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 RIFT i\ tapped hiu oq ^1 to London with- sleeping, and who placed this letter ds. Will you do jumped xip from hand, and merely ;er " it it in his knap- )ver his ears, took 1, and said " All rushed out. f an hour I heard Oil the street, and •vant, riding due ;e of the C[uicke8t til lio had put my amis. The letter gara, in Canada, ation to allow an- )pposit^direotion. e I stewed to the "s arm was extend- of the other train g card. I took it Casement," with cil, " I gave Pai- rs. " Thus I learn- but never heard erwards. ichuical meaning â€" gas nor air within are said to be a new ure which must be ig soon wears bad s, and a solid sole- ne a blessing to eported as ha%Tng ;r a single applica- hod of freezing the Lrts with a spray of [• operation is said icial neuralgia. r!or organ or piano, silk handkerchief suds made with 1 dry immediately viii. If the instm- tche-l and defaced, â-  polish and polish chamois or a piece iiiiicli manufactures cliiefly of common s, and tungstate of ;roduced with great Switzerland for the s now being used in iiiralty have recom- 1 yards. It can he solid form, and u by a pump or from rable to produce » 'or this purpose no- icentrated water of drops of it into » iptacle of the sort, )f absorbent cotton, blistered, and pre» te or so a red cird* around the edges of is an evidence that ice, and the blister- loved. The blister i same manner »* aride. does the oraa^e br kingdom,' wasf ;dom doea our iH^ krt of it was, •^ lat the little *5 knew her ^J^Z, cent as it migW^^r^ LOVB AND VENOEAKfOS 4|W|i» m^flK^mim: The Most FASdKAmre Oobak Romavob Sistob xhii SUkn jov COOFSB ASD liASXATT. ...,' '.i CHAPTER XXXn.â€" (CoNmNTiBi)). Once again Gerald and Grace bade each her good bye and then the police sarroimd- i .•„?;.. nrianners. but the warm heart of 8 not satisfied. He lan ea their prisoners, Captain Mocquet was not Kitisne UP r,j Gerald and embraced hun. '•'Be brave, mon cher Uerald. fi-at wid Monsieur Tickle, by garj ,i" proverb Anglaise says of ic'n.' lane is always turning.. I shall And as himself A Worse luck let us. hope always toujours. nexc time. Adieu " •• \dieu " said Marie, gently. "Police," said the admiral. I ygg sir. " Be s'ui-e you take good care of that fellow Thomas Wright. He will be put upon his oa-K to-morrow and if he so much as swears toibe slightest that is not true I will prose- r---e him'ior perjury if it cost me a thousand Tiioinas Wright, as he called himself look- e, • r itlier cadaverous at this and as he was removed in custody he muttered to him- â- ' wish I hadn't come and done it for Doka, though he did give me fifty pounds anl promised me fifty more. I wish I had jone the honest thing and run away with his Isfty poind S'nd not come here at all. I shall only get into a scrape â€" I sees that as plaiv. as a captain, I does." Then Captain Mocquet made another simi- lar bow and put his daughter's arm beneath hi;, as he said '• Adieu, messieurs, adieu I shall do something for my friend Gerald. I shall do stiiiething I have not think of now, but it sh»il be something. Adieu " • My dear Admiral CliflFord," said Mr. Suitles. Well, sir." Ha! ha! It's a good joke, you know, From nomerona nceaM of the from beneath tarpanliaB and bo«fecloaka â€" some of them of the moat costly description, which had formed part of tlie phukder wfaieh now and then had come to hand in the cruise of the Rift â€" came the. crew who had for so long made up tiie nefaunoss ship's company of Dolan. The affiur with tihe Spray had given to some of tiiem wounds, the existence of which was betrayed by yarions bandages, ajid as they rowed across the black-looui^ waters of the sea^cave they looked as desporate a set of ruffians as the world coold exhibit. There was not one of all that ship's com- Iany, now that Martin and Joseph were gone, who might not, had smuggling been their only offense, have stood up as an an- gel of light in comparison with what he really was. And Dolan was the worst of alL His car- eer from first to last, long before he had anything to do with the Ritt, had been one of lawless violence and outrage towards any- thing that had even the semblance of right. And now in the darkness of that sea cav- ern