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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-09-13, Page 2+0+'' •! O+O+O+O♦O+C.+0+O+O+O+O+O♦-010♦-O+O+O♦O+Md "EEVON OR, A HOPELESS LOVE. s 99 9 +c 4.0+04 o+talc;`}O0o+00+04-o♦Oao+O+Q+O+O4-o+ +Z CHAi'TEit I.—(Conliuucd). "Bulger, Bulger, what do you mean An aroused expression crossed John lo do?" asked Mrs van Slack nervous - Dare's face, and hu eyed his friend simile ly. She-hne v from experience that her i . son had been attacked by one of those y"Well, Van." he remarked, "Paton- fits Qf restlessness that frequently led ket seems to be rather progressive af— ter all. It possesses a woman who shines niway's had a warts love for her son, b advantage while doing a man's work. and, like every devoted mother, was But seriously, old fellow, do you Think blind to the fact tocol the man of twenty- lhsee villagers will submit 10 a change seven differed in any essential respect in the ownership of the Clarion that will from the boy of seventeen. To a nt0- work so radical a revolution in its ther's eye a favorite son never "grows aims' You don't want your mother's up.., barn burned down by a lot of fanatics, "Now don't be alarmed, Mrs. van you know. It is all very well to took at Slack," sold Dare gallantly. "There >s this affair from our standpoint as a no danger in our enterprise. \Ve have In practical joke, but our rural clientele is discovered that, tike the unreclaimett r't something like two and a half millions apt to be lacking in a sense of humor. the Dark Continent, the people of Paton- sterling. As for the results, they may Frankly, 1 think we'll get into serious ket have no knowledge of the civilizing be gathered from one or two sentences trouble if we attempt to carry out your powers which pertain to alcohol. in in the report of the Director of Land plan." fact, they publish a newspaper which Settlement in the Orange (liver Colony: Rutger van Slack looked abstinate. deliberately asserts that civiliznlior con- "Tire Department has not made the "Bah!" he exclaimed. "What does it sists in abstinence from intoxicants. Of progress it should have, owing to matter if these farmers do object to our course this is absurd, is it not, Rnrnn?' many causes. The, seasons. though creature reappear beside the w course? The more they grumble, the Dare turned suddenly toward von liur- favorable for stock, have continued dead when he removed the grass suspen more tun we'll have with Mein. I don't stein. against agricultural pursuits, and, gen- bridge by which he had crossed. believe the care enough about Prohl- "Well, really," said the German slow- trail s enkin r, what crops were saved newt ran up and down the bank bittern to conunit arson, so you needn't ly, turning his cold, blue eyes on his troin drou •ht bvere eaten off by locusts i+'eat perplexity till it discovere worry about the barn. Besides that. if questioner, "i can hardly agree with your in many districts of the Colony. Good twig told across the stream. 11 cr• we buy the Clarion it's ours to do with sweeping generalities. If 1 understand rains fell in February and March, but that. ran to the sleeping king, da as we choose, isn't it? What have these you, however, you intend 10 open a sa- too late 1n many ports 10 bong the into his mouth, and people to do with a simple business loon in the village. Am 1 right?" medic crop to maturity before the frost iIIS MAJESTY AWOKE. transaction?" The purity of the Baron's English came. Conte, come, Bulger, interrupted made It herd for one to realize that ho ••there is nn doubt that the trend nt "Have you slept well, sire?" asked Dare, who always called his friend by was a foreigner. affairs since the war and the results of servant, his given name when annoyed at him, John Dare tugged angrily at his mus- 111$ Inst three years have proved a sad "Yes; i have had a pleasant dre "you are not looking al journalism (ache. Ile fell that he had been rebuk- disappointment In man some of the f thought I wcs walking in a fair la from a reasonable standpoint. The ed by a man whom he despised. At difficulties which have been experienced where the buttercups were of the size subscribers to a newspaper have certain length, overcoming his annoyance, and must be regarded as purl of the after- the sun and the bluebells us big as rights which they are bound to defend. again looking but upon the ocean, he mull of war—deplorable but inevitable