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PR 0 P [‘21 .1 .F .l) I tops. on the» for. v filmed two addi- u'h mast. on which [' Witchlights. vach mt mm! to 25.000 uboau nd :n if nknuu "I. o ('0‘ OI 300.01‘0 {I’m . ‘0 OX point or H H (It’Lng paint ed '1] H‘ 39!)! rmurl, ’ulugn. Vit'lnr’ 1 )I] ten shots ‘ total up 360 ll :‘lpha Mn mung luent ngu n Lia DI meuLL D'lmumlel n 8110' S n "10V ”H "I h' It t be Simul- Pound: I“ 000 H" fl m w time since tho close of the 7;, .9 -,‘--Turkish war has there been any 4..» that the powers could by con- -. the sultan of their mdinesa t'xiilll massacres. and continued in ‘m ss-vure the application of to m tng his indemnity. There is no rear- coupled itself in her mind With me, w" 1" ""1“" that he would "at do so name of John Bellington, as, alas, it too i th ll"'~‘. fur although 118 has a huge army loner: did. She (Mid have endured to l bl' .n I',lll‘m.c.‘ln Turkey. and Mussulman to he thought mam or even uglylf’ W “i" m“ ””9“ great” quickened as the by every one else, in the world. if only 2.1); "f ”‘9 Ottoman victor ifiq' be John could have found some redeem-l K'vll fl fPitllZQ‘. that. With all the Doing” ing quality. mt; 3183! WV 00“ "mung at (uni-e. the odds were irre- be? There was no possibility of surly”; ”wily WNDS‘ him. But. the “"7"- a. thing. Would John ever think her' ., “a wild statesmen of Europe are fill- pleasing to look upon. and a vision of e. mm the idea that any coercion 0‘ her features, her eyes, her heir, evr u "WY-KM “'3”. by letting ‘00” ambitions her features. her eyes. ’her hair. 0 rurl‘ell Wmlpim“ a 390”“ Euro!- ever tloet through his mind? WM. though Turkey ha“ been Preposherms! And she looked in the l 1' WM" ”*8“ 00“ “filed without in- 31m again to 83mm herself that there I! u- \ mg so widespread e struggle. “1d was no possibility of a mistake in this is. no reason Why she should not . ] ent. The picture “he saw 001" g] tainl'y had very little to dispel the g t 1 l [twill II I.’ nJ 1cm luelv l-r .1 gal ll """"“ gloomy reflection. '1‘”: probability is that were her chief In the first pilIOO her [We was un. mtwns bombarded “I“ “WPM' u” der size; too short for its breadth. or 0-...‘Al‘. and his generals. seeing Europe too broad {or its length. and what untold. and in dread Of final expulsion- (berg was of it seem“ to have been 1 mould yield. with the result that matâ€" thrown together without the alighbeSt -1 law would can back into the condition l regard for what the drama“, can- -"'¥‘ll ”‘0! “WW five years “10' N0 elders the element of good form- .l..ul>: ()tt'tmiun pride would receive 3 But the at of the dreasmaker might 2' J r: Mn“ . the forces of egiietion WOUld have. done much to overcome the effect «t in ,u'llVO fennent. and the possibil- 01 her figure. ”way her te“tur$. com- 'A. of the deposition of the sultan waxion.hsir. and eyes had been sttrec~ d hilltl lfl'iflllt‘ probability. bUt there Live. Buot. “as! Bbr akin had 3, leathâ€" opum he nothing to provoke a gener- ery. aodden appearance. Bbr nose was l’uru‘eitu war. Indeed. were the fllut and slittle turned up. Her eyes ,2 4-,“ z . fight as they did in 1878. and were a. water-gray. and locked force; .. . me: u partition. there l8 n0 800d end her hair was scraggy and brick-col- l‘.\,.-;V,n “fly, 5110qu the rewrtOd “n“ ored. ‘Vhether She WOI'Oiti‘n “ net. or .--f.-.mllng between Austria and R03- whether she went m U). trouble of . .. M. my“: to the Eastern quot curling it, on irons or in Wrs- or a -, lHVO true. even that solution Whether she sought to conceal its lack ~l prmllll'e such a result. For if a of quantity and attractiveness by the '. »; t‘lll war is 80 tremendous 8 Cali»- Mp of n.) $11111.” switch, still the 1300' um,- that any suffering and humilia- U10 of Quartz Gulch alluded toher as .... must be borne rather than pro- that. “sandy-haired girl with t turnâ€" «m- it, some way would be found to ed-ulp' nose." ov-o. . the dancers inVOIVOd in peace- u(}_ dear! 0, dear I” ”Blghbd toher- ,\ ') 'I‘ES' AND CO” M EN T8. umned, and in dread or 1mm Glyn-mu..