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The Brussels Post, 1891-3-20, Page 71 Mirii 20, 1891. THE BRUSSELS POST. A ROMANCE Of MIRE AGE, BY JIHELAND, (WAFTER, II, Tho next morning nothing unusual inark. eel the conduot of either of the NliePowere. MIAs littlishin WM calmly dignified, as was her wont ; and if Miss Elizithethet cheeks were a shade paler than usual her laugh was ever on her lip, and her epiritseeeined even brighter than usual. That pride of ours whish bide toe don the mask of mirth was strong in her. Sabrina ehould never guess the impression that Dr, Meadow's oonduct had ;merle upon her foolish old heart ! While the teeters were sitting at breakfast, Widget, their one domestic, -brought in a foreign - looking letter, Chloe, their married sister, was living in Marseilles with her husband, M. Cervay, a French aveltheat, who was euperintendingthe building elle large theatre there; and her weekly letters were looked forward to with great pleasure by both sis- ters, though Miss Sab'ino had an inborn horror of Jerome and everything French. The very word suggested something highly improper and objectionable, in her opinion. But this was not the usual day for Chloe's letter, so they felt n hole anxious as the envelope was torn open. " I hope nothing is wrong, Sabrina ?" asked Miss Elizabeth, She would not have dreamed of looking over her sister's shoulder to ascertain for herself. "No ; nothing is wrong, Elizabeth ; but, the letter contains some important news," answered Miss Sabrina, heading the letter to her sister. The news was that AL Corvay had been urgently requested by his father, who lived in °Waage, and was failing in health, to pay him a long vielt as soon es his present work should be at au end, " Eugene will see the completion of his week here next week," wrote Chloe, " mut we shall then start for Chicago. 1Vork is scarce here ; and my huaband thinks of settling in the United States, probably near his father. But, meanwhile, we should like our one chtkl, Men Aimee, who Is about nineteen, to have a quiet house. She is not very strong, and the unsettled life we shall load Inc a time would be very bad for any girl. 1)ear sisters, you can guess what 1 ion about to ask you. Will you take our child till we are settled in a home of our own? All arrangements shall be Made. While I write, a telegram hes come to hasten our visit, as my father-imlaw is growing rapidly worse. Counting on your ready cionsent, we shall put, Aimee under the escort ole friend who is also coming to England, and she will be with you, all being well, on the evening of next Friday." Then f 'Unwed ineny in) unctions to take care of" our dsr,t ulnkl, our Bien Aimee," and to teach her the houeowifely gifts that Chloe knew her sisters possessed, When Miss Elizabeth had finished reading the lettee, she deew a long breath. " I am glad Chloe has such confidence in our love for her," said Miss sabrina with moist eyee. " I shall write her at once to say bon more than glad we shall be' to have her child, She will brighten us up, quiet old maids that we are." " We will give her the front bedroom, Sabrina, and. I will move into the little one over the kitchen," said Miss Elizabeth, ever intent on kindly deeds. But her sister oppneed her with quiet de- termination. " I shall sleep in the back room Elizabeth. You know, my de t r, how liable you atm to take cold ; and there is a, most trying draught from that chimney." The intervening days—it was then Sunday —were spent he removing Miss Sabrina's belongings and flatting the guest's room as pretty as possible, NIes Elizabeth denuding her own ronm pf many of its quaint orna- ments that 'Bien Aimee might have °earthing bright around Iter. .011 the Friday morning, Miss Elizabeth Went down into the villiage to order supplies for the week -end, and as she came op the hill carrying a basket of fresh brown eggs, she met Dr. Meadows coming out of the chemist's shop. He accosted her with a friendly greeting. The hand that lay in his for u moment trembled, and the basket near- ly fell; but remembering Sabrina's injune. tions, bliss Elizabeth drew her slight form up with wounded pride and resolved to treat Dr. Meadows very coldly. "Shall I man your basket for you, Miss Elizabeth ?" he asked, bending down to catch a glitnpse of her averted face. "Thanks, Dr. Meadows ; but I prefer to carry it inyself." For a few moments silence ensued ; and Dr. Meadows stopped at the pate of his own house, and determined to make one more attempt to melt the little ladyec icy tones. "May I walk up with you, Elizabeth ?" he asked. in tones of reproachful tenderness and respect. Wounded by whet she was forced to be- lieve his meaningless sentimentalism, Miss Elizabeth looked straight Wth Dr. Meadows' eyes and said coldly : "No ; I thank you—I perfer to walk by myeelf." With a low