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\p^' THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WQRLPOVER. li*«rMtlnf Itcnu AlMMt Our Ow« Osontrjri Orcat BtttBia, «M UnHad &t«(w, ^»t All Parts of tb« Qlobc, Coadcntcd and itaaortad for Baay Reading. CAJ<AOA. The trial of the WUmlpeg ejection pe- tiliun lias been pustponHU to January llfteeathi. An Austrian iininigrant girl' ia ill at AVianiiM^ with a disuose beOieved tn be Hinai'.'Ipox. Uepusits in the post-office savinff bankti *aat mt^ntb exueeded the with- drawa:!) I>y V^O.OUO. Mr. Ctarlee J. Mickl«, M.PP., tor Birile, is Ub> new Pxovuk^ial tjticretar; of Mani;iol)a.' W. WatiMA, • ininqr at Roaeland. was drowned in the Columbia Kive4 •while removing; driftwood. Trade returns for four months of the current fiscal year shows an increase in exports amounting to y4,727,(MHI, and Imports of $;^.l(>a.00O. Tlse oceaji ahipping season just closed at Mcntreal shows an increase of 238.- 22U teas shipped. The live stock trade wtia very unsaiisfactory. i'rof. Calendar, of MoGill UniTersity, has succeeded in p^hotographing a man's lungs, ohowing with great distinctness the diseased ctindition of the organ. Mr. Jc)hA tiee, watchman at a Urand Trunk crussing in Mouu'eal. was seri- ously injured while rescuing another man from the wheels of a train. Dr. Slack, of i<'an]lham, who recently pleade<t guilty of uttering a forgv.d power of attorney, was on i'riijay sen- tenced to twenty -Lhtree months in' gaol. iiurd Aberdeen has recommended Mr. lAurier to the Imperial auiJioritias for the honour of knighthood, and itu im- dierstood that the Premier has con- sented to be knighted. As a resuli of his recent visit to Que- bec, Mr. liordeu will recommend im- mediate work upon a number of mili- tary buildings in the Ancient Capital that are falling into ruins. Alex. Bell, the missing Manager of the imaguiary iJcotlish Canadian Loon & Investment t>o. of Montreal, seems to have swindled a large num- ber of (Jntaxiu people. The Mililia Department isinvestigat- ing some ul the supplies recei/od un- tler old contracts, and discovers that shoddy blankets were sent by firms that tendered for wuo!lIen ones. Hit Henry Strong, Chief Justice of Canada, tULS been nominated by the Oovernmeut of Cauaua us the Domin- ion's represeiiiaiive on the Judicial Committee of the Private Council. •at. Tbomaa has now a population of 11,UU8, and an assebsmenl ui l)J,2»5,89U. 'ibe exemption oi the M. C. H. pro- l>«rty expiring this year adds a mil^ lion to the ratable property of tlie ciiy. The steamer Carlhogenian has ar- rived at tit. John's, >itld., from Liver- pcol, conveying drafts of iSOt) officers and men to re.ieve the British garri- sons at Halifax, Bermuda and J:.8(iui- malt. The Minister of Marine will not authorise un iuvestigaiiun into the cause of tnc collision liotween the steamship Tiuer and she schooner Mag- gie in bt. John'.'* barlioui', Nljd., the captain of the Titter being now on trial lor man.slaughter. The annual n^Mrt of the Inlitnd Jlevouuu JJt'pariuifiii sh<nvs that the revenue accrued during the yvas \\:i.s ItJ.Oli.tSii, OS cxmpai'e.1 wuh y7,>J12,tiy/ liir the provioas year. Camilla's whislt<-y liill lor the fiscal ^utr ending June is the lowest on record. Aid. Curpeuiier i.t Mx>ntreal has been ::(iuiiuitted lor trial on u charge of criminal liltel prelerred by ex-Alu. Rob- ert, 'they were upiwnents in the last luiinicipui eleciioD, and the libel is con- tained in ail anonymous circulfU' dis- Iriiiuted during the contest. Ttiu monthly r<'Lum of deaths from coiuagious di!«easoN tlirougliout the provuKo of Ontario fur t'lu.