- xubuM yield. With the F860“. that. run tom would {all back into the condition in wnivh they were five years :30. No mum ()tt'oman pride would receive 3 mm him». the forces of agitation would «t m act-Ive ferment. and the ”Bib“- :ii of the deposition of the sultan “hum hecmne probability, but there '1 in“ t ' fight 88 they did in 1878. and u- ”we! a. partition. there is no good ”won why, 5110qu the reported un- nnruuding between Austria and Run- h, mm regard to the Eastern quot iH-n ane true. even that solution Mum-£41 produce such a result. For if a 1 Hi"); can war is so tremendous a. calo- ”mud produce such a result. For if a 1 ml”; mn war is so tremendous a Gala- um; that any suffering and humilia- mu must be borne rather than pro- m“ u, some way would be found to Heal the dangers involved in peace- urw partition. Nothing. however. will rumince the powere of this fact. Mid Men they grow insistent. the sultan has. in their fear of war. only to make some new proposition or to demand some new concession. to hopelessly d1- vide them. It is possible. of course, that if Great Britain should threaten to withdraw from the concert ratherl than be involved in its defeat. the pow- ers might in the fear of new alliances. the quarrel: which might ensue. or the ability of England to act alone. agree upon actual coercion. But the intime- tion that the ambassadors of the five remaining powers might Sign the treaty yf leave without Great Britain indicates I Ian-«l Tlmrs and My Chuckles .. She Wasn't Ills Wife. A taughable, but rather embarrass. mg (1139 of mistaken identity occur- red the other day in a large drap- er’s More in London. England. A gen- thrown who I. a little too fond. of joking. entered the shop for thepur- “use of'meeting his wife at a certain (-uuuter. Sure enough, there stood u lady dressed. to his eye, at, least. just like the woman he was after. 0 Her brick was turned and no one was near her, so he quietly approach- ed. took her by the am. and said in. a voice of stimulated severity: "Well, here flu are, spending my money as usnuP. eh?” The. face turned quickly toward him was not his wife's; it was that of an avid. angry, keen-e ed woman of ml: they would not. and that the sul- tfm m'fiy still continue to defy the con- cert at. will: VUK‘PZ “No. I ain't spending your mon- ev or no other man’s money, and I‘ll--” " . “I beg your pardon. madam, cued the confused gentleman. “I supposed you were my WLfo, andâ€"my --- :_,A “1..-- ‘uvz‘A nnl' "Well, I just ain’t your wife, nor nu other man’s wife, thank fortune, to be awed at. every time I buy ayard of rib n! I pity your. wife it you go about shaking her like you did me. £10!) AN UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE. rm. , INTO THE HABIT. Betty did care. and had reueucu~ against her fate with tears and sighs. She suffered a more poignant grief on account of her hmneiifiness whenever it“ coupfied itself in her mind with the name of John Mangton. as, alas, it. too often did. She could have endured to to be thought plain or even ugly * by every one else, in the world, if only lJohn could have found some redeem~ 1 :..-- “mash. Rut- alas! 110W could that "0, dear! 0. dear I” BMBIQDOQ wuu- self, in her little roomover the piazza of the Gulch Emma, “why was nature so crud! to me? Why am Idenied all those charms by which other girls on- Anor ihamnlves no the hearts of the I Luv dear themselves be the means 0 other sex 3” John Bc-lington was a tall, lithe young fellow, of athletic build, with wavy black hair, eyes like coals. cheeks blush- ing with the hues of health, square- buuil't. and muscular. and the very pic- ' tax-re of manlinees. She idealized him in her heart with an the graces of perfec- tion. There was no woman who could a... . mmnt mm; to be worthy of built. and muscular. tax-re of manliness. 