bow, the Doctor turned in at Ws gate ; and Miss Elizabeth, with sore and wounded heart, toiled up the hill alone— only prevented from bursting into tears by the grim satisfaction of having done her duty. About eight o'clock that evening the age omnibus drew etp at the back gate of Sunnybank Cottage, and a slight tall girl, with pale tear -stained cheeks, alighted, and ran into the (0(1(15 00 kindly hold out to greet her. She suffered herself to be led into the cool drawing -room and hied on the couch by the open window. "Poor tired ohuld 1" said Miss Sabrina, with unwonted tenderness, smoothing the girl's dark hair as she la.y and oried for very weariness. " But cheer up, iny dear. Here is your aunt Elizabeth bringing you some sweet cakes of her own baking and a glass of new milk. Tey to eat, and then you shall go to bed.—To-morrow you will wake up quite refreshed and happy." Thus urged, Aimee dried her eyes, and slippiog het: arm rotind her auntes neck, kissed hor on both cheeks in her impulsive foreign way. " You are a good kind aunt.—Annt Sa- brina, is it not ?" she asked in broken Eng- lish.—" And yon aro Aunt Elizabeth? But I shell OM you Tante Elise ; 11.10 prebtior, do you not think ?" she added, turning to Miss Elizabeth. " Call Inc whot you like, dear, if you will only cat what 1 have brought you. To -mor- row, we will hear 011(01)001. your mother and father," said her mint, stooping to kiss the cheek hold up to her. Ah, yo(( are so kind, so kind ;" and the tired girl fell to crying egain, touched by the tenderness of the two gentle ladies. " Come, my deer," said Mise Sabrina when Aimee had been preerailed upon to drink the milk and nibble a, morsel of cake, " 1 am teeing to put: you to boil without asking your leave," Nothing, loth, Aimee followed her aunt: tiF stairs, and Was soon Imoltod up in 1101' wel. 00(110 bed, whore she slept the dreamloes &Mop of wearied yeah, and woke the next morning to see a yellow ray of 000011100 !dentin in through the white blind, " Ail, you look !totter to -day, icy Elect'," Mitie 80141110 said as Aimee eame to break. laetehne with cheeks rosy front 0 walk I round the garden and eyes Ink after a I long sleep. " Olt yea, me tante. I do not mean to he a dump blanket --I think you stey,"she answered gaily 1 " and I may expinee those lovely woods be. behind the house, and learn to bake theme sweet eek es—ma y I not ? And alb but there will be thousand things to do ; and you must hear all about la belle France." A few days passed fail of delightful novel. ty to Aimee ; but Miss Sabrina noticed that her sister's cheeks wore growing paler, and was not deceived by hew e(0550015(1cheerful- neee. " Elizabeth," she said one evening, after Aimee had gone to bed, tired front /I long eamble in the woods, "I have been think- iog that this would be a very good oppor. tunity to pay your long -promised vise. to Mrs, Carruthers"—naming an old friend of Miss Elizabeth's who had recently become a widow. " You sea, I shall have Aimee to take mere of me ; and I think the change will do you good," There was no escaping the seratiny of those all-seeieg gray eyes, so Miss Elizabeth quietly dropped her musk and aesented, Accordingly, the non day she packed her little trunk, and steamed away submissively 1.0 1(0)' friend's house at (iarlisle, a distance/ of about, twenty miles. On the evening aftee her departure, Aimee was watering the grass in front of the pore)), when a low ors marched her oars through the open door that led into the lobby. Run- ning Into the house, she fennel hor aunt sit- ting on a chair in the hall evidently in great pain. " Melee 1" she " what is it you have done, ma tante?" " I fear I have sprained my ankle, dear," answered Miss Sebrina, her (Roe all drawn with pain. " Will ymi seed Bridget for Dr. Meadows ? I (Rennet move till he has done something for inc. I stupidly caught wiy foot in the stair carpel where those Italia have come out. In (01)0111. 15 quarter of an hour Dr. Mead- ows oame hurrying in, and, with Bridget'sassistancs, assistance, 0(0(110(10(0(110(1Mies Sabrina up to her bedroom, after first baudaging the injured an kle. Leaving her with strict injuoutione not to move, he wont down•staire, followed by Aimee, who introdueed herself in her pretty foreign way 1" 1, one savez—ah, you know, moniieur—that Tante Elise is away—Mees Elizabeth, I should say. It would be boiler —would it not ?