â€" for the huge sails were drawn closely over the opening â€" ^he stood upon the deck of the Rift, looking something like the arch- fiend himself, gathering about him his famil- iars and associates. The light from several torches, stuck into clefts in the cliff shed a lurid kind of lustre over the dark, heaving water and on the hull, cordage and brailed sails of the cutter. That light, too, shone upon the fierce aind weather-worn, as well as crime-worn, coun- tenances of the pirate crew, and upon Do- lan, all dripping with salt water, as he was standing upon the deck of the cutter. They crowded up the sides of the Rift like so many spectres, and then they stood about midships while aft, upon a small raised jwrtion of the deck, was Dolan and they bu you really don't mean to remand me could see by his pale face and compressed .U..L.1. â€" ^^„„„. " lipg that he had somethinK to say. In silence they gathered about him. It must not now be forgotten what was the exact state Dolan was in as regarded his intelligence of what had occurred in relation to Captain Mocquet, Gerald, Grace, Martin and Joseph. The whole of those persons, so far as he knew, were in the caverns and subjected to his mercy. The ruffian had to receive the blow which a knowledge of their escape would give to him. There was, therefore â€" with -a conviction of power to be brutal and murderous if he liked â€" upon his countenance a gleam of triumphant ferocity that was terrible to look upon. " My gallant crew," he said " my noble fellows, who have with me braved for so long the breezes and storms" of old ocean, and who have defied men and laws^the time has come when, along with the reward of your past exertions, you will get news of who is your friend and who your foe, and be able, no doubt, to do justice to both." " Give us our money " cried a voice. "Who is that?" "Meâ€" Jem Ratlings. Give us our Ycu see admiral, that there is no evidence " I beg your pardon," said the lieutenant. "I overheard you invite those in the boat to sm-JSjgle." •' Oh, that was ironically "^he lieutenant shook his head. •'Very well," said Mr. Suffles, "then I shall bring an action." " A what " said Mr. Tickley. â-  An action against you, sir." And what for, sir " Fiilse imprisonment, sir." " Boo, sir." " You may cry ' boo ' as much as you like, sir, but as I can get as much law for a penay as you can get for a shilling, I'd ad- vise you to look out, sir." Mr. Tickley looked senous. Admiral " 'Well." ., •'I don't think, in my own mmd, that tliLie will turn out to be evidence enough to co2vict Mr Suffles." •Nor 1 either." "Then I think, admiral, he had better Utoampd. hor to i" and wm that e»^ hMl taken in tiie 1" o far as I am concerned, Mr. Tickley, I dc not feel disposed to keep any one who is aot part of the crew of the Rift." â- Very good. You may go, Mr. Suffles." Ml-. Suffles darted off on the moment, without saying good-bye to anybody. A few minutes more and there were no persons in the room but the admiral and Captain Morton and Grace Morton. Then the latter stepped up to the admiral and took his hand, saying, as she did so â- '"-^ir. you ought not â€" you cannot doubt of the innocence of poor (xerald." •I do not, my dear. Be quite at ease abo^i.t him, for to-morrow, I have no doubt youâ€"" will clear him. I only wish that I had some " Yes, yes â€" open them son of positive evidence to produce that 'right! "" ' " '•â- '"-- wouLl contradict the assertions in the mouth «« Y of that Thomas Wright. Dolan himself, too. condemns the lad." • Dolan? • Yes. There is a letter." â- ' Trom him, sir " • i' is so. Vou shall read it and then, my iear, you can come to some judgment abou: it." The admiral gave Grace Dolan's letter to which she did with the most marked read. attention and the changes of her expressive features as she did so sufficiently testified the indignation with which she regarded tht a spersions that were cast by that letter upou Martin, and Joseph, and Gerald. Whiv she had concluded the reading she 3aid •1 must think of all this. O father; Uerild must and shall be saved to-morrow. I must think what can be done, dear father for you do not know how good and kind he has been for years to me." " Everything shall be done^ my dear love, that you can suggest. Your lather will go heart and hand with you." Grace looked very thoughtful, as she again glanced at Dolan's infamous letter to the admiral. Then she whispered to her- self " Yes, for Geraldâ€" for Gerald. Anything for Gerald " CHAPTER XXXIII. Dolan M.