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CURRENT NOTES. 95mm of the discovery of new gold fields has become common- place 5 rel-ant years. but the news of the 2% field of the Klondyke placer diggng has renewed an interest which so long as the desire for acquisition remains. is never likely tow-holly die mt. The new gold fields lie in the Canadian Northwest Territory. about seventy miles east of the lust meri~ dian. which constitutes the boundary between Alaska and Canada, and ner~ 1y midway betwaen Fort Selkirk. a trading post of the Hudson's Bay- Oompany. and old Fort Yukon. The Klondyke areeh. flowing from the northeast. here enters the Yukon river and it is (tom its bed and the nar- row valley through which it flows.- that the gold is taken. The reports of the richness of the auriferous deposits tax the imagination. but it is believed that $5,000,000 have been taken out during the past season and that the annual yield will not be less than 810,- 000,000. As the region has. save in afew favored spots not been thoroughly ex- plored. the latter estimate is little more than an assertion. The wealth of placer diggings is by no means proof that it will continue or increase in the lower levels. and the yield may, like others which have absorbed atten- tion for a time. soon be exhausted. But indications are that the confidence expressed in the future of the field will be borne out by results. and in any event the discovery will doubt- less be to suddenly transform; that remote corner of the earth u to disorganize all neighboring "society. Mining in that region is attended by unusual hardship. transportation is slow and the cost of living heavy, but should the yield continue, these conditions will be reversed as if by magic. Since the dawn of history the existence of gold in any locality has always had that effect. It was the gold of the East that stimulated the development of its vast commerce, and upon which as a base its great em- pires were built up. It was gold that mo option: CHAPTER iXVII. For the first few moments afterPi-r cot’s startling confession had fallen laughter; and if I did I should decline ito tell you." "She left Paris in your "Possibly so." he I company." I reply. “Mon- ganswers with an evil sneer. like a thunderbolt among those sssem- lsieur. I repeat that I am her father. I bled in the justice-room of Cummer- hays. the silence was so intense that. to use a common phrase. a pin might have been heard to drop. Every eye was focused on the mountebank. who stood on the spot where he had :risen. erect and very pale, his eyes glowmg in their deep orbits like live coals. and presaing his soft felt hat With both hands to his breast. Suddenly there was a slight commotion close to where sitting; the the magistrates were ' ' ' d all ained Silence was broken. an atr one accord. The e as turned as with . lzdy in black. she who was said to be the wife of the accused man. had fainted. But Margery’s strong arms had caught her ere she fell. Another woman in the body of the court hur- ried to her help. and between them the unconscious young wife was carried out. "Place that man in the dock, said the red-faced magistrate, “andnallovi the other prisoner to be seated. - Picot stepped quietly forward of his accord, the people near making 3:; for him with’ wonderful alacrity, and placed himself on the spot the magistrate had indicated. a couple of constables stationing themselves hind him as he did so. at certain questions to him, I pPioot answered without a moments ‘ ' e to an hesitation. When these cam end the entry on the charge-sheet stood as follows: "Juice l’icot. Age, forty- tlha'ee. Native of France. Profession, acrobat. No fixed place of residence. illhen the magistrate. clasping the fingers of one hand in those of the oth- er, and resting them on the table .in front of him. as he leaned forward a little, said: "J ules Picot, you have con- fessed openly and in 9“ mission 0 crima. Such being the case..\\'e have but to detain you in custody took the Phoenicians to Spain and while inquiries “9, being made as (60 Ophir. that made the Spaniards great navigators and conquerors. and the yel- I low metal of Mexico and Peru that f lifted the Spanish state to a pOSItion {choose to make. ibut at the same time We must caution of pro-eminence in Europe. It was the acquisition by the United King- dom of rich goldâ€"bearing districts lshat ‘has been one of the chief causes of the. development of the British em- pire. fllhe transformation of a region and the disorganization of society near it with a, slight shrug. 