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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-09-06, Page 2' r " ^11.11.1.1111111.111911.11... SAMOA'S GREAT VOLCANO VIE ERUPTION ON SAVAII GROWING molk44161Way Sea Heated to Wiling. Poiet by ',Fireette doue,iLaea VloW nsi An Wands Of the Pacific. "At Itiet,aeneunte the new votenno on the island 'ovati, the lereeet et the Sartio;an group, was in more *Weal ertastton- than, ever. Tho volearte tares jug yeer 041 on Aaiguet 5th. 4, It came after a see s of about 50 earthquakes, Lstete ef them very violent. A photograph of atte volcano taken only a -few weeks after it first came into view shows an enormous massof volcanic Matter heaped around the crater. This =Les was lifted from the subterranean depths by the eruptive •forces to a height of at least six or seven miles and oeattered io the first two or three weeks around th,e chimneylike vent throuett e which it had passed. We do not know from what depths uneler the earth's surface volcanic- ma - fret* man :isesehrfettetatlitt4 'Weeds of Samoa rise from sea depths of from 25,000 to 2840 feet, and the millions of tons of outpourings in the volcano of , ,Savaii were carried up taretigh the throat that opened from sublerraneae regions to the surface of this island mass. This is the seeond volcano that has come to light on this island within three years: All the islands of the group, exa cepting the coral islets around them, are of volcanic origin, but there is no evidence that volcanic disturbances have occurred on any of them, exceptind Seven, FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. The new volcano is the interior o' the island, about seven miles from Mau - gala, the volcano that was found in September, 1902. In all phases of these outbursts the recent eruption has been far moraSsevere than its predecessoe. The spectacleeat times has been mag- nificent as well as terrifying, and though Apaia, the capital of German Samoa, is about 60 miles away, the in- habitants, from the heightsabove the town, have at times been able to dis- cern, the blaelt: outpouring that covered as with a pail the skies above .Savaii, and more Inetmently they have seen at night the glow in the sky reflected front 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 mit at sea the scene during the most violent eruptions has been of almost overpow- ering grandeur. If the calamity had oc- curred on popnlotes Upolu, with .it many hamlets and Its rich came and .cocoa palm plantations, the loss of life and property_WOuld 'have _aroused th sympathy Of the world. tIgalu iS, the Garden of Eden la the colonial domain of Germany, but Savait is still among tb.e wilds of- Polynesia. A number of important islands in the vast -vaaste of wa.tere*are still partly un- explored, and Savaii is one el.them. A very few white traders, aiiltsplant- ers ltve 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 DAMA,GE WAS NOT GREAT, for these 'primitive' habitations are easily replaced. The flows from the volcano tr tbe north coast were still Moving in March, and at ail times they have been so regular in their progress that the houreWhen they would reach a threat- ened henilet could be computed closely, and so all had ample Rate, to escape. There has been no loss estalifet and the chief suflerers have been a few whites who' have seen the plantatiotae which they had de\ elope,d by ten yews hard toil swept away in an hour. We have heard of the heartbreaking labor it takee to clear -away the jungle of a tropicad Nest. It is child's Play however, for red-hot lava, and the might: lest trees of the forest melt awaya; the stream enfolds them like tow i the flame. • One reason why Savaii has not been well explored is that it isaalmost iinpos- sible.to pass through these thiek 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 remaining, except a sprinkling of ashe • White men who have seen :•the spec- tacle ihe last few months lay that the grandest sight of 111 has been the dropping of several of the lava strettnis hitt) the sea. Some of them have fallen over steep cliffs 100' feet high into the ocean with a might et 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 lato the air. THE COLOR OF THE STREAM. ,M 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 exe raised to boiling heat, hundreds of thousands of fish have been killed and ..the little coral animal hos been destroy- ed for a long stretelt along the shore. In places the advaneingelava has pass- ed through the coral reels and broken them down. .. One of the obeervers says' that