THE SCBANT03? TKIftUXE- SATDltDAY MORNING, -SEPTEMBER 2J, 18!G.
WONDERS OF THE
QUEERS DOMINION
third Day's Jonriey Amid the Glaciers
of British Columbia.
SCENERY INDESCRIBABLY GRAND
the Great Glacier of the Selkirk
Monnt Sir Donald, Selkirk Summit
and Other Marvel of Mature Pic
tared for the Home-ntayinc Header.
Other Notable Spectacles of a
Transcontinental Pilgrimage.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Cariada, on the Canadian PaclIo Rail
Way, Aug. 88. "Howl wonderful ara
Thy works, Oh God!" This scriptural
phrase cannot but come to the minds
of the tourist as he Jirst beholds the
Great Glacier of the Selkirks," as It
Stands almost within speaking distance
of the Glacier House. Would that I
coo 14 bring It before my readers" eyes
as wa see it in all its grandeur, with
out cloud, or mist, but in the full glory
f sunshine making: radiant its glisten-lug-
surface; while standing at Us left.
Is the hugo ice-clad peak, Mount Sir
Donald, about a mile from the foot of
the Glacier rising- abruptly, and ap
parently perpendicular, with its num
erous pinnacles, one and one-half miles
above the railway.
Sir Donald is a naked and abrupt
pyramid 10,662 feet high. At a distance
Its peaks resembled a Jagged saw. point
ing to tbe mysteries of star and sky
and like Saul, towers head and should
ers above all his brethren. To this is
added the sublimity of the great
arlacler, which is a vast plateau of
gleaming Ice, bright emerald In eolor.
with a book-ground of undissolving
and sun illumined snow. The scene al
most hypnotized us. especially after
unset, when the full moon, rising in
all its splendor, bathed the glacier and
the surrounding peaks with a halo of
tender light that seemed more of heav
en than of earth.
' THE HOME OP GLACIERS.
This vast ice plateau extends as far
as the eye can reach, as large. It Is
aid, as all the glaciers of Swltserland
combined. In fact, we are in the region
of glaciers, hundreds of feet thick, the
formation of ages, covering an area,
estimated to be forty miles square.
Scarcely a more picturesque spot could
be chosen for the elte of a hotel, or one
that commands a greater array of thril
ling views of mountain pealts, of cas
caded gorges, or excoriated glaciers.
It Is truly a tempting halting place,
4.122 feet above either the Atlantlo or
Pacific oceans. While the glacier Is
only a mile lawuy, its forefoot is only
, a few hundred feet above the level of
the hotel, from where Is seen the broad
Ice stream curling over and pouring
down the slope at the head of the great
. horse-shoe valley.- As one says: "Ad
vancing only one foot a day, the sun
matches Its might against the ice and
keeps the forefoot of the glacier al
most stationary at the head of the
ravine."
From.it a glacial stream, has been
caught and made to supply the foun
tains about the hotel. A good path
makes it not only practicable but easy
of exploration. While the tourist may
see the great ice Held from the hotel,
and the car window, and note the
pale greens and blues of the crevasses
and may be blocks of ice as they break
from its glimmering surface, he should
stop-off and mount the grinning ice
cliff and wander over Its crackling sur
face in order to drink in the immensity
ot this one of God's wonders.
GAME ABUNDANT.
Game through this lofty region is
Very abundant. Here is found the
nervous mountain guat, as well as his
colleague, the big horn sheep and the
black, grizzly and cinnamon bear.
The hotel Is a handsome cottage.with
an "annex," unique in style and said
to resemble a Swiss chalet. But It Is
neither house nor chalet, yet it tits har
moniously into the landscape, and is
. quite commodious. It serves not only
as a dining station, for passing trains,
but ft most delightful stopping plaoe
lor tourists to remain for an explora
tion of mountain and glaciers. It Is a
summer ca-rden in miniature, for the
epa.ee around It is gravelled and platted
with flowers, both wild and cultivated,
whlcih are here in, abundance, while
pebUy walks, ornamented with, hand
some specimens of native minerals,
oxoquet grounds, wide verandas, etc.,
abound altogether forming a novel and
restful rtreat. I might say the floia of
the Selkirks differs from that of the
Eastern slopes of the rookies, and is
aid to resemble in many respects that
ot Europe within the same latitude.
AN INSPIRING OUTLOOK.
The outlook from, the Glacier House,
on all sides la not only beautiful but
grand, and as compared with yester
day's experience it Is the culmination
of beauty and grandeur. But we are
told that In the on coming mountain
oenery, we are to behold still greater
and more majestic displays of God's
. power, particularly where the rocklss
and Selkirks contend for supremacy.
