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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1897-8-26, Page 6• , WINNING HER WAY timer The old lady arose. "About wbat CHAPTER, XIV.—Ceenttimed. Ste passed her hand over her fore- "About four o'clock, madame," said bead need after a few minutes appeared the girl. tra the dairy like a somber apparition, "It is aow mine. Go into the garden WW1 aook for ber " Audi frieb,tened the maid almost orut a Fran von Ratenow Iresumed her her- senees. See bad not expeCted seat calmly and gazed out kite the court. She was not alarmed, but to see her mistress, but supposed. she was drenkimg coffee ',vitae Elsie anel where could Elsie be? be would come Ilegebavt. upstairs. "11 cannot find Miss Eisler! announc- "Well, why dant's you faint," said ed the servant. "ODorte says, too, that she had Fran vota Ratenow in ber loua voice; Mitchel la her hand "thatis fashionable now." "Very well, she ." will be here soon, She went from ome an to anoth.er r eave leo do„bt... The servant left the room. and looked ha all the butter jars. For a while the old lady remained in ulaleo she returned to her room, she her chair, then she mounted the stairs was very restless; she eould not even and, entered Elsie's room, All was as knit; she( saw Elsie's pale face coastaut- usual there—nothing was gone but the little portfolio, the crucifix over lat and beard Begeleaoh talkeng fool - the bed. and her erayer book; but that Willy of ber eyes. sh,s had, not yet discovered. The trunk It could not be helped,, she must tell wax chased, and when Frau von Rate - her kenelly. But tell her ehe mustIShe now raise4 the lid, she saw within it rose ita order to go upstairs to Elsie's ,. folded. the crumpled, wlete dress carefully ream, when Moritz entered, and Sena- "she win soon be here Heaven ed, himself in his father's chair, ta,ppoe- knows what she is doing this morning." Re leer, for he bad all aorta a azat- der she approached the small. table un - the banglag bookethelf—there la,y tere wallah must be treated of. To a, letter. et sealed letter! •'To Vra,u itis question= "Is Hegebach gene?" ells von •Ratenow," dome and brokesItae read. slowl.ler with! replied briefly: "You sea he leasl" and he hastily preceeded to talk of farm riale. to ler very lips. out any appareaat haste, though she was noettere, iisu that his mother bad. no ope 'Dear, Dear Aunt: coatuelty 'to tell aim how the girl had .Doi not look upon me as very un - behaved. arateful for leavung your house In "Where Le Elsie?" he asked.watich soenuch kindness has been shown . ., me dueling my entire life No choice "Probably upstairs. But how is a was left nie. I stood alone and. unpro- that you allow the young veterinary teelteci against you, au. 1 had only sergeant to attend to Sultana? 1 test etrengte, eeeugh to fly. I could not . are with a lie tal my heart] I could maw lant. leave the stable." 1not4 tell the truth. I wazated to do so I did not want to let my favorite ! yesterday when I stood beside papa's J s ill." . ' of you will understvfbaureidell' meet8da,ba°aueth'ilitakb.oun—tQuvirti wait any longer and the other surgeon cogroaitiattorlatthttHeerr:, iihieking of something else. "le tlhat so?" she said: but she was. e not Judge me earthly. pray to tire Alraighty that you will 'Men Frieda and LIR came in with e...a7ktrioarr a1 shall eirhgeh ifalloeraa-D--tih: /1• tho children; Lili Was so merry and allow he is too pi, rotl thechildren so comical; the room was me back a protease whibethe bevbatst°exagelfeed filled with laugleter and mirth. 'When from me'in a moment of weakness and the. tittle ones said "Good night" it was axt:11..tatY. already late, the nozonlight la.y daz- shoellaroef;hol5",s dearermaaillut, I am and efieeete bright upon the house -tops. "Your grateful and loving niece, "Will you sup with rae?" asked aloe- , "Elsie vote Iiegebaefte" 'N. B.—I can. at any time ctletain a itz, "Is Elsie teaming down ?" Position. a$ assistoen governess at 1.1—, "Taank you," replied Frau von Rate-. so do not worry as to my future." eeee, etee2aee will serve supper here; The note fell from Frau .on Rata' liten's trembling bands. Ctould it be Elsie le in no tee:talon to visit, you ,patatble? Once, nage she looked at the letter for fear she had not, read it car - "Then geocitaight mether." As Moritz rectly; then she glanced at the clock, Left' the roma the old lady rose haettly and as if Oppressed by the weight of ' et avy r from h her chair; she must s,peak with heheWiteed.the rose and sought r room. tabram Elsie. Quickly one mounted the maid inform her eang taltdt sbhaedehwishtede ['tail% 5110 pushed open the door of the , tourho ehe mn.rm girl's, roo; it wae flooded with moo' reply. Laron bus eons out," was the light and ptrvaded with the odor of -ate old lady went into her bedroora violets. ailenee reigned within that anti tried t h h o gat er together the t ings eitauder—not a sound, was to be heard. required upon a journey; but she couni 'Elsie 1" said she softly, looking net lied what she wanted; as she peek- areand. f