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 .v-V, ,. ii*^"^«nt nELiEF or MiaBaLmit 1814. BT A. B. BUIiOXB. ve dl Beasa br lt« â- __ ig la m7 'allh la l5 LBS KRKB, Uf«h« tbil dllMM to HT 1 Birthday Card mb» ;her will send nsth* '.her babies, and theb so a handsome DU- 1 to ths Qotber ani ion. Co., MontreaL TORONTO. of Printers' id tor prices. IE8IDET. 5SIDENTS. 'IRECTOK. I Shortly after war w«i declared W flu Inited States of Amerioa agaiaat OrMt rit»in in 1812, a small party of Eiu^Jdi lldiers, consiBtiuK of about 30 men of tiie Ith Royal Veteran Battalion, with a few adred Canadian voyagenrs and Indums, Lder the command of Captain Roberts, ied to attack the American poet on Island of Michilimackinac. Having [rprised the garrisons, the Americans anr- aaered, and the fort was immediately ^en possession of by Captain Roberts and j little band of soldiers. The loss of this gt was considered by the Americans as a gt unfortunate event, as it virtually gave British the control of that immense .jtory inhabited by the Western Indians Lbeing along what was then the west ontier of the United States, from San- ^y, on Lake Erie, to the Mississippi Eyer, termed the " Michigan, Illinois and idiana countries," which has since been â- vided into five different Statea, viz Mich- Lq, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. Ke' importance of Micbilimackinac, as a lilitary post, was not overrated. It's na- Iral features, it's elevated position â€" being Ihigh inaccessible rock on every side except le west â€" pointed it out as a most importtmt tlitary possession â€" " a fortress, built by fture for herself," ' the key of the West- a country," the value of which both the hntendin^ powers were fully cognizant. I After Michilimackinac was tten by the fitish, only a small detachment of soMiers |ere left to guard it. The isolated position ' this garrison, as the war continued, was rticalarly trying, there being no settled habitants on the Island, except a few Ca- Jians engaged in the fur trade, and, with ^exception of a visit from these men, or be chiefs of the various bands ot Indians who .quanted the Island, there seldom occurred pything to cheer, or enliven the monoton- Ds and lonely hours which were passed by kis garrison. Bat a time was at hand when keir position was to be changed into one of ktense excitement and alarm. Towards the titer end of 1813, an Indian runner arrived the fort with intelligence that the Ameri- were making preparations to retake ^hilimackinac, and a large force would be ^nt for that purpose as soon as practicable. receiving this information, an express »a8 immediately despatched to "He»d kuarters," by the officer commanding at Michilimackinac, with an urgent appeu for ^lief to be sent to them as they were not a position either to stand a seige, or to tccessfuUy resist â€" without some reinforce- (ientâ€" the attack of the large force which, was stated, would be sent against them. 1 the meantime, every effort was made by be garrison to strengthen the fort in case I an attack before assistance arrif'ed. When his was done, that gallant little band of Jjldiers waited within that isolated post â€" Itmdreds of miles from where any iminediate llief could reach them â€" the arrival of the ^^""WwnMnsr tirfjom ^ifii Tt may thai*. fMebeiBiagia«d*wlu*iPfeaa,ia,^of the wlmea^wefe, when on azrivi^ *fCMn axrivhig «gntotM,aMiunaokfa«w«^^^ «»«*^^^S-4SS £Ll!?iIr^^*^,^^.**'2 «H[^^«ir over table, and tDt^uidSSqn '7*tei7. Bat to idl M aw jMHiiiliailji gMfcive, while the Bomaoa, whose atvWMeeam. giw« " .. n --.-, fnqaamOy used tiMm m their mysfinkms ooeiaonissL The ancant finns believed that t»orid kiflf VM d0T4lo«»d from •« egg^i which a mystic bird hud on the Im tfi^ Woved ooMtor stai prondfy tji^ ovw the fort which was built on the kftr heicliiB of that kme and h%hly priaad MmOw the preserration of which they had udamne so moch su£Buriiig and hardship. To the mentiredaad worn out by tile excesaiyet«A aiid pivaUons which they had endiiredJ.teU intTthe watw^h^ working for their Uvea in the floating io?