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 â- \ It' 1: 1:0 'If :..;' L. "f fram Popest to Buzz Saw. 3feErcs oTLife Among the Pines and Siiems, Where tlie Lnmbennan Swings Bis £ xe and Wields His Pike. Wurnggf^S and Rafting in Canada. ^he ralue of the exports of timber from "^AsaaJi »iinually is about §20,000,000. But ^K p«i«inetiDn is beginning to fall off, owing rjt: Jk ecBistaat raiding by axe and fire. Woe Urn- ITcsr Brunswick, and even to Nova Scotia i«iisK â- Â» more revenue oan be drawn from "Hk •ssaij sources of revenue left to each .yrssMoe under the Confederation act are 'Srasceaoiiaerals, on lands and on timber leeiHi^qg to the Crown at the time of the -CasBia «2so an ftUowance from the central -^j»wi-aa»«it of eighty cents per head of the ^^f/o^M. yearly. Ti.tj3«at winter oeeupation of the float- ig -yeMwaiiry of Canada is lumbering. Some a»iJ*«r *a»et8 are held by companies, but dfeft greater area belongs to the provincial -g^wsTUDents. A timber section is either mmrHeKend off at lease, the highest bidder get^agthepreferajoe, or the operator ob- a»aaBB tteft land under license. Nosanegov- • 3aaic»«it -sells its timber land out and out, ':nbmE^ New Brunswick and Nova Scotia did • '^2S till they nearly ruined themselves. GEITIXtt TO THE WOODS. \!fl«eti the Canatlian lakes begin to coat i-vni^ TaJ:J th 'ifie and cold snow nakes come .^^leXisBg-ttnit of the Northeast the floating 'j^nsR^ary iaegin to make ready for the siT^-wS^ SoBd farmers, with sturdy teams, ^^nw nu^ ready for departure. â- yi-r task of getting to the distant timber Skfi»%? is not an easy one, for aU the appli- aar.t:* /or the winter's operation must be 'â- irragj'iiX, -along; the parties must be provided !»nalK.f»kaity of provisions and the horses can- :»si-:^;w"itli out proper feed. SJaiai-e the' logging parties set out they .rtvaciye the reports of explorers who know â- ^ir*yr* .*)f)erations ought to commence and the ;ȣiJ5 ties for getting the timber out when the •jwt^ing snow and the spring rains fill the .aixeKiws J» their banks. "2s 5'eiv Brunswick the chief lumber ' j-«jp3WJK« fcre the Nashwaak, the upper St. • 'Ekita. iXiCfl? its tributaries, and the northwest â-  vmi i^ijtitJiwest branches of the Miramichi. •Xie vifca-AEce from the mouth of the St. John x8feK2 !sa ihe confines of Maine, where much !cj«^«' ie tat, is not less than 400 miles. SPXuffl Cte timber men set out they bid their •-«««».«»£ sweethearts goodby till after the oraawr Ri« Alie Jiext spring. ,â- ;.- '-•"' Yidtis clothiug is mostly made of heavy ^.3iB!"i; S!t*«a on hand looms by their wives, •-arttSMWi, and sisters, their socks are as heavy sas'weiuSfen threads can make them and their â- *".^sj*us " keep the feet warm in the cold- ssJi.. !r8ii?.allier. Their blankets are ^heavy as 'iintsseti x-i^ «.nd their food is strong but â- â€¢.«A.»li«-5st«ae. Steffi iis brought there in barrels and there .arafcfflsalance of it. Sometimes they leave mB:vsff^ened barrel of it after them when iSsanf "fjaiiie out in the spring, and the hungry ' VitxTf jpKoivKng aljout in the early summer ^eaiSI *.o"ietinies scent out the pjize and knock »Jx Sf;si5 into the barrel by striking it with :»rsLi)iNO JHA :ties axd stables. ?5rj; fiiuie selected for operations by those • ijssevss^-ABJlows is often a piece of primeval 3Faif«iws; *iowingno sign that man has ever been â- rlM5."^fcmfoi-e. The trees, whichare spruce,pine, ?«i»xfcy.iiple or beech, grow cleanly from the .fjn.EM. lt height of twenty or thirty or f*.vt-v- j«£t. uvA horses with bob sleds can '.»n».ri! i(l:Kut easily. But winter and siun- riMsr 'iirtse giant evergreens retain their ht-'tpffti-it, SiM-l tliGss are so thick that the rays irilwi *-«7i -an hardlj' struggle through r'UxM.' T (HI hear osily the whirring of gi-ouse, crisK â€" e-iet'p, clieep" -of jays or the crying of "jkt-.vr. -4r«air-ivhet if there is a storm at hand. Hmr. z^. report of a gun or the shout of a man J.T. ' *\.