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It}: on Elect. are In jail nuninat‘wn as to "8380‘ m rah“: I": on a fan. In Us. near Tum“, number of un- been "quested rt numb "10’ the ran 8“! Boa-marina ‘01 la: butch Wand. B. omblqu tford. HI. ‘0. W are u? ho 6 Britta) of th. to ban» ms a dit- “fighter. tins gold 3 dis- and ultl n8 an ni. 811 v.. Hm thrPo mien, _working very ir- fegul'trl)’ “WWI out 81.2.0J in eight fiys.’ H‘v-i the awn 1msassed proper “n‘itlities. [in work amid have been) W m two days. besides saving Bev- otal hulhlrml u'uilars of gold. which mm lost in the tunings through de- fgctiz'e apparatus. ()1; the. same creek m man mm cum 875 in About (our ham. and rt is asserted that “AIDS ”to taken out! by two others in two ”a wrhh duty two lengths of sluice as. 11.9 reports 01 the rich finds human nomad about. 'thy we" credit“! at first. because tin Mun nu 'im PZU'l'flt‘ 8.1008 have. how- evwx ital ‘iigit exgierienre. with the 12-“ ~-\ wing nwults. From Seattle to m. 3‘: m , Hm \\ hole western coast .. ti. Q‘Xt'liement. For this % r ~ .: iz't lilt'l parties of miners who at. - wturnetl from the Yukon ‘vun 4r» restlxmsiilfle. They have an .. ' .h them wonderful stories of of iITHoralviiv. Tlll‘l have. produced 38 pr n! .. 'iwi'r statements bags 0t 801d w '2 ‘il l.» .xgl‘y were gleaned from ”10 ~:;.:.s mt +rl of that country. The «m w: v; these mi'ners are report-- " ' ' visa-xvi vary ill) ammnt from s,“ 1' w m -: .. H HMO um to as high as half t ' . -:i .\U \\ antler l8 it themforfi h! vpiw. ire nearly mad with the _ s . :m h tbld glittering country ,u? sure. ‘l its treasures. and that LAMA i. v!‘ gultli is spreading to the it -‘ Hi? rows of population. The Effect -I ~ .xitll'l't'x‘l, as thus evidenced, has ?~-- :. , hung the puhlic mind to a. state -' :rmt excitement. \m 1hr reports concerning the K' «'11ka «litggings Wf‘ll founded '" l8 1 vlllk‘slhlm that may lJG asked. Un- dowtrtrlly they are. to a very large ‘xtnnt. Mr. “'11). ()gitlvio. of the D0- inmn Geologi'al Survey. who has n engaged in exploratory and sur- y “ork im the Yukon region for sev- a.l years past. was one of the first to w attention to the fact that the nadan territory is rioh not only in d. but in cool as well. Mr. Ogilvie not given to exaggeration. and in riom official reports has has borne timony to many startling discover- It is probable that in their eager- to reach the Klondyke country ny persons will not pay sufficient) ttention to the difficulties of making Che Journey and of transporting sup- blies. \Vhlt'h are enormous. and of sub- sisting when once. the goal is reached. Very few. m fat-t, have any real con- mption of the trials anti hardships which stand in ”18 way. They are. however. sul‘h as to subject. the hold- e:‘.t hr‘art :i'n-l the must robust ronstitu- “In to a severe test. ' "fiCr‘A‘E 0F 'l‘Bii DISCOVERIES. Klondyke or Klondak. as. it is term- qt. by the runners. is the name of a river in the North-West Territories wluth empties into the Yukon river £36 lniinn name is “Tron-da‘k.” or talk." meaning “plenty of fish." “In the fact that. the river isafamous ‘hmm stream. The Klontlyke river ' the Yukon trom the east about miles from Fort 'leahy. Rich player mines of gold have been dis- covered on all the' tributaries of this .treaau. The mines on Bonanza creek five. made the greatest yield. '1 he first to locate on‘ this stream was U. W. Carmadn. who u L“. attracted to the ,Iwnlity by the reports: of Indians. and cornmencetl work stout the middle of Aren‘t... 1896. .Ca'nimmh is married to . Indian wife. and was assisted it! in work by his buxher-in-law and sn- other indium. A. bet “as very short of minivan. he amyld only put together {rather rides-tine apparatus to wash the gravel with. The gravel itself he “h to. any h a wagon his back. N to la): fe't. Notxyi'tbtamding =t:n m to fuumtl in the treeks N gggARKABLE DISCOVERIES IN THE PHE KLUNDYKE 11131111012 nun-r Trou- -â€" IDI-CIIOICI 1'“! Way 0" Prospector! -- 1.0- g In the Scene - A-Ofloa-g 9mm"; uzukam Nil-In: on.