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 â- â-  f; f;-^t. m (( ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH." '•â-  â-  i^^C^.'P^'Si" " ThoM who go a-boiTowing, go »-Bonow- tog," Mkith the old ad»j^ Midft wiserMW nerer cune out of the in«Bth of experimce. I hkve teated the truth of this proverb nnoe my settlement in C»n»da, mwiy, many times, to my ooet and what emigrant baa not T So averse have I ever been to this practice, that 1 would at all times rather quie^tly sub- mit to a temporary inconvenience than ob- tun anything I wanted in this manner. I verily believe that a demon of mischief pre- sides over borrowed goods, and tokes a wicked pleasure in playing off a thousand malicious pranks upon yon the moment he enters your dwelling. Plates and dishes, tiiat had been the pride and ornament ol their own cupboard for years' no sooner en- ter upon foreign service than they are bro- ken wine-glasses and tumblers, that have been handled by a hundred careless wenches in safety, scarcely pass into the hands of your servants when they are sure to tumble upon the floor, and the accident turns out a compound fracture. If you borrow a gar- ment of any kind, be sure that you will tear it a watch, that you will break it a jewel, tiiat you will lose it a book, that it will be stolen from you. There is no end to the trouble and vexation arising out of this evil habit. If you borrow a horse, and he has the reputation of being the best-behaved •nimal in the district, you no sooner bs- come responsible for his conduct than he loses his character. The moment that you attempt to drive him, he shows that he has a will of his own, by taking the reins into his own management, and running away in a contrary direction to the road that you wished him to travel. He never gives over his eccentric capers until he has Droken his own knees, and the borrowed carriage and harness. So anxious are yon about his safe- ty, that you have not a moment to bestow upon your own. And why ?â€" the beast is borrowed, and you are expected to return him in as good condition as he came to you. But of all evils, to borrow money is per- haps the worst. If of a friend, he ceases to be one the moment you feel that you are bound to him by the heavy clog of obliga- tion. If of a usurer, the interest, in this country, soon doubles the oricinal sum, and you owe an increasing debt, which in time swallows up all yon possess. When we first came to the colony, no- thing surprised me more than the extent to which this pernicious custom was carried, both by the native Canadians, the European settlers, and the lower order of Americans. Many of the latter had spied out the good- ness of the land, and borrouied various por- tions of it, without so mnch as asking leave of the absentee owners. Unfortunately, our new home was surrounded by these odious squatters, whom we found as ignorant as savages, without their courtesy and kind- ness. " " The place we first occupied was purchas- ed of Mr. 6 a merchant, who took it in payment of large debts which the owner, a New England loyalist, had been unable to settle. Old Joe R the present occu- pant, had promised to qiit it with his fami- ly, at the commencement of sleighing and as tbe bargain was concluded in the month of September, and we were anxious to plough for fall wheat, it was necessary to be upon the spot. No house was to be found in the immediate neighborhood, save a small dila- pated log tenement, on an adjoining farm (which was scarcely reclaim^ from the bush) that had been some months without an owner. The merchant assured us that this could be made very comfortable until such time as it suited R to remove, and the owner was willing to let us have it for the moderate sum of four dollars a month. Trusting to Mr. B 's word, and being strangers in the land, we never took the precaution to examine this delightful sum- mer residence before entering upon it, but thought ourselves very fortunate in obtain- ing a temporary home so near our own pro- perty, the distance not exceeding half-a- mile. The agreement was drawn up, and we were told that we could take possession whenever it suited us. The few weeks that I had sojourned in tiie country had by nu means prepossessed