^ iiiuuth of IX'toliur, biui b «ia issuod. The total numl^r of d<-atlis fru«n theuu causes was \!,i). Thi.' iiiimlN^r of uiutiioipaliiicj reponiug was U7 out of a total of 745. (Sir Oliver Mowut is to lje iulurmed of the doings of tramps, and uskeil to make tbem the subject of sp«-cia.l ilt^glslution. He will be rtMiuejiled hi> to auii^nd the criminal code that any tramp arrested with a reVD.vcr or oiUi'r weapon may lie liable to six moot h«' iuiprisunniiutt and lifteeo lashes of the cat-o'-nine tails. GiUiAT BBITAIN. ilamejj U. Hoosrwlt, . first secretary of the 'AiUcrican J'lmlxuMy at l,oiiilon, is seriously ill. , Sir Chiuli'H Siavfli-y, conspicuous dur- ing tlie ('rimean anil Chim-ae wars, is dead at Dublin. . , A spm-d of (ill uiiles an <hour has been reachi/d liy inntor cars between Lon- don and ilriighton. Th<> Priiico ot Wales and the Duke of York have caplur<;d priz<« at thvv Norwich initio thowj I'iva tcjiuuu on Lord Diinraven's estate near Limtrirk, have been evict- ed for non-payiutnt of rent. 'J'hi' Prince and l'rinej>s« of Wales are visiting ths l)uk<> and DiMhess ot Marl- borougu at iU>'Uiht:iiu PahiM. Of tlw^ »18,22'1 niaat^srs and seamen rmploytMl in UrillHh inerchuiit Hhlfislast ytiar, 1,H13 vhk lost by (frowning or other accidents. , Dr. •Iiiiue-s<a and some of his asso- ilali!s in th-. Transvaal raid will prou- ably be released from priMJii on l\w ground of ill-lu'alih. ('ovttiitry I'uiinorc, I hie English ati- thior, is dead.. lio was omi ol the us- Kistant librarians of Jthtt British Mii- Hcum for more tlian twenty years, lie was aoveaily-lhree years of age. Th» Loril Mayor of Loudon is invit- ing snliscripiions (o endow in |wipt>.tuity Ihe Qui III V^ieioria Iiisiltiilu for NiirHos, founded for th>v purpose of nursing the poor 111 their own homos. This London Times, referring to the Colonial Cable Conterene*i, expresses th« Ixlief that both the l*lveifio cable and steamship service jiiojeols are well on llui way towards realixiitlDn. It i^ «ta<ed tlHit thtt Imperial Gov- •rnmaBt^wlU ask for a credit of •eVar- al millions for the rearmament of tho artillery, increasing tll« infantry and reorganizing tb» transport service. UNITED STATES. ,; ,. . The First National Bank of Kast Saginaw, Mich.,- Baa •osiietaded. - W'hitelaW Kei i is nienli^mei' as a proU-Ale •uccessor to Mr. Bayard as Uiiitbd ttlates AmbajBsador '<> Ijinglacd. George G. W. Ferris, designer and builder of the Ferris whefll at the Chicago Fair is t'ead »•' Pittsburg, Po. Seattle and the entire northf-western portion of the State are just recover- ing from anotlier disastrous snow- storm. The embezzUsments of John H. Hof- fer, cashier of tha First National Bank, of Lebanon, Pa., have already amoitnt- ed to •183,000. A rolling stone be.hje4ided Joseph Champaign while Joseph was hunting among the mountains near Cedar Bun, Pa., on Saturday. A St. Louis powder firm has received a telegram asking for a price on ten tons ot dynamite. It is understood the Cuban insuigents are negotiating. One policeman and twelve church members were injured in a free fi«ht between two factions of the St. Stan- islaus parish in Bay City, Miob. An English syndicate is reported to have made a numlier of investments on the American side of Niagara Falls with a view of making a more attrac- tive resort. Topeko, Kas., witb a popttlation of S5,0U0, is rejiorted to htwe 400 divorced wom(»i. The divorce mill is running steadily, the general charge being in- compatibility of temper. Reports as to the condition and pros- pects of business in tJbe United States â€" OS fumi^dlud by the commercial' ageacies of Messrs Dun and Bradslreet â€" con- tinue, aa a rale, of an encouraging na- ture. Orders in some Lines buve fallen off, but t.bis is only natural in the cir- cumsl aoces; wliile usually business ev- erywhere is steadily improvin^^ and with increased employment the purchas- ing power of the people is a factor which soon le'.ia throiighout the coun- try. Tbc unseasonable weather this week has injured some trades, but a more confident feeling exists every- where.- What was lately known as the financial difficulty is rapidly riglhting itself and the outliK>k is favourable. GENERAL. Italo Campanini, tbe wcU-known tenor singer, died near Parma. The rebellion in Ma<lagascajr has qireod over nearly the whole island. Gen. Riva Palacio, Mexican Ambas- sador to Spain, is dead at Madrid. Twelve thous.ind docdc la))orers are on strike in Uami>urg: and neighboring ports. Natives of the New Hebrides are be- ing sold as slaves to masters' of trading vessels. It is reported in Berlin that Prince RlsmarcJt will continue his newspaper disclosures. Tom Mann, the English agitator,was arrested at Uaxuburig and sent out of the country. 