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FASHIONS AT COUNTRY CASINOS.
SUPPERS OF WHITE (iLACE KID, WB BLACK SATIX TIES LACED
AVITH SCARLET RIIIBONS ARE IVORS FOR MORNING DANCES.
lUbbon-Tlirendeil Slorkingi Another l lira Novelty of the Senium—Lin
gerie Thin Sommer Is Fretted With I.ace of the Sheerest Nainsook
Made Into a Variety of Charmln a Style*—They Are Flower* of
Needlework—Salt Water Costumes Follow the Mode* la Hav
iuit 'fuelled Skirts anil Tlented Rack*.
New York, June B.—The hostess sat on
her vine-shaded veranda in a sheer, fresh
organdie gown, striped in black, flowered
in rows of pink, wbitp end blue convol
vulese, the frills edgfed with black point
usprit lace and the most charming pastel
hlue ribbon appearing on her black straw
bat and her crisp frock wherever ribbon
should gracefully appear,
"I've been paying a few calls,” she in
formed Maisie, who sat clothed in her
H>lf suit humbly on the Veranda steps.
"How do you like my new shoes? It is
ghe smart thing, you know', this sum
mer, to wear very fancy slippers for
every occasion except golf and actual
i;ywraping on the highways.”
The speaker put out an amazingly well
rvolded foot and displayed a thin woven
*dk stocking and a Cromwell slipper,
Blade half of white glace kid and half
Of black patent leather; a buckle of white
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(1) Dark Blue and fro m Colored Flannel. (2) A Scarlet Serge Bathing Dress. (3) A Mohair with Blue Rings. (4) Dress o£ Sand-Brown Serge Trimmed with Cream.
enamel with silver edges clasped the in
step.
"1 oail that extremely nice and highly
becoming,” granted the critic cordially.
“I’ve been hanging about the Casino bnl
ccaiy this morning, and I remark that,
though the gowns are nil long-tailed and
clinging, their owners have ‘caught on’
to the sensible notion of grasping their
flowing draperies in either hand and
gracefully lifting them just high enougn
to show smart, exquisitely shod feet and
ankles, and the edges of charming un
derskirt*. High heels and rounded toes
were in the majority even when ties were
worn. One girl • who danced all the
morning, wore on her fairy feet a pair
of black satin Oxfords laced with scarlet
ribbons, and her silk were nn
ultra novelty. They were black and
threaded lengthwise, with scarlet bebe
ribbon ran through eyelets woven up and
tlown the ankle. I had speech with
that damsel later, nnd she informed me
privately that her dodge is to put ribbons
in her shoes and hose to mutch every
change of gown, and having wrung from
her the address of the rU*al r in such
charming devices you will* soon sfe me,
too, tripping the l'ght fant. i: • in ribbon
threaded stockings.”
Well Dressed Feet.
“To continue dvith my confessions, I
must also tell you that I saw exceedingly
nice leather tics stained the new walnut
brown that has, caught the public fancy,
good, sensible shoes, and glv'-n just that
Coquettish touch of contra, t needed by
lacing strings of black silk. Brown lisle
stocl ings shot with black s!lk are essen
tial with such boots, just as a'l the best
patent leather walking tics are fastened
with white, or brown, or blue, or green
•ilk laces.
“There are narrow souls, who turn up
their noses, and ue tiie word ‘conspicu
ous,’ but give me a breath of noVelty in
the deadly sameness of fashion that we
suffer this season. Why, I’ve jus' bought
pair of very taking little dancing shoes
myself; high-heeled, one-strap slippers,
in pastel yellow’, decorated on the tie with
reed pearls, and my stockings to match
have single pearls sewed on them here
and there. Then, In black satin, I've an
other pair, but the beads are pin-head
size, set singly all over the satin surface,
and they are sunk in rhinestones. Of
course, the black hose twinkle with wee
dew drops, too, and the fascination ties
partly in wearing footgear that looks ns
if it represented a fortune, while in real
ity the price of such frivolities need not
•tagger any modest purse.”
