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 T^W-: ^I-AHEOtrg lad »nthe ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH." PcM8BtIjj|{ter«jvJdla tilldgg qtw tib» Rr-=««f. ,P 'Visible for „ 'hat kbdw?,f?h^i„ iof [the CHAPTER XL- (Conti.nukd. ,r y. this critical moment, when we both self-convicted of an arrant oow- which would hare Bhamed a Canadian [sixyeais old, Mrs. O tapped door, and althongh gener^Jly a moat t^ie good I the first C.*nada really ?." /oolatheywJoS' '^thlni in f Ko!- " « people at "ne wh.t a and [le se Ku lis now "n'°g in their pow^'" "^tintimVa^?^ Taere was a time^ ^.Pwt when 8om?S t8h statesmen wei^u colonies veryTo^ "•'PfortheiseSa " °'^^, universally .T olerablyshort.aigfited^i 'such an herif4,to noiv as clearlyleea" lissome grievonsfoUyS ther or both, Britain f*"""" together for e- Why should not give any reason why r examination for five ependent would not ra and Canada annexed nevous loss to Britain, le as well. Britiinii aintain her fleet either ' or m the North Pa- treSc? Where could icain, unless its people ely demented, would da'Bstpiraticn, far less m Canada the materi- frnpira the world t have that Empire Great Britain, not er? What possible da against Britain 3 consideration. Why r, indeed? The very iing is weak as it is tiire enough even to a hundred years hence. Canadians have to esourcea of their conn- energy, and don't for like little children, be 363 every second day 3 growing. Lei them oe and do so by tight- sen the Dominion and ' not by continued neighbours, as if Can- h as live ex :ept as its kees gave them liberty. jform of the land latrs Jig strength in Britain tion of time, and that I sach a reform is effect- ranny in many parts land especially has be- le and will have to be peaceably if possible, some other fashion, ill landowners shonid their titles and hava 8 contended that not show any title what- 8 for the most part lich they can show is It 13 nonsense to I free if the owners of em from the land o not fxactly as they r that sort of work is \-ho are wise will not sacredness of private liversally recognized, a these days to carry band. t worry that kills, if mind or body. Re- 1 even in tender years there are periods of nanism as a whole u icious arrangement of 1 or auy where else, mguor, loss of appe- nd "oeblenesa usually those who would be tdents. Soma of the essful workers with ig the heartiest and use thpy set about ly, and did not drive imbecility or their rhe blunders often examination paper* narked upon. Some last report of th« !ouncil on Ednoat»« good. What, for m- foUowing biograpn- ch Abraham ?â€" ,f Lot, and had two Ishmael, and the jneathome,andh« e dessert, when eM n the daytime, aad a. HeUvedfai* ndhekeptagaW- izen enatee, M^» I manna for "Wg by the b»itij^ the bough of "tt^ aonAbealom-*" in there** » eoine wj "JJ fslcome visitor, from her gossiping, mis Uons propensities, I gladly let her in. '•0O tell me," I cried, "the meaning of ^.racge uproar " 'ob, "s nothing." she replied, Unghing. I^oa and Mary look as white aa a sheet [;Toa need not be alarmed. A set of wild '«wa have met to charivari Old Satan, jio has married his fourth wife to-night, a Ljjjjg girl of sixteen. I should not wonder liome mischief happens among them, for Lt are a bad set, made up of all the idle Jers about Port H and C " fi'What is a charivari?" said I, "Da, ,y, enlighten rae." " Have you been nine months in Caniida, ask that question Why, I thought j on jew everything I Well, I will teU you what iiv The charivari is a custom that the jnadians got from the French, iii the Low- Province, and a queer custom it is. When old man marries a young wife, or an old rjiEEa a young husband, or two old people, iio ought to be thinking of their graves, ter for the second or third time, into the estate of wedlock, as the priest calls it, the idle young fellows in the neighbor- meet together to charivari them. For purpose they disguise themselves, black- their faces, putting their clothes on part before, and wearing horrible with grotesq le caps on their heads, rned with cocks' feathers and bells. then form in a regular body, and pro- to the bridegroom' house, to the sonnd iitm