“ for ‘ymv ihhoi‘aclfl. molt ‘ If" [r I! "I“ “no" Lulu fln‘ 1" doubt did not hat Ion . Nor. and soon there was a rue from ell the country to Forty Mile and Circle Mm towns were soon almost “1B3“!!! discoveries showed ”I ‘ “motion. but crew e- [H n ”cited to thn extent that. 'hdb 5* 3 13. S E 8' m a mmlously rich in gold. 2"“. mple seem to have been 1;. ay the gold fever. and t! \Mjiprll “Klondyke” is “I s ‘i m n th. Shortas the period h .n g'HHiS were first publish- 1‘ if ulventnrous spiritaaro for My more picking up. And : 1W1» are unmindlni of the ,1 , vurncy and the difficulties Lip-Uri ition, tho forbidding ml the scarcity (1 food; nor :‘o-.».kan that perhaps starva- mwh rather than a. rich gold HA i-hrll‘ lot. Hmnflnt seemstnbe more in« is I'nited States than in ,--r to have attacked Cana- zrn the same virulence. 31- ?m ww-ne Oi the discoveries in :.m turritory. T1113 ‘3 wrhaps Ytn fil'i, that the latter have mi Mwmzlghi. to their own pet- m. -'\i'i0nt'83 0f the wealth 0t ,1 Wm Klundyke district. con- H... muple of the American hns the popular im- North American con- each. but this is probably exaggerated, 5 Mr. Ogiilvie estimate l thnt he would re- ; qulu‘e a team of eight dogs to take his 1 outfit and man. with provisions for the : two. as far as 'l'ai‘ya. There the dogs fwoulld have to be dispensed with. as : they are worthless on the coast except to persons conning in (urly in Uhe sea- ! bun. Dogs were scarce when Mr. 081“" ? We was there, and he considered them l dear at from $30 or $40 to 8125 apiece. l BY Limb AND \V’A'l‘ER. 2 During the open season' the route to ' be taken woulld. be as follows :â€"Leav- mg J'ulneau. the miners will go to Dyer * by way of Lime. camals, and from there 2 to Lake Lilnfdermnn. a distance. of ’ thirty miles. on foot. .The lake gives 'a rim, of fime or six miles. and then follows another“ journey overland _to_ the [more alums were taken up. Four or give qthm' branches of {he Bonanza. Including the Eldorado and Tilly. were graspecbed with magnificent results. 'ml'uable dismoveries were also made on other branches of the Klondyke. wuned B'h’ll‘. Gold Bottom. and Huntm' creeks. Besides these. the Indians Hume reports of another creek. called by them "T00 Mush Gold Creek." on Which the gold was so lemtiful that. as the mined-s say, in j 6. you wpuld rfqpine to “mix gravel with It to 3 mm it." Inspector Strickland. who command- ed the detachment of Mounted Police whwhhas been stationed at Fort Crude- h)’ for the last three or four years. and who is now on his way to Ottawa. re- ports that last winter no less a sum than $1,500,000 was milned in the Klon- dyke district. Between 2.000 and 3.000 persons are now looated there.. and alarms have been staked which Will af- ford employment for 6,000 persons. He aintujipates that there will be that num- ber in the district before the close of next month. - 'lHflrl ROUTES TO KLONDYKE. There are two ways of reaching Klon- dyke. One is by steamer from San l'lwucisco to the Alaskan coast. and flip the Yukon river; and the other is overland by way of Juneau and the Chulicoot pass. ’l‘he latter is by far the more dizflioubt aInd dangerous. The steamers leaving b‘an brancisco run only to .St. Michael’s, at the mouth'of the Yukon river. There passengers are tramsferred to river steamers. and car- rued a distanoe of 2.000 miles to Daw- son City. From there the journey ”5 comparatively easy. Ice begins to block the mouth of the Yukon in Oc- tober. alnd the river route is not clear again until June. The steamer Excel- 5001' leaves on her last trip to Alaska on the 28th ley. the hasalready all the passengers she can accommodate. was they will not reach Dawson L‘tty until September lst. The fare from San Francisco to Dawson City is $150: but each man has. to take his own supâ€" plies, which cost him at least 8500 to transport. The steamer Portland sails on August 15. No further sailings have been announced. Uld hands. who have 'M") over the route advise taking the Yukon route izi it is