—to keep the news of this little accident from her, in order not to spoil her holiday ?" " Is Miss Elizabeth away ?" asked the doctor rather abruptly, knitting his heavy brows. Al, yes, She was not looking as she ought. Hee cheeks were pale ; so me tante sent her to get a leetle ohauge." " I am sorry 10 hear she is not well," said Dr. Meadows, as he stood with hie hand up. on the half:open door—" Well, you will not allow your aunt to got ont of bed, 105 Cor- vay. I will call in the morning. Oood. 001015to you." " How Mee Monsieur le Docteur is," said Miss Sabrina with some constraint. " But we have been fortunate enough not to re- quire li0. professional services very often." " He is married, n'est-ce pas?" " No ; he 100 widower ;" and the subject dropped. A week or two passed, and the doctor called every day. He wee tuntised by Aimee's impulsive ways, and enjoyed listening to her lively chatter. Soon she became quite at home with him, and told him about her father and mother, and "la belle France for lie was not a busy man now, and would stroll round the garden with her after seeing his patient, and draw out her childish onm Helloes, 1011 1100 affectionate nature, togeth- er with the instinct that made hor trust him so completely, soon caused her to regard him as an old friend—almost as a temporary father. Soon Miss Sabrina was allowed to Come downstairs for a few hours every day, and from the clrawing•room window where she lay on the couch she watched the middle. aged man and the young girl take their hab- itual stroll together'and gradual y the idea grew in her mincl that Dr. Meadows was seeking a bride in earnest—the niece, and not the aunt. The night before Miss Elizabeth's return, Aimee was talking to the dootor of hor younger aunt. He had boon drinking tea with 1110111 in ho11o00 of bliss Sabrine's first walla round the gaeden. "I should say, mon ami," she said reflectively, "11 Tante Elise were younger, that she had " la Braude pas. stem" For see, 001100 1) girl in France has it, she grows pale ; she seem not to hear you when you speak to her ; and then her laugh sounds strange 0111 haysh. So it ie with Tante Elise ; and aro not English and French alike in that? But thee, alas 1 I fear she is too old for la grand° passion." " Too old 1" said the Doctor indignantly, adding involuntarily / am not too old," Something in his voice caught the girl's attention. She looked up curiously at him, and he, foolish anoient lover, blushed like a girl beneath hoe inquiring eyes. " Alt 1" she cried a,rohly, " you—my mock:papa,— are you in lore ? Why, of course," sno cried again, clipping her bands in childish delight at her own quick perception. " Yott are in love with Tante Elise. Why all not guess before?" Then, noticing that his facto was very grave, her mood changed at ono, aod raising, hie hand to her lipe, she kissed it " A113 'ant 00 50103'," she said apologetically. I should 1101. 1(1005 said it. 190111 not be rucle again ;" and with a hasty "Good bye" sho turned and ran back into the house. Miss Sabrina had boon watching the little seeno, and never doubted that Dr, Meadows world now ask for Aimee hand at the ere 1 - est opportunity.,"I shall 00101 1)1)0 to her parents, of course," she thought ; " yet I am sure they could not but approve. 1 knew ho would choose a young bride. What a good thing I warned Elizabeth in Limo. I shall tell her first thing when she comes home ; and meanwhile I will not mention the subject to Aimee." The next chey Miss Elizabeth returned, looking a shade fresher for her change ; ancl for a long time that evening the sisters wore closeted in Miss Sabrina's bedroom. Al; tho end of that time Mise Elizabeth emerged very white and drawn, and she knelt long into the silenbwatches of the night, praying for the spirib of unselfishness, which should melte her rejoice in her noiee's good fortune, When De. Meadows left: Aimee at the gate, he swore inwardly at having betrayed himeolf ; bite when his wrath had cooled a little, ho thought altar words, and soon the manliness within him began to ery out against the timidity and self-dopreouttion that had hold him back from making a straightforward appeal to Mime Elizabeth's feelings. !then and there ho decided once mom to "5:30000 his oonvage to the sticking. point," and " We'll not: fah " lia said to himself as ho stood on the doorstep ; and he pulled 11(0 1)011 AO vigorously that, the set, vane came rtenning to the door in dishevelled alum. Aaeordingly, the incoming, after .Miss retum he donned a fine whith waitit coat, buttoned up his frock.coat with Recite fingers, and sallied forth to ?lam Inc happlceso in the /male of fickle foreune. He was fortunate enough to find Miss Elizabeth alone in the drawingwooni arranging flowers in a gown of Quaker grey. Determined at once to broach the subject uppeemmet in his mind, he beteg!' —after a IP tie humming and hawing in this wiee : "Mots Elizabeth, I have come to speak to you on a subject which ooneerns my happiness very deeply. So it was true ; Sabrina had been quite rigIlbI " Yee, 1)r. Meadow," said bliss I'llieaboth nerve11s1V, _pulling a pansy to pieces as she spoke, " I know—ehut is -010 are (mite prepared—I will go and fetch Sabrina," " Fetch Sabrina ?" echoed the good Doc- tor in astonishment et this novel we.y of re. 00111111) 5 etwech cco obvious in its meaning. 