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The Ashuapmouchouan river was left at the mouth of the Shigobiche, one of its tributaries, which we ascended as far as Lake Shigobiche, a fine body of water 30 miles long. Fine trout fishing was had in the Shigobiche river, and along its banks. and in good part of the country surround- ing the lake the richest of soil was found, yielding wild grass waist high. Any num- ber of fresh bear tracks were seen, showmg this country to be a. perfect hunter's psi-a» dise. The scenery about Lake Shigobiche is most beautiful. The water is studded with islands, and Mount Shigobiche, upon the borders of the lake, rises abruptly to a height of 600 feet. On an island in one of the lake’s picturesque bays was discovered an old lndian cemetery, marked by many mounds, beautifully located in s birch grove. Mr. Stuart wanted to camp there, but the guides refused, being afraid to dis- turb the spirits of the dead. A portage of two miles trom the lake brou ght them into the Riviere de la Cote Creche. which des- cended to Lake Ashanpmouehouanâ€"the headwaters of the river of that nameâ€"â€" which is also a. large lake, and surrounded by splendid soil. as is also the Nicaubau river, which they reached by a. short portâ€" age, and ascended its frightful rapids where they Were very nearlv swamped, reacning first Little, and then Great Lake Nicaubau. All through this section of the country lnrge numbers of ducks were seen. and splendid sport can be hsd here in the fall of the year, On a, point of land at the en- trance of the lake they found some twenty bems’ heads stuek upon poles, and smaller numbers of them had been seen similarly treated at various other localities during the journey. Beaver skulls Were often, The first quarter of the journey consisted of the ascent of the lower portion of the Ashuepmuuchouon, one of Lake St. John’s immense tributaries, for about a hundred miles, parts of which are only navigated with the greatest difficulty,on account of the wild rapids. Only three days up from Lake St. John Stuart met tWo Indian hunters bringing down no less than thirteen bear skins to sell. Bears are exceedingly plentiful here, and, in fact. throughout the whole of this northern country. Their tracks are seen in abundance upon all the portages. The Pemonke rapids are the most dangerous of the Ashuapmouchouan series, and must be faced in canoes, the high clitfs on either side of them forbidding the possibility ol portaging around them. ‘ Sometimes in paling up them it is im- possible to find the bottom, and then the‘ canoes are violently swept down stream at imminent risk of destruction. Up the perpendicular clifl‘s at the sides the Indians declare that one of their sorcerers, some few years ago, Walked to the top like a fly, bringing down with him a number of birds’ nests and their eggs: and they Add, with a shake of the head, that, “it was not with the aid of the good God, but rather With the assistance of the devil,” that he did it. Amphibious human beings, called by the Indians “ river men,” are believed by them to have formerly occupied parts of Canada, and Father Charlevoix, in his Works, tells some curious stories concerning them that were repeated by the Indians to the first discoverers of the country. Mr. Stuart’s guides pointed out to him the exact spot in the Pemonka, rapids where, as they allege, the last survivor of this now extinct race was ruthlessly slaughtered by a. Mistassini Indian, who, accompanied by his wife and family, was descending them on his way to the St. Lawrence to hunt porpoises., It was about fifty years ago, and the guides pretend to have known some old Indians who saw the Mistassini hunter when he reached Lake St. John, To them he boasted that he had killed the river man. “I shot him in the back with a slug from my rifle,” he said, “ while he was swimming down the rapids, and he turned a. number of somerseults and disappeared.” The Indians were horror-stricken, and told him that he had committed a. dreadful deed, and that something awful was sure to hep- pen him. “ I don’t care,“ was the answer of this bold, bad man. “ I would do it ‘ again. I would kill the devil if I was to meet him." But tradition says that the Indians warned him truly, and that in de- scending the heavy rapids of the discharge of Lake St. John his canoe was overturned, bot-h himsalf and his family were drowned, and the murder of the “ river-msn’ was avenged. Van Quantities 0! (3mm: Me: on the Bonn â€"Beors In Abundanceâ€"Some Cur-Ions Ind|an Snucntluons~“’here the Fool or Whine Mun Has never ‘l‘rod