HISTOR H. DE WINDT FORETOLD PRES ENT ONE IN STEWART, 8.C. Each Big Branch of the Empire Has Been the Scene of a Gold Madness Where a Few Got Rich-Canada Had the Kiendike, Australia the Ballarat 'Rush. tnd 'South Africa the Rand Fields. ' ""8tewart went misd. "Waiters drop ped their trays, workmen their tools, drivers their reins, and stampeded." Thus x daily paper, nits deserip- tion of the excitement created in Stewart, British Columbia, when the report came that seventeen miles dis tant, at a place galled Bust Fre. & great discovery o made. It is the id, old story of hu- man avarice and greed. Reason dis appears. when the gold fever seizes '| oman. : The story of Klondike is even smpzing. The first find of aid of shy importance was made in not by fold by ately the news of the rich gold which were to be found got abroad there was a mad rush, not only from all parts of America, but also from Europe. Soon 30,000 people were on their way. to the di 4 many destined never to. return; r some 500 miles of the roughest Alaska country had to be tratoried , 'and the mad rush without '| sider the difficulties Rime], minefs came away worth In. spite s of ar ' capital of from pocket. : It is a outions fact thet when Mr. Harry de Windt, the well-known ex- plorer, returned from Klondike, in 1807, he said, during the course of an interview published in The Strand Magazine, that the Blewart region was richer even shut Klondite. And FHITET BEL #3 Ha 5 a EVIL DAYS CANE, Famous Star Who Was Reduced to Poverty. Never were the ups and downs of a music-hall artist's life more piti- fully illustrated than in the case of Mme. 'Senis, at one time world-fani- ous as "the. Wiley of the At. whe just an infimary dou. In vate life Mme. 5 was "Mrs. Hall, and at the time of her death she was 8. In her time she wae the famous tight-rope walker and frapeze artist, She was the central atiraction of all the big cir cuses, and of her the theatrical boast of "'dppearing before the crowned heads of Europe and Asia" could be said with a large amount of truth for she traveled extensively, and ap in most of the big cities of the world. Bhe performed before Susan Victoria, and also before King sdward and Queen Alexandra whes they were Prince and Princess of Wales; As "Witch of the Air" she was known gverywhere, and ome of the late Kidg's horses, it will be re called; bore that name. Through no fault of her own, Mme. Senia lost all the money she had massed, and for the past 15 years has passed through most terrible vicissitudes. Those who knew her speak of her as a good womad, and commend highly her in tegrity and' her zest for work. Bhe sustained a very bad accident, and had 'to give up her work ia the air, and from that time evil days fell thick upon her. Her later days were made brighter and HRuppier by the unobstrusive generosity of Mrs. Lawrence and her daughter, Miss Vesta Victoria. It seems that the little son of some péo- le whose premises backed on to Al ferrews, near Clapham road, was in the habit' of throwing away re. mains of food. And one day an old 1 esme up to him, begging that he should give if to her for her dogs. The little fellow did so, and he watch- ed, He saw the old lady eat the best part of--the waste food, and it so him that he went to his ithe: and wo her 2 = Jneident: ng at eac might give the old lady some food. is the little fellow did for many days. Then one day an old lady was dis covered by & local green-grocer to be lying stiff and almost frosen to death in a stable. He fook her to his house, placed her before the fire, and gave her worm food. These facts came to the knowledge of Mrs. Law. rence and Miss Vesta Victoria, and they recognized that the old lady of the mews and the stable was the {famous tight-rope walker whose name ones was a household word. They discovered, too, that Mme. Benia for 'many years had earned a precarious living by taking performing dogs round the streets. She had four beautiful dogs, who were passionately attached to her, and she saw that the animals had food even if she starved herself. Both Miss Vests Victoria and her mother were touched by the stress of the old lady's circum. stances, and they saw that she was cited for and wanted for nothing to thé day of her death. The rent of Ber room and the rent of the stable for her dogs were paid for ber. For the on Mime. Senta had. been iz fore she died she ge Lg Sen rence to see that her faithful canine companions should be dedfoled; with the exception of one, and that one she asked Mrs. Lawrence to keep. they may not get a good' home, it is better they should be destroyed," she said. The dog refainéd by Mus. Lawrence is Pigeon, a clever an who can turn all sorts of somersaults. yi Made Police Watch Fight. "A curious cock incident is reported from Glenullin, a remotes 'district in County Derry, Ireland Arrangemen nasment, a large crowd attended from the surrounding