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THE WEEK'S NEWS, f'ANAI'l *- A naanetiger toiaidtn hare twn Ukp eft the fjiki- Ontario at C, ose Isle mtfering from .nwtllpox. 1 he < 'asiadiaii . hoonr Mi-ke*i i lui.li and dry on Manitou Island, havug bn-n diiv.-u nn in last Thiir-dsv'i gal.-. It - li r -1 tli.- veswl Will he a total tin,. Aniherst Island i anxious Io become prt til Frontenac ...unt\, (Int., r!%rn;n4 that Kingston is its natural mail. Thp Dominion MiniMcr of l'i blic Works has returned from New York, wher he mad< a thorough inspection of ihe ijt.aran- tine yst<-m. The sheriff's |P ...- tin Montreal and i railway will take place on De<-ciiil>cr ti, and a powriful syndicate hat been form- ed with a VIPW tn purchasing it. Following i losply on ArcMuslinp Fanre's pastoral placing the I anada Kevne and I. K. hodes Denx Montaenes under the ban, .IIIIPS the arie.-t of Mr. A. Kiliatrault, n. aliasing editor of tlie lU-vue, at tlie in tame nf Kv. Aid* Baillarge, on the charge of defamatory liU-l. The steamer I 'tty of I. in ..In, fi.cn Mont- real, ha* arrived at Liverpool. She .n Idy severe weather n. ink.' to. Atlin'i.-. and lost nver a hundred hi ad of cattle and a nueihrr of hogs 1 iv. mi :n<.< i- of a Swedish family on Iw.iid the sti-arn- h- :. < r .--.tn. now at lirossc IK!P, are *enouslv ill. thp symptoms \* -ing di.irih" i, vomiting, and cramp*. The provincial liealth mithoiitipn.it yi..-!>ei- have mderpd a thorough insppctiun of the hip when she reaches that |iorl. In aniiwrr to I h.- r. <| u. *' t > inn a boat to Hamilton, the Richelieu and Ontario Xavi ratu n Company replied that it . oil. I :i- ' do o without buildings new b< at, and llint it was not pn-|iar..i > do. Dr. Dillnliough, of Hamilton, Oat., charged with ut tempt ing to defi.md the h. irs .,( the UlP Mr. Mm p i..|t of M.flOO, was commit ted for tuall.y 1'oliee Magistrate CaUill. The steamer State of Cieorgia is again in troiibl.- About two week* ace she mr.ii.-k a rock going down the St. Lav.rin.-i an I was stranded for several day, an 1 now a uablpgram comes from St. John's, Ntld., with the information that tbe sti.imci bun put in tlipip, her machinery having broken down. D.-nii O'Bripn. of Monlrral, one of the e.'iitra. torn for the Soulangcs canal, while di iv ing in a biigi.'y with lux son fiomi '..t.-.in Landing on Monday pvpinng to the canal, with 94. IKK) in rah to pay the men. wan topped by thterj highwaymen, who at tho point of a revolver mvle him deliver up the taii-e containing the money. The ltiei.1 .:.-[., IMS from Ottawa *eeni e a different omplrxion to the recent- ly discovered drfal.-atlons in the A- count ant's D.-paitment of the House of Commons. It is mnl that thr a. i-ounlant weakly allow- ed several of the members to o-.-idnw then essional allow . -, ;rg tljelr receipts in the shape of I.O.l'.'s A H->rwrgian n inu-.l Sk . idm' wn f.nin I lead on I'll. lay ne ir South Mm'.nion, X. \V. T , iiinlrr . ir.-nm-taii.-. s whn-h leave no doubt as to Ins having bren inurdernd. A pistol bullet had g.me tliroiigli his Lead, and In" pockets had bcpn rilled. A S w .-de who had IH i n iu his company is suspected, but has no', been found. 1IKITIMI Thp report that !.ord Kosithrry in en- cageil to |'i m -ess Mary of Wales, |. u u . founded. Thr second week of t IIP great lAncashire n strike haK . pencil with inrreaeed |n..s. |.. ' - of the trouble U-.iig long . ontiii i I'h- Kv-ictnl Tenant*' C*>minisioii is ben._' alia, lied from every Hide, and there is Pan-ply any doubt that it will end m a I'he funeral of the Duke of Mirlhornueh took place at lilcnheitn palace. '1 IIP Duke had life in- in in. r in favor of h's wife an n inting to one million dollam. Three persons were poisoned at Piaiiford Kng.. by eating canned Canadian lohiter* and the do. to: hu g:v en up alifcop" of their t. nvrry. Mr. r'owler, Prr^ident of tbn Knuliih Ixn-al (invci niiiPi.t Board, has or.lned the construction ot drains and loud* to piovnle work for the unemployed. The rue.