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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-9-23, Page 31 SF,PT, 23, 1P92. T 11 BRUSSELS POST. IN THE LONENORTII. Mr, Warburton Pike's Peek ou the land of the ilitiek-ox. ." 'rite learren oreitied O'Neil hem set tie ea" the Tete or the Were. The following reference) to Me Warber. ton Piko'e book, "Tho 118000/1 Oround of Northern Cantle," will be read with inter- mit by the many Mends of that famouo hunt- er in this city and province. It is a record of his experiences end observations during his two years hunting toter on she arceie slope. He is new on another visit into the tenderer= of the Outsell :- Mr. Warbueton Pike it a mighty hunter, and his book, " The Barren Ground of Northern Cauada," professedly addressed to sportsmen who banker later big game, hi at tam fresh and so pleasantly written, that it is certain to eutertain them ; and, indeed, lb will be found delightful reading by any who have a taste for :adventure in wild lands, The "Barth Ground," whither Mr. Pike wont in pursuit of the musk-ox. will be suifieieutly indicated by saying that it lies abont the source of the Copperaine River as shown on ordinary maps of North .Arneriote About the middle of 1 880 he left Calgary, on the Canadian Pecifie Railway, and -travelled by Edmonton the Athabasca River, and the Slave River le Fort Resolu- tion on Great Slave Lek°. This outpost of the Hodson Bay Company was reaohed by the third week in August, mid for a year wet Mr, Pike's headquarters, but only in the sense that from i3 his expeditioes start- ed northward. A fort even in the wild North-west means comparative imenfolt, varied by interludes of short commons at times. Mr. Pike's life ie these parts was a amity different thing from that of well-equippcd excursithists who have e care to keep in constant touch with a base ef supplies. Indeed the 004 (startling feature in his travels is his utter disregard of personal comfort, A hulf breed or two and such "Indians ' as he could iednee to share his fortunes, constituted his sole com- panions in his principal musk -ex hunts. His gen end lishiegrat and a couple of blew Isets , were almost hes only outfit, ii we except a small supply of provisions and tobacco, all -which 130 companions took care should not last long. Sometimes a day passed with en pretence of fond, and when the gun or net at last brought meet there was nothing to eat with it. On August 10 Mr. Piko made his erst start -a preliminary expedition-aud it Was 1130 15313 of September before the canoe voyage across Groat Slave Lake was ace eemplished, Provisions wereexhausted, and on the 7311 lie and nine others started from Fend du Lae with only a dozen small fish to stave off hunger during a paddle of thirty miles before quitting the lake for the North. These, with three ducks, had to suffice for the two days' voyage. The route taken was along a chain of lakes divieed by short portages. Ibis needless to detail the scanty supplies which the gun brought. On the 13th of September they reached Lao du Rocher, where the holebreeds had felt sure of finding caribou, an American species .of reindeer, but dia not. " We had now been in a halestarving condition for several days . . and since leaving Fond du Lee had subsisted almost entirely on tea and tobacco." Fortunately, a caribou was 'secured next day, and food troubles were fairly over. "TIIE 0311113031 euppliee the Indian with nearly all the necessaries of life ((1 gives him food, cloth- ing, honse, and tho aqllivalent of money to spend at tha fort. He leaves the trading - post, after oee of his yearly visits, with a, supply of tamtnanition, tea and tobacco a blanket or two, and, if he had made a good seasone hunt, is perhaps lucky enough to have taken one of the Company's duffel oapotes (about the best form of great coat that I have 0000 88031). He has a wife and family waiting for him somewhere on the shore of the big lake where fis)1 taro plentiful, expecting it gaudy dress, a shawe or a string, of beads from the fort, but rely- ing entirely on the thribon for maintainence during the awful cold of the coming winter. The Journey up till they fall in with the caribou is usually full el hardship; bat once they leave loathed the hunting -ground and found game a great improvement in affrabis takeo p11510 ; the hunter is busy killing, while the women dry meat and make grease, dress the skins for 13100048MS, mittens, and gun -covers, and cub babides, which' takes the place of string for lacing snow.shoes and meny other purposes. For the heir -mate, which everybody-mett, women, and children -wear clurnig the cold season, the bestskins are those of young amitnals killed in July or August, as the hair is short and does not fall off so readily as in coats made from the skin of a full-erown caribou ; while the strong sinews lyieg elong the back -bone of an olcl bull make the very best thread for sewing, Anything that is left over after eepplyirg the whole family finds a ready sale at the fort, where there is alweys a de. rand ter dried meet, tongue -grease, dressed skins, and bebiebe, so that the