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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-9-6, Page 2!C AM1\A'Q GREAT VOLCANO would be no end.to the eruption. The . IrIV GREAT i volcano aCtIVit whicii, began Nat st year ago, g g Unto least. b� TOE EIHI 'ION ON SAVAII GROWING mom VIOLENT. Sea Heated to Boiling Point by Tremen dons. Lava blow on'An Island of the Pacific. M last accounts the new volcano on the island of Savaii, the largest of th Samoan group, was hi more viale. eruption than ever. The volcano was just a year old on August 5th. It came after a series of about 50 earthquakes, some at them very violent. A photograph of the volcano taken only a few weeks after it first cane into view shows an enormous mass of volcanic matter heaped around the crater. This mass was lifted from ttie subterranean depths by the eruptive forces to a height of at least six or seven miles and scattered in the first two or three weeks around the chimneylike vent through which It had passed. We do not know from what depths under the earth's surface volcanic ma- terial may be brought, but the volcanic islands of Samoa rise from sea depths of from 25,000 to 28,000 feet, and the millions of tons of outpourings in the volcano of Savait were carried up through the throat that opened from subterranean regions to the surface of this island mass. Ttiis is the second volcano that has come to light on this island within three years. All the islands of the group, ex- cepting the coral islets around them are of volcanic origin, but there is no evidence that volcanic disturbances have occurred on any of them, excepting Sayan, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. The new volcano is the interior 0' the island, about seven miles from Mau- gaafl, the volcano that was found in September, 1902. In an phases of these outbursts the recent eruption has been far more severe than its predecessor. The spectacle at times has been mag- nificent as well as terrifying, and though Apaia, the capital of German Samoa, is about 6.0 miles away, the in- habitants, from the heights above the town, have at times been able to dis- cern the black outpouring that covered as with a pail the skies above Savait, and more frequently they have seen at night the glow in the sky reflected from the molten lava that has been flowing in main and branch streams to or to- ward the northern coast. On the island itself and to vessels out al. sea the scene during the most violent eruptions has been of almost overpow- ering grandeur. If the calamity had oc- curred on populous Upolu, with 41s many hamlets and its rich cacao and cocoa palm plantations, the loss of life and property would have aroused the sympathy of the world. Upolu is. the Garden of Eden in the colonial domain of Germany, but Savait is still among the wilts of Polynesia. A. number of important islands in the vast waste of waters are still partly un- explored, and Savait is one of them. A very few white traders and plant- ers live on the coast or a little inland. The native population is scattered among a few hamlets. The lava flows between August, 1905, and March last made straight for some of these settlements and wiped them out, but DAMAGE WAS NOT GREAT, • t'actua'lly subsided and it was. thought in November that the phonons; ens were radically .at an end, for a t't at In December, however, the eruptions began. a in with redoubled fury, and there is no telling when peace and quiet will again bless the lonely Mand. - Savait is off the usual ocean routes and communication with it is neither regu- lar nor frequent, and so it happens'that news only occasionally reaches us from the land that is. now the victim of such e troublous times. nt CHANGED WS [IDENTITY.. Discovery , That Briton is Transformed to an Oriental. The extraordinary case of an English- man whose appearance changed to that of an Oriental. Is described by Dr. H. Work Dodd, an ophthalmic surgeon, in the Lancet. The change has occurred during he last seven years. No one has discovered the cause, although the man has been examined repeatedly and most thor- oughly by Dr. Dodd and his colleagues. Dr. Dotal .in giving particulars, of the case says `the man came to the Royal West- minster Ophthalmic Hospital to see ne in June, 1899. He was in the hospital for three weeks, and nothing abnormal was detected in any organ or system.. 