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The East Huron Gazette, 1892-02-18, Page 2HOUSEHOLD. God Bless Her. She never burned with passion's fires; She never craved a mart kish fame ; Her reams were never strung on w res. But ranshine followed where she came. Her ways in school were circumspect, And made her seem a trifle prim: Her maiden manners were correct, Her eheertal goodness naught could dim. Although shene°er disdained life's -toys, She ne'erforgot religion's claims : In Sunday school her girls and boys Were all imbued with life's grand aims. In church she neer seemed sanctified, And only fit for angel sphere ; While others talked of him who died, She worked in love for mortals here. She marrierl poorly, in the sense That life's great goal is glittering go'd ; But for her pains had recompense In love of man in God's own mold. And further on in lite there came A group of children in her home, Who honored der their father's name, and from her guidance ne'er would roam. O"d age came on, and children bronght Grand hildren to the sacred place Where mother, wife and maid h ad taught Grand legions to His grandest race. Than " earth to earth, and dust to dust," Was maid at last above the hier where lay the flower of earthly trust. ' hoee synibol rose to heavenly sphere. God bless the homes such women make! God bless ttie world where such are rife! For hearts would love and never break If but such shrines were found in life. —{E.rl Marble. In An Arab Cemetery. The soft, pleading eyes of our Arab sisters looking at us over the ugly, disfiguring ad - jar, or piece of white cloth bound across their faces, made us eager to sec if the other features were pretty as the eyes promised, says a writer in the Youth's Companion. 6 Go to the Arab cemetery on Friday afternoon, and you can see plenty of nnvmil- ed women," said a friend familiar with Al- giers. " That is the only time and place allowed them by the prophet to show tl'eir faces in public. " The men are supposed to spend those sacred hours at the mosque, and are jealous- ly excluded from the cemetery. The Moham- medan faith forbids any woman under sixty years of age to attend mosque ; no bunchy, betrousered Arab beauty ever seems to reach that respectable age, so they all trout) to the cemetery instead. They believe the spirits of the dead return on Fridays to hover over their graves." We gained the procession of cabs and shambling vehicles called corieolos rattling and pounding out to the cemetery of Sidi Abd er Rahman. The coricolo is drawn by three or four gray horses abreast; jaded, lean, sorry looking brutes, but many of them of real Arabian blood, which shows in their speed, gentleness and endurance. Before entering the holy enclosure, we watched a few of the ooricolos deposite their. loads. From one, a patriarchal old servant, in a, coat like a short nightgown made of crazy patchwork, alighted first setting a • big covered basket in the road. His turban, wound round with yards upon yards of slender rope looked as if it had not been disturbed for years ; his trousers, in bags to his knees, bad a vast wealth of seat which hung down flapping against his bare black shanks, on which the skin was withered and puckered like that on the legs of an old turkey. After helping his baggy mistress to de- scend together with the younger women of her household,—like eie _ many big, pillows, little pillows, and bolsters,—the old man discreetly withdrew. There were many light footed damsels in snuffeolored stockings and neat black slip- pers, their bluish white trousers neither limp nor stiff, thanks to the right touch of starch. Here and there we have a glimpse of a gold tassel, girdle or necklet, but in the street alt these ornaments are expected to be hidden in the folds of the haik, the sheet like shawl with which the woman drape themselves like ghosts. Inside the gate, one is ready to believe that the dead have indeed arisen from their graves. At each headstone sits a figure, motion- less and silent as ghosts should be, and clothed in wLite from head to foot. The grass is rank and rough, the ground honey- combed with unsightly holes and hollows. There are no remarkable monuments, no flowers. Colored tiles here and there on the tombstones are the only ornament the dreary place, except its surrounding hedge of prickly pear and bine spiked aloes. The scene gradually changes ; many a sheeted ghost ins fumbling about in her rapery for her cigarette case ; veils .-ire un- bound from the faces of old and young, and the heavy silence is broken. The tinkling of countless bangles, anklets and earrings makes a faint, fairy Hee music. A:peetty little girl, dressed like the wo- men, except that her haik is stripe- with colors, conies dancing up to us as soon as the ad jar has been unbound from her poor Little nose. She speaks a little French, and tells us her nameisAyesha, and Oiatshe is eight years old. Her curly hair is stained a beautiful bronze -brown tint with henna, and her eye- brows are blackened till they meet in one lino across her forehead. Dozens of copper bangles clash and flash on her pretty brown arms and ankles, and as she frisks about,. happy as a young kid, her balloon -like tron- flap to -and fro with an effect indescrib- >�y. In a gnie.er way, the women seem happy as Ayesha, in spite of their depressing play- ground. Haiks, the best silk -striped ones for this favorite holiday, -are spread out over con- veniently flat tombs for table cloths ; bas- kets are opened and dainties spread out temptingly. . -Smaller gravestones serve for seats, and a merry chatter goes on, over the confection - eery, pastry and cigarettes. We -now have opportunity to study the women's faces; and we decide that wearing theadjar is not such a bad idea, after all. e- With very few exceptions, their eyes are their only good feature; their noses and _ mouths -ate course, and their complexions pasty ausi_ctol-iirless. Their noses seem flat_ tened by the eonstent pressure of the muslin .band, thin as it of -tends.