^ fn- Tohn the Restigouche or the as the woodsmen caU them, wid these the ^l^V^/' ^J ^^^ jogs arl cut they are cook plucks, cleans, hangsfor afew daysand J^^^^^o^i^dg tfe side of the river, then stews with onions and ^vory-f or dhe h^^Jf. °f^ ^^^^ ^he brow, where they are is a thoughtful cA*-/ he wiU have come pro- vided with the two latter thingsâ€" the aroma from the inviting mess rising on the air and delighting the nostrils of the hungry men as they return from work. The English speakmg woodsmen get better ' ' grub " than the French Canadians. If they are working on the confines of Maine they get luscious beans, and they have plenty of butter and sometimes beef. But the great staple is Western pork, which is hauled to the woods in barrels. They teke molasses m their tea. And what appetites these choppers hve when they return to the shanties in the dusk! Thereisnearlyalways a stream hard by, and to this they go and have a wash brushing their hair up with the crown of their soft hats or caps. The cook is ready for them. He has a huge pot of hot tea, abundance of hot bread and fried pork swimming in lard. Some- times he has an enormous "batter cake," moist with lard and containing bits of pork cut up small mixed through it. Each man takes a tin dish, in which he puts his bread and pork, pouring a quantity of molasses over both. He then fills his pint tin with tea, and taking his clasp knife or a heavy metal knife provided in the camp sits close to the roaring fire. He pours plenty of mol- asses into his tea. Everything goes on ^yith the best nature and after supper the pipes are lighted. In a little while the choppers go and grind their axes for the morrow, and the rest stretch around in their bunks telling stories or singing songs. They go to bed at nine o'clock. IX THE SHANTIES OF THE FBKXCH LUMBER JIEIf. The camp life just described refers chiefly to the English speaking Canadians. The lumber men who come from Quebec and operate along the Ottawa River are not so comfortably situated, but they are more picturesque. They like red scarfs, and some of thein go in a costume like tlfe trappers of old Canada. They get little but pork and bread to eat and their vages run as low as from S12 to §16 a month. But how polite they are, even in their rude shanty in the -woods The will receive the wandering stranger with all the courtesy and grace of old times seigneurs. The belated sportsman passing through the woods at night, where this French shanty is, will hear sounds that are most pleasuig to his ear. He will hear the music of a concertina or the strains of a fiddle, while lusty voices sing some stirring chanson du boia. Certain songs of the old voyageurs ^re always popular, and every evening is to be heard " A la claire fontainc"' ringing through the shanty. It is a rare thing to find a body of French Canadians together on a raft, in a boat or in a camp without hear- ing them singing one of the old chansons dear to their hearts because their forefathers sang them through the same wildernesses. How often has not this stanza risen through the night out of the woods or resounded upon the Ottawa and the French rivers while sturdy arms handled paddle or oar â€" Lc flls du roi s'en va chassant, Kn roulant ma boulc, Avec son gi-and fusil d'argent, Rouli, roulant ma boule roulant £n roulant ma boule roulant, En roulant ma boule. These chasseurs and woodsmen will sing no new songs. The older the song and the tune the better they like it. THE METIS. Many of the lumbermen along the Ottawa and on the Quebec streams are Xletis. That is to say, their ancestors, who were chas- seurs, roving the northern part of the contin- ent from the great lakes to the shores of Hudson Bay, not finding wliite women enough -among the habitants, often married squaws. A noted French baron set them this example. The Metis is heavy faced and is duller than a pure Frenchman, but he is skillful in the woods* The French and Metis are all Roman Catholics, and as a tumult of echoes everywhere in or, as it is called, the brow, ^, „ heaped up to await the openmg of the stream in spring One man called a " land tender is employed at the brow. ^v v The trees cut and hauled to this brow- comprise spruce and pine, but if the gang is engaged at square timber it will also embrace maple, birch and beech. No unsound logs are cut and none of w» undersize. By not destroying the small trees, which hardly pay to cut, the groimd can be again cut over in from eight to ten years In some of the lumber regions there is a strict law against destroying the shanties