HASZA it IVS GA '/.l'.'l"l'l*'..

OCTOBER 22.

been tr ‘ing to learn the caehuoha, and I‘ve _got some castineis; L-t IIIOJIOO-WIIOIO are the "’ And with _this she proeeedeldtto upset the trunk. from whic ﬁsw s meteoric shower of brace e ea hiilets-doux. French (lra_m~nars. drawing-penelll. l||l°"P°"‘ with confectionery of various descriptions. “'1 5“ "'9 °“°°‘°"‘“ of a school-girl's depositary. _“ There. “P0” my "°"“lg ”‘°"° 9"’ thmbills you were asking for. There, take them. throwing 3 package of papers at the young man. “ Take them. Can you qtch I"

“ kiln Nina, these do not appear to be bills.”

“ 0, Men me ! those are love-letters, then. The bills are some- where." And the little hands went pawing among the heap, making the fanciful collection fly in ever direction _over the car-

t. "Ah! I believe now in this ben on-box! did put them. wake care of your head, Harr I’‘ And. with the word, the gild- ed missile ﬂew from the litt a hand, and, opening on the way. showered Harr with a profusion of crumpled pore. "NW"

on have got i em all, except one. that I used or curl-page”.

he other night. 0. don't look so sober about it! Indecd,l opt the pieees—here they are. And now_d0lI'i§0|I |Dyi‘”B|'|'y. do“ I you tell me that I never save my bills. on don t know how particular I have been, and what trouble I have taken. But, these—there‘s it letter Clayton wrote to me, one when we had a

uarrel. Just a s cimen of that creature!" _

“ Pray, tell us a at it, Miss Nina," said the young_man, with his eyes ﬁxed admiringly on the little person, while he was

-smoothing and arranging the crumpled documents. ~

H Why you see, it was 'ust this way. You know, these men- how provoking they are ! 'l‘hey‘ll go and read all sorts of books- no matter what they read!—and then they are so dreadfully par- ticular about us girls. Do you know, Harry, this always made me angry I _ _

" Well, so, you see, one e\‘t3ml'Ig, _Sopby ‘Elliot quoted soui_e poetry from l)on Junn,—l never read it,_but it_i-ieems_ folks call it a bad book.-—and my lord Clayton immediately fixed his eyes upon her in such an ii pallingway, and says. ‘ Have you |‘°§|<l D0" JIM!-II. Miss Elliot l’ ‘hen, you know, as girls always do in such cases, she blushed and staminered, and said her brother had read some extracts from it to was vexed, and said, ‘And, pray. what's the harm, if she did read it! I mean to read it. the very ﬁrst chancel get !' _

“O! everybody looked so shocked. Why, dear me! if I had said I was going to commit mnrder,Clayton could not havelooked more concerned 80 he put on ‘that very edifying Bll"0f his, and said. ‘ Miss Nina, I trial, as your friend, that you _will not read that book. I should lose all respect for a lady friend who had read that,

” ' Have you read it. Mr. Clayton 1’ said I.

“ ‘ Yes, Miss Nina,’ said he, uite iously. _ _

"'What makes you read suc ha books?’ said I, veryinuo-

eentl . “'1¥hen there followed a general fuse and talk ; arid the gentle- man, you know, would not have their wives 0: their sisters read anything naughty. for the world. They wanted _us all to be like snow-ﬂakes. and all that. And they were quite high, telling they wouldn't marry this. and they wouldn't marry that, till at last l made them a curtesy. and said, ' Gentlemen. we ladies are in- hi-tely obliged to you, but we don't intend to marry people that read naughty books, either. don't like smut!’

“ Now I really didn't mean anythin by it, except to put down these men. and stand up for my sex ut Clayton took it in real earnest. He grew red and w pale, and wasjust as angr as he could be. Well. the quarrel raged about three days. :1‘ on. do you know. I made him give up, and own that he was in the wrong. There, I think he was. tco,—don’tyou think men ought to be as good as we are, any ws. 3''

“Miss Nina, I should think you would be afraid to express yourself so positively.”