“Still, Malsle, you know you are rather
an extravagant piece,” remonstrated the
hostess, contemplating with satisfaction
her black taffeta parasol with its white
enameled handle, and the decoration done
in white Valenciennes edging, run in
three ruffled groups between rib ends and
ferrule. “For Instance, in underwear.”
“How little you know me,” protested
the girl. “I’ve reformed. Papa swore a
mighty oath, like King Cophatua, but
over my bills Instead of my beauty, and
last week, when 1 ran up to town, L
•aw linpeile of the most enticing loveli
ness and passed it all over for white
things that look, in cemptfris n. like sack
cloth. I saw’ the loveliest cache corsets
du lal. corset covers, you know, to wear
with evening fr cks, their shoulder straps
made of ribbon, and the fine white batiste
fronts fretted with k.ce and fastening to
one side with liny bow knots of bebe rib
bon. Another b-wi t ling little affair, of
finest white nainsook wa all criss-cross
ed over with bands of vnlenciennes entre
deux, and still another, almost irresistible
mede, was the empre demise. All its
‘yoke was solidly or. I should say. airly
constructed of alternating rows of lace
nd embroidered lawn bands. The skirt
was full and ended in a flounce lucked
and lace edged. Some women use these
as chemise, and some adopt them as
cache cot set and p tticoat in one, to wear
with their empire tea gowns of such.
“IJkc a greedy bee. I went from one
lovely flower of needlework to the other
and then recollections of paternal anger
anl r proach coming to mind. I counter
manded all my reckl- ss orders, decided
4o go heme, and in s'mpl*? stuffs copy the
pr tty patterns myself and then took the
left to the bathing suit department.
• Salt Sea Tablet*.
“Dear me!” Interposed the hostess. “I
can’t yet decide what to get for the wa
ter. and I am pining for a salty din. What
do you advise, oh, Mai ic! ready in coun
cl?”
- “Why, just get the orthodox thing, ray
dear,” suggested the girl. “I had my first
plunge last week with three of the smart
est women of my acquaintance ond I
nm bound In cold justice to say that my
flannel suit rather threw the others into
the shade. Woman number one wore a
nice, graceful Idea in navy blue French
serge. Her skirt had a triple box pleat
behind, and then a few fan pleats jadiat-
| ou t on either hip. Inside each pleat
rnn a band of flat cream mohair braid,
which rather took my eye. Her walfct
was a short-sleeved blouse with a big
scalloped edged collar folding down 10 th?
waist line, striped with stitched on bands
of cream braid, fastened with a big mo
hair button and folding back from a sailor
vest of the same light goods.
Woman number two wore a wading
suit. You know what I mean; she is the
i sort of girl who has a fine figure to dis
play, so she puts on Repane corsets un
der tight-fitting suit, and paddles about
in the wavelets jut* ''above her knees.
She w'ore an automobile red flannel frock
with a puff front, and was most effective
against blue sky and sea. I then stood
out in 4ine contrast with my cream mo
hair gown gaily spotted in marine blue
polka dots. Two tucks and two frills I
have in place of stitchings about the bot
tom of mv skirt, and all the front of my
low-necked, short-sleeved blouse is decor
ated witli little latitudinal frills. I h ive
a goy blue cap of wa<erproof silk, and I
confess I’ve won more pretty speeches on
*ha t gown than on anything I’ve worn In
a long time.
\ Fi*li W ife Siege.