the melte by night is far- more imposing than by day. For 'hundreds of 'feet the lava ,mase rises above the water and looke like a red, rnase of iron, out 1 which jets of white flames are con - sternly emerging. one of the lava .streams in, February made an average advance of 444 feet a Cray and was tenty dayb in reachieg the northeast cetpe of the island. An - thee etre= flowed 3.336 ,tet in GiX Ys and wae steadily appelouelting the oaet at the lateet edvieee. The Samoan Wrung vel;Ortel that at the beginning of Mavcit thew wee noep lava in 111(aieli 111:111 at any pi eviona Lino arid it eteetted a theugh there 1 wenld be tee r11,1 t.4) the crupere The veeceree. aelnate, wateleci1eest year 4iC), anhenied earl it woe tbeuglet in November? that the Tiltenenin' ena V.TW praeteeally at- an end, for a timpeatelee.et. " -',:-.117:1--neekewever„ the eruntioren began- again wan redoubled fury, and there- is no telling when peace and quiet will egaine him tho lonely ieland. 8avali ie. off tho usual ,Ctleala rouee and Conununieatten with it Is nelthee regu- lae no frequent. and so it hanpene that ne-s only oe-easionally reaohee Us front /he land that is now ,tho victim of ench treutbfaus Ulna, ° , s • C11.4,NGEDelltS IDENTITY, Discovery That Briton is' Transformed to an Oriental.. The extraordinary ease of an Eng,dish- man whose appearance changed to that of an Oriental is described by Dr. H. Wark Dodd, an ophthalmie surgeon, in the Lancet. The change has occurred • during the 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. Doua in giving- perttpul'ers of tee eneet says tanesen eetten .L10 "The man came to the Royal West- minster Ophthalmic Hospital te see ate in tune, 1899. He was in the hospital for three weeks, and nothing abnormal was detected in any'ergan 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 eppearonce, he has become in a, few years smaller, stooping, 5 it. 8 in. in height, weigning 11 se 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 aepect is darker than, before. ' "His fellow -workers -have christened him 'the Japanese,' though 1 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 it 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 ease of 'a similar type, and says he remetnbers other patiecnts who shoutrbe etch:Wed in the same category. It would seem. therefore, that there is some obscuee disease, at ,present -unknown to the rnecla- ical profession, which -has the effect of changing Eurepeaneto an eastern ap- peeratice. •HANDLING ViCIOUS HORSES. . Rerey's Little Trick for turing Balking --Causes of Shying. A balky horse can r be cured, when under the saddle, by a yew, simple ma- thod. Turn h m around and around in his 'tracks a Lew 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. & Rarey and has never been known to fail. . The "jibbler" differs from the balker inasmuch as his se -called vice is caused by congestton of the brain. The horse thus affected is liable to bolt or run away atone of three attacks and 18 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 soothing tone; but if he persists, give him a sharp blow be. tweerathe ears with the butt of the whip. This will'bring him dawn on all fours with amazing Oleic:less. Kicking is certainly a vice. Some- times, however, it is caused by fear, in which case much can be accomplished by gentle management. Exactly the opposite treatment of the rearing animal should be applied to the -tricker. Hold eadnupetwithentight---amt-entrin, 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 'roup prevents kicking, bet this is Only serviceable when driven in single harness. Shying is a danger.. Otis fault. It cannot properly be 'termed a Vice, its it is generally the resell of de- feetiire vision. Gentle treatment, sooth- ing words and patient persistence in ac. customing the animal to the dreaied ob- ject will Often effect a cure. To lash a horse because he shies or is frightenP ed only aggravatee the evil. He -Will aesociate the punishment with the fright,* ful object and will fear it more and more each time he encounters it MINNI.11.1111.4.0. FAINTING ROOMS. One of the latest ideas in ale* York is a room to which the ladies can re- tire if they feel faint ;arid gooff in a swoon, amid the most artistic and beautifull, eurrettridings.' Several', reer taurants arid tea shops have adopted this' edea, and members of the Mir sex, whoee nerve force le run down, canlind in the fainting room a soothing Testing pine. The room is partially darkened and the prevailing tolor green, whilst It le liberally decorated with varioue sweet-emelling