The Brussels Post, 1891-4-3, Page 2TI1E BRUSSELS POST.
THE RI.NGANDTHE BIRD.
, 0. L
CHAPTER Ia.
o went into the dinimn room, where. even
at that monent of confeeien I saw that my
presenee 81 001211 811 dditiouill awkward.
ness. I did not heed the others, but tented
to Louisa, who poled before my glenee.
" Whet were you snying t" I asked.
" What do you teem 7'
" What did you eay elmet Agatha a.
moment age ? Will you repeat it
Imeisa'e face crew milieu behind its feat
How black thee. geld.httired women too
--aometimes
" 1 said that Agatha had etolen Colette
lawrer's rine."
" That is uot true 1" I exclaimed.
Mrs. Gretton broke fit : " Oh, Laurence
I'm as sorry for you aa I am for meself
though of course you 0211 throw up Agatha
anti nothing mu undo the feet that he
my poor dead brother's child. But there'
110 use denying it ; she has confessect to tL
theft
"7 don't believe it. You have misun
derstood her."
"7 wish that were possible. But yo
see the motive was there, and really w
ean't altogether hie:no her—at least" -.---
"What do you mean by the motive?"
" Will—her brother. You have seen birn?
he dined here once—a pale, weak
looking yen fellow."
"It is Agatha who is weak over him—th
only subject on which she ever shows an
softness. She ermild never have left htm, al-
though his gambling and getting into debt
were breaking her heart and wearing ont
her health, if he hadn't decided to go to
America. Then I persuuded her to ceme
here. Bet in less 1 han siX mouths he wa-s
back again ; Lut he himself put so many
hindrances in the \my that it was evi-
dent he didn't went her. And he t eally
seemed to be doing better. Ie was a surpr se
as well as a shoek to her when she got his
letter this morning saying that he wanted
money. And, poor girl, I can't blaine hertoo
much if the ring tempted her,"
" I see no muse for dishoneety," said the
Colonel, ne.th a ponipous indignation which
even at that moment emelt me a. ludicrous.
I remembered how he had obtained the
ying
It
, I
11
,
1
wildermen " Colonel Ferri a ring
1\ hat Iwo I to do a 101 that 1 nave
never 000/1 11 811110 11115 afternoo whou
Louisa tried it on."
" Now dare you talk so, you wieked girl
in face the of yonr own words, too.
Didn't, you tell Luniett yourself, when you
mune in that 700 11011 uthen the ring 1"
" Never ."
Mrs (lretton and Louisa both broke into
exelamatiom of horror at her dishonesty,
deceit, and boldness, Agatha paid no heed
to them. She turned to the Colonel, and
stretch( d 081 1(01 righe hand—her left was
sante-Of hidden by the shawl, but I meld
eee that it was pressed againet her throat,
as if to keep down an bysteric sob thet
would 1)01.1117 1)0 repressed, "Colonel Ferrer,"
she eaid solemnly, "1 swear to you that I
lave liever teethed your Hug, that I have
not seen it since this afternoon when it was
on my comfit's hand,"
"1 don't believe a word yoe say, 11113s
March," said the Colonel rudely ; and again
the two woman began their howling of is.
p10021). I could atand it no loner.
"Look here Miss Grethen," I cried ; " the
last time the ring was seem it was on
your finger. It doesn't eeem eo very un
likely that yonknew what beelune of it after.
wards, 0011 700 know where 11. 15 lying now. "
"01) Frank, don't talk like that," cried
Agatha ; while Mrs Gretton turned on me
e like on infuriated mother -hen, and athed me
y how I dared address such language to her
" Agatha told me nothing of all this,"
said, feeling some pain that she had with-
held any confidence from me.
"She wouldn't like to expose family
tronbles ; and, besides, ta ill eeemed to Le
quite steady now," :aid Mrs. C:retton.
" She didn't want to risk Ittehm you,"
said Louisa.
I turned to Mrs. Gretton. " IVill you
ask Agatha, for my mike, to come 110)01)'
800110 for a few mOttunts, and give us scene
explanmion of this natter?" •
"She won't come," hire. Gretton declar-
ed ; but when I presed the matter she eon.
sewed to tell my sweetheart of my request.
While she was gene another thought streak
me and aeked from Louisa, and obtained,
'Will March's address.
When Agatha appeared I think even the
Colonel must have pitied her. I know the
pwrot did, for he cried out ' with
O wail of cotnmiseration his strident
voice. How pale she WaS 1 cannot tell you;
loose tendriis of tor brown hair hung about
ber troubled brow. her lips trembled, and
her eyes were &Trained mid eolourieSS With
weeping. She shivered as with cold, al.
though the evening was Wenn and mild, and
her shoulders and arms were covered with
O halfatranaparent white shawl drawn close-
ly round her, under whose meshes one could
barely see the outline of her hands.
I went up to her and pet my arm round
her wsdst, ' Agatha," I said, "do von
know the accusation that is brought against
you?"
