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L I told you iMrs. Amyot. ward Indolent- . â€" You know else. He does ery ball.” «lid you do. ’” n was of him,” kgod the stand- d you lean on o it. alone 3” 3 Mrs. Vyner. no one should {or you 2 at Atchison an woman reeted her 3 for her into tears They had more than hmann and x 9. Four rged letters m, to Mrs. [amburg to ich of them kother was {3. Weich- ,3 her that after a he Black juries that awakened fess, with v.1 Rona-cc ed your per- :honght, per- flan she do. rtain Hin- :ed 3 dia- ooh as cool as Stanza. at. order of in- med insolerc. ,” says Mrs. “But as to lira. >Vyner, rte is another 'gery. “ Will an ago It. was ill.” at. Its present. returns Mar- but a little u would suit L11 wilderness ue, bore you.” bincluding Iburg. Karl Its. Weichâ€" no followed established named to n my boy mung. ” o ’ . Mr. Goldie ’1'. been living 2?. me to death’s with happiness further. You â€"a. contented union in your says Captain bough quies. Mr. Bellew rseli all the 1y. It is a Iely takm it .n indifferent said Staines. thh gentle care for it. rerv one can lly here,” says 1 very mild.” tuning a bit of nyot. I should m couple, ike John rn the hill vo me to. sui :lancholy fore- o be only a little ashen 1 bronze of omens that ad through )tion. “” #l' smile. :3: Uncle .t was the :re ? 1;: your the cook Ibulist '3’ I, ,” she says, 811‘ Mr. Warburton PEkgggrgi-xter, ‘ the autumn in 1890 in the Barren of Northern Canadzz. was told ___- ---v val. UL] was again’raised above the water. The legend of the Ottawas, as related by Dr. McLean, leaves the woman entirely out of the question, and represents the musk-rat as returning to the surface apparently dead. The demi-god took up the dead animal, and findings. lump of clay on one cf its shoal. ders pressed it between his hands until it became thin. and then laid it gently on the surface of the water. In a. few days it] became a large island, and grew until the earth assumed its_present dimensions. Irv ‘ But the natural wonders of the beaver were not enough for the Indian, and hence we find this ro’dent playing a large part in the tradition, and even religion, of the Aborigines. Among many Indian tribes the story of the deluge is closely interwoven with the beaver. Thus the Blackfeet and the Micmacs and other tribes assign to it the place given to the dove in the Biblical narrative. Under the great Spirit, they say, there was a secondary creator, and on the vast extent of waters which had been formed by the Great Spirit, this Secondary was sitting on a. log or canoe accompanied by a wo nan. The two were surrounded on every hand by animals, and a. discussion having arisen as to the matter which must underlie the water. four animals were sent on a. mission of investigation. Three» of them failed, but the fourth, the musk~ rat or beaver, returned with some mud in his forepaw. This the woman scraped off and began to work round in her hand, when it rapidly grew, and being placed in the water so increased in size that the earth and he finds it difficult to infer éhat these actions are due to anything else than an intelligent appreciation either of the bene- fits that arise from the labor or of hydros- tatic principles upon which this labor is so dearly based. arise from their has its territory. If any stranger is caught trespassing he is brought before the chief, who, for the first offence, punishes him ad correctionen, and for the second deprives him of his tail, which is the greatest mis- this tail is their cart upon which they tran- port, wherever it is desired, mortar, stones, provisions, etc.; and it is also the trowel, which it- resembles in shape, used by them in building. This infraction of the laws of tilated beaver side with him, and set off ‘ immediately to take vengeance for it. In this contest the victorious party, using the rights of war, drives the vanquishei from their quarters, takes possession of them, and places a provisional garrison, and fin- ally establishes there a colony of young beaver.” But some Indian records go furth- er than this, and declare that the example of the beaver played no little part in stimu- lating thrift and industry among the early red men and white men of the North Amer- ican continent. In the mind of the Indian the beaver was a far more remarkable being than anything that the human race had yet evolved. His beaver encampment was more wondrous than the lordly halls of the an- cient Aztec race. “ Not a listless brain nor an idle hand \Vas there in all that town ; But strong- defences the people planned, And hewed the great trees down.” All this exaggeration is easy to explain. To the Indian the beaver was both food I and clothing, and given an ample supply of these rodents he needed nothing more. Hence the beaver became invested with a degree of admiration and superstition such as has centred round very few other animals. Beyond all doubt the beaver has played a wonderful part in the history of North America. Dr. Romanes places him higher than any other animal, not even excepting Sir John Lubbock’s ants and, bees, and declares that instinct has risen I. in the beaver to a higher level of far-reach- ' ing adaption to environment than among any other members of the animal world. 