me in its favour. The homesickness was sore upon me, and all my solitary hours weie i^ent in tears. My whole soul yielded it- self up to a strong and overpowering grief. One simple word dwelt for ever in my heart, and swelled it to bursting â€" " Home I" I repeated it waking a thousand times a day, and my last prayer before I sank to sleep was swl ' Home 1 Oh, that I could return, if only to die at home 1" And nightly I did return my feet again trod the daisied meadows of England the song of her birds was in my ears I wept with delight to fiad myself once more wandering beneath the fragrant shade of her green hedge-rows and I awoke to weep in earnest when I found it but a dream. But this is *11 digression, and has nothing to do with our unseen dwelling. The reader must bear with me in my fits of melancholy, and take me as I am. It was the 22nd September that we left the Steamboat Hotel, to take poaaeaaion of onr new abode. During the three weeks we liad sojourned at I had not seen a drop of rain, and I began to think that the fine we»ttaer would last for ever but this eventful day arose in clouds. Moodie had hired a covered carriage to con- vey the baby, the servant-maid, and myself to the farm, as our driver prognostidkted a wet dav while he followed with Tom Wil- son and tiie teams that conveyed our luggage. The aoenery through whioh we were pass- ing was so new to ma, so unlike anything that I had ever beheld before, that, in spite of its monotonous cliaraoter, it wm me nom my melancholy, and I b^|an to look about me with considerable interest Not so my English servant, who declared that the woods were frightful to look upon that it was a oounlry only fit for wild beasts tliat the hated it with all her heart and soul, and would go hack as soon as she was able. About a mUe from the place of our destina- tion the rain be^an to fall in torrents, and the ail, whioh had lieen balmy as a mring morning, turned as chilly as that of a ISov- ember day. Hannah shivered the baby cried, and I drew my summer shawl as close- ly round as possible, to pwteot her from the sudden diange in our hitherto ddightfnl tem perature. Just then, the oanlage ton- ed int* avamw steep path, ev«iteuw with lof^ woods, and after laboring up it wMi ooaiidtfala diffieotly, .and at the risk «f breaking onr aeoiu, it bron^t us at length to a ro^ ^jfl' idsarbyb I ed with a swond crewiEf ai « miadtd OB an aU«s bjr tiw daric *a gMSt," qooth mr Tukaadrivar, 'tittt â- â€¢â- ^' at the bottom of this 'ere swell, youTl fii^ yourwlf to hum " and plunging into a^ort path cut through the wood, he pointed to a miserable hut, at the bottom ot a ste« des- cent, and cracking his whip, exdaimed, •• Ti« a smart location that. I wisb yon Bridshers may enjoy it." I gszad upon the place in perfect dunuy, for I had never seen such a shed called a house before. "You must be mistaken that is not a house, but a cattle-shed, or pig- sty." The man turned his knowing, keen eye upon me, and smUed, half humorously, half-maliciously, hs he said, " You were raised in the old country, 1 guess you have much to learn, and more, perhaps, than you'll like to know, before the winter is over." ,, I was perfectly bewilderedâ€" I could only stare at the place, with my eyes swimming in tears bur, as the horses plunged down into the broken hollow, my attention was drawn from my new residence to the perils which endangered life and limb at every step. The driver, however, was well used to such roads, and, steering us dexterously between tbe War k stumps, at length drove up, not to the door, for there was none to the house, but to the open space from wbish that absent, but very necessary, appendage had been removed. Three young steers and two heifers, which the driver proceeded to drive out, were quietly reposing upon the floor. A tew strokes of his whip, and a loud burst of gratuitous curses, soon effected an ejectment and I dismounted, and took possession of this untenable tenement Moodie was not yet in sight with the teams. 