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Bane-0' 3) at`. . ` The Telephotoes. The teleghotoes, the instrument in- vented by V. Boughton to enable ves- sels to communicate with each other at long distances; consists of a series of wires and electrical connections operated by a ke board by _which 106 incandes- cent lig ts are controlled and made to produce thegsignals of the Morse tele- graph alphabet. The inventor claims that thirty-two `candle power lamps can beseen at a distance ,of ten to fteen ._-:`I_... Vuttgq Au `stqtglped. {The brgtb ' .; ` ` apoy yvhere.my V , y. apging In p_os;t19n is11ghtly, I} turn _ on my .19` 5159. Ji1Bt.as_a paw was thrust into the; ` space winch my head had label occu- ; 196; Of course 1 could not see 1: A e.p_a.w, 111: I could feel it for it brushed` against ` % my -face as, it `buried itself deeply . in`!-n 4-'h.I....'..'..'I....'...`..:.:.. -2 _- -r1_.-__ vuuuu. LVVL Lu LUI. 10 UL uuuuu 51111150 155 -`face as ` itself "deeply into the`ha.'y' hlongsid of m. I knew 1 the.-t,;th_ei sharp fangs would soon follow. I l!]I1f.t\}u$r1 fthd ainnnvn Ian: I-Ln# 1-and-cu! :_.xu(o_l.'-Lu uuuuuugzup an p1U'aDI1U:lUUUllU' tive` whxch mg to travel 125 ea an hour. .The_ Indp`enden`c Belge blldws with I _l thdstatenierit that } the North Belgian ' nn~in`u'-ma-n`v'nhH "C-Jan "N'n1vf}| 11`-anon nn1n_ Uuw _IIJ. wan: mox,1ths.._ _ Labbyfg Suggestion. A gentleman. sends . ;Labouchere a Truth 9., sukgestion as to decimalizing the ..Bri,tia_h system. of Amone 3.` which .....Q.1A""Iy.nu.:. 4-`Inn nuonfnan n 1-ntninincr ixrguld "have the advantag Ial1U_._D_L'Lh1H;1 u_yawLu- UL Luuuc 5; vvuawu. ` e of retaining exiqtipg coinage.` V e_ divides the . und intg 9ng thonsandvnewL.fa.rthi_ng_s. lon ,w11;ld thelfeforog, be 100 farth-A ings;. 'shi , 59 farthipgs, and six- peiiaes, 25 9 'iigs.fi_ On each coin the va.li1einV 1`a.rthi1_1g's`- would" be glearly. '..J..caLunL'uu'I . `had found the uuuw.,:uu_ . v , -9 Han . I clutched the sinewy leg that rested C1089 t0 my` face that 'I?`mig`ht`have * touched it by simply thrusting - out my tongue. right hand I forced the` knife` upward. through the hay until I felt a spasmodic With a'- quick movement `of-the - 83 1 wuuiu ; auun Inuow. 1 twitchtng in the muscles of-. the leg.- r around which my left hand had close in a death grip.: The point of the knife panther s hide. T `ow- ing, the whole of Amy failing str ngth into the eifort I drove the knife sharply upwa'rd-`-`once, twice, thrice, as far as. the hilt would let it grasp -on thejileg. 7 go-,-and loosed my n. A` nnIn-ncv I-`Aha c\r\4\vsu-111119 a`, V. .-----v In one NS; York family three chil- dren were aiicted with whooping cough. l They coughed and coughed and cough- ed, and the family Parrot took it into his head to imitate them. When any one of the children coughed he would accompany it with-a coughing paroxysm so natural that it was impossible to tell whether it was one of the children or the parrot that` was coughing. The bird seemed to enjoy having the whoop- ing cough, an afterea while he clamor- edeffor medicin `whenever. he saw that it was being administered to the chil- Anna 9 APPLICATION.` ` j._,.vA. Yhldsblelforlnalgnmgst. ~ `Aconai nment. toy 3" .thro' .: 3 2';mo,~m.1`.. ' Berlin on Its way.- 11 ` Itva.1uab1ea.`.azhonn ' , .f.1.'anca : vorth. in-: . po.sae`1ier'carri' agesjin the % chars: ,. ' n*f'J'|'i1'f.V Lnttendnnil. V ' 7 drstrrilvutesbamozss 5L_l.Iap'Uu.' 1101!! '. ` 1 W th ajeyellof ;a.gon_,r. the e stricken brute sprang upward, fell bac ` on .the'stack; thrashed around there forj a. while, and,` nally`ro11`1ng "o; struck the Agrpund with, a deed thud.-; that told. me how well the knife had done its. work. - 1 I____- _,_L A` _ n,o . 1 :1 at Q whitewashed bedroom or the old Mission_ I saw, during the follow-' ing Pfortziigihti pauthers? enough to have stocked a _. ozen ivmenageriesg .When at last`I was"able to sit up` and talk I learn- ed lihatduring the rst. week 1-of my ill`- nes Bearchingarties `had scdurd tlie in quest of; the ' sup sed victim of the bloody knife that been found or.1._my. person.