*^^ ^^ t- F"" tiurongh which they had effected a passage, a distMioe of nearly three hnndred milM, the sight of Michilimackinac on this occasion was hailed with every expression of delight and thankfulness. Within its shdl^- ing walls they expected to soon find a rest- ing place to repose their weary limbs. the But nemy. Before, however, the express from Michi- lackinac could reach Kingston, the inten- ms of the Americans respecting that post ere already known there and sd alarmed ere the authorities of the safety of that ilaceâ€" the only stronghold which they had, [t the time, on the Western Lakes â€" that an pedition was ordered to be fitted out with possible ispeed, and despatched by the rtest route to its relief. At Kingston, where the expedition for the llief of Michilimackinac was ordered to be itted out, a great deal of speculation Was in- Inlged in, as to whom would be chosen to .6 part in this arduous undertaking. 'he nature of the service the difficulties le troops would have to encounter, in the 'd and desolate country through which ey had to pass (a new route of nearly six ondred miles having been chosen,) were :ly discussed, and soon became a subject if general interest amongst the troops in "letown. Is othing definite, however, could ascertained in regard to the exact time e expedition was to leave Kingston. Act- ive preparations were pushed on until the ginning of February, 1814, when, every- ing being them in readiness, a small party if workmen, including boat- builders, were mt on in advance. Almost immediately after their depart- ire the relieving party, consisting of ten of- icers and two hundred picked men, exclus- e of twenty artillery men, with a Lieuten- t and 20 men of the Royal Navy, left ingston under the command of Lieut. Col- oel Robert McDouall, of the Glengarry light Infantry (formerlyof the 8th or King's giment,) who had been especially selected y Sir George Provost for this important inrice. Beloved by his soldiers, a more 'llant officer, a braver man, could not have in chosen to fill the duties of this arduous m'maud. The troops commenced their march in ivere wintry weather, and, as they advanc- ed they had to open the roads through the [woods for the conveyance of supplies and havinf? proceeded upwards of two hundred »nd fifty miles into a wilderness, they halted m a magnificent forest of pine on we bank of the Nottawasaga river. Here they erect- ed a temporary covering of huts and with nmber cut down and prepared on the spot, the men aided in the construction of t«venty- aine large boats four of which, were^nade *o carry each a carronade. Having previ- onsly loaded the flotilla with stores andpro- ^ions, they embarked on the 22nd of April to descend the Nottawasaga river â€" the ice m the upper part of which being still firm, » channel had to be opened through it, to we extent of about 30 miles,â€" and on the "»ght of the 24th they excamped on a most aismal spot upon the north-eastern shore of Uke Huron and on the following morning \the 25th) commenced their perilous passage wross that lake, covered as it was as far as W»e eye could reach by fields of floating ice. iay after day and night after night the ffien toiled incessantly in opening a passage through the ice, and, notwithstanding the r^Sf' to which they themselves were ex- posed by the constant, and at times, terrific swnns accompanied by violent gales, which w agitated the immense body of float- ice that surrounded them everywhereâ€" thp "=V^reatened ever moment to crush ^boats to pieces-they nevertheless suc- ti.»? ""l^^g their way through it, ^thlbJ^ °^^y "'^^ contmued struggle SbTS T^^' """i privations to whi^ Sto^ethel^rf^' '" sufficient^ i^es^threatened the total destructiok of th^ ' The stormy to return to the little garrison at Mic hilim ackinac Auuixionsandtryingtime was passed by the soldiers daring the winter of 1813-14. Everything had been done during that period to make their position as strong as possible. Two months had slowly passed since word had reached them that reUef would be sent. But as yet there was no sign of it. Matters were in this state on the Mproach of spring. The ice in the lake had already commenced to break up, andfloataway. To make matters worse, infor- mation had just reached them that the Amer- icans would leave early in April, so that they might now arrive at any moment. What an anxious and trying time was now passed. Day after day the soldiers were kept con- stantly on the lookout