• A"'sunset the -henna --stained and ravel€ .b • Tiair is hidden; underthe whi sarsae tightly ties on again, and $ vtuie fill the neat Frida y nz rraeil'in Pari&. - tnr�dav is. tfiie :marryin da °. f the g � thing as marrying, without the consent o; their families. If father, mother and grand- parents ate dead, a family council must be called. of the nearest living relatives ;.o con- sider the case and give or withold permis- sion. If it is refused to Pierre, and he.is under 25, or to Lizette, and she is under 21, the marriage cannot go on. If they are over those ages -they can summon the recalcitrant relatives three tunes, at intervals of a month each, before a notary- to give consent. If after the third eummons, the permissicn is still withheld, at the end 3f a fourth month, they may marry. That is, they may after the proper publications have been made and necessary documents taken out. The Care of Children,, There are few ways in which many other- wise sensible people show so little judgment as in romping and general play with little children. It is net an uncommon thing tor a strong man to toss a helpless little infant in the air till it tremble with excitement. Now as a matter of fact, the nervous sys- tem of a child is a -very delicate organism. Till the child is two ter three years old it is exceedingly liable•to diseases of the nerves and brain. It is impossible to tell how often fatal illness may be traced to the foolish fondness of some relative who insists on making the little one " notice." Doubtless every physician knows of at least several tench cases. An able practitioner, in discus- sing this question recently, while he urged a young mother to keep her child as quiet as possible, said : " I have an especially sad case at present, due to following an exa:tly opp site course. .A little one, a year old, who is an only child and only grand- child, is lying at the point of death with brain fever. I do, not think it possible for it to get well, hut if it does, the parents and grandparents will have learned a lesson they will not forget. The grandfather was in the habit of tossing the child up every night after he came home, and the whole family watched it, themselves amused, while it was trembling with excitement, and never realized the danger until one night it went into spasms." Very little children should be allowed to sleep as much as `possible, and older child- ren should lead as quiet, even, monotonous lives as possible. For this reason a nurse girl of an amiable, even slightly phlegmatic, temperament is preferred to a nervous and more energetic person. Such a girl will easily learn to follow the routine necessary in the care of little children. She will not burry and bustle •about, and there is no need of this. Children should not be har- ried. When a child is old enough to go to scbcol, it is time enough for it to learn that time is valuable. Wi hile it is little let it develop slowly and naturally, expanding its life as deliberately as the rose or lily un- folds its buds. NOT SO GREEN AS HE APPEARED. How a Boy Outwitted the Famous Irish Highwayman. Redmond O'Hanlon, the most noted of the Irish brigands, after distinguishing him self through the most daring deeds,. met his vanquisher at last in a shop -keeper's ap- prentice. This youth's master, having to receive a Cord round sum of money in Newry, was afraid to risk an encounter with Redmond or some of his gang on his return to Dundee, his native town. In his perplexity his apprentice, 16 years of age, offered his services, which after some hesitation were accepted. The youth, in the words of Mr. Cosgrove, author of the " Irish Rogues and Rappar- ees," went to the field and brought home an old vicious screw (much of the same humor with Sir Teague O'Reagan's war horse, on which he rode out to meet Duke Schomberg, afterthesurrender of Charlemoat), that when any other came up to meet hire on the road he always strove to bite or kick him, by which means he commonly kept the road to himself. As he wended on his way he was over- taken by a well-dressed gentleman, with whom he freely entered into discourse, mak- ing no secret of his business, or of his ex- pectation of being about the same place on his return to -morrow with £100 in his pos- session. " I wonder," said his fellow -traveler, " you are so free in your communications with strangers ; how can ycu tell but that I may be Redmond O'Hanlon or one of his gang?" - " O, O !" said the boy, bursting out laugh- ing, " such a nice -looking gentleman as you to be a robber ! Do you think I haven't to eyes ?" " Well, at all events, I advise you to be more discreet. Redmond is famous at dis- gaises, and will pin you if he gets wind of your business, Here s a crown for you to drink my health, but keep a bridle on your tongue." The grateful youth, sobering at once, made the promise. And even as the boy expected, the gentle- man overtook him as he was returning next day, and