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vol. xxvii.—NO. x*
HOW MAT LOST HIS NERVE.
While the westward-bound express was
stopping at the Jericho station, I noticed
that the station master was in elose con
ve the < ■ ■ . ■ . '
an unusual ;-et on his part, :;.:■• he strictly
upheld the dignity of his oi’ice, and held
no communication with engine drivers ex
cep’ to hand t! ■; such telegraph:': orders
as he might h i pen to have received lor
them. So after the train hr 1 departed,
and the station master had returned to his
usual lounging place on the piatform, 1
asked him who w .; the man with whom
in- had been conversing.
“That matt?” he replied. “That was
Hank Stevens, the best engineer on this or
any other road. I've known him for going
on twenty ye:r:-s, and have h Io d to pull
him out 1 ■ ■ • •
die's quiet and careful enough nowadays,
but there was a time win n that there man
v. -is jew tile great* -t 'lai d -. il that ever
hand! 1 the throttle of an ngine.
"Tl ere i- nothing in the world.” continued
the station mast' >, “that requires the nerve
that engine driving requires. You may talk
about y. r soldi* rs and your sailers, and
I don’ d c ’ it they are a n rvy i t,
hi l ' ' :
When t'-ov s o lheraselv s gutting into a
tight pl ;ee tl; y !;••■. • sou- time to look
about them arid to make up tii.-i’* minds
what to d<>: but win •- an rn ■ •'•■• ? rum.ing, ,
say, at forty mib s an hour, round a sharp
?i;rve. m *< an engine e ii'.ir.g r.is v, ;iy on
the same track, he hasn’t e '. tine to
cuss. AU be inn <b> is to r< w.rse his en
gine. whi h most iim s is a hi;; mistake, .
as I’ve he .rd our best etiain*- -rs say, and
either to jump ar.d break his neck, or to
stay and '. ■ ; course, the en-
gineer in v ai-ii circumsiat;'- s isn't ulw.-.ys
1. i to
handle a let- r and wait li.. : an .... lli p nt
man when an ther engine is almost a-top
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THERE WAS AN .A’GiNE ON THE TRACK.
o’
drop on the floor of the c;:;> :;u 1 s:>y t :e ‘
first bit of a prayi r that they eomd iav a
to -. . . . . .... J
speaking of nerve return ■>»
there was an origin- ■ - <>n i ■ ■ ' ;
might say. It
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in an u- i ' : ’ ;• .
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t
one good scare. .-• d In- I:: • • f.
alw ■ ' - ' ' '
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ter tnat tnej
wasVthe t : ? ■ . '...J/';- !
of the •■ .. - - t i i... 0 ■
nation i:; in > tv .-i Atl-asvi!'-'. and Tide- ■
rius Ceni< r. 1 ■> <-t . ::.s .vas ■ i-
s. : ■ ■ ■ ■ . a mai ;
i. ■ i
Eeivice, v. s ie’-.-d to h".v«- f - ;
perior i . av• ;• nr•••, ;
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ire- c\ l 1 ' : .
in i j-ui/.-; • • 1 ’■ .-i - ‘ .‘ x . I
he had < ... ' ' ■ ■ ' : m! \ 1
and that il ■ 1 i. < a-
watch h;’ppened to he a mrn’.ite s.ow, i
another ti in would be into hr -t. !h- s
what T c;>i! rf'.-!A®--s. 1 ’
who says it ai i’t. W< eves y afteri on
l.i-’ik's train u ed to meet th
<. ■ !
miles north of lioiv, n- i ■
would meet her just a m'ie out • ■ ■ r
tansvllle. It wis his tmv ' :: ; '
o g .. ■ ’ wait for ti , ■ ■, ■
was five minut >s late rl
of way, and could go ,l 11 1 ‘' 1 ,
- .. Io -, 'iic for him. lou m.-.y b. t
live minutes, am* sou.i.* - /• *• ■ ■ • ■
out wh he coui 1 ■ ■ ■ '
i■■ .ind make her back down to the next
station. ,
“There was a girl somewnere on tm ... ,
I I
co
at Spar !sv il<. No, ’■' u! ' ' ■ ’
f..r th-.- accommodation r v<-r ■- u ’"y "‘;
i■ 1 g ht th< r< ■. and so ! >... . *
sp nt his evening with h' <■. v.-Jt. •. i. '
gi-ren'l rule. Sue must h?ve lived at_ j-
»
and wh< re Matt Mc< linnis lived w hrn
was at home. Well, anyway, well say
c,h° live I there, and it i n't of any con: e
quenee where she did live so far as this
hver tory is c acerr-c. .