for the expected re- lief, but evening after evening closed again widi the same disheartening intelligence. " No sign of it." All hope was now aban- doned and fully prepared for the worst, that gallant little band determined to defend the fort to the last, and rather than let it fall again into the hands of the Americans,â€" on some of the ennsof which were inscribed, " Taken at Saratoga," and on others, " taken from Lord Cornwall is," etc., â€" they intend- ed to spike the guns, and blow up the fort, and endeavour to make their escape to St. Joseph. This was the exact position of affairs at Michilimackinac, when, on the evening of the 17th of May, the lookout party reported that the long expected relief was in sight. The news spread like wild fire throughout the fort, and very soon everyone turned put to faze at the approaching boats which^ could ardly be seen, and looked like so many dark objects in the distance far out on the Lake. Anxiously indeed was their advance watched by those in the fort until in the darkness of the night they were lost sight of. The 18th of May, 1814, was a red letter day in the history of Michilimackinac. At an early hour every one was up and anxiously awaiting the arrival of the reinforcement. A guard of honor, small though it was, marched down to the shore. From the fort the near approach of the boats was watched with indescribable interest, and when Lieut. Colonel McDouall landed on the Island, the cannon on the heights pealed forth a salute in honor of his safe arrival, and the gallant men who accompanied him, the echo of each gun breaking in upon the awful stillness of the surrounding neighbourhood with startling effect. MoJ7T»BAL, Que. mythical god, who attenptod to hatch it ia htt bo«m. Acddentatty, however, he let (t into the watw when it was Woken, tbs loww portiui of the aheU beoa«» ttie eMth, tU «ppsr part the sky, the liqaid white being transformed into the tnn and the. yelk into the moon, while the «mall uagmenta of scattered ahsU were ohiaoed into bright and glittering stars. A Russian meets his friends on Easter morning with the VhSem- genina, hope, i Bstfenoe is tma pieataMS Iâ€" s'ea thw^ defeat *â€" lamUwirt, ]r«t patfMM sUn to Mnet I The Oowardioe of AnimalB- Not long since the writer saw a dealer in live animals open a box containing an ana- conda, take the reptile by the throat, and calmly examine ite mpnth, opened though it was in rage, to look for cancerous tumors. Then from adjoining shelves he took python after python, each about ten feet long, and examined them in like manner. Only last week at the place of another dealer a big, powerful Syrian bear, a type known for its ferocity, was subdued without the firing of a shot. The bear broke through 'iron ^bars half an inch thick, and, standing up with his back against a cage of monkeys, thrust his terrible paw threateningly toward three keepers gathered about him. He didn't have a chance to use them, however, for he was belabored with clubs until glad to get back again into his cage. On a pedestal near the gate of the Cincin- nati zoological gardens there recently stood the stuffed figure of a donkey which, when alive, stood the attock ot a lion and beat him off. The lion, it seems, had broken out of his ca?e and escaped to a wood near by. On a crassy hillock adjoining a donkey lay stretehed in placid slumber â€" a slumber that was rudely disturbed by the lion, who, in a few bounds was upon him. When the don- key felt the great mass of flesh descend upon him as if from the clouds, he was stunned and indignant, but not frightened, perhaps because he had never read any of the won derfnl stories about the lion. He quickly recovered from the blow, and, rising, shot out boUi hind feet at the same time and caught the lion squarely in the foreheae. Badly hurt, the lion skulked off and later the donk^ died of the wonnd he received at the onset. greeting, " Christ is nsen," and presents an ^g, while, strange to eay, a Mohommedan does very much the same thing. In the earlier days of the fonrth century, the Easter eggs were artificiaUy colored,' though at that time they were not allowed to be eaten during Lent. As this was the season of year, however, when eggs were most plentiful, they were stained with a variety of