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ts 48 "” BY MAURIOB SULLIVAN, * i ping ! the bullets sounded, as ; they hailed in a storm of lead against the _.walle of the old house. They cracked the rh&. broke the tiles on the { and flew in through the windows, deâ€" (mm frames, shutters, furniâ€" _sure, and cellings, making clouds of morâ€" ‘ tar, splinters of wood, and fragments of © The captain of the besieged was in the :odpmm room of the house, where he directâ€" the defence, launching out his commands like pistolâ€"ghots. He was tail, thin, and austereâ€"looking, with grizzled hair and beard., His uplpumoo was a singular conâ€" trast to that of a brightâ€"faced young drumâ€" mer besidehim. . The boy was only fourteen {uu old, and this was the first fi hting he ad ever seen. It was only a ?cw ays since he had said goodâ€"bye to his widowed mother in their little home in the Quartier Latin of Paris, and proudly marched along theâ€"street with his regiment. â€" Aud now he ‘had posted himself beside the captain, with pale cheeks, _ but.with eycs glittering with lxdunutfi mdto:c‘l» a trace of fear in I:: set e stood on tipâ€"toe and r mm small uppor 'h_gov, hudf:- of the bullets that struck around him. *‘See Josef," he said quickly but ulml{. as he pointed out of the window, "‘take your m. #fid"sitp out of the back. enâ€" trance of the house ; make your way down the hill, and into the woods beyom{; then sound the ‘advance‘ on your dram as loud as you can, ‘The enemiecs will think that reinforcements are coming up,and you may. save the detachment." The boy‘s ze- flashed more brightly than ever now. did qink, but, buckling his drum to his side, he hurried down to the The captain‘s face, hitherto stern and unmoved, began to show signs of uneasiness as he saw the apparent hoplessness of the The drummer put his hand to his cap in ®military salute. .. & "Josnt Barra, have you courage ?" ___â€" Josef‘s eyes flashed. *‘Yes, my urhln t" he said. ‘The captain led him from the room, and in-t‘w a‘window ,at the back of the ouse. He could see the rebels closing in on the house with triumphant yells that showed their belief that their prey was well within eir grasp. They were advancing upon z. front and on byo'.h sides ; the back of the house looked down a steep incline, where Gh.:mnd was s6 broken and rough that they did not attack it from that quarâ€" ronitiou. Was there no way to save the ives of the brave fellows intrusted to his command? otoe 3 * God help you," the captain had sent him out by the Jyoor at the back of the house, which was clesed and batricaded. behind denly one of the wounded men raised m‘. floor with a shout of Suddenly; as ifa thought had struck him,hdnwhekfmnthovadn!' and. laid his hand somewhat roughly on the ‘The udphin returned : to the upper winâ€" dow, and eagerly watched thd boy: flying down the descent, Would he reach the weods unobsarved. by the enemy, or would they catch sight of him ? If vhey did the nnt.l:-m would hardly succeed, even â€"it mx id not finish theâ€"drummer‘s career with a ball from one of their muskets. C 1 Td To t Om Eon PmE CC On and on the boy nurried, concealing ':';bor «f ’r':.;:. to the square mile being himself as best he could, by taking advanâ€" | apout 13, If:' Zealand coming second with g" °w irregularities of the i"'“‘m six, Taemania third with five, and New reathlessly the .ca uard im, th:Weles fourth with about three. Comâ€" Bd& of tmht#-: nz‘d hissing of the S::hg 1893 with‘ 1802, the increase in _popu: bullets in the front of the house, the angry rm.,n amounts to $5,645 for Australasia, and excited voices of the sergoants and corâ€"|the increase in New South .Wales being poral, the sharp cries of the the wounded, 26,320, in New Zealand 21,832, in Queensâ€" the falling of mortar, the erashing of furniâ€" | jagd 11,002, South Australia (exslusive of ture. ; . ; the Northern territory) 10,172, Victoria _ The drammer boy is far down"th8~slope|g 619, Wost Australia 6,300 and Tasmania, The fire of the ison soon siackened again, and ‘.psnb.guto show itself upon their faces. Alresdy: mote than one window was without defenders, and it was clear that the houae conld not be held\much him bullets rained upon them by the assailants. : From time to time a soldier shooting from the window would fall back. on the floor. He would be dragged aside, and a comrade would press forward to take his place. Wounded mon were lhg}erin‘ from zoom to room. Several already lay dead or dyâ€" ing. ‘The enemy‘s line was drawing nearer and nearer. The drummer boy is far down"th8"slope now ; he has nearlyreached the shelter of \ The attack was fierce, but the defeqoe was stubborn... The garrison of the old ‘house consisted of :about sixty veteran French soidiers. They were a detachment from the army commanded by General Moche, who had been despatched to the famous western province of La Vendee to put down the Royalist rebellion which raged there in the year 1794 They had been sent out to a considerable distance from the main body of the Republican leader‘s forces, with orders to occupy a lone house which stood on a height overlooking a wide extent of country. ® ~ ‘They had barely reached the building, when they found themselves attacked byâ€"an glase and carthenware fly about, whistling and rebounding, hissing and screaming as if thirsty for human blood. > Do pot answer," cried the captain, and he ran hastily dow»sstairs to join his men. The lower story wr.s‘ full of the wounded, helpless on tie floor, â€"or nrd-' m.lm against the walls, whl’ were spattered and splrashed with blood. Here and theré was a sorpse ; amoke and dust covered everythirig.. ..A feeble clieer broke out among the te _ defend ars, desperate as the onse mfl. The rebols had drawn nearer still; fierce frices could be seen through the smoke ; amorig the noise of firing could be heard their ories, calling on the be seiged to surrender and threatening massacro. hand * Josef Barra !" A TALE OF LA VENDEE Tho captain measures with his | ‘ number of Royalists, who m‘uwu they: ‘might trick he had , thoug {:â€".dbhon-:.hdh:l::d Hnoo: ~ He had not gone very far when he saw before him, in an open glade of the:wood, & wight that thrilled his beart. > There was Josef, and around him was agroup of ro:gh lookinfipcun&l. stragglers from the body of rebels who had been driven away from the nouse, . In their random flight they had stumbied upon the boy as he was making his way.back to his comrades, and they seemed as if they meant to vent upon him their rage at the defeat they had suffered. ‘The Royalist thrust savagely at the boy.: At the same instant, lhg‘ffiin reached the nfic at a bound, and felled the murdâ€" erer with a terrible sweep of his sabre. He called loudly to his men, and the t.nms of their feet was heard as they rushe through the wood. . The rebels were again xcnio-lt.rickcn at the sudden attack, and led at their utmost speed. _ ~ ‘ The captain turned to Josef, who had fallâ€" en under the thrust of the Royalist‘s bayoâ€" not. ~â€"~ = +; « sign, but the young woman thought they stood out m% her head. _ She sat in the chair an‘d, with the exception of a few spasmodic little screams, submitted to the Bdnlnl operation without flinching. Dr. itkin made a long incision in the back part of each ear, and cut out a ~Vâ€"shaped piece of membrane. . Then he sewed up the wound and drew the ear back close to the head. When one ear had been fixed up the Wn looked in the ‘mirror and ed to think. the improvement very slight, but the. surgeon assared her that it was greatly improved, and when both had been treated she thought they looked much better. The doctor said he had treated anâ€" other woman similarly the day before. j _ ‘‘Shout ‘Long live the King,‘ boy !" the captain heard one of them say, pointing his long bayonet at Josef‘s body. _ S â€"**Never !" was the clear reply. _ ‘"Long Tite the mepeole t _ _ . * The captain knel theside him, powerless to help the wounded boy, and the tears fell from his eyes, that had seen m score of battles unmoved. d Ccruln," said Josef, faintly, *‘ do not T the reviren piice The veteran officer took off his pap. * Josef Barra," said the rough old soldier, * I am only a captain ; you are a hero." , ‘The captain‘s orders were to hold the position he occupied, and he was bound to obey them ;uilfhe could not allowsthe boy, whose courage and skill had saved the deâ€" tachment, to be lost or taken prisoner withâ€" out an effory to help him. So strong, indeed,. were his on this poing that in inframined tn oo niment imayuvet of the 2s ®! Pmen MMRARNAC CCC *w the captain‘s éare. ~It came from a little distance to the left, and the officer, motioning his men to remain where they were, stole forward in that direction to reconnoitre. _It was too late! The lifeâ€"blood was flowing fast from a fearful gash in his side. The chase was not kept up very far. The enemy was soon so scattored that further pursuit was useless, and the victorious soldiers returned to the house which t.hr;y had so bravely defended, to hold it ascordâ€" ing to their original orders, till the main division of the army came up. > . â€" The captain now told his men the atrataâ€" rn which Josef Barta, the drummer boy, hadcarried out so successfully. _ _ !" was his sharp order.. entrances were throwp 1 Ihe, ecomy is in confusion, ‘ near !" wasthe next command. ‘ the listle band of soldiers dashed from theold house with a wild hurrah, and fell upon the astonished foe with flash: W and glancing swords. ended the Royalists‘ hesitation, Bewildered aud panicâ€"stricken, and beliovâ€" h&t‘hl resistance was useless, they fled right and‘ left, turning in all directions, shice they knew not from which side to expect the next attack. . The ‘handful of Republican troops swept before them a fofoololr times as humerous as themâ€" selves. But where was Josef * He had not re: turned to the house, His drum beat was no longer to be heard. What had becging of him ? Bv L af Population of the Australian Colâ€" onies. * Some intercolonial statistics ‘fi‘ii{f' the Victorian Government statist for 1893 shows that the total estimated population of the Australasian ~colonies on theâ€"3ist December last was,4,063,318, made up as follows : New South Wales, 1,223,390 ;. Vietoria, 1,174,022 ; New Zeaiand, 672,205; Queensland, 432,209 ; South Australia, inâ€" eluding the Northern territory, 346,874 ; Tasmania, 154,424 ; and West Australia, €5,004. Tskin& area into conlidfincion. Victoris (says he Argus) is by Yar the most dengely populated of the colonies, the ‘number ~-f§on¢mn to the square mile being about 13, New Zealand coming second_with luix, Tasmania third with five, and New "Some of the richest gold mities in Colorado were stumbled upon in the mote accidental way," said a miner. . ‘‘When the gold fever was at its height several Lom ago, a party of prospectors travelâ€" through the mountains came u the “fl body of a man lying beside tmni 1. ‘Poor .‘u",’ said one of them, ‘he has passed in his checks ; let‘s give him a deâ€" cent burial.‘ They accordingly began to fi-m«n feet below the surface they signs of goid. The strangâ€" or was buried in -nbcrphn and where had located a grave a gold mine was up which turned out to be ons of tichest claims in that section of the W mine was hamed ‘Dead .