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 ^emummm 'ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH." I CHAPTER XIII.â€" (Continued The Indians, under their quiet exterior, poBsess a deal of humour. Tney have aig- nificant names for everytbiiig, and a nick- name for every one, and some of the latter are laughably appropriate. A fat, pomponB, ostentations settler in our neighbourhood they called ifucila/l^e, " the bullfrog." An- other, rather a fine young man, bnt with a very red face, they named Segosiee, "the rising sun." Mr. Wood, who bad a farm above ours, was a remarkably slender young man, and to him they give the apellation oi Jfettgr, "thin stick." A woman that occa- sionally worked for me, had a disagreeable squint she was known in Indian by the name of Sachabo, " cross-eye." A gentle- man with a very large nose was ChoojcUf " big, or ugly nose." My little Addie, who was a fair, lovely creature, they viewed with great approbation, and called Annoomk, "a star " while the rosy Katie was Nogenigook, " the northern lights. " As to me, I was Nonocosiqui, a "hummiog-bird;" a ridicu- lous name for a tall womau, but it had refer- ence to the delisht I took in painting birds. â€" My friend, Emilia, was *♦ blue cloud " my little Donald, "frtz^n face " young C " *be red headed wood-pecker," from the colour of bis hair my brother, Chippewa, and " the bald-headed eagle." He was an especial favourite among them. The Indians are often made a prey of and cheated by the unprincipled settlers, who think it is no crime to overreach a red-skin. One anecdote will fully illustrate this fact. A young equaw, who was near becoming a mother, stopped at a Smith-town settler's house to rest herself. The womau cf the house, who was Irish, was peeling for dinner some large white turnips, which her hus- band had grown in their garden. The In- dian had never seen a turnip before, and the appearance of the firm, white, juicy root gave her suc^ a keen craving to taste it that she very eai^stly begged for a small piece to eat. She bad purchased in Peter- borough a large stone-china bowl, of a very handsome pattern (or, perhaps, got it at the store in exchange for basket), the worth of which might be half-a-dollar. If the poor Equaw longed for the turnip, the value of wtiich could reach a copper, the covetous European had fixed as longing a fiance upon the china bowl, and she was etermined to gratify her avaricious de- sire and obtain it on the most easy terms. She told the squaw, withsomedisdain, that her mandidnotgrow turnips to giveaway to "In- juns," but she would sellherone. Theequaw offered her four coppers, all the change she had about her. This the woman refused with contempt. She then proffered a basket bat that was noS sufficient nothing would satisfy her but the bowl. The Indian de- murred but opposition had only increased her craving for the turnip in a tenfold de- gree; and after a short mental struggle, the squaw g»ve up the bowl, and re- ceived in return one turnip 1 The daughter of this woman told me this anecdote of her mother as a very clever thing. What ideas people have of moral justice 1 I have said before that the Indian never forgets a kindness. We had a thousand proofs of this, when overtaken by misfor- tune, and withering beneath the iron grasp of poverty, we could scarcely obtain bread for ourselvBd and our little ones then it was that the truth of the Eastern proverb was brought home to our heart?, and the goodness of God fully manifested towards OS, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after ir.any days." During better times we had treated these poor sav- ages with kindness and liberality, and they never forsook us. For many a good meal I have been indebted to them, when I had nothing to give in return, when the pantry was empty, and " tht hearth-stone growint; cold," as they term the want of provisions to cook at It. And their delicacy in conferring these favours was not the least admirable part of their conduct. John Nogan, who was much attached to us, would brin? a fine bunch of ducks, and drop them at my feet " for the papoose," or leave a large maskin- onge on the sill of the door, or place a quar- ter, of venison just within it, and slip away without saying a word, thinking that receiv- ing a present from a poor Indian might hurt our feelings, and he would spare us the mortification of returning thanks. Often have I grieved