One can hardly realize that no human
foot ever climbed to the summit of this
range until 1SS3.
It is but Just to say that
this stately monolith (Sir Donald),
Is named in honor of Sir Don
ald 8mith. the Presbyterian cap
italist and philanthropist of Montreal,
whose gifts to hospitals, colleges, etc.,
have made nlm famous as the Peabody
. ot Europe and America, He Is also
one of the chief promoters of the Can
adian PaciHo railway, having done for
that road what similar men like Jay
Cooke. Wright, .Stanford, Crocker,
Huntington and others have accomp
lished for the great transcontinental
railways .of the United States.
ASCENDING THE SUMMIT.
Resuming our Journey eastward, we
follow along the slope of the summit
peaks, of which Sir Donald Is the chief.
Here Grizzly Peak and a member of
the Hermit range are also In full view.
To the left Is Cheops and far below is
the deep, valley of the Illecillewaet,
which makes its way westward by a
, devious course among the numberless
hoary-headed mountain monarch. Far
below and for many miles away, tan be
traced the railway seeking the bottom
of the valley by a series of extraordi
nary curves doubling up on itself again
and again.
We pass several snow sheds, but not
through them, for an outer track Is
provided that the summer scenes may
not be lost. In two miles ,we rise 178
feet and reach Selkirk Summit station
And the summit ot the pass; and for
the next two miles traverse Rogers
Pass at an elevation of 4,75 feet. This
pass valley has been reserved by the
government as a national park. It
was named after Major A. B. Rogers,
by whose adventurous energy It was
discovered In 1883, previous to- which,
no human foot had penetrated to the
ummlt ot this great central range.
RIVALS OF THE ROCKIES.
The most elaborate description, not
ven aided by our camera, can do Jus
tice to the views at this point. The
views from the Selkirk Summit rival
in grandeur that of the Rockies, con
sisting as they do of a long line of
now-covered peaks upon whose suc
cessive shoulders the railway runs.
The pass lies between two lines of
these peaks vying with each other In
. boldness and grandeur. Thei nf the
north forms a prodigious-amphitheater
' under .whose parapet seven or eight
. thousand feet above the valley, half a
dozen glaciers -may be seen ut once,
i- .and so near that the shining green fis
sures are distinctly visible. .
The changing effects of light and
hadnw on this brotherhood of petks,
of which the Hermit and Macdoimld
are the chiefs, can never be forgotten
by the fortunate traveler who has sa.i
above the clouds the sunshlnevon tlulr
white crests, as was our unspeakable
privilege: neither can the sunrtsj or
ounset tinting their battlements, nor
the shedows falling Into the green va
leys below be obliterated from the
memory of the most indifferent be
holder. At the very apex of the summit we
tarry but a minute, and the rear of the
train Is seemingly on the western slope
as the locomotive descends the eastern
side.
As we pass out from Rogers Pass we
enter Rear Creek gorge and descend
the eastern slope for twenty miles to
Six-Mile creek on a grade of one thou
sand and sixteen feet to the mile. ThU
to us is the climax of mountain scenery
and engineering. Think of it! The
road clings to the mountain side, be
tween the two enormous precipices mar
their base Mt. Hermit Sl.065 feet high
and Macdonald 9.M0 feet high, or a
mile and a quarter above the railway
almost vertical. Its base Is but a stone's
throw distent and It Is so sheer, so
bare, and stupendous, and yet so near
that one Is overawed by a sense of
Immensity and mighty grandeur. ThJsj
two matchless mountains were once
apparently united, but they have been
split asunder by gome great convul
sion of nature, having barely room for
the railway. Various grotesque figures
are seen carved upon their mighty
walls. On one the crags U the picture
of the cowled figure of a man with his
dog, which gives the name of Hermit
to the mountain.
GIANT SNOW SHEDS.
Before reaching the noisy Stony
creek, the gorge Is compressed Into a
vast ravine, or V-shaped channel. 29(5
feet below the railway and we cross it
on one of the loftiest railway brldses
In the world. Snowsheds of massive
timber work protect these bridges from
the avalanches In winter. We pass
seventeen snow sheds In quick succes
sion on the eastern slope, while on the
western slope twenty-six large sheds,
besides smaller tunnels, are found. In
fact, all the difficulties encountered by
the Canadian Pacific In running trains
from snow In the winter are found be
tween the summit and Bear Creek east
ward and a similar distance on the
western slope. These sheds more pro
perly railed tunnels are built of mas
sive cedar timber at vast expense,
heavily squared, dove-tailed and bolt
ed together, backed with rock and fitted
into the mountain sides In suc-h a man
ner as to bid defiance to the most terri
fic avalanche.
