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(gRouGHING IT IN THE. BusH, reactonable mode of arguing. The unpeo.
pled wastes of Cenede mu et preemie dry
itepect to the new settler than the worldwas
to our first parents af ter their expulsion froin
the Gerden of Eden ; ell the sia which come
defile the epot, or hauat it with the amoeba
time a departed evil, is couteendrated in their
own percions. Bed visits cermet be sup
poaed to linger ewer a piece evheee
Iodine ha6 never been. committed. The be-
lief in ghoste, so prevalent in old countries,
mime have had its feundation, in the eon-
acionenesa of guilt.
After °leering the low, crivernpy portion
of the woods, with much difficulty, and the
frequent amplicetion of the axe, to out aevey
the fallee timber that impeded our progrese,
our ears were assailed by e low, mooing,
rushing sound, as of the falling ot waters,
'That is Herriot's Fells," said our guide.
We are within two miles of our deetine
tion."
Oh, welcome sound 'But those two miles
appeared more lengthy then the whole jour-
ney. Thick clouds, that threatened a snowatorm, hed blotted oat the stars, and we
continued to grope our way through a.nar-
row, rocky path, upon the edge of the river,
in almost total darknees. 1 now felt the
chillnessof the midnight hour, and the
fatigue of the long journey, with double
foram, and envied the servant and ohildren,
who had been sleeping ever sinoe we left
Peterborough. We now deoended the steep
bank, and prepared to moss the rapids.
Dark as it was, I looked with a feeling of
dread upon the fooming waters aa they
tumbled over their be of rooks, their white
create fleshing, life -like, amid the darkness
of the night.
"This ie an ugly bridge over such a dan-
gerous place," said De----, as he stood up in
the sleigh and urged his tired team across
the miserable'insecure log bridge, where
darkness and death raged below, and one
false step of his jaded horses would have
ly wooded with picturesque groups of oak plunged us into both. I must confess I drew
and mine, and very much resembled a a freer breath when the bridge was crossed,
gentleman% park at home. and D— congratulated us on our safe ar-
Far below, to our right (for we were upon rival in Douro.
the Smithtown side) we heard the rusbing
of the river, wholie rapid waters never re-
ceive curb from the iron chain of winter.
Been while the rooky bauks are coated with
ice, and the frost king suspends from every
twig and branch the most beautiful and fan-
tastic crystals, the black waters melt foam-
ing along, a thick steam rising continuaaly
above the reprice as from a boiling poi. mons to chop in two with axes; and after
The shores vibrate and tremble beneath the , amout half•an.hour's labour, whioh to me,
force of tbe iropetuous need, as it whirls poor, cold, weary eight I seemed an age,
round cedamerowned islands and opposing the mal„ of the party abandoned the task
rooks, and hurries on to pour its tribute in- in despair. To go round it was impossible;
to the Rice Ltke, to dwell the calm, inaties- its roots were concealed in an impenetrable
tic grandeur of the Trent, till ite waters are well of cedar -jungle on the right-hand side
lose in the beautiful bay of Qainte, and of the road, and its huge branches hung over
finally merged in the blue ocean uf Ontariothe precipitous bank of the river.
. .
CHAPTER. XII.--(Cogeneurge).
"The nextmorning by daylight he con-
' thaued his journey, not forgetting to blaze
-with his axe the trees to the right and •left
as he went along, The ground was so
.-spongy and wet that at every etep he plonged
up to hie 'knows in water, hut he seemed no
nearer the end of the swamp thma he had
been the deer before. He saw several deer,
a mown, and a grouodhog, during hie
walk, but was unmolested by bears or
-waive& Having passed through several
-creeks, and 4114 a great many enakee, he
felt eo weary iowercle the end of the second
day that he determined to go home the next
morning: Rut juet a,e he began to think hie
osearolk wars truisleds, he obeerved that the
.oedars ad temeracke which had obstructed
his path became lees numerous, and were
succeeded by bars and soft maple. The
ground, also, became les e moist, and he woe
soon /mending a rising elope, oovereel with
lush and beech, which ehaded land o the
very best quality. The old man wee now
fully convinced that he bad cleared the
great swamp; and that, inetead of leading
to the other world, it hed conducted him to a
countrythat would yield the very best re.
turns for cultivation. Hie favorable report
led to the fonndation of the road that we
are about to cross, and to the settlement of
Peterborough, which is one of the moat•
promising new settlements in this district,
ands surrounded by a splendid back court-
”
We were descending a very steep hill,
and encountered an ox -sleigh, which was
crawling slowly up it in a contrary direction.