that people with such generous impulses should be degraded and corrupted by civilized men that a mysteri- ous destiny involves and hangs over them, pressing them back into the wilderness, and slowly and surely sweeping them from the earth. Their idea of Christianity appeared to me vague and unsatisfactory. They trill tell you that Christ died for men, and that He is the Saviour of the World, lout they do not seem to compiehend the spiritual character of Christianity, nor the full extent of the requirements and application of the law/ of Christian love. These imperfect .views may not be entertained by all Christiin Indians, but they were very common amongst those with w^m I conversed. Their ignorance' upon theological, as well as upon other sub- 1 jec*«, is, of course, extreme. One Indian asked me very innocently if I came from the land where Christ was born, snd if. I had ever seen Jeaus. They always mention the name of the Persons in the Trinity with ^eat reverence. They are highly imaginative people. The practical meaning of their names, and their intense admiration for the beauties of na- ture, are proof of this. Nothing escapes their observing eyes. There is not a flower that blooms in the wilderness, a bird that cuts the air with its wings, a beast that roams the wood, a fish that stems the waters, or the minute insect that sports in the sun- beams, but it has an Indian name to illus- trate its peculiar habits and qualities. Some of their words convey the direct meaning of the thing impliedâ€" thns, c^- cAarm, "to sneeze," is the very sound of that act too me-duA, " to chum," gives the noise oiade by the dashing of the cream from side- to aide and many others. They believe in supernatural appearances â€" in apirita of the earth, the air, the watera. The latter they consider evil, and propitiate before nndertuing a long voyage, by throw- ing amall portiona of bread, meat, tobaooo, ana gun- powder into the water. When an Indian loaea one of hia children, he moat keep a atrict faat for three days, abstaining from food of any kind. A hunter of the name of S^oung, told me a onriona atory of their rigid obaervaaoe of this strange rite. "They had a chief," he aaid, "a few yean ago, whom th^ called H and a ome J^i-iil Jack,'â€" whether in derision, I cannot tell, for he waa one of the ugliest Indians I ever saw. The scarlet fever get into tlie camp â€" a terrible disease-in thia conntry, and doub- ly terrible to those poor creatorea who don't know how to treat it. Hia eldeat danghter died. The chief had faated two daya when I met him in the Imsb. I did. not know what had happened, bnt I opened my wal- let, for I waa on a hnnting expedition, and offered him aome bread ud dried veniaon. He looked at me reproachfally. " ' Do white men eat bread the firat night their papooae ia laid in the earth ' " I then knew the oanae of hia depreaaion, and left him." On the night of the aeoond dayof hia faat another child died of the fever. Ue had now to accomplish three more daya without taat- inj food, it waa too much even for an In- dian. On the evening of the fourth, he was so pressed by ravenous hunger, that he stole into the woods, caught a bull-frog, and de- voured it alive. He -imagined himself alone but one of his people, suspecting his inten- tion, had followed him, unperceived, to the bosh. The act he had jast committed was a hideous crime in their eyea, and in a few minutes the camp was in an uproar. The chief fied for protection to Young's house. When the hun'-jor demanded the cause of his alarm, he gave for answer, " There are plenty of flies at my house. To avoid their stings I come to you." It required all the eloquence of Mr. Young, who enjoyed much popularity among them, to reconcile tke rebellions tribe to their chief. They are very skilliul^in their treatment of wounds and many diseases. Their know- ledge of the medicinal qualities of their plants and herbs is very great. They make excellent poultices from the bark of the bass and the slippery elm. They use several native plants in their dyeing of baskets and porcupine quills. The inner bark of the swamp-alder, simply boiled in water, makes a beautiful red. From the root of the black briony they obtain a fine salve for sores, and extract a rich yellow dye. The inner bark of the root of the sumach, roasted, and reduced to powder, is » good rAnedy for the ague, a tea- spoonful given between the hot and cold fit. They