From Hear Creek station we descend
Into Beaver Valley, 1,000 feet below.
The air-brakes are now brought Into re
quisition and we dart down this rock
ribbed defile, the Beaver river running
a race with the railway for several
miles.
NEW VIEWS OF GRANDEUR.
At Surprise properly named we get
magnificent pictures of mountain scen
ery, eastward and backward, below,
across the valleys and overhead, which
grow more and more grand with every
mile of travel. Marvelous advantages
come to the tourist In this region of
wonders, where a hundred views are
seen. Instead of one as In ordinary
travel. Here is a combination of foam
ing Cascades, narrow gorges, with pow
erful torrents, over and around which
the engineers found difficulty In con
structing the road. At Cedar creek
and again at Mountain creek are boulder-strewn
chasms. We cross them on
bridges at dizzy heights, over torrents
which flow? direct from the glaciers
northward. Here the mountains seem
nearer and larger and eight high snow
capped peaks are counted In grand nr
ray, the highest pinnacle now being Sir
Donald. Nor Is this all; for In the
donsely-fofested valley below are huge
spruce, fir, and cedar trees, which seem
to be engaged in a vain competition
with the noble mountains themselves;
but nature has worked on so gigantic, a
scale above the timber line that the
traveler almost falls to notice the ex
traordinary height which many of these
giants attain often 300 feet. The
Beaver river, a noble stream here, as
It winds through the valley behj.w to
the Columbia, appears as a Sliver
thread.
In less than fifteen minutes we de
scend 1,000 feet to the Columbia, where
the Rockies and Selkirks contend for
supremacy and force the' river down
into a narrow canyon. We emerge
from the gorge, or gate of the Beaver
liver, Just where it makes Its final and
mad plunge down to the level of the
Columbia. The passage is so narrow,
that a felled tree serves as a foot brWge
over It, the railway clinging to tlie
slopes above. This Is our second cross
ing of the Columbia and the eastern
base of the Selkirk range.
In eleven miles we reach Donald, tha,
end of the Pacific division of the road,
458 miles from Vancouver and 2,448 from
Montreal. We are now at an altitude
of 2.530 feet, having descended In Si
miles 1.770 feet of grade. Donald Is
charmingly located under the shadow
of the Selkirks and is an important
supply point for the mining country
about it. Its location is at the great
bend of the Columbia river. Here we
change the time forward one hour to
conform with mountain time Just
three hours later than Scranton time..
ASCENDING THE ROCKIES.
Having passed the picturesque Sel
kirks another mountain range bars the
way the Rockies which In the dis
tance, we see lifting their Ice-crowned
heads far Into the Bky as we leave be
hind the supremely beautiful Selkirks.
Leaving Donald, for seventeen miles
the railway follows along the banks of
the broad Columbia on the face of the
lower, bench of the Rockies to. Golden,
which Is a mining town at the Juncture
of the Columbia and Wapta rivers. The
Columbia running northward here Is
navigable for steamers a hundred miles
to the lakes at the head of the liver.
Golden Is also a point of departure for
the East Kootunay gold mlniiiRv
trlct. About Golden both gold nndsil
ver mines are being developed. Let the
reader imagine the scene at the foot of
the Rockies on the right hand, with the
Selkirks on the left, their majestic
forms bathed In the light of the after
noon sun, and with the noble Columbia
flowing between. It beggars descrip
tion. On leaving Golden we turn Into Wap
ta Canon and asrrnd the Rockies bo
side the Wapta or Kicking Horse river,
a swiftly flowing stream to Field. The
passage of this terrible gorge on a
grade of two hundred and thirty-four
feet to the mile for thirty-four miles
to Field will never be forgotten. The
railway, following the river, crosses
from side to side of this vast chasm to
ledges cut out of solid rock, twisting
and turning in every dlrectlo; every
minute or two plunging through pro
jecting angles of rock which seem to
close the way, while the towering cliff s
which rise vertically, straight up thou
sands of feet, the walls being within a
stone's throw of each other, almost shut
out the sunlight. . The roar of the river
and the train amid these echoing walls
makes the passage more terrible than
dismal.
