OF opsr
aud notorious adultery aud cohabitation
He was married in this city March 80,
1879. to q girl Is years Of age by tn,
name Of Elena Clara LIE Blanc. The
marriage was kept . secret from the
girls parents for three weeks. and when
Il became known franklin left his bride
aud tho nsighborhood. he aud the
woman Atwood passed as man and vile,
as alleged in the complaint, since Janu'
AIRY !. 1850. His examination was ssl
for Monday. the 18th inst. and bail wal
fixed at $1,000.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-06
CAPITOL DECORATIONS.

A correspondent writing from Wash
ipston gives the following condensed &C
count Of the concluding decorations in
the dome Of the National Capitol:
Tho painting begun by Brumidi in the
dome OF the Capitol Is going forward under
the skilled hand Of Philip C~ostiggini.
Visitors upon entering the rotunda are
charmed by an array Of life-sized pictures
with an apparent warmth 30 perfect hat
they almost seem TO beekon and smile in
their places. The frieze Of the rotunds.
which Cosiggiui Is completing. 10 6o feet
above the floor Of the rotundA. 500 feet in
circumference aud 10 feet high. Brumidts
designs are being carried out. They are
divided into fifteen groups TO portray the
following subjects: The Landing OF Co
lumbus," ''Cortez and Montezums Enter
ing the Temple Of the SUM-" "PizArro
with his Horse Progressing in the Con-
quest Of Peru" The Burial OF De Soto
in the Mississippi River" The Rescue OF
Captain John Smith by P~ocahontas.'
1.-The Decentralization Of the Pilgrim
Fathers" william Penn's Treaty with
Tia In dams" 1.-THE Industrial COLOMBIA
ton OF the New England States, Gen
eral 0~slethorpe aud Muscogee Chief.'
Incident Of the Colonization Of Georgia.
Battle Of Lexington" Declaration oil
Independence" The Surrender Of Corn.
wallis THE Battle Of the Thames and
the D, ath Of Tecumseh." 1.-The American
Army Entering the City Of Mexico" and
''LAbors in the Gold Mines OF California
Brumidi was engaged on the seventh oil
tka ..r,.s I..psnn'a Trsatvnl At tina tlms