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fished to hold in check the neighboring American post of Michele. Mackinac. But though peace had been proclaimed between the contending powers, and thankfully re- ceived and ratified by all the white inhabit- mts, the authorities were powerless to com- the White‘trihes of Indians, who had n employed during the war, to bury the hatchet, and smoke the calumet of peace with those against whom their evil passions had been so fiercely aroused. On the con- trary, the very attempt to all press them, like oil poured on fire, seeme but to in- crease their strength, and in the shelter of their native woods they danced anew the war-dance, and sharpened their knives and tomahawks afresh, swooped down on seclud- ed farmhouses and solitary posts like packs of howling wolves. Shortly after the conclusion of the last American war, I was stationed at Sims’ Fort, a small isolated blockhouse near the head pf the HAuAron, which hgd been estab- Our litfle stronghold was a. favorite point of attack. The vast forests around us af- forded s ace and food for the hordes of dusky oes who swarmed within their shelter. and who watched as with the un. slumbering vigilance of their race; so that each tree we hewed, each deer we shot, was done by armed parties at the peril of their lives. Meanwhile stealthy bands were lurking around the post, seeking to discover some weak point in our defences, or to detect some unguarded moment among ourselves ; and when both endeavours fail- ed, they came rushing in yelling hundreds ugainst our pelisades, hoping to overcome its by force of numbers, and were only driven back at the cost of brave lives we ill could spare. It was indeed a. troublous time. Again and again were these attempts re eated, until our slender garrison number- 6 scarce a. dozen, and there was no hope of rescue from withoutâ€"for the Indians lay in a broad belt around usâ€"no messenger could penetrate to tell our needs to the unâ€" suspecting colony ; no canoe could venture out upon the lake, even in the dead of night buts hostile fleet would rush out to inter- cept her. Meanwhile midwinter drew near, bringing with it the wildest weather. One day the fiercest storm which had raged that season swept over the land. The Wind howled through the leafless forest, like the spirit of desolation, at intervals dashing down some woient tree with a. resounding crash. The snow swept by us in whirling columns, that blinded eyes, and the intense cold pene- trated every cranny of our badly~joined and ill-warmed blockhouse; and almost froze us at the loopholes where we still held our all- but useless Watch. Such was our hazardous position when the long and rigorous Winter of the north, with its deep snows and hitin frosts, burst over us, findin us short of nel, short of food, of ammunition, and, saddest of all, of hands to use it. It was a depressing con- dition, and as time passed on, and our un- provoked adversaries continued to increase, we began to foresee that a fearful doom was awaiting not only ourselves, but the hapless women and children, who shared our hard- ships, and must eventually share our fate. All that was left us was to defend our citadel to the uttermost ; and many a time during the days of this terrible leaguer, as we watched from behind our loopholes the stir among these savage legions, and the night fell on the boom of the Indian druin, 7.0,, , , sad the shriek of the wax-whoop, we did not think that the momin would find us dive. Each man indeed 0 our little band fought like a hero, and each attack was Iuccessfully repulsed, but with every con- flict our powder waxed lower, until at length our last shot was fired. The raging of the storm swelled above the din of the Indian camps and we almost hoped its violence would keep them within their wigwams, when, suddenly in the gathering darkness, 3 dozen long flashes of light shot through the rushing maze of now, right oyer‘ou‘r heads. .m .‘ .1 “ It is a. flight of burning arrows I” cried our brave 01d captain. “They awe firing the blockhouse !” and followed by half the party, he rushed to the upper floor, to as- sure himself that no arrows were quivering among our timbers. ‘ . nu 1 The0 next moment a triumphant yell, loud as if from a. thousand throats, burst from our unseen enemy, as a red light darted up past our loopholes, and the dense smoke of brushwood came pourin through them. The burning arrows weifimt a. hint to dis- tract our attention whil r they fired our re- fuge from below, and to our horror, we could perceive in the ruddy glare that the fagots were piled high around our walls, which time and the intense heats of summer had rendered dry as touchwood. For the hun- W “11; caimot be lightning?” said the young- est aLmqng 15g. . _ .. V .u . 