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I FIGHT WITH A MOOSE. AN IM THE WILDS OF|IEB. A Bailie le the lemh Wlln A Forest Clnnb Tnal B>aU Like s H.mim Ury trmm tno Wild West. Lake Temisconta, a beautiful little sheet of water in the province of Quebec, is one of this finest hunting grounds in the world. It i* a region abounding with deer, moose, caribou and other wild animals. Far down A the waters of the lake trout and black MJ* rush and dive, yet the stillness of the oed n rarely broken by the crack of the hunter's rifle and the fish swim unmolested IB the glassy depths. This condition of things has existed be- eauae Lake Temiaoouta hss been hitherto tnaccoasiMe. The completion of the Terms- oouta Railway has brought the lake and its charmiag wooded environment* to within a few hours' ride of Montreal, bat trio place is stiH s<> little known tbat wild animali of every kind are still abund- ant. Dr. Charles (iranville, an English phy- sioiau who rvfidee an the lake, had an ad- venture with BfLL MOOHB that rivals in excitement any of the blood curdling hunting stories which the wild ' nrest could furnish. One night a pai-ty of the doctor's friend* arrived from the front and told him hs most give them some hunt- ing, liippu Tippe, a French-Canadian, whose knowledge of woodcraft amounts to second nature, said that he had found track* of * big mooae on the shore of Lake Sqnatic. Laka Squatio is about ten miles distant from Metre Dame du l*o. At 3 o'clock the next morning the physician aroused his guests, and they took their place* hi the bir ih bark canoe which had Been provided for their accommodation. In the party were T. F. Plednow, and Beorge T. Howlands, (Jippe Tippe and an- other guide accompnaied tbe |arty. After an hour's steady work the canoe debouched from th*) lake into the Squatic liver where ihe higih banks towered aloft (ringed with oak and pine. Twenty mm- u'-es' hard-paddling and the voyagers emerged upon a broad sheet of water, the gently sloping shore* of which were fringed with deep woods. KII joining the strictest silence upon th* occupant* of both canoe*, the doctor direct- ed the boatmen toward tbe left bank of the lake. Taking Mr. Plednow with hi.n. Dr. Granville stepped out on shore. Mr. How- lands followed, accompanied by (iippe fippe. All poshed at once qu ckly but iileni.lv forward. It was hardly daylight n the dense forest. Suddenly, just a* th* party of four men ached th* edge of an open glade, there va* a queer sound heard. " Vouer ! Yoner !" It was the cry of th* male moose, calling b its mate. Instantly Gippe dropped on his knee*, snd putting two very dir.y fin- gers alnaostly sntiraly within hi* mouth, gave forth th* answering cry of the fe- male : " You**! Youo! F From, the direction of the >oun la it seem- ed a* if the animal was only a few yards right ahead. Everyone was on the. very tiptoe of expectation. It was Dr. Crtn- ville's wish to live his guest* the lirstcliance at a *hct, and lie moved 1'le.l-uw and How lands to the front. As they OHSPT grlKTLY ALu.Xi! .hrongh the underbnih, skirting the glades, the surface of a small green knoil was ex ^ooed against a badk -ground of gray sky fur' i moment. On the top ef the knoll, with It* splendid head erect and itsgrear. antler* ranching aloft, wa* a superb bull mooe. Th* doctor moved aside to p-rnnt Mr. Plednow to come up. " Aim just bslow the shoulder," wliisper- cd the physician. Plcdnaw put his rill* to his shoulder and look a long and deliberate aim. Then, breathing heavily, ha set hts rifle down. Th* hull nttll held it* bead aloft, and utter- ed ita cry. " Yoner I Yoner!" Pleilnww caught hi* breath again and put hi* nrl up t* hi* ihouldor, where it seemed to stay for an eternity. At last he pulled the trigger. There was a loud rsport . The bull, stricken ahovo the shoulder, staggered a moment, and giving vent to a loud bel- low of defiance, turned aroncd on his haunches. Mr. Plodnow's bullet had merely craped him. With a *nor',ol rage aud d- tiancf, the infurialeil animal charged down the slope. " Scatter for your lives," shouted Otppe, at the same time plunging into the under- brush- I'le.'now, however, though a bad shot, iteod his ground. He looked as if he WIM entirely accustomed to encounters of tho kind as h* again raised his rifle. I have (lot a other barrel," he said calm The doctor was hardly the man to da*ori 'tis guest in such an emergency, but hr- knew that tb* best *hot in the world could uot hit a charging moose in that kind of . li.