11.1 150 Elizabeth became more and MOM flurried, " Well—I will fetoh Abnoe," she amid tremulously, Then, catching the Doe - toes eye, and reading estrange tale therein, she itdded wildly, in hor confusion, " or both of them," Suddenly it all [lathed upon the Doctor Ile moved to where bliss Elizabeth was et whin it, and took holdi 1153' !teak in his. "Ts it poseible, Elizabeth, that you can mistake what I mean ?" "Olt, please don't talk like that, Dr. Meadows," sobbed Miss Elizabeth in die. may, " 1 promised Sabrina that I would not lot you lead me into foo-oo lish swat- " What do you mean. Elizabeth ? I love 3'00.I went, you to be my wife. It le Yes.' is it nnt?" he asked tenderly, for Min Elizabeth had un000soiously laid her head roe his shoulder end was eobbieg as if her heart would break, " But Sabrina said you wore only a bee. she murmured piteously through her tearti, " and that yott—flew about—sucking a little honey --here and—there ; end that if you over were to settle, it would be on some g.gorgeous flower ; and I am only a— (Imperatively p -poor old inaid." She had teethed her lesson well. At that moment Dr. Meadows hated Miss Sabrina with 10 vindictive hatred. But he controlled it, and gently putting his arm around ;Rise Elizabeth, lie drew her to him and tried be snothe her agitation. " 1 don't think 1(0)11 a bee," he said, hardly able to seep from smiling at the apt otenparison " and if I am, why, my dear, I have got a cosy hive, and you shall come and be my queen." Then ho laughed at his foolish words, and Miss Elizabeth laughed. too, and was just wiping her eyes, W11011 Sabrina opcmed the drawing -room door. She stood still for a few moments, looking with bewildered eyes at the " tableau vivant." "Miss Sale:inn," said Dr. ...Meadows, step- ping forward, " I have asked your sister to become my wife, and she has done me the honour to accept my offer. I cannot ask for youe sanction, but I should like your bless. lug and continued friendship. Believe nie, 11501 not the light rover you imagine. I will teke care of Elizabeth, and yen r hall not feel that you have lost asister ; but only, by God'et help, that you have gained a brother.', And stooping, he raieed blies Sabrina's hand to his lips. [THE END) THE DEAD RIVER, ItY NV. 0. FLAYEENCE. One night last summer a jolly party of salmon fishers were sitting round the din- ner -table in their temporary house ell the bank of the Natashquan, in Lower Canada. The state of the table bore convincing proof that the appetites of the fishermen had been good, and as the stage of " pipes and grog " had been reached, alt the party had settled themselves into attitudes which bespoke comfore if not grace. Among the party was a halfthreed, well known through the Canadas as a most expert and reliable fisher. inan, trapper and geide. Matallac was half asleep whoa he was soddenly startled by the inquiry : "Why is that part of the stream above the bend called Tho Dead River?'" " Why 1" said he, as he slowly drew himself into a more erect position, " don't yon know that? There ain't any. one ocenes hero but is told that story right off 1" " A story I We haven't heard it. Come, Mot, tell us, like a good fellow 1" " Well, gen'lemen, menet goocl at spinnin' yarns, 1)011 11 you want to, Fll tryand glee it to you as near as I cm, in ;he words of all old chief, who told it to me many years ago." " Let s have it, old man. Silence, boys, for the General 1" Matallac took an extra long and strong chenk, shifted uneasily in his chair, and after having looked at the ceiling for inspirer, tion, began * c. Great many years ago this bank of the river was inhabited by a powerful tribe of Indians, whose wigwams extended from where it empties into the St. Lawrence Op to the Isle of Doves—a distance of about ten miles. The chief was called Blamonah, and although he was nearly sixty years of age, he was still on 1110 witepagh and hunt, and ruled his people with ell iron Inend. The bribe's mien source of income WOS the price they received 100111 traders for the skins of seals, which abounded in the river. These animals were too wary to often show them- selves during the day, but on moonlight nights the hunters would conceal themselves on the banks of the river, and shoot tho seals when they mune up to 'breathe. So much did the Indians prize the right to slur t 1, this river that for years wars had been waged for its posscsnon. The 01081 powerful oppor cults of Blamonah's tribe had been the Waohitos, who for- merly lived on the opposite bank. But nearly twenty years before the time when whet I am going to toll you hp. paned, Blamonah Inul, in &groat baLtle, do. foaled the Wachitos so severely that the few who escaped left the river and departed northward. Among the captives taken by ]3h 110,10.11, and the only ono