NEW MOUNTAIN RANGES. '
Near Palllser, at an elevation of 3,2i".0
feet, we enter the western slope of
the Kicking Horse Pass, and soon thi
Ottertall and Beaverfoot mountains ap
peur, Mt. Hunter, pushing Its huge
mass like a wedge between the ranges;
the river disputing the passage with
the railway. The Ottertall range rises
to an Immense height on the right of
us ns far as the eye can reach. Soon
the Van Horne range comes Into view
us the road turns southward, where
the Beaverfoot and Wapta rivers unite,
and crossing a high bridge over the Ot
tertall and Van Horne ranges to Otter
tall station of 3.700 feet altitude. This
range receives Its name from Mr Will
iam C. Van Horne, one of the early and
persistent promoters and how able
president of the Canadlan'Paclflc rail
way. The most prominent peaks of this
range are Mts. Devllle and King. Among
these glacier-bearing heights about "six
miles distant. Is Emerald lake, at an
altttdde of 3.700 feet, a great lesort for
sportsmen.
Before reaohlng Field, which Is seven
miles distant, the enthusiastic tour
ist, already cloyed with iiK.imt.uu
scenes, la tilled with rapture at ' the
sight of Mount Stephen, as it looms up
over 8,000 feet vertically above the
railroad and to the height of
feet above sea level, while on It) shoul
der is seen a shining green glacier eight
hundred feet thick, made doubly re
splendent by the highly colored rays
of the setting sun. Reaching
Fields at an altitude of 4.00
feet, we are welcomed to on
Other of the charming chalet hotels,
owned and run by the Canadian Paci
fic. This is one called Mount Stephen
House, and Is situated not far from tns
base of Mt. Stephen and facing Mt.
Field. It Is a favorite stopping pKee for
rest and recreation, and a lit ending of
our third day's experience among the
irnuntains and glaciers, along the lino
of the Canadian Pacific railway.
J. U Richmond.
DRAMATIC GOSSIP,
Sadie Martinot will star.
"The Liar" fins been shelved.
Mansfield will produce "Cymbellne."
Irene. Murphy has retired from the
Stage.
The "Black Crook" will tour Mex
ico. America's stage employs 17,342 ac
tors. living will produce "Cymbellne" next
week.
Mansfield will shortly revive "Rich
ard III."
Bancroft, the magician, has returned
from India.
There are ten minstrel companies
now on the road.
Zelie De Lussan Is a member of the
Curl Rosa Opera company.
Fanny Davenport will not produce
any new plays this season.
George Thatcher and F.dward Marb!e
will act together In vaudeville.
Nat Goodwin will open his American
tour With "An American Cousin."
Hillary Bell says that Francis -Wilson's
"Half a King" Is but half an
opera.
Kathertne Kidder has completed a
comedy which she calls "Loves at
War."
Charles B. Hanford, the tragedian, Is
the exact counterpart . of Candidate
Bryan.'
"My Lord and Two Ladles," a roman
tic comedy, will be acted by Louis
James.
Arthur Bonrchier and his Lon-lon
troupe will appear in New York in No
vember. Duff declares that the opera "Sha
mus O'Brien" will be given In America
this seusnn.
Janauschck will play the title role
In Robinson's production of "Mrs. Pon
derbuiy's Past."
French actors complain because they
are paid only one-third the salaiie.i of
American players.
"Wang" is on the boards again this
season, with At Hart and Norma Koop
In the leading roles.
Mamie Gilroy and Eugene O'Rourke
will be seen In the "Strange Adven
tures of Miss Brown."
Augustus Thomas has just completed
a comedy for Digby Bell. Its title is
"The Huosier Doctor."
The youngest leudlng man. in the
country In William Favergham, of the
Empire stock company.
John Drew has shaven off his rioua
taehe. He has signed a tht3 years'
contract with Charles Frohman.
The new Murray Hill theater, New
York, will- be opened October IS with
the Bostonlans In "Mexico In 1816."
The cast of Charles Frohman's pro
duction of "Les Deux Gosses" will em
brace Mary Hampton, E, J. Ratellffe
and Minnie Dupree.
Bret Harte's "Sue" made a hit In
New York. Annie Russell played the
title role and Joseph Haworth imper
sonated 'ra Beasley.
Leon Mareulles has sued Walker
Damrosch for $2,000 claimed as com
missions for engaging the singers for
the opera company last seasoi.
The American version of the French
melodrama "Les Deux Gosses" is to be
called "The Two Vagabonds," and Ed
ward J. Hatcliffe is to be Its hero.
Mr. Crane and Mr. P.obson are to
come together In one act of "The Hen
rietta" at the Actors' Older of Friend
ship matinee next month In New York.