desired to acquire «Julian and get to work before winter sets Lu. Nearly all the work of thaw- ung the frozen gravel beds. and piling Up dirt for the spring, is done before the winter sets in. On some of these claims prospected. awarding to Mr. Ugiivie's report. the yield was from 81 up to 812 to the pan ul dust. l‘his would mean from 81.000 W 312.000 per day per slui‘iuing. On one {)f the Bonanza claims $14.25 was found in a single pan of dirt. This was. of course. exceptional. but the average on that claim was from $5 to $7, with five feet of pay dirt. and the width unndetermi‘ned. At 9 to 10 pans' to the cubic foot. and at a length of 500 feet. this would mean nearly $4,000,000 at 85 per pan). Enough prosper-ting has been done to show that there are at least 15 miles of this extraordinary richness. and it is, estimated that there is from three to four times that extent: which. if not equal. to the f oregoing, is at least very rich. Placer prospects cm the Filtloraldo showed some very extraordinary results. Among the very earliest yields were three pans on three different claims which turned out 8204. $212. and $216. In addition to placer gold quartz showing free foldmdin paying quantities has been om . are wary scarce, and sufficient provi- sions should be when to last eight or twain months. The traveller should start out, with 400 wands of Hour. 100 pounds of km. 1 pounds of bacon. 100 panda of sugar. 10 pounds of too. so pounds of coffee, 150 pounds of mix- ed fr ' 1t, popper. and cooking utens’ s. .3 whole outfit can be pur- chnefed fol-ohm“. 890. The cost of con- “yang this am to up “water: The minor who ca'znnot start until Septuuber “out: be wise if he delet- rell liilfi trip umtil the following spring- as the Juneau Joule in winter is very diffi ult mud hazardous. PROVISIONS AND MONEY. “ hmbover route is taken the travel- her Heels to have ample cash and all the provisiomsw be can take. The man Who expectant) go into that country armed only witha and shovel, and (in? for 1a under a great d mion. which will cost him diean‘ it makes the experiment _ Provisions visas uf lmdiwn guides and dogs and sheds to Lx‘amxslxjrt his outfit and provi- sions. if he goes at winter time. Dogs are_ neporbeq to most, from 8300 to 8500 Aa the greater part) of the accommo- dation on the scanners is already en- gaged, must. of those, who intend to go unto the Klandyke country this year whll have to follow the Jumeau and L‘h'ulicoot pass rowte. Juneau is some 600 milees from the diggings. and the Juwnney wcuphes 25 days. A great part of Lbs route {has over snowy mountain misses. ffhe traveller needs the serâ€" to 'l'agimh lake-where another twenty- unw- mil-ea boat ride may be hand. This is foilmved by a stretch of mountainous coumtry. and then Marsh lake is reach- ed. 'l‘hycre is another boat ride of twenty-four miles, and then down the i‘rwk for txxenty-seven miles. to White Hume rapids. This is one of the most dangerous plmues in the entire route. The stream is full of sunken rocks. and runs with the Speed of a will race. Pamimg White Horse m wids the jour- Ilfi)’ in down the river thirty miles to Lake Labarge, where thirty-(me miles of navigable water is found.- to Louis river. Then comes a two-mile laOnd journey to Fort Selkirk. At this pomt the Pall ennui Lam's rivers cmne to- gether, onuiineg the Yukon. From. that po'iluht an it is praftically smooth s‘aliin‘g‘. wuow's another 'ourney overland to the beam waters of dike Ben'neil, which is Lu an ty-eiigm miles long. l‘hen comes a lwmi journey to the, (‘aritoo river. which fuJ‘fl'iHheg inunsportation my four miles T'IIE JUNEAU ROUTE. SU-ALE RICH YIELIB. TH‘REE G REAT IRISHMEN . The most prominent and popular fig- urea in the jubilee procession. always excepting thfi Queen herself, were all Irishmanâ€"Lord Wolsely. Lord Charles Beresford. and Lord Roberts. The last gamed. as he rode by himself in the column] propesion on his famous ray Arabâ€"wearing the medals bestowe ‘on it for its services in the fieldâ€"met with