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FIliHTlNB THE BEDS. Bow the Br*e Daulac Die! For Hearth and Bom* 4 Tali of lhrl<rr.i,lnl lr*qn*l< The *> l>rlem of Sei enters, liiuiii French mtn mi Ihr !.' ftnalt. Unfortunately, for our national progrwi, write* l>i Krinple, in the Kmpire, ' ,.,i liaii history ii largely asealud boot to young Ontario; He it largely shut oil from one of the Heat means of character growth. The world is a battle groilli 1. Sometime* ln-y tight with sword and rifle in the Held: ometimes with a woman'* natural weapon in tlm law courts. Everything worlh gain- ing in gaiaed by struggle, military, forensic or social. All these druggies iro lewon* in life. Hut young Ontario in Ihe schools kipsover merely the mountain peak* of our past being a* a nation ; h- catches but faint glimpse* of th* green valleys and clear fountain* below ; h may in the rash see a few of i be towering pine* that hide the verdant growth or the rocky roughness bo- ueath : bnt the sweet-scented wild flower* that flonrUh in natural luxuriance to drop th* figure the human louche* of national life ib the cottage or on the field in by- gone day a, are not within his ken. He asks the extremely paternal, provincial pontifex maximum* of education for bread, and lie i* given a stone. And there is no sermon in it, either. A* a healthy tonic to growth, national or individual, we cannot exaggerate the importance of a knowledge of history, and it is with such an aim Th* Kmpire lay* its offering week by week on the shrine of those who have mad* u* what we are. THE THKACHKRol < lll'i'.n on. If on* wiehei thoroughly to estimate thu immenie services that were rendered to the weak and .truggling colony of New France, when A. lam Daulao lor Dollar:!) and his 16 companions gave up their lives for their altars and their homes in May, 1000, one must look at the time* that this event so brilliant!) illumines. For 'JO year* th* strong confederacy of U e Five Nation In dmns, known a* th* Iroqnuis. who held the broad land* of the northern I'mled State*, had been a scourge to the infant colony. 'They hung ronnd th* home of the *ettl*r ready to lake life a* opportunity offered. In time* of peace or war the danger wa* alike, for no treaty could hind these treach- erous Iroquoi*. If the canoe of the Miller fli-le.l ilown the stream, from the thi-k iliage of the banks a murderous fire opened on him. If he stepped from beneath the hadow of hi* own ilender roof tree, come red devil of th* forest rushed from the covtrt of wild mustard, and lew and scalp cd him within *iaht ol hi* own fireside. If he glanced out of hi* humble cct at night, be might lee ducky figures flitting into am- bush to lie in wait for his going mr in tin- morning. When D'Argeniou became (iov- ernor m Hl.'iH the war was at it* height, and th* very day after his arrival at Quebec he could hear the acmams of the victim* and whoop* D( th* invaders an he cat at dinner. Life was a daily terror. The fur trade stagnated ; ***d time and harvest often passed without their accustomed toil and accustomed return*, and famine wa* then a.l.l-.l to sickness and daily bloodshed. Tllf. URKAT ftCRVICCg OK Till I'llfKi II. The colony wa* a religious mission, and while deriving all the benefits from the vigor that conies of religious enthusiasm, it was ubject to all th* danger* that grow out of rivalling religion* fanaticisms. I'riesl quar- rlled|wilb priest, prieetiwithgovernor.gov- rnor with bishop ; there was a Han -ling quarrel between (Juebei- and Monlreal ; ami while the red fiends threatened without, the tire of domestic it rife burned brightly with- in. Notwithstanding this, a religion* fervor, an inconceivable belief in miracles and por- tents, an invincible faith to dare and to die for their home and religion, possctied the eulonist*. This deep fervor reacted nn their imagination, a* every body knows in the case ef Wesley and Ix>vala, anil Ibeir young men aw I their old men drum. I dreams. Th nobl* self-sacrifice, of ihe Jesuits, daily Ix-fore their eye*, raised up a breed of men filled with love of country, which became un'fie.1 with their love of the Ronun Catholic faith, for the two were one la Onada at thai time. The country and Its policy were the Chur.