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Apscamen on J lk ~/ [ E CCR %nu Lo a40 2M S [ / .ag 7 ? CBge UHT T | ,Arr;;flpmhl:iom rt:l;& of . a l'61.:_ixii§‘n‘n\p > pushed Athe raft out from_ land, pV oh. ) e e KA ME ; B RAMEIC N‘ Running the Gauntlet of the Savage A 1t was onr to float down~â€"the river sbme fprtypm::: which was as far as wo could venture with our raft, owing to the tz:bulent papids and dangerous falls below. the point where we proposed to land. : A]It was ¢arly in the morning when we com:â€" /menced our journey, and we had hopes of f roachi:f‘ our land‘ing point before sunset. / We had only tpve.lggl a few ‘miles when.thte brain, and lay still upon the raft without } nitoring a sound. . Half druggingugaul with "~ inc, I took refuge behind (the body of the ©zpiring.amimal, and lay th é(c, a prey to the tnust acute terror. Although we were well pio\vided with arms, . we made no: effort‘ to\use them. (Hancing toward Arrajo, I was astonished to see the hrsnâ€"h-ljâ€"bree-i still eundinq erect upon the raft, using the oar with all his strength to foree‘ our craft fnrther from The plan of accomplishing part ot our jourâ€" ney upon a raft waefirst suggested by Arrajo. but it cagerly n.ccepte‘ffby Paul Sanford, and me, who saw hot only the advantage ol :::p‘wi"!]' but felt Ennhudutic over the of a journey down‘the picturesque Salinas upon a raft. This.'wofefi,'pnru'nlly would compensate us fi)r the disappointment :;Ih.h.d sistained in our fruitless trip to the \ &| a river narrowed amd grew more rapid. On either bank now rose high bluffs and preâ€" cipit,%u:d cliffs, whose blackened apd flemli- score summits threw ateful shade across the stream, nfl'ord»i{g&gt welcome protection from the fierce rays of the »umâ€" mersun. * R l aine “g?'/flm id of an jaxe Arrajo. soon had u sufficiens niumber of pine logs cut. â€" These were then out into the stream and 'u:z:wd secutely together by imeans of stout withes of hickory mepquite. . When ‘verything was in réadinessd to begin our ourney we plaged our traps al the raft. We found grgat\ difficulty, ho ver; in getâ€" ae 'hshiom oup of. n pine sapling Arrajo pushed the raft ogt}rng), land, and we flogted swiftly away on the bosom of the Late in the afternoon we Imd lett, the great caffons and had reached a point in the river where the cliffs along the ganks were less high and precipitou%; ‘though it was plain to see that the currenat.of the river was growing more rapid .with every mileâ€"that we travelled.. rommacal se el, * Good landing plac:s a little further down %he tiver," he said,after scanning the bank or some time. A fow mom«ng later. he inted to a gap in the cliff on the rightt E:nk, and expressed his intention of landing there.. The place was still an sighth of a mile below us, hut hc‘mmm.zncédg â€"to" steer the boat tow&rd the shore. . . But at thatâ€"imstaritfie glanced toward the cliff uttering anâ€"ex clamation :ws he did» so. _‘ chariging h1s car to the other iside, he began %gnide thgd‘a back toward the mindle of the stream. . n o qo Te ob . c Nce arten ue i t e ed_and> g"llytod swvages emer‘ging from a\ clump of ‘w.shes upon the hill ind running toward the river. I saw the gle am of weapâ€" ons in their hands and heard the sharp, Wll'rg voice of Arrajo comme nding usâ€"to Aall fat upon tlf_e raft. _ I had bavnely time to ; Â¥he startled and terrifiedâ€"Paul by the shoulc.er and force him down with me when the loud report of firearms soun:ded on the cliff and a shower pf _ bullets cut the water â€"l:mltn;u or buried themselves in the logs of the raft. â€" ov.(hnfl route. This would nop only save us a fortyâ€"mile.tzamp across a very rough ry, ‘ but would place us within miles of hothe, in a fresh condition, besides saving us about two days.‘ _‘ / Spnloid. Araajo, and m.{nlf. 'Arn}o was haliâ€"bteedâ€"part Spanish and part Zuni Inâ€" dian, and a perfect giant in strength. He was not ov* five feet six and was rather heavy in bGild, yet he was asquick and asactive as a anther, I never knew his ige.tino h Ithink r‘:oul‘&)not haye been over 30 at :ge time of The sun Fad gone down behind the towerâ€" infil hills, but upon their jagged summits still lingered the red, sultryâ€"giure. Upon the left bank of the stresim rose ndicâ€" ular cliffs a hundred feét above gxner, but on the other side the cliffs ran in a low chain along the water‘s edge, and it was toward the%btter that A.rrujo cast his eyes, looking eagerly fora place to land. _/ f ‘t"‘.‘.”“!“’ this fact that we decide: to a differemt ‘route on our return t\ thu'mo"nhnim over. . Our 1::: was to e a e engugh to gon our melves, our pack ;nn'ol. and prospectin outfit, and float down the Rio m til Within a few miles of the rapids, when w would Jand and complete our journey by th« ourney we plaged out traps al the raft. We found gréat difficulty, however, in getâ€" ‘img the Abutros\abosrd, and it was only which I write. :eededjn,doing mbl cce mss‘ f 0 Then l»zuthe means of atlarge oar which ie had /fashionéd ‘out of m pine sapling I called Ipudly to him to abandon his A\‘m‘um &hd seek safety behind the dead turro with Paul and me, tut he gave no heed to my words and workec with unâ€" dighi-hodvrfm o. .8 . . _I now discov. that the currant of the river Was more rapid every moment, and looking toward the shore I saw that we were fast.leaving the Indians behind. __Howâ€" ever, they had anticipated this if?scemfl. for I saw them habtily scramble up the rocky ledge to the hill @bove and come swi‘tly in pursuit. running current, we promised soon to outâ€" ‘I"L:gm in the race and leave them far bekind. _ Bat, being fully aware that we could not land on the opposite side owiltto The precipitons clifs that skirted the left T Aede e mt cllintata "Prcihe & eubd usinibards 04 Wld’mbb able to overtake y ind They doubliems Fralinnt thid for atter the summit of a high cliff, and : stoo Toking after as thll e rounded a bend in The frightened burros \maere(s snorts of tertor, and would have â€" lea into the stream had they not been ;horde fast by the riatas. . I realized in a moment that we were in the most deadly peril, and uttering words of caution to Paul, who lay trembling at my side, I hastily pulled some of our camp efâ€" fects between us and the foe. \ The first volley. from â€"the savages‘ tifles was almost instantly followed by another, and I heard the bullets whiz within a few _ But we ‘were