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Mr. Asquith, the English Home Secre- tary, has introduced mice the House of Com- mans a bill suspending the creation of new mteresta in churches 1n Wales. The meas- ure is the first practical step in the direc‘ tion ofrthe disestablishment and disendow- ing of the Church in Wales. 'C N ITED STATES. The anthracite coal agents in New York have fiecided to allow the price of coal to .Iemain as it is. Mr. Robert Vfilliam Dufi', Liberal M. P. for Banfi‘shire, has been appointed Governor of New South Wales as successor to the Earl of Jersey, resigned. In speaking with a. friend about the Home Rule debate in the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone referred to the high plane of most of the speeches and the exceptional absence of personalities and bitterness. Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson, who has ar- rived in Ankland after a long sojourn in Samoo, says that the sole remedy for the present unhappy state of affairs is the an- nexation of the Islands by one of the Great Powers. Prayers against the Home Rule bill are offered in all the Protestant churches of the diocese of Down, in Ulster Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the British Prem- ier, was confined to her bed last week suf- fering from n cold. She is now much bet- ‘ Earl Spencer. First Lord of the Imperial Admiralty, intends following the programme of the Salisbury Government, and pro- mote the arming of new warships with lighter guns. The British representatives before the Behring Sea Arbitration Committee have returned to London from Paris, and are now completing the line of argument to be fol- lowed. BRITISH. Hon. Arthur Stanley is slowly recover- ing,although the nervous symptomsarc still present and show no signs of abating. At the concluding meeting of the Inter: national Convention of Mining Engineers, in Montreal, 3 resolution was passed that with a View to bringing nickel into more general use, the attention of the Dominion and Provincial Governments should be call- ed to the advisability of granting a. liberal bonus to the inventor or putentee of a. pro- cess for refining it that would materially lessen the cost of production. In the course of a debate in the English House of Commons on the existing silver dificulty Mr. Gladstone declared un- equivocady m favor of monometallism. Premier Haultain, of the North-West Territories, is in Ottawa. He states that. his mission has reference to the old question of be uter terms. He wanted the Govern- ment to make the financial powers of the Legislative Assembly coterminous with its legislative powers. The Grand Trunk Railway Company has been notified of the urpose of Mrs. John- ston, widow 01 Mr. feremiah Johnston, who was killed at a. railway crossing in Hamil- ton, 01113., a few days ago, to sue for $10,- 000 damages for the loss of her husband. Mr. W.J. Smith, representing the Stand- ard Coal and Coke Company, of \Villiams- port, Pa.., has had an interview with the Minister of Finance in Ottawa. He desires to ofl‘er coke in competition with anthracite coal for domestic purposes as well as for manufacturing and smelting, and requested the removal of the present duty of 50 cents a ton. ‘ , It is oficially announced in Ottawa that Mr. Newcombe, Q. 0., of Halifax, has been appointed Deputy Minister of Justice, in succession to Mr. Justice Sedgewick, of the Supreme Court. ' A petition signed by 65 residents in Moose Jaw, N.W.T., has been presented to the Dominion House, praying that the North- West Assembly be given control of educa- tion in the Territories and that the clause in the North-“hast Territories Act relating to duel language be repealed. In the annual report of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Angers says that. a. se- rious outbreak of cholera next season is ex- tremely probable ; and in view of this fact every possible precaution is being taken to save Canada from an invasion of the dread disease. Dr. A. C. Smith, the inspecting physician at the Leprosy lazaretto at Tracadle, says there are fourteen males and eight females in the hospital, the same number as last year. Dr. Smith does not speak as hope- fully as on a. previous occasion of stamping cut the disease. As a result of hostile feeling between the doctors in Ottawa city who are on the staff of the Protestant General hospital and those who are not, the latter, while retain- ing membership in the Medico-Chirurgical Society, have formed another association which they have named the Ottawa Clinical Sogiety. At the instance of the Dominion Govern- ment the English Colonial Secretary is giv- ing strong support to Canada’s case now be- fore the British Board at Agriculture touch- ing the scheduling of Canadian cattle. The increase in the emigration rat-es to Canada. from England continues to excite mach talk in London emigration circles, where the opinion is expressed that the eel- fish action of the steamship companies must injure the emigration prospects for the entire season. Mr. John Kavanagh, o. grocer of King- ston. Ont, died suddenly the other morn- ing while engaged in shoveling snow. He appeared in his usual health immediately l-£__- L:. 