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Fitzgerald Leader. FITZGERALD, GEORGIA. —PUBLISHED BT— SCKTAFP d) SORT. During Queen Victoria’s reign the taxes in Great Britain have doubled and trade has increased seventy-fold. It does not necessarily take gold to arouse people to energetic aotivity in a new country notes the New York Sun. The people who made up tho first rush to tho Oklahoma country only a short time ago gathered in one day 1000 bushels of plums. Electricity in the operation of the farm is to become a factor presently on the far Pacific slope. Jesse Kil¬ gore, of Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon, has employed au electrician and is to install a thirty-two-inch dynamo to supply light and power for harvest work. The ever active desire of newspapers to give the public more than the worth of the public’s money had a manifesta¬ tion lately in the case of a paper at Juniata, Neb., which put in so modest a bill for county printing that the Supervisors voluntarily increased the amount of it and paid it. The Sun thinks that scorn must be felt by New York gripmen and Brook¬ lyn motormen for the motormen of Mechanicsville, Tenn. According to local newspaper plaints these actually stop in. one part of the town because children are so thick upon the track. “The cars have to be stopped,” one paper says, “to avoid an accident!” According to the lowest estimates the'corn crop this year will be afoout 1,800,000,000 bushels, With short grain crops abroad we ought to be able to market the surplus from such a crop at much stiffer rates than we have been able to get for crops of 2,000,000,000 bushels and over. Corn is so hard to handle that it is easily possible to get larger cash returns from a moderate crop than from one which breaks the record. ■ Not ail the plasei gold in California was taken out by the argonauts of ’49. There was plenty of it left for the peo¬ ple who went there for many years thereafter. If Alaska is as good a country, or half as good as California has been, prospectors will lose noth¬ ing by waiting a while for better roads, more trading^pests and lower p rices there. A region not much smaller than the United States is not to be overrun m one season or a dozen. ' •mmmmmm mmm n i. .... ....... .... | Says the Railway Age: To railway builders out of work Alaska offers a jjreat if not an inviting field. With a territory ten times as large as New York State, it has not a mile of steam road, or any other kind of road. Thousands of citizens of the United States are ready to emigrate thither long enough to pick up what gold they want, and yet our Government has not built a single railway for their ac¬ commodation. The only transporta¬ tion line into the gold fields is owned by selfish capitalists, non-resident at that, who expect to make a profit out of the indigent gold seeker. It remains to he determined, declares the Chicago Record, whether Professor William Libbey, of Princeton Univers¬ ity, is | to be thanked for his piotur- esque exploit in climbing up .the Mesa Encantada in New Mexico. The mesa has been the subject of endless ro¬ mance among the tribes who somehow manage to hold to existence in the furnace-heat of the middle plains of New Mexico, It is a rock 500 feet in height, not unsymmetrical in design, and standing alone on the plain. Un¬ til Professor Libbey came along aud in the interest of science shot ropes from a life-saving service gun across the summit no human hand, it is sup¬ posed, ever touched the mesa’s crown. At least this is the belief confirmed by Professor Libbey’s investigations; for, instead of fabled ruins of ancient cities and the relics of a prehistoric civiliza¬ tion, he found nothing but sage brush aud the usual dry scrub-growth of New Mexican plants. Science has gained a few photographs of these things. It has also gained the knowledge that the summit of the mesa is not inaccess- ible to exploration, provided the ex- plorer he equipped with enough ropes and a team of mules. But a whole world of romantic traditions has been wiped out. The mystery of the en- chanted mesa is gone. It might have remained for years useful as a figure in poetic imagery and inspiring to the imagination as a haunted and unknow¬ able land. Now it is nothing but a colossal pile of rock covered with ugly brush, and interesting only as an em¬ blem of some vast igneous upheaval of prehistoric times. Figuratively