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 I IL J HfVii U3EFIJI, (( ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH." ;eriip e. I' *»^«« more t., ' 3 Saik oae or .« em into a onln, j-®°'« solution ott'i-^P*' aid-be intruderâ„¢ ' nhaa »howttthatfi. notintefC^'b- ^g-e. and othe7'c„Sd nee a 8 ice of tongue b »-mUk has been recom. ^° paper IfonequSt be mixed with a gVon 'tilitietheoonaifterS B, we are told, a chft»« r farm-buildings';^? wnen the mixture ia a for cast-iron water- 'aideration is a paint â- ^"T\P' ""'" me. Joiled hnseed-Qii No JO turpentine. Clean ff old rust. Mix the 1, so that it will easily 1. Give the tank one ihoroughly for several other coat and let it hen the tank will be oald laat many years lUSt. sulating material, des- ue Indtistridle, has jost composed of one part two parts burnt plaster r being pare ffypiom erature and planed m when hot is a faoao- ' and can be app'isi n-oalds. It is ainb.7- 3 the insulating propsr- m be turned and pol- e is its endurance of ture without isjuring ies. Urge pieces of steel ought iron should be II to hold one or two h sufficient room all with the case-harden- may he leather scrap, orn-shavings, slightly d. which may be mix- itity of pulverized char- 3 to be case-hardened not to touch each other ron cover on the box Heat gradually in a keep at an even tern- J to four hours, raise red daring the last cover and take out ,ge endwise verticiUy ;empsrature two per icii in the water im- qjiUties and gives the )lour. cation of the principle lachine, but in a highly- perfRCtion, has oeen 5. MacCoy, in conjuno- lat is termed a pneuma- ousista of a rapidly re- p^orking within a small y by impact through a d uir the working chiesl „e. The tool is held in jman, and is connected ply of air under pres- aud acoppsd instantly I a tool with a cylinder diameter and working to.i-v pounds psr square rate of fifteen thousand In fact so rapidly are that the noise of work- nor is that noise by A demonstration ot ol was fiivsn soma time ure works of Me»i" London, Eag. where od were suocessfnlly Ugh Mr. MacJoydoes ,plicable to wood M to lie is readily handled. izes, and is adapted for ^f^tjneand metal. »nd boilers and "on^^' lerable use in Amem N as a useful labonr a h'gh finwo " ied jiving e^weUbuat and band- here it IS not Pi«»^ Sharp. ang-T ^°^ aem.frommor^« 2 nee ia as contaRW" loretobedreaaedui .ildren catch It. ^d^^ arable disease. AW ,r within hearing o»° 'and windows are 0^ ^*^-.rfnd -c^lS. i'^n'rdf it sigbfc jrould it r**^ ' J ;- I CHAPTER XIII.â€" The Wildebnbss and OuB Indian Friends. ^an of strange race I stem dweller of the wild! Vdt'jre's free-bom, untamed, and darine child 1 The clouds of the preceding night, instead of dissolving in snow, brought on a rapid thaw. A thaw in the middle of winter is the most disagreeable change that can be ima- gined. After several weeks of clear, bright, tracing, frosty weather, with a serene atmos- phere and cloudless sky, you awake one morn- ing surprised at the change in the tempera- tnre and, upon looking cut of tbe window, behold the woods obscured by a murky haze â€"not so dense as an Eaglish Novemoer foj?, bnt more black and lowering â€" and the heav- ens shrouded in a uniform covering of leaden-coloured clouds, deepenins; into a livid indigo at the edge of the honzin. The 3now, no longer hard and glittering, Uas become soft and spongy, and the foot Elips into a wet and insidiously-yielding mass at every step. From the roof pours down a continuous stream of water, and the brcbuches of the trees, collecting the moisture of the recKing atmosphere, shower it upon the earth from every dripping twig. The cheer- less and uncomfortable aspect of things with- out never fails to produce a corresponding effect upon the minds of those within, and c:i3ts such a damp upon the spirits that it appaars to destroy for a time all sense of en- joyment. Many persons (and myself among the number) are made aware of the approacu of a thunderstorm by an intense pain and weight about the head and I have heard numbers of 'Janadians complain that a thaw always made them feci bilious and heavy, and greoitly depressed their animal spirits. I had a great desire, to visit our new loca tion, but when I looked out upon a cheerless watte, I gave up