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THE CANADIAN UPRISINOG. Tht the InUlsa as Well as the Half Breeds Are Now on the War Path Is a Udlesiable YFact. Camea. at the PIe.liag Trahmia. In order to alleretand ftelly the direnm tanen w hb!h hare Id tip to ti ihl-urrec thiu in the *nrkat"lihewa country it le Ineeo mary to gou Ick to the uprino iin Manitoba n 1teti. Ln, nwn am the lied river renellboa. end the euies whirtb led to that outbreak. The lled river rel.ellimt was inident to, the transfer by the ludeu,'. Bay ceiupany of its terltory to the domuinion overnenetr.t For nearly two hundred years this great fur trading coop,.mny had not only eljoyed the exelutsive riht to the entire trade and tratle of the itnmeinriunwe In~e aons granted eby King (harlet IL to 'Prine Itupert and hal seven teen asnociates, bat had made lawn for and governed the territory, haingr eomulite Imbhip thereof, with fall kgiselativr. juLdi elal and exenutve powen. The liat ruenewal of the cLartar expired In 11,i.' and after that It wan nevers rsenewred again, tho m pany having no special ladvantageI ryoud a t~aed and pleiendid organisatioo. I.n It67 the n t o parliamet creating the Doenlaien of osuads ooeateidated the sulalitien by -Ta I A~ . Rtaldos bay Aat '* adriatchewsg " a Ae~w.evr e letford rt"/.,ta rtei waa Ut's'. `J *ý IaUM .d+·n OY e4 4 ejahl tJ~a,4 ýt nApel `e' Applle lor. S Caatdlatta 1 R'i . eu~iiew. 4 ' Manitoba. Asoinboss. on r ;17 ficm R a Thin map uhoiwn verv ciarly the tt-calhot . ( the Pat of the war, W1t1t.ti I..". wet the two hracheu of the Saskatckhewan vrer. Duck lake ahouli 14r,.nto,.Ot-Ott- withtis Slthu turk.. lonlit it iitriv. thi"tn. (litaAt,1i "lii I 'in tl., toanlulen Puuiltle ratlroasi, anit In the point frons wktch the sate rat t ao- Iiito the tta~ks:. h.ka .u uonnt rv. It Iioiur'iiiui1iiti ha . a. I~ttlna. hunt to tu.r)n "r vr"a4a toot the nn QUtAupplle. from the fort of the nat-am. on the river. ltiitus to nit rtetriw'tt ".I on Illh "nlo Iti. In totr'-la 1 wit thIn ionrl QunAlutllS. the gov*rnmett of the Iloilwn Iltlay c i'p "' s terl [ory'. Mlln~an te I. Itil1. iwa' llt - ;s.lue'ntly slxl4 ann the dlate of the' tlranMlr. AnIthe expiry of the' c'harter had only ! . le ri ld tlI mth.eolpny of It sp..' a! I ree1. and Ijrlvikigf s, amid not of il orlyilnai tI1 l tory. it wae leeoe.mrv for the Itnovrnrent. to iure.hae the terrrltory. Tlr.- iproe a Lrwe'pil unpom .lwar lNN,*iNN hich I dtk liken vr-ry omwllt nun 1 mm view om the lmns..- it-s tlf li* )amCtICIC"l~unr Lnyolve.L Thme'ee Ileeterrd aalltk.eld a iar.l, L tl e hen rtl ofl n i the t, .e' I' half-hrcr rl pttler who:e rule' 1t, 1-u ,. t I t d thee atnke of tihme Iied auit Aia:ltatlllI i O"r 'fle'm. lroqale w..lre .lainly the d,-.".:i L,11re % of tile erly trmlers trrey e dr rl 1 r ite Irve.l of thbet t peo*tma111 ltae ,',,ItpIlv. TI'IIo IC wet in tme matm an mosltmtorail I.olC '. .."]lt for hiclh Iemer tllr n Its th ev r elv,*l trlutm ltheir perietl. Eamrh h in.l if faliiIl iI 1 1. a n tIlt tt ilta ef I nd t w nlh ll h hr l eliv:l:I-. , ti, l ihei ln TllilOta of the' tl eele I ""'r' utr' i- tinly iig hilts. The' tit'e ti l.ll :r which the'e hIlad their andi lh:it be.l,,i nilletd I froin tIm HilleIi :li " i'11nI, ..AtV whu re the'y Ifrl t.h'1-. hilt iln niti. i CI-n"- It would t Ir-ahelain l • iti' te 1it N ii I i ,- , u1.dm mil h tlril oer val rl caIrim le thi" 1:11M Ilowevmr, for reatIe tic 11.1 ro! e- I m l,1' wtehuh helh y had lull t Ih,,r i, tl.. nn, ·l ·.'!t p l. eti lOlly tlet i it h the r l- .IT 1 ', . 