The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, December 24, 1900, Page 5, Image 5
FABULOUS LABYRINTH.
IHk HOVE OF THE NITATUH HU
HKK.fi dim ov i:hkii.
IHiraordlwar, Mr.nli. I min Hrlll*!,
l .plorallons In (reie—The llonxe
ill >IIOi, Ibr Inn Mm, Mas lin n
I nraethed—The lllrlaran tavern,
W here Kelts Wooed and \\ an
I, nri>l>n.
tom the New Vorh <'ortimerclel Adver
tiser.
In ■ letter recently printed In the Lno
■ m Times nn account Is given ot the
n , lerfully Intertstlng ruins that have
! a •|y been unearthed In the Island ot
i retc. The discovery Is that of the an
.nt city of Knossos guy Messrs. Ho
. irt'i and Evan*. the explorers:
T he discoveries made at Knossos throw
i.to the shale all the other exploratory
impaiKtia of last season In the Eastern
M llt-rranean, by whatever nationality
i lucted. It Is not 100 much to say lhat
-ye materials already gathered have rev
,l utlonlxcd our knowledge of prehistoric
,recce, and that (o find oven an teprut h
•o t ie results obtained we must go back
10 Hihllemuns grr-nt discovery of the
Hoys I Toomtis at Mycenae.
Tin- prehistoric site, of which some two
t hove now been uncovered at Knux
*, |>roves to contain a palace besides
w :ii ‘h those of Tlryus and Mydentn- sink
Into Insignificance. Hy an unhoped-for
pea of good fortune the site, though In
tie immediate neighborhood of the great
• - civic centers of Ihe Island In ancient,
in- tteval and modern limes, had remained
I tactically untouched for over l.ttit years
At but a very slight depth helow the sur
ir.v of the ground the spade has uncov
• nd great courts and corridors, propvlaea,
a .eng succession of magiislnrs, Oantaln
it'-M gigantic Slone Jars that might have
hidden the forty thieves, and a multi
tude of chambers, pre-eminent among
which Is the sctual throne room and
-oonr.il rhamber of Homeric kings The
it rone Itself, on which tlf so much faith
b j-ermttted In us) Minos may have de
• mred tho Jaw, Is carved out of aiahas
ttr tail* brilliant with colored design-
Bill relieved with curious tracery and
i ocketed aroadlng which Is wholly
<■' '(lie tn ancient art and exhibits a strange
a ti Tpatluu of thirteenth century Gothic.
11 the throne room, the western entran -e
s-t.icry. and eisewnere, partly still ad
hering to. the walls, ixtttly in detached
••bees on the floors, was a series of fresco
paintings, excelling any knovn examples
of the art In Mycenaean Greece. A
beautiful Jlfe-slxe painting of a youth,
eiih a European ami almost classically
tireek protlie. gives us the first real knowl
•ilge of the race who produced this mvs
tuioue early dvlliaatlon. Other frescoes
Introduce us to a lively and hitherto un
known miniature style, representing,
among other subjects, groups of women
engaged In animated conversation In the
"*rts and on the balconies of the palace
The monuments of the aculptor's art are
", “by striking It may he- sufficient to
mention here a marble fountain In the
".ape of a Hones* head with enamelled
• ' fragments of a frlexe with heautl
' ''‘h 1 ut rosettet, superior In Its kind to
> ything known from Mycenae; an ala
to-ter vase, natura Islb ally copied from
Triton shell; a porphyry lamp, with
gra, eful foliation supported on an Kgyp
'lanlglng lotus column. Tbs head snd
l'"t of the body of a magnificent painted
■ • let of a bull In geseo duro are unxur
iwsseel for vitality and strength
l< Is imposslhlH here to refer more than
Incidentally to the new evidence of In
ti very remote iscrtod supplied by" in*
palace finds of Knossos It m.v be men-
II Tied, however, as showing the extreme
• ihtlqulty of the earllsr elements of the
liflding. that tn the great -satem court
” ,s found an Egyptian seated figure of
-I'orlte, broken above, which can he ap
t- -'tlmnlely ihitnl atiout JtmO 11. (\ lie
1 w this again extends a vast Stone Age
’ "lement which forms a deposit In some
1 lac. s twenty-four feet In thickness
x. fiber Is It iKisstble herv to dwWI on
• '■ w Indication* supplied by some of
the discoveries in the "House of Minos '
' to the cult and rellgema Iwllefs of Its
o-cupanti. It must tie sufficient to ob
t\. tliat isie of the miniature fresrcoai
f.-’ind r.*tresents the facade of a Mycen
■m stirtne and that the palace Itself
' Mo hnii Is * a san- tuar , f the
"rctan g. and of the Double Axe, a well as
i dwelling place of prehistoric kings.
There can be little remaining doubt that
' huge building, with Its male of cor
' -‘Sirs and tortuous passages. Its medley
of small chambers, its long succession
' f u--uxlr.es with their blind endings,
was In fact the labyrinth of later tradi
tion which supplied n local habitation
lor the Mlnmaur of grisly fame. The
grist figures of bulls In fresco and re
lief that adorned the walls, tha harem
scene* of some of the fres.sirs, the comer
°nce at.d plltirs marked with the In
• rvs or double ax—tho emblem of the
1 retan Zeus, explaining the derivation of
the t ame "labyrinth" Itself—are so many
"> <ll“ which all conspire to liear out this
blent mention. In the palace-shrine ot
Knossos there stands at last revsaled to
ns the stiactous structure which the skill
of I 'hol,i Ins I* -aid lo have Imitated from
the crisit Egyptian building on the shore
■ f I -ike Moerta. and with it some part at
least of his fabled masterpieces still
'dinging lo the walls
Hut. brilliant as are the illustrations
ihus recovered of the sngh early clvlllta
tlon of the city of Mlnoe snd of the sub
stantial truth of early tradition, they
etc almost thrown Into the sh.ule by a
discovery which carries hack tin- exist
ence of written documents In the Hellenic
hinds some seven centuries beyond the
first known monuments of the historic
Greek w riting. In the chambers and mag
siloes of the palace t--ere came lo light
a series of deposits of clay tablets. In
form somewhat analogous to the Baby.
