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f A RARE SIGHT j < ' From the Deck oi a Steam Ship ] i in Mid Ocean. , ' SAW AN ISLAND BOfiN. 1 ? The Officers and Msn of tbe United States Steamer Albatross Suddenly Behold a Red Hot Mountain Rise Out of the y: * Ocean. Lieutenant Hepburn, of tbe United St&teB Navy, navigating officer of tbe United States steamship Albatross, has j-ist had the extraordinary experience of witnessing tlie birth of a new island, says tae Nuw York American. The Albatross, wbloh is constantly employed in making diaoovcries in the ^ deep seas, was o ulsing c3 the Aleutian Islands, whijh stretch out west ward from Alaska, fornix tbe divsion between Bahring Sc& and ate Padfio Ocean. She was In latitude 33 50 ncrth at.a longitutde 7 68 west when t,>-.e astounding phe^i iutuon occurred. This spot Iks bout fifty miles northwest ox Uiiaia.sk* Island and near the Brgmlay I lands, which are of volcanic i rigin. Lieutenant Hepburn was on deck shortly after sunrise, wiier. his attention was attracted by an extraordinary disturbance of the waters. The surface of the ooean at a particular snot rose into a domelike swelling as large as the dome of the Capitol at Washington, then subsided ?cd then rose a,;ain. Before eaca bubaldence there was a tremendous escape of gas, like a huge bubble pushing its way through tbe water. Then tbe dome-like formation oeeasea, ana now uiu mure t?nuu disturbances riveted the attention ot the astounded watcher. Great clouds of smoke and steam" Issued from the surface, where tbe bumps had been. As he watched, tbe eruption rapidly grew In immensity until it seemed as if it would Involve the whole of the ocean and the sky. The ocean boiled up &s If it wer6 lying In an immeasurable furnaoe. A vast column of steam, smoke, fire, rooks and other materials shot from the ocean up Into the sky so high that the top of It oould not be dls ceraed. The column was probably three miles in width. It was an in descrlbably terrifying spectacle. All the cffloera and men of the Albatross came tumbling on deok to see lb. Within the smoke and other material could be discerned a vast column of flame whioh rrse up into the sky with a roaring noise. fluge boulders shot up in the flames witb ??- i a ? tu? ~? .11 repum iuuuci uuau buau ui an uuc 12-lnch guns on the biggest battleship firing at ones. The heat scorohed those on the Albatross and must have been perceptible for fifty miles around. Tue entire ooean was heat ed. The column of smoke and fire chaDgpd in color. It was red, yellow, blue and dark brown by turns. The molten m*iner thrown up into tbe sky came down again In a partlalh oooled condition and fell into the ocetn with a continuous s'zz'lng ano a mlgh y splashing, sending forth oonstantly concentric hot waves of water which reeked the Albatross violently. Ashes were scattered by the fiery pillar and fell od the ocean for miles around. Doubtless they were oeiug carneu ruum tuo wunu, as fca* been happened in other vol canlc eruptions. Tee spectacle which Lieutenant Hepburn and the crew of the Albatross were witnessing was the eruption of a submarine volcano. Somewhere beneath the ocean bed an immense mass of burning matter had gathered such force that its expan slon was great enough to bust through the crust of the earth even when weighted down by the ocean above it. Wren the fiery mass met the ocean the water was immediately converted into steam. Thus there was formed a oolumn of burning earth and explosive gaees leading from the ocean bed away up past the surface into the sky. It was an infinitely more terrible eruption on account of the mixture of water than would have oocurred from a volcano whose crater was exposed to the upper air. After an hour or so the watoherB M r.^1. J J..A saw a uarx uxuwu buiiu iuvm ui 11 regular shape forming upon the water at the base of the fiery column. That was the birth of the island. The lava and burning earth had completely filled up the ocean from its bed hundreds of fathoms down, to the surface, and was now rising above the surface. Higher and hlgh-r it mount ed, while flame, smoke and moiten matter continually bclohed forth from its centre, which was a volcanic ' crater. The matter flowed out on all sides and gradually increased the size of the island. The summit of the vaicano appeared to be climbing : up into the sky. It has since been estimated to have reached a height of 1.000 feet. ' To the great disappoir.tmant of 1 maDy of the officers and orew of the 1 Albatross, the captain deolded thbi \ it was Impossible to attempt to land ' on the new-born Island or to go any 1 nearer to It. He knew from his ' study of the subject that the lBl&Ld * would be in such a heated condition J that