when the men are leaving them in the spring, for to many a huntsman or trapper has a cosey old shanty been a godsend on bitter nights. SUPEBSTITIOXS OF THE WOODS. There is no place more fruitful of super- stitions and fears of the supernatural than the silent woods, and there is probably not a Frenchman or Metis in all these camps that does not firmly believe that the spirits of the dead come upon the earth in various shapes. The Metis stUl believe that the mighty Gloosecap lies under the great hills, voiceless and powerless forevermore. If to- wards the spring, as the lumberman goes to his work he should see one crow, then his heart smks, for he believes that some cala- mity has happened to a friend at home. If two crows should fly before hiiii he will wager a plug of black jack with Jean that there is a wedding among his folks. If a sleeper in the shanty should waken m the night and hear the hooting of an owl or the crying of the "saw-whet,"thenhe draws his blanket closer about him, shudders, and believes that some calamity threatens him- self or sonie one belonging to him. Any strange soimd heard at night is attributed to S supernatui-al cause, and there is hardly a bluff on the river, clad with its spruce and pine, that has not revealed to some man re- turning to camp as night settles down the outlines of a huge and awful thing. There is nothing that the superstitious ej^e will convert so quickly into a ghost as a tree seen in the dusk. WILD ANIM.VLS IN THE WOODS. There is nothing that will bruig a Sunday camp to its feet so quickly as the prospect of digging out a bear from his den in the hollow of a tree. When the lakes and rivers become frozen over in the early winter and snow covers the ground the Canadian bear begins to prowl about and look for a spot in which to pass the winter. The chopper sometimes comes upon Mr. Bruin, doubled up and in a sort of comatose state. The poor brute is hustled out and speedily done to death. In spring they construct pitfalls and allure the bear to the spot by placing a piece of meat on the cover- ing of the pit. Bruin goes in headlong and is despatched with guns or pike poles. Otter and beaver are sometimes caught, red and silver hair foxes go scampering by and some- times a woodsman will run in terror and tell his comrades that he has seen an " Indian devil" in a neighboring tree. Moose abound, and when the snow is deep the, lumbermen bind on their snow shoes and chase the animals, who sink in the snow and soon get tired out. Then the woodsmen despatch the poor brutes. WAITIXC4 FOR THE DRIVE. As soon as the snow begins to melt in the woods and you can hear the merry dripping of every tree, open spaces begin to appear in the streams. Sometimes a heavy rain storm comes, carrying the ice -out of the rivers and streams, making the way clear for the drivers. Then every man except those who have to take home the teams sizes his "peevy,"a pole v.-ith an iron pike in the end, and a " scant dog" arrangement. IX THE STKEAM. and putting together all the logs of like making. After this is done rafting com- mences, and in due time the logs are taken away to their respective mills, where they are sawed and prepared for market. A WORD OF Vt'ABSiya. But let me say now for my last words on this subject that unless the general govern- ment of Canada, and the provincial govern- ments as well, take active means to preserve their timber lands from free and ruthless stripping it will not be possible twenty years from now for any pen to write an article on logging in Canada that would be worth half a column of space. TSOOPEBS MADE LUDICEOUS. Called Oat In Their WlxlitKO-nrmsaHd l»eat- tered In tbe P*t8dam Cintten. The people of Potsdam, near Berlin, ha,ve receiitly been stirred up by a series of mili- tary high jinks. The garrison there has been called out at all times of the day and night to make sham assaults, start sham skirmishes, and to pretend to capture all sorts of isolated buildings, from castles to cowsheds. Late one Wednesday evening a short time ago the retiring Potsdamers were thrown into a state of high excitement by some military evolutions of a rather unexpected and unprecedented kind. The regiment of the Gardes du Corps got the order at 10 o'clock to