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 |a the reindi Lhera i Idmi RIFT LOVE AND VENGEWCE ' IMWIi wmmrnm THE SWIGeLMS^ â-  be aacert«fc I bne end n^ psionof 1^ 1 upon the tm. :e of theiU lPerienced «^ f If only a d«| Ir meiy be otr- black, Qd t concentrate i and pure it J blue so1d+"(^ lot solution ol I and a h^jf ler. Thia ii^ lunoifected b* Itrong alkali^ Irature of fro« llegrees beloy Paria, Buag |his friend Dr. authority i^ a desire to •thing easier," Id take dinn^ ext day Hoat. at the dinner- in '•ompanf One of theai, ith white car*- and who hati head, sat with entire dinner. an of undoubt- rn. He bowed he other guest, shock of hak Ihis shabby blu« his collar wm cravat floated )ed himself, ate, e. Story after erson pile np. present, flew from Cleopa- Archimedes to :ics and litera- At the dessert k-hisperd in his me time at the discourse wu f much obliged greatly amusei d the doctor, n't the lunatic it â€" the one wke â- tamly." "B«t kan be who has while " asked lo, the famons 1 Army Is. lis way ten new ated, not for ef- authorities are â-  the simple rea- i numerically le I'l-.nch. On ' A\ ill be left in that tiiis branch jvenitut nor ad- it is superior IB artillcsy. Cec- f.i-vurite arm ia i.s (.-imposed (rf in Algeria. I« could be raised "vvhut are called T.ir, the ter- 'li.ses 145 regi- tits of artillery, i thu reserves oi rmies. Each of of about 8S,00» v.r eonteraplatee 22. Those a 5 iufajitry bri- j lid «ach number lino would com* ular troops, the f an equal nam- ated that in a on of war these 1 and availaUe tates. ;ron, Ohio, has •h lis points oot; I States of com- a. Mr. Richie )0,oOO worth of ers'as all .Soui^ ies put togethef ' 1 of sucii goodsi â- Olds, forty-fiv^. h of tlie Unite* )er cent, mor* ' million to the. e eyes of Sen*- n of his stamp ing Canada l^ tions with ms ouches fortiiflr dominion. Hs d exports, pw greater thstt lat our railway lopulation, tit* tates, and tba^ ince 1776 ha*) at of the Unit*; nmenced wittea IS, and it nol^;] t the time ha« 1 e now h»v»- IS were in Thb Most CHAPTER XXVir. THE ESCAPE OF MABIB FBOX MOCQtTET AND THE EIFT. The night was far advanced when, on the little plateau of the cliff which formed the "lookout" of old Joseph, there assem- bled Marfin,Jo3eph, Gerald and Gr^ce. Their object was to rescue from the cabin of the Bift Captain Mocquet and his daugh- ter, Marie. Nothing but the superstitions fears of Dolan hai prevented him going, long before that, into his cabin, in which case ii would have' been next to impossible but that the French captain's daughter would have been discovered. If no d.mger to Ma.ne arose from that discovery, beyond the terror of being in the j power of such a maa, tiicre can be no doubt but that Dulan would h*ve looked upon her as another prisoner, whose ransom would have beeu a long and a strong pull at Cap- tain Mocquefs purse. And now, in the silence of the night â€" a silence only broken by the sullen wash of the sea against the cliffs and the faint whis- rie of the wind as it moaned far away on the face of the deepâ€" those four persons met and in whispers conversed together as to the best mode of providing for the rescue of the captives. "You, Martin," said Geraldâ€" "you say what is to be done and I am sure we will all obey you." " Why, look yon here, Master Gerald," said Martin. " One thing is clear enough to see, and that isâ€" that if Dolan has his way, you will be worse -off than the French- man." "Indeed" "Yes, Gerald. He intends to betray the whole lot of us. And what did he take you on the last cruise for, but to mix you up in the affair?" " It must be S3 " " Oh, my poor (Jerald," said Grace. "Come now, miss," said Joseph. ' don't you bs a taking on about it. We will see you both out of this place. And I'm not sorry to leave it, too." " " I have been thinking about that," said Martin. " About what ?