1 .g H- ___.___._ ____.'_-_ ‘v-J b-ei‘bre his death. 77 A.despatch from Winnipeg states that Mrs. Rafferty, wife of the C. P. R. yard- master at Fort William, has fallen heir to forty-five thousand pounds through the death of an uncle in the Old Country. Mr. O’Malley, an Opposition member of the Manitoba Legislature. is of opinion that the oflice 0f Liam-Governor of the province should be abolished. He believes the Chief Justice could do the necessary work. M. Camille Flamxnarion, the celebrated French asitronomerfis expected to visit Mont- real durmg the coming summer. Mr. William “Tagner was killed by mfall tom the roof of a stable at Saltcoats, Man., on Monday. CANADIAN. The Manitoba Government has arranged with one of the steamship companies to bring Met a large number of Icelanders next THE WEEK’S NEWS Study of Young Humanity Certain ladies charged with the duty of obtaining data for a study of young human- ity now send to new mothers little blank books provided with questions as to when the baby first exhibited the sense of hear- ing, when he first took note of light, what were his earliest signs of distress, and many more such. The questions are designed to furnish hints for an investigation extending over the first four years of the child’s life. In time all the books will be collected and sent to Germany as aids to the persons who are one day to announce the result of an elaborate study of mental development dur- ing infancy and childhood. ‘ His head was instantly’severed fer the body arid rolled down into the dust pile. The engineer, noticing a. jar in the machin- ery, went back to the saw and was horrified to find the bleeding trunk still lying on the carriage. Theacceased was recently married, amd leaves a. wife, but no children. A Newcastle, Pa.., despatch says:â€"â€"A hor- rible suicide was committed by a. man named Lee Taylor, five miles southwest of this place, late Saturday evening. Taylor had become financially embarrassed, and had been brooding over his troubles. For the past week he had been working at a saw- mill. Saturday evening, while the fireman and engineer were engaged at the boiler, Taylor deliberately lay down on the log car- riage, grasped the frame work with one hand and the shaft with the other and pull- ed himself-up to the rapidly-revolving saw. A Man Lies Down On a Cari-Inge In 3 Saw- mill and. Deliberately Saws Ills Head A special cable despatch states that the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein will sail for New York in about two weeks, and after passinga. few days in that city and at Niagara Falls will proceed to Chicago for the Exhibi- tion. Emperor William, in is said, has not yet decided whether he will visit the World’s Fair. - The Danube recently overfloéed, causing great destruction along its banks. The vil- lage of Gergly, near the town of Paks, in Hungary, was swept out of existence by the floods and many lives were lost. M. Andrieux, who has figured prominentâ€" ly in the Panama revelation. promises that he will divulge on the eve of the next elec- tions the names of high personages involved in the Panama. canal scandals, and will gig; chclueive proof_of their gui_lt. In the Austrian Reichstag on Saturday Dr. Gregor, leader of the Young Czechs, made a vehement appeal to the House in favor of Bohemian Home Rule. The Italian Goverment is pushing as vigorously as possible its warfare against the Sicilian bandits. Yesterday eleven of them were sentenced to penal servitude for life. The Radical and Conservative organs in Paris express displeasure with the selection of M. Jules Ferry as Presiclent of the San- Prof. Goldwin Smith, in the course of an address to the St. George’s Society in Wash ington on Saturday evening, made reference to the motion before the Toronto society to expel him on account of his political views. He claimed that St. George’s Societies are charitable and not political in their end and object, and passed some scathing criticism on his political opponents in Toronto. G EN ERAL. {The Portuguese Cortes has approved the Goverment proposal to grant amnesty to all political prisoners. at e The National league of America. has is- sued an address in which it begs Irishmen not to be deceived by the Gladstone Home Rule measure, declaring it to be utterly