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._â€"- CHAPTER VI. W'heu the train in which Doctor John was returning to Denver suddenly stopped at a place where there was only the small brown house of a switchman, the doctorl looked out of the window with relief. He I thought it very hard that on his first trip across the plains in so many years there should be only stupid peo le in the car, not a congenial soul to tal with and to compare the present times with the old. Doctor John had crossed the plains in an ox-wagon, and he would so have liked to discuss that voyage with some pioneer or newcomer eager to hear about it. He supposed there was an accident : there had been two stops already about that hot box. A little crowd passed the window carrying somethingâ€"he could not see what, for those standing around. He craned his neck, his professional instincts aroused. A worried-looking woman in the door of the brown house seemed to be denying the luflerer entrance with animated gestures and angry shaker of her frowzy head. Three white-haired little children hung to her skirts, and she pointed to them in proof of her assertions. Doctor John half rose as the conductor came in the car. “Is there a. doctor here?" the man said, eagerly. “There's a woman very sick; just taken from the day-coach. That hag out there wouldn’t hardly give her shelter.” “What seems to be the matter '2" asked Doctor John, briskly. The conductor hesitated: “Well, sir, she’s a young woman, but I think she’s married." . . The ladies in the car took up their books in disgust. An elderly, portly man in front of Doctor John buried himself behind his newspaper: Doctor John knew him to be a physician. _ “I’m a doctor,” said Doctor John, gather- ing up his belongings. “I shall be glad to . see what I can do.” I “.You may be detained over a train,” [ hesitated the official : “and she’s evidently poor,â€"hasn’t any baggage." “I am, fortunately, able to attend to the suffering without having my pay dangled _ before my eyes to spur me on,” growled ;' Doctor John, passing the lady readers with ‘ looks of disgust, “Not one of ’em offered even a shawl : and the sick creature I sup- pose is destitute. ” ‘ He pushed through the crowd gathered about the house, and dispersed them with very, Vigorous English. A pleasant-faced young man handed him a roll of bills ; “I collected that in our Pullman. not all so heartless as you say. " “So that’s you, Jimmy “’atson," smiled the doctor. “I ask your pardon; before this I thought you were just a dude. I shall” tell your mother there is hope for you. “Thanks,” laughed the aim or man. “ There’s twenty-five doling. ' Igsuppose, though, your fees will gobble it all up.” “ 10 the last cent, Jimmy : that’s why I got off the car.” He shut the door smartly in the face of the crowd, and, finding the swrtchmau’s wife in the small ball, said, “ I suppose you call yourself a Christian I woman, ma’ain." 1 VVe’re “There hain’t no meeting-house in this forsaken country not for forty mile, jest: plains,” she said, sourly, “ and, having a family of my own, I aint obliged, if my man do work on the railroad, to take into my house strangers with complaints as may be catching.“ ‘ “ Well, this is, Itake it,” grinned the doctor, “ to your sex.” She smiled a little grimly; and took up her youngest child in a motherly sort of way that pleased the keen observer. 1 “ You‘ve got a kind heart ; your tongue runs away with you, that’s all. And now do your best with the sick woman. I have plenty of money to pay you." , “ Iâ€"I put her in my bed,” said the woman, shyly. “ She’s a pretty little thing, and is clean out of her head, but she hain’t no wedding ring." “ \Vell, she is punished now, poor girl, for her share in the wrong-doing, without you and me saying anything.” “ All aboard 1” sounded outsi‘le. As the train rattled away, Doctor John went soft- ly to the little room where the emigrant . woman lay unconscious of this world, so I nearly on the threshold of the next. In the chill gray early dawn Doctor John came out in the kitchen, where Jonas Macon. the switchman, sat over the fire : ‘ he had been forced to sleep in his chair the 5 long night after a day’s work. The 1105- l pitsliiy of the poor often means personal deprivation. “ Is she goin’ to live 2” asked the man. “ I hope so. The baby is a fine boy.” “ Both on ’em better dead, if what wife , thinks of her is true,” sighed the man. “As i for the hey, if he must grow up and work 1 as I've done, never gittin’ no further, he won’t thank you for a-savin’ of him. 1 “He may turn out a great man some . day; and then” said Dr. John, half to him- sclf,â€"-â€"“she is not a common or unodu cated Z woman, the mother,â€"â€"ho may be the better i for the story of his birth, strive to rise ‘ the higher for it." I “Likely not he won’t. Them ’sylum 1 children don’t amount to much in general. 