1 “ O spirit dear ! I cannot see The sign Divine nut lifts the heavy gate for thee.” “ 0 angel I see my agony For Align Divine." " 0 happy sou] ! the gate swings wide, The sign is thine ; In woe thine arms extended wide POI-trays the cross-the crucifiedâ€" The sign Divine.” "ifiétisiign Vis thine." “ I cannot bid the gate unfold For sign like thine." “ To holy works I gave my goldâ€" Gave allâ€"the sum was manifold ; That. sign is mine.” " Thy works are grand ; but. thou hast not The sign Divine." " 0 angel ! I have safely brought The record of the deeds I wrought ; That sign is mine.” “ Not that I Not that ! Thou must yet bring A sign Divine.” “ 0 angel, angel ! tell the King That for him I gave everything ; That sign is mine." “ 0 Whiting soul ! thou hast not brought The sign divine." “ Sweet angel, {or the Lord “ought, Yet at His gate I have not got His sign Divine." V V'hmt sign iE mine." “ He knoweth all ; but than must make The sign Divine.” " 0 angel I I did gladly take Great burdens on me for H1 sake ; That sign is mine." " Thy life was pure ; but give thy Lord His sign divine.“ “ 0 angel, angel 1 tell the Lord mt all my life taught Hia_word ; A Sign Divine. 3r GER‘IRUDE “mason. Who knocks 'f' the waiting angel said ; “ What sign is thine ?’ In holy war my blood was ahed, From bnpgle’s hent>my_aou_l_ has sped ; WAR IN PEACE-TIME. The words were like & galvanic shock in- fusing new life. For though the attempt proposed was beset with many difficulties, though the result was more than doubtful, and might but lead to capture, still it held out a chance of rescue from a. most horrible death. With an eager shout men seized the nearest pickaxes, and in a. few minutes the well-end of the trench was laid bare, discovering a pointed aqueduct some five feet high, half filled with water frozen over. Along this passage we resolved to try our fortune; so sending ahead our axemen to clear the outer endâ€"which debouched upon the lakeâ€"of the logs and brush concealing it from view, we crept on hands and knees into the narrow tunnel. dredth time that Winter we arraigned the inhuman custom of employing savage allies, who, now that war was over, subjected us to its worst horrors. But {here was not a: moxrent to be lost, and every man and woman in the building rushed down to the basement, into which a covered trench led from the lake, and water was thrown freely on _the conflagration. - L1_-L _-_._ Our escape was not too soon, for as I en- tered last, the blockhouse fell with a sudden crash, grazing me with the splintered raft- ers, and blocking up the entrance to the trench, while we were almost stifled by the rush of smoke which swept through as thou h it had been a. funnel. As we crept slow y on, in doubt and darkness, and thick smoke, grazed by the rugged timbers, and torn by the depending icicles, I many times thought we should not live to reach the out- let, and that we had but exchanged one death for another. But with bent heads and closed lips we held on, battling sternly for life ; even the little ones without a. murmur groping along the frozen way, until at length the opening was gained, the last barrier broken, and 'we issued in safety out upon the ice, though we knew not what fate to meet. Silently we stood upon'the ice gazing on the fiery landscape, with the bleak wind piercing us through, until we shivered, des ite the neighbourhood of the flames, an though deeply thankfultobe spared, weary, helpless, and well-ni h overwhelmed by our utter desolation. othing, indeed, could exceed our wretchedness, for we were hundreds of miles distant from our nearest countrymen, and the burning land before us could neither afford shelter to our child- ren’s heads, nor food to assuage the hunger which already made them wail. Nor was there better prospect for the future, since all the game the woods contained had either fled or perished in the flames ; and though the lake abounded with fish, and though we had axes to cut through the ice, we had neither hooks nor spears to capture its treasures. v.