-lit. Tb* next moment he had seize i Plednow, who i* a small man, around the waist, threw him over his shoulder, and ran for his life, ran a* one wauld think it im pouible for a nun to run burdened with a rifle and and a fellow-being. After thetto came the moose, "* ' CRA-SH1IO TIIROrull Till Bl'SUEH is if they were grsss in a hayllold. There ma a little hollow or depression half lillo i with dead 1 leaves and branches, and into this crashed the doctor and his friend and both fell. Th* next moment the moose was on top el then). , With one of its sharp forefeet firm)) planted on Plednow's chest, whom the blow . had knocked unconscious, the moose en . < red to traosh'x him with ita sharp ant ' lor points. Qippe and Hewlands both velcit their rifliss, but, mixed indiscmiv ; .-g.'y withnioote and flying branches, tli 1 i actor we* satujenojaged in a terrific hand > liand- Qght with- the enraged animal. To i x>t wa* oat of the question. Iu the fierce rush of tbe animal, wh,c. : 4 1 cent Vtednew and th* doctor head orei heel* into the litlhe hollow, tbs doctor'* n ! v I bean sent ikimmiug from his hand ii. liusbes. But it wouM b-tvebecn a us!'>...- weapon in that oloae encounter. With on :i<i graapins: th* left antler of th* moone 040 to it* snormon* head, with th other the pracky physician drew his long hunting knifs and plunged it forward into the bull's shoulder. It missed making any kind of a wound that served to do more than doubly enrae* the maddened animal. With * lungr of its .-harpened forefoot it struck the doctor just above the knee, crippling him for the moment and rolling him over like a log. At this moment a bullet from Gippe's ride struck the mono* on the right flank, and iu its desperate and headlong charge upon the fallen man it swerved slightly. A* the moose reached him the doctor re- gained his feet and sprang on oue side, but the giant antler caught him and tossed him OB the other side like a feather. The next thing he knew he had the moose around the neck, and then he realised that the struggle must end soon, for be wa* be- coming rapidly exhausted. Letuing far over he slashed viciously at the uiiunal, and succeeded in severing the tendon achil- les in bolh it* Iorelega. The moos* uttered a loud bellow and fell to its knees. Froth ran from its mouth, and its gread red tongue dropped lolling from it* black lips. Ju*t than Uipps ran np, and placing the muzzle of ki* rifle against tbe animal's side, pulled the trigger. When the doctor caino to Hewlands was bathing his face with wa- ter, and (iippe was cooking moose steaks ovrr a fire in the little clearing. No bones were broken but the animal had fallen clear ever on the physician and bruised him badly. This mooae wa* the second one killed a Lake Temiaeonta that week. The firs was killed by Lord Haddo, the eldest son of th* Earl of Aberdeen. Lord Haddo is new banting on Teroiaconta kke, and is killing a great deal of caribou and deer. Purcell of Halifax is stuffing the one killed by Dr. Oranville, and he intends to present it to the new governor-general. Tbe head and antlers are valued at $250. POETRY. The Old Man Dreams- Oh! for an hour of youthful joy ! (.YB bncJc my twentiuih rr,nir' I'd rutiier lauirh. a briKht-liuirnl boy, Taan roiiro a grey -haired king ! Off with the upoiln of w>inkled ae I Away with learn ing's crown! Tear out Me'* wisdom written page And daiih its trophiei clown ! One moment le' my lire-blood stream Krni b-iyhooil'-i font of fl.mn ' Uive me one gulily. reelini; dru:im Of li/o all lovu aud lame. .M li"icninu anirel huHrd the prayer And. oalmlr Bin.linK. *aid : ' If 1 but touch ihj lv ri-il M.I r . Thy linoiy <viU hath <prd. 1 ut i- there nothing in thy trnck 'I'o iil thee tonal. > .'jty. Wiule wi t Ihe *ri.n burry bock To Hnd tile wished for day r' Ah. t: u-t noul o' womankind! \Vif.ini then what were life I ()n bli- I cannot leave behind : I'll take- my precious wife! The .inn 1 tmk a *an him pen And wro e in inb nv dew: ' Tb- man \v mid be a boy again, And be .1 Iiu-U.tnd. 130! 