the idea, and coiktented myaeif with hoping for a better day on the morrotv but many morrows cable and went before a froBt again hardened the read suffi-- cisntly for me to make the attempt. The prospect from the windows of my sister's log hut was not very prepossessing. The email lake in front, which formed such a pretty object in summer, now looked like ac extensive field covered with snow, hem- med in from the rest of the world by a dark I of sombre pine- woods. The clearing round the house was very small, and only juit reclaimed from the wilderness, and the greater part of it covered with piles of brushwood, to be burnt the first dry day of spring. The charred and blackened stumps on the few acres that bad been cleared dur- ing the preceding year were everything but picturesque and I concluded, as I turned, disgusted, from the prospect before me, that there was very little beauty to be found in j sturdy backwoodsman never dreads an en- the backwoods. But I came to this decision emy in the element that he is used to regard during a Canadian thaw, be it remembered. d -ead of want. Our legacy [of £7000 had atforded na means to purchase land, build our boose, and ^ve out a large portion of land to be cleared, and, with a considerable â- um ot money atill on hand, our prospects for the future were in no way discouraging. When we reached the top of the ridge that overlooked onr cot, my sister stopped, and pointed out a log-honse amon the trees. "There, S ,» she said, " ia your house. When that black cedar swamp ia cleared away, that now hides tbe lake from us, you wiUimTe a very pretty view." My conver- sation with her had quite altered the aspect of the country, and predisposed me to view things in the most favorable light. I found Moodie and Monaghan employed in piling up heaps of bush near the house, which they intended to burn off by hand, previous to firing the rest of the fallow, to prevent any risk to the building from fire. The house was made of cedar logs, and preaented a anperior air of comfort to most dwellings of of the same kind. The dimensions were jhirty-six feet in length, and thirty-two feet in breadih, wbi^h gave ua a nice parlor, a kitchen, and two sm*!! bedrooms, which were divided by plank partitions. Pantry or store-room there was none some rough shelves in the kitcher, and a deal cupboard in one corner of the parlor, being the extent of our accommodations in that way. Our servant, Mary Tate, was busy scrub bing out the parlour and bedrLom but the kitchen, and the sleeping-room off it, were still knee- deep, in chips, and filled with the cafpentar's bench and tools, and all our lug- gage. Such as it was, it was a palace when compared to Old Satan's log hut, or the mis- erable cabin we had win*^ered in during the severe winter of 1833, and I regarded it with complacency as my future home. While we were standing outside the building conversing with my husband, a young gentleman, of the name of Morgan, who had lately purchased land in that vicin- ity, went into the kitcken to light his pipe at the stove, and with true, backwood care- lessness, let the hot cinder fall among the dry chips that strewed the floor. A few minutes after the whola mass was in a blaze, and it was not without great difficulty that Moodie and Mr. R succeeded in putting out the fire. Thus were we nearly deprived of our home before we had taken up our abode in it. The indifference to the danger of fire in a country where most of the dwellings are composed of inflammable materials is truly astonishing. Accustomed to see enormous fires, blazing on every hearth stone, and to Elsep in|; front of these fires, his bedding often riddled with holes made by hot parti- cles of wood flying out during the night, and igniting beneath his very nose, the when one is wont to view every object with jaundiced eyes. Moodie had only been able to secure sixty- six acres of his government grant upon the Upper Katchawanook Lake, which, being in- terpreted, means in Erglish, the " Lake of the Waterfalls," a very poetical meaning, which most Indian names have. He had, how- ever, secured a clergy reservefof two hundred acres adjoining and he afterwards purchas- ed a fine lot, which likewise formed part of the same block, one hundred acres, for £150.