“ 0. if I cared a son for any of them, perhaps I should._ But there isn‘t one of the train that I would give I/till for!" said she ﬂirting a shower of peanut-shells into the air.

" Ye at. Miss Nina, some time or other you must marr somebo’dy. -You need somebody to take care of the property and

lace.‘

“ 0, tbat'sit, is it? You are tired of keeping accounts, are

on, with me to spend the money! WelI,l don't wonder. flow I pity anybody that keeps accounts! Isn't it horrid, Ilarry? Those awful books! Do you know that Mine. Ardaiuc set out, that ' we girls’ should kee account of our expenses! I just tried it two weeks. I had a hes -aehe and weak eyes. and actually it nearly ruined my constitution. me how or other, they gave it up. it gave them so much trouble. And what's the use! When money's

spent, it's spent; and keeping accounts ever so strict won't get it back. I am very careful about my expenses. 1 never get any- thin that I can do without."

“ or instance.” said llarry, rather roguisbly, “ this bill of one hundred dollars for confcctionar ." _

" Well, you know just how it is, Harry. It's so horrid to have to study! Girls must have something And you know I didn't get it lfor myself; I gave it round to all the girls. Then they used to ask me for it, and I couldn't refuse—and so it went "

“ I didn't resume to comment, Miss Nina. What have we here l—Iine. lies Cartes, $450 l"

“ 0. Harry, that horrid Iilrns. Les Cartes ! You never saw anything like her ! Positively it is not my fault. She puts down shingsl never got, I ow she does. Nothing in the world but because she is from Paris. Every body is complaining of her. But. then, nobody gets anything anywhere else. So what can one do. us know! assure u, Harry, I am economical."

'1' a young man, who ad been summing u the accounts. now burst out into such a hearty laugh as somew at disconcerted the bir rhotorician.

She colored to her temples.

" Harry, now, for shares! Positively, on are n’t respectful !”

“0, Miss Nina. on my knees I beg pa on!" still contipuing to laugh; " but, indeed, you must excuse me, lam positively de- lighted to hear of your economy, Miss Nina."

" Well, now, arry, you may look at the bills and see. Haven't I ripped up all my silk dresses and had them colored over, just to eeonoinise! You can see the dysr's bill, there ; and_Mme. Oartean told me, she always expected to turn my dresses twice, at least. 0, yes, I have been very economical."

H I have heard of old dresses turned costing more than new ones, Ilsa Nina."

" O, nonsense, Harry! What should on know of girls’ things? But I'll tell you one thing I've got, , and that is a gel wahh for you. There it is," throwing a case carelsssl towards him; " and there's a silk dress for your wife,” throw ng him a

Of course you know snow-ﬂakes

little arssl. " I have sense enoii h to know what a fellow you nib, at an rats. leould n’t g% on as I do. "X00 Mn" N‘ your poor h ﬁfty ways to keep things going on I555!“ 5*‘ at home. for me."

A host of conilictin emotions seemed to cross the young man's face, like a shadow o clouds over a ﬁeld, as he silent] undid the packages. His hands trembled. his lips quivered, at he said not in .

“ Cdine, Harry, don't this suit you! I thought it would.”

" Miss Nina, you are too kind.”

“ No, I'm not. Harry; Iain a selﬁsh little concern. thiit'sa fact," said she. turning away. and pretending not to see the feel- ing which agitsted him.

°‘ But, llarry, wasn't it droll, this morning, when all our eoplc came up to get their presents! There was Aunt Sue, an Aunt Tike, and Aunt Kate, each one got a new sack pattern, in which they are going to make up the prints I brought them. In about two days our lace will be ﬂaming with aprons and sacks. And did you see Aunt ass in that pink bonnet, with the ﬂowers! could see every tooth in her head! course, now they'll be taken with a very pious streak, to go to some camp-meeting or other, to show their tlnery. Why don't you laugh, Harry?"