towns. "Sport" was in full swing when a small force of police on the' scene. crowd reasoned with the constables and warned them not to be 'too of- ficious, and then left for another spot. The police followed, and were compelled to sit down and waich the next three battles as spectators. Eventually reinforcements arrived, and siter a small battle the eérowd was dis ing bird owners Fingers Betrayed Him. The use of r prints as an did to the detection criminals was tenced fo five years' imprisonment for breaking into a church. On the broken window was found a finger i _ which was identified as the er's. in the habitual criminals' de in Castle. "I cannot bear to think that | p were made for ® tour. § £ Esiapis Heat gt, Rijual nT eclinad 1D ond TH the Gpenly exp gro wns beneath his dign Even the ity. Viceroy of India has been ref A Th 1893 the Liberal Government offer- ed it to Field:Marshal--then General ~8ir Henry Norman, For a few days it was taken for granted thas d go out to Simla; but a great deal of adverse criticism was 'evoked by the appointment, and finally Bir ehry gave it up. Cobden ref the office 'of Presi. dent of the Board of Trade snd a seat in the aabinet Then were pressed on him the Prime Minis- ter. He was sfraid that, if - he so. cepted, he might be aceused of sell seeking. 'Dr. Lingard, the eminent Catholic historian, waved aside the offer of a cardintl's red Wat becsuss he was unwilling to sacrifice his in- dependence. ' t is mot generally known that George - Washington could: have been king of Ameriea had he liked. After the British had been driven out of the States, the American Congress treated the army which had 'won Yankee independence very badly. Offfcers and men were so exasperated that they meditated setting wp & monarchy, and made preparations for proclaiming Washington king. Bit he said "No." At ledst one great Englishman has been. superior to a dukedom. After the late Marquis' of Salisbury laid down 'office for the last time, Queen Victoria was anxious % mark her appreciation of his séfvices by rais- ing him 10 the highest ratik of the . But' the strawberry-leaves dnd the title of "Your Grace" 'did not' fascinate the Conservative states. man. His 'political rival, Mr. Glad- stone, refusktl 'to be am earl. Thomas il Hi rsed, and some of the fight. | house hospital more splendid prize of refused. | Sensations That Have Startled Spec- tators at "The Great Shoot." Nearly every Bisley meeting has its own ar, feature, ! at the moment of writing, it 1 eat peeible ia ay what will be the outstanding feature of the 1910 a you's waa Bot withoit Ya § was ils sen- but fn the Last sation; the case of the 1907 But it was still more remarkable for the highly sensational finish 15 the t--the King's Prize. Ar- wards an objection was raised. When Padgett missed at 1,000 yards he claimed it was owing to a bad idge. He was, therefore, allow- shot in place of it Now, of the "tules of the Na. tional Rifle Association reads: "No allowance will be made under any cir- cumstances for a ive rifle or cartridge, except that in case of a miss-fire, due to a defective cart Tig, a second cartridge may be al- 0 . it } The council had no alternative but to sustain the objection, and to award jeutt. W.. C. Addison, the case of Armorer-Sergeant rence. In the 900 yards firing he the misfortune to put a mi the wrong target. To know ing about the on who of a fine, but also the the value of the shot. But for this one fatal misfortune, he would, un. doub , have run out the winner The advantage of early training in rifle-shooting was never better illus. trated than by the phenomenal achievements of Mr. Martin Boyd at the 1907 Bisley. He won the Wimble- don Cup at 1,100 yards; and at the same time made the highest score on record to that date. In the Match Rifle Aggregate, he also se cond, and was the "highest scorer in the Soottish Eight, while his name appeared in nearly every other prise list the shooting for which was with the match rifle. Yet, for thirteen successive years he been absent from Bisley, and handled a rifle! But he is a veteran shot, having made his first appear- ance ef the National Rifle Associa- tion's meeting just thirty-four years re Thirteen years ago there was a very , series ndra A 'more ampsing than serious mis- hap befel an Irish pedler of , curios named Edwards lately who bearded a White Star liner at Queenstown promenade deck and fell asleep. He was awakened by a sailor, who told him he was an hour or more from the harbor of Cork. The in. set Edwards to: work im. the stokehold and being he did not mind it." He arrived. in New York listed ae a stowaway, but decided that he did not like the frowning of from the Hudson w- had to sell his wares, but got so weary' that he sat down in' a chair on the PAGR ELEVEN, --------------------AN. FROM THE KNIFE A ---------------- $e ge » . 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