‘ Another instance is where Lewiyite without faod or portions of the monstor for the purpose of showing the soundness and quality of the cheese after beingsubjected to the most tryâ€" img conditions. hwurnhtopheobofm; the exbhibition opened in May and remainâ€" ed there, often in a temperature of .95 degrees, until November. It will be rememâ€" bered that it was reported as perfectly rotâ€" ten. That this was a mistake was proved when it wasout up in London, England, last month. With the exception of a few in ches on the surface the cheese was . sound throughout. The mi%hty cheese although not mitey ; has been a ta‘"‘" a good adâ€" vertisement for one of Canada‘s main inâ€" dustrics. & A Goldâ€"Mine Instoad of a Grave Had Her Ears Trimmed. That Big Cheese. yAs sound of karsh ABOUT / RORAL The Univérsal Love of Growing m . that Mas Preserved Itâ€"A Love of Of /| and Method, «s â€"â€"The average Englishman dearly loves the soil and all that springs from the soil. He is near to mature‘s heart in the liferal rather than in the postic sense. He 10v6s country life, takes pleasure in horses and ‘dogs he has an instinotive delight in the fresh air, green fields, and wide foremts. This quality, rather physical than mental, he does well to preserve, since It tends to promote both . healthfulness of body and serenity of mind, HE ENGLISH DEARLY THs J rfi'sou. For his mental qualities he has a love of order and method, which shows itself in his square fields and closeâ€"clipped hedges. He delights in the thought of the material prosperity represented . by the fields of waving grain and areas of rich woodland ; he loves respectability and solidity, ‘The sturdy . oak, . with its. wideâ€"spréading branches and majestic t'.ungu‘ is dearer to him than. the "immemorial elms," with their commingling ofâ€"delicate strength and tender grace. Time, too, has been the Englishman‘s, ally in converting his little island into. a bower of beauty, for his father and his father‘s father have had the same tastes, and he is too conserative by nature to desâ€" troy without good reason that which has been consecrated by time." The genial climate, moist and warm, scatters tgne wild flowers on every highway, and even in the track of the plowshare, and covers the sacred ruin with luxuriant ivy. . s _ & In truth, nature clothes with such tender beauty what man has sought to spoil that one is sometimes tempted to think that England is beautiful, not because of its in: habitants, but in spite of them, ‘for the beauty of England is nnque-tiontblyo an inheritance of the past. ‘The present has little time in it, and should tflm modern assion for change there gain ground its guuty is doomed to disappear, for there is little inmate love of beauty in the English race. For centuriee agricultural interests were paramount, and in . their eteady devoâ€" tion to these interests this great people has developed this special form of landscape beauty. Now, manufacturing interests are in the ascendant, and should this same beauty stand in the way of their material prosperiâ€" ty, I fear they would destroy it as ruthâ€" lessly as we are destroying our primeval foreste. This loveof growing things is universal, and naturally each individual strives to surâ€" round. himself with.the‘ things he loves. The lord of the manor glories in his wide wttms(always a square, with a cirole of Cobblestones in the centre) which bloom about his cottage door. ‘The city corporaâ€" tions carefully guard the squareâ€"littleâ€"playâ€" grounds so plentifully scattered. throughout the thicklyâ€"settled districts of the crowded city, while the windew boxes full of gayâ€" colored flowers make glad the eye of the beâ€" holder as he walks through the dingy streets. â€" Thirty years ago Ruskin perceived the danger that threatered England, and in his own sad fashion raised his voice to utter a warning note. _ He had been speaking of the forests and mediaeval . France. "Ifow t," he added, ‘"have here in Engâ€" Td »moode uelghtoon miilse .dosp to. the oi bnd wish s the bask s voue fookes x :y‘”f § ab t Mo&y'nrlmu-. garden large énoughâ€"for y children to play in, and with just so much lawn as would ‘give them room to runâ€"no more, and that you sould not change your abode, but that if you chose you could double your income, or quadruple it, by digging a coal shaft in the middle of your lawn, and turning the flowerâ€"beds into heaps of coke. Would you do it? I think not. _ I can tell you you would be wrong if you did, though it gave you income gixty told instead of fourâ€" fold. Yet this is what you are doing with all England, The whole country is but a little garden, not more than enough for your children to run on the lawns if you will let them run there; and this little garden you will turn into turnace ground, and.. fill with heaps of cinders, if you can, and those childrenof yours will suffer for it, for the fairies will not all be banished. There are fairies of the furnace, and of the wood, and theirâ€"firstâ€"giftsâ€"seomâ€"to besharp arrows of the Mighty, ‘but their last gifts are coals of Suniper." + v But Ruskin, you will say, is a post at heart, and therefore unpractical; but, sureâ€" ly, The London Times is sane enough. A year ago it published an editorial, comâ€" menting on the Englishman‘s attitude toward the climate. Fifty years ago, it said, when the interests of the nation were mainly agricultural, and its prospetity mainly depended on the products of the soil, fine weather invariably meant weather which was best Snited to the growing crops, and no one thought of grumbling at the rain which nourished the ripening corn, or‘ dared openly rejoice in the prolonged aun« shine which witheredi#ts urenfih. Now exdept in the immediate . neighbocheud of a few market towns, fine weather