he ,nom . ed leer satchel she often. put her hand There Jay Elsie upon the bed!. Thebit tozi:ratelaele,stthe s e oo 'tined ; t tbke tgaian tleft with, where there wasn't any railing old lady approadhed and bent over her. ; at eleven; o'clock. around. to steed on, but I bad often abe was asleep. In her hand she clasp -1 She rang came more, ordered the felt the need of some contrivance which ed tigatly it faded bunch of violets. At ,tcliviry.sritf.e amt. sent joun word, that he I could carry and whict would enable ke im- the feet el: the ted steod an old trunk; raediat ely. a note to Bennenvitz me to go right up the side of 'ahouse it W..tb upen and fro ra it peeped forth , "Herr von Hegebaoh iis in town; 1 to a seeond-story window in cases el white areete with pink ribbons. Frau &VW US earriage tide morning," timid- where there was no veranda, where the cellar windows were covered with before her as *he had seen ber that eke, her heart swelBing witil anger. wanted to go in at such a window. So gratings, or where, for any reason, I THE EXETER TIMES He maintained. his composure. "Yes, mother, I saw her go." "Moritz] and. yo o did not detain !her? you did aot try to keep her from ear- rallig out her foolish sentimental ictea,sf"' "No mother. I bad no right to do so." wotsMyorun,Godoon, MwoithritzggeThe old lady 'No right." he repeated. "Neither you nor I had the right! Thank God, no one in this country has the right to niarrY against her wiltt 'This enougb to drive one mad! Weat fine speeches you make! What impelled her to that step," "Everytbing 1 People, circumstances, rills and death-, mother. Her heart cried "No," but no one heeded it." "Why did it cry "No," Moritz? Can you tell me why?" "Yes, but do not inquire into it, mother. Who has fathomed the rays- terious bond which draws one person to another, or repels one from an- other I" "You. talk like a poet, Moritz; look about you in the world, it is day., broad dayligbt. Haman life is prosaic, not an idyle—it is a struggle and every- one is striving to obtain a place." "And that -width guides the wheels love, mother; she will not suffer ter - self to be burnisbed from the world, it she does cause the realist a so numb trouble. Lave and faith are in tbe German blood, mother!" he nodded hie head emphatically. "Love?" Tee old lady sprang from her chair. "Love?" she repeated. "You are alluding to tbe little lieutenant. 1Veat is be compared to Hegelach? A nothing— he can make gallant bows and fiddle it little—that is all!" "I think him a. very nice fellow," averred Moritz. "If Bernardi were latigebach's son, for example, what then. mother?" "That would be very different, mY boy. 'But enough of this sentimental- ity. 'Will you go?" she asked. "Will You reason with Elsie? She can surely not marry Bernardi, for no doubt Ihe has found consolation long ago." "In one thing I agree witb you mother—be cannot marry her. That he .has forgotten her, I do not be- lieve, for this morning Rost's servant brought a beautiful wreath at Berner - dies order for the grave. I will go to Elsie, but. mother, I lave told Yau °fleet I 'will not persuade the child." "Very well then, I will go!" "Do not urge her, raother, it is not right!" "Shall .she. approacb me later on when she has become a nervous, worn- out governeser she asked.. "I shall do ray duty." "It will be in vain. motber, especially In her present condition." "Heaven belps tbose who helps them- selves." said she. "You are still the old dreamer." With those. words she passe.d into her bedroom. To !be Cantinued. THE RETIRED BURGLAR. An ingenious Contrivance That Did Not Work Very Well in Actual Use. "I always carried a set of climb- ing irons in my hand. bag," wild the retired burglar, 'to go up veranda posts and the 1 W -as everythiog aad everyone mos - yea liatenovs• knew the dreee, e ae maid. knew the lance of violets; she saw Elsie se.seed tita. t day t "V r w 11" • 'd evenaeg wan, her haPpy, chitd-like eyes. Tata,t, was her rear('r all her love! I set about rigging up an apparatus the s,ape V run awayi as ithey did in noveLs; lele i ioniess she stood there; d thought ess y rejected every- that should be light and strong , and atat etningely moved; was her thing that had fallen to her fortunate easily portable, and that I °meld op- enatiete eaused by the semt oi ties lot; sne had comproraised herself and erate myself while I was standing on vioute ;tee th.e song of the nightin-, hothinetbouse in which she had found a ! it. gaie ? At length et* stele away, passed \\*hence haa the gentle girl with thel"It was of a steel frame construe - down the ourritior, entered her dark soft arown eyee obtained her strengthtime, the contrivance that I got up, room, and stood there a lung time, ber She nuest not be humored; the let- with a little shelf on f op to stead. on, e -tend igen her brew. ; ter to Regain& must not be writ- "Neneeneel" said the finally, going to ten at any price. She seated herself I and It worked MlesoopicaRy, the side the taide on whach Mood thematehes.! at her writing -desk and wrote a tele -1, rods rising in sections, carried up in ".Neneensei" sae repeated aloud, as grain to the principal of the institute , guides and held by ratchets. I could she struck a light. "To. -morrow. 