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\\ M&COTIIY, wblrh Bresilil Hi rtsulrn olfc- lasi but Trouble. From the port of Kola, on the northeast coast of Lapland, around to the settlement of Han.mertent, on the nest coast, is a voy- age of 600 miles There is not a permanent settlement between the two ports. The north oast, which is of itself a cape, ha* sixty-eight smaller rapes, and no less ihm ninety two bays or fiords, which entend in- land from one to twenty miles. Off the learn something by a look at her cargo, but when we got the main hatch off we found the was only in ballast. We made a dis- covery of importance in tlie cabin, however. She had a shallow lazaret reached by a trapdoor, and from out of this recess we hauled four large leather sacks of silver plate. About half of ihe lol was church plate, while the reel had belonged to some private individual. Every piece was of solid silver, but many of them had been benl and hammered to get them into the sacks. These latter receptacles were made of cow- skin, with the hai- 'ill on, and were laced up at the seams. It took our united strength | we could gel little wonder, quiet him at all to learn that she was high and dry and cradled between huge rocks, which held her at in a vise. We had made no effort and he considered that a crime. It was a long seven weeks before we got clear of the uiuas and out of the harbor. The time would have been shortened by a week had cur Captain consenlod to sign a documenl waiving all elaim for damages by reason of detention. He not only refuted to sign, but told them he would not rest until he hai satisfaction, tnd they fined him to the extent ol and sent him to cradle in which he reposed while all the dignitaries of the Stats passed before the imperial infant. The pretty villa constructed for the Em- press) Eugenie, near the sea at Cap Martin, wili eventually become the property of her niece, Princess Lttlitia, the widowed Ouches* of Aoeta, while Farnborough, so thoroughly dedicated to the memories of the Bonapartes, will one day belong to Prince Louis Napoleon, the head of the home. Notwithstanding his quality of MINING CAMP STAMPEDES. A Word Would Start a Bosh IV Sew Digging* el Ike NiMt Dlsailreaa wa* Started fcr Hirulmrrr Whe lli.l Kailrn in niih rr-l>Tu SqMW auil Wrolr Ih \l Hi- mm* Mru, U II UI. Il The ruih M the Siocan country of British them no further. It was a though, as there wus about 400 pounds of dead weight to a sack. Here was something coast, and scattered alwut these bays, there | to haul the hag* out, and mult be a> least 1 .000 island*. A more in- hospitable, desolate coast, except in mid summer, cannot be found. Mot', of the isl- ands have rocky shore', and they rise out of the wat-M so deeply that a landing is im- possible except in quiet weather. We of Ihe Bristol whaler Iron Crojs had been working in and out of the bays tor several weeks when e entered Tara River bay and sough', for a place to heel the thip and t;et at a leak which had troubled ui for tome time. This bay it thirty miles deep and from one to seven miles wide. We ran down to the south end and up thn Tara River about two miles before we found a Slace to suit. It was summer lima, wi'h owers in bloom on every shore, and yel within a quarter of a mile of the spot where we h'-eled the ship was) a ravine in which there were *ix feet of solid ioe. On a ridge with a southern exposure we would find great bed* of strawberries, while on the north face of the *ame ridge, and not 500 feet away, would be bank* of mow as hard a* iron. While that portion of the cargo which had been hoiiled out was l>eing re- placed after the repairs had been made a boat steerer named McGnftin an myself got leave for a day to go off on a ramble. Armed with muskets, we set off, folio ing the shore of the bay, hut at the end of five milet we had enough of it. There was no beach on which to make our way, while the shore was tittle more than a mass of rock. We were sitting down on the sunny side of a great block of tlone when we caught sighl of a lol of bones on the ground to the south. We jumped down to find TWO HUMAN HKULUI and other portions of skeletons lying about, and lodiscover an iron kettle, two tin plates, an old musket, an empty meat tin, and a hatchet under the overhang of the rock on which we had been sitting. Two persons had made a camp hsre, and here they had died. There were heape of mould lepre- tenting blankets and clothing, and we kick- ed them aboul until satisfied 'hat they had jail for (even day*. A few months later our ship put in a claim for heavy damages, but, as that