â- ' ' ' Leaving the place. " " Well, but you don't mean to say that you will stay, Martin, and let Dolan have all his own way T " Xoj but there's some among the crew that I don't want to come to the bad, and if so be as Dolan means that they should fall into the hands of the Philistines, I should like to balk him, and my idea is just this Let us get the Frenchman and his baby out of the Rift, and send them off with Gerald, here, and Miss Grace, and then let us speak to the crew." "And tell them all?" " Ay Tell them all. Let us come back and lay hold of Dolan and make him give up the money that he says he has hidden hereaway, in chests^ in the crevices of the ' upper cave, and let us all disperse this very i night. Before daylight we may be, most of us, tar enough away from here." "That will do." " Then it's agreed, Joseph " "Quite so." " Now then, for the Rift It's Benjamin â- who is on watch on the deck and I don't seem to care whether he is knocked on the head or not, for a greater inffian never step- ped. Do you know, Joseph, I cannot get out of my head the cries of that rhan who was drowned in the sea-cave." "Suffles?" " Yes. It was a fearful thing. Come on, now. My plan is, just to go on board and get Benjamin out of the way by fair means or foul ind then row out into the bay with the Frenchman and his baby and get to the cutting in the cliff. " " You will call Marie Mocquet a baby," said Gerald. " Lord bless you, yes, I forgot yon said as it wasn't a baby. W^ell, it's no odds, is it? All's right and now, come on." ' ' Martin led the way and with noiseless steps the little party took their route toward that narrow opening in the cliff, with its rude stairs, that led down to the sea •»cave, and at which Grace had first made her ap- pearance on the occasion of the return of the Rift. Not the slightest sound disturbed the re- pose of the sea-cave, but those natural ones which rnight be expected from the restless contact of the water with the sides of the cavern and the boats, and the cutter. Those sounds consisted of a washing, lap- ping kind of motion and perhaps mingling now and then, with them was the slight movement of the high and heavy sails that closed up the second entrance to the cavern as the nipht wind pressed at times heavily against them from without. A sinde lantern was at the bow of the Rift and it shed a faint, rippling kind of light on the water. " Hush " said Martin. " lo you hear the deck watch, any of you?" " No," was the whispered reply from all. " Then he is gone to sleep." „ " T^**'s more than likely," said Joseph, ' and if so, you know, Martin, you woulm't kill him?" "No. I dont wan't to kiU him I'll ^eak to him first, and tell him to be quiet He is a bad one, but I don't want to kill Wm. Now, come on." Martin descended the steps â€" at the foot I of them he had taken the precaution to move one of the boats of the Rift, and into I Ifcat quietly and slowly they glided. ' "Where is Dolan, now " iHiispered Ger- *ld. "In his own caboose, in tbe tipper taTOm, take it," said Martin. "He's fast asleep, rou may depend. Hnsh " i 'Whati£it?" •?*.** A ^^^ preserve ns What is tliai^**' A huge, sucking, half -choking npise came ipon their ears, as if some huge fish was ippmgthe edge of the water. They aU listenwi attentively, and the sound ceased. I I don thaU like that," said Josqgh. "Hush! There it is again, foi/^wre- away, m that dark comer " e^ " PuU to it," said Gerald. " ' ' "Nay! nay!" "Why, it can't be anytidng that am hart B, Martin. It is very mauS. better to «M â- what it is at once. Boades, ire are on m good errand now, yoa ktunr." "Pull away, theik" It was with evident r n c tai i ee Hiai Mar- tin slowly pulled «i^ G^ald tsiRBcd. tiie deepand shadowy portion of th» «afrK»ve from where the odd sounds came, but he was ashamed not to keep str-^ke with Gec^ aid, so the boat soon reached within aboat^ twelve feet of the cav^n wall, and then they plainly saw a something dose to the walL "Lord be good to n8,"aa|d Martin. "It's got eyes." " A seal!" Slid Joseph. " Oh, no," replied Gerald, as he gave one more stroke with the oar and brought the boat close to the object. There, even by the very faint light that was there, they saw face and head of somehnman beingand two arms holding by a ring bolt that was set into the clifi' there beint; many such all round the cavern. The eyes glared at the boat and its occu- pants and the lips seemed to move, but no sound issued from them. " Good heavens ".said Joseph, " its Mr. Suffles." Then a thin, weak voice, said " Suffles " and the hands shook the ring- bolt. " He Uves " said Gerald. "Poor wretch!" said Martain. "He lives indeed but how he got here, I can't make out. I'll get him into the boat. Come, Mr. Suffles, no harm is meant you, and if you keep q-niet you may get away in safety, for I don't take upon^ myself to say that it was you who brought the Philistines down on us, when we were receiving the cargo." Mr. Suffles evidently heard these words, but was by far too chilled and too terrified to reply to them, nor did he make the least motion to get into the boat. Then Martin took a vigorous hold of him on one side of his coat collar and Joseph on the other. " Come, let go the ringbolt and we will cant you into the boat in a moment." j Mr. Suffles made no reply, but only glared in the f dCe of Martin, with a look of pitiable I disti-es3. "Lstgo."' " lie won't," said Joseph. " Come â€" come. We v.'on't harm you." Then in a faint.whisper â€" a whisper hoarse and strange, Mr. Suffles spoke " I cannot â€" T cannot. They won't move." " What won't â- /" "Fingers â€" fingers I" Martin laid his hands on the fingers of Mr. Suffles, which clasped the ringbolt. They had lost the power of motion, but stif- fening there in their nervous clutch still held ' on to the cold iron It was â- with difficulty that Martin, finger by finger, aided them, so to s-peak, from the ringbolt, and then they lifted the wretched man into the boat. A shudder passed from head to foot of Mr. SufHes. " Don't," he said faintly. "Don't what?" " Kill me I shall soon go." " Be comforted," said Grace in her soft, gentle voice. " Be comforted no one will harm you now. Take heart and be comfort- ed " Mr. Suffles did not reply, but they heard him sobbing. " Hush," said Gerald. " You will do us harm and brin:; us into danger if you are not still." He was still in a moment and then he said faintly " I did not bring the Philistihes." " That's right," said Martin. " Then I'll look after j'ou, though how you got clear of the chain links I don't know." " Cut â€" cut them â€" off," gasped Suffles. " Oh you go and tell that to the mar- ines sailors won't believe it. Hush not an- other word, now." The boat was close to the side of the Rift, and then Gerald whispered " Rest oars here. I think I can speak to Captain Mocquet, through the port, here, if I stand on the thwarts of the boat." "Ay, ay so you can." Martin and Joseph kept the boat close to the side of the Rift, and Gerald stood up, and looked into the cabin, through the little port, which he had passed through on two occasions â€" once to rescue Marie; and once to rejoin Grace in the cave. All was dark in the cabin. " Captain Mocquet " whispered Gerald. " Captain Mo:quet " " Mon Dieu " " It is I, sir. Captain Mocquet, it is I, Gerald " "Ah c'est le bon Gerald," said Marie. " Hush hush " " Hoy " roared a voice from the deck of the Ritt. " Hoy what's all that by the lee-bow, eh " " All right," replied Martin, as he scramb- led on bo ird. " A message from the captain to you, Benjamin and in the first place, he says that if there's any noise he will blow your brains out." " Oh indeed " ' Yes. He wants the Frenchman. " Captain Mocquet V "Yes." "Then he shan't go." " Why, what do you mean, yon labber " " Why, just this, Martin, that he shan't that^s all. Not unless Dolan comes for im himself, I tell yon." " Well, but it's a very odd, thing, Ben- jamin, that Captain Dolan haa been obliged, to send for Mocqnet." " Obliged " " Yes. " How obliged What do yon mean by that?" "Why, yon know, Benjamin, it was you that tied tiie chatn-Unks so tightly aboat Suffles." â-  f»Hold-rwfaattf Idid? Hold you, now, I say. A felldw dottt^Waat to be nut in mind ol little disagreeables in the middle of ;the night." ' "Ko, bat I was gqing, to tell you. Cap- tain I)oIan*«s fuk ialeep, tt SFP«««. -when Bomebody i^took mm; aw when lie opened his 6yes, â- who Kboiild he ciie^^ Sofltes." " Yes, Staifdes. -Dtead, of ^JOirss, and al damp and wfld, atS *r*V ' JP*^' **5^ ae, Jmdfw Capttfa «dbqii^'iis4fceje«l» of the cabin ef the Biffe. Iteoaaw' aayahe, I want to go there aad