HASZAR.D’S GAZETTE, NOVEMBER. 10. A NEW "s.iw,” ._og__. CURING A BAD HABIT. Cl|Al‘1‘l'2R 1. Tom \Vliitewocd was tired; be had done an unusually hard day's work in the shop. and it was with a feeling of satisfaction that he entered his neat cottage, where rest and re- freshincnt awaited hiui. 'l‘oiii was the village blacksmith, at Spindle- ville, and people had it very high opinion of his good qualities ofiiiind and heart, no less than of his industry and pL‘l‘n0\‘t!l':l.l|Cd in business. Ile had been married about two years, an bright little girl had for six months smiled upon his happy liouie. Toiu went into the house, rejoiced that his 333"»! work was done. Sundry vivid pictures ol a lounge on the sofa. afier'supper, with the newspaper in his liaiid, and of liv-‘tcniiig to it dozen pages or so from ‘- llleak llousc,“ which Susan lllltl taken out ofthc Spiiidlcvillc Library, which she had been rc.iding to him at his lcisurc—in short, it picture of comfort on case, which oiilya tire-d man can appreciate, played through his iiiiiid. ll:iii;:ing his hat upon the nail— l‘oiii's biiiiipoforder was “plus (i”—he threwoll' his coat. and prove:-ilcd to give hiiiisclf the rcgiilar szruhbiiig which ' sooty eailliiig lt't'(llXll'*'ll. this done, to put on his slippers and sat down Ivy the kitchen lire, to wait till Siisiin got the supper upon the table. The stcaiiiiiig tea-pot. und the hot bi.-euit look- ed more than usually inviting, for Tom was liungry, as well as tircd—and his hump of sliiiieiitivcness \vas also “ s 6.” " Thomas won't you bring in an aruiful of vlootl .3” said Susan. ’l‘oni would, and did ; and when he returned. supper was ready. “Oh, dear! l'nisu tired!" said Susan, as she threw herself into the chair and drew it _. : a desperate long breath. . “ ‘ am I," replied '1‘oin, "and the chair feels ood. Those are first-rate biscuit, Susie; I they taste tip-top.’ Susan was pleased with the com iliment. We believe housekee ers have a wea 'ness in being tickled, when their culinary preparations are raised. “ aiu glad you like them, Thomas." “ I do, and no mistake,” added Toiu, cram- ming the half ot'one into his capacionsmaw. They say a wide mouth indicates a large heart, and Tom's mouth was very large indeed. “ Won’t vou get me a pitcher of hot water, Thomas? This tea is too strong for uie ; I shall not sleep a wink, if I drink it so strong.” there. smoking "after bedtime. What for‘! Tom used ta have such cosc times at home evciiiiigs-—wli_v don’t he stay there now, instead of loaiing about the stoma. and associating with iill the rowdies and vag- aboiids in Spindlcville '! _ We are sorr to say it; but'l‘oiu’s house is no longer ii. pleasant place to him. Ile never could sit down there halfun hour, wi_thout his wife asking him to do sonic-tliing which more properly belonged to her, and wliioli she could dojust as well as he. ‘flint very evening he had sat down before the fire in his coiufortablc sitting room, make out some bills against some ol his custo- scoldin us women about something, and find- ing fuu t with us‘! .-\‘_ow it is poor Mrs White- ?