it would mean death to land on * it, and that even to approach nearer * to it would be to risk the fate of a many ships that had been overwhelmpfl In t,h? Mnnfc Pelee aruDt<on. Th* Albatross, therefore, sailed away . while the eruption was raging furious- , iy. ' : Later the United States revenue ~ cutter Perry passed the Island, and a a party of officers and men from her landed upon it. They gave it tbe s name of Perry Island and hoisted tbe 0 Amfrican flag upon it. Thry fnUnd the surface of the island almost un- c< bearably hot to walk upon, and tneir n ihoes were ruined by the expedition, >ut in spite of the discomfort and danger they explored it thoroughly. When one of them thrust a thermcme ier into a crevice in the ground the mercury expanded so rapidly that it ;maah?r1 t.hft Instrument to Die068. The volcano was still in violent eruption. Two other islands of recent voloanio origin lie near Perry l3land. One cime into existence about a century ago, when Alaska belonged to Russia, and was named Boguslav Island. Twenty-four years ago a new island, a mile and balf away, was erupted from tbe ocsan and received the name of New Bcguslav. A narrow ridge of rook connected tbe two. Old Boguslav Island had a high peak at one time, but it now rises only 250 feet above the sea and is being rapid ly washed away. In the comparative ly short period of its existence it bas become very thickly populated. Millions of sea birds gather on its rocks, and many sea lions lead a happy aad contented life upon its shores. A number of polar bears also reside there It will be extremely interesting to naturalists and others to watch tbe development of life from the beginning on our new possession?Perry Island. Will land animals come into existence there, and, If so, how will they get there unless taken by man? If the island Is at all capable of supporting life it is certain that insects and reptiles will soon be found there, and how that oan happen is a puzzling problem. Islands of volcanic origin are usually extremely fertile when there is any water supply to moisttn them. Nothing oould exceed the fertility of Mar tinlque and tbe other islands of the West Indies that were oreatea oy voioanio activity. How dangerouB they are as dwelling placss for a large human population has been proven by recent disasters In Martinique and St. Vincent. A large proportion of all the Islands that lie cut in the ooean are volcanic formations, but most of them oame into existence In prehistoric times. A considerable number, however, have been created in recent times. Faloon Inland added Itself to the Tonga group in 1885, but only kspt its surface above the water long enough to acquire a little vegetation In spots, and several years ago It sank again Into the deep. Much tumult of the sea and great clouds of ash and steam announced the birth of a new Island in 1904 near the Volcano Group in the Piclflc. It was nearly three miles in circumference; Its highest point was 480 feet above the sea and the Japanese proud ly raised their flag over it and named the new territory Nil Sjlma; but It has melted away like sugar In a teacup, and at last accounts it was a menaoa to shipping, no part of it rising more than a few feet above sea level. Honest (Jontcbsion, At a recent banquet at Salem Mass., Congressman Augustus P. Gardner, who Is a eon-in-law of Senator Lodge, made some most remarkable admissions for a Republican. According to the Salem News, Gardener touched on the past in his speech, and refered to the past and the future of Salem as being wrapped up in her shipping, when her merobans princes Bent cargoes of toys and firearms which wouldn't go cff, to the benighted heathen In foreign lands, and brought baci their ships heavily laden with the rich produots cf the east including "ivery and livJng black wool beneath the hstches." At this r:mark. the News says Major Spencer who was sitting near Mr. Gardner slid sotto vooe; "Look out you're treading on dangerous ground," to whioh Mr. Gardner replied, "It's my own family history, Major, and the produots have helped to pay my campaign expenses," whioh sally occas sioned some amusement. It is re markabie that a man who has lcfluent* enough to get to Congress should boast of the knavery whereby his Yankee ancestry accumulated so much dishonest wealth, or joked abr'Ut his own family's great possessions being derived from the slave trade. Not withstanding Mr. Gardners admits that he pays his campaign expense from the money his pious ancestors made while dealing in human fhsh, no doubt he pretends to be a great friend to the descend-, ents of the blaok people bis forefattier stoie aud brought over to thiB country and sheds caplous crccodiie tears ever the