lonian, but Inscribed with characters tn
two dist rict typos of Indigenous prehls.
toric script—one hieroglyphic or qmM-pfr
torlal, the other linear The existence of
a hieroglyphic script In the Island Iwn
been already the theme of some earlier
reacarehea by the explorer of the pa lace,
•ased on the more limited material xut>-
r'.li'il by groups of signs on a class of
retan seal stones, and the smpte eorroh
c rollon of the conclusions arrived at was.
therefore. Ihe more satisfactory. These
"rstan hieroglyphs will la found to have
l" i ial Importance In Ihelr bearing on Ihe
origin of the I'hocnlulan alphabet
But tho groat bulk of tablets belonged
to the linear class, exhibiting an elegant
mid much more highly developed form of
r rtpt, with lectors of an upright and sin
gularly European aspect. The Inscrip
tions, over l.ouO of which were collected,
wer* orlgtnally contained in .offers of
clay, wood and gypmim. which had been
ti lurn secured by clay seals impressed
with finely-engraved **Ttnet# ami oounter
morked and counter-signed by controlltng
fficUls In the came script while the clay
leas atilt wet. The clay documents them-
Ives are, beyond doubt. Eh'' palace ar
■ hives. Many relate to accounts concern
ing the royal arsenal stores and treas
ure*. Others, pertiap*. like the contem-
I-oniry cuneiform labial*. refer to con
t-wnts or correspondence The problems
attaching lo the decipherment of these
ay records are of enthralling Interest,!
aid we hove here locked up for u ma
''-rials which may om* day enlarge the
hr unds of history.
The work of excavation In Ihe Palace
of Kuoasow Is barely half completed, and
yt-1 whichever xray we turn the relics wl
nwdy obtained from wlthtn Its walls sup
ply new and unhoped-for data for the
reesnsfiruetton of the early Aegean civlll
■i. Nor 1# this all. Kxplonrtory dig
ging to tha south and wig of the pslac#
rev sated a veritable PompoU of houses of
the same early period, which yielded,
auuitig other things, hy lr lbc
serts* y*t found of vases of the singular
pnmtlive Cretan polychrome style, un
r'l'rrsvnts-1 m European museums One
remarkably wtll-pn-eervrd bb* k of build
log appears to be a group of shrines de
voted to Pillar worship such as is
known on the Phoenician ami Palestinian
coo-ts, and of which the palace Itself *up
**u#* k* l example connected wl'h the
cirti of (h# Oman Zeus.
Hrmlijr, in the **arly \h<s clmring
or the Cave of Psyehn*. ncjiortmis mnee
•om* yearn tts rh h utfivr dtvpusits,
<*arrle<l chm. Thl fve is no other
,f * n
ll**lt*l ani Vlnrtl sinte ilMit the Supreme
Gotl w * un tied. There took plore the
urutw of Zeus vMth Kuropa, and
th**rWrom. a- from another Sinai. Minus
brought down the Law afteT communion
wrth the Ckul. The hUtsilnjr ray of the
fallen rocks \n the upper holf of the wns
u> rev*ale<| a rtnle altar of burnt sacrifice,
ami a nai'rod or rutn-
with the voting deposits frmi five
fret to seven fret deep, full of vase*,
libation tatafle*. weapons and implements
In bitwise, bon and Iron. Matuettes in
tt*rra ooftm *u l muk-U of everybody ob-
Je**t, ded4c*ite<l to the (kxt In the lower
half opens a profound abyss, where a
ffloovny sutt* rrmean jmol out which
rksea a of *i.*4a**ttt!c pillars con
tinues Into the heart of the mountain
Hero a fre.it surprise was in stor*- For
not only was the bottom m\sl full of
bronse statu, ttes, weme arvl or tide* of
male and female use. but the vertical
slits !n the pillar* were found to have
been ujm*l os niche* and to contain an im
mense numler of votive doublo
weapons an*l trinket*. This vast cavern
ws undoubtedly the mysterious Holy of
Holies Into which Minos descended slone
and nn emerflnf as r>lotyslus says,
shdiw-ed the |rw to the people * a iftft
from Zsus himself. The discoveries made
In this esse cover the whole primitive
lerlod of f*rtan history bank to the pre-
Mycensean ep>ch.
Thr tfldnlaht %|ipetlte.
H R Vynne. In the New York Comtwr
rial Advertiser
If New York is the paradise of eplcure
It ran also soon prove Its right. If It
choose, lo the title of the Klondike of
purveyor* 8-ane enthUHle*! ha* flpirs]
lhat there are at present only two places
wl>ere ths honest wayfarer may pay more
for hotwst food and drink than in New
York Namely, at Maxim's. In Paris,
where the names of printed oti the
menu h.ve no prices attached ami the
mool of tne waiter or the condition of th
guest; ami the Arabian desert, where
the gue.M Is charged naught for his dinner,
hut is romp**;led by etiquette to give hl
host a hors** Maxim s menus ar** florid
affairs, artistically as well ** roimtHi
tally On* of th*m lies liefore m fait
souvenir f (k'lirlou* *ooking ind of piracy
supreme It Is |*rimed In black, red n !
gold, and sp*>rts lr> one tv>raer a bkml
youth In a fall hat ami a avlph In whi r
tulle stifrgeiilvely tipping s chami>sgtv
g'ass Tlte Idond youth haa hi* hamla In
his |SK*kets and his monocle foe use-1 on
his liver That also Is M*rge*tive
The prices charged in uptown restau
rants are regulated. o experts agr*-e, not
by* the volume of |M9tronage received In the
day. twit by the extent of the dinner and
after-theater trade The place that Ir
popular after the theater Is the place
lhat flourishes, ami when such a popular!