1 Takes a mighty smart man to come out of l the mud.” “Your wife has done nobly by her," said the doctor. “She has the best heart." “She is kind," muttered the man,“an’ she have stood about evorytiiin' a , woman can stan’. I'll get my own breakfust. 1 You tell her to turn in an' sleep with the} kids awhile.” The doctor went back to his patient, and Mrs. Macon brought the little llanncl bun- dle out b ' the stove. Later the children were wil about it. Did the train leave the baby? were they going to have it always? and could they see in the windows of the trains, as they passod, lots of baby facts looking out for mothers to take them? ; At night \lrs. Macon woke the doctor { who was taking a nap on the children's lied. ' "I think, sir," she said, worriedly, " the ' little lady is gone out of her head. She's , iug TROUBLESOME LADY. ' The next morning the white~haired chil~ dren were very quiet; they played a long way from the house, and towards evening Doctor John kept them by him in the kitchen, telling stories. To this day the youngest one looks in vain for a baby to come by train that shall be his own pro- perty, an illusion created by the doctor’s stories. “She’s asleep,” said Mrs. Macon, com- ing out, “ and here’s a little purse I found in her pocket. I couldn't get it before, for, loony as she’s been all day, she watched me if I went near her things.” A shabby little purse, containing only a five-dollar bill and a cardâ€"Craig Oliver’s, with his office address. “ I didn’t need this to tell me," said the doctor. “ She is a married woman all right, Mrs. Macon : her name is Minny de Res- taud, and her ople are well-to-do. How she came here haven’t the faingest idea ; she disappeared last fall, and her aunt has searched all over the country for her." In the morning when the doctor went to see his patient he found her conscious, look- with inedable disdain on the red-faced l bundle beside her. “ You’re the kind doctor who stayed off the train on account of me," she said, faint- ly. “ You were eVer so good, but I’d much rather have just died. She” (with a weak glance at _Mrs. Macon) “ told me about you.” "Most women would be pleased with that nice little baby." "Would they?” indifferently. “It has black eyes, and is so ugly. Besides, it has no sense. My dog knew everything.” “Tut! tut!" scolded the doctor: “that is not pretty talk.” “You not like my old-maid aunt. " “Weren't your dog's eyes black too, Mrs. Minny?” “How did you find my nan: e?" she cried : piteously. “And you can’t call me that for some one I 10Ve dearly has that name 5 for iue” | “You said it while out of your head,” said Doctor John, calmly. “Now 'go to sleep." “But I’ve got lots of things I must at- tend to about him,” looking at the babyt curiously. “You see, having him makes '5 me different. I feel I must do things for him I don’t want to tell.” “To-night will do.” “I might die.” “You are not in the slightest danger, nor is the boy; and, though you have had your ' own ways long timc,-â€"possibly too long,â€" ‘ you must mind now." I She obediently closed her eyes, and in, the late afternoon when Doctor John re-1 turned greeted him with a radiant smile. i “ I'm quite sure I am going to die,” she said, happily, “and you don’t know how glad I am. {Now I want you to write out. legally all about the child and me, how I : came here. His name is to be Francoisâ€" . French for Francis, you knowâ€".de Restaud, after his grandfather, 'who is a general in France. His father’s name is Henri de Resiaud. My name which is funny 15 Mi 1 iierva Patten De Restaud, and my 1 old aunt Hannah Patten in New- castle, Maine, has my marriage ccr. tificate and all my other papers. She took 5 them away when she visited me up in the valley of the Troublesome. She was afraid , my husband might take them from me and i say we were not married if‘ he wanted to go back to his people in Paris. 