take the Imperial Stadtschloss by storm. In the wildest haste every soldier jumped into the clothes nearest to his bed, tumbled down to the parade ground within the barracks, and leaped to the saddle of his waiting horse. Then came a crazy sci-amble for the Stadtschloss. At the first dash a horse and its rider went down in. rounding the comer near the Berliner gate. The horsM of a dozen other cavalrymen close behind were instantly upon the prostrate animal and flew sprawling in all directions. Spears and accoutrements got trangled up with the horses, and two of the animals were so badly wounded that they had to be shot on the spot. While theunhorsed men were straightening themselves out for another dash, a little squad which had got ahead of them collided with a peasant's team and big covered AN EPIDiailc Op Netliodji or DestroyiB, i„ Serenity m old ar^e k v^ of us fin/ life too°harSt%L reach that tranquility 'S^ here m Pans, h evident. «iw fpr life, this craving fe«f An epidemic of suiSideS^tofQ a plague, coming no on^ ^J^ft On some days the list n^^ ^AJ suicides, while the avera^ " W! three. The city is ^| scourge, with its despondent "" '« many solitary griefs, and ita „!'P«V. ingthesomidofsomanys^^ men come there to die fJt ^S: throw themselves intok^^^ V^ I repeat, has the contagio^'^, ^5 to claim so many viS "l'*^«S inany victimj s„,J" misery or madness, throw u, "i the bridges, and theirTJ f*!^" fel the Seine, caught 3 'f Others prefer the rl. K hang themselves in .Z' »t the suburbs, at Vinoe^ "i ' but the „rn„.„_ â„¢* M r, lesare under le in some logne, but the greater'*T themselves this journey hv tv,.„a the nearest beam. -Men kveSl selves behmd doors, in sarreti,^^^ '"" dors, and latteriy one has beS ft*" simply to avoid the trouble of .ff flights of stairs to hi, S, " ^^" himself from the railing of tW ,t^i^'â€"t poisoning there are fewertf 1 women still swallow laudanum 7Z' ^1 phorus from a bundle of matches Ii?*^ the latter is .sometimes a succes^'l*' suicide. ^^Wn, too some'fc arteries while m the bath, and d«rt [i them gently to sleep under the tepid J!^ A giri of sixteen years, driven SZ% appomtment in love, chose last west T J in this way. As to charcoal, it r^^^ solace of the poor, a cheap and ever r-^ cure for all theilIsoflife.SvhenS=| of burning issues from under a door iitJ faulwurgs inhaliited by the Morkms-tli the first cry is "Suicide f They® the door, and sometimes arrive in tim j save some poor wretch struggling jj tiie. niil agonies of death. Suicide wagon full of vegetables for the B^riin mar- "f,,, ""'^^„, ^f "' "â-  /* Kqims i; ket Thepeasant was tossed from his seat' â„¢,^,"'»^^^^^ Pl^nge p^^ into the gutter, where he lay unconscious "^S ^^"""^f "|° the flesh. Amoresm:; while the horses ran down the street and the '"-PO" " the pistol; it demands odv cavalrymen were jtr j-ing to get their horses '}^°^^ '"7^";^" "^*^ finger-even loose from the wreck ot^the wagon cover. A "«"" contraction of the muscles w dozen minor accidents delayed the members of the regiment in other parts of the city, so that all save one arrived at the Stadtschloss far behind time. The one prompt soldier was a raw recruit, who had seen but two days of service, and he got a reward of §2.40 for his nimbleness. The cavalrymen were only half dressed. Many wore only their drawers and under- shirts a few liad on trousers, while three •were clothed only in nightshirts, overcoats, and helmets. The only person severly in- jured in the whole helter-skelter scramble was the peasant with the market wagon. He had his left leg broken and has brought a, suit for damages. Moreover, in case the revolver la vifi-i the first shot miss fire there are still i" or five balls to complete the work. Lsr.J all, the public monuments are no 1 used fo • this deadly jrarpose. Scarceka or two instcinees, eacli year, can be cite'll peiLon^ who have thro^vn themselves dsil on the pavement from the towers of Xoiif Dame or from the summit of the Cob: Vendome, and only the closest precaid has saved the Eiffel Tower from siiiii popularity. It is a fine deathâ€" this tremes ous jump, this leap into spaceâ€" tks i plunge into the vortex of Etemit)-. One woman, after eight days vainly q in seeking for work, obtained on crecli!l bushel of charcoal, to which she set if and then lay down' clasping in her amn two little children, The next day thee .