tv is once won the prosperity of the pro
prietor. apparently, ha* no Mmit. It hue
been said, whether justly or unjustly,
that, with generoua furnishings and equip,
merit, the more ruinous his prices the
more popular will Bonjfsce Iw-com* Th**rr
Is one uptown esiab!l*hment where th
waiters receive tips for "holding a
table ** These thing* can lie accounted
for only on the theory that the vas* after
ihewur AOs'*ting popuiaflon regard it*
midnight appetite witn tees aAcrtiuii *’*•*•
the chance lo spend It* money It*
method of allaying Ihe former and accom
plishing the latter are equally dramaH-
In other uayt ‘‘Del'*.'* *'B.herry , s.** "the
Waldorf." were terms suppoee*l to convey
the idea of limitless extravagance ai
st etiea for • midnight aupper. There arc
now several eatabll*hment* in upp**r
liroadway boasting of figures on their
bdi* of fare calculated ;o put Charlie
Heimonlco or lw>ui Cherry to the blush
The thing is in no way remarkable ex
cept that the very penaun* who pay them
without a moan or sigh atiil cherish the
hallucination that all the extravagant e
in in Fifth avenue, and would *hiafcler .it
the i'lea of going there There I* never
a night of week when these place* arc
not crowded, and the only wonder i*
where all the money come* from If the
crowds Increase *o do the price* In a
way it Is perfectly legitimate. Mine
boat can care only for so many. If aome
are turned away those who remain must
pay. A thoroughly •oumfl prouusltlor).
A glance at the card* of three restati
rants, all of them wtttgrt half a mile of
each other, and all catering to the after
theater element, will cMscloaa aome inter
esting figures After such a glance M
it< ,-wsy to aee how u very ordinary sup
per may cost a sum that would keep a
family of four persona comfortably f*n
a w-ek One Is no: inclined to grtimbl?
at $2 for a pheasant and <anva*ba(k
duck, as we all know. 1* ckaap at It A
dosen escslloped oyster* at SI * i e*m to
approach luxury ami thimbleful of pre
pared crab meat at the name price sug
gets enjoyment for the purveyor. It .*
when glancing at the list of vegetable
and other ne essary *oncoailtanta of a
modern frost shat *hinkier* permeate the
system and dreams of bankruptcy pre
vail A t>ak*d potato for .*> cent*, lima
beans for tt. cauliflower for a luffed
tomato*** the arul asparagus for 91
may not produce nightmare hut they
suggest It. Coming to thr salads, one
loses one** head, or one's solvency, as the
case may be There I* little on the list
for less than 7ft cent* and the "dr**sting"
is extra Ju* as if the mixing of one r
own silad wfre not Ihe *ne compensa
tion of the person paying for it. One
purveyor hat* Invented a d.*h that he call*
"crab meat ala Dewey," that he claim*
Is having what he calls **a great run **
I . f ill . f yopfH-r* and iwtur.iltv nith. r
hot It costa fi.fth, nnd It* victim* never
com pi* in
Botitfi pfrton of fivll IntfiiM !artl lb*
rfi*ori rfic.ntly that there wo to boa
.(■i.rrlty of lobUer*. Tho restaurant price
of a hrolleii k>hator lirnnedtatfily roeo to
fl, which moy account for the Wu,h of
the eruxtacfian when it t. xervej The
after-theater olotrtent hi partial to lobster,
and wll! have It at any price. It lx a
child of the nbrht anil will make the
purveyor-- fortune xh-.uM all elae fall. It
g vea countenance. In a way, to tho price
Chanted for other dlhe. atal the good
nature with which It l conaumod afford,
no forexhadowlnic of tho after offoctx.
One of the pot*n truth* of civilisation
l„ ( ) w ii no man con chcruh nrurcr ft>r lonx
aanlnxt Ihe hoxt who feertx him well The
übllmitioit lx too deep Thai, perchance.
|x why the roaturateur'x popularity la
enhanced by the fact that his p.,trona
clv.-n hm their all But whatever Ihe
reaeon the fact remalnx that the moot ex
penxlve Broadway and Flxth avenue rex
tnurantx turn atrny patron* nlxh* after
night and that the freniy of thoae pa
tron* to gain admtxxton la In exact pro
nnrt'on to the Mght of the chargex The
m'dnlght appetite exlxtx and will be paid
for Gaiety and glamor c:*r tm equally
rear"’net file with good fo-sl for the miracle
t. (a curkatx, however, to think the titi..-
my com- when ttelmonlco and xherry
JlLiy *land at the door of mine hoxt of
iirmulway, humbly xnd hat* Ifl hafi'l, and
ask him how ha does IE
EAT-WELL '
CHRISTMAS
and be happy.
THE MOHNING NEWS: MONDAY. DECEMREH 24. 190 ft
MORE STORM DISASTERS.
Paclge I >•t shares In iienersl Hl*
lock In Shipping.
Tacoma. Wash., Dec. JJ— Details are
coming in of shipping dl*aiers on the
North Pacific coast during recant atorma.
The American brk Highland Light.
C’api McClure, was wrecked ihrc# day*
ago on thf> shore of Han lav * Hound.
Vancouver I*land Her crew escapel
The dorm played gre;t havoc at A*to
ria, where ihe French <en. Mllllnet
was strand*d on a sandy shore. The
ste*mer Oswego was i-wamped at her
ins>riiig and lies in ten feet of water.
The isi-rk Musktikata drsggHi Iwr an
chor and struck the shore stern on Ttie
fovrrment lightship at McKeuxle head
was driven high on th l*cach. The steam
er Charles I>. Linr was towel into I‘irget
sound last night after ternblo experien
ces, which threatened several times 4o
*end her to the bottom.
A M*U IIIMNIIMt I.KAfil r.
OiHclals of Present InisriHiii lennr
to Organise ho. if.
Chicago, IVc. 23.—The American le/igut
No. 2 the only name which can he given
It until uiHither Is officially adopted—will
be launched In this dty next Thursday
At a conference to-night between Presi
dent Johnssm of th* Amcrir.in league.