'Ihe market building and adjoining houses in Antwexp were dtslroyed by fire Saturday at a lo:iS of fll&U.UUO. fJippatcbos from Cuba say that a Canadian named Dalbrigeon has been murdered at CiuulueguH, Province of Santa Clara. In t!fae floods in Greece the ceme- teries weao swept by water and bodies woslhed out of their graves. The Ices of life is large. The !i7lh i uujaub Regiment of In- fantry became liutuus, looted shops and wounded several pt^rsuns wlw re- sisted thlem. La Puix. of Paria, announces that the text of the treaty signed in Paris by President Faure and the Czar -will be publtsJied shortly. - China is repotted to be about reor- ganizing her navy and building a lot of ships of war under the direction of Li Ifung Chung. Italian emi^ratioD to South Ameri- ca ts increasing. Over 0,000 persons luive sailed from Geneva tor the Argen- tine Republic witJiin tlie last two weeks. i»A ^'^'â- ' de^iutcJlr says that Grand Duke Nicholas of Itua-sia has secui-ed Flniperor Francis Josepiv's assent to a modified plan for the iiartition of Tur- key. The Shah of Persia announces that bereaftej- he will disjvense with a Pre- mier, and will prelude in person over tho Cabinet, which will consist ot twelve MiuisteiB. A report comes from 'l"ukio to tJie effect Uiat Hu,-43ia h;is been granUxl the right to build tho Sibeiian railway through Chinese territory and defend It with itussiau troops. The Hon. Geo. FJmerson, a member of the Cabinet, will succbimI to the va- cancy on till) Nerwfoundland Supreme Court bench cieated by the retdgna- tion of Sir Janios Winter. The Paris Figaro, oouim(\nting upon relations Ud.ween the United .States and SiMiin on thii Cuban qtu'.-ition, says that war with t^in means war with Eur- ope. IVo Canadians, Richard and John l*!attie, huve bc*vn arr«wted tmder martial law- in Culva. Thteir friends have broUKht the matter U^fore Mr ( hainbertivin, who proniises to brin It ill the attention of the Foreign floe. The H.tinburger Nachrichtisn, Prince nisiiinrck's lugan, accuses Knglaiid of trying to kindle a European blaze un- (U'r tlifl oretoxt of helping the Armen- ians, and tho paiier adds that Kuicipe with inconceivable blimlness, is l>lay- ing into England's hands. The pr(i.s<iculion ot the persons ar- rested tor bomb-lhniwing during a re- liKious pnx-ession at Barcelona bits coniiiiemicd. Tl.«! Alioniey-Generai .innounces that he will ask the court to Rcntenuo 28 to deal in and 50 to ini- prisbument for life. MINOR DKTAILS. Do you waavt a «ihirl that uiions in front or one that opens in the back; askiMl ( liJ'. salesman. Don't Iteer where it opens, answered Ufnrlo Silas, sn's it's got an openin' al Ibe top an' Ixiltom. TONKD DOAVN. He. Do you tlidnk Miaa Rajones is protty? She, Miss KajonesI Oh, she isn't a lad looking girlâ€" when she has a v<-il on. rinc O^ FLAGS PROTECT CRIME. EMBASSIES MUST NOT BE ENTERED BY THE POLICE. Tho rane of Ihe ( lilneiie Dr. â- â- â-  la Lob- don-Lord tlalltbar)' Aele^ Prompllj and Will Endriirar ta Hfcun the iu- dlclmeut at Ihe Nrniben af Ihe Chlaeae Emlmiitjrâ€" 8«nie t'arloiu Cane*. Lord Salisbury's action in instructing the principal law officers of the Bri- tish Crown to prepare documents witb a view to demanding thie recall and, if possible the indictment of Sir Ualli- day McCartney and the otbeir members of the Chinese Embassy in London for the recent kidnapping of a Chinese poli- tical refugee in a public thoroughfare of the English metropolLs serves to call attention to the fact that kidnappings such OS these are both feasible and frequent. Sardou, whien he wrote " Fedora," was severely chided by seme critics tor pre- senting it as a possibility that bis hero when " wanted " by the Russian police could be kidnapped in Paris and sec- retly deported to fit. Petersburg. Al- len Upward was similarly considered aa audacious when a short time ago be publisbed a story based upon the idea tbat Pope Pius