-utors of the bite CharleK Siowart I'ainell have de. i.lpd 1 1 piiblnh a s.-lei lion of his private political do. ument* an<t m renpondence. The steamer Canadian has arrived at <;Ugow fr. -in llaltiinore. she ie|ioi | fear fill Weather during her parsane. I 4/ty head ..I . i- ' i were lost. P. |. 'yii'K loa number of . orr.-i' -n.l*nt who iiked bin opinion nf the fall iu I In- aniniint of British export*. Mr. Balfoui . for niprly 1'irst Lord of the Treasury, "ays that one of the niot pru.-ti.al remedn-. will U. to re'. .nn the currency in th* direction of l.i metalliim 1 I... II... hdale mill owners have dp. i.ie.1 t..| nt their operatives on *n.>rt time. This over a inilllnn Hpln.ile*, ..ml will !. illy lessen the amount t.-.-eivi-d by the ii|-iative' Association. Mi mada's Kinanea Mmieter, i.Vpie.-ent in Ixm.lon, addi.^-i .1 the Im (rial Federation League the ..-her day. Ife dwelt upon the a4vantages ' ma.1 . of- lerpd to the desilahlp inniiliiian! . and in, it <-d tlie Britiah agri.-ultnimi to consider them. .i ' The big strike at New Orleans n i,v,-r. The workmen virtually surnndend. The Rev. <!. H. H..IIM, agrdtw-niv two, pastor ol the North* Orange, Mast., I'mver sal is I church, coitpiittod im.'iila on Satur day by shooting himself. A poll ion of Ihe timlwisof l.i-ii Itenudiel Arnold's llagshlfi Congress, sunk in October, 1776, in l-au. i hjinplain. ha* been raised. The Umbers are of oak and arc sound. Laura Burlier, who died reeentK in \\i\- fii, Pa., had sin h a itroiig presenUmont of her coming death six moiithg ago that the gave full irift'i':--tinns as to haw her funer.il siionid be .-',r. led out. On Friday afternoon 'he Tinted St iiei ^ i agent at Boston spirr<l a consignment ol r k 'RS Irom St. MaryX N. B., becaiMe with .. re three hundred pairs of su ki . 1 1 not U. u entered. iiinRrnan named Alfred Trrvelliok, aU>ui 1. a.l*i and lectuur Id. li .rd !'. Trevellick, dbuinuttcd uW<ls at. Detroit on Monday rvening by taking a Ovse ul uoiaeu. In a uuu lull fur a you* ludy in I'. linn...!, he simply stated that he im i " jjivi-n up the^struggle. '' Tin- l.n.lv of a young man was found Una' mg in the canal baein uear Ceutral Mill Koek, on tl.. \in.-tlcin side nf the Niagara I'allR, the o'bpr iiioi-iiiiii;. 'I hi- nnloitnnate mau Was evidently a stmager IB the neigh- hourhond, and his i.l.-iitity has not yet b*rn din-ovre.l. It K staled tit* I 1'resident Harrison, re- fri ring to the re.-eni election*, said that the defeat of the Republican parly wa* mainly I due to the pnHitlon of the party on the tu ill , question, the Repabllcans having forced the iuun to an e\trpn.e whieh evidently did not meet with popular approval. Dr ll.nry A Slade, the tpiritualist, v him.- careiT in I.ondi.n and MDMqMBjl trnil for fraud proinceil uch a sentation fcmrieeti >er sgo, wa taken to the Sam- aritan hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, on Sit unlay. Buffering from nervoim prostration lioi del ing on maiiiiy. In the course of an interview Mr. Krastin \\ in. an, nf New York, miid tluit the i-lw- t.'.n of Mr Cleveland is full of deep Mgnif- ican.-cto Canada He lielicvcd an oppor- tunity would he alb.rded of negotiating a re.-ipio. itv ticitv bi'iweeii the 1'nited ^ it. H and the Dominion on the basis of tree trade in food supplies u an equivalent for free trade In manufactures. Mephen Boichcnt, a middle aged and ap pireully well to-do Frenchman. . ut his throat with a rar.or at .Nile*. Mich., on Saturday. The ganh made did not result | fatally for hours afterwards, and at, the hos- pital. to which he wa* conveyed, the dying I man stated that family Iroublen had led linn to commit suicide, and that he was a native of Lyons, Kram-e He willed twelve hundred dollars to the Catholic Church at Nile. <:>.SEKAI.. It is announced in Paris that a Franco- Itum-iaii tri ityof alliance will 1* signed. Tbn Krem-li 1'roc.urcur tJeucral has finally derided to pro*e.