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m> f*iv , ’ # | p ? t i ' T F »W m ^ r < :W - ' i r > i r * / •a**,- >**v w m : y .. W v . . p t , : B a r '-7 .* aar?*- ■ fc-feis^rev ■jjV'- tf f'-KV.s ' lik* '\’ I E&&' y t e s ' ^ P v - • d. . ■ '.toy./.'.-: !®vsV. . 4' V , V ■ -■o \--' -r ‘I T P f r-^> *'.W JJ'Wvwf.-O-J' 3 ; ' . • l{ •* ’ -- ‘ *\ ', ' I ', _ K T H B 'iO N G lSL A N D : 8H8DAY,DE0»M B:ER S t , 1171 a g o u t i I s t a u f l M m m . Jamaica, Thursday, Deb.’ 28, 1871. M Y DIAM O N D If I S O . IV h fn nay u n cle Alston, who was an old bachelor died, ho left his property pretty equally divided betw een his five nephew* And nieces. . My be ineat. however aa be- ,ipK itbe eldo tam l I ih ' godson, was (lie most considerable; i t consisted of a am <11 free hold eeV u ain Kent, and a rLainoud rtug ’ T h is t in g which w as o f such value 'h a t it had been e-U.untieI for legacy at Ave h u n d red pound*, h a d -> l i t t ’a h istory at- tecli d to it. It wa-* P< niv mr-ta hy an In.'ian*ra.ah— whom- physciafi e had -'ten f o r tnanv vejir*. for h ’tv'ii-: on o.io occasion, b rought ♦.. a raial. i fav«ri'** c u ■it cegafnl lv t h r -ugh a so v.-ro a \ a . k o f < he sm a ll pox. O n the r e turn of t h e l a t t e r to F u g 1 an 1, som e years a!tei winds, h e -lisco-rda i\<l we”ring th e r n r, for the size nn 1 l*r<)i <> -t-y •i th e sione we.-e to retim r-a.-le n» ably to*attract atta:.t o n ; wbl< It, bein': a quiet, re erved man. w n s-l'stait'-ful to him. le s i lei which, h e very soon diecoven d that having on his p< r ;on, inib'tually. an ari ido ef such value, was. in th s country, not al together unattended w ith danger, an at tem p t liav n ft been made o n nne ncca ion to w a y 'a y and rob him during one of,* lie solitary e v e n 'ng wa'ks he was in tbo h a b it • f inking. ■' Ho therefore decided to run no m o re d a k s of t h is che*ncter, snd for safekeeping placed t h e 'r i n g in th e box containing liis securities deposited w ith h i s b ankeis,where it retnrM sd for several years prior t o hie decease. W ith th e exception, in fact, of m y selfand the elder of my two sisters, not one o f the family now living had ever seen the ring, snd even o u r recollection of it h a d become vSgue and indistinct during th ^ years which had elapsed sinre th e tim e when, as children, we had gazed with vnlng’ed ew e and adm iration upon “ uncle’s big d ia m o n d .'1 t t was therefore w ith some d egree e f curiosity t h a t I examined m y precious boq nest, it w a s reslly s magnificent atone, end of th e p u rest w a ter—at least so a friend w lio professes to lie a connoisseur in such m a tters assured me. for I do not pretend 'o be a ,!ndge my to t. J-'till i t was by no m eans a useful legacy. All th e o bjections which had presented them se'ves to tnv uncle’s w earing the ring, a p p lied w ith s till greater force .to m y do ng so. F o r mo, a city man, engaged inabu s in e - A b r 'n g in g m e in some six or seven h u n d red p e r annum , to d iap'sy on my hand a diamond w o rth nearly a w h o le y.-ar's income would ohv'ously he ib - u r d , a n d q u ite inconsistent w ith u»7 po sition in society. I could sell the ring. Trne, I coaid sell I t ; and I adm it th a t th e idea o f loing so p r e s e n teditselftom y thind more than race F ive h u n d red pound*,! argued, at five p e r cent.