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_vide for :he nursing of the m the city hospital. “he firs: six months of tho were 82 births, 61 death! rréages in Owen Sound. 1 SLuart of Stratford Pub says the Truancy Act isnot we m that town. ' ndene, of Guelph. has been ssistant in the 'department at. Harvard L'mvermty. tors at St. Catharines Pub- [30413011. Poke], has resigne principal of the W bhool. Ehnrch, St. Catha and a call to Rev ’3 had.h at. and 'he propriet the delinquents. tug. principal of the 001 has received an ailway mail clexk. L8 hkoc eyists are in a y. protest agalnst the City {actzon in reducing the James Keith “Woodstock, d L13 shot in vho was 'YLISH SHOES- not. has resigned his pOGi‘ atate school trustee at ‘ ouserved by grocers and be aware not bezng unu- we office his removal? from the city. Soy tery l, a recent grau‘ 'ersizy, has been t: ,rian churches 0f Logan in the 5‘ rmm union cred that Hon. J. 8.3081. hâ€" west. Terntorial Council. ppoin med Indian Commis- 3 $530 a year for SUppUmU fro stations for corporauon on y halt-holiday in Vancou- taint all ary on: mt. of Brockville, mu 1’? I Humane Society IBM‘1 3 boy from drowning 3‘ Instructor. n elevat Carlisle. was banquetod rs of the 19m Battaliop. >3. on 2.116 occasion of hu SI on 31161 HOSpital {mg Casweu r 1y pouce are of W. A. Sudworth. 0‘ lice forCe increase “mes coject to Brockville, will cent graduate t is Halleged, sold dio- D85 anwell 'ouncil was given salary the face by 3 handling a I“ sustained t“ In making a raid gued the M 1C duate 0‘ called ‘0 be Wesicn an appoin- xn arrears etc: is wood. W hen {'9’ '59 . ”bW' I “Rea ”away at 131:: g the reach it, we ‘ “an will soon get us: get them up 5" n: the wagon.” m: in: "uav-v The tiny, yellow, Near-eyed Bush- M. standing over me as I sat on a m, pointing wink; his lean arm sky- yards, his anxious dirt-grimed face naming with perspiration, was mm the figure of an angel of hape; md yet at that moment he was an ml to me; for we had tasted no wa- :er to speak of for close on three days, mi had had besides a frightfully try- #5 up wmt their ht "“3 brightv-npd and t] nuts to where the jul Frwfhi-‘kvst, For a * venue was disclosed bubIIQm worn smooth (elephants rhinocen lighty game; and the] I03: sight the most : Mtbat man ever gaz Mia down the opening great p00! of water, abt (would be - _ ... of a; ”ya-.3 trek among igfiwm mountain passes; but on third day we had overcome the $1 difficulties, and had outopanned .‘m‘; rest before compleungpnr ”I; ;- {0 (-L-myuite it were DOSSlbIB. Irvin we fierce sun- ! 313 my (3‘th looked, gngard at the long 3 a,” a ; ou-asmnaiiy shaggy with Over all the fierce atmosphere 91kt. . 'mg and dancing in the gâ€"blale- I booked ageun with doubt wdfimay'a; the gzx§;..1ng oxen, many (them 15mg {(unazercd and almost bi from thirs: aim: faugue, and my #5:; usually brxsl‘i' an(L unflagging, window zero. hbaas had told me mug; of a most wonderful pool of gaze: that lay on the crown of a wnzain. Where we should outspan before entermg upon the por- amny . 545 0f the (1thde vailey. NOW he W tome and Saul, pointing up- ; "may, de sweet water lies yon- It 1.3 a beautiful ; and then, leaving thaz‘ge of one Of then" 5 “"6 drew the cattle. 10th "flgh 1h?! were to leave the water ”no the Wagon goLng very careful- : .- not to spill the water. At at“ “‘9 reached the valley, only to 1“; “'0 of our poor fou‘ndege-d bullocks gig Mrly dead. The dlstant low- mm“ th'i ‘eshed comrades had, I ' ‘ m of good news, and In‘ Smell Of Water revied them; “ ”.1 u; 7 . M my eyes i W llookea, quard a ’ .: mmmtam, brokn their drink, and ‘ know that their 4‘ in ‘ . there, only a u; “:‘L 'fiylsm-nt, that they one and *iaged iglanfly t0 the yoka. and harm 0;. 1!;th burden to the RE:- .*I 'buSE] iI‘tw mfufipanned mfg,“ 3391;- We. 3 of the Orange River. F31 1.4.46 LIeK. have f 11!; till {h-ai- ' Aft Imi; Dillinged months as and s Red for ‘for the 1y encompassed by =. ubuut thirty feet in tied. the advent of any Lg than a lizard! or a Masts drank of that d. and how we humam I thought we should 1rd. The oxen (hank x- water literally Ian tbs as they at last Then I cast off my {Ipd into the water. It m: most invigorating. Splash-.