* This was an enormously high price for wild land but the prospect of opening the Trent and OConabee for tbe navigation of steam- boats and other small craft, wa3 at that per- iod a favorite speculation, and its practica- bility, and the great advantages to be deriv- ed from it, were so widely believed as to raise the value of the wild lauds alons; these remot? waters to an enormous price and seftlers in the vicinity were eager to secure lot3, at any sacrifice, aloog their shores. Our government grant was upon the lake sbore, and Moodie had chosen for the site of his log house a bank that sloped gradually from the edge of the water, until it attained to the dignity of a hiil. Along the top of tliis ridge, tbe forest road ran, and midway down the hill, our humble home, already nearly completed, stood, surrouaded riy the eternal forest. A few trcea had been clec.reu ia its immediate vicinity just sufficient to iiio'.r the workmen to proceed, and to pre- vent the fall of any tree injuring the building, or the danger of its taking fire during the process of iurning the fallow. A neighbour had undertaken to build this tudc dwelling by contract, and was to have it ready for us by the first week in the new year. The want of boards to make the di- vioiocs in the apartments alcne hindered kiin from fulfilling his contract. These had lately been procurnd. and the house was to lie ready for our reception in the course of a week. Our trunks and baggage had already teen conveyed thither by Mr. D and, in 'pite of my sister's kindness and hospitality, I longed to find myself once more settled in borne of my own. The day after my arrival, I was agreeably 'arprieed by a visit from Monaghan, whom hoodie had once more taken into his ser- ^ica. The poor fellow was delighted thai ^is nurse-child, as he always called little Kitie, had not forgotten him, but evinced Ae moat lively satisfaction at the sight of oer dark friend. Eirly every morning, Moodie went off to â- 'fee house and the first fine day, my sister ^adercook to escort me through the wood to 'aspect it. The proposal was joyfoully ac- =«P'3d; and although I felt rvQif timid when iound myself with only my female compan- 'jn in the vast forest, I kept my fears to â- myself, lest I should be laughed at. Tbe snow had been so greatly decreased '-^ the late thaw, that it had been converted ""'3 a coating of ice, which afforded a dan- ?wous and slippery footing. My sister, who "•d resided for nearly twelve months in the *ood3, was provided for her walk with In- "»a moooasins, which rendered her quite ^^lependent; but I stumbled at every step. ^â- le sun shone brightly, the air was clesur and ^^'gorating, and, in spite of the treacherous 5^!anl and my foolish fears, I greatly enjoy- ^oy first walk in the woods. Naiorally ' » cheerful, hopeful disposition, my sister !*" er.thusiastic =- -â€" -^-s--*---- -* *k« .â€" au.» in her "admiration of the *«aa. She drew such a Uvely picture of charms of a summer reeidencein the for- that I began to feel greatly interested MI descriptions, and to rejoice [that wa, 3 ^ere to be her near neighbeiirs and ^circumstance not a little reconciled mti *5 change. i^opiag that my husband would derive an r»n»a equii to the one he had parted with I ,. we investment of the price of his oom- I °n in the ateam boat atook, I felt no as his best friend. Yet what awful acci- dents, what ruinous calamities arise out of this criminal negligence, both to himself and others I A few days after this adventure, we bade adieu to my sister, and took possession of our new dwelling, and commenced "a life in the woods." The first spiiog we spent in comparative ease and idleness. Our cowi^ had been left upon our old place during the winter. The ground had to be cleared before it could re- ceive a crop of any kind, and I had little|to do but to wander by the lake shore, or among the woods, and amuse myself. These were the halcyon days of the hush. My husband had purc!iased a very light cedar canoo, to which he attached akeel and a sail and most of oui*' leisure hours, dir- ectly the snows melted, were spent upon the water. These fishing and shooting excursions were delightful. The pure bbauty of the Cana- dian water, the sombre but august grandeur of the vast forest that hemmed