“Both the men wm-e dead in Io . e with
th< girl and d to
make up h r mind whi<h of the t.. 0 she
liked best. Hank u-.-u to come to see ner
; pretty near every evening* at about 8
! o'clock, rind ?.i.att us. d to spend most of
! the two hours that he had in Tiberius Cen-
I ter ' very d ■ ■ from 2:30 t > 4:31 at her hou: -.
* As fr as I could judge Matt was making
i a lilt! • th.- bed hea..uay, rh - always
; had the girl to himself r.li-n he e.iib-l,
‘ while when Hank was there in the evening
h r father and mother were apt to be on
hand.
"Hank v*ter-ib’e j. alous of Matt, and
he never lent .* c-r :e - to m ke things un
’ pl’ <■•■••-iiH. lor the ; Ilv would
; pu!l out ■’ «v?n the where li • hud been
: i i;; ■t •o’ ’ lie e .r .. , u. uii ■; ’te b»?fv " *
; she v;.ts due, and when ho m .t her he
j would show his watch, wlik-h ho had
I shoved on unlil it w..s two or thru * minutes
i fast, and stick t-> it. that she was ri"ht.
■ Idea sonin : ith him wouldn’t do any itootl.
| Thcr was hi : train on the track, and he
: wouldn’t 1.-’d-.e an inch, so in t;.* end the
; express would have to back down, -and
| Iliiiik would rem; ik to Matt that if lie
i didn’t get a. new watch he would come to
I grief some day.
V ■ :: Matt complain to ''; ■ ■ sup r-
j intendent? So ho did, l.ut wh-.-n th ■ sup-.-r
--ii.:--ml nt c.“ed 'i up and <m i ion-d
j him, H.-aii ’i. watch v.;.s exactly right, and
| he stuck to h's lory until the superintend
, c:-t 1 1---V--.1 him. and 1;< be-mn to think,
that Matt w::s ,- citing -a littlt too old and
t i <•::«•< !•• '. This wouTn’t have made
ranch odds to Matt if it hadn’t be; n that lie
foun I himself w. ■ ■ ring if possibly Hank’s
. watch was right and if he mmself was
b: i ining to show signs of failit f. This
' is jii: t what Hank w..-- wo’king for. for lie
had sworn that he would i.iak - Matt lose
1 is nerve, pro vid M::tt go- the better e-f
i im i, i: i .ie - :'. Tl n Hani: t ik i >
halting his train . n a down grade t ad in
i forming the conductor that l ;.s ent-me was
: rot wm'kiry jwi ri -ht m-.d r.<imv’ :• bt
i tie r. !ie v.r eld m u ’■■■.'■' - ’ “W
I ~f un r. g a nu: i. ■ mid <.i •; a
I ‘ , n lie wwi'd w) h-T
nili a lof f oil on th rails. When
i ■
i ~. . • ■ ■■■■ ou;;h to m; ke
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I, .. ; .'.in .... •. ; v.w.V -.veil • n.m ■ o
I t . .< ■<.'.■ r'aye •: it nim, but 1-c
I all h old d ■ to w r. '
; ; . ... I ■ . a. autempt-
. ; • KT'A:';
L r ,’ i . was • ■ ■ < ' ierable
j c ., h ; A ... ■! : mg life .’.S
I W ;c- ihnk uadn’t a eent be.s olid
1
cc- ’-se .Matt r hig'i spirds o.'-r his
j , . .: Hai k '■ as po-.idingly
i . 'I - !: ■:-! it,.. ' ■ I :i mol -'Tltt ,
■ ~/ , : •. ,i \e had j
'a ■ ... • ■ -■ ■ ■' “ n< '• 1 - !
I Ji,,l gob < .■> -VO ; -I r.ght ot way ,
a know n-■ w 11
I . ■ i , .a . ..,-.l’l b-d entitled to it. ;
; 5 .,. ; .. ~y yo ’ll tml oit ■ ' that siding
I ah- i l of t toe m -. e too A t n.
I •’ ;. ■: 1 a;.’;.; t ior to dO lit
i th, m‘a : '... .. . 1-, ink. ■, ho I a fme
I of 1., ar I ul-'i b ■ most
I G . p: ;!lv W . 1 I.- WU h"1 !O
1 “• t ~•...... - s tt “or io ’1 my
i throttl- id :-m At .. our dirt ’ little ac
, ....... train into .■ ■■ • 1 ■■ .
and • . h it. Th . v. bat 1 int< nd to
♦ -1 . ■
' :1 only I had a .\ -ak so; t of ling
■ f-: yo.ir p c : r.--.’
i “-All r' .-. ys !:; k. ‘Tcu come
I alon;f with your i-AI -'n. 1 i-r< oil expr/’-s
: . '/OU t ;nt to. W e’ll
I ; ■ v.ho will < ' out on the top ol the
’ I’ve gem w.iiy >t about t .VO car
i of v ,;.i ,iu - •- ’d my engine, and 1
earitte you’!! have some little trouble
diiw.ng through .rim.’