a. reception all along the route second only m enthusiasm to that be- onTy sip thp swteets' of flower; 'whicli possess modwinal properties. lboclors l‘an Now Tell Ilnc Ailments of Their Paulcms will: Accuracy. The very latest invention, one which is just new, at the height. of summer. interesting medioo scientists, is called the bicycle health meter. Aeniother meter is not particularly for bicycle 900918.. but is intended to record the respiration, and thus give doctors the information which enables them to tell about the physical condition and pro- spects of the patient. The first met- This is the way that the doctor pro- ceeds. Before he begins the experimmt be carefully ascertaims by means of the health meter the exact physiml oom- ditintn of his patient. First comes the temperature. Then a note is taken of the color of the face, meaning as to whether or no it has the hue of health. Then he feels the pulse. listens to the beating of the heart, notes the rate of breathing. how long it, takes to take im breath and how long to expel it. This dome. he puts the patient through a. course which will brimg about fati- gue. \Vhen that is over he takes the same note of the patient's condition as in the first place. Then he reads the health meter figures and knows ex- autly what changes occurred in the interim between the beginning of the exercise and the conclusion. er is made of two strips of steel, 80 thim as to be flexible. These are fast- ened together with pivots, about one- fifth of an inch long. Between the steel plates or strips is the mechanism, and fastened to the portion of the steel that comes against the wrist is a thin strip of what looks and feels for all the world like oiled silk. li'n a mor- tise at the top of the meter one sees oetrtailn figures. which chamge froan time to time with the physiail condi- tion, just as the mercury in the ther- mometer indicates the chamges in the weather. The bolts also have a. preference for certain trees. Oaks are struck more frequently than any other tree, and this birch is rarely a victim. It does not seem possible that oak trees are strum: mom than fizfty times to one beech tree, bust such is the case. Pines are strwdk about one-thiyrd as “often as NOVEL USE OF BEES. Medicine in the form of honey is the latelt novelty. It is produced by keep- beea under glass, 80 that they‘ can on y sip the sweets of flowers which makes irt mash)” 'ohsaper thqn some goods oaufld be purchased for m While it is generally conceded that 12 gh1tning rods offer protection to build- ings. it is admitted. that wnder certain conditions the most carefully erected rods will prove Unavailing. There are In instances in which buildings have been struck b lightning though p10- vided with lig thing rods. 111 most of these (uses the rods were not prOperly constrzmted and connected, though in other cases the 10118 were 118 nearly per- feet as 11111111111111 ingenuity can make them. The lightning that missed them and strwuk txhe 11uin111g can be likened to the swalwnuhe that us so powerful as to sweep away all obstaa lee and go on 1115111151 regardless of man and his con- strU1 tions. The danger from lightning 1.3 murh less im the city them in the (ountr the ratio being about one to five. 11 a. record of 18 deaths d'ule from light- nitmg. one was killed inside a building. eleven were ouitdoors mud! six were un- der trees. Lieghzt'n-ing has a preference for some soills. Thus. where the soil is of a. chalky formatiun. lightning will strike hull; one-seventh as often: as where the soill is sand. Czla 'soil will be struck twenty-two tinnes {0 once in the chalky formation. The matter of lightning rods has re- ceived a great deal 01 attention from scientists in recent years and a number of popular fallacies have been exploded. Various mystifying characteristics of lightning have been explained and other freaks of the electric current are more or Less understood. Some years 9:90 there was an international confer- ence on the question. of lightning rods I! You