1 use always been t'h eeffect of such dis- coveries as those reported from the Klondyke. The uncertainties attend- ing the rush for the precious metal only truth or falsehood of the extraor- just volunteered by statement you may the dinary statement you. Any further I th' 0 'ou may say will : 'ou that any mo 3 ~ I llie taken down and used as.cv1dente elsewhere. is it your against you wish to make any . . ,, or is it not? I - "Ma fol. monsie ,” answered l’icot, “that is what i am e what you call state- to prove that t, and that 1', killed Otto further statement, merits, . . . this gentleman is innocen Jules Fleet. and 1 alone, tend to make the change more rapid]Von Rosenberg... He paused, and in and remarkable. quick gains the gambling instinct aroused. and greed quickoned lto fierce passion. Already the movement fIlh'e imagination of law hush that followed the men is awakened by the prospect oflscmwbmg of the clerk's pen as is l raced over the a i ble. rapid it paper was clearly audi- ls of the two reporters "he enci l p e box below the clerk Who sat in a mu has begun. Throughout the northwest moved at a more deliberate pace. One man are forsaking tiheir usual avoca- tiona and pushing into the Arctic wil- derness, to brave cold and toil and priv- ition for the chance of digging up the shining metal. A few may acquire great wealth. and others a comipct- uxucy. but the mass will struggle on for months or years, to find at last iihat their gains would have been greater from some quiet business at home. Most of them. perhaps, know this. and few of them would take half the risks they will run to get any other metal. though it represented propor- tionately as great a profit. And one wonders why. \\’hat is the medal attraction of gold which makes desire for it a thirst which does not extend in anything like the mme deâ€" gree to notes or even to fortunes gained by stock gambling? The fact that gold is like precious gems, concentrated vaâ€" lue. and that it does not need chang- .'ng to be available. does not adequate- ly explain it; for when) all is said, the use. of gold is to buy things with. and A. note. or dheque will do that. The at iraction must go deeper and extend to we metal itself. That it does do so some to be shown by the. fact that gold is the favorite form of hoarding .nd by tihe armiessions of thousands of mom that the more C(uitemplation of gold has a charm for them that no- thing else has. The. late shah of Persia handed gems and nothing gratified nun so much as to plunge his arms up to the elbows in his store. The feeling so we imugi'ue. far more widely dif- iused than men are willing to admit. And to it must be added the thirst tern of the use of gold through all ages to represent concrete value. and so uh. permanent incitement it gives to desire. No doubt the color and gift for are also an attraction. But our belief is that the pc:uliur thirst which gold exviiss is due mainly to its real and high value and to the taste l‘vrcd In the race during the. thousands of years in which ii has stoul as a safe- guard against personal privations. ART NOTE. Miss. Gallagher is as fleet as Diana. isn't she? I dan'i know; an the Darius l have ever sum not: made a «i of solid rock and wowed a ton. even. lound time to make a Oi t on a. blank Page furtivo sketch of l’ico of his note-book. It was so evident the something more to say broke the silent-2.0 " <‘ ' cars a . I ganLifihzi lbw, clear vulcc, “I a: \vifg a daughter, and a son.) hog; min alone. I was living in lane. 1 could have been more happy haul. n was. btephanic. my daugnici. “13w; engagement at the Lirque (lewd hi ‘ille, was beautilul, she “as g. i. . â€" ~ ’ attracted tho at.th Rosenberg. lie everywhere; lieD gave - w resents; he even wen u‘ ngtglLEIOEIlSB to make her his wileâ€"i sceierat that he was! 0; all this . hing till ulter“‘u1‘d.s. Uneday prisoner had that no 0118 monsieur.