—a rate of interest obtainable tw in m a n y o f the safest investm ents. give*‘weit- ty-fiyfcponnds p er annum a sm e l1 sum , i t la true, b u t not a ltogether to be despised w h ile so long as th e money Is locked ’ip h i th e r i n g It is absolnts’y unproductive. W h y , I thought, p u rsuing the subject, h a d • m y u n d o sold the stone when h e first re tu r n e d to F n g lan d sixteen years ego. tbo sum he would h a v e realized from i t would, nt compound interest, have m o re than doubtcd’i'relf by t h i s time. \V<th this idea, yet upperm o st in m y m ind, I casually a 'l de.l, o n o n e occasion. In tnmil v conclave, to tnv intention of p a tt in g with the r i n g ; b u t only to find th a t, b- proposing to do so, I had raised n hornet's nest about m y ears. Indignant protests met m e on all sides. My sister Indeed, grew n u 'te angry, saying, th a t ** Ff poor, •’ear nncle h a ’ o n ly know n how little I, ids favorite nephew, (with a Sarcastic em p h asis on t h e word favorite;) w o u ld have valued Vis legacy, he w o u ld ' have M s it to some m em b e r o f the fam ily w lio could h a w V-tter appreciated his kindness-” “ Yourself, gar example,\ I said, \ Yes, to at#,” she r e p lied ,\ o r to Fanny, (her y o u n g er sister,, at cousin Jam e s - or anv one, ra ih s r th e n to yon who have show n s o 1 t i l e respect tor his memory ”— * W ell t '* I rejoined, “ bu t w h a t am I to do w ith I t ? \ •' W h y , k e ep i t nntll you g e t m s r r 's d , to be sure,\ w s s the trium p h a n t -ep'y. \ You can have it m ade Into .a uroooh for y o u r wife, if y on do not care to w e a r it ..yourself.” f “ Y e ry trne.” I said, resignedly far 1 f e lt 1 th a t I w a s b e a en ' 1 p laced t h e r in g in a strong, iron b o u n d pint.; eliest. w h h b I k e p t <n iny sleeping cham b e r, and th o u g h t t o liavs no m o re -trouble aim i t I t ; h u t I w as m istaken. In k> a tlmn a week afterw a rds an attem p t v r s m ade by b u r g l <rs to enter the house, w h ich w ss only rendered un-uccessful th r o u g h tl a accident o f the barking of a d o r n e x t door u ltra - tin g the attention o f a ’■nlicejnan to th e spot, just in lim e to alarm them and oblige them to sbsndon th o underislcing. On investigating th e m a t’er the follow in g d a y , 1 founl that th e gossip* o f our servants 1 ad spread th e news a ll o v e r th e aeigliborhpad th a t I lied rerentty becom e -th e ’p >es'Wor of a large diamond,—th e Value o f which r u m o r had greatly exag gerated,—and t h a t t o t h is circumstance I m ight d o u b tless a ttrib u te the fact t h a t t li s gentlem e n who, to s<e Mrs. Iforion'o p h r a s e , “ devote them selves t o such irreg u l a r adventures \ a s housebreaking, fa vored u s w ith th e ir attention. T h inking t t n o t Improbable th a t a n o ther OUctapi to cnts? th o h o o c s m’g h t ohortly teedo.,! d e em ed i t a d v isable at- Cites t o , I n t e r s for Bach, o'eaatljfgenoy. 