'It was after this illness that the changes of appearance began to take place, and these have continued until now he has practically changed his , identity, for from being a finely devel- oped erect man of 5 ft, 10% in, in height and 16 st. 4 lbs, weight, vigorous, ath- letic, with plenty of hair of a light brown' color, a long blonde moustache, and altogether fair in appearance, he has become in a .few years smaller, stooping, 5 ft, 8 in. in height, weighing 11 st. 11 lbs. "He is weak, his hair has changed to mouse color, his moustache cannot grow a hair longer than a quarter of an inch, and both are soft and sparse. His chin never needs a razor, his complex- ion is sallow, and his whole aspect is darker than before. "His fellow -workers have christened him `the Japanese,' though I fancy the late war may have influenced them in the choice of this name, for his type is not quite Japanese. Formerly he was a cheerful, capable, quick -moving, in- telligent man, with something of a sailor's readiness to lend a hand to any- thing that came along. Now, when not occupied. he is somewhat apathetic, a condition which adds something to his. eastern bearing.".. Dr. Dodd mentions another case of a similar type, and says he remembers other patients who should be included in the same category. It would seem. therefore, that there is some obscure disease,: at present unknown to the med- ical profession, which has the effect of changing • Europeans to an eastern ap- pearance. for these primitive habitations are easily replaced. The flows from the volcano tr the north coast were still moving in March, and at all times they have been so regular in their progress that the hour when they would reach a threat- ened hamlet could be computed closely, and so all had ample time to escape. There has been no loss of life, and the chief sufferers have been a few whites who have seen the plantations which they had developed by ten years hard toil swept away in an hour. We have heard of the heartbreaking labor it takes to clear away the jungle of a tropical forest. It is child's• play however, for red-hot lava, and the might-- lest ight=fest trees ot the forest melt away as the scream enfolds them like tow in the flame. One reason why Savaii has not been well explored is that it is almost impos- sible to pats through these thick forests, but there are roads now to the new volcano, for the rivers of lava have mowed wide strips to the sea; clean cut on the sides, not a vestige of the forest growths retraining, except a sprinkling of ashes. White men who have seen the spec- tacle of the last few months say that the grandest sight of all has been the dropping of several of the lava streams into the sea. Some of them have fallen ever steep cliffs 100 feet high into the ocean with a mighty splashing of the water and a deafening hiss as clouds of steam arise. The water penetrates through many crevasses to the heart of the molten mass, giving rise to the continual detonation of explosions which blow fragments of the lava high into the air. THE COLOR OF THE STREAM. is constantly changing from white to black or yellow or a mixture of all three, according to the sulphurous or other mineral Ingredients that are ming- led with it. The surrounding waters are raised to boiling heat, hundreds of thousands of fish have been killed and the little coral aniniol has been destroy- ed tor a long stretch along the shore. In places the advancing lava has pass- ed through the, coral reels and broken them down. One of the observers says that the scene by night is far more imposing than by day. For hundreds of feet the lava mass rises above the water and looks like a red mass of Iron, out '1 whioh jets of white flames are con- stantly emerging. One of the lava streams In February made an average advance of 404 feet a day and was twenty days in reaching tate northeast cape of the island, An- other stream. flowed 3,336 feet in six days and was steadily approaching the coast at the Infest advices. The Samoan Zeitung reported that at they beginning of March there was more lava in motion than ata c t t n- previous Lime and it seemed as thouglt there • HANDLING VICIOUS HORSES. Rarey's Little Trick for Curing Balking —Causes of Shying. A balky horse can be cured, when under the saddle, by a veey simple me- thod. Turn irnt around and around in his tracks a few times and then sud- denly straighten his head and he will willingly, and even gladly, go forward. This was the method of the celebrated John, S. Raney and has never been known to fail. The "jibbler" differs from the balker inasmuch as his so-called vice is caused by congestion of the brain. The horse thus affected is liable to bolt or run away after one of three attack,s and is a dangerous animal. Rearing, although commonly termed a vice, is often caused by too severe. a.. curb. Sometimes the rearing horse loses his balance and falls over back- ward. It is needless to say that 'the rid- er is then lucky if he or she escapes without serious, If not fatal, injury. -When a horse rears loosen the reins and speak to him in a sdothing tone; but if he persists give him a sharp blow be- tween the tars