speak¬ ing, science has again met poetry and leant her to the ropes. ___ .... THE WELCOME HOME. When twilight evening bells echoes are ringing awoe* And greet me, My happy heart seems singing swoot Of some one who will meet me. 0/ blue eyes 'neath a golden and crown— Dear eyes! that watch wait— And little footsteps pattering down • /' The pathway to the gate. Though sad the toll, In barren soli, Though Fortune hns not found me, I know that night will bring me light And twine two arms around me! And let the day be gold or gray— What thought so sweet as this: “It drifts and dreams my darling’s way, Who keeps for me a kiss.” O love of life, and strength In strife! O O dear joy, child to sorrow that given! jnako life's; skies, And earth eyes as sweet as heaven! I still can bear with grief and caro And face the storms to be, If Love, the comforter, will share The crust—the crumbs, with me! —Atlanta Constitution. iDOODOOODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO | THE MISERABLE AUNT BY OKBV1U.E B. STEWART. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi $ ' w- =flHE Robbins family 4 M '* was a fair illustra- ta ... tion of a poor fam- EpfeaSST'% ily in a city who 'tCaMUjI tried to soar above \jpfr F their means and sm t\ ./ shine in the wealth¬ ier society. Of course, Jike most people of a similar ambition, they had many inferiors and but few superiors, and their country relatives were classed as among the first. Mr. Robbins bad long been dead, leaving a widow and two daughters, who were the family. An aged sister of Mr. Robbins, rather eccentric in her ways, had for some time been planning for a visit to her brother’s family, which, it is needless to state, was not destined to meet with great favor with the Robbinses, es¬ pecially with the girls. The arrange¬ ments completed for her visit, she wrote that they might expect her the “Well, as she is really coming, we must make the best of it,” sighed Mrs. Robbins, when she had read the letter aloud to her daughters. “Is she really so miserable?” asked Maude. “Well, she’s nervous and fussy, and likes to direct things wherever she is!” . • .v “And you let her ‘boss’you like the meek little mother you are,” said Lydia, the youngest daughter. “Of course, I don’t like to dispute or quarrel with her.” “Well,” said Maude, “I shall re¬ member that she’s papa’s sister, and said to bo very rich, but she must not undertake to manage me.” “Nor me,” said Lydia. “But you must both show her proper respect,” said Mrs. Robbins. “I will see to her room, and you girls must take a carriage and meet her at the depot.” ■So Sext day, £when Aunt Rebecca Whitcomb arrived at the station, she found two beautifill jjeces with the carriage waiting for her. i . Humph! better than I expected of Kate Robbins,” muttered the old lady as she seated herself in the carriage. She was a little, slim woman, with bright, snapping eyes of black; and that was all the girls could see for her bonnet and duster. But at dinner she appeared in some lace and elegant jewelry, which delighted the girls very much. . . Well, Kate,” said she, “you’ve raised a couple of pretty good-looking girls. Are they worth anything—are they worth the bread and butter that they eat?” “Of course we are,” laughed Lydia, while Maude cast a grave look at her aunt. ‘ ‘They are a great deal of comfort to me,” said their mother. “And a terrible expense to dress and such as that, I dare say, ” dryly re¬ marked Aunt Rebecca. “Well, of course, it costs some¬ thing.” “Got to having beaux?” Lydia laughed again, Maude looked vexed, and Mrs. Robbins said: “No; neither are they in love or en¬ gaged, if that is what yon mean.” “I’m glad to hear it,” remarked the old lady. “I’mgoing to be an old maid,” said Lydia. “Yes, to be sure! I’ve heard girls talk before. I was young myself, once, and a perfect beauty too.” The girls looked as if they doubted that, but did not say anything. After dinner Aunt Rebecca took a nap. In fact, as her health was not very good, she spent a great deal of her time in taking naps, during her visit of a few weeks. But she did not, at any time, interfere with the pleasures of tho girls, and Mrs. Bobbins waited upon her, so the girls did not find her stay as unpleasant as they had expected. A day or two before she was ready to go home, she invited both Lydia and Maude to go with her and stay a few weeks. “I shall be at the expense, of course,” said she, “and