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 .t,s^i^:m) ^^IHBB PAQUBOTS ADTDTDltt. -T^-PMortte, who iMdeharg* oflht niIlMioB»tMiiikeg â- ^ to » reporter. His story, jtnUtM to *»cti already known, k 'urterestfag, especUUy when given in a«a ^rordi: â€" oithe ISth of March I WM itoying at "l^or-nM mUe. f rom pack Lak^ A bont iniintttes before midnit^t, jnst as I ,iDg to sleep, someone knocked at the It w»B Lonis Kiel. Two men were iJhiin, Domas and Moise Oaellette; I ^ho I think was iiusane, was also 'rrSi«ionatthetime. When Riel got be began to say, in a loud voice • The 'viwire IB declared, and we have got five „nen. already!' 'I have aLready de- ,ed the old Bomain, and have a new i Archbishop Bourget ' And to me G never obey him. 'If you will not' replied, 'the churchea will stand, but ley will stand empty.' Among other out- Jons things he said ' You are in danger I have an affidavit against you, and get some Indians to fix you.' Riel Lyed there two hours, at one time kneel- [uid calling on the floly Spirit, and loJling out: 'To-morrow niornbg I ^d destroy the soldiers, and at ktlwill go and destroy Fort Carlton.' Lyes were like the devil's. He is not i,thi8 Riel he has a very good mind, but iiEextremelyfwicked." "Some hours after he leftâ€" before day- L in fact-I left and escaped to Carlton the news that Riel had declared a )vemment, and so to prevent a sur- 6 and a massacre. The Fort was full of t: breeds, sdI said nothing except to the Ik, and told him to tell Major Crozier rl had left. In consequence of this ac- lof mine, which was in some way told to 1 was afterwards condemned to death Itheeooncil. Crossing the river and ar- ing at my mission, I found all quiet On the same night five half-breed lies-including that of Francois Primeau Icrossed the river from near Carlton and me to my mission, where I hid ifrom the 19th of March till the 7th of I* Twice daring that time "â€"Father kiaette continues â€" "half-breeds c«une to place from Riel to get government cat- On the tirst occasion â€" March 31-7- Kph Delorme and Baptiste Ouellette, ^eto my room with loaded guns, saying tthey were sent by 'the government' â€" ng the rebel government â€" for anim tls, i uking me if I thought the Indians 1 give them up. I said I did not know, |1 woold gee the chief. 'If they give the 'a,' one of the envoys said, 'I promise we will leave the people quiet.' On |uie day, seeing these two half-breeds in the distance, I had rung the rth bell it had been agreed that on Dg that signal at any time the Indians 1 make off to the woods. They did so, 1 1 knew where to find them, and leaving Wme and Ouellette, I sought out the |Ei and t jld him. Riel says that if you i up your cattle he will come with to men and fetch both oxen and Indians. I which he replied that he didn't want ho with Riel, even if he died for it. V^Md him to go tj the hUls wi.h all jtiat cittle, leaviog only nine head. He K and I told the two half-breeds that Mne were all that there were now, so 7 took the nine and went away. [The Indiana then came back, but mere- F get their property, and immediately ^iwayagabto the hiUsâ€" three days' J*y. Only my hired man stopped at |*«im. On the 7th April, early in the iW Indian from Battleford passed F««W me I had better run, as five other »» on horseback from Battleford, and [J2"*i^en killed ahready. The L 7:^*^«» ^^ me thought it best i^l'"***® '°°" *^""' because ««Word Indiana had demanded pro- "• •»•* Bummer and threatened '"**' "y "tore, saying that when Pk^i*' ^°^^ precious articles hSr ^^" »li the doors. I set ofif L^^^er, where there is a half-breed â- ^ntr^^"^^Pl^" four bolts li.tothetk"" '^°*"°* allammuni- '^^^fT^^- ^* "" â- Â°' â- Â«Â°'j"»g ^9 r*y k«nfc "' **° '°'^*' distant, and LJj^g246 kegs of powder from " folkl;*'"' """"ng. when one J** Td^ ***^ "»• '»»ai«». liai jTT" "m Loon Lake ap- ^.ftidrt ^^'^* "««! Mr. k nZ^ *»8» back with them to k,J^7lilt""'"^*'y*^"°«ry. n*»iiLr^ •amething to eat, U^-^yed aU the goods includ- Klh,,r'*^tand CathoUc •^ mJ?