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A N -.w Novian.
Guilty Without Crime,
Bv rm; Atrrlroii. or “ CECIL Cltiu.isi.c,"
llas just begun, and will be found of the
utmost interest. ' The deep and thrilling
dramas that are often enacted in social
life, where all outward show of feeling
is so rigidly checked, are none the less
capable of masterly handlinrv.
THREE. STROKES;
(in,
V The Secret of Cozy Dell.
BY PROF. HENRY C. DE MILLF.
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NEW YORK. JUNE 7. 1879.
Bargain-hunters.
A -rl-rs of chltrilcter which has scarcely had
juutico done it in fiction or in comedy is the
bargain-hunter. The passion for securing a
bargain in I familiar phenomenon. Most of
Ira able to recall from our
youthful recollections the figure of the Imart
schoolboy who was always on the alert in the
matter of purchasing from his iiupecunious
comrade: article: like pocket.-knives and
breast-pin: at very low pricel.‘ We thought
this precocloul person perhaps romowhot low
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him a certain sort of admiration. ,Aniong
adults the but-gnin-hunter meets us in all
clitaacn of society. There lire few well-todo
householders who have not some possession
which they think they obtnined at n ridicu-
innniy low price, and which they are wont to
display. It is amusing to see the glow of
proud satisfaction which comes over our
hust‘n face as he ask: u: to price I i-are
edition of 1. clluaic author, or I. picture by I
rising painter, and then diacomfltn us by giv-
lug Ille sum actually paid for it. It must not
be supposed that this taste for getting things
chclply is confined to mercantile people. The
professional ninn, and even the peer, no lent
than the vulgar nouveau riche, are apt to
betray I fondness for bargaining. Nor is this
taste peculiar to one sex. t is even more
conspicuous among women than among men.
Ladies with the strongest passion for 0
china are not for the most part indiderent to
the market value of‘ the daintiee they secure.
Their main ttntialuction in possessing a rare
vuc may arise from a sense of its rarity ; but
this pleasure is sensibly increased if they are
able to bout of having secured the rarity at
1 low price. In many women the love of
bltrgnining becomes something like in ruling
ylution. They will till up whole any. with
this peculiar pastime. They are ready to
take long journey: and to incur much discom-
fort and fatigue for the lake of grllifylng this
curious taste. They are never so happy as
when they return home laden with the spoils
which have been won by their importunity
nnil their wit.
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The love of bargaining will be found to
exist in very dltrerent degrees at purity. In
most cases it in an accompaniment of other
and more natural tastes and impulses. This
remark applies to the enter or the picture-
buyer and china-fancier just tpoken or. The
purchase in virtually tlle result of some sense
of utility in the object to the person himself
or to his friends. Hero of course the word
“utility” must be taken in its widest eco-
nonllc tense, an including all pleasure-giving
qunliticl in things. Thus the man who hu
up old an-l rare books must be supposed to
derive his main pleasure from possessing ob-
jects of no great curiosity. The love of bim-
gaining present! itself in a more tn-iking town
when it leads to the purchase at low prices of
objects which have no immediate utility, but
mny be rcgnrdcd ls possible utilities in the
futurc. It has been said that we prize moat
of our possessions less as real present enjoy-
mcntu than on possibilities of enjoyment. it
in this principle which, in combination with
tho love or bargaining itself, lands to very
much of what in known as buying things for
the anko of their cheapuess. The particular
passion here dealt with manifests itself ill its
gt-entcnt intensity and purity in the habit of
buying anything and everything Iolely because
cheap, and without any reference to Any
pleiuure or advantage which may roanlt from
the pnvuhann. We rnncy thnt women no
most frequently addicted to this habit. It is
often quite enough for them to hear that a
thing is cheap. They may euro nothing for
its intrinsic worth. They are perfectly enlis-
iied if they have obtained the article for some-
thing leuu than its full value. This is the
phenomenon we are Itudying, and one, it need
Iclircely be said, which meet: us but very
nrely.
