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LOST iN THE FOUST,
enueeer gee 'meg 00 elle intial“.ve
gee se; s,
IL W0,1 1 /1.011111/00. ill ,.'1111y part of the
present emitary, Tie, winter had 0. Temente
ed we'd eareest, altheegh the fall 4If ./111110
1501.8 10,58 1:11311 1181141 ill CELInula. Time has
wronght eltenges in the (leaven ot Lemke'
since then. At the (late M one story it wit.
very thinly peeal.. on, settlement, were
few end ler between,
Some geolletnen " in reduveil
Stetnees," whom nevessity had driven to seek
to repair their forum"; hi that iana of deep
snow, ;laid loug win toes, had obtained pos.
seseion of litrge trawls of laud, whieli they
sought to let at. a very low rental to the
poorer cities •L; t tiers, in cede,. foine i tor
themselves, or tee. ,••0.01,500,/, /.01011,11,
0810.108 WS land prom he • o ; ft et. 1 i to Eng •
That model.
T one of these extensive
traets most equal to a. niudein.eived eoutt•
ty 111 :111.110118/0118. Among the few Who +w-
eep ted his tering as settlers were .1 Min Ili,
way cilia Thennts Nowlan. Dewey was an
Englishman by birth, and had been some
years in Canada. Nowlan MU/ 8.11 ..1.111001-
01111, slid had Hpent the whole of his long
life as tt beekwoodsman, width means thee
he leas 111111011 tO all kinds ot dithenittes and
dangere, tout that. he was not lacking in the
ordinary resource. ef a nem who hail spent
his best yeere in the wilds. 1i:way, though
yoine;01. in tit, wes xtst the middle itge.
7L 1 e.eetn ter morning, Howay
starle,l ire., lite lee hut for a day at wood.
cuttiug. Bemides his axe, he had his gun
and his these Lion, He soon discovered the
raeks of three bears, which they "need to
a large .treu three miles distant. 13ears are
not coinfertable neighbors ; and cows and
sheep and pigs are not safe within their
reach besides which, their skins could be
utilized for varioue purposes while, if
young, their llesh would prove an aeceptablo
addi t 1.41 10 the winter's stock of food ; and
the ;et would he mead for litany other pur-
poses,
Perhaps it was hit eagerness to seeme ono
• of the or even all Once, as hie own
priee, wiled] 10,1 him on to immediate at ttek
instteel ef returning to the settlement hw
help, es at, &afield have done. 11, began, •
therefere, et °nee to mit down the tree. But
as the tree wae, at least, sixteen iset eir..
mintage:we, this was ite light week. It was
lie:etre!. te e ;hot 1... sh, 01,1 keep a. geed
lookout, ir ••,,se Iiie meeentetee eiteitid dis•
"telt tie. LI% This lie deeln to do, but,
slaeleetteg at -townie, le. WA.,
put 4sli the 0'1/1 1 by the fel of a ;see,. pi",
of kirk, dookiti stp into the tree, !to dis
tiovered te lite no 110/1Steri.S4t11111, tilt,
largti.1 diseending the tree, tail
forenned.
The appe.tranee of the bear warned "shit
to prepare for the w,..; `11. 00. putting down
his axe, he adze(' hie gum with the intention
of tiring, Seeond theughts. however, led
him to ,, , sitate, Ho might womol. not •
hill the animal, and 00 tomsporats him, and 1
increase hi8 own iianeets While he was ,
thus t le' i berm I. he hear hail nearly reach- i
ed the Totted. when the tb es set up snob a 1
furionS !mak eg that the beat. worked swift- 1
ly up the tree again. 00 retteltiug the top
of the trenk where the limbs breeched oat,
he patieed, and turning round, surveyed both
man and dog with a tlereenees welch was j
truly alarming.
Howay wiehed, now, that he had souglit
the help af his neighbors, for his position
Scuttled mere and more perilous. Rallyiug
Ids uonteige, however, he seized his gun, and
lodged a hall in the anlinttl'e neek, which '
arought him lifeless 10 the ground. Bar,
trange to say, this suecese rather excited
the fears than stimulated the courage of
Rowel. Ile could not. make stlin of killing
the others, Etna in turn he might lie their
prey. Inetettd. therefore, of felling the tree,
he made the best of Ms way to call in the
aid of some neighbors. lie returned with
two nem. three doge. and anotheraxe. The
tree was soon cut through, but, in falling,
it struck against aaother. and broke off just
attend the middle, at the itlentieal part
whete, the bears hall stetioned themeelves.
atunned and confused, the animals rail so
close to one of thereon that he !lethally put
the muzzle of his gun close to the shoulder
•of the larger bear, and lodged two balls i
its body. 'rho other made off and eseapal
•anhuri, while the (logs engaged the wound-
ed one nutil he shook them off with their
badly torn.
It was now nearly suneet, and the men
returned to their homes for the night, The
next mnetting, noway was again on tliet rack
of the bears, haviug-now only ono eempan.
ion, Thomas Nowise. They were mew aleti
each with a rifle, am axe, 111/011 t MX 0115t.gCS
Of poWder, and bread and Meal, 811 ilicient for
one meal, hoping to be back before night -
Iewtoup, where t sew 11E1 „f the fe,
of luau, tip 1111 hope of finding lion,
' 01 her living or ,1,3;i ---for they ha,t no;
ono,. utvol ;heir traelt —1.11e. party rotaries
home,
I 'There Was one minsidenit tewhol
' to mitigate the dietrees ;if the situation, to
wider 1 lie 01 0111 10,8 lli.,11/05sillg than it.
1111,4 It 1.11 101 11, 10 111411 tat no aim ),
: 1,11' a, was klloWit, their hart, or
81.1!!er by °este death 1 it was einiply the
twighbere who wore grieved. by theses'. end
painful mei whieli they uoneltided lieway
and Newhin had mute,
Thus (lay followed day, an.1 Christmas
i morning (limited, Young 311.. T— Ives
: just in the nett of despatehing invereeigers
' take au inventery itt 11 e preperty of Limiest
teem when the news reached hint that they
had ret tuned a few hours before, alive, but
in a "'mitten) of the most utter wretched.
twee. As 00011 l!tissible, therefove, he
rut to see therm being anxious to know for
himself that they svere really alive, and o
hear from. them an aecount of their ad vett-
tines and. sufferings.