\k£s His L.vst Peeparatios Escape. There is intense excitement in the sea cavern of the cliff, for the smuggler crew are now well aware that something is seri- ously amiss and that their safety is in some way jeopardized, if not actually comprom- ised- The absence of Martin, the absence of Joseph and the mysterious death of the nightwatch on the deck of the cutter, had all become known to them, and by the time Dolan found his way back to tite cavern through the cool, heaving waters of the little bay, there was all that kind of com- motion in the community caverns that betokens uneasy The feeling "^on the part that at that very moment they stood in the position of men sold and betrayed by Dolan. His absence was prolonged and they had thought him in the caverns, and it was only the presence of several huge cheats in one of the minor caves and which they had been taught to look upon with interest and re- verence as containing the common stock oi plunder and profits of the whole crew that made any of them doubt that the absenoe of Dolan was permanent and treacherooik His loud whistle from the deck rf the BSt was a welcome wmnd to tdU money "Share! share!' shouted several others. " Give us our shares, and let us all separate whice way we please " "Come, old Dolan," said one. "Let's have no fine speeches; it's the rhino we want " Dolan's eyes gleamed savagely. "Mates," he added, "If you like now, tiiis moment, to have the chests opened, and their rich contents divided among Hurrah All's That will do Y^es, yes Hoorah " ou may 1" added Dolan, with a yelling voice, that startled them all " butâ€" butâ€" butâ€"" " What now " growled one. " But what " cried several. "You will, within the next twenty -four hours, all fall into the clutches of the law " There was a hushed look about them all, and they advanced a step nearer to Captain Dolan.- " One and all " he added " I have been some hours from you and during those hours I have learnt all we want to know to put us on our guard." " What is it ?â€" what is it?" " Will you have your money, all of you, and take your chances now at once I don't want to hinder you and I don't want to tell you what will save your life and fortunes, all of vou, if you don't want to listen." " We doâ€" we do " " Oh, you will have your money now?" " No, no Tell us all you have to say. We will hear aU." " And cut it short, old nn " said one. " Who is that " "Why, it's Ned Bolt." " Then I won't say a word more while he is on the deck of the Rift. Over with him " There was a brief scuffle. Ned Bolt, who had spoken so irreverentiy to Dolan, was pitched head foremost over the side of the cutter into the sea, from which, with a pro- fusion of oatiis, he swam to and scrambled into one of the boats. ,„. ..,„ " Now, Captain, go on. What is itT " Not only," continued Dolan, with a vio- lent wave of his arm, " not only did I wish every man here to get his full share of the plunder we have in these cavwms, but I wanted hi-n to get off with it and enjoy it. " Ay, ayâ€" that's it " " And enjoy it " "You said that before." tv. There was a slight laugh at thM but Do- lan did not think it worth while to ?ush his authority too farâ€" so he took no notice of it, butwentonquietiy. *t=,-«* " And for tiiat purpose it was that I went on a voyage of discovery on shore, and right FOB I morrow morning there these caverns " " An attack 1" „ " Yes, an attack, both by sea and hmd, " Are they found out, then? "They are!" The commotion among tie wew now varvxnmt sad. thaw *•â- Â» •*."*» ^* JStiStol.I^SsR». »dfore«Ao«s eB«^ bat Dolan «l««fd«d WJ'PPP** 1 «H«9rin«l I*««»««f1*f diapau" Imt^ nothing of tiiii oMrem %y ponwoiiaflip^iyir "Ay,«y,l Tha^ " Qt m i i m y own There was a laugh at ii» in which Dolan atrave to aajr i9Mi » cdntiimad;^ V V â- :*" â- 'â- \\i^^\- " Yea, my own aon â€" for, notwithstandiiig all any of 3^11 may have heard to tiie con- trary, he ia mv own«oa-4ias betrayed n*]^ I am certain of that." ' ,j "EiUlum 1â€" drown him !