â€" --n. â€"_.._O_ __ W , It soon appeared, however, that some combustible must have been mingled with the brushwood, for the flames but hissed and sparkled beneath the descending tor- rents, and then rose higher than before. Higher, and still higher, fiercer and strong- er, despite our utmost efforts, until the fire had obtained a firm hold upon the building, leaping in tongues of flickering flame, that seemed to lick our devoted walls, roaring and cracklin as they mounted upwards, until we coul hear them rioting in fearful revelry upon the roof, while the thlck juniper smoke, with its overpowering frag- rance, filled every chamber to suffocation, and the so' lately inclement blockhouse almost scorched us as we stood. It was but too evident that our habits.- tion was doomedâ€"nothing could save it, nor, as it seemed, ourselves against the fate Which madeit our funeral pyre. As a last refuge from" the overwhelming heat and smoke, we descended to the basement, though the roaring of the flames above our heads, and the crushing of timbers as the upper floors began to crumble and fall, Warned us that the end was close at hand. The friends grasped each other’s hands in a last farewell ; and men held to their aching hearts the trembling dear ones they were owerless to save. None but ourselves can now the anguish of that moment; and as if to add another pang to our snfi'erin 3, above the howling of the storm, and t e crackling of the flames, rose the fierce yells and whoops of our victorious‘foes; Sufidenlry a. Qaicewbroke the despairing silence. “Let us t3); the tr‘ench..” ‘ Never shall I forget the scene which met our eyes. It was as though they had open- ed on a world of fire. Flames were every- where; roaring and heaving ore us in burning waves up to the lurid sky, rolling in fiery surges almost to our feet ; while the snow and ice flashed crimson in the univer- sal radiance, and the. passing snow-flakes glowed like gems as they flitted by. The fire had caught the woods, and it was al- ready sweeping onward like a. burning deluge; for though the snow lay on the ground, the storm had swept it from the leafless branches, while the sa not having yet risen, the trees were at the ryest. The vengeance of our ruthless assailants had re- verted on their own heads, and we could near, above the turmoil of the fire, the ef- frighted shrieks and yells of the incendiaries as they fled before the swiftly-pursuing flames. ' The Indian leapuer was ended, but well- nigh as terrible a. foe remained in the con- flagration they had kindled, which, as morn- ing broke and the storm passed, we could see spreadin as far as the eye could reach. Leaping wil ly from tree to tree, clothing them in a. arb brighter than their autumnal foliage; 1: en, as it sped on, leaving their lofty trunks a. wilderness of giant torches, which would blaze for days. The only scheme our despair could devise was to travel along the ice along the shore, is the hope that ere long some considerable river might check the pro ess of the fire, and that, beyond reach 0? its ravages we might, by the help of our axes, be able to sustain life in the bush until spring came on, when our countrymen might discover our retreat. It was an unpromising plan, but we had no other resource, and at once we set forth upon our melancholy pilgrim‘ age, travelling on the strip of ice between the burning forest and the open lake, which heaved blue and cheerily in the sunlight. But that tumultuous sea of fire, in all its fear- ful splendour, stretched unbrokenly before us, mounting hills, and leaping water-courses in its resistless fury, until we almost despair- ed. When night overtook us, the only place of repose we could discover was a nook among the lake-side rocks, which sheltered us from the wintry blast ; and we were thankful for a solitary fish tound stranded on the ice to divide among the little ones. Had not the fire tempered the air, I doubt- whether any of us would have lived till morning ; as it was, we suffered greatly, and our stifi'ened and _weary limbs were scarce able to bear us on our way. But it ‘3‘ Now, I was a. boy of twelve, not fond of work, and was just out of the hay-field Where I had been at work since daybreak. I was tired, dusty and hungry. It was two miles into town. I Wanted to get my sup- per, and wash am} dress for sigging school. “ My first impulse was to reffise, and to do it harshly; for I was vexed that he should ask me after my long day’s work. If I did refuse he would go himself. He was a gen- tle, patient old man. But something stopped meâ€"one of God’s good angels, I think; " ‘Of course, fa‘fher, 1’11 take it,’ I said, heartily, giving my scythe to one of the men. He gave me the package. a ‘ annly um. Th“ ’k‘. nah! ‘T \‘nnu rm. “U‘ Thank you: J imf he said, ‘ I was go- ing myself, but somehow I don’t feel very “twig to-dEY-i “fie wallzed with me to the road that turned off to the town ; as he left, he put his hand on my arm, saying again, ‘ Thank you, my son. You’ve always been good to me, J im.’ “ I hurried into town and back again. “ When I came near the house, I saw a crowd of farm hands at the door. One of them came to me, the tears rolling down his face. was our only chance, and we again toiled on, the lighter and more endurin women ap- pearin to suffer less tmm we id. 011 the third ‘ ay we could go no further. ' What our Indian foes had begun, cold and ex- haustign had pompleted ; and after all :our struggles, we lay quietly down to die in a. cave beside the lake. There was neither weeping 110‘ wailing now. Children lay scare 1y conscious on their parents’ knees ; and and in hand, husbands and Wives awaited the coming visitvant, who Would relieve them of all their sufferin gs. ‘Tbe Morning Star of Jafiua, in Ceylon, reports the death of the taxidermist of the Victoria Museum in that town from the bite of a cobra, under curious circumstances. While feeding a cobra, which he thought was harmless from previous extraction of the poison bag, it suddenly hit his hand. For a few minutes he took no notice, think- ing the bite harmless, but pain and nausea soon began. Carbolic acid was applied, liga- tures were bound round the arm, an incison was made at the bite, and the blood of the arm was wholly removed. Various anti dotes were used, but the unfortunate man lost the power of speech, and soon after every muscle seemed to have become par- altylzed, and breathing entirely ceased. Ar- ti cial respiration was, therefore, resorted to, and this operationwas unceasingly con- tinued for nine hours, when at last the pa- tient made an attempt to breathe, and soon regained consciousness enough to make his wants known. He steadily improved until the Friday, the accident having taken place on a Wednesday, and then astonished those around him by statin that during the severe operation of Wednes ay night he was con- scious of all that was taking place, but was unable to make his feelings known, not hav- ing power over a single muscle. It would seem that the posion paralyzed the nerves of motion, but not those of feeling, for he could see and hear and feel, although the physician, even , by touching the eyeball, could get no response either of feeling or consciousness. His partial recovery was, however, followed by a. high fever and in- flammation of the lungs, and he died, per- fectly conscious, on the following Sunday. THE FASTEST TORPEDO BOAT.â€"An aficial trial lately took place at Gravesend of the last new torpedo boat built by Yarrow & Co. for the British Government. A contin- uous run of two .hours was made, during which were six runs of the measured mile. The average speed during the entire run was 22'39 knots per hour. The highest speed on two of the mile runs was 23 knots per hour, or about 26% miles per hour. EFFECT :11? LIGHT 0N PLANTS.â€"From a. series of experiments Sachs a. strange ef- fect of light transmitte through a. solution of sulphate of (iuinine is to be seen upon the blossoming of ants. . Germinated and grown under the infuence of such light, plants, while thriving otherwise, develop only small imperfect and speedin perishable flowers. Light transmitted through pure water did not impair the blossoming powers. Our last night; seemed closing in, when, above the still continuous roar of tlye flames rose a shout of white men. and the next moment a party appeared before the cave. They are Americans from Michela Mackinac where the heavy cloud of smoke along the northern shore had awakened fears for the British post, and our former enemies had nably despatched a hateau across the lake to rescue us if needful ; the crew finding the biockhouse burned, had tracked us across the ice, and overtaken us just in time to save our lives. “I have a little story to tell you, boys, the old doctor said to the young people the other evening. “ One dayâ€"a. long, hot day it had been tooâ€"I met my father on the road f0 town. “ ‘I wish you would take this package to the_ village for me, Jim,’ he said, hesitat- ing:" - . ... .n “ ‘ Your father,’ he said, ‘fell dead just as he reached the house. The last words heggpke we1:e‘ to you.’ . .v. u ‘ 1 “Tm an old main now; but I have thanked God over and over again in all the years that have passed since that hour, that those last words were, ” You’ve always been a. good boy to me.” ENGLISH RABBITS.