-ood. Shir is i\iplawliil Binner, no dpubt ; but suppose om iitewoo is an uiige . Tlicre is the trouble. Tom was not an angel. lflic had been, probably I never should have fotind the material for my sketch. Ile was human, and though a very clever fellow, and a uiodel of industry, perseverance and thrift in Spiudleville, he had his iulirmities. It would have taken seven men and II. boy, to wait upon Mrs. Wliitewood; that was her in- Illl‘ullI_)l'. ll thprté was ;llldIiltlllgdI.0.I)0 donle, s ie it ways ns'c soiiicio y to o it; if sic wanted anything, she ncicr could get it herself. Tom had never bcenpirruiitteil to sit twenty _ _ ‘ , minutes at it time. without being called upon iucrs. Ilc had got the items oi .\lr. I.Cndlet03 s to execute some little comiiiission—to get ii. account on the paper, and was running up is pitcher of water: to put a stick of wood on the. column of ligurcs. _ _ tire; to go into the sitting room to see wliatl “'l'U"|i I W15“ 30“ W0“l‘l 9: Imchcr °l time it was; to go up stairs and bring lll0:\\':ll5Cl'i l M11 almost °l'0k*‘_‘l- ‘_“l°"“l’t"‘l li:i'iy's napkin: and a thousand and one t)l',lIi'l"Sll8l|Yl, who sat the other side of the table little things, which she might l.a\'cdone licrsclf. ' iiiiikiiig it little apron lor the sccondlialiyll. T But. Susan was a ver ' L’,-illtl-lI\.‘llI‘lL‘(.I little wc- “ Forty-un<-.l'm'ly-Sewn, filtymno. 51“ 0"‘ maii,nnd loved Toni with all her soul. She coiitiiiuiiig to add the figures. _ _ ” would willingly have saicrilie.-il her own eoiii- " 'l‘iie pitclicr is on the tablcin the l{ll'C,ll0l|. fort to that of her liusbund’s; but she did not “ Sixty-tlircc. seventy-one, el;;lIty-—- _ N !ln'nl.'._’ Tom worked very hard, and his was ii. " ltiiise it out before‘ you put it in the pail. laborious calling; cspteially for one of slcinlcr “ Hero, carry eight. ' build. It ncvrr occurred to her. that it was " l.'m1Ic'l'i=!II, will _V0||7" unrcasoiialile to ask llllll to waitupoii her, alter “ l‘li;;lit, eleven, BlSlt,'t‘l|-——"- V ‘ he had done ii Lard day's work ; it was a habit H I am aliiiost choked,” said Susan, i-i-acliing she had fallen iiite,ofasking to he waited upon: o\ei' and taking hold of his arm. " (net inc a habit whose (‘OHS-.’qllCDCt'B never presented some water. will you?” . _ tlic:iiscl\'es to her mind. Coiiipiii'cil with lmr "Get it -your.~‘cll—cIglli, 010W", Nile?“ husband's, her daily (lllilirs were very light. i’! She was in good health, lic:ii-t_v, and strong: findlu wonpin caui(p_i'i-giiliirly every week, to o t ie was iing an iroiiiiig. At the risk of still further ell‘.-nding our lady readers, we must repeat that Tom was a good fellow, and bore his trials with exemplary patiencc._ It is true, he felt a little growling in his intirm nature. when called upon to exert and telling stories till long «-0 O -7 " Tliat is polite, I must say." " Twciity-oiic, twenty-ciglit-——' “ llow cross you are. Tom! “ Tliirty-oiic, tliirty-so-\i:ii—— “ Will you get the water or not ?” ‘‘No.lwoii‘t!'’ _ ‘ " It did not use to be so,” snivellcd Susan. “ When I asked you to do anything for me 7) 7 his wearicd limbs in doing these little chores. “" _ , . . h 1 He could not help feeling a little sour about it, _ ‘; Lllw 3 ‘flllffl f00li 1 did ll"'°‘8 in 9 We". six ceu ' but he niiuil'ully kept down the storm that was brewing in his breast. Supper was ended, and the “ things" clear- itway. Tom stretched himself upon the sofa in the sitting-room, and began to feel very coiufortub e. h “ Come, S-.u-‘ie, where is