now beyond gunsifot of them wnd, flouting rapidly.with the now swift bank of the stream, they still kept up the pursuit. __it was soon cvident, however, mfim»mt of the river for â€" ‘The presence of a band of hostile Apaches ies har isnn i as as . nc hâ€"-o&fl- m W‘wnfl: Ari To more % rabichmen "ad cA flm_gwdo::‘)imu m v rans im Efi. emigsed fo ply theic . An goon as we had passed beyond the igchesâ€" ‘head. â€" h ut gq of gqfln&n@&o‘rfi. ':g,:fl;o:?ih him glanaing eager) Ghnying ®D oreward I saw a : core of plum: **Los Apaches‘". he. cried, and quickly sides saving us about two days. . )¢â€" ’l’:jz' 'v::‘thm of us in the’psrty-â€"Pn(xl Suddenly he poinved to ‘the precipitous En inftant ind Froubied look on Jn hey dow btless realized this, for after ; along the bank of the river for d them "that we snc to float downâ€"the Yhe water;â€"butâ€"weâ€"hadâ€"ontyâ€"prssedâ€"theâ€"first ~anc the least of those dangeroug points in the rapids, and I knew that it would be imposâ€" sible for us to pass safely over those that lay before. For, glancing down the river, I could see, nof a quarter of a mile ahcad, masses of jagged rocks in the channel, around which &xe foaming waters leapel a dozen feet into the air, to fall again in feathery spray into the seething torrent. On ‘that part of the raft which had brokâ€" en away from us were the two burros and and the .body of the dead one. For one moment it whirled closeto our . side, then turning it struck with a‘crash among a mass of sharp rocks. I saw the broken and splint ered timbers of the raft ~rige half out of the watery tl\livtflf“ofn(llit‘ brief moment, they pitch downward.and disappear in the roarâ€" ing flood.. . lt A sharp rock loomed just ahead ; I saw Arrajo using the oar with desperate energy. but we swept rapidly down upon it, There was a crash, a violent shock,â€"as we struck, ind the next instant I was thrown flat unow theâ€"raft, and clung desperately to the timâ€" ber, close..to the side of Paul and Arrajo. Uhg rafparted in twain as a great foamin billow swept over it, and for a momient 1 thought we were lost. â€" But swinging dlear of the rock . we swept onward. Arrajo still struggling to guide ug away from the dan gerous racké that lay before us. «Our frail craft aow swept through the dangerous channel and glided into smoother ‘The last gleam of the sinking sun had now «lied away on the summits of the bills, and the gray shadows of the twilight were fast yathering over the stream. . .., 2X In a few mioments . we had sentered the rockâ€"pierced tapids, and all about ‘ us the foamâ€"capped waters were léapingâ€"and whirl ing: wiLth $ du'fex:ing roar. h se Every vestige of hope left me as I was this, and turning to Paul I saw that he was as pale as death. â€" Arrajo still stood. with car in hand, a strange look of perplexity and resoliition on his swarthy visage. . snnb hstnntniin hi tlimeindchaiyad Bd m had Suddenly he dippeitthis oar into the water and steered the raft toward the steep cliff that skirted the right bank of, the stream. Was he going to try to land‘ ‘ No ; this would be utterly impossible sifte a perpenâ€" dicular cliff ror)g twenty or thirty feet above the water.â€" j A fgw vigorous strokes of the oge and the raft was gliding swiftly along the very edge of the cliff, Then dropping the car upon the raft, he‘quicklypicked up a long lariat that lay at lis feetâ€"one used to Yiniet the burrosâ€"and began to coil it in his hands. _ The sound of the waters rushing, through the rapids, now close ahead, came to us in a thunderous roar, sending a chill of terror to our hearts. The cliff, atong whose base we were now running, varied. in height from twenty to fifty feet, and I saw that Arrazo had his gaze fixed upon some object on its summit at & point where it was not over twenty feet high. This object, as I soun disâ€" covered, was the stump of a broken pine that grew on the very verge of the cliff. Though neither Paul nor 1 had the slightâ€" est idea what Arrajo intended to do, we obeyed as quickly as possible, only too glad to grasp at the faint hope that his words gave us. . _ ... n ott agged rocks piercing the !uming‘:illow ol e rushing stream. irn'o,uuin d, stood cady to guide the rafé tiwo h the danger us c{:umel, while Paul and“flwod despair ng and helpless, not knowing what to do. Th}owing one ‘end to mé, he said, hur riedly:.. ... . _ ‘* You and Paul fasten this to your belts as quick as you can ; be ready, amd, when I tell you, both jump into the water." Then he began swinging the loop which ‘he held in his hand about his head. peed, and already the water about was lscked with foam. | The raft soon \nfiu to ook pitch violently as it was whirled wiftly on the now turbulentâ€"waters. ‘ar below 1 could see masses of sharp and agged rocks piercing the foaming billow oi »endicular cliffe, and there was nothing t« 0 but wait and trust to Ar'n-jo'nr-fi.flm f_rlg‘\'lod'o to suggest some plan of iver _ As woâ€"drew near I saw the lo? suddenl]y shoot npward from the halfâ€"breed‘s hand, 1t rose swiftly till it reached the toF of the cliff, then it settled over the stump of the pine. * Jump for your dives !" The slml’p, imâ€" [ perative _t‘,ommaag came ‘from Arrefo, n.n(l] withoutâ€"Am ‘instAnt‘s hesitation we leaped. from the raft into the rushing stream. I felt a quick sudden tightening of the rope, and. then we were; swept under by the ronring flood. Though bewildered and strangled, L. clutched the rope tightly, and with the iit stinct oh_olfâ€"zreser.