icrape the fine white powder from the large fungus that grows up- on the bark of the pine, into whiskey, and take it for violent pains in the stomach. The taste of this powder strongly reminded me of quinine. I have read much of the excellence of In- dian cookery, but I never could bring myself to taste anything prepared in their dirty wigwatns. I remember being highly amused in watching the preparation of a mess, which might have been (»lled the Indian hotch- potch. It consisted of a strange mixture of nsh, flesh, and fowl, all boilra together is the same vessel. Ducks, partridges, naaki- nonge, venison, and muakrats, formed a part of this delectable compound. These were literally amothered in oniona, potatoea, and tnrnipa, which they had procured from me. They very hospitably offered me a dishful of tbe odious mixture, which the odour of the muskrat rendered everything but savoury but I declined, simply stating that I waa not hungry. My little boy tasted it, but quick- ly left the camp to conceal the effect it pro- duced upon him. Tiieir method of broiling fish, however, is excellent. They take a fish, just fresh out of the water, cut out the entrails, and with- out removing the scales, wash it clean, dry it in a cloth, or in the grauss, and cover it aU over with clear hot ashes. When the flesh will part from the bone, they draw it out of the aahea, strip off the akin, and it ia fit for the table of the most fastidious epicure. The deplorable want of chastity that exists among the Indian women of this tribe seeins to have been more the result of their inter- course with the settlers in the country, than from any previous disposition to this vice. The jealousy of their husbands has often â- been exercised in a terrible manner against the offending squaws but this has not hap- pened of late years. The men wink at these derelictions in their wives, and share with them the price of their shame. The mixture of European blood idds greatly to the physical beauty of the half- race, but produces a sad falling- off from the orisrinal integrity of the Indian character. The half-caste is generally a lying, vicious rogue, possessing the worst qualities of both parents in an eminent degree. We have many of these half- Indians in the peniten- tiary, for crimes of the blackest dye. The skill of the Indian in procuring his game, either by land or water, has been too well describied by better writers than I could ever hope to be, to need any illustra- tion from my pen, and I will close this long chapter with a droll anecdote which is told of a gentleman in this neighborhood. The early loss of his hair obliged Mr.-: to procure the substitute, of a wig. This was such a good imitation of nature, that none but his intimate friends and neighbours were aware of the fact. It happened that he had some quarrel with some Indian, which had to be settled in one of the petty courts. The case waa decided in favor of Mr -, which so aggrieved the savage, who considered himself the injured party, that he sprsmg upon him with a furi- ous yell, tomahawk in hand, with the inten- tion of depriving him of his scalp. He twisted his hand in the locks which adorned the cranium of his adversary, when â€" horror of horrors â€" the treacherous wig came off in his hand, " Owf^h owgh " exclaimed the affrighted savage, flinging it from him, and rushing from the court as if he had been bit- ten by a rattlesnake. His sudden exit waa followed by peals of laughter from the crowd, while Mr. coolly picked up hia wig, and dryly remaked that it had saved his head. Around yon bluff, whose pine creat hidea The noisy rapi^ from oar sight, Another barkâ€" another glideaâ€" Red meteors of tbe mu^ky night. The boaoro "f th« silent atream With m-'m'c f te 's ia dotted free The waves refli ot :he doable gleam, The tall woods lighten in the beam. Through darknefea shining cheerily I The Indian Fisheesian's Light. The air is still, the night ia dark. No ripple breaks the dnaky tide From iale to isle the fisher's bark Like faiiy meteor seems to a^lide Mow lost in ahadeâ€" now flaahing bright On aleeping wave and f oreat tree We hail with joy the raddy l(sht, Which far into the darkaome night Shinea red and cheerily With apear high poiaed, and steady hand. The oentre of that fiery ray, Behold the Indian fisher stand Prepared to strike the finny prey, HnmJi I the shaft has sped omowâ€" t Tranafix'd the ahining prise tsee On awiftlv darts the binh oiiiiM Yon Uaiuc ro ahroading trom my view Its rMlIi«^« ^/aanliiidiMrUy I \t,* .. ' â- .