us in on every side and shut us out from the rest of the world, soon cast a magic spell upon our spirits, and we began to feel charmed with tiie ireedcm and solitude around us. Every object was new to us. We felt as if we were chi first discoverers of every beautiful fl3wer and stately tree that attracted our attention and we gave names to fantastic rocks and fairy isles, and raised imagirary houses and bridges on every picturesque spot v/hich we floated past during our aquatic excursions. I learned the use of tte paddle, and became quite a proficient in the gentle craft. It was not long before we received visito from the Indians, a people whose beauty, talents, and good qualities have been some what overrated, and invested with a'poetical interest which tboy scarcely'deserve. Their honesty and love of truth are the finest traits in characters otherwise dark and unlovely. Bnt these are two God-like attributes, and from chem spring all that is generous and ennobling aijout them. Thez o never waa a people more aensible of kindness, or more grateful for any little act of beaevolence exercised towarda them. We met them with oonfidence our dealin£'a with them were condacted with the strictest int?grity and they became attached to our persons, and in no single instance ever de- stroyed the good opinion we entertained of them. The tribes that occupy the shores of all these inland waters, back of the great lakes, belong to the Chippewa or Miasasagua In- dians, perhaps the least attractive of all the wild people, both with regard to their physical and mental endowment. The men of this tribe are generally small of stature, with very coarse and repulsive features. The forehead is low and retreat- ing, the cbser^ing facnlties large, the in- tellectual ones scarcely developed the ears large, and standinf{ off from the face the eyes looking towards the temples, fceen, snake-like, and far apart tbe cheek bones prominent, toe nose long and flat, the nos- trils vary ronnd the jaw-bone projecting, massive, uid bratal the month expressing feiooity and sullen determination the teeth large, even, and dazzUngly white. The mojath of the female differs widely in ex pre^aicm from that of the mal^ the lips are fnlle^i *e jaw less JirtjecMng, and the smile isompla a^ agreeable. Tfan women are a merry, Ifght-hc^irted s^ and .*heff constwit li^nghand inoessa^ poi^ttie form a etrange contrast to the iron faciturjp«ty^ ot their grim lords.' "â- -â- â- 'â-  ' " " Nov I am upon 4b»ail6)ec*^ I will recaplt- xHoJx, a Ifw traita and akotohes of ^heae peo pie, aq ^y oapfw nof^ »I' *?» » iun^diate J^ryeedte-a1r«likp,iikirarfrDn; hehonae l»y the lake ah«», had been tiieir n^ -al pKe» of encampment for many years. The whole block o! land waa almoas entirely oovsrcd Scarcely a week passed away witont my beingvisitedby thedark strangers; and as my husband never allowed them to eat with the servants (who viewed them with the sama horror that Mrs. did black MoUinean^), but brought them to his o%d table, they soon grew friendly and communicative, and would point to every object that attracted their attention, asking a thousand questions as to its use. the material of which icl|i« made, and if we were inclined to exchange for their commodities With a large map of Canada they were in- finitely delighted. In a moment they re- cotrnised every^y and headland in Ontario, and almost e^eamed with d^ght when, following the course of the Treat wish their fingers, they came to their own lake. How eagerly each pointed out the spot to his fellows how intently their black beads weire bent down and their daik eyes fiiei upon the map What strange uncouth ex- clamations o! surprise burst from their lipa as they rapidly repeated the Indian names of every lake and river on this wonderful piece of paper The old chief Peter Nogan begged hard for the covetad treasure He would give "Canoe, venison, duck, fija, for it; aud more byand-by." I felt sorry that I was unable to gratify his wishes but the map had cost upwards of six dollars, and waa daily consulted by my husband, in reference to the name and situations of localities in the neighbour- hood. I had in my posseasion a curious Japanese sword, which had been given to me by an uncle of Tom Wilson's â€" a strange (^f c to a young