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And he was near. lIe appeared in the time of our greatest need, when the fire, now grown pale under the light ol day. no longer seared our hungry pursuers. which now clainhere upon the roof in such numbers that it threaten- ed every moment to full in upon us; and is we lookcd up, we beheld twenty pair of savage jaws wide open, thirsting for our hloo.l, and longing eagerly to devour us. Axinia had not awakcd : she slept as oiindly as if convinced

stil from its body amongst the burning wood, which, being all wetted with its blood, gave fiprth a sziiotliering steam. llosko, who had al- ways his wits about him, pulled it out of the fire, and dragged it into the lurihest corner, where he lclt it lying, saying at the sonic time that he hoped it would he lho only visit of the kind we should have during the night; ‘ but the day. the day,‘ added he. in a low tone of

voice’, ‘ will bring us more of such customers than we shall be able to master.’

These words had reached my ears only; Axiuia and the Frcncliwonian look anxiously up at the roof, to see whether any fresh dan- ger threatened us. I drew nciir to the old man, and led him far away from Axinia to- wards the dead wolf, as il'I wished to examine it; and then [asked him, in an uiider-voice, what were the fears he ulIlt‘l'l.:llll('tl l'or tlicday, as I had licon in hopes that, when morning came, the wolves would l’-ii-sake our place of rot'ii_i_:o, and bi-take tlieinselves to the depths of the forest.

’And even if that were to be the case,’ said he glooniily, ‘of what use would it be to us’ The horses are dead ; and how is a weak tender leinalc, like ltladeinoisello Axinia, to rciicli the outside of this forest on foot.’ In the inidstof our eiidezivoiir, night would overtake us again. and t.hc wolves would know well ivliere to lind us. llut any hope of the kind is vain. Uien the wolves have assciiibled in such an en ll‘- mous iiiass as they have done here, they .I'(.‘ not afraid ofdailight. So long as our stock of wood holds out, our fire will protect us from an attack from above ; indeed, I do not think aiiothcr of the nionst-.-rs will be bold enough to try the roof agiin to-night: but by diyliglit the ll.iiiies do not make so powerful an impres- sion on them. We uiii.-it summon all our com. E age and all our iitreiigth for what. may then; happen, and prepare to defend the woman and, our own lives to the last inoiiii-nt. llut itwill‘ all he of no use, of no use,‘ added he, in ii tonel growing fainter and fainter-—‘ ofno use at all!"

I had laced my whole confidence on the re-; turn of ( ey; I had already imagined that we‘ were safe at home in the castle of my father ; but now ii my hopes were destroyed—now. for the first tinio, our destruction appeared to‘ me to be cert..in—and agiin all the horrors of. despair took possession of me. I did not dare,

go near Axinia, lest she should guess, from the were capable of taking pjirt in 0- hunt. and was disturbed state [was in. what was the truth‘_iust about to hasten utter i_in_. when several as to our fatr: I wished it to he kept from he; i landed proprietors in_ the vicinity desired to

as long as possible. that she might continue to Join his little ti-oop_ with their followers, and

enjoy the feeling that she was safe until the| anger was really near. 'I‘he hours passedi anxiously and painfully by. Axinia had fallen asleep, and lay reposiiig like an angel of peace —like a child who knows nothing of the dim- gers which surround it. The lady's-maid. ton, L ‘ ier _ _ '- ‘ and her exer- tions, liud iiillcn into a kind of disturbed alum- ber or stupor, from which she every now and then awoke in alli-ight, raised herself up,and stared vacantly at the hole in the roof, and then sank down again, seemingly insensible. I looked at Axinia, and as I saw her smile in her sleep, it pierced me to the heart ; I felt op- pressed within me, as if a heavy load lay on my breast from which I could not get free. In the meantime, old Rosko silently went on keep- ing up the tire, and appeared to be thinkin seriously about our position, although he di not communicate his thoughts to us. lie was right in what he had said about the wolves: not one of them appeared again during the night at the opening in ‘the roof; but their scratching and scraping, and pushing against

are saved !’

that the angel of God was w.itc.iing over her. .\ly whole being appeared now to have resolved i-.sell‘into faith in our deliverance. I looked no longer at the savage growling forins ahoi-.3; I looked into the pure and ll|Il()~'i,’lIi face of my sister. She siuiled and iiioved slightly, anil tlien awoke crying : * llc coines !——we are elztvcil I‘

At that uiouuint, we he:ird the report of lifty shots in the forest; ll. loud lialloo and the linrkiii-,; of dogs resouiid--d through the air, and the trainpling of liorsi-s‘ lioofs I':|lll0 fast to- wards us. My sister and her iii=iid started up; we heard our enemies h‘Cl‘.lllll)llll,, down froin the roof, we heard the howling ol the scatter- ed wolves in the distaiiee, and we cried: ‘ We

