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Arlitfle black boy stood with his little sister 3% the edge of a water-lily pond in Florida. “ Ephlum," said the girl, “what make»; so many out tails grow in dla heah pon’ 3" “ Donn you know 2’ inquired Eph- lum ; “ why, dey grow up from kittens dat people hez drowne'l in de pon', of 001113? "mi. Willis, the physiognomlst, myu: “ Beware of the girl that has black eyes, shun the girl With blue, and run from the girl with gray eyes.” This practically r; ntrlcta the choice of the foolish young man to the Ghanaian girl with pink eyes, who is not warranted genuine outside of the dime museum. I am still of opinion that the Peace river afi'ords a passage to the Western ocean vast- ly superior to the known passes 1 ing south of it. What are the advantages claim for it! It is level throughout its entire course. It has a wide and deep navigable river flow- ing through it, its highest elevation in the main range of the Rooky mountain! is about 1,800 feet, the average depth of its winter snow is about three feet, and by the first week in May, this year, the snow, which had been unusually deep, had entirely dis- appeared from the north ehore of the river, and vegetation was already forward in the woods at the mountain base. But though these are important advantages for this mountain pass the moat important of all re- mains to he told. From the western end of the pass to the coast range of mountains, a distance of 300 miles across British Colum- bia, there does not exist one sin le formid- able impediment to a railroad. n my next I'propoee, with your leave, to follow the line of the North Cmadian through the mountains to its terminus on the Pmific. To the south-east of Dunvegan a few miles, say thirty, occurs what is known as “La Grande Prairie," which is worth no- thing, as a description of it will apply to im- mense tracts in this rtion of the region traversed by the “ orth Canadian." A short distance beyond the “Riviera Brule the trail begins gradually to second to a broad ridge, gaining eventually a height of 290 feet above that of the prairie and pas- aim! at the sshié “me into a wooded coun- try. This higher trail has been called a ridge, but has at this point a width of about 17 miles. It runs N.-E. S.â€"W., and con- tinues to bound La Grande Prairie for many miles. When the trail crosses the easterly portion of this plateau it is three part: wooded, with many pretty prairie-like openv lugs. For the last six miles before reaching the north side of the Grande Prairie, the woods become dense, and consist of aspen. cottonwood, alder and birch with an occa- sional spruce. The soil of the prairie to the north of the higher plateau is uniformly a fertile black loam, with here and there a few boulders and coarse though always rich soil. This so called prairie is about 40 miles in length by twenty wide, and con- tains about 230,000 acres, and is well water- ed. “ The soil is almost everywhere ex- ceedingly fertile, and is often ‘for miles to- gether of deep rich loam, which it would be almost impossible to surpass in excellence.” The next twenty-one miles west of Duuve- gun, on the south side of the Peace river, are described as open and prairie-like, with poplars and ywillows in the bottoms, the surface gently rolling, and covered witha luxuriant growth of grass and wild pea. From the two hills in the vicinity an exten- sive vlrw of similar prairie country opens to view, bounded on the south by a low woody ed ridge. No mountains, or hills, properly so called, can be seen in any direction The great Peace river here flows in a tranquil stream, in a valley from two to three miles wide and ei ht hundred feet deep. West of this to udson’s Hope the country is generally a great plain, averaging about 1,000 feet above the sea level, and through whi )h the Peace flows inafireat valley. As far eastas the mouth of [he river, about fifty miles, this valley varies in width from one and a half to three milesin width at butt of plateau, and from one and a half to two miles at bottom. From Dunvegan to Pine river is about ninety miles, and from Pine river to Hudson's Hope is about fifty miles more. The south slopes are generally covered with poplar cop-e and prairie with eod grass, while the northern slopes are variabl timbersd with spruce and poplar. The lan all appears to be rich and well suited for agriculture; the timber being small could be cleared with a small amount ef labour. The next section is the famous pass through the mountains by which thi great river, which rises west of the Rockies, flows easterly through them and is thus, as well as this portion of the route generally, described