1 elrstatell hmml Ile n li,- Ill 1-it1 1e" I :ilv .111 tIrli. erlle of I the hcollple. Il' * Tihemm lln mt ile aoelll .enle· . n t: ir.: I.,Cl.:!I ther,, lim ll ,h d e Ime,' i:, lll t 1:II ;j._i:1 It,: thelo alll in flle ri l tr a it':l'i.i"' . il " ' .I e with t rl llltl -e-fl r rit lix 1 ir 1. ist I .-. :l , t huntoerndetItrteer. Wm rr ita II. I teo co*lt thke m oe r it hlli - I, i .le e ,e TiL)1. r I -'ll erally well an .eot.t ni. I hd.r li t. ' the*11 , I.. pr.nl tranfe f if the tof w.· a 's t- h- In gavel itsel' t her ltltireLTy lo w d uane . :l'lI condition of liiil tk t THEt I' lst. Ol AI.l lIM. t e d a n dtil h f tell tI1-s'ine : I l. t, p o-:,'" lothe nlii Il, r ,'hlt r t th!e·ir i I I..hit- '.11r' ColUrI of the lrlli-h .fevrllth"l it It C l *' th ln. um id.r Mte eCb otlle Cell , I ttI. '1 1 til.l . i iolvernallma. t ,eeeven I tr tlhetl in' r yI i Ill..r V .rl rn ltiOe t Il, ' t, lea lr n Ill, "l lle r. t11im- lew eeot r ihat i , ,,', 'tnle ,,r • e i ci mlih l nl nri lltr. an i s l, n el tsh tile retea ehd. . ,lrel t. lrl',c-fe Ie en all ii eitllnm l otnl . t h. l ei t'r Cf tliC e -,oidelslie ::llm iedwlsli , Ie r Ilmtrle t C lll ilt C el :l'l l e e ' ii ii lite Itre'l at o lfter letl. '1.l.t dfltreiw nll bill of niltm 1 ir lwtil* t te i lll lit o r hinlllolnil, otherI demand.l.r the. tnl.d wethi: Frlet, the rihy t te .loi sC ieir ewIle i"eln-I'tC r orla ihlnlt FhrLlltll inrhnr, Il,. John. i,:*-- Il onethe Lnent-elanr. tee hun. Iplaitr el ud:. treletoe ihmlo. U.."l v irtull' Y t " a"..t . I allellle-e-llptieln law. .livlhlr . lee C it I'1. UnitedC t'e;a IC. ieell th.a I.e. i..te e iI.e I,:1,'.' lamd to I lditee l Ie . et h. r.',, t I - I:..; r I e rasat ndedhimel f wi.aa11 .,nl h t : t ..ell ,. . Wilt the Inhan trite s.. 'lh'ui ll lt 10 C.elrl 1C Ia the ftturle.. heililtsim afC1indCCli whth iendt Ie I . seompinte hed acl -neee rfthfte O*wi. 0Vh .C I term. . e treive'l it I i- il lt lete.e " l " ' .itelI .lit. ie'tmJm ll llp ..e=n .'1.n leit tlie lllu "h: -it.. mad tao drivernt i he the . Ot.tin wCtn. Il l unite, and for -tee , ite10 li',.,I C1 Clil0I Ii.' r rleiee intta , oien tie, - le d f i1te iifei. l'hi All.i time r-t st elf waf t ile tie art of tie reta.. The'y im hilatpreivow t aiclllOe, Ie.el l ma"hnf r m * il the lits alt e irtle. 0nd te Il iil , mIlnthiei of ime' i.antry. A provtle ri . I -l ._ V lIt1o.1 C t'0C O haniltltl at Folrt tl erir. wielC .11hlti It.eO -. a ipre'lidente't. Llina Iheilll cnt eilneeln- i .I-ft al the arml, oatdil tihe l-eCii . le and Etli ill jliolt (l emlbi.ehlte ael s si- . 'till co. ndi-t ctl, if urrounimdeel hinm'f with tIte.l Col,,1C1"it-eelli sm -tthtK.l ttwelve CeCe'vl freen litoeIlV !C le time Eaglmah ammet Iticihm mI*.CiIell. "i I captrUe of Fort (tarr lelmI 1..I"., .n - I aoatom limltehet atmil weiliti t l hlC.C eI'., Itl tin timeatitnme (tot'. llCl'l ,itti iieml : et a .IC:!rt .4 to intereu t the lml nn- ill t".s e e..',. :itl i madm ocnte feltele' OlltClett' l, yule {C. "-"" tihun of ht.ilslrdlvl.ec. Ar-uleCI re.v..lle:.,C 1 wall at.o attlmminllet ilt y11eh. tIl :le!ei-..: e1ti:1 Jaiies lloaet w lae spele ih " I .fl :..f I I. tI' ame acll of the prloveiee aliil It"r.e rlllmei lt w'li :e1 always heemmoninlei,, titn eotelbh andel tliidiC-It dimmin esmiag ImitAw e"e iiio tai tuoiti0tt with the paeanh sad at time. there nse ed to be danger that the gveUmat woo tate o altoart r. It ret ed po.eioe. however, all tbhrough the winter. e G mand summer of In70. uutil ir latast e ulsey is arrival with l Ilta tonp Istead of hidlnr their ereud. {rl -s his compatriots find from Tort uary sad croseed the UCited States line. leaving their yauM sad ammunitiof behlnd theu. Sir garnet. oe the 24th of Augur. took . Ioe-. aide poMeelof of the Fort aid Issued h5is f;mua orers e was afterward ban iubed for lIes yese Bach wee the ied y riv reaelli o. IsI.)