conversation was resumed. " Well, my boy, 1 suppose from your looks yon have not met with any bad com- pany, and your money is safe ?" " Indeed it is, sir; many thanks for your good advice." " How are you carrying it?" "In two ends of this thick wallet." "Dear me! I would like to feel the weight of it out of curiosity," and he approached but the horse lashed out, and he was obliged to keep his distance. "Throw over that wallet," hesaid, rather sternly for such a nice -looking gentleman. " O, sir, honey, sure you wouldn't rob me! What would the master -say?" "1 -don't know, but this is -what 1 say: If you don't surrender it at once I will send a bullet through you, and another through your Barran." . "I promised my mister not to let myself be robbed till I was in danger of my life. Here is the money; but you must take the trouble of crossing the ditch for it." So saying, he heaved the bag across the slough that bordered the road and the hedge beyond it into the next field. This annoyed the highwayman,' but, judging the prize worth the trouble, he dismounted, scrambled over the dike and fence higher up, and laid hands on the bag. • Hearing a clatter he raised his head and, looking over the fence, saw. the innocent youth making the road to Dundalk short on his own(Redmend'sl good "steed, and the vicious beast prancing about on the road and longing for__: some one to let fly at. He was: enraged for: being so taken in, but much more when he found the two ends of the pres;ins leaflet containing nothing /more _valuable than the copper half -pence of the time. The,boy arrived safe in Dundalk with the 100 guineas quilted into his' waistcoat. After many escapades from armed foes anrk.from idsons,=O'-ffau'lontis tr•eacher- _ouhl `.gill pp= ed his.o er for 3F � wn teeter- broth the sshe�c the rewa t ort unpre ate p .L *2 LV ianorevrier, Itiisan economies' _ _ _ Pierre .� two �lue�t � whole days_ ` with a -loss of on 'i but e In the.:! to take ativantageofadvantage t_fo da lushest IR safety se eetb1 sy<e ha xs�a multitude,. irements to see= ilaera think of et ndwitdti: ewe:leek CHASED BY MOUNTAIN 'LIONS.' ( An Exciting` Adventure in the Valley of Tongne Siver. In the summer of 1870 two young men, brothers, by the name of Bruning, Louis and Rudolf, resolved upon - spending the winter trapping in the valley of Tongue River, on the frontier of. Wyoming and Montana. Accordingly, supplying them- selves with hem-selves-with the necessary pack -horse outfit, they left Sioux -City, Iowa, late in-Septem- ber, nSeptem- ber, followingup the Niobrara River to its sources near owder River buttes. Thence, crossing over a narrow `watershed, they struck the valley of Powder River, down which they continued some _forty or fifty miles, writes a contributor for the Chicago Inter gegen. There they left the main val- ley to follow up a small tributary to its headin what is known as the Panther Mountains. Crossing the back of these mountains they struck the coarse of Rob- bins Creek, an affluent of Tongue River, down which they continued to its mouth at the foot of Tongue River Canyon, the scene, not far from thin date, of &desperate battle with the Sioux Indians. There the river emerges from the lofty and precipitous walls of the mountains to continue its soli- tary flow to the turbid Yellowstone. They at once set about getting ready for the winter's business. Tee dwelling which they constructed was partly dugout and partly cabin—that is, a portion of the front wes loge. It was against the side of a per- pendicular bluff on the north side of the creek and close to the river. The valley here was all on the northwest or left shore of t he river, but like all these streams it alternated with every crook in the channel. Along all the streams of this region the beaver and otter abound. Besides these, smaller species of the weasel family are numerous, and the beautiful silver fox is not infreq .eptly caught. Of larger game, while the bison have measurably disap- peared, the antelope, black -tailed deer and the elk, or moose, feed in the foothills of the mountains. Of dangerous game, such bears, grizzly and cinnamon, and wolves, there is no scarcity. The mountains them- selves hereabout were named because they were the favorite habitation- of numbers of mountain lions, or panthers, which latter name they received from Bridger, the fam- ous scout, and such as he—men from the mountains of Virginia, where similar beasts bore that name. During the months of November and De- cember they had remarkable success in trapping otter and beaver. ® They were con- gratulating themselves upon a season that should surpass anything in their father's experience. But on C'iristmas eve a cold wave set in with terribleeseverity. That night the surface of the river froze as solid as granite and as smooth as glass. This weather lasted for several days, so that the brothers were fearful to venture to any great distance from the dugout. Conse- quently only the traps in the immediate vicinity were visited. - While they were thus confined within doors they whiled away the time making a pair of skates apiece from the antlers of the elks they had killed. They made them very strong, albeit not so artistically, perhaps, as the products of the East. They were first-class skates, however, and answered to their complete satisfaction. They tried them thoroughly on the ice in front of the dugout, chasing each other and racing on the long reach of smooth ice below the can- yon. The first