1 there- . • « » kougit, thiA very d a y .a a r e a a f b d tg ' la r p r o o f »6fe, o f tfeq v ery\ h c r t m a k e . OO^i also pnrehaped one.of th e a g tieet s s d i c o s t fevoclous-lobkiag bUli-dogs 1 SVST saW htj'' m y life. T h a t thsse precautioas w o u ld prove cficctuiil I hod every confidence,; and. a few Weeks afterw a rda I accepted, w ithout h e sitation, a n invttotioa t o o p a r ty a t v o r wood, which would involve m y self an-1 sisters the only inm a tes Of the house boddes th e servant ) passing t h e nig h t from home. W h e n we returned t o tow n th e next d ay I was n o t a little surprised to h e a r t h s t the house l»nd been broken i n to ) : tn e previous n ig h ’, t h e “ fire and b u r g l a r p r o o f ” safe opeuel w ith apparently ilie g r e .test ease, and th e ring abstracted, /. b to t l e buil d >g, h e had, to use a *«cfmi- eal phrase m u c h in vogue in th e police couris, teen \ s q u a red \ by a p e a c e oii*i>-ig In the shape o f a larg e piece o f liver, a n d had given no trouble w h a tever: 'h e thief in glit, in fact, hove g o t o ffe ts ly w ith bis booty, bad it not been for w h a t m ig h t alm o st be term ed a n am iable w eakness o n h . s p rt. ’ On a chest of d raw e rs in m y ho 1-chnm’w Brand a sm all Japanese cabinet, o f c u rious wo km anship, b u t o f n o gjroat value. T h is a tt acted tho a ttention of our friend, who, a he afte wnr-ls confessed, thought it would pteaae h is little daughter,—a crip ple. e took i t , a n d th e faking of it was Ills ruin. Ve h a d q u ittflj ’he Uousa In «fr*y and was already a c o u p le of h u n d red y ards from <t. when bo was 4toppe.l ay a police-- man. whose suspicions were abetted by a.-i-ing a shabbily dressed man at so early and hour—It being between tw o a n d three o'-iock 'n the m o rning—hurrying Tapidly through the et reels w ith, a bulky parcel under his arm. The Tobber was arrested an searched, and 'b e ring found in one of h<» w aistcoat pockets. I 11 due course the examination before a, m a g is trate *ook place; snd 'lie prisoner w a s comm itted for 'r i a l a t the n e x t assizes, I being bound over to prosecute, in the m eantim e the r in g rem ained in 'h e hands o t th e police a s UBiial. in about s ix weeks afterw a rds the trial came off. I was placed in lie witness-box a n d testified to th e value o f t h e stone a n d tlie circum stances u n d er w h ich i t l.ad been stolen from me. At th e request of tlie foreman of the ju r y th s ring was h anded to him for inspection. T o m y infinite surpr'ee, one o f th e .gentle- me 1 in the bax, a f ter looking a t it c arefully fo r 'a few m o ments, said quietly, \T h is atone is not n d iam o n d .\ “ Not a diam o n d :” exclaimed th e jndge. “ Are you pure, s r. o f w h a t you s s y ?” he added rati e r s ternly, a d d ressing th e j u r y m a n wlio h a d ju-.t s; okeu. ” i erfect y, m y lord.” was tlie reply. \ 1 am a jew el er, a n d 1 positively assert th a t th e stone in t h is ring.ihtilding i t up. a s lie spoke) ia n o t a diam o n d ; a lthough a p retty f.