â- .,--V. â- â€¢â- 'S " â- â- â-  CHAPTER XIV.â€" Buying ihk Fahow. There b a holktw roariitg in tbe airâ€" The hideous hissing of ten thousand flames. That from the centre --f von sable cloud Leap madly np, like aerpents m the dark. Shaking their arrowy Umgam at Natnre'a hewt. It ia not my intention to give a regalar hiatory of onr reaideroe in the bnah, but merely to preaent to my readers such events as may serve to illnatrate a life In the wooda. The winter and apring of 1834 had paased away. The latter waa nnconunonly cold and ba!kwurd ao mnoh so that we had a v«ry heavy fall of snow npon the 14ih and 15th of May, and several gentlemen drove down to Cobourg in a aleigh, the snow lying upon the ground to the depth of several inches. A late, cold apring in Canada ia generally succeeded by a burning hot anmmer and the summer of '34 was the hottest I ever remember. No rain tell upon the earth for many weeks, till nature drooped and with- ered beneath one bright blaze of sunlight and the ague and fever in the woods, and tbe cholera in the large towns and cities, spread death and sickness through the coun- try. Moodie had made during the winter a large clt-aring of twenty acres around the house. The progress of the workmen had been watched by me with the keenest interest, every tree that reached the ground opened a wider gap in the dark wood, giving ua a broader ray of light and a clearer glimpse of the blue sky. But when the dark 'cedar- swamp f routing the house fell beneath the strokes of the axe, and we got a first view of the lake, my joy was complete a new and .beautiful object was now constastly before me, which gave me the greatest pleas ure. By night and day, in sunshine or in storm, water is always the most sublime feature in a landscape, and no view can be truly grand in which it is wanting. From a child, it always had the moat powerful effect upon my mind, from the green ocean rolling in majesty, to the tinkling forest rill, hid- den by the flowers and rushes along its banks. Half the solitude of my forest home vanished when the lakei usveiled its bright face to the blue heavens, and I saw sun, and moon, and stars, and waving trees re- flected there. I would ait for hours at the window as the shades of evening deepened round me, watching the massy foliage of the forests pictured in the waters, till fancy transported me back to England, and the songa of birds and the lowing of cattle were sounding in my eaia. It waa lont{, very long, before I could ducipline my mind to letum and practise all the menial employments which are necessary in a good settler a wife. The total abaence of treea about the doors in all new settlements had always puzzled me, in a country where the intense heat seems to demand all the shade that can be procured. My husband had left several beantiful rock-elms (the most picturesque tree in the country) near our dwelling, but, alas tbe first high gale prostrated all my fiae treea, and left our log cottage entirely exposed to the fierce rays of the sun. The confusion of an uncleaxtcd fallow spread around us on every side. Huge trunka of treea and pilea of brush gave a littered and uncomfortable appep-ance to the locality, and aa the weather ha I been very dry for aome weeka, I heard my hiu- band daily talking with hia choppera aa to the expediency ot. firing the fallow. They still urged him to wait a little longer, until he could get a good breizs to carry the fire well through tbe brush. Business called him suddenly to Toronto, but he left a strict charge with old Thomas and his sons, who were engaged in the job, by no means to attempt to bum it off until he returned, as he wished to be upon the premises himself, in case of any danger. He had previously burnt all the heaps immed- iately about, the doors. While he was absent, old Thomas and his second son fell sick with the ague, and went home to their own township, leaving John, a surly, obstinate young man, in charge of the shanty, where they slept, and kept their tools and provisions. Mooaghan I had sent to fetch np my three cows, as the children were languishing for milk, and Mary and I remained alone in the j house with the little ones. The day waa aaltry, and towards noon a I strong wind sprang up that roared in the pine tops like the dashing of distant billows, but without in the