Attorney Thom.if* J Navln of Dttroil,
nisi George \V Iturnham. It was decided
to call a meeting for that purpose
Th" league will b> organised at first
with five cities, Detroit. Toledo. Minne
apolis, Kannus fity. and Louisville, but
will eventually te made to include eight
cities. This is not due to any lack f
available territory, but Is )>ecaus- the
new league. like the Amerkki), 1* emhar
rasse.L by a surplus of good
cities which desire franchises In
the new body Incidentally it is
also dm* to the fact that the American
league's circuit Is not yet leflnlfely flinl,
arid It is not const leresl desirable to com
plete the new circuit until It Is decided
what < Itles will Ih* vliwndoned by the
American Grand Huplds. Htiffalo. fit
Paul and Indianapolis are strong poel-
I ilit re for tht* new* league and there are
t half dox* n others who ore applicants
for franchises.
I)K. PR AN MW ft* CilFT#.
% Christmas Prrsrwt to C 01-4irsdo
4irsdo Col Ira 4*.
Cliloago, Dev’ 23—Dr D. K Psarsmis
I’.ufi S4ni his check for fuO.dOO ws a Christ
itiM iru*nt to Colorado College Within
the la.*t sewn weeks Dr. Pearsons ha*
lo on*- other eduoatlotial in
tltutlon, but declines to state the name
if the recipient. who gave a pledge that
tne donor’# mmu* should never be divulg
<hl iuilng his Iff•*un*
lira llt lleaalled From a Hob's lllte.
Lancaster. Pa.. lec. 23 —Benjamin Hish
op. of Penryn. aged 42. die4l to-day at rtt
Joaeph's Host it a 1 Borne time ago while
f* *tiin*r his iilshop w as viciously at
(a fcrl by a boar, which Idt him s#ver#ly
on the teg. 14loodpolsoninjr resulted.
*♦* I
Son Kills n Hrnlsl Father.
< ’hiesgo. Dee. 23 —To shield his moth'r
from ai*)ii'4- and save himself from a
he.iting with a pok4*f. AJhert Albertson
to-lay shot and killed his father at tia-lr
home, in Wentworth avenue Albert, who
is 17 years old, was arrroted
,*.... 131 1
Syracuac, N Y , Dec f3 —Theodore I.
Poole, rnlteal Ntatw, marxhal for the
Northern IHxtrlct of New York xtato
ember of th,- Fifty-fourth Congrexe
frem lWt to ltkS and a C*vl! War veteran.
dlf-1 of apoplexy this morning
i InelHnntl Haflmut Man Dead.
Cincinnati. Dec. U.-dT. E. Jonex, who
Jnx been tre.ixurer ami naxlxtant xecre.
'ary of the ll.ittlmore and Ohio South
weatrrn Hailnay and Itx predereaxorx for
over thirty year*. <lte<l xmMenly here to
day. aged U.
lit- Itralnx Beaten Out.
lx>ulxvllh*. l>ec. 23. John Kn|>p]**iMti, a
prlvaia watchman, wax found to-day near
til. place <g tnpJoyiDMt with hlx tiratim
txrtten out lltx pneketx ha<l heeti rtfied
of hlx wagex paid him the night before.
standard till Hnn Dead.
New York. I>ec. 23 -Henry Hannah,
formerly the reprexcnlatlve of the Stand,
anl 1411 Company In the Ixtand of Java,
died to-day at hlx home. here.
TH Id HOVItn wilt.
Ft pert Players Drl.ea Oat of lamr
by a Man Armed With Iteueex.
From the Chicago Timex-Hera Id
New York, Dec. 20.—When twker lx
idayed at xea It lx Juat as It lx on land—
the novice win* Ami that lx why, when
the big North German 1-loyd liner Kalxer
Wilhelm der Groxxe uame In to-day, all
the fioatlng caah wax In the racket, of
Herr H. Morgen Hill and of Herr laail,
1.. layrlllard. two men who rarely. If
ever, played the game before
llerr Ixjrlllard. the wnoklng-ronm ex
pertx say, "cleaned up'S2IO.UOO and Herr
Hill about Hit*) Neither would admit hie
winnings, hut both were tipping xtew
ardx. porter, aid tlock hand- with a
teckiesx prufuxenem that la shown only
by him who has xuddarily got a lot of
money he didn't expect.
Herr Hill lx a financier In San FVamda
eo Four men jitarted poker in the xmok-
Ing-room on FrMay utgljt. among them
Herr lairlllard The xhlp wax pitching In
a rough xea. the wind wax from the wext.
and It wax dark and cold. The piayarx
nettled a fifth man. and someone art nix
ed llerr Hill. Who wax xtttlng In a corner
thinking of the Golden Oate
111)1 didn't want to man who
win* everything l alwayx he who haa
to be driven Into the gam.- by xhaei
force. But Hill xat In, man- to be atnla.
We than to make money They played
ami the honor* were eaxv. Then xoma
one, by wwy of a bluff made a large bet.
It wa* eer and raised. In an Intwedlbla
xfiort space of time there were hundred,
of dollar* In the pot.
Someone bad four or five ace*. Thlx
wax the concluakm of the onlooker*, who
were sure also that bextd* the scea wane
one else had a hand worth holding When
the mm in the pot reached It.UO Herr
Hill called Herr liorMard showed ace
high and Ihe other* hail nothing a* good
except Herr Hill, who took the 11.ISO, with
a pair of deuce*. After that Herr Hill
played some more The ending of Ihe
voyage also end-d hlx gain* III* pockets
bulged with money
The old poker player*, who knew all
atiout when to go If a'" l "hen * *•!'
out and mjtil caleulate to a nicety the
value of a hind, gnashed their teeth as
they saw Herr Hill and Herr torillard
walking off the Hoboken pter with their
money. .
"1 don't know anything about Hoyle,
said Herr HUE "and wouldn't recognise
him If I collided with him In the street "
"It wax Hi* Ac*’ •t 1 "* 1 1 * v, * r Ptav-d
poker for motley.** admitted Herr Lofil*
lard.
-A Moist Definition.— They were onca
more talking about trusts.