1 ! at D—, asking her to tell Elsie -not stand on the top of this thing andby wilt Lave seneetramg to say to her 1" ' to write a line until she had seen her; . • that she was coming on the midnight i turning a wheel raise myself up, lift - train Elbe sent tlie maid off withiing & section at a time watil it eves the sealed dispatch and then wrote CHAPTER X.V. all extended, if I wanted to go that i to Hegebach ; hmust be either et 1 bigh, which was about fourteen feet. . Early Ina the morning. rain fell and' the hotel- at thee Town Hall, or at ; / - (heavy eicads veiled the rising sun—but his lawyer's she thought. He must me excuse ' tried it on my awn house before I the thewers. The servants were astir must be invented. , s „ l took it out with me. I bad. a good deal the grase was green, very green after not eome to the castle- o i of trouble with it atfirst end. some - en, tee outhouees, Out all was ',Went ini the mama: throug-h the corridor only How difficult was it for that upright, I pretty bad falls but I got it eo fl - oft footsteps glided, deeeended ee, truthful woman to lie; she destroyed , natty tha.t it worked all eight, and s stairs. (crossed the lower hall, the kit- three sheets of paper. Elsie had ah them I started to put it to practical ellen and the servant's hall and passed headache she wrote at first; but sure- ; roe out into the oi,en air. ly ha would find out that ehe hadi "aa* it was erally. and leleie von Ilegebach"The first house I tried it on was gone mit. She had. been suddenly cona- i lowered ter veil, crossed the court and pelled to take a short journey. Bab 1, 'in the country, a big comfortable - glided terough the gate. The maid whither should she go? He VI.011ld di- ' looking the dairy looked.. vithat aomething was wrong! No, house that I might have got nu w:ho 'was nue entereng at bee with a shake et her head. she could not lie, corae what might; into almost anywhere, but I had, the "1 believe eihe its geeing to the came- the saw no outlet. If Moritz were 1 elevator along and I thought 1 might tery," said the to the kitchen, -maid. :only at hemel "Herr von Hegebacies , as well try it. So I set it down on the "She b;atl a sato3ael in her haeade" . compliments." The servant entereaground alongside the house and ma- imed! the other- tend the two women ' with a bouquet th uet of lilies of e Talley tied it &ewe firmly and got on Ito it went about theix work. • th for Fraulein -von Hegebact and a Jet- end started, turning on the weed. It In the doer of the stable etood a tall, ter for Frau von Ratenow. . worked smoothly, and 1 raised inyself fair man, looking after her with his "Carry tbe bouquet to Miss Elsie's ; gradually until the platform with me honest blue eyes end grave face. Be ' room." said she, breaking the seal of ' mit was about half way up the first knew pine ahe was defing and be made her letter. It ran thus: story window; that brought my head tee attempt to follow to iletaine her. , "My intention, deer Frau von Rate- about on a level with t.he sill at the "Where can she be going?" he won- now, of dining with you this evening window above. Then something hap- dexeit half aloud, and stood there mo- has unfortunately been frustrated; 1 penecl. I don't knew just what, but ideates:sly until her form had disappear- must return to Bennewitz at once, it ratchet slipped, or something, and ed,. The•nl he turned to the seek horse, for the building committee of the M. the elevator just collapsed. and settled petted it glossy neck as it looked at Railroad are going to survey the strip down with, more. noise than .1. liked, but lora with it uo.telligeat eyes. and -when of land. wbich runs through ray es- it didn't seem to attract anybody, and half an be -us -toter be crc,ssed the court tate. when I'd give 'era time and nobody end entered uhe Iteuse, he heard the "Excuse haste • I hope to spend a come I tried it, as well as I could ;under the circumstances, faded it all right as near as I could. tell and made an- other try. And it, worked just beau- tiful until I was up with my feet not raore than a foot beloty the second - tory window sill, •when all of a sud- den the thing smashed down bate about seventeen- million pieces, fly- ing in all directions and landing me about twenty feet away. " 'Say 1 You didn't do a thing but bust it, did you?" I heard soaaebody say, a,nd, looking u.p, Imaw the man that said. it th-rowing open the 'blinds and leaning out of the window next to the one I'd: been trying for; the'd been looking a.t me all the time. "And you pretty near busted me laughine" he says. 