floWete. COInfOrtillie sofas and ceaire are provided for the "fainters," and a lady'Aoctor is kept on the preasee eitould iter servieee be re- wired. One kind of optimiet, le a eelfeeatis- fled bachelor wile imagines he might be happy if married. Many a woman who &emit know Or °wit mind givea her [Prebend a piece Of it. 1 KING'S VOICE TREMBLED c IletS EAREWELL TO TIIIRD tee essee, stetten.neente'se`t .44ARDS. , Seven Fittandred Of the Fittest, Men in, the Amy 'Marched Past. .t "I hope thet it May be possible foe me, Or at any rate, my sueeeeser, to see a 8rd,Battalion of the Scots Guards carry- ing the same colors again." . The kting's voice trembled a little when in the grounds of limb:Ingham Palace on Saturday he endedhis fare- well.,speeeh to the rd Scots Guards with these words, • says The London Daily Express; The ecene was a line one, as tile bat- talion, beaded by their pipers in royal tartan, swung over the lawn from the archway at Constitution Hill. The leafy trees in the background threw into re- -lief the gold ,end scarlet uniforms and added to the splendid appearance of ehe battalion. Not even•th.e most rabid Lit- tle Englander could' tools unmoved. on the disbandment of Sall a line body of 4_1 When it came to the parade grOund the battalion- halted, "dressed," and then, with a little ripplesprang to at- tention as the King, in uniform, stepped from the windows of the palace. As his Majesty reaehed the parade ground tlie strains of the national anthem rang out. The King passed down the ranks in a formal inspection of th,e 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 .its necessary to reduce the expenses of -the army, in consepenerid which' trere is to be a reduction both of our artillery and, in- fantile and in This 'reduction your, bat - tenon is inoluded. "I have therefore ordered you to come here to -day, that 1 might inspeet you and 'express to you my appreciation of your services with the battalions which will shortly cease to 'exist. . "Let me congratulate you, Colonel Drummorid, on the battalion under your command, e,,never saw e finer body of officers and 'men, and it is with sincere regret that I part with you. "You. nave done your duty well dur- ing the six years you have been in ex- iStence. It is just over five year, •stiece 1 pre - sealed to the battalion the colors hfch --"%r111 shortly be relinquished by you, and which were to have been gwen to you by nay revered mother, Qei Vietoria. "I hope that you will 1 er,, when your duties are over, co those.colors to my care. 1 shall always preserve them, religiously and carefully at Buolcingharn Palace, as I hope that it may be pos- sible for me, OR AT ANY RATE MY SUCCESSOR, te 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 reniem. 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. se 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 band playing. Then silence again as the, bayonets flashed in the sures 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 Xing stood with his hand 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 oat. the bayonets sud- denly shot up in the air and a cheer burst from the Guardsmen- It was re- peated a -gain and then again as the ICing 'turned at the French windows of the palace to take one last look at the battalion. ° eAfterward.s-his-Majestyacianferrede-e Colonel Drummond the Royal Victorian Order (fourth, close). ' A JAPANESE I.,E77811. The foliewing 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 whet 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 ofmy mouth (conversation). My dear Sir. I am a'. simple people. I don't know English grammar, I don't know European habit. But now / take net care of. my shameful and dare give strange curious letter. Here I must tell eou about some matter. This matter ts my dear friend's girl. She have it very Unhappy, for Her mother are not true mother. I take her into my home by Iler Father's beg and edeeate her with all my heart. But -one day I find Her here bad by Her fooliell mother's Pad edueatiofl O G 1 am very seer,sy. When one day 1 think Christianity 6,11 good heart and good conduct, If my poor girl become a Christianity Ghe will change to a good holy heart. So I beg you that if you please educate to Chris- tianity. Let site •make a true sheep of K.