1 never wanted to see any of them ; onc membert ' of the family was enough” (with the ghos of a smile); “ but the baby has made me see . things differently. The family are very 1 rich, and there is only one heir, Henri’s older brother's son. Henri said he was j sickly, his mother’s family being consump- i tive. That little boy may grow up a man, 1 and he would hate me because I had not I looked after his interests. Of course it will seem strange to people in France that Iwas here without anybody, and that is ‘ why I want you and the Mucous '0 witness f a legal paper telling all about it.” “ I have half a mind to send to Denver foralawyer," said Doctor John. “If the little boy’s claims should ever be disputed, â€"â€"â€"and they might, you kuow,â€"â€"it would be : best to have everything right. Besid-:s, ’ the French people are great for documentary 1 evidence, certificates of births, and such} things.” " I suppose you had better,” she sighed, lying back on her pillow, “ butI hate any more people to know, I’ve had such a long peaceful time, I am sorry to have to go back to quarrclling.“ “ Mrs. Miuny, before you go to sleep I ‘ will tell you something, but you must not ask a question, for you have talked enough. I know all about you. guest last fall, and I have seen and talked l to your aunt Hannah: so you need no think me a stranger. but an old friend, eager to serve you.” She caught his hand with her frail little one and turned her face away Without speaking. He sat by her until she slept, and he felt, astliver had done, that she was I a woman child, nota woman, and doubly dear by that clinging helplessness. A week had Mrs. Minny been sick at the 5 switchman’s house when Doctor John telc-‘ l graphed to Oliver to send a lawyer to the I station. He also added, “ If Hannah l‘at- ten is in Denver, send her along." He had 3 telegraphed to Newcastle and. found she was not there. When by special order the train stopped at the lonely brown house, Doctor John was on the watch. He went daily to the track for papers, having established com- 1 munication with different conductors. He 1 1’, had received no answer to his message sent the day before, and he surmised that Oliver, with his usual attention to business, had sent a lawyer directly the message was re- ccivcd. The station was only a night and part ofa day's ride from Denver. To hisl surprise and dismay, Oliver himself stopped tail lady to descend, a lady much burdened \viih parcels and carrying a large basket. There was no chance to ancak until thou train was gone; then Miss Patten said, feeling round in the bcrlcloihce for a dog, calmly.â€" aud calling one pitiful-like." ‘ “1 have been a blind fool 2" cried the ; doctor. " I felt all the time I’d ought to > know her." He ran to the sick-room, and, g luckily. had some qniciing medicine in his. case. The sufferer, however, resisted long, i in she slept sighed, and one tiny hand felt 3 an'-Uhd nervously, while the other, clinched to Denver ln‘ltld, an’ was in Mr. Oliver's That a man may 11ml in the sheet, insisted all pressure to 4 affix-n when the :elegram.«:-Jine. ‘a lawyer, I persuaded him to come too." open it. ” Where is she l" The doctor pointed to the house. “I must tell her first," he said, in a whisper: “she is still very Weak, and the surprise might upset her. Where did you come from?" “ Boating. I‘ve traced her, but went on Him being I was Craig Oliver’s _ 3 Ben. . h I . j to call hogs there, in the Winter time, his down from the train, turned, and assisted a‘ l 1 ‘ Whileshe s he, the basket in her hand ti‘ted up and own, and amysterious whine came out of it. Mrs. Mifiny, wide awake, was being entertained by the white~headed trio; they were discussing whether they would rather have a baby or a dog to play with ; theydecided in favorof the latter,for they had never had a canine friend, while therewasanewbabyevery yearor so. in fact, theoldest girl hada care-worn look on account of her duties as nurse. In the door of the house appeared a white-headed child who called out ehrilly,â€"- “ Lady wants to know what‘s sqncsking out here." “ Says she’s going to get up and see. if Doctor A~corns don’t come and tell her,” shrieked a second white-head. Miss Patten ’opened the basket, and a fluffy mass of disapproval bounced out, spun around, and made a vicious dash at Miss Patten’s ankles, while she stood a statue of patient endurance. “ I’m used to it. He hates the basket,” she said, shaking