ai^- Manetinqg to Moe quet'adwigliter'egbort^wheii *h«»» Imd^baB and M^ over %H s4!» amMi»4 B9i««^ I "Benjamin!" saidaZait, at this moment, and over dn larbaatd of the cotter, there, jost appealed the fii|e face of Saffles, with the hair all oftttad with salt water and a longpiaoe of aea-iraedtnU- ins over one ^e. Benjamin made but one sammenanlt Ti|^t OTw the •tar4)oard bolwaduAod 1^ pbunp into the sea Ml ** Aad.ao w« 1m£*» oeae for *yeqrJN»d. KowItdlyM^ limtfywi tWsik^Tm fcae»«jMillilwa WiilljJiLto Wtnu flwt ' aad-i CHAPTER XXVULâ€"Pallto nrao thb Clittches or thb Fos. " Good.by," said Martin. " Where's he gone ' adced Joseph. "To the old nn's locker, Iney. I don't see him. How are yOu Mr. Suffles? Bet- ter?" " Lord blen yon, no, Martin, me and Gerald is a holding of him up. He's drSad- fnl limp-getting, mit he ain't quite onsen-' sible, cos yon see he knew yon -wanted him to say Benjamin and he said it." They laid Mr. Suffles carefully down in the boat again, and then Gerald scramUed into the cabin by the port. " Come, Captain Mocquet," he said. " Come, Marieâ€" you â- will be saved, I think, now*." Mocquet embraced Grerald, and then Marie twined her arms around one of bis, "ind began her song of " Gerald-Mude I Marie-Gerald !» "Hush Oh hush," said Gerald. "We are in danger. A word may bring destruc- tion on us all." Mocquet spoke to Marie, and she was silent on the moment, only she clung the closer to Gerald. Martin closed the hatch- way and called down to them " Upâ€" up at once, and let us be off. I fancied I heard something jost now." " Come, oh, come, said Gerald. "Quick, Captaid Mocqnet. " " Oui Oui I have got him " " Who " " Oneâ€" two pistol." " Oh, yes That is right. Come now. Another moment and they were on the deck of the Rift and then, by the faint re- flection of the lantern at the bows of the ship they could just all see each other like so many phantoms. Marie still clung to Gerald and would hardly leave him to let hpr father help her over into the boat. Then for the first time she saw Grace. The "French girl at^ered an exclamation of surprise and held her face toward Grace who, in her gentle, quiet way, kissed her and then shook hands with her. "Eh bien," said Marie ' et cet ami Ger- ald, ou est-it?" Gerald dropped into the boat. He was the last to leave the Rift, and then he said " Ready " Joseph and Martin took an oar each. Captain Mocquet put his right arm around Marie and spoke to her rapidly, in tones of great emotion. The boat was slowly and quietly pulled toward the mouth of the cavern. "Hold!" said Gerald. " They ceased rowing. " Do you hear " " Eyes and limbs " said Martin. " I hear the dip of oars. " " So do I," said Joseph. "And coming this way, too. Look â€" look!" There was a crackling noise, and, then the faint flash of a light was visible for a moment. It was in the hands of a man in a boat. They saw the face. It was that of Dolan, and in the boat was a square rbest, which appeared to sink its after part into the water. " Dolan " whispered Joseph. " Dolan " said Martin. ' He escapes with the treasure chest," said Joseph, " The villain 1" With the lantern place 1 upon the chest in front of him. in the boat â€" a small lantern that he had lit â€" Dolan rowed slowly and steadily toward the cutter. Thfs boat in which was embarked the fortunes of those in whom we are interested, slowly, by a light touch on the surface of the water from the oa-v, was edged off into the deep shadow close to the side of the cavern. They all kept their eyes fixed upon the face of Dolan, strange and almost spectral as it looked, by the dim light of the littie lantern in front of him, the only ray of which seemed to fall upon him. What he could want at the Bift was be- yond their conjectures, but they saw him make way right to the side of the cutter, and then, in the deep stillness of tiie night, they heard him whiter " Benjamin Benjamin Hoy! Hi, there! It is time " All was still, as well it might be, on board the Bift, and then Dolan spoke again "It is time, I say. Come now ;I am ready. Come and help me, as we a^eed." " Ah," whispered Martin, " I see now. Benjamin was to help him to escape. Keep