Before-â€" The Successful Trip ornicul‘ch Explor- er In Canada. With no other companion than his four Indian guides, 51 young Scotchmnnâ€"Archi~ bald Stuartâ€"who is visiting this country for sport, has just succeeded in doing what no other white man alone has done. He has made in safety this summer the entire trip from Lake St. John, Quebec, to Miltsuini, :hâ€" gth inland spa in the fsr North, going by "one route and mun-hing by another. He has brought bsck with him an immense amount of the legendary lore and tribal superstitions of the peculiar aborigines inhabiting the interior of this for Northern country, has interviewed their oohjurors. secured the first set of photo- graphs obtained of Mistassini’s surround- ings, discovered a succession of magnificent hunting grounds, offered superb attractions for the sportsman and tourist. and found very large areas of merchantable timber, and vast tracts of magnificent land,admir- ably suited for agricultural purposes, where there was hitherto supposed to be nothing buts. worthless wilderness. Mr. Stuart’s journey lasted from the 27th June to the 29th July, but to make it in comfort at least six weeks to two months would be‘ required. It means a forest and stream trail, going and returning, nearly a thou- sand miles long. V SIT TO THE UNKNOWN INLAND ' SEA OF THE NORTH. UN LAKE MISTASSINI. SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. BEARS 1N9 ABUS DANCE. A piece of bread, not too fresh, will re- move all dirt from shades; never use oils. 'A few years since I was riding on the engine of a. fast express. The engineer threw open the from window,andl caught a cinder that gave me the moan excrutiaung pain. Ibegan to rub the eye with both hands. “ Let your eye alone and rub the other eye" (this from the engineer). I thought he was chafing me, and worked the harder. “I know. you docoora think you know it, all, butif you will let that eye alone and rub the amber one, the cinder will be out in W." minutes.” persisted the engineer. I be ~.u Lu rub the other eye; soon I felt the cmder down near the inner centhus, and maple ready no make iL om. “ Let it; alone and keep at, the well eye." shouted che doctor pro :em. I did so for a. minutelonger. andlooai'ng law a. small glass he gave me found Ll. : ofiender on my cheek. b‘iuce then I have tried it many times and have advised many admire, and have never known in to fail in cup instance, unless it was something sharp aa a piece of sbeelor something that cut inLo the ball and required an operation to rename it. In mounting a shade on spring place a; ring end to the lefc. Advice of an Engineer Regarding the Re, muval orCllIdu-s N-ine persons out of every Len with a cinder or any foreign substance in the eye will instantly begin to rub the eye with one hand while hunting for their handkerchief with the other. They may, and amnetimes do, remove Lne offending cinder, but, more frequeucly they rub until ihe eye becomes inflamed, bind a. handkerchief around lhe head, and go to bed. This is all wrong. The better way is 1105 to rub the eye With him cinder in it at all, but rub the other eye as vigorously as you like. The trip irom Lake St. John to Mis- tassini had occupied over three weeks. The return was made within a week. Often nearly a hundred miles a day were made in running down the heavy rapids which had been poled up with such diffi- culty. But the high rate of speed at which the rapid current carried down the canoes added materially to the perils of the descent. Several narrow escapes Were experienced on the way, and one canoe was swamped and sunk, and with it was lost a. quantity of provxsions. So short of supplies did the party become that for a. :day or twa before regaining civilization they had to depend upon the ducks and partridges which they were compelled to ‘ kill out of season, and upon the ouannniche and other fish. which they caught in great profusion. The return, too, {or the first two-thirds of the way after leaving Mistas- unit was by a diflerent and more direct route than they were able to take in ‘ ascending, and they early entered the; River Chef, 3 large, long, and rapid l tributary of the Ashuapmouchouan. On this route they portaged a number of very beautiful falls, found numerous signs of beaver and bear, passed large quantities of excellant soil upon both sides of the height of land, and saw innumerable quantities of ducks upon all the waters through which they passed. Mr. Stuart has brought back with him a splendid collection of pictures illustrative of what he had seen upon his trip, which possesses special interest