“Now Hank 1;well enough that Matt
m* ant w-■ : ; att v,as I told
y..ni, a mbihty <-.ireful and caa.ci,-ntioiis
man, but ym: ■/.uid driv-? i.lrn too far, and
he had .iniy im.•*? :/> his mind to run
into !• ■ t.-.da if it u-pt getting in his
way, and i don’t blam m. r, he
j). v .- c l rm ii .6 in in, though
lie thou ht he uid, but Hank worked a lit
-11- ; .!)«■■ on him that left him with no more
nerve than a re -e ho-- ■•- that is frightened
■ |■■ a bit of p - . iid f oil 1 ; it’s yoing to
I ri/'- up and tear ’:i:-t ail to nieces.
“ALout a w-it went ind Hank never
I crowded t ■ • < press off the track exc pt
I on. ', and i- did that when ho knew that
1 Matt':; girl was on the. .in, and that lie
naturallj wouldn't :are her by a c dlision.
Ti.e vi cy io : -ti.-'t the gild was there at
the time m- de it -hi the more hard for
to b.-.ii bis train down and give
J c :k the riyh (>:' way, for, of course, she
J,. • th.: dut‘. hid 111’1: Sonic Sort Os
j , . j his calculations and had en-
,i : . > ,j .'..-i- -i os lift. So the next time
■ - tho very next
day, fiat, sings out. ‘You’ve done that trick
ATL \ fTTA, GA., MONDASSgUNE 11, 1894.
-for the last time. You do it again and I
i sw--a.f solemnly, world without end, that I’ll
I ran yoq down.’*
; “ ‘l’lease .yourself,’ says Hank, and then
1 hit saw that the time had come far carry-
■ icy out a pl tn he had devised for destroy
| mg Matt’s usefulness.
I “A *,.. k, or mebbe ten days, or mebbe a
fertniglit later, tin rc-urcss came round a
to 'i‘,i cm'vc in ar Amioeh about 7 o’clock at ;
I' 1 ;' t, and jii.-eiutt.i dark it wa:-, too, al that !
time of year. Matt was two hours late, i
1 ' ing to a freight train eaviag got Off the j
track ah< id of him, and he had received j
a telegram ordering him to pass th* ac- i
ci mniod .tion five miles east of Antioch, !
wii-.-re . li - would wait for b n on the I
ing. Matt \ as running at about forty-, ve i
''■ s Sin hour, trying to make up a little ■
time, and he kept wondering whether Hank :
v.0i.i.l wait 1. i- liini <m that siding or
would pull out and come along down the
road, just so” as to delay the express an
hour "i* i lougi-r. ‘lf he does,’ says Matt ;
tu hhnsvif. loud enough for the Jireman
to hear him. ‘th- re'll )>.* the biggest sm: sb.
that this road has :■ ten this year.’ J i t
al thac minute the express s.v.tiag round :
tl.* curia-, and there v.u.i an engine on lie .
not mc-r than 1 >rty yards ah
her i;e;m:ig.it war. I.lazing away and right ;
under it Ma t could r< id the number o
■ s engine, which was 34, unless I am
'■ iken. .! remember it because it was
the ciigine that. u.*-\*i to haul the train tnat I
1 v....-; I>a. .. ..:.i- n..; ;• a y ea r before
this hy<r incident nappenod.
’lucre he is,’ says ..latt, ‘and he’s done i
il •' 100 ofti-n. With i.'ial he pulls P.er
v. - .o op. a and stands to his post. '1 he eg- !
1-ie-s engine gave ;1 big jump and fairly ■
sprang un io number 34—that is, of course, I
' ' *■ 111 m::-i..K< <i in timming tnat it v, us '
1 " '''■ 1 felit - i: i am. Still, a man j
■ trust ... i.i. ■ ,; j know j
•• - ■ • tn< two ■ together,
an 11 ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■■■ a. lainute,
'■ 1 ■' 1 ■- i.- . very
tom.di.n..i;l iliuK aasn't .. . much a i■ >•
let alone a crush. A.,. 34 yes, . Mm.mLL
w lha * lha t was h * numbei - just sort
ui cpciiv i cut as >uu might y, and scLin.ji
io A.ll in pmces on cm.; side of .datt's en
gine. There wasn't, ituy tr.dn of any sort.