It was tt sight no one need wish to see, or,
having mute seen, to behold a second time.
They were speetaeles of woe and misery and
wretchedness almost beyond description—
their garments torn, their uountenancee
eintwiated, their eyes sunk, their flesh
withered away, and their whole appearanee
11e,re speetres than living men. They
were ouly the ghosts of their former selves,
and to converse with them seemed like hold
ing intercouree with the spirits of the cht.
pat ted, Their privations and sufferings hal
been so great, that the reeord of them 8C01116
more like romance 1.111111 sober history ;
protraeted enduratusi was so tenonishing,
and their deliverance so remarkable, tenet it
may be alike interesting and profitable to
listen to a relation of their adventures.
It was on the twelfth of December that
lIoway and Nowlan etarted in pareuit of the
bear. They soon came upon his track, which
they followed in it north-westerly direetion
fos at least twenty miles, when night came
ou. 1\ ith ffifficulty they sueceeded 111
itig a tire, getting alight by placing a, Moue
of dry linen on the pan of a flint-loek
while flaelling it. Supperiess they luy down
to rest, mud sleepless they emelt the night.
white' was execedingly eolti, its rigor Leine
moderated by the warmth of Oleic. ample
tire. At ;het lieht, after breakfasting (et th,
small fragments rentiduine fren yesteriley'
they ,tarteil split on the trael, :11
the 1, tr, their f.d tidal (lee having sh red
with them the crumbe of yesterday Tin
beer', Irma: pow heeente wry emelt us
w and doubling in s. 1111111110P 141
perpitecieg diet, ahem mem, when they umet
have preete Mel twenty miles, they rt. solved
1', glyv 111, thy chane ; for, 11,Ving no com-
pass, and the stir not beim; they
.., linable to aistinguidi nt rth from oath
It. it “mdition Wag 1111/St perilous ; the
pth ot winter, Without food cis shelter or
any knowledge of their relit] iv.. 1..16h:ion, 10,1
the boundleee foreet. 'Po 11111,1:2 matters
worse, a thaw had 501. 111 t110 snow was clis•
appearing, tool the rain was itterwsiug hour
by hour.
now recollected that itt the early
part of the (lay they had crossed. tlo; track
of another bete, which they thought might
lead them to sonie settlement. l'hey hoped,
too, ilea if it did not conduet them to the
sixties of mem, it might lead to the bear.*
retreat, and that if "ley Were inieeeSSful
killing him, its fiesh would afford them fool.,
and his skin serve as a lied. They followed
the ti Leek, therefore, until they lost it hy
reason of 1 he melted snow. What to do, oe
what course to take, they did not new know,
Hunting the bear ;save place to au etrort to
ward on starvation and to get 1101110.
They soon found themselves on the ben]:
of smell elect., which they conceived to he
a continent of the Thames. Hove they leve-
ed the second night. at the close of EL Clay of
hunger. iliseppointment, vexation, told fa.
tigus. The situation was (heavy enough.
It rained in torrents, and their only shelter
Was a few strips or bark. The wolves howled
around them, and the tempest 10114 BO 80000
111141 I1.00$ W01.0 torn up by the roots and
et sewn around in wild cell fusion. Tho scene
was 1mila:reed when meriting hreke. About
s noon, the V1:11(1000 of the storm abated ; but
the rain hill 1 0.1011110881y the whole of the
I day, while the ookt was unabated. They
' again pursued their journey, still sustain.
(el by hope. Towards sunset, leeway fired
, partridge.but missed it, mid they went
supperless onee more.
On the fourth day, they felt the pangs of
hunger ee that they could have eaten almost
aloe hing, and their thirst WaS 80 insatiable
that they were compelled to drink every
few minutes, Sixty hours had 110W elapsed
since they had tasted food, aiul the appal-
ling ides of death by starvation forced itself
upon them. Just before sunset, however,
Nowlen succeeded in shooting a partridge,
tell of which they consumed for supperond
devoured the other half for breakfast; the
next morning. I3ut so ravenous wore they
that, as they afterwards declared, their
henget, was more anpezesed by eating this
Aril than it would have been uoder
eiremnstrumes by ssvallowing a cheery.
Latta more than one cliai.ge of powder wits
low left them, tend this they determined to
Teem° for lighting fives ; for as the frost
mil now again set in, exposnre for a single
tight without fire would result in :meetly
.1 hen fell. The meet inge of hums". nee,
ed. that they should kill hint to help ...i.e.;
lain their ewe life ; hut humanity, end :a.
feet 1.1, 1.110 1110 0011111.1111101 W/11/41 11,v1
,t111.0, 11 1111 ,01E.11 ii,lolity, got the hotter of
all ,ttelt prompt logs.
Tiny had hardly proeeedea LL Mile 011
11111 eV0111.11 tie ettieg, wheit a
lieW 1111/R0111y ,11/1/,E111 11 the E/110 110 01 all 1111-
11;1E4s:1140 5W1111111, 11 111011 ..01,111/111/1s1 1111011
14,110 11'0 1111110 of Ow v,ran mtrike out into
the pa ' waste, Tlivy walked a hat 'lay
tual the 111.11, 11111.1 8110111 f0111•0'/.1001t. 011
ninth day, tin upon the (seeks of
two in 11 and a dog, Hope leaped to the
0m:elusion that they were now uent, 8.0110
8011.110/1011/,turultlita theit. toile and antreriegs
and the withering hunger would soon he
over. Alas they were doomed to disap-
pointment. After following the tracks for
seine time they were brought to the very
spot where they had rested a low nights
before. The footprints were those of their
deg mid themeelvee.
Deepair 110W seemed to Ise. firm hands on
them. They sat down without even taking
the trouble to kindle a tire, feeling that it
would be better to be frozen to death than
to sock to prolong a miserable existence.