Bleak House .7" said “ I never thought you could treat me so.” “ ' ‘wcnty-one. tiventy-eight-—" “ You are an altered man: you are olI'_now almost every evening," wliined the poor wife- we pity her, while we point out hcr.lault._ “ There !" exclaimed Tom, closing his.ac- eouiit-book in ii. pet, and putting it back into_ the secretary. “ I should as soon think ol doing anytliiiig in Toplict. "9 l|°|'° 3 ' Scizing his but, he rushed out of the hpuse, and made his way to the store. where we found him at tiie opening of this chapter. lle had not been gone more than half an hour, before Uncle Tini, her mother's brother, 0 S.- G “ It is up 2-‘.iii°s." “ Why don iyou leave it down here l" “I am afraid it will get injured. You run up and get it, won't you? It won’t take you; but it iniiiute.” It was true,_it didn't take liii.i but it minute ;, but then he was so nicely lixcd on the sofa, and § ’l‘om got upand filled the pitcher with water, as desired. and resented liiuiscl . “ 'l‘.|icre! I declare I have forgotten the cheese,” contiuued she, when he was fairly own. “ Never mind it. Susie ; I don’t want any." “ But I do; won’t youbring it out of the ntry 1” Tom brought the cheese, though candor com- ls us to say. that his tired limbs growled ii. ittlo. Ile didn’t; Tom was too good-natured to growl just then. Once more be seated him- self, for the further enjoyment of his men . Susan rehearse the gossip of the day. Mrs. Sam Swolter had called; old Mr. Boozy had another fit of apo lexy; Tim Jones was really courting Nancy Sykes; and she had seen the a solid, substantial old farmer, who took a . . . _ , his “clung bones [Md be’i‘u" to feel no “mid ' ' great interest in Susan’s welfare, miido her a But Toiu was a philosopher, at the time of which I write, and he sett ed himself comfort- ably upon the sofa again, :.iid ln.-gun to wonder what Lady Dcdlock would say and do in the fortlicoiuing cliaptor. Susan began to read. and things went on quietly for the full space ofhalfan hour, at th'c end of which time, the render, like the pendul-i um of_tlie old clock, vvhicli had hung _fo_r fiftyl Mays in Hm ‘mum evenings now," replied years in it farmer s kitchen without giving itsisumm s,m,,,,li"g to repress 9. fresh flood of owner any cause of complaint, '- suddenly stop-l t',,m,“l ’ °° ‘ . ‘l “ 'lii't's the inatter Susie? You look so Tl_’° _l"'"'_P b"""id mum" ‘l""l."- S““‘]".'?' you lliiidllmcii crviii‘." bontinuiid the old man nullifyingnncrustatioiishail g:i_tli<-red upon the kindly’ ,, pm .i-mid Tom Mn.‘ so good wick, which Susie super:-iitioiisly declared MLHV M “,6 Med ,0 mink he WW3- c'. . The poor wife's tc-irs were scarcely dry, and in S iiiidlevillc—a uiartyr to the lmrahnesfl Mid I cruelty of her husband. “ Wliere‘s Tom?” “ lie is not at home. You know he never (5 uni doctor stop at Mr. Peter PendIeton’s house, and was quite sure they had four children now, 1 instead of three, as before. " Ilars ?" said Susan, suddenly dropping her knife and fork. ' “ What’s the matter, Susie l’,’ ‘‘ Didn’t you hear the baby 1” " I guess not.” “ Do. Thomas, just step into the bed-room and us if she hasn’t waked up." “ She will let on know it in the natural way, when she does,’ replied Tom, a little vexed. " I am sure I hear or." " If you did, she wants you, and not me.” “ Just step in and see if she is awake, won't, you, Thomas 1'' I we‘? llhmeu H for her‘ u.