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FATHERPAQU}TTE'S ADVENTURES.
�u Snead Chapter or the Itebelltest,
Father Paquette, who had charge of the.
R. C. Mission at Muskeg Lake, has given hie
experiences to a reporter: His 'story, even
when it relates to facts already known, is
most interesting, especially when given in
his own words:—
"On the 18th of March I was staying at
St. Laurent, 4 miles from Duck Lake. About
fifteen minutes before midnight, just as I
was going to sleep, someone knocked at the
door. It was Louis Riel. Two men were.
with him, Dumas and Moine Ouellette;
Jackson, who I think was insane, was also
at the mission at the time. When Riel got
in, he began to say, in a loud voice: ' The
Provisoiro is declared, and we have got five
prisoners already 1' ' I have already de-
stroyed the old Romain, and have a new
Pope, Archbishop Bourget l' And to .me
he said ; ' You are to obey me,' I said I
ee would never obey him. 'If you will not.'
W he replied, 'the churches will stand, but
they will. stand empty.' Among other out-
rageous'things he said i ' You are in danger
hero ; I have an affidavit against you, and
will get some Indians to fix you.' Riel
stayed there two hours, at one time kneel-
ing and calling on the Holy Spirit, and
then calling , out : ' To -morrow morning I
will go and destroy the, soldiers, and at
nightI will go and destroy Fort Carlton.'
His eyes were like the devil's. < He is not
mad,this Riel ; he has a very good mind, but
he is extremelyiwicked."
" Some hours after ho left—before day-
light,
aylight, in fact—I left and escaped to Carlton
to give the news that Riel had declared a
new government, and so to prevent a sur-
prise and a massacre. The Fort was full of
half-breeds, se I said nothing except to the
clerk, and told him to tell Major Crozier
afterI had left. In consequence of this ao•
tion of mine, which was in some way told to
Riel, I was afterwards condemned' to death
by the council. Crossing the river and. ar-
riving at my mission, I found all quiet
there. On the same night five half-breed
families—including that of Francois Primeau
—crossed the river from near Carlton and
followed me to my mission, where I hid
them from the 19th of March till the 7th of
Apr
" Twice during that time "— Father
Paquette continues—"half-breeds came to
my place from Riel to get government cat-
tle. On the first occasion—March 31—
Joseph Delormc and Baptiste Ouellette,
came to my room with loaded guns, saying
that they were sent by 'the government'—
meaning the rebel government—for animels,
and asking me if I thought the Indians
would give them up. I said I did not know,
but I would see the chief. 'If they give the.
animals,' one of the envoys said, 'Ipromise
that we will leave the people .quiet.' On
the same day, seeing these two; hajf'breeds
coming in the distance, I had rang 'the
church bell ; it had been agreed thaton
hearing that signal at any time the -Indians
would make off to the woods. They did so,
but I knew where to find them, and leaving
Delorme and Ouellette, I sought out the
hief and told hini. 'Riel says that'iif you
don't give up your cattle .he'411 conic ,;with
many"men and fetch Both oxen an3'ndi,ins.