wa* seventeen year* ago and nothing has ever been done about it yet, I am not giving any notes of hand to be paid IIUUTC. .1 UIW j inauftiiuiuu Ula UUMIIIJ n I U- r i J foreigner, lie will receive the authorization I Columbia at present recall* to mind some of inheriting freehold property on Briti.h | memorable tn>P<>des of earlier day. in 1 Ml vlveel. M ... .11 1" II 4 I worthy o! the name of loot, and after care- O ut of my share. hilly securing all the doors as we hud found ilirm we each possessed ourselvee of a trophy and started for Ihe ship. Had wej nol brought back proofs our story would ,. .,..,_,,, a.,,,.,, sjle .. d have found no believers. mrmtrtrn ^ m , .,.,, Ee The ship was realy to sail nrt day, and she dropped down the river and skirted the bay untU the wrevk wts sighted. Then we lowered the longboat aud pulled the Cap- tain in. Nothing had been disturbed since we left, and our first move was to get the silver down to the boat. The brig wat then thoroughly searched from stem lo stern, but i nothing else of value was discovered. After i a look around the Captain gave it a* his Unfortunately the damp English climate aggravate* the tendency to rheumatism of the ex -Em press, and were it not for the Montana. There have been many stam- pede* in Montana within the I<ut thirty years. Not stampedes of horses and cattle but of men. From ihe discovery of gold on The recent journey of ihe Empress of Ihe French to Cap Martin was delayed in Paris by a sharp attack of influenza, which com friendship of the t/ueen, for her unfailing ! ^rasehopper Creek m Beaverhead county in kindness and .ympalhy, and lh* aatocia- , "> 1H - th f P'""" <Jy stampedes U> tions of long years, Euenme would ere this new diggings have been of frequent occur- havt .ought another permanent residence ; > >">m Bannack to AlderOnlcb, from but sh.i. extremely fond of Farnborough, AUer Gulch * L" 1 Chance, and thenca to l~AnfAlal tft H,rtlil*nl tn SllK'AI* R/llv and it will only be in case the sea prove* as beneficial to her health a* her physicians seem to suppose that she wil 1 make prolong ed stays on the Mediterranean and enjoy the yachting, which I. as re..,ined one of her few pleasure*. Although she ha* aged rapidly, and her feature* bear the stamp of * .. . . . , , L lujuiui*, f*ii > I B*M IV**t<UIW*l W*7*M tMC UfUil' We) ^^SlZ3&^&J?\nZ:** **?** >" t """ti. grace of walk and deportment :< i which city too full of memories to be revisited by her otherwise than with pwn. She had | ,-,,. f . mou , u u - impoMiblo , ljr h(ir u, from Farnborough at the begmmng j ^^ iu eren th> oUine utir< wl , nout ( * appear iu even the plainest j i attracting attention. Her foot is one of the IUUK annum VIIC I^MIIMIIU UBiu " uio n , .. ,. , . A. - __J I - '*- l "K i*^iiiiwn. m:i wv iv vsuci wi * opinion that the brig Had been there four or i Breton ml M. Jranceihtni Pietri, intend- | 8ma j leU and ^ h ,.,, kn uki into - ing to travel through to Nice, and even oonil(le rtion her height, which U above il 11 n mi In* f u/ w A*lr a f\f htr *n t ( >ri>*i1 ftuv five years, and if more than the two men 'i td arrived in her there had been a division, aud the others had gone to the weet in hope to reach Sweden or Norway. As to the silver, it seemed plain enough that it was the proceeds of a robbery some- whtre in Russia. It was given out that it would be taken home with us and sold for during the few weeks of her enforced stay at the Hotel Continental very tew people were aware of her presence there. On the day she left Dover the aea was very rough and there was some doubt of the boat'* starting, but the Empress Kugenie refused to spend the night on the average. A small pink satin shoe which she wore in the early part of her reign measures twenty centimetres in length and four in width. Her hands are equally slender and beautifully formed, without be- ing, however, quite as remarkable as those of one of her whilom ladies of the palace, the Vicomiette Agtiado, said to be the ex WUU1U UC itlKCll I1UIIIC Wills II* JUI'I MUl'l IUI I i , I the benefit of the crew and for many days -1'ore and being impervious to .easickneas. _ , ...,._ w ^ _ ... we were busy figuring out our respective I Provided doe, not go belov, *<** , acl colmurplkrt of lhow . palnt , d by Murillo _,.. .,./... fu .. ..-. -J7 a.A ; ed on remaining on deck during the stormy jn hlg Vl rgiVof the "Conception." \Yhen shares Alx>ut three weeks after our find i , v passage. She gut thoroughly drenched he- we were cruising to the east of north Cape ' when we encountered a Swediih merchant- ' mau in diitre** and >tood by him for a por- tion of a day TO liKNDKB AS.vWTAN.