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“I’m a. doctor,” said Doctor John, gather- ing up his belongings. “I shall be glad to see what I can do.” “You may be detained over a. train,” hesitated the ofljcial ; “and she’s evidenbly 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 1\_ _L , fl The couddctor Heéitated: “Well, sir, she’s a. young woman, but I think: she’s marrxed.” The ladies in the car took. up their books in dlsgust. An elderly, portly man in from; of Doctor John buried himself behind his newspaper : Doctor John knew him to berauphysician. “Is there a. doctor here 9” the man said, eagerly. “There’s a. woman very sick; just taken from the day-coach. That hag out. there wouldn’ t hatd_ly give her shelter.” Lâ€" _, ___v yâ€" nv" .ux. Doctor John, passing the lady readgrs with looks of disgust, “Not one of ’em ofl‘ereei 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 yougg than handed him a roll of bills . “I Collected chat. in our Pullman. VVe’re | not all so heartless as you say.” “So that’s you, Jimmy Watson,” smiled the dactor. “I ask your pardon; before this I thought you were just a. dude. 1| shall tell your mother there is hope for you.” “Thanks,” laughed~ the younger man. “ There’s twenty-five dollars. I suppose, though, your fees will gobble it all upz” ‘S’I‘n 0L... 1‘-.. 4-”; I i 1- 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 long night after a. day’s work. The hos- pitality of the poor often means personal deprivation. “ ls 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 \he man. “As for the boy, if he must grow up and work as I’ve done, never gittin’ no further, he won’t thank you for a-savin’ of him. “He may turn out a. great, man some day: and then” said Dr. John, half to him- self,â€"“she 18 not a common or uneducated woman, the mother,â€"he may be the better for the story of his birth, strive to rise the higher for it.” “I have been S blind fool I” cried the : doctor. “ I felt all the time I’d ought to ’ know her.” He ran to the sick-room, and, } luckily, had some quieting medicine in his ' case. The sufl'erer, however, resisted long, E as she slept sighed, and one tiny hand felt. J around nervously, while the other, clinched ‘» End in the sheet, resisted all pressure to g A worried-looking woman in the door of the brown house seemed to be denying the sufferer entrance with animated gestures and angry shakes 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. “Your wife has done 110ny by her," said the doctor. “She has the best heart.” “She is kind,” muttered the man,“a.n’ she have stood about everythin’ a. woman can stan'. I’ll get my owu breakfust. You tell her to turn in an’ sleep with the kids awhile." “I suppose you call yourself a. Christian woman, ma’am.” . “There hain’t no meeting-house in ghls fersaken country not for forty mile.. 183?: plains,” she said, sourly, “ and, “havmg a. fluidly of my own, I aint obliged, If my man do work on the railroad, to make into my house strangers with complaints as may be catching.” “ All aboard :” sounded ohtsi 7e. As the train rattled away, Doctor John went soft- ly to the little room where the emigrant woman lay unconscious of this world, so nearly on the threshold of the next. “Likely not he won’t. Them ’sylum children don’t amount to much in general. Takes a mighty smart man to come out: of the mud.” heart.” “She is kind,” muttered the man,“an’ she have stood about everythin’ a. woman can stan'. I’ll get my owu breakfust. 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 flannel bun- dle out by the stove. Later the children were wild about it. Did the train leave the baby? were they gginz to have it always? and could they see in the windows of the trains, as they passed, lots of baby faces looking out for mothers to take them? At niiht \Irs. Macon woke the doctor who was taking a nap on the children’s bed. “ I think, sir,” she said, worriedly, ” the little lady is gone out of her head. She’s feeling round in the hedclothes tor a dog, and callingone pitiful-like.” I When by special order the train stopped at the lonely brown house, Doctor John ; was on the watch. He went daily to the jtrack for papers, having established com- 1 municntion with different conductors. He 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- ceived. The station was only a night and part ofa day’s ride from Denver. To his surprise and dismay, Oliver himself stepped 3 down from the train, turned, and assisted a ! tall lady to descend, a lady much burdened T with parcels and carrying a large basket. 