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Whven Playerâ€"restless, quarrelsome, drink-loving Piwp0t~and his swar- fihy, hawkâ€"faced following of Ore-es and Sultaux, hundreds of them, spread the circle of their many smoke-tanâ€" niedtzepees near Lhe construction line (Pf the Canadian Pacific Railway, be- yond Swift Current, where was inaug- urated the preliminary of a massaCre, an Indian war, the driving out of the railway hands, or whatever other fanciful fotrm of entertainment the teriile brain of Pinprot migr‘hlt devise. That’s the personnel of the N. W. M. P. on paper. . A force of 750 men to guard a territory stretching from the Great Lakes to the Rockies, and from the forty-ninth parallel, the boundary of the United States, to the Arctic Ocean! How they can accomâ€" plisth it with such efficiency as they do, guarding half a continent, peopled by warlike Indians, so well that a white man may walk from one. end of it to the other, unarmed and alone, with greater security than he could pass from Castle Garden to Harlem in New York City, is just matter of won« derr. Here are flhjree illustrations; they, perhaps pixvture the. method: anmber 01 omeers and Men In the Force â€"’l‘llelr Bale of Payâ€"Lend the Life of a Regular Soldler In Barracksâ€"Some lu- cldenls of Their Llfe on the l'lnlns, and Showlng Their (‘oolness In Face 0! Great Ibaugrr. In 1873, 150 men were sent to Mani- toba from eastern Canada. That was the beginning of the Northwest Mount- ed Police. The following year, the force, 300 strong, marched to the Rocky Mountains. That was the be- ginning of the movement which has culminated in the dominating of the Whole of the Northâ€"west Territories by Chase men. VViLhin a few years the force was increased to 500 men, and during the Riel rebellion it numbered 1,000. It was divided into ten divis~ ions, each division being designated by a letter and the depot. In 1894, it was reduced to 750 men. Last year there were in the Northwest Terri- tories 548 men ; in the Yukon, 184. The ten divisions are posted in different; parts of the Northwest. There are three divisional headquarters near the United States boundary line. In each division there are outposts, with from two to ten men eachl. . ‘THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILI- TIES IN THE NORTH-WEST. The fullâ€"dress uniform is a scarlet tunic with yellow facings, blue cloth breeohes with yellow- stripes, white helmet, cavalry boots, and cavalry overcoat. In winter wfur coats and moccasins are worn when neczesSary. A serviceable khaki uniform and cow- boy ihat are used for rough Work on the prairie in summer. In barracks the life is regulated on military prin- ciples. Every quarter or half hour the bugle calls the men to some duty â€"sta5bles, parade, meals, lights out- just as in a military camp. The men havo their rations, their mess, and t‘heir canteen. Each constable looks after his own horse. Each commis- sioned officer has a “batsman,” or body servant, told off from among Lbs nomstaibles. [He pays this man $5.00 per month additional out of his own pocket. The batsman is relieved o£ guard and some other duties. Mechanâ€" iics ofi all descriptions are employed in the [orceg they do most of the build- ing, and all of the repairing to bar- ness, wagons, buildings, etc. iG’ANADA’S SOLDIER PULIGE The police officers are: a commis- sioner and an assistant commissioner; and, in each division, a superintendâ€" ent and two inspectors. At headquarâ€" ters there are two extra inspectors, one as quartermaster and the other as paymaster. -Five surgeons look after the health of the police at the principal posts. A veterinary surgeon and an assistant veterinary surgeon are at- tached to the force, while each division has a veterinary sergeant to look af- ter the horses. The pay of these sev- eral officers is as follows: Commi- sionem', $2,630 per year; assistant cornâ€" miesioner, $1,600 pew year; superin- tendents, $1,400 per year; inspectors, $1,000 per year; surgeons and veter- inary surgeons, $1.000; staff sergeants, $1.25 'to $2.00 per day; duty sergeants, $1.00 per day; oorporals, 85 cents per day; constables, 50 to 75 cents per day. The Evil One Injusi hxavevlooked down "THEY SL'OUBED THE LAND FAR AND WIDE." “711940 the young bucks had withâ€" drawn