-t. her dripping waterproof, she entered the train for Paris in her damp clothes. This imprudence brought on severe chilla, fever, Winterhaller painted ihe official portrait of the Empress, Yicomlesae Aguaao, then Marquise de LSI* Marismas, sat tor the hands. 1 Quit* lately, after an interval of fifteen brought out the story solved the mystery, and it also got our crew into a peck of trouble. The lirodno was owned at the port of Kem in the White Sea, It appeared that while the was waiting for a cargo a baud of eight robbers plundered a church and also the residence of the (iover- nor of the province on the same night. In week that she wat able to proceed to Cap Martin to superintend the last details of the marine villa she is having buill thete. She was nursed with unflagging zeal by her Old and faithful friend, Mme. Le Breton, her '//., and by Mile. d'Ablonville, who was senl for from England. The Utter ed. The plin was simple enough. Some French landowner, manufacturer, or mer- chant in the furthest provinces would re- cei\e a larg* registered envelope generally bearing the Barcelona postmark, ami on opening it he would find a letter purporting . lady is her maid of honor, a charming and , belonged to sa.lors. A few y.rdsaw.y wa. , getting away from lh. lalter place ih.y had , *,,, p,,^,,, who hM only ^ a at . ^S^KSSJX^i^SJK a spring of frtaJi water, and from the pole* | a tight and killed two of their assailants. lying about we concluded that the men had made the place a camp for weeks or months. As near a we could figure it out, the men belonged to some sealing or fishing craft which had been wreck e 1 in the bay. We were half a mile from the watei and fifty feel above it, but we finally got down to the shire by way of a ravine with a small creek at it* bottom. \Ve saw a craft of some sort long enough before we reached the mouth of the creek. She proved lo be a small Russian brig name.l the Grodno. She muit hare been driven ashore during a furious gale, for she was jammed between two K r '- l rooks in the bed of the creek at least thirty feet above high tide mark. The brig had a slight list to port, but her mast* were standing, and we could uotGnd the slightest damage to her hull. We could judge pretty wrll from the looks of things aloft how long the craft had lieen there. There was hardly a rope which could not be broken by a smart pull. The sails had rotlexi and blown away until only tatters and streamers were left, and halyards and braces were flying loose in the brteze. The ropes had all bleached out to a gray white color, while mast* and yards had turned dark with dry rot. Thi* was no doubt the craft in which the They had carts in which to carry off their booty, but instead ol proceeding inland they took forcible possession of the brig. Only her mate and a boy were aboard, but two or three of the robbers were also sailors. They compelled the mate to put to sea, and lo be written by a Spanish gentleman, and stating the following fact* : The Kmpres* repotipg full confidence in hi* fidelity, had. though pursued the next day they had the enee of u , e lwo or lnree animate friend* luck u. get clear oft. The idea was to get to who for , loi)({ h . ve . hjkrwl her e ,i e and England with Ihe booty, but alter Keltmg , her ^rro^ . fre.h ,ce, one of the casual around on tho north coast it waa thought j visitor* tached to the Kmpress within the last tew ^J re of t ,, e 4thof September, intrust yearn, but who fills her post s> satisfactor- ily that she ha* won the afleclion of her imperial mistrea*. Whether al home or abroad Ihe Empress) elect* to live in almost absolute solitude : habit alone has reconciled her to the pres- rhoin she cannot deny herself, always seems lo excite her and to cause her sensitive nerve* acute pain. " I am like a human being Hayed alive," she once faid, holler to go into hiding until there was no lingri fear of pursuit. The island of Tana, al the entrance of Tana llay, wa* Mtlerted. Il wa* the intention to atrip the brig ot everything and live ashore for a few months, but when this had been partly accomplish- j , Mm . lo havo Wloug i lt b,it little change in ed the malo and boy took advantago of an tnote filing,, n d her determination to occasion to recapture the brig. They got ' her a few milet away from the island to be ed to him a caiket containing jewels of great value : he had accepted the trust, ut becoming aware that he was watched by the French police he had contrived to bury the casket in a wood or variously a cave or near a stream he had taken an ac- curate plan of the spot, but