81 her heart with 3.11 tbl tion. There was no ‘ nor a moment begin him. nun. John had 3 00d paying claim of his own and wants ‘0 to marry at any time he chose. But it he had chosen, or even shown any marked inclination for so doing. no one had met observed it. His lqoked at Hbtt as she calbd of! the mlllgg 1‘0 Ulla ”'Ml 'va v looked at am as she 35115.1" she wassoo shy to no~ "Idon't knovv." hesaid toDan (hith- hert. as they sat: on the piazza of the a hotel one evenin talking about their t1 lurk. and the gir as usual. “I’ve been i. too may all my life to think much a about anything but hard pegging at It.” ”Pishawl" was Dan’s easy rejoinder. "there isn’t another fellow in theGuilch e as well fixed asyou: are. I know what 1 ails you. though. The: girl you left he- hind you in the east. One of these days you will he flittin away toher. Tell us now. John. is s a bee ' . youshowusher picture? When are you going to bring her on! Or are you- go- ing to salt down what you have, and strike out in that direction 1" I “Well." was flohn's deliberateansâ€" wer, "you are hall right, anyway. There issomeonein the east of whom I think more of than an' one,” he sud- denly bethought himae f and changed his orm 01mm. “of whom I think the world of. Yes, I expect you. will see her some of these days." He did not know how a little heart thumped against the Window easement on the next floor above. His was not aware that any one overheard him. In- deed. he was not particular whether a one did or not. He did not notice, - eit .r. that at the next meal that day l the unattractive face which glanced over his shoulder as the bill of fare homelvy nhoufld he, when she r studiously behind him! What dld he know the plain little woman's bridesmaids and momengen. grunge for them the detai of their attire, and attend to all the minute features of the interesting occasion which she de~ aided in her mlnd was certahwy involv- i Ma. h. Hm enmimr of the next. stage. luv Willa“ [V v But Betty baitâ€"not opgortunity to‘ hear more upon that subJect for just verdict of her then Lury, the chamhermaid, pushed her white face into the (1001' WithOUt es. . knocking, and gasped: "O, 11th 2 he “’6’ that“ Have you heard? It’s dreadful ! Tie ass she covete . men are all hurrying to get their hors- ‘l‘he beautlful es. ready to go, mud are hunting up the a ,- t.’ . ' .docbors." ' ° Lttrdc “It “‘0" "\Vhat for' “7here' \VhELt IS the lugs than 'did that she knew ‘ John Belington seemed as unconscious ' as astone man of the drift of all this clutter and conjecture. or, if it came w his ears at all. he only laughed a quiet sort ota laugh. as much as to say; ‘fLet them. _ta1'k an.” _-_-LA .. -“:_‘ “as-Q ‘A WV U-V... _ W‘J‘iie’s a. sly o‘ldt rogue.” said Dan to a group of you [allows on the pxazza. one evening; “ ’l’l venture a. week’s washing that she's as pretty 9-8 they 81W i}! _the cw” __ _--LA‘ :‘ Itofin ‘kni‘ b‘\"' V ‘IWV' He Edwndt know what. it ways that caused such a slam just over hxs head 'mst then. He did not see a. form that {canal out of the chamber Window over thg malzqtopat‘zh his words. “A; mnfifi‘l‘nt‘I' ‘n g’ “Inny m‘zes III'OUHU- JIKIIU ID ‘1‘: , ' u i "Whv. I tmotught you'd heard some- thing ‘about it. The stage coach has and there has been ster- 11110. ; Hetty did not want bodn ’.word. She. sprang up an ! Eby the arm. “Let. us so ‘2"Qlflck. 1 know the W90! l mluuwa: '7‘ 0111.! Betty did not. wait to hear another word. She. sprang up and caught Lucy by the arm. "Let. us go!" sh» said. "Quick, 1 know the wag”! Come on!" "But how can we!" answered. Lucy. 'There aren’t horses enough for the ”\Ve will goup the single of mean- on.