'I tam% had. so much fin in forty years. Now, you come right in, old Sport:en Blood • and piok out anything you want in the bouse. It's worth itl" 1 "Bat I didn't go in ; I went away, and let him to clear pp the fwreek of the elevator and I never built an- other one. ahenek of the loccemeteve in the dist- few hours with you and my fiancee to: "Farewell, Elsie, my girl," said morrow in your cozy home. ee softly. "Have yea acted wisely? I' Respectfully, do not know—but that you are doing "Hermann von Hegebaoh." right, now, 1 d.o knew." ,At nine o ek Fran von Ratenaw sent the maid up - 'at°— "Thank God. for that respite!" P,ras courage revived; she ' stairs to ask Frealeen van Hegebact to von RaL6110W to her roora. Tbe old lady t could leave at eleven o'clock ; she could male saby the window, as usual, locking oat very too, count upon Slater Beate's kind gravely; the wae somewhat pale; he assistance Tam girl must not be ai- led spent a miserable night; she bad . lowed to fling aside her happiness thusl been disturbed by annoying dreams' She hastily began her preparations, and all kends of dim. farebodings—the Lord, what one had to go through for w'bite dress. the faded bunch of violets sua a Preverse creature! How she ead Itesee's strange manner were ace disliked travelieg by rail! Suddenly countable for it all. The old lady was another plan occurred. to her, as she angry with herself; she should have heard the tramp of horse's hoofs, she erousea Elsie that night and should hastened to tbe window. Yes, it was ba.ve, seolded herl fehould she think of he. another when sbe was affianeed1 and "Moritz 1" she called., willat was that ether? A young ma,n,, Her son bowed and replied; "Direct - like dozens of otters, remarkable for ly, mother I" nothing tut a talent for viplireplaging. When he entered, her room, she ex - There mast be an end to it; it must claimed irritably; "Hew slow you.arel" must be- done kindly—but there must "Were you in a hurry, mother? Far- b% an endi don me." "The euttne lady is not ia her room," "It le now it quarter of eleven, said the maid returning. Moritz—will you do me a favor ? You "Then seek ber in the garden," was know- I am not very fond of ;traveling; the eorcunand. Will you go to D— and. reason with The maid replied: "I do not think Elsie? she always cared most for 'youl we will flail her there eithen madame, you know notbitig about it yet --that The eousekceper eays that Vrankenthe, child has run away? Or do you von Ilegebeati wen, to the !cemetery Moritz, do you know enything?" Sbe brigle and eaely this 'Morning." IVECTSICAL. Ha—When you were ;aboard, Miss Parvenu, haw did you like the Matter- horn.? looked searclungly at him t She—I—I don't believe I heard it METHODS OF GOLD MINING EMPLOYED BY THE PLACER MINERS I1( THE KLONDYKE. What "Placer Dithers" Beatty Are — The Winter Work Is Greatly Facilitated By Fire—Some or the Dillieultiles Encount. ered—Arhat Geologists Say About the Mondrke Mines. To enly a comparatively small numb- er of the emigrants flocking o tbe Klondyke are the methods of miming In vcigue there known, and if ;they were to be told it was the placer system matitt of them would by no means be enlightened. That is just the plan, however, the placer system is the only one generally available where the hand of oldi winter has so firni a grasp as lin the Klondyke region. By placer mining is meant that sys- tem which iavolves the separation of the virgin gold from the earth by meanof water. In other words, it is washed out. It is really panning gold on. a huge scale, The other system of gold; raining is known as quartz min- ing. In bilis latter ease the gold. is found, imbedded in quartz, and is tak- en from the mines to stamp millet, where the quartz is stamped or crush- ed„ and thus put into such a condition that the gold and quartz can be sep- arated by a process wilich is so tecb- Weal that to be thoroughly understood it needs to be seen. When a Klandyke prospector has staked out his claim, which must be asi near water as possible, and. gener- ally about 500 feet in length, he ,makes an experimental panning as a test of bb. claim. This may show very little at first, but when it is considered that five -cent dirt—that is, ground that washes or pane out flee cents' worth of gold to the pau—is paying property, 18 tmay be seen that the miner's stand- ard fis not so very high. Many a case alas latety been reported from the idlondyke where the diet has washed out 4;50 TO THE PAN. With a claim of five -mat dirt the miner, if he ,is industrious, may be reas- onably, sure of 050 a day. With fifty - dollar dirt he is a millionaire, if bis claim, is of any considerable extent. The testling of a claim is, however, only' the beginning. After it has been proved, to be worbh working, it is ne- ceesary; to prepare for more extensive operations(. 'The airst thing is to make the sluice toxes. la the Klandyka lam- ber is a scarce and very expensive arti- cle, provided it Ls purchased all ready Lor (sluice purposes, 11 taxe miner is in- dustrious be will fell enough trees from the thousands that cover the rugged lands about him to make all the sluice - box number that he will need. It is much more ecenonaical for him to put ire the time and labor necessary to do Wads then to bu,y the limber ready made. • When] the lumber is ready it is con- verted, sato sirace-boxes cg whatever length; the miner may deem advisable. These boxes are then placed im posi- tion, and all is in readiness for the wasting process. INow comes the ne- ce,ssity for. getting tbe dirt into the boxes, a always tea case that pay dial, containing gold lies next to rock. 