â€" death to him " " Stay, stay â€" no, not yet. I have one favor to ask of you for alll am now doii^ for you â€" one favor it ia that you ahafl aparc that boy." There was a groan of disdontentk "Hear me out Yon will approve of what I have to say if yon will only hear me out, my btave con^anions. He^r all, and then decide for youradvea, matea." " Hear him hear hun Ay, ay, go on.*' "What I propose, then, is that you get the start of your enemies. The large chests that contain your treasure can be easily put on board tiie Rift and jost at the ebb of tide to-night (which is about two o'clock) open the covering of the cavern and sail out into the bay. The attack on this place will not be till tiie morahig's light and by that time you may be right away on the Sussex coast. I advise that you beat up northward, then to some obscure place in Scotland, and thwe land and divide your bootir. There is £dinbuig, by the Frith of Forth you will run up to it in the cutter within a week. I will meet you there, and we shall be quite safe in a place like that and from it you can all go whatever way your ftmcy leads you." There was a shout of approval at this proposition, and then one voice said " Why don't you come with us, captain " " Because I have some business here. I will come and join you overland but I will come with you, for I will send tiie treasure chest with you." " Ay, ay !â€" that will do." " I have many little affairs to settie in regard to some of the cottages which I want to sell and then there is my littie daughter Grace 1 want to see placed somewhere where she will be taken ciure of." Dolan again tried to look sentimental, and again some of the crew laughed and when they did so he bit his lip and thought to himseU ' Wait a bit â€" oh, only wait a bit " " And the boy " cried one. " Take him with you I advise, by all means, that you take him with you. That is what I want to ask you to do. Take him. Don't have his death at any of your doors for he is but a boy. Take him to-night with you in the Rift and when you get in the North 1 Sea, send him adrift in one of the small boats, and do anything you like with him but take him with you to-night." " Viery gxd â€" very well " said one "but there's a little objection." "Objection!" "Yes, captain he's not to be found." Dolan staggered. " Not toâ€" beâ€" found " "No; he's off, and Miss Grace, too. When we found you were away, and when some of the fellows sud you were not com- ing back, we had a good hunt through all the caves." "Ah!" " And found them gone." A livid hue spread' itself over the face of Dolan and he dashed the fist of his right hand against the palm of his left, as he cried ' ' "This is Martin's doing " " Not a doubt about that, I should say," growled Bowline; "not a doubt of that." " Why not a doubt ?â€" why why " " Cos he's gone, too " " Gone gone !-^Martin gone " " Ay Joseph, too so that there's no lookout now on the old plateau." Dolan was forced to hold to the main rig- ging for support, and a feeling of faintness came over him. Had his victims, after all, eluded him Was it possible that they had escaped, or were they only hiding some- where, in the numerous ramifications of the old caverns of the cliff? Was all he had schemed and striven for, after all. to pass away like a- dream, and were his victims to elude his vengeance (TO BE CONTINUED). kofailK^ Female Hihilists. A month or two ago a serious disturbance took place in St. Petersburg. On the anni- versary of the death of a noted song-writer and patriot, Bogolinboff, some five hundred studente of the university gathered, to place wreaths on his grave, and to hear orations in his praise. The authorities, however, locked and guarded the cemetray gates, and would not allow the students to enter it. The young men became so excited and rebdlious that the Cossacks were sent f nr, and the mob of men was dispersed. It was a striking feature of this afiBur that am^ng the students were over a hundred young women, who belonged to the medical classes of the university. On the following day these young women were deprived of their passports, so that they could not leave the capital, and eighteen of theh: ringleaders were arrested ad imprisoned. They will be tried, and probably expelled