largest cathedral bell. And l saw However, I said 1 would go into this nf- answered calurly. "Oh, no, not at all. _but other changes which ctiginated in- fore me a uhigl►ly river, crossed by fair with you, and i don't intend to beck The tact is that Van, here, has heard dependently of the war, and are des most beautiful bridge conceivable. as out. Perhaps it will prove to be a great rumors that a wonderful beauty presides tined to exercise 0 i.rofound influence green grass, but perfectly solid and opportunity for are. You know my over the fortunes of a newspaper called, upon the agriculture of the country, likely to break. having traversed friends have always said that 1 had a 1 think, the Patonket Weekly Clarion. me also inbprngresJ, it is doubtful river on this bridge I entered a wond futusee,,ie a pian neverore ' but, as far as I quite overtakes hisfu-quaintanceet ofhe could not this weird beingethe ac- by him- whether these changes are as yetG lett- lei ar- rut worldingseopled Gotthe cleverness tvr lure. But Id everything be as you pro -self, he sent for me, and now proposes ly recognized or fully app y mother wit, and— But 1 cannot 1 pose. We'll buy the Clarion, astonish that together we invade the sanctum of farmers:' you all. Suffice it to say I found gr Pntonhet, and—and find out something the goddess, and, while; engage her The Commissioner of lands at Pre - difficulty in getting back, for the grt more about this Mrs. Durkee." The husband in conversation, he intends to Iorin lays it down that a fanner starting bridge had been carried away by 1 last words had a ring of malice in them. have a sort of vent, vidi, vici flirtation." in business on the High Veldt needs from The force of the sarcasm was Lost up- "Bosh!" exclaimed van Slack, rather £4,000 10 £5.000 capital. As he would torrent, and I had to find another." on van Slack, however, us at that mo- testily. "Can't you say anything in a have no difficulty whatever in working Then the servant knew that what ment his mother, Hilda, and Baron von straight -forward way, John? You are a good farm In England with a capital had seen oras not a lizard or a ne Burstein appeared upon the scene. The actually becoming a menace to society of this amount, the Transvaal can hard- but the soul of the king on lis wand two young men arose, and, more chairs in your utter disregard of facts. You ly be said to hold out urany attractions fags whilst he slept. being brought, the little party seated ,;ee, Baron," and van Slack turned to for him. Now, 1 venture to say that 011yr, thentselves for a quiet chat before the his prospective brother-in-law, "Mr. —p who on a hot July day will lie as s i veranda should grow uncomfortably Dare and I have decided to buy the only gesled in the grass, among the heat) warm. newspaper In this part of the country." PREVENTING. THE FLOODS. on a moor, beneath a Ute in the we Mrs. van Slack, pale and quiet, wos Baron von Burstein was startled. If will find his soul transported into dressed in deep mourning. Her gray he had been less bronzed by the sun he Holland is a country of Wooden Piles world of which he had not dream hair added dignity to a countenance might have turned pale. As it was, the and Dykes. and will see sights of which he had that In earlier years had failed to pos- nervousness he displayed was not lost p'he people 01 Holland arc perpetur.tly previous conception. Ile will be visit cess the repose so essential to a truly upon Dare, who happened to be watch- The opninst the encroactunenls of by n vast number of insects, qu aristocratic face. And there was still Ing him at that moment. Recovering water. One building in Ams1011(1111 harmless, moved by curiosity, desiro a restless expression in her dark eyes himself instantly, von Burstein said, In rests on no fewer than 13.6.53 piles, of seeing if anything in their way c that fold of a spirit not yet wholly at his customary cold and courteous way: ((tough the dykes around the town, be got out of him, but he win also s peace. Had the choicest fruits of life "And so you Intend to carry on your which have been erected at numinous a greater number going about their 0\ turned out to be nothing but apples of missionary labors in the capacity of edi- expense. effect ualh precept any char►ce business, unconcerned by his preset) Sodom to Mrs. Peter van Slack, nee tors, do you? Permit me to wish you of a flood. The streets of the flourish- intent