Three people were seated at the .bottom of
the vehicle upon straw, which' made a cheap
sttbstitute for buffalo -robes. Perched, as
we were, upon the crown of the height, we
looked completely down into the sleigh, and
during the whole con -e of my life I never
saw three uglier mortale collected into such
a narrow space. The man was blear -eyed,
with a hare -lip, through which protruded
two dreadful yellow teeth that resembled
the tusks of a boar. The woman was long -
faced, high cheek- boned, rod -haired and
freckled all over like a toad. The boy re•
&ambled his hideous mother'with the addi-
tion of a villanous obliquity of vision which
rendered him the most digusting object in
this eingnlar trio.
As we passed them, our driver gave a
knowing nod to my husband, directing, at
the same timegthe moat quizzical glance
towards the steangers, aa he exclaimed,
" We are in luck. sir 1 I think that 'ere
aleigh tray be called Beauty's egg -basket 1"
We made ourselves very merry at the
poor people's expense, and Mr, 0—,
with his odd stories and Yankeefied expres-
gone, amused the I edium of our progress
thrones the great swamp, which ea summer
presbnts for several miles oue uniform bridge
of rough and unequal logs, all laid loosely
across huge sleepers, so that they juntp up
and down, when premed by the wheels. like
the keys of a piano. The rough motion and
jolting occasioned by this collision is so dist
messing, that it never fails to entail upon
the traveller sore bones and an aching head
f the rest of the day. The path is so nar-
rolw these logs thaAetwo waggons can-
not pass without great difficulty, which is
rendered more dangerous by the deep natur-
al ditches on either side of the bridge,
formed by broad creeks that flow out of the
swamp, and often terminate in mud -holes of
very ominous dimensions. The snow, how-
' ever, hid from us all the ugly features of
the road, and Mr. D— . steered us
through in perfect dafety, and landed us at
the door of a little log house which crowned
the ateep hill on the other side of the swamp,
and which he diggrfied with the name. of a
tavern.
It was now two o'clock. We had been on
the road since oven;sand men, women, and
ohildren were all ready for the good dinner
that 31r. D— had promised us at this
splendid house of entertainment, where we
were deetined to stay for two hours, to re-
freeh ourselves and rest the horses.
"Well, Mrs. 3—, what have you got
for our dinner ? ' said our driver, after he
had seen to the accommodations of hht
Seam s.
" Fritters* and pork, dr. Nothing else
to be had in the woods. Thank God, we
have enough of that 1"
D— shrugged up his shoulders, and
looked at us.
"We've. plenty of that same at home.
But hunger's good mice Come. be spry,
widow, and see about it, for I am very
deungry."
I inquired for a private room for mysslf
and the children, but there were no private
rooms in the house. The apartment we
,00cupied was like the cobbler's stall in the
old song, and I was obliged to attend upon
them in public.
"You have much to learn ma am, if you
are going to the woods," said Mrs. 3---.
"To unlearn, you mean," said Mrs.
D—. " To tell you the truth, Mrs.
Moodie, ladies and gentlemen have no busi-
ness in the woods. Eddication spoils man
or woman for that location. So, widow
(turning to our hostess), you are not tired of
liveng alone yet 2"
"No, sir; I have no wish kr a second
husband. I had enough of the first. I like
to have my own way—to he down mistress,
and get up master.'
"You dont like to be put out of your old
way," returned he, with a n-dechlevous
glance.
She coloured very red; but Ile might be
the heat of the fire ever which she was fry-
ing the pork for our dinner.
was vezy hungry, but I felt to appetite
for the dish ehe was prepering for ue. It
proved salt, hard, and unsayoary.
• D-- pronounced it very bad, and the
whiskey still worse, with which he washed
it down.
I asked for a cup of tea and a .slice of
breed. But they were out of tea, and the
hole -rising had failed, and there wos no breed
,in the house. For Wig disgusting meal we
vadat the rate of a quarter of a dollar a -
bead.
I was glad when the horses were again
put to, we escaped from the tank odour of
the f ried pork, nd were once more in the
fresh air.
• "Well, misternot you firtidgt your
raiment for that b'ad, meat? ' said
when we were oboe mote Dented in the sleigh.
"Bub hi these parts the worse the fare the
higher the charge."
"I would not have cared," tibia "11 I
could have got a eup of tea." ,
"Tealpooe trash. / never couhl
drink tea in my life. But Ito coffee, when
'tis boiled till it is quite biack. But coffee
is not good without plenty of trimmings.'
"What clo you mean by trirOmings
He laughed. "Good auger, and veet
oreatm Coffee is not reettli drinking, With. -
oat trpromings.