invariaâ€" bly means weather which most conduces to the enjoyment of the individual, A change so marked in the uménr of a people is desâ€" tined to have ite effect sooner or later the face of ths land. One conservative force is worth mNu:.So long as the A"mor- tourist is money royally in i r* 'hkz the thrift rzâ€"has helped. to ore« more valuable than land will be recognized Another it;cp towards giving the Northâ€" West territories local autonomy will be submitted to Parliament for its approval. Mr. Haultain, Premier ofthe Northâ€"West, recently spent several weeks in Ottawa on matters affecting the territories, the result Of which is embodied in the bill which Mr. Daly will introduce this week. The amend! ed Northâ€"West Territories Act will provide among other things that the Extoutive Council may ‘hold off¢e during: pleasure, At the prasent time this body lapzes when the Assembly is dissoived. It will now partake more of the nature of a Cabinet. The members of this Counsil are not,‘ howâ€" ever, required on appointment. to go back to their a.n“hnr for reâ€"election. . The Legisiatare is to be given full control as to the number of its members, the number «nd boundaries of the constituencies, the in mamene praniamareatin to its quorum and the duration of the Assemâ€" biy is extended to tour m:rd rl. as now. Among minor provisions the bill is one dealing with the sppoint« ment of police mfi the territor tes, who must be ad or solicitors of three * ‘ t C rdad ‘: Another Step Towards Local Autonomyâ€" Trrisation Matters. TRRIGATION IN TNE NoRTH WRST Jong the samenationa preserve the beauty, THE NORTHâ€"WEST e 2 thrift will of Canâ€" n,vfllh!-“ynw Provi«: sion will also be made atoring water, At certain seasons of the year, the rivers and streams of the territories are full to mfl:&ud it is proposed by natural and artificial means ‘to secure such waters for use in drysscamons, when they are most wanted. s Men on Shore Leave Allowed to Ripen to Their Last Mément, Converting & marine‘intoâ€" a deserter is jone of the fine arts, says a London paper. He comes on shore for a week, and finds the authorities very pleasant, He imbibea Areely, and the authorities wink. For six days he paints the town a brilliant gory hue, and the authorities smile, and on his ‘last night on shore the individual constables who constitute the authorities become bountifully generous. But when the last boat leaves for ‘the guardship, the amiable and munificent constables who, from an early"hour, have assembled: on the pier and hungrily scanned the crews to to ‘the ‘absentees, find cuf“fifi, W”‘“"‘“‘..f to his post, revelâ€" ingratitude, spirits, and punctuality, > The iozsl Irish garcison éoouubnluy) of a southern town once made a fing "haul that noomg:nud them formany disappoint» ‘ments. About 100 marines, bent on hayâ€" ing a good time, came. ashore on four days‘ leave, To inaugurate the festivities, the boys assembled in the market square, and with one wild charge swept all civilians off the streets and took exclusive porsession of the town. â€" This amusement was so exhilarâ€" ating that a few of the holiday makers tried it next nifhb off their own bat, and were nearly killed. , A ie o e en n aeia i 1e c ERECGAERCCC To"uenge these injured heroes, the whole force turnedâ€"out the third night, but, to their surprise, the whole countryside marched in with blackthorns and waled them. The last boat was to leave at six o‘elock next eveningâ€"m,uch too early to pérmit of a respectable riot. During the day, moreover, it was rumored that ifflxey waited until dark,and made another charge, the constabulary would come*to their asâ€" mistance, if hard pressed, This was too tempting. | If they could get on board beâ€" fore * lights out? thc{ mightâ€"escape with a bit of a wigging, so there would be time for at least an hour‘s fun. So they charged. Aud there were more blackthoras than ever beating them when the gqlice joined in, who imutg of beating the civilians, batoned, the poor marines. Seven of the bruised warriors that night escaped to the ship. The remainder were returned pieceâ€"meal during the week at reducéd rates for takâ€" ing a quantity. . aesps A Novel F'orm of Envelope or Postal Card With Coupons Attached, ‘ An ingenious device for extending the utility of the postoffice and at the same time benefiting tradesman is being considâ€" ered by the United States Congress, A! novel form of envelope or postal card with coupons attached hasâ€"been designed. By means of thése coupons any person desiring to. an order to a mercantile house can drop the letter or card in the letterbox or postoffice without payment of postage, the latter being paid by the ‘firm to which the order is sent, These cards can be ased by tradesman and wholesale dealers to send their catalogues and priceâ€"lists all over the country. If in these cases a stamped envelope were enclosed it would repreâ€" sent a large outlay. Hence, as a fMutté of !conom{, the new Ernponl will be popolar. 1t will no doubt promote busiâ€" ness and be a great improvement on the. present postage methods.. Now, firms who solicit trade send out thousands of stamped circulars and postal cards with their name printed on them, in the ‘hopeâ€"of receiving. an order in return. It is estimatedâ€"that unly about 10 per cent. of these are reâ€" turned. Often they are used for Frivnté purposes. . Under this new proposal a firm would pay two cents on each circular when it was returned to them. . ‘The profit on the smallest business order would easityâ€"pay forâ€" this, ‘his now device would largely inâ€" erease the use of circulars. ‘The use of the suggested .coupons would be very great by campaign committeos, newspapers and all desirous of reaching a large number of pérâ€" ons at a trifling ©088:> If the new plan be adopted it will do away with the present illegal practice of issuing cards with the words, ‘We pxy the postage.