Died –In Combat, Like A Hero.

March 1, 1870, the long and bloody war between Br;zil alid Paraguay 01 i to an end thrcmgli thedenth oí' onouiau. The closing bc me reoalls the age oí chivalry, when wai-riors preferred (Kiatli to snrrender The üghtiiií,' 011 tlio part of Paragna.v had been wagoel 011 tho principio oí vu Inry or doath, and López, the dictator, i bis army roínced by frightful lo-sps i:i battle to I.UOO píen. Wit!) the.se ho attempted to cross tho border iiito Boliv:i and was overfcaken on the banks of the Aquiclabmi, near S;m Salvador, by : moanted Bra-: ziliau corps cali-' o (1 t h o Rio Grande liorse. Lopez 's camp was snrprisod at daylight so snddenly tliat tlio guards had uo time to givo waruiug. The dictator tried bravely to forin his men in defens-e, bnt the cump was óverrtm by the Brazilian horscnu -.n in a twiiiklirrg. VVith a band of faithf ni officers López faced the foe. His war minister, his kou and all the colon3ls of his forces feil nround him, and he himself was severely wounded. (ieneral (Jumara, the Brazilian leader, callod to Jiim to surrcnder. He refused the offer and baoked off, flghtiug, sword iu hand, against a sheltering rock where the foe cotí ld attack only iu front. After outting down mob of the assailants, vvho rushed in t.o take him alive, be was finally dispatcJiod by a lance thrown froni .i distance by a mounted soldier. Althongh tlio war had been virtually over i'or mpnths, the death of Lopez was the occasion of national fetes of reioicing throuchout the empire of Brazil.