Rosko went and looked throiigli the split in the door. an saiu ' ‘ There is ii. wolf-liuiit : the wolves have lleil, and the liunters are jii.-‘.

breaking out of the wood.’ lIo threw the door wide open, iiml we went out into the space he- lore the lint; frceiloni was ll},-‘Ill! ours; and we had the joy to see at the head ol' the troop of‘ horscineii who had thus rescued us, the frii.-nd

whose house we hnd- left when we started oii' our journey. lloiv isit possible to (l4!.~lCl'll)G| the delight of our inecting or our thenklulnessl '4: new related in l.:iiit_v words the fearful cii-.. cuiiistniiccs of the iiigiit; and our friend told us that, sliorily after our depiirtiirc; Lows had been brought to his c:i~4llu that a herd of wol- ves, froiu the l)t)llntlli':H forests of Litliuaiiia, had entered the forest through which we were to pass; that they l:.id already committed great destruction and devastation, and that the inhaliitaiits of the iinniediate neighbourhood were prepared to begin a general attack upon them. le had been seized with the greatest alarm on our account, and had seen in ll ino- uient all the danger to which we were exposed. Ile had assembled round him all those who

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to accompany him in the chase. These new- comers, however, wished not to set out upon the ex edition until the next morning; but our friend s energetic description of the fearful situation in which we were in all probability placed, at length prevailed upon tnein to make use ofthe m-ioulignt night for the undertaking; and thus were we saved from a fate at which the imagination shudders.

Pniisiziwina SIIINGLES o.v R.oors.—Some paint roof shingles after they are laid. This makes them rut sooner than they oiherwidc would. Some paint the courses as they are laid; this is a great preservative, if each shingle is painted the length of three courses. But about as sure a way to preserve shingles, and that with little or no expense, is a mode recoinniended in a letter to us by Hon. David Hunter, of Clinton, on the 23rd of Feb. last. We republish so

fun TWIVA LING or run S'l‘ARS.-—:\CCUl‘-

ding to M. Arugo, astronoiiiers and oilii.-rs have failed to art-i'.'c at £1 satisfactory ex- Plflmllioii oftlic tiviiiklitig of stars on ac- count dftlicir failure to give an exact doli- nation oftlie I(‘l'lll sciiitillatioq. Ile nlliriiis then, that, in so far as iiaked-eye observers ofth“. licavens are concerncil, scintillation, or twinliliii-_;, con-‘i.-ts in very rapid fluctu- ations in the briglilnrss of the stars. These changes are almost alivziys accoinpanied by variations of colour and certain sccoiidary effects, which are the iinnicdiatc. conse- quences of every lllCI'<'1l§C or diininiition of briglitncss; such as con-idcruble liliL‘l'illl0Ils in the apparent ningnitude ofthe stars, and in the Iongtli of the divcrgiiigg rays, which appear to issue in dilfereiit dii'ectioii.~'. from their centres. It has been i-cinarkcil fro~

ii very early age, that the phciioiiicnon of niiglc.

twiiiklaiig is accoiiipaiiicd by it chuiigc of colour It is iisserted that the iiniiic of Ba- raikcacli, given by the Arabians to the star Sirius, sigiiilies the star of :1 tliou~aiid co- lours. NI. Amigo also iissorls, that the pla- nets iwiiikle.

C<)l.l)<i.\l. I<‘oi;.v'r.-.iv~'.—'I‘lic foiintaiins of the Crystal Palace at Sydncyliuin. l:liig- land, are niiioiig the gi-ciitt-st woiidci-s in the ivorld. Two huge fouiitniiis throw vast jets of water to 11 liiei_-_;lit of'.’80 feet. Two towers are erected on the |ii_«_vhcst part of the grounds, each ‘Z70 fC('l liigh; powerful erigiiies lake water from Artcsiun wells 575 feet decsp, and throw it to the top of these towers, ivlience it descends and ft‘C(lal the foutitains. The total weight of each lower when the fouiitaiiis are playing, is over tiirce thousand tons.

Besides the two colossal fountains, there are ten lesser onc.~2,thiit throwjets mic liuii- dred feet high, in well as almost counlless siiiiillerl'oiintaiii.-, in addition to wutcr-teni- ples, cascades, &c., and several thousand small jets, requiring I'.2ll,000 gallons of wa- ter per minute to supply them. 'l‘en miles of iron pipes are required to conduct the water that feeds these works. The sight, whcnothcy are all in full. play, is said to be magnificent. The spectator sees before him a group of basins, arranged on terraces that rise above each other, the Crystal Palace building crowning the summit: and each cl these basins seem alive with jets flashing in the sunshine, and crossing and recrossing each other, while cascades diversify the scene, and the two colossal fountains shoot to u dizzy height.