“Now. you, my dear Pauline, would look
vastly well in a suit that my third mer
maid friend wore. A brown, wide, wale
fish wife sergex good sand brown, the
skirt rather plaid, but 4he blouse double
breasted, showing a square cream flan
nel collar with brown braid anchors in
both corners and a double row of cream
flannel covered buttons running up the
fnant. A brown silk kerchief knotted in
your hair, and, I hate to confess it, but
under those conditions I fear I would
have to look upon you as a rival.” With
a laugh Maisle ran down the steps, and
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(1) Stockings and Slippers Beaded WUh Pearls. (2) Cromwell White Glace Slip
pers. (3) Black Satin Ties Laced With Scarlet Ribbon. (4) Patent Leather
Tic. (5) Brown Walking Shoe.
the hostess mused a space on the brown
and cream composition until a clear voice
called:
“But I never heard you say whether
you lilted my golf dress,” and the hostess,
rising, came down the steps and out on
the lawn to where her friend stood try
ing to put a ball Into u hole on the prac
tice green. Critically the hostess surv
veyed the string colored suit of linen,
the skirt severe with Us stitched hem, the
waist showing two superimposed box
pleats, like a close fitting Norfolk Jacket,
and the hut of brown linen wound with
a clear tulip red sljk scarf.
“It Is rich, but not gaudy, eh? Is what
you are wanting to say," quolh the
golfer. “Well that Is the motto this
season for the links. I* is easy to he
fancy, to wear tucked coats, tailor strap
ped skirts, annex flounces and pleated
petticoats, but hear me prophesy that all
those devices will be done to death this
season, the golfing woman runs the ter
rible risk of being overdressed and In the
end, you will see the mirrors of fashion
■will do as I do, cling to good brown linen,
conservative make up and Just one touch
of red, preferably on the hat.”
• Mary Dean.
WOMEN Jilt HOStOI’ISTS.
One Til oil SH ti and Women nt Work In
tlie ClilcnKO Stock Yards.
Chicago, June Of the thirty thou
sand or more lahorers that daily go In
and out the wonderful maxes of “I’ack-
Irgtown,” or the Chicago Union Stock
Y'ards, only about one thousand are wo
men. It 1* obvious that comparatively
little of the work there could from any
standpoint be considered adaptable to the
“weuker sox;” but as the West nowhere
offers to working women the same op
portunities tor earning their dally bread
THE MORNING NEWS. SUNDAY. JUNE 10, 1900.
asdoesTthie kast\ cotton and wool
en mills, its shoe factories, manufacto
ries of silk. etc., the very most must be
made of the chances that exist.
The number of women actively engaged
in the stock yards, however, is but a
small representation of t ie w\ ni n vi ally
interested in its 1 - re, since this gigantic
expression of modern commercialism sup
l-Ort* from 115.000 to 175 00) people, the
laig st industrial of the
wcrlJ.
An* interestii g occupation connected
with the stock yards, in which women are
engaged, but which is under the control
of the government, is the microscopic in
spection of such meats as are to be ex
ported. The esiab of this branch
of the work was brought about by the
at:i ude of the pi ire pal countries of Eu
| r.pe which—Enalmd expected—in 15*81
j imbed in rei s r.g to receive American
| l>Drk into tneir harbors, on the ground
, that it was pceu.iarly subject to trichi
nae This act, of coaise, completely par
alyzed fore gn trade in this commodity,
• and lor fully ten years both the govern*-
j ment and the ackers wore powerless
i aeainst the edict. In IS9I. however, the
j Urtiud States Bureau of Animal Industry
■ proposed to subject all meat intended for
j foreign ports 10 a rigid microscopic ex
| amination, and to fowa and with each ship
! ment a certi c.te cf health. This act had
the desired effect; the tan was removed,
and gradually foiegn trade swung back
to its old status.
The Bureau of Animal Industry has its
office just at the entrance of tile stock
yards. The department of microscopic
examination is under the general manage
ment of Dr. \Y. S. Pe Voe, head of the
bureau in Chicago, with Dr. Morris Wood
en, chief mlcroseopJst, in immediate
charge. Associated with Dr. Wooden is
one man, assistant chief microseopist,
and 100 assistant microscopists, all of
whom are women. Briefly speaking their
work Is to examine the meat under the
microscope, and make reports as to the
presence or not of trichinae.