The passion for edecting bargains in this
its full development look: odd and ridiculoul
to the ordinary mind. We understand why 3
person derives an extra antininction from
obtaining cheaply a thing which he really
wants or is likely to win! hereafter; but it is
by no mean: manifest to the uninitiated why
1 person should rejoice merely because he
has bought a commodity at an inadequate
price. The passion for bargaining presents
other aspects Itlll more ludicrous than this
one. When it take: full possession of A
person it become: very much like a tired
idea, Ind is followed with little reflection or
calculation. Thus, it in not It Ill uncommon
for a person to be no bent upon obtaining an
article at a low price as to overlook the
obvioun conaiderntioil that the time employed
and the expense incurred in lecuririg ll vir-
tuully raise the price paid to its normal
amount, and in name CIIEI to I point can-
niderlbly Above this. The bargain-hunter
presenlll 2 no less ludicrous aide lu his naive
crcdullty. It is I matter of no common ob-
eervntion that it man over--nxioul to Sew?!
a bargain is exceedingly liable Id be imposed
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pimgx 1,gguz's and menu; yet we could not withhold from on. It loolin an it the emotional excitement menu 2: o‘iytivltIa”he;i;llnucnlll.>)l3'i
attending the pursuit blurred the vision and
destroyed the power of accurate calculation.
The utute trulchmnn who effects to bewoil
his suicidal weakness to tho lady who has In
relentlessly beaten him down is often able to
indulge in a quiet laugh at her simplicity
after she hos retired from his shop. The love
of bargaining in its intenser forms thus be-
comes something very like a crane which at
once puuleu and Amuse: the spectator.
What, it may be asked, is the nature of the
seemingly intense pleasure which thn bargain-
bunter realizonl It is easy, we think, to un-
deratnnd some of its elements. There is, first
til :11, the grntidcntion of the deep instinctive
love of property. It may be reasonably sup-
ported that the intensity of t.his,satisf'actiun
bear: a rough proportion to the extent of the
general desire for the particular object ac-
quired,u well 1: to the degree of its scur-city.
Cynical rtlorulista have been wont to dwell on
the admixture of clemenu of anti-social. feel-
ing in our ordinary motives. The love of
opposing others and of triumphing over them
certainly appears to enter into a large part of
our daily conduct. It is plain, nt least, that
the gratific ion experienced in securing the
possession of I thing generally esteemed and
desired derives much of its pungency from A
sense of gaining an advantage over our com-
petitors. Tbis satisfaction alone will often
induce a man to take pains to secure an object
which llB does not really need or care much
about. The successful bsrgulner, however,
has ltn additional elements of pleasure. The
essential element in his success is the belief
that he has obtained an article of value at A
price below that which rnnny others would be
ready to give for it. He thus realizes the
natlsiltction of the man who outwits his
ivnls by superior intellectual or moral quali-
tiel. It may be added lbat his feeling of
power is commonly gratified in these circum-
allncee by the night of other people": undis-
guiscd admiration. lllore than this, he will
frequently derivo I keen feeling of delight
rain the reflection that he has taken in the
seller, who was weak enough tn yield to his
pressing solicit.-tliorin.
T T.
A Heron Feeding her Young.
Tun heron (.4r4lcIL cmmwt), in one of the very low
ary hernn s nest in ery seldom
leen, thou h w and II an exception to the
nerulrul LIN red To in h the innnners
I bird in non very my tank, be-
oluse the shy nature or tho binln renders them dith-
cult. of n pr c . ,
it in a very pretty tight to watch the great birds
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their young. or llylng t a sin rot: at or:
ii. Nu ben of heron may be seen atthe wller's
edge. an to wi it their
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long neck! completely hidden, Ind their bnyoneo
like beaks projecting lrom their Ihouldero. l-‘or
hours the hirtll will retain ' '
so lun n time a muscular ouerg w ‘c lac.-
pond holding up Ibo Ipors log and keeping it
c in
tucked under their cll .
ud than one o the heronl seems to walls
I I ll of
l'2fl%BlEdlllmIlnlBWIvl:o noon lag
Generally it cnroll littlo tor exerting itself until to-
ward the evening. but then it becomes inipetient
nun YB! an, and in not quieted until it hnn ohtninea , English Tmopern .’.. to hm a plenum: ‘umn
taint . in In Zululand. Here in Ibll one who has iivnd
h lwo d no t ev n ‘
upon the ilnnnd upland: of the
a In ant-cute
rat even wbe
which are at any value to w
In which the Ileron cou catc them, And even it
they did no. their run would provonl. the bird hum
IDK ciu. . .