" No," she answered teith wondering
eyes : and Louisa ejaculated, "What non.
sense 0"
"Before I tell you," I went on, "I want
you to know that I do not believe it, that
my trust in you is as complete a.s ever."
She broke into tears. "0 Frank, Frank,
1 don't deserve your trust ; I don't think I
should hove done it. But I belonged to
Will before I ever 80(0 you—rny little
brother that I have cared for all my Iife 0 I
promited my mother to look after him. I
had to help him"
" Then Ile needed help to.day ?"
"Why did you not come to me, dear ?
'Surely I have the right to know your
troubles. '
"It wasn't my 01 ouble ; it Wes Will's,
And, beside, men—good men—ate hard,
even the kindest of them. You would only
have sitid bitter things of my poor boy, and
refused to aid him after all. I had to take
illy own way, right or wrong."
My sweetheart's words were very bitter
to me. I had trusted her, and she had not
trusted me. I had been tender with her—
all the more gentle beoause so long she had
stood and fought alone, because I knew that
love of any kind had never smoothed her
path. I had tried, coneeiously tried, to
make her feel that my life wale bound with
her; I had risked boring her with my dis-
appointments, my ambitions, and my hopes,
rather than let her fancy I had a thought
apart front her. .1 had brought only
little troubles to her am yet, because,
thank God, I had 110 great ones
to bring; but I had striven, even ill
those early days of our betrothal, to begin
that union of mind and soul I looked for tri
our marriage. I had meant nothing but
mve, and to her I bad seemed cold and hard,
unready to help. Pain made me cruel when
I thought of thia, and recalled her states
ment tha, for fear of my refusal to aid her
brother, she had. taken "her own way, right
or wrong."
"And your way," I said, "was theft 1"
Itor I forgot at that moment that I had pro.
mimed to trust her againat the mewling of
all the world, and I was angry with myself
for feeling that if she would only raise her
eyes to mine I could not but "believe her-
aelf against heraelf. Surely now, I thought,
she would flash a glence of anger or reproof
at me. But she only drooped her head a
little lower.
"I suppose you have the right to call it
that," Me said. pibifully. "I didn't think
of it in that light at the moment The need
Yves so great, so preesing, that I only felt
that the power to help was m my hands. I
ahold have felt gdilty it I had not mod it
And 7 hoped that in three days, when 1got
my salary, I should be able to put all right
without your knowing. I didn't know that
I was doing really wrong. I can't quite feel
it even now."
" Why, Agatha," oried her aunt, "I don't
know what you tnean 1 That Conies of
going to nasty Soeialiat mettetinge, 'where
believe everybody 08 at bifida Can't feel
that you did wrong, indeed 1 Where la your
coneelence, if it &can't tell you that you
Were wrong—wickedly, einfilly, wrong—in
taking Colonel Fatrer tering ? "
Agatha looked ttp now, but in 010)000 1)0.
elilld.
Louisa remained composed. It is naturel
101(11 yOnshouhl want mune» Agatha a t any
oee's expense," she said ; "1(11,) perhaps you
eould manage it better 10 11 wee eu'e tor her
01(11 ad misssion, male in your hearing, that
to oblige her brother she has done mane.
thing. which, if she confessed it, you would
coesider wrong,"
lier words weee unanswerable. I looked
01 Azatint in 0. 0)010 (1111)001 for the et:plena.
tion J felt it would be uselees to demand,
She hely shook her head. I turned to
Colonel Farrar, and addressed myself to
him: " At Miss ainrch's future husband"--
" Good gracious I" I heard Mrs. tiretton
exclaim, as if she doubted tiett I still could
think of making Agatha my wife—"'As
Mis.s March's future husband, I take the
whole responsibility of this matter. 1 am
going out now to investigate it, I hope to
make it all clear ; but 11(10)1(100 you that if
I caenot give you hack yonr rime, r will Paa'
you the value of it, if I have tO Sell the 0,01
or my back aud beg in the streets for the
money."
" Fine talk ,"said the Colonel ; " but I won't
teem to it. That young woman will be in-
3file a,police cell before she is half at) hour
older. '
"If is, you shall know the lash of a
horsewhip bolo,a another 1)0111 1)00 passed,"
I retorted. " Keep tiny watch you like
while I ain gone ; but if you send her otth of
this house, you will remember What you
Mee done till your dying clay."
I harried to the addrees given rne by
Louisa, in search of Will March. Ile treed
1(01 1)1)' off, in one of the gloomy streets of
Theoletld's Road, a locality not frequented
by hansoms and unknown to the cabman 1
bad coiled. Thee some time was witeted
before. I innod titanium, and I knew that
Agatha 5.110 Stlire1113g all the titne. Happily,
however, my brother.imlaw elect was at
home. It was Slay, iind wenn for the dine
of year ; 111)1 1)0 was cowman over a tire in
one corner of the shabby merry room, and
sucking desperately at a short briar pipe.