by Capt Butler in an appendix to his “ Wild North Land.” In his description of the country through which the route of the North Canadian Pacific railway lies, W. J. M. writes :â€"On leaving the Lesser Slave Lake and going west the line of the North Canadian Pacific railway would likely follow the valley of the Little Smoky river. This is a stream of about 400 feet wide, flowing in a valley of 250 feet deep, with awidth of about half a mile. The surrounding country is gener- ally table land, wooded and with good soil, though small swamps, which could be drained, are rather numerous ; or the val- ley of the Heart river might be followed. This is a plateau gradually sloping towards the Peace river. I‘he soil is chiefly good, with occasional swamps and some prairie land along the smaller streams, At the point of junction of the Heart and Peace rivers, the latter is a noble stn am, thirteen hundred feet wide, with open messy banks, and on its westerly shores rprairio and cep- pice alternate in constant succession, whi e the soil is always rich. We are told, in the geological reports, that from this point west toDunvegan from the eastern base of the Rockies about twenty miles north of End- son's Hope, a range of hills extends nearly due east till it meets the Peace river about twelve miles below its junction with the Smoky river. The tract of country lying south of that range, and between it and the Peace river, is generally fertile. The tra- velled trail from the Smoky river to Dunve- gen lies at a considerable distance back from the river, and passes almost all the way through a prairie country. The pin.- teau is nearly level beyond the heads of the ravines, which run towards the Peace, wide stretches of grass alternating with aspen coppioe and patches of willow. As Dunve- gen is approached the surface becomes un- dulating and broken, and this section is pretty generally wooded with popular. The soil is everywhere exceedingly fertile, pnld the aspect of the country very beauti- u . The Country Around the Leaner have lake. IN THE NolTll-WISI‘. Two wealthy English more which are re- puted to make no ounverte are the Unitar- ian! and the Quakers. 'I he latter are be- llevedftokeep a closer scrutiny as to mem here than any other rellgloue community, and en- tirna'ée their numbers in England at fifteen thousand. These inc'ude no povcrty-etriok- en ereons, although there are some to whom an stance is given from the funds assigned for the purpase. The Quakers are perhapl the wellhleat class In E )gland. They are well represented in the legislature, but while “Friends” have reached the Privy Council and baronetege, a Quaker peer has to be erected. Cherry Bob of San Antonio, the propris~ tor of a saloon, is moved by the announce- ment that Messrs. Moody and Sankey are to visit that city to publish the following card : “Editor San Antonio Light; Fellow saloon menl now that Moody and Smkey are expecfed to visit us, would it not be ad» viseble to get the inside track of them by closing our establishments on Sunday and keep holy the Sabbath? Fellow saloon men! let us close our doors on the Sabbath Y let ua keep sacred the seventh day; we will lose nothing by it, but would beheld higher in the estimation of our fella v citizens and re- mive the credit of the outside world.” A wagon road and railroad track run side by side fora nutter of a. mile near Adair-ville, G3,, on then the road crosses the track. Welter Curtis‘s horse took fright at m express train there the other day snd nn nwsy. The engineer put on steam and tried to beat the bows to the crossing. but flue anin'ihl get there first, just in time to be knocked sixty feet, by measurement, and instantly killed. Curtis was found thirty five feet from the point of collision. A three inch iron ring which he h.d in his packet was bent almost double, but his gold watch was going all right in his vest ponk- at, while the chsin was found in a field. European ingenuity is the Construction of destructive instruments was perhaps nev- er so active as a’: the present time, and past successes only stimulate t) still greater achievements in this line, In England and other countries, in order to overcome the riflei mortarâ€"a shm-t gun with a. relative short rangeâ€"guns have been invented hav- ing nlength of fifty feet and a. range from eight to ten miles. The thickness of solid John Evans of East St. Louis will be known as one of the very few men who have been blown up by dynamite and lived to tell of it. He was putting dynamite cartridges in a hole in the ice preparatory to in 03m: to break up an ice gorge in the river. He had placed all but one In the hole, and was in the act of putting