These assistants for the most part, a
more than ordinarily well-educated class
of woman, a few physicians, some ex
teachers and many college graduates be
ing amongst <he number. The examina
tions for the posh lon are, however, not
so stringent as to exclude those of a
good high, school education, and fully ony
haif of the credits are given for practical
work in microscopy. The age limit is
20 years and over. The work is inter
esting and by no means arduous. It is,
however, exacting and very hard on the
eyes; so much so, that frequent rests have
to be taken during the period covering
the labor of the day. Every assistant Is
required to be at her table at 8 o’clock
In the morning; at 9:4a a rest of fifteen
minuies Is talon, when work Is again re
sumed and carried on until 12; a half
hour is then allowed for luncheon. From
12:70 to 1:45 the young women are close
at it again, and then conies another flf
! teen minutes' rest. At 3 o'clock (he work
Is over for the day; the six hours of actual
labor being all that even a strong pair
of eyes can endure without Injury. To In
sure the absolute accuracy of the work,
there are seven" expert women whose sole
duty It is to re-examine the specimens
already passed upon by (he other assist
' ants.
j New recruits are obliged to spend four
!or five months studying how (o detect
j trichinae In the different stages of
i growth before being considered suflicient
j ly expert to undertake the real work of
pronouncing ujton the soundness of the
meat, The specimens for examination arc
out. by Ihe regular slock yard Inspectors,
from the various parts of the animal
where disease would lie likely exist if
anywhere. These specimens arc put In
[ little tin ltoxcs specially made for the pur-
I iioso, and marked with a number, Ihe
duplicate of which Is pm upon the car
ess. Every particle of the meat thus
selected is. passed under the lens, ond If
It Is found to contain the germs of any
disease, the animal Is condemned and sent
to the rendering vat. Beside the regular
assistants, two women arc constantly re
quired to empty ami w.tsJi the ls>xes.
The good meat Is given to charity Insti
tutions or to any poor people who may
cure to call for it.
An average of twenty-five carcasses is
examined every* day. which Is sufficient
to cover the foreign trade. Americans
must take their chances. However, since
the department have demonstrated that
9S per cent, of the j rk > free from apl
rnnlculae. and that trichinae is very easi
ly destroyed by heat, there loesn t seem
to be any special need of worry. The
general stock yard inspectors make both
ante and post mortem examinations of the
iinimal with the nukvd eye, which is
sufficient for determining the presence of
tuberculosis nnd kindred diseases. How
ever. the microscopic inspection costs only
about six cents a carcass, and the bureau
are in frequent receipt of appeals to
strengthen their force of microseopists,
so that meat intended for home consump
tion may be scientifically tested as well
as that intended for our friends across
the water.
At all events, the institution* affords a
veiy desirable occupation for women.
The average rate of pay is SSO n month,
the hours agreeable, the work interesting,
and except for the strain upon the eves,
not difficult. Della T. Davis.
THE GRE AT FAMIIN E OF INDIA.
Twenty-Seven millions of IVople
Swept by Starvation in n Century.
Some statistics* from Indian government
rei>oris give an- Idea of th© tremeiul us
loss of life that has taken place frem
the date when Great Britain inaugurat
ed lid rule in India; and of the enor
mous sums of money expended in relief
works without, as yet, providirg any.safe
guard against' the recurring calamnity.
