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In the Rebeliion of 1885--Lines of De- serted Tepees--Rece'ved by Chief-- Medicine Men as Guides--Young Warriors Initiated--Severe Ordeal Before Qualifying as "Braves"-- Young "Bucks" Faint. At a lecture recently delivered in Montreal Campbell rane , there was given a very vivid a count of the Cree Sun Dance, one ye @ most extraordinary and unique cerembnials practiced by the Indians, and in full vogue at the time of the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. The lec- ture was founded on his experiences and impressiona.of the West as it was at the time of the rebellion of 1885. The following section of the lecture describes the Sun' fhen serving with my, brigade in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, I had an opportunity of witnessing a traditionary custom of, the Indians, hich 1x he of interest from an anthropological point of view. The ceremony was the Sun Dance. Tt is ras tla s known ns the "Great Thirst "" and? not unfreque ntly na the Danee * By the former name, however, it is more generaly known among the white settlers of The dance IT attend- o'clock p.m. on Thurs- y. May 23. and was continued till Saturday, Moy 20, at the 'same hour. tawar Saturda ay-afternoon avhen.Lar- rived. Chief Piv-a-Pot's band, togeth- ed. with his nore from other re- erves, were all eneamped in tents. Having (passed through the line of deserted "tepees." forming the cir- cumference of the camp, we approach- 'ed a high central tent whence issued the beating of drunis, the blowing of whistles and a monotonous drone, which told of seme ceremony in pro- gress within. Entering this tent un- der the guidance of two medicine men. who appeared upon our arrival, we found the chief busily engaged in the ceremony of blowing a whistle and jumping itr time to the orchestra: of oe toms" or Indian drums, | After he lapse of a period of time sufficient i satisfy his sense of dignity,* he come forward and welcomed us. The tent where the dance was tak- ing place was abont forty feet in dia- meter. Formed like an ordinary tenee, it was decorated in the most fantastic y with colored calicoes, woollens. boughs ef tr and other ar- There was a open spryce "Te orture ticles, at-the to: nir was admitted. a, bs tent was divided into lds por- s. One was ta- ee consisting of sina chitanen: nO, thers with babes, eld men and women medline. e tw other teen "tom-toms.'" This musical in- strnment.is formed by stretching es skin over a round wooden hoop, a neath are two transverse a» left. The tim: e 'kept is what is ost as done =y the same as that of and, wh jig. Rou the interior border of » two rows of stalls, uter, in which the Pint cipants in the Sun Dance were plac- In front of these stalls hess sh a onan railing, or fence, brea hig hen the dance began, on an in- Saiteddeay from one of the medicine --there being: two who. assum Rireckion of the ceremony--all those in the stalls jumped and blew whis- tles, keeping ndmirable time with the tom-toms. There was also a circle of warriors in full fighting attire, mus- ket in hand, in the centre, Between ench dance, which lasted from ten to fifteen minutes, came un interval o from three to five minutes. When the tom-toms ceased t the medicine man selected cot the line of warriors a brave, who immedi- ately fell out of the ring. With an nir of great dignity he paraded before the erchestra, reciting his experiences as a public man. He. told with accur- il how many Blackfeet or In the course ¢ he fre quently adopted the highly tra- tie vein, and gesticulated freely. He then fell again into the_ring, and in » » they all jum] ped to the musia had recommenced, muttering an abe gd ee partially -- st ippressed are h are the attendant cireum- to the great event of the fes ve All those engaged in the dance were in war paint, even inchiding the we men but no special pattern was fol- t was a curious Se sgaiidaaec patterns om the same "The abject of the Torture Dance is to imtiate warrior he young "bucks" or "squaw ie pocks: as they are called, in order to graduate int the class of warriors or must undergo this ordeal. Relare shes ecome initiated they are on a par with the ge! as regards the division of dabor, which means that, like the Squaw, S.- have all the menial and heavy work to do, the full-fledged brave merely going on the warpath. The young "buck" is in full war r paint, and when his turn comes, is called out by the medicine man, be- fore whom he appears perfectly nude 4 but for a breech-clout about his loins. Stepping to the front near the en- trance to the tent, he takes up two small flaga or bannerettes, one in each hand, and after a few preliminary fac. of extending his ings In the ways arms, advancing towards and retiring from the medicine pole, sits down. The medicine: men then close i around him, as the rest of the tribe era net allowed to see the incision, of the ont Saeoanie whieh aon others «hin took no . official part. and w "fell the size of a side-drum ne: Under rR which the ales holds in his Tigh he beats with with a sharp knife cut into his wore eeagehoces -| ina pe pen-knife. The effect on @ white man is not gros