kettles, horns, and drums, cracked iddles, and ali the discordant instruments can collect totrether. Thus equipped, ^ey surround the house where the wedding held, just at the hour when the happy uple are supposed to be about to retire to i restâ€" beating upon the door with clubs and ' itaves, and demanding of the bridegroom idmittaiice to drink the bride's health, or in lien thereof to receive a certain sum of money to treat the band at the nearest tavern. if the bridegroom refuses to appear and pant their r quest, they commence the hor- 'â-  rible din you heard, firiug guns charged »ith peas against the doers and windows, attliug old pors and kettles, an " |olv lood I fling I iind kisks, â- %ea 1 iim for his siingicees in no measured terms. Sometimes they break open the doors, and teiz.' upon the bridegroom and he may es- teem himself a very fortunate man, under iuch circumstances, if he escapes being rid- den upon a rail, tarred and feathered, and otherwise maltreated. I have known many fatal accidents arise cat of an imprud- ent refusal to satisfy the demands of the usailams. People have even lost their lives in the fray and I think the Govern- ment should interfere, and put down these riotous meetings. Surely it is very hard that an old man cannot marry a young gal,, if she is willing to take him, without asking leave of snch a rabble as that. What right have they to interfere with his private af- faL-s " "What, indeed?" said I, feeling a t.nly British indignation at such a lawless in- ffirgement uppn the natural lights of m»n. " 1 remember," continued Mrs. 0â€" who had got fairly started upon a favorite and so civil and obliging, that he aeon got a good business. He was clever, too, and cleaned old clothes ontU they looked almoat aa good as new. Well, after a time he persoaded a white girl to many him. She was not a bad-lookinc Irishwoman, and I can't tiak what bewitched the creature to cake him. " Her marriage with the black man created a great sensation in the town. All the yonng fellows were indignant at his presnmp- tion and her folly, and they determined t j give them the charivari in fine style, and punish them both for the insult they had put upon the place. " Some o€ the jovatg gentlemen in the town joined in the frolic. They went so far as to enter the house, drag the poor nigger from his bed, and in spite of his shrieks for naercy, they hurried him out into tiie cold ur â€" for it was winter â€" and almost naked as he was, rode him upon a rail, and so ill- treated him that he died under their hands. " They left the body, when they found what had happened, and fl'^d. Tne ring leaders escaped across the lake to the other side and those who remained could not be sufficiently identified to bring them to trial The affair was hushed up but it gave great uneasiness to several respectable families whose sons were in the scrape." '• But scenes Use these must be of rare occurrence " " They are more common than you im- agine. A man was killed up at W the other day, and two others dangerously wounded at a charivari. The bridegroom was a man in middle life, a desperately reso- lute and passionate man, and he swore that if such riff-raff dared to interfere with him, be would shoot at them with as litole com punction as he would at so many crows. His threats only increased the mischievous determination of the mob to torment him and when he refused to admit their deputa- tion, or even to give them a portion of the wedding cheer, they determined to frighten him into compliance by firing several guns, loaded with peas, at his door. Their salute was returned, from the chamber window, by the discharge of a donbl*^ barrelled gun, loaded with buckshot. The crowd gave back with a tremendens /eU. Their leader was shot through the heart, and two of the foremost in the scuffle dangerously wounded, w luuuw B ^^*y vowed they would set fire to the house, d abusing " "' bridegroom boldly stepped to the affiiirs of oor* hooaeol^ that the cow we had bought of bad tamed oat cxtreaely ilraU, great dsal ot ailk. Mollinenz gave a " Toat man lived witii us sevtral years," ue said " he was aa ezoellent aervamt, and D paid him his iragea