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Ofl LAKE MISIASSUL VISIT TO THE UNKNOWN INLAND SEA OF THE NORTH. Vast *! Illr. el Casnr Mel 1 1 Been IB As>Ba*laBe Be*** ferine* ladiaa NeBnilil*B* Where Ike Feet r Whltr *ina Ha. BeverTree) Before TB* eeeeafBI TrlperafteeOli Kxpler- er IB Caaasla. With no other companion than hit four Indian guides, a young Scotcoman Archi- bald Stuart who is visiting this country for sport, has just succeeded in doing what no other whit* man alone has done. He hs* made iu safety thi* lummer the entire trip from Lake St. Joan, Quebec, to Mistaasini. the greai inland sea in the far North, going by one route and returning by another. He ha* brought back with him an immense amount of the legendary lore and tribal inpentition* of the peculiar aborigine* inhabiting the interior of this f*r Northern country, has interviewed their conjuror*, secured the tint let of photo- graph* obtained of Mistassmi's surround ing*, discovered a aucceosioG <' -.uiticeut hunting grounds, offered superb attractions fer the sportaman and tourist, and found very large area* ol merchantable timber, and vast tract* of magnificent land, admir- ably muted for agricultural purposes, when then was hitherto supposed to be nothing but a worthless wilderness. Mr. Stuart's journey lasted from th* 27th June to the 29th July, but to make it in comfort at least six weeks to two months would be required. It mean* a forest and stream trail, going aad returning, nearly a thou- sand mile* long. BBAB8 IN ABCXDAVCB. The tint quarter ef the journey comistec of the accent of th* tower portion of tn Aihuapmouchouan, en* of Lake St. John'* immense tributaries, for about a hnndr-i miles, part* ol which are only navigate with the greatest difficulty, on account o the wild rapids. Only three days up from Lake St. John Stuart met two Indian hunten bringing down no lee* than thirteen bear skins to sell. Bean are exceedingly plentiful her*, and, in fact, throughou the whole of thi* northern country. Thei track* ar* sssn in abandaaoe upon all th* portage*. The Pesaonka rapids are the most dangerous of the Ashaapmouoheuan aeries, and must be faced in canoe*, the high oils** on either side of them forbidding the possibility 1 portaging around them. Sometimes in poling up them it is im- possible to rind the bottom, and then the canoes are violently swept down stream at imminent ruk of destruction. Up the perpendicular clitfs at the si-les the Indian i declare that one of their sorcerer*, some tew years ago, walked to the top like a fly, bringing d?*-n with him a number of birds' neala and their eggs : and they add, with a shake of the head, that, " it was not with th* aid of the good Oed, bjt rather with the assistance of the devil." that he did it. Amphibious human belli*;*, called by the Indian* " river im-n. " are believed by them to have formerly occupied part* of Canada, and Father C'harlevoix, in hi* works, tells some carious stories conoerning them that wen repeated by the Indian* to th* fint discoverer* of the country. Mr. Stuart s guides pointed out te him the exant spot in the Pemonka rapids where, ss they allege, the last survivor of thi* DOW extinct race wa* ruthlessly slaughtered by a Mistaasini Indian, who, accompanied bv hi* wife and family, was descending them on hi* way to the St. Lawrence to hunt porpoises. It was about fifty yean ago, and th* guide* pntend to have known some old Indians who saw the Mistassim hunter when he reached bake St. John. To them he boasted that be had killed the river man. " I shot him in the back with a lug from my rifle," he said, " while he was swimming down the rapids, and he turned * number of *omenault* and disappeared." Th* Indians were horror-stricken, and told him that he had committed a dreadful deed, and that something awful was sure to hap- pen him. " I don't care," was th* answer of this bold, bad man. " I would do it again. I would kill ths derii if I wa* to meet him." But tradition says that the Indians warned him truly, and that in de- scending th* heavy rapids of the discharge of Lake St. John his oanoe was overturned, both himself aad hi* family were drowned, and ths murder of the " river-man' was avsaged. i or THX DEAD. also, 10 found, and as in the oa*e of the tear*, a piece of tobacco waa usually found n their mouths . The honor thus shown the animal* of their chase is supposed by the Indian to gratify their spirits. Thus when the tpin i of the bear re-vi*its the cene oi hi* former exploits, and *ee* tl.e reepect which ha* been ihown hi* head, h >-x peeled to *ay to himself. "Hello \ they have treated me wall here," or some- thing of the kind, and in the snap * of the