` At last an.O'ibway_tra`p- per struck in ._ back trail an followed it up. At the} oot`of- the haystack in the . cleaning. he found the carcass of the pan- thert lying just whereitIhad fallen, with" its heart fairly divided _in `two. The creature weighed 162 pounds` and meas- ured seven .feet three from tip to tip.--` Ldr'ry' Yattgin Detroit Free Press. Valuable to Travelers, A.nybody[~can measure, ap roximately, the breadth of a. river , wit out a.. sur- veyor s compass or any .mechanical means-whVa.t,ebv_er. The man who desires to make the experiment should place himself at the edge of the stream, then stand perfectly still, face the op osite bank, andvlower the brim of his h un- J-:1 .'L`-;..,.J- and-.-. 4-`LA new-`An-:6-A` `In.-...`I- "I"|Ln.. ~s llI'L,~ lLLLI'llJ_VVC.I. IIILU ULLILI UL 1115 LIGIIJ LII-J` ` til itijust cuts the opposite` bank. Then let him put both his hands under his chin to steady his head and turn slowly rdund until the hat brim cuts some point on the level ground behindhim. Mark the spot where the _hat brim cuts the ground, then pace 011:` the `distance and it will be found about the breadth *of % the ri_ve19_ ._ . _ ' 3*i`#;:::::a;.:;:` W913: I have not thebf9:i11At<;ast rolle-ction (if, leavitig hidin pl1'1'c'e"tha.t`11i`glit;`r"bu13 ` when morning. _ wned, VI-was ound by one of the Mission`- herders miles down L1... ......._- .__....'I-__._-.._. .s____;. 1.1.. .___s_ 2_ vv.L,nuA.|, auul. 111.115 .\.Ipwu_uu, ,L ltlyluu _ U] > ne `of Mission `miles down .the..river wandering gbout: the woods, in a delii'i1in_1"O'f ffer, ant} with" a" bloody ` huntihg knife dangliixg by its loop from inv nn-inf: -.wv .u.-..--: -u- --v-- hr vvo--. Austria lannohnces "an ,electric:loo1no- :._--.-_:1`.':`-1_ :_ 1... ;..;..;.'.1 an: ..'..-:1-.. -.. 1.-.... . , Enormous .Passeng`91` Tl"-G0. .. .T A.` `___ _._:1- -..-.u.... .0 n1. ()PRIETOR- They Got There All the Same, ...`|-....' ,1. ..`..-.L `LS4... 1` nnoon as IT... 1 50_ Mug; an H_mu-`by R311. L___-. __`..-__..--_ -_ ..'I-_"A..._'.. 1. Story of a Parrot, P `IT,,`, LA ,,, 11,, out Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 80 ~ J. D. McMurchy,-`Lindsay . . . . . . . . . . 7 00 Joseph Noble, Spencer, Wis . , ,. . . . . 7 50 ` John Nolan, Alexandra, Da. . . . . . . . . . 7, 50 . John Oi-set, late of Angus. .'. . . . . . . . 12 00 ; Alex; Primrose, Apto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . T7 42 Mrs. Bernard Phillips, Huntsville. . . . 4 90 ,.John, A._ Perry,` New Lowell . . . . . . . . _ 7 13 `Geo. Ritchie, late of Ivy . . . . . . . . . `6 50 Wm. Ramshaw, `itayner . . . . . . . . . . 6 54 , `Wm. Reid._. Burk sFa1ls._ . . _. . . . 1.79 U INII T3 LVJs\l\JL Blah! UQ III! VII `in ova VI \I III ~ Othernames of mans indebted to. this . oice, and who wi l not.gay_1f.heir in_debte ' V nese", will I5Aaddet_1 A _ LLUIIAJ, UUIILIBUIJ Ix: l.J\Jl\.A Jltnaasuavvl Vt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canadian Air Gas Co., Montreal. . . Foster & Maxwell, Angus . . . . . . . Frank Lazarus. Montreal . . . . . . . . .. Alf. Tramp,-Orillia.` . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Wm. Artris. Allandale . . . . . . . . . .. J. C Fraser, Angus . . . . . .- . . . . . . . .. James Scarrow, Avening . . . . . . . . . .. J obn O Connor, Creighton . . . . . . . '. . James A. Campbell, Chesley. . . . . John Dunn, Hillsdale. .. . . . . . . . . . . . P. J. Langane. Mt. St. Louis... .. John Carey, Manseld . . . . . . . . . . . Lachlan Macmillan, Rugby. . . . . . Duncan,Macnab, Stayner . . . . . . . . .. Colin Gilchrist, Steele P. O . . . . . .. E. Polkinhorn, VVaubaushene . . . . .. John Lee, Manseld . . . . . .. . . . . . .. James Anderson, Waverly . . . . ., . .. Wm. Drinkle, Waverly . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Gilpin, V izo . . . .i . . . . . . . . . .. Geo. Fletcher, Alliston . . . . .. . . . . .. James Bell, Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. G A.` Binyon, ' racebridge. . . . . . . .. P. Lanoe,~Beatrice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. James Coulter, Cooketown . . . . . . . .. James Small,` Colgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Lewis, Fergusonvale . . . . . . . . . [Elijah Ball, Foxmead . . . . . . . . . . . .. W. M. E..Perkins, Gravenhurst. . .. G. W. Taylor Estate,Gravei1hurst.. John T. I-Iewson, Huntsville . . . . . . . D. McCartier. Nottawa`. . -. . . . . . . . -. . David Ross, Oro Station. . . . . . .. . . . Peter J. La Rush, Penetang . . . . . . .. J ohn_Campbell, -Riclgetown . . . . . . . . Thomas Greaves, late Wyevale . . . .. 1 D. Campbell, Grenfell . . . . ., . . . . . . . . J ames` Parker, late `Vigo . . . . . . . . . .. ` James Roberts, late Barrie, Torontc 3 James ,Kirk, Saurin ..... 1 W. Brunton, Allandale .1. . . . .' . . . . mm 0L|TlNli`Ak;SHmKG; PABLOB % _ 1.: > '.....S 54,- 5.. ,.. ,-- , j . . nuxwvmm. . .,;J.;, J 3- .. "_T,'All accdunts that have been rendered A` four times and over will be placed in this column for sale; - r ~ Any one who oo.n`take advantage of any of these accounts Ante invited to call on us ` --VADVTTANCE Oice. The following" persons are indebted to this office no the amounts set` ojwposite ;bheir names: ' W. J Conron. Toronto . . . . . . . . . .$ 4 36 Seth Smnmersett, Barrie . . . . . . . . . 8 06 Alex. McRae, B C . . . . . . . . . . . . . ll 67 W. A. Lennox, Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . 24. 70 W. W. Butcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27 25 Joe. V. Lazonby, 'Co1dwa.ter.. . .. 2 54 ; Alex`. VVa.11a.ce, Stayner, . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 50 ` ` D. C. H_. Watson, Toronto. .- . . . . . . . 10 66 ` T. R. Purvis, Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . 14 45 L C Smith, Coaticook. . . . . . , . . 15 40 J. B. Griiths, Midland . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 95 A. Robertson. Josephine . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 22 J. '1`. 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E')hesley.....-... 16 50.] e... . 13 50,; St. Louis . . . . .. 14 25 6 ; Id .......... .. 12 75} R.ugby.T......`.. 1500.1 yner . ..`1800 el . . .. 1800 ` Jaushene . . . 15 00 . . . .. 12 75 1 . . . .. t;venl1urst. . . . 10 I .__L r!0'."|lW!.* 1 %:.`:&`:`:a'M'w }l_4917R-. : i ` [WJ,BAnn[;LnAH Mavnuss cu. I` - if - - mvnarmna nuns.-V i"us A om`oun.An`o1_v ' , 9 0!` l"0l)Bl`lN HUNDRED AND . , A OUR. 00PIB8q ~ _ Almost it not qui double that at any other Paper pub ed in Barrie. `ADY3B5.'EEB8,B80ULD `NOT! nus uor.'I (12 lines solid nonpu-ell make one lpoh). ~ insertion, 1o oen per line. Each sub sequent inseron. 4 cents per line. Reading notices, 10 cents ner line for rst n aertlon; 5 oenteper line for each subsequent` insertion of the same matter. All items under 5 lines of this character charged as 5 lines. 14091. Oloial (1 ernm 't ed rtiee manta will he chn::ed gtozbova Snfltas. V0 Lil. 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Advertisers will not be snowed to use their anon` Inn ntlu-rnvtlnino nnvfhlna nnfnln OI-null Condensed adv;-ti-s;mente on Ft:-vet Page [such as Wente of all kinds. Lost and Found. Property 101- Sale or to Rent, ggeoie Articles, Eto.. Ete., must be acoom ni with the cash. and will be inserted-- t insertion. 2 cents per word. each subsequent insertion, 1 cent 1- word (names. addressee, and gures ooun as words): buts reduction to 1 cent per word wul he made when the number nf imam-tinnn nf tho }`usx1jnonIVto min or oouuenes WOFQIH D1158 IBIIIIOFIOII I10 I. 06111} I181` 1'0. Wu! be made when the number of insertiovg of the amt: matter exceed Fotm. Club for Advertisements must In every case be mounted onsolld metal bases. 