being arrested on the frontier as a Carlisl officer, his lug- gag* had been sei/ed and ihe plau with il. However, he went en to aay that Spanish jailers were nol incorruptible, and thai iu consideration of a sum of two or three hun- dred francs tent him at a given address he at once to caught in a gale, and running dead before it down the hay the brig WJS finally driven ashore. This had occurred four years be- fore. The robnere had been taken off the island, but no trace had ever been found of thn brig. You can imagine the diaguit of our crew when our Captain related thestoiy of our find and added that he stood rrdy to give up the booty to the Russian authorities. I suppose he was both legally and morally right in this, but we didn't care a rap for shortly after the death of the Prince Imp*- wou ,j uu aertake to forward .. ~ "*!L. !' J u '.'"^..'L^Z.T.^-Vu. "* I the iw>d r of lhe mone y th P I|UI of lh ' lo- cality, aud the latter would have nothing further lo do than to dig out ihe treasure live Deluded aud alone is a cause of grief to i kod tnare , he procee( | 8 wllh ni , juformant. her devotc.l friends, to the member* of her Thu , etler wa , aC( . ompanl 4 by two oono oncn brilliant court, who would fain sur- round her with their loyal homage and re- spect. In her almost monastic isolation she seems to yearn for all that recall* her be- loved son. For many years the coth'n of the Prince stood in a temporary vault, or small chapel, built at the time f his death sailors discovered on the lull abov* had ......., , _ . reachi'd the coaat. A* we had found only thu If the UaUodM* had ever found it ui cr,,bacei.s, who entertained an almost I two tkulr'.ont we naturally wondered what ot a piece would have been restored. \\e had become of the rett of the crew. had aa good a* Huhed it out of th* tea, and That the wa* a merchanlmau and not a had we been ablo to lay ealer or whaler wat apparent at a glance, 't would have gone down in She would cairy a crew of at least seven, a m M>HM> PATIIUM^ rather than be restored. 1 don't knew whether the Captain intended to put isjlo pan led by Iterating documents first, a letter address- ed by command of the Empress to the Curl isl officer with a ho*,;.i, h and a blue device representing an eagle above which wa* tta-nped "Eugenie" and below "Impera- trice," secondly a paper emanating from the " imcrial Ch^ncellerie" signed by Marshal Yaillant, and conlaming Ihe list of the jewels in the casket, with theanuoucceinent that they represented 4,'.Hi ' franc*. Singularly enough, on investigation il waa found lhal all these papers contained gross and we climbed over her bows fully expecting to find the remains of llieolherilyingahuut. Th* decks were covered with a mill" of ropes and blocks fallen from above, and had begun a rol in several placet. We walked aft to th* wheel without seeing eithe HKIl.t.TOSH OK BODIC*. The doors of th* cabin were shut, and fo' caetl* and cook's caboose were also secured. We invesligated the cabooie first. It wat pantry and caboose combined. There were tin C4i|n, tin ami crockery plates, knives and fork* aud other article* hanging up or rest- ing on the thelve*. In the pantry were half a barrel of flour, about twenty pounds of sugar, two bricks of let, and a heap of mould which probably represented u smoked ham. Trere hud been ship's biscuit and olher stores, but the rats had carried them off. A pipe, *)uch as Russian sailors use, and a bag of tobacco were found in a tin box and promptly appropriated. We next entered th* cubin. The doors were (imply on tho catch. As we pulled them open we had lo retreat before an odor as nnpleasaet a* sewer gat. The ikylight wa* down, and ihe rabin had not been ventilated for year*. Wo opect d to find TWO UK TURKIC roKi-SM. a* we finally pushed our way in, but neither ui the main cabin nor in the three small stateroom* of th* officer* did we main any grcwsonm discoveries. The bunks were rnipty of bedding, and not a single article of i lothina could be found. We searched in vain tin the log book and the ship'spapers, nor could we mid a scrap of writing of any Hort. The flag locker wa* empty, but we should have known the brig to be a Russian without tcomg heruani*. Hi i clock, clirmin metur (if she had one), log line, and officer's instruments, together with her charts and the compass from lh* binnacle, had been removed. In tact, the cabin did not yield a cent's worth of loot. There was no fitter about, as il the brig had been abandoned at aea, but it looked more as if men had taken their time to rrmove everything. An inspection of the fo'oastlu did nol help