morning that promised a fair day Louis, the elder brother, concluded to visis the traps set along through the canyon. Accordingly, strapping on his skates, he started up the river, ari:ied with his revol- ver. "I'll be back by the middle of the afternoon," he remarked to Rudolf, " and you have warili dinner ready if you will." "All right," replied Rudolf, " the dinner shall be ready.". Louis pursued his way up the river, not intending to Make any stop until he reached the last trap, his intention being to examine as he returned. It was a glorious trip. Past headland and cape he glided, often under the shadows of crevice -anchored cedars and pines. Occasionally he stopped under a frowning shelf of granite to count the mud -built nests of the summer martins, which were numerous in all such places. He kept an eye open for large and daugerous game ; but he saw none, save once a huge grizzly sitting motionless on the edge of a precipice, evidently observing his profi iieney as a skater. Loris, for sport's sake, empti- ed a chamber of his revolver in the direction of shaggy bruin. At one point in the canyon the cliffs nearly met overhead,making a partial twilight. Only at one point was the ice rough, that was a short rapid, but even here it was smooth inshore. The bracing cold added strength and vigor to his limbs, and he was frequently surprised at the ease with which he shot over the transparent surface. . It was fully seven miles to the last trap, in which be found a marten. Thence he pro- ceeded leisurely_on his return. He had ex- cellent luck, although from several of the traps he found that the game had been torn out and eaten. He laid this to the account of the wolverine, an animal of thievish pro- pensities, having some days before shot one in the very act of rot bing a trap. fame, however, was becoming scarce for the larger animals, and they had already driven off Hone that were -hanging around the dugout, attracted by the sme:1 of the flavored car- casses of the game. While thus leisurely skating he was startled by a shrill cry up the river. It e -)ended piercingly down the trough of the canyon. He listened intently. The scream was answered from a neighboring gorge. " Bah! " said Louis to himself, " it is only a cowardly mountain lion." Nevertheless he involuntarily quickened his pace. . He had just emerged from the examination of a trap in a side canyon, when he gave a glance up the river and beheld what seat the blood tingling to the ends of his -fingers. Not more than 200 yards away were three enor- mous mountain lions, with hair all on end, their long, black -tipped tails apparently twice their natural size, and which they we:e brandishing from side to side. They were evidently enraged, though at what Louis could not conceive. He felt appre- hensive, however, and increased . his speed. The lions uttered a tremendous caterwaul and trotted a good gait after him. t` The brutes !" ejaculated Louts. Turning, he skated a few yards towards them to steady his aim and fired his revolver at the. nearest. The distance was too great. The bullets either fell short or went to one side, all ex- cept the last one, which struck the im- mense cat squarely in the side, tearing his akin hennot crippling-hrm in the least. The beasts had ehecked-ihemselves when Lows turned, and seemed- bewildered leitlie re- ports of the revolver. The Wounded; lion; however, snapped at his side encear twice,: then.-neeming-toedivine whence _came the wound, gave"a fearful yell, and, followed by the others, made at full -speed after Beds, who was now striking out for home with all. his might He bent over bin-skatesand did' his uttermost., But on a straight reach the • beasts gained on him, although they could; not turn intim sharp bends of the river like the skates. Nevertheless they gained -time, and Louis was constrained to drops -mart n on the ice,- hoping thereby to gain time. It did indeed assist, as the brutes did their best to stop. The Inomentnm had carried them so far beyond the game that instead of going back they continued the pursuit. The result seriously alarmed the young • man; who now dropped all his game, but the lions were determined not to be balked of their prey. The revolver in its holster flopping against his _ thigh impeded Louis somewhat, and he unbuckled the belt and dropped it on the ice. All this assisted, and his hopes arose. He was now less than two miles from the dugout. He had passed the rough rapids safely, over which the lions stumbled, apparently helpless. But they gathered themselves up with surprising quickness. It was not long before Louis heard their amazing leaps with fearful dis- tinctness. Then be commenced a series of maneeuvers on which his very life depended. Skating with all his power along one shore, he would suddenly turn and . shoot over to the other bank, while the lions, unable to check themselves or turn, would rake along the edge of the ice, catching at everything within reach. He had repeated this move more than once when the mouth of Robbins Creek came in- sight and the door of the dug- out. To the opposite side of the river he shot for dear lite, the lions now close upon him. Timing himself with wonderful judg- ment he turned just in the nick of time, leaped upon the low bank, the momentum . carrying him the half dozen steps to the door, through which he fell at full length on the floor. " Bar the door !" he gasped to Rudolf. That young man, though immediately sur- prised, obeyed the command