'lads being the case it la necessary to clear away the gravel that lies between. the, surface aind. the pay dirt. It is a laborious; task in any event, but -when one ieee to face Klondyke seasons it is still more difficult. Sometimee it happens that as much as 25 feet, of gravel must be removed before PAY DflaT IS REACHED and when the most of this has to be done within 110 days, besides washing out the pay dirt, the necessity for hara work is apparent. As a rule, tate depth of the surfare gravel is about eight feet,. end. at this depth it is possible for a mxin.er to get his pay. dirt and wash a good. bit of it m one season Many of those -who are on their way to the .Klondyke, to -day cherish the be- lief that all miners do when they pan out gold is to dig out of surface lode and make, all the money they want to. On the contrary, it is often necessary for a minerto spend an entire season clearing away; the surface gravel from the pay diet of his claim. The statements often made that it is impossible to do any work in the winter season are erroneous. Nearly all of the tunneling is accamplisbed itt that time of year. Fire is the agent, by m,eamrs of which the tanneling is done. There is plenty of wood to be ob- tained,, and eo tine .miner builds a roar- ing fire next to the grevel through which het wishes bo benne!. Naturally this melts the frost out of the gravel,, ate& is then shoveled aut. This me- thod does not prove successful with surface gravel. Occasionally it happens that a claim is tea ear froas the water, and in such cases several, fortunes have been rook- ed. out—that i, rockers have been used. The rocker is just what its name in- dioatest The dirt is placed within it, ancl it is rocked lentil dirt and gold have been; . THOROUGHLY SHAKEN APART. This systemis used only on ram oc- casions, for, as a rule, water is suffi- ciently plentiful to make the ordinary methods of placer miming available. A otaioue fact that theplacer min- ing of the Klondyke region has de- veloped is that these manes are nearer the original ;sources than any ever dis- covered on the American continent. The California mines were never traceable, geologists sate bat these latest discov- eries give datinet evidence of being near the, source fraen which they orig- inally came. Placer mines are in re- ality glacial deposits. The bee which far.med the glaciers, mixed with great stones, at sometime or another wrench- ed from the original gold deposits frag- ments of the riches there located by nature. These fragments swept along by the huge ri•vers of 180 1211V8 found resting placee at various points, tom - ling what we know as placer manes. The geologists who have examined the Klondyke manta say that the original gold fieldare not far distant from Klondyke. It is therefore quite pos. sible that the stories from the north about still richer finds are true, and that the real Eldorado is by no means reached, es gale WHAT IT COSTS. were . $15,000 IS a Good Working Capital For Would -Be Miner. The =eel who goes from the East to the Klondyke to become a miner should have 4$5,000as a capital to pay his ex peenseulee and last aim for a time Lhr The vast majority of tbose who go to the new Eldorado are, of !course, goldseekers. l'he proportion is esti- mated at about 100 to 1 in favor of the would-be miners. Persons Who visit the diggingfor the purpose of engag- ing in business should bave sufficient cash so that when all expenses in are paid, they will have fit least $250 re- maining. These figures are Dot pessi- mistic, leut are gained from men who have erperienced the difficulties that confront those wile seek the diggings. Frcan San Francisco it takes about six weeks to reach the Klondyke, and a,000 miles must be traversed before that point is gable& leirst-class pas- sage by steamer costs $150, and. second - Mess $25 lost Travelers by these oteamers cannot take in a supply of provisions, for tee comieneay awnang the line itself sells previsions to the miner, and therefore tunas the amount of baggage to 150 pounds, effectually dieper carryeng otter than absolute neces- s i t i e s es, mg of any possileility of 'the Min,- Nevertheless, Wee wise emigraot will choose sucb a route to go into the Klondyke tie will enable bun to carry provisions for at leaet eix months if not more, !He can purchase in Seat- tle for say $100 wlhat would cost him tn the Klondyke over and above all bis expense of getting his provisions in, at least $300. The stook a provisions is not elaborate that h eneds. Here for instance is tablet one miner took in with him, end raade it last very cora- fort.a,bly for eight months; 125 pounds of bean% the teine of bacon, 500 pounds cif flour, 8 pounds of tea and 45 of coffee, 150 'amends of sugar, the pro- portionate a.mowet Of salt and pepper, and the few articles necessary for cook- ing operations. 