Al Walton Ha , where the bmlm breed largely,
oud when they p 1 3 mod to
In tho heron lnilm lnlul-tug the in-
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burrowing o water-ntlli. tn urnlrl up 2
Ierlel oi ltrga ponds, lnultcu the following remarks
out 8 ‘rd: '
“ Hid l known then as much nu [do now of the
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slender body Io ill I o klziningvnoedlo
supported on enormuu .
are the heron alight on its nest or on it brunch
other I curious ’ ' he bird descends. drops
"A long legs. place: IL! ct on the bunch, nod lll
ups its huge wing: it it t e i bn e lore
it settles ‘he Ill! 3 buve n a t
w the leg: can be t ruel. so
saryta any that the construction of a bird
prevents it from a timing Incl! un ot.titude,ond that
alt us elioily upon its pale-green
bod durueutlc fnvll on her white
The known of our American herons are the
blue heron, the grant blue heron. or crnun, found
in the Northern stnten; thn snowy heron, the great
w ‘to eron an a Louisiana heron of the
Southern States.
A Russian Judge’s Way.
A pvnonn instance or iznnninn justice will be
found In the lollowin true story. The llcbs
g .
ntnd occurred nhortly alter the Polls lie iitiroen
ol 3. said Poland, nller the revolution hld
bee quel .v n laced under n system 01 um.
‘ n d n p
uon known on " contribution," by which the land-
, o lznnninn Government
a certain contribution tun uelrnyiug the costs of
pulling down the rebellion, inateld ol the ordinary
taxes, and the contribution ' p
about ten per cent. on their revenues. The rogue-
uean f e lerlJ.l“i.‘.0l.IlhlJI.Ill0n".lEdI0l'lIIl1yIl)llEE8,
among others the following :
In I eruin district. of Poland. the chief magis-
prumotad. and replaced hy u rt-enlt
that‘ court. The '
inaplnt
lauded proprietors whoan ettnlon are within their
yunsdlc
u.
presentlinstnnce, tho ncwly-appointed
olltcu. nmclo it hln duty to in-
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qinred where his olllni rettitlcnce was, And who
were the chief lnnilnd pluprlctors in his circle ol
administration.
in. anbordinnwn, Alter recounting the nnvnnn of
tho chief gentry an o Blllounll they paid, man-
no d one of tho rlcbest and noblest lnnnnd men of
the district. e In: gcntlcnllnly and agreeable
lhody allowed; he Mood charnpnpnn; but no official
in yet got him to play carlln and lose money--tho
common lorni or bnbery.
The “SlnrvDIt.wa" lrxtenl:d,lhnught, and linnlly
p g his, luck. It vinit ni o the
chutuu ended In a delightful dinner, cordial imp-
tion. but no it s.
A month alter thin visit,
the inn tnte, on
cnrps,lroefram pnnlnhinunt.h " h ((1.
not tin. he had only ..v.r.t’.l‘.i"i‘Li..JI“..?.i”..'; ‘to
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The deserter, glad to esclpo on any terms, can-
ncntod, tnd win directed to proceed that night and
lllde hmselt under the annw in t o no of the
landed proprietor, where he run to be round next
in
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in the ningistrlte arrived at the chilteuu.
is owner was Iwuliened by lnn vnlnt Informing him
the ground: And rnrm wet
it
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pelted. the ufliciol informed the Polish nnhlonisn ha
wu bnrbonng I deaerter, and thanha premise!
would be searched. in tlnioit needless to all
z p to taken to prison. This little allnir
cont llllll eight thousand roubles, none or which tn.
Government ever saw. vs h
whinh he h ulnce prollltd. it In .,. .,,.,.-Md
lor onnnnn reatont, but the above in a feat pl whip];
a nnnnian olbcinl, high III olbco. hoisted openly.
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no aye ever new the o In t in country. Long
thorns, aborlglhorns. thorns like fish-hooks. thorns
like little pon s, I orno crooked, lhurno hard I!
run. the ‘w bit theme‘ of th
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