iving of hi* species, to continue to frequent the locality. Mr. Stuart pulled out the ith of one of the skulls to bring home with him, much to the horror of the Indians, who aaid that such indignity to the bear could not fail to have an injurious effect upon the fortune* of those who bunted over tiieee ground*. TMI QUA* INLAND SKA. Various small portage* and abort canoe rout**, known only to the the party to the "height Indian*, brought of land, in the neighborhood oi which beaver wen so ex- ceedingly plentiful that the paddling of the canoe was constantly interrupted by their village* and dam*. Considerable swampy ground was found here, and im- mense q nan titles of partridge* Lover* of the gnu will be able to enjoy magnificent port here in the shooting season. On the 14th July they reached Lake Obatagooman, when duck* were plentiful, as well a* partridge*, and so wen beaver, otter, and bear. Whitefish were plentiful in moat of the water* beyond the height of land, trout wen found in moat of the smaller stream* en route, and pike and dore abound every- where. Obatat(oom*n is a very large lake, but nobody know* it* size, for it ha* never been explored. Someuf the lake* intervening between it and Lake MUtaaiini appear on none of the map*. One of them is at le**t 35 mile* long, and to all of them reeort very large quantities of ducks. Mistassmi wa* reached on the 19th July a great inland tea of over a hundred mile* in length. Near it* southern point i* a post of the Hudson Bay Company, consulting of three or four small lug building*, the only human habitation on or near the great lake. The reeident* of the post draw all their supplies from James bay, and ths factor, Mr. Mil- lar, had gone for them when Mr. Stuart viaited the post. They had run so short of provisions there that flour had not been seen at the poet since spring, the only food apply then being osrp ami aucksn. Mr. Stuart gare then some flour and canned meats, which they gratefully aocspted. Splendid looking potatoes and other vege- tables were growing inagarJen at the poet., bat could not be used till September. The soil is excellent. Some of the reeident* of the post, including M:ss Miller, daughter of the ageat, a very bright young woman, have never visited civilization, aad never svem seen a cow. A aVAPU HBTUUK. trip trom Lass St. John to Mis- had occupied over three weeks. The ntnrn was made within a week. i 'twin nearly a hundred mile* a esy WCIN- made in running down the heavy rapid* which had been poled tip with such diffi- culty. But the high rate of speed at which th* rapid current carried down the canoe* added materially to the peril* of the descent. Several narrow escapes were experienced on the way, and one canoe was swamped and seas., an. I with it wa* lost a quantity of provision*. So ibort of uppliee did the party bece*n that for a day or two before regaining civilization toey had to depend upon she duoks and partridge* which they were compelled to [till out of season, and upon the ouanamche and other fish, which they caught ID great profusion. The return, too, for the fint two-thirds of the way after leaving Mists*- sini, wa* by a different and mon direct rout* than they wen able to take in ascending, and they early entered the Kiver Chef, a largs, long tributary of the Aihuapmouchouan. On thi* route they portaged a number of very beautiful fall*, found numerou* sign* of beaver and bear, pasted large quantities of excellent soil upon both side* of the height of land, and saw innumerable quantities of duoks upon all the waters through which they passed. M r. Stuart ha* bro-ight back with him a splendid collection of pictures illustrative of what he had seen upon his trip, which possesses special interest from th* risk which attended it, the large amount of splendid land found upon it, and the immense facilities of the country travelled a* a resort for sportsmen nady undergo some difficulties and run some risks to obtain successful hunting and fish- ing when scarcely any whit* man has had it before him. The Ashnepmouchouan river was left at the mouth of the Shigobiche, one of it* tributaries, which wa* ascended a* far u Laks Shigobiche, a tine body of water 30 miles long. Fine, trout fishing was had in the Shigobiche river, and along its banks, and in good part of the country surround- ing the lake the richest of soil wa* found, yielding wild grass waist high. Any num- ber of fresh bear track* were seen, showing this country to be a perfect hunter's para- diae. The scenery about Lake Shigobiche i* most beautiful. The water i* itudded with ulands, and Mount Shigobiche, upon the border* of the lake, rises abruptly to a height of 600 