7 IF so. use Dr.CLARK`8. ca numm ct}. It never fa-11$ IT cuaes CATARRH m we HEAD THROAT AND NOSE, COLD IN THE HEAD, HAY FEVER. INFLAM D PALA E N!) N L Ye` stores the senseEof sme1l,Ta.1d dr-{v%s2V|va.s't11e EULL HEA 13 A214 f expgarienced by all who ave atarrh. one o /9 will work wonders. Price 5Uc. at Druggists. Sent by mail on receipt oi ' A {rice by addressing CLARK DHEMIGA G0. . I86 ADELAIIIE ST .\`lEsT. TORDIIIG :4 Per Oeiit. nite:-out Paid oni nop_oi1u.. Thesooni-lt'y_' tin-`D opoa1to'1-sin 'a Inn ?';:.-: . 7.=00ll|W-I911:-`El|d`0llb ~ 7` ` I . PUEIUIHD ! I! 0 ` H. Maoharen. Ipeople take any brand of `Biscuit their grocer gives them, but wuss `insist on having those made by the iTorontoIiscIIil&`Gon f. - PBISOIDIIONB OLBIFULLY OOIPOURDID. FOLISH - . ooN'r1uo'r omxans. Advertlserawill please bear in mind that no- has of infnntlnn tn `nhnnon Avnrnnnlnntn 'ES's;iiJiQi iiia.3ninna:i and D. 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BARBIE, I-IAS UNRIVALLED FAGILITIII norm AID nsmut EXEWTIDI |nuuxnunJnurnm'rms. t-I reupoctfully solicit an opportunity to furnish estimates for all kind: of V work in 311 the styles of printing, not cums, NOTE HEADINGS, LETTER HEADINGS, MEMORANDUMS. T WEDDING INVITA'I`ION8,\ WEDDING cums, VISITING omm mmns, % MORTGAGES. _ % cm TTEL MORTGAGES. Illne- North 4 QUIT CLAIM DEEDS, Assxcmmnms or MOBTGAGI AGREEM1ENTS on an-Email: BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, POSTERS-Pla.in and Ornamental. DODGERS. ` FLYERS, EQUITY or REDEMPTION, STATUTORY uusna. Afnlllineof BLANK FORMS Alwayq kept in stock AT TORONTO PRIOEO -or onnns or ALI. oussns or- "STATEMENTS, BILL HEADS, N OT]! OIROULARB, LETTER CIRCULAR! f"I!'I"D'l| `I'll HOBTTR LDVAROI ORDERS, ENVELOPES. A full line at all piled. ktc. . made tel MORTGAGE. SALE OF LAND` HOUSE LEASE- smpns, no. Illa, RYE, 2 BUN-'1`0N,% A1111-now r1nvuuu uv.a.1 - J.U&I,` he later dancesl E- "t 3% oe`.'Y ll lb-' I / /I %/ LE'RY BRIE. ` ` their` names. gee. The `90131; En 7Unsed' set}: xi Co!on(ilea8.a 59` an .630 to` $3000.` nun TEST mm": and men`. an .5 cu. m. V1115 F` snthey 1- div ` m s1ocx.| 1 E R, Bm-m`e. UUlIA.Ly 5 - or economy 0! cats ri oi es.- perignc:;Jb-` atw rteitable ob'ect : Sound c ims; 4.0 west oonailtenf e- ears. neg n, nor ngplan. "TON y compan il b,. f3:3.mooo.&l.. JIRE hma . awmu um H15 nuuu. _ The day had been a gloomy, threaten- ing oneand just as I had completed my H1`l"rlll,"Clll0l1tS for departure a cold, drizzliilg rain set in. But off I went at lllllnlllzlll lope, a. half hour `of which l1' ineto the junction of the trail with the Pigeon River mail road, at which point `and close to the river bank a <'1'.'\\' of wood-choppers from the old Hx1l.~um Bay post of Fort `William had rccelltly erected alog shanty. As I was passing this lonely habitation two men, who were pushing a punt into the strea l18.l1(.`(llI1e and inquired whither I a bound. Upon learning that I was on my way to the settlement, they oeredj 1110 a seat on a pile of empty meal sacks V in the bottom of the boat, informing me at the same time that they were about to pull down to the company's farm, distant about six miles, to bring back a. cargo of potatoes. I gladly aoce ted the invitation and we were soon {be ` ing down stream as fast as a two-mile vcur-`i rent and four stout arms could- send us. ` \l .. I-'.`11,.--- -..\-.......\.... ....'L.. ......... 'I..-L`I. oux we uweuunume 1 mm exuncutear :13 _r3.01f from an involuntary. `W th M ot E th, d was*-grep h .xn thge last tumble, when `m andl 8n_f*j pgelillly lipped downward into space until: 80 , _ gulf yawned before ,me, from -fawllmg only b y throwing myself eavi y back`- _Ward. In falling my ha_ _ `h8d.'c{0lP-9-' 11110 contact with a partly cbiis V 95 I!i!1..1~.v knot. This'I grasped azemuthrew ,far;ont . mto the darkness. ' one; .w6;f',,,f' _ " 55 `r , `,I1?`.?,:`.?Ed:e8n sh.ene*t T;".