he spared, 1000 &baby boy, to whom ho gave the Milne of Notontah. This boy soon beoamo a great favorite with the ohief, who took him into his own wigwam, and brought him up with his MU daughtote: Ootehulta, Under 131a, inenithis training Netontith grew up to 1)0 the first young breve of the tribe. None could equal Iiiin in feats ofldh1, strength and emir" age; and ell the Indian maidensamitud 00 11)111. le Mental!, had, however, eyes for only one, Ootehuktie Tho Itoy'e love for his sister had tetown with hie growth into tho man's pas- sion for the woman he yearned foe, And Ootchulca loved him, but neither dared to tell 131amonah. Ono day tho chief dolled the girl to Ithie, " Oetchulett, you have reached tho ago When you should mem, Prepare yourself, for the bravo lentianah is coining to elaim you." " But, father, I cannot love him. I fear his wilcl looks and harsh voice," " Ho will spotlit softly to yen. Why, Fay, out yen not love him ? Ito is strong And fearless." "Father, 1 lova another." " Who 9 is name I Quick, Mei 1" "Netontah 1" " What 1 That Wachito clog 1 That ger. pent I warmed at my fire 1 Why did spare that spawn of the Evil One 1 The Witold tos have ever been eilr oerSe. 1 SeATII one, and he carries out the mission of his tribe. You shall never 050 him again 1 He shall ge front here before the mon sets to. night." " But, father, 1 love him ; 011113(101 1(101 I shall die 1" " Then die ! Muoh as 1 love thee, Oot. chuka—and the Great Spirit alone knows how much that is -et would rather see t,1 a dead than married to a Wachito." " You tvill aeo deed them father." " Go, girl ! Semi Netontalt to me, and beware you stay not to speak further with him." While waiting for Natoli tah, the old chief paced up and down like an angry tiger lash. nig 111015011 11110 greater fury. Ootehulce sought Natant:di, and though she kept 1110, but 0 moment, *ho found time to tell him to watch for her that night when the moon was full, nn,1 she would swim aoross the river to him, "Blamonah, you have sent, for Netontah ; he is hero." " Dog of a Wei 111.0 ! I spared you when a baby. I have taught you to be bravo ; to kill the seal and caribou 1 now you turn around (((111 1)110 me. Once I loved you like a eon, It is because of that I spare you now. 00 from my sight, but if by the time the moon rises you are in the camp, you die 1" " 131amonah, you say you once loved me as a MI, It is because I do love yea as a (matey that I listen to words no other man should say to me and live. All !level owe to you, even m life ; therefore I obey you. I had almost forgotten I was not of your tribe ; but I should m truth be the dog you called me did I deny illy race." " Why did you dare to love Dote:hut:a ?" " I del not deem her beyond my reach, but if I had, still should I have loved. Love will dem all, and heeds not what it dares." "Cio, boy, go. Yon wring :ley heart." Sadly, and With a yearning gesture, which Blamonah repelled, Netontab turned and left. A few moments later he might have been soon urging his canoe across the river. After some time spent, in trying to calm himself and smother his grief, Slamonah sought his wigwam. " Ootehuka," said he, " the moon begins to rise 1 give my gun l'll watch for seal." " Yes, father 1 Think you there will be many seeds tomight 9" " No, but I must do something to quiet. ine. I can not sleep." Hours passed, and Blamonah not re: turn. Ootchuka feared that she might meet him on the way to the river, but just as the moon had remitted the full, she stole down to the bank, and with all the confi- dence of an Indian 1110deu plunged boldly She had almost reached the middle of the river when the sharp crack of a rifle sound. ed through the clear air, and with one Forcing ecreant Ootchuka s life was ended. As he hear 1 that scream, Blamonah, who had tired the shot, felt a pails of fear numb hie heart. " That was no seal's cry," he said, us he sprang into his oanoe, and with fierce blows of !Ins paddle drove it toward the dark object floating on the evater. Summate had he reached it and learned the awful. truth, when another canoe, which had shot out from the opposite bank, oinne up: ' Blamonah, what has happened ?" "Oh Netontah, I was wetting for seal, and I leave killed my cluld 1 my only one Ootehaka 1 Help me to carry her to shore " With a broken heart poor Netontah gave the asked for help. IN hen Ootoluthe had been carried to the wigwam, Netontah knelt by her side, pressed his lips for the Last time to those that were now so cold, then rising, turned to go. " Netontah, whither are you going 9" " Yon ordered me frone here," " Netontah, I am a wretched old man. There lies all that stood between our loves. Can yon not fotive me 9 Let our griefs bring our hearts together again." Blemonah—father 1" " Netontah, my son 1" And over the body of her whom they had cloth so loved those two poor Indians Fayed to, the Great Spirit, for the soul of Ootohuka tho heroine of "The Dead River." A Railroad Manager. Ohio and :Mississippi Railway, Office of the President and Genel Manager, Cinoin- nati, Ohio, U. 8. A., Nov. 15, 1886. Gentle- men : Recently while in the teot of alight. 