2' There was no chance to speak until the Ltrain was gone; then Miss Patten said, lcalmly,â€" ' “ Where is she '3” been two stops already about that hot box. A littie crowd passed the window carrying somethingâ€"he could not see what, for those standing around. He craned his neck, his professional instincts aroused. _--_ --v-‘v-I “What. seems to b3 tier inatte‘r ?” asked Doctor J ohp, briskly. " Iâ€"I put her in‘ {1:}: bed,” said the woman, shyly. “ She's a pretty little thing, and is clean out. of her head, but she haiu’t no wedding ring." “ Well, Ehe ivs punished now, poor girl, for her share in the wrong-doing, without ,' - 1) you and me 53.3 mg anythmg. 6‘ All oknnhn‘ v” 3-.....JAJ “4...: 1- A- n.- - - , H, "V- -- WV â€",- “ To the last. cent, Jimmy : that’s why I got 63' the car.” He shut the doozemartly in the face of the crowd, and, finitne: the svzitchman’s wife in the small ball, said, “ We:x I, this is, Itake it, ” grinned the doctor, “ to your sex.” She emiled'alittlerérimly, and took up her youngest child in a. motherly sort. of Watyvtihaf- pleased the keen observer. “ 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.” “Ti! ““4. In“. ._ ...__ L-:. I) __:_a L'L- across the plains in so many years there should be only stupid people in the car, not a congenial soul to talk 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 sonie pioneer or newcomer eager to hear about it. He supposed there was an accident : there had When 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 doctor looked out of the window with relief. He thought it very hard that on his first trip ‘6 :n A TROUBLESDME LADY. CHAPTER VI. I “ Hosting. I’ve traced her, but. ms 01: .tn hem-er tusfid, an’ wu in Mr. Oliver'- j office when the Ming-mm come. Him being [a lawyer, I pensuaded him to come too.” i In the morning when the doctor went to ; see his patient; he found her conscious, look- ing with inerfable disdain on the red-faced : bundle beside her. “I'm quite sure I am going to die,” she ! said, happilv, “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€"tie Restaud, 1 after his grandfather, who is a general in France. His father’s name is Henri (le Restaud. My name -which is funny 13 Mi i nerva Patten De Restaud, and my 3 old aunt Hannah Patten in New- . castle, Maine, has my marriage cer- ‘ tificate and all my other papers. She took i them away when she visited me up in the valley of the T'oublesome. She was afraid 1 my husband might take them from me and ‘ say we were not married if he wanted to go back to his people in Paris. 1 never wanted to see any of them ; one membert . of the family was enough” (with the ghos l of a smile); “ but the baby has made me see . things differently. The family are very ’- rich, and there is only one heir, Henri’s older brother's son. Henri said he was ' sickly, his mother’s family being consump- , tive. That little boy may grow up a man, , and he would hate me because I had not i looked aft-er his interests. Of course it i will seem strange to people. in France that Iwas here without anyuorly, and that is why. I want you and the Macons *o witness . a legal paper telling all about it.” _\ l “\Vould they?” indifferently. “It has blaek eyes, and is so ugly. Besides, it has no sgnse. My dog_kpeyv exterything.’f “ You’re the kind doctor who stayed off the tram 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.” “Tut! tut!" scolded the doctor: “that is not pretty talk.” “You act. hke my old-maid aunt." “Weren‘t. your dog’s eyes black too, Mrs. “But I’ve got lots of things I must af- tend to about. him,” looking at the baby curiously. “You see, having him makes 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 way a long timerâ€"possibly too long,â€" you must mind now.” The next morning the white-haired chil- dren were very quiet; they played along 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. " Most women would be pleased with thatflpice little baby.” _ “ She’s~a.sleep,” 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.” _ “ I didn’t need this to tell me,” said the doctor. “ She is a. married woman all right, Mrs. Macon : her name is Miuny de Res- taud, and her people are well-to-do. How she came here I haven’t