“ answe,red___H'etty (undid). ~~~ 0 o :n n farâ€" "But how will we cmfiSV rible. chasm. and we could nothing on this side; of it" “Never mind; come on!" (guy forum} be}: M” I A Janina “Ubulug U“ Mum wuv vâ€" 1" and Betty chen she seized a. w . n...A.I ‘71.. ..... é vnnmpnt. Chi?) “GIG O tln the dark. far by. the woman: up um comm Donut opposite where the much had broken down. And in a. (on moments. ELLIJIJBL as soon as the men were mounted and prepared to start, the. 8*1‘18 were there. But how were @1163 E 00 get farther? Black, mystermus. and awful, were loomed up before {hem : tha Great depth. which made Lucy‘ ;dem topeer over the edge. Agog . t a' What!) a stone which then lee @oosenmd rattled down the side, [mock- 9m; against the - ~ . m reverberation edht‘ms whxch it seamâ€" and to her would never die away. .L‘WY gazed in wo‘nder, while Barty llfihted her lantern, and, lamering n, 9091131 on}: .the side oi the Bhutan. . -....A.iu.n|\i exclulm" a marrow. Clus- Luey dxew back, but lletty; leaving her, pressed resolutely on. She caught it the branches and “posed roots of the underbrudh. digging her heels and even in” . ‘ 1133313 mt» bh'e stony soil to avoid _ I I _ __ __ ‘N‘nn 117-34: uh“ 'mm kne“r the: hawk off the cannon. log 01 a great tree, w'hiuh bad ‘Iallen down and lodged there. Only for a moment did dbe hesitate, and then L00! imagined she could see something movmg, as if, mpanded in midair, out ‘0' a-uu p ‘11 WUIIUB -”- vvw gr taped the branches an mne'nt Bank down “PO" ' late, but unnerved. “Ill“. VA mun».- grasped the branches,a«ml the next mo- ment sank down upon the soft ground Info. butt unnerved. "This will never do." aha said wher- self, "I am needed. Slhe needs me. I “must hurry for John's sake." Thus nerved, she again grasped her lantern and basket, and lovatiug the place of the. disaster by the sounds she (heard. in a. few moments she had reached the meme. 1 " Ho] lo. there I” the omrse voice of the driver greeted her. "Hello, I 311%! Halt! and tell your business. 0!” e exclaimed a second later in a tone of re- lief. “ Well. how in the nation did you got here? You are just in} the nick of etty looked. and saw a, prostrate form in feminine attire. The next mo- he was et her side, and bring- ing forth from her basket. the flask of wine which she had thrust in. thinking restoratives might be needed, she knelt and with womanly tact ministered to the sufferer who lay prostrate upon the driver's coat. For a little while all her effortseeem- ed to be in vain. Stbe chafed her hands. whethed her Lem lee, moistened her lips with the wine. ut there was no move- ment. At last. however” as her heart began to sink. able liquoed a slight movement. df the eyelids. then there among the dead . For the third time that evening her nerves gave way. an 4:“ L-‘ z... 44“ hand she had been rub- ed to be in vain. S bathed her hem lee with the wine. ‘1‘ mont. At, last. ho began to sink. movement 01’ the wag a, {abut breai she had the .10ny min the town anew had big?!“ Betty 3114641 V“ “W'â€" "3‘2?th third time that evening her (1 she sank down. an we m51dâ€"‘ -Wby. .30”! the Gulch would have had the nerve to (loâ€"coma acres the log'way.” - ' aloud and looked a O. it t maulent. they were on. u. soon 88 1d prepares! to start. there. But how were the; -n.--q wank. mysterimm. M get down there! um steep footpath which 1' ziflzan direction,‘ Whine we 00mg see for O, “We hurried a fast with astart. " who came you here 1” m." volunteered_ the .lt, bate;â€" . Tihexes the little thing for a full minute. and then her wet and torn dram and bleed- ing hands and nervous prostration con- firmed in his mind the driver's sur- mise. In a moment he was earnestly trying to tell her, in tremulous tones. how much he owed to her heroinn and endurance. conning thus to the rescue lof his dear old _movther. It was ablissful moment. It seemed to Betty as if a delicious dream had taken possession of her bewildered senses and dazed mind, and