They gazed on each o thee with eountonitnees
of the meet painful emotions ; tears
flowed. freely down their haggard cheeks ;
and their chief drool was that one might
survive the other, to (lie unpitied and un-
seen, The appreheneion, too, that theft,
- bodies wouhl be devoured by animals, was
orie that added point to their ntieeries.
After they had both been the psey or
melancholy for au hour ur more, Jamey
eeenied to .eegain his composere, and told
his campanioe it was their duty still to ens,
ploy 11110110 for their own preservation, us
HO Wlio gave them beiug had itlone the right
to take away Omit. lives. Itoused by these
consideratione, they eet about kindling a
fire, 'tieing their last Ilask of gunpowder for
the purpose,
There seemed then no hope that they
could possibly exiet Inquiet the night of the
following day. 'rho morning found them in
a state 'of apathy ; but they ramie(' them.
Fele"; to pursue theie journey, and at night-
fall they re:wiled. the haystack where they
had had their (oily eleep. The dog was
still alive, lint unable to rise, and was a
mere elteletou.
The (leek° of life once more reeived
their breasts, and they ate el:volume
unison, a large Immo i y of the inner kirk
et a speeies of elm. Tie. soon produeed de.
Briton, told they ley down attune; the hay in
he get:most mental stemy. Ily daylield the
moruieg they were Ite. ter, 111111 IVOI1111.
have sisen ; but, reeolleetine thee their net.
torte's for melting a tire were eximeeted,
t hey resolved to roll th meet et. 3 up in the hay
1.1 Walt the hour of dose h. Scarectly
had this resolution been formed, when they
heard the Hound of n cow -bell, vendee, ap.
pareutly, from the opposite. eide of the riVer,
The sound of a coir -bell, they knew,
certain sign of a Minute habitittion et no
greet 11 istanee ; they I herefore arose atomic,
as if gifted with new energy. and semi per-
ceived n. log house, 11.3 11 eecently erected ;
lett no sign of inhanitaid.
They could harilly believe their eyes,
thinking the log house tnight be, af ter all, a
creature of t heir i grighta Gan , .1 tem.& red by
long abstinence. At length, eonvinced of
its reelity, they beset' to search for means to
ford the river, wh;o11 turned out to be the
ele ti hie. Finding a crossing-ple cc, t hey wcro
not, long in reaching the opposite shore,
wheee they wow Tnet by it white man and
two Intl iane. who took them to the house of
a man named Townsens, W110 10101 W011
ktlOW11 10 1.110W, fr0111 W110111 they re-
ceived every mat It of kindness thug, feeler's
condition rest tined,
The tinging of the cowbell was a happy
circumstance for them. The river flowed
into Lake Huron at a point one hundred
utiles from any settlement reel they W000
0111y thirty miles from the lake, wheneneet-
Mg with the swamp, they had inadvertently
bent Dude steps back into the woods along
111010 01011 track. lanvosend'e leg hut was
fifty miles front their home, and had only
recently been cremes(' near a salt spring he
had diseovered some time before.
Airs. Townsend attended to the frozen feet
Nowln,u ; and after they had rested and
teillicientl,y recovered strength, they started
tor their own settlement by the aid of a
blessed line—bark taken from trees with an
exe by a previous travelee —and on Chriet-
nuts eve, thirteen days after they litul left
them, they had once more the happinees of
entering their 0101.1 homes anti enjoying the
comforts of then 01101 firesides.
• ' 1
lite manner ot hunting bears in Canada is
that of tracking their footsteps through the
snow to their winter eetreats end the
knowledge that theee tracke sometimes tette
the hunter forty, or even fifty milem from
the stasting-pomt, should have forewarned
the rnen to have bOuti better provisioned, i
knowing, also, that their return Inns', be 011 ,
theirown footprints, mid that if there should • 1
come a thaw, or a snowfall, they uould be
left without a trail of any kind, I
The twelfth of December passed, and the 1
adventurous huntsmen di, not 'men n. 1 he
inlet (lay, and the 110XL, C,11110 anti Went in
ineemer. and still they not, appear ;
the only idinge of ' , ing that about
two o'elosk ell the le.. t hey mot beer
observed unitising it river, which. in. iteentsl.
twee 0 it h 1110 mune of London given to Die 1
district , the Thames, It is a cote ,
eideest lever, end flows in a dial:aim;
soul ey•west into hike 8], Clair,
Their 1, i ,.1 8 evi.shbora 110W 1./..10.1.1110 1
alarieed, es 1 eotieluded that they had per- 1
ished ,.. looter luitl cobl, or Mel been
1,e, 1, e wounded liner. A 1/011 the
propriet1).• 0f the dhurbit, under when' seine
of them 1.. ,,! their farms and lote. therefore
assetn1,1e,-, 1..rge. party of tlie tt..t.t lore per-
tainine le !he toWlulilip.a Of /.011.100 11101 N.01E-
8111/0i. WE1 1 110 1/1111/0,01 ,t,..kine the bee ,
10011. Thge (befitted not. 110W‘.1.1 1 11,1 1
they had !ellen e prey te the weather, even 1
if they Led eeesped Ilene from the beztre ;
for the eol 1 11:11.0 intem.0, their clothing Wits I
alight f, flu: Will1.01. they no
thole/alma, and Wer41 entirely without
means of any kind to proteet them front the
severity ef the weather.
'The Tetley in guest prepared themselves
in every tv;ty tor their hazardous ;miler.
takitig. 'they uto...ked thenteeleee Well
Wit hprov U11111)/1,10,
ithulislati,, Of 01111111110 HEW, 81111it'illIlt. woo-
ing, mot the apperatim for lighting tiros ;
and. i addition, they took with them some
Nosehot I found the morning that his feet
'rho fifth night, wan extremely cold, ;null
vere badly frozen. iltd, this wan not all,
17,3 the excrueiating torture:1 of frostshittee
ect -wore added an ttuseiteetethle thiret
fesens 1 fithorte. they 1111(1 walked,
w rather snit, Isom temrise to KIIIItiets
0.1‘01st 1,111Ply /0 1111// Etay ; but 11,Les it wile
wi 111 greet. 11;111.1111y, mei wit It • almost nu- I
iestelde , 1,11 the NI/ !. NOWLIii,
hey tee emplieeml halt that dito dime.
on the Afternoon of the sixth illy, the 1,111 I
ed for 11 flrWr 111,4111/01t,i. 1,101 00111'11010.1
111411 1 boy -,vere not on 1 110 1111111/5 0 1 the'
; anti. t lity enteted that river
e 11., north, thsy c•,ti'd only (seeded(' tint
hey We00 00 1111., Of 1 he 010111,1 Which 1111W .