Bus AND Q,UAlLs.—-The Rev. A. H. Milburii, in a lecture on the West, suys:— 'l‘wo remarkable facts are to be noted in

food to the pioneers.

respect to the advancement of the white man. The first, is that the quail, unknown to the Indian, makes its first appearance when the white man ploughs and plants his fields, affording an abundance of delicious The second fact is, the honey bee is not found in the country

'I‘i.\isi:ii Bi:Nci.\'c l’,i'ii.~:\'1's’ C(l)lPANY.-- On Wetliicsil.iy afternoon, some experi. niciils ol a startling charncte. in bending tiiiiherto alinost any .-lmpc n-ere made ,,g the touiidi-y of L\lcssi*s. C. Ctillings 8; Cu“ putciit liiiigc niiiiiuliicturers, in the West- iiiiiisti_'.i'-roiid, Iullll)l‘lll, by the directors of the I‘iinhci- Pat:-nts Bending Coinpainv, in the l"“’59nce ofa lair-_zc number of scientific gentlem::ii,sliipbuildci's, joiiiers, carpi.-liters, tic. lhe niacliiiiery lor carrying out the patent lins been inaniifiictiired by the above “PHI. and promises to be of the inmost im- portanccun this counti-_v to all persons Hllgaiged in church, ship, or ('.\’(‘n ct inmnn liouse oi- bridge-biiildiiig pui'poi-zes, for yes- tei-d:i_v, no niettcr wlielln-r tho w,,.,(lt exp..- l'lll|llll(’ll npoii were l'lii-gii.-'li or tori-igii, ll"'.V \VL'r<: bent to any foi-iii, curve, or According to Dr, lloofgej-'5 ,-.»|,,,,.j'

the strt-iigtli of tho wood, insted of being deci-ciiscrl or dotoriozitcil in value, was ‘C-)ll$l(.l8H\l)l_V incri-ziseil by the operation, 5-‘ ll"? leilsl 75 per C(‘lll. at the very point ‘llliIs'I.l‘(.3(lIlll't‘(l. The lihii-s are not in any way iiijiired, and no ll(‘ll-in mm diam,-1, we >i-iii given. The wood, at the same time, .becoiiie:i almost iuipervious, to dump and ,i"‘5"Cf. While its extreiiie density renders it ,less liable to take lire. Mr. Charles May- licw, architect and di.-trict surveyor, of -'\l'£l)l0 street, i-epoi-ted that, as additional strciigtli is gained by the operation, so in prop-irtioii will be the reduction in the size ol llie timber iiscd. more especially as

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coec|i,and cart wliees, and picture frames, looking-glasses &.c., and the resent me- thod of cutting and sliapiiig timber will, by this process be super.-oiled, and a positive saviiig ofono to IlIl‘0(2-lltUl'iliS of the incle- rial used will be gaim-d. The whole oflhe expcriincnts appeared lo give universal sa- tisfaction to all those who were preseiit.-— London Shipping Gazelle, ./lug. ‘.21.

Wiii'rr.wAsii ron Our-iiousizs AND FEN- ct:s.—Tiike a clean l)ll|‘l'('l that will hold water, put into it half ii bushel of quick- lime, and slack it by pouring over it boiling water sufficient to cover it four or live in- ches deep,and stirring it until slacked; when quite slucked add two pounds of sulphate of zinc, which may be had at any of the druggistc, and one of common salt, which in ii few days will cause whitewash to her- den on the wood-work; add sufficient water to bring it to the consistency of thick white wash. .

CHARCOAL AND SALT FOR Hoas.—One of the best articles that can be given to swine,.wlii|e coiilined, is pulverized char- coal, nnd common salt. Salt and sulphur are very good article, and should be con- stantly supplied. We would not, however, be understood as urging t c necessity of keeping these articles continually by them, or introducing them daily into their food.— Gcrmanlown Telegraph.

i-s-£3-in-i to the construction ef curring:-,.

the door, their low growling, and their running

hckwuda and forward. round the bu,’ con much of his letter as relates to this subject,

while in possession of the Indians. It keeps just in advance of the advancing wave of civilization. When the Indians see sivaruis

Bnr:iinsrurrs.—The wheat harvest of the United States this year is estimated at I50,-

in hope that it may be of service to many of our readers. “ There is one thing more, tluit nearly

tinucd the whole time. It is not surprising that even at this length of time I should remember accurately every