least degree abating the heat. The children were lying listlessly upon the floor for coolness, and the girl and I were finishins' sun-bonnets, when Mary suddenly exclaimed, " Bless us, mistress, what tk smoke I" I ran immediately to the door, bat was not able to diatinguish ten yards before me. The swamp immediately below us was on fire, and the heavy wind was driving a denae- black cloud of amok a directly towarda us. " What can thia mean T" I cried. " Who can have set fire to the fallow " Aa I ceased speaking, John Thomas stood pale and trembling before me. "John, what is the meaning of this fire?" " Oh, mVam, I hope you will forgive me it waa I set fire to it, and I wotdd give- all I have in the world if I had not done it." " What ia the danger?' •' Oh, I'm terribly afear'd that we shall all be burnt up," said the fellow, beginning to whimper. \,'Why did yon run such a rbk, and your master from home, and no one on the place to render the least asautanoe 7" " I did it for the beat," blubbered the lad. " What ahall We do 7" " Why, we maat get ontofit asfaat aa we can, and leave the honae to ita fate." " We can't get ont," aaid the man, in 'a low, hollow tone, which seemed the concen- traticn of fear " I would have got oat of it if I could but just step to the back door, ma'am, and see.^ I had not felt the least alann ap to this minate; I had never seen a fallow brimt, bntl had heard of it as a thing of snob com- mon oocnrrenoe that I had never oonneoted with It any i4ea of danger. Jailge then, my surprise, my horror, whom on going to Mba baek door, I saw that the fellow, to make Sra of hia work, had fired the field In fifty serent plaoee. Behind, before^ on every sid6„w^ were snrrpandad by K.widl ^fire. eattteg otf an poiriHlitj of latttet for could we have found an opening through the burning heaps, we would not nave aeen our way through the denae canopy of smoke; and, buried aa we were in the heart of the forest, no one could diaoover our situation till we were leyond the rMMsh of help. I closed the door, and went back to the parlour. Fear was knocking loudly at my heart, for our utter helpleaaneaa annihilated all hope of being able to effect our escape. I felt atupefied. The girl aat upon the floor by the obildren, who, nnconaciona of the peril that hung over them, had both fallen asleep. She was silently weeping; while the fool who bad caused the mischief was crying aloud. A strange calm saooeeded my first alarm tears and lamentations were useless a hor- rible death was impending over ns, and yet I oonld not believe we were to die. I sat down upon the step of the ddor, and watch- ed the awful scene in silence. The fire waa raging in the oedar-swamp, immediately be- low the ridge on which the honae atood, and it presented a spectacle truly appalling. From out the denae folds of a canopy of black smoke, the blackest I ever saw. leaped up continually red forks of lurid flame aa high aa the tree tops, ignitj^ng the branches of a groQP of tall pines that had been left standing for aaw-logs. A deep gloom blotted oat the heavens from our sight The air waa filled with fiery particles, which floated even to the door-step â€" while the crackling and roaring of the flames might have been heard at a great distance. Conld we have reached the lake shore, where several canees were moor- ed at the landing, by launching cut into the water we should have been in perfect safety; bnt, to obtain thia object, it was necessary to pass through this mimic hell and not a bird could have flown over it with unscorch- ed wings. There was no hope in that quarter, for, could, we have escaped the flames, we ahonld have been blinded and choked by the thick, black, resinous smoke. The fierce wind drove the flames at the sides and back of the house up the clearing and our passage to the road, or to the forest, on the right and left, was entirely obstr act- ed by a sea of flmea. Onr only ark of safety was the house, so long as it remained un- touched by the consuming element. I turn- ed to young Thomas, and asked him how lon^ he thought that would be. " When the fire clears this little ridge in front, ma'am. The Lord have mercy upon us, then, or we must all go f' " Cannot jfou, John, try and make your escape, and see what can be done for us and the poor children 7" My eye fell upon the sleeping angels, locked peacefully in each othet^a arms, and my tears flowed for the first tima. Mary the