1 begged the man to stay until he arrived, as I felt terrified at being left alone in this wild, strange-looking place. He laughed, as well he might, at our fears, and said he had a long way to go, and must be off then, cracking his whip, and nodding to the girl, who was crying aloud, he went his way, and Hannah and myself were left standing in the middle of the dirty floor. The prospect was indeed dreary. With- out, pouring rain within, a fireless hearth a room with but one window, and that con- taining only one whole pane of glass not an article of furniture to be seen, save an old painted pine- wood cradle, which had been left there by some freak of fortune. This, turned upon its side, served us for a seat, and there we impatiently awaited the ar- rival of Moodie, Wilson, and a man whom the former had hired that morning to assist on the farm. Where they were all to be stowed might have puzzled a more sagacious brain than mine. It' is true there was a loft, but I could see no way of reaching it, for ladder there was none, so we amused ourselves, while waiting ior the coming of our party, by abusing the place, the coun- try, and our own dear selves for our folly in coming to it. Now, when not only reconciled to Canada, but loving it, and feeling a deep interest in ite present welfare, and the fair prospect of its future greatness, I often look back and laugh at the feelings with which I then re- garded this noble country. When things come to the worst, they generally mend. The males of our party no sooner arrived than they set about making things more comfortable. James, our ser- vant, pulled up some of the decayed stumps, with which tbe small clearing that sur- rounded the shanty was thickly covered, and made a fire, and Hannah roused herself from the stupor of despair, and seized the com- broom from the top of the loaded wagon, and began to sweep the house, rais- ing such an intolerable cloud of dust that I was glad to throw my cloak over my head, ' and run out of doors, to avoid suffocation. Then commenced the awful bustle of unload- ing the two heavily loaded waggons. The small space within the house was soon en- tirely blocked up with several trunks and packages of all descriptions. There was scarcely room to move, without stumbling over some article of household stuff. Tbe rain poured in at the open door, beat in at the shattered window, and dropped upon our. heads from the holes in the roof. The wind blew keenly through a thousand apertures in the log walls and nothing could exceed the uncomfortableness of our situation. For a long time the Iwx which contained a hammer and nails was not to be found. At length Hannah discovered it, tied up with some bedding which she was opening out in order to dry. I fortunately spied the door lying among some old boards at the back of the hou«e, and Moodie im mediately commenced fitting it to ite place. This, once accomplished, was a great addi- tion to our condort. We then nailed a piece of white cloth entirely over the broken window, which, without diminishing the light, kept out the rain. James con- structed a ladder out of the old bite of boards, and Tom Wilson assisted him in stowing the luggage away in the loft. But what has this picture of misery and discomfort to do with borrowing Patience, my dear, good friends I will tell you all about it by-and-by. While we were all busily employed â€" even the poor baby, who was lying upon a pillow in the old cradle, trying the strength of her lungs, and not a little irritated that no one was at leisure to regard her laudable endeavours to make herselt heard â€" the door was suddenly pushed open, and the ap- parition of a woman squeezed itself into the crowded 1:oom. I left off arranging the furniture of a led, tha' had been just put up in a corner, to meet my unexpected, and at that moment, not very welcome guest Her whole appearance was so extraordinary that I felt quite at a loss how to address her. Imagine a girl of seventeen or eighteen years of age, with sharp, luiowing-looking features, a forward, impudent carriage, and a pert, flippant voice, standing upon one of the trunks, and surveying all our proceedings in the most impertinent manner. The creature was dressed in a ragged, dirty porple stuff gown, cnt very low in the neck, with an old red cotton handkerchief tied over her head her uncombed, tangled looks falling over her thin, uiqaititive f ace, in a state of perfect nature. Her legs and feet were