feet. On an island in one of the lakes picturesque bays was discovered an eld Indian cemetery, marked by many mound*, beautifully located in a birch grove. Mr. Stuart wanted to camp then, but the guide* refused, being afraid to dis- turb the spirits of the dead. A portage of twe mile* from the lake bioujht them into the Riviere de la Cote Croohe, which des- cended to Lake Aehaupmouchouan the headwater* of the river of that name which is also a large lake, and surrounded by splendid soil, as is also the Nicaubau river, which they reached by a short port- age, and ascended it* frightful rapids where they were very nearly swamped, reac.img fint Little, and then Great Lake Nicaubau. All through this section of the country larg* r.uinbers of duoks were seen, and splendid sport can be h vl here in the fall of the year. On a point of land at I he en- trance of the lake they found some twenty beam' head* stuck upon poles, and smaller number* of them had been seen similarly treated at various other localities during the journey. Beaver skull* were often, The A JAPANESE DEMON. TBU Waa rraae) * Ihr wlBlr Wa* PBBlskesl. A moet ingenious > windier recently met with Dunishment at the hands of the Kuma- oto polio* authorities, after having for three months imposed on the credulity of the people, says the Japan Mail. He ex- hibited what he waa pleased to call " the skeleton of a demon," and in connection with tlii* ha* been convicted of a most dar- ing duplicity and sent up for a long term to a place when flesh-and- blood demon* an of not infrequent occurrence. Thi* Japanese i* one Miohigami Kotaro, a native of village in Bingo, hi* real profession being that of a paper-banger (hyognya). Being dissatisfied with the profits derived from honest trade, he conceived the idea of manufacturing the skeleton of a demon of the good old-fashioned Shutendoji type, believing that he would make a tort me by exhibiting it. In manufacturing the nuue skull he used the crandal bonee ot hone* and oxen. These be joined together most deftly by covering them on the inner side with skin taken from the STOMACH or VN- ox. Horse teeth inserted the wrong way wen placed in the "demon's "mouth, giving the scull a most ferooiou* expraesion. Two horn* remained to be soldered on, in strict accordance with the received tradition* of lemon* in Japan, and bore again the horn* of an ox wen put into requisition. In order tu make the home look eld and well worn he fint boiled them in nitric acid and then pnli*h*d them with tokusa, the equisvtum or " scouring rush, " a plant containing much silicia. The spine, ribs, and sundry other bonee wen made out of those of hones and oxen . To disguise t heir original color and give them an ancient appearance he besmeared tnem with a mix- tun of lime and powdered gallnut; and so particular was he that he even oaa*ed a little hair to giow on the skull by cover- ing it with a strip of oat's skin. After completing his exhibit th* next thought was to obtfin a document guaranteeing it* genuineness. To thi* effect he composed written paper, taking great care to give it. with the aid of sundry chemicals, th* requisite frayed aad aged look, after wtiich, by touching it with honey here and there, he caused it to be IIHAWCD liv WORM* keeping it for thi* purpose for several days in a box wherein he had previously placed some bookworms. These thorough prepara- tion* being complete, he set out on a swind- ling tour in February of thi* year, and earned a unbatantial sum by exhibiting his handiwork. 3ut late was lying in wait for him at Kumamoto. The fraud was detected, and the swindling three the skeleton, the { docusient. and the man were imprisoned. Yet it waa by no mean* aaay to unnw*k the fellow. Letten were forwarded to the district office in Bingo, where he was regis- tered, and the answer elicited the fact that he was traveling under an alia*. Another letter waa then despatched to the local authorities of a certain district in the Island of Oki, here the showman declared he had unearthed the great rind. Ths reply was in this instance fatal to dishonesty, the whole story being declared an arrant untruth. Confronted with thooe incontro- vertible proofs, the man finally made a clean breast of it, giving a minute descrip- tion ot tne manner in which be had made th ; skeleton. HOUSEBOATS ON THE THAMES Tkey AM la. rr,..ii.. IB XasBSwr* au.l IB eil releerr To the fonign or casual visitor to the Thames, perhaps the gi<Mtest revelation is that of houseboat life, founded on the fleet- ing glances obtained through the burned launch journey which is as much a par' of a tourist's programme as a visit to th* Tower, the British Museum, or any