^ to take Mr. Sin- "^^*Sl*'^^"*^«»' order '^tfc.n ' ^* ^0 managed a^ir^S'^^o-l^^lf-breeds.^d '*«'f,towhom il.. sin-i (30.. ACEl fotvwy wA We •motiMT, aad I ^inm^Hsmi^aihA T of the Uttie chad. Tb»1m4kmK,l!umKtt theevut, fired offabonttiueahnianddMi. I had MAt a letter to wereontiie way, and the people a» the fnt, wlien they heard the shots, aeied Oat the IiuUans were kOliag aa. Ih« aezt 4^^ when we got to the fort, we found only tiie derk (Mr. Franklin) and om pig 1 Tit» ohiaf factor, (Mr. Koss) tiie Sisttrs aad all the half-breeds had gone off to an i«l*nd about sixty miles North West. Our boats had stopped where Beaver river enters the Jake, as the lake ice had not yet broken up, so I had to walk nearly the whole of one day across the ice, accompanied by my Indian boy and a carpenter. Iwas very hungry when I got to the fott, and my clothing was very ragzed. Mr. Franklin not only gave me plenty to eat but gave m« his own olothM, and these are bis boots and pants I am wearing now. The other people w^ted until we sent back dogs and pulled the boats over the ice. The provisions were hidden in every direction tiirough the woods. " I told the clerk to gettdl the half breeds together, so he sent off for them without delay, and the next afternoon (30th April they all assembled at the fort. About sixty- five or seventy, all men, were there half- breeds and Indians, including Chippewayans and Wood Crees, some of whom had come a good day's journey from Canoe Lake. I spoke first and said that though they were poor, I knew they were good and honest. A half- breed then declared that he had an order from Mr. Lawrence Clarke and Mr. Ross to take whatever in the store he wanted for his own n^e. Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Franklin both said it was not true, and I asked who had brought the letter. The m«n s id, 'Angus MMskay.' Then I said, 'You lie, because I read the letter, and there was not a word about such a thing.' To that he made no reply. Then I spoke strongly k them for nearly an hoar. I told them, 'Those who will not listen to me, I will excommunisate, because Riel is a heretic and an apostate.' And I told every one who was for me to put up his hand. All put up their hands except one, who explained to ms that he had only a stick and consequently could not fight. The one who had spoken was a very good Catholic, and held up his hand like the rest. From that' time all were against Riel and all lived qaietly. "Two days afterward three boats were sent to Green lAke, escorted by about fifty armed men. They travelled for two days and then met Indiuis, who told them that Big Bear was coming through the woods to bum Fort La Crosse. The boats turned back and brought the news that perhaps Big Bear would be at the fort that very night. On the people's advice I then went over to the island where the others were. The chief of the Chippewayans brought two hun- dred men, with their families, tgjrotect us, and we took advantage of this tt^arry on a mission among them. After three weeks on the island we returned te the fortâ€" where Franklin and Sinclair had remainedâ€" and about four hundred men, Indians and half- breeds, stayed there to ^protect the mission and the fort. "Only when news cam9 (about May 27th) of Riel's capture did they allow me to return to my misidon. Onrriving, after three days' traveling, at green Lake, I found everything destroyed even my harness had been out to pieces with a knife. After four days more I reached Shell River. Then, coming to Muskeg Lake, I