Iti the year 1770 Bengal was visited by
a famine, the records of which f r the
horror of the situation eclipses any sim
ilar narrative to be found in the page*
of history. The crop < f 17ti9 being a total
failure within nine months, it Ss compute!!
that out of a population of 30,C0), o>. one
third, or 10,000,C00, perished from t nova
tion and disease. In order to obtain lood,
sold their children into slavery
until no buyers could be found, fer a lime
thousands subsisted upon leave* trees
and grass until even that sour e of noui
ishmuit failing, the living actually fed
upon Nhe bodies of the deal. As if file
were determined to revel in irony, it is
recorded that while the rainy season of
1770 brought an abundant harvest, in the
meantime millions of starving w:\uch s
crawled despairingly from one deserted
village to another in a vain search fr
food, dying in multitudes through in
ability to live through the few intervening
weeks that separated them from their
harvest.
The elYects of this famine wvre f It for
two generations. The children l end young
people having almost all succumbed, ‘here
was no rising generation to till he field*.
So Jungles grew up where there had
once been flourishing farms ard village?,
and tigers and elephants multiplied to
such an enormous extort, tliat their ter
ror-stricken defenseless population lay at
j j,,
A Brown Linen Golf Gown.
the complete mercy of savage beasts.
In 1857 the North West provinces were
ravag’d by a famine cf which it Is re
coded that in two cities the inhabitants
died at the rae or tw. l,e hundred a day.
and in the rural districts human beings
|. 1 1- h and by villa*, s.
Of 0 e thre • gnat fain'ties of 1860, 1867
and 1869 In the North West pronvlccs,
Orissa and BaJ;mland respectively, three
millicns of pec pic are said to have been
sw.pt away; in that of 1866 th famished
wretches again it sorting to cannibalism.
Bengal WHS again vlsi el by a terrible
famine in 1873 when 3,9X),f,00 people re
ceitel daily tel ef at a cost to the gov
ernment of $32 3 t0,i03, and to private
charity of $1.14.).C00. On this occasion the
previous c p nlng up of the country by
toads and railways, as well as the heroic
r ll.f efforts, sue su c.ssful In holding
t'e grim sc m e at so that but few
ac ually perished
, From 1873-1878. however, the provinces
| ,f Bombay, Madras anti Mysore were
swept by famine and pestilence that al
most equalled the disaster of a century
before. c
At a cost to the government of $33,.
(Of*oCo. 1.500,000 pcs pi, w re temnorarlly re
lieved; but that th's suffice 1 little Is de
mons rated by the fact that In one dis
trict -of 2 129,000 people, 27)0t0 are sup
ped to hav'e perished.
From tit sub--quent rrld mlc of chol
era, th deaths were returned at 357.000
ftr Madras, ii-.too for M.sore, and 37,n00
fer Bombay. In a'l, during this fearful
period, the famine commissioners re|>ort
ed tat In the provine, s under British ad
ministration cut a pot u atlon of 190.000,00),
5 250,10, of deaths took pace fit ex
cess of what might have 1> . n looked for
during the same period In ordinary sea
sons.
In the yur 1807 famine once more
raised Its head In the Northwest prov
inces, threatening a papulation of ST) on,.
I too. By October. 1897, the total cost of
I relief had reached $50,0)0,100; but yet many
I hundreds of thousands perished. The dls
: aster was quickly fo! owed by the plague,
claiming a death roll in lh province of
Bombay of 100,000; to be In turn succeed
od by <he present famine, of the magni
tude and terrible nn ure of which *te arc
being daily informed.
It is computed that from the year 1770
until 1579, India has been visited in dif
ferent parts by no less than thirty-one
famines, with a loss to hunion life di
rectly and indirectly of the truly appalling
total of 37.000.000. A glance at the map of
India wi l show the enormous extent of
territory subject to these dread visita
tions. With the exception of the strip of
coast beneath the motinrains from Bom
bay to Cape Uormorin, the greater port
of the provinces of Assam and Burmah,
together with the deltaic districts at the
head of the Bay of Bengal, the test of the
peninsula is liable to drought and conse
quent famine; with forty millions of peo
ple at all times on the verge of starva
tion.