gaudy colors and given to the children as a means of amusement. The royal roll of the time of Edward L records the purchase of f our hnndr«l eggs, which were boiled, stained, or covered with gold-leaf, and, after being consecrated, were dutnbuted to the royal household on Easter morning. A beautiful bit of historic romance is given us by a French writer in connection with what is known as the marriage aux aeu/a, between the lovely and fascinating Marguerite, of Austria, and Philbert the Handsome, Duke of Savoy. In the early springtime, when the fields were changing their white, wintry dress for the gorgeous habilimento of green, and when the trees of the foresta were arraying themselves in their leafy covering, the royal lady had made a pilgrimage into the charming dis- trict of Bresse, lying on the western slope of the Alps. Here she set up her small but hospitable court at the ct0tle of Brou. Surrounding the easUe was a celebrated hunting ground in which, shortly after- wards, the handsome Philbert went shoot- ing. Hearing that the fair princess was at the castle, he repaired thither to pay her homage. It was Easter Monday, and a village fes- tival was in progress high and low, rich and poor, meeting to dance upon the green. A hundred eggs were scattered on a level space covered with sand, and a peasant lad and lass, holding each other by the hand, came forward to execute a prettv dance of the country, for, according to a very ancient custom of Bresse, if they suc- ceeded in going through the dance without breaking an egg, they were considered affi- anced, and not even the parents dare for- bid the union. Three couple had success- fully accomplished the feat and retired amid the hearty plaudits and hearty " well- wishes" of the spectators, when Philbert, of Savoy, radiant with youth and happiness, appeared on the scene and bowed before the high-bom Chatelaine, beseeching her hospittdity. Doubtless it was quickly granted, and later, as the games proceeded, the Duke proposed to his young hostess to essay with him the merry dance of the eggs. " How beautiful they looked," exclaims the old writer, "as they stepped forward, hand in hand," while the crowd shouted, " Savoy and Austria 1 Savoy and Aus- tria 1" In the ancient church the celebration of Easter lasted eight days. After the eleventh centory the time was limited to three days, and In later times, generally two days. It was formerly the favorite time for perform- ing the rite of baptism. The courto of jus- tice w^ere closed, alms were dispensed to the poor and needy, slaves were released from bondage, and the rigidities of Lent being passed the people gave themselves up wholly to enjoyment, hence the day was called the " Sunday of joy." To the Chnstians of to-day Easter means the glorious consummation of the most stopendous event in the history of the world, the triumph of Christ over the last enemy â€" death. Joy at the rising of the natural sun, and at the awaken- ing of nature from the death of winter be- comes joy at the rising of the Sun of Right- eousness. tbd'i ItaiMtae, srii. A. wnaaos. " And Ood MW eTerytUuf that he had aaada. •Ddlwhold it was good.-'-Gra 1. aT^ « F«rv MMMf.- to th« sMMsm at kat WHta Cra^iaB's labor sBded. The sights aad dsra of omresrinE put, mientlM « j-imMedwoiTr snWmesSd ShinM out in the beaotjr and HBito Ot Ood, Ibe sliadow* an aie btonded With the clorions light of a pwfeet BMB. When tram Qod'a oonoeption a Worid waa bom. -Vmifgtod." Tto die laaasaiv of lore Who aaw ita anblime fruition ThegM new Earth, and the Heaven above The Bweet-voioed larlt, and the oooiur dova The ioihiite life in the air and aea. Their wondroos, Ood-aent miaaioa And the orowning {dory of all the tt^ Man, " After Bit Likenuif' 8api«me and blaat " Vtry peed V' 'tis the meamre again Though Sin wiUi ita dsric delUing Had bondaged to Death, the race of men With a bitter liate, beyond human ken And Earth aeem'd receding away to the night. Out of the light and the smiling Then Jesua a Bsnaom for tin waa made. And " ^kiiihtd Bedemptiou" by Love diiplayad. " y«ry good " 'tis the measure of Ufe. Each mortal life before Hhn He koowa the toiling, the weaiy strife And bitter pain, with which earth to rife But he knows tiiat each faithful heart will bow And gratefully