us to solve th* myttery. The sailor' bags and bedding had all been removed, and not tvru an old sou'wester wat lying about. The two tailois had doubtless taken away a supply of boddmg and clothing, but it ecmed queer tbat they should have com plelely stripped the brig in thin fashion Had it been the work of natives they would nol have slopped shoit at that, but woulil have dismantled hsr and then burned ihi bull to gsl the iron. Wo thought we might in one of ihe aisles of the Church of St. Mary al Chiselhurtl There it remained, with the waving French ttandards almost hiding the rich pall senl by the old Duches* ol Cambaceree, who entertained an almost i errort , .pelling eveii to theotfi.-ial* name*, maternal adoration for the young man. No i aml tnat tne .tamps affixed were not doubt it was .luring the long hour* that ihe al aU ,. ; neverlWe... the writer had Emprett tpent daily in prayer at the foot not m i, ca l cu lated when he founded hi. hopes of the coffin that the bereaved mother ; on tnt) i nve terat. appetite for illicit gam* gradually coulra.'led ihe habiU of clauttral i ln her.nt in human nature, and many turns silence and contemplation which now appear inher.nl in her nature. Yet, if she speaks tny Russian port or not, but I know lhal! so rarely, inlelleclu\l life it not, therefore, he *oon gol inlo one. Two day* afler we ! stagnant at Karnhorough ; French and left the Swede a Russian nian-ol-war, which I foreign papers are received and read dili- he spoke and put on our track, overhauled gently; equally to the best books am) us and demanded the plate. When that ; novels as they are published, and, while the was given up we were commanded to ac- Empress it engaged on one of her iutermin company him to Kem, and were virtually | able and artistic pieces of superb embroiU were forwarded to ihe address given. Apparently thoroughly exploded, the trick has reappeared in a slightly modified form: the names of th. Empress and Marshal Yaillant are absent, bnt the casket, the millions, Ihe jailers, ihe plan, and especially the request for three hundred francs, are all there, and there i. little doubl thai some credulous fortune hunter, hav. been again i n i tin i K 11 k. rr , llhl ,. Plua . Ce.tral ,. ,,.,, -!. >ne Killed. A Niagara Falls, Out, , despatch says : The Niagara Contra! pasaenger and pickup | freight, which leave* St. Catharine* tor thi* ' place at 3 o'clock, left the tiack this side of Thorold in a cut thi* afternoon about 3. 30 o'clock. The cause of the accident w.u lh* spreading of ihe rails. The forward trucks of the engine lefl il.e track when the train wa* running at a thirty -mile rate. There were seven freight oar* and a pauenger coach. Four or five of the freight oars loaded with general merchandise were piled up on ihe track. The passenger coach which contained the passengers for this ula ,-c was not derailed ami none of the pass- engers were injured. The train was in charge of Couductor Ueorg* I'owell, ol Porl Ualhousie, with two trainmen, En- under ai rest during the voyage. To his I ery, they are read aloud to her, and the entrapped by the large envelope bearii.g the surprise and chagrin our Captain learned ; sound of the familiar voice, ts well as the I Barcelona or other Spanish postmark. lhal while robbery waa a crime in Russia i monotonous occupation ot her h'ng*rt,seems il wa* a ttill greater crime to come across to lull her pain. stolen goo.lt and take possession of them. The Kmpresa hat effectually collaborated lie proteateH hi* willingu>t to turn over the booty, but the Russian captain coldly replied : " Yes, you told tho Swede you would give it up, hut when we sighted you you were on your way to Kem? Who reduced the articles lo t heir presenl condition ? The robbers, you will lay, but where i* your proof !'" Why, man, do you mean to insinuate that the hatl.ring wat dune after we fouud the stuff?" roared the indignant Union " Th. courts will decide," wa* the calm reply. " The men charged with the rob- wry will alto have tomethiug to *ay." When we reached Kem, every man aboard, from Captain to cook, was inarched off lo jail. The Captain wa* liheraled on a uond of tome tori after a few day*, but the ett of ut were treated like dnga. Il wat ive week* before we were taken befor* the (iovernor and a Judge to be examined. Two of the robbers bail been hangod, one tent to Siberia, and the olhert impriioned al home. You will Ihink il a very funny ibing, bill these latter actually charged u* with having robbed Ihem. While they had been convicted of robbery, they olainied tho booty ts legally Ih.irs. Une of Hie