and dropped the heavy bar into its fastenings. Scarcely was this accomplished when a heavy body struck the door with a thud that thoroughly tried its strength.. A moment afterward the greased paper which served as a win- dow was torn away from the aperture in the door and the square, cruel jaws of a mount- ain lion were thrust through. Rudolph grasped the situation, and seizing his car- bine, discharged the contents full in the savage face. It was effective. The lion fell in the struggles of death, but the open- ing was filled by a second, only to meet the same fate. The third, which was the wounded one, gave up the effort and was making off, when Louis, who had regained his breath and his feet, grasping his car- i bine, by a lucky shot shattered the spine at the neck. Over the bodies of the lions, as they took off the pelts, Louis related the thrilling race. DOWN THE ICY IfAPIDS. A Perilous Feat Which a Caughnawaga In ditto Has Performed for the Last Time. To shoot the Lachine Rapids in the St. Lawrence River in a flatboat is no trifling matter, but to shoot these world-famous rappids in the middle of winter with the boiling tempestuous waters filled with large cakes of ice or drift wood is still more hazardous. Yet "Big John," the Caugh- nawaga Indian, has for the last fourteen years on every New Year's Day made this perilous trip. Peculiar as it may seem. Big John has always taken some one with him on these trips. This year he made the same dangerous shoot, but it. will - be his last. On the morning of the first of the year Big John, who lives down the river from Lachine, came up to the village to see if any one had come up from Montreal to accom- pany him. He found to young men, utter strangers to him and to each other. One, George Wait, was from Montreal, while the other Frederick Goyer, came from " back countrie." The men walked down to Big John's house, three miles. Here they launched their boat, and the party was in- creased by one more, Big John's son Murray. It took only half an hour to work out through the ice and heavy water to the top of the rapids As the boat approached them Big John stood up. in the stern with his long paddle in his hand, ready for the shoot. Rocks glistened on all sides with their icy coats, huge waves dashed high, leaped over the frail boat, and threatened to swamp her. Goyer was kept busy bailing out with Wait, while Murray obeyed the commands of his father, Goyer describes the pessage as follows :. "From the time we struck the rapids until we reached the lower end of them, John seemed a being inspired. His eyes were fairly glistened and shooting fire. I thought they would leap from their sockets with the tremendous excitement. His long, thin paddle would sweop the air like a flash and be buried in the roaming water, swinging the boat hither and thither, avoiding this jutting rock and then that one. A continu- ous stream of commands in French flowed from his lips to his son Murray, who was nearly the equal of his father in dexterity. Now and then he directed me in broken English to do something. He was a picture that no artist would ever forget and that would haunt him until he had reproduced it on canvas." The trip was one of excitement and peril from beginning to end, the boat passing _i from one rapid to another in succession. It filled continually with water and kept wait and Goyer busy bailing. When they reach- ed the whirlpool, the lastand most danger- ous spot, Big John gave his final command audit came,near also being his last on earth. He shouted to Murray, the boy, to paddle hard, and as the lad shifted his position to take a longer and stronger stroke he lost his balance and fell overonhis back in the bottom of the boat. The mighty Indian, quick as a wink, threw himself down flat in the boat, and thus saved it from b• Terre. elenteeneem • A $5,030,000 SLEIGHBIDE, `The Heel Costly Trip on @nuaers Ever Re- eordea. Winter has its joys, unsurpassed by any which summer can afford. Who can forget the merry sieighrides of youtbful says ; young men and maidens crowded together, _the moonlight, the fringe of the forest, the vast expanse of snow, the jingle of the bells, the shouts of laughter, perchance the over- turn.into the feathery drift, the country tavern with its blazing, crackling fire of wood, the stamping of the young men beat- ing the enow from their boats, the table spread with all luxrries, the music and games, the return long after midnight There was a sleigh: ide in Russia, more than a century ago, of such magnitude and splendor as to have been deemed worthy of historic commemorating. Russia's immortal historian Karamsin has devoted to its record several pages. It was the month of December, 1769. The celebrated empress Catharine II. was upon the throne. Frederic of Prussia and Cath- arine were conspiring together for an attack upon Poland, that they might divide that kingdom between them. Frederic sent bis brother Henry to St. Petersburg, ostensibly for a friendly visit, but in reality to mature plans for the treacherous invasion. During Prince Henry's stay Catharine gave in bis honor a moonlight sleighride. The sleigh which conveyed Catherine and the Prussian prince was a beautiful parlor, capacious, and furnished with every luxury of the time. It was covered and inclosed by double glass in large plates, so that every object without could be distinctly seen. Mirrors were also ingeniously arranged so as to multiply and reflect all the scenes through which they