He looked a miserable object, whom only his
youth—he was younger than Agatha, only a
little over twenty—made o fit object for pity
rather than contempt. He was taken aback
at my appearance. I think he gnessea at
ones that I ment to tackle hint on the subs
ject of the help he had received fro m 10
sister, and tried to stiffen himself into an
invertebrate obstincy.
"1 believe you i
are n want of money," I
began witheeth any preamble of greeting.
" What's that to you ?" ite retorted with
O rudeness that smpaesecl my own. "
haven't asked you for any."
"No ; but you asked your sister, and
that's the same."
"01), is tt
" You know what 1 mean—that your sis-
ter is engaged to me ; and lan not going to
have her robbed, and tortured, and driven
to despair through your conduct."
" You'd better wait till Aggie herself
complains befote you take up that tone."
"It is time to take it up when she is
threatened with disgrace for helping you."
"Disgrace 1"
" Yes ; she is accusea of theft, and won't
give a satisfactoryexplanation, for fear of
compromising you.,
"Thos's nonsense. They can't make out
anything against her."
' I don't know about that. She is under
guard at this moment, and threatened with
the police office. I don't myself understand
her conduct; but I expect that you do.
Now, look here, March ; I wouldn't lend
you & shilling to save you from penal servi-
tude, Refer as you yourself are concerned';
but for Agethaa sake., I'll pay this debt of
yours, 01 111)010000' it is, if only you'll make
a clean breast of this matter."
Confession did not come easily to my nom -
p55000; he was too anxiorte to excuse him.
self to tell %straight story; but, putbriefly,
it was the familiar tale of gambling, debt,
the cherished chum developing into the
pressing creditor, and embezzlement cam.
mitted to meet his claims,
" It's not much—only fifteen pounds; but
it's enough to play the mischief with me if
I can't amount for it to -morrow. At least
it would have been if Agatha hadn't he/ped
me out of the bog."
"1)1(1 she give you money?"
" Not exactly. She hadn't enough • and
those beasts at the college she teaches at
Wouldn't advance hor salary, though itis due
next week. She thought, the could get it
that way ; but they wouldn't give it her—
the mean hounds,'
It Wee wonderful what scorn Will felt
for the Secretary and Treasurer of that Col.
lege.
-" That was when she left me 1(1 01(8 morn-
ing. When she Came back in the afternoon
she told Inc of the refusal, and we were at,
our wibt' end, till ale thought of something
else."
"What did she think of? What did she
give you ?"
"70 doesn't matter about that, does it?"
he rallied, looking more uneomfortable than
ever,
'That is just what does matter,"
it was a ring."
"A ring 1" I sat down and groaned aloud.
It was all tree, them Agatha was a thief,
She had put her own head in the 110000 to
gave this miserable youtig ecapegthem Bub
how could she have been so mad a,s to think
she could escape deteetion
Where is newel asked at lad.
"PaWned."
"Ilave,you the tided 1"
"
" And the money t"
"I'll give you n ebeque for the ewe ; but
we must go to the pawnbroker's tomightited
redeem it."
"1 th Inc late."
" If it were midnight, I mest get it out
t °might, I'd rout up the Seven Sleepers toot
it. Conte along aud show me the plum."'
"
10111 10011 here 7(11111 (101 square 04
" 1 have pvtanised yon )1 elietina sufficient
to cover that—delieit, 711 give it you just
now if you like, if you'll give me the motley
you got for the ring end %Ice me to the
pawnbroker."
He brought it out—two dirty fiveyonnd
notes, three sovereigns, and a handful of
silver—e. miscellaneous colleetion that made
fifteen pounds in all. Fortunately, / had
cheque-book in my pocket, and gave him a
cheque for the (mount.
" I t's all right, I suppose?" he mid, finger.
Mg the pepe dnbiously.
01 course it's all right," I replied with
sonic anger. " Pit not a rich man ; but I
should think 11178e5 disgraced if I incurred
a liability I couldn't meet."
Ile coloured at the taunt, lint did nob re-
sent it. " There's another thing," he went
on with more hesitancy. " You woe't
throw Aggie over for this. She's really
awfully tond of you ; it would break her
heart if anything came between you and hev,
and you know she's one of those quiet girls
that thinge go fearfully deep with, ?(he
cried—you ye no idea new she cried over
that ring; bet she thought she ought to help
me. She Ms al,voys helped ineayou know.
But upon my word, I—yes, I would now—
Pd sooner go to jail than make ally mischief
between you and her. Promise me not to
throw her over."
"I don't know," I answered slowly.
" There 100 801110 things one doesn't like 03
think of in one's wife,. But still, asyon sey,
it was for your sake. She wouldu't have
done it for her own."
"Net 00 save herself from starving," said
Will eniphatically.