'Ile menu given does not seem par - Maier)), attractive to tbe dainty Eas- eruer or the luxurious Western raan, but it is the very fat of the land tip in the Klondyke, and those who have plenty of it next winter may consid- er themselves fortunate inadeed. YELLOW FEVRR GERM FOUND. Successful Experiments Made by Dr. Saila. relit in Brazil. Medical men in Europe have for some thme taken great interest in the ex- periments wbich are being made by Dr. Sanarelli, with the VieW of obtaining an infallible remedy for yellow fever, According to the latest reports, these experiments have now proved a com- plete success, in other words, a sure remedy tea been found. Dr. Sanarelli is a young Italian specialist, and his present position is tha.t of manager of the experimental hygienic, institution at Montevideo. He is it disciple of Dr. Roux and Dr. &let- chnikoff, and for years he worked, with them in the laboratories in the Pasteur Institute, in Paris. His great aim was to discover a remedy for yellow fever, and an exticle in the Iateat number . of the "Annales de 'Institut Pasteur" announces that be has discovered it, ' or rather that he has discovered in Brazil the yellow fever imicrolbe. . afeeey attempts have been made dur- ing reeene years to discover this mi - robe, but until now they have failed. Dr. Sanarelli, after long and patient studies in Brasil and Uruguay, finally succeeded in isolating and cultivating it artificially. It seems that the mic- robe is found in ahundanoe in the sto.maelis of those afflicted with the i disease, and t -hat it produces there, 1 like the bach of diphtheria and tet- anus, a very active poison, which, when once inoculated into animals, causes them to die with ell the symp- tones of yellow fever. Dr. Sanarelli is at present applying to yellow fever the same principles of seru,mtherapy whieh ha.ve been so sucoes,sful in the case of croup a.nd other infectious diseases. Hitherto his work bas proved most satisfactory and according to Gaston Calmette, an au- thoritative French writer, "there seems no doubt that within a, few months he will be able to combat successfully by means of Dr. Sanarellits new serum, which is known as antiamaryl, one of the diseases which cause the most revages in Central and South Amer- ica." 'STORES TOLD BY A CLOCK SIMPLE METHOD OF ANNOUNCING CHANGES IN WEATHER. moo.. An beproved liarometer—The Approach a Cyclone 118 Signalled by the Kluging o a Itell—Novel Weather Slatups. An ingenious deviice for! foretelling atm.ospheele distorbances bus been con structed by M. Flournoy, a well known engineer. M. Zenger, director of the observatory at Fragile, recently an- nounced that all remarkable changes in the weather, land especially earth- quakes and volcanic eruptions were due to solar spots, and such experi- ments as helve been made seem to show that he is cereect, Even if we ad- roit, however, fthat these spots are sire - ply gigantic -cyclones which appear periodically onthe face of the sum and are reproduced, on our earth, we can- not except im rare instances, have the satisfaction of studyirog these spots and determining from thena what kind of weather will be. Th e plain reason is because few o Pus possess telescopes,and, even II we do possess therm not many of us are eufficiently versed isa t'he mys- teries of astronomy to use them pro- perly, A CURIOUS BAROMETER. Mr. Flourney doubtless recognized this fact, and thea the idea occurred to alba that tin ordinary earoeneter might be made more serviceable for purposes at predictiomthan it has been Jaithea. The aerometer, as we all know, ts an instru,menti or balance which measures tend weigna the atmos- pheric pressure,. W.hen the barometer .Calls, we know that the pressure has diminished, the cause being the inab- ility of the air to hold ill suspension the vapor wiaich 15 aleout to turn into rain. When the mercury falls with a rush eve look out for tempests, cyclones and other atraospnerte convulsions. Guided by these sudden variations of the mereury, Mr. Flournoy constructed ani auproved irarorneter, the improve- ment consisting in a clookwurk ar- rangement tee object ot weucb is to announce the mea, approach oz a cycl- one. The arraegement is very. simple, All that le necessary is to joint the atnall tube of an ordimeiry uarometer to a tube of equal diameter, by means of a small oommunicatiaag d.uct. On the mercury iItt the two tubes rest two floats "eating! two an,etallie rods which are joined. tu a Systent et electric clock- work. One 04 these rods is furnished with a metallic Meat, welch is placed between two cleats on the second rod. SIMPLE COIIS I:RUCTION. In ordinary weather, the level of the mercury being, equal 131 both tubes, •in accordenee with the prineiple aC cora- =11)=ml:rag vessels, the cleats cannot touch eacn other, end the clockwork is silent. ;Wawa,. however, there is a sudden depression of bhe atmosphere and era approach of a tempest is thus announced, the level is altered, the change being due to the narrow