IX., after the lUlian occupation of Rome, executed a traitor whn had been lured into the Vatican on the ground that by the law of guar- antees the Vatican was his own ter- ritory, and upon it be could execute his sovereign will. Truthi, however, is stranger than fic- tion, and the kidnapping of the Chin- ese doctor. Sun Yat Sen, birf incarcer- ation at the Chinese Eiubassy in Lon- don, and the attemt>t made to secret- ly ship bim back tu China for torture and death as a conspirator, show that such things are really being done, and that spiriting a man out ot a country against his will Ls not only practic- able, but frequently occurs. DISCOVERED BY CHANCE. It was only by chance that Dr. Sun was discovered and rescued and tlnnks to Lord Salisbury's intervention, he was liberated by the Chinese Amiiassador on the eve of the day on which be was to have sailed for China. The En- voy had made arrangements for bis close confinement in the bold of a Glen line steamer from London to Shang- hai. The Glen line is subsidized by the Chinese Government, and its owners are under deep obligations to the latter. Dr. Sun bad been literally whisked off one ot the iu<ut fashionable and crowded thtkrougfaf.ires of Loridnn in broad daylight, without leaving a trace of his whereabouts. As writs and war- rants do not " run " in foreign embas- sies and legations, the police being pro- hibited from crossing the threshold, ex- cept on the invitation of the Envoy, thie doctor might have been put to death on the premises or taken sec- retly to tile Glen line sliip had it not been tor the chance indiscretion of the English servants of the iVmhassadoir. The case of Dr. Sim, who speaks Eng- lisli' perfectly, professes Chri8tianity,and who spent some time in the United States, where bis footsteps were dugged day by day by four eml.ssaries of the Chinese Government is by uo means an isolated one, and has only attracted so much attention because it happens to have been found out. People ha- « been spirited away by the hundreds from Paris to St. Petersburg, mostly on board steam launches down the Seine to Havre. Friiui London scores of Rus- sian conspirators 1. ve been kidnapped in the same wav as t)r. Sun and shipiied off to Riga on board a Huscovite sh^p, after sp<-ndiug the time lutejveuing ih.:- tween their capture and their emUirk- ation either at the offices of the Czar's Consulate or else at ti« headquaiters of the Russian detectives in the Bri- tish metropolis, where a number of sec- ret police aie kept to keep track of the Nihilist uioveiiieut. Their hands are tied, as stated above, by the fact that every emft)«ssy and U^gation is officiallv regarded as con- .stitutiug a piece of foreign territory, ex<'uipt from the jurisdiction of the land in which it is Uicated and subject only to that ot the country |â- Â»^p resented by the Envoy who has made it, his head- quarters. Sciiio years ago a German nobloman. Count Lyimr. committed a shocking crime in London, for which he wa-s ari-ested by the Knglish pulioe. Owing to his lofty connections, and to tho fact that be was attached to the (ieiiuan Enll>Jl^«y in London, he wa.s turned ovej- to tJie Gei-uuiii authorit- ies for puiiisihkuent, although the of- fense liud been cnuuiiitted in Eng- land. 'the Jilnglish police brought hitn in a cab to tho Geuimia EmUiasy, on the thieahold of which they left him, and wiiere he was at once arivsted by Ger- man officials, lliat lieiug considered us Getuian teiriturj. lie was kepi there cU.«ely iuipiiacned for several da^s be- fore lieing taken to Brcnisn. S.i far a.s the Flngliah tlovermiuuit and public were Odnoernetl bis detention at theGer- uian Kiiibaasy wiis oonsitlerod in th<> light ot inipnsoiiiiient in a German pri- son, altluiut^h the l<:mb<is.sy is situat- ed in tliB very heart of London. SOMK RUCENT CASKS. Should a politicjil offender, a man branded as traitor to his country, and fur whiiae ariv.st a warrant had been i.sMued by his tioveinment, have von- tuied witlvin the piecincLs, of eilhor the German or the Kreiich Embassy in London he would tH)rtainly have been detained precisely in tb;! same tiuinneir as it ho had ventured, on bi>;ird of one ot the men-of-war of his country, lyiiiff .