from the risk which attended it, the large amount of splendid land louud upon it, and the immense facilities of the country travelled as a resort for sportsmen ready to undergo some difficulties and run some risks to obtain successful hunting and fish- ing Where scarcely any white man has had it before him. Various small portages and short Canoe routes, known only to the Indians. brought the party to the height of land, in the neighbtmnoJ or Wlnuli hem ur Were 130 ex- ceedingly plentiful that the paddling of the canoe was constantly interrupted by their villages and dams. Considerable swampy ground was found here, and im- mense quantities of partridqes. Lovers of the gun will be nhle to enjoy magnificent sport here in the shooting season. On the 14th July they reached Lake Obategooman, where ducks ware plentiful, as well as partridges, and so were beaver. otter, and bear. Whitefish were plentiful in meat of the waters beyond the height of land. trout were found in most of the smaller streams on route, and pike and dore abound every- where. Ohatagooman is a very large lake, but nobody knows its size, for it has never been explored. Someof the lakes intervening between it and Lake Mistassini appear on none of the maps. One of them is at least 35 miles long, and to all of them resort very large quantities of ducks. Mistassini was reached on the 19th Julyâ€"a great inland sea of overs hundred miles in length. Near its southern point is a post of the ‘ Hudson Bay Company, consisting of three or [our small lug buildings, the and human habitation on or near the great la e. The residents of the post draw all their supplies from J ames bay, and the factor. Mr. Mil- ler, had gone for them when Mr. Stuart visited the past. They had run so short of provisions there that fiohr had not been seen at the post since spring, the only food supply there being carp and suckers. Mr. Stuart gave them some flour and canned meats, which they gratefully accepted. Splendid-looking potatoes and other vege- tables were growing in agarden at the post, but could not be used till September. The l soil is excellent. ,Some of the residents of the post, including Miss Miller, daughter‘ of the agent, a very bright young women, have never visited civrlization, and never even seen a. cow. also, so found, and as in the case of the bears, a piece of tobacco was usually found in their mouths. The honor thus shown the animals of their chase is supposed by the Indian to gratify their spirits. Thus when the spirit of the bear revisits the scene of his former exploits, and sees the respect which has been shown his head, he is expected to say to himself. “Hello 1 they have treated me well here," or soma- thing of the kind, and in the shnp e of the living of his species, to continue to frequent the locality. Mr. Stuart pulled out the teeth of one of the skulls to bring home with him. much to the horror of the Indians, who said that such indignity to the bear could not fail to have an injurious efiect upon the fortunes of those who hunted over these grounds. RUB THE OTHER EYE. TIIE GREAT INLAND SEA A RAPID RETURN- roller, Toonhache: Oh no. He only tried to read aloud the names of a. few of the Chinese War ships. Bulfan has a city hall that can $1,350, 000, Over 90,000,000 bushels of grain have passed through Buffalo going east in a single season. gréphic inscrumen Ls Lick ouc'bhe despatches. The-plan is to have the order written out an the place of sending and then have the sender spell out. each word, the let- ters of which are written will be down by the receiver as he hears them at the other end. In other words, theletbers of the message will be spoken instead of ticked 03', as they are now, by the Morse system. I believe that, the use of ’phones by railroads, with such a. safeguard as that I have desciibed,will prevent. a great many of the errors that. now slip into important orders and Which cause 80 much delay as well as 9. considerable number of acci- dents.” Telephone vs. Telegraph. “A good many of the railroads are ser- iously considering the use of the telephone in place of the telegraph for the transmlfi' aion of train orders,”said a western railroad man. “ On the Pennsylvania, Lehigh Val- ley, and the New York Central telephones are new in use for this purpose between many of the principal stations, and are found to be a great improvement over the telegraph. The great difiiculty that has oppeored to have interposed itself against the use of the telephone for sending train orders has been the fact that under such a system there remains no written record of the orders