-li : and it wa* the loquenoe of such mui as Charmont, and tin- bravery and statesmanship of such -a* I<e Moyne lhat preserved even a spot fnr French o -rupalion. r't.r mutual protection and aid the *tlto- tuenls were clustered around tho three fort* of Quebeu, Three Rivers and Montreal, the last as a *orl of military outpost, than l.'i )ays' journey of hardship from Quebec. Hut very **tiler' hut * as a forties*, and fre- quently a small cannon formed part of the fcouichold fun. i! lire. \"1 SO liATI M Tu TIIK Ill-- , then, in brief, wa* the condition of th* three widely separated ..|..mes of New Franc* in Iliiid, a . .m.linon that had onfined them nlmoit wholly to defensive. operations against the Iroqnoi* They had een the Huron., whom they .-.. bound to protect, almost exterminated. In- y hud in mbled nii-l made roncessioni Li ihe wily chiefs of the Iroquoi., anil bad planted a French colony among them. They had *een an Iroquoi* band pirade past IJ'iebec \\.th Huron captive*, while gun* of the fort re- mained silent. Hut now a change came. The commandant of thegarris-m "t Mont real at this time wa Adam Dollard, des Urmoatix, often known us Daulac. He had conn! from France three year* before, a tripling of -'i, and rumor spoke of mime. tain that he wiabed to shroud m a glnnou* deed of ai m*. He soon had bis heart's de. ire. It wa* in the first week of April, 1000, tliat ho came to Maisonneuve, Gover- nor of Mont i . >l, and asked bif approval of a plan to lead a war (miy up th* Ottawa against th* Iroqnou. Maiion- neiive. knew . (ollow'ii intrepidity. .in.l willingly -" '" 'out. -Hi. Dollard l.a.i been IftUJ .union*, and oon Ifirttii.t;. >i-- ;.lirt and .. . Kr i' or!, ' i. i 1.1 lolrinir , .-' u <' r to SKI '^ ili) -..ii'c their yfui f . . ,'. Hi f -.fc. ll.ul ll,- M, cur- i .....( a.. . - . M f * I .'J iho ' ti.-U -.' rw.r.U.I ic.lr nMsUlioil lo i'' _>.'*. I gup. iJ.'ei ..I In.' i i.'ii'uLai'i young men, Major Cluaaj, .til lo *k bt in l - wills, *4 . n,,. I u. J '-..I by (.-. ( >-i e Charles Le Moyii" in I I' :-.l- Belestre, urgt.l them to de'er t> e expedition until uitei *<* limn- an 1 they would accompany i'. ISut Duihic burned with the ardor of a knight-errant and feared to be supplanted in the glory be hoped to win. TIIK lU'M.il '<>H 1'I.AI OK KXTKHMI - M I It was well no delay on'itrre 1. Daulac'* plan was to meet a body of *>0 Iroquoii ai they returned down the Ottawa from the winter i-ha* > At the *ame time, awai' nig a junction with thi* band, 50 I Iroquois were tying at the mouth ol thu Kichelieu, wilh a well maimed design, all unknown at the moment lo the French. The two band, were to unite and sweep down on the un- suspecting settlers of th thres colonies, and exterminate eveiy Frenchman, every trace of French influence in North America. The itarntici of the little army at the L mi; Sault arrested this plan forever. Preparations are hurried forward and on Ihe Ml. h of April they let out. Near Iho island of St. Paul they ar* attacked by wandering Iroqnoi* and one man is killed, two drowned. However, tin Iroquoi* are routed and the yoiinij Krenohnr-n return lo Montreal tolury their dead. They fill the gap* in their rank* and unchilled by thi* first last* of danger make their las', adieux to their assembled friends. They meet a thousand dimoultios, but courage take* the place of experience. Kuiit day* are spent working up the rapid of St. Anne; they enter the lake of Two Mountains and slowly and painfully stem the swift current of Carillon. It is May day when the tumult uou* roar of the Loug Sault breaks on their ears, and