I said nothing, and we went out togetitet
The pawn La ok er wits 1(0111'— 0101011 plere
where business was done mostly in halt -worn
gown, and eoats, thin blankets, silver
watehee, and tawdry dengling enrrings.
coal not but think that the sacred ruby of
Ram Asoka had got into strange eompany.
aly liternness and yoeng alitech's panel
face mode the pawnbroker comprehend that
there was something wroug. I believe he
thought I was a detectire, and made but
smell demur about allowing me the ring,
though he kept aesering det thee he Wes an
honeet tradesnute who had never 11.01 se
1110011 tut a enspicion about him. " Anil the
yoettg gent lookea like one that might have
a thing of that Port naturally enough. But
retnember. sir, that I keow notlintg about
it ; I'm quite innocent'--
" All righ t," I interrupted, " There's no
suspielon of you ; you're in no danger if
you'll make haste and »reduce that ring."
He did so. Was the pang that went
through me one of relief or shame ? For it
was not Colonel -Farrer's ruby that I saw,
but Agitate's diamond engagement ring.
(TO 011 )'eX1,1r., tat )
P3REIGN NAVAL NOTES.
Ieclia, it making great strides in her de.
ensiye improvements of all kinds. Perhaps
the mast noteworthy of these are the coast
defenses. The principal harbors are aleeady
protected by submarine inines and torpedo
boats,. The existing turret thips are to be
rearmed with tewinch breechsloatling guns
and fitted with torpedo catchers. " Instead
of the too conspicuous nnizzledoittling guns
which now look so impusing on thew bar.
betto 'emplacements," writes 0 coreespon-
dent, "ten -inch and six.incli hreech.louders
Will be mounted on disappearing mileages
in sunken emplacements, from which thee
will pop up for a moment to fire, like rag.
bits from a burrough, and sink back the
moment their work is done, leaving abso-
lutely nothing for the enemy to aim at.
Where muzzle -loaders are left they will be
mounted for high -angle fire, and will in this
way be formidable against the decks of
hostile ships. They will have, besides, a
range double that which they now possess,'
Admiral Hornby of the British Navy
writes the following letter toa correspondent:
"Replying to the tmestion in your note of
yesterday, I beg to say that I think it ie im.
peratwe not only that the present strentgh of
the navy should be largly increased, but
that stein should be taken to enter and train
every ymar some 4,600 bders, to p.ass one yew
and a half in 011arbortraming ship, and then
three years 011 11 seagoing ship, and , ubse-
(plenty three years M o Meant ship of war,
allowing them after such service to join the
merchant service, where they would receive
reserve pay and constitutean efficientreserve.
Such men are as much wanted in the mer
chant service aa in men-of-war, perhaps mere
so. At present our mordant service trains,
one may say, no reliable men. The best men
there are forsigners—Demea, Swedes, Ger-
mans, and Dutch—all well trained and re-
liable men, Whil0 the English are ignorant
and subordinate. If you doubt my opinion
of the English merchant seamen, impure of
large shipowners in Liverpool or London,
and hear them."
Admiral Verkovsky of the Ruasian Navy,
who wee recently mutated by strikers ni
the Admiralty shimbailding dock yard on
account of his alleged tyranny, was summon-
ed. before Grand Duke Alexis, the High Ad.
mind of the fleet, to explain his action.). The
Grand Duke, dissatisfied with the Admiral's
explanation, dismissed him from the post of
Commandant, of the Port of St. :Petersburg.
The Grand Duke also ordered that the de-
mands of the strikers be satisfied.
ROBBED TE1E MAILS.
A Dishonest Canadian?: 1Pelitoillen Clerk
Thought to be bi imitate. 1
Wiwi/wan, Ont., March 26.—Owing to
Ole mysterious disappearance lately of num-
moue packages ot mall matter containing
money from the Welland poetoffice Inspec-
tor Burnham was detailed to invethigate the
matter. He arrived here Thursday morning
and made mime private enquiries regarding
the working of the poste/floe, leaving in the
afternoon, Early this rnornmg he made hie
appearance in company with Detective
Winsionly and at emu proceeded to the
postoffice, which they found deserted, and
Assistant Theatmaster Bowes, who with in
tharge, miesing, It is rumoted that Bowes
took the 11 10 Michigan Central train for
Buffalo before the officerrrived. Detective
Dowd has started for Buffalo in hopes of
running the delinquent, official down and
bringing him back to Canada if poseible.
Symbolic Satellites,
Siati:4,-" 'What a fitting taken of married
lotto is the 'wedding ring 1"
Ile—"It is. A ring has no end ; and it
also lute no beginning, It is abeohttely
Without vaeiety ; ie muelt easier put on
than t,aken off,"
The rubber orop ie short and Whietylay-
ere ore fearing paeic.
LATE FOREIGN NEWS
trder and &icicle.
TWENTY-FIVE FARMERS DROWNED,
A Village Annihilated.