a.s it is in tlie country,you won’t haveto fix up any. It isn’t an attractive place,but if you want to go and cheer it up for a lonely,cross old woman, why, come on, and I will do whatever I can for you.” “I’ll go,” answered Maude quickly, pleased with the opportunity of a jour¬ ney. “I’ll go if mamma can spare us,” said Lydia. “Then run away, pack a few traps, and dust your traveling-dresses,” said Aunt Rebecca good-humoredly. “What a queer old soul,” remarked Lydia as they shook out their dresses. “I half like her, aud half don’t.” “So do I, ” said Maude. “But with all her wealth I don’t believe she’s happy. I wouldn’t like to live with her, but I guess we can stand it a few weeks.” "I suppose we shall find [things in grand style.” “Ho doubt. I wouldn’t go but for that. Say, Lyde, Aunt Beck may take a notion to leave us her money.” They packed their trunk and retired early to rest for the journey. It was near dusk, the next day, when they stepped from the train upon dingy plntform. A carriage took thorn to a building which it was too dark to see plainly, but light enough to reveal none other than 'a common, ordinary, farmhouse. They followed Aunt Re¬ becca into a small room carpeted with rag carpet, and lighted with a small lamp. Then into a sitting-room with another rag carpet,blue paper curtains, a settee covered with chintz, a half- dozen very plain chairs, and a wide old fireplace. A plain, comfortable farmhouse, but not at all what the girls expected. “Why, is this the place?” cried Maude. “Yes, this is the place. Why not?” asked Aunt Rebecca with a grim smile. “O, nothing,” stammered Maude, blushing, “only I thought that—that —it—” “It isn’t as fine as you expected to see,” interrupted their aunt. “Well, girls, when I go to town, I wear my best clothes and some real old jewelry, and folks take me to be a great deal richer than I really am. Now, you see the plain facts in the case. But maybe wo can have a pleasant time, if we are poor.” “O, I’m sure we will,” said Lydia quickly. But Maude spoke up plainly and said: “1 always did want to visit a plain old country home, just for the novelty of it.” “All right,” said Aunt Rebecca. “Betty, you show the youngladies up¬ stairs. Have the trunk taken up too. Take off your things and come down and we will have supper.” They were shown a large chamber with a high-posted bedstead, low, wooden-seated chairs, a pine wash- stand, and a cheap bowl and pitcher. i i What a big, bare place!” exclaimed Maude. “But it’s nice and clean,” protested Lydia. ‘ ‘Lyde, we’ve been completely sold. ” “No, Maudo, she never said she was rich. Mamma merely took it from common report. ” “I wouldn’t have come had I known this.” “I would, just for the fun of it. Corns, if you gre ready let’s go, down; I’m humrry ” - '^SoIKT i.'” The supper was plain, and served upon the commonest dishes, with steel knives and forks, that didn’t look ae well, but served just as well as the silverware the girls were used to at home. But they had plenty to eat, and it was well cooked. Being tired, they retired early that night. They had not been asleep long, however, when they were awakened by loud groans from below. The girls got up quickly and went downstair..? to find their aunt ill from a sudden attack of rheumatism, to which she was sub¬ ject. N'oah had gone for the doctor, and the girls watched the sick woman for several hours. But the next day she was able to sit up. “I’m a victim to those spells,” said she’. “I’m not afraid when anyone is here with me.” “That’s what she wanted us for,” whispered Maude to Lydia. “I can’t go out to-day,” said she; “but N'oah will take yon for a drive and show you the country.” When they came home Aunt Re¬ becca had a visitor. She presented him as her nearest neighbor, Mr. Walker. Lydia and Maude beheld a handsome face with piercing, dark eyes and black hair. “He owns a splendid place next to mine,” said their aunt, after the young man had departed. “I would like to know where that splendid place is,” said Maude when the girls were alone. “It must be that old rick-racked thing over in that thicket of weeds,” remarked Lydia laughingly. “Well, I’ll not set my cap for him, if he is handsome. ” “Neither will I,” returned Lydia. But during their stay of two or three weeks at the old farmhouse, they found Mr. Walker a very pleasant es¬ cort, and began to like him very much. One evening Aunt Rebecca said to them: “I’ve