<ir im itat o n ” T lie other persons i s court, w h o stated th a t' they were dea'ers in precione stones, eon'irmed Ins siutenient. All ayes in t h e assembly were n o w d irect ed Inquiringly upon m e, a n d I telt t h a t I was in danger of being regarded s s a spe cies o f imposter—as a man, in fact; who h a d pretended to b e th e possessor o f a piece o( property, a n d h a d b een v e ry ju s tly , though unexpectedly, exposed. The clear, gray i f i * of th e ju d g e ,in particular, w e re b e n t k e e n ly s a d in juiaitlvely n p o n m y faea, a n d 1 feit my. e lf g row ing v ary n e rvous snd ud- comfortable. How ever, assum ing s cool- ness I was' v ery tor from festing, I quietly narrated the circumstances under which *h« ring had been presented t o m y unde, snd had subsequently p a sasd into m y pos- session W h en I concluded, I had th e satis- faction of perceiving th a t I had bsea auc- ceisful in convincing m y hearers that, if there had been any .deception in tho busi ness, f, a t least, was no p a rty to It. The trial then proceeded, s n d resulted, o f rour-e. in t h o conviction o f the barging • who received a sentencu o f five y e ars' p enal servitude. Before t h e Court rose, h owever, *he j u d g e directed t h s vificer a f policy, in ; w h o se c ustody the r in g bad remained t-rs- vions to the trial, t o b* p laced m th s wit- nese-box, w h e n he underw e n t a searching exam ination aa to t h e m easures which h a d been taken tor th e safe keeping of the ring. T h a police sergeant’s testim o n y was f a lly confirmed b y t h a t ot other m embers of th o fere s ; and I could n o t b u t adm it th a t’apparently t h e r e w e re n o t t h e slight* o t grounds fo r suspecting th a t sha rin g had been tam p e red w ith w h ile ^ln the hands of the police. W h e n and b y w h o m t h e original stone had been abstracted,—-for th a t it h a d been abstracted, an d th e false one substituted for i t , 1 w ss convinced,—1 e n d eavored for sometime, but in vain, to ascertain; some of my fiieads, indeed, suggested that ths ring lied never contained a diamond At a:l. but was ia ths same condition M when presented to iny uncle by the rajah. But this theory was, to my mind, un tenable; for, ib the first place,' most East ern princes are pretty good judgea of precious stones; nnd, in the second, ss- snm'ng that the rajah could have bsea imposed upon, tlie risk would hays'been too great ; for tl.e discovery, atjagy tlnie, that he had been cheated, -would, in - a l l probability, have -coat the vdhndsr jilt . he (I. It was clear to me that ths sionJ had befh either changed at some time by one of my uncle's native servants, Whilst he wan In 'India, or that, the ring htol bwsuj. tatit|«r«d with.daring the many years it- wos at his b inkers. In the forcnbr! cs$e,' ot co\rue the loss was irretrievable la the la ter, there was just a possjhlitjf and no more, that f. frilgUt dlsroy’er tha thief. I tho ofore wont at xjcotQCiy Jg* cle's hanker*. where,. *t tlie' vOry' ,ju'ts<i. of rav in ,ulri£»lrI, was fr.ct by ^n jtc-aar ante na tkepart('of the ijwijs^r thtt tlol; , ring had b? p do«e«itciJ ip# w a td.’C.-hh* ' Jtoioadiiiul-iiecoiidM thfaiw Ii a HtUc .^ upon'this' th a t t h e . tov'erodlhsi -been In the ) o d g ^ b y tkafb circn ghrswd gqeta^h mond ring how s y ff, throw n - p*M j*eni hMlbsep lie- re;piLith<»bitd sscuriMes, ;h»-bank for B a d e r ' there pretty if »f)%'<# i s o f m y die- . 3 .? . 3 . _ ' •MDrfy-K'jr.'-.i,V' - . 