‘ ""5 mt” um-I made Susan only shook her head, and uncle Tim their liglitdarkncss, and iftlicy were letters at 8“ i" sn,,m_o for a few m0mc,m.,_ suddenly 11 they were “ dead lcttr-rs " so that it he-9 ‘ - ' } yd 1 . ' i‘ gauze nu-u‘“‘”_ to mum“ H, H‘ i the poor wife, no longer nile to ii 0 dier gric , .. . , G, _ _ . . " I wish yoii would bring me the lamp scis- bm;'"\’V'.','l°t.t8e't'l!;; :"::tl;‘;hl§el;i!il;l:i,sa ch” ' t , _ sorii, Thomas. I can't see worth a cent." ,, .|."m"'mm wry cum; to me ,°_nigM.n Ugh! ll’ get up “g“in.! BM Lmly Dpdlock “ llow did it happen!" asked the old man. w“”.“l’°"t lo my '°"'°t.l""i'i "”""l' and he Wu" who had been a close observer of his nieee's “°"'°“9 '° k"‘"." Wm” " W‘”' doincstic relations, and who already under- A" "gm “l§‘“" i i t d tl m ttier ver ' well " Now let us know what Lady Dedloek has’ 8 0° —w l 5 ' - hp ,1 ,,' . ,, I . I . H. i “ Why. you see, he was makiiig out i s, an *0 “KY: "W1 10"‘: ‘"9"’ ""3 """'° °"°° I asked him to bring me a pitcher of water. Then he scolded tcrriblv," “I have been afraid of this since the first week you were niarried,” added uncle Tim. '- l -tlll sure I do everything I can to please u more. Stlltilll continued the reading for five minutes and iheii stopped again. " .\lv threat is fill tlried up. I wish you f Tom zlinifdtrtfi 8;? lil,(.’3n,lIll],"?,t ‘flit up “will . "°“l'l.~';'t "” ,‘“".'° w'm.r,' [Mn '5 mm" m him, but he grows worse an worse. M m, '""’ ' ' ‘i mm“ "5 impp“ ‘ ’ ll‘? l‘”l ’" “'9 ""-~ rt-ozii. .. i .st'po.-o you won’: thunk uie, Susie, for ' I? but his better nature saved him this time lI'Jlll being saucy. and he lctt the table, to comp y with his wife‘s request. The l):i,l)_y was all fight, llt‘l‘pllIglll{-3 a trooper after a forced march, and no to reported. " l was sure I heard her. (0 Another cup of tea, Tliouins!‘ Tom passed his (up ; butiiow the milk had been all used out of the pitcher, and Tom could not drink his tea without milk. '- Is there any more in the house 1" he It cl 39 said Susan. 9 . “ Plenty down cellar ; you will find it in the tin pail, on the cellar bottom. to know wliero i\lr. l’i-Lei‘ l’ -ii-ll--ton lived. down, and .\.'us.iii want-ail him to fix it, though the wood lay by the fifl,‘-|_tl:|l'i5. Susie. — 5 U3 l'oin got the \\'iti(:l', and rjusitii went on -.ig.iin. liiip lap, up l “ S iinelioily is at the door. Tliniiris," "'l'.iko t'= is light. Sii-sic, and i-cc who it is." “ You gn, Illllulll is " ' 'l‘oin did go It was only it man who wanted tc lin‘ you it i- mo.~itly your fan t. “ My fault. uncle ?” _“ lri liI_\ opi.ii--ii," ""'.;l'\. -l|t‘i*“‘” ‘ “ II‘i‘l|l"|lilI.‘i', i.i:i three years ago, passiii some t.i~iie in the lIUl|S1' here one night. 'I'oiii l|.lll t"|lul‘. in fa-oiii work dreadful tired. lllut day, an! ti rowt-.l liiinsulf on the sofa to rest mg; lmin-s. l ri-.ini~iiibcr, too. you made him , , , git up four tiiiies within an hour to get things "1 l3'‘'“”. I w"" t “Mr “"3. '"'lm "H": ‘t’ ior vou, that you iuiuvht just as well got your- Iwill go to bed now,’ said ie, yawn- m_”-:-. '’ “ Was there any harm in that?” “S:irt:iin \\'Iu-ii he wiisnlltiredout,you ought $ Unce niorc 'l‘oiu was FL‘i.lll"l. but the lire got “ There are only two pages more to