-ute tl.e directors of the Panama Canal Company. i ivil war i* again imminent in Hayti. I Almost tli*iitnc population is under arms. An official despatch fimn lien. Dod-N stales lliat he wiligivu Inn Hoops a rest be- | fore attacking Abomey, tbe . apital of Da- IP. MI. -y. KIIIL' H.-haii4in now oilers to nego- tiate for peaor. The Kngliab de!*t-at^s to the Intern.-, tiunal Monetary I 'onfrrem-e, which will ine.-t in I'.ruxsels on thr 'JJnd, have |>eeii .nstrmtel to regard it in a deliberative body without power to commit the < .overn- meiits reprcnented to anything. The Hum in prohibition ag.nn-1 the emil'ralion "f Hebrews that was ei. forced during thr cholera rpidemtc bus now Ix-en u itbdraMii. YVIiilr a tiinlH,.it was taking passengers ashote fiom an Austrian Lloyd nteamrr at .latla it rapxi/ed, and twelve of Its occii- pun. wire droi.< .! At a meeting ot Anan-lntts in Pan- on Sunday, on* of the *M*jk*H udvocatpil the e of d\naniite by the working claucs to gain tin ir end. It is xtated thai the l!uiian committet appointed to consider the' .erin.in proposal* fora commercial treaty h.ive reported that the proposals arc not accepted. I be presence nl Kmrx-ror I ran. is Joseph at the banqu>-t giv li in Vienna to the < '/are witch is inn -h .-momented upon, hi* Majesty in. I having attended such a State fund ion since l^sv A Stale funeral wa awarded to the re- n,. unit of the victims of the recent lioiiib ei p|.;Mi.n in Pans. Orations were delivered by the Pi inn Mini*lPi and the preaidt lit of tin Mill, I 1)1.11 lli.vid. \ i tor I'.iilliill. legal advi-wi to tin- A> in. n Imppiial family, ha^i . olnni.ir liv in nnderpil hiniself to tin- policp, .oni. that for a number of years he ha bpp: - . rui- ng tru't funds cr.inmitted to bis keep ing. Dr NaBSrn, aid* '1 by tin- N'orwr^iar l.overnment, will rtiorlly -tail with ten 01 twelvi- men and previsions for live y. .u < on an Arclli- voyage Io du over the tun v. N..rt1i Pole. Ollicial iiiforniuti'.i. raciiv.d in I'.iiln from St. Pctar*hiiri! contra.li. t loth I hi i .!" i ted .-on.'TiiHii.i, ol n liamo RuaHM allian.r and the *enational stories tbut Kuuian troops are bring .-onrentrated . i the iMilder. tf " The Brandon, a Kretivh dnxpatch Ixiat . nr-unf oil the Dahoineyxn coast reo*Ot)| i i priied a Kiitiih tp.im'i with a . . \Vini-be*tPr rifleii and aiiininniton, H)II h i i V'.nil a.) doubl, wa* intruded foi the hi hoinnyan army. (icn. D.'ddM, romraanding th From I tune-, in l>.ilnini.-v , ban caused to be sh." while men found iii the Kim''- iirmy. -\- In. -.- nun vi ere i. ri. nans, Ili-lgians, mil 1 Knglttbmen, I ram e may have iome troubl. in establishing it* il||ht to order nucli hum mary executions. Kver sincp Ihe appearance of the Salv.i- lion Army in Swit/.-.rland there ha* I trouble between the members of tin- Army and the Swm iiuthoritieH, and on Sunday at liasle this culminated in a pitched battle, in which several persona on each side wure everely in jilted. THE CM BAlLltOAl), Tbi Hard Work Done and Rapid J'rogrea* Will Now B Mad*. OlMlnrle* MirinuHiil..! 1 1. II.. I i . - 1 Tp Nile* -l.:il Ihr lllHIillnr "f ll>' "I run* I* Central Afrlni mill iHIa IIOH I i.l. rr...|" M- A .!'!< dispatch from the Congo an- n .UUCP* that the railroad has been com- |. !! from Mat.i-li tn Palalmlla, ten mile*. After (lie track laycu reached tl at point, a tnili an<i one uulf ( the road was complet- ed m 'en ( lu).i, though nearly '.wo years were taken to hiiil.l ino first ten miles. The miiroad hai been carried beyond tlie oh lacles that long made progress luiuoasi ble ; uml now I lit- great enterprise will lie easily pnilii.il forward until I hi- upper river, t Stanley Pool, i* connected with naviga- tiiiii i a the lower Congo. Mr. S'aulcv said oueo that all tue re- oiirci-H of . .jmiiiL-ri-o on the upper river would not in- worth a .'tipper until better nicam of transportation were provide*!. Tl>i<i wan pemiiiiiiiitio view, for'.ne trailer* >l l-.iiglaiid, Belgium, Holland ami 1' ranee, in fact, have pushed tlieir enterprises ulxive the cataract region t the lower river, have cxtabliheii station* I'JOU miles inland, have Mpoo Uivei in the Leopold ravine. Thi* is i In- largest bri<lg'- yet put in pla<- along the (in*. 