1they engage, he tells us, in vast architec- tural labors with what appears to be the deli'aerate purpose of securing by such very artificial means the special benefits that -_._- 5â€"47 ,‘HdofimmpfiDâ€"lLâ€"A‘i’nfifl‘ mamasxppl" beltrami talks of the beav'er in his own romantic way. The beavers, he gravely asserts, “are divided into tribes, and sometimes into small hands only, of which each has its chief, and order and dis- cipline reign there, much more, perhaps, than among the Indxans, or even among civ- xlized nations. In. his “La Decom Mississippi” Beltrami in his own romantic w: gravely asserts, “ are on 'the American continent, of whose doings Longfellow thus sung? Yet there is attached to the beaver far more of romance of natural history than even Sir John Lub- bock can claim on behalf of his favorite ants. The tales with which it has been associated in the Indian mind furnish an interesting index to the mental fertility of the aborigines of North America, and as one listens to the accounts which northern‘ travellers bring from the Indian encamp-‘ ments, it is difficult to believe that these red-skinned subjects of Her Majesty ought really to be classed as savages. There is about the records they hand down from generation to generation a. wealth of imagery and beauty of thought hardly less than that with which the white man of Eu- rope and the East surrounded his own early religion. In his “La Decouverte des Sources du Mia~§-_:__; n 1-. .. , Indian Legends of Canada’s Thrifty Na- tional mlmalâ€"The Yellow Knives’ Story at the Deluge. "Should you ask nie whence these stories a \Vhence these legends and tradition; I should answer. I should tell yo“, In the bird‘s-nest of the farest, In the lodges of the. beaver.” How many ladies comfortably wrapped in their beaver furs during the past winter gave a. thought to_ the wonderful little ani- mal, now fast vanxshing from its last home on the American continent, of Whose 1' ,,, __I_11-,A, AI _ HIGH ENGINEERING SKILLf THE BUSY BEAVER- EAL}! TRIBE sun, moon, and I who spent Grounds The Lunatic ()il Spring flows in Wheeler Canyon, Cal. It begins to give 011 when the new moon appears ; as the moon increases, the supply becomes greater, and the yield is three barrels a day when the moon is full. The flow ceases when the moon is at. its last quarter. * According to a telegram from Calcutta the Khan of Khelat has admitted to the Governor-General’s agent that he had killed 3000 men and women since his accession 36 years ago. He appears to have behaved fairly well during the life of Sir. R. Sande- man, but he has killed 50 persons since that officer’s death. - -.--.n... v uwvl 109 were shatterea and foliage ruined. In the r Phipps conservatory in Schenectady park 3 900 lights of glass were broken. Enter- , tainments were in progress at all the 3 theatres. At the opera. and Bijou thea- , tre serious panics were narrowly averted 1 and several women fainted irom fright. L The stinging pellets of the'hail caused a ; number of serious accidents by frightening horses, that broke away from their drivers. ‘ John Downey, the driver of one team, was dragged several squares and fatally injured. Michael Dunn, aged fourteen, was almost electrocuted by stepping on an electric light wire. The funeral of Joseph Craig was proceeding along Stockton avenue, Allegheny, when the storm broke. In an I instant there was terrible confusion. Some ' of the teams ran away, crashing into the carriages preceding them. The hearse was ' badly damaged. It is reported that thex casket was broken open. Many , the ladies in the party fainted. Then uneral was postponed. An almost identi'éal ex- perience befell a funeral cortege as-rit enter- ed the gates of the Allegheny cemetery in Lawrence. The money loss will be very great, various estimates placing the damage I above half a million dollars. On Neville island. in the Ohio river, the damage to garden and farm products is estimated at over $100,000. The storm came from the north and