transmitted or received, and railroad employes are not considered infal- lih!e enough for the companies to trust to their memories of what they said or what they heard. It has been suggested, how- ever, that such a. record can be as easily kept when telephones are used when tele- oi Oki, here the showman declared he had unearthed the great, find. The reply was in this inskance fatal to dishonesny, the whole awry being declared an art-ant. uncruLh. Confronted with these incomm- vertible proofs, the man finally made a. clean breast of it, giving a. minute descrip- tion otme manner in which he had made the skeleton. Horse teeth inserted the wrong way were placed in the “denmn’s "mouth, giving the skull a. most ferocious expression. Two horns remained to be soldered on, in strict accordance with the received tra ditious of demons in Japan, and here again the horns of an ox were put into requisition. In order tn make the horns leok old and well worn he first boiled them in nitric acid and then polished them with tokusa, the equiestum or “ scouring rush,” a. plant containing much silicia. The spine, ribs, and sundry other bones were made out of those of horses and oxen. To disguise their original color and give them an ancient appearance he besmeared them with a mix- ture of lime and powdered gallnut; and so particular Was he that he even caused a little hair to grow on the skull by cover- ing it with a strip of cat’s skin. After completing his exhibit the next. thought was to obtain a document guaranteeing its genuineness. To this effect he composed a written paper, taking great care to give it. with the aid of sundry chemicals, the requisite frayed and aged look, after which, by touching it with honey here and there, be caused it to be uxawzn BY worms keeping it for this purpose for several days Iin a box wherein he had previously placed some bookworms. These thorough prepara- tions being complete, he set cm. on a. swind- ling tour in February of this year, and earned a substantial sum by exhibiting his handiwork. But fate was lying in wait for him at Kumamoto. The fraud was detected, and the swmdling threeâ€"the skeletonv the document, and the mam-were imprisoned. Yet it. was by no means easy to unmask the fellow. Letters were forwarded to the district office in Bingo, where he was regis- tered, and the answer elicited the fact that he was traveling under an alias. Another letter was then despanched to the looall authorities of acertsin district in the island A most ingenious swindle: recently met with punishment at the hands of the Kunm- moto police authorities, after having for three months imposed on the credulity of the people, says the Japan Mail. He ex- hibited what he was pleased to call “ the skeleton of a demon,” and in Connection with this has been convicted of a most dar- ing duplicity and sent up 101- a long term to a place where flesh-and-blood demons are of not infrequent occurrence. This Japanese is one Michigami Komro, u native ofa village in Bingo, his real profession being that of n paper-banger (bioguye). Being dissatisfied with the profits derived from harm-i. trades in rnnnm’vnd the Mn: of manufacturing the skeleton of a demon of the good old-fashioned Shutendoji type, believing that he would make a fort-me by exhibiting it. In manufacturing the huge skull he used the crandnl bones 01 horses and oxen. These he joined together most deftly by covering them on the inner side with skin taken from the This one WM 3 Fraud and the Swlmllcr Was Punished. They Were Jawbreakers. A JAPANESE DEMON. STOMACH OF AN 0X. sumit rather than the form of flower. Jhbnny (reflectivél})â€"~“ Maybe it green." Little ELhelâ€"“ I wonder why Adam and Eve had such a awful time just because they me one link; apple ‘2” In 1893 3,341 ships passed through the Suez Canal, yielding $68,009,000 in dues; The canal is only eighty-eight. miles long, but it reduced the distance from England to India, by sea, nearly 4,000 miles. Diamonds still glitter round the inacces- sible heights of the dome, though many of the most valuable jewels were picked cm of their settings by successive conquerors of Agra. The jewelled embroidery of Taj is one of the most exquisite refinements of the art, which, in obedience to Moslem creed, refrains from the exact representation of any natural object. while suggesting with marvelous fidelity every variety of tropical \egetation in a manner which indicates the Splendors ol’ the Great White Temple ol‘l India. Four sky-piercing minarets, white as driven snow, stand, one at each corner of the spacious marble platform, to remind