- Yamanaka. our Savant, No doubt men,. are jta as foolisli as wOiUPfl lat you 'seldom hear of a men suing a woman for breach of promise. The Billie of 'Hamilton wasa great =homer end diver in his earlY youth. When he was in the Navy he often used to dive reed under"'hie chip. and owe rived a eentewind eerioue injury I while performing this feat. - PERSONAL POINTER% linteeesting Goeeip Attent Some Promi- nent People, The Marquis of Breadalbane p.0.8Sec,3SYS VOid- ' feitain. The gems in ahe diaderra of the Bus- ,sian Empreas are north$100•000. They guembyp.riee 215'36 diamonds and , a IIMSIVO ,..1‘er. L. F. Petrie, who is onlY twenty - ono yeare old, has 1'44 'been eieeted Mayo of Clarkeville, 'Ariaanses. 'claimS. that ho is the youngeet mayor ui the world. • Lord gilcbletier was a quiet boy, good at books, tint not , very ‘brilliant at gymnastics or outdoor games. "Ile was a shy, self-contained lad, who showed 4 distinct talent for figuees," says one who knew him at school, ' The palace of the King of Siam is surrounded by high white walls whieh are „a mile in circumference. Within them are contained temple.s, 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 Aittlteayeelele sAttonettiMe hen YiNar9.4P, 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 blacla 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 Balmoralthere is a tool -shed which was entirely constructed 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 podr, once* for a time worked as a factory hand irz e Ben- mondsey rope -walk. Disguised in old clothes, with a row of curlers in her hair, she said she found much rough kindliness amongat . her "mates," and they soon became good friends when she joined in their choruses. The Shah, of Persia has in extra- ordinary museum insffeheree, his capi- tal. 1118 ' supposed to contain the pre- sents' His Majesty has redeived from foreign potentates, but -the exhibits in - elude a hand -glass marked 'Trice 3s.,' - and some fans tioketed "deSd." Proba- bly these were purchases made by the Shalt when in Europe, but they must give the Persian ruler a rather curious peon of the generosity of European Sovereigns. Sir Acquik Martin, whose tieath is an, nounced, vvae at the head of e, firrn of civil engineers in Calcetta, ,a post which eitentually led , to a business trip' to Kabul, and to an intineate friendship with the late Amer Abdurralenan. His Highness, who had a low opinion of the truthfulness of the average man and woman; was greatly impressed by the Englishman's fra.nit mennere. . "Did I - ever tell you a lie?" Sir Accerin once asked the Ameer. The potentate rolled his eyes and replied, "I never found yoe 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 tictine colonel, and said : "Gentlemep, th: 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 nanie ler stuck to her ever sinee. Althdugh '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 whielt martY a younger Man would have hesitated, His wife. Dona Maria of the.Snows, heroine of the last Carlist war and Infanta of Portugal, his sister= indaw, the Widowed Archduchess Marie Therese'and the latter's daughter were driving in the neighborhood of his castle in Upper Austria, when the horse's shied arid then bolted, the coachman being thrown front the box, Don Alfonso happened to be near and managed with wonderful a 'lit to lea fro of earth into the carriage as it was dash- ing by him, crept on to the box, leaned over the dashboard,. secured the reins, and brought the horses under control alniost at the very edge of a precipice. Ari interesting story is told of Sam Horrooks, who did so much to build up the Lancashire cotton prints industry, Once er young gentleman came • from London to take up a position in Mr. Ilorronk's office. He was a' very gerf- feel young man, and most superior. Alighting freen a cab, he espied a carelessly -dressed, homelysfeatured man, who was :striding , along ' with what Welted suspiciously dike his d4nner tied up in•a red pocket -handkerchief. "Ah, my man, if you'll carry my bag to Hor- rocks's place, and walk behind me, give you a shilling," said. the new ,ar- rival. The tnan with the -„handkerchief picked up the bag and strode off with it baelc to the railway Station. He was Me. florrocks, He didn't in the least, mind the insult, to himself, but he WEIS Convinced that no young man was like- ly to be of any use in his business who was so stuelc-up that he was ashamed to be seen carrying a `bag in the ;streets of a trange town. PROFITABLE SUNFLOWERS. ,The sunflower 'crop le cm of the most, profitable harvested In Iluosia, A good crop ie worth, as it etanda in the field. - $20 an, acre. The coeds are sold by the farmer for $1 to $1.50 it pound; then the l.nerio4ants salt Mete andretall them for $3 a pound. At every street Om. mg Rueeian provinetal cities are stands* and pedlars