“ he be- foliowcd 1191‘ v w not l£312)hanie does outcome home. i make inquiry for her. blushes llcd. '\'on has disappeared. lhey Rosannerg. lOO. 1” have tied together. brom that day I never saw D‘tcphann more. Again he paused. and although there _\\'8.s no trace- of emotion in his vaice, it may be that the ware profoundedly moved. "A little whdc later. ma pauvre Marie died. She had been ill along time; but what killed her was the loss of Stephanie. Ah yes! After that, Henri and i set. out. pandering from place to place. not caring much when“: we went, but always looking and ask- ing for You Rosenberg. because I want to deiiiand of him what has he done with my child. All at once I discover him. It was at the house of this gentleman. Monsieur Brooke. Next day they tell me that he hascgone away back to his own country. and they know not when he will return. but 1 wait and wait while one week go away after another. and at- ieugth' be comes back. 1 hide myself in the-v. 00d. 1 climb info a thick branch 01 a tree. :uid stay more hour after hour till he Gilli“ be alone. At. it'llle lscc him coming down the. path that leads from the. house to thi- chalet near the 'wood He whistles as he comes. and he is alone. i wait a little ubilc. then I come down from the true and walk up to the chalet. The Baron is standing up. examining a pistolâ€"a pistol with inlay of ivory and uni i iiiid'xiitb strange , figures marked on it. On the table} close by is a heavy riding-whip. He has; not heard my footsteps. i enter. and. h.‘ starts and stares. i make. him a‘ profound haw. and say: “Bon'our, Monsixur lc ilzirmi. hl- 2i..:u.~ i~ . uiesj Plcot. and I come to demand from you: what you have done will: my: 'illlllfllY-‘F‘E Stephanie." Be still stares. and seems i" li'n'di: i-a l-v ~ 1' lynx 2m shall; answer me. At last he says; "1' knmv nothing whatever of your 70 “ - biic to the com- ' f a most heinous and terrible hiddendepths of his being . ga grating in the. door. seek for her everywhere. but 1 cannot find her. You. monsieur. if you choose can give me some clue by which I may be able to trace her. Her mother is dead. and I have no other daughter. Think. monsieurâ€"think." He laughs_ a laugh that makes me long to spring at his throat and strangle him. :‘1 al- together refuse to give you any infor- mation whatever about your daugh- ter," he says. “How. monsieur. you refuse!" I say as I draw a step or two lenarer. He has laid the pistol on the table by this time. and his fingers now shut on the handle of the riding-whip. "'Then you are a coward and evil- !lain," 1 continue; "and I spit. in your face. as I will do'aglain and again whenever I meet you. have found you now, and. I will follow you where- you now. and I will follow you wher- ever you go." He replies only by seizâ€" ing the whip, hissing it quickly through the air. and bringing it down with all his strength round my head and shoulders. Strange lights dance before my eyes; there is a noise in my ears as of falling waters. The pistol is close. to my hand; 1 grasp it; 1 fire. Von ROsenberg falls without a cry or a word. I fli'ng the pistol away and walk quietly back through the woods. As 1 reach the village. where my boy is waiting me the hanging out of its mouth. church clock strikes seven. The even- ing is that of the 258th of June.” He ceased speaking as quietly and 'impassively as he had begun; he might have been reading something from a newspaper referring to some other man. so little apparent emotion did he display; yet his hearers felt in- stinctively. that he was speaking the truth. "What you have just told. us,” said the magistrate. "will be taken down in writing; it will afterwards be read over to you. in order that you may make any additions or corrections that .you may deem necessary; and you will .then be asked to affix your name to .the document. You will have no obâ€" :jection to do so, I presume?” “To write my name on the paper. 'is that what monsicur means?” "That is what I mean.“ "_Certainement, monsieur, i will write my name. Why not?“ "Then for the present you are re- manded.” l’icot looked round with a puzzled air; but one of the constables touched him on the shoulder and whispered, "Come this way.” He turned to obey, and as he passed Gerald's hand went out and gripped {that of the mountebank. "Oh l’icotl“ was all his lips could utter. The (moun- tebank stroked the has kof Gerald’s hand caressingly for a moment while .a strangely soft smile flitted across his 'hiiggard features. "Ah. monsieur, you land la belle madame will be happy lagain.” was all he said. Next moment "he had passed out of sight. I Gerald was now replaced in the dock; .and one of the magistrates. address- }ing him. said that. although, on (the lface of it there seemed little reason .to doubt the singular narrative to lwhicb they had just listened, it would before it could be accepted andacted .upon. Meanwhile. he regretted to say er. Brooke would have to remain in Icustody. But on the marrow. or next day at the latest. both prisoners would be transferred to King's Harold. when the amplest investigation woulddoubâ€" theamplest investigation would doubt- [less at once take place. With that the prisoner was removed. Before going back to his cell, Gerald was allowed to see his wife for (a few minutes. The meotimg was almost 0. .Silent one, words would come after a Etime; just now their hearts over- lflowed with a solemn thankfulness. the lroots of which. struck deeper than speech could fathom. ~ As soon as Pit-0t reached the cell .