passed. This imperial sledge, with its gorgeous decorations, was drawn by 16 horses. A retinue of 2,000 sledges of nobility followed. These were also constructed for the occasion, at a vast expense, and embellished in the highest style of art. The great dignitaries of the empire, ladies acid gentlemen, in showy costumes, -crowded these vehicles which were drawn by four, six and eight horses. Expense seemed to have been utterly disre- garded in the preparations of the pageant. Every person except the empress and her guest was dressed in fancy costume and was masked. - The night was calm and clear, not a breath of air was stirring, and the full moon rode brilliantly through the star-sprent skies. The road, upon which thousanus of laborers had been employed to remove every obstruction, wound all through val- leys and forests and mountain gorges. Early in the evening, and with military pre- cision, the brilliant pageant swept from the palace through the streets of St. Petersburg. When two miles from the city, the train pas- sed tI rough a triumphal arch, blazing with variegated light. Every mile of the drive was thus marked by some grand structure, which with its blaze of light outshone the splendor of the moon ; and in the ingenuity of its devices, with flames of every hue, extorted incessant exclamations of wonder and delight. There were shafts, temples, pyramids, colonnades illuminating the wintry scene. Opposite each of these structures ball-rocms were reared, the sides composed of double glass, so that everything within could be distinct- ly seen. Here the peasantry were assembled, in each one a group of a few hundred, from some particular province of the empire. dressed in the gayest of their provincial garb and engaged m their rustic games and dances. The variety of costumes and of sports was infinite, and often grotesque and amusing in the highest degree. The sledges went slowly by, that all might witness the entertaining spectacle, and then passed on to the next theatric show. All the games and national dances were thus witnessed. The national airs were sung or performed by the best trained bands, and all sorts of gymnastic feats, such as vaulting, tumbling and performances on the tight and slack - rope, were exhibit -ed. Through such scenes, incessantly repeated the imperial pleasure -party rode, until a high mountain arose before them, which was opened to their view through a broad avenue cut in the forest. The mountain was arranged by a display of fireworks to represent Mount Hecla in one of the most violent of its erup- tions. The earth seemed to quake beneath the terrific explosions. Vast billows c` flame and fiery missiles, of every form and hue, were ejected from its glowing crater hundrds of feet into the air, descending upon the hill -sides and rolling downthe crags in a shower of fire. The spectacle was so sublime as to be almost appalling. In mute astonish- ment, the pleasure -party gazed upon the wonderful phenomenon, in which art seemed to outvie the most mighty of the energies of nature. The region for leagues around, was illuminated with the lurid glar-e,which sent a thrill of terror to the peasants far away on the distant hill -sides and in the valleys. Again the horses were pushed on, and before the spectators had recovered from the surprise the volcanic mountain had created the train suddenly entered a Chinese village, which had been reared for the oc- casion upon the exact model of oneof the mast picturesque of Chinese towns, and nhabited by crowds of men, women and children in the garb and engaged in the traffic and sports of the Chinese on a festive day. -The long street through which the train passed was brilliantly illuminated, and presented a spectacle asanovel as it was entertaining. The train passed slowly through the street, and thea found that it was only the majestic portal to the imperial palace of Tzarkoselo. As the sledges drove to the door, they were speedily emptied of their contents, and the whole courtly throng of over 4,00' was sauntering in those saloons which were amply spacious to entertain them alL The palace was lighted with a °tintless number of chandeliers and wax - candles. The imperial bands were there, and -for two hours the pleasure -seekers orgot time in the mazes of the cotillion. In he t midst of the exhilarating scene, the heavy report of a cannon was heard, and instantly every "musical instrument was $till, every light was extinguished, every voice was hushed, and there was a moment of silence and darkness. Suddenly a magnificent display of fire- works blazed up, extending in front of all the windows of the palace. As the display faded out, there was another report of can- non; :and, as by magic, the candles blazed emg capsized, the eavy waves throwing twenty buckets of water all over the party. Big John was up again -in a second, and, with two or- three owerful strokes, he spun the boat around, and sent her nose straight into the waves again. The whole incident did not occupy ore than six seconds, and then they shot own into the home channel in a few econds more, Big John threw his paddle to the bottom of the boat, ands almost ex - misted from the violent exertion and: exeitment, sank down ` onto the stern sheets. All danger was passed, butte fully real-. - ized what a close shave the party had had: as he pointed back at the whirpool and said " Jecroyaisqu'on-allait au clef tont h P rn d s in h c f rood." Which was translated "I thought 1 we were going to