'I'he errte yonBg engineer, who built it, Mr. Jean Baptiste (Jleuner, wrote to bis friend* rwo month, ago : " Next week 1 shall complete the Indue and then J shall come home to real. ' Tbe poor fellow had over laird his strength anil the next steamer from the ( 'ongo bore the sad news that poor (ileasoer was dead : anil ihe friend win sent the tidings mcloncd a photograph of the completed bridge to which the young man h i.l ileyi.'r I month* of hard work that cost him his life. Savon bridges of impor- tance mint be hailt before the line reaches Stanley Pool. The largest one, over the Ngoojo Kiver, will be .130 feet long. A ! in i r. i. KM SOI.VKJ*. One problem which gave the engineers some trouble was how to dispose of the tor- rents of water which would bo sure >o pour down over the track during the heavy tropi- cal rain*. It was feared that incessant i trouble during halt the year would lie en- .<> mteied from this. source. An effective solution of the problem seems to have been reached. At all plaoes where large torrent* occur steel aqueduct* are building that will carry the flood down the hilUand under tbe railroad track. At tint the company had considerable difficulty in securing enough provisions for lit army of workmen, as it was very cosily transported a do/.en steamers to SiUiiley i to """g provisions from up the river. The IV...! and thousands of porters have been coast regions far and wide were levied upon for supplies. The workmen hare been well fed on rice, corned beef, dried fun. vege i in. v ...u 11 IIM v l r u (Wad. carrying their merohandiw 2.'!.'. -niles around t he catararti. About 40.IKJI) carriers, in the past two years, have been engaged inline tabl.-s and biscuit* ; and now that the road transport service. In another year or 9O j is puHhini; along the plateau, it is expected the railroad will be completed, and then this army of porter* will have to teek other employment, for the railroad will niouopo- li/e the carrying ti .id. . Thr niPichintsof Belgium, however, took { Stanley '. words to heart and a company called I'hi- So-iety of the Upper Congo, or- I ganid ... d.v.lo,, .-..nimerce in the Congo I " for "'""''V tw " y* r presented thr basin, began to sfi.ly the feasibility ol a | busiest acene m equatorial Afn .a. Fully that provisions will be more easily obtained and at cheaper rates Seven locomotives and thirty can are on tho track, and a large part of them have teen kept bufiy carrying railroad material anil provisions as the I*JM ad vanced. This trct h of ten miles above Mitadi A i.l. i -I I . III., ,.> , r . Tin- "nrls de'e.tivc* nre investigating what ll in believed will prove 10 In- urn- i I the atrocious crinn a of murder and iiiutila linn which have of latu occurred with su< h regrettable frequency. At an early hour on Monday niotning a i|Unlity nf human le nmin was di- - .v.-i cd III ail ui.linislied house in tin- Rue B'.t/iirn near ih. P.nttea Chun inont. On beingi-'iivrjed to the nptglibour- ing (Killcc station an investigation showed that tho remains Wire those ol a young wo- man. II. i l.ody had appaiunlly lieen eut in IJ p.it l-,mily 1 1, it IIIM. I HI..| hand* being nilss- lag. Ai liiil ll vvait llioiiylil that Ihe pice > weni.mau.iiin.il motions, but numrrons .11 -ationsaonn led (lieauthorities tort noun. this ii|>|i.