‘aliottcd to him. he asked to be ‘sup< {plied with a cup of coffee, after which [he lay down on his pallet with the lair of a man thoroughly wearied out. land in a few minutes was fast asleep. :lle slept soundly till aroused some fiducehours later when he was con- ducted to a room where he found one ’of the magistrates. the clerk. the 'govcrnor of the jail. and two other [officials Here a paper, which had been drawn up from notes taken in the ‘ jusl‘ico-lvooiiii. was read over to him. lAfter having caused it to be corrected lin one. or t'WO minor particulars, lie of- lfixed his name to it; and his signature having been duly witnessed. he rcconducted to his cell. l About. eight o'clock after the gas 'had been lighted. he asked for pen. ink and paper. and a small table to write on. These having been supplied him. he. sat and wrote, slowly and labori- ously for nearly a couple of hours. fi- ‘niilly putting what he had written in- ‘side an envelope and sealing and di- :recting it. Then. after having taken :off his shoes and coat. he wrapped himâ€" fself in the blanket which had been sup- ‘piied him. and lay down to Sic-9p. The gas was lowered. and silence reigned ,throughout the prison. Once every hour during the night a warder \vcnti gale round of the evils and peered into :each of them that was occupied through All throughthe inight Picot apparently slept an un- Ebroken sleep. 'hen the warder vis- lited him at one o'clock he found that he had turned over and was now ly- ing with his face to the wall, after {which he seemed never to have stirred between one visit and another. At ’seven o'clock another warder, who had just come on duty. went into his bell to reuse him. To his dismay. he could not succeed in doing so. He turned the unconscious man over on his back and then the drawn, ghastly face told its own tale. .Gerald the eyes of the two men met; 'lhaVO to be confirmed by ample inquiry - “83’ YOUNG FOLKS. “l D urflamr Begoodmtmidsndletwhowill be clever, iDO noble. things not dream them, all ,j _. .- And‘éo m8 ' death. and that vast foreign One grand. sweet song. JENNIE'S DISBEDIENCEE AND WHAT - 1T LED TO. The ’I‘odd family got up early that morning, for it was the day of the Sunday-school picnic. Eight-yearâ€"old Jennie hurried about dressing herself and little Emma. and helping her mo- ther clear away the breakfast and get the lunch packed, and, last of all. she went over the house and shut down the windows, taking the stick from under each lower sash. and standing it on top to (keep the window from. being 88‘ opened. You see Jennie’s home was far out in the country, and there was scar- cely a. house around that had such things as sash cords or window fastenâ€" ers. , x l l ' I ‘ 3 Them came the long drive to the bay where all the Sumdayhschool scholâ€" ars and their parents and teachers were gathered in the picnic ground on the cliff. x ~ "Doln't go down the cliff, children, without your parents’ permission," said Mr. Torrey the superintendent. "(Don’t go down the cliff," said Mrs. Todd to Jennie and Emma. And there was so much to do that it wasn’t until long after the lunch had been spread out. and eaten that Jennie thought again of the cliff. .A long stairway led dowm from the hill to the beach below, and there were two reasons why going down was for- bidden. It was dangerous to trust the lohildreln incur the water, and besides up by the steamboat dodk was smother large picnic that had come from the city on the steamer that was fastened ithere. and the children might get lost iamorng the crowd. It was the whistl- |ing from the steamer that first caught lJeJnnie’s attention and drew her to the ‘head of the stairway, where she stood looking at it. "Come on, Jennie," 08.1le Addie Lewis. "they said not to go down the cliff." 3 “\Vell, who’s going down 9" said J on- nie, crossly; "they didn't say you 'oouldn't stand by the stairs." 