-,O. I wee pratically a war withoet lloealea . sad oatcmlxry hazsory relates maney ets of clemency and ktiLdnm e the ptrt o, tle rea'l Ieader. who did not seem disposed .t any tMhe to pursu ar naular polic". :e has be eatsverety erttelmd lay ftleds of I the sovemuott fur his course Ii vecatioC the cuiOltrv wheu he had practlially everything it h1e owa hands Oeaeral senttiment, how ever. I. ulnell ~d to apprve of his ooctrg a_ a vrv prudent toe. In 171 there was as attempt to resaw the rebellion. lrut it aaled Ily ctlapeeL In thia calpatlfa there were eaterueste|t a e.omptsv of shout eve.twe-nt-e Fnans under leu. OUNeilL These camped tI the woods near ebta. sad captured the ItrUaeh poet oihsuite that plane. As olloar who waa with this erpeditlon calamed that the enterprise failed throuqhthe irba ern of Itie. -e ·etunl (arudn of tho Hudor ato-1,au had bees delayed byth rey l 11s d ant actually take pIkea see a IJuly 13.1$7S1 Kr. Arehiheld. the leutemaml trnv.ernor of th, ne.w ('anadiun prolmceI. at rlvr'i .qept. :1. After thin .onnls" ti.ona wen alpite'ld on Ieml.lf ,of the ltritilb govern u*nt (and the inhalllt.atllt of Manitoha to n.r.ic. t. hte dlittletlltie ecXl.tlii andS to arrive at anr eqlltiill,.t. lljll}:lstnt of attair ll the prnvrwee. In th!li. o.ef,rene" ltishnp Teche partif'ilalrl. rl',rc'.ol.tlt thre' Icollie of the ijr.vic·ce. At e tlumeI' he wa attending the ,i'lllltnletIat o all rit llttlniir in lLtonme, mand dnlllel htllee to atttl to is dlilties in thiL connermtttin in responae to a teletram from the Itriltih trovelimmenm't He always had rn:t 1111 uwe'l" with th lveople From the le"t that lhe dIeline.e to act an a mediator ia il[h pre-I'nt c.'is, t in utlltinled that he dll ntit eor.id.r hilaelif we.l treated ia e.l'n,''ctitonn w,th the pre'vionu nlegutiatlon %h liti ws knlwel asu tihe Maittolt act was pI:a.ed I'l par :liame.nt th:a lllueear. ll, Iy this biit 1,iiej irf th". privit"it".s aakeri * b the rlci'| e were' errallti l tor te heirtltlet of the o'luntrt. and the Illv have;ne iid l tunder a r'~ rere-IItilt.tV.' b',t r 1of gov,.ermxlnt . The 1joirthtiin of I]ll M.Ii.tobi I at that time was1 i,,I, 11 .IN). thr lIreiIeiti. of whitcsl to h:,'' Iii' I,'): r 1:lrenlt rle to t, e'y a or e. It, in rlrlrian feaitllr ofI the Manltoba :: er wh.t Irh led to the prleelet ditticulty. .1, llli mait albove, the tit ien orf lhalf-Iriteall to ith lr 1aeI. w rre not vlorv distinte, and liuitIvet iii. rIIiophe wer' ,lerubtleas ltluntter. I.v th, ti nl 'tim ar't there we,,e 1. ItNS,I100 ft ii ire. -fterr\rrs cien" an orderdlvId rl l '"l .ltI ltlN. TI ll: l .n lb Tih ri " w r." Iailu raireiti'ltt. * aet with In :. l,..r1tilnr. oulit nl. ti.h.' tracts polr.essed Iv th. I· reahl Irlh I re it. along the croeked rivers .ian . adI I llwe re in mellt caes lIer pial tIhlelrauIllel.Wlil Ith l a .nrrow river frontage 0,e,'l1 'i u iitll i . hs lt Iiirl. llireile thie do 11, .1 .ni dlarvvr were 'nhilr'I' to cut up i1 .i ll l''e i0 a mrll oer theit seamed ut n uie tol thl e l el, n halfl. reelda, and t:. r nine many llrotrl-t tniltd threat . I. I h. li'r. had' tht' I tllIs nIud Imore or lea. rI r iti o t':ill e t il e'ir i . i to . On(h the ri: !1t . I the lla, u1. uplh rlle rtirtv enr t was iiA" e .d te11 Iauih in extent that half i, e'e iii.lnteealte to hit' at a premt"lth , and it io ll t iAll 'll that rihiren wtere tran sferred frIl, tlrt o euil tl o elanotlther in order to obtalin lald Next, lanidse were Ir""n rahold th.ve u'ennei of lee wit the hpe e.i tip'.tiultiin that thehy iholld bee ronseid. eIIne ti havev atteained thelr Imajority at eight 'eln. It. l UltIV unIn.,i bcIIi ovr. the IrnII ney rili.'