"I heard another definition of a trust
the other day.' said Mr. Northxlde to Mr.
Bhadyxlde
What wa* Itf
"A trUM t* a body of men entirely sur
rounded by water."—PtlUburg Chronicle-
Telegraph
ON THE ISLE OF EAGLES.
A Will) SPOT OFF THO € kill OH.
MAN to in.
| Nrsls llnllt ott I iisi rell*le Pinnn.
vies—Al tempt of Two %iientnr>
ous Fag Hunter*-.lilt <l* Mint
Fotmlif ibr %% onld.||e-Nolher
Almost t the Top—Hurled Into
the Aea.
I From New York Comnwrclal Advertiser
Tib’ ar 1> traditions t*f t*allforiui ha\‘
j romethlng to s a> ab<Mit Hence, whit*
I tended buds of the Inlands 4>ff shore,
title of which waa given t twme which
signified the Isle of Jgagles Th** bird- m
the old days were vn*'jderd sacred bv
the natives, the tail ft-athers Iwitu; use*l
as aai riUci <r offering* to their gi.
not taker, from the bird, which was
never molested, but from the nests The
birds were ro tame that at tin* time of
tin* last Siainish exiwthtion the\ wr
Known to dash down and ►•!*• tlsti frxuu
the hands of W4gn< n, who wi re no match
J for them. Thee birds .1 n* still uiKlts
turlied. It being .in unwritten law to pro.
tect the c.iglcs; o>)nsc*|uentl>, they have
in reused in numt>er* of late years. lNair
ivdnt* of varnnge are the lofty and in
•cccsalbla ;gnn< ies which rl** from the
Ifoi'ky shores, him! their nests are usually
built t4i points iieyotwl tie* nti. It of the
most skilful cHmbcr. un danta t*a<!lna
there is a pinnai le. i*erlapa its* feet m
height, crmpl*'tely j*a* and ffutn ths
IBhore. thi* sea having eaten the iatervsti-
Ing rock .iwm\ and about It the waters
swirl atxi ruwh furlouslv The punt is
the moat of any. faidng th
long seas which tome down from I'oint
Concs|ftH>fi, arul In storm** they strike
the eyrie of ths sagh-s and rUo*.
MpUndMl mass of from, to the very eun
mk. where the Umch of wood and
branches Jndl atee the neat of the great
r*glr
Nnfortunately the i*gg of rogle* are
in dematul by collectors, and a few ad
venturous spirits tnak* liuiliinm of
trying to set uri* them, literally taking
their live* In their hands The oral men
tioned, on the north end if the island,
from being unmolested grew to a Urge
slxe; a heap of kelp, branches of trwrs
and shrubs, easily dlstlngulched fro*n
yachts and other craft To reach It
was the ambition of <t score of men, un i
finally two 4b term'nod t< make the at
tempt The north Isluiml Is iinlnhabHed
•i male of hiNs, intiuntains ami canons,
some of which are famous for their In-wt.
the ißksnii gradually narrowing *> it
•d’ptva'has tlie north until finally ther-
Is nothing but a rl.lge pole or rock, nar
row and dangerous, akutg which a man
can crawl n.l so attatvi th** hk). I'ouv
loihrillo. Iwynn*l which I* the local pil
lar of Hcrcula#—thi ryrit- The
men starred frtmi Avalon, rowing u|* Iht*
C' .ist. itukniK lht*kr hca*iqiMirt4 is In a
littla txtv about two mil*** nouth of thw
cyrlf*. While th#rc arc tv> storm* her#* In
sum:n#r, there Is a twavy sea. which
often piles In, makln# thr ai4irt*a< h )4
the rock impossible; s the men waltrd
for a oalm day, and wa-ied two w#aks.
For days it would hr* absolutely calm In
thr vlclnitv, hardly rlpplf dlsuiri4iuc
the waters. bt th#* rock of the t*a*l*
•rpfnwi to bo k<wMh<l hy some mysterious
power, a* the sea rose and f*!l unceas
intrly alMjiit it. swirled alx>ut and w
>*t* ked into iiVMteen with ominoui
sounds, as th*ni|th 4lisa|q>earlt4< ln?t> tlie
bowels of the 4-arth, to be •‘iimilv’l with
such volume erd force that a I mat would
ha crushed Again, 4h* l*a*e of th - rock
was covered with a sklrtimr of kelp, 4r
mors, and the waves would rise 4*l# M
01 ten feet, then as staldemly drop away,
*'*** - "f *dww..i 1 4 .inig iumn wMfh a
iot would b4* hunit until overwbeime<l
hy the ne*t wave. *
All the** points th*- men sn#iiel for
day*, and rinally one morning 4hey found
tlie s**a so quint that they
to make the attempt As they approa* n
‘
eMticies r*ee wKh wild cries u<.<] flew away.
The men were e*|i4|pe*i wMb #un*. rop* •
.%i>l provisions, and their plan was lo
vain tlie rock 1f |*lbl* and remain un
til they had ar* v tired the Tliey rowed
a boat about the forblddlnir rock for ten
minute* than the sro betnr l*rel liny
rushed at M. The man In h* ls*w l*s*ied
onto a ledtfe ns they struck. Uv* other
dr*Hi>ed the oars ar>l sprang to bis •-
s’stnrv e. an*l at the w*rd t>oth lifted
ths boat mam 4 he ledire But at the
hamo moment the sea sank -literally
dropped away—leavirt* the boat
stern down, over the woler; then as It
rose It lilted her; and whan It ajrain
sank dtwrwd her from thalr hands, and
they found thetnsfAv#a on the far-*- of
the rock with notnimr to rot. tne pro
visions hetna dumped ov*rl>o*m). and a
disabled iKOtl. th# bottom havitur lesn
crushed tn. They secured from the b<at
a can of water and a rope. and. *lll
determined to try and secure the eojd#
e#r*. led the bout around to the lee *ld,
where she was allowed to float oft to
the lenirth of th** rope They then turned
their attention to the nest. rHvlixt on
some of the pasMn* yachtw. w-hlch round
ed the Island almost every day, to take
them off The rock was s!!pi#ry from
lone accumulation of guano, and the men
presently saw thwt to reach the nest
was almost beyond human possibility.