Ofteti it atter years have I recalled the
.
eoffee trimmings#,When endtairocuig to drittx
the ilestuff Whieh goes by the name 'of
'coffee in the honeee of entertainment in the
cotintry.
We had now paseod through the narrow
strip of okearing wlaioh eurrounded the tav-
ern, and agau enterad upen the woode, 11
wag near ;sunset, and we were rapialy des -
(sending a stoep hill, when one of the traces
that held Our sleigh suddenly broke.
D— pulled up in order to repair the
damage. His brother'team was dorm be
bind, and our unexpected standstill brought
the horses upon us before J. D-- could
stop them. I received 'so violent a blow
from the head of one of them, just in the
beck of the neck, that for a few minutes
was stunned and insensible. When I recov-
ered, I was ;supported in the erms of my
husband, over whoee kiee 1 Was leaning,
and D was rubbbing my halide and
temples with snow.
"There, Mr. Moodie, she s corning -to. I
thought elle was killed. I have seen a men
before now killed by a blow from a horse's
head in the likemanner,' As soon as we
could, we resumed our places in the sleigh ;
but ail enjoyment of our journey, had it been
otherwise puscrible, wee gone.
When we reached Peterborough, Moodie
wiehed tio to remain at the inn alt night, as
we had till eleven miles of our journey to
perform, and that through a blazed forests.
road, little travelled, and very muoh im-
peded by fallen trees and other obstacles ;
bat D— was anxious to get back eg soon
as possible to his own home, end he urged
us very pathetically to proceed.
The moon arose daring our stay at the ion,
and gleamed .upon the straggling frame.
houses which then formed the now populous
and thriving town of Peterborough We
crossed the w.ld, nothing, beautiful 0 tonabee
river by a rude bridge, and soon found our-
selves journeying ever the plains or level
heights beyond the village, which were thin-
Cenadiane, is the result of the same very
We now continued our journey along the
left bank of the river, but when in eight of
Mr. S—'s clearing, a large pine -tree,
which had newly fallen across the narrow
path, brought the teams to a stand -still.
The mighty trunk which had lately form-
ed one of the stately pillars in the sylvan
temple of Nature, was of too large dimen-
The most renowned of our English rivers
"We must try and make the horses jump
dwindle into little muddy rills when con-
over it," said D--. "We may eet an up.
pared with tbe Sublimity of Canadian wilt -
set, but there is no help for it; we must
ere. No language eexpress ar adequately rirveests. enight, and am tuo cold and hungry for
ither make the experiment, or stay here all
the solemn grandeur of tier lake and
scenery ; the glorious islands that float, lite
that—so here mea." He urged his horses
visions from fairy land, upon the bosom f
these azure mirrors of her cloudless skies. Ito leap the log : restraining their ardour for
:a moment as the sleigh mind on the top of
No dreary breadth of marshes covered with
the formidable berrier, but so nicely bal-
flags, hide from our gaze .the expanse of I
• anced, that the, difference of a straw would
heaven -tin ted waters; no foul mud -banks
almost have overturned the heavily -laden
spread heir unwholesome exhale.tio as a rout d.
' vehicle end its helplees inmates. We, how -
The rocky shores are crowned with the
ever, cleared it in safety. He now stopped,
cedar, the birch, the alder, and soft maple,
that dip their long trees in the pure stream
and gave •directions to his brother to lollew
;
t
and from every crevice in the limestone the the same plan hat he had adopted; but
, whether the young man had less coolness,
harebell and Canadian robe wave their
lor the horses in hie team were more diffieult
graceful bloseome.
aim. Ito manage, I cannot tell ; the sleigh, as it
The fieroest droughts of summer may
hung poised upon the top of the log, was
inish the volume and power of these romantic
overturned with a loud crash, and all my
streanin but it never leaves their rocky
household goods and chattels were s'cettered
channels bare, nor checks the mournful
ever the road. •
music of their dancing waves.
Alas, for my crockery and stone china I
Tnrough the openings in the forest, we scarcely one article remained unbroken.
now and then caught the silver gleam of the "Never fret about the china," said Mr.
river tumbling on in moonlight splendour, Moodie; "Mutat God, the man and the
while the hoarse chiding ef the wind in the horses are uninjuried."
lofty pines above us gave a fitting response!