kept you here running about, for a cross old woman, as long as I ought. But I don’t like to be quite alone. If one of you girls—one only —will stay here and live with me, I’ll give you what clothes you need, and half of what I hare when I die. You know how I live, and know what to expeot. I will give you to the time you get ready to go home to decide in.” “I wouldn’t like to stay,” said Maude quickly. “I could not bear a oountry life. I should be miserable. ” “Very well. You shall go home whenever you choose. And how about you, Lydia?” “Well, Aunt Rebecca, I, too, do not like the country. But I do not think you ought to be left alone when you are sick so often. If you want me, why—why, I’ll stay awhile.” “Thank you, my darling,” said the •aunt. “But,” continued Lydia, “I don’t want you to leave me anything. I stay because I like you, and think I am needed.” “That’s a good girl,” said Rebecca, and Maude looked daggers at Lydia. “Now go and help Maude pack her things, since she has decided to go.” When they were alone upstairs, Maude said: “O, Lydia, how could you hide yourself here from the world all sum¬ mer?” ‘But I couldn’t refuse, Maude; she does need some one.” • r * “But such a gloomy hole as this old shanty. ” “Yes, I know; but you can send me some books and the latest papers, and I will pull through all right.” They started early next morning to take Maude to the depot. “We’ll drive around a little, and I’ll show you one or two beautiful plaoes before we go. I don’t think you’ve ceen them yet,’’ said the annt, as they left for the train. Through a little village about a mile, they came to a large, beautiful residence. And just beyond they came to a handsome man- sion, with beautiful lawns, a fountain, brilliant flower-beds, and nice, smooth walks. “What a beautiful place!” said Maude, as they arrived before tlie first house. But when they came to the mansion, her eyes opened wider, and she exclaimed: “O, how I would like to live there! I did not know there was any place so beautiful in these parts.” “Who is it, Aunt Rebecca?” asked Lydia. belongs grumblesome old “It to a widow lady. I am going to call there awhile, so you will have the opportun- ity of seeing the inside as well as the outside.” “It will be worth seeing,” remarked Maude; “but. Aunt Rebecca, she must be very stylish, and I am only in my traveling suit. ” “O, she won’t mind that.” They drove in at the wide iron gates, and up the gravel way, leaving the carriage in charge of a servant. There, to the girls’ surprise, Aunt Rebecca, instead of ringing the bell, walked i boldly in at the front door, ci<6ssed the hall, and entered the large, magnifi- : cent parlor, like one entirely at home. ; “Welcome home, Lydia darling,” j said the “miserable aunt,” as she seat- > ed herself in a velvet-cushioned base- j rocker, while a servant came to take their things. “Home!” cried Lydia, in surprise. And Maude turned different colors. and caught her breath quickly. “Yes, home. We have spent a few weeks, at the house of the tenant who works my farm, and now we have come to our own. I am wealthy, Lydia, and : the brave girl who would not forsake ! the poor, old woman shall be the pet of . the rich one. But Maude must go, 1 for she does not like a country life.” | And Maude went,' leaving Lydia to the luxury which she herself had longed for. Lydia did not need any ; magazines, etc., for there was plenty j of the latest reading matter already at j her new home. She now prefers country life to the city, and will become Mrs. Walker soon, and will live in the beautiful residence nearest Aunt Rebecca’s. And Maude may not be entirely cut out, as Aunt Rebecca means to give her one more chance, which she will not be likely gins tq refuse. Both tho now think that Aunt Rebecca is not indeed so miserable as they at first thought her to be.