servant-girl looked piteously up in my face. The good, faithful creature had not uttered one word of complaint, but now she faltered forth, " The dear, precious lambs I â€" Oh such a death 1" I threw myself down upon the floor be- side them, and pressed them alternately to my heart, while inwardly I thanked God that they were asleep, ttnconsoions of dan- ger, andoaftble by their cfaOiUah cries to distract oar attention from adopting any plan Which might offer to effeet their es- cape. The heat sooa- beeftme saffodatlng. We were parched with thirst, and there waa n'^t a drop cf water in the house, and none to be procured nearer than the lake. I turned once more to the door, hoping that a passage might have burnt through to the water. I saw nothing but a dense cloud of fire and smoke â€" could hear nothing bnt the crack- ling and roaring of the flames, which were gaining so fast upon Us that I felt their scorching breath in my face. "Ah," thought I â€" and it waa a moat bit- ter thought â€" " what will my beloved hus- band say when he returns and finds that his poor Susy and his dear girls have perished in thia miserable manner 7 But God can save us yet." The thought had scarcely found a voice in my heart before tbe wind rose to a hurri- cane, scattering the £imes on all sides into a tempest of burning billows; I buried my head in my apron, for I thought that our time was come, and that all was lost, when a most terrifis crash of thunder burst over our heads, and, like the breaking of a water spout, down came the rushing torrent of rain which had been pent .hp for so many weeks. Inafew minutes the chip-yard wasall afloat, and the fire effectually checked. The storm which, unnoticed by ns, had been gathering all day, and which was the only one of any note we had that summer, continued to rage all night, and before morning had quite .«abdued the cruel enemy, whose approach we had viewed with such dread. The imminent danger in which we had been placed struck me more forcibly aiter it waa past than at the time, and both the girl and myself sank upon our knees, and lifted up our hearts in humble thanksgiv-ing to that God who had saved ua by an act of His Pro- vidence from an awful and audden death. ' When all hope from human aaaistance was lost. His hand waa mercifully stretched forth, making His strength more perfectly maniicsted in our weakness â€" " He is their stay when earthly help is loat. The light and anchor of the tempest-toss'd." There was one person, unknown to ns, who had waltched the progress of that rash blaze, and had even brought hia canoe to the land- ing, in the hope of getting ua off. This was an Irish pensioneir named Dunn, ^vho had cleared a few acr^s on his government grant, and had anilt a shanty on the oppos- ite shore of the lake. " Faith, madam 1 an' I thought the cap- tain was stark, staring mrd to fire his fal- low on such a windy day, and that blowing right from the lake to the house. When Old Wittala came in and towld us that the masther waa not to the foire, but only one lad, an' the wife an' the childer at home,^- thinks I, there's no time to be lost, or the crathura will be burnt up intirely. We started instanther, but, by Jove 1 we were too late. The swamp was all in a blaze when we got to the luding, and yon might as well have thried to get to heaven by pass- ing through the other ^aoe." This WM the eloquent harangue with whioh the honest creature informed me the next morning of the eflforts he luA made to save ua, and the interest he had felt in onr cntioal sitoation. I felt comforted for my pist anxiety, by knowing that one homan being, however humble, had sympathised in onr probable fate; while the providen- tial manner in which we had been reaooed wDlever remain a theme of wonder and gratitfids. The nMt evening brooakfe tit* ,i«tnni of my hvtea4,-who UMui^ilb Art We of out •mpe wifea » pd* a«d ikHmibtd ooaataB- '^ij .TijifcJ.-S' .6 -^ftLlM. I J ance not a little «,. i ^^ and children stluiJS^ -J to 8^7 For a ong time^;'" !»»il^ faUow, it haunteH^*"'!^" would awake ^S;"l!^»??' fighting with rhV«:^sc to carry my Uttle n^S^ *»dwl thet^ofLcl^^th^ gwrnents and myo»f'(S_'»'»^iS?P within reach of I;i::,»;^.JSj4f The Ktad of Work fc^ ^%l ates »P"lortlieWe7;,J2»*.% Anntnberofyonagcl!Z|*"««. 98 of the MethocUtt TKi5y»!«».illBu atEvanston,metd^^S^slS and were relating toS^ftJ' 21 !r5Sl their experience in t^. Which they had been ZJ,^ „ amusiag eiperience,»*27' " brother, "was m a 1!