I nm . 01, and the cm cs.i went on her way j
ii.jo.cm-,
"Matt tuin.; to th-* lireman with a face as •
“ ‘Jim, did you : . tiiat
" '*’*'••■. r :nW :c,y;.,.,.;; ;ia u. r in my \
I’'' > •■. ■: a. m, 'tmi ; i n L ,n> <*. ■ ■ i
■ V ' 11 st . ever tn re was one.’ ’
: L . .. ••• : '.
> " ■ ■ ' . - ertus omter somebody etse
“Th ;. du .- .y tm.t. wh o the express came '
i . . a.
' • - t to
hi *l < doc
tor said tl was ; i i.r; from a : ■ -
v. ,e »n rvou. ; .'<•!< and mti. i ke. p r
-1 • :.. i ......
.... > •
lomm am ~,g mi n'ting haru and keeping j
<i ii-'i, - iio.iig io the doctor s urd- r.-, for t
i.iioiit a rn. and the:’, he g.-.t u bc-rtit oa
I -co . ..a bomnern r *;n.l. Hut he wa a t
< . ... .- htest u.-e. His i-.-rv s ..are vn.m
i-oii. . J,- t tmnk he :aw ih.ti. on the
ti.tiK when tli■ >-.* n.nm<..; l.ut im-hlje
a tii" a..cam, and he'd call tor brakes tu-.d
si iji a.; i.-,.in an.,l nave th- biggi.-.t amd m!
„ i i tr;>.. g to toil the i-bwJix.ur v. „..t he
had :-j ;■ i the train lor. The c iiapany ;
i. 1 .‘urn after . .- ut six months an I I
,t ; .' .o ..'* railroailmg. and is tiuw driv- j
it.g re iru < in Cliiem.o.
'a don’t know win thcr he knows the ;
t-ii .. tfai'.a pk'ttd on tmi or not. Hut tins i
v.. the way m H ;..a sp nt a lot. o. I
memo hi t.' icago for a past uoard cir iiw, I
made to look emicll; like 31, ;m i p;--r. ■
ed wi h ;■ ; • mine hcadli ; ; all complete. !
Thim he rm 1 this hyer tj;; :r.i-r e;i .-inv set j
i;,. on the track just round ;t curte, ala i
linn- when he knew in.it the oily train '
wim-ii c-mld possibly come along would be I
I'm- e.'.tncss Os course he ha I sil fol- |
1- \ < mm..', d m the thing with him, but ‘
H. i; was mighty popular »a. j with i.’.e I
; . s, and he could alv,ays !in . .. Ip enou h
; : a; y that i;e I’.i riit w.int. to c:i- ry i
o il. i.i cour; .- th-i expre.is engine went '
; ■: il :.t the pastehoart: concern without
evil* 1< ling it, a.;-' 1 ■■ -n't bl; im- Matt for |
be! '.i ig that it was : ghost, especially as :
I. the la- . to back him m that I
don't justify Hunk, for T always con- j
ei.'h -. ; tl:;". ... played it :: 1 iog<r too l-.w j
down on Matt, and Hank allows that he did, .
. . • . , he is i kier, and has come to look
at i' ■ t tionaliy. : don’t thii’.k it’s the
i ’ till: .-. I'd do llu , the il '..'.1; o I i or:"'.,’ I
tl.- ii. or. i ■;• . '-ili'iil ami desperately wick- j
ed a the good book s; Is,
i ... ti:: l. yon sax .’ Never heard that i
a i . . . • coul I hve a gin l? Well! I
.\]| ii. -;y is tiiat. if iht '. • ■ a railroml I
man i oil wmiia know tirnt : -to is of engines I
... ■ ■ ■ ... Ol V. hole rm . si ping i ars ’
. i..: I. .'. peen :c- ■■ tim.. and again ny ;
.■. I- ■ ir.c". .11 I 1; - i time now i d tel! ,
i i.f a ! ■ .in: ’: v • tto run tn this ;
vc.-y road, . .id that I've st-, a v.ith my own :
i<: i i: ■ .rn i; ri.. 11 V . .'I go rail’ oad- i
im; tor tv my or il.rt-. ; ■ ..rs, ai; 1 yo.l’ll ;
: . . ht ot : ■ that you'll m ver .
I km. u in any other way.”
W. 1,. AHDHN. J
(Im! Pity t!. *
God pity the home that has never known I
.3 . ii.- ii'.s.ii sweet baby land,
A d th ■ bind, ad:- -al;- that’s a-weary
touch of a baby '3 ha nd.
: God pit. the way of her today
Who imov. s not ti e .-oft caress |
Os tiny lingers that idly linger
In tile bosom of motlm's dress.
(;■'■! x>; t'm- lip that never sips
j Th • fragrance of baby’s kiss;
. A':d ’li" . ii- '■■■ heart th.it. Im- no part
i In the swet t, of earthly bli s.