To which he replied that he didn't ' want
to ,o• with" . Riel, oven if lie died for it, and remark that Allah is rent and that
I advised him to go to the hills esi:h• all about four hundred men, Indians and half- g on as much whits linen or cotton as their
bis best cattle, leaving only niue head. He breeds,'etayed there to ;protect the 'mission they are so full of divine influence thatthey purse would allow. The poorest and mast
did so,• and I told the two half-breeds that and the fort, • • . .5 ;" • are liable to go off at any moment. They forlorn revelled in a waistcoat which used
the nine were all that there, were now, .so "Only when news came (about May 27th)don't gc off however, but suddenly paw the to be white early in the week, Those bet -
they took the nine and went away. • of Ride capture.did they allow me to return earth where the remains are, this time re• ter off wore spotless waistcoats of the same
marking, Mashalah. Pretty soon they find material all the week, and A their means
"Tile Indians then came back, but more- to my mission. On'arrivirrg, alter three days' some remains which they say belong to they allowed it, added thereto white duck trou-
ly to get their property, and immediately traveling, at green Lake, I found everything Holy Prophet, and are simply priceless.. sets, the real swells, however—the men who
went away, again to the hills—three days' destroyed ; even my harness had,been cut to The Christian dog s however, bid on them, had nothing to do and did it, clothed them -
journey. Only my hired man etopped at pieces with a,kreife,. After, four days more thereby,' exciting the holy horror of selves in whits linen from head to foot in
the Mission, On tho 7th April; early in the reached Shell Myer:, Then,. coming to, the pious sons of the desert. But wheh warm weather. The Southerners, who used
morning, an Indian from Battleford passed Muskeg Lake, I found that my mission had they have reached a figure representing in ante-bellum days to be the wonder and
and told me Ihad bettor run, as five other beep pillaged and. eYerything" broken, the abouts thousand times the value of the de}fight of Newport, Saratoga and Sharon,
Indians on' horseback from Battleford, and damage amounting is $1,392.. Two men,
trumpery stuff in theground,the Arabians
two priests had been killed already. The one woman and two children had done all p y were particularly given to raiment of this
half-breed families with me thought it best the miachi f, one of the men having been give hi, shed a :ew tears at the sacrilege, sort, and in fact it was the mark of pecun-
exacta promise of eternal secrecy, deliver iary ease combined with perfect leisure.
to go ; and,I was the more afraid because my servant for three years, and the woman the goods, bag the boodle,and ride awayNobody anybody havinghad charge of the church linen for who is an bod is ever seen in such
some Battleford Indians had demanded pro -g towards the rising sari. attire now. The stiff linen has gone out;
visions of• me last summer` and threatened the same time. Really, those whom we have _ _ - _ the soft woolen has come in. The men aro,
to break into my store, saying ,that when done the [most for seem to turn out the An Advertiser's Novel Expedient. in short, all slimy and squeezable as well
they were numerous they would come and fix worst,"" •
One of the largest advertisers in New as women. A suit of white flannel in sum -
mw ' Taking the most precious articles "I stayed at my miedon or two days,„
*with nee, and locking all the doors, I set off Father Paquette concluded, ” without any- York says: We once hit upon a novel expe- mer, in the country at least, is the highest
for Shell River, where there is'a half-breed thing to eat, and I was glad to arrive here. client for ascertaining over what area our point in the matter of dress to whish the
' Now I am going to Prince Albeit, where advertisements were read. We published a ambition of the moat restless dude carrion
settlement. the Bisho is. Ido slat knew yet what is couple of'half•column " ads" in which we him, It means not only disregard of expense
"Arriving at the Hudson's Bay fort, I ppurposely miesta ed half a• dozen historical but perfection, as regards comfort. But
advised the clerk to load up his four boats going to be done with the mission.„
with gunpowder and provisions, and take -- - - facts. In less than a week we received be- then the wearers of white flannel by no
them to Ile gun-powder
a Crosse putting all .ammu • tween 300 and 400 letters from all parts of means monopolize the good results of the
° t f Noah's ark has not been why on earth we kept suck a censure- now in sense flannels. Of whatever color
boats to Beaver River, ten miles diatattt, and determined definitely, but according to Sir mate fool who knew Belittle about American they may be, they are thin, porous and
thereby keeping 240 kegs of powder from Isaac Nowten'a celoulatione, based on hie history. The letters kept pouring in for light to a degree which makes linen seem
the Indians. In the morning, when one'
boat was following with .rho f rb lies, estimate of the length of a oubit in feet and three or four weeks. It was one of the best hot, heavy and oumbereeme in comparison.