`.<.5!=.<.1 .'e bodily. into which}. W saved, ,_ fan, - I -. f ' ' ' HUHIIH5 LU]. vuu uuuuxua any vuvv. A1u11'in the swearing succeeded deolarzition and Sandy Ma.cph'e`rsOn s' heartless desertion of ms brither Scots in distress was forgotten astwenty pairs of hard, honest ha ds helped me to gird on my armor, whi consisted of an old n111'/.ze1~1_mu1i11g Co1t's and a heavy humiug knife. 'I`L,. x1nv.v 'hor1 Moon 1: nv1nt\-rnty 4-`av-no`-on- Lkfltll avuu LUBL BUULIU CELIA-ID UUHQKC DUlI\I lit My fellow voyagers, who were both Scotchmen, seemed well pleased to have a guest and chatted almost inbessantly as the ugly craft shot down the swollen cu1'1'ent.` ' ' 117, 1, _ ,1 1 ,, _ ,_, ,,S,, ,, 9,, ,,,`1 A L`\Ll LCII II- We had been runnin in midstream. from the start, but as t a boat ro1_mded- a sharp bend in the'river~it-`shot lntoa" narrow cove, which gradually terminat- ed in a dark ravine. The craft wasdaid ` alongside the bank. and after having been told fully a..ha.lf-dozen. times that I \IJn111r1 Ru-1:1 4'-Ina nan-H mm.-1 "\19> a&u31pqu"n`s ULUAA uuxu Luu._y u.upu.-uulaDu.u.1uUa uuuuvl. would nd the mail road` b striking out to the right from the he of the ra- vine, I leaped ashore 'a.mi,d~a- perfect" shgwer of Gude luck to ye. Tlnaf nn `H1`Y\o*: nn4+:n(v A11`! A1 {-1511 inn- vvw-Ava ------ --~-s~ ~ 7 .- - ~~- ~m-w.- -,.--- instructions to return withoutfdela . Six days had elapsedsince Sandy; ' ac. phersonfour messenger-had donned a clean shut and bade us good-bye, with manfy a hearty assugance of a. speedy re- turn ; and we were st1l1 looking anxiously and vainly down the trail for the rs _ sign of his bushy whiskers. A ' - nu Hm nwmimr of the dav aforesaid sign OI 111! UUBLIJ wutnnuxa. On the evening of the daypforetmidu tn `t tion in camp had bedomes ply_ d:;er:e._ Twenty big-uted Higlam d rs sat on the trunk of a. fallen tree, ust outside the cam , and cursed Sandy Iacp11erson;"a.nd t e were still at it ...1mn 14:4-n `i1'\'f.hA nfnrnnn-n T"+.h-I-Aur 1\1uU1J11U1 auu, uuu Inn: "010 BULL]. _nu I-U when, late inthe at _ernoon,.,I"threw myself bodily into the over-widning breach and announcedn my intention 0 ` starting for the Landing at once. V A 1u`l`I'-in {rho nuynnrinnv nnnnnnh auyvvci. UL \ILlUU IUUH IIU JV. ' lelost no time in getting out of the ra-. vine, for night was clo ' -g~in`Afastva.nd it - was of the utmost im rtance that It should reach the road W ile li ht enough remained to enableme. to" i trees in line. Reaching the love , I laid my course carefully and followed it at a run. I was going alo in good shape when suddenly I found t e- ground slop- ing away sharply to the front, the slope terminztting in 8. shallow ravine, densely" timbered wlth spruce and Jack pine; It was quite dark in this bottom, and the spruce grew in almost impenetrable clumps, making it impossible to follow _a straight line. As I pushed my way Wlth nervous haste through thexlripping ee three . boughs I began to `realize thaltlthe dark- 4' n lIl\11f' hnn noon nn ...}.l-...;1..' A1111 `H ``c*= A ucguu w ruuuzav uuuu uuv unra- ness about me was not entirely due t6 _ the lay of gm ground and` thickness of tlmlmr gro th. The dlllvlzwilighthad faded out as suddenly as if the sun had. been instantly snued out of existence. As -the daylight died the rain, changed to H s_tea1y downpour, drenching me to the skm and chilling me to the marrow. After a half hour of strugszlirig throth Q 6 atangle of hazel thickets where _l,>ram'11<-s thrust themselves aggressively: um my eyes and the few remaimnge \\'nte 1'-. leaves clung to my clfeeks With` :1 Contact likerthat of a d1'0W11ed,~ "`511%m I came to the conclusion thutl had been traversing the ravine` en.`51\\'lS(4 and in n (1-Ivan!-`nu no1~n11o1 +1` In thespring of '73 I en_tered th_e Tsei`-5; vice of the Oanadmn Government` 111 thef`; capacity of rodmgn, in one_ of the numejj orous parties .