heaven, boat and alL" The boat was pulled out at Jacques far tier's landing. Big John : gave Goyer paddle es a reminder of the trip,: aaan- nounced, that that was the :last timeFhe would ever shoot the -:Lachine rapids ;ill winter. . A Pazzbin Question. Brown (to his dissiPated young ` friend .h Jones) -You must let tip on youretods, my young fellow. YOU could get right along on half of what you are drinking Young Jones Yes, but thiel thunder's goin to drink the other half? anew, and a sumptuous entertainment was served. Every luxury which Europe or Asia; -could afford was supplied for the oc- casion. -Dancing was again renewed, and as thedawn of the morning dimly appeared, the relaters returned to their homes. This is ,undoubtedly the most brilliant sleighride on record. It is said to have cost $6.00-0k0. To enable kings and nobles to indulge :blench voluptuousness, the millions ofdoomed u R to d Russia* were enslaved, ovels, ignorance, black bread and joyless - est fromithe cradle to the grave. wh'rehie not Slang to remark "slate thetobog gala - A GRAND WBI$PEHI e"t GAt EEY Words Heard Across a Rocky Haaalain Valley rwelve ,files Wi4`a. A marvelous tale comes from Dakota of a discovery which bas been accidentally made in the mountains northwest of Rapid City. It is stated that•there is a natural telephone line between two mountains in the Black Hills range. On each side of a valley twelve miles in width stand two high peaks which tower above the other mountains, and have long been known as landmark& These mountains are several thousand feet high, and only on rare occasions have they been scaled, so but little is known of their topo- graphy. Some weeks ago a party of toe iets 'de- cided to make the ascent. They divided to two parties, one for each peak, taking with them heliographs for the purpose of signaling to each other across the valley. The ascent was made, and so the story goes, while the members of one party were pre- paring to signal to those of the ewer, one of the party of the north mountain was sur- prised to hear voices which apparently came out of the air. He moved his position and the sound was no longer heard. By Chang- ing his position several times he discovered that at a certain spot of the mountain he could hear the voices, and it was set long before be discovered that they proceeded from the party on the other mountain. He called the attention of the others to the phenomenon, and when the attention of the opposite party had been attracted it was found that an ordinary conversation in an ordinary tone of voice was plainly heard from one mountain top to the other. Teem was only one place on the mountain where it could be heard, and this appeared to form a natural telephone. No shouting was ne- cessary, and the words were perfectly dis- tinct. Assuming this story to be lane, an explanation may be sought in the form of the mountains, which might serve se ellip- tical reflectors of sound, (the speakers plac- ing themselves in the foci at each end of the eclipse) and in the low density of the atmos- phere at the altitude at which the pleenom• enon was observed. The Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City, which is of enormous dimensions, is bent in the form of a true elipse, and a person standing in the focus at one end oar carry on a conversation in a whisper with another who places himself in the focus at the ether end. SHAKESPEARE'S DEATH. Did the Illustrious Bard Die of Pneu- monia I—A Plausible Theory. Americans and English alike are ea.tre.nc- ed with Shakespeare. They love the man and all belonging to him, and now they are discussing the question, " Of whet did Shakespeare the?" Following up this in- quiry a writer in the New York Medical Record communicates thet the poet died of some respiratory lesion, probably pneu- monia. The evidence on which this theory rests is worked out somewhat as feliews : The age of the poet at death (52) is con- nected with a period of life when the mor- tality from pulmonary diseases is definitely increased in proportion to other causes. His death occurred during the month of April (23rd), which " in England is a mouth of treacherous changes in temperature and in weather." Some time prior to his death it is urged, he passed an interval of excessive conviviality, " and quite likely of deep in- toxication, in the companionship of conviv- ial friends." That means that he placed himself in a situation from which reck- less' personal exposure would natsratly arise. Here are three factors which f;., or the development of pneumonia, and the le- gend runs that at the last drinking bunt he contracted a fever, from which he died. " Fevers," says the writer, " do not come in this way ; pneumonias do." The writer supplements bis argrments by referring to the casts from the mask of the face taken after death, from which the sculptor has copied the face of the great man. The mode of death leaves something of the character of the fatal disease On the dead face. "Sudden, violent death arrests the muscles in their last contraction. From the soldier's half -parted lips the oath or battle cry seems just to have sped. The brakeman, gone to immediate death in a crush, bears upon his face the impriet of hie last thought—of duty, of home, or what? The expression of lingering or wastine dis- ease touches the physiognomy differently ; death stands near so long that the body be- comes accustomed to his presence, and he is not unwelcome. At the end his hand is often