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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-9-16, Page 2Masterwasssswawasions T E BRUS$ELS POST. SEPT. 10, 1802. When October arrived, the worn.out E NiAyoB. oF sAwmiLL FLAT, W101e01 at limed° began to look eagerly foe the first night-froat of autumn, however slight ; for frost and yellow fever never dwell t ego ther. Dame the long weeks the Doctor had beeoure acquainted with welanigh every man, woman, mid ehild in Rosario ; but there was one man whorled carefully avoid. ed Lee, This was 00 lenglichnutu, who was taken down with the fever on the lot day of Oeteber, and in forymight lie was a ;loomed man. Hie tongue W09 swollea badly, but he monaged to oak the Doctor how long he might expect to " The chances are, my poor fellow, that you will hate; examly twenty-four boars of life Is there anything you wish dotes — any message to send to any one " Yes, Deetor, Ivo got a message for the whole world, but moot of all for you. Can't yen guess who I am ? ' A earions gleam played upon John Lee's face, and min 'led feelings crowded hie es. prosperous aa those at the 11hits Rosario am as the trot downed upon him, Good was now \lilted by that fearful scourge God t" he exclaimed, " Yes, you are— from which none of Unele Sam's territory you aro minium Dna bordering on the Gulf and the alexiean line The dying man nodded assent, After a is altogether meempt. The terrible summer 1 comae, in which to gain strength, the doom - climate, the morasses and swamps, and the ed victim asked " Did you ever suspect— had drinking -water, all lend their aid to the or—er—anything, Doctor " plague itself, which, when it once breaks "Suspect ? Suspect? Why, Dent—I outs flees before nothing but the winter know beyond the shadow of a donbt that gusts. you murdered the father of my betrothed It was noon when Lee and his companion beida," reached the " dead. goo of pickets, posted Again the man nodded. " Yes that's for quarantine purposes around the afflicted eigha I didn't mean to, but I did, and I place by the people of the adjaeent dire let you shoulder it all. I wasn't man enough Evicts, and there the physician parted with to toe the mark and let you' out, Doctor. his guide. You came mighty near, yes, you. did Lee was not at all fearfut Hu had Mtn- —mishty mem: swinging for ia But I'll self sufferad front the " yellow jank" in a pay it all up pretty soon, Doe Twenty. mild form ; and he had afterwards been one four hours you said that's all." of the most active and successful doctors There was another pause, during Nelda when the scourge had visited New Orleans Lee gave Dent some medicine to , eheve him a little. " Why don't you WI the boys, Doctor? There's time to hang me yet. Those fellows would hang me or burn me, or o dozen like me, if you only Say the word. There's time enough—twenty-four hours." "Bah 1" replied Lee. "1 mouldn't hurt you. Yon've probably paid a big price already. Don't think about me, Dent : dying man should make peace with God— CHAPTER II. Tha raodor doobtleis int erred, whenhe liseovered an Engliehman of talent and re- finement iu the wildest frontier Territory of the United States, that such a man had his Man good rearms far being there. The in. ferenee was a correct one, John Leo was a matt with a history—an unpleasant history —mut he went to Soutiowestern Arizona, to begin life over again, and to " grow up with esurt.o the ,eountry." he day. after the town 1 Both men stepped outside where the pen - meeting, the rentatiss or the new eettlee1,11 wese wessi„g. Lee looked the door, and aneot 3ai1-birda and the subsequent con. with a piece of ohnlk wrote upon it " Clone fusion of Dr. Lee furnished the topic of eon- to Rosiovio—Yellew Fever." Then they leep. versation throughont the settlement. 111 oil into their saddles and cantered away. the noon hour several wirers and others The settlement Oe 10318D of Rosario was a gathered, as -was their wont, in froet of much larger place than Sawmill Flat, al. Andy Dunbar's store. Jim Hawkins,whose thoneh the settlers were by no means so faith in Lee was mill unshaken, W118 there and bore as long melte could the generally unkhod remarks Nelda fell upon Ins "Buys," Ite said at last, "you don't give the Doctor a fair shake. You've knowed Doc. Lee loager a good deal thau you've kuoweil this feller Cadwell, and yet just because Cadwell gets up and makes some dirty remarks which eau't proven, not by a jugtul, you jump on the Doctor with both feet. Wait and see what Lee has to say for himself. 