here, at th* fool of th* foaming torrent they land. Ascending th* (loping *horei, they find by chance a little circular entrenchment built by the Algonquin* the previous autumn. Il was but poorly defended on the side* and the palisades were slready very shaky, offering a pjorer protection man one of their lint* at home. The lroqur>it must infallibly come this way, and here Daulac reaolv> to meet them. A KMNFOKi KMKNT Y Illl. In the meantime, .1.) Hurons, chosen men from the remnant* of that racu had set out under a brave chief, Anatotaha, with the intention of falling on the IroqnoKa* they returned from the ohaae. At three River* they meet Mitiwemeg, a chief of the AI- gonnuins, and the two chief* have a dispute on their merit* as brave men. To settle tins p*int a* to their valor Mitiwemeg agrees to go to Montreal, ac- companied by three Algonquin brave*. At Montreal they soon near Ihe (lory of Daulac's mission, for as Dullier do. Canson observes quaintly, the Kreuehmin's fault i* to talk loo much ; and, tiled by the spirit of chivalry, and surprised by ihe boldue.a of *o few, ihey agreed to settle their dia- pute in the field in the same cause as Dania--. | Slaisonneuv* ha* misgivings of their in- trepidity for the enterprise, but leaving the matter for Daulac to determine, fries to discourage them and finally seuUi them off with a letl'-r. Th* young Frenchmen were scarcely *et- tied iu camp when they were joined by the Hurons rtiid Algonquin*, whole arrival make* the little palisade even more unsuit- able as a place of drte.ee. They have not to wa:t Ion for the foe. In a day or two Daulac'i oiitpo*ts see the advance guard of the Iroquoit approaching in two canoe*. These liduig* reach th* little bind when they are at pr.yer. Dm lac at once select* th* most luitable landing- place and place* in ambush. At tlm v.-ry point the Indian warrier* betch their canoei. The French fir* a TO! ley in pro- cipitation. A few Indian* fall, but the others dash into the foreit and warn tlje main body. The I'renoli now retire to tho fort, b.it by an unfi.i innate error leave their kettle* over the fire by the shore. <;EtTlv I.I \"Y TO JIKKT TIIK fO*. So far nothing had been done to strength- en their weak fortret*. Now, while they arn hastily throwing branches between the palisades and buibling stone and earth breait-worki, with loopholes here and there, the Iroquoi* advance in full foice. They are rf pulsed with n uch lots, only lo return again and again and to be repulsed, ported with rage and .fury at seeing iho heads of their dead warrior* grinning from the summit* of the palisades, they break up tho canoei of the besieged band, and, lighting the bark, advance in the face of a steady fire to burn the fort. The hope is vain. They are discomfited, and the savages **tllo down to blockade th* brave Ii' tie army, taking good care lo keep within the safe shelter of ihe forest. From this point of vantage they harnssed th* bravo young defenders dky and night for nearly a week. Determining to overwhelm them with miniUrs, in the meantime they despatch a canoe tn the Kichelieu to summon the. b.nd of 500 who WCM m iking ready to et lerinin ate the colony. For five day* the blockade continue*. They have no kettles anil thirst more oppressive than th* lire of the Iwsiegen. M preying on the French and their allies ; they Cinnot (wallow the r irn on which they are compelled to uliti*t. They dig within the entrenchment and are tainaliiMM wilh a little muddy stream. The river i* . n-es i. IT and they run <l\vn iindor c >ver of fire from t 1 . n .mraiUs, umi letiirn with sunh small quantiti** of water a* their viasels will carry. A KV ' ' AI sll.i'':i:t,. Now the Iroi|unis invile the Huron* to de.ur; iiinler a |irnini*o of being received on good leruii. They acospt Ilia offer, and leap over the palisades or stealthily skulk oat of th* UttfcVflMO, Brave Anttotahu is tin- on'y llur. m