that in when the elec- tric current was turned on and a tremen- exploalon followed. John, after a short flight, began to lay unpleasant thingl about the man who set off the dynamite. He was not hurt much. The immenseqtantlty of peanuts grown in Africa, South America, and in the South- ern States afford not only a pleasant article of food, but a very large source oi all pro- duction. The seed contains from forty to to fifty per cent. of a nearly colorless bland, fixed oil, not unlike olive oil, and used for nimihr purposes ; it is a non drying oil. which changes but little by expoiure to the air, and remains fluid even at several degrees colder than thirty-two degrees, Fnh. A very rent quantity of soap 1: manufactured rom this kind of oil; indeed, some of the flneat toilet soaps imported from France ere of this material. The Paris Figaro has published an article on the manufacture of skeletons,” in which the writer says that j uat out of Paris there Is an establishment where human bones of all arts are nolleoted, and after being cure- fnlly prepared, are festened together with wires, and when the work is done it is im- possible even forthe scientific eye to detect enything wrong in a. skeleton that hen baen made up from the bones of several different individnril. The men of Wallaeton (Mam) Congrega- tlonnl Church are trying to recover from the effects of their fair that closed on Thurs- day night; It was the regulation church (all, with (new work, cake, home-made candy, and lots of other things to eat, but the work was all done by the men, who waited on the tublea, lold their handlwork, end any they made $800 clear. Some Iof them think it has really cost them more thm that, A simple preparation for rendering woven fabrics more or less incombustible consists of three parts of bornx and two and a. half of sulphate of magnesia, mixed with twenty gar-ts of water just before using. The fa- rios are first thoroughly impregnated with this solution, then wrung out, and washed after having become nearly dry. A mixture oi sulphate of ammonia and sulphate of lime is used by some. What wouldn’t the average boy give if his pal would only lend him to the Fort Wrangel training school in Alaska? The newspaper of that place says that the boya of the school last year killed for the use of the ln-tltutlon 151 deer, 11 Deals, 1 hear, about 150 wild geese, over 300 ducks. and numerous grouse, porcupinea, marmuts, and Inipe, and caught all the salmon, hall- bnt, codfiah, trout herring, floundera, crabs and clams they needed. Thirteen week: ago Chariots Allbright of Cincinnati picked up a. big stray cat that wu wandering around his store. The can hit him in the right hand. A few weeks later blotohes broke out on his right arm, sud now they nearly cover his body, and the doctorusay that he is suffering from blood poisoning and will die. An alleged prairie wolf has been discov- ered prowling about Essex, in England. The animal was killed on the railway near North Weald. It has been pronounced by twi} eminent naturalists to be a. fine prairie wo . - Mrs. Hun-la of Dubuque believe: thor- oughly in drmml. A handsome a an of home, buggy, and hart ens were to 6 dis- posed of by lotfiery and she dreamed ehat ticket No. 75 drew the team. The next day she bought ticket No. 75. and when the lot- tery wan drawn her dream came true. Uxbrldge, Mum, boast: of Is pair of floors thlt have I. trotting record of 3 08. The hard winter has deatroyed hundred: of quail in Kansas. Whole covey: have been found under the hedge: frozen to death. J. Sohwelzer of Solothurn, Switzerland, has patented a steam velocipede which at- tained a. speed of about twelve and n half miles an hour. BflUND Till GloBB. FIG 2 ~SI’AN)SH GIPSY â€"â€"Skirb uf cardinal sumh, bordered with gold fringe and croaletl at) the rlght side disclosing an undershirt; of white cashmere. Scarf of gold strlped gauze arranged as a drapery. Spanllh jlokeb of cardinal velvet trimm- ed with gold brald and opening over a Fm. 1.â€"Rosn GARDEN.â€"Skirtof white latln having bands of green velvet ribbon mowed on in to repreeenb a trellis, with bunches of pink runes placed at the inner- aeohlona, and the bottom finished by a. garland of pink roses and leaves. The painted oorsage is of white satin trimm- med to much the akirb. Full back (Mr pery of p952 blue gauze. Pink roses in the hairmhite satin slippers trimmed with roses, and blue silk E61121: lugs. A basket. of roses in the hand. The trouble “one out of what is knownu J ay’a Treaty. The relation between Eng- land and. the United States had been intoler- ably bud, and Preaidrnt Washington had sent John Jay, then Chief-Justice, to England to {nuke a treaty. Mr. Jay had to take what w; . _..,a .5. 