111 just bet any of you lads au evea thousand that Cadwell is a liar, and will erawl down from hispereh Here's the cash—who wants to cover it? Put up or shut np The men felt somewhat ashamed of them. selves, and no one oared to acceptliawkins' bee. The old man continued: "There's juat one thing Pll promise you boys. If Cadwelt oan't or won't prove liis words, Jim Hawkins is a -going to hell him clear two years before. Of course he inourre out of Arizona. Yes, sir, that's what rtn some risks, but not so many as those who a -going to do, Reeve or no BeeVe; ana if the tired messenger, and gave him a glass of whieky-and.water. "1)o you feel like doubling?" Lee asked the man (((11 811 hear after his arrivel. " You bet I do, Dos. I'm made over, and Pm good for a l'undred 111110.a -11y the Lord, Limiter, yotere the Bluff, you ere. I suppose you know, sir, that once you're in Rosario you 01101 get out ?" " Come on 1 (lever ((111111 11101. Lot's the justice wants to have me atrested for aasault, I'll pay a good round fine with pleas are." Jim Hawkins' blood was hot and his fin:ers tingled. He was an old Westerner, and had lived most of hie life in the com- munities where law and order were only theories. But the old AngIo•Saxon mimes strongly to the surface in Western men, and his Mae of fair•play was as keen as Me hatred for a slanderer or a coward. He felt that he could not wait a week to thrash Cadwell, so on his way home he stopped at John Lee's shanty. The Doctor was busy writing in the room hat he called his stir. gery. There was a blank dull look upon his face, which did not brighten as usual at the sight co Ins friend, and neither of the two offered any greeting to the other. "Doc.," said Hawkins shortly and excit- edly, "was you ever in jail "Iles, Hawkins, I was." These words cost John Lee his best friend, jest when he needed ldm the most. If he had just qualified his reply, or if Hawkins had pursued hie inquiry a little further with a view to learning particulars, the result would have been different. But no more words were spoken; and Jim Hawlime, shocked and disappointed, walked away to his mill with a faltering step. For if tbere was in Sawmill Flat that day a inan with a heavier heart than John Lee carried, that man was honest Jim Hawkins. That same night John Lee lay down as could not sleep. He lay awake, ruminating upon the mysterious ways of Providence ' and of mankind. Fla had never in his whole had never been attacked by the disease, or who knew nothing of the correct method for treating it. Re was a welcome arrival in that nuser- able community of deacl and dying, and he plunged right into 1110 work. Before dark he had visited every ease, and had enrolled a corps of assistants to nurse the sick and to enforce the rules which he drew up to minimise the spread ot the plague. By nightfall, too, be had forgotten fo- the time being his personal troubles and the ex- istence of Darius Calwell. Besides Jim Hawkins, whose good.will he had now lost, John Lee had at least one other staunch friend in Sawmill Flat. This was none other than Jennie Dunbar, the belle of the settlement, and 01111 child of the wealthy storekeeper and trader, Andy Dunbar. Perchance she loved the hand- some and intet esting young, doctor ; at all events, she much admired him, and, with a woman's instinct, believed that he was in- nocent of any such fearful crime as bad been indirectly charged to him by Cadwell. Her acquaintance with Lee was very slight and superficial. Of course, in so limited a commnnity they had met often ; but Lee, for good reasons, which he had partially explained to Hawkins, had stead- ily consistently refrained from paying any partici-der attention to the girl, who was very handsome, and, though spoiled by her father, possessed of much good common - usual upon Ins rather hard couch, but he sense. Now, this girl of twenty yeare knew expressmon of sympathy and confidence ; and she judged rightly that such an expres- well the value an good moral effect of an life done aught of which he need be asham• sion from herself to Dr. Lee at this time ed; and yet he had been incarcerated for would have an immense influence with "bus weeks in a prison, had been put upon his boys" of Sawmill Flat, who one and all trial for marder,and acquitted only because admired the girl and eateemod her father, of a persistent disagreement in three differ- ' Upon ordinary occasions, Jennie would ent juries which had been impannelled to have been the last to make any overtures to try hira, He had left his native land with Lee or any other man for a closer acquaint. ' the dark shadow of suspicion resting upon atm, but the present was not alt ordinary him—a shadow which he and his many occasion. Her father bad just bought her a friends were utterly powerless to dispel. spirited horse, and on the very day of the Despairing of ever regaining his old stand- town meeting a spick and span new buggy ing M any English commenity, John Lee, had arrived from St Louis. She resolved to hoping against hope that he might be justt- make this an excuse for inviting Lee to drive fied in the sight of his fellow -men before with her, knowing that if they two were xleatli should claim hini, emigrated to the seen riding together it would be a tacit but 'Western world, and took up his abode upon unmistakable intimation that she believed the f eon tier of civilization. And ashe lay upnn in Lee and counted him her friend. So, irn his sleepless bed, he could not but think mediately after breakfast, on the morning how very