-â€"A naturalist, who thinks he is conferring a. boot! on the poor people along the New Engln‘ coast, is im- porting fifty Engli‘sh 'ralgbita. He intends £0 tum: them 1503b, and says that in the course of afew years they will have increas- ed to a. wonderful extent. Some Anglo- maniac a few years ago turned a. lot of Eng- lish sparrows loose here and now We know the result. The same may yet be true of the rabbits. ' . Thenext day we arrived at Mackinac, more dead than alive; and though we received every kindness, it was long ere we recovered the efiects of our recent hard- ships and exposure, or ceased to remember with horror the incidents of that siege we had undergone in peacetime. There are 25,810 doctors in Great Britain, or one for every 1,350 inhabitants. In France the »'proportion« ,isvonek for 1,400 : in Austria, Germany,;an «gNorway, one for every 1,500 _: yhdlUn: _ Stayes, one for veryv 660, While in :Russia'there is Ionly one for 6,226. ~ ' ‘ Poisoned by a Cobra. A Good Boy. Mrs. Joseph Paxton, of Rupert, Pa. , cele- brated her lOOth birthday on Christmas day. She was born in the same house in which she now lives, and until ten years ago was active in household duties. Now her mind is active, her appetite good, she reads much, and keeps well informed on the news of the day. Her descendants are 9 children, 29 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. Charles Z&dock, an Anarchist, Whose death in New York is announced, was know as “ Powder Charley.” He could not have been a. very successful Anarchist or he would have been known by a. more terrible name. Powder is a. week and unsatisfactory force in the anarchy line. In North Wales, owingto the mildness of the season, a second crop of peas has been gathered, and wild 1 rimroses are in bloom, A liquor dealer at Charlottetown, P. E. I. , has been sentenced to two mouths’ im» prisonment for a. third violation of the Scott Act. There is money in wood pulp, judging from the demand. One mill in Brunswick, Me., has hard work to keep ahead of its orders, running night and day, and pulp made there has gone to Boston and returned in the shape of newspapers within forty- eight hours. During the first two days of the recent fog in London the receipts of one as com- pany were increased by £l0,000, an it was shown that the fog of twenty-four hours’ duration necessitated an increased supply of gas by the Gaslight 8L Coke Company by 37 per cent., or over 35,000,000 feet I It is estimated that twenty-four hours’ fog in London increases the consumption of coals by one gas company alone to the extent of 3,500 tons. Not favoring anything which may be fair- ly called starvation, it is unquestionably true that there is a. manifest ndvantegejés a. curative means, in resonable fastening, at least to an extent to allow the system to rid itself of all obstructions. As when we have more labor on hand than can be possibly done to-day, some of it must remain till to- orrow, so when we take more food than can be digested in ,the allotted time, or that so difficult of digestion that it cannot be dis- posed of in the usual time, there must be an accumulation, something which serves as an obstruction, an accumulation of materials which need to be disposed of, the whole sy- stem heing more or less clogged. Fasting, therefore, under such circum- stances, is among the most important of the remedial measures. When this is not done, nature, as the next best means to be em- ployed, throws off such ofi'ending matter by vomiting or purging, thus avoiding other forms of disease, if as disease these friend] manifestations may be regarded. I we 1 know that there are persons who believe that one must eat or soon die, but they for- get that Dr. Tanner lived for forty days, taking only water, and that others have lived still longer, and that in high fevers and acute diseases, when the appetite is entirely suspended, several weeks may pass While the patient is fasting. The danger of starvation is not as great as is usually supposed by any means, since the body is composed mainly of the elements of air and water, which, we suppose, may be appropriated in an emergency. Therefore, I am rm in the opinion that at the com- mencement of an acute disease, decided sick- ness may be averted, in nine cases out of ten, by reasonable fasting, at least so long as there is no appetite, with extra bathing, friction of the surface, quiet, rest, a 00d supply of air and sunlight.