‘‘ _ It is in the interest both of the Postoffice Department and the trading community that the proâ€" posal be adopted. No interest can be adâ€" versely affected. Seven thousand cards gould then be sent out at the. same expense as 1000 now. â€" The result of the experinfent should it reosjve legialative sanction, . will be watched with intorest, If, as is sauguine» ly predicted, it should prove successiul, % leaf may with advantage be taken out of the book of Congross by the Postmasterâ€" General of Canada. An officer of the 44thRegiment, who had ocemsion when in London to pass one of the bridges mcross the Thames, ‘had h‘> bnt:. v‘hlm hlib”n proviously well : , dir a" poodle dogâ€"rubliuy ngainst thom., e, in consequence, went [wamu who was stationed on the iwidp, and had them cleaned. + The German Emperor energetically con* ‘r his efforts to induce the officers of the arm expecially the young ones, to be careful with their money,and above all not blwapnd their momne. . It has already been stated that an imperial Cabinet order mfifi'hm ot therace course with it eulled the "totalisator." Further, commanders of regiments have been orderâ€" ad to prevent among their subordinate officers the custom of making erpensive MMM in «ogas may keep race horses only when they have the permission of thé communders of the fi wnd the lattor ate instracted to _ ‘The same cirenmatance having cccurred more than oncé, his curiosity was excited, and he watched the dog. . _ tosy: among the younger ones. Now runger ones. Now an order t d d o ® -'l_mh_-lt when they have 5'.-".:.-.- -.n;'y'? He saw him roll himself in the mud of the river, and then watch for a person with wellâ€"polished boots, against which he contrived to rub himself. _ Finding that the shoeblack was the owner of the dog, he tared him with artifice ;. and after a little hesitation he confessed that he had taught the dog the :ll:l in order to procure cnstomers for himâ€" The officer, being much struck with the dog‘s sagacity, purchased â€"himt at a high and took him to York. He kept tied up in York some time, and then released him. The dog remained with him a day or two, and then made his released him. him a day or _ A‘ fortnight afterwards he was found with his former master pursuing his old trade on the bridge. , Wilheim Urges Econonyâ€" on Officers A NEW POSTAL SERVICE. A.â€"Dog‘s Sagacity. a whien §H® IRIMIEME MWS NC The btt':le of Trafaigar was the last and deacone, who, after letting Lhemr:’l::: greatest victory achieved by Nelson.â€" At|minute or two, send them round again to daybreak, on October 21, Villeneuve‘s fleet I‘:l'n doorl‘htoub- °‘:‘;lloldh.“l'oufln'.;tl. and to A g in thei y veat of 0) B was .nghtmii off Cape Trafalgar, and the T at your Efl o. wen sfi “m ile English fleet was formed into two columns, |\, )/ temperature‘ inside the ohurches _was the northern, led by Nelson in the Victory, | that of a hothouse at 6 0 ‘clock and of a Turkâ€" and the southern under Collingwood in the|ish bath at miduight, it was snowing and there was an cccan‘ m_ W illeneuye a akilful u::-. :.l:u‘b a flnfib , had arranged his sq nnlshl& jgyo paralâ€" lelâ€" lines, the vassels of the second comâ€" manding the vessels of the first line, and they were thus matshalled in a compaot array, eacH"division giving support to the other, and offering a contimuous front of fire to the enemy, The southern column came into action towards" noon, and Colâ€" lingwood first t BEARS THIS INSORIPTION.; ‘*Presented by che Family of the Late Licutepant Spencer‘ to Wih.. Armatrong, C.E.; Birkenhead, September, 1850, â€" Engâ€" lavd Expects Every Man to Do His Duty." g:nring m dektructive broadside into the Santa Auna, and then rangingalongside the Fougeux. The Royal â€"Sovereign Had outsailed her consorts, and for many minâ€" utes was surrounded by enemies before a friendly ship could give her any assistance. By this time the northern column wasenâ€" gaged: The Victory broke through the enemy soom after noon, making immense havocin Villeneuve‘s flagship, and exchangâ€" ing broadsides with the Redoubtable, ‘and with the huge Santissima Trinidad, by far the largest manâ€"ofâ€"war afloat, and some time clasped before the Temeraire gave her partial rxel. ‘The action had now become general, and the British ships in the rear came up, reducing the great inferiority in the first attack. The ‘enemy‘s ships then fell to the leeward and divigsd, scattered and overpowered at every point. ‘Where ‘the defence was maintained theâ€"allied fleet ere long was a mass of fragments, disabled, helpless, and pursued by their conquerors. ‘The victory, eplendid as it was, was dearly brought by Lhe‘l‘fof life of the illustrious wartior, who had prepared it. A musket ball from the Redoubtable‘s tops inflicted a mortal wound on Nelson, about an hour an and a half after the battle_began ; and he died towards evening. He retained hi great mental faculties to the last and lived to ‘hear that nearly twoâ€"thirds of the enemy‘s fleeb had been destroyed or capâ€" tured. _ He wlu inf!erior lto e:i."“l of England‘s naval chiefs in political sagacity antf calm forethought, but he was the greatest of herapmmanders ap soa. . He was unrivnll.dd:h an Mwm for resource, ssional skill and th d- T ..<,m="i'. oAE hinmntin ie {[eanwhike . 3 /20 ie 0t sn oT se 0e Yerac c e Pan udn anare t 5 above where his shattered body lsy ; and it was not lun, befure there %‘. two Frenclimen leff alive in the‘ top of the ~Redoubtable.