Dog -Ribs end Yellow Knives, whose country pre. duces little fur, with the exception of musk- ox robes, are thus enabled to afford tome few of the white man's luxuries, tea and tobacco being especially dear to the Indian's heart." Ordinary raps-ineeed all existing maps, so far as we know -are valueless for the din. triet to the north of Groat Slave Leke, for the country is unsurveyed, but the atlases mark Aylmer Lake. To the west of this Mr. Pike, Who had left a camp in the caribou cc:entry, found P. lake width is probably a hundred miles long. He named it Lake Mackay, end with a canoe and three half-breeds ores oil. it, leaving the pine woods behind, to go in enroll of . musk-ox. North of Lake Mackay is the Lae de Gras, through whith the Coppermine flows, and beyond this, on. September 27, the first musle.ox was killed. The whereabouts of these anhnols having beeneeus ascertained, and winter rapidly approtnefieg Mr. Pike re. turned to the oamp which was reached not without some peril. "Li 20Mat 1 LA emit I " Smattered boards of caribou were almost always in eight from the top of the ridge behind the crap, and increaned in numbers bill the morning of October 20111, when little Baptiste, who hod gone for firewood woke no up before cleylight with the cry of Foule La Ault 1 and even in the lodge we oeuld hear the culotte °latter made by it band of travelling caribou. La Foide had really come, and during ite passage of six duo 1 waa able to retake° what an extra- ordinary number of these aniniels still roern in the Barren Grounds. Prom the bridge wo had a splendid view of the reigrattoe; bald all the South aide of efaokaylethe ems alive with moving boaete, while the ice seem- ed to be dotted all over with black bleeds, teal still away oh the north shore, with the aid of the 010000, we could see them coin- ing like regheeete 011 113e10e1-011. In allay direetion We eoulti hoar the grunting noiee that tee caribou elwaya make when travel- ing • the :mow Was Melton 13110 1,10835 made and 111,1111(1 it uselesa to try: to estimete thenum ber that passed witien a few tniles of our encampment. if Ties passage of the caribou is the most remarkable thing that 1 have ever seen 10 the weirs° of many expeditious aiming Um big gem of Aleut -tore The buffalo were for the Moe; part lciliod out before my time, but notwithetanding ah the tall stories that are told ot their numbers, 1 canuot believe that the horde on the preirie ever surpass. ed in size La Ifoule of the caribou." Again, on November 1), Mr. Pike, with two half-breeds tent five Indians of the Yellow Knives tribe, started for tho " Bar- ren Ground," Whilst crossing Lake Mac- kay or the leo, there occurred a curious ie. lustration of the deceptive EVVECTS 100. " We 5010 011 animal, apparently at some diatanee, bounding along the horizon at a most remarkable pace t all clown the line there were cries of Erjeree (musk-ox), Et - then Le Loop! Guns wore snatched from the sleighs, and even the dogs charged at a gal- lop in pursuit of the strange animal. After a lush 01 300 yards the quarry dieappoured ; the first luau had put his foot on it, and it turned out to be one of the email mice so common in the Barren Ground." The northern limit of the previous ex. partition was paesed without finding inutile ox, and ones) more Mr. Pike ane his men were entirely withent food, and the sleigh dogs wore with difficulty kept from eating thew !laxness. The thiels weather had made it impoasible to see gatee 11 (13000 were any, but onoo more, at the uritical mo- ment, the air cleared, and a largo band of musk-ox was discovered. This was ap- prott itnately 113 Let. 00 ""' N., Long. I I 0 0 W. Except for the valise of its skin for robes, thisremotedl welling ran"malcloes not seem of pat ticelar interest or worth, and, regarded as sport, tho killing of them, apert ftem the difficulty o• reaeleng their habitat, is mere slaughter. After another periloes journey Mr. Pike thee more remit ce Fort Resolutith by the middle of December, and there speee Ole winter and epring, Intaking wily short heisting excuretons, whioli we need not deseelbe. On May 7' 1800, he again struck out for the North, but this time. tools e more westerly craw,and from Lake Aylinee erossed the portage 10 the Grette Fish River, which he managed to descend as far as Lake 13eeehey (let. 05) e N.) This was reached by the end cf July, but as his men -Yellow Knives -wore in mortal dread of the Esquimaux, and would not go further with him into their territory, he could not push on to the Aretie Ocean and visit the scene 01 1)15 Franklin disaster. 