the pilgrim that the Taj Mahal is a palace of perpetual prayer. This idea is enforced by the presence of an immense sandstone mos- que on either side of the sacred temple of death, and the snowy purity of this crown and flower of Mogul art. is emphasized by the ruddy domes and minarets which flank the white terrace on which it, stands. As We approach the great flights of max- ble steps a. nearer view reveals the fact that dome and Cupolas, walls and minarets of the Taj Mahal are richly inlaid with an in Lricate mosaic of precnous stones and costly marbles, which, instead of detracting from the general efl‘ecb ofdazzling whiteness, only enhance the almost transparent. delicacy of the {airy fabric. Rock crystal and coral,gar- net and sapphire, amethyst; and turquoise gleam amid agate and curueliau, jasper anu lapis lazuli from the many-colored marbles which relieve the back ground of all»permd- ing white. Omher boats are constrntted with fewer bedrooms, but more saloon accommodation; the Lil has a. large saloon and two dining- rooms. Some boats, although nos of great length and without tender, make up for the area. in having great wid ch. The Rouge en Nair, which is certainly in the firm rank, if not the best all-round boac on the river, is only 50 feet long, but 25 feet beam ren- ders her very roomy, giving a. fine saloon and five large bedroom. Splendors o! the are Many frequenters of the river think, with reason, that the length of a houseboat should not exceed fifty feet. The present tendency is decidedly toward craft of an inconveniently large size, due principally to the spirit of rivalry which possesses owaers now that the original type of houseboat has retired in favour of the floating reside. nee, with its luxurious furnituie. The accommodation on one of the large tender boats, such as the Summerholme or Me- rrivale, would be much asiollowa:~Saloon, 20 feet to ‘25 feet long, by 16 feet or 17 feet: two large and four small bedrooms, with perhaps bathroom and pantry; with kitchen, and rooms for three or {our servants, on the tender. In size houseboata vary greatly, and many owners with fairly good accommoda- tions add to it by the provision of a tender. Of this class are the Lil, which, with her accompanying tender (usually, but not al- ways, devoted to the kitchen and servant’s rooms), totals 119 feet 6 inches; the Merri- vale, with 116 feet 6 inches ; the Summer- holme, 109 feet 5 inches ; Grantully Castle, 97 feet ; Undine, 95 feet 3 inches; and Cs- price, 90 feet. Of hosts which dispense with the tender, but are notable for size, may be mentioned the Water Lily, 90 feet :2 inches; Kismet. and St. Helena, 90 feet each ; Red Rover, 85 feet; Corinthian, 84 feet 6 inches ; Notre Dame, 81 teet'; Prin- cess of Wales, 80 feet 5 inches ; while hosts between sixty and eighty feet are common. Fifty feet is perhaps the most convenient length for a. houseboat, and s. well-planned craft of this size has excellent accommoda- tion, with five or six bedrooms. large saloon, and kitchen. The saloon, to, is often flitt- ed for conversion into a sleeping Apartment in case of the emergencies which often arise during regatta. times, when owners of houseboats can always rely on BUSINESS on CLK‘B PURPOSES such as college barges, craft for the conveni~ ence of boat-builders, or [or swimming and rowing clubs. These are all subject to a considerably smaller fee than is charged for che simple pleasure boat. "I?! Are Incl-clung In Numbers and in Convenience. To the foreign or casual visitor to the Thames, perhaps the greatest revelation is that of houseboat life, founded on the fleet- ing glances obtained through the hurried launch journey which is as much a part. of a tourist’s programme as a visit to the Towar, the British Museum, or any other sesort unknown to the ordinary Londoner. says the Pall Mall Gazette. The original idea of the use of a houseboat, that of “roughing it,” has long since departed, save 1n the case of a few wretched craft. Those not thoroughly acquainted with the mysteries of existence on the river have probably little conception of the namber oi houseboats on the Thamto, the accommoda- tion afforded, and the many arrangements made for the provisxon of every comfort for their occupants. With regard to numbers, on turning to authentic conservancy docu~ men is’ we find that the last list of registered houseboata and tenders contains 1.53 names of ordinary craft, besides 43 stationary ves- sels. There is a class comprising boats used more or less for HOUSEBOATS ON THE THAMES A LENGTHY VISITORYS LIST. A Good Memory. TAJ MAHAL. :31 