passed westward, carrying de- struction along its way. Despatches from many surrounding towns tell ot the ruin wrought. At Marietta, Ohio, 3. number of buildings were destroyed. Great destruc- ion is reported in the Belmont,Eureka and Sisterville oil fields. * Lives Lost and Many Hundred Thousands of Dollar-5' Worth of Property Deszroy ' cal Around Pittsburg. Pa. . A Pittsburg special says :â€"â€"At 3.50 o’clock this afternoon Pittsburgh and vi- . cinity was visited by the most violent hail- storm ever known here. The effect was most disastrous, both to life and property. Heavy black clouds suddenly obscured the light of the sun, While the air became op- pressively hot. Following a terrific electric flash came the crash and roar of thunder, ‘ shaking the very earth. Before man or beast could seek a cover the deluge of ice came in all its intensity, and for five min- ; utes there was a war of the elements most l terrifying. Telephones and telegraph wires I‘ were prostrated in every direction ; electric f and cable cars were stopped by broken wires ’ or debris choking the conduits, and for a ' time traffic was suspended. In the east end ! uf Pittsburg and upper wards of Allegheny I City nearly every window glass on the south 1 side of the buildings was shattered, while I all a re? both the cities, skylights, green-l i houses, gt-iivate and park conservatorioal Lives From such legends has grown the much discussed question as to the reality of the 'giant beavers, of which the early and rough ; records of Canadian history speak. Indeed, ‘ three-quarters of a‘century ago an English _ scientist, Mr. Charles Fothergill, was so ;limpressed with these Indian legends that he actually undertook a. mission to Canada a with a view to searching the great North- west provinces to see if perchance he might still find living evidence of “ the mammoth, the great elk of the antediluvians, and the giant beaver.” But Mr. Martin, who has evidently given the subject careful study, is probably right when he says that the accumulated experience of fur traders and explorers in the far north have exhausted the barest possibility of the existence in the flesh of the great beaver. To this day, 1 however, the Indian clings to his beaveri legends, and it is not without sad regret! that he sees gradual extinction creepingi over thisâ€"to himâ€"sacred animal. It can only be a few years before the last beaver has been killed on the North American con- tinent. Even the reserves which the Hud- son’s Bay Company has attempted to estab- lish in the Hudson’s Bay region must be; worked over before long, and the elforts of E the Marquis of Bute on his Scotch estate show that it is hopeless to attempt to per- , petuate the species apart from its naturah surroundings. Greed indeed has proved too much for the thrifty beaver, as it has proved : too much for so many other good things in I this world. l OF A GIGANTIC SIZE. They dived and brought up the mud with which the Great Spirit, the Manitou, made the earth, and left it to the giant beavers to build its mountain ranges and carve out its cataracts and caves. When the time came for the introduction of man the ani- mals were endowed with speech, but show- ing themselves unworthy of so high a priv- ilege, man was brought forth from the spirits of the departed animals and in time became the chief among all living things, “smoothing with his hand the giant be ists, making them gradually smaller.” In'his interesting “History and Tradi- tions of the Canadian Beaver,” Mr. Horace T. Martin gives this legend in the form it assumed among other Indian tribes, and there is much to be said for this plea. that while the Indian cannot justly be classified among the spirit worshippers, yet he should be regarded as much above the range of fetichism, and may most properly be con- sidered as a. nature worshipper. In reason- ing out the problem of the world’s creation, he believed that in the beginning the earth was covered with water, and he peopled it with the beaver, the musquash, and the ot- ter,whose aquatic habits must have impress- ed him. But as the building of the world was a prodigious task these animals were all istars through a trap door to‘ lighten the world and melt the snow which by this time covered the tops of the tallest pine-trees. They themselves then returned to the earth, and it was during this descent from heaven that the moose flattened his nose and the beaver split. his tail, splashing the blood all over the lynx, so that ever afterwards, until the present day, the beaver’s tail is flat and thg lynx is saotted. ' ()onfe ssion of 3000 Murders. TERRI FIG