^^^ «» L where the Conference Bent ' '^^ mmisterial work. My TLT- " S7 or four little vUla,j2,3â„¢'"»«l'i^tt houses, and I tried to Mel^i,"' "obi each place once every Ln » l"'**! villageofEd«ewooddwJt,:!^I«' named Mrs. Wickhatn T.*-^ '^k Green Mountains Sl^'S^'N the church. I had just bl '"'-N going on the circuit andTe^^Jf^H our arrival in Edge^oodM^ay*" '""Tn^Kf^fnorLnSH" ly greeted by the old kdy^^' you've come. Brother L--L [^H'i your wife,' said she. TveW^iS waitin vou don't know howtii!!^^ Bince Brother Jones went »2 5" nigh onto three months, and S J" a preacher in this honse'.ince £' httlethjngs to do that I've ben »«' the minister come, and now youve?„ Sister L Let's get them cffn owl and then we can sic down and We ,, long talk.' "f "I confess I was a little pmledit, reception, not knowmg exactly wk people on my circuit had been b the hili,^ aavmg np for the miniBter to do. HcT I was not long left in the dark. The old] disappeared into the kirchmandjooncL for us to follow. We did ao, and found room littered with two or three old that had been taken to pieces and about the flier. In the middle of theTi stood Mrs. Wickham, with a big kettle of boiling water at her side. "'Now, Sister L .jest you take thiil apron of mine, or you'll spoil your iu she said to my wife. 'The pesky bugi k been so bad in these bedstradg thit I Im sometimes felt jest as if I cooldnVwilt you come to give them a good acaldiig.' "This, then, was a part of the dn rider's duties in Iowa, thought I; but the i lady seemed to take it so entirely aia of course that the preecher should h( with her work that I couldn t well My wife laughingly put on t apron went to work and f took off my coat andi and took hoi?, too. It was a long job, after we had g 2 t^e bedsteadi Uionoi scalded, they kad to be carried npatair!, up and 'corded,' for they were tbe oldiakj ioned kind of bedsteads in which ropet" dury in lieu of springs or slats. But this not end the work, for on coming dowiil the old lady remarked that the stove wjsi little warm yet, but that if I was careful could black it without burning my hudil This was a litcle too much and I wasiboitl to rebel, but my wife whispered tonutbit we might as well make a day of it Son went at that stove and polished it tOWoi could see your face in it, and thenhelpediiii old lady clean up the kitchen. Bythattiu th J sun was down, and onr hostess kbdlM permitted us to withdraw. Did we «Uy» supper Why, bless you, the good ml a her joy at getting her house cleaned up for] got-to say anything about supper, We«r glad enough to get hon'e without beiagw ed to dig up the potatoes or build » ca^ pet But ever since that day my wifcmdlM' always had a prior engagement whenasWI to visit Mrs. AVickham." fORBIGHJ N0TE3. i^j^g " i8 a compound which rSm a bankiuptcy suit in I It la aaid to come from Ame â- gild in 1"8® qaantiaes in L iobUee gift" of £1,150,000 rece Pods France )ias been the I J ii«.' The monks of the Chart 1 000* while the smallest offa oil Sp«n, Portugal, and Polanc nnmes to Greenwich, Conn. ' F L. H. Pott, a young ms I who went to China about a "ilwionary, has married Miss I [whose father was the iirst Un tto Christianity, jicheat Japanese outside of the til said to be R. Kondo of the Mi ritv ot Japan. He is the operat a cold, eUver, and copper mine. It to visit the Lake Snperior m ta in order to get a knowledge of machinery nsed there. «Un most now be regarded as ha â- W retired from the Comedie 1 The application of Mme. Ccq withdrawal of her husband's s Inartnership fund has been acce l?7«iin'a resisnation is therefoi Don't fifo to Law. It ought to be the last resort of any gs?^ citia^n to go to law. It is nsusdly nnprott- able, even if you get your case. It Btf« bad blood. It wastes your time. Yon »^ ten a brood of lawyers on both sides, »» ten chances to one they are taking your (business) life blood. If the c^fegoesapiat you, it is almost certain to cripple yoa » Ufeâ€" if a matter of any importance, u â- Â» important, a man is a fool to Sp^J^: ,f .^e have lately «een â- Â« ^.Un t«UM^ some of the unexpected of?"^^ '"JSi sprung upon the unwary l'\^ «,"'" cases.^ It related to the dr-eweUcawii Cedar Rapids. Ia., newspaper says: •• When the Supreme ourt « tM " States last winter decided Bg*;^,^ M. and George H. Andrews, «"«, against George flovey. [^'^^^"1^,^ driven.v,ell suits, it w« f^g^^'^* ,te the long litigation there had b«in o^^ case. Such, it appears, WM » however. The Messrs.