4 , Many njtel # 1 ^ methods ot earning «t pahfjslriinMi wTtssnt,labor bays lately beau brssfjj^.kr light. The most notorious of thfteto Fhat bsa hecn called, ihs a'Mwdusi Aii(t()ttk^ IhS sxpdsure of which iiM daVsiopsd tsme very Interesting and curious fssth, ifyt originators of this ■phems h a t h fsylitptst.lyy ysarsflooded tits poantry AHttMptitslsf* offsring count- erfeit bills. ftw price, After for. t'w r& fiiig-M Sliavlngs or im- rt'M ft.'di!. W h e h th a dnpee„ o f cast troth s bedded In w rite a n d ask Xtm W _ sxplsnaU o n they receive a my*W IW »ly>W *rded circular, beaded \W toU p m y infsfw lQ g them th a t the police s d u s s h d a te on th e track, e n d t h a t t h S o o t c o n taining tlio lion a n d a e ted^flllp fe*rb y a ’’blind and th e d u p e i s e smMssiy rtq u o s tea to knep “ d a r k \ f a r a t | t t s t f b l a r s h i a r e l f , and w h e n t h e titto t^ J i H i lo w n o V e r .t a real eu unto r f s itsw H C V f ialy t o r Warded This is a trick -of povhgtfghd fit o n ly resorted to by tho swindllgto ii keep th e ir victims q u iet wkilo they qas^thriaothers i n th e same f o l k ....................................... rifsH lnckley, who dvi^ttadeat S o . 39 tlion and# o f do% ip v s b / th is Eswdust iCl' n aidrr t e n s m s o f jJ^pn; Owen Brothers, tdbn.s on'the top T h e y started ia When ready,-1. e y __ d^h.mnu to 'w r ite sd- d reases a t 9 9 d M tk s w w m They eiiga';»d ten yoaKg ’B t s ^ l w s l l y new arrivals train hurops. ThteSwgfliMi F e r e looked cp i n one t ^ i ^ t ^ SuppUed W ith envel- ....... Feoli pmB. Jam e sT’it rarr.ed o t^S tkjffst, b a s r a n stft'eS;- U rs frb n i m tiptky ewindle. *Thi Fisher Jt.Go; < t Titty Sect Poor of rite N 'ljtem b fri'iil sdvertisad, to! opeS -apd b. w rote, om .ist.sh d w a t’ D o riag.th«#, w o r s m s ^ lsd 1 tosnppiy. w e re nibo f a c l o s i B f , ops*. T lt o t f , weekjeach. _ *ooulw W w '|» entered., In.#^ prtkst. ssvrdss; H e r.p# •Mexli .... k e p t cetubwft! to InqaU S ^ tu*ry o f Aw* offics,- I M \ . Saave* iltWl.,lL,K- ■ ceirs aU '¥ ? W » iliedvm a n d totjr dohW, could: h o t snouidaha' ,varyt}1% i - i were wfctobj premisi’t- h im W tW » y -aevsr'-*“ : 6^0 afidrc<ses‘’~er 'tprArk-for five m onths, m th s 11)5,000 circulars ^ r i m c o a n t r y , oHisring i(j|i|BnSy. In one room g l r is’ folding drcuiars, l^sism p lng tho envcl, fH tm v l about $8 ret kioni'A lao locked in a i u t tif prfisctf a le e v e r room w re if th e Iron ehipa and ikoxeseff-hy expreaa weak f o r h i . labor. -WslkAy, w lio was ontsidS, i n t h a p s s , T h l . t J s v k h o w g M d m aw « ss:.th«m as'w o a ldha, .«m iyyicM |ts. , ,.j>* •xprm a :.* s»tt a n d t h i s H a d -jaw;*® P e t t y . . m W a a d ahdstaSr* at ipeveonw h o iatnis Cateldstfaosano- ipriddpala w as a email f.tm m tmhered a l l tho to purchsse th s %tfrerk wo«ld f»- could obtain from .Hi® preferice th a t th e n th® rnanu- fjSfWm4d;.»iSts th a t h e e coantsrfeits, hut 'expreas. H e would hyalteying t h a t th e police iris-joreori Who l e f t tho iftlre u l d n o t b e e a f o for •Wf* .these 'aoto* away, ihfas f r 'g b 'e a e d , snd venture near :a s d ,i'S 9 t'th e ir depr s lta sssssiim ss show a few d n w a f i r m aw f s .& n d coaatfirfoits, and such par*ha*ers. Tit® ijf i'JKiO; mostly b y daT y axpSnditure, in- stktfoksry, a n d labor o f d f d not svesod (800, dJiride b s t w e e a t b s tw « Bhtcklsy*—o f ( p 0 0 d sliy, ew indto h i d bean ear- Sarreths, w h e a Captain ths® a ta b llshm e n t. il^ h o w a y e r , go t clear. In Coda* street. A fter la o f dollsrs they them , u h d e r o iisa seen am o n g V ' 1 b M. 