bare, and. In lier ooarse, dirty red liands, site swung to and fro an emp^ glass deoaater. " What can die want r I asked myasU. " What a strange creatare " And tibare die stood, staring at ma in the Uaek menced the oonvarsation bf drawling through her noaa, v » " Well, I gneas you ara fizIniMMre. I thought she had oome to offisr her ser- vices and 1 told her that I did not want a girl, for I had brought one out with me. "Howl" responded the creature, l hope yon don't take ma for a help. I'd have yon to know that I'm «a good a Udy as yourself. No j I^ast stepped over to see what was going on. I seed the teanw pass our'n about noon, and I says to faw»er, « Them strangers are cum I'll ep and looK artertiiem.' 'Yes,' "T? »«./ *-and take the decanter along. ^May be they 11 want one to put their whUky in.' Trngoin to. says I so I oum aaross with it, an here it is. But, mindâ€" don't break it 'tis the only one we have to hum and father sayt 'tis so mean to drink out of green glass. My surprise increased eveiy minute. It seemed such an act of disinterested gener- osity thus to anticipate wants we had nevpr thought of, I was regularly t*ken in. " My good girl," I began, " this is really very kindâ€" butâ€" " " Now, don't go to call me ' gal â€"and pass off your English airs on us. We are genuine Yankees, and think ourselves as good -yes, a great deal better than you. I am a young lady." " Indeed ' said I, striving to repress my astonishment "I am a stranger in the country, and my acquaintance with Cana- dian ladies and gentlemen is very small. I did not mean to off-'ud you by using the term girl I was going to assure you that we had no need of the decanter. We have bottles of our own â€" and we don't drink whiskey." " How Not drink whiskey Why, you don't say I How ignorant you must be I May be they have no whiskey in the old country " "Yes, we have; but it is not like the Canadian whiskey. But, pray toke the de- canter home again â€" I am afraid that it will get broken in this confusion.*' " No, no father told me to leave it â€" and there it Is " and she planted it resolutely down on the trunk, " You will find a use for it till you have anpaeked your own." Seeinp that she was determined to leave the bottle, I said no more about it, but asked her to tell me where the well was to be found. "The well 1" she repeated after me, with sneer. " Who thinks of digging wells where they can get plenty of water from the creek There is a fine water privilege not a stone's-tlurow from the door," and, jumping off the box, she dinappsared as abruptly as she had entered. We all looked at each other Tom Wilson was_ highly amused, and laughed until he held his sid^s. "What tempted her to bring this empty bottle here?" said Moodie. "It is all an excuse the visit, Tom, was meant for yon." "You'll know more about it in a few days," said James, looking up from bis work. "That bottle is not brought here for nought" 1 could not unravel the mystery, and thought no more about it, until it was again brought to my reolle^tions by^the damsel herself. Our united efforts had tffdjted a complete transformation in our uncouth dwelling. Sleeping-berths had been partitioned off for the men shelves had been put up for the accommodation of bnoki and crockery, a car- pet covered the floor, and the chairs and cables we had brought trom â€" â€" gave milk for tha Baby, aha burst out into high ditdain. "Milkl Lend milk? I gOMS mUk in the f aU u wortii a York ^ling a quart I cannot sell yon a drop under. This was a wicked {nece of extortion, as the same article in Uie towns, where, of course, it was in greater requesfronly brHight three pence the quart. "If you'll pay me for it, 1 11 bring you â- ome to-morrow. But mindâ€" flash down," •• And when do you mean to' return the rum," I said, with some asperity. " When father goes to the creek. This was the name given by my neighbors to the village of P distant about four Day after d»y I was tormented by thi* importunate creature, she borrowed of me tea,sngar, candles, starch, blueing, irons, pote, bowlsâ€" in short, every article in com- moa domestic useâ€" while it was with the utmosc diflSculty we could get them return- ed. Articles of food, such as tea and sugar, or of convenience, like