â€"Dr. Hana 0rd. F. W. Kennie, of San Francisco, says that city has 300 young women who are heiresses to $500,000 or more each, and all are un- married. In the old days of Louisiana many of the Representatives were Creoles who could 308.30er speak a} w_ord_of- English: On account of the large Creole element in the State all acts of the Legislature were 0in ed be to published in both French and Eng ish, and all speeches made in the San- ate were rendered in both languages. For many years Gen. Horatio Davis, of New Orleans, Clerk of the Senate, translated the speeches, and such was his memory that after listening to 11. Speech an hour or two long. he would immediately deliver it in the other language, and with perfect eccur acy. And this was accomplished without the use of any notes, and apparently with- ou_t_a.ny effort. _ The total number of visitor to the Col- onial Exhibition, London, recently closedI was 5,550,749, and the average do.in attend- ance was 33,846. It was an odd Christmas gift that a. New York family found in its hallwayâ€"a blue- eyed baby, to which was tied a. tag with this writ thereon in German script: “ Please let me be your child. I have neither father nor mother.” ‘ No cine could have filled his place, and his services were so highly appreciated and widely known that rival candidates for the office rarely presented themselves. To cor- rectly repeat a. long speech requires an ex- cellent memory, but to translate it as it is delivered, must require almost marvelous powers. For six consecutive Sundays Jay Gould has attended church and the New Yorkers who are keeping tab on him are prepared for almost anything in the way of deviltry from this time on. ‘ The Philadelphia, Humane Society keeps a. boat on runners at the skating club‘s house on the Schuylkill, ready to rescue any one who breaks throu h the ice. It would not be a bad idea to o something of the same kind in Toronto. ' The French Academy has resolved to peti- tion the Government to revoke the decree expelling the Due d‘Aumale, on the ground that he has proved his patriotism by his gift to France of the Chantilly estates. A fa.- vomble reply is expected. A NEW FUEL.~â€"A citizen of Pocahontas, Ia.., has invented a. new fuel, which bids fair to take the place of coal in the prairie countries. He grinds cornstalks and coarse prairie grass together and moistens them. This pulp is pressed into blocks about twelve inches long and four inches thick and dried. One block will give an hour’s steady heat. This fuel can be produced for, $2 a ton, and the inventor claims that it will last twicelas long as the best soft coal. A Wonderful Memory. HERE AND THERE. The Hunger Cnré. The next day they came upon a. man sow- ing corn. ,Some mysterious influence at- tracted him to the travellers. From the countenance of the mother, or from the ear- nest eyes of the child she bore in her arms, a softened gleam of grace descended into his heart. He was very kind to them, and per- mltted them to cross his field, and the young mother, folding her babe yet more closely to her heart, leaned forward, explain- ing to him that they were pursued by ene- mies, “ and if they come this way,” said the sweet, love voice, “ and ask if you have seen In visiting business offices one meets a- great variety of persons. Most are kind, courteous and accommodating; others are fair to medium in that» res ect ; another classâ€"fortunatel very smallâ€"are in ill humor nearly alllthe time, full of gruffness and cranky, having much of the lullul‘e of such unpleasant and fretful animals as lnâ€"‘nI‘S and porcupines ; a fourth class are lan; will and indifferent in their replies to civil guts- tions, and are apt to be tinctured more or less with a sort of sperciliousness and a. well-devoted self-importance. These per- sons appear to think that if they should un- bend, throw off their awful dignity, and try to be accommodating, they would not be es- timated at their true worth and importance. This class is generally composed of youn men who have more conceit than sense, an it requires a good many years for some of them to get cured, the time required for a. cure depending upon the vigor of their men- tal constitutionâ€"Shoe and Leather Gazette. "amov‘sw p mimosaâ€"w- THE NEED or ExaRcrsa.