lifl. Iho hopes ol' tha at- ii><-kiii4 party iio. They are . .uti t--ut now of nn easy victory over tin- 17 I'. men, four Algonquin* and ono Huron that re left, but they do not cslimate thtcournge th ii come* from despair. The liflh day J.nngi with il a lou<l up roar nii'l outcry Uie signal that il .iiforccmenls baJ arrived. Sj-.h 'hoop* and cne< ini^iii well i iiiliiui.liI'M the *toutf8l. haart. Tbe ai.iault i at onco ronvwe-l wuh ihn wildcat fury, !uil only ri:|iiilv- s\n( il.om, mid l| lf ,y 1 l>h m.r.!. . r boi.r. .liynnd lit, til* assault c-inMii" Iliey dash down in a solnl b"<ly in full .'. now in division*. The p- M ..'. of r >., r u,,. rlefi n.b.' -i - ' ; ' ' ' '. . .n ) . n k ' now only two f-in. iiJ i !il. blluciialiog r-giilnrly io fif,!.! ad -. |w>. "J 1 !^ . . ; k of pivin^ . ieg... but ..'.n.e i~ :> ' m M male A k *n*r*l assault, I'll, j oai: tot valuuivcia. | They construct hu^e shield) breast high "f i log* split and faster.*! together ",'-ir l-.l ' by these againil the *teady .ol'.ey* ."rom the fort, they reach the palisUe and v arm over the top like o nest of hornets, TI1 YOfNil rRKXCIIMRN ALL DIB Hi. I'. Aooidont aid* the savages, who even then might have been resist* I. Daulac had mad* a gre iade out of an old mu*ketoon, and as he flung the explosive over the wall it caught, fell baok an i spread destruction among them. The red fien.ls, thirsting for revenge, made a breach in the fort. Daulac and his men dish to it* defence. Breach follows breach. It il now a hand-to-hand encounter. Daulac is struck down, but still Ihe fight goe* on. Desperation finds a weapon in whatever the hind touches. The Iroquou, it respective of friend or foe, fire volley after volley into the surging mass of humanity, and thi- tight is soon over. One Frem-hman was found who (eemed likely to survive; they kept him for the torture. Forgetful of thair promise*, the Irorjuois bnrntd and tortorea all the rene- gade Union*. Five escaped to carry the story of the brave defence to the m'llementi where il Itecare parl of the " Relations of the Jesuits." A* for the Iroqnoi*, even they had enough ng for that year. They b-gan to con sider that if of their finest warrior* could be held at bay by 17 Frenchmen and a few I ml i mi, and inflict *uch terrible losses, what could all the force* they could muster avail against French courage and hardihood ? They went sou; h ward to their fore t homes, the pre- in ; danger was averted, and the little colony gained a breathing (pe'.l. A vT ATCB 1> M.I 1 e runs O*T wllh a Klnz. Imi Brlat* II Brk tgalo. Monkey, a* it well known, are like cat* in dread of getting wet, ays a writer. On shipboard I ha/* often laughed to see them scampering from a heavy spray a* it dashed over the deck or huddling together under the lee of the long boat during a passing shower. Hut on the ship Euphrates we had a monkey that was actually fond of swim- ming. One day while we were anchored in the BY HBOTHKKsltBtViF.il, The llmehlU rinh the *ree of M- rime l.rrlnn- UrnaxM ibnisi kr IS While lull', l.niiilr.1 > lolhe rrare f (he < (Uri-il rill/e ! the Leuem ri:ei,<.mr-Hlrl*arHalpnle. Brelher Bel.ee Klder Ti.nl v anil .Indie I *kl< Are all .4rmlan-.l anil Fesieisl Csilllr. " I hold yere in myliand," aid Brother (ianlner at the regular meeting of the Limekiln club the other night, "a letter from (imeral l)e Hoto Jones of Mississippi, who am white man, axin' me if I hev ob- sarved a tendency on de part ol our people toward economy. In fact, he want* to know how many members of dm club I kin pint to a* practical economists. I shall lie obliged to reply dat we heven't one (ingle member. De tendency of our people am right in deoppotite direckshun, and whar it amgwine Vostop no man kin tell. It lia* bin a lource of sorrow and disappointment to me fur a y'ar or two past, an ' I feel it my dooty to make a few remark* on de sab- je<-k. Hrudder Belwe, stand up. Brother Bebee