‘d to my heart’s my swim and a rest. We 58 its, ts, thevy got up and rejoined their 39 It must have been about two o'clock 3d,in the morningâ€"the coldest, the most 1r lsilent, and the dreariest of the darkl .e. ehours, that fatal hour betwixt night: P'la-nd day when many a flickering life,i *3 ‘ unloosed by death, slips from its moor- “ ? ingsâ€"when l was again startled from [h slumber by a most bloody-cunning, re yell. Hunters, as you know, sleep be t light, and seem instinctively to be bt'aware of what passes around; them, 3y even although apparently wrapped in “tithe profoundest sleep. I knew inamo- 3y ’ment that that agonised cry came from 'g"a human throat; and I rushed out. “8 lWhat a din was there, from dogs, ”f 7 men. and oxen, and above all those hor- a Erid' human screams. I had my loaded mErifle, and rushing up to a confused >r- 3 crowd struggling near the firelight, I he saw what had happened The young- p' ‘est of my servants, a mere Bechuana 7‘" boy, was hard and. fast in the grip of ufl an immense leopard, which was tear- ” ’ ing with its cruel teeth, at his throat. be Klaus, bolder than his rellows, was ”if lunging an assegai into the brute's ‘ ribs, seemingly without the smallest - effect; others were thrashing it with firebrands; and the dogs were vainly . worrying at its head and flanks. All ‘5‘ this I saw instantaneously. 'l‘hrusting L my followers aside, I ran up to the leOpard, and, putting my rifle to its {18, ear, fired. The express bullet did its in work at once; the fiercest and most tenacious of the feline race could not {’5’ refuse to yield its life with its head al- y- most blown to atoms; and loosening its murderous hold, the brute fell dead. an But too late! The poor Bechuana boy en lay upon the sand, wounded to the hi; d-.‘ath. After these horrors, sleep was a banished, and as the gray light came 1 “‘37 up, we prepared for day. OT? up my rifle and. rushing out, I was just in time to see a firebrand hurled at some dark object that sped: between the fires. “W hat is it, Klaas?” I shouted. “Allemaghte! it is a tiger, leopard, sie ur,’ cried the Bushman, “and he has clawed one of the dogs. ” lrue enough on inspecting the yelp- ing sufferer, R001 -Kat, a brindled red dog and one of the best of my pack, I found the poor wrench at its last gasp, wiLh its throat and neck almost torn to ribbons. Cursing the sneaking oow- ardly leopard, I saw that the replen- ished fires blazed up, and again turned The morning broke at length in rud- diest splendour; and as the terrain was slowly unfolded before my gaze, I real- ised the desolate magnificence of the country. Mountains, mountains, mountains, of grim sublimity rolled everywhere around! Far away below, I looked westward, a thin silvery line, only visible for a little space, told of the great river flowing to the sea, inexorably shut in by precipitous mountain walls that guaranteed for ever its awful solitude. Klaas stood near, and as I gazed, he whispered, for my men were not far away; “Sieur, yonder straight in front of you, five miles away, lie the dia- monds. If we start directly after breakfast, we shall have four; hours' hard climbing and walking to reach the valley.” “All right, Klaas,” said 1. “Breakfast is nearly ready, and we’ll start as soon as: we have fed.” Breakfast was soon over, and then I spoke. to my men. I told them that I intended to stay at this pool for a few days, and that in the meantime I was going prospecting in the moun- tains bordering the river. I despatch- ed two of them to go and hunt. for mountain buck in the direction we had come from; the others were to see that the oxen fed round about the water, where pasture was good and plentiful, and generally to look after the camp. For Klaas and myself, we should be away till dusk, perhaps even all night; but we did not wish to be followed or disturbed; and unless those at the camp heard my signal of four consecutive rifteshots, they were on no account to attempt to follow up our spoor. My men by this time knew me and my ways well, and I was convinced that we should not be followed by prying eyes; and in- deed the lazy Africans were only too glad of an easy day in camp after their hard journey. I 11. Taking some dried flesh, biscuits, and a bottle of water each, and each shouldering a rifle, Klaas and Istart- ed away at seven o‘clock. The little beggar, who, I suppose, in his Bush- man youth had wandered