1 "But I’ll want to go dowm ifI stand there." returned-wise little Addie, "so I’m going away." And away she went. but Jennie re- mained there. “I do want to go down." she thought after a few! moments, "I want to see that boat nearer. if don’t see why we mustn’t. Anyway, they didn't say we mustn't go. on the stairs," and slowly at first, but faster as she thought it over :and tried to make herself believe it was {all right, she walked down and almost jbefone she knew it, was at the bottom. isomethiing’ inside of her {kept saying, :“Go baclk, you’re not minding momma," {but she wouldn’t listen, she only hur- iried on up the batch toward the steam.- 'cr. Never before «had J ennio seen any- ‘thing on the. water but rowboats a'nd glittle sailboats. and this great. floating house seemed very wonderful to her. git was drawn up to the dock, and groups lof people were constantly going up in- ]to or coming out of it. - (Nearer and nearer Jennie went un- gtil at last she found herself holding :fastlo the rail of the going plank, and ga minute more and she was on board. lIt was so grand that she emtireiy for- igot that she had no right to be there, so she walked about, iookilng at every- ,th-ing. She found a beautiful stairway ,ail shining like gold. and she went. up {into a lovely big room with velvet sofas Sail around it. -Hcre she sat down a gnioment to look about and rest. A igreat bell was ringing very loudly. but Ens the little girl did not know what Ithat was for, she paid no attention to it. After awhile she made up her mind to go bacik. There were peOpIe looming up the stairwny, and she could 'scarceiy push her way through. She became a little frightened, there were Esomainy of them now, and it was so Ancisy. It had been quiet there wth {she came on. She fairly ran toward the .gwng-pianrk, but men. women and chil- idren were crowding up and down help- .ed by two men who stood there. Jenâ€" l'nie rushed forward. l "Look here, Where you going?" said one of the men roughly. . "I want to get off." she cried. 5 "You can’t." he said "it's too late. ‘You'd be getting left," and he pushed [her ‘mdk. l iAgain and again in the next few minutes she tried to get off only to ho. pushed back by the crowd. .At last. the plank was hauled in. the ropes loos- ened. and the big steamer started out into the sound. Everybody was an ltusy. and there was such a noise of laughing and talk- .ing. the bolls ringing, and the band playing. who could hear a little girl .sobbing. almost screaming up among xsome boxes in the bow of the beat? it 'was a 1 time before a kind lady no- ticed her and asked what was the butter. "They said not to go down the cliff." ishe sobbcd. “and I did, and oh, I want, ‘my momma." : After a. great many questions. the lady understood. but the steamer was already miles away from Pine Cliff She could do nothing. but take Jennie to the cit . and the next morning send word to her folks. She talked kindly to the little girl. and tried to amuse her. but Jennie was too ashamed. as "Ah." remarked the doctor. who was we“ 85 afraid a“d sorry to Stop on“ quickly on the. spot, as he held up to the light a tiny phiai only about half the size of a man’s little finger and smelt its contents. "five drops ofthis would kill the strongest man in three seconds." (To be unturned.) inc and en' 3; anything. and oh. ow sad it was up cliff when it was found that Jonniv- was lost. Addie told where also had seen her last. but at first Mrs. Try-l." would not believe that her little air" had failed to m' d her. but they s ~:;l"‘llâ€" on the s; .- “ ..______,-, ---_..2’ ed and searched, am; .4... ran .9: mother made up her mind i Jennie had disobeyed and gone down the cliff. But where than could she be? They went down and asked everybody. but so many strangers had been there that afternoon that one little girl would not have been noticed. However. tney thought that she could scarcely have fallen in the water without being seen, and some persons suggested that she might have gone on the boat. . They could do nothing more then until Mr. Todd telegraphed to the people who owned the steamer to see if they knew thing about his lost girl. very one knows how sad mothers feel when their children are lest. and the pie were all sorry for poor Mrs. Tod and tried to keep 11 her hope that Jennie would be foun . But two nights and one whole day passed be- fore shb was brought home. and then both she and her mother were sick from crying. "0, mm," Jennie said as soon as she saw her mother's pale face, "I'll never do anything you tell me not to am." “I feel too bad to care alloutnm- thing," she