‘ One of these was the man who shot Nelson, and, as he was atâ€" tempting to ucnlpe from the rigging, he was shot and killed by Lieut. Pollard, of the Victory, _ The remains of Lord Nelson were conveyed to, and interred in, St. Paul‘s cathedral on the 9th January,.1806. THE MYSTERIOUS DARK LANTERN. The to! in "th6$O8SEssion of Mr. Armbtrong, niur coming out of that ever memorable engagement, is a curiosity of high value, and its possessor ‘has every reason to be proud of his timeâ€"honored relic. 1t is a Common Article of Trade, and is Not Monopolized by the Barglar. ~The dark; orâ€" Mw» lantern,â€"which is perhaps most generally associated in the mind with the stealthy burglar wearing a half mask mcross his eyes, is really put to various peaceful and logitimates uses, and sometimes gleams upon scenes of hilarity. The dark lantern is & common stock article of trade which may be bought in any store whore tinware is sold, and all manufacturers of tin goods make it.. A TELESCOPE WITH A HISTORY. The lanterns are made in threo sizes and thore has been vorylittle change in them in many years except in minor details of operaâ€" tion and in the use of better lenses.. The darklantern will throw a bright light about twenty feet, covering at that distance a cirole with a radias o’-bout. foun to six fegt.. The dark lantern has for theâ€"avafage boy tho fascination of m{-ury and he likes to one and to turn the slideand shoot the beam of light through the surrounding darkness; but he soon tires of this, and puts the lanâ€" tern to the use of lighting his way upon the frozen mill pond or of adding to the picturesquenese of the scene when he goos skiting. | Dark lanterns arosometimes used in the country for catriage lamps and for lightiog one‘s way afoot along country roads. _ Lanterns of the same style withâ€" ‘out alides and with red and groen lenses fmal paoble fos it iignte s ho . eaph dn ta side ‘ to ; br i thege uses it is said tnl:ruh‘ We of the historic bull‘sâ€"sye is dooronsing. Among the natives of the hills in Northâ€" ern India there have beenâ€"for many years a large nomber of porsistent thieves of rifies from the soldiers stationed in their midst, Tommy Atkins has had to pay for the weapâ€" ons atolen from him, but, despite the preâ€" cautions which this bar to his fioancial advancement has compelled him to adopt, the cunning of the native overmatches him. The rifles continue to leave for the hills. When cunning cannot be successfully em« ployed the native, it appoars; is souratimes disposed.to use hard memsures, Recently a sentry named Samuels, of the Bodlon{- shire regiment, stationed at Nowshora, Northern India, while guarditig the magaâ€" tine during the night was shot thm-gl.vfim body by one of these miscreants, who had crept nr behind him. His rifle was tuken, nmrha ived but a few moments after being found, although the guard had been alarmâ€" ed at mch{lh shot. The soldier, who had died at his post, was buried with _ due homors, the colonel and severnl officers ltfifldhr! the tunoral. In consequence of this marder the commanding officer issued an order to the effect that any man owning a good dog may take it on guard with him, and when he .ru on duty may tis it up in the vicinity of his c‘. In commenting‘ :cn this p ‘‘The Sixteenth,‘ regimental journal, mys :â€"*We hope this is the first step to training dogs n en es h rrniiah n in in the o i â€"the Geeman y Tor â€" army m;-:deo"bt -..5.' R in o purposes is ever at this kind of work BROKE THE HOSTILE LINE, Rifled of their Rifles. j the bratious That Mark the Scason, . ont#» . The Easter fete begina on Saturâ€" meope which | 3,y m and lasts nomlually until Lord Nel« WM'-lfln but a large proportion he battle of of the popalation ‘are so incepacitated byâ€" mate of +609 | sng excesses of these few days as to be unfit ArMstrO08 | for any decent work until, the following rant in ED&* | week, â€" ‘The long Lenten fast is only broken *8* ~Tb¢|as midnightâ€"if possible, on cakes and food @ver M#C® |plessed by a pricst. The wealthy have ‘ I think th9 |(po prieats to visit them at homé, while the d (with MFâ€"| poop siv patiently round the cathedral and half feet in churches till the midnight service is over, en case, f”d and the popes are at liberty to bless, think the to be good. Easter eve shone brightly out o{.'-nrx rry .§y,md the streets were fllrod all Lni.gh& wi those going to or returning from their visits. Every family, besides its regular meals at Easter keepa a special table, on which three dishes are de n’gw.urâ€"vix,-luakin.fl ig, & ham, and a joint of veal. ‘These are mod by as many other entrees and sweet dishes as fancy may suggest, and are always ready, with a pile of plates, a supply of knives and forks and glasses, and a fiynk or two of vodki, for visitors, from 12 o‘clock on Saturday night till the following Thursday, The first food which is taken should always be the "‘paschy" and "‘rulitch,‘" the former being a sort of cabinet pudding and the latter a cross betwees a bun and a penny toll. Next to these come the eggs, and afterward the appetite may have free run. The exterior of St. Isaac‘s and Kazan Cathedrals on lumn prosent a picture more like a fair t anything else, the masaive granite step being covered with women in gay dresses, oach‘ joalously guarding her little basket with a whipped cream cake and aniseed biscuits waiting for the Paschal blessing. Iuside, the crowd hge atood for five or six hours, pagked close, and steaming in the rl.imly lighted. naves, haltâ€"suffocated with the smoke of incense, mixed with that of thousands of tiny tapers which the‘ faithful buy mdlnng lap&ho deacons, who, after letting them blirn for a minute or two, send them