^£'-«'.«.si at theirdeslisiation.themenat onee ^3«i t-'.( .•„ ork to build twe slianties, one for "ckeesicjT-ais and anotiier for their horses. Logs .»vW ^tffi; J. no notched at the end, then dove- C:»il;«rt 3-3geLher, forming wlien put together i» 'iSiswi^nLngulav enclosure. On the top and K-rfnimiV^':, 7arallel from end to end are two iiwrret 7.s-j;I)ers placed several feet from the -:aa!.«5w. The roof reit along these and on 4:Ja^ jaills. One wall is higher than the '»»rf^t9i.,.ai»d the roof pieces, each of which is JwaSSww-itl out, are fitted together concavely .»»4' v^wiivexly. Thej- project beyond tlie •o-xsiS **-3 ihe lower side and carry off the ix. z ht Middle of the old-fashioned shanty â- â- â- Â» v-k*; iK-.::i!iJaee, built of stone and capable of KtwliiflAi-; st.-arly a cord of wood. There is no X .iteiaKHK-v, init a hole in the roof with a '!*»»!«»fec'3 ^amework outside draws the smoke. "Â¥jie *»pw!s ai'e stuffed with moss or hay, and t3fK.f-K«f (lirelling is quite comfortable. The »**»: k'::- a- bunks around and can see tlie rSauo ' a^iBgh the gi-eat opening above. Tjy* 'to^ge cranes are fixed at each side of ?5ba ii?«fii-i;e upon which the cook can hang aEVy»E.^ii?.iiMit pots. A capable coc 'v is about ' itJfff. Ka-iJj'paid luau in tlie camp, getting as â- Siij^i -v!-*-:^}y a month. He has a "cookee" to '^awissS!. kin. And the^e sturdy wood chop- jywwpj^ windows in their rude dwellings, â- ^â- aeiii.ijt J# a i-heerful sight for the trapper on «-iT»;ejj zo^kt as he trudges through the tfcrwt. u*\ see the ruddy light streaming out " ^^9«K. Jiic snow and see the sparks and smoke aarjMsS iiiio the clear bitter air. THE cook's DUTIES. A«- 1 k»ve said, the cook is about the most ij^xsjeaat man in the camp. Bat he has to •«ia.-Jinnrning a couple of hours before •fcri-wsBKry stars begin to pale in the dawn "^S*»gjsr fcpeakfast. If the shanty is -within distance of civilization he will 1 4^cacies now and nain as fresh l^vtetoes, which he cooks in a huge, iM»?«i1«rtiiiiiiid pot. His pans, drinking t and kettles have all been clean- â-  water before he retires at night, â€" a in^B^ything is ncady at his hand ia the xbne 'before break£ut u r«ady tlie nsetvpand feed their horses, whic^ " :ed srith a wma Ata^. The ly made, the inen'^^t tbeir cjhanlier their axes, andfidired by lead the way to the chowing- The first duty is to get the logs into the 1 stream, which is doiie by feeding them at J 1 c nu â-  .. 1 1^^ 1 the brow, v»-hen they go, thousands of them, go to the woods before Christmas and stay ^^^^h a plunge into the foaming stream. In a there till after Laster, a priest well used to ^j^^^.^ gj^ace of time there is not a log that is the woods, visits them m their saanties, I ^^^^ in the stream, lunging, rolling and tum- gives them the ^^jj^g onward over level stretches and head- long down roaring falls. There is little hears their confessions and sacrament. It is impressive in tlie graj- dawn of a winter's morning to see tlie priest with arms outstretched before the rude altar, the candles revealing the reverential faces of those hardy men. They come to his feet meekly as children confessing their sins, and with the simple faith of cMldren kneel, towel in hand, as they receive the conseci-ated wafer. Of course the good priest usually leaves -the wilderness with his wallet well lined. The men sleep late in the camps on Sun- lay, except the teamsters. But when they difficulty in stream driving if there is plenty of water. Now and again a log will get ashore, but the "sacker" comes along with ibis "peevy" and .sets it adrift again. There may be two or three operators along the same stream, so the logs of each i bear a mark by which they can be assorted ' when they reach the boom. But- the- flow of waters is not always sufficient and the logs ground in hundreds in the shallow parts of the stream. This is the most laborious time for the drivers. aay except tue teamsters. r*ut wnen iney j,^ ,^^3^ ^e kept floating while it is possi do arise theie are a score of thmgs to be h,ic to floitt them, else the winter's wor^ will done. Some wash their shirts and socks Uave Ixjea all for naught. When the waters themselves darning, sewmg f^n i^,^. tj^, logs stop and are then said and others seat tears in their clothes or putting on buttons. The washed clothes are hung up outside till tlicy freeze, and then they are taken in and hung up on lines in the shanty. Others set out with guns moose hunting, some set traps for beaver or martens and some lay snares for rabbits. In the after- noon the concertina and thefiddle are ^^,j,, ^^^^ ^^vers may not know what brought out, and then you will see a score of j, ^^ jj^.