\_vh1ch- at that; tim`e_-were engaged in trymg t_o locate a pra9t1cable route for the progected Canaglgn Pa- cic Railway through tghe howlmg Wds erness which stretches away westward ' from the shores of Lake! Superior. ` T 11.. no1'f\7 hn nmmt the nnmmnr in. froln tut: buuxvn ua. uwnw uuywxaus. My party had spent the _si_1!nI.n.er running levels between Thunder Bay and Lake Shebendowan,` and late in` the .f311had gone into, camp `near the rst' rapids. of the Ka.m`inisticuia. River, dis 2 taut about twenty miles rom its month. More than two months had passed; since the receipt of our last mail; so, immediately upon our arr1va.1-pat the -` , messenger had been_ fdispaLtli"ed` ioieilt :0 Prince _Arth`u"s Landing; a.boi1t_ twenty-three 1111163 down stream, .with 'withOutfde la%.r L` ' DB- :.. (11:17: had n1n.nnn.ain-nn Rn:-nv TRATLE1) BY A PANTHER. mm 1 mm been traversing the ravine` i`}1ff11\\'se and in a direction parallel to Iv 11n<.-, of the mail road. I was-onthe Imiut of changing my course v'v_hen the, grmuul sloped abruptly upward; a'.nd,, c_ra1uh1i11g up _a, bank of 91-y` Ifound mvself in 9; nl m1nir,.nn"- "` "Ha zuw mu uurguxuau; xxuuru. ;}'f`~*}+ _%me11 or wet ashe and cinqerg in fa 411, and the half-bumed tI'unk8 .0ff en trees were sprinkled ab Cae1ess, u-nstudied manner. or the twe1fth_time' I had e " ` outed .1n.V3e1f frnm on -iusiu.-\`I.-...L...... t?uL(llIl1)l1Ilg bank of 61') 837935,. c'1fuy, myself in a} cl aI`ing,~0n5 s1?deufw11ic11 seemed to stretch -iaway imlcnitely into the darknessg .3 gas 2; stnell ashes cinders ""TO-DAV A!9_'I.9:.'.RRVW--` , , -; -_..|_A '._.I.J-_-.. _ "Wu yl1I.'l:1):IJUl1lll.llU1-II- F'l;:i'. knot. gra:ped Q94/tlkr?` 5"`+'r9 into the ' 01.19,. -t.W,':6~~ conds passed, and thenft F '1? f . ls?-ly: amt leh ame frOnI`30i1".`,`7~ . - 19w. sghe rissilelxhad 46 rwer! . ' ' _ `kxzg - r?" . ` . #4 `,4 , .. _ ml h e from BOFWW - ne ` -'. .. lgvl/J.L Bglilig r?:s1ile- had A _ mu m the1_;9*`?,i*;gli`9`1'i~'|bce,u{t-g%: '~t`,"`. ~ 1 $:sI11S:s1a_:t? hid presented to >0 _, t 1'd the pale stain dmml " : glfn 311 their thoughts `to me. . 7. As I watched them glow andadarkle. From my nook by the sounding sea ? , "Scatter the roses of kindness. Scatter them. love. to-day! . - '_['o-morrow Is in God s own wise hand- To-morrow is far awav I" *.d '1 th time.m lucid ',' '19r*r.ei o tshing action 0}, love 9. To-day is the time. m iaddie; To do _thine 0 love; . mssakazaisgs-5:1; 1W~ 0 s ' i _ . a ma. rove.. To-clay is the time of smgll things," Make thou a name that will shine As one who improved the 1m artant to-day For to-n1orruw_ may never 6 thine. ' --Jess)e M. Heiner. in Ohio Farmer v v--- - Wngi did the west wind V". stood on the beach we 1; Watkzhing the gold and cmsgg t` Fade to an umber light; . What did my heart Ree? sayiniid _ V As it hated the waves sweet. um? - '1`o.du.y is thy time for working, m.._mm~mw may never.come. _ " To-day is my ume I01` worxln; 'po.mo1'row may _ A vvuu u uo UL 110 uvau. ` o'1d,_ fatigue, the peesibilit of`pe1'.'- ishin` fro iexepoaure-,-`-all Twere orgotten asd iste1?d to that ..thrilling Very. .It , was the `cry of 8. p'a;nth"e`r-"-'the' `mountain lion 'ofaCa.lifornia , the puma fofi Mexipo, the jaguar of the Amazpnian forestI-, and itcame from the;tops_'_o`f a clum 1 of lofty pines not twenty yards` away. hen I knew-thptthe `dagrkv object which had gli ed paet_me in the d_a1'knees'. `was .-no ere ture of the iimisgination,_ and my teeth chatt-ered violently from something besides`co1d.when I.t!_1,qugh1: oiow clofe * the .treae1ierj>ue.brutq"hadi'; ben'L. to me. Passizi "the CdIt's into the left hand, .I 3 rew t ephunting-kinife arid tightenin the loop `around my right wrist, I dash a.way" down}..the river `as .?a a`tT-"as the roughness of the country and the deh'k- i ness would e'rm it.` 1- 1...; ..- -..