>i.' ion, specially as tlie police doi-tur . oimilcieil that the woman had i,..t lead longer than '24 hours. Further mvc-tigalioii led to thf discovery of Muod stama near the spot where tlie remains ei . (oun.1, mid the neighbours state that lluv heard the dogs howling nearly all Krid.y nighl. Two young mrn of suspicions . ( . jMarancu, whu were fonml toileting ncitr a piece nf waste laud, where thu tragtdy i/ ftippowil to have taken place, have boa urruKUid. railroad along the ^15 miles of Congo catar .-!. Their steam bouts at Stanley I'ool had ui.impedeil navigation along OOUO miles of the Congo and Hi tributaries. They de- sir.- 1 lint to I. tin if th trftde proapt-clsof the Upper Congo region would justify the heavy oit of 1 railroad. So they ent an expedition four years ago, which iipeiil a jc.ir in threaumg tlie walerwaynol tin- I p- IM-I Congo, taking a sort of cennus of the people, and making .1 thorough study of Uie country. I'he exploring party then one-third of the entire work baa centered in these, ten mile*. Now the company can make rapid progress to Stanley I'. ml, where they expect that traders will furmnh consid- erable freight in the way of irory, India rubber, giiinc, dye Bluffs and other article*. It is expected also that coffee, cotton uud tolwco plant tti.. nn will ultimately be found profitable on the I'pper Congo. When the railroad is completed inner Af- rioa will he within a few weeks of the capital* ot Kuiope. WhoknoWflbataomcday asinall drew up a carelul report with r.-gtrd to the . part of the tout isl tratlicwill Ueturned in thia nativei, their deiire for tra.le, tho kinds of merchandise they would buy, and the rari- OUK products tliat could be secured for re- turn cargoes to Kurope. nn -i in i n, The company were well pleased with tl.e npar.y .nays it ex- ff>r i-omfortalili; direction ? The railroad .-om| pert* to provide facilities travel, so that whoever demres may visit the once mysterious regions of inner Africa. It is likely that within the next twenty year* it will be feasible to visit the great lakes ithout spending over two or three weeks n-|.rt an.l at once sent out two other ex- | j n Africa. The merchant and missionaries l>. -diiion*, one to make surveys along the aoulh Ixuik aad vim other along the north I ..ink. to decide the beat rout* fur the rail- road and its probable cost. This work oc- cnpi. d another yenr, and nftr all this prc- among the Nyassa highlands say that when facilities for reaching Lake S'yaasa are im- proved theee mountains will be well worth the attention of tourist*. Tl.e Congo Railroad i* one of th* most significant features of the coloesal work willed Knrnprann are carrying on in Africa. It is not wise, however, to take a too san- lin n.aiy work it was decided to build in- line ou the south snle of the river, s'artinf t .inn M i'. i. li, ninety miles above the Congo's mouth. The enginpers decided that the j gullie vlcw ,,f ,) pr.wpecta of trade in tbe line, after skirling thelxingo for live miles, Cougn basin. Its people a. yet have few should ascend the Leopold ravine to the | wantll , ,,,,i these arr easily .uppliml. The platetn at I'alabnlla. From this point to : U | tinm te value of the region will proUbly Mauley I'ool there were few enginerring ( l erM , n ,| mor e upon planutionsof sugar, cot- di'li. ultip. It wa* eelimalcd that Ihe en- to n, cotfe* and tol>acco, conducted under tire cost of road and equipment would be - Tin- money raised, and the Conuo St ate p vet he company valuable concessions in laud privileges to help carry out the nlerprise. Agents were cent all over Vn v, wherever it was thought native! ...iiild be hired as track-layeni and laborers. Kuiopesu i '.irppiitcra. bli>L-ksmahsand other artiHans Were ncnt to the Congo to Hup.-ru,. tend departments and inxtrii.-t natives to an yon vario-n sort* of labor. At first most of the army of workmen were secured Irom /uuilmi, Sierra Leone, La^os Accra in. I I he Krue .oast of I.il^na. 1'heu I'ibi.mey. Senegal and the Angola .