They 4x>uld climb the ba**. which was
irregular and broken, to within forty fret
of the nest, but from here there wa*
nothing hut the smallest break* In the
way of fisrthold* One of the *dven4ur'T>.
however, decided to at temp* It. and tn
an ingenious manner. The lory rop** whl- h
they ho*! wa* doubled and a sfon#
attached to the doubled end. and with a
w*ing this was hurls* 1 over the top so
that it fell doarn on the other aid# of
ths rock and €h#y had encircled It; tn
a word, the hunter proposed t*>
ascend It as the native* the Ho*ith
I'aclflc cl Rub tre*-s He Uqcan the climb
barefooted, not icoin* up. but irruduallv
clrclinic th# pillar and hitchin* the rvte
upward. Holding to ths crevices with hls
toes, he m id* it od hendway, and by the
time he had completed the circuit of th#
rock he had gained ten or twelve feet,
and th# foot ing was growing b*#ter
tflowly h moved. oba#r\'lng every cau
t.on, now overhanging th# as. which
but poorly concealed jiHtlng rocks, now
over the rock Itself; and on the second
turn, always hitching the rope up. he
h*i gwined twenty-flvo fret He was
reaching *lown to roiae the rop** when
he heard a cry' from hta companion, ami
then came a sharp WhlaHlmr aound, 4
rush, and sororthing filled the air in
front of him. atHking flare# blows and
throwing him from hit fret, so tha* ho
hung for a second by the ro|e, falm and
bewildered by the blows It was the
mother eagle, that now. convinced that
the object of th# visitors wa# 4o attack
the neat, had plunged down from a gre,it
height, striking the roar, with wring and
talons in a desperate effort to throw him
off. The bird dropped away for a moment,
jirrhttp* alarmed by th# cries of the nwn
below, who altto threw pNs'## of dlain
tegrjted rock at it, giving th# climber a
FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS
IWf 1 eiJ PoM Dhtnofnftnrt tutd Oartgor
< * 'tfMUMp wh< re“MoUlcr'i hICDd” is not
| A/titalfi known or unfit.
' vv*C**iaa Comfort and Smfmty
tAfc Kmdß&aWy ul; r> ilk- \irtiic of “ilotDcr'i
Friend " wc known.
• ■ S It t, th,one and only finiment in th* wo,tdthit by outward
1 W 1 hiidWrtb l fix txrrorx I , s
1 /*!(l*.*" Miouid t(U b IrwrK’s ol It, wbethxr needed now or ael.
moment to recover and secure anew
footing and take mil a tone roller
"'teath knife lie was ie ne too soon, si*
.iimln the eagle : ish and at him. turning
when it r<achd him and etrlkina him
with Its * law sand at th* rom*' time
with Its bag wing Having both hstwl#*
free the man watded off th - w ng blow
sn itching at it tn an endeavor to and!
able |t. th* t*h result l*elng several
frothers. while .4* almost bat las bniavv*e
Th** *4gle w.i* n w hit si|<tgrely >4l the
breast In a pt* f •.h k from hats I
of the *4h**r man us 4 as t; w • tutidng
which sent it tumhiing <lownw ird. but If
enurht Itself anti fl* v\ awa\ oier th*‘
Water
The man b*drw now emb avnr**d to In
duc hi entnronion t* come ibiwn. but
the latter rwplled ht he was going to
reach tin* nest if It took ail iuimiut.
nisi holding the knife In his t.*cth hr
n9vci| on. th*' other hunter piling up
stones am! rock of convenient six** ss
ammunition In case of i return of the
cbiugr The pillar l*etn*, taw m4*re broken
th* < llmiwi mail* rai id headwai snd In
; sb*>rt titti" hal roaotuMl witldti flv*
lei of the lop. where he h4l the same
exp*r.u*4 An eagle seemed literally t*
tumble cwit **f th. sky on t him lilsatng
and s.-reamliig a feathered fury l*en on
his dewtru*tlor At |>oint the rick
part 4*f th 4 debrlh ot the 4>|l nest had
rolitni down, n<l .itnong It wits e htnb
tf a tree whi- h th‘ clknlier grssied, sh
the iNg|e struck at him lie trust It direct -
ly In its fa e stvl pushot! H off. hi |ssl
tk*n lHng such that he could not strike
Th** Nnl merely fell away t4* regiin its
equlllbrmm, then turned and plunged at
him again with loud anl •ll>* -on hint cries
Tin mmi rtrut’k at th 4 Idnl with Ids
knife, holding the stick as guard, hut
missed It. and one of (h* claw * fasten'd
Into hi* clothes and became entangled,
then sukbnly I♦- lost his Ktluncc an*l
fell against th 4 roj • which broke, utul
tn ti and bird w*nt plunging Into the
s*m The fuA*t that the bird's talon had
caught In hie rk.thing utHbuihttnliy save*l
the i*gg hunter's Ilf* . WS the lard as s*mmi
.is it stru* k the water began to try t*i
fl>. and actually h**l|ed the man out of
• h** kdp l*e| nt*> whh’h they hsl fallen,
then bv its struggles freeing itself, al
lowing the fiiaii to swln t*> the rtH'k.
where h* was tuuibst up by hi*
rompmiori
Another • igle whs taw wheeling mI-uH
the im**l. aiwl as It was <vl*l*-nt (hot there
w**re >oung in it th** Id* a of reaching it
vi h abmid *ie**l l*f*on Investlgailon .t
was foutul tlmt the Imimt was damag’ and
bex'tmd iepH.l, and as the swlu to Ihe
piece ivher* they '*'iiki climb the cliff
was too long mid tlangerou* tlie adven
turers wre ’bilged to wait for n boat
That night the sen ruse, but they crawled
inii a 4 rev Ice on the lee rob where thr y
r*at shlveriiig with the cd*l, until morn*
ln f , liven 11 1 it I tig t hem *♦ Ives In a s*-eih
Ing caldron where re lews* was impossl
Me At low tble they caught Mmpcts an*l
some alalonee, bit th - lack 4f wraier
lagan to tell on them that night, and
they determined to mak** the attempt to
swln around the |s*int of th** Islarwl As
rood fori ut’** would h.\e it the sew* went
ili/wn later in the dav and early follow
Ing morning they were rewu#s| by a
l*a<*sirur im.lt, afte** a serbw of attemt*t*.
ta ing bulb’d through the surf by lasso.**.