I should have felt more thankful had the
to the melancholy cadence of the waters.
crocks been spared too; for, like most of my
The children had teflon alseep. A deep „x, I had a tender regard for china, and .1
Silence pervaded the patty. Night was knew that no fresh eupply could he obtained
above us with leer mysterious stare. The in this part of the world. Leaving his
ancient forest stretched around us on every beetger to collect the seettered fragments,
side'and a ioreboding sadness sunk upon my proceeded on his journey, We left
heart, Memory was busy with the eve nts the road, and were winding ou•r way over a
of many years. I retraced step by step the steep hill, covered with heaps of brush and
pilgrimage of my past life, until, arriving at fallen timber, an as we reached the top, a
this passage in the sombre history, I gazed light gleamed cheerily from the windows of
through tears upon the singularly savage a log housegand the next moment we were
scene around me, and secretly marvelled, at my brother-in-law's door.
"What brounht ie here ?'' My brotherindaw and his family had re-
" Providenoe, was the answer which the tired to rest, but they instantly rose to re -
soul gmve. "Not for yuur own welfare, oeive the way worn travellers ; and I never
perhaps, bot for the welfare of your childreb, erjoyed more heartily a warm welcome atter
the unerring hand of the Great Father has a tong day of intense fatigue,
than I did that
led you here. You form a connecting link night of my first sojourn in the backwoods.
in the destinies of many. It is impossible
for any human creature to live for himself
alone. It may be your lot to euffer, but
others will reap a benefit 'from your trials.
Look up with confidence to Heaven, and the
situ of hope will yet shed a cheering beam
through the forbidding deptha ofthis tan gled
wilderness."
The road now became so bad tbat Mr.
D— was obliged to dismount, and lead his
•horses through the more intricate passages.
The animals themeelves, weary with their
long j ourimy and heavy load, proceeded at
footfall. Ike moon, t'
oe had deserted ns,
and the °illy leght we had to guldens through
the dim arches of the forest was from the
meow and the stars, which now peered dowse
umon us, through the, ettfless branches of the
trees, with uncommon brilliancy.
"It will be past midnaght before we reach
your brother's clearing" (where we expected
to spend the night), said "1 wish,
Mr. Moodie, we had followed your advice
and staid at Peterborough. How fares it
with you, Mrs. Moodie, and the yoeusg ones?
It is growing cold." s
We were now in the heart of a dark cedar
ewarnp, and my mind was haunted with
visions et wolves and bears; but beyond the
long, wild howl of a military wolf, no other
sound aWoke the sepulohral silence of that
dismal -looking whed.
"Whet it gloomy spot 1" said 1 to my
huaband. "In the old count/7, superstition
would people it with ghosts.'
"Ghoetss 1 There are no ghosts in Cana-
da 1" said Mr. D--. " The country istoo
new kr ghosts. No Canadian is dottrel of
ghosts. It is only tit old countries; like
your'n, that are full of sin and wickedness,
hat people believe in stioh noneense. No
human habitation hat ever been erected in
this wood through which you aro passing.
Crntil a very few years ago, few white per-
sons had ever pealed through ib ; and the
Red Man would not pitch his tent in suoh
place at this. NoW, ghosts, as I understand
the word, are the spirits of bad men, that
are net allovred by Providetce to rest in
their graves, but, for a punishment, are
made to haunt the spote wheke their worst
deedis ate eosnmitted. I don t believe in all
this; but„ supposing it to be true, bad mon
musthave died Isere before their opit ts could
haunt the plaee. IloW, 15 is more than pro
triable that no pereen ever ended his days in
this forest, to that it would be folly to think
TEM OreiTABEE.
Dark, rushing, foaming river 1
I love the solemn sound
That shakes thy shores around,
• And hoarsely murmurs, ever,
. As thy waters onward bound,
• Like a rash, unbridled steed •
Flying madly o0 its course;
That shakes witlftlmndering force
The vale and trembling mead.
SA thy billows downward rweep,
Nor rock nor tree can stay
Their fierce, impetuous way;
Now in eddies whirling deep,
Now in rapids white with sprey.
.7: love thee, lonely river 1
Thy hollow restlees roar,
Thy cedar-girdedt shore;
The rocky isles that se-er
The waves tint round them pour.
Ketchawanookn basks in light,
But thy currents woo the shade
By ehy lofty pine -trees made,
That cast gloom like night,
Ere day's lest glories fade,
Tlay selitary voioe
The same bold anthem sung
When Nature's frame was young,
No longer obeli rtjoiee
The woods Where erst it rung.
Lament, lament, wild river I
A had is on thy. mane§
That will bled thee in a chain
No force of thine can sever.
Thy furiens headlong tide,
In mairmnra soft and low,
Is destined yet to glide
To meet the lake below •
And many it bark shah. ride
Securely on thy breast,
To waft across the main
Rich stores of golden grain
From the valleys of the West.
*Vulgar Canadian for potatOes,
'1- Tho banks of the niver have eiriee been
denuded of trees. The rocks that termed
the falls and rapids blasted out. It is tame
enough now.