the words chimed into her ears iike sweetest mu- sic. But all at once she remembered some-1 thing, and roused out of her delicioua' semiâ€"consciousness and dashed the cup of nectar from her lips. With her rud- dy glow {aging .to deathly pqlenesis and -_- L ...... I- 1"-" “The one about whom they were talk- ing. The one who was to come. Your -â€"your sweetheart." . The look of admiration in John Bel- ington’s eye heightened into something else. And, whatever the truth which had just dawned upon him, it stimulat- ed hun to rush forward and seize the trembling form in his arms and cover ,the blushing tape withwarm kisses. n L- “(I Vbsawa -....._._- ‘ fly glow ld‘lu‘a Lv ucuuun; yanuuwo an“ a strange” look in her eyes, in a husky tone she demanded: “What does it mean? 'Why are you here? Why are you not searching for her? Where is she 3” "Who ?" he demanded, with 3 won-: {der verging 9n admin). 4‘_-_ __..‘_.A L‘I‘- "Why. you dear silly creature." he said, “did you suppose it was my sweet- heart who was coming in the coach. and did you come all this way through storm and peril. and risk the awful don-1 ‘ ger of logway to reach her? I don't understand it unlessâ€"may I believe: 'I have a right toâ€"" and the rest camel in w whisper close to her face. Then, for once in her life, the girl with the) waterâ€"gray eyes and scroggy, i‘hrick-oolored haxr, whose nose insulted upon turning up, and upon whom the verdict had been passed "not pretty." was pretty. As her eyes met his. the _ -_ _-_..A :“t\ “A- nhnn‘r- This mode of explanation seemed to the satisfactory all around. And. wheth ler the! romantic. side of the night's ad-, venture leaked out or not. or whetherl the rest of Quartz Gulch ever had a sus- picion of the true motive which had drawn he little heroine thither. when its ver ict of the affair was added up, to its first one: "Not pretty.” I am .sure that every mana, woman, and? Echild in Quartz GruICh would have added the sentence: ”bait plucky and as good! .And I know mint John Belington con- ! sidered that he had found a prize lietter' . than 01¢ for It was not long after that . he so (1 out his claim, and, with his , mother, and the wife who had risked . her life for. one whom she had supposed to be her rival, took passage in the same stage coast for the east. _~ _‘..____â€"_ l of thin sheets of copper, a pointer be- ing composed of two strips, which were cupped or hollowed, and then brought together edge to edge, with the round- ed sides out, thus giving rigidity as well as lightness. Aluminum point- ers for big clocks are made in- this way, but they are far lighter and easi- 9 er to balance. it is not unusual, on large clocks in " dows and elsewhere to see project- ing from the base of the long pointer l and in line with it a rod with a ball ~ at the end. this rod being perhaps a t third as [on as the big pointer. This - rod and bal are a counterweight for l the big pointer, which, without a coun- - terweight, would, in its movement “mm! the dial. bear unevenly .upon era for big clocks are made in- was way, but they are far lighter and easi- er to balance. lt is not unusual, on large clocks in windows and elsewhere to see project- ing from the base of the long pointer and in line with it a rod with a ball at the end. this rod being. perhaps a third as long as the big painter. This rod and bal are a counterweight for i the big pointer, which, without a coun- ‘terweight, would, in its movement around the dial, hear unevenly upon the arbor or shaft which carries it. on great clocks, and often on big clocks indoors, this counterpoise is placed inside the dial, out of sight, on the arbor arbor. . . ' The heavxer the punter the greater - ' d in the munter- poise; the greater the weight the more friction on the arbor; and the more friction the greater power re- quired to drive the clock. By the use of aluminum pointers these drew- backs are reduced to a minimum. _‘ ALUMINUM CLOCK HANDS. GAS ENGINES FOR VESSELS. Ships propelled by gas engines are growing in favor in France. A new boat of this type recently added to the Havre-Boueu-Paris line is 100 feet long, 7 feet draught; in divided into (our water-tight compartments: hes a two-cylinder, 40 horse- er engine, and runs seven knots. 