A number of |eopie ha\e ha*! experteoces
at the Islands when robbing eagle's nest*.
. n l In almost every rose the tdnl* came
4ff vlctorimis In their attemi** to IfO
tect their young
( HIM,. 1% NATtOYXI. t'tl'll'tl..
% Sf.ru Cxxxhl I*, M norli- % fillet
Win. Stole a Med-Hol
Krifin th<' W.ixhlngto* l'**'
An arrext wax made under very tauftfia
file clrcumstune.-* In Washington xeverxl
years agn. when th.* striking of on ol*l
fashioned loud-toned clo. k wax th* mean*
of the capture of a thief An old . olorr.l
L . n ,,,, r,— Wsahlxeinn com
plained to th- officer on whose- l>eat she
resided that *ome time during the morning
her house had ben robbed of a valuable
old Clock The negrex* wept bitterly over
the loss, declaring that the aged time
piece wa a family heirloom and wax nil
(hat she hail left to remind her of "the
gotxft old days before de fiah " Inquiry
developed the fact that Ihe only visitor
*he had had during the morning wu* a
negro pqddler. who had purchased from
her some old clothing.
"Hut." declared ihe lewrful. "aunty."
"he couldn't have look de clock. Mfidjh
Officer, for he w.ixn'i alone In do* house
m**rs den a minute."
The officer thought differently, however,
and *oon locuted the paddler a few tilre-kx
up Ihe xtreet. engaged In u purchase. The
policeman approached Ihe peildler and
,-atd:
"lo>ok here, uncle, whal did you <lo with
lhat clock you stole thi* morning?"
•'Clock:' exclaimed tha gray-holred old
a-iKp. "(Jo away, boss; I never *toi* •
clock or anything else, 'detfil, 1 didn't."
The officer wax about to put another
question lo Ihe peddler when Ihelr cam*
to hlx ears *he sound of a awael-loned
bell—"ding. ding, iliug. 'ling "
The rdfi.er xmlied. while the peddler *
face assumed a* * shell a <lor as a ne
gro's countenance can The policeman
pulled out hl watch, and. after glancing
at It. remarked:
"I'm-le, that dock you have under the
rags In your cart I* (en minute, fast.
When we get lo tha pollen Wat lon you
can act It by the clock In Ihv aergeant *
room."
The old man broke down when the
much-wanted dork wax pulled out from
the bottom of the wagon, where It bad
laid under a lot of old rags "It * a warn
ing from do good 1-awd." cried (he ne
gro "I aln'l a-going to *toil no more"
And neither did he for six month*, un
less It was done In Jail.
A number of years ago one of Wash
ington's struth-houn-l* capture! a noto
rious thief In a way that would have don*
credit to Sherlock Holme*. The- detective
who made the arret* wa* one of the clev
erest and most bailees thief-taker* ever
In Washington, and he still resides In Ihe
i'atdtal city. (Hi one of the fashtopabl*
residence streets of the city a woman
who had become r*du< and In circumstance*
kept a boarding house, one day she was
surprised and gratified when she'answered
her door-bell (o see an old friend, a lady
whom she had known In year* gone by,
when she was more fortunately situated.
It Is needle** to say that the good board
lng-hous keeper at once made her vis
itor at I Rime and assigned her the best
room tn the house A few day* wrnt by,
ami the woman of (he house missed sev
eral hundred dollar* In goal, which she
had, by xirtt economy, managed lo save.
She basked high and low lor the missing
money, tail, unable to find It, finally re
ported her loss to the police department.
The subject of this story was assigned
to the caee He called at the resblence
and rlosely questioned all of th* Inmates
He inquired particularly aa to Ihe wo
man who had recently come to vl*H th-
Imardlng house keeper, ami. of course,
t!> good woman at once resented any re.
Ilecflon Upon her friend's good name
"Afe you quite sure," naked the detec
tive. "thl there have hern no strangers
In th* hou* of late."
t'Qulte sure.” sspiiod the woman. "But,
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Are You Thinking
and worrying yourself over what
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f ISIS IV
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even your sweetheart. Take Santa Claus’ advice and
come right straight to
Lindsay & Morgan’s,
who are headquarters for the nicest and most suitable
things that vou or any one else could suggest for a
Christmas present. Wc will take the liberty of giving
you
A Few Suggestions
and we think out of the number of articles mentioned you
will certainly be able to please yourself and the person
for whom you are buying it. Our goods arc all useful,
and will last a life-time. Remember our motto, ‘'Not
How Cheap, But How Good.” Our stock cunsits partly
of the following, all of which will make a suitable
present:
Sideboard, China Closet, Chiffoniers, Smyrna,
Axminater or Hair Hugs, Shaving Stands,
Writing Desks, Dressing Tables. Lace Cur
tains, Portieres, Table Covers, Leather Couch,
Rattan Rocker, (told Chair, Hook Case. Leather
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handsome Carpet, Brass Bedstead, with a Per
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Th# regular pen * haa tven l?s oo We hava
AQv I 0 \X7nr\l • Ku * fi,T H * h * T them #u w#
7A l VVUUI wJlliy lllct havt SO many g**d thing* that we rant
Riirt tOO you * lMnit •N* but want ymi to
4)ZU. conn* and see for yourself, and we ar#
■ urr yovi will •• yirMwi.