to their own camp,.the sergeant persuaded Sitting Bull and the others to ream'm still a little longer, cihiefly At a Sign Sitting Bull and the’chie‘fs made. toward the door; but there were interruptions â€" red-mated objections And the rifles oi the chiefs were stackâ€" ed in the yard outside. Sitting Bull, like Pia‘pot, had brains; likewise was he a good general. He nodded apâ€" provingly at this coup d’etttt, and told one of the chiefs to go out and send t'he boys away. Outside the little stockade it was p]ay»day in Bedlam. The young bucks rode, and Whooped, and fired their guns; They disLurbed the harmony of the afternoon tea, as the sergeant ex- plained to Sitting Bull. “Send your men away,” he [Odd him. The Sioux chief demurred again. “Semi 11mm away,” Izepeated the serâ€" geant, "if you have any authority over them." There were twenty policemen back- img Sergeant McDonald; with the Chief there were at least 500 warriors; so what followed was really an affair of prestige more. than of force. When Sitting Bull arrived at the little pickâ€" et gate of the post, he threw his squat figure from his pony, and in his usual generous, impetuous manner,. rushed forward and thrust the muzzle of his gun into Sergeant McDonald’s stomâ€" ach, as though he would blow the whole British nation into smithereens with one pull of his finger. McDon- ald was of the sort that take things coollyâ€"he. was tmpriioal of the force. He quietly pushed the gun to one side, and told the five chiefs to step inside, as he was receiving that afternoon. When they passed through the little gate, he invited them to stack their arms in the yard, and come inside the shack and pow-wow. They demurred, but 'lhe sergeant was firm; finally the arms were stacked and the chiefs went inside to discuss matters with the police. Again: After the killing of Custer, stilling Bull becaime amore or less ord- erly tenant -of her Majesty the Queen. Wltlh' 800 lodges he camped at Wood Mountain, just over the border from Montana. An arrow’s flight from his tepees was the Northwest Mounted P0- lice post. One morning the police disâ€" oovered six dead Sau‘ltaux Indians. They had been killed and scalped in the most approved Sioux fashion. Eacth tribe has a trade-mark of its own in *the way of taking scams: some are broad, some are long, some round, some ellipdicel, some more or less square. These six Indians had been scalped according to the Sioux design. Also a seventh Sanitaux, a mere lad and still alive, had seen the thing done- The police buried the six dead warâ€" riors, and took the live one with them to the police post. Sitting Bull’s re- putation was not founded on {his modesty, and with characteristic au- davil’y he came, accompanied by four mi-nom ulhiefs and a herd of hoodlum warriors, and made a demand for the seventh Saultauxâ€"the boy. gony spirit-war-damo. When the ifteern minutes were up, the sergeant threw his picket-line to the constable, dismounted, walked over to Chief Pia- pot’s grotesquely painted tepee, and calmly knocked the key~pole out. The walls OI the palace collapsed; the smoke-grinned roof swirled down like a drunken balloon about the ears of Piapot’s harem; All the warriors rushed for their guns. But the ser- geant continued metihlodically knock- ing key-poles out, and Piupot saw Lhat the game was up 'He had either got to kill the sergeantâ€"stick his knife in- to the heart of the 'Whole British na- tion by the murder of this unruffled soldierâ€"0r give in and move away. He whose the latter course, for Piapot bad brains. The seggéam 'catimly gave him fif- teen minutes in which to commence striking camp. The result was fifteen minutes oi abuseâ€"nothing more. The young bucks rode their ponies M the police horses, and jostled the sergeant and {his companion. They screamed defiance at him, and fired their guns under his charger‘s nose and close to his head, as they circled about in their with aatisfaotiom upon the assembly; there were navvies of wonderful and elastic moral construction; bad Inâ€" dians with insane alcoholic aspirations; subservient squaws; and this keystone of the whole mob of iniquityâ€"whiskey. The railway management sent a re- monstrance to the power. The Lieuâ€" tenant-Governor issued an order; and two policemen, two