small, after all, the world is. For that John Lee was riding hard and fast to he had travelled six thousand miles to fever -stricken Rosario,dennie Dunbar drove escape the sneers and black looks of those out to the Doctor's shanty, and was the -who had mietrusted him, only, when Time first to read the notioe written in chalk was beginning to heal his wound, to find upon the door. himself confronted by one of the men who 1 The girl was not only surprised and dis. I verily believed himguilty of a foul crime. , appointed ; she was thunderstruck. She I LDO bad seen this man Cadwell several sat down upon the bench where the Doctor times 11 ming the six months' residence of often smoked his pipe, and remained there 1 the latter at Sawmill Mat; and yet, some moments lost in thought. Then she 1 althoug h something about the man had looked at her watch. It was just seven always seemed familiar to him, he had, oarlock. She sprang into the buggy and strang ely enough, never made Darius Cie,d- drove to her father's house, which she en - well's acquaintance. But when, at the tend. In ten minutes she came out again town meeting, the man arose and in hard with a small bundle in her hand, and behind tones utterly void of feelinn asked the as. her she bad left a note for her father and serablage it they wished to elect a jail -bird mother. The bundle contained one cotton or murderer for their Mayor, Lee in a dress and a change of underwear. The note moment recognized him as a member of one rall as follows: of the juries that had tried Iiim at the York' DEAR FATIIER AND Momirsu—I have Assizes. I gone to Rosario to nurse the yellowdever . Far into the night the dootor lay think. ' oases. I knew it was no use to ask your per. i rig upon the cruelty of his fate. It was ' mission, But do not be angry ; I want to do two o'clock perhaps when he fell into a something useful. I feel sure that; I shall troubled dose, only to be awakened by a ' oome back soon and well ; so don't worry, hammering upon the door of his shanty, 30151500,a30151500,He e tarted up but half awake, and went to 1 That night Jennie Dunbar left her now the entrance, almost expeoting to see this horse and buggy with one of the quarantine 1 cold-blooded juryman. guards, and passed through the dead line "What now ?" he asked, loudly and Into Rosario to report at Dr. Lee's head - roughly for John Lee. quarters AR 1/ volunteer nurae. The door was now open, and by the Jennie Dunbar was an Impulsive girl ; and moonlight could be seen a man'haggard i ea is the ease with most young women of a and weary and covered with dust. In the similar nature, her bnpulses were usually left hand he held the rein of &saddle horse, good. Do not let it be supposed for a mo - mad Lee could see that both horse and ment that her sudden trip to Rosario was a tsder had travelled along distance. foolish eseapade, nor yet merely a girl's trib- "Air you Doe, Lee ?" ole of love to the man who had well-nigh "I ant. " —if not quite—won her heart. She had "I'm from Rosario, near the Mexican longed ever and over lor such an opportna. line. It's seventy miles from here. We've ity as this ; for Jennie Dunbar was not the Mayor Lee replied in poison, for be 11.1 Mule Went down 10 take hold." Whether or 1(01 the City of Sawmill Flat will ever attain the saceees anticipated by its progenitore is as yet au uneolved prob- lent But Dr, John Leo is still its hon. mod Mayor, and 110 Win WI 111011t (0,111 do his best for his frienda and neigh- bours ; while if there is ono person who ma preaches him hi s °polarity it is his wife, who boars a striking 1'000181118000 to Jennie 1/ au bar. ['rue exp.] not with inen." " There ain't a notary or magistrate you could get, is there? I could make a—you know—yes, a deposition." "No ; there'a 00 000, and if there was one, I wouldn't bother. I must leave you for a while : but I will return soon. Your nurse is on the veranda." When John Lee left, by the front door the house in which Richard Dent lay dying, Jennie Dunbar, who, unseen, had heard all, ran out at the back. As fast as she could go, she hastened to the picket line, which she reached at a spot where mounted mes- sengers waited to do errande for the impris. oiled people of Rosario. "Two of you," she mid, quietly but quickly, "start at once for Sawmill Flat. One of you find .Thn Hawkins, and the other look for Darius Cadwell. Tell them that L Jeanie Dunbar, and Dr. Lee both demand their presence on a matter of more than life and death. The yellow fever is not to stop them. Hurry, for God's sake, mon 1 One thousand dollars apiece if you bring them here within twelve hours ; and one hundred dollara extra for every hour saved from twelve. You know me—you know the Doctor: our promise is good. ' got the yellow fever—got it bad. Ihe town's picketed, and I'm the last man out. We only had one doctor, and he died 'tend- ing the first ease. We heered you doe. tend yellow fever in Louisiany, two years ago. Is that right?" "Yes BIB, nave aeon a good deal of yellow fever." " Will you eome down to our town and help us out, Doe. 1" The man gasped his request ate if he dreaded a negative reply, Ire nes a rough specimen, but he realized that he spoke for dying men and women. "Yeo, I will—right off, 'replied Lee, ae he commenced to dress himself. " blow many cases when you loft—and when did yen leave 1" "Thirty Weil and eight deaths already, hose. 1 'atm, four o'clock yesterday after- noon. 13een rididg over since, and my ntare'a dean tuckered out " "Well, you just take 8 wash and then lie demo for half an hour, Hero laiwater and a tawel, rye got a couple of good ponies out here at thebitek. 