1115 from my oar I stepped upon a stone, which, turning suddenly under my foot, threw me to the ground with a severely sprained ankle. Suffering exceediugly, I was helped into the ear, and my man rubbedeme most, generously with arnica, and kindred remedies, but to no avail. Reaching a station where Sb. Jacobs Oil could be scoured, two bottles of it were bought and the application resulted at once in a relief from pein, which had be- come well nigh unbearable. I was out and about my work in three days. NV. W. Psethoov, Pres't and Gang Manager. A now diamond mine, the deposit in which is described as similar to that of the richest claims at Kimberly, has been discovered in Griqualand West. Mrs, Julia Ward Howe is President of the Town and Country Chb at Newport, which encourages out -door sports and anything else that tends to advance the physical health of Remembers. At HuntingdOwn Assizes on Saturday, a labourer named Cox and his wife were in: dieted for the manslaughter of !their child, four years old, by starvation, not a particle of food being found in its stomach. There was an insurance on the child's life. The man (005 (501)0111.0(1, and the W0111011 sen Mooed to six months' hard labour. The house of a, forester named 1Vilded Ballenstaclt was (says a Berlin telegram) at. taokocl and riflocl by them masked robbers in breed daylight on Saturday. The wife of the forester, who had just been &whined, fired at the robbers as they wore leaving with their booty, killing ono of them who turned ont to bo the midwife who had been attending the tomatoes wifo. The other two robbers have boot idonbifiod as the husband and son of the dead woman, The lesepeito 11.1/101(051(915 that sumer/810 trials have boon made at Spezzia, of tho system Of Capt. Cnniborti for applying petro. loom (55 10 °embus tible to marine boilers. It says that the use of liquid fuel will tend greatly to emnomy, intunnueb as eighteen clays' steaming with 00101 0013' be said to cost 110,000 lire, while with petroleum a moving of 17,520 lire (83,355) may bo °froth& With petroleum, Rays the Zweite, battle shlp May keep tho mut at Masl three three as Tong as Would bo poseible with coal. So satisfactory ern the -Italian trials appear to have been that a eouree of inetrootion in the 1)000000y procedure for the application of 11111111 fuel Mahout to be minneencod on the training ship Altoona. A REGION OF 1, Booking Gold and Finding.Nameloas Gram, HOW itiOnee ads pr flee Lost Their Liven on the fellentum or Pe Hama -Daily rune/ell 1'r$,& to Monkey 11111 Cernet Pry. More mon have died and are buried and more money lia,s been made and likewise squandered, on the Isthmus of Panama, along, the line of the pro_posed canal, than. on 01(7 equal amount of territory In the world. Thousands of men came from all parts of the world, sickened and died under the influence of the deadly climate in a few months, weeks, or oven days, while fortunes were made by a few honestly and in a legiti- mate way, but in numerous eases 1 y down- right robbery, nr what amounted to that. It was in 1887, the year before the final collapse of the canal scheme came, that I visited the Istliumas of Pennine, says a writ- er. I there met Jack Gardiner, of Toronto. " What brought me to the isthmus ?" ho said in answer to my question ; the sante reason that has owned other men to come here—the search for gold. In Canada I only earned 811 a week keeping bgoks in a commercial ,ouse, although I tun an expert in my business. Here g am getting 8230 a month in a simple clerical position in tho Panama Railroad Company's offices. Of course, I take the chances of being carried 0111. 1.0 Monkey Hill Cemetery within a fow hours at any time, for neither yellow fewer nor the fever which the natives call table, meaning 'knock you down,' so sudden is 11 1(1 ite attack, aro respecters of persons, and elte:Tea fever, though slower in its ef- feets, ie almost as deadly. gne Milk:DAL THAI "We have in Aspinwall 00110.1. 10 known as 1110 'dead tram."