plain, red-coated, blue-trousered policemen, rode forth cafrytng her Majesty’s commands. Not a brigade, nor a regiment, nor atroop; not even a (Homp‘any. Even the offi- cer bearing the written order was but a sergeant. Witt-h him was one conâ€" stable. That was the force that was to move this turbulent tribe from the good [huntingâ€"ground they had struck to a secluded place many miles away. It was like turning a king off-his throne. Piupot refused to move, and treated the bearer of the Pale-face Mother’s message as only a blackâ€" guamd Indian can {treat a man who is forced to listen to 'h‘is insults without retaliating. the wound he had made in shipâ€"shape fashion, just noticing, whilst I pulled 011 my clothes, that this young gentle- man mad Left the‘ bed, and was out of the room, though I scarce gave the matter a moment’s heed, being too anxious to get the bleeding stopped to think of anything else. I bundled down like staircase, and as I arrived on the pavement, a group of men pounced upon me. They were a press- gang from the firstâ€"rate the Thunder- er, lying in the Downs. I tried to .make ’em undemtand my condition; but instead of listening, they turned to and gagged me, and carried me, dripping as I was, which they would- n’t take. much notice of in the dark, down to a bitt of a pier on tins!a hmnhh \Vorkso-p seemed to emerge with his prodigiously elongated countenance out of a very trance or stup‘efaction of astonishment. He wiped his brow, threw a bewildered look around, dried his lips, and begun.‘ “Your honor,” he said, "this is how it was; and I do hope Heaven’ll for- give me for being the involuntary cause of this poor gentleman’s most tremendious sufferings. He comes lo bed on that precious night all right, just as he says, and found me a bit growling and surly, I dessay, for the fact was, your h‘onor. that same after- noon, unbeknown to anybody belonging‘ to The Lonely Star, I’d called upon a barber that was a stranger to \me to let me some blood for an ugly pain I had in my side; and when this poor- young fellow came to bed, I was lying very uneasy with the smart of the wound the barber had made. Well, I fell asleep, but wasawakened by feel- ing my side cold and damp. There was light enough coming through the window, as this young man has al- ready mld your honor, to throw things out middling visible; and with half an eye I saw that I was bleeding badly,, and that if I didn’t look sharp, Imustl lose more blood than I was ever likely ‘ to gel back again. I dressed myself in a hurry, meaning .to run round to the‘ barber’s house, Lhat he might strap upi rLr .,,,,, Once again he hid his face, and his strong frame shook with a violent fit of Bobbing. They waited until he had collected himself, burning as they were with curiosily to hear Worksop’s story, for the solution of the amazing mys- tr‘y must lie in that. my guilt, but they thought it hard, perhaps, that a young fe-llow should die for a crime he: swore he had never committedâ€"that he should suffer death on no stronger evidence than some bloodâ€"marks and a knife and a coin, when by rights they should have found the murdered man’s money up- on him, besides making sure that he was dead," glancing as he spoke at VVorksop, "by the discovery of his body. Sir, my sweetheart got to hear of this feeling and worked upon it, and got a number of young fellows to hang about the gibbe-t and shore me up, as is often done, I’m told, after! the cart had been drawn away. The rope was too long, my feet touched the groundâ€"that’s what, they told me. ‘It all went black with me soon after I felt the tightness in my throat; and when I recovered my mind, I found myself, in a little cottage someway the Deal side of Sandwich! with my sweet- heart, Jenny, kneeling by my side, and a Sandwich barber lettian blood from my am. What was then to be done, sir, being a live man, but to get out of the country as fast as I could? Jenny helped to disguise me, gave me all the money she had, having spent what the owners 0[ my ship had sent ‘her on a lawyer to defend me at the trial; and walking as far as Ramsgate I found a vessel there that. wanted a. man; and coming to the Thames after a coasting trip ,I signed for the West Indiaman out of which I have just been pressed. That’s the truth of the story, sir, as