him oil". “ I can’t blame him, for I’ve fetched him clear from Best- ing." “ Says she just knows it’s her dorg,” yelled the third white-head ; and the (loc- tor, with various inane cajolements, coaxed the dog to the house. Luckily, Mrs. Macon removed the infant ;for, With a wild bark, Skye leaped on the bed, kissed his inis tress' wan face, her hands, uttering joyful little barks, and thou, remembering early days, curled himself 111a little round head at her feet, looking at her with ail'ectionte eyes. “ Put the baby down and see if he’ll growl,” commanded Mrs. Minny. “ You heartless thing 1” scolded Doctor John. . Mrs. Macon gingerly laid the baby on the bed. Skye sat up all interest and amaze- ment, then with depressed demeanor slunk to his feet and scuttled over the side of the bed out of the room. How Mrs. Minuy laughed ! Miss Patten heard her. “ it’s many long days since I could laugh,” she said, grimly. “ She is only a child,” said Oliver. He wished he had not come: he should have sent his clerk. “ ls Aunt Hannah out there ‘2" asked Minny, softly. “ Yes. She brought the dog.” “ Is she very, very angry with me '2" piteously. “ I did not want to be caught and made to go home. I want to tell her though, if she worried, how sorry I am.” “ She can come if you will be quiet and let her do the talking, ” cautioned Dr. John. “ I’ll be good, ” she answered eagerly. “ You knowI do everything you tell me to. What will she think of him ?"â€"â€"w1th a look of pride at the red-faced bundle. “ After that she can never call me frivolous again. \Vhy, she's quite a. young thing in experi- ence beside me. Wasn’t she good to bring my dog? ” Aunt Hannah meant to be severe and cold, perhaps to speak her mind a little ; she hal not forgiven the long anxious ' months ; but the sight of the girl lying there white and frail, the baby in her arzns, softened the stern old foes, and with a sob she knelt down and gathered both to her breast. (TO BE CONTINUED.) “W Man’s Senses Are Keener Than Woman's Thoughtful and observant persons do not needs. demonstration that the senses are less keen in woman than in man. Their own experience has revealed that natural law; but, 1 since we are not all thoughtful or observant, the experiments of Profs. Nichols and Brown are welcome. These American physiologists have begun to experiment with the sense of smell. They took four substances most strongly odoriferousâ€"esscnce of clove, of garlic, of lemon and prussic acid. Each of these they diluted with pure water in a growing proportion, filling a set of bottles at every degree of the scale, until the last set represented one part of the test substance to 2,000,000 parts of water. Then they sbullled the bottles, so to speak, and called in forty-four men and thirty-eight women, chosen from the various ranks of life, allyoung and healthy. These representatives of either sex were instructed to rearrange the bottles, guided by the sense of smell, putting each set of tinctures by itself, garlic with garlic, lemon 1with lemon. etc. To put results shortly, the women were not in it. None of them could trace prussic acid beyond the dilution of 20,000 parts to 1, while most of the man traced it up to 10:1,00.) parts. Three of thelatter actually passed the ex - treme limit, identifying prussic acid at a single part in 2,000,000. Beyond 1011,4501) parts, all the women failed to recognize the essence of lemon; all the men detected it at 250,000. This proportion represents their average I, superiority all around. ll'he Undefined of a. Climate- He was from Michigan, and he was proud of it. In fact, he was too proud of it. So proud that it proved to be all his talk. If anybody spoke of fine wheat, good fruit, heavy timber, pretty women, extremes of temperature. wet weather, dry weather. or anything else, it was just that way in Michigan, only a little more so. One day he talked his favorite theme till all hislistencrs were wearied and disgusted. Finally Uncle Ben Wilson, who had been listening patiently for the last half hour to a discussion on ihe merits of Michigan pork, I looked up and asked slowly : “ Gila piirty cold up there in the Winter time, don't it 2" " You bet it does ;" said the Michigob- er. ” Why, I've seen it so cold thatâ€"J' “Yes, l’vc hccrn so,” broke in Uncle “They- say ‘at when a man goes out v’ice freezes up ag’in the trees." This was evidently news to the follow, for he opened his eyes and stared, while Uncle lien went on : “ Yes, an’ when the Spring thaw sets in, every tree in the neighborhood goes to callin’ hogs to beat the world.” The crowd roared, while some of the younger boys yelled, “ Let the fellow from Michigan treat.” But the “ fellow from Michigan” had bolted.