in land. Tlie fum that he now occupies forms a part of our U. E grant Bat, for all his gaid con- duct, I never could abide him. for beins a black" "Indeed Is he not the same flerii anl blood as the rest ' The otflonr rose into Mrs. D 's sallow face, and she answered with you mean to compare am I window, and told them to try it, and before they could light a torch he would fire among them again, as his gun was reloaded, and he would discharge it at them as long as one of them dared to remain on his premises. "They cleared off; but though Mr. Aâ€" was not punished for the (KcidcTit, as it was called, he became a marked man, and lately left, the colony to settle in the United States. " Why, Mrs. Moodie, you look quite seri- ous. I can, however, tell you a less dismal tale. A charivari would seldom be attended with bad consequences if people would take it as a joke and join in the spree." " A very dignified p«sition for the bride and bridegroom to make themselves the laughing-stock of such people I" " Oh, but custom reconciles us to every- thing and 'tis better to give up a little of our pride than endanger the lives of our j feilow-creatnres. i have been told a story of a lady in the Lo^er Province, who took much warmth, "What I do with a nigger ' " Nytt exactly. But, after all, the color makes the only difference between him and uneducated men of the same class." " Mrs. Moodie I" she exclaimed, holding up her hands in pious horror; "They ar» the children of the devil God. never con- descended to make a nigger." " Such an idea is an impeachmeat of the power and majesty of the Alnugfaty. How can you believe in such an ignorant fable T" " V\ ell, then," said my monitress, in high dudgeon, " if the devil did not make them, they are descended from Cain." " But all Cain's posterity perished in the flood." My visitor was puzzled. "The African race, it is generally believed, are the descendentd of Ham, and to many of their tribes the curse pronounced against Ham seems to cling. To be the servant of servants is bad enough, without our making their condition worse by our cruel persecu- tions. Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost and in proof of this ines- timable promise, he did not reject the Echiopian eunuch who was b^iptized by Philip, and who was, doubtless, as black as the rest of his people. Did you not admit MoUineux to your table with your other helps?' " Mercy sake do you think I wonld sit down at the same table with a nigger My helps would leave the house if I dared to put euch an affront upon them. Sit down with a dirty black, indeed " " Do you think, Mrs. D that there f^l^ftillliMtiteaeaMdM if Nature had nuiiMtaded' ter (^ettOiMi, 'ftat Ve uti m-itinn had qaaae^ and t|at she was sleep log in her «nadiD|-ahee^ apen the bier of death. 'Igaeasyon willfiad the woods pretty lof eaosM.' said oar driver, whoae thoughts had been evidently ein^iWyed on the same subject as our own. " We were once in the woods, but emigration has stepped a- head of us, and made our'n a cleared part of the ooanlary. When I was a boy, all this country, for thirty miles on every side of us, was bash land. As to Peterborough, the place was unknown not a settlar had ever passed through the great swamp, and some of them believed that it was the eqii of jthe world " " Whet swamp is that r ulBd I. "Oh, the great Cav«n swamp. We are just two mike bom it and I tell you that the h-)rsas will need a good rest, and oar- selves a |ood dinner, by the time we are through It. Ah I Mrs. Moodie, if ever yon travel that way in summer, you wOl know aoniethiqg about corduroy roads. I was 'most j lted to death last fall I thought it would hav3 been no bad notion to have in- sured my teeth before I left I tnbject, " a scene of this kind, that was ^oi her second husband a young fellow, who, acted two years ago, at â- ^â€" Mr. P took his third wife. when old He was as far as his age was concerned, might have been her son. The mob surrounded her honse at night, carrying her effigy in an open coffin, supported by six young lads, with white favours in their hats and they buried the poor bride, amid shonts of laughter, and the usual accompaniments, just