dose." They kept their boat quite dose to the side of the clifF, but had uiey remained out in the open water of the sea caVe, it Is very doubtful if Dolan would have seen them, as the littie kind of hale rf Uf^t AtA his lan- tern sent about left all beyond that limited cirde in the most profound darkness. iiso -am oosmixrsD), â-  ili^ i^i ..." Every one has a fair turn tobe as great ae he pleas e s. The hapdmaid of Scriptote waa a aimple tiling compared with the tailer-made girl of the present day. Epemay, Mune, ia a vast sabterraneaa "dty of chan^agne." For miles and miles there are' streets hewn out of solid chalk, fludied â- mtii bottles of chainpagne of all Mends and qualities. Thwe is no light in this labyrinth of ati e ilt i rrnssiiws. and tninii^ except what tiie q^ovtar^g can- dles affi^d. AHis darlc, dik, anddiMip, with the ten^antore awi^ down, aboot aero. Thelat;^atduunpagia mamifac l uwra in ffpti nay hs a. wiwbii m iiiiiil i Jlaia i^iak cover £arty-fi:v» aMwaul cnptaiafiva asfflka bottiea oC'WitUk Tleraiaa wlkela atiraefe in Saeniay Kaed with ine nten ofirliieii aanta. Ihe whole town it wi* tiksae miilia ji rriiiil jalj i tl M ' lul â- i^^'^7^' •^^-^fmStn ^^3ittr hprn not I -was awalMM(t|[#i«gr.Jwt9l ia LeadfiHe and iipf^nsed M^Su^At^ ii^^«tte wiihraltiBgfdrii^' 'l^Uia^^ ^m^^iM-aai mm morn^ aoifiiBaafy.tlia^ the. jctTsr dad to pOpt maltha coa^ I had on a heavy d^blefoid' velvit ifiresi, a aiialiilrin aaoqa^ a b«flUo.cabepimed over my diopl^jBo, my: head covered T^ a far cap, and nqr « oivefa^cid' fii alduiwl, attbiwiag amayextare tatwajr^iytksy Despite all these protections I WAS ntioBtmnxT oaib.' " Tbeb oeadi wasdnsmhy aizlMN^Ma, and 'was on wheds. We ;-in^ preceded by the Granite ooach, wU^ -wtlB'on ronnen. The road over Elk Moibtain is a aaturilone that â- willadoiit of but aaingle c»ach passing. At the apex of the nuRmtsSn the Granite coach halted in a station blasted oot of the rock, md allowed us to go ahead. Here the descent began. l%e road' at this ^int runs atanindineof 45^. The driv«: put on his lock-chain to the wheels, thus virtually con- verting them into mnnets. Tim vehicle, despite these precantions and by its own weight, went down at a frightful pace. We could barely keep our seats. We bcdanced ourselves as best we could. Running up from the track and through the box m the coach was a perpendicular t»rof steel called the kingpin. I dung to this and managed to keep myself right side up. Down the narrow patii in the side of the mountain we went, with THE HOBSXS IX A HAD GALLOP to keep the coach from ruoning them down. We were rounding Independence Pass when suddenly the driver cried, "Jump, jump, for your ' He never fihished the sen- tence. He had been holding the coach as near the embankment as t^e narrow pass could permit. Ahead of him he saw a heavy boulder topple and fall down the mountain side and into the path. This caused him to make the cry of warning. The obstruction was but twenty yards ahead of him, and it was beyond human power to s-tay the im- petus the coach had gotten coming down the incline. I saw the driver leap. Inside we held on to the kingpin. Down we went, and in another instant the forward wheels struck the rock. The hind part of the coach was thrown forward and outward and the kingpin snapped assunder like a reed, The box with all in it went over the preci- pice on its side and through the window I fell out. Less fortunate than myself, the coach and my fellow- tourists lodged in a crevice on the side of the precipice, some 180 feet below the road. I was thrown out with such force that I clearea this crag and kept on and DOWN THE FULL 400 FEET to the bed of the canon and into a bank of snow, cutting my way into it as if it was water, head farst. The Granite coach just to the rear of us pulled into a noteh in the rocks and the driver and prospectors got out and climbed down to where I had lodg- ed. Arnmd with shpyels,, they began to dig me (mt, and it is^Mrions to relate the one flesh wound I received was from the blade of a shovel which ploughed a furrow in my ankle when they reached me. I was finally dug out, unconscious and to all ap pearances dead. Restoratives