During his stay In New fork LI
Hung Chang, the Chinese viceroy, went
to see W. A. Bradv'js big production,
"Under the Polar Star," ut inn Acade
my of Music.
Aubrey Bouclcault. Annie Meyers.
Celie Kills. Hubert Wllke, Mrs. J. K.
Emmett. Hilly Emerson, George Thaclw
er and William Pruette have Joined the
vaudeville ranks.
Lillian Russel pens her personal ccr
respondence on square gray sh-ets of
paper, having her monogram, sur
mounted by acornet, stumped o'iIUiu?.
ly on In a corner.
Nellie McIIenry designs her own cci
tumeSi In her new piece, "A Night In
New York." she weurs some ctittlins
ly original ones that are likely to be
extensively copied.
It has lieen decided by Robson and
Crane to do scenes for "Julius Caesar"
instead of "The Henrietta." at a New
York benefit. Crane will play Brutus,
and Robson Cnssius.
There will be comparatively few for
eign stars of note in this country this
season. Foreign plays, too, are not S3
numerous In the announcements , as
they were n year ago.
James O'Nell Is going to make a
great scenic production of "The Lyons
Mail" this season. The dual roles rf
Duboscq and Lesurques are well 8U:ttd
to his admirable personality.
Among the plnys now t iming Great
Britain are "A Trip to Chicago," "Lady
Oodwa," "Forgive Us Our Trespasses,"
"The Wearin" o' the Green" and "Skip
ped ly the Light of the Moon."
The second son of Tumasxo Palvlnl
has recently made his appearance on
the stage In Naples. He is said to bear
a striking resemblance to his father,
nnd was very well received In "Ham
let." Good-natured and 'Vquare" James R.
Gi-lires'-Cellnr-Door Mackie has gon
on the locks thus early In the season.
For the remainder of the season 11 r.
Mackie will play in the "Railroad Tick
et" company on salary.
The "Geisha" has made a hit .it
Daly's, New York. The cast Includes
Violet Lloyd, Edwin Stevens and Doro
thy Morton. The London cast Includes
Marie Tempest and iiayden Coffin. A
geisha is a Japanefc-? singing girl, in
dentured to a tea-house keeper.
Says the Philadelphia Record: "In
"An American Beauty" Lillian Rus
sell sings a little song with a French
accent. She described her antics at a
ball, kicking off the hat of the old
Judge before whom she was arraigned'
the following morning. The audience
at Scranton could not get enough of It."
"It has come to be the fahlon amon?
some contributors to the press," says
Leander Richardson, In the Dramatic
News, "to indulge In nil sorts of ex
travagant tales about Goodwin, with
out emleavoi Ing to adhere to the trutli.
I will wager that there Is nothing but
Imagination behind the reported ni
gagement between himself and Miss
Elliott."
"Lost, Strayed or Stolen" made a hit
in New York. There is a christening
party In the first act. and the baby
Is missing. It Is sought for. with pre
posterous mishaps to the searching
party, comprising the bewildered fath
er and three rival godparents, in the
barracks of an Infantry regiment at
the Inspection hour. In the boudoir of
an opera bouffe singer of remurkable
personal attractions, and In the gar
dens of the Luxembourg. The cast In
cludes Louis Harrison, Joseph Herbert,
M. A. Kennedy, Cyril Scott, Georgle
Calne and Irene Verona.
During the dayAr Shakespeare wo
men weie not allowed on the stage, and
their characters were arsumed by folk
with beards or the ab llty to raise
them. But in thli era things are re
versed, and It frequently happens that
our sisters can outdo us In hlstronloj
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COTTOLENE is sold everywhere in one, three and five pound tins. Beware of imitations.
Genuine has trade-marks "Cottoknc" and steer's head in cotton-plant wreath on every tin.
Made Only by THE S. K. I aikuank COMPANY, cihco, New vork. PlUiadelphlu, IMttHbnrgb.
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achievement. There are no male actors
whe can arrive -ut the consummate art
of Bernhart and Duse. Ada Kenan Is
the finest comic player In America. We
have no operatic tenor or baritone who
can equal the art of Lilllun Russell.
Cora Potter la a more gifted nctur than
Kyrle Bellew. Nobody in the Duly
company ran ilvnl the skill of its lead
ing woman, in his entire forces
Charles Frohman has only two nctors
J. E. Dodson and Frlls Williams
whose ability surpunes that abOlared
by Viola Allen, Agnes Miller and May
Robson. In foreign countries, with few
exceptions, mule singers mid actois
are superior In gifts and art. But in
this In mi that excellent creature, the
American girl, comes to the front and
makes us look seven wayw tr Sunday.