lady but it waa on account of its curiosity, and had no reference to my war- like propansities. Ths sword was broad, and tbree-aided in the blade, and in shape resembled a moving snake. The hilt was form ad of a hideous carved image of one of their war gods and a more villianous- looking wr«tch was never co' oeived by the most distorted imagination. He was represented in a silting attitude, tie eagle's claws, that formed his hands, resting upon bis knees his legs terminated in lion's paws and hi^ face was a strange compound of beait and bird â€" tbe upper part of his person being covered with feathers, the lower with long, shaggy hair. The case of this awful weapon was made of wood, and, in spite of its serpentine form, fitted it exactly. No trace of a join could be found in the scabbard, whicli waa of hard wood, and highly polish- ed. One of my Indian friends found this sword lying upon the bookshelf, and he hurried to communicate the important dis- covery to his companions. Moodie was absent, and they brought it to me to demand an explanation of the finire that formed the hUt. I told them that it was a weapon that belonged to a very fierce people who lived intheE^sj, far over the Great Salt Lake that they were not Christians as we were, but said their prayers to images made of silver, and gold, and ivory, and wood, and that tbb was one of them that before they v/ent into battle they said their prayers to that hideous thing, which they had made with their osm bands. Tbe Indians were highly amused by this reldtiou and passed the sword from one to the other, exclaiming, "A god â€" 0vgh â€" A godl" But, in spite of these outward demon- strations of contempt, I was sorry to per- ceive that this circumstance gave the weapon a great value in their eyes, and they regard- ed it with a sort of mysterious awe. For several days they continued \,o visit tbe house, bringing along with them ssme fresh companion to look at Mrs. Moodie's god â€" until, vexed and annoyed by the delight they manifested at the sight of the eagle-beaked monster, I refused to gratify their curiosity, by not producing him again. The mT.nufacture of the sheath, which had caused me much perplexity, was ex plained by old Peter in a minute. " 'Tis burnt 0U9," ho said. " Instrvment made like sword â€" beat red hot â€" burnt through â€" polished outside." Had I demanded a whola flset of canoes for my Japanese sword, I am certain they would have agreed to the bargain. The Indian possesses great taste, which is displayed in the carving of hia paddles, in the shape of his canoes, in the elegance and symmetry of his bows, in the cat of his leggings and moccasins, the sheath of his hunting knife, and in all the littte orna- ments in which he delights. It is almost impossible for a settler to imitate to perfec- tion an Indian's cherry-wood pad(He. My hoaband made very creditable attempts, but still there was something wantii^ â€" the elegance of the Indian finish was net there. If yon show them a irood print, they Invari- ably point out the most natural, and the best executed figures in the group. ' They are particularly delighted with pictures, exunine them long and carefully, and seem to feel an artist-like pleasure in observing the effect produced by light and shade. I had been suowing John Nogan, tfie eld- est son of old Peter, some beautitul coloured engavinga of celebrated females and, to my astonishment, he pounced upon the best, and grunted out his admiiatioa in the moat approved Indian fashion. After having looked for a long time at all the lectures very attentively, he took his dog Sancho upon his knee, and showed him the p-etoraa with aa much gravity as if the anima^realfy could have shared in his pleasure. The vanity of these grave men is highly amusing. They aeem perfectly nnconscioas oi it themselves, and it ia exhibited in the most child-like manner. Peter and hia son John were taking toa Ms free behind the chief; And, deemed himself haadsoma I am inclined to think that their ideas of personal beauty differ very widely from ours. Tom Nogan, the chief's brother, had a very large, fa», ugly equaw for his wife. She was a mountain of tawny flesh and, but for the innooent, good-natured expres- sion which, like a bright sunbeam penetrating a swarthy