111 bring them round while you rest Leo was wide awake by this time, and his professional interest was arouted, Ile had )1enty to think of now besides his own 08..1(l 11( and that suited Sohn Loa Ho set TLe Grand Falls of labrader, The Grand Falk of Labrador aro nearly twiee es high as Niagara, anti are inferior to that inarveloes cataract in breadth and volnme of water only. Ono of their most etriking chamateristics the astonishing leap into space which the torrent makes in diacharging itself over its rooky barrier. Wont the desoription given of the rapid drop in the river.bed and the coincident narrowing of the channel, one can mostly anderetand that the cumulative Ennio ex- pended in this 11111(1 leap of the pent-up waters is truly 11(4,11.10, 11*1 subetratum of softer rock existed here, as at Niagara, a similar ''Cave of the Whole would enable one to penetrate a considerable distance be. math the fall. The uniform stria:titre of the rock, however, prevents any unequal disintegration, and thus the 0180181011185eheet ot water covers a nearly perpendicu- lar well, the base of which Is washed by the waters of the lower river. In spite of the fact that no creature except one with wings, could hope to penetrate this subaqueous chamber, the place is inhabited, if we are to believe the traditions of the Labrador Indians, alany y00430 050, so runs the tale, two Indian maidens gathering firewood near the Falls were enticed to the brink and dmwn over by the evil spirit of the place, During the long years since then, these un- fortunates have been condemned to dwell beneath the fall, and forced to toil daily, dressing deerskins until now, no longer young and beautiftil, they can be seen be- times throngh the mist, trailing their white hair behind them and stretching out shrivel- ed arms toward any mortal who ventures to visit the confines of their mystic dwelling - place, The Indian name for the Grand Falls—Pastses-che.wan—means The Nato row Place where the Water Falls." Like the native word Niagara,—" Thunder of Waters," --this Indian designation contains a poetic and descriptive quality which it would lie hard to improve. Frain the point where the river leaves the plateau and plunges into the deep pool below the Falls, its course for twenty-five miles is through one of the most remarkable canons in tha world. Front the appearance of the sides of this gorge, and the zigzag line of the river, the indications are that the stream has slowly forceol a channel through this rooky chasm, cutting its way back, root by foot, from the edge of the plateau to the present position of the Falls. Recent in- vestigators estimate that a period of six thousand years was required to form the gorge below Niagara Falls; or, in other words, that it has taken that length of time m for the Falls to recede frotheir former position at Queenston Heights to their presentlocation. If it has taken this length of time for Niagara Fails to recede a distance of seven macs by the erosive power of the water acting on a soft shale rook supporting O 011011818 of limestone, the immensity of time involved by assuming that the Grand River canon was formed in the same way is so gnat that the mind falters in contem- plating it, espeeially when it is recognized that the esoarptnent of the Grand Falls is of hard gneissio rock. And yet no other ex- planation of the origin of this gorge is ac. ceptable, unless, indeed, we eau assume that at some fernier time a fisture occurred in the earth's must as a, result of igneous agencies, and that this fissure ran in a line identical with the present course of the river; in which ease the drainage of the table-111nd, empty- ing into the Grand River, would follow the line of least resistanee, and in the course of time excavate the fissure into the present proportions of the gorge.