am To shorten a, roller for window with in. side shutters, measure from the tip on upriug side and aHow half inch for roller md; it. will then roll freely in the brackets. Always see than roller is cut hue, and that roller end is free Iro.n impuisctions arising from casting. To properly Wind 3 spring roller for or- dinary length shades, fifteen to aixteen revolutions are sufficient. If the shade ls tacked on properly will hang towards the window. To fit, a. shade to a. window with inside shutters, measure inside moulding next: to shutters. shade rolled up. To strengthen the spring draw the ah down Bfew revolutions, remove roller iuom brackets, roll up shade and replace. If the spring is too strong, remove rolle from brackets with shade rolled up no roll a. few turns and replace. shade rolled Buy also a scrubbing machine ; it is ewin Worked after the order of a. sweeger, and it saves an immense amount of time, as also the back, knees and clofibing of whoever has the acmbbmg to do. The Allndin oven is invaluable, 38.83%. 3.150 kerosene and oil stoves. Window~shades Hints. In replacing a window shade than 4 been torn from the roller, use nothing but. oue‘ounue moks; longer tacks injure the spring. Always fasten Me round hole bracket on. the right hand side of the window. The ordinary method of cleaning plate is first to wash in Well With soap and warm water ; when perfectly dry mix bogemer a little whiting and sweet. oil, so as to maxe- aaoin pastenhen take a piece of flannel, rub it on the plane then rub it With 2:, Chamois and plenty of dry whiting and clean off again, giving a. final polish with; clean chamois and a brush. The actual manner in which Silva-smiths clean their plate and produce the beautiful polish so much admired is by the application of range powder. This is applied after the first cleansing has been done by zhe whining process. The rouge powder is mixed With water to about. the thickness of cream and applied with a, piece of leather. This with. a. lime rubbing will produce an edmiwbler polish. Fumigation With Brimstone;- In order to fumigabe a. room properly with sulphur, every crack and crevice, even the keyholea, must, be filled in, so: mere will be no chance for the fumes to esâ€" cape to the other parbé of the house. RE‘ member thazsulphur is a powerful bleacher and will probably take the color out. 01 the wall paper or of any material left in the room. It will turn gilding black and corrode any metal. Therefore the room must be stripped of all draperies, curtains and anything with metal tnmmings. Plain wood furniture does not seem to be injured in any way by the fumes. Allow two pounds of broken sulphur or brimstone to every thousand cubic feet, in the room, and one pound of flowers of sulphur. Put the sulphur in an old tin or iron saucepan, and isolate it from the floor by naming it on two bricks in a. pan of ashes or sand. Put the broken sulphur in firm, pour the flowers of sulphur over it, add two tablespoonluls of alcohol, set the whole on fire with a match and leave the room aa quickly as possible. Let the room remain tightly closed fox- thirty- six hours, then open and air it. it the sulphur has all been burned, as it should l’e. every particle of animal life in the room .I.UBU have been destroyed. Not. fly or even one of Ind WorEL pests of a be» room can survive um, treatment. of patent polishing powders, But 05 course there are other powders which may be relied upon. Beware of powders that, conmin quicksilver, which is said so far 10 penetrate and render silver brittle that it; will even brake With a fall. Whiting properly purified and applied Web is one of" Lhe easiest. safest, and certainly the cheap- est. of all plate powders. Jewelers and silversmlths seldom use anything else for small articles. Silver Plate. Many excellent housewives commia the mistake of rubbing their silver to a prema- ture condition of shabbineas by an overuse Housekeeping Tools. Evy housekeeping is nugmentedtliy hav- ing sufficient kitchen utensils. The delici- ous breakfast mufi‘ms that we all enjoy so much cannot be made in every house, because there are not always rings. An old-fashioned boiled dinner would be a. delightful change in many households, but there is often only one available pot ; all the others leak. The first one to need repair was not soldered, and one after anr other has met n similar fate, until now. nearly all the contents of the tin closet are waiting for the arrival of the tinker, This argues bad management. Every leak. phnnld ha grnppgd of Guns! n. ‘gpearg. Alwfisye place roilerx'n brackéta w THE HOME.