.iflier nort ;twat d 1,,the Huron, or west -1
...sad i L.Ite at. claire lit either veg.,'
le.y a long dittenee feint
and 14 1,41011 1 11011 iinsetthel by white:
Jetty& Still, 1.8 it 11,1 81/1110Win0.0,
.1111/Sle Li/ 1.0110W it, .1,11/.,0, Et, it might eon..
hue them. te SUM,. 111.1h111 5011 10111011
shot I, tithe tie y iliseorird 11 boat on
he opposite side of I he river, and, a. lit; le
teethes (loam, a canoe, 1 110 11.1111101/.01100 Elf
110.80 E•rait inspired them sloth the hope that
there might, 110 So111(3 11111110M 11.411/1./110118
f, tl ;inset 111TH 110a.V. tut, after travoifog
niiieN, tiny came to the eoneltt,ion
out du; lot/t hoe') dowo ho
:Ivor derrpg the "'emit, thaw ILTIE1 810/111.
hey Avert, met coimmeleing o ent dole], I,
tee for' the night's fire, when they, obeervie 1
L etas of hay :.-11ort, (fatten,' beetle them,
I/ Mil0 of the ris,er. The h tyetitek
1 theal that they were 'tear 501110
111.ti0111/011./ and it :Worded them a coin foot -
lee hiel for the night, where they rime,
(mildly for smile }gene, which wee their Mew
woper sleep eiimelettving Ilefreeteel
y their reprem, they eterted 1.1"1.11 18.0;
1101,l11, 51111 1/1, 10 101 001111 Of Ill, river.
. , „ ,
he deg, hoivever, heir itis tiger eo paiden
it could follow them no longer ; Whon
tgarted, etaggered a few Noes, and
'.
of the beet dogs nt the 00111.+Ty,
„ 1 ,1
Their c WIN 000 411111.4 W111011 ..•1;1,11 i0 1.11011. ,-
ainkaif,loH— n omn,.• In,,1 taken plitr•e, 11,11,i the ,.
/IA. w.lo_..y (..;,,Ippearcd fa ett tile ' e
snow h 1 1 11 ii
.grotnid, except in low and filVanipy Alma. ''
time,. I'liey had, thereOire. no tracks what- 1 e
over, (eel 111 idea, of the direction the lost ; a
num might have taken, only the hint, 01, , e
tained from the men who hall 80(11 1.1001 1 1
crossing the river oil the /lay of their flopir• l'
tura They had es a, eonesquerten 110 VE 11/ ! ''
manguine hopes of thelitig 1 hem. They "tie ' rl
eophseill theuse,ele ot aci.144 of forea lair! t
1
tinned thcir vo r 0, Lowe Vet', for two days, 11
Lore of the Bella
Some of the insoriptions found on bells
aro of unique interest,. The Independence
bell was cast in 1751, and, although made
25 years before the sitting of the Continental
Congress, bore this legend ; " Proolaim
liberty throughout ell the land, to all the
inhabi tants thereof."
The following, in whole or part, is often
found on old mid notv bells, generally in -
earthed in Latin : " :1 bemoan the burial ;
T abate ths lightning : annOhnee tho
bath ; arouse the slothful ; dissipate the
winds ; 1 appetese the revengeful."
On the greet alarm bell at Client is the
following : " My name is Roland ; when 1
toll there te rt lire, and when 1 eing there ts
viutoey in the land."
On the bell in Shelburne ; " ',ova I quench
this furione flame. Arise, nut, help, putt
eut the same."
On a bell in Derbyshiee 1 " Mankind,
like incase° (sit fouticl,powesomi of neught
but ledlow sentid."
On a boll in Worceeterehire " if yon ,
would know when we was run, it Walt jerlt,3,.-h's6
Meath, 1 71/1."
On a bell at, Ilinetead 1 "Somme] Knight ,tift,"11L411 110 N11,11"11101s slid let set- s
mail., this rhig, in. Mutual' eteeple foe to 1111 Is mug", Boni Alberta 011 the mutern
sloolirs,0:0170atals/ Irlwrscumprsz/newsmaul.mane11,1,10a1r0a/r/m04011,,r0/0.00,1,0-3,,,W4/c.aria,"/”.././00...a/Ness,.
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CHINA'S POST orriat. IT KNEW NO PEAR. 41.N A IAN E
at ton f/tirerl Mat nod 10 holly The st,,,.> 111.18.1 A,.,1 11,1 011 1 11 11
it 191111.11111.1t1 Or lige t;ilitte/ 'the strange Vretse clean, Beagle.
Friendly Veal WM/111M%
For wally m'ilial'ill0 l'ilhlio dismttellea l'l'e ih•si losntille acquainted on a 1 ably 'Me otraugo awl Heittoingly hien plieuble
have hetet , onveecti thienigh t 'Non by ineatie ideht, in "gamer, i wag sh tie., at in lite .
.. ' tE10' 0,0111001101 NVith 11111 /110/.0.11 1"1,1,,,ry of
of it department et' the Beard. of \Vaie Pest, ^
rads, ermine I ly e x :vile!) 1, hut now disgrttee•
ail, radiate front Pekin to all park of the
Empire, and al aid:knees regulitael by the
nature or the yountry aro statiotIn whore 14
supply (ti horses 10 etipposed to be kept --
11111011 ne in Siberia—for the furthering cif
official eerseepondenee, Despite the NIA.
11888 of the 1,111118 1.11111 1110 generally dilam,
dated eonditioa of the pouiee (they are
hardly big "neigh to be "tiled horsett), stir. 1,.tz,,,inast, 1,1,,,t5t.1,14:11..1,wr,c,itte.