HAILSTORM. , v D I ‘I" and park conservatorles :{istory and Tradi- leaver,” Mr. Horace {end in the form it ‘Indian tribes, and The Royal Mail steamer Angola, which has just arrived at Liverpool from \Vest Africa, brings news of the death under shocking conditions, of Prince Konu, of Kotonou. W'hen the French were operat- ing against the King of Dahomey they ar- rested Prince Konn, and delivered him over to King Tofa, of Port Novo, who cast him into prison. The report just received is to ‘ the effect that the unfortunate Prince was put to death by strangulation. This hap- pened about the end of February, since which time the tragic affair has been a secret. It is further reported that the body at the Prince was wrapped in a. white cloth and placed on a. pedestal in the Fetish or J u J 11 House. Prince Konu, it is said, was loud in his protests against the country be- coming Freuch, and on that account was subjected to all sorts of indignities before being murdered. The poor Prince was 9.1-. so tortured In a shocking manner before death ended his sufferings. r' Distress in Russia.- In the provinces of Saratofl', Limbersk. ‘ Samara, and Voronash, the distress result ing from the bad harvests of the last two years is still very great. The rural popu- lation can hardly find means of subsistence, and in some parts is decimated by the mortality arising from privation and sick- ness. Many of the landowners experience as much difficulty as the peasants in pursu- ing farming operations, being unable to commence the spring sowings, as they lack the necessary cattle, and have not even a sufficient Slipply of seed. In the villages a cartload of straw, which can usually be‘ bought for 50 copecks, now fetches three roubles. There is great mortality among cattle and horses, especially in the Don territory. I The caustic criticisms which Sir Griffith ‘ Evans has been making on the lavish scale { upon which the India. Office establishment lis kept up seems to have awakened some ;interest in the Empire. He instanced the 1 Correspondence Department, where there |are six secretaries at £1200, six assistant 5 secretaries At from £800 to £1000 a year, a special assistant and visitor to the i Indian Museum at £800 ayear, who has the I assistance of a clerk at £400 a. year, and a. 0 special technicalassistantat £350 perann um. ‘ There are eleven senior general clerks and 1 six “reduntant ” senior clerks, while the juniors and their assistants swell the total to forty‘nine. Then there are the allowances. ' Three clerks are specially paid for editingI the Indian list, and another for preparing the Sanitary Blue Book. TheJower branch- es are made up on a similarly liberal scale, for there are noless than twenty-eigh thouse- maids, and the messengers get extra. pay for posting letters and attending on the Secretary of Stateâ€"[Truth A very strange incident is reported from ' the Godra districts in the Panch Mahals. A ' large panther had for some time been cans- ? g ing much injury to the cattle of the district, 3 l and the superintendent of Police, Mr. J. V. Cooke, went out in pursuit. He succeeded ' z in getting a. shot at the anima‘ and bowled ‘ : him over, the bullet going right through the panther’s heart without touching a bone. l The panther fell close to a hole or den with. 1 in which, unsuspected hy the party, a, female l panther lay ensconced. The bullet ‘after ‘ passing through the. body of the male panther struck the second animal in the forehead and ! entered her brain, killing her at once. The 1' Whole episode of the proximity and accident- ; al death of the second panther was un- [known to the shooting party, and it was ‘ not till the next morning that the body of‘ gthe female panther was found in the den1 with a bullet in the brain. It was a most 1 providential accident, as the panther whose ! presence was unknOWn and unsuspected fwould in all probability have charged the 5 party while taking away the male panther l which had been shot.â€" [“ Times of India.” .0.