—The Magazine. _____ Electricity an Aid to Dentistry. In dentistry, cataphoresis is sup¬ planting many of the primitive methods, from the reproach of which even that progressive profession has for many years past vainly endeavored to escape, and has made actually painless opera¬ tions at last possible. For by this method cocaine can be applied not only to the soft tissues of the body, but to the hard substance of the tooth. The teeth, although coated by a superficial skin—the enamel—internally are com¬ posed of a tubulous structure called dentine, quite capable of conveying current, since within the little cubules is inclosed a gelatinous filament rich in salts and fluid, which makes it a good conductor of electricity. If a cavity in the tooth—which is constituted a cavity for the reason that the enamel has been destroyed and a portion of the dentine has been en¬ croached upon—is filled with a pledget of cotton saturated with a solution of cocaine, and to this pledget is applied a piece of platinum wire connected to the positive pole of the ordinary gal¬ vanic battery, and a very small current is allowed to flow, in a period varying from six to thirty minutes, according to the ability and knowledge of the operator—the shortest period recorded is a minute and a half—the cocaine will be conveyed by the electric cur¬ rent down the tubules to the nerve itself, and the denti st can proceed with the dreaded preparation of the tooth without pain to the patient. The tooth cau be excavated, filled or even ex¬ tracted without the infliction of the slightest suffering. If one takes into account the steady and accumulated agony of dental opera¬ tions throughout the world, and con¬ siders the wear and tear of protracted pain which they entail, he may easily comprehend what an enormous boon to suffering humanity such a process as this will be when generally applied in dentistry.—The Chautauquan. A Drifting Buoy. The chart of the North Atlantic Ocean just issued by the hydrographic ' office records a most remarkable drift of from a whistling its moorings buoy. off This Martha’s buoy broke Vine- J yard just one year ago, and started southward, since which time it has been twice reported. . Its total drift was a little over 4000 miles. It was firstreported February 2 last, 500 miles due east of Bermuda, where it struck a southwesterly current that set it to- ward the Haytien coast, and on July 7, when last reported, it was rapidly making its way toward this island, and unless is it around strikes and the sent gulf north stream and | swung again ■ I will probably next be heard from at some of the eastern islands of the Windward group.—Washington Star, j Russia has abolished the compulsory domestic pass regulations, which were introduced in the last century, as aa indirect system of taxation. .______ _ FARMERS OF THE SOUTH- i SECRETARY WILSON TALKS ON THEIR NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES. Benefits fo Them l>y the Increase In Farm i Products—New Crops and Mor« Diver- silled Farming Are Needed—Dair;*. | Fanning Should Also Be Encouraged* , Secretary of Agriculture Wilson lias been interviewed upon the subject of farming in the Southern States by a representative ‘of the Manufacturers’ ; Record, of Baltimore. We quote from the interview as follows: j “How has the South been benefited 1 by the increases in farm products?” I “It has been benefited in propor- tiem as other sections of the country, What that proportion is caunot look be ap- proximated. It is best produces to at gen- [ era j facts. The South crops peculiarly its own—fruits, all varieties i 0 f vegetables, tobacco, rice, sugar, cot- ton, etc.—all of which are in demand j n their own, Western and Northern 1 markets, and some in foreign markets. If times are prosperous, if the pfosper- Ry of the people at large is augmented ),y tj, 0 prosperity ' of tho farmer, are no t the products of any one section, ' they soy the gSoutk, whether are ne- cessit.ies or luxuries, more in demand everywhere, and, therefore, are not their prices increased?” “What are the most urgent needs 0 f <<oh! That is the question. All farmers everywhere may be said to need something. Everybody in every business or trade may be said to need something, though he may be getting along all right, There is room forim- provement in every walk of life. I might answer your question in a gen- e ral way, as so many have answered it. j have already spoken upon the needs 0 f a resuscitated soil. I know the Southern people to be industrious. But I am going to find out and study thoroughly their needs, and I am go¬ ing to satisfy those needs as far as it lies in my power. I am going all through the South in October. I am not going as a high commissioner or special ambassador, or special envoy, or anything of that style. I shall not g 0 in a special car, viewing tho coun- try from a car window while traveling a t the rate of forty or fifty miles an hour. I shall go as a plain American citizen. I want facts, and facts