1.1'}uvi'llibit'l?1. It iiiii'mli..}s1:11 711'111
prising dietanees are, on urgent occasions, put, it before my tiny captive. Il. wae tretnip
00001'04 by ibis iiiciiim, Ill thaTh'Y Om ilr,ealf-* ling a little, but itrosently, reaesured, IL
ost speed is some 200 Influx a day, and It is began to nibble at the eake, pausieg every
claimed that this is often actually ottani, a, non, :ma t bon to glanee at me with ite Leigh e,
11111, ill this for China, rapid meatus of 0,111- der], e ea
intinionidell the general publie is not per -
milted to shave, ene, more than it may 111
England avail i tiself of the serviees uf a
Queen's messenger.
It IS not to he ilnilgined that a veritable
nation of shopkeepers like the Chinese
would remain, owing to this refusal of their
Levernment to convey their oorrespontlenee
tleetitute of a postal eervica 1 the three men were dmeharged bemuse there
.„'-'1".9,.' hxy" once of thle eerap of life I resumed my write
indeed a very uomplete system til their own, was no evidence:. against them. The agent
entirely intlepen (len t. (if t he State; ill every - '
ing pausing eveey now'itml then to nod and
. of the New Sotttli \ %.itleis Government eame
1 t L , I
Icis,o heaci faici 1,111,1,e,yptittft.
t It•it Iota dropplei iny 1, 1,1 br. arri,,o,
the mannosa front
Ltialwl"g '1""'", 1 "1'w II"' 1"."11'' eY` ." the eolitnien vitt 11(.1101111u e'eteerdity.
little mouse. 1 Pay 11 111t10 1110/1811, 11111/
1 ly 1 he sleallier whielt arrived at San
0110 Was So sinoll thal it Was eyph ,y not Fmn,i,,,,„ „II 1,„ wa4
gi'"W". "" """'"0"W' Thia 11"1 Yet retie i t hat t wo Englishmen named Bloom
y''u'axtVii-11 tIttlThIt gn yf an't 1:tirP %I: 11.1t1.101.111'ol-'
• and 1 enightsialiebonsffile miters of the yacht,
lulu from the coloulee ahem Sept, 1, In pos.
neesion of ample uniane.—principelly British
gllineau—W111011 they aliened broadettet
through 11 (mobile tnele channels, 'When
the Austrulia touched et Honolulu no ttgent
of the New South Velem Government step-
ped ashore and had the 0 WIMPS of the yacht
Then, having further refreshed it by in,
drop of wttter proffered on a large pen s ,v,i°,1,);;aagt,141 o°10'11,-Ipeatii,inhrigne 11.1tfine,:linu.g1 041ciligh
eennry stronghold forma of 1111 tilcatand., a The nutnifest failed to Show the importation
paper weight tont it stamp box, from Moult ef „oht.
it it watching tile without the slightest ap- 6542c;;i: alias by oin .11.awaihui officials
30111100o of uneasiness or desire to escape. '
failed Lowey° the existence of the gold,and
\ ly loneliness cheered even b the res-
P"I'li, Plass'l 111Y 1.41'1°..1"'"'"11nr 1" x 1"1". ait,000 guinese into the Hawaiiito kingdom.
town 01 any size may be seen ten or a direen tfutt felt I must VC10(18E1 the little creature
shops with the sign II si 11 Chu, " letter office.' when iny 'Work was finished, and it had. 811 -
or postal establishimut, suspended outside, eteo, a„eet, of „the, I hefted the comes
Their business is to "trey, not lettere only, warning that it grow lace. With a parting
but small parcels, packets of silver, and the sinouth of its satiny skin with my finger, I
like, usually to other towns in the same put it on 'die Iloor anti Wlit ailed it steal
provinces. They are in feet, general earriern men,. „,,,1„,, the weinecoting of the room,
or, perhaps it would be fairer to say, "my „ne'a,„. what had escaped my observatiou
occupy much the samoposit,ion in China now befele, that the mouse was lame in ono
as did the " agents " at, Harwich: and 1,1„1,,
Dover of the Postmaster General st the be. Of „au.,a I „„yas. exia,ta,1 1.,0,00 jt,agaja,
ginning of the eighteenth century—so inie- but ou the following night. was glad to see
cellemeous are tlte paelcages committed to 11 coins creeping Intel; about my feet when
their charge.
I pierce.' it (nem More 011 my table. This
They limn no fixed tariff varying seemel.
ing to weight and there appeare to be no &Ted it the indignity before 1 made no ate
thee, feeling rather asheenal that 1 had M. legiel f"gittv". He dep"rt"I as myeteris
oualy as he (Lame, and so far es Bloom end
limit, wit Ion reason, to tho sizo of letters or a.„,p1, to hoid it in tee ten, hte. „ii„,,,,i 1, to Douglass are "invented the law; of tide
on to this eity hy the Australia, He had
but unsatisfiwtory eummunication with the
authorities here, and returned to the colon.
ics by the next through eteitiner.
The presumption Wall that the agent heel
anticipated the lleatel(63 procuring clearance
imperil foe San Francis"), and that possibly
the mon at:attend of defrauding the 'West,
"Minder Bank could be arrested here and
held undo'. the. provisions of the new ex-
tradition treaty between the United States
and Great 13eitain. I that 11018 the itgem'r
purpose he eingainly did not disolose it-, no.
ant he invoke eny process to hold the al.
pareele they svill ettrey. The charges foe e.a„,ke „Nett imehe 411,1 Teta ee s'!",11,1ra. 11:11"w t," umr" of thew lri,"" 11,11)1
1,11/.,..,/t of amwayanaa of peeetele the „ie,. n way 1,,,, mition to visit American porte ft pri-
aut sh.ipe alone (seem to let taken into ae. au, egt,rwei„1, w,e, sale Tacit t•
le:lots is fairly consistent, lint ill estimating won hi, whiell 1 NO gen Pa and tomb. °thee foreign gentlemen antionneing their
count. A 1:mm11..4(ml:10m ie then made et 1„ oven( '110" 111.111g8 1110 1111.0001114i011/
wlneh 1 he sender itt libent y. —if Ite —
to abate. in fam, the transinitesion
parcels 1, inang Tot,' moil a
mil ter of Infinlinint a, the purchase of a
/Ma% 14 110 monopoly, "tell post
°Ilia, tries to undeibid. its rivals, mid mon.
pet i vergem on the leollerone.