13y August 24 he was back at head-quartere. We have yet to sketch the most perilous of Mr. Pike's journeys. Ile determined to return to civilisation by ascending the Peace River to the Rocky Mountains, and, having got through the gap in them, to still ascend the river southward, until, in the neighbor. hood ef Macleod's Lake, he could cross the divide to the Fraser River, and descend that to Quesnelle, on the edge of the Cariboo Gold Fields of British Columbia. • Starting on August 20, Hudson's Hope, at the entrance of the gorge of the Rockies, ens attained on October 27, It was pressed upon Me. Pike not to risk being caught by wuner on a canoe journey in the wilds west of the main range. But he daterminee to push on, instead of waiting till frost and snow should ma' e 13 journey on snow-ahoes O comparatively easy matter of eight or ten days. His companions were Murdo, from Fort Resolution 330113*, a reprobate English. man, picked up in the course of the journey up the Peace River; Charlie, a half-breed ; and Pet, a Siccanee. The lest three profess- ed to know the rouse, 01135 Charlie end Pet had just mule it and were returning. The three were blind guides -John really knew nothing, and the others had unobserv. antly canoed through with a trader. The boat was a cane°, hollowed ou of a cotton -wood log. Above eludt sone Hope is a twelve mile portage to - avoid a rapid. At the far end of it is the last habitation -a trader's cabin. A cold nip delayed the start, and it was Novem- ber 20 before they feirly got away. Three days later ice began to form. On December 3 they just managed to reach the confluence of the 'bindle), and Parsnip, but next morn- ing revealed both streams blooked, To reach Macleod Lake they had to asciend alongside the Parsnip, and presently branch to the west up a tributary. Fort Macleod meant safety for them, aud Charlie and Pat said live days at most would find them there. Leaving impedimenta including thirty pounds of flour and their guns, on O scaffold, the patty started, emelt man earryine a blanket and a entail load of pro. 01810115, 1013100, &o. John 1008 talways lag- ging behind, an that progress was not as fast es (1 1>1)3111 have been. After being four nights out, they reckoned on pashing next day to Fort Macleod, and so left most of the things they were carrying to be fetched presently by a sleigh. All food had now been Mace. The fifth day passe I and the tributory stream had not been found. The next day they found it as they thought aud followed it up but did not reach the fort. The day alter they die. covered that ib was the wrong stream. There was nothing for it but to try, and return. Happily in a deserted miner'e hut they picked ue um empty tin and hey luta with them 0bit of &Ceased moose -skin for mending moccasins. " Lab- rador Tea" was found growing in the woods. The skin was their only possible food, ao molt ete a stewed strip three inthes by one, A good fire and a pipe heartened them a little, It was now December 10. That night they reached the Parsnip. Fled they had a, map they. would have !mown that fotty miles only separated them from Fort Maelleed. Ais it was life hung oft their get- ting back bo their bag of flour On the tenth day (December 17), without food ex. °opt the (scraps of moose -skin, they again reached to their seaffold. The flour would ordinarily have aerved live men for two days. It end what tt, few cartridges might provide must be made to last them four days. With a good fortune they 'night roach the trader's cabin in three or four days. Bob they were really too weak to see- ceed in suoh a fest. The anew proved deep. On the third day a blizzard made travel im- possible. The &ley rations Were redueed to two cupfuls of flour between the five men. On Deeember 24 another blizzard stopped them, and the ineale consisted of a gleeful of floor each in the mottling, and a strip of moose akin ali night. It was not till the ,27111 that, very near the point of death, they reached Tom Barrow's cabin. This terrible journey, ail sittply told in detail by bdr. Pike, is amongst the moat thrilling episodes of modern adventure. Elia book must be read in order to realise what an Bnglitalt gentleman Ohn go through and yet tturvive td 'Write story. One caution he etyma withal, must, NO be mentioned, The vaunted lends of the Peace River are not fit tor emigrante. The intequito is a lawyer, and often seleade all night at the bar, --[Tennessee Twitklings, BBITISE. 0OLUJIBIA. 10 surprising in 0 1110111itailimis country, J Sprueks and alters tell nut it ist ow- ing to killing the animals toe rung, 'There are tens of thotiliende Of CoNVII, and yet but- ter is imported froin the oust. Poultry is plentiful end women will not go te the leather of getting eggs. Consequently eggs for hotels, me, are largely brought from the eaet and are tend at 40c. to flem per dome Butter is about the tiara price per pound. 