4 And i ih'Ti- nothin* y<-t un^i il Befbre thfl ch.-xn^o ,|ii'-ar^ f !{ it-uiii.T. all tkcir ^ifts havo fled W.i.i i ;to- . di-j ivmg year>." ' Why. vc: for momorir would recall My fond rxuernal joys ; 1 could not boar to I itv.i f'em all ; I'll i ako mj girls and bj><! " inn anir >1 droppe I his p.-n " Wiiy. iiiii w il m-ver do: Thin iimn would h* a any ajain. And b - a father, too ' ' And no I ' mil d-my Inughter woke Tho houwihoid with tlu) uoi-e Anil wrirto tiiy droam. whonui'irningbr^ks, To please the grey -haired h y. - (Oliver Wendull Uolmca, AN ABSORBING TALE Slei?h-Ridinjt- My incm'rr goe" back t) that B sigh riding- piriy. Th a uiirtv of p|. asnro. of joy and tlullg it. When ouch boy and girl in ihe neiKhburiio d atbond, With no tlwmfbtof chilJlng,thou(th froezin* ih night. They hood not tke cold nor tho winter winds wn tins; Wh'lo joyn uro unburdened and henrto beat- Ing light. No faullL-ss matched horse* nor upholstered cutter Wero needed or wanted to make tho turn- O'lt. r Tho teini ihat wan driven w*i willing an<I iibio. To draw, without tiring, the bob -lcd to atoiit. While this way and that w-iy. and still yet. an- other, O'ersn IWH tbat were creaking, we wandered about. Wo went hither and thither at the will of the driver. We ncv r wont anywhere-only "sloigh- riding." Our uiirth wiw as joyou- an that of school chil- dren. With skatoaand with slodc. 10 juyou -ly 8' BBf 1 OorrapMr* more keen than the pleasure of boa 1 in. i n While o'er trysinl watur* so placidly gUd ing. Oh. lorui we'll remomher those timon of slelfjh ridlnir. So light were cur hearts and no iwlft wore tho hour*. i if Y.eMting< af youth, or t.hoe who are ol IT, l'i n li-.iv .-,, on meii 90 lavUhly -iluwer , Thare nono growler arc or with moro Than beultb to enjoy a sleigh rid.) lilto oun. lOkio Farmer. Sight and a Star- Fast bound I sat. the thrall of inward gloom : Hoard tho grout tidal i by thm of Life aud Unheeding: and without emotion Haw Thfl flowerlike world's immortal Hut and blooui. And a voioo oohoed through my soul's dark room : " helBlonti on fate's torrent as a itraw t To strive -to fail te toed oblivion's maw- Such, and no more, thy work and wag* and doom I " Then, from some height beyond thete dusky and dew*. MethoiiKht asphery whisper fluttered down " To uirr and in s.lmco build thy days, To knit life firm and earn thine own soul H pniw, *ich, if-tlww wilt (tir iMjwer isthlns loohoOM). 1 1 no great* i.hy Uiik aud msed aad -[William Wataon. liacoc ' I'm troubled wi.h insomnia. I haven't elf-sod my eye* for tivo night*.' iJgbert " Yon wanr tv play football. Trie tirl fame I played, I ro/nem'uor, my eye* clo<d for a fortni , ^JS&^t* ^^fe^r* Ta-Honk! ' Ya-honk! "up north, out n a bay, Phe rooking Dock of wild i<ci- i- lay. The gander. <winiming{ round them all, III voioo- " Ya-hotk ! Vn-lionk ! " -let fall, ie looked above and HAW tho noW 'nnu* rifliiiic to the earth below. Ie felt his wives were better far Vnrre warmer wlndaiid wnUtrii are. n honk ! Va honk "-ihi-y know him well 0* meaning none hath need to . rll. iu conniH mem all with anxious eye, 'hen southward, like the Mtorra, they fly, Chile ever and anon tbe note .ills from his red anil panting throat ' Ya-honk! ' r Ya-honk! Ya-honk! bin eye is red. Is bl I IH yellow and his head i Rtrong and broad ; hiu brea*t is white, he grey upon hi- back iv lltcht; "IK ne<-k w wondrous *tratKhland Is winga are miffhty loud and - in voice in niaaciilina .mil harsh ; t falls on foreit. farm and marsh - " Ya-bonk ! " Ya-honk! Ya-honk ! " 'tis in tho night u takf* \\\* wild and weird fliu'hl o Unbdahis wild wiveflthro' the ky 'ith wlnkles.4 and unerrlifr aye ; e uni'lon them sure from dark to dawn ; e comes " Ya-honk! V.thnnk! " he'ngonel tie linU)ulng hunter urio*. " Yo. ho! " e, dcornful, drop* his voioe below "Ya-honk! " Ya-honk ! "-he leads them with t h it cry ; 'hey. faithful, follow linn or dit>. V i lionk ! Yaannk! Va hunk I " lie calls one (aithlewi from hi rudo rnnk fnIN Hoy orge Uifir wings the wind's onutrtpt; ic cut- wrh- from tho nrmn are whipped ; e>- fondly r.llow nun who lends, ho sows the warn p with sounding seed* " Ya-honk! Ya-honk : ' Ya-honk' Ya-bonk! ''-to-night afar hvy rest thuir win,-s where water* are. 'hey roe'i and re-it in some still lake Vhich they for month* will no forwke. ut when the uprmg comes ba<-k axain, nd people splosh thmuicb April rain, o lixlen on lha inland Hhore. ou'M bear them ssnvfaqi north once more; lut fear not, if you are alono, o hear a voice fall like a stone " Ya-honk! " (The Khan. rLlN i i A t ni i> OI:T or M. 9. Harptr* WrMy " We'll have it,' 1 said tha anthoresi, " E'en though wa sit up nights ; We're now possessed ef equal talk*, And wa wnt our equal writes. " Mr. Figg " Tommy, my *on, do you know that it gives ma as mum pain a* does you when I punish you ?" Tommy " Wall, there'* **ma satisfaction in tbat anyhow." " tlow do you know that DaVere 1* BO in Nvo with Mabel Sweetbriar T" "Be can - 1 heard him tell her tho other even ing, when they came from choroh, that he kn*7 of a short cat bom*?" Rose" I think Ml say ye*. It i* bette to inarr-v a man you respect than on* yo adore." Dolly " Rut, it is so much easier to love me i than to respect tuani. " V.iu can easilv fill the public aye if ye on y have the oust. VraBBSB of nallou Nevis aa Obllz* Ing mead and I* Mlmi* Ml* W Inter* A Toronto despatch says : Yesterday at oun a man wearing an imitation grey reeze ulster and an imitation seal cap lighted from a '.rand Trunk train at the "mon Station. He was a fine specimen of a ell-to-do farmer. He itood on the platform or a short lime with his carpel bg in his and as if at a loss which way to oung man, who evidently noticed the tranger's dilemma, approached him. The result was that the couple adjourned to a oat house in the rear of the station. There man with the carpet bag was flim- amnied and buncoed. This is how it was done : The farmer's ow acquaintance knew where he Ouuld ako <'J<I. A Mend of lib had a gnld watch iat could be bought for $30. The watch ould be sold to another party for JT> >. If ie farmer advanced tbe money he would ie given $6 a* hi* *hsre of the prod for dvancing thu money. Six good dollars could not be made on the arm in the same nnmber of weeks, and the man look the bait. The owner of the waton a* seen and the desl cluietl. The farmer nd his friend started np town lo find lha lan who was to pay $50 for the watch When the pair arrived at the Daly House root street, the friend oskej the farmer or th* watch, at the same lions tolling him iat the i, r ii) man was inside. The farn.ej ave np the watch, and tbat is tha last h* saw of it or his $:). At tbe police station the farmer gave hi* ame as John Graham, Malton P.O. Haeen Victoria's Plrel May*. William IV. was dead. Th* Archbishop >f Canterbury and Lord Cooyngham were ispatched to inform the Prince* Victoria f too fact. It we s a warm night in June. 'he Princess wa* sleeping in her mother'* oom, her custom from childhood, and had to be summoned out ef her sleep. The mes- ugers awaited her iu the long, nnlofty oom, separated only by folding floors from iat which was inhabited by the Duchess f Kant and her daughter. The young irl entered alone, in her nightdress, with ime loom wrap thrown hastily about her. 