Sieve the inetitntien of female post Mike:
clerks in England, how tingly complaints
quite gsounillettee have there not
11C011 from would -ho purchasere ef 81.0111115
1V/10 11,100 been kept mauling at the counter
while the postmistress and her assistant
e•hipare »otos on last Sunday's fashienss in
ChM, this deplorable elate of things is se.
der, time es 1, IturrieSover the pepsr. dee ite er, that wheti the Ileagle and its
0..1 I !emote, eeeticl eit cher, 1 lie 0" were 1-11"
sheet watelling O..- lettere teem lemeatil the 111"3. 1""11 "11t "lealane'" P'1".1.3 f"1.
111) E•l'i.,11 l.1/riftly travelling engin,. dap 1;1, hot were nut quite vett du tied time,
.111 that. winter .1,tnie aiel 1 kt '"'' '"''1' 4 ',Li
other company army night, two 1 "1 'n "' 1'1 14/..1'/"./ 1"''"'''
who never bored inel; ot;:w. ith 1.144,1h" S "1".es 11, "'she,'
eons "agate. mei yet ste re the .: ter ',11; i'le 1.1"' ."1"ai" "I,
cempeniees',Tp. We had 11111,1y a 1,11y '"l`11•1'Ll" Ilia 1 "11'1 a
midnight. ie est t.tgetlier, sviein Janie sat ' '''.1"."/:0'.1.
1111011 1110 0.111,` Of my plate, aseept :Alen , r th" ,leareti
inorsnia a., 1 ineeeargi inn., len n, ,,..111,11 sue r he "drum,. lioim
Min, as expeeting et fermetion er a pass•
of the rudeness of appnipria"11,4 0Yen
crumb totinvit Ingens Suddenly the I a ;tele ateestred.
(h1 one tawasioll. hoWever, atria texurreil When t Imo Mitripii itrrived at II hotel n
versed. There each pest °thee hits its tome. a end Illighap. My landlady hail broth:lit on the 181 It ni thing Mel brill heard of the
Who go around at very short intervele to me a „f ,11,1, know, s. Ileagle for nircral Weeks 1111i1 it WaS a Tan'
each place of business to beg for the Friel. eo„p„reet which, 1„ thin in which direction (the Mel gone, japan
ledge of foewarding their lettere, Nat or San Fieneinco. The run fermi I he island,:
basket's are the best customers, and 11-1 Trait SILII00 Millie of wine or brandy.
te this port (night not, for a. veesel Pico the
knowing this, and too busy inyeelf to taste
time (Irwin near (post time is fixed at the 1 :eagle, to !eke more than I hirt.-sn hatr•
it 1 gave Janie a few crumbs and went ell
open pints by the departure of the loot' with my work, tern days, and if her eouree was ste (wed for
steamer) you will see 0 tout enter a hank :Presently wtts alarmed awl prizzled to this Pon she 010111.1. hav" 1",'" 1"ire
tuni 1"1"rruPt Om &Lurks with 1,11 onlreatY gee my quiet 11, Go friend eieleavorieg to two or throe weeks, The intuit:nee is Un-
to ..lelved to eOnvey Lite letters they
have not yet copied. He is dismiesell foe
half tot hour, mid meanwhile two or three
rivals will appear with the stone request.
The lucky num is he who happene to come
in as the letters are sealed.
Prepayment is optional, no fine being
levied on unpaid lettere. Postage is knowo
euphemistic:ally " wine allowance," and
on the covet, of tho lett"! is always noted
the tunount paid or due. l'ostage 8011034
have nover, apparently, been thought of.
Some day it will upon one of these be-
nighted firme how vast are the benefits of
oer stamp system. lie will then hasten to
supply himself with a varied end picture-
sque series, whiell he will dispose of to
Western tiailisomenittes at a highly satis-
factory profit. aleanwhile I.is nntivo cus-
tomers, se a rule, clo not prepay their post.
uge, partly because a Ch inmost! hates to Iry
out money when he can possibly avoid it ,
and pertly because he considers that lite
letter is Mr more lilcely to be ottried safely
and speedily to its '101:Coati= if the clue iers
have an interest in itsprompt delivery. Tho
question is not, as W118 the ease ill England
fifty er sixty years ago, in any way a senti•
mental ono ; 110 Chinaman is tio unreason-
able as to feel insulted at having nothing to
pay on his letters. Custom only requires
two elaeses of correspondence IA) he prepaid
in refl.—letters to indigent relatives and
begging epistles.
Her Majesty's Mail Carrier.
1(ooteniti 13, C„.., Star There is an old -
tinier residing in Bovelstoke who has seen
good deal of moutitaie life before the tulvent,
of railways in this prey Mee, and to heer
Mooing, his adventhres and Intirbrearleh es-
capes in the devious pas.ies of the Rookies,
when grizzlies were as thiek as blackberries
and mountain lions aml wildcats lodged in
nearly every tree, it would make a tender-
foot's lode stand on mid with setonishInene,
Who is 111ere in Reveletoke who does nob
kitow Jim He is old no ,r, and Id, itawyetl,
and his walk is etiff and slew from laments-
ttent—the effects et many eitnimngs out in
days long gone—and his heating is dull, bee .,
his voice im still ;dear and deep and strong. ;
But the geeat 01.0111 in./1111'a life, and wheel' ,
forins the thief l'01111/118001100 (111t of thu 11003
and mist y past, tts (100e,i ttrotifiti disilLOY0
Lits -s /lark winter iloy.', is lin fact that be
fore the Canadian Pacific Railroad 1018 11-
stand on liet. Leeil. Not succeeding 111 tins,
she tore ahem the table, pausing oecry now
and then to &Loco and throw a hall :honer.
san t.
et ii„agy deal -eel upon ‘,.hat, ,,,„„; 1,0 111000 ',casein, are equally ineeplicahle if?
amt/or, (111,a, 1 aa, a,hame,1 10,a,, 1 1„a„1, 1100 ladies registered at the Reis Itemise,
lond and long. This scented to attrtiet who landed from 1110 Mariposa yesterday.