fnnn thdr classes. In former days they would hayi^, been exiled to Siberia. The real purpose of this demonstration was a political one. Professinff to do honiar['tt«iiwatr«»^ to a drad patriot, they intenaed to shfir their hostiliw to the Czar's rule and maaif of tiiem, perhaps all, belonged to the great Nihilist oonspiracy. Doling the whole course of this conspi- racy, ibaoM been notable for the lai^ nuiQ-' ber of young womoi, of every aocial radik, who have bMome members of it. In almlMt: every inistance in which a mhilist crime haa been committed, or a Nihilist plot has been detected, young women have been foiAid- among the culprits. Some years ago, a girl, named Vera Sasaa-' litdi, BbxA GeiMEal TtofoS, the chief of tb» Stk VtAfuaban police. She dedared, «â-  being anMrtel, that Ae belonsed to dM inhiUifa^ Mad waa af b lv d to ^^ "ad|tt Itnaia «f h«r tyraids. Stn«|^]r «noB|^, dbb tiraa aod^ntted, bat Waa|aMd %o 4^ itm^Samim lioiaadiitely.^ h^tdaake. "Warn, ^T« ysaniKfis tt»JMpaiiba of the :or4iflMWlTiQi«nt mobii Wt Sh to pab- i^^llii^^^ing of farieiKhal^fBr'«h(tilHMfcp«dnMeik i^^*^ raat, oeaoa mnaan, teMatha.very dxegf aad«iniiiaal aoeiaty. Tkmtetmi» ravolotfaaisto of Boaaia, ho;»- •w, aeeaB to ooow txtm evecy aDcial rank, from every condition of life. They Indude women, not only of refined edacation, but of hig^xank puMi ^g^reat .weal^ operators ^l9«»|l^riesi#i|aaii^4|4ite %wil classes peasants aoa 6vm prioreaaea and nans of the convents of the Gredc Church. Yonag women of good social standing have bean known to go into Rnasian house- holds, disguised as servanta, in order to make converta to Nihilism. Othera have gone to work in factoriea, in o|:der to circu- wte treaaonable panqMeto among the opera- tors. Of course, such women cannot lead other than wickei, restless, feverish lives. By taking part in dark and desperate plots, and even committing violent crimes, tiiey lose all those qualities for which women are re- spected, honored, and loved. They become hurd and bold, and pltmge themselves into morbid, anxious and troubl- ed careers, in which they can never know any peace, and which can be only ruinous, if not to their lives, at least to their charac- ters and their happiness. HEH AND WOMEN. The Czar of Russia has ordered, it is said, picture of the St. Paul ice Palace. Mont- real will please consider herself snubbed. An item to the effect that Sam Jones made $19,000 in Boston has been widely cur- rent in the exchanges. It shows how ^sily an absurd rumor may receive general credit. It is contrary to law in the Central Park, N. Y., for a man to skate in the snow-shoe costume of the Cunadians and a member of the snow-shoe club wants to know if he must skate in a swallow tail and a crush hat rather than in knickerbockers, long stock" ings, and a red sash. One gets used to earthquakes. The Rev. J. D. Paris, a Hawaiian clergyman, writes of the shocks accompanying the present er- uption of the volcano Mauna Loa " For 36 hours there has been one continuous series of earthquake â€" tremendous jars, with pretty hard shakes interspersed, running into each other â€" and our house has seemed like a lit- tle craft or a bubble floating on a wave- chopped sea. While I write my table rocks so that it is with difficulty I can keep my seat and hold my pen." Dr. Riegler, of Pesth, has just made a very curious experiment in photography, and one that to many people will appear al- most incredible. He has photographed a bullet after it had been fired from a rifle, and while it was proceeding with-a velocity of 440 meters â€" rather more than a quarter of a mile â€" a second. A wemdi infantry rifle was the weapon selected for the purpose of conducting the experiment, which was in every way successful, a perfect reproduction of the bullet being the result. A horse at full ^dlop, a swaUow in ite flight, and even a flash of lightning, have succumbed to the photographer's art but his last triumph is still more marvelous. Howells's genius came to him, perhaps' from his Quaker grandmother. His mother, Mary Dean, was a woman of many virtuesi but it cannot be said |,that her inclination was very marked in the direction of letters. The father, now eighty years old, was until quite recently United States