ques- tion* atkeil me by Ihe Judge wa* l>y what authority I boarded and tearclied ihe brig. The Captain wa* asked by what authority he ordered and assisted in the reiuova 1 of the lilver. And when ho gave them a piece of his mind h* wa* lined lo lh amount of 14 and tenl to jail for two days aa a punish- ment. It looked for a time at if our entire crew were to IMS n.nt lo prison because wo had taken tho plunder from the wreck, bnt I linnk lhal the whole thing was * suit of bluff to prevent us putting in a claim for salvige. Some of our men outside of . ourt happun.d to say that the brig did nol s.em to lie greatly damaged. Fnr three or four day* her owner wa* loud in his threats that ho would sue us for her value, because w* bad mad* no tllori to aave her. Il didn't in the produclion of the designs and plans of the commemorative chapel in which her husband and son now rest. The monument is rich and grand, although in no way dis- proportionate lo the general frame of its surroundings. It is in thn crypt that the two sarcophagi ol red granite presented by (Jueeu \ ictoria are placed, and mans is said there every morning ; belw.en Ihem stand* Ihe /irt. -i/i'ii of the Empreas. Perpetual prayers are offered up by the Benedictine monks, (he Em pmtt having for that purpote founded a monastery close to ihe votive chapel. The interior of Ihe mansion of Farnbor- ough is bolh sumptuous and comfortable, but its distinctive features are ihe couslanl presence of all that can recall ihoso who have gone. Just before the departure of the Prince Imperial for Xululand the Em- press had decided to arrange foi him an aparlme.nl al Chiaelhursi into which all the historical and personal souvenir* in her pometsum of Napoleon the First and the I lard should be gathered. Tho room was barely finished when the newt oame of th* death ot ils young muster. An exactly timiUr one ha. been arranged at Farubor- ough, with the addition of one large piece ot Tin luuirt, the upper part of which has glass ii-mrt. Behind these th* mother h it herself placed everything belonging to her son, from hi* eaihest rattle to his favorite books. In Iho lower enclosed porliou are locked up the accoutrements of the horae ho rode and th* bloodstained uniform he wore on that tragio day, moiirniul relic* broughl to Ihe Empreu by Col. Yillior., and un which oan bo toon ihe lance Ihrust. of iho /ulua. Th* old bedroom of iho Prince ha* al*o been reinstated at Farnbnr- ough a* il wai al Chiselhurst. Near tho nairow camp bedstead, which is always slr*wn with fresh flowers, stands Ihe m.ig inn. cni cradle, with it. Kill bion/o figures, , ottered by the. city ol Paris when (ranee i acclaimed the hen to the empire Vh* | Confederate, to Highland, to Silver Bow, Pioneer, Lincoln, Hear, and a hundred other*. But one of the worst stampedes that ever took place in Montana wa* lo Sun River in the spring of 1866. That was one of the coldest springe ever experienced by white men in Montana. A terrific bli/rard set in shortly after th* stampede fairly began for Sun River. No one knew what had U-< u discovered or whether anything at all, i a rumor got abroad that rich digging had been found, and nearly every man who could nutle a small grub stake and cay use started for the supposed ne gold fields. At that day the country to the north wat not in- habited, and the sufferings endured by the stampeders were terrible. Many were frozen in the pitiless storm, a few lost their lives, and to this day a few old-timers .ire living in the State .r.inus fingersand toe* from that fearful trip. It turned out, also, that there had been no discovery of gold m.tde whi 'h aided disappointment to the sufferings of ihe stampedera, and if the party who start- ed the story of rich gold discoveries had been found then his days would have been speedily shortened. But no one seemed to know then nor dees any one now know exactly bow th* great Sun River stampede star'ed. It ittuppo*- ed to hav* been caused by a letter written by a nvtn who hid gone north from Last Chance in the fall. This man, in his own estimation, had met wilh flattering success. He bad fallen in with tome friendly lilack- foot Indians, secured a squaw who had some horses and a tepee, in a land filled with wild game of all kinds. He thought it was the next thing to paradise. He wrote to a friend in Helena that he had struck it rich : intended to stay all winter, and wus well fixed and well satislied with his find, failing lo slate what that par- ticular find waa. To the miner* who MW it there wat but one meaning lo be attached to hi* w >r.ls ; He had tt ruck digging*. and thai