Heaven hears me.” "And now, what’s your yarn 3” says the captain. Jeremy York. "I am comlng to that, sir,” said York respectfully. "Everybody was against me whilst I lay in jail await- ing my trial at the assizes; but after I had been sentenced to be hanged, there came a bit of a change in some folk’s ll‘linds; not that they doubted Not a sign of annoyance had escaped either 01 the constables up to the time a big Indian stepped up directly in in front of Jack Collins and spat in his face. Whirra, whirro‘ol A big mutton-leg fist shot through the prairie air, and the Sioux brave, with broken nose, lay like a crushed moc- casin at Jack’s feet. "Take that, yo black basrtei" h‘e hissed between his clenched teeth. "An’ ye’ve made me disobey orders, ye foul fiend!” Then he marched his prisoner into the pest, and reported his misconduct for striking an Indian. The three pris- oners were sent to Regina, and tried for file murder. 1 do not know whethâ€" er Jack was punished for his handiâ€" work or not, though it is quite likely that he was strongly censured at Them Constable ‘Collinsâ€"big Jack Collins, wild Irishman and all the rest 'of itâ€"went over to the Sioux camp, accompanied by two fellow-policemen, and arrested three of the Slayers of the dead Indians. It was like going through the Inquisition .for .1118 fun of the lhing. The Indians jostled and shoved them, and fired their pistols and guns about their ears, whirled their knives and tomahawks dangerâ€" ously close, and indulged in every oth- er species of tonm-ent their vengeful minds could devise. But big Jack and ‘his comrades hung on to their prisonâ€" ers, and steadily worked their way along to ‘the post. least. by force of the red-coated arguments he brought to bear upon them. "Tarry here, brothers,” he said, "until I send Constable Collins and two other: of my men to arrest the murderers of the dead Indians. Thle Sathaux are subâ€" jects oi the Queen, and we cannot al- low them to be killed for the fun of the 'thing. Also has the boy told us who the murderers are.” was strbmgly cefisured avt (To be Con tlu ued.) Coraâ€"I sup-pose you wanted to break the news yourself? Thus, says our Hibernico-Egyptian correspondent, “ Hip, hip, hurrah,” can well be EgyptoJrish, only the transâ€" lation would have been happier, ms "On 011, to conquest,” for conquer means to take by force of arms. while plunder is to take by force of handsâ€"grab, in the parlance of the day. An Irish Egyp‘tologist writes to as- sert that the phrase came from Pharao land via Dublin. In the works of Sir James \Vare, 1595-1666 the famous Hi- bernian historian and antiquarian of Ireland, there is a passage, which says: "Some writers think that Ireland was called Scotia, from Scota, the wife of Gaethelus, and daughter of a King Pharaoh, but of which name I know not; and that the Irish language was invented from iha same Gaethelus, from whom it was called Gaalic. Others say that another Scola, also a daughter of a king of Egypt, married Milesius, and gave the name of Scotia to Ireland,” Doraâ€"I let him kiss me on condition that he wouldn’t mention it; The only consolation derivable from this remarkable discovery is the argu- ment which may reasonably be deduced that the presence of these British words among the etymological treasures of l’haraoland give us a prior right to the whole of the Nile valley. And this theory is strengthened by the fact that according to Mr. Adams the hieroglyphic " Hip, hip, hurrah,“ meang, when, translated, “011, on to plunder.” A’ gentleman named Adams has been investigaling the mysteries of the py- ramids and monuments of Egypt, and has found the phrase, " Hip, hip, hur- rah,” among the early hieroglyp‘hics of that country. ” Hip, hip, hurrah,” has always been regarded as a thoroughly British cry, typical of the exuberant temperament of the race. Compared with it the " Vive," of the Frenchman, the "Hoch,’ of the German, and the “ Slava ” of the Russian are tame and exp‘ressionless, says the London Telegraph. Not English at All, but Fm ul on “an Monuments. It is a cruel blow to find that the words are not in English at all. The one consolation lei: us is that they wene not " made in Germany ” ORIGIN 0N “HIP, HIP, HURRAH,’ The story is one hundred and thirty years old; time has blackened