only on their own affairs, it in Johnson? success." ing pmt of Rotterdam even are frequent- be seeki�rg food, It may be merely Hilda, attired in a tight -fitting dress "Gracious me!" exclaimed Mrs. van ),. tinder water in the winter, and in PASSING THE TIME. of heliotrope charnbrey trimmed with Stack in an excited way that recalled some parts of South Holland the peo- white ribbons, looked cool and whole- the manners of her girlhood, "what is pie are compelled to do thele shopping Rome --for that old-fashioned word most the matter with you boys? Why can't in boats. fittingly describes her appearance. There you remain quiet and keep out of nils- \\'hen the Zuyder Zee breaks on to are certain worsen in the world who, chief?" the land. those who wade up to their no matter what they wear, look as "Please don't worry about us, Mrs. knees along the streets of , flooded vil- though they had just come from a per- van Slack." pleaded Dare politely. "\\'c lage meet alt manner of fish. This is fumed bath; who possess, ns it were. a simply wish to show our clientele 1 e explained by the fact that the Zuyder bainenl beauty. Hilda van Slack was narrow-minded they have grown. Fur /.re, with its mud bottom, is literally one of Ihe,c. filer white skin. her won- the rest, we hope to make n reputation Zee, sed with finny tribes; and one au - perfect hands, her rounded arms, and the as journalists, encourage local Intent, Ihorlty states that if 11 were well scrap - perfect curve of her neck where it met and all that sort of thing, don't you ed of 811 its fish one year, it would be lee boom made one forget her costume know? By the sway, Van. we might oh- trip again the next. and admire alone the glorlue perfection thin from Baron von ihnslein a few ar- The land of Holland is really of four of her body. Surely it seemed and that tides on tee arislncrary of Germany. i distinct levels. and from ten to twelve se handsome a girl should be the bo- ant sure they would form a most erne- feel between the highest and the lowest. frothed nf a man whose only claims to mental feautre of our paper." Dare ut- To make the land dry, the water is manly beauty lay in a tall, powerful tered these words in a most courteous pumped from the lowest levtl to the figure and luxuriant blonde beard. lone of voice. one immediately shove i(. and so on. "Weil, mother," said wan Slack after Von ilurslein smiled calmly. "1 fear." until the water hos been returned again the morning greetings were al an end, he said, "that the people of Patonket to the sea. A large number of engin- "John and i have tind a very busy hour. would not be inleresled in anything 1 errs are specially engaged to look alter We had an early broadcast, you know, could write. But I should be glad to the dykes. end no lest n stun then $2: and have since tulutged in a most me- show my npprecialion of your enterprise 500.0Ce1 is expended every year in keep- nicnMus die; ussinn." by l�r.unting a subscriber to the Clan these for (flea ions agoinsl the sea in "A busy hoyirf" exclaimed Blida. intik- Ion." proper' repair. Ing at Dare with a gleans of earraern Hilda had been gradually growing bre in her brilliant eyes. 'Flow ttred you patient. She now broke nut impetuous- --�-4,� must he!—smoking cigars and gazing at ly. "Tell tae, fell me. about ihis hand - the N(N)1.. the o:ean." some woman Mr. Dare referred to. Who "Ab, yeti do us wrong." said Dare is she. Bulger? t have seta no one in `ood-naturedly, turning to his assail- the village w ho had the slightest clairns ant. "In all jusfire you must know, to beauty. 'these country bei!es are gen- Miss Itilda. That Van and 1 have endured erally fat and freckled, and look as • great mental •Train to•dry. \Ve have Ihouglu they etc toy and were herrn greeted to heroine niicsionitries." more than half awake. 