*Tile Indian name for one of the many
expansions of this beautiful river,
§Serne idea of the rapidity of this river
may be formed from the foot that hoavy rafts
of timber are floated down from llortiot's
Fit11 is &stance of nine _miles from Peter-
Thie theory Of Mr. p—p had the morn borough, in less than an honr, The ehoree
,
of originality, and1 is nob improbable that ate bact and tocky, and abound in beautiful
She titter diebelief iti eupernateral appear' mad pietureeque views.
=COwkoti is eenainen to mot native.bern ere re Ometiletegn.)
Tile rate of an Inspiration.
A pensive maid sat readirg. "Whet genius
rare 1" elle sighed.
"0, would I were a poet I" she rapturously
oried.
I feel such map/ration 1 Oh, what a
blissful doubt—
Perhaps I am poet, and never found 15 out!"
"I thiuk I'll write a sonnet." So eat her
down to write,
Somehow the fit ideas all took themselves
to flight;
Somehow she really couldn't find anything
to Say,
Although she toiled and streggled through
half a summer's day.
At lett she cried, bewildered o'er various
themes sublime.
"I knowl could write sonnets, if they didn't
have to rhyme I"
She wept, this embryo poet, then marinas
teardrops fell,
"I'll look in my receipt -book, for maybe
that will tell,"
And there she tound
"A RECEIPT FOR A RHYME."
"Take a trifle '„of poetry, is smalb pinch of
prose, •
And a handful of nonsense, as every one
knows;
Then put to simmer, and boll them in
time,—
And when ibis finished you'll have a good
Rhyme."
The damsel was delighted, here was a
perfect guide ;
Now she would write her sonnet; she took
her pen and tried.
She tried, but strange to mention that poem
wouldn't be,—
Before, she had ideas, but minus rhymes
was she;
Now she could rhyme superbly, but all ideas
had fled;
So, useless was her • knowledge. "Blank
verse might do," she said. „
Then with new hope she tried it, but this
result was worse,—
Blank brains and blankr paper, but not one
small blank verse.
"Perhaps," she mused, "in poetry, the same
as making cake,
You have to "use your judgment,"—so I'll
my judgment take;
I've mixed the other items, and now I shall
succeed;
I'll write a lcvely poem." The silentminutes
speed,
The watchful clock keeps ticking, the versos
must be done;
She eyes a spotless paper, with not a line—
not one
The mocking clock ticks gaily, the saucy
•minutes fly,—
Oh 1 can ieich atmiration, such high ambition
d
At last a tearful maiden uplifts her pensive
head :
"I've added all my jUdgment—it's freezing
mild," she said.
"But it is all that's needed ; it leads me to
infer
That I am not a poet; but oh, 1 wiah I
were 1" 4
MORAL
0 would-be bards 1 take warning from thie
fair maiden's fate,
And learn to "use your judgment" before it
is too late ;
Don't try to write at random, with naught
to write ebony,
For if there is to rhyme within, there'll be
no rhyme without. •
She Knew What She Was Fond of
"Madame, 1 have thepleasure of present-
ing to you my friend Mons. T., the famous
chronologist."
Madame (who is a fool)—" I am very
glad to know your friend, my dear M., but
I do not know what a chronologist may be."
Mons. T,—"Oh, madam, nothing danger-
ous, I assure you. A simpel dealerin dates"
Madame (surprised, but still polite)—" I
am so very fond of dates."
Bear's fur and others of long, shaggy
fleece will be faellionable trimmihgs for
winter cloaks.
A new car -brake of great promise has
been invented by Mr. Widdifield, of Ux-
bridge, which, at recent feats on the Lehigh
Valley railroad, stopped the train on each
occasion in apparently as short it distance as
it was eafe to stop it. The invention con -
slats of a composite sleeve caet on to the car -
axle upon which tuo friction pulleys,
thrown into action by an impulse of electric-
ity, wind a chain gear which applies the
brake. The electricity may be stored in
cells or supplied from a dynamo on the au -
gine and carried by an insulated cable along
the train. It is used only to give an impulse,
the momentum of the train supplying the
power that works the brake. The first cost
acid running expenses it is claimed, are
mach less than cif the air brakes now in
WS.
There would seem to be room for scone
discipline in Kingston penitentiary. A
convict esoaped from there the other week
in
is way which argued censurable eareless-
nese on somebody's part. The story goes
that a guard allowed him to go to a shed,
professedly for the purpose of shaving, and
that he then took the opportunity to escape
Surely it is an unusual degree of moulder-.
a.tion for the prieoners to allow them the
nse of dangerous things like razors in that
way. If they mime shave there surely it or
ought to be an effinial whose duty it is to act
the barber. No wonder that judge and
jury, before whom the re -arrested oonviot
was brought, were surprised, and that, the
fornaer ordered a report on the case to be
sent to the Warden of the penitentiary, and
to the Minister of Justice.