with the butt of the whip. This will bring him down on all fours with amazing quiclmess. Kicking is certainly a vice. Some- times, however. it is caused by fear, in which case much canbe accomplished by gentle management. Exactly the opposite treatment of the rearing animal should be applied to .the kicker. Hold his head up with might and main,' for the horse cannot throw out both hind legs at once when his head is elevated. Kicking straps are what the name im- plies. A strap fastened to the shafts over the horse's croup prevents kicking, but this is only serviceable when driven in single harness. Shying is a danger- ous fault. It cannot properly be termed a vice, as it is generally the result of de- fective vision. Gentle treatment, sooth- ing words and patient persistence in ac- customing the animal to the drealed ob- ject will often effect a cure. To lash a horse because he shtes or is frighten- ed only aggravates the evil. He will associate the punishment with the fright• ful object and will fear it more and more each time he encounters it,, FAINT iNG ROOMS. One of the latest ideas in Neva York - is a room to which the ladies can re- tire if they feel faint and go off in a swoon, amid the . most artistic and beautiful surroundings. Several , res- taurants and tea shops have adopted this idea, and members of the fair sex, whose nerve force is run down, can find inthe fainting room a soothing resting place, The room is partially darkene and the prevailing color green, whilst it is liberally decorated with various sweet-smelling fiowet's, Comfortable sofas and ceairs are provided for the "fainters," and a lady doctor is kept on the premises should her services be re,. gifted. One kind of optimist is a. self.satis fled bachelor who imagines he might be happy it married. Many a woman who doesn't know her own mind gives her husband a piece of IL • KING'S VOICE TREMBLED WS !BAS S`1'S FAREWELL TO TIMID SCOTS GVAtIDS. Seven .Hundred ot the Finest' Mets in the Army Marched. Gast, lain. R "I hope that it may be possible for me, or at any rate, my successor, to see a 3rd Battalion of the Scots Guards carry- ing the sante colors again." The King's voice trembled a little when in the grounds of Buckingham Palace • on Saturday he ended his fare- well speech to the 3rd Scots Guards with these• words, says The London Daily Express, The scone was a fine one, as thebat- talion, headed by their pipers %n royal tartan, swung over the lawn from the archway at Constitution Hill. The leafy trees in the background threw into re- lief the gold and scarlet uniforms and added to the splendid appearance of Ale battalion. Not even the most rabid Lit- tle Englander could look unmoved on the disbandment of such a fine body of men. When it came to the parade ground the battalion halted, "dressed," •and then, with a little ripple. sprang to at; tention as the King, in uniform, stepped from the windows of the palace. As his Majesty reached the parade ground the strains of the national anthem rang out. The King passed clown the ranks in a formal inspection of the battalion, and then to the music of the regimental air seven hundred of the finest men in the army "marched past" him FOR THE LAST TIME. When it was over and a hollow square had been formed, his Majesty advanced within the space and made the following farewell speech:— "Colonel Drummond, officers, non- commissioned officers and privates of the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards,—My Government has considered it necessary to reduce the expenses of the army, In consequence of which trere is to be a reduction both of our artillery and in- fantry, and in this reduction your, bat- talion is included. "I have therefore ordered you to conic here to -day, that I might inspect you and express to you my appreciation ot your services with the battalion, which will shortly cease to exist. "Let me congratulate you, Colonel Drummond, on the battalion under your command. I never saw a finer body of officers and men, and it is with sincere regret that I part with you. "You have done your duty well dur- ing the six years you have been in ex- istence. "It is just over five years since I pre- sented to the battalion the colors which will shortly be relinquished by you, and which were to have been given to you. by my revered mother, Queen Victoria. "I hope that you will later, when your duties are over. confide those colors to my care. 1 shall always preserve them religiously and' carefully at Buckingham Palace, as I hope that it may be pos- sible for me, OR AT ANY RATE MY SUCCESSOR, to see a 3rd Battalion of the Scots Guards carrying the same colors again." The speech was heard in deep silence, and not a movement broke the rigidity of the ranks as Colonel Drummond