See the Flash Never Be Alarmed Be- cause All Danger Ila Passed. There have been numerous deaths from lightning. In some instancesthe electrio current played peculiar pranks. When Benjamin Franklin determ- ined the character 00 lightning I‘Od he made a great discovery. bwt since then other investigators have added much to the store 045 knowledge on the Stub ject. ' im England. and the report; of that. gathering. based an the observation and experience of the members, 18 the most valuable contrblmtion to the literature of the subject; ever made. As a. rule, litghntm'ing that strikes a. tree does no fuu'thyer damage. In only three cases out of one hundred dud the bolt jump from one tree to another. wnd thaws demonstrated that a. bolt of lightning in something beyond the knowledge of the scientist. It is im- possible to forseo the conditions that may prevail during an electric dis- turbance, and when a. bolt of lightning i8 of great intensity there is no telling What in: might do. CURIOSITIES 0F LIGHTNING. BICYCLE HEALTH METER. it was in San brancisco where he had been feted. that Bertrand at last fell into the hands of the police. l‘or twenty months he lay in prison await- ing trial. In 1880 he was sentenced! to eight years' imprisonment. Three years later he was released, the medi- ml officers of the prison being of opinion that the convict was dying of cogsumption. For some time Bertrand succeeded in pursuing his career uncheo’ked. As “Lord As huurtoa" he managed to in- duoe a Boston woman) to transfer Iher affiectiotu from. a wealthy stodkbroker to himself. and after going thr )ugh a marriage ceremony the two stayed at various hotels as ”Lord and Lady Asbâ€" Iburtun," Subsequently Bertrand found it more convenient to droo the title and travel. as plain Mr. Smith. For some years Bortramd lay low, Ba 1893 he was bank In London stay- img at the Hotel Metropole. “He was Lounging in tin vestibule one after- noon" 53.13 _t_he_ paper above quoted. Edmuwfihdgy Wis 'sifipue‘d him for the purpose. The paper on which the notes and letters_were pr_lu_t.e_d‘}vas ohtuihgd made a mistake. Bertrwnd was re- leased. and within a few hours was on a steamer bound for America. In New York Bertrand was soon at work again. He was concerned in the robbery of an actress' jewellery, but it is said his discharge was arranged by his former friends for a few thous- and dollars. His next venture was a scheme to flood America and Canada with forged letters of credit and circu- lar notes on the Union Bank o_f Lon- San Francisco paid dearly for its ad- miration as spurious circular notes. bonds and other val‘u'eless documents, amounting to nearly $125,000 were. col- leotable after Lord Asbhurbo'n" saw [it to make tracks. were low, and he made a desperate attempt to obtain a bill of exchange drawn on Lloyde' Banking Company. BB [311 into the hands of the police. but at the station tuld such a plaus- ible tale, which he substantiated by oertaian bonds and documents about him. that the police believed they had In). London. Bertrand did the engr wing and litho work, in July, 1878, every- thing was ready. The gun ghad 31.x Letters of credit. One was for £54,000, with circular notes of £10 to £500; 511.0er for £43, 000; two others for £20, 000 and £6,000, and two tor £1. 000 eaohrâ€"in all, some £197, 000. Be. rtrand was allowed to have the letter for £54,000 in return for his work. f A "V'wvvv -â€"-v'â€"â€"â€"â€" â€"-_ _, In August, the six members. prf the gang left New Yank, eaoh taxmg a different route. BERT RAND \VENT \VEST. He travelled as “Lord Asmburwn,” and did the thing in lordly style, “Bunkers, jawellers and {hotel proprietors," ao- qud'nqg _to a Langlpn newspapert ‘Lwere his 175111115 while amyors, chief conâ€" stables, sheriffs and mullianaires bowed down [.0 “him." All were ready to en- tertain bun In 5311 l: rancisoo a public reoepLiJn, attended by all the officials, was iven in his honour. 