\'atibn. drew nsyseTf upâ€" ward till my head was above the water. i‘anl. who was an excellent climber, was the first to ascewd the rope. . As soon as hg hadâ€"reached the top of the cliff Arrajo liFimied for me to f:ng. 1 did as Mrectâ€" ed; â€"but was so nearly exhausted when I reached the top that I sank down almost helpless el:fon the rocks. Then we were soom joined by Arrajo, whose coolness and bravery had rescued us from the very jaws of death. § . As I did so I found Paul and Arrajo at my side, both clinging desperatély to the rope. The current had swept us around against the cliff, and there we clung with only the srfall rope between us and a watery grave. As soon as we got our heads above water Arrajo explained that one of us must climb to the kg) of the cliff while the other two remained in the water so as to sulject the rope to as slight a strain as possible. Mr. Munn of the Scientific American tells many interesting stories about patents and inventors. _ He. eays the gimletpointed screw has brought more wer.lt%n to different men than many silver and gold imines of the West. A man named Walter Aiken was the first to think of jt and he realised a hand: some fortune. . Aiken‘gfathep, by the way, invented a sawset which brought him $100,â€" 000 or more. . Ft was a Yankee who first thought of putâ€" ting copper tips on children‘s shoes nmlphuu check became good for magnificent sums. Sometimeés many years elapse before the good qualities of an invention are appreci ated. The patent on roller skates had wearly expired before it realized any profit. Then somebody startedâ€"a rink, and so mafe the ekate iryentor worth 1,000,000. " We reached our> destination the nex! morning by sunrise, only too glad to retun alive from a trip that had proved so disas trous. i Who has not seen the " Dancing Crow?" Who would believe that it worth $75,000 a year to its . inventor * it is trme. â€" â€" ?mw the shores of the. riv«: ,"WOh.orn-lhhn landing plac \ will spon {rth 1 + ‘Wis words .dfl’u:'\u-'-,w & -l:‘lllhnh-‘yvlrdmm;-w nl‘n ¢ 1 ) tss dn a Wl m llanfilfidunh\omm'nfldlo! i Rhoved tane wonipe toee mile revlld llu: the ‘ll:b. It is i-?wihllhrnun escribe the feeling of . helplessness anc espair that came over me at that moment _ One ot the largest fortunes ever realized from m patint was made by the man who vonceived the idea of putting emery powsiâ€" an cioth, and flnjnvurudd gh::b.llnu:‘b-‘r over proved to & tab _K_rm e rubber tip for lead pencils ma $100,000. ‘The pen for shadimg with dif ent colors brings an‘annual stipend of $20( (100,and.in the year 1887 alone, is prov« by testimony in recent legal action, the i I knew that it would be impossible for us » land, walHedin as we were with perâ€" c-'-fi:.:” + hfi"""‘fy‘ T .fl':fl'm;h k a.grent ze me & Te m, afforded sufficient aid to vesse wihder over the feas ; so, also, a ma dmfim in a storm tossed cits hi content with littl effects i itessings for ~his fellowâ€"citizesis. â€"[ Epici. tentor of motal plates for protection of toles and beels of shoes realized a proi 31,250,000. f We were now rui at a fearful rate of ced, and already the whter about was *~~~â€"Portunate Patentees. Vn Roo neoiiel en ece ue * The was about fortyâ€"five feet long and i over 2,000 oroundm Attach was 2,500 fee cable, which passed ; the mouth oi'.ho well, over the crown‘pulley at the top df the der wick, and then. down to the windlass, on which the surplus h‘:xt.h was coiled. . The wiudlass was by the ‘bull: rope ‘ running from .m wheel, which, in turn, was connected with the ontine. The tools were pulled from the well by means of the engine turning this windlass and winding up the cable. $ qh weue _ r“GxI: fi;;d; in question the tools had just been pulled, t{e battered bit unscrewed from the stem and a sharp one subslituted, the bailer sent an its three or four long trips into the earth for its load‘of muddy water, and the tools swung back to place and started «down the well. ® ‘* All went"smoothly for a few‘ secondsâ€" everything goes by seconds‘about an oil well when nudfienly the drill struck and stop ped, perhaps 400 feet below the surface. Like a flash the engine, relieved of the strain, ran wild and began to‘ reel off stiff and dirty cible over the derrick floor at a dnngerous _r&te,/throwing one coil of the »{uirining qss squarely over the ‘tool, dres ser‘s body just a« the driller, who acts as engineer, shut off steam. . The tool dresser stood in the certer of this twisting heap, unable to make an effort at escape. . ltaeened there could be mo help for him. In an instant or two more the eabte would gitts itown thit TtHtehot; and: then, when the finat jerk of more‘than a ton of falling . metal~on the unfortunate man, the force would come again upon the windâ€" lass, there to stop or brea.k the line. . What matter which w the poor. fellow who mnsi 10. 1BTG :0 +. uy . , ‘* Before a hand could be raised to release the unfortunate captive the blood was near ly frozen in our veins to see that mass of lbusâ€" ened cable running like lightning down the well. â€" The drill had started. . We couldâ€"not reach ~the man. The floor was diterally piled with an animated, writhing mass of horrible death. Stiff and slippery with dirtyâ€"ater, the Joops and kinks were hurlâ€" ed about s though in search of other prey. t Fully half of the loG#e cable had rn> down the well when, with a mad impu to do something, I sprang to the brake. â€" mptness of an Eagineer Saved a M« by Almost a Miracle,. = L v.hhkfiounudthjnul&-r\(n ‘ossed was one in which steam ud&r:vfls were &ome‘ll aâ€"human life. t! : ake," writes a tributor, . "In V + :utumn of 1885 I allowed m to becom: ||uwnd'flly ildmnu'a.d‘inld well in t:f rou county, ie \'Munl!;':nouah 1 spent M"fl‘ round my venture, particularly after the well was nearly finished. thousans {eet was about t{o usual depth for that field. and at the time of the t â€"of which , ) m to tell the drill was thundering away hore than,1,800 feet below us. â€" â€" . " _ .. O SStop! Keep back Yelled the driller, and his own hand opened the throttle. . It came upon me in\ an instant, then, that to s#p the drill was to throw the full weight oif‘tne man‘s body, while.so long as the line could bekept slack he was safe. Then I understood. 'l};xe driver meant to unâ€" reel the rope as dast as 1t descended. C * What a race that was between two giant powers working at either end ‘of the sameline | The derrick quivered under the strain of that flying windlass, while the drippings from the rope were thrown in all wlirections, covering the place from end to end. * Hardly an extra coil was left upon the floor. The line was nearly taut. But atâ€"the other end it= rolled loose with a speed that was frightful, and gliding swiftly about the man‘s waist as round 4 post, plunged out of sight, ‘ other erd forward. . * Would he never gain on his antagonist * It seemed as if he must, running at such a frightful rate, butever ; coil of the cable was snatched down the wglha.a'soon as it left the windlass...True, he did not lose ground, but when the very slightest loss meant death to the man bafore us there was no great assurâ€" ance of safety in that. + R " Fortunately, extra steam had been rais ed for pulling the tools, so that there was no lack of power. _ Nor was it spared. ('Pfic crown