1 suppose this \li-sionrtries!" cxclninred Mrs. van newspaper woman is like all the rest *dnek. looking Merited. or Tierra." "\liszionnrirte;' saki the ©anon in a To the astonishment of the entire party dn,ed way. Baron von Burstein spoke up instant- "\ttsionaries?'' repeated Hilda inter- ly, with more warmth than he had muatively hitherto shown: "You are mistaken, "Yes," continued Dare, looking dream- Miss Hilda. Mrs. Durkee is a woman fly toward the horizon, "nhissionaries• of wonderfui beauty. .Not only that, Yon 'e,' Van and 1 have received what she has proud blood in herr veins." le known In devout circles es 'n call.' "Of wonderful beauty..." echoed Miss Let me explain. In Central Africa, you van Mack, while her gray eyes grew know, you can tell in a moment n lira almost black from excitement. then a given tribe like been 'converted' "Proud blood in her veins repealed oe not. All you need to do Is to lake •ieohnl for what may be called your rivilirometer. If the members of the h•WM' ask you for bends and gaudy clotlhes, you will at once decide that they have nal yet Peen raised from their pristine condition of savagery', 7•h. alcohnl in the tube registers zero. If. however, they beg from you rum and revolvers. you will immediately con - Chide Ilial the etnissariev of enlighten- ment have been among them. Th-' el• toted in the tube is flowing out of the lop. See?" "Co, 1 don't see," answered (tilde irn- petu,ut:ly. "Are you and Bulger going In r•, neral Africa? Is that w!.al you arcane' "Not nt all; not at all." returned Dare. "i harily. they say, te'pthns at home, and st inny mi-stonary work." "Yes," chimed in van Slack; "there Ike. the field of our endeavors." He reeled to the sniff that Jay Unveil Vim. JE».v SE,T,.,: ,.l SOME AFRICA. INDUSTRY OF THE INSECT Peopling of New Colonies with Britiahers Is a Complete Failure. During the South African War we CREATURES MAY RAVE BUSLNESS were repeatedly told that the new color nies were to be peopled with British settlers, who were to show the unpro- gressive arid stupid hoer how to farm. At the close of the war Lord Milner spent some millions is putting settlers on the land, but hitherto the experiment has not been a marked succe's. in a thought for Young. Blue -book just issued Lord Selborne gives some particulars about the work which has been done, of which the 'el - lowing is a surnnrtry : TITANS\'AAL Number of settlers 596 Area allotted 310,800 acres Expenu,ture on land pur- chased . , . , . .£5: 0,6(10 Area cuilivated 26.32:1 acres of active beings swarming about 60.3 ORANGE se fill'GR COLONY. engaged on their several pursu Number of settlers acres scekmg food, in quest of mat Arca allotted l 181,681 merely promenading to exercise Expenditure on land pur- 1 linos. chased £5;6,18.4 Arca cultivated 63,000 acres There Is an old story of aping Lord Selborne says in a note that his servant; the day was hal, Itis ❑t 12.000 acres less than the arca Inst year ly was tired, and he expressed the d are now under cultivation, owing to to sleep. Accordingly he lay dow severe drought. the herbage and was soon snoring. To seine Ilicee 1:5 persons on the the servant sat by his master, wt nd has cost. one way or another, lag, and to his surprise saw a creature pike a tiny newt issue from tween the lips of the king and begi run about. A little trickle of water near, and the newt crossed this bent leaf of grass and disappe among the (lowers and foliage bey After an hour the servant suw the sr OR SIMPLY BE EXERCLSING. Even the Smallest Have Parasites and Diseases --Parental Fore - i doubt if anyone half realizes how teems in the a end unless he has thro himself down in the grass or under oak or willow on the moss, and has there for an hour or more watt what goes on about hint, ori Baring -Gould In tite London Leader he be observant he will find hi like Gulliver in Lillipul, with multit xieXIS 31PI This Is the paramount feature of 11 �D GREEN TEA nd ail foreign substances. and Sao par ib. At all erooara. RD ST. LOUIS, 1901. my 011, ak- bio to ere llk- the ar- nd ew ilk - are ere het us- nts ent the dy ng at rid gs ed, be a be ed ue n� 00 el - y. Is. ee Is. or st he a uS 'n re es or e is Mrs. van Slack at the Farno instant. There tire at least i►vo varieties of "Yes," continued the Baron. "her for mineral wool. named respectively rock Ther was a French ►r,arrpmis, lh'r maiden wool. a telt is derived from sandstone, name was Yvonne de Kercabate'c." Then as if he regretted his Poqusels.. the Ger- and slag wool, which is 0tIained prem nom cncl his eves upon o coasting the sing of blast furnnces. The fanner le. however. the better for covering soimmemm pipes. and for similar purposes. because 11 ennlnins no sulphur, which. under the influence of the action of the moisture in the air, proeiucee n corroding effect on the niMnl of tt,e pile.:, The process 1•y which it is rnannfne- tured is ,'\cerdingly simple. The raw material fs melted in a large vessel, and is drawn oil be means of a tap, front which it flows in a shi gish stream. As 