'ItA-'hhe®, Adds o f alj par- a o f - w iciu l d r h i k - fiu-vn of a h o ;jiyipM ta#rsl»ip w ,h j i t y i d -her oxomp’o, ijjsj»?j'uah®da lefo m _ ' tho KConrg-' miixpfta of ifi’dety. in this ‘rijtrstogd I n 1808. tta^SrtdHUmbcreil . j ’kfeijtiy^srmeya. who- \ i^n*d th*V no nifem- V d w f c f r p s n a ly c f \ I f > a h B n t o vyl^tss- bitt f v u n n n i i . ? A largo emigration, w f colored people-to K e a s a s -ti t a k i a g pis®®. has been S«ld at. ( 6 aw 's o r^ , -Qooca V ictoria contributed (3,500 t o th a iChh a g o relief Innd, . Tbo betting o a t h e result o f the Tick- bo rye css® i s t e n to o n e a g a inst tha claim- a n t “ Tho California m u s tang m are, K a te, tro tt e d tw e n ty m iles i n 69 m inutes i n San Francisco. F a ll R iver has 89 cotton m ills, w ith 1,017,139 spindl s w i t h 29,572 looms. A t th e average rate of i-o.it ; or spindie, th e capital invented is a b o u t $18,000,000. - tiilm o re, o f •• J n h ilee\ fame, projio-'s-i t o build a new Coliseum for h is g r .a t in ter nu t o n a l Festival in 1873, th a t will cover a n a r e a of n e a rly eight aereB. Committee o f e x p e rts and e n g ravers h° v e been exam ining tbe Loads p u rchased, re- d.-euied, and ex c h s ig e d by t h e Govern m e n t, b u t huve n o t y e t.fouud a n y a p u rL u s once. . A catalogue e f 100,000 b o ttle* s n d fifty* sffVvn butts, o f the Em p e ror Napoleon’s Wine, invites a t eulion to an a u c t l n gals thereof a t t h e Louvre. Tne sale is expected to lust a fortnight. The f reight bill for tlie tea d e stroyed i n Boston harbor, December, 177S, was paid only a few tyeais ag o by ths F a rt India Company, o f London, to whom i t I e’ongrd', to a N a n tucket family, h e irs t o the ow n er o t th e v. seel. . A ccording to the r e p o rt of t h e T irector o f th e Mint, thirty-four s a d a h a lf m illions in gold were issued from t h s United Stares tuitus during t i i e y e a r ending on th e 8Uth o f J u n e last, a n d iivu and half m illions o f silver. T h e total receipts of th e Governm ent d a r in g the tw e lve m o n ths ending on the 1st o f J u n e last, from internal tax- a, d u ties ' o 1 im p o rts sn d mi.-uellaneous sources, am o u n ted, in ron- d uum jere, t o four h u n dred m liions o f d o llars in currency. Tho letter from Secretary Fisk, s e n t t o < ’ongress.showinit t h e p aym ent made from the. contingent fund, includes an item o f (18,000 on account o f th > Ami-rit-au a n d B ritish J o int High Commission, a n d also th r expenditure o f (29,000 out Of th e secret service fund. T h e Imm mse incr-ase o f th e fire insur ance b u siness since th e Chioago tire is il- 1 u n tratal by th e receipts o f tho throe sur viving H artford companies d a ring October. T h e A t a e took in (700,000, t h e H a rtford (850,000, a n d t h e P h nnix 300.000, a gain o f (735,000 upon th e p revious October, a n d 350,000 m o rs than a ' l th e nine fir* com panies th e n doing business i n H a rtford, tec ived i n th e last nam e d month. There h a d a rrived in t h e Crystal P a taca aquarium , in London, a large specimen of tlie Octopus—tbat extraordinary m o n ster which Y ictorH u g o d e scribesin h is\T o i a r s of t h a Sea,” a n d of w h ich he a a y t : “ I t is