twenty-seven Indiaps from` Loon Lake ap• inches, the historical barge must have been paying "ads” we ever printed. But we did It has be n discovered, and the discovery
G15.62, feet leng,'Sf5 94 wide; and 51.56 deep. not repeat our exp6"timent because the one will never be forgotten in any change of
pear,d and 'caught us. When the .people The Measured tonnage of the ark was le,232, I refer to served its purpose, Our letters fashion, that wollen clothing, if thin enough
had got aslitire; the Indians forced Mie, The Groat neatens. was 0.80 feet•long,.83 feet cams from schoolboys, girls, professore, is to the wearer very mash what the Irish-
Sinolair, the clerk, to go flack with "them 'to wide; and 63 feet deep, and „she measured clergytnen, eehoolteachers and in two in• man's whiskey was both winter and"aum-
the fort. There, as they were very hungry, 08,093 tens, Although, the „Grekt 'Eastern stances from eminent mon who have a world- mer. It keeps. the heat in when it is cold
they started.by„getting ,something to eat,;. was net,Ao well, proportioned,as themrk, she wide reputation. 1 was more inspreseed and keeps the heat out when it is hot. It
but they also destroyed all rile geode inclixc. ' probably had doulkle.stliet, carrgiiig oapaoity with the value of advertising from those two enables anybody to lounge on the grass or
ing `property of `I'rotbtttaht taYli�"`Catholic it her Coal and machinSry were,. loft slit of advoititements thanl should have been by en the deck without getting rumpled o.
soiled, and to exercise into any amount of
kill h' but h d perspiration without getting chilled. In
to escape with two Carlton half-breeds, and " Let every man sweep the from be- fact, a well-educated man, clothed in thin
to make his way after us clown the riv.•r in i Of no use are the men who study to do ex ford hie own doers, and not busy himself flannel from the akin out and free from any
I the boat. An Indian named l lekeeie, ells,- a::tly as wan done before, who tan never un• about the frost on his neighbors' tiles,'; ! organic disease, is, in summer, one es the
j ed at him; but a chief, to whom frit, Sin• i deratand that today is a new day, sa�a a Chinese proverb, highest products of modern civilization,
clair had just given his gloves, pulled the
gun aside.,
"Tho journey to Ile Le Crosse took four
days, It was a terrible journey. It was
extremely oold—snowing and rain—and we
got very wet. We camped on the shore
each night. On the third day, Mrs. Sinclair
became a mother, and I was chosen godfath r
of the little child,' The Indians, in honor of
the event, fired off about three hundred shots.
I had sent a letter to Lacrosse saying that we
were on the way, and the people at the fort,
when they heard the shots, fancied that the
Indians were killing us. The next day,
when we got to the fort, we found only the
clerk (Mr, Franklin) and one pig f Tlie chief
factor, (Mr. Ross) the Sisters and all the
half-breeds had gone off to an island about
sixty miles North West. Our boats had
stopped where Beaver river enters the lake,
as the lake ice had not yet broken up, so I
had to walk nearly the whole of one day
across the ice, accompanied by my Indian
boy and a carpenter. Iwas very hungry when
I got to the fort, and my clothing was very
ragged. Mr. Franklin not only gave me
plenty to eat but gave me his own clothes,.
and these are' his boots and pants I am
wearing now. The other people waited until
we sent back dogs and pulled the boats ov er
the ice. ' The provisions were hidden in
every direction through the woods,
” I told the clerk to get all the half-breeds
together, so he sent off for them without
delay, and the next afternoon (30th April
they all assembled at the fort. About sixty-
five or seventy, all men, were there ; half-
breeds and Indians, including Chippewayana
and Wood Crees, some of whom had come a
good day's journey from Canoe Lake. I spoke
first and saidthat though they were poor, I
knew they were good and honest. A half-
breed then declared that he had an order
from Mr, Lawrence Clarke and Mr. Ross'
to take whatever in the store he wanted tor
his own u -e. Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Franklin
both said it was not true, and'I asked who
had brought the letter. The man s id,
'Angus Mackay.' Then I said, 'You lie,
because I read the letter, and there was not
a word about each a thing.' To that he made
no reply. Then I spoke strongly to them
for nearly e.n hoar. I told them, 'Those who
will not listen to me; I will excommunioate,
because Riel is a heretic and an apostate!