gentle, and the features of the dead simply betoken placid rest." On the other hand, the course of death in pneumonia "is laborious." "Toward the end the expression of the face becomes like that of one who is toiling under a burden, breathlessly and without rest. The close of life is the first pause from utter weariness and exhaustion," and " the characteristic pneumonic expression remains after death." On comparing the'Shakespeare death mask with the face of the dead of his time of life from pneumonia the identity, the author thinks, can scarcely be mistaken. " That which Mr. Carpenter has described. as a. look of ineffable sadness is the true pneu• monic physiognomy—the look of one who has been tired—painfully tired unto death." Women and Their Dnty. Dr. Arabella Kenealy, a London physiciar , of wide experience, has this to say in regent to women and professions : " Women should not attempt to carry on a profession after marriage. I mean the women ef the upper and middle classes who go into the professions. It is not necessary that they snould be the bread -winners ; that duty should devolve upon the husband, and I am confident that the rising generation would be healthier and stronger in every way if the mothers would exert themselves less. I look anxiously at every baby that come, under my notice in the hope that I shall find some improvement in the type, some increase in stamina, compared with the gen- eration that has preeeeded it ; but instead of this there is only deterioration observable. This deterioration is part- icularly noticeable among the children of very active mothers. The cleverest and most highly educated women, the woman who take the most active part in pablio affairs, have the most weakly and puny children. Another thing, women are going into too active forms of exercise. When a young married woman tells me that she is Captain of a cricket eleven or a football team I can only say I am perfectly aghast. Women must place before themselves the - alternative, to earn their living, to exercise their faculties, andto gratify their ambitions in a professional career, or to becomes good wives and mothers, and if they choose the domestic life they ipust recognize that they must sacrifice their personal happiness and ambition in thehaPP inose and success of their children." Persian advices, repos:, the existence of much anti -foreign feeung in Ferstia Mite to the Relief that the English ars peeneee4ble for the tobacco monopol.- H� NTI E er!enee of Tutor 1 A moose deer s enemy. This col Viscount Kilfoy citing interview mals who roam Viscount was-yt his father, died title, a large rev ish Hot se ef Lo However, did n{ latter just yet. when he droppe at 23 not many y have plenty of care much for at meat. The young t mind to see as it caul as early as in view he eoga� ---as Oxford gr White, The tub of the Viscount in worldly exper tom; he was the the young lord bright anticipate see and hear in New Fork. It was midwin reached Ottawa. nadian winter e Lordship ; but h into the wildern animal or anima placefor obtaicin as to how ke rho heard that moon miles to the nort that moose was j to America toki and the tutor est expedition. Moi coats and fur mit ninon, and other forthwith procur started out. Philan thropio lordly fledgling t enced in woodera prevent a calami wanted all the he moose. If a prat him, he explainec lite away from th to slay a moose, Le wanted to do i The moose, as the animal knee the severe wcathe for themselves a t This piece of gre. miles in circumfer five, according to gather. But the must be well w they will not abid green bonnhs, and innumerable path tions and crossin of angles. This i `yard. " - It was a bright month of Februar his tutor Mr. \Vhf " yards." The iv Cay, who drove sleigh gave the hints. He told to be very careful to along the " paths' return. He expla the very easiest ti lost in following u so numerable and many ..nt. di utmostdiffcare erB, danger of wander able to regain the The plan that pre, a moose " yard" tree here and there they went along, I placed on the side tion.in which they fnsien. As a last a moose would fig}. My Lord Kilroy very patiently, but the prospective gat of the habitant. to Jean to meet t 'ame p:ace where entered the " yard rifles ready. Thi /bout ten miles in ad by dense woe civilisation being which they joure .sleigh. The Engd in their native lane thick wool and c had been beaten hi moose over it, in c� ,aolately knew note perience. As they went f paths the tutor v down a twig as a n But after an hour's in sight or hearing the Viscount and I divide, but to purs paths, however, ar intersect each othe the elosest observe The Viscount and - on different paths himself that the pe was exactly par -ale panion. The paths ing parallel, diver after an hour's stet thought he was w the fact was that ri divided them. Tb ing company ,was, -first shot, the otf join his companion an -appointment of "yard" it is a very it, as the tutor for: reach the noblemat the first to espy gal It was about an tutor that my Lor the evergreens a n browsing at the yo man's eye glittered with joy. Here at animals he so cage yards sr so separa- stant the Viscount Justat the momen seceded on the cart and, instead of the for which it was a hind leg. When the bullet into the air with gazing around to site he saw the En the wound threw t with a bellow of through the snow. taken by surprise moose. He was ,whena, deer was sh rein anei I've rims -eq afieranalsollow and fir from rotruetog