The Czar ewes a house in Ifelland, 1111(1 18
having it thovoughly overhauled and made
mend It was Peter the Greette home, in
Zaandam,
Yellow fe• er has broken out near LyenS.
iS declared that a young eewly• marrad
couple, their aunt, and tee servant in the
house, have jest, suceumbed to this deadly
disetwe. The etory 10 that, the ilifeetiou
Wita conveyed by two parrots, which WM
Men brought us a present from South
America,
'The head.hunters of New Guinea recently
attacked and annihilated a village of fo ity
inhabitants. They threatened to attack the
Government miners at Sedest and k illed
and ate a number of pepimus. A force was
ohganised for the purlieu of vengeance, and
several were captured end imprisoned by
Ole :British Administrator.
It is said thet Seidler da Costa, a well-
known Portuguese scientist. has discovered
at Goa 0 substitute for gutta patella, fit for
making telegvaph cables, The new gum is
said to be juice of the nivolmantem,
hedge plant in the Coman district, The
juice is white on flowing out, but when
dried resembles gotta percha, and win be
moulded like the latter,
" Electricity.' was represented most in-
geniously at the room Berlin finey-dress
ball. The lady taking the eharauter wore a
dark bine velvet dress sown with golden
lightening flashes. Rolm(' her waist was a
girdle of she thiek wires with telephones
suspended to the coda another elaborate
arrangement of coils of wire and gold and
silver plates simulate(' a galvanic battery,
and tiny incendescent lights shone amid the
puffs of her bah:.
A gorgeous iee-boat is being used by the
Chinese Empe: or at I'eltin tor his winter
ontinga. The boat resembles tt small coach
on runners, bol. is (Weevil by men harnested
yellow trapping% withal contrast brightly
with the nil paint of the vehicle. Fem.
brass dragons, with yellow taesele in their
mouths, ornament the corners, and a large
dragon Is fixed in the front. Tho inside ts
padded with yellow Silk., while a 10001, a
mirror, and hanging pockets to hold papers,
eta., are added for the Emperor's use.
The Paris eorrezpondent of the Daily
Chro,,i1e states that another absconding
banker, following the example of Mace and
Bernaert, named Alary, trading on the Place
Boieldien, has decantped, leaving nearly two
million francs defleit. Alary Ms written
from London stating that as he was quite
unable to meet his engagements be thoeght
it more advisable to leave the country. His
safe, which wee opened yesterday morning,
was feend to contain 12 francs al centimes.
Farther trials of the rapidity with which
machine guns can be fired were mule iu the
vicinity of Havre in the presence of several
admirals and others French naval officers,
as well 00 11 number of foreign officers. Two
volleys of flye rounds each were fired sum
essively from Quiet guns of 19 andla-centi-
metres calibre. The volley from thesmaller
gun oceuplea thirty seconds, and from the
larger twenty-four seconds, the latter show-
ing a rate of twelve rounds per minute.
There is at present averitable epidemic of
suicide at Copenhagen. Those who p110011 and
to their lives are either young couples, who
thus bring to it close an affection contrary
to the wishes 01 11)001 families, or writere or
artists who kill themselves is despair at see-
ing their works not appreciated by the
The melancholy poetry of the North
has a most tragic effect. A curious detail is
that the majority 00 111010 unhapyy persons
are Finlanders or Swedes. They escape, by
committing suieide to Danish soil, ole law
of their own country, which gives thebodiee
of all who tithe their own lives to the dissect-
ing room of the medical schools.
A tragical affair took place between two
boys at Montmartre, Paris, on Monday
night. They had been fast friends, bet quar-
relled about a girl. They accordingly
challenged one another, and a duel with
pistols was arranged. It waa to take place
on a piece of waste ground behind the hill
on whieh the church is situated, but one of
the youths, named Deschatnps, declared at
the last moment thet he would not fight.
His companion, Masson, upbraided him with
cowardice, whereupon the othet, took aim
at him and fired. Masson fill mortally
wounded, and was convoyed to the hospital,
his rival declaring to the police) that he had
used his pistol in self-defense,
Emperor IVilliarn enjoye surprieing his
f viands by dropping in suddenly to spend a
quiet evening. Recently Dr. Miguel, the
Prussian Finance Minister, was dining with
O colleague when he eva,s sumninnedhorne to
entertain His Majesty who Let avrived "to
drink n glass of beer with him." Another
evening Emperor William appeared at the
dress.rehearsel of an itnportain sow play,
and sat in thestalls, offernie seggestione and
criticisms. Until reeently 1.118 Emperor cowl
Emprees were aceuatomed to walk in the
Berlin Thiergarten unnoticed like any or.
(Beery people, but the public have not re.
spaded their incognito of late, and hunt
Royalty as zealously als the English people,
So tt. nete in a Berlin official journal reqnesta
Ole Berliners to mend their woye.