-â€"{Arkansaw Traveler. This great truth struck his mind “’ith a dull and sickening thud, receptive stars, 0: turn his gaze down and see mud. ll TBAEE or THE ' 1193111101. The showing or the Annual State‘ ment. An lmporlantaad later-citing Dorumrnl i That Should be Peruse-11 and Digested by all. The Trade and Navigation Returns have a l i just been issued anu handed to the press. The Returns show that the value of the im- ports last year amounted to $129,074,- 268, and of exports to $115,561,352. Tue value of our aggregate trade reached a total of $247,633,620. I'bis is $6,269,177 in ex- cess of the aggregate trade of the previous year. The values of the respective divisions l of our foreign trade were in 1592 and 1693 l as follows: ‘ 1892. 1893. Exports of Canadian ,pmuuce.......: ....... . $90,335,913 $105,733,257 - bxports of foreign pro- i once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,621,162 12.76.1035 $113.96 .53; $113,561.33: E Impcrts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127, 25.063 129.071.165' Aggregate trade... ...-..$'.’11.3:0.463 , There was, therefore, in 1893, as compared ' with the previous year, an increase in ex- ports of home prouuce of $6,459,314un im- ports of $1,665,200, and a decrease in ex- - ports of foreign produce of $1,858,367. , The import-s for home consumption in i 1893 amounted to $121,705,030, as 1 against $116,978,943 in the preceding year, an increase of $1,726,687. The total im- ports have been exceeded but once since confederation, viz., in 1883; while those for home consumption have been exceeded l three times, in 15153, 1871 and 1873. The duty collected from customs last year amounted to S21,161,711,an increase of Still,1 9 over the preceding year. There 1 was an advance in the values per head of ' the estimated population, of both imports and experts, as well as of the aggregate trade. The value per head of imports last year was 926.01 ; of exports $23.89. The duties collected averaged $4.26 per head. CJUSTRIES TRADth \V'ITII. The increase in the imports of $1,668,200 is made up by increased trade with 26 countries, counteracted by a diminution in trade with '22 countries. The largest fall- ing off is with Germany, consequent upon the excessive importation of sugar from that country in 1892, $2,128,128 worth of that article being imported, as againstl only $226,432 in 1893 : otherwise the gon- eral trade with Germany is maintained. The other decreases of any magnitude were in imports from Japan, Newfoundland and the British East Indies, from which latter country sugar again was the cause of the decline. The large increases were in im- ports from Great Britain and the United States, the increase in free goods from the latter country having been upwards of $6,000,000. The total value of imports from the United States was $65,061,968, ! an increase of $1,092,931 ; from Great‘: Britain $43,310,577. increase $1,665,438 ,1 France $2,847,09b, increase $397,893 ; Brit- ish \Vest Indies $1,166,008, increase 8124‘ 621 ; Dutch East Indies $414,474, increase $196,770. Of the increases in the trade over $160,000 are to he noticed in the Span- ish possessions, Holland, Venezuela and w British Africa. The increase in the exports of Canadian produce, amounting to $6,456,332, occur- red principally in shipments to Great Britain, United States, Newfoundland, Belgium and Argentina, the increased ex- ports to the United States and the Argen- tine Republic consisting very largely of forest products, those to Belgium of bread- stuifs, while the unusually large quantities of supplies sent to Newfoundland in conse- quence of the disastrous fire at St. John’s in 1892, contributed materially to the increase in exports to that island. The increases in our export trade with Great Britain amounted to $1,367,314 in products of the forest, and of $2,983,969 in animals and their products, while there were decreases of $438,531 and $639,734 in pro- ducts of the mine and fisheries respectively. The not total increase amounted to $3,460,- 551. In consequence of reduced shipments of fish and agricultural