^.^ ^^^f •' "" """"' men dancing on the solid floor. COMFOSITIOX OF "GANGS. A gang consists of forty to fifty men as a rule, and about four men are allowed to each team of horses. One of these is the driver, another chops down the trees, another is "sled tender," that is to say, he roUs the log out of the snow to where the team can j reach it, and heljis the driver to put it «n ' the sleds the fourth is the " swamper," or man who ipakea the roads for the team, j with his feet and so on ti He is obliged to fill daugeroas holes â-  turning. and cut trees out of the way. At an j I have often seen a man cross ordinary haul, of say a mile, one axe can j where to fall in would be exoeedinely keep a span of horses going. Twenty logs dangerous, on a log, and I hare never aoen of from thirteen to fourteen inches in dia- j him lose his balance. Should he get into the meter at the butt and from ten to thirteen I vater he most come to tibe end m the los to inches at the top would be a heavy day's j g^ » agun, for seisuig it by the midd^ it work for one chopper. j turns round and round, and he never can get There is usually a foreman or representa- I npon it. â-  " to be "hung up. " If the weather should lie- come very warm and bring much water from the melting snow in the woods off they float again or another rainstorm sets tlbem jogging. The distance to be driven is sometimes not less than a hundred miles, and for days and know what it over them. A boat follows them -nith food. Their skill is at the highest when "riding" the logs. On© man can manage a lai^e numlier by jumping from one to the other with his pike pole in his hand. He has iron spikes in his boots, which are necessary in order to stand on the log. Sometimes the log strikes a i-ock and begins to turn. Here the unskilled Sport in Ilgypt. The "sport" at Buenos Ayres seems more r j *•« j i;„j ..ii.j on a par ^th that described as having oc- ^^-"P^^^ ^^^"" ^°""' "'^-^^' l'^? ^^!' curred in Egypt before the Prince of Wales, "The Noah's Ark Stakes," to wit, "for ani- mals and birds of sorts. " The starters w;ere An ostrich, driven by Major-General Hon. J. C. Dormer a turkey, driven by Col. Sand- with a pelican, by the Earl of Dunmore a sucking-pig, by Capt. Maxwell a monkey, by Capt. McKenwich a cat, by Major Camp- bell a Cairo do^, by Capt. Lewis. This race is thus described â-  "The Earl of Dunmore took the lead at starting with his pelican, but the wily bird sniffed the water behuid the race course and made for it, distinctly crossing the monkey, the ostrich and suckRig-pig. General Dormer now took up the running with his ostrich, closely followed by Major Maxwell with his sucking-pig. Colonel Sandwith being in close attendance with his "turkey. The os- trich then, took a strong lead followed by the sjledshe i^s most often. iidiouleil dog, whose chance was somewhat upset by I uess, his seizing the pig's ear as the latter drew up alongside. Piggy, however, shook him oft" following close on the ostrich, the dog stick- ing to the grunter's tail, and so -they finish- ed, the ostrich winning easily, the pig being second, and the dog third. The monkey led first of all, but the cat challenging him he jumped on her back, which caused her breaking away from his driver, and the two made straight away for Cairo. " The description of the "native jockey' of Buenos Ayres and his "get up," together with his hostile style of riding, without "hands," with head reversed, insane flourish of whip, etc., is fully as absurd, without bemg lialf as amusing, as the Egyptian con- test here described, and certainly there would be far less danger of being killed or maimed for life. an driver will go into the stream, but the expert jwm spring