“ I do, don't I, Miss Ninab l”

" You only laugh on your face. What's the matter! study so much.

oo or—”

She stopped, checked by the expression on the face of her listener.

" For srrvanis, Miss Nina, your pa

With the quick tact of her sex, ina perceived that she had struck some disagreeable cord in the mind of her faithful atten- dunt,iind s?-e hastened to change the subject, in her careless, iattlin we .

“ \Vhy,yes, Ilarry, study is horrid for you, or me. either, or anybody else, except musty old eople, who don't know how to do anything else. Did ever any ody look out of doors, such a pleasant day as this, and want to study? Think ofa bird's study- ing, now, or a bee! They don't stady—they live. Now, I don't want to study—l want to live. So, now. Harry, if you'll just get the ponies and go in the woods, I want to , and spring beauties, and wild houeysuckles, and all the rest of the ﬂowers that I used to get before went to school."

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You don't laugh deep down. I don't believe it's good for you to read and Papa used to say that he didn't think it was

a said, I suppose."

TI-II LIFE 0!‘ IIIDI.

We suppose that almost every person has heard or read the story of some grains of wheat having been found in an Egyptian mummy, which were sown, vegetated and yielded grain after its kind. This case and some others ofa rather dubious character have been adduced in evi- dence of the great vitality and longevity of seeds but we have now very reliable and practical evidence throwing some discredit on such stories.

The British Scientiﬁc Association have, for the past fifteen years, been instituting inquiries and making ex- perimerils, through a committee of its members——with various kinds of seeds, of various ages. Their labors tend to shoiv that none of the seeds which were tested, although placed in the most favorable circumstances that could be devised, vegetated after the age of 49 years; and only 20 out of 288 species did so after 20 years, while by far the largest number lost their germinating power in ten years.

It has long been known to agriculturists and florists, that fresh seeds—those of the preceding season—posses the greatest amount of vitality ; and very many seeds lose their germinating power altogether, even when kept in dry situalions—in the course of two years. In the selec- tion of any kind of seed, care should be exercised, in selecting it according to its age, as well as its appearance; the plunipiiess of a seed. is not always the best sign ofiis quality for seeding purposes.

Minricivnocs Escu-r.-—On Friday of last week as two ladies, one named Barton, the ollier her sister, were at- tempting to cross to Goat Island, Niagara Falls, by means of some planks temporarily placed on the new bridge, the supporters gave way, and they were both precipitated from the bridge. Mrs. B. fortunately seized an iron rod connected with the bridge, while her sister, after vain attempts to sustain herself by grasping Mrs. B.’s dress, was thrown into the raging waters beneath. The plank fell with her, and after several attempts she grasped it. By the the mercy of Providence the plank was thrown into the water diagonally with the shore, and the current, which was hearing her so furiously to destruction, drew the lower end of the plank against the bank, when several persons seized it, and after great exertions ﬁnally drew her ashore in a fainting condition. It was a miraculous

escape. Mrs. Burton, nfter clinging to the rod for some:

time, was lifted from her dangerous situation by some persons who had rushed to the spot.——Exchange.

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A rapid and emphatic recital of the following simple narrative, is said to be a cure for lisping :—“ Hobbs meets Snobs and Nobbs; Hobbs bobs to Snobbs and Nobbs; Hobbs ricbs with Snobbs and robs Nobbs' fohs_ ‘This,’ says Nobbs, ‘the worst of Hobbs jobs,’ and Snobbs sobs.”

tsome jcssamines .

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Miss Jessie Marlten White, has applied at King's College for permission to become a csndi. his for the degree of Bus or of hledicuie, and the Senate iv sale to be puaalad to decide w heiher or not ltcsn legally comply with list \vish.\. London Paper. -.

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HASZA .RD’9 GAZETTE. Wednesday. October II, 1166.