opposite her drawing-room windows. The widow was highly amused by the whole of their pro- hoDeymocn in Toronto but he only laughed ceedings, but she wisely let them have their and said that 'he was net going to be fright- own way. She lived in a stronei stone house, ened from his comfortable home by a few i^ud she barred the doors, and closed the a very rich storekeeper, and had made dnr ing the war a great deal of money. He felt Icnely in his old age, and married a young, handsome widow, to enliven his house. The lads in the village were determined to make him pay for his f i olic. This got wind, and Mr. P was advised to spend the will be any negro as in heavec ' "Certainly not, or I, for one, would never wish to go there ' and out of the house she sallied in high disdain. Yet this was the woman who had given me such a plausible lecture on pride. Alas, for our fallen nature. I Which is more sub- versive of peace and Christian fellowship â€" ignorance of our own characters, or of the characters of others Oar departure for the woods became now a frequent theme of conversation. My hus- band had just returned from an exploring expedition to the back woods, and was de- light* d with the prospect of removing thi- ther. CHAPTER XII.â€" tA Jouksxt Woods. „^^ really expected that they would have been •hook out of my head before we had done mavcewring over the big ktgs. " How will my crockery stand (t ia tha next sleigh " quoth I. " If the road is such aa you desnribe, I am afraid that I shall not brhig a whole plate to Doura." "Oh the snow is a great leveller â€" it makes all rough places smooth. But with regard to this swamp I have something to tell yoc. About ten years ago, no one had ever seen the other side of it and if pigs or cattle strayed away into it, they fell a prey to the wolvte and bears, and were seldom recovered. " An old Scotch emigrant, who had lo- cated himself on this side of it, so often lost his beasts that he determined during the summer season to try and explore the place, and see if t'lere were any end to it. So he takes an axe on his shoulder, and a bag of provisions for a week, not forgetting a flask ot whiskey, and off he starts all alone, and tella hid A^ife that if he never returned, she and little Jock Duet try and ciury on the farm without him but he wm determined to see the end of the swamp, even if it led to i^e other world. He fell upon a fresh cattle track which he followed all that day and to- wards night he found himself in the heart of a tangled wilderness of bushes, and himself half eatea up with moiquitoes and black- flies. Hs was mere than tempted to give in, and return home by the first glimpse of light. " The Scotch are a tough people; they are not easily dauntedâ€" a few difficulties only seem to make them more eager to get on and he felt ashamed the next moment, as he told me, of giving up. So he finds Out a large thick cedar* :ree for his bed, climbs up, and coiling himself among the branches like a bear, he was soon fast asleep. (TO BE CONTINCBD). Goqnetrf GomM to ]laii«ht. A ooqnette ia a yonng lady of mora beanty than eenae, inora eoconpliahmenta than learning, more oharms of pwaonthan graoea of mind, mora admiren than friends, and more fools than wise men for attendants. Muiy yonng girls throw away cheir chances of marrying happily by their frivolity and their inordinate love of flirtation. Though these flirtations may be perfectly harmless, yet they keep off a man who has a penchant for a girl. Flirtation, which was not ill- described in Pmioh as "aepoon with notliing in it," ckaely resembles the real article, and a man when he feels himself falling in love with a girl is not in a condition to closely analyse whether the "spoon" has anything in it or not, and, as is generally the caaa when in that condition, he is the victim of jealousy, and decides that the "spoon" hae something in it, and therefore withdrawn from the contest. TO THX wUd boys.' In the morning he was' married at the chnrch, and spent the day at home, where he entertained a large party of his own and the bride's friends. Daring the evening all the idle chaps in the town collect- ed round the house, headed by a mad young bookseller, who had offered himself for tJjeir captain, and in the usual forms, demanded a light of the bride, and liquor to drink her health. They were very good-naturedly received by Mr. P who sent a friend down to them to bid them welcome, and to enquire on what terms they wonld consent to let him ofi, and disperse. "The captain of the band demanded sixty dollars, as he, Mr. P -, could well afford to pay it. " ' That's too mnc J my fine fellows ' tried Mr. P^ from the open ivindow. 