candles, starch, and Boap, she never dreamed of being r quired at her hands. This method of living upon their neighbours is a most convenient one to unprincipaled people, as it does not involve the penalty of stealing and they cm keep the goods without the unpleasant necessity of returning them, or feeling the moral obli- gation of being grateful for their use. Living eight miles from I found these constant encroachmente a heavy burden on our poor purse and bring ignorant of the country, and residing in such a lonely, out- of-the-way place, surrounded by these savages, 1 was really afraid cf denying their requests. Tne very day our new plough came home, the father of this bright damsel, who went by the familiar and unenviable title of Old Satan, came over to borrow it (though we afterwards found out that he had a good one of his own). The land had never been broken up, and was full of rocks and stumps, and he was anxious to save his owa from injury the consequence was that the bor- rowed implement came home unfit for use, jastatthe very time that we wanted to plough for fall wbeat The same happened to a spade and trowel, bought in order to plaster the house. Satan asked the loan of them for one hour for tbe same purpose, and in LEIYIHG THB TkelaterestlagE^i^^u.,. There is a class of nU "' ' L,ndonwho:::kt»^^-?'l«jH, arsa i^anoing abliqualjr t avasy oomar of tlM room, whidi sha azaminad witiioritioal iroom, Bafora I an air of comfort to the place, which, on the first view o^ it, I deemed impossible. My husband, Mr. Wilson, and James, had walked over to inspect the farm, and I was sitting at the table at work, the baby creep- ing upon the floor, and Hannah preparing dinner. The sun shone warm and bright, and the open door admitted a current of fresh air, which tempered the heat .of the fire. " Well I guess you look smart," said the Yankee damsel, presenting herself once more before me. " You old country folks are so stiff, you must have every thing nice or you fret. Bat. then, yon can easily do it you have stacks of money and vou can fix everyttt'ng right off with money." " Pray take a seat," and i offered her a chair, " and be kind enough to tell me your name. I suppose you must live in the neighborhood, although I cannot perceive any dwelling near us." " My name I So you want to know my name. I arn't ashamed of my own tis Emily Sâ€" I am eldest daughter to the gentleman who owns this house.' " What must the father be," thought I, " if he resembles the young lady, his daugh- ter?" Imagine a yoimg lady, dressed in ragged petticoate, through whose yawning rente peered forth, from time to tune, her hue red knees, with uncombed elf-locks, and a face and liands that looked as if they had been unwashed for a monthâ€" rwho did not know A from 6, and despised those who did. While these rtflections, combined with a thousand ludicrous images, irere flitting through my mind, my strange visitor sudden- ly exdumed, " Have you done with that 'era decanter I brought across yesterday T" " Oh, yes I have no occasion for It" I rose, took it from the shelf, and placed it in her hand. " I guess yon won't return it empty that would be mean, father says. He wante it filled with whiskey." The mystery was solved, tha riddle made dear. I aonld contain my gravity no long- er, but burst into a. heartnr fit ci laughter, in wiiich I was joined oy Hannah. Oar young lady was mortally offended; she tossed the deoaater from und to huid, and glared at us with her tigar-like eyes. "Ton think yourselves smart I Why do you laugh In That way?" " Excuse meâ€" but von have such an odd ;hat I cannot help It was brought over for your own oonvanlanoa, not for mine. I am sorry to dls^ipoint yon, but I iiava no whUkey." I gneas splrita will do as well; I know there is some in tliat keg, for I aniiaiU it" " It contains mm for Uie workman." " Batter stllL I calculate when you've been here a few months, you'll ba too know- ing to five rUm to your lialpa. But old country felka ara all fooI% mid tha^a tiia reason they get so easUys^okad in, aiud ba so toon wound-np. Cnoi, fill dw^bottlB, and dan't ba stingy. In tiifa aoant^ w« aU ^^ by boRowinf. If ymiwuatmKf.iitiag, why just swd and barrow from aa." Thftddngthataisaiii^ to tha onatom oi«ha^oa«w«i7,l^aBtaaad4»fitttlw diete- tar, hrpb« that I nlidit M* a Iktla m» mUk for tiie naorwaaali^ efalUlB ntva i batwhaalafikadawmSnl vUtar ttiiha kept oowa, aad waakl kad â- â€¢ a IjBjaliStrJ riWjMjC way ol borrowing tb This iJbtie, It seems. charge of houses du?i^/£';?