■ G ,| >,a ■ mm who has silence grim
His d il-.* coming to greet,
m t;. ... ( . th V.mlls on which there falls
No echo of pattering feet.
i . • the home that nee has known,
' r-it will fondle baby no more;
Win re a darkened room and the air of i
•■Joo in
I‘. :.;:s io the crape on the door.
i God lake the part of the sobbing heart,
I Tossing in helpless sorrow;
■ AH through its night let hope flash bright
Promises of the tomorrow.
—EDWAIM) N. WOOD. '
His Honor Gets liven.
]-'rom The Chicago Tribune.
‘•’lnc charge agaisnt this man, your honor, ;
is drunk u-.id disorderly, said the otlieer. ;
••I don’t deny, it. Judge,” said the prison- ;
cr. "I got pretty drunk, 1 guess, but it wtm I
my lir-.t offence, and i know when I’ve had |
enough. I shan't do it again.”
“in that ( ’i id the magist *ate, “1
f>.".i disposed to be—but haven 1. I seen you ;
before?
r-. ken vo.t have, judge. 1 live right
treet from yon.”
••'. it d.*>, i>< :- I! i'.e y. i a 'awn mo-.-, r?”
•■ . , t i . 5 o’cl : ’i he moi
and run it till breakfast time, don't you?”
"Yes. That’s t’t kind of a mat. i am.
]'m always him-, and never let a:.y of my
tim - go to- ''
“Thirty days. Take him away and call
the next.”
M.MAN’B DASH.
v; 3 d to r
■ e JS to *
rH- tiftion dlrc.-HV I-AHTY HAS TiIDIiEN
leo-Ced itl.,-i* j (i CIVI LIZA.TION.
n .*nnatdp
t mips re
■file WAS MADE ON TIME
' ia nd •’
• Ant After Hie J'2xpedition ITad
fe4a*l: Con Its Arctic Wav—Getters
"'p I ‘* l ' ‘be I’eary Party,
—————
' (Copyrightci, : "I. by Walter Wellman. All
rights ism rved.)
On Board ire K.imival I .l.'rl, near Trom
so, May I.—An hour ago we bade goodby
to the world of civilization and are now’
; steaming str:':.;,lit for the arctic regions.
i've railed on the very day that was months
i ago set for out* departure, and it is no lit
v triumph for an arctic expedition to get
t way on : dule lime. In the world of
dci.-ii! require I for tee preparation of an ex
; j-edition of this character there is every
chane-a ford( la;.* i r accident, lor it is nec
i essary to prepare not only for a voyage anti
. for a slodg > journey over the ice, but for
existence through an unknown period,
i v.hcre no other resources but those carried
' along are a iessible. I:' any on-..- thinks it
: an easy task to prepare a venture of this
: sort, throwing about it all possible s;tf>—
; ' inking of evt rythi .;. . nti ipating
all possible wants, let him fit it ami be un
deceived. I'ui, as our gallant little steam
er cut:-: the \..i.c > .■ ol th" ‘iot'ils st:'.light into
■ ' ocean, we w;ilk the d( :k wi i h a
r*. - >n i '-!*.- cje.i;- cmiseiousncss that our pre
liminary work has been well don-*, ami that
we are fully equipped for battle against the
I ; ■’•l ... *.
■ / -• z ' V X ’ *' ?
■- - 1 * ■ 1
■ '
' ' i
•oun.
. )->'■ 11 11 X’.
ar. t ta, . 1 ■
.c ■■' tit
->OO ■ I, .
I a"
to W .
V
<Hia were crov.o i cci.ii peo
wu'.'ed and sho-ited to us their
and ey y steam craft in port
■' ‘ I. and : fleet of sma 11 boats ac-
P | ■' ' for a mile on our way. Th.'
t; '' to goodby w;m 1,1
Hi-: fureti. wt ciiiz-.-n of the town.
; the Ra ■■■■.. id .. 1. ■■
cured ft- 1 ,i men who ac-
compail t . ] with his pr ■" ■■ i
1 ■ ' ■ st
•'"7 I ' 1 CL;r m-b ■ : Th-’ hm pitaiitv
whic 1 this At leriean ex
''' ' 1 1 treated ev mr ar-
I ie count
' ' |:d last ’ enin rby t farewell din-
j b ’•■
1
' ■ 1 e ‘ ’'O.' ; ;. ■ thought of th-' h'-arts
' ■ ' ■ that wei
j.* 3 '* y l * li ' s 1 -uw* of separation and •
Ise Party < >n Foard.