." I' the ialr' of Inei'e was not placed ill thie ire of tIht'nllI ti . teitanlwe event given that theh mllner holl.r lit In' iet to the Dare ..,l uahhprll It itr litl. ithead families, i luand+ w nre ai takin out of chanicerc and i. oat n1I eel}-, 91n1 lI'n eiharka were autent I kI:tl, ll th v ' aiI be thlkinLrllr adtvantage ri tie jllelril te.':Lure ofI the infant erov - tIn. Tii' ball, breeds theIui.lvei wen're an eayn"; -tl i p. i"pl. nul th I Illandl nd ltrip in Ill' it to hei s is of fanllile were in many n . ll. illtitri elh leleubtilete. there were nmr.lll wree a itell, of this kindl, bit the laws w IIte nlrilrl '0 Iitr*eitabil to the hallf-breed Iof unit:li, nitd thi v ti k flll tilt advliantalge lI1t It ", N iw aend thl' ereutinels' of lMsithe , in telr Nirthwein t erritl ryi,u I a few half er l i tClltonl, for thel inhalitlntl of w hich lan tii ttter of iaIc't. thlle inhaiitantI of thoem ril ll.to IItnre lol till. ilhalidlrnlee leto ,icI did nollt dem'and at uppsrtioune'It c land lat the til.. Th' i*t Laurent disltrict,. the," seilt of the plreerlt uplllriul;t. wLas alelong I thet' ,e'tilets. Tlt AltlTiTllrt AT SIt I.ALt'I:ET. ilttitlut ten vearI biro, however. the aettlets i" It r'i't Ib, ct.an tol wake up toI the fact thot theat elhlil iim 1-w veo tome. ulnnd'ertlealln. ..ust l. l t te tx' piaucl.I ,t n S e .... n faelting \ i ri I'-Liird to hoetlrnelell and lais as the half ee,,dl of Muitaiia Latere doeuinione Iur,. or, w.tre tent intoi the teontry to lay nit the lalds ller, e the eane diflleulttr was Sin, t a• in the Ied and Alimalnholne liver diatrlcea The helamatmeds, ameltede ', Ieoa o siLe . h Uilad a net thei tm ar i p.eo Iilotar - ao the binks the oa st he-y wan ard blanlhes, sad the a vesyon were d o a esopelled to destroy this a tra wernt Thei teo ivistiy t ate o They also rnw hr claims forgrant o 214lo mes per capita. and fro that timne to th s the agitation hasa ben keIt ni Varionu t cn plicdttos bave atin In the meaiti.itw . ani cinjilant have been mae of delays mad aritrar act on the tart of the govern meaL hidt was again cailed -ian for coitasol and advt..'.. He waR visite d In Mon tana, whets he ias bees living. by a depu tatio ofv the half-bre eds aind itn reolioee their appeal -we a Into the rit. Latrient coitry. The halt breeds. in the neantitre'. had llaid their glevaos efolire the doinu Inlll-mit at Ottr last M.ptenhelaler they held a meeating at t Ltrent.atwhirh ey do lnlpte ,,abill ol .nuht, of whicr h the fllowraing to te sobsn. e: Fist tiele lvstia iO nto psloi ans - the No lwet terrtel ematel . uad ,t ý it.