—[September Coo• burs, Al ICJEBERC+211 THE ALPS. A 1r110110MCILOR That Seldom Occurs EX. C0Pt OD the Sea coast When Lord Lonsdale returned from British America he excited some 8011150.1(10)11 by tolling of the wonderful icebergs he had seen pouring over falls the rivers into one of the biglakes. It was thou.ght icebergs never originated inland. It is a curious fact, however, that last summer there was in the Alps alt interesting glacial phenomenon which may be compared with the caving of glaciers in the Arctic regions. In the Nmlley of the Kaunserthal, abottt four miles from its junction with the Inn ' River hi the village of Nufels. The high road here crosses the side valley of the Huller, which has its source in the great heap of cocky debris at the foot of the Gall - rut glaoier. Of late years this glacier had receded, and a lake 1104 been formed at its foot. Gradually the lake, as its volume increased, extended under the glacier. During two cold summer months the lake received but a small water supply, and its surface sank until at lase the end of the glacier was &lethally hanging in the air above it. On Aug. 7 of last year the end of the glacier, a mass of ice Estimated ab 70;000 cubic feet, broke off and fell into the lake, causing it to burst through the embank. ment and rush down the N'olley, carrying with it great masses of tnud and rock. Before the last word was spoken, the two men were in the saddle galloping toward Sawm:11 Flat, and Jennie Dunbar began to count the minutes until their return. She had not intended to deoeive thetn when she gave her order in Lee's name: she only did it to add weight, for scarcely a man in Rosario but would ha.re deemed it an hon. our to make some sacrifice for the braes physician who had served them so well. It was eight o'clock in the evening when the two messengers departed from Rosario: at five o'clock in the morning they were hack with Hawkins and Cadwell—the for- mer of whom had cotne willingly enough ; the latter after some demur. The anxious girl W8.8 waiting for them, and at once conducted them to the cottage where Richard Dent, in all the throes of the last-staees of the fever, awaited Ids rap- idly approaching end. They wore none to, soon, for the power of speech had al- ready left lain, and delir 801 would speed- ily set in. Lee, who Nvas in the room, was much sur- prised when Hawkins and the others en- tered, and would have ordered tnem out. But Hawkins had been 01118 8011 of what was necessary by Jennie. " Excuse my rudeness, Doe.," he said ; " but I am here by virtue of my magisterial commission received from the Governor of Arizona. --Now, Cadwell, you ask questions of this poor cuss. I will listen." Cadwed at once begat:. "Do you know anything of the murder of old Square Bowes of Leyburnclale'Yorkshire?" Dent nodded. "Did this man, Dr. Lee, have aught to do with it ?" A skicke of the head was Dent's reply. "Do you know who did. commit that murder ?" Again Dent nodded affirmatively, "Oen you tell us who (lid 1" The dying man nodded once more and feebly pointed his forefinger at himself. " And your *118)05 10 Richard Dent 11' Another nod. "That will do, Cadwell," said Hawkins, who now stood over Dent.—" Doctor, hold up the sick man's hand." Lee complied, " Now, then," said Hawkins, " you sol- emnly swear that the murder of ono Bowes at Leyburndale, Yorkshire, England, Nvas committed by you, Richard Dent; and that John Lee was not a part to the act in any way, shape or manner? That is the truth, so help you God?" For the last time Dent nodded assent, and then all but the Doctor left the room. Richard Dent was the last victim of the yellow favor al: Rosario; but the quarantine wee not removed for some weeks, during which time all tho Sawmill Flat people were compelled to remain within the presoribed limits. Even when the dead line was wiped away, only Jim Hawkins and Jennie Dun- bar returned to the Flat. John Lee, worn out with his labor, went up into the mountains of Colorado to re- cuperate ; while DariitaCtodwell, after inalt ing an elaborate statement in writing, which he signed before a notary, decided that he might find elsewhere 0, mete eein• fortable residence than,his shanty at Saw. (0111 Flat On the lot day of January, John Lee was :36111 at Denver, and there, about, a week later, a letter feom jim Hawkins found him. The following is tho letter with all grammatical errors eliminated : CITE 0)/ 8AWilTI0A. VLAT, ARIDORA Trat, Jan'y lab, 1881, Dzitt Ifnixxn—We have just held (air election for Mayor, The boys nominated you and we polled a 1 ull vote. You are elected by acclamation. Hurrah 1 How 0008 eina you come and take hold of tho City ? All the boys send their regarda.— Your friend, atis Itisvlaers. sort of a girl to remain contentedly the spoiled favourite of a small frontier riettle• ment. She wanted work, and work of a nature wherein she could display her sound judgment and her fearless spirit. Such work was now before her. Lee emelt hands with the girl, and or. dially welcomed her. was not an effu- sive man but Ile Was jilst as glad to aee the familiar face of a woman whom be knew ho might fully trust with his most eritioal ease& Your father and mother know of your coming of course?" remarked Lee. " Yes," replied tha girl—which elle be- lieved, rightly, to be tree enough by that time. " Well, you take a teat, and 1 will assign you to work at daylight," be ; adding, as he looked at his watch, "11 is now ten o'olockfr° • It is not noeessary here to detail the imra and weary life, full of both discouragement and cheer,. which Dm Doctor and 1115 00813550 led during the next few weeks in that peat smitten.. town. At