bobbed up with a scared look in hi* eye*, anJ the president regarded him for a moment over the top of hi* *p*o- tacle* and then said : " A few evenin ago I met yo' in de gro- cery. Yo' had bin buyin' Spanish mackerel and Bermuda onions, an' when yo went out. de grocer axed me how many millyon dol- lar* yo' wai wuth. Spanish mackerel an' llermuda onions on a salary of $9 a week ! \\hardo yr/ expect to eand up, Hrudder Bebee ?" " I** quit, sah," muttered the member a* he shifted around nn bin feet. " I hope yo' has. Seems to me yon's got sense 'nuff to te* dat bar-fatted chill'en, back rent, borrowed money, and Spanish THE FAB, PAR NOBTH. Mr MoGonnall an I flit Party Kxplore tbo Soaroa of th Qraat Mackenzie- A l.anil i.rVnlit anil tin-He niterra a.lil Trarl Kxir nil< 10 the rimli.r S'rangcaaitmay<eem,the great Mackenzie riv <r,tlie mightiest stream on Cfle American contiaent excepting only the Mississippi, ha* never been traced to it* head, and up to the present the sonroo from which it issues ha* only beeu known from Indian report. That m vitwry has, however, now been solved by Mr. K. i.. .McConnell, of the Dominion Geological Survey, who hat just returned from a four months' oiploration trip in those region*. Mr. Mo('onn!l arrived in BritUh Colum- bia from Ottawa in June, and st**ted out on hi trip from Quesnelie on the Oth of that mouth. From Quesnelle, the party of kix proceeded in canoe* up the CTaaer to (income Portage. Thil i* seven and a half mile* long, and after crowing it they pro- ceeded down Crooked river to Fort Me. L*i.l. Their ront* then lay -lown Parsnip river to the forks, where Findlay river m*eu the 1'aranip, and gives birth to Peace Kiver. On reaching FindUy River, Mr. Mc- Connell really commence! his summer'* work, as the chief object of his trip was to explore that river, and if possible the Oniineraalan. Mr. M Connell accordingly went up the Fmdluy River to iu junction with the Omiaeca, and followed the latter river to its head, returning down it]again to the same spot. The river i* easily navig- able on the upper portion, but in the first thirty miles it falls over 5OO feet, ami ii roaditeail off Tape Coast castle, on th* west coast of Afri.-a, ihe pa**engr were Mated under the awning looking at some jewelry that had been brought on board by ihe na- tives and otfcre.l for sale. The Captain'* wife had a very rare ring mad* of African gild and engraved wilh the ligns ot the zodiac. In had been brought lo her a* an engagement ring by uer huiband, and was the ilosrer to her from the fact lhat lie had i been wrecked and picked up at so* with it 1 on his linger. One of ihe lady passengers who had been j looking at the ring and whose attention wa* attracted by some of (he native jewelry placed it on Ihe cabin akvlight bc*id* her. The next moment oar pet monkey jumped on the skylight, seized the ring, and put- ting U in hi* mouth, jumped on the r..am deck and ran forward. Instantly everyone wa< on his feet chising ihe monkey. It ran from one end of the deck to ihe other, and then climbed alolt. Some of the sailors went up and drove it dowiMkgam. When it reached the railing of the bul- wark* it paused and looked around. The ! " lrl y .*!_ r_m tfiaat itlnBlrtf* in An it artrl *Bttl*. ' t mackerel doan' mix well together. Toot*, whar' ar' yo' at?" " Heah, sali." " So I **. What happened at yo'r cabin de odder nighl, elder ? " We gin a leetle party, sah." " Y-e ! Yo' had ioe cream, angel*' food, coffee, an' coco. Bjfo' givin' 4e party yo' had to boy some new furniture. One of de article* yo' bought wa* a chiny spitbox dat cost 75 cents. Yo'r income am from *7 to J") per week. Yo' ow two months' back rent, yo'r pew rent am way behind, an' llru.i ler Watkins am threaten- in' to sue yo' for borrowed money. De , president of de United Htate* am satisfied th* river the to spit outer de kitchen winder, but yo' the mountains come mast hev a chiny *nitlx>\ t