-te to rereie the ame a nd thr uivantues a M the amltulr half-breeds: third, patntls to to We-d at ease t t the enpinieIn plenerli.Uh forh. the gal of hatl mlletga mee ·ro doblu In laa.le. the pIese to li aWirli A to ihe e ttibllobeneit in the hlfi-httrit oettleineits of 'schools. heajltala mad sachs-ike inetltetloins md to the ealypmt of ltheb.! ber lhat-Inthtee with need grain and heheleni'nt. 5th. the ire ervatlon d Ulu townahluipt swam:' laad for dlatrlhstiu. aa the clehikre of half-bteeds during the neat 150 ears: auth. a grant of at least $1U pfar the mm leatries el am la stita Stluto he ad bythe name in sash half breed osattemeatl ad seventh, bettert eosisism lufst the semit eithe Rndians. ht Th m Intl ,t is amid, was tneerted by RIel In order to please Poundmake.r, an - i dian chief who has made common cause with the half-lreeda The bill of rights ap parently asks for a good deal more than the rebels have any idea of obtaIningt nli. bnt It is mlid that Monslgnor Urandin, the loman atholc bishop o that region, and moet of the Enlilah-s eakeing mettlers are in favor of itL Mlnee Ills apresence In the laskatee waecountry he uas been .ctively at the head of the movement for rights, and under his leedership the forme have organieud anw the present rebellion has been engineered. The events of the conflict are stll fresh a the memory of all WTUE PaUMEUT acBalIOn. The rebellion war started In the early part of last week. At frst the do mliniom government professed to con sider the insurrection as of no im portance, but the cutting of the telegraph lines and the threatenlng uprr.lng of the Indlans all throtuh the PbknTualhw'an terri tory as well as the imminent dantrger in which the Canadian lacific railroad is placed has thoroughly arou-ed them., iant troops are Iwing rapidly hurr;. d to the front lby stitil tans a fat they can i le irlri forci Lke the ield. lThe exat stregth o tre .l's forent is not knowl. It ain ail to lie conaml.od of 500 to 1.lttO men, armed with llemington and Winchester rifles, and Gen. Mlidleton who I to command the government troops declines to advanoe to the front with ilis than l,:O men. The lrt troopla left Hin nllrg for the scene of the rebelltia, on Thure nday of last week. They complrlin.d six coia pIanles of the Nineteenth battall n, in all 270 men; to these are to be addedl the rega lar mounted po0ce already on the ground. and several military companles orrartiad by the settlers residing in the section where the rebellion lain progresst The tnroop,. however. are at Qu' At!jll.e, waftlng for reinforce ments The first regular battle betwe..n the rebels and the lttice took place last Thurs day afternoon. Tetn civilans of Prince Al bert and two polie-a:en were killed and four civilians and seven constable. wounded The rebel los wnas fitteen killed. A aunond light at Duck lake. on Friday. resulted lin the kllliit and woundinl of thirt-en pio:i ial,.nO and volunteers and the dleath of forty reIn-ln Fort Carleton was al-a deltroyd on tle 27th by Col. Irvine, of the Isukice firce, to prevent its falling into the hands of the rebela Vol unteers are betir cilced for by the govern ment, and are respondling In large nunllera As fast as eqluipid thly are being )ushed to the froet, and i0 men at least will be ready to leave Winnipeg for the scene of war mn a few days arranrn or THt FIoGrT A attleford ldn!letth resived to-day mys: Aseout nustarnmveil givesaparticlaraof the ent at Duck lake.Thunrmlay, etween pee and volunteers with the relt"is The half-breeds guently moutnumlx-redl the sol dier., there b*nmg onlv .setenty tiv., of the latter,who were on tlheir way to luck lake, and were met iy a tle-_ of truce, and while a parley was gomr on she reelsb ened fare from i.oltlona on both siret o the trail. An excitlmg tattlte followedl. in whichat least forty rebels were killed. Ie aides which as many more were woulnd-.