gory pleas- ant. The kn: knife came of the -- about three or four ae taches from s at which it entered. on. = fete ere until the 'to pick up a skewer sheet ae: as thick as a common lead pencil. It was then withdrawn and the skewer in n_ its place. ing the whole of this operation the bar 'buck never quuiled, nor did his which bore a perfectly prs expression, reveal the sii; the incision was made in each breast). and the eo ck thus firmly tied. This 'perform an incantation by the medicine man followed. The music as des ; d th Rasa in all its ghastly earnestness Bogan. aane young buck was compell- ce in time. swinging through the aree: th which the spectators were found, and keeping the ropes tighten- ed by a Heccsirtir dad tension. The flesh ° and skin of gue rey were thus drawn out in shape about half a foot rp his heat He had to continue pulling on the snes in this way until by degrees the pers were torn bat. When he had succeed- ed in doing this, the medicine men moistened the ends of their fingers en emacs the iom of blood. They and exhausted man nee on s face called for the next Shasta es, instead of breast-pins, shoulder-pins are driven through the upper arm in line with the collar bone. Another mode is sth fastening, by a similar process, o een the shoulder Oe Ping which is appended a buffalo head and horns. The buck is then made to walk about hind. from the anon sepia test w! ar- rived. tood there tasntine and trembling from mingled exhaustion an For mhoed candidates who are initi- ated at the opening of the ce, the feeling a simply that of intense physi- cal -But those who undergo the test Beta ra Blt A hours of fasting, and in the ceremony Such is the Sun Dance. _ PARK SCHEME MODIFIED. ules Battlefields Pian Assumes Less Ambitious Character. "The Quebes battlefields project is to assume a less ambitious characte than was at first Cpociath plata It was ler ut first to eee a large of land for a park and et remove thereto US ic as the Ross rifle facto the protinca jail, which was ine a of Wolfe's redoubt, within a stone's fall of where he rae park at uisition a The scheme of a bec now | Tdelodee. the uarter of a mile square. Then, fur- ther west, it is propo acquire heights nce Wolfe's Cove, wi ich ' we tiful frontage facing t oa sts ut half a mile to the north of s to as Upon this site the Battle of Ste. yee was fought in 1760, and on it to-day is the joint monument to the mem- ory of Levis and Murray, who com- manded the French and British troops respectively in that battle. It is pro- posed to connect these tracta of land by a driveway, branching off from Grand Allee and running along the crest of the hill past the Ross rifle factory, south of the race course to the north to St. noe road and by vedge road to Ste. Foy battlefield. This modified plea will call for much less expenditure than was originally contemplated. Canadtan Sea Serpent. In the great Northwest of Canada they have everything worth while-- even sea serpents. A despatch from Vancouver informs us that the, other day a sea serpent measuring five fee eight inches in length and eight inches around the body of the thickest part was captured '60 miles pids by fishermen and t couver is now on exhibition at the Gore avenue slip, where it is at- tracting many visitors. The body is marked with purple and black spots and the skin of the back overlaps at each side. The serpent has a venom- ous head and there afe four s arp teeth both on the upper and lowey' jaws and the inside of t the mouth As <4 oS ony. The animal put up a --. fight and made several attem to bite ita captors before it was ki ' Second-Class Words. Rudyard Kipling discou on Canadian journalism in ay Teter in The Morning Post this we _ that in Canada it is henge "delightful to meet reporters, for they are men interested in their land, with the keen and unselfish interest one finds in young house surgeons or civilians. "One felt at every turn of their quick sentences that he was dealing with made and trained players of the e, men who believed in denen cies that were not to be disregarded, a confidence not to be violated, and an honor not to be mocked. Yet while 2 ws One hates to think second- ass emo- ventional moulds. of these aplendid people usin = words to express firs ons." BUGGIES. FOR SALE Top Buggies, Open Buggies, Road Carts and Wagons If vou wantjanything in the vehicle line now 1s the time to buy, as I have a |, stock on hand and with sell at closest price, A call at{my carriage shop will convinoe, JPF WtiLso rH fy Rake Lickowe) for Over wants Years. cP bas been hele ren y a'aick child suffering and ped $ send at once bottle of 'Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syru, T ig. It will relieve Ane pe Geer utuie immediately. mothers, a by this ask Ps teed under the Food a ee be 1908 feria) Number 108 ean BARYAIDS AT WINNIPEG. Hew the "Pride of West" Became a Fiourithing Saloon, ~ Back in 1882 two ig were sitting talki in Winnipeg mar! "A in Winnipeg," he said, "with. = genie of two would coin "What's s that?" asked the other. "Bix weeks later" Pirie Charles sag te ike Be lous --. Tein bar rig equine Pride of the West hotel, still shea u Can longed The other day