De gnv'nor of Now York can't afford anythin' better dsn Elder | consequently extremely rapid and difficult to a*cend . M r M Connell then proceeded up the Findlay Kiver. White* have been up the i '-inneca River previous to him, a* at one time that wa* a famous gold country, but Mr. McConnell and Ins party were the first whites ever lo ascend ihe Findlay River to it* head. The river i* about :>50 miles long and is navigable for the greater portion of the way in canoe*, though owing to rapids, trie party had to proceed the laut fifty mile* on foot, an arduous tatk owing to the rou^h- nen of the country. The country is very mountainous, and though at/ the Icwer part valley i* six mile* wide, right down to the water'* edge in the upper portion. At it* mo th the Fin ilay il about a* wide a* th* II irc-voi uu leetle party, ' Fr.Ter a It gingerbread when he gint - ------ , --- , , but yo' m.ut *et oat %ngel.' food and pus i * the canon*, wnsre it around twice ! Sot down, Klder Toot* ! i "fotj. and owing to the ni-.merous rapid* is not very deep the current is You's got aich a goneness in de head jistat | "* e.ldie., progress wa. very .low. At th* lii-ad >( Findlay rivnr is a lake present dat yo' can't think of any excuse. Sir Isaac \Valpole, will yo' riz up for a I want d* people to see yo' in all yo'r glory. Ho mti<:h did dat red neckli* oo*t?" "Six bit*, aah." "An 1 yo' uw b'ar'* il* on yo'r ha'r f "Yes. aah." "An' yo'r suspenders colt pa'r ?" "Ye*, sah." ' \,i' I am told yo' wa'r a reg'lar chi*t purtecior, bought at de store!" Y-ve*. ah." known in the Indian tongue a* Lake b'eliu- tade which being interpreted means "nar- row water* between mountains." Thi* lake i* the real lourre of the Msckrain river. It i* between twenty five and thirty miles long, and not more than a quarter of a mile wide, and it is enclosed 50 cents a *>y high mountain*. Around the edge of the lake arc glaciers and the scene la a very pretty one. The mountain* rise .'>, (XX) to 6,000 feet above the lake, while they are tome 9,000 feet above the level of the sea. After exploring the lake, Mr. McConnell taxted on ins homeward j mrney about the ' sailor* were fasl closing in on it, and with- uii t a moment's hesitation It jumped over- botr.l. On riling to th* *urfa?e it tried to climb up the vessel's side, but her copper wa* "H'm. I'* puv'nor of No'th Carilinv i . goe. over lo wi.it d. guv'nor of South Cari- , n ' f Augu*t, and it was none too *oou. Un7w'ari,.'.'2.bit nSckt... cottoned il. ' .b-f- to form on the r.vor while , > on his h'ar, an' hi* tron*en held piece of rope. man, Sir leaae You'* got to be i werry great man ! op by a great How lo yo' manage la do all di* on an income cf $( or ?7 a week ?" Sir Isaac's leg* began to wobble about, 1 hen it dived, wam , aiu i ne tit ,lown. Judge Cahoot* just then the presi- high out of the water and it could get no ho'd ! ho'd with il* paws. 1 under ihe ship's bottom, and came lo the m(k ,j e , 1D eak for the door, but surface 01 the other side. This performance dent mopped him with : it repeated three or four times. While this was going on Ihe captain'* wife remained seated. Tears were in her eye* as (bespoke to the sailors. "Never mind," she said, " don't chase the poor monkey any more ; it doein't know any better. It* instinct* teach it to Heal." She had hardly finished (peaking when tho monkey came over the quarter of the veawl and wilh a rush leaped across the deck, jumped into her lap, and, putting il* little finger* inio Hi mouth, drew the ring oat of ihe cSeuk pouoh at thesidj of its jaw and dropiie.i u into her lap. With aery of joy she planed it on her finger, and, taking inn dripping monkey in her arms, .he pressed it again*! her bosom and kissed its little black, upturned face. t. e-i.r iteerral el irtl. Sir li'-nry Norman having declined the oBice of Governor-General of Indii, the British government ha* appointed tho F.arl of Klgin and