pulley was threatening to juinp from the block, but the weight held it back. The windlass bearings were sending out clouds of., smoke. _ The _bull rope ‘groaned and creaked. â€" The floor was trembljng under the vibrations of the flying wheels, ‘and the very ground shook as thongh torh by an earthâ€" quake. * Now stop at last the straining enâ€" gine, forf the race is over. . Steaut has won. _ "In the cnginwh‘uuse‘ one must have tremble("l, fearing the engine would be torn from its block, but still the driller at the ‘* As Boon as possible we released the prisoner. , He was burned somewhat about the waist, where the cable had passed, Lut not so badly as one would have expected. The stiff line had not bent up closé, but stood out like a revolving barrelâ€"hoop. . "So the novel race ended well. But I never lost my admiration for the man whose coolness at so trying a time prompted him to assist instead of checking that runaway drill." ‘mrr};hv- Leadhitis;â€"andâ€"other partsâ€"of Lanâ€" There has just_been issued, in the form of a bulky Blueâ€"book, the second report of the Royal Commission that was appointed to inquire into the subject of mining roy: alties: _ It includes minutes of evidence and appendices. | The witnesses included Mr. (;whmn-PMrick, who furnished interesting information ‘to the ‘Commission regarding mining operations .in Scotland. from a remote period. . Amongst ther things he was askedâ€"Was any grcntfiimllity of gold produced in Ncotland* A.â€"A very large «quantity ; initéed,. nearly the whole of the old gold coinages of Scotland were minted out of the native* metal, â€" and . the records â€"not the _ records _ in _ this book, but the records of the Mintâ€" show that a very large amount of gold was broucht into the Mint from Crawford Moor arkshire and Dumfricsshire. > I remember in one case that one miner brought in 8lb, weight (Scots) of gold in one week, and was paid for it at the Mint rate. Q.â€" What were the gencral arrangements as regards royalty * A. â€"â€"The general arrangeâ€" ‘ments as far as one can jlulge by the recurgfl. was â€" a â€" royalty \':u,\'inq from 6 to 10 per cent of the gold. Then the léssee (the licence holder from the"Crown, was lecul to so‘l the old to the Mint at a certain fixed rate, which gave another profit, and then ue n ud to pay a cortain am®uit for minting, so that the profit of the Crown on the gold was very high. Q. Ntvme!g’efl, 1 think, there was n hxed rate by which the lessee who bronght in the gold received a less_ number of coins than the‘ gold would produce at the Mint? A.â€"Yes; and very often he was bound to bring inhl of 24 carats, and got back the same weight in 18 carats. (0. fl addition to having to pay something for the minting? A.â€"â€"He had to pay an onnce to an ounce and a half on every 106 or Mint charges. Q.â€"At that time were iny other metai« worked in Scotland to any xtent? A.â€"â€"No ; they did not attract much ttention owing to the disturbed state of the »untry. (Q.â€"What was the time hat ‘leLI was worked at, all cml in «otland * A.â€"Lead was worked in Sycm ind no doubt from a very early period, eer vas paid for i Vhat were t! egards royalty nents as far as c ras . a . roya 0 per cent hesee (the licer no donbt from a very early period, : 1y before 1423, bm?w first records of lead being yery extensively worker whout the middSe of the 16th century. __â€"â€"â€"â€"soup â€"qpeam. Gold Mines in Scotland. A RAQE FOR LIFE 707{: the cofinectin g rod urged , it Uhs Cunming Rodents Find Them Vseful Before we had much observed mice, the m“r...w es d us ut hone of, shat L . We ow of w serv t 1o the lmt to .the wcke, are, we see, of use in their comâ€" mate ; for when they fight, they ~very often «ce dne another standing on uwkhlmi\T, he tail then making, as with kangaroos, the hird feature of a triped. _ â€" _ & remely comic. Small mice, also, when atâ€" tacked by their, bigger oon'fnm. raise their paws before their faces, the attitude in that case stramgely suggesting onp of depreâ€" cation, * What occurs when belligerent bucks actuâ€" ally engage, only instantancous photography could record, soapid are their movements. Presumably, they try to bite ; but must conâ€" sider defense ‘the better part of valor, for they never appear to get hurt much, and betweer the rounds will nibble away at the orust which brought them intfi the vicinage, only showing their excitement by rattling their tailsfagainst the ground. Occasionally, a tail geized by the teeth leads to one mouse having to drag his cuemy over the floor ~tgll he latter lets go. « In alettecto Natus« the following instance of extraordinary local mayifetic disturbance, due to,the presence of magnetic rocks, is cited by Commander Creak : . * 9/ .. ‘In September, I8$5, when her Majésty‘s gurveying vessel Meda was passing Bezout l-la.mi, near Cossack, Northwest: Australia, a steady deflection of her compass of 30 deâ€" grees was observed. â€" Thisremarkable result has, however, since been exceeded by obserâ€" vations made in the Péuguin on November 6, 1$90. _ The Penguin being two miles north, 79 degrees east, from Bezout Island, a deflecâ€" tion of 22 degrees was observed. . ‘The ship was immediately auchored, and some®hours of the next day were spent investigating the matter. On Bezout Island itself the absolute. values of the variation and dip were normal, the dip being 50 degtrees 1‘‘7 south. â€" But at a position north 70} degrees east, distant 214 nflg:s from that on Bpzout Island, the observedâ€"dip on board was 83 degrees south, with a very small fHleflection of the compass. _ At 9000 feet to the westward <of thisâ€"theâ€"dipâ€"wasâ€"normal, . and . it decreased . rapidly as the center was quitted in any Jirection. â€" At about 100 feet south of the Their b;.uu' aran oo.