And I told every one who was for me to put
up his hand. All put up their hands except
one, who explained to mo that he had only
a stick and consequently could not fight.
The one who had spoken was a very good
Catholic, and held up his hand like the rest,
Frons that' time all were against Riel and
all lived quietly.
" Two days 'afterward three boats were
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LIFE IN MODERN PERSIA. HENRY M. STANLEY.
Queer Scenes and 1 ustonas In tee Laud Explorer oI ArlIcaand the Congo Free State
Governed by the shun. The result of the resent conference of the
The European colony at Teheran, the ear powers at Berlin was the eaticreation of the
ital of Persia. compris s, including the lega. Congo Free State as a nation. This achieve -
newtions, about 300 persons, and they live in the ment in the progress of. civilization is an out-
new city. The majority inhabit the ordin- come of the work done by Henry M. Stanley,
ary Persian house. This is one story high, the leading name in the honorable record of
of unburned brick, and built around one or African travel, not only because of the ex -
more courtyards. The great things sought tent and m .tohleea difficulty cf his explore -
in Persia is seolusion and privacy. In walk- tions, which surpass that of all others, but of
ing through a street one sees nothing but the practical statesmanship that has made
these walls of houses, some fifteen or twenty " the creation and political recognition of the
feet high, with flat roofs, and with no win- young State possible.
dows whatever. They are covered with plass But few, if any, persons have begun life
ter to keep the brick from being worn away under as unpromising conditions as he.
by the rain, and if kept in repair last for isa is A WELSHMAN,
Born atDenbigh, In the year 1840, of parents
who were abjeotly poor. When 3 years of
age, he was placed in the poorhouse, where
he remained until he was 13 years of age.
He then taught school and subsequently
shipped as a cabin.boy for New Orleans,
where he was adopted by a merchant whose
name he assumed instead of his own, which
was Rowlands.
His adoptive father died without a will
and Staab y was thrown upon his own resour-
ces. He enlisted in the Confederate army
upon the breaking out of the civil war; was
taken prisoner, and upon his release joined
the United States navy and became acting
ensign on an ironclad. In 1867 he was sent
as a correspondent of the New York Herald
to Abyssinia, and subsequently to Spain and
how poor he is. Frequently there are three other countries. In October, 1869, he was
or four courtyards, and there is one called employed by the Herald
the andaroon into which no man ever en- TO LEAD AN EXPEDITION INTO AFRICA,
ters except themaster and his eunuchs. It To determine the fate of Livingstone, from
is reserved for his wives and concubines. A whom only vague intimation had been heard
wealthy Persian can have four wives and for two years. He reached Zanzibarfn June
several concubines. These women drive . 1871, and toward the end of March set out
out in carriages and visit one another, and for the interior with a company of 192 men.
are watched with the greatest care. Th In Nodemberhe found Livingstone nearLake
wives of poorer men go about on foot, but Tanganyika, and furnished him with supplies
all alike are covered with a dark blue man- for further explorations. He returned to
England in July 1872, and was received with
tle, which falls to the feet, concealing the distinguished honors,
form. Over the face is a white veil, with When the death of Livingstone was an -
apertures for the eyes. nounced, Mr. Stanley was placed at
The rooms have large windows set in rich- � TIIE IIEAD OF AN EXPEDITION
ly decorated sashes and opening on the court- To Central Africa, the expense of which was
yards; frequently these windows are studded shared by the New York Herald and the
with colored glass, giving a cathedral effect London Telegraph. He reached Lake Vic -
to the high ceilinged rooms. All the rooms tori Nyanza in February, 1875, having lost
have dirt floors, but thi y are hardly noticed by death or desertion, 194 of the 300 men
for they are covered with matting and rich with whom he started. In April he contin-
rugs, In one part of the room there is a ued his explorations aloog the Congo or
mattress covered with rugs, and on this the Livingstone River, the mouth of which he
Persian sits' during the day and sleeps at reached in August, 1877. Returning to En -
night. Some of the rooms have tanks in rope he was made a member of the various
their centre, giving them an air of luxury. geographical societies. From 1879 to 1882
I often wonder why, water is not used more he was engaged at the instance of King Leo -
in this way in other coutries It does not sold of Belgium in the command of an ex -
by about Green Lake, escorted by about fifty create dampness, as the climate in Persia is pedition to the Congo: The expense was
armed' men. They travelled for two days very dry. There is a separate room for the borne by subscribers of B-lgium and other
and then met Indians, who told them that bath, and its appointments are often luxuri- countries who formed themselves into a so -
Big Bear was coming throdgh the woods to sus. Christians are obliged to have separate ciety which is known in history as the Afri-
burn Fort L" a Crosse. The boats ' turned baths from the Mohamm• dans. can International Association.