first the number of patients inereased steadily, and, netwith- standfng all the efforts of Lee, each day found Death re .ping a Hell harvest. But in three weelis the Climax was resoled and a11 that lilts modest larder contained before fresh 05805 became fewer. HOW OOLUMBUS WAS WRECKED. -- Anti How ito Vire Treated by the Abori- gine& teanegari wits eager 18 580 inore of 1110 Sp11111014.15, 01111 tient ;lumbers of his fight -hearted people to welcome 111001 and bring thorn giftS of every sort. Their en- thuentem wits unbounded, their generosity unstinted. The laud wee gay with lastly ities, the sea swarmed with canoes. On neariug the caravels, the Indians that crowded them stood up, tendering all kinds of of- fetings with geetaires of devotion, as in idolatrous worships Beholding all this enthusiasm, Columbus despatched it footed embassy to Gimeanagari, itud on hearing their report he determined, devise tbe paw:aline land.breeze, to weigh tomboy and sail to 'the dominions of his friends, which were some five leagues distant. He set out at daybreak on December 24, Little progress Was made during all that day. The night. mune, Christmas Eve, and Columbus determined to celebrate it, RH host befitted his own health and the comfort of his own crew, by enjoying a Potted sleep. He retired, worn out by three nights 01 vigil following three days of herculean labor. Sweet muut have been his rest I Hie discovery of that new world whose very existence had been denied, the endless upspringing of Eden - isles, the simple races bound to nature by such mysterious ties and soon to 13 130119111 into the fold of civilization and Christianity must have filled his mind with happy dreama on this G110 first restful Christmas Eve he had passed in thirty years of titanic contest with all the world, and at times even with his own self, It was midnight when the echoes of childhood and of times long past fill the slumbering oar. The heavens smiled, and the arm was calm. The sailors slept soundly, sure of their bearings and sea -room because pro cried by the little fleet skilla and eames sent by Columbus to the Indian kine. A ship's boy held the helm, uo Deemed' wore they all of the fairness ef the weather and the safety of their course—when the flag- ship suddenly struck upon to sunken reef. Columbus instantly divined his peril, and hurried on desk. With lightning rapidity he gave ordure to cut away the mast and throw the cargo overboard. But the remedy W08 futile ; it was no mere stranding, it was a wreck. 1Vith the desertion of the Pinta and the loss of the Santa nlaria, only the smallest and frailest of the three cara- vels that had eet sail I rom Palos remained. He went on boatd the Etna, and sent a fresh embassy 1., Guacanagnri, givieg an account 0( 1310 disaster, while he stood off ancl on till day broke. When the chief learned the misfortune, he sought in every way to alleviate it, sparing neither means nor sacrifice. Disastrous indeed it was to face such superstitious 01105, who confided in the prosperity and success of the super- natural, with the slender remnants of such O wreck, whieh showed how the sea over- comes all created things and bows us all to its sovereign power. But the sentiment of hospitality 0181' uppermost in that fitithful tribe and in itrarlondly monarch. All the succor needed in that sad hour, and all req- uisite provision for the future, were given to the sufferers with admirable orderliness. The salvage of the wreck was piled on shore and, under the chief's orders, scrupulously guarded by the natives as thongh it were their owu. The cargo 11801 rapidly discharg- ed and stored in a talace ot moiety, without the loss of a pin's points --[September Cot- tury, • Neuralgia of the Toe. A neuralgia ;Ain, more el' less severe, a the base of the fourth toe la not unoommon but has attraoted medical attention only within mewl 1 yenta, Doctor Morton, of Philadelphia, in 1870 wail the first to de- scribe 11, and to report a umber of eases. Ile had himself sulihredgeoetly front it. Tho attaeks always ammo on multionly, HO W115 ofton obliged to remove hie boot, sometime When riding in hie oarriage,and sometimes eyen whet' to company. Witco on horsubaok ho has 11010 compelled to di& mount, tio his horse to 0 tree, and lie on the ries, unable to proceed further. Ito found the affection 01 8011 1110e0 fro - vent, in women than in men—a result, no doubt, of the greater delicacy of wornen's feet mil of their wearing tight 5110CH. Maor firaateDil, 0 when, paper on the subject, road before the Suffolk aledieal So- ciety', we two indebted for our feete, 81918 11101 1118 0W11 1111'11511g01i0DS 01 respect to I 1>0 041(001(1 accord exactly with those a J 0.101. 