'Say twenty five, and I will send you down a cheque upon the bank of Montreal for the front of the lady's house money, ' " ' 0"i,' said Mrs. R smling to her "'Thirty! thirty! thirty! oli boy 1" ' j husband, ' here come our friends. Keally, roared a hnnired voices. 'Your wife's â-  Mr. K they amuse us so of an even- worth that. Down with the cash, and we'll j ing that I should feel quite dull without give ycu three cheers, and three times three them.' for the bride, and leave you to sleep in i " From that hour the charivari ceased, peace. If you hang back, we will raise and the old lady was left to enjoy the socie- snch a larnm about your ears that you ty of her young husband in quiet. iron shutters, and set them at defiance, " 'As bng a., she erjoyed her health,' she said, • they were welconrie to bury her in effigy B3 often as they pleased she was really glad to be able to affori amusement to so many people.' " Night attr.r night, during the whole of that winter, the same party beset her house with their diabolical music but she only laughed at them. " The leader of the mob was a yonng law- yer from these parts, a sad mischievous fel- Isw the widow became aware of this,^ and she invited him one evening to take tea with a small party at her house. He accept- ed the invitation, and was charmed wivU her hearty and hospitable welcome, and soon found himself quite at home but only think how ashamed he must have felt, when the 'larum commenced, at the usual hour, in " I assure you, Mrs. M- that'the shan't know that your wife's your own for a month.' " ' I II give you twenty-five,' remonstrated the bridegroom, not in the least alarmed at their threats, and laughing all the time in his sleeve. " ' Thirty not one copper leas 1' Here » they gave him such a salute of diabolical resided in a handsome frame-house nn sounds that he ran from the window with his hands to his ears, and his Mend came Qown to the verandah, and gave them the sum they required. They did not expect I charivari often deters old people from mak- ing disgraceful marriages, so that it is not I wholly without its use." A few days after the charivari affair, Mrs. i D stepped in to s^e me. She was an American a very respectable old lady, who the main road. I was at dinner, the asrvant- (•irl, in the meanwhile, nursing my child at a distance. Mrs. D sat looking at me very seriously until I concluded my meal. that the old man would have been so liberal, her dinner having been taken several hours nd they gave him_the • Hip, hip, hip, bur- ' ' ' "" l.j, j= _•_!.- .t_ j_, )^ ' in fine style, and marched off to finish the night and spend the money at the tav- ern." "And do people allow themselves to be rallied out of their property by such niffiangV' " Ah, my dear 'tis the custom of the gantry, and 'tis not so easy to put it down. Bat I can tell yon a charivari ia not alwaya » joke. " There was another afiidr that liappened )Qst before you came to the plaoe, that oo- *iuioned no smidl talk in the neighbourhood; ud well it might, for it was a moat dia- inceixd piece of business, and attended with ^^, serious conaequencea. Some of the rorivari party had to fly, or they oiight o^ve aided their days.in the penitentiary. There was a ronaway niggw from the ^tes ume to the village, and aet up a "uber's poll, and settled amon^ na. I am friend to the blaoka but really Tom i^outh was such a quiet, good-natnred fellow. before. When 1 had finished, the girl gave me the child, and then removed the dinner- servioe into an outer room. " You don't eat with your helps," said my visitor. Is not that something like pride t" " It is custom," said I ** we were not need to do so at home, and