3“, cup-- plied from shore. in stored in a steel holder, an accumulator command of {steel pipes, under a. tenure of 95 latmoepheres, about poundn. SOME VERY HARD FANS. THE SEAIY SIDE OF THE KLONDlKE GOLD REGIONS. Starvation and Death sun-III. lauy In the Face â€" “but a News..."- Torn-spend- ent stays on the Sikh". Miami's for the Minted Press. re- turnod to Seattle on the steamer Pon- land. Hie says: "I was seven weeks at the mouth of the Yukon at St. Michael's. where I saw all the miners coming out and inten'iewod them. All 3 than“. I feel it my duty to ad-vie. everybody to day out mntifl next wring. Wild. and. in many cases. ex- aggerated reporta have been circulat- ed since the. first discoveries were made. } Tho strike. however. Was. and is one 0! H1149 Effluent it not the greatest. in fluids have hardly been opened up.“ yet, but than going m now must hear an mind that everything in that region ‘the time of my leaving St. Michael'fi and another my not! he made for (in yea rs. “1 am aware there is a War 1m- and ‘ U’L I.” Ulll-h'to ”U" “av w----- ,- peopéle. {0 “it " d the rigor of a nine montha’ wlnmr of semi-darkneu when the menmry mes down go seven- ty degrees bo’iow new? IXWB’I‘FUL WORK FOR WINTER. "A6 to labor. fit is true that 108' winterâ€"me winter snucceding thc great strike when men were warm- wanes were fifteen (mm-s u‘dayu bu" S’I‘ABVATION 'J'H'REA'I‘EN ED KIWI: ”ill-v n_.__ .,,V wages were fifteen ddLlare a day. but If no new etnlne is made what in te keep wages up this winter? There are 11th three hundred and forty claim- on Bonanza. Eldorado and Bunker Creeks that will probably be worked this winter. An event e of eight. men to each in. I think. lberel. If bu! two thousand seven hundred men ar employed. and there are five thousan or more seeking work. what must ll the result! We must go down. I am told that mur ' grub has gone over the divide. yet from “that i know I ‘woullvd wager my last dollar that not to exceed live hundred tons of suppllel . . . t at St. Mn‘hed'e. but after Be . 15 it might as well be in New York City. for to try to trans- port it by doc train or sied over two thounand miles of my river is also- lultely impouible. There is not. nor will there ever be, u «lug train that can take enough to feed itself over twelve hundred miles. Relief is. therefore. imposihle. TRAILS CLOSED TO :5! ’l’PLllib'. "To draw provisions for the III}: from Dyea to Dan's-urn any time before the sprin breaks up is an impimihijty. Relic. for those caught in the Klon- dike after winter new in is equally un- (mime. no. in the. name of llumanis y I ask that. a. stop he put to this whole- sale transmutation of maple without supplies . Let lid man be allowed to enter that region unless he ea rries u i: h him enough food and clothing to last him a ear. There are women and little 0 ildren in there to-day who should he sent out. as far as St. Mic-h- ad’s before navigation closes. l hear much of the boats that are building to go up the river. but. aside from one *9 steamer ready on Aug. 11. no new loat can; be added to the carrying craft tlm (sill. The Klondike is I. land of ice and snow as well u e lend of gold. Let , it. not be made 0. [and of geunt hunger. '4) wretchedneu. and dentin. Let no one a be gnawed to wrest. from the foolish e a few hundred thumnd saved. rowed or bemd dollars. There will be as good noel for mining in wu‘t. aniline! ' Boardele 9"!“qu out not If bu! men a Lho-usan must ll down. 1 gone on! L know I that. not No; “fink