other sesort unknown to th* ordinary Londoner. says the Pall Mall (iacette. The original idea of the use of a houseboat, that of "roughing it," ha* long since departed, I save in the case of a few wretched craft, i Those not thoroughly acquainted with the mysteries of existence on the river have probably little conception of the number ot houseboats on the Thames, the accommoda- tion afforded, and the many arrangement* made for the provision of every comfort for their occupant*. With regard to number*, on turning to authentic conservancy docu- ment*' we find that the last list of registered houseboats and tender* contains 153 names of ordinary craft, besides 43 stationary ves- sels. Then is a class comprising boats used mon or less for Hrsisiss OK -:.rn ITBPOMBM nob as collage barges, craft tor the conveni- ence of boat-builders, or for iwimmmir and rowing clubs. Tiiese an all subject to a considerably smaller fee than is charged for the simple pleasure boat. In size houseboat* vary greatly, and many owner* with fairly good accommoda- tion* add to it by the provision of a tender. Of this fllass are th* Lil, which, with her accompanying tender (usually, but not al- ways, devoted to the kitchen and servant's rooms), total* 1)9 feet 6 inches ; the Mem- vale, with 116 feet 6 inch** ; the Summer- holme, 109 feat 5 inches ; Crantully Castle, 97 feet ; Undine, 95 feet 3 inches ; and Ca- price, 90 feet. Of boat* which rlnpssjss with the tender, but are notable for size, may be mentioned me Water Lily, 90 feet 1 inches : Kismet and St. Helena, 90 lest each ; Red Rover, 85 feet ; Corinthian, 84 feet 6 inches ; Notre Dame, 81 teet : Piin- oe*s of Wales, 80 feet 5 incliee ; while Dott* between iixty and eighty fe*t are common. Fifty feet is perhaps the moet convenient length for a houseboat, and a well-planned craft of thi* size ha* excellent accommoda* tun, with five or s*x bedroom*, large saloon, and kitchen. The saloon, to, is often tint- ed for conversion into a sleeping apartment ' in case of the emergencies which often arise during regatta times, when ownen of houseboats can always rely on A I.ENiiTIIV VISITOR'S 1. 1ST. THE HOflE. Housekeeping Tools. Eary housekeeping is augmented by hav- ing sufficient kitchen utensils. The eWlira- <>ii* breakfast muffins that we all enjoy *o- muuh cannot be msde in every honse, because then are not always nog*. An old-fashioned boiled dinner would be a delightful change in many household*, bat. there i* often only one available pot : all the others leak. The first one te seed- repair was not sol lered, and one after an- other ha* met similar fate, until new nearly all th* content* of th* tin oleael are war.mg for the arrival of the tinker. Thi* argue* bad management. Every lea*, -hciuid be stopped a* soon a* it appears, Thin, too. be on the lookout for the many helps of time and atnngth that are now in market. Apple ooren, potato peelen and cutting machine* an so inex- pensive a* to make it possible for every- body to have them, t'lothe* wringer* everybody is supposed to have, and yet all houaekeepen have not even these. A*be*to* plasw, costing a few cent* each, are invaluable in toast making. Put the plate next to the red coal*, just as yon do th* stove lid. When it is hot lay two or three slice* of bread on it, and go about your work a* if bread wen not being toast- ed, only in a few moments return to the Are, turn your bread over aad do the other side. Toast made thu way i* delicious, and beside* th* time saved, the hand i* not reddened nor scorched. Buy also a scrubbing machine ; it i* easily worked after th* order ot a sweeper, and it save* an immense amount of time, a* also the back, knee* and clothing of whoever ha* the scrubbing to do. Ths Aluwlii, oven i* invaluable, as are also kerosene and oil stoves. Silver Plate. Many excellent housewives commit the- miatake of rubbing their nlver te a pnma- ture condition of ihabbinee* by aa overuse of patent polishing powders. put of course there an other powder* wwSsVmav . At*. be relied upjn. Beware of pow<J*n that contain <|uiuk*ilver, which i* *aid *o far to- penetrate and render silver brittle that it> will even brake with a fall. Whityng properly purified and applied wet i ose ol the easiest, safest, and certainly the cheap- eel of all plate powders. Jeweler* and silversmith* seldom us* anything else for small article*. Th* ordinary method of cleaning plate IB Many frexinen'ers of the river think, with | first to wash it well with soap and warm reason, that the length of a houseboat : water ; when perfectly dry mix together a should not exceed rifty feet. The present little whiting ami iweet oil, so as to make tendency is