dia- imeter of the communicating tube, the xnetallio cleats approach teach other, contact takes elect and the electric bell or °leek strikes sharply,: Any one, it is claimed.. cam in this simple way ob- tain prompt and reliable informatioa 'Oa regard teeco,ming storms. .A.ccorclang to a French paper the Waseengton authorities bare long de- sired to make their weather predictions more popular, and one of tlhem con- ceived the novel idea of stamping the reports on all letters going through the mails. The plan is to avoid alto- gether the use of teat:al-cal language and to make the predictions so plain that a;ny one can understand them. This is clearly a move in the right direction. A large sum of mpney is epe.nt annually on these weather predictions, and it is desirable that the people shall as far as possible obtain the benefit of them. DESTROYED HIS EYESIGHT. Thomas Kelliher's Sweetheart Threw Vitriol hi Ills Face. Thos. H. Kelliher and Susie B. Den- nehy had a love quarrel at the girl's home an Logan street, Lynn, Mass., during which she threw the contents of en eight -ounce bottle of vitriol into his face. Kelliher's. sight was destroy- ed and this face disfigured for life, and it is a question at that with the hos- pital officials, if he lives. It seems that he and the girl made up after a month's estrangement and that in fooling he took some chewing gun from her mouth and stuck it in her hair. 818 became enraged, and after tearing the gum from her hair stuck it an his head. Words followed and vit- • 1 was thrown,. In court she was held in $1,000 for trial. She swooned in court, and be- came hysterical. When she recovered she repeatedly expressed a wish that She could, take Kellieher's place on tbe hoapital cot, where be was writhing in pate, "I will care for him all my life and work until it kills me," she cried, "Why sbould, I injure him'? I thought a great deal of hliurn and he was such a mce fellow. MISS Depalethy says she bought the vitriol to treat her corns and had no thought of otherwise using it. ; GM/I PLANTS. Among the curiosities of tropica.1 plant life are the pearls found occa- sionally in the cocoanut palm of t,he Philippine Islands. These pearls, like those of the ocean, are composed of carbonate of lime. The bamboo also yields another precious oroduet, in the sha,pe of true opals, wbura are Lonna in its joints. . FOR CLERKS TO READ.. Here are some maxims for clerks that have been studied out in- a long course of business:— Never do to-dey what you can {shove off on a fellow -clerk to -morrow. Keep at the back end of the store as much 'as possible, so that tbe other boys will have to wait on !customers. Always keep a novel under the counter to catch up when the old man is out. Keep your eye out for a soft (map. Don't do any more work than ef,ou are paid to do. Be the last ane to come in the the morning and the first to leave at eaglet Don't do a thing outside of your pre- scribed duties. Find fault' with your place and (ml - Fay. Stow up the weak pobits of your establishment to the clerks of other houses. Be as snappy with your customers as you dare. Tell your fellow clerks all the things you near against the boss.' Threaten to leave whenever fault is found with you. Believe that the world owes you a living, and act on that belief. 11 the above rules are strictly ;fol- lowed you will be out looking for a job in about thirty days from data. THE DELAYED SHOCK. The other day, X, the Bohemian, on receiving some money from a riot un - ole, took into his head to clear off some of his most pressing debts. He first call- ed at his tailor's, and heard that the poor ram had just died. His widow, all in tears, .desired to know the visi- tor's errand. I havecome to pay my bill, he sim- p y replied. soblee,d out, the widow, if my poor husband had only lived till this intern- ing, the shook might havebrought hira roundl WOULDN'T FORGET. 1,Vhisa you are absorbed in your busi- ness cares ita the city to -day, Herbert, foe will foxget your little wife entire - No, &selling, that steak you cooked for zete with teener own sweet little hands that morning foe breakfast will keep you in my memory every minute of the day. THE FORESTS OF ONTARIU, INTERESTING REPORT OF THE CUM( OF FORESTRY. Assets of the Province — Value of Selentifie Management of Woods— Mow Warinera Could Profit by Tree Planting— Forte ti eir-of Wood Which Are Valuable. The forestry work of Ontario is atilt in its infancy, and the valuseble and in., teresting report of Mr, Thomas South, worth, Clerk of Forestry yvhieb half just been issued, is rather a statement of the problem end of tin eadvantagea • accruing from scientific forestry than a record of things acbieved. The COMMISSian Whiell is to take stock of the forest resources of the Province and to suggest methods isa whieh to ileal with it has just commenced. its work. "The Crown Lends Forestry Prob- lem" is treated in a luminous manner at the opening of ;tare report, "Until recently," Mr. Soutaworth says,-' it was generally accepted as certain that the wonderful crop of pine