step- ped forward to reply. The 3rd Scots would always remem- ber their motto, "Ever ready," he said. They heard with the liveliest satisfac- tion of the King's intention to receive into his keeping the' colors of which they were so proud. Then the King returned to the salut- ing base, and, still in silence, the bat- talion re-formed line and marched up in review order with colors flying and hand playing. Then silence again as the bayonets flashed in the sun's rays and the battalion came to the "present." Lieuts. Kemble and .Mackenzie lowered• the colors in salute, and once more the: national anthem rang out while the King stood with- hishand raised in ac-- knowledgement of the tribute. A little pause, and then the rigid sym- metry of the ranks was broken as the bearskins raised on the bayonets sud- denly shot up in the air and a cheer burst from the Guardsmen. It was re- peated again and then again as the King turned at the French windows of the palace to take one last look at the battalion. Afterwards his Majesty conferred on Colonel Drummond the Royal Victorian Order (fourth class), A JAPANESE LETTER. The following letter, amusing in its diction, touching in its simplicity and earnestness, is quoted in Rev. M. L. Gor- don's "American Missionary in. Japan" It was written to a missionary by a man who felt so much pity for his friend's daughter, who was abused by her step- mother, that he had taken her to his own house. Instead of my mouth (conversation), My dear Sir. 1 am a simple people. I don't know English grammar. I don't know European. habit. But now I take not care of my shameful and dare give strange curious letter. Here I must tell you about some matter. This matter .s my dear friend's girl. She have a very Unhappy, for Her mother are not. true mother. I take her into my home, by Her Father's beg and educate her with all my heart. But•one day I find Her hedt bad by Her foolish. mother's had eduoation, 0, Q am very sorry. When one day I think Christianity all good heart and good conduct. If my poor girt become a Christianity she will change to a'good holy heart, So beg you that if you please educate to Chris- tianity-. Let she make a true sheep of God. our Savant, K. Yamanaka. No doubt men are just as foolish as women, but you seldom hear of a man suing a woman for breach of promise, T'he Duke of fiamilton was areat swimmer and diver in his early youth. When it w`a5 fn the Navy he often used ht t dive rt under his ship. to c Tb p, olid once received a semewhot serious Injury white performing this feat, PERSONAL POINTERS. Interesting Gossip Ahad Sortie Prom - ,nent People. The Marquis of I3readalbano possessors the finest service of gold plate in Great Britain. The gems ; in the diadem of the Rus- sian Empress are worth $400;000. They comprise 2,536 diamonds and a massive ruby, Mr. L. F. Petrie, who is: only twenty- one years old, has just been elected Mayor of Clarksville, Arkansas. He claims that he is the youngest mayor in the world. Lord Kitchener was a quiet boy, good bo, .tbrilliant gyattnnastfcsoksorbuoutdoornot gamveryesbr. "IIe was a shye self-contained lad, who showed a distinet talent for figures," says one who knew him at school. The palace of the King of Siam Is surrounded by high white walls which are a mile in circumference. Within them are contained temples, public offices, seraglios, stables for the sacred elephants, accommodation for 1,000 troops, cavalry, artillery, war ele- phants, an arsenal, and a -theatre. When she reigned in Paris the Em- press Eugenie was the best -dressed lady in the world. At one time her wardrobe was estimated to be worth no less than $1,000,000, while her household ex- penses amounted to about $10,000 a week. To -day she spends as little as possible on herself, and dresses invari- ably in black. King Edward has played many parts in his time, one of them being that of a brickmaker and builder. At Osborne there still stands a small fort which was erected by the King and his brothers many years ago, even the bricks being manufactured by the young Princes. At, Balmoral -there is a tool -shed which was entirely construoted 'by Prince Al- bert and his sons. The Hon. Mrs. Bertrand Russell (daughter-in-law of the late Lord Rus- sell of Killowen), who is interested in matters affecting the poor, once for a time worked as a factory -hand in a. Ber- mondsey ropewalk. Disguised in old clothes, with a row of curlers in her hair, she said she found much rough kindliness amongst her "mates," and they soon became good friends when she joined in their choruses. Tl1e Shah" of Persia has an extra- ordinary museum in Teheran, his capi- tal, It is supposed to contain the pre- sents His Majesty has received from foreign potentates, but the exhibits in- clude a hand -glass