4,. - he oonlu 86“ ; N“. w:- Inu a treaiv which plea-ed no one, and which was regarded as abominable by all those who, with Mr. J ef- ienon, favored the alliance with France. Here is e thrift of money if you want money! The money saving would your national debt for you, bridge the ocean for you, Wipe away your smoky nui- sances, your muddy ditto, your milcellene- ous ditto, and make the lace of England clean agein,â€"â€"-and all this I reckon as more mm in comparison with the acoompun ing Improvement to your poor soulsâ€"now can in trecpessee and sine, drowned in beer- buttl, in gluttoniee, elaveries, quackories; but recalled than to blessed life again and the light of heaven and earth, instead of pay-day and Meux and 00.1 Entire. Oh, my bewildered brothers, what foul infernal Circe he: «name over you and changed you from men, once really rather noble of their kind, into beware. into hogs and sues and been: of the field or the slum iâ€"Thomaa Carlyle. Only those who have carefully studied the political history cf the country can have a just idea of the extraordinary condition of aflairs that existxl in 1796 It was the last year of Washington’s aecoud administration. The Father of his Country was about to re- tire to private life ; and it was at the very close oi a public career as honorable and use- ful as that of any other patriot in the world‘s history, that he snflered such abuse as might be heaped upon a corrupt and selfish politi cal "be-93 But Washington, though by no means better satisfied than othera, held to the opln- ion that any treaty was better than none and determined to ra'lfy It if the Senate would consent to it. He did so, although probably seven-fights of the people were op~ posed to the treaty ; and the result shows his wisdom. Always before that year Congress has ad- journed early on the 22nd of February, to go in a body to present the respects of the members to the President, and congratulate him on his birthday. So high did party Iplrit run that a. resolution to follow this cuitom was opposed and voted (10wa Fancy what would be the result of an at- tempt to rally the Democrats of this gener- ation in opposition to a resolution to cele~ brute Waahlngton’a birthday I Not a man would "rally." Anderson H. Jones, a colored man, who went to Liberia six months ago from Mis- souri writes home from Brewersville, 3 vii- lage fifteen miles from Monrovia, giving some account of the country. He ssys that there are no horses, no mules land no oxen in the whole settlement. All the work is done with the hoe, the rake, and the axe. He says : “I have been all over the settlement, and I found the largest number of people In a suffering condition for something to eat and for clothes to wear. There isn't any doo- tor in this settlementâ€"the settlement is too poor to support one. Calico is 25 cents per yard. A common laborer when he can get any work to do. is paid 25 cents per day. Pickled pork is 25 cents per pound ; shoulder meat, 25 cents per pound. All the flour and meat used here is imported from Eng- land and America. Cornmeal ha 10 cents per quart Common flour is $15 per barrel. The only slow way the settlers have to make money here in by raising and selling coffee. It will take a newcomer like my- self from five to six years to get a coffee farm in trim for selling coffee. The public schools are poor. There is a class of people over hers who do not want the true condi- tion oi things written back home.” Washington’s Birthday in 1796. armor Intel In! 0.1.0 been lnoremd until .thg nail-n Ironclad _Ita.lit_n_ has qhirty-glx inches of armor on her sides and carries tour 100<ton guns, which throw 2,000 ounds a distance of ten miles N ot anti-fie with even such monstrous guns, the same Gov- ernment contracted, two years ago, wlth Krupp, to build for them five forged steel breech-loading guns of 125 tons each, fifty- five feet long, and a projectile of 2,500 pounds. A Philosnpher‘s Lamentation FIG. 3.-â€"JAPANESs LADY.-â€" Japanese robe of flowered India silk,the loose flow- ing sleeves lined with pink silk and showâ€" ing close under sleeves of blue silk. The collar of the robe is of pink, and the broad sash of blue silk ls Died in a. huge bow at the back. Hair arranged m J apn- nese faahion with gold pins. chemiaette of white cashmere that has long pointed sleeves edged with gold fringe. A cardinal silk handkerchief, tie!