difficult for those w h o h a v e n o t seen it t o believe In the existence o t t h e Dev.l-iish, C o m p a n d to .’this creature th * ancient hydras are insignificant.” T h is peculiar anim a l, h itherto scarcely known, save by report, w ill, i t i s said a ttack a man, a n d by fixing itself to his b o d y b y taction, so th a t it cannot b e removed, w ill destroy h im . T h e Spanish estates o f th® ox-Empress Engenle are said to have t b e following origin: In consequence o f tho 1623 Bear-* bon expedition, Spain owed Franco como millions, which, b e ing capitalised,would in 1834 h a v e a m o u n ted t e 3,900,(XKK A con vention betw een, t h e tw o Governm ents, however, reduced t h is earn t o 1,000,090-'., w h ich w as m o reover gifted to th s Em- pro a. a n d conveyed to h e r in tlio shape of vast tracts o f land, w h ’c h she had s to -ked w ith thSjpwet approved “plants” of F isn c k vine. W l e r t s . T h e oUowing sneedote is told o f W ierts. the ce e - rat# l b e . m an painter, w h o w as tom e im s -.ailed t h e crazy a r tist s*—A lter Imviug finish d a p o r tr a it cf the o ld arLto- cratic Countess d e M , w h o pret- a d e d t be only thirty w h e n n e ir ly sixty, th e re used to accept t h e p a inting, saying t h a t it d not look anythii g lik e hertolf, a n d th.i h e r m o at intim a te I'rlmds would not r- < - g n ize u single feature o f liera on t h a t piece of canvas. W ieriz s.i lied k indly at tb e rem ark, a n d , a s a t r n e k n ig h t of old, gal .r-nt.y roconducted t h o indy (o h e r car- r » e. N e x t m o rning there waa a grand di turbance in th e hue de la Madeleine. A large crowd waa g a thered before a w in dow, a n d t h e follow ing w o rds w e re w h is pered from e a r to oar:—'” 1* th s Countess de M —— r ally i n gaol for lrer debts V\ W iertz had o tcrcia A a little vengeance tow a rds hi* noble b n t m f u lr customer. As ’ s .o u as she h a d refused tliep o r tr a it, lie set to work a n d painted a few- iron bars on tho picture, w ith these words ,\ In gaol f or debt.\ H e exhibited tbe painting ib a jew e ller’s window, in t h e principal street of Brussels, a n d t h e eXoct w a r instantane ous. A lew hours later the countess was hack in V i e . tz’s s tudio, p o u ring invectives on h im a t h ig h pressure—toriiave e x h lbh ■ted h e r likeness (in d e r sack scandalous circumstanoM. \M o s t noble lady,” w a i th e artist's r e p ly ,” yon said t h e painting A d t not. look an y th in g like youwelf, and .th a t y e a r m o st intim a te friends w o n ld n o )' h a v e recognised a -single ono of yonr fea- . tureu In tits picture. 1 w a n ted sim p ly to tcej th e tru th of y o u r atstatnsbt, tha) is k i l l ’* ’ Th® po r tr a it w a s laken a w a y , t h e 3?- A i r f m ifoiE a T iN a s k k t o h ' .-r.'i- - ' ’ ' '■ ■ , -. - F O H E L . A D I E H ; ^ A ' - * ’\I' ll- “)jb*> Manton Aa tell n s wbtre ysa (ol tb»t B E A U T I F U L D E E S S \ and bow ranch a yard did yen payttor it,\ u k ad'M n . Bwarp of her frk-ud^l e other <iuy._ * * ^ ; -vOb, rapltod Un-*lf., 1 bought It a t Davies’ D ry Gtoods. ^tot^,* IS S |[ a n d 1 5 7 F u l t o n . S t . , B y o o k f i r It waa only 60 cent* remand nearly » yard wjda; S T S . P L A C . E of. I never In my life got as tea atorc. 