•it anchor in an Ent'lLsh ixjrt, and it may safely be taken for granted (hat th€i Flngllsh Government would never have inHi.st««l upon his relciise or cared Id run tlie risk of going to war on his account No Btronger proof of this need be cited than the recent case of Said Kbal- ed, the usurper Sultan ot Zanzibar, who, on the defeat of bis troops by the English, sought refuge at the German Consulate. Allhougb 21anzibar is part of the British Empire, and the Bri- tish Government was most anxious to effect bi.s ariest, yet it did not venture to cross the thiresbold of the Consul- ate for the purpose or to prevent his embarkation on board a German man- of-war, which conveyed bim from the Island of the mainland. Suae, time ago, when the Turkish Sul- tan was about to arrest and punish one of btis statesmen and former Min- isters, Said Pasha, for treachery, the latter sought refuge at the English Embassy at Constantinople, where on the police officials requesting his sur- render, the English Ambassador in- formed them that the English Embas- sy was English territory, and that no Turkish warrant ot arrest could "run " on English territory. Still more recently, w^n the Armen- ian riots were in progress in the Tur- kish capital, the same Ambassador cool- ly landed a large detacb!m(!nt a>f Bri- tish sailors and marines, replying to the protests of the Ottoman authori- ties that the BmlMssy was English soil, and that he had no need to ask their peimifsion to occupy it with British troops. In much the same way the Brazilian Embassy at Paris was officiallv reirard- ed as constituting Brazilian territory when the crown Princess of Brazil was prematurely confined of her second son in the French metropolis. As the for- mer Brazilian Constitution stipulated that all Princes in the line of succes- sion to the throne should be born in Brazil, she had hoped to return to Rio in time for accouchment. Bkit, as this was im|)<«8iblc, she was conveyed at the last moment from the residence of her father-in-law, the Duke ot Nemours, to the Brazilian Bm,bas8y, where she gave birtb to a boy within an hour after her arrival. Nor is this any mere modern doctrine. Two centuries ago a retainer of tbi3 French Ambassador in London, hav- ing killed an Englishiman and sought refuge within the i->nba£sy walls, was tried for his life by the French Anb- lHi£sador, and sentenced by him. to death, being turned over to the Lord Mayor of London tor execution be- cause there were no facilities for hang- ing th« man on the Embassy premises. A hundred years later Queen Chris- tine, of Sweden, while at Fontainebleau a guest of U>e French Government, her- self tried, 8enteo(5ed to death, and caus- ed to be tiohi.yideJ within the palace precincts a Swedish noble, who had been 1 in her sexvice as an equerry and who I had incurred her anger by satirically portraying her mature charms and odd character- istics in lei ters addressed to a Swedish court beauty, who was the rival of Her Majesty in h/s affections. The French Government hesitated for a tim>.' as to w'hl^ther to call the Queen to account tor these high-handed pro- ceedings. But it was finally decided tbat foreign sovereigns piissessed the same extraterritorial rigjita aa their AinlKf-'sadors and Envoys, and that the French royal palace ot Fontaine,ble.au, lieing her place of residence, inust he retarded for the tins' as Swedish ter- ritory, and therefore beyond French jurisdiction, BUYING STAMP? IN TURKEY. The (irrni Orrmonx vvi^cli Ma«l br CSaae Th ou-jh With la Naklax the l>arrha<tr. Things are not hurried in Constanti- nople as tlu-y are In our cities. The Turlis love ceremony, and have iieculiar no.ions ot what ronsututes (lolitjness. At one of our postotfL'es we walk to the prop.