found that my mission had been piUaged and everything broken, the dan^ge amounting to $1,392, Two man, one woman and two children had done all the mitchitf, one of the men having been my servant for thre^ yeus, and the woman having had charge of the ohnroh linen for the same time. Really, those whom we have done the [most for seem to turn out the worst" "I stayed at my mUion or two dayi," Father Paquette concluded, " withost any- thing to eat, and I was glad to arrive here. Now I am going to Prinoe Albert* wheie the Bishop if. I do not know yet what is going to be done with the mission." eoortyaidik The Sue of Koah'i Azk The exact siw sf Noah's ark has not been determined definitely, bqt aeouding to Sir Isaao Nowton's ealenlationi. b" "» W» estimate of the length of a oaUt in feet aad inches, the historidal bMge nwwt have been 5162 fee* kngi 85M wide, snd 61.66 deep. The mea«iwdtonn«i»«« the ark WM 18.23% The qmat BMf***- wa« 680 fsotloag, 83 fset wide, and 63 Iset deep, aad 28,093 toaa. Although the Owe* wae not so weU pcoportioBed ae tfceaA, she probably haddonble Idie carrying oaiXMiliy if heroonl aM n»^»«y we»6 Wt eat her, beeaMO d» w» inade ontnf iiea. Mad the arft «i» ir«edeB aUI^ ,\irif,.tr .;.«, mm wâ€" dOM bslof^ W*0 1 ders'and that to-d»y is a new day. thoaM. TUiiseaertsKyliIgh, MifcaUtaMHideaeor The groat lUags eon^t InFsniniBeeeluioaMdirfvaay. In walk- ing thnagh a atnet MB eesa natU« bat tiMa* walls ef hooesa, aoaie fiftesa or tweaty fMt high, wilh flat «oo^ Ud with ae win- dowewhatevir. Ihey are covered with plas- ter to keep the bn^ bom being wwn away bytherain, andif keptin npalv last for MBtarirs. The â- Mttotony rf tiie walls is re- lieved by mouldings and oonioes. The en- trance Is a small door richly decanted with Saraosaio work. The Persians have always leen dever decorative arohiteots. Persian architects built the Alhambra In Granada, and originated the Mogul architecture of India. And after going through a narrow winding passage, yon suddenly step Into a courtyard more or leas magnificent, accord- ing to the wealth of the owner. Courtyards of two and three acres in extent are not nn- ooBunon, and some cover five acres. They are filled with part* rres of flowers and trees of the most luxuriant foliage. Here and there are great tanks, some of them fifty yards long, with jets of water playing in them. Every honseliolder in Teheran has his courtyard and tank of water, no matter how poor he is. Freqnentiy there are;threg or four courtyards, and there is one called tiie andaromi. Into which no man ever en- ters exoept the master and his eunuchs. It is reserved for his wives and concubines. A wealthy Perrian can have four wives and several ooncubues. These women drive out in carriages and visit one another, and are watched with the greatest care. Th wives of poorer men go about on foot, but all alike are covered with a dark blue man. tie, which falls to the feet, concealing the form. Ovw the face is a white veil, with apertures for the eyes. The rooms have large windows set in rich- ly decorated sashes and opening on the court- yards; frequently these windows are studded with colored glass, giving a cathedral effect to the high ceilinged rooms. All the roonu have dirt floors, but th« y are hardly noticed for they are covered with matting and rich rags. In one part of the room there is a mattress covered with rugs, and on this the Persian sits daring the day and sleeps at night. Some of the rooms have tanks in their centre, giving them an air «f luxury. I often wonder why water is not used more in this way in other cautries It does not create dampnets, as the dimate in Penda is very dry. There is a separate room for the bath, and its appointments are often luxuri- ous. Christians are obliged to