* «uS proprietors. Mrs. Blo|S!'S*'«S charwoman, is one of tM;T««u2 always at c*ll. being o^Zo'^T^^ up her two or three day, aiLu*? '•«« the certamties of a "LnJ^r^^^b at any rate, "good for w'^J/lli firmg. and a few weekly riiiuT **«*id But though Mrs. Blogg^,tS;* *«M oi the world, she has, nnf „ J? '**•' ^I to fathom its Ulusions. Sd k »*^J ^1 sharp enough guardian to proJ!^?'*« J evil days. *^â„¢Pwtym^| Last Autumn Mr Servawrit: a I migrated with his family to theUTj"J*,! ing Mrs Bloggins b higMjSS"^*! sion cf his handsome t^iilTt^ P*»| for theold dame to dobut to wiSNl forward letters, AU went ^J ,â- **! but one fine morning comes a thlj '*«;l tat-tat at the door.LnSSS^I a magnificently diessed gentlemSSi leathers and lavender kid eloveTk^M haste and urgency, to con8ult%ith Mr «**! writ on business of momeotonsimW .^M at home, my good woman KonwnM. hSl you I must see him '• "Ibeatm.T "'I p«ding. I'm sore, sir bat affifej agonemtothe country," '-DearmrLi me Tell me where wUl a letter reach 1,^1 •'ThUhere8thepl^ace.sir"-haa5S| card with the seaside addreBs. " I mt*^ to him ihis instant. Show me whtre I writeâ€" not a moment must be lest, njuj my good-woman! qaick, forgoodneiiW ••Tms way. if you please, «r;"Mdl!a Bloggms shows the gorgeous Btrsngj, y the back dining-room and seats himatlkj Serva writ's handsome devonport, where ml abundant writing materials and, toibow Im manners, there she leaves him to triaactli correspondence. It she could have seen how efftctub with a small implement prodnced ftom^ vest pockdt he fastened the door sfter ht| and how deftly he opened, cleared om ui reclosed the cheffonier containiog the plitil stowing the latter in bis legion «f pockety daest. ;i«Datob says :â€" Th| stofV- .. not y®'^^ble *^5me time ago Jamel W*.'u/-i neen tafcenfromhl an ca we never saw them again. .^e would have swooned away on the ml Tne daughter C4me one morning as usual. I jj^^^ ^e writes a note, lets himself o S on one of these swindling expeditions and ^he hall, hands the note and a demanded of me the ute of some Jine dack. Not knowing what she meant by fine slack and weary of her importunities, I sal.*' I had none. She went away in a rage. Shortly after she came again for some pepper. I was at work, and my work-lox was open up- on the teble, well stored with threads and spools of all descriptions. Miss Satan cast her hawk's eye into it, and burst out in her usual rude manner, " I guess you told me a tarnation big lie the other day." Unaccustomed to such language, I rose from my seat, and pointing to the door, told her to walk out, as I did not choose to be insulted in my own house. (TO BK COKTIimKD,) Bankinf; Under Difficnltdes* Twenty-two years ago nuggets of gold were discovered at Hokitika, on tbe west coast cf New Zealand. There was a " rush" to the small Maori village, and within a few weeks seventy vessels, of all sorte and eizss, were waiting to get over the dangerous harbor bar. The author of "Antifradean Notes" sketehea the first bank established there. With the vessels came two agents of a local bank. Their bank furniture consisted of a safe, a pair of scales, a tent and a couple of revolvers. The two agents set up their tent, placed the safe in the back part, and a plank, laid across two tree-stumps, in front. The bank "steff' sat down behind the plank before one were the scales, a bottle of acid, and a notebook the other man held a cocked revolver. The digger brought his gold to the plank "counter," where it was weighed and tested. The value ascertained, the testing clerk un- locked the safe, placed the gold in it, brought out a dirty bundle of bank-notes, and handed them to the digger. During this transaction, the clerk with the revolver looked c^ti jfully abcut to see if a suspicious person^ was lurking near. The Fastest Train in the World. The fastest train in the wrold is without doubt the " Flying Datehman," which for many years succeeded in knocking off the 