'he moment she was addressed as " Your lajrsty" aba put out her band, intimating iat the lords who addressed her were to iss it and thereby do homage. Her school- m and her instinct* ware admirable from ie tirat. Self-possession combined with erfect modealy came naturally to her. A few hour* later, at llo'olock in the orning, the child Queen met her Council, n the corridor at Windsor there is a pic nrewhieh commemorate* tlie event. Never, t ha* been said by an eye witness, was sny- tiing like the Hi st impression (he produced r tha chorus of praise and admiration hich was raised about her manqcr and mhavior, certainly act without justice. lor extreme youth and inexperience, snd he ignorance of tha world concerning her for she had lived in complete seclusion excited interest and curiosity. Aked whether she would enter the room accompanied by the great officers of state, she said she would come in alone. Aocord* ugly when all the lords of the Privy Conn oil were assembled, the folding doors won throw* open, and the Queen entered, quite >laanly dreaaed and in mourning, and took it for the first lime, a young gir among a crowd of meu, including all the met fsmons and pm sr'ul of her subjects. She bowed and read 1. er speech, handed to /mt by th* Prince Mm ster.Lord Melhourim a olear and firm voice, and then took the o'h for the security of the ( " urcli ol Scotland. Immediately the Privy Councillor* were SWO'B: the royal Dukes of Cumberland an> vx tirat, by themselves. It wa* observe* tha' a* th*** two old meo.her uncles, knelt wfore her, swearing allegiance, ^hc bhiahoi up t* the eye*, a* ifsnw relt the oantra* betwtin their civil and natural reiaUana Her 01 nimjT wa* vory graoefnl and easnjg ing, and she kinssd them both, and, rtlini fnon her chair, moved towards th* Duke SnBsax, who was to* infirm to reach her. Th* Fortnightly Review. TOO mm TO TOICI. A JananeM B>ICBliarf itlrhe* Iwn. bat X* One Ware Kalse Him The ex Lord Abbot of the Otani *ect says the Japan Mail, who died at 1 p. m. on Jan. 17 t his residence in Kyoto, wa* the head of all the I'nldhiil priest* in Japan. He had been (uttering since th* fall of last year, when be contracted a cold, which appear* to have been of the character of influenza, being attended with much pain and ohiiinale fever, and which finally wore out the strength of the old prelate. From the Uih mst. his case developed grave symptom*, and on the merging of the 15th ie was declared by his physicians to be in a lopelee* condition. He dee* not, however, seem to have been altogether proetralod, for en the moraing of his lat soiBiire be was making his way along t o corridor attended by a maid ser- vant. The latter, seeing him fall invmiible, tv the alarm, and inetantry a cluster of women, charged with all sorvs of duties and ceremonial office* in the hons* nf tSe irelate, where a statef ceremony renemhl- ng that of a oonrt was observed, ran to the spot. There were abovt twenty u< these women, but so inflexible is the etiquette ol he ex Lord Abbot's household thai in the absence af his wife oat one of the attend- ant* might venture to TOTfH THE BODY if the inrarnate Buddha, even in the mo- ment of hi* death sgouy. All thev could lo wa* to send a report to the o/Ci-ial in charge of the affairs of the household, and ly him the tidings were conveyed to the iresent Lord Abbot, was** residence wa* about a furlong distant. Some thirty minute* elapsed before the >rd Abbot arrived, mmiiluneously with a physician, nl during the wuote of 'hat ime '.he venerable old man, too sacred to w touobed. however much his humanity needed tending, lay belpla**u the ground. He died about an hour alter i-wJ. A court physician, specially dennibiood by tno K.n- perorfrnm Tokio, had been in atteodance on the old prelate during the laet days of his illneu, an I hi* son, tne present Lord Abbot, bid bon a', his side almost, coniin* nnualy. Yet it wa* his fate to die a* liae been descnbed. His remains having liean 'packed in vi-r milion were laid in state hi his residence, where on the 18th met. the public wa al- lowed to visit them. Tbe oeiomnay com* menoed at '_' A. M. and coatinaed until .1 iu the ifmrnoon, tinring which fume more than 'Al.iKK) persons paid their last tribute to th* Buddha. On the fellowmfdaythecoifia