1111 113)0, whieh remintio me of old days in Manitoba, will soon be rectified, mid 1 faecy larger exports 11-1)1 00(30 ee made from a tertiary like Ude, 101i1011 ha e reelly a oeini-troplual climate. Eggs and butter aside, living is cheap. Fruits, McMillen Lind *mats are very reesonable, ne might be expected. Lumber, too, 10 about one-thlrd the poles in Prince Albeit, end buildingt do not require to be substantial in this climate, Upon the whale 1 100 delightful country to live in, and do business ; in it every one seem so comfortnble, happy and prosperous ; and 1(00) thankful that 1 hems been drawn in this direction. Freights are very high, but profits 33311 30011, I have priced dry goods and other lines and find advaLees from 50 per cent, upwarde Nor is there much like- lihood 01 ,5 change in this respeee It is not like a prairie country, It seems mani- fest that 1he CI, 1'. R. intends the abandon. men of the terrible expensive and danger- ous lino betvetion Banff and Vicamoire and propose to follow the Crows' Nest Pass oute to le:admen end oo up this NVey by Ricomoose. Mr. Abbott, the General Sup- intendent, lately beaten 2000 acres of laud. at Pendecton and the company are putting on a steamboat on the Lake pending rail- way projection from the point downwards. From Pendeeton southward lies the mining eountry, running down to Ossoyos, itear the boundary. Many Iniuers are in that region noW and quartz crushers are already at work, Prateuton is now being subdivid- ed for town purposes. Fine linen and cam• brie shims are little were and everybody I see gees about in the commonest garb, I feel quite at home with the lot and, if I had time, could till the hearty invitations 1 hat e received to my satisfaction. The form is "(.11208 and stay a few weeks over 01 103 ranch." A Te t nit 1,1 4, Von 1,3 ry en r Prom 4, eel ter Miltinglt G rep le nee cription 1,1 the ?few knit ()met- ed lip, The following are extracts from a letter which is dated Vernon, 13. C., trent a getalemen doleg business i» the far west. I have now 13111310 33 pretty thorough ex. aininetion and enquiry into Ghia region and ita resoureee, and find that things aro just opening. Tbe (3llatiogan valley rnes from north to tout)), skirling tho O'Kanogan Were, 75 miles in length and (about 2 to 4 er 5 miles in width, with valleys of great Mole ness and Fertility extending (amongst the mountains, which hero are of no groat height and are everywhere grazed by tens of thousands of cattle, horses and sheep. There is a large primitive population, con- sisting of eivilleed Indiana (who own large ranches and are well on; and quite unlike our Indiana in the Noeth-Weste French halfbreeds and white people who mune many years ego from the Pacific coast. Moat of these people have from Del to 1000 head of oat le, besides great Relds of grain which quite bewildered me, for the grain here far suepasses onrs oats, for example, returning up to 1110 bushels to the mere and wheat 30 to 45. There are, be. (Mks nreliarde of apples, poodles and P0800 of the Ilene ,quality and every 'species of vegetable ripening in the open 830. The anima° is wouderfully fine. Hero there are but two months of winter, and even thee it is not seveve and the most moderate firing keeps everyone comfortable.. During the coldest spell the register is seldom below Zen. Ploughing isdonis down to Deeember and January. ;lining .plough• ing begins in Ilareh, and as I write, t e wheat harvest is well through with. There ie 330 30(110130(1 rainy season, as along the coast; mime 33arts require irrigation, Which is cheaply dune frith nionsitst n streams; others do not. The soil is rich, timber is abundant end game is 803101131f331 that fa meta have te 11011,0 SVEMit. VENCits TO EltEr TIM DEMI 0310 of their fields. They go literally in droves. Life is easy to e0e13 betty for there is no 130301131e 10311350 30 Aglit, and the means of life in their finest shape aro all here. That this is the finest fruit region on the contin- ent am fully satisfied. These mowstains which 010 new grazed by cattle and horses innumerable, will yet be covered with grape vines and peaches and peace are at present fed by the primitive settlers 10 311010 pigs 1 1111 1)318 is the plain truth, and you can imagine my feelings at 081 11001113 dis- covered it before. During the last 18 months a large number of old country peo- ple and Canadians have come in and all are charmed and delighted. It is enough to look at the Indians alone to be inspired. Many of them are worth from ten to twenty thousand dollars and every body is com- fortable. None of our peop'e had those into this region until the rail way was con. structecl from Vicamons to Vernon. The influx will be greet hereafter. Many Eng- lish gentlemen are here trim are investing largely. The Earl of Aberdeen's properties cost him 3250,000.00. His brother-in-law (Majoribanks) and others, whom I have met are delighted. Indeed, Who would not in a climate and such surroundings as these. The only objectionable feature is the large holdings of the primitive people, who came in Some thirty yeare ago, and were subse- quently, under the laws of the province, en- abled to buy up for a trifle large tracts of land, for which they are now asking, and are tactunely getting, from 030 to 860 per acre. In one way they are Jusefled, for I reelly believe that ono acre of land in the valley, or its offshoots, is worth ten on the prairies. The large holdings are a grievance, however, to the Canadiau settler, who can- not pay slice high rates for oulbeiated lands, no matter how rich. The reilway branch ends here at preSent, this being the starting point of navigation down the lake to its southern extremity, Just now a small propeller oonveys pas- sengers and freight to the two prinetpal points on the lake, " The Mission," which is the embouchere of the O'Kenegan valley prepay, which is strictly settled and at the end of the lake. This latter is the point of entry southward through the muting re- gions and ham a large population of miners tributary to it and therenfter getting a go- ing at " The Mission," we shall establish a branch to accommodate the miners and Is. dem trade this fall. " The Mission " wee founded by 110. Oblate; from San Francisco 30 years ago, and this is the finest rtgricul- buret part of the country, thoegh the French now form a small interest compared with the othees. From this point I traversed the whole valley, northward, over a magnificeitt mall built some ton years age by B,Cs Gov- ernment. 