un- worthy of the traditions and the genius of the people, and that nothing but an Irish Parliament with complete control over her own affairs should be acceptable to the Irish people. It appears that some time since a. charge of theft was brought against Abbe de la. Croix de Castries, who was visiting Seattle, Washington. and that his trunks were brok- en open by United States ofiicials and the Abbe assaulted and threatened, and that as a. result the French Governmeflt have put in a. claim for $100,000. Mr. Alexander Russell Webb, an Ameri- can, who some time ago professed the M oham- medan faith, has arrived in New York full of zeal and plentifully supplied with money to enter upon the missionary field and lay before the people the superior claims of the religion of Islam. As very few of the Chinese in the United States have been registered and photograph- ed as required by the Gesry law, a. general expulsion of the Celestial: is expected next May. N ewe from China indicates that this act on the part of the Unlted States may be followed by a. general massacre of forezguers in China. The hope that the collapse of the Reading railway would lead to a. reduction in the price of coal is not likely to be realized, as the New York dealers say that the severity of the weather, the decreased output at the mines, and the difficulties of transportation will keep up the prices. Mr. John W. MacKay, the famous capi- talist, was shot in the back at San Francisco by an old man named. Ratclifl'e, to avenge some injury, real or imaginary, of the old mining days. Ratclifi'e then shot himself dead. Mr. Mabliay’s injury is not neces- sarily fatal. In the Kansas Legislature disgute Chief Justice Horton has decided thatt tae Repub- lican House was legally constituted. A disease to which the doctors have not yefi been able to apply a name has been cre- atmg hafoc 9.5110513 the _people _ of, Lo§e_t_te A_J C‘A and St. Anne’s, Min. The ‘majority of the victims are children. A wall was blown down in Chicago Tugs- day morning and three families were burned in the ruins, with the result that seven persons were killed and many others se- riously injured. A disease to which the doctors have not At Allegan, Mich., on Monday, Albert Reynolds shot and killed Albert Moore, the per-amour of the farmer’s wife. He gave hlmself up to the police authorities. The House Judiciary Committee at Washington, which inveetlgated the VVhis- Fey Trust, recommended that the duty on Impo: ted liquors be reduced from $2.50 to $1 per gallon, and that the tariff on all goods be reduced whenever it is found that they are influenced by atrust or combin- atlon. A HORRIBLE SUICIDE. The London Chamber of Arbitration ap- pears to be well established and working successfully along thelines laid down by the founders. Its proceedings in a. case 'heard beiore ittwo weeks ago are described thus : “The Erbitcator was one of the ablest men in the city of London, the hearing occupied two hours ; the whole of. the fees amounted to four guineas, and the case would certain- ly have occupied four days in hearing in a. court of law.” A bushel of corn will make four gallons of whisky. Government tax on fourgal- Ions of whisky, $3.60. The Whisky made ripe and old by the new Jay-Eye-Jee rapid process, sells rapidly for $4 per gallon, making$l6 for four gallons. Of this $16 the farmer gets twenty-five cents; the Government gets $3.60; the railroad get: $2; the manufacturer gets $4; the vender gets $6.25 ; the user gets the devil ; while the producer and taxpayer facts the bill. It is rumors! that Is. J. Lee, who figured so promiently in the strike on the New York Central railroad two years and a. half ago, is now a. member of the Pinkerton de- tective force, and that charges have been preferred against him by the members of the Knights of Labor, and that he will ap- pear before the general executive board of the order this week in Philadephia to an- swer them. l complish, and during which time one of the crew was drowned. The fearful experiences I here may be understood when it is known 1 that from five to seven days is the average ‘ time for vessels coming around the Horn. In crossing the Equator the crew was at- tacked with scurvy, four men being help- lessly stricken down and one dying. At this juncture, the provisions gave out and starvation stared the men in the face. The captain made up his mind to make with all speed for the Golden Gate. He headed in this direction and fortunately met the ship McPherson bound for Europe. The Mc- Pherson let her have the necessary provi- sions and she continued on her journey to Puget Sound. But her trouble was not ended. Off Cape Flattery she encountered the fearful storms of the past two weeks, and for fourteen days was held