decidedly toward craft of an a soft paste: then tk* a piece ol flannel, inconveniently large sue, due principally to i reb it on the plate then rub it with a the apirit of rivalry which poaseese* owuen chamois and plenty ol dry whiting anl now that th* original type of houseboat , oieaii or! again, giving a final polish witn has r -tirmi in favour of the floating reside- , clean chamois and a brush. The alua4 nee, with its luxurious furnituie. The manner in which wUenmith* clean their accommodation on one of the laige tender { plal and produce the beautiful polish so Telephone vs. Telegraph. "A good many of the railroads are ser- iously considering the use of the telephone and rapid in place of the telegraph for the transmis- sion of train order*, "said a western railroad "On the Pennsylvania, Lehigh Val RUB THE OTHER EYE. Advice ef aa Kasilnrrr BesiarelUsc the Be- sneval ..r'l"J.-r. Nine persons out of every ten with a cinder or any foreign substance in the eye will instantly begin to rub the eye with one hand while hunting for their handkerchief with the other. They may, and sometimes do, remove tne offending cinder, but more frequently they rub until the eye becomes inflamed, bind a handkerchief around the head, and go to bed. This is all wrong. The better way i* not to rub the ey- wi'.h the cinder in it at all, but rub the other eye a* vigorously a* yon like. A few yean since 1 was riding on th* engine of a fact express. The engineer threw open the front window, ami 1 caught a cinder that gave me the moat excrniiaiic.g pain. I began to rub the eye with both hand*. " Let your eys alone and rub the other eye'' (this from the engineer). I thought he wa* chaffing me, and worked the harder. "1 know, you doctors think you know it all, but if you will let that eye alone and rub the other one, the cinder will be out in two minutes," persisted the engineer. I began to rub the other sye : soon I felt the cinder down near the inner canthus, and made ready to take it out, " Let it alone and keep at the well eye.'' ihouted the doctor pro tern. I did so for a minute longer, ami looking into a small glaa* he gave me found ths offender on my cheek. Since then I have tried it many time* and have advised many others, and have never known it to fail in one instance, unless it wa* something shirp as a piece of iteelor something that out into the ball and required an operation to remove it. roller, In mounting a shade on apring place spring end to th* left. A piece of bread, not too fresh, will re- move til dirt from shadei; never uts eils. much admired U by the application ef rouge powder. Tin* i* applied after the tint cleansing ha* been done by the whitine praoeee. Th* rouge powder IB mixed with water tu about the thickness of cream and applied with a piece of leather. This with a little rubbing will produce an admirable ley, and the New York Central telephones i now in use for thi* purpose bet ween many of the principal stations, and an found to be a great improvement over the telegraph. The great difficulty that has oppeared to have interposed iteelf against the use of the telephone for (ending train order* ha* been the fact that under such a syt*m then remain* no written record of th* orden transmitted or received, and railroad employe* are not considered infal- lible enough for the companies to trust to their memories of what they said or what they heard. It ha* been suggested, how- ever, that inch a record can be as easily k'pt when telephones are used when tele- graphic instrument* tick out the dsepatchef. Tbs plan i* to have the oider written out at the place of sending an.l then have the sender spell out each woid, the let- ten of which are written will be down by the receiver as he hear* them at the other end. In other words, the letter* of ths message will be ipokan instead of ticked off, a* they are now, by the Morse system. I believe that the u*e of 'phone* by railroads, with such a safeguard a* that I have deeoiibed.will prevent i great many of th* error* that now slip into important orden and which cause so much delay aa veil as a considerable number of aooi dents." boats, such as the Summerholnie or Me- rrivale, would be much aafollows: Saloon, -.I) feet to 25 teet long, by 16 feet or 17 feet: two larg* and four small bedrooms, with perhaps bathroom and pantry: with kitchen, and rooms for three or four servant*, on the tender. Other boat* are construe ted with fewer polish. bedrooms, but more saloon accommodation . t the Lil ha* a large saloon and two dining- | rooms. Some boats, although not of gnat | Fumigation With Brimstone. length and without tender, make up for i T the area in having great width. The Rouge