Consul at Que- bec. He lives in Jefferson, where his son J. A. Howells, still owns smd edits the Sentinel. Anne Howells, the younger daughter, married Frechette, the Canadian poet. She, too, is a writer of verses and descriptive articles, but her talent is not of as high an order as that of her distinguished brother. " The novelist is a Howells rather than a Dean. His father's stoop is prepetu- ated in him, while he inherits his mother's Pennsylvania German thrift and business capacity. When in the civilized world Mr. Henry M. Stanley smokes six cigars a day. In af rica he uses a pipe and mild tobacco, which he finds a solace and an aid to concentration of mind. On one of his journeys down the Congo, as he was about to enter a dangerous countiy where he knew a fight was inevit- able, he told his men to make ready, and then lit his pipe and settled down for a five minutes' qniet'smoke before the battle. Ten minutes later they were all fitting for their lives, and the battie lasted for hours. He did not begin to smoke until he was 25, and did not master a pipe until he was 30. Livingstone, it is remembered, never smok- ed. ^G»rdon was a most inveterate smoker, and when he went on his last journey to Ehartonm 19,000 cigarettes formed an im- portant part of his baggage. Lotto owns in her own name and without incumbrances the Park Theatre in Boston and the International Hotel property m front of that place of amusement. For this she paid 9850,000 in bool cash in addition to 926,000 mui she paid Henry E. Abbey for the moveable property it contained, such as scenery, furniture, carpeta, o., opera chaira and sas-fixtnres. The theatre is said to be the bert stocked in tills, country. There are pvta^W^f^ a^let9fa8g»of s^gafamitore, one costing 9W0, another $500,,aiiother 1350 and so on. In addition to ttie a^enery in 'i«(»w fiarlrf/flitoilrte lets were fottiiltoceila^oattid^^iM^fehanse. All ib«i» " III iwaiHsa- Triitr rlTt jti ' to be worthwis lea than|iSO;6oe, fi^^ pruden- tial lUMiLotta and her ma, war the wary flBuiai^^a* ^rare not driving a bad bar- gidn. 1tt^ addition to this Lotto has $100,- OMbnMted indiffiiteak aiiRB^tfactories aad dweOfttl^nsiM iif Naw Tank and Harlem. Sift hl»'lDtte hooseaadlpt covering nearly aaquaM^d«ricteaUy«Mtiiigf90,000. She ^Sf^tlaoiM tadyropatf an ;Staten Island, «Bd inikn*, Cfafaafeo^ Kansas Ciiy and SiaFriMllBOO. Ad« «• aUthia the |400r 080 iM^ of jew^y, and yoaOt see that theiotf'i^ fl^WO-OpO, deeataAt fcdly repre- jTOMS 4PB WBSSSiM ISVB. Paris isaaid toi mmammm maarij â- HJIHl rtoaa «e Tha -- "«••' j-it ;•, BrfdaatfftiW trtfcsil? yea itaor ont, tif-,, ays Oat war ba- Buda apgraiidnafaat. •Ilia^fisnaBCtafrwcssMBt haw ^Iki^ j^f)^,f* a Ugh Tlui Htllfy IUf«i*'ia reportM^libaaD to tha botto m te appa^ ph«sa. The ice is front two to three fcM thidc i|ll over it. An axplodoa of fire-damp oooorred in coDieiT near Mons, in Belnom, which aa^ toMiad liO sAinnn, none n iriiom can be takoa oiit ^T«. The develofmaat of the (juoade coal mines near Banff, N. W. T., is bafaig vigor- ously pushed, and the daily output will soon reach five hundred tone. Information has been received al Ottowa that the ninety days' qaarantiiie enforced by the St»to of Kansas agalnat catiile imported from Canada haa been raised. It is understood that Sir Charles Tupper is still performing the duties of High Com- missioner, and that nothing luui been done yet towards appointing his successor. Traffic on the Canadian Pacific railway has been seriously interrupted in British Columbia by freshete in tiie mountoins. Six men while deariiq; the track were smothered by a snow slide. Advices received by the department of Agriculture give prospectothatuie influx of emigrants from Europe to Canada will be greater this year than ever before. The rush is expected to begin early in ApriL A tea merchant from Japan who is at present in Ottawa states tiiat as soon as the Canadian Pacific route becomes known to the tea merchants of Japan it will completely supersede the route for tea shipment via the Suez canaL Enormous 'destruction and loss will be caused on both the Canadian and American sides of the St. Lawrence by the floods caused by the ice jam, which extends from Croil Island, to a ^oint ten miles up the