outside the Cape. Here she lost her lifeboat, and all her topssils were blown away. When the vessel arrived to-day, she and her crew were in a badly dilapidated condition. The Saint Menian had been chartered by Balfour, } Guthrie 00., but lost her sharter by ex- piration on December 3]. Troubles ot the Saint Mommaâ€"Eighty Days Bounding the Horn. The terrors of the sea, have had another true story added to the long list bythe ar- rival of the British ship Saint Monian at Port Townsend. The Saint Monian left Santos, Brazil, August 14, just six months ago, having made the longest voyage on record between Brazil and Puget Sound. The story told by the captain is one of thrilling combats with the terrors of the deep and of hunger and disease at sea. The first: trouble experienced was :oming around the Horn, which took eighty days to ac- The news, however, is very gratifying, though it, has involved the death of some Europeans well known for their work on the Congo. A few such decisive battles will solve the Arab question in the Congo Basin. This dcspatch shows that the fears of the Congo Free State came true. We can- not tell from the despatch whether the fight was with the entire insurgent force or 'whether, having vanquished the Arabs of Stanley Falls the State has now to deal Wiflh those of Nyangwe and Kasongo. The jealous Arab merchants at Nyangwe suddenly fell upon several of the stations that Hodister had founded,killed the white men in charge, and seized the trade goods. As Hodister and one white companion were approaching Riba Riba, on the Congo,after an overland journey from the Lomami, all unconscious of the terrible events that had occurred, they were killed and beheaded by the Arabs. This was the first blow struck by the Arab slave and ivory merchants after the Free State had announced that slave raiding must stop. It showed that the Arabs were de- termined to fight in defence of their alleged right to raid for slaves, and to monopolize the trade of the upper Cango. The Free State decided that it must se- verely punish the Arabs if it is expected to be supreme in the eastern part of its do- minion. As fast as possible, therefore, a large force was got together and a large sup- ply of munitions was sent to the Congo. A considerable force of' Abyssinian sol- diers were secured to supplement the native force. The; promised to supply a large auxiliary force. At last accounts, however, both of these Arab leaders showed signs of disafl'ec- tion, and it was feared that they would join the__iz_\sux:gents. 7 Tippu Tib’s son, who was in command at Stanley Falls during the absence of his father at Zanzibar, and his nephew, Rachid who was chief of the Arabs at the mouth of the Lomami River, agreed to help the Free State finish the insurgents of Nyangwe and Kafongo. Capt. Jacques reports that the Arabs are constantly importing the most improved firearms, despite the restrictions in force against such trade, and apparently have re- solved to make desperate resistance to the operations of the anti-slavery people. Un- less cannon be sent at once, he adds, the Europeans cannot hope to hold their own. The Congo Free State commissioned Lieut. Dhanis to punish the Arabs of N yangwe, who in May last massacred the Hodister expedition. Arthur Hodister, in the service of the Katanga Commercial Syndicate, was establishing stations on the Lomami River and the Congo above Stanley Falls, for the purpose of buying ivory and trading with the natives. The fight took place near Sefu, on the L0- mami River. During recent skirmishes be- tween the Europeans and the Arabs M. Lippens, formerly a resident of Kasongo, and Lieut. de Bruyn were lulled. Lieut. Chalbin routed the Arabs at Yadumba and freed eigh Sy slaves who were dymg of star- vation. A Hard Battle with the Slavers of Central Africa. A Brussels despatch says :â€"The Congo State has received despatches to the efi'ect that Commander Dhanis has defeated a. horde of Arab slave traders under Tippu Tib’s son, a}? has captured 500 prisoners and 600 n es. CON G9 ARABS DEFEATED. PERIDS OF THE SEA. 0f railways British Columbia willhave its due share if all the projected schemes are carried out. In 1886 the first through train from the east reached the province over the C. P. R. There are now four branch line: tapping the trade of the important sections. of the mainland, and a railway on the Island of Vancouver. The Kootenay district, where mining operations are being actively pushed forward, is attracting special atten- tion from the transportation companies. The C. P. R. has a Kootenay branch, six charters have been granted to independent companies to build to the mines, and two more are applied for. Altogether the Leg- islature has granted eighteen railway char- ers