baboon-like over all this wild country till he knew it by heart, showed no sign of hesita- tion, but walked rapidly down hill to a deep gorge at the foot, that led half a mile or so into a huge mass of mountain that formed the north wall of the Orange River. This kloof must at some time or another have served as a conduit for mighty floods of wa- ter, for its bottom was everywhere strewn with bsulders of titanic size and Shape, torn from the cliff-walls above. It took us a long hour of the most lab- orious effort to surmount these im- pediments; and then with torn hands and aching 1636, we went straight up a mountain whose roof-like sides con- sisted of masses of loose shale and shingle, over which we slipped and floundered slowly and with difficulty. I say we; but I am bound to admit that the Buishman made much lighter ‘of his task than 1, his ape-like form seeming, indeed, much more fitted for lunch a slippery, break-neg]! pastime. -“-_‘. Ant: At length we reached the crest: and then, after passing through a fringe of bush" and scrub, we scrambled .down the thither descent, a descent of no little danger. The slipping shales that gave gray at every step, often threat- stage was and we found ourselves in a very valley of desolation. We were almost completely entomed by narrowing mountain walls, whose dark red sides frowned upon us everywhere in horrid and overpowering silence. The sun'was 11?, and the heat, shut in as We were, overpowering. Moreover, to make things more lively, I noticed that snakes were more than ordinarily plen- tiful, the bloated puff-adder, the 3’81- low ccbra, and the dangerous little night-adder, several times only just getting out of our path. The awful silence of this sepulchral place ,was presently, as we rested, for ten minutes, broken by a company of babpons. which having espied us from their krantzes above, came shoggling down to see what we were. They were huSe bruteB and savage, and quah- quahed at us threateningly, tin Klaas sent a bullet among them when they retreated pell-mell. \Ve 80011 started again, and pressed rapidly along a nar- row gorge some fifty feet wide, with perfectly level precipitous walls, ap- parently worn smooth at their bases by the action of terrific torrents. prob- ably an early development of the Orange River when first it made its way through these grim defiles. Pres-‘ ently the causeway narrowed still‘ more; and then turning a sharp cor- ner, we suddenly came upon a pair of leopards sauntering coolly towards us. I didn’t like the look of things at all, for a leopard at the best of times is an ugly customer, even where he knows and dreads firearms. The brutes show- ed no intention of bolting, but stood with their hackles up, their tails wav- ing ominously, and their gleaming teeth hired in fierce defiance. There .was nothing for itâ€"either we or they must retreat; and having come all this frightful trek for the diamonds, Ifelt in no mood to back down even to Felis pardus in his very nastiest mood. Look- ing to our rifles, we moved very quiet- ly forward until within thirty-five yards of the grim cats. They were male and female, and two as magnificent of their kind as su'n ever shone upon. i The male had now crouched flat for his icharge. and not an instant was to be Ilo-st. The female stood apparently ir- resolute. Noticing this, and not having time to speak, we both let drive at the charging male. Both shots struck, but neither stopped him. The lady, hear- in the report, and apparently not lik- ing the look of affairs, incontinently fled. \Vith a horrid throaty grunt, the male leopard flew across the sand, com- ing straight at me, and_t_hen launched himself into air. I fired hurriedly my second barrel. and, for a wonder, clean missed, for in those days I seldom fail- ed in stopping dangerous game; but these beggars are like lightning once they are charging. In a moment, as the yellow form was flying through space straight at my head, I sprang to one side, and Klaas firing again, sent the leopard struggling to earth, battling frantically for life amid sand and shingle with a broken back. Lucky was the shot, and bravely fired, or I had probably been as good as dead. Klaas soon whipped the skin off the dead leopard and hid it under some stones: and .we then proceeded, the whole affair having occupied