Despite all efforts of the authorities to
Mock the tide of emigration, large minium;
of Polish and Russian peasants continue to
depart from the region of the Vistula and
from Vollsynia to foreign Ian& The "0010.
ration fever," as the newspapers oall it, is
Spreading even among the peasants and
mechanics of the interior. Seine of the lands
vacated by the emigrants are bought up by
German settlers who eet up colonies tinder
the protection Of their Ambassadors. The
newspapers of Warsaw and St. Petersburg
depict, the lot of the Russian immigrants to
Brazil and the United States In the dukes
colors ; the clergy preach against emigration
—but all to no [weal. The peasants believe
that every one who spanks against emigre,
tion is a hireling of the Government and
an oncen7. of the laborers, If they cannot
get perionsion to leave the country they
steal across the frontier at the risk of being
shot by the guards.
A ead ocourrenee is reported from theVaal
River, saye n, Renter's telegram from Cape
Town. A number of farmers, trekking fromn
the Free State to the Tranevaad, arrived at
the Vaal to find the river swollen and the
water over the guidingropes of Endelbroobt's
pont. The owner refesed to convoy them
noose owing to the dangerous Mate of the
river, lout they insieted an orossing at their
own risk, and amordingly placed lavo wag.
gotta on the pont, and 27 mon got on board
to work it across. IVhen they had arrived in
midtstremn the top cable broke, and, being
still attached -to the tower one, the pont
capsized, throwingall the men into the river,
Two alone managed to remit the shore all
the rest being drowned. The wivos and
ohildren of the men were stauding on the
batik m full view of the catastrophe.
The wheat crop of South Australia lotted
mated at 12,000,0.181 busbels, or Menu
2,00)0,0(10 11)1011010 lees' than that of hist year,
The Vietorin, crop, on the other heed, is
believed to lie abont 6,000,000 bushels more
than that of 1800 ; but the prodeetione 111
New South Wales and New %wawa le NU
Meth emeller than it wen 11041 3511 that the
eurplue of Australasia cermet he a (1)001 0110,
It Is eetimeted et 10750,0011 quarters for
Europe, but It le doubtful whether suilleient
allownnee in made for the disastrous char.
actor ef the Now Zealand harvest—one of
the woret ever known.
Oleopatitt'e atm reproduced in diamonds is
Oho mom faebionable jewel in Pnris PIM how.
Fleneliwomen are copying the American in
mitki»g it great display of jewellery, and
cover the bodices of their evening dresses
with brooeliesof every description. Maimed
and sapphire lizarie glitter 111 their bonnets
at the theatre, 0 Joan of Are diamonds sword
or a crescent of brilliante, sparklea at the
throat, even with a high dress, end the
largest jewel they possess nets 00 5. buckle at
the waist. The earrings are sinall, usually a
single emerald, turtpuese, or sapphire sur.
reended with diamonds, Bracelets are quite
out of date for dey.weitr, be t any number is
used to adorn the arm in the evening.
The Church :Missionary Society has just
received news from tho meth owl of Vietorin
Nyanza to December 1311, 381)0. Bishop
Tucker and six missionaries arrived at
Ustunblro on October the ,3),1i, anti were de.
tained six weeks waiting the return of the
mission boat, which the Rev. R. Walker
had taken tteros.s the lake to :mauve canoes
for the woe, port to Uganda. During thie
cietentior 1, ttev. It'. Dunn and Mr. Ht J.
Hunt dird of fever, and the FL, hop sullared
from four successive attacks of fever, from
the last of which lie was just reeovering
When, on Noreinher the 23, the mission
boat returned to Usambiro. 013 Deeember
411) the Bishop, accompanied by the Rev.
B. A. L. Flooper and MOSSrs (1, L. Pilking-
ton, 0. K. Beakerville, and F. 0. Smith,
maned for their voyage acmes Gm lake,
leaving the Rev. 0. Derniott and Mr. I),
Decks at Usambiro, with instructionn to
more their quarters to Nam., Speke
Ou'f.
A painful actuation Was produced on
Thursday night in the Brittany seapmt of
Lorient by the discovery that a, widow
named Me/ardent', residing 121 the Rue 1010,
tor alasse, intirdered her youngest daughter
and taken her own life. Madame Malar.
dean occepied the first floor of a house at the
bottom of rt. court. H.er two eldest daugh-
ters were invited on Fridity to dine with
then: grandmother, who lives on the fiat
above. On returning to their own dwelling
about Seven o'clock they were horrified to
find the bodies of their mother end 707105080
sister stretched upon the floor, in a pool of
ood b 01111,111 ol, 1101,0 the fireplace, the
throats of both having been cut so elfective.
ly that death in each cuss meat have been
instantaneous. The head of the child, who
was only two yeare old, was almost eevered
from the body. On the tablelay a knife cover-
ed with blood. All the circumstances point-
ed to the conclusion that Madame Marian.
deau, in a tit of temporary:insanity—brought
about, it is supposed, by imaginary perseen-
tion—merdered her daughter and then de-
stroyed herself with the same weapon.