have separate baths from the Mohamm' dans. The Azabian's Rons Entezpriie TUb is h^w a couple of enterinrising Arab- ian confidence noten in Egypt tamed an hon- est penny. Aftnr filling up wUh hashish they 'sidt" some convenient spot with arch aeologicial remaioa,and retutei beldhd a dump of palm trees untd some ' perfidious dogs of ohristians come ak»g. They come out and remaric that Allah is great and that they are so full of divine influenca that they are liable to go off at any moment. They don't go off however, but suddenly paw. the earth where the remains are, this time re- marking, "Mashalah." Pretty soon they find some remains which they say bdong to they Holy Proi^ti ud are simply priedess. The Cliristiaa dogs, however, Ud on them, thereby exdting tiie holy horror of the pious sons of the desert. Bat tHien they have reached a figure rep re ss a ti ng abonta tluusaad times the ^ile of the trumpery stuff in the ground, the Arabians give in. Shed a few teats at the sacrilege, axaota preaaise of eternal secret, deliver tiie goods, bag the boodle, aad ride away towards the rising sun. An AdTertiser's VoTel Expedients One of tiie liogest advertisers in New York says: We onoe hit npoa a novd expe- dient for aeoartainl^ over what arm onr advuiUseinsats iw read. W«pafalUMda coBpIe ef halfottemn ' ada" in wliidi we purpea^Jnissta'edhalfa dossa histacioal facts. IntesthinaireekiMrsesived be- tween 300 and 400 bttSmi from aU parts a the country from peq^wUing to why on earth we kept sadi a matef eel who knew salittle aboat hirtsry. The letters kspt pouting ia for tbae or foor weeks. It was sm ef the bei^ p»yhi«*%ds' we ever printed. Bat we did nM!«e|priioiirsxpsrimsathsiBanse the eae Iiaierto asrvad its p aip see. Oar b^ea ciiae fwm schooIlMTS, ^ri«» piutsseaii, sehodteadMte nad ia two ia- catHMhaventNiid- vlde iw^atitfian. I was men imprsnad witiitise v^ao of adfeftM^ifaomttan two advertJeBmsBtsthaalshflsJdhtfvahesn by tninmea Of theorist. batol rr" I aSLft ^^. ,jf 4boKt tiw frort «â-  â- ay* a CSiinese proverfi. ia ef travel,. aafeeidy benaais eCtteex- It aad m tdUem difioalty rf his whk^ MupMB ttMtoCall oi aetioal statssaamship that tiMorsattoaaadpolitioal reoogaitieB of the young State peesOle. Butfew, if any, psneae have began life under as nn|wondsing ooaditioaB as ho. BB IS A WBLSHKAir, Bom atDenbigh, fai the year 1840, of parMits who wars abjectly poor. Whsa 3 yean of age, he was placed In the poorhoose, when he remained until he was 13 yean of age. He then taaght sehod and snbseqnentiy shipped as a oaUn boy for New Orleans, where he was adopted by a moohaat iHioae name he amnmed instead of his own, iHiIoh was Rowlands. HU adoptive father died witiioata wiU aad Stanl y was thrown upon his own resour- ces. He enlisted In the* Confedente army upon the breaking out of the dvU war was takm prisoner, and upon bis release joined the United States navy and lieoame acting ensign on an Ironclad. In 1867 he was sent as a corresp«mdont of the New York Herald to Abyssinia, and snbseqnentiy to Spain and other countiries. In October, 1869, he was employed by the Herald TO LBAO AK EXPBDITIOIT INTO AFBICA, To determine the fate of Livingstone, from whom only vague intimation had been heard for two years. He reached Zanslbarin June 1871, and toward the end of March set out for the interior with a company of 192 men. In November he found livingetone near Lake Tanganyika, and f omlslied him with supplies for farther explorations. He returned to England in July 1872, and was recdved with distinguished bonws. When the death of Livingstone was an- nounced, Mr. Stanley was placed at THE HBAD OF AK EXFEDITIOK To Central Africa, tiie expense of which was shared by the New York Herald and the London Telegraph. He reached Lake Vic- tori