up from the log, again strike it the stick stops a stream, gtasty, and these woodahep are tokr- Sentefiaies a moose iB.)c3]«d and «Fer to 4iK cook, who nakss^t^te rnry of didies. "Fixipn^lif a â- pill liiiiiiiii niil go out aiidgst six to of j^nae w " ^ruoe jartridge" tive of the employer present, and he directs the choppers and keeps a general snper- vinon over the operations. At noon the men {Otther to some spot where a fire has been lighted and sit down to lunch. The lunch islrou^t out in the momiag in a large bucket, or ihe cook «r the eookee brings it out. It consists d{f bread and butter and cold pork, but eom^' upon Thedri^ in the Can KJroally aere are a eocple olgn0^ ttibe dbam^ teSirfHhr'pMk tefwetifil himdwds ftv, and these woodsmSK are tol»' fir^ wkili tfc-„ 1 iIZl ,_^_ti^ ♦-.•u-^-ji season is me of much interest ...^ .. ,^ provinces, and the period huU tiaaoffii the wet weather of the s^uur ATTHKBOOM. " ♦V.«^T^ ^T ^^ ^^ ™«^ ri'eâ„¢ like the St. John, the Miramichi or the Ottawa j thw can care »th«B»lve..ndfc*tleiTOr- S down tiU inte^pted by thebSwpK at some desirabU â- Â»Â«Â»â™¦ tr-.Trlz*â„¢*^'** of ^_^*- ^lere ace some *^°«»d8 of low, con- fire, which tlieyM^y makes it more polatabil tri»*i^lvhkHah^»jjBd;tri;;;nJXaii^e tiiebMifaif»,tr«Hii. These streams ^^LiSZ-2!!*J?l~^« tt^booS. t feeders of anae latge river like tlie Otta^ A Lady on Temperance. •The "Pall Mall Gazette" publishes „„ addrass on temperance in London, by Lady Henry Somerset, in which she pictures the misery occasioned by strong drink in the Whitechapel district, wherein there have been the past year so many mysterious and shocking murders of women "How can I put before you the sin and misery of that scene? To see the children flocking out of these dens of sin I state no exaggeration, no overdrawn picture. You have only to read the police reports. Last year you wiU fand in London alone 500 children under ten years old were taken up dead drunk, and there were 1,500 under fourteen, and 2.000 under twenty-one." It is also stated re- garding L«iy Henry Somerset that she has recently struck a blow fiiia«ciaUyat the Uquor trade She owns a good deal of pro- perty let on lease, and several of the letMes are about to faU in. Some of these are .f ?hi;^^°T Her ladyshiphas announced that she wiU renew no leaws of a present pubhc-house unless the tenant will affree to change his business. â€" â-  â€" Mit^'^^°^^*y' Comn-nder of Her Majesty Bforora. is eridenUy a strone f^P*" FedeiAionist. In the%»un» rf I long article on tbe miUtuy arms of the Jfimpire written by him, there occurs th. fol- lowing snggestiire observation :-«I do not profesB to enter upcm the strenirth 6t the ed in a close embrace. Two old peopi(i| eighthy years, husband and wife, im despair refused to wait until de»th ita come to them they were egar to got they wanteil to go together, so they i " horrible wounds upon themselvei nh razor. -^ ABOUT VOMM. When a woman gets cross she gets c' at everybodj-. How soon a girUs capital I Ijecomes 1 tie i after marriat'e ' ' Smile at some women ami they will B| you all the troubles they ever had. Forthfit for which a woman shonlilfe " -hei-li»3£| Wljen a wc.man can wash flamelH that they will not shrink she kno^rs »^ to get marrictl. A woman is never so badly m I»" she does not try to ^:n(l out the cost » engagement-ring. The devil has a particularly hot "«,!^ the mother who wants to seud her aat; •] husljand-hunting at sixteen. As soon as a man gets the fire ^f' the room warm, his wife comes aictt w-ants to "air the house." One of your delicate women ^^1*1 admit that she is hungry she »-." 1 who'" she is feeling a little faint. You occasionally find a woman w ^. she is intellectual because she w^ number of correspondents. There is only one thing that P^ j,. woman more than to le reterren __^, j dove, and that is to hear a man as a hawk. â- ^^^ becomes so ^^^ that she learns that it is no P'f*^" her coax her children to speak » P ^^ The question with the womanj better to marry a man ^j"' .