Jruilit's attention, for she etopped short itt Both left Sydney on Get. 31, tool t eolith
bee frenzy and came creeping to till' 1"'"'eng" 11". "1")" "am"' 111. M
whi,,h she laid „ad &ale, maid and three children, end Mrs.
113fr:iiiosks,,,,,tgai,,,oi eel!' Hi , n'I'n1,110
Iiiiliiii"?;211 lirtTiVo
Matter with Ine '1" only, while Mrs. Brook's entry Ames tho
„i„so 11,, hat of eel", jeweite,a, presenee of t lie children 01111 the nurse. Both
and there ehe t her in toe iea Li on away. 11,0 registoroa 11001 sPinoY•
Poor little Janie 1 Her fate 19 11111/110W11 111 ietneling to the statements of the oflieerti
nie. One night in early sprine I looked for "!,1 1,"1-11 111,1!e8 in""ii"'1"d
eueit..,11.11,,..t,tiiiiilin3tni‘t,,!iryi int! itit,f(1,01;,,sienettL1.11 tiihtti xiare,ilt,eotTi.:eanntd0,,Svet111.01..
avoubthie thet the veesel's sailed in
the direetion of Japan, and gave tl is port a
wide berth for mimeo; beet known to them.
selves.
Vt181.10 10 MIC 000111, 011ly 1.0 111111 111nt 1110 l''''1'"I'l. fur the Ile"gle• Thu 011111 "14 re-
wind wan the cameo, or the falling of an meined 5 1011' 1101105 ill the limbos, but that
ember from my fire. 8110 001110 no 111000, 1 inr. 108.0 plat ill by them ashore making in -
and though I had no particular 08.1100 to qtnriee as to the Beagle. Otte visit was
suspect him, I conceived an W001'81011 to the made by them to the elegant house which
household cat, and always looked away Bloom and Doug:nes maimed on King street
whence, he see and sieeea me °imps beim, while tho yacht wits in the harbor. But
me. yacht and owners and (wow hail long before
disappeared from the waters of Hawaii, and
Legends of Sunken Oita& the ladies tesumed their journey to this
i oily.
ablio)°Tii,T,,,`),,,r 0 ii:-,1:;,?on,`,1,:ritwa ,,f ei,`„,\'ciii.r ,,',1,11,:i'oeit:; ia, leak 0 a on t, on the passage that tho ram.
have partially ot. wholly disappeared be. ilies were those of two of the three men on
math the waves of the restless ocean. , los the yacht, trztvelli lig uncle'. fictitioms names.
The Indy regietered as Mrs. Brooks frank -
0f thes° was 13a4gaial Whilth "t"Thl °ear ly admitted that her humhand might arrive
Chittagong and which appears to have given on the Beagle at any time, Nna 0111(1 110 W011141
its name to Bengal. Ptolemy mentions a
see,port called Remade, which stood in any 011„,on \\quail n
explain, if it was necessary, his relation to
is a rock in the soa, having in its centre a i el Tslmnitaile°015iiguiatilnt8ot
Conutrin, in India. Of this city the sole relic him. Of hie ImshiesIsigaillt
talk, as she knew nothing of them.
well of fresh water. Plessy, tl la 1
Cline gained hie greatest victory, has been
.1°P --°°‘"er's The woman regintering ns "Mrs. Beale "
denied that she was Mrs. Beale.
swept to the last vestige by the River
Honghly. Ravenspur, on the east coast of Another item mono from the Merposai
Br:gland, W118 long since swept away by the and that was that still a third lady took
grsdual Mewls of the channel. passage a Sydney in mearch of the Beagle
e, and the direction of lice movements. She,
Town Bank, near Clf,9le Mae', 7,1". J.; is '1' according to ship remote was elle moteier-in-
called from a 101101 W111011 once stood on the
cioatit, but which is now covered by the 1aw of one of the Bettgle'n cabin oecupants,
and desired very mueli Lo liave a face.to-faee
w""°1's of 1110 ”elawam 13'7' W"les "105 interview with him conoorning bis disposal
hits its munken city, whie 1 tradition hue
placed Ill Lake Llangosso, The famous City
f Is was somewhere along the onset of
Irittany, and varioue plastoe are now point.
!CI (int to the therlies as its original site.
There is eahl in lie a. (sunken city in Gem
natty, tenni:whore in the island of Reigen :
ni calm (ewe it is even said that 000 1110y
1011V the 18;118 Of lb() uitv as they ai a bell g
of 10,001 of her money, Tho old lady stop.
ed itt Honolulu.
Horse Association With Man.
The horse'e easocialien Neil 11 111;111 and his
edueation d iiri lig eountless geneintions
developed his intelligence to a high degree,
letek end 1010 II by the WiL0013, .
,// and at a very early date for animate that,
Muller's fain ,us lyrie is beset] oil this old 11,,I,',1:‘,1;,TIlls,11,,Vi..1`,„'::;;IsInit',1‘,?:,sii,a0:‘,1,,,,`,1,a'1,1ii;iLihrai,'01001els"
merest ition. ilie firet :tauten of tide ex-
tu:sil 0 little !! 0, in tuns es fel Imes : wero,pairl. A lex.oelet. Ile:Great paul near -
lave! the rad. els el' the emit:ell etty ly 00 for lineeplial its. Tits t etilebeated
peel me., mese l'ti01. /Wciiing (belie ; war ',1"0.1 wa" a "k''w '1'• "r calls"
.'rein 1111, 8, 11,0,10 n. /litty
%VIA and eolioos, of the eltlen time. horee, being Will t,V, 111!Il'ii.e,1 With large deep
, bay spots, a breed hold in the highest
In :01.111,on to theso I Might menthol eetamittion by the 'anthems. Att the
ii"111' 110' '''ilii11"11 "f .whisIl 1" ""1"1"."1"d battle of ifeeleepes the noble ereat„re
11 a 1811•1:' Lolotrollow ; Savonteda-
ai, o 1, „ l'a a‘mo, wound, limb fee Om first
arthousk, wss Immo
," '" ti disobedient to ids integer's command,
;Melees', The eneireit Oreelce alleged. I,Lt galloped out of tin; light. carried AIM:hinder
out of (Miami', then knelt for him to alight,
1°' e'Lles "1 11''''' wer"link It0 WO11 '011fli0111, nod lowing performed
'1," """' W1"""' °I" 1"'""a" "Th1 '''111r0" W"r" this ite•ti net. or duty, fell over mid died.