11 cnn,ec 0111. steam under high pres- Ante is hhown through it. which has the effort of of once converting it into soft. fleecy clouds, ti loch sink to Ilse grortnd in arrontnnec with their weight. and thus nffers a natural and simpie method of diff. renttating the various qualities el tie article. The Varied Uses 10 'Which the Article 1. Now Put. lady. 1 saw an ichneumon fly perch her hand. and site exclaimed that Mineral wool is every day finding a had been pricked by it. So 1 gray larger and more varied use by reason described 10 her how that insect of ifs cscrllcnce as a Wren-crnuductur of both heat and cold. For this reason it is used for covering steam -pipes as well as the wells of rooms for cold storage, which me everywhere coming into general use for the preservation of meal. vegetables, and other food. This. therefore. makes 11 exceedingly valu- able In buiidinge, for it is fireproof; but 1 never for n moment suppnsc,l 1 while, placed on the floor. it has the she would take the matter seriously, effect of deadening sound more come \\'onderful it Is that the insects slice pletely Than probably any other ma- have their nralndies like menet m Icrial wie:cl► can be used for that par- and That these nralndies should he fo`e• to Rinse confounded microbes or w we have heard so much and of ►vl we are in terror of our lives. Almost every caterpillar hos a s forming organ—e double organ it And all lite insect world seems to so happy. to be without a care, and it has its tragedies and sorrows. J then went by the ichneumon iiy, ve email, but capable of compassing 1 destruction of ninny a iaterpill though not one -thousandth part of t size of a single victim. This fly pert on the back of the grub, pierces its s with a sharp hollow needle w•hcrew it is furnished. and the force of stab projects an egg under the a into the flesh. As each wound is made the cat pillar shows a certain amount of easiness. but does not intermit its ing. The eggs of the ichneumon speedily hatched within the body of grub, and they devour the telly 1 lions of the caterpillar. shrewdly tear the vital orgons untouched. When Bine arrives for the caterpillar to cha into chrysalis the ichneumon grubs their way out of their foster mother al woe spin for themselves a numbe yellow cocoons, nnhong which the dy cnterpillnr Is often hopelessly eulan and where it expires. i once gave n great Beare to an t s r n s e s e vides for tie young of its kind. The lady. svhn was very fol, turned g and, Inking at me with n ghastly nsked. in a voice that quivered ► emotion : "How long do you think it be before they reach my vital orgnn 1T WAS A RATIIEI; Cltl 11. JOK e s n r n a n n .h•nnrer far nut at A.'a end remained si- krit. Not co en the efforts of his ilaneeo lb learn more about Mrs. Dtu•ke'e could make him acknowledge (hat he pos- eessed any further information upon the subject than he had already displayed. Ile explained nonchalantly that he had overheard a group of villagers ir.dulg- ing in gnseip, and That one day he had sen Mrs. ilurkee as she left the Clarion office. But the suspicions of John Dare were aroused. !To be Continuer].) if a Gay down'( earn more then he gets he will never amount to much as A man. 0 in re 11 'shows Thoroughness and Dependence l pun the Memory. A description of Chinese schoolroom methods. taken from "A (ey'ncr of Cathay," is of interest as showing the cdhtrast between schools in the Orient and schools in this country. The beginner takes his book to his teacher amu hears hien read a column or more, after which the pupil returns to his desk and cons this lesson aloud, until he can recite !t without looking at it. Ile then takes his book again to the teacher, turns his back to the master, and recites what he has learned. This is called "backing the lesson." In this way the pupil commits the whole book to memory, and he is expected to learn it so thoroughly that he can al any moment repeat the whole of any passage the initial words of which are men- tioned to hila. Just before the noonday recess the teacher writes a sentiment, a proverb or a proposition upon a slip of red paper and pastes it won the door. Each boy, as he goes out, reads the lines. and in the afternoon renders to the teacher another line which will, with the first, make a couplet. In China, all honors, social, pecuniary and official, await the scholar; and the teacher has always st !rand illustrious exnrnples to