between various points, and is asked at the present session for ten more. East- ern provinces are gridironed with papet railways, and British Colombia is rapidly getting into the same condition. It should make an effort to prevent speculation in charters. Good Sleepers. Cavalry soldiers often sleep in the saddle after a. fatiguing march, but it would seem almost impossible to march on foot and sleep at the same time. There are authen- tic Instances of this kind, however, and a. member of the Grand Army says : “ \Vhen I was a. private of infantry I marched miles as sound asleep as if I was in my bed, and did not fall out of the ranks. ” Artillery- men have been known to sleep from exhaust- ion under their own guns which were con- stantly firing in battle. Benjamin Frank- lin slept for an hour floating on his back in the water, at least one of his biographers says so. ' Mr. Pierce Stevens Hamilton, poet and . journalist, one of the most elegant and forceful of Canadian literateurs, committed suicide at the general hospital in Halifax, ‘N. 8., on \Vednesday under somewhat re- . m orkable circumstances. In early life 11 ‘practised law, but soon tired of that and devoted himself to journalism. While register of deeds for Halifax county, he wrote a series of brilliant articles attacking the Liberal government of the day, and for that reason was removed from office. Sub- sequently, under a. Conservative govern- ment, he became the first commissioner of mines and minerals of the province. In 1874 the Liberals made him chief fishery officer for N ova Scotia. While holding his 3 ofiicial positions he continued to wield- trenchant pen. There was no better read man in the province. In late years he has spent his time between the Atlantic and Pacific provinces. It was his boast that he aw the first scd of the IntercolonialRail- i way turned. up on the Atlantic, and also: witnessed the arrival of the first Canadian Pacific through train at Port Moody on the Pacific. He went to Halifax a. few weeks ago, and has been very despondcnt. Tues- day he announced his determination to die and swallowed three ounces of laudanum. He was seventy years of age. Modern Cutlcrs despair of reproducing the ancient; sword blades of feudal Japan, as modern artificers in iron despair of im- itating the artistic sword guards of that country. According to traditions the test of the ancient Japanese sword was even more ridgid than that; of Saladin’s blades. 1!; was enough if the latter would cut in twain at a single blow a. down pillow thrown in the air, but the Japanese blade, suspended horizontally beneath a. tree, must sever any leaf that, falling, should ac- cidentally light upon the edge of the wea- pon. The most famous of ancient houses was the Golden House, erected by Nero. Its whole interior is said to have been covered with old and gems ; it was adorned with the 'nest aintings and statues that the world could urnish; and had triple portieoes 9. mile in length anda. circular banquet hall which perpetually revolved in imitation of the motion of the sun. In the Jewel House of the Tower of Lon- don, the place Where the British crown and other royal insignia. are kept, there is a book bound throughout in gold, even to the wires of the hinges. Its clasp is two rubies set at opposlte ends of four golden links. On one side there is a. cross of diamonds; on the other the English coat of arms set in diamonds, pearls and rubies. Cold lengthens wood and heat shortens it, The buildingof the ends of joists and girders into newly-laid-up brick or stone walls. where they are subject to absorb the freshly burned lime in liquid state from the mortar, greatlyfiastens _the1r decay at the: vital points. A movement has been started in Augusta, Me., to secure from the legislature on the state grounds a burial place for Mr. Blaine, and perhaps erect a. memorial stone. A res- olution was adopted in the House express, ing a. wish that the body should rest in the State of Maine, and the Governor was re- quested to cummunicate w1th the family, There is a. wonderful grapevine at Gail- lnc, a town in southern France. Although the plant is only 10 years from the cutting it has yielded as many as 1,287 bunches of fine fruit in a. single year. There is but one other vine in cultivation that is known to excel this prolific shrub, and that is. the his- torical vine'at Hampton Court, Eng, which was planted in 1768. In one year this noted vine has borne 2,500 bunches. The electrical bicycle is cropping up in England. The weight of the batteries when filled with liquid is to be 44 pounds, and the whole weight of the machine is to be 155 pogn_d_s._ To prevent pollution of the Seine the French Government is contemplating the building of a. canal sewer