HAWAIIAN NEWS,
sot sotiimett with die 'rem es with the
Enited Ste will Probably
Look to Canada and "knot ratio.
81,12 FRASOISCO, March 31.—The Ea -m-
inces special correspondrnt at Honoluln
says :—TheneW commercial treaty between
the Uwited States and the Hawaiian Islands
has been received from Washington, and has
been submitted to 000110810020 of the Queen
and her cabinet. The new treaty calls for
the concellation of the existing treaty
between the two Governments and the
substitution of the document, which permits
of full and free interchange of all products,
natural and manufactured, of the two
countries. This treaty is said to he the one
which was submitted to King Kalaksua
shortly before his death in San Francisco.
The king objected to the treaty because
Hawaiian sugar Wee net put On equal terms
with American sugar, viz., to receive
bounty; and it in not known what action
on the ttealy oil be taken by the Hawaiian
Govermneet, but 10 18 stated the influence
of the resident British diplomats will
prevent her from accepting the new treaty
in its present form. 70 10 rdmost conceded
that her Maje ty w: I turn tt Canada and
Australia forEtrranging a similar treaty to
the commercial treaty -heretofore existing
between Hawaii and the United States.
Owing to the appointment of Charles B.
Wilson as Marshal of the Kingdom, two
members 01 0110 Cabinet will resign. Wileon
is said to be an illiterate workman, but is in
friendly relations with the Queen.
Thelatest Thing Ont.
Among the pasungeie whom the train -boy
attacked every five minutes and tried to
worry into buying something WaS a sour -
faced antiquity with goat whiskers and a
face containing largo quantity of wrinkles,
ITe WaS ore of those people whole& their
pocketbooks with a padlock and throw the
key away, going through life on credit mid
nerve, He was a man who would kick a
cow when it did not give the full pail of
milk.
He 111(1 1100 want manly or novels or cigars
and eVery timo the nett% butcher appronelteel
he would endeavor to smite Iiiin to the heart
with a gruff" now' and a look that would
have annihilated a drummer. But the train.
boy did not perish from the fasilade of looks.
Be merely made up his mind—or the sub-
stitute for it—to get even with Old Penuri-
one.
The last time he come into the ear he hl
with him a box of orenges.
He did hot speak until he reached the
rustic's side.
"Here ye are," 110 " Here's
somethin to fool the fens with, Ifereal
ye're rubber orangee.
The countrymen( weak spot was reveal-
ed, for an apology for a smile 00101)0 0001 his
hoe.
"What be they ?" said he, quite eagerly.
The Main boy stniled internally. He letup
ed down confidently and whispered " Lats
est thing out, boss, to fool the folks. Them
fruit is made of rubber, but don't they look
real?"
71)0 countrymen nodded.
Here was the latest tiling out to go home
and pose as the eliampionfunny Man 01 the
town.
"Why they do, the* so," he exclaimed,
"Be theyreally, Injy tabor ?"
" Yep. Ando° here, friend. They cost
ma a ludf 0 dollar ttpieee, but I like your
looks mei you kin have one for Myenty-five
°ante."
Monty -five eoppms emmod to parelyee
him, but after a mental straggle he produced
Intlf a dollar dol* up in 0 payetandfie (Aid
Gitieme two." He got them,
A NUL tri, 1 (S9
LATEST BY CABLE:
Parsell's Ruin Near—Eismarelt's
paigo of Revenge—Intolerance In
Russia,
If Canadian refuters, as ean well be imag-
ined, ftel like eomplitining that they heat
too nmel, about Mr. Parnell, 04 least this
conseletion is open to then1-11 will not laith
much loegete Prom the outset cool numb; ft
seen that 11 008111 only he it question of time
when, in the worse of hie desperate end
wild struggle for political et:10101100, he
would commit some fatal maw. 111 other
wolele, the doctrine of chanees ie uniformly
and against the 1101131013011 01100008 of crazy
1001).
Prince 131011er0e has made a move in his
cempitign of revenge whieli greatly 01 oites
G irmany, bet wheth to outsiders will limo
its interest lo Ificelitioud of its 1 ecoi ling upon
the head of the ex -Chancellor himself,
4.100115 110 Prussian Ministers who professe1
devotion to 130e51e1011 ns long no he was in
power and ostentatiously cousothed with his
enemies immediately he had fallen, the
most iinportant is Von Boethieher, who has
been In the civil service for thirty five years,
and Vice Presideet of the Council since
1880 .
A while ago suspicious rumors about his
financial integrity began to be oiroulltted,
and articles on the subject on being vefused
by Berlin editors found publicity in the
Vienna press. To clear these up the official
statement is now mmle that Boetticher's
brothor.indaw six yetue ago failed for 580,.