hold up for the emulation of those who Leconte discouraged. Among the ancients, ,as among the moderns, many who were poor or stupid rose to eminence by sheer diligence and self-discipline. The teacher tells of So Chin, who be- ing alllicted with drowsiness when at his nightly studies, thrust a needle through his flesh so that pain ;night keep him awake; and of the restless Sal Lin, whose active body revolted against sit- ting nt his books, and who cured him- self of a constant disposition to rise and leave them by placing a pail of ccti1 water where his feet would be immersed in it whenever he stood up. A wanting is given in the career of the unscrupulous Pang Kein. who cut oft the ends of the straws that his leacher told him to arrnnge evenly, while the careful and honest Sung Pin separated a similar bundle and laid the straws straight, one by one, and found that they were all of uniform length without cutting. The character thus manifested by the two showed their leacher which of his pupils would best repay his efforts. and his judgment oras justified by the event, for Pang Kien came to no good, while Sing t'in won renown and wealth, and great honor came through liar to his preceptor. --4 THE SOCIALISTS' RED FLAG. 11 Was Originally a Symbol of Law and • Order. in France, on October 24, 1789, it was enacted that in cases of riot, rebellion n; disorder, the reef flag should be car- ried before the National Guard, to warn the disturbers of the peace of the ap- proach of ol)icial interference. For this put -pee it w•ns used only once. and then on the field of Mars in Paris. on July 17, 1731. on the occasion of the riot caused by the Jacobin petition for the deposition of the King. "Down with the red flag!" wos the cry with which the fathers of modern Anarchism Greeted the Danner. That day the red flag was tape/ell in blood, and ever since was regarded as the bloody symbol of tyranny. The historical place of the red flag was strikingly illustrated in June, 1832, al the funeral of Genera! I.anrarque. The appearance of n Wean on horseback, with a ted suet) and a red flag surmount- ed with n Jueobin cap, was then the sig- nal for the riots. during which the red ling waved for the ilrst time from Re- publican barricades, The black flag of rioting working sten on the Continent did not give way 1e, the red one entirely, however, until the Ilevolulion of 1848. NAPOLEON'S DINNER. At a cookery exhibit held in Parts an interesting feature was the reproduction of n dinner alined to Napoleon 1. ex- actly Ino years before t.y Prince 'falley- rand, his famous Foreign Minister. It was an elaborate repast for twenty-six persons, and the original menu of 18(16, prepared by Tatleyrand's fnrnnus cook, Cereme, was faithfully followed. The pots and pans used. and the table upon which the dishes were prepared. were actually the same as used at Talley rand's house 100 years ago. An old bachelor says that women arc elven to small talk in large quanti- ties. Mother's Ear A WOOD ,F worsu•e 1,111 WHIN eu01S/00 AN .0.Awr, 1100 M TNa MOwrM• Ts, cone •t/ON• ?NAT T,10., SCOTT'S EMULSION PU,•A'alr. TNt tl!Ra •TAIMOTN IMO wCUwe(MMINT 1.0 *PSC SD$A1T row TMa NIA/?M Or •OTN MOTMLrrAio c erne. Fe -,d f, , het rasp'.. scot -r at now).1. Clam*. 'forest.., a •States. sac. sad key t all /cell me. CHINESE HAIll -til SPRING. • 'REAL TREASURE ISLANDS WIIEllE C0I.1'Vfll'4 I'Vl'.T iti:ARE OF A\II;tut A. Tens of Thousands of Islands Which Strew the Oceans are ladeu With Natural filches, There are twenty-six islands in the group kno•,vn us the Faroe Islands, an! they were first discovered 1,100 year$ ago by Ttoke--a Norse pirate who pal sheep upon them. "fare" 4s the old Scandinavian word for steep hey are famous, too, as being the i.• ends where Columbus first heard of the existence of America. In 1603 a British cruiser captured these islands, but in -'1$14 they were al.anduned as vurthirss mil went back to Denmark. let, Sutlero, the southern- most of the group, which is about 30 miles long by 1$ wide, is nothing but one gigantic crass of anal. But ships can steam right into a land -locked bay and there till their bunker:; from the seams which crop through the sags. And by sle0M, this island is only forty-eight hours from England. TILE TREASURE ISLAND has always• been a favorite theme for the writer of fiction, and without doubt there are, in actual tact, such things as pirates' hordes of gold buried in certain