but twen- ty minutes. Another mile of this canal-like kloof brought us to a broad opening where the. wall of mountain on our left stood up straight before the hot sunlight, a dark, reddish-brown mass of rock. I suppose some five hundred feet in height, and then sloped away more. smoothly to its summit, thatt over- looked the river, as Ishould judge, about a mile distant. As we came out into the sunshine, Klaas, pointing to the cliff, ejaculated in quite an excit- ed way: 'The Pearl! the Pearl! Look sir, look." Looking upwards at the mass of rock, my eye was suddenly arrested by a gleaming mass that protruded from the dead wall of mountain. Half dazzled, I shaded my eyes with my hand and looked again. It was a most strange and beautiful thing that Ibe- held, a freak of nature the most cur- ious that. I had ever set eyes on. The glittering mass was a huge egg-shap- ed ball of quartz of a semi-transparent milky hue, flashing and gleaming in the radiant sunshine with the glori- ous prismatic colours that flash from the unlucky opal. But yet more strange above “ de Paarl,” as Klaas quaintly called it, and over-hanging it, was a kind of canopy of stalactite of the same brilliant opalescent colours. It was wonderful! Klaas lore began to caper and dance in the 111 st fantastic fash- ion. and then suddenly ceasing he said: " Now, sieur, Iwill soon show. you the diamondsâ€"they are there,” pomting to a dart: corner of the glen, " right a darl; corner of the glen, " right through the rock.” “ What made you call that shining stone up there ‘de Paul?” said I, as I gazed in admiration at the beau- tiful ball of crystal. “ Well, sieur I was once with awine Boer at the Paarl down in the old Col- ony, and a man told me Why they call- ed the mountain there “ de Paarl ;‘ and he told me, too, what the pretty gems were that I saw in the young vrouw’s beet ring when she wore it; and I then knew what a pearl was, and that it came from a fish that grows in the sea. And I remembered then the great it near where the pretty white stones lay.” I mean the diamonds, yonder, sieur.” . . At last, then, we were Within grasp of the famous stones concerning whose reality I had even to the last had-sec- ret misgivings. It was a startling thought. Just beyond there, somewhere - .. ---Iâ€" cwn‘lla ur'hnse secret through the rock walls, Whose secreL approach at present Klaas only knew, “Sind'bad‘s Valley.” Could it be true? Could I actually be within touch ' hes unspeakable, riches in com- ’ hich the wealth. of Croe- DD‘ aeyond there. somewhere ock walls, whose secret fesent Klaas only knew, 5 Valley.” Could it be actually be within touch leakable, riches in com- ’hich the Wealth. of Croe- 1t a beggar’s hoard? Be Continued.) 9 were within grasp [88 concerning whose , to the last had-sec- It was a startling WORKING 0F MIRAGLES‘ HOW Tm: FETICH MAN IN AFRICA PERFORMS WONDERS. 0estroyed an Army of Locus“ and Float- ed a Steamboat Witch lad Gone {shore-lie Was a Cunning Old Man. There are plenty of black persons among the barbarous tribes of Africa who make a living by their wits. Some oi these bright fellows are fetich doc- tors curing disease by their incanta- tions, selling charms that bring to pass all manner of things desired by their custOEners, and for a large considera- tion, insuring cepious rainfall when the creps are thirsty, or victory in the war to which the young fighters are marching. Great is their renown when the charms are efficacious. But fetich docmrs are not a bit embarras- sed when the medicine fails to work, for they have plenty of plausible ex- cuses to relieve them from all reSpon- sibility. An old native at Karonga, on the northwest coast of Lake Nyassa, has enjoyed for some years a great repu- tation as a miracle worker. He has a great deal of shrewdness and un- doubtedly much more knowledge than the people around him. Even the white men Open their eyes in surprise at the apparent result of his myster- ious doings, and his fame has Spread throughout the region between the Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika. One of his miracles a while ago was of considerable advantage to the whites, and this is how it happens that Capt. Boileau, who crossed the Nyassa-Tan- ganyika as a member of the Anglo- German Boundary Commission and is a civil engineer by