000, and Bootlicker raised the money from
5( 010 friends to shield the 1,111)117 0110)5 mid
then offered his resiguation. The old Eno.
ere and Bismarek both resisted this offer,
and shnrtly lifter without a word of exploita-
tion tha Ile11(11.0 11111, wag handed him 17
Bismerck. Boot:Lieber took it for granted
that it was from the private purse of the
Kaieer, who was the most generous of men
to those whom he trusted, end said no more
about it, when W00.1140310 bogan to filter
through the press, The gravemeet of their
charge nos that Beets helm owed much to
Bismarena goodness, end is now repayieg
him With base ingratitude.
All the 110W0 from Russia 18 of an 11101(08.
‚111517 blaek color. The question ‘vhet her the
Czar really menus to fight or not Is still
ehroutled mystety, elthough rumors of
unusual activity in the Inertial department):
continue to 001110 tteress the border. But of
a greet and general revival of gloomy re-
ligious Pau-Slavism in the governing circles,
we him only too striking evidence.
This recrudescence of seml.eavage ortho-
doxy throughout the Muscovite Empire is
more like the vast :Moslem ttwakening in
Central Africa, of which so much lute been
heard in the last few yeara, than any them.
logical movetnent in a civilized country. The
unleeppy Jewe were neturallythe first to feel
its effects, but they no longer monopolize
the pains of persecution. 1451811 repression
of Protestantiem in all its veriea forms of
dissent is being instituted 17 oflicials in South
Russia, and army spies and informers aro
busy reporting religions meetings and
swearing to suspieions of heterodoxy upon
which people are imprisoned or packed off
to Siberia.
The powerful sanction of the Court is di-
rectly given to this malign activiay by Gm
somalled eouversiou of the Grand Duchess
Sergius, who its a daughter of Louis of Neese
and a grandtleughter of the Queen of Eng-
land. This young lacly has had a most griev-
o(1s 00011)110ml experience, and three years
ago with difficulty was restrained from
quitting her brute 00 10 Mishima fov reasone
which even 10 Chicago divorce court woulcl
blush to hear. All the mune he is recogniz-
ed as the head of the old Ruseian Orthodox
party and in high favor with his mots
brother the Czar who has recently appoint.
ed him Governee of Moscow.
TRAMPED DOWN FROM ALASKA.
The Long and Lonely Journey of Isaac
1*0,15,8, Mining 511111.
IMMO Beale, formerly of South Dakota:
has arrived in Laramie direet front Alaska
He told 010701101 that he loft the mining re
gion away to the north of Sitkalath October
travelling some 1,000 miles, he says, on
horseback and on foot. This was a long and
wonderfully hmardoes journey alone and oc-
cupied a long time, lilts horse gave out dur-
ing the trip and he was obliged to continue
on foot and teke refuge among the Indians.
He induced some of the natives to pilot him
to the nearest white settlement. Reaching
this point he was still 160 miles north of
but worked his way into Sitka alone.
From Sitio, he game down to Vancouver,
13thish Columbia, from thence to the Uni
ted States, continuing hie tourney on foot,
covering most of the distance to Laratnine
that way.
Beale 10 11 young man uot more than 96
years of age, and he relates a wonderfully
interesting story of his trip from the Callio
mines away to the north to Sitka. Ile left
Dakota last spring with some German
friends. They succeeded in catching one of
the boats which Inakes an occasional trip up
Ole river, anti in that way reached the nor-
thern millet:. IV hen Beets finally decided to
leave Alaeke. it was not the season for the
b011tit, FM he set out on hornbook. Re Mrs
that 1,600 miles was a terrible trip. Food
became scarce for his hoese, and he finally
had to feed it some of the bread Ito was car-
rying,. In fear, however, of atarving of
(loath he ultimately had to abandon his horse
and leave the poor animal to die inwrounded
by wild beasts.
Many times during the long trip Bettis
was hammered by wild erimals,the mountain
wolves and bear being partionlarly bold, The
mounietie bison, the moose, and other alli•
mals were quite plentiful. He ia enthusias-
tie overthe mining resources of Alaska. His
1,600 -mile journey was over the gre06M01111.
tain ranges and through the deeolatevalleys
of that great region. The Indians treated
him very kindly. He could not exchange°,
word with them, but they realized that he
was in distress and aided him.
Re Knew That Olook.
"Pod mey' say what you please about
fine thrie pieces," said the old stager to the
evowd, "hut I've gob a cheap cloak ue, aOl
Ole house that' bought forty years ago, took
home, placed the mantel, set ith hands
and wound it up, and ftom thith day to this
it has riot varied a second."
"Indeed ? Wonderful 1 Amazing 1"
" Hasn't varied o second since the time
you ffisewound it up 1"
"q0, 81m; not it second. The mainspring
broke when I 110)11111 10, and the thing has
never variod 0100511(1 from that instant."
Most 01 01)001 toolt cigars,
Almost a Hint.
Mr, Goldbeg—"'Whitt 0 beeuttful tittJo
hand you how°, Mies Gittbar."
MASS Gitthar--" Yes, ma often says thaii
my engagement ring will Welly cost any-
thing at all." . .
Impressive silence fel! Several numb&