A nimnl We have a si shipment for f'hrik- a
Ml 11 I I lei I mas. prlre fn>ni 912 01 up ti |7.S SO each. Vg
Sp nrfc You most le sure to see them Imn't for- f§ #
get that the time Is short. #nd the good /SvS&S\
twj things are pbke4 up firs* We want you •w •)
f(0) to be flret Won't you? I'WwlS)
• s •
come to think of It. I believe my friend
son has called u|M>n her on several ocea
•tuna. Of course, you iwnnot suspect
him "
The detective asked for a description
of the man. ami after thinking for a mo
ment. ho took Ms leave, with the remark
that he would return later, when (he
young man was In tlie house, that he
would ring the bell ami ask for him. but
he wa* not to l>e recognised by Ihe lady
of the house, who wax merely to say that
■a gaiitleman lb-sired to see the young
man The next day ihe detectlVP drove
up to the houae In a cab, rang the bell,
and alien the door wax opened tie Inquir
ed If Mr. ltlank was to.
' Why. yes," was Ihe answer, "he lx
tailing on hlx mother"
' Kindly tell Ihe gantlrtnsn that I should
like to see him." sabl (he supposed
Vt ranger
The young man came tripfiling down the
stairs, wondering who could know that
he *■• In the city. H* went carelessly
into Ih* parks' The detective grrstfd
turn cordially, ami total him thill he knew
him very well by reputation. Then. In
an undertone, he communicated lo IH.f
man that h# had been r*< ummriided to
• all upon him by a mutual friend In New
York. meiMlonktg the name of a rlever
nnd notorfoua thief The man wa* start
led for a moment bul Ihe reassuring
ton* of the detective disarmed him.
"What can 1 do for you?" h asked
"Well.” said (he detecllva. "I have a
tug Job on hand, amt It Is one lhat I
cannot work alone, and I have been told
hy our mutual friend that you can assist
me."
"I'm your man. my core." said th#
young man. "hut I am luat now In a lit
tle trouble myself, and 1 will have to
work very quietly."
"Tell me shout K," satat the defective.
Thereupon (he man untnirdened himself
and told him about the ihft of the gold
"Is |t In the house now?” Inquired tha
. . Ail ■i.ltHTl
"It Is."
“Get it amt come with me, and we will
gi t II out of the way."
The young man went upstairs and toon
returned with a fishing-rod case In hi*
hand* The two went to lha cab. got In
and drove away Once In Ihe rah. tha
detective piled hi* victim with question*,
and. having secured all th* evtdenee and
the Information that the money was In
the fishing-rod eaae., he tipped the driver,
arul the cab drove up to the etatl-m
bouse. Then the detective showed hls
badge. and Informed the man that he was
under arreat The young fellow vu
completely knocked out. but submitted
quietly. He was sent to the penitentiary
for several years, amt upon hta release
resumed hi* evil way,. The same d*t*o
tlVe arrested the fellow imuty limes later,
but none of the arrests required the
thought and Ingenuity that the first one
dbl.
Thousand* have laughed at Ihe "alunta"
of the late "Old Hoes" Iloey of "A Parlor
Match" fame. who. In hl character of
the tramp, would steal Innumerable
things, among them a stove. In which wa*
burning merrily a red-hot fir*. Not one
of the amused spectator* jirobaoty
dreamed that such a theft occurred tn real
life. Such l* the cane, however, and the
police department of Washington has the
record* of such theft* Not more th.m
two week* ago the residence of a Wash
ington man wa* entered by tramp* and a
stove wax ripped from Its fastenings and
taken away Ths atove contained a fire,
and In a tin dish on the stove were boil
ing some eggs- The thief took the eggs
along with the xtove. and the ihoten prop
erty wea never located.
Three men carrying a large kitchen
•tove, were dlecovervd Humbling down •
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Get them today,
SHERRY, gallon, sl.
CATAWBA,bot. 25c; gal.sl
FORT, gallon sl.
SUTPERNONI., gallon $1
BLACKBERRY, hot. 40c;
gal, $1.50.
TOKAY, hot 50c; gal. $2.
The S. W. Branch Cos.,
for. Broughton #n<l Whß#k#r.
Phonre W
side street with their burden no! lon* ago
liy a Washington police (dtlcer,
"W hut urn you fellows doing with that
•tove at this time of night?" (ho officer
id. as h>' stopped the trio. U was then
past midnight.
"We are taking U to my mother**, whose
■tove broke." answered one of the fel
lows. "flhe Is going to have company for
dinner to-morrow and wants to bake soma
bread We borrowed ibis from my
HUM.’*
"Thai’s a pretty story, isn’t Ml*' es
< lalmcd the guardian of the peace, an>|
marched the oultlt. stove and all. to-tha
nearest patrol box. where the wagon was
called and carted the three men and tha
stove lo the nearest police ttatton. Tha
next morning developed the fact In tha
Police Court that the atove had been etol
an from a lawyer’s house on (’onneettewt
avenu-' Tire three thieves were sentenc
ed lo ninety days each, while the owner
of the atove had It returned to hte house
try an expressman.
Men. women and children of every Slav,
color and description havs spent nlghte In
cells, but rarely It Is that an animal Is
held as a prisoner. An Incident related by
one of the veterans of the force recalls
that at one time a dog was held as pris
oner. nr si were It not for the presence of
the animal a rase of grand larceny would
have been quashed In court. It happen
ed t hot one of those hugh Ht. Bernard
dogs, which are trained to carry baskets,
acted as accessory to crime, and waa seen
carrying a basket with cosea of Jewelry
along the street. The dog was followed,
ala! ihe valuables recovered by one of the
sleuths, and later the matter of the dog
waa arrested. No one had seen Ihe rob
bery committed, and It was not until after
the gossip were recovered that the robbery
was reported. It was learned that tht
defense had plena to dispose of the dog and
thereby sever the link of evidence, but
the police took the animal rnptlve and he
was brought lo court as rvldenoe.
—lt often happens that people sing Jubi
lantly at church. "We shall know each
other there." who refuse to know eaah
other here .-Tit-Bit*
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