-rv;Tlen they thus stand iaging one another with their heads thrown "ack and thgir paws in front of their faces is, on account perhaps of the resemblance it hears to the posture of ‘prizeâ€"fighters, exâ€" wouter of disturbance, the compass was ‘deâ€" ‘lccted 53. degrees. This was the largest detlection observed, but the. compass was disturbed over an area of about a square mile. . The ‘general de})lh of watersin this awrea was nine tathoms, ‘and the quality of the bottom quartz sind. ‘The observations of the magnetiq elements at Cossack and the neighbérhood showed little or no disturl ance from local magnetic effects. It is therefore evident that the disturbances were due to magnetie minerals ab the bottom of the sea. k R & An Angloâ€"Belg‘tn Company has just been organized in Brussels, for the purpose of asâ€" suming the control of about oneâ€"fourth of the entire territory of the Congo Free State. This company will be Iknown as the Katangg Company, and it will have acapital of 3,000â€" 000 francs, . The Congo State has given to A Great Enterprise in th¢ Upper Congo Aoinne Vallby: . . thecompany a lease of the region of the entire. headwaters of the Congo, extending frnm\ the southern boundary of the state to Rtbaâ€". Riba, on the Congo, about 150 miles south of Stanlgy Falls, and bounded on the east by Lake Tanganyika and un the west approxiâ€" mately by 24° east longitude. The country embraces an area of about 220,000 miles, It is believed to be by far the most prOnising and . healthful part of ,the Congo state. It containg the famous copper mines of Katâ€" anga, whose product has been carried by, native traders ag. far" away ‘ as the Atlantic ~Ocean. According to the testiâ€" mony: of Commander Cameron, Cappello, Ivins, Reichard and two or three other explorers the region abounds in . gold: and other _ mingral. _ The Congo.. lgreé State concedes to the company thigenormous area with authority to work the minerals for a perfod of ninetyâ€"nine years. _ The comâ€" pany will have the option to work exclusiveâ€" ly for twenty years apy mines which they may be the first todiscover, _ It undertakes within three years to plage two steamers on the branches of the upper Tongo, to gstabâ€" lish at least three new stations and to organâ€" ize a force of police. ~ The expedition of Captain Delcommune is now at work in tÂ¥is region exploring parts of it which are almost unknown. When it started some months ago it was anâ€" nounced that its purpose was "to reach the mountains of Katanga by way of the Lomani river. Gréat secrecy is preserved as to its doings, but it is understood that it has actually reached Katanga and has achieved This is the‘most importairt stap the Congo ‘ State has yet taken for theâ€" development of its great resources. Thereports which various ‘ travelers have brought back from the region of the Con‘gq'u headwater, justify the beuefj‘ that no other part of Central Africa is so well ::n.lculg\,ue;to repay the efforts put forth by white capitalists to develop it. Mr. Arnot, after a journey lasting ‘two years, settled in the kingdom of Msiri, in the conâ€" viction which has been confirmed by further experience, fhat, of all the conntrigs he had visited in the interior of Africa, this region was the best adapted to be the home of white men. A part of the lofty central African plateau, this country has a fairly salubrious climate.* Dr. Re%hnrd reported that water sometimes freezes in the mounâ€" tainous partsof this territory, a phenomenon. which is not known to occur in any other part of central Africa. On one occasion some of Tippu â€"Tib‘s"tradersâ€"whoâ€"visitedâ€"the Katanga country, brought home a numâ€" ber _ of nuggots of . gold, _ which they _ reported â€" they . had found _ in refuse lreaps ontside of a native village. The natives had found this gold while digâ€" ging for dopper, and as lhe{ attached no value to the gold, they had thrown it away, Some parts of the country are well populated and ,V&?ri is undoubtedly the most powerâ€" ful native rule in central Africa toâ€"day. the next two or three years one of the least | loose puil b\llini over the hands so as to known parts of(‘e'vim( Africa will be thor@ conceal the knuckles entirely. onghly studied, and© we shall, know how | : 5n 'mn:h t'li}; fimll‘.v {l‘i"‘ m'gfi;n . 'mlEow the Naval Uniform Was Chosen® made available for the nses of the whité| The British navai uniform dates from who are i#tow ovctpying it. 1"46. in the relwn of Georse the Recond. imformnb resultg. . It was sent out by the Belgian Company for Cominerce and Inâ€" dystry, but the new company has now asâ€" sumed control of the expedition and will pay all its expenses. 2C 2+ _ As practical men have taken hold of this project, there is every prospect that within the next two or three years one of the least There is a tine chance for some enterprisâ€" ing young man. with a taste for adventure and pognphie research to make himself {amous by uMlinE the question of those mysterious Grand Falls of Labrador. Two wen hwve asserted that the Grand river {ambles over the edge of the great fl‘m" of inmer Labrador, and that in a single h-aK thee M: waters reach Mother Eart 2,000 feet below the spot where they dropped The Grand Falls of Labrador Still a Mysâ€" tery. itand river, all neady for some ig Canaâ€" lian who is willing toâ€"invest a *n\h money ind do a little ronghing it in order to learn the truth about them. Whe will attempt it this summer ? wer the wall. The story is stupendous, vhether the falls are or not. ‘ Geographers (â€"a imclined to be doubting Thomases whenâ€" â€"ver these falls mwyv:‘n/c!ngg, though we «ave never.â€"heard img agninst Messrs. Maclean and Kennedy, ‘who visited them .timt of one anpther and told The Ltary about them. v little, there they are oply 160 miles up the USE OF MIGE TAILS. Masnetic Rocks. tA CETALE the sloov iflnt‘:flm W‘I!U“h ‘:: PMESENT um:l. * in R conspic features ato ths fanpvimmn ot in aidin may" the sloove aud is ureciferated heighy on the tzhu , the m ect 0 of in oimn epmeg anniaates i0es, not to the exclusi or nterference ‘ with, the contralâ€"fastening waist, and the sustaimted favoritism . of the flaring collar, an adjunct of which the style renders_it equally useful l? cold or warm vm' this leng! of the to this an ex t ouff, Ir}l its puM.z:t or % ling brings it down to Almost cover â€"an effect in perfect harmony with the flarâ€" ing collar and high sleeveâ€"and you have _uxceglm as ‘regards a few minor matters o which this article will also treat, the entire g:»grumm.a of dress effeets as now ‘about to seen and alveady adopted. NOVHL EFFEOTS. One of these is in a.deep coat shape as to the back‘alone, the waist in front having an invisible side fastening, a hi?h collar flacing at the top but clinging to the throat below this flare, and sleeves which diministttoward the wrist and show a row of flat pleats held down by stitching above the elbow, this full> ness being gathered into the long cuff below. The skirt parts in front over a second fabric, wnd this effect is repeated at the back, The hem is potched. Tmre are four breadths, all straight. Whilein the description of street costumes wndâ€"other dressés there will be mention â€"in this number_of many and varied styles of waists, a few ay be cited here which offer: ‘wertain features, {hq imention of which will. be of service to ladies who are making up: their summer outfit. , The silk or sateen lining being retained, cotton dresses display wce trimimings, velvct ribbon, watered silk, andfull jabots of crinkfed or plain muslin of theâ€"thinnest kind. . A fitted ceat is seen in sotme such dresses and having sides which are extended to nine or ten inches below the waistâ€"line and ave â€"square both front "und . back.