round again to the doors to be resold, relighted, and to bring in their goodly harvest of no%ooh. CO uL DLLC Hastan Cooan amae: ind while â€" Last year Kaster was early, and while the temperature® inside the churches _was that of a hothouse at 6 0 clock and of a Turkâ€" The Easter eggs are one of the great features of the festival. The natural eggs are painted of every imaginable «olor, and distributed with Javish generosity to all one‘s friends and poorer brethren. . A forâ€" eign correspondent may send about 200 egge aday; a hospitable Russian double that quanâ€" tity. But the eggs of the hen are not much prized in comparison with the costly invenâ€" tions of the confectioner and the florist, up to the golden and bejewelled imitations which adarn the windows of the great shops, and which a gentleman is expected to leave behind him in the course of his visite, if there are ladies in,the house. . These Easter eggu awre a considerable tax on the purse of a Russian ""society man." The real oggs, however, arean important commercialitem, and the Egg King, M. Kalkoff, has eight rincipal centres, from which his agents Euy. within a radius of hundreds of milés, while his son, last year, himself went buyâ€" "ing in Central Asia for the St. Petersburg Easter Market. The average consumpâ€" tion ofâ€"the capital is about halfa million a day, but in Easter week, probably, at teast flv’e\frgl‘x lug_ul that number m'n‘u;hod. are more defections,{and on Monday, if the but deaths are most in leviers several inches hi{h; and when newspapers give no other information they never fail to appear, at least in note paper form, in order to let their friendvnnw who has died during the night. One of the worst inconveniences of Easter is the want of news. On Saturday several of the papers fail to appear, on. Sunday there , Manufacturers, railroads, and steamship lines in the United States and Canada are beginniti¢ to feel severely the effects of the strike of the American coal miners, and the number of workmen who have been thrown out of work is daily increasing, _ The failâ€" ure of the operators and miners to effect a compromise at the Cleveland conference, the other day, makes it probable that the strike will continuo for some time yet, and the consumers have begun : to look to Nova Scotia, Scotland, Wales and elsewhere for fresh svpplies, upon which a dn? will _be. levied in the United States of 75 conts per ton. _ Ib is claimed by the men that the opéerators do nov want the strike broken ‘unti_l they have d@lpotgd of their reserve stocks of coal at the advancing prices. It at present seems possible that Su famine will be more widespread than that which resulted from the great English coal strike some year® ago. f Dr. Crochley Ciapham, who has made measurements on 4,000 infhates of asylums, says that insane heads are larger on the avcrage that sane heads,. thoiugh . inzane braine are emaller. ‘The weak point of the insame hoad is the smaliness onha moas» urements of the cross or transverse arches, that is, over the top from side to side. The forehead ‘of the insane is astually larger than that of the sane, an observation which tends to discredit the ‘ noble brow," but is borne out b} the fine foreheads of the Ainoe of Japan, who are remarkably stupid. Amrdini to Dr. Cl:rhnm, the form of the insane head is usually cunerâ€" form or arrowâ€"shaped, with the groatest ldm mlw to the central nni of the head. These observations rather tend Dr. Crichton Browne says that the Scotch brain is the weightiost in the Unitâ€" ed Kingdom. â€" Mere ht, of coursé; does not mean intelligence, but, other things being equal, the heavier brain is presumâ€" ably the better one, ‘The superior weight of the Scotch brain, when taken with the fact elicited not Ial:'g ago by Dr. Conan Doyle, that Scotland is richer in eminent men thanâ€"any other parté of the country, becomes much more significant. * to show that the back lobes of the rain are the seat of hhm?u. Dr. Crichton Browne says that the Details have reached England of the clever capture of a caravan of. slaves at Kitata, lake Tanganyika,towards the close of.the year by_the three Scottish employes of the African Lakes (k tion at that lace, better known as .:mn Messra, Lw, Yule, and Nisbet Williams heard of the approach of a large body of slaves, dricen down the Loapula river and along the southâ€"wost of the lake, evidently makâ€" ing for the Unyanyembe country. Scon a arawd of hinu-a women ~«%8 girls and starving men and boys were seen trying to find a passage between the company‘s tion and the sbore, hurried on by:. I.kg of the slave doalers. The latter were orderâ€" ed to halt, were marched isto the stookade, and there had their neors fastened in the ‘ ngn. from which the .slnves were }’rnd. he next morning the whole party were taken to the British magistrate, some four hours distaot, who spproved of the wction of the scotemen, directed that the cnptives be returned to their country near ‘The Congo F res Stavs and British boundary, and put the slave _ dealers . in Tsisivery, wbeut 200. tbe nelght uty then were the thirty slaves quite confident as to.their freedom and full of gratitude to the white man. I Mekd Oumitd . PMW MO MBTCF u:'dsy of lumpo.r_l\_mi.f:?n‘nd hnt.: Regarding Brains. The Coal Famine. A Clever Capture. HOW ‘rHE JUBILEE WILL BE CBELEâ€" BRATED IN THIs COUNTRY, A Lumber Coleny for the Reforming of Oriminals in Muskoks, and Two Farms at Little York, The Salvation army, of which Gen. Booth was the founder, was started in England twentyâ€"nine years ago, and its anniversary will be celebrated by a congress to be held at the Crystai palace, in London, on July Tee PROGRESS TN _ CANAKBA® ... , .o+ Coming to Canada in 1883, the organ« ization has prospered so amazingly that it now has 300 corps with 800 officers and 11,000 workers, scattered throughout the various provinces. ‘The army is now t: of the difficulties and dissensions which set it a year ago, and Commandant Booth predicts that as the way is now clear, ite future advance ‘will be_even more rapid than in the past. " The Canadian salvationâ€" ists will colebrate the General‘s Jubilee by carrying out a programme in which fifty schemes, costing $130,000 are inclvded, of this amount the army will be obliged to raise $45,000 in cash during the year. LIPFLE YORK FARM COLONIES, In the Eropaud schemes, the work in Toronto is accorded considerable attention. ‘Among these proj is the establishment of a social farm y. Two farms at Little York Wtz‘h‘sfl already been leased 5 are now . dackor!il‘n 1k business will be '.m shortly. Hogs, po . vegetables and fruit will be nhos‘:l:nilpud of in the city, thereby making the ventureselfâ€"paying. Commandant Booth says the gnrpou- ot the new enterpriies are : 1. To find honest nmgloymonc for l.n{ willing to labor, 2. To find a healthy and lovely spot for weary officers to rest. 3. To supply our wants in the city. 4. ‘To makea profit that will help us support our social instituâ€" tions, and thus render : them nearer selfâ€" sustaining ; all of which we hope to do. . * WWe intend to purchase a timber limit in Muskoks, upon which we will erect & gomfortable shanty.‘ We propose to send men from this city who are out of employâ€" Three months ago the Army opened a woman‘s shelter on Albert street, 'fi)mnto. It is a small tuilding, but it has already furnished lodgings for a thousand unfortuâ€" nates, who would otherwise have been driven‘ to the police station. The present building will shortly‘be enlarged, at an expenditure of $5,000. + A wood yaul upon a large scale, where those applying for relief will be made to pay their way by sawing and splitting cordwood for the market will lso be esâ€" tablished. Said Commandant Booth, "I do not believe in making men feel that they are paupors. When a man applies to me fot lodgings I send him to our haven, tellâ€" ing him that the o?oer thore will give him work to do ; and after the work is done he will be furnished with bedâ€"and food. The Army does not dispense charity, although it is true that owing to the distress which existed last winter we distributed 10,000 meal tickets. The Salvation Army is do» ing a greater work for good than aryone has any idea of. _ It has made good citizens of hundreds of persons, as the police well know, who were formerly outcasts of soâ€" ciety and jail birds. _ With a view of widenâ€" ing the scope of this work;, we have decided upon. entlyâ€"preferâ€"to passâ€"most, if not all of their. time on the land, .aud that not always sl a ‘"nmp{ pature. . At any rate, one kind of a crat has been found in great numbers on tablelands 4,000 feet above the sea level, and Wmilu away from any considerable body ater, This astrange crab is a naâ€" tive of Hindoostau, where, in one province at loast, perhape in others, the young gm tairly awarms with myriads of them. _ They burrow in the ground. They can run with onsiderable swiftness, even when carryin fn the long claws, which serve tor ")o’g arms and hands, a bundle of grass or young riceâ€"stalks as big, and sometimes even bigger, than themselves, expired to our lumber colony, We will > then be in a fair way to reclaim them." > s GENERAL Boorn‘s vistT. ~General Boothâ€"will visit Canada next De: cember. _ Entering by Victoria, h‘ will make a tour of the Northâ€"west, Ontario and the maritime provinces. 7 f A Landâ€"Crab of India Whicle Marvests Large Quantities of Young Riceâ€"Staiks and Grass. You know that srabs can live both on the land and in the water, They usially divide their time about oqull{ between the two, â€" But there are also landâ€"crabs, which live on vegetable foods, and apparâ€" Nature is very ~generous ~with ~allâ€"her cRildren, giving to eachâ€"one just the powers and faculties which it needs to provide for all its wants. ~ So this humble ingnbiunt of the table lands of India is provided with a capital mowing machine in the shape of a pair of remarkably nhsrg ‘and strong pincers. To harvest his abundant crops, the crab assumes a sort of a sitting posture, so that he can use his pincers to advantage. He works very rapidly, using one pair of claws to cut and another to bind his shoaves as he goes along. â€" As soon as he has gatherâ€" ed all he can carry, ho scuttles off with it, in a lwm fashion, sod with an air of mm importance that is very amusing, â€" But the humao. inhabitants of the diatricts preferred by this 1‘nur guh mower and reaper do not find him at all amustng.â€" They say that one of these young crabs will destroy an amount . of young grass and rice which, if allowed t« reach perfection, would keepa Rboring man in hoalth and strength for a year. Paris School of Dentistry undertook the job. 'Wl\cn he began to prnblnl- d:‘uyd m Aga‘s kee t some lumps of sn in tronk, Ligs then anderstood that the whole business was wellâ€"meant,and submitted with very litple proteat. The bi@ tooth was cleaned and soraped at plugged with cotton and lodoform, which was renewed oncea week for twomom.hil by which time the inflammation :“alo-.l'-.::;m‘m cally as sound as ever. Tt was at first pros as well, was found that it would require 1,500 france‘ worth, they thought amaigam would do jast . from this city who are out of employâ€" it to work there, and our wood yard in onto will furnish ‘a miarket for their proâ€" FOR THE UNEMPLOYBD. AN ANIMAL REAPER, UNUSUAL DENTISTRY. ANOTHIER SCHRME Up hul m dher