I think that keepine a sraarate table ia mora comfortable for Doth partiee." « Are you not both of the aame fleah and blood The tich and the poor meet togeth- er, and the Lord ia the maker of them alL" "Trae. Yonr quotaoon is juat, and I aa- aent to it with all my heart. Tliera ia no difference in the fleah anijt blood bat edu- cation makea a difference in the mind and manners, and till theae can amimilate^ it ia batter to keep apart." "Ah I you are not a good Christiui, Mra. Moodie. The Lwd thon|^ht mora of tiie poor tham He did of the nch, and. He ob- tained mote followers from amonc them. Now, we ahrayi takes oar meala with oar peopte." 'Tis well for us poor denizens of earth That God conceals the future from our gaze; Or Hope, the blessed watcher on Life's tower. Would fold her wings, and on the dreary waste Close the bright eye that thiongh themurky clo!jds Of blank D^^snair still sees the glorious iun. It wag a bright frosty moraine wben j bade adien to the farm, tne birthplace of my little Agnes, who, nestled beneath my cl'jak, was sweetly sleeping on my knee, un- conscious of the long journey befor** us into the wilderness. The sun has not " risen. Anxious to i;et to our place of destination before dark, we started as early as we could. Our fine team had been sold the day before for forty pounds and one of our neighbors, a Mr. D was to conviey us and our household goods to Douro for t le sum of twenty dollars. During the week he had made several journeys, with furniture a-id stores and all that now remained was to be conveyed to the woods in twj large lumber sleighs, one driven by himself, the other by a younger brother. It was not without regret that I left Mel- setter, for so my husband had called the place, after his father's estate in Orkney. It was a beaui-iful, picturesque spot and, in spite of the evil neighbourhood, I had learn- ed to love it indeed, it was much against my widh that it was sold. I had a great dislike to removing, which involves a neces- sary loss, and is apt to give to the emigrant roving and unsettled habits. But all regrets were now useless and hafptly unconscious of the life of toil and anxiety that awaited us in those dreadful woods, I tried my best to be cheerful, and to regard the futbre with a hopeful eye. Our driver was a shrewd, clever man for his opportunities. He took charge of the living cargo, which consisted of my husband, our maid-servant, the two little chUdren, and myself â€" besides a large hamper, full of poultry, a dog and a cat. The lordly sultan of the imprisoned seraglio thought fib to conduct himself in a very eccentric manner, for at every bam yard we happened to pass, hr clapped his wings, and ci owed so long and loud that it afforded great amusement to tHe whol" party, and doubtless was very edify- ing tu the poor hens, who lay huddled to- gether as mute as mice. " That 'ere rooster thinks he's on the top of the heap," said our driver, laughing. " I guess he's not used to travelling in a close conveyance. listen 1 How all the crowers in the neighbourhood give him back a note of defiuice I But he knows that he's safe enongh at the bottom of the basket." The day wab so bright for the time of year (the first week in Februaxy), that we suffered no inconvenience from the cold. Little Katie was enclunted with the jing- ling of the deigh-bella, anc^ neatled among the packagea, kept singing or talking to the horses in her baby lingo. Trifling as theae little inddents were, before we IiM prooeed- edtenmileaon onr joamOT, they,ravived my drooping apirita, audi began to feel a lively intoreat in the aoenea through wUdi we were paasing. The firat twenty miles of tiie way mm over a hilly, well-cleared ooontry and aa in winter the deep anew fiUa up the ineqoal- itiea, and makea all toada aUlu^ weglidedaa awif tly and ateadfly along aa if they had been the beat Ughwaya in tlie world. Anmi, the olearingi iMgan to dfminiah, aad taU woods aroae on either dde of tiie paA; their aoieom aapaat ftafd tii» deep aueoae tluft .brooded over tliaiK *«st aoUtadaa, in- spiring liie mln^witiilk^ MMOute^ itwei Not a breath of wind stirred the.le^eaa braoeh- ea, whose huge