the end Th“ W.” “ hm“ .mm'b M Tom" Mu" 0f ill“ "l"‘Pl‘“'-” not to but Wfltl liiiii. ’l‘liin;!.s have been Shin‘ nfiwm trdumphed ugiun’-“ml h°- bmug-M we "I ‘"0 ‘W ll"-“'l8“°‘lv" ‘ml T‘"" "°tl'e‘l l'‘ on Ill this w.iv. You ask him to do llilllflfiy and nut‘ "'5 wppor “"8 finished "mom lunhl" disgust that llI.tl(I'.'4 llllll (rot, and then you fret. Men- Interruption. Cmrrxii II. " What are you driving at now, Mr. Optic 7" } can almost fancy I hear from the pouting lips ofsoins wife or maiden. " You are always For nearly I year he- had spent his evenings f-ilku -mg‘ut to bring in the wood and water, and cum,“ [[[_ do it e In-..ivy work about house; but when you |li:ll('.‘ a lll;_";I.!\‘ serviiiit of ‘cm, they won‘: stand Three years after. ‘ 1’ Tom sat in the store sinoking ii, 10,,“ njno, ,5m.ui reviews! the past. and she could trace a great. many of their little quarrels to the ' her 4- 'es were swollen with weeping.-She i ' believed herself the most cruelly abused woman I source which uncle Tim had pointed out as the fountain of their diseor . “ I s’ so you've read Poor Richard's al- manac, and all the ‘ old saws’ it contains; but I’m gain’ togive you a new ‘ saw ’—Ni:vrit isi; ANOTHER ‘to no run YOU wnA'r You CAN .iL's'i' as WELL no i'ci;iisiu.r.” Uncle Tim took his leave, and Susan set her. self to thinking very vigorously. The result of her reflections wiis a resolution to make the new ‘- saw " a principle of every-day life. It was faithfully applied, and was oil upon the troubled waters of the sea of iiiutrimony. Tom soon lll~i"i\'t'l't".l the difference, and after a wliilo the uuittcr was talked over between them. . Again homo wiis pleasant to him, even more pleasant than it had ever been before. Peace was entirely restored. and ’l'oiu is seldom dis- turhcd-—Ne\'cr for unnecessary demunds.—So much for the Nisw Saw. 0 \Vll0 Alli‘) Till‘) S.\N'l‘Al.‘~‘i? lt is perhaps ncce sury to siya word regarding the n:itu:u of our new eiii-iiiivs in lnilia. ‘ Who are the Santalsl ' is a question \Vl|'.l'll until recent- ly, liiw eveii in liidia could answer. The name i is lillllllllil‘ t‘IlIlll<,_'lI i.. ilin.-c who have paid any at- lll‘llllUl| In the Clliitllllttll oi the alrtirigiiim of liidia, . and much l:;_vlit has hi-cu llirou. ii on the ll'.|l)|ls of g the people by rt-eciit llIl:SlUll7l|’_\ l’tat‘ilfL'llI s. Time In very lflitllilflilt‘. description III. 11 lll’illl('lI of tho itrihc-~a hraiicli which is not you we hop-.-, iin- pll2:llP(l lit the iiisiiriccticii—will he found in 3 work lately publi.-htd in lminlon, siitillud, 'liidia is a l"icld of l"orc':,r_'ii hlissii-iis, ‘by i\l:iclcotl Wy- lie, isq. ll iseulliciciit for our pnsciii purpose [0 S-‘I/V lllill. lllt‘. Snllliiltl, lllnllgll pU5:,('3_\-|]|g many oftlic i.-liar:icterisucs oi the real hill iiibcs, whose siinilarily if not idciititv, as they exist tliroiigliout the ciiuiilryfroiiitlie hills of Assain to those of Cttltlfilll, is so reni:irk:iblo, are Mill lll inaiiy res- pects ili-tiiiet fruiu their highland neiglibouis. I 'l‘lie tribe lll qucstion._ot-ciipy r.ithcr the lower 5 slopes oi the hills tlieinsrlves, ainl extending as they do froui Bliaiigulpore to Orissa, they form a ‘tort of ceiiiieeiiiig link between the various hill tribes which occupy the higher regions of that i section