river. The water is nine feet above high water mark in the flooded district. A special cablegram to the press says Lloyd's committee has consented to bring before the English underwritors the com- plaint of the Montreal Board of Trade that that shipping port is much injured by the present rule compelling transient ships to leave the St. Lawrence before September 39 each year. AtPiqtou, N. S., negotiations are going on between the coUiery managers and rep- resentotives of the miners, by which their differences will be adjusted by arbitration, and it is believed the striking miners will retam to work in a few days. The strike has already extended over one month and has been mutually disastrous. Reports from the different sections of the McLeod district say tiiat the last few weeks have pulled down cattle considerably. Al- though not a great many have died, still many are left in a weak condition, and if there should be bad weather later on the chances are that a good many will go under. The majority of those that have died are eastern cattle taJien in last summer. A Blood Indian has lately returned to the reserve in a badly frozen condition. He re- ports that some more Bloods have been laid out by the Gros Ventres, near the Sweet Grass Hills. Of course it is hard to say whether this report is to be believed or not, but it ia very probable that it is true. The same Indian says that the antelope are so poor and weak, from the effect of the weath- er and the great amount of snow, that they will hardly got out of a man's way, and are therefore easily killed. Such a universal blockade as has taken place on New Brunswick railways the past three weeks has not been known for ten years. On the New Brunswick railway, between Gibson, Woodstock and Great Falls, miles of track have been buried under seven feet of snow. Ploughs are use- less and all the men available have been or- ganized as shovelers. The Grand Southern railway between St. John and St. Stephen has been blocked a week. There has been no travel for four days on the New Bruns- wick Prince Edward Island railroad from Sackville to the Cape. The Indiantown branch is to be closed for the winter, the chief reason being the snow drifts over the line. The Northern â-  Western Road is impassable from Gibson almost to the north shore. The blockade on the Intercolonial road is about over. Michael Dumas, who escaped from the Northwest after the rebellion, in company with Gabriel Dumont, and is residing with his family at St. Charles, near Winnipeg, before the amnesty was granted, was living near the boundary, and afterwajrda rejoined his family. He gives an interesting descrip- tion of the trip of Dumont and himself from Batoche to Fort Belknap, which occupied eleven days. They lived most of the time on antolope the^ uot during the trip. They never saw a white face, as tiiey kept out of the district where civilization was ukely to exist. After their releas3 by the American authorities Dumas worked for a time on a lanche at Lewiston, Montana, while Du- moi^t maintained himself by hunting. Then came the offer to join Bu£EaIo BilTs Wild West Combination, which Dumas declined and Dumont accepted. During his separa- tion from his family Dumas savs four of his children died, while Dumont uwt his wife. 8TATIBTIGS. In 1880 batter was exported from Canada to the extent of 18,000,000 lb. Since 1882 the quantity has been ond«r 9,000,000 n The export of eggs in 1885 Mnonnted to 11,542,703 doz. Between 1855 and 1885 the population of Scotland increased from 2,978,065 to 3,907,- 736, and the births from 93,349 to 126,110 per anumn. The deaths in 1855 were 62,004 and in 1885 74,603. South Austbalia. â€" ^This annual value of the expcats of South Australia is about £6,- 000,000 sterling of this wool may be reckon- ed as not much nnder dE3,000,000, and wheat uid flour at close upon £2,500,000 sterling. Over the Southern half of tiie colony sheep- faroBing is very widely spread. How ex-^ tremely varied the qualify of the land ia may be seen from the fact, that over many disMeta it ti^s* SOacresto keep a sheep,' wMIa in other parte 15 shem^nay be reared an ode ten. Of ta» DDO^OOD aqvaca miles ly tha aibaofaite A' •- X,- â-  it •/- M.J Xi' r:-: t- ».-' .- • H-;^^^^*