oppression to which they are subjected in the South. The Governor Dined. mU - '\T J i ii.1. - j. lib jivwa auu courier says witn a view simply of Riving pleasure to a few of their friends & number of mem* bers of tbe Commercial Club gave a complimentary dinner at tbe Club House onejnlght last week, tbe cbiof gusst of honor was bis Excellency Governor D. ulinch Hey ward, and special guests Invited were tbe Hon. R. H. Jennings, and Mr. J 0. Hemphill. Tbe table was laid in tbe private dining ball of tbe club and around it were noted Governor Heyward, Mr. Jennings, Mr. 8. Y. Tupyer, of Atlanta; Col. W. G. Smith, Mr. D.iniel L. Sinkler, Mr. Lawrence M. Pmckney, Mr. W. L. Harris, Mr. E. H. jp&rkman, Mr. F. 0. Tyler, Mr. F. K Myers, Mr. T. C. Carrington, Mr. R. H. Harieaton. The occasion was entirely informal, and therefore the more enjoyable. Naturally there were 30 aotual "speeches," but a number of pleasant little "talks" that interested sveryone present. Tne dinner was :plcndidly served and from every guest mere were expressions of interest and rood fellowship. The little dinner }arty had been gotten up as a happy ihought, and it will long remain a feasant memory with those who sat ioouc tne Djard. Lesson for Farmers. It should interest farmers to learn hat merely by the more careful se- 1 action of seed corn the State of Iowa las increased its corn production 1 bout 15 ptr cant. Intelligent atten 1 ion to small details sometimes brings ucoess when mere hard work results ly in failure. I Edward E. Nicholas is said " o have 1 anfessed to killing the actress, Mrs. I [argaret Leslie in Chicago. I TUB CROP IS SHORT And Ootton Should Brine at Lea Twelve Gents. Cotton went up again on Monda and sold In Augusta for 11 1-4 oenl and the Chroniole says It Is believ by some of the dealers that there w be but little more ootton sold so that will briDg less than that figm The prioe of ootton goods Is also r ing very probably on aooount of t short ootton orop. The follow! from the New York Commercial < the advance in cotton goods w show that there is something the report that the ootton orop ishorl: In the primary market it is stat that buyers are now taking goo with less reluctance than was t case earlier in the week. Tbey re Ize how Bhort supplies are in fi: hands and believe they are safe in ts ing stock at present valuations. Ma buyers have tried to oonceal the i genoy of their needs, In hope of gi ting some concession granted the But this has oeased to be their poll and they openly admit tney wa goods and are willing to pay Belli their prioe. For spot delivery, the cuttingof trade has been forced to acct special constructions in lower cot cloths than they are accustomed use. These specials have brcug value far above their proportion) worth. Discussing the question delivery, selling agents state that t labor soaroity in the south Is aoti as a Berious Impediment to the fill! of orders. The high ootton in sp ning grades Is acting as a check New England mills, so that both ei and south production Is being reta ed. This operates strongly In ke inb values on ootton goods regu throughout the market. Jobbers are doing a steady busin in all departments, as the store tri and sales made by road men show diminution on account of prices, faot, goods as offered by jobbers, i comparatively cheap. In the woo! division of the primary market It stated that values on the 1906 hea weights that are being oallel for late reorders are regular, and tl suitings and overooatings in sta grades are in quite active demand Incomes and Wages. rT1v- ? ntvfo vailaa nn 1 AUG JJCUiuuiMinvi ynj.v/ xouuo viv i common sense or the people to v for their own Interests, Instead of talnlng In power those who are i friends of the trusts and oorporatio The faot that In spite of a great me ure of prosperity for the few, the mi are compelled to praotice close econo and deny themselyes many comfo does not require to be told to the fan the storekeepers, the clerks the w, earners, as they are well aware of The Rspublioan system of foster monopoly, by giving speoial privile and tariff protection, Is the rsa for this inequality in the distrlbut of tbe large profits of production. Why has the Ripublioan party olded to oontinue to standpat t persist in allowing the trusts to crease the oost of living , so that it Is 45 per oent higher than bef the present tariff law was enacted i is steadily advanoi g ? It cannot to help the people, for unless lnooc and salaries keep pace with this creased outgo, there is virtually a duotlon of incomes and wages wh must be followed by prlvatloh, oral events by !aok of savings for slokn or old age. Revision of the ta would compel tbe trusts to reduoe i J pri03 01 fciieix pruuuuuo bjju uuc 1001 