et Noir, which is certainly in the fint rank, if not the be*t %ll round boat on the rivsr. is only -Vi feet long, but 2S feet beam ren ders her very roomy, giving a fine saloon and five large bedroom*. They Were Jawbreakers. V Toothache ; Oh no. He only tried to read aloud the name* of a few of the < 'hinese war ship*. Buffalo has a city hall that oc*t 91 ,360, 000. Over 90.000,000 bushels of grain have passed through Buffalo going east in a single season. TAJ MAHAL oro or Ifer treat vihli* 1>Bi*>le el iBdla. Four sky-piercing minaret*, white as driven snow, stand, one at each corner of the spacious marble platform, to remind the pilprim that the Taj Mahal is a palace of perpetual prayer. This idea is enforced by the presence of an immense sandstone mos- que on either side of the sacred temple of death, and the snowy purity of this crown and flower of Mogul art is emphasized by the ruddy domes and minaret* which flank the white terrace on which it stands. As we approach the great flight* of mat- ble step* a nearer view reveal* the fact that dome and cupola*, walls and minaret* of the Taj Mahal are richly inlaid with ao in tricate mosaic of precious stones and costly order to fumigate a room properly with sulphur, every crack and crevice, even the keyholes, must be tilled in, so then will be no chance for the fume* to es- cape to tne other part* of the house. Re- member that sulphur is a powerful bleacher and will probably take the color out of the wall paper or of any material left in the room. It will turn gilding black and corrode any metal. Therefore the room must be stripped of all draperies, curtaiiin and anything with metal trimming*. Plain wood furnittre doe* not aeem to be injured in any way by the fumes. Allow two pounds of broken sulphur or brimstone to every thousand cubic feet in the room, and one pound ot flowen of sulphur. Put the nulphur in an old tin or iron saucepan, and isolate it from the floor by sitting it on two brick* in a pan of ash** or sand. Put the broken sulphur in fint, pour the flower* of sulphur over it, add two tablespoonfuls of aloohol, let the whole on fire with a match and leave the room a* quiokly a* possible Let the room remain tightly closed for thirty - six hours, then open and air iu If the sulphur has all been burned, a* it should be, every particle of animal life in the room must have been destroyed. Not fly or even one of the wont pest* of a be- room can survive this treatment. marbles, which, instead of detracting from the general effect of dazzling whitenees, only Window-Shades Hints. enhance the almoet transparent delicacy of , _,,..., wln dow shade that ha* the fairy fabric, Itock crystal and coral, gar- net and sapphire, amethy.t and tur.mo.se *"> torn from tho roller - "" <""> but gleam amid agate and cornelian, jasper and { one ounce tacks); longer tacks injun the lapis la/.uii from the many-colored marble* spring. which relieve the back ground of all pervad A , way . , t(l . ,,, , brmok . t ing white. Diamonds still gutter round the inacces- sible height* of the dome, though many of the moet valuable jewels wen picked out of their nettings by successive conqueror* of Agra. The jewelled embroidery of Taj ii one of the most exquisite refinements of the art, which, in obedience to Moslem creed, refrains from the exact npnwntatiun of any natural object, while suggesting with marvelous fidelity every variety of tropical vegetation in a manner which indicates the spirit rather than the form of leaf and flower. A Good Memory. Little Kthel " I wonder why Adam and Kve had such a awinl time just because they ate one little apple '" Johnny (reflectively) " Maybe it wa* gnen. " In 18933,341 ship* passed through the Suez Canal, yielding 6H,00'),000 in due*. Ths canal is only eighty-eight mil** long, but it reduced the diitanoe from England to India, by MS, nearly the right hand side of the window. Always place roller iu bracket* w shade rolled up. To strengthen th spring draw the sh down a few revolutions, remove roller from bracket*, roll up shade and replace. If the spring is too strong, remove rolle from brackets with shade rolled up un roll a lew turn* and replace. If the shade Is lacked on properly will hang towards the window. To fit a (had* to a window with inaide shiitten, moaaure inside moulding next to shutters. To shorten a roller for window with in- side shutter*, measun from the tip on spring side and allow half inch for roller end; it will then roll fnely in the bracket*. Always see that roller i* out true, and that roller end is free from imperfections arising from casting. To properly wind a spring roller for or- dinary length shades, fifteen to sixteen