ffitinly los }Tars. The waters of the Among the ;Inertial the hone, was an objeut
of stipertititiolls Vellertition, and front an
old (Imminent, bettring date A, D. 1,000,
some idea limy !opined or the estimation
it, width he wee hold by the value therein
Resigned to hint, 11, 18 thl l'e 8111101 that if
a berme be destroyed 017 negligently lost, the
compensation to he deemed, d ehould he the
011111 of :10 shillings, tor it mare, or colt, 20
il linge, and the same ennt for II 'mom. The
valet:of 1111/hey that ditto Eliglemi
leroil widely from the present xlity, but the
mimeo doentmett, show; Olio. a human being
Was valued at. 1.11- salmi price as (4 1:01t 5111.1
1/010W 111111 Of 11 1101'80.
-111•0111 ofreultdoentioll language. Words
like "lemon belle, ehonld go elraight to
their emelt,
when you know a hing, to held that you
know it and wheo you (10 not know a thing,
to allow thee you do not know it, this
kit owledgc.
slept to British (Solninliiit (et the weet. 'Just .
hi a bell oxfo,d,thin, 4. 1 2.1„g (11111k Ilf it ! For 1 lei miles throngli Om tell.. 1
sermen with a Mei y bothi, that nil ; ,'01110 :111E1 110'4101 110.110104, (11•01. t110
81(11) 11.101 i Ill ill t 0.11 01 1111.111 1011 /110/1,0 pre.
clone, siel tome may stay at. Itonto."
tht a bell hi Ilorkshire "At in (Ter times cipiherA lodtrcs mid ol'er yliWning, 1'1111,010
triy,setive l'ilraise, tool soiled to my sul,seri LY a fail :It Ix( e, while flown t
her s pra ise."
Ott a hell \Varwieksliire " south) to
bid let eielt repeet, in hope of life when
1,1 spent. •
ht oat, in 1 faintish' en " Unto the
eltureli I do yea call, death to the gravo
It -ill summon all.
1,1ael: depth-. clashed Hie :noun! a in torrent,
where a take step moan( t
t 110 1111E11111M sl 101/ 1101 111.100•f0E0 ell, /1111017
(100risql I111, 01041. 'nal le the hitereet whieit
ittlitelice to the well•lcuown (log ,lim, itf the 1
Celtunhilt the sele survivor of foul, (if 1
111H note wig, elieriet1 the mountain mail, Jim I
(.1nri In I /00 ty,:li ire : " es him of deimated I 18 11111 14 1/1000114111/1•11,1, 110t C0011 1-111111 104,11, 8
homs wIt toll the 1E1;011, insteetetien tote and Indite o ero,a lietween a Newfoundland slid ;
liee Dm future well." iMnol him.: ;duo 1 bill he iit 14 11017 1Vil..11 n hiS• '
III 41118 Cs 111 11/10 110E1, Moore's line,s ton tory, TI 1 ormerh. gel L it H11111111011 Olt t11111 : t
werthy of reproduction 1 from the tip oi It's nom to the tid Miele tail.. `
, lonig limy it, wave 1 . 1
i
110W 111-.10 1 It to!1.7:
1 0 ; ,1 11 100 10111 111111 /01./0•1 Coon
.1 1 .1,11.011 1111110 8st/1(11111g <111t1101.
Rey, Mr, Boyd, of London Ont, 01100
christened 1/ NO./a linOtia youngster " :AM 8
of the apostles, The child wee a lift son,
end hie four Mothers had liven tospeetively
named elite thew, Mark, 'Luke lual John,
Spokesman for Parly--" Will you rell the
minister, please, that While thine's so nutelt
fe% or a•goitip 'round, our parents (beet
sy 11.1. Th. 1.0 011100 IT SlInflay ; and " 11111111,,woni,,,a on in,,ys' 15 110
1/11,/l;E: 0,01 yon tell ne in what tend hie son (111fiv ielvertist 111101t, Ili Ihn newnpalieln"
Alight 111;tt hig yeeterdey 1" "'Twee overtime from childhood'e hoer,"
Amen with 11. El0L'k log ring lit to have a
springy men,
1 I
al 111111th,, 001i, IL 1.1.11111/10 111, t.10011
001110 011 1110 1/0.1101.
Poker LI OHO Of 1,111: few gamos where the
lesa it fellow knows about 1 lio gatile the bet. t
ter his opponent 111,us it,
'Great mon owe their hone to tho littlo.
nem of the rest of the world, loante in
only it l'103 Ilt 4cempiteison after all.
;idiom ins in hoW 110W and tibli °Vet' I 110
11 e of old f t 110 111a0ii front Whicil
" ealieo" dies its Mune, Aecording to
)o icry.tter's " flietory tif Caritiouni," the
or se,trpitont tvhieh ,tood
ol 1 110 ,11,.1.1. ,t; l'11111111.1,4, W11.4 /W0110110 h0.11
1,1111 1.11,111.1.1 1 by the see in the sego, 1 331.
110Ie I/11140 1 71.
111 ;3' teit1 11 man tip but never peep
uto up.
Tr yon men- 11 ippitiese (1(m't try lo lind 1
montehrel '
ITO 1110 t W ellew good advice 18 /1 0,11/111/.
•r num 11„••• 10 1 gives it.
'I'he Iris • .1 dotra you /11411 fled intywhere
e the 111111; . ,8 11,111 ill to (10 right,
II iv ‘1,- 0 detlirrimel o,„<,
.„,
:\r, n1,., not ta,,,! 'must lie;
Ali\ 0.1 , ! or on ;liners troth
Yall/ how, and ;0101 tho ecn verse (ion,
•