One of the last, if not indeed the very last
link connecting the present generation of
Scotch people with that in which Robert
turns lived, was recently broken by the
death of a Mrs, Gilchrist, of Edinburgh, at the
ago of ninety-eight. Her maiden name
was Martha Brown and she was is native of
Kilmarnock, She hid a distinct recollec-
tion of a eight she once had of the great
poet. She was between four and five
years old at the time, and happened to am
company her mother to the house of a rela-
tive Who lived on Nelson street, Kilmarnock.
Burns was visiting some Mende it few doors
off, and when he left every bedy crowded
out to see h1,—little Martha Brown among
the rest. Re wore a Tam 0"Shanter bonnet
and looked like a well-to-do farmer, and
Martha, though a child, was impressed by
his tall and sturdy form, his swarthy cow.
plexion, and kindly expression. Ile did not
exchange greetings with anyone, but pro.
coaled down the area, followed by the re,
seectful gen of the drew& Mrs. Gilehret
had alto triany interesting teminitteeteect of
some of Burns' noted contemporariee,
among othere of flame of tho clergymen kn.
mortalfrad itt "Tho Two Herds" Mid "The
Itely Pair,"
XISCELLAXEOW,
Young Doctor—They don't bleed people
nowadeys the they did 20 years ego, do they,
Professor 1 Peofesser—Net with the lanoet.
Solna of the new long °leaks for midwinter
wear have yokes as Wat as bads of fur
down the front and around the long, flowing
sleeves,
Mr. Minn intends to utilise the pond of
water which now eepareres his leboratory
hfrooum:sis new phonograph faototy. Tie will
build sm
a all terry -boat to he run by elec-
tricity, and it will be run beck and forth
from the laboratory to the factory every half
An Eugliehroan has invented an eleetrut
gun. There ie a emelt storage buttery fixed
in the stock, from which is current strong
enough to explode the cartridge is man-
municated. It is said that one charging
of the cell will explode five thousand oars -
ridges
A lady who was one ole party cf tourists
making the tumult of Pike's Peak, lest week,
was struek 'by lightning while standing at
the door of the signal k ervioa station on the
very top of the mountain. Thai is the first
instenoe known in the State of an eleotrioal
dieturbance occurring above the clouds.
In France a very practical use of photo-
graphy hes recently been made. Several per.
sone were imprieonen by the caving in a a
wall. A hole was bored, and cloven this it
tube with a camera was slid. Tne phone -
graph showed the laces of some of the dead
men, and demonstrated the uselessness of
efforts at rescue.
-A new bullet proposed for the English
army is of an unusually small calibre, and
is encased in an outer sheet of Rieke', which
increases its power of penetration. It is
used with a rifle of greater thicknese of bar-
rel, in which a heavier charge theta usual
can be fired. Several hundreds of the riflea
have been made for experimental use.
A swiss inventor has perfected a method
of making artificial boards and is advocating
their use in building. They are made of a
mixture of plaster of paris and reeds pressed
into shape by hydraulic presses. The
material has the advantage of incombuetio
lenityand lig,httess and will resist the
warping action of atmospheric charges.
In Carlisle Eem, tall factory chimneys
are being utilised as sewer ventilators with
good results, twenty-nine now being used.
The velocity of the rising air has been meas-
ured by Surveyor Mekie, and it is fouud to
be 1,202 feet a minute in ordinary weather.
141:actice seems to meet with general appro.
11e, owners of the factories snake no objec-
ion to this use of their chimneys, and the
pr
An endless railway train, consisting of
400 platform cars, is to be one of the at-
tractions at the Paris Exhibition. The line
wilt be sunk so that the pl Weems will been
a level with the surface, and the train will
ran slowly enough to permit moist people to
step on and off while it is in motion; but
for the accommodation of elderly people a
stop of fifteen eeeonds every minute will be
made. The motive power will be electri-
ity.