with beeekete, selling to the paerere-by the ealted produtt eel FRENCH PRIEST MISSINWA REMARKABLE CAREER VILLAGERS OF CIIATENAY scriv , Stuntmen elli:Jecteiro-= Ile Was Last Seen Riding *,Eicycle 00 the Way to Where Ile Lived. The eure of therVillage of chotertay, France, Abbe Delaruo has neyeteriolialY diSappeared and deSate the careful' and and anxious (search of his parishionere, no clue has been found to the mystery V, what is, no eleubt, a deliberate mur- der. • On Monday, July 23, at 5 o'clock in the morning, the Abbe Detente, left his house on his bloycle for the station .01 Sae/Wine, to take the train for Paris to receive certain sums for the 'charities of his parish. He was only te be gone forty-eight home. On. Wednesday evening he arrived from Paris in Etampes, and as it was too late to catch the train from Etarnpee to &Linville, Abbe Delartut mounted leis bicycle to returit to Chatenay by road. Since that moment he has completely ;Ilesappeared. 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, vvitli whom he al. ways stopped when in Paris. She re- ceived a telegram that he had left on Tuesday. Abbe Delarue had in his pop- ,. 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. hese of a priest's hat pierced with knife and stained with blood. This was recognized asthe hat of the unfortunate abbe. This is regarded as. a proof that be has been assassinated. In the neighborhood of the spot where 'the hat was found is a deep pool known as the Etapg de Moulineaux. It is supposed that some of the doubtful characters that the harvest season al- ways attracts to the Beauce had laid en 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 Abitne eAbyss), is nearly sexty feet deep. For the last week the local gendarm- erie and large bodies of peasants have made a therdugh Vattue of the whole countryside. Thetcure of Saieville, the commune alongside, Chatenay, put him- self at the head of his parishioners and made a' thorough search all round the spot whete.„the missing priest's hat tvas' found: tMen armee wieli soythes cut the long grass, but nothing was found. HEALTI) DV STARVATION. Vegetarian "Cure'? That Would 'Even- tualty Wipe Out Humanity. Dr. Dutt, of the Vegetarian Federal Union, which met recently at, the Memorial Hall, Farringdgn Street,' Lent - don, England, has discovered the cause of, and consequently the cure for all disease. Unfortunately the doctor's name will never go down tq posterity as that of the modern St. George who slew the dragon- of disease, for the "cure" would depopulate the earth. Dr. Dutt deaa 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 ntind Of' grain, and in japan and China hy rice. There is. in fact, no article of food, according t9 Dr. Dutt, that has- not produced or is not producing disease. De. C. S. Woed declared taat meat caused corns, and induced people to drink. It also eaused "early morning dePreseien," to -* remove which people drink strong tea, which in its turn caueed anaemia, • lunacy and blindness. Cancer might,be cured by a "radical" diet. Dr. II. Valentine Knaggs de- clared : "It is the only 'sensible curative method we possess" he said.' "By this treatment t e can et rot longer be able to receive abnormal nourishment from the' blood, would no longer have arty use for its oxygen, and its cells would either have to revert to the normal atteintal type or becorne ab- sorbed." The chairman, Mr. Short, said that underdone steak and roat beef were fruitful sources of tuberculosis, but by a- jueicioes, diet --es disease might be relegated to the same category as ty- phus fever in this country. `‘RQLLING STOW WINO UM , 2 GUM= litireatitig. reeirreen Bailie* Ms Recotne a Mal* Millionaire Bee flis Own . Exertions. .11 one Wanted a stradri'g exception to the rule that "rolling atones gather ne moss" 41 18 plenglidly etipplied by the *Bet o$ leetson rialliet, known te fame throughout the Wild West- oi "Cor., duroy a, man Whose life,story reads like :o. fairy-tale, end who, while still On -the sunny; side of thirty, has taken his place among the multi-millione alres of the world. Mthough •Letson Barnet entered the world as the son of a. State judge, a.nd presumably had the ball of fortune a1 his feet, he elected to start life at the• bottom of the ladder and to climb to the top by his own unakciedt exertionst little dreaming, however, hew rapid and roma.ntic the ascent was destined to be.. He had one motto 4; inspire. him—'There is no.such word eas irrinessinle"..