In spite of the vast sums expended unon
irrigation works, and the general develop
ment of the country under British aus
pices, the hopelessness of the situation is
expressed by nn eminent Anglo-Indian
authority recently decensed. whd says
that no compensating influences can pre
vent these recurring periods of conrinu
uous drought with which laige provinces
of India are afflicted. Water works on a
scale adequate to guarantee the’ whole
of India from drough*. not only exceed
the possibilities of finance; but are beyond
the reach of engineering skill.
Michael Gifford White.
PERILS OF DEATH VALLOT.
Mont Desolate Spot In the Western
lletailapliere.
From the Scientific American.
Death valley i? probably the most
unique notural feature in California. It
is located in the southeast corner of In
cyo county, und Is inclose! by the Pana
mint mountains on the west and the
Funeral Range on the east. It is seventy
five miles long, and at its narrowest point
blit eight miles wide.
At one time, most probably, it was the
bed of nn ancient river. The lowest de
pression is 200 feet below sea level, hut
nbove this rises Telescope Peak, 11,000
feet high, of the Fanamlnt Range, ond
directly opposite the Funeral Peak, which
reaches nn altitude of 8,000 feet. During
the winter these peaks are covered with
snow*.
This remarkable valley was discovered
in 1850, by a party of Immigrants, many
of whom lost their lives in the attempt to
cross it. The name has clung to it. also,
as being the scene of numberless trage
dies. Early In its history traditions of
gold and silver deposits of wonderful rich
ness within its boundaries persuaded
many adventurous persons to undertake
the hazardous experiment of Its explora
tion. The number who have lost their
lives In this desolate field is undoubtedly
great. Pursuing the mirage of rich de
posits of precious metals, these adven
turous prospectors succumbed at last to
■ II I IK
INTO THE HANDS OF THE
CONSUMERS
Is oat prime object just now.
Profits are lost sight of in our
desire to accomplish this end.
1-3 OFF ON MEN’S SUITS
This means an immense saving to you on
STYLISH CLOTHING TAILORED BY TAILORS
It Means---
$ 8.50 Suits go at $ 5.67 .
10.00 Suits go at 6.66
13.50 Suits go at 9.00
15.00 Suits go at 10.00
• 18.00 Suits go at 12.00
20.00 Suits go at 13.34
25.00 Suits go at 16.67 v
l\ Ol'R HHOB DEPARTMENT WE I l.lftEH \L DIM (It MS ON STRAW I
OFFER SOME STAHTI.IVi RED! C- 111 ITS, ROYS* HI ITS, NEGLIGEE I
TIONS TO CLEAR OIT HOME ODD jMI I UTS, Ft HMNHINGS f.M) l\|
I DEH WE Alt GOODS GENERALLY. i
“We fit you from head to foot/'
M, DRYFUS,
Now I After Sept. 1
127 Congress Street, 111 Broughton Street,
West, | wes t,
the intolerable heat and the agotVfefc bf
thirst. %
The range of the thermometer is prob
ably grener in Death volley than else
where in the Western Hemisphere. In
winter the temperature is way below zero,
while in July and August, the thermom
eter ranges for weeks at 137 degree*
above, frequently rising several degrees
higher. For we)is at a time the lowest
temperature observed exceeded ICO de
grees. The deadly heat burns every ves
.tige of vegetation. The Spanish bayonet,
a plant that flourishes under the most
arid conditions, here barely survives,
while the mesquite. with its long root*
penetrating deep into the earth in search
of scanty moisture. Just manages to ex
ist.
A party cf enterprising agriculturist*
once experimented with growing fruit
and vegetables in this region, anticipating
large profits in the early marketing of
their crops. The attempt was :i complete
failure, the intense heat withering the
plant*, notwithstanding copious supplies
of water and the most skillful cultivation.
•In the higher f the Funamints
there arc numerous \d|l.ys with flowing
streams. In these frgils are cultivated,
and reach the market two months before
the California products mature.