/Ins consists of three nr four ordinary box (f11.8 and a locomotive, beloeging to the railroad company. Every afternoon et 4 o'clock the train *tarts for the cemetery 01 'Monkey Hill, Unless the deceased is te person of some importance the burial only takes a few minutes. The grave diggers know in advance how many 510005 00 115,00 00(013'. They don't lose much tune in making them extra deep either. Al.out three feet is the usual depth, and when the heavy rains come pouring down the sides of the cemetery hill the earth is often washed away and portions 0( 11)5 body expesed. You eill see in menyplaces throughout Aspinnedl, espeeially in small side streets mid alleys, plain rough board coffins stood up on end against the sides of houses. eVlion an unknown man dies on the street the native policemen merely go for the nearest public coffin, put the body in it and place it on one of the railroad box oars, where it remains until token out to the cemetery in the afternoon. Then the corpse is dumped into the grave, dressed as it Wee when fourd on the street or elsewhere, and the coffin brought back to town for farther use. A NIUDEIIN " common thing to find mere prin. oipally poor negroes or natives, lying dead on the sidewalk or tinder the stoops or porches of houses, in the morning, whore they hove lain down to die of fever during the night. No man living knows just how many people are buried in Monkey 11il1 Cemetery. The railroad hospital authoti- ties, of course, keep a record of the number of deaths ito their institution, but the native city authorities keep no mortuary statistics whatever and of the hundreds of xneu who die here e ere: year and are buried by the city no record whatever of the burial is kept. It is by no means an uncommon thing for an old grave to be opened and another body buried on top of the first one, this being done for want of room. How many people are buried 0111 1(1 Monkey Hill? Certainly 8,000 or 0,000; probably 11,000 or 111,000, but It's all a matter of guess work as to the exact number. The cemetery might not in- appropriately be called Golgotha, the place of skulls. THOUP.kEDS OF DEAD CatiSASINa. "But the ground about Aspinwall only holds a small percentage of the 10en who have died on the Isthmus. The 0113' of Panaina, of course, lays olaim to the largest member of lmrials, but loan aay without ex. aggeration that 1110 entire line of the rail- road and canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific is a continuous graveyard. At Ma- tochin alone over three thousand five hun- dred Chinamen met their death in one day. That was 25 or 30 years ego, Nt bile the Panama Railroad WAS being built, and long before work on the canal was began. Ten thousand Chinamen had been brought from China to work on the canal. Over half of them were camped at what is now Alritochin. Smallpox brow out neon thein and the mor- tality became so great that the Chinamen, always easily excited, became panic-stricken and, preferring to die by drowning, ran down the steep sides of the hills near their camp and throw themselves into the Chagres river. As I have said, 3,1100 of them drown. ed. (1011' TO STAHL' MONET, " It's a vary easy matter for a sharp, clever, but dishonest num to make thous- ands of dollars on the isthmus in as short a time its it would take hint to make hun- dreds in Canada, The Panama Railroad em- ploys only white men as engineers and ooncluotors, who have previously been rail- ihad men in the United States, For many years, up to within a short time ago, the passenger fare from Aspinwall to Panama, fb distance of only 45 miles, was 825. No tickets were sold at way stations, passengers paying the concluotors on the trams. This they usually did in Colombian silver. When the conductors arrived at Aspinwall or Pan- ama in the evening they would bring in tho money received for fares on the trip in largo OallVile sacks, and 11 1.1951110 had boon rather heavy on that day the oonduotors would need help in carrying the silver from the train to tho oompany's office. ID was not thought at all unusual for a oonduotot to " knock down" 8100 a day. Half of this ho would have to divide with the engineer of his train. The company olosecl its oyes to this barefaced robbery, for mayoral reasons, among them being the fad that It was a difficult matter to obtain exporienood road men to take positions on tho isthmus, while 0001.1101 080501) was that the company was making so numb money that the atetal. Inge Were considered too Milling to tiotioe. The end is soon coming ,and the world will quickly hoar of the collapse of the cenal scheme," My friend spoke prophobieally, for in the following year the final melt atone, ruining thousands of poor people in Fenno° and eons. ing untold misery to thousands of penniless workmen on the isthmus who Wee stranded bar from thole own countries. To -day about all that remains on tho Isthmus of Panama fte.evilenee of thehuman greed of gold aro nollione of pounds of what was once magni- ficent machinery, but now is little more than old iron, 301(11 (100 bleached bones of tons of thonaands of men, 7 King o Medicines 4 Ctfre (c4Linost JIIEraculous,' "When I was 11 910)110 of age I had a severe attack of rheumatism, and after 1 recovered. had to 50 00 °retches. A year later, sort/ft/14 In the form of white swellings, appeared Oa various parts 01 (1(3' body, and for 11 years was ell Invalid, being