—area that -.peofeed 7for THE INTREPID YOUNGSTER. As a schoolboy he turned his Christ- mas holidays to account by delivering newspapers in othe • district around Dea Moines, 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 be could get. , And so energetic and persuasive was he .that within a short time he was earning $8.25 a week, re 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 pee -nuts, pop- corn, flags; and bunting at the State fair at Dee Moines. . Thfe work was all done in his spare thne, whiten was working hare at his school -books; and at nineteen he secured an appointment as kokkeeper to a wholestale •firm, a post which he retina quiehed to become a teacher in a court try school., He now began to study mining and metailergy arid to invest his savings in 'mining ventures, which proved so successful that he 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 leter, the Pro- fessorship of Science Zind 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 it; but not se Letson Balliet? THE FEVER OF ADVENTURE ' and money -making ran tn his blood; and throwing up his professorship, he fared. forth into the Golden West—the land of the Sierra Nevedas and the Cascades— In quest of fortune. Starting as a work- ing miner, he fought his way ultimately" :as te the position of manager, and then -s'w of proprietor of Mines. - But •the road proved rough and steep to climb, and was strewn -with failures and reverses, At one tinae 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 mountain,, of Utah; in the wild recesses of the ,Rockies, or wandering footsore and nungry 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 raining. The turn cif 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 atgaintance of an old' prospector who _had recently discover- ed a 'rich pocket of ore from Which five other prospectors had ousted him. Here was an adventure after, Balliet's own heart. Mounting his horse' he rode off to tete spot, where he found the five claim-jempers barricaded in a rude wooden hut. With a 'revolver in each hand he demanded admittance, end *hen the door was opened he entered c, the cabin, holding one revolver at the raeseals' heads and another POINTED AT TIIEIR HEARTS. "Look out!" he shouted, "I -am going to throw lead," and lie began to bine away with both revolvers so alarmingly ANTIQUITIES FOUND. Prussian Laborer Parts With Valuable Find for Two Cigars, An interesting- discovery was Made the othereday by a laborer of Leuen. burg. Prussia. While digging for the foundations of a house he came upon • ancient cannon, .which experts fle- eter° to be 500 years old. The cannon, which ismade of an alloy of bronze and copper, although in an excelleht states Of preservation, was, in the eyes of the finder, entirely valueless, so he promptly offered it to a neighboring tobacconist in exchange for •e, Couple of eigars; an offer which was accepted inntediately. The bargain will be a profitable one to the present owner, as it will be presently acquired by a museum. , A.t Weissenhoehe, Dr., Haupt, of the Poeen Mttseum, bee disiovered two so - celled "Hums' grave," in *blob skeletons were found. the skulls of which Were pierced by arrowa, Some valuable urns of the period when Attila'e hordes swept Central' Europe were aloe 111111. eartb,td. the sunflower, which forme a favorlite If word's were but dollo.ro how r.141i feed.' Inatt women would, be 1 s' lied in 'terror through the windows or door as best -a-- they could, leaving their belongings be.' hind them. A few months later Belli. 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 adventureus youngster (for he was still little more, than a bey) be- gan to pick up abandoned mines, and mines that were regarded as played out, and by skilful working to make them profitable again. The tide of fortune had turned effectually at hist, and he took it at the flood. To day he owns 132 mines in Oregon alone, and twenty- one others in Colorado, Idaho, Cantor.' ttela, 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 it, a success. I am untnarrled. I have ' eurrounded mYeelfswith loyal assistants, and' to them and their management of individual enterprises I attribute the Thrieer portion of ,my prosperity." 'AN EXPERT OPINION. "Will aleoliol, dissolve sugar?" "It vallt" replied the Old Seek, "It will dissolve gold, briek houees arid horses and happiness and love, and everything die worth having.", „ Rinke "So you've, got marriedl old fellow, while 1. have been away r Oinks : "Yee." ,Binice : "Well, 1 co* gratin* you on lftavirift oltaken'off that she-dragen of a housekeeper 'at yours telast.” Milks "oh, don't make .any, mistake. I've married her 1" 11