1111135 gone to Pendocton by beat and thence both by beat to " The Mission " where Mr. Cann and I took A 0E031 To imilvE INLAIM along the valley of Long Lake, a long body of water lying parallel with the O'leanognai Lake. It is a lino country all the way up to Vernon, the t•ichest and most spacious region being that tributary to " 31)>- 81013," where a town is being started on the shore of the lake and where NVo are build. ing. Vernon is the immediate 000331 30(1 of the Railway. Previously there were a few houses including the Hndson Bay Co. Pest, Now the hotel in which I wtite end the ad. jecent buildings with a population of about flee hundred, 01)nee., have an air of neat. noes end good architecture very pleasant to look at, end the building lots ore held at 3800 each on the main street. " 'rhe Mis- sion" end Pendectan are better pohits, commanding a, large trade, andtheproli table interests, not to speak of the mineral do. volopments, which belong to the latter point seeli es the otemp mills, which ere being put up, There eeems no doubt that there is vast mineral wealth in this country. The Americans are taking advantage and nee the most progressive its developing. This meenwhile and pending thedevelop- ment of the minee, there is here in other respecte, the garden of British Columbia ol- rady well developed by au exceedingly comforteble through primitive people. I Was serprised to find thee the fur trade is profltnble and exclusive, though mainly consisting of three kinds' viz, bears, otters omd beavers, No specielities are required by the Indians, they all dress like whitee, live in good emnfortable homes and misuse theni. selves by trapping in the mountable. There is a Inrge indium trade. And stow about merke. The graio of the eountry finds it ready local mated. Thete ie n htrge flour ing mill at, Enderly, tin the Spelumehee river, which supplies all the valley. The piece of flour being tabout 33.50 per 100 Ibre clack, Wined and Aber grains are by en old custom Of the weary sold by tho ton. The grain fetching from 75 80 85e per bushel, Othor grains fetch good prides, particularly onls, Cattle with whieh the Whole region swarnie, are bought up by impel' from the 00150, els also shoot), pies, de, whiell aro rained in little eumbers. Steno farmere hen have hundrecla of pige, Information Tutted. I was tile only passenger by the stage, the driver of winch Nvas humble -looking man of forty-five, I shared his seat with him, and after we had got well started he turned to me and seid : "Stranger, I want to ask you three or four gee:Woes, and I hope you won't git mad." "Go ahead and ask me (anything you p eanve.e" , ,i been drivel' on this line for ten years end more, and have carried a heap of intelligent people. Smite el 'ern make it a pent to talk to me. I had one old cayuse U p here this summer who kept talkin' about Christopher Colrain's till he got me half seared to death. I'll be hanged if I ever heard of any shah galoot. If you have, thee give it to me straight." "Yes, there was a Christopher Columbus. Ho was a Spaniard. He died 1130 yeers ago." "Did, eh ? And that old cayuse kept on talkin' about him as if he hadn't been dead over a, mouth. So there wag a Columbus? What was his particular line ?" "Why, he discovered America." "Is that alb? Why, I thought he'd killed a dozen Indians by the way the old chap blowed around. Just discovered America, eh? I'll remember that and bo primed fur the next feller as tries to show off over me. Now then, who was Shakespeare? I had a woman up here the other day who kept talkin' about Shakespeare. I kinder let on that I'd seen him once or twice, and that he'd passed over this line two or three times, but now I want dead' facts. What'e his pecoolerities?" " Shakespeare was &greet English writer, you know." " He wrote, eh ?" " Did nuthin but write?" co ‘ ehhtstay by a bucking bronoo, throw a lasso, or handle a gun ?" "3 believe not." Humph I And people talk &bone him All Columbus did was co discover America and all Shakespeare die Wee to write books Stax,‘EiNterlallger ?" " Lamm° ask yon sunthin else "Go on." " Aren't you froln the East?" " Yes," "And that old ceynse and that old 100 - man Were from the East, too, I guess?" "Very likely. What was the question you wanted to ask ?" " Jist this, stranger : How 10 110111011 310 you manage to live in a blamed mutates, while they praise up folks who hey bin deflates a dead gopher fur over 300 years ? Why, one of our drivers killed a stege rob- ber last summer