'Ihe town was a “ illuminated. die was voted 3. most charming fiehLlenmn, and the Speech he made a 191 the toast of his health was described in the local news- papers as being “that; of a true-lwrn lord, full of lLLerary reference, and a mumbless example 011 pure English eloquence." it was here that this extraordinary career of crime began. In New Yorllr he made friends of some gamblers, and his knowledge oi engraving and bank- ing was soon put to use. many million dollars' worth of forged notes being passed all over America. The police were defied, save with one or two ex- ceptions, until 1874, when Bertrand quarrelled with his comiederates and returned to England. He had suc- oeeded in accumulating 890,000. For, years Bertrand had a time time of it in his native country. He lived in lavish :5er although there was hardly a. town in which he was not "wanted."- HO\V HE ELUJJED THE POLICE is illustrated in the following incident: In March. 1876, he was in LiNerpool, hnteandimg to go badk to America. Funds to ten years’ penal servitude was a remnarkable swindler, who “operated" throughout America on a magnificent 3031b. and afterwards alternated on both sides of the ocean not only as an individual, but as the leader of one of the most successful bands of bank thieves ever known here or abroad. He came to grief through the careless use of the splendid opportunities for fraud afforded by the Jubilee con- fusion. The complete record of his criminal career. which has been told here only in bits. is a remarkable one. even in the annals of crime.‘ Bertrand, Whose aliases can be count- ed by the hundred. but whose real name isaaid to be De Griffs, was born in 1843 at 'l‘otnes, in Devonshire, where his father carried on the business of a timber merchant. After being at a small whoa], he was sent in 1861 to Eton, where he remained a few years. He showed a remarkable aptitude for figures and penmanship, and on leav- ing college received some lessons in He obtained in 1865 an appointment in the Bank of England, and the fol- lowing year went with an official of the bank to China. After visiting Shanghai, Bertrand left the service of the bank and sailed for New York. {it was here that this extraordinary career of crime began. in New York he made friends of some gamblers, and REMARKABLE SWINDLER. CHARLES BERTRAND, JUST SEN- TENCED IN LONDON. llc operated on Both Sides of the Atlantic but («In to Grid During the Jubilee â€" Ills Remarkable Career. Charles Bertrand, alias Gal. Hay, who was sentenced in London the other day BY THE IRONY OF FATEN At TRibeauville, in France. the Cap- tain of the local fire brigade recently became a happy father. With one’ w- cord the brave firemen mrificed the hirsute ado: nmeute which were their glory. to fill a. velvet cushion. and this unique gift we. duly pieced In the baby’s cradle. ynth a diploma 0‘ homary menborelup at the only; . Tlie Kind of Food to Avoid In the Summer Time. All foods are productive of energy: all energy evolves heat; therefore. all foods are heatâ€"producing agents. But some are so greatly superior to others in this respect as to merit the name of the heat-producing foods. These are the starches. sugars and fatsâ€"ani- mal fats mainlyâ€"for those of vege- table origin are most effeiztive, it is asserted. in the work of cleansing the intestinal canal. supplying heat only to a very limited degree. These food pro- ducts burn or oxidize very readily within as without the body, giting out heat as the result. and being first changed by the wonderfui process of digestion as they pass through the alimentary canal before entering the blood. As a matter of course, it fol- lows that. starches, sugars and fats should be avoided when the. mainten- ance of high degree of animal heat. is undeszrahle; or, to particularize. that such starchy vegetables as rice, pota- toes, etc. are better winter than sum- mer foods; that sweets should not be extensively indulged in during the heated term; that fats should be used even more sparingly and that all these foods should be restored to favour again when colder weather makes a great amount of animal heat a desideratum. If this were always done. if appetite rather than reason were not so often the ruling force in our lives. then un- doubtedly our winters would be more comfortable. our summers more endur- able. But we too frequently find our- selves unable to break the force of habit. and. therefore. eat crullers and chocolate on a hot summer's day. or a breakfast inclu ' fried bacon and corn bread when t mercury is climb- The farmer has been the recipient of many laborasaving devices, lmt his family has had far less benefit from the advancement of the tunes. 