“ you vuuu u J! the man had been robbed and murdered on his way home. But that was as stupid as the murder was brutal. It was only sur- passed in ineptitude by her next suggestion that the deed had been done by an over- obliging neighbor, who sympathized with her domestic sorrows. BLOW WAS NOT ENOUGH, and it only roused the unhappy creature to a. knowledge of his fate. He madea. piteous appeal for mercy for the sake of the children, and for one moment; that seems to have shaken her iron nerve. She fiercely told her future bridegroom tolet him speak no more, and thereafter it sim- ply rained blows, while she still held the light. The last operation was to throw the body into a. neighboring alley, as though 4.1.A _--.71 An African Prmce Put to Death- The other, a. maid, had to wash up the ‘room after the victim has been hacked to rpieces with an axe. The poor creature is not much more than an unwilling accessory after the fact. She retains her reason just long enough to give particulars of the crime at the preliminary inquiry, and then be- comes hopelessly, insane. The details sur- pass “ Macbeth” in horror and are barely paralleled by the “Agamemnon.” The Wife used the stronger brute for the blow, but hers was the master mind from first to last, She received her husband on his re- turn, sent him to bed, and contrived an excuse for sitting up, watched until he was fast asleep, and primed the murderer with drink before she led him into the rooms The first umruerer to her husband’s room, and holds the light during the butchery. The other servants come into the scheme of crime in a. subordinate capacity. One, a. man, is posted in the diningroom as a sort of reserve, while she murderers-in-chief CREE? TOWARDS THE SLEEPING CHAMBER. __ “flue. .. nun-co, may: one London News. A young and pretty widow marries a. second time, and her husband is a. wealthy landowner, still younger than herself. They quarrel, and she determines to get rid of him. She incites one of her men servants to murder him while he lies asleep, promis- ing to reward him with her hand when he has made her a. widow for the second time. The deed is done at midnight, and for the last touch of horror the woman lights the murderer to her husband’s room, and holds the light during the butchery. 'llow nSpanish Widow Got Rid of Her Husband. Few murder trials have caused such a. sensation in the old world as the one recent- ly committed in Spain. It will long hold the field for horror against all similar stories of ancient or modern times, says the London News. A young and pretty widow marries a. second time, and her husband is a. wealthy landowner. still vommm- than haven]: rm.--- An Indian; Eqnting Story. A WIPB’S 'PBARPUL CRIME. How the Money Goes- Laughing gas was taken by Mrs. Eliza- beth Lipp, of Buffalo, N. Y., who was about to have four teeth extracted. After three , teeth had been removed the pallor of the ‘woman alarmed her husband, and it was .discovered that she was dead ' The origin of “ a feather in his cap ” is thus explained: In Hungary, in 159:), it was decreed that only he who had killed a Turk should wear a feather, and he was permitted to add a. fresh feather to his cap for each Turk whezn he had slain. Mrs. Nancy Cosby, of Geneva, Ga age is 35, 15 the mother of 11 hvi: dren. She has 65 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and 18 grea grandchildren. advanta‘fge over the 01d1 a term, so would good roads, at first expensive, be of m profit and: abisfaction. ' l ' “Bad roads” is a never-failing cry, a veritable thorn in the side of commerce every spring and fall. They retard busi- ness and they are a menace to our prosperi- . ty. We never know when we are to be at ‘ their mercy; and yet no universal and na- 1 tional attempt is being made to treat high- way engineering on a scientific basis any more than we try to arrest the blighting frost in the Northwest. Nationally we fold our hands and deplore the existence of both, but are slow in realizing that the roads at least could be brought under subjection, and it would pay. There is not a paper or journal of any importance in the land that has not had a slap at “statute labor.” It 3 would not be far amiss to call it “statue” labor. Every farmer and business man surely now realizes the money value of good roads. It is estimated that it costs the ordinary farmer more to carry two bushels of Wheat than it does the ordinary railroad to carry a ton. Consequently to the west of Lake Huron it rarely pays to grow wheat more than twenty miles from rail or water transportation. Having been con- vinced of the enormous odds against him in his competition with the rest of the world, the farmer is helpless to equalize the con- ditions, so far as reaching a. market is con- cerned. Good roads require something more than the labor of farmers measured out in the spring payment of a petty poll tax. It is not more work that is needed so much as better plans â€"scientific methods of construction. As the elevators in our high buildings are found to pay and a distinct advantage over .the old slow climbing sys- tem, so would good roads, though perchance (1* Rant- A.._-»-___ r The wholesale merchants of New York have formulated a novel scheme, which is expected to