Kincardine thereto. Thi* appointment i* of special interest to Ci.na- dians, a* the new vireroy is a ion of the Karl of Klgin, former '.y <! overn-iMieneral of Canada, ar.d wa* born in Montreal in I isl'.l, the very year in which hi* father wa* rtonrd for uiving hi " Kxcuie me, jedg, dat I didn't see yo' befo'. I with to coniratulate yo' on getting ahead in de world. Far a man who ha* bin ouler work half de time fur de laat y'ar yo' am pn*hin' to d* front powerful fait. Dey tell in* yo'r wife ha* duo bought *ix plate* on which lo sarva raw oystsr*. A* I pamd yo'r cabin de odder day I noticed a doah- plate on de doah. It ha* also come to my ear* dat yo' has got a regular fire *cr*en in d* parlor an' an eight-day clock. Can't you the Parsnip thi party experienced a soon torm . One of the principsl object* of the trip wa* to'ind if the gold range which crone* the Omineca river extended a* far a* thi Findlay Kiver Mr. McConnell found that this luriniM wa* correct, a* h* found gold all along the river and it* numerou* creek* nd trili.iUne*. He ba* brought down a number of specimen* of rock, etc., with him and expressed the opinion that it would pay prospeclore to go up there. The only drawback u> the 00*1 of getting supplie* in, a* there are uo road* or oven trtili. If only Irail wa* built Lumbers would, he thought, won flock in. The creeks on th* Oniint-ca are nearly worked ou', now, and where there were at one time over ^.'HHJ miners there are scarcely a dozen to-day, ami the few that are left are grumbling at k of communication. At preienl all - . , civ* de red of us a pinter on how to git rich on nutfin'? D. guv'nor of Texa. am "PP"'" hve to be packed m from the guv nor glad 'nuff to gil a one-day clock, but vo' leel ohlevgnl to go him seben better. l>e Skeena, to which river there i* a trail, but tha* coat* 21 cent* per pound. There was at one time a trail from Fort McLeod to that ha* been king of Portugal eat. hi* oyster, off a pi. , t tin. but dat han't style 'nuff fur yo' ! Set' ' > ''" w *. tl down, .ledge Cahoot*. We can't offer yo' blocked up for eome tin,-. .! .u.'. Kn. -..KK-^^'kin 1 C.ame Mr. MuOonnell found no silk upholstered cha'r, bulmebbe yo' kin st:tnd it fur a few minnt**. " lUr am a scare of other* heah who could be called down in d* same fashion, but it would be frown away. De fact am, we I* folleriu' in do f utsteps of de white race. If we han't got sense we an't to blame fur it. Seben out of *bery ten white men I jetty'* name, to th | It wa* thi* smo contiitutional act of Lard Klgin in refusing to thwart the will of the representative* of theCinadivi people thai caused the. " Stoney Monday" not* in Ot- tawa Though the young earl ha* had but halo official experience, he is spoken of a* a gentleman of broad and generous view*, and, like lii* father, I* a .launch Liberal and a v.orthy i -ion of the historic Sooltish family of Hruce. He will no doubt make n worthy successor of the Marquii of Lao*- ilowne, win*e term of viceroy of India ha* just expired. A very strong evidenoe of tn.ii influence in the at- iniiiiltration of Imperial Hairs is to lie 'mind in the faot ll.at ihe iwo mon just (elected t<> :-oprusent tin Cj'ieen in Ihe (wo great Britui: colonie*. (Sanai'.a and India, aro Scotchmen a llordon and a Uruoe, Th* last Knglisli papers f>hitud ne full of Bocoiiuli of the late I)r. l.enjiinin .lowott, n.oiiian of his lime, who wa* buniil ab nil a iuitii ght iyo at Oxford. l(j ia il-.o last of a groat raoo of M-ln.'.ar*, and bin disUnatK.n gr-iw in the last quarter of a ocu- ti.ry ni'i-h *t that of Dr. '.Samuel .lohn- *.u Ins ; ;rown in a cental y. Ho had ihe puwci liiiy l'iinj (hut cut liko a rn/ u , and su b wa* iho fooling whioh hi* 4 and ether* had lownr I him j that h inipirod terror even more ih\n I hu garo e:ij,.y ,.r:u to l!io* who iv*re 1 wilh IIMII. Kur- , in.ule tro ;>erioiu who agreed with linn vi, t i,viiiniii'i- 1 hu r**i>ect. He was the ., j.,.. i . (U!i,r 1 Cnn. irce i \vwinan ond Dr. Pue\ u he v as c'iiitciiiporuui'o:ii, had ihcir in abundano*. moose and caiiooa being especially plenti- ful, and sov.