'l‘ho coming of these new achievements prmnisse to make more happiness in the farmer's home and to remove the feel- ing of isomtwn which has been so great a barrier to the bringing up of a family far from the centers. of population and business. With the teleg,hnne at hand. a buggy in the barn. mail delivered at the door and a hinyule, perhaps, for an occasional spin. there ought to be a way to solve the ever-present problem of how to keep the boys and girls on the farm. millionaire entered Risi ' . . , . ng mdrl . mod thlp geqtlexmm by qtbo gum: and «Mg 1t. hm r‘t ily. exclamsd: ‘M' Q‘--.‘ -l l a neighborhood system that] is attract- ing wide attention. It starts from a little railroadstation, and the wires are attached to the barbed wire of the ranch fences. no iinsuflating' process be- ing used, it only being carefully ar- ranged so that there shall he no brok- en wires. Where the wire crosses the road it is lifted (in high poles with it will clear even this Irig loads of prairie hay. then comes down and is sta fled to a post and connected with the ar- bed wiire again. The residenves along the route have plain $6 instruments which are the principal portion of the expense. The lime ll aimwt six mile. long and connects a half dozen homes. The women nan talk with one another as well as if they were in the same room, and on pleasant mornings when all the instruments are in use it is quite a social affair. The men who have large stock interests receive semi- daily market quotations from the de- pot, dintate their orders for tvaingand selling, and one of them manages. largely by wire. a cheese factory in a neighboring town. Contrary to all expaztations there is no leakage in posts. and the conversation between the most widely separated points is car- ried on easily. The SW38 of the line has encouraged the building of others. and it is probable that the barbed wire fences of the plains will soon he gen- erally employed for telephone lines. A ,___u -v .uu.|sl.y. UAWG-i.ul3 ‘Mr. Studebaker. this in an unexpected gleamre. I haven’t seen you sino "I" rother 016m took me down to South Bound and showed me all um'ough £03111: . , , r - fitha of othe. Standard Oil Company" plead ignor- 1113 company. His {guns in Landon spread accordingly. He was ' duced to the milliomire's friends. and at the country seat of (me of the. he swindled his host. of £100 and cLeared off to New York." {He was somvlrlnok. again in L0 where he found manx vi(timn.ndcf,1no' swindled several of the W est End hotels in the guise of a wealthy Jubi. 'A.‘ â€". 1‘“ A‘ lee visitor. ‘l'ley Ilelp u Ion-«w- !Ine Isolation or Mr- Lire. Among the greatest evils and bum- delns of farm Life have never been reck- oned the solitude which it entails on the women of the. hounehold. Many a: wife has faded away because of tho lonesameness of her toi’l far from the assoviatioms of those in’ whom she has an interest. .A new western experi- ment has opened a way to avoid thin and Wetitute {or the isolation of the farm a close connection with neigh- bors that means better enjoyment for all. Situated in ventral Kansas are a num- ber of farms mud ranches owned by re- latives and close friends. Growing weary of the long drives between resi- dencesâ€"for the distances on the prairâ€" ies are magnificentâ€"the farmers began experimenting with telephones and have this spring put. in working order TELEPHONES FUR FARMERS. THE BABY’S PREFENT. EAT AND HEAT.