profession, thought it worth while to tell some things about the black wonder. HIS FIRST ATTEMPT. at working a miracle was a great suc- cess and made him famous in a day. Some six years ago the peOple far and wide around the north end of Lake Nyassa were afflicted with a plague of locusts which were eating up the crOpS. Famine stared the country in the face. The old man gave notice one day that the Spirits were going to use him in destroying the pests and save the crOps, and after he had retir- ed from public view for a few days he would be able to tell the peoD1° what \to do to save their growing food supplies. It was. necessary for him to climb the Virauli Hill and pray there for a long time. So he set out for this eminence, which risesabout 3,700 feet above the sea, fifteen miles west of the large lake. He was not seen again for several days, and when he reappeared at the village be pro- duced a large amount of powder which be distributed among the na- tives; telling them to mix it with wa- ter and Sprinkle it over their fields. His instructions were carefully ful- filled, and the next thing that occur- red was very gratifying. The locusts began to die by hundreds of thousands and they have not since been seen in that region in sufficient numbers to {do any damage. Capt. Boileau does not suggest,what seems plausible, that the old man may have discovered that his powder would kill the locusts, and to make a name for himself astonished the natives by adding a suPe-rnatural element which was the fraudulent part of his pro- ceeding. The Captain seems to think that the miracle worker was merely favored by the appearance among the insects, of a disease at the very time his juggling. was going on. W'hat- ever. it was, the result was all right. The plague was abated and the mir- acle worker had the credit of bring- ing this blessing to pass. THE \VHITE MEN, at the north of the lake were the beneficiaries of the second miracle, and some of them were considerably impressed by it. One day the steamer Domira ran ashore in a fog, and be- fore she was floated again her crew had about given her up as lost. For days with the assistance of hundreds of the natives, they dragged and haul- ed, but could not budge the vessel an inch. They were at their wit’s end, and work for a time was suSpended while the white men held a council on the shore and tried to form some new plan of rescue. They talked the mat- ter over for an hour or so without reaching any definite idea as to the next proceeding. Just then the old worker of miracles came sauntering down to the beach and said he had something to tell the white man. fie went on that if they would let him try he was sure he could save the steamboat. He declined to tell what he would do, but said he would not harm the vessel in any way, as the whites would see, for they might look on: while he was engaged in the work of salvation. The white men laugh- ingly 'told him to go ahead if he thoughtjie‘could do any good, and he at once stepped briskly about his busi- ness. (He had to, if the miracle was to be performed by daylight, for the sun was only an hour high and there is no twilight in that trapical re- gion. Up to the village he hastened and ;soon reappeared with A WHITE HEN ; under his arm. At his request a boat took him and his hen out .to the stranded vessel, and he. “climbed up the side to the decks Then he held the hen aloft, recited a few prayers and tossed the fowl into the lake, where she was drowned. ,The pro- w, oeedings essential to an the had been completed. Darkness was falling as the old man reached the shore. He told the white men the problem had been solved. my need try no new plan. All they need to do was to give another pull at the vessel next morning and she would come off without any difficulty. Sure enough. next day the steamer was floated, and required only a little pulling to get her out of the sand into clear water. - The whites, who had been so nobly re-inforoed by an Old negro and a hen. kept up a good deal of hard thinking that day, and some of them thought at laSt that they had fathomed the secret of the man’s mysterious gift. In the five days they had been pulling away at the steamer the wind had been blowing strong off the lake. On the sixth day, when they got her afloat, the wind was blowing