ahsdowa-^eflaoted apon As ^Ml7ling white oorariof of aaovâ€" Jay so psr- For Both Sezas. I am told that gum chewing haa been in vogue for many ^ears but it was never brought to my notice until three yean ago, when I became a resident of Galiformi. There I saw it in its worst phases. Old men and matrons, young men and maidens, and children of both sexes walked and chewed, read and shewed and talked and chewed until I wondered what kind of people I had been thrown amongst. It was not confined to the lower classes, aUhough the habit, or vice, seemed to me to be on a pw with the snuff-d^ping of the poor whites of the South. Ths fashionable yonng lady carries a dainty little silver box in wliioh to keep her chewing gum, and ^e very "fly" young man considers it a necessary item in his courtship to keep the object of his affections in the finest and most attractive and newest thing in gum. £*ch of these packages is sitheti- cally tied with ribbons, and a card is at- tached setting forth the advantages of gum chewing to the American constitution. It reads " Dyspepsia, which is so prevalent in America, is caused solely by a lack of saliva assimilated with the food, due to the fact that Americana eat too much and too rapidly. The act of chewing gum stimulates the sali- vary glands, and, by giving to the food tak en i^s proper quota of saliva, greatly aids dilation and poaitiveIy)prevents dyspepsia." Some body in this great American civili- zation is going to have a good deal to an swer for â€" and not least among these "some bodies " are the manufacturers of cigarettes and chewing gum â€" for popuWizing habits which are destroying onr youths of both sexes. A distinguished professor lecturing to young people, begins Ms address «ith " Girls, if you would have plump and rosy cheeks, don't chew gum." He asserts that it is almost as great an evil to womankind as mm is to mankind. It makes rosy cheeks hollow and sallow, transforms dimples into wrinkles, and brings deep lines around once beautiful eyes. He says " The constant exertion of the masseter muscle hardens it and removes the fatty sabsttmce whic^ conduces to roundness. Not only is the fullness of the cheek des- troyed, but there is a great tendency to wrinkling of the skin, a uatural result of the falling away of the parts beneath it." And now, girls, if you will positively give up gum chewing â€" such of you as are addict- ed to the habit â€" I will let you into a secret, and if you have freckles, tell you how to get rid of them. If yon don't have anv yourself, try it on a younger brother. Wash your face with the rind of a watei melon from which the meat has been taken. Do this aeveral timea a day for a week, and yon have the word of a Southern girl, writ- ing to the Globe -Democrat, that you won't have a freckle remaining. I haven't a-r my aelf, and so can't vouch for it. The writer says, "No matter what is wrong wi^ the face watermelon rind will rectify it and prodnoe a clear akin." Emperor Fredariok and His Dooton. The_ interest in the case of Eofiperor Fred erick is by no means subsiding in Germany, but, on the other hand, culminating. The work of Dr. J. Kleist, of BerUn, which de- fends Sir Morell Mackenzie in a moderate and scholarly way, has prodaoed a great impression. Though pubUshed under the name of Dr. Kleist, this pamphlet is said to emanate from one of the most distinguished protessera in the university, who was not himself conoerned in the treatment of the Emperor. The popular work of Curt von Schmettwik is said to have had a sale of one hundred thousand copies. I hear that Sir Morell finished his literary labors a week ago,^ but thateome delay will take plaoe in the issue of the work owing to arrsmgements having been made for its simultaneous ap- pearance in England. Germany, France and Americsi. The little book will testify in an eminent degree to the noble qualities of the illustrious patient, and will prove, in the opinion of the writer, that the life of the Eauperor was considerably curtailed by the unfortunate interference of the German surgeons. Sir Morell, in his work of the " Hygiene of the Vocal Orgam," haa shown himself fully competent to treat a scientific