waeconvey ed uponaspiendidohariotto the fwo temples Amida Uaishi, and, high maas having been performed in Hekiuhom, IB* remain* e finally laid beside those of his prede- cessors, a quantity of nji t*a and incense aving been laid over the vermilion im- lediately surrounding the oorpn. The iilin il**lf wa* of pure whit* pin*, with- ut any special ornamentation other than to richly u hosed gilt mountings. It was nveloped, however, by gold brocade of ie finest type, and upon it were laid tho tale robs* of the deceased, the magnifi- i-ii' e ni which may be conceived from 'he act tbat they are said to have oust lo.iioo en. This however does not represent the final itof sepulture. A funeral eereirory .n a rand scale will be performed OB the 'J.i'.h f January, one feature of which will lie a eait at which there will lie present the ead prelate's successor, chief priests of IB branch temples TIIIUiroHolT THE KUrlRB, ie wife, nearest blood ra'ati-ni". ani! ira- lediate female attendant* of the He < sed, hedutiesof waiting usually intrnted 10 ie councillor* of the houMtMid n u' on lis occasion delegated to the ji; i,, nl lale attendants of the Lord Ablml's p. r- n. lie lands served will be of the plainest ind a little misosoup, with square-cut ieces of bean curd, and some rice. Similar simplicity will be observed w i i h aspect to food distributed to the general oily of mourner*. It will ba limited to a ,\li of rice anil a few slices of pickled tur- ip. The recipient* at this consecrated ood do uot eat it. They carry it home and reasure it a* a talisman against di*ea*e, istributing portions to friends, who keep t tor the same purpose. The bier, as carried in the prooewion, will be surmounted by a golden pbirnix landing on a ball of the same metal, and rom each of corners will hang chain* *up- lorting swallows, also nf gold. In advance rill walk six temple official', representing he " Six Bonds " ef th* Buddhist doctrine, he fresh banvhoo staves carried by them being emblematical of the salvation which a Buddhist saint extends Mi all balssver*. 'he chief mourner will be shod with hemp sandals on bare font, and twenty-six ladle* of the household will have zori ol straw, ,l*o on bare feet. Other ancient custom* peculiar to this, th* most solemn rite of the faith, will bo carefully observed, and those privileged to present on the occasion may enpeet to wftiie** a most impressive ceremony. Th* deceased pnelate wa* born in March, . .17, and was therefore in hi* Tftth year. At the age of 11 year* he became Abbot of Dntdoji, in Umi, and in IH4* BBCceeded to the headahtp W Hongnsan Ji. The **rvice* rendered by him to the imperial court wore numeroHS. Thus, In 1842, phua to* sova- gn wa* expeotesl to -take the field iu per- son agaimt foreigner*, *e prevented te the OOBrt IO.UOO rivo aiid a *imilaf unmto 1W7, tagether with 4,000 bales of rice on th* occasion of tho rosMrnMnn. Tumenlorth duties connected with the fsnanoat uf the court wore inlrastod te annoara nl the) tmpl<<, and the manner of their discharge in oonmntion witli-ihe norubnni expedtfloa against the laat adhorants of Shngnn*, a* wll a* tKe opening of Hokkaido, woartn*) Kmparor'ii approval. In W72 th* deoaased prelate roeeivod a patpot-of nahility aud a pension, as)d in IHW bn> sorrendared his lugli efflce te hk> on. ShBTvIy Before his death he was i BJsuJ to the tot class of tbe soeaanl gm<lB at official i " Marie Arlington ha* lost her good name." Sapsmith (hungrily r "Gooo. gwaoion* ! What are tho particular* Stools " Sne baiunarried a man by the uamii of Snooksby." Tommy "Maw, what U an averag i.iau?' Mrs. Kigg "Ho i* a man who i pleasant and smiling dvwntown all da; but who oomea borne and give* his wife (i to amk* op the average." They were looking at I bmd utT" Btod man. The yoojnff wmnan ataJto*> a i "U'ssasad of us," sbeaaid chnekla, and Uiry pnam4 an. " Thank hoauon I taa* now breaut pewdai vorke*. Tho mkiasslBBi havs son.* t* | ..| at la*t.," sacd tfaa TlsiOay. " ite-l eld fteriiy. ' they're h the