i* what ilarled the great Sun River stamped* in th* early day*. I<ater on, in the early 70'* came the ruth to Cedar Creek, in Miatoula country, where good mine* were found. Some ten year* later came th* report* of rich gold mines in the Gi-ur d'Aleue. Mountains, and the name of Pri.'chard, the discoverer, bream* known from the Atlantic to ihe Pacific. A great tlanipedesel in and the rush lo the new gold region was tremendous, and many hardship? were endureu. Every one w a - ed to be ihe first on the ground anil the re- mit was that the conn try waa toon overrun, nolwi'.htlandmg the snow w a* mill, d-ap and it was exceedingly difficult to rrucli Priteiiard Cieek. From Thompson Falls to the diggings was forty miles over a rough and heavily timbered mountain country. Th* snow wa* too deep for animals to be taken in at that time, so the forty milet were made on suowtboe*. And many men n ule the trip who knew lees about snow- hoe* than they did about the fcmperor of China. All provisions were taken iu on _ i, hauled by hand, at the ru.p of 25 cents per pound. Of course provisions u the cvnp were proportionately high aud some incident, that happened there are woith relating tl thi* day. Among ihe early slainpedors to Pritvhard reek were a number of Bulte people. Uue '/ them it ttill fond of telling of hit experi- nice in the new camp, although it was anything but pleasant al the lime. He .aid i* and hit partner made the trip all right. They had some money and struck the camp kbout night-fall, cold and hungry. They uquired for the best restaurant in the town of Eagle City, which was at that time the lead centre of the district. A Urge house made of green lumber was pointed out, uid hey went in lo get (upper. The meal which was *et before them consisted ol colfee, bread, bacon and beans, a very good neal lr hungry men. Bui one of Ihem thought thy ought lo have potatoes, and asked the waiter if there were any. Yes," said he, " we have a few." Let us have some potatoes with thi* supper," laid the tlampeder. llnw many?" inq-.ircd th* waiter. " How many ?" echoed the hungry man n lurprite al Ihe question, " give us alxmt lwo boiled potatoes each ; good si/.ed one*." The waiter hurried off, and soon rat ur nod with four small potatoes. Supper being over the bill wa* called for id was found lo be $4 91. .M) oach for th* meals, and > cents apiece for ihe spuds. The bill wat paid without a murmur, bat ai the men sauntered off ono was heard to re- mark : " By criminey ! 1 wai nevor in a place before where potatoes were such a luxury.'' That night they seoure 1 a bed of dtied pine loavet, without ooveiiun, at $1 eaob, and were glad to get it. ameer Patrick Malonc-y and Fireman James McDonald. The latter jumped from the cab and injured his arm slightly. The engine remained upright, but the tend- er turned over on its aide. The train is known as No. .V. The track is still blocked. A wrecking Irani from the Michigan Cent- ral will probably clear the track by to- morrow. The evening Irani for S 1 .,. Cathar- ine* was abandoned. Conductor Powell brought his passeuger* through to this place in carriages. Between levity and ih. -i iuluet* there is a wide distinction : and the. miud which is most "|>cn to levity is frequently a stranger to cheerfulness. --[Hugh Blair. No onc wishes lo become a creator of lie* and vet he who hears klan.lers with pleasure., and believes Ihem with readiness, will hatch many a brood inlo active lilt. Life iv a pilgrimage by which we win Strength iii the present, future victory liladnost from sorrow, purity from sin, And from our mortal, immortality. Anxious to go from better to worse ! MOD often envy ihose whom they shimld pity. Mice outside envy those in the trap. The desperate attempt of the liquor men of South Dakota to undermiuo Slate pro- hibition by means of local option clauses has, on the final vole in the Legislature, been defeated by a majority of ouc v. te. Tho liquor men did nol coiuiua their efforts to one House, however, but made a simul- taneous attack upon prohibition in the Sonate under the gone of a resolution lor re submission of iho constitution to the i>o|iulai vote. In the s,.|i,ito also they wore baulked, but there a^aiu by only a single vo.e. The prohi!>:ion luUle won by the temperance people of South Dakota in ISW will probably huve to be ro- fought previous to and at the next state elealinn, as ihe strength manifested by the liquor interest renders it certain thai ita supporter* will resort to every means :o capture Ihe legis- lature and the Senate, ana overcome the bare majority whioh holds lo the gf then tmttic.