cloud »pr«ad all around a kindly glow, she might have been termed hideous. Thia woman tfaey considered vcry hand- some, calling her "a fine sqaawâ€" clever aqoaw â€" a much good woman ' though in wnat her snperiority consisted, I could nev«r discover, often as I visited the wigwam. She was very dirty, and appeared quite indiffer- ent to the claims of common decency (in the di^osal of the few filthy rags that covered 'her). She was. however, v»ry expert in all Indian craft. No Jew could drive a better bargain than Mrs. Tom and her urchins, of whom she was the happy mother of five or six. Were as cunning and avaricious as her- self. • One day she visited me, bringing along with her a very pretty basket for sale. 1 asked her what she wanted tor it, but could obtain from her no satisfactory answer. I showed her a small piece of silver. She shook her head. I tempted her with pork and flour, but s-'-e required neither. I had just given up the idea of dealing with her in despair, when suddenly she seized upon me, and, lifting up my gown, pointed ex- ultantly to my quilted patticoat, clapping her hands, and laughing immoderately. Another time she led me all over the house, to BhoW me what she wanted in ex- change for bcuket. My patience was well nigh exhausted in following her from place to place, in her attempt to discover the coveted article, when hanging upon a peg in my chamber, she espied a pair ot trousers belonging to ray husband's logging-suit. Tbe riddle was solved. With a joyful cry she pointed to them, exclaiming "Take basket. Give them I" It was with no small diffi- culty that I rescned the indispensables from her grasp. From this woman I learned a story of Indian coolness and courage which made a deep impression on my mind. One of their £quaws, a near relation of her own, had ac- companied her husband on a hunting ex- pedition intb the forest. He bad been very successful, and having killed more deer than they could well carry home, he went to the house oi a white man to dispose of some of it, leaving the equaw to take care of the rest until his return. She sat carelessly upon the log with bis hunting-knife in her hand, when she beard the breaking of branches near her, and, turning round, beheld a great bear only a fe v paces from her. It was too late to retreat and seeing that the animal was very hungry, and determined to come to close quarters, she rose, and placed her back against a small tree, holding her knife close to her breast, and in a straight line with the bear. The shasgy monster came on. She remained motion- less, her eyes steadily fixed upon her enemy, and, as hia huge arms closed around her. she slowly drove the knife into hi^ heart. The bear uttered a hideous cry. and sunk dead at her feet. When the Indian returned, he found the conragecus woman taking the skin from the carcass of the formidable brute. What iron nerves these people must possess, when even a woman oould dare and do a deed like this The wolf they, hold in great contempt, and scarcely deign to consider him as an enemy. Peter Nogan assured me thnt he never was near enough to one in his life to sboot it that, except in large companies, and when greatly pressed by hunger, they rarely attacked men. They hold the lynx, or wolverine, in much dread, as they often spring from trees upon their prey, fastening upon the throat with their sharp teeth and .claws, from which a person in the dark could scarcely free himself without first receiving a dangerous wound. The cry of this animal ia very terrifying, resembling the shrieks of a hum-in creature in mortal agony. (to bb continued.) with ns, when we were joined by my brother, Mr. Sâ€" â€" The latter was giving us an acaonnt o^e marriage of Peter Jones, the celebrated Indian preacher. " I cannot chink," he said " how any lady of property and education could marry such a man as Jones. Why, hs's as ugly as Peur here." This was said, not with any idea of jn- stdiang the redskin on the! score of hia beauty, of which he possessed not the amall- esc particle, bat in total f oigetfnlnitt t%kt our gneat oaderatood EngK^ Kev#r ahul I fo^^ tiM ndiaah at thakfiene^iaak eaa, aa iiiiiartd vpoa mjmaoa^i^i^ni. bt6ma0t ma^ ham l aeel ve d iiMb-a l e r j rg MBce for aU the wealth that Peter Jones obtained with