Bema Haan
fcate, Pa., January 6, 1911.
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AN ARCTIC TRAGEDY.
Heroic Self Sacrifice In the Cause of
Science.
Surely the darkest side of arctic ex-
ploration was never more poignantly
exhibited than it Ix in Lieutenant A.
Trolle's account in Travel and Expiorn
tion of the death of Myllux Erichsen
and Hagen and Brogluud, mening. or
the Danish expedition to northeast
Greeninnd. ‘The indomitable energy ol
these men. their self sacrifice mn the
cause of science, are on the highest
plave of heroism.
“For thirty days these men walked
on with ouly vine sledge and four
Keeble
A500 miles, or tive milex a
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| MILITARY ACCURACY.
| @xactness In Keeping Tab on the She Lets the Rain Do All the Family
dogs, covering a distance or |
day. | would be glad to enter either of them.
! Movements of Soldiers,
fice follows with an accuracy greater
than that displayed by our own war
department the movements of its of-
ficers. The following is an interesting
case in point:
was once with a scouting party in Ari-
gona. After two weeks in the desert
his squad came to the railway near a
small station. Within ten minutes a
telegram from Washington was
brought to him by the station agent.
It asked if the officer wished to be
transferred to one of the new artillery
regiments then forming.
He answered by telegraph that he
Every morning they must have had | Then with his squad he set off again
only one wish, one craving—the crav. | across the desert.
ing for sleep, steep und rest forever. | It was six days later when they
And yet they crept out of their worn | again struck the -railway, this time
sleeping bags and faced a new day, | eighty miles from the point at which
because they would continue till they | they had previously crossed it, but the
ceached a place where there was some | officer's reply from the war depart-
probability of our tinding their bodies | ment was awaiting him. It bad been
and Hagen's tine map sketches. | telegraphed to every station within
“Ten wiles from the depot, on Lam- | 200 miles.
bert Land, Mylius Erichsen and Ha- | A more striking instance of accuracy
gen died. Only Bronlund reached the | occurred after the same officer's trans-
depot. ienving his dead comrades be- | fer to the east. He was traveling
find and. creeping along on his wound- | home on leave, and, as the regulations
ed feet alone in the dim moonlight. | require, he had notified the department
When be arrived at the depot he [of the day. hour and probable route
placed Hagen's sketches and his own | of his journey.
last report so that the search party
could not fail to find them and then,
wrapping himself up in his furs, lay
down and died.”
How the Ingenious Little Builders Con-
struct Their Houses.
‘When the beavers’ dams are come
pleted, the animals separate into small
<ompanies to build cabins or houses
for themselves. These are constructed
upon piles along the borders of the
pond. They are of an oval shape, re-
sembling a beehive. and they vary
from five feet to ten feet in diameter,
After he had been on
the train for eight hours at a small
station the porter entered with a tele-
gram, asking if any one of his name
was present. On opening the tele-
gram the officer found that it ordered
him to detached duty.
Exactness of detail could not be car-
ried much further. The war depart-
ment knew the whereabouts of an in-
significant second lieutenant even
when he was traveling on leave of ab-
sence.—New York Herald.
A SNAKE STORY.
according to the number of families
_they are to accommodate,
These dwellings are never less than |
two stories high. generally three, and |
sometimes they contain four apart- t
ments. The walls of these are from |
two feet to three feet thick. formed
of the same materials as the dams. On
the inside they are made smooth, but
left rough without, being rendered im- |
Ppenetrable to rain.
The lower story is about two feet
hizh, the second is formed by a floor
of sticks covered with mud, and the
upper part terminates with an arched
woof. Through each floor there is na
passage, ard the uppermost floor is
ailways above the level of the water.
Each of these huts has two doors, one |
on the land side te admit of thelr go-
dng out and seeking provisions that
way. another under the water and be-
low where it freezes to preserve their
<ommunieation with the pond.—Eng-
1ish Magazine.
Three of a Kind.
Duprez, the great but ill favored
French tenor, was once walking from
the Grand Opera House in Paris with
the baritone Baroilhet, who was not
an Apollo either. They happened to
meet Perrot, the dancer, a1 man of very
great ability, but short and thin and
=0 ugly that 2a wanager once said he!
could never engage Perrot unless for
the Jardin des Plantes (zoological gar-
alens), as be engaged no monkeys.
Perrot told them the story. and
when Duprez laughed at him Perrot
said: “Why. surely you need not laugh.
If I am ugly 1 am certainly not so
ngly as either of you."
“You monkey,” said Duprez, “this
«difference shall soon be settled.” And,
“seeing a stranger pass who appeared
to bea gentieman, “Monsieur.” said he,
will you be so good as to arbitrate
in a little difference of opinion be-
tween us?
“With pleasure,” said the stranger,
=if 1 can.”
“Well,” said Duprez. “just look at
ws and say whom you consider to be
the ugliest of the three.”
The gentleman looked for some time
from one to the other and then said,
“Gentlemen, 1 give it up; | cannot
poscibly decide,” and went away roar-
fing with laughter.
What He Wanted.
Young Mr. Charies was plainly em-
barrassed, aud Miss Smith knew what
was coming, or thought she did.
“Er—Miss Smith,” he sald feverishly,
“‘could l—er—see your father for a mo-
Change |
The Groom—Great heavens, who od
this coming up? The Bride—Why,
that is Aunt Maria! The Groom— |
‘Well, have I got to embrace that old
fairy? The Bride—Sh! It was she
that sent us the handsome silver serv- |
jce. She's worth thousands. The
Groom (kissing her rapturously)—My '
darling aunt!—London Answers.
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| in the party.