*. and four taken prl.lnra The cannon dad good service in Intimidattng the eanmy, and uI It had not be n fIr that circunrmtance the loes of life woald have been much greater among the poalce and volunteers. TnE ItitoAN tl lNia. A rebel emistsary. who heas aMen traveling around amonglt thel Ilianll reneryves on the Saskatchewana., il. -ting a rLid;g. has Is-in ar rested, asl in now in eantealy at Frt Pitt. News has been raa. eved of a concentration of Cres at l'alanldr akt:'e" reIt-rve, and it ia feared that landlian are now aboaut starting on the war path. A delgatton is on its way to Battleford to inake delmalnds The Iolice have dle id 1 to abandon Battle. ford. hDuck Lake anad Carlton as mlots. and concentrate their freees at I'rln A~i*rt llel': forces have Ixa-n greatly aulsenteiL He has 1.5aIN hlalf-lre.da. and in bewmg joined by thtaef Beaady. Indlass are rising In y places, and l; Is believed it well be s prowarl or DIaNITI. It Is Oretly Oetim a id anIee To b helpers.le.tI as an xplastse. Dhnamite in its simplest form close ly resetlnhls nuni.t brown sugar and is ,,itro-..lceiritn nine,rtl'd in hny Inert bse. It is not get tweaty ~ears old. having I.-en firs't offreed for sale in June. l$t;7. In the form in which it is licen.ed, dynamite must consist of 75 ier cent. of nitro-glycerine and 25 per ce-nt. of an iufusurial earth known as l i .welydhr. Of dynamite. properly so called. there are only two kinds, distinguish re as dvnamite No. 1 and No. 2. No. I is coltused of 75 per cent. of nitro glveerine and 25 per cent. of the infu orinl .earth kirrlqauArt No. 2 of is per cent. uitrogly-cerine and s2 per cent. of a pult rised preparation coleposed of nitrate of potash, charcoal, and paraflne; a mixture introduced to re place gun.powder in coal-working where d. n smite No. 1 was too power ful. Nitro-glycerine is a very pale yel low liquid. about half as heavy again as water. It is simply a cold mixture of one partof nitric acid and three marts of sulphuric acid. It has no omell but a sweet aromatie taste, and, though it is not in a striet sense poison oI s, et a single drop placed on the tongue wsll almost immediately pro duce a violent headache; even the hand lag it, before the dynamite eart ridges were ln 1870 wrapped in parch m-ent, would do the same. The "dy Ssanite headache" is a disorder very well kLown in the trade. The disovery of dynamite was not du, as has been generally suppose to accident, but to direct expe meat. The first made consisted of charcoal and nitro-glycerine, and, before the porous silica known as kselgfur was inalty adopted, numerous trials were made of rarious other abeorpeuts, sueh as porous terra cotta, sawdst, and or dinary and nitrated paper soaked In the lqd explosive and rolled into cart riges. During the elege of Par when the kicaelgh ran shes, the French engineers found the best sub stitute to he in the ashes of Bloghead coal, and neaxt to that in pounded an. 'Ihe hours of the supremaey of dyna1 mite are numbered. The enpladve of the future is undoubtedly late, the atest invention of Mr. A lfred Nobel, of4 dlnborg. Already on the continent the manufacture of this new agent has assumed important dimensions. Many of the later operations of the St. Goth ard tunnel were carried out with pure blasting gelatinae and in Austria, the richest of all the European countries in mines except Great Britain. the fao ories where dynamite was formerly made are now given over to its manu facture. It is simply d) namite (a ess ecif) containing 6t per cent of litr-glycerine, with a bass of 7 pr cent of collodion wool, that is itselfan explosive in place of the inert kissd Ar. As a blasting agent it is more