~ Then agam, totton dresses will show the waist belted and â€"unlined; the . sides below the . waistâ€"line consistâ€" ing‘_of .@; deep piece of . plenting. attached either to the waist itselfor to a belt: A great many yokeâ€"waists are séen in these summer fabrics ; and with these the material | is often carried up above theyoke in a point or the yuke will runâ€"down into the lowâ€"set point. The yleated stdes will often show a fufile helow the pleating, while, in lawn esâ€" mpestathy; fullâ€"waists ~are gatherodâ€"onâ€"cordeâ€" and garnished _ with a turnedâ€"over colldr or Bave none at all. Silk waists often have a coatâ€"picce ofâ€"eleven or, ‘twelve inches in depth .and are beltéd in. There is a wide hack, bias sleeves and either no collar or a flat one. The fronts fall open in a jacket shape over & waist, in some examples, made ‘like that of a~shirt and having a wide belt "pointed up and down, With such a top the collar is usually stafiding. Cheviots show long coatâ€"tops witl%:epuoat-aides and are single or double breastedovera shirtâ€" waist"ora vest made liken gentleman‘s waistcoat. . A ver novelsuit hassuch a waistcoatassociated witi ‘ \deep ‘*coatâ€"skirt" sides, and this is simply crossed by a wide, straight belt fastened by thongs such as have been alveady described by us in other numbers, The curious feature Lof a jabot displayed both front and back and running to the beltâ€"ling will be found.in the newest sumter dresses. ~ Revers are seen on beige and cheviot as well as other light woolens, and the sin%le-breuted coatâ€"top on which they are displayed i8 open soâ€"as to show. a lowâ€"eut vest, often of velvet matchâ€" ing the revers. The ends cf the coat are so long at the back as to touch the hem of the skirt which is plain, and the sides which are shorter. Tge collar is high above a low collar of velvet. The sleeves are not tery full, andâ€"omfsuch woolens often have small Dittons in‘ rows of six, eight, ten, or twelve on the inside seam, and three or four on the cuf, _ The bodice shows larger buttons on Tach side of the closed portion of the front. e SKIRTS, s Skirts are lonFer on all the dresses except the mountain dresses worn qver. knicker, bockers and which will be extensively used by ladies going about to continte the physi~ kcul culture begum at gymnasiums and clubs | _ A remarkably pretty sleeve is shirred all |along the arm below an immenscly high rufl' on the shoulders, and has a shallow loose puff falling over the hands so as to in the winter. The bias skirt in four straight, breadths, a wideâ€"hemmed skirt turned up on the outside and piped and with a foundation skirt beneath are both worn, as well as a straight or nearly straight and simply hemmed. skirt which measures three yarss and a half or four yards at the foot, and is somewhat sloped at the top éof thebreadth seen in front. The plain efâ€" fect is to a certain estent lessened by an extending of the width at the foot, and by. making the pleats fuller at the top. . A skirt will have three front breadthsslightly %ored. These are draped in sleatu on each side, and have a couple of arts on éach side. A few shallow foldsof silk garnish the foot, and the back breadths show a pleating or gathering all of which is »losely drawn wfether in theâ€"middle of the back. Moreâ€"will be found relating to skirts in descrifltions of costumes and toilettes in this number. + There is less variety in sleeves than might be supposed in view of the fact that other adjuncts have varied of late, and although wn immense variety of fabrics will be seen in the contrasting effect with that of the rest ofthe dressâ€"as, for example, pieceâ€"lace, net, silk, éque. muslin, and two thin fabrics in the top and cuff_of the same sleeve, thus adding a third to the summer material in the remainder.Gif the twilette or costumeâ€"this seeming variety is inâ€"the, fabric and not in the shape. â€" But there is some variety even here, such as shows itself in the Tong flat pleats running all along the arm, the flatâ€" tening down or much increased bunching up of the top, the extending of the cuffs else: where llrntlul to in this article and which, 21““ now, seems to aim‘at hiding the whole and, the extensiye use of buttons, the hayâ€" ing, ms seen in some imported dresses, the outside of the sleeve in one fabric, and the inside half of â€"another, and, in some examples, the . yÂ¥ffing all along the arm, and diminishing only at . the wristâ€"where itâ€"becomesâ€"olose_shirring.â€"A sleeve with a straight top shows, in an imâ€" ported dress, a ,haning puff at the elbow, and a smaller one at the wrist in a style calledQueenâ€"Claude. The pagoda sleeve conâ€" tinues to be immensely liked, and its coolâ€" mess, comfortableness, and pretty effect have established it for the summer, while the aleeve close on the forearm is not showing mny decline of favor. < . The British navai uniform dates from 1746, in the reign of George the Second. The adoption of & uniform is said to have been suggested by a club of sea officers who met on Sunday evuin‘; at Will‘s Coffee House, Scotland Yard. This bevy of officers passed a resolution that a uniform dress: is useful and nece:u;{ for the commissionâ€" ed officers agreeable to the practice of other nations, and a committee was aj inted to wait upon the Duke of Bo: r:rd and the Admiralty, and if possibM to obtatian interview with the King. 1t was determined to establish a uniform, but the actual selection of colours came about jn a very curious way. The story is thus fi;ld :â€"** Mr. Forbes, then Adtniral of the Fleet, was summoned to attend the Duke of Bedford, and being introducéd into an apartâ€" ment