- -1 -1--J=- -- --~---~--`* V "" .l'UW|Jl._I uuquvcy, Vuywu. vvauvh, .1. nuvvv uu theme was a goo51Jgq1difzf3_g,- near ti; `mouth of the` creek, so p in, I struck out down ,strea.m. I V taken scarcel ,a. dozen strokes when my knees bumpe against a. smooth, hard bottom. I reached the top of the bank with the ..L.~.n..'d-` Amnnu1`1r' mu Hunk`: I1n1'I"(n-nurn 1. reuuuuu uuu DU U1. uuu uuun. vvuau uuo utmost diicultyg my limbs hadfgrown l!l\kl\U\II'YI1\A An T1-nnha :':.tnn::f. Hhn 116111030 uuuuuwy, my uusuu uliusxuvvu so benumbed. As I reeled against the block house door I tried to shout for help, -but the words died in my throat. . T In! 1,1-naan *l n1`- ti)!-1: 01!` `!b'.(".h-trin`. help, but -tne~w_or(_1s (uea 1n my mroau. I felt around for the old latch-string, which I had always found hanging outside. It . was jmflssing; -and`. in its place was arhu` e padlock; The door Ems locked har and fast! In vain I hrew myself aipgt it--equa11y- vain we-s'my]sea.r V. '0r3;8Oi1i1;liii,1i'.ft'11!$f'.0bu1d be used as 8} tteringram .-1 `II hwd_~just }...'...... an '.`n1o:Q\rI lrn Evan`! +1143 "f~?3r, the creek stood a low ,. ha.ys_teck` with "its .`.?.bindi poles " 1"ea`.o'hing"near-` ly to the ound. Thrusting the revol- ver in `its olster, and taking the knife id my teeth, I,seiz d one of these -pbles U tore 1t ffom its. faetenings, and push` it into the creek, untibits outer end clear of the. strip o_f,mire.. Althqugh the nnlzzi-:.n'|r"-11 1v|r1t`:r .m "iihI>.il~T Iannn. (near 01 buquutlp QL;vl{{'. L1ug.gI_.A5u M10 .19` Ii`ank'.- under. -m i'.unti1;I .wa;s knee- eep in the clinging mud, I managed to reach the` deep. open water, I knew that +1.... man` .1 amna .'| nnidv.nIah vrnn-r Han DU 111560. an ui~UuhUUL`1u-1. aunt. -.|.- ultu_`Juuu given up `trying to break the lock with the -butt of my revolver, when the anther broke cover across the creek. here was not a. moment tolose, for I knew that my foe was 9. good swimmer. . 1.. ...-m... .-J +1-m ahnnhr ~n~m1 n.hn1-It air Knew man my me was as guuu uwnmmu. In rear of the shaiit , A and about six feet from -it. stood-a ta 1 hay-stackgthe sidesof which were almost perpendicu-l lar. My only remaining hope lay. in reaching the top of that stack.` The: rough corners of the shanty afforded `an excellent foothold, so that I. reached the . roof without difculty.` Running along the ridge, knife in hand, I leaged to the v stack, and driving my knife ownward into it, pulled myself ,to the to '. ;:'1?ear-` ing away a` portion of the t atch-, I worked In way, kead foremot,ginto'the= newly gat ered hay, to the centre of the `stack.-. Half dead from cold and ex- hanstion, I',}la3l'. there with the quick sup. U. ' "Fortunately, I had visited this clear- ing early in the summer, while running A`? trial 9 lines out ~ from Fort "William, and ha.d.ta_.ken many a. meal with the mission ha f ' alters; in the old 103' house`. Moreover; `had been speciallyassigned to the duty of charting the pool and its outlet, to 'which luck circumstance I am, no doubt, indebte for not having 111:-.1` `n Annh Riv as-|mr\nn;r\i\ `-11.11` v\I.ru1\`- um, nu died '9. (1 1n the almost bottomless mire creek. 11-__-_ 1.1.- '...-_1.. _4_._~1 _ 1-_. 1._L_'_1.-.1_- U.U ll UIJ, LLHLUUUUU. l.U.l.' MU}! LIUIVLLIK eath by suffocation that night of the ate: ;i1"*m* :*`"*i:***i.`;:;e;P`i*`` aen 1V'_ 1 gu11ie's ad kcranibid f1]?a. dntib'a1l:"o?t?? fhnvn n(In:v| D11` 1' 1-.4-In that 1-... LIA`-.. I gusuua uuu BUIIIIII UIUU ITHXWIGHUV OUWBOI them _ ain. But_I knew_ that less tlian amile.` own stream,'= on a? narrow stri ; of bottom I should mad"-,.-it; Ishoul i ever live to reach 'it'-a sma1lbl_o'ck house which for years had been occupied dur-. ing the haying season by laborers from the Roman `Catholic .Missi.on..,at Fort Ail sped along I seemed to see my back trail stretching out in perspective = before me,.as-if reeotedin a mirror. A deep gully-which I at once "recognized 1 on account of having fallen into it- ~ stood out with startling clearness, and 1 on its farther edge I saw the gaunt form of a gigantic panther, craning its long, i sinewy neck out over the gulf, as it ; sniffed vigorousl at the spot wherefl 1 had fallen. Sud only it gathered itse f 1 |I1I\ n-nnruq 1'v\Ln~r\`-191 :1: `Ln T `ant: ` I knew that on the left of theclearing a deep pool lay, bordered by aquagmire, which, at one point. was separated from the river by a strip of low ound, scarcely ten ards in width. T ispool found an out et into the liver by means of a sluggish creek,_ about twenty feet 1 in width, with a broad margin of deep . mire. ` | "l'n__A.___._L_'I._ 1' 1.-.: ___-_:;...,a L1_:;. -1`_`_._ 'my eyes graduall a stateot inaction,-: er`-.o. - neck if I.moved_.r o,m_,.the.spo_t. V H A As I sat staring into the _ y ingaccustomed toit the in ' ct outline of the river bank slowly unfolded itself to me. V Trust- ing to my keenness of vision to keep me -' from tumblin over the `bluff, I arose andhe an ma ' g-my way slowly along it. I ew that `down-stream lay -to the left, and 1 was `making tolerabl good time in that direction when su - denly, from out of the darkness behind me, there came a sound that seemed to draw the last drop of blood- from the chilled extremities to the heart, stilling that organ until I fairly gasped for breath. . A laugh, a wild, ex-ulting laugh rose high above the roaring of the storm, `followed in the next"in'stant` by a suc- cession of unearthly screams that caused each hair on my head toastand out.as3 if electrified. v*While= my hand instinctively clutched the butt of the lrevfolver, yet I drew_,it forth-Iwith a feeling that I had to contend with something more than mortal. against which earthly weapons would be of no avail. "(NA ,1 Ind-.'....... LL- _.;-_,,I1,,-1-A A "f`i1X&"E6` tglglgf eluding pursuit, a'nitI tore through ,.ha.zel Azhickets, ; stumbled } mmr fallen .4-hi-r`x*Ix1}=r?fh':.I~H niinnnum \ -to; 9 only y for all rges and . pocu11a.r. in a. few aid or Ll-CI\L I-IILLCI-lo uuuuwuz LII EINULIUL U13 LIJDVLL J . up; gazed intently in the direction `I had taken, cleared the gully with a vaulting spring, and came bounding alongafter me, screaming. at every bound. There was no mistake about the screaming, for the forest was ringing with it, when I staggered out into the clearing, on the` farther side of which stoo'd the bloE:k- house. i ..... ..u all an auwxuuuve at man from 33.: 9 I remained much onger a state of inaction, or of breakmg if I moved from the spot. sat stnrimr infn +1.. .:...1...... ithe de ht nee ` clcid iglllmmairrtgfligugn on_ge:-`mg. . ntntn nf innni-inn Au- ;: `no doubt; ` for some une" L999d9E,!i9 true nosi- gi-tlxi Y . ` ' ' -L___'f`A_. L1.-_. -tn I ' , Jssnorixiouu ruuuuugpr n_a-nunu, Within 9; six mile. radius of Gharin Cross, London. there are 270 miles 0 . `:railway and 255 stations, and within a twelve mile radius .o.ver...-i00.-miles of line and .3.01_'j.3tati9n3L-V of a.ssengc;rs.. carries.1..on.-..a week day by Filhhi cltifd om b,.8es.. . i9J777'~Q0Q2O99f I ` The averagenumber, cfvyhncs `bf `,Lo't 1do`n, in- i isj2;500,000. -`Th t_o. jaw not gurin Sna`kes` do not bite," says a. New Or- leans hysician who has studied snakes consi erably. They can t, he weave, be- cause their jaws are connected only by a. cartilage, arenothin ed, and cannot be brought ,to ether wit any -force. `The snake, aim y hooks the fangs in its upper ~ jaw into t e object aimed -at, the lower ; 'n the a,ct'at all. The ` act is very simi tothat of laman strik- t ing 3. cotton-hook into 9. bale of cotton, N y or a. boat-ho__ok into` a pier. ! Fl1t_9.BB&EU.lLlt3.l.l.D u _ I-ML IIHU J.VUl'_lIll r`n`pan"y'and "the `North France com- ahyare constructing a. line `for'locomo- tivea, operated by_ electricit , on which the journey from Brusse ' to Paris, (about 192 miles, will be` accomplished in eighty minutes, 9. speed of nearly. 150 miles an ho _ .;' Itis further stated that the trains ' be running in about two ennui-`Ina