-L, t”''■ L! ’ SOU^S bo sixteen
wb->nbt .1 . the ex pt dition prop: r,
l !-':U ! ,' . ; ;
: 'L "/ b ’'l 'illon an but si : a;'- Not
. ' s all bhiglizhman and one an
;"L ; : ■ ■ ' • But we feat
. .'■.' u 1 tilis fixture 01 races. Al
'' 1 us have lived t..... th ron
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I A am ‘ '■' : A ' en *hu iiastic th .a the
' • h e pr o :
J . •• ■' membt s, and when
■■ •' ' ■ i irtrait ■' . * - . . hur ,
' our laimed:
. 11 ' / '' '1 ■ n m..ii. but we I
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m ” ' . . r ' ' -•■ "’ho has : iven
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! ' , ' ,' 1 ' 1 u’oiogy or the arc-
■■ • •’ ye >! ai-e univi rsity men, both
rl ' the 1 , m -■ j ,
the fastest
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| a.nl ein>l : (J ,. foreman,
I « ;.p, i:n ec ]las a trlo of picke; |
Iy'X/: 'ec ' 1 him
to .'■j.. and skates and
snow shoes,
i , ... , ...nprise a number of men
".“ J ~'k U >n Canadian snow shoes
of wmeh wt ’
Alfred S. Er; / . ' * nU a ”' l 1,1
11; ■ see .nd fa,“ ' W ' Ork I WP ' ve
rpj ,vdlei tn America. .\lore
-’ * * 2? (’’imago, presented us
wr.n one of ; , . , . ,
taken alonJl' 01 ', ■ b,, ' yeies - which IS
to try some 1,1111 we niay be able
itmo- experiments with !
it at our headquarters. It is not adapt
able to the rough ice of the pack, though
doubtless a good contrivance fur smooth
surfaces.
Experiments in Advance.
An equipment such as ours, full of the
lat st and best that mod rn - and
mechanical arts can offer, is inti tjng in
every phase. For instance, cn i-ur voyage
up the coast of Norway part of the
crew was detailed to live for three days
upon the ration which we are t.o ime on
the ice. Four men wore to iiv ■ l'--i- three
days upon eighteen pounds of f. d. or
one and a half pounds per nr n, p r d.ty.
When the whole eighteen pounds h .d b - ; n
assembled together it van placed in a com
mon water pail. Four ounces of com ,-ti
trat'd soup stttiT, occupj i’ig only th.- space
of a sardine box, made t thick, rich por
ridge ft* ail hands, conmiiihig 37 p (1 - cent
of nitrogenous matter ■ 1 ,
nutritive value a large roast -if t-.*f. Four
ounces of American evaporated apples gave
us a line dish of acioidu.: • T'lit, and a
half-ounce of tea, sweet ted with a few
giains of saccharine, made a Hit companion
fol the apples, j ;vo u. ' -1 m- a.t •
from Chicago and si;-: ■ < O s tbip’:-* bis
cui. gave the actual eaii. •; which stems
ant c< ssary tribute to loi ; habit.
J.'ating is very largely n. :.:'uit a. best, and
I■' - 1 - .■ will come wh ■ i dei >n-
strate the ability of m. ;•> cure himself
not of the habit ot <atie -, but ot euimg*-
a large (|oam. ty Simply ~;■ ;l-n> sake ol’ the
i 1 1011.. >l l ■ i1 ■ - ;in •.■■ o; fid: - s.-t v..! i■ ■'i man
in common with other ani .als -o well en
joys. As for that, our m-.. plai.e of soup,
the dried apples and the t 1 e; tve an c\-
avines-s. W,_. have found, in short, that
our ration of twenty-four o.im-ts per div
is too much rather than 1 o little, an 1 that
ii necessary it may .lately b diminished 25
per cent dr even 50 per cent in an emer-
A i’Jea.-cmt v <«;, r-
Our voya ;e up t e co Ist ..ay wis
the pleas imest part of our J >urni We
were interested in watching the i-t of
inmdn ds of fl hing ves Is, n rly all of
the \ i:;ing si'.-p model, c. :n;,-;g from the
' mou ; ! • - ‘el I '■ ; 1; .- . It wa s
I'.' as.mt to note how the da'.'s raphiiy
lengthened till at the ar -t’ ■ ■ ■ -le tli . ■
was at rnidn ht only a . . r; ; .twi-
light. th ' is s rcely even a twl- I
light, an-i in a few days we shall see the '
sun ar. m;dn:-.'.ht, the run who : to he our 1
constant companion ever in. t -- si-y f- r
1 I montiis. Within the arctic circle,
too, it. was a pleasure to basic i-, the warm
sun and go up on deck in the early morn- ;
ing stark naked and take our baths by '
the simple process of pourh;buckets of
sou Winter o-.t-r oi;»? cinoiher. This in tli6
latitude of Greenland in Ap:T!
it is not always that we can lo ti is up
here with cotnfori., bi” H:: .m I'.'.traor-
dinary seas m in the arctic. To !ay the
streets oi i romso e; ir of -now. earlier
than for forty ye rs. Tl p say the
.w.e:-tm ;■ must b. i -• been inc b mil - im r.