mrrofl*d'ith various dresses, his inion was asked as to the most m’fl m. The Admitat said, ‘ Red and , or King has determined otherwise. For havâ€" m“ nyl)nh-rkllahthhkn day» ago, in a habit of blue faced with white, the dress took the fancy of His Majesty, who has, ?poh\ed it for the ud:‘n. of the Royal Navy." blue and fed, a« these are our national BOME WORDs OF FASAION, wAISTS SLEEVES * The Kaflirs, without â€"exception, ‘use toâ€" baceo, which grows here progl):se'ly, and of & very fine .qudlity. Men, women and chil dren use snuft, which they make from tobacco mixed with ashes. They carry their snuff boxes, a cylinderâ€"shaped tube, ima slit made in the lobe of the ear. ‘Their pipes are curious affairs. _A cow s horn is.secured, into . which they insert diagonally a â€"stem, and on this they affix a bowl for the tobaceo. The horh is then filled with water and smoke, .and water drawn into the mouth. The former is inhaled or ejected through‘the nose and the water spat out. This performance is acâ€" compained with much coug,hinÂ¥ and chatterâ€" ing and singing the praises of their chief, nation, god amd8 employer ; the latter: does not always come in for unmixed. praises. .. dead hau_;t! his lorm?lhode, In case of w Gdden death in the*ribe it is often atâ€" tributed to the influence of a witch, and on application of the relatives, which is always made, an investigation is made to discover the one who has cau!od the sudden denise. The " lunza amanzi," or evil doctor, is the presiding %emus. His modus operandi is to assemble all the suspected parties around a flat vessel of water, into which they look, one at a time, their features being fully reâ€" Hected in the water.. When the guilty one‘s turn comes a ripple is seen to pass over the water. Of course, this ripple is produced by a trick of the lunza amanzi, and is generâ€" afiy enacte 1 when one whom he has a grudge mgainst 1ooks into the water. The ungo,nu_ll- or lost.â€" The Kaffirs believe in a future state of existence, not ‘only for the soul, but also ‘for the bedy. ‘This belief is strangely similsr to that of Christian . traâ€" ditions., How it got into the Kaflir reâ€" ligion is not known, but it is one of their most @hcient and |trouFut traditions. When a head of a family.dies his hut with all his personal belongin;s is ‘abandoned, the idea prevailing . ch&'?hé’ spirit of the ate individual is then handed ‘over~to"the tender mercies of the infuriated relatiyes, who make short wigrk of puLtinf him where he can do no more harin. The spirit ‘of the departed, knowing that his death has been avenged, then restsin peace. In“uunlq‘bo- Klipdam to Pretoria, in Afrige, I saw a ct man “a fiu Kafir tribes in this )l'oothl ' ohm;' In passing â€" along "the rogds will find at intervals a savage head gazâ€" wnyu'mnyuol death.. An h«m mmf du:l“‘ vri‘:u‘: s correspondâ€" ol G m + ent of the Athnfi;%flium’m. ‘Their ‘cusâ€" tom is to place the body in a sitting posture mofiqg dth but the h.;db with ,:g"h‘ .:.fi& vidin e w @ m e in in ie e hn i ieiic nd it the the mpirit will reat in peace ane no without the du;ger of getting le or lost.â€" The ufl\uAgll;‘::.in These burial placés are near a public road, so that when the resurrection comes they will be ready to.jump up immediate: ly and follow the snrh along . theâ€"road without the danger of getting ’el& behind The Marveilous Invention of a Western Genius, and Its Mode of Opcration. Prof: Richard de Long, the ‘inventor of the new feline motor, is a tall, paleâ€"faced man, with a threeâ€"story, bay ,wiuilfow foreâ€" head overhanging a pair of deepâ€"set, skyâ€" blue eyes, set on eashâ€"side of a darge, thin, hooked nose. ‘He is not x beauty ; but he is a genius. 2s 9 d CoopPene ai ® L _ His feline motor, which at present is creating such a sensation in scientific circles inStoughton, Wls., is a marvelloug machine, wnique in appearance and wonderful in operâ€" ation, It may be described as a curions combination of large and small flyâ€"wheels, great balanceâ€"wheels, bright steel rods, and an almost innumerable number of coilsof cop« per wire, all joined too brightly polished cy linâ€" der of brass, one end of which projects into a wire cage filled with ordinaryâ€"cats. Its operation is very. simple, but surprisini in its results. â€" A‘slight pull on a small nickel plated lever starts the machine. Then like lightning from out the end: of the cylinder projecting into the cage there shoots a long steel arm and hand, grabbing one of the cats by the nape of the neck and yanking it into the cylinder, where it disappeas with a yawl of more than feline‘terror. f)n a moment the fiyâ€"wheels, the great balinceâ€"wheels, and all «of the complicatedâ€"machinery begins to move, at first slowly, but soon with startling mapidity. _ At the proper moment, which is insicatetlflby & small clockâ€"like‘ attachment, the operator pulls another lever, when from out o?Lfie otherend of the cylinder, with hair and tail erect, scintillating eyes, apd a caterwent dislocating to one‘s spinal column, the cat isfprojeeted into a tub of cold water prepared for its reception. . This operation, surprising as it may seem, extracts from the cat electricity equivalent to the power represented:by: ten horses, working for on@hour, and this power can be stored _ in the cylinder until needed. As a cat can be run through the motor every threeminutes, and all the accumulating electricity be stored, the power of the maâ€" chine is practically limitless. ‘The same cat can be used once every ten hours without in the least impairing its health and general usefulness. ) ts n.l The Professor is jubilant over the success of his invention. He is satisfied that he has overcome every difficulty, and intends soon to put the machines upon the market. â€" It speaking of the origin of the invention and tg:.pmbnble‘resu]m‘ of its use, he says : d rp ces c 3 "I have long believed that theâ€"cat is nature‘s Leyden jar, charged, with an enorâ€" mous amount of electricity, but in such a manner as to‘require a peculiar process ‘to extraet it. This process it has been my good fottume to discover. ‘The discovery will be of incalculable benefit to mankind. It will revolutionize the mechanical world and be felt in every de{mrtment of life. By its means every family, no matter how poor, can have its home Brilliantly lighted with electricitX at & lesscost than to have it poorâ€" ly