homogeneous than dynamite, and on account of its elasticity is less sensible to outward impression. while in hand ling or cutting the cartridges there is no loss of the material, as sometimes occurs with dynamite. Its further ad vantages are' that the gases after ex plosion are lighter and thinner and leave no dust, developing at the same time considerable more power. Taking the power of dynamite at 1.000 and itro-glycerine at 1,411. blasting gela tine is repre-ented by the figures 1,355. in addition to which supeliority it is capable, unlike dynamite, of retaining its nitrc,-fK.lyCri, e when brought into cOilact witu water. The destructive power of dynamite, which, contrary to the common opin ion, does not act downward, but equaally in all directions, and with the greatest violence where there is the greatest resistance, has been greatly exaggerated. Although it has from five to seven times the explosive power o.g gunpowder, it is comparatively Zrifling in its effects at even short dis tances. The dynamiter, with all hie daring and cunning, has, after all. succeeded in doing us no more dam age than gas has often done before. It would it better for him, if lie deo sires to continue his warfare, to return to his ancient ally. gunpowder. which above ground Is a much more noisy and demoralizing agent. Dynamiters can not by any means at their disposal lay a whole city in ruins -not even a street. They may injure special buildings, and that is the nimost they can do. The dynamite employed for these purposes is,. in the majority of cases, of the kind known as lignin dynamite, a wholly unlicensed explo sire. composed of sawdust and nitra glycerin., and in its effects considera ly weaker than that in common use. -Cornhill .tI.qgzinc. Oli SAl flab. Old Eli llab was the noted sot of the Dwyer Ford neighborhood. He was a kind hearted man, but children were taught to shun him. The home of the wretched man, if it could be called a home, was the picture of misery. His wife was broken-hearted and his chil dren were miserable. "Old Bab's in town," said a man. entering a saloon and addressing a parlv of idlers. "'then look out for trouble," some one replied. "I'd rather know that the seven years' itch was coming " Bab came in, leading or rather drag ging after him, a little boy. The child was begging aim to go home. "Hel o, fellers," said Bab. "Want a drinkP" lThe party of idlers promptly arose and approached the bar. "Pa please come on." Impleed the child. "Ob. dry up. won't you! Fellers what'll you haver Sold a cow tlt morning and am flush." Taking from his pocket a shoe, nearly worn out. he struck the bar with it. *.Wife told me to have this thing tixed. as thotuh a man's got money to throw away.' 'rhe boy pulled at his sleeve. *'Now. I want you to stop that. I've stood about as much of your foolish ness as I'm going to." The men drank. "Fill 'em up again," said Bab, striking the bar with the shoe. No one objected. The men whom he had joined would have drnak with him all day. They aremed to have no other business. * Had you in ;he 'boos' the last time you were in town, didn't they. eh?" asked Nat Holes. "*Yes, but that's none of your look out. I generally pay for my whisky which is more than you can say and tell the truth." "I didn't mean any harm by it. YTo are getting to be auch a crank that no b-od can say a word to you." "fThat's all right. You sit around here and guzzsle every day. but i I happen to come to town once in a while and get a little of. you go around singing it.' •"I don't do