the faintest idea ; she disappeared last fall, and her aunt has searched all over the country for her.” Minny?” “How did you find my narr. e?” she cried piteously. “And you can’t call me that. for some one I love dearly has that name for me” “You .said is while out of your head," said' Doctor John, calmly. “Now go to sleep.” M A shabby little purse. containing onlya five- dollar bjll and a. cardâ€"Craig Oliver’ 3, with his office address - She obediently closed her eyes, and in the late afternoon when Doctor John re- turngd greeted himfiwith a. radiant smile. “ I have half a niind to senzt to Denver for alawyer,” said Doctor John. “If the little boy’s claims should ever be disputed, â€"-a.nd they might, you know,â€"-it would be best to have everything right. Besides, the French people are great for documentary 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 quarrelling.” v- “ Mrs. Minny, 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. I was Craig Oliver’s guest last: fall, and I have seen and talked to your aunt Hannah: so you need not, 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, as 0 war had done, that she was a woman child, not a. woman, and doubly dear by that clinging helplessness. A week had .lVll'S. Mindy been sick at the switchman’s house when Doctor John tele- graphed to Oliver to send a lawyer to the station. He also added, “ If Hannah Pat- ten is in Denver, send her alone.” He had telegraphed to Newcastle and found she was not there. There was no chance to speak until the train was gone; then Miss Patten said, calmly,â€"â€" ' “ Where is she?” 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 frdin ‘2" .. “ Put the baby down and see if he’ll growjz” commanded M rs; rMinnry‘. - -\ “ 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 mis tress’ wan face, her hands, uttering joyful little barks, and then, remembering early days, curled himself in a. little round head at her feet, looking at her with all'ectionte eyes. 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 sounded over the side Of the bed out of the. room. (How Mrs. Minny laughed ! Miss Patten heard. her. r ‘l; I’ifiséiilZii ”-He hates the basket,” she said, shaking him ofi”. “ I can ’b blame him, for I’ve fetched him clear from Bost- v “ You heartless thing E” soofded Doctor John. ’1 n ‘E'AL’S many long days since I could laugh,” she said, gaggly. _ p... 1-" ”She is only a}. :bild," said Qliver. He wishei he had not come: he snould have sent; his clerk. Miss Patten opened the basket, and a. fluffy mass of disapproval bounced out, snun around, and mide a. vicious dash at M135 Patten’s ankles, while she stood a. statue of pajient endurance.“ _ _ . . “ ls Aunt Hannah out there ?” asked Miuny, soley. ‘ “ Yes. She brought the dog.” “ Is she very, very angry with me?” piccously. “ I did not, want. so be caught and made to go home. I want to tell her though, if she wormed, how sorry I am.” _ " Lady want; {0 know what’s squeaking out here.” r “‘7‘ soyâ€"8 she’s going to get up and see. if Doctor A-coms don’t; come and tell her,” shrieked a. second white-head. While she spoke, the basket in hePhand tilted up and down, and a. mysterious whine came out of it. Mrs. Minny, 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 favorot the latterxfor they had never had a canine friend, while there was anew baby every year or so. in fact, the oldest girl had a care-worn look on account of her duties as nurse. In the door of the house appeared a. white-headed child who called out shrilly,-; “ Shé can come if yéu will be Quiet, and let hat: do the talking, ” cautioned: Dr. Jolgn. “ I’ll be wood, ” sâ€"he answered eagerly. “ You kuowI do everything you tell me LO. What will she think of him. 9 ”â€"wmh a. look of pride an the red faced bundle. “ After that she can never call me frivolous again. Why, she’ s quite a. young thing 1:: experi- ence ‘ueszde me. Wasn’ Lshe good to bring my doc; ’_” Aunt, Hannah meant; to be severe and cold, perhaps to speak her mind a. little ; s‘xc hai not; forgiven the long anxious mom us , but; the sight, of the girl lying there White and fr ail, the baby in her arms, softened the stern old face, and with a. sob she knelb'down and gathered both to her breast. Thoughtful and observant persons do not need a. dembusbration that the. senses are less keen m woman than in man. Man’s Beggars Are Keener Than Woman's' Their