ligthed with kerosene. By simply running the now practically useless house cat through the msc?rine twice each day a sufficient amount of electricity can be engendered to illuminate . brilliantly any mediumâ€"sized house. Think how advantageous it would be to a large city. Take New York, forexample. Cn.reful?ymmpilod statistics show that there are nt;}rcsent within the city limits about 9,098,347 cate. â€" This represents very nearly a 20,000,000 continuous horse power, or enough to light the entire city and furnish all the motive power needed to do its work. The feline motor will do away with steam. Ten years from now, T venture to say, there will not be a steam engine in active operaâ€" tion in the United States. # Prof.: Karabacek, the well known Vienna Orientalist, made an interesting statement. at the last sitting of the Vienna Academy of Science. _ It appears that the library of the Sultan of Tur{‘:ey contains a letter of Moâ€" hammed which was discovered in the middle of the century in Coptic monut,erx, and was bought in 1858 by Sultan Abdul. Meshid for h/\llfln million piastres. . Tt is believed to be enmine, and is regarded by the whole Moâ€" finmmedun world ms a sacred relic. . Prof. Karabacek, who has cast doubts nr the :enni:'ene- of the letter, no:'h t.h'i‘h tt e is in a rfl“fl to: va t it is a forâ€" gery. â€"[Pall ‘Mall G-a::‘; \ For {'2 y;trl, i\)l: Fldw:'rd Evans, former employed by Dayey & Moore, gless manu dct-ren. London, Eng., suffered from the worst of rhenmatism. He was treated at infirmaries, but was always discharged as incuriible. _ His legs and hands were swollen to twice their natural size. He could not walk ; the pain drove him almost frantic, through his bones. The first application of St. Jacobs Oil Mhnd':-,nr:!onml its use the swelling léft his limbs ; in}a week he could walk,‘all pain had vanished and he went to work. I A Reputed Letter of Mohammed Twice Thsir Natural Site THE FELEINE MOTOR Among a Bavgge trong were swollen | e could notl sz‘%g? wers pplication .rzlonm' _limbs ; inya iad vanished ;.";,nmmncmâ€"u- Â¥+ stored to RPerfeot Health. * MZâ€" , from dyspepsia than Mr. E. A, McMabon, & iry . well known.geosero! Stannton, Va,â€" He says: ‘ ooo dl ds t aea n e e 7 e mc OeB (PCCCRAARRReieven CR ETE Y :c .. } «4 ~->Â¥nph'â€"polv,-â€"fld‘-is-sn-p;xwd to â€"have come ; from one of the telegraph conduits, which , are infested with.mice. Ffom the }‘solcr-t.he little rodent. proceeded to walk deliberately ; alongone of the telegraph wires. He bad {mot advanced far when he was seen by two ; Sparrows, who immediately showed fight, 1 {)robu.bly because they. thought "the wiresw | the exclusive property of their tribe, and: | resented the intrusion. The sparrows would !swoop down as.near as they dared, giving | yent to their peculiar, shrill notes of apger ;‘ | but as the mouse also showed fight, t! ey ‘ were aclittle afraid of making too close an acquaintance: ~The two sparrows were soon joined by others, and if their cries had been of any avail would have come off victorious. | As it was, the mouse travelled on to the next pole in safety, and quickly descending to the ground, wag soon lost to sight. « | 1y appreciate wist a druly wonderâ€" fulâ€"mediciue it is. "The delicious , sensations or healing, easing, clearâ€" ing, strengthâ€"gathcring and recoverâ€" ing are unknow;t joys: For Gerâ€" mau Svitn we do not ask easy cases. "a«a.and watet may smooth a hi wat or stopa ticklingâ€"for a whifé: * Lhis is as far as the ordinary cough inedicine goes. Boschee‘s German | Syrup is a discovery, a great Throat and Lung Specialty. Where for | years there have been sensitiveness, | pain, coughing, spitting, hemorrâ€" ; hage, voice failure, weakness, slipâ€" | ‘ping down hill, where doctors and ( medicine and advice haveé beenswalâ€" lowed and followed to the gulf of despair, where there is the sickening eostvistion that all is over and the i en & imcvitable, there we. place Ge: / in Syrup. Iteures. Yonare l a live man yet if you take it.. ®@ ® An amusing incido s as witnessed gome time ago in a stre«C sc thoe pool, in cwhich arsmall mouse figsr i «> a high wire perâ€" former, attracting the «uteation of a large number of spectators of both sexes. . When the mouse was first.seen he was on a teleâ€" .4 °C . 665 C a gmweim am â€"~~ ing qver 200.poungls, ~In that year an allment developed into acute dyspepsia, and soon T was WEJ:M.M nfln A.Throat and L_L_mg Specialty SenSaTIONS MN LMG BIUMEC, palpitation of the. heart, s "nausea, and indigestion. I I‘could not sleep, lost all heart in my work, bad fits of melancholia, and for days at a time X would have welcomed was employed ficâ€"afimâ€"ml?fifi‘at the whites in oe.l}]uumrial Africa. Only fort miles of the road, however; were compleu«{ This place is believed to be the best poing on tte coast from which to extend a rajlâ€" roadâ€"to Lake Tanganyika. The prospects are that the Dar es Salaam will become one of the most‘important places/if East Afrfca. death,.. I became raoroge, sullen and irritabie, and for eight yearn life was & burden.â€" 1 tried many physicians and many remedies, One day a workman employad by me suggested that I‘take | a__.;. _‘ Hood‘s Sarsapa~ smfl rilla, ‘ as it had ; rI ‘ eured his wife of dyspopâ€" sia.â€" I did so, and before taking the whole of a bottle I began to feel like a new man, The terrible painsto which I had deen subjected, ceased, the palpitation of the heart subsided, my stomach became eagier, nausea disapâ€" peared, abd (my entire system begam to tone up,â€" With returning strength came activity of f mind andbody.â€" Before ars the nm:fitfle was taken‘ Thad r ned my fornter weight and nattral condition. I am today well and I ascribe it to taking Hood‘s Sarsapgrilia." % N. B. _ If you decide to take Hood‘s Sarsaâ€" parilla do not be Liiduced to buy any other, Bold by all druggists, $1; six for 85. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. Theâ€"Qapital of German East Africa. Sarsaparilla ; 100 Doses One Doilar IT was o eqUAL. I‘T 1S THE BEST Pn i wl . Mn i Ii sn Hood‘s iE paout it M]@ % «.c emmmemencencs CURES PERMANENTLY & Brave 4 sengations in the stomach, palpitation of the. heart, Th wir. ho~e not wopu Boscuas‘s Ogtâ€" sfan Syfup s some severe and‘ chronic trouble of the Throat and Lungs can hard Tat a druly wonderâ€" \as. "‘The delicious on vennaiiorminc mss corconacense m3 SA Nuek / No