confined to my bed% years. In that time ten or eleven sores ap- peered and brake, causing me great palls and suffering. I feared I never should get well. "Ealy In 1000 I went to Chicago to vislt sister, but was confined to fey bed most of the time I was there. In July I road a book, 0.A. Day with a Circus; In which were statements of cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla. I was so fru— /tressed with the success 01 11110 medicine that^ I decided to try It. To my great gratification the mires soon decreased, and I began to feel better and in a short time I was up arta out of doors. I continued to take Hood's Ser- sapttrilla for about a year, when, having ttsett six bottles, I liad become so fully release, from the disease Wet I went to Nvorlc for thee Flint & Walling Mfg. Co., and since then =Ira NoT LOST A 5120GZ11 DAY on 8000101. 0! sickness. I believe the disease, is expelled front any system, I always feel well, am In good spirits and have a good appetite. I nm now 27 years of age 8(1(1 01(11 walk as well as any one, except that one Ilmb is a little shorter thou the other, owing to the loss of bone, and tint soros formerly on my right Mg. To my friends my recovery seems almost miraculous, and I think Hood's Sarsaparillll is the king of medicines." Wu.xmar Limn, (500. Railroad St., Kendallville, Ind. ood's Sars parilla Bele byall druggists. 51; sixfor$5. Preparettouly by C. T. HOOD DO., Apothecaries, Lowell, etas& 100 Doses One Dollar VIMPLIrtrenrc.Wimon.M1.1er•OSTMAPRORRII010 The wolves are this winter causing great consternation in the interior of Roosia and Finical& .A few clays ago, in the govern- ment of Kehl; a young gui end her sweet- heart were attacked by a pack of these ferocious animels, and the girls as torn to pieces, Her companion attempted to escape by climbing a tree, bet loll down dead from flight. Curiously enough the wolves did not touoh the inanimate body. 46 rr411111.011VMS11119111MILIZON• ugust IU Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca„ Mo., during the past two years has been affected with Neuralgia of the Head, Stomach and Womb, and writes: "My food did not seem to strengthen me at all and my appe tite was very variable. My face was yellow, my head dull, and I had. such pains in my left side. In the morning when Ingot up I would have a flow of mucus in the mouth, and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes my breath became short, and I had such queer, tumbling, palpitating sensations around. the heart. I ached, all day under the shoulder blades, in the left side, and down the back of tuy limbs. It seemed to be worse in the wet, cold weather of Winter,.. and Spring; and whenever the spellf came on, my feet and hands would turn cold, aild 1 could get no sleep at all.5 I tried everywh'ere, and got no relief before using August Flower Then the change came. It has done me a wonderful deal of good during the time I have taken it and is work- ing a complete cure." G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr,Woodbury, ••• FRIED POTATOES.—Thke eight or ten tuft large potatoes :pare and slice thin. Have reedy In the frying pan two tablespo onfuls of hot lard ; put in potatoes, salt, and pep. per, and cover closely. Turn often to pre, vent burning and so all may be browned. When nearly tender, add a little hot water or milk ; cover tightly and let steam a few minutes. A terrible aceiclent, occurred in a village near Roubaix on Saturday night. A woman living at the hamlet of Pont Rouge, on per- ceiving that hor kitchen fire was nearly out, poured a few drops of petroleum upon the embers, and the flame produced nnmed lately ignited the contents of the can, and a ter- rific explosion followed. 31) 010 instant the unfortunate woman was enveloped in a sheet of flame. She rushed into the courtyard shrieking for help, but when the neigh bows hmt extinguished the flames it was foun01l that the woman's body was simply an nor. mous. wound. She still breathes, but her condition is regarded as hopeless. 'O..' • tt sis n d WILTERE- Thf0PIEs T,t4oTne oro Fth7dreVisei."?.:. tilt! FORE. In tho 11(01. 11(01 it is better, in being more prompt and sure, and therefore the best for tho speellio purpose. 11. 10 not 0.0 1110 c,atch- lino that strikes the eye thus; ST- CO S OIL THE GRERT REMEDY FOR PMN, THCBEST. 01 15 the best cure for all aches emir:03M 101 11 holds THE T,* DE PROOF. To this speeifie Piet Archbishops, Mob* ops, Clergymen. Lawyers, Dootorso Gov- ernors, Generals, Senator's, Morn -bora of Congress and Legislatures, 97.0. Consuls. Army and Navy Officers Mayors and Officials, testify and Unite in Saying; "Wo mitered pent; OTHER REMEDIES PAILEDe and St, Sacohs 011 cured promptly and per -p manently," Por the ettme reamen THr 13..0.0Et IMAM 11055what he eeeks end needs, 10 1101 deceived and will have it at an/ price,