We have given many prima donnas to
grand Optra, but one chief tenor, for
where can we equal In a bearded singer
the excellence of Emma Karnes, Lillian
Nordics, Marie Engle, Sybil Sanderson,
Marie Van Zadnt or Zeile de Lussjn?
Our contraltos are Annie Louise Cary
and Antoinette Sterling, but where are
our baritones and bassos? So far us
we can see, much of the best art of
America Is in petticoats. Hillary Hell
In New York Press.
TL'HNINO THE TABLES.
She Wanted Her Husband's Opinion
About Many Points of Dress.
A certain uptown Clevelander Is the
happy possessor or a material Interest
In a very pretty and accomplished lady.
She Is fond nf nice clothes and always
looks well dressed, and her husband Is
Just as proud of her as lie should be,
says the Cleveland Plain. Dealer. But
from a technical point . of view he
knows nothing whatever about her gar
ments, and it bothers him greatly when
she assumes that he does. She fires
broadsides of questions, ut him when
ever she Is dressing to accompany him.
"George, how does my- skirt hang?"
"Is it too long In front?" "Does my
belt cover the pins?" "Do you really
think this gown Is becoming?" "Is my
collar down at the back?" "Are there
any wrinkles In this waist?" "Is my
hat on straight?" These and n hundred
other Interrogations are fired at him
at short Intervals. If ho doesn't pay
close attention she gets cross. So liu
pretends to listen carefully, and ans
wers glibly, although always at ran
dom. The other day a neat way of getting
even dawned upon him. When he was
dressing that night for a neighborhood
porch party he suddenly called his wife
from the adjoining room.
"Alma," he said, "do yott think these
new trousers hang Just as gracefully
as they should?,"
"Why, George," she snld, "I don't
know, anything about it. Why do you
bother me?"
"Hold on," said George, " I was won
dering If this shirt bosom flits- quite
right?" -
"Of course it does," snnp'icd Alma.
"And these shoes do you really think
they are becoming to my complexion?"
"What a silly question."
"Andhold on. Alma Isn't the coat
a little long in the tails on one side,
I mean nnd can't you pin it up?"
"Why, George, I never heard you tul't
such nonsense. You haven't been
drinking, have you?"
"And Just a minute. Alma." He
quickly raised his silk hat from the
dresser and clapped it on t!:e back of
his head. "Now. dear, plrnse pay at
tention. Is my hat on 'fftruiaht?"
Then she understood his wicked little
game.
They walked together In silence until
they came within sight of the neigh
bor's poreh. and the deeply wounded
Alma managed to stammer:
"Well, George, you mean old thing.
Is my hat really and truly on straight?"
Whereat they both laughed.
CAST HIS LOT WITH BLACKS.
A White .Man Who Wn Itronght t'p
Among Slave.
From tlie Chicago Times-Herald.
Take the case of the Rev. W. J.
White, the editor of a Baptist weekly
published at Augusta, On. White Is n
man of Intelligence and Integrity, utn!
his account of his early life hua never
been disputed.
Briefly, this I.i the' story: A few
years before the war a dark-faced boy
made his appearance on a large Geor
gia plantation. He was supposed to be
a mulatto, and when the planter died
the youngster was sold with the estate.
After the war this alleged mulatto
picked up an education and investi
gated his ancestry. He was not much
surprised to learn that he did nut have
a particle of negro blood In his Veins.
His' mother was an Indian and his
father was a white mun.
White was nilitoiig in deciding to
cast his lot with tlJW blacks. He. had
always been clauHt-wlth them and had
been a slave. It seemed to be the will
of the Almighty that he should share
the burdens of the negro race, and he
lhado u: his mind to stick to his old
companions. . . ,
He prospered and became a leadar
among the people. He has the respect
and confidence ot both races, but he
has never attempted to rise above what
he believes to be his divinely ordained
sphere. It Is easy to see at a glance
that this, man Is not a mulatto or a
quadroon, for his mixed Indian and
Caucasian blood cannot be mistaken,
but he has no desire to cut looso from
the ex-slaves, with whom he hus spent
the best years of his life.
Many of the white ministers of his
denomination know the peculiar facts
of his case, and they treat him with
great consideration. Uncomplainingly
he leads his life of self-sacrifice, and his
only object seems to be the advance
ment of his adopted race. He married
a mulatto, and submits to all of the
laws and social distinctions which sep
arate the two races In the south.