hia Saxon bride. John Nogaa waa highly vnmai by hia f atber^ iadignaUon. The Old Lad/'s Mistake- A worthy old lady from the West, whose life-long habit it had been to shou'der all the world's burdens, and who never considered herself in any matter, cama on a visit to town lately. She enjoyed shopping in the large stores, and liked to go alone, so that she could surprise some of her numerous young relatives with an .appropriate gift on her return. But one day the good soul re- tamed empty-handed and heavy-hearted. Her friends had never seen her look, so un- comfortable. All gathered about her to find oat what was the matter, when she began an expltmation of her trouble with â€" ** I wish 1 coald mind my own business. Oh if I had not meddled I Oh dear 1 How shall I ever be able to hold my head up again But, then, this is a big oity, and everybody didn't see it." " See it Why, what have yon done " " Well, I suppose I may as well tell yon. Perhaps it will make me feel bettor. I bad been looking at some cloaks at one of the stores, and had about decided, to buy one for Annie â€" oh, it was a beauty â€" when I thought, now, perhaps she would like that handsome black silk better,' so I went back to look once more at the silk counter. But the cloak was fixed in my mind, and I couldn't give il up, so I strayed once more among the cloaks. One of the dnmmiea had been tilted up against the connter in such a way that the least touch would send the whole machine on the floor, and all those beantifnl clothes on it would get dusty so aa it waa an easy matter to straighten it up, I jnst took it by the waist and lifted it in- to position again when, oh, dear 1 1 can't tell the restâ€" it's too dreadful ' " Oh, so on I What happened Did yon tear some of its expensive finery " " No, nothing of ttiat kind, bat it was a Uve wonian, and the look she gave me I ahall never forget if |I live to be as old as Methnsulah P After the burst of nncontrollable laughter tiiatftfllowed this oonfeaaion waa over, one of the luecea said "TeUuithe rest What did yon do next?" " rf elt fwnt and stammered, "Oh, etanae nH^I'^baif IdMiIdnt tell her I had mistsften kerfar a dikmim; and I wriked away whb- oat baying anytunc or oaring for anything^ *«ttoM|o*.«aii|bV* ^.^. FaaUoa rote^large ehcqoea iriU atiU be popnltf. American Fomtin and Katnmony. â-  American- nwtiien aisd their danghten are so often opeioly accused of being keen matrimonial sportswomen â€" the game they are anxious to bag being a British lord, or, at the least, a British baronet â€" that it is only fair to Goa«in Jorathan, atya the London Figaro, to temember that British lords and baronets are, on their side, by no means nn- willing, in many instances, to be bagged by American heiresses. It would be, indeed, no exaggeration to say that many English- men with little else bnt titles and blue blood to boast of are not only ready to fall a willing prey to the mony-doilared maidens of the States, but are even ready to msfk down and capture, if j^nssible, the rich heiresses of New York, Chicago, and San Fruusisco for theinselves. It is certain that this fortune-huntinjg contingent is awaiting with much eagerness the publication of a «vork â€" literally tklUtro d'oro â€" which is to con- tain full details of the fortunes of "The Rich Women of America," and the editor h/is been good enough to explain in advanoe that by a "rich woman" he understands any American lady possessed of not less than two millions of dollars in her own right. The work, by tbe way, ia to be only printed for private circulation; bnt copies will, no doubt, be procurable at a price by those most interested in its golden psgea. An Old Woman 1*6?. Here is yet anottier contribution to the pro longed controversy about marriage. The San Francisco ' Argonau*^, ' in an article on the marriage of the Dowager Du hess uf Mont- rose, says â€" "The marriage cf a young man to an old woman is no mrre di«gu3ti;ig than is tbe marriage of a young girl t an old man, and who but a sentimental donkey or don- key ess would ever dream of calling the lat- ter state of things disgusting • It is bet- ter, ' says the old proverb, ' to be an o'd man's darling than a young man's slave.' I would enlarge the acope of tbe axiom by adding â€" ' It is better to