revolutionize some of the pres- ent methods of doing buginess. The pro~ jectors say their plans will result not only in an immense gain to the retail dealers, but will also re-establish the entire system of commercial credits on a difierent and I substantial basis. The wholesalers who I are already in the movement have afi‘ected ! a temporary organization and have named it the New York Merchants’ Discount Com- pany. Two hundred of the leading whole- sale merchants of the city met on the 16th inst. at the Metropolitan Hotel for the pur- pose of discussing the scheme. A perman- ent organization Will be made, and a com- ‘ pany under the name already given will be ‘ organized with a capital oi $500,000. The l present prevailing method employed by manulacturers and wholesalers is to formu- late and publish a list of prices more or less in excess of the prices at which they will sell their goods for spot cash, subject to the sale of discounts or reductions to meet the abilities of those who purchase. The New York Merchants’ Discount Company proposes to advance cash to the weak re- tailers and thereby put them on a par with every competitor. 'v -u- wv ywncu in the proceedings by financiers and commercial men throughout the civilized world. One of the most interesting features of the W'orld’s Fair auxiliary series of congresses will be the world’s con- gress of bankers and financiers, which is to be held at Chicago from the 19th to 25th June. Outside the United States and Canada. nearly all the European countries, as well as China. and Japan. will be regre- sented. All matters relating to banking and clearings will be discussed at length with a. view to a. better understanding of all that is best in the different systems, and a closer union among clearing houses in par- ticular. The keenest interest will be taken The formally published prospectus of the United States Leather Company, known as the leather trust, reveals a prOJect of mam- moth proportions. The Boston Transcript, in referring to it,says : “When the capital- ization is complete there will be $60,000,- 000 eight per cent. cumulative preferred stock, and $60,000,000 of common stock, besides an authorized issue of debentures to the amount of $10,000,000,“ which $6,000,- 000 are now ofi'ered for subscription. Here are certainly millions enough first and last to impress the imagination and to test the power of the market to absorb more ‘in- dustrials.’ ” it is said that a canal 21 feet deep, con- necting lakes Erie and St. Clair, can be constructed for $4,000,000 ; and the Toron- to News considers not only that the carry- ing out of this enterprise would shorten the distance between Port Arthur and the sea.- board, place the best waterway, Lake Superior and the Welland Canal, wholly within Canadian territory and nulify the importance of the ownership of the channel in St. Clair flats,but also that the Dominion Government would be justified in spending more than the sum named to complete the canal as a national work. It is estimated that 150,000,000 feet of lumber are jammed in various streams in Northwestern Wisconsin. Ice is still among the logs, and dnvmg three weeks late on account of the cold spring. Montreal is'to have a. fruit exchange, the first of the kind in Canada. Hereafter all western dealers will have to purchase through this body, and all sales will be by public auction. Labrador. a. country which we always associate with Arctic snowdrifts, icebergs, etc., has 900 species of flowering plants, 59 ferns and over 250 species of masses and lichens. culation on May 1st was $18,;I4ZEéa, gh‘ich is $395,001) more than in March, and $700,- 000 less than in February The amm culation on Interesting Items on Business Alfalrs in GeneraL It is estimated that the Colored people of Virginia pay taxes on property valued at $13,000,000. amount of Dominion cu_1_'rency in cirâ€" n-.. \l A“ TRADE AND COMMERCE- :alcuTabIe benefi t 18m, Ga... whose 11 lxving chil- tildren, and 171 18 great-great. sold. Bogus maple syrup is made by common brown sugar thh an e hickory bark. Vast qux‘tities sold- flavoring xtract of of it are ,_ V -- "VJ .uuuvuu, auu. one “'Oula “0‘ be surprised to discover, if the test were possible, that an issue at base-ball or the car between Laval and Vassar would be doubtful. It is almost inevitable that on. should associate with so much physical in- activity the over-cultivation of certain sub- tle qualities of the mind that tend towards astuteness and cunning rather than frank- ness and courage. When we further con- sider the character of the educatiou'given to the Canadian youthâ€"which is rhetorical, ornamental