Few men similarly situated would
have followed White's example. As a
rule; people of Indtun and white par
entage claim to be the social equals of
the whites, and If they have a Poca
hontas strain in their blood they are
proud of It,
THltEW AWAY A FORTUNE.
A Man Who Lost 1)150,000 Worth of
Ambergris.
The little town of Dlgby, N. S., Is very
much excited at present over the finding
of some ambergris by Mr. Isaiah King
horn, a fisherman who lives In Gran
ville, a small village across the river
from Dlgby. Mr. Klnghorn was In con
versation with a St. John Telegraph re
porter und told the story of his find.
He had been rowing along the bay shore
at Granville in his boat one day lust
week, and noticed some "stuff" float
ing on the water. It looked to him like
tallow. Ite took It Into his bout and
rowed to his home at Granville, where
hetrledtoboilildown to make toft soap.
Falling to do so he threw the i-emulnder
of the supposed tallow away. He had
ubout 1(10 pounds of the material In all,
he estimates, und had only kept six
pounds of It ufter the rest had been
destroyed. He was told that It was a
very valuable article, and In conse
quence he brought a sample tif St. John
wheqo It was shown to a druggist, who
offered for it a price which by no means
approached Its value.
Mr. Klnghorn went back to Dlgby by
the steamer Prince Rupert and took
the ambergris to a local druggist, who,
after close examination, Identified It
and on looking up the price Hut found
that it was worth' f3 per ounce. T!i3
flsliei man's feeling's can be Imagined
when he learned that hn had wasted
about ninety-four pounds of the am
bergris, which, had he kept It, woull
have brought him for the lot $rfi,000.
As it is, he only has left about nix
pounds, which will bring him when
sold the pum of $:!,CG0.
Mr. Klnghorn left a small piece .with
'the druggist, which weights about lit
ounces, and the latter will conduct
the sale nt the six pounds. The Fame
which was shown to the Telegraph re
porter rt the (lrufT stnro was broken
from n lump weighing forty-two
pounds. It resembles a plec of tal'o v
very much. AmhTgiis Is n rolld f;t
ty substance, nf a dull grny color, the
shades being variegated like marhl.?
nnd possesses a peculiar sweet e.nthly
odor. It Is a morbid secretion formed
in the Intestines of tbe spermaceti
whnl", and is generally found floating
on the s ashore and In lumps wiign
irg from one-half nn ounce to UK)
ponrcls. The sample Is still In the
hands of the Dlgby druggist and wilt
probably be sent to the states, where
a ileal will be made for flip whol". H
Is needless to say that Mr. Klnghorn,
who was so lucky In making the find.
Is being cnngi alula t"d from nil quar
ters upon his rapid rise on the road to
wealth.
SWISS WATCIl.tfAK KUS.
Why 'I' hey Kescnt I lie Introduction of
I'Mcfovy .Hclhod.
From Cas:-ier's Macazlne,
It Is most Interesting to compare the
different methods by means' of .which
the highest grade of mechanical per
fection Is obtained as various countries.
Notwithstanding the high character
ot American watches for example, the
finest Swiss wji'tches still maintain
their great reputation. The Swiss wo.k
mnn receives the parts from the manu
facturer In the rough, takes them to
his home, puts his best Individual skill
into the finishing and assembling, and
brings the completed watches to his
employer. The latter Inspects the work
and out of 0. batch of say fifty watches,
he selects five -as iwurthy of his at
tention, and puts the others Into hH
regular trade under some general
trade name. The selected watches he
readjusts, working over them for days,
weeks and months before he considers
them worthy to bear his own name,
and It is these watches which go to
those who not only have the money
to buy, but also the patience to wait.
A prominent firm o American Jew
elers chafing under the Inconveniences
of this old-world method of doing bus
iness, sought to introduce American
methods and see It the highest grade
of Swiss watches could not be made
more methodically. A factory was built,
enticing nitcs -of wages-were offered
to the most skillful workman, and th.i
experiment was tried. But the SwIsn
workman soon found that no regular
wages could pay him for his loss of
'liberty. To be on hand when the
whlbtle blew In .the morning, to have
his stated hour for dinner and his
fixed hour for quitting at night these
restrictions he could not long stand.
Formerly he had worked when he felt
like it, and stopped when it pleased
him, and when he was paid for one
Job he took hl time to begin the
next, generally waiting until his funds
ran low. The factory plan did not work
for long, and the Idle building now
bears testimony of the Swiss love for
Independence, which Is as much a fac
tor In present lite as It has been in
past history.