78 miles between Lmdon and Swindon in an hour and twenty-seven minutes. This is at the rate of 53 miles an hour. Exeter is 194 miles from Pwldington, and is reached in 45^ miles an hour. The Prince of Wales has made some remarkably quick journeys on the Great Western. Not very long ago the North- Western took him from Man- chester to London in three hours aad fifty- five minutes, b it the Great Western bad previously beaten this by conveying him from London to Swansea (216) In three hours and fifty three-minutes, the average sped throughout ttiat romarkable journey being almost 56 miles an hour. Engliib trains ara still much quicker than those of the Continent The speed of the Amerioan expresses is from 35 to 40 mOes an hour. The Chemin de f er Clu Nord runs ite express- es at an average of 37, and the Ptfia and Mediterranean at 34 oiiles an hour. Same of the German expresses cover 36 miles an hour. According to the statistics with regard to the national delite of the world, this old ter- restrial ball must be worth about 63 cento on the dollar at publlo auction. For yean past the Franoh Government has had a standing offer of 300,000 francs to any- body who should devise a practical means of destroying the Insect peat that fa rnUdns the Tinayurds In the wine-produoing provlaoei of IVance. The fortunate inrentor haa not yet discloaad himsdf, although than are many devioaa that afford a panEal remedy. The farmers of thfa continent could jdbrd to pay a mnoh larger rawaid to any parson who should provide a means of axterminatlng^the potato bug. This vtwadous crsatura ^elds Site Ufa whan sacoasafnHy dosad wMi ft^ groaa batiAlls tUijnaAodof yaiaooii^ is aaaiar aad awiftar titan kOlfag by. aingla eoinbat^ It may ba kapfe ap yaar afM yaar withoM fttal iPietanr. «Ea fSliMa Itt^alii â- mw BM «f lloKlh AnatlM MMiM^ mmjuufht Uvaaoathii allottad tiaa ia thtatteaCaatan. lit) I ootmterfeit) to the dame, exacts a proBisI that she will post the missive ru(ht tnyl and grandly stalks away. Mr. Semwntl gete the important letter next day "Deab Sib " it runs, "I can bat compli-l ment you on the good taste yon tuTeihonl in the selection of your plate. I wia ilnjil partial to the fiddle patterned articltt,ul| when elegantly chased, as yoors are, tlit;| are doubly welcome. The fish ilicea ull the gravy spoons are substantial and tonjl liking. The toddy ladles are really oniqit. I I approve also of the spade ^nioeaat thtl bottom of the punch bowl, which last nuul I article 1 shall preserve in remembrance i( I my brief sojourn under your roof. Yoinl (they were, mine they are), "Got 'Em." And thus, adding insult to injary,fii| Mr, Servawrit enHghtentd as to theh.zudi| leaving home. Spidera' Webs. I read a statement not long ago, about the spiders' webs that cover tin fields and meadows on certain mornue^ in the summer, which was not entirdr exact. It is not quite true, in the sense b which it was uttered, that these spiden' webs are more abundant on some morcio^ than on others, and that they presage to weather. Now the truth is, that during tin latter half of summer these webs are aboui as abundant at one time as at another bti tbay are much more noticeable on some morn ings than on others,â€" a heavy dew brup them to view, they are eepecially conspii* ous after a morning of fog, wch " «"« fills our deeper valleys for a few honre wta fall approaches. They then look like littt napkins spread all over the meadows;! saw fields last summer in August, when o« bould step from one of these dew napkiuto another, for long distances. They are hale note tiiat cateh the fog. f'^wy «"»** Strung with innumerable, fine 0101!'"" tiny ^s. After an hour of sunshme W webs, apparently, are gone. MJst^uutry people. Had, think thej are due to nothing but t^*! '°°""J!;h.mni I seem to think that the Bpiders take them » as morning advances. Bat they «* J there, stretohed above the grass at nMn»» atsunset, as abundant as they '«'"?»";, ri«, and are then more serviceabl to w^ spiders, because less visible. The n» i^cte would avoid them m t^e '»««' but at midday they do not detect them "i?"