adore Him, When at last they come to the light above. In the " IfimUked life' of Eteml Love. A Love Letter. Tour f aee Bofair Fliatbent Uhie eye. Wneeye To like Tour face Doth lend. Tour faee With beams Doth blind nine eye. Mine eye WiUilife. Tour faee Dotb feel. O, faoe. With frowns Wrong not Mine eye. This eye Shall loy Tour face To serre. BTimmuRR. Tour tongue So sweet Then drew Mine ear. Mine ear To learn Tour tongue Doth teach. Tour tongue ^th sound Doth charm Mine ear. Mine ear With hope Tour tongue Doth feat. O, tongue, With check Tex not Mine ear. This ear Shall bend Tour tongue ' To trust, Tour wit So sharp Than hit Mine heart Mine heart To love Tour wit Doth move. Tour wit mthart Dothmle Mine heart. Mine heart WithsUU Tour heart Dotiimi. O.wlt, Math smart Wound not Mine heart. This heart Shall swear Tour wit To fear. k^ placed in lutav^iilQng tSe jRbmit eoBspIni^. A stiranjn finfhifffa favvnr of the renuc!- tatttHksfrab DeBdniott Boafd o( Tnd« n aaid to pnvail among the di£Enent 1. u I boatda., A French explosim «Ueh wiU expire b^ore anyone b ready fur It hMi jut kiiU d MMIven French wldiwa. It mwt U » H. T. Bosh, owner of the viotoiieasyat Ut " Gorenet," hae sent 9500 ol the p*^ nm in the raoe to the " ' I Love to Muse' BT ARCHIB ILAOK. I love to muse in twilight hours To think of times gone by, To freely roam through mem'iya boweia, And absent forms supply. To conjure up those faces bright, That once were ever near. Though now they've vantohed fran my sight. They are the none less dear. Oborus. Though forms may vanish, time ne'er will banish. The thoughts we chertoh of friends so true, We'll love them ever, forget them never. Oh, naught can sever or add thereto 1 For the friends we love are ever near, While mem'ry lasts our lives to cheer. Tears may whiten the lock« of youth. Stein Death some friend may claim, Bu^ oh may time ne'er dim the truth Of those we love to name 1 May every link be bright and strong. That glows in Friendship's chain. Then, ti^en. we'll raise our heartfelt song Again, and yet again. Chorus. 'Though forms may vanish, etc :â€" EVILEFfEGTS OF A lOSTAZEB PHILOSOPHY. BT ISAIAH KYD£B, H. D. The case is reported from Liverpool of a Mrs. Berry poisoning her mother and daughter, who were insured respectively for £200, and £10, in order to get the insur- ance. She was executed and buried in the " Murderess" graveyard, close beside the re- mains of Catherine Flannigan and M^garet executed at^'nwsame and unfavorable weather, Lonely. In these days of railroads and telegraphs it seems impossible that any civilized people can be cut off from newspapers and post-offi- ces. But the little island of Kilda, north of Scotland, has a regular communication with the mainland only once a year. The agent of the owner visita the island once a year to collect rente, and carries witii him a package of letters and newspapers. There are now only six families on the is- land, composed of seventy-three persons, and the number is gradually diminishing. Their fare is made up of barley bread, eggs, and sea-birds. Fish abound in the waters, but the islanders do not like them as food, and cateh them only for sale. They weave rough clothing and blanketa, and sell them to pay rent In the summer they cultivate gardens, collort birds mid eggs for winter stores, yid f^Jo' *^ But these poor peopto, while fi^WNt » ^^ battle for life, are contented with their lot. Crime and intemperance are '»?^^^o*« them,' mJ court* lWWve™«»^. ri ** adnlte «w members of tke Chn^ch ofj Scot- bnd, aBS%M0w a ' ^eact. A- " " ^trast to the busy life of the nineteenth century. re 'in)v» MMxu^^ A Lesson in Lion Timing. Those of our readers who expect to make lion taming a profession will read this item with interest and will doubtless profit by the hint which it gives A Grerman tamer of wild beasto always en- tered the cage dressed in a gsndy Hungarian costame, wiw large top boot*. Theznomenv he appeared the lions fled back witn terror and cowered down in a comer, whence th^ werewithdifficnlty dislodged, ft was evident that the very sight of him insj^red them with terror. How was it done His |^an has at least the merit of being original He obtain- ed a lay figure which he dressed im in the at- tractive costume he was in the habit of