jist below here, and the thing got old all olong the line inside of ten days I' A Sensible 'Waistline Tone It Wee the young husband who suggested tea he and his bride should remain at home for the honeymoon, and send the old folk off for a tour hi their stead, The idea was discussed from all points, and settled upon as just the loveliest arrangement possible. " For," said the bride, '3110111)118 and papa haven't had e real long holiday since their wedding tour, and immune heeds rest sorely after all the bother over 013, trousseau." At firet, father and mother dici not see how it could possibly be managed, but they were overruled at last, atid packed up their trunke with a feeling of youthful exuberance upon the eve of the wedding, which occurred in their drawieg.rootn, A. simple affair it was, with only a few intimate friends for pests. The bride wore au enchantingly pretty tea. gown, and earried a golden key besket filled 1.011100009011 herarM. Iterparents Were drawl- ed in new trevelling snits, and at ten o'cloalt they bade the wedded couple a jolly good. bye, and wont their way rejoicieg to catch their train. Nobody oried, How could the mother weep over the loss of a daughter she Was going to leave safe and sound beneath her own vino and fig tree? The result of this weddieg journey, wherein the parents did the jourtioying,was entirely eatisfaetory to everyone. The young husband suffered no itioonvenienee from bad cookieg, for hit mother-in-law left a oompotent and beauti- fully. trained corps of servants, and the domestic machinery moved on golden wheels. It was the beginning of summer, mid nearly everybody had left for the comitry, eo the happy couple were left umeoleeted. Ana I ant sere, should yen oak their advice about a honeymoon trip this very day, they would Menem! thet bee best way to take a wedding journey is to etay ab home. The ehteionet was invented by a German in 1000, The World's Feir et Paris, in 1807, oc- eupied eighty.seven noteS ; the Centennial Exposition grounclatit Philadelphia, in 1870, ors aro 0330311 many sheep, but, so far, tweeted 2,30 acres. 1 he 1.1 mid s tar at I have failed to toete decent mutton, Which 1 Chicago (0 to ocoupy 1,037 sores. Evensong, In the 110101 Of a eaxon forest. 1 fonewrel the Deep-etLvtigke4cd twuarin'o'ss and barred with the untica',, Meeting raye When out et the :Deanne where n 0 end to the path waii seen Where3110 breath of 1)10 springtime hung like ta motionlesa nest agree!), I beard 3500011,1 et singing, nualestic and and ileillrth Moo fre forcrit deeps and float on the evenine air, stopped andwOndered and waited, as it nereser and nearer grow, 8010111,1 and :strange and sad, till at last came into view No vision of spirits dreamt. of In weird old forest lore, Who team tee greenwood singing forever and evermore, Sat sbr Tonto:do ntaideng, tanned avith the rain and sun, 0. bertlien of billeted wood on the shoulder:, of every On41, now sturdily by they marched, and the chant- ing passed nWay In the fragrant, depthe et the forest, and died with the dying clay. iOo spIrlth Indeed ! Yet I thought, as awhile I - mused anti stood, That aineisie niore than earthly had passed through the darkening wood. And 1 thought that the day to tho morrow be. m311001 11011 in that Helaine tea n, The wholo world's hope and labor, Ito lova, and li'd 1111110111 pain. Upstairs and Down. Sash certaius are an excellent style for kiteliens, and they can be tenths of almost arty cotton fabric. The utility of the feather duster except for wane is to be doubted, a.nd even for walle a soft cloth is better. A turkey's wing is admirable to get the (lust out of thinke and between retie and chamois gives a last polish better than any- thing else, One woman uses all her worn-out silk stockings for dusting, and still another makes loose mittens out of old woolen which she p010 00 as dusters. A thin s'lk cloth, or a piece of cheese. cloth, makes a good duster, So does a sott, 50131 woolen cloth ; but linen and cotton flamed leave lint behind them. Table oil cloth, tacked beek of the stove, if pans or cookieg utensils are huug up, and •of tables where mixing or dish washing is dove saves the wall, and may be cleaned easily, and laet a long time. 11,as is o ften the case, there is no receptacle for cooking utensils in the kitchen, thee obliging you to (tarry them back and forth from the pantry whenever they are to be used, deteemine te do it no longer. Lae°, either knit or crocheted in a close, heavy pattern, is handsome for 101010:103 the lower edge et Holland simeee. Number 30 cream or unbleached linen thread is com- monly used. The most attentive design is one thatadmits of a fringe being tied through the bottom 01 3)30 lace. If you lase a copper tea kettle and have any trouble in keeping it bright you can remedy the matter by keeping an old dish with sour mllk and a cloth in it and wash- ing the kettle with this every morning, then washing in clean water, wiping dry, and it will always look new and bright. The best polish to keepfurniture from looking dingy is the following; Two table- poonfuls of cottonseed oil, one table- spoonful of turpentine. Instead of cotton- seed oil, grout en or any good vegetable alt may be used. This :should be well rubbed into the wood, and then a last polishing given with chamois. If you aro compelled to keep flour in a barrel that must be moved whenever the floor is cleaned, make a small platform with casters at melt writer to stand 11 00. 