only, j T .’aut to see the farmer in his shirt sleeves, not the politician, with his high-sounding and plausible theories, i cau ge t all of these I want right here in Washington.” “What are the general needs of tho So-athern farmer as far as yon have had an opportunity to observe them?” “New crops and lots of them, more diversified farming, more up-to-date methods in some sections, more gen¬ eral and liberal raising of cattle for market and for dairy products, and sheep for mutton and wool. “One general need of the Southwest is a closer relation and a more rapid communication with the European markets, and with this object in view I have already placed myself in corre¬ spondence with severed ocean steamship companies to induce them to establish lines direct betiveen the ports of the Gnlf of Mexico and those of Europe, the steamships to be provided with re¬ frigerators, so that the fruits, vegeta¬ bles, dairy products, poultry, eggs and other perishable farm products can be shipped expeditiously to all the markets of Europe. Just think of the vast territory to be benefited by such 1 enterprise—Southern Louisiana, Alabama, Arkan- Mississippi, Texas, sas aud all of that section lying north of these States nearer to tho Gulf than to the Atlantic seaboard. Why the farmers of .the Southwest will bo nearer European markets than their brethren of the upper Mississippi valley. should “The Southern farmer pay special attention, and he is already be¬ ginning to do so, to more crops. At least three-fourths of every farm should be grass, should ho a pasturage, thus affording that relief, that rest, which the Southern farms needs most. Sheep can be raised advantageously because they can graze all the year round. Their mutton should command good prices, and their down should be in demand and could be marketed at a greater profit than heretofore. Tho projected closer communication with European markets should encourage dairy farm¬ ing in the Southwest upon a large scale. Hogs should be raised only incidentally to other live stock. Un¬ like cows and sheep, they produce nothing but their own meat for our consumption. And yet hog-raising should be conducted profitably in the South. Already the ham of the Southern hog has gained a prominence world-wide. Wild fruits, roots and nuts are in such profusion in the woods that the hog can be raised cheaply, and that delicious flavor is imported to his flesh as can be gained nowhere else. The lard hogs should not be raised to any great extent. They are not profitable in tbe South. “Speaking for myself, the I raising might say of that I have encouraged sugar beets in the South. I see that a wealthy syndicate of Virginians has been formed at Richmond to grow beets in their State. A factory to re¬ fine tho product is to be erected at Richmond. I expect to see other companies to conduct the same busi- ness throughout the South. I am going to introduce the English walnut in some sections of the South adapted to its growth, I shall also introduce the Bermuda lily. We import this product for decoration purposes from Bermuda to the value of $60,000 every year. Why should not our Southern farmers make this money? I shall learn during my visit what and where other new crops can ho advantageously grown.” The fastest trains on the continent are the expresses of the Northern Rail¬ way Company, of France. Their £peed is thirty-six mile an hour. COLD IN PENNSYLVANIA. It Is Being Mined In Paying Quantities In the Tussey Mountain. Gold in paying quantity, assaying as high as $(>25 to the ton of quartz, bus been found in the Tussey Mountain, twenty-five miles of Altoona, Penn. It is now being mined in considerable quantities. Tussey Mountain is a ridge of the Alleghany system, forming the south¬ eastern boundary of Blair County, and separating it from Huntingdon County and a small portion of Bedford. It is in Bedford County that the richest portion of the gold vein has been found. The discovery of gold in Tussey Mountain was made about nine years ago by Jacob Snyder, a blacksmith of Henrietta, who owned a tract of 250 acres on the mountain. Ho followed up his earliest “signs” until one day about three years ago lie came across a vein that to even his inexperienced eyes indicated rich deposits. With his own hands he sunk a shaft forty feet deep on the mountain top. At his blacksmith shop he made a crude assay, getting out about twenty per cent, of