THE BICYCLE AS A BLIGHT.
People Who Arc Howling Against Its
Rapidly Increasing I'se.
From the American Machinist.
The manufacture and use of bicycles
are causing some curious effects on our
manner of living, und also some curi
ous ideas on the economic effects pro
duced by tlie new industry.
An American contributes to a Lon
don paper a letter in which ho savage
ly uttm-ks the wheel and virtually
charges It with all our present illfll
cultles ecunomlc, political, dimmer
rial, social nnd spiritual. He says thut
"millions and millions of dollar.' are be
ing withdrawn from the normal coutvie
ot trade and diverted Into this one
branch, and other people find It ex
tremely difficult to get money to live
on."
The wonder Is how any one can Im
agine any better agency for the general
distribution of money than such an
Industry as bicycle making. Such peo
ple as this writer imagine that nil the
money paid for bicycles is simply put
Into old woolen socks by the manufac
turers, nnd that none of It goes into
other channels of trade through the
medium of bicycle factory employes
and the employes of other contributory
Industries. We think the fact Is th.it
the strong desire for wheels has made
the .general business condition tnuen
better for the past few yours than it
would have been without It, nnd that
very murli mure money has been kept
In general circulation than there would
have been had r.o such strong incen
tive to spending money been exeitlnjr
Its liiiliieiice.
Tlior:e people who are always d"
claimln.T against the paralyzing effect
of the bieycl-' industry upon other
Hues of tiv.ic forget about the many
thousands of men who have had and
now have einr Wyment In bicycle Indus
tries, and who, were It not for this in
dustry, rr.ljrht have had nothing what
ever to (In nnd much less money to
npeml In lines of trades where It is
thought the "blcycl- cinze" Is ruining
thorn. The lamented millions that have
been M eiit for bicycles have not been
dotroyrd, nor have they disappeared,
and it is altogether probable that as
much of the money Is today in gen
eral circulation us would have been
had It been spent in any other way.
WOMEN COODMAILOUS.
In Scandinnvin They Are Preferred
to Scninrn nnd -lake l-'inp l'iloti.
S. aniliu.ivia. b'-ars the dis'.inctl'-n of
fcSnir the only nr.llon of the world hi
(he navy of which the women enjoy
same privileges awl share th sain"
perils as the men, says the New York
Join-mil.
Whether the woman on board Is the
wife of the captain or of the common
est sulliir, she Is compelled by govern
ment to do the work of a man before
the mast, und the women are even com
pelled to stund guard at night.
Women pilots are also a usual thing
in the navy of both Seandlnavlnu and
Danish governments. They sail fur out
to sea for the purpose of meeting the
Incoming ships nnd eoiuluct them to
port os safely as do mo-le pilots.
Old and expel lep.ced Scandinavian
ship captains Bay that women piukc
good pilots and are to be preferred to
men. in thut they have more patience
than men and are not so liable, through
drunkenness, to dash a silly on the
rocks.
This
Is It!
This is COTTOLENE
. that is fast banishing
lard from the kitchens of
the world. This is the
new shortening thathouse
keepers say is so much
more economical and de
licious than lard. This
, is the product that physi
cians say is destined to
'make dyspepsia a disease
of the past. It's the great
est step of modern science
toward pure food, better
cooking, perfect health.
Judge for yourself whether
it's time you let lard go
the way of the candle
and the spinnincr-whcel.
COmPLEXia.l blLMlSKES
May bo hidden Imperfectly by ciwmntiet and
powdurH, but cau only bo removed perma
nently by
HETSEL'S SUPERIOR FACE BLEACH.
It wli positively remove Prccklcx, Tan.
Moth, Sul!ownc, nnil cure nny d-nmKas i
the likiu, t-uui an Plmplej, Acne, Dlackhtad
Oiiinefi, ami rendum the nk in toll und twau
tiiul. Price t per bottle. For side ut
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330 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Intellectual and practical training for
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preparation for college. Btudents ad
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Thirty graduates pursuing further studies
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Elevator nnd Infirmary with attendant
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MIDSUMMER
SII SALE
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Sets, worth l!5o to $1: choice
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Sterliiia Silver Uelt Buckles,
worth ;i.ft(). at $2.50. Worth
$2.50, ut $1.75.
Closing Out nil our Fino
China at about Half Price.
Genuine Rogers' Tripla
Plate Spoons, Porks and
Knives at reduced prices. n
graved free.
Tea Sets, lec Pitchers, Cake
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styles, very low prices. At
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