any such a thing. I merely spoke about it just now. "Oh, I heard of you. Fine joke for you. Why don't you drink your "Reckon I want to drink with a man that talks to me as you do?" *"*Yes you'd drink with the devil." *"I'll aust show you." Taking up the gss, be made a m tion as though he would throw the whisky on the floor, but his appetite being stronger than his resentment, be drank it and said: "I don't want to have any troubl with youn, E. We are too good frleand for that." They sat down around the stove, for the weather was intensely cold. There is no place on earth more dreary than a saloon in a small town, but men stay there. Yes, for man will stay anya where. When evening lame, El was beastly drunk[, 4. i4 thrown away the shoe but the boy recovered it, and to keep rom oendlag his father by the sight o it, earned it unter his coat. "We'll go home now." be said, tak in hold of the boy's shoulder. "It's awful ol for you to attempt to walk; I'd stay I town, Eli," said a man who looked with pity upon the . ýLtt "**We doa't have to walk," replied the boy. 'Our horse s at the stable." "No, my little fellow, your hone is not there. Your father sold the borse when he slipped away from you before diner time.' The child burst lato tears. His fa ther declared that having spent all his money, and that as he could not get whisky without it, he wouldn't stay in the internal towa. He vowed that everybody was trying to rob him, a belated but not altogether untrue re deetion. "Come on.- said he, "we don't oare forthe now, do we. Tom?" "No, sir." *"But if you want to stay, we'll the child, looking at him reproach fully yet affectionately, repied, "I wouldn't stuy here if I knew we'd freese to death by going out in the snow." '.All right, Macoove . Come on. Drunker than an on 1. Full as a goose, Tom," '*Yes, I know." , *What'll the old lady "say" "She won't say vthl. but WI know she'll cry.' "Pretty good woman, Tom. Your mother, ain't sheP" "Yes, sir." " "That's what I thought. Man nev er has but one mother, Tom. Never heard of a man with two mothers, did you?" "-No, sir." "That's what I thought. When a man tells you that lie has two motiers, call him a liar. lie may have two sisters antd a front yard full of broth. ers, but he won't have but one moth. er." They- were struggling along a lane. The child's teeth chattered. "Can't goany further to-night, Tom." said the father. stopping in a feusce corner. "Just so tired I can't go any further. You go home and tell the folks not to be uneasy. I'm all right. Going Tom?" "No. sir." Early next morning, a traveler dis. mounted to examine something he saw in a fence corner. "I will never for get that sight," said he in speaking of it. "The boy had his arms around the father's purple neck, and had pressed his check close to the rough face of tihe drunkard. Ikoth were dead, and on tihe dead mman's breast, there lay a little worn-out shoe."-Arkwaers Trveler. A New Malady. "Psychopathy" is a malady which has only recently come to the notice of the doctors. For the enlighten. ment of the multitude it is explained that a psychopath Is an individual devoid of all meral notions who at the same time thinks logically. distinguish. es good front evil..and acts according to reason so far as his own interests are concerned. Aside from himself no.hing is sacred to him. The ull Mail tfleut suggests that psychopathy is an abnormal development of egotism, and that when a fully fledged psychopath is discovered he should be immediately hsaged.-n L Loeus. Ulo6-Uemocrt.