uftlie country. Thus although any direct ‘ communication between the present lliguggents and the hill men of Orissa would be out of (ha question, yet by ineaiis of the Saiitals, who are icoinmen to built districts, such coininuuicaiiun lie- ,coines easy. And to this clrcunislaiico it is that ' the rapid spread ofdisalfeciien seems to be attri- ; hutable. For the rest, the Saiituls aieliule better than savages; they are for the most part destitute ff ' I 3 o _ ire arms, but they in a ineiisure tnalie up for I this disailvaiilage by their skill in the use of the 1 how, which they do not _lit-sitate to render more ' tleatlly by the ‘cruel tleviI:e of poisoned arrows. , 'I heir religion is I simple and barbarous idi-liiary, V the worship uf:to_cl.'s and stones without any of ‘ those inyvslieal r_eliiieinei_iis byuliicli the idolitary ' of the llindoos is overlaid. ‘I heir mythology coin- J pared with that ol lllt‘ Iliiidoos, is almost ii plank. ll they have no notions of caste. Their food I onsists at almost anything that can be eaten, from I loads and can-r_pi_llais. up to tigersaiid horned cattle, lot the flesh ofkiiie is not forbidden to u.em_ A. _ In tltell’ vices, It I! cellziiii from their recent pm- : ceediiigs that they coiiiliiuecowaidice with cruelty, i to a reniaikable degree, for they win with women xiii ehililrelii is well pie incii, snd unlike thcNuni. m.-iicall n' Mn, w 0 prize; 1,105; 3 wamop, scalp, the head ofa woman is to the Sanial thg most Icccptalile trophy that he can take away troni the village of his eiicmy. Hut with all this, II is reiiiarkzible that the .-‘IllMlS_ are distinguished fora love ol truth, which exists newlieru else among the HIIIIVEU of Illtlll. Their numbers are I'|lll to amount to 100,000 fighting men. and if they no julned by the other iiibes, lll(‘. iiuinbsi- of Vindhyau lull men capabieol ll‘){1.‘]||g! um, ,33,,,” us would become (orinnl.ihlo iiid.ed. Ia 'c A rouii-rmrrizo citiuns i-:ii:::o. The Tiisste Journal contains the following: —Greiit sensation was created in the camp of the allies by the courageous conduct of it lame dog, belonging to Colonel hletinaiu, oftlis 73rd Regi- ment of French infantry. On the ltith of August, during the battle of the Tchernya, the animal broke his chain and dashed into the fray, lighting in the ranks ofthe soldiers. He saved the life of tits !t'r_ii'IIlll and a private of the I’t!,'_7llIlt!lll, and , inade three lill’~il:lH prisoners. A ball gruz-al his . fuur-paw_ but the sniriiiig wound only P'_l‘V('tI to l l|l:tl(i‘ him more iiifuriatcil. lle siiiiileil out at ' llussnn ellicer, and attacked him with l'i-.i-oeily, l threw him down, sud dragged him as .i prisoiiur I to the l."rsiicli lines. A surgeon dressed his wound, and the four-footed Item is going on well. He will piobahly be decorated with I medal as a reward for his bravery. Ciiiriiiniiiis I-‘UR -riiir Ciimn.—'l‘ho Montreal Chronicle of lilili iiist.. ll|lost"al. the coiuinis- sariat advertises for a vessel to convey six tinni- szinrl barrels of cartridges from Que-.ln-c to Eug- laed. 'l‘lie hugs censniiiption of aminiinitiun in the present war not only exhausts all that the ihills can make. but will cause the larger part of the contents of the provincial msaszinesto be called out of their slouibers into sound service. .-