be an old woman's pet than a young woman's fool." And so, therefore, while all the rest of the world is raising aloft its palms and casting zenith ward its eyes, and crying ' disgusting ' ' most unnatural ' 'how disgraceful r and ' so abominable 1' I simply applaud the good taste and uncon- cerned independence of character of the Dow- ager Duchess of Montroee, aged seventy, who has just married Mr. Marcus Henry ' Milner, aged twenty four, and admire the pluck and indiffjrence to the frown of Mrs. Grundy in tbe young man of twenty four who took to wife ihe twi.e-widowed dowager." There may be some force in this, but I am afraid a good many young men of twenty- four would venture to incur the fnwn of Mrs. Grundy for tbe sake of a settlement on themselves of thirty thousand dollars a year. F.:ance ad Germany. The French papers are still full of discus- sions in regard to the dreaded violation of Belgian neutrality by Geiminy, which was recently the subj ct of a lone; article in the "Nouvelle Revue" The "Ridical" prints a communication from a staff cffioer in the French army, in wpich he says; â€" "The plains of Waterloo and Fleurens will see new strugg'es, but it is not thi"re that our fate will be decided. Notwi^^s^anding the sup- eriority of her forces, Gcrtnany could not have the prtponderauce of numbers at the central point of N*mur, in tlie fourth to the sixth dav of mobilz .tion. In this interval, should Germany iavA^t Belijiuin. in which case we would have the righs to do the same, she would run the risk ot havi.ig the heads of her columns crushed by superior French forces. Beyond these two seriou* reasons there is a third we cannot mention, but â-  which inclines us to the bsli f rha the prin- cipal tffjrt of the Germi^a mAtd-^s will not be on the Mease, at least during the first eight days of t'ne struggle." Jadging by the French newspapers it stems that the Ger- mans are thinkirg of what they are going to â-  do, while the French are considering what is going to happen to the.Ti and this looks bad for the latter from a military and pug- nacious point of view. A Ride on a Pig. A Louisville (Ky.) despatch says:â€" An alley separating two large dry goods store was quite a rendezvous here for pigs. In this alley a deep, ditty hole whs » favorite place for a very large sow. Oae day Ibrs. M a well known lady, had occasion to pass along the alley. She noticed the hog in theentter, but thinking i. was fast asleep she determined to step over the big pig. She is a very small woman. She got one foot over the dozing swine, and was about to pass safely when, much to her horror, the sow awoke and started off down the street, with Mrs. M squarely on her back. Fearing she would fall offâ€" in fact, scared half to deathâ€" the lady grabbed the ears of the grunting swine as the latter galloped down the street. The more the unfortunate lady screamed the more the sow grunted, and the small boy Mid the passing pedestrians fairly wept tears of hilarity over the funny sight. A number of people began a chase, and tbe race had become quite excitin? when Mrs. M lost her hold and was dumped into the middle of the street, while piggy herself continued on her mad career. Of course the lady was assisted to a neighbsur- ing store, whence, after beiog brushed off, and after a plentiful supply of smelling salts had been administered she drove to her swell residence in a coupe. The Prime AcoompliBhment. " Yes," said the young lady demurely to Billy Bliven, "papa has j^ven me every educational advantegc I can sing in Ital- ian, yen know, quite readily." "Yea," said Billy, "I know," "Then I can converse in French and Spanish and compose vercea in Latin." " Yes," said Bdly but tell me one thina more." "What iathat?' " Can you bake bread in Eaglish!" Tiowtlit He Oonld Stand It. " Yon woald be aorry to lose your aiater, wonldn't yon, Johnny " asked the visitor aai^oatvefy to the little boy iriio waa enter- tuning him in the drawing-room. "Ifope," replied Johnny. "I gqen I cooldatand it, Mr. Hankinaon. Maw aaya I've got^tei wear abort puta till after bena'a -VMllj â-  l- I 'â- I â- iif- .i.r- An Eof^iaklluki neently atated i»,«ut niat ha narried at the age of M beoi^OMte was cn^f work -*tâ€" â-  t • ' ' ' P-- â- â- .â- :" •-.•;'•, 'i-^ni •;. m^4