island cliffs and beaches. Such men as Admiral Palliser and Ear) Fitzwilliam do not risk money and time as they have done for nothing, and there is pretty good proof that Keating's trea- sure of fifteen million dolinrs was ac- tually buried in Cocos Island, and that another huge mass of loot was secreted in Trinidad. Whether either will be dis- covered is quite another rnatter. Rut there is really no need to go and dig for buried millions when so many o' the lens of thousands of islands which strew the oceans are laden with such natural riches, like the island of Su- dero already mentioned. Another in- stance is White island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. About three miles In circumference, and rising in its centre to 800 feet above sea level, this island is a mass of minerals, principal- ly gypsum and sulphur. Of course, it is purely volcanic, and a cloud of steam always hangs over It. In the centre is o lake about fifty acres in extent, which is practically nothing but dilute dul- phuric acid. There ought to be money tri White Island. BIM 1,N NATURE'S TREASURES. Guano to the value of many million has been dug from the Chineha Islands, small, barren, sunbaked rocks, off the Southwest coast of South America, and there are islands rich with a similar de- posit and known as Plum -pudding and Possession Islands, close to the coast of German South West Africa. Guano is now running short, but there are still n few islands rich in the fertilizing ma- terial which have not yet been worked at all. One was recently discovered about 400 miles south-west of Clipper- ton Island In the Central Paci(14,,,This low coral atoll is covered with• the rich- est phosphates, and has proved a for- tune to its discoverers. Oft the coast of Spanish honduras are the five Bay Islands. The largest cf these, Rnutan, Is a veritable treasure Island. 1t has the richest soil and the most extraordinary climate. The tem- perature never rises above !lA degrees, nor falls below 66 degrees. The natives hardy ever do any work, for there Is no need to do more than plant a patch of cocoanuts and cane and sweet pota- toes. These renew themselves year by year. If anyone could buy that Island and had a little money to develop it, he could make AN IMMENSE FORTUNE. \That is probably the moat valuable tslands in the world are the Fur Seal Islands in Retiring Sea, and Robbers Is- land in the Sea of Ohkolsk. The aver• nge lake of the Kamochulka Industrial Company for years peat has been 25,000 fur seals worth 8750.000, and 300 sea oteer skins valued on an average al 8750 ate, oe. During the late war the Japana.e t aided many rookeries and are said to have secured over a million dollars worth of furs. The weirdest treasure islands ,In the world on the Knbihoos. Frost io'tnd, utterly Parma and repulsively desolate, no one ceu'd Imngine them to be worth landing upon. Yet under their eternal lee are such huge stores of fossil Ivory, the remains of long extinct monsters, that the islands produce a revenue ,.I about five million dollars yearly. TIIE RABBITS' 0000 POINT. They Have Proved Beneficial to nn 1r - kb Agriculturist. At last the rahblt--the much -hared, vIrulentlyahused rabbit --has found a friend in the tenon of a well-known Irish agriculturist, who has discovered that the little animal has at least one good trait. to be numbered henceforth as the farmer's friend. The gentleman la question owns n eons:derable tract of pasture land,•fJ;kkjh being on the hanks of a river, he' late years been so overrun with butter cups ns to very considerably interfere with lire value of the ground as paslur. age. A few seasons ago a number of rob. bits were Introduced upon the ferrn, and these ---ns is usual, and as the All, strnlians know to their test—soon mutt. plied so fast (het they threatened to overrun (ht' whole $elate. The chief warren was situated on a bank near the river, a circumstance which caused but tittle comment until the farmer accidentally made the die. merry that the buttercups, formerly a scourge to the pasturage. hail died dc-wo to isn:aled clumps. It was then di.umvered that the rib - bits had. during the winter, scooped reit the cen'rea of the teitteacup enols, •.vrtft the result that these had disappenree beyeutd all I•ossibitty of further growth. Grass had sprung up f:. the place of the dowers so distoet, fol to the Guiles with beneficial results Mal can Le will underat(,ed.