wear- ing. The very features were closely imitat* ed, so were tiie proportions and build of tile man. The disguise was so perfect that evwi human beings might have mistaken the midte^ up for the original. The figure was intro- duced into the cage and msde to ptand vp- right at first, bntuter awhile it was knocked over, when with a bound the lions rushed with open jaws on thefr prey. Suddenly th^ b^jsn to howl for pain and withdvnr toa cornerwith bleedingmonthsand tongues. The manikin was covered all over with uiwp^ iron sittkes, concealed under the brilliant unilorm 1 Twice tibe tamer t ied theexperi- ment the lions didnotmove the second WAisi He then eonmmwiced hisconrse of training, attired in a costume similar to that of then wooden fignre, though he had never entereda cage before. Fcgg â€" 'Tve been writing something here,' but Idon't know whether to publish it or not. What do you think of it ' BioWn (after looking over a few pages)-" To be „ frank witii von, I don't believe anybody hot Bible by K%ri«f^bny«uch^ lw(^; oaftainl^ no __„ .JMS, ada 1fc«rhB«3k'fcol wbuMewef i«ad*." Sagg: i^^Sttd dur- â€""T!bkak y«m 111 pnfaiidi it. The man " wi» wrMss (^ fpt-ywf â„¢w» "f f '« J»« who writes for foofi is a wiN msit; F a hundred readers to the other's one. poisoning Hig- Higgins, who were place three years ago for gin's husband. In speaking about her child she said â€" " Do you taow that beautiful poem of Longfellow, ' Resignation V That poem expresses my feeungs as regards poor Edith." Then she took up the book and began :â€" " There to no HoA, however watched and tended. But one dead lamb to there " She then read the whole poem with an iloqttehce whieh, with its snrronncBiigs, the siptioitorsaid was truly awfoL She called Uf special attention to the line â€" "There to no death I What seems so to transition f and said she should like to have that placed on the gravestone of poor Edith, her aangh- ter. This account illustrates the effecte of the gensndly accepted idea intiieological circles that death is but a transition to tt higher andtidtter life, incases where conaden^ns- neas and the moral and religions schtimenta are weak. Mrs. Berry, like Flannigan andHugins, wanted money, and, though she evidratly had noill-feeUnga against either Jier mother or daughter, she oondnded tiiat they would be better off in a state of etemed happiness tiian here where toil and troid)le are the common lot. The same idea is also express- ^^.'her djring words, " Tiiose whom I love best are already gone. I look upon death new as a five-minutes jotimey by train, and when I get out of the train at the othejc station, the first one to meet me on the platform Will be my dau|^er Edith." If their lives had not been insured there wouldrhave been no apparent inducement to have fusoaed these victimi^ the life in- suraiide MSiMB having originated upon the basis of an expectancy of death. dChciKble generally, and the Saviour apeoifioaUy, teaches that a destmeted eei^sa a decomposed boojrâ€" is not a fit sub- .jfectJoT: a xeawrreetion videHisswmonpn tile moimt,. Jtatt 7 13-14 also Rev. 8, 14 A 16. Appnmer uodfirstanding of tkase testa ei^lj vtabUsheam/ nntf^Qn, the AHamflton paper asked: "Is there a wif»jilJ|jhe o^ to-day who^makes her hus- " ***te^ti^^ *^~^**^*^*"*^^i^^^ ^r^butTS mmrauciit committee. All the boot and shoe mannfiMtnrers of St Bochs, Quebec, are sidd to have so many orders on hand that they are workinc nisht and day to fill them. â€" b-« The mmonr tiiat a new Dominion elector- al district win be carved out of the Nii^- sing district at the coming session is stated to be without foundation. Three cases of Asiatic choleia have been discovered at Bnda Peath, and the nature of the malady in each case has been clearly es- tablished. Much alarm prevails. The roof of a church at Ltugwaglossa, Sicily, fell without warning, during service on Sunday, burying one nnnderd persons, forty of whom were killed and injured. Gabriel Damont is reported as s'lying that in the late rebellion the half-breeHh !oet five men at the Duck Lake fight, and i,nije at Fish Creek, where they had only 47 men. Ifr. J. Rnsho, of Grindstone Island, near Kingston, while attempting to rescue his horse, which broke throng the ice, lost 11,500 which he was taking to the