log decreased cost of living, would i tually be an increase in income wages, but this the Republican le ers deolare they will not do and i natural presuirption 1b that their lltical fortunes are bound up w truat supremaoy. It your lnoome or wages has 1 been increased 45 per cent, you I not as well off now as in 1897 wl the tariff rates were increased at < dictation of the trusts. For ev dollar you received then, you must gettiDg one dollar and forty-five cei now to be even. So the man wh lnoome was 160 a month in 1896 m be receiving 987 a month now to 1 t qually well. It does not v quire s tiMtl08 to prove the advantage, or c advantage, of the Republican syst of protecting the trusts, for every vo lias the facts in his own possession fr knowing bow muob he formerly rece el and expended and what he is n receiving and how muoh more it n Annin u4 MA itr\ linA a rtrvf A #A? f vl A 1 ujaia Liiui uu 11 to. zx vuuo iui uuo j publican candidate for Congress is continue the protection to the tru and for continued high prioes, and vote for the Democratic candidate Congress Is to so revise the tariff tl the fear of competition will com the trusts to reduce their enorm< profits. The Era ot ''Leases," "This is an era of "leases," says 1 Charleston Post. "We once wond ed at the horseless oarriage and t wireless message, but these appt commonplace now when we hear the flreleps stove?whloh may me cookless cooking?and scentless 11 burger, while wmsKeriess aairym appear useless and senseless to say t least of It. But In this ohange events, though rather eventless, t possibilities are endless. A smokcli oigar and drugless drug store are n less probable, and we may soon ha timeless docks; but it Is less reasoaat to assert that we shall ever have fui less families, quitless cooks and gr&i less politicians, and not many of want spellless spelling. We'd rath have it reformless. * Bad State of Affair*. Of Interest to every person In tl land arc: the divorce statistics ot Ct ifornla for the fiscal year ending Jui 3D last, compiled by W. V. Staff or commissioner of labor. The figur show that one out of every seven ma rlages ends disastrously, jno mo significant Idea of the efleot of tl divorce evil can be gained than thi conveyed in the fact that in th state during the year a total of 1,5; little children were afleoted tbroup the separation of their parents. Wbi the marriages daring the yeav read 3d a total of 17,932, the divorces b ng 13 l. Of the actions 588 wei Drought by the husbands and 1 545 t iha wives. AGREES WITH TILLMAN. at Rev. Washington Gladden Discusses the Raoe Problem. 7, Before the American Missionary u, Association at Oberlln, Ohio, Rev. ed Washington Gladden of Ohio disousson ed the American Missionary Assooia.Q tion and the problems of emancipate' tion, saying in part: he "The leganoy left us by e mind paDg tion lsoare of negro race in. United DD States. It is national problem. Bur ID den of this obligation rests; on the in whole nation, as many of theswlsest 1S southern men ensist. Tbe problem also confronts us, involves principles on 6(j which our nation Is founded. It la d8 well stated In the words of Oarl be Sohurz, There will be a movement al- either in the direction of reducing the rat, negro to a permanent oondltlon of it serfdom, the condition of a mere plan ny tation hand?praoticalty without any ar. rights of citizenship or a movement Qt. in the dlreotlon of,,reoogaizing him m as a oitizen in the full sense of the inn term." ,ut "Such a movement as that in the 0r8 first.alternative Is new In lull progress. In the South oondltlons are rapop Idly becoming more unfavorable to the negro. The manifesto of G overmt Qor Vardaman which some time will to he endorsed by the people of the state hi and th6 reoent campaign in Georgia, jte 111 whioh the oandidate most unequivof ocally favoring repression of the negro )he was overwhelminglyieleoted, show the Dg drift of opinion In that seotion." Dg Continuing he said: "Senator Till |D. man's prediction that raca struggles of to a very bitter nature are likely to be fit frequent and continuous in the future r(j. Is not without probability. I can see ac. no other outcome of a strife of this lar oature than segregation of the races.1' He favored oreating three or four e8B states in South composed wholly of id6 negroes governing themselves and repno resented in congress at Washington. jD The bracks, he says, would suffer by iTe being thrown on their own resources [en in their poverty and it would take jg them several generations to work out Vy. problem of civlLzition. To the whiten ?? the nrosnerlty in which they are now uu iat -jjioing would suffer a severe and per ple naps deadly blow. Refused to Worlc in Storm. The British