marked "Price 3s.,'• and some fans ticketed "d3;d." Proba- bly these were purchases made by the Shalt when in Europe, but they must give the Persian ruler a rather curious notion of the generosity of European Sovereigns. Sir Acquin martin, whose death is an- nounced, was at the head of a firm of civil engineers in Calcutta, a post which eventually led to a business trip to Kabul, and to an intimate friendship with the late Ameer Abdurrahman. His f•lighness, who had a low opinion of the truthfulness of the average man and woman, was greatly impressed by the Englishman's frank manners. "Did I ever tell you a lie?" Sir Acquin once asked the Ameer. The potentate rolled his eyes and replied, "I never found you out in one." The Crown Princess of Sweden, who is very pretty and popular, goes by the name of "The Colonel's Wife." The Crown Prince, unlike his poet -father, is a military enthusiast, and is honorary colonel of several regiments, When ne was first married he took his young bride into the headquarters of the regi- ment of which he was then acting colonel, and said : "Gentlemen, the colonel in command of the regiment de- sires to introduce his wife to the regi- ment."- The charming young wife was received with rounds of applause, and the name has stuck to her ever since. Although Don Alfonso, brother of the Spanish Pretender, Don Carlos, and president of the International League against duelling, is a man of near sixty, yet he performed the other day .a feat at which many a younger man would have hesitated. His wife. Dona Maria of tate Snows, heroine of the last Carlfst war and Infanta of Portugal, his sister- in-law, the widowed Archduchess Marie Therese, and the latter's daughter were driving in the neighborhood of his castle in Upper Austria, when the hors shied and then bolted, the coachman being thrown from the box. Don Alfonso happened to be near and managed with wonderful agility, to leap from a bank of earth into the carriage es it was dash- ing by him, crept on to the box, leaned over the dashboard, secured the reins,. and brought the horses under control almost at the very edge of a precipice. An interesting story is told of Sam Horrocks, who did so much to build up the Lancashire cotton -prints industry. Once a young gentleman came from London to take up a position in Mr. Barrack's office. 1 -le was a very gen- teel young . man, and most superior. Alighting from a cab, he espied a care- lessly -dressed, homely -featured man, who was striding along with what. looked suspiciously like his dinner tied up in a red pocket -handkerchief. "Ah, my man, if you'll carry my bag to. Hor- roeks's place, and walk behind me, l'il give you a shilling," said the new Ar- rival. The man with the handkerchief picked up the bag and strode off with it —back to the railway station. He was Mr, Horrocks. He didn't in the least mind the insult to himself, but he was. convinced that no young man was like- ly to be of any use in his business who was so stuck-up that he was ashamed to be seen carrying a bag in the streets of a strange town. PROFITABLE SUNFLOWERS. `i ,The. sunflower Crop is one of the most I profitable harvested in Russia. A good crop is worth, as it stands in the field, $20 an acre. The seeds are sold by the farmer for $1 to $1.50 a pound; then the merchants salt theta and retail them for' $3 a pound. At every street cross- o ing in Russian provincial cities ate s stands and pedlars with baskets, selling touctpassers-by lFt as. the sailed r ead A YoC A the sunflower, which formas 'a tavoriite food. 1 FRENCH PRIEST MISSING VE,,LAGERS OE C11.ATENAY SCENT MUI1DEJt MYSTEIW. Ile Was Last Seen Riding a Bicycle on the Way to Where Ilio Lived. The cure of the :Village of Chatenay, France, Abbe Delarue, has mysteriously disappeared and despite the careful and and anxious search of his parishioners, no clue has been found to the mystery o! what is, no doubt, a deliberate mur- der. On Monday, July 23, at 5 o'clock in the morning, the. Abbe Delarue left his house on his bicycle for the station of SainVille, to take the train for Paris to receive certain sums for the charities of his parish. He was only to be gone !orty=,eight hours. On Wednesday evening he arrived from Paris in Elampes, and as it was too bite to catch the train from Elampes to Sainville, Abbe Delarue mounted his bicycle to return to Chatenay by rued. Since that . moment he has completely disappeared. HAD MONEY ON PERSON. His sister, who lived with him at Chatenay, not seeing him return, tele- graphed to the woman in Paris, an old friend of the family, with whom he al- ways stopped when in Paris. She re- ceived a telegram that he had left on 'Tuesday. Abbe Delarue had in his pos- session a sum of about $170. The peo- ple of Chatenay and the neighborhood