Nyanza in 'February, 1875, having lost by death or desertion, 194 of the 300 men with whom he started. In April he cmtiu- ned his explorations' aloog the Congo or Livingstone River, the month of which he reached in August, 1877. Returning to En- rope he was made a member of the various geographical sodeties. From 1879 to 1882 he wsM engi^ed at the instance of King Leo* pold of Belgium in the command of an ex- pedition to the Congo. Hie expense was borne by subscribers of B**]gium and other countries who formed themselves into a so- ciety which is known in history as the Afri- can International Amodation. The basin of the Congo contains a length of 6,000 miles of navigable waten and a pop nlation computed to number 43,000,000. Its resources are of inoaloalable variety, extent* and value. Sommer Olothing* Twenty, or even tin yean ago, befora the faihion of taking exerdse in summer had set in, the smart young men of the cities put on as mudi white linen or cotton as thdr purse would allow. The poLrest and most forlorn ravelled in a waistcoat which used to Iw white early in the week. Those bet- ter off won spotless waistcoats of the same material all the week, and A their means allowed it, added thento white duck trou- sers, the real swells, howevwâ€" the men who had nothing to do and did it, dotiied them- â- elves in white linen from head to foot In warm weather. The Soathemers, who used In ante-bellum days to be the wonder and delight ot Newpmt, Ssnt*^ and Sharon, wen particularly given to raiment of this sort, an J In fact It was the mark ot peenn- bry ease combined with nerfect Msnre. Nobody who is anybody Is ever seen In such attbonow. The stiff Unsa has gone out; the soft woolen has come in. The men an, in short, aQ sUnury and sqneeable as woU as woansn. A suit Of white flannd In sum- mar, in the ooontry at least, is the Ughsst point in the matter of drsn to whidi the ambition of the most restlaaa dnde oarriee him. It means not only disngard of expense but psrfeetion, as regards emnfiHrt. But then tiie weann of white flaand by no means monopolise the good results of the woolen rsvotntlon. All summer dothes an now In sense ^^"â€"i* Of whatever color they may be, tiiqr an thin, pMWin and light to a degree wfaloh makae Ban seem hot, heavy and oombatMaM la oo mp a rl soa. It has be. a discovsnd, aad the disoovery will aevsr be fbignttsa ia aqy diai^ ctf fMhioa, that woUen dothb^^ thin eaoo^ Is lu lbs aearsf thj mnnh iHhatthe Irlsh- aaa's lAisksf was both winter and aom- â- er. It keeps the bsat la^i^milkis odd aMlkeq^thehsotoatw^hsa it is0tk It Baabiseai^wdy tokpngeep the jpsMs or on the dedc wiliM«t gsittii| in^^^ o- andtoezeroisenioapy aiinoan| oil withottk «et% cjhilli^^ • if»Mta«led me^dpl^k J^ JM. .Swk â- MiMMâ€" L eae .OK. thai il^lMit prodnets of modsn dvilisatioa. j llorth-Wei*«aaifa%B. Oa Hieir way to the elthei gRelid aadlMtiialmMif ptfalibT the every tewa aad village ia Gaaada than have beea bands of wesUag tigetiwr getliagap ooaiferta ia the ahspe of wanadotti^ dainty food aad hoo- pital aiiisaslilm, Oae lady, not elriotly a Osnadiaa. but oswwliohaa been called tte 'OuMdian Ptinosn," tte Pfinoem LoalMk ha* been promiaeat iatiiis work In "glnwd Then have also been aoble women who havo taksB the fidd witii the troops. Mrs. Kato Miller was at Winnipeg, serving as head nurse in the Goieral Hospitd tiien, when tiie rebellion brdce out. She immediately offisied to take the fidd w ti the troops to act in the capacity of nurse. It is not aa easy matter getting well-qualified nurses la ha«te for snob work, snd Mra. Miller's offer was at onoe thankfully accepted. Mn. Mil- ler had been trained forever three yean la the General Hospittl In Montreal, and had had two jean' experienca as head of the staff of nurses at