?heseweb.haveauysign^c««-l signs of the coming weather, thu raK the explanation ,^ cool A heavy dew occurs under a cie sky, and the night V^^^^iKiLtiti, u iroally a dewles. night. Much de*; means fair weather, " a copious closes the spiders' webs. lew the ii^ is significant, and n ot the w ebs^ Tea Drinkiii?- What ever may be said «?««" *\'*bS tion of "embolic Uquors in Orw. ^^ tiiero can be no doubt that we « ^^ tea-drinkers on »« «^"*Snd. of «• absorption. lu 1840. 1-22 "Jdw*" was the annual *«lor"" f thTq'""' witiiin these realms; m 1887 w -iyj, was stoted »t*-95po'»^-,jLunwii!rp«^ fact tiiat coffee has steadjly ^^^^ lie favour during tiie Pe"" ""Sie V»»^ 1840. 1.08 pounds of coffee w- J^J, Jg consumed per head of the pop« In 1887 theaUowancefeUtoS^^f, decroase, and one not e«Jy STi*-}?* when it Is considered that o«j^p^ cheaper than tea. In the djyi^ teotoVtea was regarded « » '1 bav« b^f which might with gre^t propne% ^j^ ineladed m acopoeia. J**? ^ver suspected any oi ^^SeV^^^^ the result I r' Eft*' •*[!S;, ftgo the newspapeil R?^brt^ a^*" ' young girl, 4 th« ^F*^ ^n life, s»ved ar ' "'^."iiSid^wn by ahorse. '"^/was Miae PW^P" I**/ Vhe street when shel '8^^'^iSlypSlinfroutofl Tj^T^'i^c^r. The girl spl 'ilS^e Sd lady, and resl ;f?^S»nked the girl, askj Ji^5droveoffiuac«nad I" -nrled for a -week. lA ' ••*^' «^V package to the yol **-?^ was no message orl -JJTind The gift ws* »" '^i to the mysterious old 1 '*»*^tlweredTlighted. The! •rSSSir'ed a handsome se| .liScSwe for pulor use. '^^rtmust be a mistake, audi " ttsCeipt. but the expreJ "^^ aU right, and showed '•♦^address on the tab| "rSwouWc^memxtl Tiiat w ?^Vfew days by tiie arrival ""si^ with a card addres r**'^! The excitement in KSS Seipt of this Prewn Y*° I i^s^Swri^Theibd IS.-dSmeTtii'^rhand^^^ pSSg. ,t\eS:?^Srcons1d Ko^ i^^oSd' Tbe write SiKd hfldded that he 'SjSUbosine-iinNewYorl SSitohavehU name known ft he said tiiat inq-^ri" ^^ SJxt xhe girl and she had !Sid,v of assistance. At some S writer declared he would m £,rSandashehadnorelati «Aerhe hoped to aivesnbste SjSrl Mid tetter her condition with these and.^ditiJ detective caUed at the residence «rivedbytiie mother of the girl. Stiou^cd concerning the reced » her daughter's possessions, So^ of how she had managec for tihe accumutation of gooos St The mother said that her leadered an Important service old lady some time previous, a J^ had presented her with MTmanifiatetion of her appr^ pwduced a letter which pur, ^tenby tiiis person, but of wl Ii the antiior The girl wa. b^ the room, and was forma Site denied tiie charge vehem. ward of a half hour, but as she •d with one proof alter an notions, finaUy broke down anc aflood of tears. Thera the matter now rests, who lost the money doee pneecute if be can ueaaietiie {nnds, and it h very probabl nngement wiU be effected, time the parente of the young ly heartbroken over their ai duct _^ An AcoompliBhed B Thomas ODonnell, f*^° haa a robin which whistles 1 had. This is probably due t H was raised in company The robin whistles 'Jm Gait" " Don't Leave Your i etc., with aU the sang fro aotor. Ite powers of mimic fd. One d^ recently a Bsloon. over the door coataiiung the robin gaveaquT-lkwhUile. A man ude of the street heard th€ seeing a friend entering J believing that he h*d whu "oome and teke somethir street The man who tii •ilooa denied having whistK iaasted tbat he tiad. an getticg " something." In tt When tilings are quiet, tb ird hasbeentieardaquarb m of 1 is h Orif^in of a Glo^ • Woman who wear d i ffen with fuU dress oostumes probably of how that f*8h A charming F tench Due story, had recently promi at the festivity for some o* at tiie Trouville casino. hind time, the lady put h driving, and never notice the fiai blase of the cat that to her black and whi had put on one white an It appears that her mud of gloves ready for her from, and that the Dnchc taken one of each pair. war, could not be undon '^Ihnwttlivai that at tl V aaaembty all the ladies t t':i^:#B«ad a different col '^%feMn which has becon 2,'^t«naBt aU die ladies nounoes'Thatexcdlen^.«j3g?;; CJ approaved, China ^nnk, ^f jj^JJ neSe Td», by otiier r-tt^ Hiid C^ _!, Mild at the S»»^^ by the^Bg House, In Sweettofi^^ BgJ^ » .gj tiiat "tiia cup «»f* "f^^the i»«^i^ fttes" commended IteeK to r-jiidiflio*?^ eulty of that P«*"f J- "i{Le«d«»^ doaato the Galens of our W- •***'• â€" riTyr-^jJ! •»teK-;