were convinced that their cure had been the victim of foul play, and organized sarch parties, The first result was the finding near the Village of Longgue- toise of a priest's hat pierced with a knife and stained with blood. -This was recognized as the hat of the unfortunate abbe. This is regarded as a proof that he has been assassinated. In the neighborhood of the spot where the' hat was found is a deep pool known as the Mang de Moulineaux. It is supposed that some of the doubtful characters that the harvest season al- ways attracts to the l3eauce had laid in wait for Abbe -Delarue, attacked and robbed him and made away with the body. PEASANT AND POLICE SEARCH. It is certain that the assassination can only have taken place in the wild and picturesque part of the country be- tween Etampes and Chalo-Saint-Mars. Here there are masses of trees, thickets and especially numerous pools. One of them, which bears the sinster name of Abime (Abyss), is nearly sixty feet deep. For the Iast wecic the local gendarm- erie and .large bodies of peasants have made a thorough battue of the whole countryside. The'cure of Sainville, the commune alongside Chatenay, put him- self at the head of his parishioners and made a thorough search all round the spot where the missing priest's hat was found. Men armed wieh scythes cut the long grass, but nothing was found. HEALTH BY STARVATION. Vegetarian "Cure" That Would Even- tually Wipe Out Humanity. Dr. Dutt, of the Vegetarian Federal Union, which met recently at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, Lon- don, England, has discovered the cause of, and consequently the cure for all disease. Unfortunately the doctor's name will never go down to posterity as that of the modern St. George who slew the dragon" of disease, for the "cure" would depopulate the earth. Dr. Dust dealt, with the proper food for mankind in relation to disease. He declared that disease was caused by the consumption of "Chicago chicken," in Russia by a certain kind of grain, and in Japan and'China by rice. There is. m fact, no article of food, according to "Dr. Hutt, that has• not produced or is not producing disease. Dr. C. S. Wood declared .that meat caused corns, and induced people to drink. It also caused "early morning depr'ession," to • remove which people drink strong tea, which in its turn caused anaemia, lunacy and blindness. Cancer might be cured by a "radical" diet. Dr. Ii. Valentine Knaggs de- clared : "It is the only possible curative method we possess," he said. "By this treatment the cancer growth would ro longer be able to receive abnormal nourishment from the blood, would no longer have any use for its oxygen, and its cells would either have to revert to the normal animal, type or become ab- sorbed." The chairman, Mr. Short, said that underdone steak and roast beef were fruitful sources of tuberculosis, but by a juuicious diet --.is disease might be relegated to the same category as ty- phus fever in this country. ANTIQUITIES FOUND. Prussian Laborer Parts With Valuable Find for Two Cigars. An interesting discovery was made the other day by a laborer of Leuen- burg, Prussia. While digging for the foundations of a house he came upon an ancient cannon, which experts de- clare to be 500 years old. The cannon, which is made of an alloy of bronze and copper, although in an excellent State of preservation, was, in the eyes of the finder, entirely valueless, so he promptly offered ft to a neighboring obacconist in exchange for a couple of cigars; an offer which was accepted. mmediately. The bargain will be a profitable one to the present` owner, as t will be presently acquired by a nuseum. At Weissenhoehe, Dr.. Haupt, of the Posen Museum, has discovered two so- called "Buns' grave," in whleh skeletons were found, the skulls of which were pierced by arrows. Some valnable tuts t the period When Attila's hordes wept Central Europe Were also un- Combed. A REMARKABLE CAREER A "ROLLING STONE" WIIO RAS GATHERED. MILLIONS.. Letsoip Baihiet MS' Become a Multi Millionaire By His. Own Exertions. If one wanted a striking exception to the rule that "rolling ,Stones; gather no moss" it is splendidly supplied br,. the career of Letson Balliet, known to fame throughout the Wild West as "Coe duroy Bill" — a man whose life -story' reads like a fairy-tale, 'and who, while. still on the sunny side of thirty, •has taken his place among the multi -million- aires of the world. Although. Letson Balliet entered the world as the son of a State judge, and, presumably had the ball of fortune at his feet, he elected to start life at the bottom of the ladder and to climb to the top by his own unaided exertionee, little dreaming, however, how rapid and romantic the ascent was destined to be:. He had one motto