31 300 have uo geed cover for the buret, teke off the upper hoop, festen it securely together and put 0 cover of double unbleached muslin over the top and sew it around the hoop. A. room is dusted only when the dust is takon out of the room, and that is done only when it has been carried out of the room. This is done by using a soft cloth to dust with and by wiping the surfaoe of each artiele slowly and with care not to throw the partiolos of dust up in the air whence they will settle again instantly somewhere else. Study the situation, see where there is a spaele in which you oan put a long shelf, or two er three short ones over each other. Iron brackets cost but little and are adjusted easily. A shelf six or seven inehes wide will hold all the baking powder, spices, extracts and the like in common use, and by screwing small hooks to the mider side, egg beaters, oups, spoons, etc., con be suspended. Teach your girls to oleo all closet and chamber doors before emninonehig to make beds and to put rooms in order, else duet and lint will puff and settle over garments in closets and needless litter in hallways and landings. Maybe half their wardrobe 101301 1100113 hanging ut smooth, walleffiehen folds on their hooks, but islying in tumbled heaps on the closet floor, or scattered abont the amber, 01113131811, dusty,'" creased, hopelessly injured with their slovenly neg- ligence. Two Thousand Cattle Burnt to Death. A terrible grass Bre is reported in arivioes just received ftem the Natal district, in whioh it is stated that 2,000 head of eattle have perished, as well as several hundred sheep. It is said the conflagration was caused by a nuel KaOElo 1005151111, who had a mania for setting fire to everythmg she came across, The woman fired the grass on the high vold,and being fanned by a strong wind the flames spread with terrific rapidity, eventually reachieg the paddocks of a large cattle dealer. Here were herded pinata 2,000 head of cattle. The stook dealer being away, the animals eould not be released, and being unable to eseepe from their cot. fine they all perished. Several hundred sheep in other places were also burnt to death, but 10 18 saici that no loos of human life took place, and that the fire burnt it- self out before it could reaeh any of the ad- jacent buildings, so that the loss, which was oertainly heavy, aia not include any building of impoitanee. It Weated a Little More Boiling. "Well, Dennis, did that porous plaster help your lame back ?" inquired the deafen. " Well, dootor;" replied the palm% "01 can't tety that it has helped me much yet, but mabbe it will. You know ib wits only 11%1(4" do yea mean V. 1 (setn"Tookigltt 10t, 0111 "Mane, sure Oi mate thab I chewed 'n chewed for half an 13000 011 the mild thing, '11 then Oi ho.d to 10110 10 down hull. Semite to tne cif they'd bile 'ens a little more, tiot 301 56 weadi popper kl, they'd be easier to chew up, aed wooldn't sollQtobolt spelpeou's insoides so, Don'b they have enny soft ottet for ould people wid de tooth to ehmthe ab?" 7 assetawireteemwesietweenitel ANOLIBB TRAN$OOBTINENTAZ- LIN.S. ., r . l. notice Prone The Winnipeg Tribune saps e -The Cele gary & Edmonton railway is uoinpleted to as point 03 miles due south of tealgary, and fa greeted 12 miles further to the now towneite of Macleod on the north bank of tlie Old Man elver. If a lino is drawn weaterly atz right aeglee from tido prat it will follow the OW Man and the ?diddle Fork into the famous Crewel Nest Pass of the Roresiets. is along this line from Macleod weeterly for ta distance of seventy miles Oa the Can. dian Pacific has begun the construction of e branch line, the importance of whielt Is bee little underatood. Several grading outfits are already at wore along this picturesque ronte and many believe that this merks tbe commencement of the construetion of aline which trill ultimately reach the Columbia and the Pacifie. The opening of this now territory will hasten the development of the Pineher Creek and adjoining distriete wh'etra in fertility and variety of resourceo are oecend to none in the Northwest. A coal mine is already being operated, ef course on a very email scale, on the middle lurk. and in the pass exist mines superior in all probability to those in the Bow River ens& The contractors for the extension are Ross. McKenzie, Mann & Holt. A force of three hundred meu will probably be at work in a few weeks. A gentleman who has just re- turned from a bre) to the Mouuteins, where the pass runs, says that about ten miles are already graded. The pass is an extremely narrow ono, but it is a capital pass and the grades are as easy as could possibly be exs pected. The suinmit is at least 1,100 feet lower than the highest point reached along the Kicking Horse pees, it is etheidered marvellonely