owu experience has revealed that natural law; but, since we are not all thoughtful or observant, the experiments of Profs. Nichols and Brown are welcome. Théy took four substances most: strongly odorifcmusâ€"cssence of clove, of garlic, of lex-inioniandi pmssic acid. 7 , Then they shulflcd the bottles, soto speak, ani called in forty-four men and thirty-eight, women, chosen from the various ranks ol life, all young and healthy. These representubives of either sex were instrucbed to rearrange the bonbles, guided by the sense of smell, putting each set; of tinctures by itself, garlic with garlic, lemon wit-h lemon. etc. Each of these they diluted with pure water la a growing proportion, filling aset ef bottles at every degree of the scale, unul the last set represemed one part of Lhe test substance to 2,000,000 parts of water. 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 I, while most. of the men traced in up to 100,00.) parts. 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. lititle more so. These American physiologists have begun tofxperimgntg with the sense of smell. Three câ€"f tiielatter actually passed the ex- treme limit, identifying prussic acid at a. single pain _in ‘2,QQO,UOO. Eeyo-nd 100,505) parts, a.“ the women failed to reco_;nize the essence of 10mm; all the men debecbed It at 250,0)0. This proportion represents thew average superiority all around. .valunlné;-u, vunl nan-.v ..-v-v My One day he talked his favorite theme till all his listeners were wearied and disgusted. Finally Uncle Ben Wilson, who had been listening patiently for the last half hour to a. discussion on the merits of Michigan pork, looked up and asked slowly : This was evfdefitly news to the fellow, for he opened his eyes and stared, while Uncle Ben went on : “ Gits purty cold up there in the Winter time, don’t it, ‘2” “ You bet; it does ;” said the Michigob- bier. “ Why, I‘ve seen_it_so cold thatâ€"” “Yes, 1’ ve ' hcern so,” broke in Uncle Ben. “They say ’at when a. man goes out to call hogs there,, in the Winter time, his v ’ice freezes up ag ’in the trees.” “ Yes, an’ when the Spring thaw sets in, every tree in the neighborhood goes to caliliin’ bogs t:_o beat Lye wc-njd.” The crEwd roared, while some of the younger boys yelled, “ Let the fellow from Michigap treati.’:_ mind W ith a dull and sickening thud, Thu :1 man may look up and see bright 3 ms 02‘ turn his gaze down and see mud. Bun'the “fellow from Michigan” had bolted.â€"â€"{Arka.nsaw Traveler. Thxs grgat truth struck his receptive fl‘he Coldest Kind of a Climate- (TO BE CONTINUED.) .5-.- ----___ ports last year amounted to $129,074,- 268, and ot exports to $118,564,352. The value of our aggregate Lrade reacned a. rebel of $247,638,621). 1‘his is $5,269,177 in ex. cess or the aggregate trade of the previous year. The values of the respective divismns of our foreign trade were in 1892 and 1893 as fc llo ws: â€"Yfl'oduce ................ Exports of foreign pro- duce .................... An Imporlant and Interesting Document That Should be rel-used and Digested by all. The Trade and Navigation Returns have just been issued ana handed to the press. The Returns show that the value of me im. Expotjts of Canadian Aggregate trade ...... 241,379,463 $247,633.620 There was, therefore, in 18915, as compared with the prevxous year, an increase 1n ex- ports of home prouuce of $6,459,344; 111 im- ports of $1,668,200, and a. decrease in ex- porcs of foreign produce of $1,858,367. $113,963.375 $115,551,312 Impcrts .................. 127,105,095 1211,1114 .435 The duty collected from customs last year amounted to $21,161,7ll,an increase of 6611,19 over the preceding year. There was an advance in the values per head of the estimated population, of both imports and exports, as welt‘ as of «the aggregate trade. The value per head of imports last year was $26.01 ; of exports $23.89. The duties collected averaged$L26 per head. The imporn's [51‘ home consumption in 1893 amounted to $121:705,U30, as against. $116,978,943 in the preceding year, an increase of $4,725,687. The total im- porcs have been exceeded but once since confederation, viz., in 1883; while those for home consumption have been exceeded three times, in 1563,}874 and 1873. 