-r window and ask tor a stamp of th<i dtnuuiinaiion we require, 'ilie clerk pusiii-s it out, we put down tho money, and dupart. Tbu en. ire tran- saction has noi occupied a minute and prolKibly less than a do;sen words have been spoken. In Istanibul a different scene is en- acted. The purcha»!r approaches the window, and af^er a aeries of very low and obsequious salaams, lays his right hand upon his heart and says: "May this gracious morn prove a most happy one for th-'c, sir," 'Itu< official reluros the salutation, and asks, "What couuuaiidcst thouf'' "WoulJst thou vou^h-^aft) thy .si-rvant several stamps with vi-hicb to sjnd let- ters to AuierL'af As tJiou mayest know, my son, Abdulla/b, Flffeudi, the glass mercbonc of Ak S. rai, is abiding Uv Lliit moment in Cbi\:a,go, and bis iamily are u. sirous of commuuicatiug wiih him, 'ILutigh 1 myselt know noc how lo write, y^M. is thj sou of my bioiher, ih.i 'iiipjlio.vl manuta.;turor, fcikiUed in thiL\ ar., and bo ha.h prom- ised lo oblij" m^ in this makt^r." "Very wvll, wonbty sir, but how many siampd dost thuu desir. J" â-  Ah, my precious j-wcl, liow many thinkcst ibuu i should take? Unu will hardly sufii.-o, as ho do.h nok intend lo roLuru at prvwnt. 'I'hi-'refore I pray thee, gi^e me two." "Exv'elU'iit, exotllent. Here they are. May I requt'at the sum ot lour piasters in paymonit'.' "VVhai sayi<st thou, my gimlle lamb? Thrtv. pbis-iers I always paid â€" iwver more. i'liiis was but a ytar ago, when Alidullah wd.s ai. Pitris, even H'.â€"" "You are qui'.o rigiti, effondif but tho pri iw have changed. rh.<y cost more to- day.'' "In very sooth, O apple, ot mine eye? Then tb,' charg<i^ has liecn increased?" Wilhihisihp Turk pi oduc».s an intric- ately knoLitMl purse, and draws forth a bundlrt of pap r moae^y. "Nay, nay, my adoralde g<'ml" pi'o- leitis till I olfiidal. "We accvpt no paper; thou musl i>ay in silver." "What, thou refussc papert And whenlore? is it not, good luouey? Dues noi the Sultan guarantk^^ie its payment? Well, sliiF-'o thou d'oclinoat It, 1 will jiay ihtvs In oopp.irj" "Nay, eff^iiili, we take no coppers, eilhr, thou must t^ive m.-. silver." "Silver? I havo it not. I pay thee lake this! coppr, luid thou shalt have some additional.'/ "I cannot do it, eft«\ndi. It is forbid- den.!'' "Well, then, thou sbaU. have silver. Here it is, tb*! latest mintage.," "Accept my ov»r flowing thanks, my exquiisite turfle-dovo •' "Allah, be wtih thoe, and increase thy .shadow iniigblily." "Karewill, iJfentU! May thy beard grow lo an exceeding great longtii,. FAITHFUL MTO DEATH THE TRUE STORY OF AN OLD MIS- SQURI SLAVE. He AceatopMie« HU Maaler la Calirarala, Taok Care af Ulm In Hlii Last lllaewi, Bransht Us Fartane Bark la Ika WIdaw, aad Was Barled by Mer al Bar KeqiBcsl. When a man has been dead forty-six years it is rather late to write a tributa to his memory. But this is an inaU anoe where a conjunction of circam- stancea crowded out the tacts, and the good which the mom did was almost in- terred with his bones< The writer recently made a journey into the coitntry near -Harrisonvllle^Ma., the country seat of Cass, the county ad- joining that in which Kansas City is situate. A few miles from the county seat two graves wrere seeQ from ths highway. They were coospicuoua more from neg'lect than otherwise. The man who was acting as guide said, in & mat- etr-of-fact manner, as he coaxed tb* team: '. "One is the grave of the mistreas; the other, that of her faithful negro man< He was buried beside her, as you bMi at iter request.'' Of course, he explaiiied, they died about the same time. The mistress was told a sihort time before her death that the old slave was dead. I "They were victims of the cht^ra," continued the guide, "when that awful â- eourge swept over tlie country. It al- most depopulated Uarrisonville. Ev- jery doctor in the town was stricken { down, and then the only men in the town w^'ho sold dru^ta or knew any- thing abuut medicine I iDKOPPED DEAD in their work. After that those wh« were left died in thjir turn, it seemed, aind without any assistance. Two ot the latter lot were those who are buried in ih<3 graves we just possid. The wom- an was the wife of the oldest and best doctor in the town, Joihn McReynolds. I "When The California gold fever struck the whole country Dr. McRey- nolds