bark Dau, which arthe rived at Viotorla, B. 0., on Thursday ote fclter a belated pissage from Glasgow re. with a general cargo Including shipthe uaents of UquoiB and explosives, rjflss lQ5> and cement, had an exciting voyage ,agl The vessel was In collision with iQy a French ship In the Irish oban my nel soon kfter starting and put rtp, btck to Plymouth for repairs, n r then a call was made at Monte, aKe video to land Oaptaln Jeflries, whu it. was ill. From there the mate, Gaping tain Roach took oharge. Off Gape ges Horn, where heavy weather was enson counted and the vessel was hove to ion under storm sails, the orew broke lrto the shipment of 1'qior and all d8. hands bfc.me Intoxicated. They re* lQd fused;to work the ship, which lay in- helpless, threatning to drive ashore l0W on Horn Island. A ohange of wind ore alone saved her. From that time on md there was more or less 1 quor abstracthH ed from the cargo and more lntoxlcv Qea tion arid flghticg, until finally the in. captain got control by threatening to re- use fire arms, and m&naged to make iob port without any further serious trou* all ble. eBS The Lemon Core. ^ A writer In American Motherhood fr says every morning take a pint of hot :. jf water, squeeze into it the juioe of * one lemon and season with a half tea^ spooD of salt. Drink slowly half an the hour b9'ore breakfast for two week?; beep this up for three months, e/ery jvT alternate two weeks and it will clear the oomplezion, clean a coated tongue, . tone up the stomaoh anl act directly upon a torpid liver without inluring Jj the health, as the use of strong oath.J artics or quantities of "liver medi aines" do. * Bry ___________ ' be War with Japan is said to be reuts garded in official circles as a possibili086 ty of the not too distant future. I19t, ive Governor Magoon has scored a hit ta- in Cuba by receiving the resignations lis- of two unpopular moderate officeholdem ers ter cm Bandits held the inhabitants of a iiv north Dakota town at bay while they ow blew open the safe and^carried off 84ow 500. Se to J- R- Shannon, who was for a numats ber of years engaged in the printing I a business in Greenville, died in Texas. The turnstiles at the state fair pel grounds indicated that the attendance )US on the second day was more than 8,000. The council and churches of Gaffney have invited the Methodists of the gr< state to hold a conference in that city ihe next year. J*r A 85,000 factory for the manufacture of hankercheifs has been organized at Greenwood and the necessary machinen ery ordered. be Parker, the one-armed painter, who of fell a distance of 65 feet while at work | "e in Columbia, is still living and hope is ontortairioH that, hft will recover. I l0t ve a negro woman was killed and an)le other badly Injured in Columbia by a trolley car, which bore down upon ^ them while they stood on the track er looking at a passing train. A valise in which a wealthy Ohio man was carrying $48,000 in negotiable bonds, disappeared, but was recovkj. ered, and a railroad fireman was arQ0 rested. The international congress for the es suppression of the "white slave" rre trade convened in Paris, the United 10 States being represented. *" A woman injured In an auto acci}q dent sent $5,000 to the hospital, which respected her request for a concealle ment of her identity. Governor Higgins and W .R. Hearst ,g have been conducting anti-vice crusades in New Yyrk and police trans" fers are expected to be one result, HERE AND THERE. Items of General Interest Called From Oar Exchanges. Every time you mention & third term Mr. Roosevelt smiles clear aoroBS bis face. Mr. Fairbanks* reception to hli eloping son was only coldly cordial. How natural I Atlanta bankers tbtnk real ootton is better seourlty for loanB than pipe??? ?" Oa/mDo a* o lttvura mavf reaiUB li&o o ui a xaigt; [/am y& the seourity the big banks accept. Raymond Townsend, aged 16, was drowned In a pond at the Brogon mills, Anderson, on Saturday. He and other boys were in a boat whloh upset with them. Tile governor has removed Sheriff M. M. Limehouse, of Dorchester County pending his trial on the oharge of malfeasance in office in giving up a prisener to be lynched. Allen Denton, the young negro who Btole into the room of Mias Worrell, in Charleston, at night, was conviote3 on Friday and was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. In 1900, there were more than ten million farmers in this country. There are not half a dczan farmers ix> Oongres to represent the agricultural interest. Isn't there something wrong about this. General Fred Grant's cilculation tbat bad liquor accounts for 90 pei cent of army troubles may be said to be substanlated by popular experience with the sti ff in civil