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 olfis with Germany, consequent upon the excessive importation of sugar from that country in 1892, $2,128,128 worth of that article being imported, as against only $226,432 in 1893 ; otherwise the gen- 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 ; France $2,847,095. increase $397,893 ; Brit- ish West Indies $1,165,008, increase $124- 621 ; Dutch East Indies $444,474, increase $196,770. Of the increases in the trade over $100,000 are to be noticed in the Span- ish porieess‘ions, Holland, Venezuela. and British Africa. ‘- TBAEEE OF THE BfifliNiflN. The Showing of the Annual State‘ ment. The increase in the exporâ€"ts of Canadian produce, amounting to 86,456,332, 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- quencc of the disastrous Ere 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 $438,534- and $659,734 in pro- ducts of the mine and fisheries respectively. The net total increase amounted to $3,400,- 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 breadstuffs accounts for the reduction in the exports to that country by upwards of $2l0,()l)u. The following: table shows the'condition of our trade in 1893 and lSQ‘Zwitthe principal countries with which Canada does business. 1893. Great Britain ....... $107,391,070 UniLed $1.21 Les ...... 108.984.9733 Gernmny ........... 1.515.451 Spanish \Vcst, Indies 3.676.627 Newfoundland ..... 3.216.913 France .............. 3.11l.142 British \Vest Infiies 3,109,233 Spanish possessmns in Pacific ocean.. 2.201.581 Javan .............. 1.531.861 China. ............... 1.279.403 Du' ch East indies" 1.011.211 Belgium ............ 1,270.745 H03 land ............ . 602.276 British Guiana...... 62.1705 Australasia ........ . 511.325 Bruzil............... 548.479 Italy ................ 504,431 1893 $106,551,618 102,937,051 1 0.311.050 4.258.223 2.67.3. 770 : 2,810. 711 1 2,888,687 } 1.919.915 i 1.917.097 a 1.395.013 : 444.174 § 572.5”1 ; 852.206 650.284 728.613 1 502.912 1 487,443 , Great Britain ....... UniLed Sm Les ...... Gernmny ........... Spanisthst Indies Newfoundland” F mnce ............. British \Vesc Indies Sp mph _p_osscssions 'in Pacific 000341.. Javan ............. . China. ............... Du' ch East indies" Belgium ............ Hoiland ............ . British Guiana...... Australasia ........ . Brazil ...... Italy ................ Australasia, ........ . 511,335 728: 613 firm/211.. .. .. . . 543.479 502.912 Italy ................ 504,431 487,443 On the basis of goods importeé and en- tered for consumption and of goods export- ed, being the produce of Canada, the fol- lowing is the summary statement of Canadian trade : Great Britain ........ . .......... .‘ United States ..... France ........................ . Germany ..................... . . . . Other European countries ....... British West Indies ......... . Omar \Vest Indies ............... Newfoundland ................... Other British pnsseqsions. . . . . . . Other foreign countries ....... . . _ 100.00 Comparmg these percentages with pre- vious years the trade with .Bntain is higher than for many years past, while that with the United States shows a falling 03 of about 2 § per cent. Compiring the total export of 1893 with previous yearn, it. is noticeable that there was an increases of $2,276,397 which was all in articles of Canadian production, the decline in foreign goods having amounted to $4,179,935. The cavgying trade of Canada. is of much imporbaxia'e'; but in the absence of any gener~ 8.1 system of obtaining particulars, it, is not possible to do full justice to the figures. C JUATRIES TKADED WITH. COM PA RATIYE STATEMENT. CARRYI NG TBA DE. ....... ..............-..... ‘1‘}.03 ..... 42.05 ................ . ..... 1.36 ................ 1.98 m countries .............. 1.49 Indies ......... . .......... . 1.31 Ldies ................. 1.64 l ................. 1.34 pnsseqsions............... 0.90 countries................. 3.44 1892. 1893. ' $99,333,913 $105,798,257 14,624,46212,766.095 Per Cent;- . . 44.69 42.05 The French Liner La Bourzngne 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,regarding a big wave which struck the vessel Friday night last, and came near carrying overboard the first officer, M. Bicot, and a seaman named Norman : “ It was 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 oificer was standing on the bridge and the seaman was on duty at his side. Suddenly a huge wave was seen bearing dOWn on he: starboard bow, raising high above the vessel’s rail. It broke with the roar of a. 