literary, theological, and from which all but the most elementary branches of science are excludedâ€"one is not surprised l to find that the educated French Canadian who does not enter the priesthood is most likely to be come a lawyer and a politician. The art of oratory is carefully cultivated among them, and by common consent it is admitted that the leading orators of the two political parties in the Dominion are French Canadiansâ€"MM. Laurier, of the Liberals, and Chapleau, of the Conserva- tivesâ€"[Henry Loomis Nelson, in Harper’s Magazine. U , ......... v. vulva. .Luey walk demurely and slowly, two and two, and behind them walk long-cassocked priests. The boys of the university 0? school are taking their exercise. It is for all the world like a. young woman’s semi' na.ry in this country, with the exceptiot that the American young woman walk: with a brisker step than the French-Cana- dian university student, and one would not -VV w- ' n-u~u»|.a uuu the absence of robust romping and vigorous games make them unattractive to Anglo- Saxons, The French-Canadian boy is brought up like the boy in the old home on the other side of the water. Hedo‘es not re- ceive the physical cultivation that is care- fully bestowed upon the English or Amer- ican boy. Occasionally, especially in Que- bec, where the great Laval University is situated, you will meet a procession of lean and white-faced youths, clad in long freck- coats, girdled with green or blue sashes, and wearing old-fashioned caps. They walk demurely and slowly, two and two, and behind them walk long-cassocked “F;Afl+n mL- ‘- ~ , The politeness of the French Canadian is proverbial. The children are well be- haved, although _their demure manners and f f I Mr. Conway does not seem to have suffer- ed so mueh as Mr.'Whymper during his explorations at a lower level in the Andes, but probably the oatmospheric conditions were different. The difficulties that are really formidable do not arise so much from the rarefaction of the air as from the exag- geration of some ordinary incidents of mountaineering. The mountaineer in all countries is at the mercy of the weather. Even in the Alps, close to all the appliances of civilization,~ and with a large supply of trained guides, an unexpected storm, or even a sudden fall or rise of temperature, may turn quite an easy expedition into a the northern frontier of India these dan era are increase '1 not only by the actual height of the ascent «: and the length of time spent upon the ice and snow, but by the complete absence of local guides and trustworthy maps and the inaccessibility of supplies. The Alpine.climber is rarely out of reach for twenty-four hours at a time of some I very dangerous one. In the mountains on place where he can obtain food, fire and shelter. Mr. Conway's party plunged among the glaciers, parting with all hold upon civilized life for weeks together, and carrying with them everything that they required for their subsistence and preser- vation during that period. Any one who has slept in a hut in the Alps can im- agine what it must have been to camp 20,000 feet above the sea level. To establish and victual one such camp involved an expenditure of four days days before Mr. Conway could venture to move on, just as he was going to make his final effort to reach the Golden Throne. Bad weather came on upon the 27th of August, precisely two months after the start from Nagar, but, even if this had not been the case, the exhaustion of the provisions would have compelled the party to descend. On one occasion, during a snowstorm, Mr. Con- way was obliged to pause while the coolies were sent backâ€"no doubt, to a very great distanceâ€"to collect firewood. It is satis- factory that in spite of these formidable difficulties, Mr. Conway has been able to make such good use of the eight or nine weeks that were available for exploration. There is nothing in his experience so far as we can see, to discourage the hope that the Hindu Kush and Himaylayas will be forced to surrender their uttermost secrets to the enterprise of mountaineers. It is curious to reflect that barely two generations ago the Alps, now “the playground of Europe” were universally regarded as hardly less mysterious and dangerous than the unknown regions into the heart of which Mr. Conway has so lately penetrated. ALPINE RECORDS BROKEN. Educated in Quebec. 1d cunning rather than frank- rage. When we fui‘ther con- .racter of the educatiou‘given ian youthâ€"which is rhetorical, literary, theological, and from L¢L, Lnd one would not 5 if the test were ut base-ball or the Vassar would b; the university 02