life, It is no respeotor cf occupatkns. It's too bad we can't annex Cuba j'ist to quiet Senator Bsverldge's n ms, i.snead of allowing him to make speeobes tbe Rrpublloan party could better afford to pay his expenses at a Sanatorium. Ex Senator J. R. Burton of Kansaa began hlu &lx months sentence fit Ironton, Mo., Monday. He was convicted of practiciag before a gov ernment department while a member of tho United States senate. An interesting and little known Item taken from an exchange is that merchants handling cigars must destroy the clgfir boxes as soon as the oontents are Hold, and not give the boxes away ui was customary In the past. A recent law requires this. Bobebt 01 ark, alias'Dan Dove, a negro, was ljnched on Sunday near Mobile, Ala*, b> a orowd of three hundred men, who had followed him from Jackson county, Miss., wherr he had attempted to assault a white woman. The Union Times says: "An Idle loafer, be he white or black, Is a menace to any city or community. It Is up to the authorities to make these vagrants move on, or put them to work." The Oherokee News says: "There never was a time when labor was bardtir to get tban it Is now; yet there are men, white and blaok, loafing on our streets who never pretend ^ j j hiua nrt*MA la f?na /\# +1*1 a bU wuijl. xuo oauuo ta uiuo ui uluo town. Thomas Alexander PheUn. with money in bia pocket and several thousands in bank, committed suicide in New York on Thursday by shooting himself in the head with a pistol. He had ipdnt $300,000 In the last five years. "Is the democrat party dying?" plaintively queries the New York World in the same Issue wherein it booms Grover Cleveland for senator from New Jersey. The World seems awfullv anxious to furnish the affirmative answer to its query. In a speech at Terre Haute, Ind., last week Bryan said: "I am here Id Indiana not as a candidate for offloe, 'cr I have insisted it is too early to know who ought to be nominated by either party. Bat I am here in the interest of those who are candidates. rnis year we nave co lay ine ioun nations for the next two year's work." Mb. Hujj'nes, In his spaech accepting the R pubiloan nomination for governor of New Fork, declared that he and his associates had become 'the trustees of the conscience and sober sentiment of the State." His associates are Woodiuff, Sheldon & Go. backed by the corporations. Fine keepers of public conscience, truly. The Washington Star asks If there Is any excuse for the further booming of Mr. Roosevelt for a third term. But then the Star, since the Mrs. Miner Morris Incident has taken a greenish colored view of the ocoupant of the White House, although the Star Is a Republican newspaper and swallows most anything that that party perpetrates. The chandeliers in the new Capital building at Harrisburg, Pa., coUi 12,188,217 03 Those who bought them without authority of law, are all advocates of the simple life, decant government, a square deal,, and general Rocseveltian hoous pjcus. Rjosevelt has put his 0. K. on the jjb. But Berry, the Damooratic treasurer of Lhe commonwealth, is kicking. Teddy made a speech at the dedication of the new ststehouse at Harrisburg, Pa , the other day. But he forgot to pre.ch about a square deal, the simple Jife cleaa politics, ref >rm, etc., whioh are his usaal themes. There was such an odor of graft about the building and its furnishings, and he was so "delited" with it, that he jur.L or>uldu't prcach. He. ji-jl praised the whole nasty business, house, furniture, grafters, and all Teddy is a boon companion of Penrose. -UAIUJA.N, cue nofjru v^uu was nung on last Friday at B-nnettsville for assaulting a white lady, said while standlDg under the gallows. ''If I had listened to my wife that Sunday and gone home with her, as she told me, I would not have been here at this moment. Instead of doing as she told me, I went out and drank whiskey with others, and got into this trouble." As Marlboro County is a so called rock-ribbed prohibition county wbere did Dargan get the whiskey on Sunday that made him commit sucb a hienous crime? 