would say when questioned as to what she had seen in the city. but a long time afterward when she was helping her mother. look up the house one night. she said suddenly: "Momma, when I was in the city I saw the funniest thing I ever saw. You Iknow if it wasn't so I wouldn't tell it, but I expect it'll be hard for you to believe, 'cnuse it seems almost like a fairy-story. but the Windows in the house that I was in staid up With- out sticks under them." . â€"-Ali.oe Augusta Smith --_- HER REMEDIES. , . _.l Charms Are Stlll in Use In Home Back world's Settlements. Dootors in the "backwoods " district: often find that their patients will re- fuse all medicine. as long as they fancy that there is any possibility of effect- ing a cure without its aid. Their bo- lief in "charms" is difficult to numb- tle or combat. IA young doctor was called to attend the father of a large family, a. stalwart backwoodsinan. who was in the grip of a malarial fever, on which his wife. Iwith all her supposed skill. had been 1 unable to make any impression On his second visit the doctor noble- ed that one of the children had around her neck ii string from which dangled some small bones. "What are those intended to cure, rheumatism?" he asked the mother. .with a smile. "No, doctor, those are so lliirundy'l] have an easy time getting her teeth," was the response. "Those are rattle- snake bones. The critter was plowed up last spring when the men folks broke ‘ up a new piece of land. I jest look and biied him a couple 0' days and strung .his bones on :1 string to bitch on to v Mirandy's- neck when it was time; she lwa'n’t: but six Weeks old then. i mis- itrust. they might be good for rheuma- itics. too, but ’inint best to run no freaks. l s’pose you know the. best gtliing for rheunurtics?" 1 “ Perhaps i don’t know your milieu- Idy said the. shrewd doctor. ‘ l "l reckoned everybody know,” said the woman. with moiiientzii'y animation. " Why you jest. take four pieces of eelâ€" ; skin, about three fingers wide, and bind i 'em on your ankles and wrists. It; drives j the worst kind 0' rlicumatics off they 83),,” ‘ Doctor," said this believer in Ichlirms. with a dubious glance at the 'tunibler of medicine prepared for her husband” "be you sure that uint an ways p'isonous! ’(.‘:,-.usc l iiiut Lri Ibinding raw tomatoes on him yet. and there'd be some by the first o‘ next week i” l A QUEER FACT. .â€" TIH‘ “rt'illfll‘ I’m-t of London Ilnu No cu; Hon-rnmcnl. 1n the firm place the. world‘s metro- polis is unique in being the only city known to civilization that has exist- ed for centuries without :1 uniform or an organized government. The city of London proper is only about one mile square and has a population of loss than 37,000. while the London we are accustomed to think about covers an area of 500 square miles. with a. popu» lation of 6.000.000 or more and ominous parts of five oilicr wuntios-«Mlddlwm. Kent. Surrey. llvrlfordsllire and News. This vast area and this mulljluih «i souls massed closely together have on iiiunit'ipui existence, :is m: Understand the! term. and “sit '1‘ applied to other civnizcd cities. ho! withstanding lin- ulmliiiiiy the people have: moved on and expanded at u mairvvlous raw. [illum- scious of their own ("(Jilllliioli. Without stopping to think how tin-y art |.[f,)Vl‘ll.- ed or “ heliicr they -il‘l _;.Yu\’l‘llr ed at all. ii is a suit bxii‘ti'LlUli llmi 7.") Iverl‘enl. of Iiic people. win are 11-.- ing wnluu themetropolitan (lifili'i'ii could no: cxpium their inummpgil Hy.“- tciil i'oi‘l'ccliy if they were required H do so. if. is in.- piiornouicnun that is prrH'nli-A; in history of cn'ilizcd govcriumcnls. illObl. extraordinary l in Ni£\\' J A I'A N l'lr-i‘l S’i‘iuA M in 2 sh A new Japanese mail and [unwritle steamerâ€"lilo 'i‘ni-lloxuâ€"«buili u! {did- dlesiorough. England, hm JUF-l jliiflffltll successfully her 011th lrm.‘ Sbv- inn :1 length of 343 feet, beam 4-". im-l. dug.” molded, 28 real; her uppu dwks an teak. her main rim-k slice... mil. mini lxiiliisl in a cellular doublr l-uttum Sill} ins a speed of 1:": lull-h mm HM ownrrs will l'u‘rli'o. .‘l. subsidy from 91.: Japanese Government. LIVES UN iNSl'fif‘iH. Their is a quaint plum which arm-A in pea bogs. it has large [immu- an odd umbrella-like shield it. for «H: Lei". The leaves are uu-imrnliy atmul half full of rain water .i. which Juan} .rlSH'lh‘ are dream-d. Son.» nuhzi'imu sly fly” the flower live:- on the dumn Hi insects. \e‘” aw.->‘ u.-.-......._. H...“ m....__-- -_....._....__ _ , ‘