tuink. It is reported the Ameer of Afghnnistan is seriously alarmed over the discovery that a number of native tribesare oomlnniiig against him, and has appealed to tiie Lidian author- ities for help. For the purpose of inducing English farmers to emigrate to Cuiada, the Depart- ment of Agricnltare have decided to exhibit specimens of Canadian grain at all the coun- ty fairs in England this summer. Mr. Justice Mathieu, of Montreal, has granted |600 damages to James Tracey in an action taken by him against the Cana- dian Pacific Railway for having lost two fingers while working in their service. Prof. Max MuUer, judged by his titles, is probably the most distinguished man in England to-day. He lias more than 40 honorary suffixes to his name, but he does not use all of them in his ordinary correa- pondence. General Strange states that the winter in the Northwest has been the hardest for many years, and the cattle have suffered severely. On his ranche the cattle increased to the remarkable extent of 87 per cent., but many of the increase did not thrive. The Attorney-General of British Colum- bia states that the Local Government has commenced an action against the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to recover $2o0,- 000, amount of the bond guaranteeing the completion of the line to Coal Harbor by December Slst, 1886. A woman named Marie Soum is under ar- rest at Toulouse for drugging her cousin, Bertrande Salage, and then cutting the form of the cross on several parts of her body for the purpose of exorcising an evil spirit, the woman Soum believing that she was under- her cousin's malign influence. At an examination the other day a cer- tain professor of Columbia College electri- fied tiie studente by remarking in an audi- ble tone to one of the assistants that he could not find his hat anywhere, although he was "almost sure" that he had brou^t it to the college with him tiiat morning. When James Gordon Bennett was in Pan the other day, a talkative nuisance at the club was boasting to him of his wonderful shooting experiences. Seeing no other way to escape a tragic fate, Mr. Bennett yawned and said " I, myself, had a narrow escape the other day. I shot at a wild boar, and, missing iiim, killed my dog. The boar at once turned and brought back the body of my dog, laying it at my feet" The story- teller retired. Supt Fisher, of the French Cable com- ?my, has arrived at Halifax from New ork and is arranging for the immediate construction of land fines connecting their cable at Sydney with Montreal, so as to give Canada a cable service' independent of the United States. This land line will tap all leading cities and towns between Sydney and Montreal, where it will rive French cable connection with Canada Pacific tde- graphic systems, also an additional connec- tim with New York l^ way of the Balti- more and Ohio Unea. Mr. Fisher says com- petition of the F^rench Cable Company will vaka it exceeding livdy for the " catda pooL" -^ ALnol^Dog. A creat deaf has been done during the last few years to ameliorate the co^ition of aristociatic doss. They now trot abont under warm blanketo at the end of bright chains, ^instead of being left to their own devices as in dMenerato days of old. We have never heard, however, Vn a dog as lucky as the French cnr described in tois para- graph: Baron de Joaarre, who died in Paris a few days ago, bequeathed the whole of his fortune, amounting to 160,000 francs, to "Tiger,"hisfaithfnlDaniBhma8tiff. Accord- ing to the provisions of the will a family resi- dence is to be purchased in one of the sub- urbs, iu which the dog is to take up his quarters A male attendant and a charwoman ore appointed to look after the dog and keep the house in order, and will be paid for their bervices an annual salary of 2,000 francs each, tog«Bther with free lodgings. Every little contingency has been proviited for. A small sum lias been set apart for the apothecary and the veterinary surgeon every year Ti£^r is to be fumishel with a new ruff, and in spring and summer with fresh ooUua of ele^t design. At the de- mise of the noUe animal 1,000 francs are to be spent on a gravestone and the house, and the capital to become the property of theSodetyfor the Protection of Animft l^. ♦- I -wwt wear them.*