1101.ton; that the symptoms wore the mune, and the proportion of nude and female patients about tho same Orie of Doctor 13radford's 00908 was that of 18 young lady obliged to stand all day. She was in excellent health, bat for yenra had sitifered from pain in Iler right foot, radiating from the base of the fottrth too. Her shoes were made with groat ORPO, but she suffered all the tine, and sometimes t he pain was 50 Illt0101111.40 111111 8110 W011111 Will. ingly have submitted to a surgical operation for relief. She was relieved hy treatment and properly construeted shoes. The following is, in brief, an explanation of tide " metatarsal neuralgia," or "Itlor- ton.:: ction of the foot." The base of the riro or little, toe is in a line with the neck of the fourth toe's corresponding joint and by becotning pressed against the nerves of the latter, it Irritates and inflames them. Tito pain which results is sometimes of 1.4 dull alternator, but sometiines is severe and throbbing, ancl 11183 0301011(1 above the ankle As in other nouralgIc pains, there is no in- flammation to be seen, nor any swelling. In most eases, protracted rest an a 1110 1108 for a while of quite broad -soled shoes will effect a cure ; but sometimes the excision of the head of the fourth metatarsal bone is necessary. Pun Air and Life. Exercise and pure air sustaiu us in our coestant etruggle against the poisons that NVO manufacture within ourselves, by driv- ing the blood charged with oxygen more thoroughly through the tissue, thus quick. ening the breaking down of dead tissue into its safe and final waste products which • make their exit through the natural chars. nels. From this fact we may infer that the man of sedentary life requires of necessity pure air. Pure nir and exercise aro equal forces acting in the same directioe. They both get rid of waste, and with it the poisons in the system which are depressing various organs. We need not, therefore, be surprised when we are told by Sir D. Dalton that after barracks were better ventilated the rations of the men had to be increased ; or by "the pathetic story " of certain seamstresses whose work room was ventilated, and who then begged that the old state of things might be restored, as their appetites had increased beyond their earnings. The sameau titer gives another experience, illustrating the depressive effects of these poisons upon the functions of life, A medi- cal man rather cruelly shut up some flies without food, sotne in foul, others in pure air ; the pure air being constantly changed. To his surprise, the flies in the pure air died first, these :yin; from sitnple starvation ; while the flies in the foul air died from poison, and with the tissues of their bodies inexhausted, indicating how the functions of lite were carried on to the last where oxygen was available, but had been slowed and depressed by the presence of the poison, so that life was maintained longer in the foul than in the pu_re abr. To Oure Warts. A vers, simple remedy for the unroof warts 's the following : Pass a clear., bright new pin through the wart, and hold it so you can apply one end of the pin to the flame of lamp ; hold it there until the wart fries under the action of the heat. A wart so treated will take final leave. A wart with a slender root may be easily destroyed by fastening around it asilk threader horse - lair. After it drops off the roots should be touched with caustic to prevent it growing agitiE. Herd warts should be cut smoothly MI with a knife or sharp scissors, and then caustic applied to their roots to destroy them. Warts also may be cured by touching 'epeatectly with lunar caustic, blue vitriol or chloride of zinc. Our Fashion Talk. The dress materials this season suggest draperies, not toilettes. There is 0 subtle distinction implied in this which cannot be explained. It must be felt, and the womau who cannot feel it should never attempt to order any gown whatever for herself. She should put herself in the hands of some ex- perienced dressmaker, and, ir erelyistating the nature of the occasion for wInch she desires the gown, leave all details to the we. man whose experience has taught her to see at a glance what style of meterial and make will best suit every type and figure. One New York dressmaker will never fill order where a customer insists on her ideas being carriecl out absolutely. She contends that women never know what really be- comes them, and that she would prefer to lose the customer rather than to have an inconsistent or inartistic oreatien paraded as her work. This may be en extreme view, but it is very certain that women do not often real• ize that it is the effect of a whole harmoni- ous toilet that strikes the observer when a woman enters a room or is met upon the street. The face is the last thing noticed, The lines formed by e, perfect drapery give pleasure. Wo see that there is no undue acoonthation of any feature, that the abort woman is not cut err hy horizontal nor the tall one oxaggeratsd by perpendicular lines, and Nye iuvoluntarily any What a hand- some woman t" This is nob intended to de- preciate in any way the value of a lovely, well -cared -for face, but to emphasize the necessity of studying the effeet of a dress as a whole, not as a bodices and skirt. The woman who would be well clressed should first make a study of herself, should know clear), one of