-r.kl were shot by him and hi* party. Lake KehuUde is also very plenti- fully atocked with trout, (iame i* especially abundant near the lake, as the Indian* in that district, known a* the "Sicanie*," be- lieve a big devil live* near the lake, and are n'dUkentry am dodgin 1 ' creditor*. Seb- | '~'' 'ntur up the river. In fact, enteen outer *bery twenty am lihin' beyond | they warned ihe party n o go up, pro- der income IV, man who owe, de mo.t gin- phe.ymg they would nov.r Ntiirn again, rally dr*e, d. Wt. Do wife of a man The country. Vr. Mil onnell says, is only airnin' ?)->* week ha. mo' diamond, dan d. S'* f <" '"' | u | in nj h"n'-i-'K. " there I. no on.airn",n'?.-Hl. Ko' fifth, of the pe.,,-1- givin' agricultural land it be-.og too far norlh to .well parti., ar. under mortg.gT Half of ; 8." "V'lnng. Ph. weather wa, very wet d* furuilure that goo* out of th* (tores brought back unpaid for. While deee thi grieve me. a* I said befo', I hev no fault to find wid yo'. We ha* been brung up to be- lieve the whit* man knows il all. We hev felt it a privilege to imitate him. W*'* got in d* habit an' can't stop, an' he must not turn on u* an hi* vice* M. QI-AD. lm n.l f*r !*. In ipite of the hard time* there in a most gratifying demand for Canadian horaet m the United State*. Recently a lot of twenty *even wsre x>ld d-r s-i,7J."> at an auction aale in New York, an average of $.T2,> per head. Of couree they wer* **lect*p animals, but surely there i* the ,, n all the time th* parly were out, thouuh Mr. ings M. -Council learned from the Hudson s Bay ' agent t Fort Craham (commonly called ngent at tort Craham (commonly ' lilo" It. ar Lake outpost), the most not ih- erly pott in thi* district, that though th* winiin me KIIIK, it is not *o very >!.!. During the trip Mr. M. Connell eitimate* "hoyurponibied"arw""riil..t > trav.Tle,l by canoe and on foot 1.7CO , a. well a. hi. varchewa." mile* .! or twenty ro^e. they hud to p. tag* their canoe*. The trip wa* mad* fortunately without any accident or mishap of any kind, and all th* party returned in health. Mr. Mi-Con- nell has been connected with tho Dominion Geological Survey for twelve year*, and ha* explored a considerable portion of British Columbia and ihe western part of tho N.irthweit. Amongst olher parts, he had made surveys of the Yukon uud Mackenzie river*, and so ha* played no unimportant lesson in the tale that it pay* tobieel thJ part in discovering the resource* of this right son. 1'oi.r hor*a ar* never profitable., j Britnh Columbia of our*. [I>.O. News Ad- Ii pays to seoure. the aervicvs of lha best .uumikU. In ntarly all ihe countrie* of Kuropo the governniont devote* parti altonlion to th* ;-!a* of (tallion* that (land for service. Sumutimei it uwu.t them but in 11 caso ** hoy have to u')mit '.o i ,,i ,,., -ii .u an.l hv lo be oertiiicatsd j :!icy can norvw. It would U* a goo.l th..i^ u" ti.e mi'' v '->'!' "<> 1* i* a matter i,h't nv^'i 1 , wcl -i.iorod ai iho next mectmj;i of f*r,u.:r/ imliiulea, A few thousands of JalUrs wrnl i b.i all vernier. Within ll\ B*ftTes or II.. Norlh Pule. The *teamr Joanio, ot the .Vrcti'.- whaling fleet, ha* uriived at San Fr.inci*co. Sho that the itvam whaler Newport ,*t wint*>- in the Ilcnc-hel Island*, by a *oa particularly !res from ice, workud her way north this summer in pur-mil of whale* a* far u 81 .l.'ijrec*, or .. .; Ic^rcos of tbe North Polo. Thi* : )r- 'i..-: iiortbi-ily point that man ha* i r niacheiL The ship wa* unabU to pro- ;iv\ further, but it is believed that had 'he N:r,-po:'. hen uppli*d with dog* and The by products of the farm are matters *lcJgM lii Pol* could easily bav* been that was neode,! aud il.o good vtlucti would , that wo oau not alloi I to ilight. reaohoi o\ >r :h ice.