-outs hite superintendence, than upon any other source of commerce. In time India rubber and one or two other products may become largn sources of iratlic, but no hope* of per- manent prosperity can bu built upon the ivory trade, which n sure to dwindle in 2 few years. V I i I I IM. UK I.I I 1C III. Nad Itii.li ..I a K.iilr ,...! I r.tlu .,,: .. -i. . I. >!......, .,,. t.'i.i. In fle\lr. A Monte r ey, Mex., despatch says: The particulars of one of the most remarkable/ and excitiag railroad a cidents that ever various points ou tha .MX) had ime from i iuinea eoaat. Then came busy flays at M..-adi. The placn was an arid, rocky, uninviting spot .nil only two buildings and ten Kuropi- i-.s were there two yearn ago thi* month. Ono "i the pictures uliowa u pail of tho town as it apprarr I last spring, including the hot. I in. I the galvanized iron buildings of the Tit-day the town contains inu.iieaim, fifty more than Stan- ley left hcliind him in ihe i-ntiro t 'ongo legion when be returned to Kurope after ..nn. ling hi* nations. About, 'Jljt) native niji!.>v. ol the railroad aro also i|uartred it MaU.li. Three thousand people liv. in u .1 around the little town. The white pop- nUlion mc.liides lt*lgmns, Knglisli, Portu- 411. -sr, Italian*, Frenchmen, Dutch, licr nans, <.-. I.-s and Creeks, and beside the mployes of the railroad and the State there n: quite a number of traders and mission tiles. Thr grade of the National road from this city for a distance ol 9U mile* to Sal- tillo is very steep, aud two engines are re .Hired to gel ordinary freight train* over the Sirrri Ma .let la mountain* above Saltillo On Sunday afternoon, as one of thene dim- I. lc headers was pulling % tram load of corn up the almost perpendicular m.mnUiin side, twenty mile* south of Saltillo, the coupling broke, releasing the caboose and six car* tilled with :i,ii bnihi-ls of corn from the tra^n. .Tames Mirtin, the conductor, and r'lank llarwood, the rear brakemau, were in the caboose. They rushed out and began setting thr In ike- , but were powerless to stop the inrreatint! monie itutn of the cars down the mountain. Wit HID a distance of nix miles the tram was running at a speed ol !Hi miles an hour. Tho cars began jumping the track al liueuo Vista, .Martin and Harwoml went dovn, b..ih meeting a horrible death. Before Salullo wai* reached all of the car*, with the exception of the caboose and one other, had left track. These two continued their wild (light, [iMSing through the Saltillo A > . - ' Treasure Washed !>* the I Neferr the p.... ijrd- Casae. Prior to the Spanish conquest in I.V&, when I'ei u and Kohm were under the im- perial sway of the 1m as, gold was regarded as a sacred metal and waa used almost ex- i lusively by the luuajinthe adornment* of their ioy.il palaces, temple* and sacred vest men's of the royal household. Not enter- ing, therefore, into the circulating medium of the empire, which had neither commerce nor money and ignorant of ito intrinsic value, the Incau* nought gold, not for gain, but out of the loyalty U> their ruler* and innwerving dcvition to their chief deity, the aim, to whose worship their gold was principally conaecrated. Tradition, of the Inichua and Aymara Indians und the oldest obtainable records dating In -k to the opening of the sixteenth century, as well as recent explorations all agree that the northwest provinces of Bo- livia, especially the province of Larccoja, are rich in gold deposits ; that, while the Incas aecured considerable quantities of this metal from the province of Carabaya, I'eni, the nortliwest provinces of kolivia were the principal source* whence came the gold that excited the cupidity of the Span- iards. Long prior to the coming of the Spaniard* the town of Ilabaya, in the province of Kareroja, wai the seat of certain noble* or iaels of the empire, wh ) were charged, among other things, with tha dnty of for warding the <|U*rlerly gold contribution of that district to Chi<|uito*, Peru, where one of the r.'i-ejpt boxes of the empire 'ma locat- ed. The record shows that on the day of the full moon ot each quarter the expedition entrusted with t ins remittance from Ilabaya set out without fail from chtquitos, and was al way* received with demonstrations of joy in the several village* through which they passed. The amount of these .