•
■ i n.tle ie.- to the north that we a.*e stite
to meta with suceers.
n i.i-.i ti- f or < !lt .
Greatest nJ .-i-,. (1 r ~ - .. ... . , ,
. ' ■ °r a 1 was to t ote the
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rapsli.j’ with which N : . ls nr ,j
' ’ F ’ ■ ’ d toon
: ‘ at tl itset that
'■ - 'er tmlit try nor .1 -ivai. and ti nt
organ'z:iti.in wis still nice-’■ - •
pli--d some simple rules if common s-. t
fe® L-ss,
A- : - -s'd ' ■’
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MOHUN. FRENCH. WEL,E '
with most ailm .-able result-. 1■ ve
ea.-h day an o f ’l -r th ■ d.-y to look afi.-r
details, erd every man 1.-, a/: < o Hi
share of rk—three to i-.mki ei the
degs, two to 1 st ■ar - ' w k aid
so 0H " ■"■ ■ the pha ■ .-• of ship < uty
and service. No cruiser in -h? White
S itiadroil could have its affairs in better
order or get along witn -s friction than
v." experb.-ne d ia our daily routine.
There is work enough f :■ all, fur in ad
dition to the ordinal y t;:.» -. we must make
preparations for the ice journey and for ■
our .he.idqm't't'Hood supplies 1 nis' be I
assorted and pa< k< 1, boats pi , .
awning covers and other fittings, b iots ami
gloves and w. tiring appall be overhauled
and distributed. Dog harness rnu.-t be
made, and also canvas harness for the men
to drag with Every artiei • or :•:.;■•• 1, ; ,i
is going upon the ice must tie weighed, fu
j w< ight, n< ct to utility, is th ■ are it con
sideration in an effort of thi - sort. V.
watch « very ounce with jealous eve and
throw aside every pound that can be :ffely
discarded.
The Hi rnvaid .Tarl Is a.: full of sterns as
she can hu We have the three alumini ;:n j
boats, seven sledges, th ■ ■■> other boat: , ;
tons of provisions for a, po u'.it>!:• winterim:, ■
every coneeivab
In ’ssity, weapons, e mtn miiioii, t<
th nmdr ineltid i i turn
■. all : 1 s for repai rs <i.
the field, alcohol for fuel upon the ice i
and barrels of petroleum for k .nt in rase ■
winter vertakes us at. the ’• iquaiim’s, I
groceries enough to start a grocery shop 1
with, boots enough for a very respectable I
shoe store, medic! ic suflicient :■> wjc'c a i i
ordinary driiyp-t, enough u.d/lii; for a .
small hotel, culinary and table articles in j
qurnti v and variety most astounding, i
scientific and photographic instrum its by ;
the sc re, bamboo poles Jrrn the ill fated I
spectatoriinn at Chicago for use upon the j
ice, mountain rope trim the Alpine clubs,
clothing enough to start up an unFiious I
clothier in a smart town and about 2,000,003 I
other things "too numerous to mention," as
the auctioneers say. Think of anything
y u please, except money, an! the ciiaa'cs
are we have it. We even have a patspert
—not to the realms of the ice king, but to
the .Russian dominions, issued sp. c ia>ly for
us by the czar at tin request of Si.crntary
Gresham through Minister White. It
commands the subjects of the c?ar
to give us help should we require it,
and this we take along not because them
is one chance in ten thousand of our meet
ing Russian subjects or touching Russian
PRICE LIVE CEXTF?
soil, but because we wish to be'’provides
against even that remote contingency
should our return be made via Franz-Jose:
Hand, Nova. Zembla aril Russian Hop
land.
* Coal mid :n>«! Elens.
Tn Tromso wo took aboard a’l the coal
the Ragnvald Jarl could hold. Every chink
fa ■ s
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CAPTAIN BOTT L-! I, I-’SEN.
and 1 irti'-r is fdi'il with fuel, fur in ts».