back and brought the news that perhaps Big The basin of the Congo contains a length
at 'the a very nig , of 6,000 miles of navigable waters and a pop
'On the people's I then went over to The Arabians Pious Enterprise•
p p ulation computed to number 43,000,000. Its
the island where the others were, The This is how a couple of enterprising Arab -
inn confidence, men, in Egypt turned an hon• resources are of incalculable variety, extent,
•chief of the Chippewayans brought two hun- gyp and value.
dred men, with their` families, to�rotect us, est penny. After filling up with hashish
centuries. The monotony of the walls is re-
lieved by mouldings and cornices. The en-
trance is a small door richly decorated with
Saracenic work. The Persians have always
been clever decorative architects. Persian
architects built the Alhambra in Granada,
and originated the Mogul architecture of
India. And after going through a narrow
winding passage, you suddenly step into a
courtyard more or less magnificent, accord.
ing to the wealth of the owner. Courtyards
of two and three acres in extent are not un-
common, and some cover" five acres. They
are filled with partfrres of flowers and trees
of the most luxuriant foliage. Here and
there are great tanks, some of them fifty
yards ' long, with jets of water playing in
them, Every householder' in Teheran hoe
his courtyard and tank of water, no matter
`.Bear would' bA h fortthat ht
and we took advantage of'this to carry on a they 'salt" some convenient spot witharch Summer Clothing.
emission among them. After three Weeks on wological remaios,and retire behind a slump Twenty, or even ton years ago, before the
the island we returned to the fort—where of palm trees until some perfidious dogs fashion of taking exercise in summer had
Franklin ani Sinclair had remained—and of Christians come along. They come out set in, the smart young men of the cities put
ni- The .Size 0� 1'Yoah"s .Ark. the country from people wishing to know woolen revolution, All summer clothes are
tioninto theyTaicc: , JFIe slid so, seiicling. Tho ,kat size o
minions. They wanted to take hie. Sin-
clair her, because she was mads out of iron, and volumes of theor}ea,
prisoner, essaying they had niers order •
to (latch him or i im ; h e manage
the ark wan a wooden ship,
!I e
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Kra, Kate Miller.
The women of Canada have been enthu-
eiastic in their efforts to provide for the care
and comfort of the volunteers engaged in the
North-West campaign. On their way to the
scene of the rebellion the troops have been
greeted and fea,ted at many points by the
ladies, and in almost every town and village
in Canada there have been bands of women
working together getting up comforts in the
shape of warm clothing, dainty food and hos-
pital necessities, One Iady, not strictly a
Canadian, but one who has been called the
"Canadian Princess," the Princess Louise,
has been prominent inthis work in England.