*" and leaves the door open behma marry a man who thinks to cios" but fortrets to leave out the slam A woman never DHULEEP SINGH'S TlVSH' wb** Mthdr dateiatoiiMfih amtedr Aft IftdtaH Prince Mho ••"••â- 'J'J^ â- l8 Xatlve laa*! «• *^ Dhuleep Singh, the Imhan tour of the world has l«en'"HJ^^ upon,wa8 a passenger on the" ,, La Nonnandie the other m sailed from New Y«rk. „„W««*' Prince Dhuleep, who is descn ^, man of very modest niieu a"" ^^^ M skin, reached New Yorkfroffl- j^» in the gray of the inei-nuig jn» ' fore La Nx)rmandie left. ^^^1 The Prince is said tol»*« jjtl*] Ruts, where he was eina^^i University, and hispresent vo^^ ^t fore nearly complete the cirw ^9 He is a native of Hindo8»»v^ W years old and is an excellent u^aWi said to speak five langiiage- " ifaSi, fluently, and toTje ft ^^^^li^j able man and a good w*."^! w***^ is anephew of Runjett ^»n«"v^. i the nbject of a weU kno»-» S i^Tsiamed after Dhuleep^ DEBTTT AS A ii-ifs' ad us drilled as well as the i-war's gig, and now tha BT JOHN I- ithered ar| "with • feeling of ,. *Tninff to the noisd '^SXe limbs ofl like the arms ^ojx angry g^nt ^tent sigh of some rj ife, over ia his nocl vl_ " Uncle Jack ' thd led him, or 6ometimes| â- f^evo- tired of tellir '«S ready you may bel leliist of attention. fwrhadaUsatthusforJ Lvinc, aU seeming to wii Kent of the hour, w-^^ K youngster of the pa JTh " the five-year old, sal C Pack tell us a. tor J ' tr' yve aU shoutel. ftckwastoo much for h| r.Vell How shall I Itime? AU right. Once Bad myself, on a whaler i] Ihln boy and I cannot Ihat a dear little fellow ero't matter much any w; ' We were bound for the ichtSun and tome it rque -w-ould never arrfl rbere ' gay and festive ,uiid the pole in pairs, ing the Aleutian IslaiKl in to make me think th jt very far away. "About this time it becal fthe crew in the art ofl ^y of the men forward â- rv" green at that sort of t! t'supposed to have anyt at branch of the business iwed with the usual amoi jiveness and naturally v d in everything that we captain kind-hearte k that he was) hum( f c, by appointing me to tl d of stroke oarsman in t tat. Now, I am not a gamblin t you ten dollars that tl de who could have foil jgree of success the fran lovements I went through irience with a sixteen foot iost beautiful to behold, foi d frequently to light u derstanding with a hempt ipe's end is always a good ly to catch on to new ideas "Besides his ability in thi owledge upon us, he had choice selection of 'q ;rictly scriptural, I fearâ€" 3. frequently to ii spii e o iitions. 'However, laying all joke the It yi e boat to his satisfaction hales to conquer. "Thewhale-boat, which we 1 feet long and about eigl treadth of beam. She carii !g sale, the mast being rigj large hinge arranged to on« warts, thus saving the troi t it bodily in order to step "Then there were six oar lumber of paddles two line " ;hteen hundred feet of lii ins and lances a lant cket and boat-bailer. "Now comes her crew, six i I forgot that I was, 'ell suppose that I was just i 'e, you know. "Besides Tom Cooper, the t theharpotaier, and the foi led accorduig to the posi lied in the boat, viz. bow, tu d the after or stroke oar. "One fine day while we ugh a large field of brok 'taed by a cry of, ' There s toft, and the prder -was sooii l^y and start in pursuit. ittle -wind, but still enough â- "ng the sail. You see, my how-head whale is not .s( ye him th.e credit of beiii ptened by even so trivial '«sh of oars. "After we had Iwen out rJ fere suddenly astonished 1 an iceberg the size of a 1 ^na.that uncomfortably ne; •^ads later a large whah « to spout. It was the i ever heard, and remii 'T^^haust of a mighty ste He did not see us, but fo o headed directly for us we forward gimwhale o the sheet of the sail m n "ind had left us and 1 'y»otionles8. *«ave not the language *«•» which filled my boi ^Foach of the marine ^ber that my heart see f^^ throat, whUe each 1 te be trying to outd "B ^*P«ceof wire, uj^^ I lon«ed for my M»d the protecti better-half of the nstZ^^'S«^8- â- "** i^*" coolly as a suowsl ZrK" the hnbbers c which he held pois "•hwUd be given 1 i^.tor that whale wa '•»il^^ ""*â-  '"y fancy. fcS^v" •" " there tS^ Wight harpoon ' iWind its destinatioi â- ^ tea feet from ^-iwasasstartlin J^oe yelled out, ' volley of ordt Md sail stowed!' lf***^yoa bulk tftiMiition. .â- JJ"« tawbalesli j2^totdl yontl nie howl »d been ca .JMii^iee wil ^•••UMfortli "^Senlas b^ins great work*' finishe. them. â€" [Jonbert x iitiM â- y^..-.- ..-,^A..-