the ^\innip^ Hospital, so she was appo nted head nurse of the military hospital established at Saskatoon. The work must have been arduous, as over sixty men, many of them very badly woonded, wen oared for in this hospitaL Befon her ad- vent then the hospital rooms wen some- what cheerless places, andthe home-like at- mosphere which was brought to them by her and the nurses of the Ststorhood of S ;. .Tohn of Toronto, was thoroughly appreciated by the c tizen soldien. She was regtrdad l^ the wounded men as another Flonnce Nlght- ingde. Mrs. Mdler Is a native of Glasgow, which she left twdve years ago for Canada. For such a respondble p3ntion Mn. Miller is a very young woman, being but thirty- three yean or age. Hot Weather Diet. Summer menus an much mon difficult to arrange than others, as onr syatenu demand cooling viands. Then u nothing mon ac- ceptable than cold meats, such as cold roast lamb, sold roast squabs and chickens, and among cold v^^tables, cold asparagus. These, if neatiy arranged on the dishes and prettily garnished, if witii nothing more than a few -fruit blossoms, will please the eye and more easily tempt the palate. Sa ads an most acceptable. A liberal diet of fresh thoroughly ripe fruit is of the highest im portanoe to most of us, but can must be ex- ercised not to eat too heartily of it at any one meaL Vast quantities of liquids should be avoided when fruit has been eaten. One skouid have a good sised ice-box, cap- able of holding a good supply of ice. It should be so arranged that milk, butter, etc, an separtted from meats and vegetoUea. When haddled together they lose their iden- tity, so f tf as thdr individual flavon an oon- oemed, and become tainted with the flavor of one another. This is particularly true of mUk andbntter, which ra^dly absorb impure or obnoxious flavors. Cleanliness is nowhen mon important than in the ice-box, whioh should be thoroughly sirubbed at least twioe a week. Milk is a very Important Summer diet, but should be used in moderation or it is li- able to poduce ill effects. Drink it In small monthf uls and rest a moment between them. Dyspeptic persons ana' vised to baat the mill a few moments befon drinking. This trsat- ment breaks the butter globults and renden digestif n easier. We strongly recommend skimmed mbk and fresh buttermilk as sum- mer drinks Instead of ice water. The ioe water dyspepsia, a oommon maladf during tiie Summer months, may be entinly nlieved by using small quaatitiea of freshly churned buttenulk accompanied by what is known as a modemto dry diet. Breakfast should not be a heavy msd and hot food sboold be used in moderation. Hot tea and eoffee liberally partaken of prevent me from feeling comfortable all day. Rad- ishes ice odd, oatmeal, oracken and milk, a dainty slioe of cold lamb, fresh fruit and eold asparagus p r es en t a breakfast menu that makea hot weatiier a luxury. BTRiVaE^BUrTBUE. (Ml tiilown Into ponds and stsuuHng water will prevent musquitoes from hatdiing. Chioago possesses a Chinese quarter whioh is heaaycombed witii sabterraoean galleries at a depth of thirty or forty feet from the sarfaoe. Powderiag the facsseems to be as fashion- aUe ae ever ia EH(laad, jadglag from tiie faettiMA ia oae year ao lass thaa 400,00 powder paflb wen add. To make these takes 7000 swaa'e sUns to supply tiie dowa. A peeoHarityia workers iaOannaa sdver â- poeae, is theodor of the halr,a4ddhin tfoM baeoose died a pde groan that reqairssysan to change. Theptftidsa of mstdâ€" whld is eUefly cop per a l sa prodaoe a dlssaas dadlar to enasumptlon. An orsags weighiaga ponad aad a halt, aadaieasariag e^teea iaiAes in dr Jomfer- eaee waa. ggsesatsd tothe Smithionian ^^ it^|iteia WapbhiiNa- Iti^^^ it ii; thetne. ni :l;:;c|iy lr;':i l.i t â-  ;* 'rf •i,-\^ A i'(h. M