Mr. --Ssih sag one of these girls For a quar- ter of a century she has fae: meenty married in bask west, eg h family. ow strange it all "I remember eemed to those first days said Devons Polly. "The halt. bashful menf the strange drinks that sf ve to to mix, the reckless earn they would spend their money, oh! my! the number of them. and the mixture of classes which lots. of fighting We tried not to show any favors, but we ori ia help it sometimes, eh! Jim?" m, the middle-aged, blushed fhraeh the bronze of a quar- ter of a century of Western sun. "And when we did there was always trouble." And Jim, the stalwart hus- band caressed reminiscently the bridge of a nose whose symmetry was aleannty marred by a pronounced ur The Pride of the West hotel with its barmaids was not permitted to go m its carcer of prosperity that. de- pleted the custom of every other hotel ni any business men, married and "Sidgte, found the fad of work so great that they dircnaed and three-quarters the ati only took a sandwich for Tage pane ber of the Pride of the the English barmaid was stemming the fide of depression in Sinni pes. t the current of cash w: am- te aacgh the tills of the Pride of the West. W was passed for- idding the ai oyment of barmaids. é the girls did not AN] four taarieabend it is*pleas- : ae to hear, married happily. She Solved the Problem. three exceptional cases of somnambulism have been attracting ee sles of the press. In Eng- land a nervous subject in a_sanitar- jum ha played the piano and written poet musical essays in her sleep; in the United States last week a man pa es oe a hie ina oa ocaeleg el fod Simtel Normal at Toronto will recall a case. of somnambulis- tic effort which attracted much atten- tion in ne yang ody nearly forty years a wo ung women stui- dents kai sonming tk and one of them had laid down for herself a in algebra. most intricate problem, and figured on it for two hours-without reaching ' per ere: ilies on the solicita- n of her companion, she went to bed, her head foe oat of "x's"? and and "a's" "b's n the uldie of the nit her roommate heard her get u a few minutes and walk about, That 'thought seatictiie of the mat In the morning the student rose , as was her custom, a view to once more wrestling with the tough algebraic proposition. What was her surprise on opening the book to find the problem completely worked out, written neatly in her own vee oe and carefully folded ov wi e had solved the problem in sle ad had risen in the dark quite ait consciously, neatly copied out the fig- ures and put them away for reference. What the Notice Was About Many people get into Nigel ed by ig- noring or disobeying ru of different kinds, but sometimes an Tocest desire to conform to set-rules places one in an embarrassing position, as a young Toronto lady can testify. This young in the nen ear one afternoon she had gone a in host distanoe she no- ticed a card tacked up at the fr ront of the car with the word ed in large being somewhat gh she was unable to read what ie "Notice" was about. Thinking that it might be something important | for = gers to' know, suc "All pas gers on the = are Tr conductor" "Any to get off oe ear backwards wi immediately placed under arrest," or some equally desirable information) she turned to her fellow seat-mate and politely enquired if she could read the notice, explaining her defect in sion The 'fellow seat-mate was evidently possessed of a very obliging disposi- tion, for, without any hesitation, and i voice perfectly audible to every- one in the car, she rea Age | fn this car 'strictly for- bidden. Passengers are requested not to ec, their fect'on the backs of the sea "Between Doct tors. "Was the aperation successful, doc- = one ntirely. 1 charged $600, anc executor signed a check for it without winkin Do Yoo | Get Get Bilods. This trouble arises es from torpidity of liver. Nothing acts so nicely as Dr. Hamilton's Pills. They stir up the liver, rid the ses of bile, tone the stomach tite and sound 3, | Rauseate. They just "'cure" --that's en William Convey jumped off a bridge at St. Catherines 150 feet into a rocky stream below, and escaped witb his life, oe ACCIDENTS FOR ONE YEAR. Fifty Deaths Not Abnormal, Says Na- tional Transcontinental Engineer. The Winnipeg Telegram recently published a sensational article con- cerning the large number of fatalities along the National Transcontinental,. intimating that the administration and nonsense" was the comment of E. R. Paulin, the depart- mental! engineer of the National Trans. continental Railway, when interview- been reported, and that they have simply been buried in unconsecrated uns knowing a single accident, or otherwise, of whieh I have an dag alan full particulars, reported here, and what is more, they oe eal been reported to the missioners in Ottawa. There ia al- ways a doctor within reach, and -- an accident occurs that proves fata coroner has always been notified and has usually gone out. Wherever possible we soenmiunionts with enna and aah them full particu- ccompanied by affidavits as to how the accident "T think it is. very probable that we ave been credited with some deaths which have occurr on the PR. ogg ge But