There have also been noble women who have
taken the field with the troops. Mrs. Kate
Miller was at Winnipeg, ser ing as head
nurse in the General Hospital there, when
the rebellion broke out. She immediately
offered to take the field w th the troops to
act in the capacity of nurse. It is not an
easy matter getting well-qualified nurses in
haste for such work, and Mrs. Miller's offer
was at once thankfally accepted. Mrs. Mil-
ler had been trained for over three years in
the General Hospital in Montreal, and had
had two years' experience as head of the
staff of nurses at the W innipeg Hospital, so
she was appo nted head nurse of the military
hospital established at Saskatoon. The work
must have been arduous, as over sixty men,
many of them very badly wounded, were
cared for in this hospital. Before her ad-
vent there the hospital rooms were some-
what cheerless places, andthe home -like at-
mosphere which was brought to them by her
and the nurses of the Sisterhood of S John
of Toronto, was thoroughly appreciated by
the c tizen soldiers, She was reg.rded by
the wounded men as another Florence Night-
ingale. Mrs. Miller is a native of Glasgow,
which she left twelve years ago for Canada.
For such a responsible position Mrs. Miller
is a very young woman, being but thirtyes
three years or age.
Hot Weather Diet.
Summer menus are much more difficult to
arrange than others, as our systems demand
cooling viands, There is nothing more ac-
ceptable than cold meats, such as cold roast
lamb, sold roast aquae- curd chickens, and
among cold vegetables, cold asparagus.
These, if neatly arranged on the dishes and
prettily garnished, if with nothing more than
a few fruit blossoms, will please the eye and
more easily tempt the palate. Sa ads are
moat acceptable. A liberal diet of fresh
thoroughly ripe fruit is of the highest im
portance to most of us, but care must be ex-
ercised not to eat too heartily of it at any one
met,l. Vast quantities of liquids should be
avoided when fruit has been eaten.
One should have a good sized ice -box, cap-
able of holding a good supply of ice. It
should be so arranged that milk, butter, etc.,
are separ.ted from meats and vegetables.
When huddled together they lose their iden-
tity, so far as their individual flavors are con-
cerned, and become tainted with .the flavor
of one another. This is particularly true of
milk and butter, which rapidly absorb impure
or obnoxious flavors. Cleanliness is nowhere
more important than in the ice -box, which
should be thoroughly s 3rubbed at least twice
a week.
Milk is a very Important Summer diet,'
but should be used in moderation or it is li-
able to produce ill effects. Drink it in small
mouthfuls and rest a moment between them.
Dyspeptic persons are a3vised to boat the mill
a few moments before drinking. This treat-
ment breaks the butter globults and renders
digestkn easier. We strongly recommend
skimmed milk and fresh buttermilk as sum-
mer drinks instead of ice water. The ice •
water dyspepsia, a common malady during
the Summer months, may be entirely relieved
by using small quantities of freshly churned
buttermilk accompanied by what is known
as a moderate dry diet.
Breakfast should not be a heavy meal and
hot food should be used in moderation. Hot
tea and coffee liberally partaken of prevent
one from feeling comfortable all day, Rad-
ishes ice cold, oatmeal, crackers and milk, a
dainty slice of cold lamb, fresh fruit and
cold asparagus present a breakfast menu
that makes hot weather a luxury.
STRANGE Mr TRUE,
Oil thrown into ponds and standing water
will prevent musquitoes from hatching.
Chicago possesses a Chinesegnarter which
is honeycombed with anbterranesn galleries
at a depth of thirty or forty feet from the
surface. '
Powdering the faeesecros to be as fashion-
able as ever in England, judging from the
fact that in one year no lees than 400,00
powder puffs were bold, To slake these
takes '7000 swan's skins to supply the down.
A peeuliarityin workers in Garman silver
spoons, is the color of the hair,whi.h in time
becomes died a pale green thatrequiresyeara
to change. The particles of metal—which
is chiefly eepper-1 also produce a disease
similar to Consumption.
An orange weighing a pound and a half,
and measuring eighteen inches in eirsumfer-
eneo was presented to the Smithsonian In.
Istituto in Washington. It would, it is be.
lioved, haws grown still larger had not it
weight caused it to fall prematurely from
, the tree,