The Reptiles Were Frozen Stiff, but
That Didn't Harm Them.
+ A naturalist once told how in a
thicket on a mountain side he saw a
man kill a rattlesnake. He beat the
© LUCKY SWISS HOUSEWIFE.
|
—. We hear much of the perfection of | Swiss methods of laundering are orig-
| military organization abroud, but it Is
{ doubtful whether any foreign war of- |
A young army officer who has seen
service in this country and in the east
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is washed or cleaned is washed or
cleaned In one of the big watering
troughs that stand at regular intervals
along the main thoroughfares. Into it
goes everything from potatoes to hu:
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Thursday or Sunday or Saturday or
Wednesday, for in Switzerland they
seek the rainy days for wash days, in-
stead of deploring a cloudy Monday.
The steady downpour provides run:
ning water in the village washtub.
Into the sweeping current the family
linen goes, and there it is whirled and
twirled about until every speck of dirt;
is thoroughly rinsed away. The scrub-
bing board is not put into ¢ nmission
at all. Occasionally the good housewife, |
protected under the family umbrella |
held over her head by one of her
youngsters, who is allowed to enjoy |
the drips from that same umbrella,
takes a look at her wash and encour- |
ages it with a gentle poke with her
husband's best cane. But the rest of |
the day she enjoys to the full in her
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her neighbor, whose conscience is also
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through a process of bluing and starch- |
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ally. when the sun shines, it is laid
out on the wonderful green grass of |
| the Swiss matten and is there bleach:
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ed to a snowy whileness. If the gla-
! clers and the landslides were to ac-
life out of it with a club and contin- |
ued the pounding till it was mangled
beyond recognition. When the nat-
uralist remonstrated the man said, |
“Boss, you can’t kill a rattlesnake too |
dead.”
On one occasion a boat bound for
the United States from Rio de Janeiro
touched at Pernambuco, where the
mate drove a bargain with a snake
dealer for a half dozen reptiles of vari-
ous sizes.
The mate had them in a cage on
deck and charged a sailor with the
duty of washing it out with sea wa-
| ter every evening. All went well as
long as the weather was mild, but on
the night before the gulf stream was
crossed the sailor left a quantity of
water in the cage, and about thirty
hours from port a biting gale struck
the ship.
All hands were busy with the storm,
and the snakes were forgotten.
the mate thought of them and went to
look after their condition he found
them frozen stiff and apparently as
dead as the proverbial doornail.
The dealer for whom the mate had
| brought them came on board the fol-
{ lowing day. He professed great dis-
When |
appointment over the loss of his in- |
tended purchase, but offered to take '
the snakes away as a kindness to the |
mate. He gathered them in his arms
like so much firewood and carried
them home. But a rival dealer after-
ward told the officer that plenty of
warm water had resuscitated the
snakes and that they had been sold
to various museums not a bit the worse {
for their “death” by freezing.—Har-
per's Weekly.
The Ambulant Barber.
Paris, like Peking, has its ambulant
barber. Armed with a little box, con-
taining the necessary apparatus, razor,
badger brush, soap, scissors and servi-
ette, he exercises his calling on the
banks of the Seine. All the bargees,
navvies and quay laborers are his cli-
ents. “Figaro” seats his patient on
the pavement, covers his knees with a
newspaper and for a sou shaves, cuts
his hair and gives a human appear:
ance to the tramps and others who
intrust themselves to his care.
Odds and Ends.
Uncle Jim, an old negro driver in
Richmond, Va., had szome ladies to
drive through the cemetery. He took
_| them round and showed them the nota-
ble graves and monuments and then
| drove to that part of the cemetery
where the derelicts were interred.
“Who are buried here?’ asked a lady
“I don't think I ever
was here before.”
“Oh,” replied Uncle Jim, “odds and
ends, missus, odds and ends!"—Pitts-
burg Press.
How She Knew.
“Will you have some fresh mush-
rooms?’ asked the hostess sweetly.
“Yes,” faltered the guest, “if you're
quite sure they're mushrooms and not
toadstools.”
“Oh, I'm quite sure,” replied the
hostess. “I opened the can myself.”—
Detroit Free Press.
The Big Bill.
Little Bob (just started in school)—
Tincle Harry, what is the bird with the
biggest bill? Uncle Harry (who is still
thinking of the night before)—A quail,
my boy; a quail—on toast.—Judge.
In general, pride is at the bottom of
all great mistakes.—Ruskin.
commodate her by rolling down over
her wash and ironing it out without |
sofling the Swiss housewife would not!
be at all surprised. In fact, it is mot!
to be doubted that she now regards as |
an oversight the failure of Dame Na- |
ture to provide an ironing board.—New !
York Post. [
Willing to Divide.
Cobble—1 should like to lend you
that $10, old man. but I know how it
would be if I did. It would end our
friendship. Stone—Well, old chap,
there has been a great deal of friend-
ship between us. 1 think If you could
make it five we might worry along on
half as much.—Life.
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-Are Children
Bringing Up?
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Allegheny St.
Clearance Sale
——) OF ALL (—
| Winter Goods
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We are cleaning house in every de-
partment, all odds and ends must go.
Everything in Winter Goods are
Marked Down
at Clearance Sale Prices.
Coats and Coat Suits for Ladies,
Misses and Children.
colors, for Men, Women and Children.
Gloves, Mittens and Hosiery for Men,
Women and Children. Blankets and
Our Fur stock is large and all must be
sold at Clearance Sale Prices.
This will mean a
buyers at our store. begin inven-
tory this week and ing must
marked down to make qui ing.
WAIT FOR OUR
WHITE SALE
It will be the largest in the county.
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