The prevailing winds in Death valley ar
from the west. Though originating In
the Pacific ocean and saturated with
humidity in traveling the lnlerme<Kaic
distance, they are intercepted by thr* lofty
peaks of the four ranges of mountains,
which absorb all' of their moisture, so
that by the time they reach the valley
all humidity h as disappeared. blast*
are as If heated In fiery furnace, and
no living thing can survive the intense
hea#. Even bird's, indigenous to the
region, die.
It is in the months of greatest heat thnt
the sand storms of Death valley are
most deadly. They rage with (intense
fury, obliterating the landscape nnd dim
ming the light of tho sun. withering the
Ktnpire Chemise and New Muslin. Corset Covers
•canty vegetation and covering the tmlls
deep in powdered dust. At all times the
aspect of the valley is superlatively des
olate. No spot on earth surpasses it in
aridity or taphet-Hke heat.
During the heated term nn hour without
water means death. Meat becomes putrl l
in an hour. Eggs are cooked in the blis
tering sand. Water is only palatable by
nunns of large porous earthenware Jars,
common to all hot countries, suspended
in drafts and reduced in temperature by
means of the rapid evaporation of the
moitUure from the outside.
The belief that the borax marshes are
the remains of the vast lake which once
tilled the valley, is supported by traces of
water-line found 000 feet above, on the
mountain sides.
In general appearance all borax marshes
are alike. They are located at the point
of greatest depression, and from a dis
tance iook like deposits of salt or snow.
Under the surface is common wet clay
or water of varying depths. These depos
it® arc generally circular in form and *p-
COMPANY'S EXTRACT fL
h*s be*'' for over 30 years the stand
lUaifcN ard. Sclentificaily prepared from tH#
finest beef; it strengthen* th strong §l, jjf
and in.igorat.s invfthd,.
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pear as though once they were crater*.
Borax wits created by contact of horacta
add in gaseous form with the lime and
soda of th** surface. At Teel* marsh. Ne
vada 1 . borate of lime appears in thl form
of balls Imbedded In clay along with
soda, trait, etc., but at Columbus, the*4
ore found in sandy soil. Sometime* these
balls ore decomposed, underlying the soil
which is removed, and the borate shovel
ed out. Deposits of crude borate of sod*
are found in Nevada and in Death vatlty,
at the Monte Blanco mine*.
Some Tliinking by Dog*.
From the London News.
Do dog* think 0 Yes, roriled Herr Stein
er-Brunner. tho landlord of the Hotel du
Glacier at Meidf-n, In the Turiminnthal.
Herr Brunner left h!s mvuntaln hotel
during th*' last winter mult r the guar
dianship of a watchman, whc*e only eam
pan;< ns w ere a coup’e of dogs—a French
“griffon" and a little ‘'spit*.” A month
ago he watchman was cutting wood in
the neighborhood of the hotel, when h<>
was suddenly overwhelmed by an aval
unche. The two dogs were with th*ir
master, and must have seen him thtw
buried by the fallen mass of enow. Un
able to get at him for hi a release, his tw6
canine friends, either with or wl.hout
holding counsel together, rushed down the
mountain (which F'ands at the height of
1.800 metres above the sea level) and made
their way to Herr Brunner’s hou/c in
the valley. There, by snorting, barking
and other signs of excitement, they mad
the landlord understand that something
extraordinary had occurred at the sum
mit. The host, with three men and twe
dogs, ascended to the Hotel du Glactef,
n journey which occupied them nine houra
When they arrived at the spot where the
accident hail happened, “it was as clearly
indicated by the conduct of the two dog*
l as If they had said in words, ‘This la
the place.’ ” The watchman was soon ex-*
cavated from his snowy grave, anti quick
ly recovered himself. As lie could give tha
exact timer at'which the avalanche had
fallen, it was calculated thot the twb
doga had made their downward Journey
of eighteen kilometres In little more then
an hour, end during' a heavy anowtttU.
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