even if the hum- fifty is correct, it is not ab- ay sR and the magnitude of the work. with any other "Is it true that any -- brand of explosive is bein ced on the men, and that it is detectives" z word of truth in it. There is not a single word in any of the contracts specifying.any gasticwior kind of explosive. They may us what they like, so long as it will shift rock." Mr. Paulin said that over 70,000 m were now eng that a tota was an extraordinarily large average on a work of such magnitude. IMPORTANT TO CANADA. Many Emigrants Are of Low Mental- ity, Says Judge Meredith. When the grand jury of the recent Brampton brought in their ice Mere dith lation of the immigration problem: "The immigration question at pres- ent is a matter of the greatest import- ance to the people of this country. an unanimity of opinion tha pene dumped into this country a different character and will not country. against the introduction of degener- tecently a prominent physician cent. of these immigrants arc ¢ with dementia-preeox, whieh that the mentality is samucdtiaty low and of the degenerate "type. 'They are we most incurable oes, ' o live a number of 'y fssne of the souitey. I hope the rand jurors will speak out at every opportunity and that the Dominion and Provincial Governments will re- double their efforts to keep out this class. Under the present law, the Government has an arrangement with the steamship companies whereby un- a immigrants can be deported expense of the company, but method has its obstacles, and me better means must be devised if we are to prevent the influx of such classes into this country." this Filling Our Asylums, According to fhe statistics of the Toronto Asylum, given out by C. K. Clarke, ae 'rintendent, shown that nearly half of the inmates were foreign-born. "Of the 362 admissions to that in- stitution last year, 136 The majority were rec rivals, and most of them were deport- ed, but those that the province will et rid of amount to about 40," never Says the According to his figures, each pa- Sal ag costs the province an. 1 the Provincial Eaceatary 's Department has deporte "Sixty-five per cent. of the weak- minded foreigners suffer the same form of insanity accredited to Harry Thaw, dementia preacox. nese the most undesirable class of lunatics, and are likely to live a great many years. In other words, they were the failures sent from the old country by immigration companies to try and make good in Canada." 2 5 > * > Testimony cf Eyewitnesses. "While T was cat west,"' said the man in the mackintesh, me Saw snow- drifts more than 600 fee "T don't doubt it," repli 4 Lo =~ with the cinnamon bea Wher was out there T saw dr ifts 'hat coat n't have been less than 900 feet deep. "Tf you sees been ia such a hurry to tell a bigger lie than you thought I could tell, ft reicinedl the man in the mackintosh, "I would have explained that the drifts I saw were 600 feet up on the side of a mountain," "That's all right,"' said the other. Wg drifts I saw were at the bottom a 900 foot gorge." How Phrases Originate. Some of the phrases in enyiies use to-day are hundreds of ye Take, for instance, '1 a slip 'twixt cup and lip." back to an ecey king of the island of Samos, in the Grecian Archipelago. The king iad pees a vineyard, but one of his slaves, ill-treated, predicted not live te drink any When the --_ came, king, with a cup of the wine in his hand, asked his meniay what had become b his prophec The other replied: nin gr i vmany @ slip 'twixt a op and t that Coote nt word was es ae a wild boar had broken into t areas and was deing great A "tThe king hastily put down his un- touched cup, seized his weapons, and went out, But in the chase he was killed, aq i prophecy of the slave was fulfilled ' 'Done to a turn" is said to have originated from the martyrdom of i zt z oasted on one si Hence the phrase "Done to @ turn." -- D R. Wilkie Pres. CAPITAL PAID UP RESERVE FUND3 - Imperial OF CANADA. Hon, R. Jaffray Vice-Pres, CAPITAL AUTHORIZED - Bank $10,000,000.00 - $4,925,000.00 - General Banking Business Transacted. rates and add Money thay aoe notice. Farmers' Business a S$ It farmers pecia y. Safe nots collected and Special Attention given"to this Department. * _lnterest re a he of deposit at current e., ey forwarded to depositors by. mail on rincipal 4 times a year. a il _by {cheque without of responsible 'Discounted. | FE Cheese Cheques posit On any bank odeh or taken on de- without charge, LISTOWEL H. ©. SECORD, - silat NCH, J.S GEE Is SHOWING ALL LEADING --- I SHADES ww :|New Spring Dress Goods. £ee our Venetian Cloth in all shades. See our I adies'Cloth. See our Yaspe Cloth, all shades. See our New Weave in Black Voile. See our Navy and Sea 1 Voiles, 60c, a yard. All Farm Pruduce Taken. Family Groceries Complete. J.-S. GHEE. * WOULD- YOU-LIKE-TO-READ-THE-STORY OF-THE --Just how correct principl: ' FURNACE? miaewaaiy " Just why no other plan of con- Just write struction will do? en a post- wherem lies ats ability to be a4 "Send on fuel, quick in action, simple Boekiet A," ation? and mall The story is briefly told ina litle booklet te nearest called' nace Facts." 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