a half gale‘off the shore, and the men were of the Opinion that the vessel was thereby loosened sufficiently to make it: easy to pull her out into deeper water. They also concluded that the old man was a pretty slick piece of goods, and that unusual pow- ers of observation and a very fertile brain are the bases of his success as a miracle worker. Their exPlanation is that the old man had picked up a good deal of meteorological knowledge and' that his experience told him that the wind was going to change that night and blow fiercely in the appo- site direction. He thought the change of 'wind would aid the work of rescue, took the chance, and hit the nail squarely on the head. However this may be, there is, ac- cording to the native view, not the slightest flaw in the old fellow’s gift as a miracle worker. They believe Nyassa would become dry land if he should Speak the word, and he doesn't je0pardize his fame by perpetrating little miracles every day or two. Only a great occasion brings him out. and the machinery for evolving miracles is never set in motion unless he feels certain he has a sure thing. He Was Bribed by Coppers to Pose fol Ills Porn-an. M. de la Ne'ziere, who is just back from the west coast of Africa, has been spending some 'months in laborious attempts to paint the por- trait of Samory, the vanquished king. under considerable difficulties. The dethroned potentate has the greatest objection to artists in general, and in particular deemed it a piece of gross impertinence on the part of. M. de la Neziaere to want to catch his likeness: \Veli, blubbered the boy, she said she also licked you when you were in . her class, and she guessed she’s risk : it. fi‘vuw‘v UV ' His dusky majesty had to be coaxed with innumerable gifts of cigarettes, matches, and coppers into giving the painter a sitting. Among all the pre- sents showered upon him, small change which he used. promptly to put in his mouth as a preeaution against pick- pockets, was what he liked best. At last Sammy was molliiied, began to call M. de la Neziere by the only French word that he knew “cama‘ reds,” and graciously consented to sit. The unfortunate artist's difficul- ties were not yet, however, at an end. When Samory saw his royal features being drawn upon the can- vas, he was suddenly taken with a bashful fit that lasted on and off for weeks. He used every now and then to hide his countenance beneath his turban and resolutely refuse to unveil W'henever it happened that Samory’a feelings of modesty were thus unac countably hurt, the sitting had invar- iably; to be given up for the day. At other times the fallen, but still cap ricious monster used seriously it disturb the painters work by sprink lin-g him and his canvas with water At last, however, M. de la Nezierl succeeded in getting a few sketches of Samory, which he has brought back with him, and from which he intends painting a finished portrait of the dethroned King. However procured, even if it be ion that has been put up; by the user, 10 has cost something, and should b! made to last as long as possible. Kee} the‘ ice in a large piece as long as yo: can, and wrap it in- somnething that i; "' 0‘”) Gun VVA r .v .- wv_.vv_â€"._. a poor conductor of heat. .Woolel cloths are better than cotton. for the) conduct the heat less rapidly. Paper it better than woolen as it will not ad; mit. air. If newspapers are used It wrap ice in they can be thrown away after they have served this purposo‘ without any loss. More: matches are used in the Unit- ed Kingdom than in any other coun. try in the world. It has been estimat- ed that English people use an aver- age of eight matches each person pe1 da'y, and annually over 1,,,,700000000 000 are burned. The largest match tactory 18 in Austria, and each year it uses 22,0130 lbs. of phosphorus, turn: out 2,500,000,000,000 matches and to: the boxes alone 160,000 feet of wood Your teacher whipped you? roarec Gayboy. ~HQ»? daged_she_? Richlyâ€"Money talks. Scrimpersâ€"Yes, but through th: long-distance telephone in my case. is used. We make our own ice cream, said the restaurant proprietor. Consequently we know ju_st wha§_it_ contains. Youv do, replied the patron. but I don’t. KEEPING ICE FROM MELTING. CONSUMPTION OF MATCHES. A CAPRICIOUS MON ARCH. SECRETS OF THE TRADE. MONEY TALKS. SHE DARED.