‘ in a knot at the hack and edged with acquina across the front, is worn on the head. Red stockings, and buck satin slippers with red and gold bows. Tam- bourine ornamented with red and white satin ribbons. “ft-1,4)- ,u-anled lest veer e: Penfi : refuted; by a very large majority, to remove the stigma. attaching to the unfortunate officer’s character. The home minister of Hungary has now eomewhet tardlly quashed the vote recorded by the Honvede, and declared thet they had nobnalneee to oomtltute themselves into as court of honor for the trial of Gorgel. Mr. Henry M. Stanley, the African ex- plorer, relates that when he started on his tour through the “ Dark Continent,” he took in his baggage a large collection of books. But an the number of his men was lessened the bcoks had one by one to be left by the wayside, until, finally, when less than 300 miles from the Atlantic, he had left only the Bible, Shakspeera, Csrlyle’s “ Sartor Resartua,” Norie's Navigation and the Nautical Almanac, At Zinga the Shak- speare was abandoned, and afterward Norie, the Almanac, and last, “ Set-tor Resartns ” were thrown down, only the Bible going through to the end. The treatment New York brokers gave new members was, years ago, so rough that the governing committee interfered. Who- ever ventured on the floor for the first time in those days was seized, his clothes pulled ofi‘ and himself sent into the street in his nnderolothee. When Net Jones went on he was accompanied by E. K. Willard, a very well known brok'er. Jones had not gotten far on the floor before the ory " New Ten- nessee I New Tennessee 1” was raised. He was closed in upon and his sleek plug knock- ed ofl'. He says, telling of the experience, that seeing Willard, the man who had prom- ised to stand by him, fleeing, he knocked in his hat because he wanted to make some sort of show. When little Brewster went an all the men on the floor gathered about him, and fle ping their arms ageinst their sides orowe es lnstlly as‘500 voices could. Then Brewster’s hat went 011', and when the crowd was through with him he looked not newly so much like a bantam as when he went in. Mr. Phillip D. Armour is a very generous man. A clergyman in whom he had confi- dence one day asked him for $30 to relieve a. poor woman whose new-born baby was lying naked in her one room where there was neither fire nor food. The money was at once handed to the person, who after- wards returned it with a. note saying that he had “ discovered that the women was of ill repute and the child the result: of sin." Mr. Armour at once sent word to Mrs. Armour, who gave the starving woman and child ample assistance, while her husband, stamp- ing with rage, shouted to his clerk: “ If that d-â€"-â€"d sooundrel comes in here again throw him out i” Last year an attempt was made to rehab- illste Gen. Arthur Gorgei, who, in 1849, being diotAtor of Hungary and commender of the lnsnrreotionary troops, capitnlated to the Ruulan army. Gorge! in still alive, but the meeting of Honvedn, or national militia, whlAP-J-J-mnhlnd but want! at Dent}. mfn-nfl Letooq, who was with the late Prince Im- perial when killed in South Africa, was one of six men of the crew of the schooner Rifle- man of Guernsey, drowned when the vessel fonndered ofl' Flamborough Head recently on a. voyage from Shields to St. Serven. Arthur Orton, otherwise Thomas Outro, who figured for a while as Sir Roger Tioh- borne, in leoturlng in Ireland. Hie lecture is facetiausly described as consisting of an evening units, no oratory and no English, and his audiences heil him with cheerful cries of “ Roger” and “ Wagga-Wagga..” Mr. Paul Mohr, of Washington Territory, who came a week or two ago with wonder- fnl stories about the flowers that bloom in the winter out there, was scared to death in Washington a. day or two ago by being introduced to Dr. Mary Walker. In his lecture the other evening, Dr. Kneeland gave the latest prices for wives among the Smthai people. If the woman is young and pretty the husband must pay to her relatives from $3 to $5. Divorced women are quoted at about $1. 50, and wid- ows at seventy-five cents each. 001. R. G. Ingersoll was baptized in a theatre. His father, a Congregational min- later, was turned out of a church by fire and sought temporary quarters in a theatre. A curious coincidence in connection with the dean: of Gen. Hancock is that the pre- scribed term of mourning for Gen. Grant ot- dered in the army expired on thnt day. Henry erd Boeoher'a children and grandchildren have had I; reunion in Brook- lyn_. FIG. 4.â€"ITALI.AN GIRLâ€"Short skirt; FANCY COSTUMES FOR LADIES PloPLE. Canadian National Park. The district near Banfl', in the Canadian R‘cky Mountains, where it is proposed to establish a national park, is said to be a beautiful spot It is renowned for its salm- on trout, its duck, and its wild geese, while other attractions are fine scenery, a magni- ficent Waterfall, and hot springs of remark- able qualities. 