her good points end her imperfootionst and shonld never let fashion or persuasion induce her to put on any gar. meat that will not emphasize the one and as far aa possible conceal the other. It is an incontestable feet that, given n woman be- reft, of the ungraceful, bunchy skirts, dem- ises and drawers to which she hag so long and pertinaciously clung and clothed in the Jenness Miller undergarments which con. coal no line of the human form be she ever so ungracefully stout or painitilly thin, 11 it will be possible, nay, easy, to so drape her that she will present a graceful, attract- ive appearance. The most hopelessly ineffectual thing a women who is afflicted with superfluous flesh can do is to try and lace rt down. There is just so much of it, and if it is not in one place it will be in another. So the small waist is gained at the expense of wide, fat hips, a protrudiug stomach, and a bust pushed way up under the ehin—about as vulgar and unattractive a picture as can well be imagined. A largo and prominent bust b000ntee hideous when a tafioronade bodice is strain, ed tightly over it, blit When disrtnised 110 Soft, long, graceful folds which Oornierol the overhanging effect and the abrupt line in to the waists it entirely loses its hideous/tee& A brusque should never bo worn by a stout WnIntindn 'the slender girls—what pictures they Mut make of themselves by etvathing and draping their lissoine figuree in the soft, flowing materials to be had everywhere now, for there never has been a •j ear when Buell poome and pieturcia have boon sold by the yard. Ready for the Attaok. A young Malay officer on the coast o Licit& was one night returning from inspect ing ao outpost, when be began tO Buspe that a tiger wen following him. It w a dangerous to premed, as any minute mig h bring an attack in the rear, and :so 118. puts ad, and made what preparation he °mild for the encounter. Ho had a sword at his side, and a crease in his belt, a weapon re- sembling a dagger. Haying scraped away the earth to give himself firm footing, he knelt on one knee and kept: a sharp lookout, knowing the beast was near. Soon he perceived the aninial's,,glittering eyes, and knew it meet be creeping towards him like a oat. The moment of suspense was a terrible one, but at, last it ended, and the brute made its apring. Ds °harm; WM, however, reeeived on the ethego, 018111011 wont throngh the anitnal's breast, stabbing it to the heart, so that it fell mortally wounded. /11 its dying struggles it tore the flesh from the young fellow's artr, but did him no !nodal injury, As for the vietor, he calmly rose, and went into °amp to report his second tiger slam that year. By 0 typhoon, landslide and earthquake in Japan 950 people were drowned, 3,000 houses swept away and 2,000 houses sub. morgod ; while 21,000 people aro being fed by the Government, assitted by charitable people. Ono hundred people were swalloW- ed up by an earthquake, OHERENT EVENTS. -- A tree•olimbing kangaroo, new to science, las been found in Northern Queensland. Automatic bootblacks in Naremberg, Germany, are run on the nickeldn.the.slot plan. Buttons aro being mode from potatese, hardened by acids and sabjected to great pressure, A hotel made ot paper boards has been erected in Hamburg, Germany, and is said to be fireproof. A Dutch journal has celebrated its 236th anniversary. A fao simile of the first num ber was given to each subscriber. An insurance company for young women in Denmark will pay a stipulated- weekly allowance to those who remain unmarried at the age of forty. Massachusetts will erect a statue to John Eliot. It will represent the missionary as holding an open Bible in one hand, while the other is extended toward heaven. A heavy projeetile from ono of the new ten -inch army rifles, struck a schemer four utiles away ond sunk her so soon that the captain and crew escaped with difficulty. Hon. Charles E. Smith, U. S. Minister to Ruseia, thinks thet the great mass of the Russian people are satisfied with tho pres- ent form of government and believe 1131 11 is the boot for them, Tho king of 88111001 100 Issued this order,: 'No opirittous, vinous, or fermented iquors, or intoxicating drinks whatever shall he sold, given ( r offered to be bought or bartered native Samoan or Pacific islander resident in Samoa." A valuable goblet has boon purchased tor the sum of 312,000 franos by a member of the Frankfort branoli of the Rothschild fain ily. The goblet is of exquisite work. mans hip, and is mid t have formed part of the municipal treasures of Osnabriek, in Germany. The Municipality of Osnabriok have devoted the atm of money to the erection of a theatre in their town. At the banquet given at the opening of the London Royal Albert 1)061C in and, 1880, there were ISOQ waitere, 100 cooks 4,000 dishes, 24,000 forks and spoons, l2,001 knives, 12,000 glassee, and 10(000 plates. The dessert eonsisted of owt. of grapes, and 2,000 Baskets of strawberries, in addition to other fruit ; and the tables and tablecloths extended to a Mile and a halt.