were adminis tered, and I was taken up and carried to the toll house at the head of the cliff. Here my hands and limbs were rubbed and my face slapped until my cheeks were raw. But all to no avail, I was black in the face, and there was no audible or visible respira tion. I was left in the care of the toll-keep er and the Granite coach passengers, while the two drivers storted for Aspen, thirteen miles distant, to summon surgiciEtl aid. One of the party returned at midnight with doctors. In the meintime I had re^vived and had, in company with the toll-keeper, gone down in a sleigh to the dinner station, three miles below, and was administering to therwounded and dying. AU the rest had sustained frightful injuries in their fall of 180 feet." -^ FEAHOE MD GZRMAKY. A New Ballrewl Tumd VmAer tkc Alps to be Iiocated for Its Stratrste Tal ne. ~Sbme time ago there was published a de- tailed description of a scheme for piercing the Simploa, and thereby fo ming a new and directrailway route from Paris to Milan. That this prediction would in all probabil- ity have been fulfilled there is every reason to believe had it not been for rival schemes, each of which found a considerable number of supporters. Of ihese schemes the ones which attracted most notice, after the Simp- Ion, were the Mount Blanc and Great St. Bernard routes. The Mont Blanc tunnd scheme has drop- ped out of sight, for the time at least, but the St. Bernard and the Simplon still hold their ground. In fact, np to a short time ago, the Simi^CNi might be said to have had the running all to itaslf, aiuL a syndicate of financiers was aetnally formed to raise the neoessaiy ca^taL Since then the St. Ber- nard idea has been persistentiy forced upon public attention by its promoters, and opin- ion as to therenteetive merits of each scheme may be said to be pretty equally balanced, tbon^ if anything inclining to the Simplon. Upon France, and France alone, depends the decision as to which of the two projected tonnds shall be made. If it Were a mere question of commercial utility and probable remunerative returns the St. Bernard could not hold a eaadle totiie Simplon; bat the real questiraiis whidi route would be most nsefol to Frainoe in case of a great Eurc^ean war in wUdi Ftaace mi^t fimt Italy arrayed againrt har This â- willoe, better understood by t^ose who tcnow hoW extremdy jealous naaeels oth«8t. Gothacd,tiu8 jealoosy arising, fronnthe fact* or tiie, auppoiiti«, that from a strategical point of view the St. QoOard giveifineiia adiiwitagei to Qeramaif tiiaa to Jxaoce, Whetbnr this be true or not, it ia bffjrood dispute tibat the route of a«-aew^pte:tanMlwfli: hadetormined in Parii^ for from FoMtce most come the ' rerainte for the prditoters to ^yb practieia eOMr to thbir schiUM. Bj tins m) viMa^tteie'iMMild be a saving of ' twean Bade and firwiisi 1lieSt.^l^aard,«ad aa tUsMpgr iia^ toiapiiMsitfl iisaily three ilia a akuM ipeirtm favor ^,.^^ tSMtsmHtf â€" ^â€" Torrimely. 8»ipiidi*y tntr fMrweeluaai.s QoveeaaiefeLt. _,„__, ferenoe hmJAi^hS^ over by a wW^bowk' de Vaathenlet, wk»| woald offsr "npABr^SSESevalae to France.*' AIiBidii^iliiai£^'i|ifi]t thia opmion a French mlH^aiy payers Xi J^tmea Jftfrfiure, videntiy deaoimces tim [^phm rente aa "a Gernaa stntMia Um** mc). The result is tiie Federal, Q^gramantseeiM to be halting between ihro bfHAatui, weoA ib has been poUidy stoiiedr tiiaugh upom what authority it is diffioiltto say «»â- (% Prince Bionar^ b tiding to bring pressitta to bear upon the EeflaMd €tov«^«^a^ favor of the Simplon^ -• -^^ Ja-ic-'/i) â-  LATSf lOimiOK ISW6. There are oomplaihtt^^ ganiluing at Tot- tenham. ;,, .ir. Brockville drainage and frontage by-lawa have been defeated. The Salvation Army in^ Winii^M^ is over five hundred stropgi vo ' " Joseph Dupras, of Qaebec, 87 years of age, is alleged to be- tiid* oldest prihter ia Canada. ^. A young man was found at St. Thomas the other morning with his chads froaen to a lamp post. Recently a cow belonging to Mr. John O'Day, of Brooklin, reached lnlme â- with a four-pronged fork stioking in its side. Arthur Pinel, the Toronto Postoffice clerk convicted o( stealing registered