0! the springs a recent visi- tor says :-They comist at pr sssnt at three principal springs or outlets, in which water, highly impregnated with sulphur, boils out of the sand. The water in the hottest one at present known has been tested and. found to raise the thermometer to 112 ° Fahr. In the second, which is the one gen erally made use of. and with which Lord Lausdowne was highlylpleased, the water attains a heat (quad to 90 dogs. Fahr. In the third 0" coolest one it rises only 89 deg. Fahr. The three are situated on the side of a mounim‘lu, which to all appearance is noth- ing but sulphur, and during amonth’s stay in the vicinity the writer came across no less than seven CanS, and six hot springs coming out of the side of the mountain The new line of the Canadian Pacific Railway runs close to the proposed national park‘ c blue cashmere trimmed with three nan-cw bands of ecru fonlard. Apron of ecru fonmi embroidered in yellow,§red and blue, bur. ed up J the waist on;one aide 3nd fiaiehed ’ the back with a flash matching the r own Coreelet of red satin with gamiture of yellow, white and blue gailoon, and tied over the shoulders with ribbon to match the gallmns. Low- necked che mlaette of White muslin shin-ed a la 'vie e wihh a gold cord, and having full sleeveu of the mullin wxch the lower part of red saclu trimmed with yellow and white cox-dings. and finished at the wriut, with full frilln of lace. Necklace u: g‘dd and anal beads, and large god earrings. Italian cap of emu foulard. Ecru silk stockings, and black shoe with red rotation. “ I am afraid not, and that's what make- the cane l0 bad. There are Iota of cattle in “her mm of the ocuntxy. Md Texas cattlc especially will not aflec: prices. The Teiu people are hard up, and Kansas, Colorado, and Indlm Territory men being unnbleto halp them. they will sell at any price." Manager (to superhuman“) : " I am go- lng to give you n lmall part in the new play. Do you wish your real name on the bill, or will you me am summed name ?” Supe : “I guou I will me an anumod name.’ M . “ Very good. What shall it be ?" S. : “ Signor Vermloelll.” M : “ Thnl’a a high- uoundlng name. Why do you use Vermi- oonl ? Got 13 out of a cook book, did you 2" S. : “ Yel; and I usa it because 1 ml. lupe, you know." Bnormons losses ofBanch-cn ol Aewllt of the Great Snow Storms. The extent of the damage to Western 1 ranges, occasioned by the recent snows, has never been thoroughly comprehended, for the reason that ranchmen have been unwill- ing to have their losses known. It has been claimed that few cattle have died, whereas, if recent repprts are to be credit. ed, the herds in many localities have been decimated. “ It is the most fatal storm ever known in the West,” said Mr. George D Ford, a prominent cattleman who has just rotirned from strip into the Pan- handle. "That of last winter wasn’t a circumstance to this one, though rsnchmen had good cause to consider it a pretty severe one. I never saw anything like it. Along the drift fence north of the Canadian River dead cattle are strewn by thousands. An actual oountin places shows 150 dead animals to the mile. If this rate is kept up the entire length of the fenceI which is 200 miles, there are 30,000 dead cattle in this one place. They include Colorado, Kansas, and No Man‘s Land through cattle that have drifted down to the fence A- long the Arkansas River, west of Dodge City, the situation is as bad. The through cattle have drifted down from the Union Pacific and have been frozen by thousands. The irrigating ditch north of the Arkansas River is full of carcasses.” “ How widespread is the damage 2" “It is coextensive with the snow. In Wyoming, New Mexico, and Tony, the cattle are in good shape. but in Kansas, the western part of the indien Territory, and in Colorado, north of tie Arkansas River, the losses on through cattle have been frightful. They will not fall short of 50 per cent. and in some ranches southwest of Dodge City the losses on the natives wlll aggregate 25 per cent. Iiell you there never has been such a winter. Entire herds of through cattle have been wiped out. A herd drift- ed down to Paiodora Creek in the Panhandle and took shelter under a bluff, around which runs a road. They died there, and the carcasses had to be dragged away before thestage could pass Arounl Dodge City cattle in sheds were frown to death. Many of the smaller owners will be bankrupt when spring opens, ani Iknow of some firms that were millionaires a few years ago that haven’t any money to spare now.” “ Will the price or cattle go up in conse- â€"“ Will the price (if cattle- go nix In qngnfe of {he’liosaen '3“ FROZEN CATTLE.