clever move on the part of the C.P.R. to take up this pass, as it le by all odds the finest in the mountains, It is so narrow that bet one track can be conveniently laid, and the CeleR„ in getting its grading done, now pre•empts the pass, It has been suggested that the Kicking Horse will ultimately be abandoned for freight traffic en,1. that the C.P.R. will es- tablish another through lute to the watt. It is also said to be probable that a line will be tun due from Iestovan on the Soo line to efecleod and thence through the Crow's Nest pass to the (mask This would give the L', P. R. posseesion of the valuable territory lying to the south of the present - trans -continental line and which is said to be a magnificent farming country. GILBERT ISLANDS SEIZED. England lateads to ?lute 80 110 South Seas. The Australian steamer from Butaritari, Gilbert Islands, brings news of the seizure of the islands in June by Great Britain, The story is given in private lettere under the date of June 2), and contains full de. tails of the seizure of the islands by the British ship Royalist, on June 12, the read- ing of a proclamation of annexation, the pulling down of the King's flag and the hoisting of the British colors. This, following on the seizure of Johnson Islands and the purchase of Niihan Island, indicetes that England intends so rule in. the South Seas. The Ring of Butaritari has only recently ,returned from a trip to San Francisco, un- dertaken, it is thought, to induce the Unit- ed States to extend a protectorate over the Gilbert Islands. While in San Francisco the King talked of going to Washington, but he received no encouragement and ill - health forced him to return home. The Butomaari correspondent, who wit- nessed the annexation ceremonies,sends the following accouat On Sunday the British men-oewar Roy- alist appeared in the harbor. Her captain landed in a steam -launch, and with several officers and an interpreter called on the King. There, the public audience, with all the foreign and native residents of Bu- taritari gathered about, he read this pro- clamation "Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, having this day assumed a protectorate over the Gilbert Islands, I would remind all residents in the group other than na- tives, that it is eontrayy to law to supplyfl re arms, ammunition or intoxicating liquors to any neeives. Given under my hand 60Ap- &mama, the 27th of May. Signed, E. D. H. AL Davis, Captain of ILM.S. Royalist and Deputy Commissioner. Then Commander Davis stepped forward and said in loud tones; If you will nOW have your flag hauled down I will give you 00100 now 0310 10 put up. So the old Ring, who seemed dazed, or- dered his flag, which has floated front the royal pole for severed years,honled down andel the British flag was run up in its place. As soon as the English colors were shown the Royalist tired a salute, but there was no enthusiasm on shore, The Amerioans here, who attribute this action of England to the Ring's recent Amerioan trip, are furious, but they can do nothing, rise Road Surgeon (Of the Lubot Medical Company is now Voronto, Canada, and may be consultedr 'either in person or by letter on all areal% 'diseases peculiar to man. Mcn, young, old,: or middle-aged, who find themselves nervi ous, weak and exhausted, who are broken, down from excess or overwork, resulting ha many of the following symptoms: Mental, depression, premature old age, loss of vitals' ity, loss of memory, bad dreams, dimness oe 'sight, palpitation of the heart, einiesionee lack of energy, ran in the kindeys, heads ache, pimples on the face or body, itching' 'or peculiar sensation about the scrotums wasting of the organs, dizzinese, specks before the eyes, twitching of the muscles, eye lids and elsewhere,bashfulness, depositi In the urine, loss of willpower, tenderness of the scalp and spine,weale end flab by muselee1 desire to sleep, failure to be rested bysleep0 constipation, d.ulinessof hearing, Jesse( voice. desire for solitude, exeitability of temper/ sunkeneyessurroundedwith Leen= omor.10; oily looking !skin, eta, are all symptoms a nervous debility that lead to insanity an death unless cured. The spring or vita force having lost its tension every function wanes in coneequence. Those who through abuse committed in ignorance may be pe manently cured. Send you, address lool book on all diseeses peouliar to Man. Books sent free eealtd. Heardisease, th symptoms of which are faintepells, purple lips, numbness, palpitation, skip beat% hot flushes, rush of blood to the head, dull pain in the heart with beats strong, rapid and irregular, the scond heart boat quicker than thefirst, pain alma the breatin bone, eta., Oen positively beoured. lo cure, he pay._ Seed for book. Adams lad, V. 14UBOH, 24 Mandonell Ave. Toronto, Oa. Pope Leo XIII, will celebrate two jubileee next year if hie life theeld be spared ea long. On Februttry 18,1893, half a century will have passed since be, was called to the episoopate by Wee appointed Bishop of Damietta, and on December 134 1003, forty yeare will have paseed away 011100 he res deed the GerditutVe hat.