8LAUGHTER BY ROAD AGENT8. Mysterious Disappearance of Miners el In Early Days of Montana. fi T The discovery up to the fall of 1863 of no less than 110 bodies of victims of the road 8gents had finally aroused 7 *?? lqttt QhiHinf niti- ? UMJ WOilll^O VI iuo WIT a sens to * pitch of frenay. They felt t( that tht mysterious disappearance of ?j many other man whom they had < known was to be traced to the ban- V dits. t Scores of miners who set out with t< large lams ot money for various s placet had never been heard of and ? had never reached their destinations. jj Murders occurred dally, almost hour- [ ly. Had there been the most perfect system of legal procedure time would ? not have permitted of the orderly ^ trial of offenders, so frequent were E the crimes. Alder Qulch continued to u disgorge Its treasure In a steady stream, and the very excess of Its bounty excited the most selfish passions of men. The heart of a man ( possessed with the thirst for gold la fi like the oountry where gold Is pro- ' duced?It ie wild and barren, and 1 the flowers wither. J It must not be supposed that during i these long months of sickening dread rand doubt attempts had not been . made to organize justice. Rude courts ( were established and the guilt or innocence of offenders submitted to regularly chosen juries, but the swaggering outlaws would boldly force < their way through the lines of spectators and into the presence of the k qualified twelve men, announcing " their determination to avenge upon \ every one connected with the oase, J any outcome other than acquittal. < (Witnesses and jurors under these j circumstances were afraid for their I lives, and justice had miscarried un- j til the outlaws, seeing the blanoh of j fear everywhere, were supreme. In t the early stages of this reign of terror J some of the road agents had been < tried, found guilty and condemned to < death by unanimous vote, but between j conviction and punishment motions j to reconsider had Intervened, and the j vacillating mob, through fear or re- ( lentlng doubt, had revoked the action J of the previous hour. j World's Largest 8tatlon. ] The South Terminal In Boston not j only Is the largest station in the world j but sends out daily more than 400 < trains, nearly twice the number dls J patched from the Grand Cen " sta- I tlon by the three roads starting from < there. The next largest number sent ; from any station in this country Is < about 350 from the Boston and Maine terminal In Boston, and the next about 325 from the Broad Street station, Philadelphia. Then come the Grand Central station, New York, and , the Reading terminal, Philadel '* 'i. > . But these figures do not equai ..nose ; of the great London terminal. There < one station sends 700 tiains daily, 1 the greatest number from any one j station in the world, and all of the twelve great terminals sai-d out large j numbers of trains. i Including all suburban trains, and figuring on a mean average of winter and summer, the regular scheduled , trains leave the four great centers In the following numbers daily, the figures being for all roads and approximately correct: New York city, 1,400; Boston, 1,000; Philadelphia, 860; Chi- i cago, 850. No other American^ olty < has 400. i Keon Sight of Birds of Pdey. The sharp-eyed hawk can spy a , lorlr nrnn o m'opa r\f e*a r?+ "h q 1 mnat ov_ iai XL upuu Hi Ui OBii tU WUlvOw UA actly the same color at twenty times the distance It Is percoptible to man j or doc. A kite soaring out of human j sight can still distinguish and pounce ] upon lizards and field mice upon the j ground, and the distance at which vultures and eagles ean sight their prey is almost Incredible. Recent discoveries have inclined naturalists to the belief that birds of prey have not the acute sense of smell or of hearing that has hitherto been accredited to them. Their keen sight seems better to account for their action, and they appear to be guided by sight alone, as they never sniff aO anything, but dart straight at the object of their desire. Their counterparts In the ocean doubtless smell and see, but are more guarded by smell than sight. In both sharks and rays the eyes are good and have a distinct expression, though since they scent their prey from a short distance and swim up to it with greatest rapidity, smeu may oe cauea their real eye. The Baby Beetle'n Cradle. If, at almost any time of the year, we walk through the wooda where the red, scarlet, black or pin oaks are growing?that is, where we And those that ripen their aoorna In two seasons and therefore belong 1n the pin oak group, says St. Nicholas, we shall probably find on the ground fallen branches that vary in size from that of a lead pencil to that of one's thumb or even larger. These at the broken end appear as If cut away within the wood, so that only a thin portion is left under the bark. Within the rather uneven cut, generally near the center of the growth, la a small hole tightly plugged by the "powder post" of a beetle larva. Split open the branch or twig, when a burrow will be seen, and the little, white, soft, f-.ard-jawed larva that made it will b? fcund or perhaps the Inactive pupa. Fossil skeletons to the number of 500, representing many ancient animals, have been found in the Kocky mountains. We Have One 25 horse power Talbott, second har ly been overhauled. 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