and spruce nave being harvested was the only eiae vire weld hope for; such a thing as the natural reproduction of white`pine was considered quite out* et the question, and leading xiewspaper articles have been devoted to devising other means for securing revenues to take the place of tbe million or so of dollars annual- ly derived from our eiraber land, ;Mien Ube present crop of pine shall beve been removed. Even yet the opinion among many lumbermen an dthe great majority of the general public is tint as scam Da our lumbermen have ex- ploited the winole of our vast white pine area there will be no ev'hite pine of llaY consequence to cut, and the great lumber industry, withitsmillione of invested capital and time of ithoue sends of work.men will be a memory only, except for the araaller lantern mills walla during a short time in the spring eut up a few logs taken front the farmers' wood lots. TEMPOItARY METHODS. "Because of this belief lumber ma,nua faeturiog in Ontario has never taken the place among the eolid industries of the Province that its magnitude would indicate. In most !instances the sawmills are frame structures not. in- tended for a long life. In the woods, too, the camps are, for the most wart quickly erected log ehanues, inconven- ient, insanitary anti cheerless. Ile wood. rotate, wbiclm so materially affect the cost of loggitug Lae mostly of the crudest, cliaracter, and in it eeneral way the whole industry is conducted as if it was expected to be un epheuireal affair 'in which it was wise to make the Initial expense for manutauturaig as as possiblewithout regard. to the sieving infected in the long run :by. a more judicious if more exteneive in- vestment of A:apnea True, there aro „...t exceptions to this. :Anne men with more optimistic, views as to the per- manence of timber crops have eieet- ed substantial mills, built good leads in the bush a31 provided better nuert- ere for the men emplayed in logging. These xneo had lath in the 'future of their business." The provale,nce of forest fires is largely due to the carelessness engen- dered by this belief, Mr. Southworth istiana,tes that he energetically com- bats this view. As we instance slaw- ing that reaaonable care of forestswill result in their becoming permanent assets, he cites the fact that lie the County of Hastings there is it block 01 pine timber, about. 80 sauare tulles, es- timated. at 150 to 200 million Met, board mea.sure that was wetter license in 1854. It has been preserved from fire end while the limits around pre- sent a. picture of desolation, ten mil- lion feet of timber was taken trona it in the past season without any appar- e.nt increaae in the -supply. Under a modified form of forestry practice with exemption fro mfires, three times this wield be cut from 11 18 perpetuity without impairing the supply. Little was re.ceived from the tract in the way of bonus, but from ground rent and timber dues Abe Province ihas received fully $5 an acre. for the whole 'area of the toweetip counting out ;water -cov- ered end other useless areas, the amount would be nea-rly $10 per ace; end the Province still owns the land. The report then notes the great area of lend in Ontario that has been cut aver ,and is now unproductive, mach of whith, for reasons of climate !laid teeter stipply, shoulkl be kept tree clad, while a rational system of forestry would not only make the revenue from the forests perpetual ,but would largely increase it. The approaching exhaustion of the United States pine bnits and the, opening of the Pettish market for bard woods etc., are noted ' in this conneetion, as also is the vast importance of the forest indus- tries other than logging anti -wood pulp, with tt eir eighte.en 1111111011 of captial envested, neerly 40,0011 persons employ- ed, a wage roll of nearly twelve ma- ntras, and output of over forty-five mil- lions; The appointment of the commis- sion which has just started work is then noted. FORESTRY ON THE FARM. "Forestry on the Farm" is the title of the second section of. the !report. It is a strong argttineet for 0.'0.9 adoption by farmers of eystematie tree culture, • and it iseverthy of careful study by all landowners. Ifis noted that in the bet- ter' settled distriets of Ontario the proportion of foreets leas fallen very /ow, and the 111 exieneettene CI I' esill 1:14g are forcibly shown, several interest- ing paragraphs being devetea to the matter of wind nrotection, alike inevin- ter, when the d'.rietiner, of enow- 18 Apt to winterkill the whale, an in other seasons. wben high winds sweeping over bare areas do much damatre. It is argued that the planteng of toeples, aah, hickory and ebestnut heal will pay the farmer, while the planting of pine tree,sespe.c.TR.Ily pa poor land, will ni abudalant exult in Tort3r or fifty years. EAR.' ei'S WEIGHT. The weight of UM' elate; is five evel one ball times that which a globe of water of the same size is poseess. Ite weigtt in tons is six thous ixel enia lam million millions. elite number may bitIvrit ten with ti figuir 1 fel lowed 1)v 21 zeros.