subject in a popular manner, and neither his literary nor his prrfessional re- pntition is likely to suffer through the pub- licaticn of his account of the fatal illness of Frederick the Noble. A Diminutive Timepiece^ " Apropos of the newspaper talk about the " smallest watch," a resident of Brighton, Eotiiand, writes the New York Times, say- ing that in the show window- of one Funnel, a watchmaker of Brighton, theie has been exhibited for m?ny years the "smallest watch in the world." "It is a good lever Wiktch, measures only seven-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and one-euhth in thicks ness. It has 10 holes jawellecfand five other- ruby actions, goes 28 hours with one wind- ing, and keeps time accurately. It was' first exhibited at the great exhibition in 1851 in H. P., class 10, No. 26 also in the Paris Exhibition, class 8, and for which medals were awarded. It is the exact size of an English silver two-penny piece, special coinage. It took Mr. Funnel, who designed it, five yean to complete it. The bow which was used for turning was made from the hair of his wife's head. Mr. Funnel has also made a second miniature watchâ€" ajleror, and jewelled thi i?hout. It is exactly th*- size of an English i 'je-penny piece.' The Famlessness of Death- The act of dying, it is now ascertained, is absolutely free from suffering is really un- conscious insensibility always preceding it Any anguish that may attend mortal ilbiess ceases before the clcsa, as thousands who have recovered, after hope has been sur- rendered, have borne witness. Sadden and violent death, shocking to the senses, may not be, probably is not, painful to the victim. Drowning, hanging, freez'ng, shooting, fall- ing from a height, poisoning of many kinds, beget stupor or liumbness of the nerves, which is incoff p itible with sensation. Per- sons who have met with such accidents, and survived them, testify to this. Rssords to the effect are numberless. The Donkey Was There. " Where is the white horse, pretty maid For I see your hair ip a white-horse shade ' The maiden to whom these words were said Was a preity girl whose hair was red. •Twas sud in a crowded thoroughfareâ€" N"»arly every kind of a horse was there. The long line of horses the maid reviewed, Then to her annoyer, a real, hard dude, " There isn't a white horse with'n a mile. But the donkey is 'round," said she, with a smile. The dude grew dead. " What is your hurry, kind sir? red and wished he was she said. No Yellow Fever for Hun- Citizen (to Uncle Bastus)â€" You're more or less familiar with the yellow fever, aren't you. Uncle Bastus Uncle Rastus (confidently)â€" Yes, sah, I knows all about de yaller fever. I'se seen thousan's ob cases. Citizenâ€" Well, there's a sick stranger up at the hotel and his case looks like yellow fever. We want you to come up itnd rive us your idea of it. Uncle Bastus (turning ghastly pale)â€" Wha-a-t II used to know all about yaller fever, but I wouldn't know now if A Qbaiics in Appetite. ** Ma." said Bobby, • oan't I have acmie p a p pe rm int tea before I go to bed 7" " Certainly yoa om, Bobby. T he dootcr aaya you can liave all you want. It will do yon lota of good." 'â-  Well, ma," oontinned Bobby, after a tiHN^^htfol panae, 'Hrhy oant I liaye some- thii« else to drink to-ni{^t f »: .? Hie LnoMrtal Gobbler. es^h hs! dMftnt4U% «f oonrse^ all«lryaa^»yMr poat^ if a quite impmBAp For Urn to bnatte Ui last. it waa aah, yaha. yaller or green or white, kaae you see, I'se been oolor blind fo' mo'n fo'teen ya And Uncle Raatns hurried away. Hew Belativea- From the aeaaide and the mouhtaina^ Back to town tiiey throng onoe more Tneaeyeang nun who've guned a "aiater^ Tliat they never liad before. A linsomB Game. Lleat. Goldbraid (who ia enjoyins on tits porofa a delightful oonveraation wnh Hiss Smitli, bat wno is aomewliat annoyed by tiie pre a en oe of young Bobby â€"Don't you get tir edat timea of placing, Bobby? Boibby â€" Fee, air tired of tiie game I'm plMring now. HUeat. GiOdbraidâ€" What came ia that I B^bjâ€" Ma oaOs It propriety. 1 â- ; i l'"' ft m i. ' 'I' t m .:fi U I 't'-l If I I.-1 -I i w, k u .••• l*:i 1 â- v. .•5 »«?-.( .V â- ^M... if m