the entire distance from Paris to the sea. - The greatest domes in the world are those of St. Peter’s, St. Paul’s, the Inva- lides in Paris, St. Isaac’s in St. Petersburg, an(_1_the Capitol at Washington. A company has been formed in Taconm, W'ash., to extract gold bya. secret process from the sands of the Pacific ocean: _ _ Vin eiectrical clock has .been invented which is “set” to extinguish electric lights at a. certain hour. There are 44 separaue places of leather and other materials m a. gain: of fine shoes. A North Carolina mill makes 4,000,000 cigarettes daily. A jelly fish of 10 pounds when dried weighs about 10 grains. Pierce City, Idaho, now' deserted, had 20, - 00') inhabitants in gold days. Thg Capitol at Washington has cost $30, PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. A Poet's Suicide. Cold Season In Europe. All Europe, from the Arctic to the Meni- terranean, is experiencing a. wintry ngy this season such as it. has not known m many years. It is necessary to 9 back forty or fifty years in meat 1%ng cfien in the far north, to find a. precedent. fhxle in_ some parts the weather is unpueadento Lubeck . The city of Lubeck, Germany, which will shortly celebrate its seven hundred and fifty- third anniversary, has rather an interesting history. The city was founded in 1140, was ceded to the dukes of Saxony eighteen years later, and in 1202 was taken up by the Danes. It was made a. free imperial city in 1226, when the Danish garrison was expelled and in 1241 it became the head of the Hanâ€" seatic league. Blueher took refuge in L1!- beck to avoid the French army, when it was carried by assault and aufi‘ered a. three 6335-. pillage, in November, 1806. Nov. 12, ISlO; the city was annexed to the French em parf: and regained its freedom in 1813, after we ttle of Leipsic. Referring to the subject spoken of in the preceding paragraph it should be stated that as the results of a conference held by Mr. John Lowe, Deputy Minister of Agri- culture ; Mr. A. M. Burgess, Deputy Minister of the interior; and Mr. Frederick White, "Comptroller of the North-West Mounted Police, with a view to arriving at some practical scheme for the enforcement of the cattle quarantine regulations along the frontier of the North-W'est Territories it has been decided that the work shall be laced in the hands of the North-West .lounted Police, whose knowledge of the trails and of the whole country will enable them to revent the smuggling of cattle from the nited States. It is understood that the Government has decided, with ref- erenCa to the quarantine of cattle of settlers moving in across the border, to make such arrangements for the care of the cattle that the necessary detention of ninety days will give as little cause of complaint as possible to the settlers. I Speaking of the scheduling of Canadian { cattle by the British authoritiesa cablegram 1 from London dated Feb. 22nd says :â€"-T he I documents from Ottawa setting forth -ofiicially the reasons in the case why the 1 schedule against Canadian cattle should be removed have reached the Im rial author- ities. These, no doubt, will 0 much good; but What is likely to have more efi'ect, how- ever, is the cable stating that the Govern- ment of Canada has decided to enforce a 90 days’ quarantine against the United i States threu h the Northwest and else- where. The ‘oard of Agriculture author- ities now admit that so long as the quaran- ' tine was not enforced Canadian cattle could ‘ not be regarded by them as above suspicion. It was thought when the news of the quarantine regulations was received that the Opposition to Canadian cattle being landed in Great Britain alive would cease to a great extent. Such, however, is not the case. The critics are now asking how the Government of the Dominion proposes to enforce the quarantine regulations enacted throughout such an‘ immense territory, where not even a fence divides Canada from the United States. Notwithstanding these remarks and unfriendly suggestions the action of the Canadian Government has greatly strengthened Canada's position toâ€"» wardhaying the schedule rescinded.” Also in the corresponding region of Si- beria, with similar climate and soil, and only forty miles distant at the straits, there are thousands of Tchukchcs, Kutaks, and other tribes of deermen fed, and clothed,and housed by their herds of tens of thousand: of domesticated reindeer. In the corresponding regions of Lapland, Arctic Norway, Sweden, and Russia. are ‘27,- {U people (about the seine in number as the Alaskan Eskimo), supporting themselves and procuring their food and clothing larger 1y frcm their 400,000 domesticated reindeer, besidcs paying to their respective govern- ments the annual sum of $400,000, or $1 pe- liead, as