(uarUT- ly contribution* is unknown, bnt, as the gold wax carried in twelve lUmai bladders, linlding from I tu ."> p minis each, the amount may IM approximately detei mintd. Those bladder* called ro*|ue, are still used by the Indiana in tranHporting the metal. The trace* ot their work and their rude mining tools of wood and stone yet remain- ing demonstrate that gold was gathered by the Incas almost exclusively from tlie de- posit* of the mountain stream* or from shal- low excavations made in the rt'gged acclivi- ties of the Coidilleras. Not understanding the virtue* of quicksilver, a mineral not rare in their enip're, and being efficient in the knowledge of extracting this metal from the quart/, their most advanced met hod of melting consisting of small cone-shaped furnaces built at elevated points where they might be fanned by the mountain breeze*. they wre only able to skin the surface ot the vast gold deposits of the country. And y.-t with their primitive methods and appliance* thoy had no trouble iu securing this precious ineUtl in such abundance that history furnishe* no parallel of such treas- ur*s of gold as were found in the royal palacer, temples and public edifices of the liu'si at the time of tbe Spanish conquest. The sudden destruction of their empire by the Spaniard, in I ">.'rj, the sacking of their cities and temple*, and the aamtasination of their Kmperor Alahaulpa, and the hardship* to which they were subjected by their con- queror* in tlieir insatiable greed for gold led the Incas to attach a new importance to '.he precious metal, and to conceal their rich treasures with haste. The undisputed fact of history is that the amount of gold and silver thin buried in caves and forest* far exceeded in quantity that which wa* taken by ihedespoiler* of their empire. Disheartened by the fierce intimidation* to which they were subjected and no longer permitted to gather gold for their temple* and palaces, ih* Incas practically abandon- ed all forms of gold ana silver miuing until the close of the seventeenth century, a per- iod of I.">U yearn. Ahnut this time Sorata, the capita.) of Larecoja, waa founded, and soun became the most opi.lt nt city of Upper Peru, now lioliv .. Quukiy following thi* event an expedition of Spaniard* mainly from Chili, and a few 1'oriiiguew adveutnr- eres who had ascended the Aiflaion, from Hraiil, visited the I'rovinoe of Larecojaand discovered the famous gold deposit* of the l'i|i.i mi River on the eastern slope ol the I Andes, from who<*e sand* the Inca* had ' washed millicns of gold before tha coming J of the Spaniards. This marked the begin- | mug of the first organized gold-mining ad- i venture ever under taken in liolivia. That [ this was the Kl Dorado of the Inca* is well supported by a single extract from these ' ancient records. Senor Tomas Kowe writ- ' ing of then- diacoveiie* to In* friend Snor | Antonio Guilleu, an expert, miner of Chili, said ' " We have found abundant gold in th HP kingdoms on the other side, leyond the snowo where foot traveling is difficult. If you should wish to come here you will get gold to your heart'* content.' demanded the before the late n vui. lull I;., u. u M ins... Harder railroad huil img i* rarely seen ilian lhat which inhered in the beginning yariN at the "rale'of I'il) miles an hour. The of the enterprise. One piotnn- xhown the iraiiidei.patchertSallillowasterror*tricken first few milrs of th.. road along the side ot , w hen he saw the cars pan*, as he knew tncy Mikta.li Hill. I he at row on the right show, were certain to crash into another double the situation of Matadi. The river here | header freight train that was pulling up the llowa swiflly aud is full nf ed.iies aud mountain Iwei.ty miles below Saltillo. There whirlpools. A litllo further up the river Are the Vellala Fall*, and the scene of this pi.