the can- vas; one sees the singular picture but dimly, and such sequel as remains must be left to the imagination of the student of this blurred old-world piece. Yet iraadition is not Wholly un- helpful, for there is reason at least to believe that public emotion was suiâ€" ficiently stirred by the representations of the broadsvheets and prints of those days to result in a sum of money con- siderable. enough not only to enable Jeremy York to marry his faith- ful sweetheart Jenny Rax, but to free the young man from the obligation of going to sea for a living, and establish them both in a snug business in the neighborhood of Limehouse. The captain of the manâ€"ofâ€"war was as good as his word. 0n the arrival of the vessel at Havana, he sent York and Worksop on board a king’s ship that would be sailing for home in a few days. Out of his own purse he presented the young man with a hand- some sum of money; whilst all hands, from the first-lieutenent down to the loblolly boy, subscribed dollars enough to handsomely tassel the handkerchief of the. victim of circumstantial evi- dence. Further, the captain gave him a letter addressed to a relative of his holding an important official position at the Admiralty, in which be related York’s story at large and begged him so to interest himself in the affair as to contrive that the unfortunate young man should have his character thor- oughly reâ€"eetablished, along with such reparation from government as influ- ence could obtain. "A wonderful story indeed,” said the catpain.â€"â€""What is your name, my man ’4" "Jeremy York. air." "11’ will be my duty to put you in the way of righting yourself with the law, that has most grievously sinned against you,. at the earliest opportun- ity.â€"Y0u can go forward, now, both of you.” "Why, Your honor, I think I can exâ€" plain that,” cried Worksop, before the young fellow could answer. "I’ve no more belie! that I was robbed of it than I have that I’m a murdered man. This will have been it, your honor. The blade of my knife was a bit worn, and there was a wacant length in the hollow of it when clasped. The coin must have got jammed into that wa- oancy. It would fit well, sir; mor’n ouceI have drawed out the knife with the com stuck in it. There was no~ then, I suppose, but the wish to keep that coin away from my other money that allowed me to let it lie in the pocket whelro my knife was.” “How doflyou account for your pos‘ session of it 7” inquired the captain, addressing York. "I did, your honor, when I came to feel in my pockets." "And the Spanish gold coin ?" "I did, sir, to my sorrow. I had thirâ€" ty-six guineas in cash; the money was all right; but I’d have given it four times over to have got that Spanish hit back again.” tossed me into the boat, and put me aboard, where I was properly doctored after this wound came to be looked et. When I’d served two months aboard the Thunderer, they transferred me to a sloop, and afterwards drafted me in- to this here vessel, your honor; and that’s the blessed truth,” cried he, smiting the palm of his hand with his fist, "as I’m alive to tell it.” "Did you miss the knife 1;” inquired the commander. ' HER PRIVILEGE EXCLUSIVELY The End. Egyn Another novelty with regard to teeth consists in their filling. Dentist" no longer use as much gold or platinum as they did formerlyâ€"1n fact, metal fillings are out of date. Bone or ivory is the substance employed, and both possess the advaniage of appearing more natural. Of course, thoso‘who al- ready have gold or platinum fillings will not go to the expense and trouble of having them removed, but they have been tabooed by the smart set, and in future nothing so conspicuous will be used. Neither bone ‘nor ivory satisfien the dentists, however, and they arc hunting around for some composition which will be both durable, plastic and yet will match the color of the teeth. The paper teeth are made of papier- mache, which IS submitted to a trem- endous, pressure until they are as hard as required. Their peculiar composi- tion renders them cheap, and the price of a set of teeth will go down con- siderably owing to the new invention. The color of the papierâ€"mache can a1â€" 50 be made to vary, which is an imâ€" portant point, as no two sets of teeth are identical in color, some