products, princi- pally potatoes, the exports to the Spanish West Indies declined over $300,000, while a diminished demand from Holland for breadatuffs accounts for the reduction in the exports to that country by upwards of $210,000. COMPARATIVE srA'rsMExr. The following table shows the condition of 1 (port, either to the Sames or 10 other coun. ,Of this large total . ' . . ~ 1: ~ ' l At present the oniy direct nilormatlzsust- ‘lainablc is that f‘dlllullOS' at the port of Montreal of merchandise ...:oived from the United Sistes and transhipped at that tries. The value of iliii trade in 18.18 amounted to $9,313,001, adocrease of 9, 558. Thc articles exported consisted urin- cipally of animal and agricultural products. Seveniy-scvcn percent. 0| .hc to'ai value ccnsisied of esporis from the United Slates via Canada, to t-rcat Britain ; iiie reuniim der going either to the United States or Newfoundland. suii‘i‘isu RETURNS. During the past year 23.517 vessels en- tered and clcnrul at Canadian ports, as age net 30,961 in 1892 and 31,321 in 18:11. The total tonnage, however, was but slight- ly less than that of 1892, which was the highest in the history of the Dominion. Last year’s tonnage was 10,608,611. Tho tonnage of the British vessels last-year amounted to 3,780,915, and of Canadian, 2.189.925. Undoubtedly there isagrowing tendency towards the constructionof larger vessels. The total tonnage of vessels or. rived at and departed from Canadian ports on inland waters amounted to 7,930.92. , the number of vessels being 35,631, an in- crease of 1.300 vessels. ' The total coasting trade of Canada last year amounted ton tonnage of 21,579,126. Ontario is credited with 9,829,834 tone, the largest in her history, Quebec and Nova Scotia, half a million each,the figures respectively being. 4,433,796 and 4,390,852. New Brunswick totalled 1,033,134, British Columbia 3,630. 833, and P. E. Island 1,198,538. The number and tonage of sea-going vessels entered and cleared at the principal ports of the Dominion are as follows ; Tons. _ Montreal. . . . . ............................ 1.5%. [:39 Haliqu ............................. .1 'm bpb * Vic=oria.... St. J olin. N , Quebec. . . Nauaimo.‘ Vancouvc . ” Yurmouth” 271,231 Sydney . . . . . . . . . . 225 211 St. Andrews. NJ}... . . . . . 215.852 N. Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 717 Chathum. NJ} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13..40l Windsor. N.S . . . . . . . . . . ‘ ‘ ' ' ' ' . . . . . . . . 115.364 Charlottetown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 83.523 There was an increase of 35 in the num- ber of vessels built last year, but a decrease in the tonnage of 5,800 tons. The average selling price has declined from $2 7 per ton in 1863 to about $11.50 per ton in 1893. The actual number of vessels built in Can- ada was 313, and of Canadian vessels sold, 42. A ROUGH TIME. The French Lincr Ln noiirgogne Arrives at New York Covered with Ice. A New York special says :â€"The steam- ship La Bourgogne arrived to-day from Havre. The latter part of the voyage was finished in zero weather and the effect was apparent as the big liner steamed up the bay to her pier. She looked exactly as might the mythical ice ship. The purser said,regirding a big wave which struck the vessel Friday night last, and came near carrying overboard the first ollicer, M. Bicot, and a scaman named Norman : " It as intensely cold at the time. Moderate weather had prevailed up to Friday last, when a strong gale set in from the north- west, which increased in violence after dark. A heavy head sea was soon raised. and the vessel pitched badly. About a half hour before midnight the first officer was standing on the bridge and the seaman was on duty at his side. Suddenly a huge wave was seen bearing down on her starboard bow, raising high above the vessel’s rail. It broke with the roar ora man-of-war’s broadside and dashed over the forward portion of the ship. The men had not suf- ficient time to seek shelter, and the oflicer threw his arms around the telegraph indi- cator. The mountain of water rushed over the bridge with such force that it broke the stanchion supporting the instrument to which the officer was clinging, carrying them across the bridge against the port house with great Violence. ' he seamaii was also caught in the torrent and sent crashing against the rail. Both were picked up un- conscious. They were badly bruised, but no bones were broken.” WILD HOGS 1N PLENTY. Exciting Sport May lle "all In the Tine, Lands of Calll’ornln. In many places in the tule lands in the our trade in 18933.1111 1892withlhe principal vicinity of Suisan, (311.1,, wild hogs, as fero- COllubTICS “111.11 Which Canada. (1083 DUSIDCBB. cigus and as tenacious of as the boar 1893. . $107,391,070 10S,931.978 Great Britain United Stu 1,1, Germany .. 