000,000 bushels, a large surplus above our domestic wants. The export trade, the New York Journal of Commerce estimates at 40,-

ofthesc new visitors, their wise men sadly acknowledge, that it is time for lhrm to abandon their pleasant hunting-grounds and

particular of what we then suffered ; the dan- gers of that moment were such as would make an impression upon a whole lifetime, however long it niiglit be. Before llocko told me what we had most to dread, I had longed for day- light to return; but now I could have wished that the night might be without end. But how senseless was such a wish, for what should we have gained by it! Instead of being torn to pieces by the wolves, we should have sud‘-.-rod the lingering death of starvation, or at bes have been son to death ! I now felt without hope, and perfectly desolate.

lie stars became paler, tlie twili lit appear- ed above us, the demos of the tire became less bri lit, and the day broke. Axinic slept on : the rightful howling of the wolves, the increas- ed energy whic '

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was evident in their move- ments around our place of refuge, did not wake her; but at one time I saw‘ that her lips mov- ed, and that she was speakin , and I drew nearer to understand what she said. ‘ Fear no- thing. Cusimir,‘ said she softly, as if in a sweet dream: ‘ God is wrtching over us: ii. de- liverer is nigh.‘ Icannot describe the effect which these words had on me, and how they instantly filled me a in with hope and faith. I suddently felt niyse f influenced by a super- natural power. I felt quite calmed with re-

gard to any future danger, and seizing the hand i of the astonished Ilosko, I exclaimed inacheer-

ing tonc : ‘Courage, faithful Rosko! We are too good to nerve as food for the wolves: a de- , livercr is near.’ I

all people know, if they would attend to it; that is to sprinkle claked lime on the roofs of their buildings, on rainy days. Put it on considerably thick, so as to make the roof lock white, and you never will be troubled with moss, and if the shingles are povered ever so thick with moss, by putting the lime on twice, it willtcke it all offend leave it white and clean, and will look almost as well as ifit had been painted It ought to be done once a year, a d, in my opinion, the shingles will last almost twice as long as they will to let the roof all grow over to moss. I tried it on the back side of my house ten years ago, when the shingles were all covered over with mass, and thoy appeared to be almost rotten. ll eve the roof a heavy coatof lime, and have ollowed it nearly ‘every year since, an the mafia better now than it was then, and to all appearance, lfl follow my plan, it will last ten or fifteen years longer. The shingles have been on-tlie roof over thirty year's. There is no more risk about sparks catch- ing on the roof than on a newly shinglcd roof. Those who do not have limevnear by, can use good strong wood-ashes, and those will answer a very good purpose to the nine end.-Rural Intelligence.

omen. QUEEN Vicroiiiifls Mininar COSTUME. women's rights. er Majesty, at several

did military uniform. The habit was oflhe lincst scarlet cloth, the ornaments on the a field mar sl.

left breast, across the loll chouldcrt e blue

crimson and gold net cash, terminated with gold bullion tnuels. The hat was of a re-

gent general ofiicer’s plume of white and

bullion lnssels.

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to Cnnada.—JV' Y. aper.

the graves of their fathers and seek new

—-Queen Victoria seems to be going in for

of the late reviews, has appeared in a splen-

collur of which were beautifully embroi- dered in g d and silver with the device of Abrilliant star u on the

ribbon of the Garter, and a very gorgeous

marlnbly light black felt, with a very ele-

red feathers, and II rich cord of crimson and gold, with two_ handsome gold and crimson

It is rumoured that Sir Henry Holland, the Queen’: Physician, won was passenger in the Cambria, is dcputed tocce if our c i- mate is such as Her Majesty can trust her person to, in tho evenIt"of her paying a visit

000,000 bushels. Upon this estimate, the export demand can be filled without creating any unusual excitement, but prices will be not likely to rule very loiv.

To Msitn Lsno mo 'I‘iii.i.ow CANDLES. —Tlie following method of making the above named candles is described in the New England urmer by a correspondent: “I kept both tallow and lard candles throu h the last summer, the lard candles standing the heat best, and burning quite as well, and giving as good light as tnllow ,ones. Directions for making good candles from lard:-—-For twelve pounds of lard take one pound of ssltpetre and one pound of alum; mix and pulverize them; dissolve the saltpetrc and slam in n gill of boiling wa- ter; pour the compound into the lard before it is all quite melted; stir the whole until it boils, and skim off what rriscs; let it sim- mer until the water is all boiled out, or till it ceases to throw of steam: pour off the lard as soon as it is done, and clean the boiler ifit is hot. If the candlesare to be run, you may commence immediately; if to be dipped, let the lard cool first to a cake, and then treat it as you would tiillow ”— Scienli/ic Jmcrican.

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