arctics coal is . >metimes worth its weight
in gobi. Where there is no i.oal, there a
e g 1 :y 14 found. The !!■ -jr.. id Jarl m
m; liiil of dogs :t« our ib-;. -■ are of He as,
■ 1 »-
gian dogs are giving-us a leal of trouble
b< tuse they are w< ikl; or vicious,
f*r they are neither, but simply because
; h«iy ar i d >gs. I below decic,
x. ith nothing io do but to eat and sleep,
they put in their superabundance of leisure
time by trying t >ther into
small pieces. 1: 1> . had to bring on deck
I - t-.-se in- hroi;-: his cb.m t;n.-e times
a.id every time had one of iiis mates for
Mil rod, a T-ig poodle sort <•( chap, with
corkse.cw < iris all over his dirty body,
1. i.-- set out to be- the king do;-, and being
ivool,
tccts Ins hide, he is lik-’iy to succi-ed,
though it is easy to : all the other cogs
arc ci-iv- g a chance to get ut him. T'no
pack have' more wounds and bit's than
1 ’*. Moburn could attend to in a week,
but luckily they are in most cases hurls
which quickly heal. We had our Hist tu
rn r I Just as we crossed the arctic circle,
consigning to the waves a poor pup who
had been -itten to death by his mates.'
Two more save succumbed to the same
disease, anti we have found it necessary
' 1 > orgu niz< a rt gula r dogwatch, fortu
nately we j more dogs tn.iu - . need ana
c-.n St id a?, rrj ■ . , p I
uiuutanu.; I at one T.nother'j
expense.
f*Wl<*rs for the Peary Party.
!d
j-i’ t 0 th !
r ' 1 Red
. , passing- steamers and by the light
ouse keepers, we have the r i £ - ilt to ‘ fly
the post pennant if w e wish to do s o. for
we '' !; 5 :'letters for ?.!r. Astiun
the young Norwegian who is with IJeu
tenani Peary, from his mother, and also lor
a number of the members of Dr. Nansen’s
brave party. The writers asked us to
c.nry them in yj - w of the bare por.sk
. . ' ' ' • tw > or
' " ' ! '■■■-'■ • X 1 loting parties now in
j the field m the region of the pole.
i tdess we are fortunate enough to get
I another opi ortunity t > di ipatch letters by
I h,. k is not likel - v shall
1 I l l'wv'p,i hf 'i l! '. ! i f r Om U! J ti . l ih " re turn of the
it'..m Spitzbergen in July.
■i io tO H " H ' l her b ' H ' k
J 1 : • 'om&o - L,(,nt the lst of but - now
! , ' ' i" "''able we may have need of her In
I ' : ' mut May, and that she
I n,,‘ , i,r ”1 port till after the re-
! L>,"- N- Ur I’urty from the ice
• :!t " ‘ •'"« 'Sunk we -hull i l;lve
•send you then? WALTER WELLMAN.
STUVtGE RISGOVEIRV 1\ IERICA.
«t:a Izai-'s Die-miny u (>HII <lle Ward-
I robe Os ii !: - King- of IJah«sm«*y.
! : - f or thiiws have been found in
« . Lon-
i en no
j i- nnwkeble than that of
I j .alzac s dressing guv. n in the possession
1 01 ° r ' 7j:lb ,ni< ‘y. Monarchs are
1 mr"iy 1:1 -vary, and ills dusky maiestv, one
; woulu tamk, was the wry last of them ’to
- : n "- ( •: van. - upon the personal
; x- ( however <i ■■ i hv*
i ..X• '- t if.i i-b'i iI1( . |-ren-.*h found it in the
i ruy-i ;: ;s .rinj<-nt at Abomey. There wem
'’ ,O '‘S.stories mundod upon this
' - 1 m-i.-m e. Ono of the amazons, it was
: b ■ ' bi u a novel read r
ia " a ‘ s, ". IL I.arc; to secure the interest-
Hw, ’■ 111 tile affair coining tc
: '■ •."'■■■■ ad has-
' _• ‘ > •"■ae had purchased it for his
out shoulders For, mdeed, he always
tat as! ms. I; w. s not
am: soar gown :,iicb as bterary persons
11 V ' " ,1 ‘ ' VG ‘ ;t to wear (of serond
i>uripo fl I'Vi’v ‘ I v ' ,r! ’ lhe ediy s), but of
pmp., '".MI < .mbro.der ,i v ,q t!l go ;., Ag
.. matter of tael, it had been given to Bal
u / ' ' > !lis 'j'hoii’ers and after pis
<*♦ a..i nad bet’t! <»;■ a dealer in rur*-
0.-ities, wno had placed it, with other showy
on tirn w-st Africa.) market, it
ip sad to think how a. plain tale will "put
cov.-n -that is, destroy the material of a
line romance.
Stub Ends of ’! bought .
From i'he Detroit Free I’rcss.
..’osses. ion is pursuit with the pith
punch 1 out. 1
A woman has no use for a dumb ifimid
Epigrams i re diamonds in the qr. ;v ,.j
conversation.
Love is a natural product of humanity
Money is not the me-' iure of merit
True religion is the perfeci d. <no< r.o y
be."t. Work., tha
10.-s liable if is to on strike.
Mercv is the melody of the Master.
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