copper and a considerable showing of gold and silver. Being unable to push the work, Suyder sold 125 acres of his land to a party of Huntington men, who last fall began operations under the name of the Tus¬ sey Mountain Mining & Improvement at $1,000,000. An experienced miner, Samuel Sors- ter, was brought on from Denver and placed in charge of the work. It was decided to abandon the shaft on the mountain top and try to catch the vein by means of a slope from the eastern side of the mountain. Before the dig¬ ging had proceeded far indications of the richest sort were found. Samples of quartz, taken only fifty feet back from grass root, were sent to various places for assay, and the results sur¬ passed all expectations. Isaac H. Hildebrand, of Altma, Col., reported it §529 to the ton. Philip Becker, of Ouray, Col., reported $610, The quartz is a hard, flinty rock. The gold and copper deposits are of about equal value, and there is a small percentage of silver. Early this spring a steam drill was placed in the shaft, the machinery be¬ ing hauled to the mountain top in wagons and sent down the opposite side on slides. Since this drill has been put in the work has proceeded more rapidly, and now, 200 feet back from the surface of the mountain the miners are finding a quality of quartz still richer than that which has been assayed. The vein is four feet thick. It stands on its edge at an angle of about sixty degrees and runs east and west almost directly across the mountain. The vein discovered by Suyder fol¬ lows the trend of the ridge, and the workers in the shaft expect to strike it about 200 feet back. One passed, heavy cross vein has already been and the few feet if was worked show ed heavy deposits. Already the company has 1000 tons of quartz stored in its ore house. Ow¬ ing to the distance from railroads, it has been decided to do the smelting at the mine, and already orders have been placed for crushers and smelting machinery, which will likely be put in place beiore ihe close of the summer. Sorster, the head miner, sajs that there is every reason to believe there will be even better results as the shaft is pushed further into the mountain. In all the time that tho company has been at work, its doings have been kept secret. The few persons whose curiosity was sufficiently aroused to cause them to take the long tramp through the voidest mountain country in the State to reach tho workings were not allowed to enter the shaft. The men at work were all brought from a distance and have ke^it closely to the camp. Gold exists in small quantities in many parts of Pennsylvania, but in other instance has it been found in sufficient quantity to make mining pay.—New York Sun. Indian Hace of Gleaners. People sometimes wonder haw the Indians at the Sobobareservation across the river, manage to live, It seems to be the wife who is the provider in all cases, and she has to work for what she gets. They are virtually a race of glean¬ ers. The female portion of the town across the river seems to have discov¬ ered that a now fangled potato digger had been introduced into the valley. The digger was warranted to leave po¬ tatoes enough in the ground for seed. Ever since the season for digging was over the squaws have been surrepti¬ tiously visiting every place where the digger had been aud have been quietly working away. They did not ask per¬ mission, though this would not have been denied by most of the ranchers. Johnny Botterell does not hesitate to say that possibly a third of his crop was left in the ground. He says the Indians come over in tho morning and stay till nearly noon, going away w r ith a bag of spuds each. They dig the potatoes with sharpened sticks so ns not to disturb the ground. Now that same of the potatoes are beginning to sprout, they dig down gingerly and re¬ move the tuber and set tho plant back so that no one will miss the spud.— Hemet (Arizona) News. A Novel Chime. A chime made of eighteen bronze tubes, arranged in two parallel rows and struck by hammers working from a keyboard, has been set up in the Town Hall of Levallois-Perrot, near Paris. The tubes vary in length from four and a half to nine feet, and in weight from fifty-seven to 100 pounds. Ships as Koch Discoverers. England’s Hydrographic Office re¬ of ceived information of the discovery 209 new rocks aud shoals la3t year, twenty-one of which discoveries were made by vessels striking on the rocks.