-â€"-M. Buchardt, rofessor of hygiene at the Paris Faculty of edicine, declares that 9. ed people should have exercise for the bene t of all the organs of nutrition and locomotion as well as young eople. He says that the tendency to rest Brings on a. gradual diminution of strength. Moderate exercise, particularly walking, is commended. It is well known that the dis- use of any organ impairs its powers. - Why then should not the aged lose the use of their members the sooner from giving way an inclination for rest? ' DURATION OF HUMAN LIFEâ€"The average duration of life has been made the subject of fresh investigation by a. German statisti- cian, who finds that the lowest average is for the day laborer (thirty-two years), and the highest among those who engage in manual toil is among the gardeners, sailors and fishermen, fifty-eight years. The pro- fessional occupations come even above regu- lar open air occupations, as the averages given show forty-nine years for physicians, fifty-four for jurists, fifty-seven for teachers and sixty-seven for clergymen. “Arise, and take the child and his mother into Egypt,” and they fled through the so- lely} darkpegs of_the night. us n ” I shall say you did not pass this way,” was, Elle 9E8”. Merrlmtiona The‘n the officers moved on, feeling sure that the persons seen by the sewer were not the Holy family, for such fine ripe corn must have been sown some months before. wm Some Sole]: us! In“ sugatc the Sqnando Mystery ? A St. John Globe reporter had a talk with a gentleman who came from Bathurst. He says the ship Squando still lies on the bar about a mile and a half from the beach and about six miles from the town of Bathâ€" urst. He has been on board the vessel on two or three OJcasions. He says that the two watchmen declare that there is some- thing supernatuxal on board. They haw not seen anything, but they have heard. strange noises. One night both men laid down to sleep in the cabins, one in the for- ward cabin and the other in the after cabin. The man who was sleeping aft was aroused during the night by hearing a terrible com- motion going on in the forward cabin. He called out to his mate, and asked him the cause of the noise. Receiving no reply he went to the forward cabin. Stretched on the floor was the body of his companion. Finding that he could not arouse him from his faint by shaking him he dashed a pitcher of water in his face. This brought him to his senses. When asked how he got off his bunk, he said he did not knowâ€"he was thrown out by some invisible hands. On another night the two men walked the deck all night to ascertain if the noises were caused b some practical joker from the shore. lgo one came on board, but the noises were still to be heard in the cabin as if a struggle was going on. The men say they do not believe in ghosts, but they are at a loss to account for the strange, weird things they have heard. The captain of the vessel also persists in saying she is haunted. He has had his cloths torn ofi” him when sleeping at night, by invisible hands. One night he pulled the clothes over his head, and no sooner had he done so than they were stripped off him to his very feet. He, too, declares that he has not seen seen any supernatural beings on board. These tales have awakened considerable interest in the vessel along the North Shore. When the Bw becomes sealed with ice it is probable that a determined effort will be made to lay the ghost, or ascertain from whcnoe the supernatural sounds proceed. “Nayfirsaid the Blessed mother, “you must speak only the truth. Say: ‘They passed me while I was sowing this corn.’ ” g passed me while'I was sowing this corn.’ ”"' ) And the travellers pursued their journey} The next morning the sower was amazed to find that his corn had sprung up and ripened in the night. While he was gazin at it in astonishment, Herod’s officers r0 e up and questioned‘him, - “ Yes, I saw the people of Whom you speak,” said he. “ They passed whileI was sozing this earn.” THE DISTANCE OF THE HORIZON.â€"What is the distance of the horizon from the sea. shore? Owing to the curvature of the earth’s surface the distance between a. spec- tator on the seashore and the dip of the hor- izon becomes greater according'to the height of the spectator above the level of the sea. The rule for measuring this distance is as follows : To the height of the eye in feet add half the height, and extract the square root of the sum, the result being the dis- tance in statute miles. Hence, if the spec- tator’s eye were six feet above the level of the sea. the distance would be three miles ; if his eye were ten feet above the level of the sea. the distance would be nearly four miles, and so on for any height above the sea level. A Legend of the Flight Into Egypt. THE HAUNTED Business Courtesy.