1 got a splendid, corded I ever heard of. gains In ona _____ _ ____ --------- . alpaca tor May at 26 cema a yard, and a htadca dreaa tor £mma. You ought to are it. It ha* a ) , juit like Bilk, and only' 60 cents a yatd. Thoy hav very good at 26 and ol crnta, ond real handrarae at *7. cents. 1 think 'Jimmies Ian. good as snytlitnffJI>Jisvs\ at 76 ccnt«. They are griat on I166PKXK- Seen CBTJEF^kBOlBhRY, etc, 1 Souaht splendid 'handv fiiw - - .. w _____ ___ , CIVi A ki-rchk-f* M I2i cent*, st-Cl full regular mads hose a t t o ' cents. They say that they »1I Sheetings and BMrtiega a moat nt coat, and I believe it, lor I bought toed; yard vride.mutlln tor 12( cents, and splendid for 16cent. , can’t begin to tell all the b resin* I got. What I Ilka about teo the place very mucn, la they have only ane price. Never came down, and I always fell swV is stores like that. If you really want to-get bargalnrin Dry Goods, I would heartily adviae you to try )h«!a; etc., etc. Iddlea almllar conversations happen every;, da jr. DAVIES STORE I* well-known by alfwho afe on-tfaa lookout for low prlcea. A full stock of evarything is tha lina ia kept there. Alt kinds of i PLAIN AND FANCY DRKSS GOODg/ from 26 cents up. / BHAWLB CF EVERY DIBCRlPTJONj5 Blankets, Blankets, Fanjicl % Alannels, At the old prices. Hoisery , Bandkerchipfs, Fancy Goods, Cloths, ' Ct.'fKVHwrg, Etc., Ete., Water Proof Cloth ............................... Sl.OOayard '■ Good yard wide Muilln..., .............. . 12cents ayard BLACK A L P A C A S ! ! - ' Cheaper than any placa In the city. ' Job Lota otOll Cloth*, Matting, Ci-ipets, ete^ eh'sapr B j E D all sites, from |1,60 ap. Anything and everything In the Dry Goods,line aA the Lowcn Prlcea. Don’t All to call. - - JOHN L . BAVUES, 1(6 and 167 FULTON BTREET i Between Bande nnd High Btreet . - , P. S.- The Fulton A t enue ears paw tha doer.' . ... hovteS A. WEtillSLER * ABRAHAM, 297 a n d 299g.FRU«n S t., R e a r J a k a s a n , B R O O K L Y N . Arc now oflerlng a aplendld^atockgcf v g b A t k and uOr OBED BILEB:iK)aT ~ 'ti.g«o°8(l FRENCH and IRISH POPLINS, SILK VELOURS, firm FRENCH SATINES, 1.26to-S.*S 1 jM'te Ilf s t t * U f ; Alto MBRINOEB, OABHIMERK8, EMPRE8fi CLOTHB, WOGLVELOUHS, DRAP D 'ET^DtiAP DE DAMES, PLAIDH/and a fuU ateckef GOODS, at praportlonau pricet. t a i l a i ’ a n d Gants* He*lary a n d V s d tr w s M Eousekeetpinj/ Goods,. Black and (blotr* '** ' ’ ed Velvets arid Velveteens, Cloak- Shawls, v i > ings,1 Cloths, Wraps, Etc.yEiCi, and th* large*! stock of Baits, Mantles, ete. of enr vka' Importation and mannfheture ever ezhitfud it BrSair- lya. ' ». N. B.—An eiamlaatlan of onr stock entail* aqakllfs- tlon to purchase, and will demotntnte to tb-iee pn(tr diced hnyIng In Brooklyn, that onr 1 OOda are S&me. i i - quality and vety much tower la prices »--fc$6aS 7 ' mm ’ EBOBKNif ^I^QM M ON THOUSANDS YEARLY.', - ,v , ! W tefces* D d o c t i c o a j , m a m * of KAmes homyflft^ms»: safe, brilliant a s d wK^feri, ” J . pf^co, tfefid ttia r tacash to t b a ftlicf city, Makes tkouimndt < it ie • U, VnOKX*, X»0 AfoWVt* Aeres, P- Y- X' -I* For Bala by W O O D C A L L O W , Jamaica, Nov. 23d, 1871yl. MOUNTCABTpi MANUFACTURING CO.' ■ 7 6 9 B r o a d w a y ; »* Y* • W. A. Mo'*gT 0 ri>an,a, -' President. I M. M. B»oa>#*fcy | . 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