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 officer 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. The seaman was also caught in the torrent and sent crashing against the rail. Both were picked up unâ€" conscious. They were badly bruised, but no bones were broken.” The total coasting trade of Canada last, year amounted toa. tonnage of 24,579,121. Of this large total Ontario is credxned with 9,829,834 tons. the largest; in her history, Quebec and Nova. Scotia, hall a million each,the figures respectively being. 4,433,795 and 4.390.852. New Brunsvtick totalled 1,033,134, British Columbia. 3,630. 833, and P. E. Island 1,198,538. During the past: year ”27:54? veezels en- tered and cleared at Canadian ports, as aga. nst 30,961 in 1892 and 31,321 in 13-‘1. The total tonnage, however, Was but Slight. iv less than that. of 1392, which was the highest in the history of the Dominion. Last year's tonnage was 10,608,611. The tonnage of the British vessels last year amounted to 3,780,915, and of Canadian, 2,189,925. Undoubtedly Lhere isagrowahg tendency towards the construction of larger vessels. The total tonnage of vessels ar- rived at and departed from .Canadian ports There was an increase of 35 in the num- ber of vessels built last year, but a. decrease in L} e tonnage of" u, 800 tons. The average selling price I: as declined from $37 per ton in 1868 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. porn. either to the States or to who: c561" tries. The value of this rude m 15"); amounted to $9.3!3.904, a decreaS'. : "g 9 558. The armcies exported consisted gm“: cipally of animal and agrinuibural E’r'whczs Seventy-seven percent. 0‘; .he tmal "all“; consigned of exporzs from the United gm,” via. Canada, to Great, Brxtain ; we rcmagzl. der going either to the Unwed Stutcs or Newfoundland. (3;) inland waters amounted to 7, 9’.“ 1) W the number of vessels being 35,634, an in. crease of 1,300 vessels. The number and tonage of sea-going vessels entered and c‘xeared at the principal ports of the Dominion are as follows; Montreal ....... Halifax ........ Vic‘oria ....... St. John, N.B.. Quebec ......... Nanaimo ....... Vancouver. ........ qu-mouth ........... Sydney ............ St. Andrews, N.B._ N. Sydney .......... Chatham. NB ..... Windsor. N.S ....... Charlottetown ...... At present the otfly dlfet‘f mmnmua M. tainable is than II;1‘DXI§:18 m we put; of Montreal of merchandise “few“ no.“ Lue ‘ _ l \ ‘ I Unued boates aw} tr““~bee.i at UM porn. either to the mazes or L0 "the: cum. 11'165- The Y9'1‘.‘_e-9.f.fm‘,“We m m3 Exciting Sport May lie "ad in the Tun, Lands of California. In many places in the tule lands in the vicinity of Suisan, 09.1., wild hogs, as fero- cious and as tenacious of life as the boar of the German forests, may be encounter'd by the sportsman who likes a spice of dan- ger in his hunting. One of these beasts, shot recently, measured from the tip of the snout to the root of the tail more than six feet and had tusks fourteen inches in length. Its weight, although it had no superfluous flesh, was 4‘20 pounds. The skin at the shoulders was three inches thick and as tough as leather. It was reported that hogs had been running wild in the marshes for a long time and that they were savage enough to furnish better sport than some other animals that are supposed to be dangerous. A party was formed to kill a particular boar that had been roaming the tules 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 tdis knees, but even then he rose and rusheu on his assailant agafl. 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. at about the place where ,he twenty-fifth meridian from London erbsses the eq uator, there is a. spot, far beneath the waves, which is almost continually agitated b3 submarine earthquake shocks. These an often’o'f such violence as to hurl great coi- umn’s of water high hair or to make waves that are a. standing menace to venels com- ing in that vicinity.- In the very middle of the tlantic Ocean, Continuous Atlantic Earthquakes- WILD 3093 IN PLENTY. sm rmxc RETURNS A ROUGH T1313. Toni. .1.3Ԥ0,'59 . 1,338.8"; 1.21135 214245.332 95.4399 788,022 579.101 271.251 225 23). 235.832 14.1 2'17 137,401 115364 83.5.3 Bufi'eSed by tired, I was st. of turning back I should soon which I could It set-med long away from $11 less. 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