letters, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. The £ Imonton Bulletin announees that the Indians on the Peace River are suffering terribly and that there have been a great number of deaths. It is estimated that during October and November 150 persons died of measles at Lesser Slave Lake, Whitefish and Sturgeon Lake settlements in the Northwest. Archbishop Fabre, of Montreal, has issued another circular to the clergy of his diocese calling upon them to forbid their parishon- ers holding or taking part in political meet- ings on Sundays. A cigar firm at St. John, N^ B offered a cane to the gentleman who in two months should smoke the greatest number of their cigars. The successful contestant smoked 245 weeds within the period named. It is understood that the Government have decided to refuse permission to the Queen's Own Rifles, of Toronto, and the Royal Scots, of Montreal, to visit England to take part in the Queen's Jubilee celebra- tion. Big Bear and three fellow-prisoners who were recently released from the penitentiary hfcvo arrived at their homes. One of the number, who spoke EnglisJbt, says that Big Bear has determined to lead a peaceful life in the future, and would counsel his tribe to remain quietly on their reserve. Great progress' is being made in the de- velopment of the anthracite coal mines at Banff Hot Springs, N. W. T. A tunnel twelve feet wide and seven feet deep has been driven 225 feet into the mountain, and about one hundred men are kept at work night and day. A new town, appropriately named Anthracite, has been laid out at the mines. John Langan, 21 years of age, was ac- cidentally shot dead by a revolver, in the hands of a comrade named Henry Patterson at St. John, N. B., last week. The ball entered his right eye and death followed al- most instantly. Langam owned the revolver and handed it to Patterson to look at. Be- fore handing it to him he warned him to be careful, but the warning was unheeded. The next instant it was discharged, and Langan felL An Indian was arrested recentiy for maim- ing an ox on one of the reserved It turned out a day or two afterwards that they had the wrong man, although the description rf the clothing worn by the prisoner exactly corre- sponded with that which the real offender wore when he left the reserve. When the mistake was discovered and the prisoner of- fered his liberty he admitted that he was wearing the clothing of the man who 'was wanted, but did not want his liberty, as he was well fed and quite oomfMtable in tiie guard-room. The other morning a sad accident occurr- ed to Mr. David (^«ham, one of Arran's earliest settlers, and which resulted in hia death. He and his son went out in the morn- ing to attend to the stock, and the old gentie- mw proceeded to ascend an almost perpen- dicular ladder for the puipose of setting some feed for the sheep, and when about to step from the ladder to the scaffidd he to(A a dizziness, to which he was subject, and fell backwards, lightiiu; on a pole and stake which were driven in the groiuid, fracturiqe both his shoulders and three ribs. He died a few hours afterward. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Niekerson, of Snag harbor, N. S.^ aged respectivdy 87 and 83» live with their only son, Mr. Theodore Niek- erson, and across the street direotiy opponte lives his only son Mr. Chaf lea Niekerson, who has an only son named Alderbert. Thia h^ takes a meal daily with his ghmdfatiier and grandmother, great-gr^dfather and two great-grandmothers, as Mrs. Theodore Nidkeraon% motter Ja living with them, aged 84. As the six sit .around the table their united ages s«e d77, and the lad is only 12 yeark Only te4ewy«)pda froin their door is his great-great-nnd^ Mr. Kehemiah Mckoson, aged 83 years, ffifing with Yarn onty.son, who has an only dai^ter atidaki only child. r- However well proved a friendship im^ appear, tliere are confidoMes whidi itshoald not bear and aaiarifices wfaieh sjionld not ^m reqirired of it. " She Uras a cMfeAe onf e tiot^ysi^itf moaie. A genlie ma n fcnn eteed at h e r^ we y a mi i h iei fl "CoesMr. SiidittTO beret* **'tio^i6ti iil;,'*shef«;^ied, in a p ia niarimo andaata toiaefvekK