caught it, and he joined that long procession which whitened the plains and crossed the mountains. Ue took with him bis tailbfuili body servant, an Old negro who had been his property from infancy. He bid attended his mas- ter so It-ng that the master regarded bim as necessary to his welfare. The old servant often aACumpanied his master in the calls of the latter on his patients. I "VVb£>a the doctor reached the gold country tk: gave up his profession and , became a miner, and tbie old servant was [ hi) assia ani. in tbat, as hi) had been in ! o. her t biogs in tb*' States. They were succ-essful. At tb:? end of a year the old doctor had |1U,UUU in gold, and that was a. fortone then. But in the midst of bis luck be was take<n sick and died. Hi* nuisj, attendant and undertaker was bis faithful servant Asa. They did not waste much lime on funera.s out in that country in those days. After Asa had buried his master HE OWNED HIMSELF. He was in a country where there was no slavery, and had the entire posses- ' siuns of his luasLer in his own hands. No legjj sleiis tbat might have been taken in Missouri could have reached him. U« was a rioh niaia. I "I have been told, but 1 do not re- ' menilier the particuilars, that some of I the p.-ople in the mines who believed tkit Dr. MciteynoldLs left a fortune.un- dertook in various ways lo get it. But tbc o'.d servant thwarted them all and succeeded iii gettin^j out of the coun- try. His jouruciy buck across the plains was an eveoitful one. Ha was followed and traoked and often forced to reeort to strategy to evade his pursuers.. Onoe be burl -a thj foriuu.ji of his master in Ib/^ sand ot the desert when he was hard pressed, and in escaping tyum a band of desperadoes b,t fnuind himself a cap- tive ot Indians. What his fate noigiit have bee<n, you caji guess if be bad not had a bit of good luxik atioul that time. Some sort of epidemic had broken out in tbR tril)e wihere he wiis held, and as Asa was a sui-t of a doctor from ob- servation ha' experimented on the sicik reds witJi such success that they regard- ed him aa a sp cal dispensation for theit hem-fit from iht- hands of the Great Spirit. In this way he regained his freedom, returned to the plaje where he had buried the fortuine of his master, resurrected it and resumed his journey without further molesiatioa. "He reached Lndepeudeiice, Mo., and railed upon a man vvhjo had been a pa- tie.at and friend ot his master. 'ITiis friend aocoun>aniecl hirii lo Harrisonvlilo and was thit! inecKengcir who gave Mrs. Mclteynolds tho fi^^«t information con- cerning tlw death of her husland. Then thii friend told her about her faithful servant Aaa; and this was followed by calling in thi« old s,>rvant from the ne- gro quart-ei-s, and he rendered to his mistress an account ot his stewardsJiip^ with I he larger amount of HIS MASTERS FORTUNE. "I have been told by some of the very Qld-tim»^rs that Asa was the first col- oed man vvli.i ever ivooived amything like an ovatium in Missouri. Whea Harrisojiviile beard of tjio old negro's return b<! w;is invited to tho homes of lb' popl', and had greater glory than any white man who biis ever lived there since. "His mistress gave bim his freedom and some of the money; I don't know liow luu-L'h. Bill he rouiamcd her faith- ful s»-rv;Lnt. He refuseds to accept his frceiloTu as long as bis mistress lived. "Thi.* cholera came, as 1 have said, antl one of tho viciims was the mistress of Asa. He cared tor b-^r and was her at- tenilani. until he was stricken him.«lt. \VhiNn lie failed to i-esiwnd to her call sh«j sunpeoted the. reason', and then it was told her that he was dead. She kniew h-L>r lime had come, and she hardly had time to request (Jiat his remniinB 1ki placed beside hers, aind it was tlone. Aiul there are (heir graves. Only a few people liviiig know even the names of the deail, and not many know t,be story I hiive told yoit. If I wero a rich maa I would put a momument over the grave of that colored maii, and I would just have a few words oil l^ after his name, something HVe tiiis; "Faithful unto Deatik" ,< w.