teeth hav- ing a strong, yellowish cast,while oth- ers are bluish white. In order, there- fore, to obtain the right tint the color- ing matter has only to be introduced into the mixture before the tooth is cast in order to match the otherteeth exactly. It is in this particular that china teeth often fail to appear natur- al, their color differing from the oth' er teeth in the 1110th and showing that the tooth is artificial. it. Not only does china not resist the action of saliva and turns black, but china affects the nerves of the jaws. People who wear false teeth Often com- plain of suborbilal neuralgia, and this is put down by many dentists as be- ing causeu by the heat or cold acting on the composition or porcelain. Por- celain or mineral composition also is liable to chip or break, and for these reasons has~ never been satisfactory. ‘ Paper teeth are the latest thing in dentistry. For years some substanco has been sought for which could re- place the composition commonly em- ployed for making teeth, and a for- tune awaited the man who was lucky enough to hit upon the right mater- ial. Although paper has some disad- vantages, they are small compared to its many qualifications, and paper teeth are likely to be used exclusively, at least until a more perfect material ls found. Up to this time china has been usad almost entirely, but it presents so many disadvantages that dentists a1~ ways have been on the lookout for some other substances which could replace Lalont Thlngs In llentlstry Are P81:quI Mnclle Molnrs. Dyspepsia,' rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, nervous headache, nervous prostration, kidney trouble and dis- eases depending upon humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic ery- sipelas, etc., all disappear before a fair treatment with Dr. \Nifliams’ Pink Pills. They givea healthy glow to pale and sallow complexions and build up and renew the entire system. Sold by all dealers or sent post paid at 500 a box or six boxes $2.50, by ad- dressing the Dr. “'illiams’ Medicine 00., Bmckville, Ont. Do not be per- suaded to take some substitute. Some years ago we reported the case of Wm. Pickering, Trenton, being cured of locomotor ataxia. He was not able to move and was confined to his bed for weeks. Upon advice he tried Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Pills and im- mediately obtained relief. He is still free from the terrible exoruciating affection, and enjoys active, robust health. We have just learned of an- other positive cure through using Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. It is the case of Miss Cassie Way, who has been an acute sufferer from that common toe of humanity and the foundation for many other ills, dyspeasia. For nearly eight years Miss 111 suffered untold agonies with sick headache and pains in the stomach. She tried several doctors withoutam material benefit. A year ago she came tolive with afriend in Trenton, Mrs. W. L. Derbysh'ire, and was so reduced that she could not sit upan hour. She feared hEr trouble would drive her crazy. She was advised to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. She replied that she had used a box before and they h‘ad done her no good. ; It was urged that she could not hope for relief from one box and she commenced them again. She continued using the Pills throughout the year with the re- sult that she has completely recover- ed her health. [Her appetite is she has gained flesh rapidly, and is able to attend to all 'hler household duties. Shh volunteirly offers this testimony as a tribute of gratitude for the benefit she has derived with the hope that others su'fferi as she has. may be induced to try th 3 health re- storing remedy. Mrs. Derbyshlire adds her testimony to the correctness of the statement of Miss Way. Allow me to add that for four or five years the editor of this paper has suf- fered from an itching rash that attack- ed all MS joints and all the ointmean within reap-h failed to banish it. He took Dcr. Williams’ Pink Pills last year a'n‘g is nearly well. ‘éhe Snfl‘ered lint/old Agony From Stomach Trouble and Sick Headacheaâ€" Dr Willlxuns' Pink Pills Cured ller. From the Courier, Trenton, Ont. ‘ A YOUNG LADY IN TRENTON RE- LEASED FROM SUFFERING. Nervous Dyspepsia. TEETH MADE OF PAPER.