1.515.451 1 US": Spanish West Indies 3.076.627 ' :31 Newfoundland . . . . . 3.216.013 2| France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.111.112 British \Vcit‘. ludics 3,103,233 Spuiisb possessions in Pacific ocean.. 2.201.581 Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.531.861 #017,007 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.279.103 .38.}.013 l)u-ch East 1ndics.. 1,011,211 411.174 Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . '. 1.270.715 572.501 Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 76 852.206 British Guiana... .. (5:47 05 650,284 Australasia . . . . . . . . . 511.515 ’ 728.613 llrnzil . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. 548.179 602.912: Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501.431 487,413 On the basis of goods imported and en- tered for consumption and of goods export- ed, being the produce of Canada, the fol- lowing is thc summary statement of Canadian trade : Per Cent- Grcat Britain . . . . . . . “.69 United States 42.0.3 France . . . . . . . . 1.36 Germany . . . . . . 1.93 Other 1:.‘ur0pcan coun 1.49 British West indies . . . . . . 1.31 Other \Vost Indies . . . . . . . .. 1.65 Newfoundland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.34 Other British pusscssions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.90 Other foreign countries ....... . ........ . 3.“ 100.00 Comparing these percentages with pro. vious years the trade with Britain is higher than for many years past, while that with the United States shows a falling off of about 2 g per cent. Comparing the total export of 1893 with previous years, It is noticeable that there was an increase of $2,276,397 which was all in articles of Canadian production, the decline in foreign goods having amounted to $4,179,935. canai'ixri TRADE. The carrying trade of Canada is of much look up and see bright importance, but in the absence of any gener- al system of obtaining particulars, it i. not of the German forests, may be encountcr'd by the sportsman who likes a spice of dau- ger in his hunting. One of these beasts, shot recently, measured from the tip of the . m l snout to the root of the tail more than six 2.516.711 feet and had tusks fourteen inches in 2'855’687 length. Its weight, although it had no 1.919345 ,superlluous flesh, was 420 pounds. The skin Eat the shoulders was three inches thick and ice tough as leather. It was reported that [hogs had been running wild in the marshes ‘ for a long time and that they were savage Zenough to furnish better sport than some iother animals that are supposed to be dangerous. A party was formed to kill a particular boar that had been roaming the tales land for several years, in spite of the efforts of local hunters to bring him to bay. The tracks of the boar were found and he was traced to a patch of dense reed grass. The hunters invaded it from different points, and one of them suddenly came upon the animal. His companions heard the report of his gun, and the next instant saw the man’s body thrown into the air fully ten feet. Going to his rescue a second hunter was charged by the boar. One shot brought him to his knees, but even then he rose and rushed on his assailant again. A second ball penetrated the brain and he rolled over dead. The man who was thrown into the air was not seriously injured, but received bruises which laid him up for a considerable time. Continuous Atlantic Earthquakes- In the very middle of the Atlantic Ocean, -at about the place where the twenty-filth meridian from London crosses the equator. there is a spot, far beneath the waves, which is almost continuall agitated b; submarine earthquake shocks. These an .oficnof such violence as to hurl great cote umnn of water high in air or to make waves that are a standing menace to venels conic lpossible' to do full justice to the figures. log in that vicinity. _ A , m.-- W. 1‘?- 'M~ “ ......~._-. .â€" .. ..... m--.” __..._._....