The fitting up of coast deknse guns with
devices for finding positions is now beirm
agitated in England. The cost is estimated
to be about $250 a gun. By means of this
invention, an offioer located in any promin-
entmosition is able by electrical wires to
strike a ship which may be invieible from
She battery itself. Major Watkin's "posi-
tion finder has been adopted by the British
Government, ana he has received an award
of $125,00) tor the invention, and is also to
be psed is royelty of $5,000 a year for the
next ten years. •
The first session of the fiftieth Congress of
She 'United Stetes closed last Saturday. The
vession, thanks mainly to the fisheries, tariff
arid retaliation discussions, was the lowest
on record, having lasted no less than 321
days, or within eix weeks of a whole year,
Sandeays being included in the enumeration
of days. No wonder that, Congrasmen have
to be paid. If such sessions are maintained
they will want good substantial incomes to
iclemnify them not only for their services to
the country but for injury to their busi-
nesses. Either that, or the standing of re-
presentatives and senetors will seriously fall
off.
There is an old custom still Widely prev-
alent in Brittany' that immediately after the
ptiest has wedded a couple the briciegrbora
slaps the bride in the face saying, "This ie
how you will fare if you make me angry ;"
and then kissing her say, " And this ie how
you will fare if you treat me well." Not
long ago a young Breton married a German
girl, and after the ceremony gave her the
time-honored slap. She didn't understand
it at alle and returned the stroke with inter-
est, saying, "Look here, I don't approve
of such ehavior." Thereupon the husband
proceeded with the second part of the erne-
mony with such fervor that the angry bride
was entirely satisfied.
To indulge in kissing without due warrant
from the kisser may be innocent enough as
an amusement, or it may not; but gone
London (Eugland) magistrates are bent upon
making it an expensive one. A lawyer's
clerk was recently fined for kissing a
waitress against her will. He VMS perhaps
one of those young men who labour under
the delneion that almost every young wo-
man, and espeeielly every young woman who
earns wages, needs only to be asked and he
will bestow the honey of her lips upon any-
thing mete shaped if so be that it is not poei-
tivelw grotesque. We have them in Toronto
here : —Mashers, lady-killers, who ogle the
girls in the restaurants, and evidently con-
ceive of themselves as perfectly irresistible.
It is is pity some of those fine bunk could
not be fined on the accesation of some di
these girls, for annoying behaviour.
The recent meeting of tbe world s confer-
ence of Young Men's Christian Assooiations
in S tockholm had the largest number of deleg
atee ever present at any conference of the
kind. The progress of the Y. M. C. A.
movement is one of the most remarkable
characteristics of the present age. Mons.
ands of Associations are being formed every
year, The Menses° in Europe alone during
the last four years has been 40 per eent,
and in other quarters the progress has been
not less remerkable. Mr. George Willies:nee
of Loudon, who is regarded as the father of
Young Men's Christian Association work
was present at the meeting in Stoekholm
atid delivered an address, It must have
been an occasion of special gee tigoation and
thankfulness to him that he had been sp-ired
to see the enterprise assume such large and
influettial dimensione. It is to be hoped
that tho work will go on with ever in-
oreeeing effi3ieucy and it will be as Noma to
remetnher that the young woinen need
ahnost itt nutch atvention as the young men,
and that little effort has been put forth
for their ecenfort and improvement. No•
body would say that too much beti been
done for the brie etx, but surely i,n diet cage
too little ha o been done for the other. There
are, it may be conceded, peculiar difEenitiee ,
conimeted with the or.ganisation and work.
ing of yoeng wornetts Gititd but net of
welt
it kind that zsei, etmegy ata Claticeliso
witidotet eauld not fetteeesfully overcome.
trained Relations.
Loeusione Oct. 27.—The relations betvveen
She German and Englise eourts have latterly
become something MOM than strained, and
bath the Iranperor end Prime Bitunarck helm
becoase furious againet tide eountry, which
will clouhtlese before long have excellent
reasons f or at plertug the blundering fatuities
of our royalties in their eeellogs with the
Kaiser. It will be 14 eurpriee if the Panper-
or's visit to Bane dues not Med to s, °canon
between this couutry and Italy. 2riiperor
WI/tient does ectt dieguise hia hostility to
England and particularly towercls bis Bog -
Hob relatisuse amd be did not respond wish
any cordiality to the Austrian Emperor's
oiler to bring About a roaoucilietioe bet iveen
hina and the Prince of Wales.
TUE reewsee B.F.OEPTIoX.
The cordial reception given the Emperor
by the Italians could hardly be takma as is
personal compliment to himself, as they knew
nothing about him, lt was is political de-
monstration against France and in favour of
She Triple alliance, vvluoh is deaigned to
keep France in order.
THE EMPEROR'S GIFTS.