-tme is where Tuckey's ill-fated expedi- tion, in I Mo', first lu-uid the roar of the great cataract and found, in a few weeks .i.iwdiil with dinastcr, that the.tc fall.- funned a barrier they could not pa<. The depression in the big liilU at the left of the pi -lure in tbu Leopold ravine up which the railroad turns to teach the height* of I'alu Ulla. The road, from the starting point a. Ma- tadi, all along thin hill slope, and up the ravine to I'aliiballa, lias Iwen blasted out of solid ouart/ite of cxtrtire liar 'ness, and pi.i^ress ha been made with the utmost ditli. ulty. 'ih* sln|)e along the river is very pr>eipit<>iH, and in many plaoes the track lu-vs 'wren laid bvlwevn two solid walls of io In vrli'i h were Waited foot by foot. >nll K .!ii i .lull, ultie.s were encounKrod im tha riviue up which the road bed had to be ma I at a steep gradient until it reach- ed a haight of aUmt lOtil) feet above the river. The work Ucairied on under the direction of ('apt. Thys, who has Leeu in the service of the Congo State and the So ciety of the Upper Cong" for yearn. Another pu-tiue shows tho bridge, about 'UU fei t long, that ha* been thrown over the mountain luci ty miles below Sallill waa no telegraph illation within thai lw*nty mile, and no warning could lie given the crew of tho 1 ra.u below. He did the next best thing by having the wrecking car order- ed out. The alxi.se and loaded car kept to the track. Prank Davis, the engineer of the up train, saw tiicin coining down the mountain, but too late to save himself. Hin fireman and the crew of the second engine lumped and received but slight injuries. Davis was buried under a pile of corn aud del. us. Both engines were completely de- molished. A Sure (Jure tor luiomma- " What's the matter, Jeuks? You 1 ok all worn ouL" " I am Kuffering terribly from insomnia." " I know a sure cure for that." ' What i* it?" ".lust goto sleep every uigl.l and you won't bo bothered a bit." firiggs " Just fora juke, I told Mis* Elderly the other day that when she laugh- ed it was ail I could <lo not to kiss her." (Jripga- ' What happened':" Itriggs--" The licit turn 1 law her .he had liv.terica." <h. K e " \Vli<:re' th* editor?" wrathful caller on the day election. I'm the editor,' replied the mild, blue- eyed man in th* chair. " What can I do for you V* " You prin ted a piece about me thin morn- ing, ' rejoined the other, taking a copy o* the p.. per from bin pocket and pointing with grimy tinge! to a paragraph on the local page, " that you ve go> to take back or I'll ue this concern lor $.*>,OUO damages." The editor took the papei and ie*it the offending itnin, which s'atod that " Dirty Shirt Swan has uttered to bet leu to one on Cleveland..' " H'm ! T>oes-does that refer to you?" he asked. " Vee, sir, ' amwerenl the angry visitor. " I'm Dirty Shin Swan !" " I didn't see the item before il got into print," said the editor," " or 1 would have suppressed it. The calling of opprobrioux name* i* st'iuelUing I never permit any re- porter ou this paper to" " That ain't what I'm kicking about !" interrupted the irate man, taking the paper aud poinl'ng tiercel) at the latter part of tbe item. " I don't want people to think I'm a darn fool '." On last Wednesday Mi. Swan called en the editor and stid : " Mi. Kditor, I guess you nee. In t mik'ii corrcting that 'ere story about me. I wish I'd done what you aid.''- {Chicago Tribune. The ceimin of the population of Japan place* the total population at forty on* mil- lion persons, an increase of throe hundred f thousand over the last ccu.ua,