to inspire hien—"There is no such word as impossible"—and that proved sufficient foe THE INTREPID YOUNGSTER. As a schoolboy he turned his Christ- mas holidays to account by de:ivering newspapers in the district around Des Mollies, tramping fifteen cold and cheer- less miles every evening for a paltry $1.25 a week, with an extra weekly 25 cents for every dozen new subscribers he could get. And so energetic and persuasive was he that within a short bine he was earning $8.25 a week, a sum which he more than doubled be- fore his career as a newspaper' boy came to an end. Not content, however, with this gratifying result, he added to his revenue by selling pea -nuts, pop- corn, flags, and bunting at the State fair at Des Moines. This work was all done in his spare bine, while he was working hard at bis school -books; and at nineteen he secured an appointment as bookkeeper to a wholesale firm, a post which he relin- quished' to become a teacher in a coun- try school. He now began to study mining and metallurgy and to invest his savings in mining ventures, which proved so successful that' lie was able to pay for a college career and to qualify as a civil and mining engineer,: his re- ward being the appointment as chief en- gineer to the Des Moines Union Railway Company, and, a little later, the Pro- fessorship of Science and Engineering in the Arkansas. University. Most young men who had reached such an enviable position in the early twenties would have been content to hold ft; but not so Letson Balliet. THE FEVER OF ADVENTURE and money -making ran in his blood; and throwing up his professorship, he fared forth into the Golden West—the land o1 the Sierra Nevedas and the Cascades— in quest of fortune. Starting as a work- ing miner, he fought his way ultimately to the position of manager, and then of proprietor of mines. But the road provedrough and steep to climb, and was strewn with failures and reverses. At one time he was em- ployed as brakeman on a railway; at another he was driving a team on the Pacific Coast. Now he was risking his life and enduring great hardships, pros- pecting among the mountains' of Utah; in the wild recesses of the Rockies, or. wandering footsore and hungry over the` desert of the great Snake River; at,an- other time he was filling the chair of. Natural Science at Arcadelphi, Arkan- sas, and writing books on biology and mining. The turn of his fortune came in 1896, when he found his way to a small min- ing camp in Idaho, where he got the post of assayer at $1.25 a month. Here he made the acqaintance of an old prospector who ha d recently discover- ed a rich pocket of ore from which five other prospectors had ousted him. Here was an adventure after Belliet's own heart. Mounting his horse he -rode off to the spot, where he found the five claim -jumpers barricaded in a rude wooden hut. With a revolver in each hand he demanded admittance, and when the door was opened he entered the cabin, holding one revolver at the rascals' heads and another POINTED AT THEIR HEARTS. "Look out!" he shouted, "I am going to throw lead," and -he began to blaze away with both revolvers so alarmingly that the "jumpers" fled in terror through the windows or door as best they could, leaving their belongings be- hind them. A few months later Barn- et sold the claim, thus heroically res- cued, for $60,000; and with his share of the proceeds made his way to Oregon. Here the adventurous youngster (for he was still little more than a boy) be- gan to pick up abandoned mines, and mines that were regarded as played out, and by skllf it working to make them profitable again. . The tide of fortune had turned effectually at last, and he took ,it at the flood. To -day he owns 132 mines in Oregon alone, and twenty- one others in Colorado, Idaho, Califor- nia, and Utah. Ile is a King among mine -owners and counts his fortune in many millions. And this is the modest explanation he gives of his remarkable prosperity; "I have been unusually` fortunate in my investments, and the, world has called lt, a success, . I am unmarried, I have surrounded my elf,,with loyal assistants, and to them and their management of individual enterprises I attribute the larger portion of my prosperity." AN EXPERT OPINION. "Will . alcohol dissolve sugar?" "It. will," replied the Old Soak. "It will dissolve' gold, brick houses and horses and happiness and love, and everything else worth having." 4 --- Rinks : "50 you've got married, ofd ellow, while I hove been away?" Dimes : "Yes." Binks : "Well, l coo. retaliate ou on having` batten" Ys off that It words were but dollars g she-d a r ata of a housekeeper c Sel e e e o g r f our „ ., A Y s .+ how r r[' �h at last i3inics Oh don't , make a" I r any, moats women would bet mistake, Ivo married her l