- ABdw«»^ of New York, "^nd they brcwjt ° '^^„^ Hovey, a citizen of lows. J^^'Zn-rt^' of this State declareti-t wh«f ^°^ ^. ent brings suit ag»}-* » "fjf, bond for tk.« tiff may be oojnpentAto»vej^ j^ payment of the costs that «l»y J^'^dreW Li number of cases ^h'^^.^ose who were compelled to io. Arn^g g signed their bondsm th» 2w j;^ o BSnnett, Jr., W. W. S"^,' ^°\ Gre«* St. Paul, I. N. loh""" and U „ These parties are now to be cM^ paysoL «10,000co.tsfru^; October summoned to appear '° "-frDistrictCo"' 17th before the U^'K '*M„wa." for the Southern t^fZ±""^Set^er Moral: Keep out of the l»w. disputes by arbitration. â-  A Hopeless Oate-^^^jt AnianverymuchexcitgJ°^y. Paateur'a laboratory tjaoth* ^^ i^ bitten I" ., u^tenr. "ByadograskedP-w"' "No; worse than that. " By a oat " .u pootor, »» J "A kind of cat. But oh, i^ cure me T" aelin's resignatioi iished fact. late official rttarns, which ar iow that '4 841 persona were beasts in that vear in British I 22 134 were killed by snakes 222 bv wolves, 194 by leop bears, OTby elephants, 24 by by 69 by o..iicr animaU, scarpions, irds, boars, crocodiles, buffaloes id foxes. In the case both of h 'and animils the destruction ap in the increase. During the pasi wards were paid for 179 C39 and for 2 672.467 sr .kes. iror William's tour in Austrii said to have cost not less than he amount given to se:viint8 c ^na whom he visits is some 's, and other presents cost a frij For example, wheu the Km visited Windsor in 1S43, he ^ekeeper £1,000. William took ,m Berlin eighty diamond rings tars, fifty scarf plao, all richly i ty diamond bracelets, six spl ,tion swords, thirty Urge j of himself, with the Empres ildren, all in gold frames atches, with chains (the c to a chef); 100 cigar cases, wit 1 arms and monogram in gold stars in diamonds of the Ord ik and Red Eigle. story comes from Paris ut a c a man of society, unmarried lovered one day that he was er iy bald. The|discovery worrie* ch thought on the subject re He went to a wigmaker a eight wigs, each made of h.* lor of his own, and just the qi lb dressed just as he arrange ks. The wigs differed only i rf their hair. In one it was in the second it was a little Ic third longer still and so on, which was of quite long hair. put on his short haired wig firs a week then he;put on No. t a week and so until he was 8, when some one was prett; Good gracious, Biron, why it your hair cut " Then the put on No.ll, happy at the tl le had successfully solved the iblem. ustration of the progress whi iterizsd marine engineering is a fact that up to 1881 the ^reatei mto one ocean vessel waa abou horse power in the case of th ilo, Di^-ilio, Inflexible, and A â- e. In 1881-2 the Italia aa'l i Bing constructed, with the en each, of 18,000 indicated horse, jow tbe Italian Government tias the Re Umbferto and Sicilia, an degna, the engines for whic id by a Naples (Sompany, are to 23,000 indicated horse power, ions features of note in thia essel, M described, are four compound engines, two sets of h shaft, the vessel, of cours Jew. The working maphim ises eighteen return- tube boil; sh four furnaces, and the worki fill be 150 pounds to the Equa liaton speed is rated at 1,020 It was a wolf, then. ^^ " it was a wou, â€" gi, "Notawolf. butmucu It** my mother-m "In tbatoaa*) law! aaldP*^ ttfsioj hia â-¼â€¢*,«• «#«?«*" Ui^ The Smell of Eis Cigar. â-  were ritting on tl.e porch ai "glate. ,. â-  J ?ould you mind v I lighted iClara?" he asked. [Certainly not, Mr. Sampson, I presently the old man. who desperate, spoke from an open »nghter," he said, " I left n hoea near the kitchen stove •tter aee to 'em. I can sm t burning. His Little Mistake. I few weeks ago a fashionabl ^yn lady entered a New Y tm aearch of a volume for her h«ad clerk inquired of her wl "i waa srave or gay, sci phical? The lady retortec f a woman not to be tarifled wit ftlesale butcher. ' " Buy him baadvertently replied 1 fwrdly necessary to add thi "»t effected. Mv Toothache '«ulamation leard every I Toothache ia the most c ^4 young and old, and in th( ' more mffering than p [^^de oomplaint. A one i *.^at every peraon desires _„ -imm pidn careâ€" act rwh nUavlng the agony, at "°"!* lObrda a quantity st 10 cents filla tfa KvvtUa* ia the only poail laatdall nerve p^ I la nwdidne. _„^_ of tbe prei ^dMnoaatlyandbeqn â-  â-  â-  r, xBidnly w rTMtoratoWai '44 Lt ^J^i'i-i :-*; fV--^i: