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It was 10 'o’clock before I dismounted, sat down with a poncho over my head, and struck a. light to look at my watch and compass. The horse had borne a little too much to the north. At midnight I got another look at the compass, and he had kept the exact course. The rain now ceas- ed, the sky lighted up, and I made fair progress until it Was evident that morning was at hand. I had made a. good twenty- five miles, and must now find a retreat for the day and finish the rest of the journey next night. To have attempted to push through by daylight would have been tak- ing too my chances, as war parties were out in every direction. As soon as the light was strong enough to reveal my sur- roundings I rode into the foothills and pushed along to the base of the mountain itself. By sunrise I found a. sheltered cove and went into camp for the day. After a bite to eat I turned to and slept until one o’clock in the afternoon, and I had just V‘WOke up when the singular conduct of my horse attracted my attention. The cove was formed like a bay. It was not over 200 feet wide at its mouth and extended back about 500 feet. Here and there its sides could be scaled, but at the far end the wall was al~ most plumb up and down and Whilehthe spring grass had just begun to start, the earth in all sheltered spots was covered by a mat of the old grass. It was a foot deep here, but as I went kicking around I soon turned up many things. In the course of an hour I had found enough iron work to satisfy me that six or eight wagons had been burned in the cove. I likewise found some pieces of cook stoves, quite a lot of crockery, two axes, and a lot of bones of horses. I had heard of the Frayne tragedy, but had always understood that it was supposed to have occurred in Colorado. I was now in Wyom- ing and at least 300 miles to the north of the route the party was said to have taken. It was easy to guess what had happened in the cove. A, party of emigrants, probably seek- ing ,for a pass through the mountains, had been driven in there by the Indians. None but Indians would have burned the wagons. I could not find bones enough to represent over four or five horses, and it followed that the others must have been driven off. As to human bones, there was none at all. As I searched about my horse wandered down to the mouth of the cave, and it was about 3 o’clock, and I was still kicking about in the grass when I heard a snort of alarm from the horse, and looked up to see about twenty Indians on their ponies They had trailed me in, and thought they had me for sure, but at their first yell I to shedier the right-hand wall, where trees and bushes were growing clear down to the grass. It was tough climbing, but I was in‘ 8. eat hurry just then to get somewhere. a not over particular as to the route. Thefiwhole 8338 cm 110 in up and net! re on me, but 1 $3 thengforty feefip the bank and had the Shelter of a mass of rocks. Had 1131va dozen Of them dismounted at once and ursued 1119.1 should have been captured. “t 31193? waited tomake sure they had not fallen into 3 “‘31)- and that saved me. As I ascended I here to the left, and before any one took up the Chase I was on the he‘ hts at the back end 0f the cove. A lot gore ‘ Indianscamein, andlconnted ' t, - ' f‘ them as I halted to set hymnsn'rl‘ge31ggt my saddlg and blanket, but nothing more. I As the rst party came charging ’ horse flanked out to the left. of the:,a:d reached the P135115 and headed back for Laramie. H? “3‘95 at the fin" during the night in good ghape. Q1 19 fi‘roin $1131) I safw and heard I waned to “believe that at least twenty of the Indians pushed up the bank after me. After ”“011. ing the crest I ‘kept to the north, and ‘3 A HUNDRED FEET HIGH. 1 had camped on the right hand side of the cove and about half way of its depth. The horse was at the back end, with his neck stretched out to smell of something on the round. I at first thought it was a. serpent, at as I got up the object appeared to be a. wagon wheel. A minute later 1 reached the spot to find that it was a. wheel, or the larger part of one, as a portion had been burned. Such a thing could have belonged only to an emigrant- wagon, and I immed- iately begun to search for other relics. THE INDI ASS would argue that all couriers would take the shorter route. After getting across the river there was nothing do but to give my horse his head and trust to luck. He couldn’t be expected to know my destina- tion, but after being headed to the north- west he was likely to keep that direction unless interfered with. The greatest dan- ger was in the first ten miles. I dared not push him faster than a walk, and after the first ten minutes 1 could not tell whether we_ were going east, west, or north. terman. ' One was to keep up the valley be; tween Twin Mountains and cross the north fork of the Platte River opposite the fort ; the other was to cross the river at Laramie and to keep to the east of the eastern Twin and cross the mountain at Hatcher’s Pass. The latter route was twenty miles the longer, but I selected it for that reason. to the fate of the party. As none of them had ever reached California or returned or been heard of by letter, it was of course to be supposed that all had‘been wiped out, but as to where and when was only guess- work. Both forts were practically beseiged, and the Indians had possession of the coun- try as far east as Fort Ke arny. I left Laramie an hour after nightfall with a steady rain coming down andjche night so dark that I could not distinguish an object five feet away; There wqre two rpptes E9 Fet- During thv Indian war of 1367-8 the mys- teries surrounding the Frayne party were cleared away, and it was in this work that I had a. hand. In the Fall of 1867 I was at- tached to the garrison of Fort Laramie as a. Government scout. The next spring, while en route to Fort Fetterman, seventy-five miles to the northwest, I got the first clue ATaIe orthe Overland In“. In the spring of 1858 a. party of emigrants, number-mg thirty-six people, left Councfl Blufi's, Ia.., for California, in charge of a guard named Frayne. It has always bzen referred to as “the Frayne tragedy,” and the names of many of the people, with a full account of the start, can be found in a. book ublished in 1864 entitled “Heroes and artyrs of the Great West.” The account as there published follows the party no further than Fort Kearny, but says the en- tire expedition was attacked by Indians in Colorado apd every person massacred. there was a dense; m1: of trees an}? bushes, withhng e boa .rsscattered about, Vheyhad male shqw to track me. I had CLEARING UP A MYSTERY gras discovered that considerable 6701-1: had "2911 done towards digging out. At one side had, perhaps, decided to rest there for twh or three days, as there was plenty of fuel, water, and grass. They were discovered and attacked by Indians. There must have been an entrance to the cave on that side, and when they found the Indians too strong them they retreated into it, leaving their wagons to be captured and burned. How that entrance came to be blocked I could ,not discover, but it looked as if That afternoon the Indians gave up look- ing for me and rode ofl‘ to the south, and next day I reached Fort Fetterman. It was some months after the Custer massacre be- fore we made up a party to visit the cave. We found things_ aboup as I ha} left them. In the cave and ravine we .fonnd bones enough to represent thirty-two people. The other four might have died on the way out or been captured by Indians in the fight. We brought away most of the goods, and a great share of the relics was sent back to friends in Iowa. 7 On a. elpsen gnspecgion it A GREAT LANDSLIDE had occurred. The north entrance probsb 'ly did not. exist at that. time, but. was open ed by the convulsion of nature which caved the roof in. The people had carried flour, meal, beans, pork, coffee, tea, and sugar into the cave, but. there was not. a. drop of water to be had. I hunted over the place foot by foot, but not even a damp spot could be found. They had perished one by one sinfply of thirst, though it may have been tbt‘ne supply of air was also cut off when themouth of the cavern was closed. When a. partion of the roof fell in the wild beasts had found a chance to get at the. bodies. Each and every person had prob- ably been dead for months or years when that happened. In the emergency my only safe plan was to retire up the rift and find a good place to pass the night. I kept clambering back until I had quite reached the south end, and then I felt it would be safe to start a fire. The bottom of the rift was littered with leaves and branches, and I soon had a cheerful blaze going. Soon after the fire was lighted two great wolves suddenly rush- ed past me, going north. They had come out of the mass of rocks at the south end. Thinking there was a den there in which. others might be in hiding, I made a torch that I might inspect the place. Under a tangle of trees which had fallen from above was the mouth of a cave. It was rather small at first, but I rolled aside some of the rocks and found a hole almost large enough to drive a wagon into. This hole led to the south, or toward the cave where I had first seen the Indians. Once fairly inside I could figure it out pretty plainly. The rift had once been a part of the same cave, but the roof had fallen in. The north entrance led into the deeper ravine or canon. Where the south entrance was I proposed to find out. Gathering material for three or four torches, I pushed my way along. For per- haps a hundred feet there was little change in the dimensions. Then I came upon a great chamber measuring fifty feet by thirty. Here the roof was from nine to fifteen feet high, the walls rough and ragged. and the floor very uneven except right in the centre. I continued straight across it until my way was blocked by a great boulder. The atmos here was dry and the air sweet and pure, ut the darkness was so thick that my torch cast only a small circle of light. I spent about an hour bringing in limbs and brush to build a large fire in the middle of the chamber. When it got well to blazing, so that I could see every portion of the chamber, I got a great shock. The cavern was a veritable charnel house. There was not such a thing as a. perfect skeleton, but there were hundreds and hun- dreds of human bones lying about, each one as white as ivory and as clean as a billiard ball. There were also seven separate and distinct heaps, which turned out to be clothing, crockery, cooking utensils, c. Hats, caps, and boots were lying about, and against one of the walls were seven rifles. Near by were three axes and two small kegs of powder. The outfit had been provided with spades, shovels, and picks, but these, minus their handles and badly rusted‘ I had kicked out of the grass outside. There were four or five wooden chats among the baggage in the chamber. I pried these open one after another to find them full of clothing or bedding and family keepsakes. In nearly all of them were old letters or account books, and I was not yet through with the first trunk when I knew that I had solved the mystery surrounding the Froyne party. It had been made up of families from Sac City, Boone and Jefferson and I had heard the names of most of them mentioned. In a. box Whid‘l had belonged to Frayne himself I found five letters and an account book. On three of the trunks were spots where the wolves had gnawed off candle grease. I likewise found where candles had been placed on the walls. 1 did not finish my inspection that night, but at 10 o’clock fixed a. small fire to keep the wild beasts out and lay down and slept till morning. Then 1 made a thorough search to see if any of the doomed people had left any record behind them. On the floor of cave I found a book which had been used as an account book by John Martin,a farmer from near Sac City. He had kept a sort of diary from April 28, the day of the ital-t, up to-the sam-e day? in J nine, two months later. His jottings were brief, but. spgke of disa‘engi‘ons and 9f losing_t.he_ir v_va_y. - It was probably some time eaHy in J ul'y yvhgn thg part5: ayrjvgd at thegave. _ They but just the place for me under the circum- stances, and I descended into it wnntil I could go no deeper. While crouched on the bottom I heard the Indians passing and repassing on both banks, but none attempted the descend. I remained quiet for about an hour and then began to work my way down the rift to the north. It has been measured since and found tobe a quarter of a mile long. I reached the north end to find that it dropped into astill deeper rift, and that the latter bent to the east and came out into a. cove similar to the one I had camped in, but a mile to the north of it. It was sundown when I looked out into this cove, and at its month were half a dozen Indians seated around a. camp fire, with their ponies grazing near them. My hope had been to get out and finish the rest of my journey on foot, but I certainly could not get out by that route, and it had now become too late to hope to make my way out of the rift hand descend the mountain further nort . ground began to dip from th ~. e and west into a. chasm running n th Lndfisouth. It was not gone a. quarter of a I}? w:h the A WILD-LOOKING S‘ A good-looking actor, who dresses even better than he acts, has appeared lately in a. new coat, which his tailor would be justi- fied in advertising as a “great success,” for a. half dozen friends of the actor have, since then, ordered coats of the same cut and petterq. Coming Back to Canndn After an Absence of to Years. The. King’s Regiment, the 8th Regiment of Foot, is coming back to Genada after an absence of over 70 years. This regiment was formed in 1685 and in 1768 embarked for Canada. In 1775 the regimentms in Upper Canada, some companies being at Niagara and others at Detriot. In 1776 part bf the regiment was sent to Lower Canada, and in 1785 it returned to England. In 1808 the lat Battalion landed at Halifax and in 1810 it was quartered in Quebec. In the autumn of 1812 five companies proceeded to Fort George. Two companies (the Grenadiers) of 175 men halted east of the ~Don bridge, on the Kington road, and then marched up King street to the old Fort, and in April of 1813, the 8th and a few militia and 9. com- pany of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment bravely fought the engagement that event- ually ended in the capture and burning of the city. This regiment had the first Mason- ic‘field warrant issued by the Grand‘Lod e of England, granted in 1755. It was o. ' 156 for 1770 to 1780 and No. 124 in 1780. The lodge held meetings in Canada at Niagara. but there is no record of the lodge after 1789. Joseph Clement, the ancestor of J no. M. Clement of Niagara. was made a. Mason in this lodge. “ We’ve had another friend of yours in for one of those coats,” said the particle of a man, when the actor called at his tailor’s‘ the other day. “ \Vas he an actor? ” . “N 0, SH. He was a. gentleman. ” An Electric Light Company Mai-ring the Beauty of the Famous Scene. The beauty is likely soon to depart from the far-famed Falls of Montmorenci, so fam- iliar to all tourists to Quebec. The entire waterfall and all the surrounding property have just passed in the hands of the Quebec Electric Light Company, the price paid be- ing $930,000. Already the company has been utilizing a. portion of the water power from the river above the contanct as mo-V tive power for their dynamos, which, situ- ated in a factory near the foot of the falls, furnish all the lights for the illumination of the streets of Quebec. Now they are likely to draw 06' so largely increased an amount of water for the proposed extension of their operations that there will be little or none left, particularly in the dry season, to come over the precipice. It is proposed to manufacture electrical motive power for all the factories and other industrisl houses in Quebec, as well as stor- age light for all the passenger cars of the Canadian Pacific Railway. New iron sup- ply pipes, 1,200'feet long and six feet in diameter, are being constructed to tap the river above the falls, and some of the water so conducted will be used twice over, one of the new factories being erected half way up the cliff adjoining the cataract. A lake twenty miles up the river will probably be damned in order to insure a supply of water in dry seasons. In the purchase of this property is included that of the magnificent manor house overlooking the falls, which was thesnmmerresidence of Queen Victoria’s father, the late Duke of Kent, when com- mnder of the forces in Canada. in the com- mencement of the present century. Here it was that the beautiful and accomplished Mme. de St. Laurent presided over the household establishment and petit soupers of his Royal Highness, whom the French Canadian beauty accompanied to England retiring to a convent after the Duke’s mar- riage to the mother of the Queen. The Shah Now Under the Control of a s Priestly oligarchy. The internal afl’airs of Persia. seem to be proceeding steadily from bad to worse. A correspondent of the London Times, who de- clares that he has the highest authority for his statements, writes: “The priestly caste, which has always enjoyed greater authority in Persia. than in Mussulam coun- tries of the Sunni persuasion although hum- bled by the present ruling dynasty, has exploited to the utmost the prevailing dis- content for the furtherance of its own ends and the revival of its OWn prestige. Mahdist doctrinesâ€"Le, the belief in the speedy ed- vent of the twelth Imam, who is to sweep the unbelievers off the face of the earthâ€" have always had a strong hold upon Shiite Mohammedans. During the last Muharrem festivals the priesthood announced in many mosques that a mahdi and savior unto Persia. had risen at Samara, near Bagdad, in the person of Mollah Haiji Mirza Hassan Shirazi, and that he was predestined to rule over the land. This ominous announcement was rendered still more significant by the ommission of the khutbeh, the prayer for the shah, which throughout Is- lam is the most ancient and sacred privilege of royalty. These incidents acquire all the more gravity that the shah feels himself helpless to cope with the impending crisis. Treachery is rampant within the palace it- self, and the shah’s third son, Prince Nail)- es-Snltanch, who is at the same time minis- terof war, is known to be. in secret sympathy with the malcontent leaders. It is no ex- aggeration to say that the shah rules in lit- tle more than name, and, as it were, on suf- ferance. The power, both in the capital and in the provinces, almost throughout his empire, has passed out of his hands into those of the priestly oligarchy. who are the masters of the situation. The grand vizier himselfâ€"Emin-es-Sultanâ€"has been compelled to enter into secret negotia- tions with the most influential of these holy agitators, the Mollan Mirza Hassan Ashti- any, in the hope, it is alleged, of pursued- ing him that the deposition of the shah would involve the occupation and possible parti~ tion of the last great Shiah kingdom by the very Eurpeans whose presence is so loathful to every right- thinking Mussulman.” of the chamber was a. ledge or shelf, and the men had stood on this and dug upward, but before they had accomplished much thirst had robbed them of their strength and they had flung themselves down to die. THE FALLS OF MONTMORBNOI. PBRSIA. IS IN A VERY BAD WAY. The Tailor Made a Distinction- AN OLD REGIMEN T LARGE CIRCULAR CAVITY, or depression, funnel-shapedâ€"a. greet “suck hole,” in factâ€"fully eight feet across at the surface, [the water spinning round and round, rushing dowuward with lightning speed. A tremendous force of gravity was at work in that awful pit of darkness. In the centre of this funnel was a rent mess of snow white foam, dancing an whirling and scattering flakes of itself around the dark blue rim of the vortex. At intervals of fifteen or twenty seconds there would be a. greater downward rush of water, the pil- lar of foam would disappear with the in- creased s eed of the current ; then the roar woul increase in volume, another pil- lar of foam would form, only to disappear a. few moments later as the previous one had done. It was a. grand, a. terrrible sight. I glanced at m two friends, who like myself were electri ed by this mighty freak of nature. Following Klikat’s example I cautiously approached the edge of the projecting rock, threw myself on the ground face downward, and peered down from the dizzy height. Barnes and Leger did likewise. It was a curious and awe inspiring sight that we beheld. Straight down below there was a deep pool, or lake, about a quarter of an acre in area and enclosed on three sides by high walls of eternal rock, thus forming a perpetual and insurmountable barrier to the passage of the water beyond this spot. The noisy mountain stream poured great volumes of sparkling water into this natural basin and then lost itself. The water in the pool swung rapidly around as on a pivot and constantly drifted in a steadily acceler- ated tidal current toward the centre. And here was the most startling feature of this wonderful stream. In the very centre of the deep water was a “You come look,” he said, advancing to the edge of the precipice and throwing him- self flat on the rock with his head and shoulders hanging over. “Ugh !” he ex- claimed. “Big-Hole-inâ€"tho-Water heap mad to-day. Him funny. \Vater go in ground ; never come out.” 1- FELL WITH A FEARFUL CRASH into the edge of the whirling pool. I started to my feet just as I new the Indian making frantic efforts to cling to the edge of the clifl. But his hold was too slight and the rock crumbled under his grasp. Without uttering word or sound of any kind Klikat fell headlong into the mad water beneath. After a. few seconds he came to the surface. Barnes rushed to one of the pack mules for a. rope, but it was too late. Three, four, five times did Kliket swing around in a. spiral course that gradually grew nearer to the centre of the great funnel, at the same time making frantic ed’orts to swim out of it. But it was labor lost. 3With a. movement that looked like a. sudden twist he shot into the very centre of the vortex. For one brief movement he sprung around like a top, and then down he went with the pillar of foam, out of sight into the bowels of the earth and the darkness of death. W e. at last reached the south shore of Lake Koatenay. J out before sundown we enchored on the west shore and pulled the canoe out of the water. We at once began prepara- tions for a, camp fire and it was while in the act of gathering dry driftwood along the shore that Leger discovered a. very ghastly object lying in the water within six feet of land. It was the corpse of a manâ€"an Indian. Leger at once called us to him, and together we dragged the body ashore. The .face of the deed was - “ If I could find a. ledge of quartz with color in it anywhere near by,” observed Mr. Bax-nu, "I would erecta. stamp mill right here and drop a. horizontal wheel into that. boiling suck hole. Great Scot. ! but would‘n’b it. spin, though 2” . BADLY BRUISED AND TORN' and utterly disfigured. The body was very much bloated, too, and all we could see for accrtainty was that the corpse was the remains of an Indian. “ Hold on ‘2” suddenly exclaimed Barnes, as be bent over the dead body and cut; some- thing from the neckâ€"a. piece of ragged cloth. "Byâ€"9’ he cried, as he raised him self erect and held up the article mentioned. “This is the remnant of my silk“ hand- kerchief, which I gave to poor Klikab to cover the gash he cut- on his neck by that dead limb one dayâ€"do you remember ? And see ! Ri ht here in this corner is my monogramâ€"J LBJâ€"worked in. silk.” “Me know arhat him is,” he said, with a. pleased air of comprehension. “Him is Big-HoIe-in-the-Water. Him heap water run to hell and put out devil’s camp fire.” ((03. L-1A :n ‘R‘ cuntnm ” T anknnll N I rather t‘hmight it'would, but at that moment my attention was suddenly and and shockingly attracted to Klikat, who had been lying about eight feet away on my left. Them was a. low, crumbling sound and than amass of shelving rock right under Klikat broke loose and. An Indian Sucked Into a Mountain Maelstrom and Found Two Hundred and Fifty Miles Away. A des atch from Kootenay, B. C., says : Albert fionson, who has reached here from Montana, tells a. wonderful story. He says: Two prospectors, named respectively Phil Barnes and Pierre Leger, a Flathead Indian guide named Klikat and myself, left Bon- ner’s Ferry on the 7th day of August, and struck out in a northeasterly direction, headed for the peaks and canyons in the extreme northern range of the main divide of the Rockies. The purpose of my two white companions was to prospect for valu- able minerals in a section of country which few, if any, white men have ever entered before. My owu object was to seek diversion and adventure, and beings. newspaper man, to gather facts hitherto unknown and make them public at my leisure. 0n the %th day of Augustâ€"according to the observa- tions taken by meâ€"we were within twenty- five or thirty miles of the Canadian line and at an altitude of 7500 feet. It was noon of the day mentioned above. On our left was a craggy precipice about eighty feet high overhanging a roaring mountain stream and extending fully two miles to the south. But we heard more than the swash of the running stream. There came to our ears 3. deep, roaring sound, alternating in force, stronger and weaker, at intervals of a few seconds. It came in jarring sounds, with A VOLUME LIKE THUNDER. For some minutes we listened in silence. Then _su_ddenly _Klika_.t spoke. It 50.3 so. We all recognized the silken rag and we all knew that. the corpse before us was the dead body of Klikat, who had “Big hole 1}: the water,” I échoed. “What; do yet; m»ea:1_1‘by that, K_1ika.t_?” W ON D35 PU L N ORTHWESTEBN Did I feel the earth jar beside me? No ! If there was any movement at all it was caused by one of the horses raising his head to catch the scent of the wolf. The move- ment of a horse lying down or getting up can be detected by a man in his blankets 100 feet away. Was that noise made by something being dragged along the earth ‘3 Of course not ! A horse when sound asleep will often move one of his feet with a scrap- ing motion. A bear may be prowling about and his skufi'! skufi'! skuifl would account for the peculiar sound. “Joe lJoe l” The fever has left my throat as dry as tinder, and I suddenly thirsted. It won’ttake Joe over a minute to fill our coffee pot with ice-cold water at the spring. I don’t like to break in on his sleep, but he can make up for it to-morrow when left in charge of the camp. - ... ‘ “Joe !Joe E” He sleeps as lightly as a fox, and, Indian- Iike, is awake every two hours to see that the fire is all right. I have called twice and yet failed to arouse him. The night is a bit chilly and he may have wrapped his head in the blanket. I will sit up and see. But where is Joe? There is the spot where he made his bed, but he is not there. I can see clear around the fire, but Joe’s form is not in sight. He is not after fuelâ€"he is not at the spring. "Joe 2 Joe ! Joe !" 1 am on my feet as I call. No answer. He would hear me if half a mile away, but there is no response. I go to the spring and drink my fill, and return an! heap fuel on the fire and lie down again. Joe is a queer sort of boy. He may have gone down to the Sal- mon to set a. couple of traps, or he may have seen Indians pass and followed them. There is norcause to worry. Ah:I have it; now 2 It; is the wolf whose bark I heard five minutes ago. The dull glow of our campfire has caught his eye, and he is prowling about; to investigate. He is gaunt and sham bling, and at- this season of the year his fur is stained and ragged. He skulks and dodges, advances and re- treats, and now and then his lip drops down to reveal his mugs. There is no fear of him. Even if there were a dozen they would not attack. If I were to sit upright this fellow would drop his tail and make a. bolts for it angnof. stop running for a mile. u- I awokevabout Inidnight with the fever gone end all my senses peculiarly alert. It seemed as if I could .ear better than ever in my life before. ‘ unst above us Wis a. rifile in the creek, and I heard the waters babbling and caught a. splash now and then as the fish ran up or down. I heard a. noise in the forest, and knew that a dead limb had fallen. A wolf barked, and I figured it out that he was about half a. mile away. There was a rustling among the leaves, and I said to myself that a mole was running about. W, VVVVV ‘ . w...” Step ! Step ! Step ! ““’ ’ If my head had not been in contact with the earth I could not have mad‘e out the sound. It was faint and light. The horses were lying down, as I knew by the sound of their breathing, and when I lifted my head a. bit I saw that J oe was wrapped in his blanket. ' .,,_M,,:,_; 9‘ «7,-9.5, Step_! Step ! Step! L""'_ " h A It is sunshine as I open my eyes again. I sit up and look around. Joe is not here. I stand up and shout “ Coo-e-e-e l” but there is no reply. 1 look down upon the spot where he made his bed, and there is a trail as of some burden being dragged. I follow it, and ten rod away I find pieces of his blanket and blood on the leaves ; at twenty rods the rest of his blanket, torn and bloody. Through a. thicket and on the far side of a. log I come upon his dead body, or the ghastly remains of it. While I was lying wide awake, as I have described to you, a panther orcpt up, sprang upon the sleeping boy and carried him away. I heard only the faint noises I have mentioned, none of them giving the slightest cause of alarm â€" none of them loud enough to have aroused a. sleeping warrior. The boy had made no cry, no struggle. Softly as he had alighted the great cat had struck him dead with one blow of his paw. Two of us lay there motion- less and helpless. The panther had his choice. Who can guess what determined it. It Will be Plaeezl in a Federal District on the Great Central Plateau. A letter to the Paris Revue Francaise from Rio de Janeiro says that a scientific commission, headed by Sen‘nor Cruls, has been appointed to select the site for the new capital of Brazil. The capital now being at Rio, it is not exclusively under the con- trol of the Federal Government. The 9311' stitution of the republic of Brazil proVNeS that the capital shall be removal W a. Federal district, like the District of C91“?!- hia in the United States. 32w c?mmifs<:§ is es: ected to 811 west the st p ace ‘4 find yer this Fediciial district. The head. quarters of the expedition will been the great central plateau, several hundred miles northwest of Rio in the province of Mines Games. This region, at an fluent“! 0f about 3,500 feet above the seals one 9f the most healthful parts of Brgml. _ It 18 .91. pected that somewhere in this region; which forms the watershed artwogn the M i rivers Parana, Tocantins, amid” Moo, lthe Federal district and the new W I had been feverish all day, and when I turned in, with my feet to the fire and'tvho stars above me, a: about 8 o’cfock, I was a. little bit flizhty. The last. I remembered.“ was hearing Joe collecting fuel for the night. His bed had been prepared about six feet from mine, and he had told me that a whisper would awaken him if I needed him duping yhexlight. . _ ’“ , On this night we had made our campâ€"- Joe and Iâ€"on the west side of the Salmon River mountains,a.nd on she banks of acreek falling into the west fork of the Salmon river. Joe was a. half-breed boy about 18 years oldâ€"an honest, trusty fellow, and a. reliable guideâ€"and just; then we had nothing to fear from the Indians. lie Listens to the Panther Carry 0:7 Ills Sleeping Friend. fallen into the funnel of that awfu'i luhterv ranean river, fully 250 miles away. far up in the rookies of Northern Montaigne. And yet there was his corpse, drifted ashore on this lake, between which and the “ big hole in the water” there is not the slightest cone nection, so far as mortal eyes can see. How came he to Lake Kootenay, and how long had he been there? will be located. BRAZIL’S NEW CAPITAL- A FATAL CHOICE. It is roported that a. :hiefly for the nouns: 1 structed at an early dam xivex. I: will engndfi Misc landing on the AI Falls to Lewiston, N. l President. Harrison 11: tion reserving for timb purposes the island of and its adjacent rocks 3.! including the Sea Lion island. The Michigan Centra has declared a. semi-an per cent, and an extra cent. The Lake Shore 2 a semi-annual dividend of hicago. A life-saving station Fort Niagara, on the A :i\ er. '1 he contract. ha the buiiding is to be co: lst, 1893. Gen. Frederick T. I ed _soldier, and brat! Grant, died on Friday the age of 72 years. President Harrison departments to furnish tion relative to the sm¢ ing in the United Stan Pacific railway. Fox-about two minutes ium reigned in the win owing to talk of an ( France, and wheat jun The c!osing price was I; on Wednaday. M 1'. John D'. Rockefi elf donation of Sl,000,0 Edward \V. Haliing ed at Jersey City yesu of his so-called wife. strangulation. Ths Supreme Court has adjourned until T‘ The Court. of Claims ! a like period. Theodore Folson. a ‘ Cleveland, was struck u Railway, N.J., on ‘ A jury at Huntingtt Thomas Collins guilty 4 attempting to hold up A large powder mill has been started in 8: Five white prisoners! Clarksville, Tenu., tbd The subject. of war ve lakes continues to be di: tan diplomatic and nav talk is all unofficial, a: that the United State complained to Great- Bri a! Canada in building 1 Owen Sound. A large number of d1 have arrived at Danni: homa. They were sun ' he big auditorium is said to be sinking, a braced up. ' ‘he excitement ov plosion in Dublin is ve cable says the Nani papers are claiming I the men who fired t. was to injure the Iris! the impression that Tory Government eon: in Ireland. B. J. Martin, cashier defunct Webster Ban! as been arrested. char; 317.530 of the bank's in that the bank will Pay A special cable dea portion of the city of of a. dynamite 2.1a buildings, Mr. Gladst me British museum, ‘ institutions are being detectives. A chair in E 11‘ College, Oxfordgygn‘ Amelia B. Edwards 1)} will, and it will be fl! Flinders Petrie, who‘ duties after the holid: The latest trades London is the format vants union. Seven already joined, and members in London 000. The Globe, the old4 in London, was com; Saturday afternoon. Mr. Gladstone and Biarritz, France. but quest no oflicial recep and employing 0.2113f last year. County Crown At London, Ont. , sustai: on Monday, and alt] proved his medical condition as serious. It is stated that. m pension Bridge Com: the construction 9“ suspension bridge ac: Falls. A desp'atch from mates that the relati Governor Royal am of an unpleasant ch: The trade return show a. commerce of $218,( 08,030 the pm The Rev. “mi-m :hurch, Haunts, has 3f British Columbia. At Hamflmn on I conbridge, in the Hamilton Stteet Ca plautifl‘, Mrs. Collin “’iilium McAula} man of Hamilton, 1 Mr. Duncan Dan residents of Coiling The Montreal Ci! Bank distrihuaed on dollars among the v tutions in Mautreal. Tl THE A laundry in E USI‘I‘ED CA}