a tax en their herds. In central and northern Alaska are vast rolling plains of moss and grass-covered land that are especially adapted by nature for the grazing of reindeer, and are practically useless for any othqr purpose. Ins sinews are dried and pounded into strong and lasting thread. Its bones are soaked in seal oil and used as fuel and its horns are made into various, kinds of house.hold implements and weapons and used in the manufacture of sleds. the stomach is made into . favorite dish called in Siberia manyalla. Its intestines are cleaned, filled with tal- low, and eaten as a. sausage. Its skin is made into clothes, bedding, tent covers, harness, ropes, cords, and fish lines. and the hard skin of the forelegs makes an exceuenn covering for snpwslloes. ' I ts milk and flesh furnish food, its marrow and tongue are considered choice delicacies, and its blood mixed with the contents of the stomach is made into 3 favorite dish called in Siberia manyalla. n. k , ’J -â€" ~AIV muu. In the arctic and subarctic regions of Lap- land and Siberia. the domesticated reindeer is food, clothing, house furniture, and trans- portaticn‘ to tin: people. settlements can be kept open during the long winter months, and the frigid, bleak, and now comparatively uselus plains of that little-known region will become a. source of wealth and pyospefity to the land. . ‘ . .......... u v rum 01011. With the Increase and civilization of the natwesend the general introduction of fin domesticated reindeer herds throughout northern province can be L Dr] r1;ann;han--_:_-L' horonghly egrplor- u... uauvc nsxlmo population, now decféas- ing in numbers, may reasonably be expected to increase, and changing them from men hunters to herds men may be the first up- ward step toward their civilization. “nu. 4L- :7 ‘ This is an event of more th: importance, says the Californi: successful it will create throng em and central Alaska 3. new in place of the walrus, whale fur-bearing land animals, that Furnished a. better and surer the native Eskimo population, n ing in numbers, may reasonably to increase, and changing their hunters to herdsmen mav be t INTRODECING Canadian Cattle in Great Britain. herd REINDEER "To ALASKA’ of more than ordinary he Californian. If it is :reate throug!_xou_t non!!- and‘gurer food; supply. als, that 'are yearly more difficult to ob- a new-food supply I: whale, fish, 313d . civilizationof the introduction of the herds throughout m interior of the I was going ah 0.: she by in the 1 “sail for Jama when I stumbled old woman who‘ years old. She h; and as she held I cried out : A Honorable \" ‘= Don't go in only. P- Look on big man, with n when he smiles . to break loose E “ Vhat craft ed, as I handed “ The Storm her 1" The bark lay us, and it strucl should have hit signed at a ski; and had not see “\Vhat’s the : yo? 23’ Y ' “ He’s crazy. it’s the living t: you'll meet win‘ but it’s dreadf 11‘ together like a claws _to tear y< As I passed a not to ship abo; the time 1 was myself considcl state of mud 1 either way. T warp be: out, a ing a. look at, in to me : “ l\ ow, my In for this voyage, self handy, fox tide.” ring 111 his to with the rest should have m? advance, and boardmg housef soon had tlxealj hold of’ net had had our sul or recalled whd He spoke $3.21 whose name w: 1y a thoroughg while the secou in a quiet way‘ bully anybody. men, which ml provisions wart after the watcl was sent to thq ing her way do {air wind, 1 th gratultte mys craft. t was just a: emerged from i got sight of hi The old woman persanal avppe feet. in Ins em pounds, and hi Samson in are voice and a. so man, but Cap1 m2eer smile czi uiarlv as if we walked and st hing his hand: was not softly didn’t like the stood by me fa as if aroused fl seen murder d watched him j he smoked hit of the movem1 a gliding, shifl but with a so: was meditate. tom point, to The cook wa who had sailed was a colored looked the m: mates thought days later, bu1 izht of the G ’ui.” There ‘ whom Jack Ta Captain comes three cake ch bully, both m orderto can; only beau-0g ‘ the men in 0:3 paint for him plays no part, him 1:: oonbacd saimrs look up By the time w: up our minds very proper c the mates di make of the communicativ ignored them have believed way he kept est in things mm: as he wa out for exerg a. wrapped up man who had was on deck 1 i: gave him t near. We had be logged 06' a fa it fell a dead 1 left us at abo: The Weather without a. clot the bark was swell and the of field piecesl‘ On board cw and mate takq same time, an The two are thing we had to was to wk of this day b1 usual. and mi the watch ofl‘ while others clothes. The off work and ‘ Mr. Watsonc wild, scared I ward almost halted, he gla man who wan .elf mgmher 1 mad mate 4 ABOARD 9” TH