While standing in the book store below this ollice, a boy came to the counter and nuhgjga what we took to be little books, two Err‘ hall‘. penny; surprised at the cheapness of the article, we enquired and found that they were cards, haringa vignett nestl executed, and a rho;-g moral lesson. We asked however for books, and were shown some for an halfpenn and on. penny each. What a dilcrence iii ttie artiolg trom that we recollect in our youthful days, which went under the denomination of penny toy books—those were printed in Glasgow, $9. nerally on the roughest kind of pa 1- with coarse wood cuts, and would we are be thrown aside b

rsuaded the majority of tie present race of children w 0 had learned to read—True, the were clothed in gold covers by way of ma ing them attractive. and this induces some serious reflections on the altered state of soci- ety. In our day there was but two methods of inducing children to learn, coaxing and whip- ping , the latter much more common than the former. Hence the gold on the book as on the gingerbread and the promise of a large por- tion of the latter if the child went like a good boy or girl to school. With the opposite class

owevor, the maxim a re the red and spoil the child was a favorite one, and well acted upon, and generated as was naturally enough to be expected a dislike to school. Shakespear aver true to nature, describes the “school be with shining morning face, cree ing like a snail unwillingly to school" had he ived in the pre- sent day, he would not have so designated the joyous season of childhood.

This is one of the great and mighty diﬂ'eren- cos of the times, and one which is changing the aspect of society, and in many, most respects for the better; chea literature is the order of the day, from the hulfpanny book with its really elegant well ﬁnished engraving, its in- structive as well as amusing stor , its descri tion of beast, bird or insect, ta on from t e best and most authentic sources. The gold on the outside of the book, is transferred to the inside. and the consequence is, that the inside of the book often undergoes a severe criticism by those youthful seekers after knowledge. It is true, ttie picture must be there, and that is human nature, and common to child and save e, who though “man in stature, is in min a child” and it is highly amusing to listen to those infantile criticisms which show more clearly than any other test perhaps, what direction the destinies of the future man or woman is likely to take. We could say a good deal on this sub‘ er, and may perhaps at some future day. list we would wish to draw the attention of our readers to at present, and particularly of those who reside in the country, is the propriety nay the necessity of keeping pace with the times. It is not now as it used to ; steam, electricity and chemistry, are whirling the world on sta fearful rate, and branches of knowledge that were formerly con- ﬁned to the studies of the learned, and pecu- liiir to the pale student by his midni ht lamp, are now familiarly discussed at the reakfast tables of the rich, and in the cottages of the poor. A well educated intelligent lad of four- tcer: has had more knowledge instilled into him, and which is of more consequence, has been shown the path to acquire additions to that already gained more tray and clearly than the man of forty a century since, and the father who would not willingly see his child blush for his i uoranie at every turn con- versation may ta 0, must aﬁord him the means of keeping on a level with his contemporaries. We would recommend every intelligent, every well meaning person,unxious for his children's future welfare to take a turn in the diﬁcrent hoolstores of the city, and he will be no less gratiﬁed than astonished to learn how much knowledge he can carry home with a very small outlay oi muney—-knowledge that will serve to beneﬁt at some future day, while it provides subjects for thought and reﬁection at the pre~ sent, and will tend to make the ﬁreside more attractive, and nourish and foster those denies- tic virtues which lead young people to prefer the quiet and rational recreations of their own home to irore exciting but less pure pleasures abroad.

We knew not to what operation we may be sub- joctsd; it must, therefore, be worth of record whenever such instances as the sahyoined ms sccur—indic.-iting as they do the advanced and till advancing stats of surgical and chemical science in this remote dependency, and thus rendering thou important operations which formerly exposed the victim to extreme torture and very imminent risk, proportionately less painful and dsngsross. _Ws are led to thsss remarks by Information, obtained from the friends of Mrs Martin. who is now lying at the house of In. on, wall 00I._ having undergone the operation of sinpatstlon 0‘