The Emperor's tour in Austria and Italy
will cost not less than $200,000. The amount
which he has given away to the servants of
the sovereigns whom he visite is something
fabulous, and his prosente of various loinda
lost a frightful sum, The Emperor took with
him from Berlin 80 diamond rings, 153 silver
stars, 50 scan t pins, all richly jewelled; 30
diamlend bracelets, six splendid presentation
swords, 30 large photographs of himself with
She Empress and their children, all in gold
frames ; 30 gold watches with chains, 100
cigar cases with the Imperial some and mono-
gram in gold, and 30 stars in diamonds of
the order of the Black aud Red Eagle.
An Artist's Ready
Even a severe criticism.may be disarmed
of its severity by a happy answer that
changes its meaning, and it is DO less for-
tunate to be able to turn a good natured
one. Sir John Watson Gordon'who ultim-
ately became president of the Royal Scot-
tish Academy, need to tell this story of
Lercl Palmerston:
"1 had exhibited for several years, but
without any particular success. One year,
however, Lord Pelmerston "took a sudden
fancy to my picture celled 'Summer in the
Lewlands, and bought it at a high price.
His lordship at the saane time • made inqui-
ries after the artist and invited me to call
upon him. I waited upon lim accordingly
He complimented me upon the picture, but
said there was une thing about it he could
not understand.
"What is that, my lord ?" I asked.
"That there should be such long grass in
a field where there are so many sheep," said
his lordship promptly and with a nv rry
twinkle of the eye. It was a decided it,
and having boughs the picture and paid for
it he was entitled to his joke. "How do
you Demount for it ?" he went on, smiling,
amid looking first at the picture and then at
me.
"Those sheep, my lord," 'replied, "were
only turned into that field the night before
I finished the picture."
"His lordship laughed heartily and said
'Bravo I' at my reply and gave me a com-
mission for two more pictures, and I have
cashed since then some very notable checks
of his, dear, old boy 1"
How Heelers 'Wort
The atmosphere has got to be very frigid
when Collingwood Sshrieber gets lefe
few days emo—during his late tour of inspec-
eion—Mr. Sehrieber had occasion to go over
one of the branch lines a the Intercolonial
in Nova Scotia. Everything appeared to be
moving along swimmingly. The section
men were working like beavers, the per.
spiration rolling from every pore, and
everybody appeared to be earning his
salary. Mr. Schrieber smiled patronizingly,
professed to be greatly pleased, and moved
along. Three miles from where the section
gang were labouring so hard, he ordered his
train to be stepped, and then to be backed
down two miles. This was done, and then
Mr, S. got out and walked the remainder of
the distance. When he reached the spot
where the men had been perspiring a few
minutees before, there was not the slightest
sign of life to be seen—everything was as
still as the grave. The section f veman
was sent for and his time book examined,
when it was found that full time had been
given all the men for the day. Not being
able to give satisfactory answers, the track -
!nester was summoned. His explanations
were also so nnsatiefectory that Mr. Schrie-
bet ordered the dismissal of the whole batch
of men.
It Was A Tin Weddine.
Dadoke—" I say, chappy, didn't you
think the bride and groom looked splendid
last night 1"
Jack—" Well, now your talking 1 I
thought it as pretty a tin wedding as I ever
saw."
Dadely—"Er tin wedding, I can't see the
point.4
Jack—i4 Why, yes. 'sift she an heiress,
and he all butt penniless?"
Dadely—" I berieve that is the way it
stands, but where does the tin part of it
come in ?"
—"I:Casale it all, man, are you blierl ?
He married her for her 'tin,' don't yott seo ? '
Dadely—" 0-h, y -e -s ! Ha 1 ha 1"
An Every -Day Matter.
finks—"What was the matter at your
house last night ?" '
Blieks—e° Matter ?"
'Yee ; something unusual going en,
w143"contract?'1' know of."
Eh ? Why, as I passed your house I
heard
it WE)111411'S voice yelling, Brute 1
monster !etc., and a voice that souteled like
yours shouting back' 'Old hen 1 old fool 1'
and I don't know what all, and then there
was it great banging of furniture, and
pretty soon a broomstick °ems through the
window. Wasn't that something unusual,
003210, now ?''
"No, nothing unurstal."
What he Got.
Phwe,t's the matter, Pat ? It's not cheer-
ful ye air, et all at tilh"
"Perth, to I It's donee to the cattle foire
as the pig an' meself have 'walked, minty
moile enrit's mighty. totted oi arm'
"Gets She first prome, I hope 24
•ti,/sce,s,
‘ to "
o oo d wn an' bank, alleyway."
A ndid 'is ye get annything 1"
° tgo re, yis 1 The playertreew the pigei
Mtid be Iteoallod.
The'4 St. James' Gezette ",mabitaine that
Lord Melte/Ile epaulet Metall et Waihieg.
ten. It says he ehotild have known better
than to watt bite it net epread before Ids
eyes,